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New Reuters story out on John Ensign affair
I have a new story out this morning for Reuters about the John Ensign case. In the excerpt below, I highlighted some of the new disclosures in the story. Here is the story lede: (Reuters) – It was one of … Continue reading
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Prayers and Solace Among the Ruins
From this morning’s NYT: PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — With their churches flattened, their priests killed and their Bibles lost amid the rubble of their homes, desperate Haitians prayed in the streets on Sunday, raising their arms in the air and asking … Continue reading
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Have you seen this cat?
Please help us find our cat. “R” who loves Scott (our cat) as much or more than I do has this to say to whoever now has Scott: “Persians are especially prone to kidney disease.” Also, their “inbred facial type, … Continue reading
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Tagged Martha Stewart, missing cat, Scott
There have so far been only 311 views of this on Youtube. I doubt that number will go somewhat higher (I’ll be sending four or five readers their way…..)
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Ted Kennedy’s eulogy of Bobby
From John M. Broder’s obituary in the NYT: He was a Rabelaisian figure in the Senate and in life, instantly recognizable by his shock of white hair, his florid, oversize face, his booming Boston brogue, his powerful but pained stride. … Continue reading
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Justice Done at Justice: U.S. Attorney fired by Bush administration rehired for old job by Obama
In an appointment that senior Justice Department officials say demonstrates the Obama administration’s commitment that the Department will reverse the Bush administration’s politicization of the Department, a U.S. attorney fired by President Bush was reappointed to his old job on … Continue reading
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A Compromised DOJ probe of a Congressman: new story in the Hill
I have a new story this morning in the Hill: In the fall of 2006, one day after the Justice Department granted permission to a U.S. attorney to place a wiretap on a Republican congressman suspected of corruption, existence of … Continue reading
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Army Spc. Trevor Hogue should RIP; the rest of us shoud be unsettled…
From the Sacramento Bee: On March 7, 2007, Army Spc. Trevor Hogue was inside his barracks in Baghdad, describing his morning on the battlefield. “I saw things today that I think will mess me up for life,” Hogue typed to … Continue reading
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