Wonkette
- Central and Eastern European countries are scaling back their natural gas consumption to cope with reduced supplies via Ukraine. [Bloomberg]
- After days of silence, Barack Obama finally ventured a half-hearted statement on the problem in Gaza. He vowed to “engage effectively and consistently” to resolve the issue, yawn. [Washington Post]
- Obama spent yesterday trying to soothe Dianne Feinstein and other lawmakers who were all “WTF?” when he appointed Leon Panetta to head the CIA, because why not. [New York Times]
- Indian authorities handed over a dossier of evidence to the Pakistanis to aid their investigation into the Mumbai attacks, including creepy phone transcripts of the gunmen talking to their handlers. [AP]
- Israel has generously volunteered to stop bombing the shit out of Gaza for three hours a day, so that humanitarian aid can reach the people they have bombed the shit out of. [Voice of America]
- Our President Bush (he’s still in office!) has established three national monuments in the Pacific Ocean to protect his beloved giant clams. [San Jose Mercury News]
Mumbai Intercept #H87341-July 24.
“Control, this is Mofar. Plan is a go.”
“So, Mofar. What are you wearing?”
“Huh?”
“Mofar, what are you wearing?”
“What the fuck is this? I’m asking you where the cache of weapons is going to be.”
“Sigh. I’m not going to tell you where the weapons are unless you tell me what you are wearing!!!”
Russia is still showing Central and Eastern Europe exactly who is in charge, aren’t they? You do not respect Mother Russia? This winter will be cold, my friend.
>>”We may be crazy in Pakistan, but not completely out of our minds,” Pakistan’s intelligence chief, Lt. Gen. Ahmed Shujaa Pasha, told German news magazine Der Spiegel.
Yeah, this is exactly the kind of thing I want to hear from a major military figure from an unstable nuclear power.
That’s nice of the Israelis….though all the food allowed in has an expiration date of Jan. 20th, noon Eastern Tiime.
Hehe! Bush and clams!
I am SO relieved that Hopey will ‘resolve’ this crazy Phillistine/Israelite thing, it’s just been going on too long!
“And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king’s enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.” 1 Samuel 18:25
I thought all clams just seemed giant to Bush.
Our President Bush… has established three national monuments in the Pacific Ocean to protect his beloved giant clams.
By giant clams are you referring to Barbara Bush’s vagina or President Bush’s giant wads of money? Just a little unclear on the slang we’re using today…
Glad Obama has the guts to appoint an outsider to oversee the incompetent snake pit of the CIA.
Many of the congress members who want an intelligence insider instead of Panetta are implicated in the
Bush crimes. Blair, on the other hand, is not a good pick. (Ask the people of East Timor.) Sorry, Hopey.
The Panetta appointent was just a diversion to slip through the Gupta appointment.
Nothing really new in the news…
“He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.” II Kings 18:8
plowman: Oh my, that foreskins quote is real! Pervs.
Feinstein needs to unbunch panties ASAP, where was her fucking outrage over the NSA wiretapping, or torture? Y’know, shit DEMOCRATS should be pursuing…
What’s next, King George? The Earth’s mantle a wildlife refuge?
Jr. signed the executive order protecting the world’s deepest underwater canyon because he doesn’t want anyone to find the enemy combatants he has stored down there.
choinski:
Gupta. Really? Of all the doctors in the US, you pick Gupta? Really? Of course, he did work for Hilz, so that must be why he was chosen.
In Russia, you do not turn on gas. Gas turns on you.
The Tsar of All the Pipelines deminds your love and respect. And a few rubles. And for this, he’ll make free with his gas.
Servo: George is wild about clams in the hopes that his people will imitate them, once they’re out of office.
Terry: Oh please don’t mention Hillz today, I still have a headache from reading 1000+ Puma related comments last night.
Clams=Scientologists
“These actions are substantive. They absolutely have value,” said Julie Packard, executive director of the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
This is going to be the Bush administration’s equivalent of when Reagan’s aides used to say that he was “actively engaged,” “paying attention” and “asking questions” during meetings — it’s close to nothing, but our expectations have been so debased that they’re really gonna play it up.
News of the Day Blog Story (yawn) gets 441 views, PUMAtard flame war is well into five digits. Good work, soldiers!
Bush is protecting remote underwater environments for one reason: so the next Repub who weasels his way into office can finish it off for the economic benefit of other weasels. Without something relatively intact to ruin, there would be little motivation for any Repub to run, and without promising to ruin something precious, how else would they finance their campaign? These guys are not complicated creatures. You consider their actions, put some dollars signs in front of them, and presto: you have the motivation.
Oh, and Bush loves clams.
WadISay: Dutch Oven, anyone??
Those humanitarian aid workers must be pretty fast on their feet.
Those Israelis are such great humanitarians. Quite nice of them to suspend collective punishment for a little clean up before continuing to unleash one of the world’s great militaries on the open air prison camp that is Gaza. Oh and how about those deadly rocket being fired by Hamas? Fr NYT before the latest go round: “According to Israeli police figures, he was the 14th civilian to die from rockets fired from Gaza since 2001.” Shit more people die from allergic reactions to bee stings each year in Israel. When are they going to break out the giant can of Raid and declare total war on bees? Meanwhile, what is taking those lazy Palestinians so long to clean up the maimed kids and bury those 700 dead people?