A Little Bit Of What’s Been Going On Lately

Brian Zick

Gallup: 63% Believe Bush Acted Illegally Or Unethically Georgia10 at dailykos reports on a new Gallup poll Newt Gingrich has an evil twin Steve Soto reports the shocking news that Newt Gingrich has joined the ranks of French surrender monkeys, regarding Iraq. But about Iran, he displays the same brain capacity with which everyone has long been familiar. Schizophrenia or an evil twin? Details here. Flushing Cheney Quail Christy at firedoglake calls attention to this in the Chicago Trib: "Answers, Mr. Cheney" Brit Hume v the Statue of Liberty Via HuffPo, Rachel Swarns writes in The New York Times: Brit Hume, the news anchor on Fox News, described the marchers, particularly those carrying Mexican flags, as "a repellent spectacle." "Imagine" - not exactly the way anybody would ever have imagined it a short Dutch vid via Tracy Van Slyke update (a couple more goings on): Baseball fans express low opinion of Dick Cheney's pitching Crooks and Liars has the video Phone Jam-a-rama Paul Kiel at TPM Muckraker has discovered that a New Hampshire GOP strategist called the White House political affairs office after consulting with a criminal attorney, the afternoon of election day phone jamming. Howard Dean has written a letter to RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman, asking some pointed questions. (via atrios) Domestic Strife In Scaife Paradise Lloyd Grove reports on trouble between Richard Mellon Scaife and his estranged wife that entailed a response by the police. update (and yet one more): Life Imitates Sit-Com Norm at onegoodmove has a vid clip from Yes, Prime Minister, a 1980's British TV Comedy, wherein the episode's plotline eerily parallels the current case of the Leaker In Chief.

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