ASSOCIATED PRESS: Former White House adviser Karl Rove defied a congressional subpoena to testify Thursday about allegations of political pressure at the Justice Department, including whether he tried to influence the prosecution of a former Democratic governor of Alabama. Rep. Linda Sanchez, chairman of the House subcommittee that called Rove, ruled with backing from fellow Democrats on the panel that Rove’s claim of immunity was invalid – perhaps the first step toward holding him in contempt for refusing to cooperate. Lawmakers subpoenaed Rove in May in an effort to force him to talk about whether he was involved in prosecutors’ […]
JESSE JACKSON: Talking Down To Blacks
And whites on Sesame Street. Possibly his finest moment as a Civil Rights leader. Sadly, it was all down hill after he lost that magic amulet. RELATED: Why Jesse Jackson Needs To Lead, Follow or Get Out The Way
TELECOM IMMUNITY: The Cover-Up Is Complete
NEW YORK TIMES: WASHINGTON — More than two and a half years after the disclosure of President’s Bush’s domestic eavesdropping program set off a furious national debate, the Senate gave final approval on Wednesday afternoon to broadening the government’s spy powers and providing legal immunity for the phone companies that took part in the wiretapping program. The plan, approved by a vote of 69 to 28, marked one of Mr. Bush’s most hard-won legislative victories in a Democratic-led Congress where he has had little success of late. And it represented a stinging defeat for opponents on the left who had […]
FAUX NEWS: Tarring The ‘Baby Mama’
FOX ATTACKS: Season 1 – Part 8
TONITE: Do Hump Day Right!
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WORTH REPEATING: Songs Of The Summer Wind
BY DAN DELUCA OF THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER Everybody’s got a personal playlist of summer songs. It might have Frank Sinatra’s “Summer Wind,” or Sly and the Family Stone’s “Hot Fun in the Summertime.” The Lovin’ Spoonful’s “Summer in the City,” or maybe Regina Spektor’s song of the same name. Seals and Croft’s “Summer Breeze” might make you feel fine, though I’m betting the Isley Brothers’ version would make you feel finer. The 21 picks assembled here — on a playlist that can be burned onto one CD — are contenders for the songs of summer ’08, tunes that may worm […]
PARKING WARS: A Beatdown In Upper Darby
DAILY NEWS: For a $15 ticket, police said, a young Yeadon couple “pummeled” Upper Darby meter maid Kalliopi Maroulis — punching her head and causing her to break her wrist — before speeding away with her ticket book. Maroulis, 46, said she took the meter-maid job in December because she loves to walk. Maroulis said she approached an illegally parked Dodge Charger behind the Wachovia Bank on Ludlow Street about noon Saturday and asked the occupant, identified by police as Ashley Dacons, 20, [pictured, left, via her MySpace page] to move her car. When Dacons refused, Maroulis said she began […]
KILLADELPHIA: One More Dead Since U Went To Bed
INQUIRER: A 25-year-old man was shot to death in the city’s Logan section this morning, and shootings overnight left three people critically injured, police said. The man, described by neighbors as Anthony, was sitting in a chair on his porch in the 4400 block of North Chadwick Street when he was shot once in the head sometime before 6:53 a.m., when someone called 911 to report the body, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene by medics at 7:08 a.m. Homicide Lt. Phillip Riehl said the victim, who he declined to identify pending family notification, had his hands […]
GOD SAID: The Hottest Places In Hell Shall Be Reserved For Global Warming Deniers, Deceivers And Falsifiers
ASSOCIATED PRESS: Seeking to play down the effects of global warming, Vice President Dick Cheney’s office pushed to delete from congressional testimony references about the consequences of climate change on public health, a former senior EPA official claimed Tuesday. The official, Jason K. Burnett, said the White House was concerned that the proposed testimony last October by the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention might make it tougher to avoid regulating greenhouse gases emitted into the atmosphere. Burnett’s assertion, which he made in a July 6 letter to Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., chairwoman of the Senate Environment […]
GOD BLESS SACHA BARON COHEN: Still Fucking With Gullible American Rednecks For Fun And Profit
ASSOCIATED PRESS: LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Crowds in Arkansas came for the lure of cage fighting and $1 beer, but police say what they got instead was men ripping each others’ clothes off and kissing — a stunt suspected of being orchestrated by Sacha Baron Cohen of “Borat” fame. “We had a contract for cage fighting. We were deceived,” said Dwight Duncan, president and CEO of Four States Fair Grounds in Texarkana, where the first of two Arkansas fights raised suspicions last month. Matt Labov, a Los Angeles-based publicist for Baron Cohen, said he had no comment Monday about the […]
NPR 4 THE DOPE: This Is Your Public Radio On Drugs
RADIO TIMES Hour 1 A conversation about politics and the Olympics with speed skating gold medallist JOEY CHEEK, co-founder of Team Darfur, a coalition of athletes trying to raise awareness about the Darfur crisis. Also, 45-year-old Olympic swimming hopeful W. HODDING CARTER talks about chasing his dream and his new book, Off the Deep End. Listen to this show via Real Audio | mp3 Hour 2 Alex Gibney’s new film Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson opened this weekend. He was the winner of the 2008 Academy Award for best documentary for Taxi to the Dark […]
KILLADELPHIA: Why We Can’t Have Nice Things #2
INQUIRER: The 28-year-old man shot by police yesterday has a lengthy criminal record that includes two charges of attempted murder and two convictions for illegal gun possession, court records show. Troy Bagby — who also goes by Troy Pressley and Troy Bagby Pressley — was sentenced to county prison twice for gun violations and once for drug dealing, court records show. No gun was recovered from the scene. Police did find drugs that Bagby allegedly ditched while he was being chased. Police said Bagby has been arrested nine times. Court records show that Bagby was arrested in 1997 and charged […]
MEOW MIX: The Jezebels Go To Fail Camp
First, completely on the serious, pause a moment in memory of Andrea Collins Smith, who documented her struggle with inflammatory breast cancer on PunkRockMommy until she passed away Saturday. She is survived by her husband, Kelly, six children, and everyone who spent time on her site and came away staggered by her grace and candor. Peace and prayers to her family. [Photo by JackHag66]…DEVELOPING… Back during the long, Parliament-smoked dream that was the 1990s, there was a skate and surf shop on Route 70 in Cherry Hill called Failure. I remember having a great conversation with the owner, who was […]