"... is a primarily secular holiday inaugurated in the early 20th century to complement Mother's Day" ... In other words fellas, we got a day because mothers already had one. Happy Fathers' Day.
Today 35 years ago
When Frank Wills, a security guard, found proof of the break in, he called the police. On June 17, 1972, police apprehended five men attempting to break into and wiretap Democratic Party offices. The five men were Virgilio González, Bernard Barker, James W. McCord, Jr., Eugenio Martínez and Frank Sturgis. With two other accomplices they were tried and convicted in January 1973. All seven men were either directly or indirectly employees of President Nixon's Campaign to Re-elect the President, CREEP, and many people, including the trial judge, John J. Sirica, suspected a conspiracy involving higher-echelon government officials. ~ Watergate
All this with a Republican Congress
"To hear George W. Bush tell it, he's on the side of the angels when it comes to federal spending. In his Saturday radio address, he blasted congressional Democrats for pursuing "tax and spend policies," while trumpeting his own commitment to keep taxes low and restrain federal spending. He said his plan will produce a balanced federal budget by 2012. But what Mr. Bush didn't mention, and what he almost never mentions, is the National Debt. With good reason.
On the day he took office, the National Debt stood at this unfathomable number:
$5,727.776.738,304.64
In fiscal shorthand, that's $5.7 trillion dollars. Trillion with a "T."
Six and a half years later, the Bureau of Public Debt tells us the National Debt clocks in at a staggering:
$8,835,268,597,181.95
That's $8.8 trillion – an increase of $3.1 trillion dollars since January 20, 2001. And that amounts to a jump of 54% during Mr. Bush's watch."
[Gotta love those 'conservatives']
What is that?
This is supposedly Angelina Jolie's back and of course your attention is drawn to her tatoo's but what's with the top of her spine along her neck?
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Grinds their asses
Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton liquidated the contents of their blind trust upon learning it contained investments of $5 million to $25 million that could pose conflicts of interest or prove to be embarrassing to her presidential campaign. The blind trust and a bank account valued in the same range place the Clinton's total wealth at between $10 million and $50 million. The Clintons had to disclose the contents of the blind trust in April under instructions from the Office of Government Ethics and sold the assets in May, according to a disclosure form filed Friday. The Clintons have had a blind trust continuously since 1993 and had no control over its transactions.
Slick, and raking it ... Grinds their asses ...
A whale of a tale
This photo released by the New Bedford Whaling Museum shows the disassembled bomb lance fragment, patented in 1879, left, that was removed from the neck of a bowhead whale captured at Barrow, Alaska, in May 2007. At right is a similar assembled, unfired bomb lance patented in 1885.A 50-ton bowhead whale caught off the Alaskan coast last month had a weapon fragment embedded in its neck that showed it survived a similar hunt more than a century ago. Embedded deep under its blubber was a 3 1/2-inch arrow-shaped projectile that has given researchers insight into the whale's age, estimated between 115 and 130 years old.
He did do it
The Miami bankruptcy judge's finding clears the way for Fred Goldman to pursue a claim to the book rights, which are held by a court-appointed trustee for the bankrupt company, said one of Fred Goldman's lawyers, David Cook. "Judge Cristol ruled that Lorraine Brooke Associates is a speed bump on Goldman's journey, for his quest to justice," Cook said. He said Goldman would sell the rights to publish the book under a revised name -- "I Did It," or possibly "Confessions of an Acquitted Murderer." - [picture link]
Not a good day
Two brothers were killed in separate highway crashes in this coastal town just hours apart. Adrian Basford, 52, of Winterport, died Saturday afternoon when his motorcycle went out of control on U.S. 1A, crossed a driveway and struck an embankment. State police said Basford was traveling too fast while rounding a curve. His brother, Wallace Basford, 48, then died just before midnight in a single-vehicle crash on U.S. 1. His van failed to negotiate a left turn as he was coming off a bridge and slammed into a wall, the Waldo County Sheriff’s Department said.
The Limbaugh/HD Award
This week's winner of the Limbaugh/HD Award used to be a Fox News propagandist but now he earns his living lying to the country for the Bush administration ... Ladies and gentlemen, this week's recipient is none other than, Mr. Tony 'Snowjob' Snow.On The Daily Show Thursday Jon Stewart embarrasses Snow by playing a couple of video clips showing him flat-out lying. Stewart plays a clip from March 15 and the subject is the firings of the U.S. Attorneys and Snow says, "These things were based on performance and not on, sort of, attempts to do political retaliation."
Stewart then plays a clip of Snow at a news conference the day before, this past Wednesday, June 13, and Snow is asked by a reporter about the White House's claim that the firings were performance-based and Snow responds, "No, that is something we have never said."
Oops, sorry Tony ... And that was only three months ago. Congratulations, Mr. Snowjob - You're #16.
Go here to Raw Story and watch the video from The Daily Show. Stewart also exposes last week's winner, Mormom Moron Mitt Romney, for lying once again about his stance on abortion, has actual footage of a drunken John McCain, and get's a few digs in on Obama and Hillary - very funny video.
Past winners of the prestigious, but infamous,
Limbaugh/HD Award
Mormon Moron - Mitt Romney - 6/10/07
Bye Week - 6/3/07
Commander Guy - George W. Bush - 5/27/07
Pat's Brother - Bay Buchanan - 5/20/07
Used car salesman - John Boehner - 5/13/07
Uncultured Wussy - Bill O'Reilly - 5/6/07
Mr. Overrated - Rudy Giuliani - 4/29/07
Turd Blossom - Karl Rove - 4/22/07
The Decider - George W. Bush - 4/15/07
Lying Chickenhawk VP - Dick Cheney - 4/8/07
Mr. Straight Talk - John McCain - 4/1/07
Attorney General - Alberto Gonzales - 3/25/07
Fox mouthpieces Sean Hannity and
Victoria Toensing - 3/18/07
Fox News guy - Brit Hume - 3/11/07
VA Secretary - Jim Nicholson - 3/4/07
Rep. Michele Bachmann - (R-MN) - 2/25/07
