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"Censorship, like charity, should begin at home; but, unlike charity, it should end there." - [Clare Boothe Luce (1903-1987) American Diplomat, Dramatist, Journalist, Conservative Politician]
Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi calls the Iraq War a "grotesque mistake," and House Speaker Dennis Hastert reacts like she's funding secret poisonous kimchee research in North Korea. "Leader Pelosi and the Democratic leadership should support our troops instead of spreading inflammatory statements." Hey, Hastert! Pay attention. The lady said absolutely nothing about our troops. She was talking about you, you moron, and the rest of the majority leadership.
The Republicans need to learn: more strident does not make you more correct. If it did, Joan Rivers would be running things. [Will Durst]
IRAQ WAR COALITION FATALITIES
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STARVING MILLIONS IN NIGER
A plague of locusts and catastrophic drought have left millions on the brink of starvation in Niger, the second poorest country on the planet. Aid agencies, overwhelmed by the scale of the disaster, are having to turn away dying children ...
THIS JUST IN FROM THE UN:
Jan Egeland: "Humanitarian aid can make a lifesaving difference for so many, so quickly, for so little cost, in these acute crises. The people of Niger know this: That's why many of Niger's citizens, the poorest of the world's poor, have donated to a national fund to assist their less-fortunate neighbors.
Their generosity also transcends borders. When the tsunami struck Asia, the people of Niger opened their hearts and wallets. Niger sent $250,000 to the victims - this in a country where the average income is less than $1 a day.
At a time of unprecedented global prosperity, cannot the rich nations do as much for defenseless, starving children?
Jan Egeland is the United Nations under-secretary-general for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief coordinator. 
JUDY MILLER MAY HAVE A FIFTH AMENDMENT PROBLEM!
Salon War Room reports: American Prospect posted a new take on the Plame case from reporter Murray Waas. Waas says that Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, Scooter Libby, has told federal investigators that he met with Judith Miller on July 8, 2003, and that the two of them discussed the identity of Valerie Plame then. Waas' report, which he says is based on "legal sources" familiar with Libby's account, contradicts a July 16, 2005, story in the Washington Post in which Howard Kurtz and Carol D. Leonnig quoted sources who said that Libby and Miller discussed Joseph Wilson "a few days before" Robert Novak revealed Plame's identity in his column on July 14, 2003, but that "the subject of Wilson's wife did not come up."
If Waas' report is accurate, it puts Miller and Libby at or near the front of the line in leak-land. The New York Times ran Wilson's Op-Ed piece on July 6, 2003. Novak has said that he heard that Plame worked at the CIA from a "senior administration official" sometime after the Wilson Op-Ed appeared, and that he got confirmation from "another official" after that. We now know that the "other official" was Karl Rove and that Rove provided confirmation for Novak on July 8, 2003. Rove didn't tell Time's Matthew Cooper about Plame until July 11, 2003, and Novak's column didn't appear until July 14, 2003 ...
MINUTEMEN: A HOME FOR EXTREMISTS
David Neiwert writes:
"I've long held that immigration reform is an important issue that requires serious discussion, but I don't believe for a moment that scapegoating and harassing border crossers is going to provide any solutions. My experience has been that if you scratch beneath the surface of those who do, you quickly find that they are more likely to be concerned with Latino (or any nonwhite) immigration, not illegal immigration per se, though of course they pay lip service to the latter.
The Stormfront forum is especially enlightening, since it is a specifically neo-Nazi chatroom. Especially noteworthy were the many posts questioning the use of the Nazi symbology at the rally, since it would "turn off" many whites. It's worth remembering that most dedicated racists take care not to let it show publicly -- unlike these fellows. But the whole thread makes clear to what extent these extremists now move among allegedly "mainstream" right-wing operations and not infiltrate them, but fully hijack them.
And as much as they might disguise themselves in the process, the vicious nature of this contingent eventually manifests itself."
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MARILYN MONROE DISAPPOINTED BY
SEXUAL ENCOUNTER WITH JOAN CRAWFORD
Contact Music reports: Film legend MARILYN MONROE went to bed with fellow actress JOAN CRAWFORD - but the lesbian sexual experience only reaffirmed her attraction to men.
Monroe left the WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE? beauty gasping for more liaisons, much to the SOME LIKE IT HOT star's chagrin.
Monroe described the encounter herself in conversations taped by her psychiatrist DOCTOR RALPH GREENSON, recordings which were obtained by the Los Angeles Times newspaper from former prosecutor JOHN MINER, who helped investigate her death.
Monroe said, "We went to Joan's bedroom... Crawford had a gigantic orgasm and shrieked like a maniac.
"Next time I saw Crawford she wanted another round. I told her straight I didn't much enjoy doing it with a woman."
(Oh my! What I wouldn't give to VIEW THAT on video!) Classic Marilyn
My fave sex story re MOMMY DEAREST Crawford is her liaison with jazz icon Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong. Back in the day when Louis complained he wasn't welcome in the homes of two-faced celeb "pals" such as Bing Crosby - he was often ushered into Miss Crawford's dressing room. The star of stage and screen would proceed to unzip his trousers, unencumber his member of legendary length and girth, and proceed to orally gratify the King of Jazz. Hmmm, Louis may have returned the favor. Triple-tongue, etc. . .
UPDATE: DEFENDING JUDGE ROBERTS . . .
Wonkette "We've been watching conservatives try to do the Rock Hudson Memorial Limbo under John Roberts' involvement in a gay rights case for almost a week now."
Former Senator / Actor Fred Thompson stood by his man:
He was a lawyer's lawyer, and he was on a lot of different sides of a lot of different issues...This is an indication of a lawyer philosophy that has a long and illustrious history starting with John Adams who defended the Redcoats at the Boston Massacre -- and Abe Lincoln, you know, was not adverse to representing the railroads against the little guy on occasion.
"In other words, it's not that he likes gays, it's that he's a WHORE! We're still hoping for both."
No matter how responsible he seems - NEVER give your GUN to a monkey . . .
I gotta go . . . Da Rev
