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Miers Withdraws Her Nomination

Posted by Juicio on October 27th, 2005

To no ones surprise, Harriet backs out.
Update (10-27-2005 9:47): The National Review has obtained a copy of her resignation letter.
Update (10-27-2005 9:58): President Bush just stated that he believed Miers would not be confirmed unless senators were given classified information. He failed to mention her suspensions from the bar and her stolen money from [...]

Why Outing a CIA Agent is Wrong

Posted by Juicio on October 26th, 2005

One of the current right smear tactics to discredit the pending indictments on the White House administration is that leaks happen all the time and they are not really a big deal. First, there is no evidence showing CIA operatives are outted “all the time”, nor at all without repercussion. Second, Former U.S. [...]

News Round-Up

Posted by Juicio on October 25th, 2005

Sorry that I haven’t posted for a few days. I’ve been busy with work and some side projects while getting ready for this week’s impending indictments. But until I get a little more time, here’s a little news round-up:
First, Rachel’s grandparents live in Cocoa, Florida. Due to Hurricane Wilma, this was their [...]

DeLay’s Lawyer Lies In Court

Posted by Juicio on October 21st, 2005

At his first court appearance today, DeLay’s lawyer, Dick DeGuerin, claimed that the judge assigned to the case should be disqualified. A central part of DeGuerin’s claim was that the Texas judge, Bob Perkins, had donated in the past to MoveOn.org, which is selling t-shirts with DeLay’s mug shot on them.
The catch: MoveOn is [...]

MIT Strobe Lab Photos

Posted by Juicio on October 21st, 2005

For those of you who enjoyed the Camera Toss Photos, MIT’s Strobe Lab brings you some pretty amazing high speed photos. Let’s just say they enjoy dipping things in liquid nitrogen and then shooting those things with bullets.
Here is a frozen card they shot with a bullet:

And here is a frozen rose they shot [...]

Patrick Fitzgerald Launches Website

Posted by Juicio on October 21st, 2005

I wonder why he might do that…

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U.S. Invades Syria

Posted by Juicio on October 21st, 2005

From Dan Simpson, retired U.S. ambassador, at the Post-Gazette:
As I suspected six months ago, U.S. military and Bush administration civilian officials confirmed last week that U.S. forces have invaded Syria and engaged in combat with Syrian forces.
An unknown number of Syrians are acknowledged to have been killed; the number of Americans — if any — [...]

TGIF: Tiny Plaid Ninjas Trilogy

Posted by Juicio on October 21st, 2005

I understand that at the end of the week, most people have trouble working and spend time aimlessly browsing the internet, ending up at ridiculous websites like this one. In celebration of this, I submit to you the entire Tiny Plaid Ninjas series. Enjoy!
Tiny Plaid Ninjas – Ninjas are awesome even if they [...]

Cheney Probe Goes Deeper

Posted by Juicio on October 20th, 2005

Things are heating up for Cheney as a second one of his aides, John Hannah, began cooperating with Fitzgerald after he was identified by witnesses as a co-conspirator in the leak, according to The Raw Story. Does this remind anyone of All the Presidents Men?
In related pressing news, Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, the former Chief [...]

New Trailer for the Shining

Posted by Juicio on October 20th, 2005

Everybody knows what a box office hit the Shining was back in the day. How would it have done if they had used this trailer…

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