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Hope for a New Species or Giant Hoax? Men Claim to Have Recovered the Body of Sasquatch

by Cockney Robin | cross-posted at BN-Politics | Apparently two men from Georgia (USA) have recovered the frozen 7'7, 500 pound body of a creature they believe is Sasquatch---or rather a sasquatch (NYT; click to see photo), since they claim they saw other similar creatures in the same area. (CNN)  One of the finders is a former police officer and another is an ex-corrections officer. (CNN) They won't say where they found it so as to protect those other creatures.  I call that very wise of them---and no, I'm not being sarky here.

Two Ads: "Maverick No More" and "The Original"

by Damozel | These should have gone up before now.  It was a response to one in which various Dems praise him for his "maverick" views.  In my opinion, this nails the reason that I've turned against McCain (who I used to think made a decent sort of Republican, for a Republican). 

Colmes Being Awesome

Posted by Blue Stockings |

I wrote this up last night.  Here's the You Tube.

Wonkette:

Pelosi on Joe Lieberman

Posted by Teh Nutroots | What do you know.  In an interview with a Bay area talk show host, she actually said something worthy of not of a raspberry, but a tip of the hat.  The sting's in the tail.

Joe Lieberman has said things that are totally irresponsible when it comes to Barack Obama. Here we have a leader for the future, really a great leader for the future and one that comes along only every now and then, and they know it so they have to undermine him. And one of their best weapons, of course, is someone who is considered by some to be a Democrat." (emphasis added)

Huzzah! 

She explains here why Democrats have dealt warily with Lieberman and what Senate Democrats might do about it if he carries on the way he's been doing.

Admiral Fallon Discusses US foreign policy on BBC's Newsnight

by Damozel | Highly recommended.

Fallon is the CENTCOM Chief who resigned last year. 

Fallon opposed the “surge” in Iraq and...consistently battled the Bush administration to avoid a confrontation with Iran, calling officials’ warmongering rhetoric “not helpful.”  (Think Progress)

Whatever he may have thought before, he says that the situation in Iraq generally is greatly improved. He also discusses troop withdrawals, Iran, and his own role in US foreign policy.   At any rate, it's an interesting interview by a serious interviewer; and Fallon makes an excellent showing.

Backin' and Fillin' with John McCain

by Teh Nutroots |  It's like McCain wants to make his supporters on the blogosphere look like asses.

Just as they were gloating over 'winning the war' (which apparently justifies Bush's war)  he says he thinks 16 months sounds about right..

JibJab: "It's Time for Some Campaigning" (Plus Bonus Tune from 2004, "This Land")

Posted by Teh Nutroots | ...Everyone gets pretty much equally disrespected.  And the conclusion---to quote Cockney Robin---is "spot on," unfortunately.

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The Star-Spangled Banner

by Cockney Robin | It's not an easy song to sing, is it?  But these blokes rock it.

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The Spitzer Sting: More Politicization of the Justice Department

At BN-Politics (link is at the top of the page), I published a much more extended discussion of the Spitzer matter, complete with Jane Hamsher's absolutely legitimate concerns that his prosecution arose out of the Bush Administration's ongoing efforts to bring down powerful Democrats.  Scott Horton at Harper's has more.

At Mercury Rising, Phoenix Woman asks:  Have Either Senators Craig or Vitter Resigned Yet?

No?  Didn’t think so.

Then neither should Governor Spitzer.  That’s my take.

Oh, and guess how Spitzer was brought down? The bankers he’d pissed off were watching his money really closely. Normally they wouldn’t be flagging $5,000 transactions from a man of his wealth (his father is a real estate mogul), but in his case they sure did.

I think this is probably right. 

Not that this excuses the hypocrisy.  I can be saddened and a little disgusted by his hubris and equally disgusted with the relentless, ongoing abuse of the system by Republicans out to destroy the careers of successful political opponents. 

Memeorandum on the Harper's Piece

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Divers Matters: A Push to Impeach Cheney, "A War We Just Might "Win"", and Another Right-Wing Treatise Resembling the Peace of God

Posted by Damozel | "Credible Evidence." In The Philadelphia Inquirer, there is an opinion piece by Robert Wexler (D-Fla), Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.), and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis), all members of the Judiciary Committee, in which they argue that there is now credible evidence on which Dick Cheney may be impeached. 

A couple of weeks ago, three members of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee started trying to publish a column urging that their committee begin impeachment hearings against Vice President Dick Cheney. Several major newspapers turned them down. So, the congress members posted their op-ed online at http://www.wexlerwantshearings.comthe Philadelphia Inquirer. where it quickly gathered over 100,000 signatures (and counting) in support. Newspapers were forced to cover the growing push for impeachment, and an appropriate newspaper finally agreed to put the op-ed into print: a paper from the city where the Constitution was written,  (Democrats.com)