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Jurassic Pork at Welcome to Pottersville includes a small image of the “slightly redacted” version of the memo in question, along with Ripley’s email to bloggers inviting them into the swarm. Consider it a little “behind the scenes view” to the blogswarm, if you are so inclined. Otherwise, consider it a link freely given to [...]

“Honor the Texas flag; I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state under God, one and indivisible.” first off, when the hell did that crap start? i don’t remember that from school. boy, i’m sure the day that was originally passed into law was a Big Event. but seriously, ya’ll’re kidding, right? ya’ll actually voted for [...]

And do you remember when pernicious power-grabs on the part of the White House were met with that whole Checks and Balances thing? Those were some good times. from ‘Bush Determined to Strike in US’ Bing McGhandi at Happy Jihad’s House of Pancakes pdb blogswarm

Six years ago today, Bush received one of the most important warnings any president has ever received — and he told the CIA official who handed him the warning, “All right. You’ve covered your ass, now.” Steve Benen of The CarpetBagger Report, ‘An ignoble anniversary’. pdb blogswarm

The photograph on the left was taken on the morning that Harriet Meiers handed King George the Worst the intelligence memo on Bin Laden. There is, of course, speculation that the paperwork shown here is even that memo. But you remember the memo, right? You know, the one mysteriously titled “Bin Laden Determined To [...]

“…pays money to spend a few hours alone with a dog, in private. As if single men don’t have enough unfair expectations to live up to.” AP caption: Shari Gonzalez poses with Loki, a dog which she rents from Flex Petz, Thursday, July 26, 2007, in San Diego. Flex Petz rents dogs by the [...]

“…show you what’s under my robe, but then I would be obliged to ask the same of you. Let us please not go there. I just ate!” photo credit: AFP/Mandel Ngan