Exclusive: Attorney: 'DC Madam' left instructions if 'ever found dead of apparent suicide' By Lori Price 10 Aug 2008 Citizens For Legitimate Government has learned that Deborah Jeane Palfrey's lawyer, Montgomery Blair Sibley, has intervened to stop a lawsuit seeking to prevent the Tarpon Springs, Florida, Police Department from releasing information requested by Sibley pertaining to the investigation of Jeane's death. Sibley told CLG, "Jeane was very clear with me that if she was ever found dead of an apparent suicide, I was to make sure that all the evidence was publicly disseminated so that it could be independently evaluated."
F.B.I. Says It Obtained Reporters' Phone Records --Records apparently sought as part of 'terrorism' investigation 09 Aug 2008 The Federal Bureau of Investigation said Friday that it had improperly obtained the phone records of reporters for The New York Times and The Washington Post in the newspapers’ Indonesia bureaus in 2004. F.B.I. officials said the incident came to light as part of the continuing review by the Justice Department inspector general’s office into the bureau’s improper collection of telephone records through "emergency" records demands issued to phone providers.
Mission accomplished! Iraqi oil-exploration team resumes work after 20 years 09 Aug 2008 Iraq resumed oil exploration yesterday after 20 years to determine whether more oil lies beneath its territory, an Oil Ministry official said. Iraq has confirmed reserves of an estimated 115 billion barrels, but it is believed that its actual reserves could be twice as much. During a ceremony attended by Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani, a seismic team began work yesterday in the Gharraf field in Nasiriyah in southern Iraq.Embedded reporters or Republican activists? Members of Vets for Freedom have campaigned for John McCain and made anti-Obama ads, but while they're in Iraq, you're paying for their gas, food and lodging. By Alex Koppelman 08 Aug 2008 ...Gather a group of veterans of the Iraq war who also have journalism experience, including some highly decorated soldiers. Then send them back to the areas of Iraq in which they served, this time as reporters embedded with the troops still fighting there, and get their assessment of the security situation and whether the surge is working. Someone has organized just such an expedition, and this Monday eight veterans left for Iraq. But the "Back to Iraq" trip wasn't put together by the Washington Post or the New York Times; it's the brainchild of Vets for Freedom (VFF), a pro-war group. VFF is nominally nonpartisan, but it has a remarkable number of ties -- some previously unreported -- to Republicans generally and John McCain's campaign specifically. And it has run attack ads against Barack Obama.
US accused of backing terrorism in Pakistan 05 Aug 2008 Pakistan has accused the US of backing militancy within the country, saying this goes against the grain of the Washington-led global war against terror. Quoting "impeccable official sources", The News reported on Tuesday that "strong evidence and circumstantial evidence of American acquiescence to terrorism inside Pakistan" was outlined by President Pervez Musharraf, army chief General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Lt. Gen. Nadeem Taj in separate meetings with two senior US officials in Islamabad on July 12. "For reasons best known to Langley, the CIA headquarters, as well as the Pentagon, Pakistani officials say the Americans were not interested in disrupting the Kabul-based fountainhead of terrorism in Balochistan nor do they want to allocate the marvellous Predator resource to neutralise the kingpin of suicide bombings against the Pakistani military establishment now hiding near the Pakistan-Afghan border," The News said. During the meetings, the US officials were also asked why the CIA-run Predators and the US military did not swing into action when they were provided the exact location of tribal leader Baitullah Mehsud, "Pakistan's enemy number one and the mastermind of almost every suicide operation against the Pakistan Army and the ISI since June 2006", the newspaper added.
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And these from LynnSamuels.com:
AMERICAN STYLE CREDIT ENSNARES COMSUMERS OVERSEAS
YAY! Now we're exporting something at least...A BONA FIDE FUCKING RIP OFF!!!!!!!
U.S. CONDEMNS "DANGEROUS" RUSSIAN RESPONSE
OH PLEASE! Our shit government has the gall TO TALK!!!!!!!
U.S. REFUSES TO RELAX IT'S GRIP ON THE WORLD BANK
Yeah no shit! It's probably one of the few things keeping our fake eCONomy from completely shitting the bed!!!!!!!
CINDY SHEEHAN ON THE BALLOT AGAINST NANCY PELOSI
Goddamn you San Francisco if you don't vote for Cindy AND OUST THIS GODDAMN WORTHLESS SACK OF SHIT BU$Hitler ENABLING TURD PELOSI!!!!!!!!
RELATIVE OF U.S. OLYMPIC COACH MURDERED IN BEIJING
FUCK CHINA! FUCK CHINA! FUCK CHINA!!!!!!!!!!
PLAN TO PUT TASERS IN SCHOOLS GETS MIXED REVIEWS
Oh yay! The Nazi Stormtroopers just have such a hard high one for tasers that they wanna kill your kids with them!!!!!! Man, if THIS doesn't make the case FOR HOME SCHOOLING...WHAT WILL!?!?!?!?
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From DrudgeRetort.com:
Hatfill Officially Exonerated in Anthrax Attacks
Yeah, now that they completely RUINED this guy's life. SIG HEIL Y'ALL. At least he wasn't suicided like the other guy...
Mexican Pot Farms in U.S. National Forest
GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!
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And these are from LTRadio.blogspot.com:
From the RANDI RHODES STILL FUCKING RULES file!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's beyond belief how a scumbag company that ALLEGEDLY (wink wink nudge nudge) tortures people in the sickest and more freaky ways can DARE to sue Randi (to HELL with Airhead America!) for TELLING THE DAMN TRUTH. May the burn in eternal hellfire, as should ALL KKKons who suppress the truth and destroy REAL Democracy!!! Oh and I'm sure the anti-American Nazi company bills themselves as GOOD LI'L KRIS-CHINS...yeah yeah yeah, who would GEEEEEZUS torture! Ask me why I'm a PROUD SATANIST!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thursday, August 07, 2008
Air America/Rhodes cleared in CACI defamation suit
A federal appeals court in Richmond, VA says a radio talk-show host's criticism of a U.S government contractor at the infamous Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq was protected by the First Amendment.
A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously rejected CACI International's defamation lawsuit against the talk-radio network Air America and former host Randi Rhodes.
CACI sued for $11 million after Rhodes accused company employees of raping and murdering Iraqi civilians at Abu Ghraib. The company interrogated Iraqi detainees for the U.S. military at Abu Ghraib.
A federal judge in Alexandria dismissed the lawsuit. The appeals court upheld that decision yesterday, saying in CACI Premier Technology, Inc. v. Rhodes that the company failed to prove the statements were made with actual malice or reckless disregard for the truth.
The appeals court characterized statements such as Rhodes’ Aug. 26, 2005, comment: “Yeah, don’t call them contractors, call them what they are, they’re hired killers, they’re mercenaries” as hyperbole and exaggeration.
“In several statements Rhodes, with free use of hyperbole and exaggeration, criticized the extensive use of U.S. military contractors in Iraq, saying that their employees could kill without being held to account,” the appeals court wrote.
Rhodes left Air America in April of this year following a suspension and contract dispute.
Nicole Sandler SURGES in ratings on 940 WINZ Miami!!!!!!!!From the OH BUTT LIBRUL TALK RADIO AM BE WON'T IS EVER WORK file!!!!!!!!!!!
(This is part of this post: http://ltradio.blogspot.com/2008/08/weekly-update-pigskin-primadonnas.html)
Ratings roundup
As has been the case for awhile, there really isn't a whole lot of movement in local ratings for progressive talk stations. No dramatic ups-and-downs, and for some of the more recent converts, such as KMNY in Dallas, it's too soon to tell. One of the most notable results so far is in Columbus, where WVKO slightly topped the former progressive talker in the market, WYTS (formerly WTPG) by a mere tenth of a share. Considering that WVKO is a pretty small-time operation, while WYTS is part of the Clear Channel empire, it's still somewhat of an accomplishment.
And I received this from a reader, who also happens to work for WINZ in Miami:
...In the newly issued Miami ARB, Nicole's morning show has topped sister conservative talk WIOD's morning drive in the core talk demo of 25-54 men, and was just behind them 25-54-WINZ scored a 1.3 in that demo, while WIOD, which has traditionally been Miami's leading English language news-talker, scored a 1.4.
As one who contributes to the show, and who has filled in for Nicole when she's been away, I can assure you that this is an especially noteworthy achievement because Nicole does it all herself--hosts, produces, everything. She has a call screener for help and that's it. This ratings win also came with virtually no outside promotion. Meanwhile, WIOD has a heavily staffed morning show with a ton of news and services. Not bad. Congrats to Nicole, Jim and the rest of the gang at WINZ for what looks like a really good ratings book.
And this is also from the same above link as the Nicole Sandler article:
From the WELL, I *USED* TO HATE PARIS HILTON file:
Paris burns
Okay, now that that's all done and you have all indulged my little sports rant, it's time to get down to the business at hand. Let's start with another primadonna, this one named named Paris Hilton. Now, a few weeks ago, the increasingly desperate presidential campaign of John McCain went all-out in the name of pure insanity. Now, we all know that since Republicans typically don't have any good ideas, the only other alternatives are pseudo-patriotic jingoism and, if that doesn't work, childish name-calling matches. And that's about the best they can do against challenger Barack Obama. One of their most recent ads, approved by the McCain camp, tries to draw an association between Obama's popularity and that of overexposed media tarts like Paris Hilton and Britney Spears. Now, the ad is stupid even among typical GOP ads. Just moronic. So much that even the Obama campaign is laughing at them. Hilton's people even demanded depictions of her be removed from the ad, citing unauthorized use.
And on Tuesday, Paris bit back. Granted, most people could likely care less what the hell Paris Hilton thinks about anything (hopefully). But hey, she was dissed by a presidential candidate, so I guess she has every right to release her own YouTube rebuttal. Fair enough.
In the past day or so, over four million people saw this:
"Hey, America, I am Paris Hilton and I am a celebrity, too," says Hilton, dressed in an over-the-top, skimpy leopard-print swimsuit. "Only I am not from the olden days and I am not promising change like that other guy. I am just hot."
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It begins with a narrator intoning that McCain is "like, super old. Old enough to remember when dancing was a sin and beer was served in a bucket." Images of Larry King, "Star Wars" Yoda and the "Golden Girls" flash on screen.
"But is he ready to lead?" asked the narrator, stealing a line from McCain's own hit on Obama.
Hilton, reclining poolside while reading a copy of Conde Nast traveler, then appears on screen and slams McCain "as that wrinkly white haired guy (who) used me in his campaign ad."
"Which I guess means I am running for president - so thanks for the endorsement, white-haired dude," chirps Paris. "And I want America to know that I am, like, totally ready to lead."
In case you're interested, she already has an energy policy, though space restrictions (and general disinterest) obviously keeps me from going into detail about it here. As much as I could care less about Paris Hilton (trust fund babies-turned amateur porn stars bore me), it was a pretty funny response, and one just deserved. The perfect response to the idiotic state of attack politics nowadays.
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