Poor Mojo's News Show Podcast No. 71 (64 kbps .mp3 8:41 4.0 Mb)
A daily roundup of things that seemed important.
To his mind, an opportunity to insult a successful ape came from the hand of Providence.
THIS IS POOR MOJO'S NEWS SHOW FOR MONDAY, MARCH NINTEENTH, TWO THOUSAND AND SEVEN.
A DAILY ROUNDUP OF THINGS THAT SEEMED IMPORTANT.
http://rawstory.com/news/2007/I_worked_as_covert_officer_for_0316.html
GIVING SWORN TESTIMONY at a House of Representatives HEARING FRIDAY MORNING, FORMER UNDERCOVER CIA NON-OFFICIAL COVER OPERATIVE VALARIE Plame said that her "name and identity were carelessly and recklessly abused by senior officials in the White House and State Department." ACCORDING TO RAW STORY DOT COM, SHE TESTIFIED BEFORE THE House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Opening the hearing, Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) said, "It's not our job to determine criminal culpability, but it is our job to determine what went wrong and insist on accountability." ALSO DAMAGED WHEN PLAME WAS OUTED WAS THE CIA BRASS-PLATE FRONT COMPANY PLAME HELPED BUILD, BREWSTER JENNINGS, WHICH WAS USED TO KEEP TRACK OF DEVLEOPMENTS IN NUCLEAR ENERGY IN THE MIDDLE EAST. IT IS UNKNOWN HOW MANY PEOPLE WHO WORKED WITH BREWSTER JENNINGS OUTSIDE THE USA WERE PUT IN HARMS WAY WHEN FORMER VICE-PRESIDENTIAL CHIEF OF STAFF I. LEWIS SCOOTER LIBBY, WHITE HOUSE POLITICAL ADVISOR KARL ROVE, COLUMNIST ROBERT NOVAK AND VICE PRESIDENT DICK CHENEY AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER OUTED PLAME AS A CIA UNDERCOVER AGENT TO PUNISH HER HUSBAND, FORMER AMBASSADOR JOSEPH WILSON. WILSON WROTE AN NEW YORK TIMES OPINION PIECE IN 2003 REFUTING THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S CLAIM THAT SADDAM HUSSEIN HAD SOUGHT URANIUM FOR NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN THE AFRICAN COUNTRY OF NIGER. During its coverage of the hearing, Fox News Channel cut down the sound to feature commentary by Novak who labeled Plame's contention that she was a "covert operator" as "absurd." Novak also brought up Plame's political contributions to the Democratic Party, to imply that she was partisan.
LATER FRIDAY AT THE SAME HOUSE HEARING, James Knodell, director of the Office of Security at the White House, told a congressional committee today that he was aware of no internal investigation or report into the leak of covert CIA agent Valerie Plame. THIS ACCORDING TO EDITOR AND PUBLISHER, VIA CROOKS AND LIARS. Rep. Waxman recalled that President Bush had promised a full internal probe. Knodell repeated that no probe took place, as far as he knew, and was not happening today. Rep. Waxman at one point said that he regretted not being able to put up a video of the president promising a full probe but added, "I guess we will leave that to The Daily Show."
MORE AND DIFFERENT ON THE WHITE-HOUSE BEAT... POOR MOJO'S NEWSWIRE CONTRIBUTOR JIM POINTS OUT THAT A FAMILIAR NAME APPEARS TO BE AT THE CENTER OF THE SCANDAL IN WHICH EIGHT BUSH-APPOINTED UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS WERE FIRED, APPARENTLY BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T PROSECUTE DEMOCRATIC POLITICIANS FIERCELY ENOUGH. JIM SAYS: THE HEADLINE READS: Justice Dept. was "was willing to defer to Rove on the matter" FIRING THE U-S ATTORNEYS Yeah... it's the Karl Rove you're thinking of. The one who's never been a lawyer, never been to law school and who increasingly looks like he'll be doing more and more courtroom interacting as a defendant. FROM THE LOS ANGELES TIMES: White House political adviser Karl Rove more than two years ago began seeking input from the Department of Justice into how many U.S. attorneys should be fired in the second Bush administration, according to new e-mails released Thursday that show a deeper White House involvement in the firings of federal prosecutors last year.
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http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2007/03/14/michael-crook-settlement-apology/
DO YOU KNOW MICHAEL CROOK? YOU MAY KNOW HIM AS A HOLOCAUST DENIER. YOU MAY KNOW HIM AS THE COPY-CAT WHO PUT ADS ON CRAIGS LIST POSING AS A FEMALE SEEKING MALE AND THEN POSTED THE REPLIES AND PICTURES ON HIS WEB SITE -- AND HE DIDN'T THINK UP THE TROLL HIMSELF. OR, YOU MAY KNOW HIM AS THE GUY WHO WENT ON FOX NEWS TO PROMOTE THE IDEA THAT AMERICANS SHOULD ABANDON THE TROOPS IN THE U-S MILITARY. BASCIALLY, HE'S A GUY WHO WILL DO OR SAY MOST ANY ANNOYING, NASTY THING TO GET THE NEGATIVE ATTENTION IN HIS LIFE THAT REPLACES THE LOVE HE WILL NEVER, EVER RECEIVE. THE TEN ZEN MONKIES BLOG, AND MANY OTHERS AFTER, POSTED A SCREEN SHOT OF CROOK ON FOXS NEWS BEING A DIPSHIT -- AND POOR MOJO'S NEWSWIRE DID TOO, SEEING THAT THERE'S ALWAYS TIME AND SPACE TO WARN THE WORLD OF A DIPSHIT. CROOK, IN RETALIATION, FILED DIGITAL MILLENIUM COPYRIGHT ACT TAKE-DOWN NOTICES WITH MANY INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS DEMANDING THAT THE IMAGE OF HIM ON FOX NEWS BE IMMEDIATELY REMOVED FROM THOSE PAGES. IN CASE YOU DON'T KNOW, GETTING ONE OF THESE TAKEDOWN NOTICES IS VERY BAD, AND CAN GET A SITE KICKED OFF ITS HOSTING. WHEN POOR MOJO'S ALMANAC(K) GOT OUR NOTICE, WE COMPLIED IMMEDIATELY, WHILE RESPONDING THAT CROOK HAD NO COPYRIGHT INTEREST IN A PICTURE OF HIM FROM FOX NEWS WHICH, BY THE WAY, SAID IN WRITING IT DIDN'T CARE HOW MANY SITES PUT UP THE SCREEN-SHOT IMAGE OF MR. DIPSHIT. WE ALSO REPLACED THE IMAGE WITH A PICTURE OF A DOGS ASS WEARING SUNGLASSES. AFTER GETTING SUED BY THE ELECTRONIC FREEDOM FOUNDATION FOR ABUSING THE TAKEDOWN PROVISIONS THE DMCA LAW, CROOK CAME TO SEE THAT HIS DIPSHITTEDNESS COULD END UP COSTING HIM MORE THAN HE THOUGHT -- 10 ZEN MONKEYS POINTED OUT THE EFF WON A SIX-FIGURE AWARD FROM DIEBOLD FOR DOING THE VERY SAME THING. HOWEVER, SINCE THIS CROOK DIPSHIT IS BROKE, HE AND EFF CAME TO A SETTLEMENT WHICH INCLUDED CROOK TAKING CLASSES IN COPYRIGHT LAW, PROMISING NOT TO BE A DIPSHIT AND FILE DMCA COPYRIGHT NOTICES FOR THINGS TO WHICH HE DOES NOT HOLD COPYRIGHT, AND TO RECORD A VIDEO IN WHICH HE APOLOGIZES TO THE INTERNETS. GO TO TEN ZEN MONKIES AND CHECK OUT THE VERY UGLY HITLER-MOUSTACHE THIS DIPSHIT GAVE HIMSELF SPECIAL FOR THE VIDEO. EWW.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6441103.stm
WHAT IS IT WITH AIRLINES ANYMORE? OR MAYBE WE'RE JUST PAYING BETTER ATTENTION TO THE ANTICS OF A MESSED-UP INDUSTRY. B-C-C NEWS REPORTS THAT ENVIRONMENTALISTS ARE UP IN ARMS OVER British Mediterranean Airways DECISION TO FLY EMPTY AIRPLANES BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN HEATHROW AND CARDIFF SIX DAYS A WEEK SINCE OCTOBER BEFORE ONE TICKET COULD BE SOLD ON THE ROUTE. THE AIRLINE DID IT TO HOLD THE TAKE-OFF AND LANDING SLOTS, PUMPING more than five tonnes of CO2 has been pumped into the atmosphere on each 140-mile journey.
http://www.sltrib.com/business/ci_5458523
FLIGHT ATTENDANTS ON A SKY-WEST FLIGHT ON MARCH SEVENTH REFUSED TO PERMIT A MAN TO USE THE BATHROOM ON THE PLANE BECAUSE THERE WAS NO LIGHT WORKING IN IT, FORCING THE SANDY, UTAH MAN TO URINATE IN AN AIR-SICKNESS BAG, ACCORDING TO THE SALT-LAKE-CITY TRIBUNE. AIRLINE OFFICIALS LATER APOLOGIZED AND SAID THEY COULD HAVE HANDLED THINGS BETTER, BUT WERE ONLY FOLLOWING FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTARATION GUIDELINES. THEY GAVE THE PASSENGER SOME TRAVEL VOUCHERS SO HE COULD HAVE MORE OPPORTUNTIES TO PEE ON HIMSELF.
http://www.boingboing.net/2007/03/18/ba_straps_corpse_int.html
OUR FINAL STORY FILED UNDER "WE NEED A PASSENGER'S BILL OF RIGHTS" DETAILS HOW FIRST-CLASS PASSENGERS ON A BRITISH AIRWAYS FLIGHT FROM DELHI TO LONDON SHARED THE CABIN WITH A DEAD WOMAN. BOING BONG DOT NET LINKED TO THE TIMES ONLINE ARTICLE: The body of a woman in her seventies, who died after the plane left Delhi for Heathrow, was carried by cabin staff from economy to first class, where there was more space. Her body was propped up in a seat, using pillows.
The woman’s daughter accompanied the corpse, and spent the rest of the journey wailing in grief.
Paul Trinder, who awoke to see the body at the end of his row, last week described the journey as “deeply disturbing”, and complained that the airline dismissed his concerns by telling him to “get over it”.
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THIS HAS BEEN POOR MOJO'S NEWS SHOW, I'M ALAN BENARD.
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