DAY 135: PLUTO HELD HOSTAGE

February 4, 2007 is International Save Pluto Day!

Strange...I do not seem to care who Agnes Bruckner is.

From the pages of The King Abdullah Gazette:

Meanwhile, back in the Holy Land...

From Israelinsider:

An open letter of apology to Jews from Iran's exiled opposition
by Dr. Dariush Ahmadi
Contrary to the behavior and genocidal rhetoric of the current Iranian regime, the people of Iran were, and still are, friends of the Jews.


Put Ahmadinejad where he belongs: On the Watchlist
by Neal Sher
Ahmadinejad is not just a terrorist, but a terror overlord. So, doesn't it make sense to put him on the 'Watchlist' of people barred from entering the US?


Gimme Shelter: Israeli regime spends billions to protect itself
by Moshe Feiglin
$700M is spent for an atomic shelter in which Olmert and cronies can run the country with no fear even if a nuclear mushroom is billowing at street level.

What if?
by Ruth Matar
Last week's released cable by the State Department clearly shows that Arafat planned and carried out the 1973 Khartoum murders. Why was it buried?

A rabbinic response to Carter
by Rabbi Andrew Straus and Rabbi Bonnie Sharfman
Jimmy Carter met with rabbis from the Phoenix area hoping to persuade them of his benevolent intentions. Here is their response to him and his book.

The Pelosi/Reid Era of Sunshine and Gumdrops continues apace.

When they kick at your front door
How you gonna come?
With your hands on your head
Or on the trigger of your gun?
When the law break in
How you gonna go?
Shot down on the pavement
Or waiting on death row?
(From The Guns of Brixton by The Clash)

Wowee wow wow. Just look what the left-fascists have accomplished in just their first 100 minutes of socialism:

Bloomberg.com: 'Wages Are Accelerating,' Analyst Says

Income Gap Not Growing, Data Shows
(CNSNews.com) - The gap between rich and poor - a rallying cry for some congressional Democrats wanting to increase mandates on business - isn't really growing that much, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Full Story

Pelosi Holds Out 'Hope' for Cures for Diseases
(CNSNews.com) - Promising "hope to families with devastating diseases," the new House Democratic leadership is reintroducing legislation to expand federal funding for experimentation on human embryos, placing itself on a potential collision course with President Bush, who vetoed an earlier attempt. Full Story

I thought John "I am NOT the guy who talks to the dead!" Edwards was starring in the Democrass remake of The Miracle Worker.

Dems Vow to Restore Integrity, Fiscal Responsibility(CNSNews.com) - As the 110th Congress got underway on Thursday, Democratic House leaders introduced rules they said would "help bring back integrity, civility and fiscal responsibility" to the chamber. Full Story

Joy! And it's about time, too! Those wascally Wepubwicans were so...well, wascally.

Pelosi's Drug Plan Unlikely to Pass or Work, Critics Say(CNSNews.com) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is promising to work to make prescription drugs more affordable, but some critics on both sides of the aisle are skeptical that her plan will work - if it even passes. Full Story

Drat! We're gonna need lots of drugs to get through the next two years.

Boston Globe: Democrats draft bill to expand antiterror efforts
House Democrats have drawn up sweeping legislation that would authorize billions of additional dollars to screen all cargo bound for the United States, purchase new screening technology for airline passengers, and dramatically expand efforts to secure nuclear materials around the world, according to congressional documents obtained by the Boston Globe.

Yeah, The Party of Blasphemy, Buggery, and 'Bortion is gonna kill a whole bunch of goat rapists who oppose womyn's reproductive rights!

None dare call it treason.

Let us follow our Iraqi allies' example and hang these two traitorous curs who believe they are above the law.

WorldNetDaily: Bill Clinton authorized Sandy Berger's access
President Bill Clinton signed a letter authorizing former National Security Adviser Sandy Berger's access to classified documents that later came up missing, according to a newly released investigation report by the National Archives and Records Administration.

The sensitive drafts of the National Security Council's "Millennium After Action Review" on the Clinton administration's handling of the al-Qaida terror threats in December 1999 suspiciously disappeared after Berger said he intended to "determine if Executive Privilege needed to be exerted prior to documents being provided to the 9/11 Commission." Then-Attorney General John Ashcroft testified before the 9-11 commission about the millennium report, urging the panel to ask why the document's warnings and "blueprint" to thwart al-Qaida's plans to target the U.S. were ignored by the Clinton administration and not shared with the incoming Bush security staff.

The NARA investigation report said Clinton signed an April 12, 2002, letter designating Berger – and another person whose named is redacted – as "agents on his behalf to review relevant NSC documents regarding Osama Bin Laden/Al Qaeda, Sudan and Presidential correspondence from or to (Sudanese President) Omar Bashir, contained in the Clinton Presidential records." A subsequent letter from a National Security Council official, May 14, 2002, said Berger repeatedly was briefed that "he was not allowed to remove any documentation from NARA."

Last year, Berger plea bargained a criminal sentence on the charge of unlawfully removing and retaining classified documents. A judge gave him no prison time, a $50,000 fine, 100 hours of community service and a ban from access to classified material for three years.

According to the NARA report, after the 9-11 attacks, Clinton administration officials were swamped with calls regarding their handling of terrorist threats, and Berger soon realized he would have to testify. Berger said he put in over 100 unpaid hours of his time to be responsive.

The former White House adviser said the documents up for review were so numerous that he was unable to reconstruct them from memory, so he took 10-to-12 pages of notes and hid them in the pocket of his blazer.

The investigation report says, however, the May 14, 2002, letter stated "notes may be taken but must be retained by NARA staff and forwarded to the NSC for a classification review and appropriate marking. Berger, the letter said, "was made aware of this requirement."

In July 2003, Berger's handling of the papers began to "cause archival concerns in maintaining provenance" after he asked to leave the viewing office several times to hold very private phone calls. Later, in September, Berger once again stepped out of the office and headed for the men's room, but personnel reported an unknown white object beneath his pant leg.

A witness said Berger "bent down, fiddling with something white, which could have been papers, around his ankle."

After Berger's actions aroused suspicion in September 2003, an unnamed archives official hand-numbered drafts provided to Berger as a means of controlling the documents without consulting with NARA general counsel, security, management, the Office of the Inspector General or law enforcement.

In October, Berger returned to the archives office and was given one file folder of documents at a time. The NARA report indicates an e-mail numbered 217 came up missing after he reviewed it.
Berger later said he slid the document under his portfolio.

When personnel noticed it was missing, they offered a copy of document 217 to Berger, and he reportedly slid the second file under his portfolio as well. Later, Berger said if he had been asked to return the file "it would have triggered a decision for him to give the documents back."

Instead, Berger said he had to make a private phone call and went to a desk outside the office. However, the phone line remained unlit, and he quickly departed to the restroom, a location from which he was reported to have recently returned.

Berger made numerous suspicious visits to the men's room in which personnel were concerned he might be hiding documents. He said he "went to the restroom on an average of every 30 minutes to one hour to use the facilities and stretch his legs."

According to the NARA report, Berger claimed he accidentally took the files outside of the archives building and didn't want to risk bringing documents back because personnel might notice something unusual. Instead, he took the files to a fenced construction area on Ninth Street, slid them under a trailer and returned to the office to finish his review. After doing so, he returned to the site, reclaimed the documents and took them to his office.

During the visit, Berger is reported to have hidden four documents in his pockets, all versions of the Millennium Alert After Action Review.

Archives officials decided to call Berger and ask him for the documents. He said he didn't think he had any files. They advised him NARA was treating the matter as a security infraction and was going to report the incident to the National Security Council. If Berger admitted to taking the documents by mistake, the incident would be reported as inadvertent removal. But, he maintained that staff members were in error, and he had given the files back to an assistant.

Later that evening, Berger claimed to have found two documents, and NARA made arrangements to pick up the files the following morning. However, NARA reports the documents were an e-mail and a facsimile Berger reviewed Sept. 2, 2003, not classified files viewed Oct. 2, 2003.

Berger said he could not find any additional documents and claimed he must have thrown them away. According to the NARA report, "He had destroyed, cut into small pieces, three of the four documents. These were put in the trash. By Saturday, the trash had been picked up. He tried to find the trash collector but had no luck."

The inspector general was briefed on the incidents Oct. 10. That day, OI investigators recovered documents from Berger's home at the request of his attorney. Six months later, the Department of Justice notified the 9/11 commission.

Berger said if someone had always been with him, he would not have taken any documents.

Let us handcuff one cop to Sandy and one to Goober II so they won't help the goat rapists murder any more American citizens...before we hang them.

Despite his April 1, 2005, guilty plea for Unauthorized Removal and Retention of Classified Material, Berger still vehemently denies smuggling any documents in his socks. According to the report, he said he was adjusting them "because his shoes frequently come untied and his socks frequently fall down."

Just yesterday, the saga of Berger and the documents was ranked No. 6 on WND's annual list of most underreported news stories of 2006.

Many men who exist make stuff up...

...and many men who exist are manipulated by the AmericaLast media for political purposes.

The New York Sun: Associated Press Confirms Identity Of Mysterious Iraqi Police Officer

Washington — A mysterious Iraqi police captain cited in more than 60 Associated Press stories has surfaced and now exists according to Iraq's Interior Ministry, the wire service says.

The matter of Captain Jamil Hussein became a heated controversy in late November after both Iraq's Interior Ministry and the American military questioned the AP source's existence after he confirmed to the wire that six Sunni civilians were burned alive by Shiite militiamen outside a mosque in Baghdad in a November 24 story. A number of American web logs, including Flopping Aces and Michelle Malkin, waged a campaign to persuade the wire service to retract the stories where Mr. Hussein was used as a source.

This week, the former chief news executive at CNN, Eason Jordan, wrote a Web column for his new website, Iraqslogger, saying, "If an Iraqi police captain by the name of Jamil Hussein exists, there is no convincing evidence of it." At the invitation of Mr. Jordan, Ms. Malkin flew out to Baghdad this week to join him in the hunt for Mr. Hussein.

Yesterday, however, in another twist, the AP is now reporting that the Interior Ministry has confirmed that Mr. Hussein not only exists but is wanted for arrest after talking to the press.
"Ministry spokesman Brig. Abdul-Karim Khalaf, who had previously denied there was any such police employee as Capt. Jamil Hussein, said in an interview that Hussein is an officer assigned to the Khadra police station, as had been reported by The Associated Press," the wire wrote yesterday.

The disclosure is a victory for the wire service that had come under a steady stream of criticism for allegedly stonewalling its critics. Last November, the AP's executive editor Kathleen Carroll, stood by her reporters, insisting that the police captain had been a reliable source for the wire service.

When reached yesterday, two of the AP's board members said they were unaware of the controversy surrounding Mr. Hussein.

The editor and publisher of the Citizen Tribune in Morristown, Tenn., R. Jack Fishman yesterday said, "This has not come up on my windshield. I can assure you I don't have any emails or phone calls from the board on this. I am not in the loop on this one."

The president and publisher of the Gazette Company in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, yesterday said, "I really don't know what you're talking about," when asked about the mysterious police captain. "I am unfamiliar with this."

For some bloggers, however the controversy involving the AP is not over. The blog Confederate Yankee yesterday wrote, "So it appears Jamil Hussein may be real. Good. That means there is a real person to question regarding 61 mostly uncorroborated stories provided as exclusives by Hussein to the Associated Press."

And the controversy has extended beyond bloggers. The city editor of the Boston Herald, Jules Crittenden, published columns in the paper headlined, "Does AP stand for Al-Qaeda Propaganda?" and wrote in the Herald, "The AP is making up war crimes."

Religion of Peace and Love and Brotherhood Update.

AP: Fatah members mourn seven slain in factional fighting
Gaza City - Thousands of Palestinians carried bodies draped in yellow flags through pouring rain Friday in a funeral procession for seven Fatah men killed in the bloodiest battle in weeks of factional fighting in the Gaza Strip.

Dozens of Fatah gunmen marched in the procession, firing in the air and calling for vengeance against the rival Islamic militant Hamas group, which is locked in a power struggle with President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party over control of the Palestinian government.

The clash Thursday left a Fatah-allied security commander dead along with six of his bodyguards and one Hamas gunman, the same day an Israeli raid in the West Bank killed four Palestinians.

Obviously, this must be the fault of the Zionist devils. Peaceful and loving mohammedans would never slaughter each other over politics.

An insult, Shakespeare style.

From the Shakespeare's Insults calendar:

I would the milk
Thy mother gave thee when thou
suck'dst her breast
Had been a little ratsbane for thy sake.
(The First Part of King Henry the Sixth 5.4.27-29)

Joan of Arc's father, a shepherd, to his daughter, who has denied him on the way to her execution.

Thank you, Coach Cowher.

Rick Reilly Of Sports Illustrated summed up the soon-to-be-former Pittsburgh Steelers' head coach fairly well last February 13, right after the Super Bowl XL victory...

Get Tagliabue on his cell! Call an emergency meeting! File a grievance! Something so disturbing and wrong happened on Sunday at the Super Bowl that heads must roll!

A simple, humble man became the Super Bowl XL hero.

Can't be! Aren't Super Bowl heroes supposed to wear $7,000 Italian suits, flash enough bling to make Stevie Wonder's eyes hurt and have egos so big they follow in their own Escalades? Don't they come with a wife, a girlfriend and a posse? The closest this bumpkin has ever been to a posse is Bonanza.

Take a good look at this guy -- Pittsburgh Steelers coach Bill Cowher. He's got the nose of a nearsighted boxer, rock-pile teeth and a mustache stolen from the Village People. For Super Bowl week he wore flood-ready khakis, logoless tennis shoes and what looked like a $40 watch. "On TV we've seen what he's been wearing," said his 18-year-old daughter, Lauren, who, like the rest of the family, didn't get to Detroit until game day. "And we're like, That's 'cause none of us are there!"

It's not just his wardrobe that's straight out of Mayberry. It's his integrity, too. Cowher, 48, won't do ads, books or billboards. Doesn't want the attention. Won't move into a fancier house. Won't miss watching Lauren and her 14-year-old sister, Lindsay, play high school basketball, just as he regularly watched Meagan, who now stars for Princeton.

Madison Avenue must be reaching for their Tums. We have to make a star out of this clunk?

But like it or not, after 14 years of trying, Cowher has finally slain his Super Bowl beast, beating the Seattle Microchips 21-10 at Ford Field. He led a team with a second-year quarterback and an overweight running back to eight straight victories -- the last four on the road in the playoffs -- winning the Super Bowl as a sixth seed, the equivalent of cutting the Hope diamond with a spork.

Here was his moment at the 50-yard line, the dessert cart rolled out just for him. He grabbed his three daughters and his wife, Kaye, right there, with a minute still left on the clock. He'd waited 14 years; he wasn't waiting anymore. And in the greatest huddle of his life he screamed, "I just want you to know that you four mean more to me than anything in the world! And at the count of three we're all going to do a giant high five!"

And they did.

And that's when the big galoot cried like the mother of the bride.

Well, you might have too, if on the way to your desk every workday for a decade and a half you'd walked past four Lombardi trophies that somebody else had won. And how would you like to have lost four AFC Championship Games at home and one Super Bowl, setting the record for Most Times, Chin Kept Up?

And that's why, when Cowher finally snagged the Big One on Sunday, it was an utter befuddlement to him. No coach in history has had as many regular-season victories (143) without winning a Super Bowl. He'd always dressed for blizzards. What was he supposed to do at the beach?

After an hour of giving credit to everybody but himself, he finally found himself almost alone in the coaches' locker room. He got butt-naked for a shower, changed his mind, sat down on a folding chair, lit up a very fat cigar and stuck it in the middle of a smile that you could've seen from Pluto.

Fess up: Would you have been complete without a Super Bowl win?

"To be honest, all those championship-game losses hurt me so bad, I stopped thinking about titles," he puffed. "I just refused to think about a championship. I learned to think about the game and nothing else. Nothing about what it meant. I just always prepared myself for the worst. I never let myself think about what it'd be like to win a Super Bowl. I didn't want to be hurt again."

Sorry, Bubba, you're stuck with it, and good luck finding somebody in the league who's not happy for you.

"Everybody talked all week about how we were trying to win this for Jerome [Bettis]," said linebacker Joey Porter. "That's true. But we wanted this just as much for Coach.... To finally win it all, that erases all the doubt about this man."

Cowher wasn't going to get ****y. "Tomorrow night I'm back to being an assistant coach," he admitted. "My four women tell me what to do, and I do it." He was scheduled to sit in yet another drafty high school gym the very next night, watching his daughters play basketball, parade or no parade.

"It'll be great to have him home," said Lauren. "We can dress him again." (Thanks to Steelers Fever Forums for posting this article.)

FORMER EMBRYOS ATTACK PELOSI IN REVENGE-FUELED HATE CRIME!

Minutes after being sworn in as America's first distaff Fascist-in-Chief, noted CINO Nancy Pelosi was viciously attacked by a group of former embryos apparently in retaliation for the leftist cow's unquestioning support of Big Babykilling.

Happily for progressives everywhere, Nan and her fellow totalitarian kleptocrats remembered former embryos are nearly as defenseless as current embryos and promptly stomped the little monsters to death with expensive designer shoes.

Repansycan "leaders" could not be reached for comment.

Fyodor's Pro Football Playoff Picks of the Week.

1) The guys who set the lines are professionals. Their job is to make each game look as attractive as possible to everyone. That way they even out the amount of money bet on each side.

Instant translation: The house wins no matter who wins. That's why people get into the gambling business.

2) I am just a fan. I won't even keep track of these picks week to week if it gets too embarrassing.

3) There is no such thing as "inside information". Especially in the pros.

4) If those idiot touts on tv and in the paper were any good, they wouldn't go public with their genius. They'd sit at Harrah's sports book from open to close and then go out and buy $2,000 an hour hookers who dress like high school girls.

5) Gambling is stupid. You cannot win.

That being said, here are my NFL picks for this week.


Saturday 1/6


Kansas City (+7) at Indianapolis
IF the Chiefs can hold the ball, using Larry Johnson to keep Manning off the field, they just might win this game. I'll take the Chiefs and the points.
FINAL: Colts 23 Chiefs 8 - Fyodor loses! (D'oh!)

Dallas (+2.5) at Seattle
Both teams are having defensive problems, so I will go with Hasselbeck over Romo and Alexander over Jones and Barber. Take Seattle to cover.
FINAL: Seahawks 21 Cowboys 20 - Fyodor loses! (Stupid Seahawks.)


Sunday 1/7


NY Jets (+8.5) at New England
I am tempted to take the Patriots in a blowout, but I have a hunch the Jets will keep it close. Take NY and the points.
FINAL: Patriots 37 Jets 16 - Fyodor loses! (Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!)


NY Giants (+7) at Philadelphia
Go-go Garcia! Take the hot hand over the team whose only passion is disdain for their coach. The Eagles will cover at home.
FINAL: Eagles 23 Giants 20 - Fyodor loses! (Stupid Eagles.)

Saint of the Day and daily Mass readings.

Today is the Feast of St. John Neumann, priest, Redemptorist, Bishop of Philadelphia, and one of the founders of Catholic education in America. Pray for us, all you angels and saints.


Today's reading is 1 John 3:11-21.
Today's Responsorial Psalm is Psalms 100:1-2, 3, 4, 5.
Today's Gospel reading is John 1:43-51.


Everyday links:

The Blessed Virgin Mary
The Rosary
Our Mother of Perpetual Help
Prayers from EWTN
National Coalition of Clergy and Laity (dedicated to action for a genuine Catholic Restoration)
The Catholic Calendar Page for Today
ZENIT - The World Seen From Rome


Just in case you are wondering what exactly Catholics believe, here is

The Apostles Creed

I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of Heaven and earth; and in Jesus Christ, His only Son Our Lord, Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried.He descended into Hell; the third day He rose again from the dead; He ascended into Heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of God, the Father almighty; from thence He shall come to judge the living and the dead.I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body and life everlasting. Amen.


Memorare

Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that any one who fled to thy protection, implored thy help or sought thy intercession,was left unaided.Inspired with this confidence, I fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins my Mother; to thee do I come, before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful; O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in thy clemency hear and answer me. Amen.


St. Joseph, her most chaste spouse, pray for us.


Anima Christi

Soul of Christ, sanctify me; Body of Christ, save me; Blood of Christ, inebriate me; Water from Christ's side, wash me; Passion of Christ, strengthen me; O good Jesus, hear me; Within Thy wounds hide me; Suffer me not to be separated from Thee; From the malicious enemy defend me; In the hour of my death call me; And bid me come unto Thee; That I may praise Thee with Thy saints and with Thy angels Forever and ever. Amen.


Prayer to St. Anthony, Martyr of Desire

Dear St. Anthony, you became a Franciscan with the hope of shedding your blood for Christ. In God's plan for you, your thirst for martyrdom was never to be satisfied. St. Anthony, Martyr of Desire, pray that I may become less afraid to stand up and be counted as a follower of the Lord Jesus. Intercede also for my other intentions. (Name them.)


Prayer To Saint Michael The Archangel

St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle, be our defense against the wickedness and snares of the devil; may God rebuke him, we humbly pray, and do thou O Prince of the heavenly hosts, by the divine power, thrust into hell Satan and all the evil spirits who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.


Prayer to End Abortion

Lord God, I thank You today for the gift of my life, and for the lives of all my brothers and sisters. I know there is nothing that destroys more life than abortion, yet I rejoice that you have conquered death by the resurrection of Your Son. I am ready to do my part to end abortion. Today I commit myself never to be silent, never to be passive, and never to be forgetful of the unborn. I commit myself to be active in the pro-life movement, and never stop defending life until all my brothers and sisters are protected and our nation once again becomes a nation with liberty and justice, not just for some, but for all. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.


Prayer For Vocations

Send forth your Spirit, Lord, into the hearts of your faithful people, that we may be conscious of our vocation to holiness and sevice to others. Grant that many of us may dedicate ourselves to You through the priesthood and the religious life.We pray especially for the needs of our own parish and diocese. Grant that we may always have sufficient good and holy priests, and dedicated Sisters to serve our commumities.We pray, too, for religious orders; that generous men may join them to become zealous missionaries in preaching the Gospel in word and action, especially to the poor and abandoned.We make this prayer through Jesus Christ, Our Lord and Redeemer. Amen.


Prayer Before The Crucifix

Behold, O kind and gentle Jesus, I kneel before Thee and pray that Thou would impress upon my heart the virtues of faith, hope, and charity, with true repentance for my sins and a firm purpose of amendment. At the same time, with sorrow I meditate on Thy five precious wounds, having in mind the words which David spoke in prophecy: "They have pierced my hands and my feet. I can count all my bones."


Divine Praises

Blessed be God.
Blessed be His Holy Name.
Blessed be Jesus Christ, true God and true Man.
Blessed be the Name of Jesus.
Blessed be His most Sacred Heart.
Blessed be His most Precious Blood.
Blessed be Jesus in the most Holy Sacrament of the Altar.
Blessed be the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete.
Blessed be the great Mother of God, Mary most holy.
Blessed be her holy and Immaculate Conception.
Blessed be her glorious Assumption.
Blessed be the name of Mary, Virgin and Mother.
Blessed be Saint Joseph, her most chaste spouse.
Blessed be God in His angels and in His saints.
May the Heart of Jesus in the most Blessed Sacrament
Be praised, adored and loved
With grateful affection at every moment
In all the tabernacles of the world
Even to the end of time. Amen.

Not only did Ethiopia help rid Somalia of some goat rapists, it produced Liya Kebede!

From the pages of The King Abdullah Gazette: