Iran Tests New Missle Engine

Any doubt where this is headed?

(BBC NEWS) | “Such an engine would enhance the capability of medium-range Shahab-3, which already has the ability to hit Israeli and US bases in the region.

The new engine would give the missile a greater range and increase its shelf life, Ali Shamkhani said.

Iran has taken huge steps in ballistic missile technology, experts say.

This – coupled with the country’s nuclear activities – has caused alarm among the international community.

‘Using solid fuel would be more durable and increase the range of the missile,’ Mr Shamkhani was quoted as saying by the Iranian official news agency.” More…

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The Survivor: Clinton Years – The Lies Fights and Insults

Matt Drudge pulls a few juicy excerpts from John Harris’s book which traces the Bill Clinton years through both the good times and bad. Some of the passages are already being reviewed by the mainstream press. The following are excerpts via Drudge :

DRUDGE REPORT FLASH 2005®: “XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX MON MAY 30, 2005 17:01:22 ET XXXXX

NEW CLINTON BOOK: THE LIES, THE FIGHTS, THE INSULTS

[**Exclusive From Drudge Report** ] – zzb

Summer starts with a bang as veteran WASHINGTON POST reporter John Harris traces the emotional highs and lows of the Clinton presidency.

THE SURVIVOR: BILL CLINTON IN THE WHITE HOUSE drops this week from RANDOM [the book ranked #9,527 on AMAZON's sales parade Monday afternoon], but the DRUDGE REPORT can now sneak:

–Bill Clinton was so upset that his weight-loss regimen in 2000 was not working that he made his aides release a bogus number after his annual Navy physical to make him five pounds lighter. (pg. 394)

–Hillary taunted her husband’s aides as being wimps by not fighting hard enough on Whitewater – ‘JFK had real men in his White House!’ (pg. 108)

–Tipper Gore was so disgusted in 2000 with Bill and Hillary that she stayed cloistered in a holding room instead of going to a New York reception with major Democratic fund-raisers where the Clintons would be. ‘No, I’m not doing it,’ she snapped to an aide. ‘I’m not going out there with that man.’

–The first conversation between Clinton and Gore after the Lewinsky story broke. Clinton is shouting at Gore, ‘This is a fucking coup d’etat!’ Gore just stared back blankly. (pg 313.)

–Former White House counter-terrorism chief Richard Clarke on the record hitting Clinton for not having the guts to fire FBI director Louis Freeh, who Clarke called a major obstacle on anti-terrorism policy. ‘He should have just fired Freeh and taken the shit it would have caused.’ (pg. 408)

The POST plans two jumbos on Tuesday, newsroom sources tell DRUDGE.

One story from Harris will outline Hillary Clinton’s presidential preparations.

Swearing Steaming Screaming — White House as Hot House

From pages 356-7 of THE SURVIVOR: BILL CLINTON IN THE WHITE HOUSE by John F. Harris, national correspondent for the WASHINGTON POST:

Context is Sally Quinn’s article from 11/98 explaining why the Washington Establishment was appalled by Clinton’s behavior during Lewinksy.

Some time afterward the president was going over papers with his staff on the upcoming Presidential Medal of Freedom awards. Spontaneously, he launched into a little riff for his assembled aides. His nominee for the prestigious award this year would be none other than the famous [Watergate editor] Ben Bradlee, husband of Sally Quinn.

The aides looked on in puzzled amusement.

“Anyone who sleeps with that bitch deserves a medal!” he explained. Developing through the week…

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EU Faces Crisis – Markets Will Tell the Story!

International News Article | Reuters.com: “PARIS (Reuters) – France overwhelmingly rejected the European Union constitution on Sunday, pitching the EU deep into crisis and dealing a potentially fatal blow to a charter designed to make the enlarged bloc run smoothly.

EU leaders said after a referendum ‘no’ vote that the treaty was not dead and member states should continue the ratification process. But British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said the rejection raised profound questions about the future of the EU.

The heavy defeat dreaded by EU leaders could weaken France in the 25-member bloc, stall European integration and unsettle some financial markets. It also wounds President Jacques Chirac two years before presidential and parliamentary elections.

‘The French people have given a huge smack in the face to an entire system that has the nerve to tell us what to think,’ said nationalist French politician Philippe de Villiers, a leading opponent of the charter. ‘The constitution is no more.’

Chirac swiftly conceded defeat in a televised address to the nation as the ‘No’ camp celebrated a crushing victory with about 55 percent of votes to 45 percent and hinted that he might respond by dismissing his unpopular prime minister.

Such a resounding defeat in a country that has been a key pillar of the EU reduced the chances of a repeat vote on the treaty, which is intended to make EU decision-making easier and requires the backing of all member states to go into force.” More…

These developments could signal the beginning of the end to European Union. France’s, more specifically Chirac’s, dream of political and social dominace on the European landscape is now a nightmare. Jacgues… see if the UN can bail you out of this one !

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Devils Steaming Over Criticism of Name

(TRENTON, N.J.) – What chance do the
New Jersey Devils give a proposal that would give the pro hockey franchise a less demonic name? Think hell freezing over.

‘I can assure you the Devils name will never change, and I think there are more important things to be thinking about than something that will never happen,’ team CEO Lou Lamoriello said. ‘It’s who we are and what we want to be.’

State Assemblyman Craig Stanley is taking issue with a satanic symbol representing the state’s National Hockey League team, which has won three Stanley Cup championships.

‘This is an age where symbolism is very important,’ said Stanley, a Baptist deacon whose resolution to rename the team is to be introduced in the Assembly next month. A new name would be chosen in a statewide competition.” More…

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McCain Offers iPod to Dems Who Vote for Bolton

(2005-05-27) — As Democrats celebrated the new civility in the Senate by launching a friendly filibuster against John Bolton’s nomination as U.N. Ambassador, Sen. John McCain, M-AZ, worked late into the night to strike a deal with his 13 colleagues in the bipartisan progressive coalition (BPC), offering a free iPod Shuffle to any Democrat who supports the next vote to close debate on Mr. Bolton.

‘Thanks to our compromise on judicial nominees earlier this week, my friends in the Democrat party have become more open to receiving special premium offers in exchange for restraining their minority power,’ said Sen. McCain. ‘The iPod Shuffle is just my way of saying ‘thanks for your service to our country’.’

The most powerful man in the Senate, minority leader Harry Reid, D-NV, welcomed Sen. McCain’s spirit of cooperation, but suggested that the $99 Shuffle might not provide adequate incentive.

‘The rights of the minority would be more adequately protected,’ said Sen. Reid, ‘with the $189 iPod Mini, and 10 free downloads per month.’” Scott Ott /ScrappleFace

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Mom Indicted for Hiring Stripper for Son

(NASHVILLE, TN) – A mother faces criminal charges after she hired a stripper to dance at her 16-year-old son’s birthday party. Anette Pharris, 34, has been indicted by a grand jury on charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and involving a minor in obscene acts. The boy’s father, the stripper and two others also face charges.

‘I tried to do something special for my son,’ Pharris said. ‘It didn’t harm him.’

About 10 people under the age of 18 were at the birthday party in September, including minors who were not related to the family, authorities said.”

Some parents just seem to have more than one screw loose !

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Memorial Day 2005

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Koran Desecration Didn’t Happen

lgf: Koran Desecration Didn’t Happen

The Koran-in-a-commode story never passed the sniff test, for a multitude of reasons, and now the detainee who made an allegation similar to Newsweek’s report (trumpeted to the media yesterday by the ACLU) has retracted it: Pentagon says detainee retracts Koran allegation.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Guantanamo detainee who told an FBI agent in 2002 that U.S. personnel there had flushed a Koran in a toilet retracted his allegation when questioned this month by military investigators, the Pentagon said on Thursday.

“We’ve gone back to the detainee who allegedly made the allegation and he has said it didn’t happen. So the underlying allegation, the detainee himself, within the last two weeks, said that didn’t happen,” chief Pentagon spokesman Lawrence Di Rita told a briefing.

Looks like Kos is wrong again: Daily Kos :: FBI: Newsweek was right.” – LGF

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