Sunday, November 02, 2008

SPB News for Sunday.


Oldest daughter, Christine, dies today at age 40 from congenital heart condition.

DoJ must produce wiretap memos
Judge seeks memos that provide legal basis for Bush spy program.






MoD 'can be sued' over SAS deaths --Lawyer's advice to families follows commander's resignation in protest at inadequate equipment The families of three SAS soldiers and a female corporal killed in Afghanistan when their Land Rover hit a landmine have a strong legal basis for suing the Ministry of Defence under the European Convention on Human Rights, according to a senior barrister.

Saddam Hussein’s body was stabbed in the back, says guard The body of Saddam Hussein was stabbed six times after he was executed, according to the head guard at the former president’s tomb north of Baghdad, who was one of the people that helped bury the corpse. The claim is categorically denied by the head of Saddam’s tribe.

KBR 3Q profit rose 35 pct as revenue climbs Engineering and construction firm KBR Inc. said Friday its third-quarter profit increased 35 percent, led by strong revenue from a company it bought this spring. Net income rose to $85 million, or 51 cents per share, in the three months ended Sept. 30. Revenue climbed 39 percent, to $3.02 billion, boosted by the addition of construction contractor BE&K in May.


McCain's name nowhere to be seen at Palin rally At a boisterous Sarah Palin rally in Polk City, Florida on Saturday afternoon, one name was surprisingly absent from the campaign décor -- John McCain’s. The GOP nominee’s name was literally nowhere to be found on any of the official campaign signage distributed to supporters at the event. Members of the audience proudly waved "Country First" placards... [but] those signs were paid for by the Republican National Committee. The other sign handed out to supporters read "Florida is Palin Country," but those signs were neither paid for by the RNC nor the McCain campaign.


Alaska pols ask McCain to apologize for 'troopergate' role Republican presidential nominee John McCain should apologize for his campaign's personal attacks on the Alaskan at the heart of the 'troopergate' controversy, according two former Alaska legislative leaders. Former House Speaker Gail Phillips, a Republican, and former Senate President Chancy Croft, a Democrat, on Friday said McCain's campaign representatives made attacks that damaged the reputation of Walt Monegan, Gov. Sarah Palin's fired public safety commissioner.

Bush administration denies funding for FBI probe of mortgage mess The Bush administration is rejecting FBI pleas for more agents to investigate crimes that helped trigger the global financial meltdown, bureau sources said this week. The administration -- in reinventing the FBI after the its 2001 terrorist attacks -- shifted about 2,400 agents from traditional crime-fighting squads to counterterrorism units, according to a Seattle P-I analysis of FBI data. At least 1,700 of those agents haven't been replaced, and the latest Bush budget continues that trend.

2 comments:

airJackie said...

My prayers go out to the Durbin Family for their lost.

Palin is pulling out all the stops as she works it for herself. Sarah is doing her thing and getting her own base even if their nuts.

Now this might sound strange but I don't really think Saddam or his sons are dead. I wouldn't be surprised if Saddam reappeared after Bush/Cheney leave office. Now before anyone says I'm crazy. Bush has announced for 6 years the same Al Queada leader as dead and he is still alive 7 years and continuing.

Anonymous said...

will be so nice to see the tenor of the news change in the year ahead with the ousting of the criminal, fascist bush regime.