An Ol' Broad's Ramblings
Morning Coffee 05/09/08
Lawyers: Gore’s Pelosi Ad May Violate Election Law
“It’s prohibited,” a Republican campaign finance lawyer, Jan Baran, said. He said the ad constitutes a “coordinated” expenditure on behalf of Ms. Pelosi’s campaign by the group sponsoring the ad, the Alliance for Climate Protection. Any ad of that sort distributed in a candidate’s district within 90 days of a congressional primary or general election is deemed a campaign donation, Mr. Baran said.
“She’s in the ad. That means it’s coordinated,” a Republican attorney who battles to overturn campaign finance laws, James Bopp Jr., said. “I’m a guy that specializes in loopholes. I don’t know of any loopholes.”
Oh, goody. Does this mean they’ll take that excessively annoying commercial off the air?
Ahmadinejad: Israel a ‘stinking corpse’
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday that the state of Israel is a “stinking corpse” that is destined to disappear, the French news agency AFP reported.
“Those who think they can revive the stinking corpse of the usurping and fake Israeli regime by throwing a birthday party are seriously mistaken,” the official IRNA news agency quoted Ahmadinejad as having said.
“Today the reason for the Zionist regime’s existence is questioned and this regime is on its way to annihilation.”
Isn’t odd that the “stinking corpse” has made the desert bloom? The only corpse I want to see is Ahmabooboo’s.
Burma seizes UN food deliveries
Burma’s junta impouned two UN food aid shipments at Rangoon airport today, officials said, triggering more outrage at the military government’s refusal to accept a major international relief operation.
“We’re going to have to shut down our very small airlift operation until we get guarantees from the authorities,” a furious World Food Programme regional director Tony Banbury told CNN.
These scum suckers would rather see their people starve? Evidently.
Happy Mother’s Day: Woman pregnant with 18th child
It’s a happy Mother’s Day for an Arkansas woman — she’s pregnant with her 18th child.
Michelle Duggar, 41, is due on New Year’s Day, and the latest addition will join seven sisters and 10 brothers. There are two sets of twins.
Is she freakin’ CRAZY?
Oldest gorilla in captivity turns 55 at Dallas Zoo
A gorilla recognized as the world’s oldest in captivity celebrated her 55th birthday by munching down a four-layer frozen fruit cake and banana leaf wrapped treats.
Jenny’s caretakers at the Dallas Zoo say she’s having a few joint issues and her eyesight isn’t what it used to be but she still looks good for an old ape.
Uh….happy birthday Jenny.
Neighbor fatally shoots man attacking doughnut shop worker
Fort Worth police said the woman, a doughnut shop worker, was hit on the head during the robbery as she tried to escape. A neighbor heard the commotion, grabbed a shotgun and came to her assistance.
The neighbor then shot the 44-year-old robbery suspect in the chest, police said.
The neighbor was not arrested. The case will be forwarded to the grand jury.
A hero!
US military denies Iraq claims of al-Qaida leader’s arrest
The U.S. military says the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq has been not been captured — despite a claim by the Iraqi government.
U.S. military spokeswoman Maj. Peggy Kageleiry says “neither coalition forces nor Iraqi security forces detained or killed Abu Ayyub al-Masri. This guy had a similar name.”
She said today that no additional details were being provided.
On Thursday night, Iraqi army and police officials said the al-Masri had been captured in Mosul.
Well shoot. I suppose they’ll get him one of these days. Bombs would work….very large bombs.
