From the Stinque mailbox, a French commercial from the 1980s demonstrating the benefits of Perrier’s new, um, larger package. We’d like to remind our audience that France is a Catholic nation, and their God clearly has a more wicked sense of humor than ours.
NPR says that 400,000 children could die this year as a result of reduced giving due to the downturn.
Yet the Banksters feel sorry for themselves. Everybody’s picking on them.
America loves a Redemption story. And Eric Holder was poised to provide one, upon his nomination for attorney general.
The soundbite we’re hearing again from January is the obvious one: “Waterboarding is torture.” But we’re not hearing the backstory of his selection, and what it may bring to bear on his decision whether to enforce the law of the land.
You’ll recall that Holder’s previous claim to fame was signing off on Bubba’s infamous midnight pardon of fugitive billionaire Marc Rich (tax fraud), whose ex-wife coincidentally donated more than $1.65 million to the Clinton library, Hillary’s original Senate campaign, and the Democratic Party. The appeal bypassed conventional Justice procedures.
Oh, and Holder had also asked Rich’s lawyer for help becoming AG if Al Gore was elected. Which sounds odd until you learn that Rich’s lawyer was Jack Quinn, a former White House counsel.
“Tan-in-a-Can” Boehner slips up and tells the truth.
More of that Bush legacy we’re hearing so much about:
1) Condi approved waterboarding first.
2) Holy Joe can’t figure out whether he likes waterboarding or not.

We’re not sure how we feel about our painkiller company making weed killer, but we definitely don’t want our weed killer company making painkillers. We can only hope they don’t mix up the packages, or we’ll be pushing daisies.

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MANCHUCANDIDATE • Tom Lehrer, 1928-2025 BTW, has your favorite fundies gone to Ratpure?