Today Is A Work Day...
because evildoers never rest.
Open Thread...
Open Thread...
posted by Patrick J. Fitzgerald at 11/24/2006
Nov 24, 2006
About Me
- Name: Patrick J. Fitzgerald
- Location: U.S. Attorney On Assignment - WDC, Illinois, United States
Think Globally Prosecute Locally - I grew up in Flatbush, kept my nose clean, went to law school. Now that I am in Chicago and D.C. I have found that the rampant graft and corruption to be a travesty - a travesty of a mockery of a sham of a mockery of a travesty of two mockeries of a sham. ---Favorite quote --- "Conditional love is an oxymoron." - Yours truly
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- Happy Thanksgiving...
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- Fair Is Fair..?
- "Corruption With A Capital C..."
- Punch And Judy...
- Loose Change & Ends...
- TGIM...
68 Comments:
and never do justice bloggers. BAM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061122/
ap_on_el_pr/huckabee2008
Arkansas' Ethics Commission has admonished Huckabee for violations five times in 14 years, once for taking money from an organization whose donors have never been listed. He jokingly attributed his weight loss to a "concentration camp" diet and once called his state a "banana republic."
And last week, he lashed out after reporters questioned wedding-gift registries set up to furnish Huckabee's new $525,000 home in North Little Rock. Friends this fall set up the accounts for Huckabee and his wife Janet, who have been married since 1974.
Holy Smokes! Whoever heard of such a thing? This guy is a graft-slayer's dream.
SPY vs SPY 2006: polonium-210
The White House also wants the oil-rich kingdom to do more to help with reconstruction. The Saudis pledged more than $1 billion to rebuild Iraq, but payment has been long delayed.
And, why the delay with the Saudis? Part of the WH 'bargain' not fulfilled? I smell a rat!
Poor Fitz. No long four day weekend for him. We all appreciate all the hard work he does.
The poor Drug Companies...
from WaPo:
A post-election e-mail to executives at the drug company GlaxoSmithKline details just how tough. "We now have fewer allies in the Senate," says the internal memo, obtained by The Washington Post. "Thus, there is greater risk over the next two years that bad amendments will be offered to pending legislation." The company's primary concerns are bills that would allow more imported drugs and would force price competition for drugs bought under Medicare.
The defeat of Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) "creates a big hole we will need to fill," the e-mail says. Sen.-elect Jon Tester (D-Mont.) "is expected to be a problem," it says, and the elevation to the Senate of Rep. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) "will strengthen his ability to challenge us."
Anon said ...and never do justice bloggers
You got that right...Nice post CC, that's it Sharrod, you go get 'em :-D
Here's one to pass along to veterans:
http://operationpurpleheart.
blogspot.com/
a blogger cataloging soldiers with cancer believed to be caused by DU exposure
Teak, Huckabee is a king of graft! a wedding registry -that's one bold graft man!
From Americablog. Thanks Cliff!
Thanks to my one-month old adorable son Douglas, for entering my life (and my beautiful wife for doing, let’s say, 98.7% of the work) and already having more hair and understanding of the Sunni Triangle than Dick Cheney.
Thanks to IMs, Congressional Pages and attempted GOP cover-ups.
Thanks to Keith Olbermann, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert for fighting the insidious "liberal media.”
Thanks to “Democrat” Marty Peretz’s wife for buying his public platform, so we can listen to his post-Trotskeyite, pathetically pretentious, imbecilic faux-sagacity on Iraq.
Thanks to obscure Tunisian racist phrases.
Thanks to The Young Turks, the best damn show on radio — where I am allowed to spew my pablum once a week.
Thanks to J.D. Hayworth, for losing.
Thanks to Sean Hannity’s hairdresser — it’s really a delight (and kinda gay).
Thanks to FoxNews Democrats like Susan Estrich and Kirsten Powers for their helpful and insightful analysis as to why their party sucks.
Thanks to Democrats for suddenly remembering the word “Iraq” during the campaign.
Thanks to the great slate of Democratic populists who have the ability to change things in this country (I can’t just name a few here, it would do injustice to the rest).
Thanks to Connecticut election law for allowing primary losers to run for office until they finally find a way to win.
Thanks to Ken Mehlman’s closet… that must be where he his turnout formulas disappeared.
Thanks to Robert Greenwald for making the best damn progressive films out there.
Thanks to Tom DeLay for aborting his soul.
Thanks to AMERICAblog for everything you do.
Thanks to Anne Northup for losing.
Thanks to Ted Haggard, temptation and voicemail.
Thanks to Michael J. Fox.
Thanks to Brittany and K-Fed for the memories.
Thanks to Ann Coulter and her pet larynx for the memories.
Thanks to MSNBC bookers for allowing me to have nice conversations with Republicans on TV.
Thanks to Michael Steele for losing.
Thanks to Don Sherwood’s aggressive massage technique.
Thanks to Jim Talent for opposing stem cell research.
Thanks to bloggers for doing the MSM’s job.
Thanks to President Bush for waiting until after the election to go Ike Turner on Rumsfeld.
Thanks to martinis for turning Mark Foley into a molester and Mel Gibson into Charles Lindbergh.
Thanks to Howard Dean and the 50 state strategy.
Thanks to “The Dukestir.”
Thanks to the Republicans for bringing back Trent Lott — and Michael Richards for playing him on stage.
Thanks to Katherine Harris, just for existing — I smell reality show darling (I’ve already pitched it: Pearls Gone Wild).
Thanks to Karl Rove for “dealignment.”
Thanks to Dick Cheney for having stellar aim… I hear Grover Norquist has some free time and airline miles.
And finally, thanks to the entire GOP for running an operation Lucky Luciano would have been proud of. I appreciate your kindness in letting us have the legislature back so my son only had to spend three weeks and one day under unified criminal rule of our government.
Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours! Hopefully you, like me, can rest a bit easier knowing Republicans actually have an assorted check or balance.
http://americablog.blogspot.com/
And thanks to the Gerbil for the new found words for the upcoming
Webster Dictionary: The Internets, The Google, Nukular, and Global Warming is warming the globe!
*lol*
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/
S/SEPT_11_DEMOCRATS?SITE=
OHLIM&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
As more information comes out, more Americans will demand the truth along with the rest of the world. It will not stop.
"Brian Jenkins, terrorism analyst with the RAND Corp. research firm, called such foreign policy initiatives "exhortations to do better." RAND Corp. ---that's a damn laugh!
Good evening America, and I hope you all enjoyed the turkey!
You're damn right, Fitz, today is a work day, at least here in the UK.
It's also been a very sad day with the news of the death of Alexander Litvinenko, who has been fighting for his life for the last few weeks in a London hospital.
“The bastards got me,” he whispered. “But they won’t get everybody.”
Poisoned Litvinenko Blames Kremlin in Last Interview Before Death — Paper
Mos News
Friday, November 24, 2006
In his last interview the poisoned former Russian security agent Alexander Litvinenko said that the hit on him had been ordered from the Kremlin, The Times daily reported on Friday.
“I want to survive, just to show them,” Alexander Litvinenko said in an exclusive interview given just hours before he died.
The former Russian security officer suggested that he knew he may not win his struggle against the lethal chemicals destroying his vital organs. But he said the campaign for truth would go on with or without him.
“The bastards got me,” he whispered. “But they won’t get everybody.”
Mr Litvinenko, 43, uttered his last defiant words to Andrei Nekrasov, a friend and film-maker, who had visited him in University College Hospital in London every day this week.
Although Mr Nekrasov had seen Mr Litvinenko sometimes more than once a day, Tuesday was the last occasion on which his friend could communicate properly. Yet in his final remarks, the former spy remained defiant in his battle against President Putin and the Russian security services.
He also managed a joke at his own expense, suggesting that his poisoning was proof that his campaign against the Kremlin had targeted the right people. “This is what it takes to prove one has been telling the truth,” he said.
He was referring to allegations he made in a book, The FSB Blows up Russia, which accuses the Russian security services of causing a series of apartment block explosions in Moscow in 1999 that helped to propel Vladimir Putin into the presidency.
And thanks to the Gerbil for the new found words for the upcoming
Webster Dictionary: The Internets, The Google, Nukular, and Global Warming is warming the globe!
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SPB:
LOLMAO! Yeah, the Gerbil isn't very smart and seems to be getting more stupid everyday! LOL
I hope the folks in the UK figure out what killed Litvinenko for 100%certain. Reality is sometimes scarier than anything Hollywood or Tom Clancy can dream up. At least the story caught everyone's attention, maybe because it is so freaky compared to the hit on the journalist.
Anonymous 1:23 is correct:
Polonium-210
Top of the afternoon all
I hope everyone enjoyed their Thanksgiving as I did. Slept late because of to much food. Fitz oh my Fitz you have so many surprises for the defense. Yes working Friday is hard but your right the evildoers are working hard too. Cheney was called to meet this Boss aka Saudi's for a report on the plan continuing since the Dems are in charge. Cheney " you have some explaining to do Lucy" and he better give the right answers are it's water boarding time for Dick. Notice Bush is surrounding himself with woman/children for protection as he can be gotten to at anytime. With the new killer medican that was used on the Russian spy oh well one never knows. You play with the killers or get killed. I notice it can't be detected strange.
As one of the folks in the UK, it seems to me we have figured out what poisoned Alexander Livchenko.
Question is: who did it, but I think that's pretty obvious.
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Good Afternoon Fitz and the Justice Bloggers.
Yep, Fitz is busy alright..
We got a Delay..and possibly
a Pardon coming for Smurf!!
Oh Fitz, Don’t Make Me Wait…
By Jane Hamsher @ 1:00 pm
Image: Fitz with Assts on the hunt!(Is that you Tee and s-q ?)
From the WaPo:
The trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Vice President Cheney's former chief of staff, could be delayed, based on an appeal that a special prosecutor plans to seek in the case.
Special Counsel Patrick J. Fitzgerald notified the court last night that he plans to appeal U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton's ruling this month on the standards the judge will use for determining which classified materials Libby may use as evidence in defending himself. Libby faces trial on charges of perjury, lying to investigators and obstruction of justice.
With the trial set to begin in early January, the U.S. Court of Appeals has only one month to consider the matter as do the prosecutors and defense to work out other pretrial disputes over classified materials and the admissibility of other evidence. The substance of Walton's Nov. 15 ruling is sealed because of the classified materials it discusses.
Christy has a good rundown of where things stand with Walton's ruling. I know some are worried about a pardon but I personally think it would paint a big, fat bullseye on the case for Henry Waxman (who hasn't yet decided what he wants to start investigating), and emptywheel argues that it would make a civil case a lot easier to win. With jury selection is set to start on January 15 we will no doubt know something on the appeal soon.
Update: Jeff, in the comments: "[I]n fact Fitzgerald’s appeal is of Walton’s November 15 ruling on the use and admissibility of classified information by Libby, not Walton’s November 13, which is the one Christy discusses and which is Walton’s rejection of Fitzgerald’s first effort to offer a set of unclassified substitutions for some of that classified information deemed admissible."
- Source: Firedogs
Everyone on the blog go to firedoglake.com You'll see Fitz and he reminds me of the cool way Denzel Washington was walking in The Preachers Wife and John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever. You can tell he's the Man by the way his walks. Just my first thought when looking at the picture. smile
Jackie,
Ok here's the Song to go with that Smile
hee hee hee!
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GEF nice shoot gun man who gets the pretty ladies. Could you get the one I was thinking about that fits more to my thinking of the little angel was the record Stayin Alive. I don't know how to use the thing you got the music from could you try that record. Thanks
Jackie,
Yep, Here ya go!
Stayin' Alive
;)
GEF,
Perhaps your face was too busy stuffing itself with food yesterday to read the "I am thankful for the appeal process..." section in yesterday's post? ;)
BTW, Jane was probably eating leftovers today confusing my notice to appeal the ruling on the 15th with the ruling on the 13th. :D
..
Hey, Since when did we start getting commercials on the FITZ blog(7:27) ??
Those filthy advertisers and telemarketers are everywhere..
Relentless idiots selling useless merchandise and witchdoctor tonics that nobody wants and just get us all more into debt..
That's why I say that we Americans really gotta dislodge those Lobbyist from Congress..
Completely!
Fitz we got the mistake don't worry go back to work smile.
GEF I love that record I danced a few seconds and got tired but my heart and mine were still in the music. I guess when Fitz and I go dancing we'll have alot of rest stops. Funny how ones mind is still living that dancing life but the body says slow down. I have to start listening to my body more and less my mind. I'm going to watch the news now I'll be back later see you guys later.
Fitz,
quote:
Perhaps your face was too busy stuffing itself with food yesterday to read the "I am thankful for the appeal process..." section in yesterday's post? ;)
Actually I was...and I'm not done either! Pass the Gravy please!
quote:
BTW, Jane was probably eating leftovers today confusing my notice to appeal the ruling on the 15th with the ruling on the 13th. :D
Well, The Spin is in Fitz...Check out the music lower in the firedog blog..
Thanks for that clarification! *)
I see it Fitz...*Thanks*
quote:
I am thankful for the appeal process... "Very Special and Dashingly Handsome Counsel Patrick J. Fitzgerald notified the court last night that he plans to appeal U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton's ruling this month on the standards the judge will use for determining which classified materials Libby may use as evidence in defending himself. Libby faces trial on charges of perjury, lying to investigators and obstruction of justice."
GEF:
Are you over here causing trouble again? hehe
Whatever shall I do with you? :)
s-q,
Trouble ? Naw, just missed a day and trying to catch up...
I didn't see it at first...
My fault, I went into giddiness warp drive...
LOL*)
ps.. IS THERE A GYM IN THE HOUSE ?
hee hee hee!
giddiness warp drive...
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GEF:
Yeah, I caught you on video earlier today...you were going full Warp Speed Ahead!
LOL
s-q,
THAT'S NOT HUMAN S-Q THAT'S A ROBOT!!
Bwahahahahahahaha! ROFLMAO*)
Fitz:
You looked great in that photo! :)
GEF:
No, that isn't SQ in that photo! LOL
THAT'S NOT HUMAN S-Q THAT'S A ROBOT!!
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GEF:
That kid just makes me hurt to watch him! LOLMAO! :P
s-q,
quote:
That kid just makes me hurt to watch him!
Well they say that the Democrats from the 109th Congress were Spineless, so maybe that kid is the son of a Democrat from the 109th Congress!
s-q,
I hope that 110th Congress come equipped with spines and cojones..
;)
GEF:
I'm sure they will... and they must have the Gerbil and Baron worried! :)
s-q,
quote:
I'm sure they will... and they must have the Gerbil and Baron worried!
Well anytime evildoers are worried you know something is going right in the world!
GEF:
Wouldn't you be worried if you had committed treason?
GEF,
You have some catching up to do! ;)
http://patrickjfitzgerald.blogspot.com/2006/04/late-night-fun-open-thread.html
s-q,
Yep, Article 2 Section 4 Looms Large..
But they think they're untouchable!!
Let's just see if that's true!
btw: Nixon thought that too!
The only way Nixon could've succeeded is if he Commanded the Military Coup and Blew up the Congress Building and blame it on Someone else..
Speaking of Congress(Capitol Bldg), there's been some funny characters roaming around in the Sub-Basements over there and the Dogs where not allowed while they were there..I remember reading about it s-q..
So if that happens we'll know gerbils & ambiens plans.
Fitz,
hmmm...So that's your Gizmo...
he he he!
*CHEERS*
Fitz:
I thought that robot dancing looked familiar and it was the same kid but a different video! LOL
GEF:
I don't know if you read all the posts on that thread that Fitz posted but I had commented that Fitz should dance to "Let's Dance".. Hmm..Where have I heard that tonight? LOL
s-q,
quote:
Hmm..Where have I heard that tonight? LOL
Yep, We entered Coincidence Central s-q..
First Ride is 1/2 off!
s-q,
BTW: I think we should stop distracting Fitz.. He might start
dancing in his office or something..
FITZ needs to concentrate in putting a vice grip around the Smurfs baby cojones..
Fitz:
I think GEF had too much turkey. It clogged up his brain. The man seemed wired all the time on the blog! LOL!
GEF:
I can see you have a favorite girl: Jackie ask and Jackie receives. Nice music!
Biloxi,
quote:
The man seemed wired all the time on the blog!
I have deep respect for Mr. Fitz and his dedication to service serves as an example that negates the view that all government people are just lazy and corrupt. I like this blog and the people in it.
I just have my own theory that the evildoers at the top of the food chain are gonna pull an unAmerican trick up their sleeves once again Biloxi.
s-q,
quote:
I can see you have a favorite girl: Jackie ask and Jackie receives. Nice music!
Yep!! hee hee hee!
Biloxi,
btw: How was your Holiday ?
I heard you went through Gravy-boarded torture!!
hee hee hee!
"I just have my own theory that the evildoers at the top of the food chain are gonna pull an unAmerican trick up their sleeves once again Biloxi."
Well, that's nothing new, GEF! And do you think the Gerbil crawled in the WH from the get go. The entire Gerbil Administration is like a corporate business. In corporate businesses, the CEO to rest of the executive is only interested in the bottom line profit for themselves and the company. In the Gerbil's case, it is a never ending story with the Gerbil trying to pull a rabbit out of hat to pull another trick. But, basically, come January, it will be over for the Gerbil. It is a matter of time of his ending of his throne.
"btw: How was your Holiday?"
GEF:
My holiday was fantastic. I ate too much. Too much turkey, apple pie and mash potatoes. There is so much leftovers. Unfortunately, I had to work today.. So, I am all caught of with work. I assume Fitz is busy with work. So, yesterday was just one day off. I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family and/or friends.
Yep!! hee hee hee!
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GEF:
Was that for me or SPB??
Biloxi,
quote:
But, basically, come January, it will be over for the Gerbil. It is a matter of time of his ending of his throne.
I sure hope so Biloxi...
I want them both Rubber Ducked and then Freshly Squeezed!!
lol*)
Well, well, well,
Looks like global evildoer fighter has a girlfriend who is a grandmother from California: Ms. Jackie! LOL!
Fitz:
I didn't know that your blog made a love connection! Fitz might get jealous because Jackie is paying too much attention to GEF!
Biloxi,
quote:
I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family and/or friends.
Yeah..But I think I lost a shoe..
Biloxi,
quote:
Well, well, well,
Looks like global evildoer fighter has a girlfriend who is a grandmother from California: Ms. Jackie! LOL!
Naw, I just do what she wants, but her main man is Fitz!
I'm just the hired napkin boy!!!
"I sure hope so Biloxi..."
And what the Gerbil is trying to figure out is what the Democrats of the House has up their sleeves come January... Rest assure is Rove bails out from the WH, it is definitely over for him. I would keep a close eye on Andrew Card. Card is making a lot of noise and criticizing Rove and the Gerbil.
"Naw, I just do what she wants, but her main man is Fitz!
I'm just the hired napkin boy!!!"
LOL! Right.. More like a buttkisser to me. That is term we used in the DOJ! I guess that you don't want to pissed THE MAN! ohhhhh! Ha! Ha!
Biloxi,
quote:
More like a buttkisser to me.
Nope, I've never kissed any bosses butt Biloxi, I think very low of
folks who do that..Ex: Holy Joe..
I call them straight brother and if I don't like someone I'll say that too!
No DOJ Boot lickers here..
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"Btw: I think the same about you that I said about Fitz, but I didn't want ya to get all puffed or anything.."
LOL! Here is a newsflash and learning lesson for you. I don't need to kiss the rugby man's hind parts. I am my own person... So, I don't need to get all puffed up from anyone. More importantly, I am just a participant on this blog. Nothing more and nothing less. As far as my gf, since you brought her up, we have known one another for many years. So we compliment one another and not compete. So, she knows that I am kidding on thid blog when I make comments about her and myself. That is what you call a commitment and a solid relationship.
Biloxi,
hmmm...
Ok, You are disturbed!
hee hee hee!
"Ok, You are disturbed!"
Nope, you need to take a look in the mirror, kiddo!
*lol*
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Biloxi,
"Why Does this feel like another Starsky and Hutch Episode ?"
Ok, screw the Compliments, we'll just go get a beer and call it even...
:)
GEF:
Please go to my blog...
"Ok, screw the Compliments, we'll just go get a beer and call it even..."
O.K. you are on.... Hee hee...
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