Did McCain/Palin Obstruct Justice in the Johnston Case?
It seems that Sarah Palin has a newsworthy scandalette for every holiday. For Thanksgiving she was preening in front of a turkey slaughter; for Christmas, she is smack dab in the middle of a felony controlled substances investigation. It appears that the narcotics investigation of Sherry Johnston was delayed to protect the GOP Presidential ticket during the election
Best Gifts Ever?
I once put a live lobster in my father's Christmas stocking.
Happy Holidays And Thanks!
HAPPY HOLIDAYS to one and all. And my thanks to the greatest readers and commenters on teh internets! You folks are the greatest, and none of it works without you. And thanks, most of all, to Marcy for letting me hang around and be part of the fun and excitement.
We Are All Banks Now
The Fed just awarded GM's finance arm bank status.
Shorter Blagojevich:
I'm going to start a running tally of the ways that Obama's stupid treatment of his report on contacts with Blago will backfire. Consider this count number one.
George Bush Spent $4 Billion to Kill Chrysler--on Obama's Watch
George Bush has said that he gave the auto companies loan money so as not to dump the problem into Obama's lap.
But that's a lie.
Dick's Talking Points, Two
Murray Waas proves that Dick Cheney knew he might out Plame when he encouraged journalists to look into who purportedly sent Joe Wilson to Niger.
Cheney's FBI Report
Cheney says he did not order Libby to order Plame's identity. I guess his insinuations that he may have were a CYA invented later to respond to Fitzgerald's investigation, notably Fitz getting Judy Miller's testimony.
Blagojevich Report Timeline
The dates reported in the Blagojevich report, along with dates from the complaint.
The Blagojevich Contacts: Only 5-6 Contacts with Rahm on the Senate Seat, But the Report Does Not Cover Rahm's Seat
The Obama team report on contacts with Blagojevich show--as expected--that there were no substantive discussions about the Senate seat. But Obama's team appears not to have asked whether there were discussions about Rahm's seat--and Greg Craig seem incurious about that entirely.
The Cerberus Mysteries Deepen
Apparently, no one knows what the fuck is the role of Cerberus in Chrysler's $4 billion loan.
Is Cheney Relying on Gonzales' Retroactive Notes?
Over the weekend Cheney repeated a claim Alberto Gonzales has made before--which is largely assumed to have constituted a lie to Congress. But we've recently learned that Gonzales made notes which--presumably--back up his version of the story. Is Cheney relying on those notes, too?
FBI Whistleblower Plugs Toobz Stevens Prosecution
I have stated before that the case against Ted Stevens should have been dismissed for prosecutorial misconduct before it ever reached the contaminated and bizarre jury process that led to the guilty verdict.Late today we received yet more evidence of just how true that is. A five-year FBI agent assigned to the Alaska corruption investigation is the whistleblower who brought a complaint with explosive allegations of misconduct against other agents and at least one prosecutor involved in the trial.
GUILTY - The Fort Dix Five Convicted
The panel of jurors deliberating the Fort Dix Five terrorism trial has found all five defendants guilty of plotting to attack the military base and kill soldiers. The foreign-born Muslims from Cherry Hill Pennsylvania, were charged with conspiracy to kill military personnel, attempted murder and weapons charges.
Jesse Jackson Jr's Fundraiser Wants Immunity
It sounds like Jesse Jackson Jr and one of his fundraisers mentioned in the Blagojevich complaint are going after each other.
Does Bob Nardelli Work for Cerberus or Chrysler?
Who is paying Bob Nardelli's salary? And to do what? And is it possible that he was left out of negotiations on the bridge loan, even while Chrysler will own the responsibility for paying it back?
The No-Fail Business Model Fails
Remember how Bob Corker and Richard Shelby told you that GM had a failed business model, as compared to Toyota's tremendously successful model? Then why is Toyota losing money?
Cerberus Still Seeking to Privatize Profit, Pass on Risk?
Cerberus appears to be seeking to capitalize on the woes of the auto industry to do two things: first help its Republican buddies break the UAW, and after doing so, pawn off its unwanted "investment" in Chrysler onto the same union. I'm not sure I understand all the steps in this process, yet, but here are three data points.
Cerberus Protects Client Retirees But Not Chrysler Retirees
Let's start with Cerberus' statement
"And while you're indicting Alberto Gonzales for lying to Congress..."
"...why not add another charge too?" That seems to be the immediate message of Henry Waxman's memo exposing Administration lies about the claim that Iraq was seeking uranium in Niger. Alberto Gonzales appears to have lied for Condi, to hide the insistence with which the Administration refused to heed warnings against using the Niger uranium claim.
Trash Talk - Prime Time Edition
The penultimate week to the regular season schedule in the National Favre League is upon us and, as many of you have already discovered, the hostesses team is playing the janitor's team. Yep, bmaz's Arizona Cardinals (I don't really claim the losers, but they are my home team) are visiting Marcy's gridiron heroes, the Patriots.
