Bush Vetoes Supposed “waterboarding” Bill

The President, today, by way of the BitsBlog Newsroom:

Unfortunately, Congress recently sent me an intelligence authorization bill that would diminish these vital tools. So today, I vetoed it. And here is why:

The bill Congress sent me

OK< I should make mention that John McCain has clinched the nomination.

Huck has quit,  and  President Bush will endorse McCain.

Oh… and the sun came up today, too.

But I guess this is still good news by comparison. AsI

Piracy by another name, BBC:

Japan’s whaling fleet in the waters off Antarctica has been attacked again by protesters, Tokyo officials have said.

Activists from the Sea Shepherd group threw containers filled with a mild form of acid made

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Bush said Thursday the country is not recession-bound and, despite expressing concern about slowing economic growth, rejected for now any additional stimulus efforts. “We acted robustly,” he said.

“We’ll see the effects of this pro-growth package,”

“60 Minutes” disdain for the Republican Party brought you embarrassment when you ran a bogus and fraudulent story in the fall of 2004 about President Bush and his National Guard record, and your organization ultimately admitted to not having followed

Let’s take a little trip back in time…  I recognize many of my readers were not even alive back then, but… let’s try.
Think back to the election… the general, back 1989…when Bush41 was running against Mike Dukakas. Remember the

The Global War of Terror is fifteen years old today.   On February 26, 1993 Islamists attempted to destroy  the World Trade Center.    Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review:

On the morning of February 26, 1993, Islamic militants steered a nondescript

Chris Cillizza at the WaPo Politics Blog:

Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (D) said Monday that the media’s pro-Obama (or anti-Clinton) bias explains in part why Barack Obama is portrayed as running away with the Democratic presidential nomination (instead of being

Dan Drezner, who occasionally has been known to make a good point, makes one here:

Why does a man who received 0.38% of the vote in the last election merit valuable minutes on Meet The Press, not to mention hours

• No, Billy, she’s not done, yet, nor will she be. You of all people will understand that the woman is all about power, and the obtaining of it. As such, she’s not going to back off, even come next

 I note with some amusement, our fellow SwampStomper, Gaius over at Blue Crab:

I have not bothered to comment on that picture of Barack Obama wearing the garb of a Somali elder that was circulated over the weekend. I’m glad

Heh… Check out Bob Geldoff…. Here”s Hume last night:

Rock singer and noted social activist Bob Geldof is praising President Bush for his work in delivering bills of dollars to fight disease and poverty in Africa – and ripping the

• James Joyner notes the passage of another milestone… 24 million. He’s up to a million hits per month, now. I suppose this to be a good bench test for WordPress. Congrats from here, James.
• With the new job, my posting

Yesterday, David gave the Snark of the Day award to Vladimir Putin… and justifiably so, for his comment on Hillary Clinton:

“At a minimum, a head of state should have a head.”

Humor, of course, has to have a grain

Peter Baker in the WaPo this morning:

As he gets closer to the Republican nomination, Sen. John McCain has been trying to balance his unqualified support for the Iraq war by reminding audiences that he was also a tough critic