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What would the case against Bush look like?

Elizabeth de la Vega, a former federal prosecutor (she was Chief of the San Jose Branch U.S. Attorney’s Office), has constructed a theoretical convening of a grand jury in which she lays out the case that Bush and company deliberately and willfully deceived the nation about the Iraq war.

Her work is being released as a book, United States v. George W. Bush et al., but there’s a sizeable excerpt available on AlterNet.

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National Lampoon takes on the recent happenings with Michael Richards and reveals that it was actually just a lost episode of Seinfeld.

(NSFW: language)

NEW YORK — A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. Treasury Department is violating the law by failing to design and issue currency that is readily distinguishable to blind and visually impaired people.

Judge James Robertson, in a ruling on a suit by the American Council of the Blind, ordered the Treasury to devise a method to tell bills apart.

“It can no longer be successfully argued that a blind person has ‘meaningful access’ to currency if she cannot accurately identify paper money without assistance,” Robertson wrote in his ruling.

» Complete story (CNNMoney)

Works in the genres of science fiction and fantasy frequently employ invented curse words. Which one’s your fave? Vote in the new poll at the blog and let me know.

And if you have other favorites (many others here), let me know in the comments!

I went on a much-needed vacation to spend Thanksgiving with with my friends down in El Centro.

Before I left, I had these grand plans of how I’d keep blogging while I was down there, how I’d take a bunch of pictures, etc.

Yeah, right. Didn’t happen.

Got back in the wee hours of Monday night/Tuesday morning, and spent yesterday playing catch-up.

And now I’m back, nerfherders.

From: Bender Morris T LTJG
Date: Nov 23, 2006 8:38 AM
Subject: [U] Happy Thanksgiving
To: [a bunch of people]
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED

All,

I wanted to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. We had a traditional Thanksgiving lunch (turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, yams) as well as some not-as-traditional items (lobster tail, shrimp cocktail). I’ve been told that dinner is a repeat of lunch. If it weren’t for the fact that I skipped both dinner last night and breakfast this morning, I’d just pass. One meal a day is probably not good. I want to thank everyone praying for the troops out here and in other forward units around the world. We may not have our friends and family with us here, but they are always in our hearts. Not to mention we have all the friends we’ve made here to celebrate with. I hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday. I expect most won’t see this email/blog until at least tomorrow once the tryptophan wears off. Hope you enjoyed the sleep.

Out here…

“HARTFORD, Conn. - Two armed thugs tried to rob a line of people waiting for the new Playstation 3 game system to go on sale early Friday and shot a man who refused to give up his money, authorities said.” [Full story]

Mark Frauenfelder has a capsule review of the new Nintendo Wii up at Boing Boing. Sounds like a cool concept done well.

Anybody reading this planning to get a Wii?

How about a Playstation 3, with its freaky-ass toy baby commercial?

WTF?

Seriously - WTF?!