It's Friday afternoon. What was this week's bad news dump?

[quaoar]

This is the time the Bush crime family releases bad news so as to miss the evening news broadcasts and get lost and forgotten over the weekend.

So what was it today?

[LiberalEsto]

1. Karen Hughes return? nt

[emulatorloo]

4. I can't think of worse news for America

given that Karen is so good at making a silk purse out of a cow's ear and at candy coating the bull's poop.

[WatchWhatISay]

2. hasnt happened

yet

[medeak]

3. Bush names Solicitor General

sounds like a bad dude:

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBY0R8Z66E.html


Clement drew criticism when he assured justices during oral arguments last term that the administration could be trusted with broad authority to detain suspected terrorists without giving them an opportunity to be heard in court.

When Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg pointedly asked what check there would be against torture of detainees, Clement said a U.S. president wouldn't do that.

[AntiCoup2K4]

10. Ted Olson quit?

Wasn't spending enough time in the Underground Shadow Goverment Kingdom with his "dead" wife, I guess?

[LynzM]

5. Trade deficit?

Or did that hit earlier this week? I thought maybe the scary numbers came out today...

[medeak]

8. but consumer confidence is increasing!

that's the spin anyway:

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBAM0E076E.html

[medeak]

6. Bush names another

busy day:

Bush Nominates Conner as Deputy Secretary of Agriculture
The Associated Press
Published: Mar 11, 2005

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush on Friday nominated Charles F. Conner, currently the White House farm adviser, to be deputy secretary of agriculture.
Before advising Bush on agriculture, trade and food aid, Conner was president of the Corn Refiners Association in Washington. Conner previously worked for the Senate Agriculture Committee for 12 years.

[Lars39]

7. Congress May Cut Food Aid, Not Farm Aid

By LIBBY QUAID, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - Cuts in food programs for the poor are getting support in Congress as an alternative to President Bush (news - web sites)'s idea of slicing billions of dollars from the payments that go to large farm operations.


snip


Instead, Republican committee chairmen are looking to carve savings from nutrition and land conservation programs that are also run by the Agriculture Department. The government is projected to spend $52 billion this year on nutrition programs like food stamps, school lunches and special aid to low-income pregnant women and children. Farm subsidies will total less than half that, $24 billion.

Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., said the $36 billion food stamp program is a good place to look for savings.
snip

Bush is proposing to withdraw food stamps for certain families already receiving other government assistance. The administration estimates that plan would remove more than 300,000 people from the rolls and save $113 million annually.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050...

[karynnj]

9. The NYT has article that Pakistan's Khan gave Iran

help on their nuclear program. Several lines in the article seem to show a bit of skepticism of the official account of Bush's ally. For example, they seem skeptical of the lack of government knowledge.



http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/11/international/asia/11pakistan.html

[Just Me]

11. *LOL* I'll give ya' some GOOD news,...we're still here!!!!

:bounce:

Damn if we aren't resilient!!!

[Dr Ron]

12. Bad news for Bush on Light Up the Darkness

Light Up the Darkness has had reports of multiple items of significance, most of which are embarassing to Bush. In the last day or so they include:

Why it is unsafe for liberals to watch TV news (except for John Kerry when he is on C-SPAN Sunday night).

Two separate reports on absurdities out of Bush on Social Security, and a refutation of pro-Bush claims from Factcheck.org.

Another conviction in the New Hampshire vote tampering scheme, and the possibility Bill Frisk may be implicated.

Republicans benefiting from the porn industry.

Bush receiving failing grades on airline safety from pilots group.

Bush's court appointee reruns are as bad the first time.

Support for Kerry's Kids First plan.

Koffi Annan criticizes suppression of civil liberties in war on terrorism.

Alaska oil drilling.

More information at Light Up the Darkness:
http://www.lightupthedarkness.org/blog/default.asp