The Week That Was

How the taxi got in Boris's underwear I'll never know.

(Thanks again, Groucho)

alternative universe--
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A place where Condi Rice and the rest of the neocons are again given credibility by the media for their foreign policy position.

A place where the media actually reports disgraced Republican Senator Ensign's objection to czars, considering there is no such job title and is merely a media creation.
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A place where the GOP think they are winning the health care debate despite poll numbers showing voters are most supportive of a mandate to buy insurance provided that a public option is included, that a majority are favorable toward the president, that two-thirds trust the president and nearly four times as many voters will blame the GOP as will blame the president for health care reform not passing.

Oh man, the link to the Dylan Christmas Album clips is brutal. Whoever greenlighted that album should be sentenced to hard time. (and I have plenty of Dylan on my iPod--that is just terrible).

Of all the listed events, the one I find most troubling is the FBI and NY police not being able to co-operate on something as vital as a counter terrorism investigation. How disturbing!

Little wonder then that in instances involving technology, online assaults, Pedophilia and other crimes originating from technology even where the culprits continue to commit crimes and operate in open view, to obtain the joint co-operation of the agencies of the FBI, AG and local law enforcement is sometimes like pulling teeth.
Information has to be repeated and simple attempts to obtain subpoenas marred in red tape and bureaucracy.

Some states appear to be worse at this lack of information and exchange-- and NY it would seem is one of those. I wonder how many other agencies in other states are just working "alone" and not cooperating and sharing information.

I sincerely hope this story is a wake up call for our able men and women who spend their lives dedicated to keeping us safe and assisting in the investigation of other complex crimes.

I have hope for the FBI and NY police for future investigations like this. Those in law enforcement and these Agencies --at least the ones I have been fortunate to communicate with appear to be consummate Professionals. They will learn from this problem, I am fairly sure.

LM

http://theblindspotsofgod.wordpress.com/

The Hammer wins the thread, but this is next best I could find –
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Underwear, Men's
subtopics: UK, Hom, left, hand, talk to the, opening, looking for an, ask, if you have to, understand, you won't
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British underwear brand Hom announces underwear for left-handed men.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1215513/Design-breakthrough-lefties-left-handed-underpants-sale.html

KT:

a week that brought us a lip-syncing, booty-shaking Tom Delay in rhinestones can't be all bad

I thought that was one of the seven signs of the impending apocalypse, no?

Tom Delay only proved that men our age can make fools of themselves. It wasn't pretty.

Anybody besides me snickers when you hear the name "Wolf Blitzer"?