WOW

Brett Myers made it through the 1st inning tonight without giving up dozens and dozens of runs. In fact, he gave up none. Perhaps the majors most retarded, brain-dead pitcher is turning/has turned the corner?

there is more bullshit directly around this corner

Why ’significant progress’ sounds kind of familiar

Yesterday, speaking from the White House, the president boasted, “American and Iraqi forces have made significant progress” in Iraq. It got me thinking, haven’t we heard that phrase before in relation to Iraq?
* White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan on October 27, 2003: “In the north and south [of Iraq], we have made significant progress.”
* President Bush on November 13, 2004: “Fighting together, our forces have made significant progress in the last several days.”
* President Bush on June 28, 2005: “In the past year, we have made significant progress.”
* Vice President Cheney on October 19, 2006: “[W]e’ve made significant progress.”
* President Bush on February 23, 2007: ” I think we have made significant progress in Iraq.”
Indeed, it’s a phrase the White House has used to describe events in Iraq several hundred times over the last five years. I can’t imagine why anyone would be skeptical about the claim now.

Dick: future weatherman?

On Monday, Vice-President Dick Cheney came to Baghdad and talked about "the phenomenal improvement in security". That day more than 60 Iraqis were killed in bomb attacks.

News item: "America after the invasion of Iraq is no longer the superpower it was before."

good to see everyone working together on this / there is another titanic delay directly behind this one

Daley: GOP wants to hike your CTA fares

CTA unions raise strike specter

Mayor, gov, legislative leaders give CTA riders one big goose egg

And today's YOOOGE front page headline, now mysteriously missing from the website:
"Daley to Gov: Don't waste my time -- Mayor walks out of Blagojevich's transit summit

dere is anudder corner directly around dis one (con't)

Joe Lieberman's Greatest Hits:

– “I’m proud to say that the tide has turned in Iraq and we’re winning that war. And if we don’t let down our troops, they’re going to bring home a victory that will protect us here at home from today’s threat — totalitarian terrorist Islamism that’s trying to take our liberty from us.” [11/06/07]
– “Overall, I would say what I see here today is progress, significant progress from the last time I was here in December. And if you can see progress in war that means you’re headed in the right direction.” [5/30/07]
– “The last two weeks…may be seen as a turning point.” [12/17/05]
– “Does America have a good plan for doing this, a strategy for victory in Iraq? Yes we do.” [11/29/05]
– “We have to stay the course in Iraq now. … If we do that, we will…have won a victory in the war on terrorism.” [1/4/04]