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OCT
18
2005

Remainders: Capitol Tries in Vain to End Being Punk in Drublic

• Rumors of Cheney's political death are greatly exaggerated. Or are they? [US News & World Report]
• Saddam's lawyers want to put the system on trial. Yeah, that's the ticket. [BBC]
• Terrorist threat hampers traffic in Baltimore. [NYT]
• Can a Veep be indicted? Why, yes, yes he can. And has been: "Not long after he killed Alexander Hamilton in their famous 1804 duel, Vice President Aaron Burr was indicted for murder in both New York and New Jersey." [WaPo] (Scroll down)
• Josh Micah Marshall has a thrilling new web design, and the first words out of its mouth are: "John Hannah." [Talking Points Memo]
• Lunch with Rupert Murdoch. Go on, his son never did it. Inherit the Post. [Gawker]
• D.C. City Council passes "emergency legislation," setting .05 as the new level of legal blood alcohol before DUI. Ted Kennedy's Schnapps-flavored Binaca damns the law. [DCist], [WaPo]
• The architect of perestroika -- the Soviet policy, not the kitschy postmodern lounges named after it -- has died today at 81. [BBC]
• Watch the full Colbert Report at Comedy Central, the basic cable network of choice among discriminating gays everywhere. [ComCentral.com]

READ MORE: comedy central , dick cheney , dui , john hannah , perestroika , plamegate , rupert murdoch , saddam hussein , talking points memo , the colbert report , washington d.c. city council


 
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