Posted on 04/14/2005 2:39:29 AM PDT by BigWaveBetty
U.S. President George W. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld can now also be called bushi, cheneyi and rumsfeldi, or simply slime-mould beetles.
Two former Cornell University entomologists named three species in the genus Agathidium after the U.S. leaders, Cornell announced on Wednesday.
Quentin Wheeler and Kelly Miller christened 65 new species of slime-mold beetles, named for the fungi-like molds on which they feed, which they discovered after collecting thousands of specimens for a study of their evolution and classification.
Wheeler, who after 24 years as a professor of entomology and plant biology at Cornell is now the keeper and head of entomology at the Natural History Museum in London, said the U.S. leaders were being honored for having "the courage of their convictions."
The bushi beetle is found in southern Ohio, North Carolina and Virginia; the rumsfeldi is from Oaxaca and Hidalgo in Mexico, and the cheneyi is known from Chiapas, Mexico, Wheeler said.
Oh no, the trench coat I've been trying to avoid buying! It's so cute, I want it so, but really have no use for it. sigh!
Her "splits" were almost perfectly even, which also is unheard of, especially when the first half of the race is generally downhill, and the second half includes the dreaded Heartbreak Hill after mile 17. Even experienced runners rarely run perfect splits. His theory is that she switched timing chips with someone capable of running a 3-hour race - someone who knew how to run a balanced pace - or didn't run the entire race, a la Rosie Ruiz. Just a theory, mind you.
TALK about will power! Bill Clinton avoided the temptations of beef, a blonde and bad boy Jack Nicholson on his big night out in Manhattan on Tuesday. The former prez ... enjoyed a late-night feast with 10 pals, including Nicho son, movie producer Jerry Bruckheimer and beautiful Canadian politician Belinda Stronach, a longtime close friend of Clinton. While the others feasted on steak, creamed spinach, popovers and fine wine, Clinton — re covering from two major heart operations — stuck to "swordfish, roast chicken and white asparagus," a restaurant spokeswoman said. Bubba was on his best behavior around sexy Stronach, 38. As PAGE SIX first reported, Clinton began spending time with her in 2002. They've been spotted together several times since, playing golf, attending horse races and charity events in the U.S. and Canada. The twice-divorced, bubbly billionairess (her father founded the Magna International conglomerate) — credits him with inspiring her unsuccessful 2004 run for the leadership of Canada's Conservative Party. (Page Six)
God forbid I should ever need to go to an Emergency Room and Vanessa shows up to treat me... I'd break a record getting out of there.
At least you and Mr. M had lots of fun and food in Boston! Glad you two had a good time.
Sweet mercy, they let him have a gun...
Day 81 since Effin' promised to sign form 180.
A Democratic fund-raiser involved in Senator Clinton's 2000 campaign has offered a guilty plea to bank fraud charges and is likely to become a government witness at the upcoming federal trial of a top finance aide to Mrs. Clinton, David Rosen, court records obtained by The New York Sun show.
As part of an FBI investigation into alleged campaign finance reporting violations by Mrs. Clinton's campaign, the mystery witness secretly taped a conversation with Mr. Rosen in September 2002 and apparently tried to elicit statements from the former Clinton staffer about financial irregularities involving an August 2000 Hollywood fund-raising event.
In the documents reviewed by the Sun, the name of the FBI informant is not disclosed. However, the records offer intriguing clues that suggest the mystery witness operated at the highest echelon of Democratic politics.
"The CW [confidential witness] is related to an extremely prominent and well-known political figure. It can be expected that the fact that CW was working in an undercover capacity for the FBI will become the subject of intense media attention," prosecutor Peter Zeidenberg wrote in a November 2004 memo asking a federal magistrate to keep the relationship under wraps. More
Oh please let the "CW" be Capt. Shrum!!
I can't believe they let him use a starter's pistol. I'm surprised he didn't wear camo. Did he ask, "Kin Ah git me a startin' line shootin' license here?"
Oh look:
WASHINGTON - Senate Democrats are quietly trying to kill a 10-year legal probe that implicates several senior Clinton administration appointees for obstruction of justice, the Daily News has learned. The Democrats, saying that the $21 million investigation by Independent Counsel David Barrett should have ended long ago, succeeded in attaching an amendment to a spending bill Tuesday to cut off his funding by June 1.
But two sources close to the investigation said that if the legislation becomes law, it will thwart Barrett from making public a final report that names senior officials in the Clinton Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service who allegedly buried a tax fraud case involving former cabinet member Henry Cisneros.
"It's about obstruction of justice," said one of the sources. "People are willing to take drastic actions to kill this report."
Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.), who introduced the amendment with Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), said last week that the disgraced HUD secretary paid a $10,000 fine in 1999 for lying to the FBI and that then-President Bill Clinton pardoned Cisneros, so the probe "should have ended years ago." ... rest of story
I thought the Dims supported un-ending investigations...oh wait, that's only when they're investigating Tom Delay!
BWB: I'm thinking that would be a good selection for the one coat I'll take to Italy and Paris. I'm going to order it and see how heavy it is.
Re Cisneros: Are those MSM crickets extremely loud or is it just my hearing?
Oh yeah, that Bolton mess is a much more important story. I await the cable news interviews of the wronged MOB from over a decade ago with much anticipation. I'll be interested in her answer as to why she complained about everything concerning that post while there, but never once complained about Bolton. Or why she waited until now, since Bolton has already been before the Senate with other nominations.
Rules don't apply to Sean Penn either...
April 21, 2005 -- RULE-breaking star Sean Penn carried his act a little too far for some fellow guests at the Tribeca Film Festival's "Interpreter" screening Tuesday night. Penn — holding court at the bash at the Museum of Modern Art, which recently underwent a $425 million expansion — brazenly lit up a cigarette and puffed away. "It was absolutely disgusting," one peeved partygoer told us. "He smoked the entire thing right in the middle of the bright, shiny new gem of the New York museum system." But Penn's tough-guy style still works — no one told him to put it out. [PageSix]
Have you seen the ads for the new Penn/Kidman movie? Ack! Kidman uses a painfully fake Idon'tknowwhat kind of accent as a UN interpretor. The reviews they cite come from Marie Claire and Good Housekeeping, claiming "it's the most intelligent movie of the year," or some such nonsense. LOL!!
Check in with me before you pack for your trip down here. Weatherman is saying that it will cool off again next week. Who knows what the first week of May will bring?
Calling himself bent [LOLOLOLOL!!] but not broken, a jubilant Buddy Dyer cleared his name and reclaimed his job as Orlando's mayor Wednesday, six weeks after he was indicted, arrested and suspended from office.
Dyer, a Democrat, and his campaign manager paid Thomas $10,000 to work on his 2004 re-election campaign. Thomas earned $5,000 working on Apte's 2002 judicial campaign.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement spent more than a year investigating the case. But Wednesday, King said he doesn't think any of the defendants meant to break the law.
"There was no evil intent on these people's part," King said. "They did not believe they violated the law." More
Heeeeeeere's Buddy!
So the next time y'all are in Floriduh... break the law! Just don't have any evil intent when you do it (or, be a democrat) and you're home free!
When's the trip? Apart from a February ski trip to Austria, I've always found a raincoat and sweater to be sufficient for most Euro weather.
Thanks for the weather tip. I'm thinking I'll pack lightweight, gauzy type shirts to wear over little t's. Mostly capri type pants and sandals.
Where are you located in relation to Disney/Int'l Drive?
Yikes. Stand clear in case Buddy's face explodes.
We leave October 12th, almost exactly the same as last time. Rainy and cold, but warm enough in daytime when it's not raining (or sleeting). Boots for the coldest nights. Light coat should be sufficient...I found layering does the trick.
Ha! "Bent"! Where do they find these Dim clowns.
Maybe I should change my party registration b/4 heading down there.
Btw, special prosecutor Brad King is the same fool who can't figure out a way to prosecute John Couey's "trailer mates" for aiding and abetting.
SNEDDON TO PRESENT 'VASELINE EVIDENCE' IN JACKO TRIAL
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Looks like Tobey should stay away from the dessert table, as well. And in other news:
New Comedy by Clinton Administration's Robert Reich to Have Premiere at Cape Cod Theatre
Tue Apr 19, 3:47 PM ET Arts and Stage - Playbill
Robert Simonson Playbill On-Line
Robert B. Reich, the former Secretary of Labor under President Bill Clinton, will make his debut as a playwright this spring when his comedy Public Exposure bows at Cape Cod's respected Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theatre (WHAT).
The work, to run May 25-June 18, will be directed by WHAT's founding artistic director Gip Hoppe. The reportedly racy script had an exploratory reading earlier this spring. According to press materials, the plot concerns "A savvy news reporter and an opportunistic plastic surgeon [who] persuade a right wing TV anchor to run for president-if only he'll keep his pants on! Robert Reich exposes the sordid underside of the world he knows so well in this wickedly hilarious political farce."
Reich isn't the first Clinton figure to try his hand at playwriting. In 1999, Sag Harbor's Bay Street Theatre presented This Town, a one-act by for Clinton advisor associate Sidney Blumenthal.
Reich is University Professor and Maurice B. Hexter Professor of Social and Economic Policy at Brandeis University and at Brandeis's Heller School of Social Policy and Management. He has written ten books, including "The Work of Nations," "The Future of Success" and "Locked in the Cabinet." His most recent book is "Reason."
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/playbill/20050419/en_playbill/92417
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