February 5, 2011

Former Pres. George W. Bush is denying that the sudden cancellation of his scheduled speech at a Jewish charity event in Switzerland has anything to do with the fact that human rights groups promised he would be arrested on arrival.

Human rights lawyer: ‘I think George Bush’s world is a very small place at the moment’

Bush was to be the keynote speaker at Keren Hayesod’s annual dinner on February 12 in Geneva. But pressure has been building on the Swiss government to arrest him and open a criminal investigation if he enters the Alpine country.

Criminal complaints against Bush alleging torture have been lodged in Geneva, court officials say.

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All About Branding

February 5, 2011May 22, 2014 Buck Banks

She’s earned a well-deserved reputation for her snark.
She’s a momma grizz whose bite’s worse than her bark.
You can tell by her conduct
She considers herself a product,
Which is why Sarah Palin‘s been trademarked.

Verbatim

February 5, 2011February 4, 2011 Buck Banks

Sarah Palin is a soap opera, basically. She’s doing mostly what she does to make money and keep her name in the news. She is not a serious candidate for president and never has been.

Day: February 5, 2011

Verbatim

I don’t know what else we can do to stop the parlor game speculation about who’s coming and who’s going. Lord knows we’ve knocked it down a thousand times over, and at a time of such challenge for American foreign policy the punditry is especially unwelcome and unhelpful.

–Sen. John Kerry (D-MA), telling ABC News he has no interest in being Secretary of State after the Boston Globe, Kerry’s hometown newspaper, reported Kerry “is running an unofficial campaign to become the next Secretary of State.”

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Americans Own 53% of U.S. Debt

53%

Amount of the U.S. debt owned by the American public, by far the largest share owned by any country, reports the Chrisitan Science Monitor. Although China is the largest foreign owner of U.S. debt with 9.8% of the total, they barely inch out the Japanese, who own 9.6%.

Fox Effect Ruined Grammer’s Sex Life

Bush Cancels Switzerland Trip After Threat of Arrest for Torture Crimes

All About Branding

Verbatim

Sarah Palin is a soap opera, basically. She’s doing mostly what she does to make money and keep her name in the news. She is not a serious candidate for president and never has been.

— Ron Reagan, quoted by the AP, on Sarah Palin’s plans to celebrate his father’s centennial this weekend.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“One woman at a rally in New Jersey told me last week that she was ‘nauseously optimistic.’ That may capture a lot of people’s last-minute jitters.”

— Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), quoted by Axios, on what Democrats feel ahead of the midterm elections.

“I think Congress made a mistake not protesting turning the Rose Garden into what looks like the entrance to Liberace’s bathroom.”

— Former President Bill Clinton, quoted by The Wrap.

“Boy, they are scraping the bottom of the barrel. It feels like a real desperation play to me, because it has got zero basis in the law.”

— Republican election law expert Ben Ginsberg, quoted by Politico, on the Trump administration’s effort to invalidate Alaska’s election results.

Numerati

3,824

$1.4 billion

-35 points

31%

63% to 38%

KFF Poll: “With the 2026 midterm campaigns in full swing and early voting about to begin, there is a wide enthusiasm gap between partisan voters, with Democratic voters 25 percentage points more likely than Republican voters to say they are ‘more motivated’ than usual to vote (63% vs. 38%).”