Friday Linkage

I think I've said the f word more this morning than in my whole life.

Revealed: How Nixon hired Secret Service to track Ted Kennedy in bid to catch him cheating on wife

For 500 years, this carving on a castle ceiling hid a magical musical secret. Then one man solved the Da Tinkey Code

Ahmadinejad demands opposition chiefs punished

CNN: State Dept.: Policy against new Israeli settlements stands
The State Department is sticking with a strict no-new-settlements policy toward Israel, its spokesman said Thursday, but he held out the possibility that Israelis and Palestinians might eventually take a different path.

SarahPAC blames illegal political donations on software error

Police: Mom forced adult daughter to wear bags

Cops devised escape plan for lawmaker at town hall

New York Times: Seeking Cash, California Turns to a Tag Sale
Ever wanted to buy a used Chevrolet Cavalier signed by a budget-challenged governor? Now’s your chance!

Gitmo Official: Interrogators Told To Find Qaeda-Iraq Link

By GottaLaff

Nancy Pelosi is not the issue. Torturing people to establish a link between Iraq and Al Qaeda is. From the Nation of Dick's own big fat mouth:

The [McClatchy] news service dug up comments made in 2004 by Dick Cheney to the-now defunct Rocky Mountain News. Said the then-veep:

The (al Qaida-Iraq) links go back. We know for example from interrogating detainees in Guantanamo that al Qaida sent individuals to Baghdad to be trained in C.W. and B.W. technology, chemical and biological weapons technology. These are all matters that are there for anybody who wants to look at it."

Top Guantanamo investigator, retired Army Lt. Col. Brittain Mallow:

I'm aware of the fact that in late 2002, early 2003, that (the alleged al Qaida-Iraq link) was an interest on the intelligence side. That was something they were tasked to look at.

And why hasn't this made the media rounds again?

Wednesday Links For Thee

My RSS feed is being cranky today, maybe it wants to go tea bagging? On with the day...

Pirates Fail in Attack on U.S. Ship

How keeping it in the family spelled the end of the line for the Hapsburg royal dynasty

Bad Economy A Boon For Psychics

Washington Post: At Summit of Americas, U.S. May Face World of Blame for Economy President Obama plans to take his message of partnership to Latin America and the Caribbean this week, but he will face a group of leaders far less forgiving than their European counterparts were about the United States' central role in the global financial crisis.

Afghan women protesting marriage law are pelted with rocks

London suffering from shocking rise in rare 'Victorian' diseases

Drought Threatens Iraq's `Garden of Eden'

McClatchy: After lapses, Justice orders retraining for its prosecutors Attorney General Eric Holder launched a wide-ranging review Tuesday of his lawyers' compliance with evidence-sharing rules in response to a federal judge's scathing criticism of prosecutors' conduct in the corruption trial of former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens.