memeorandum @ 7:50 AM ET, May 5, 2006

7:50 AM ET, May 5, 2006

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ANOTHER KENNEDY COVER-UP? — ***scroll for updates...report of another Kennedy crash two weeks ago in Rhode Island...an interesting observation below about Kennedy's "going for a vote" excuse...video: Roll Call reporter...*** — ***1000pm EDT update...Kennedy blames sleep medication...RWV notes another weird Kennedy accident***

Discussion: Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler, Captain's Quarters, Iowa Voice, Texas Rainmaker, Wonkette, The Sandbox, News Hounds, Betsy's Page, GOP and the City, The Radio Equalizer, Ace of Spades HQ, Church and State, Donkey Cons, The Influence Peddler and Donkey Stomp

Drudge Report:

KENNEDY CAR CRASH COVER-UP? — Police labor union officials asked acting Chief Christopher McGaffin this afternoon to allow a Capitol Police officer to complete his investigation into an early-morning car crash involving Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.), son of Sen. Ted Kennedy.

Discussion: Wizbang, Confederate Yankee, A Blog For All, Leaning Straight Up, Joust The Facts, California Conservative, RightWinged.com, Daily Pundit, BitsBlog, Fausta's blog, Blogs for Bush and The LLama Butchers

wusatv9.com:

Police: Kennedy Appeared Intoxicated At Car Crash — Rep. Patrick Kennedy crashed his car near the Capitol early Thursday, and a police official said he appeared intoxicated. Kennedy said he had had no alcohol before the accident. — Kennedy was reportedly behind the wheel of a green Ford Mustang …

Discussion: Right Voices, Blue Crab Boulevard, Expose the Left and Hotline On Call

CNN:

Rep. Kennedy crashes car near Capitol — Rhode Island Democrat points to prescription medication — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Rep. Patrick Kennedy, son of Sen. Ted Kennedy, said Thursday he was apparently disoriented by medication when he crashed his car into a barricade on Capitol Hill overnight.

Discussion: BitsBlog, ScrappleFace and Hit and Run

Dan / Riehl World View:
Patrick Kennedy - There's Something Else Wrong With This Story

Discussion: Donkey Cons

Curt / Flopping Aces:
The Corruption Inside The Democratic Party

Discussion: Wonkette, Ace of Spades HQ and In From the Cold

Crooks and Liars:

Rummy called out in Atlanta! — Rummy called out in Atlanta! — He lies about WMD's... Ray McGovern, who was in the CIA for twenty seven years asked him why he lied about the run-up to the Iraq war. Rumsfeld then proceeded to lie to McGovern to cover up his earlier statements about WMD's being in Iraq.

Discussion: Firedoglake, The Moderate Voice, Booman Tribune, The Democratic Daily Blog, azerbic, Truthdig, The Left End of the Dial and In Search Of Utopia

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Jonathan Karl / ABCNEWS:

U.S., British Forces Obtain Document Outlining Al Qaeda's New Iraq Strategy — Item Calls for More Attacks in Baghdad, Lists Attack Strategies — May 4, 2006 — ABC News has obtained a document seized by U.S. and British Special Forces during a recent raid of an alleged Zarqawi safe house …

Discussion: Security Watchtower and Riehl World View

Associated Press:
U.S. Military Releases Video Showing Zarqawi Unable to Work Gun

Discussion: Confederate Yankee, Counterterrorism Blog, The LLama Butchers, Blue Crab Boulevard, ABCNEWS, TigerHawk, In the Bullpen, In From the Cold, The Jawa Report v3.0 Beta, Captain's Quarters, Hyscience, The Corner on National … and GOP Bloggers

Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Breaking: U.S. close to capturing Zarqawi? (updated with video)

Discussion: Confederate Yankee, Gateway Pundit, protein wisdom and QandO

Michele Gershberg / Reuters:

Castro worth $900 million: Forbes — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cuban President Fidel Castro was furious when Forbes magazine estimated his fortune at $550 million last year. This year, the magazine upped its estimate of the communist leader's wealth to a cool $900 million.

Discussion: Slapstick Politics, Publius Pundit and Dean's World

New York Times:

Memorial Cost at Ground Zero Nears $1 Billion — The projected cost of building the World Trade Center memorial complex at ground zero has soared to nearly $1 billion, according to the most authoritative estimate to date. — Rebuilding officials concede that the new price tag is breathtaking …

Discussion: BuzzMachine and Just a Bump in the Beltway

Shailagh Murray / Washington Post:

To Earmarking Senators, Veto Seems to Spell Vote — Senators keep stuffing new provisions into an emergency spending bill for Iraq and hurricane recovery, ignoring President Bush's veto threat to advance their priorities. — An amendment by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) …

Discussion: Cafe Hayek, New York Times, Think Progress and Just a Bump in the Beltway

Victor Davis Hanson / Real Clear Politics:

Give Iran Enough Rope — The debate in the U.S. over how to contend with Iran as it pursues nuclear weapons goes like this: — Many conservatives worry that the Bush administration - stung by the backlash over Iraq and the president's sinking poll numbers - has sworn off the military option.

Discussion: Shot In The Dark

John / AMERICAblog:

With the congressional elections 6 months away, is it time for us to stop criticizing Democrats? — I ask this as a serious question. Some friends on the Hill recently asked me if the liberal blogs could lay off their attacks on Democratic members of Congress until after the election.

Discussion: ed fitzgerald's unfutz, The Agonist, Upper Left, Pandagon and democracy guy

TCS Daily:

An Army of Climate Davids — Something stunningly sensible has just occurred in the field of climate change research. But what might actually induce gasps of amazement is that that something has been done by the US Government. And it is already causing shock and dismay among tree huggers …

Discussion: Dean's World and Tim Worstall

B.A. / Connecticut Bob:

"Lieberman vs. the Day After Pill" — Joe Lieberman supports the approach of the Catholic hospitals when it comes to contraceptives for rape victims (as reported in The New Haven Register, by Gregory B. Hladky on 03/13/2006, via KissJoeGoodbye.Com). — Lieberman said he believes hospitals …

Discussion: Firedoglake and Daily Kos