Washington Whispers

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~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~.~ W E L C O M E T O U S N E W S . C O M ~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~..~.~ Washington Whispers Weekly Volume 6, Issue 12 -- April 5, 2006 ======================================================= SOUND BITES: OUT LOUD “From watching too many episodes of the Sopranos, your staff seems to have acquired the belief that any Sicilian gesture is obscene especially when made by an ‘Italian jurist.’ (I am, by the way, an American jurist.)” Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, in a letter to the Boston Herald, which had saidclaimed that he made an obscene hand gesture to a reporter’s question

“And this guy has his finger on the nuclear trigger, too—reformed alcoholic, nothing wrong with that.”

Who said it? Click here to find out: http://www.you-click.net/GoNow/a15504a145061a386406792a3 -------------- WHISPER: Skin mags? Not at this department Foreign Affairs, the Economist, and certainly U.S.News & World Report are titles you'd expect to see at the two State Department newsstands visited by the public, employees, and their kids, but Playboy and Penthouse? Yikes!

I want them out! http://www.you-click.net/GoNow/a15504a145061a386406792a1 ------------------------------------------- WHISPER: Poker: As American as apple pie

Between them, they've won millions of dollars and countless poker tournaments with their tricks and strategy, but when the game's Big Three storm Washington next week to fight an online gambling ban, they won't be bluffing about how bad the impact could be.

The nation's real past time http://www.you-click.net/GoNow/a15504a145061a386406792a0 ---------------------- POLL: Jill Carroll

Critics are bashing Jill Carroll, the reporter just released by Iraqi insurgents, as a terrorist sympathizer for her kind words about the captors. How would you describe her?: American hero Lucky hostage Latter-day Patty Hearst

Cast your vote http://www.you-click.net/GoNow/a15504a145061a386406792a4 ------------------------- WHISPER: Showing off the lighter side of Lent The Lenten season, when Roman Catholics give up a vice during the 40 days leading to Easter, is looking pretty good on House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. By chance we bumped into the California lawmaker last week and complimented her on a new slimmed-down look. "Well," she says with a smile, "I gave up chocolate for Lent, and it's killing me."

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