Tonight on Countdown

[madokie]

President Bush will address the nation at 9 p.m. EST Wednesday about his new approach for the war in Iraq, the White House said. Bush is expected to announce an increase of up to 20,000 additional U.S. troops. Bush's decisions, more than two months in the making, already are drawing criticism from new Democratic leaders in Congress who say it is time to begin ending the war, not to send in more U.S. forces. Now in its fourth year, the war has claimed the lives of more than 3,000 members of the U.S. military. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16524693/

President Bush's new Iraq policy will establish a series of goals that the Iraqi government will be expected to meet to try to ease sectarian tensions and stabilize the country politically and economically, senior administration officials said Sunday. The Americans and Iraqis have agreed on benchmarks before. Indeed, some of the goals that are to be incorporated on the list of benchmarks have been carried over from an earlier list that was hammered out with the Iraqis and made public in October, but never met.

Sound familiar?

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Sen. Joe Biden on Sunday told NBC's "Meet the Press" that he will seek the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008. "I am running for president," he told "Meet the Press" anchor Tim Russert. "I'm going to be Joe Biden, and I'm going to try to be the best Biden I can be. If I can, I got a shot. If I can't, I lose." The senator from Delaware went on to say that he will be filing the necessary paperwork to create an exploratory committee by the end of the month. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11442718/

Two NASA space probes that visited Mars 30 years ago may have stumbled upon alien microbes on the Red Planet and inadvertently killed them, a scientist theorizes in a paper released Sunday. The problem was the Viking space probes of 1976-77 were looking for the wrong kind of life and didn't recognize it. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2007-01-08-nasa-mars-life_x.htm

Ever since we broke the news that the former "Saved by the Bell" nerd had a video romp with two women, Diamond has claimed he was shocked - shocked! - that the tape had found its way to the Internet. Now his agent suspects Diamond has been doubly deceptive. "I have reason to believe that is not Dustin's in the movie," says the agent. http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/486708p-409797c.html

That's some of what we're planning tonight.

[magellan]

1. There's reason to believe that it's not Dustin's WHAT in the movie?

Guess I'll tune in and find out. :evilgrin:

[bleever]

2. .

"I have reason to believe that is not Dustin's in the movie," says the agent.

"You never see his face and his in the same shot. If, in fact, he used a body double, I'm going to sue him for defrauding me, Red Light and the American public."


I guess I should get back to work.

[magellan]

3. Somehow I don't think the American public will care about this

Now if a female porn star was rumored to have used a body double, I imagine that would be all over the news 24/7!!

[Berry Cool]

4. I wonder if KO will crack up Joe Scarborough again.

The last time, his guest on the topic made a joke about how Screech's porn performance reminded him of "an early Ron Jeremy." Keith responded "I don't think Ron Jeremy was ever 'early,' though."

When the show ended and Keith threw it to Joe, he was practically doubled over in tears with laughter.