COLIN POWELL ENDORSES BARACK OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT

Today, just less than an hour ago, a legendary figure in American politics and military history, Colin Powell, endorsed U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D) Illinois for President of The United States.


Powell is a giant in American Culture, as a decorated Army general, being a National Security Advisor to President Reagan, then the first Jamaican-American Chairman of The Joint Chiefs of Staff and having sucessfully guided American forces in the "Desert Storm" effort of the Persian Gulf War, Powell.  Then Powell became the 65th Secretary of State under George W. Bush.  Because of his history, his association and registration with the Republican Party, and mostly his steady and calm demenor, Powell's name has been regularly surfaced as a presidential or vice-presidential candidate.


But few expected Powell to break from his party and endorse Obama and some also noted his friendship with Obama's challenger, U.S. Senator John McCain.  But Powell, motivated by McCain's increasingly nasty style of campaigning and the racist direction it was taking, decided to make the move to back Obama, annoucing his decision on Meet The Press, this morning.

Thousands march in Baghdad against U.S. pact

Thousands of followers of anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr took to the streets on Saturday in a demonstration against a pact that would allow U.S. forces to stay in Iraq for three more years.

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The Palin Plunge: Voters Sour On McCain VP Pick

The more voters learn about Sarah Palin, the more wary they become. Once the focus of post-convention Republican euphoria, the Alaska Governor is now viewed as a serious liability to the McCain campaign.Her favorable to unfavorable ratings have switched from a positive 40-30, to a negative 32-41.

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Just how crazy is Michelle Bachmann?

Michelle Bachmann, Republican woman in Congress from Minnesota, gained notoriety on Friday when she said all liberals in Congress should be investigated for being anti-American, Joe McCarthy-style. Well, turns out she has a very long history of saying and doing downright insane things.

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Obama Rally Draws A Record 100,000 People in Missouri

 

Barack Obama attracted 100,000 people at a Saturday rally here, his biggest crowd ever at a U.S. event. It's 25,000 more people than the 75,000-person rally in Oregon, and must rank as the largest political rally in American history.

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Van Jones on "The Green Collar Economy" and Clean Energy

Van Jones is an Oakland-based author, activist, and spokesperghts who's known for his work in civil rights and against violence in Oakland. But I went to talk with him about his newest work: a book he wrote called The Green Collar economy.

"Marsha Brady" Maureen McCormick Tells Of Anal Sex and Steve Martin

In a post that will also see our revamped entertainment blog, Maureen McCormick, who played Marsha Brady  and was  a key reason I watched the "Brady Bunch" when I was little, got on Howard Stern's show and officially and suddenly erased every good and pure thought I had about her from childhood.

If course, Howard can do that.  He got the child star who's now 52 years old, living in Southern California, and generally making appearances connected with her now pop-culture legend alter-ego Marsha Brady, to just plain relax and open up; she talked about having anal sex.  This video shows what happened:


 

Rape Victim Against Sarah Palin, Stars In Anti-Palin Ad For TV

In this ad, the YouTube version which has gone viral, a young female rape victim speaks out against Sarah Palin's rather insensitive comments regarding rape victims and her assertion that the government should force her maintain a pregnancy she does not want.

Michele Bachmann's A Massive Racist Bigot Who's Anti-American

I just took time to listen to Chris Matthews question the ever-stupid in my view Congressperson Michele Bachmann (R-Min) on her blather about Senator Obama and the William Ayers matter.

Congresswoman Bachmann went into one of the most terrible and vile monologues I've ever listened to and said that the liberal and leftist members of the U.S. Congress should be investigated for being "anti-American."

Have you noticed that between Bachmann, and Sarah Palin the folks who are "anti-American" are the people who don't agree with them?   Think about it.

There's a "Dump Michele Bachmann" movement with this website: http://dumpbachmann.blogspot.com -- get her out of Congress!

Here's the video of what she said.  Be prepared to be upset:

The Pentagon's Image Problem in Latin America and Africa

 This is a must-read article for any Latin American and foreign policy enthusiast.  Indeed, Latin America is against U.S. interests and may not be safe for Americans to visit because of Pentagon activities. 

War Is Boring: The Pentagon's Image Problem in Latin America and Africa

David Axe - World Politics Review, October 15, 2008

http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/article.aspx?id=2776

The U.S.S. Kearsarge amphibious assault ship set sail from Norfolk, Va., in August, on a mission to provide free medical care to six Latin American countries. But five days into her four-month cruise, on Aug. 11, Kearsarge made an important detour, swinging within helicopter range of Miami to receive visitors. The roughly 20 people who clambered aboard from the hulking Marine Corps choppers represented a mix of U.S. military brass, civilian aid workers, local Miami elected officials and Spanish-language media.

"Our multinational team is dedicated to recommit and fortify our relationships in South America," Capt. Frank Ponds, ranking U.S. officer on Kearsarge, told the assembled VIPs in one of the 1,000-foot-long vessel's staterooms. He was specifically referring to the ship's current medical mission, but his words could also apply more generally to the July launch of the U.S. Fourth Fleet, a new headquarters for Latin American naval operations that is intended to boost U.S. military presence in what one analyst has called a traditionally "forgotten" part of the world. Kearsarge's cruise represented one of Fourth Fleet's first deployments.

Later, Ponds explained to the embarked reporters accompanying the vessel on her tour that ceremonies like the one on Aug. 11 were a key facet of Kearsarge's mission. Treating a few tens of thousands of patients in Latin America would not be enough: The Navy also needed to explain what it was doing, and why, to the hundreds of millions of people in the region who would not be receiving medical care. Ponds said this "strategic communications" was vital to "influencing generations to come."

But according to some experts, Ponds' efforts were too little, too late. Public opinion in Latin America has already turned against the Pentagon's reinvigorated activities in the region -- and against the United States in general. America's image has "eroded" in six Latin American countries surveyed in a recent Pew poll, according to the Associated Press. Meanwhile, a Chilean polling organization ranked President George W. Bush as the least popular world leader in the opinions of Latin Americans.

The United States has a major perception problem in the two world regions where the Pentagon has decided to focus greater effort. Latin America and Africa represent new frontiers for a military that in recent decades has mostly concerned itself with Western Europe, the Middle East and the Pacific. In addition to Fourth Fleet's recent launch, in October the Pentagon formally stood up Africa Command, a new headquarters overseeing all of Africa, save Egypt. The so-called AFRICOM has proved deeply unpopular among everyday Africans -- so much so that only one country, Liberia, offered to host the command's facilities. Rather than risk further alienating Africans, AFRICOM instead chose to keep its facilities in Germany.

Similarly, in the Southern Hemisphere, Fourth Fleet has been a magnet for criticism. Upon hearing of the Pentagon's intention to stand up the new headquarters, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez accused the U.S. of deliberately provoking a new "Cold War" in Latin America. Chávez followed up his accusation by inviting the Russian navy to conduct exercises off the Venezuelan coast. Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa supported the invitation. "The U.S. Fourth Fleet can come to Latin America but a Russian fleet can't?" Correa said.

Anti-U.S. rhetoric might be expected from the region's most hardline leftist regimes, but even current and former U.S. allies have protested renewed U.S. military interest in Latin America. The same day Kearsarge began delivering aid to impoverished eastern Nicaragua, that country's president, Daniel Ortega, accused the vessel of carrying spies. Chile, perhaps the staunchest U.S. ally in Latin America, lately has been skeptical of the Pentagon's intentions in the region. And Brazil, which sent doctors to help out aboard Kearsarge, nevertheless cited Fourth Fleet as a potential military rival. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Brazil's navy must protect the nation's newly discovered "subsalt" offshore oil reserves "because the men of Fourth Fleet are almost there on top of the subsalt areas."

This despite Fourth Fleet's largely humanitarian focus, perfectly reflected in the Kearsarge cruise. "Adm. Jim Stavridis, who is the commander of SOUTHCOM, speaks very eloquently about these missions of peace," says Bob Work, an analyst with the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. Of Fourth Fleet's five stated mission areas, three are humanitarian in nature. Nos. 4 and 5 are multinational naval training and counternarcotics. "Kinetic" combat doesn't even make the list.

But the Pentagon failed early on to impress upon Latin American leaders its essentially peaceful intentions in forming the new headquarters. According to Mark Schneider, an analyst with International Crisis Group, the U.S. government did not effectively consult with the region's governments before announcing Fourth Fleet. "If it had been done in a different way, it might have been accepted," Schneider says. "It needed to have been done in a collaborative way." The Pentagon should perhaps have expected a certain wariness among Latin Americans, especially considering the U.S. military's history in the region. "We know of many historical cases of U.S. intervention in Latin American countries," said Leonid Golubev, Russian ambassador to Bolivia. Indeed, the airstrip in eastern Nicaragua where Kearsarge landed her first batch of medical supplies in August was the same strip built by the U.S. as a base for the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion targeting Cuba.

AFRICOM's problems are similar in nature. Unlike Central Command, which has as its primary mission prosecuting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, AFRICOM is mostly a training and humanitarian organization, with only a few thousand combat troops (those assigned to a Special Forces base in Djibouti). "This is not a kinetic environment," said AFRICOM boss Gen. Kip Ward. "We are there to help our partner nations build their capacity, working in totality with the overall U.S. government program in a particular country."

"Not focused on war fighting," is how Theresa Whalen, the Pentagon's top Africa official, characterized the new command.

That may be so, but in failing to clearly communicate this focus to the continent's leaders and to everyday Africans, the Pentagon didn't take into account the lingering fear of colonialism that is widespread in Africa. "U.S. AFRICOM project has a hidden agenda," one Nigerian commenter wrote in a post on the command's official Web site. "Washington should understand that Africa does not need AFRICOM to solve her problems, many of which have foreign coloration."

Soon after AFRICOM was announced in late 2006, stories circulated in the African press claiming that the U.S. planned to build permanent bases on the continent, and already operated a secret airbase in Botswana. "We could just not kill that rumor," Whalen said. She said African reporting on AFRICOM, dominated by Nigerian, South African and Kenyan news organizations, was "not particularly sophisticated." And even today, two years later, there's a "great deal of speculation, misinformation," according to Jerry Lanier, a State Department adviser to AFRICOM.

The Pentagon is at least partly to blame, says Jose de Arimateia da Cruz, a professor at Armstrong Atlantic State University in Georgia. "Two years into AFRICOM planning and launch, there is still very little dissemination of information."

As for Latin America, press conferences aboard U.S.S. Kearsarge cannot undo the long months of relative silence that preceded Fourth Fleet's launch, and which have undermined the new headquarters' "mission of peace."

David Axe is an independent correspondent, a World Politics Review contributing editor, and the author of "War Bots." He blogs at War is Boring. His WPR column, "War is Boring," appears every two weeks.

Petroecuador Gets Revenue From Old Occidental Petroleum Company Fields

Look at this report, because it shows just how much of an impact the seisure of Occidential Petroleum oil production facilities had on Petroecuador's overall revenues.  Moreover, one has to ask how the company is maintaining those facilities given its past failures. 

Dow Jones International News, October 15, 2008

QUITO (Dow Jones)--Petroecuador reported Tuesday oil export revenue of $526.33 million in September, a 20% decrease from the $656.12 million registered in the previous month.

According to Petroecuador data, the company exported 5.91 million barrels of crude oil in September, down 10% from 6.56 million barrels registered in August.

Petroecuador's exports include Napo crude from former Occidental Petroleum Company fields that were seized May 15, 2006. Ecuador claims Occidental broke the terms of its operating contract.

Exports of Oriente crude in September were 4.47 million barrels, while exports of Napo crude were 1.44 million barrels.

The average price of Oriente in September fell 11% to $90.24 a barrel from $100.86 in August. The price of Napo crude was $85.15 per barrel, a 13% decrease against $97.68 registered one month before.

Figures have been rounded.

Petroecuador is Ecuador's state oil company.

NFL WEEK 7 INJURY REPORT Week 7 Games (October 19-20) – THURSDAY

WEEK 7 INJURY REPORT – THURSDAY

Following is a list of injured players for Week 7 Games (October 19-20):


BALTIMORE RAVENS at MIAMI DOLPHINS

BALTIMORE RAVENS

Practice Report
   
OUT (DEFINITELY WILL NOT PLAY)

Wednesday
S Dawan Landry (neck), CB Samari Rolle (shoulder, neck)

Thursday
S Dawan Landry (neck), CB Samari Rolle (shoulder, neck)

   
DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN PRACTICE

Wednesday
WR Yamon Figurs (knee), T Adam Terry (knee), WR Demetrius Williams (ankle)

Thursday
WR Yamon Figurs (knee), S Ed Reed (hamstring), T Adam Terry (knee)

   
LIMITED PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE

Wednesday
T Jared Gaither (neck), CB Fabian Washington (shoulder), S Tom Zbikowski (shoulder)

Thursday
T Jared Gaither (neck), CB Fabian Washington (shoulder), WR Demetrius Williams (ankle), S Tom Zbikowski (shoulder)

   
FULL PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE

Wednesday
DT Lamar Divens (illness)

Thursday
DT Lamar Divens (illness)

MIAMI DOLPHINS

Practice Report
   
DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN PRACTICE

Wednesday
RB Casey Cramer (ankle)

Thursday
RB Casey Cramer (ankle), CB Andre' Goodman (not injury related)

   
FULL PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE

Wednesday
CB Will Allen (knee)

Thursday
CB Will Allen (knee)



CLEVELAND BROWNS at WASHINGTON REDSKINS

CLEVELAND BROWNS

Practice Report
   
OUT (DEFINITELY WILL NOT PLAY)

Wednesday
DT Shaun Smith (hand)

Thursday
DT Shaun Smith (hand)

   
DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN PRACTICE

Wednesday
T Ryan Tucker (knee), TE Kellen Winslow (illness)

Thursday
RB Lawrence Vickers (not injury related), TE Kellen Winslow (illness)

   
LIMITED PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE

Wednesday
S Brodney Pool (ankle), T Kevin Shaffer (concussion)

Thursday
T Kevin Shaffer (concussion), T Ryan Tucker (knee)

WASHINGTON REDSKINS

Practice Report
   
OUT (DEFINITELY WILL NOT PLAY)

Wednesday
RB Ladell Betts (knee)

Thursday
RB Ladell Betts (knee)

   
DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN PRACTICE

Wednesday
S Chris Horton (ankle), G Pete Kendall (knee), RB Clinton Portis (hip), T Chris Samuels (ankle)

Thursday
S Chris Horton (ankle), RB Clinton Portis (hip), CB Carlos Rogers (calf), T Chris Samuels (ankle), DE Jason Taylor (calf)

   
LIMITED PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE

Wednesday
LB Khary Campbell (calf), CB Carlos Rogers (calf), CB Fred Smoot (groin)

Thursday
LB Khary Campbell (calf), CB Fred Smoot (groin)

   
FULL PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE

Thursday
G Pete Kendall (knee), CB Shawn Springs (calf)



DALLAS COWBOYS at ST. LOUIS RAMS

DALLAS COWBOYS

Practice Report
   
OUT (DEFINITELY WILL NOT PLAY)

Thursday
WR Sam Hurd (ankle)

   
DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN PRACTICE

Wednesday
LB Kevin Burnett (calf), WR Sam Hurd (ankle), RB Felix Jones (hamstring), G Kyle Kosier (foot), CB Terence Newman (abdomen), QB Tony Romo (right finger), LB Anthony Spencer (hamstring)

Thursday
LB Kevin Burnett (calf), RB Felix Jones (hamstring), G Kyle Kosier (foot), CB Terence Newman (abdomen), LB Anthony Spencer (hamstring)

   
LIMITED PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE

Wednesday
S Keith Davis (thumb), DT Tank Johnson (ankle)

Thursday
S Keith Davis (thumb), DT Tank Johnson (ankle), QB Tony Romo (right finger)

   
FULL PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE

Wednesday
S Pat Watkins (neck), S Roy Williams (forearm)

Thursday
S Pat Watkins (neck), S Roy Williams (forearm)

ST. LOUIS RAMS

Practice Report
   
DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN PRACTICE

Wednesday
WR Drew Bennett (foot), CB Tye Hill (knee)

Thursday
WR Drew Bennett (foot), CB Tye Hill (knee), T Orlando Pace (thigh), RB Antonio Pittman (lower leg)

   
LIMITED PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE

Wednesday
T Orlando Pace (thigh), RB Antonio Pittman (lower leg)

   
FULL PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE

Wednesday
G Jacob Bell (foot), QB Marc Bulger (right finger), WR Keenan Burton (knee), WR Dane Looker (concussion)

Thursday
CB Ron Bartell (shoulder), G Jacob Bell (foot), QB Marc Bulger (right finger), WR Keenan Burton (knee)



DETROIT LIONS at HOUSTON TEXANS

DETROIT LIONS

Practice Report
   
DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN PRACTICE

Wednesday
DT Chuck Darby (calf), WR Calvin Johnson (concussion), RB Kevin Smith (shoulder)

Thursday
DT Chuck Darby (calf)

   
LIMITED PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE

Wednesday
CB Travis Fisher (knee), G Stephen Peterman (hand), DE Corey Smith (hamstring)

Thursday
CB Travis Fisher (knee), G Stephen Peterman (hand), DE Corey Smith (hamstring)

   
FULL PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE

Thursday
WR Calvin Johnson (concussion), RB Kevin Smith (shoulder)

HOUSTON TEXANS

Practice Report
   
DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN PRACTICE

Wednesday
S Dominique Barber (hamstring), RB Chris Taylor (quadricep)

Thursday
S Dominique Barber (hamstring), RB Chris Taylor (quadricep)

   
LIMITED PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE

Wednesday
T Duane Brown (ankle), TE Mark Bruener (hamstring), RB Ahman Green (foot)

   
FULL PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE

Thursday
T Duane Brown (ankle), TE Mark Bruener (hamstring), RB Ahman Green (foot)



INDIANAPOLIS COLTS at GREEN BAY PACKERS

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS

Practice Report
   
DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN PRACTICE

Wednesday
RB Joseph Addai (hamstring), DE Dwight Freeney (not injury related), WR Roy Hall (knee), CB Kelvin Hayden (knee), LB Freddy Keiaho (groin), DE Robert Mathis (not injury related), TE Gijon Robinson (ankle), S Bob Sanders (knee)

Thursday
RB Joseph Addai (hamstring), LB Gary Brackett (not injury related), WR Roy Hall (knee), CB Kelvin Hayden (knee), CB Tim Jennings (not injury related), TE Gijon Robinson (ankle), S Bob Sanders (knee)

   
FULL PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE

Thursday
DE Dwight Freeney (not injury related), LB Freddy Keiaho (groin), DE Robert Mathis (not injury related)

GREEN BAY PACKERS

Practice Report
   
DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN PRACTICE

Wednesday
S Atari Bigby (hamstring), DE Jason Hunter (hamstring), CB Patrick Lee (back), DE Mike Montgomery (ankle), DT Ryan Pickett (tricep), CB Charles Woodson (toe)

Thursday
DE Jason Hunter (hamstring), DE Mike Montgomery (ankle), DT Ryan Pickett (tricep), CB Charles Woodson (toe)

   
LIMITED PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE

Wednesday
T Chad Clifton (hamstring), CB Al Harris (spleen), WR James Jones (knee), QB Aaron Rodgers (right shoulder)

Thursday
S Atari Bigby (hamstring), T Chad Clifton (hamstring), CB Al Harris (spleen), WR James Jones (knee), CB Patrick Lee (back), QB Aaron Rodgers (right shoulder), C Scott Wells (shoulder, chest)

   
FULL PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE

Wednesday
LB A.J. Hawk (groin), S Aaron Rouse (concussion)

Thursday
LB A.J. Hawk (groin)



MINNESOTA VIKINGS at CHICAGO BEARS

MINNESOTA VIKINGS

Practice Report
   
DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN PRACTICE

Wednesday
LB Erin Henderson (knee), LB David Herron (hip)

Thursday
LB David Herron (hip)

   
LIMITED PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE

Wednesday
WR Bernard Berrian (knee), TE Jim Kleinsasser (foot), WR Sidney Rice (knee), CB Benny Sapp (hamstring), S Madieu Williams (neck)

Thursday
WR Bernard Berrian (knee), LB Erin Henderson (knee), TE Jim Kleinsasser (foot), WR Sidney Rice (knee), CB Benny Sapp (hamstring), S Madieu Williams (neck)

CHICAGO BEARS

Practice Report
   
DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN PRACTICE

Wednesday
WR Marty Booker (back), RB Matt Forté (not injury related), WR Brandon Lloyd (knee), S Danieal Manning (hamstring), CB Charles Tillman (shoulder)

Thursday
WR Brandon Lloyd (knee), S Danieal Manning (hamstring), P Brad Maynard (left hamstring), CB Charles Tillman (shoulder)

   
LIMITED PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE

Wednesday
WR Rashied Davis (knee), CB Marcus Hamilton (heel), DT Tommie Harris (knee), DT Marcus Harrison (ankle), DT Israel Idonije (ankle), P Brad Maynard (left hamstring), CB Trumaine McBride (shoulder), LB Nick Roach (shoulder), CB Nathan Vasher (wrist)

Thursday
WR Marty Booker (back), WR Rashied Davis (knee), DT Tommie Harris (knee), DT Marcus Harrison (ankle), WR Devin Hester (toe), DT Israel Idonije (ankle), CB Trumaine McBride (shoulder), LB Nick Roach (shoulder), CB Nathan Vasher (wrist)

   
FULL PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE

Thursday
CB Marcus Hamilton (heel)



NEW ORLEANS SAINTS at CAROLINA PANTHERS

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS

Practice Report
   
DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN PRACTICE

Wednesday
RB Reggie Bush (knee), DT Sedrick Ellis (knee), G Jahri Evans (ankle), DT Antwan Lake (groin), CB Mike McKenzie (knee), G Carl Nicks (illness)

Thursday
RB Reggie Bush (knee), DT Sedrick Ellis (knee)

   
LIMITED PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE

Wednesday
WR Marques Colston (thumb), CB Aaron Glenn (ankle), S Kevin Kaesviharn (back), TE Jeremy Shockey (hernia)

Thursday
WR Marques Colston (thumb), G Jahri Evans (ankle), CB Aaron Glenn (ankle), S Kevin Kaesviharn (back), DT Antwan Lake (groin), CB Mike McKenzie (knee), TE Jeremy Shockey (hernia)

   
FULL PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE

Thursday
G Carl Nicks (illness)

CAROLINA PANTHERS

Practice Report
   
DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN PRACTICE

Wednesday
WR D.J. Hackett (knee)

Thursday
WR D.J. Hackett (knee), C Ryan Kalil (ankle), T Jeff Otah (ankle)

   
LIMITED PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE

Wednesday
LB Thomas Davis (ankle), C Ryan Kalil (ankle), WR Muhsin Muhammad (knee), T Jeff Otah (ankle), LB Adam Seward (thigh)

   
FULL PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE

Thursday
LB Thomas Davis (ankle), WR Muhsin Muhammad (knee), LB Adam Seward (thigh)



NEW YORK JETS at OAKLAND RAIDERS

NEW YORK JETS

Practice Report
   
OUT (DEFINITELY WILL NOT PLAY)

Wednesday
K Mike Nugent (right thigh)

Thursday
K Mike Nugent (right thigh)

   
LIMITED PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE

Wednesday
WR David Clowney (shoulder), WR Laveranues Coles (thigh), DT Kris Jenkins (back), LB Bryan Thomas (calf)

Thursday
WR David Clowney (shoulder), WR Laveranues Coles (thigh), DT Kris Jenkins (back), LB Calvin Pace (foot), LB Bryan Thomas (calf)

   
FULL PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE

Wednesday
CB Justin Miller (foot)

Thursday
CB Justin Miller (foot)

OAKLAND RAIDERS

Practice Report
   
DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN PRACTICE

Wednesday
DE Derrick Burgess (tricep)

Thursday
DE Derrick Burgess (tricep), TE Ben Troupe (foot)

   
LIMITED PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE

Wednesday
CB Nnamdi Asomugha (elbow), LB Isaiah Ekejiuba (shoulder)

Thursday
LB Isaiah Ekejiuba (shoulder)

   
FULL PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE

Thursday
CB Nnamdi Asomugha (elbow)



PITTSBURGH STEELERS at CINCINNATI BENGALS

PITTSBURGH STEELERS

Practice Report
   
DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN PRACTICE

Wednesday
WR Dallas Baker (shoulder), RB Carey Davis (ankle), LB Keyaron Fox (hamstring), DT Casey Hampton (groin), RB Willie Parker (knee), T Marvel Smith (back), WR Hines Ward (not injury related)

Thursday
WR Dallas Baker (shoulder), RB Carey Davis (ankle), LB Keyaron Fox (hamstring), RB Willie Parker (knee), T Marvel Smith (back)

   
LIMITED PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE

Thursday
DT Casey Hampton (groin)

   
FULL PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE

Thursday
WR Hines Ward (not injury related)

CINCINNATI BENGALS

Practice Report
   
OUT (DEFINITELY WILL NOT PLAY)

Wednesday
C Kyle Cook (toe), LB Corey Mays (ankle), QB Carson Palmer (right elbow)

Thursday
C Kyle Cook (toe), LB Corey Mays (ankle), QB Carson Palmer (right elbow)

   
DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN PRACTICE

Wednesday
CB Jamar Fletcher (hamstring), K Shayne Graham (right groin), WR Glenn Holt (ankle), WR T.J. Houshmandzadeh (ankle), LB Dhani Jones (foot), S Herana-Daze Jones (hamstring), T Levi Jones (back), CB Johnathan Joseph (ankle), RB Chris Perry (shoulder), TE Ben Utecht (chest)

Thursday
CB Jamar Fletcher (hamstring), WR Glenn Holt (ankle), S Herana-Daze Jones (hamstring)

   
LIMITED PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE

Thursday
K Shayne Graham (right groin), WR T.J. Houshmandzadeh (ankle), TE Ben Utecht (chest)

   
FULL PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE

Wednesday
DT John Thornton (achilles)

Thursday
LB Dhani Jones (foot), T Levi Jones (back), CB Johnathan Joseph (ankle), RB Chris Perry (shoulder), DT John Thornton (achilles)



SAN DIEGO CHARGERS at BUFFALO BILLS

SAN DIEGO CHARGERS

Practice Report
   
DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN PRACTICE

Wednesday
WR Chris Chambers (ankle), WR Craig Davis (groin), RB Darren Sproles (ankle), RB LaDainian Tomlinson (toe), LB Jyles Tucker (hamstring)

Thursday
WR Chris Chambers (ankle), WR Craig Davis (groin), LB Jyles Tucker (hamstring)

   
LIMITED PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE

Wednesday
RB Mike Tolbert (ankle), S Eric Weddle (shoulder)

Thursday
RB Darren Sproles (ankle), RB Mike Tolbert (ankle)

   
FULL PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE

Wednesday
LB Marques Harris (hamstring)

Thursday
LB Marques Harris (hamstring), RB LaDainian Tomlinson (toe), S Eric Weddle (shoulder)

BUFFALO BILLS

Practice Report
   
DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN PRACTICE

Wednesday
CB Terrence McGee (knee), DE Aaron Schobel (foot)

Thursday
C Melvin Fowler (elbow), CB Terrence McGee (knee), DE Aaron Schobel (foot)

   
LIMITED PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE

Wednesday
TE Derek Fine (hand), WR Roscoe Parrish (hand)

Thursday
TE Derek Fine (hand), CB Ashton Youboty (foot)

   
FULL PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE

Wednesday
QB Trent Edwards (head), S Ko Simpson (hamstring)

Thursday
QB Trent Edwards (head), WR Roscoe Parrish (hand), S Ko Simpson (hamstring)



SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS at NEW YORK GIANTS

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS

Practice Report
   
OUT (DEFINITELY WILL NOT PLAY)

Wednesday
CB Shawntae Spencer (knee)

   
DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN PRACTICE

Wednesday
CB Walt Harris (not injury related), T Jonas Jennings (shoulder), S Mark Roman (knee)

Thursday
T Jonas Jennings (shoulder)

   
LIMITED PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE

Wednesday
RB Frank Gore (not injury related), LB Manny Lawson (hamstring), CB Donald Strickland (hip)

Thursday
LB Manny Lawson (hamstring), S Mark Roman (knee), CB Donald Strickland (hip)

NEW YORK GIANTS

Practice Report
   
DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN PRACTICE

Wednesday
C Shaun O'Hara (toe), LB Antonio Pierce (quadricep), LB Gerris Wilkinson (knee)

Thursday
LB Antonio Pierce (quadricep), LB Gerris Wilkinson (knee)

   
FULL PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE

Thursday
C Shaun O'Hara (toe)



TENNESSEE TITANS at KANSAS CITY CHIEFS

TENNESSEE TITANS

Practice Report
   
DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN PRACTICE

Wednesday
DT Tony Brown (ankle), WR Justin Gage (knee), DE Kyle Vanden Bosch (groin)

Thursday
DT Tony Brown (ankle), WR Justin Gage (knee), WR Justin McCareins (hamstring)

   
LIMITED PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE

Wednesday
WR Justin McCareins (hamstring)

Thursday
DE Kyle Vanden Bosch (groin)

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS

Practice Report
   
DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN PRACTICE

Wednesday
WR Jeff Webb (not injury related)

   
LIMITED PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE

Thursday
TE John Paul Foschi (foot), CB Patrick Surtain (shoulder)

   
FULL PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE

Wednesday
T Branden Albert (elbow), QB Brodie Croyle (right shoulder), LB Donnie Edwards (ankle)

Thursday
T Branden Albert (elbow), QB Brodie Croyle (right shoulder), LB Donnie Edwards (ankle)



SEATTLE SEAHAWKS at TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS

Practice Report
   
OUT (DEFINITELY WILL NOT PLAY)

Wednesday
QB Matt Hasselbeck (back)

Thursday
QB Matt Hasselbeck (back)

   
DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN PRACTICE

Wednesday
WR Deion Branch (heel), S Deon Grant (knee), TE Will Heller (knee), WR Koren Robinson (knee)

Thursday
WR Deion Branch (heel), TE Will Heller (knee)

   
LIMITED PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE

Wednesday
T Walter Jones (not injury related), QB Seneca Wallace (calf)

Thursday
S Deon Grant (knee), T Walter Jones (not injury related), QB Seneca Wallace (calf)

   
FULL PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE

Wednesday
DE Patrick Kerney (neck), S C.J. Wallace (knee)

Thursday
DE Patrick Kerney (neck), WR Koren Robinson (knee), S C.J. Wallace (knee)

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS

Practice Report
   
DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN PRACTICE

Wednesday
RB B.J. Askew (hamstring), WR Maurice Stovall (hamstring)

Thursday
RB B.J. Askew (hamstring), WR Maurice Stovall (hamstring)

   
LIMITED PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE

Wednesday
K Matt Bryant (right hamstring), RB Warrick Dunn (not injury related), WR Joey Galloway (foot), QB Brian Griese (right elbow), LB Barrett Ruud (knee), G Arron Sears (knee)

Thursday
K Matt Bryant (right hamstring), WR Joey Galloway (foot), QB Brian Griese (right elbow), G Arron Sears (knee)

   
FULL PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE

Wednesday
LB Derrick Brooks (hamstring)

Thursday
LB Derrick Brooks (hamstring), LB Barrett Ruud (knee)



DENVER BRONCOS at NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS on Monday night

DENVER BRONCOS

Practice Report
   
DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN PRACTICE

Wednesday
LB Boss Bailey (ankle), WR Brandon Stokley (concussion)

Thursday
WR Brandon Stokley (concussion)

   
LIMITED PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE

Wednesday
TE Tony Scheffler (groin), RB Ryan Torain (elbow), RB Selvin Young (groin)

Thursday
TE Tony Scheffler (groin), RB Ryan Torain (elbow), RB Selvin Young (groin)

   
FULL PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE

Wednesday
T Ryan Clady (groin), DE Elvis Dumervil (finger), DE Ebenezer Ekuban (groin), DE John Engelberger (knee), TE Daniel Graham (finger), WR Darrell Jackson (calf), RB Spencer Larsen (groin), S Marquand Manuel (thumb), DT Dewayne Robertson (knee), WR Eddie Royal (ankle), DT Josh Shaw (groin)

Thursday
LB Boss Bailey (ankle), T Ryan Clady (groin), DE Elvis Dumervil (finger), DE Ebenezer Ekuban (groin), DE John Engelberger (knee), TE Daniel Graham (finger), WR Darrell Jackson (calf), RB Spencer Larsen (groin), S Marquand Manuel (thumb), DT Dewayne Robertson (knee), WR Eddie Royal (ankle), DT Josh Shaw (groin)

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS

Practice Report
   
DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN PRACTICE

Wednesday
LB Eric Alexander (hamstring), DE Jarvis Green (ankle), RB LaMont Jordan (calf), T Nick Kaczur (ankle), T Matt Light (knee), RB Laurence Maroney (shoulder), WR Kelley Washington (ankle)

Thursday
LB Eric Alexander (hamstring), DE Jarvis Green (ankle), RB LaMont Jordan (calf), T Nick Kaczur (ankle), RB Laurence Maroney (shoulder), WR Kelley Washington (ankle), CB Jonathan Wilhite (flu)