Archive for September, 2008
Sunday, September 7th, 2008
To my knowledge, McClatchy was the only major news organization
to get the WMD story correct.
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McCain’s history of hot temper raises concerns-
By David Lightman and Matt Stearns | McClatchy Newspapers
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WASHINGTON — John McCain made a quick stop at the Capitol one day last spring to sit in on Senate negotiations on the big immigration […]
Posted in John S. McCain III, Movies, Literature |
Sunday, September 7th, 2008
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Images: (Fallout) orau.org;(Safety First) legiblesigns.com; (Open) pasbdc.org; (Xylene) century.gs.com; (Casino) hmneon.en.alibaba.com; (Curves) cyberdriveillinois.com
Posted in Society, USA, S-E-X, Personal Relationships |
Saturday, September 6th, 2008
Nabatiye Journal
Hezbollah Shrine to Terrorist Suspect Enthralls Lebanese Children
Bryan Denton for The New York Times is the photographer of the real pictures.
New York Times
By ROBERT F. WORTH
Published: September 2, 2008
NABATIYE, Lebanon — The children crowd forward around the glass case, eager for a glimpse of the martyr’s bloodstained clothes. His belt is here, and the […]
Posted in Lebanon, Entertainment, Hezbollah, Museums |
Saturday, September 6th, 2008
NJ cops kick in door over bird’s cries for help
Fri Sep 5, 7:58 PM ET
Associated Press
TRENTON, N.J. - Cries for help inside a Trenton, N.J., home turned out to be for the birds. Neighbors called police Wednesday morning after hearing a woman’s persistent cry of “Help me! Help me!” coming from a house. Officers arrived […]
Posted in Television, New Jersey, Pets, Police |
Saturday, September 6th, 2008
Colorado elections director resigns amid inquiry
By Myung Oak Kim, Rocky Mountain News (Contact)
Saturday, September 6, 2008
The abrupt resignation Thursday of a top elections official at the secretary of state’s office happened in the midst of a watchdog group’s investigation into her relationship with a local businessman who has contracts with that office.
Holly Lowder, 66, resigned […]
Posted in Elections, Colorado, Electronic Voting, 2008 Presidential Campaign, Voting |
Friday, September 5th, 2008
…and I am not thinking of FIELD & STREAM.
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A HUNTING TROPHY: In this undated photo, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and one of her daughters pose with a caribou she shot. A woman in an exceedingly macho state, Palin has not always been taken seriously. But opponents cross her at their peril.(Associated Press VIA LA TIMES) […]
Posted in 2008 Presidential Campaign, Alaska, Parenting, Sarah Palin, Huntin' 'n Fishin' |
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
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Image: (Palin) via cm1.dotspotter.com via theinsider.com
You’ve read the papers, now see the tape
Posted in Religion, Sarah Palin |
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
ABC NEWS
‘October Surprise’ Over Palin Investigation?
“Likely Damaging” Report on Governor Scheduled for Release Days Before November Election
By BRIAN ROSS and LEN TEPPER
Sept. 2, 2008—
Is the McCain campaign afraid of an ‘October surprise’ involving vice-presidential pick Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska?
The Alaska state senator running an investigation of Gov. Palin says the McCain campaign is using […]
Posted in John S. McCain III, 2008 Presidential Campaign, Sarah Palin |
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
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Real photo is Getty Images/AFP/Getty Images via cache.daylife.com
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Phil Gramm Says McCain Supporters Aren’t `Whiners’ (Update1)
By Matthew Benjamin and Laura Litvan
Sept. 2 (Bloomberg) — Phil Gramm excluded John McCain supporters from his description of Americans as “a nation of whiners,’’ the characterization that forced his exit from the Republican presidential candidate’s campaign in July.
“If you’re sitting […]
Posted in John S. McCain III, Phil Gramm |
Monday, September 1st, 2008
Posted in Business, Internet, Sleaze |
Monday, September 1st, 2008
It seems as if they make it up as they go.
If being a sinner means I won’t share paradise with these guys,
I’ll take my chances.
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Pakistani women buried alive ‘for choosing husbands’
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A Pakistani politician has defended a decision to bury five women alive because they wanted to choose their own husbands.
By Our Foreign Staff
Last Updated: […]
Posted in Religion, Society, Pakistan |
Monday, September 1st, 2008
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Images: TOP: Paul–upload.wikimedia.org; tower–d.yimg.com; BOTTOM: toilet + toilet tissue–gogreenkekowna.com; newspaper–carlo.net; Paul–worldslargestthings.com; tower–i5.photbucket.com via urbanity.es;
Posted in China, Society, Architecture, Dubai, Minnesota |
Monday, September 1st, 2008
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Water crests over the Inner Harbor Navigational Canal as wind and rain from Hurricane Gustav pound New Orleans. (AP)
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Image: (Polar bear) Photograped by Mila Zinkova via commons.wikimedia.org
Posted in Louisiana, Nature, Global Warming, Weather |
