Archive for the 'Terrorism' Category

“Same to ya, buddy!”

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

In this courtroom sketch, a U.S. Marshall removes Faisal Shahzad’s handcuffs in the courtroom Monday, June 21, 2010, in New York. Shahzad pleaded guilty to carrying out the failed Times Square car bombing in U.S. District Court in Manhattan just days after a federal grand jury indicted him on 10 terrorism and weapons counts, some […]

An internal Pentagon memo dubs Afghanistan the “Saudi Arabia of lithium.”–quoted in Think Progress

Monday, June 14th, 2010

Think Progress…June 13, 2010
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‘The United States “has discovered nearly $1 trillion in untapped mineral deposits in Afghanistan, far beyond any previously known reserves and enough to fundamentally alter the Afghan economy and perhaps the Afghan war itself,” according to senior U.S. officials. An internal Pentagon memo dubs Afghanistan the “Saudi Arabia of lithium.”’
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How about these […]

Research found these photographs of Moe Greene.

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

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In an interview for Royal Hot Shot Airways in-flight magazine–
THIN AIR CONSUMPTION–Mr. Greene found it ironic that his early 
hopes were to be a concert pianist. He was quite an accomplished soloist, but felt that his name would prevent his being taken seriously by music producers and critics.
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Images: (Moe smiling) Godfather 4.bp.blogspot.com via battleroyalewithcheese.com; […]

U.S. Officials: Al Qaeda No. 3 Killed–Huffington Post headline, 6/1/2010

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

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WASHINGTON — In what could be one of the hardest blows to the al-Qaida crime family since they muscled their way to the top of the gaming industry, the group’s No. 3, Moe “Mustafa Abu al-Yazid” Greene, is believed to be dead, killed by a rival Las Vegas faction, an attorney with the U.S, Anti-Crime […]

NYPD Bomb Squad Smashes Windows Of Suspicious BMW–Huffington Post headline 5/10/2010

Monday, May 10th, 2010

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NYPD Bomb Squad Smashes
Windows Of Suspicious BMW

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Images: (American Museum of Natural History) via upload.wikimedia.org; (BMW Gina) via static.dezeen.com)

From King Farouk Studios in Television City…

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

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The story is here.
Special thanks go to Vincenzo Kolchak and Patapsco Jack.

Image: (Jihad Jane) tolerance.ca via huffingtonpost.com; (King Farouk) Time Magazine cover via thisdayinbadhistory.com; (Terminator 2) via neoseeker.com

“I think if we’d abolished the IRS back when I first advocated it, he wouldn’t have a target for his airplane.”–United States House Representative Steve King (R-IA) quoted in Think Progress, 2/22/2010.

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

Do you think Steve favored collecting these
during his younger days?

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Here is the story.
Images: (Rage For Men) lh4.ggpht.com via menspulpmags.com; (Mars Attacks Card) via runningwithscissors.com; (Man’s Life & Men Today) via normansaunders,com (steve in) #1 i.ytimg.com via dipity,com; #3 nvia outragedpatriots.com; #4 Jeff Malet @ maletphoto.com;

I wonder what he’d look like viewed through beer goggles.

Friday, January 15th, 2010

New Osama Bin Laden PICTURES: FBI’s Digitally-Enhanced Images Of How He May Look
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TodayHuffington Post/AP First Posted: 01-15-10 11:32 AM   |   Updated: 01-15-10 12:23 PM
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Osama Bin Laden may look drastically different today than he did just a few years ago, and the FBI has released new pictures showing what he may look like today.The digitally-enhanced images […]

Denver Terrorism Suspect Admits Al Qaeda Ties–Huffington Post headline

Saturday, September 19th, 2009

Huffington Post
Denver Terror Cell: FBI Questioning Najibullah Zazi For Third Time; No Charges Yet
Posted: 09-18-09 01:07 PM | Updated: 09-19-09 05:02 PM
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The Massive Ordnance Penetrator Will Be the Largest Non-Nuclear Bomb Ever–Popular Science headline

Friday, August 7th, 2009

And the Pentagon hopes to deploy it next year
By Dan Smith Posted 08.03.2009 at 2:42 pm
Popular Science
The Pentagon is trying to speed up the deployment of an ultra-large bunker-busting bomb, which would constitute the largest non-nuclear bomb the U.S. has ever used. The Massive Ordnance Penetrator, or MOP, is a 30,000-pound bomb that would dive […]

For the first time in the same room…

Monday, October 6th, 2008

May I present the Merciless Brothers–
Ming and G. Gordon…

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MEDIA MATTERS for AMERICA
October 4, 2008

On October 4, The New York Times published a 2,140-word front-page article about Sen. Barack Obama’s association with former Weather Underground member William Ayers — at least the 18th Times article this year mentioning that association. But the Times has yet to […]