Archive for January, 2008

Barak Will Decide Olmert’s Fate This Weekend

J-Post: Labor Party Chairman Ehud Barak will neither quit the government nor push for immediate elections, but is deciding over the weekend whether to press hard to replace Ehud Olmert with an alternative prime minister in the wake of the Winograd Report, Barak's associates said Thursday. Defense Minister Barak will announce early next week whether he intends ...

Islamic Gunmen Attack Israeli Embassy

J-Post: According to foreign media reports, six gunmen opened fire on the Israeli Embassy in Nouakchott, in the northwest African country of Mauritania early Friday morning, trading fire with guards before fleeing screaming "Allah Akbar," witnesses said. The six men arrived by car and regrouped in front of a discotheque that is just beside the embassy, said ...

Iraq’s Oil Production Hits Record

Times Online: Oil production in Iraq is at its highest level since the US-led invasion of 2003, reaching 2.4 million barrels a day, thanks largely to improved security measures in the north. The country’s Oil Ministry will shortly invite international oil companies to bid for contracts to help Iraq to boost output at its investment-starved “super-giant” oilfields. ...

Wolf Asks: Liberal “Wet Dream” Ticket Possible? Sit Down Stevie!

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McCain Approached Dems About Switching To Their Party

The Hill: Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) was close to leaving the Republican Party in 2001, weeks before then-Sen. Jim Jeffords (Vt.) famously announced his decision to become an Independent, according to former Democratic lawmakers who say they were involved in the discussions. In interviews with The Hill this month, former Sen. Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) and ex-Rep. Tom ...

There Will Be No Dancing Hitler

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - There will be no simulated pile of naked, emaciated corpses—and no dancing Hitler—at the world's biggest street party. A judge on Thursday blocked a carnival float meant to show that the Holocaust "gives you goose bumps." Workers began dismantling the float to rebuild it for this weekend's parade, television footage showed. Viradouro, ...

Video: Hillary Will Pull Out Of Iraq Also

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Video: Obama Wants To “Set A Date” For Withdrawal

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Obama, Clinton Trade Barbed Exchanges

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton sought common ground Thursday on basic Democratic policies on immigration, health care and tax relief in their first one-on-one debate, but grew testy at times in trying to distinguish themselves as the candidate best able to assume the presidency. Just days before the Super Tuesday ...

Thousands Of Professors Hold “Green Teach In” To “Captive” Student Audiences

PORTLAND, Ore. - Global warming issues took over lecture halls in colleges across the country Thursday, with more than 1,500 universities participating in what was billed as the nation's largest-ever "teach-in." Organizers said the goal of the event, dubbed "Focus the Nation," was to move past preaching to the green choir, to reach a captive audience ...

Video: Obama Also Clueless, But Really Makes Her Squirm

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Video: Hillary Clueless On Immigration

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Report: Military Not Prepared For Catastrophic Attack On U.S.

WASHINGTON - The U.S. military isn't ready for a catastrophic attack on the country, and National Guard forces don't have the equipment or training they need for the job, according to a report. Even fewer Army National Guard units are combat-ready today than were nearly a year ago when the Commission on the National Guard and ...

Debate Vid: Hillary Immediately Disses White Males

Ya gotta watch the subtext of these people over the next 9 months, seriously. That witch will play the race/gender card whenever she can. She is slimy and lowdown, and very, very desperate to get into the oval office, and will do and/or say anything, to get there. Watch what is ...

Fox News Contradicts AP On Romney

Fox News: Mitt Romney plans to buy TV ads in California and other Super Tuesday states, contradicting earlier (AP ) reports that he was avoiding a costly campaign on Feb. 5, when 21 states hold Republican primaries and caucuses. As Romney seeks to topple John McCain’s momentum coming out of his win in the Florida primary and ...

Pelosi Predicts Iraq War “Endless”

LAS VEGAS (AP) - President Bush said Thursday he will not jeopardize security gains in Iraq by withdrawing U.S. forces too fast, another signal that troop reductions could slow or stop altogether this summer. The president said he would resist any temptation to bring troops home to score political points with a war-weary public or compromise ...

Day After War Report Most Israelis Want Olmert To Resign

So we told you the Winograd Commission Report came out and guess what? 56% say they want him to go, and 41% say they want elections held early. I say bring back Bibi, he'll kick some ass. Some 41 percent want an early election. The prime minister claimed he was vindicated by the Winograd panel’s final report, which ...

If They Were In Hijabs/Burkas, Can you Imagine?

All I kept thinking when I heard this story today was that there would be rioting in the streets of Boston if the women in that picture were wearing hijabs or burkas instead of habits. What does that tell you? An ad for a new upscale Boston fitness center featuring three nuns painting a naked man is ...

Brits Decide To Let Muslims Schools Inspect Themselves

It is moves like this... They shouldn't be surprised when they wake up one day and the sword of allah is at their throat telling them to get on the rug and bend over 5 times a day or die. The camel is ting all over their tent. C'mon, man...the madrassas are the breeding ground for jihadis. Private Muslim ...

Clerics Issue Fatwa Against Botox

Muslims in Malaysia have been advised not to undergo Botox treatments as it is forbidden in Islam, a cleric has said. Selangor Mufti Mohamad Tamyes Abdul Wahad said the National Fatwa Council had decided to list the beauty treatment as 'haram' (forbidden) as it had more adverse effects than good, The Star newspaper reported Thursday. He said ...

Deep Digger: Cutting Edge Bunker Buster

From an article on DefenseTech.org by David Hambling: Meet Deep Digger, first of a revolutionary new generation of bunker-busting weapons, described in this week’s New Scientist. This is literally ground-breaking new technology which uses cannon to tunnel through solid rock, drilling a channel for the bomb. Existing weapons for attacking hard targets are kinetic, relying on sheer ...

The Loaded Question…Can You Control Your Husband, Hillary?

Nightline anchor Cynthia McFadden nailed her with the question last night... Heh heh...there is no good answer for her on that one, she can't say "No", that would be dissing Bill, and show a lack of leadership on her part. If she says "Yes" that means she is acknowledging that he needs to be controlled, ...

Jihadis Advocate Tattooing Non-Muslims For ID

Smell strangely familiar? Some disturbing content has recently been discovered in a video posting by two Malaysian Muslim bloggers, Mahaguru58 and MENJ. These two individuals are also behind the outfit known as the Muslim Bloggers Alliance (readers should recall this outfit as the one that threw a hissy fit at one of RPK's recent installments of ...

20 Rockets Slam Brits At Basra Airport

Baghdad - Violence returned Thursday to the southern city of Basra, where militants pummeled Britain's airport base with 20 rockets and British gunners answered with volleys of artillery. The Basra battle also exposed potential security gaps around Iraq's second-largest city less than two months after a scaled-down British force handed over control to Iraqi police ...

Iran: “Calling All Jihadis In The Netherlands…”

Looks like the Iranian Theocracy in the Land of Oz is sending the signals out to the Flying Monkeys in the Netherlands that this Wilders film needs to be addressed. How they plan to address it is the question. THE HAGUE, 01/02/08 - Iranian Ambassador Ziaran intends to invite all Islamic ambassadors in the Netherlands for a ...