Pat Dollard | Young Americans

Capture of ‘Mumbai Gunman’ by Security Services Caught on Tape

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Yup…
So does my neighbor and it stinks. Every time he starts his truck it smells like old fast food and everything in my garage has absorbed the odor.

No, that’s not a law firm founded by erstwhile art school students.
But it is part of the legacy of “sex, lies, and videotape”.
One of the last deals I negotiated for Steven Soderbergh was his six picture deal with Mark Cuban. And so, through the commissions from that deal, the financier of “Redacted”, the filmmaker [...]

On the verge of Indian/Pakistan war
Mumbai attacks ‘were a ploy to wreck Obama plan to isolate al-Qaeda’:
The carnage may have been an attempt to put Pakistan and India at each other’s throats and
kill US hopes for the region
Jeremy Page in Mumbai, Tom Coghlan and Zahid Hussain - (Times Online UK)
Relations between India and Pakistan were [...]

By Marybeth Laguna - (WaPo)
My husband, Art Laguna, was a hero. He was a man of honor — he kept his word and he valued truth and honesty, and he expected no less from anyone else. His life was spent in service to his country and his family.
Here at home, Art served as a [...]

As the details unfold on the Mumbai, India terror attack I believe we are going to be, not surprised, but astonished at the planning and tactical logistics, (and the simplicity by which it was carried out) that went into it all. And keep this in mind … We are not enlightened to exactly what [...]

The Swamp
November 30, 2008

Tribune Correspondent James Oliphant spent last week in Georgia, covering the U.S. Senate runoff between Republican Saxby Chambliss and Democrat Jim Martin. The race could determine the success of the Democratic legislative agenda. Here is his report:
by James Oliphant
ATLANTA - Here, in a campaign office on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Jim [...]

They opposed victory every step of the way. Voted for the war then did all they could to lose it for their own political gains.
The blood of over 4000 KIA and tens of thousands wounded of our brave troops, who they used as pawns in a cheap dime store chess set, is on [...]

Embedded video from CNN Video
by Taylor Gandossy - (CNN)
The Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai, India, temporarily increased security after being warned of a possible terrorist attack, the chairman of the company that owns the hotel said Saturday.
But Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata said those measures, which were eased shortly before this week’s terror attacks, could [...]

Ah yes….And to think the media forgot about this…Is Obama Black Enough?
Also related..in some way
Silly Fool … The Second Amendment Keeps Us Red, White And Blue - With Videos
Sunday, November 30, 2008
WaPo
He is also half white.
Unless the one-drop rule still applies, our president-elect is not black.
We call him that — he calls himself [...]

November 30, 2008
Haaretz
WASHINGTON - U.S. President George Bush believes that Israel is offering Syria the Golan Heights without getting anything in exchange, according to sources briefed on his White House meeting with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert last week.
After Olmert updated Bush on Israel’s indirect talks with Syrian President Bashar Assad, the U.S. president [...]

Stress takes toll on Obama, develops chronic facial tic
Michelle said to be distraught over spasms under right eye
(WND)
The strain of the long campaign and a frenetic transition period is beginning to wear on the face of President-elect Barack Obama, who has developed a facial tic under his right eye.
The tic on the lower part [...]

The Jewish couple that ran the Jewish Center in Mumbai were obviously among those tortured and killed. What you may NOT be aware of is they have a two-year-old son who was in the Mumbai center on the day of the attacks …
(NYTimes)
[ ... ] The couple’s toddler son, Moshe, escaped with his [...]

Whats wrong Iran. Feeling a little left out of the top story’s in the news these days? Have to come up with something that will grab the attention of the world?
Ok, here is your little pat on the head, now go away and fuck yourself.
Press TV
November 30, 2008
Iran says heavy enemy warships in the Persian [...]

Is Bill Clinton Next in Line for Hillary’s Senate Seat?
With Hillary Clinton now expected to become President-elect Obama’s secretary of state, Bill Clinton can capitalize on his wife’s political success by taking over her New York Senate seat.
By Stephen Clark - (FOX)
Bill Clinton’s bid to become the first former president to return to the White [...]

Hey! I have an idea. How about letting companies make as much money as they like, pay their employees as much as they like, and when they fail or have hard times, let them fall like they are supposed to without any government intervention?
UAW wants limits on carmakers’ executive pay
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Big Three [...]

by Gebe Martinez - (Politico)
If there is one message President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team has broadcast about Cabinet picks, it is that ethnicity and gender will not be the first considerations when filling the slots.
Credentials over tokenism, after all, was a fundamental principle of Obama’s presidential campaign that highlighted his ideas and community values [...]

Heading to Indie/Paki War
MUMBAI, India - A senior Mumbai police official says the Pakistani militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba was responsible for the terrorist attacks that left at least 174 people dead.
Joint Crime Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria told reporters Sunday that the attackers were from “a hardcore group in the LeT.”
The group has long [...]