Archive for August, 2009

The Daily Mail: The latest US missile defence test, conducted last night in Hawaii waters, was deemed a success as tensions continue with North Korea over that country’s missile programme. A short-range ballistic missile was fired from the Pacific Missile Range Facility on the island of Kauai and then was shot down by a three-stage [...]

<b>“A Whole Gaggle Of Numb-Nuts”</b>

H/T Ready889

<b>“Yo, Homie, Is That My Briefcase?”</b>

Live shot of evacuation scene NEW YORK — The main terminal at New York’s LaGuardia Airport was evacuated Saturday morning, stranding hundreds of passengers, after a man entered the building with a fake bomb in a bag, police said. The terminal was evacuated at around 5:30 a.m. Saturday after the man approached security in the [...]

Washington Post: President Obama’s $787 billion stimulus plan is having little effect on job creation within the general-construction industry, the trade association for the sector said Thursday. Construction spending was “disappointingly slow” five months into the recovery program, with firms working on stimulus-funded construction projects hiring at no greater rates than those without such work, [...]

<b> “He Flunked Out Of Juilliard…Charlie Parker Mentored Him For The Next Three Years”</b>
<b>Ready, Steady, Go!</b>
<b>Media Matters Buys Air Time On CNN To Attack Lou Dobbs Over Obama Birth Certificate</b>

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First picture: Julie Cory, her boyfriend Alex Dion, and the baby who Cory is accused of ripping from Darlene Haynes’ womb The Daily Mail: Gazing adoringly at the newborn child, a couple pose with pride. For Alex Dion, who cradles the tiny infant on his left arm, it is a moment of unbridled joy. But [...]

“Distraction”. See how they mock, marginalize, demonize, and belittle the concerns of the opposition: Washington Post: A campaign on conservative talk radio, fueled by President Obama’s calls to control exorbitant medical bills, has sparked fear among senior citizens that the health-care bill moving through Congress will lead to end-of-life “rationing” and even “euthanasia.” The controversy [...]

Sky News: New EU regulations, which come into force today, slash the maximum working week for doctors from 56 to 48 hours. The Royal College of Surgeons and pressure group RemedyUK have warned that the European Working Time Directive (EWTD) could wreak havoc if there is a second wave of swine flu in the autumn. [...]

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Honduras’ de facto leader vowed on Friday that no country will push the small Central American nation around and pledged to resist international pressure to reinstate toppled President Manuel Zelaya. Roberto Micheletti, who was named president by Congress just hours after soldiers overthrew Zelaya on June 28, said Honduras had enough basic [...]

Weekly Standard: Last night, the House Energy and Commerce Committee narrowly passed the Stupak-Pitts amendment to prevent the bill from mandating that private insurance plans cover abortions, but when Chairman Henry Waxman brought the amendment up for reconsideration, Rep. Bart Gordon of Tennessee flipped his vote to ‘no’, defeating the Stupak-Pitts amendment 30 to 29. [...]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday ramped up her criticism of insurance companies, accusing them of unethical behavior and working to kill a plan to create a new government-run health plan. “It’s almost immoral what they are doing,” Pelosi said to reporters, referring to insurance companies. “Of course they’ve [...]

Did Sgt. Crowley school the racist professor in finally helping to clear up the woman’s name, and actually thank her for her vigilance instead of standing idly by and watching her vilified as a racist, at the beer summit? Quite the coincidence in timing. Sure took him long enough for a simple “thank you”. BOSTON [...]

Guardian: Millions of internet users who use Skype could be forced to find other ways to make phone calls after parent company eBay said it did not own the underlying technology that powers the service, prompting fears of a shutdown. The internet auction company paid a total of $3.1bn for the telephone service between 2005 [...]

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – Opposition political activists and protesters are in court in Tehran Saturday on charges of rioting and conspiring against the ruling system in the country’s first trial following the disputed presidential election, Iran’s state media reported. The trial underlines the government’s efforts to bring to a close anti-government demonstrations that have persisted [...]