The blind leading the naked communist “I don’t feel any pain, let alone yours” WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle and Barack Obama sat one table over from J. Lo and Marc Anthony, and all four of them were rocking in their seats as Sheila E. shook the house — well, really the tent. The latest installment [...]
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) – Pakistan’s army chief has appealed to members of a major tribe linked to the Taliban to support an offensive against the insurgents, a move aimed at further isolating an enemy blamed for a wave of bloodshed in the nuclear-armed, U.S.-allied nation. The Pakistani military’s operation against the Pakistani Taliban [...]
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – South Korea’s foreign minister called North Korea’s uranium enrichment program “worrisome” and pressed the communist nation to take real steps toward nuclear disarmament. Last month, North Korea told the U.N. Security Council that it was in the final stages of enriching uranium, a process that would give the regime a [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) – The number of Americans worried about losing their current health care coverage keeps rising, even as President Barack Obama and a Democrat-led Congress strive to extend society’s safety net to cover the uninsured, a new poll has found. The growing levels of insurance insecurity are reflected in the latest monthly snapshot from [...]
SAMSON, Ala. (AP) – An Army investigation found that soldiers should not have been sent to man traffic stops in a small Alabama town after 11 people were killed in March during a shooting spree. An Army report released to The Associated Press on Monday in response to a Freedom of Information Act request said [...]
By Kamran Haider DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani forces attacking Taliban militants in their South Waziristan stronghold have captured a town on the approach to a main insurgent base, security officials said on Tuesday. The fighting for control of lawless South Waziristan is a major test of the government’s ability to tackle an [...]
Disgusting. F-ing sickening.
IBD Editorials: Global Warming: A co-sponsor of cap-and-trade legislation has tried to convince the public that the regime would cost families only “about a postage stamp a day.” The real cost might be closer to next-day delivery rates. Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Elmendorf, testifying before Congress last week, said the House global warming bill [...]
Best headline ever. Too bad I can’t take the credit for it.
Belief Net: Aaron M. Renn at the indispensable New Geography site has a fascinating analysis of a curious aspect shared by progressive urban havens like Austin, Portland and suchlike: they have relatively few black people in them. Excerpt: This raises troubling questions about these cities. Why is it that progressivism in smaller metros is so [...]
The Sun: A baby boy has left doctors baffled after passages from the Koran were found on his skin. The parents of nine-month-old Ali Yakubov were stunned when the word Allah appeared on his chin soon after his birth. Since then scores of writings in Arabic script have emerged on his back, arms, legs and [...]
NewsBusters: The liberals at Time magazine would never want to impose their sexual morality on you – unless it involves environmentalism. The October 26 issue features an article headlined “Sex and the Eco-City: Look out, petroleum jelly. Getting it on is getting greener.” Writer Kathleen Kingsbury began: In many ways, choosing a sex toy is [...]
CNS News: Suprise, Ariz. – An Arizona sheriff known for cracking down on people who are in the country illegally launched a crime and immigration sweep in northwestern metro Phoenix on Friday, a half day after officials in Washington limited his powers to make federal immigration arrests. Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, whose sweeps have [...]
