Archive for December, 2009

DENVER (AP) – Actor Charlie Sheen and his wife Brooke want to reconcile, their lawyers said Wednesday, even though she told police he put a knife to her throat and threatened to kill her less than a week ago. “They’re very much in love. They want to try to work it out and want to [...]

Sphere: No one was killed in the Christmas Day terrorist attack aboard Delta/Northwest Flight 253. But that doesn’t mean the al-Qaida operation failed. On the contrary, 23-year-old Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab beat a multibillion-dollar security system. He successfully brought explosives aboard a passenger jet bound for the United States. He even got himself a seat strategically [...]

A state Rep is of course, not as impacting as a national Congressmen, but it showcases a rising trend in the Democratic Party. A trend that I genuinely hope continues. Denver Post: State Rep. Kathleen Curry has changed her voter registration from Democrat to unaffiliated, a move that will require the Gunnison lawmaker to relinquish [...]

FOX News: CONCORD, N.H. — A New Hampshire woman diagnosed with a rare gastrointestinal anthrax case may have swallowed spores propelled into the air by vigorous drumming, a state health expert said. Officials haven’t confirmed how the woman contracted the disease but are focusing on a drum circle gathering she attended Dec. 4 at the [...]

We shouldn’t have to frisk ten old ladies just to say that that guy looks suspicious. If he get’s pissed off just say… “Sorry.” And if he’s still mad after that… Well hey, you’re the one who wore the tubran to the airport, asshole. Get a John Deere cap for travel days. – Ron White [...]

BAGHDAD — Staggered explosions Wednesday killed 23 people — 13 of them policemen — and wounded an Iraqi provincial governor, officials said, in the worst violence in months to hit the western province that was formerly Al Qaeda’s top stronghold in Iraq. Also in Iraq, a British hostage held for over two years by militants [...]

<b>Hail To The Chief:</b> Failed Bombing Sparks TSA Leadership Debate
<b>Faster Than A Speeding Bullet:</b> China’s Super-Train Goes 217 MPH

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<b>Fingered:</b> Police Hunting FL Man Who Cut Off His Girlfriend’s Digits
140 MPH Motorcycle Chase In Phoenix
<b>AP:</b> OH MY GOD OBAMA HAS GREY HAIR WE MUST FOLLOW IT’S PROGRESS CLOSELY

KABUL (AP) – A U.S. official says eight Americans have been killed in eastern Afghanistan. The official, who spoke Wednesday night on condition of anonymity because details about the incident had not been confirmed, would not disclose any other information. A senior U.S. official in Washington said the Americans were killed in Khost province by [...]

NEW YORK (AP) – New York City’s Times Square has been reopened to traffic after a bomb squad found no explosive devices in an abandoned van parked in the area. The squad used a robot-based camera to approach the vehicle and open it Wednesday. Police say they found clothing inside. The area around 42nd Street [...]

FOX News: The Obama administration is pushing back against calls to halt or delay closing the Guantanamo Bay prison in light of the failed Christmas Day terror attack, suggesting that shutting down the prison will undermine terrorist recruitment in the very network that claimed responsibility for last week’s plot. Administration officials also assured lawmakers that [...]

Telegraph: There is no more solemn duty for an American commander-in-chief than the marshalling of “all elements of American power” – the phrase Obama himself used on Monday – to protect the people of the United States. In that key respect, Obama failed on Christmas Day, just as President George W. Bush failed on September [...]

Ricky Gervais Screams Elmo To Sleep

Front view of my 3rd story condo in Yemen SAN’A, Yemen (AP) – A Yemeni security official says forces have stormed an al-Qaida hide-out in the country’s west, setting off clashes. A government statement confirmed the clashes and said at least one suspected al-Qaida member was arrested. The fighting took place in Hudaydah province, a [...]

Iranian Cops Use Trucks To Mow Down Cap N Trade Protesters
Live Pigeons Used As Targets At Gun Club

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) – Internet postings purportedly written by a Nigerian charged with trying to bomb a U.S. airliner on Christmas Day suggest a fervently religious and lonely young man who fantasized about becoming a Muslim holy warrior. Throughout more than 300 posts, a user named “Farouk1986″ reflects on a growing alienation from his family, [...]