September 30, 2004
Just breaking on Fox News. Five town halls in Broward county have received or discovered a white powder substance. Whether or not this has anything to do with tonights debate is speculative. Update: The mayor of Ft. Lauderdale received an ...
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You mess with Military Police you get your ass kicked, as witnessed here in The Patriot Ledger An Army MP just back from a tour in Afghanistan was shot in a donut shop parking confrontation but then beat his alleged ...
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Filed Under: Afghanistan
So much interesting stuff out there that I simply cannot cover it all. Here's a general rundown on things across the blogosphere for today. I'd love to do entries on each of these, but I'll leave it up to them ...
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Filed Under: Around The Blogosphere
September 29, 2004
According to my website statistics Diggers Realm just surpassed 200,000 Page Views for the month of September. I know this isn't a lot to some of you out there, but I appreciate everyone who has visited and commented. I'd ...
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Michael King has a piece over on his site Ramblings' Journal entitled "Help get rid of "F DUBYA" license plate". He's calling for people to write into the DMV headquarters here in Sacramento to have the plate yanked. It is ...
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There are numerous reports floating around that Italy paid a $1 million ransom for the release of the two hostages, Simona Pari And Simona Torretta, who were taken hostage September 7th and released on September 28th. Reuters Gustavo Selva, ...
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Filed Under: Hostages | Italy | Simona Pari | Simona Torretta
A new video of hostage Kenneth Bigley pleading for his life was released. The al-Qaeda terrorist group, Tawhid and Jihad, led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi released the video. Ap Yahoo A British hostage pleaded for his government to save his ...
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Filed Under: Hostages | Kenneth Bigley
September 28, 2004
Could this possibly be accurate? Al Jazeera is reporting that the two Italian women, Simona Pari and Simona Torretta, being held hostage in Iraq have been released. Two Italian women aid workers held hostage in Iraq have been released and ...
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Filed Under: Hostages | Italy | Simona Pari | Simona Torretta
With all the chatter going on about al-Qaeda operatives in South America you'd think our officials would be really cracking down on the southern border. They aren't, of course, and there is a new article out in the Washington Times ...
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Filed Under: Al-Qaeda | Immigration | Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13)
The website that has hosted the release of information from al-Qaeda terrorist Abu Musab Zarqawi's group Tawhid and Jihad, has been hacked. The website was the release point for information on demands, deadlines and executions of such hostages as Eugene ...
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September 26, 2004
Now the conservatives out there are going to think I'm off my rocker, but Bill Maher in his latest show, Real Time with Bill Maher, ended with a commentary that suggested such. I can't find a transcript of the show ...
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Filed Under: Politics | Rants
Jane at Armies of Liberation has tipped me off to an article at Xinhuanet. The article refers to a story in Al Ray Al-Aam, Kuwait's top newspaper, claiming the Italian aide workers, Simona Pari and Simona Torretta, are in good ...
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Filed Under: Hostages | Italy | Simona Pari | Simona Torretta
The indicted kidnapper and beheader of Daniel Pearl was gunned down while charging Pakistani law enforcement officers with grenades in Nawabshah, a southern town in Pakistan. Amjad Hussain Farooqi, a suspected top al-Qaida operative, is seen dead in this handout ...
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Filed Under: Daniel Pearl | Hostages | Pakistan | Terrorism
Syria's President is in negotiations with Iran to send over some of the Iraqi nuclear scientists that were sent to Damascus last year before the beginning of the Iraq war. Via The Telegraph Western intelligence officials believe that President Asad ...
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Filed Under: Iran | Iraq | Syria
Mahdi Obeidi, the author of a new book, "The Bomb in My Garden: The Secrets of Saddam's Nuclear Mastermind." has a lot to say in an op-ed piece in The New York Times (use Bug Me Not to bypass registering). ...
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September 25, 2004
In my last boxing entry "Motormouth" Gets His I covered how much I hate Roy Jones Jr. and his arrogance. Well tonight I got another good yell and scream that made my kids jump and say "Daddy, you're too excited!" ...
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A recent Television Poll on Al Jazeera finds that 93% of Muslims approve of the kidnapping of foreigners. Washington Times Al Jazeera, the most widely watched Arabic television channel, conducted a telephone poll during its top debating program, the Other ...
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Filed Under: Outrageous | Terrorism
September 24, 2004
After the recent vetoing of the drivers license for illegal aliens bill in California by Governor Schwarzenegger several other items have popped up. First we have the response from Mexico on the recent veto. A top foreign relations official on ...
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Filed Under: California | Immigration | Mexico
David over at In Search Of Utopia has put out a call for someone to design him a blog button. His specifications are for Something cool in Red and white, with our principle theme of Politics, Tech and Sexual Cool ...
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Dean over at Deans World tipped me off to this Washington Times article on a white, male student who was singled out for discrimination. During a discussion in an English class at the University of North Carolina, Timothy R. Mertes ...
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With all the hoopla over stem cell laws, a lot of people are forgetting their usefulness. Wired has an article that could change everything for those with macular degeneration, seniors and totally blind people. Scientists have derived retinal cells from ...
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Filed Under: Technology
September 23, 2004
Thank God! A ridiculous bill was before the California Governor that would have granted illegal aliens drivers licenses. If you've not seen this before, our leaders here in California actually put forth a bill to give a government approved form ...
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Filed Under: California | Immigration
I saw this headline last night when Rusty posted it and I was walking out the door to my kids Back to School. It pretty much put a damper on everything for me and was a sullen night. I came ...
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Filed Under: Hostages | Italy | Simona Pari | Simona Torretta
September 22, 2004
I have decided to start linking to the videos of these disgusting beheading videos. Why? Because after watching these it shows you the barbaric nature that these terrorists are taking, and will take, if given the chance in our own ...
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Filed Under: Hostages | Jack Hensley
Northeast Intelligence Network Tawhid wa Jihad releases video of Briton begging for his life In an 11 minute and 5 second video just released, British hostage Ken Bigley begs for his life. The video, released by Zarqawi's Tawhid wa Jihad ...
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Filed Under: Hostages | Kenneth Bigley
I hope this makes Zarqawi cry. Via AP The spiritual leader of a militant group that claimed to have beheaded two American hostages in Iraq has been killed in a U.S. airstrike, and his Jordanian family is preparing a wake, ...
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Filed Under: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
September 21, 2004
More dirty tricks by the Democrats this time by one of the most annoying, Charlie Rangle. This is just really ignorant and anyone behind the Democrats should think twice about a party that would actually do something like this. Charlie ...
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Filed Under: Outrageous | Politics
On September 16th Tawhid and Jihad, a group headed by al-Qaeda terrorist Abu Musab al Zarqawi, took hostage two Americans, Jack Hensley and Eugene Armstrong, and a Briton Kenneth Bigley. Yesterday, September 20th, Eugene Armstrong was beheaded. Today the terrorists ...
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Filed Under: Hostages | Jack Hensley
Abu Musab al Zarqawi claimed to have personally beheaded hostage Eugene Armstrong on an Islamic website that released the video of the Armstorng beheading. The website has also claimed in the past that Zarqawi beheaded hostages Kim Sun-Il of South ...
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Filed Under: Hostages | Jack Hensley | Kenneth Bigley
September 20, 2004
These people are vicious and we need to use the same viciousness with taking them on. None of this "We might come and get you soon" bullshit. We need solid action, this is ridiculous. Have we become that wimpy that ...
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Filed Under: Eugene Armstrong | Hostages
I've been avoiding the campaign as others are covering it sufficiently. Once in awhile a topic or issue comes up that I can't ignore and I comment on, this is one of those issues. Captains Quarters is covering an article ...
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Filed Under: Australia | Election 2004 | Outrageous
September 19, 2004
The Italian women taken hostage in Iraq on Sep. 7th may have been sold to al-Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. That is the latest news from Iraqi Foreign Minister Hamid al-Bayati. San Diego Union-Tribune "From the information at our disposal, ...
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Filed Under: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi | Hostages | Italy | Simona Pari | Simona Torretta
September 18, 2004
I love public television. I've watched PBS since I was a little boy watching shows like Sesame Street, The Electric Company and 3-2-1 Contact and I still love the shows like Nova. I watch Now With Bill Moyers almost weekly, ...
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September 17, 2004
This creep named Shamil Basayev, a Chechen Warlord, came out of hiding long enough to claim responsibility not only for the Beslan school attack in Russia, but also for the airplane suicide bombing outside Moscow in August and several other ...
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Filed Under: Beslan Massacre | Terrorism
The Washington Times has picked up the story of little 3 year old Sophia Parlock. Sophia was photographed crying after a Labor Union Democrat Supporter tore the sign from her hand and ripped it up. The blogosphere exploded with this ...
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New legislation is headed for a vote in the Michigan state house that would require recipients of welfare to be tested for drugs. The ACLU is against the legislation. Detroit Free Press The bill approved Wednesday by the House Family ...
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First the Democrats punch a Bush supporter and now we once again have Democrats showing their true thoughts on free speech. Yahoo/AP Three-year-old Sophia Parlock cries while seated on the shoulders of her father, Phil Parlock, after having their Bush-Cheney ...
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September 16, 2004
Rusty has the latest on one of the planes hijacked in Russia and then blown up. According to CNN The prosecutor general said a man identified by his last name as Artyunov was illegally selling airline tickets at the airport. ...
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Filed Under: Beslan Massacre | Terrorism
The latest on the fate of two French hostages taken hostage on August 29th is still unknown, but the hostage takers have apparently posted a vitriolic attack on the French people saying that the French are not immune to Muslim ...
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Filed Under: Christian Chesnot | Georges Malbrunot | Hostages
According to Middle East Online, two Americans and a Briton were taken hostage from their home. "Two Americans and a British civilian were kidnapped from their house in the Mansur district in Baghdad this morning around 6:00 (0200 GMT)," ministry ...
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Filed Under: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi | Eugene Armstrong | Hostages | Jack Hensley | Kenneth Bigley
The U.S House of Representatives dealt a severe blow to our national security Tuesday afternoon by removing the Culberson Amendment from an $89.9 billion bill funding the Transportation and Treasury Departments. The Culberson Amendment would have forbade the Treasury Department ...
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With Iran seeming to thumb its nose at the IAEA, both the EU and the US have recently been circulating proposals with recommendations on how to handle the situation. It is also to set a deadline for compliance by Iran. ...
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Koffi Annan took time out from the oil for food scandal and the Sudan slaugher to give an interview to the BBC. "Painful lessons" have been learned by the international community since the war in Iraq, Annan said... ...as video ...
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Filed Under: Outrageous
September 15, 2004
I really have been avoiding this "RatherGate", memogate or whatevergate thing, but I cannot ignore the incredible work by some of the people out there blogging. It's like an ant colony all coming together to cut a leaf apart and ...
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Rusty over at My Pet Jawa seems to have had enough with us being in Iraq. So is it time to pull out? I personally see where Rusty is coming from on this. The Iraqi's don't seem to want to ...
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I sent this fax off to Asa Hutchinson, The Homeland Security Undersecretary and "the nations border czar" (of whom I tee'd off on in this entry, see item 3 ). What do we have to do to get someone real ...
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The US is going to bring up the issue of cancelling billions of dollars in foreign debt to at least 27 of the poorest nations. I say money down a rathole. Why do we keep giving money to these countries ...
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Filed Under: Interesting
September 13, 2004
My God, our brothers in Australia are taking it hard the past few days. First the Jakarta embassy bombing and now reports of two Australian hostages taken by a new group calling itself the Horror Brigades. A statement, purportedly from ...
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Durmus Kumdereli and Mustafa Koksal, Turkish truck drivers, were abducted Aug. 14 outside of Mosul after delivering water to a U.S. base in Baghdad. The Turkish government said they had rescued Mustafa Koksal 4 days later. Today a video surfaced ...
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This is just despicable. I hope they catch the burglar and string them up with the toughest sentence on the books. Unfortunately that charge probably isn't too tough because of all the "rehabilitation wackos" who don't want there to be ...
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Friday, Sep.10, a previously unknown group calling themselves the Supporters of al-Zawahri posted an Internet statement claiming to have "details about two kidnapped women aid workers" if all Muslim women held in Iraqi prisons be let go. Now a second ...
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Filed Under: Hostages | Italy | Simona Pari | Simona Torretta
In this latest roundup of issues and stories regarding the US border we find numerous items. Al-Qaeda is looking at the southern border as the way in, officials are not doing their jobs, the border czar takes a "sensitive" approach ...
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Filed Under: Immigration
September 12, 2004
David over at In Search of Utopia has had a fraternity brother ask him to get the word out about a missing woman. If you have any information regarding her please contact the family at their website. ...
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A large mushroom cloud explosion in North Korea on Thursday was reportedly not a nuclear explosion. Yahoo AP A huge mushroom cloud that reportedly billowed up from North Korea was not caused by a nuclear explosion, South Korean and U.S. ...
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September 11, 2004
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September 10, 2004
The fate of two Italian, pacifist, aid workers who were taken hostage may never be known. Autralian MILITANTS loyal to al-Qaeda's No.2 have given Italy 24 hours to promise to release Muslim women prisoners in Iraq in exchange for details ...
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Filed Under: Hostages | Italy | Simona Pari | Simona Torretta
Could East Germany succeed from Unified Germany? There is an interesting article in the Guardian regarding a recent poll by the Forsa Institute finding that nearly 20% of Germans wish for the wall back. Westerners are fed up with what ...
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I'm surprised this hasn't gotten more press. Of the 18 people running for President of Afghanistan there is one, Massooda Jalal, a woman. In a country that just a few years ago would not even let women in school there ...
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Being a history buff I don't see how anyone can say that a conflict that has gone on for 1 1/2 years, had only 1000 killed, liberated a nation from a dictatorial regime and allowed millions to have a shot ...
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Filed Under: Iraq
September 09, 2004
In the latest tape from Al Qaeda tape we see number 2 man Ayman al-Zawahri next to a weapon he obviously would be unable to use. I mean just look at that thing, like something out of Rambo. All the ...
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In response to Russian President Vladimir Putin putting a price of $10 million on two of the Chechen "rebels" they have now decided to place a price of $20 million on Putins head. Reuters Chechen rebels, in a swift reply ...
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Filed Under: Terrorism
When you attack someone as friendly as the Australian people you've seriously got something wrong with you. I mean come on how can you hate a country like Australia? Friendliest people on earth (I've been there twice and don't think ...
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Usually I like to comment on things, but I have no comment on this from The Politburo Diktat. ...
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The US has finally recognized the genocide occurring in the Sudan and has firmly planted it at the feet of Arab militias and the Sudanese government. Reuters "We concluded that genocide has been committed in Darfur and that the government ...
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Via Reuters Russia's top general threatened Wednesday to attack "terrorist bases" anywhere in the world, as security services put a $10 million bounty on two Chechen rebels they blame for last week's school siege. ... "As for launching pre-emptive strikes ...
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Via Marine Corp Moms and Michelle Malkin we have a nice cheerful piece on a marine coming home from Iraq being thrown off a flight by someone who fought in the war theater of Chicago. This letter is also to ...
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WTF!! Who's bombing New York City? The Russians? That was all I could think of when my wife's niece, who was staying with us temporarily, came flying out of the bedroom. I had been awake all night, as usual, working ...
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Filed Under: Diggers Life
September 08, 2004
Here's a ridiculous reversal of policy. From the Globe And Mail: You still can't buy a good Cuban cigar in the United States, but an apparent policy shift in Washington is paving the way for the arrival of experimental cancer ...
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Filed Under: Cuba | Outrageous
So, the terrorists have sunk to a new low. Directly attacking an aid group out to help the Iraqi people to simply eat, get health care and survive through this turbulent time for them. The aid agency has no ...
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Filed Under: Hostages | Italy | Simona Pari | Simona Torretta
I have done a number of pieces ( here, here, here and here ) on the Russian school attack. There are numerous other writers covering different angles on the situation below. From the why to the how to the fallout ...
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Filed Under: Beslan Massacre | Terrorism
Tom over at Anti-Hero pointed me towards a new book by John Taylor Gatto called The Underground History of American Education. Here's an overview of John and you can read a review of the book by Chris Acheson over at ...
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Filed Under: Interesting
September 07, 2004
From Moore Watch via Lee's site Right Thinking From The Left Coast we have this AP article announcing that Michael Moore will submit Fahrenheit 9/11 for Best Picture and not for Best Documentary. In the midst of the presidential campaign, ...
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Filed Under: Outrageous
September 06, 2004
With all the negative articles and stories on the war in Iraq, Afghanistan and military actions elsewhere it's always good to take a look at history as a measurement of how things are portrayed. Jessica's Well does just that with ...
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From the Washington Times China's Public Security Ministry is set to dispatch a 130-man "special police" unit to Haiti this month in the first deployment of Chinese forces to the Western Hemisphere, Bush administration officials say. The first advance unit ...
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As I mentioned in my entry on the French hostage release "French Hostages Released, I Wait For Reports Of A Payoff" my second portion of the title is probably true. From the Telegraph The "higher command" of the Islamic Army ...
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Filed Under: Christian Chesnot | Georges Malbrunot | Hostages
Michael Hiteshew at Whine and Jeez has an excellent post on the moral and military aspects of killing civilians during war. The only qualm I have with this well put together article is in the following excerpt: So we, the ...
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The prosecuting attorney stood and walked forward. "So, Mr. Smith why don't you recount the episode that has brought us all here today." Jack cleared his throat and leaned forward, "Me and my friends went to Clancy's Place after work ...
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September 05, 2004
Now this is just ridiculous. I've tried to stay away from commenting on the candidates and parties, but this just takes the cake! The Kerry campaign has just put out this PR Release [ backup copy here -ed ] entitled ...
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Filed Under: Election 2004 | Outrageous
The blogosphere is buzzing on this rumor/news that Izzat Ibrahim al-Duri, Saddam's Number 2, instrumental in the rise of the Baath party and right hand man throughout Saddams reign of terror, has been captured. The Command Post has a roundup ...
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Filed Under: Iraq
September 04, 2004
Could Arming Teachers Prevent School Terror Attacks? Israel and Thailand seem to think so. In his latest column Dave Kopel addresses the issue. Gun-control laws in Thailand are extremely strict, and are being tightened even more because of three school ...
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Filed Under: Terrorism
In the latest entry from The Politburo Diktat the ever eloquent Commissar explains the why and how of the failure of the protesters at the Republican National Convention this past week. Excerpt: There is another aspect to the protestors' failure. ...
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Filed Under: Election 2004
This is absolutely ridiculous. The EU is now asking for an explanation from Moscow on the tragedy in Baslan. EU Business Article The EU refused Friday to rush to judgment on how Russian authorities acted in the bloody end to ...
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Filed Under: Beslan Massacre
According to the latest study by the non-partisan Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) Illegal aliens are costing US taxpayers $10 billion per year in government services than they paid in taxes in 2002. The study also finds that an amnesty ...
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Filed Under: Immigration
September 03, 2004
I know I'm late on doing a story on this as I see other websites have picked up on it. It was in my queue, but I just now got around to it. via News.Com Australia: ONE OF the main ...
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Filed Under: Outrageous | Terrorism
via Instapundit and My Way News we have this interesting photo from the school hostage terrorist attack in Russia: Rock on buddy, we're with you! ...
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Filed Under: Beslan Massacre
BBC Officials said 27 hostage-takers were killed and three were arrested alive. The BBC's Damian Grammaticas, at the scene, says three other hostage-takers are still on the run. The armed group took over the school on Wednesday. Russian officials have ...
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From Yahoo and AP we have this cheerful end to the story. BESLAN, Russia - The three-day hostage siege at a school in southern Russia ended in chaos and bloodshed Friday, after witnesses said Chechen militants set off bombs and ...
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Ahh, what would make a PETA supporter more happy then a hamster fur coat? Apparently not one made of 100 hamsters as in this BBC article. The garments, made from the pelts of 100 hamsters, are being sold at House ...
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Filed Under: Humor
September 02, 2004
Via Globe and Mail Baghdad — A Paris newspaper editor said there had been positive movement in the effort to free two captive French journalists Thursday, while a separate militant group said it had killed three Turkish captives. The kidnappers ...
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Filed Under: Christian Chesnot | Georges Malbrunot | Hostages
The U.S. Border Patrol begins using a $10 Million system this week that can tell what is in a trucks payload in 10 minutes using something called Pulsed Fast Neutron Analysis. The machine, made by Ancore of Santa Clara, California, ...
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Filed Under: Immigration
Catherine Mann has a recent article defending the outsourcing of IT jobs. Catherine is from the Institute for International Economics a "private, nonprofit, nonpartisan research institution devoted to the study of international economic policy" which happens to be funded by ...
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Filed Under: Outsourcing
There.com was "an online getaway where you can hang out with your friends and meet new ones--all in a lush 3D environment that's yours to explore!" The real nature of There was to charge people real money to go online ...
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From this Washington Times article on recent internal US enforcement of illegal immigration: The Department of Homeland Security wants to restrict the U.S. Border Patrol's arrest of illegal aliens in the nation's interior, concerned that the recent apprehension of 450 ...
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