The Great Chess Doping ScandalBy Maik GrossekathöferGrandmaster Vassily Ivanchuk refused to submit a urine sample for a drug test at the Chess Olympiad in Dresden and is now considered guilty of doping. The world of chess is outraged that he could face a two-year ban.Professional chess player Vassily Ivanchuk, born in Berezhany, Ukraine in 1969, has been a grandmaster for the past 20 years and is
The arrest of Tory Damien Green and who was to blame for allowing his offices to be searched has preoccupied many political bloggers this week. That and the indiscretions of Nick Clegg...
Taking the Mick
Last week, the news was just emerging of the Damian Green arrest. A tidal wave of online conjecture has since followed, much of it highly critical of the Speaker and Serjeant at Arms, Jill Pay, o
There has been a bunch of chatter on taxgirl.com about whether it’s appropriate to use tax as a means of bringing about change, not by the government as is usually done, but by the taxpayers.
In the UK, the citizens of Haringey Borough are actually calling for such a thing: a tax boycott. Some [...]
Speaking of Historic Royal Palaces, we visited one of them during our honeymoon. The Tower of London is so amazing… the Crown Jewels are absolutely, unbelievably, beautiful. As was the Queen’s coronation gown, which was also on display. How I wish we could’ve taken photos!
Well, the next best thing was to get a set [...]
Yesterday we heard that an artillery attack on militants just over the Afghanistan border inside Pakistan went down with cooperation from the Pakistani army.
Today we hear, however, that Pakistan is not happy about ongoing missile strikes.
Pakistan has summoned the US ambassador in Islamabad to protest at a US missile attack deep inside Pakistani territory on Wednesday that killed five people.
The
This man is my new hero and Stoke City need to erect a statue of him outside there ground as a stern reminder to horses not to fuck with him and to everyone that visits the stadium that he is FUCKING AWESOME.
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Jennifer Hudson's sister Julia has provoked outrage with new photos on a social networking website by allegedly posting the pictures with insensitive captions referring to the murder of her brother last month in their native Chicago, Illinois.The siblings' mother, Darnell Donerson, and brother, Jason, were found shot dead at their home in the city on 24 October. The singer/actress' seven-year-old
We are in financial meltdown, currently in the middle of an election for the world’s most powerful job, and there is a "human catastrophe" unfolding in the Democratic Republic of Congo. So what story has been dominating the UK news this week: ‘prank calls’ made by Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand to veteran Fawlty Towers actor Andrew Sachs.
As a regular lis
We are in financial meltdown, currently in the middle of an election for the world’s most powerful job, and there is a "human catastrophe" unfolding in the Democratic Republic of Congo. So what story has been dominating the UK news this week: ‘prank calls’ made by Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand to veteran Fawlty Towers actor Andrew Sachs.
As a regular lis
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is one of the most dangerous terrorist organisations in the world. Even the ultra-liberal would find it difficult to term them as fighters, as the organisation has been responsible for the assassination of a Prime Minister of our country.In this context, it is strange to see the audacity of DMK, which is forcing the Centre to act and intervene. The Sri
Why is no one (or very few) talking about Gov. Palin's obvious and now stated problems with abuse of power??? Are we that controlled by the current regime that we cannot even bring ourselves to question someone who is running for the second highest office of our great Nation??? Or is it that we have gotten so used to GWB and his abuses that Sarah Palin's comparatively small-time and personal inept
A far-right party's plan to establish a base for summer schools and election preparations in the heart of Essex was met with revulsion last night.The British National Party's leader Nick Griffin has visited a site in the Maldon district which he said had “huge potential” and revealed he now plans to hold a St George's Day event there next year to “test it out”.The former Woodbridge School
East Aurora, New York (ThaLunatic Daily) - Parents everywhere are outraged over recorded messages they're hearing from Fisher Price's "Little Mommy Real Loving Baby Cuddle and Coo doll.Parents who purchased the Fisher Price doll are taking a double take at what their hearing. Instead of cuddly coos, parent's say the doll spouts a pro Islam and satanic message."Satan is king" and "Islam is the
As it sinks in, the shock of knowing that Peter Mandelson is back in the cabinet, we are all taking stock. The poor wretches in the DTI, or whatever it is now, were filmed looking shellshocked as their revisiting boss grinned and simpered in front of them. If they are feeling a tad weasy what about the rest of us?Gordon Brown is a desperate man. To have such a character back in the fold is very pe
Russell Brand has not been sleeping well. During times of stress he is prone to grind his teeth at night, which keeps him awake. The purpose-made gumshield he wears to bed is not helping.
His friends say that late nights at his rented house in Hollywood have seen the British comic slumped in front of the television, flicking channels, his trademark tumbleweed hair flat and lank and his
Rwanda, the tiny land-locked African country smaller than Switzerland, has accused France, a permanent member of the UN Security Council, of complicity in the killing of a million men, women and children in the genocide of 1994. The accusation was made in a report prepared over two years by Rwanda's public prosecutor, Jean Mucyo, who took testimony from 166 witnesses. France has responded by cond
"All this 9/11 worship is ghoulish and downright silly. Some Brit on b3ta.com is even making fun of our pompous charade." From Daily Kos.com
Barack Obama at Yearly Kos Event
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A note from Radarsite:
This is funny?
Or perhaps this man here --is he funny?
Maybe this lady here is what's so funny.
My God. Can someo
By Dave MindemanThe Wall Street Journal has a story about the release of a report from the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (yes, that would be ranking member Norm Coleman's committee) about the ongoing corporate offshore corporate tax dodge. It reads:Some of the country's biggest investment banks and brokerage firms -- including Morgan Stanley, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Citig
My article on the 2008 housing relief bill was recently republished at Seeking Alpha and based on the first response, it elicited some very strong and interesting follow-up comments. Here is the original comment from destroyed by divorce that got the ball rolling.(From Destroyed by divorce) I have a comment to this ignorant person who thinks anyone in this situation is lower income lower class and
by Dave MindemanHave you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency? -- Joseph Welch, McCarthy Hearings, June 9, 1954That famous answer to a question from Sen. Joe McCarthy marked the beginning of the end of the McCarthy witchhunt era. Senator McCarthy was chairman of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. He used the broad mandate of that committee t
Genre: Powerpop, Pop, RockLabel: Tooth And Nail RecordsMyspace: : VBRCapital Lights released This Is An Outrage on July 8, 2008.Click here to purchase This Is An Outrage from iTunesClick here to purchase This Is An Outrage from Amazon.comTracklist1. Outrage"2. "Worth as Much as a Counterfeit Dollar"3. "Out of Control"4. "Remember the Day"5. "Miracle Man"6. "Mile Away"7. "Work It Out"8. "Let The Li
What is the relationship between how we define ourselves and our experience of outrage? How much responsibility do we have for this, if any? In this post, I will attempt to shed some light on how the identity-outrage link might work and offer implications for atheists in understanding and interacting with Christians.Examining IdentityHow do you perceive yourself? Who are you, and what most makes y
Do you have the courage and fortitude required to read Naomi Ragen's outraged yet logical view of Olmert's infamous appeasement?I offer you two teasers and a link. Click it if you dare. Then decide what to do about it. Something must be done.What can we do? We are civilized and they are not. We care about our soldiers and their families.No, I'm afraid you do not. If you cared, then you would ha
A Mexican comic was pulled from the shelves of a Texas Wal-Mart after a customer complained. The Memin Pinguin first sparked controversy in the US when Mexico issued a postage stamp featuring the character which the White House decreed as offensive.The global media is lashing out on the Spanish language illustrations which depict the stories of a Cuban-Mexican boy living under conditions of extrem
Sometimes I am so fucking naïve, I surprise even myself. On the Fourth of July I went and saw WALL-E, thought it was a cute movie, with a good message that pollution is bad, and had no idea it would precipitate a right wing meltdown. The story is about an earth that has become so polluted there is no longer any life, until a little trash compacting bot falls in love with a girl bot, discovers a
Whether they are carelessly endangering our youth by shipping lead filled toys across the world, enabling a genocide in Sudan, purposely devaluing the Dollar to damage the global economy, or mercilessly oppressing Tibetans and Chinese Christians, there is no shortage of outrage against the Communist Chinese regime… except from the spineless cowards we in the [...]
Found this funny tidbit on Moonbattery
Some well-meaning Obama fans created what they regarded as a “cute and cuddly toy,” intended to introduce children to the political process — a socket puppet monkey with ears just like BHO’s:
It did not go over well. Sputters black Democrat Charles Henderson:
When have you ever seen another presidential candidate depicted [...]
This week’s outrage comes to us from Winchendon, Massachusetts where, in yet another case of “zero-tolerance” enforcement defying common sense, fourth-grader Bradley Geslak was suspended from Toy Town Elementary School for bringing a Memorial Day souvenir to school.Read Full Article
AP photo / Mary Altaffer Protesters dressed as inmates demonstrate against the Guantanamo Bay detentions in front of Manhattan Supreme Court in January 2007 in New York. By Robert Scheer Are we Americans truly savages or merely tone-deaf in matters of morality, and therefore more guilty of terminal indifference than venality? It’s a question demanding an answer in res
Obama's campaign staff members, while organizing a May 18 rally in Portland, OR had porta-potties placed directly on top of the Portland Police Memorial, which honors the agency's 25 fallen police officers. When initially quizzed about the incident, the staff members claimed the toilets were placed on the memorial for safety reasons to accommodate wheelchair access. If you will see in
Sordid sex stories are the bread and butter of entertainment journalism. It’s what celebrity tabloids thrive on.In videogames, however, sex controversies don’t seem to pop up that much. Aside from your occasional hot coffee debate, there really isn’t much going on out there. It's assumed most game players don’t have girlfriends (if they did, why would they be up all night questioning the
A privacy group led by an outspoken Phorm opponent, Alex Hanff, is planning to picket an annual shareholder meeting held by BT, the UKs largest ISP and telecoms company, who have faced fierce opposition to secret trials of Phorms Open Internet Exchange (OIX) program, an invasive scheme that profiles user browsing habits to deliver contextual [...]
Black police outrage as Smith cuts ‘anti-gang’ cash in half - Daily Mail
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Black police outrage as Smith cuts ‘anti-gang’ cash in halfDaily Mail, UK - May 24, 2008Home Office officials claim the NBPA’s budget cut is punishment for the organisation’s failure to submit fully audited accounts for 2006-07. …FEARS AS CIVILIANS TAKE JOBS OF POLICE UK [...]
“Hillary Clinton is showing “a little desperation” according to Governor David Paterson.
Paterson made that comment Thursday, in reference to Senator Clinton’s quest for delegates from Florida and Michigan whom her party has discounted because the states held their primaries too early.” — Quotation from Fox23News.Com
Gov, David Paterson, a superdelegate pledged
BBC NEWS | UK | England | Tyne | Passenger moons at speed camera — Read the whole article to get the gist of the humorless outrage. And the police are going to take “action.” What a farce.
A front seat car passenger was photographed baring his backside at a speed camera in Northumberland.
The “mooning” man [...]
A re Obama’s chickens
coming home to roost?
Or is his chicken being roasted?
What a glorious day it will be when the fork is stuck in and he is DONE!
With those thoughts in mind, I thought I would throw these Rasmussen poll results out there. For what they are worth. Make of the results what you [...]
Source: Daily News
Many of you that see this story are probably shocked at the tossing of babys off a roof, but in India they beleive this tradition brings the baby “good heath”....
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In this day and age it is common knowledge that drugs and alcohol don't mix well with pregnancy. Unfortunately, common sense is not a virtue, and in this case it appears that intelligence was also a sparse commodity. The combination...
Tween sensation Miley Cyrus has apologized to fans for the racy nature of some photos of her published in Vanity Fair magazine. CNBC's Donny Deutsch and TV commentator Nancy Giles address the manufactured outrage the "topless" image has created in a
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Not Guilty:Trial of three detectives
In Shooting of Bridegroom
Sean Bell in Jamaica, Queens on November 25, 2006.
What is going on with the U.S. justice system? !The three detectives who gunned down an unarmed Sean Bell have been found NOT guilty on ALL charges?
Are you kidding me?!!!!
Bell died from a hail of 50 police bullets outside [...]
To the urologist:
If you do not plan on seeing me until 3:40, please do not ask me to arrive at your office at 2:15 p.m. - especially if you plan on speaking to me for three minutes before telling me I need to come back in three weeks for an ultrasound and a bladder scope.
Oh, [...]
"John McCain - it took him three tries to finally figure out the the home foreclosure crisis was a problem and to come up with a plan for it, and he's saying I'm out of touch? Senator Clinton voted for a credit card sponsored bankruptcy bill that made it harder for people to get out of debt after taking money from the financial services companies, and she's saying I'm out of touch? No I'm in touch. I know exactly what's going on. I know what's going on in Pennsylvania. I know what's going on in Indiana. I know what's going on in Illinois. People are fed up. They're angry, and they're frustrated, and their bitter, and they want to see a change in Washington, and that's why Im running for President of the United States of America."read more | digg story
Not content with relying on government backed extortion in the form of TV-Licences to fund their corporation, the BBC is now eating away at your broadband speed with their latest weapon, the iPlayer.
ISP’s in the UK are unhappy with the 20% rise in streaming costs caused by the bandwidth-hungry iPlayer, and are having to absorb [...]
Did you ever wonder what muslims would protest, or who they would threaten constantly if the everyone in the world was a muslim? The answer is each other. Iraq makes that clear. It seems like, if there is nobody to kill, islam has no purpose or identity. Hmm. Read: -------------------------------------------------
The President appointed four members today to the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, which selects students, scholars, teachers, and trainees to participate in educational exchanges as Fulbright scholars. It also finances educational activities for Americans abroad and for foreign citizens in the United States and promotes American studies in foreign countries and foreign language [...]
- Scott Miller
Imagine you just landed from a 2 year trip to the moon, and I told you that there was a huge political scandal breaking in New York state with the state’s Governor. The facts were these:
The Governor admitted to having numerous affairs, outside of his marriage, some with state employees.
The Governor paid for [...]
Hey y’all,
Whoo! Monday! And not just any Monday, but the first post-Daylight-Savings-Time clock-switch Monday of the year! Who’s feeling discombobulated out there? I know I am. And I know yo momma is.
What’s in the news lately? Oh yeah, something perfect for those saucy rogues at the Yo Momma site: the governor of New York, Eliot [...]
I've been reading Amy B's blog this morning and I'm completely outraged for her.Just LOOK at what Heidi Diaz had the nerve to say to her!Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2007 7:39 PMSubject: BannedTo answer your question, you are banned.I am done dealing with the issues on the group. I will let you back in group but you will follow what I say.No more talk about your hair. You have hair so stop talking about it. IT can not be falling out that much. I do not want any talk about your Dr telling you to add foods back in. That will just make you gain weight . NO talk of vitamins .No medical issues at all.You do not mention Jimmy Moore on my site. You need to reconsider a lunch meeting. I am very upset that you would consider this after the UTube video he made making fun of Kimkins. Just do not meet h
Trouble has been brewing at Milan’s 2008 Autumn/Winter Collection Fashion Week.
Milan Fashion Week has been branded a “circus without sense” by Dolce & Gabbana amid fears that it rapidly falling behind Paris and London as a vital destination on the haute couture circuit.
Long delays, chaotic organisation and unseemly catfights led to this year’s edition of [...]
I know that until relatively recently in human history, people tended to work 12-hour days at a minimum, six or seven days a week; and that in some occupations, like farming, that kind of schedule is still virtually required. And yet… every so often, I ponder the 40-hour work week that is standard for [...]
We first wrote about Megan last Monday. The reactions to the story were those of disgust, horror, anger, and outrage. Outrage over the death of Megan Meiers, a girl targeted by vicious adults. Outrage at the perpetrators of the hoax. Outrage that no charges have been filed. Lastly, outrage at the paper who broke the story, the Suburban Journals' decision to not identify the hoaxers. The names of the "alleged" hoaxers have been outed by bloggers. MySpace Cruel Prank Leads To Teen's SuicideA cruel and unbelievably vicious prank perpetrated upon a young girl has stripped away the Leave To Beaver veneer of a suburban St. Louis neighborhood. A fourteen year old girl is dead by her own hand, her parents shattered and in disbelief. There will never be justice for their precious daughter. Fourteen years old, Megan was a victim of a cruel hoax on MySpace. The end result of the hoax, Megan is dead by her own hand, the hoaxer exposed as parents of a former friend of Megan's. The story was pub
As Pakistan rapidly descends into chaos, the FBI is reaching out to an American branch of one of the most noxious Islamist elements in Pakistan, the Tanzeem-e-Islami. Top officials from Detroit's FBI Field office spoke at a gathering in a Warren, Michigan mosque to talk about the dangers of extremism in every religion. Apparently, the FBI agents were unaware that at that very moment, they were speaking to an extremist organization. Here's an excerpt from an article I wrote on the Investigative Project...(read more)
Following the recent U.S. District Court ruling barring Independents from voting in Libertarian primaries, the Arizona Libertarian Party (ALP) braced for an onslaught of angry Independent voters. That barrage never came. Now, a few weeks later, the sense of defiance has turned to a feeling of regret.“I am not going to lie,” said Michael Kielsky, Chairman of the Arizona Libertarian Party, “I was a little bummed when the phone didn’t start ringing off the hook. I saw this as a way to tell some people about our libertarian principles, but no one seems to care.”“It sort of feels like we threw a party and nobody came,” lamented David B. Schlosser,ALP’s Secretary, “I thought we would have a wave of people changing their voter registration or calling us begging to allow them to vote in our primary. I even picked up the phone a few times to check the dial tone to make sure the thing was working.”According to the Secretary of State’s most recent voter counts, there are ab
SHOCKING CONSPIRACY TO BUILD UNITED 93 MEMORIAL TO HONOR THE GUTTER RELIGION OF ISLAM Here at A Newt One and American Truth Warriors, we are very slow to buy into conspiracy theories, but this one seems very credible. In fact, it is credible to the point where one United 93 father refuses to allow his hero son's name to be inscribed on the United 93 Memorial if the current proposed design goes forth.You simply will not believe what author Alec Rawls will reveal on our show tonight.Don't miss this important breaking news, on America's Truth Surge, A Newt One's American Truth Warriors. 7 PM Eastern. Link. The call in number is 646-652-2670Podcast downloads will be available via the show rss
Bernard Kouchner, the French Foreign Minister, while criticizing the Iranian nuclear program in an interview, stated that the world should prepare for a possible war with Tehran. Although he added that diplomatic solution should be pursued, the statement was, not surprisingly, badly received in Iranian media and political circles.The statement is widely seen as another part of President Sarkozy new foreign policy initiative, intended to reassert France as one of the mayor players in the arena of international politics.
Left, a dress from the Versace Spring/Summer '07 collection, which retailed for $1,685 when it was offered by Neiman Marcus this spring. On the right from Bebe, which sells their most expensive comparable dress for about $130. Forever 21 also sold a similar dress later in the summer.Adding to the copyright debate....on today's front page of the NY Times and coinciding very purposely with New York fashion week:"Before Models Can Turn Around, Knockoffs Fly'Having worked deep within the depths of this issue (particularly in how items are manufactured for big department stores private labels), I've seen first hand how the 'copying' process goes down, and it ain't' pretty girls. New York is a mecca for companies whose sole purpose it is to dissect emerging trends and translate (aka copy/steal) them into affordable pieces carried by large mainstream stores and small alike.The NY Times article does a great job of revealing the process behind the scenes. Oh, and however which way you f
Artworks depicting Osama bin Laden in a Christ-like pose and a statue of the Virgin Mary covered in a burqa have caused a stir after they were showcased in a prestigious religious art competition."Bearded Orientals: Making the Empire Cross" by Priscilla Bracks is a "double vision" print that depicts both Jesus and bin Laden.Luke Sullivan's "The Fourth Secret of Fatima" is a statue of Mary, her head and torso obscured by a blue burqa like the one Afghan women had to wear under the militant Taliban.Source: MetroTags: osama bin laden jesus art drawing
I found a lot of blogs that mentioned the recalls, but few that really railed against China, Mattel, or greed for it. If you know of any where outrage or at least disgust was expressed I would like to add them to this list.#1 this letter from, Maureen Keene- Made Deadly in China (Truemor #9056)Lewis Green - Barbie is having a bad dayHuffington Post (August 14 I missed this )- No outrage in the article just in the comments - Shame and Accountability - Too bad it is mixed in with a rant on Rove and other political material in this piece from the previous recall.·They also have a link to a Wall Street Journal article about the recall. Comments there are pretty clear that there is a current of outrage in the Huffington community. Dana Blankenhorn and the War Against Oil - Some Chinese Accountability PleaseFussbucket - Mattel Recall (again) Unbound Edition - Poison Me Once, Shame on China; Poison Me Twice, Shame on America Tammy Bruce - How To Buy American - Not much ra
Spree has cross posted at Faultline USA by request of the Tanker Brothers a post that is not a record of U.S. abuses at Abu Ghraib, or its daily Pol Pot activities or it's John "JFKnot" Kerry door kicking in tactics.No, this is one of those mundane stories that involves the minor details the media feels not worthy of following up on or continuing after an initial report; after all as nasty and sad as it is, it belies a positive note that may be misconstrued as an indication of anything not negative coming out of Iraq. The story itself is not uplifting, but the U.S. presence in Iraq made the revelation.The Tanker Brothers have made it their mission. Babies...mind you...oh, yeah that's right we've killed babies....our soldiers are baby killers too, right? No; not specific to the mission and not WMD related, but an unfortunate indicator to those that see our nation as evil, warmongering imperialists are wrong. Wrong because those of our numbers that represent us in Iraq and elsewh
Who’d a thought it?Pat Buchanan and Rosie O'Donnell are in agreement.They both think that mealy mouth Rudy Guiliani took a cheap shot at Ron Paul to make political hay in the Republican Presidential Debate earlier this week.It came about because Representative Paul made the point that American policy in the Middle East was partially responsible for the attacks on 9-11.Guiliani, citing his expertise, which consists of being the mayor of the target city on September 11, called for Paul to withdraw the traitorous statement and explain what he meant.Following the debate, as a GOP strategist was demanding Paul be barred from future debates, Sean Hannity was shocked to see results showing Paul winning the debate with the viewing public. Regardless, FOX News and much of the Republican mainstream continue to be seriously outraged.What Sean, the GOP strategist, and a lot of Republicans don't realize, is the world is not as simple as a John Wayne Western. There are good guys and bad guys, b
Looks like Channel 4 are in trouble yet again, this time by airing Virgin School, a program that follow a 26 year old guy who wants to lose his virginity, so joins a sex school in Amsterdam. In the show, views saw 26 year old James lose his virginity to sex therapist Bridget, whom James said he saw more as a friend; viewers also saw James being masturbated.
However, media pressure group Mediawatch UK had now branded the show juvenile and offensive, and the pressure group’s director John Beyer said, “It beggars belief. It’s yet another example of them trying to attract viewers with a programme about sex. It is really time that Channel 4 grew up. They are so caught up in their own importance that they really can’t see beyond their own quest for sensationalism and controversy.”
In response a Channel 4 spokesperson answered, “Virgin School is a sensitive documentary that follows one young man’s effort to overcome a major obstacle in his life. Th
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Found post about it here.
Starbucks coffee cup quote #247
Why in moments of crisis do we ask God for strength and help? As cognitive beings, why would we ask something that may well be a figment of our imagination for guidance? Why not search inside ourselves [and our blogs] for the power to overcome? After all, we are strong enough to cause the castastrophe we need to endure.
by Bill S. from Canada
A woman was outraged because of this quote on a coffee cup.
I will never ever understand why some people just can not handle open debate when it comes to the existence of God and other religious topics. Why is it so hard for some people to be able to even contemplate for one second of time that they could be wrong about the universe and God? I have come to my beliefs after 50 years of serious, and not so serious, discussion, contemplation, experience and soul searching - these beliefs are mine and mine alone and I feel NO urge what so ever to shove them down any one'
BY RACHEL FLETCHER AND SIMON ROCKERThe Jewish Chronicle20 Apr 2007A GLOBAL storm of protest was prompted this week after Britain’s biggest journalists’ union voted to boycott Israeli goods.
The Conservative MP and former Times leader-writer Michael Gove resigned from the National Union of Journalists, and other prominent media figures railed against the motion, passed at the annual delegates’
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Shaquanda Cotton stands in her dorm room Feb. 23 at the Ron Jackson State Juvenile Correctional Complex in Brownwood. She became the first juvenile inmate ordered freed by Jay Kimbrough, whom Gov. Rick Perry tapped Thursday to lead the Texas Youth Commission out of an abuse and mismanagement scandal.
Antonio Perez: Chicago Tribune
Shaquanda Cotton, a 15-year-old black teenager who spent more than a year in the state's distressed juvenile prison system for shoving a teacher's aide in a case that raised questions of racial bias, was ...Blog Search Links: Blogdigger Bloglines Blogpulse Feedster Icerocket Technorati
Debbie Schlussel article link Debbie Schlussel: OUTRAGE: Rosie O'Donnell Feels Bad for 9/11 Mastermind Khalid Sheikh MohammedBy Debbie Schlussel**** SCROLL DOWN FOR UPDATE ****This is the last straw. If Barbara Walters doesn't fire Rosie O'Donnell from "The View" over comments O'Donnell made on today's episode, then she never will.Today, O'Donnell said she feels bad for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (KSM). She doesn't believe he's responsible for anything in 9/11 or any of the 30-plus plots which he volunteered to American authorities. Among the worst of her comments, O'Donnell derided airhead pseudo-conservative Elisabeth Hasselbeck (who is ZERO match for O'Donnell on the intellectual scale) for calling KSM a "terrorist," saying, "So, calling him a terrorist robs him of all of his humanity?" WHAT?!!!!! This man planned the 9/11 attacks that murdered 3,000 Americans. And Rosie O'Donnell is worried we will "rob him of all humanity" because we
Where were all these environmental activists and "outraged" foreign nations for the past 13 years? Why didn't they pressure the Liberals to actually make some progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions? Why get all angry at the Conservatives for admitting that the situation has gone too far and the Kyoto targets can't be met?The answer is simple: the Left has turned Kyoto into an untouchable idol. Anyone who dares question its effectiveness or fairness is immediately labelled ignorant, uninformed, or worse yet, a pawn of the oil industry. They fail to realize that Kyoto is just a bunch of numbers that people agreed on over a decade ago. (Numbers that favour certain countries, such as those in Eastern Europe that are now ridiculously under their Kyoto targets.) It's not a comprehensive plan for action.China and the Group of 77 developing countries have also lodged a formal complaint against Canada and a handful of other nations for failing to file progress reports that were requir
Moved to the Top for a few hours, and updated. Friday's funnies are below The following article is what it is. Found in a newspaper on line. Thus my rant on this crap.The cleric's comments are disgusting in nature to me and as far as I am concerned. The b.s. about allowing these creeps into our world is unthinkable. This mindset is not changing. It is, however poisoning our way of life. In my opinion if this is a hate crime against women and should not be tolorated in any form. Its okay for them to murder and threaten anyone that says any thing about Mohammad. The Main Stream Media always gives them a pass. Hell CNN gives them great press all int he name of divercity and political correctness. You want to be p.c. then stop these mad men from spreading hate. Shut them up as you would a Christian leader. Show them for what they are. Not one beetle brained politician would hesitate to disavow this tripe about women coming from a Christian leader. Not one female news maker is talking abo
This story is from my favorite gay news website, www.365gay.com.How can ONE company make a profit of almost $40 BILLION dollars? By ripping off its customers while the corrupt politicians turn a blind eye or worse yet, accept bribes--which is more likely.WARNING: This story will make you sick.Denies Rights To Gay Workers, Exxon Posts Biggest Corporate Profit In US Historyby 365Gay.com Newscenter Staff Posted: February 1, 2007 - 9:00 pm ET (New York City) ExxonMobil the only major U.S. company to rescind a non-discrimination policy covering sexual orientation on Thursday posted the largest annual profit by a U.S. company - $39.5 billion. The 2006 profit topped Exxon Mobil's own previous record of $36.13 billion set in 2005. But for the past seven years the company has thwarted efforts to reinstate sexuality in its written nonbias policies. Last May shareholders at ExxonMobil's annual meeting have voted down a proposal to include LGBT workers in the company'
While journalists howl at the indignity of Helen Thomas being moved about six feet, from the first row to the second row of the new White House press room, there’s been relative silence about the Cuban dictatorship’s expulsion of Western journalists who published stories unflattering to the communist leadership. Today’s Investor’s Business Daily says the expulsion of the Chicago Tribune’s Gary Marx, the BBC’s Stephen Gibbs and Mexico’s El Universal reporter Cesar Gonzalez-Calero “was a minor story, but shouldn’t be.” With these three paying a penalty for reporting the uncomfortable truths about Castro’s dying dictatorship, IBD correctly asks “why the remaining correspondents inside Cuba aren’t red-faced about not being thrown out.” Here’s an excerpt from their Wednesday editorial, the complete version of which can be found at www.IBDEditorials.com: Marx (Gary, that is) wrote of the disillusionment of Cuba's youth with communism, fakery at Castro's
Every topic in the world except chickens?
This is an outrage! I, as the Magical Flying Chicken, oppose this movement completely and entirely, as chickens are magnificent and wonderful creatures. Oh, how much I want to get rid of this stomach-crawling existence and have two legs and a beak!
-MFC
Potential iPhone customers in Canada have been up in arms over the plans presented by Rogers/Fido (and rightfully so). They’ve been trying every avenue possible to let Rogers know that they aren’t happy, but just how much is it really going to do? Well this story from Sweden might ...
