Archive for July 25th, 2007

There can be little doubt now that those of us who continue to live in Zimbabwe are engaged in a desperate struggle that closely resembles a tug of war. I do not think anyone who has interests here should either sit on the sidelines and watch the struggle or ignore the play being acted... »

Yet another example of the hazards of Living and Breathing While Male--a 20-year-old Florida man was sentenced to 60 days in jail for whacking off while alone in his cell. Nobody could see, except that a female guard was monitoring the boy from the control room and saw him doing it. Naturally she felt... »

Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) of Dubai, United Arab Emirates has entered a controversial bid for New Zealand’s busiest airport, the Auckland International. Merger documents have revealed that DAE would use “reasonable endeavours” to create new routes and services from Auckland for Emirates Airline. DAE’s plan is to takeover 60% of the publicly-traded airport for... »

In what must be celebrated as a major victory for both sanity and safety, the Improving America’s Security Act of 2007 will, indeed, include liability protections for citizens reporting suspicious activity they fear may be linked to terrorism. As you’ll likely recall, The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) responded to last November’s Flying Imams... »

Babes & Booze ============================================== Show: Covino & Rich Show Theme: The stupidity and danger of mixing babes & booze. Host: Steve Covino & Rich Davis. Station: Maxim Radio (Sirius 108): New York City. Listen: Windows Media Player | Everything Else ======================================== Brought to you by www.TheNoNonsenseMan.com »

Three people were hospitalized with injuries after a series of explosions at Southwest Industrial Gases, Inc. gas facility in Dallas, Texas. None of their injuries are consider life-threatening. Tanks of oxygen, helium and acetylene began blowing up after a connector used to join acetylene tanks during the filling process malfunctioned. The explosions sent flaming... »

Afghanistan police have recovered the bullet-ridden body of a South Korean, who was among 23 aid-workers held hostage by the Taliban. Earlier reports that at least 8 other hostages were released are now being denied. “I can confirm that one of the hostages has been killed by the Taliban,” said head of the Afghan... »

Current yellow jersey, Michael Rasmussen has been withdrawn from the 2007 Tour de France by his team Rabobank for lying to the team about his whereabouts in June, saying he was in Mexico while he was, in fact, in Italy. An Italian Tour de France commentator mentioned he had met Rasmussen in June on... »

On Tuesday and Wednesday, two of Fred Thompson pre-campaign staffers resigned. J.T. Mastranadi, who was hired less than two weeks ago as the campaign’s director of research, resigned this morning. Whereas, yesterday Thompson’s top adviser, Tom Collamore, resigned “because of differences with Thompson’s wife, Jeri Kehn, a Naperville native.” While some reports have noted... »

Authorities in Spain say that at least two explosive devices were found on a section of the Tour de France bicycle race just outside the Spanish town of Belagua. Authorities say that “a small amount of explosives”, were placed inside plastic food containers then placed on both sides of the road. There are no... »

Michael Rasmussen of Denmark has won stage 16 of the 2007 Tour de France in a time of 6h 23′ 21″. Rasmussen increased his overall lead by 35″ over Alberto Contador of Spain, who finished third. After a rest day, the riders faced the third-longest, 218.5 km, and arguably the Tour’s hardest, stage. The... »

British PC education follows American lead, wipes out Western history. Read Lisa Fabrizio’s article, Not Their Finest Hour, on the Intellectual Conservative website. The pull-quote summarizes the thrust of PC education in Britain: The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority in Britain has dropped Winston Churchill from its list of key historical figures, in order to make... »

“According to Macy’s, one of its goals is to provide an exclusive line of clothing geared toward Latina shoppers looking to express cultural identity through fashion. However, one such item might have actually offended potential Hispanic customers, so the company pulled it during the weekend.” Quote from MyFoxChicago.Com The marketing experts at Macy’s are... »

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Background: In my recent blog post If You See a Father Holding His Child's Hand, Call the Cops!, I called attention to the man-bashing Virginia Department of Health poster pictured above. I wrote: "If dad goes for a walk with his daughter and holds her hand, apparently Virginia Department of Health officials wants you... »

Fred Thompson announced that his official presidential campaign that does not officially exist is changing non-existent gears. Thompson’s presidential campaign will still unofficially exist in an officially speculative sense, but now former Michigan Senator Spencer Abraham will act as Thompson’s campaign manager, at least until the campaign is officially announced — the unofficial date... »

By Ahto Lobjakas NATO’s top intelligence officer in Afghanistan, Canadian Brigadier General Jim Ferron, says the tribal nature of the dominant Pashtun population makes the Taliban insurgency difficult to contain. Speaking to a small group of journalists over a video link from Kabul on July 19, Ferron also said NATO believes the insurgency’s roots... »

Speaking on July 24 at a roundtable discussion in Nalchik, senior KBR Interior Ministry official Feliks Efendiyev said the number of suspected radical Islamists in the republic has risen since the October 2005 attack by militants on police and security facilities in Nalchik, and increasingly includes Slavs, regnum.ru and kavkaz-uzel.ru reported. He said police... »

Six of a group of between nine and 15 resistance fighters were killed in fighting on July 23-24 in the village of Tevzen-Kala in Vedeno Raion with the Vostok Chechen batallion, which is subordinate to the Russian Defense Ministry, Russian media reported. One Vostok serviceman was killed and three injured. Also on July 23,... »

Much has been made of the CNN/YouTube debate. We're told YouTubers are the new voices that need be heard and respected. They are best using the latest technology for social networking and organizing. Here's an example of "People Power media", followed by a two-part commentary from a Daily Kossack…. »