2007-11-30

US Warns Largest Dam in Iraq Faces Danger of Collapsing

US says flooding caused by collapse would kill 500,000 people in nearby city of Mosul

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2007-11-29

‘Fathers typically have to go through mom if they want to become more involved in their kids’ lives’

“Minnesota’s Voluntary Recognition of Parentage form, which establishes a legal relationship between father and child when the parents are not married to each other, spells out dads’ rights in black and white: ‘When a child is born to parents who are not married to each other the law gives custody of the child to the [...]

Comments (0) Filed under: Vox Populi — Glenn Sacks @ 11:03 pm | 0 views

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Child Abuse In Norway: Predominantly Mothers

Since North Americans rarely get the truth about domestic violence in European countries, the following translated article about child abuse in Norway is unusual to see. Norway is supposed to be one of the safest places on earth to live. Despite all the feminism and socialization endemic to the countries in that region, [...]

Comments (8) Filed under: Vox Populi — David R. Usher @ 8:34 pm | 5 views

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Ann Coulter: The Phenomenon.

I am the illegal alien of commentary.
I will do the jokes that no one else will do.
—Ann Coulter
It sounds kind of silly to imply that a conservative has the status of a rock star, but Ann Coulter might be the closest rightists come to a figure who makes the news merely by breathing. In recent [...]

Comments (10) Filed under: Conservatism, Culture, Current Events, Politics, Vox Populi — Bernard Chapin @ 6:12 pm | 1 views

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Questioning Iran’s ‘Urgent Need’ For Nuclear Energy

By Farangis Najibullah
November 29, 2007 (RFE/RL) — Over the past week, senior Iranian officials have repeated the claim that Iran, despite its massive reserves of natural gas and oil, desperately needs to develop nuclear energy. It’s an argument that some independent energy analysts find bewildering.
Some of the bluntest Iranian assertions about atomic energy have come [...]

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Bomb hoax at Royal Ontario Museum

Police have now confirmed that a suspicious looking package left at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto as a hoax.
According to a YouTube video titled “The fake bombing at the ROM, Toronto, 28.11.07″, the package was left by a Asian man and woman. A security guard found the bomb at 6:00pm near the Queen’s Park [...]

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Utah taser incident triggers debate and death threats

On September 14, 2007, Jared Massey was pulled over by Utah Highway Patrol (UHP) trooper John Gardner for speeding on U.S. Route 40 near Vernal in Utah, United States. Trooper Gardner issued a citation which Massey refused to sign. After some debate about where the sign posting the speed limit was, trooper Gardner asked Massey [...]

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Somali Imprisoned for Conspiracy to Provide Support to Jihadists

An Ohio man has been sentenced to serve ten years in prison for conspiring to provide material support to terrorists, according to an announcement on Tuesday by Julie L. Myers, Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Nuradin M. Abdi, 35, a Somali national living in Columbus, Ohio, was named in a four-count [...]

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Illegal Immigrant Hero Father Deserves Medal and Visa, not Deportation

“The capacity to love is a vital, rich and all-consuming function…you can find nobility and sacrifice and love wherever you may seek it out…”–Rod Serling
Hero father Manuel Jesus Cordova Soberanes gave up his attempt to come to the United States and instead turned himself over to the Border Patrol, all to save the life of [...]

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Postcards from Splitsville (Part II)

The drawing above was taken from Kara Bishop’s www.postcardsfromsplitsville.com. Bishop works with Children of Divorce, a class run by Tucson, Arizona-based Divorce Recovery. The class did an art project that included “sending away” the frustrations of divorce. The website is a place where Kara says “children can share their divorce-related feelings anonymously and parents can [...]

Comments (0) Filed under: Vox Populi — Glenn Sacks @ 12:37 pm | 0 views

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D.C. v. Heller: Gun Bans Reflect A Tragic Mistrust Of The People.

In denial of due process for Washingotonians by way of a D.C. Gun Ban, then ignoring an Appeals Court adverse ruling in due process finding the ban unconstitutional, the District of Columbia runs to the Supreme Court for Due Process.
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The Supreme Court has decided to hear D.C. v. Heller and already the disinformation spin [...]

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Society’s ‘Woman Good/Man Bad’ Norm on Reproductive Issues

This editorial cartoon pretty well sums up society’s “woman good/man bad” norm on reproductive issues. I expounded on this at greater length in my co-authored column Respect a Man’s Choice, Too (8/1/06) for the left-wing website AlterNet. I wrote:
“….5 million American women legally walk away from motherhood every year through adoption, abortion or abandonment. In over [...]

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CNN’s GOP Debate Becomes Democrat Showcase

The CNN YouTube debate was a sham with planted Democrat operatives posing as “spontaneous” YouTube questioners — one of them being an official Hillary Campaign operative — and a post debate coverage full of apologies and further spin against the candidates all of which ended up being a showcase for CNN’s leftism placed on full [...]

Comments (2) Filed under: 2008, Current Events, Media, Politics, Vox Populi — Warner Todd Huston @ 8:35 am | 0 views

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OSCE Debates Russian Election Monitoring Situation

OSCE’s election arm says it will not monitor Russian elections, citing Moscow’s obstruction in granting visas for election observers

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Africa Looks Toward Biofuels Amid Doubts Over Yields

African government officials, economists and scientists met for three days in Burkina Faso to discuss local production and use of bio-fuels

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US Hosts Russia in Davis Cup Tennis Final

Andy Roddick leads a US team trying to avenge last year’s semifinal loss to Russia

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2007-11-28

NASA unveils detailed map of Antarctica

Scientists at NASA have recently released the most detailed map of Antarctica ever. NASA’s Landsat 7 satellite took 10,000 photographs of the continent over a period of two years, from 1999 to 2001. 1,100 pictures were chosen to form the mosaic map. Officially titled the Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica (LIMA), the map reveals Antarctica’s [...]

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NFL: Redskins' Sean Taylor dies

Sean Taylor, starting safety for the Washington Redskins, died this morning from injuries sustained in a shooting Monday in his Miami, Florida home. The hard-hitting safety was a Pro Bowl selection last season, and was second in the National Football League (NFL) this season in interceptions, with five.
Police responded to a 911 emergency call by [...]

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NFL: Redskins’ Sean Taylor dies

Sean Taylor, starting safety for the Washington Redskins, died this morning from injuries sustained in a shooting Monday in his Miami, Florida home. The hard-hitting safety was a Pro Bowl selection last season, and was second in the National Football League (NFL) this season in interceptions, with five.
Police responded to a 911 emergency call by [...]

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Statement of "joint understanding" released after Annapolis Conference

At the conclusion of the Annapolis Conference, United States President George W. Bush read a statement of joint understanding by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, and President Mahmoud Abbas.
Commenting on the statement, President Bush said that: “Today, Palestinians and Israelis each understand that helping the other to realize their aspirations is key to realizing their own [...]

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