Month: May 2007

THE FIRST FATALITY…Maria Andreína Go’mez Guevara, a student of Sociology of the UCAB of 24 years, has passed away apparently victim of a firing in a confused incident.

40 percent fall-off in small-donor contributions!

Socialist Hillary sees a big controlling government behind the the rise of America.

** Bumped to Top- For more recent postings scroll down.Paul Brooks is a guardsman fighting in Iraq.

That Assad Regime sure likes to stir up trouble.ADN Kronos reported: Lebanese authorities have arrested two Syrians for allegedly spying on Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Lebanon, a Saudi newspaper reported Thursday.

Because being part of a modern day plague- Is everyone’s right.

The Smoking Gun published a collection collection of Al Qaeda torture drawings last week.

It’s not even Friday (although it is a short work week) and the media let this headline slip through its filters:“Iraqi Residents Fight Al Qaeda, Ask for US Aid” What’s up with the AP?How did this story ever squeak by?… A battle raged Thursday in west Baghdad after residents rose up against al-Qaida and called for U.S.

Jimmy Carter spits more bile at America.

The “cut and runners” got a deserved tongue lashing yesterday from Senator DeMint.Their disgraceful words came back to haunt them.Senator Jim DeMint blasted the democratic cut and runners and specifically Majority Leader harry Reid yesterday in a talk to constituents.The State reported: Sen.

Call me crazy… But with the information I am given in this politically correct account of a brutal murder in California, I am just slightly inclined to think that the killer might be a Muslim man.Karishma Dhanak (AP) But… the AP doesn’t want to help spread any Islamophobia so they speak in code to trick those who tend to torch mosques if they knew the truth: A man held for questioning in the murder of a father and daughter in California was upset with the family because they broke off his relationship with another daughter for religious reasons, court documents indicated.

Palestinians pass by a poster of the late president of Iraq Saddam Hussein at the Palestinian Beddawi refugee camp in northern Lebanon May 29, 2007.

Looking for safety.A young Iraqi seeks shelter behind a U.S.

THERE’S WAR ON THE STREETS OF VENEZUELA…Jungle Hut– Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez asked low-income areas in Caracas to be on the alert to defend the Bolivarian revolution.

Jemaah Islamiyah spiritual Leader Abu Bakar Bashir, 68, was jailed for only 26 months for conspiracy for his role in the 2002 Bali bombings, which killed 202 people in the world’s most populous Muslim nation.Now Bashir wants to be President of Indonesia.ADN Kronos reported Abu Bakar Bashir, the radical Muslim cleric who is spiritual leader of the al-Qaeda-linked militant group, Jemaah Islamiyah, is considering running for president in the 2009 elections.

Three-year-old Tasleem and four-year-old Farzana were given to a complainant as a penalty in a local ruling.The family refused to give the girls up.Now, the family is being threatened with death.Stop Honour Killings and the Pakistani Daily Times reported on a sad story from Pakistan.The family of two small girls is under threat in Pakistan for not giving up their baby girls as payment for a penalty brought before them.

Chilean Leftist President Michelle Bachelet condemned the Chavez government for closing the opposition television station on Sunday.Chile now joins representatives from Nicaragua, El Salvador, Costa Rica, and Honduras in condemning the Marxist Chavez government for the latest crackdown on independent media.The Devil’s Excrement reports that over 100 demonstrations were reported throughout the country on Tuesday.

It looks like Newsweek is stirring it up again in Pakistan.From the Pakistani Daily Times today: Referring to Rice’s first visit to Pakistan in March 2005, the author writes, “yet, when Rice sat down with Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, who fancies himself as ladies’ man, Aziz puffed himself up and held forth in what he obviously thought was his seductive baritone.

Poor Muqtada Al-Sadr… It’s been nothing but bum news since his parade into Kufa.First… the Brits and Iraqi forces took out Wissam al-Waili, 23, also known as Abu Qadir, a top aide to Al Sadr and two of his henchmen in Basra on Friday.

Business is booming in Irbil, Iraq.Trade and Investiment Shows are planned.A view from the tenth floor of the new Naz City Apartments in Irbil, located near the new state-of-the-art convention center and Irbil International Airport.

Today’s news includes this confession by Hillary: Presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton outlined a broad economic vision Tuesday, saying it’s time to replace an “on your own” society with one based on shared responsibility and prosperity.

He may be leaving office soon and he may not share the same admiration as he did when he took the Prime Minister’s post…But, Tony Blair still gets it.The Times Online reported (Via Astute s): I was stopped by someone the other week who said it was not surprising there was so much terrorism in the world when we invaded their countries (meaning Afghanistan and Iraq).

THE HUGO CHAVEZ REGIME IS SHOOTING STUDENTS!

Outside the Wire has the news from the ground in Iraq and it is not what you would expect.

Those Baathists sure know how to field a candidate!Bashir Assad won re-election as president of Syria on Sunday with an astounding 97.62% of the vote!In Baathist tradition… Bashir was the only candidate on the ballot.ADN Kronos reported the results today: Basher al-Assad has been re-elected president of Syria with a massive 97.62 percent of the vote, the official Sana news agency reported Tuesday citing the interior minister.

By abusing Miss USA.

Enough is Enough.Hundreds of thousands have died.

Cindy Sheehan is finally going to “Stop the Bulls**t!” Mother Sheehan is heading home.The freckled face of the Left is giving up the front page photo ops, the global trips, the Marxist dictator coddling… and heading back home after giving up on the democratic party and liberal news outlets who used her like a cheap media whore.

(AFP Photo)On the final leg of his trip to Isfahan Province Ahmadinejad backs up his claim that the world is backing the regime in Iran.

The Revolution Will Be TelevisedChinese hackers in Guangdong Province interrupted programming with anti-government messages!ABC4 reported -via Global Incident Map: Hackers allegedly hijacked satellite TV signals in southern China to broadcast anti-government messages, news reports said Thursday.Viewers complained that their TV screens went blank for nearly two hours or showed anti-government messages for 30 to 40 seconds Tuesday evening, the Shanghai-based Xinmin Evening News said in a report on the Web site Sohu.com.

Just hours after Marxist Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez shut down the very popular opposition television station RCTV claiming it spread capitalism and propaganda against the revolution…His Chavista thugs were out attacking another opposition station- Globovision.Devil’s Excrement posted photos of the thugs vandalizing the station: Now there are reports that the Chavista government is already moving to close Globovision -one of the few remaining free stations.Reuters reported late on Monday: Hours after President Hugo Chavez shut down Venezuela’s main opposition broadcaster, his government demanded an investigation of news network Globovision on Monday for allegedly inciting an assassination attempt on the leftist leader.

Ignores Memorial Day.

The leader of Fatah al-Islam said in the video, “We wish to die.

As seen on “The 1/2 Hour News Hour”…Now you can remember all of your favorite moments on the Road to Surrender in Iraq.The Franklin Mint has created the “Road to Surrender Commemorative Plate Series” so that you will remember each step on America’s humiliating road to surrender in Iraq.(2 Minutes)As seen on The 1/2 Hour News Hour program on Sunday May 27, 2007.A lasting tribute to the democrat’s lack of resolve in Iraq.Just Beautiful!Remember… Father’s Day is just around the corner!

We alone of all the nationsShed our blood for freedoms callSo Gods’ blessings do abound usSave us even when we fall Ner’ forget the ones who’ve served usHonor every end of MayCheer the brave and weary soldierHere at home and far away Beto Ochoa First of all… As we remember those who went before us- Thank you to all of the brave men and women who are serving in the military today… And, especially to those who are serving this great nation in Iraq or Afghanistan.

Venezuala continues its descent into hell.** The Jungle Hut is following the clashes from Venezuala.** Globovision has photos from the crackdown by the regime.** Venezuela News and Views– Even in San Felipe we are hearing sirens and pot banging!** Devil’s Excrement– “Chavista thugs are attacking another private station!” –Photos** Xeni Jardin has video links of the regime blasting the protesters with water cannons.** Citizen Feathers has video of the “pot-banging” against the regime.** Bizzyblog has updates.(ElPais) Chavez warned (via BBC): “Venezuelan armed forces are ready.

A rare protest took place in Myanmar this weekend.

(Fars) Ahmadinejad continued his disgusting attacks on Israel today chiding Germany for believing in the Holocaust myth.Fars News reported: He further pointed to a recent statement released by one of the EU countries on the worrying conditions of human rights in Iran, and said, “Do you understand human rights at all?

** 4 Saudi nationals were among those killed at the Nahr Al-Bared refugee camp in Lebanon.** And… A terrorist who participated in the hijacking of the Achille Lauro is also holed up in the Palestinian refugee camp.Angry relatives of Bilal Drakish, a prominent militant also known as Abu Jandal, who was shot dead in the raid on Wednesday, May 23, hold his coffin in Tripoli’s northern neighborhood of Tibanneh, Lebanon Thursday, May 24, 2007.

UPDATE- This has been updated below since Hugo Chavez sent tanks in for the first time to an opposition rally!

A US blogger is being sued for publishing stories about Muslims with ties to Islamic terrorists.

But, How could this be?

At the gates of West Point…“Leftist Protesters Are Not Welcome Here!”Demonstrators participating in an anti-war protest are met at by war supporters at Thayer Gate at the West Point Military Academy as the cadet’s commencement address is given by Vice President Dick Cheney on Saturday, May 26, 2007, in Highland Falls, N.Y.

Don’t hold back, Elisabeth.

Isabel Lestapier Winqvist, 20, has dropped out of the Miss Universe competition because Swedes say the Miss Universe competition is degrading to women and weighed down by scandals.The Local Sweden News in English reported today that the Miss Sweden candidate for Miss Universe has withdrawn from the contest: Sweden will not send a candidate to the Miss Universe contest in Mexico, it has been announced.

Another day, another Clinton stinker.Bill, Hill and Vinod Gupta.

Gates of Vienna describes black hate in the Great White North.

This was not the homecoming party Al Sadr expected.Since his parade of cars into Kufa, it’s been nothing but bum news.First… the Brits and Iraqi forces took out Wissam al-Waili, 23, also known as Abu Qadir, a top Al Sadr aide and two of his henchmen in Basra yesterday.

Ready to rumble…The Iranian regime continues its massive crack down on the youth of Iran in what they claim is a campaign against “street gangs”.Some people woonder “who are the real gang members here?” Kamangir and Iran Press News have video of one “arrest”.Warning- It is very violent:Kamangir has more clips of the regime abuse.

Iranian officials deny the recent reports that an Iraqi Shia, linked to the Iranian officials detained by the US in Erbil, was behind the recent blast in Erbil that killed at least 19 Iraqis.Iranian Bazteb News reported: Iran’s Embassy in Baghdad on Friday denied a report by Al-Arabiya satellite channel allegedly linking recent blasts in Iraq’s Kurdistan with Iranian diplomats detained by US forces.

The evidence against Valerie Plame’s testimony under oath continues to pile up… Another document was released this week that shows that Valerie Plame did indeed suggest her husband for the Niger mission.Valerie Plame’s dramatic testimony on March 16 comes under attack.

Sing Halleluiah!… Our long national nightmare is over!

“…my first and foremost task will be the annihilation of the Jews.”Adolph Hitler1922 “…Just as the Soviet Union was wiped out and today does not exist, so will the Zionist regime soon be wiped out.”Mahmoud AhmadinejadDecember 13, 2006 Speaking to the youth of Germany at a Nuremberg rally …“…You, my youth, are our nation’s most precious guarantee for a great future, and you are destined to be the leaders of a glorious new order under the supremacy of National Socialism.

MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD RAMPS UP THREATS!

The Anchoress is fed up.

Grand Slam…House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) gets choked up talking about protecting America.I always respected Rep.

While the Clinton years were the boom years for top execs- Sadly, the Bush years have not been as generous.

Michael Yon has been reporting the good news from Al Anbar Province this week.

This was supposed to be his day!Al Sadr makes first public appearance since October.Back from his Iranian vacation, al Sadr was at the pulpit attacking the US… While Iraqi Special Forces and the Brits took out his top commanders in Basra.Welcome Back Mookie.Radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr speaks to supporters at Friday prayers at his local mosque in Kufa.