Month: January 2006

In the World's Deadliest Conflict Zone, a Constitution is Ratified

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The Democratic Republic of Congo, like Iraq, just ratified its Constitution.But, unlike Iraq…38,000 may be dying in the country each month.4,000,000 may have perished in this country since 1998.This is the deadliest conflict anywhere in the world in the last 60 years!

Tipping Point

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California Conservative covers a lot of ground with his posting today.

This Makes Sense

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On Abramoff at The Laid Bear.Glenn Reynolds has more.

Russia's "Sexiest" Politician Gets Nasty with Condi

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The outspoken Zhirinovsky, who was recently voted Russia’s sexiest politician, must think that makes him an expert on women and sex.The ultra-nationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky from Russia took offense to Condoleezza Rice’s comments on the Russia-Ukraine energy crisis earlier this month.

Sharpton Preaches Tolerance While Bashing Bush

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Al is still considering a run for the Democratic Nominee in ’08!Democratic Leaders, Reverend Jesse Jackson, foreground left, with Reverend Al Sharpton beside him, foreground right, speak to a group of people which included survivors of Hurricane Katrina prior to a press conference kicking off the 9th Annual ‘Wall Street Project’ Economic Summit in New York Sunday Jan.

White House Served with Indictments, Bush Reacts

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The White House was served with mock indictments on Tuesday by representatives from the Bush Crimes Commission: Retired CIA analyst Ray McGovern, authors William Blum and Larry Everest, Code Pink, Mike Hersh (Progressive Democrats of America/After Downing Street), Kevin Zeese (Director, Democracy Rising; candidate for U.S.

Was the OU Bomber an Al Qaida Guinea Pig?

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Mark Tapscott has put together a very interesting theory on the OU Bomber, Joel Hinrichs.Hat Tip ChristinePreviously on the OU Bomber:Bomb Blast at University of Oklahoma!

Kanye West Says Government Administers AIDS, to Get Diamonds

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Kanye West receives the Millions More Movement Image Award for 2005.On Sunday July 24, 2005, Kanye West was presented with the 2005 Million Man March Image Award on behalf of the Board of Directors of Million Man March 10 Anniversary, The Millions More Movement.

When Wiretapping Saves Lives

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From American Future and Lefigaro on how wiretapping may have just saved one Frenchman’s derriere from the head choppers.Expressing his thanks to “all those who mobilized” to help the French hostage regain his freedom, Jacques Chirac “thanked the coalition forces that permitted this release”.

Supporters Throw Flowers at the Man Who Shot Pope John Paul II

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Mehmet Ali Agca is released from prison in Turkey today,VIDEO HEREAgca says he may write a new bible and has compared himself to Jesus.Supporters of Mehmet Ali Agca follow his car with a Turkish flag after the Turkish gunman who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981 left a military recruitment center after being released from prison in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, Nov.

Farrakhan is BET Man of the Year

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Via The O’Reilly Factor…Black Entertainment Television awarded Louis Farrakhan its Person of the Year Award for 2005.Louis Farrakhan beat out Oprah, Barak Obama, Robert L.

Cindy Sheehan and Sean Penn's Most Excellent Adventure

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Cindy wants a Department Peace and a Department of History where she is the first Secretary!Sean Penn just wants to quit smoking, but Bush is making it too hard!Sacramento’s “Out Of Iraq” ForumAuthor and media critic Norman Solomon, mother/activist Cindy Sheehan, and actor Sean Penn on January 7, 2006.(Photo by Bill Lackemacher IV)From Sacramento’s “Out of Iraq” forum held on Saturday, January 7, 2006, with special guests Cindy Sheehan and Sean Penn:Welcomed with a standing ovation, Cindy Sheehan and co-founder of Gold Star Families for Peace gave a rousing talk.

Bush Indicted Today!

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A citizens tribunal hand delivered indictments to the White House today at 1:30 PM.The mock indictments started as an opposition to the War in Iraq but grew to five different charges as the group continued to evolve.

Operation Thin Mint

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This sounds like a great idea.Lorie Byrd at Polipundit has the details on how to send Girl Scout cookies to the troops overseas.

Petition Filed to Recall Governor Blanco

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Check out the Updates on the Impeach Blanco websites!Web traffic at Recall Blanco led to the decision to petition for recall.Much of the information from a similar site, Impeach Kathleen Blanco, looks like it was taken from blogs.

Iran Breaks Seals on Nuclear Plant

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Now, an Iranian Exiled Opposition member says Iran has thousands of secret centrifuges!This satellite image obtained from the private company DigitalGlobe shows a close-up view of facilities near the town of Nantanz, Iran, some 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Tehran.

Black Democrats Praising Marxists

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The comments by the AARP Image Award Winner and UNICEF Spokesman Harry Belafonte this weekend calling President Bush “the greatest terrorist of the world” while praising the Marxist Hugo Chavez of Venezuela should come as no surprise.

Zarqawi Says Attacks Will Continue Until Sharia Law Covers Planet

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This War on Terror could take awhile!Zarqawi also says that Osama Bin Laden called for the rocket attacks on Israel.In a newly released tape found on a radical Islamist website, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi says that Osama Bin Laden ordered the rocket attacks on Israel from Lebanon last month:”The rocket firing at the ancestors of monkeys and pigs from the south of Lebanon was only the start of a blessed in-depth strike against the Zionist enemy…

Another Democratic Smackdown of Sorts

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You have to appreciate the title of the post yesterday at “Crooks and Liars””Dean Issues Smackdown on Wolfie”On Sunday morning, Wolf Blitzer had Howard Dean on his CNN segment, and interviewed Howard on a variety of current issues:BLITZER: About a month ago, Senator Joe Lieberman, the former Democratic vice presidential nominee spoke out, urging his fellow Democrats, including yourself, to restrain themselves in criticizing the president’s position on Iraq.

More Than Bird Flu on the Streets of Turkey

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Turkey to let world’s most famous would-be assassin walk free…Please click on image to enlarge.(BBC photo)The motive of Mehmet Ali Agca in his assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II remains unknown.

AARP Impact Award Winner Calls Bush a Tyrant, Terrorist

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Confused Harry Belefonte calls Bush “greatest terrorist in the world” at the weekly radio address of Marxist Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez.In this photo released by Venezuela’s Miraflores Press, American singer and activist Harry Belafonte speaks as Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez looks on during Chavez’s weekly television and radio program in El Consejo in Venezuela’s Aragua state, Sunday, Jan.

Smash-ing Representative Filner

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Smash (via Michelle Malkin) attended an anti-war gathering in California and was able to confront Anti-war Democratic Representative Filner during the question and answer session.What a weak response from the Representative.

Hateful Westboro Gang Plans to Crash Sago Miner Memorial

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The funerals for the 12 Sago miners who lost their lives in the coal mine disaster this week are being held this weekend in West Virginia.Barbour County employee Bill Stemple lights candles at the base of crosses commemorating the four miners from Barbour County who were killed in this week’s Sago Mine explosion Friday, Jan.

Chinese Suicide Bomber Kills Five

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This photo of a suicide bus bombing in August 2005, did not make the papers in China but was splashed across the internet a short time after the blast.On Monday, August 8, 2005, at 2:32pm, there was an explosion on a bus in the city of Fuzhou.

Tom Delay Honorably Backs Down from Leadership Position

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Tom Delay does the admirable thing for the Republican Party at this time by announcing he will back down from his leadership post.VIDEO OF DELAY NEWS CONFERENCE HERE”During my time in Congress, I have always acted in an ethical manner within the rules of our body and the laws of our land,” the Texas lawmaker told fellow Republicans in a letter informing them of his decision.

The New York Times Anti-Bush "Secret Study" Armor Article

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The New York Times today is back accusing the Bush administration of not properly armoring the best armored soldiers in the world.Confederate Yankee (via Jeff Goldstein) should have been called beforehand for information that the New York Times reporter obviously did not understand.

Syrian Minister Calls for Revolution

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FORMER SYRIAN MINISTER CALLS FOR REVOLT AGAINST ASSAD REGIME,VIDEO HEREKhaddam was a central figure in Syrian politics for over 20 years.Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (L) and then Syrian Vice President Abdel-Halim Khaddam attend the ruling Baath party’s 10th congress in Damascus in this June 6, 2005 file photo.

World's Deadliest War Since 1945, 4 Million Dead

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Every few months the mortality equivalent of two southeast Asian tsunamis plows through this African nation.38,000 Perish in the Republic of Congo Each Month!4 Million have died in Congo since 1998!A Congolese soldier walks past burning homes in the village of Nyakakoma, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, July 15, 2005.

Saddam Hussein's Terror Training Camps

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Steven Hayes at the Weekly Standard writes today about the terror training camps that operated in Saddam’s Iraq, something you don’t hear too much about in mainstream media:THE FORMER IRAQI REGIME OF Saddam Hussein trained thousands of radical Islamic terrorists from the region at camps in Iraq over the four years immediately preceding the U.S.

General Pace Says Murtha Is Hurting Troop Morale

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GENERAL PACE SLAMS MURTHA, SAYS HE SENDS THE WRONG SIGNAL,VIDEO HEREAfter Representative Murtha urged potential recruits to not enlist in the military, General Peter Pace said that comments urging potential recruits not to enlist in the military hurt recruit enlistment into the military…

Pastors Gone Wild/Media Gone Wild

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PAT ROBERTSON SAYS ARIEL SHARON DIVIDED GOD’S LAND,VIDEO HEREPat Robertson says “Sharon should never have divided God’s land.” But if you are not monitoring the 700 Club you may have missed the outrage!Robertson, who has not made the headlines since he called for the already paranoid, Hugo Chavez’s assassination, made headlines again yesterday.

Search Warrants and 9-11… The Untold Story

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About those search warrants:Terrorism and Probable CauseIn August 2001, instructors at a flight school in Minneapolis became suspicious of Zacharias Moussaoui, a French national of Moroccan descent who want to fly airplanes but didn’t want to learn how to land them.

New Windows to the World, New Opportunity

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THE WORLD TRADE CENTER RESTAURANT DESTROYED ON 9-11 HAS REOPENED IN NEW YORK,VIDEO HEREMany of the original members from the world’s tallest restuarant have regrouped after “Windows to the World” restaurant was destroyed on 9-11.

New ACLU Attack Ad on Bush

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The ACLU partners up with the New York Times for attack ad #2 today.Here is the nice spread from the New York Times that accuses the president of lying (again).The ad is vague in its attack on Bush, but is clear in comparing Bush to the most scandalous criminal in history besides Hitler, Richard Nixon: “President Bush has lied to the American public while secretly authorizing government agents to run roughshod over our civil liberties,” said ACLU Executive Director Anthony D.

Swann Makes Play for Pennsylvania Governor

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HOW MANY GOVERNORS CAN SAY THEY DID THIS IN SUPERBOWL X?CLASSIC FOOTBALL VIDEO CLIP HEREvia Ed’s Pittsburgh Steeler Superbowl Memories PageHow Cool is that?!!

UN Blamed for Cairo Massacre

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Update: (Friday AM) Freedom for Egyptians sends word of a protest in Washington DC on the Sudanese refugee slaughter and includes pictures.Egypt put the blame squarely on the UNHCR for the deaths of 27 Sudanese on December 30, 2005 when thousands of Egyptian police stormed a park they were squatting at across from the UN Cairo Office.UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Adel Imam, left, and UNHCR spokeswoman Astrid Van Genderen Stort speak at a press conference in Cairo, Egypt Tuesday, Jan.