Desperate times call for desperate measures. KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – A top Taliban commander said more than 200 rebel fighters were willing to become suicide attackers against U.S. forces and their allies %u2014 a claim dismissed as propaganda Monday by Afghanistan’s government, which said the hardline militia was weakening. I would have to agree. They are [...]
In a phone interview with the Inquirer, Gonzalez said President Macapagal-Arroyo called a Cabinet meeting on Friday and told her officials that she wanted to cut red tape to make the government more responsive and attuned to the needs of the poor. LOL! You know what? If Kayne West said something to the effect of [...]
LITTLE ROCK — Blockbuster (BBI) stores in several states are quietly resuming late fees for customers who keep movies too long, rejecting the video-rental chain’s national advertising of “No Late Fees!” because they can no longer keep popular movies on their shelves. Many Arkansas stores resumed charging late fees Nov. 21 and charges will apply [...]
SILOAM SPRINGS, Ark. – Pregnant skydiver Shayna Richardson has survived a face-first plunge into the ground. Richardson, 21, of Joplin, Mo., was making her first solo jump in Siloam Springs, Ark., on Oct. 9 when her main parachute failed and her reserve chute didn’t fully deploy. What? WHAT!?!?!? She was pregnant and she went up [...]
I really have mixed feelings on this. SAN QUENTIN, Calif. – Convicted killer Stanley Tookie Williams, the Crips gang co-founder whose case stirred a national debate about capital punishment versus the possibility of redemption, was executed Tuesday morning. On the one had, I really don’t understand why in a country with our wealth and resources [...]
Response to a recent Vatican document barring men with ”deep-rooted homosexual tendencies” from studying for the priesthood underscores how divided Catholic leaders in the United States remain on the subject of gay priests. No it doesn’t. What it shows is that some of these “Catholic leaders” are faithful to the Church and some are not. [...]
BERLIN (Reuters) – A German Protestant youth group has put together a 2006 calendar with 12 staged photos depicting erotic scenes from the Bible, including a bare-breasted Delilah cutting Samson’s hair and a nude Eve offering an apple. This is just sick. These people ought to be ashamed of themselves. I’ve seen some of the [...]
“In 2006, it’s going to be immigrants — that’s who he is going to scapegoat next,” Dean said of Bush. “Once again, the Republicans create a problem so they can think to come in and solve it.” I just asked Suzette if she felt like a “scapegoat for the Republicans”. She doesn’t think so…. At [...]
It sounds like Terrence Malick has yet again quit his seclusion from Hollywood to make a rehash of his other movies. However: in most ways “The New World” is surreal, slow, confusing, choppy and just plain weird. I mean this in the best way — it’s really interesting filmmaking. But it’s also psychedelic and kooky. [...]
OK….So you’ve heard about the devastation from the Earthquake in Pakistan. It’s horrible and these people need our prayers. But you haven’t heard this one from the MSM have you? LONDON (CNS) — Hundreds of Christian families in Pakistan are being kicked out of their homes to make way for Muslims left destitute by the [...]
I’m probably going to do this. Won’t you do it too? WAR ON CHRISTMAS: MUSCLEHEADS FIGHT BACK: With kindness of all things… We are excited to be launching the opportunity today…between now and Christmas we are asking you to send the ACLU direct “MerryChristmas” cards. And we aren’t talking about these generic “happy holiday” (meaning [...]
It’s because they hate their customers. According to the Washington Post, a BellSouth executive yesterday told reporters and analysts that the telco should be able to charge certain websites more if they wish to be accessed by customers more quickly. BellSouth CTO William L. Smith also told reporters BellSouth should be able to charge VoIP [...]
Yeah yeah yeah…..This is cool and all. But a hundred bucks for thirteen episodes???? You gotta be kidding me! The BBC told SCI FI Wire that it will release the complete first season of the new British SF TV series Doctor Who on DVD in the United States on Feb. 14, 2006, offering Americans their [...]
Here’s the headline: Vatican: Sexually Active Gays Unwelcome UM….HELLO!!!! Are you listening, or are you deaf? Straights who are sexually active aren’t welcome either… This isn’t meant to pick out homosexuals and say they aren’t fit to be priests. It’s meant to pick out active, unrepentant sinners and say they aren’t fit to be priests. [...]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) – A fugitive former election official has emerged briefly from hiding to deny charges he helped Philippines’ leader Gloria Arroyo cheat to win last year’s presidential elections. To me it’s obvious that there was something weird going on in these elections. The corruption runs so deep in the politics of the Philippines [...]
MEMPHIS – They’re riding on your dime. Every month, Memphis City School board members and a long list of school officials get a car allowance. One of them is city school Chief Operating Officer Michael Goar. “We travel quite a bit, to buildings, visit buildings, make sure buildings are up to par,” says Goar. And [...]
GARY, Ind. – A woman who was robbed at knifepoint while pumping gas into her church’s van couldn’t believe it when the gas station attendant refused to call police for help. ‘I ran, of course, to the nearest place,’ Gary resident Rosetta Heffner said, recounting Sunday’s robbery. Her request to call 911 was met with [...]
“COLUMBIA, S.C. – ‘Y’all’ isn’t welcome in Erica Tobolski’s class in voice and diction at the University of South Carolina. And forget about ‘fixin’,’ as in getting ready to do something, or ‘pin’ when talking about the writing instrument. Tobolski’s class is all about getting rid of accents, mostly Southern ones in the heart of [...]
“DUBAI (Reuters) – Al Qaeda in Iraq said reports that U.S. forces had killed its leader Abu Musab Al Zarqawi were a lie, according to an Internet statement posted on Wednesday. The group was reacting to remarks by a U.S. official who said on Sunday that U.S. authorities were looking into whether Zarqawi had been [...]
“JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – U.S. Rep. John Murtha (news, bio, voting record), a key Democrat on military issues, on Monday defended his call to pull U.S. troops from Iraq, saying he was reflecting Americans’ sentiment.” As an American I have to agree with him. We need to pull the troops out….As soon as the job is [...]