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Riots on the streets of Paris

By Marc • Nov 3rd, 2005 • Category: In Other News...., the Ranter

Chirac’s appeal for calm ignored as riots flare up again
Dozens of cars were on fire last night after rioting broke out in Paris suburbs for the seventh successive night, despite an appeal from President Jacques Chirac for calm and dialogue.
Hundreds of police attempted to control rioters, who also damaged a primary school and a [...]



Greenpeace destroys nature

By Marc • Nov 1st, 2005 • Category: In Other News...., the Ranter

This is so sad. I know everyone makes mistakes, but you would think a group like this would be careful not to make themselves look even more foolish than than they do by being themselves.
MANILA (Reuters) – Greenpeace said on Tuesday it will pay nearly $7,000 in damages after the environmental group’s flagship, the [...]



More hateful murdering from adherents to the “religion of peace”

By Marc • Oct 29th, 2005 • Category: In Other News...., the Ranter

Well, it just keep happening around the world. You hear Muslims say that Islam is a religion of peace, but since actions speak so much louder than words it is difficult to believe them.
Three girls have been beheaded and another badly injured as they walked to a Christian school in Indonesia.
They were walking through [...]



That wacky British royal family and their tattooed buttockses

By Marc • Oct 27th, 2005 • Category: In Other News...., the Weirdo

LONDON (AFP) – Britain’s Prince Harry was forced to drop his trousers during a military parade to prove he did not have his girlfriend’s name tattooed on his royal rear, a British newspaper said.
Does Prince Harry have his girlfriend’s name inked on his backside? The world may never know.
During a parade, a colour sergeant [...]



Iran leader’s comments condemned

By Marc • Oct 27th, 2005 • Category: In Other News...., the Ranter

The European Union and Russia have joined condemnation of the Iranian president’s public call for Israel to be “wiped off the map”.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s remark has already been condemned by individual EU states and Canada who all summoned Iranian diplomats for an explanation.
I’m sure even France had a negative response to this one. But [...]



Miers Withdraws Supreme Court Nomination

By Marc • Oct 27th, 2005 • Category: In Other News...., the Ranter

WASHINGTON Oct 27, 2005 — Harriet Miers withdrew her nomination to be a Supreme Court justice Thursday in the face of stiff opposition and mounting criticism about her qualifications.
President Bush said he reluctantly accepted her decision to withdraw, after weeks of insisting that he did not want her to step down. He blamed her withdrawal [...]



Hate monger Fred Phelps goes International

By Marc • Oct 26th, 2005 • Category: In Other News...., the Ranter

Well, this guy has done it again. He’s taken his message of hate across the pond.
The Sky Report has secretly filmed one of America’s most controversial Christian ministers praising the London bombings.
Fred Phelps says that terrorist outrages and natural disasters such as Hurricane Rita are examples of God’s wrath against countries such [...]



Man Sought in Fatal Car Wreck Captured

By Marc • Oct 25th, 2005 • Category: In Other News....

Lady justice might be blind, but she’s persistent.
SPOKANE, Wash. – A man charged in a traffic accident that killed three Washington State University students has been captured in Ireland, four years after he fled to avoid his trial.
Frederick Russell, 27, was arrested Sunday by the Irish National Police at a store where he worked in [...]



Goodbye Mrs Parks, thanks for setting things straight

By Marc • Oct 24th, 2005 • Category: In Other News....

News report say Rosa Parks past on. She’s a brave woman who helped make the changes our society needed. She will be missed.
Eternal rest grant unto them oh Lord. And may perpetual light shine on them. May the souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in peace. Amen.



Clerics should stay out of politics and Politicians shouldn’t give money to church they’re not members of

By Marc • Oct 24th, 2005 • Category: In Other News...., the Ranter

I hate it when churches are turned from hollowed ground to into political stumping grounds.
WASHINGTON – New Jersey Sen. Jon Corzine (news, bio, voting record), a former Wall Street executive with a portfolio worth $261 million, has been giving some of his money to black churches, raising questions about whether it’s generosity or [...]



Average U.S. Gas Price Drops 25 Cents

By Marc • Oct 23rd, 2005 • Category: In Other News...., the Weirdo

I guess I need to go demand my two fifty from when I filled up the tank this morning…
Check out the story I can’t verify :
Average U.S. Gas Price Drops 25 Cents – Yahoo! News



Study Reveals Pittsburgh Unprepared For Full-Scale Zombie Attack

By Marc • Oct 21st, 2005 • Category: In Other News...., the Weirdo

This is certainly startling news. If Pittsburgh falls, this country will be in serious trouble. Plus an infestation in Pittsburgh could quickly spread to the rest of the state, possibly even interstate.
I remember well the Louisville incident:
“Today’s zombies quickly learn to open doors, break windows, and stage ambushes,” Cornelius said. “In one 1985 [...]



The race riots in Ohio, or how gang members gave the racist scum what they wanted.

By Marc • Oct 16th, 2005 • Category: In Other News...., the Ranter

I just don’t understand the mentality of the rioters in the recent incident in Toledo. Don’t they know this is exactly what the racist scum wanted? Or to quote Toledos mayor Jack Ford,
“It’s exactly what they wanted,” Ford said of the group that planned the march, which was canceled because of the rioting.
I [...]



Iraq power shuts down

By Marc • Oct 14th, 2005 • Category: In Other News...., the Ranter

Get this…
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Insurgent saboteurs blacked out Baghdad on Friday on the eve of a constitutional referendum.
Shortly after dark the lights went out on streets emptied by a curfew intended to thwart suicide bombers as police and troops took up positions to defend 6,000 polling stations from attack.
I’m still waiting for al Qaeda’s press [...]



Power Line: Zawahiri’s Advice

By Marc • Oct 14th, 2005 • Category: In Other News...., the Ranter

Power Line has a really analysis of the letter from al Zawahiri to Zarqawi in Iraq. It really does show the need for staying the course in Iraq, no matter what. Something I found interesting was the comparison of the two men. “Zawahiri was once a doctor, and is a relatively cultured [...]



Pakistani prelate: Christians should give day’s wages to quake relief

By Marc • Oct 10th, 2005 • Category: In Other News....

OK….I know I’ve posted on this a bit much, but it’s important to me. I would hate to be accused of ignoring tragedy.
The president of Pakistan’s Bishop’s Conference has asked Christians to give a days wages to help the victims.
“This was the greatest natural disaster in our country’s history,” he wrote, calling [...]



Charity for the victims of the Earthquake

By Marc • Oct 10th, 2005 • Category: In Other News....

OK….I couldn’t find anything before my earlier post. Now the American Red Cross has a somewhere to donate for this tragedy. Please help if you can. This wass so much worse than what we experienced with the recent hurricanes here int he US. These people really need our help.
There’s also a [...]



Disasters in the world

By Marc • Oct 9th, 2005 • Category: In Other News...., the Ranter

News report says there’s been a bad earthquake in central Asia killing tens of thousands. Please keep the victims of this disaster in your prayers. Also, while I’m not sure the all governments of the countries affected deserve our help, the people who are living through the aftermath do. Please donate if you [...]



Don’t mess with the Last Supper

By Marc • Oct 3rd, 2005 • Category: In Other News...., the Church

First, read this story.
OK, the question that first comes to my mind is “would Jesus have gambled”. You know, it doesn’t really matter. I can picture him sitting around a campfire with the Apostles playing cards for lovess of bread. Of course Jesus would always win by having the most loves of [...]



Pope sees a dentist!!!!!!!

By Marc • Oct 3rd, 2005 • Category: In Other News...., The Pope is Dope, the Church, the Weirdo

The world was in shock today when it was learned the earthly leader of over one billion Catholics has human failings and possibly even cavities.
Film at eleven.