Apparently the job of a “bookseller” in and around San Francisco is not so much to sell product, but rather to give comfort to like-minded individuals and convert the remaining unwashed masses to lockstep ideology. Politics trumps profit, [...]
Apparently the job of a “bookseller” in and around San Francisco is not so much to sell product, but rather to give comfort to like-minded individuals and convert the remaining unwashed masses to lockstep ideology. Politics trumps profit, [...]
Thanks to the dedicated staff of Capital Medical Center and the cooperation of the U.S. Army, an army sergeant stationed in Iraq was able experience the birth of his second child via the Internet using Skype, a real-time video and audio program.
The sergeant was able to communicate with his wife [...]
Michael Fumento, writing at Forbes, explains why Americans are Not Fit For Combat
Low education and high-fat diets are keeping Americans out of the military.
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About three-fourths of the nation’s 17- to 24-year-olds can’t join the military, largely due to these problems, says a report from Mission: [...]
Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez submitted seven questions to pres. Obama and to Raul Castro. Only Obama replied. You can read her post here.
The Miami Herald reports, Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez gets answers — from President Obama
A spokesman for the U.S. State Department’s Western Hemisphere department confirmed [...]
If only someone from Obama’s youth, (say circa 1981-1983, Columbia, NYC) had given him a lecture like this!
Hat tip: 4yourcountry on Twitter [...] Name a personal accomplishment that you are proud of.
I can do 33 real push-ups in a row without stopping...and I’m almost 20 4/5th years old! My goal is 40 by the new year. Pushups!
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I bought a couple boxes of the hand warmers that the troops in Afghanistan seem to really appreciate and that we’re going to buy a bunch of then and send them to Chris Rudzinski’s unit for [...]
Santa Claus with his Reindeer and sledge in Rovaniemi’s Christmas theme park in Finnish Lapland. Santa has promised children he would travel around the world to bring them Christmas presents despite the global swine flu pandemic.
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Anyway, there he was in Seoul, the last stop of his journey.
And out of the Seoul sky, President Lee Myung-bak hands over to the American leader a tae kwon do outfit. And then Lee, who practices tae kwon do himself, [...]
Anyway, there he was in Seoul, the last stop of his journey.
And out of the Seoul sky, President Lee Myung-bak hands over to the American leader a tae kwon do outfit. And then Lee, who practices tae kwon do himself, [...]
As reported in the Daily Prince, Egyptian activist’s invitation withdrawn
A planned Wednesday talk by controversial Egyptian-American activist Nonie Darwish was cancelled Tuesday evening when both of the event’s sponsors, Tigers for Israel (TFI) and the American Whig-Cliosophic Society, withdrew their sponsorship, citing her criticism of Islam.
Darwish, a writer [...]
...because I’ve missed a few birthdays lately..........
( and who am I to decide :)
I bought a couple boxes of the hand warmers that the troops in Afghanistan seem to really appreciate and that we’re going to buy a bunch of then and send them to Chris Rudzinski’s unit for Christmas…
*exhale*
The guy at the post office was very helpful [...]
Lots of good stuff to talk about this week – DO NOT MISS!
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The Kiss my Gumbo radio show [...]
Obama Tells Troops: “You Guys Make a Pretty Good Photo-Opâ€
Such tact, such wit.
And if you’re in Afghanistan, hold tight for your turn,
White House aides: No Afghan decision before Thanksgiving (h/t Dymphna); however, the WaPo managed to save the soundbite, so to speak,
Obama arrived on the base [...]
People suffering from a form of incurable blindness could soon become the first patients in the world to benefit from a new and controversial transplant operation using stem cells derived from spare human embryos left over from IVF treatment.
...I have some weird leftovers in my fridge, but they’re more [...]
Hannity's one hour interview of Sarah Palin... Thursday night 4 million plus..also beats O'Reilly. GOOD!
Source for these two graphics
Democrats viewing.............
From Drudge: CABLE NEWS RACE NOV. 18, 2009
FOXNEWS HANNITY/PALIN 4,200,000
FOXNEWS O'REILLY 3,868,000
FOXNEWS BECK 2,512,000
FOXNEWS GRETA 2,383,000
FOXNEWS BAIER [...]
Yes, that's what the commander-in-chief said to his troops today in South Korea.
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No Afghan decision before Thanksgiving
SEOUL
Obama will not announce his decision on sending more troops to Afghanistan before the Thanksgiving holiday, senior aides said Thursday.
The news came as the [...]
Obama doing his martial arts moves ~ OMG help us all! Hey Obama, you just broke your 4th metacarpal and/or sprained your wrist. Of course, this assumes you have enough power to actually break a bone in your hand.
This jackass is an embarrassment to himself, but he’s so [...]
In a heated exchange during a hearing of the Joint Economic Committee of Congress, Rep. Kevin Brady, Republican of Texas and the top House Republican on the panel, said Geithner had failed as the Obama administration's point-man on the economy. "Will you step down from your post,?" Brady asked. [...]
Excused Horrors
by Walter Williams
Last Tuesday, I had the pleasurable task of being Master of Ceremonies for the Atlas Economic Research Foundation dinner in Washington, D.C., that celebrated the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Founded in 1981, the Atlas Foundation assists the formation of [...]
Senate Probing Fort Hood Shooting
Sen. Joe Lieberman today at the first Senate hearing on the Fort Hood Terror Attack laying out some of the key questions that need to be answered.
Lieberman said there needs to be a thorough investigation on what was known by officials in the [...]
Far left Democrat John Conyers, husband of convicted felon Monica Conyers, told reporters today that, “I’m getting tired of saving Obama’s can.â€
The Hill reported:
President Barack Obama is “bowing down†to Republicans and corporate interests on health reform, Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) said Thursday.
Conyers, the chairman of [...]
Obama's failure, Netanyahu's opportunity
by Caroline Glick
Once again, US President Barack Obama has demonstrated his intention of "putting light" between America and Israel. His hostility toward Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu during the latter's visit to Washington this week was breathtaking.
It isn't every day that you can see' [...]
A HarperCollins insider told The Daily Beast that the book [ Going Rogue ] sold a staggering 300,000 copies on the first day alone, which was Tuesday. �Sales are phenomenal, and we are convinced that the book will continue to sell phenomenally for some time [...]
and warning . . .
Friday, November 20, is “National Kick a Ginger Day”.
Ok - so this is another one of those pathetically impotent Canadian ”Holidays”, mostly cuz Canada has to import their minorities. I mean, sure—they’ve got Eskimos, but seriously.... Ya wanna kick someone who kills and eats [...]
The Twenty-Fourth Sit-In to Demand the Release of Alayyam Newspaper and Journalist Mohamed Almaqaleh and journalists Alsaglade and Rashid
On Tuesday 17/11/2009 hundreds of lawyers, politicians , journalists and relatives of kidnapped and forced hidden people, sit in the twenty-fourth protest in Freedom Square [...]
Tribesmen in Yemen have kidnapped foreigners for years in order to pressure the government for the release of family members, often held as official hostages by the state or as a result of a tribal dispute. The Yemeni government cares not a whit about kidnapped Yemenis, ergo its the foreigners [...]
This is a woman who has got into a position of leadership by sending very powerful sexual signals. And we see that in the way that men like her much more than women do…
[...]Iran accusing anyone of state terrorism is rather ironic.
Kansas City: Iran’s chief of staff has warned Saudi Arabia over its military offensive against Shiite Yemeni rebels, saying it signals the start of “state terrorism” and endangers the entire region.
The official IRNA news agency Tuesday also quoted [...]
281 machine guns could spell trouble, Mumbai style. The cache is linked to the 44 arrested educated Saudis who were thought to be financing the weapons purchases. What is says about AQAP is a whole other story.
RIYADH/DUBAI – New details have emerged concerning the discovery of the [...]
I think it was Dhalie but Im going back through all the things I need to post, so it may take a bit to get to it. (Update: yes it was in Dhalie) Also truck captured and burned in Dhalie. Things are much more violent since al [...]
Major Nidal Hasan seemed worried about the results of an HIV blood test taken a week before the Fort Hood shooting rampage, according to federal investigators piecing together background details on Hasan’s life.
The information came from a member of the Fort Hood medical staff who was in the building where [...]
Ah, in typical American fashion, the contents of murderer Major Nidal Hasan’s emails to Anwar Awlaki (Yemeni-American pro-sectarian-violence blogger) are starting to trickle out.
the Blotter: United States Army Major Nidal Hasan told a radical cleric considered by authorities to be an al-Qaeda recruiter, “I can’t wait [...]
Obama arrived on the base 3:19 p.m. local time (1 a.m. Eastern Standard Time), and received a rousing welcome from 1,500 troops in camouflage uniforms, many holding cameras or pointing cell phones to snap pictures.
Remember how the other day Hugo Chávez was saying that he was having Cuban technicians bomb clouds for rain?
He proclaimed it on TV (video in Spanish)
Well, Hugo Chávez claims he is now able to make the clouds abort by firing rays from a cannon [...]
I wonder if she’ll run for Senate?
Oprah Winfrey to End Her Talk Show
Not to worry, though. The show will go on until September 2011. After that, the Church of Oprah will roll on and on and on, and her magazine will have her on every cover of every [...]
