BEARS!!!! A bear killed two militants after discovering them in its den in Indian-administered Kashmir, police say. Two other militants escaped, one of them badly wounded, after the attack in Kulgam district, south of Srinagar. The militants had assault rifles but were taken by surprise – police found the remains of pudding they had made […]
As if the foreclosures alone weren’t wreaking enough havoc on our economy, we also find out the whole process is starting to hurt our local cities in other ways we didn’t imagine: Cincinnati wants Deutsche Bank and Wells Fargo to pay for what officials say is neglect of foreclosed-upon properties that’s worsening blight in city […]
The technology behind the list that prevents so many innocent people from flying is a nightmare according to a Congressional investigation: In a letter to the inspector general at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence last week, Rep. Brad Miller (D-NC) complained that the National Counterterrorism Center’s “Railhead” initiative, designed to upgrade the […]
I can understand why. I managed to get my hands on one a couple of weeks ago and I am in love with it. I’m not a big gamer, I just bought the WII for the WII fit, but this thing is addictive. Was it hard to get? Hell yeah. I went through a nightmare […]
I was just doing my nightly dose of eye bleeding browsing of the right wing dribble out there (hey everyone likes a good nightmare), when I noticed this at Red state: Update: For another entrant into the below-mentioned department of legislation, check out this oldie but goodie from 2006: a Democrat State Senator from Ohio […]
That is what the Iraq Study Group is now calling Bush’s failed war in Iraq. The United States should begin to withdraw its forces from combat in Iraq and launch a diplomatic push, including Iran and Syria, to prevent “a slide toward chaos” in the country, a high-level panel recommended on Wednesday. The bipartisan Iraq […]
While Bush is out to try and control the damage he has done lately, he is still making mistakes. One that really has gotten to me (and something I have followed very closely) is the debacle called Medicare. His defense has me really ticked off: “Any time Washington passes a new law, sometimes the transition […]
Not only is Pat Robertson crazy, he is now certifiably senile. In the aftermath of the storm of criticism he started over his comments about assassinating Venezuelan President Chavez, the great preacher Pat Robertson decides to go on the news and say everyone is misinterpreting him. Robertson told the Associated Press: Wait a minute, I […]