Israel severs Lebanon road link to Syria - "The Israeli attacks on the four bridges on the main north-south coastal highway linking Beirut to Syria severed the only remaining major road link between Lebanon and Syria. The 90-minute drive to the Syrian border takes at least double the time on the small coastal road that remains open."
Robert Fisk predicts another 9/11 - "And this time - like the last - there will be no way to prove for certain whether it’s aggrieved Muslims who perpetrate it or Zionists trying to set them up. Perfect cover for a nuclear holocaust in the Middle East. This holocaust in Lebanon is taking the world so quickly past the point of no return, that we won't know what hit us when it happens. If only Americans realized how fast we are ALL barreling towards self-destruction, maybe then they would do something to stop it."
Iraq civil war warning for Blair - "Civil war is a more likely outcome in Iraq than democracy, Britain's outgoing ambassador in Baghdad has warned Tony Blair in a confidential memo."
OSAMA'S EVIL SPAWN IN LEB - "A son of Osama bin Laden has gone from Iran to Lebanon with the mission to organize terror attacks against Israel, it was reported yesterday."
Illogical, illegal and ill-fated - "Doesn't the secretary know the world is not clamouring for instantaneous change? Instead it is clamouring against a US policy that is illogical, illegal and ill-fated. How so? Here is the illogical part."
Military Waste In Our Drinking Water - "The U.S. military is poisoning the very citizens it is supposed to protect in the name of national security."
Boortz: Adults earning minimum wage are "incompetent", "ignorant", "stupid", "worthless," and "pathetic" - "BOORTZ: I want you to think about this, folks. You know, most of the people that earn minimum wage are teenagers. They're in the job market for a short period of time, they're learning some job skills, they're learning workplace skills. Most of the people who aren't teenagers that have a minimum-wage job, it lasts about three to four months, and they're off making more money. I want you to think for think for a moment of how incompetent and stupid and worthless, how -- that's right, I used those words -- how incompetent, how ignorant, how worthless is an adult that can't earn more than the minimum wage? You have to really, really, really be a pretty pathetic human being to not be able to earn more than the human wage. Uh -- human, the minimum wage." -- Fucking idiot. How is it that you get a radio show?
Gallup: 55% Now Back U.S. Pullout from Iraq Within a Year - "A new Gallup poll released today revealed another upward bump in the number of Amercians who now want a complete U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq in the next 12 months. That number now stands at 55%, with 19% supporting immediate withdrawal and another 36% wanting it done by August 2007."
Bush urges freedom for Cubans - "President Bush turned up the heat on the Cuban regime yesterday, saying Washington would "take note" of any leaders who tried to block a push for freedom by the Cuban people."
Minimum wage bill stalls in Senate - "Senate Republicans Thursday night failed to advance a bill coupling a 40-percent increase in the minimum wage with a cut in estate taxes, which Democratic leaders had denounced as an election-year ploy."
Where did that video spoofing Gore's film come from? - "In the video, Mr. Gore appears as a sinister figure who brainwashes penguins and bores movie audiences by blaming the Mideast crisis and starlet Lindsay Lohan's shrinking waist size on global warming. ... Instead, the email originated from a computer registered to DCI Group, a Washington, D.C., public relations and lobbying firm whose clients include oil company Exxon Mobil Corp."
Daddy’s Feeling Lucky - "Last summer, Ben Foster quit his $110,000-a-year job as a senior product manager at eBay to play online poker full-time. In the months leading up to his decision, the 28-year-old with a degree in statistics had been tracking his winnings on a detailed spreadsheet. After checking and rechecking the numbers, he came to the conclusion that he could earn more money playing poker than working at eBay. Plus, his wife was pregnant with their second child, and he was needed around the house. Foster decided to become a stay-at-home poker dad."
Coach Accused of Being a Pimp - "According to a charging document, the girl told police that Burroughs -- who is also a Metrobus driver -- repeatedly took her to the District to engage in prostitution beginning in September. She said Burroughs, 35, also had sex with her, starting when she was 14, the document says. ... According to the document, he admitted that the two had had sex in the bus yard and on other occasions, beginning when she was 14, and that he brought her to the District for the purposes of prostitution. He also admitted to having two pounds of marijuana in his vehicle, saying he supplemented his income by selling the drug, the document says."
Same-sex classes challenged - "She said boys and girls will be taught the same curriculum but sometimes in a different manner to accommodate males’ and females’ reported learning styles."
National Survey Shows Majority of Women Unaware of Plan B - "Only 20 percent of women are aware of Plan B, and less than 8 percent really understand Plan B's mechanism and the situations in which it is medically appropriate or effective, according to a national Web survey of 300 women conducted by AllPoints Research in Winston-Salem, NC."
Designated driver says bar tossed him for not drinking - "The bar owner says he didn't tell anyone to buy drinks or leave, but a police report says otherwise."
Breast-feeding reduces anxiety into childhood - "Years after being weaned, breast-fed children cope better with stressful situations like their parents' divorce than their bottle-fed peers, researchers said on Thursday."
Vitamin tablets 'may do more harm than good' - "In fact, Vitamins C and E - compounds known as anti-oxidants - may actually cause some illnesses. While vitamins may ward off disease in the test-tube, they do little to protect in everyday life, this week's New Scientist reports."
Researchers: Dementia risk can be tested - "Researchers have for the first time developed a "risk score" to try to predict which people may develop dementia. The leading factors virtually mirror those already known for cardiovascular disease: obesity, high blood pressure and high cholesterol, according to the study published Thursday in the journal Lancet Neurology."
Study: Earth changed after Sumatra quake - "U.S. scientists say they've determined Earth's gravity changed as a result of the giant 2004 Sumatran earthquake."
Blog feeds may carry security risk - "The problem doesn't affect only blogs--any kind of information feed using any kind of format could potentially be used to transmit malicious content to a subscriber, Auger said. People, for example, subscribe to mailing lists and news Web sites via RSS, he said, noting "this is about the entire concept of Web feeds.""
Professor wins suit against blog site - "A Chinese journalism professor has won a lawsuit against a blog hosting site that refused to remove remarks criticizing him by one of its users, state media said Friday."
FCC pushes for broadband over power lines - "If broadband over power lines, or BPL, takes off, then more Americans, particularly in rural and underserved areas, will be able to plug into high-speed Internet access, and markets dominated by cable and DSL (digital subscriber line) should be forced to lower consumers' bills, members of the Federal Communications Commission said at their monthly meeting here."
Vatican's fury over Madonna 'blasphemy' - "Rome's Catholic, Muslim and Jewish leaders have united to condemn pop star Madonna's decision to stage a mock-crucifixion when she performs in the Italian capital on Sunday a stone's throw away from Vatican City."
Quote of the Day
"This is ourselves, under pressure."
~ Queen/Bowie, (Under Pressure)
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