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Sunday, August 10
The 5 Most Ridiculously Unjust Religious Afterlives
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Riley Jones
on Sun 10 Aug 2008 10:07 PM EDT
Almighty Supremebeing Allah Arrested
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Riley Jones
on Sun 10 Aug 2008 10:02 PM EDT
According to police, Almighty Supremebeing Allah refused to stop for a marked cruiser and was detained about a mile down the road after the initial stop. More>>>
Tyson plant adds Muslim holiday, reinstates Labor Day
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Roland, the Gunslinger
on Sun 10 Aug 2008 07:21 PM EDT
Union workers and officials at a Tyson Foods plant in Tennessee said Friday they have agreed to reinstate Labor Day as a paid holiday, and the plant will also observe the Muslim holiday Eid al-Fitr this year. Tyson had previously agreed to drop Labor Day and substitute the Muslim holiday as part of a new 5-year contract to accommodate Muslim workers at the plant in Shelbyville, which is about 50 miles south of Nashville. The decision sparked widespread criticism, from local politicians to talk radio to the Internet. More>>>
Singer, songwriter Isaac Hayes dies at age 65
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Roland, the Gunslinger
on Sun 10 Aug 2008 06:50 PM EDT
Isaac Hayes, the pioneering singer, songwriter and musician whose relentless "Theme From Shaft" won Academy and Grammy awards, has been found dead at home. He was 65. The Shelby County Sheriff's Office says a family member found Hayes unresponsive near a treadmill on Sunday. He was pronounced dead about an hour later at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis. The cause of death was not immediately known. More>>>
The Pipeline War: Russian bear goes for West's jugular
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Roland, the Gunslinger
on Sun 10 Aug 2008 06:26 PM EDT
The war in Georgia escalated dangerously last night after Russian jets reportedly bombed a vital pipeline that supplies oil to the West. After a day of heightening international tensions, Georgian leaders claimed that the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline, which transports oil from the Caspian Sea to Turkey, had been attacked. But it is thought the bombs missed their target. More>>> As a Russian jet bombed fields around his village, Djimali Avago, a Georgian farmer, asked me: “Why won’t America and Nato help us? If they won’t help us now, why did we help them in Iraq?” A similar sense of betrayal coursed through the conversations of many Georgians here yesterday as their troops retreated under shellfire and the Russian Army pressed forward to take full control of South Ossetia. More>>>
Anti-Semites congregate on candidate's official presidential campaign blog
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Roland, the Gunslinger
on Sun 10 Aug 2008 05:14 PM EDT
Jews should be "burned" and "thrown in the oven." Israel murdered 6 million Arabs. Jews control American politics and dictate decisions of war and peace. The Jewish state is leading a "Holocaust" against the Palestinian people and was responsible for 9/11. The above are just a sampling of a large volume of racist, anti-Semitic and anti-Israel propaganda that can be found on user-generated pages on Sen. Barack Obama's official campaign website, which allows registered members to form groups and post content in online "community" blogs. More>>>
NYT's Hoyt defends the Gray Lady's lack of coverage of the Edwards Love Baby scandal
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Roland, the Gunslinger
on Sun 10 Aug 2008 03:32 PM EDT
Some readers, like Bert A. Getz Jr. of Winnetka, Ill., were sure they already knew the answer: liberal bias. I do not think liberal bias had anything to do with it. But I think The Times...was far too squeamish about tackling the story. The Times did not want to regurgitate the Enquirer’s reporting without verifying it...The Times did not try to verify it, beyond a few perfunctory efforts, which I think was wrong. Until the ABC report, only one mainstream news organization, McClatchy newspapers, seemed to be making headway with the story. Not that it would have been easy. David Perel, the editor of the Enquirer, said, “This is a very hard story to prove, and I think that has frozen people in place.” (Ah, would that such circumspect consideration been given similar scandals involving GOP politicians of late...Roland) More>>> Democrats Shrug Off Edwards' Affair, Paternity Questions More>>>
Report: Scientists Closer to Developing Invisibility Cloak
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Riley Jones
on Sun 10 Aug 2008 01:01 PM EDT
Invisibility devices, long the realm of science fiction and fantasy, have moved closer after scientists engineered a material that can bend visible light around objects.
The breakthrough could lead to systems for rendering anything from people to large objects, such as tanks and ships, invisible to the eye — although this is still years off. More>>>
Russia seizes South Ossetia as wider conflict feared
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Riley Jones
on Sun 10 Aug 2008 10:15 AM EDT
Russian troops backed by tanks and fighter jets seized control of South Ossetia on Sunday as fears grew of a wider conflict with Georgia over the separatist region. Georgia said it had withdrawn most of its troops from South Ossetia in the face of a build-up in Russian firepower and that it had lost control of the near-destroyed regional capital, Tskhinvali. More>>>
Graffiti from Ancient Pompeii
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Riley Jones
on Sun 10 Aug 2008 09:59 AM EDT
Between conquering the known world and crucifying pacifists, they seemed to have found time for such literary masterpieces as "Floronius, privileged soldier of the 7th legion, was here. The women did not know of his presence. Only six women came to know, too few for such a stallion." More>>>
Spanish Sweetshop Owner Finds Homer Simpson Euro
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Riley Jones
on Sun 10 Aug 2008 09:50 AM EDT
A Spanish sweetshop owner was counting cash in his till in the city of Aviles when he came across a coin bearing the likeness of Homer Simpson instead of Spanish King Juan Carlos, Reuters reported. More>>>
Beijing Olympics: Chinese man 'murders US tourist'
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Roland, the Gunslinger
on Sun 10 Aug 2008 03:27 AM EDT
An American was murdered and another seriously injured when a Chinese man with a knife attacked them at a tourist site in Beijing before committing suicide. More>>>
US man who spied for China gets nearly 16 years
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Roland, the Gunslinger
on Sun 10 Aug 2008 03:25 AM EDT
A New Orleans furniture salesman who spied for the People's Republic of China and helped the Beijing government obtain secret U.S. military information was sentenced Friday to nearly 16 years in prison. The sentence for Tai Kuo, 58, was in line with what prosecutors had requested and more than twice as long as the term sought by defense lawyers. More>>>
Life of party in NY before she went 'bedwards'
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Roland, the Gunslinger
on Sun 10 Aug 2008 03:16 AM EDT
The flaky filmmaker for whom John Edwards risked his political future and his family is a former "party girl" who went from narcotics to nirvana. Rielle Hunter's résumé also includes actress, producer, New Age blogger - and now, home wrecker. More>>> |
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