Hurricane Ike appears to have spared refineries from major wind and water damage, though the federal government is preparing for an extended period of tight fuel supplies as widespread power outages prevent any quick restart.
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Saturday, September 13
Unlike Hurricane Rita in 2005, Ike appears to have largely spared refineries; national supply of gasoline will remain tight
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Roland, the Gunslinger
on Sat 13 Sep 2008 11:15 PM EDT
Hurricane Ike appears to have spared refineries from major wind and water damage, though the federal government is preparing for an extended period of tight fuel supplies as widespread power outages prevent any quick restart. More>>>
The Once Great Gray Lady Reports: Once Elected, Palin *GASP* Hired Friends and Lashed Foes
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Roland, the Gunslinger
on Sat 13 Sep 2008 10:18 PM EDT
Gov. Sarah Palin lives by the maxim that all politics is local, not to mention personal. So when there was a vacancy at the top of the State Division of Agriculture, she appointed a high school classmate, Franci Havemeister, to the $95,000-a-year directorship. A former real estate agent, Ms. Havemeister cited her childhood love of cows as one of her qualifications for running the roughly $2 million agency. More>>>
Ex-Clinton Aide: Media Tougher On Palin
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Roland, the Gunslinger
on Sat 13 Sep 2008 10:17 PM EDT
"I think here the media is on very dangerous ground. I think that when you see them going through every single expense report that Governor Palin ever filed, if they don't do that for all four of the candidates, they're on very dangerous ground. I think the media so far has been the biggest loser in this race. And they continue to have growing credibility problems." More>>>
Saudi cleric says 'depraved' TV moguls may be killed
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Roland, the Gunslinger
on Sat 13 Sep 2008 10:11 PM EDT
"The owners of these channels propagate depravation and debauchery," said Saleh al-Luhaidan, chief justice of the supreme judicial council, the highest judicial authority in the ultra-conservative Saudi kingdom. He made the remarks on radio in response to a caller who asked him to give an opinion on what he said were "immoral" programmes on Arab television during the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, a source at Al-Arabiya said. "It is lawful to kill ... the apostles of depravation... if their evil cannot be easily removed through simple sanctions," Luhaidan said, according to excerpt of the remarks broadcast on the Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya. More>>>
Black Hole's 'Birth Scream' Heard Across Universe
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Roland, the Gunslinger
on Sat 13 Sep 2008 10:05 PM EDT
It took the light of GRB 080319B about 7.4 billion years to reach Earth, placing the explosion "more than halfway back to the Big Bang and the origin of our universe," Grindlay wrote in an editorial accompanying a new study of the burst in the Sept. 10 issue of the journal Nature. This means that the explosion happened 3 billion years before the sun or Earth even formed, Grindlay added. More>>>
Jury decides that threat of global warming justifies breaking the law
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Roland, the Gunslinger
on Sat 13 Sep 2008 10:00 PM EDT
The threat of global warming is so great that campaigners were justified in causing more than £35,000 worth of damage to a coal-fired power station, a jury decided yesterday. In a verdict that will have shocked ministers and energy companies the jury at Maidstone Crown Court cleared six Greenpeace activists of criminal damage. Jurors accepted defence arguments that the six had a "lawful excuse" to damage property at Kingsnorth power station in Kent to prevent even greater damage caused by climate change. More>>>
McCain Flies His Campaign Past Obama
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Roland, the Gunslinger
on Sat 13 Sep 2008 09:12 PM EDT
John McCain was trained as a fighter pilot. In his selection of Sarah Palin, and in his convention and campaigning since, he has shown that he learned an important lesson from his fighter pilot days: He has gotten inside Barack Obama's OODA loop. That term was the invention of the great fighter pilot and military strategist John Boyd. It's an acronym for Observe, Orient, Decide, Act. More>>>
Kentucky Clerk Charged With Failing to Help Child Locked in Hot Car
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Roland, the Gunslinger
on Sat 13 Sep 2008 09:04 PM EDT
Assistant Fayette County attorney Brian Mattone said Thursday that Elizabeth Miller of Richmond has been charged with one count of failing to report neglect or abuse of a child. If convicted, she faces up to 90 days in jail and a $250 fine. The alleged incident occurred at a Bed, Bath & Beyond store in Lexington. The child's mother, Tanuja R. Patel, was charged with wanton endangerment. Mattone says a police report accuses Miller of refusing to let a concerned couple use the store's phone to report the child. More>>>
Lib Photographer Admits Making McCain Look Sinister for Mag Cover
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Roland, the Gunslinger
on Sat 13 Sep 2008 08:40 PM EDT
For months, people around the country have been noticing the always flattering photos of Barack Obama, and, by contrast, pictures that make John McCain either look older than what he is, or sickly...or even worse. On Friday, the photography website PDNPulse published a virtual exposé about a professional photographer that admitted taking an intentionally diabolical looking picture of McCain that she hoped would be on the cover of October's Atlantic magazine More>>>
When mom wants to be a cheerleader Real Bad
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Riley Jones
on Sat 13 Sep 2008 07:39 PM EDT
What would you do if you found out that your 33 year old mother had stolen your identity and enrolled in high school pretending to be you? In Green Bay, Wisconsin that is exactly what Wendy Brown did. More>>>
'Muslim Massacre' game causes uproar
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Riley Jones
on Sat 13 Sep 2008 12:12 PM EDT
"Take control of the American hero and wipe out the Muslim race with an arsenal of the world's most destructive weapons." The targets appear as bearded men wearing normal clothes or characters in black outfits with facemasks. Later levels include suicide bombers and a "boss" opponent resembling Osama Bin Laden. More>>>
Worst College Mascots of All Time
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Riley Jones
on Sat 13 Sep 2008 09:40 AM EDT
A lot of schools can’t help it that they have crappy teams, but a crappy mascot you can help. You picked it. In honor of those with the worst choices, here are the worst college mascots, ranked from bad to hilarious. Some of these are truly shocking. More>>>
John Lennon: Beyond the drugs and narcissism was an even more disturbed individual
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Riley Jones
on Sat 13 Sep 2008 09:29 AM EDT
Julia Lennon John Lennon fantasised about having sex with his mother Julia, according to a leaked audio diary which it is claimed he recorded a year before his death. More>>>
Democrats on Capitol Hill fear Obama fallout
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Riley Jones
on Sat 13 Sep 2008 09:23 AM EDT
Democratic jitters about the US presidential race have spread to Capitol Hill, where some members of Congress are worried that Barack Obama’s faltering campaign could hurt their chances of re-election. Party leaders have been hoping to strengthen Democratic control of the House and Senate in November, but John McCain’s jump in the polls has stoked fears of a Republican resurgence. More>>>
None dare call it "Enronesque"
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Roland, the Gunslinger
on Sat 13 Sep 2008 04:11 AM EDT
Top recipients of Fannie/Freddie donations: #1 Chris Dodd #2 John Kerry #3 Barack Obama #4 HIllary Clinton For the record, that's two Democratic presidential nominees, two also-ran presidential candidates including Hillary Clinton, at least the second most significant Democrat in the country Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) is calling for congressional hearings on the Freddie Mac/Fannie Mae debacle, the sleaziest world record scandal yet, it's Enron times a thousand and you and I are on the hook for trillions. Will you support Senator Cornyn and join him in demanding hearings? If not, why not? More>>>
Charlie Gibson's Attempt to Twist Sarah Palin's Words
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Roland, the Gunslinger
on Sat 13 Sep 2008 03:23 AM EDT
Hubris was indeed revealed in the ABC interview with Sarah Palin, and it wasn't coming from Sarah Palin, but Charlie Gibson. But there was more than Charlie's sneering condescending tone, looking down over the rim of his glasses like some snobby intellectual that bothered me. Twisting her words into a fabrication feeding the fear of theocracy was utterly insulting. It was especially insulting to claim that these were her "exact words" after being challenged on it. Watch this video excerpt from the interview to see the exchange. More>>>
Common sense vs. Zero-Tolerance policies
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Roland, the Gunslinger
on Sat 13 Sep 2008 03:19 AM EDT
It was obvious that the blade was the metal insert commonly found in a child's small, plastic pencil sharpener, the deputy noted...The problem was his sharpener had broken, but he decided to use it anyway. The boy -- a (ten year old) fourth-grader described as a well-behaved and good student -- cried during the meeting with his mom, the deputy and the school's assistant principal. He had no criminal intent in having the blade at school, the sheriff's report stated, but was suspended for at least two days and could face further disciplinary action. District spokesman Randy Wall said school administrators are stuck in the precarious position between the district's zero tolerance policy against having weapons at school and common sense More>>>
Losing the Global Popularity Contest
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Roland, the Gunslinger
on Sat 13 Sep 2008 02:12 AM EDT
The latest data come courtesy of the BBC, which commissioned a survey of 23,531 people in 22 countries for their views about the U.S. election. The not-so-astounding result: Barack Obama is the favorite in all 22 countries. But here's a question: Should we -- that is, voting-age Americans -- care? More>>>
A Melting Arctic: Happy News for Mankind
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Roland, the Gunslinger
on Sat 13 Sep 2008 02:09 AM EDT
The Earth is currently in the geologic epoch known as the Holocene. This began nearly 12,000 years ago when the last ice age (more precisely, the Weichsal glacial) ended. Temperatures warmed, glaciers began to retreat, and the Arctic began to melt. This began what is called an interglacial: a warmer period between glaciation. We tend to think of the poles as immutable, but geologically speaking, permanent polar ice is a rare phenomenon, comprising less than 10% of history. Icecaps form briefly between interglacials, only to melt as the next one begins -- this time around will be no different. So we know the Arctic will eventually be open water. The only question is how it will affect us. More>>>
Democrats Infiltrate GOP Conventions
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Roland, the Gunslinger
on Sat 13 Sep 2008 01:34 AM EDT
Probably the most telling moment for the Democrat ambush of Republicans at their recent St. Paul, Minnesota convention came after a delegate had answered a question from Katie Couric about Sarah Palin’s qualifications to be vice-president. To which interviewer/Democrat Couric—low-rated CBS anchor—responded that well, those were “Republican talking points,” and that she was sure some would have other opinions. “No, those are not talking points. Those are facts,” the delegate shot back. (Note: Above reference to “interviewer/Democrat was not a Freudian slip. I’m tired of granting these liberals their delusions of “objective” reportage) More>>> |
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