When Rummy tried to nuke Russia

I wonder if he wore some kind of kooky hat during the simulations. "Herein lies an aspect of Rumsfeld's career -- and character -- that remained deeply buried even after word of his participation in the COG...

Asian Week Prints: 'I Hate Blacks'

Do the publisher's even read the pieces before they go out.  Granted the author, Kenneth Eng, has written op-ed articles entitled, "Proof That Whites Inherently Hate Us" and "Why I Hate Asians."  However, this paper in which the article was printed states that it...

One man protest in London

"Got to love ex-boxer Chris Eubank, he always was the ultimate poseur during his fight career, wearing jodhpurs, a monocle and carrying a cane, quoting Shakespeare and generally talking in riddles. Now his been...

Florida Storms Kill Rare Cranes During Migration

""At least there's one bright spot," said Liz Condie, communications director for Operation Migration, a Canadian nonprofit that has been training cranes to migrate alongside aircraft for the past six...

The Slaughter of our Strongest Link

This beautiful animal, a symbol of the West should not be targeted once more by the idiot's who run Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana.  Ranchers have wanted to exterminate, and would have exterminated this native...

China's Poison for the Planet

"These kinds of clouds float above Europe for most of the year and they've traveled far to get there. By analyzing the makeup of particles in the cloud, European scientists were able to identify its origin. "There...

MEMO TO REPUBLICANS: SHUT UP, SHUT UP, SHUT UP!

A great op-ed piece I came across..."Twenty-six years into the NeoCon nightmare, everybody hates the United States. We're broke. Here's how screwed up we are: we can't even get out of a war that 91 percent of Americans are against. Republicans got us into this mess. I say:...

SOA Protesters Sentenced

"Grayman Ward, 20, of Raleigh, N.C., was the only one to plead no contest to entering military, naval or Coast Guard property -- a federal crime that carries a maximum sentence of six months. He lost his job when his employer found out about his arrest. Faircloth found Ward...

10 Years to Save the Planet

Share showers people.  It is fun and can be very rewarding for you and the earth!"Josh said: “I grew up in Minnesota which is usually a cold place, but we’ve seen abnormally warm winters the last couple of years, which is unnerving. “If water levels continue to...

Colombia seeks more U.S., European aid

"Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos said he will travel to Washington and Europe for talks on military assistance and funding to develop areas once held by armed groups and provide alternatives for farmers who...

Africans rush to find Somalia peacekeepers

"Michel said after meeting Yusuf he was impressed by his commitment to reconciliation and the EU would release funding for the force that had been made conditional on the government reaching out to defeated Islamists and other parties. "I felt a sincere will ... to bring...

UN agency pressures Ban on climate crisis summit

""I know the Kenyan government has proposed to have such a summit. I'm going to discuss that with the president (Kenya's Mwai Kibaki)," he told reporters during a brief visit to a Nairobi slum. "Climate change is one of the most important issues that the international...

Hamas commander killed in Gaza despite truce

"A spokesman for Hamas's armed wing said he was killed by the Preventive Security Service, most of whose members belong to President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah faction. The security service denied any connection with his death. The ceasefire had appeared to be holding, bringing...

US group warns of crisis of displaced Iraqis

"California-based International Medical Corps (IMC), which has more than 300 staff in Iraq, said the pace of people displaced was rising at a "dramatic rate", particularly in the capital, which has a population of about 6 million. "It is a very tough situation. There is a...

Someone Had to Win in Iraq

This was on the front of crooksandliars.com today, the article published in Playboy magazine is really a good read. We knew large corporations were making off with billions of American tax dollars, while Veterans lose benefits, children lose their arms, and more people keep...
 

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