Monroe man charged after hitting wife in the eye with a carrot: "A Monroe man was charged with assault after police said he threw a carrot at his wife that put out her eye."
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Carrot registration next?
Monroe man charged after hitting wife in the eye with a carrot: "A Monroe man was charged with assault after police said he threw a carrot at his wife that put out her eye."
PJStar.com - Journal Star News
PJStar.com - Journal Star News: "One afternoon in November 1965, the 10-year-old was playing tag with one of her brothers in the front yard of their home on Peoria's south end. Her head down as she merrily dashed from his grasp, she didn't see two military men slowly walking toward the house until she banged into one of them.
She looked up and saw the pair, clad in dress uniforms. Grim-faced, they asked if her parents were home.
The siblings instantly realized the reason for the visit. The girl burst into tears and ran inside, while her brother simply muttered, 'Oh, no.'"
She looked up and saw the pair, clad in dress uniforms. Grim-faced, they asked if her parents were home.
The siblings instantly realized the reason for the visit. The girl burst into tears and ran inside, while her brother simply muttered, 'Oh, no.'"
Monday, July 17, 2006
OpinionJournal - Featured Article
OpinionJournal - Featured Article: "Reagan generated massive antiwar and anti-American demonstrations around the world, far larger and more numerous protests than those Mr. Bush has occasioned. He famously denounced the Soviet 'evil empire' headed for 'the ash-heap of history.' He was treated by the press as a cowboy warmonger, just as Mr. Bush has been. Ill will? "
Sunday, July 16, 2006
Monday, July 10, 2006
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Gas pump mistake sparks traffic jam
Monday, July 10, 2006
FROM LOCAL REPORTS
One cell phone call was all it took to create a traffic jam at Grand Haven and Airport roads Saturday after a gas station clerk mistakenly set the price at 31.9 cents a gallon at the pump.
Norton Shores police were called to Jack's Corner Store, 4190 Grand Haven, at 12:24 p.m. about a disturbance and an 'overwhelming' number of vehicles trying to get into the BP station there to buy gas.
Lt. Jon Gale said the station clerk was changing gas prices and accidentally set the pump at 31.9 cents a gallon for premium gas instead of $3.19.
'Apparently one customer started calling people, and before the station was aware of the mistake, the lot was packed, creating a lot of congestion,' Gale said.
The pumps were shut off, traffic was cleared and the correct price was then put on the pump, he said.
The 'price drop' went on 'for about 20 minutes before they got it shut down,' Gale said. The owner of the station declined comment.
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Gas pump mistake sparks traffic jam
Monday, July 10, 2006
FROM LOCAL REPORTS
One cell phone call was all it took to create a traffic jam at Grand Haven and Airport roads Saturday after a gas station clerk mistakenly set the price at 31.9 cents a gallon at the pump.
Norton Shores police were called to Jack's Corner Store, 4190 Grand Haven, at 12:24 p.m. about a disturbance and an 'overwhelming' number of vehicles trying to get into the BP station there to buy gas.
Lt. Jon Gale said the station clerk was changing gas prices and accidentally set the pump at 31.9 cents a gallon for premium gas instead of $3.19.
'Apparently one customer started calling people, and before the station was aware of the mistake, the lot was packed, creating a lot of congestion,' Gale said.
The pumps were shut off, traffic was cleared and the correct price was then put on the pump, he said.
The 'price drop' went on 'for about 20 minutes before they got it shut down,' Gale said. The owner of the station declined comment.
�2006 Muskegon Chronicle
� 2006 Michigan Live. All Rights Reserved."
Sunday, July 09, 2006
Ally Warned Bush on Keeping Spying From Congress - New York Times
Ally Warned Bush on Keeping Spying From Congress - New York Times: "'I have learned of some alleged intelligence community activities about which our committee has not been briefed,' Mr. Hoesktra wrote. 'If these allegations are true, they may represent a breach of responsibility by the administration, a violation of the law, and, just as importantly, a direct affront to me and the members of this committee who have so ardently supported efforts to collect information on our enemies.'
He added: 'The U.S. Congress simply should not have to play Twenty Questions to get the information that it deserves under our Constitution.'"
He added: 'The U.S. Congress simply should not have to play Twenty Questions to get the information that it deserves under our Constitution.'"
Saturday, July 08, 2006
RealClearPolitics - Articles - The Big-Bang Story of U.S. Private Business
RealClearPolitics - Articles - The Big-Bang Story of U.S. Private Business: "Did you know that just over the past 11 quarters, dating back to the June 2003 Bush tax cuts, America has increased the size of its entire economy by 20 percent? In less than three years, the U.S. economic pie has expanded by $2.2 trillion, an output add-on that is roughly the same size as the total Chinese economy, and much larger than the total economic size of nations like India, Mexico, Ireland, and Belgium."
Thursday, July 06, 2006
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Saturday, July 01, 2006
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Thursday, June 29, 2006
My Way News
My Way News: "MULTAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - Fateh Mohammad, a prison inmate in Pakistan, says he woke up last weekend with a glass lightbulb in his anus.
Wednesday night, doctors brought Mohammad's misery to an end after a one-and-a-half hour operation to remove the object.
'Thanks Allah, now I feel comfort. Today, I had my breakfast. I was just drinking water, nothing else,' Mohammad, a grey-beared man in his mid-40s, told Reuters from a hospital bed in the southern central city of Multan.
'We had to take it out intact,' said Dr. Farrukh Aftab at Nishtar Hospital. 'Had it been broken inside, it would be a very very complicated situation.'
Mohammad, who is serving a four-year sentence for making liquor, prohibited for Muslims, said he was shocked when he was first told the cause of his discomfort. He swears he didn't know the bulb was there.
'When I woke up I felt a pain in my lower abdomen, but later in hospital, they told me this,' Mohammad said.
'I don't know who did this to me. Police or other prisoners.'
The doctor treating Mohammad said he'd never encountered anything like it before, and doubted the felon's story that someone had drugged him and inserted the bulb while he was comatose."
Wednesday night, doctors brought Mohammad's misery to an end after a one-and-a-half hour operation to remove the object.
'Thanks Allah, now I feel comfort. Today, I had my breakfast. I was just drinking water, nothing else,' Mohammad, a grey-beared man in his mid-40s, told Reuters from a hospital bed in the southern central city of Multan.
'We had to take it out intact,' said Dr. Farrukh Aftab at Nishtar Hospital. 'Had it been broken inside, it would be a very very complicated situation.'
Mohammad, who is serving a four-year sentence for making liquor, prohibited for Muslims, said he was shocked when he was first told the cause of his discomfort. He swears he didn't know the bulb was there.
'When I woke up I felt a pain in my lower abdomen, but later in hospital, they told me this,' Mohammad said.
'I don't know who did this to me. Police or other prisoners.'
The doctor treating Mohammad said he'd never encountered anything like it before, and doubted the felon's story that someone had drugged him and inserted the bulb while he was comatose."
Wine for summer!
Welcome to Melon de Bourgogne.com: "Europeans have long been aware that this wine is the best wine ever made for seafood. Hugh Johnson states '... for seafood, there is the incomparable match of Muscadet' (1). I feel he's understating it "
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
OpinionJournal - Featured Article
OpinionJournal - Featured Article: "Saddam's WMD
Why is our intelligence community holding back?
BY PETER HOEKSTRA AND RICK SANTORUM
Monday, June 26, 2006 12:01 a.m. EDT
On Wednesday, at our request, the director of national intelligence declassified six 'key points' from a National Ground Intelligence Center (NGIC) report on the recovery of chemical munitions in Iraq. The summary was only a small snapshot of the entire report, but even so, it brings new information to the American people. 'Since 2003,' the summary states, 'Coalition forces have recovered approximately 500 weapons munitions which contain degraded mustard or sarin nerve agent,' which remains 'hazardous and potentially lethal.' So there are WMDs in Iraq, and they could kill Americans there or all over the world.
This latest information should not be new. It should have been brought to public attention by officials in the intelligence community. Instead, it had to be pried out of them. Mr. Santorum wrote to John DeFreitas, commanding general, U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command, on April 12, asking to see the report. He wrote, 'I am informed that there may well be many more stores of WMDs throughout Iraq,' and added, 'the people of Pennsylvania and Members of Congress would benefit from reviewing this report.' He asked that the 'NGIC work with the appropriate entities' to declassify as much of the information as possible.
The senator received no response. On June 5, he wrote again, this time to John Negroponte, director of national intelligence, 'concerning captured Iraqi documents, data, media and maps from the regime of Saddam Hussein.' He mentioned his disappointment that many captured Iraqi documents had been classified, and that he still had received no response from Gen. DeFreitas. S"
Why is our intelligence community holding back?
BY PETER HOEKSTRA AND RICK SANTORUM
Monday, June 26, 2006 12:01 a.m. EDT
On Wednesday, at our request, the director of national intelligence declassified six 'key points' from a National Ground Intelligence Center (NGIC) report on the recovery of chemical munitions in Iraq. The summary was only a small snapshot of the entire report, but even so, it brings new information to the American people. 'Since 2003,' the summary states, 'Coalition forces have recovered approximately 500 weapons munitions which contain degraded mustard or sarin nerve agent,' which remains 'hazardous and potentially lethal.' So there are WMDs in Iraq, and they could kill Americans there or all over the world.
This latest information should not be new. It should have been brought to public attention by officials in the intelligence community. Instead, it had to be pried out of them. Mr. Santorum wrote to John DeFreitas, commanding general, U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command, on April 12, asking to see the report. He wrote, 'I am informed that there may well be many more stores of WMDs throughout Iraq,' and added, 'the people of Pennsylvania and Members of Congress would benefit from reviewing this report.' He asked that the 'NGIC work with the appropriate entities' to declassify as much of the information as possible.
The senator received no response. On June 5, he wrote again, this time to John Negroponte, director of national intelligence, 'concerning captured Iraqi documents, data, media and maps from the regime of Saddam Hussein.' He mentioned his disappointment that many captured Iraqi documents had been classified, and that he still had received no response from Gen. DeFreitas. S"
Monday, June 26, 2006
When will it end?
JS Online:Stuck van, big pants give game away: "Two 12-year-old West Allis boys were cited for disorderly conduct after getting into a fight at band rehearsal at Frank Lloyd Wright Middle School, 9501 W. Cleveland Ave., at 9:16 a.m. May 4. According to reports, one boy kicked the other several times and the other boy finished the fight by striking the first aggressor twice over the head with his trumpet. "
DAMNIT!
ABC30.com: Navy Pilot Killed as Fighter Jets Collide: "A Navy pilot was killed and another was injured Monday when two fighter jets collided over a Central Coast military base.
The F18-C Hornet jets from Lemoore Naval Air Station were practicing dogfighting maneuvers around 11:15 a.m. when they crashed mid-air at Fort Hunter Liggett, a remote Army Reserve base 150 miles south of San Francisco, said Navy spokesman Dennis McGrath. "
The F18-C Hornet jets from Lemoore Naval Air Station were practicing dogfighting maneuvers around 11:15 a.m. when they crashed mid-air at Fort Hunter Liggett, a remote Army Reserve base 150 miles south of San Francisco, said Navy spokesman Dennis McGrath. "
Wohoo!
TheDenverChannel.com - News - CU To Fire Ward Churchill: "BOULDER, Colo. -- The University of Colorado announced Monday that it will dismiss controversial professor Ward Churchill.
'Today, I issued to Professor Churchill a notice of intent to dismiss him from his faculty position at the University of Colorado Boulder,' CU Interim Chancellor Phil DiStefano said Monday afternoon."
'Today, I issued to Professor Churchill a notice of intent to dismiss him from his faculty position at the University of Colorado Boulder,' CU Interim Chancellor Phil DiStefano said Monday afternoon."
FOX 12 Boise - Nudists Looking for New Members
FOX 12 Boise - Nudists Looking for New Members: "Women will say, 'I bet there's some really hairy men up there,' and it's like, 'I don't have a clue,' ' she said.
And finally, while the idea of naked neighbors may appear a little odd to some, these nudists assure me they're perfectly sane. "
And finally, while the idea of naked neighbors may appear a little odd to some, these nudists assure me they're perfectly sane. "
RealClearPolitics - Articles - The New York Times at War With America
RealClearPolitics - Articles - The New York Times at War With America: "Why do they hate us? No, I'm not talking about Islamofascist terrorists. We know why they hate us: because we have freedom of speech and freedom of religion, because we refuse to treat women as second-class citizens, because we do not kill homosexuals, because we are a free society."
OpinionJournal - Featured Article
OpinionJournal - Featured Article: "Saddam's WMD
Why is our intelligence community holding back?
BY PETER HOEKSTRA AND RICK SANTORUM
Monday, June 26, 2006 12:01 a.m. EDT
On Wednesday, at our request, the director of national intelligence declassified six 'key points' from a National Ground Intelligence Center (NGIC) report on the recovery of chemical munitions in Iraq. The summary was only a small snapshot of the entire report, but even so, it brings new information to the American people. 'Since 2003,' the summary states, 'Coalition forces have recovered approximately 500 weapons munitions which contain degraded mustard or sarin nerve agent,' which remains 'hazardous and potentially lethal.' So there are WMDs in Iraq, and they could kill Americans there or all over the world.
This latest information should not be new. It should have been brought to public attention by officials in the intelligence community. Instead, it had to be pried out of them. Mr. Santorum wrote to John DeFreitas, commanding general, U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command, on April 12, asking to see the report. He wrote, 'I am informed that there may well be many more stores of WMDs throughout Iraq,' and added, 'the people of Pennsylvania and Members of Congress would benefit from reviewing this report.' He asked that the 'NGIC work with the appropriate entities' to declassify as much of the information as possible.
The senator received no response. On June 5, he wrote again, this time to John Negroponte, director of national intelligence, 'concerning captured Iraqi documents, data, media and maps from the regime of Saddam Hussein.' He mentioned his "
Why is our intelligence community holding back?
BY PETER HOEKSTRA AND RICK SANTORUM
Monday, June 26, 2006 12:01 a.m. EDT
On Wednesday, at our request, the director of national intelligence declassified six 'key points' from a National Ground Intelligence Center (NGIC) report on the recovery of chemical munitions in Iraq. The summary was only a small snapshot of the entire report, but even so, it brings new information to the American people. 'Since 2003,' the summary states, 'Coalition forces have recovered approximately 500 weapons munitions which contain degraded mustard or sarin nerve agent,' which remains 'hazardous and potentially lethal.' So there are WMDs in Iraq, and they could kill Americans there or all over the world.
This latest information should not be new. It should have been brought to public attention by officials in the intelligence community. Instead, it had to be pried out of them. Mr. Santorum wrote to John DeFreitas, commanding general, U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command, on April 12, asking to see the report. He wrote, 'I am informed that there may well be many more stores of WMDs throughout Iraq,' and added, 'the people of Pennsylvania and Members of Congress would benefit from reviewing this report.' He asked that the 'NGIC work with the appropriate entities' to declassify as much of the information as possible.
The senator received no response. On June 5, he wrote again, this time to John Negroponte, director of national intelligence, 'concerning captured Iraqi documents, data, media and maps from the regime of Saddam Hussein.' He mentioned his "
Sunday, June 25, 2006
Debated on the Al Franken show today and . . .
Townhall.com :: Debated on the Al Franken show today and . . .: " . . it was a bit like going to Ramadi. You had to be there to believe it. I liked the odds, three of them against me. Along with Franken, there was Paul Rieckhoff, the executive director and founder of the leftie Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, and Jane Arraf, a press fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and the former Baghdad bureau chief for CNN"
Strategic Failure!
JS Online:Patrick McIlheran: Right On
Strategic failure, strategic change
Just as the critics warned, we now see American soldiers, M16s at the ready, having to patrol what we thought was conquered territory. Having trusted local authorities who turned out to be weak or incompetent, we find that disorder sweeps this southern territory, with the same old bloodshed returning.
And so, the previous strategy having failed to ensure safety and peace for what local inhabitants remain, we find our leaders scrambling to switch tactics.
The Louisiana National Guard returns to bloody New Orleans in hope of restoring order."
Harmless Cranks?
Sweetness & Light: "This is just one more in the slew of articles from our one party media that seek to convince us these were just harmless cranks. Note for instance the quotation marks around "plotter".
Doh!
THE TICKER: It's our way or the Subway: "Sparty disappoints
Well, at least Michigan State football is No. 1 in something -- as the most overrated team since 1971.
The College Football News reports the Spartans have finished 19.80 places below their Associated Press preseason rankings, worst among 31 teams that made the poll at least 10 times since 1989.
Actually, none of the teams matched their average preseason rankings, but Miami came the closest, just 2.41 places lower.
Michigan had the eighth-best mark at 4.21 places lower, unfortunately just behind Ohio State. The whole list is at CollegeFootballNews.com."
No deadline, no retreat | Chicago Tribune
No deadline, no retreat Chicago Tribune: "Have you ever been in a fight? No, a real fight, with blood and pain and fear. Many of us weren't built for that moment. But when it arrives, invited by our choice or our vulnerability, its sidekick is a terrible realization: There are no easy outs. One of us will prevail, one of us will surrender."
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