31 Aug
BlackWater is compiling a list of qualified “armed” security personnel for possible deployment into areas affected by Hurricane Gustav. According to Citizens for Legitimate government’s website the information below was disseminated from an email on 29 August 2008 from BlackWater Worldwide. My opinion BlackWater has no business on the streets of the US. Never has never will.
Source: Citizens for [...]
30 Aug
Britain has failed US detainees
Source: By Robert Verkaik, Law Editor – The Independent
Britain has failed in its duty to stop the US from committing “shameful acts” in the treatment of suspects detained during the war on terror, one of America’s most respected intellectuals warns today.
In an interview with The Independent, Professor Noam Chomsky calls on [...]
30 Aug
Updated 11:00 am 8/31/08
Gustav is now a Cat 3 down for its earlier Cat 4 status. (Which is good news if there is any in this situation)
Current stats as of 11:00am 8/31/08
25.3N 86.0W Moving NW 17 MPH Winds 120 Pressure 962 mb
24/7 Storm Coverage from WDSU Channel 6 in Louisiana
Link to Key West, FL Radar [...]
30 Aug
Source: Reuters
Trouble in the subprime mortgage market, a wave of home foreclosures, a broader economic slowdown and spiralling gas prices have heightened voter anxiety before the November election.
Following are some of the economic positions of Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee, and Sen. Barack Obama, who has clinched the Democratic nomination for November’s U.S. [...]
29 Aug
I knew I had heard her name before and MSNBC confirmed why. She really pissed off Ted Stevens the “bridge to nowhere senator” who was just recently indicted on corruption charges with her comments about him and the VECO scandal. Turns out she was right, uh.
In July of last year, Palin shocked and angered Stevens by publicly criticizing [...]
29 Aug
Source: Raw Story
Twelve men recruited in Nepal died after forced transfer to Iraq, lawfirm says
Thirteen Nepali men were recruited and held against their will for thirteen months in a human trafficking scheme engineered and perpetrated by Halliburton and its Jordanian contractor, according to a lawsuit filed yesterday in California federal court.
The Nepali men, each between [...]
29 Aug
This guy has that “would you hurry up and take the picture already” look.
Got to love em, just so you know I have a little lady with the same type of tude named Penny. She was a hurricane Floyd rescue I bottle fed. She is a luv.
28 Aug
By Karl Grossman , Chief Investigative Reporter for WVVTV Hamptons TV , Located in Suffolk County, New York
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