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General Zhu is not Chicken
Chinese General Threatens Use of A-Bombs if U.S. Intrudes – New York Times BEIJING, Friday, July 15 – China should use nuclear weapons against the United States if the American military intervenes in any conflict over Taiwan, a senior Chinese military official said Thursday. “If the Americans draw their missiles and position-guided ammunition on to…
When a Tree Isn't Really – New York Times
I hear that they want to start making fire hydrants look like fake animals and that all airplanes are going to have to be painted to look like teradactyls…personally, I like the idea When a Tree Isn’t Really – New York Times The Adirondack Park Agency, a powerful group charged with protecting New York’s six…
Over 10,000 activists to head to HK for WTO protests
HONG KONG (Reuters) – More than 10,000 overseas activists will head to Hong Kong in December to protest at a meeting of the World Trade Organisation, organisers said on Monday. A rights group in Hong Kong that is coordinating the rallies and protests by more than 130 overseas groups also called for frank and open…
Karl Rove is a Dirty Snitch…
This is the kind of scumbag we have setting policy….the kind of guy that uses his power to settle (or attempt to settle) personal vendettas…but then we are in Iraq because W. said “That guy tried to kill my dad.” WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Top White House advisor Karl Rove was one of the secret sources…
Watch out for Terrorists and Their Plans
((Thanks Lily for sending me this link. I’d like to add one more devious plan the terrorists might have…let George W. Bush continue to destroy the US and her image around the world…why attack America when she is eating herself anyway…. Be sure to click on this link for the whole list at cockeyed.com.)) Terrorists…
SignOnSanDiego.com > News > North County — 40 do a swell job on surfing record
Big Mahalo to Bruddah Jon in SoCal for sending me these party wave links. DEBBI FARR BAKER / Union-Tribune Surfers pose for a group shot on South Carlsbad State Beach prior to their attempt at breaking the Guinness Book record for the most surfers riding the same wave at the same time. June 30, 2005…
Boing Boing: London Bombing Coverage
Image: phonecam snapshot of passengers trapped in the London underground system. Alfie from moblog.co.uk says, “This image taken by Keith Tagg Adam Stacey. He was on the northern line just past Kings Cross. Train suddenly stopped and filled with smoke. People in carriage smashed tube windows to get out and then were evacuated along the…
The American Dream, Arriving on Wheels – New York Times
The Midtown Recreational Vehicle Park in Austin, Tex., houses about 75 trailers, including five that are owned by formerly homeless men through a community outreach program. ON the eastern fringe of town, beside the airport and clogged freeway entrance ramps, there sits a bargain-rack version of the American dream. The American Dream, Arriving on Wheels…
U.S. service men, women who have died in Iraq, Afghanistan
An interactive map to show where all the US men and women killed in Iraq and Afghanastan were from. Palm Beach Post – U.S. service men, women who have died in Iraq, Afghanistan