Archive for September, 2007
Sunday, September 30th, 2007
Hersh — Bush Administration’s “Shifting Targets” in Possible Iran Strike
Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Seymore Hersh has led the way on reporting the truth of situations going on in Iraq… and has pulicized significant amount of intel leading to what could be strikes on Iran.
Now, he’s saying that the White House realized that they couldn’t “sell” the strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, e.g. Natanz, etc. […]
No Comments » - Posted in General News, Politics by Garrett Tedeman
Sunday, September 30th, 2007
Chicago Cops Mired in Scandal (Again) — Yahoo! News
CHICAGO - Videotapes of angry officers savagely beating civilians and charges that a murder plot was hatched within an elite special operations unit have Chicago’s troubled police department reeling again.
Adding to the department’s woes is word from federal prosecutors that they are investigating claims that homicide detectives tortured suspects into confessing to murders that landed […]
No Comments » - Posted in General News by Garrett Tedeman
Sunday, September 30th, 2007
John McCain: President Should Carry On “Christian Beliefs”
“I admire the Islam. There’s a lot of good principles in it,” he said. “But I just have to say in all candor that since this nation was founded primarily on Christian principles, personally, I prefer someone who I know who has a solid grounding in my faith.”
The U.S. Constitution disagrees…
In fact, it is notable […]
No Comments » - Posted in General News, Politics by Garrett Tedeman
Thursday, September 27th, 2007
Creationist Explains How Evolution is a “Fairy Tale” Using… Peanut Butter
This is a true gem from the “Discovery Institute”:
“Yes, a fairy tale”, that “evolutionists” want you to believe. However, for anyone with 3 brain cells functioning, I’d point you to an interesting fellow named Louis Pasteur, who debunked this in the 19th Century.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Pasteur
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZFG5PKw504
Also a “fairy tale” is this idiots fake toupee… Jeez at least get […]
No Comments » - Posted in Politics by Garrett Tedeman
Monday, September 24th, 2007
From Last Week: FAU QB Rusty Smith Named USA Today Player of the Week
Rusty Smith wins national honors in 42-39 win over the Minnesota Golden Gophers — The first win ever for a Sunbelt Conf. team over a Big 10:
http://fausports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/091807aab.html
5 TD’s & 463 yds!
No Comments » - Posted in General News by Garrett Tedeman
Monday, September 24th, 2007
Ahmadinejad did NOT say “Wipe Israel off the Map.” It was a gross mistranslation. N.Y. Times
As has previously been reported, the Iranian president’s words were more along the lines of “The ruling Zionist regime in Israel will vanish from the page of history.”
This more correct translation is quite a bit different in character and is actually agreed with by most people around the world (the right-wing Zionists in Israel being […]
No Comments » - Posted in General News, Politics by Garrett Tedeman
Monday, September 24th, 2007
Microsoft Provides Free “Downgrade” from Vista to XP with Vista SP1
Lots of users are unhappy with Windows Vista, looks like:
http://www.dailytech.com/Microsoft+Provides+XP+Downgrade+for+Unhappy+Vista+Users/article9027.htm
No Comments » - Posted in General News, Tech by Garrett Tedeman
Saturday, September 22nd, 2007
Football(!) — Rex Grossman’s Last Chance??
A rare sports posting on this blog — but worthwhile.
CNNSI breaks down the two 27-yr old quarterbacks that will be playing in Chicago this Sunday: The Bears have Rex Grossman, the Cowboys have Tony Romo:
Here’s what we have: Romo is the 27-year-old fifth-year quarterback who looks polished and ready to lead the Cowboys into […]
No Comments » - Posted in General News by Garrett Tedeman
Saturday, September 22nd, 2007
Best Image From This Week — Terri Gurrola
Medic returns from 7-Month Deployment in Iraq. …She’ll be returning in less than 7 months, since the Webb Amendment to allow troops at least as much time at home between deployments failed to accumulate the 60 votes required to overcome the Republican filibuster.
No Comments » - Posted in General News, Politics by Garrett Tedeman
Saturday, September 22nd, 2007
Top Military Recruitment Facts
<More From “Army of None“>
1. Recruiters lie. According the New York Times, nearly one of five United States Army recruiters was under investigation in 2004 for offenses varying from “threats and coercion to false promises that applicants would not be sent to Iraq.” One veteran recruiter told a reporter for the Albany Times Union, “I’ve […]
