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BARRY?S SWEETIE PROBLEM
2008-05-16 11:42:00 If the media truly are not more gender than race biased, then Barack Obama’s remarks on the campaign trail in Pennsylvania this week should get as much coverage as Hillary Clinton’s remark about Martin Luther King and Lyndon Johnson. While flirting with female factory workers in Allentown, he called one “sweetie,” a paternalistic way to address ... More About: Problem , Barry
RUSSKI SUB IN BALTIC
2008-05-16 02:34:00 EDITOR’S NOTES: This is a Russian Boomer SSBN off the coast of a popular Baltic beach. For size, note the dots atop the “sail” of the enormous vessel. The dots are lookouts. Technorati tags: RUSSIAN SUB, RUSSIAN NAVY, USSR, RUSSIA, MILITARY, NAVY, SUBMARINE, BALTIC, NUCLEAR MISSILE SUBMARINE
CLANDESTINE CAMO COUCH
2008-05-12 23:08:00 EDITOR’S NOTES: Don’t you just hate it when the sofa sneaks up on you while your back is turned? More About: Clandestine , Couch
MOSHE READS AN ARAB NEWSPAPER
2008-05-12 15:29:00 A story is told of a Jewish man who was riding on the subway reading an Arab newspaper. A friend of his, who happened to be riding in the same subway car, noticed this strange phenomenom. Very upset, he approached the newspaper reader. “Moshe , have you lost your mind? Why are you reading an Arab newspaper?” Moshe replied, ... More About: Newspaper
NPR SCANDAL IN ST LOUIS: DUI, DOMINATRIX, MINISKIRTS, STALKING
2008-05-11 14:55:00 College decides to investigate public radio station general manager. Apparently this involves stalking allegations, a DUI arrest, strutting about the office in miniskirts, halter tops and a leather dominatrix outfit. Who said NPR was boring? Your tax dollars fund this crap! The University of Missouri-St. Louis is looking into questions surrounding the management and accounting practices ... More About: Scandal , Stalking , St Louis
TOM CRUISE MELTS DOWN IN VALKYRIE
2008-05-11 13:39:00 Yesterday, the troubled Tom Cruise /Nazi vehicle Valkyrie got pushed back ? for a second time ? from October to February 2009. MGM is painting the film’s new release date as a golden holiday-weekend opportunity for the $90-million-plus historical drama, but it goes without saying this is beyond bullshit; no amount of spin from any of ...
FIVE FATAL HILLARY CAMPAIGN MISTAKES
2008-05-10 23:13:00 TIME.COM has a post-mortem in the latest online edition: 1. She misjudged the mood 2. She didn’t master the rules 3. She underestimated the caucus states 4. She relied on old money 5. She never counted on a long haul Read the full details here… And now, Roger Thornhill’s and Al Czervic’s five reasons John McCain will win decisively in November: 5. ... More About: Campaign , Hillary , Fatal
GREAT TITS COPE WELL WITH WARMING
2008-05-10 21:56:00 Great tits cope well with warming That’s the headline for this BBC story, which reports: “At least one of Britain’s birds appears to be coping well as climate change alters the availability of a key food. Researchers found that great tits are laying eggs earlier in the spring than they used to, keeping step with the ... More About: Great , Tits , Cope
R.I.P. THE CLINTON CAMPAIGN
2008-05-10 00:25:00 EDITOR’S NOTES: Let’s hope and pray it’s not a George Romero film redux as “The Return of the Night of the Living Dead. Enough Clinton s, already!. Al Czervic Technorati tags: CLINTONS, BARAK OBAMA, BARRY OBAMA, CAMPAIGN, ELECTION, TOMBSTONE More About: Campaign
MYTH BUSTED: NEXT DECADE= ?NO WARMING?
2008-05-09 22:13:00 FROM THE EXALTED MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE, THE BBC: The Earth’s temperature may stay roughly the same for a decade, as natural climate cycles enter a cooling phase, scientists have predicted. A new computer model developed by German researchers, reported in the journal Nature, suggests the cooling will counter greenhouse warming. ... Other climate scientists have welcomed the ... More About: Busted , Myth
BREAKING: TOP ALQADA CAUGHT IN IRAQ
2008-05-08 23:30:00 FLASH FLASH RED ROCKET URGENT The leader of al-Qaida in Iraq , Abu Ayyub al-Masri, was arrested in the northern city of Mosul, the Iraqi Defense Ministry spokesman said Thursday. Spokesman Mohammed al-Askari said the arrest of al-Masri, also known as Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, was confirmed to him by the Iraqi commander of the province. There was no ... More About: Caught , Breaking
FANTASTIC RUSSIAN SCI-FI ART
2008-05-08 23:15:00 EDITOR’S NOTES: From an excellent steampunk oriented art site well worth exploring we offer the following Russian Cold War science fiction art. VIEW MORE GREAT ART I can grok it. Roger Thornhill
THE BASS-0-MATIC
2008-05-08 22:22:00 Dan Aykroyd is a born salesman. He’s got the relentless patter of an auctioneer, looks completely at home in a patterned suit and grins like a huckster who’s got you in the palm of his hand. I actually want to buy a blended bass after watching this video, which is probably why Aykroyd’s pitchman ... More About: Bass
OBAMA?S PAL AND CONTRIBUTOR-AYERS
2008-05-08 16:32:00 Mr. Bill Ayers, Terrorist/Bomber/Chicago Professor. “Guilty as hell, free as a bird?America is a great country,” –Bill Ayers EDITOR’S NOTE to Mr. Bill Ayers: Walk down my driveway and stomp the flag I have on the wall of my barn. Please. I double dog-dare you. Al “Fire one for range and effect” Czervic. Read more about Obama ’s pal and ...
GOODBYE AND GOOD RIDDANCE
2008-05-08 13:42:00 EDITOR’S NOTES: Let’s hope the Hag from Hope is finally out of the Prez battle. Unfortunately we continue to suffer from Hillary’s incompetance here in New York. And she’s cancelled talk show and live appearances… Spin your way out of this one, Hildebeast. This is the end –doo doo doo doo (Jim Morrison). — Al ... More About: Good , Goodbye , Good Riddance
UNADILLA PEDOPHILE TRIAL SCHEDULED
2008-05-08 12:57:00 Americo “Tony” Martinucci’s state sexual-abuse trial is back on the July trial calendar after the state Appellate Division denied a motion for leave to appeal. Martinucci’s attorney, Terence Kindlon, applied to appeal a state appeals court decision that double jeopardy does not apply. Delaware County District Attorney Richard Northrup said Tuesday that Kindlon’s bid to continue ... More About: Trial
DEBKA: BOLTON URGES IRAN STRIKE
2008-05-08 01:12:00 Bolton: US air strikes on Iran would be major step towards Iraq victory May 7, 2008, 12:19 PM (GMT+02:00) Former American UN ambassador John Bolton said that while a hostile Iranian response harming US interests existed, the damaged inflicted by Tehran would be far higher if Washington took no action. He was quoted by the UK ... More About: Strike , Bolton
A STROKE OF BAD LUCK: JOHN HARTLEY
2008-05-07 22:24:00 EDITORS NOTES: John Hartley , candidate for city coucil, San Diego, has been busted . Read details below. We had to search numerous sources in order to find out that he is a liberal democrat. The mainstream media, including Fox, would not mention his party affiliation, although Hartley has been flaunting same. Why are we ... More About: Stroke , Luck
THE ULTIMATE JEW: JACKIE MASON
2008-05-06 14:59:00 We’ve loved Jackie for years. Mazeltov! VIEW YOU TUBE: Jackie on Obama’s Fraud. Hillary isn’t the only fake running for President. Hillary may be the biggest, but McCain has had his moments and now, Barack tries his hand at insulting our intelligence with this Rev. Wright controversy. I didn’t comment on it 2 weeks ago when ... More About: Ultimate , Jackie Mason , Mason
FIFTY GREATEST COMMERCIAL PARODIES
2008-05-06 14:44:00 Be prepared to spend some time on this site, with You Tube video of the fifty greatest howlers of all time. Live a little, have a laff, tell your waitress, tell your friends. And before you go, check out this parody of “Jeremiah Wright’s Greatest Hits”, from K-Smell Records. Al Czervic. ... More About: Commercial , Parodies
DON?T TRACE ME, BRO
2008-05-05 15:10:00 WIRELESS CARRIERS GIVE CELLPHONE LOCATIONS TO COPS WITHOUT WARRANTS.. The call came in to police just after midnight April 16. Hours before, a distraught young man had phoned his mother, hinting he wanted to kill himself. When he didn’t meet her as planned, she telephoned Seattle police and reported her son missing. Because of increasing advances in technology, ...
STONEHENGE RIDDLE SOLVED?
2008-05-05 14:59:00 A British team has excavated Stonehenge in hope of showing it was once a temple used for healing, the Los Angeles Times reports. Archaeologists focused on the site’s 4,000-year-old bluestones, a twin circle of huge rocks, for proof of their origins and purpose. Shamans and witch doctors once likely filled the site, researcher Tim Darvill ... More About: Riddle
PLASMA, LCD TV OUT. O.L.E.D TV IN
2008-05-04 15:48:00 SCROLL DOWN FOR LATEST SMILEY FACE LINK UPDATES… Modern tech life teems with longstanding quandaries, questions that never seem to go away. Mac or Windows? Turn off the computer every night or let it sleep? Plasma or L.C.D.? The Sony XEL-1 uses organic light emitting diode technology to create a picture that overcomes several shortcomings of ...
LIBERALS TOSSED IN ENGLAND ?
2008-05-02 22:08:00 Humiliating defeat for Liberal Brown and his kind in Gay Olde England . Eccentric Conservative Boris Johnson overwhelmingly wins London Mayor slot, Tories take 333 seats in parliament, Libs lose more than 200.. Ah.. there’s good news tonight.. Tory victory seen for London mayor, other local elections Boris Johnson poised to become London Mayor as Tories seal local … Labour takes loses ... More About: Liberals
ARMY WOMAN MEDIC AWARDED SILVER STAR
2008-05-02 20:23:00 Pfc. Monica Brown cracked open the door of her Humvee outside a remote village in eastern Afghanistan to the pop of bullets shot by Taliban fighters. But instead of taking cover, the 18-year-old medic grabbed her bag and ran through gunfire toward fellow soldiers VIDEO HOOAH!!!! More About: Silver , Star , Army , Woman
UNSOLICITED EMAIL FROM A FRIEND RE MCCAIN
2008-05-02 19:24:00 EDITOR’S NOTE: You have to love your friends. Like the one who sent me this email, as to why he’s voting for John Sidney McCain III. Please forward to the people you know. (Thanks Greg C.) Al Czervic After long and serious thought, I have decided to endorse Senator John McCain for President. I have always voted ... More About: Email , Friend
CHINESE BUILD SECRET NUKE SUB BASE
2008-05-02 14:39:00 Satellite imagery, passed to The Daily Telegraph, shows that a substantial harbour has been built which could house a score of nuclear ballistic missile submarines and a host of aircraft carriers. Other images show numerous warships moored to long jettys and a network of underground tunnels at the Sanya base on the southern tip of ... More About: Chinese , Secret , Nuke , Build , Base
SCHOOLMATE MURDERED
2008-05-02 01:18:00 EDITOR’S NOTES: Life’s a kick in the teeth. This morning, just by passing chance, the wife clicked the TV off FoxNews and onto WABC 7 from New York. At that moment, the story of Bob Kwiatkowski’s murder was aired. Bob and I were in Middletown High School together back in the 60’s. He was ...
OBAMA ADVISOR: ISRAEL MUST GIVE UP NUKES
2008-05-01 15:40:00 Calls ‘nonsense’ U.S. claims Jewish state struck Syrian nuclear reactor FROM WORLDNETDAILY’S JERUSALEM BUREAU: JERUSALEM ? Israel should give up its nuclear weapons to ensure Iran halts its illicit nuclear program, argues an adviser on nuclear issues to Sen. Barack Obama . Joseph Cirincione, director of nuclear policy at the Center for American Progress, also previously dismissed reports Israel’s ... More About: Give , Nukes , Advisor
ISRAELI MEDIA: IRAN STRIKE PENDING
More articles from this author:2008-05-01 14:46:00 EDITOR’S NOTES: More talk of Iran strike coming today from Israel’s topranked intel site: Debka.com: During a visit to Mexico City, US defense secretary Robert Gates said April 29 that the arrival of the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Gulf should be seen as a reminder of US military power in the region. He flatly denied ... More About: Media , Strike , Israeli 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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