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Dallas Coyle: Hillary Clinton Is A Nigger Niggard!
2008-02-22 18:37:00 From Blabbermouth.net: Over the coming months GOD FORBID guitarist Dallas Coyle will be writing a weekly column, “The Hard R”, for MetalSucks. Dallas has a lot to say about politics, life, music and an assortment of other topics, and lucky for you, you’ll get to read all about them at MetalSucks. For the first installment, Dallas ... More About: Hillary Clinton , General , Clinton , Hillary
Brutal Honesty: Teacher Gives Students a Verbal Thrashing
2008-02-21 17:55:00 liveLeak.com: Social studies teacher Michael Boculac at Poinciana High School FL was secretly taped screaming at students about the importance of studying for tests. Shocked parents and students said he went too far. The teacher is still teaching but Deputy school superintendent Terry Andrews told parents and press that the school makes sure it never happens again. Transcript: “go ... More About: Students , Teacher , Honesty , Brutal
I Did Not Have Sexual Relations With That Lobbyist
2008-02-21 17:12:00 laTimes.com: Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) today denied allegations that he had a romantic or improper relationship with a female lobbyist, telling reporters at an early morning news conference that a New York Times story alleging both was “not true.” The story, first circulated by blogger Matt Drudge last December, shook the McCain campaign last night ... More About: Relations , Sexual , Lobbyist
How Bad Will the Mortgage Crisis Get?
2008-02-21 16:50:00 time.com: The credit markets are seizing up and the uncertainty recently drove up short-term interest rates for municipalities and some rock solid institutions such as New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art to 20%. And now even so-called prime borrowers, the ones who were properly vetted, are being sucked into defaults on their mortgages. Yet it’s ... More About: Mortgage , Crisis
US Navy Successfully Destroys Disabled Spy Satellite
2008-02-21 16:31:00 The United States Navy has successfully destroyed a crippled spy satellite in a decaying orbit, by intercepting it with a missile. A modified SM-3 missile was launched from the USS Lake Erie at 03:26 GMT this morning, and intercepted the USA-193 satellite around three minutes later. It has been reported that the satellite has broken ... More About: Satellite , Disabled
Wal-Mart, Muslims, Political Correctness?Suffocation
2008-02-20 18:35:00 yahoo news: RIVERDALE, Utah - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. apologized to a Muslim woman who said she was mocked because of her face veil. “Please don’t stick me up,” a cashier told the shopper on Feb. 2, according to The Council on American-Islamic Relations. Wal-Mart apologized Monday in a letter signed by Rolando Rodriquez, a vice president ... More About: Political , Muslims , Political Correctness
School Bus Crash Leaves 4 Students Dead
2008-02-20 17:00:00 COTTONWOOD, Minnesota (AP) — A school bus and several other vehicles crashed in southwestern Minnesota on Tuesday, killing four students and injuring more than a dozen others, authorities said. The bus was hit by a van around 3:25 p.m. on a highway south of Cottonwood. The bus then hit a pickup and tipped on its side, ... More About: Students , School , Dead , Crash , Leaves
Obama, McCain Extend Winning Streaks
2008-02-20 16:50:00 cnn.com: Overwhelmingly carrying Wisconsin and Hawaii, Sen. Barack Obama rolled to his 10th consecutive win, while Sen. John McCain picked up two more states in his march to the GOP nomination. In the Wisconsin primary, Obama beat Sen. Hillary Clinton 58 percent to 41 percent, with 99 percent of the precincts reporting. The senator from Illinois ... More About: Winning
Super Delegates: Proof That The Dems Don?t Represent YOU!
2008-02-20 02:31:00 As anyone that reads Thought Blender knows, I’m usually pretty radical in my attacks on things. If that’s your opinion…then assume you know me pretty well. What you don’t know, though, is why I am like that. It’s not because I’m some dumb shock wannabe journalist that wants to stun people by saying “fuck” and ... More About: Politics , General , Super , Proof , Delegates
Attention Thieves: Rob This Store, Get an Ass-Whoopin?
2008-02-19 18:25:00 similar articles:Unintentionally Hilarious - OMG! What the Hell was That?YouTube-Style Porn Threatens StudiosThen: Radio, Video. Boogie With a Suitcase… More About: Store , Attention
Toshiba Quits HD DVD Business
2008-02-19 18:12:00 yahoo news: TOKYO - Toshiba said Tuesday it will no longer develop, make or market HD DVD players and recorders, handing a victory to rival Blu-ray disc technology in the format battle for next-generation video. “We concluded that a swift decision would be best,” Toshiba President Atsutoshi Nishida told reporters at his company’s Tokyo offices. The ... More About: Business
Verizon Wireless Introduces Unlimited Calling Plan
2008-02-19 18:00:00 newsWeek.com: Verizon Wireless introduced an unlimited calling plan Tuesday with no roaming or long-distance fees for $99.99 a month, an offer that could spark a price war among carriers. Other major carriers have “unlimited” plans, but Verizon Wireless appears to be the first to make one available nationwide. The plan is “likely to have repercussions for ... More About: Business , Tech
Fired Black Worker Claims White Boss put Noose on Him
2008-02-19 17:43:00 cnn.com: COLUMBIA, South Carolina (AP) — A black former hotel worker who claims his white supervisor put a noose around his neck at an event on one of the country’s oldest plantations said he was fired when he complained about it. John Green, 62, said he was scared and embarrassed by his boss’s actions ... More About: White , Black , Boss , Fired , Claims
Fidel Castro Resigns as Cuban President
2008-02-19 17:32:00 Fidel Castro , the Cuban president who seized power in a 1959 revolution, has stated in a quote in Cuba’s state-run newspaper Granma that when the National Assembly of Cuba meets on February 24 he “will not aspire to or accept… the positions of President of Council of State and Commander in Chief.” 81-year-old Castro handed over ... More About: Fidel Castro
USDA: Most Recalled Beef has Probably Been Eaten
2008-02-18 16:28:00 cnn.com: Federal officials are trying to track down the 143 million pounds of beef recalled Sunday, but they say that most of it has probably been eaten. Keith Williams, a U.S. Department of Agriculture spokesman, said investigators have found no cases of illness related to the recalled meat. The beef recall came after inspectors said ... More About: Beef , Recalled
Foreclosed Homes Occupied by Homeless
2008-02-18 15:55:00 yahoo news: CLEVELAND - The nation’s foreclosure crisis has led to a painful irony for homeless people: On any given night they are outnumbered in some cities by vacant houses, and some street people are taking advantage of the opportunity by becoming squatters. Foreclosed homes often have an advantage over boarded-up and dilapidated houses abandoned ... More About: Homes , Homeless
The Dumbing Of America
2008-02-18 15:45:00 washingtonPost.com: “The mind of this country, taught to aim at low objects, eats upon itself.” Ralph Waldo Emerson offered that observation in 1837, but his words echo with painful prescience in today’s very different United States. America ns are in serious intellectual trouble — in danger of losing our hard-won cultural capital to a virulent ...
Clinton?s Campaign in Disarray over Negative Ads
2008-02-17 18:55:00 the independent: Hillary Clinton is filling the airwaves with negative ads attacking Barack Obama as the race for the Democratic nomination enters a decisive three-week period. But her strategy of going on the offensive against a likeable candidate is causing disarray inside her campaign team. Spats between her senior staff have leaked to the press and ... More About: Campaign , Negative
Super Slam: Dwight Howard Flies to Dunk Title
2008-02-17 18:39:00 NEW ORLEANS - Look, up in the sky! It?s a bird. It?s a plane. It?s Dwight Howard ? super slam dunk champion. A red cape trailing behind him, Orlando?s man of steel made like Super man and won perhaps the best dunk contest, definitely the most creative, in NBA history to close a memorable All-Star Saturday. Using a ... More About: Dunk , Flies , Title
As it Should be: Wikipedia Defies Demands to Remove Muhammad
2008-02-17 18:32:00 guardian.co.uk: Wikipedia , the free online encyclopedia, is refusing to remove medieval artistic depictions of the Prophet Muhammad , despite being flooded with complaints from Muslims demanding the images be deleted. More than 180,000 worldwide have joined an online protest claiming the images, shown on European-language pages and taken from Persian and Ottoman miniatures dating from the 14th, ... More About: Demands
Kosovo Declares Independence from Serbia
2008-02-17 17:52:00 At 15:00 GMT today, Kosovo announced its independence from Serbia . Prime Minister Hashim Thaçi declared that Kosovo would become a democratic country and would respect the rights of all its communities. It is expected that several countries, including the United Kingdom, the United States and most members of the European Union, will recognise its independence ... More About: Independence
U.S. says 82 Youths have Died in ?Choking Game?
2008-02-15 18:42:00 yahoo news: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - At least 82 U.S. youths have died since 1995 engaging in “the choking game” in which they try to experience a fleeting “high” by cutting off the oxygen supply to the brain, U.S. health officials said on Thursday. An unknown number of youths, mostly boys, are taking part in the ... More About: Choking Game , Game , Died
US Military to Shoot Down Rogue Spy Satelite
2008-02-15 18:27:00 The United States military has announced their intention to use a missile to destroy USA-193, a spy satellite which failed immediately after launch in December 2006. Since launch, the satellite’s orbit has decayed and it is approaching the point at which it will re-enter the atmosphere and potentially fall to Earth. The missile will be ... More About: Military , US Military , Rogue , Shoot
10 Tips for Life?s Greatest Challenge: Love Thy Enemy
2008-02-15 18:06:00 zen habits: Whether you?re Christian or not, there?s something in the teachings of Jesus that is worth contemplation, for anyone who seeks to be a better person: his urging that we love our enemies. Not just ?Love Thy Neighbor?, which in itself can be a difficult thing. But ?Love your enemies?. That?s a powerful message, and it ... More About: Life , Tips , Challenge , Enemy
Black Propaganda: How the Spooks Took Over the News
2008-02-15 17:53:00 the independent: On the morning of 9 February 2004, The New York Times carried an exclusive and alarming story. The paper’s Baghdad correspondent, Dexter Filkins, reported that US officials had obtained a 17-page letter, believed to have been written by the notorious terrorist Abu Musab al Zarqawi to the “inner circle” of al-Qa’ida’s leadership, urging ... More About: News , Propaganda , The News , Black , Spooks
Bush Criticizes Congress on Terror Bill
2008-02-15 17:37:00 yahoo news: WASHINGTON - In a day of political brinkmanship, President Bush pressured the House on Thursday to finish a bill giving the government more leeway to eavesdrop on phone calls and e-mails of suspected terrorists. House Democrats didn’t budge and angry Republicans staged a walkout down the Capitol steps. From the White House, Bush ... More About: Congress , Terror , Bill
Slippery When ?Wet?: Wal-Mart to Cash in on Sex Lube
2008-02-15 17:31:00 newsWeek.com: Hustler magazine and Wal-Mart haven’t had much in common over the years. After all, the megaretailer won’t even carry Hustler’s explicit publications. But now they have at least one area of overlap. As of this month, Wal-Mart will be selling Wet, a sexual lubricant that has been a staple for more than a ... More About: Business , Cash , Wal Mart
Northern Illinois University: Campus Shooting, 6 Dead
2008-02-15 03:58:00 yahoo news: DEKALB, Ill. - A man dressed in black opened fire with a shotgun and two handguns from the stage of a lecture hall at Northern Illinois University on Thursday, killing five students and injuring 16 others before committing suicide, authorities said. The gunman fatally shot four women and a man in a ... More About: Campus , Dead , Shooting
Even the Rich are Revolting as Republicans Abandon GOP
2008-02-14 17:41:00 the independent: In the wealthiest suburbs of Virginia, a quiet revolution was under way yesterday as life-long republicans switched sides to vote for Barack Obama in the Democratic primary. So deep is the disillusionment with George Bush, so uninspiring the choice offered by the Republicans , that many life-long conservatives are abandoning the Grand Old Party to support a liberal black candidate. Even Colin Powell, who served in two Bush administrations, has let it be known that he is considering voting Democrat. “Every American has an obligation right now at this moment in our history,” Mr Powell said at the weekend, “to look at all the candidates and to make a judgement not simply on the basis of ideology or simply on the basis of political affiliation, but on the basis of who is the best person for all of America.” | read more | similar articles:Divided spoils in Democratic raceCandidates Gearing up for Super TuesdayClinton, Obama: The Bitch-Slapping Co... More About: Rich , Abandon
WTF? Saudis to Execute Woman for ‘Witchcraft’
More articles from this author:2008-02-14 17:36:00 msnbc: BEIRUT, Lebanon - A leading human rights group appealed to Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah on Thursday to stop the execution of a woman accused of witchcraft and performing supernatural acts. The New York-based Human Rights Watch said in a statement that the kingdom’s religious police who arrested and interrogated Fawza Falih, and the judges who tried her in the northern town of Quraiyat never gave her the opportunity to prove her innocence in the face of “absurd charges that have no basis in law.” Falih’s case underscores shortcomings in Saudi Arabia’s Islamic legal system in which rules of evidence are shaky, lawyers are not always present and sentences often depend on the whim of judges. | read more | similar articles:German Court Upholds Surveillance of ScientologyWTF: Jesus is Better Than Santa Claus?Loneliness Breeds Belief in Supernatural More About: Woman 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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