Learns to tunnel. This is beyond parody. The NYT, having reported on the ongoing genocide in the Darfur region of the Sudan obviously knows, beyond a shadow of a doubt, what is going on there. The Sudanese government is actively supporting the Muslim thugs that are killing, raping and expelling people. But they are more than willing to accept paid advertising from the same Sudanese government, explaining what a wonderful place Sudan is. That's right, they are running paid advertising from Sudan. Eight pages worth. Apparently, the New York Times feels that $900,000 dollars is about right to buy their journalistic integrity. I know that I have been pretty rough on the NYT and journalism in general, but this is beyond even what I thought any major publication could do that I am speechless. Fortunately, the invaluable
Gateway Pundit is not. Go read what he has to say about this farce. Nice to know what honor and decency are worth to the once proud New York Times. I wonder what corner they have staked out on Times Square now. The Grey Lady in fishnets and a micro-mini. Great picture. People must be proud as hell to work there.
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What if you held a concert to raise funds for anti-war groups? Get some really big names like Moby and Michael Stipe, call it the “Bring ’Em Home Now” Concert. Get Susan Sarandon and Cindy Sheehan to make appearances.
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And nobody came.
Well, they actually sold 3,000 tickets. I rather doubt that was enough to cover the costs.
UPDATE and Bump: Karol at Alarmingnews was there.
The Australians, who we thought were our loyal allies, turn out to have been holding out on us. They are not letting us in on their latest technology.
They have hovercars! There is photographic evidence from Google Earth. Go look for yourself!
Bloody Hell, indeed.
H/T Tim Blair for the link.
So what’s a famous porn star to do when they want a different career?
How about trying winemaking?
Porn Star Natalie Oliveros, who goes by the professional name of Savanna Samson, has partnered with a well-respected Italian winemaker and is selling a new wine called Sogno Uno. Before you think “this is a publicity stunt” - the wine has been getting very favorable reviews and is selling briskly.
Of course, the label doesn’t exactly hurt sales.
“Hey, it worked last time! Let’s do it again”!
Bzzzzzzzz - Wrong answer!
Terrorists freed a number of prisoners from and Iraqi jail yesterday, so they tried again today.
The Iraqi forces, supported by American troops were ready for them. 50 attackers were taken into custody.
Am I the only one who thinks raiding jails to free fellow terrorists sounds a wee bit like desperation? Like they are running a bit low on manpower?
Need some adventure in your life? Want to meet interesting and very unusual people? Use very, very cool ordnance?
How about getting a job guarding the ultra Top Secret alien facility near Dulce, New Mexico?
According to the reports obtained by The Officer’s Club, the tippy-top secret facility includes multiple levels housing several species of small furry animals (sorry, that was Pink Floyd) aliens and has a biological experiment level where bizarre human experiments are carried out.
Couls this be the real origin of Michael Jackson?
What’s really extraordinary is how much detail the tin-foil hatters who published this were able to get. After all, it is Above Top Secret!
DNA evidence has been a remarkable advance in the criminal justice system. It has freed people who were falsely convicted, it has ensured that the guilty were identified and punished.
And it almost let a rapist walk free.
It took three trials to obtain the conviction of Darrin Fernandez of Boston for a rape committed in 2001. It seems that Fernandez was able to effectively present a reasonable doubt in that the DNA evidence was unable to differentiate between himself and his twin brother. Two previous juries deadlocked.
In the third trial prosecuters finally presented evidence of a pattern of behavior, including the striking similarities to a previous rape conviction that he was already serving time for.
Prosecuters said they were unwilling to put the first victim through another trial, but they did produce her for the third trial.
Why do I have a sinking feeling that the Massachusetts Supreme Court has yet to be heard from on this one.
A dancer and actress has sued the touring company of the hit musical Moving Out alleging she was fired when her breasts grew too large.
Here’s the story, her modeling portfolio and a video I located.
While she appears to be a nicely built, attractive woman, she doesn’t appear to be all that top-heavy to me. Judge for yourself.
A suspicious package was found near a White House gate on Pennsylvania Avenue. The President had just departed from the opposite side of the White House.
Contrary to what must have been the Secret Service’s instincts, reporters were ordered to stay inside the press room while the package was investigated.
GM and Delphi have reached agreements with the UAW to offer buyouts to factory workers at both companies. Up to 13,000 Delphi employees and 100,000 GM employees could be involved.
Delphi, a GM spin-off filed for bankruptcy in October citing the high burden of GM negotiated labor agreements.
UAW workers receive an average of $75 per hour in wages and benefits. (That’s around $156,000 per year with no overtime).
Ever wonder why your car costs so much?
Microsoft has pushed back the release date of the replacement for Windows XP from November, 2006 until January, 2007.
Must not have had enough security flaws…..
AP headline: “Fire Extinguished at Japanese Nuclear Power Plant”
The headline as written is completely factual. There was indeed a fire at a nuclear plant site in Oi, 235 miles West of Tokyo.
The fire, however was in a waste processing facility at the plant. (AP does identify the facility as an “incinerating facility” in the body of the story).
A glance at the headline leads a reader to believe the fire was in the power plant itself. A better headline would be: Fire extinguished at Japanese nuclear waste processing site. A Japanese news outlet phrased it: “Fire detected at radioactive waste facility at Fukui nuclear plant”.
Those who understand these things realize that there is an enormous difference between a problem in the plant’s primary side and it’s secondary side. The secondary side is, for all intents and purposes, a straight up industrial facility.
So is the AP lazy, ignorant or deliberately misleading? Hard to say.
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The current government in Afghanistan, while quite a lot better than the Taliban, still has a way to go. Others have provided wide coverage to the story of the Afghan man accused of converting to Christianity. Under Sharia law, such a conversion is grounds for the death penalty.
Since it reflects badly on US efforts over there, the MSM has, of course, been more than happy to trumpet the story.
However, it appears that the Afghan goverment is desperately trying to find a way out of the situation without having to try or sentence the man to death. The prosecutor in the case stated:
“We think he could be mad. He is not a normal person. He doesn’t talk like a normal person,” he told The Associated Press.
And a religious advisor to the Afghan president stated:
“Doctors must examine him,” he said. “If he is mentally unfit, definitely Islam has no claim to punish him. He must be forgiven. The case must be dropped.”
Sounds like a good way for them to quietly let the matter drop. It’s a step in the right direction.
The Washington Post has a very interesting editorial today. The tone of the piece is remarkable. Although it contains the requisite gratutitous attack on Bush, calling his administration’s approach to Iraq “feckless”, it also is amazingly positive about the President’s performance at the latest press conferernce. It also ends with this sentence:
“But the president clearly has not lost sight of the enormous importance of the Iraqi mission, to U.S. security as well as to his presidency. Pressed repeatedly to say when American forces would leave the country entirely, he finally answered: “That will be decided by future presidents and future governments of Iraq.” Not the most politic response, perhaps, but one that shows Mr. Bush remains committed in the theater where U.S. commitment, and leadership, are still desperately needed”. [emphasis added]
Notice they are not piling on the “cut and run” bandwagon?
Betsy Newmark has a good take on it, too.
H/T Betsy for the link
