Daily Archives: July 16, 2006

Can I Call Them Or What?

Posted on July 16, 2006 by Gaius

Not that this prediction was rocket surgery or anything. The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania and the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, among others, are joining together to sue the Pennsylvania city of Hazleton over it's strict … Continue reading →

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US Evacuation Teams In Lebanon

Posted on July 16, 2006 by Gaius

The US security teams in charge of organizing an evacuation of Americans from Lebanon have arrived in country and are at the US embassy there. Two helicopters flew in from over the Mediterranean and landed on the embassy grounds, located … Continue reading →

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North Korea Does The Expected

Posted on July 16, 2006 by Gaius

North Korea has rejected the UN resolution calling for it to suspend it's missile program. Big surprise that. The North also said it would "bolster its war deterrent for self-defense," a typical phrase often used to refer to the country's … Continue reading →

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Hezbollah Rockets Haifa

Posted on July 16, 2006 by Gaius

At least eight people have been killed in a barrage of rockets fired into Haifa by Hezbollah. The attack was timed to hit during the morning rush hour. HAIFA, Israel – Lebanese guerillas fired a relentless barrage of rockets into … Continue reading →

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Cowards

Posted on July 16, 2006 by Gaius

Israeli has located and is destroying Hezbollah's long range rocket stores. Which the Hezbollah cowards have hidden in civilian homes inside Lebanese villages. Using their own people as human shields; holding children in front of them hoping to stave off … Continue reading →

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Are You Kidding Me?

Posted on July 16, 2006 by Gaius

Charles over at Little Green Footballs has a post about the New York Times, images and photographers. What's wrong with this picture? Well, it's a picture of a sniper from the Mahdi Army. The problem is, he's in the process … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime, Media, War | 9 Comments

Partisanship

Posted on July 16, 2006 by Gaius

There's a rather long article in the Washington Post today that explains a "survey based experiment" that the Post did relating to how 9/11 effects politics. Starting from the strong, almost universal unity that occurred right after that day it … Continue reading →

Posted in Media, Politics, War | 1 Comment