Sunday, January 11, 2009
Enough. It's time for a boycott...................
The best way to end the bloody occupation is to target Israel with the kind of movement that ended apartheid in South Africa...Link
Obama not likely to prosecute torture...........
The one-time candidate of "change" and "hope" didn't leave much room for prosecution of the Bush administration in a Sunday interview....Link
Increase in terrorism = success..............
One of the many sad ironies of the Bush era that is rapidly and mercifully drawing to a close is that after the president created a “central front in the war on terror” by invading Iraq, the amount of “terrorism” in the world skyrocketed. I call it the Bush Bubble:....Link
The longest recession since World War 2....
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. recession will probably be the longest since World War Two and could worsen without heavy government spending, according to a closely-watched survey of economists released on Saturday...Link
Want some Unibomber stuff............
A San Francisco court ruled that the writings and possessions of Theodore Kaczynski, the famed Unabomber and enemy of internets everywhere, will be sold online to pay restitution to his victims' families. Ah, the irony..link
Saturday, January 10, 2009
No Homework = 52 stiches in China...........
Zheng Chaoqun, 10, is still being treated at a hospital in Henan province after his teacher tore away a strip of flesh. Zheng told a local newspaper, the Dayang News, that his assailant, 37-year-old Guo Yabin, had picked him up by his cheeks after he failed to hand in his work....Link
Rafah, in southern Gaza........
This video was shot on Thursday, January 8, 2009 in Rafah, in southern Gaza.
Bush Prepares Request for Rest Of Bailout......
Senior Bush administration officials, consulting with the Obama transition team, have prepared a plan to ask lawmakers for the second half of the $700 billion financial rescue package despite intense opposition in Congress, sources familiar with the discussions said...Link
It's hard.........
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday "it's hard" for Israeli troops to shield civilians in Gaza because the area is so densely populated and Hamas uses people as human shields...Link
Dick...........................
Outgoing US Vice President Dick Cheney Friday did not give up hope of capturing or killing Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, with only 11 days left before Barack Obama moves into the White House."We've got a few days left yet," Cheney told CNN when asked why bin Laden or Al-Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahiri continue to elude US capture...Link
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