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2007 International Waterboarding Championships to be held at Guantanamo Bay
Post Date: 2007-05-29 14:47:08 by Red Jones
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2007 International Waterboarding Championships to be held at Guantanamo Bay Monday, May 28th 2007 — Christopher Hansen The 2007 International Waterboarding Championships will be held at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Military base on July 4th through the 24th. Only those that have been through the procedure in the past may participate in the competition. It will once again be sponsored by Republican Party members in the Executive Branch and paid for by the Democrats in Congress in a show of continued bi-partisan support for torture. The theme of this years competition will be: Waterboarding: It’s for the Children! The theme song for this years competition will be: God Bless the ...
Report: Vick was at dog fight in 2000
Post Date: 2007-05-27 16:52:26 by Eoghan
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Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick was at a dog fight in 2000 and is "one of the heavyweights" in the sport, ESPN reported. The network Sunday cited a police informant whom a dog-fighting investigator called "extremely reliable." "That's who bets a large dollar," the informant said on the show "Outside the Lines." "And they have the money to bet large money. As I'm talking about large money, 30 to 40 thousand, even higher. He's one of the heavyweights." When asked how he knows Vick bets that amount, the informant said, "because I've seen it." The informant said his dog beat Vick's dog in 2000, the ...
What the Sarko victory really means
Post Date: 2007-05-15 06:20:28 by Ada
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Horns began honking about 8PM on Sunday night. "It’s probably the election...Sarkozy must have won," said a woman’s voice from the kitchen. The woman was convinced that the election marked a critical turning point for France. Since we live in one of the most bourgeois quartiers, the 16th, a Ségolène victory would have been greeted by gloom and despair. (A friend announced that he would leave the country if Ségolène won.) The noise could only mean one thing: she had lost. The Hungarian had won. And soon, if Ségolène’s prediction – or curse – were accurate, cars would be aflame all over Paris. Cars were lit up on ...
Amazing Fishing Video
Post Date: 2007-05-09 10:49:48 by Lod
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http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.fullscreen&videoid=1125465453 I've never seen anything quite like this...
SWAT's new armored vehicle unveiled
Post Date: 2007-05-08 20:06:54 by SmokinOPs
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OCALA - Fred Chisholm is done risking his life with 70 pounds of gear strapped to his body while he's crammed in the back of a slow-moving, military-surplus truck with no air conditioning. Make no mistake, the assistant SWAT Commander for Marion County Sheriff's Office will keep facing danger. But the lieutenant and 19 other SWAT team members will do so now in a better-equipped armored personnel carrier with a chemical and radiological monitoring system. The heavily armored vehicle unveiled Friday is a model known as The BearCat, built by Lenco Industries in Pittsfield, Mass. It was purchased with a Department of Homeland Security State Enhancement grant of $254,000. The BearCat ...
Press Ignores Paul GOP-Debate Win
Post Date: 2007-05-07 03:34:37 by Zoroaster
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Press Ignores Paul GOP-Debate Win by Alex Wallenwein Page 1 of 2 page(s) http://www.opednews.com The stranglehold of the mainstream (and even most of the so-called “alternative”) press on information they deem “unsafe” for the American public’s consumption has suffered a fatal blow. According to the MSNBC post-debate poll, the very network that carried the first GOP Presidential Primary Debate, Ron Paul won hands down - but you wouldn’t know that if you read only the usual press accounts of the event. The headlines seen from a Google News search using the keyword “debate”, at the time of this writing show only this: “John McCain ...
Olmert congratulates French people on election of Nicolas Sarkozy
Post Date: 2007-05-06 19:50:03 by a vast rightwing conspirator
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Olmert congratulates French people on election of Nicolas Sarkozy By News Agencies Prime Minister Ehud Olmert congratulated the French people on Sunday for the election of Conservative Nicolas Sarkozy as their next president. Olmert expressed his confidence that Israel's relations with France will strengthen during Sarkozy's term in office. "I am convinced that cooperation between us will be fruitful and that together we will be able to advance diplomatic activity and peace in our region," the prime minister wrote. Olmert and Sarkozy met during the prime minister's recent visit to France. The meeting was termed positive and constructive. Sarkozy, the reform-minded ...
Kentucky Derby - pick your ponies
Post Date: 2007-05-05 08:01:46 by SmokinOPs
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Put your exacta, trifecta, and superfecta picks on this thread. Here's the field and current odds: Any Given Saturday 12/1 Circular Quay 7/1 Cowtown Cat 15/1 Curlin 3/1 Dominican 20/1 Great Hunter 17/1 Hard Spun 12/1 Liquidity 30/1 Nobiz Like Shobiz 8/1 Reporting for Duty 100/1 Sam P. 60/1 Scat Daddy 8/1 Storm in May 80/1 Stormello 25/1 Street Sense 6/1 Teuflesberg 50/1 Tiago 14/1 Zanjero 30/1 And this bet: What color hat will the Queen wear during the 133rd Kentucky Derby? Listed options only, shades of colors will be graded to next closest color. Example Mauve will be graded as purple, maroon will be graded as red. The wager will be graded on the base color of the ...
A Dangerous Game of Dress-Up
Post Date: 2007-05-04 06:57:34 by Ada
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This past weekend found me in Natchitoches, Louisiana, the oldest permanent settlement in the Louisiana Purchase and the home of Lasyone’s, the restaurant which makes the world’s greatest meat pies. The residents of Natchitoches were having yet another music festival (there are more festivals than work days in Natchitoches) and revelers had arrived from all over. Lined up along one side of the ancient, brick street was an immense gathering of motorcycles and their owners. Nearer to Cane River Lake were several horses accompanied by riders. Looking from the motorcyclists covered in leather, fringe, appropriately logo-ed tee shirts and bandanas, to the horsemen wearing hats, boots, ...
Crazy, But It Could Be Worse
Post Date: 2007-05-03 11:45:43 by Tauzero
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Crazy, But It Could Be Worse From Sporting Green columnist Bruce Jenkins, en route to Oakland: There was a lot of talk in Dallas this morning about possible suspensions for those evil Warriors, Stephen Jackson and Jason Richardson, but the focus should be on the Mavericks' own guy. Jason Terry has also been cleared to play Game 6, and if you believe in precedent, that's an outright miracle. The NBA made two curious adjustments to its officiating policy this season. The first was to stifle even the hint of outrage from players, an absurd development roundly ridiculed by anyone who cherishes the league's rich history. No longer could players scream, make an animated gesture or ...
Irene Cara - Breakdance
Post Date: 2007-04-30 21:31:38 by Peetie Wheatstraw
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Poster Comment:Better than her "Fame" or "Flashdance."
Goat-tossing on horseback inflames Kyrgyz politics
Post Date: 2007-04-21 20:20:36 by tom007
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Goat-tossing on horseback inflames Kyrgyz politics NIZHNY OROK: The ancient Central Asian sport of kok-boru, in which horsemen wrestle over a headless goat, may not have caught on in the West, but here it’s a source of national pride - and a wildcard in national politics. “Why does the United States promote football everywhere? Because through football they spread American values, the American way of life. Here it’s the same with kok-boru,” said Kemir Dyushekeyev, assistant director of Kyrgyzstan’s National Kok-Boru Federation. Exactly what are the values spread by a sport where the ball is a gutted goat carcass with its head removed and legs cut off at the ...
David Duke: Imus and Real Hate Crimes
Post Date: 2007-04-19 01:37:51 by Liberate Jim Traficant
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DON IMUS: They’re (the Palestinians) eating dirt and that fat pig wife of his is living in Paris.COLLEAGUE: They’re all brainwashed, though. That’s what it is. And they’re stupid, to begin with, but they’re brainwashed now. Stinking animals. They ought to drop the bomb right there, kill `em all right now…IMUS: Well, the problem is we have (reporter) Andrea (Mitchell) there; we don’t want anything to happen to her.COLLEAGUE: Oh, she’s got to get out. Andrea, get out and then drop the bomb and kill everybody…COLLEAGUE: Look at this. Animals. Animals!The above remarks were made by Imus on his radio program in 2004, but no problem because the vicious ...
Duke Lacrosse Case Charges to Be Dropped
Post Date: 2007-04-11 09:21:29 by JohnGalt
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April 10, 2007 — The office of North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper will announce that he is dismissing all charges against three Duke Lacrosse players, ABC News has learned from sources close to the case. The three players, Reade Seligmann, David Evans and Collin Finnerty, were facing charges of first degree kidnapping and first degree forcible sexual offense. The charges stem from an off-campus party on the night of March 13, 2006. * Duke Lacrosse Case: Complete Coverage In the hours after the party, one of two dancers hired to perform for the players claimed she had been violently raped in a bathroom by members of the lacrosse team. The players had also been indicted for ...
The Goal of the Jihad: Why the jihadists want a caliphate
Post Date: 2007-04-03 18:46:25 by gargantuton
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The Goal of the Jihad By Robert Spencer FrontPageMagazine.com | April 3, 2007 [The following talk, with some modifications, was delivered as part of a panel on “The Next Moves of Radical Islam” at the David Horowitz Freedom Center’s Santa Barbara Retreat, March 31, 2007 -- The Editors]. I am not much for predicting the future, so when it comes to detailing the next moves of the jihadists I can’t tell you what they’re going to do – but I can tell you about the ultimate goal they’re working toward. President Bush has said that they are hoping to establish an Islamic state from Spain to Indonesia. He could have added in the Americas, too, for their ...
Phelps claims fourth world gold (Swimming World Championship)
Post Date: 2007-03-29 12:28:52 by Red Jones
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Phelps claims fourth world gold American star Michael Phelps won his fourth gold at the World Championships in Melbourne on Thursday with his third world record of the week. Phelps raced home in one minute 54.98 seconds to win the men's 200m medley. Fellow American Ryan Lochte was second while Hungarian Laszlo Cseh set a European record on his way to third. There was a dead-heat in the final of the 100m freestyle as Canadian Brent Hayden and Italy's Filippo Magnini tied for gold. In a blanket finish the pair touched home in 48.43 seconds, edging out Australia's Eamon Sullivan. World record holder Pieter van den Hoogenband could only finish sixth. Leila Vaziri equalled ...
Battle over Bruno the bear's body
Post Date: 2007-03-28 00:21:13 by robin
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Battle over Bruno the bear's body By Steve Rosenberg BBC News, Berlin See Bruno the bear A diplomatic row has broken out between Germans and Italians over a bear shot dead by Bavarian hunters last summer. Rome is demanding Bruno the bear back, claiming he is Italian state property. But despite a request from the German government, the Bavarian state environment minister is refusing to hand the brown bear's body over. Bruno wandered from Italy to Germany via Austria and was gunned down after eating 30 sheep, four rabbits and a guinea pig. Freezer Bruno took a tragic wrong turn in becoming the first brown bear to have been spotted in Germany for 170 years. Bavarian ...
Amazing Snowboarder video
Post Date: 2007-03-24 13:55:29 by Lod
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Terriers Men's Hockey Start Dancing Against Michigan State
Post Date: 2007-03-23 19:30:16 by SmokinOPs
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The sun, unusually pronounced for this time of year 20 miles inland of Lake Michigan, gave Chris Higgins and Luke Popko a chance to recline and soak in a few rays. They lay back against a concrete wall outside Van Andel Arena, closed their eyes and waited for Sean Sullivan and John Curry to leave the arena after their press conference finished. The rest of the Boston University hockey team joined them on the wall, sitting, leaning or walking around. And judging by their dispositions — as bright as the weather — the Terriers didn't seem to be on the way to any ulcers. But the late afternoon lounging makes some sense. Second-seeded BU goes into its ...
Work? Bring on Hoops Employers May Lose Money, but See Big Morale Gain During March Madness
Post Date: 2007-03-15 12:39:38 by robin
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If you believe the estimates of how March Madness can drain office productivity, the corporate world could be in for a tough few weeks. One group forecast that employers could lose $1.2 billion or more during the 19-day NCAA basketball tournament while fans tweak their office-pool brackets, checks scores on Web sites, watch games on television or tune into free streaming video of the contests on their office computers. But the productivity-loss guesstimate may be a bit dramatic, like one of those last-second upsets the event, which launches today, is famous for. "I see a lot of people doing pools around the office, and it's one of those events like the Super Bowl," said ...
Police called in to surpress a riot after state game
Post Date: 2007-03-08 16:03:59 by Tauzero
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Police called in to surpress a riot after state game Wednesday, March 07, 2007 BY MARK MUELLER Star-Ledger Staff A championship basketball game erupted into a "riot" at a Wayne high school Monday night when fans of both teams rushed the floor after a one-point overtime win, authorities said. Some 2,000 people packed the gym at Wayne Valley High School for the game between North Bergen and Passaic Tech. As time wound down in the close contest, fans on both sides began to taunt one another, Wayne police Capt. Paul Ireland said. When North Bergen missed a last-second shot at the end of overtime, giving Passaic Tech an 86-85 victory, fans streamed onto the court, some in ...
Dancing with Demons (Humbolt Squid)
Post Date: 2007-03-04 23:09:54 by tom007
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Dancing with Demons Print | Email 15 December 2005 By Scott Cassell Email Bio The arid peninsula of Baja California has only known man for a brief tick of the Earth’s vast lifetime clock. Looking upon the harsh landscape of sharp-steep Mountains, ancient lava flows, sparse fresh water and blowing, burning sands, it was not meant for man. Only within the last millennia has man developed rudimentary technologies that facilitate his fragile presence there. The Sea Of Cortez is the lair of diverse and incredible creatures; some so great, so powerful, so lethal, they have spawned legends. Some have even been called demons. ADRIFT AGAIN Huge clouds full of blue and silver are streaked ...
'The Departed' wins best picture
Post Date: 2007-02-26 09:47:00 by christine
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LOS ANGELES - The mob saga "The Departed" won the best-picture Academy Award on Sunday, a triumph for a homegrown American film in an evening that featured the most internationally diverse field of nominees in the history of Hollywood's highest honors.
Martin Scorsese finally won the best-director Academy Award that had eluded him throughout his illustrious career, taking the prize for his mob epic "The Departed" after five previous losses.
Forest Whitaker earned the best-actor Oscar for "The Last King of Scotland," in which the soft-spoken actor played an uncharacteristically flamboyant role as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin.
Helen Mirren reigned, winning best actress for her portrayal ...
Mayhem Main Event at NBA All-Star Weekend
Post Date: 2007-02-22 19:04:14 by Tauzero
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Mayhem Main Event at NBA All-Star Weekend 'Police Were Simply Overwhelmed' in Sin City By JASON WHITLOCK LAS VEGAS -- NBA All-Star Weekend in Vegas was an unmitigated failure, and any thoughts of taking the extravaganza to New Orleans in 2008 are total lunacy. An event planned to showcase what is right about professional basketball has been turned into a 72-hour display of why commissioner David Stern can't sleep at night and spends his days thinking of rules to mask what the NBA has come to represent. Good luck fixing All-Star Weekend. The game is a sloppy, boring, half-hearted mess. The dunk contest is contrived and pointless. The celebrity contest is unintended comedy. ...
Tigers pitchers and catchers report - early in some cases
Post Date: 2007-02-17 01:31:29 by SmokinOPs
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LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) -Edward Campusano stood in front of his locker and ripped open plastic bags, removing his Detroit Tigers workout gear in an empty clubhouse. "I'm ready for my opportunity,'' said the left-handed reliever, who will compete for a roster spot. "I am the first one here.'' That appeared to be true early Thursday as the American League champions' pitchers and catchers reported for spring training. But Lakeland resident Justin Verlander has had company during informal workouts in recent weeks. "I think that's a really good sign,'' said Verlander, last season's AL Rookie of the Year. "After losing in the World ...
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