(London)-The Telegraph- Austrian sniper rifles that were exported to Iran have been discovered in the hands of Iraqi terrorists, The Daily Telegraph has learned.More than 100 of the.50 calibre weapons, capable of penetrating body armour, have been discovered by American
“If I were running Al Qaeda in Iraq,” Mr. Howard said, “I would put a circle around March 2008 and be praying as many times as possible for a victory not only for Obama but also for the Democrats.”
So
REDFIELD, N.Y. —(AP)- A historic snowfall of more than 11 feet is nothing to get excited about in this hardy upstate New York village that thrives on snowmobilers and cross-country skiers. “It’s snow. We get a lot of it. So
This story was all too predictable. As New York State Attorney General, Eliot Spitzer operated as an arrogant jerk. Spitzer’s M.O. was to file civil law suits against citizens for no violation of the law, and coherse a out court
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( Arizona Republic)- Oh, for the days when Arizona’s high school students could roll pizza dough, sweep up sticky floors in theaters or scoop ice cream without worrying about ballot initiatives affecting their earning power.
That’s certainly not the case
For years, ‘Dr’ Gillian McKeith has used her title to sell TV shows, diet books and herbal sex pills. Now the Advertising Standards Authority has stepped in. Yet the real problem is not what she calls herself, but the mumbo-jumbo
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* Billy:
You can blame this on site registrations. I’ve noticed the same problem. However, I have also noticed that when that occurs, it is invariably a site that requires external registration to come in on page one of the
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Abraham Lincoln, A House Divided:
If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could better judge what to do, and how to do it. We are now far into the fifth year since
John McCain is on record as saying that money in politics corrupts. A year ago, McCain went to court to prevent what he said were ends runs around his anti free speech, McCain-Feingold. Today, McCain makes the same end run
Richard Gray, the Science Correspondent for the Sunday Telegraph:
Man-made climate change may be happening at a far slower rate than has been claimed, according to controversial new research.
Scientists say that cosmic rays from outer space play a far
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McQ notes Mona getting back into the act.
Of particular note to me, was a rather interesting claim of hers;
I was at my “own site,” a group blog owned by Jon Henke, and I was one of Jon’s recruits.
I’ve been ignoring the big talk about Pentagon intel before this because, to put in bluntly, it doesn’t mean anything nor does it change anything. Then or now. It is simply a stick, and not a very impressive
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When President Ronald Reagan called the former Soviet Union, the “Evil Empire”, the leftiests soiled their dippers. Now in Poland private citizens want to erect a monument to Reagan:
Opponents of Poland’s former communist regime reportedly want to pay
Bruce McQuain at Q&O passes along an interesting note:
Sean Brodrick lays out a schedule for us:
On April 17, the Chinese are blasting off an unmanned lunar orbiter.
Next year, they will send astronauts up to orbit
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Can Mrs. Pelosi handle the pressure of breaking the marble ceiling? Judge for yourself, view video