Unless they live in third world countries where health care is unheard of, or, unless they live in civilized nations where the government in in control of health care:
On the February 14 last year Mr Alva-Nunes desperately rushed his son to A&E for a second time.
Doctors spent 20 to [...]
Sorry for the nonexistent blogging, guys.
I spent the last 36 hours unconscious, which (as one might imagine) makes it hard to type. Still recovering, but will have a 4th of July post up tomorrow.
Here are two good reads, though:
... at her [...]
Here’s hoping you didn’t have anything on a private-sector network you didn’t want the NSA to see.
The Obama administration will proceed with a Bush-era plan to use National Security Agency assistance in screening government computer traffic on private-sector networks, with AT&T as the likely test site, according to three [...]
I hope everyone is having a happy and safe holiday weekend. July 4th is without a doubt one of my favorite holidays. It is the birthday of our nation — or, as I see it, the birthday of the greatest nation on earth. To quote President Ronald [...]
......... U.S. President Barack Obama, at number 49........is the first sitting head of state to appear in the Forbes celebrity survey.......
Rush
If you are keeping clippings about the blogosphere�s Palin Derangement Syndrome in a shoe box or something, let me kick in one for your collection. A so-called expert conjectures that Sarah�s �over the top� response to Letterman�s �joke� about her daughter may be attributable to [...]
I’m a dull guurl
I’m feeling energetic but decidedly uncreative… Planning the Independence Day Picnic Menu:
Various appetizers/snax
[maybe fresh salsa, if I can find good ‘maters]
[otherwise boring ol’ cheeze ‘n’ crackers… *sigh*]
Tri Tip slow-cooked to juicy-rare goodness
“Baked” Tater salad [with onions, bacon & sour cream dressing]
>>>___________!_!_!___________
Watermelon Chunks
Chocolate [...]
Demonstrators clashed with police and the army in Honduras (link in Spanish), and the country (as I posted yesterday) has suspended Constitutional protections on freedom of assembly during the curfew. Noticias 24 (see prior link for photos) also reports that Congress authorized detaining people [...]
Panic NOW *runz in circles*
July [is] �Cankle Awareness Month� ...
The ... plan to �prevent, treat and minimize the appearance of cankles� focuses on three areas: exercise, diet and style (avoiding skinny jeans, [avoid capri pants, wear] bright sneakers ... to �draw attention away [...]
This is the third Southern leader killed in cold blood this year. Thousands of demonstrators were arrested and dozens killed since the movement began in 2007. On June 28, in Abyan , security opened fired on the protesters again. Yesterday, security authorities of Aden province arrested (kidnapped?) leaders, [...]
So if Iranian ships are docking in Yemen and all is honky dory with Gaddafi, then the slew of accusations and allegations of Iranian and Libyan support of the Houthi rebels likely was just more bizarre spin and propaganda.
Yemen, Libya to strike deal
SANA’A, June 20 [...]
Just shutting down all forms of communications with the outside world.
Yemen Times SANA’A, June 24 - In an attempt to safeguard the morality of Yemen’s youth, the Ministry of Culture will step up its campaign to search internet cafes and CD sellers without warning.
The move is [...]
srsly. take off yer shooz and drop yer drawers to add this up
So what’s 3.2 percent of 0.038? I came up with not a lot.
Carbon dioxide ... accounts for ... .038 percent of the atmosphere. According to the Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, a research wing of the [...]
Which pop sensation ran off stage at Glastonbury for one of her many costume changes and proceeded to strip off in front of the whole crew - changing her tampon at the same time - much to their utter horror?
[...]
The rebels deny kidnapping the foreigners, say security’s announcement of “hunting” for the victims is a sham.
The government’s massive campaign to blame the rebels lacks authenticity, considering the chrages were made with no investigation or proof. The three day delay in expanding the search beyond Sa’ada is bizarre.
More on Operation Khanjar (Strike of the Sword)
U.S. Marines and about 650 Afghan soldiers and national police officers prepare to board CH-53D Sea Stallion and CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters on Forward Operating Base Dwyer, Afghanistan, July 2, 2009. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Chief Warrant Officer [...]
do they come in pink?
I heard this somewhere on the raadio today and this is the only mention I could find online. Odd, that…
Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009, a bill that would expand the authority of the federal government to prosecute hate crimes, and include �gender, sexual [...]
Senate Bill Would Fine People More Than $1,000 for Refusing Health Care Coverage
Senate aides said the penalties, estimated to raise around $36 billion over 10 years, would be modeled on the approach taken by Massachusetts, which now imposes a fine of about $1,000 a year on individuals who [...]
Pfc. Channing Moss, far right, stands on a hilltop in Afghanistan in February 2006 with his Alpha Company squad from 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry, 10th Mountain Division, from left, Sgt. Harold Jarrell, Spc. Collin Reynolds, Cpl. Kirill Tikhonenkov, Spc. Justin Randall holding a rocket-propelled grenade launcher, and [...]
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Obama tells Russia's Putin the Cold War is history
President Barack Obama said former Russian President Vladimir Putin and his hand-picked successor should expect an in-person reminder the Cold War is over when the U.S. leader makes his first trip to a Moscow summit.
Days before he departs [...]
US suspends military relations with Honduras
WASHINGTON
The Obama administration said Wednesday it has suspended joint military operations with Honduras to protest a coup that forced President Manuel Zelaya into exile. The U.S. withheld stronger [...]
Sharia Comes to Dearborn, Michigan
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
A Detailed Explanation of the Video
On June 21st, I moderated a peaceful public debate between Mary Jo Sharp and Ehteshaam Gulam. After the debate, Nabeel, Mary Jo, and I went to the Dearborn Arab Festival, which had already become an [...]
Wild Thing's comment......
I wonder if Obama will leave anything untouched by his filthy hands when he leaves. IF he leaves!
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....Thank you Mark for sending this to me.
Mark
3rd Mar.Div. 1st Battalion 9th Marine Regiment
1/9 Marines aka The [...]
ToDaZeD Glad a Republican Didn’t Say That
Asked in an interview with the Associated Press about his pet peeve in the White House, President Obama targeted his makeup people � whom he called “the shine police.”
Guess that one’s now okie-dokie.
And, say—helluva great job of jouuuurnalism, there, AP. I [...]
ch-ch-chaaanges
Gettin’ ready for the regular Independence Day Pick-a-nick, I went to CostCo. Barely made it out with [the tri-tips and] my life.
Caution: Raaacist Post Below
All they do is lie. Its really a very Stalinistic regime- they lie big lies. From the ruling party’s website- no one was hurt in Dhalie:
Almotamar.net - Yemeni official information source has on Thursday (6/25) denied Al-Jazeera TV channel and other media instruments reports on occurrence of killed [...]
The Star Spangled Banner is the national anthem of the United States of America. The lyrics were written by Francis Scott Key in 1814 and set to the 1780 music of John Stafford Smith. The song was formally adopted as our country’s national anthem in 1931. The lyrics are below. [...]
AQAP are insisting robustly that they knew the route of the Korean investigators though intensive surveillance. Otay AQAP! Discounting of course the logical and widespread assumption that the terrorists were tipped off, ie- elements in the Yemeni security knew in advance of the plot and provided the route of the [...]
If anyone ever doubted the West faces sheer insanity in the fight against the most extreme of the Muslim extremists, consider a discussion that recently erupted on a jihadist Web site based on the writings of one of al Qaeda’s leading theorists. The thrust [...]
...as a lover or as an orgasm faker.
I suspect there may be some disagreement on which is more likely.
TORRINGTON, Conn. � A group of teenagers misunderstood a woman’s screams during sex and, thinking they were stopping an assault, beat a 25-year-old man in her bedroom, [...]
The criminalization of the state leads to incompetence and lack of oversight in all areas. I think the Yemeni “government” gave up trying to provide basic services a while ago and now its just wack-a-mole (reactive decision making).
Dead shrimp are one thing, but theres whole villages that have been [...]
David Taylor, a business psychologist, told workers at design and marketing onebestway, in Newcastle upon Tyne, that a Naked Friday idea would boost their team spirit.......
[...]Munir Mawari reviews the possible meanings of the divergence between Yemen and Saudi Arabia on the capture of “major financier” Saudi Hassan Alwan. Yemen says they captured him; the Saudis haven’t heard anything yet.
Its quite a similiar situation to the seven Saudis that Yemen breathlessly reported captured in February. [...]
Whoa, last time we checked, it was 2 million abroad. What did they do- give out six million bogus passports in the last two years? (The statistical anomaly is not unusual- during the 2006 elections, there were more registered male voters than men. The official unemployment statistics are pretty funny [...]
A good report entitled Social discrimination still dominates Yemeni culture from the Yemen Times. As I’ve noted since 2005, the Sa’ada War, to a degree, has its roots in the social inversion between the Hashemite class and the tribal class following the 1962 Republican revolution. But back to [...]
Second statement by Southern Yemeni Womans Union:
Our fighting sons and revolutionist brothers,
We as southern women believe in the right to restore our land, the land of law and order, The Peoples Democratic Republic of Yemen.
We came to protest in front of the Ayyam newspaper, the paper that provided the truth, [...]
No news on the six missing westerners. Fighting reduced, army moving. US denies claims of mapping project. 1200 remain in jail despite Saleh’s order to the contrary and the truce agreement.
SA’ADA, July 1 — The Sa’ada governorate has been relatively calm for the past few [...]
Must adhere to the party line or else… The French maintain the plane was banned; Yemeni authorities insist it never happened. The military aircraft have similar problems with upkeep on their fleet. The maintenance budget(s) are subject to embezzlement, there’s no oversight and the press is barred from reporting on [...]
British performance artist Alice Newstead, is suspended from then ceiling with hooks through the skin on her back in the window of a cosmetic shop in Paris, Thursday. Alice Newstead, a member of the conservation group Sea Sheperd, wants to illustrate how sharks are caught and [...]
Thats hysterical. Cloning is a time honored tactic of the Yemeni government in all areas- political parties, NGO, protesters etc.
Terrorist attacks mostly organized by al-Qaeda, Yemeni official
SANA’A, July 02 (Saba) - Interior Minister Mutahr al-Masri has said that terrorist attacks carried out in Yemen during [...]
The South Koreans are looking to sell, if I recall correctly.
SANAA, Yeman (AFP)–Unknown attackers blew up an oil pipeline in southeast Yemen operated by a South Korean firm, causing a leak, police and industry officials said Thursday.
The attack took place Wednesday night in a region of [...]
A few headlines for this Thursday afternoon:
OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza was planning to travel to Honduras on Friday, but says “we’re not going to negotiate”, and warned about sanctions.
El Salvador has reopened its border with Honduras.
The Honduran government has issued arrest [...]
It is so pathetic to me how the right wing, mainstream media always spreads the fear factor.
Ignorance is unpatriotic.
Public financed health care is socialism? Oh, be afraid, be very afraid.
Now let�s examine this more closely. Public funding a necessity to every American is socialism. We don�t want none of that [...]
