An Ol’ Broad’s Ramblings
Morning Coffee 10/29/07
Saudi King Criticizes UK on Terror
“I believe that most countries are not taking this issue too seriously, including, unfortunately, Great Britain,” he said through a translator. “We have sent information to Great Britain before the terrorist attacks in Britain, but unfortunately no action was taken and it may have been able to avert the tragedy.”
Agreed. Most countries aren’t taking this seriously, which is obvious from all the kowtowing we see.
PM insists his condition won’t force him to step down
Olmert, 62, said that in recent years he had taken care to undergo a complete annual physical, mainly to allow for early detection of any disorders. Upon returning from a visit to Russia 10 days ago, he said, he was examined. The exam showed the first signs of prostate cancer.
If there was a reason for him to step down, this isn’t it.
EU warns against ‘collective punishment’ in Gaza
The European Union warned Israel on Monday against imposing “collective punishment” on the 1.5 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip by reducing the territory’s fuel supplies.
Israel began implementing the sanctions on Sunday in what it said was a response to Palestinian rocket fire on Israeli towns from the Hamas-controlled coastal enclave.
Why is it always Israel being ‘warned’? Why not put out a HUGE warning on the ones who keep doing the damage!
Assaults on Texas prison guards increase
Strike with your palms. Hit the chin, chest and lower abdomen. Kick if you have to.
It could save your life, the 22-year-old training sergeant tells a group of about 75 out-of-breath and generally unfit cadets at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice’s Minnie Houston Training Center just north of Huntsville.
“This is going to buy you time for staff to reach you after you’ve been hit,” says Sgt. Richard Rodenbeck.
Assaults on prison guards and staffers have doubled in the last five years, according to an analysis by The Dallas Morning News. And turnover at the second-largest prison system in the country is at a record level with one in four employees leaving the department last year. The TDCJ workforce was down 3,935 employees at the end of August.
I could give you a couple of reasons for the increased violence, but then, I’d be called a racist.
Turkish envoy: Turkey gives priority to expansion of ties with Iran
At the meeting which took place at the end the Turkish envoy’s mission in Tehran, Turkoglu told Aghai that his country gives priority to expansion of ties with Iran.
Aghai underlined the need for campaign against terrorism, saying that the US and the UK always try to support enemies of Muslim nations, particularly the usurper Zionist regime, with an aim of undermining regional countries.
Uh, who is doing all the terrorizing around the world? I don’t see Israelis making a habit of blowing themselves up in the attempt to take as many as possible with them. Don’t see too many Brits or Americans doing that either. So, who is supporting what here? I’d say most Muslim nations are their own worst enemy.
Doctors turn attention to farm bill to fight obesity
If you’re feeling fat these days, blame Congress.
That’s just what the nation’s doctors are doing, saying that federal lawmakers are responsible for the fact that a salad costs so much more than a Big Mac.
Hoping to produce thinner waistlines, many doctors — including the American Medical Association — want Congress to stop subsidizing the production of foods that are high in fat and cholesterol and spend more to promote fruits, vegetables, legumes and grains that are not.
Yep! It’s all Congress’ fault I sit around on my ass munching Big Macs! (insert major sarcasm) Good grief! BTW, I avoid McDonald’s like the plague. 
Country Hall of Famer Porter Wagoner dies at 80
Known as “The Thin Man From West Plains,†Mr. Wagoner’s contributions to country music are manifold and consequential. Marty Stuart, who produced this year’s much-heralded comeback album Wagonmaster, calls him “an American master and a cornerstone of our music.â€
My dad had us watching his show every time it came on, I think it was Saturday. (He thought Dolly Parton was the cat’s meow, but really enjoyed the whole show.) Rest in peace sir.
Lantos Offends Dutch With Historical Remark
The lawmakers said that Rep. Tom Lantos, D-Calif., chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, told them that “Europe was not as outraged by Auschwitz as by Guantanamo Bay.”
Lantos, a Holocaust survivor, was responding to arguments that the United States should shut down the prison, located on a U.S. naval base in Cuba, the lawmakers said. Mariko Peters, a member of the Dutch Green Party, who began the exchange with Lantos, said she took notes of the remarks.
Well, he’s right. They aren’t as outraged by what happened.
Atheist seeks to have IL moment of silence law blocked
A federal judge in Chicago could decide today whether to block a new Illinois law requiring a brief time of prayer or reflective silence at the start of each school day.
A lawsuit filed by a 14-year-old girl and her atheist father calls the law an unconstitutional attempt to inject religion into public schools.
Radio talk show host Robert Sherman, who sued along with his daughter, is seeking a temporary restraining order to halt schools’ obeying the law until the case is decided.
A moment of silence is not a prayer. This guy could really use a couple of moments, to reflect on what an ass he is, and how he is raising his daughter.
Muslin woman says Lompoc bank refused her a checking account
A Muslim woman from Morocco says a Lompoc bank refused to let her open a checking account.
Fatiha Harit says she was left in tears after a Union Bank of California representative told he she couldn’t open an account because of Morocco is a high risk terrorist country.
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Harit says she believes she was being discriminated against because she was wearing a traditional Muslim headscarf.
Odds are, she’s right. Can’t imagine why though. (sarcasm)
ETA members sentenced over car bombing
A COURT in Spain sentenced two members of the armed Basque separatist group ETA to jail terms of 1243 years each for a car bombing in the Spanish capital in 1995 that killed six people.
The sentences are symbolic, as at the time of the bombing the maximum jail sentence anyone can serve in Spain for any crime was 30 years. The maximum sentence has since been raised to 40 years.
Perhaps they should put a ’symbolic’ stick of dynamite…..where the sun don’t shine and save the Spanish taxpayers a good chunk of change.
Oh yeah, and the Red Sox won. Whup de do! Can we get back to normal now?
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Yes, they found out their fellow Saudis were raising funds to finance the London bombings, and tipped off the British a year before the attack:
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1702660,00.html
Therefore, it really is all Great Britain’s fault, don’t you see?
Never mind the fact that the Saudis have also been implicated in every other major terrorist attack in the past two decades:
http://www.asecondlookatthesaudis.com
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