An Ol’ Broad’s Ramblings
Morning Coffee 09/29/08
Kidnapped Egypt tourists are released
The group, which includes five Germans, five Italians and one Romanian, disappeared on 19 September while on a desert safari trip in a remote corner of south-western Egypt.
Their abductors took them to Sudan, then to Libya, but their final whereabouts were unclear.
Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said the 11 tourists and eight guides have been freed, were in the hands of Egyptian authorities and their condition was being checked.
Since most of the bad guys ended up dead, I’d say this was a success. Shame a couple of them lived though. The more bad guys taken out, the better.
Random House Banned Book because of Fear of Muslim Ire
London anti-terrorist police officers have arrested three people suspected of trying to torch the home of a London publisher who is printing a novel that was rejected by the large Random House firm because of fears it would upset Muslims.
One way to not have this problem….send the Muslims home. They obviously don’t like freedom of speech, or religion, or any other freedom that Western countries enjoy, so why should they get to come in, try to take over that country, and turn it into the cesspool they left behind? And why the hell is a country like Britain bowing to their ignorance? I don’t give a flying flip if the Muslims get upset. They have no problem upsetting me, but I don’t go burning their houses. No, most civilized people do not behave in such a manner.
Never Mind the Financial Crisis: Washington’s Redskins Beat the Cowboys
New Washington Redskins coach Jim Zorn was looking for something to help him build up a healthy dose of hate for the Dallas Cowboys. Turns out, he kinds of likes playing his team’s archrival.
Jason Campbell threw two touchdown passes and Clinton Portis ran for 121 yards, leading the Redskins to a 26-24 victory Sunday that knocked the Cowboys from the ranks of the unbeaten.
“It’s a brawl,” Zorn said. “Our guys laid it on the line.”
Ok, I couldn’t watch the massacre. I admit it. I’m a coward. sigh…. I, so seriously, do not like the Redskins!
Grisly details of A&M student’s death will emerge at trial
Shepherd could face life in prison if convicted of killing his former girlfriend, Tynesha Stewart. Investigators believe Shepherd choked the Texas A&M engineering major to death, dismembered her body and burned her remains on two barbecue pits on the patio of his apartment over the course of two days.
Chip Lewis, Shepherd’s defense attorney, said he wanted to get jurors who could “compartmentalize” or separate the allegations of Stewart’s slaying from the grim aspects of what happened to her body after her death.
“The details are the details, we can’t change them, but the details are irrelevant as to whether Tim Shepherd is guilty of murder,” Lewis said. “Nothing that happened after Ms. Stewart’s death changed the facts about how she died.”
I’d say that anyone who grills the body, more than like had something to do with how the body got dead. I want to know why no one noticed the smell. Two days? Roasting people doesn’t exactly have the same aroma that a steak does, y’know. Why just ‘life’? Why not the death penalty?
Bush confident bailout bill will stabilize economy
“Every member of Congress and every American should keep in mind that a vote for this bill is a vote to prevent economic damage to you and your community,” said Bush, fully aware that congressional passage of the $700 billion compromise legislation is far from assured.
“With this strong and decisive legislation,” he said, “we will help restart the flow of credit so American families can meet their daily needs and American businesses can make purchases, ship goods and meet their payrolls.”
Well he may be confident, but I’m sure not! Every time the gubmint sticks its fingers in the pie, they make a bigger mess than if they’d just left it alone.
Cadbury: Tests find chemical; it recalls Chinese-made chocolate
Cadbury said it has recalled 11 chocolate products made at its factory in the Chinese capital Beijing, which are distributed in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Australia.
Tests “cast doubt on the integrity of a range of our products manufactured in China,” Cadbury said in the statement issued from its office in Singapore.
The company said all of its dairy suppliers have been cleared by government milk testing.
China’s recent food safety scandal started with the discovery of melamine in baby milk powder.
I guess after the lead incident, no one learned a thing. All those companies that sent their manufacturing plants to China should have brought them home (where ever ‘home’ may be). ChiComs are getting rich, and babies are getting sick. What is wrong with this picture?!
Comply fully with UN resolutions, Iran told
The UN Security Council on Saturday unanimously approved a new resolution reaffirming previous sanctions on Iran for refusing to halt its uranium enrichment program and offering Tehran incentives to do so.
The Security Council called on Iran to “comply fully without delay to obligations” set out by the previous resolutions, while asking Iran to meet the requirements of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) regarding it’s nuclear activities.
The speedy vote on Saturday followed a compromise between the US and Russia to lead a new council effort to condemn Iran’s nuclear program, without introducing any new sanctions.
No, No! Bad dog! Pfft! Like Iran gives a flip what the Useless Numnuts say, anymore than anyone else does? They can impose all the ’sanctions’ they want, without action, they mean NOTHING!
World markets fall as bailout percolates
Analysts said the flurry of developments around the world is confirming fears that the global financial contagion is likely to spread further before any recovery.
“There’s an increasing realization that the cleanup and the mending of all that’s gone wrong is going to take an extended period to work through, and we’re going to see an extended recovery period,” said Jamie Spiteri, senior dealer at Shaw Stockbroking in Sydney.
I’m thinking all the world’s finances shouldn’t be so intertwined.
‘Doomsday Machine’ Lawsuit Tossed Out by Judge
A federal judge in Hawaii has dismissed a lawsuit trying to stop the world’s largest atom smasher.
U.S. District Court Judge Helen Gilmor ruled Friday that federal courts don’t have jurisdiction over the Large Hadron Collider in Europe, near Geneva.
Two Hawaii residents sued because they feared that the machine could create small black holes or other phenomena that could destroy the planet.
“The sky is falling! The sky is falling!” Umm….yeah….ok.
Bin Laden’s Son Makes Return to Pakistan
Al Qaeda is consolidating its leadership in the territory under its control in Pakistan.
Osama bin Laden’s son and heir apparent, Sa’ad bin Laden, has returned to Pakistan from his safe haven in Iran, according to messages posted on a Qaeda jihad Web forum known as al-Hesbah.
An organization that tracks and translates discussions on such forums, the SITE Institute, provided its subscribers with a summary of messages describing what it said was an escape by Sa’ad bin Laden from an Iranian prison. American counterterrorism officials, however, have considered him to be under a permissive version of house arrest since the American invasion of Afghanistan, in 2001.
Escape? Pfft! No doubt said escape was aided by the Iranian ‘prison guards’. These cave dwellers may go under a lot of different names, but they all have the same goal. World domination through Islam. And they are everywhere!
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Oil dropped to near $100 a barrel. I say no bailout=low gas prices=better economy (in my house anyway). I guess oil doesn’t really cost so much after all!
@Pastor John:
I won’t hold my breath that it’ll be less the $3.00 the next time I fill my car up.