February 3, 2011 – 7:58 pm
It’s almost 3am Cairo time. What will happen when it becomes daylight in a few hours? For 10 days, violent protests have engulfed Egypt, calling for the resignation of embattled president Hosni Mubarak, killing at least eight and wounding hundreds as increasing lawlessness, looting and arson continues. Friday will be the moment of truth for […]
February 3, 2011 – 11:32 am
Did I say terrorist? Sorry, I meant 7 year old with a nerf gun A 7-year-old child allegedly shot a Nerf-style toy gun in his Hammonton, N.J., school Jan. 18. No one was hurt, but the pint-size softshooter now faces misdemeanor criminal charges. Hammonton Police began an investigation into the “suspicious activity†at the Hammonton […]
February 3, 2011 – 9:22 am
Well, well, well, it would be interesting if it won. It would join a long list of idiocracy in giving it to Yassar Arafat, Lê Äức Thá», Al Gore and the UN IPCC, Barack Obama, IAEA and Mohammed ElBaradei, Kofi Annan and the UN, and Jimmy Carter. A Norwegian politician said he has nominated WikiLeaks […]
February 2, 2011 – 10:11 pm
I wonder where the Angry Camel Dude has been spotted?
February 2, 2011 – 8:46 am
Along the more simply news line, we learn from the NY Times Thousands of demonstrators for and against President Hosni Mubarak, some on horses and camels, fought running battles in Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Wednesday, despite a call from Egypt’s powerful military for the president’s opponents to “restore normal life.†Those battles are still going […]
January 31, 2011 – 7:32 am
Back on the 29th, I wrote a tongue in cheek post on how climate alarmists could link the Egyptian and Tunisian riots to the anthropogenic global warming idiocy. I see that Bookworm also had thoughts along the same line (here and here). And now, finally, a True Believer connects the dots Reports: Egyptian and Tunisian […]
January 30, 2011 – 9:13 am
When it comes to revolt and revolution in the Muslim/Arab world, be careful what you wish for, because things might take a turn for the worse. From a Reuters report on MSNBC regarding Tunisia Leading Tunisian Islamist Rachid Ghannouchi returned home Sunday from 22 years in exile, witnesses said. Thousands turned out to greet him […]
January 29, 2011 – 3:29 pm
No one has really said it yet, but, you know it is coming, namely, that the Egyptian riots have their foundation in climate change. Stick with me for a moment The latest unrest in Egypt is blamed in part on rising wheat prices, which have squeezed poor Egyptian households. Forty per cent of Egypt’s population […]
January 28, 2011 – 8:52 am
Buried on the The Politicos front page, in small type between a story about Obama fires up the health team and HHS: Health reform already working, we get Child only health plans endangered Health insurers in 34 states have stopped selling child-only insurance policies as a result of the health reform law, and the market […]
January 26, 2011 – 11:37 am
I wonder what could have brought this on? As states get ready to redraw their congressional maps for the first time in a decade, two Democrats in Congress are resurrecting proposals they say will inject more transparency into the process and prevent the new boundaries from being drawn in a way that gives a lopsided […]
