Catching Up

Time to catch up on the daily news events from the past 2 weeks. It is day 216 closer to Armegeddon. Here is what has transpired:

7/18: Gunmen kidnap 3 foreign aid workers in Kenya and take them to Somalia

7/18: Iraq arrests suspect in rocket attack that killed 3 US troops in Basra

7/18: Ousted Honduran leader gives negotiations until midnight to restore him to power

7/18: Pakistani jets kill 9 militants

7/18: US fighter jet crashes in Afghanistan killing 2 crew

7/18: Iraq faces claims of prisoner abuse as US hands over prisons

7/18: Iranian cleric Rafsanjani declares that Iran is in crisis

7/18: Regulators shut banks in CA, GA, & SD--bank failures now at 57.

7/18: Paul McCartney plays first concert at Citi Field--the new home of the Mets

7/18: Hillary visits India seeking help on terror

7/18: HUssein says "now is not the time to slow down" on his health care reform

7/18: Muslin group with ties to al-Qaeda vows revenge against China for riots

7/19: Muslim extremist group banned from Europe holds conference and recruitment at Hilton in Chicago. Calls for the abolition of capitalism and installing one world muslim leader

7/19: Hillary says US downplaying threat of North Korea is intentional

7/20: Author Frank McCourt dies

7/20: Iran Supreme leader tells opposition to back down

7/20: South Africa stops funding AIDS vaccine research

7/20: Minneapolis struggles with Somali gangs that kidnap young men and send them to Somalia for terrorist training

7/20: SC teen accidentally shot and killed himself after gun discharges in his baggy pants

7/20: CIT Group board okays $3BILLION rescue loan

7/20: Halliburton Q2 profits down 48%

7/20: Hasbro Q2 profits up 5%

7/20: Johnson Controls Q3 profit down 63%

7/20: Harry Potter gosses $159.7 MILLION in 5 days

7/20: Health officials in Britain tell people to avoid travel, stay away from crowds and do not get pregnant to avoid Swine Flu

7/20: Peru's Fryinori sentenced to 7 1/2 years for embezzling

7/20: War crimes court convicts Bosnian Sebs of killing 119

7/20: 4 Americans killed in bomb in Afghanistan making July the deadliest month of the war

7/20: 40th anniversary of moon landing

7/20: Federal judge rules that CIA officials committed fraud to protect a former covert agent

7/20: Hussein challenges GOP critics of health care

7/20: Gates announces army will increase its ranks by 22,000

7/20: Government support of Wall Street and banks since 2007 approach $24 TRILLION or $80,000 per person

7/20: Hillary says US believs 9-11 ringleaders are in Pakistan

7/20: Larry Summers a top economic advisor for Hussein says the economy is fine now that Google searches for "economic depression" are now back to normal levels

7/20: Jimmy Carter leaves church of 60 years over treatment of women

7/20: Former IG Gerald Walpin is taking Hussein to court over his firing

7/20: Hillary in India apologizes for US and blames US for most of global warming

7/21: Sue Burns owner of San Francisco Giants, dies

7/21: Taliban bombers attack 2 Afghan cities killing at least 13

7/21: Biden visits Ukraine to reaffirm US support saying "democracy rules" and also says US supports Ukraine entry into NATO

7/21: Japan's PM dissolves Parliament and calls for national elections

7/21: Pakistan reports 56 militants dead in NW Pakistan

7/21: Uproar in India after former president is frisked before boarding flight to US

7/21: Malaysia court orders Muslim woman to be flogged for drinking beer

7/21: Merck Q2 profit fell 12%

7/21: Caterpillar Q2 profit down 66%

7/21: Coca-cola Q2 profit up 43%

7/21: Continental Airlines Q2 profit down $213 MILLION and will cut 1700 jobs

7/21: UnitedHealth Group Q2 profit more than doubles in absence of lawsuits

7/21: Dupont Q2 profit down 61%

7/21: Hillary cites concerns over ties between North Korea and Myanmar

7/21: Hussein defends August deadline for health care bill

7/21: White House and Congress battle over F-22 fighter jets

7/21: Senate removes F-22 money

7/21: Mexican drug cartels have expanded into 47 nations

7/21: WHO reports global deaths from Swine Flu now >700

7/21: Ohio executes killer--the 1000th in US since 1976

7/22: Hillary at a security conference in Thailand declares US "is back"

7/22: 3 killed in attacks on US convoy-1 civilian and 2 militants

7/22: Australia starts first Swine Flu vaccine trials

7/22: Brazil official calls Israeli foreign minister a "fascist"

7/22: Dems in Raleigh close to raising sales tax and income taxes to raise $1 BILLION

7/22: Hussein speaks in prime time on Obamacare but gives no specifics, especially on how it will be paid for

7/22: Landslide in China leaves 4 dead and 53 missing

7/23: Georgia asks Biden for weapons but US will not commit. Russia has threatened to break off talks with any nation supplying arms to Georgia

7/23: Iceland formally applies to EU

7/23: Romanian mayor apologizes for Nazi uniform parade

7/23: Drive by shooting at Texas Southern University rally wounds 6

7/23: US man gave NYC transit info to al-Qaeda and attacked a US base in Afghanistan

7/23: SC Governor Sanford goes to Europe with family

7/23: Debt reduction leaves Ford with $2.3 BILLION Q2 profit

7/23: McDonald's Q2 profit down 8%

7/23: UPS Q2 profit down 49%

7/23: AT&T Q2 earnings down 15%

7/23: Porsche CEO steps down

7/23: Phillip Morris Q2 profit down 9%

7/23: Hershey Q2 profit up 72%

7/23: AP fact check on Hussein's speech finds at least 5 discrepencies in what he said and what is true, including when he said he has not blamed Republicans for the flack on his health care when in fact he attacked them in his opening statement

7/23: Ebay Q2 profit down 5%

7/23: researchers to implant pig cells in humans to try to treat diabetes in New Zealand

7/23: Tamiflu-resistant Swine Flu now in Canada

7/23: Iran opposition leader's brother-in-law is arrested

7/23: Biden says US ties to Russia will not hurt Georgia

7/23: NJ corruption investigation nabs 3 mayors, 2 state legislators, and several rabbis among 40 arrested

7/23: Police in Cambridge, MA upset over Hussein saying police acted "stupidly" in case involving a Harvard professor that Hussein's calls a friend and a case in which Hussein said he did not know all the facts.

7/23: Ann Arbor News closes after 174 years.

7/23: NC legslture approves 2% tax surcharge on income taxes

7/23: Governor Perdue of NC says she will not back the 2% surcharge

7/23: DOW tops 9000 as home sales rise for 3rd month

7/23: New jobless claims last week rise to 554,000

7/24: Mark Buerhle of the Chicago White Sox pitches a perfect game

7/27: Israel reserves any means to deal with Iran

7/27: Biden pisses off Russia by calling them a weakened nation

7/27: US military stops publicizing Taliban body count

7/27: Taiwan and Chinese leaders exchange messages for 1st time in 60 years

7/27: Sarah Palin stpes down as governor

7/27: Verizon Q2 profit down 21% and plans to cut 8000 jobs

7/27: June new home sales up 11%

7/27: Aetna Q2 profit down 28%

7/27: Honeywell Q2 profit down 38%

7/28: Thousands flee fighting in Somalia to Yemen

7/28: US envoy presses Israel on settlements

7/28: Gunmen in Baghdad kill 8 in bank robbery

7/28: 7 NC men charged in jihad group plotting international terrorism

7/28: US Steel Q2 loss of $392 MILLION

7/28: Viacom Q2 profit down 32%

7/28: BP Q2 profit down 53%

7/28: Valero Q2 profit loss of $254 MILLION

7/28: BofA planning to cut 10% of branches

7/28: Senators Conrad and Dodd received VIP loan deals from Countrywide. Allowed them to get discounts that the average person could not--is an ethics violation

7/28: Stimulus package for police aid helps only 1 out of 7 agencies that need it. NYC, Houston, Seattle, and Pittsburgh among those that will not get any money.

7/28: UK temporarily withdraws from Iraq until Parliament approves new funding

7/28: Nigeria imposes curfews and sends troops to quell violence

7/28: 140 prisoners from election riots freed in Iran

7/28: Pakistan rescues children kidnapped by Taliban for use as suicide bombers

7/28: Auburn Univeristy vet student is missing after visiting Thailand

7/28: Consumer confidence in July fell from 49.3 to 46.6

7/28: Senate Judiciary committee votes 13-6 to send Sotomayor nomination to Senate floor

7/30: Bomb on Spanish island kills 2 police officers

7/30: Iranian police use force at graveside rally

7/30: Communists defeated in Moldova elections

7/30: North Korea seizes South Korea fishermen

7/30: Reportedly 13 MILLION abortions per year in China

7/30: Alaska man who pled guilty to torture and murder of a friend in SD has his death penalty sentence overturned by SD Supreme Court

7/30: Attorney General of New York says AIG gave out $5.33 BILLION in bonuses in 2008. Also says other bailed our corps gave out BILLIONS in bonuses as well

7/30: Yahoo and Microsoft partner for web search

7/30: Exxon Q2 profit down 66%

7/30: Shell OIl Q2 profit down 67%

7/30: New jobless claims at 584,000

7/30: Dow Chemical Q2 loss at $486 MILLION

7/30: Motorola Q2 profit up $26 MILLION

7/30: Pew poll finds 41% disapprove of Hussein's handling of black professor case versus 29% who approve

7/30: Pew poll shows Hussein's overall approval rating at 54%-down from 61% in June

7/30: "Beer fest" at White House with Hussein, Biden, Prof.Gates, and the Cambridge policeman

7/31: Cuba turns off air conditioners, shuts factories, and shortens work days to save money during recession

7/31: Interim Honduran President says Zelaya cannot be restored

7/31: Russia starts Arctic maneuvers near Canada

7/31: UN reports Afghanistan civilian deaths up 24%

7/31: Sen. Dodd has prostate cancer

7/31: Shuttle Endeavor returns safely to earth

7/31: Alabama's largest county will shut down on 8/3 with at least 1/4 of employees on unpaid leave and many offices will close. Will not affect the hospital or sheriff's department

7/31: Hoboken, NJ mayor of 3 weeks steps down after federal corruption charges are filed

7/31: US Swine Flu deaths >350 with >5500 hospitalized

7/31: Lowes to pull name from Charlotte Speedway

7/31: Cash for clunkers runs out of money

7/31: House votes to restrict Wall Street pay for execs

7/31: GDP drops 1% in Q2

7/31: Pelosi calls health insurance companies evil. Reid says similar statements as well.

7/31: Saudi Arabia rebukes US on call to improve relations with Israel

8/1: Iran begins trial of protesters

8/1: Former Philippines president Corazon Aquino dies at 76

8/1: Iran detains 3 American tourists

8/1: Bank failures now up to 69 this year

8/2: Geithner and Summers say taxing the middle class is not off the table

8/2: Sen. Dodd & HHS secretary are shouted down at town hall meeting on health care

8/2: Lou Dobbs and CNN at odds

8/2: Pneumonic plague in NW China town causes quarantine of entire town

8/3: 6.9 earthquake hits Mexico's Gulf of California

8/3: German ship that has been held hostage for 4 months by Somali pirates is released after reportedly $2.7 MILLION paid in ransom

8/3: 185 killed in Sudan tribal violence

8/3: Georgia accuses Russia of trying to seize more land

8/3: 26 hurt in Continental Airline flight due to turbulence

8/3: BofA pays $33 MILLION fine over Merrill Lynch bonuses

8/3: GM to layoff 13,500

8/3: Sen McCain is opposed to Sotomayor

8/3: Dem leaders vow health care bill with or without Reps

All caught up for now

Yo Mama

Sorry, but I have been out of town for the last couple of weeks, but now I am back with a vengeance!

The talk of the nation is this run in between a Harvard professor and the police department in Cambridge, MA. The 911 call never described any black men trying to break into the house--they did say that one of the men appeared to be Hispanic. When the police arrived they were trying to ascertain if the man inside was the owner or a burglar and the man became belligerent. The cop asked him to step outside so they could discuss it and the prof says, "Yeah, I'll step outside and talk to yo' mama!" Now get this, Hussein agrees with his friend and said the police acted "stupidly" and the prof is writing a paper on racial profiling and he is going to include this incident. Racial profiling? The police get a call that someone is breaking into the house and no mention of a black man and it's racial profiling!?!? And he says "yo' mama!"!?!? What kind of professor is this?!?! This is the type of person teaching our young people? And Hussein supports him!?!? Not to mention that the cop involved teaches race relations to police officers and has even given unprotected mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to a black person before the medic arrived!!! Give me a f****** break!!!!
If I was the Cambridge police department, I would put out a media letter saying that if any one breaks into this profs house, the police will not respond. Let every hood in America hear this and let them have at his house and then let's see what happens.

I am sick and tired of the professors, these wannabe players from the hood like Hussein , and these so-called "preachers" calling out race every time they feel like it. They are trying to keep racism alive otherwise they have no platform to stand on which means no income to support their cause.

Stand up America and don't let these thugs get away with it!!!

That's the way it was

We are now 198 days closer to Armageddon than we were last time. Hope you are enjoying the ride!



7/13: 3 prisoners (2 murderers and 1 rapist) escape from Indiana state prison. One of the murderers is caught near the vacation home of Chicago mayor Richard Daley by his security guards.



7/13: Analyst urges Mitsubishi and Suzuki to abandon the US market



7/13: Villagers in Afghanistan say crooked police, not the Taliban, are to blame for their problems. As 150 marines and Afghan soldiers approach the police headquarters, the police begin firing. US troops were able to oust police and install better trained forces.



7/13: Police kill 2 uigher men and wound 1 in China



7/13: Japan's ruling party could lose control in next month's election



7/13: Medvedev cheered in Georgia



7/13: North Korea's Kim reportedly has pancreatic cancer



7/13: Senate Judiciary Committee Republican Lindsey Graham says Sotomayor is in unless she has a meltdown



7/13: CIT Group, Inc, the number 1 lender to small & mid-sized businesses is seeking more federal bailout



7/13: CSX quarter 2 profit down 20%



7/13: Federal budget deficit tops $1 TRILLION for the first time in history with 3 months left in the budget year



7/13: Chicago Cubs consider bankruptcy



7/13: 32 czars and counting as Hussein names a new science czar who has advocated tainting food and water supplies to sterilize people



7/13: Sotomayor hearings start



7/14: Hussein demands Dems get health care legislation by the end of the week. Says that those against him and think that it won't happen should "never underestimate us. It will be done."



7/14: South Korean police say data was extracted during cyber attacks



7/14: NATO helicopter crashes in Afghanistan killing 6 civilians on board and 1 child on the ground



7/14: 2 US marines and 1 Italian soldier are killed in Afghanistan



7/14: British conductor and his wife die in Swiss suicide clinic



7/14: Iran hangs 13 members of rebel Sunni group



7/14: 2 French security advisers kidnapped at Somali hotel



7/14: SouthWest airlines plane develops hole in passenger compartment in flight and makes emergency landing



7/14: Ohio executes killer



7/14: Police expect to arrest up to 8 people in connection with the murder of a Florida couple who were killed last Thursday (they had 12 children, most of whom were adopted and have disabilities)



7/14: Episcopal Church to affirm gay clergy



7/14: UNC-Asheville closes 2 research facilities and cuts 8 staffers due to state cuts in funding



7/14: Goldman-Sachs reports $2.72 BILLION profit for quarter 2



7/14: Wholesale and retail prices rose in June



7/14: Johnson & Johnson second quarter profit drops 3.5%



7/14: Another SouthWest Airlines plane makes emergency landing due to fire



7/14: House Dems ready legislation on health care which will fine employers and individuals without insurance, will provide subsidies to the poor, will place a surtax on the upper income earners, and will make hundreds of BILLIONS of dollars in cuts to Medicare and Medicaid



7/14: Sotomayor denies bias in "wise Latina" remark



7/14: Hussein warns unemployment will still rise and proposes $12 BILLION to spend on community colleges



7/14: US commander in South Korea is ready for a North Korean attack



7/14: Ex-leader of Liberia Charles Taylor on trial in The Hague denounces war crimes charges



7/14: UK health booklet tells educators to tell teens about sexual pleasure--parents are not happy



7/14: Wisconsin atheist group files lawsuit against "In God We Trust"



7/14: Dell shares drop 8%



7/14: GM CEO says July sales are weaker than a year ago--duh!



7/14: Hussein administration is attacking Sen Jon Kyl (R-AZ) who is calling for an end to stimulus spending. 4 secretaries (including transportation) send letters to AZ governor threatening to take back the money for her state--this folks is thuggery--It is Chicago gangsters at their worst.



7/14: Hussein has teleprompter crash to the floor while making a speech defending the stimulus plan



7/14: Hillary calls Hussein's vetting regulations a "nightmare" and said "It is frustrating beyond words."



7/15: Former Secretary of Treasury Henry Paulson admits to pressuring BofA Ken Lewis into the Merrill Lynch deal

7/15: China economic growth up 7.9% from a year ago

7/16: UN panel urges new sanctions against North Korea

7/16: Iceland's parliament votes to join the EU

7/16: Taliban threatens to kill kidnapped US soldier

7/16: Jumbo flying squid terrorize (can we use that word?--yes, because we are not talking about Muslim squid) San Diego waters and beaches

7/16: Google quarter 2 profit up 19%

7/16: CIT shares plunge after government refuses bailout

7/16: Harley Davidson cutting 1000 more jobs after quarter 2 income is down 91%

7/16: JP Morgan Q2 profits up 36%

7/16: Jobless claims dropped to 522,000 last week--still, more than 1/2 MILLION people are losing their jobs each week!!!!

7/16: GOP pledges quick vote on Sotomayor

7/16: Hussein says that without action, health care costs will rise--isn't he the same one who said if we do not pass the stimulus bill that unemployment would rise to 8.4% but with the stimulus it would not go above 8% and yet here we are at 9.5% and climbing?!?!?!?!



7/16: CBO says that the health care bill as it is written now will not save any money on health care and will actually cost us more

7/16: Pentagon wants to intensify recruiting to gain 30,000 more troops to replace those that have been injured or killed and will not be able to return to duty

7/16: Hussein speaks at NAACP convention

7/16: Joe Biden in VA says that to keep the US from going bankrupt, we need to spend money.

7/17: Pope breaks wrist in the Alps

7/17: Social Security Administration revealed to have sent managers to an exclusive resort in AZ for "Tango" "team building" at a cost of $700,000 to taxpayers and a loss of over 15,000 working hours while cases for disability are in backlog for 9 months just to be heard!!!

7/17: Bombings in Indonesia at 2 resort hotels kill 8 and wound 50

7/17: China shuts down legal center and revokes licenses of Chinese human rights lawyers

7/17: Man arrested for killing his wife on board a Carnival Cruise ship after it docks in San Diego

7/17: BofA reports $2.42 BILLION Q2 profit

7/17: GE Q2 profits drop 49%

7/17: Mattel Q2 profit up 82%

7/17: Hillary condemns bombings in Indonesia

7/17: Thousands of protesters in Iran attack prayer and are tear gassed by security forces

7/17: NC unemployment rate at 11% for June

7/17: Citigroup reports $3 BILLION profit after sale of Smith Barney

7/17: Unemployment tops 10% in 15 states for June

7/17: Sen Mitch McConnell (R-KY) will vote against Sotomayor confirmation saying she lacks respect for equal justice under the law and will let her biases get in the way

7/17: Hussein wants Congress to give him more power in setting Medicare rates

7/17: Tiger Woods misses only the 5th cut of his professional career at the British Open-the apocalypse must be upon us!!!

7/17: Tom Kite at age 59 is tied for the lead at the British Open golf tournament

7/17: Walter Cronkite dies

With the passing of Walter Cronkite, true journalism is now dead.

Long live state run media!!!

Countdown To Armegeddon

This is the same blog as far in as it's about the week in review, but from now on I will counting up to Armageddon. After all, each day that passes bring us closer to the end. I will start with the beginning of the year, so this is DAY 194:



7/4/2009: 2 US troops die in attack on base in Afghanistan



7/4: South Korea says North Korea fired 7 more scud-type missiles off its coast



7/4: Honduras snubs OAS and refuses to restore president



7/4: Detroit mayor is firing the police chief



7/4: Venezuela takes over Spanish bank operating in its country



7/4: Former Titan quarterback Steve McNair is found dead in an apparent murder-suicide in which his 20 year old girlfriend shot and killed him, then herself.



7/4: Serial killer in Gaffney, SC has killed 5



7/4: Monorail crash at Disney World kills 1 worker



7/5: Hussein flies to Moscow



7/5: Police in Honduras block the runway to keep ex-President from landing



7/5: Protests erupt in Honduras



7/6: China says 156 killed in ethnic violence in western China and 828 are injured



7/6: US admiral denounces North Korean missile launches



7/6: Economic woes hit Pamplona's running of the bulls



7/6: 4 NATO soldiers killed in Afghanistan



7/6: Japanese destroyers head to Somalia for anti-piracy



7/6: 12 wounded at birthday party in Miami when gunmen stormed the home



7/6: 4 people working on fireworks at Ocracoke, NC are killed by explosives



7/6: Pepsico to invest $1 BILLION in Russia



7/6: Robert McNamara dies



7/6: Biden says Israel is free to set its own course on Iran



7/6: Biden says more jobs on the way because of stimulus spending



7/6: Hussein and Medvedev agree to pursue nuclear reduction



7/6: 7 US troops killed in Afghanistan



7/6: World's earliest Christian Bible, from the 4th century, is digitized in Britain and published on the internet



7/6: President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe describes the US assistant secretary of state for African affairs as "an idiot" and hopes that he does not represent Hussein. He goes on to say "ha shame, a great shame being an African-American."



7/6:Sen Max Baucus (D-MT) close to deal with hospitals which "allow" them to pay for part of the health care plan. About $150-155 BILLION over 10 years



7/6: 15 staffers of Michelle Obama make $1.08 MILLION in salaries



7/6: Hillary cancels all foreign trips



7/6: Harry Potter star Rupert Grint who plays Ron is recovering from Swine Flu



7/6: Serial killer in Gaffney is confirmed dead in Gastonia, NC after a shootout with police



7/6: Ex-Honduran President Zelaya goes to DC to meet with Hillary



7/6: Grenade attack in Afghanistan kills 1 and wounds 28



7/6: US to talk to South Korea on extending missile range



7/6: Health reform would create another czar-Federal Insurance Czar



7/6: Lear Corp files Chapter 11



7/6: Pope Benedict XVI calls for new world financial order guided by ethics, dignity, and a search for common good



7/6: New food safety standards are set by Hussein



7/6: Hussein preaches democracy to Moscow students but says US will not impose it on other nations



7/7:Marines push militants out of Taliban region in Afghanistan



7/7: Gov Perdue of NC offers her own tax hike plan to raise $1.6 BILLION. Would raise state sales tax, tax the rich for 2 years, raise the cigarette tax by $0.50 /pack and an increase in alcohol taxes



7/7: NC jobless rate expected to hit 13%



7/7: Jury finds for former AIG CEO Hank Greenburg in a suit brought by AIG



7/7: New study shows consumer delinquencies up to 3.23% in early 2009



7/7: Credit card delinquencies up to 4.75% in first quarter. Delinquent payments (over 30 days) are up to 6.6%%



7/7: IRS suspends tax fines for some small businesses while Congress changes the law



7/7: Children of US troops seeking mental help rose to 2 MILLION times last year



7/7: Hillary says Costa Rican President will mediate Honduras crisis



7/8: North Korea believed to be behind cyber attacks that paralyzed South Korean and US government websites

7/8: China sends security forces into region where rioting has been continuing and vows to execute those behind the killings

7/8: Great 8 leaders to start summit in Italy on economy

7/8: Hussein in Italy after leaving Russia has no plans to visit US allies Georgia and the Ukraine-looks like he will talk to our enemies while ignoring our friends

7/8: Hamas tries to detain a woman walking with a man on the beach in Gaza

7/8: Suspected US missile kills 10 militants in Pakistan

7/8: In Toledo, donations keep public pools open

7/8: Shriners look at closing 6 children's hospitals due to financial drops

7/8: Traffic congestion dipping due to economy

7/8: Church camps closing due to the economy. There are an estimated 3000 church camps in the US and 15% of those (450) are expected to close by December

7/8: NC revokes license of mortgage lender North American Real Estate Services, Inc.

7/8: China detains Australian accused of espionage

7/8: Hussein eyes a second stimulus bill---the first one worked so well, by all means, let's do it again

7/8: House resolution to honor Michael Jackson faces GOP opposition

7/8: LA is picking up the tab for the MJ memorial. About $1.2 MILLION--this the same LA that released 1200 teachers due to the budget

7/9: More cyber attacks on S.Korea & US websites including the Pentagon

7/9: Bombings in Baghdad and Mosul kill at least 41

7/9: truck bomb in Afghanistan kills 25

7/9: G5 (the top 5 developing countries) and some G8 members, including India and China, are unwilling to cut greenhouse gases by 2050 unless they get the technology and the money from the US to do so--yet we are unilaterally passing a cap-and-trade which will harm our economy and place US businesses against foreign companies that have an unfair advantage

7/9: Mass. files suit against the Federal marriage law

7/9: Environmentalists unfurl banner on Mt Rushmore for anti-global warming

7/9: NC allows home builders with unsold property not to pay property taxes on them for up to 3 years

7/9: President of Greensboro College (NC) steps down after cutting faculty and staff salaries by 20% and restructuring the school's debt

7/9: Retailers report weak June sales. Biggest losers are Abercrombie & Fitch, The Children's place, and Limited Brands Inc (which owns Victoria's Secret). Target reports a loss of 6.2%

7/9: Alcoa reports loss of $454 MILLION which is less than expected

7/9: New jobless claims for last week were 565,000 meaning at least 6.9 MILLION people are unemployed

7/9: May wholesale inventories dropped 0.8%--9th straight drop

7/9: Hussein phoned a federal-state meeting to urge preparedness for Swine Flu in the Fall

7/9: House Dems look at taxing the "rich" to pay for health care

7/9: HHS says Swine Flu shots may begin in October in the public schools

7/9: GM & Chrysler pressure Congress not to reopen closed dealerships

7/9: Thousands defy a ban and protest in Iran

7/9: Afghanistan changes law which required women to submit to sex with their husband

7/9: UNESCO says US invading of Iraq caused serious damage to Babylon---duh!! When you are in war, you don't worry about protecting sites, you worry about the enemy!!

7/9: South Africa condemned for allowing rape culture

7/9: Mediation on Honduras begins in Costa Rica

7/9: Worst violence since US pullback in Iraq with 60 people killed by bombs

7/9: Earthquake in China injures more than 300

7/9: Bomb in Afghanistan kills 25--half are children

7/9: Tax evaders in NH convicted of attempting to kill federal agents

7/9: Woman vanishes at skyscraper near 9-11 site in NYC--her body is found 2 days later stuffed into a vent in the building

7/9: Terror suspect in MN who pled guilty to aiding al-Qaida could serve only 10 more months then be deported to Canada

7/9: GM sale of most of its assets to a new company is cleared by a judge allowing GM to exit Chapter 11 despite appeals by plaintiffs in a product liability case

7/9: SEC to recommend that CA IOU's be regulated as securities

7/9: Sprint Nextel signs networking deal with Ericsson

7/9: Conservative Dems in the House rebel on health care bill asking for more time on the bill

7/9: GOP to call firefighter from race discrimination case to testify against Sotomayor

7/9: Richard Trumka launches bid to be first new AFL-CIO president in 14 years--he is running unopposed

7/9: 7 Congressmen, all Dems, say that CIA director admitted that the CIA has misled Congress on may occasions

7/10: The White House is redoing its website on transparency at a cost of $18 MILLION

7/10: Sen John Ensign says his parents gave $96, 000 to his mistress and her family

7/10: Sen Roland Burris will not run for reelection in 2010

7/10: Burger King apologizes for using Hindu goddess in ad

7/10: Llikai Hotel in Hawaii is closing due to loss of revenue--was used in opening sequence of Hawaii Five-O and was used by many stars in the past

7/10: Freestyle Music Park which used to be Hard Rock Park in Myrtle Beach has dropped tickets to $8.88 due to lack of guests

7/10: Hussein caught ogling a 17 year old girl at close of G8 meeting

7/10: Muslim women lead protests in western China

7/10: Britain has doubts about Afghanistan after 10 British troops killed in 10 days

7/10: Hussein says world averted economic disaster but recovery "still a ways off"--how can you recover from something if it didn't happen????

7/10: Pope reasserts Church's opposition to abortion and stem cell research in meeting with Hussein

7/10: World leaders of G8* & G5 launch a new approach to world hunger by agreeing to spend $20 BILLION on seeds, fertilizer, tools and other aid

7/10: Hussein lands in Ghana

7/10: Iranian-American detained in Tehran for second time in 2 years

7/10: Appeals court rules DC checkpoints in high crime neighborhoods is unconstitutional

7/10: NC lawmakers tentatively agree to broad spending and taxing

7/10: Vice-chairman of Univ. of South Carolina board of trustees resigns and is charged with bank fraud in NC

7/10: SC turns down Duke Energy request to relicense 5 dams used for hydroelectricity

7/10: First victim in 15 years dies from being gored by bull in Pamplona

7/10: DOW closes down for 4th straight week

7/10: Trade deficit narrows to $6 BILLION in May

7/10: MJ's estate may owe $MILLIONS to the IRS

7/10: AIG to give out more than $2 MILLION in bonuses

7/10: US moving away from drug eradication in Afghanistan to gain favor with farmers--let me get this straight. We cannot smoke cigarettes, but we can grow opium!?!?

7/10: Hussein suggests sanctions on Iran in September

7/11:Creator of Hussein poster pleads guilty to vandalism

7/11: Smith & Hauken gardening is closing after 30 years due to economy

7/11: Death toll in China now at 184 from ethnic riots

7/11: Hussein rejects 2nd stimulus

7/11: Regulators shut Wyoming bank bringing the total of failed banks this year to 53

7/11: Hussein in Ghana declares he has "the blood of Africa within me" and tells Africa to end tyranny and corruption

7/11: Hussein also compares slavery to the Holocaust

7/11: 4 killed in car bomb in northern Iraq

7/12: Hussein approval rating down to 58%

7/12: 2 US marines die in bombing in Afghanistan

7/12: Car bomb in Iraq kills 4

7/12: Somalia clashes kill dozens

7/12: 5 Iranian officials suspected of militant activity are released from detention in Iraq after 2years and return to Tehran

7/12: Geithner tells Middle East your investments are safe in the US

The more that happens, the less safe I feel

The week that was

Note: The following ( and all previous) news bits are taken directly from the Associated Press. They are not from some right-wing website or other "questionable" source that leftists might construe as conspiratorial against the Hussein administration.

6/29: Hussein still thinks that talks with Iran about their nuclear arsenal are still possible

6/29: Iran starts recounting 10% of the vote

6/29: Military coup in Honduras ousts the President who was trying to rewrite the Constitution so he could be President indefinitely. A new President was put in place with the support of the Congress, military, and Supreme Court. The world still recognizes the ousted President as the true President--including Hussein.

6/29: Afghan President Karzai accuses guards employed by the US of killing police

6/29: Russia holds major war games

6/29: Argentina's/first couple suffers setbacks when elections show they have lost control of both houses of Congress

6/29: A stray mortar hits a mosque & Pakistan retaliates with airstrikes killing more than 20

6/29: Air Force test fires a Minuteman missile from California coast into the Pacific

6/29: Study finds widening gap between younger and older Americans. Widest since the 1960s

6/29: Inspiration Networks CEO David Cerullo is building a $4 MILLION home in western SC as the ministry is cutting jobs

6/29: Fairpoint Communications says it may file for bankruptcy if it doesn't get more time to pay the interest on $530 MILLION loans

6/29: Enterprise Products to buy Teppco Partners in a deal worth $3.3 BILLION

6/29: Porsche rejects Volkswagen offer

6/29: Central bankers urge move from stimulus to reform

6/29: Toyota develops a wheelchair that can be controlled by brainwaves

6/29: Hussein adviser David Axelrod is not ready to support a second stimulus package

6/29: Hussein has written Michael Jackson's family expressing condolences

6/29: US talks with deposed Honduran leader and is seeking his return to power

6/29: Bernie Madoff is sentenced to 150 years in prison

6/29: Supreme Court overturns case involving Sotomayor saying previous rulings discriminated against white and Hispanic firefighters

6/29: Pitchman Billy Mays dies

6/29: Hussein announces new light standards for the US

6/29: Hussein speeding delivery of $346 MILLION in stimulus to help improve energy efficiency in new and existing commercial buildings

6/29: Drug-resistant Swine Flu reported in Denmark

6/29: White House says Supreme Court ruling shows Sotomayor is not biased (her ruling was overturned)

6/29: Iran shows partial recount results are valid

6/29: Monica Conyers resigns from Detroit City Council

6/29: California finding economy could prolong recession in US. CA accounts for 12% of the US GDP and is the world's 8th largest economy

6/29: EPA reveals 44 hazardous coal ash sites in 10 states

6/29: Reports are MJ weighed 112 lbs and was bald with a little bit of gray hair

6/30: Pier 1 Imports to close 80 stores

6/30: Sears is closing 24 more stores

6/30: Home Depot to close 34 of its Expo Design Centers

6/30: Zales to close 155 stores

6/30: American Greetings to close 60 stores

6/30: Ruby Tuesday to close 70 locations

6/30: Yankee Candle to close 28 stores

6/30: Goody's to close all 282 stores and file for Chapter 11 again

6/30: World Market to close 26 stores

6/30: Oneida to close 20 outlets

6/30: S&K to close 30 stores

6/30: Claire's to close 199 stores

6/30: Gap Inc. to close 100 stores

6/30: Costco Home Stores to close its 2 furnishings stores

6/30: 10 more to be charged in Madoff scheme

6/30: US pulls out of Iraqi cities. 4 soldiers are killed

6/30: Iran declares election results are valid

6/30: Ousted Honduran President vows to return to Honduras

6/30: Chavez threatens to invade Honduras if President is not reinstated

6/30: Israeli drones kill 29 in Gaza

6/30: Israel starts expanding settlements

6/30: militants attack oil fields

6/30: Japan unemployment rises to 5.5 year high of 5.2% (3.2 MILLION)

6/30: Taiwan opens door for China to invest

6/30: Hussein takes a swift stand on Honduras threatening sanctions

6/30: National Guard seeks volunteers to patrol Mexico border

6/30: Hussein reaffirms support for gay rights activism saying" I will not only be your friend, I will continue to be an ally and a champion and a president who fights with you and for you."

6/30: Hussein says "I expect and hope to be judged not by my words, not by promises I've made, but by promises that my administration keeps." (So much for transparency, no lobbyists in administration, no taxes for anyone making <$250,000, unemployment not going above 8%...)

6/30: Hussein promises to get cap-and-trade, financial regulations, and health care reform into law by the end of the year

6/30: Minnesota Supreme Court rules Al Franken the winner in the Senate race

6/30: Iraq celebrates US pullback but a bombing in Kirkuk kills at least 27

6/30: Yemeni Airbus crashed with 153 aboard. A 14 year old girl survives

6/30: China backs down on web filter

6/30: Train derails in Italy killing 13

6/30: Immigrants in US now asking money be sent from home countries to them

6/30: 7 teenagers are shot in Detroit

6/30: Consumer confidence falls in June from 54.8 to 49.3

6/30: Home prices dropped 18.1% in April

6/30: North Korea ship changes course

6/30: India says it will not talk about reducing any emissions, period.

7/1: Vibe magazine shuts down

7/1: US Weekly and TMZ report that MJ's children are not his biologically

7/1: 10 SC state reps call for Gov Sanford to resign

7/1: Interim Honduran leader vows Zelaya won't return

7/1: Mexican police find 6 bodies related drug war. Also, the body of a Texas teen was found in northern Mexico

7/1: Inspector General Fred Weiderhold was forced to retire after looking into AMTRAK wrongdoing. He is being replaced by former AMTRAK human resources executive with no IG experience

7/1: Karl Malden dies

7/1: Hussein calls the stimulus a success because it saved the the jobs of teachers, police, and firefighters

7/2: Crabtree & Evelyn file Chapter 11

7/2: GM recalls 44,000 Saturn SUVs

7/2: Federal prosecutors in NC file criminal conspiracy charges against Beazer Homes USA

7/2: North Korea fires 4 short-range missiles toward Japan

7/2: Thousands of Marines in Afghanistan launch offensive against Taliban

7/2: India decriminalizes gay sex

7/2: California starts paying bills (mostly refunds to citizens) with IOUs

7/2: Unemployment for May is 9.5%--26 year high

7/2: Iran reports more protest arrests

7/2: Organization of American States is threatening sanctions against Honduras

7/2: UN nuclear agency chooses Japanese diplomat as new head

7/2: Florida Supreme Court says Governor Charlie Crist cannot reject a list of all white nominees for appeals court

7/2: United Airlines computer problem disrupted flights at O;Hare International Airport in Chicago

7/2: Prosecutors play tapes in case of former Louisiana congressman William Jefferson accused of taking $400,000 in bribes

7/2: Gov. Sanford cleared of wrongdoing by State Law Enforcement Division in SC

7/2: Gov. Perdue of NC prodded lawmakers to stay and work on the budget, but they all adjourned for the holiday.

7/2: 467,000 jobs lost in June--it was expected to be only 363,000

7/2: FDIC seeks stronger rules for sale of failed banks. 45 banks have failed this year (25 in 2008 & 3 in 2007)

7/2: Education Secretary Arne Duncan challenged teachers to stop resisting pay linked to student performance

7/2: GOP requests more documents on Sotomayor and is blasted by White House which calls the documents "irrelevant"

7/2: White House authorizes seizure of assets belonging to extremist group in Iraq and Iran

7/2: 20 girls go to Camp David to celebrate Hussein's daughter's eleventh birthday

7/2: NY Congresswoman Caolyn Maloney gets boost from President Clinton at fundraiser in her bid to challenge Hussein's pick of current Senator Kristen Gillibrand who is temporarily replacing Hillary.

7/2: Feds seize Madoff's $7 MILLION penthouse, but Ruth Madoff begs to keep it and her fur coat. She leaves with the clothes on her back which does not include the coat.

7/2: Helen Thomas & CBS Chip Reid rip White House spokesman Robert Gibbs over the plants in the town hall meetings instead of opening them up for real questions from real people that have not been preselected.

7/2: North Korean ship returns home

7/3: FDIC closes 7 more banks bringing to 52 the number of failed banks this year which more than doubles the total for all of last year

7/3: Russia will allow shipments of US weapons across its territory into Afghanistan

7/3: Iranian cleric says some of the Iranian staffers of the British embassy will be put on trial for fueling protests

7/3: US missile strike in Pakistan kills 17

7/3: NY City Muslims are pushing to have Muslim holidays added to school year

7/3: Under a proposed Senate health care plan, all Americans must have insurance or will pay a $1000/year fine. Businesses with 25 or more employees must cover each worker or face a fine of $750/worker.

7/3: National debt at $11.5 TRILLION and is growing by more than $1 TRILLION/year and could be the next US crisis as it may force taxes to be increased and federal benefits and services to be cut.

7/3: Hussein begins holiday at Camp David

7/3: Hussein tells Putin Cold War is over

7/3: Washington Post sent out fliers of a July 27 meeting with White House officials to lobbyists who could pay $25,000 to $250, 000 to have access.

7/3: Governor Sarah Palin announces she will step down as Governor of Alaska at then end of this month.

7/3: Late blight has affected tomato plants all over the east coast except for Georgia. Late blight was responsible for the potato famine.

7/3: UNC-Chapel Hill announces 10% budget cuts or about $60 MILLION

7/3: British Airways is to cut seats on flights and delay arrivals of new planes

FUBAR: The New "Mission Accomplished"

Hussein, in a town hall meeting in Virginia, proclaimed the stimulus bill a success because it "saved" the jobs of teachers, firefighters, and police all over the country. Say what?

First of all, no one, including Hussein himself who went on the campaign trail to lobby for the bill, ever, ever said that the stimulus package was to save the jobs of teachers, fire fighters, and police. Never! The bill was supposed to stimulate the economy, create new jobs to get people back to work, and keep the unemployment rate at 8% or below. So going on the original principles, let's look and see how the bill has done. The economy is still in the tank and contracting more each month, the only jobs that have been created are those in the government, and unemployment will go above 10% as Hussein himself has said. Sounds like a huge success to me! Companies including GM are filing for bankruptcy. More employees are being laid off. The deficit is rising.

Now lets examine the new definition of what the stimulus package was supposed to do-save those jobs. Well, here in Charlotte, NC, 800 teachers and teacher assistants were given pink slips the Friday before Memorial Day. Later, CMS posted openings for 250 positions, but that still leaves a net loss of 550 jobs. In February, 600 teachers in Providence Rhode Island received their pink slips. In June, Broward County Florida sent pink slips to 394 teachers. By next year in Los Angeles, 2100 teachers are slated to lose their jobs. In Minnesota, Winona cut 13% of teachers in May and 10 other districts cut an average of 6% of their teachers. Also in May, 3000-5000 teachers were to be laid off in Washington. Need I say more?

Okay, here's more. At the end of June, Michigan laid off 100 state troopers. Modesto, CA laid off 9 officers. Maplewood, NJ cut 3, Toldeo cut 75, Cincinnati cut up to 200, Oakland 140, and El Monte, CA 17. In Chicago, 400 police officer positions are unfilled as the city cannot afford to hire officers and that number may grow to 800 by the end of the year. The same in Kansas City, MO where 45 jobs are unfilled and the 31 cadets that will be graduating soon will probably be laid off before they ever start working.

Firefighters? In Sacramento, 68 lost their jobs. Kokomo, IN cut 12. East Point, GA cut 45. Orlando laid off 47. More cities have laid off or are considering laying off more.

Sounds like a huge success to me (with the emphasis on suck). Washington and the President have taken spin to an all-time high. They just don't get it and never will!

Failure is the new success!!! FUBAR* is here to stay. Get used to it.

*FUBAR= F***** Up Beyond All Recognition

MJ vs Farrah

What's the difference between Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson?

Farrah touched a lot of young boys hearts. Michael touched a lot of young boys!




Remember, MJ was at best a pedophile and at worst a child molester/rapist. He neither was nor is an American or World hero.