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MON 2008-AUG-11
Imperialist Russiabreitbart.com/ ... 20:00:37The US military was surprised by the timing and swiftness of the Russian military's move into South Ossetia and is still trying to sort out what happened, a US defense official said Monday... breitbart.com/ ... 20:00:12President Bush on Monday demanded that Russia end a "dramatic and brutal escalation" of violence in Georgia, agree to an immediate cease-fire and accept international mediation to end the crisis in the former Soviet republic... apnews.myway.com/ ... 16:57:36Russian forces seized several towns and a military base deep in western Georgia on Monday, opening a second front in the fighting. Georgia's president said his country had been effectively cut in half with the capture of the main east-west highway near Gori. Fighting also raged Monday around Tskhinvali, the capital of the separatist province of South Ossetia. Russian warplanes launched new air raids across Georgia, with at least one sending screaming civilians running for cover. The reported capture of the key Georgian city of Gori and the towns of Senaki, Zugdidi and Kurga came despite a top Russian general's claim earlier Monday that Russia had no plans to enter Georgian territory... thisislondon.co.uk/ ... 16:56:26Georgian officials tonight claimed the country had been 'overrun' by Russian troops after a full-scale ground invasion. Amid reports that Moscow forces had taken the town of Gori - and were marching on the capital Tsblisi - Georgian soldiers appeared to be in full retreat. Troops were apparently in complete chaos as a full-scale rout pushed them back through the countryside... civilian crisis intensified with thousands of refugees fleeing the seemingly unstoppable advance of the Russian army... blog.wired.com/ ... 16:56:03The websites of Georgia's government have been under denial-of-service attacks for weeks, with Russian hackers fingered as the culprits. Those online assaults have only intensified in recent days, as a shooting war between the two countries has broken out...
Prison Suckstulsaworld.com/ ... 16:51:44BARTLESVILLE... Washington County could be paying thousands of dollars in fines to the state by the end of the month if officials do not address overcrowding in the jail...
Supernatural Violencestar-telegram.com/ ... 15:26:19Repeatedly, over two days, the youth pastor, his wife and others held the girl down on the floor of the Pleasant Glade Assembly of God Church in Colleyville, even as Pearson screamed, fought and begged to be released... Texas Supreme Court dismissed her lawsuit against the church June 27. The majority said the courts can’t get involved in a religious debate over church doctrine...
Violencefoxnews.com/ ... 16:44:57Aug. 11, 2008: Lockdown has been lifted for a Georgia elementary school after a standoff ensued between a gunman and police just blocks away... suspected gunman is dead... sheriff's deputy injured... iht.com/ ... 15:29:58Aug 2... Bruce Ivins arrived in July at a group counseling session at a psychiatric center here in his hometown with a startling announcement: Facing the prospect of murder charges, he had bought a bulletproof vest and a gun as he contemplated killing his co-workers at the nearby U.S. Army research laboratory... The homicidal rant represented the final stages of psychological decline by Ivins that ended when he apparently committed suicide Tuesday as it became clear that he was a prime suspect in the anthrax attacks that further terrorized Americans in the weeks after Sept. 11, 2001...
Civilization vs Gangsterismreuters.com/ ... 16:43:59KHAR, Pakistan, Aug 11... Pakistani helicopter gunships attacked militants' hideout in a volatile tribal region on Monday and killed around 50 insurgents, taking the death toll to nearly 160 in five days of fighting...
Lasting Contributionsleisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/ ... 16:50:48Draped in gold chains, shaven-headed, barrel-chested, Isaac Hayes was an intimidating presence. He could bench-press 350 pounds and his voice was as bottomless as the Grand Canyon... died Sunday at age 65... he was the toast of both the music industry and Hollywood, the first black composer to win an Oscar. Yet the music always aimed deeper...
Staying Healthyananova.com/ ... 19:50:32Austria... Trendy Crocs sandals have been banned from hospitals by health chiefs over fears they might cause heart attacks or damage life support machines... the distinctive plastic shoes can generate massive amounts of static electricty...
Panic and Pandemonium!guardian.co.uk/ ... 16:54:05The UK should take active steps to prepare for dangerous climate change of perhaps 4C according to one of the government's chief scientific advisers...
Science Marches Onnnnnntechnology.timesonline.co.uk/ ... 16:52:04INVISIBILITY devices, long the realm of science fiction and fantasy, have moved closer after scientists engineered a material that can bend visible light around objects...
Feeding Ourselveswebmd.com/ ... 16:44:26Aug. 11, 2008 -- Whole Foods Market is recalling fresh ground beef sold between June 2 and Aug. 6 in certain states because of possible contamination with E. coli bacteria... [See article for list of states.] bloomberg.com/ ... 15:24:04July 25... Jalapeno peppers contaminated with a strain of salmonella linked to more than 1,200 illnesses were traced to Mexico...
Only Naturalfoxnews.com/ ... 16:46:59ARCHES NATIONAL PARK, Utah — One of the largest and most photographed stone arches in Arches National Park in the U.S. has collapsed. Wall Arch fell sometime late Monday or early Tuesday, though no one has reported seeing it collapse... gravity and erosion... "They all let go after a while..."
Nature can be Deadlycnn.com/ ... 19:52:12BatAt least 38 Warao Indians have died in remote villages in Venezuela, and medical experts suspect an outbreak of rabies spread by bites from vampire bats... wcbstv.com/ ... 15:27:47LightningJul 27... NEW YORK... One man died, while nine others are injured after being struck by lightning in various parts of the tri-state area... wnbc.com/ ... 15:27:07July 27... NEW YORK -- The toll of swimmers caught up in treacherous ocean currents in the metro region over the weekend grew to at least 10 on Saturday...
Humans can be Dangerousap.google.com/ ... 19:53:23On Friday, Louisiana will become the last state to outlaw... cockfighting... remains legal on American soil in Puerto Rico, American Samoa and Guam and is popular in Mexico, the Philippines and other foreign countries... hh news.yahoo.com/ ... 15:23:28LionAug 6... ACAPULCO, Mexico... woman said she fought a 500-pound lion with a machete... lion had escaped from a private zoo owned by a former local congressman...
US Militaryiht.com/ ... 16:51:20The verdict in the first war crimes trial at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, is in: One poorly educated Yemeni, with an impish sense of humor and two little girls, is guilty of supporting terrorism by driving Osama bin Laden. With credit for time served, the sentence is no more than five months. But the other, perhaps more important verdict - the judgment on the Bush administration's military commission system - is still out... defenselink.mil/ ... 15:43:46The Department of Defense announced today its recruiting and retention statistics for the active and reserve components for the month of July.... All Services met or exceeded recruiting goals for the month of July... and for fiscal 2008 to date.... Losses in all reserve components are within acceptable limits.... defenselink.mil/ ... 15:42:33A military panel has sentenced Salim Ahmed Hamdan of Yemen to 66 months of confinement for providing material support to terrorism by a military commission under the Military Commissions Act of 2006. The sentence includes a 61 month and eight day credit ordered by the military judge, Navy Capt. Keith Allred. Hamdan will serve his sentence to confinement separate from the other detainees at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.... defenselink.mil/ ... 15:40:56A military panel announced today that Salim Ahmed Hamdan of Yemen was found guilty of providing material support to terrorism by a military commission under the Military Commissions Act of 2006. Hamdan was found guilty on five of eight specifications of material support to terrorism.... He was found not-guilty by the panel members (jury) on the charge of conspiracy. Now that Hamdan has been found guilty of these offenses, the commission will determine an appropriate sentence.... faces the maximum sentence of life in prison.... defenselink.mil/ ... 15:40:06National Guard... August 6, 2008... This week the Navy and Air Force announced an increase, while the Army, Marine Corps and Coast Guard announced a decrease. The net collective result is 256 fewer reservists activated than last week.... This brings the total National Guard and Reserve personnel who have been activated to 107,754, including both units and individual augmentees. defenselink.mil/ ... 15:35:37The DoD released the 2008 National Defense Strategy today. The strategy outlines the national approach to the defense of this nation and its interests. The NDS is issued periodically and the last one was published in March 2005. It outlines how the Department supports the President's National Security Strategy and informs the National Military Strategy and other subordinate strategy documents. The strategy builds on lessons learned and insights from previous operations and strategic reviews such as the 2006 QDR. Link to NDS: http://www.defenselink.mil/news/2008 National Defense Strategy.pdf . defenselink.mil/ ... 15:34:41National Guard... July 30, 2008... This week the Navy and Air Force announced an increase, while the Army and Marine Corps announced a decrease. The Coast Guard number remained unchanged. The net collective result is 869 fewer reservists activated than last week.... This brings the total National Guard and Reserve personnel who have been activated to 108,010, including both units and individual augmentees.... defenselink.mil/ ... 15:33:59The Department of Defense announced today that it transferred three detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; one detainee was transferred to Afghanistan, one detainee to the United Arab Emirates, and one detainee to Qatar....
US Military Casualtiesdefenselink.mil/ ... 15:43:55US FlagArmy Sgt. Jose E. Ulloa, 23, of New York, N.Y., died Aug. 9 in Sadr City, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device Aug. 8 in Sadr City. He was assigned to the 515th Transportation Company, 28th Transportation Battalion, Mannheim, Germany. defenselink.mil/ ... 15:43:09US FlagNavy Petty Officer Second Class Anthony M. Carbullido, 25, of Agat, Guam, died Aug. 8, in Sangatesh, Afghanistan, from injuries suffered when his convoy vehicle hit an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the Naval Hospital Corps School in Great Lakes, Ill. defenselink.mil/ ... 15:42:55US FlagArmy Master Sgt. Danny E. Maybin, 47, of Columbia, S.C, died Aug. 7 at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, as the result of a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to Headquarters, U.S. Forces Command, Fort McPherson, Ga. The incident is under investigation. defenselink.mil/ ... 15:42:45US FlagArmy Sgt. Errol M. James, 29, of St. Croix, Virgin Islands, died Aug. 4 at Forward Operating Base Torkham, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained in a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 527th Military Police Company, 709th Military Police Battalion, Grafenwoehr, Germany. defenselink.mil/ ... 15:42:01US FlagArmy Spc. Ronald A. Schmidt, 18, of Newton, Kan., died Aug. 3 in Balad, Iraq, of injuries sustained in a vehicle accident in Ashraf, Iraq, on Aug. 2. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 161st Field Artillery, Kansas Army National Guard, Kingman, Kan. The incident is under investigation. defenselink.mil/ ... 15:41:53US FlagArmy Pvt. Timothy J. Hutton, 21, of Dillon, Mont., died Aug. 4 in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries suffered in a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 54th Engineer Battalion, 18th Engineer Brigade, Bamberg, Germany. The incident is under investigation. defenselink.mil/ ... 15:41:43US FlagMarine Capt. Garrett T. Lawton, 31, of Charleston, W.V., died Aug. 4 while supporting combat operations in Herat province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, Camp Lejeune, N.C. defenselink.mil/ ... 15:41:28US FlagArmy Sgt. Gary M. Henry, 34, of Indianapolis, Ind.
US FlagArmy Spc. Jonathan D. Menke, 22, of Madison, Ind.
died Aug. 4 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when debris from an improvised explosive device detonation on an overpass fell onto their vehicle. They were assigned to the 38th Military Police Company, 38th Infantry Division, Indiana Army National Guard, Danville, Ind. defenselink.mil/ ... 15:39:33US FlagArmy Sgt. Jaime Gonzalez, Jr., 40, of Austin, Texas, died Aug. 3 in Kabul, Afghanistan, of injuries suffered when his vehicle encountered a mine. He was assigned to the 436th Chemical Company, Texas Army National Guard, Laredo, Texas. defenselink.mil/ ... 15:39:22US FlagArmy Staff Sgt. Brian K. Miller, 37, of Pendleton, Ind., died Aug. 2 in Abd Allah, Iraq, of injuries suffered in a vehicle accident. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 293rd Infantry Regiment, 76th Brigade Combat Team, Indiana Army National Guard, Fort Wayne, Ind. The incident is under investigation. defenselink.mil/ ... 15:39:14US FlagArmy Sgt. Ryan P. Baumann, 24, of Great Mills, Md., died Aug. 1, on Route Alaska, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky. defenselink.mil/ ... 15:39:04US FlagArmy Pfc. Jennifer L. Cole, 34, of American Canyon, Calif., died Aug. 2 in Bayji, Iraq, of injuries suffered in a non-combat related incident. She was assigned to the 426th Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky. The incident is under investigation. defenselink.mil/ ... 15:38:54US FlagArmy Spc. Andre D. Mitchell, 25, of Elmont, N.Y., died July 31 in Mosul, Iraq, of injuries sustained in a vehicle accident. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas. The incident is under investigation. defenselink.mil/ ... 15:38:46US FlagArmy Spc. David J. Badie, 23, of Rockford, Ill., who was assigned to the Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas
US FlagArmy 2nd Lt. Michael R. Girdano, 23, of Pennsylvania, who was assigned to the Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas
US FlagArmy Spc. William J. Mulvihill, 20, of Leavenworth, Kan., who was assigned to the Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas
US FlagArmy Pvt. Jair De Jesus Garcia, 29, of Chatsworth, Calif., who was assigned to the 6th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas
died Aug. 1 in Asadabad, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered in Chowkay Valley, Afghanistan, when their vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. defenselink.mil/ ... 15:37:39US FlagArmy Spc. Kevin R. Dickson, 21, of Steelville, Mo., died Aug. 2 in Balad, Iraq, of injuries suffered in a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Group Support Battalion, Group Service Support Company, Fort Carson, Colo. The incident is under investigation. defenselink.mil/ ... 15:37:28The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that a U.S. serviceman, missing from the Vietnam War, has been identified.
US FlagNavy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Manuel R. Denton, U.S. Navy, of Kerrville, Texas, will be buried as part of a group on Thursday in Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C. On Oct. 8, 1963, Denton was one of six men who crewed a UH-34D Choctaw helicopter that was on a search-and-rescue mission. While over Quang Nam Province, Vietnam, the helicopter came under intense enemy ground fire and crashed. There were no survivors.... defenselink.mil/ ... 15:35:52US FlagArmy Sgt. James A. McHale, 31, of Fairfield, Mont., died July 30 at the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Md., of wounds suffered July 22 in Diyala Province, when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 40th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Baumholder, Germany. defenselink.mil/ ... 15:35:05US FlagMarine Staff Sgt. Faoa L. Apineru, 31, of Yorba Linda, Calif., died July 2, 2007, from wounds sustained while supporting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to Headquarters Company, 23rd Marines, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve. Staff Sgt. Apineru was wounded on May 15, 2005. After his death on July 2, 2007, the initial medical examiner concluded that Apineru did not die from injuries sustained during his deployment, but a subsequent opinion by the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology indicated that his death was a result of his injuries sustained in Iraq. defenselink.mil/ ... 15:33:26US FlagArmy Spc. Seteria L. Brown, 22, of Orlando, Fla., died July 25 in Sharana, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained in a non-combat related incident. She was assigned to the 62nd Engineer Battalion, 36th Engineer Brigade, Fort Hood Texas. The incident is under investigation.
US Election 2008apnews.myway.com/ ... 19:59:47ObamaIf you're a senior citizen and earn less than $50,000 a year, Barack Obama has a deal for you: a life free of federal income tax. Sounds appealing, right? Maybe to many seniors. But tax policy experts in Washington are giving it bad reviews. They see it as another subsidy for senior citizens, who already get federal help through Social Security and Medicare and often have economic advantages over other demographic groups... [But what a demographic he's pandering to!] ipetitions.com/ ... 19:57:20ObamaThe signers of this petition request the Federal Elections Commission and Mr. Donald McGahan, FEC chairman, to take responsibility to verify the eligibility of Mr. Barack H. Obama to be President of the United States. Mr. Obama has refused to produce a physical certified, stamped copy of his birth certificate. An electronically-displayed image displayed by his official campaign website has been alleged to be a forgery... ft.com/ ... 16:57:11MccainJohn McCain, the Republican presidential nominee, on Monday upstaged George W. Bush’s administration over the Georgia crisis with his strongest statement so far calling on the US and its allies to come together in "universal condemnation of Russian aggression"... "Russia’s aggression against Georgia is both a matter of urgent moral and strategic importance to the United States.... The implications go beyond their threat to . . . a democratic Georgia. Russia is using violence against Georgia, in part, to intimidate other neighbours such as Ukraine, for choosing to associate with the west..." politico.com/ ... 16:54:36ObamaEither Obama's campaign didn't quite know how to respond or didn't initially think it necessary to push back against McCain's "Celebrity" rap. But now, two weeks later, they're going on the air seeking to turn the attack around on the Republican, calling McCain "Washington's biggest celebrity..." [That's sure not going to work...!] abcnews.go.com/ ... 16:53:13HillarySen. Hillary Clinton would be the Democratic presidential nominee if John Edwards had been caught in his lie about an extramarital affair and forced out of the race last year, insists a top Clinton campaign aide, making a charge that could exacerbate previously existing tensions between the camps of Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama... sctimes.com/ ... 15:32:08Aug 9... On Friday... a roundtable on veterans issues at Brigitte’s Cafe his [U.S. Senate candidate Al Franken's] campaign scheduled drew only one participant...
Puritan Tyrannybaltimoresun.com/ ... 19:55:04...Authorities say he has been growing marijuana at the farm where he raises and sells Christmas trees. And they say they found enough of the drug, either in plant form or packaged in freezers, to roll thousands of joints - so they are taking steps to seize his farm... Some who know Chance think that's going too far. He is an "old hippie," but is no drug dealer... "Everybody, quite frankly, that I have run into thinks it's absurd that he's being charged with the intent to distribute.... Here's a guy who has really done a lot of great things for our town, our community, our kids. I'm shocked that he's in this predicament, and I only wish the best for him. I would hate to see this man lose his farm..." examiner-enterprise.com/ ... 16:49:12Bartlesville Police Department... will receive $209,208 for its efforts in cracking a major drug case... the city’s portion resulting from seized assets used in connection with the sale and distribution of illegal drugs...
It's Only Moneyknbc.com/ ... 19:51:20LOS ANGELES... motorcyclist dropped a canvas bag with $2,000 on Interstate 10... Several vehicles simply stopped in 65 mph traffic to pick up the loose bills and drove away. The Harley-Davidson driver said he got back only about $100... ft.com/ ... 16:52:21The dollar stormed to a six-month high against the euro on Monday amid a growing realisation that the US economy was not deteriorating as quickly as others across the globe...
Modern Medicine can be Dangeroustelegraph.co.uk/ ... 19:55:52A firefighter's healthy lung was allegedly removed unnecessarily after he was wrongly diagnosed with cancer....
But is it Art?breitbart.com/ ... 16:55:44A giant inflatable dog turd by American artist Paul McCarthy blew away from an exhibition in the garden of a Swiss museum, bringing down a power line and breaking a greenhouse window before it landed again...
Free Expressioncommercialappeal.com/ ... 15:24:57Memphis Police Director Larry Godwin and the city of Memphis have filed a lawsuit to learn who operates a blog harshly critical of Godwin and his department... Internet and free-speech advocates said they had serious problems with the city's actions...
Missingmindfulwebworks.com ... 15:21:50RETURN OF THE MISSING BLOG HEAPER... sort of... Things got busy... haven't had time... etc... etc... Just for now, quick clearing of old news stuck on the browser...
Policing Ourselvesfoxnews.com/ ... 16:49:56Fla... Pasco County sheriff's deputy... saved [from bullet] by the metal business card holder in his breast pocket...
Transport Troublenews.yahoo.com/ ... 15:28:21Jul 26... Two drunken British women went on a rampage on a charter plane, hitting one flight attendant with a bottle of vodka and trying to open a cabin door as the aircraft was cruising over Austria at 10,000 meters (32,800 feet)...
Digital Businessbits.blogs.nytimes.com/ ... 19:59:06Aug 11... Gmail... has been down for a very large number of users for about an hour or so... UPDATED 6:35 p.m. After about 90 minutes, Gmail came back to life for most users...
Digital Cultureiht.com/ ... 16:52:50While Knol is only three weeks old and still relatively obscure, it has already rekindled fears among some media companies that Google is increasingly becoming a competitor. They foresee Google's becoming a powerful rival that not only owns a growing number of content properties, including YouTube, the top online video site, and Blogger, a leading blogging service, but also holds the keys to directing users around the Web...
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