What the fuck?!? The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been providing medical training to members of the Taliban, including some high-ranking combatants, in Afghanistan. The humanitarian group says in a recent report that it provided first-aid training and first-aid kits to more than 70 “members of the armed opposition” in April. Christian [...]
Archive for May, 2010
31 May
Quote of the Day
The oil spill in the Gulf isn’t the only calamity the administration is ignoring. As a result of the BP accident, anywhere from $400,000 to $7 million worth of crude oil is leaking into the ocean each day, threatening widespread environmental damage. A much larger leak – $232 million per day – has come from [...]
30 May
Memorial Day
“For those who fight for it, life and freedom have a meaning the protected will never know” From Ted Nugent: As parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, we owe it to America’s finest to educate the youth of the United States that many brave Americans have paid the ultimate sacrifice in the name of freedom. Teach [...]
26 May
Obama Sends National Guard Troops to Border, Just in Time to Challenge the Arizona Law That Enforces Federal Statute (UPDATE)
Of course, you knew this was Kabuki, didn’t you? UPDATE: US National Guard troops being sent to the Mexican border will be used to stem the flow of guns and drugs across the frontier and not to enforce US immigration laws, the State Department said Wednesday. The clarification came after the Mexican government urged (READ: [...]
26 May
RIP Art Linkletter
I read Kids Say the Darndest Things, and watched the show of the same name. What a great, hilarious glimpse of life he brought to the world. He will be missed. LOS ANGELES — Art Linkletter, whose “People Are Funny” and “House Party” shows entertained millions of TV viewers in the 1950s and ’60s with [...]
