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posted by on August 15 at 6:33 AM
Declarations: The Bush administration is about to declare a substantial portion of Iran’s military, the Revolutionary Guard Corps, a “terrorist organization.”
Meanwhile in Iraq: Four truck bombs, two Kurdish villages—and over 200 dead in a single terrible evening.
Neo-Nazis: A group calling itself the National-Socialist Party of Russia released a video yesterday calling for the resignation of President Vladimir Putin. To let people know they were serious, they beheaded two young men on camera, then released the video to the internet.
A Mighty Wind: Hurricane Flossie kindly downgraded itself to a tropical storm before hitting Hawaii.
Technical Foul: Ex-NBA ref Tim Donaghy surrendered to authorities, is expected to plead guilty.
A Fourth, Fifth, Sixth Term: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez wants to re-write the country’s Constitution so that presidential term limits are removed.
Today in Overturning: A Yakima man, convicted of rape nine years ago, became the state’s first person to have his conviction overturned due to DNA evidence.
Tolling For Dollars: The federal government says Washington State can have $139 million if a toll is imposed on the 520 bridge.
America’s Next Top Model: An army of would-be contestants invaded Alderwood Mall yesterday.
And finally: A little Gerry Anderson weirdness to start your morning.
I was under the impression that if it was in the Pacific ocean, it was called a typhoon not a hurricane?
Typhoon is I think east of the dateline. Hawai'i has hurricanes, Australia and the Philippines have typhoons.
Lady Penelope makes me feel all funny inside.
No, Australia has cyclones, not hurricanes or typhoons.
And the Thunderbirds are not weird. The Thunderbirds are AWESOME!
I wonder what Cindy Sheehan, Sean Penn, and Harry Belafonte think of their dear friend Hugo Chavez now?
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If shrub's poll numbers were currently in the 50's or higher, I'll bet we'd be hearing similar talk in this country.
And the sort of horrific events as occured in N. Iraq just goes to show why the so-called "surge" is ultimately an ineffectual strategy; deaths may be going down in Baghdad, but by concentrating our forces in such a small area we've pretty much left most of the rest of the country wide-open for these types of attacks.
And Bradley, can we get the opening to "UFO" tomorrow? Best effing TV theme music to come out of the 1960's!
Good thing the guy in the rape case who was proven innocent due to DNA hadn't been executed as AG Gonzales would like.
There's no appeal from execution.
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