D.C. sniper executed in Virginia
posted 11/12/2009, 11:22 PM (Washington Times) [Category: General] JARRATT, Va. | John Allen Muhammad - the mastermind of the 2002 sniper attacks that killed 10 people in Virginia, Maryland and the District - was executed by lethal injection Tuesday night in Virginia.
Muhammad was pronounced dead at 9:11 p.m. at the Greensville Correctional Center just over nine hours after Gov. Tim Kaine announced that he would not intervene.
A reporter for The Washington Times was one of four media witnesses to the execution.
At 8:58 p.m., Muhammad entered the brightly lit death chamber wearing dark-blue jeans, a light-blue, short-sleeved, loose-fitting shirt and sandals. He was clean-shaven, his hair was unruly, and he appeared gaunt. He was shackled and surrounded by corrections officers.
He staggered as the door opened. He looked around the room, mostly at the floor. Dimmed light in the room where the victims' families sat prevented Muhammad from seeing inside.
He only briefly had an opportunity to look into the room that held the public witnesses and the media representatives. He did not appear to look into the room.
Six officers - five men and a woman wearing corrections uniforms devoid of name tags or rank insignias - strapped him to the table by 9 p.m.
When Muhammad was secured, the officers stepped back and a navy-blue curtain was closed, blocking the prisoner from view of the witnesses.
At 9:06 p.m., the curtain was drawn back, revealing Muhammad strapped in, his hands taped to the gurney... (more)
Officials are confirming that 12 people have been killed and 31 wounded at the army base at Fort Hood, Texas.
Lt. Gen. Bob Cone told a press conference that all the deaths took place in the base's readiness facility, where soldiers are prepared for deployment. A civilian police officer was among the casualties.
Cone confirmed that one shooter was killed on the scene. That person's identity has not officially been released,... (more)
Two questions:
Was he on anti-depressants?
Was he under a "psychologist" or "psychiatrist" and if so who was it?
AP sources: Suicide eyed in Ky. census worker case
posted 11/05/2009, 8:43 PM (Associated Press) [Category: General] WASHINGTON – Investigators probing the death of a Kentucky census worker found hanging from a tree with the word "fed" scrawled on his chest increasingly doubt he was killed because of his government job and are pursuing the possibility he committed suicide, law enforcement officials told The Associated Press.
Two officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the case, said no final conclusions have been made in the case. In recent weeks... (more)
Investor With Madoff Is Found Dead in His Pool
posted 10/26/2009, 6:55 PM (New York Times) [Category: General] Jeffry M. Picower, a prominent philanthropist accused of reaping about $7 billion in profit from Bernard L. Madoff’s vast Ponzi scheme, was found dead on Sunday afternoon in a swimming pool at his mansion in Palm Beach, Fla.
In the last year, Mr. Picower’s life had become a tangle of litigation arising from his disputed role in the Ponzi scheme operated by Mr. Madoff, who was arrested in December and pleaded guilty in March to operating a long-running fraud that cost thousands of ... (more)
Insurance Companies: Get Sterilized and Then We'll Cover You
posted 10/26/2009, 6:49 PM (ABC News) [Category: General] When Peggy Robertson went shopping for a more affordable health insurance plan for her self-employed husband and two young boys, she ran into an unexpected problem: the birth of her son Luke in 2006 by caesarean section. The healthy young mother was shocked when the Golden Rule Insurance company denied her coverage due to the C-Section birth of her son. "I called Golden Rule and they said that if I would get sterilized, they would then be able to offer insurance to me."
I have a 17-year-old nephew who is a smart kid but a very poor student. He's kind of always been coddled by his mom (my sister), who has made excuses for his inability to comply with the basic requirements of schooling since early elementary school. What may be in part this past, in part his innate stubborn nature and in part a real disability, he has always had a hard time reading and never did well in school.
Perhaps you should listen to your own family instead of worshiping the government and asking some random newspaper shill for advice on how to run someone else's life... Oh, sorry, that would require you to actually apply yourself and do real work, my apologies. Just tell yourself he is crazy and turn him into the authorities like a good little soviet. Be sure to drink your fluoride, take your damn vaccines, and never question the government, because that is a mental illness, after all, you don't want to be put in the camps which don't exist right!?! Good! Now just gobble them pills and tell yourself everything is going to be alright! - Chris
...That said this shill most likely wrote this letter to himself, you have to make a living somehow, some of us do real work, others write letters to themselves and collect their paycheck diagnosing political dissidents as insane, what a world.
Ashoka Mody has been identified in an email to his fellow employees at the International Monetary Fund as the man shot Thursday night around 7:30 in his Bethesda garage in the 6800 block of Millwood Road
Mody is currently the assistant director in the European department and an expert in economic development and international finance.
Fuchs’ business, the Graphic Edge, printed slogans and pictures on items such as coffee cups, bumper stickers and T-shirts. He said more than half of his business came from the sale of anti-Obama merchandise. Bumper stickers with slogans such as “SOS: Stop Obama’s Socialism,” “Nobama,” and “Chicago got the party, but the country got the hangover” were displayed around the small stand. ... (more)
Asked about plans for his family's health in an interview that airs Sunday on CNN's State of the Union, the president said he intends to consult with his Health and Human Services Secretary and the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
"And whatever they tell me to do, I will... (more)
...and if you believe that I have a bridge to sell you.
Outside Tami Mensh's door, lush green pastures could soon be transformed into a science village with 40,000 people working, living and eating there.
"I don't know if I should move," she said.
Basically my hometown is being destroyed under the guise of "progress." - Chris
Boosters, opponents of Science City' make their cases
posted 09/17/2009, 11:59 AM (Gazette) [Category: General] The battle over the Gaithersburg West Master Plan has reached its home stretch, two years after far-reaching plans started taking shape to create an 800-acre "Science City" between Gaithersburg and Rockville over the next 30 and 40 years.
Nearly 100 people signed up to testify at the Montgomery County Council's hearings Tuesday and Thursday. The draft approved by county planners this summer would add 12 million square feet of commercial space and nearly 6,000 residences in and aro... (more)
This paper is owned by the Washington Post (Bilderberg Group). They quote some lobbyist acting like she is some young gun saying if this place is developed it will cure cancer, if not it is your fault, they have no shame. - Chris
Montgomery County residents upset over proposed 'Science City'
posted 09/17/2009, 11:59 AM (Washington Examiner ) [Category: General] Montgomery County residents are irate over a proposed "Science City" in Shady Grove they say will bring tens of thousands of new cars to the area and "bury" them in traffic, require giant multilane highway interchanges, and destroy the character of area.
But developers, university officials and business leaders say the proposal is a bold step to turn Montgomery County into a premiere biotechnology and life-sciences destination that will power the county's economy.
Bin Laden's Strategy Shift
posted 09/14/2009, 6:08 PM (Fox News) [Category: General] In a 12 minutes address on audio tape, Al Qaeda chief Usama bin Laden, spoke to the American people on the eighth anniversary of 9/11. The tape was produced by the as-Sahab propaganda arm of the terror group and posted on various Jihadists forums last night. His address, directed "to the American People," asserted that the main reason for the Al Qaeda attacks on New York and Washington on September 11, 2001, was U.S. support for Israel as well as "some other injustices." Interestingly Usama clai... (more)
Honestly, I'm surprised he didn't come out and say he is against Obamacare, as I have been half-way jokingly predicting with my friends for the last month ;) - Chris
Nearly two-thirds of Americans think the news stories they read, hear and watch are frequently inaccurate, according to a poll released Sunday by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press. That marks the highest level of skepticism recorded since 1985, when this study of public perceptions of the media was first done.
The poll didn't distinguish between Internet bloggers and rep... (more)
Hilarious, the NYT shill tries to blame this on the internet, "News Media" in most people's minds is almost entirely the television, and at most the TV and a few major newspapers. No one thinks of "bloggers" as the news media.
There are so many different websites on everything under the sun from millions of different perspectives, no one really considers "the internet" as a whole credible or as the "News Media." Also those who get their news online generally tend to go to sites they already agree with, so their credibility is not at issue. Even still, most of the news on the internet comes from AP, Reuters, CNN, Fox News, NYT, etc. anyways.
No matter what spectrum of the political aisle you are from, you are not going to think of "the internet" as some single entity to judge its credibility. The "News Media", aka TV networks, on the other hand are thought of as predominately one entity.
They are just doing anything they can to try to slant public perception because they don't want people waking up to the fact no one beyond the most brainwashed of people listens to them anymore. They are losing their grip faster than ever and they are getting desperate. - Chris, IL
Christopher Kelly, 51, of Burr Ridge was sitting up on a gurney while being interviewed by the officer, Welch said. Based on what Kelly told the officer, police are “fairly certain” he tried to kill himself, Welch said.
The Cook County Medical Examiner’s office performed an autopsy but said the results are not complete. ... (more)
Clermont Teenager Won’t Face Charges For Posting Obama Joker Flyer
posted 09/02/2009, 1:18 AM (Prison Planet) [Category: General] The teenager at the center of the Obama Joker poster controversy in Clermont Florida will not face felony charges, according to the Lake County State Attorney’s Office, despite an attempt on behalf of the local media to whip up contrived outrage over what they characterized as an egregious crime against residents of the area. (0 Comments)
A member of the group La Raza argues with and attacks one of the attendees of... (more)
InformationLiberation Analysis: Wow this film is nuts, first off, the racism is insane, who the hell do these people think they are calling everyone "nigga"? Just blatant unabashed racism, I am just not used to seeing things like this where I live, how do you call some white person a "nigga" in front of some grown black men? No respect.
My second thought was this kid should be standing up for his freedom and directing his anger towards his real oppressors instead of some random protesters who happen to be a little flagrant, how would this kid react to some tax man in a suit threatening him? How much do you want to bet he would cower and lick boot?
This fake thuggery is just such a comical joke, you're not some tough guy because you go around assaulting random strangers, try reading a book and not being some ignorant plebe working against your own best interests. These are the exact type the controllers set up to go bomb some building, the government is going to set these people up with such ease and then it's off to the Halliburton concentration camps for these "tough guys" (and their innocent family members).
Just look at the way he dresses, the social programmers must be laughing their asses off, these fake tough guys are the most easily manipulated. Next they will say putting on a bozo nose is "hardcore".
This video is just such a testament to the power of simplistic brainwashing. They stand on their heads and think they're working for their freedom. They love Mexico so much despite it being a fascist oligarchy run by whites, their living standard is horrendous and the entire country is run by Anglo-Saxon imperialists, how is that something to want to spread?
They hate whites and blacks and yet they want their white owned country to colonially expand into the United States, wonderful. Why don't you go take over your own country if your such a tough guy? No, they just want to come here and work for slave wages and act hard like the idiot rappers they see on TV. They think they are going to rob their way to freedom but I am afraid they are sadly mistaken. If anyone knows people like this you need to explain to them they are going to be set up and they are admittedly to be the first in line for Halliburton's concentration camps.- Chris
Wednesday August 19th, 2009
Favre officially vilified in Green Bay
posted 08/19/2009, 7:45 PM (Yahoo) [Category: General] GREEN BAY, Wis. – Maybe Brett Favre lost the keenest segment of the Green Bay Packers fan base long ago. Maybe he lost them when every summer began to orbit around him, and every roster decision was applauded or disparaged based on how it impacted No. 4. Maybe he lost them in one tumultuous offseason after another, when his emotional whims became reason enough to hold the franchise hostage.
Or maybe he really, truly lost them on Tuesday, when he signed with the hated Minnesota Vik... (more)
The masses get all in a tizzy over some meaningless petty nonsense but if you take their rights away and trample on their freedoms you don't hear a peep.
There were signs comparing President Barack Obama to a Nazi and showing him with an Adolf Hitler-style mustache, but federal officials believe another sign referencing the president and his family went too far.
A man who was holding a sign reading “Death to Obama” Wednesday outside a town hall meeting on health care reform in Hagerstown, Md., has been turned over to the Secret Serv (0 Comments)
Friday August 7th, 2009
Chairman Murdoch says news sites will charge for content
posted 08/07/2009, 12:00 PM (MarketWatch) [Category: General] CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- News Corp. said Wednesday it swung to a quarterly loss on $680 million in impairment, restructuring and other charges, most of them in their Fox Interactive Media unit, as the struggling worldwide economy held a firm grip on the media conglomerate.
Chairman Rupert Murdoch said that while economic downturn may have bottomed, "there are no clear signs of a fast recovery."
Murdoch, speaking to analysts and reporters during a conference call, sa... (more)
How to make white web pages darker with firefox
posted 07/19/2009, 1:26 AM (InformationLiberation) [Category: General] If you're like me you can get a bit of a head ache if you're staring into a white web page for too long, well yesterday I did some searching and I came across what I feel is a really nice add-on for firefox, if you want to see the end result check out this picture here:
It is the product of a few themes / add-ons, first the darkness from the page requires an add-on called "Stylish" which allows you to download a... (more)
Gay Duke U. Official Attempts to Sell Black 5-Year-Old Son for Sex: MSM Out to Lunch.
posted 07/02/2009, 10:17 AM (NewsBusters.org) [Category: General] Frank Lombard is an associate director at Duke University's Global Health Institute and a homosexual who was charged last week with the molestation of his adopted 5-year-old black son and actively trying to sell him for sex on the internet. The 40 words above are 40 more than the Main Stream Media has said on this horrible story.
In nearly a week since Lombard was arrested, not one national broadcast or cable television news show has picked up the story. Compare this to the weeks ... (more)
It is simple, if it doesn't fit with their agenda they do not present the information. - IL
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I did a little digging around and I found this article from the Duke Global Health Institute, the same institute which appointed this man "Associate Director of the Center for Health Policy for the Health Inequalities Program".
The video is below, so you can watch the train-wreck yourself. He personally names DealBreaker and Zerohedge as the blogs that have been unfair to him. Perhaps... (more)
Mays, 50, was found unresponsive by his wife inside his Tampa, Fla., home at 7:45 a.m. on Sunday, according to the Tampa Police Department.
Police said there were no signs of forced entry to Mays' residence and foul play is not suspected. Authorities said an autopsy should be complete by Monday afternoon. ... (more)
Auto-ban: German town goes car-free
posted 06/28/2009, 12:32 AM (The Independent) [Category: General] The Germans may have given the world the Audi and the autobahn, but they have banished everything with four wheels and an engine from the streets of Vauban – a model brave new world of a community in the country's south-west, next to the borders with Switzerland and France.
In Vauban, a suburb of the university town of Freiburg, luxuriant beds of brilliant flowers replace what would normally be parking outside its neat, middle- class homes. Instead of the roar of traffic, the resi... (more)
"A model brave new world"... That just about sums it up. - Chris
Key Line: Being virtually car-free is only the start of what has been hailed as one of Europe's most successful experiments in green living and one which is viewed increasingly as a blueprint for a future and perhaps essential way of living in an age of climate change.
Thursday June 25th, 2009
D.C. Crash Kills General Who Scrambled Jets on 9/11
posted 06/25/2009, 6:09 AM (Bloomberg) [Category: General] Maj. Gen. David F. Wherley Jr., retired commanding general of the D.C. National Guard, is shown in this undated photo. Wherley and his wife, Ann, were among those killed in the collision of two Metro trains Monday, June 22, 2009 in Washington.
(AP Photo/National Guard Bureau)
June 24 (Bloomberg) -- David F. Wherley Jr., the head of the Washington National Guard who scrambled jets over the city during the 9/11 terrorist attacks, was among those killed in the worst com... (more)
Mark Geragos said on Larry King's talk show last Friday that Carradine was investigating the secret societies, whose members had the motive and means to kill him, the New York Post reported on Sunday.
A panel member had said on the show: 'David was very interested in investigating and disclosing secret societie
Chan, 55, whose latest movie, Shinjuku incident, was banned in China, was asked about censorship and restriction on the mainland. He expanded his comments to discuss Chinese society in general.
"I'm not sure if it is good to have freedom or not," he said. "I'm really confused now. If you are too fr... (more)
His online profile suggests someone at once lonely and seething. He wrote of burning the backs of both of his hands, the first time with a cigarette, the second time for symmetry. He subscribed to conspiracy theories and, by January 2007, was posting photographs of his tattoos on w... (more)
Sixty-seven-year-old Anne O'Donnell, a teacher at Park City Magnet School in Bridgeport, was arrested Tuesday on a charge of risk of injury to a minor.
School officials say the charge stems from an incident last week when the boy apparently tossed out his lunch of chicken nuggets and a banana from the school cafeteria. ... (more)
Wednesday March 11th, 2009
Military jet could've landed before fatal crash
posted 03/11/2009, 1:34 AM (Associated Press) [Category: General] San Diego —- The pilot of a crippled military jet that crashed into a San Diego neighborhood and killed four people was offered a chance shortly before impact to land at a base with an approach over open water rather than head inland, recordings released Tuesday indicate.
Recordings of conversations between federal air controllers and the pilot of the F/A-18D reveal that the pilot at least twice was offered a chance to put down the plane at the Naval Air Station North Island in Co... (more)
Remember when this happened the media fawned over what a Hero the pilot was? Some interesting things to note about this article, first off in the fourth paragraph it says how the crash "incinerated two homes and damaged three others" BEFORE it mentions the details of the family which was killed, they wait until the second to last line before it says "Four members of a Korean family were killed in their home", why not simply an American family? Does their Korean descent make them any less American or any different from you or I? They are subtly suggesting the family are somehow outsiders, they highlight how their grandmother was visiting from South Korea. No mention of the family, their pain, their suffering, their tears of agony, the father who had his entire family killed over these peoples callous decisions, a father who at the time said HE DID NOT EVEN BLAME THE PILOT, no, not one word. No questioning of the immediate jingoistic cries of "heroism" over the pilots "heroic" decisions. No sir, that would involve actually informing the American people and having them actually THINK, and god forbid the news media actually do that. Watch the videos at the bottom and tell me you don't want to cry your eyes out. - IL
Others in the top 10, in descending order, were Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, Abraham Lincoln, John McCain, John F. Kennedy, Chesley Sullenberger and Mother Teresa.
People were asked whom they admired enough to call their heroes. Those surveyed were not shown a list of people to choose from. The Harris Poll was conducted onli... (more)
Blackwater to change name to 'Xe'
posted 02/21/2009, 10:16 AM (Raw Story) [Category: General] Blackwater Worldwide is abandoning its tarnished brand name as it tries to shake a reputation battered by oft-criticized work in Iraq, renaming its family of two dozen businesses under the name Xe.
The parent company's new name is pronounced like the letter "z." Blackwater Lodge & Training Center — the subsidiary that conducts much of the company's overseas operations and domestic training — has been renamed U.S. Training Center Inc., the company said Friday.
Most of the children are paid and some schools have even given their blessing, earning themselves up to £4,000 a year for surveying the children on the companies' behalf.
The practice has been highlighted by Ed Mayo, the Governmen... (more)
Molly Morgan was dragged to the ground and suffered fatal head injuries after being attacked from behind, but was left on the pavement for 10 minutes before being taken to hospital. People who could have helped her walked past thinking she was merely drunk.
Post-apocalyptic America is divided by oxygen "breathing" zones. A downed rebel... (more)
This video was created by long time IL user Shadowcorporation.
Wednesday January 7th, 2009
Disputed Holocaust memoir could reappear as fiction
posted 01/07/2009, 8:36 PM (AFP) [Category: General] A Holocaust survivor's memoir of love in a Nazi concentration camp, which was yanked from publication last month when he admitted it was a hoax, could reappear as a work of fiction.
Berkley Books, a unit of Penguin Books, has canceled a planned publication of Herman Rosenblat's memoir, "Angel at the Fence."
But York House Press, a small publishing house based in White Plains, New York, has said it was "in serious discussion" to publish the book as a work of fiction.... (more)
It paints a picture at odds with the conventional view of the Beatles, that McCartney was writing pop ditties such as Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da while Lennon was composing overtly political songs such as Revolution.
It was only 6 years ago when he whored for war with his horrible song "Freedom." Not even a decade has passed and he has already rewritten history.
More Americans Believe in the Devil, Hell and Angels than in Darwin's Theory of Evolution
posted 12/14/2008, 5:52 PM (Business Wire) [Category: General] ROCHESTER, N.Y., Dec 10, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- That very large majorities of the American public believe in God, miracles, the survival of the soul after death, the resurrection of Jesus Christ, and the Virgin birth will come as no great surprise. What may be more surprising is that substantial minorities believe in ghosts, UFOs, witches, astrology, and the belief that they themselves were once other people. Overall, more people believe in the devil, hell and angels than believe in Darwin's t... (more)
Frank Silva Roque's lawyers had tried to claim he was insane when he shot Indian immigrant Balbir Singh Sodhi.
The murder took place in an Arizona petrol station just four days after the attacks, blamed on Muslim extremists.
In the aftermath of the attacks there was a massive surge in hate crimes against Muslims and Arabs i... (more)
Tuesday December 2nd, 2008
N.Y. demands permit for outdoor Xmas trees
posted 12/02/2008, 6:22 AM (UPI) [Category: General] Officials said the trees themselves are typically allowed to reside on city sidewalks, but the holiday trees become illegal once the traditional ornaments and Christmas lights are added, The New York Daily News said Sunday. (0 Comments)
Dad links son's suicide to 'The God Delusion'
posted 11/26/2008, 12:09 AM (World Net Daily) [Category: General] A New York man is linking the suicide of his 22-year-old son, a military veteran who had bright prospects in college, to the anti-Christian book "The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins after a college professor challenged the son to read it.
"Three people told us he had taken a biology class and was doing well in it, but other students and the professor were really challenging my son, his faith. They didn't like him as a Republican, as a Christian, and as a conservative who believed... (more)
Friday November 21st, 2008
Wikipedia deletes Benjamin Emanuel entry
posted 11/21/2008, 12:32 PM (Uruknet.info) [Category: General] Wikipedia has deleted Rahm Emanuel’s father’s page. Benjamin M. Emanuel’s entry was recommended for deletion shortly after Obama named the younger Emanuel as his Chief of Staff, and it looks like it had already been deleted (or recommended for deletion) once before in January of 2007.
“Benjamin M. Emanuel” is no longer searchable in Wikipedia, but the former-page can be accessed through the original URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_M._Emanuel
The officiating mistake didn't affect the outcome since the Steelers still would have won, but the touchdown would have changed the score to 17-10 — or, more likely, 18-10, since the teams were lined up for an extra-point try that was never attempted.
A friend sent me this article, apparently %70 of the public bet that the spread would be covered (according to a leading gambling site which shows who is placing bets etc.), the site said it was the biggest betting event of the day. Here is a NYT hatchet job covering the subject - Chris
Andrew Lahde's $80m Los Angeles-based firm Lahde Capital Management in Los Angeles made a huge return last year by betting against subprime mortgages.
Yesterday the 37-year-old told his clients that he had hated the business and had only been in it for the money. And af... (more)
U.S. suicide rate is up
posted 10/23/2008, 1:26 AM (Los Angeles Times) [Category: General] After falling for more than a decade, the U.S. suicide rate has climbed steadily since 1999, driven by an alarming increase among middle-age adults, researchers said Monday.
A new six-year analysis in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found that the U.S. suicide rate rose to 11 per 100,000 people in 2005, from 10.5 per 100,000 in 1999, an increase of just under 5%.
The report found that virtually all of the increase was attributable to a nearly 16% jump in... (more)
Alex talks with Peter Joseph, producer of the documentary Zeitgeist, about the film's controversial Addendum. On October 9, 2008, Zeitgeist became rated as top 19th at the Guardian's Weekly Viral Video Chart.
Joerg Haider: ...what we need is the protection before these ruinous (financial) products. Because the banks are a single gigantic mafia, which has poiso... (more)
A police official says the lieutenant was found at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York, early today, dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. It wasn't clear when he died.
The lieutenant had ordered another officer to shock Inman Morales, who fell nearly 10ft to his death in Brooklyn, last... (more)
Paul Newman sings Plastic Jesus in the movie Cool Hand Luke. RIP.
Saturday September 13th, 2008
No Consensus on Who Was Behind Sept 11-Global Poll
posted 09/13/2008, 10:10 AM (Reuters) [Category: General] WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Seven years after the Sept. 11 attacks, there is no consensus outside the United States that Islamist militants from al Qaeda were responsible, according to an international poll published Wednesday.
The survey of 16,063 people in 17 nations found majorities in only nine countries believe al Qaeda was behind the attacks on New York and Washington that killed about 3,000 people in 2001.
U.S. officials squarely blame al Qaeda, whose leader Osam... (more)
French President Nicolas Sarkozy friend says 9/11 was a lie
posted 09/13/2008, 10:08 AM (The Telegraph) [Category: General] In an embarrassment to the French President, and with just two days to go before the seventh anniversary of the deadly terrorist strikes, Jean-Marie Bigard - a member of Mr Sarkozy's inner circle of showbiz friends - said the official version was a "lie".
"We are now absolutely certain that these two planes - the one that supposedly fell into a forest (flight 93 in Pennsylvania) and onto the Pentagon don't exist... those planes are still flying.
Sarkozy's comic friend says sorry for 9/11 comments
posted 09/13/2008, 10:08 AM (The Independent) [Category: General] France's favourite stand-up comedian has been forced to apologise for claiming that the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the US seven years ago tomorrow were an "enormous lie" orchestrated by the American government.
The allegations by Jean-Marie Bigard have caused consternation in France because the comedian - who specialises in foul-mouthed, scatological and sexist humour - is a close friend of President Nicolas Sarkozy.
On a radio show last Friday, the comedian interrup... (more)
The idea behind “The Rumbler” is that it will clear intersections for emergency vehicles trying to respond to high priority calls for service. Some motorists are not aware these vehicles are trying to navigate through traffic because they can’t hear them. Either their ... (more)
“If your vehicle and the things inside start shaking, you know an emergency vehicle is coming your way”