Articles for July 2006

Lovely Front Page, But It’s A Waste of Time

He didn’t listen to 2 million people shouting at him then – why would he listen to this now?

In any case, even if he did as asked and stood up to Bush it would hardly register; that little unguarded glimpse into their relationship we were afforded at the G8 tells us that. Blair was weakly supplicant, almost desperate and Bush blthely dismissive of his plea to be given a role, any role at all.

The Israeli lobby at home that Blair is so beholden to would also have something to say. His Middle East envoy, bagman and staunch zionist Lord Levy, who’s just hopped it to Israel , has the evidence that could put away Blair for conspiracy in the cash-for-peerages and Labour loans investigations.

Blair is in a very uncomfortable position indeed.

Modern Manners

Christianity or moral bankruptcy?

Outrage

No Outrage

We report, you decide.

Coulter: Clinton’s “A Latent Homosexual”

Ah, so this is what he was thinking about in the Oval Office…

…not this.

Well, I guess Coulter is the go-to guy (and I use that word advisedly) for advice on gender dysmorphism and sexual ambiguity.

Night Of The Living Dumbasses

Looks like the Minnesota Stasi wannabes have too little to occupy their time. [h/t Avedon Carol]:

Party’s over for these ‘zombies’

Six Minneapolis revelers jailed on suspicion of carrying fake bombs

BY DAVID HAWLEY

Pioneer Press

“Zombies” lurching along a downtown street tend to cause a stir. When the living dead carry duffel bags and backpacks with what look like wires sticking out, the cops step in.

This horror show unfolded Saturday evening in Minneapolis, where officers arrested six ghoulish revelers in thick makeup who police said were staggering along like zombies near Sixth Street and Hennepin Avenue.

“They were arrested for behavior that was suspicious and disturbing,” said Lt. Gregory Reinhardt, a police spokesman.

All six were booked into the Hennepin County jail under a post-9/11 Minnesota statute making it a felony to “simulate weapons of mass destruction.”
Dressing up like characters from the movie “Night of the Living Dead” might have been OK, but toting bags with what police said appeared to be protruding wires apparently crossed a line.

A friend of the group said the arrests were overkill and that the suspicious devices were homemade stereos.

Whole Story…

China activist ‘beat himself up’

Chinese investigators say activist Fu Xiancai, who was paralysed after a severe beating, inflicted the blows himself, according to a rights body.

Mr Fu, who campaigned for people displaced by the Three Gorges Dam, was beaten up returning home after he was summoned by police in Hubei province.

The June beating was so severe he is not expected to walk again, according to Human Rights in China (HRIC).

But an official investigation has ruled the attack was fabricated.

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