February 7, 2006 – 10:05 am
Via Reuters Denmark urged its citizens on Tuesday to leave Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim country, as Islamic outrage over a cartoon controversy continued to rage across Europe, the Middle East and parts of Asia. "The Foreign Ministry is advising Danes not to travel to Indonesia and Danes already in Indonesia to leave the […]
February 7, 2006 – 7:51 am
There has been lots of furor in the Triangle area (Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill) over the proposed lite rail system. It is something that was pretty much not a left/right issue. Polls showed most people were against it. Liberals were calling in to Bill Lemay’s show (conservative) and saying they were against it. Most people […]
February 7, 2006 – 3:11 am
Hah! Debbie at Right Truth tagged me with the 4 Things meme. Double hah! I like meme’s! 4 Jobs I have held in my life Wireless retail store manager bartender/bouncer liquor store clerk (summer vacations) Optometric office, fitting glasses 4 places I have lived The Jersey Shore Raleigh, NC Greenville, NC Blairstown, NJ (attending boarding […]
February 6, 2006 – 7:02 pm
I was actually looking for a good picture of Muhammed and a pig for a photoshop, but, I ran into this painting of Muhammad: "The heavenly journey of the Prophet forms a centerpiece of Muslim piety. Persian poets from the thirteenth century onward prefaced their epics with a colorful description of the miraj, the heavenly […]
February 6, 2006 – 4:19 pm
Jeez, what else is there to say that hasn’t already been said about the peaceful religion? Hundreds of angry protesters hurled stones and fire bombs at the Danish Embassy in the Iranian capital Monday to protest publication of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad. Police used tear gas and surrounded the walled villa to hold back […]
February 6, 2006 – 9:50 am
I’ll file this one under politics until more info comes out A Maine man faces an assault charge after allegedly punching a political activist at a meeting of Androscoggin County Republicans, Portland, Maine, television station WMTW reported. Police identified the assailant as Bruce Boutilier. The alleged victim was Georgia Chomas, a cousin of U.S. Sen. […]
February 6, 2006 – 7:42 am
Via Al Reuters: PARIS (Reuters) – World leaders called for calm on Monday after weekend attacks in which Danish diplomatic missions were set ablaze and Lebanon and Syria promised inquiries into how protests about cartoons of the Prophet turned violent. How they turned violent? Not only has this been building up for weeks now, but […]
February 5, 2006 – 3:21 pm
The Commissar has a really interesting article about anti-freeze in the blood stream of "Antarctic Toothfish, a Notothenoid, Dissostichus mawsoni." The dominant fishes in Antarctic waters, the Notothenioids, contain a natural protein anti-freeze in their bodily fluids. (I wonder if a Notothenioid General Ripper might rant and rave about the “purity and essence of our […]
February 5, 2006 – 9:45 am
Here’s one in honor of Janette being back to blogging, same address, new digs! Also, signifies the lounging that folks will do on Super Bowl Sunday. And, yeah, I couldn’t find a football related pinup. Steelers 24-Seahags 17
February 5, 2006 – 8:19 am
More proof of the peaceful intent of Islam Muslims protesting caricatures of Islam’s prophet set fire Sunday to a building housing the Danish Embassy in Lebanon as security forces fired tear gas in an attempt to stop the protesters. Thousands of protesters took part in the protest but only a small group of Islamic extremists […]
