Iranian Basketball Players Apparently a Bunch of Limp Wristed Fairies

Last Updated on Friday, 03 September 2010 16:57 Written by Administrator Friday, 03 September 2010 16:54

(LA Times) The United States, including Lakers star Lamar Odom, blew out Iran score-wise  in the basketball game between the two teams in the FIBA World Championship in Istanbul on Wednesday with an 88-51 victory over the Islamic Republic.

But Iran may have won a smaller victory. It may have prompted the otherwise lightly clad Ukrainian cheerleaders to dress a little more conservatively for the game.

Patrick Baumann, secretary-general of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), said "special arrangements" had been made prior to the game on Wednesday regarding the dancers' outfits to respect cultural sensitivities, reported Reuters.

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Karzai, NATO at Odds Over Afghan Airstrike

Written by Administrator Friday, 03 September 2010 16:51

(McClatchy) Afghan President Hamid Karzai and NATO disagreed Thursday over whether an airstrike in northern Afghanistan killed the top member of a re-emerging insurgent group or 10 election workers.

The dispute here refueled some of the thorniest issues plaguing U.S.-Afghan relations as Defense Secretary Robert Gates made his first visit to Afghanistan since President Barack Obama ousted Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal as the Afghanistan commander and replaced him with Gen. David Petraeus.

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Vanity Fair Runs Anti-Palin Hit Piece

Written by Administrator Friday, 03 September 2010 16:45

(Vanity Fair) Even as Sarah Palin’s public voice grows louder, she has become increasingly secretive, walling herself off from old friends and associates, and attempting to enforce silence from those around her. Following the former Alaska governor’s road show, the author delves into the surreal new world Palin now inhabits—a place of fear, anger, and illusion, which has swallowed up the engaging, small-town hockey mom and her family—and the sadness she has left in her wake.

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At Least 18 Freed Gitmo Detainees Returned to Terror

Written by Administrator Friday, 03 September 2010 16:36

(CNSNews) On Jan. 7, 2009, less than two weeks before Barack Obama was sworn in as president, a Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) report indicated that up until that date there had been 18 confirmed and 43 suspected cases of detainees who had been released from the Guantanamo Bay prison and who had returned to terrorism. The DIA released the report to CNSNews.com in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.

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Life in the Baghdad Slum of Sadr City

Written by Administrator Friday, 03 September 2010 16:30

(der Spiegel) Iraq's poorest people live on trash heaps, sleep amongst the rats and drink polluted water. In the country with the world's third largest oil reserves, a million people live in misery, despite the fact that the US has spent $53 billion on the country's reconstruction efforts.

The rats come at night, when the Saads are sleeping. They force their way through the spaces between the thrown-away household appliances that Saad Kadi Saad has piled up to form a wall around his part of the rubbish dump. They scamper around the shredded double mattress where the five-member family is crowded, and make their way to the outhouse that the family uses to relieve itself, which is just a few steps away from their outdoor bed.

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Gov. Candidates in 20 States Endorse Anti-Illegal Immigration Laws

Written by Administrator Friday, 03 September 2010 16:21

(Politico) It’s not just Arizona.

In states far from the Mexico border — from liberal Massachusetts to moderate Iowa — Democrats and Republicans in gubernatorial races are running on strict anti-illegal-immigration platforms, pledging to sign an array of tough enforcement measures into law come January.

Of the 37 gubernatorial races this year, candidates in more than 20 states have endorsed adopting a strict Arizona-style immigration law or passing legislation that makes it harder for illegal immigrants to live, work and access basic public benefits in their states, according to a POLITICO analysis.

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The Real Insult to Dr. King

Written by Administrator Thursday, 02 September 2010 17:35

(CrockTock) Much has been made of Fox News personality Glenn Beck’s “Restoring Honor” festival at the Lincoln Memorial last weekend, a rally that was conspicuously devoid of partisan politics and replete with prayers and paeans to the troops and solemn acknowledgments of America’s greatness.  From the sound of things, it was just like Woodstock, minus the sex, drugs, and rock ‘n roll. 

But the fact that it was held on the 47th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s iconic “I have a dream” speech aroused the anger of an array of sources, most notably civil rights mainstays and BSNBC’s Murderer’s Row of primetime harlequins. 

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'Cash for Clunkers,' A Classic Government Folly

Written by Administrator Thursday, 02 September 2010 16:10

(Boston Herald) IN THE market for a used car? Good luck finding a bargain: The price of “pre-owned’’ vehicles has climbed considerably over the past year. According to Edmunds.com, a website for car buyers, a three-year-old automobile today will set you back, on average, close to $20,000 — a spike of more than 10 percent since last summer. For some popular models, the increase has been much steeper. In July, a used Cadillac Escalade was going for around $35,000, or nearly 36 percent over last July’s price.

Why are used-car prices rocketing? Part of the answer is that demand is up: With unemployment high and the economy uncertain, some car buyers who might otherwise be looking for a new truck or SUV are instead shopping for a used vehicle as a way to save money.

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Air Jordan's Dumb Heir's Partying Under Investigation

Written by Administrator Thursday, 02 September 2010 16:02

(ESPN) MGM Resorts International was under investigation after the underage son of basketball great Michael Jordan bragged on Twitter about partying at a Las Vegas Strip nightclub, Nevada gambling regulators said Monday.

Officials were examining whether the casino operator violated laws prohibiting drinking or gambling by minors, Nevada Gaming Control Board enforcement chief Jerry Markling said.

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New Conservative Website Launched

Written by Administrator Thursday, 02 September 2010 05:35

(TeaDump.com) A brand new, advertisement-free website called Tea Dump has just been launched.  The site bills itself as "repository of all the latest and most popular Conservative and Tea Party news" and is replete with graphics and links to popular and substantive news stories from a broad range of internet sources.

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Discovery Channel Eco-Terrorist Killed by Police; Homeland Security Still Presumably Chasing Phantom White Christian Terrorists

Last Updated on Thursday, 02 September 2010 05:40 Written by Administrator Thursday, 02 September 2010 05:30

(MSNBC) Police shot to death a man armed with several bombs who held three hostages Wednesday at the Discovery Communications building. Authorities said the hostages were safe.

At least one device on the man’s body went off when he was shot inside the building in suburban Washington, D.C., Montgomery County police Chief Thomas Manger said. Police were trying to determine whether two boxes and two backpacks the gunman had also contained explosives.

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Jesus Freaks and Subversive Neo-Marxists Ruining Education in America

Written by Administrator Wednesday, 01 September 2010 17:50

(Pajamas Media) Students are returning to school this week. But they’re not heading back to class — they’re walking straight into a war zone. Our kids have become cannon fodder for two rival ideologies battling to control America’s future.

In one camp are conservative Christians and their champion, the Texas State Board of Education; in the other are politically radical multiculturalists and their de facto champion, President Barack Obama. The two competing visions couldn’t be more different. And the stakes couldn’t be higher. Unfortunately, whichever side wins — your kid ends up losing.

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