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God Help Us, They're Learning...

God Help Us, They're Learning... Posted by Jay Tea Published: Mar 29, 08 03:00 PM One of the hardest things for most people to grasp in the War On Terror is that we are dealing with a very clever, very adaptive enemy. No one strategy or plan is guaranteed to work, because they'll simply find a way around it. Victory will come not with the magic plan, but with us simply outlasting them and coming up with more plans than they can counter. And here's a bad sign: they're learning how to challen read

US Warplanes Widen Airstrikes in Iraq

US Warplanes Widen Airstrikes in Iraq BAGHDAD (AP) — U.S. jets widened the bombing of Basra on Saturday, dropping two precision-guided bombs on a suspected militia stronghold north of the city, British officials said. AP | March 29th, 2008 | Continued Breaking News #2 Sehwag hits fastest triple ton as India reaches 468 for one against SA A belligerent Virender Sehwag presided over a bowlers’ bloodbath and blasted an unbeatean 309 as India responded emphatically to South Africa’s massive read

Early morning news digest: doorknocking edition

We're heading to Mankato and Rochester this morning for a full day of convention speeches, door knocking and phone banking by Democrats in the First, though we'll probably take in some birding in the Minnesota River valley and Nicollet County's Swan Lake. The Austin edition of the Post Bulletin reports Walz frustrated with state of Veterans Affairs. From the sounds of it, the forum was well-attended: Veterans need to know they're going to be taken care of by their country, Walz said. But the read

Sweet 16 Pants Party: Wisconsin Vs. Davidson [Sweet 16]

Wisconsin Badgers (31-4) vs. Davidson Wildcats (28-6) When: 7:10, tonight Where: Detroit WISCONSIN BADGERS 1. Bo Ryan has written the book on the Swing Offense. Long before he was roaming the sidelines in as a head coach in Madison, Coach Ryan was perfecting his Swing Offense at D-III UW-Platteville, where he won four national titles and had two undefeated seasons. As a matter of fact, Ryan wrote the book on the Swing Offense. There is a video as well. Description for the video is as follow read

Sehwag hits fastest triple ton as India reaches 468 for one against SA

Sehwag hits fastest triple ton as India reaches 468 for one against SA A belligerent Virender Sehwag presided over a bowlers’ bloodbath and blasted an unbeatean 309 as India responded emphatically to South Africa’s massive first innings total in the first cricket Test in Chennai on Friday. Agencies | March 28th, 2008 | Continued Breaking News #2 Tibet Monks Disrupt Tour by Journalists A group of monks shouting there was no religious freedom disrupted a carefully orchestrated visit for fo read

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Our Nation's Capital

(White House Egg Roll, 2004)Trust me, I am NOT complaining! I absolutely love being busy (when it does not involve rushing around with unhealthy loved ones)! It was a very long, tiring week. After getting home at midnight, we returned to school on Tuesday morning and I returned to Ohio State this week as spring break is over and I begin my FINAL quarter of classes, praise the Lord!! Shayla was incredibly busy after school every day with ballet, jazz and horse lessons. Then it was a quick bite to read

KIIS FM Wango Tango Tickets on Sale - Miley Cyrus, Jonas Brothers, Snoop Dogg and More

The KIIS-FM Wango Tango concert includes performances by Miley Cyrus, the Jonas Brothers, Snoop Dogg and more — and tickets for Wango Tango went on sale first for KIIS Club VIP members today, March 28. Tickets for the KIIS-FM Wango Tango show for the general public go on sale tomorrow, March 29. (more…) read

Jonas Brothers, Dave Matthews in onsales

National tours from the Jonas Brothers and the Dave Matthews Band top the onsales for the weekend ending March 31, as compiled by TicketNews. Teen pop sensations The Jonas Brothers, fresh off opening for fellow Disney Channel star Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana’s national concert tour, will launch their own national tour this summer. Appearing in more than 30 cities throughout the tour, tickets for the event go on sale tomorrow morning, March 29. Also hitting the road this summer is the Dave Matth read

ZOMG! Jonas Brothers tickets on sale tomorrow! Free Miley Cyrus show!

If the Internet seems a little slow tomorrow afternoon, if the phone lines go down, there's a simple explanation: Jonas Brothers. The teen phenoms will headline Nikon at Jones Beach Theatre (get ready for all the Jonas Beach signs) on Aug. 8 and at Madison Square Garden on Aug. 10. Tickets are $32.50 to $82.50 and go on sale at noon tomorrow through Ticketmaster, 631-888-9000. And for those who missed her the last time around, Miley Ray Cyrus will play a free show at Rockefeller Center on Ju read

Bush: State Of Martin Lawrence's Film Career Strong

Bush: State Of Martin Lawrence's Film Career Strong However, some leading experts disagree with Bush's assertion, believing in fact that Lawrence's career actually ended sometime in late 2007. HEALTHCARE Hillary's Memories Of Healthcare Reform A Bit Off, Too Clinton won't talk about it, though, choosing instead to recount her experiences fighting Nazis as a whip-toting archeologist back in the '40s. MIDDLE EAST Cheney Accidentally Left Behind In Turkey White House officials confi read

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Lose Big and Go Home Smiling

I didn’t win the cooking contest. The brutal truth is I didn’t expect to and did not deserve to. I’d never entered a cooking contest before and I took it seriously, but not dead seriously. I wanted to have fun. I had a ball. I laughed like I’d rarely laughed before and just took it for what it was. That’s not sour grapes. I really had a wonderful time. Before I get into this, I want to thank my husband profusly. He was hysterically funny and had me laughing the whole time, which eased my nerves read

More Details on the Death of Madeline Kara Neumann

From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: A local police official said Friday that charges are possible against the parents of Madeline Kara Neumann, the 11-year-old girl who died of complications from untreated diabetes. "If we didn't believe at the end of our investigation there (would) be charges, then our investigation would have ended a lot sooner," Everest Metro Police Chief Dan Vergin said in an interview with the Journal Sentinel. He said his department will likely complete its investigation read

Cameroon inks memorandum to sell gas to Equatorial Guinea

By Tansa Musa Cameroon has signed a memorandum of understanding to supply 250 million cubic feet of gas per day to Equatorial Guinea from 2010 to feed a planned second train at a liquified natural gas plant, an executive said on Thursday. Jacques Koum, director of gas at Cameroon's National Hydrocarbons Corporation (SNH), said negotiations had not begun on the price of gas for the project, which will involve laying a 60-km onshore pipeline from Limbe port in southwest Cameroon to Bioko in Equa read

CNNMoney.com: Union: Shell Gabon Oil Strike To Spread Through Indus -AFP

March 28, 2008: 07:15 PM EST LIBREVILLE (AFP)–An oil workers strike which has paralyzed production at a Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSA) subsidiary in Gabon is set to become an industry- wide dispute, union officials warned Friday. Industrial action at Shell’s Gamba terminal has halted 60,000 barrels a day of crude production since the strike began on March 20, with another 30,000 barrels exported by France’s Total Gabon (EC.FR) and Perenco also on hold. Now unions negotiating for staff at Ameri read

NASCAR:Rd.6マーチンズビル 予選結果

Jeff Gordon　(C)Image.net 拡大します NASCARネクステルカップ第6戦マーチンズビル予選は、ジェフ・ゴードン(シボレー)がポールを獲得。2位のトヨタのデニー・ハムリン、3位にはアリック・アルミロラ(シボレー)となった。前戦まででオーナーズポイントを失ったダリオ・フランキッティも最下位ながらも予選を通過した。サム・ホーニッシュJr.は26位、ファン・モントーヤは29位グリッドとなった。 2週間ぶりのネクステルカップは今シーズン初のショートオーバルでのレース。今年いまだ勝利のないヘンドリック・モータースポーツは先週プライベートテストを実施して巻き返しを図っている。 また、引退したデール・ジャレットのNo.44 UPSトヨタは、デビット・ロイテマンが受け継ぎ15位グリッド、ロイテマンが乗っていたオーナーズポイントを持つNo.00は新人のMichael McDowellが34位と自力でグリッドを獲得した。 　デニー・ハムリン　(C)Image.net 拡大します Goody's Cool Orange 500 | Martinsville read

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I Don’t Care What The Law Says

Wal-mart sucks (via Obsidian Wings): A collision with a semi-trailer truck seven years ago left 52-year-old Deborah Shank permanently brain-damaged and in a wheelchair. Her husband, Jim, and three sons found a small source of solace: a $700,000 accident settlement from the trucking company involved. After legal fees and other expenses, the remaining $417,000 was put in a special trust. It was to be used for Mrs. Shank’s care. Instead, all of it is now slated to go to Mrs. Shank’s former emplo read

Read It And Weep

by hilzoy Via Bitch Ph.D., the WSJ: "A collision with a semi-trailer truck seven years ago left 52-year-old Deborah Shank permanently brain-damaged and in a wheelchair. Her husband, Jim, and three sons found a small source of solace: a $700,000 accident settlement from the trucking company involved. After legal fees and other expenses, the remaining $417,000 was put in a special trust. It was to be used for Mrs. Shank's care. Instead, all of it is now slated to go to Mrs. Shank's former empl read

Read It And Weep

by hilzoy Via Bitch Ph.D., the WSJ: "A collision with a semi-trailer truck seven years ago left 52-year-old Deborah Shank permanently brain-damaged and in a wheelchair. Her husband, Jim, and three sons found a small source of solace: a $700,000 accident settlement from the trucking company involved. After legal fees and other expenses, the remaining $417,000 was put in a special trust. It was to be used for Mrs. Shank's care. Instead, all of it is now slated to go to Mrs. Shank's former empl read

World’s Worst: BillO/James Dobson/Wal-Mart

Download | Play Download | Play (h/t Heather) All worthy choices for the GOLD as Keith explains, but Wal-Mart’s behavior to Debora Shank is unconscionable. Deborah Shank’s story would have been sad enough, considering the devastating injuries she suffered in a traffic accident seven years ago. Nevertheless, Wal-Mart found a way to add a brutal coda. Wal-Mart started out as one of the good guys in this story, paying almost $470,000 of her initial medical bills. But three years after Shank read

Community Calendar: 03/27/08

Community Calendar: 03/27/08 Mar 27, 2008 | Calendars, Community | 0 Comments Special Events UNC Friends of the Library Book Sale — Thu, Mar 27, 5-8pm: Friends of the Library preview; Fri, Mar 28, 9am-8pm: Public sale; Sat, Mar 29, 9am to noon: $3 per bag. American Legion Building, 1714 Legion Rd, Chapel Hill. Benefit the University Library Endowment. 962-4207 or www.lib.unc.edu/spotlight/2008/BookSale.html for more info. Fishy Fourth Friday — March 28, downtown Pittsboro. Art, food and a read