Monthly Archives: August 2006

Gene Simmons Thinks The IDF Rocks

Posted on August 26, 2006 by Thanos

Gene Simmons has sent a video thank you to a soldier of the IDF thanking him for his service in the war against Hizb’Allah. Gene has long been a libertarian leaning conservative so this does not surprise me in the least, although it will surprise some. Gene’s mother was a holocaust survivor, and he was born in Haifa. Continue reading →

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Missile Defense Updates

Posted on August 26, 2006 by Thanos

Missile defense is going to be an ongoing part of our lives in the future, like it or not. Israel’s recent encounter with Hizb’Allah demonstrates the need for a layered defense, and left over from the previous battles with the same opponent is an old program that is now seeing the light of day Continue reading →

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Television News Boycott

Posted on August 26, 2006 by Thanos

I’m on a television news boycott for awhile, maybe a couple weeks. Do you suppose they will stop leading with the child murderer, and the child murdered by then? I don’t want to be callous here, but it’s not news, it’s pure sensationalism. Yeah, I hope if he’s the killer he fries, but there’s too much else going on for journalists to waste so much bandwidth on one murder case so old. Continue reading →

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Bin Laden Update

Posted on August 26, 2006 by Thanos

UPDATE: This from CNN, Bin Laden near Chitral, down the pass from Darkot and across alpine meadow?   According to a U.S. military intelligence official familiar with the hunt, bin Laden is likely hiding in an area called Chitral, in the far … Continue reading →

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CNN’s Glowing Tribute to Mass Murder

Posted on August 25, 2006 by Thanos

Christiane “Jihad Can’t be Beat” Amanpour and Peter Bergen’s glowing fawning portrayal of a mass murderer is symptiomatic of what’s wrong with modern Journalism. When even the New York Times characterizes your special as an “Al Qaeda Recruitment Video” you should wake up and realize you’ve done something terribly wrong. Continue reading →

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Pakistan and Afghanistan to Cooperate on Border Patrolling

Posted on August 25, 2006 by Thanos

Afgha.com is reporting on the new cooperative agreement to partner in patrolling the Pakistani/Afghani border areas, which will apply even more pressure to the Taliban, and Al Qaeda forces there. This along with the earlier summer move of opening the … Continue reading →

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Bin Laden Sightings, Upgraded to Potentially Real Again

Posted on August 24, 2006 by Thanos

Earlier I posted and retracted this report regarding Bin Laden, I am both updating and upgrading the report now that I remembered this earlier ADN Kronos Article that I joked about back in July, the timing is a week to a week and a half apart from the sighting reported by Hindustani Times near Darkot, Pakistan Continue reading →

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German Train Bomber Arrested in Lebanon

Posted on August 24, 2006 by Thanos

The man Germans police agencies are seeking in the failed train bombings in Germany was arrested in Lebanon today Continue reading →

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School Shooting

Posted on August 24, 2006 by Thanos

Is this another YMM incident? It’s unknown at this time, as Police have not yet released the name of the “shooter”. Right now they are billing it as a domestic dispute. They do have someone in custody after an elementary school in Essex, Vermont was attacked by a 20 year-old male shooter. Continue reading →

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Iran’s Real Answer

Posted on August 22, 2006 by Thanos

Iran is delaying again while they continue to enrich uranium. The details of their reply have not been released, but I would wager they contain equivocation, a bit of taquiya, some political statements, and some statements to the effect that … Continue reading →

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