Monthly Archives: May 2007

Pakistan Update

Posted on May 21, 2007 by Thanos

Jamia Faridia (Fareedia) has joined Lal Masjid and Jamia Hafsa in insanity by kidnapping three more policemen who are being held at the madrassa. UPDATE: The 3 police were freed after hundreds of police deployed in force at the mosque. … Continue reading →

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Breaking: Greensburg Evacuated Again

Posted on May 21, 2007 by Thanos

Kansans: Please look for plexiglas donation booths at Costco next time you are there, I dropped $50.00 in one yesterday & we all need to help our fellow Kansans in their time of need. They are from our proud state and they aren’t the type of folks who are going to ask a lot for help, but they need every bit of aid they can get. Continue reading →

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Al Qaeda Shifts Funds From Iraq to Pakistan’s NWFP

Posted on May 21, 2007 by Thanos

In a sign that their strategy might be refocusing, Al Qaida is shifting funds and Jihadis from Iraq to the North West Frontier Province in Pakistan. While this might indicate good things for Iraq, it creates a dire future for Pakistan.  … Continue reading →

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Lal Masjid /Jamia Hafsa Readies for Confrontation

Posted on May 21, 2007 by Thanos

The students at Lal Masjid kidnapped four Policemen in Islamabad last week, which has escalated to a tense stand-off.  The government has finally reached the point where they are acting. To date the government has remained very passive against Lal Masjid, Jamia Hafsa, and Abdul Aziz because … Continue reading →

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Massive Explosion in Beirut

Posted on May 20, 2007 by Thanos

There’s been a massive explosion in Beirut with one woman reported dead from a bomb under a car, or a car bomb. Carl in Jerusalem has updates and appears to be following the story well. There seems to be a lot of speculation as to who is responsible — Hizb’Allah, Fatah, Syria, or Al Qaeda? Continue reading →

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The Race to Hydrogen Fuel

Posted on May 20, 2007 by Thanos

That’s Huge! That’s 70,000,000,000,000,000 watt hours of electricity,or 7o PWh, so how on earth are we going to do that? Do you think this might be more worthy of attention than Man-Made Global Warming? Continue reading →

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The Charger of the Carbon Offset Brigade

Posted on May 19, 2007 by Thanos

Yes Greenies it’s absolutely true, my car is made to eat your carbon offsets.

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Mango Knife Fight

Posted on May 19, 2007 by Thanos

I was all set to write a long post about why the different energy lobbies need to stop attacking each other since ultimately we will need all possible sources of energy in the coming years, however in between thinking it … Continue reading →

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Kites Above Kabul

Posted on May 19, 2007 by Thanos

“The Kite Runner” by Khaled Hosseini, a best seller that tells the history of Afghanistan through the Taliban’s takeover, is now being made into a hollywood movie. Now that the Taliban are gone, Kites and the kite-fighters now run the … Continue reading →

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AFP Speak

Posted on May 19, 2007 by Thanos

France use dto be about liberty, equality, and brotherhood, but AFP has decided that they need to rewrite the lexicon. Over the years the Taliban have graduated in their eyes: from Terrorist fundamentalists to Extremists, to Militants, and finally this headline hails them as “Rebels”. Continue reading →

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