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Archive for July, 2011
July 17th, 2011 - 8:04 am § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: Rebekah Brooks Arrested
Rebekah Brooks has been arrested, the Metropolitan Police confirmed on Sunday. The former News International chief executive went to a London police station by appointment and was arrested on suspicion of corruption and phone hacking. Rebekah Brooks has released a statement saying she is assisting p[...]
July 17th, 2011 - 5:41 am § in Misc.
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Denaming Crusader Lutheran Church
The Rev. Philip Hirsch and the Rev. Sandra Cox Shaw lead a church service to rename Crusader Lutheran Church in Rockville, Md., as Living Faith Lutheran Church after some questioned the church’s “militaristic” name. Read more at Religion News Network[...]
July 16th, 2011 - 7:55 am § in Misc.
Review of Summer Movies ,, The Green Lantern
Summer brings the superheroes.[...]
July 16th, 2011 - 6:24 am § in Misc.
A Consituent’s Letter to her (Republican) Congressman
Representative Reichert, It was a pleasure to meet with you on Friday and to express my views about the debilitating cost of war to the 8th CD, Washington State and our nation. I urge you to work vigorously to lower military expenses, in order to responsibly invest our tax dollars in infra[...]
July 16th, 2011 - 12:00 am § in Misc.
Gaddafi Countdown: Gaddafi defiant in face of rebel assault on Brega
Egypt.com Sunday 17 July 2011 : 02:00 PM Libyan State television reported that “the colonialist crusader aggressor” had raided civilian and military sites in the Ain Zara district and in Tajoura in the eastern suburbs. At least 13 explosions were heard before and just after 1 am (2300 GM[...]
July 15th, 2011 - 11:16 pm § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: Japan
Fukushima cattle shipments banned The government’s nuclear disaster task force begins considering suspending shipments of beef cattle from Fukushima Prefecture, amid concern that cows from there may be contaminated with radioactive cesium.[...]
July 15th, 2011 - 10:13 pm § in America
Marijuana as Candy
Emerald City Compassion Center (ECCC) is a collective of legal marijuana patients. The Emerald City Compassion Center dispensary menu includes cookies from Mikes Special Treats. These cookies got a great review from The Seattle Weekly: “The cookies were a little harder than I expected, but qui[...]
July 15th, 2011 - 9:55 pm § in Misc.
People in Mississsippi Have Amongst Shortest Life Expectancy in World
While people in Japan, Canada, and other nations are enjoying significant gains in life expectancy every year, most counties within the United States are falling behind, according to a new study by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the UW. IHME researchers, in collaboration w[...]
CHINA: Liao Yiwu Threatened By Chinese Government, Flees China for Germany
By GILLIAN WONG 07/ 8/11 12:47 PM ET BEIJING — Liao Yiwu arrived in Berlin last week at the end of a secretive journey that included transfers in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi and Warsaw, Poland, the writer said in a phone interview with The Associated Press. “I feel so mu[...]