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BUSH LANDSLIDE (95%) IN NORTHERN IRELAND(WHERE THEY KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT FIGHTING TERROR) Rush Limbaugh interview of Christopher from Northern Ireland, 10.28.04 flashmovies by Mia T, 10.31.04 (viewing movie requires Flash Player 7, available HERE) thanx to Wolverine for the audio (viewing movie requires Flash Player 7, available HERE) (viewing movie requires Flash Player 7, available HERE) (viewing movie requires Flash Player 7, available HERE) (viewing movie requires Flash Player 7, available HERE) NEW! compleatjohnkerry.blogspot.com NEW! unfitforcommand.blogspot.comjohnkerryisdangerousforamerica.blogspot.com COPYRIGHT MIA T 2004       election update!10.24.04JOHN KERRY IS UNFIT~THE SERIES YOO-HOO! SECURITY MOMS: George Bush will protect and defend our...

Members of Northern Ireland's gay community today defended the proposed "gay marriage" law after clashing with a high profile Christian organisation. The two groups aired their conflicting views when members of the Northern Ireland Gay Rights Association picketed a meeting held by The Christian Institute in Belfast this week.The meeting, in Great Victoria Street Baptist Church, was organised in opposition to governmental plans to introduce a civil partnership bill for same sex couples. The Christian Institute believes such a union is "immoral" and has been campaigning to ensure the law is not passed in Northern Ireland or the rest of...

THE controversial Mel Gibson film 'The Passion of the Christ' has been dismissed by the Evangelical Protestant Society as a 'Catholic' interpretation of events which "does not present the Gospel". Wallace Thompson, secretary of the Evangelical Protestant Society, said the film displayed "an un-Biblical fixation on Mary, the mother of Jesus. None of this should surprise us, for both Mel Gibson and Jim Caviezel, who plays the part of Christ, are enthusiastic devotees of the traditional teachings of the Church of Rome." He further claims that Mel Gibson "belongs to an ultra-conservative Catholic group which does not recognise the reforms...

THE Belfast Provisional IRA of 1972 - of which Gerry Adams was a senior member - beat and intimidated women who had shown any sympathy to the British soldiers who had saved the Falls Road from invasion by loyalists during fierce rioting in 1969. Between 1970 and 1972, according to local accounts and contemporaneous newspaper reports, some 14 women in Catholic west and north Belfast were kidnapped and beaten by IRA units whose specific task was to ensure that fraternising with British soldiers stopped. A number of young women who went out with off-duty soldiers were "tarred and feathered" -...

Report: suspected IRA bombmaker is a reporter Yaakov Katz Jul. 15, 2003 The British media reported Monday that an Irish national who was arrested by security forces on suspicion that he came to Israel to train Palestinian terrorists, is a journalist and not a member of the Real IRA. The Shin Bet confirmed to The Jerusalem Post on Sunday that the man was arrested Saturday afternoon and was being questioned. Britain's The Observer reported on Sunday that a massive manhunt was under way for the Irish bombmaker, traveling on a British passport, who is believed to be a member...

<p>When does a "peace process" become more about process and less about peace?</p> <p>That question comes to mind in light of yesterday's Belfast summit between U.S. President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair. Iraq was certainly at the top of the agenda for the 25-hour meeting. But two other festering trouble spots found their way into the discussions as well -- Northern Ireland and the Middle East.</p>

April 5, 2003 Bush and Blair Will Meet in Belfast Early Next WeekBy ELISABETH BUMILLER ASHINGTON, April 4 — The White House said today that President Bush would meet with the British prime minister, Tony Blair, in Belfast next week to discuss the war in Iraq and the peace efforts in Northern Ireland and in the Middle East. The meeting of Mr. Bush and Mr. Blair, to begin on Monday, is expected to focus on when to declare the existence of a new Iraqi government, an event that American officials now say could come even before the government of Saddam...

Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2002 June 25 Venus and Jupiter Over Belfast Credit: Peter Paice Explanation: Venus and Jupiter appeared to glide right past each other earlier this month. In a slow day-by-day march, Jupiter sank into the sunset horizon while Venus remained high and bright. The conjunction ended the five-planet party visible over the last two months. Jupiter, of course, is much further away from the Earth and Sun than Venus,...

Three Shot In Belfast Riots Three people have been shot as a new wave of sectarian rioting erupted in east Belfast. Houses were petrol bombed and families moved out of a loyalist district after nationalists attacked them across a peaceline. A man, 39, and two teenagers were wounded as gunfire was directed at Cluan Place in the Protestant Albertbridge Road. Progressive Unionist Party leader David Ervine said the man was taken to hospital after being hit in the back and lower leg. The youths suffered bullet wounds to their lower legs, he said. Residents forced to flee their homes were...

Violence erupts in Belfast Police were attacked with low velocity rounds Police have fired 15 plastic baton rounds after being attacked by a loyalist crowd with gunfire and pipe bombs in north Belfast. Police said the trouble began at about 2000 GMT on Wednesday when a crowd of about 100 people attacked them with at least five pipe bombs. Police said they had been attacked by 23 pipe and blast bombs, 30 petrol bombs and that there had been five shooting incidents. Police said these involved low velocity rounds. Stones and other missiles were thrown in the disturbances. Trouble broke...

Clashes between rival factions Fresh disturbances have taken place on the Limestone Road in north Belfast. Police and the Army came under petrol bomb and pipe bomb attack after clashes between rival groups on Monday. A hijacked lorry was set on fire but there were no reports of injuries. On Sunday night, a pipe bomb was thrown during disturbances in the area. Up to 100 nationalists and loyalists began hurling stones at each other, before police moved in to separate them. Petrol bombs On Sunday several soldiers and police officers were injured in clashes in north Belfast. Rival loyalist and...