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  • Mexico leftist threatens to block rival (Obrador seeks to disrupt swearing in of Calderon in Dec.)

    09/02/2006 8:32:13 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 30 replies · 890+ views
    AP on Yahoo ^ | 9/2/06 | Julie Watson - ap
    MEXICO CITY - Mexico's leftist presidential candidate threatened to disrupt the swearing in of his ruling party rival Saturday, a day after lawmakers blocked the outgoing president from delivering his state-of-the-nation speech to Congress in an escalating crisis over the July 2 election. Leftist legislators yelling for a recount of votes surrounded the congressional podium on Friday, leaving President Vicente Fox, wearing his presidential sash, standing at the door of the chambers with no choice but to hand in his annual, written report and leave. Leftist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has said he will never recognize a victory by...
  • China Cut Oil Shipment to N. Korea (and invites Chia Head for a talk)

    08/26/2006 6:13:10 AM PDT · by TigerLikesRooster · 18 replies · 743+ views
    JoongAng Ilbo ^ | 08/26/06 | Choi Won-ki
    /begin my translation China to Cut Oil Shipment to N. Korea China has cut oil shipment to N. Korea, in order to prevent N. Korea's nuclear test, according to local sources in China on Aug. 26."These days the amount of oil shipped to N. Korea from here has substantially dropped,", said an employee at Basan Oil Repository, located 20km(12.5 miles) away from Dandong, a Chinese city sitting next to Sino-Chinese border. The repository stores oil sent from Daqing Oil Field. Crude oil stored here is sent to the shore of Yalu River 10 km(6.25miles), from which it is shipped to N. Korea. The worker...
  • Iran Anger At Lebanon Aid 'Block' (SA - Turkey Blocking)

    07/25/2006 4:18:16 PM PDT · by blam · 11 replies · 627+ views
    BBC ^ | 7-25-2006 | Francis Harrison
    Iran anger at Lebanon aid 'block' By Frances Harrison BBC News, Tehran The international community is trying to clear aid channels Turkey and Saudi Arabia have stopped Iran using their air space to send humanitarian relief to Lebanon, media in Iran have said. Iran's health ministry has been collecting supplies to send to the Lebanese people, the reports said. But the goods had to be sent via Dubai to Syria because of objections by other countries in the region. This may fuel Iranian anger against nations they feel have not done enough to support Hezbollah against Israel. 'Passivity' Iran's Labour...
  • SCOOP: WHO ARE THE WHINY KIDS?

    03/23/2006 5:29:48 PM PST · by Presbyterian Reporter · 23 replies · 1,219+ views
    Michelle Malkin ^ | March 23, 2006 | Michelle Malkin
    An anonymous tipster sends some intriguing information about the "whiny kids grow up to be conservatives" study conducted by left-wing UC Berkeley prof Jack Block. Wondering where the nursery school kids who were the subjects of the study came from? Check this out: I know exactly which "nursery school" was used as the basis of this study. It is not mentioned anywhere in the text of the 16-page pdf you provided for downloading, but I know because -- well, because I know people who were some of the subjects of this study (and of other similar studies). And an extremely...
  • Block Report: Conservative boys are "visibly deviant"

    03/22/2006 10:13:22 PM PST · by DallasMike · 2 replies · 400+ views
    Stingray: a blog for salty Christians ^ | March 22, 2006 | Michael McCullough
    Michelle has kindly posted the infamous "whiny kids grow up to be conservative" paper in PDF format. Would you believe that the paper claims that conservative boys were "visibly deviant?" Yes, it does. Click here to download and read the entire document from Michelle's site. Much of it is pretty boring, mundane stuff, but there is a noticeable pattern of ascribing negative behaviors to conservatives and positive behaviors to liberals.Read this part of the report. The participants’ LIB/CON index scores at age 23 were correlated—for the genders separately— (1) with their CCQ item values gathered 20 years earlier, (2) with...
  • AVG GLITCH

    03/18/2006 5:36:46 AM PST · by SWAMPSNIPER · 10 replies · 452+ views
    Self | 03/18/06 | swampsniper
    After my automatic AVG update came through this AM, I could no longer log on. All my cookies had been deleted, and the computer would not accept new ones. I opened system restore, and the date had been reset to 2099. I got a message advising that the update had problems. I reset, ran restore, and the date changed again. I ended up unloading AVG, the computer works. I have reloaded AVG, but not going to update until later, in case this is a problem with their update file. It is the only explanation I can imagine.
  • Two more held in arson at tree farm(eco-terrorists ranks being thinned)

    02/23/2006 5:56:05 PM PST · by crazyhorse691 · 28 replies · 1,440+ views
    Oregonlive.com ^ | 2/23/2006, 3:33 p.m. PT | unattributed
    PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal grand jury in Eugene on Thursday indicted two more people in the 2001 arson at a Clatskanie tree farm, court officials said, bringing the number charged in the case to six. In all 14 people are charged in what government prosecutors describe as an arson conspiracy across several Western states over five years. Nathan Frazer Block, 24, and Joyanna L. Zacher, 28, were arrested Thursday in Olympia, Wash., after the 14-count indictments were handed up. Advertisement Government attorneys will seek their return to Eugene to face trial, said Karin Immergut, U.S. Attorney for Oregon....
  • Soldiers find block of gold worth $110K

    02/07/2006 3:46:41 PM PST · by SandRat · 84 replies · 2,569+ views
    ARNEWS ^ | Feb 7, 2006 | Maj. Tom Bryant
    Master Sgt. Jay Phelps and Sgt. Teresa Burroughs hold the 25-pound block of gold they discovered in their office at FOB Speicher. Staff Sgt. Jesse C. Riggin Printer-friendly version TIKRIT, Iraq (Army News Service, Feb. 7, 2006) – A unique challenge for two Soldiers arose recently with the discovery of a very special doorstop in the terrain team’s work space: a 25-pound block of solid gold. “I noticed it during the relief-in-place with the unit before us, sitting under the table in the office,” said Sgt. Teresa Burroughs, a terrain analyst in the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne...
  • Australian Government defends block to same sex marriage

    01/19/2006 1:40:56 PM PST · by SirLinksalot · 65 replies · 783+ views
    Govt defends block to same sex marriage January 18, 2006 - 9:29AM Attorney-General Philip Ruddock has defended his department's action in attempting to block a legal same-sex marriage overseas. The Australian Embassy in Vienna refused Melbourne man Peter Kakucska a certificate confirming his single status once it became clear he needed it to marry his male partner Markus Muehlmann, an Austrian national. The Netherlands requires proof that foreign nationals wishing to marry there are not already married in their country of origin. Australian embassies provide this proof in the form of a Certificate of No Impediment to Marriage, or a...
  • Recommended Block List (NEW)

    01/01/2006 8:47:56 PM PST · by george76 · 321+ views
    Handler's Diary ^ | January 1st 2006 | Johannes Ullrich
    I hate block lists... But after careful consideration, we do recommend blocking traffic from these two netblocks: InterCage Inc.: 69.50.160.0/19 (69.50.160.0 - 69.50.191.255) Inhoster: 85.255.112.0/20 (85.255.112.0 - 85.255.127.255) They have been associated with a number of high profile criminal activities in the past. A good number of WMF exploits use name servers or other resources in these netblocks. They have been non responsive to current and past requests to remove malicious content.
  • Weapons Company, Iraqi Army conduct block party

    12/20/2005 4:32:33 PM PST · by SandRat · 11 replies · 633+ views
    Marine Corps News ^ | Dec 20, 2005 | Cpl. Shane Suzuki
    AR RAMADI, Iraq (Dec. 20, 2005) -- The Marines were up early, bracing themselves against the cold-desert wind off the Euphrates River and waiting for the “all go” from headquarters. The sun was just breaking the horizon and painting the sky a splotchy pink and blue while word was passed that the mission would go off as planned. The first team of Combined Anti-Armor Team White, along with Company L’s 2nd Mobile Platoon exited the heavily fortified gates of Hurricane Point and began their part in Operation Block Party 6. Soon after the first two units left the base, the...
  • Senate Blocks Patriot Act Legislation

    12/16/2005 2:25:18 PM PST · by SirLinksalot · 60 replies · 888+ views
    Los Angeles Times ^ | 12/16/2005 | Richard B. Schmitt
    Senate Blocks Patriot Act Legislation By Richard B. Schmitt Times Staff Writer 1:48 PM PST, December 16, 2005 The Senate, in a bipartisan show of strength, blocked legislation today to renew the USA Patriot Act — a surprising and dramatic rebuff to President Bush that reflected rising concern over his handling of the war on terrorism. The failed vote to end debate and consider a bill that the House easily approved this week left the fate of the terror-fighting law, critical portions of which are due to expire Dec. 31, unclear at the eleventh hour. Four Republicans broke ranks. It...
  • Immigration Block Traps Zimbaweans In Britain

    11/13/2005 8:13:04 PM PST · by blam · 6 replies · 373+ views
    The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 11-14-2005 | Stewart Payne
    Immigration block traps Zimbabweans in Britain By Stewart Payne (Filed: 14/11/2005) The Government was accused yesterday of ignoring the plight of hundreds of white Zimbabweans living in Britain on ancestral visas whose applications to remain in the country have been blocked by the Home Office. Janine Pringle with Reg and Charmaine Stephens with a pile of some of their visa application paperwork The immigration service has retained their travel documents but has suspended consideration of their applications for indefinite leave to remain (ILR) in the UK. As a result, many Zimbabweans have been unable to return home for weddings, funerals...
  • Enviros sue feds to block development in roadless forests

    10/07/2005 9:34:11 AM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 26 replies · 506+ views
    ap on Bakersfield Californian ^ | 10/7/05 | Terence Chea - ap
    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Twenty environmental groups sued the Bush administration over a decision to repeal Clinton-era regulations that blocked road construction, logging and industrial development on more than 90,000 square miles of the nation's last untouched forests. In the lawsuit filed Thursday, the Sierra Club, National Audubon Society, Greenpeace and other groups challenged the U.S. Forest Service decision earlier this year to reverse the 2001 "roadless rule" that protected 58.5 million acres of undeveloped national forest. "These are the last wild areas of North America, and there is overwhelming public support for their protection from development," said Kristen Boyles,...
  • Court rejects effort to block EPA rules on mercury pollution

    08/05/2005 7:02:15 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 2 replies · 322+ views
    AP on Bakersfield Californian ^ | 8/5/05 | John Heilprin - AP
    WASHINGTON (AP) - An effort by environmental groups to block the Bush administration from implementing regulations on mercury pollution power plants was rejected by a federal appeals court. Without comment, Judges David Sentelle and Janice Rogers Brown of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia denied a motion to halt immediately the regulations adopted in March by the Environmental Protection Agency. The rules set a nationwide cap on mercury emissions from about 600 coal-burning power plants and puts a ceiling on allowable pollution for each state beginning in 2010. Individual plants, however, can avoid cleanups by buying...
  • CA: State spending - Budget initiative would block deceptive deals

    07/12/2005 11:00:07 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 3 replies · 283+ views
    San Diego Union -Tribune ^ | 7/12/05 | Editorial
    Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the 2005-06 budget yesterday amid an orgy of self-congratulation among California's leaders, who were proud to miss the constitutional deadline of June 15 by a few weeks instead of the usual few months. Unfortunately, while the relatively quick agreement on the budget is welcome, the $117.5 billion spending plan is anything but. If the stakes weren't so high, the Sacramento types' celebration of their new comity would seem like, well, comedy. Consider the points raised by Sen. Tom McClintock, as ever the skunk at the Capitol picnic: The 2004-05 budget had a gap of only $2...
  • CA: Let people vote - Don't block initiative on technicality (Lockyer power trips)

    07/09/2005 9:42:09 AM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 15 replies · 374+ views
    San Diego Union -Tribune ^ | 7/9/05 | Editorial
    The last thing California needs is another sideshow. That's why the looming battle between Attorney General Bill Lockyer and Secretary of State Bruce McPherson over Proposition 77 is so dismaying. The measure would take redistricting power away from the Legislature and give it to a panel of judges. Unfortunately, sponsors submitted an initiative with slightly different wording than the petition signed by 951,000 Californians. As a result, Lockyer yesterday sued to keep the measure off the fall ballot. But McPherson says it is his call – and he sees the wording differences as trivial. On balance, McPherson has the better...
  • Secretive panel could block China's Unocal bid

    06/24/2005 4:23:21 PM PDT · by Libloather · 33 replies · 723+ views
    Yahoo News ^ | 6/24/05 | Jim Wolf
    Secretive panel could block China's Unocal bid By Jim Wolf 38 minutes ago WASHINGTON (Reuters) - If Unocal Corp. accepts an $18.5 billion takeover by China's CNOOC Ltd. the deal's fate may hinge on how a secretive U.S. review panel defines "national security," experts said on Friday. "The primary question for this transaction is whether they consider energy security to be a national-security issue," said Michael Wessel, a Democrat and a member of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. Wessel said the Bush administration, so far, had restricted the definition of national security. State-owned CNOOC's unsolicited bid trumped a...
  • Iran's Mullahs jam TV channels

    06/07/2005 6:41:38 AM PDT · by F14 Pilot · 19 replies · 899+ views
    The Courier Mail ^ | 07jun05 | AFP
    SWITCH on your satellite television receiver in Tehran nowadays and something is amiss - "No Signal", the otherwise fuzzy television screen says for much of the day and night. With presidential elections just over a week away, Islamic Iran's technological guardians appear to be waging a war against enemies in the airwaves - opposition-run television channels. However, the problem is that they may also be frying people's brains. "Microwaves," explained an Iranian satellite television technician, who earns his keep by installing dishes even though they are technically banned. "They're jamming, and these signals used to block the satellites have never...
  • Democrat wants Congress to block pension defaults (BONUS - CAPTION TIME!)

    05/14/2005 7:02:38 AM PDT · by Libloather · 34 replies · 3,853+ views
    Yahoo News ^ | 5/13/05 | Susan Cornwell
    Democrat wants Congress to block pension defaults By Susan Cornwell Fri May 13, 5:15 PM ET United Airlines Flight Attendants supporters protest outside the Dirksen Federal courthouse in Chicago prior to the bankruptcy hearing of United Airlines, May 11, 2005. On May 13, 2005 a Democratic lawmaker said congress should impose a six-month moratorium keeping bankrupt companies such as United Airlines from dumping their workers' pension plans onto a federal agency. A bankruptcy judge this week approved a deal between United Airlines, a UAL Corp unit, and the federal pension insurer allowing the carrier to terminate its pension plans, in...