Too many interesting articles at Atlas Shrugs to post.
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/
Also some must read articles at Jihad Watch:
“Anti-jihad, pro-Israel rallies in New York and all over!”
“Palestinian journo confirms what the world ignores — that Hamas uses civilians as human shields”
http://www.jihadwatch.org/
Musician who helped take down suspect recounts airplane bomb scare
More details are emerging on the bomb threat and scuffle that happened aboard the Atlanta-to-LAX flight this morning. Apparently, the suspect who claimed that he had a bomb was tackled by a member of a hip-hop band from Atlanta, as well as half a dozen other passengers.
Chris Llewellyn, who plays bass and guitar in Asher Roth’s band, said the incident unfolded as the plane carrying 230 passengers was making its final descent into LAX. Seated with his bandmates in row 43F, the guitarist heard a male flight attendant in the rear galley yell, “Help me, help me!”
“We were all sitting in our seats,” Llewellyn said. “My boys had their headphones on. I turned around and got up and ran to the back of the plane.”
He said six other passengers also ran to help.
“The suspect was yelling, ‘Don’t come near me, I have a bomb, I have a bomb!’ “ Llewellyn said. The suspect had his hands in his shirt. Cornered in the rear of the plane, the suspect lunged for the rear emergency exit door.......
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2009/01/musician-who-he.html
Shoe Bomb Joke Causes Man To Miss Wedding
A Missouri man missed his own wedding after joking about a bomb onboard a plane.
Michael Shafermeyer, 30, was on a United Express flight from Lambert International in St. Louis to Washington on Saturday, when the flight attendant asked if he needed anything.
“He said, ‘No, I’m fine. I’ve got my shoe bomb — I’m good.’
http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/post?id=2141190%2C288
(memo to the fiance’ - think this through really carefully)