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Iran's nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi says Tehran is ready to defend its nuclear facilities against any foreign attack. "We are ... being continuously threatened with attacks on our nuclear facilities," the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran told delegates from 150 states at the annual General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

HURON TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Police said a dispute over manure led to a man firing his shotgun near his neighbors and police later using a Taser to subdue him. The Saginaw News reported the man approached his neighbors in Huron County's Huron Township, about 110 miles north of Detroit, Saturday as they spread lime and manure on their farm.

GANJGAL, Afghanistan — Getting separated from the others may have been a blessing in disguise.

Maureen Dowd's latest column makes me realize we need a new category of award to recognize those whose senses are so finely tuned, that they can detect massive, lethal doses of radioactive racism completely undetectable by normal humans. The name of the award is inspired by Neil Young's song "Southern Man," penned years after the civil rights violence, when he toured the South looking for signs of change. Many southerners at the time were proud of the progress they could see all around them. But that's not what Old Neil saw and heard. All that this Canadian could see on...

Asking for prayers for my 77 y/o Mother-in-law, who had a stroke Sunday morning. She holds down two part-time jobs for the Church, which she will probably now lose due to her condition and the need for extended rehab.

After looking at the Teaparty threads I noticed how clever the folks of our great nation can be!

Buy health insurance or face wrath of IRS WorldNetDaily.com ^ | 9/14/09 | Herman Cain Posted on Monday, September 14, 2009 6:34:24 AM by JohnHuang2 Last week when I first read Byron York's article titled "Health care reform means more power for the IRS," I felt like I was reading the script of a horror movie. I was in such disbelief that I spent hours looking for the specific section in H.R. 3200 that expanded the powers of the Internal Revenue Service. Unfortunately, I found it. It's Division A, Title IV on pages 167-215 called Amendments to IRS Code of...

'Al-Sharq Al-Awsat' Editor: Bin Laden, Holocaust Museum Shooter Driven By Same Hatred Following the June 10, 2009 shooting at the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed, editor of the London daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, wrote an editorial titled "Crime at the Holocaust Museum." In the editorial, which was published June 15, 2009, Al-Rashed stated that anti-black racism was the same as anti-white racism, said that Osama bin Laden and the museum shooter were driven by the same hatred, and faults the U.S. for allowing such hatred to proliferate by protecting freedom of speech.The following is the editorial, in...

Conservatives can’t deny the courage, conviction and effectiveness of Glenn Beck’s crusade against the Progressive movement and corruption in our nation’s capital. Glenn’s efforts have emboldened many to stand tall and fearless for traditional America. Beck single handedly got a wacko communist to resign his position as “Green Job Czar” a position that existed solely to perpetuate the greatest scam in world History. The recent acorn unraveling is due, in no small part, to the inspiration and cover Glenn has provided the heroic; Andrew Breitbart, James O’Keefe and Hannah Giles (hubba… hubba). However, as events unfold at a rapid pace,...

Tehran, 14 Sept. (AKI) - United States president Barack Obama is being held "captive by extremist Republicans", said the media advisor and close aide to Iran's hardline president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday. Ali Akbar Javanfakr, quoted by Iran's student news agency ISNA, said Obama's stance and behaviour regarding Iran shows that "he is held captive by extremist Republicans and has been very unsuccessful with keeping George Bush’s ideas out of the White House." In addition, Javanfekr said Obama also needs to find radical solutions for problems if it wants sustainable relations with Iran. "If Americans favour sustainable and trustworthy ties...

'Al-Sharq Al-Awsat' Columnist on Arab 9/11 Conspiracy Theories: 'They Feed Our Illusions' In a September 9, 2009 op-ed in the London daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, titled "They Feed Our Illusions," Mshari Al-Zaydi offered his thoughts on Arab 9/11 conspiracy theories and the reasoning behind the phenomenon of these theories. Following is the op-ed, in the original English: [1] "The Reality... Is That Those Who Carried Out the September 11 Attacks Were Muslim Youths" "Those who carried out the 11 September 2001 attacks - were they extremist Serbian nationalists? No it was the Israeli Mossad - no, pardon me, it was a...

United States of America- All across the nation yesterday town hall meetings were bombarded with protesters wishing to express their displeasure with the presidents agenda for health care reform as well as his general disdain of individual liberty and property. Without the benefit of an audience with the head of the executive branch most of this anger was directed against local congressman. Despite this effort, however, many experts wonder how effective these demonstrations will be. This substantial query, it must be noted here, is in hard deference to the quality of these protesters. Many experts in the field are skeptical...

On Twitter, Virginia Postrel writes: “Per @Romenesko, Washpo lost $143 million through the first six months of this year” Which means they lose $1.10 PER COPY. Yikes.” Yikes indeed. So why is this happening? Yes, there are certainly key technological changes that are driving the Red Queen’s Race. But, as John Nolte writes at Big Hollywood, “T’was Accountability That Led the Mainstream Media to Suicide”: Mainstream news outlets have been caught off guard before, but they used to play catch up. Today they play “hide the ball.” For as long as I’ve been politically aware the media’s been biased, but...

Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri was one of the leaders of the Iranian Revolution in 1979. At one time he was designated successor to the Ayatollah Khomeini but fell out with Khomeini in 1989 because he disagreed with government policies that infringed on freedom and denied people's rights. He is a senior Islamic scholar and a Grand Marja (religious authority) of Islam. Montazeri has never been a big fan of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for his nuclear and economic policies. While agreeing Iran had the right to develop nuclear energy, he called Ahmadinejad's approach to the issue aggressive, saying, "One has to...

Just heard it @ the top of the hour. Will try to confirm with source. Can anyone validate?

Obama's health care reform initiative is polling at 37 percent support and 39 percent opposition in the Gallup poll, while the Washington Post finds the public roughly evenly split, 46 percent supporting, 48 percent opposing. (Gallup's numbers have a much higher "no opinion" grouping.) Fred Bauer goes back and recalls that invading Iraq polled between 53 and 59 percent throughout the fall of 2002, with opposition ranging from 35 to 40 percent.

Settlement papers show Mormon church leaders agreed to return more than $202,000 in tithing money paid by a man convicted of bilking investors out of more than $142 million. U.S. District Court filings show Val Southwick paid The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints $202,761.74 between 2001 and 2006. In 2008, the LDS Church Corporation of the Presidency agreed to return the money as part of a Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement action. Spokesman Scott Trotter says the church has a policy of not profiting from alleged ill-gotten gains. Southwick was convicted of securities fraud and is serving nine...

Redneck Hunting Accident(video)

How times have changed... When I was a child of 3 mother read this story to me. I wasn't racist then and I'm not racist now. This was a great story then and it's a great story now.