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I think this guy is full of it. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Robert+Eisenman&spell=1http://answering-islam.org.uk/Literature/eisenman.html In support of Islam, some Muslims have recommended "James the Brother of Jesus The Key to Unlocking the Secrets of Early Christianity and the Dead Sea Scrolls" by Robert Eisenman, Publisher: Vicking, and brought this blurp: [BARF!]

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — Sonya Thomas, at 99 pounds, gobbled her way to another speed-eating title over the weekend by attacking a Wisconsin staple — the bratwurst. The woman known as The Black Widow on the competitive-eating circuit downed 35 brats in 10 minutes to win the first Johnsonville Brat-Eating World Championship. She edged out her nearest competitor by half a brat to win. "I don't know where she puts it," spectator Sue Van De Kreeke said. "I got sick watching her." The previous bratwurst-eating record was 19 1/2 brats in 10 minutes. Thomas, a Burger King manager from Alexandria, Va.,...

CHANTILLY, Va. and a loaded weight of 140,000 pounds (63,500 kilograms) dominates a hangar filled with historic military and civil aircraft, ranging from a Japanese kamikaze plane to the first passenger jet to the supersonic Concorde. Air Force veteran Greg Culpepper, 55, a tourist from North Carolina, said he had no doubt that President Harry Truman did the right thing 60 years ago. "If it hadn't been for Truman dropping that bomb, just think of how many Americans would have been killed if we had had to invade," he said. "We're a peace-loving people and we don't want war, but...

Re: mass notification (Via King Prout) Don't leave us, Char!

LONDON (AFP) - A foul-mouthed parrot previously owned by a lorry driver has been banished from public areas in a British animal sanctuary after repeatedly embarrassing his keepers, they said. Barney, a five-year-old Macaw, is now kept indoors at Warwickshire Animal Sanctuary in Nuneaton, central England, when outsiders visit after abusing dignitaries with swearword-littered insults. "He's told a lady mayoress to f..(expletive) off and he told a lady vicar: 'And you can f... off as well'," sanctuary worker Stacey Clark said. Nor did the forces of law and order escape, she added. "Two policemen came to have a look at...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The remains of two U.S. Air Force officers from Texas, missing for 40 years since their bomber crashed in Laos during the Vietnam War, have been found and are being returned to their families for burial, the Pentagon said on Tuesday. Col. James Lewis of Marshall, Texas, and Maj. Arthur Baker of San Antonio were aboard one of four B-57B Canberra bombers on April 7, 1965, when the plane went down in cloudy weather during a mission over Xiangkhoang Province, Laos. Lewis, the pilot, radioed that the plane was departing the target area, but there was no...

WASHINGTON, July 22 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Liberals on the Internet took a quick trip to the gutter with regard to the nomination of Judge John G. Roberts, Jr. to the U.S. Supreme Court. On the left-wing Daily Kos Web site, a participant suggested the behavior of the nominee's four-year-old son, Jack, warrants investigation while another speculated about the toddler's sexuality. "Is nothing sacred anymore? Is no one exempt from insulting partisan attacks?" asked Project 21 member Michael King. "If someone mentions the relatives or personal lives of a liberal, there are wails and caterwauling from the left. But it seems...

WASHINGTON - The Bush administration said Thursday it opposed a House-passed bill that would issue an ultimatum to the United Nations to reform or lose U.S. financial support. Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, "We believe withholding dues in order to achieve a wide array of specific conditions would diminish our effectiveness." Burns spoke in support of widespread changes in the United Nations, including creation of a new human rights council with a mandate to deal with torture and other major abuses. He called also for management and budget reforms, and said Secretary-General Kofi Annan's...

This looks like something for a "Freeper" discussion: Robin William's plan. (Hard to argue with this logic!) I see a lot of people yelling for peace but I have not heard of a plan for peace. So, here's one plan. 1.) The US will apologize to the world for our "interference" in their affairs, past & present. You know, Hitler, Mussolini, Tojo,Noriega, Milosevic and the rest of those good ole boys,' We will never "interfere" again. 2.) We will withdraw our troops from all over the world, starting with Germany, South Korea and the Philippines. They don't want us there....

LONDON (AFP) - Prime Minister Tony Blair proposed a mixed package of dialogue and tougher measures to combat what he branded the "evil ideology" embraced by the alleged Muslim extremists behind the London terror attacks. Blair told parliament his government would consider tougher action against people who incite or instigate terrorism, including tighter entry procedures, as well as try to promote the voice of moderate Islam at home and abroad. Ministers would begin consultations on planned counter-terrorism legislation within the next couple of weeks, with priority given to measures to combat the incitement and instigation of terrorism, he said. Prior...

EL PASO — A man who admitted trying to firebomb the Islamic Center of El Paso last year has been sentenced to more than 14 years in prison, the Justice Department said Wednesday. Antonio Flores pleaded guilty in March to charges related to hate crimes. Investigators said that Flores threw a Molotov cocktail at the center in September and put a similar device near a gas meter on the center's property. According to court records, Flores told investigators that he was angry about the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and wanted to scare Muslims. Flores was sentenced to 171 months...

I'm not on Team Jesus - more like Team Heretic. But since so much attention has been focused on supposed religious intolerance at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, I assumed a report on the matter would enlighten me. No such luck. On Wednesday, the Pentagon released its report, which stated that "the (Air Force) team found a religious climate that does not involve overt religious discrimination." The report found evidence of the "perception" of religious intolerance, though no real religious intolerance. It found "perceived bias" but no real bias. The report goes on to say that the AFA...

http://www.chron.com/ Pat Sullivan / Associated Press Houston Astros' Craig Biggio is struck by a pitch from Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Jason Jennings in the third inning today at Minute Maid Park. Biggio was hit twice in the game and has been hit by pitches 266 times in his career. The Astros beat the Rockies 6-2 to sweep the three-game series. Full story. Rocket rocks Rockies as Astros sweep Ensberg supports Clemens with three-run homer Associated Press Roger Clemens pitched seven strong innings for his 334th win, Morgan Ensberg hit a three-run homer and the Astros completed a three-game sweep of...

A squirrel uses a bench on the common in Worcester, Mass., to protect himself from the talons of a hawk earlier this month. It turned out to be the squirrel's lucky day -- he dashed away while the bird looked away for a moment.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pakistani government, which last week said gang-rape victim Mukhtaran Mai was free to travel, has taken away her passport, a U.S. official said on Tuesday. "Pakistani officials do have her passport," said a State Department official who asked not to be named because of the sensitivity of U.S.-Pakistani relations. "We're telling them she needs to be free to travel ... We're trying to get at the basic issue here." Last week the Pakistani government said it had lifted travel restrictions on Mukhtaran Mai, who was gang-raped on the orders of a traditional village council in 2002,...

JERUSALEM - The Israeli military will no longer exercise restraint with regard to Islamic Jihad militants because their attacks demonstrate they do not consider themselves bound by a truce agreement, a senior army officer said Tuesday. Israel arrested 52 Islamic Jihad activists overnight in its first big crackdown against militants since a February cease-fire. The sweep followed a rash of deadly attacks by the group on Israeli targets in recent days. "Islamic Jihad has taken itself absolutely out of the (cease-fire) agreement with its attacks, and so from our view, we are operating fully against them, as we did before,"...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The annual meeting of Southern Baptist Convention will help kick off what may be the denomination's most ambitious outreach effort ever — baptizing 1 million new members in a year. Headquartered in Nashville, the 16.3 million-member faith is the second-largest denomination in the United States, behind the Roman Catholic Church. Yet the number of new member baptisms has declined in each of the past five years. "We have been playing it too close to the church," said President Bobby Welch, who will speak at the opening of the two-day convention Tuesday following a satellite address by President...

The Army's top 19 drill sergeants from across the nation will gather at Fort Monroe, Virginia, June 19-24 to compete for the title of 2005 U.S. Army Drill Sergeant of the Year. This year 13 active and six U.S. Army Reserve drill sergeants will compete. One winner from the active component and one from the reserve component will be selected as top drill sergeant for 2005. The four-day event begins June 20; the running of the Army Physical Fitness Test is set to start at 7 a.m. Push-ups, sit- ups and a two-mile run along Fenwick Drive, Fort Monroe, will...

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea called Vice President Dick Cheney a "bloodthirsty beast" on Thursday, in response to Cheney saying the North's leader Kim Jong-il was irresponsible and ran a police state. "Cheney is hated as the most cruel monster and bloodthirsty beast, as he has drenched various parts of the world in blood," a North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman was quoted as saying by Pyongyang's official KCNA news agency. Washington and North Korea have been in the midst of a war of words in recent weeks, with President Bush calling the North's Kim a tyrant. Pyongyang has shot back...