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"Young People And the News" read the headline. The news item stated that young people were getting their news from late night comedians such as Jay Leno, Dave Letterman, Jon Stewart et al. http://www.soc.american.edu/main.cfm?pageid=874. Could this be true? Could today's youth actually be stupid enough to allow comedians to affect their opinions? Upon monitoring The Late Show, one immediately realizes just how bias and bad Leno's jokes are. Leno's not even in the same class or the same galaxy as Johnny Carson. For example Leno told what he claimed was his favorite joke, about a guy that swallowed several hundred...

OK folks. Now that the Oxford 4-star monkey has entered the race. It is time to expose him for the brown nosing, bumbling idiot that he truly is. I urge you to dig up all items that you have read, heard and cited in the past. I have lefty friends that are hailing him as the savior to the party. It digusts me because of what I know of his campaign in Bosnia and his mishandling of the entire affair. IMHO he rubs me as a 'Slick Willie II' and I want nothing of him. Bring it on Freepers!

New Zealand's largest newspaper has sacked its editorial cartoonist after he refused to stop drawing cartoons critical of Israel's Government. Veteran cartoonist Malcolm Evans was told via fax on Monday The New Zealand Herald would no longer run his drawings. The sacking followed meetings between Mr Evans and Herald editor-in-chief Gavin Ellis, after complaints over cartoons critical of the Israeli Government's actions against Palestinians. Mr Ellis said the matter was an employment issue and he was not prepared to comment. Mr Evans said he was sacked for refusing to be told what he could and could not draw. Israel was...

<p>A handful of people tried to attack a San Francisco supervisor as he made his way down Market Street during today's Gay Pride Parade, police said.</p> <p>Supervisor Gavin Newsom was reportedly uninjured when five women and a man, all clad in black and wearing pink bandannas around their necks, allegedly shouted threats as they tried to approach the car he was in, according to Sgt. J.R. Seim.</p>

A veritable mountain of evidence leaves little room for doubt that the SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) pandemic originated in China. Nevertheless, an article appearing in the May 6 edition of the Hong Kong newspaper Wenweipo speculates that SARS actually originated in the United States. The appearance of this "theory" bears all the earmarks of an attempt by China's Chinese Communist Party (CCP) regime to deflect blame for its handling of the epidemic, and to thereby shore up its crumbling credibility, by creating the impression that the SARS virus is the product of United States biological weapon research. Whatever short-term...

<p>TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- A prominent pro-reform journalist who has described the hard-line establishment as dictatorial was detained at home Tuesday, according to his son.</p> <p>Mohsen Sazegara was arrested by plainclothes security officers who gave no reason for their actions, Vahid Sazegara told The Associated Press.</p>

The top U.S. envoy in Seoul confirmed yesterday Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's recent statement stressing the need for the realignment of 37,000 U.S. troops stationed in South Korea. "As both our forces have modernized, the possibilities for a new division of roles have grown," Amb. Thomas Hubbard said in a forum of the Alumni Association of the Advanced Management Program at Seoul National University. He also added that the two countries will review how many U.S. troops are required in South Korea in line with a new international security order that demands more reliance on troop mobility. The envoy's remarks...

Congressman Tom Allen on US-Iran Relations * According to a report on the CBN television network, more than the people of any other country in the Middle East, Iranians favor normal relations with the US. It said the conservative clerics are concerned that the US may be planning to attack Iran after Iraq. Congressman Tom Allen (D-Maine) tells Radio Farda that he does not believe that Iran would be next to be attacked by the US. He says members of the administration who believe we have to go after Iraq does not have a similar feeling about Iran. They are...

Jan. 15 — Soon Ok Lee is a former prisoner at Kaechon Prison in North Korea. She recently published her memoirs and testified about her experiences before the U.S. Congress. She also spoke with NBC News about her time at Kaechon. Below is an edited account of that discussion, in her own words. (Editor’s note: Soon’s descriptions are graphic and may not be suitable reading for all.)

Hans Blix, chief UN weapons inspector in Iraq and Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the internationial nuclear agency, have not turned up any Iraqi scientists or civilians to interview outside the country’s borders. After two days of negotiations with Iraq officials in Baghdad, they came out with a 10-point accord that guarantees very little help for their search. DEBKA-Net-Weekly , however, did locate a highly knowledgeable defector from Saddam Hussein’s immediate circle – one, moreover, willing to talk. His name – or more precisely one of his many aliases – is Jassem Abdullah. He managed to escape from Baghdad four months...

In New York state, for every 1,000 black babies born, there are 967 black babies aborted. That’s more than three times the rate for white babies. It’s 50 percent above the Latino abortion rate. It means abortion effectively cuts New York’s black birth rate in half. A white baby has a 1-in-4 chance of being aborted, while a black baby is looking at even money. Think about that. Forget, for a moment, why it’s happening. Think, instead, about its impact. What is the demographic and sociological consequence of cutting the black birth rate in half? Well, do the math. In...

Turkey has doubled its military strength in northern Iraq to 12,000 soldiers, a senior intelligence source said Tuesday, a sign Ankara wants to protect its interests if there is a war. Meanwhile, a Turkish general urged parliament late Monday to quickly decide whether to allow the United States to use Turkish bases for an attack on Iraq, saying a delay is fraying relations with the country's closest ally. "We have come to a critical point. From now on, we have to take a political decision. We have to do military planning," the newspaper Hurriyet quoted Maj. Gen. Bekir Kalyoncu as...

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) -- For three quarters, the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl was a perfectly good, if not memorable, college football championship game. By the end of the fourth quarter, with Ohio State and Miami tied at 17, it was a classic After two overtimes, and the Buckeyes' 31-24 victory, it was one of the greatest ever. "It was just like two great heavyweights slugging it out,'' winning coach Jim Tressel said Friday night.No one wanted to be No. 2.Ohio State's Kenny Peterson, left, and Matt Wilhelm kiss the championship trophy after Friday's victory.> In a shocking, thrilling season-ender, Ohio State...

KABUL (Reuters) - Six people in a German military helicopter and up to eight on the ground were killed on Saturday when the aircraft crashed before landing at an airport near the Afghan capital Kabul, Afghan officials and witnesses said. The cause of the crash was not immediately known, a senior Afghan official said. Afghan officials said all six passengers had died in the crash, while a witness said he had seen the bodies of another eight people, including two children, who may have been killed when the helicopter hit the ground. A German member of the International Security Assistance...

December 16, 2002 -- EXCLUSIVEA defiant Brooklyn mom has kept her 14-year-old daughter out of her high school the entire year because she considers it too dangerous - and she's willing to go to jail over the matter.[snip]...Chancellor Joel Klein's office said they would immediately file a child-abuse complaint against the parents with the city's Administration for Children's Services.entire article here

A 935-mile pipeline to the northern port of Murmansk will enable Russia to sell to the USA 10% of its oil imports by the year 2007, increasing Russia’s dimension as a swing producer of oil and putting it into the super league of producers, along with the OPEC countries. While it is true that there are some months in which Russia already produces more oil than Saudi Arabia, the pipeline and the subsequent increase in sales it will guarantee will bolster production on a sustained and sustainable basis. As Russia seeks to maximise revenue from its vast mineral resources, at...

      The London march was a demonstration of the ignorant British liberal lying down with    the unknown Muslim lion. It was a display of ignorance and hatred, intemperance and    intolerance – one which should turn the stomachs of all those who believe that the rule    of British law prevails over that of the North London mullah. Call it what you like – but    don’t call it a demonstration for peace.        23 October 2002     An unholy alliance    Douglas Murray     The London demonstration organised by the Stop the War     Coalition and the Muslim Association of Britain...

The Klamath Basin will welcome home the Klamath to Florida Bucket Brigade Convoy members on Sunday, October 27, 2002 from 4:00 - 5:00 PM at the Klamath County Government Building. (In case of inclement weather, the event will be moved inside to the Commissioner's Hearing Room.) The convoy departed Klamath Falls on September 28, 2002 for Naples and Homestead, Florida to support the efforts of families in that area that are also being affected by the Endangered Species Act. This dedicated group of people, when they return, will have logged over 10,000 miles spreading the word concerning the need to...

Army recruits civilians to recruit its soldiers Service tries to pull in more forces By James Cummings e-mail address: james_cummings@coxohio.com Dayton Daily News CENTERVILLE | If a young person had walked into the U.S. Army recruiting station on Miamisburg-Centerville Road two weeks ago, he or she would have been greeted by a carefully groomed recruiter in a crisp, neat Army uniform. The same person walking into the same station this week would be greeted by a carefully groomed recruiter in a crisp, neat sports coat. The active duty Army recruiters staffing the seven Army recruiting stations in this part of...

Tiger Woods lost two more matches in Ryder Cup play Friday, as Europe took a narrow lead over the United States on the opening day at The Belfry. The Americans trailed 3-1 after the morning's best-ball matches but made a strong comeback in the afternoon's alternate-shot play, cutting the margin to 4½ to 3½. Phil Mickelson and David Toms picked up a crucial half-point in the final match, rallying from three holes down with four to play to halve with Colin Montgomerie and Bernhard Langer. Woods was the only American player to lose twice Friday. In best-ball play, he and...