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  • 'No Substantial Likelihood of Success': The Curse Pronounced by a new God

    03/24/2005 6:04:12 PM PST · by CHARLITE · 6 replies · 463+ views
    HUMAN EVENTS ONLINE.COM ^ | MARCH 24, 2005 | Mike Thompston
    In rejecting Mr. and Mrs. Robert Schindler's appeal to save their braindamaged daughter, Terri Schiavo, from certain death by court-ordered dehydration and starvation, U.S. District Judge James Whittemore wrapped himself in his black robe and announced imperiously from his court in Tampa, Florida, that he had denied their petition, because it had no "substantial likelihood of success." We should rejoice that Honorable Judge Whittemore was not in the position, prior to his appointment by President Bill Clinton, to share with the world his frightening omniscience. Had the godlike federal jurist been around for a few eons, think of all the...
  • Iraqis Change Defiant Tone And Admit Likelihood Of War

    09/29/2002 6:39:25 PM PDT · by blam · 12 replies · 203+ views
    Independent (UK) ^ | Andrew Gumbel/Kim Sengupta
    Iraqis change defiant tone and admit likelihood of war By Andrew Gumbel and Kim Sengupta 30 September 2002 As US and British diplomats fanned out across the globe yesterday in an effort to ram their toughly worded resolution on Iraq through the United Nations Security Council, the Iraqis appeared, for the first time, to be resigned to the likelihood of war. Envoys were spread from Paris to Moscow and from Ankara to Beijing to urge support for an ultimatum to Saddam Hussein that the Iraqis have said they cannot accept. But while the French, the Russians and the Chinese all...