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Perhaps I am misreading what I have seen on Fox News, or perhaps I am getting too cynical in my old age. Perhaps not. Is anyone else being struck by the "oddness" of this whole scenario? As I watched the men being rushed into the building and as they met with the head of the Palestinian Authority and as they were dragged out for their "press conference" (Mrs. BBC Wiig's big moment) I couldn't help noticing the dearth of western faces. I also noticed Wiig's reaction to being grabbed by several Palestinian "officials" and his yelling "Get off!". My immediate...

Thursday, May 25, 2006 PHOTOS VIDEO Click image to enlarge STORIES •Vicente Fox: Immigration Is Biggest Challenge for Mexico, U.S.•Senate Votes to Limit Debate on Immigration Legislation•Senate Rejects Plan to Expand Citizenship for Immigrants•Senate Votes to Call English 'Common Language' of U.S.•Some Immigrants Fear Guest Worker, Residency Applications on the Rise•Mexico, Latin American Nations Slam U.S. Border Fence Proposal•Bush Continues Push for 'Fair and Effective' Immigration Laws•Report: Border Patrol Demoralized by Lack of Smuggling Prosecutions•Spanish Version of 'Star-Spangled Banner' Draws Protests•Raw Data: Comparison of House, Senate Immigration Bills WASHINGTON — Senators are betting the U.S. would benefit from giving most...

Knotts died Friday night of pulmonary and respiratory complications at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Beverly Hills.

A recent study by Emory University, found that when debating political hot topics and listening to debates from opposing candidates, both Democrats AND Republicans have knee jerk, emotional reactions to issues and ignore facts to reach whatever conclusions they had previously held. Well, they got it half right. The report on the study itself was vague, undetailed, and led a reader to believe it was probably unscientific and irrelevant. Find it here....... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11009379 After all, if a report on a study performed does not list the numbers of people in the control group, the specific stimulus applied, and the percentage...

The new Hooters restaurant may have gotten an unwelcome reception from some of the community's religious leaders, but tonight it will get a little help from above. As part of a private opening party, Monsignor Isidore Rozycki, the head Catholic priest for the Greater Waco area, plans to bless the chain's newest location at New Road and Interstate 35. The public won't be able to attend the event. But they can bask in the divine dedication starting Tuesday morning, when the restaurant officially opens. “Blessings are part of the Catholic tradition,” said Rozycki, who is pastor of St. Martin's Church...

Information unearthed The Washington-based FBI agent who was Shaffer's liaison has recalled, in interviews with her superiors, that Shaffer told her his group had unearthed important information on suspected Al Qaeda operatives with links to the U.S., but without mentioning Atta's name. When Shaffer, who is also a lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserve, asked to whom at the FBI that information should be communicated, the agent gave him the name and phone number of an official at FBI headquarters, according to the senior FBI official. Shaffer explained in a telephone interview that although Able/Danger never had knowledge of Atta's...

000 WTNT33 KNHC 221735 TCPAT3 BULLETIN HURRICANE RITA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 20A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1 PM CDT THU SEP 22 2005 ...RITA WEAKENS A LITTLE FURTHER...REMAINS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS HURRICANE... A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM PORT O'CONNOR TEXAS TO MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA. A HURRICANE WARNING MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SOUTH OF PORT O'CONNOR TO PORT MANSFIELD TEXAS AND FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN COAST OF LOUISIANA...

DROPSONDE DATA FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT AT 623 PM CDT...2323Z...INDICATED THE CENTRAL PRESSURE HAS FALLEN TO BELOW 899 MB...OR 26.55 INCHES. THE DROPSONDE INSTRUMENT MEASURED 32 KT/35 MPH WINDS AT THE SURFACE...WHICH MEANS IT LIKELY DID NOT RECORD THE LOWEST PRESSURE IN THE EYE OF RITA. THE CENTRAL PRESSURE IS PROBABLY AT LEAST AS LOW AS 898 MB...AND PERHAPS EVEN LOWER. FOR OFFICIAL PURPOSES... A PRESSURE OF 898 MB IS ASSUMED... WHICH NOW MAKES RITA THE THIRD MOST INTENSE HURRICANE IN TERMS OF PRESSURE IN THE ATLANTIC BASIN. SOME ADDITIONAL DEEPENING AND INTENSIFICATION IS POSSIBLE FOR...

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Elections for leader of Terror, or should I say Palestine.

I guess those who have the medical reports can not understand what the word AIDS means. If it was poison we would have heard, if it was cancer, if it was unknown, if it was anything but AIDS the report would have been released. It is not being released because terrorists to not like tobe told their leaders are pediphiles.

The hmong who killed the hunters used an SKS. I'm trying to clarify that the SKS is a fixed magazine rifle. As such, it was never illegal to own, not even during the AWB, right?