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Turkey is testing the chilly diplomatic ties with Israel with another anti-Zionist production, this time a movie in which a revenge campaign is carried out against a fictitious Israeli who commanded the boarding of the IHH terrorist Mavi Marmara ship last May 31. In the “Valley of the Wolves – Palestine” film, the “hero” leads a campaign that brutally murders and blows up Israeli soldiers, who are depicted as killers of Arab children. The hero also rescues a man who was kidnapped by Israelis and held at the Israeli embassy. “We were trying to show that Israel and the United...

BERLIN - Some Germans are calling for a public roasting of the oracle octopus who correctly picked the winner of all six of their national soccer team's World Cup matches -- including a bitter defeat to Spain on Wednesday. Paul, a two-year-old octopus in a German aquarium, turned into a global celebrity for his uncanny ability to predict the winner of all Germany's matches -- even a group stage defeat to Serbia and an ousting by Spain in the semi-finals.... Not an ordinarily superstitious people, Germans became believers in Paul's possible psychic powers. The country was shocked and distraught when...

Increasingly, Justice Anthony Kennedy has become the most important member of the Supreme Court. After the retirement of Sandra Day O’Connor, Kennedy serves as the swing vote between the conservative and liberal blocs on the Court, siding more often with conservatives (but not often enough for their taste). At 74, though, Kennedy is at an age when most men think of retirement — and his departure would set off a political firestorm on Capitol Hill the likes of which haven’t been seen since Clarence Thomas endured his trial by fire in the Senate.And maybe that’s why Kennedy tells close friends...

Two men were arrested for assault Sunday in Issaquah for allegedly beating up a man they said raped a woman. According to the Issaquah police, officers responded to a home in the 400 block of Northeast Birch Street where a rape had been reported. Officers found a man unconscious, bleeding from the face and head. The injured man, 31, from Kirkland, was reported to be the suspect in the rape. He was taken to Harborview Medical Center. Police said the suspect was attacked by two other men, including a 31-year-old Renton resident and the husband of the rape victim. The...

Sarah Palin, plays photojournalist on Facebook. Salacious new details have emerged about writer Joe McGinniss’s recent move to Sarah Palin Lane, located in snowy Wasilla, Alaska. McGinniss’s son Joe Jr. told Politico’s Ben Smith that Joe Sr. had been courted by Palin’s neighbor in a classic case (?) of revenge-by-rental. “A woman was renting her house and sought out the author because the Palins had crossed her (owed her money for renovations she had done at their request and never paid her for). So she knew McGinniss was writing the book and found him and offered him the house.” Bam!

Monday night I watched with hands over half open eyes the torturous scene the character Jack Bauer inflicted on the villain of the episode. The bad guy was a Russian terrorist involved with the murder of Jack’s love interest and colleague, Renee Walker. If I had been watching the episode in a movie theater, I’m pretty sure it would have been Rated “R”. It was a gruesome and difficult scene. During the climax of the scene, Jack needs a SD card that the terrorist swallowed. In what appeared to be a psychotic rage, the episode ends with a very dead...

I am sure that every person who has ever used a computer has had a moment or two when they wanted literally destroy the darn thing. Well imagine if you really did begin to pulverize your computer when all of a sudden things did not go quite the way you planned? Follow the link below to watch theVideo of the PC's Revenge.

I am sure that every person who has ever used a computer has had a moment or two when they wanted literally destroy the darn thing. Well imagine if you really did begin to pulverize your computer when all of a sudden things did not go quite the way you planned? What I offer you is a short video of a computer that gets revenge on an angry user. Follow the link below to watch the Video of the PC's Revenge.

A former Adelaide mayoress left her daughters just $1.50 each from her $3.5 million estate because she believed they plotted to kill her mother. Valmai Roche died last year aged 81 and stated in her will that her daughter's should be left "30 pieces of silver of the lowest denomination" — or 30 five cent pieces, the Adelaide Advertiser reports. Daughters Deborah Hamilton, Fiona Roche and Shauna Roche were also left jewellery from Ms Roche's collection on condition they correctly answered questions relating to their mother's personal diaries. Two of the daughters are challenging the will in the South Australian...

Sprout McGee, Hamster Assassin Do you have enemies? Do your enemies have hamsters? Then you need Sprout McGee, Hamster Assassin! (Watch the video at the link provided)

Tea party activists aren't just angry that Democrats passed a major health care overhaul, they are out for revenge. They do not see passage of the landmark reforms that usher in near-universal medical coverage as the end of the debate. Tea partiers instead vow to support attorneys general who plan a lawsuit seeking to declare the law unconstitutional. They are demanding the bill be repealed or not funded and want to kick out of office all supporters of the measure.

Victims of the 'he-cession' are turning against the Democrats, and that could sway the November elections. Millions of white men who voted for Barack Obama are walking away from the Democratic Party, and it appears increasingly likely that they'll take the election in November with them. Their departure could well lead to a GOP landslide on a scale not seen since 1994. For more than three decades before the 2008 election, no Democratic president had won a majority of the electorate. In part, that was because of low support -- never more than 38% -- among white male voters. Things...

A New Jersey chef is accused of cooking up a revenge sandwich for a local cop. Ryan Burke, 26, was busted for slipping "body hair" into a snack prepared for a police officer who had previously arrested him, according to Evesham police. The cook spent four hours in jail on aggravated assault and other charges after his Feb. 21 arrest. But Burke, a seven-year veteran of the kitchen at Good Foods to Go, denied the charges. "That's ridiculous," Burke, of Stratford, told the Courier-Post, a south Jersey newspaper. "I'm not that kind of person." Police tell a different story: The...

When a nation engages in the politics of revenge, it loses direction and sows the seeds of anarchy. A government must, of course, crack down on nihilists bent on tearing the nation’s fabric through murder and mayhem but the French Revolution taught us that obsessive yearning for revenge in the name of justice can also lead to anarchy. Anyone who has been wronged – a spouse, a worker, a relative – has to let go at some point to move on with his or her life. Otherwise the grievance becomes an albatross around our neck and makes progress impossible. When...

The Obama Administration is vindicating Bush antiterror policy. Dick Cheney is not the most popular of politicians, but when he offered a harsh assessment of the Obama Administration's approach to terrorism last May, his criticism stung—so much that the President gave a speech the same day that was widely seen as a direct response. Though neither man would admit it, eight months later political and security realities are forcing Mr. Obama's antiterror policies ever-closer to the former Vice President's. In fact, the President's changes in antiterror policy have never been as dramatic as he or his critics have advertised. His...

Since President Obama began a series of proposals to tax big banks and limit their size and activities, wrapped in angry rhetoric, the S&P 500 has tumbled 8%. Bank bashing isn’t the only reason: European debt fears, China's lending crackdown and broader uncertainty over taxes and other government policies all are playing a role. However, the recent market sell-off underscores a basic point: Populism may seem like a political necessity, but it’s an economic luxury.

On Today's Show... January 20, 2010   The EIB Celebration Zone: This One's For You, Mary Jo! Ted Kennedy's seat goes GOP and Democrats flip out. (Rush 24/7 Members: Listen) » Boston Globe:  Columnist Implies Electorate was Date Raped By Scott Brown   "Those of us who are conservatives from morning to night -- 24/7, 365 -- are the ones vindicated here.  Liberals can be beaten. This is the time. This is the year. No more excuses." -Rush   Keep Deluding Yourselves and Don't Change a Thing, Democrats They actually think they're losing because they didn't pass Obamacare. It's the exact...

Get a preview of one of the new shows NBC will be programming at 10pm. "In the television industry there are two types of talk show hosts. Jay Leno and those who have been victimized by Jay Leno. These are their stories."

KABUL -- A senior commander connected to the Afghan Taliban and involved with the attack against the CIA that left eight people dead said Saturday that the bombing was retaliation for U.S. drone strikes in the Afghan-Pakistan border region. "We attacked this base because the team there was organizing drone strikes in Loya Paktia and surrounding area," the commander said, referring to the area around Khost, the city where the U.S. facility was attacked. The commander, a prominent member of the Afghan insurgency, spoke on the condition of anonymity. The suicide attack, which dealt the biggest loss to the agency...

Hundreds of mourners gathered in Jerusalem on Friday morning to bury Rabbi Meir Hai, a father of seven who was shot dead by Palestinians near his home in the West Bank a day before. In eulogizing his father, Hai's 16-year-old son Eliyahu urged mourners not to consider seeking revenge for the attack. "The difference between us and them is that we are people, Jews, holy," he said.