23 May 2007
Train Kills Man Trying to Kill Woman
LOS ANGELES May 21, 2007
A man trying to kill his girlfriend by stopping a car in front of an approaching train was himself killed Monday when the train hit the vehicle and launched it into him as he tried to flee, police said...
...The driver, who was seen arguing with his girlfriend, parked the car on the tracks and jumped out, leaving her behind, Lopez said.
A northbound commuter train hit the rear of the car, hurling it into the man. The girlfriend was taken to the hospital, where she was in stable condition, Lopez said...
23rd May 2007
Paris Hilton is pulling out all stops to avoid going to prison.
She's already put in a plea to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and turned to God with church visits and Bible readings - now she’s making sure to cover all spiritual bases.
The 26-year-old has turned to Buddha to save her from her 23-day jail sentence.
Dressed in a blue dress, she shopped in Buddhist store Bodhi Tree in Hollywood
A day earlier she was spotted carrying a self help book and a copy of the Bible.
She’s clearly a very fast reader, as she’s probably the only person in history to finish a copy of the Good Book overnight.
She’s still got Allah, Vishnu, the Aboriginal Rainbow Serpent and Bono (well actually, he just thinks he’s a god) to go.
As Lucy in Paris France
Caprice at the pump
May 23, 2007
As the summer travel season quickly nears and consumers continue to watch as the cost of filling up gas tanks steadily increase, they may instinctively believe oil companies are getting rich at their expense. This is an understandable, but common misconception whenever prices seem to inflate beyond reason… Read rest of article at
Here's how the liberal Washington
Survey: U.S.
There are 2.25 million Muslims in America
Here's what the BBC says..
Muslims 'well integrated' in US
Muslim Americans are largely integrated in US
Maybe if they tried to assimilate like immigrants used to do they'd feel more comfy. I wonder how welcome they think Jews & Christians feel in Islamic countries? The fact is they will not feel welcome until the US
The more conservative NY Post gets it correct...
TIME BOMBS IN OUR MIDST
26% OF YOUNG U.S.
...The most shocking responses came when those surveyed were asked whether suicide bombings and other violence against civilians can be justified "in order to defend Islam from its enemies."
The conservative
Young US Muslims back suicide attacks
May 23, 2007
The first nationwide survey of Muslim Americans revealed that more than a quarter of those younger than 30 say suicide bombings to defend Islam are justified, a fact that drowned out the poll's kinder, gentler findings suggesting that the community is mainstream and middle class...
..."But the survey also found that only 40 percent of the overall American Muslim population would even admit that Arabs were behind 9/11. They're in denial, refusing to take moral responsibility, and the radicals will feed on this," Dr. Jasser [a Muslim] said...
...The survey found that 54 percent are dissatisfied with the general state of the nation, 53 percent say life has gotten more difficult for Muslim Americans since September 11, 2001. More than half believe that their population has been singled out by the U.S.
American Muslims Not Moderating
May 23, 2007
... lets run the numbers. What do we have, two and a half million Muslims in America, living here, break it down, whatever percentage of them are between 18 and 29, then take 26% of that...
"Two percent of them say it can often be justified, 13% say sometimes, and 11% say rarely." So let's add it up, 26 and 2 is 28 , so 31% think to one degree or another, suicide bombing is justified. If you add to that the 5% that don't know or refuse to answer, it's even worse.
So almost a third of young American Muslims who support in one way or another homicide bombings according to the Pew poll.
"12% of foreign-born Arab Muslims said that 'Suicide Bombing Can be Justified Often/Sometimes.' That's more than one in ten. 10% of them don't know/refused to answer. That's a total of 22% who apparently support homicide bombings. That's more than one in five and almost one in four." Yet the headlines all last night on this story were, "Muslims assimilating in America
"Eight percent of all U.S. Muslims said suicide bombing is justified. Add to that the 9% that don't know/refused to answer, and you get 17%, almost 1 in 5 American Muslims," support suicide bombings.
It goes even further. We've heard for a long time that American Muslims, that Al-Qaeda doesn't represent Islam, and Al-Qaeda's hijacked the religion.
"More than one in four American Muslims, aged 18-29, support Al-Qaeda. 7% outright viewed it favorably, plus 19% don't know/refused to answer--for a total of 26%.
...more than one in four young Muslims in America
Debbie Schlussel: Meet Your "Moderate," "American" Muslim Neighbors: New Study Shows U.S.
...The title of the study is deceptive: "Muslim Americans: Middle Class and Mostly Mainstream." But while the study shows that most Muslims in America
Islamists, like Ingrid Matteson, president of the extremist Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), consulted with Pew in conducting this study. But, even with the cosmetics, the numbers and opinions should disturb you. Without the cosmetics, the real numbers are far worse.
The numbers are not news to me, because I've been warning you for years that this is exactly what the American Muslim street is thinking. Now there's statistical proof. Here are the notable results (and, remember, since people lie in polls, the real statistics are likely a lot worse):
for a break down of the numbers see...
THIS TINY LUNATIC FRINGE ADDS UP TO A BIG THREAT
Michelle Malkin May 23, 2007
Israeli ambassador condemns 'eerie silence' of Muslim leaders
May 23, 2007
...Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Dan Gillerman says in return for giving the Palestinians a chance to run their own lives in Gaza , Israel
Rising corn prices hit grocery shoppers' pocketbooks
May 22, 2007
The rising demand for corn as a source of ethanol-blended fuel is largely to blame for increasing food costs around the world, and Canada
Food prices rose 10 per cent in 2006, "driven mainly by surging prices of corn, wheat and soybean oil in the second part of the year," the International Monetary Fund said in a report.
"Looking ahead, rising demand for biofuels will likely cause the prices of corn and soybean oil to rise further," the authors wrote in the report released last month.
Statistics Canada
...A study released in May from Iowa State University shows increased prices for ethanol have already led to bigger grocery bills for the average American — an increase of $47 US compared to July 2006.
In the United States
In Mexico
The Many Myths of Ethanol
By John Stossel May 23, 2007
…Simple question first. If ethanol's so good, why does it need government subsidies? Shouldn't producers be eager to make it, knowing that thrilled consumers will reward them with profits?
But consumers won't reward them, because without subsidies, ethanol would cost much more than gasoline.
The claim that using ethanol will save energy is another myth. Studies show that the amount of energy ethanol produces and the amount needed to make it are roughly the same. "It takes a lot of fossil fuels to make the fertilizer, to run the tractor, to build the silo, to get that corn to a processing plant, to run the processing plant," Taylor
And because ethanol degrades, it can't be moved in pipelines the way that gasoline is. So many more big, polluting trucks will be needed to haul it.
More bad news: The increased push for ethanol has already led to a sharp increase in corn growing -- which means much more land must be plowed. That means much more fertilizer, more water used on farms and more pesticides...
...OK, but it will cut down on air pollution, right? Wrong again. Studies indicate that the standard mixture of 90 percent ethanol and 10 percent gasoline pollutes worse than gasoline...
...Well, then, the ethanol champs must be right when they say it will reduce greenhouse gases and reverse global warming.
Nope. "Virtually all studies show that the greenhouse gases associated with ethanol are about the same as those associated with conventional gasoline once we examine the entire life cycle of the two fuels," Taylor says...
more at
Former President Carter rebuked for calling Bush administration 'worst in history'
…In his original comment, Carter observed, "I think as far as the adverse impact on the nation around the world, this administration has been the worst in history." The White House responded with a strong rebuke, calling Carter "increasingly irrelevant."
..."In 1979, Carter undercut the Shah of Iran and allowed the Ayatollah Khomeini to come into power. In 1979, the Ayatollah's folks in Iran Iraq Afghanistan
The U.S.
The Bush Years, In Perspective
- Part One Bush's Real Record On The Economy
The Presidency: Years from now, pundits and academics will surely wonder why President Bush's greatest achievement — his stewardship of the economy — got so little notice during his time in office. Yet that's how it is.
- Part Two Homeland Security: So Far, So Good
The Presidency: Addressing Congress just after 9/11, President Bush promised that "as long as the United States of America
- Part Three Bush's Exit Strategy In
The Presidency: George W. Bush, obeying a U.N. mandate, set out to dethrone a mass murderer and an aggressive tyrant, expand democracy and take the war on terror to the enemy. He's done all that and more.
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