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06
Jul
2009
Drake Apologizes for the BET Awards Performance  

1 hour ago by qtpie

By Getty Images Drake has apologized for the performance that he and fellow rapper Lil Wayne at the BET Awards Show last week. He says the performance which featured the rap duo singing, “Every Girl in the World,” and included Wayne’s daughter and her friends dancing in the background, was a last mi ...

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Rudman disparages entire NZ population  

11 hours ago by adamsmith1922

Adam confesses that he has little time for Brian Rudman and his writings. Though in his NZ Herald column today much of what Rudman said Adam could agree with to a later or lesser extent. Or he would have done, if it had not been for the article’s opening paragraph which irritated Adam to the extent ...

The Inquiring Mind - adamsmith.wordpress.com · Rank: 26,677 · 91 references

'Run Hadji Run' fireworks at Wis. store not so patriotic after all  

14 hours ago by Emily Kaiser

While Wisconsin is used to Minnesotans flocking over the border to get fireworks illegal in their own state, one store was bombarded with angry customers and Muslim groups who said their "Run Hadji Run" fireworks were flat-out racist.

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I Thought Christmas Was Called ‘Holiday’  

14 hours ago by steve

I thought we were banning Christmas and replacing it with the generic name ‘Holiday’ to avoid offending people. Now we’re calling Independence Day / 4th of July the generic ‘Holiday’ as well. Lately, I’ve seen the 4th of July referred to the ‘Holiday Weekend’ where towns hold ‘Patriotic Festivals’ w ...

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05
Jul
2009
Sacha's Little Black Sambo  

16 hours ago by No Warning Shots Fired !

Sacha's Little Black Sambo: Hollywood Still Pickin' on Picaninnies Paul Scott Back in the late 1800's a Scottish woman wrote the controversial book "Little Black Sambo." Although, the story was about a dark skinned Indian child with exaggerated Negroid features who liked to rumble with tigers, Sambo ...

No Warning Shots Fired ! - nowarningshotsfired.blogspot.com · Rank: 152,125 · 11 references

US troops in Afghanistan ‘enough’: top US officer (AFP)  

18 hours ago by Sean Donahoe

AFP – The number of US troops sent to southern Afghanistan to launch a major offensive is sufficient to seize and hold areas currently under Taliban control, the top US military officer said Sunday. Read Full Story Here >>

Internet Dynamite - intdynamite.com

Thoughts on the Helmand Offensive  

20 hours ago by Erik Fogg

It's getting... some news. Not too much. But it's the biggest military offensive in Afghanistan since the invasion in 2001, and the stakes are high. The outcome is important. The implications will be enormous. The whole thing smells a bit sweetly of a General Petraeus plot. Large surge of troops, of ...

Fogg of War - foggofwar.com · 3 references

Amnesty International Reports On Gaza War Crimes  

21 hours ago by Ahmed Minhas

During the small (not really) offensive Israel launched against Hamas between late December and January, Israel committed reckless acts of destruction. Amnesty International claims that many war crimes were committed against Palestinians living in Gaza during the offensive by Israel. Hundreds of Pal ...

The Random Muses - masernaut.wordpress.com

Isolation: The Lonely Death of Isabel Purves  

1 day ago by Paul Sonderman

As connected as we are, a distance still pervades our communities, even our families. The lonely come and go, some with little or no fanfare. We pass then on the street and often fail to make eye contact. Simple courtesies once extended by a more gracious society seem to be absent today.

New World Odor - newworldodor.wordpress.com · 5 references

03
Jul
2009
Afghans flee US offensive in Helmand - 03 July 09  

2 days ago by bensherman1951

Video Afghans flee US offensive in Helmand - 03 July 09

As US military forces push deeper into Taliban territory in the southern Afghan province of Helmand, residents head north to Lashkar Gah, the provincial capital, to flee the offensive. The objective of the US assault is to retake the entire lower Helmand river valley, where Taliban fighters enjoy sa ...

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