News & Events - July 2007

my brother smokes a pack a day, has for over 50 years, his wife who did not smoke, but nagged him about his smoking all her life, just died of long cancer, is this poetic justice??

2007-07-31 10:42:44 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

And I remembered what a true nutter was!

I'll never wander again....

2007-07-31 09:46:13 · 25 answers · asked by Lovely Lady 4 in Current Events

I am really confused about the cause for war......

2007-07-31 09:36:37 · 12 answers · asked by angie 2 in Current Events

Can Bush do anything right? Just 1 fricking thing?!!

2007-07-31 09:30:13 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

why are the democrats so invested in defeat in Iraq , would they be diappointed if we won?????

2007-07-31 09:29:55 · 3 answers · asked by si_kleeg 3 in Current Events

http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/opinion/index.php?ntid=203463&ntpid=1

2007-07-31 09:14:29 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

There must be other thinks going on in the world.

2007-07-31 09:03:13 · 16 answers · asked by Sunny Day 6 in Other - News & Events

O'Reilly is comparing the progressive political blog, Daily Kos to the Klan, David Duke, and Nazi's. Guess who mainly participates in the Daily Kos blog? Progressive Democrats. Why is O'Reilly so afraid of progressive Democrats that he has to call them every name in the book?

O'Reilly asked: "[W]hat's the difference between David Duke" and Daily Kos?:
http://mediamatters.org/items/200707260001

O'Reilly continued to attack Daily Kos while ignoring objectionable comments on his own site:
http://mediamatters.org/items/200707260006

2007-07-31 08:30:14 · 7 answers · asked by edith clarke 7 in Media & Journalism

2007-07-31 08:11:10 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

im scared it could happen to enyone!!!!

2007-07-31 07:39:22 · 19 answers · asked by peacock (nice....) 1 in Other - News & Events

2007-07-31 07:15:53 · 12 answers · asked by Sheila L 2 in Current Events

2007-07-31 07:07:13 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

I dont even watch any shows on that poxy channel and I wouldnt care if they started showing adverts.... £135.50 a year for a facility I dont even use. Bloody stupid. And I dont give a monkeys if the BBC represents middle England.

2007-07-31 06:57:01 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Media & Journalism

The nearer the faces of a crowd of demonstratores the smaller the crowd. Have you notices just on the edges of the film people just going about their daily business onlt a few feet away. Surely this is a classic case of renr-a-mob (a small on at that ) by the TV crews

2007-07-31 06:44:10 · 5 answers · asked by Scouse 7 in Media & Journalism

This is for black people since they don't automatically assume all blacks are born criminals and not worthy of citizenship. I don't need a bunch of denialist answers about some fictional race-card bs(the new pc). I am wondering about ACTUAL solutions, not justifications for failure and it's aftermath. Like iraq, white people are numb to the horrible effects their racist policies have on non-whites. Millions of black lives in the u.s. and millions in iraq are utterly destroyed and rather than take credit for that being the actual goal--its an unintended consequence that are the fault of the victims. I already know this party line they tow and don't need 10 respondents to try different ways to say the same thing. Most importantly, I am from the hip-hop generation- the one that has never looked for white approval and they always answer like it's up to them to validate your reality. They don't know anything about your reality but are the authority(and that's the non-racist view.

2007-07-31 05:24:52 · 16 answers · asked by Diangel M 1 in Current Events

I'm confused about this big arms deal with Saudi Arabia. They won't lift a finger to help us in Iraq yet we make sure they get our very best military hardware that could be used against Israel or us at a future date. Does this make sense to you? Is this as bad or worse than trading nuclear technology for mangos? What this administration needs is a good used car salesman working their deals instead of the idiot doing it now, don't you think?

2007-07-31 04:37:13 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

Sorry, I realize the wording of my question isn't so great; not sure if there is a specific term for what I am looking for.

I'm looking for a service where I can enter a topic, (let's use semiconductors as an example) and then the service will alert me or email me whenever it encounters a new article on the topic, no matter what the source (such as the WSJ, NY Times, Reuters, company press releases, etc.). The service would email me a listing of articles on some regular basis.

We have a similar service here where I work, but it is limited to topics related to our industry.

Thanks!

2007-07-31 03:51:17 · 2 answers · asked by 2007_Shelby_GT500 7 in Media & Journalism

but ive never heard of anyone who thought that the McCanns were wrong to start with go 'Maybe they werent so bad actually'. 'Maybe what they did actually was reasonable parenting' ..... lol ........ the momentum is definitely changing, and poor old Gerry is in for one hell of a rude shock when his day of reckoning comes .....

2007-07-31 03:43:28 · 23 answers · asked by dave s 2 in Current Events

Supervisors at a meatpacking plant have fired dozens of Somali Muslim employees for trying to pray at sunset. The five - ten minute prayer, known as Maghrib, must be done within a 45 minute window around sunset according to Muslim rules. Surrounding this controversy is an ex employee, Muhammad Rage, who says at least two dozen employees have been fired. A company rep says they were fired for reasons related to the issue, and that was for walking off the line without permission, not for praying. He said that unscheduled breaks can force unplanned shutdowns of lines.

Thoughts.. opinions? ... Discuss ...

2007-07-31 03:18:49 · 16 answers · asked by ♥ JustAChick ♥ 6 in Current Events

I am so bored I thought I'd waste 5 points and ask!!

2007-07-31 02:42:37 · 5 answers · asked by ♥ Bettyb ♥ ™ 4 in Current Events

I may have been mistaken but I was watching the news when I thought I saw an artice regarding Rice going to assist in arming the Egyptian and other countries. What is up with this?

2007-07-31 01:56:00 · 18 answers · asked by nsprdwmn 3 in Current Events

I mean Muslims who are observant of the tenets of their faith.

2007-07-31 01:07:11 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

The Union Banking Corporation (UBC) was a banking corporation in the US which was seized, under the Trading with the Enemy Act, during World War II in October 1942. The corporation, of which Prescott Bush served as Director and Vice President, was primarily controlled by the Harriman family and was alleged to be a Nazi organization.

Adolf Hitler's financiers, the CLN family, formed UBC to manage investments in America. The US congressional report described Union Bank as an "interlocking trust" with the German Steel Trust. UBC was also involved in raising funds for Germany and illegally transferring aviation fuel technology to the Luftwaffe.

The company was established in August 1924 with George Herbert Walker as president. His son-in-law Prescott Bush was on the board of directors from 1934 to 1943 with E. Roland Harriman, H. J. Kouwenhoven, Johann G. Groeninger, Harold D. Pennington, Cornelis Lievense, Ray Morris, and E. S. James.
btw--->George Herbert Walker is GW Bush's Great grandfather, and Prescott Bush is GW's grandfather
this is the page to view this info-----> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/union_banki...
pretty sick if you ask me!

2007-07-31 00:56:00 · 4 answers · asked by Hey,geturjiblitzoffmyfacedude 2 in Current Events

i seen ben needhams mum in an interview a couple of months ago, and i tell you this that lady has some dignity,the maccanns could learn alot from her,, i seen a pain like i have never seen before in her eyes, the kind that never leaves,, still there sixteen years later,, my heart broke looking at her,, and beleive me i am as tough as steel, then a couple of weeks after poor Madeleine went missing i see this, and then im just????????????????????
http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0eLp9AydH6di6/610x.jpg

2007-07-31 00:50:48 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

Boris makes me laugh, but I wouldn't vote for him any more than I'd vote for any other comedian - that is what he is, right?

2007-07-31 00:11:33 · 21 answers · asked by Skidoo 7 in Current Events

please tell me

and oh watch this

2007-07-31 00:06:31 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - News & Events

Their explanation for this is that they don't want richer teams to gain an unfair advantage. So does this mean that they have to sit on a coach for 1000 miles every other week?

2007-07-31 00:06:09 · 1 answers · asked by west world 1 in Current Events

2007-07-30 23:44:57 · 12 answers · asked by virgil 6 in Current Events

No disrespect to Heather, but it does you make you think if they are suffering trade because of the McCann's actions by leaving the kids alone that night!

http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AmxEXDHlnIJYq9TC5d3zSdAtLxV.?qid=20070731024925AAIa0mx

2007-07-30 23:30:57 · 12 answers · asked by Welshchick 7 in Current Events

The person or persons who carried out this terrible crime are clearly of a mindset that responds only to their own wants.
Other peoples feelings don't enter into it at all, except in that they may well get satisfaction from the hurt they cause.
I accept that some out there who have criticised the McCanns do so sincerely and have been fair and measured in their criticism.
However a lot of questions and comments simply make me want to vomit.
They seem to relish the taunting of the McCanns, and what of that sick question earlier about Mr Murat babysitting for the McCanns.
What kind of creep asks a question like that, and doesn't he display the characteristics that I wrote about earlier?
Would you want him to be your neighbour?

2007-07-30 23:13:32 · 6 answers · asked by Barrie G 3 in Current Events