News & Events - November 2007

I would especially like to hear from anyone actually in Pakistan! What do you think the US should do in this situation?

2007-11-06 07:21:41 · 9 answers · asked by Steve C 7 in Current Events

2007-11-06 07:03:27 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Media & Journalism

2007-11-06 06:34:14 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

Here's the key points:

Cheney bought insurance on the World Trade Center a few weeks before 9/11 because he knew it was coming down. While he doesn't know for "sure", he suspects Bush bought this same insurance on the World Trade Center too, because Bush certainly knew the attack was coming. He saw a copy of the insurance policy with signature on it online, so obviously it has to be true.

He didn't elaborate, but he also says that Condi Rice went on trial for 9/11.

On one hand if this is what the Conservatives are up against, we don't have anything to worry about. But on the other hand, if this kind of mindset represents even a fraction of American intelligence, we have far bigger problems than who wins the election next year.

I'm curious what others who heard the call thought of it.

2007-11-06 06:23:24 · 6 answers · asked by kathy_is_a_nurse 7 in Media & Journalism

2007-11-06 06:20:15 · 3 answers · asked by The One and Only 2 in Media & Journalism

Judge booted for flipping coin to decide By LARRY O'DELL,
A judge who ordered a woman to drop her pants and decided a custody dispute by flipping a coin was removed from the bench by the Virginia Supreme Court on Friday. The decision against Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court Judge James Michael Shull of Gate City was unanimous.

According to the court, Shull admitted tossing a coin to determine which parent would have visitation with a child on Christmas. Shull said he was trying to encourage the parents to decide the issue themselves but later acknowledged that he was wrong.

The pants-dropping incidents, the court said, "were even more egregious."

The rest of the story:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071102/ap_on_re_us/judge_removed

2007-11-06 05:50:11 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - News & Events

Please name it, thanks.

2007-11-06 05:38:39 · 1 answers · asked by Jonathan Chang 1 in Media & Journalism

Disappearance of cop's fourth wife suspicious, relatives say

Police officer tells newspaper his fourth wife left him for another man

Friends, relatives say wife, 23, was fearful of husband, 53

Authorities looking again at bathtub death of officer's third wife

BOLINGBROOK, Illinois (CNN) -- Police are using tracking dogs, airplanes, infrared sensors and volunteers on foot Tuesday to look for a young mother who disappeared nine days ago, leaving her 4- and 2-year-old children behind.

Friends and relatives of Stacy Peterson, 23, say her disappearance is suspicious.

Her husband of four years, Bolingbrook police Sgt. Drew Peterson, 53, reportedly has told police his wife said she was leaving him for another man, and police are not treating the disappearance as a criminal investigation.

The rest of the story:
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/11/06/missing.woman/index.html

It wouldn't be the first time a cop murdered a woman in that neck of the woods.Remember John Cumbee?

2007-11-06 05:30:50 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

2007-11-06 05:27:19 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Media & Journalism

Or,let us put it this way
What if the current brutal military repression by Musharaf is taking place in Iran ?
Would Americans react differently ? Why ?
US blind and selfish support of Pakistan dictator really exposes its claim for democray for which it killed saddam hussein for being a dictator,or killing your own citizens is justified so long as you are a puppet servant to America.
Bear in mind,the current protest is by lawyers and moderate people who want someone that relate to them.
No media has reported that it is an extremist protest

2007-11-06 05:11:00 · 7 answers · asked by Trogs Mama 2 in Current Events

"A vote for Romney is a vote for Satan."
-televangelist, Bill Keller

2007-11-06 05:05:18 · 7 answers · asked by Supai 4 in Current Events

2007-11-06 04:51:29 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

Spain is in Europe,neighboring France & Portugal.People from Spain living in Philipines & Africa are considered white there.Antonio Banderas,Penelope Cruz,Alejandro Sanz,look like white people to me.I'm not talking about people from Peru,or El Salvador. I mean people from Spain.My friend Ramon is from Spain has green eyes & brown hair & considers himself white.What do you think?

2007-11-06 04:50:05 · 9 answers · asked by Pumpkin Pie 6 in Other - News & Events

Ron Paul's $ 4.3 million fundraising 'bomb' sends GOP Shockwave
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/TheNote/story?id=3105288&page=1

2007-11-06 04:20:34 · 5 answers · asked by Think Richly™ 5 in Current Events

Our government has been telling us, over and over, to assemble a "kit" and "be prepared" in the event of a natural, or other, disaster emergency? Are you even close?

Do you have at least 3 days food and water available right now?

Why/why not?

2007-11-06 04:02:14 · 13 answers · asked by Gem 7 in Current Events

I was reading these statistics, and some of them are shocking...

http://www.nspcc.org.uk/WhatWeDo/MediaCentre/MediaResources/facts_and_figures_wda33295.html

"The people most likely to die a violent death are babies under 1 year old, who are four times more likely to be killed than the average person in England and Wales."

Scary.

What makes a human being violently kill an infant?

2007-11-06 03:30:33 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

Doesn't this say a lot about some of the people who spend their time on here.
These brave men deserve better.

2007-11-06 02:53:42 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

No one ever gave an explanation. I thought he was ok.

2007-11-06 02:49:44 · 1 answers · asked by Patrick B 1 in Media & Journalism

This year has seen an unprecedented drop in the value of the US Dollar, and the huge rise in oil prices, and yet the government is doing nothing about it. What do you think should or could be done about it?

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=USDEUR=X&t=1y

2007-11-06 02:11:02 · 4 answers · asked by Steve C 7 in Current Events

I am a teacher in an English secondary school.

Last month in the teacher's staff room I stated my opinion that women are, on average, of lower intelligence than men.

I have now been suspended, pending further investigation.

I've never had any complaints about my teaching and have never been accused of treating male and female students differently.

Can you now not saying anything, or be honest about your opinions, in case you offend someone?

2007-11-06 02:05:27 · 48 answers · asked by Sense 1 in Current Events

We read that the Portuguese Police admit they found it difficult to control the McCanns appartment crime scene on the night of 3rd May 2007. But point out that the local officers had to contend with the alcohol filled McCanns and their 'Tapas' friends.

"They'd all been drinking. They weren't falling over but it was hard to deal with them"

'Leaks from inside the police investigation suggested the so-called Tapas Nine ordered daiquiris, martinis and beers before dinner, downed up to 14 bottles of wine with their meal, and usually enjoyed almond liqueur afterwards.'

Can we really blame local Portuguese Police for not being able to handle this child neglecting group of drunken Brits on a holiday binge ?

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/11/06/nmaddy106.xml
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=491693&in_page_id=1770

2007-11-06 02:02:01 · 22 answers · asked by 17pdr 4 in Current Events

I remember that when the gas prices started to go up, people would get angry about it; wherever I went, stores, movie theathers etc. everyone was expressing their concerns; people organized protests, etc. And now when the prices are well above $3 a gallon it seems that nobody cares, at least I don't hear enough complains. What are your thoughts on it.

2007-11-06 01:54:30 · 14 answers · asked by julia 2 in Current Events

As an Englishman who owns many major US based companies I feel I must ask this.
I personally wont hear a bad word said against the USA.I own many Americans and have nothing but good feelings for them.
They are hard workers and many of the woman fancy me.

2007-11-06 01:19:14 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

Do you think spending the money looking for oil in America is going to be better than paying over 3.00 a gallon of gas???

I was watching the news last night and they were doing a story on fuel economy and thought I would ask for other opinions.
Personnally I think if it will help keep gas prices down in the future, then it's worth looking into!!

2007-11-06 01:11:16 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

2007-11-06 00:52:13 · 4 answers · asked by Rashad F 1 in Media & Journalism

As an Englishman and owner of many US based companies I feel I must explain myself.
I am an international business magnate who currently owns over 250 companies in the USA.
I own many Americans as i will explain
They work for me=I own them
They stay in mt huts=I own them
They eat my bread=I own them
I apologise to those who see this as an insult, but these are facts.

2007-11-06 00:47:57 · 47 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

I think it's foolish to assume that Iran will simply simmer down like a scolded child.

2007-11-06 00:47:27 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

"I don't agree that Hezbollah itself is a terrorist organization. It delivers powdered milk; it takes care of people. It's a social organization; it's a political organization. It fights corruption."

-Robert Baer, 20 year CIA veteran, whose been referred to as, "perhaps the best on-the-ground field officer in the Middle East” by Seymour Hersh whose CIA career was the basis for the motion picture "Syriana".

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/tehran/interviews/baer.html

2007-11-06 00:15:28 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

These examples are the results I get from a Goggle News Alert about Naoual Malhi. (Watch how her age and the date of the incident change in these articles)

Witness who saw 'Madeleine' in Morocco receives Mafia death threats
This is London - London,England,UK
Naoual Malhi, 24, says men claiming to work for the country's crime barons have warned her to keep her mouth shut about what she saw -

Police: blonde girl in Morocco is not Madeleine
Times Online - UK
Naoual Malhi, 24, a Spanish woman of Moroccan origin, told police that the girl was in the arms of a middle-aged woman in Fnideq at the end of September. ...

Madeleine 'sighting' sparks probe
Guardian Unlimited - UK
Naoual Malhi, a Spanish woman of Moroccan origin, saw the child with a woman in the village of Fnidk on August 21. She asked if she could share their taxi .

Cops reveal shambles of Maddy crime scene
Mirror.co.uk - London,UK
Naoual Malhi, 30, said last week she saw a girl with a woman near Fnidk in September. Abdelmajid Chadili, head of the judicial police, said last night: "We ...

2007-11-06 00:13:13 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Media & Journalism

I just logged on and things have changed on mine. The *stars* are now *blocks*, among other things...what's going on?

2007-11-06 00:11:02 · 5 answers · asked by CharJ, 6 in Current Events