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Fri Jan 27, 2012 3:03 PM EST
I have had it! I shall smite the next Newshour interviewee who prefaces remarks with, "Well, I mean." Stop it! I've even heard people whose first language is not English uttering those three vile words.
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Syrian tribal leader praised Assad at gunpoint
Seeded on Wed Jan 18, 2012 10:43 PM EST (Asharq Al Awsat)
Sheikh Nawaf al-Bashir, head of the prominent Baqara tribe in Syria, revealed that the Syrian authorities forced him to conduct an interview with a Syrian satellite television channel “with a gun to his head”, before releasing him 20 days later. . . .
Syria: Al-Assad channels Gaddafi
Seeded on Sun Jan 15, 2012 10:13 PM EST (Asharq Al Awsat)
While the official Syrian media celebrated Al-Assad's appearance claiming he "surprised his supporters" and underlined "the victory over the conspiracy against Syria", Syrian oppositionists launched on the "Facebook" website mocking attacks on him.
Israel preparing to take in Syria refugees: army chief
Seeded on Tue Jan 10, 2012 8:52 PM EST (gulf-times.com)
It was the first time that a senior Israeli official had raised the possibility that members of the Alawite minority, which includes the Assad family, could seek refugee in Israel in order to escape an expected backlash in the event the regime collapses. The Assad family are A …
The Rifleman
Mon Jan 9, 2012 7:15 PM EST
Viewers can watch "The Rifleman" on three local stations now, which I predict will lead to sales of more lever action Winchester 1892s, more baby Marks born and reinforced pockets to hold extra bullets.
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Iran court sentences American to death
Seeded on Mon Jan 9, 2012 8:55 AM EST (The Washington Post)
He was described by the court as a “mohareb,” an Islamic legal term meaning he “waged war against god,” and a “Mofsed,” or someone who “spreads corruption on the earth,” the AP reported.
As currency crisis and feud with West deepen, Iranians brace for war
Seeded on Sun Jan 8, 2012 12:33 AM EST (The Washington Post)
The sense of impending confrontation is not shared in Washington and other Western capitals, where government officials and analysts expressed cautious satisfaction that their policies are working. . . .
Government: The redistributionist behemoth
Seeded on Sat Jan 7, 2012 12:08 AM EST (The Washington Post)
Not only does redistributionist government direct wealth upward; in asserting a right to do so, it siphons power into itself.
Afghan travellers use Taliban disguise to stay safe
Seeded on Mon Jan 2, 2012 12:19 AM EST (gulf-times.com)
Beards, eyeliner and jihadi ringtones — these are the latest defensive weapons in the war in Afghanistan, as travellers take novel steps to keep themselves safe from the Taliban. . . .
Has Iran hastened the war?
Seeded on Fri Dec 30, 2011 9:58 PM EST (asharq al awsat)
The Iranian statements threatening to close the Strait of Hormuz does not just mean that the Iranian regime is in a corner, but it also exposes the mentality that is in charge of the situation in Tehran; this is a mentality of extortion and threats, and dealing with the Gulf St …
Qaradawi in call for Arab, Muslim unity
Seeded on Fri Dec 23, 2011 7:23 PM EST (gulf-times.com)
“We support the stand of Turkey,” he said in his Friday sermon at Imam Mohamed Ibn Abdul Wahab Mosque while adding that Islam does not allow the extermination of people.
Obama's simplistic view of income inequality
Seeded on Mon Dec 19, 2011 9:59 PM EST (The Washington Post)
Public-sector unions and other interest groups wrap their causes in the rhetoric of equality. Often, what they’re really protecting are privileges that raise the cost of public services to everyone else — including citizens who earn a lot less than civil servants.
Karzai: Freed rape victim has choice to marry attacker
Seeded on Sat Dec 17, 2011 9:39 AM EST (CNN)
"I can assure you that, once the international forces are withdrawn and not as many as there are today, Afghanistan will neither go into a trouble within the country or strife or into miscarriage of justice. I can assure you of that."
Saudi woman beheaded for 'witchcraft and sorcery'
Seeded on Tue Dec 13, 2011 11:56 AM EST (CNN)
Saudi Arabia, an absolute monarchy, practices a puritanical version of Islam and is governed by Shariah, or Islamic law. In the deeply conservative kingdom, sorcery, witchcraft and blasphemy are all offenses that can be punishable by death.
Afghan police arrest spurned brothers for acid attack
Seeded on Fri Dec 9, 2011 7:33 PM EST (gulf-times.com)
Afghan police have arrested four brothers who threw acid over a woman who had refused to marry one of them, also attacked her mother and two sisters with acid, and brutally beat her father, the interior ministry said yesterday.
After the hope of the Arab Spring, the chill of an Arab Winter
Seeded on Sat Dec 3, 2011 5:36 PM EST (The Washington Post)
Moreover, the demonstrations that led to the ouster of rulers such as Mubarak and Tunisia’s Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali hardly offered a clear governing alternative.
Obama has no room to complain about ad distortions
Seeded on Tue Nov 29, 2011 10:33 AM EST (The Washington Post)
The Obama campaign wants to enforce rules on others it does not abide by itself.
Afghan woman's choice: 12 years in jail or marry her rapist and risk death
Seeded on Tue Nov 22, 2011 7:28 PM EST (CNN)
In Afghanistan, this brought her not sympathy, but prosecution. Aged just 19, she was found guilty by the courts of sex outside of marriage -- adultery -- and sentenced to twelve years in jail. . . .
Pakistani schools cast minorities 'in bad light'
Seeded on Thu Nov 10, 2011 9:18 PM EST (gulf-times.com)
Public schools and madrasas in Pakistan are fueling discrimination by casting Hindus and other minorities in a negative light, says a report on the Muslim nation’s education system. Produced by an independent US government commission, the report on Pakistani textbo …
Arabs throw lifeline to Assad regime
Seeded on Thu Nov 3, 2011 9:07 PM EDT (gulf-times.com)
The Arab League plan accepted by Damascus to end the bloodshed in Syria is a life raft for President Bashar al-Assad’s regime as it sets no real deadlines and stipulates no implementation mechanisms, analysts say.
Campaign 2012: Welcome to the slugfest
Seeded on Tue Nov 1, 2011 9:55 PM EDT (The Washington Post)
Forget hope and change. President Obama’s reelection campaign is going to be based on fear and loathing . . . . . .
NBA cancels games through November
Seeded on Fri Oct 28, 2011 9:07 PM EDT (CNN)
(CNN) -- The National Basketball Association announced Friday that all games through November 30 are canceled as team owners and players continue to battle over a new collective bargaining agreement.
Pakistan needs Afghan 'counter-measures': Musharraf
Seeded on Thu Oct 27, 2011 9:59 PM EDT (gulf-times.com)
Pakistan’s former leader Pervez Musharraf has warned that his country’s spies will need to take “counter-measures” in Afghanistan if US troops leave it unstable or it becomes too close to India.
Samson and Superman
Thu Oct 20, 2011 11:04 PM EDT
Samson and Superman got into a fight in a bar. The whole thing started innocently enough. They'd been friends for years. Each claimed to be strongest. Superman said something about Samson's haircut, Samson mentioned kryptonite.
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Dreaded militant hit squad goes rogue in Pakistan
Seeded on Mon Oct 3, 2011 2:40 PM EDT (gulf-times.com)
A blindfolded man stands on explosives, trembling as he confesses to spying for the CIA in Pakistan. Armed men in black balaclavas slowly back away.
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