Friday, August 27, 2010

Headlines below the fold

Lots of fingerpointing over the failed hostage rescue that left nine Chinese tourists dead.

StrategyPage
summarizes it this way:The police commandos screwed up big time and this has triggered more calls for reform in the National Police. The police have long been criticized for being corrupt and inept
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This ManilaBulletin article, however, quotes a British expert as saying it really wasn't their fault. They lacked training, equipment, and the gunman could watch everything on TV so knew what they were planning.
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One less job for Pinay OFW: fewer bar girls needed in Korea as the US military presence goes down in number.

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Volcano Galeras in Colombia is acting up again...plans to evacuate issued to villages on the slopes, but not in Pasto...
Hope my family there is safe.

Photo from Wikipedia via Earthweek


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Good news: Child abuse reports are down in the US...the rate has been going down for 15 years.
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Eat, Pray Love might be one on the NYTimes best seller list, but if one believes the NYTimes review, it's actually about the wonderfulness of the author.

Presumably she never learned the humility and spiritual strength of Sita in her stint at a trendy Ashram..


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Pajamas media picks up the long ignored story of voter fraud and intimidation in the 2008 Democratic primaries.

Dr. Lynette Long performed a study on caucus fraud, and her discovered accounts are devastating...Look out for my documentary, and know that what happened in 2008 will happen again this year.


Yes, I know they are a right wing site, but as a Hillary Supporter, I have written about the bias in press coverage problem and the press' collusion with the Obama camp.

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