Giuliani is ignoring some other acts of terrorism:

• Hesham Mohamed Hadayet, an Egyptian national who on July 4, 2002 shot and killed two Israelis and wounded four others at the El Al ticket counter at Los Angeles International Airport. The FBI would later say Hadayet was motivated by opposition to Israel and US policy in the Middle East and the shootings fit the definition of terrorism.

• The 2001 anthrax attacks, which killed five people;

• DC sniper John Allen Muhammed, who killed at least 10 people in 2002 and was convicted by a Virginia court of terrorism, among other charges.

It’s worth noting, however, that neither the anthrax killer nor the DC sniper were firmly established as having been motivated by extremist Muslim ideology.
The Giuliani spokesperson says the former Mayor does not consider the events with Hadayet, Muhammed, or the anthrax attacks Islamist terrorist attacks since "he was referring to what are known islamic terrorist attacks."

Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin's decision to attend — and speak at — the Southern Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans in April transforms that event into the first legitimate cattle-call of the 2012 Republican presidential sweepstakes. Palin announced late Thursday that she would attend SRLC, joining Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee as announced speakers. Interestingly, Palin also announced on Thursday that she would not be speaking at CPAC, a gathering of conservatives in Washington in mid February — a decision, according to those familiar with her thinking, due at least in part to the fact that the John Birch Society is one of the sponsors. The decision to attend SRLC but not CPAC — love those acronyms! — seems to be a rare instance of Palin refusing to play to type, bucking the grassroots for a more establishment-oriented event.
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The John Birch Society sponsorship is very troublesome.

The bag of teeth found on a North Seattle sidewalk was the link that police were looking for.

Shane Carlson had long been on the radar of Seattle-area police after his numerous arrests — and convictions — for car prowls, home burglaries and office break-ins. One Edmonds police detective describes the 26-year-old as "an equal-opportunity burglar."

But it wasn't until Carlson's fingerprints were identified on human teeth found in Seattle's Maple Leaf neighborhood in October that detectives linked him to a rash of unusual burglaries at dental clinics and dental laboratories in Seattle, said police and King County Deputy Prosecutor Maurice Classen.

Prosecutors allege that Carlson would steal gold fillings and raw gold used to make fillings and turn around and sell it at a tidy profit.
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And, they say dentistry is going metal free…..

Okay, now that I have ensured that I will receive lots of hateful comments…. Sarah Palin's decision not to attend CPAC (the Conservative Political Action Conference) is ridiculously petty
What this really looks like is that Palin seems to assume she has conservative activists in her hip pocket anyway and thus can refuse to speak to its most enthusiastic activists in order to take a shot at Keene. Well, IF that is true — and I acknowledge this is all based on assumptions that the reports in the links are accurate — then Sarah Palin is playing right into her reputation of being somewhat of a diva. It's hard to be a diva and a woman of the people at the same time. To paraphrase Fagin from Oliver Twist: I think she better think it out again.
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CPAC has become a Mitt Romney and Ron Paul love fest with David Keene and the John Birch Society in the background. Palin is smart to stay away from this cast of characters.

After a few minutes of opening remarks, Fiorina asked for questions and ideas from the audience.

"I was impressed with the fact that she was letting the valley have a voice," said Ray Prock, the Farm Bureau secretary. "She didn't talk at us," Prock said, "she let us talk, too."

Retired Burchell Nursery sales representative Ladd Hackler called Fiorina a "breath of fresh air" who reminds him of Sarah Palin.

Passage of the health-care bill will be, for the administration, a catastrophic victory. If it is voted through in time for the State of the Union Address, as President Obama hopes, half the chamber will rise to their feet and cheer. They will be cheering their own demise.

If health care does not pass, it will also be a disaster, but only for the administration, not the country. Critics will say, "You didn't even waste our time successfully."

What a blunder this thing has been, win or lose, what a miscalculation on the part of the president. The administration misjudged the mood and the moment. Mr. Obama ran, won, was sworn in and began his work under the spirit of 2008—expansive, part dreamy and part hubristic. But as soon as he was inaugurated ,the president ran into the spirit of 2009—more dug in, more anxious, more bottom-line—and didn't notice.