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North Korea Watch: North Korea Reports Successful Nuclear Test
AP: North Korea Says Nuclear Test Successful
North Korea said Monday it has performed its first-ever nuclear weapons test. The country’s official Korean Central News Agency said the test was performed successfully and there was no radioactive leakage from the site.
“The nuclear test is a historic event that brought happiness to the our military and people,” KCNA said.
So, what is next?
United Nations Security Council sanctions, the nuclear militarization of Japan, and a new Cold War with the Axis of Evil.
Stay tuned…..
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Michael Ramirez on North Korea’s Nuclear Test
North Korea Watch: North Korea Will Conduct a Nuclear Test
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Air America Watch: Air America Larceny Plea Deals Do NOT Include Jail Time
New York Post: OUTRAGE AT CHARITY’S CROOKED WISE GUYS
News that two former executives who admitted plundering the Gloria Wise Boys & Girls Club won’t be spending even one day in jail was greeted by outrage yesterday at the Bronx non-profit and by residents of the community.
“That’s a sore spot for me,” said Frederick Lewis, the group’s new leader.
“People go to jail for much less than that,” fumed Lewis. “These people took advantage of the city and state. We have to let them know you don’t get away with this . . . It’s a disgrace.”
Parents with kids in Gloria Wise’s Co-op City day care center were also up in arms.
“I work so hard and I can barely make tuition,” said doorman Vernon Rainford, 41, who has a 3-year-old at Gloria Wise.
“To hear people stealing without punishment, that’s just not right.”
Of course, it is not right. But, what do you expect from a LEFTY Attorney General who aspires to be Governor of New York?
The New York Post has it RIGHT with this editorial: WISE GUYS GET A PASS
Six officials of the Gloria Wise Boys and Girls Club stole $1.2 million from the group, money meant for needy kids and seniors, a city probe has found. Investigations Commissioner Rose Gill Hearn calls it “disgusting” – the worst case of wrongdoing by a non-profit contractor she’s seen since taking office.
Thank goodness the thieves will be going to jail for a very long time – and paying back every cent, and then some.
Well, actually, that’s not quite true.
In fact, nobody is going to jail.
Not even for a single day.
And the crooks get to keep most of the cash they stole. Four weren’t even charged, and after a few brief years, the two who were charged can return to nonprofit work – to loot again, perhaps.
For that wrist tap, thank Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, whose office prosecuted the case.
Something is wrong with this picture.
Hearn was right to label the shenanigans “disgusting.” Her report said fraud “was an accepted way of doing business” for these execs. “Rather than reflecting actual events,” the group’s records “were made to say whatever suited the executives’ purposes.” Want details?
* Under their direction, the group improperly gave $875,000 to left-wing Air America radio (which features comedian Al Franken) while a Gloria Wise exec maintained a financial stake in it.
* Officials “improperly obtained more than $290,000 in income that was untaxed, on top of already generous salaries – and much of it stolen from government agencies.”
* They used the money to buy themselves cars (two BMWs and a Volvo), fix up their homes and pay for tennis expenses, parking and personal insurance, among other things.
* Most alarming was their falsification of student medical records to fool the Health Department into thinking the kids had gotten vaccines and medical exams.
Yet, Randi Rhodes rants about BushCo, Haliburton and the corruption of the Bush Administration.
How do you spell HYPOCRITE?
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Air America Watch: Charity Funds Diverted To Air America
Air America Watch: Sheldon and Anita Drobny Poised to Announce their Takeover of Air America?
Air America Radio Watch: No Bankruptcy for Air America
Air America Watch: Air America to Declare Bankruptcy?
Air America Scandal: Boys & Girls Club Have Voted To Drop Bronx’s Gloria Wise Club
Air America Radio Scandal: Gloria Wise Receives Their Money BACK
Air America Scandal: Friday Update
Air America Scandal: The SHELDON DROBNY Connection
Air America Scandal: Inside Air America, An Investigative Blog Report Part Two
Air America Scandal: Inside Air America, An Investigative Blog Report
Air America Scandal: Where is Evan Montvel-Cohen?
Air America Radio Scandal: MSM Makes an Appearance
Air America Radio Scandal: New York Times Corrects Al Franken Quote
Air America Radio Scandal: NY Times Gets it WRONG; AP LATE
Air America Radio Scandal: New York Times ….FINALLY
Air America Scandal: Al Franken Blows It Off
Air America Radio Scandal: Payroll Checks Delayed
Air America Radio Scandal: New York Times Where Are You?
Air America Scandal: Boys & Girls Club May Vote To Drop Bronx’s Gloria Wise Club Next Month
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Cox & Forkum: The Ahmadinejad Code
Cox & Forkum: The Ahmadinejad Code
The winners have yet to be announced, but the 200-plus finalists in Iran’s “Holocaust International Cartoon Contest” were recently exhibited in Tehran and posted online.
And though not among the finalists, the above image was part of a cartoon accepted into the contest, one of over a thousand entries accepted. The cartoonist’s name, Hugh Bradley, can be seen on the contest’s list of participants under USA.
Obviously a cartoon featuring Adolf Hitler could be appropriate for such a contest, but there’s more to the image than meets the eye. It also contains a hidden message critical of the Iranian regime.
We know this because “Hugh Bradley” is really Cox & Forkum.
Cox & Forkum PUNK the DUMBASS ANTI-SEMITES in Tehran.
NIce Job!
NEVER AGAIN……..
Technorati Tags: Cox&Forkum, Holocaust, Ahmadinejad, Iran, HolocaustCartoons
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Illegal Immigration Watch: Pocket Veto for Secure Borders Act?
Members of the U.S. National Guard work along a new border fence near the U.S.-Mexico border in Otay Mesa, San Diego July 21, 2006.
Will Bush Veto the Fence Bill?
Only if the President wants to put the STAKE IN THE HEART of congressional Republicans.
We will find out on a few days……
Stay tuned……..
Technorati Tags: SecureBordersAct, PocketVeto, illegalimmigration
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Global War on Terror Watch: NATO Chief Warns of Afghanistan Tipping Point
Gen. David Richards, a British officer who commands NATO’s 32,000 troops in Afghanistan, talks to The Associated Press in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2006. NATO’s top commander in Afghanistan said Sunday that the majority of Afghans will decide within a year whether to abandon the international community’s efforts here and instead support resurgent Taliban militants.
AP: NATO chief warns of Afghan tipping point
NATO’s top commander in Afghanistan said Sunday the country was at a tipping point and warned Afghans would likely switch their allegiance to resurgent Taliban militants if there are no visible improvements in people’s lives in the next six months.
Gen. David Richards, a British officer who commands NATO’s 32,000 troops here, warned in an interview with The Associated Press that if life doesn’t get better over the winter, most Afghans could switch sides.
“They will say, ‘We do not want the Taliban but then we would rather have that austere and unpleasant life that that might involve than another five years of fighting,'” Richards said.
Afghanistan is going through its worst bout of violence since the U.S.-led invasion removed the former Taliban regime from power five years ago. The Taliban has made a comeback in the south and east of the country and is seriously threatening Western attempts to stabilize the country after almost three decades of war.
“If we collectively … do not exploit this winter to start achieving concrete and visible improvement,” then some 70 percent of Afghans could switch sides, Richards told The Associated Press.
But, the response to General Richards is who the HELL cares.
The military is in Afghanistan to KILL the Taliban, keep the Taliban from supporting terrorists like Osama bin Laden’s Al Qaeda and eliminate terrorist training camp from exporting their deadly Jihadists. The role of NATO forces is NOT to nation build.
It is ridiculous that the NATO command has allowed Pakistan to escape attack after they have harbored and supported a resurgent Taliban. Everyone knows that Pakistan and their intelligence services have been supporting the Taliban and Al Qaeda in their fight against NATO Coalition forces.
Flap asks why NATO air forces have not carpet bombed the shit out of those Pakistani Taliban terrorist camps and blockaded Pakistan. Is the NATO Coalition allowing the Taliban the same strategy as the Viet Cong and Cambodia in the Vietnam War? What are they waiting for? Attrition of their own forces? Winning “hearts and minds” as they are picked off one by one in an insurgency campaign?
Ministry of Defence (MoD) picture shows British paratroopers fighing the Taliban in Nawzad, southern Afghanistan. The Daily Telegraph has reported that British troops locked in vicious fighting in Afghanistan have been recommended for almost 180 medals for gallantry.
Richards will command NATO’s troops in Afghanistan, including 12,000 U.S. forces, until February, when U.S. Gen. Dan K. McNeil will take command.
The British general said he’d like to have about 2,500 additional troops to form a reserve battalion to help speed up reconstruction and development efforts.
The south of the country, where NATO troops have fought their most intense battles this year, has been “broadly stabilized,” Richards said.
Since the southern part of Afghanistan has been stabilized now it is time for the NATO Coalition to go after the Taliban in Pakistan. President Musharraf should be bluntly told: Either help us or get the hell out of the way. NATO commanders will be doing just that – and very soon.
NATO commanders from five countries who have troops stationed in Afghanistan — the United States, Britain, Canada, Denmark and the Netherlands — are demanding their governments get tough with Pakistan over its support for the Taliban militia, The Daily Telegraph reported Friday.
“It is time for an ‘either you are with us or against us’ delivered bluntly to Musharraf at the highest political level,” an unnamed NATO commander told the British newspaper.
Go after the Taliban.
Only fools would allow them to re-establish themselves in Pakistan – not far from their previous sites of terror.
NATO’s top general in Afghanistan, British Lieutenant General David Richards (L), shakes hands with Lt. Gen. Karl Eikenberry (R), commander of the US-led coalition at the ISAF headquarters in Kabul last week, Richards is to fly to Islamabad and confront President Pervez Musharraf over Taliban operations in Pakistan, The Sunday Times newspaper said.
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Global War on Terror Watch: Musharraf – The United States Will FAIL Without the Support of Pakistan
Technorati Tags: DavidRichards, KarlEikenberry, Afghanistan, Pakistan, PervezMusharraf, AlQaeda, OsamabinLaden
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Day By Day by Chris Muir October 8, 2006