A reported backstage confrontation, Donald Trump calling Barbara Walters a liar, the developer's feud with Rosie O'Donnell is a gift that keeps on giving for gossip columnists. And it can't get any tougher for the broadcast legend caught in the middle. Trump sent a letter to O'Donnell on Tuesday, distributed by the TV show "The Insider," saying Walters told him in a private conversation that working with O'Donnell is "like living in hell."
Trump said Walters called him while on vacation trying to end the feud by apologizing for O'Donnell's behavior. She supposedly told him "Donald, never get in the mud with pigs" and "don't worry, she won't be here for long," according to the letter.
He also said he ran into Walters at Le Cirque two months ago and asked how O'Donnell was doing, and Walters said, "Donald, do you have to ruin my meal?"
On her daytime chat show last week, Walters said she had never told Trump she didn't want O'Donnell on the show, as he has claimed. "Nothing could be further from the truth," she said. Walters, he said in the letter to O'Donnell on Tuesday, "lied to both of us."
The New York Post gossip column Page Six claimed that O'Donnell angrily confronted Walters backstage at "The View" on Monday. She called Walters a liar, too, adding an expletive, the newspaper said. O'Donnell was reportedly angry that Walters didn't call Trump a liar. The newspaper sourced its story about the confrontation by saying "according to spies."
The Donald sez Rosie's a liar. Rosie sez The Donald's a lair. I sez they're both right.
Besides keeping "The View" constantly in the news, O'Donnell has substantially increased the show's ratings this season. Trump appeared to get no lift from the feud in the ratings when the latest season of "The Apprentice" started Sunday. The program's ratings fell short of those from last spring's season premiere.
Does anyone remember how this feud began? Oh, yes: when O'Donnell said Trump had no right "to be the moral compass for 20-year-olds" as he decided whether Miss USA would keep her crown. He owns the pageant.
Another woman caught in the middle spokeswoman Cindi Berger, who represents both Walters and O'Donnell said neither had any comment but cryptically suggested viewers tune in to "The View" on Wednesday. "It will be a great show," she said.
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Trump won't be happy until we re-name a Planet after him.
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I'm kinda happy with The Donald. He's being persistent as hell. He makes stuff up daily and attacks, attacks, attacks. Little Miss Lovely is getting into something she never counted on here. She flaps her megaphone daily and never expects anyone to retaliate.
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The solution to this gredat world problem that I'd like to see. All 3 agree to meet for dinner to resolve it. They all pile into a limo, which is then hit by a bus and explodes.
No survivors.
The Saudi government has arrested more than 100 Qadiyanis allegedly involved in illegal activities in Jeddah. According to sources, a trained group office-bearers of the Qadiyani Jamaat Jeddah was allegedly engaged in preaching Qadiyani beliefs in and around Jeddah. The Saudi governments intelligence agencies nabbed 45 people when they were offering prayers some days ago, they said, adding that all office bearers of the Qadiyani Jamaat Jeddah, including its President Insarullah Malik Fazil, had been arrested. The majority of the arrested people are from India, while there are also some Pakistani Qadiyanis as well as one from Syria. Head of Qadiyanis Mirza Masroor is planning to ask the Saudi government through western countries not to file a case against the Qadiyanis.
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Qadianis believe that the Muslim deity has spoken through other minor "prophets." That challenges the Muslim dogma on "finality of prophethood." Qadianism - or the Adhmadiyah Movement - are declared a "non-Muslim" sect in the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Although the Nation of Islam accepts Elijah Mohammad as a "prophet," the Saudis allow them into the Mecca/Medina exclusion zones because they advance the Wahabi agenda in the US. No Muslim country allows freedom of religion. We should not be allowing Muslim immigrants to the West.
The Bangladesh capital turned into a battlefield on Tuesday as protesters demanding the scrapping of national elections hurled bombs and rocks at police who responded by firing tear gas and rubber bullets.
Around 50,000 protesters, chanting no elections on January 22, clashed with officers as they attempted to march to the presidential palace, Bangabhaban, on the third day of a crippling nationwide blockade. In one clash at least 10 small bombs were thrown at riot police who responded with tear gas volleys, according to police. In a second similar incident, police also fired rubber bullets, police said. The activists threw small bombs, rocks and stones at our officers and we had no choice but to retaliate, said Assistant Police Comm-issioner Rezaul Islam. Police said a total of 25 small bombs were thrown at officers during the two clashes. At least eight officers were injured, three of them seriously, said Deputy Commissioner of Dhaka police Shahryar Rahman.
Senior opposition leader Tofael Ahmed said at least 200 Awami League activists were hurt. Earlier, thousands of police and troops patrolled the streets of the capital with barbed wire barricades, blocking all roads leading to the presidential palace.
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People have a bad habit of "Demanding" in that part of the world.
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For a second there, I thought that said "...smoking". Same basic principle, I suppose.
The British seem to have one of the biggest collection of "cringe and hiders" on the planet. They are people terrified of everything, especially things that make loud noises, surprises of all kinds, vigorous and violent emotions, etc.
I wouldn't be amazed if they wanted all live births to be done under general anesthesia because they are such inherently violent acts.
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So where was the UN when Dad smacked my ass for getting spaghetti sauce on the drapes? I mean, at least a strongly worded letter, guys!
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Story in full A POWERFUL UN watchdog is preparing a report that will criticise the Scottish Executive for its failure to outlaw the smacking of children.
The UN committee on the rights of the child is Powerful? Why don't they stop their own forces from trafficking in child prostitution? Why don't they stop third world female infanticide? Why don't they stop female circumcision in Africa? Why don't they stop the Taliban from blowing up schools?
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The fear of using even the slightest form of physical discipline explains why there are so many brats running around the world today. People are now so stupid that they equate spanking with whipping or beating; they honestly cannot see a difference. All of it is identified as abuse. Now, kids are put in their rooms in time outs. Some kids go there to play computer games and watch TV-what punishments. Others go to think about it, only to forget about it again when they emerge from their rooms 30 minutes later.
When I was a rugrat, I went around biting people. My mom, not averse to spanking, tried everything to get me to stop. One day, she bit me back-didn't break my skin, just bit me. I stopped that habit instantly, because I finally understood what my bad behavior did to others. She did a good job. Thank God Protective Services weren't around to lecture her.
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Gulf Oil had a very large position in Venezuela back in the 1950-60 period (also in Kuwait.) Both countries nationalized us out at about the same time. Gulf never really recovered. Of course it didn't do much for the Venezuelans either.
A Russian businessman linked to the poisoning death of former security agent Alexander Litvinenko said Tuesday he had been released from a Moscow hospital, where he reportedly was being treated for radiation exposure.
Andrei Lugovoi, who was questioned last month by Russian and British investigators, told The Associated Press that he was out of the hospital and was "resting," but did not elaborate. He said he would make no further comment until Sunday. The Interfax news agency said he had been released late last month.
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PLAINS, Georgia: Folks in Plains were just delighted in a respectfully restrained way when former U.S. President Jimmy Carter mentioned in a TV interview a few weeks ago that he wants to be buried in his front yard in his hometown, where the neighbors still refer to the former president simply as "Jimmy." Which is about all the respect he rates.
Very little was known about Carter's funeral plans until then, and many in this little peanut-growing town of 640 people believe his decision to be laid to rest here rather than 120 miles (190 kilometers) away in Atlanta, home of his presidential library, or in Arlington National Cemetery (Carter served in the Navy) will help maintain the prosperity he brought to Plains when he first ran for the White House in 1976. Well I'm glad he brought prosperity someplace when he was president, because it never made it up here...
"He knows this will make Plains a tourist attraction for eternity," said Jill Stuckey, who owns the Plains Bed & Breakfast, a half-block from the simple ranch-style home where the 82-year-old Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, live. "Come Piss on Jimmy Carter's Grave: $1.00". Be prepared for lines...
In a live C-SPAN2 interview on Dec. 3, Carter said: "Plains is special to us. I could be buried in Arlington Cemetery or wherever I want, but my wife was born here and I was born here. Plains is where our hearts have always been," he said. Too bad your ass didn't stay down there with it...
While tackling various international issues since leaving the White House, Carter also has worked tirelessly to keep his hometown vital. I wonder if there's pictures of him in every house? Like Kim Jong Il.
Through his efforts, parts of Plains and his boyhood home in nearby Archery, Georgia, are now part of the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site, which is operated by the National Park Service and attracts more than 85,000 visitors annually. Thousands also flock to Plains to attend Carter's Sunday school classes, and he teaches to a packed room. ...probably about them evil Christ killin Jews.
Carter credits Plains with helping shape his values. Oh. So now we know who to blame.
In the C-SPAN2 interview, Carter said there are also plans for a Washington funeral and a viewing of his body in Atlanta, where he and his wife founded the Carter Center to promote human rights and improve the quality of life in the Third World. Pyongyang all booked up?
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Some wit could have a lot of fun leaving some voodoo novelties lying around in its vicinity, like chicken feet, and sketch a few devilish sketches nearby. A pentagram with squiggles in its corners, some cave art type pics. Maybe a roadkill dog or cat.
Then let superstitious cracker nature take its course.
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Yeah, it'll be a tourist attraction all right. Anyone with any brains or patriotism who lived through that bastard's four years of idiotic fecklessness would probably be willing to pay the bucks to go to that worthless little burg just for the opportunity to piss on Jimmah's grave. May God damn him to an everlasting Hell for the evil he did while claiming to do good!
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He has been to Moscow alot, after all. I'll betcha the Plains folks are excited about this.
People will file past the corpse, circulated with formaldehyde for eternity...
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Buried in his front yard??? How vain is this guy? Normally people want to be buried in some nice quiet place, in a tastefully done setting. Man, Lenin and Stalin, Junior. This is really tacky.
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plant some plastic pink flamingos above him as well...
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I bet the all the Islamocommiewannabees are getting nervous envisioning a world without Dhimmi Carter. Afterall, there is no better way to fleece America than get Dhimmi involved.
I just hope poetic justic finds Dhimmi in the west bank kissing paleo ass when Ahmewhackjob decides to summon the 12th I-mom with a nuking of the Holy Land.
In a concession to the Senate's new Democratic majority, President Bush won't rename four controversial federal appeals court nominees whose confirmations were blocked last year, Republican officials said Thursday. William Haynes, William G. Myers III and Michael Wallace all asked to have their appointments withdrawn, these officials said. Judge Terrence Boyle was informed of the White House's decision, according to an ally.
Haynes is the Pentagon's top lawyer, and was an architect of the Bush's now-abandoned policy toward treatment of detainees in the war on terror. He had been tapped for the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
"Each of these nominees was well-qualified to serve as judges and would have been confirmed if they had been given a fair, up-or-down vote in the Senate."
Boyle is a federal judge in North Carolina, and his appointment to the 4th Circuit provoked opposition from Democrats who cited his rulings in civil rights and disability cases, as well as his higher-than-average reversal rate by higher courts.
Myers, nominated to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, sparked opposition from environmentalist organizations and their allies among Senate Democrats.
Wallace's appointment to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals drew opposition from Democrats, civil rights groups and the American Bar Association.
Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, has said only "consensus nominees" are likely to win confirmation under the new Democratic majority - a declaration that effectively doomed the chances for the four men whose appointments were left in limbo when the Senate adjourned last year for the elections.
Deputy White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said the president was disappointed about the withdrawals. "Each of these nominees was well-qualified to serve as judges and would have been confirmed if they had been given a fair, up-or-down vote in the Senate," Perino said. "Unfortunately, a few selected senators prevented these nominees from receiving fair consideration. The president is disappointed in this inaction, and hopes that the days of judicial obstructionism are beyond us."
One Senate Democrat, Sen. Charles Schumer, issued a statement saying, "This reversal is one of the first tangible signs that the president heard and is heeding the message from Novembers election."
But Ed Whelan, president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center and a former clerk for Justice Antonin Scalia, countered for conservatives. "In support of their own agenda of liberal judicial activism, Senate Democrats have engaged in unprecedented measures of obstruction against the president's highly qualified nominees," he said.
Lars H. Liebeler, a Washington lawyer, said in a telephone interview that Boyle, unlike Wallace, Haynes and Myers, did not submit a letter asking to be withdrawn but was told of the president's intentions.
Several Republican officials said the White House was likely to make the announcement later in the day. They said Bush also intends to appoint 33 other judicial nominees, including three whose appointments were not acted on by the Senate in 2006. The officials who described the developments did so on condition of anonymity, saying they did not want to pre-empt a formal announcement. This really pisses me off. The Republicans had the opportunity to get these people appointed and pissed it away.
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Where's McCain and his gang?
Thought they were going to ensure an up or down vote on all of these candidates....
With representation like this, we (the republicans) don't deserve to be in power!
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Testicular atrophy! If he had left them in place it would have tied the Dems up so they would not have to to phuque up other more important areas of the gov't.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Tim Johnson's condition has been upgraded from critical to fair, four weeks after he was hospitalized for a brain hemorrhage, his office said Tuesday. The South Dakota Democrat, who was rushed to the hospital on Dec. 13 and underwent emergency surgery, remains in intensive care, said his spokeswoman, Julianne Fisher.
"The senator continues to make progress," Fisher said. "The next step would be rehabilitation and we hope that would happen within the week."
Johnson's office has said that his recovery is expected to take several months. He underwent surgery to correct a condition called arteriovenous malformation, involving tangled arteries in his brain.
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did he take the oath? Will he be sworn in? Will his vote be taken on each vote? If not, he's not representing the citizens of So. Dakota. He should resign and let the Governor appoint a alert, active representative. Anything else is just power politics on a small unethical scale...how unusual
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New Delhi, Jan 10: Japan today proposed an exclusive 'NPT+Regime' for India to enable it to have access to nuclear fuel and technology and sought the nuclear suppliers group's approval for it.
"This NPT+Regime is only for India, not for North Korea or Iran. Once this regime is agreed (upon) and the NSG approves this, India will be allowed full access to nuclear fuel and nuclear technology," Japanese Ambassador to India Yasukuni Enoki said during a panel discussion 'Towards India-Japan Strategic and Global Partnership' here.
Describing India as a "good boy" for its adherence to nuclear non-proliferation guidelines without being a signatory to the NPT, he, however, said "it is India's obligation to collaborate with NPT" and adhere to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards.
Observing that India has been deprived of nuclear technology, Enoki said "this regime will also open up cooperation in nuclear technology trade between the two countries."
Referring to Japan's stance on the indo-us civil nuclear deal, the envoy hinted that the Japanese government will not oppose India's efforts to get the approval of the 45-member NSG for trade in nuclear energy.
Asked about the Japanese proposal, Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon - a participant in the discussion - said "we have imposed on ourselves higher obligations and we intend to keep it in future and I think it is in our interest".
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The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Tuesday pledged not to cooperate with President General Pervez, as party chief Benazir Bhutto assured her party she would return to Pakistan before the next general elections, a party source privy to the meeting in Dubai told Daily Times. It was the unanimous opinion of the party leaders that no compromise with General Musharraf is acceptable, but Makhdoom Amin Fahim was of the view that the party could consider cooperating with Musharraf if he sheds his uniform and holds free and fair elections, the source said.
PPP leaders Raja Pervez Ashraf, Sherry Rehman, Mian Raza Rabbani, Naheed Khan, her spouse Safdar Abbasi, and Shah Mehmood Qureshi who were summoned to the meeting from Pakistan to review the countrys political situation and discuss the elections believed cooperation with Musharraf would severely damage the party, said the source.
The party leaders proposed April 4 for Bhuttos return to Pakistan, but she left it to the partys central executive body to decide the date of her return. Bhutto assured her party leaders that she would return before the general elections and asked PPP workers to prepare a grand welcome for her. She also said her absence in the forthcoming elections could cost the party dearly, the sources said.
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Religious Affair Minister Ejazul Haq said on Tuesday that the government had decided to introduce an Islamic dress for Pakistani women pilgrims. The special dress, he said, would serve as an identity for Pakistani pilgrims and fulfil requirements of the mandatory veil (hijab). Addressing a press conference, he announced that provincial committees would be set up to probe pilgrims complaints against Haj tour operators. The licences of only those tour operators would be renewed against whom no complaints were registered, he said. The government would begin preparations for the next Haj soon after the completion of this one, he said, and pilgrims would now be trained in line with decrees by Saudi scholars. He said three million Muslims from 187 countries performed the Haj this year and 147,000 of them were Pakistanis - 77,000 under government schemes and 70,000 through tour operators. The government had set up two hospitals in Mecca and Medina, he said, and had spent Rs 9.5 million on healthcare for Pakistani pilgrims. About 140 Pakistani pilgrims died during Haj this year, he added.
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About 140 Pakistani pilgrims died during Haj this year
Good grief! That's almost one per thousand! The Haj is more dangerous than Iraq AND Afghanistan together!
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Could a Muslim woman use a wig as a head covering?
Do "rays" emanate from fake hair?
How about one of those skating type outfits that look like they show a lot of skin but only show flesh colored fabric?
Inquiring minds want to know!! (which of course leaves out muzzies) ;^)
An Unidentified Flying Object crashed in Barez Mounts in the central province of Kerman Wednesday morning.
Deputy Governor General of Kerman province Abulghassem Nasrollahi told FNA that the crash which was followed by an explosion and a thick spiral of smoke has caused no casualties or damage to properties.
He further denied earlier reports that the explosion has been the result of a plane or chopper crash, reminding that all the passing aircrafts have been reported as sound and safe.
The official further stated that investigations are underway by police and other relevant authorities in this regard.
While other reports spoke of meteors, Nasrollahi said there were no conclusive witnesses in this regard but he did not dismiss the possibility that the crash has been caused by a meteor.
Eye-witnesses assure that the explosion has been caused as a result of the crash of a radiant unidentified flying object onto the ground.
Meantime, an informed source told FNA that the object has been on fire and there has been thick smoke coming out of it prior to the crash, concluding that the object couldn't have been a meteor as meteors do not smoke.
The source also said that the crash has been witnessed by people in several cities, and mentioned that the rendezvous point is located 100 kilometers from the provincial capital city of Kerman.
He said that people in the city of Rafsanjan also reported to have witnessed a similar incident several days ago.
Similar crash incidents have been witnessed frequently during the last year all across Iran, and officials believe that the objects could be spy planes or a hi-tech espionage device.
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Heard that there have been sightings of UFOs around nuke silos and/or nukular power stations. Darn, do we have some light-pulsating, roundish or triangular objects that unpredictably burst/explode at these specific locations? Does not have to be big--smaller is harder to hit and track... UAV of sorts. The more pulsating lights, the merrier, of course, and a shitload of explosives.
Always thought that UFOs may be good for something one day. ;-)
The Federal Way School Board Tuesday night put the brakes on schools showing Al Gores global warming movie, An Inconvenient Truth.
The board required that an opposing view be presented in order for teachers to present the film. Board president Ed Barney said hes received about a half-dozen complaints from parents that their child was taking the film as fact after viewing it at school.
We have to ensure that our schools are not being used to politically indoctrinate anyone, said board member Dave Larson. The board voted 3 to 0, with two members absent...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Oil prices fell Wednesday after the government reported swelling inventories of gasoline, heating oil and diesel fuel. Crude oil stockpiles fell for the fourth straight week, according to a weekly inventory report by the Energy Information Administration. But inventories of refined products grew faster than market analysts had expected, pressuring prices lower.
Light, sweet crude for February delivery dropped $1.46 to $54.18 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, after sinking to $53.89 in earlier trading. The contract touched $53.88 on Tuesday _ a level not seen since June 13, 2005. February Brent crude fell $1.40 to $53.78 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange in London.
"This is what should have been expected," said Fadel Gheit, an energy analyst with Oppenheimer & Co. "The $70 and $60 oil were more of an aberration than reflective of global supply and demand. We've been on a high, believing it would last forever." Gheit said the market has forgotten about the "big picture" _ that oil historically has cost a whole lot less. A barrel of oil fetched $41 on average in 2004 and $30 in 2003.
Gasoline inventories increased again last week, rising 3.8 million barrels to 213.3 million barrels following a 5.6-million-barrel jump in the prior week. Market analysts had expected on average a more modest rise of 2.5 million barrels. Distillate stocks, which include heating oil and diesel fuel, climbed by 5.4 million barrels to 141 million barrels _ well above the market estimate for an increase of 1.9 million barrels _ as warm weather persisted in the Northeast last week.
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Why is my regular gas up to $2.69 a gal. It was down to $2.29 before the price of oil started to fall. Maybe it's the un-seasonably warm winter in the Northeast. Lots of trips to the shore?
President Bush on Tuesday lifted the drilling ban for Alaskas Bristol Bay, clearing the way for the Interior Department to open the fish-rich waters to oil and natural gas development. Alaska officials as well as some local communities had asked for the ban to be lifted, but environmentalists and some fishermen have warned against drilling in the bay, which is the gateway for the largest wild salmon runs in the world as well as a major source for crab and cod. "Bristol Bay is one the most important fisheries in America and in the world," Sierra Club director Carl Pope said in a statement. "It's incredibly reckless to risk such an outstanding natural resource just to satisfy Big Oil."
Three local governments said they felt the ban should be lifted so that the bay could be tested for oil deposits, adding that they would back drilling only if they felt it was environmentally sound. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne said one or two lease sales in about 5.6 million acres of Bristol Bay will be considered for leasing in the departments upcoming five-year 2007-2012 lease plan.
Separately, Bush lifted a drilling moratorium in an area of the central Gulf of Mexico known as Lease Area 181, making that area available to drilling. The Gulf waters acted upon by the president is a small part of a much larger 8.2 million acres that were approved for oil and gas development by Congress last month in one of its last acts before adjournment.
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It's big news in AK. Has the support of most of the commercial fisherman and local tribal councils along Bristol Bay.
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Now all we need is to do the same off southern California and on George's Bank off New England and we'll have access to enough oil to at least partially tell the ME to go to hell.
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"It's incredibly reckless to risk such an outstanding natural resource just to satisfy Big Oil."
Yes, but it helps the other 300 million of us by helping to keep prices down, reduce the need for foreign wars and help get the troops out of the middle east, and will reduce funding to terrorists and other petro-crazies. At that rate, it's a bargain.
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of course all of us think know for certain that this is a win win and better late than never. Hell the tecnology is orders of magnitude better including saftey. Inspite of all that if there is a spill then new clean up tec and fines mitigate them.
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I've actually read studies where fish LOVE the offshore platforms. There long enough, they develop their own coral systems (if planted) and the fish can hide from predators there. Of course, on a commercial fishing scale, I doubt it'll make much difference. But, let's just let the enviros nit-pick their way to funding jihadi terror, why don't we?
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Maybe it's just my paranoia, but I think we're in the middle of a Cold OIL war and it may turn HOT very soon.
Especially with the idea that Iran may *try* to control the Straits in the gulf militarily, this seems like an insurance policy against another war in the Mideast soon.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
A reported backstage confrontation, Donald Trump calling Barbara Walters a liar, the developer's feud with Rosie O'Donnell is a gift that keeps on giving for gossip columnists. And it can't get any tougher for the broadcast legend caught in the middle. Trump sent a letter to O'Donnell on Tuesday, distributed by the TV show "The Insider," saying Walters told him in a private conversation that working with O'Donnell is "like living in hell."
The Saudi government has arrested more than 100 Qadiyanis allegedly involved in illegal activities in Jeddah. According to sources, a trained group office-bearers of the Qadiyani Jamaat Jeddah was allegedly engaged in preaching Qadiyani beliefs in and around Jeddah. The Saudi governments intelligence agencies nabbed 45 people when they were offering prayers some days ago, they said, adding that all office bearers of the Qadiyani Jamaat Jeddah, including its President Insarullah Malik Fazil, had been arrested. The majority of the arrested people are from India, while there are also some Pakistani Qadiyanis as well as one from Syria. Head of Qadiyanis Mirza Masroor is planning to ask the Saudi government through western countries not to file a case against the Qadiyanis.
The Bangladesh capital turned into a battlefield on Tuesday as protesters demanding the scrapping of national elections hurled bombs and rocks at police who responded by firing tear gas and rubber bullets. 
A Russian businessman linked to the poisoning death of former security agent Alexander Litvinenko said Tuesday he had been released from a Moscow hospital, where he reportedly was being treated for radiation exposure. 
Religious Affair Minister Ejazul Haq said on Tuesday that the government had decided to introduce an Islamic dress for Pakistani women pilgrims. The special dress, he said, would serve as an identity for Pakistani pilgrims and fulfil requirements of the mandatory veil (hijab). Addressing a press conference, he announced that provincial committees would be set up to probe pilgrims complaints against Haj tour operators. The licences of only those tour operators would be renewed against whom no complaints were registered, he said. The government would begin preparations for the next Haj soon after the completion of this one, he said, and pilgrims would now be trained in line with decrees by Saudi scholars. He said three million Muslims from 187 countries performed the Haj this year and 147,000 of them were Pakistanis - 77,000 under government schemes and 70,000 through tour operators. The government had set up two hospitals in Mecca and Medina, he said, and had spent Rs 9.5 million on healthcare for Pakistani pilgrims. About 140 Pakistani pilgrims died during Haj this year, he added.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Oil prices fell Wednesday after the government reported swelling inventories of gasoline, heating oil and diesel fuel. Crude oil stockpiles fell for the fourth straight week, according to a weekly inventory report by the Energy Information Administration. But inventories of refined products grew faster than market analysts had expected, pressuring prices lower.
President Bush on Tuesday lifted the drilling ban for Alaskas Bristol Bay, clearing the way for the Interior Department to open the fish-rich waters to oil and natural gas development. Alaska officials as well as some local communities had asked for the ban to be lifted, but environmentalists and some fishermen have warned against drilling in the bay, which is the gateway for the largest wild salmon runs in the world as well as a major source for crab and cod. "Bristol Bay is one the most important fisheries in America and in the world," Sierra Club director Carl Pope said in a statement. "It's incredibly reckless to risk such an outstanding natural resource just to satisfy Big Oil."
