Posts Tagged “2008 Summer Olympics”
- Investigators say DNA from the anthrax scare that killed 7 people in 2001 helped lead them to an Army lab and the man they believe sent the poison-laced letters. His suicide shortly after being identified as a suspect was a big disappointment–not only will he not be able to explain why he did it, but he won’t be able to receive the kind of punishment he deserves for what he did to his country…
 President Bush leaves today for a trip to Asia, where he wil speak wih leaders in South Korea and Thailand before arriving in China to witness the Opening Ceremony of the Summer Olympics in Beijing. I understand that he’s pretty excited, but also disappointed he won’t be throwing out the first pitch… Texas has been warned to be ready for Tropical Storm Eduoard, which formed in the Gulf Of Mexico Sunday and is likely to graduate to a hurricane when it makes landfall Tuesday along the state’s eastern shore bordering Louisiana. The opposite side of the state’s shore was affected by Hurricane Dolly almost 2 weeks ago–so do you call that equal opportunity destruction or what?- Al-Qaida has confirmed that of one of its top commanders was killed–the individual believed to have trained the suicide bombers who attacked the USS Cole in 2000. CBS News also reported that Al-Qaida’s #2 and Osama bin Laden’s top lieutenant was killed at the same time. I certainly don’t believe that the taking of anyone’s life should ever be celebrated, but I am nonetheless feeling that whole "two-for-one bargain" concept …
- Nobel prize-winning author Alexander Solzhenitsyn died of heart failure late Sunday at the age of 89. He fearlessly recounted his own experiences in Soviet Union labor camps over several books in the 1960’s and ’70’s–and lived long enough to see the end of everything he worte about…
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Tags: 2008 Summer Olympics, al-Qaida, China, Nobel Prize, Norway, President Bush, Texas, Tropical Storm Eduoard
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- Barack Obama, who spent the weekend in Afghanistan meeting US troops and talking with President Hamid Karzi, said in an interview that, "the situation is precarious and urgent in Afghanistan, and I believe this has to be our central focus…in our battle against terrorism". I guess we know where Jesse Jackson will fit in an Obama administration…
- Speaking Sunday, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said that, "it’s going to be months that we’re working our way through this period–clearly months". Considering that he was trying to help Americans feel confident about its banking system, he may want to consider a whole no-news-is-good-news philosophy…
- Tropical storm Cristobal, the first of the Atlantic hurricane season to hit the US, dropped rain and raised seas along the North Carolina shore Sunday before weakening and heading out to sea. Meanwhile, tropical storm Dolly is heading for the Gulf of Mexico and could be a hurricane by Tuesday–is it too late to get Cristobal back?
- A New Jersey woman, Amber Arpaio, has sued the call girl linked to former New York governor Eliot Spitzer, claiming that Ashley Dupre used Arpaio’s driver’s license in order to appear in a Girls Gone Wild video. Considering everything that’s happened to Dupre, maybe Ms Arpaio should be lucky she just lost her identity…
- Activists in Iran are working to overturn court orders to stone to death eight women and one man convicted of adultery. In an unrelated story, Bill Clinton has decided against serving as a goodwill ambassador in Tehran…
- Bejing launched its bold plan Monday to reduce its ever-present smog prior to next month’s Olympics by permitting only half the usual number of cars on its streets, with drivers of odd-numbered license plates required to take public transportation. Additionally, construction has been cut back, factories required to reduce emissions by 30 percent, and outrageous human rights violations reduced to dropping the occasional desenter off a tall building…
Tags: 2008 hurricane season, 2008 Summer Olympics, Ashley Alexandra Dupre, Barack Obama, economy, Eliot Spitzer, Iran
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- Those "economic stimulus" payments are finally making their way into the accounts of taxpayers via direct deposit today and the rest of this week, with the first checks set to be mailed May 9–a week earlier than planned. The sped-up timetable is reportedly due to increased government efficiency–those folks want their money, too…
- Barack Obama has reportedly passed on a challenge from Hillary Clinton to debate prior to the May 6 North Carolina primary, but added, "I’m not ducking. We’ve had 21." It may be the smart move strategy-wise, but he could spend the next week quacking endlessly about it…
- Long-time gum maker William Wrigley Jr. Co., the one-time owner of the Chicago Cubs and namesake of their baseball home, will become a subsidiary of candy giant Mars Inc. in a $23 billion all-cash deal. Fine–just as long as it doesn’t turn into Snickers Field…
- An early-season wildfire in Southern California has spread to 350 acres and forced over 1000 people to flee their homes yesterday. Is it just me, or is Mother Nature determined to turn LaLa Land into rubble one way or another?
- The Olympic Torch relay faced more demonstrators as it passed through South Korea yesterday, as Chinese students and anti-Beijing protestors threw rocks and punches in Seoul . Maybe they should make this an Summer Games event…
- Over 150 aftershocks have been felt in the Reno area following Friday night’s 4.7 magnitude earthquake, which actually was the worst of a series of quakes that began there February 28. This has got to wreak some serious havoc on the roulette and craps action…
Tags: 2008 Summer Olympics, Barack Obama, earthquake, economic stimulus, Hillary Clinton, North Carolina, primary, wildfire
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- President Bush’s national security advisor Stephen Hadley said yesterday that skipping the Beijing Olympics opening ceremonies this summer would be a "cop-out". Hadley says our diplomatic response to concerns over Tibet is a more sensible course–that and a desire to avoid a billion angry javelin-throwers…
- A new study finds that the IRS has drastically reduced the number of audits it does on large corporations, doing less than half of the number they had done twenty years earlier. It’s no surprise–it gives them more time to focus on those companies who have really irritated Dick Cheney…
- Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling will be in New York this week to testify at a lawsuit she filed against one of her biggest fans, whose planned encyclopedia of all things Potter has Rowling claiming plagarism. Getting on the wrong side of this woman could have you finding the business end of Harry’s broom stuck where the sun will never shine…
- Delta and Northwest may announce a long-awaited merger tomorrow, creating the world’s biggest airline. Why do I get the feeling that this will just turn into the world’s longest flight delay?
- Threatening graffiti found at Detroit’s Oakland University has led to canceled classes and activities there, following a similar outcome at Chicago’s St. Xavier University. This had better not be someone’s idea of a great episode of Punk’d…
- The World Bank is urging affluent governments to pony up a half-billion dollars to fight rising food prices that are causing hunger and violence in several countries. We got this one–give everybody fighting in Iraq the day off…
Tags: 2008 Summer Olympics, Delta, Harry Potter, IRS, J.K. Rowling, Northwest Airlines, President Bush, Tibet
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The US Olympic men’s basketball team helped make television history Sunday when their game against the Yao Ming-led Chinese was reportedly watched by anywhere from 500 million to 1 billion people worldwide. The enthusiastic crowd couldn’t have cheered louder for Yao and his teammates, even as they went down to a 101-70 defeat–unless it was for Kobe Bryant and the rest of their NBA favorites…
This week, Louisiana will become the last state in the US to ban the practice of cockfighting. I was really angry about this happening–until I realized that it wasn’t really what I thought it was…
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