R.I.P.
R.I.P. Sunni Politician Gunned Down In Iraq
Story Still Developing
The AP reports:
Police say gunmen killed a member of a Sunni political party in northern Iraq as he was standing outside his house.
The Iraqi Islamic Party has issued a statement condemning the killing of Abdul-Bari Ibrahim in a village near Tal Afar, 260 miles (420 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad.
The party is led by Iraqi Vice [...]
R.I.P. Jesse Helms
The anti-civil rights, homophobic, and foreign-aid hater Jesse Helms bid adieu today.
The 86 year old former North Carolina senator died at the Mayview Convalescent Center in Raleigh, N.C.
Senator NO’s legacy includes:
-fighting federal financing for AIDS research and treatment, saying the disease resulted from “unnatural” and “disgusting” homosexual behavior.
-calling protestors of the Vietnam War “dirty, [...]
Soldier Shoots Himself Infront of the Sarkozys
Talk about an orevua.
At an airport goodbye ceremony held for the Sarkozy’s today, an Israeli police officer fatally shot himself just as they were about to the board the plane.
And the band played on . . . . no, really. Apparently the leaders didn’t hear anything.
The men-in-black quickly ushered Nicolas and Carla up the stairs [...]
RIP: George Carlin
George Carlin has died from heart failure. The Grammy-winning stand-up political humor guru passed away at 5:55 p.m. Sunday at Saint John’s Hospital in Santa Monica, his longtime publicist said. He was 71.
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Bombs Over Baghdad
A car bomb exploded in a Shiite neighborhood market in Baghdad Tuesday evening. The explosion occured during the busiest time of day and killed at least 51 people and wounded 75. It was the deadliest attack in the Iraqi capital in more than three months.
paz, queremos paz y libertad en este mundo.
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Tim Russert’s Last Blogpost
Tim Russert’s last blog post on MSNBC was posted at 9:50am, only a few hours before his death. Here’s a copy of his post:
Vigilance Need On Campaign Claims
Msnbc: Tim, www.fightthesmears.com is a web site launched by the Barack Obama campaign to combat potentially damaging rumor about the candidate and his wife, Michelle. Is this necessary? [...]
Politicians Pay Their Respects to Russert
Barack Obama:
I’ve known Tim Russert since I first spoke at the convention in 2004. He’s somebody who, over time, I came to consider not only a journalist but a friend. There wasn’t a better interviewer in TV, not a more thoughtful analyst of our politics, and he was also one of the finest men I [...]
R.I.P: Tim Russert
Tim Russert, the NBC commentator who lit up Sunday morning television and journalism with his passion for politics, died this afternoon.
NBC reports that Russert, 58, collapsed while recording voiceovers for his Sunday morning interview program. He was initially reported to have suffered a heart attack while working in his office on Washington’s Nebraska Avenue, but the network [...]
R.I.P. Ruby Chow
Ruby Chow died from heart failure yesterday at the age of 87 : ( She would have turned 88 on Friday.
Ruby Chow served three terms on the King County Council until retiring in 1985.
She also opened Ruby Chow’s Restaurant with her husband, a hotspot that attracted politicians and celebrities, even Sidney Poitier!
Ruby Chow used her status in the [...]
R.I.P. Mexican Mayor Killed by Drug Gangs
Mayor Marcelo Ibarra from western Mexico was shot and killed on Sunday night. The mayor was traveling home with his wife and two children when armed men stopped their car, forced Ibarra to get out, and shot him in the head.
Ibarra died on the way to the hospital and his wife and children were unharmed.
A spokeswoman at the [...]
