Al Qaida uses girls to do their dirty work

Female suicide bomber attacks local anti-al-Qaida group, kills 15 outside Baghdad, police say
HAMID AHMED Associated Press Writer Friday, Dec. 7, 2007

(AP) - BAGHDAD-A female suicide bomber detonated an explosives belt Friday outside the offices of a local anti-al-Qaida group that has joined forces with the U.S., killing at least 15 people, police officials said. It was Iraq's second suicide attack involving a woman in less than two weeks.


The article doesn't say where these women come from. Hmmmmmmmmmmmm.

WaPo Th Decempber 6, 2007

Bush Wins Agreement To Freeze Mortgages
Hard-Up Owners Won't See Adjustable Rates Soar
By David Cho and Neil Irwin
Thursday, December 6, 2007; Page A01

Japan's Bloggers: Humble Giants of the Web
By Blaine Harden
Thursday, December 6, 2007; Page A01

As N.H. Primary Nears, Clinton Clings to Narrow Lead
By Dan Balz and Jon Cohen
Washington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, December 6, 2007; Page A01

Plea Deal Expected In Military Sex Case
Chaplain Accused Of Abusing Power
By Josh White and Michelle Boorstein
Washington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, December 6, 2007; Page A01

Study Questions Va. Driver Fees, Raising the Possibility of Repeal
By Anita Kumar and Tim Craig
Washington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, December 6, 2007; A01

More muslim extremist idiocy

Yeah. And I thought Christians were stupid for believing that some dude rose from the dead. And the Jews were assholes for thinking that they were God's chosen people.

Religious boobs are squirting out brats like there's no tomorrow.



Helloooooooooo?




Reality check

Is our children learning?

Teen births tilt up, unmarried rate hits record
Wed Dec 5, 2007 5:26pm EST
By Will Dunham

Batshit crazy people

LA Times T Dec 4, 2007, & today's UT

Iran's nuclear ambitions on hold, U.S. agencies conclude
Intelligence experts say such work has been shelved for now -- a change in consensus with major implications for U.S. policy.
By Greg Miller, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
December 4, 2007

China's man at the anchor desk
BROADCAST NEWS IN CHINA: “I don’t feel that any of us are employed to be stooges,” Edwin Maher says of fellow foreigners at China’s English-language television station, CCTV. “But obviously there are limits.” Above, he relaxes in Beijing.
Westerner Edwin Maher reads government 'news' for Beijing TV. He ignores those who call him a sellout.
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
December 4, 2007

A desire to curry voters' favor outweighs earlier calls for fiscal responsibility.For Congress, election imperils balanced budget
By Noam N. Levey, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
December 4, 2007

BASEBALL
Walter O'Malley's long road to the Hall of Fame

Ex-priest pleads guilty in molestation scandal
Michael Stephen Baker's case was a key part of Cardinal Roger M. Mahony's fight to withhold records.
By John Spano, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
December 4, 2007
Former Roman Catholic priest Michael Stephen Baker, who authorities say ranks among the Los Angeles Archdiocese's most prolific child molesters, pleaded guilty Monday to sexually abusing two boys and was sentenced to 10 years and four months in prison.

Chavez revolution takes hit in election
Crime, shortages, student opposition combine to help erode support for the Venezuelan president. His constitutional reform plan is narrowly defeated.
By Chris Kraul, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
December 4, 2007

Powell's turns the page
The legendary Portland, Ore., bookstore has been a how-to guide for surviving Internet and chain rivals. So why is its owner so nervous?
By Scott Timberg, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
December 3, 2007

Today's fiswrap
Tecate police official slain
Killing occurs hours after tunnel is found
By Anna Cearley
and Sandra Dibble
STAFF WRITERS
December 5, 2007
Juan José Soriano Pereira, 35, who was described as second in command of Tecate's police force, was shot to death in his bed about 2 a.m. yesterday, said Sonia Patricia Navarro, who oversees Baja California's state investigative police force. Soriano was hit by 45 bullets, Navarro said...
...An armed man escaped by ducking into the passageway, leaving behind bundles of marijuana. The Drug Enforcement Administration said yesterday that the drugs weighed 13,776 pounds. No detentions had been made on either side of the border...

Almost seven tons of pot abandoned and a dead high-ranking local Mexican cop. Could someone please tell me why marijuana is illegal again? I don't get it, & neither does Norm Stamper who started out as a San Diego beat cop, and he doesn't think the "War on Drugs" has been successful.

Leslie over at No Quarter has a fantastic blog post on the military-industrial-congressional-complex and their insidious inclusion in the "war on terrorism."

Documentary on Blackwater in Potrero

COUNTY WILDFIRES
Tracing the root of a fire takes time
Power lines, transformers likely caused most of blazes
By J. Harry Jones and Kristina Davis
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITERS
November 11, 2007

NYT Mon Dec3,2007

Venezuela Hands Narrow Defeat to Chávez Plan
December 3, 2007
by Simon Romero
Party’s Triumph Raises Question of Putin’s Plans
December 3, 2007
New Orleans Hurt by Acute Rental Shortage
December 3, 2007
By SUSAN SAULNY
For Justices, Another Day on Detainees
By LINDA GREENHOUSE
December 3, 2007
Supreme Court Memo
Lonely No More, Huckabee Faces Hurdles
December 3, 2007
By ADAM NAGOURNEY
Nevada Learns to Cash In on Sales of Federal Land
By CLIFFORD J. LEVY
December 3, 2007
Public Lands
By JESSE McKINLEY and GRIFFIN PALMER
Trouble on a Vital Road in Afghanistan December 3, 2007
By C. J. CHIVERS

Yesterday's view

Dudes.
I haven't been sailing in over ten years.
I haven't seen the people who took Anna and me sailing yesterday in probably twenty years. They're still lovely people.
Good, kind, intelligent people who do important work for those in need.
For yesterday I am grateful.
I'm still grinning.

Not in a good mood this morning. My shows weren't on last night, the extra credit points are just more work on a subject that has never been interesting to me and I need to get my doofball husband out of the way so I can clean.