Archive for February 22nd, 2007
Posted on February 22nd, 2007
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Below is an email we received purportedly coming from Gambia’s state house from a concerned Gambian. We decided to publish the entire mail for the sake of credibility.The Freedom Newspaper could not verify the story on the expulsion of the UNDP representative as claimed by the writer. Please read on. The views of the author [...]
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Posted on February 22nd, 2007
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The MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality weekly report) is a weekly publication by the CDC. It gives surveys of diseases, and if a new disease pops up, it is our “headsup” that something is going on. This week’s issue includes three women who caught measles after they went to Guangdong Province in China to adopt. If [...]
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Posted on February 22nd, 2007
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I normally write about Internet fraud, which is enabled (a lot) by spam e-mails attacking our in-boxes on a daily basis. A lot of these spam e-mails are trying to sell drugs. The FDA is now warning all of us that buying these drugs from questionable sources could be hazardous to your health. This makes [...]
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Posted on February 22nd, 2007
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Last weekend, Stop and Shop (Quincy, MA) reported a data-breach at two of their stores in Rhode Island. After an initial investigation, they tracked the theft to two pin-pads. Consumer Affairs has the most informative story (my opinion) on this current breach. They are reporting that with the assistance of the Secret Service, four more [...]
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Posted on February 22nd, 2007
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In what must be a monumentally slow news day, more than 300 (according to Google) news organizations are running an article about the Maytag Repair Man. I hear you ask “where is the news value in that?†Maytag as you may remember was bought out by the Whirlpool last year. Whirlpool is keen to re [...]
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Posted on February 22nd, 2007
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— OffStumped For All Things Right of Center, Bringing a Right of Centre Reality Check to Indian Politics, News Media Reporting and Opinion now in Hindi अब आप के लिये हिंदी मे. —  The 7 phase poll schedule for assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh announced by the Election Commission is the latest twist in the [...]
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Posted on February 22nd, 2007
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In a classic story originating out of England it seems the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) are using pirated software! This bastion of copywrite protection who love to sue people for pirating movies apparently thinks that pirating software is OK. An English programmer named Patrick Robin created a blogging platform called Forest Blog, Patrick is [...]
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Posted on February 22nd, 2007
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Would you be proud of yourself if your works were commemorated for helping put in power a murderous Communist who has killed thousands upon thousands of his own people over a 40 some year reign of terror? Cuba’s tyrant in chief, Fidel Castro, is so honoring the New York Times writer who made Fidel into [...]
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Posted on February 22nd, 2007
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Breaking News:Two Directors of the World Bank Million Dollars Aids Program in Gambia Resigned! Bombshell At Gambia’s Aids Secretariat-Two Directors Resigned In Protest Against Jammeh’s Claims For Aids Cure! Â ….”NASS BOSS SAIHOU CEESAY AND AISHA BALDEH CALL IT QUIT.” Gambia Gov’t Likely To Face World Bank sanctions! By Our Health Correspondent The Director of [...]
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Posted on February 22nd, 2007
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Once you look past the hype, the latest IPCC (United Nations) Â report on climate change is actually rather unfavorable to the Greenies — something many of them have been squealing loudly about. The scientific findings just don’t show what the Greenies want them to show. Solution? Alter the data! Fudge the facts. In plain English: [...]
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Posted on February 22nd, 2007
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From The Gathering Storm Blog First, in the news: Iraq Terror Groups Offer Non-Binding Ceasefire. (2007-02-17) — A coalition of major terror groups operating in Iraq today announced a symbolic, non-binding ceasefire in response to House Democrats’ passage of a non-binding resolution rejecting President George Bush’s troop surge plan. Al Qaeda in Iraq, the Shiite [...]
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Posted on February 22nd, 2007
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[Each day I read a far wider swath of reports than I pass on. Many of these depict horrors such as the following. Since very early on in my life -- when I read Black Boy by Richard Wright, which we would have received from the Book-of-the-Month Club when I was 12 -- my mother [...]
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Posted on February 22nd, 2007
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German hospitals are frantically unlocking and dusting off delivery rooms everywhere as the nation prepares for a dramatic surge in births nine months following the soccer World Cup 2006 held here last summer. The month-long German “fairytale†of soccer, sunshine and success (certainly as far as the German team was concerned) last summer was an orgy [...]
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