Raiders of the Lost Cattleprod

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Magnitude 5.0 - KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA
Magnitude 5.0 - KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA

Magnitude 5.9 - NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Magnitude 6.0 earthquake jolts northern Japan

Magnitude 6.2 - NEAR THE COAST OF NORTHERN PERU
Strong 6.2-magnitude earthquake near coast of Peru

Magnitude 5.2 - VANUATU REGION

Magnitude 5.7 - SAN JUAN, ARGENTINA

Magnitude 5.2 - BOUGAINVILLE REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Magnitude 5.0 - BOUGAINVILLE REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Magnitude 4.8 - EASTERN IRAN

Magnitude 4.9 - LAKE VICTORIA REGION, TANZANIA

Earthquake rolls across ocean floor near Big Isle

4.8 earthquake strikes near Dominican Republic

Magnitude 4.8 - SOUTHERN XINJIANG, CHINA

Magnitude 5.6 - SOUTHERN GREECE
Moderate earthquakes shakes Turkey, Greece

Magnitude 5.0 - NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Moderate quake hits Japan

Magnitude 6.0 - KERMADEC ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND

Magnitude 5.2 - HALMAHERA, INDONESIA

Magnitude 4.8 - CORDOBA, ARGENTINA

Magnitude 2.1 - NEW YORK

Magnitude 2.6 - ARKANSAS
Magnitude 1.4 - ARKANSAS

Magnitude 5.1 - SOUTH OF AFRICA
Magnitude 5.5 - SOUTH OF AFRICA

Magnitude 3.5 - NEVADA

8,000 evacuated as Colombia volcano stirs: officials
Volcano eruption sparks alert in Colombia
Galeras volcano in Nariño erupts

Krakatoa’s Brooding Child

Yellowstone caldera's pushing earth

Scientists dig for the guts of earthquakes

N.J. residents can expect more quakes

Mystery Fireball Streaks Across Texas Sky

Big storm moves into S. Calif.; snow closes I-5
Winter storm slams Calif. with rain, snow, wind

Floods in Australia hit mining and damage crops

Australians May Be Charged by the Flush to Combat Drought
Yep, you read that right.

Downtown Beijing welcomes first snow this winter

Monday, February 16, 2009

Yesterday, after church, we loaded up the cars and took the teenagers to Winter Jam in Mobile.

Somewhere around 9-10 thousand people there, at least 80% of them teenagers. Oy! it was a madhouse.

We got there early enough, and paid attention, that we were able to get a spot near the doors to wait. Also, we got on the north side (back) of the building, which is where the good seats were, so we got directly in front of the stage, halfway up, could see everything.

Musically? Not so much my cup of tea, but it was pretty awesome for ten bucks. A couple of the guys that went are even more country-fried than me, but even they enjoyed it.... after the shock wore off.

They had the youth ministers go back and meet some of the musicians, so mom and the pastor got to do that. (yeah, my 56-year-old mom loves this stuff. Go figure, LOL.)

Saturday, February 14, 2009

Hamas threw 'medicine grenades' at IDF

Hamas: Ceasefire Within 3 Days
Don't hold your breath.

IAF strike in Gaza kills one, critically wounds another

Glick: Enter the Netanyahu Government

First Chapter - 'We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land - A Plan That Will Work,'
by Jimmy Carter
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
No, I didn't read it. The headline alone made my brain hurt.
I can't believe people still listen to this jackass.

Obama recommits to Hezbollah disarming
Again, don't hold your breath.

PMO: There will be no ceasefire until Schalit is released

BBC Fights to Hide Report on Anti-Israel Bias

Hamas, Fatah try to form 'unity gov't'

Arab Sector Turns to Pan-Arabism, Communists
Shock!

Iran urges release of citizens held in Iraq by U.S.

Iran, Iraq set $5b target for annual trade

Spike of violence in Iraq leaves at least another 12 dead

Female suicide bomber kills 40 in Iraq

Report: Turkish bombs kill Kurdish rebels in Iraq

10 jailed in Turkey for stealing Croesus' treasure

Turkey angered by comments made by Israeli general
Though everything he said is true.

Cyprus to unload suspect cargo on Iran ship-TV

Petrobras May Confirm Iran Oil Commercial ‘In Weeks’
Brazil is drilling in Iran.

White House warms to thaw in ties with Syria

Commerce Department Waives Syria Sanctions

UNIIIC investigators visit Syria - reports

Clinton Stresses Full Support for Lebanon, Pledges $6 Million for Tribunal

Lebanon's Hariri would not join Hezbollah coalition

Predator drones flown from base in Pakistan, U.S. lawmaker says
Real smart, Nancy.

Germany examining Nazi doctor's papers

Parliament increases age of marriage to seventeen - Yemen
Yeah, 'cause that will matter a lot.

Blackwater Changes Its Name to Xe

Xe?

Xe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Niger to build nuclear plant in medium to long term

China pledges to increase aid to Africa

World hails Zimbabwean inclusive government
World swallows bs.

UN surprised at female role in 'modern slavery'
UN is stupid.

Congo town mounts own defense against rebels

The town's three policemen fled and there was no response from the military and U.N. peacekeepers to the increasingly panicked pleas for help. That's when residents realized they were on their own.
"We were sending warnings and begging for help practically every day for two weeks. And nothing happened," said community leader Nicolas Akoyo Efudha. "We finally understood that we were abandoned — in danger and without protection."
So Akoyo called a town meeting and told everyone to bring whatever weapons they had: pre-World War II rifles, homemade shotguns, lances, swords, machetes, hunting knives, bows with sheaths of poisoned arrows.
The women came armed with kitchen knives and log-sized wooden pestles used to pound yams into flour.
Since then, the residents of Bangadi have successfully driven off two attacks by the Ugandan rebels, who have killed at least 900 people in this remote northeastern corner of Congo over the past seven weeks.

DR-CONGO: How Many More Will Be Raped?

Peace before justice, Congo minister tells ICC
Isaiah 59

Congo army says kills 40 Rwandan rebels in air raids

Rwandan rebels said to have killed 100 in Congo reprisals

Somali pirates free Japanese-owned ship

Alert Captain of Indian tanker evades pirate attack

Russian warship seizes 3 pirate ships off Somalia

Mexico governor: Cartels behind northern protests

'Hitmen' held over Mexico murders

Peru eyes auction for new natural gas pipeline

Crisis means more child soldiers in Colombia -UN

Do Russia's Energy Projects, Foreign Policy Move In Tandem?
You have to ask?

Putin says Turkey 'priority' for Russian foreign policy
Russia, Turkey plan nuclear, power deals - agencies

'Nabucco project not anti-Russian’
Czech premier: E.U. should make political decision on building Nabucco gas pipeline

Tskhinvali to get gas from Russia in summer

Belarus lobbies for new gas pipeline

Russian government backs oil sector tax breaks

Gazprom makes another payment for Beltranshaz stake

Gazprom to Invest $2.5 Billion in Nigeria, Guardian Reports

Russia's LUKOIL eyes two Iraq oilfields - sources

Russia's Gazprom Neft secures $724 mln Sberbank loan

Total to spend $200 mln on Shtokman by end 2009

Bulgaria's "Overgas," a Russian Spy in Canada, and Gazprom

Trading pipe dreams - Bulgaria

Russia blames NATO's Afghan role for drug abuse

NATO cannot boost presence in Arctic - Russian president's envoy

Russia's Bears spread their wings over the Arctic Ocean

Russian Bombers Fly Near Aleutians

Russia, Armenia to create joint air defense network: official

Seven killed in N Caucasus clash

Summit in Moscow: Will Karabakh become a testing ground for the newly created “rapid reaction forces”?

Russia's Woes, Neighborhood Weaknesses To Complicate EU Policy, Panel Hears

Activists: Pro-Kremlin youth groups attack rallies

U.S. sends senior diplomat to Russia for talks
U.S. may moderate shield plan if Russia helps on Iran

CNOOC looks to develop Ukrainian Black Sea gas fields

India seals uranium purchase deals with Russia

Kazakhstan to get S-300 air defense systems from Russia soon

Last Russian general warns US on Afghanistan
"Afghanistan taught us an invaluable lesson ... It has been and always will be impossible to solve political problems using force," said Gromov, the last soldier to leave Afghanistan two days after the Kabul pullout.

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!

Far-right Dutch MP Geert Wilders refused entry to UK

The Elephant in the Room: Intimidating critics of Islam

School secretary faces sack after five-year-old daughter is told off for talking about God

Alleged skinhead attack on Brazilian stuns Swiss

Lost U.S. Weapons May Be Going to Taliban, GAO Says
Tens of thousands of assault rifles and other firearms in Afghanistan are at risk of being stolen because U.S. officials have lost track of them, according to a congressionally ordered audit that warns that some weapons may already be in Taliban hands.

In Pakistan, U.S. Special Envoy Finds Discontent

Civilian casualties mar U.S. envoy's Kabul talks
How rude of them to let themselves be killed at such a time!

UN man in Pakistan kidnap video

Taliban is in "huge" amounts of Pakistan - Zardari

Pakistan Sees Terror Role
Pakistan Says Attack in Mumbai Partly Planned on Its Soil
And this is a big breakthrough?!

Indian rail official: 15 dead in train derailment
Southern Railway cancels two trains, diverts some others
No official cause, but they've had threats against the rail system and had posted guards at many stations.

Plumes Of Arctic Haze Traced To Russia, Kazakhstan

China sentences 76 over Tibet riots

DJ China To Stockpile Up To 300,000 Tons Of Copper
Hmmm.

China to sell assets of scandal-hit milk company

Military exercise sparks earthquake panic in China

Riots wont lead to rebellion - China
Uh-huh.

A Big Upgrade for CNOOC

China-"We hate you guys but there is nothing much we can do."

Militants arrested in Philippines

Australia to rethink fire policy

Man charged with starting bushfire that killed more than 10
No name released, but a picture. I'm sure he's a Fitzpatrick or Jones or something. *eyeroll*

Will this global crisis help pull the plug on autocrats?

I don't know what this guy is on, but it must be the good stuff.

Two of the guys who predicted the financial crisis:

Nouriel Roubini - Dr. Doom’s Case for Nationalizing Banks

Peter Schiff - Schiff pans government's direction on economy , Obama's Opening Salvo

While I agree with Schiff, Roubini's suggestion seems more likely to prevail.

Fed in Talks to Add Primary Dealers as Sales Surge
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is in talks with at least four firms to expand the network of dealers that underwrite government-bond auctions as the U.S. prepares to sell more than $2 trillion in debt this year.

Gregg Withdraws Nomination to for Commerce Secretary

Top Intelligence Adviser Warns of Threat From Long Recession
Not, you know, Iran or Pakistan or Afghanistan and especially not North Korea...

NKorea would only use nukes if survival at stake: US intel chief

Computers go missing from nuke lab
Eighty computers have been lost, stolen or gone 'missing' at a major US nuclear weapons lab, the nonprofit watchdog group Project On Government Oversight has said.

Woman accused of illegal export to China
"miniature controls for small unmanned aircraft. The devices can be used to fly small military reconnaissance planes."

Senate Confirms Panetta as CIA Chief
The Senate confirmed Leon Panetta as director of the CIA on Thursday, placing the nation's top spy agency in the hands of a government veteran valued for his skills as a lawmaker and policy manager rather than an expert at intelligence-gathering and analysis.

Do you feel safe now?

Democrats Consider Reviving 'Fairness Doctrine'
Christian broadcasters fear Fairness Doctrine return

Russia Notes Positive Tone From Obama
He and his Chicago buddies are marxists, , his parents and mentors were commies, what's not to love?

Barack Obama will discuss proposed Alaska's natural gas pipeline with Canadian leaders
But it was an awful idea when it was just Palin behind it.

State Department Prepares for Onslaught of Applications for Credit Card-Sized Passports
State Department Prepares for Onslaught of Applications for Credit Card-Sized Passports, The government has introduced passport cards designed to speed border crossings by U.S. citizens traveling to Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean, and the State Department is preparing to handle an onslaught of up to 30 million applications.

YouTube Starts Selling Video Downloads

Fiery plane crash near Buffalo, NY, kills 50

Two from Steyn:

The Obamateur Hour

Stages

IMF confirms plan to sell 403 tonnes gold

IMF Signs US$100 Billion Borrowing Agreement with Japan

IMF plans $600 billion in 2009 to aid emerging nations: report
... nearly 10 times last year's total.

World Bank urges 'vulnerability fund' amid global crisis

What is a 'vulnerability fund'?

"I propose that developed countries agree to devote 0.7 percent of their stimulus packages to a vulnerability fund to support the most needy," Zoellick told a press briefing.

Sounds a lot like a global tax to me. Such as the Global Poverty Act that Obama introduced while he was in the Senate. Interestingly, I can't find any records of what became of it now...

UN: Call for "new world economic order", as commission for social development concludes general discussion by taking up impact of multiple global crises

Bretton Woods 2: What should be on the agenda?
The big issue: IFIs can only be regarded as successful stewards if they help to recreate the global econ- omy so that it (a) operates within the ecological limits of the planet; (b) eradicates poverty, and radically reduces inequality; and (c) ensures that the human rights of all are met. These outcomes would be the litmus test for any modern day economic architects with global ambitions.

*shuuddddder*

G7 sets sights on urgent economic reform
Global stability G7's top priority
Protectionism row clouds looming G7 meeting
Rome G7: testing unity in time of crisis

EU to hold emergency anti-crisis summits

Scientists to convene climate change summit with Congress, Obama administration

Avoiding the worst: International economic cooperation and domestic politics

Idiocy, United Nations-style

This one gets its own post.

(I'm Baptist, and my belief is that the true Church is the sum of all those who truly believe on Christ, not any denomination. Very, very minor amendment to an excellent article.)

California Catholic Daily - “The cult of Moloch lives on today”

(Fr. Richard Perozich, pastor of St. Mary's Church in Escondido, published the following commentary in the Sunday, Feb. 1, parish bulletin.)

“100 DAYS OR END OF DAYS”

The "governator" Arnold Schwarzenegger starred in a 1999 movie called "End of Days" where the devil was to come to take over the world. In the story line the devil must mate with a certain mortal if he is to escape hell and begin his reign of dominance over human hearts and freedom, to oppress people with death, pride, avarice, greed, sloth, ire, gluttony and lust. Arnold plays a man wounded spiritually and emotionally who ultimately opposes the devil who is defeated and reconsigned to hell for another 1,000 years. In real life, however, his legislation works for Satan.

The first 100 days of a new presidency is the time when legislation desired by the new leader is rammed through the congress without much discussion and over the objections of the minority party. It often is not good legislation, has been brewing in the hearts of special interest groups for years, who now have a vehicle to impose their will on the American people.

If the special interest groups have their way, it will spell the end of days for the American nation as we have known it since 1776. Abominations will be forced on us by the new government, such as which our founders never had intended, and certainly opposed to the Christian life: abortion on demand, homogenital sex, lust in all its forms, euthanasia, oppression of opportunity and entrepreneurs, silencing of faith and free speech among many.

In the old testament, God's chosen people abandoned Him and sacrificed their own innocent children to a demon god called Moloch in hopes of a good harvest to feed themselves. The cult of Moloch lives on today, but just not under the god's formal name, but in the name of abortion, or rightly put, murder of children in the womb to promote false promises, ruined lives, and degraded humanity.

Abortion is our god and Obama, Pelosi, Kennedy are his prophets. His sacrifice is the life of infants and the souls of mothers. His priests are doctors who perform abortions. His church is Planned Parenthood and FOCA, (freedom of choice act). His covenant promises rights and freedom for women. It delivers death of infants, permanent damage to the souls of women, of men, of politicians.

Homosexual lust is our god and Obama, Bishop Gene Robinson, and democratic politicians are his prophets. The sacrifice is personal integrity and corruption of the body and spirit. Its priests and priestesses are men who have sex with men (MSM) and women who have sex with women (WSW). Its church is the Human Rights Campaign and other activist organizations, Pride clubs and "gay" and "lesbian" centers. Its covenant offers false promises of equality with those who have normal sexual relations and inner peace. It delivers disease, prolonged adolescent immaturity, and oppression of the church and good people who live upright moral lives.

Money is our god, and the wealthy and the welfare are its prophets. Its sacrifice is hard earned savings and retirement. Its priests are those taking obscene profits by defrauding investors, and those who choose government money over honest work. Its church is a non vigilant Securities and Exchange Commission and congress. Its covenant promises self reliance and security in wealth. It delivers collapse of the economy, unfair distribution of wealth, and a drain on the tax system.

Socialism is our god, and Obama is his prophet. Its sacrifice is personal freedom. Its priests are politicians and communist ideological organizations. Its church are legislatures and executive branches in government. Its covenant promises fairness and sameness for all. It delivers power and wealth those who already possess it and takes away opportunity for those out of power and destroys of the economy and future for others.

Liberalism is our god and the Democratic party is his prophet. Its sacrifice is freedom, integrity, opportunity, and wholeness. Its priests are the fascist elites in government, education, and bureaucracies, who wish to control others' thoughts and actions. Its churches are political parties, universities, and corrupt professional organizations. Its covenant promises unbridled freedom for perversion of the natural law and oppression for all who disagree with it. It delivers the breakdown of society, constitutional government, and true freedom for morally minded people, especially faithful Christians.

For us Christians, these are abominations, and the people who promote them are truly overcome by evil. 2 Peter 2:19-20 "They promise them freedom, though they themselves are slaves of corruption, for a person is a slave of whatever overcomes him. For if they, having escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of (our) Lord and savior Jesus Christ, again become entangled and overcome by them, their last condition is worse than their first."

This may not be the change you wanted when you voted for new government, but it is the change you voted for if you did not clearly listen to the evil promises of the new priests of the new churches and ignored the warnings about the new evils that this government clearly promised to impose on America.

The Father is our God, and Jesus Christ is His prophet. His sacrifice is the life of His Son Jesus celebrated at Mass. His priests are those ordained and faithful clergy who teach fully the Catholic faith from the Bible and magisterium, and who celebrate the sacraments of the church faithfully according to its tradition and rites. Its Church is the Holy Catholic Church in which salvation is found in Jesus, the only name in heaven or on earth by which man can be saved, through Jesus, the only mediator between God and man who saves us by grace through faith in Him and not in abortion, homosexual lust, money's greed, socialism, or liberalism. He delivers forgiveness of sin and eternal life.

Jesus came to save us from abortion, homosexual lust, socialism, liberalism, and greed of money. He begins by gathering us into His Holy Catholic Church in baptism, giving us faith in HIM rather than the perversions and evil legacies of the world and worldly people. He fills us with His Holy Spirit in confirmation to give us the gifts of HIS wisdom, knowledge, understanding, counsel, courage, piety, and fear of the Lord, so that we are formed to conquer the world. He nourishes us with His Body and Blood to fortify our Spirit to hear the counsel of the Holy Spirit to reject not only for ourselves the evil legacies, but to fight for others who are under evil's influence.

So we pray each day, and worship on Sunday. Renewed in Spirit, we begin the fight for the faith and the souls of all in our country and world. We march, telephone, fax, write, protest, inform all those in power of our beliefs and interests to show them we will resist their impositions, remove them from office and employment if they pervert our nation. We began with the passage of Proposition 8. We continue the fight there, which is far from over.

Please, take the time to sign your pledge card to urge all senators and congressmen to vote against the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA) which would enshrine into law the killing of infants in the womb and make it a crime to oppose it, and use your money to promote it through taxes.

Jesus has called you out of the darkness of abortion, lust, greed, socialism, and liberalism into His marvelous light of freedom. Fight for that freedom now, so that you will not be oppressed like the Christians of the first centuries. Evil has acceded to power in this administration. We must pray as if it all depends on God, and work as if it all depends on us.

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Pimco Says World Economic Crisis Faces ‘Second Wave’
zimbabwe, here we come!

Senators Grill Geithner Again on New Financial Plan: Graham Tells Him, 'You Have No Clue'

Biden Is Surprised At Criticism Of Plan
Biden is surprised when the sun rises in the east every morning.

BP-Conoco group awards key Alaska gas contract

China and the US - the road to rapprochement on climate change

Anne-Marie Slaughter appointed director of policy planning at State Department

Slaughter writes broadly on global governance, international criminal law, and American foreign policy. Her most recent book is The Idea that Is America: Keeping Faith with Our Values in a Dangerous World. She is also the author of A New World Order, in which she identified transnational networks of government officials as an increasingly important component of global governance.

A prolific scholar, Slaughter is the author of over 80 articles published in leading scholarly journals. She is a former President of the American Society of International Law and currently serves on the boards of a number of organizations, including the Council on Foreign Relations, the New America Foundation, the Canadian Institute for International Governance Innovation, and is also a member of the Citigroup Economic and Political Strategies Advisory Group. Slaughter is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

aaaaaaarrrrrrghhh!

U.S. eyes bid for U.N. rights council
The Obama administration is weighing a bid to join the U.N. Human Rights Council (HRC), a decision that would reverse Bush administration policy and underline a more favorable U.S. attitude toward international organizations.

double aaaaaaarrrrrrghhh!

What do Alabama, Iran, Zimbabwe share? Religion
triple aaaaaaarrrrrrghhh!

What would Darwin do?
He probably wouldn't be hanging out with his neo-worshipers.

Atom-smasher relaunch delayed to September: official

Twisters kill 8 people in Oklahoma, others injured
Rescuers Search for More Victims of Okla. Twisters

Gazprom plans cut in exports to Europe

Gazprom makes new attempt to take over Bulgarian gas distribution network

Poland seeks more gas from Gazprom

Medvedev: Russia to promote export of arms amid global financial crisis

Russian arms sales hit post-Soviet record in 2008

Moscow Using Soviet-Era Tactic to Penetrate, Control Opposition Groups
No! Say it ain't so!

Russian Court Says U.S. Rabbi Must Be Deported

Russia to open trading mission in Abkhazia.

Russia a G7 wild card with $500 billion corporate debt

Russia Set to Address Nuclear Issues With U.S.

U.K. Risks Gas Price Spikes as Stores Run Low: Chart of the Day
But remember, Gazprom wants to provide the UK with power. AACK!

IMF may 'deny' Ukraine loan

Human rights committee calls David Miliband and Jacqui Smith for questioning over torture claims

Binyam Mohamed was detained in Pakistan and questioned by MI5 officers before being "rendered" by the United States to Morocco, where his lawyers claim he suffered appalling torture. They also claim that some of the questions he was asked in Morocco had been supplied by British authorities.
...
In the high court last week Lord Justice Thomas and Mr Justice Lloyd Jones made clear they wanted to see evidence of the alleged torture of Mohamed disclosed. But they said they could not order disclosure in the light of claims by Miliband that the US had threatened to stop sharing intelligence with the UK, if the information - supplied by US officials - was released.

Lawyers for the media and Mohamed will argue today that Miliband's denial of a US threat undermined the high court's reluctant decision to suppress the information. In their ruling the judges blamed the US, with British connivance, for keeping "powerful evidence" relating to Mohamed's ill-treatment secret.

Despite Ban, Dutch Lawmaker Vows to Visit 'Cowardly' Britain
Dutch politician Geert Wilders says he's flying to Great Britain despite a government order banning him from entering the country.
Go, Geert, Go!

One in three GPs 'would refuse to work in surgery that offered abortions'
One in three GPs in England and Wales would refuse to work in surgeries or clinics that offered abortions, a new poll has shown.

Hey, perhaps there's hope for Britain after all?

Couple wrongly accused of abusing their baby cannot have their children back because it is 'too late', court rules
Judges refused to return three children to a couple accused of physical abuse today despite ruling that they may have been victims of a miscarriage of justice.

Brits to Pakis: Please don't hurt us!

Maybe not.

Fighter jets scrambled after UFO follows plane over Athens
OooEEEEooo....

Massive squirrel cull starts to rid Highlands of bushy-tailed bullies

Austria Investigated Chechen Leader
Remember this guy?

Is the European Union Constitutional?

Islamists Fire Rockets, Hurl Bombs at Pro-Israel Crowd in Sweden

Yes oui can!
Sarkozy and France have been up to some mighty odd things lately.

Sarkozy meets Iraq leaders in surprise visit

France to sell military jets, weapons to Kuwait

France offers Rafale fighter to Oman - sources

France offers technology to India to build 'desi' missile

U.S. now sees Iran as pursuing nuclear bomb
Only now? My head is going to explode soon.

Cyprus may ask another country to store detained weapons from Iran: FM

Iranian mob attacks moderate ex-president Mohammed Khatami on anniversary
There's that M-word again...

Iranian official meets Shallah, congratulates Gazans on "great victory"

Iran's news agency seeks Obama interview
I bet he'll grant it, too.

Babylon's future written in its ruins
Darwin worship, Babylon restored, rising antisemitism, spreading sharia, globalists coming out of the woodwork... stop the world, I wanna get off!

MEMRI: Egyptian Cleric Hazem Shuman Warns Muslim Youth Against Valentine's Day – More Dangerous than AIDS, Ebola, and Cholera

Egypt cracking down on activists critical of its stance on Israel's Gaza offensive

Iraq invites contractors to drill 40 oil wells

Assyrians Ask Obama, Biden to Save Iraq's Christians
God Himself is the only one who's gonna do that, my brethren.

Sen. Kerry to travel to Syria to meet Assad

Syria gets $257 mln loans from Arab developmental fund

Turkey detains suspect in German girl's killing

Head Of Azerbaijani Air Force Shot Dead

Rzayez was the Azerbaijani representative in stalled negotiations between Russia and the United States on use of the Qabala radar station in northern Azerbaijan.

Russia had offered Washington access to data from the Soviet-built radar station, which it leases from Azerbaijan, as an alternative to U.S. plans to station elements of its missile-defense shield in Eastern Europe.

rail rzayev azerbaijan - Google News Archive Search

US Navy arrests 7 suspected pirates in Gulf of Aden

China will build special railway for Muslim pilgrims in Saudi Arabia

Pakistan Wants More Aid, Cooperation From U.S.
Inside the warm welcome and promises of a "new beginning" that Pakistan extended U.S. special envoy Richard C. Holbrooke yesterday was a warning that Pakistan expects more from the United States in return for its cooperation against al-Qaeda and the Taliban.

U.S. envoy Holbrooke visits northwest Pakistan

India accuses Pakistan on Mumbai
Me too.

India kicks off South Asia's biggest airshow

BANGALORE, India (AFP) — South Asia's biggest airshow has opened in Bangalore with firms from 25 countries showcasing their latest hardware in a chase for multibillion-dollar contracts with the Indian military.

Despite the global economic downturn, nearly 600 armament and aerospace companies -- half of them from overseas -- are taking part in this year's Aero India event.

Regional rival Pakistan has not been invited to the five-day event but China is participating for the first time.

Deadly attacks hit Afghan capital

Severe drought in China

China takes small steps toward establishing yuan as regional currency

Indonesia to import 500,000 tons of urea for stockpiling
Urea? it can be used for fertilizer. other uses

Victorian police on the trail of killer bushfire arsonists

Tsvangirai to be sworn in as Zimbabwe prime minister

Zimbabwe: Cholera Cases Rise Above 70,000

Congo May Introduce “Use It or Lose It” Principle for Mining

Mozambique: Qatar company prepares to build oil pipeline between Beira and Malawi

Brazil's Cash Rich Power Utilities Poised To Deal

In Mexico, 21 killed in burst of Chihuahua violence
That's the city, not the dog. Although I had a stunning mental image at first.

Kristallnacht in Caracas? By Kathy Shaidle

Narcos With Machine Guns Open Fire on Home of Mexico Newspaper Editor

Guatemala Says 50 Mexican Gunmen in Country

South America for the Chinese?

Sometimes a keyword search brings up things I wasn't really looking for. Happens a lot with Turkey.

In this case, these volcano cakes sound pretty darn good!