Monday, August 4, 2008

Michelle Malkin » Whom to root against? CAIR sues Abercrombie & Fitch

Michelle Malkin » Whom to root against? CAIR sues Abercrombie & Fitch:

"What, wasn’t the OKC Hooters hiring? This plaintiff is fighting to
preserve her modesty while going to work for a company that’s injected more soft
porn into our cultural bloodstream than Cinemax?"


The lawsuit centers around the outlet saying they could not hire her, because her head scarf did not meet the stores image.

Naomi Klein vs Fox Business News

BBC NEWS | Middle East | Parents forget child at airport

BBC NEWS Middle East Parents forget child at airport:

"Staff at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel have found a three-year-old girl alone in
a duty-free shop after her parents accidentally took a plane without her. Staff
at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel have found a three-year-old girl alone in a
duty-free shop after her parents accidentally took a plane without her."


How do you accidentally take a plane without your three-year-old child? What did the parents send her off to buy her own candy, alone in an international airport, and think she could make her own way onto the plane.

The Daily Show: McCain touted his accomplishments-missed by media: Oh, and the Hiltons might want their money back

FOXNews.com - Report: Mother of Missing Florida Toddler Tells Father 'She's Close' - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News

FOXNews.com - Report: Mother of Missing Florida Toddler Tells Father 'She's Close' - Local News News Articles National News US News:

"The jailed mother of a missing Orlando toddler reportedly told her father
during a jailhouse visit that the girl will be home by her third birthday next
week."


If she knows where her child is, she is crazy to let this go on and not tell authorities. If she doesn't, than she is crazy to think that she does. This womyn is tied up in this somehow, and it makes me sick.

Confederate Yankee: Obama's Netroots Supporters Continue "Blog Burning"

Confederate Yankee: Obama's Netroots Supporters Continue "Blog Burning":

"Online activists thought to be loyal to Barack Obama are once against using
Google's software tools to target rival political blogs for elimination as spam
blogs. This occurred earlier this year when Democratic bloggers with a
preference for Hillary Clinton also found themselves locked out of their own
blogs, all because of spurious and apparently orchestrated claims that these
blogs are spam blogs. Pro-Obama activists were blamed for those attempts at
censorship as well."


Not only is this silly, it is wrong.

Daily Kos: Big Net Neutrality Win Courtesy the FCC

Daily Kos: Big Net Neutrality Win Courtesy the FCC:

"Federal regulators voted 3-2 on Friday to declare that Comcast's throttling of
BitTorrent traffic last year was unlawful, marking the first time that any U.S.
broadband provider has ever been found to violate Net neutrality rules.
The
Federal Communications Commission handed Comcast a cease-and-desist order and
required the company to disclose to subscribers in the future how it plans to
manage traffic. Comcast had said that its measures to slow BitTorrent transfers,
which it voluntarily ended in March, were necessary to prevent its network from
being overrun.
'We need to protect consumers' access, said FCC Chairman
Kevin Martin, a Republican. 'While Comcast has said it would stop the arbitrary
blocking, consumers deserve to know that the commitment is backed up by legal
enforcement.'"


This is good news. While I don't share the doom-and-gloom of many pushing for net neutrality, I just think it is the better idea.

Gates of Vienna: The End of Republika Srpska?

Gates of Vienna: The End of Republika Srpska?:

"Does the indictment of Radovan Karadzic spell the end of a separate Serbian
identity within Bosnia?"


If Kosovo has the right to exist, why shouldn't this republic have the right to exist?

ABC News: Attackers Kill 16 Police at Chinese Border Post

ABC News: Attackers Kill 16 Police at Chinese Border Post:

"The attack in Xinjiang province came just four days before the start of the
Beijing Olympics — an event that has put security forces nationwide on alert and
that at least one militant Muslim group has vowed to disrupt. Xinhua, citing
local police, called it a 'suspected terrorist attack.'"


As Iraq becomes more peaceful, it looks like other key parts of the world are starting to resemble Iraq's recent violent past.

California judge forbids cell phone "early termination fees"

California judge forbids cell phone "early termination fees":

"The judge - who is overseeing several other suits against telecommunications
companies that involve similar fees - also told the company to stop trying to
collect $54.7 million from other customers who haven't yet paid the charges they
were assessed. The suit said about 2 million Californians were assessed the
fee."


This could mean a major change in the way that cell phone companies do business.

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