20 Apr
Jim Swanson 11:10 pm (Miscellaneous)
Just a brief reminder that our new feature “BlueHerald.com Week In Review” podcast will be available for the first time tomorrow (Saturday) beginning at 5:00 AM (EDT). You can listen to it on the site, download it, or subscribe via RSS/Atom.
Each Saturday, we’ll take a look at the important and no’so-important stories that have been [...]
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20 Apr
QuestionGirl 10:04 pm (China, Human Rights)
NEW YORK — A human rights group launched a campaign Thursday against Yahoo Inc. on grounds the U.S. search company assisted China’s communist government with torture by revealing information that led to the arrest of dissidents.
The World Organization for Human Rights USA said businesses that operate abroad need to be more aware of their responsibilities.
“They [...]
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20 Apr
Jim Swanson 10:00 pm (Music)
20 Apr
QuestionGirl 9:44 pm (CRIME, Veteran's Affairs)
This is so sad. Why send this kid to prison. Why not hospitalize him and treat him.
SAN ANTONIO –Sgt. Paul Miles‘ family knew something was different about him when he came back from Iraq. The Eagle Scout and former church missionary was jumpy. Behind the wheel, he would suddenly drive as if under [...]
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20 Apr
QuestionGirl 8:42 pm (Attaboy!)
President Shit For Brains is now aiding the enemy. Today, when speaking at a high school in Michigan, the genius showed a map indicating our troops presence around Baghdad. Now the enemy can bomb those areas. Way to go Boy Wonder!!! Way to support the troops!!!!!
I direct your attention [...]
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20 Apr
Buck 5:57 pm (News)
BREAKING NEWS
MSNBC:
NASA building evacuated after gunshots
Worker barricaded at Johnson Space Center, police say
A building at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston was evacuated Friday after shots were fired there, authorities said. The gunman was thought to be barricaded inside.
NASA security personnel as well as Houston police responded to “a report about a person with a [...]
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20 Apr
QuestionGirl 3:09 pm (Humor)
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Fade sent this video to me with the following comments:
I don’t know anyone who has figured this chick out.
Hot ass country chick who is singing your standard I support the troops
song, then she goes into X-rated territory…
“Shoot me in the mouth, Shoot me like a Shiite”
You have to watch this one! It’s [...]
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20 Apr
QuestionGirl 3:09 pm ((Unspecified), Television)
I’m anxious to see this show…….REAL JOURNALISM! The opportunity to witness that are far and few between these days. My calendar is marked.
New York - The most powerful indictment of the news media for falling down in its duties in the run-up to the war in Iraq [...]
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20 Apr
QuestionGirl 2:08 pm (Al Gore)
BOGOTA — Former Vice President Al Gore told the organizers of an environmental conference that started Friday in Miami that he would only keep his speaking engagement if the conference disinvited Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, according to Colombian Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos.
Gore withdrew from the Green Forum, organized by Poder magazine and New America [...]
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20 Apr
Jim Swanson 9:46 am (Science)
A brief respite from the hard news of war and politics. A little bit of science.
Astronomers have recorded heavenly music bellowed out by the Sun’s atmosphere.
Snagging orchestra seats for this solar symphony would be fruitless, however, as the frequency of the sound waves is below the human hearing threshold. While humans can make out sounds [...]
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