21 June 2008
News and Comments - 06/21/08
Posted by Joy Bischoff under: What's News .
Q: How can you tell if you have a stupid dog?
A: It chases parked cars!
9 Comments so far...
Cavetrollhead Says:
21 June 2008 at 2:01 am.
I thought Bulldogs chased parked cars.
Cameron Says:
21 June 2008 at 8:22 am.
‘Ball of fire’ if Iran attacked: IAEA chief 2 hours, 1 minute ago
DUBAI (AFP) - The UN atomic watchdog chief on Saturday warned that an attack on Iran over its controversial nuclear programme would turn the region into a fireball, as Tehran rejected an Israeli strike as “impossible.”
Mohamed ElBaradei also warned that he would not be able to continue in his role as International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director general should the Islamic republic be attacked.
“A military strike (against Iran) would in my opinion be worse than anything else… It would transform the Middle East region into a ball of fire,” ElBaradei said in an interview with Dubai-based Al-Arabiya television.
A report by the New York Times on Friday cited US officials as saying that a major military exercise carried out by Israel earlier this month seemed to be a practice for any potential strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080621/wl_mideast_afp/mideastpoliticsusisraelirannuclear_080621111926
Joy Bischoff Says:
21 June 2008 at 8:58 am.
Martian Ice Discovered Beneath Red Soil, NASA Says (Update2)
By Demian McLean
June 20 (Bloomberg) — The existence of ice on Mars was confirmed today by NASA scientists, the first time frozen water has been sampled on another planet. Water in liquid form is an essential ingredient for life.
Whitish, dice-sized chunks, which were dug from the rocky red soil and warmed in the sun, vanished four days after the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Phoenix probe dug them up June 15. They confirm what NASA satellites have suggested for years: Frozen water exists several centimeters beneath Mars’s surface.
Scientists believe ice exists on planets including Pluto, though Phoenix is the first probe to confirm it on the ground. The survey is part of NASA’s theme in Mars exploration: follow the water.
“We’ve hit what we’re looking for,” said Mark Lemmon, an atmospheric scientist at Texas A&M University in College Station and co-investigator on the NASA project. “The job now is to find out what’s mixed in with the ice.” He spoke at a press conference in Tucson, Arizona.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aI10wpl35qqY&refer=worldwide
Matt Says:
21 June 2008 at 12:06 pm.
I guess I feel that whatever happens in November, our country is headed for huge trouble. A pure socialist or a psycho half socialist. I’m feeling pretty discouraged right now.
Barack’s Bounce
The latest NEWSWEEK Poll shows the Democrat with a 15-point lead over McCain.
Barack finally has his bounce. For weeks many political experts and pollsters have been wondering why the race between Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain had stayed so tight, even after the Illinois senator wrested the nomination from Hillary Clinton. With numbers consistently showing rock-bottom approval ratings for President Bush and a large majority of Americans unhappy with the country’s direction, the opposing-party candidate should, in the normal course, have attracted more disaffected voters. Now it looks as if Obama is doing just that. A new NEWSWEEK Poll shows that he has a substantial double-digit lead, 51 percent to 36 percent, over McCain among registered voters nationwide.
In the previous NEWSWEEK Poll, completed in late May when Clinton was still fighting him hard for the Democratic nomination, Obama managed no better than a 46 percent tie with McCain. But as pollster Larry Hugick points out, that may have had a lot to do with all the mutual mudslinging going on between the two Democrats. By contrast, in recent weeks Clinton has not only endorsed Obama but has made plans to campaign with him. “They were in a pitched battle, and that’s going to impact things. Now that we’ve gotten away from that period, this is the kind of bounce they’ve been talking about,” said Hugick.
Benjamin Says:
21 June 2008 at 12:55 pm.
Battle shapes up over future of US role in Iraq
BAGHDAD - The decisive battle of the Iraq war is shaping up — not in the streets of Baghdad but in the halls of government where the future of America’s role across the region is on the line.
American and Iraqi officials have expressed new resolve to hammer out far-reaching deals that would allow U.S. forces to remain on bases across Iraq once the U.N. mandate expires at year’s end.
The stakes in the talks are enormous.
The outcome will shape not just Iraq for years to come — but, more important, America’s strategic position all across the oil-rich Persian Gulf at a time when Iran’s influence is growing. The U.S. maintains substantial air and naval forces elsewhere in the Gulf but few ground troops except in Iraq.
A pact also would assure Arab allies that Iraq would not fall under domination by Iran, which is pressuring the Iraqis to refuse any deal that keeps U.S. soldiers here.
But critics in the United States fear it will tie the hands of the next president when millions of Americans are anxious to bring troops home. Many Iraqis, in turn, worry the deal will allow American domination of their country for decades.
With so much in the balance, the Iraqi government said Wednesday that both Washington and Baghdad recognize the need to finish the talks by July’s end “to avoid any legal vacuum that may arise.”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080621/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_bases_battle
Benjamin Says:
21 June 2008 at 12:57 pm.
Bush says Democrats keep blocking his energy plans
WASHINGTON - President Bush is accusing Democrats in Congress of blocking his energy proposals, saying they are partly to blame for high gasoline costs pinching Americans’ budgets.
In his Saturday radio address, Bush urged Congress to lift its long-standing ban on offshore oil and gas drilling to increase U.S. energy production. Democrats have rejected the idea.
“This is a difficult time for many American families,” Bush said. “Rising gasoline prices and economic uncertainty can affect everything from what food parents put on the table to where they can go on vacation.”
Bush said offshore drilling could yield up to 18 billion barrels of oil over time, although it would take years for production to start.
There are two prohibitions on offshore drilling, one imposed by Congress and another by executive order signed by Bush’s father in 1990. Bush’s brother, Jeb, fiercely opposed offshore drilling when he was governor of Florida. What the president now proposes would rescind his father’s decision — but the president took the position that Congress had to act first and then he would follow behind.
Pickles Says:
21 June 2008 at 2:37 pm.
That is the saddest little doggy I have ever seen.
Tony Says:
21 June 2008 at 3:29 pm.
sad and extreamly cute.
S.J. Says:
21 June 2008 at 8:00 pm.
Good, there is lots of talk about the drilling issue out there. Keep it up America, maybe thick headed congress will get the message.
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