Last night my work came to a crashing halt. I was at work, and we got hit by lighting. I mean the building I work in. I was getting ready to go teach (I teach at a police academy) and was looking some references up on the internet when BOO OMMM!!! the building was hit by a bolt of lighting. The power went of for about 20 seconds. Not even long enough for the generator we have to kick on. All of the computers of course rebooted, but when they did, NO INTERNET! Well I didn't think much of ...
I noticed that some people are citizens, and some are Power users and some are higher. What is the criteria for these levels?? Can someone post the level requirements. And how come my points listed for my articles do not add up to my points..lolI am confusssssseddddd....
I was wondering today as I stared at my Trillian Software window, where did I lose control? Looking at it I realized I have a IM account on AIM, IRC, AOL, MSN, IRC and Yahoo. OMG why? Now I have program that lets me run all of them in one interface. Thank goodness. Then why do I have the five accounts? I tried one then the other and found that they all worked in different ways. I liked some things about one and not some on others. Then I found my friends all used different IM’s and so I ha...
In an unannounced move Yahoo! has shut down all its user created chat rooms. Yahoo was known for its wide variety of User Created rooms where you could chat about anything. But chatters today attempting to log onto the chat and create of find a user room were greeted with this message: “The ability to publish user-created rooms in the public Yahoo! Chat directory is currently unavailable. We are working on improvements to this service to enhance the user experience and compliance with our ...
President Bush today in an press conference about the EU summit was asked about the never ending Gitmo subject. But this time I think his answer was rather unexpected. You see he was asked about Gitmo and "secrete prisions" and what he did was invite the Senate and House members and those of the press that wanted to, to go to Gitmo and see for themselves what its like. Here is the transcript of the Press Conference question: Q Mr. President, many in Europe are worrying that with ...
A US senator has refused to apologise for comparing the actions of US soldiers at Guantanamo Bay to those of Nazis, while others have decried or defended the mandate and method used to hold prisoners there. US Senator Dick Durbin on Wednesday refused to apologise for comments he made on the Senate floor referring to Nazis, Soviet gulags and a "mad regime" like Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. Illinois Republican party chairman Andy McKenna had demanded he apologise. "Senator Durbin...
June 19, 2005 – Marines and Iraqi security forces continue Operation Spear, called Rohme in Arabic, in Iraq's Anbar province, finding weapons caches and calling in air strikes on terrorist strong points. Regimental Combat Team 2 and the unit's Iraqi allies are uncovering terrorist weapons caches in and around Karabilah, a small city near the Syrian border. Press reports indicate the forces have killed more than 100 insurgents (Thats a good days work!) . Four hostages rescued by ...
Afghanistan, June 19, 2005 – An unprovoked attack on a coalition patrol today left 15 to 20 militants dead in Afghanistan, U.S. officials said. The patrol reported coming under small-arms and rocket-propelled-grenade fire, which pinned the unit down northwest of Gereshk, in Helmand province. U.S. airplanes and attack helicopters engaged the enemy. Initial battle-damage assessments indicate 15 to 20 enemies died and an enemy vehicle was destroyed, according to a news release from Combi...
Iraq, June 19, 2005 – Iraqi soldiers and coalition forces, working together and independently, captured 11 known terrorists in a series of early-morning raids in central and western Baghdad, Iraq, June 17. One other terror suspect was also taken into custody. Iraqi army soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, 1st Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division conducted the largest operation, shortly after midnight in Abu Ghraib. Soldiers of 2nd Battalion, 130th Infantry Regiment, attached to the 256th Briga...
Well I wonder how Senator Durban feels today. Since Aljazeera news is quoting him now. He has become one of their poster boys. Sen. Durban, you can go here and read about yourself on Aljazeera news: http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/796AA4AC-531C-4E6F-B855-7FBC52506824.htm evil thrives - when good men do nothing...
I posted this as a response to one of my post, but thought it deserves its own post. In response to Sen. Durbans comments on the Senate floor on June 14th, I decided to write to my Senators here in Florida. Here is what I wrote them: Sen. Nelson, Sir, I respectfully would like to know if you plan on rebutting Sen. Durbans comments he made on June 14th on the Senate floor. And if you are not, would you please in the name of those of your supporters who think his actions were harmful.
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June 16, 2005 – For the first time since World War II, a woman soldier was awarded the Silver Star Medal today in Iraq. Sgt. Leigh Ann Hester of the 617th Military Police Company, a National Guard unit out of Richmond, Ky., received the Silver Star, along with two other members of her unit, Staff Sgt. Timothy Nein and Spc. Jason Mike, for their actions during an enemy ambush on their convoy. Other members of the unit also received awards. Hester's squad was shadowing a supply convoy M...
June 16, 2005 – More and more, Iraqi citizens are helping suppress the insurgency in that country, a senior U.S. officer in Baghdad said today. "The Iraqi people increasingly are exposing the insurgency," Air Force Brig. Gen. Donald Alston, a spokesman for Multinational Force Iraq, said. "In some places there are (terrorist) cells that are concerned that they can't blend into that neighborhood." Officials at Multinational Security Transition Command Iraq last week reported that Iraqi ci...
June 16, 2005 – Coalition and Iraqi security forces captured al Qaeda's top operative in Iraq's Mosul region without incident June 14, military officials in Baghdad announced today. Muhammad Khalaf Shakar, also known as Abu Talha, is Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's most trusted operations agent in Iraq, officials said. Multiple intelligence sources led coalition forces to the terrorist's location in a quiet Mosul neighborhood. According to former associates, Talha never stayed more than one ni...
Now those of you that read my stuff know I do not like to post Op eds very often. But here is one I could not let go. You can not believe what this supposed Senator from Ill said on the Senate floor yesterday: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/F?r109:3:./temp/~r1091nyhMx:e22835 Here is the text: Unfortunately, the President rejected Secretary Powell's wise counsel, and instead accepted Alberto Gonzales' recommendation, issuing a memo setting aside the Geneva Conventions and conclud...