Army Lieutenant Refuses to Deploy to Iraq I want to offer my congratulations and support to 1st Lt. Ehren K. Watada, the first commissioned officer in the U.S. military to refuse to deploy to Iraq. Watada is the 28 year old son of the state of Hawaii’s former campaign spending director. As stated in the…
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Chess queen triggers 'Gormallygate'
The “Anna Kournikova of Chess” is 19 years old, and likes “…green lights, cooking, pina colada’s, vodka, red wine, Kahlua, dwarfs and the odd Cuban cigar.” (Thanks MeFi.) There’s making moves in chess and making moves in night clubs – and you wouldn’t think the two would involve the same players. Think again. To the…
Who is in Charge of Iran?
If you read the news at all these days, chances are that you are hearing a lot about the firebrand President of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He is the guy that is calling for Isreal to be wiped off the map, he is the guy that is being blamed for Iranian nuclear ambitions, he is the…
Diamond Mischief in Sierra Leone
Diamond Mischief in Sierra Leone This story illustrates some of the tribal complexities and inherent problems in creating sustainable economies in third world nations and more specifically in West African nations such as Sierra Leone, one of the worldâs poorest countries and ranked at the bottom of just about every list of struggling nations. Sierra…
Expat Oil Workers Abducted in Nigeria
Since this story broke, all eight workers have been released. In the meantime, 5 South Koreans have been taken….this is a non stop cycle. Â It seems that Iraq is not the only place that blood is flowing over oil. In Nigeria, Africaâs largest oil producer, an increasing number of attacks and abductions have been…
The Incredible Ice Cream Drunken Driver
Okay…I’ve been pretty lax on my homework….here are the stories I have been following the past several days… cd Dennis Cogburn likes to do things in the good old-fashioned cowboy way. The 51 year old native Texan has been staying in a flophouse in South Bend, Indiana and doing a little wrangling to save up…
Ghost ship reaches Big Isle after 4,500 miles adrift – The Honolulu Advertiser
HILO, Hawai’i — A derelict, battered 33-foot sailboat abandoned in rough weather off Costa Rica last year apparently drifted for six months and more than 4,500 miles before it was sighted a few miles off the southwestern coast of the Big Island. A Big Island Fire Department rescue crew was lowered to the deck of…
Hello! sues over Jolie photo leak
Oooooooooooooo, we’re in trouble…. Hello! magazine is taking legal action to stop websites publishing a leaked picture of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt with their newborn daughter Shiloh. The photo “has been obtained totally illegally,” said the magazine’s features editor, Juliette Herd. Jolie and Pitt sold the photos through picture agency Getty, with all proceeds…
Blatant Self Promotion
I just put over 100 books on ebay auction. They all start at 99 cents. They can all be found at http://stores.ebay.com/sunseaadventures and you can find many other books I have for sale at http://www.fuknbooks.com By buying or bidding, you are not only getting great books, you are supporting this site. Thanks. cd
Aide organization uses biker gang to reach injured in Java
JOGJAKARTA: AUSTCARE and Australian Aid International (AAI) have partnered to send a team of medical personnel to Java, to help people injured in last Saturday’s earthquake. AUSTCARE and AAI are using the local Tigers motorbike club to travel to areas inaccessible by car, to reach people injured by the quake. The Tigers are volunteers, donating…