Atlas Shagged

Flight 007

Today marks the twenty-second anniversay of the Soviet shootdown of Korean Airlines flight 007: this 1983 event heightened the tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States in the Cold War and gave the world a visual of the “Evil Empire” Ronald Reagan had been describing early in his presidency.

Link: Flight 007 — remembered 22 years later

Jessica Alba.

The Sex Pistol Who Is Wiser than Paul Wolfowitz

Remember when the newly minted head of the World Bank felt that he had to consult with Bono? Well

Sex Pistols singer John Lydon isn't impressed with Bono's political activism. The aging anarchist snarled to gigwise.com: "Every time I see Bono in those big fly glasses and tight leather pants I just can't hack it. I can't see that as solving the world's problems. He's crushing his testicles in tight trousers for world peace."

Gr0up this one with  Rod Stewart's diss of Sting as "Mister Serious who tries to help the Indians."

Link: Page Six.

Terrorist Plot Allegedly Hatched by Muslims in US Prison

For some time U.S. officials have been concerned about a possible connection between prison gangs and terrorists. In California last month, Levar Washington, a paroled convict who served time for assault and robbery at Folsom State Prison, was arrested for a series of gas station robberies in the Los Angeles area. The money Washington took during the robberies was allegedly intended to finance several planned attacks on California targets on September 11th of this year. While incarcerated, Washington converted to a form of Islam practiced by a prison group called Jamiyyat Ul Islam Is Saheeh or JIS, translated as The Assembly of Authentic Islam. He reportedly swore allegiance to al-Qaida.

Link: VOA News.

Marissa Miller.

Hometown, USA: Fatalities in Iraq

Air America Rantings

For Stephanie Miller & Cindy Sheehan

On August 18^th, 2005 Cindy Sheehan was on Stephanie Miller’s Air America radio show and Ms. Sheehan was talking about the support she has gotten for her quest to see the President (for a second time), and Stephanie was praising her and telling her she has put a human face on this issue, how strong and brave she is, etc.  Referring to the deaths of U.S. service personnel in Iraq Miller says, “These are not numbers, these are our children.  43 soldiers killed yesterday”.  When I heard this I nearly crashed my car.  Stop right there!  There were not 43 soldiers killed in Iraq the day before.  It was four!  Not forty three, four!  There were 43 Iraqis killed in suicide bomb blast in Baghdad on the 17^th, but it was four Army soldiers killed in a roadside bomb attack in Samarra.  There is a huge difference between 43 and 4.

New Lies for Old II

After Russia's banning of the ABC, China decides to get back into the censorship game: China Charges Hong Kong Journalist with Espionage.

New Lies for Old

In America you go looking for a party; in Russia, the Party comes looking for you.

Link: Russia Bars ABC, Citing Interview With Chechen Rebel