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Border agent killed responding to possible incursion

A U.S. Border Patrol agent who was shot and killed Thursday night was responding to a potential incursion into the United States, authorities said.
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says, “This act of violence will not stand.”

Honduras chief’s return scorned

Interim Deputy Security Minister Mario Perdomo said authorities did not bother to arrest Mr Zelaya because he barely entered Honduras.
“Zelaya made a show of entering Honduras: he put one foot in, and left,” Mr Perdomo told Associated Press news agency.
“And he did this in a dead zone of the frontier, which we tolerated.”

Bingo backs Israeli hawks


But the real winners and losers live many thousands of kilometres away, where the profits from the nightly bingo ritual funds what critics describe as a form of ethnic cleansing by extremist organisations.

Each dollar spent on bingo by the mostly Latino residents of Hawaiian Gardens, on the outskirts of Los Angeles, helps fund Jewish settlements on Palestinian land in some of the most sensitive areas of occupied East Jerusalem, particularly the Muslim quarter of the old city, and West Bank towns such as Hebron, where the Israeli military has forced Arabs out of their properties in their thousands.

The foundation, which did not respond to requests for an interview, bills the bingo operation as of great benefit to the local community through donations to a number of groups, such as the Hawaiian Gardens food bank, as well as scholarships. It has also given money for disaster relief in Central America, Kosovo and parts of the US.

But tax returns show that the bulk of the donations go to what the foundation describes as “charitable support” for an array of organisations in Israel.

“The loss of many of Dr Moskowitz’s relatives during the Holocaust strengthened his conviction that Israel must be maintained as a safe haven for Jewish people from all over the world,” the foundation says on its website. “In Israel the foundation supports a wide array of religious, educational, cultural and emergency services organisations.”

What it does not say is that the focus of the donations is a number of Jewish organisations intent on claiming Palestinian territory for Israel and ensuring that occupied East Jerusalem remains in the Jewish state’s hands.

Thank you, Dr. Moskowitz.

Naval Officer’s Letter Accuses Newspaper Reporter of Sexual Harassment

The letter — the online copy isn’t written on official letterhead — alleges that on “multiple” occasions in the last year, reporter Carol Rosenberg “made abusive and degrading comments of an explicitly sexual nature” against Gordon and others at Guantanamo Bay and Andrews Air Force Base.

“Her behavior has been so atrocious over the years,” Gordon said in an interview with The Washington Post. “I’ve been abused worse than the detainees have been abused.”

Palin Ethics Investigator Closely Tied to Democratic Party

Daniel has contributed $3,500 in recent years to Democratic causes, including $1,500 to Sen. John Kerry’s presidential campaign in 2004 and $1,000 to Alaska Sen. Mark Begich’s senatorial campaign last year.

The law firm where he is a partner, Perkins Coie, serves as counsel of record for the Democratic Party and its candidates, and attorneys there recently represented Obama’s presidential campaign.

France’s losing cycle sets to continue

Cycling’s greatest race has not had a home winner since 1985. But is that because the others cheat — or that French riders are lazy?

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  1. 1 | July 25, 2009 11:47 am

    I used to work in Hawaiian Gardens.

    Looks nothing like Hawaii, btw


  2. m
    3 | July 25, 2009 11:49 am

    re: #1 by savage

    See, Israeli charities (helping Israelis IN Israel) are a no-go… Islamic charities (that buy suicide bombs and such to kill those Israelis) – yeah baby. /the author of that piece.


  3. m
    4 | July 25, 2009 11:51 am

    Last British Army WWI veteran dead at 111


  4. 5 | July 25, 2009 11:53 am

    re: #3 by m

    Any links to the address of that bingo parlor?

    I think I’ll buy a few cards. :)


  5. m
    6 | July 25, 2009 11:55 am

    re: #5 by savage

    lol, I have no idea. If you go, let me know and I’ll get you to grab me some while you’re there :-)


  6. m
    7 | July 25, 2009 11:56 am

    oh man, this would have made a great post – but I have company on the way :(

    Passing the baton


  7. m
    8 | July 25, 2009 11:58 am

    Judge: Imams Can Sue Police


  8. 9 | July 25, 2009 11:59 am

    re: #6 by m

    Just let me know what color dauber you want me to use for you. hah!


  9. m
    10 | July 25, 2009 12:00 pm

    Global protests over Iranian crackdown


  10. 11 | July 25, 2009 12:19 pm

    OMG! I saw the most horrible thing!

    Boy Scouts! With Bibles open to the New Testament, praying out loud. Oh, the horror!

    /Chuckie


  11. 12 | July 25, 2009 1:36 pm

    M,
    Napalitano usn’t going to do anything about the Border Incursion. These are Transnationalists, borders don’t mean anything to them.


  12. 13 | July 25, 2009 2:11 pm

    re: #12 by Rodan

    like obama’s aunt, they deserve to live here illegally in subsidized housing… I’m sure the reaason they are here and poor is because of us americans anyway….

    /


  13. 14 | July 25, 2009 2:19 pm

    re: #13 by LanceKates

    Yeah it is a Constitutional Right for Foreigners to enter American soil illegally!
    It is also a right for a foreign Armed group/Armyto come her as well!

    /


  14. 15 | July 25, 2009 2:33 pm

    Icarus has a new target: Evangelicals. he is claiming some cult leader is a major Evangelical leader. This guy was arrested

    Top Evangelist Preacher Convicted of Pedophilia

    http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/34283_Top_Evangelist_Preacher_Convicted_of_Pedophilia/comments/#ctop


  15. 16 | July 25, 2009 2:45 pm

    re: #15 by Rodan

    who is charles to determine if a person is a ‘top’ evangelical leader?

    We evangelicals disagree and don’t have leaders….


  16. Bordm
    17 | July 25, 2009 2:58 pm

    The Sonia Sotomayor Song
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnBWBBSy_2U


  17. song_and_dance_man
    19 | July 25, 2009 3:07 pm

    re: #1 by savage

    I used to work in Hawaiian Gardens.

    Looks nothing like Hawaii, btw

    I used to call it the Tropical Ghetto.


  18. Bordm
    20 | July 25, 2009 3:10 pm

    More Democrat hijinks.

    Democrats Block GOP Health Care Mailing.


  19. 21 | July 25, 2009 7:19 pm

    re: #15 by Rodan

    Oh, kids, don’t forget to copy and paste it or you’ll get a lameass redirect.


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