The Washington Post
WHAT THE HECK is '…right-thinking people…" Is that like thinking with your right brain? Like a real brain drain? Or is it thinking like the Religious Right? Whatever it is it doesn't sound like something that spells 'FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION' OR 'FREEDOM TO BE YOURSELF' OR 'FREEDOM TO HAVE FUN.' Are people actually thinking this 'sorted' type of behavior doesn't happen everyday? "W"rong. The only place it doesn't happen is in Bush's Voter's Booth. HOW MANY people wash their cars in bathing suits to tone up their 'tanning' salon look? GET FOR REAL !!! The ONLY danger in that commercial is the cholesterol in the hamburger and to show how well Ms. Hilton's influence is NO ONE HAS DISCUSSED THAT YET. But, they'll pick on a Big Mac in a heartbeat !!
Mama Warned Us About Fast Food And Fast Women
By Paul Farhi
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, May 29, 2005; Page D01
Let's get the obvious stuff out of the way first: Paris Hilton's TV commercial for the Carl's Jr. fast-food chain, now being downloaded at a computer near you, is a shoddy, shameless, plainly outrageous publicity stunt that all decent, right-thinking people will condemn.
Yes, it's that good.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/28/AR2005052800979.html
Review May Shift Terror Policies
U.S. Is Expected to Look Beyond Al Qaeda
By Susan B. Glasser
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, May 29, 2005; A01
The Bush administration has launched a high-level internal review of its efforts to battle international terrorism, aimed at moving away from a policy that has stressed efforts to capture and kill al Qaeda leaders since Sept. 11, 2001, and toward what a senior official called a broader "strategy against violent extremism."
The shift is meant to recognize the transformation of al Qaeda over the past three years into a far more amorphous, diffuse and difficult-to-target organization than the group that struck the United States in 2001. But critics say the policy review comes only after months of delay and lost opportunities while the administration left key counterterrorism jobs unfilled and argued internally over how best to confront the rapid spread of the pro-al Qaeda global Islamic jihad.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/28/AR2005052801171_pf.html
Hastert Directs Millions to Birthplace
Earmarked Money Skirts Procedures
By Dan Morgan
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, May 29, 2005; Page A01
When Scott B. Palmer received an honorary degree in 2002 from his alma mater, Aurora University in Illinois, he urged the graduating class to "give back to our university, to our community and to our country."
As chief of staff to House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.), Palmer runs a congressional office that has been able to do just that for Aurora, the birthplace of his boss and the largest city in his boss's home district.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/28/AR2005052801183.html
In River of Many Aliens, Snakehead Looms as Threat
By David A. Fahrenthold
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, May 29, 2005; Page A01
This is the summer of the snakehead, Part II. A year after 20 of the toothy Asian fish were found in the Potomac, the creatures are growing in size, number and legend.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/28/AR2005052801079.html
Refugees at Darfur Camp Tell Annan of Violence
By Opheera McDoom
Reuters
Sunday, May 29, 2005; Page A17
KALMA CAMP, Sudan, May 28 -- Tens of thousands of refugees lined the muddy streets of the largest camp in Darfur to greet U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan, who later heard their stories of rape and other violence.
Men carried signs saying, "We are looking for freedom and justice," and women ululated to welcome Annan almost 11 months after his first visit to Darfur.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/28/AR2005052800796.html
Refugees at Darfur Camp Tell Annan of Violence
By Opheera McDoom
Reuters
Sunday, May 29, 2005; Page A17
KALMA CAMP, Sudan, May 28 -- Tens of thousands of refugees lined the muddy streets of the largest camp in Darfur to greet U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan, who later heard their stories of rape and other violence.
Men carried signs saying, "We are looking for freedom and justice," and women ululated to welcome Annan almost 11 months after his first visit to Darfur.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/28/AR2005052800796.html
I always loved horses as a kid.
Starved horses case goes to Missouri Supreme Court
Associated Press
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - The question of what to do with more than 100 horses that authorities say were starved and neglected in southwest Missouri will be heard by the Missouri Supreme Court next month.
The Humane Society of Missouri and the Carthage Humane Society are currently caring for the horses, which were taken taken from William Zobel's rural Republic ranch in January.
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/local/11755021.htm
Silks and horses: Harness racing highlights community festival
Published Friday, May 27, 2005 11:11:38 AM Central Time
MONROE -- Harness racing where silks flutter and the horses trot and pace will come to Monroe Sunday June 12 at the Green County Fairgrounds as one of many events planned at St. Victor's Community Festival. Races begin at noon and end at 3:30 p.m.
http://www.themonroetimes.com/m0527pha.htm
NYRA Places Restrictions on Horses from Delaware Park, Churchill Downs
Date Posted: 5/27/2005 10:58:58 AM
Last Updated: 5/27/2005 12:20:38 PM
As a result of a confirmed case of strangles at Delaware Park and the recent outbreak of equine herpes virus at Churchill Downs, the New York Racing Association has imposed restrictions on horses from those tracks planning to be shipped to NYRA facilities.
The restrictions from Dr. Celeste Kunz, chief examining veterinarian for NYRA, were posted on the NYRA Web site Thursday.
The restrictions are:
http://news.bloodhorse.com/viewstory.asp?id=28327
The New Zealand Herald
Serious storms and floods becoming more common
Devastation from flooding at Matata this month. Picture / Rotorua Daily Post
29.05.05 1.00pm
by Adrienne Kohler
The floods which devastated the Bay of Plenty this month are part of a trend for more serious storms and floods which has experts warning New Zealand has to be better prepared.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10128050
Police bust Indonesia visa scam
29.05.05
By Jonathan Milne and Cameron Bates
Police have smashed an international people-trafficking ring reportedly ferrying illegal immigrants from Indonesia into New Zealand.
Four Indonesian citizens have been arrested in East Java, one caught with 230 mixed passport covers, 93 completed passports and an array of immigration stamps.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10128030
Have today's women got the jump on men?
Sita Vaaetasi takes the leap off the Sky Tower - 55 per cent of those brave enough to do so are women. Picture / Richard Robinson
28.05.05
by Simon Collins
A young couple inch gingerly out to a platform near the top of Auckland's Sky Tower, clutching their tickets to jump 192m to the ground.
"Quite often you get a couple walking in," says Sky Jump manager Steve Weidmann, "and you get the girl doing it and the guy says no, he's not doing it.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10127886
Annan visits burned-out town in Sudan
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan at Kalma Camp in south Darfur. Picture / Reuters
29.05.05 1.00pm
LABADO, Sudan - United Nations chief Kofi Annan toured a burned-out town in the troubled Sudanese region of Darfur and heard survivors describe how it was bombed in a government air raid.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10128044
US Navy commando cleared in Abu Ghraib case
28.05.05 3.00pm
A US military jury has found a Navy commando innocent of charges stemming from a 2003 incident in which his platoon beat a suspected Iraqi insurgent before handing him over to the CIA where he died in custody.
Navy Lieutenant Andrew Ledford had faced more than 11 years in prison had he been convicted at the court-martial on charges of assault, conduct unbecoming an officer, making false statements and dereliction of duty.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10127986
Leaked G8 climate graft sets no specific targets
28.05.05 1.00pm
LONDON - A leaked draft communique on climate change for July’s Group of Eight industrial nations summit contains no specific targets and is silent on the science of global warming - to the dismay of environmentalists.
Pressure group Friends of the Earth immediately condemned the document as a huge missed opportunity.
"I find it really alarming. The issues they are covering suggest that they have got their heads around what needs to be done but they are just being really very, very poor on taking strong action," said climate change expert Katherine Pearce.
The 15-page draft, seen by Reuters and dated May 3, begins by stressing the need for urgent action on everything from developing new technologies, cleaner engines, energy efficiency and insulating buildings to capturing greenhouse gases.
But there are no targets for cutting the emission of climate-warming gases like carbon dioxide and a section on the scientific basis for climate change - strongly disputed by the United States - is left blank.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10127974
America's great black hope
Future leader? Barack Obama at the democratic national convention. Picture / Reuters
28.05.05
by David Usborne
It wasn't too long ago that most Americans had never heard the name Barack Obama, the newbie US senator from Illinois. Even now they get it wrong to his face. Senator Barama ... Senator Alabama ... Senator Banana. He always smiles and gently corrects them.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10127895
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