Oct 31st, 2005
Despite the mild weather, just under a hundred kids tonight. 25% were teens, nearly all boys, who didn’t bother to even try to have a semblance of costume.No one costume stood out in the others. In fact, probably less than ten total bought costumes. Lots of masks, but few complete store-bought costumes.A couple of adorable [...]
MNF Iraq
Coalition Forces foiled an anti-Iraqi forces ambush around 9 p.m. Oct. 29 northwest of Baghdad.
The coordinated combat operation against the terrorist forces involved U.S. Army ground and aviation forces and close-air support from a U.S. Air Force F-15E which dropped a 500-pound precision-guided bomb on the enemy position. The area was known for multiple [...]
MNF Iraq
Task Force Baghdad Soldiers stopped a terrorist Oct. 29 as he tried to emplace an improvised explosive device in an Abu Ghraib neighborhood. This individual is suspected to have emplaced and detonated other IEDs against Iraqi Army units in eastern Abu Ghraib.
The terrorist was observed by Soldiers from the 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry [...]
MNF Iraq
A Saudi-born member of al Qaeda involved in smuggling foreign fighters into Iraq was killed Oct. 29 as he attempted to flee Coalition Forces.
Multiple intelligence sources and tips from concerned citizens led Coalition Forces to a location near Ubaydi where a senior Saudi al Qaeda foreign fighter facilitator known as Sa’ud (aka Abu Sa’ud) [...]
Many states are imposing additional restrictions on registered sex offenders for Halloween. Most involve not answering the door, not appearing in costume, and staying home for the night.
Not to be a noodge, but is there any evidence that children are more at risk on Halloween from registered sex offenders than they are on any other [...]
Hey, my little bro just advised me that in IE only the sidebar scrolls. WTF? More playing with templates tonight? I think not, it’s the lovely wife’s biggest holiday. I’ll get to it when I can, M’kay?
Just got word that a real good guy, member of our ambulance corps, had a heart attack last night. We had a crew, he coded, they used the defib three times and he came back. He’s at the level one trauma center in guarded condition. Prayers, please, for him and his family.
Read the entire post. He, and the author he quotes, say it better than I ever have. If there is a pension problem, and there may not be, it is clearly the fault of the government and the Congress attempting to do the equivalent of making pi equal 3.0.
Asymmetrical Information: Dreck’s Annuity
Corporations have been gaming [...]
Art of getting paid to drink – The Other Side – Breaking News 24/7 – NEWS.com.au
A JAPANESE artist has been paid £5000 ($11,800) of taxpayers’ money to drink 48 bottles of beer and then fall off a wooden beam.
The “performance”, which took place at an arts centre in Cardiff, has outraged members of the local [...]