McCain Pirates Recipes

John McCain just got caught with his trousers down. Take a guess at what he was doing. (It’s what he does best) Yup. You got it. Pandering. To who? People who like the eat.
He had the brilliant idea to post “family recipes” on his campaign website. Turns out, they weren’t from his family.
The campaign [...]

Photo of the week: Hillary gets buzzed

Operation Beijing storm: rockets target rain

 China is preparing an arsenal of rockets and aircraft to protect the Olympics opening ceremony from rain, hoping to disperse clouds before they can drench dignitaries at the roofless “bird’s nest” stadium.
Officials believe there is a 47 percent probability of rain during the August 8 opening ceremony and a 6 percent chance of a heavy [...]

70-year-old impersonates cop, pulls over cop

 A 70-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of impersonating a police officer after he allegedly pulled over a real officer while driving a black and white car equipped with flashing lights, authorities said.The incident led to the arrest of Charles Grubbs, 70, after he reportedly pulled over Gilbert Police officer David Bishop for speeding on [...]

Illegal Immigration: A new solution

There have been virtual fences, real fences, increased patrols and night-vision cameras. Now the latest initiative by the US to seal its increasingly porous border with Mexico harks back to one of the oldest approaches: dig a moat. City officials in Yuma, in south-western Arizona, have come up with a scheme to create a “security [...]

Olympics: Chinese would play dirty to win

LONDON – Britain’s intelligence service has learned that prisoners in Chinese labor camps have been used to test performance-enhancing drugs banned in Olympic sport.
And the targets for the drugs are British, U.S. and other non-Chinese athletes who could be tempted to take them to win a coveted medal at the 2008 Games coming in [...]

Former Narcotics cop (turned political wannbe) advocates legalizing drugs

DALLAS — A former narcotics officer who advocates the legalization of drugs has a new career goal — congressman.
Barry Cooper is running as a Libertarian candidate in the 31st Congressional District in Central Texas. He faces Republican incumbent John Carter and Democrat Brian P. Ruiz, a consultant.
None of the three has an opponent in Tuesday’s [...]