tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1586355749726061152024-02-21T03:40:49.003-08:00News to CromleyA blog about interesting news stories I find all across the 'net.cromleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08799518895532453326noreply@blogger.comBlogger3751125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-158635574972606115.post-7694548482733467772010-02-14T01:55:00.001-08:002010-02-14T01:55:01.937-08:00Army’s Aids Research 1 Example Of Broad Program<br /> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br /><blockquote>WASHINGTON – The Pentagon runs a massive medical research program, studying a broad range of problems from cancer to malaria to sleep disorders. The work is done at home and abroad. For instance, The Defense Department partners on AIDS prevention with African forces, and the Army worked on an experimental AIDs… more...</blockquote> View the entire post by clicking <a href='http://www.gotaccesssecrets.com/armys-aids-research-1-example-of-broad-program/' rel='nofollow'>here</a><br /> </div><br /> cromleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08799518895532453326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-158635574972606115.post-46485938621196528962010-02-13T20:00:00.001-08:002010-02-13T20:00:02.058-08:00Pm Hatoyama Huge Fan Of Ecchi Manga I”s<br /> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br /><blockquote>New Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has confessed to being an avid fan of manga and anime, mentioning the notoriously erotic manga I”s as a favourite, and saying that he thinks government should promote and not restrict manga and anime. The 62-year-old statesman professed in a freshly uncovered 2005 interview with a now defunct otaku magazine to reading manga magazines such as Weekly Shonen Magazine and Shonen Sunday when a student, but his more recent favourite is apparently Ka...</blockquote> View the entire post by clicking <a href='http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/09/25/pm-hatoyama-huge-fan-of-ecchi-manga-i%E2%80%9Ds/' rel='nofollow'>here</a><br /> </div><br /> cromleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08799518895532453326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-158635574972606115.post-18468705002553655882010-02-13T14:15:00.001-08:002010-02-13T14:15:02.176-08:00Ousted Honduran President Says He?s Met With Interim Gov?t, Begun Dialogue To Resolve Crisis<br /> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br /><blockquote>Zelaya says he’s met with gov’t, begun dialogue TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras ? Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said Thursday he has met with an interim government official and begun dialogue aimed at ending the country’s protracted political crisis. Zelaya told Radio Globo that he met Wednesday night with an official of the temporary government that forced him out [...]...</blockquote> View the entire post by clicking <a href='http://blog.taragana.com/n/ousted-honduran-president-says-hes-met-with-interim-govt-begun-dialogue-to-resolve-crisis-178204/' rel='nofollow'>here</a><br /> </div><br /> cromleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08799518895532453326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-158635574972606115.post-58359890807268541612010-02-13T08:15:00.001-08:002010-02-13T08:15:02.642-08:00Bad Guys Beware: Sc Mayor Changes Mind, Revokes Ban On Officers Running After Suspects<br /> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br /><blockquote>Regaining footing: SC mayor revokes no-chase call COLUMBIA, S.C. ? The mayor of a small South Carolina town says she’s allowing her police officers to run after suspects again. Wellford Mayor Sallie Peake on Thursday told WSPA-TV she’s revoking her Sept. 2 ban. She said a conversation with Spartanburg County prosecutor Trey Gowdy prompted the reversal, even though [...]...</blockquote> View the entire post by clicking <a href='http://blog.taragana.com/n/bad-guys-beware-sc-mayor-changes-mind-revokes-ban-on-officers-running-after-suspects-178205/' rel='nofollow'>here</a><br /> </div><br /> cromleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08799518895532453326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-158635574972606115.post-6310108566053842632010-02-13T02:10:00.001-08:002010-02-13T02:10:01.970-08:00Why Kofi Annan Is Skeptical About Electric Cars<br /> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br /><blockquote>Kofi Annan , the former UN Secretary General, has some good reasons to be skeptical about all the ambitious plans and ideas floating around the Clinton Global Initiative . There's a lot of talk about exciting, futuristic ideas: the mass deployment of electric cars with matching infrastructure! Gigantic solar power plants in the Sahara Desert that pipes clean energy to Europe! But as a panelist on a discus... Read the full story on TreeHugger...</blockquote> View the entire post by clicking <a href='http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/09/why-kofi-annan-is-skeptical-about-electric-cars.php?dcitc=th_rss' rel='nofollow'>here</a><br /> </div><br /> cromleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08799518895532453326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-158635574972606115.post-54300831650006812772010-02-12T19:50:00.001-08:002010-02-12T19:50:02.166-08:00Richard Barnbrook Found Guilty<br /> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br /><blockquote>Richard Barnbrook, the BNP’s sole representative on the Greater London Assembly, has been found guilty of inventing three murders in order to spread fear amongst his constituents: “The BNP representative is to be sent for training in ethics after he exploited peoples fears about knife crime in his constituency by inventing a series of murders. He was banned from B&D council today but escaped suspension from the Greater London Authority. The BNP, however, are furious and Simon Darby ha...</blockquote> View the entire post by clicking <a href='http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/6002' rel='nofollow'>here</a><br /> </div><br /> cromleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08799518895532453326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-158635574972606115.post-43047643136140162032010-02-12T14:15:00.001-08:002010-02-12T14:15:01.964-08:00Dynasty In Politics: How Much Is Too Much?<br /> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br /><blockquote>At a recent family gathering, a cousin of mine expressed her desire to be a doctor. Not surprising, considering her parents are both in the same profession, and run a p rominent hospital. It seems only natural that she will take the baton forward. However, to get there, she will still have to go through the grind. Study for at least six years, serve in a rural posting, burn the midnight oil and gain some experience before she can fulfil her dream. Rajendra Shekhawat has a similar story. He...</blockquote> View the entire post by clicking <a href='http://blogs.reuters.com/india/2009/09/25/dynasty-in-politics-how-much-is-too-much/' rel='nofollow'>here</a><br /> </div><br /> cromleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08799518895532453326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-158635574972606115.post-71584393590748541332010-02-12T08:35:00.001-08:002010-02-12T08:35:02.736-08:00G20: Too Big To Fail<br /> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br /><blockquote>© Chappatte , distributed by Globe Cartoon. More cartoons on Chappatte’s web site . Geneva-based Patrick Chappatte works for the International Herald Tribune, for Geneva newspaper Le Temps, and for NZZ am Sonntag. All cartoons reproduced with permission....</blockquote> View the entire post by clicking <a href='http://genevalunch.com/2009/09/25/g20-too-big-to-fail/' rel='nofollow'>here</a><br /> </div><br /> cromleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08799518895532453326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-158635574972606115.post-57137030387901041202010-02-12T02:25:00.001-08:002010-02-12T02:25:01.892-08:00Mass Holocaust Site To Become Football Hotel<br /> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br /><blockquote>The site where around 34,000 Jewish people were murdered by the Nazis and collaborators in the Ukraine is about to become the new site of a hotel. The council in Kiev have been bombarded with complaints from the Jewish community there, asking them to abolish the plan for the hotel as the site is one of the most precious to the locals. The hotel is being erected for the up and coming Euro 2012 football tournament being held jointly with Poland. The plans for the hotel were discussed recently at...</blockquote> View the entire post by clicking <a href='http://news.carrentals.co.uk/mass-holocaust-site-to-become-football-hotel-3429043.html' rel='nofollow'>here</a><br /> </div><br /> cromleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08799518895532453326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-158635574972606115.post-60621726942305534312010-02-11T20:30:00.001-08:002010-02-11T20:30:02.697-08:00Obamination: Treachery At The U.n.; War Path<br /> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br /><blockquote>Quotes are taken from a transcript of President Obama’s remarks to the General Assembly, published by the New York Times. [Emphasis added.] That brings me to the second pillar for our future: the pursuit of peace. The United Nations was born of the belief that the people of the world can live their lives, raise their families, and resolve their differences peacefully. Perhaps they could, if there were no predators. But while there are no predators, there will be war unless t...</blockquote> View the entire post by clicking <a href='http://snooper.wordpress.com/2009/09/25/obamination-treachery-at-the-u-n-war-path/' rel='nofollow'>here</a><br /> </div><br /> cromleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08799518895532453326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-158635574972606115.post-7683013928798881362010-02-11T14:55:00.001-08:002010-02-11T14:55:01.993-08:00Meet Obama’s Anti-business Osha Nominee..oh Great!<br /> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br /><blockquote>Another radical..shocking isnt it? President Obama’s pick to serve as the assistant secretary of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is an “aggressively anti-business” proponent of junk science who should not be confirmed by the Senate, his critics say. Dr. David Michaels, a research professor and interim chairman in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at George Washington University’s School of Public Health and Health Services, was nominated on July 28...</blockquote> View the entire post by clicking <a href='http://infidelsparadise.com/?p=1290' rel='nofollow'>here</a><br /> </div><br /> cromleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08799518895532453326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-158635574972606115.post-37947720753877692482010-02-11T08:30:00.001-08:002010-02-11T08:30:02.325-08:00“it’s Old-school, Not Old-fashioned. That’s Football.”<br /> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br /><blockquote>For the lefty trolls, a reason to hate Penn State. Fully admitting my blue-and-white bias, for those fans of football who may want to forget about politics for about three hours, tomorrow night’s game between Penn State and Iowa looks like just the stuff for ya. ESPN’s Ivan Maisel provides a great pre-game back-drop . If you like your steak grilled, your potato baked and your whiskey straight, tune in to Iowa’s visit to Penn State on Saturday night. Nothing will be fancy. Little will...</blockquote> View the entire post by clicking <a href='http://www.threedonia.com/archives/13689' rel='nofollow'>here</a><br /> </div><br /> cromleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08799518895532453326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-158635574972606115.post-39869208389241070872010-02-11T02:20:00.001-08:002010-02-11T02:20:02.618-08:00The Clinton Global Initiative 2009: The Week's Green Highlights<br /> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br /><blockquote>Photo via CGI Once every year, the Clinton Global Initiative gathers world leaders, CEOs, celebrities, nonprofit groups, and, yes, journalists in Manhattan to address the world's most pressing problems. I reported on the events all week, and there were a slew of compelling discussions, announcements, and breaking news involving the likes of Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Kofi Annan, Al Gore, and of course, the former president. Here are some of the week's highlights.... Read the full stor...</blockquote> View the entire post by clicking <a href='http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/09/clinton-global-initiative-2009-green-highlights.php?dcitc=th_rss' rel='nofollow'>here</a><br /> </div><br /> cromleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08799518895532453326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-158635574972606115.post-56540491946823497352010-02-10T20:45:00.001-08:002010-02-10T20:45:02.297-08:00Marack And Bachelle Bomama<br /> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br /><blockquote>Via The Daily What? [IMG: http://www.frank151.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/tumblr_kqgdzfpowt1qzpwi0o1_400.jpg]...</blockquote> View the entire post by clicking <a href='http://www.frank151.com/2009/09/25/marack-and-bachelle-bomama/' rel='nofollow'>here</a><br /> </div><br /> cromleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08799518895532453326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-158635574972606115.post-67854111132092949322010-02-10T14:30:00.001-08:002010-02-10T14:30:02.595-08:00Obama Warns Iran To ?come Clean? On Nukes, Prefers Diplomacy But Won?t Rule Out Military Force<br /> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br /><blockquote>Obama warns Iran: ‘come clean’ on nukes PITTSBURGH ? President Barack Obama declared Friday that Iran is on a path to confrontation with world powers unless it agrees to “come clean” and disclose all its nuclear activities. He said he would not rule out military action. Obama joined the leaders of Britain and France in accusing the [...]...</blockquote> View the entire post by clicking <a href='http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-warns-iran-to-come-clean-on-nukes-prefers-diplomacy-but-wont-rule-out-military-force-179255/' rel='nofollow'>here</a><br /> </div><br /> cromleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08799518895532453326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-158635574972606115.post-29520128911990330812010-02-10T08:25:00.001-08:002010-02-10T08:25:02.511-08:00Pulping The Policy<br /> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br /><blockquote>This was David Bartlett’s statement ending, or so we thought, support for the Gunns pulp mill in June last year: “The government has drawn a line in the sand regarding any future government involvement in this project.” And in July last year: “The Tasmanian people have a right to say ‘enough is enough’ ... The Tasmanian government will no longer be involved in this project.” Little wonder, then, that Tasmanians were bemused to learn this week that Bartlett’s Treasurer Michael Aird was in E...</blockquote> View the entire post by clicking <a href='http://tasmaniantimes.com/?/article/pulping-the-policy/=' rel='nofollow'>here</a><br /> </div><br /> cromleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08799518895532453326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-158635574972606115.post-52511361889705959012010-02-10T02:50:00.001-08:002010-02-10T02:50:01.949-08:00What We Can’t Conquer, We Buy By Siv O’neall<br /> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br /><blockquote>By Siv O’Neall Featured WriterDandelion Saladaxisoflogic.com September 25, 2009Lunacy is ruling the world. Eternal wars, environmental damage, neglect of the common people, are all proof of the total lack of common sense. The ever-increasing movement towards inequality and the gradual strangling of democracy are signs that people matter no more. Culture has been replaced by the accumulation of material goods. Information has turned into mass propaganda. The truth is of no significance. Greed has...</blockquote> View the entire post by clicking <a href='http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2009/09/25/what-we-can%e2%80%99t-conquer-we-buy-by-siv-oneall/' rel='nofollow'>here</a><br /> </div><br /> cromleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08799518895532453326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-158635574972606115.post-35663158956298383332010-02-09T21:25:00.001-08:002010-02-09T21:25:02.619-08:00Bill And Hillary, Episode #314,(the Best Telenovella Of All Time!).<br /> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br /><blockquote>It seems to be an open secret that Hillary is looking in the mirror every morning and asking herself just what the hell she was thinking that day when she accepted the SOS job from this charlatan. In her position, I'd be royally pissed-off too. I mean, when her last around the world trip to meet and greet heads of state consisted of stops from Reykyevik to Terra del Fuego, I think snogging Bill in public like that is an open declaration war for '12. Stay tuned for episode #315, next week. Sh...</blockquote> View the entire post by clicking <a href='http://stupidica.com/b/bill-and-hillary-episode-314the-best-telenovella-of-all-time/?source=rss' rel='nofollow'>here</a><br /> </div><br /> cromleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08799518895532453326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-158635574972606115.post-27593086567682279912010-02-09T15:35:00.001-08:002010-02-09T15:35:02.286-08:00So, Basically, If You're Not A Republican And You Reject The Public Insurance Option, You Vote Against Your Constituents<br /> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br /><blockquote>Those Socialist Americans A quarter of the American people (26 percent, to be exact), according to Friday morning’s New York Times/CBS News poll , believe that the health-care reform bills floating around Congress will create governmental death panels, while just 23 percent say they won’t. Another 30 percent believe that the bills will allow federal tax dollars to go towards the purchase of insurance by illegal immigrants, while just 22 percent say they won’t. The right-wing noise machine ha...</blockquote> View the entire post by clicking <a href='http://prometheus6.org/node/25538' rel='nofollow'>here</a><br /> </div><br /> cromleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08799518895532453326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-158635574972606115.post-28393884024878518462010-02-09T09:50:00.001-08:002010-02-09T09:50:01.906-08:00Families Separated By Korean War Meet At Rare Reunion<br /> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br /><blockquote>SEOUL - Hundreds of North and South Koreans separated by the Korean War (1950-53) met north of the border Saturday in the first such reunion in two years, a report said. Ninety-six South Koreans travelled across the Demilitarised Zone in the morning to meet their families at the Mount Kumgang resort on North Korea’s east coast, [...]...</blockquote> View the entire post by clicking <a href='http://blog.taragana.com/n/families-separated-by-korean-war-meet-at-rare-reunion-179547/' rel='nofollow'>here</a><br /> </div><br /> cromleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08799518895532453326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-158635574972606115.post-39951909474117641072010-02-09T04:20:00.001-08:002010-02-09T04:20:02.643-08:00How Do You Scare A New Yorker On Halloween? Dress As A Republican. (or, A ?bête Noir? Party)<br /> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br /><blockquote>– from the 1912 edition of "Dame Curtsey's book of party pastimes for the up-to-date hostess," by Ellye Howell Glover: "Chapter X: Pastimes for October. For Allhallow Eve" Did you ever attend a Bête Noir party? Well, they are great fun. Of course, everyone knows that "bête noir" is the French for whatever a person detests or cordially hates. So all the guests appeared wearing what to them was their greatest horror. So, what would be an example of a "Bête Noir" costume? An unmarried girl of uncer...</blockquote> View the entire post by clicking <a href='http://stupidica.com/b/how-do-you-scare-a-new-yorker-on-halloween-dress-as-a-republican-or-a-bte-noir-party/?source=rss' rel='nofollow'>here</a><br /> </div><br /> cromleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08799518895532453326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-158635574972606115.post-76184950587454348572010-02-08T22:50:00.001-08:002010-02-08T22:50:02.721-08:00Update 3-serta Owner To Buy Simmons In $760 Mln Deal(chap 11 For Simmons)<br /> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br /><blockquote>UPDATE 3-Serta owner to buy Simmons in $760 mln deal Sat Sep 26, 2009 1:29am IST (Recasts, adds information about Serta) * Simmons and Serta combined beat out Sealy * Simmons will file for bankruptcy By Caroline Humer NEW YORK, Sept 25 (Reuters) – Mattress makers Simmons and Serta are planning to dethrone competitor Sealy as the world's largest mattress company in a $760 million deal that includes Simmons filing for bankruptcy. Simmons Co said on Friday that it has put together a restructuring p...</blockquote> View the entire post by clicking <a href='http://stupidica.com/b/update-3-serta-owner-to-buy-simmons-in-760-mln-dealchap-11-for-simmons/?source=rss' rel='nofollow'>here</a><br /> </div><br /> cromleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08799518895532453326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-158635574972606115.post-66194409352918636492010-02-08T16:40:00.001-08:002010-02-08T16:40:02.423-08:00Whither The Australian Left?<br /> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br /><blockquote>When I first settled in Australia some twenty years ago, I wrote a major article on the Left in Australia. I spent a month or more trawling through all the leftist publications I could find (the Internet was not an option back then). After this lengthy period of research, I wrote a large piece summarising my findings (a shorter version of which appeared in the August 1990 IPA Review ). This week in the Australian a six-part series on the Left appeared. It is interesting to read these articl...</blockquote> View the entire post by clicking <a href='http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2009/09/27/whither-the-australian-left/' rel='nofollow'>here</a><br /> </div><br /> cromleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08799518895532453326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-158635574972606115.post-77978706342441373262010-02-08T11:15:00.001-08:002010-02-08T11:15:02.163-08:00Straying’s Over, Rover, The State Is Watching You<br /> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br /><blockquote>Even dogs cannot escape the surveillance state. Under plans to be put forward by both Labour and the Conservatives at the next election, all dogs will have to be fitted with a microchip with their owner’s name, address and phone number. In addition, a national database will hold details of all dogs in the country, [...]...</blockquote> View the entire post by clicking <a href='http://www.gotaccesssecrets.com/strayings-over-rover-the-state-is-watching-you/' rel='nofollow'>here</a><br /> </div><br /> cromleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08799518895532453326noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-158635574972606115.post-5293915231262970902010-02-08T05:40:00.001-08:002010-02-08T05:40:05.266-08:00The Uncooperative Radio Show! - Oct 03,2009<br /> <div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><br /><blockquote>Independent, Conservative Talk Radio Conservative | independent | news | politics | humor...</blockquote> View the entire post by clicking <a href='http://www.blogtalkradio.com/uncooperativeradio/2009/10/03/The-Uncooperative-Radio-Show' rel='nofollow'>here</a><br /> </div><br /> cromleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08799518895532453326noreply@blogger.com0