ginny on May 4th, 2010

… you correctly notified the authorities that someone had purchased a one-way ticket to Dubai, in cash at the last moment. Did Times Square Bomb Suspect Almost Get Away? | TPMMuckraker CBS News adds that it was only thanks to a tip from Emirates Airlines that Shahzad, 30, was nabbed. Emirates notified the Department of [...]

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ginny on May 4th, 2010

So this is the guy? He really does look like a Wall Street trader. And though multiple arrests were made, CNN still used the phrase “lone wolf” in their story. Arrests made in Pakistan in Times Square probe. [Posted with iBlogger from my iPhone]

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ginny on September 12th, 2009

Yesterday was, of course, another anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. As I walked into the building, a big United jet flew overhead, and I looked up to watch it climb into the soft morning sky and thought it was a good sight to see. Then I walked into the lobby and saw the big flag [...]

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ginny on June 13th, 2009

I’m currently watching Dave Niewart’s appearance on Anderson Cooper, where he’s talking about the phenomenon of the Lone Wolf gunman/terrorist. It seems that their panic at finding themselves in a country led by a black Democrat leads to an increase in violent incidents like the shooting at the Holocaust Museum. I’m currently gathering links to [...]

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ginny on June 10th, 2009

Holocaust Museum Shooting Suspect Had History of Hate, Signs of Breaking Point – washingtonpost.com De Nugent called von Brunn a genius but described the shooting as the act of “a loner and a hothead.” “The responsible white separatist community condemns this,” he said. “It makes us look bad.”

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ginny on June 10th, 2009

Glenn Beck and his fellow wingnuts proclaim Holocaust Museum shooter not a right-winger | Crooks and Liars

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ginny on April 26th, 2009

He’s a conspiracy nut confused about who actually carried out the OKC bombing (hint: not brown-colored socialists or Islamofascistocommunitariangaylibotards). He would have gone to the rally, but FBI arrested him at his hom. The elderly, non-energetic man he thought was the organizer was also contacted by the Feds on his way to the rally, and [...]

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ginny on January 3rd, 2009

BBC NEWS | Middle East | Israeli troops enter Gaza Strip Israeli ground troops have entered the Gaza Strip, Israeli military officials have confirmed, a week after the offensive against Hamas began. An Israeli military spokeswoman said the intention was to take control of areas from which Palestinian militants have been firing rockets into Israel. [...]

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ginny on September 11th, 2008

Anderson Cooper 360: Blog Archive – Spending seven Septembers hijacking my religion back « – Blogs from CNN.com A beautiful and heartfelt essay from a Muslim pacifist civil rights lawyer, who with his Islamic brothers and sisters wants to peacefully hijack his religion back from the extremists.

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ginny on April 25th, 2008

In Zimbabwe Raid, Hundreds in Opposition Party Detained – New York Times He said the people detained were wanted on suspicion of “assault, grievous bodily harm, and arson.” They had been taken by bus to a police station less than a mile from the opposition headquarters, he said. No, that’s “wanted in order to commit [...]

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