Sunday, July 30, 2006
The slaughter continues in Lebanon, with a devastating strike by Israel killing over 50 people in Qana in southern Lebanon, 27 of them children. This prompted international condemnation of the attack. Lebanese mobs, angry at the inaction of the UN, stormed the UN building in Beirut and smashed it up. The Israeli Army said a new wave of Hezbollah rockets hit Nahariya, Kiryat Shemona, and Mallot, although no one was injured. There are over 450 people confirmed dead in Lebanon, although up to several hundred more are thought dead. 51 Israelis have died, most of them soldiers. A massive oil spill caused by an Israeli strike on a Lebanese power plant (but one that supplied power to Hezbollah, of course) has covered the Lebanese coastline in sludge. I guess the tourism season is over.
Israeli forces have killed the leader of Islamic Jihad in Nablus. Troops came to arrest him while he was playing football with his friends and relatives. Apparently there was some resistance. Islamic Jihad has been responsible for all 12 suicide bombings in Israel over the past 17 months, killing 71 people.
This strange story caught my eye: a relatively conservative pastor of a megachurch refused to preach on political issues. 1,000 people in his congregation left.
It is a great story. His concerns about mixing politics with religion began on the 4th of July when he visited another megachurch and saw images of the US flag and military units mixed up with the cross on the main screen of the church as the chorus sang God Bless America. He asked himself “What just happened? Fighter jets mixed up with the cross?”
Another interesting little story: the UN is urging the US to give the District of Columbia a voting member of Congress, as the current situation appears “Inconsistent with international law.” Hah! That’s right America! Stop picking on little DC!
A nice little piece working Hannity over.
Greg Palast with a good interview with Hugo Chavez.
Finally, how many “liberals” can Rupert Murdoch buy?
Israeli forces have killed the leader of Islamic Jihad in Nablus. Troops came to arrest him while he was playing football with his friends and relatives. Apparently there was some resistance. Islamic Jihad has been responsible for all 12 suicide bombings in Israel over the past 17 months, killing 71 people.
This strange story caught my eye: a relatively conservative pastor of a megachurch refused to preach on political issues. 1,000 people in his congregation left.
It is a great story. His concerns about mixing politics with religion began on the 4th of July when he visited another megachurch and saw images of the US flag and military units mixed up with the cross on the main screen of the church as the chorus sang God Bless America. He asked himself “What just happened? Fighter jets mixed up with the cross?”
Another interesting little story: the UN is urging the US to give the District of Columbia a voting member of Congress, as the current situation appears “Inconsistent with international law.” Hah! That’s right America! Stop picking on little DC!
A nice little piece working Hannity over.
Greg Palast with a good interview with Hugo Chavez.
Finally, how many “liberals” can Rupert Murdoch buy?
# posted by BitterHarvest @ 11:35 AM 
