Archive for March, 2005

Hitting where it hurts

Sunday, March 6th, 2005

Syria’s president tells President George W. Bush to go stuff it:
He addressed American assertions that Syria was supporting the insurgency in Iraq, insisting that his country had done everything it could to stop the flow of foreign fighters over its borders.
“Usually, the Americans say they cannot control their borders with Mexico,” he said, with [...]

Weight loss update

Friday, March 4th, 2005

OK, I’m a couple of days late, but so far I’ve lost 6 pounds. 31 more to go. Next update on 3/15.

Rela World: Malaysia’s “Ops Tegas” nabs hundreds of illegal aliens

Thursday, March 3rd, 2005

Malaysia’s long-awaited crackdown against illegal aliens, a campaign called Ops Tegas, finally kicked-off on March 1, and so far hundreds of illegals have been detained.
Here’s a Malaysia Mail report from a raid conducted by immigration officers and 200 members of the paramilitary volunteer organization Rela against a bufget hotel. 27 suspected illegal immigrants were [...]

The one place in the Middle East that likes America

Tuesday, March 1st, 2005

The festivities included football tossing between Kraft and Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the only field in Israel that can host American football.
“I thought about how special it was to be outside the United States, and hear our national anthem played followed by cheers,” Kraft said.
That’s right. The world is a cold, dark, and lonely [...]

Sentimentality is for fans - and I will miss Troy Brown a lot

Tuesday, March 1st, 2005

Troy Brown has left the stadium. Or, rather, the New England Patriots have kicked him out by not exercising an option to keep him. Back in the days, when our team drafted Chris Canty and had Lucky Tebucky line up at corner, it made a lot of sense to second guess personnel decisions, but now, [...]

The Supreme Court should be good for another 12 years of Republican dominance

Tuesday, March 1st, 2005

The Supreme Court’s majority has found, citing foreign and international law, that it is attain a mature understanding of [their] own humanityunconsitutional to execute juvenile murderers. The court finds that juveniles just haven’t found “understanding of [their] own humanity”, and therefore shouldn’t be executed over a trivial little thing like raping and murdering somebody.
What a [...]

Malaysia launches “Ops Tegas” against illegal aliens

Tuesday, March 1st, 2005

The crackdown is on:
The crackdown against illegal immigrants around the city began early this morning with the involvement of about 300 police, Rela (People’s Voluntary Corp) and immigration personnel.
A total of 10 lorries and six buses were used by the enforcement team in the operation code named “Ops Tegas”, following the [...]