Africa —
from John Cole
When you buy your McCain ‘08 Golf gear, you are asked to post a helpful review:
Some helpful customers decided to take him up on the offer, and hilarity breaks out all over:
Click on over to Balloon Juice. Heh.
Update: WHOA! These are gonna be big sellers:
2nd Update: A couple irresistable gems, noted in BJ […]
¶ Posted June 11, 2008 § Humor & Entertainment, Africa, U.S. 2008 Elections ‡ Comments (3)
The deadliest since World War Two:
Congo war-driven crisis kills 45,000 a month: study
War, disease and malnutrition are killing 45,000 Congolese every month in a conflict-driven humanitarian crisis that has claimed 5.4 million victims in nearly a decade, a survey released on Tuesday said.
The International Rescue Committee (IRC), which carried out the study with Australia’s Burnet […]
¶ Posted January 22, 2008 § Africa ‡ Comments Off
CDR Salamander: Someone abandons Danes to pirates
We are enabling pirates. The nation that fought the Barbary Wars has a 10 SEP 01 attitude towards pirates. Because the do not “regularly kill” their hostages (often you will hear “do not kill” - which is true of Western Hostages) we will allow them to have a fair […]
¶ Posted June 8, 2007 § War on Terror, Africa ‡ Comments (5)
Report: U.S. hits militants’ Somali base
At least one U.S. warship bombarded a remote, mountainous village in Somalia where Islamic militants had set up a base, officials in the northern region of Puntland said Saturday.
The attack from a U.S. destroyer took place late Friday, said Muse Gelle, the regional governor. The extremists had arrived Wednesday by […]
¶ Posted June 2, 2007 § War on Terror, Africa ‡ Comments (6)
BBC - Fighting flares in Somali capital
Heavy fighting has broken out in the north of Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, with residents fleeing from the area.Eyewitnesses say at least 23 people have been killed, and more than 50 wounded have been taken to hospitals.
Supporters of some of Mogadishu’s militia leaders are clashing with an armed Islamist group […]
¶ Posted March 22, 2006 § Africa ‡ Comments Off
Criminals Display Their Stupidity to Wildlife
Then there was the South African robber who made the mistake last month of taking refuge in an enclosure which turned out to be home to a pair of unimpressed tigers.
He had fled into a nearby zoo after security guards heard the screams of a couple he had just mugged […]
¶ Posted January 5, 2006 § Africa ‡ Comments (3)
