The number of U.S. soldiers dead in Iraq has surpassed the number of people killed in the 9-11 attacks.

Something I think the article should have mentioned: Iraq had nothing to do with 9-11.

Al Qaeda terrorists killed the victims of 9-11; Bush got these soldiers killed, and for no good reason.

If God's on our side / he'll stop the next war. ( Read more... )

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SAN FRANCISCO(MarketWatch) -- Democrat John Tester has won the Montana Senate race,the Associated Press reported Wednesday. Tester's win gives theDemocrats 50 seats in the Senate.

That brings Democratic seats up to 50. Jim Webb is now our only hope in gaining control of the Senate.

Gay Unions Okay, Marriage Is Not. At least, that's what I think they're saying here.
The State Supreme Court in New Jersey said today that same-sex couples are entitled to “the same rights and benefits enjoyed by opposite-sex couples under the civil marriage statutes.” But the court, in its 4-3 ruling, that whether that status would be called ( Read more... )

Aircraft crashes into Manhattan buildingAccording to my flist, it does not appear to be terrorism, but NORAD is putting fighter aircraft up in case ( Read more... )

A gunman today took a dozen girls hostage at an Amish school in Pennsylvania and shot and killed at least three of them, then himself. Six other girls were shot and wounded. This in a school with twenty-five students ( Read more... )

From CNN:

A gunman was killed by police and 20 students were wounded after a Wednesday shooting at Dawson College in downtown Montreal, police said ( Read more... )

'Airlines terror plot' disrupted.

A plot to blow up planes in flight from the UK to the US and commit "mass murder on an unimaginable scale" has been disrupted, Scotland Yard has said ( Read more... )

... at least for two days.

Israel has called a temporary ceasefire in southern Lebanon to investigate the deaths of over fifty civilians.

Israel has agreed an immediate 48-hour suspension of air strikes over southern Lebanon to allow an investigation into the death of more than 50 civilians ( Read more... )

At least 135 people have been killed and hundreds more wounded in a series of bombings of commuter trains in Mumbai.

A series of seven explosions hit crowded rush-hour trains Tuesday evening in the Indian financial capital of Mumbai, killing at least 135 people, police said ( Read more... )

From CNN:
The Capitol complex was locked down on Friday after reports of gunfire in a garage and a separate report that a man had a gun in a Rayburn building gym ( Read more... )