Archive - Jul 31, 2010

AFP - Forest fires in Russia's Far East region covered 100,000 hectares, an official at the region's forestry department said Sunday.

AP - Iran's Foreign Ministry says the three Americans jailed a year ago should stand trial on charges of illegally crossing the country's borders.

Ever since Sarah Palin opened her stupid tweet hole a few weeks ago to refudiate the not-a-mosque being constructed near Ground Zero, the anti-Muslim rhetoric coming from the right has grown increasingly heated.

Besides the usual suspects, even the once respectable Anti-Defamation League has weighed in against teh Muslims.

Can't we all just get along?

Source: Reuters (For more on Afghanistan, click on [ID:nAFPAK])

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Six civilians were killed on Sunday by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province, an ...

Source: Reuters MANILA, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Philippine security forces arrested a key suspect who has been charged in the massacre of 57 people last year, the country's worst incident of political violence, after he ...

When Magoo Flew starring Mr. Magoo.  This Columbia Pictures UPA cartoon was released in 1954 and won an Academy Award for Best Short Subject in 1955.

Directed by Pete Burness.  Produced by Stephen Bosustow.  Story by Barbara Avedon (as Barbara Hammer) and Tedd Pierce.  Production Management by Herbert Klynn.  Art Department design by Sterling Sturtevant.  Animation by Rudy Larriva, Tom McDonald, and Cecil Surry.  Animation Color by Bob McIntosh.  Voices by Jim Backus (Mr. Magoo).  Original Music by Hoyt Curtin.

Grab your popcorn, put your feet up on the seatback in front of ya, and no spitballs aimed at the ushers please. This is Late Late Night FireDogLake, where off topic is the topic … so dive in. What’s on your mind?

Source: Reuters JERUSALEM, Aug 1 (Reuters ) - Israeli aircraft bombed a smuggling tunnel and a militant training camp in the Gaza Strip on Sunday after a rocket was fired into Israel from the territory, the Israeli ...

In “The Lion’s Pride,” Edward Renehan talked about the relationship between Theodore Roosevelt and his four sons. He focuses on the role of Theodore Roosevelt's idealization of combat on the life choices of his children. All four sons fought in World War I.
Length: 1 hr. 5 min.

Published: Today at 10am (ET)

A revisionist look at the politics, diplomacy and social consequences of World War I. The book is “The First World War,” written by Hew Strachan.
Length: 57 min.

Published: Today at 11am (ET)

A discussion on the relationship between the U.S. Supreme Court and American popular opinion. A panel of experts talk about how and if the American public influences the Supreme Court.
Length: 1 hr. 24 min.

Published: Today at 12pm (ET)

Critics of the Vietnam War have argued for decades that

Richard Nixon unnecessarily prolonged the conflict. Others

countered that he acted correctly. Four decades later,

declassified materials offer new perspectives on the Paris

Peace Accords.

Length:

Published: Today at 1pm (ET)

During the Revolutionary War era, a famed French

naturalist declared that the plants and wildlife found in

America were smaller and feebler than other species found

elsewhere in the world. The notion enraged Thomas

Jefferson, who spent almost ten years trying to find a

giant moose to debunk the Frenchman’s claim. The following

program, presented by New York’s Fraunces Tavern
Length: 1 hr. 2 min.

Published: Today at 1:45pm (ET)

Robert Crippen served as an astronaut, and as director of both the space shuttle program and of the Kennedy Space Center during his NASA career. In this oral history recorded for NASA’s Johnson Space Center History Collection, Crippen recalls his pioneering work on the space shuttle program. He flew aboard both the Challenger and Columbia shuttles, which were later lost in flight.
Length: 1 hr. 11 min.

Published: Today at 3pm (ET)

AP - Former All-Stars Jake Westbrook, Ted Lilly, Ryan Ludwick and Kerry Wood were traded Saturday as pennant contenders played a game of beat-the-clock. Lance Berkman went to the World Series champion New York Yankees after rejecting the Chicago White Sox.

AP - Doctors plan to let Zsa Zsa Gabor return home Friday, about three weeks after the 93-year-old actress was hospitalized with a broken hip.