Saudi stock market meltdown...more insurgent fodder?

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Monday November 13, 2006 · 11:16 AM PST

2006/11/13 · 11:16

Could ruined finances of Saudis playing the volatile and petro-linked stock market lead to more disgruntled, disenfranchised folk receptive to the call of jihad by Al Queda and similar:

Saudis' national pastime comes crashing down

People collapsed in trading halls while witnessing their money evaporate. At least four investors died of heart attacks, according to the Saudi media. In one case, a man shot and killed his friend during an argument over how to invest their money, the Al-Riyadh daily reported.
Saudis who quit jobs to focus on playing the market are now jobless and in debt. Grooms who had hoped their investments would cover their wedding expenses were left with a fraction of their savings. Fathers who sought to double their daughters' dowries are now penniless.

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Saturday August 26, 2006 · 5:05 AM PDT

2006/08/26 · 05:05

Ben Bernanke, replacement for the cipher-tastic Greenspan gets all professorial and whatnot out in the crisp mountain air of the Grand Tetons for the Fed annual late summer getaway.

At least they know where to go when the weather is hot, unlike a particular brush-clearing-in-triple-digit-temps Texan who currently resides in the People's House.

But I counterdigress... Read More

RW tool Medved challenges progressives to songwriting contest

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Tuesday July 25, 2006 · 3:00 PM PDT

2006/07/25 · 15:00

Well, here we go again, rehashing old, tired challenges to the patriotism of America's progressives.

The latest challenge issued by Michael Medved, one of the weaker stars in the constellation of RW doofuses, who seem to get it all wrong.

Medved's challenge below the fold... Read More

Virginia 6/13/06 - Primary Day

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Tuesday June 13, 2006 · 4:57 AM PDT

2006/06/13 · 04:57

Please use this diary if you voted in today's primary for the Democratic nominee for the general election in November 2006.

Today's contest pits party technocrat and IT lobbyist Harris Miller versus James Webb, former military chief in the Navy and "prodigal son" that has returned to his original party.
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Who run Bartertown? Who... run... Bartertown?

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Friday April 21, 2006 · 11:43 AM PDT

2006/04/21 · 11:43

Without fuel, they were nothing. They built a house of straw. The thundering machines sputtered and stopped. Their leaders talked and talked and talked. But nothing could stem the avalanche. Their world crumbled. The cities exploded. A whirlwind of looting, a firestorm of fear. Men began to feed on men. On the roads it was a white line nightmare. Only those mobile enough to scavenge, brutal enough to pillage would survive. The gangs took over the highways, ready to wage war for a tank of juice. And in this maelstrom of decay, ordinary men were battered and smashed...

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Wednesday April 19, 2006 · 1:41 PM PDT

2006/04/19 · 13:41

Go hamhandedly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what opportunity there may be in turmoil. As far as possible without surrender (!) be on realpolitik terms with all persons. Speak your "truth" loudly and Janus-faced; and ignore others, especially the bright and the knowledgeable; they always have their insignificant stories. Hire loud and aggressive persons, they are tools to be used to divide and conquer. Read More

Former Redskin Cornerback to run for VA Senate under GOP banner

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Saturday April 15, 2006 · 11:41 PM PDT

2006/04/15 · 23:41

The Virginia Republican Party took a beating last fall in VA-33, when Bill Mimms stepped down to take the deputy attorney general under Bob McDonnell (R). Mark Herring beat Dick Black (think Santorum Jr.) soundly.

Now the VAGOP is pulling out the stops, by recruiting ex-NFLer Darrell Green, star cornerback of the 1980's powerhouse Washington Redskins. Is this a desperation move?

It is also interesting that another story was published a day before, having to do with variances that race makes in voting across party lines. Read More

VA-33 - Republican salient breached!

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Thursday February 02, 2006 · 4:56 AM PST

2006/02/02 · 04:56

The special election to replace a Republican state senator, who was elected in a special election, for what it is worth, back in 1998, was won by a Democrat in what Republicans regard as supposedly "safe territory", with every precinct, yes, I said, every precinct, with majorities for the Democrat:

Voters Sweep Herring Into Senate Seat

Jan 31, 2006 -- Democrat Mark R. Herring won every Loudoun precinct in today's special election to fill the 33rd District Senate seat vacated by the resignation of Bill Mims.

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Tuesday January 31, 2006 · 2:39 PM PST

2006/01/31 · 14:39

Just when I thought things could not get any stranger...those plucky Canadian hoteliers, The Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, have planted a 297-room luxury hotel smack dab in the middle of ground zero of one of the core founding members of Arbustoboi's "Axii (I think there are multiple now) of Evil®".

Damascus, Syria.

Some of the amenities of this glorious facility, the first of its kind built in the Syrian capital in over a quarter century (below the fold): Read More

Bush to visit NoVA business on county CoC's (your) dime...

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Wednesday January 18, 2006 · 3:32 PM PST

2006/01/18 · 15:32

Well, the season for the run up to the State of the Union is nigh and Dear Leader is out on the hustings, trying to tell "his story" about the wonderful things that his regime has brought about over the previous year and the bold agenda that is to be blazed in 2006.

He'll be doing this at JK Moving & Storage, in Sterling, VA, tomorrow @ 10:15 AM EST:

Bush To Speak In Loudoun Tomorrow

Jan 18, 2006 -- If you have a spare $500 and want to see President George Bush live and in person tomorrow in Loudoun County, contact the Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce for a ticket. Bush is scheduled to deliver a speech on the national economy as part of his preparation for his State of The Union speech at 10:15 a.m. during a stop at JK Moving and Storage in Sterling, VA.

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Wednesday December 21, 2005 · 12:18 PM PST

2005/12/21 · 12:18

Casting call to staff the Wolf Blitzer-starring The Situation Room, hosted by the uniquely eponymic bearded über-newscaster himself, Wolf Blitzer.

You too, can be a part of this media tour de force! Read More

Operation Santarchy: The Aukland Salient

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Sunday December 18, 2005 · 5:06 AM PST

2005/12/18 · 05:06

In the continuing War on Christmas, a report from New Zealand:

Drunken Santas run riot in Auckland

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- A group of 40 people dressed in Santa Claus outfits, many of them drunk, went on a rampage through Auckland, New Zealand's largest city, robbing stores, assaulting security guards and urinating from highway overpasses, police said Sunday.

The rampage, dubbed "Santarchy," began early Saturday afternoon when the men, wearing ill-fitting Santa costumes, threw beer bottles and urinated on cars from an overpass, said Auckland Central Police spokesman Noreen Hegarty.

These "merry gentlemen" are only trying to restore the true celebrations of the season, long since scoured from the holiday: Read More

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Virginia 6/13/06 - Primary Day

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Bush's "Decider-ata"

Former Redskin Cornerback to run for VA Senate under GOP banner

VA-33 - Republican salient breached!

Four Seasons Hotel...Damascus?!?

Bush to visit NoVA business on county CoC's (your) dime...

You too, can put words in Wolf's piehole!

Operation Santarchy: The Aukland Salient