According to Newsweek, US intelligence officials report that al Qaeda’s explosives expert Ibrahim al-Asiri and medical doctors have been designing bombs to be surgically implanted into the bodies of suicide bombers. The idea is that the technique would somehow foil airport scanners
The Return of Pat Burrell (by BirdText)
Thanks to the very kind largess of Pete Parada — all-around great guy and drummer for the Offspring, who also happened to be playing — we got not only tickets to the show but all-access passes. As usual, hanging with Pete was a blast and there’s no denying that watching the Offspring and Soundgarden from the side of the stage was one of those little rock and roll fantasies come to life for yours truly.
Today Obama did more than make a logical step. He let go of fear. He is clearly prepared to let the political chips fall as they may. That’s why we elected him. That’s the change we believed in. The contrast with a candidate who wants to abolish all rights for gay couples by amending the federal constitution, and who has donated to organizations that seek to “cure” gays, who bowed to pressure from bigots who demanded the head of a spokesman on foreign policy solely because he was gay: how much starker can it get?
