Hundreds of thousands of Shiites chanting "Death to Israel" and "Death to America" marched through the streets of Baghdad's biggest Shiite district Friday in a massive show of support for Hezbollah in its battle against Israel.

Russia and other UN Security Council members are unhappy Washington is blocking attempts to pressure Israel over its offensive in Lebanon, Vitaly Churkin, its ambassador to the United Nations, said.

Churkin told the Izvestia newspaper in an interview published today that the US position had weakened the position of the United Nations on the crisis.

"Discontent has been rising recently among Security Council member countries with the fact that the US is prepared to block any decision which would bring pressure to bear on Israel," Churkin said

Conservative Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson said on Thursday the wave of scorching temperatures across the United States has converted him into a believer in global warming...This week the heat index, the perceived temperature based on both air temperatures and humidity, reached 115 Fahrenheit in some regions of the U.S. East Coast. The 76-year-old Robertson told viewers that was "the most convincing evidence I've seen on global warming in a long time."

Last year, Robertson said natural disasters affecting the globe, including hurricanes Katrina and Rita that wrecked the U.S. Gulf Coast, might be signs that the biblical apocalypse was nearing.

The issue has divided conservative Christians.
 

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice flew back home to Washington D.C. on Monday after her unsuccessful attempt to settle things in the Middle East. Her trip was not a total failure. She got Mel Gibson to agree to a cease-fire against Israel. --Argus Hamilton

The White House press room closed down Wednesday for a nine-month remodeling project. The conditions had gotten cramped. There's been so much whitewashing in that room over the years that the paint on the walls is three-and-a-half feet thick. --Argus Hamilton

Hi Lisa,
I wanted to share this with you, I found it very difficult to read, something we have been shielded from during this war. Something nobody really wants us to think about. Like Rummy says, "we don't do body counts".
Sally
New Bern, NC

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/04/opinion/04shore.html
 

Thank you Sally for sharing a snapshot of how America is feeling about our troops.
 

House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi derided Republican scare tactics Wednesday. Some say if Democrats win the House this fall, schools will have gay history books. For crying out loud, the history books we have show the Founding Fathers in silk tights and powdered wigs. --Argus Hamilton

“I was SHOCKED to see a giant breast on the cover of your magazine,” one person wrote. “I immediately turned the magazine face down,” wrote another. “Gross,” said a third.

These readers weren’t complaining about a sexually explicit cover, but rather one of a baby nursing, on a parenting magazine — yet another sign that Americans are squeamish over the sight of a nursing breast

I began laughing hysterically when I read the lead in this article. "Giant breast" "Gross"! Gee, I see a baby looking lovingly at Mama.

The Good News: Only a quarter of Babytalk readers were offended.

The Bad News: A quarter of Babytalk readers are afraid of breasts.

"Cuban dictator Fidel Castro is still in the hospital with a serious medical condition. Castro said that a half century of Communist rule seemed like a good idea right up until the point he was rushed to the hospital in a '55 Oldsmobile." --Conan O'Brien

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