Sunday News Highlights 08-02-09

Mystery ends: Pilot’s remains found in Iraq desert

WASHINGTON (AP) - The remains of the first American lost in the Gulf War have been found in Iraq, the military said Sunday, a sorrowful resolution of a nearly two-decade old question about the fate of Navy pilot Capt. Michael “Scott” Speicher.

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Mystery ends: Pilot’s remains found in Iraq desert

To the family of Capt. Speicher, I hope this brings you at least some peace of mind. Your son gave his all for this nation, may he rest in peace now!

New HIV strain discovered in woman from Cameroon

WASHINGTON (AP) - A new strain of the virus that causes AIDS has been discovered in a woman from the African nation of Cameroon. It differs from the three known strains of human immunodeficiency virus and appears to be closely related to a form of simian virus recently discovered in wild gorillas, researchers report in Monday’s edition of the journal Nature Medicine.

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New HIV strain discovered in woman from Cameroon

I am having to fight with myself. I have a terribly strong urge to make a really tacky comment about the women of Cameroon doing the wild thing with gorillas. Oops…

Raul Castro: Cuba won’t undo communist system

HAVANA (AP) — Raul Castro announced Saturday that Cuba will cut spending on education and health care, potentially weakening the building blocks of its communist system in a bid to revive a floundering economy.

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Raul Castro: Cuba won’t undo communist system

Take a look at Cuba. That’s US if this ObamaKare, Cap and Trade and CZAR stuff aren’t stopped, and I mean soon.

Grad Sues College Because She Can’t Find a Job

Trina Thompson gave it the old college try, but couldn’t find work. Now she thinks her sheepskin wasn’t worth her time, and is suing her alma mater for her money back.

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Grad Sues College Because She Can’t Find a Job

I can’t say this in all certainty but somehow, I just have a feeling that Trina Thompson may be leaning a little bit to the left politically. A degree doesn’t guarantee anyone a job, it means you completed the prescribed courses. But, in what I believe to be typical libber fashion, someone must be to blame. Why not the school. Idiot…

Lawmakers urge UK to drop Afghan drugs mission

LONDON (AP) - Britain should abandon its anti-drug role in Afghanistan and focus on securing the country against the Taliban insurgency, a prominent group of U.K. lawmakers said Sunday

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Lawmakers urge UK to drop Afghan drugs mission

That might be a good place to concentrate ALL of our efforts too. It’s not like the War on Drugs has been all that successful in S.E. Asia, Central and South America and so forth. Don’t get me wrong, I am NOT pro drugs, not in ANY way, but if past performance is any indicator, we really need to concentrate on fighting a WAR. Something our leadership of late seems to have forgotten how to do.