Category: Government

Things That Make You Say Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

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Once again, Hamas shows that it understands governance in a way that Fatah cannot.

Governance requires a near monopoly on violence, and Fatah just wants a near-monopoly on graft.

Hamas calls for Johnston’s release | Israel and the Middle East

Stephen Brook and agencies
Friday June 15, 2007

The Islamist movement Hamas today demanded the release of kidnapped BBC journalist Alan Johnston after seizing control of Gaza from rival Palestinian group Fatah.

Hamas, which has fought violent battles against Fatah for control of Gaza in the past few days, said at a press conference today that those holding Johnston should release him immediately.

“We will not allow his continued detention. We warn against not releasing him,” a Hamas spokesman, Abu Obeid, demanded.

Johnston, 45, was kidnapped in Gaza City more than three months ago.

Since then, nothing had been heard of him until two weeks ago, when a video of the BBC reporter was posted on the internet by a group claiming to be holding him, the Army of Islam.

In the June 1 video, Johnston said his captors were treating him well and that he was in good health – although it is still not known when the clip was filmed.

Your FDA at Work: Poisoning your Pets Edition

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This is VERY significant. Acetaminophen is VERY toxic to cats and dogs, and cause liver failure. (It can with humans too, but only with a significant OD)

This is the free market ownership society that the ‘Phants want us to live in.

Texas lab finds pain medicine in pet food
By Karen Roebuck
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Tuesday, June 5, 2007

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is investigating a Texas laboratory’s finding of acetaminophen in dog and cat food, an agency spokesman said Monday.

‘We’re very interested in being able to test these samples ourselves to determine the levels of those contaminants,’ said FDA spokesman Doug Arbesfeld. ‘What’s significant is these things are there. They don’t belong there.'”

The pain medication is the fifth contaminant found in pet foods during the past 2 1/2 months and can be toxic or lethal to pets, especially cats. It is not known if any animals became sick with acetaminophen poisoning, or died from it.

‘We were looking for cyanuric acid and melamine, and the acetaminophen just popped up,’ Donna Coneley, lab operations manager for ExperTox Inc. in Deer Park, Texas, told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review yesterday. ‘It definitely was a surprise to find that in several samples.'”