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Dunkin' Donuts pulled a television spot featuring talk show host and Food Network personality Rachael Ray this weekend after a Fox news commentator associated it with terrorists.
In the ad, Ray is wearing a scarf that Michelle Malkin said in her nationally syndicated column resembled a kiffiyeh, Middle Eastern garb that is "popularized by Yasser Arafat and a regular adornment of Muslim terrorists appearing in beheading and hostage-taking videos."
Dunkin's Senior Vice President for Communications Margie Myers issued a statement saying the scarf "was selected by a stylist for the advertising shoot. Absolutely no symbolism was intended.
"However, as of this past weekend, we are no longer using the online ad because the possibility of misperception detracted from its original intention to promote our iced coffee."
In her column, Malkin also noted that it could appear at times that actor Colin Farrell, rapper Kanye West and Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean have been photographed in similar scarves that were "distinctive hate couture
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All I can say is Allah Akbar Rachel Ray !
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When/if you become a homeowner your attitude may change.
--whats got me puzzeled for non interesting subject why do you have 3 times as many post in it as anyone else:shrug:
Because I changed the subject into something more interesting.
I was a homeowner in Las Vegas for 3 years. Utilities were disgustingly bad in the summer.
Now I pay 0 for water/trash, about 10-15 for gas, and maybe 20 for electricity. Almost no driving as well.
So do I win?
smurph
wouldnt it be great if we could turn this tired old boring DTB thread into something like finding a diamond in the ruff.
DTB your still not helping with that attitude.
After all smurph and I are taxpayers. You of all people should respect that fact.
wouldnt it be great if we could turn this tired old boring DTB thread into something like finding a diamond in the ruff.
DTB your still not helping with that attitude.
After all smurph and I are taxpayers. You of all people should respect that fact.
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your a fawking conservative !
Tanner charged with grand theft
Former tennis star previously convicted of same charge
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published on: 05/28/08
Knoxville, Tenn. ? Former tennis star Roscoe Tanner has been arraigned on felony theft charges in Knox County.
According to information from the Knox County General Sessions Court, Tanner is accused of writing a $72,263.43 check to a Knoxville Toyota dealership for two Toyota Highlanders and refusing to return the vehicles when the check bounced.
Tanner appeared in court Wednesday for the arraignment but did not enter a plea. A court hearing is set for July 8.
His attorney, Scott Green, did not immediately return a call from The Associated Press seeking comment.
Tanner was convicted of grand theft in Florida in 2000 after bouncing a $35,595 check used to buy a 32-foot boat.
A Chattanooga native, Tanner won the 1977 Australian Open.
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Go Roscoe
How could he think he could get away with that ?:scared
Former tennis star previously convicted of same charge
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published on: 05/28/08
Knoxville, Tenn. ? Former tennis star Roscoe Tanner has been arraigned on felony theft charges in Knox County.
According to information from the Knox County General Sessions Court, Tanner is accused of writing a $72,263.43 check to a Knoxville Toyota dealership for two Toyota Highlanders and refusing to return the vehicles when the check bounced.
Tanner appeared in court Wednesday for the arraignment but did not enter a plea. A court hearing is set for July 8.
His attorney, Scott Green, did not immediately return a call from The Associated Press seeking comment.
Tanner was convicted of grand theft in Florida in 2000 after bouncing a $35,595 check used to buy a 32-foot boat.
A Chattanooga native, Tanner won the 1977 Australian Open.
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Go Roscoe
How could he think he could get away with that ?:scared
Gas/Electric = +/- $25.00
Cable/Internet/Tivo = $140
Water/Garbage = $0
Rent +/- = $3/sq-ft. per month.
Cable/Internet/Tivo = $140
Water/Garbage = $0
Rent +/- = $3/sq-ft. per month.
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There was some good news today.
Jose Canseco finally found someone to fight him for the $5 grand.
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It sounds better when you put it like that.
and i haven't started with the A/C yet. :mj16:
may:
gas 157.91
electric 196.57
water 51.28
april:
gas 259.49
elecrtic 227.00
water 57.28
march:
gas 353.39
electric 203.62
water 74.57
february:
gas 447.32
electric 229.68
water 79.84
may:
gas 157.91
electric 196.57
water 51.28
april:
gas 259.49
elecrtic 227.00
water 57.28
march:
gas 353.39
electric 203.62
water 74.57
february:
gas 447.32
electric 229.68
water 79.84
A failed restaurant bombing in England last week has raised concerns among U.S. and European counterterrorism officials that Al Qaeda and other radical Islamic groups are recruiting mentally disabled people to carry out suicide attacks.
Authorities in Britain have mounted an intensive investigation into how and why a 22-year-old mentally handicapped man, Nicky Reilly, built a nail bomb and then attempted to set it off last Thursday. The bomb, which was intended to detonate at lunchtime in a crowded restaurant in Exeter, a county seat in southwest England, apparently misfired, and Reilly was the only one injured in the partial explosion. According to British news reports, he suffered minor eye injuries and burns to his face. Earlier this week, he was released from the hospital and transferred to the custody of local police, who are now expected to question him with the help of Scotland Yard's antiterrorist division.
According to British news reports, shortly before leaving his home in Plymouth, England, on his bombing mission, Reilly allegedly received a text message on his cell phone that encouraged him to proceed with the attack. Following the failed bombing, at least two men were picked up by police in connection with the investigation, but their status is unclear.
British media quoted police officials saying they believed that Reilly had been targeted for recruitment as a suicide bomber by unidentified radical elements because of his mental handicap. According to a story in London's Observer, Reilly, a large, bearlike man who allegedly has the mental capacity of a 10-year-old, converted to Islam several years ago. The story reported that he recently changed his name and began to express extremist views, condemning his family as "infidels." According to the Observer and other U.K. press reports, due to his Muslim contacts, Reilly was at least vaguely known to Britain's domestic counterintelligence and antiterrorism agency, M.I.5. But before last week's incident, he was not regarded as dangerous and therefore had not been subjected to close monitoring by police or intelligence officers.
British and U.S. officials told NEWSWEEK that authorities are now investigating whether there are any connections between Reilly and any of his known associates and Al Qaeda or other radical Islamic groups. These inquiries are examining any possible links between the U.K. incident and people in tribal areas along the Afghan-Pakistan border where Osama bin Laden and other fugitive members of Al Qaeda's leadership are believed to be hiding.
Investigators have established that participants in several major U.K.-based terror plots, including the 2005 bombings of London underground trains and a 2006 plot to blow up transatlantic airliners, either traveled to Pakistan for indoctrination and training by suspected Al Qaeda personnel or had contacts with such operatives. U.K. and U.S. officials said that no evidence has surfaced suggesting that Reilly's recruitment and activities were orchestrated by Al Qaeda operatives or directed from overseas. Nevertheless, U.S. officials acknowledged that the Reilly case points up a general concern they have about efforts by extremists to prey on the mentally handicapped. Richard Kolko, an FBI spokesman, told NEWSWEEK: "There are now a few documented cases of this happening, and the FBI, with our intelligence-community partners, will continue to analyze this and search for any trends."
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At least they are running out of sane people.
Authorities in Britain have mounted an intensive investigation into how and why a 22-year-old mentally handicapped man, Nicky Reilly, built a nail bomb and then attempted to set it off last Thursday. The bomb, which was intended to detonate at lunchtime in a crowded restaurant in Exeter, a county seat in southwest England, apparently misfired, and Reilly was the only one injured in the partial explosion. According to British news reports, he suffered minor eye injuries and burns to his face. Earlier this week, he was released from the hospital and transferred to the custody of local police, who are now expected to question him with the help of Scotland Yard's antiterrorist division.
According to British news reports, shortly before leaving his home in Plymouth, England, on his bombing mission, Reilly allegedly received a text message on his cell phone that encouraged him to proceed with the attack. Following the failed bombing, at least two men were picked up by police in connection with the investigation, but their status is unclear.
British media quoted police officials saying they believed that Reilly had been targeted for recruitment as a suicide bomber by unidentified radical elements because of his mental handicap. According to a story in London's Observer, Reilly, a large, bearlike man who allegedly has the mental capacity of a 10-year-old, converted to Islam several years ago. The story reported that he recently changed his name and began to express extremist views, condemning his family as "infidels." According to the Observer and other U.K. press reports, due to his Muslim contacts, Reilly was at least vaguely known to Britain's domestic counterintelligence and antiterrorism agency, M.I.5. But before last week's incident, he was not regarded as dangerous and therefore had not been subjected to close monitoring by police or intelligence officers.
British and U.S. officials told NEWSWEEK that authorities are now investigating whether there are any connections between Reilly and any of his known associates and Al Qaeda or other radical Islamic groups. These inquiries are examining any possible links between the U.K. incident and people in tribal areas along the Afghan-Pakistan border where Osama bin Laden and other fugitive members of Al Qaeda's leadership are believed to be hiding.
Investigators have established that participants in several major U.K.-based terror plots, including the 2005 bombings of London underground trains and a 2006 plot to blow up transatlantic airliners, either traveled to Pakistan for indoctrination and training by suspected Al Qaeda personnel or had contacts with such operatives. U.K. and U.S. officials said that no evidence has surfaced suggesting that Reilly's recruitment and activities were orchestrated by Al Qaeda operatives or directed from overseas. Nevertheless, U.S. officials acknowledged that the Reilly case points up a general concern they have about efforts by extremists to prey on the mentally handicapped. Richard Kolko, an FBI spokesman, told NEWSWEEK: "There are now a few documented cases of this happening, and the FBI, with our intelligence-community partners, will continue to analyze this and search for any trends."
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At least they are running out of sane people.
