Rumors abound former Iraqi despot Saddam Hussein kept a torture chamber in the basement of the Iraqi mission at 14 E. 79th St., New York magazine reported ... While inside, prisoners would be tortured with wire, rubber hosing, and wooden boards, would have their fingernails removed or would just be severely beaten ... customs are legally prohibited from opening, the report said....
In fact, since the paranoia-styled politics of 9/11, almost everything our government leaders try to describe, or what is presented on television and in pages of “respectable” newspapers, appears to be inversions of historical reality ... To be sure, the Obama Administration, State Department, Justice Department and FBI colluded with Clinton to try and implicate a Russia that wants to manipulate the election in favor of Trump....
As we get on board, it's the same young officer who greets us, no-one else is to be seen ... For years, the seamen have been proud to work for their company - only to suddenly find Hanjin now reduced to being the posterboy for their troubled industry.'We don't have a future' ... "We don't have a future," the first officer says quietly ... Then, we don't know what will happen to us."...
Bensouda’s written statement appeared to be aimed as a blunt warning to the Philippine president, Rodrigo Duterte, whose anti-drug crackdown has left an estimated 3,000 people allegedly involved in the drug trade dead ... As he had been a trial lawyer for eight years, “they cannot be brighter than me, believe me”, he said, adding that after he had been investigated, he should be allowed to grill his inquisitors ... “It would be a spectacle....
Donald Trump can’t help but win for losing. That was the sentiment expressed by “The Daily Show” host Trevor Noah on Thursday night as he and others from the Comedy Central series gathered at PaleyFest. Made in NY for a yakfest about his first year at the helm of the show. Noah likened the Republican... Read more » ... ....
Will besadly missed by John, Angela, Courtney and your precious grandson David... Will besadly missed by his nieces Glynis and Laura ... Will besadly missed by his brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Jim, Stephen, Elizabeth, Georgina and their families ... Will besadly missed by his nephew Gary, partner Joanne and children ... Will besadly missed by his nephew Alan, partner Wa and children Dylan and Chantelle ... Will besadly....
Don Gormley. Pro-abortion letter writer off base againIn her Oct. 7 letter ("Opposition to abortion shows lack of insight") Moyne Cubbage rails against those who dare to express pro-life views. In this case, she attacks the author of a Sept ... 30 letter expressed his "sadness" that so many good, caring people who love animals are either silent or pro-choice when it comes to the countless unborn [...]> ... ....
Lovingly remembered and sadly missed by Jim ... Very deeply regretted and will besadly missed by her daughters and grandchildren. FuneralService will be held on Thursday 18th October in Kirkwoods Funeral Home 150A Kings Road, Belfast, BT5 7EJ at 11.00 a.m., followed by a short committal service at Roselawn Cemetery at 12.00 noon ... Be still and know that I am God ... Will besadly missed by daughter-in-law Sylvia ... Will besadly missed....
"Is there a more timely moment in history to be talking about miscommunication and misunderstandings than today? ... "I'm even under the impression it might even be more ... "I felt that being close to them, their eyes, their smiles, the things you don't see in a wider dimension, we'd be somehow closer to the heart of the movie."....
Among these Chinese monks were some who said there was no need to study the Dharma, asserting realization could be won simply through thoughtless meditation ... 'Finally, I will read '37 Practices of a Bodhisattva' by Ngulchu Thogme Sangpo, a contemporary of Buton Rinchen Drub, who was thought to be a real Bodhisattva. I won't be able to read all these texts in their entirety, I'll read selections ... May I always be an object of enjoyment....
It’s just another way for kids to annoy their parents — if you ask the parents, that is ... Read more trending stories ... The crowd erupted in pandemonium ... “I told him stop and he wouldn’t stop.” ... Her 11-year-old son was flipping bottles while she was on the phone, and she finally looked at him and yelled, “If you don't stop I'm gonna find the clown and have him scare you.”. In a “super sad whimper the boy said, ‘don’t mention the clown.’” ... ....
Yesterday he told the Belfast Telegraph that his recovery had been "torture" at times, but he was thankful to be alive ... There could be an hour and it's not too bad, and then there can be a crunching noise from the joint and it would put you mad with the pain. "I'm on pain killers from that so it would be good to get it sorted out ... At the same time I'm lucky to be living and have to be thankful for that," he said....
Her family was hoping to celebrate her birthday this week but, sadly, did not get the chance, Alexander’s niece Sonia Hearld told the Guardian. “She was a great person and she will be missed,” Hearld said on Friday night ... “She was a great person and she will besadly missed.”....
The stateDepartment of Environmental Protection, which administers the bear hunt, said Pedals' death could not be confirmed. "I don't think we're ever know because really we don't have the scientific information on the front end to be able to conclusively determine the identity of any bear that isn't tagged," RobertGeist, a department spokesman, told CNN affiliate WPIX-TV... "It's kind of sad," she said....
Sadly missed by her son Daniel, daughter-in-law Jillian and the whole family circle ... Will besadly missed by her sister Sheila, brother-in-law Jim, nieces Tina, Jacqueline and Donna-Lee and their families ... Will besadly missed ... Sadly missed by grandsons Joshua, Oliver, Jay and Cruize ... Granda, you'll always be our hero ... Will be missed by all ... Will be lovingly remembered and sadly missed by Susan and PhilipSimpson....