Saturday, April 8, 2006

Images: Combat Camera, Sat. 8 Apr.

Iraqi army soldiers from the 3rd Brigade, 3rd Iraqi Army Division search a cement factory near Sinjar, Iraq, April 5, 2006. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Aaron Allmon, U.S. Air Force. (Released)
A Phalanx Close-In Weapons System fires during a training exercise aboard the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) on April 4, 2006. The Kennedy is conducting proficiency training off the coast of Florida. DoD photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Erica Treider, U.S. Navy. (Released)
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Len Tidey (left) and Sgt. 1st Class Tom Rees execute a leaflet drop over Helmand Province, Afghanistan, on April 1, 2006. DoD photo by Spc. Leslie Angulo, U.S. Army. (Released)
U.S. Army 1st Lt. Patrick Vankirk, from the 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division, hands out gifts to children during a combat patrol in Sighar, Iraq, April 4, 2006. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Aaron Allmon, U.S. Air Force. (Released)
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Friday, April 7, 2006

Images: Eyewitness Iraq, Fri. 7 Apr.

SUICIDE BOMBERS STRIKE MOSQUE

A policeman stands guard as rescuers remove a body from a mosque after a suicide bombing in central Baghdad April 7, 2006. (Ceerwan Aziz/Reuters) Rescuers remove a body from inside a mosque after a suicide bombing in central Baghdad April 7, 2006. A suicide bomber inside a Shi'ite mosque in Baghdad and another outside blew themselves up killing at least 50 people on Friday, police said. At least 138 people were also wounded in the worst single attack in months. REUTERS/Ceerwan Aziz
Iraqi soldiers secure the scene of a suicide attack on the Buratha mosque Friday April 7, 2006 in Baghdad, Iraq. At least two suicide attackers wearing women's cloaks blew themselves up Friday in a Shiite mosque in northern Baghdad, killing at least 52 people and wounding more than 160, police said. It was the second major attack against Shiite targets in as many days.(AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed) A sandal and prayer beads lie in a pool of blood outside a mosque after a suicide bombing in central Baghdad April 7, 2006. (Ceerwan Aziz/Reuters) A man injured in a suicide mosque bombing is taken to hospital in Baghdad April 7, 2006. A suicide bomber inside a Shi'ite mosque in Baghdad and another outside blew themselves up killing at least 50 people on Friday, police said. At least 138 people were also wounded in the worst single attack in months. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
Rescuers remove a body from inside a mosque after a suicide bombing in central Baghdad April 7, 2006. A suicide bomber inside a Shi'ite mosque in Baghdad and another outside blew themselves up killing at least 50 people on Friday, police said. At least 138 people were also wounded in the worst single attack in months. REUTERS/Ceerwan AzizAn Iraqi policeman views covered bodies inside a mosque after a suicide bombing in central Baghdad April 7, 2006. Three suicide bombers dressed as women killed at least 50 people at a Shi'ite mosque on Friday in Baghdad, police said, putting more pressure on Iraq's divided leaders to form a government and face up to sectarian violence. REUTERS/Ceerwan Aziz

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Cartoon: Will a Border Wall Work?

Times Picayune Cartoon
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Reality Check: AP-Ipsos Poll 4/07 Methodology

NEW BUSH POLL BIASED BY THE NUMBERS

President Bush walks past the wing of Air Force One to make a statement to the traveling press corps before boarding the plane after delivering a speech on the global war on terror at Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte, N.C. Thursday, April 6, 2006. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
COMMENTARY
Once again AP-Ipsos presents us with flawed poll numbers in Bush, GOP Approval Ratings Find New Lows. The poll is stacked in most of its demographics to favor pro-Democrat results and is used to present a situation that would seem dire when taken at face value. When we look at the data, the whole story becomes questionable.

Of polled:
Republicans: 26%
Democrat: 31%
Independent: 34%
None: 9%
Actual -- in last election: 37% each for Republicans/Democrats, the rest with third party or no party affiliation.

Of polled:
Religion: 23% said they had none.
Actual -- in last election 10% said they had none.

Of polled:
Race: 69% white
Actual -- 77% white

Source: Ankle Biting Pundits
Source: Ipsos

NEWSLINE
A first-year student in statistics would be flunked for turning in poll results as obviously bad as this AP-Ipsos poll. Yet thousands of articles will appear in all media, across the nation and the world in the next few days, based on this poll. John Armor

NEWSBYTES
Bush, GOP Approval Ratings Find New Lows
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush's approval ratings hit a series of new lows in an AP-Ipsos poll that also shows Republicans surrendering their advantage on national security — grim election-year news for a party struggling to stay in power.

Demographics, Details About AP-Ipsos Poll
(AP) -- Some demographics and details about the AP-Ipsos poll on attitudes about President Bush, Congress and the two political parties. The results are taken from a poll of 1,003 adults that was conducted Monday through Wednesday. The poll, conducted by the international polling firm Ipsos, has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points. This looks at how different groups feel about Bush and Congress and how they view Democrats and Republicans on national security issues.

Ipsos 4/7 Poll Factsheet (PDF)

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Wednesday, April 5, 2006

From Sun to Snow

A sudden Spring snow falls on St. Albans Park in Queens, Wednesday, April 5, 2006, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
COMMENTLINE
We arrived from Caribbean bliss smack into New York snow this morning.

It was an unseasonable shock, to say the least.

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Images: Combat Camera, Wed. 5 Apr.

An Iraqi army recruit has his retina scanned with a Biometric Automated Toolset System at the Iraqi army recuiting station in Fallujah, Iraq, March 28, 2006. DoD photo by Cpl. Spencer M. Murphy, U.S. Marine Corps. (Released)

U.S. Navy Cmdr. Paul Vandenberg, right, an engineer with Naval Mobilie Construction Battalion Seven, greets Abdi Reshid Mohamed Omer, center, the head of Ethiopia's Mines and Energy Department, and Alemayehu Mekonin, a water engineer, at a waste water treatment facility in Gode, Ethiopia, March 31, 2006. Vandenberg is doing preliminary research on behalf of Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa, which is interested in aiding a construction project to add capacity to the area's water treatment capabilities. DoD photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Roger S. Duncan, U.S. Navy. (Released)
U.S. Marines from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit enjoy an early morning run April 3, 2006, on the flight deck of USS Peleliu (LHA 5), which is currently under way in the Straits of Malacca. DoD photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Regina L. Brown, U.S. Navy. (Released)
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What happened at 2 minutes and 3 seconds past 1:00 a.m this morning?

For a brief second in time it was: 01:02:03:04:05:06

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