May You All Have a Blessed Memorial Day!

Just a short post to wish you a safe and enjoyable Memorial day! P.S. Check out some of the holiday related links below.
Memorial Day, also called Decoration Day, is a patriotic holiday in the United States. It is a day to honor Americans who gave their lives for their country. Originally, Memorial Day honored military personnel who died in the Civil War (1861-1865). The holiday now also honors those who died in any war while serving the United States.


Some Links to Enjoy on the Holiday.
Find Patriotic Places near You
Memorial Day Recipes
Weather Forecast
Weather Radar
Patriotic Music
Taps
God Bless America
Star Spangled Banner

Holiday saluting Blog Links
Enjoy Beltway Linkfest here
Wizbang has a nice Memorial Tribute here.
Memorial Day Weekend Linkfest at Stop the ACLU.
Michelle Malkins REMEMBER.


Markers adorned with the Stars and Stripes honor our nation's fallen military heroes at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., May 25, 2006. Defense Dept. photo by William D. Moss

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A Number One Search Result on Google!

A first, maybe even a milestone for this site, a number one hit on Google for a search! I noticed an increase in hits for the site this week so I checked to see who was referring the visitors to the site. It turns out it is number one on a google search. COOL!!!
Google Search Results

The 2 columns being searched for-
Huge Marijuana bust in Tennessee
Guilty Plea in Tennessee Underground Marijuana Bust

Iranian Students Protest "Islam of the Taliban"

Iranian students protest over Taliban style government in Tehran. Showing they still have little regard for the Mullahs.




Demonstrations rock Tehran universities
TEHRAN (AFP) - Two of the Iranian capital's main universities were rocked by overnight protests and clashes between students and police, press reports said.
Forty police were lightly injured by stone throwing in front of the Tehran University dormitories, Tehran's police chief, General Morteza Talaie, told the official news agency IRNA.
Meanwhile, students at the Amir Kabir University, one of the country's most prestigious technical colleges, demonstrated late Tuesday against "the intervention of Basij in elections" for members of the Islamic Student Association -- one of the few remaining pro-reform groups still operating on campus.
"We don't want the Islam of the Taliban," and "Death to reactionaries and dictatorship," shouted protestors according to ISNA.
There are more than two million university students in Iran. Read the rest

Previously

Beltway Traffic Jam linkfest here Check it out!

Guilty Plea in Tennessee Underground Marijuana Bust

In a follow up to a case report detailed previously on this site there has been a guilty plea in the case of the huge underground marijuana operation in Tennessee.

HARTSVILLE, Tenn. -- A man charged with running a sophisticated underground marijuana operation in Middle Tennessee pleaded guilty Monday.

Prosecutors offered Fred Strunk a deal for pleading guilty to charges of growing marijuana, money laundering and theft.
Strunk, 63, was arrested Dec. 14 in Florida after a raid on his $1 million home revealed a large underground complex with offices, a kitchen and growing rooms with about 850 plants at various stages of maturity. The home was in Dixon Springs, about 40 miles northeast of Nashville.
The plants at the time had an estimated street value of $1 million, authorities said.
Strunk was charged with theft after it was determined that he stole electric power from Tri-County Electric to power the underground lights and growing equipment. Read the whole thing

Iranian Backed Hezbollah hunted in US!

Iran continues on a path of collision with the US and it appears they have some accomplices in the US in the form of Hezbollah.
N.Y. HEZBOLLAH HUNT
FEDS FEAR STRIKE AMID NUKE SHOWDOWN
By NILES LATHEM Post Correspondent

May 22, 2006 -- WASHINGTON - The Hezbollah terror group - one of the most dangerous in the world - may be planning to activate sleeper cells in New York and other big cities to stage an attack as the nuclear showdown with Iran heats up, sources told The Post.
The FBI and Justice Department have launched urgent new probes in New York and other cities targeting members of the Lebanese terror group.
Law-enforcement and intelligence officials told The Post that about a dozen hard-core supporters of Hezbollah have been identified in recent weeks as operating in the New York area. Read the rest.

Previously- Ticking Time Bomb? Iran's Nukes.
Iran: Bringing Crisis to a Head.

Dracula Castle Returned to Hapsburgs

An interesting little read for history and movie buffs. The castle of movie fame is returned to rightful owners.


Dracula Castle to Be Returned to Owner
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
BUCHAREST, Romania — More than 60 years after it was seized by communists, the Romanian government is to hand back one of the country's most popular tourist sites, the fabled Dracula Castle, to its former owner, the culture minister said Tuesday.
The castle, worth an estimated US$25 million, was owned by the late Queen Marie and bequeathed to her daughter Princess Ileana in 1938. It was confiscated by communists in 1948 and fell into disrepair.
It was inherited by Dominic van Hapsburg, a New York architect who will be at the ceremony on Friday.Read the rest

Are You Addicted to the Internet?

I think this is more prevelant than people realize. I at one point could have been addicted to it, but that phase seems to have passed.

Growing concern over Internet Addiction
Friday, May 19, 2006 Posted: 1610 GMT (0010 HKT)

While not yet defined as a true addiction, many people are suffering the consequences of obsession with the online world, warns Dr. Diane M. Wieland, who treats patients with computer addiction in her practice in Lansdale, Pennsylvania.
For some people, the Internet may promote addictive behaviors and pseudo-intimate interpersonal relationships, reports Wieland in the journal, Perspectives in Psychiatric Care. "Such cyberspace contacts may result in cyber disorders such as virtual relationships that evolve into online marital infidelity (cybersex) or online sexually compulsive behaviors," she writes.
"Obsession with and craving time on the computer results in neglect of real-life personal relationships to the point of divorce," Wieland says.
The prevalence of Internet addiction is hard to gauge at the moment, Wieland notes. Extrapolating from prevalence rates of other addictions, she thinks that 5 percent to 10 percent of Internet users will most likely experience addiction. Read the rest
More- Survey: Workers would give up coffee for Web

Posting Again!

Hello to all. I have returned to posting. I was in the hospital for a month, much longer than I had anticipated I would be. A comment in the previous post ask why I was in the hospital, rather a personal question, but maybe I will discuss it someday. Anyway am feeling well and am glad to be back. I hope I can continue posting things you enjoy.