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- Al Qaeda to overthrow Pakistan
- Taliban v. 2.0
- *permanent headline* More die in Iraq
- UN Security Council sits around
doing nothing
- Democratic members of congress
arrested fro protesting against Sudan
- Another Bush cabinet appointee is
arrested
- Chevron is making bundles due to
high gas prices
- China unveils new high-tech fighter
jet
- More 9/11 email
- Microsoft stock plunges after
announcing good news for investors?
- Church and God stuff
- Dubai buys defense contractor (no
one cares?)
- Battlestar Rules!
- Mexico legalizes drugs
- There were 11,000 terrorist attacks in
2005? Holy Shit!
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Al-Qaida's second-in-command has called on Pakistanis to overthrow the government by the
same insurgent methods being used in Iraq.
Ayman al-Zawahiri appeared in a 16-minute video with English sub-titles that appeared late
Friday on an Islamist Web site, and called Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf a bribe-taking,
treacherous criminal because of his support for the U.S. anti-terror mission.
I call on the Pakistani people to stand with Islam against the Zionist-Crusader assault, Zawahiri
said.
Zawahiri called Musharraf a traitor who allowed the country's nuclear program to be put under
the supervision of the U.S. government.
I don't understand why al Qaeda didn't push for this sooner. If they want nukes Pakistan has got
them--heck, Pakistan just test fired their longest-range nuclear-capable surface to surface missile
yesterday. That is not the only thing that going down in central Asia...
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In a grim reminder of the kidnapping and then murder of Border Roads Organisation (BRO)
driver Maniappan Kutty last November, the Taliban has now abducted another Indian engineer
and raised the same demand: threatening to kill him unless New Delhi pulls out all Indians from
Afghanistan by 6 pm on Sunday.
A man, identifying himself as Qari Yousef Ahmadi, a Taliban spokesman, called up Associated
Press and said that Suryanarayan was an “American spy”.
While refusing to honour such a demand, India immediately sent a team to assist the Indian
Embassy there in dealing with the hostage situation.
K Suryanarayan, 41, a telecom engineer working for a Bahrain-based company, was abducted at
gunpoint last evening from Zabul province on the Kabul-Kandahar route.
I guess thing just keep getting better over there, huh? Especially considering that allied forces still only
control 1/3 of Afghanistan; the rest is under control of the Taliban.
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The U.N. Security Council headed for a replay of its divisive debate over Iran's nuclear
ambitions, with the United States, Britain and France at odds again with China and Russia. But
this time the stakes are higher.
A new report Friday from the International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.N. nuclear watchdog,
confirmed what diplomats and the world already knew: Iran has refused to stop enriching
uranium as the council demanded a month ago.
The council's three veto-wielding Western nations immediately announced plans to introduce a
new Security Council resolution next week that would make Iran's compliance with their
demands mandatory. To intensify pressure, they want the resolution under Chapter 7 of the U.N.
Charter, which means it can be enforced through sanctions or military action.
It's like they want the US to be right about the ineffectiveness of the Security Council. This stalling is going
to make Bush's trigger finger get itchy and then we are going to have a third boondoggle in 4 years in that
region. Think about it geographically. Iraq is next to Iran which is next to Afghanistan. If this is pulled off
with any measure of success we will have bases that stretch uninterrupted from the Persian Gulf to the
Himalayas. What if al Qaeda does go after Pakistan? Are we going to war there too? Is India?
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Premier Silvio Berlusconi indicated Saturday he would resign next week, clearing the way for a
government led by center-left leader Romano Prodi, who won Italian elections this month.
Berlusconi's comment came hours after Prodi scored his first parliamentary victory: Both of his
candidates were elected speakers in the two houses of parliament after a tough battle.
"I am very very happy," Prodi was quoted as saying by the ANSA news agency. "We have settled
in."
Berlusconi did not directly say that he would hand his resignation to Italian President Carlo
Azeglio Ciampi. But asked when he would step down, he replied, "The Cabinet meeting has
been scheduled for Tuesday" and added that soon afterward he would go to see Ciampi.
It's about time...
Sudan's embassy
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Five members of Congress, including Rep. Tom Lantos (D-San Mateo) were arrested today
when they blocked the front entrance at the Embassy of Sudan in Washington, D.C. Their
protest and civil disobedience was designed to embarrass the military dictatorship's ongoing
genocide of its non-Arab citizens.
All told, 11 people were arrested outside the Sudanese embassy on Massachusetts Avenue,
including six activists as well as representatives Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Houston), Jim
McGovern (D-Worcester, Mass.), Jim Moran (D-Virginia) and John Olver (D-Massachusetts).
They were held in a jail cell for about 45 minutes and then released.
"If you're looking for lack of international morality, Darfur encompasses all aspects," Lantos
said before his arrest. "Here we see the slaughter of innocent black women, children and men
by a monstrous regime."
There is no shortage of testicles in the house but there sure are a lack of balls in the Senate. How come
there weren't any senators arrested? Their voice is much greater than that of lowly members of the
house. Do they not care about people around the world?
obvious reasons he fell out of it
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Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards has been hospitalised after falling out of a palm tree at
an exclusive Fiji resort, it has been reported. The 62-year-old rock star had the accident earlier
in the week and was flown to hospital in Auckland, New Zealand yesterday.
Band spokeswoman Fran Curtis said that Richards had suffered mild concussion. 'Following
treatment locally and as a precautionary measure, he flew to a hospital accompanied by his
wife, Patti, for observation,' she said.
She refused to elaborate further on his condition or explain what Richards was doing up a tree
in the first place.
If you have no muscle mass, don't climb trees that have no branches.
that using water buffalo for transportation was the most effective
means for our modern military? I bet Raytheon would all of a sudden
be selling water buffalo for $30 million a piece.
FDA's former head
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Dr. Lester M. Crawford, the former commissioner of food and drugs, is under criminal
investigation by a federal grand jury over accusations of financial improprieties and false
statements to Congress, his lawyer said Friday.
The lawyer, Barbara Van Gelder, would not discuss the accusations further. In a court hearing
held by telephone on Thursday, she told a federal magistrate that she would instruct Dr.
Crawford to invoke his Fifth Amendment right against compelled self-incrimination if ordered to
answer questions this week about his actions as head of the Food and Drug Administration,
according to a transcript of the hearing.
Dr. Crawford did not reply to messages seeking comment, and Kathleen Quinn, an F.D.A.
spokeswoman, declined to comment.
Dr. Crawford resigned in September, fewer than three months after the Senate confirmed him.
He said then that it was time for someone else to lead the agency.
The next month, financial disclosure forms released by the Department of Health and Human
Services showed that in 2004 either Dr. Crawford or his wife, Catherine, had sold shares in
companies regulated by the agency when he was its deputy commissioner and acting
commissioner. He has since joined a Washington lobbying firm, Policy Directions Inc.
So, Republicans, who presides over the most criminal administration? It sure as shit isn't Clinton (only one
idictment--for not reporting gifts), Reagan still has more convictions from his administration but I think that
his administration is soon going to fall to second place.
English is going to fade away.
English has some 800,000 words, the next most belongs to Japanese with 50,000. This means that more
can be described accurately using English than any other language in the world. This is why English has
become the language of science and business. It truly is the universal language.
There are 44 reasons English can make 800,000 words: English has 44 basic sounds. Essentially native,
non-accented, speakers of English can impersonate and replicate more sounds than any other dialect in
the world. Our 26 letters and equal use of consonants and vowels allow for a very wide array of
combinations, more than pretty much anyone else. Just look at a language like Hawaiian; there are 12
letters total in the whole language and about 15 sounds.
This seriously inhibits what words can be used and creates very large host of homonyms. You think
getting "there", "their" and "they're" confused is bad try figuring out the difference between "Me ke aloha
ku'u home o kahalu'u" and "Meke'alohaku'uhome'okahalu'u." One is a word and the other is a freaking
sentence and they bother have the same letters and sounds!
Another reason why English is so successful is that it bastardizes words. If there is no single word for
something we adopt it. Why do you think there are so many, Spanish, French, German, Latin, Japanese,
Chinese, Hawaiian and Native American words in our everyday lexicon?
A Spanish translation of the Star Spangled Banner is no threat to the domination of English. Period.
Excerpt:
Chevron said its first-quarter profit surged 49 percent from a year ago to four billion dollars,
the latest of the big oil companies to show strong gains from surging energy prices.
The number-two US oil firm said the profit amounted to 1.80 dollars a share, beating the Wall
Street estimate of 1.78 dollars.
Revenues leapt 32 percent from a year ago to 54.6 billion dollars, the company said, "mainly as
a result of higher prices for crude oil, natural gas and refined products...
Wow, higher prices drive up profit--but it's not price gouging? Chevron basically admitted that if the price
remained the same they would have made the same profit as before. Thus the price of Crude oil has no
affect on their business because like Exxon, Chevron doesn't purchase oil because they are the ones who
suck it out of the ground and refine it themselves.
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Excerpt:
In another example of "ransomware," a new Trojan horse threatens to delete files unless the
victim pays up, security experts have warned.
When activated, the Trojan horse, dubbed Ransom-A by antivirus company Sophos, displays
some explicit images. It then shows an expletive message that demands a $10.99 payment, or it
will delete one file every 30 minutes, security experts at SophosLabs said in a statement
published Friday.
"This Trojan horse is designed to take your data hostage and tries to scare users into paying up
quickly by threatening to wipe files one-by-one," Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant
at Sophos, said in the statement.
The Trojan asks for payment via the Western Union money transfer service and promises
delivery of a special disarming code after the ransom is paid, Sophos said.
This is the second example of malicious software that seeks to extort money in as many
months. In March, a Trojan horse that encrypts victims' files and demands a $300 payment to
have them decrypted and unlocked made the rounds. A similar attack was spotted in May of last
year.
"Our concern is that this may be the beginning of a growing trend of malware designed to
extort money," Cluley said.
Well, it only took 30 years but someone has finally caught on that sensless destruction of computer files
doesn't mean jack if you don't at least get some scratch out of people. It is sort of like an internet version
of a mob shakedown. "Gee, I would hate to see some of these nice things get damaged. You know, I can
offer you protection from such senseless destruction for a simple fee..."
the ATF on his way to a Ninjas v. Pirates party? Well, he and his
lawyer demand an apology from the ATF.
Excerpt:
As is somewhat fitting for a modern-day ninja, Jeremiah Ransom is not seeking revenge against
his enemies with Katana blades or throwing stars. Instead he had his lawyer mail them a letter
demanding a formal apology.
It's the latest step in the increasingly strange story surrounding Ransom, a sophomore at the
University of Georgia, who gained national headlines two weeks ago when he was roughed up
by agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms after going to the dining hall in a
ninja costume (see "University Ninja Ambushed By Feds On Way To Dining Hall").
At the time of the incident, in which ATF agents pinned him to the ground and searched him for
weapons in broad daylight, Ransom said he was considering legal action. But while a lawsuit
remains an option, his attorney said the whole thing can be rectified if the ATF will just say it's
sorry.
Here is the original story about his rough detainment.
husband with another woman it is not considered adultery; someone
has to get those movie rights!
Excerpt:
the New Hampshire Supreme Court voted 3-2 that when a woman cheats on her husband with
another woman, it is not considered adultery.
According to an article in New Hampshire’s Union Leader, "The decision reversed a Lebanon
Family Court’s finding allowing David G. Blanchflower of Hanover to allege fault against his
wife, Sian Blanchflower, for carrying on a ‘continuing adulterous affair’ with a woman… The
ruling may have monetary consequences for David Blanchflower because he cannot use
adultery to prove fault against his wife in the divorce." New Hampshire state law defines
"adultery" as "sexual intercourse outside of marriage."
Webster’s Dictionary defines "sexual intercourse" as requiring a male and a female organ.
Justice Joseph P. Nadeau backed up the court’s decision, stating that according to the law,
adultery "clearly can only take place between persons of the opposite gender." Clearly. Sure.
Whatever you say Joe. Once again, common sense apparently has no place in the law. Lanea
Witkus, lawyer for Mrs. Blanchflower and her lesbian lover, Robin Mayer said, "It is a good
decision… The court is following the law as it was written." As it was written? As it was written?
Excuse me, but have we all forgotten that this law was written two hundred years ago at a time
when oral sex and sodomy were still considered criminal acts in New Hampshire?
Is the use of toys considered adultery?
Excerpt:
The FIRST international robotics championship is supposed to be about the world's best young
engineering wizards showing off their skills. But for an illegal immigrant getting a U.S.
education under the threat of being deported to Africa, it meant a secret revealed.
An upset victory the East Harlem Tech robotics team scored over elite New York City schools
had unintended consequences for 18-year-old Amadou Ly. He had to tell his teammates about
his immigration problems because he had no valid ID to board a flight to Atlanta.
"I never wanted to share this with people," said Ly, a lanky senior from Senegal.
Three days a week for six weeks, as long as janitors didn't kick them out of spare rooms, Ly and
his 18 teammates worked with donated tools to build a robot capable of shooting balls into a
goal.
His teammates' elation over the chance to compete with hundreds of teams from the U.S.,
Canada, Israel and Brazil turned to shock when they learned Ly would have to take an 18-hour
train ride to get to the Thursday-through-Saturday competition.
"I felt real bad," said 17-year-old Glenn Wright. "If I was him ... Just thinking what college to go
to is hard for me, I don't know how I could handle it."
Ly and his mother came to the U.S. on a visit to New York in 2001, when he was 13. His mother
knew no English, but decided to overstay the tourist visa to give her son a U.S. education.
About a year later, she returned to Dakar broke and left him in the care of a friend in
Indianapolis, who soon changed her mind and sent the teen back to New York.
He found another Senegalese acquaintance and enrolled in high school, where he is three
months shy of graduation. He dreams of studying math and computer science at New York City
College of Technology in Brooklyn, where he's been accepted, but doesn't have enough money
— or perhaps enough time.
Ly is in the middle of deportation proceedings that started in November 2004, after a police
officer asked for his visa when he was injured in a car accident. Federal immigration officials
detained him after he was treated at a hospital, he said.
Oh yeah, these are exactly the type of people we want to be deporting. I say if the US kicks him out he
should build an invincible robot army and take over America for being so retarded.
upset that video of her makes her look slutty
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"I think it makes me look like some kind of prostitute or porn movie star, almost like I am trying
to show my body to the camera, which I was not."
I think the funniest thing about is that it was her neighbor that saw the video on cable and called her
parents about it. Ha ha.
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Construction of massive pyramids in Bosnia at that period is not believable. Curtis Runnels, a
specialist in the prehistory of Greece and the Balkans at Boston University, notes that
"Between 27,000 and 12,000 years ago, the Balkans were locked in the last Glacial maximum, a
period of very cold and dry climate with glaciers in some of the mountain ranges. The only
occupants were Upper Paleolithic hunters and gatherers who left behind open-air camp sites
and traces of occupation in caves. These remains consist of simple stone tools, hearths, and
remains of animals and plants that were consumed for food. These people did not have the
tools or skills to engage in the construction of monumental architecture."
Others fear that Osmanagic's excavations will damage real sites (the hill he calls the "Pyramid
of the Sun" is said to have medieval, Roman, and Illyrian remains on it). In one of the few critical
accounts of the Bosnian pyramid story, which appeared in the Art Newspaper, the University of
Sarejevo's Enver Imamovic, a former director of the National Museum in Sarjevo, is quoted as
saying, "This is the equivalent of letting me, an archaeologist, perform surgery in hospitals."
This is the part that got me laughing, from crazy-man's book on Mayan pyramids:
Ordinary watchmakers repair our watches and put them into accordance with Earthly time. It is
my theory that the Maya should be considered watchmakers of the cosmos whose mission it is
to adjust the Earthly frequency and bring it into accordance with the vibrations of our Sun.
Once the Earth begins to vibrate in harmony with the Sun, information will be able to travel in
both directions without limitation. And then we will be able to understand why all ancient
peoples worshipped the Sun and dedicated their rituals to this. The Sun is the source of all life
on this planet and the source of all information and knowledge. ...And with a frequency in
harmony, the Earth will, via the Sun, be connected with the center of our Galaxy. These facts
become exceptionally important when we realize that we are rapidly approaching December
2012, a date which the Maya have marked as the time of arrival of the Galactic Energy Cluster
which will enlighten us.
Yes, I would have to say that this guy is a nut-job. Those poor Bosnian villagers thought that this was their
golden ticket and he took them for a ride. Stupid crazy man getting their hopes up.
Excerpt:
China tested a new prototype of the FC-1 Xiaolong combat jet jointly developed with Pakistan,
and is gearing up for mass production of the plane, Xinhua news agency reported.
The fourth prototype of the Xiaolong aircraft, a multi-role fighter-bomber with a range of 1,200
kilometers, successfully completed a 16-minute test flight from a base in southwest China's
Sichuan province, Xinhua said.
Production of different parts of the plane has already begun in anticipation that the plane would
soon be mass produced, the report said.
'The success of the flight marks a significant improvement in the innovation capabilities of
China's aviation industry and makes possible mass production of the plane,' Xinhua said.
The aircraft, also known as the JF-17, is a cooperative project between the Chengdu Aircraft
Industrial Group in the southwest province of Sichuan and the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex.
“ Where's the proof the pilot intentionally hit that wall?” There isn’t any I know of. Why,
according to your diagram of the flight pattern, would they fly almost completely around it? If
your goal was to just hit it, then why not at the first moment you see it? Why fly around it first?
Why do the engine pieces we see in the photo more closely resemble parts for the smaller
engine used on the A-3 and not the larger 7whatever7 that was to have hit? Why is the damage
visible on the pentagon before collapse more closely match the dimensions of the smaller A-3?
General: Who put in the “put options” on the airlines, and why haven’t they come to pick them
up? Doesn’t the magnitude of the options and the timing imply foreknowledge?
Thank you for answering these questions in a calm, logical manner. It’s been both
informative and enjoyable to read your analysis of that day. I realize some of my questions have
come with a fair amount of tinfoil attached, but feel it necessary, and entertaining to explore as
many avenues as possible, however “crazy” they may appear at this time. Thank you again.
Dennis
“ Where's the proof the pilot intentionally hit that wall?” There isn’t any I know of. Why,
according to your diagram of the flight pattern, would they fly almost completely around it? If
your goal was to just hit it, then why not at the first moment you see it? Why fly around it first?
That is simple. Landmarks.
to drop altitude. The path even looks like the pilot may have been trying to turn into the
Southernmost wall of the Pentagon and missed it.
Why do the engine pieces we see in the photo more closely resemble parts for the smaller
engine used on the A-3 and not the larger 7whatever7 that was to have hit?
They don't resemble smaller engines, they are pieces of a Rolls-Royce RB211-535 used on
Boeing 757s.
of the smaller A-3?
Again, it doesn't. Just read this extensive explanation. I am impressed with what this guy put
together, I couldn't even approach the amount of information he has in this piece.
General:
Who put in the “put options” on the airlines, and why haven’t they come to pick them up?
Doesn’t the magnitude of the options and the timing imply foreknowledge?
I am not familiar with any of this. Could you elaborate? By "options" do you mean shares of
stock?
Thank you for answering these questions in a calm, logical manner. It’s been both informative
and enjoyable to read your analysis of that day. I realize some of my questions have come with
a fair amount of tinfoil attached, but feel it necessary, and entertaining to explore as many
avenues as possible, however “crazy” they may appear at this time. Thank you again.
Dennis
Thank you, Dennis. I am getting between 500 and 1,000 hits every time I am able to post a new
page and yet you seem to be pretty much the only person willing to offer any debate and I
appreciate it. I am still waiting for my first piece of hate-mail from a right winger though...
announce that they have record losses and goes up again after they report even more losses they forgot
to count the first time around?
Here.
Excerpt:
Microsoft's stock took its biggest one-day fall in more than five years Friday, shaving about $32
billion off the company's market value.
That's enough to buy Starbucks, with plenty left over to treat everyone in China to a tall cafe
Americano. Or maybe buy Costco and Getty Images and get back about $2 billion in pocket
change.
It's almost as much as the United States spends every three months in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The endowment of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the world's largest charity, is a few
billion less.
Microsoft's stock closed at $24.15, down $3.10 a share, or 11.4 percent, after the Redmond
software company indicated plans Thursday to invest more in its businesses — including a
battle for the Internet with Google and Yahoo! — at the expense of higher short-term profits.
With more than 10.3 billion shares outstanding, Microsoft's market valuation went from about
$281.6 billion Thursday to $249.6 billion at the end of Friday.
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, who had about 978 million shares in February, lost more than $3
billion on paper. But don't worry. He's still the richest person on the planet with a net worth of
about $47 billion after Friday's loss, using estimates published by Forbes magazine last month.
on the faith and serve community
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About a year ago, church members decided they wanted to get a deeper understanding of race
and class issues. What better way to do that, they thought, than to live in neighborhoods that
are more diverse racially and economically.
The Quest group is one of several local Christian groups trying different ways of creating
communities where they can live out their faith values.
Some share one house with common times for prayers and meals. Others meet for meals and
spiritual rituals, or live in a single neighborhood. All have similar intent: to integrate their faith
more fully into their daily lives, create deeper personal relationships, and participate in serving
their neighborhoods.
In addition to the Quest group, Bremerton's Bartimaeus Cohousing Community will soon house
about 25 families in condos on a seven-acre complex. A few members of Church of the Apostles
in the Fremont neighborhood share a house. At Monkfish Abbey in Wallingford, people drop by
for Thursday suppers but attend different churches on Sundays.
Of course, living in a Christian community is not a new idea. Religious orders and communities
have existed for centuries, as have communities of laypeople such as those serving with the
Jesuit or Lutheran Volunteer Corps.
But it appears the formation of new Christian living communities is on the upswing, particularly
among younger evangelicals who are not rigid about doctrines or denominational lines.
This is a perfect opportunity to direct everyone to something I saw on Bartcop.com the other day:
Kissing Hank's Ass, all those religious should read it.
Another thing I would like to bring up is a movie that recently came out called, The God Who Wasn't
There...
nothing more than a mythical figure much like the other saviours of the time. You know, guys like Mythra,
Osirus, Romulus and many others; many of whom happened to also be Gods/sons of Gods born of virgin
conception on December 25th, died on a cross and resurrected on Easter. The documentary is short but
the extended interviews and commentary is just fascinating... Some of the most incredible orating I have
ever heard by knowledgeable people can be found in the interviews.
I challenge every Christian to watch this movie and its special features. I guarantee that it will make you
question your faith more than anything you have ever seen. I seriously doubt if you can find a more
compelling argument against the fact that Christianity is a false belief than anything else out there.
this time
Excerpt:
President Bush on Friday approved the takeover by a Dubai company of U.S. plants that make
precision-engineered components for the Pentagon, and this time, the deal stirred little
opposition in Congress.
The approval allows Dubai International Capital, which is owned by the Dubai government, to
take control of nine plants in the United States, some of which supply the military with parts
used in aircraft and tanks.
The plants are owned by a British firm, Doncasters Group, which is being purchased by the
Dubai company for $1.2 billion. Doncasters' U.S. plants, which make precision components and
assemblies for such companies as Boeing, Pratt & Whitney and General Electric, are the sole
source of turbine blades for U.S. tanks and aircraft, a White House statement said.
The president said the sale presents no risk to U.S. security. "That question has been looked at
very carefully," he said at a news conference. "I signed off on it this morning because I am
convinced" it's a sale that should go through.
The move comes seven weeks after Dubai Ports World, another government-owned company,
abandoned plans to take over some terminal operations at several U.S. seaports because of an
uproar over the security implications of handing such facilities to an Arab-owned concern.
Strange that our ports matter but our weapons systems don't? Sigh.
Excerpt:
"Battlestar Galactica" is redefining science fiction on television — and gathering new fans
beyond traditional sci-fi circles.
Don't believe it? Check out a few episodes of the show — the highest-rated original series in
the history of the Sci Fi Channel.
You won't find self-contained episodes in which everything wraps up nicely in less than an
hour. You won't find silly dialogue, laughable plot predicaments or anything resembling a
Tribble. Instead, you'll find a show that can hold its own against anything else on cable — yes,
we'll even invoke "The Sopranos" here — in its compelling, multilayered drama and suspense.
"Battlestar Galactica" is huge in Seattle, the No. 2 market for the show after Sacramento, Calif.
Ratings here are more than double the national average.
The show isn't an exact remake of the 1978 laughably cheesy series that starred Lorne Greene,
Richard Hatch and Dirk Benedict. Instead, it's been "reimagined" under the vision of Ronald
Moore, the series' executive producer.
Moore spoke here in March at the Game Developers Conference. He sat down with The Seattle
Times to talk about science fiction, gender roles and why in the season finale (editor's note:
spoiler alert if you haven't seen the episode) the show jumped a year in time. Here are some
highlights from the interview:
I loooooooooove Battlestar. It is the best television show ever made. Period.
countries that don't give a shit about drugs bordering you
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Mexico has passed a new law that legalizes small amounts of marijuana, heroin, cocaine, LSD,
hallucinogenic mushrooms and peyote.
With the backing of President Vicente Fox, the bill also mandates treatment for addicts, The New
York Times reported.
'We are not authorizing the consumption of drugs,' said Sen. Jorge Zermino, the bill`s sponsor in
the Mexican Senate. 'We are combating it and recognizing that there are addicts that require
special treatment. We cannot close our eyes, nor fill our jails with addicts.'
Under the bill, it is legal to possess 25 milligrams of heroin, a fifth of an ounce of marijuana or half
a gram of cocaine.
The US just needs to do this now and we can save ourselves a couple hundred billion dollars a year and free
up police and other services to actually serve the public. Legalize it. Tax it.
2005; we are definitely winning that war!
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Terrorists killed more than 14,500 civilians in 11,000 attacks across the globe last year, with Iraq
the biggest scene of violence and suicide bombings a more frequent tactic, the U.S.
government said in a report.
Fifty-six of those killed were Americans, the State Department report said. Three thousand of
the deaths were attributable to 360 suicide bombings.
"We saw indications of an increase in suicide bombings," the report said, noting that the July 7
bombings in London that killed 54 people were the first such attacks in Europe.
U.S. policy-makers have begun to talk of a "long war" against Islamist terrorists, and the report
Friday offered evidence to support that threat and its global extent.
"You can't measure this month by month or year by year. It's going to take a lot longer," State
Department anti-terrorism chief Henry Crumpton told reporters in Washington, D.C.
Good luck, America, this is the path you have chosen. Don't say I didn't warn you before you took your
first step in that direction.
Thank You.