Monroe Cty 911 :.Chuck Simmins | April 29, 2005
DefendAmerica By Marine Corps Cpl. Tom Sloan 2nd Marine DivisionAR RAMADI, Iraq, April 28, 2005 ‘ Insurgents launched an attack against one of 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment’s observation posts in the city here the evening of April 20 but they didn’t count on one Marine: Pfc. [...]
Chuck | April 29, 2005
Nothing is catching my interest. Nothing. Social Security? Yawn. The Airbus? Yawn. Paris Hilton in bondage? Yawn. Tune in later. Perhaps a spark shall ignite some passion in me.
Chuck Simmins | April 28, 2005
Weekly Update [PDF]
The Ministry of Electricity met with Turkey and Syria to discuss additional electricity imports for the summer and beyond. An agreement with Turkey was previously reached to supply $50 million in imported electricity.
After talks with the main opposition Social Democrats on April 20, Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen expected broad political backing [...]
Chuck Simmins | April 27, 2005
From commenter Mike Kozlowski at Rantburg:You cannot sleep in one place for more than one night - and maybe not even for an entire night.
You cannot fully trust ANYONE.
You cannot be sure your most privleged communications are not being listened to.
You cannot be sure that the black dot that swept across the sky is a [...]
Chuck Simmins | April 26, 2005
BBCFinnish police are investigating a man suspected of sexually abusing 445 boys in Thailand over a 15-year period. The unnamed man was arrested as he flew into Finland in January.
Police said they had found diary entries detailing the man’s sexual partners, who are all thought to be male prostitutes between 10 and 13. No charges [...]
Chuck Simmins | April 26, 2005
For those of us who give a rat’s ass, the World Health Organization is proving to be a deucedly poor source of information about the Marburg outbreak in Angola and the Avian Flu outbreak in Asia. The last report up on their site for Marburg is dated April 22 with information through April 20. The [...]
Chuck Simmins | April 26, 2005
MNF IraqMulti-National Force-Iraq reports Iraqi citizens increasingly provide information to aid in eliminating terrorists from Iraq.
‘Despite some high-profile enemy attacks this week, the Coalition continued to strengthen its partnership with its Iraqi counterparts,’ said Col. Brian Stephenson, Multinational Corps-Iraq chief of operations.
‘The Iraqi Government and its Security Forces demonstrated their initiative to lead the counter-insurgency [...]
Chuck | April 24, 2005
So, when you install a Pope, what kind of tools do you need?
Are there kits, like at Home Depot?
If you install an American Pope, do you need to use an adapter?
Why would you name the Pope Benedryl the 16th anyway?
What do you suppose the first spam the Pope got on his new e-mail was? Viagara [...]
Chuck | April 23, 2005
Chuck Simmins | April 22, 2005
Another source has also been tracking the giving of Americans for tsunami relief. They asked permission to use my work early on, but never, NEVER, gave me a link or a credit. Poopie heads! Anyway, here’s what they came up with:
Center on Philanthropy:
Cash (includes organizations not publicly reporting their totals)
1,164,623,396
Value of in-kind gifts reported
116,947,716
Total cash [...]
Chuck Simmins | April 22, 2005
Travelling far afield from where I usually write, I discovered the beauty in classical music. No, really. I mean it.
The Beauty in Music site. It calls itself
The Ultimate Guide to the Hottest Women in Classical Music
I believe I could become a classical music fan.
Chuck Simmins | April 21, 2005
Department of DefenseThe Department of Defense announced today that it transferred 17 detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to Afghanistan for release and one detainee to Turkey for release. This transfer increases the number of detainees who have departed Guantanamo to 232. This transfer includes 18 detainees found to no longer be an enemy combatant by [...]
Chuck Simmins | April 21, 2005
The WHO has finally updated their updates, through 4/19. 31 new cases and 24 new deaths. 40% of the total cases are still projections, from before the virus was identified on March 21.You can see the WHO data, and my graphs, at my Marburg page. I’m not going to waste a lot of time on [...]
