Apr 29th, 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. [...]
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.
Apr 28th, 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 [...]
Apr 27th, 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 [...]
Apr 26th, 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 [...]
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 [...]
Apr 25th, 2005
Refinery closures have continued since 1989, bringing the total number of operable U.S. refineries to 149 in 2003.
Apr 24th, 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 [...]
Disease: WHO On The Job?
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 [...]
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