Apparently they were suicides. BBCThat would be Messrs. Splat, Plop, Goo and Yuck.
Iraq: Good News This Week
Jul 30th, 2005
iraq good newsIraq Weekly Update 7-29-2005 [PDF]Iraqi Border Police intercepted approximately 20 insurgents attempting to enter the country from Iran on July 20. The police also recovered improvised explosive device-making materials, including detonators, shape charges, 228 pounds of TNT, and 240 pounds of C4 explosive.The Criminal Court in Kut issued a death sentence on July [...]
U.S. Army soldiers from the 42nd Infantry Division slow down for ducks while patrolling Mosul, Iraq, July 29, 2005. U.S. Army photo by David J. NunnHe keeps hollering “Duck! Duck!” but there’s no incoming fire…
Cats: When Things Go Very Wrong
Jul 29th, 2005
Very, very, very wrong.ReutersA man was eaten by lions after running past guards into the Kruger National Park at dusk just as the gates were closing, park officials said on Friday.Park spokesman Raymond Travers said guards and rangers searched for the unidentified man in the dark after he ran into the park on Thursday, but [...]
Turning Fifty
Jul 27th, 2005
I turn fifty (50) on Sunday. Five decades. Been doing some self assessment and I wish I had a couple of those decades to do over. There are a few girlfriends that I would do better by. There are some jobs I’d work harder at, or never take to begin with. There are a whole [...]
Newark On the Spot
Jul 26th, 2005
UPDATE: AP via Newsday:Five Egyptians are in federal custody, accused of being in the country illegally, after an anonymous tipster told police that they were terrorists, the FBI said Tuesday.”The investigation is continuing, but so far there is no nexus to terrorism,” said FBI Special Agent Steven Siegel, a spokesman for the Newark office. None [...]
One name that has been popping up as an expert on CIA affairs and the conduct of the War on Terror is Larry C. Johnson.
For Sale, on Goat Bay, Chelsea Clinton. I’ll see your herd and raise you a John Deere tractor.Sky News Former US president Bill Clinton has been offered 40 goats and 20 cows for his daughter by a love-struck African government official. Mr Clinton was offered the deal on a recent trip to Kenya.He was offered [...]
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Constitution: Inventing Rights
While reading through the various NRO blogs [note to NRO, overkill, people, overkill!] I came across a curious turn of phrase that I have seen in a number of other conservative writings. That notion is that it is “invention” if a court discerns a right that is not enumerated in the United States Constitution. That [...]
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