Iraq prepares for rapid Saddam execution - "Iraq was preparing for the rapid execution of former dictator Saddam Hussein, with the US-backed government eager to bring his chapter in the country's bloody history to an end."
Will Bush Explain Why War Continues? - "The president is obviously frustrated that most Americans no longer see it his way. He has been quoted as saying he may be dead before Americans "get it.""
U.S. Deaths in Iraq Exceed 9-11 Count - "The U.S. military death toll in Iraq has reached 2,974, one more than the number of deaths in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in the United States, according to an Associated Press count on Tuesday."
Question: Why doesn't the US condemn Ethiopian invasion and occupation of Somalia? - "Answer: Because Ethiopia is being used as a US Proxy to attack another Muslim country."
Military considers recruiting foreigners - "The armed forces, already struggling to meet recruiting goals, are considering expanding the number of noncitizens in the ranks -- including disputed proposals to open recruiting stations overseas and putting more immigrants on a faster track to US citizenship if they volunteer -- according to Pentagon officials."
THE MORALITY OF THINK TANK MILLIONAIRES - "When customized moral codes and legislation are commissioned by councils of obscene wealth, average Joe and Jane can expect more than trouble. Think tanks have become the determiners of mankind’s future, for they are paid to implement morality and behavior laws according to the governing intentions of the world’s rich. This is a historically terrifying scenario and one that the world’s people forget over and over again. It is also a historical pattern based upon the psychology of human ignorance, which is why massive societal changes and “world wars” tend to occur in recurring patterns of about 50 years. Given a few generations, people forget the atrocities of former wars, which in turn give rise to the planning mechanisms for new and improved confiscations of the peoples’ wealth and land - or, in translation, new wars."
Poor record-keeping plagues Bush AIDS effort - "Report finds $15 billion program unable to verify claims of success."
Okla. bombing probe flayed - "The FBI failed to fully investigate information suggesting other suspects may have helped Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols with the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, allowing questions to linger more than a decade after the deadly attack, a congressional inquiry concludes."
FBI Considered "It's A Wonderful Life" Communist Propaganda - "According to Professor John Noakes of Franklin and Marshall College, the FBI thought Life smeared American values such as wealth and free enterprise while glorifying anti-American values such as the triumph of the common man. The FBI specifically detested the way Mr. Potter was portrayed:"
Senate sex blog suit heads toward X-rated trial - "Lurid testimony about spanking, handcuffs and prostitution aside, the Washingtonienne case could help establish whether people who keep online diaries are obligated to protect the privacy of the people they interact with offline."
Evolution Stickers Gone for Good in Cobb County - "School officials in Cobb County, Georgia, yesterday agreed to drop their 4-year attempt to tell high school biology students that evolution is only a "theory." Local school officials had fought a ruling by a federal judge to remove stickers that they had placed on textbooks, but yesterday, they threw in the towel, pledging to adhere to the state science curriculum and also to pay $167,000 in legal fees to the plaintiffs."
Should Stupid Thoughts Be Crimes? - "And yet millions of parents in the West persist in feeding the lie of Father Christmas to their innocent trusting children for as long as possible, until they realize they're being punked, and maybe I shouldn't trust mommy and daddy so much any more? It's an accepted acceptable untruth. Santa deniers are killjoys and spoilsports, not to be listened to. They have the right to deny, of course. One wouldn't dream of jailing them for simply stating their opinion. After all, aren't we in the West entitled to freedom of speech and belief? You may not agree with me, but I have the right to say what I think -- don't I?"
U.S. out of love with marriage? - "In reality, Americans seem to be swirling in a mist of confusion about family life. In many ways, they crave a world in which marriage and children are the pinnacles of life. But year after year, the country seems to be inching toward a culture in which adult pleasures and pastimes have a higher value than monogamy and minivans."
The man's heart stopped beating after a heart attack, but the man did not die - "Nikolai Mikhalnichuk, a resident of the Russian city of Saratov, is a unique man. He is the only person in Russia, who lives with a still heart."
Double hand transplant 'success' - "A woman who became the first in the world to receive a double hand transplant has left hospital."
How To Build a Better Body - "Pills? Pop 'em. The scalpel? Sharpen it. New ways to train? Bring them on. The Wired way to max out your bod. PLUS: 3 steps to a perfect baby. Roll over the squares to see more..." -- Hmmm.
Study: Kids' bodies trained to tolerate allergies - ""I really think in five years there's going to be a treatment available for kids with food allergy," says Burks."
More Dangerous Than Smoking? Death by Soda - "Drinking one soda a day could cause you to gain 15 pounds a year. Other related health risks include type 2 diabetes, heart disease, bowel cancer and nerve damage."
Parasite 'turns women into sex kittens' - "A COMMON parasite can increase a women's attractiveness to the opposite sex but also make men more stupid, an Australian researcher says."
Ancient pyramids discovered in Bosnia - "Reports are emerging from Bosnia-Herzegovina of structures that make the pyramid of Giza look like a scale model."
Scientists launch 'planet hunter' - "A French-led satellite launched on Wednesday to seek out new Earth-like planets beyond the solar system and to explore the interior of stars."
Reality TV puts disabled women in beauty show - "Contestants must display a “handicap visible to the eye” in Miss Ability, a Dutch show that became the surprise hit of 2006 in the Netherlands. Twelve women, including amputees and wheelchair-bound contestants, parade in nightgowns and bathing suits."
Do you love your dog enough to turn him into art and hang him on the wall? - "He now runs a business in which a bereaved owner sends ashes and bone fragments, along with a pet biography, to his PO Box. He then produces an individualised tribute to the animals in the form of a unique framed artwork."
Quote of the Day
"Your function is to send money to the government, not to understand what the government does with it."
~ Dave Barry
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