he did get a flag though,which is nice.Those men among you who indulge in the woman-enraging provocation of
not putting the loo seat back down after taking a leak should count
yourselves lucky you're not in Fort Worth, Texas, where some people
take the matter of good toilet habits very seriously indeed.
Just ask 25-year-old Morgan Jackson, who was with two drinking
buddies in the car park of the Tumbleweeds Sports Bar last Thursday
evening when an infuriated toilet user charged them with a knife
"because he apparently grew angry that one of the men didn't wash his
hands in the bathroom", as the Houston Chronicle explains.
Indeed, so pissed off was 27-year-old Eric Jennings Kisiah that he
stabbed Jackson three times in his left torso and once in his back with
an eight-inch knife which was subsequently recovered close to the scene
of the incident.
Prior to the attack, Kisiah "confronted a group of three friends at
the bar because he was upset about one of them not washing his hands
after using the restroom", according to the police report. He "called
the men names and told them that they were dirty" before leaving with
the threat to "slash their throats", as one of the men recounted.
When the three pals eventually left the bar, Kisiah launched his
assault from behind a shrub where he'd being lying in wait. He was
restrained by "several men" until the cops arrived.
"You can imagine several reasons why the Muslims would chant “Pope don’t come!”
1. Muslims are supportive of the Pope’s celibacy and rooting for him.
2. Muslims have already locked up their sons but feel that an extra precaution is warranted.
3. No one wants to clean it up.
In a crowd of 20,000 people, you have to figure they have different reasons.
I immediately imagined a second group of protesters with a modest
grasp of Western slang chanting “Pope don’t shit in our woods!” It’s
important to cover all the bases, chant-wise. You’d hate yourself later
if the Pope went and did the one thing you forgot to chant."
"I also imagine the Pope trying to craft his speeches so as to not
ignite World War III. It wouldn’t take much of a gaffe – a
mistranslated verb, an unclear proverb, quoting an ancient scholar who
said Muslims are God’s dingleberries – this sort of slip can happen. No
one is infallible.
I also wonder what the Muslims think of this man of peace who
carries a scepter featuring a bearded Middle Eastern guy nailed to a
cross. I’m no expert in body language and dressing for success, but I
have to think it’s wise to hide your torture-themed novelty toys when
you’re pursuing world peace.
I read that the president of Turkey plans to present the Pope with a
COPY of the imperial order for tolerance issued by the Ottoman Sultan
who seized Istanbul from Christians in 1453. Now if we ignore for the
moment that you can buy one of those at the airport gift shop for
$1.75, there’s also the question of what message it sends. On one hand
it could mean “We Muslims mean Christians no harm.” Or it could mean
“Neener neener – you have been our bitch since before Columbus was a
zygote!” I think it could go either way.
Anyway, I know I feel more comfortable with the Pope in Turkey. When
it comes to handling delicate matters affecting the survival of the
planet, you want to send in the 79-year old German guy with a Marge
Simpson hat, a history of talking directly to God, and seven decades of
sperm backup. I don’t see how that could go wrong."
from dilbertblog
 A number of countries refuse to fight in southern Afghanistan |
 Tony Blair wants other Nato nations to commit more troops |
"As soon as he stepped off the plane, it was clear he was interested
in what was happening on the ground here," said Gen. George Casey,
commander of Multi-National Force-Iraq who met with the First Dog in
the courtyard outside his office at Camp Victory. "He generally seemed
extremely enthusiastic about the whole situation and he was even
visibly excited about some of the progress we're making."
But the visit's highlight was the First Dog's encounter with
soldiers, who were clearly taken with his presence. Sitting on cue with
his head cocked to one side, he listened intently to the soldiers'
concerns before receiving a treat and a pat on the head. Barney showed
further solidarity with the troops by accepting an impromptu invitation
to a belated Thanksgiving feast, during which he impressed servicemen
and women with his hearty, nondiscriminating appetite.
The First Dog also received a tummy rub courtesy of the 100th Infantry Battalion.
(from The Onion).
Her family thought she had been kidnapped and contacted authorities.
Relatives scoured her room for clues but found nothing, except a strange smell.
The woman's sister then went into her bedroom late at night and looked behind a bookcase, where she saw the woman's foot.
Using a flashlight the family saw she was wedged upside-down behind the unit.
"I'm
sleeping in the same house as her for 11 days, looking for her and
she's right in the bedroom," her mother, Connie Weber, said.
The animals paused at the door and one appeared to look
up at an intercom, according to staff at Broadford Hospital on the Isle
of Skye.
The otters eventually ran away, leaving bloody footprints where they had been.
Charge nurse Chrisann O'Halloran said the night shift
could not believe what they were seeing on the hospital's CCTV cameras
on Thursday morning.
She said: "We have got CCTV inside the hospital and at the front door.
"Night staff continually monitor it and were looking at it when they saw two otters running up to the door.
"By the time the staff got to the door they had gone, but there were little bloody footprints where they had been."
The charge nurse added: "It's really funny to watch
because one looks up at the door and then turns to the other as if
talking to it.
"I thought the animals are very, very shy, but they
crossed a big open tarmac with staff cars parked in it to get to the
front door."
OK, it's Election Day, it's too late for an October Surprise.
What does that mean?
Diebold pops up first. The Fascist bastards are going to lose
trillions of dollars
plus their freedom if we get subpoena power, you can bet the House
that it's
not going to happen - but what have we missed?
Since I have no brains, no staff and no time to research, I guess from
the gut.
My guess is with that last Tort-Leg they just passed, there is wording
in there that
Bush and his thugs can never be held liable for anything no matter
what, forever.
That gives them the legal freedom to retire to become The Boys
from Brazil
with the $300M they stole from under our noses every day for
over three years.
They have trillions in the Kuwait safety deposit bank - so they just
don't care.
They have more money than any crooks in Earth's history, so they can
retire to
their private country and let the world around them crumble - because
thay can afford it.
(me again)
i think he could well be correct.dubya and his cronies have asset stripped america.
pretty much bankrupted it.
sent the youth of the less well off to fight for their profits.
and changed all the laws so they are beyond prosecution.
you have to admire their gall in getting away with it.
leaving only an ex CIA employee (saddam) and a dumb ass poodle to carry the can.
sorry to be ranting so much.
i will now embrace futility and retire to watch watch my TV.
no nasty thots on my TV.
that nasty foreign man is going to be hanged.
hurrah for dubya,he is like a Power Texas Ranger.
he has saved the world
mission accomplished.
Quotes
"Imagine a world in which these extremists
and radicals got control of energy resources."
-- America's self-styled Fuhrer, Link
Yeah, George, that happened in 1974, remember?
And your family crawled into bed with those extremists.
Your dad is a registered lobbyist for
those extremists.
You are a lying son of a bitch, and I choose my
words carefully.
magazine | This “David Johansen” you keep referring to, most people today would know him under his new stage persona, “Buster Pointdexter.” According to legend, things have been pretty spotty between you two. | ||
Sylvain  | Johansen was probably the most popular out of all of the NY Dolls. He's up there singing. He's the frontman. But him leading the band was self-appointed. He was not the leader, but he took it on like that, and his fame got bigger, and his ego matched it. He really believed everything that they said about him. We [the whole band] were staying at Jerry Nolan's mother's house, and Johansen was getting lushy drunk. He was sort of an abusive drunk. He would tell you that you didn't matter, and he was the singer, and he could go on his own, and he didn't need your hang-ups and your bullshit. Basically, he said that to us one day after dinner, and Johnny and Jerry, after they heard they could be replaced again and again, just walked out. And I drove them to the airport.
|
"I had been promised that my remarks
would not be published before the election."
--
Richard Perle, on his anti-Bush remarks in Vanity Fair,
Link
First, you trusted America's whore press?
Second, why did you want Bush to be free to bungle
and kill
another 2800 soldiers with no oversight
for the next two years?
(from bartcop.com)
Needless to say, Diebold has attempted
to rebut these findings. To a layperson, however, the strangest thing
of all is the refusal by both manufacturers and electoral officials to
implement the one measure that would restore faith - a simple
requirement that every machine produces a paper trail that can be used
for subsequent checking.
This reluctance is so irrational as to
make one wonder if there really is something going on. At a recent
Cambridge symposium on Iraq, one of the panellists was a former senior
member of George Bush Senior's administration. A student began a
question with the words 'When George W Bush won the 2000 election...'.
The panellist interrupted him. 'If he won the election,' he said,
smiling sardonically.
Stay tuned...
(more)
http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,,1939832,00.htmlSome people have compared it to
Hitler's publication of Mein Kampf, which was ignored until after the war was over.
