A lifeguard A government employee? Fits right in with jihad, doesn't it? in Santa Barbara, Calif., is recovering Wednesday after being attacked by a sea lion in the waters off El Capitan State Beach.
Officials said Jim West was bitten three times Monday while he swam about 50 yards offshore. West needed about 30 stitches after the attack.
"He's lucky," Bitten hard enough to require 30 stitches is "lucky?" I'll remain "unlucky," thank you. witness Eric Gatti said. "He was lucky to be alive. If he wasn't swimming, and he wasn't a lifeguard, he might have been cut up more."
Beachgoers have now been warned to steer clear of sea lions. And sharks, and rip-tides, and tar globules, and storm drain runoff, and... To think I actually used to surf there.
"What are the chances of that happening again?" beach visitor Holly Hopkins said. "I mean you never hear about that happening. Sharks, yeah, but not sea lions."
Authorities say there have only been about 10 sea lions attacks on humans along the West Coast in the last century.
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The "Food Chain" thingy seems to be a bit jumbled lately. Prolly cuz of all this ubersensitivity / PETA BS. I like it at the top. I think I'll stay there - and kill anything that fucks with me.
Darwinian measures should be applied. Future generations of these confused species will eschew shallow waters, if done correctly.
A teenage girl was rescued after being found fast asleep on the arm of a crane 130ft above the ground, police have confirmed. A passer-by spotted the sleepwalker curled up on top of a concrete counterweight and called emergency services. The girl, 15, who has not been identified, apparently walked out of her home in Dulwich, south-east London, climbed up the crane and walked across a narrow beam - all in her sleep.
Was she tall and thin with black hair, being chased by a short muscular guy in a sailor suit smoking a pipe?
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I saw this once on The Three Stooges except they were hypnotized...
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Apparently they never looked at economics. Look at ancient times when gold and silver was used. When a rich mine, or plunder came back and suddenly everyone had gold, prices went through the roof. Then when the gold was gone, people starved. I think the same princible would apply in real money.
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I don't know which is dumber, mistaking $1 billion for $1 (by saying that $1 billion can be given to each of 6 billion people, which would be $6 quintillion or $6e18) or thinking that giving everyone $1 would be meaningful.
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Hell, I remember when McGovern was gonna give everybody a hundred bucks back in '72. Or was it a million? Well, it was a long time ago and we all know how George ended up...
You needen't go back to ancient times. Look at what hap[pened to Spain when they only got gold and silver from the new Hispanosphere. And Britain got no gold or silver, but the Anglosphere.
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Nah, she's not going to fall for that one again. And she found out about the recall notice on her new car, the one where they needed to replace the master cylinder. Sigh, a guy just can't get a break.
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A male gorilla attacked and bit an intern But enough about Clinton ... *rimshot*
keeper Tuesday morning at Lincoln Park Zoo after another apparent breakdown of safety protocols placed her in an outdoor gorilla exhibit while the animals were present. Zoo officials blamed the gorilla attack on "human error" but said they have not determined whether the intern, a 32-year-old woman, or one or more of her colleagues was to blame. Last September, in another incident attributed to human error, a female keeper was seriously injured when two lions mauled her in their outdoor exhibit. The intern, whom zoo officials declined to identify, was not seriously injured when she was attacked shortly before 10 a.m. by Kwan, the 16-year-old silverback leader of a small troop that includes himself and three adult females. "Kwan exhibited behavior common to dominant males, shoving the woman down and mouthing her on the left side of her back," the zoo said in a statement.
"C'mere, baby! Gimme a little cootch!"
"During the encounter, [the intern] received a puncture wound on the left side of her back and a twisted ankle." The incident took place in the moated yard of the largest of three publicly viewable habitats at the Regenstein Center for African Apes, which opened to the public a year ago last week. Zoo officials are trying to piece together what events led to the intern being in the ape yard while Kwan's group was there, said zoo spokeswoman Kelly McGrath. The attack, she said, was over in moments. The intern yelled that she was under attack,
"Unhand me, you beast!"
and another keeper sounded an alarm, but by then Kwan and the three females had moved into their indoor exhibit space, McGrath said. Keepers shut the access doors to keep the apes away from the intern, and she limped to safety on her own. "The injuries were really minor," said McGrath, adding that the intern "was even making little jokes about it right after it happened."
"So there I was, being mauled by a horny gorilla, so I sez..."
Here we have a pretty good example of how even a fairly "out there" conspiracy theory can serve enemy interests
Assalamu aleikum. Luddites, Islamos, and Tin-foilers.
My, my, our Lord Rove's efforts to concentrate all enemy forces on one issue, the easier to recognize and exreminate them, is a smashing success.
The arrogantly named "Rods from God" weapons from space weapons of mass destruction "WMD" program (see the second article below) is well underway and has received a substantial boost from the successful trial attack on comet Tempel-1. Rather than supporting a claim, the tin-foilist authority typically simply invites the reader to conclude that it is an establishe fact.
Capping a series of other recent planetary death weapons tests such as the failed space mirror test conducted by the Planetary Society, the NASA probe "Deep Impact" provided military observers with significant data and analysis concerning the proper design for kinetic energy weapons configured to slam into an Earth ground target, releasing an explosion similar to an atomic weapon but without the radiation. Obviously Islamos and Moonbat nihilists are worried about this. Good.
Yep, a smashing success.
For further research on "Rods from God" go here. RfG is a well-established and credible idea and has run through a number of specific projects over the years.
For other recent space weapons research commentary from the Islamic community, go here, here and here.
These crimes against all humanity are committed and recorded in broad daylight before a world public that is so stupefied by Hollywood imagery that it does not see the steady progression towards the weaponization of space. The world does not see the forest, because
there are too many trees in the way.
Please note that 2 articles follow:
*Americans must resist war being extended to heavens
*The Rods from God Obviously if I wanted to test a weapon for use against ground targets on the Earth, I would spend months and many additional millions sending it halfway across the solar system to run into a comet of quite different composition at several times the speed. The alternative, to crash it into a ground target on the Earth, might seem plausible, but only to those who fail to understand the nefarious subtleties of the Rovian mindset.
The Planetary Society, btw, is a private organization and has grounds for a libel suit here if they want to pursue it.
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I am looking forward to private citizens and space pirates acquiring this capability, the better to hold the UN at bay when private enterprise moves into space.
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Shouldn't be to hard---all it takes is the energy to get it up there, and then to nudge it in out of orbit.
Escape velocity in reverse, with fins for guidance and a hell of a punch.
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With a reasonably autonomous or perhaps mobile presence on the Moon; and a fairly small amount of the right technology, all of it available to civilians; a handful of people could essentially hold the world hostage. This scenario, seen in many a sci-fi story, is moving into the realm of sober reality a lot faster than many realize.
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July 4, 2015
A voice speaks from the Moon, in Arabic:
"Attention ummah. You have one week to disband all jihadi organizations, and surrender their members to the relevant authorities, dead or alive, or the Grand Mosque becomes a reeking crater."
(Voice switches to French)
"Attention, EU bureaucrats, we have a list of 613 repulsive imans currently resident in the European community. You have 3 days to hand them over to the Russian Army Veteran's Association; or shoot them yourselves, as you like; or the 4th Arrondisement goes up in flames."
(switches to English)
"Attention Berkeley city council....Oh, to hell with it. LAUNCH NOW!"
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When the Kaaba mysteriously vaporizes, then will you know the true extent of the Rods from God program.
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There is no conspiracy, we are going to seize control of space, we will have the ability to annihilate any foe, we will stand victorious.
What's the conspiracy? We openly admit aspirations for space based weapons, a conspiracy implies a secretive aspect to ones plans. Once again for those of you who still don't get it: Fuck with us and die..........
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Those of us ancient enough might remember one of the mantras of the 60's - he who controls space (or he moon) controls the world. That's one of the reasons we hadda get to the moon before the commies - otherwise they'd use missles or orbital platforms to destroy us.
Ironic, isn't it? Now the Russians are taking us to the Space Station, 'cuz our taxi (Shuttle) is broke.
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the NASA probe "Deep Impact" provided military observers with significant data and analysis concerning the proper design for kinetic energy weapons configured to slam into an Earth ground target, releasing an explosion similar to an atomic weapon but without the radiation.
Hello? Kinetic energy weapons don't need a lot of design, being your basic "big rock" type of system. Just get 'em through re-entry and onto target, the rest takes care of itself, thanks to Mr. Newton.
I last heard of this scheme under the name "Thor", by the way. Hammer of the gods, and all that. Supposed to be a tactical weapon against armor formations, as I recall. But I believe better systems are available now, that don't involve the problems of re-entry. Google "Brilliant Anti-Tank" (BAT)
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Just imagine, a football field sized rock slamming into Mecca at Mach 7, leaving a 1,000 foot wide crater, everything within a mile flattened, mmmmmmmm....
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The IslamaPropagandists are laying the ground work for the highly remote unlikelihood of a large meteor that comes into the earths atmosphere with a hard on for mucchka and crashes staight into it. Uh.., I mean, crashes right into the holy city of mucchka, and lays waste to the sukkuh. And it will be more than Bush's fault. No divine retribution here, uh uh! No way! it was a plot!. A Rovian conspiritorial plot! By crackie!
Thank heavens Hollywood came to the rescue years ago by showing us in the movie about meteors, that meteors are not the sort of something that is man made, but something where the good guys, using science, could take out the big one, and only the smaller one might get through and destroy Paris, in a compleetetely ramdom, unpredestined way. I mean everyone in the world watches Hollywood movies on cable don't they? /sarcasm off
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And remember, Dok to your Talkter about new flexium, it can help you get out of the way of a speeding meteor, and heal the damage if it doesn't, or something like that. As I said, dok to your Talkter
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Now if we could just take the state of Massachussetts and slam it into something at 40,000 MPH........
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Teddy has enough mass, although getting him up to speed will take a lot of thrust.
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Jeebus 'orrible thought. It was then Rep, now Sen Nelson and who else? Hatch? Riding the political shuttle wave.... can you imagine fat Teddy on that sucker. It could have happened in theory. Drifting thru the flight deck.... LOL!
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Damnit! Who keeps telling this guy all of our secret plans???
Mr. Fibble is very cross!
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Bobby,
like this? ...
These images show a completely fictional on-orbit anti-satellite weapons system (ca. 1967) comprising a Blue Gemini ship and an armed OSP (Orbital Supply Platform). The OSP holds kinetic "space torpedoes" and provisions for extended missions.
Of course you view some of that old stuff from both sides at DeepCold
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True, Mucky, thus giving each other Polio and AIDS (yes, I know it doesn't spread well via saliva, but take enough chances and it'll get through), and losing the war for Planet Earth just as Allah obviously intended.
Anti-rape campaigners in South Africa are outraged about a new invention intended to catch rapists.
I thought they said they were anti-rape campaigners?
The device, designed for a woman to insert, attaches itself to a rapist and has to be surgically removed.
It's a cross between a chinese handcuff and an iron maiden.
I believe they're known as "vagina dentata"...
Its inventor says this will help in the prosecution of the rapist. Critics say the invention represents a return to the days of the chastity belt.
A friggin' chastity belt that acts like a Venus fly trap.
Does that mean that once it's in, the lady can't take it out?
Some 1.5 million rapes occur in South Africa each year - one of the highest rates in the world. "This is a medieval instrument, based on male-hating notions and fundamentally misunderstands the nature of rape and violence against women in this society," said Charlene Smith, one of South Africa's most prominent campaigners against rape.
Charlene is an academic feminist, not a practical one.
Sounds to me like they've got a pretty good handle on the nature of rape and violence against women. It sounds like she's just not happy with the idea of it having any consequences...
"It is vengeful, horrible, and disgusting. The woman who invented this needs help."
And the rapists need a .38 vasectomy.
Or to have his doinker gnawed...
The inventor of the device, Sonette Ehlers insisted she did not hate men.
Though there are a few she clearly doesn't like.
"Something needs to be done, and women are crying out for me to go ahead," she told the BBC's World Today programme. Ms Ehlers has patented the tampon-sized device, and expects it to go on sale next month. Lisa Vetten, of the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) said it was "a terrifying thought that women are being made to adapt to rape by wearing these devices".
Not as terrifying as being raped, from what many rape victims say.
It's a terrifying thought that the gummint doesn't consider it important enough to deal with it, too...
Ms Ehlers's critics argue that it would be better to educate men not to rape in the first place, rather than just to catch them after the deed.
Oh, that'll work, I'm sure...
'Educate' men? The sure way is to hang the first few perpetrators. The other men in town then get 'educated'.
But the inventor insisted: "I'm not an educator - I will go for those they can't educate."
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talk about a snapper..just think of all the innocent guys who are gonna get *clamped* with this unit, when all the gal has to say is "sorry honey, I forgot to take it out!"
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One will need an equivalent of a minesweeper before entering the Mines of Moria.
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Lol, Bobbit, snapper, and minesweeper... off to a good start, lol!
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This is a solution with real teeth, one that will clamp down on the problem and nip it in the bud.
*SHUDDER*
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How is it "man-hating" to want rapists to suffer, painfully, for their crime?
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How is it "man-hating" to want rapists to suffer, painfully, for their crime
Because it involves women taking matters into their own "hands" and not relying on the state to do it for them.
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It's funny isn't it? Liberals are the same all over the world, they bitch and moan about society's problems but fight like a dog to keep anyone from making any headway on them. Almost like they would be completely marginalized if the problems didn't exist. Being a liberal asspipe has its pittfalls, and making effective strides against criminals definately seems to be one of the universal ones.
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Great Idea! But not sure what the ladies will think about such an item. I bet it will curb the rapes after the first couple of screaming men are convicted.
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This lady thinks it's a wonderful idea. And even though my vison corrects to about 20/35 at best, South Africa is not a place I would be happy wandering about (or even sitting home drinking tea) unarmed. Whoever comes too close will just have to take the chance that what I miss will be him. And after that, the Chastity Thingy (dum, dum, dum). Not likely to happen though, which is just as well because Mr. Wife only sings when he's happy, and I can't imagine him happy with the idea of me armed and using it. ;-)
A Russian man who tried to sit for university entrance exams for his sister was caught because his breasts were too big. According to website Annanova.com , the young man was not admitted to the entry exam for Moscow State University's journalism department, reports Interfax. Yasen Zasursky, dean of the journalism department, said security staff paid particular attention to a girl with bright makeup and "especially outstanding feminine features".
A thorough check revealed that the girl was in fact a young man trying to pose as a girl to pass the exam for his sister. The dean said that security were especially suspicious because the applicant's breasts were of "incomparable proportions". They thought that cheat notes could be hidden inside her clothing. However, it turned out that the breasts were fake. The young man was barred from the entry exam and his sister was also struck off the university entrant list for cheating, says the website.
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If only his sister had been accepted at Berkeley, he would have been in like Flynn. All incoming male Freshmen and staff are psycho-neutered rendering them incapable of looking below the nose (ring).
President Bush collided with a local police officer and fell during a bike ride on the grounds of the Gleneagles golf resort while attending a meeting of world leaders Wednesday. Bush suffered "mild to moderate" scrapes on his hands and arms that required bandages by the White House physician, said White House spokesman Scott McClellan. The accident occurred on asphalt, McClellan said. It was raining lightly at the time, and Bush was wearing a helmet. Police said the officer suffered a "very minor" ankle injury. The officer was on a security detail. He is a member of the police department of Strathclyde, McClellan said. The president talked with the officer to make sure he was all right, and also asked White House physician Richard Tubb to monitor the officer's condition at the hospital.
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You see, Skeery? This is how both a President and a normal person acts. You demonstrated how a spoiled arrogant elitist brat acts. I hope they're both okay and already mending - it would be Bush's desire to go cycling with the officer again before he leaves. Getting back on the horse, so to speak. It's what grown-ups do. He'll prolly invite him to the Whithouse. It's what nice people do.
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A bit too obvious....
really a bit too obvious.
But nice try anyway.
We'll retaliate with a EU directive that requires Boeing planes to stock Bavarian beer.
And flight attendants in short skirts.
And a pony. We want a pony, too.
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As much as I'm not a fan of the A380, I don't see the point of this. It's bad enough that there's a potential for a huge loss of life in a 747 mishap (think Air India, or the Mt. Otsuka crash), a crash of a fully-loaded A380 would have the potential to be absolutely mind-boggling. But if airlines want to gamble on this, let them.
By Emma Ross-Thomas
PAMPLONA, Spain (Reuters) - Hundreds of protesters, some wearing just thongs and plastic bull horns, marched through Pamplona Tuesday to protest against the centuries-old running of the bulls, Spain's best known fiesta. Plastic bull horns, huh? Wonder where they were worn.
Each morning during the week-long San Fermin festival, six bulls are set loose on an 825-meter (yard) course through the city's cobbled streets leading to the bull ring where they face a bullfighter's sword in an evening fight. A Bugs Bunny Cartoon keeps running in my head.
Hundreds of adrenalin and alcohol-fueled aficionados crowd the course to follow the tradition of running with the half ton beasts. There is not enough alcohol on the planet to get me to be chased by a bull.
But protesters say tradition is not a justification.
"It's wrong to kill and its certainly wrong to torture," said Stella of Wales's Cynwyl Elfed, a woman in her seventies wearing just knickers and strategically placed tape. "It is really sick to enjoy torture." I agree, it's wrong to kill the bulls and it's wrong to torture. PLEASE put your clothes back on!
Tens of thousands of tourists, particularly the United States and Australia, come each year to the July 6-14 festival made famous by Ernest Hemingway's 1920s tale of passion and drinking "The Sun also Rises."
Local authorities do not allow protesters to march naked, as they did once in 2002. This year many wore only their underwear, and many had slogans written across their buttocks in temporary tattoos and painted mottos on each other in body paint. What? No bullseyes?
The protest's organizers -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) -- said 700 marched. Police said there were 500 to 600. In addition to being pains in the arse, PETA can't count.
Australian veterinarian Andrew Knight, who came to Pamplona from Perth for the protest, wore just a thong and running shoes. Please, people, naked protesting is rather obscene to most of us.
"Bullfighting is one of the last public festivals involving pure public cruelty in the world," the 34-year-old said.
Banners in several languages called for bullfighting to be banned. When protesters reached the bull ring they called a minute of silence for the bulls which would die this week.
Dozens of locals in Pamplona, a more conservative city than many parts of Spain, lined the route to see the march, some in support, others were against it."If I were in the police's position, I wouldn't allow it," Francisco, a 60 year old retired resident of Pamplona said. "What does she think she's doing?" he said, pointing to a nearly bare protester.
"There are lots of small children about." "They are scarred for life." Not safe for work.
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Release the hounds bulls.
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It would be the right moment to release the bulls. Pity that thongs (and balls swinging) ttend to slow the runner
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I raise cattle, when I'm not busy Inflicting democracy on the innocent, unsuspecting Iraquis fighting terrorists. Anybody who is dumb enough to get chased like this when they don't have to deserves whatever happens to them.
If you are in a position where you have to be chased by a bull (i.e. a stockyard or a corral), you have my sympathy. Been there, done that.
OTOH, I do think that lethal bull fighting (with the skewers in the shoulders and the swords and all that) is barbaric in the extreme. I much prefer the non-lethal variety, or bull riding at the rodeo.
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sum tradishens need to go.
think clintonrectomees, stoneeng, an killin animals for entertaynment.
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I hope the "tradition" of stripping down doesn't go... of course, as noted here recently, the ones who strip at these idiot shows are precisely the people we'd prefer not to see naked. It would have more "impact" if they lined up and wore numbers, then the crowd, by voice acclamation, would decide who strips. Then your stunts might actually be popular - unless ALL of you wanking asstards are as ugly as you are stupid. That would be a serious handicap for your "cause". Thank you for your attention.
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I'm already sick of the miserable bastards in the office moaning that Londoners' taxes will go up to pay for this and that the British can't do anything anymore so we shouldn't try.
OK, I'm really worried this is going to be expensive but I'll gladly pay extra tax as the legacy for my children and my country will be superb. Bring it on. (Oh, and the showjumping is in my local park! Giddy-up!)
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Congrats, UK Rantburgers!
(I know your taxes will go up, but maybe contemplating Chirac's sour expression at being a LOSER again will make it a little less painful. :-D)
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Bwahahahaha. Congrats to our UK friends. Dibs on Howard's couch so's I can watch the ponies! ;-)
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Can't wait to hear how Chirac explains too the French how the English took another victory from them.
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"You can't trust people who cook as badly as that. After Finland, it's the country with the worst food." Jacques Chirac.
The punchline? I heard on the radio that two of the judges were Finnish. Chirac may have killed Paris's chances with his comment. [UPDATE: A little more from the radio: apparently, Paris actually was the favorite before Chirac opened his mouth]. (Thanks to Instapundit for the previous.)
I'm not sure if I should congratulate you or offer sympathy, Bulldog and Howard. I certainly hope everything goes well for you. I got to go to a few things when the Olympics was held in Atlanta. The kyaking event was actually held on the Ocoee River in Tennessee, not too far from here.
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What could the French expect with Chirac calling to vote YES?
Seriously, perhaps a couple Eastern Europe voters remembered the part when Chirac told Eastern Europe countries to shut up. Perhaps, they would have voted for France if Chirac had stayed in France instead of going to Singapore and making a speech before the Olympicv assembly. But no he had to go, open his clap and remind them that if France got elected Chirac would get a political victory.
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Did anyone hear the Kevin James & Mike Mendoza talk show last night, simulcast in Los Angeles & London?
They were trying to out French joke one another -
Saying anyone but Paris for the olympics...
It was halarious. Jaq She-rack sould have kept his mouth shut...
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1. How will they be able to host the Pentathlon and shooting events since guns are outlawed?
2. How will they be able to run women's track & field since by 2012 England will have adopted a "let's every one wear a Burka to prevent insulting Islam" law?
Authorities in Pamplona have painted a special non-slip coat on to the streets where the city's annual bull-runs start today, in an effort to reduce the number of people gored or trampled. The half-mile (848-metre) route to the city's bullring, down which six bulls will run every morning for the next eight days, has been coated with an acid-based product designed to stop bulls and runners from falling over. "It is there, above all, for the bulls, so they do not fall as they go around the corners," a spokeswoman for the city said.
Couldn't the bulls just wear cleats?
Sixteen people were gored by bulls and 40 others needed hospital treatment last year during the runs held to mark Pamplona's patron saint, San Fermin. Fifteen people, including an American student, have died over the past century.
Experienced runners have already tested the new surface, which is meant to increase the number of tiny pores on the street. "The grip is much better," said Miguel Leza, a veteran of 26 fiestas. Other runners were worried that, instead of falling over, they now ran the risk of twisting their ankles.
That seems to be the lesser of the worries here, but I'm not faster than a stampeding bull.
Yolanda Barcina, the mayor of Pamplona, said she hoped the surface would prevent the sort of dangerous pile-ups that occur when the bulls turn into Estafeta street. Bulls often end up in a heap there, crashing into the barriers and squashing any runners who get in the way.
"We had traffic tied up there all day. The evening rush-hour was a mess!"
The dazed, angry bulls that get up afterwards are doubly dangerous, especially if they lose contact with the rest of the herd.
Sounds like me after a college bender.
The event will start with the traditional midday chupinazo that marks the beginning of a round of frenzied drinking. It was unclear whether the non-slip surface would reduce injuries from the San Fermin fiesta's most dangerous activity - falling over drunk.
A drunk bull is a dangerous bull.
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From what I've heard, the running of the bulls is a lot like Mardi Gras these days. Originally, it had cultural significance for the local participants. But now, it's just an attractor for a bunch of asshats from elsewhere to have a party and show off how cool they are.
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When you run down a cobblestone street, chased by a hoard of bulls who have been tormented to insanity, there are obvious ramifications. I don't see how you could make this totally safe, next thing you know, Spain will make a law that you have to wear a helmet or something. Wouldn't that be something to see. I tend to forget, from time to time, that spain is smack dab in the middle of Europe .
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"Everyone who roots for the bulls raise their hand."
Lol, Ship! But not all at once, please - you'll cause a wobble in Earth's rotation. Wha? There already is a wobble? So, um, mebbe we can help out - what time would be best?
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National Jersies! Pamplona needs to revert to the old FIA color classification system! Shit this would be huge!
British Racing Green = Hummmm.... UK participants
White = German participants
Red = Scuderia Italia
Blue & White = US fools
Orange = Netherlands
Yello = France (really as I recall the old system)
Espana = Yello & Red (home team allowed sonsor jersies)
The French interior minister, Nicholas Sarkozy, sounded the death knell for the 50-year-old Franco-German alliance yesterday and suggested instead a core group of six European states.
Mr Sarkozy, who is a potential candidate for the French presidency in 2007 and who has fraught relations with the president, Jacques Chirac, said the Franco-German alliance was no longer practical in an EU of 25 states. "In a Europe of six members, the engine was obviously Franco-German," Mr Sarkozy told Europe 1 radio. "A Europe of 25 needs an engine of five at first and probably six, with Poland." The others would be Britain, Spain and Italy.
Not that the Brits would be allowed to lead anything.
Mr Sarkozy said the large countries in Europe had a responsibility to lead. "Countries of 40, 60 or 80 million inhabitants count for more in Europe than countries with a few 100,000 inhabitants."
He was speaking at a meeting of interior ministers in Evian. He made his comments as Mr Chirac was attending the Olympics meeting in Singapore. The president remains wedded to the Franco-German alliance, but Mr Sarkozy's model for Europe is closer to what the British government would like. A British government source described Mr Sarkozy's comments as "interesting from a senior French politician". The source was reluctant to go further for fear of inflaming Mr Chirac on the eve of his arrival in Britain for the G8 summit, but noted that Mr Sarkozy was only voicing what was already fast becoming reality: extensive contact and discussion between the biggest EU states.
A French government source sought to play down the significance of the interior minister's remarks. He said: "He is saying the Franco-German alliance is essential but not exclusive."
So the French are willing to sleep around.
In the interview, Mr Sarkozy said that he valued France's alliance, but it was not enough to lead the enlarged EU. He was chairing a meeting of the Group of Five EU interior ministers, comprising Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Spain. He suggested that such a group, with the addition of Poland, could become the "engine" of integration.
It is not the first time, nor the first subject, on which Mr Sarkozy has publicly broken ranks with France's leader. In June, Mr Sarkozy, who opposes Turkey joining the EU, announced that future enlargement had to be suspended, and that European politics had to be "rethought and recast".
At the same time he questioned the Franco-German axis, saying it was not strong enough to pull Europe. His view is that France should be strengthening its ties with other European countries, including Britain, Poland and Italy, and even repairing cross-Atlantic links with the US that were damaged by the Iraq war. This approach is diametrically opposed to that of Mr Chirac, who, even before the great falling out with Washington on Iraq, preferred to cosy up to Germany and remain aloof from the US.
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Our Man in Paris. But:
"Countries of 40, 60 or 80 million inhabitants count for more in Europe than countries with a few 100,000 inhabitants."
Do I hear Ben Franklin screaming "bicameral legislature, you idiots"?
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The EU will never be a source or catalyst of integration as long as local Govts and their constituents refuse to acknowledge and empower a higher Federalist or other form of extra-State governance. "Til then, its just a glorified wannabe confederatist trade org like the ECM/EEC, in duplicative competition with itself, moreso iff large Nation-States, separate or in coalition, refuse to accept any form of parity andor power-sharing with smaller ones. DOn't go in expecting to be an automatic power bloc and big cheese before learning whether your new economies-of-scale vv "integration" can supp your nation's ambitions.
Gee, and here I thought JM was using the standard abreviation in mathematical logic for "if and only if".
As in, "that correction is accurate if, and only if, (iff) he intended to leave open the possibility that the condition expressed is necessary but not sufficient."
There's also "identify friend/foe" but I'm pretty sure that's not what JM meant ....
Senate Judiciary Committee member Chuck Schumer got busy plotting away on the cellphone aboard a Washington, DC-New York Amtrak -- plotting Democrat strategy for the upcoming Supreme Court battle.
Schumer promised a fight over whoever the Presidentâs nominee was: âIt's not about an individual judge⊠It's about how it affects the overall makeup of the court.â
The chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee was overheard on a long cellphone conversation with an unknown political ally, and the DRUDGE REPORT was there!
Schumer proudly declared: âWe are contemplating how we are going to go to war over this.â
Schumer went on to say how hard it was to predict how a Supreme Court justice would turn out: âEven William Rehnquist is more moderate than they expected. The only ones that resulted how they predicted were [Antonin] Scalia and [Ruth Bader] Ginsburg. So most of the time they've gotten their picks wrong, and that's what we want to do to them again.â
Schumer later went on to mock the âGang of 14â judicial filibuster deal and said it wasnât relevant in the Supreme Court debate.
âA Priscilla Owen or Janice Rogers Brown style appointment may not have been extraordinary to the appellate court but may be extraordinary to the Supreme Court.â
By the time the train hit New Jersey, Schumer shifted gears and called his friend and âGang of 14â member, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham.
The two talked in a very friendly manner about doing an event sometime this week together.
Note to DhimmiDonk Senators: the "filibuster" is not a right. It's nowhere to be found in the Constitution. It is was a "parliamentary" courtesy, generously offered to those who wish wished to courteously dissent by temporarily delaying the eventual will of the Senate majority in an up or down vote.
The Constitution does, however, clearly give the majority the power to call for and conduct that vote - with or without minority consent.
Go ahead, abuse it one more time. I dare you.
Time to get NUKED.
In 20 or 30 years, I'll wager the Moonbat genome will be mapped. Senators and Congresscritters alike will curse your names and demand DNA tests be added to political office filing papers - to prove the potential candidate isn't one of your type or progeny.
Will Collier of Vodkapundit.com did more background on Forest City Enterprises, Inc. Read it and see if you are as pissed as I am. Suddenly, all the NYT and democratic approval of the Kelo ruling makes sense.
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Incest. Greed. Shady dealings. Political whoring. MSM complicity.
Toss in some sex, not with Pelosi, please, I'm going to make dinner in a short while, and you'd have all the sordid components req'd for a made-for-TV movie. But, of course, since it's the BDS / MSM / Moonbat alliance, not a peep will be heard except, as noted in a comment, here in the blogosphere and on talk radio.
President Bush has named former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson to help shepherd his yet-to-be named Supreme Court nominee through the Senate, White House spokesman Scott McClellan said Wednesday. Thompson, a Republican and actor on the NBC television series "Law & Order," agreed to accept the post in a telephone conversation with the president on Monday, McClellan said. He said Thompson would serve as an informal adviser to shepherd the nomination through the Senate. "Senator Thompson will guide the nominee through the confirmation process," McClellan said.
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor surprised Washington last Friday by announcing her retirement from the high court after 24 years, giving Bush his first opportunity to name a new justice. Court watchers were expecting such an announcement from Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, who is 80 and afflicted with thyroid cancer.
Thompson, 62, retired from the Senate in 2002 to pursue an acting career. He has appeared in the movies "The Hunt for Red October," "Cape Fear," and "In the Line of Fire." He was elected to the Senate in 1994 to serve out the term of Democrat Al Gore, and was easily re-elected in 1996. He retired in 2002. Thompson was a member of the Judiciary Committee, which will hold confirmation hearings on the eventual nominee.
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., said his former colleague has a "profound understanding" of judiciary matters and is known for a "no-nonsense style." "Fred is a well-respected leader admired on both sides of the political aisle as someone who is fair-minded and straightforward," Frist said in a statement. "He is experienced in the ways of Washington and will undoubtedly provide valuable insight and counsel throughout the confirmation process."
Ed Gillespie, former Republican National Committee chairman, also will help the administration push Bush's nominee. He is expected to help with strategy, lobbying and news media relations.
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What? They're expecting a fight?
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Judging from this, I would say yes. The dems are goint to the mat over this and if the republicans buckle, I don't know of too many people around the blogasphere that are willing to give this government many more chances to protect and restore our constitution. We may have to do it ourselves. I swore an oath to protect and defend the constitution, and I still believe in that pledge. Against all enemies, foreign and domestic.
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President Bush better plan this one like a moonshot. Get the person with the best credentials and background, fits the requirement of using the Constitution for a basis of the law, get support in Congress cranked up, and get a heavy-duty informational proactive campaign cranked up.
This is going for the last bit of power that the LLL Dems have, and that is legislation by judicial fiat. This is war. Not shootin' war, but war anyway. So the President better stick to his guns.
The President has one chance to get it right. The Dems will not be accommodating unless the candidate fits their requirements. And that ain't gonna happen.
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Mostly rehash of old news, edited for new details:On Saturday, Rove's attorney said that Rove spoke with Cooper during the critical period in July 2003, just after Wilson's piece appeared, when reporters were calling the White House to ask questions about Wilson's assertions. But he said that Rove did not reveal Plame's identity and that Fitzgerald has assured him Rove is not a target of the investigation.
Fitzgerald may learn more details from Cooper's notes. Sources close to the investigation say there is evidence in some instances that some reporters may have told government officials -- not the other way around -- that Wilson was married to Plame, a CIA employee.
At a lunch meeting yesterday with Washington Post reporters and editors, Rove declined to answer questions about the Plame case.
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I dont think they need to worry much. Most of the funds will be skimmedpoured guzzled down into graft and corruption before it ever gets even close to the real people who need it.
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People want real progress in Africa? Get rid of the dictators, democratize the area, free market economy, private property rights, free trade agreements. Simple. Unfortunately, the LLL screams we are forceing our "values" on them, even though the LLL forces their socialism on a failed continent. Like the hypocracy?
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"The waterborne disease remains endemic in only six countries -- Afghanistan, Egypt, India, Niger, Nigeria and Pakistan -- with vaccinations driving down the number of cases from 350,000 in 1988 to a few thousand in recent years.
But a handful of African and Middle Eastern nations have reported being reinfected following a brief boycott on polio vaccines in Nigeria. It was prompted by radical Muslim clerics who claimed the vaccine had been contaminated by US agents."
Last two paragraphs. I'm not surprised that polio is making a comeback because of ignorant clerics or that these facts are relegated to the end of the article.
I wonder if the carriers of this disease are Jihads traveling between these countries.
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Polio is believed to have returned to Indonesia via Saudi Arabia, either through migrant workers or Islamic pilgrims returning from Mecca, who may have passed on a strain of the virus originating in Nigeria.
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"..It was prompted by radical Muslim clerics who claimed the vaccine had been contaminated by US agents."
That's not what I read. Many articles I read said that Islamic clerics claimed that the vaccine was really a U.S. plot to sterilize its recipients (read: MUSLIMS). This bullshit about clerics objecting due to the vaccine being "contaminated" is a lie.
FRANKFURT, Germany - German and U.S. scientists have launched a project to reconstruct the Neanderthal genome, the Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology said Wednesday.
The project, which involves isolating genetic fragments from fossils of the prehistoric beings who originally inhabited Europe, is being carried out at the Leipzig-based institute.
"The project is very new and is just at its beginning," said Sandra Jacob, a spokeswoman for the institute.
U.S. geneticist Edward Rubin, from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, Calif., is also participating in the project.
In an interview with the German weekly Die Zeit, Rubin said the research would amount to more than just a spectacular display of science.
"Firstly, we will learn a lot about the Neanderthals. Secondly, we will learn a lot about the uniqueness of human beings. And thirdly, it's simply cool," Rubin said. Heh, Rubin is my kind of scientist. It is cool, run with it man!
Neanderthals were replaced by modern humans in Europe only between 40,000 and 30,000 years ago.
I know Eddie Rubin. I (occasionally) watch his buildings at the Joint Genome Institute in Walnut Creek, CA (though he spends most of his time at meetings elsewhere).
This is somewhat hyperbole/somewhat fact. They managed to sequence some Cave Bear DNA and they think that might allow them, eventually, to sequence some Neanderthal DNA.
It won't let us clone them currently, however, so nobody get your hopes up about a Neanderthal Jurassic Park.
Admiral James Stockdale died today at age 81. Most people remember Stockdale, if at all, for his performance in the 1992 Vice-Presidential debate with Al Gore and Dan Quayle. At one point Stockdale yielded the floor, confessing that he was "out of ammunition." Many thought the aging veteran a bit odd. But he was one of this country's great military heroes. In his forties, he flew more than 200 missions in Vietnam before he was finally shot down and captured. He was the highest ranking Naval officer captured by the North Vietnamese. Stockdale was imprisoned for more than seven years, four of them in solitary confinement, two in leg irons. But while he was imprisoned in the Hanoi Hilton, he became the leader of the American POWs, devised communications systems, and encouraged resistance to the Communists' propaganda efforts.
For this he was tortured repeatedly. Stockdale was awared the Congressional Medal of Honor. His citation reads, in part:
Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while senior naval officer in the Prisoner of War camps of North Vietnam. Recognized by his captors as the leader in the Prisoners' of War resistance to interrogation and in their refusal to participate in propaganda exploitation, Rear Adm. Stockdale was singled out for interrogation and attendant torture after he was detected in a covert communications attempt. Sensing the start of another purge, and aware that his earlier efforts at self-disfiguration to dissuade his captors from exploiting him for propaganda purposes had resulted in cruel and agonizing punishment, Rear Adm. Stockdale resolved to make himself a symbol of resistance regardless of personal sacrifice. He deliberately inflicted a near-mortal wound to his person in order to convince his captors of his willingness to give up his life rather than capitulate. He was subsequently discovered and revived by the North Vietnamese who, convinced of his indomitable spirit, abated in their employment of excessive harassment and torture toward all of the Prisoners of War. By his heroic action, at great peril to himself, he earned the everlasting gratitude of his fellow prisoners and of his country.
Admiral Stockdale was a student of Greek philosophy and the author of four books. He returned to the Republican Party after his uncharacteristic venture into public life in 1992. Never has anyone displayed more courage in the service of his country. RIP.
If anyone deserves Arlington, Admiral Stockdale does. No matter where he is laid to rest, America needs to remember him.
Mike
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A good man who was robbed of many good years languishing as a POW. When Ross Perot picked him as his running mate I really considered changing parties. Rest in peace Admiral, rest in peace.
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I've read that he taught at Stanford for a while. He did a course in which he used the lessons he learned as a POW to describe how one should live one's life, and how to succeed in different arenas -- business, etc. As I recall from the article, he was a superb lecturer and the classes were packed.
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I remember Dennis Miller saying something to the effect that Admiral Stockdale's sin was that he wasn't good on television. Rest in peace.
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Jim Stockdale was the real deal. Met him once in Dallas - firm handshake, clear eyes, and class to burn. Rest well, sir, you've earned it and you'll be you're already missed.
US cotton subsidies which have fuelled a long-running trade dispute with other countries are to be scrapped, the Bush administration has revealed. The US government will ask Congress to pass legislation to repeal subsidy programmes after the World Trade Organization ruled they were illegal.
The move came on the same day that Brazil threatened to raise tariffs on US imports in retaliation. Poorer countries say US subsidies distort prices and harm competition.
The WTO ruled in March that US support for cotton farmers - which critics claim totalled $2.7bn between 1999 and 2003 - was unfair and gave it until June 30 to take action.
Washington only partly met the deadline but now says it will end the subsidies at the centre of the dispute. Ten year credit guarantees for exporters will be terminated while financial incentives for exporters and millers to buy higher-priced US cotton will be phased out through legislation. Mike Johanns, US agriculture secretary, said the changes would put the US in a stronger position in future global trade negotiations. "By implementing these proposed changes, we are being fully responsive to the WTO decision," he said.
He added that the administration would work closely with Congress to try and secure the legislation later this year.
The US - the world's largest cotton exporter - has been accused of using subsidies to bolster its dominant position in the market. Up to now, it has maintained that its support for farmers falls within approved WTO levels.
Earlier on Tuesday, Brazil said it would seek permission from the WTO to increase duties on some US goods, should attempts at negotiating a solution to the issue fail. "We are asking for retaliation," Paulo Mesquita, Brazil's deputy trade negotiator to the WTO, told Associated Press. "We are following all the procedural steps to preserve our rights."
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I recommend a 'war import tax' on everything, so as not to be identified as picking on any one product or country. Tax waiverable for those actively participating in the WOT [re: Australia, UK, Poland, etc.]
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Even after the stupid subsidies end, US cotton will be 1000% better than the crap that is grown in the rest of the world and will be in high demand for quality cotton wear. I sure as heck will not miss the month of spraying to knock the leaves off every year.
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Not long after God created earth, King Cotton ruled supreme. In Caliphornia Cotton growers benifited mightly from their government subjects. The loyal subjects doled out subsidies to their rulers as needed.. water give aways, no interest loans, tax credits etc...The Cotton growers have always had deep pockets full of cash, not surprisingly you can still find their state & fed friends burrowed waydown deep, busily rooting.
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...and don't be surprised if they find a work around!
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Ending subsidies is a good thing - let the market rule! Now how about the EU ending sugar subsidies? And the Frogs ending farm subsidies in general? *chirp, chirp*
BTW - this is one way to help Africa; lots of cotton grown in the sub-saharan region.
MULTAN: Two people, Muhammad Atiq and Abdul Hafeez, proved their innocence in a murder case by walking on burning embers in Retra, Dera Ghazi Khan. The family of the deceased Muhammad Moosa exonerated them of the murder charge on Monday. " It is our tradition that the accused have to walk on red embers for a specific distance to prove their innocence in murder cases. We believe that fire cannot burn innocent people," Sikhani Union Council Ex-Nazim Khalil Sikhani told reporters on Tuesday.
Try this simple experiment, Khalil: Find something you're innocent of, if there is such a thing, and take a quick walk across some hot coals. See if they burn you. Dumbass.
Dera Ghazi Khan DPO Salman Chaudhry said, "We cannot take any action against any community or tribe for acting upon their customs."
"They're still back there, somewhere in the 13th century. To get 'em out, I think we'd have to blast..."
Moosa was slaughtered in Retra when he was sleeping in front of his shop at night in September 2004. Moosa's family later mentioned five suspects, three of whom proved their innocence two months ago. Atiq and Hafeez however had to pay Rs 15,000 to Moulvi Miandad before walking on the embers.
And you don't think the payoff had anything to do with successfully negotiating the hot coals? Think real hard now...
More than 200 people including the nazim, naib nazim and councillors of the area witnessed the event.
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http://www.theness.com/encyc/firewalking-encyc.html
If they had computers in Multan, they would do 23 seconds of research (like me) and get thousands of websites that would tell them any-ole dickhead can walk on coals (if your nuts are in a sling, it's probably pretty easy) I wonder when the last murder conviction was in this country? We can cure cancers, mental illness, venerial deseases, but there is no cure for chronic dumbass. Sorry about your husband, glad you at least took the money.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
A male gorilla attacked and bit an intern 
Anti-rape campaigners in South Africa are outraged about a new invention intended to catch rapists. 
The French interior minister, Nicholas Sarkozy, sounded the death knell for the 50-year-old Franco-German alliance yesterday and suggested instead a core group of six European states.
