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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Falling banana kills woman
She survived brutal Nazi and Communist regimes to ultimately be brought down by a banana. Slovenian migrant Ivanka Perko died in hospital last week in bizarre circumstances - she suffered complications after she dropped a banana on her leg. Comical to the end, the 73-year-old old quipped to friends and family while on her deathbed: "I can't believe after all this time it was a bloody banana that killed me."

A family friend told The Saturday Daily Telegraph yesterday that Ms Perko - who was treasured by her Blue Mountains community - had been ill for several months with a condition that made her skin delicate and fine. "She had tried to open a banana and dropped it," the friend said. "The pointy end scraped down her leg and she died from complications."

Even her death notice revealed her strange demise, killed by a falling banana. Friends said it was seen as an appropriate end to a unique and fruitful life.

As she was farewelled at St Raphael's Slovenian Catholic Church in Merrylands yesterday, Mrs Perko's only son Izzy Perko told of his mother's colourful migration to Australia, her love of all things Slovenian and her daredevil ways which had never waned. "She escaped Slovenia with nothing but the clothes on her back and a pocket full of black pepper to ward off the guard dogs, and for that I am most grateful," Mr Perko said.

Within the Slovenian community, Ms Perko was known for her vocal protests about the famous Kransky being labelled as a Polish or German sausage. Her love of Slovenia, the official home of the gourmet sausage, was only subdued by her memories of Nazi occupation and the brutal regime of Yugoslavian dictator Marshal Josip Tito.

In her final years, Ms Perko remained a valiant volunteer for Meals on Wheels and the St Vincent de Paul charity.
Posted by: anonymous5089 || 01/20/2006 15:10 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  It would not by any chance be Harry Belafonte?
Posted by: The Angry Fliegerabwehrkanonen || 01/20/2006 18:46 Comments || Top||


Snake 'befriends' snack hamster
A rodent-eating snake and a hamster have developed an unusual bond at a zoo in the Japanese capital, Tokyo. Their relationship began in October last year, when zookeepers presented the hamster to the snake as a meal. The rat snake, however, refused to eat the rodent. The two now share a cage, and the hamster sometimes falls asleep sitting on top of his natural foe. "I have never seen anything like it," a zookeeper at the Mutsugoro Okoku zoo told the Associated Press News agency.

The hamster was initially offered to Aochan, the two-year-old rat snake, because it was refusing to eat frozen mice,. As a joke, the zookeeper said they named the hamster Gohan - the Japanese word for meal. "I don't think there's any danger. Aochan seems to enjoy Gohan's company very much," said zookeeper Kazuya Yamamoto. The apparent friendship between the snake and hamster is one of many reported bonds spanning the divide between predator and prey.
Why do I think this happy tale isn't going to last long?
Posted by: Steve || 01/20/2006 07:39 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  When I first saw this I wondered what was going on. Then I noticed the snakes eyes were showing signs of getting ready to shed. Most snakes aren't too keen on eating before sheding their skin. Also its winter alot of snakes go off feed during the winter. Of course there is a real danger to the snake if you leave a feeder rodent in the cage with it if its off feed, rodents have been known to use snakes as chew toys.
Posted by: bruce || 01/20/2006 8:18 Comments || Top||

#2  Why do I think this happy tale isn't going to last long?

because hamsters are natural born killers.
Posted by: witness protection program || 01/20/2006 8:35 Comments || Top||

#3  Hamsters - why do they love us?
Posted by: no mo uro || 01/20/2006 17:16 Comments || Top||


Africa Horn
Clash over cattle kills 38 in Africa
A battle for livestock between Ethiopian and Kenyan nomads has left 38 people dead in drought-stricken northern Kenya. Official and aid workers said on Thursday that Dongiro warriors had crossed into Kenya last Friday and attacked Turkana herdsmen in order to steal their animals. Njenga Miiri, the district commissioner for Turkana, said the fighting killed 30 of the raiders and eight Kenyans, all of them women and children. The clashes took place in the remote village of Lokamarinyang, along the Kenya-Ethiopia border and 420km north of Lodwar, area aid worker Lucas Ariong said. News of the battle only reached the regional capital on Thursday morning, nearly a week later. Cattle rustling by nomadic tribes in the semi-arid region that encompasses northern Kenya, Uganda, southern Sudan and Ethiopia is common, and the tribes in the area do not respect national borders.
Posted by: Fred || 01/20/2006 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


Africa North
Youths try to halt church building in Egypt
Egyptian police clashed overnight with a group of young men who had tried to stop Christians starting work on a new church in southern Egypt, a security source said on Thursday. Twelve people were wounded in the clashes in the village of el-Udaysaat near the southern town of Luxor, about 500 km (300 miles) south of Cairo. The Christians called the police when the group set fire to building materials with which they planned to turn a house into a church. They did not have official permission to build the church, the source said. Police arrested 10 young men and the owners of the house.

Restrictions on building churches have been one of the main grievances of Egypt's Coptic Christian community, which accounts for up to 10 percent of the population.
Posted by: Fred || 01/20/2006 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  It's part of being a Dhimmini. DON'T get used to it is my advice.
Posted by: Ptah || 01/20/2006 10:36 Comments || Top||


Africa Subsaharan
UN Confronts a Crises in Ivory Coast
January 20, 2006: The UN is facing a peacekeeping crises in the Ivory Coast. Following Monday’s incident in the western part of the country. in which supporters of president Laurent Gbagbo attacked U.N. peacekeepers. The response included deadly force, which killed at least four attackers, causing the U.N. forces to pull out of the town. One result of this is that representatives of the principal opposition group, Forces Nouvelles de Cote d’Ivoire, have warned that the peace process is failing and a renewal of the country’s protracted civil war is imminent. This is a pretty accurate assessment.

Although the U.N. brokered a transitional unity government and peace talks, Gbagbo has decided – and stated publicly – that he’s strong enough to take on the rebels, if only the 10,000 U.N. and French peacekeepers would get out of the way. The result has been a series of confrontations between Gbagbo’s supporters, mostly young thugs, and U.N. troops. So far, the attacks have avoided confrontations with the French, who are much better trained and equipped, and have in the past retaliated with considerable force when attacked. But it seems only a matter of time before there’s a confrontation with French peacekeepers as well.

Gbagbo’s strategy is to create an “incident’ that can be used to manipulate world opinion against continuing the peacekeeping mission. Hence the recent series of attacks on U.N. personnel. It’s hard to say whether he’s got much chance of getting the U.N. out, as senior U.N. officials appear to be angry over the recent developments. Nor are the French likely to leave any time soon. And in any case, even if the peacekeepers were to pull out, it’s highly unlikely that Gbagbo’s forces will be able to defeat Forces Nouvelles.

The Ivorian Army seems to number only about 6,500 or so troops, supplemented by a small air force and navy. There is also a reserve that supposedly consists of some 10,000 men, plus about 1,250 men in the Presidential Guard and a similar number in the militia, though that may be supplemented by large number of irregulars, primarily street thugs, and probably is still covertly employing some mercenaries. Forces Nouvelles are based in the north and controlling rather more than half the country. Although figures on FN’s military resources are not available, it appears the movement has more than enough manpower and equipment to cope with Gbagbo’s forces.
Posted by: Steve || 01/20/2006 08:57 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1 
Sounds like it's time for a new Resolution!!!
Posted by: macofromoc || 01/20/2006 10:54 Comments || Top||

#2  UN Confronts a Crises in Ivory Coast

Not likely. The UN doesn't confront anything.
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama || 01/20/2006 12:43 Comments || Top||

#3  But they do have lots of "crises". Or is it "scandals"? Or is it both?
Posted by: tu3031 || 01/20/2006 13:24 Comments || Top||


Caribbean-Latin America
China Trains Venezuelan Commandos
January 20, 2006: Three years ago, the United States withdrew U.S. Army Special Forces instructors, who had been training Venezuelan special operations soldiers. Venezuela has resumed that training, using several hundred instructors from the Chinese special forces (Quantou Budui). The Chinese have been in Venezuela for about six months, and are training Venezuelan troops in recon techniques, and counter-terrorism tactics. The Chinese speak good Spanish, and are apparently enjoying their assignment. Over a hundred other Chinese troops are also providing personal security for Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez.
Don't trust the locals, huh?
China has also sent some intelligence specialists, who are helping Venezuela to upgrade their military intelligence capabilities. The Chinese are apparently very interested in finding out about the training techniques used by the American Special Forces instructors, and the Venezuelans are telling all they know.
Posted by: Steve || 01/20/2006 08:46 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  The Chinese are apparently very interested in finding out about the training techniques used by the American Special Forces instructors, and the Venezuelans are telling all they know.

China is moving pretty quick, I hope our government is paying attention.
Posted by: Unique Hupoter2223 || 01/20/2006 10:55 Comments || Top||

#2 
Perhaps China can send in their manufacturing special forces. We need to diversify our source of little drink umbrellas.
Posted by: Master of Obvious || 01/20/2006 10:55 Comments || Top||

#3  With those 100+ PRC troops defending the little dictator aren't they worried about a PRC US forces conflict in OUR hemisphere?

We couldn't have them in Gitmo so ...
Oh well lots of crocs and sharks around there...
Posted by: 3dc || 01/20/2006 11:21 Comments || Top||

#4  Where's the Monroe Doctrine?
Posted by: ed || 01/20/2006 11:33 Comments || Top||

#5  A JDAM beats 100 Quantou Budui hands down.
Posted by: Mike || 01/20/2006 11:46 Comments || Top||

#6  The Chinese speak good Spanish, and are apparently enjoying their assignment.


The Cuban army enjoyed it's short stay in Angola as well.
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/20/2006 13:40 Comments || Top||

#7  "Personal Security" didn't protect either Fidel, Danny Ortega, or the Ayatollah from "Reagan'z Boyz".
Posted by: JosephMendiola || 01/20/2006 21:47 Comments || Top||

#8  Why do I've this vision of a Venezuelan Commando riping his shirt of and making strange, hissing noises?
Posted by: gromgoru || 01/20/2006 23:20 Comments || Top||


Down Under
Australian Govt. urged to seek answers over Papua shooting
The Federal Government is being urged to question Indonesia over reports four people have been shot by Indonesian soldiers in the troubled province of Papua. The incident is being seen in some groups as a reprisal against Papuan independence supporters who arrived in Australia on a boat this week.

The Democrats say it appears one man has died and another three people have been injured in an area where some of the boat people came from. An Indonesian police spokesman says security forces injured two men and shot dead a high school student during a clash with residents yesterday in the central Papua district of Paniai. The clash allegedly erupted after three people were told to stop taking donations of up to $10 from residents while repairing roads in the area. The three reportedly returned with about 100 supporters and attacked the police station.

The police spokesman says soldiers came to aid the police and security forces were forced to open fire into the crowd because they refused to disperse. He could not confirm whether there were members or supporters of the separatist Free Papua Movement among the protesters.

Democrats foreign affairs spokeswoman Natasha Stott Despoja says she is concerned the shooting could be linked to information Indonesian officials might have gathered while questioning the asylum seekers yesterday. Senator Despoja says Australia is obligated to ask questions about the incident. "The Federal Government has responsibility to investigate what is happening in West Papua," she said.

"We don't know the reasons behind that shooting. We would ask the Federal Government to make sure that any information about these asylum seekers is kept very tightly under wraps from the Indonesian Government.

"But of course, we do expect our Government to make their welfare paramount."

Labor foreign affairs spokesman Kevin Rudd agrees. "It's important for Foreign Minister Downer as a matter of absolute priority to establish who precisely has been killed and were there any connections between these individuals and those who have sought asylum on Cape York," he said.

Immigration Department spokesman Sandi Logan is rejecting claims Australia may have allowed Indonesian officials access to the asylum seekers. "There's been absolutely no contact between Indonesian officials or authorities and the unauthorised arrivals - we wouldn't do that, you don't work that way," he said.

It is understood the asylum seekers were offered consular access but that was rejected.

Mr Logan says a foreign government is usually not contacted as part of security and identity checks for asylum seekers and it is unlikely any names were passed on by Australian authorities. The boat people are now on Christmas Island.
Posted by: Oztralian || 01/20/2006 19:02 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:


Sydney riots strike force Chief stood down
THE Cronulla riot strike force chief was yesterday stood down as police faced new embarrassment over the bungled investigation. One day after police released video footage of a riot revenge attack by Middle Eastern youths, The Saturday Daily Telegraph was able to identify a witness who may hold the key to identifying the thugs.

Former junior rugby league coach Ahmed Jajieh, 24, was last night confirmed as a central figure in the gang attack on 35-year-old Steve B at Cronulla on December 12.

The revelation came as police split ranks over the removal of Detective Superintendent Dennis Bray, who was axed for failing to inform Commissioner Ken Moroney of the CCTV footage. The family of Mr Jajieh admitted he was among the throng of up to 30 men of Middle Eastern appearance captured on CCTV camera when Steve B was set upon outside the YHA Hostel. But Mr Jajieh's brother, who did not want to be identified, told The Saturday Daily Telegraph: "If you see the video you can see he went in to help the guy."

An informant told The Saturday Daily Telegraph she called Crime Stoppers on Thursday night, naming Mr Jajieh as one of the people in the footage. But as of last night, police had yet to contact Mr Jajieh.

The footage, released on Thursday night, showed up to 20 youths kicking and bashing electrician Steve B on The Kingsway as gangs rampaged through Cronulla in retaliation for the riots.

Police faced further criticism over their delay in releasing video of the attack. Mr Moroney and Premier Morris Iemma yesterday announced that strike force Enoggera, which is investigating the riots, will be increased from 28 to 100 officers.

Mr Moroney expressed his "concern, disappointment and absolute annoyance" at not being told a video existed. He said as a result, he had replaced Supt Bray with Superintendent Ken McKay.

One informant also told police some of the players from the under-17 Mt Prichard football team Mr Jajieh coached were also involved in the attack. Some of the boys are current or former students at Ashcroft Boys High School and come from the Green Valley area. All of the players identities are kept by the Parramatta Junior Rugby League.

However, police have yet to make contact with the association and yesterday afternoon, Mr Moroney still did not know that someone on the video had been identified. Asked if anyone had come forward, Mr Moroney said: "No, not as a result of viewing the video on television. Not to this point in time."
Posted by: Oztralian || 01/20/2006 18:58 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


Europe
"Dutch Segregation Is Not Racist"
Last Wednesday’s BJ article about an Amsterdam school with two separate entrances – one for indigenous Dutch children, the other for immigrant children – drew a response from Robin Gerrits, the journalist of the Dutch (left-liberal) newspaper De Volkskrant, who first reported the case.

His article was entitled “Black and white have their own entrances” and began with the following paragraph “An Amsterdam primary school has indigenous and non-indiginous children under one roof. But there is no integration at all: white and black have their own doors.” The streamer reads: “Amsterdam school building poignantly illustrates growing segregation.”

Mr Gerrits sent us the following email (translated, the original Dutch letter is below):

Dear folks of The Brussels Journal. I hereby firmly protest against the way you present my article in De Volkskrant of Tuesday 17 January in your article Segregation in the Netherlands. In your ‘translation’ the impression is conveyed that one school has intentionally decided to make separate entrances for black and white children. This is NOT the case. I realize: it is complicated, and you have to be familiar with the Dutch school system, but try to acquaint yourself with it before making this public. The reality is much more subtle, and is not racist. It is about a school building, belonging to De Rietlanden, that has lots of leftover empty space because the white parents of the neighbourhood do not want to enroll there. They fear that at the school, which has predominantly immigrant pupils, their children will get poorer education or will not feel at home. Since the school has a lot of unused space (an entire floor), it allows the nearby Montessori school to use this floor. The Montessori school is very popular with white parents. Not exclusively white parents, but predominantly so. In the Netherlands parents are free in their choice of school.

Various plans of the authorities to create as many mixed and non-segregated schools as possible have had little effect. Here you could see the whiter and the blacker entrances at one glance. No racism, but the consequence of a policy that tries to mix schools, but fails because in the end the parents make their own decisions.

I found this picture striking enough for an article. The picture and the situation itself is not served by being abused by your website for what are perhaps your own political views. I insist that you remove the articles in this format or remedy them.

With kind regards,
robin gerrits
editorial desk de Volkskrant
Posted by: tipper || 01/20/2006 13:11 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Just as a comment, the Netherlands has the equivalent of school vouchers, and @ 70% of the kids attend private schools. Anybody who says a voucher system will not work (for any reason) is full of it.
Posted by: buwaya || 01/20/2006 13:17 Comments || Top||

#2  Last Wednesday’s BJ article about an Amsterdam school with two separate entrances – one for indigenous Dutch children, the other for immigrant children – drew a response from Robin Gerrits, the journalist of the Dutch (left-liberal) newspaper De Volkskrant, who first reported the case.

I believe a few Dutch fellows tried something similar in SA to help sort out the multi-cult difficulties. It received the "racist" lavel there, and elsewhere as well. It's all much better in SA now thank you.
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/20/2006 13:34 Comments || Top||

#3  I love it. Finally a journalist does something SO stupid anyone can see it.
Posted by: ex-lib || 01/20/2006 13:55 Comments || Top||

#4  A while back in France in a junior high school (what we call "collège") IIRC, there was a call for segregation by the students, it was reported by a newspaper, the "Figaro" I think : the muslim majority requested separate gym lockers and separate water taps... one for the "circumsed", one for the "impures"...
Posted by: anonymous5089 || 01/20/2006 14:51 Comments || Top||


German court orders part of Wikipedia off-line
The German-language version of the Web-based encyclopedia Wikipedia remained off-line Friday, following a court order barring the German chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation as part of a lawsuit filed by the family of a dead hacker. Visitors to the site http://www.wikipedia.de were greeted by a statement from Wikipedia Deutschland e.V. informing them they were required by law to remove the site and promising the group's lawyers were taking "every possible step to again bring you uncomplicated access to a the free encyclopedia Wikipedia." A Berlin court ordered the site pulled on Tuesday, after the family of the German hacker known as "Tron," whose real name is Boris F., sued the Wikimedia Foundation to prevent them from publishing the real name of their son, who was found hanged in a park in 1998.
Free speech on the Internet will be safe when it is under UN control
Posted by: Nimble Spemble || 01/20/2006 10:27 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


Making friends and influencing people: Russia may cut electricity to Finland
(UPI) -- Russia`s state electricity company may cut the amount of power it is sending to Finland as both countries struggle with bitterly cold winter weather. Boris Vainzikher, technical director of Unified Energy System, said that keeping up supplies to St. Petersburg and the surrounding area might require the cut, Russia`s Interfax News Agency reported.

In Finland, Fingrid, the company that handles power transmission, said a flood of cold air from Siberia that drove temperatures down Wednesday night to almost 8 degrees below zero (-22 Celsius) in Helsinki and minus 40 degrees (-40 degrees Celsius) in Lapland drove power consumption up to a record for this winter. Fingrid Thursday warned customers that the system was close to capacity.

In Moscow, temperatures have dropped to minus 22 (-30 Celsius). Margarita Nagoga, a UES spokeswoman, told RIA Novosti that the utility`s Finnish partners have agreed to a cut of 400 Megawatts at peak periods in the next five days.

Pile the quilts high on the beds, boys and girls -- it's going to get cold tonight!
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/20/2006 10:19 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


Home Front: Politix
Convicted Sex Offender Employed at the Hawaii State Legislature - Again
Gay rights activist Leon Rouse keeps landing on his feet, thanks to a handful of Hawaii lawmakers – all from Hawaii's majority party – who appear to have a soft spot for the convicted sex offender.

Currently, Rouse, who has always maintained he is innocent of sexual misconduct, is employed as a committee clerk by the chair of the Senate Health Committee, Roz Baker, a Democrat from Maui. Rouse was serving as the office manager for freshman Rep. Rida Cabanilla, D-Waipahu, when he became the focus of a series of high-profile news reports during the 2005 legislative session. Several lawmakers, including Democrat Sen. Brian Kanno, had attempted to coerce Norwegian Cruise Lines into paying off Rouse after he was reportedly fired for sexual harassment – even though Rouse had previously been convicted and served 8 years in prison in the Philippines for having sex with an underage boy.

The news reports about Rouse kept coming during the 2005 Legislative session. Hawaii voters learned several lawmakers aggressively lobbied and threatened Norwegian Cruise Lines with legislation requiring the company to pay additional taxes, if Rouse was not compensated. Kanno asked his colleagues, both House and Senate elected officials, to sign a letter demanding that the company rehire Rouse or pay him restitution and travel expenses. The letter dated August 24, 2004, to Norwegian Cruise Line, was signed by Democrat Senators Kanno, Baker, Suzanne Chun Oakland, Brian Taniguchi and Carol Fukunaga – all chairs of their respective committees. In addition, House Chairs Roy Takumi, Kenneth Hiraki and Eric Hamakawa signed the letter.

Kanno also introduced a resolution requiring the cruise line to detail its sexual harassment policy, and demanded that the State Department of Taxation consider mandating the cruise line pay Hawaii’s 7.25 percent hotel room tax. The Senate members who signed the resolution include: Sens. Carol Fukunaga, Roz Baker, Brian Kanno, Gary Hooser, Clarence Nishihara, Ron Menor, Russell Kokubun, Kalani English, Colleen Hanabusa and Brian Taniguchi.

Rep. Colleen Meyer, R-Kaaawa, in an op-ed in Hawaii Reporter, said "State Sen. Brian Kanno, D-Kapolei, inappropriately aided accused sexual harasser Leon Rouse by telling Norwegian Cruise Lines (NCL), a company trying to protect its employees, what to do. And by advocating for the alleged sexual harasser, Sen. Kanno exploited his Senate power position." Senate Republicans asked the Senate President, Robert Bunda, D-Waialua, to force Kanno to step down as chair of the labor committee – he refused. The Senate Republicans also filed a complaint against Kanno for his actions, asking the State Ethics Commission to determine whether Kanno abused his position and power as a lawmaker. To date, the State Ethics Commission has not issued its ruling.

Kanno reportedly helped to get Rouse a job with the apparently unsuspecting Cabanilla. Rouse resigned from that office manager position in April 2005 when he admitted he had not told Cabanilla of his conviction in the Philippines. Hawaii Reporter retained an attorney in the Philippines to obtain authentic and certified court records of the of the Rouse proceedings. A portion of these records detail the accusations against him:
"On or about the 4th day of October 1995, in the City of Laoag, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the herein accused did then and there, willfully, unlawfully, and feloniously by using his adult influence and promising to pay 200 pesos ($3.79 US), engage one Godfrey Domingo, a male child who is below 18 years of age, as in fact he is 15 years old, for lascivious acts and committed said acts by masturbating and sucking the penis of the child and inserting his penis into the anus of the child all of which acts were committed by the accused on said child at Room 205 of the Pichay Lodging House at Laoag City, but which acts although already performed by the accused on the child was discontinued due to the intervention of the police who apprehended the accused who was then naked and in the company of Godfrey Domingo who was also naked in Room 205 of the Pichay Lodging House."
According to the Philippines court records, police had been searching for a foreigner who was said to be soliciting sex from young boys, and were given a tip that Rouse was at the hotel. They forced their way into the room after confirming with hotel management that Rouse was inside with a young boy. He was arrested for the violation of the country’s child abuse law, and Domingo, in the presence of his parents, admitted he’d performed sex acts for money. Rouse was convicted, but appealed his case all the way to the Supreme Court where his conviction stood.

Rouse has always maintained his innocence in regards to the conviction against him. With the help of several highly placed politicians, he appealed to the United Nations for help, claiming he was set up and unfairly treated. The United Nations Human Rights Committee sided with Rouse issuing a written report that said its investigators agreed Rouse was mistreated. They also said Rouse did not receive proper medical attention, was arrested without a warrant and was not fairly tried because the child was not present for cross-examination, rather his sworn statement obtained by police was used in court.
Posted by: Uneting Unins6775 || 01/20/2006 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  "the police who apprehended the accused who was then naked and in the company of Godfrey Domingo who was also naked in Room 205..."

Imagine his reaction?

"Lascivious acts? Oh no officer, I was just romping around in here without any clothes on and the boy wanted to join me."
Posted by: J.S. || 01/20/2006 8:45 Comments || Top||

#2  No link as yet but I just got this from a friend.
Jesse Jackson's New Staff Member
Mel Reynolds
Jesse Jackson has added former Chicago Democrat Congressman Mel Reynolds to Rainbow/PUSH Coalition's payroll. Reynolds was among the 176 criminals excused in President Clinton's last-minute forgiveness spree. Reynolds received a commutation of his six-and-a-half-year federal sentence for 15 convictions of wire fraud, bank fraud, and lies to the Federal Election Commission. He is more notorious, however, for concurrently serving five years for having sex with an underage campaign volunteer.
This is a first in American politics: An ex-congressman who had sex with a subordinate...won clemency from a president who had sex with a subordinate...then was hired by a clergyman who had sex with a subordinate. His new job?
Ready for this??
*********YOUTH COUNSELOR********
Posted by: Deacon Blues || 01/20/2006 10:12 Comments || Top||

#3  Imagine his reaction?

"Lascivious acts? Oh no officer, I was just romping around in here without any clothes on and the boy wanted to join me."


Strangely, this doesn't sound as satirical as it seems... because I can see a pedophile actually saying this.

At least Leon Rouse has the 'decency' (if you can even call it) to maintain that it never happened... well, rather than try to defend being a sex offender. ~~;
Posted by: Snump Flaviper5941 || 01/20/2006 15:02 Comments || Top||

#4  You have to understand that Hawaii is culturally a bit different than America. A couple of years ago they deeated a law to raise the legal age of consent up to 16.
Posted by: Angeck Choluter2770 || 01/20/2006 16:29 Comments || Top||


Home Front: WoT
11 eco-terrorists indicted in arson conspiracy in Northwest
Cleanup at home.
Eleven people have been indicted in a series of arsons in five Western states that have been claimed by the radical groups Earth Liberation Front and Animal Liberation Front, the Justice Department said Friday.

The 65-count indictment said the suspects are responsible for 17 incidents in California, Colorado, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming, including sabotaging a high-tension power line, in a conspiracy that dates back to 1996. The indictment was returned Thursday by a federal grand jury in Eugene, Ore., and unsealed Friday.

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and FBI Director Robert Mueller were expected to talk about the indictment later Friday at a news conference in Washington. Eight defendants have been arrested. Three people remain at large, and are believed to be outside the United States, according to a statement from the Justice Department.

In Eugene, two defendants, Jonathan Christopher Mark Paul, 39, and Suzanne Nicole "India" Savoie, 28, were both ordered held without bail, pending further hearings. A criminal complaint filed in federal court in Eugene accused Paul, a firefighter, of setting firebombs that burned down a horse slaughterhouse in 1997. The ALF claimed responsibility for that fire, which caused an estimated $1 million in damage.

Savoie, who works in a group home for the developmentally disabled, is accused of serving as a lookout for a fire in 2001 that destroyed offices of a lumber mill. The ELF claimed responsibility for that fire.

The other defendants are Joseph Dibee, Chelsea Dawn Gerlach, Sarah Kendall Harvey, Daniel McGowan, Stanislas Meyerhoff, Josephine Overaker, Rebecca Rubin, Darren Todd Thurston and Kevin Tubbs.

Authorities have said Gerlach, 28, is connected to six cases, including the 1998 firebombing of a lodge at the Vail, Colo. ski resort, considered to be one of the costliest crimes linked to ecoterrorism in the country.

The blazes caused $12 million in damage as they charred chairlifts, a restaurant and a building. The ELF claimed responsibility for the fires, saying they were set because the resort had expanded into lynx habitat.

Dibee, Overaker and Rubin have not been arrested. The other six were arrested in December.

Using improvised incendiary devices made from milk jugs, petroleum products and homemade timers, they carried out attacks between 1996 and 2001, the indictment alleged. Targets included U.S. Forest Service ranger stations, U.S. Bureau of Land Management wild horse facilities, lumber companies, meat processing companies, a ski area and the power line, the indictment said.
Posted by: Frank G || 01/20/2006 14:06 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Send 'em to Gitmo with the rest of the terrorists.
Posted by: BH || 01/20/2006 14:11 Comments || Top||

#2  It's a start. Let's just hope these stick. If the feds can't get convictions it'll be a huge green light to these terrorists.
Posted by: Xbalanke || 01/20/2006 14:12 Comments || Top||

#3  Three people remain at large, and are believed to be outside the United States

The demonstration why Greenpeace joined the ACLU suite against NSA listening to terrorists.
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/20/2006 15:38 Comments || Top||

#4  Ding, ding, ding,....Trailing Wife nails it on Greenpeace.
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 01/20/2006 17:28 Comments || Top||

#5  I can't really take credit for being clever -- it was pointed out to me yesterday when I wondered why they were involved. But it is nice to see it proved so quickly.
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/20/2006 21:25 Comments || Top||

#6  The BBC is using quotes around the words "eco-terrorist" and terrorist.

Strike a blow for freedom. Pound a "Journalist's" ass.
Posted by: Sock Puppet O´ Doom || 01/20/2006 23:15 Comments || Top||

#7  Drag these scumbags through a Yellowstone meadow full of wet buffalo pies.
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama || 01/20/2006 23:30 Comments || Top||


India-Pakistan
MMA will preach against 'obscene' race
LAHORE: Eight anti-marathon protests under the Muttahida Majlis-e-Aamal (MMA) will be held in the provincial capital today (Friday). The protests would be aimed at convincing people to boycott the mixed marathon and join religious groups against obscenity, said a meeting on Thursday, which was presided over by Lahore MMA President Hafiz Salman Butt. The meeting said the party would also launch a campaign from January 20 against the "anti-Islamic move by the rulers". Clerics would ask people to boycott the marathon and support the MMA during Friday sermons, the meeting added.

Salman Butt said that clerics had been asked to condemn the marathon during Friday sermons and protest outside mosques, pressing the government to withdraw its decision. He said that MMA leaders had held meetings with students and delegations of traders and lawyers, seeking their cooperation in this regard. MMA leaders and workers had also been assigned duty at all the banks and other important spots, from where people would purchase tickets, he said, “We will not force people but we will brief them about the government’s intention to promote obscenity under the cover of sports and funds for the October 8 earthquake victims.”
Posted by: Fred || 01/20/2006 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Hey, Butthead. Is he, like...heheheheheheheheheh...your father?
Posted by: Beavis || 01/20/2006 9:29 Comments || Top||

#2  Lahore: The name says it all.
Posted by: Zenster || 01/20/2006 13:47 Comments || Top||


Iraq
WHO: Iraqi girl did not die of bird flu
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Southeast Asia
Malaysia: No place for moral police
Malaysia's government has ordered an Islamic body in the capital to disband its volunteer force of moral police, saying its mission to deter so-called indecent behaviour was tantamount to invasion of privacy.
I'd not have called it "tatamount." I'd have called it invasion of privacy per se.
The government also warned that no such body would be allowed anywhere in the country.
Bravo for the Malays. Good sense in a Muslim country. I am so surprised. But also heartened. It seems to have occurred to them that Singapore's a better model than Soddy Arabia.
The decision, taken late on Wednesday, sends a clear message to Muslim purists that the government will not allow the country's image as a progressive and tolerant Muslim nation to be dented.
... since the Muslims don't have that much of a majority...
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, the prime minister, told his cabinet colleagues that no group has the right to spy on people. Radzi Sheikh Ahmed, a minister, said: "This involves invading people's privacy".
No way around that, is there, bub?
Radzi said ministers were shocked that such a squad, dubbed "snoop team" by the local media, was formed "right under their noses" by the Federal Territory Islamic Department in the administrative capital, Putrajaya.
Posted by: Fred || 01/20/2006 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I'd vote for "snoop troop".
Posted by: Ptah || 01/20/2006 10:44 Comments || Top||

#2  Peeping Imams
Posted by: ed || 01/20/2006 11:02 Comments || Top||


Home Front Economy
Gloom, doom, agony, platinum
This week's Chicken Little moment brought to you by: vanishing metals!
If all nations were to use the same services enjoyed in developed nations, even the full extraction of metals from the Earth's crust and extensive recycling may not be enough to meet metal demands in the future, according to a new study. To investigate the environmental and social consequences of metal depletion, researchers looked at metal stocks thought to exist in the Earth, metal in use by people today, and how much is lost in landfills. Using copper stocks in North America as a starting point, the researchers tracked the evolution of copper mining, use and loss during the 20th century. They then combined this information with other data to estimate what the global demand for copper and other metals would be if all nations were fully developed and using modern technologies. According to the study, all of the copper in ore, plus all of the copper currently in use, would be required to bring the world to the level of the developed nations for power transmission, construction and other services and products that depend on the metal.


The study, led by Thomas Graedel of Yale University, was detailed in the Jan. 17 issue of the journal for the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. For the entire globe, the researchers estimate that 26 percent of extractable copper in the Earth's crust is now lost in non-recycled wastes. For zinc, that number is 19 percent. These metals are not at risk of immediate depletion, however, because supplies are still large enough to meet demands and mines have become more efficient at extracting these ores. But scarce metals, such as platinum, face depletion risks this century because of the lack of suitable substitutes in such devices as catalytic converters and hydrogen fuel cells. The researchers also found that for many metals, the average rate of usage per person continues to rise. As a result, the report says, even the more plentiful metals may face similar depletion risks in the future.
Here's a groovy Element Hangman game for those of you with too much time on your hands.
Posted by: Seafarious || 01/20/2006 14:36 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Here's a clue for ya' - there's this big honkin' belt full of asteroids not too far away and them babies have all sorts of metal in 'em. And if that isn't enough or they run dry, there's this big thing a ways farther out called the Kuiper Belt that's just chock full of all kinds of stuff.

There's a saying about that that escapes me right now...something like "stripmine the earth now, we'll get to the rest of the planets later".

Posted by: FOTSGreg || 01/20/2006 14:58 Comments || Top||

#2  and if we keep growing telecomm services all the people in the world will be employed as telephone operators .... just like they predicted in the 40s and 50s.
Posted by: lotp || 01/20/2006 15:10 Comments || Top||

#3  Hopefully, the islamo krazed killers will win, and we'll all merrily go back to 7th century : voilà! No more extensive industrial needs, no more metal depletion! See? No need to worry!
Posted by: anonymous5089 || 01/20/2006 15:14 Comments || Top||

#4  ...and Gaia knows best.
Posted by: Seafarious || 01/20/2006 15:37 Comments || Top||

#5  Turn a couple of engineers loose on it and the problem will go away -- everybody knows that!
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/20/2006 15:40 Comments || Top||

#6  I'm not a regular here....but I wanted to tell someone who is...there is a new Zawahiri tape out...and he makes no mention of the missile strike...matter of fact ...he recites poetry to dead fighters in Afghanistan...its up at Counterterrorismblog....they think its an old tape.
Posted by: Grins Sluper5274 || 01/20/2006 15:42 Comments || Top||

#7  Grins Sluper, I sould love to read it, do you have a link? (Lots of sites show up when I googled Counterterrorismblog and Zawahiri). Thanks! :-)
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/20/2006 15:58 Comments || Top||

#8  Here it is...http://counterterror.typepad.com/
Posted by: Grins Sluper5274 || 01/20/2006 16:14 Comments || Top||

#9  When the metals become rare enough, it will be economically feasible to mine the landfills for stuff that got thrown out and not recycled. Or we can find substitutes. There is almost always more than one solution to an engineering problem; the market uses the one that is most cost effective at the moment.
Posted by: Unavimp Whainter8073 || 01/20/2006 17:10 Comments || Top||

#10  The total quantity of matter and energy available in the universe is a fixed amount and never any more or less.

Thusly, since chunks of metal don't tend to leave earth on their own, nor do their oxides and salts, no loss to landfills is going on. All is needed is some work to retrieve metals from their temporary repositories.

We can train some species of bacteria to aggregate metals for us.
Posted by: twobyfour || 01/20/2006 17:21 Comments || Top||

#11  Site saved to my favourites. Thanks muchly!
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/20/2006 21:22 Comments || Top||

#12  Is the article trying hard NOT to say that CCAM's commentator Steve Hoagland's alleged scheme by "global gulagists" to PC exterminate 5-1/2B of the world's 6.0B human population. more or less, prob "more", is "justified". The Left > "Quick, quick, quick, Communism + Totalitarianism + OWG + Absolutism now, D*** YOU, because the Sun is going to get hotter and hotter and then suddenly explode. We don't know when, where, or why, and so far Solar Output vv MSM/Hollywood's DAY AFTER TOMORROW is "normal, but just because we're Secular Intellectuals, Scientifists, and Pragmatists-Realists doesn't mean we have to tell you anything - you have Have H-A-V-E TO BELIEVE WE DON'T KNOW ERGO DO AS WE TELL YOU".
Posted by: JosephMendiola || 01/20/2006 23:25 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Culture Wars
'Commander In Chief' Losing The Ratings Battle
Following in 'Air America''s footsteps...

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "Commander in Chief" is losing its grip on power.
'Impeach Geena Davis!'
The new ABC drama series, which earned star Geena Davis a Golden Globe Award this week for her role as the first female U.S. president, seems to be sinking into the same midterm malaise affecting the approval ratings of President Bush; "Commander's" ratings have been declining steadily since bowing to big numbers in September.
Um, haven't Bush's ratings improved recently?
The series' downturn has industry insiders wondering whether its primary cause is the regime change that occurred behind the scenes after only six episodes were completed. Series creator and executive producer Rod Lurie was replaced as showrunner by veteran TV producer Steven Bochco, reportedly to quell ABC's concerns over production delays.
Or it could be that the show sucks; could be anything, really...
Now the network and "Commander" producer Touchstone Television, ABC's fellow Walt Disney Co. subsidiary, are grappling with a dilemma that happens to be playing itself out in one of the series' own story lines: What will it take to get "Commander" re-elected for another term?

ABC, Touchstone and a spokesman for Lurie declined comment. A spokeswoman for Bochco did not return calls seeking comment.

When "Commander" premiered Sept. 27, the series displayed the makings of ABC's next hit, delivering more than 16 million total viewers -- the biggest haul for a Tuesday drama on any network in five years. Its second episode made it the only new series on TV to grow its audience from Week 1.

Over the following three weeks, "Commander" even saw its viewership trend up among viewers 18-49 and 25-54, demographics that advertisers pay a premium to reach, outpacing stiff competition in the 9 p.m. hour, including NBC's "My Name Is Earl" and CBS' "The Amazing Race."

For the second consecutive season, ABC's decision to place most of its marketing efforts behind a particular show rather than its entire schedule seemed to be paying off. In fall 2004, then-incoming ABC Entertainment chief Stephen McPherson and Disney-ABC TV Group chairman Anne Sweeney had distinguished themselves by concentrating Disney's marketing muscle behind "Desperate Housewives" and "Lost," turning them into instant hits.

But just when it looked like ABC had another hit on its hands, "Commander" began slipping through its fingers in November, dropping to fourth in the time slot among viewers 18-49. Original episodes took a breather last month, only to return Jan. 10 with a far smaller audience of 11.4 million viewers and its lowest marks yet in adults 18-49 and adults 25-54. In each of those demos, "Commander" was down at least 30% from its premiere.

On Tuesday, "Commander" dropped even lower, which was to be expected against the two-hour series premiere of "American Idol." But even though NBC's "Earl" has been moved out of the Tuesday 9 p.m. slot to Thursday, "Commander" is sure to face an uphill climb should it remain on Tuesday because Fox's "Idol" is now the 800-pound gorilla of the night and will greatly benefit its 9 p.m. companion, "House."

What may prove more problematic for "Commander" in February is NBC's Olympics coverage because both programs skew older and female. "Commander" has the highest median age of all ABC series except the "Dancing With the Stars" results show, at 54.7 years old.

While "Commander" may not have lived up to its initial promise, it's a drawback that might ultimately prove to be a footnote to ABC for the 2005-06 season. With "Lost," "Housewives" and "Grey's Anatomy" humming, and the Super Bowl on its air next month, the network is still very much a contender to claim the 18-49 crown for the season.

Insiders say "Commander" could be experiencing something of an accelerated version of the fate that befell "The West Wing," which saw the success of its first seasons erode seemingly overnight once its original executive producers -- Aaron Sorkin and Thomas Schlamme -- left the show over creative differences with NBC.

Under Bochco's direction, the series hasn't made any noticeable creative shifts. But sources say Bochco hasn't quite gelled with "Commander," having never run a series he didn't create. Nor is the family-friendly, straight-laced "Commander" tonally consistent with the edgy programming he has made his hallmark over the years -- from NBC's "Hill Street Blues" to ABC's "NYPD Blue" to FX's "Over There." Sources also suggested Bochco now may exit the show at the end of the season to concentrate on other programming he is developing under a two-year deal he signed with Touchstone last year.
Sounds like a one season 'wonder' with that bit of info.
By all accounts, Bochco was pressed for duty because Lurie was overwhelmed by the many tasks he took on as showrunner. It was quickly evident that "Commander" was falling way behind schedule, and production was shut down for three weeks beginning in mid-November. The production slowdown created a six-week break from original episodes that began last month, which likely caused some viewers to forget it was on the air. Sources said another problem for "Commander" caused by its production delays is that the program has no time to engage in the reshooting other ABC series typically undergo.
And that's the other shoe dropping.
Once "Commander" returned after its break, ABC's marketing efforts were said to be too focused on relaunching major midseason changes to Monday and Friday to devote much time to reintroducing the series. Newer spots tout Davis' Golden Globe win, which ABC hopes will remind viewers to check out "Commander."

As quickly as ABC moved to bring Bochco in after just two episodes aired, the damage may already have been done. Only the last three episodes of the 11 aired this season were entirely under Bochco's watch; a few in between were started by Lurie and completed by Bochco.

ABC could conceivably find a new time slot for "Commander" this season but may be reluctant to because the series has served its 10 p.m. lead-out "Boston Legal" well; "Commander" and "Legal" score high among upscale viewers in big urban markets, which appeals to advertisers. That said, "Commander" is almost certain to take a break in March, when ABC is expected to seed its schedule with midseason series.
Posted by: Raj || 01/20/2006 10:59 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  So-called "President" Davis and the shadowy Lurie-Bochco neocon entertainment cabal that runs her administration behind the scenes have inflicted untold suffering on the American people and led ABC into an unwinnable quagmire and squandered the goodwill of the world. It's worse than My Mother The Car! For the good of the nation, she should be impeached immediately.
[CindySheehan]
Posted by: Mike || 01/20/2006 11:36 Comments || Top||

#2  Nooooo!!!!
Posted by: Hillary || 01/20/2006 11:42 Comments || Top||

#3  This would've never happened if they had made her a lesbian supermodel bounty hunter like I TOLD them to...
Posted by: tu3031 || 01/20/2006 13:21 Comments || Top||

#4  The production slowdown created a six-week break from original episodes that began last month, which likely caused some viewers to forget it was on the air.

Ouch! If that isn't the kiss of death, I don't know what is.
Posted by: Xbalanke || 01/20/2006 14:15 Comments || Top||

#5  Producer:

Okay, hold on now, I've got just the solution. We'll have a massive terror attack and then lead viewers to believe President errr.... errr...[I don't know her name 'cause I have yet to watch a single minute of this dreck] had prior knowledge but did nothing to prevent it.

That'll get the Daily Kos Kooks interested, especially if we can blame neo-cons (re: pro-Israeli Jews) and get Kurt Nimmo, Dennis "Justin The Clown" Raimondo, Ramsey Clark, Richard Clarke, and already mentioned in one of the above comments, Cindy Sheehan all to make special guest appearances.

Then for the finale, we have Jack Bauer making a special guest appearance from "24", storm the conspiratorial White House and wipe out President Geena Davis and her criminal gang. We were going to re-instate David Palmer as President but he got taken out in the first 10 minutes of the new season of 24. Dammit!!
Posted by: The Angry Fliegerabwehrkanonen || 01/20/2006 18:45 Comments || Top||


MSM Company profits tumble
This is the holding company for the LA Times and about a dozen other newspapers and over two dozen radio and TV stations (most not as lefty as the LA Times but a few even more left wing).

CHICAGO, January 19, 2006 -- Tribune Company (NYSE: TRB) today reported its summary of revenues and newspaper advertising volume for period 12, ended Dec. 25, 2005. Consolidated revenues for the period were $539 million, down 6.1 percent from last year’s $574 million.

Publishing revenues in December were $413 million compared to last year’s $431 million; the timing of the Christmas holiday on Sunday and the aftermath of Hurricane Wilma in South Florida accounted for about $6 million of the decline. Advertising revenues decreased 4.5 percent to $333 million, compared with $349 million in December 2004.

Posted by: mhw || 01/20/2006 08:40 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  As much as I would like MSM crash and burn we should not rejoice: comparison is between a no-events year (2005, no presidential, no legislative not even primaries) and a presidential year.
Posted by: JFM || 01/20/2006 9:42 Comments || Top||

#2  No, I don't rejoice. As Professor Reynolds put it, we *need* the New York Times (Washington Post, LA Times, Le Monde, etc.). But we *need* them to accurately report the facts, not actively try to impeach the President each and every day.
Posted by: Seafarious || 01/20/2006 9:54 Comments || Top||

#3  It has unfortunately come to the point where this is a necessary condition for change. So I do rejoice. Otherwise, the MSM would have not incentive to change. I just hope it doesn't kill too much of the worthwhile infrastructure they've built.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble || 01/20/2006 10:11 Comments || Top||

#4  They've driven off the knowledgeable news junkies like all of us here, so all they have left are the ignorantly superior types -- who are already maxed out on their subscriptions. The youngsters coming up get their news on the web, and even the senior citizens are starting to do so. While I don't with them ill, perhaps at some point they'll notice that agenda-based reporting is counterproductive. We can hope, anyway.
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/20/2006 10:32 Comments || Top||

#5  The choice of clue-bat and the vigor of application is solely a function of the recipient, not the wielder.
Posted by: Ptah || 01/20/2006 10:40 Comments || Top||

#6  I can't decide which is my favorite paper, the LA Times, or the NY Times.

I mean, sure, the Times' ink doesn't run as much and leaves far less of a black streak on the briefs, but the Times' is much softer and more absorbent.

I guess my favorite paper on any given day depends on what I ate for dinner the night before...
Posted by: Hyper || 01/20/2006 11:45 Comments || Top||

#7  Sorry I don't feel their pain. They however can feel mine. Having been unemployed or under employed for a few long streches it's these subversive, anti republic, Tranzi bastards to get a taste too.

Faster please.
Posted by: Sock Puppet O´ Doom || 01/20/2006 22:29 Comments || Top||



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