Damm Patriot Act and CIA wiretap program! They're listening to everyone! Oh, wait...
Conspiracy theorists are again working overtime after new revelations concerning the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. Reports out of Britain say U.S. secret service agents were eavesdropping on Diana's phone calls the night she died in a Paris car crash almost a decade ago. London's Observer newspaper claims the disclosure is among the findings from a new report by Metropolitan Police Chief John Stevens into Diana's death to be published on Thursday. The paper says the reason for the phone tapping remains a mystery and occurred without the knowledge of Britain's own MI-6 spy agency.
Hillary was afraid she was sleeping with Bill
The Observer also reports the intelligence shed no light on Diana's fatal car crash in Paris the night of Aug. 31, 1997.
The 36-year-old princess, her friend, Dodi Fayed, 42 and driver Henri Paul, 41, died when the Mercedes Benz they were riding in crashed inside Paris' Pont d'Alma tunnel on Aug. 31, 1997. The car was being followed by media photographers.
While a French investigation concluded in 1999 that the death was an accident, and that Paul was drunk, conspiracy theories have since swirled around the deaths.
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Lol. Well, I thought he was always in competition with Diane Sawyer for the "I care. So very Deeply. More Deeply than Anyone. Else." and "I am sooo Sincere. No, really." awards...
;-)
And I'll bet a rogue SUV helped in his escape.
ROSEVILLE, Mich. -- Roseville police said a man carrying "the biggest gun they've ever seen" robbed a convenience store on Masonic Boulevard on Friday. The man walked into the store, took a bottle of beer out of the cooler and pointed the gun over the counter at the clerk, police said. The robber grabbed money out of the cash register, and while doing so he glanced at the surveillance camera.
The man is carrying a nickel-plated revolver, possibly a .44 or .357-caliber Magnum, police said. He is described as a black man in his 20s, 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighing 150 pounds, and was last seen wearing a leather Pelle Pelle jacket. One clerk refused to cooperate: (see pic)
ST. CLOUD, Minn. Vanishing students. Dead bodies. Fears something sinister is lurking in the shadows. A string of college student drownings across the Midwest has all the makings of great mystery. Or does it?
Rumors have persisted for years that a serial killer is prowling Interstate 94, hunting young men in college bars and plunging them underwater. Investigators, though, say there's no evidence of foul play. They say the victims were so drunk they fell in the river and died.
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The narrow racial and age profile of the victims raises a lot of questions. Has the FBI's profiling team been handed this set of cases yet? If not, why not?
I wonder how the incident levels compare to other river basins with numerous college towns. Is this really a statistical cluster, or could one make a similar case with possibly different demographics in another area?
I don't know nearly enough about these cases, but I'm reminded of the Erin Brokovich (spelling?) case where the patterns she purportedly found were not that anomalous when the sample size was enlarged. Then again, a serial killer who thinks he has it all worked out, may be picking victims in a way to maximize the indications of accident/suicide.
If not, why not... Cuz there are, literally, thousands of new cases everyday? I'm just sayin' it's waay easy to criticize from the BlogLounge - and there are nowhere near as many wizards in the Real World... Same goes for every other venue criticized to fucking death for not being as prescient and wizardly and bold and brave...
Let's NOT become the Lions of BlogLounge, k? I don't wanna be painted with that brush, thanks. A few Really Good Plans to hit the Most Important Shit, will do nicely.
WASHINGTON - Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Vice President Cheney went quail hunting last week, and the senator lived to tell the tale. Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., and Republican South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford joined Cheney and Graham for two days of hunting on a private plantation that friends of Chambliss own in southern Georgia.
He's slipping, damnit. Graham would've been worth the publicity hit.
The outing was only Cheney's second hunting trip since he accidentally wounded a close friend, Texas lawyer Harry Whittington, last February by spraying shotgun pellets into his face, neck and chest.
Even though almost 10 months have passed since the embarrassing episode, it was fresh on the minds of the Cheney group - and still remembered by some of the folks they met.
A local gun-shop owner cracked a joke about the incident when Cheney and the rest of the hunting party walked in, Graham said.
"It was brought up a couple of times," Graham said in an interview. "He [Cheney] makes people feel comfortable so they can joke about it."
Cheney broke up other guests at a dinner by recalling President Bush's reaction when the vice president returned to the White House after the incident.
"Dang, Dick, you shot the only trial lawyer who supports me!" Bush mock-scolded Cheney.
A POLICE force failed to investigate properly the violent robbery of a showjumper which led to murder because its officers were busy inquiring into stolen chickens. Documents obtained by The Sunday Times reveal Derbyshire police assigned only one detective to investigate the brutal beating and robbery of riding instructor Tania Moore, 26, in June 2003. She was attacked by a pair of thugs wielding baseball bats who had been recruited by her former boyfriend Mark Dyche. He went on to shoot her dead nine months later.
By contrast, the force deployed up to 40 officers, including an undercover team disguised as painters and decorators, to investigate the theft of chickens by staff from a poultry processing plant owned by a prominent businessman and former councillor, according to previously undisclosed documents.
A police source said: The chicken job came down from on high to the officers who had to investigate they were told to do it and give it the emphasis it got. Even Detective Constable Louise Howarth, the sole officer assigned to investigate the attack on Moore, was subsequently told to focus on the hunt for the chicken thieves instead.
Moores mother Stella said yesterday: Everyone suspects that the police prefer to solve easier crimes rather than tackle the really vicious criminals. In my daughters case, the results have been devastating. The police decided to investigate the missing chickens, possibly because it appeared more straightforward rather than finding out who was targeting my daughter, and as a result she was murdered.
The world's largest trimaran will soon arrive in Darwin to take on an Australian Customs contract patrolling the country's north coast. The three-hulled warship will be fitted with two 0.5-calibre machine guns to help deter and seize illegal fishing boats. It will carry 28 armed customs officers. Geoff Hart-Davies says his company, Gardline Australia, will supply a crew of 14, as well as the boat.
"The vessel is unique - it's at just under 100 metres," he said. "The Triton is the world's largest and in fact first trimaran warship.
'Trimaran Warship' has a nice ring to it...
"She was built by the commercial arm of the UK Ministry of Defence." Mr Hart-Davies says the boat comes with high recommendations from the US Coastguard. "For those reasons we suggested that the Australian Government through Customs finally settle on this ship," he said. The boat will arrive from the UK in mid-January to start work immediately.
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Hey! That's my boat!
Available on VHS, DVD, and now Blue Ray. Makes a great Christmas gift!
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The USN is also investing in Trimaran hull R & D, for the day in the far Far FAR future when multi-purpose, multi-capable SEABORNE BATTLE STATIONS = FLOATING/OCEANIC DEATH STARS becoms a reality. FBM subs will be what UAVS are today. Arise, CORSICANT, Arise.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 10 -- Rep. William J. Jefferson may be a pariah in some Washington political circles, but voters in this storm-battered city weighed in over the weekend with their own verdict regarding their scandal-plagued congressman: He's still our guy.
Voters gave the Louisiana Democrat an emphatic reelection victory over state Rep. Karen Carter, even though his campaign had been weighted with revelations that federal authorities had videotaped him taking $100,000 in alleged bribe money, and that $90,000 of it had been found inside a freezer in his apartment in the District. The investigation led House colleagues to dump him from a key committee, donors abandoned him and the state Democratic Party switched its allegiance to his opponent.
But before cheering supporters at a hotel room on election night, Jefferson called his win "a great moment" and said, "I thank almighty God for making it possible." He declined to discuss the probe.
Louisianna, as usual, goes for the best government money can buy.
Divinely inspired or not, his victory now poses a quandary for Democrats, some of whom have shunned him politically, and possibly also for the city. Leaders here seek to project an image of civic probity as they lobby for more federal money for recovery from Hurricane Katrina.
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He has not been convicted of any crime, nor even formally charged, despite over two years of investigation. Because of that, many people assume the stories of his corruption are just that - stories.
I want to know what the hold-up us? Why has he not been charged? Does he have some dirt on those who would be doing the charging? Are they still rolling back other lines of investigation? Did they just want to see him re-elected in order to embarass the Dems (not that embarassing them is possible?)
It was not strictly a racial election - he received 21% of the white vote, and his opponent is also black.
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Old Louisiana meme. Remember “Vote for the crook, not the Nazi”?
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No Eric, the slogan was 'Vote for the Crook, It's Important.' And the choice was between Edwin Edwards and David Duke. Much as I don't care for Karen Carter, she's neither a Duke nor an Edwards. Jefferson seems to come pretty close to an Edwards, but without the panache.
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Of course he got re-elected, ya damn fools. People gots lots of money invested in a politician, they don't wanna hafta go buy a new one all over again. Besides, folks down here gots plenty worse things in their freezer than stacks of frozen money.
A man was shot and killed on Saturday night during a wedding ceremony in the Shadbagh police precinct. A police constable was also injured in the firing. According to police, Babar Gujjar was at his cousin Shafique Gujjars wedding where members of the Baloch Group, a rival gang of Babars, were also invited. During the ceremony, both groups started firing into the air. One of them turned a gun towards Babar and shot him too, killing him instantly.
Constable Muhammad Saleem was injured by the gunfire. However, he was taken to the Mayo Hospital, and his condition is reported to be stable. All guests at the wedding, scared by the incident, fled the scene, while the assailants danced over the corpse before they escaped while firing in all directions. The body has been sent for autopsy and cases have been registered against Kali Bloch, Muniri Bloch, Shabbiri Baloch, Waheed and Asif Jutt.
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...Ya know, given all the stories we see along these lines, getting married in that part of the world seems to be even more dangerous than it already is.
Mike
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From Compass Direct
Islamic authorities in Malaysia gave up their claim to the body of a Muslim convert yesterday, ending a nine-day dispute with the family. The authorities had planned to give Rayappan Anthony a Muslim burial despite his conversion to Christianity.
The 71-year-old Rayappan (his surname, first in order for names in Malaysia) died of complications from diabetes on November 29 after spending a month at Kuala Lumpur Hospital.
On November 30, when Rayappans family tried to claim his body for burial, officers from the Selangor Islamic Affairs Department (JAIS) stepped in. The Islamic authorities claimed that Rayappan was a Muslim and produced a document issued by JAIS dated June 2005 to substantiate their claim. Rayappans family, however, said he had returned to Christianity in 1999 and was a Christian at the point of his death. The National Registration Department (NRD) issued him a new identity card in 2000 that showed him as Christian. .....
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In the mid-Sixties, a handful of ethnic Chinese citizens of Indonesia made the mistake of supporting Red China. Result: 300,000 murdered. (debt-holders over Indonesians were often killed, even where they had proven capitalist credentials)
ISTANBUL: Singapore Airlines said it might buy more Boeing 777 airplanes so it could continue to grow if there were further delays with the Airbus A380 superjumbo jet. "Boeing 777-300ERs, in our experience, would be a useful alternative to A380s," Chew Choon Seng, the airline's chief executive, said in an interview Saturday. "We could upsize the order if there are further delays with the A380."
Singapore Airlines has 10 firm orders for Airbus's 555-seat A380, the world's biggest commercial aircraft, and said in July that it intended to buy nine more. Since then, Airbus has pushed back the delivery date because of wiring problems, and the carrier does not expect to get the first of the planes until next October, rather than this month as originally scheduled.
Singapore Airlines placed a $3.6 billion order in August 2004 for 18 777- 300ERs and has the option to buy 13 more.
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I wonder will the death of Airbus kill the "EU Project"?
Airbus would have been a viable business if it wasn't for state interferance, and the US people would have benefitted from having a decent plane market.
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..And apparently, a new version of the 747 has just been purchased by Lufthansa:
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/newstex/AFX-0013-12489362.htm (That link is to the original story, I have seen a couple articles today that say the sale went through but can't find the new link)
If that doesn't kill the A380 once and for all, it's unkillable. Their best option at that point may be to build a few cargo versions for the EU military and call it a day.
Mike
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Once the bugs are worked out, the A380 will do fine, though not as profitable as Airbus hoped. It will have the cachet of being the largest passenger aircraft, much like in the heyday of the 747. But the A380 is a poor freighter, where economics rule. Too heavy and burns too much fuel. The 747-8F or future 787F and follow ons will have better economics.
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Screw the Airbus. The fricking tails fall off. No way to check the structural wear on composites aside from literally banging on them with a hammer.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
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WASHINGTON - Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Vice President Cheney went quail hunting last week, and the senator lived to tell the tale. Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., and Republican South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford joined Cheney and Graham for two days of hunting on a private plantation that friends of Chambliss own in southern Georgia. 
A POLICE force failed to investigate properly the violent robbery of a showjumper which led to murder because its officers were busy inquiring into stolen chickens. Documents obtained by The Sunday Times reveal Derbyshire police assigned only one detective to investigate the brutal beating and robbery of riding instructor Tania Moore, 26, in June 2003. She was attacked by a pair of thugs wielding baseball bats who had been recruited by her former boyfriend Mark Dyche. He went on to shoot her dead nine months later.
The world's largest trimaran will soon arrive in Darwin to take on an Australian Customs contract patrolling the country's north coast. The three-hulled warship will be fitted with two 0.5-calibre machine guns to help deter and seize illegal fishing boats. It will carry 28 armed customs officers. Geoff Hart-Davies says his company, Gardline Australia, will supply a crew of 14, as well as the boat.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 10 -- Rep. William J. Jefferson may be a pariah in some Washington political circles, but voters in this storm-battered city weighed in over the weekend with their own verdict regarding their scandal-plagued congressman: He's still our guy.
Voters gave the Louisiana Democrat an emphatic reelection victory over state Rep. Karen Carter, even though his campaign had been weighted with revelations that federal authorities had videotaped him taking $100,000 in alleged bribe money, and that $90,000 of it had been found inside a freezer in his apartment in the District. The investigation led House colleagues to dump him from a key committee, donors abandoned him and the state Democratic Party switched its allegiance to his opponent.
A man was shot and killed on Saturday night during a wedding ceremony in the Shadbagh police precinct. A police constable was also injured in the firing. According to police, Babar Gujjar was at his cousin Shafique Gujjars wedding where members of the Baloch Group, a rival gang of Babars, were also invited. During the ceremony, both groups started firing into the air. One of them turned a gun towards Babar and shot him too, killing him instantly. 
