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-Lurid Crime Tales-
See what filling your gas tank is paying for. (powerpoint)
Posted by: 3dc || 04/03/2007 17:01 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


Another symptom of the EU's insane bureaucracy.
Posted by: 3dc || 04/03/2007 02:16 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Or an April fools post by Wretchard?

Inquiring minds want to know.
Posted by: 3dc || 04/03/2007 3:03 Comments || Top||

#2  HEY! Didn't I send this in on 4/1?????
Posted by: anonymous2u || 04/03/2007 9:35 Comments || Top||


Has Russia Declared War On Migratory Birds?
Posted by: 3dc || 04/03/2007 02:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  People are ready to declare a real war on wild birds. Why not? A machine-gun was once designed in the United States especially to shoot migratory passenger pigeons, and in 1899 this species of bird was successfully exterminated.

What, it is taking the rest of the world 106 years to try and catch up?

Or is it those damn Americans causing species to go extinct since 1899?

Just warming up to destroy the earth with global warming folks.
Posted by: Evil Elvis || 04/03/2007 13:15 Comments || Top||


-Short Attention Span Theater-
Do Naked Ladies Turn Men On?
Hat Tip to digg.com
Do Men Like Naked Ladies?
Are penguins fond of fish?
This is not a scientific study. It’s merely an account of discussions I heard among soldiers in barracks, at work, at parties, and in taverns. Soldiers discuss women more than anything else, and that’s what this is about.

On the old Benny Hill Show, there was once a skit where two guys are lying in front of a beach change house. A woman, fully dressed, is lying in a deck chair in front of the beach house, and the two men are looking “up her dress.” Presently the woman gets up, goes in the change house, comes out in a very skimpy bikini, and gets back into the deck chair. The men frown, snap their fingers in disappointment, and move on.

Benny Hill had it right. Many (maybe most) men would rather get a peek at something they’re not supposed to see than to get a full view of same when it’s on public display. (This is not to say that men don’t appreciate a pretty girl in a bikini--they do indeed.)

Everyone knows that men like to ogle naked females. There are, however, a great number of men that aren’t turned on by the form of a naked female. They’d much rather see a gal in tight jeans, a revealing gown, short shorts, or a mini skirt. In a strip show, most guys are excited more by the act of stripping than the finish--when the gal is stripped.

But the average guy will show a “wow!” reaction, to a naked female. Why? Simply because it’s expected of him (see the first sentence in the preceding paragraph.) This can be likened to the reaction of an asexual male in a group of normal males when a pretty girl strolls by. The asexual male will show a “wow!” reaction to the girl--simply because it’s expected of him.

Same goes for big boobs. Many--maybe most-- men are not turned on by big boobs. But here again, they will show a “wow!” reaction because it’s expected of them (everybody knows that men like big boobs.) From what I’ve gathered, at least as many guys like small, firm boobs better than big floppy ones. In addition, a significant number of guys simply are not “boob men.” You have “butt men” and “leg men” as well.

It seems that women are more concerned about boobs than men are. Women are concerned about their boob size perhaps because of the “wow!” reaction of men, many of whom are “wowing” because it’s expected of them. Also, boobs get a lot of hype in movies and on TV. Of course, there are guys who like humongous boobs, just as there are some guys who like to ogle naked ladies.

A group of men who work together and live together, as soldiers in a barracks, are more honest with each other about their feelings. Particularly when they’re drinking. They are more apt to admit their true likes and dislikes about gals.

Other things that turn guys on: VPL (visible panty line), slit skirts, or undies of just about any description.

On one of the sitcoms, there was a skit where a guy was introduced to a sexy girl wearing very revealing clothes. After the girl leaves, someone remarks that the girl had beautiful eyes, and the guy said something like “Oh, did she have eyes?”

Actually, the one part of a woman that is most attractive to most men is...the face. Believe it or not. Time and again guys say things like “from the neck down she was a knockout, but her face was just so so.”

What’s the first thing about a gal that attracts a guy? I think I’ll get very little argument that it’s the gal’s looks. There are exceptions, but to most guys looks are most important--at first. But later, other things will begin to take on more importance, such as personality, temperament, and sex appeal. After a guy gets to know two gals, he may well choose the shy one over the outgoing one who is prettier. Or the outgoing gal over the pretty but shy gal.

Compatibility also will come into play later. Does she like sports? What kind of music? Animals? And so on.

Of course, guys come in all types, and there are types to whom nothing else matters or ever will matter but looks and boobs and willingness to hop in bed. If I were a gal, I’d go out of my way to avoid this guy.

What is sex appeal? It’s something you can’t describe. No way. Looks have nothing to do with it. Merely looking sexy is not sex appeal. I’ve heard guys say over and over that they don’t know what it is about a plain looking gal that turns them on. I’ve been affected that way, and so have most men, I guess. Gals can make themselves prettier. And more sexy looking. But they can’t do anything about sex appeal. It’s there or it isn’t.

Many women like to say that “all men are alike.” Far from true.
That would imply they've had a statistically significant sample, wouldn't it?
All men are different. In fact, I don’t think that there are any two men exactly alike. It has been said that nothing is true of all men. So true.

Finally, I’d like to reiterate: This is not a scientific study. It’s merely an account of discussions I heard (for twenty years) among soldiers in barracks, at work, at parties, and in taverns. Soldiers discuss women more than anything else, and that’s what this was about.
Posted by: Jart Grereque9326 || 04/03/2007 15:25 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Q.) What do you call the sort of filthy disgusting brute who wants sex on a first date?


A.) A man.
Posted by: Zenster || 04/03/2007 16:17 Comments || Top||

#2  Part of the fun of Christmas and birthdays is unwrapping the presents.
Posted by: SteveS || 04/03/2007 17:32 Comments || Top||

#3  This is a trick question, right?
Posted by: Crereth Fillmore8803 || 04/03/2007 18:23 Comments || Top||

#4  No, naked ladies do not turn men on. Please feel free to walk around naked all the time as we are not effected.

Really.
Posted by: DarthVader || 04/03/2007 18:31 Comments || Top||

#5  Many--maybe most-- men are not turned on by big boobs

Most dawgs really hate prok, it's bad for them
Posted by: Shipman || 04/03/2007 18:39 Comments || Top||

#6  I remember years ago when Ann Landers or Dear Abby came out with a column (for women), asking them do they prefer "the act", or "the romance". Women by a huge majority preferred "the romance".

So Paul Greenberg came out with a column for men, asking whether they would prefer to see their wife or girlfriend "waddling around the house in a negligee"; or to "sink the big putt" or "see their team make the big goal during the playoffs".

You can guess that the men went for the latter, too.
Posted by: Anonymoose || 04/03/2007 18:54 Comments || Top||

#7  Depends on what she looks like.

A naked upside down Rosie would not be pleasant.
Posted by: Captain America || 04/03/2007 19:10 Comments || Top||

#8  Depends on what she looks like.

Dunno. Watching a super-model type girlfriend prance around nekkid, or watch Okla State beat OU in football, that would be a tough choice.

Honey, woulda get me a beer? The second half is starting.

Honey?

Honey?

...
Posted by: badanov || 04/03/2007 19:17 Comments || Top||

#9  Ah... the wife does not waddle - perhaps that is the core of the problem for some...
As to other things... she still looks great in the ChePao she was married in (double slits and all). (this after 25 years..)
(Wish I could still fit into my wedding suit..)

As to Naked Ladies... at bachelor parties I never saw unhappy faces when the waitresses came around.
(unless they were out of money..)


Posted by: 3dc || 04/03/2007 19:24 Comments || Top||

#10  A naked upside down Rosie would not be pleasant.

I've seen sedimentary mudrock formations that might resemble that...and no, I was not enticed to climb those, either
Posted by: Frank G || 04/03/2007 20:01 Comments || Top||

#11  Yep, more evidence that Frank G. is going to hell.
Posted by: Shipman || 04/03/2007 21:21 Comments || Top||

#12  Shade in summer, heat in winter
Posted by: Captain America || 04/03/2007 22:13 Comments || Top||

#13  in the proverbial handbasket...at least Keith Richards won't snort me ;-)
Posted by: Frank G || 04/03/2007 22:58 Comments || Top||


The Bugatti Veyron tested to see if it really can do 407 km/h.
Posted by: Thriling Omeresh6708 || 04/03/2007 09:09 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Why would anybody design a car, an expensive car around a toilet seat for a grille? That is not the classic Bugatti grille.......It should say Kohler instead.
Posted by: USN, Ret. || 04/03/2007 14:33 Comments || Top||


-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
6.2-Magnitude Quake Hits Afghanistan
A 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit a remote and mountainous area of northeastern Afghanistan Tuesday morning, shaking buildings in the capital, Pakistan, Tajikistan and India. The earthquake in Badakhshan province was about 200 miles northeast of the capital, Kabul, where residents felt shaking buildings and some windows were shattered. There were no immediate casualty reports.

"It was a very strong earthquake," said Agha Noor Kemtoz, the provincial police chief of Badakhshan, which shares a border with Pakistan, Tajikistan and China. "My room was shaking and the light was swinging back and forth." The U.S. Geological Survey said the 6.2-quake was centered 40 miles south of Faizabad and hit at 8:05 a.m. Damage reports from northeastern Afghanistan are often slow to trickle in, because of the region's remoteness and a lack of communication facilities.

The quake was felt across northern Pakistan, including in the capital, Islamabad, 280 miles away. It also was felt in Tajikistan and in the Indian and Pakistan-administered portions of Kashmir, where a severe earthquake in October 2005 left thousands dead and caused widespread destruction. Badakhshan _ the most remote area in Afghanistan _ is home to the towering mountains of the Hindu Kush and is a region prone to earthquakes.
Posted by: Steve || 04/03/2007 08:37 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Was it felt in Binnie's cave?
Posted by: Glenmore || 04/03/2007 12:55 Comments || Top||

#2  Big nuke test in Iranian secret bunker!!????
Posted by: WinkyBean36 || 04/03/2007 19:57 Comments || Top||


Report: Global warming will melt Himalayas
Posted by: mrp || 04/03/2007 03:08 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Damn, that's hot! Granite melts at 3100 F.
Posted by: Shipman || 04/03/2007 7:16 Comments || Top||

#2  At least 70 species have become extinct so far because of global warming, Parmesan said in a telephone conference with reporters.

Name them.
Posted by: Rob Crawford || 04/03/2007 7:37 Comments || Top||

#3  Besides.... extinction is a perfectly natural process.
Posted by: CrazyFool || 04/03/2007 7:38 Comments || Top||

#4 
Posted by: doc || 04/03/2007 8:06 Comments || Top||

#5  t least 70 species have become extinct so far because of global warming, Parmesan said in a telephone conference with reporters.

How cheesy of Parmesan.
Posted by: doc || 04/03/2007 8:07 Comments || Top||

#6  Parmesan really grates on Me.
Posted by: Jackal || 04/03/2007 8:14 Comments || Top||

#7  All those poor Shirpas that will be put out of work when they have to flee the melting granite! Woman and children will be most effected, of course.
Posted by: DarthVader || 04/03/2007 9:19 Comments || Top||

#8  Name them

Won't be hard, they make the stuff up. Back in my old days in school, a species was defined pretty much by the ability to reproduce viable off springs, that which could in turn reproduce. Today they make up new species because it has a different coloring or bone structure variance even though it can mate and make viable off springs within its community. Now if they applied the same definition today to humans they now apply to other creatures on this rock, we wouldn't have "races", we'd have separate species.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 04/03/2007 9:26 Comments || Top||

#9  90% of all species that ever existed are extinct. Damn good thing, too. We'd be up to our asses in T-rex's and such like, otherwise.
Posted by: Albemarle Glulet4077 || 04/03/2007 15:56 Comments || Top||

#10  And when that happens, it can be awful hard to remember why it was you were there to drain the swamp fer in the first place.
Posted by: eLarson || 04/03/2007 16:08 Comments || Top||

#11  You are SO right about this, Procopius.

Best example in the U.S. is the cutthroat trout, which has been subdivided into about a dozen different "species" in order to:

1. Allow the government to restrict human activity in certain areas.

2. Keep the grant money flowing in for scientists studying these "species".

I'm an avid fisherman and if that's all I cared about, I'd be very happy indeed to let these "scientists", ecoextremists, and big-government types have their way and save every last trout in every stream so that I could fish for them.

But as a grownup with concerns outside one of my hobbies, I realize that this practice is bad and dishonest science, and may be used for nefarious purposes. The fact is, ALL of these various cutthroat races can reproduce with each other and make fully functional offspring.

If two individuals can reproduce and make viable, reproductively functioning offspring, they are of the same species, period. That is, and should remain, the defining characteristic.
Posted by: no mo uro || 04/03/2007 17:12 Comments || Top||

#12  no mo uro - ever fish Lahontan or Pyramid outside Fallon, NV? - great cutthroat fishing. My grandparents lived in Fallon, so when we visited in summer - that was a "must do"
Posted by: Frank G || 04/03/2007 17:56 Comments || Top||

#13  Strangely enough, one person who has actually spent years studying Himalayan Glaciers has another take...

Some experts have questioned the alarmists theory on global warming leading to shrinkage of Himalayan glaciers. VK Raina, a leading glaciologist and former ADG of GSI is one among them.

He feels that the research on Indian glaciers is negligible. Nothing but the remote sensing data forms the basis of these alarmists observations and not on the spot research.

Raina told the Hindustan Times that out of 9,575 glaciers in India, till date, research has been conducted only on about 50. Nearly 200 years data has shown that nothing abnormal has occurred in any of these glaciers.

It is simple. The issue of glacial retreat is being sensationalised by a few individuals, the septuagenarian Raina claimed. Throwing a gauntlet to the alarmist, he said the issue should be debated threadbare before drawing a conclusion.

However, Dr RK Pachouri, Chairman, Inter-Governmental Panel of Climatic Change said it’s recently released fourth assessment report has recorded increased glacier retreat since the 1980s.

This he said was due to the fact that the carbon dioxide radioactive forcing has increased by 20 per cent particularly after 1995. And also that 11 of the last 12 years were among the warmest 12 years recorded so far.

Surprisingly, Raina, who has been associated with the research and data collection in over 25 glaciers in India and abroad, debunked the theory that Gangotri glacier is retreating alarmingly.

Maintaining that the glaciers are undergoing natural changes, witnessed periodically, he said recent studies in the Gangotri and Zanskar areas (Drung- Drung, Kagriz glaciers) have not shown any evidence of major retreat.

"Claims of global warming causing glacial melt in the Himalayas are based on wrong assumptions," Raina, a trained mountaineer and skiing expert said. He rued that not much is being done by the Government to create a bank of trained geologists for an in-depth study of glaciers.

Posted by: John Frum || 04/03/2007 21:11 Comments || Top||

#14  The REAL cause of climate change.
Posted by: DMFD || 04/03/2007 22:39 Comments || Top||


Floods hit thousands in Afghanistan
Days of heavy rain and spring snow melt have swelled the once trickling Kabul river, which breached its embankments early Monday, destroying 170 homes in the capital, the UN said, adding that an estimated 20,000 to 25,000 people have been affected by floodwaters.

Flooding and avalanches across the country have killed at least 51 people and destroyed hundreds of homes over the last 11 days following warm weather and heavy downpours across much of Afghanistan, officials said Sunday.

Aid agencies are trying to reach an estimated 4,000 to 5,000 families - approximately 20,000 to 25,000 people - affected by the floods and avalanches, said Aleem Siddique, spokesman for the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan. Reliable figures on the number of victims are hard to come by because most of the affected areas are remote and lack communications and access.

The Kabul river breached its embankments around 2 am Monday, but affected families were promptly evacuated and no casualties have been reported, Siddique said. In Parwan, 350 people were airlifted to safety over the weekend, and the World Food Program is delivering food supplies for about 1,000 families, he said.

Afghan soldiers safely evacuated 350 families from Sayed Khel district in Parwan when swollen rivers forced their evacuation, while another 33 families were given assistance in the Shin Wari district, said Maj. Christopher Belcher, a US military spokesman. “This shows the dedication of the Afghan security forces to the safety of the people of Afghanistan,” Belcher said.

In Bamiyan, 60 homes were reportedly destroyed by an avalanche Sunday night, Siddique said. The area is difficult to access because of flooding, which has reportedly killed about 28, he said.

In Daykundi, about 2,500 people in eight districts have been badly affected by flooding, and “it is anticipated that more flooding is to come as the snow continues to melt,” Siddique said. In Panjshir, avalanches and floods have affected six districts, killing nine people and destroying 40 homes. Afghanistan has endured about a decade of drought, and Afghans say that this year’s spring rains are heavier than they’ve seen in years.
Posted by: Fred || 04/03/2007 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  You asked for rain. bless you
Posted by: newc || 04/03/2007 9:04 Comments || Top||

#2  How does this compare to previous years -- better, worse, or much the same?
Posted by: trailing wife || 04/03/2007 12:09 Comments || Top||

#3  Oh-oh. It's the Dreaded Afghan Spring...
Posted by: tu3031 || 04/03/2007 12:14 Comments || Top||


Pacific panic over killer tsunami
Dozens of people are believed to have died in the Solomon Islands after an underwater earthquake propelled a 10m (33ft) tsunami into coastal villages, washing away entire communities in one of the world’s poorest and most remote nations.

A state of emergency was declared yesterday by Manasseh Sogavare, the Prime Minister, as aftershocks from the magnitude 8.0 earthquake shook the country’s Western province and rescue teams struggled to reach thousands of refugees sleeping out in the open. The tsunami alert triggered evacuations across the Pacific.

In Australia officials closed East coast beaches, warned fishing boats to come in and cancelled ferry services in Sydney Harbour. Residents left homes, hospitals and schools and fled to higher ground.

Outside Cairns there were traffic jams as panicked locals – even those living inland and well above sea level – fled the city while others abandoned their cars in lowlying areas. Gary Schofield, of Cairns disaster management group, said that authorities knew the tsunami was unlikely to strike the region’s shore but were unable to stop the panic.

Seismologists issued a warning that there was a 50 per cent chance of a second equally powerful earthquake striking anything between a few hours and several weeks after the first. The Solomon Islands have suffered six “double earthquakes” in the past 90 years.

No wave was detected in Papua New Guinea, the Solomons’ nearest neighbour, allaying fears that there would be a repeat of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami, which killed 280,000 people across the Indian Ocean. There were no reports of damage from elsewhere.
Posted by: Fred || 04/03/2007 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  D *** nged mile-wide, Earth-passing birthday asteroid(s).
Posted by: JosephMendiola || 04/03/2007 0:17 Comments || Top||

#2  That's what you get for parking your islands in a subduction zone, pal.
Posted by: mojo || 04/03/2007 12:58 Comments || Top||

#3  Pacific panic over killer tsunami

Unlike the Palestinians, at least theirs didn't contain any brown trout.
Posted by: Zenster || 04/03/2007 21:49 Comments || Top||

#4  We had tv updates constantly here, shortly after the Earthquake struck the Solomon Islands. It was 'predicted' that the Tsunami would land in my City at around 11:30am, but nothing came of it. The whole East Coast along Australia was virtually shut down.
Posted by: Ebbeanter Ulemp4173 || 04/03/2007 22:43 Comments || Top||

#5  I'm glad it didn't propagate significantly so far south, Ebbeanter Ulemp4173.
Posted by: trailing wife || 04/03/2007 22:55 Comments || Top||

#6  Me too TW. By the way, this is Oztralian. My name keeps changing, i think i'm having cookie issues...
Posted by: Ebbeanter Ulemp4173 || 04/03/2007 23:46 Comments || Top||


Arabia
Saudi reformers petition king for elections
Saudi reformers said on Monday they had delivered a petition calling for free elections to King Abdullah and leading princes in the absolute monarchy, a US ally. “It has been sent to the king and 15 senior princes,” reformer Mohammed Bin Hudaijan said, adding that the document has 99 signatories. The document, dated Feb 2, was available on the Internet (www.dostor-islami.com) for any Saudi to add his or her name.
Posted by: Fred || 04/03/2007 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I'm sure the Royals will get right on it...
Posted by: PBMcL || 04/03/2007 0:53 Comments || Top||

#2  Groups like the Movement for Islamic Reform in Arabia, claim to be reformers. In fact, MIRA is an al-Qaeda front. Freedom is anathema in the vulgar "kingdom."
Posted by: Sneaze || 04/03/2007 7:48 Comments || Top||

#3  Good luck with THAT plan, guys...
Posted by: Albemarle Glulet4077 || 04/03/2007 15:53 Comments || Top||


Islamists demand Kuwait woman minister wear veil
Kuwait’s new female education minister refused to wear a veil as she took an oath when the new government of the OPEC oil-producer was sworn in on Monday, triggering protests from several Islamist parliamentarians. Nouriya al-Subaih defied calls by some deputies to cover her hair when taking the oath with the rest of the Gulf Arab country’s cabinet.

“The minister must comply with the provisions of Sharia (Islamic law) approved by parliament. The government must uphold the law,” said deputy Dhaifallah Buramia, who stood up in parliament until Parliament Speaker Jassem al-Kharafi told him to sit down. Women won the right to run for office and vote in Kuwait in 2005 in the face of resistance from some deputies who managed to add a clause stipulating women must abide by Islamic law. Subaih, a liberal who does not belong to any political bloc, is one of two women in the new cabinet. The other woman, Health Minister Massouma al-Mubarak, always wears a veil in public. Kuwait’s ruler, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, who has the last word in all government affairs, formed a new cabinet on March 25.
Posted by: Fred || 04/03/2007 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Well, there's the first group to educate. Good luck.
Posted by: Jackal || 04/03/2007 8:15 Comments || Top||


Bangladesh
Tarique's petition for stay on proceedings rejected
A Dhaka court yesterday rejected the petition seeking stay on the proceedings of the Tk 1-crore extortion case filed against BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Tarique Rahman and his close aide Mian Nuruddin Apu. Judge Momin Ullah of the Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court passed the order following a criminal revision filed by Tarique's counsels against the earlier rejection order of the lower court.

On March 29, Metropolitan Magistrate Abdur Rouf Khan of the Speedy Trial Court-2 rejected a petition filed by Tarique's lawyers challenging the legality of the investigation officer (IO) of the case submitting the charge sheet of the case.

Moving for the revision seeking stay on the proceedings of the case, advocate ABM Sharfuddin Khan Mukul argued that the submission of the charge sheet by the IO was illegal as per provision of the Speedy Trial Act 2000. The act says that if any person is caught red-handed under the act, the IO has to submit the charge sheet against him or her within seven days from the day the "offence" was committed.
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Military-backed govt to build new brand of democracy in Bangladesh
Bangladesh’s army chief Moeen U Ahmed said on Monday the military-backed interim government would build a new brand of democracy to overcome the country’s chronic poor governance. “We do not want to go back to an ‘elective democracy’ where corruption becomes all pervasive, governance suffers in terms of insecurity and violation of rights, and where political criminalisation threatens the very survival and integrity of the state,” Lt Gen Moeen said. “My contention is that had corruption not been a persistent factor, the full economic potential of Bangladesh could have been realised at a much faster rate,” he told a regional conference of the International Political Science Association in Dhaka. Bangladesh President Iajuddin Ahmed inaugurated the one-day conference.

“Had poor governance not been a conspicuous phenomenon in our democratic politics, the per capita income would not have stagnated to its current level of $482 but reached a more respectable $920 with every possibility of breaking the $1,000 barrier in the coming years,” Moeen said. “I reckon Bangladesh will have to construct its own brand of democracy recognising its social, historical and cultural conditions with religion being one of several components of its national identity,” he said. Bangladesh, now being ruled by an interim government headed by former central bank chief Fakhruddin Ahmed and strongly backed by the military, has been under a state of emergency since Jan 11. Moeen called for a major overhaul of the country’s political landscape, saying previous democratic governments had bred corruption and crime. He defended the emergency, saying it was “consistent with the democratic development” of the country. He also repeated his backing for the current interim government, which is carrying out a major anti-corruption campaign as part of sweeping reforms ahead of new but as yet unscheduled democratic elections. “I believe the current transitional period allows us an opportunity to develop a new concept and find a new sense of direction to the future politics of Bangladesh,” he said.

“The country has principles to live by and purpose to strive for, and this needs rethinking so that we can reinvent our system of governance with new leadership at all levels.” Moeen did not elaborate on the new brand of democracy. But he appeared to be sending a message to the political parties that there would be no election before political corruption is eliminated, or drastically curbed. Last week, he said politicians had failed to give the country anything good in its 36 years after independence.
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Britain
Briton loses extradition fight over US military hacking
The British national Gary McKinnon today lost his high court bid to avoid extradition to the US for allegedly carrying out the "biggest military computer hack of all time". The case dates back to 2001, when it is alleged Mr McKinnon hacked into computers belonging to the US military and scientific establishments from his home in Wood Green, north London. Under the codename Solo, he is said during a period of 18 months to have hacked into hundreds of machines belonging to the Pentagon, the US army and air force and Nasa not properly secured by officials.

US prosecutors say he caused $700,000 (£375,000) worth of damage. A lawyer for the US government said the hacking "was intentional and calculated to influence and affect the US government by intimidation and coercion". In an interview with the Guardian in 2006, Mr McKinnon claimed he had simply been searching for evidence of UFO activity.
Right. Sure you were.
The charges include one incident - shortly after the terrorist attacks on September 11 2001 - that brought down a network of 300 computers at the Earle naval weapons station in New Jersey. Another raid allegedly knocked out 2,000 computers in Washington.

Mr McKinnon had challenged a decision by the home secretary, John Reid, to send him to the US. Mr Reid decided last year that Mr McKinnon's extradition should go ahead despite claims from his lawyers that the 40-year-old faced the prospect of a military tribunal and potential internment in Guantánamo Bay as a so-called enemy of the state. He faces a sentence of 70 years if found guilty.
Gary, Gitmo is a tropical paradise compared with where you're headed
"We do not find any grounds of appeal against the decision," said one of the judges, Lord Justice Maurice Kay. "Mr McKinnon's conduct was intentional and calculated to influence and affect the US government by intimidation and coercion." He added: "As a result of his conduct, damage was caused to computers by impairing their integrity, availability and operation of programmes, systems, information and data ... rendering them unreliable,"

Mr McKinnon's lawyers had argued that sending him to the US would breach his human rights and should not be allowed on the basis that his extradition was sought "for the purpose of prosecuting him on account of his nationality or political opinions." Edmund Lawson QC, appearing for Mr McKinnon, described to the court how solicitors had been told of the "determination of the New Jersey authorities to see Mr McKinnon fry" during plea bargaining negotiations in 2003.
Horrors! Prosecutors who want to convict felons!
Mr McKinnon was warned by US prosecutors he could receive a longer sentence and be denied repatriation to serve his sentence in the UK if he did not go to the US voluntarily. The judges said: "Viewed from the perspective of an English court, the notion that a prosecutor may seek to induce a plea of guilty on the basis that substantial benefits would be withdrawn if one is not forthcoming is anathema."
Viewed from the perspective of an American court, it's business as usual. Should have stuck to hacking British computers, Gary
The extradition proceedings have taken so long because the UK sought assurances that Mr McKinnon would not face a military tribunal and would not serve his sentence at Guantánamo Bay. The legal process could continue, as Mr McKinnon is expected to apply to the House of Lords, Britain's highest court, for permission to challenge today's high court ruling.
Posted by: Steve || 04/03/2007 08:27 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  ... potential internment in Guantánamo Bay as a so-called enemy of the state. He faces a sentence of 70 years if found guilty.

I am not certain which bit of undergraduate doggerel pleases me the most: The "so-called enemy of the state" bit despite the fact I have never heard this expression used to describe anyone at Gitmo or the superfluous "á" in Guantanamo. You can tell this plonker affects a Spanish accent every time he refers to "gringos" or "Yanquis" over his prawn cocktail in Islington.
Posted by: Excalibur || 04/03/2007 10:28 Comments || Top||

#2  C'me, kid. We got somethin' for ya...
Posted by: mojo || 04/03/2007 12:56 Comments || Top||

#3  Mr McKinnon claimed he had simply been searching for evidence of UFO activity

Ya gotta believe in UFOs before you believe this guy's excuse.
Posted by: gorb || 04/03/2007 14:22 Comments || Top||

#4  Another raid allegedly knocked out 2,000 computers in Washington.

Sounds like a public service to me, Would You care to tell Me exactly how you did this? (Please)
Posted by: Redneck Jim || 04/03/2007 19:08 Comments || Top||


British hacker faces extradition to the US
A British man accused of hacking into U.S. military and NASA computer systems lost a High Court challenge Tuesday to avoid extradition to the United States.

Gary McKinnon, who was been indicted in New Jersy and northern Virginia, had claimed he could face prosecution under U.S. anti-terror laws if sent to the United States. His lawyer said he now would take the case to the House of Lords, Britain's highest court of appeal.

McKinnon, 41, is accused of illegally accessing around 100 government computers between February 2001 and March 2002, causing around $700,000 in damages. It remains one of the largest cyber attacks on the U.S. government. A British judge ruled in May that McKinnon, who was arrested in 2002, should face trial in the United States. Home Secretary John Reid signed off on the request.

McKinnon said he accessed systems because he was looking for evidence that America was concealing the existence of UFOs. District Judge Nicholas Evans, however, said McKinnon left notes on computer systems criticizing American foreign policy. "U.S. foreign policy is akin to government-sponsored terrorism," Evans quoted one such note as saying.

In one attack, which occurred immediately after Sept. 11, 2001, McKinnon targeted the Earle Naval Weapons Station in New Jersey
Posted by: ryuge || 04/03/2007 07:49 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Gary McKinnon, who was been indicted in New Jersey and northern Virginia, had claimed he could face prosecution under U.S. anti-terror laws if sent to the United States.

Now he thinks about that. I wouldn't worry about it Gary, people commit treason everyday during war in the US and are never charged with it.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 04/03/2007 9:29 Comments || Top||

#2  Hardly treason - he's a Brit.

Aggravated assholedom in the 1st degree.
Posted by: mojo || 04/03/2007 10:00 Comments || Top||

#3  I wasn't saying he was guilty of treason. I was pointing out that people in the US do commit it and aren't prosecuted for it, so the lad should really worry about being prosecuted under anti-terrorism statutes. There are other laws on the books to cover his actions.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 04/03/2007 13:31 Comments || Top||

#4  ...shouldn't be worried...
Posted by: Procopius2k || 04/03/2007 13:32 Comments || Top||


Thatcher's tribute to the Fallen of the Falklands
Baroness Thatcher last night paid a silent and moving tribute to The Fallen in the Falklands conflict on the 25th anniversary of the invasion of the islands by Argentina. The former Conservative Prime Minister laid a wreath of yellow and white roses, lilies and orchids at the foot of the Falklands Memorial in the Crypt of London's St Paul's Cathedral in honour of the 255 British service personnel who died.

Lady Thatcher, sombre in a long black coat and black shoes, stood back for a few moments in silent contemplation after laying the wreath which bore the words on a card: "In memory of those who have given their lives for Britain and for the Falklands Islands - Margaret Thatcher."

The 74-day conflict of 1982 marked both the summit and greatest trauma of her premiership. She had worn black throughout. Immediately after the Argentine surrender she said: "There was a feeling of colossal pride, of relief, that we could still do the things for which we were renowned. And that feeling will stay with us for a very long time."
Sure wish Maggie would speak to the current PM about those things given the Iran situation.
She did not speak at all during yesterday's ceremony which lasted no more than 10 minutes. Five Argentine war veterans returned to the islands and stood in silent contemplation at a cemetery where 274 of their compatriots are buried. They also tied their national flag to the main monument.

Some 350 miles away in Ushuaia, the capital of the Argentine province which claims the Falklands as its own, Daniel Scioli, the country's deputy prime minister, was equally defiant. "The war has not changed the reality: the Malvinas are Argentine, they have always been and they always will be," he said.

At the National Army Museum in London, the Victoria Cross belonging to the Falklands hero Colonel "H" Jones went on public display. Lt Col Herbert Jones, the commanding officer of the Parachute Regiment, died leading the 2Bn, The Parachute Regiment to victory in the battle for Darwin and Goose Green on May 28, 1982. He was shot as he launched an uphill assault.

Buried in the British cemetery at San Carlos on East Falkland, he is one of two servicemen - both from the Parachute Regiment - to be posthumously awarded the VC for bravery during the Falklands conflict. Sgt Ian McKay, of 3 Para, was honoured for his actions at the battle of Mount Longdon on June 11.
Posted by: Steve White || 04/03/2007 00:16 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  God bless her. The free world owes her and Ronald Reagan a debt they can never repay. She and Winston Churchill were the only really good Prime Ministers Britain has had in the 20th Century.
Posted by: Mac || 04/03/2007 17:50 Comments || Top||


Europe
Ukrainian president dissolves Parliament
Posted by: Fred || 04/03/2007 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  In acid?...
Posted by: mojo || 04/03/2007 13:30 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Tom Tancredo Announces '08 Presidential Bid
Colorado Republican Representative Tom Tancredo made it official Monday morning, announcing his bid for President of the United States. Tancredo, a Denver native, made the announcement during a radio appearance in Des Moines, Iowa.

Iowa holds the nation’s first political caucuses, which will take place in January 2008. Tancredo is among the most vocal advocates in Congress on the issue of securing the United States border with Mexico and cracking down on illegal immigration. He and his wife, Jackie, have been married for 30 years and have two children and five grandchildren.
Posted by: Fred || 04/03/2007 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I can't wait for the debates. This guy oughta heat things up a wee bit. The chap has more points than a porcupine.
Posted by: Zenster || 04/03/2007 0:14 Comments || Top||

#2  Who? Not gonna happen. Fred and Newt is the ONLY choice. Tom can do NSA. PR needs to start now. Waiting...
Posted by: Bartlett,Johnnie || 04/03/2007 1:59 Comments || Top||

#3  Expect a smear campaign from Eastern elitists. He once said that if the Muzzis get too aggressive, then nuking Mecca might be an option. That is a lot different from advocating: NUKE MECCA!

Just curious: if one of the nuclear powers informed the Sauds that Mecca was about to be glassed, and gave them a week to depopulate the target, what would be the effect of destroying the city while not harming a single Muslim? Muzzis believe that Mecca is their deity's portal on earth. Ergo: if it was destroyed in default of divine protection, then the mask of deception might be pulled off their self appointed "prophet." No place to make pilgrimage; no reason to believe in Quran direction.
Posted by: Sneaze || 04/03/2007 5:23 Comments || Top||

#4  But, Sneaze! None would leave! All the faithful would flock to Mecca, and ...

Waitaminute.... maybe that's not a bad thing?
Posted by: Bobby || 04/03/2007 6:27 Comments || Top||

#5  Whatever you think of the merits of his position on immigration, Tom Tancredo has a moonbat streak in him a half-mile wide--which can only harm his candidacy and his pet issue.
Posted by: Mike || 04/03/2007 8:39 Comments || Top||

#6  Newt??? I don't think so. The only person with higher unfavorables than Hillary
Posted by: Frank G || 04/03/2007 9:50 Comments || Top||

#7  "Tom Tancredo has a moonbat streak in him a half-mile wide--"

Mike, You are certainly entitled to your opinion that Tancredos’ assertions of a larger agenda behind the illegal immigration debate are conspiracy theory rants from a racist bigot. But I would suggest there is ample evidence to support his views if one is willing to consider the broader picture. Other then amnesty for illegal aliens, how many viewpoints do Labor Unions and the US Chamber of Commerce share? Now, without the traditional myopic “special interest” explanations, ask yourself; Why is that? As long as people view amnesty for illegal aliens as a single issue and not a phenomena they will continue to be manipulated through very simple propaganda. Just consider how easily people are coerced either by the “race card” from the left or the “economic card” from the corporations that exploit cheap labor. I’ll say it again…Take a look around brother!
Posted by: Waldemar Croluper3514 || 04/03/2007 11:01 Comments || Top||

#8  What the Waldemar Croluper3514 is goin on here. Must of coughed my cookie.
Posted by: DepotGuy || 04/03/2007 11:19 Comments || Top||

#9  DG: We're just going to have to disagree on that issue, but I will compliment you on the civility with which you expressed yourself.
Posted by: Mike || 04/03/2007 14:12 Comments || Top||

#10  Sorry, Tom, and Fred:

Check out Duncan Hunter

although I'd probably rather have Tom or Fred than Mitt, Rudy or John.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 || 04/03/2007 15:58 Comments || Top||

#11  Fred Thompson, that is. If Fred Pruitt runs I'll be pleased to support him.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 || 04/03/2007 16:00 Comments || Top||

#12  FRED IN 08! FRED IN 08! FRED IN 08!
Posted by: Mac || 04/03/2007 17:53 Comments || Top||

#13  Pruitt for Mayor! Governor! Senate! President! Supreme Overlord!
Posted by: Mike || 04/03/2007 17:59 Comments || Top||

#14  I like Fred, but he's partially responsible for that McCain-Feingold abomination.
Posted by: Glenmore || 04/03/2007 19:32 Comments || Top||

#15  Only Ethel knows if Fred is running.
Posted by: Shipman || 04/03/2007 21:24 Comments || Top||

#16  First Lady Ethel Pruitt .... has a certain ring to it
Posted by: Frank G || 04/03/2007 21:29 Comments || Top||

#17  AKA the Lord Gawdness Ethel on the Buttons.
Posted by: Shipman || 04/03/2007 21:43 Comments || Top||

#18  Fred Thompson has zero charisma. He became well known from his position on the Watergate panel, even though he was a junior, outshadowed by Sam Raybourne et al. The only time I ever saw him smile is when he played a con-man on "Wiseguy."
Posted by: Sneaze || 04/03/2007 22:48 Comments || Top||

#19  I like Tancredo, do I think he has any real chance? No. But I'm hoping that he will bring some real dialog into focus about the illegal problem.
I feel like lots of folks are identifying the problem of illegals and the open border, but there is never any action to stop it. I feel strongly that Tancredo would be very pro-active, and I would like to hear how other candidates would act. Tancredo will be good at stirring the pot, let's see what kind of cream comes to the top.
Posted by: Jan || 04/03/2007 22:59 Comments || Top||

#20  Sneaze: Fred T has gravitas, and pretty solid conservative voting record. I'd go Thompson/Hunter in a second
Posted by: Frank G || 04/03/2007 23:35 Comments || Top||


Science & Technology
Automotive X Prize
The X Prize Foundation, which spurred innovation by offering $10 million US for the first privately built spacecraft, plans to offer millions for the first practical car that increases mileage five-fold.

The California-based non-profit organization, whose mission is to encourage radical scientific and technological innovations that benefit humanity, released draft guidelines for the Automotive X Prize on Monday. The contest will require vehicles to meet tough emission requirements and get 100 miles per U.S. gallon (about 42 kilometres a litre). The current average fuel economy of U.S. vehicles is about 20 miles per gallon (nine km/l).

The competition is intended "to inspire a new generation of viable, super-efficient vehicles that help break our addiction to oil and stem the effects of climate change," the foundation said on its website. "We invite the world's best and brightest minds to look at this independent, high-profile competition as a way to make a difference for generations to come," Mark Goodstein, the executive director of the Automotive X Prize, said in a news release.

The foundation said it envisions a multi-year competition with a multimillion-dollar cash purse.
likely $10,000,00 prize for 2009
The guidelines specify that the car must be appealing to buyers and easy to mass produce — warning that concept cars or "science projects" won't qualify. The vehicles will compete in real-world driving tests, in two categories — mainstream (four or more passengers and four wheels) and alternative (two or more passengers and no requirement on the number of wheels).
Posted by: 3dc || 04/03/2007 13:12 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  missed the last 0
$10,000,000 prize.
Posted by: 3dc || 04/03/2007 14:25 Comments || Top||

#2  It's called a "Motorcycle"
Posted by: Redneck Jim || 04/03/2007 19:16 Comments || Top||


Technique to convert all blood to Type O so anybody can use it.
Posted by: 3dc || 04/03/2007 13:08 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Nice. However, some of the blood shortage is created by the broadbrush exclusion of potential donors by the blood donation agencies. I've gone through interrogations every time I've donated and noted that people who served in Europe in the 80s and early 90s are largely disqualified, even though in conditions as in Iraq, the military uses its own for emergency transfusions. If you meet some bureaucratic CYAWP standard, they don't even test, they just exclude. It also leads the 'charities' to hounding the same donors over and over because they're unwilling to make an effort to get into other populations.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 04/03/2007 13:28 Comments || Top||

#2  Wow--and not just to Type O, but to Type O- (the true universal donor blood type). That's great news for those O- people out there (roughly 7.7% of the population) who can so selflessly give their blood to anyone, but who can only receive O- when they need it.
Posted by: Dar || 04/03/2007 13:30 Comments || Top||

#3  Dar - O- here... but I was doing biz in London during Mad Cow so nobody wants my O-.
Posted by: 3dc || 04/03/2007 14:21 Comments || Top||

#4  How long is the wait for that, 3dc? I hope it's not permanent--the bloodbank will have to take you off speed-dial then!
Posted by: Dar || 04/03/2007 14:56 Comments || Top||

#5  Yikes! My wife is gonna go for this, she's on the O_List of Doom.
Posted by: Shipman || 04/03/2007 18:42 Comments || Top||

#6  They do have some tolerably good artificial blood now, but are concerned about its effects in the internal organs. Its biggest advantage is that it oxygenates 50 times better than regular blood.

This opens up a great opportunity. If you can isolate a part of the body from the main circulatory system, you can pump oxygenated artificial blood "in one end and out the other", like a heart lung machine. And as long as it doesn't pass through the internal organs, it might save oxygen-starved tissues, say in the case of a crushed limb.

Another example would be where the major artery and vein split below the kidneys, to go to either leg. A bypass could be used to pump artificial blood through one or both legs, carrying drugs that would cause catastrophic collapse of phlebitis clots and arterial plaques. That is, big chunks of the stuff would be flushed out of their pipes.

But instead of endangering their life with a potential stroke or heart attack from the loose clumps, they would all go into the bypass circulatory system for the artificial blood. Then when their pipes were clear, they could be shifted back to their regular blood supply.

This would save years of risky procedures and drugs.
Posted by: Anonymoose || 04/03/2007 19:07 Comments || Top||

#7  interesting stuff, Moose, thx
Posted by: Frank G || 04/03/2007 19:43 Comments || Top||

#8  Can't understand why they don't use this artifical blood in a hospital setting, especially in a cardiac emergency.
Posted by: Shipman || 04/03/2007 21:42 Comments || Top||

#9  I'm type O and have received over one hundred transfusions. The folks who donate blood are living angels here on Earth.

hugs ;-)
Posted by: Red Dog || 04/03/2007 22:19 Comments || Top||

#10  Ima gallon club member at SD Blood Bank, yet since I started taking statins for BP - I can't donate (I'm back to normal BP)...I feel guilty...but understand, I guess...
Posted by: Frank G || 04/03/2007 22:23 Comments || Top||


GPS Sneakers
Posted by: 3dc || 04/03/2007 02:11 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Maxwell Smart is smiling.
Posted by: RWV || 04/03/2007 9:35 Comments || Top||



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