NIF

Quick Thoughts * News * Interesting * Funny * Quote(s) of the Day * Closing
Monday : "Guard our Borders" 'burst ... Consider the source, Some thoughts on Kay Bailey Hutchison, Border Czar!

Weekend Rally : TMH has pics ... compare to AntiWar Protester pics or these from San Fran (language warning!)

Quick Thoughts News * Interesting * Funny * Quote(s) of the Day * Closing
Iraq : Shiite support of Iraqi constitution ... and "bus bomb" kills 5
... 7, including 3 US GIs, killed in IED attack ... prayers & condolences
... Al Qaeda's #2, KIA
... Lynndie England convicted

Crawfordstock : Sheehan arrested! ... ignore 3 warnings, go to jail ... "a group of unthinking lemmings"
... "devolution of [the Democrat's] political sentiments"
... A few thoughts on her arrival, companions ... the words professional protesters come to mind
... Grassfire shares some audio, Report #1 and Report #2

Israel : Air Strikes into Gaza
... Hamas backs off ... "under new management" (due to arrests & missile strikes)

Ireland : IRA disarmed

Poland : Conservatives victorious ... leaving the left "not even qualifying as the official opposition"

Lebanon : Journalist May Chidiac attacked via bombed, loses left arm and left leg ... prayers!

Rita : Post storm flooding ... glad 3M people evacuated
... Updates here ... flooding worse than expected in some areas, SPR being tapped
... "Refinery location should now be seen as a national security issue"

Economy : August's existing home sales up 2% ... "median home price rose to $220,000, up 15.8 from one year ago"

Crime : Rate holds at 30 yr low

Earthquake : Peru, 7.0

Indonesia : +1 Bird Flu casualty ... condolences ... poultry culling to commence in battle against H5N1

RIP : Don Adams

Quick Thoughts * News Interesting * Funny * Quote(s) of the Day * Closing
Islamofascism : OBL isolated?
... 9/11 trial in Spain nearing end ... not much about this via MSM
... Al Jazeera -1 reporter .... Spain convicts Tayssir Alouny

Able Danger: Weldon's (R-PA) testimony @ Senate Judiciary Committee
... Savage interviews Weldon ... "bigger than Watergate"

Illegal Immigration : Legal immigrants don't like Bush's plan either!
... Selective enforcement is wrong! ... and ban legamorons! .. I disagree w/ a lot here, but excellent closing line though!
... Border needs a "full court press"

Katrina : US Navy missing "armed" dolphins?
... Cut foreign aid ... shoot for the pork spending too, please!?
... Use Katrina as an excuse to cut Amtrak ... like we need more reasons to do so???

Disaster Recovery : Satellite phones to the rescue

UselessNations : WHO failing to meet Millennium Development Goals ... should read "Dummies Guide to Strategic Planning"
... IAEA issues ultimatum to Iran ... Venezuela is the only ~~bought~~ dissenting vote ... and UN-SC veto expected ... "useless"
... Niger, 'A textbook case of how bureaucracy kills' ... it's not the free market doing the killing!

Iraq : How to win ... not sure I agree with several statements herein, but still interesting!

Computing : iPod Nano having some scratch problems
... Meet the FingerGear COS
... MS - "Windows is officially broken"
... A peek inside MS
... Deal : 100GB HDD for $20 ... 7200 RPM, UATA, 8MB cache
... Switching from Apple, back to Windows
... DS WiFi close to being cracked
... Want a 200000:1 contrast ration on your monitor ... and have more money than sense?

Internet : China + censorship ... "insist on correct guidance of public opinion"
... P2P "poisoning" in Mybittorrent
... Limewire to block copyrighted works ... another blow to P2P
... HP releases their "Cisco Killer" ... "InterConnect Fabric Switch 8100fl" ... half the cost of Cisco, free lifetime SW upgrades
... Opera USB ... kinda like Portable Firefox ... but Firefox is better :)

Gaming : Red vs Blue gets some press! ... sweet, they rock! (#62 is available, link below!)
... PC vs Console ... or follow my lead, do both!

BearingPoint : Wins more work in Afghanistan ... "finance rebuilding" worth $6.85M

Space : First test of Space Elevator prototype a success!

Gadget : TokyoFlash "High Frequency Watch"

Music : Record labels confirm Jobs' "greedy" depiction ... his words, their actions

Left : Streisand declares "Global Warming Emergency" ... and she supports the Kyoto ~~Disaster~~ Protocol
... "Help! Mom! There are liberals under my bed"
... SCOTUS' Ginsburg betrays her bias ... violating a little thing called The Law (ref Title 28, United States Code, Section 455)
... Broussard refuses to retract lies
... Want to see who Hillary agrees with, thinks? ... "a concerted effort to make it even harder for poor people ... to vote"
... LAPD objects to bum dumping ... compassion, limited?
... Listen to Hugo Chavez ... and realize what we are up against

Right : Having solved a long list of problems, Mike Pence (R-Ind) is coming for your pr0n
... Operation Offset, and what the Right needs to be doing! ... e.g. - Santorum is currently down by 30 points!

Health : Flu shots work
... Poorer countries getting fatter too

Military : DIY smutfest? ... some of our GIs having a little too much fun?
... Contracts raise suspicion of Bio-warfare ... or trying to fight it?

Education : "Diversity" class in KINDERGARTEN! ... father arrested ... WTF?

Nature : Ants that actively clear unwanted plants from their "garden" ... using formic acid as a natural herbicide!

Misc : Porcelain has a "fingerprint" ... no more fakes
... Replacing light bulbs with LEDs?

Celebrity(ies) : Paltrow decides US not so bad after all ... worthy of hosting her child
... Demi (42) marreis Ashton (27) in LA
... Stupid kid names
... Cosby's "rider" ... always fun to see what they demand

Bloggers : Thoughts on Andrew Rasiej, "the Technorati candidate", and his recent loss ... and vote TJ in 2012!

A Story, bit by bit : ... "SuperEgo" :
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20,
21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30,
31, 32, 33, 34, 35!

Quick Thoughts * News * Interesting Funny * Quote(s) of the Day * Closing
OOTS : #225 ... Miko pays, and enjoy a (cough) restful night!

RVB : #62 ... Honk Honk says Blarg, and Ninja Monkey Pirates!

Crawfordstock : Spacemonkey apologizes
... The numbers are all GUARANTEED accurate!