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Quick Thoughts * News * Interesting * Funny * Quote(s) of the Day * Closing
Today : I smell a Kerry-180 Tuesday post approaching
... BANG : Kerry betrayed his Brothers-in-Arms, something about $905M
... BANG² : some thoughts on accountability, or the lack thereof

Quick Thoughts News * Interesting * Funny * Quote(s) of the Day * Closing
Avian Flu : US Health Secretary warns of "high probability" pandemic ... H5N1 finally getting the press it deserves, needs?
... Outbreaks in Turkey, Romania ... "just" affecting poultry, so far

Earthquake : India air-dropping food, burial shrouds
... Impatient Pakistani blasts US's offer as "peanuts" ... right before we upped it 100x; and look @ the UN = a whole $100k
... Weather slowing aid delivery ... death toll now estimated at 35-40k

Iraq : Two car bombs kill "dozens" ... condolences for the "atleast 55 dead"

Afghanistan : 19 Police Officers killed

Drought : Amazon rain forest ... wild fires, sickness ... "Global Warming" blamed

Flooding : 10 dead in Eastern US

Foot & Mouth : Brazil, world's largest cattle exporter, destroying atleast 582 cows ... wouldn't that be "Hoof & Mouth"?

Crime : 1 man., 130 IDs, 473 accounts, 112 mail redirection facilities = £1.1m, 5.5 years in jail

Spain : Gets first ever tropical storm ... how do you say Vince, en espanol?

Air Travel : Jet Blue, Boston to NY, $25 ... introductory rate, of course

Quick Thoughts * News Interesting * Funny * Quote(s) of the Day * Closing
Serenity : An intro, link to sites/trailers/video ... read/watch this and THEN GO SEE THE MOVIE!

Islamofascism : NYC Metro scare ... a hoax?
... Terrorists get a free pass in UK ... "useless British Home Secretary Charles Clarke"

SCOTUS / Miers : Coalition of the Chillin' ... STACLU
... Some responses to MoveOn
... A few thoughts for GOPers who "stand up" to W, but not to the Lefties

Survival : Be Prepared ... GREAT READ! ... found via TWA's pet Ogre

Katrina / Rita : Flood Pork
... Can you help one of our heroes? ... found via 365 + Wake Up
... 'When understanding and compassion hurt more than they help'

UselessNations : More on UNICEF's "We like smurf killing" video ... again, I think it's a riot!
... Jean-Bernard Merimee, aka the "undersecretary-general", arrested ... more Oil for Food for Bribes for Dictators fallout

Iran : "Compromising" on IAEA oversight? ... or just stalling, again

Illegal Immigration : Highway sound barriers can make effective border fences
... Free for all in Florida ... say hello to unlimited Cuban "refugees"

Insurrection : More on the FEC suing CFG

Computing : Free alternatives to Macromedia, Adobe
... ReactOS - run Windows proggies without Windows
... A bunch of Programming Guides ... wanna learn C++, general programming constructs, etc?
... Novell releases a bunch of SUSE usability videos, etc.
... TouchKeys coming to cel phones, PDAs

Internet : Yahoo giving bloggers some credit, placement ... unlike Goooogle
... PSP as a web server?! ... add :800 to this URL to go there
... eBay's PayPal buys Verisign's Payment Portal
... ISP wins $10M judgment vs spammer ... excellent!
... Cisco + MTV = IPTV
... Portal Wars

Gaming : A peek at a "XBOX STORE"
... ESA suing Cali over "Violent Game" law (AB1179)
... World of ~~Warcraft~~ Spyware?

InfoSec : Nessus 3.0 = not GPL; 2.0 fork expected?
... Dutch-based botnet operators busted

BearingPoint : Delays filing, again

MSM : NYT not so on-to the Internet Thing

Age Discrimination : ... or just good business sense?

Left : Gore planning a run in '08? ... to reinvent the Internet in '12
... Some responses to Gore's Oct 5^th speech ... many good points; some complimentary, many not so much

Right : Blogger Patrick Ruffini "sells out" ... but in a great way; officially working for the GOP!
... DeLay : Earle Subpoenaed ... gets more interesting :) (whether good or bad I dunno yet)
... Frist : May be in trouble, "had stock outside of blind trusts" ... let's get to the truth here as well!

Taxation : Mortgage deduction to cap at ~$350k? ... no sales tax (which is good; unless you mean The Fair Tax!)

Health : Philips HeartStart Home Automated External Defibrillator (AED)

Life : Smokey's Rules of Life
... Learn how to read faster ... let me know if that works for you

Economics : Gold up to $477.70/ounce ... and rising?
... Things you should never buy new
... Hybrids don't save money
... Delphi bankruptcy is a "red flag" ... and a major drag for GM

Space : Fetal star spotted

Physics : A look inside E=mc²

Hurricanes : "Wilma" is the only name left! ... if we get one more we use the last name, and tie the record ... yea, us?

Energy : Harness the power of a Tornado ... well, kind of ... "atmospheric vortex engine with a diameter of 200m would produce around 200Mw"

Geology : Everest shorter than thought, by 12' ... or maybe its shrinking

Calculus : A site that differentiates for you ... can integrate as well! ... where was this when I needed it??

Misc : You CAN recharge standard alkaline batteries? ... " Total cost of ownership for sex toys: down 86%"

Jeep : Thoughts on the 2007 Compass ... a kinder, gentler wussy Jeep? ... "soft-roader"
... A bunch of Daimler Chrysler recalls ... hard to put in Park, cars roll

Colorado : GM went on vacation, took some nice pics!

English : Common linguistic errors ... "bob wire"

Babies : Squirrelly has ASD? ... prayers!

Bloggers : Bonfire of the ~~Religious Pantheons~~ Vanities
... Basil is interviewing! ... submit an interviewee, questions, etc.

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, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40,
41, 42!

Quick Thoughts * News * Interesting Funny * Quote(s) of the Day * Closing
Earthquake : It was a seismic attack launched by US
... Al Qaeda leading relief effort

Hurricanes : Wilma is the end

UselessNations : Smurf bombing was TOTALLY justified!

Relationships : Hatred of counselor unites couple

Left : PETA book titles
... Sutherland arrested by Jack Bauer

Right : Eeevil age control device to make us older, slowly
... W to appoint leader for country ... "America is in need of a bold, resolute person who can get the job done"
... W replacing Greenspan with some guy from the mall
... Seeking limits on interrogation of Administration

Internet : AOL supporting condescension, elitism?

SCOTUS/ Miers : WuzzaDem does Coulter
... Miers is "one of us"
... Laura says "Kick Pelosi's a$$"
... 'Senators not qualified to question Miers'

Health : Pfizer, Microsoft cracking down on Viagra piracy

Computing : Creative releases silent sound card

Flash : Run, jump
... Are u Dumb? ... I am not :P

ID : Creationists, Darwinists compromise, create new religion ... language warning, or something

UF : A smack of reality for the RIAA

Islamofascism : Pentagon defeats Militant Chess Team
... So, what is left of al Qaida
... God denies advising W to invade Iraq
... Not terrorists; Winona stole the plane

Caption This : Condi! ... "Bring it on, biyatch" ... although, I prefer to spell it beyatch

Movies : 'Changes in George Lucas's Lord of the Rings: Special Edition' ... midichlorians?

Genetics : Scientists invent dogcat

~~Prison~~ Hell Overpopulation : 92% are there due to drug charges

Celebrity(ies) : Tom, Katie having a Publicist