tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58390782011-07-14T15:23:21.124-06:00For those of us that chatter idly, meaninglessly, babble, and prattle on about everything...Romshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05610758912653656760noreply@blogger.comBlogger541100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839078.post-1137295711561689612006-01-14T20:27:00.000-07:002006-01-14T20:28:31.573-07:00

'could spark riots'AnanovaRiots are feared in Russia after a new law forced vodka distilleries to halt production.Analysts predict trouble as shops begin to run out of the national tipple.The new law, endorsed by President Putin on January 1, stipulates that every distillery must have computerised equipment for measuring alcohol levels.The move caught the big distilleries by surprise and brought

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By Simon Freeman and Russell JenkinsTimes OnlineA drunken passenger who abused cabin crew on a flight to Tenerife spent 36 hours castaway after the airline abandoned him on a tiny island in the Atlantic, 300 miles from his destination.Monarch Airlines said that the man became rude and aggressive towards staff shortly after flight ZB558 took off from Manchester on Tuesday evening.When he refused

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CO: AnanovaScientists say they have finally cracked a 500-year-old mystery - the secret of the Mona Lisa's smile.The enigmatic expression on Leonardo da Vinci's most famous work was analysed by computer software, reports the New Scientist.And the conclusion was that it conveyed 83% happiness, 9% disgust, 6% fear and 2% anger.The conclusion was made after the painting, on view in The Louvre in

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Mon Dec 19,11:45 AM ET 2005 Reuters Limited.Ebenezer Scrooge would enjoy Christmas in America this year.Drowning out the sounds of sleigh bells ringing and children singing are the sounds of arguing. At issue is how to greet people, how to decorate main street and how to sell gifts -- all without offending someone.Religious conservatives are threatening lawsuits and boycotts to insist that store

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Good evening. Three days ago, in large numbers, Iraqis went to the polls to choose their own leaders — a landmark day in the history of liberty. In coming weeks, the ballots will be counted ... a new government formed ... and a people who suffered in tyranny for so long will become full members of the free world.This election will not mean the end of violence. But it is the beginning of something

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My view on this HIV Email notification issue.Too little, too late, by far.The foundation purpose of any society is to provide safety and protection to its members. From the beginning of this HIV issue, there have been those squalling morons that have worked to turn this into a life style issue. It is not, was not, never will be. It is a safety issue.The mindless rant-o-chanters, dumbass snot

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Rather than an e-mail virus warning, a new program offers e-mails warning of viruses -- and other types of sexually transmitted diseases.After a successful effort in San Francisco, health officials in Los Angeles launched inSpotLA.org to give people a way to anonymously tell partners they may have been exposed to sexually transmitted diseases such as gonorrhea, chlamydia or HIV.People diagnosed

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Rick Richman has an excellent piece at "Jewish Current Issues:" ---- George W. Bush’s extraordinary “Strategy for Victory” speech yesterday was a direct response to the crisis of confidence created from a combination of adverse developments in the war, incessant political attacks from Democrats, and the nonstop criticism of a hostile mainstream media. Bush told the country that “In the years

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DICK CHENEY, the US Vice-President, responded to growing congressional calls for the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq by saying the move would hand victory to Islamic terrorists.“A precipitous withdrawal from Iraq would be a victory for the terrorists, an invitation to further violence against free nations, and a terrible blow to the security of the US,” Mr Cheney said after a week in which the

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True ColorsThe House is voting on whether it's a good idea to withdraw from Iraq, and Republicans are forcing the Democrats to show their true colors. Right on!The Republican House finally drew a line in the sand - which their constituents have wanted for I don't know how long. Well done, and let's keep this momentum rolling!

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Internet giant Google is offering to cloak its home city in Silicon Valley with free wireless "Wi-Fi" computer service, the company confirmed. Google's proposal to "unwire the city" will be considered by the Mountain View city council on Tuesday, according to Ellis Berns, manager of economic development in the town where Google has its headquarters. Right now, we can't see a downside," Berns told

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US, EU tentatively back Russian atom plan for IranBy Francois MurphyVIENNA (Reuters) - A Russian plan aimed at satisfying the world that Tehran's atomic aims are peaceful has won tentative backing from the United States and the European Union's top powers, diplomats said on Thursday.Under the proposal, supported by France, Britain and Germany, known as the EU3, and Washington, Iran would keep

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CIA moves toward probe of prisons storyKATHERINE SHRADERAssociated PressWASHINGTON - The CIA took the first step toward a criminal investigation of a leak of possibly classified information on secret prisons to The Washington Post, a U.S. official said Tuesday.The agency's general counsel sent a report to the Justice Department about the Post story, which reported the existence of secret U.S.

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Countries around the world are bracing themselves to deal with the spread of avian flu, which is beginning to break away from its original "hotspot" of South East Asia.Outbreaks of the latest H5N1 strain among birds were first spotted in Vietnam and Thailand in 2003. It spread to several other countries in the region, and has now established a foothold in western Turkey and Romania.The World

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Paris riots spread throughout FranceSAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch-- The worst civil unrest seen in France in decades entered a 12th night Monday, as riots that began outside of Paris spread to nearly 300 cities across the country and sparked similar violent outbursts in Belgium and Germany.Under criticism for its failure to stem the rising tide of violence, the French government Monday said it would

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Sorry for the laps in news....I've had some connection issues lately. Things should be back to the normal smart ass reporting this next week. Thanks-Roms

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Microsoft has king spammer on toastELIZABETH GILLESPIE IN SEATTLEMICROSOFT has won a £3.9 million settlement from a man once billed as one of the world's most prolific spammers in a deal the software maker heralded as a coup in the fight against unsolicited e-mails.Microsoft, headed by Bill Gates, said the money from Scott Richter and his company, OptInRealBig.com, will be used to boost efforts

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A trip in the wayback machine:Despite military scandals, women enlistFemale recruits unfazedBy Cynthia F. YoungWASHINGTON (ARNEWS, June 2, 1997) -- Even through she grew up an Army brat, a quiet, confident Shalamar Carruthers, 19, sat in the U.S. Army recruiting office on Lee Highway in Fairfax, Va. and wondered one last time if she was doing the right thing.The four-year enlistment was a big

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Microsoft names new apostle to fill other seat in hell.Microsoft Corp. yesterday named Kevin Turner, former president and chief executive of Sam's Club, its new chief operating officer.Turner, 40, who also has served as chief information officer for Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the parent of Sam's Club, will join the Redmond company Sept. 8.Steve Ballmer, Microsoft's chief executive, cited Turner's

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Fanning the Controversy Over 'Intelligent Design'A light-hearted White House conversation with representatives of Texas newspapers may have opened a new controversy for President George W. Bush. The President laughed when Knight-Ridder’s Ron Hutcheson asked for Mr. Bush’s "personal views" about the theory of "intelligent design", which religious activists advocate should be taught in U.S. schools

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Race to rescue crew of Russian submarineRussia was last nightracing against time to rescue seven sailors stranded in a mini-submarine on the Pacific Ocean floor with as little as 24 hours' air supply - an accident with echoes of the Kursk submarine disaster in which 118 seamen died.Though on a far smaller scale, the accident came a week before the fifth anniversary of the sinking of the Kursk, a

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Iran is resuming enriching uranium todayIran says that it is going to break UN seals on a nuclear plant today and resume work enriching uranium that the West fears could help it to build an atom bomb. The head of the International Atomic Energy Authority, the UN nuclear watchdog, begged Tehran not to carry out its threat, for fear of jeopardising negotiations that have dragged on for two

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Pentagon stirs tensions in foreign base shuffleTo fight the terror war, US wants far-flung bases for more mobile military. But some nations balk at US footprint.In the past week, the United States has seen both the promise and the peril of its plan to undertake the biggest reorganization of American overseas military might since the end of World War II.As the Pentagon transforms its military to

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Playing all sides...For very different reasons, Republicans and liberal Democrats found themselves together last week protesting Hillary Rodham Clinton's effort to stake out ground in the political center.But the New York senator holds such a dominant position in the jockeying for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination – even 2½ years before the first caucus – that she has been able to brush

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Bend over here comes the FBI's size 12.....FBI probing Cisco analystCiting unnamed sources, the Los Angeles Times reported Saturday that the FBI is investigating analyst Michael Lynn, who highlighted security flaws with Cisco routers during a presentation at an Internet security conference last week in Las Vegas . Lynn had gathered the information while working as a researcher for Internet

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Hot Damn! I'm feelin my oats!US President George W Bush was discharged "in excellent health and fit for duty" after undergoing his annual medical check-up and is expected to have no problems for the rest of his term.Bush underwent the medical examination at the Naval Medical Center in Bethesda near Washington on Saturday."The President remains in excellent health and fit for duty. All data

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Iran says will resume nuclear work on MondayTEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said on Sunday it would definitely resume some sensitive nuclear fuel activities on Monday after the European Union failed to meet Tehran's deadline to submit proposals to break a diplomatic impasse."As we did not receive the EU proposal, naturally we will definitely resume work at the Isfahan plant tomorrow," a senior Iranian

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Dispute over Cisco flaw sparks criticism, debateCisco Systems Inc.'s efforts this week to stop an IT security researcher from discussing a hack into its router software evoked criticism from some users and analysts, along with calls for more information from the vendor about the issues surrounding the flaw.The dispute between Cisco and Michael Lynn, who until Wednesday worked at Internet Security

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North Korea Getting High Marks From U.S.Having been denounced by President Bush as part of an "axis of evil," and its leader Kim Jong Il dismissed by former U.S. negotiator John R. Bolton as a "tyrannical rogue," North Korea is suddenly getting high marks from the Bush administration.Officials are crediting North Korea with being cooperative in the current round of nuclear weapons talks in China

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Frist supports funding for stem cell studyBill Frist, the Senate majority leader and a likely 2008 presidential candidate, on Friday broke sharply with President George W. Bush and called for an expansion of federal funding for embryonic stem cell research.The move by Mr Frist, a heart and lung transplant surgeon, drew an angry reaction from social conservatives, a key voting bloc in Republican

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Foamy sponge brought in for questioning... Officials say they've had problems with this particular piece of foam before...Houston – Space shuttle Discovery escaped damage from the potentially deadly chunk of foam that broke off from the fuel tank during liftoff, but may have been struck in the wing by a much smaller piece, NASA said Thursday. Even if the small foam fragment did hit, engineers

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New pact to reduce global warmingAsia-Pacific nations, including India, on Thursday came together to unveil a landmark partnership aimed at developing cleaner energy technologies to reduce global warming.Described as a complement to the Kyoto protocol, the partnership between India, the US, Japan, Australia, South Korea and China on ‘Clean Development and Climate’ envisages working together to

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US leaders cautiously welcome IRA moveThe White House was cautiously optimistic, welcoming the statement but saying it "must now be followed by actions demonstrating the republican movement's unequivocal commitment to the rule of law".President George Bush's special envoy on Northern Ireland, Mitchell Reiss, described the statement as "very positive and very encouraging".He said whether it was

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Play the Bush Shoot out!Shoot 'em up!

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The USA loves the NRA!

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Billary Clinton, CyberwarriorBillary Clinton, at first blush, would appear to have little in common with big-screen bombshells like Nicole Kidman and Julia Roberts, let alone such iconic sportsmen as the late Vince Lombardi. But as politicians go, New York's junior senator is larger than life. And like each of these superstars, she has seen her good name hijacked by so-called "cybersquatters."On

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Microsoft cracks down on software piracyIn a controversial effort to stop software piracy, computer users who go to the Microsoft website for Windows updates will have their system scanned, to check whether their copy of Windows is a counterfeit. Privacy advocates have called the tactic an extreme invasion of privacy. Microsoft has said that no personal data will be collected. Instead, a program

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Hackers target flawed backup softwareFlawed backup software has emerged as the latest target for hackers looking for corporate secrets, according to a survey released on Monday.The survey by the nonprofit SANS Institute found new holes in widely used software products, even as computer users are getting better at patching some favorite hacker targets.Attackers are now focusing on desktop software

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Roberts' papers releasedFrustrated Senate Democrats struggled to unearth Supreme Court nominee John Roberts' elusive views on abortion, civil rights and other controversial issues Tuesday, digging through newly released government documents while criticizing the White House for refusing access to thousands more."It's more than what they need," President Bush's spokesman said of the material being

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The Space Shuttle Discovery reached orbit on Tuesday, marking NASA's return to manned spaceflight more than two years after the Columbia shuttle disintegrated while returning to Earth.Discovery rocketed aloft from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 7:39 a.m. PDT, sending its seven-member crew on a mission that involves a rendezvous with the International Space Station and a range of safety

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China military budget should be transparent: JapanChina is not a military threat to Japan, but Beijing should be transparent about its rapidly growing defense budget, Japanese Defense Minister Yoshinori Ohno said on Monday.The U.S. Defense Department said last week in a report that China's fast-growing military could pose a threat to the region."I'm always saying I don't think China is a threat

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U.S. military admits error in news releasesIn both statements, the military quoted an Iraqi calling the attackers "enemies of humanity" and vowing to "take the fight to the terrorists," the latter an expression President Bush frequently has used in speeches.In the first news release, issued after a July 13 Baghdad bombing that killed mostly youngsters, an unidentified Iraqi spoke of terrorists

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Army women defy insurgents, tabooWhen Sondos' sister was murdered by insurgents for working with the Iraqi army, the 30-year-old exacted her revenge: She signed up for the military. This is an amazing story about a rights movement. In a culture where women have very few rights some of them have taken up for themselves by joining the military in Iraq. And Iraq is actively recruiting women."You go

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New .xxx domain will be reserved for pornThe Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) yesterday approved a plan for pornographic Web sites to use new addresses that end with ".xxx," something numerous groups and U.S. political leaders have been seeking to try to prevent sexually explicit content from landing on the screens of young Internet users. ICANN, the nonprofit

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Busch wins first Pocono victoryKurt Busch dominated at the beginning, surged back to the lead late and raced to his second win of the season Sunday in the Pennsylvania 500 at Pocono Raceway.The defending NASCAR Nextel Cup champion led 110 of the first 150 laps on the 2.5-mile triangle and kept his fifth-place spot in the points standings with six races left to decide the 10 drivers who will race

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Lance Armstrong's wins seventh Tour de France.Many iconic athletes, who spend their entire lives as victors, often have to experience losing before they’re convinced to call it a career. Willie Mays stumbling in his forties with the Mets, Muhammad Ali falling to Leon Spinks and doing roach motel commercials in the late-seventies, Joe Namath tossing interceptions for the Rams. They should have

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New Mars Orbiter Will Sharpen Vision of ExplorationNASA's next mission to Mars will examine it in unprecedented detail from low orbit. It will provide more data about that intriguing planet than all previous missions combined. Launch opportunities begin Aug. 10 for the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The orbiter and its launch vehicle are nearing final stages of preparation at NASA's Kennedy Space

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Army Boosts Benefits for Recruits Taking High-Demand JobsBeginning in July the Army offered new incentive pay of as much as $14,400 -- or $400 a month for 36 months -- to soldiers who enlist for three or more years as infantrymen, mechanics, medics and a wide range of other career fields, according to U.S. Army Recruiting Command. The soldiers must also agree to join "priority units," which Army

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European and Pacific Stars & StripesCommand Sgt. Maj. Lawrence Holland, adviser to the assistant secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs, told the committee that reservists “continually” tell him, “If you’re going to take me and use me, that’s fine, but pay me the same.”“We expect the same pay for the same work,” said Holland, who is a member of the Army Reserves.It just shocks me that they

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For Marines in Iraq, Humor Offers EscapeDuring the ride to Iraq's western border for the Operation Matador offensive on insurgents in mid-May, one Marine from the 3rd Battalion dozed off, prompting the others to quietly put on their gas masks."Wake up! Gas attack!" they then screamed.Their startled, gasping friend scrambled to throw on his own mask as the others burst into laughter. Three weeks

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Shuttle launch set for TuesdayNASA yesterday started the countdown again to launch shuttle Discovery after extensive troubleshooting to fix the faulty sensor that scuttled the first attempt.Liftoff is set for Tuesday morning from Kennedy Space Center, with forecasters predicting a 60 percent chance of favorable weather.Discovery was just hours from liftoff July 13 when a fuel sensor failed to

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Secret Bases and Tunnels(Excerpt from Cosmic Top Secret by William H. Hamilton III)Underground Bases & TunnelsDoes a strange world exist beneath our feet? Strange legends have persisted for centuries about the mysterious cavern world and the equally strange beings who inhabit it.More UFOlogists have considered the possibility that UFOs may be emanating from subterranean bases, that UFO aliens

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July 23, 1952 Military seizes power in EgyptIn Egypt, the Society of Free Officers seizes control of the government in a military coup d'etat staged by Colonel Gamal Abdal Nasser's Free Officers. King Farouk, whose rule had been criticized for its corruption and failures in the first Arab-Israeli war, was forced to abdicate and relinquish power to General Muhammad Naguib, the figurehead leader of

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MCFARLANE'S MILITARYMcFarlane Toys has added a new series of military action figures. Series One of McFarlane's Military includes 7-inch action figures of an Army Ranger, a Navy SEAL, a Marine Corps Recon sniper, a Marine Corps Recon, an Army desert infantry soldier, and an Air Force Special Operations Command, CCT. They are highly detailed and some of the best action military action figures

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