Who exactly started the War on Terrorism? Looks like now we know...
Topic: Politics and Law
11:08 am EST, Feb 13, 2007
Here's an article that, were it published somewhere other than Vanity Fair, would probably have resulted in someone being quietly killed to hush them up. Someone might still be quietly disappeared over this--it's hard to tell.
It's an eight page report on basically how SAIC sucks up an enormous number of government contracts (How many? ...more than Halliburton.), is making a fortune in the current war happy political climate, and goes as far as to imply rather clearly that most of the fabrications of intelligence about the reasons we went into Iraq in the first place, were the actions of none other than SAIC employees colluding behind the scenes.
I can't help but wonder what their plans for Iran are.
I know, I know, everyone is still waiting desperately for news of the next shipment of Nintendo Wii's, but if anyone is still actually waiting with bated breath for a chance to get their hands on a Sony PlayStation 3, NewEgg now has them in a not-so-egregious bundle.
Unlike Fry's--who seem to have plenty of units through the interesting tactic of marketing them in a well-nigh unsellable bundle of all the release-day games at a total of just over $1,000USD--NewEgg is selling their PS3's with just Call of Duty and Fall of Man, two of the games that are probably going to pull in the biggest draw for the type of people looking to buy a video game machine. The total price for the combo:
Finally, there is a company who knows that even if you don't like guns in your home, it pays to be prepared, Just In Case [zombies attack]--the new JIC M500 Cruiser, and the JIC M500 Mariner.
Both kits come in a watertight sealed tube containing a 12-gauge Mossberg 500 pump action shotgun, packed sealed in a watertight bag, just to be safe, and include various accessories like a multi-tool and a survival kit in a can (which oddly, contains not a single hand-grenade).
Look at the postings from Jan 4th back to the 1st. Jason describes the events leading up to his sort-of indirect Goatse'ing of large portions of Myspace, and incidentally chronicles what happens when the Illiterati of the intertubes drools all over one of Those Who Have Even Half A Clue.