] Iraq's ex-information minister appears on Arab TV
]
] DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) %u2014 The former Iraqi
] information minister, who gained notoriety during the war
] for wildly implausible claims of victory, showed up on
] Arab television Thursday %u2014 his first appearance
] since the collapse of Saddam Hussein's regime.
]
]
] al-Sahhaf gained notoriety during the war for denying
] that U.S. troops were in Baghdad.
]
] AP
]
]
] In an interview with Al-Arabiya satellite network,
] Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf claimed he had surrendered to
] American forces, was questioned and let go.
]
] "Through some friends, I went to the Americans," he said.
] "I was interrogated about a number of subjects related to
] my job. After that, I was released."
]
] The network aired only a few remarks from the 30-minute
] interview it said it conducted with al-Sahhaf on Thursday
] in a Baghdad suburb. The full interview was to air on
] Friday.

Make this guy White House Press Secretary - he lies much better than Ari Fleischer did.

Iraq's ex-information minister appears on Arab TV

] A federal district court dismissed a request by the
] one-time plaintiff known as "Jane Roe" to reconsider the
] landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized
] abortion 30 years ago.
]
] The court said late Thursday that Norma McCorvey's
] request wasn't made within a "reasonable time" after the
] 1973 judgment in Roe vs. Wade.

Federal court declines to reopen 'Roe vs. Wade'

Dementia wrote:
] ] Monast, 44 - the mom of five kids aged 11 to 24 and
] ] grandmother of one - was attacked inside her Chester Le
] ] Boulevard townhouse, allegedly by a machete-wielding
] ] neighbour, Wednesday afternoon.
] ]
] ] "Both hands are on. The right one doesn't look too
] ] promising but they're hopeful about the left one," Irwin
] ] said. "I just hope the woman who did this can never get
] ] near her again."
]
] Proof that Canadians are nuts. I wouldn't be smiling.

That's not her... That's the morphine drip smiling.

Laughing Boy

RE: Woman smiling after hands - cut off in attack- reattached

] Monast, 44 - the mom of five kids aged 11 to 24 and
] grandmother of one - was attacked inside her Chester Le
] Boulevard townhouse, allegedly by a machete-wielding
] neighbour, Wednesday afternoon.
]
] "Both hands are on. The right one doesn't look too
] promising but they're hopeful about the left one," Irwin
] said. "I just hope the woman who did this can never get
] near her again."

Proof that Canadians are nuts. I wouldn't be smiling.

Woman smiling after hands - cut off in attack- reattached

] U.S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) is
] pictured in this combo image falling off a Segway
] personal transporter on the front driveway of his
] parents' summer home June 12, 2003 in Kennebunkport,
] Maine. Bush arrived from Washington to spend the weekend
] with his father, former President George Bush, who
] celebrates his 79th birthday today and his mother
] Barbara. Bush was not injured in the fall.

Oh this is hysterical - tipping these things really takes some doing! But then we aren't talking about the sharpest tool in the shed either.

"'being able to ride a segway' is akin to 'being able to ride an escalator' -- what's remarkable isn't that someone can do it, it's only remarkable when somebody can't"

Laughing Boy

Bush falling off a Segway!

] The Bush administration distorted intelligence and
] presented conjecture as evidence to justify a U.S.
] invasion of Iraq (news - web sites), according to a
] retired intelligence official who served during the
] months before the war.

gee. what a surprise.

Ex-Official: Evidence Distorted for War

Dementia wrote:
] ] ``Our ability to prevent another catastrophic attack on
] ] American soil would be more difficult if not impossible
] ] without the (USA) Patriot Act,'' Ashcroft told the House
] ] Judiciary Committee. But ``the law has several weaknesses
] ] which terrorists could exploit, undermining our
] ] defenses.''
]
] So does the CIA. You doing anything about that, Ashcroft?
]
] ] Ashcroft said he wants the law changed so that anyone
] ] supporting or working with suspected terrorist groups can
] ] be prosecuted as ``material supporters;''
]
] I can see this one getting twisted into abuses REAL quick. You
] donated money to a charity that turns out to be a terrorist
] front? Well, guess the gov't is seizing your assets and you're
] going to jail. You sold computer parts to a guy who turs out
] to be a hacker? You're going to jail too. I know, it seems
] unlikely, but passing bills like the Patriot Act seemed
] unlikely 5 years ago, too.
]
] ] all terrorist
] ] acts can result in the death penalty or, at least, life
] ] in prison; and suspected terrorists can be held
] ] indefinitely before trial.
]
] This is going too far. Much, much too far. "All" terrorist
] acts do not deserve the death penalty, considering what are
] defined as "terrorist acts" by the government.
]
] Um, does anyone happen to remember that computer crimes are
] considered terrorism now? What else is on the list to be
] considered terrorism? Saying the President of the US is a
] totalitarian pig? Making fun of Ashcroft's bad hair? I'm not
] interested in living in the kind of regime I'm seeing develop.
]
]
] ] ``In criminal cases where public safety is a concern such
] ] as drug dealing, organized crime and gun crimes,
] ] defendants in federal crimes are presumptively denied
] ] pretrial release,'' Ashcroft said. ``It seems as though
] ] the crime of terrorism should have the same
] ] presumption.''
]
] Yes, but they are given access to lawyers, while terrorists
] are not.
]
] I'm really worried now. I thought I was worried before, but
] it's just getting worse. This is madness.

This administration is drunk on its own power. And the sad thing is, the majority of the populace are like "DUUUUUH - anything to secure me from terrorists!!" All our freedoms are being stripped out from under us as we watch and whats the cruel irony? The Shub administration is saying its being done to "secure our freedoms".

And people are buying this shit?

Laughing Boy

RE: Guardian Unlimited | World Latest | Ashcroft Wants Broader Anti-Terror Powers

] ``Our ability to prevent another catastrophic attack on
] American soil would be more difficult if not impossible
] without the (USA) Patriot Act,'' Ashcroft told the House
] Judiciary Committee. But ``the law has several weaknesses
] which terrorists could exploit, undermining our
] defenses.''

So does the CIA. You doing anything about that, Ashcroft?

] Ashcroft said he wants the law changed so that anyone
] supporting or working with suspected terrorist groups can
] be prosecuted as ``material supporters;''

I can see this one getting twisted into abuses REAL quick. You donated money to a charity that turns out to be a terrorist front? Well, guess the gov't is seizing your assets and you're going to jail. You sold computer parts to a guy who turs out to be a hacker? You're going to jail too. I know, it seems unlikely, but passing bills like the Patriot Act seemed unlikely 5 years ago, too.

] all terrorist
] acts can result in the death penalty or, at least, life
] in prison; and suspected terrorists can be held
] indefinitely before trial.

This is going too far. Much, much too far. "All" terrorist acts do not deserve the death penalty, considering what are defined as "terrorist acts" by the government.

Um, does anyone happen to remember that computer crimes are considered terrorism now? What else is on the list to be considered terrorism? Saying the President of the US is a totalitarian pig? Making fun of Ashcroft's bad hair? I'm not interested in living in the kind of regime I'm seeing develop.

] ``In criminal cases where public safety is a concern such
] as drug dealing, organized crime and gun crimes,
] defendants in federal crimes are presumptively denied
] pretrial release,'' Ashcroft said. ``It seems as though
] the crime of terrorism should have the same
] presumption.''

Yes, but they are given access to lawyers, while terrorists are not.

I'm really worried now. I thought I was worried before, but it's just getting worse. This is madness.

Guardian Unlimited | World Latest | Ashcroft Wants Broader Anti-Terror Powers

] Young girls at a mixed primary school in Somerset have
] been banned from wearing thongs and G-strings after the
] headteacher deemed them "inappropriate".
]
] Concerned Anna Roxburgh, head of Hamp Community Primary
] School in Bridgwater, wrote a letter to parents after she
] saw four 11-year-olds wearing the risqué underwear while
] changing after sport.
]
] She said the "revealing" items could lead to "possible
] embarrassment" if they fall over in the playground or are
] spotted by boys.
]
] Although some parents slammed her decision, the move was
] welcomed by children's welfare charity Kidscape which in
] the past has campaigned for the withdrawal of sexy
] underwear for pre-teens.

OK... what kind of parent lets their 11 year old wear a thong? Never mind - likely the same type of parent like Patsy Ramsey that lets her 7 year old daughter be in swimsuit competitons for beauty pagents. It's just plain sick - and people wonder how/why peophiles exist?

What the hell is wrong with people?

Laughing Boy

UK: Headteacher Bans Young Pupils From Wearing Thongs

Decius wrote:
] ] Federal authorities said today they have captured a man
] ] they believe to be suspected serial bomber Eric Robert
] ] Rudolph.
]
] Wow, they finally got him...

All I can say is, HELL YEA!!

I hate trying people in the court of public opinion, but based on what I've seen so far, the FBI has got the goods on this jackass.

I feel unusually strong about this, because, well... I was in Centennial Olympic Park the night the pipe bomb went off - just a couple hundred feet or less away. In fact I must have been right behind the guy with the video camera that captured it going off because that’s just about the vantage point I had, yet I've been unable to see myself in the video. I had walked thru the Swatch Pavilion (where the bomb went off) just about 10 minutes prior.

So I have a VERY personal vendetta here. As far as I'm concerned, he tried to kill ME and almost did.

Laughing Boy

RE: statesman.com | Olympic park bombing suspect captured