While Saddam Hussein was being held in Baghdad, he wrote about his fear of catching AIDS or other "young people's diseases" from his U.S. military guards.

Did he actually think he was going to get out of there alive? Disease was the least of his problems.

Saddam Hussein feared catching venereal diseases from U.S. guards - On Deadline - USATODAY.com

Apr 30 - Muslims in western India have been observing a bizarre ritual - they've been throwing their young children off a tall building to improve their health.

Yes, real baby dropping...

Indian Baby Dropping Ritual

Last week, federal, state, and local police in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas conducted a massive sweep dubbed "Operation Sudden Impact."

The operation included raids of businesses, homes, and boats; traffic roadblocks; and personal searches. They say they were looking for "terrorists." If they found any, they haven't announced it yet. They did arrest 332 people, 142 of whom they describe as "fugitives." They also issued about 1,300 traffic tickets, and according to one media account, seized "hundreds" of dollars.

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The FBI along with hundreds of officers said they are looking for anything out of the ordinary. Agents take computers and paperwork from businesses.

"What we have found traditionally is that terrorists are involved in a number of lesser known type crimes," said Mark Luttrell, Shelby County sheriff.

There you have it. All law enforcement is anti-terrorism. The police cannot legally establish "anti-terrorism" roadblocks that essentially serve as forums for random search and seizure.

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Tennessee Terrorism Sweep nets traffic violators

Oral, Vaginal, Anal, What else?

Ah, Dora the Explorer. So innocent. So carefree. So NSFW.
The number one puzzling toy on our list has to be the Dora Aquapet. Did anyone run this design past a kid over the age of ten?� And do any of the Aquapet's owners wonder why it keeps ending up in Mommy's nightstand?
The rest of the puzzling toys after the jump.�
2) Mmmmm...Dora's eyeballs sure are tasty after you bake them in the oven.�
3) For the parent who wants to ensure her kid is beaten up every day at recess, there is the Dora fanny pack.�
4) Sometimes, the jokes write themselves: The Fantasy Swirl Castle with Balls.�
5) The Dora Knows Your Name Cell Phone. It gets its information from the CIA.�
6) A 3-foot tall doll with an enormous head? Sure. That's not creepy at all.
7) The Dora Bounce Buddy Talking Trampoline. When you care enough to induce a head injury.�
8) Oral or rectal? The Dora digital thermometer goes both ways. �
9) Dora's Talking Cash Register says "Gracias for all of the dough! Have some more crap with my picture on it!"

Top 9 Puzzling Dora Toys

We asked you what you think the best post-apocalyptic vehicle would be

Novelties: The Ten Best Post-Apocalyptic Survival Vehicles

British Chess Magazine
January 18, 2008

We have just heard from the press room in Wijk aan Zee that former world champion Bobby Fischer has died, aged 64. There is a news report (in Icelandic) at www.mbl.is. He died of kidney failure, having been hospitalised with this condition for quite some time. More news when we have it.

More at Fox News and CNN.

Bobby Fischer Has Died At Age 64

86% Mike Gravel

82% Dennis Kucinich

69% John Edwards

66% Chris Dodd

66% Bill Richardson

63% Barack Obama

63% Hillary Clinton

62% Joe Biden

44% Ron Paul

35% Rudy Giuliani

32% John McCain

31% Mike Huckabee

28% Mitt Romney

25% Tom Tancredo

22% Fred Thompson

2008 Presidential Candidate Matching Quiz

Results: Presidential Candidate Matching for 2008

In a move that would mark the end of a digital music era, Sony BMG Music Entertainment is finalizing plans to sell songs without the copyright protection software that has long restricted the use of music downloaded from the Internet, BusinessWeek.com has learned. Sony BMG, a joint venture of Sony (SNE) and Bertelsmann, will make at least part of its collection available without so-called digital rights management, or DRM, software some time in the first quarter, according to people familiar with the matter.

Sony BMG Plans to Drop DRM

PERHAPS Ponce de Leon kept too far south in his search for the Fountain of Youth. He might have headed to Coney Island and there made himself young riding on a carousel, or a roller coaster, if a medical theory recently advanced is true—that, since old age is our final yielding to the inevitable, resistless pull of gravity, it is necessary only to overcome gravity and you overcome all that brings you down to earth.

Hmm... maybe I should start standing on my head. Or drive with rattle more often, they're similar things sometimes.

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