] 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."

This is crazy!

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.

Laughing Boy

Bush falling off a Segway!

] The film depicted a bound and gagged Iraqi inside a net
] that was suspended from a forklift, according to The Sun,
] which first reported the story this morning. The Sun also
] reported that the roll included pictures of soldiers
] performing sex acts near Iraqi prisoners.

Sex acts?

Photos Raise Allegations of Torture

] (Court TV) -- A Florida woman's fight to remain veiled in
] a driver's license photograph began Tuesday with
] testimony from her husband and a local expert on Islamic
] law.
]
] "It's your opinion that if Sultaana Freeman were required
] to remove her veil ... that would be a violation of her
] religious beliefs?" asked ACLU-backed lawyer Howard
] Marks of the local scholar of Islam, Safil Islam Abdul
] Ahad.

Well if the ACLU wins this time, 18 year olds everywhere will just have to cover their faces to look like someone older to get into the club.

CNN.com - Veil dispute begins in Florida courtroom - May. 27, 2003

] THE IDEA, says Sgt. Mark Hadsell, is to break a subject’s
] resistance by annoying that person with what some Iraqis
] would consider culturally offensive music. The songs that
] are being played include “Bodies” from the Vin Diesel
] “XXX” movie soundtrack and Metallica’s “Enter Sandman.”
] “These people haven’t heard heavy metal before,” he
] explains. “They can’t take it.” Few people could put up
] with the sledgehammer riffs of Metallica, and kiddie
] songs aren’t that much easier, especially when selections
] include the “Sesame Street” theme and some of purple
] dinosaur Barney’s crooning.

All those methods would work on me too.

Psyop: The Love's Not Mutual

] Going into The Matrix: Reloaded, I wasn't worried if the
] fight scenes or special effects would measure up to the
] first film - it was the metaphysics that bothered me.

After leaving the movie most of the questions I was asking myself are listed at the end of this site.

The Matrix Reloaded: The Corporate Mofo Guide

The Washington Post gives Billy Hoffman the Quote of the Day.

DID YOU HEAR? . . . (washingtonpost.com)

The statement put up by blackboard about Interz0ne

The "careful and measured" language is used again. My ass...

BlackBoard Inc.

digitalreporter wrote:
] ] An action-packed trailer for the long-awaited sequel to
] ] The Matrix has been released by Warner Bros.
] ]
] ] The minute-long series of clips from The Matrix Reloaded
] ] offers a glimpse of the action sci-fi feature, due for
] ] release on 23 May.
] ]
] ] It mirrors the first film's combination of acrobatic
] ] martial arts fight scenes, high-octane car chases and
] ] spectacular special effects.

Here's a link to a full-screen Quicktime version of the trailer:
http://progressive1.stream.aol.com/wb/gl/wbonline/progressive/thematrix/us/med/trailer_final_1000_dl.zip

RE: Matrix sequel trailer released

] Fox News had its own response to the demonstrators. The
] news ticker rimming Fox's headquarters on Sixth Avenue
] wasn't carrying war updates as the protest began.
] Instead, it poked fun at the demonstrators, chiding them.
]
] "War protester auditions here today ... thanks for
] coming!" read one message. "Who won your right to show up
] here today?" another questioned. "Protesters or
] soldiers?"
]
] Said a third: "How do you keep a war protester in
] suspense? Ignore them."
]
] Still another read: "Attention protesters: the Michael
] Moore Fan Club meets Thursday at a phone booth at Sixth
] Avenue and 50th Street" - a reference to the film maker
] who denounced the war while accepting an Oscar on Sunday
] night for his documentary "Bowling for Columbine."
]
] The protesters said Fox's sentiments only proved their
] point: that media coverage, in particular among the
] television networks, is so biased as to be unbelievable.

Fox news ticker speaks out against NYC protesters