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Monthly Archives: March 2004

Savages mutilate bodies in Falluja [BBC]

Wednesday, March 31, 2004

These Iraqi Sunnis are acting like Palestinians.
Four contractors working for the US army have been killed and their bodies mutilated in the Iraqi city of Falluja.
The group were shot and burnt in their cars, before a cheering crowd dismembered the corpses and hung two of them from a bridge.
…The corpses were dragged from [...]

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We Are Finishing the War [National Review]

Wednesday, March 31, 2004

Anatomy of our struggle against the Islamicists - by Victor Davis Hanson. I find just about everything this man writes is compelling reading. Here is the start of his latest, brilliant article:
cross the globe we watch the terrible drama play out. Car and suicide bombings in Baghdad are aimed at American aid givers, U.S. peacekeepers, [...]

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UK Muslims urged to fight terror [BBC]

Wednesday, March 31, 2004

“The Muslim Council of Britain has taken the unprecedented step of writing to every British mosque, urging people to help in the fight against terror.
The letter asks for the “utmost vigilance” to help “safeguard” the UK.”
Finally the Muslim Council does something I approve of. The questions is though: Will it be ignored?
I do not [...]

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Two Sides of Beef [Seattle Weekly

Wednesday, March 31, 2004

“From a slaughterhouse to a vegan house, a carnivore seeks the middle path to ethical eating.”
This is an interesting and well written article on humane farming and its business benefits. Make a compelling case for reforming industrial farming.

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Abused husband [Salon]

Wednesday, March 31, 2004

“My wife beat me for years and the one time I fought back I got fired for it.”
How many men is this happening to?

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One Million Years, Trafalgar Square, London, UK (2004) [Kultureflash]

Wednesday, March 31, 2004

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What do you have to do to get into trouble these days? [US cadets]

Tuesday, March 30, 2004

This cadet raped two women (one was wheelchair bound), threatened to crash a glider into a building, and solicited sex from a 14 year old. Charming man.

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Variable lethality enforcement…the new personal weapons system [The Age]

Tuesday, March 30, 2004

Metal Storm (as in metal hailstorm) have developed “a hand gun that speaks several languages, broadcasts the conversation to the police, fires lethal and non-lethal bullets and is activated only by the grip of the registered owner…
The law-enforcement gun can tell the police station when an officer has drawn his weapon, where he is [...]

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Hyenas and baboons for pets and debt enforcement [Bizaresite]

Monday, March 29, 2004

Those Nigerians take loansharking to a new level. These are Nigerian debt collectors at “work”…

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Aerogel [Nasa]

Monday, March 29, 2004

Nearly as light as air solid which does not conduct heat well (i.e can be a heat shield).
Aerogel is a solid, but it is 99.8% empty space. In fact, it very closely approaches the density of air. It practically IS air. It’s still a solid, though, and you can even pick it up or set [...]

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