Daily Archives: October 5, 2006

Sometimes A Good Rant

Posted on October 5, 2006 by Gaius

Is good for the soul. Both for the ranter and for those privileged enough to be witness to said exercise. Me, I feel privileged to be able to read someone in full swing at a lot of things who also … Continue reading →

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Neither Snow, Nor Rain….

Posted on October 5, 2006 by Gaius

Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. That's a quote from Herodotus that is carved into the face of the New York City Post Office. It's … Continue reading →

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Deadly Deer’s Dangerous Drool

Posted on October 5, 2006 by Gaius

There is a variant of mad cow disease (Properly named Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)) that effects affects deer and elk. Known as Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). It is just as scary as the one that strikes cattle or the human … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Animals, Medicine, Science | 3 Comments

California Authorities Raid Animal Safe House

Posted on October 5, 2006 by Gaius

Authorities in Monterey, California have raided a safe house used by operatives of the animal uprising. They captured 86 animal operatives, breaking up a nefarious plot. To avoid public panic, the authorities are pretending it was just some addled woman … Continue reading →

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Spider Crashes SUV!

Posted on October 5, 2006 by Gaius

Well, ok, the spider actually caused a man to crash his own SUV. But it's really just a matter of semantics isn't it? Anyway, the driver apparently tried to get out of his moving vehicle when the spider surprised him. … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals | 1 Comment

LA Times Publisher Axed

Posted on October 5, 2006 by Gaius

Jeffrey M. Johnson, the publisher of the Los Angeles Times, was forced to resign by the Tribune Company, owner of the LA paper. Johnson had refused to make staff cuts ordered by the Tribune Company. He is being succeeded by … Continue reading →

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Heroes

Posted on October 5, 2006 by Gaius

< ?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> < !DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> I missed the anniversary by two days, I humbly apologize.  October 3rd, 1993, Mogadishu, Somalia. Sgt. First Class Randall Shughart and Master Sgt. Gary Gordon were each … Continue reading →

Posted in Support the Troops, War | 1 Comment

A Warning From Drug Manufacturers

Posted on October 5, 2006 by Gaius

A very important reminder from German drug manufacturer Schering. Please pay attention here: Do not use hemorrhoid ointment on your face. The warning came after a male stylist said on Norwegian television that many photo models used the cream in … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Humor, World news | 2 Comments

Fowl Deeds

Posted on October 5, 2006 by Gaius

At length did cross an Albatross, Thorough the fog it came ; As if it had been a Christian soul, We hailed it in God's name. It ate the food it ne'er had eat, And round and round it flew. … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, The Ivory Tower | 4 Comments

I’ve Heard Of Bowling For Dollars

Posted on October 5, 2006 by Gaius

But mugging for snakes? A man held a woman and her two children at gunpoint until she handed over a dozen large green tree snakes worth about $7,000 each. The man demanded the 12 green tree snakes, which are not … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, World news | 4 Comments

On Overplaying Hands And Hate

Posted on October 5, 2006 by Gaius

The biggest problem with the leftward drift of the Democratic party is that the fringe has lost all sense of boundaries and decency. Yet the party keeps sliding in that direction not understanding, apparently, how badly it makes them look to … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | 6 Comments

A Chalice Of Poison

Posted on October 5, 2006 by Gaius

The New York Times notices the letter posted by former Iranian president, Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani last week. First the BBC and now the Times? What planet is this again? President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has repeatedly insisted that Iran’s nuclear … Continue reading →

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Is This Some Kind Of Joke?

Posted on October 5, 2006 by Gaius

A horse walks into a bar, the bartender looks up and says: [Insert appropriate joke here]. How many times have you heard that line or something similar  to start a joke? Apparently, it is not a joke in a town … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals | 3 Comments

A Realistic Approach

Posted on October 5, 2006 by Gaius

Richard Weitz, Senior Fellow and Associate Director of the Center for Future Security Strategies at the Hudson Institute, writes about one realistic approach to halting nuclear proliferation in today's Washington Post. A joint US and Russian program to provide cheap … Continue reading →

Posted in Energy, Iran, World news | 2 Comments

North Korean Nuclear Test Imminent?

Posted on October 5, 2006 by Gaius

While Russia and South Korea scramble frantically to try to stop the North Koreans from detonating a nuclear device, the US has sent aloft a monitoring aircraft capable of detecting radiation. It would appear that something is considered imminent here. … Continue reading →

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