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Friday, March 17, 2006
Aound The News
Well... let's see what you're not seeing on the MSM...
- umm... oops?
Two founders of the cryonics movement - whose members are frozen after death - have been cremated after a freezer mishap.
That's kind of sad... if you're one to believe that you can come back from the dead. I know of two people who've managed that, and one had an assist from The Other.
...But, 22 years after his mother's body was put into cold storage, their son discovered the freezer unit had broken down, reports the Guardian. - And this is surprising... why?
The head of the Democratic Party criticized the Justice Department for approving a plan for New Orleans to hold its first elections since Hurricane Katrina.
Let's see... they "left the city and have not returned", eh? Maybe because they decided to start a new life somewhere above sea level? But don't let that keep 'em from voting in local elections... don't forget to add all of the people who have died in the last 50 years to the rolls while you're at it, ok?
...As Cybercast News Service reported, the NAACP scheduled a "special trip" to the city this week to express its opposition to the way the April 22 state and local election will be conducted. The civil rights group said many blacks who tend to vote for Democrats left the city during the hurricane and have not returned. - In a scientific "well, duh" moment:
Scientists announced today new evidence supporting the theory that the infant universe expanded from subatomic to astronomical size in a fraction of a second after its birth.
Like I said, well, duh. And I can tell you when it happened, too. Right after the words, "Let there be light."
The finding is based on new results from NASA's Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) satellite, launched in 2001 to measure the temperature of radiant heat left over from the Big Bang, which is the theoretical beginning to the universe. - In the battle of South Park v. Scientology... Scientology's kicking rear:
"South Park" has declared war on Scientology. Matt Stone and Trey Parker, creators of the animated satire, are digging in against the celebrity-endorsed religion after a controversial episode mocking outspoken Scientologist Tom Cruise was yanked abruptly from the schedule Wednesday _ with Internet rumors it was covert warfare by Cruise that led to its departure.
Add that to the fact that Isaac Hayes, the voice of Chef, has asked to be released from his contract (he says it's because of intolerance and bigotry, but Matt Stone and Trey Parker claim it's because they picked on Hayes' religion- and that Hayes had no problem with them making fun of other religions) and you've got a L. Ron Hubbard sci-fi dream come true... or something like that... - umm... what is the deal with Denny's?
A gunman opened fire early Friday at a Denny's restaurant, killing one man and seriously wounding another, police said. It was the third fatal shooting at the restaurant chain in Southern California this week.
I guess I'm lucky that I'm just not a big fan of the Grand Slam breakfast, eh? - This might just be brilliant... if Americans were more observant.
Rather than trumpeting a recently released document linking Saddam Hussein to al-Qaida and the Taliban, presidential press secretary Scott McClellan today said any such developments should be left to the American people to judge.
Unfortunately, the average American gets their information from the Lamestream media, so... kind of hard for the people to judge if it gets NO AIR TIME. I guess the plan is for the blogosphere to do all of the legwork, getting the word out. I hope it works.
As WorldNetDaily reported today, one of the documents released online yesterday by the Pentagon is a letter from a member of Saddam's intelligence apparatus indicating al-Qaida and the Taliban had a relationship with the regime prior to the 9-11 attacks. - And... leading the US "delegation" to Slobodan Milosevic's funeral is... Ramsey Clarke. Yes, our favorite lawyer on the "Free Saddam Legal Eagles" team is headed to Pozarevac. I think what bothers me more than the fact that the little weasel is paying his repects to the monster is the fact that fifty foreign delegations are going to be attendance. He was a war criminal, not a hero.
