News – Better Late than Never

Well, I’ve had an annoying time of it. Computer havoc and frustration that left me without the option to do the news, then a lack of desire to deal with it until today. My IE is still being crappy, so I wasn’t able to get Reuters articles(IE hangs when I try to open them). Now, lets get down to business.

Middle East

The Lebanese armed forces are rolling out to the south. While Hizbullah’s military presence has faded, the group remains in the open. OF course, support for the group is mixed amongst the people.

Though the fight is over, the threat of possible unexploded ordinance, from Israeli cluster bombs, remains. Most nations refuse to use cluster bombs because of their danger in that regard.

Amongst Israelis there is considerable disapproval of how the Lebanon conflict went, with many calling for the resignation of defence minister Amir Peretz and PM Ehud Olmert.

Now, Hizbullah will be turning its attention to aiding with the rebuilding of Lebanon, thus cementing more regard from the populace. Yet another example of how they have and will fare much better than Israel in the aftermath of the conflict. Terrorists they might be, but they know how to play the game and with the hearts and minds.

One of the winners of the Iraq conflict.

The conflict between Iran/Turkey and their respective Kurdish rebels kicks up a few notches. Some of it is spilling over the northern border of Iraq.

North America

Our military is turning more and more into a money pit. So what are we going to do about it? What we need to do is cut the fat off, along with all these newfangled, unneeded devices and crap that we keep coming up with. Out of all of them, which do we really need? Which ones are solid improvements on the current military? Which are crap? We need someone that can optimize the military and it’s budget.

With another blow against the president’s power grabbing, let’s review what he’s been up to in that area.

General

A Christian store selling intimacy products for married couples. In blunter terms, a Christian sex toy shop. 😉 Personally, I think it’s a good thing. Even if you just do the nasty for procreation, no reason you shouldn’t have fun while doing it.

The Blogs look at Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s new blog, Günter Grass just now revealing his Nazi past and Al Gore not conserving as much as he preaches. The blogs also look at accusations that the U.K. terror plot wasn’t all it was cracked up to be, the arrest of JonBenet Ramsey’s confessed murderer and Snakes on a Plane!

Explainer looks at how effective religious sanctuary is today. Explainer also notes how cops decide what to tell and what not to tell about a case.

The best way for a kid to learn how to swim?

Mark Fiore: The Hottest Hoax Around

Naked hermaphrodite dwarves serving cocaine from trays strapped to their heads, transsexual strippers, naked dancers in bamboo cages, nude models wrestling in baths filled with raw liver and Samoan women smoking cigarettes with their genitals

Woman drives her Crown Vic through her own house, then has a beer and a smoke to “calm down.” (With pic)

Environmental group to go door to door, scolding people for using pesticides, then publish names of homeowners who continue to use them

Crew rescues dolphin trapped in Speedo swimsuit. One down, 10,000 French-Canadian tourists to go

Flashers and peeping toms are more common than you might think. In fact, you are probably one or the other

How to turn your cell phone into an Etch-a-Sketch

Drunken driver found with open 30-pack of Budweiser in car explains to occifers that it wasn’t him who crashed… it was his 4-year-old son… who was sitting on his lap

Best opening sentence for a story, “Curiosity didn’t kill the cat, but it set fire to an apartment and may have incinerated Ozzy the iguana.”

Study finds work-related stress can be reduced by almost a quarter by screaming like an enraged banshee at your desk. Go ahead and try it, it’s scientific and everything

New backpack for school: $15, Cool Baggy-pants: $60, Handgun for school: $300, Waving said gun in the air after you get off the bus: Priceless

Chocolate factory workers discover statue resembling Virgin Mary in pile of drippings. Only question now is who gets to bite the head off (with piccy sweetness)

If you owe Girl Scouts money for cookies, you may be surprised to find they’re hauling your sorry ass to court to get it

Fark Photoshop Challenge: Now that Gatorade has been linked with terrorist plots, photoshop a new ad for them

Fark Photoshop Challenge: Photoshop this basic trainee

Fark Photoshop Challenge: Today’s Photoshop theme: Things that were harder before computers