News – Amusements First

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Amusements

Reagan added to Rushmore? Umm.. no.

Orlando Bloom made to wear chest wig to look more manly in his new film, fangirls all over the world burst into tears

Christians touting new hottest all-the-rage diet based on Bible passages

Newgrounds: Madness Apotheosis – Funny, but violent and with zombies. 😉

Newgrounds: Psycho Bunny

Newgrounds: FF7: About Random Battles

Fark Photoshop Challenge: Monkeys help the disabled. Photoshop some other animals helping the disabled

Fark Photoshop Challenge: Photoshop the Dodgers’ Adrian Beltre having a little trouble with the laws of physics

Fark Photoshop Challenge: Theme: Prescription drugs of the future

Iraq

Two car bombs kill 13 Iraqis and a US soldier(Some say 14 Iraqis) prior to an expected vote today on the new Iraq resolution. France has pledged to back the resolution as changes were made to address their concerns.

Bremer signed an order stating that members of illegal militias won’t be able to run for office in Iraq for three years after leaving such organizations. I guess Sadr won’t be able to run, even if he wanted to.

Israel/Palestine

An Israeli airstike into Lebanon Monday was a warning that attacks from Lebanese soil won’t be tolerated. The strike as in retaliation for rocket fire at an Israeli navy ship in the Mediterranean earlier that day.

Israel is planning to shut down the Erez industrial zone on it’s border with Gaza, where thousands of Palestinians work. No date has been given for the possible closure.

It’s been quite a turn for Sharon. From standing to give no settlement up to this now, where he has a passed plan for dismantling all of the ones on Gaza.

Italy

Rabei Osman Sayed Ahmed(AKA Mohamed the Egyptian) has been arrested in Italy and is believed to be the mastermind behind the Madrid bombings.

US

A slim majority of US senators are nudging Bush to change his policiy on Stem Cell research.

More Reagan here and here.

Five Palestinian brothers(Bayan Elashi, Ghassan Elashi, Basman Elashi, Hazim Elashi and Ihsan Elashyi) are charged in Texas with aiding Hamas and illegally selling low-grade computer equipment to nations the United States considers supporters of terrorism. The defense says the case is being pursued by overzealous Justice Department officials targeting Muslim men with ties to the Middle East.

Mathew Staver, head of the Liberty Counsel, wants a Massachusetts appeals court to put the state’s Supreme Court decision on gay marriage on hold until voters decide the issue.

Gas prices are starting to ease down slightly. But not enough yet to get excited. Three cents down is still minor in the face of a half dollar rise from last year.

General

Apple quietly patches OSX. If you’ve got it, get it. Though things remain foggy on the security front with regard to the OS.

Bush is willing to go with a British plan to aid impoverished nations if it’ll get him support for writing off Iraq’s international debts.

Today’s Papers have a follow up to a bombshell that administration lawyers penned a brief last spring asserting that the president is allowed to order torture and detailing how torture statutes and treaties purportedly don’t apply, Afghanistan troubles, more about Abu Ghraib and other such tidbits.