News – Splitting up.. not hard to do?

Middle East

Iraqi mosques becoming arms storage and training facilities for sectarian divisions? What will we do if Iraq splinters, despite what political progress has been made?

Jamal Abu Samhadana, high on Israel’s wanted list and new security chief in Palestine vows to continue fighting Israel. And why wouldn’t he? Israel continues to do everything it can to make itself an enemy to Palestinians while making demands that any reasonable person would agree will never be met under the current circumstances. We’re moving right back to the status quo. A few more decades of needless bloodshed and ruin for two peoples.

Iran shells an area on its border with Iraq, infiltrated by Iranian Kurdish rebels.

Mordechai Vanunu still can’t leave Israel. They might as well just throw him back in jail, since he’s still a prisoner.

Asia

Nepal continues to be a hotbed of trouble, with protestors in the streets and tires burning. The monarchy will be in trouble if the passions of the people aren’t addressed.

Cambodia declines a US request to send troops to Iraq.Largely because they don’t want to get in the middle of the train wreck that is Iraq.

North America

Kerry will decide this year if he wants to try for Prez again.

Also, this year we might waste more than ever on useless political advertising and mudslinging. To the tune of $1 billion. Imagine how many hungry kids that could feed, rather than feeding bullshit to the masses. They should save us all some money and take their crapola online.

General

Looks like there may be a new Star Trek movie coming in 2008. One focused on Kirk and Spock in their early days.

The 10 wackiest e-commerce sites.

The Blogs look at Hu Jintao’s heckler, Ibrahim al-Jaafari conceding he may be out of luck politically and published photos of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s bare backside.

Today’s Papers has a study concluding that 80% of accidents at the wheel are caused by drowsiness or inattentiveness, FBI testimony at Moussaoui’s that says he may be BSing when it comes to he and Richard Reid flying a fifth plane on 9/11, the Federal government doing some cracking down on those who employ illegal immigrants and more in the one page news.

Amusements

Mark Fiore: What’s Wrong With This Picture?

Royal Philips Electronics patents a system that would lock a TV channel selector, forcing viewers to watch commercials unless they pay a fee

North Korea claims “shocking evidence” CIA is counterfeiting U.S. currency, making bad cartoons

“American Idol” results are front-page news on CNN, USA Today, MSNBC, ABC. Edward R. Murrow surrenders

Spanish call 500 euro notes “Bin Ladens” because everybody knows they are around but hardly anyone has seen them

High school kids discover odds of winning Colorado lottery are actually better than advertised. Colorado lottery discovers electronic calculator, says odds are mistake won’t happen again

Bankrupt Delta Airlines promises employees free t-shirt if they stick around to clean up planes during their free time

Candidate’s campaign fundraising hits snag when even his family donates to his opponent

Lawyers demand $1 billion in Vioxx death lawsuit. Personal responsibility not only surrenders, but gets beat down

Not satisfied with excessive profits from overpriced gasoline, Shell refinery sends watered-down gas to NJ service stations

Swipe your neighbor’s $27 Chinese takeout order and face 11 years in prison. Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time

Believing his money was worthless, man decides to flush it all down the toilet

Students replace class educational DVD with an “educational DVD” of their own, expellarity ensues

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