News – What’s The Plan, Man?

North America

Bush says: “I will settle for nothing less than complete victory.”

Really?

Ok.. so what is complete victory? Just like any other vague term, it can mean many things depending on the goals for success. Does it mean all terrorists in Iraq dead? How the hell would we know that when we don’t even know their numbers? A certain number of attacks? Then all the terrorists need to do to get us out is hold back for a bit, then let loose. Some qualifier with the Iraq government? If we leave them there to fight lingering terrorist forces, the government may still fall, no sounding like a victory to me.

So what is this complete victory he speaks of? Instead of answer questions, all he does is provide more. As the link I provide notes, this speech would have been more powerful a year or two ago. It addresses few current issues with regard to Iraq and the concerns of many people.

So.. what do you think he means by complete victory? I’d be quite interested to know what various folk think of said term.

Is a focus on airline security a waste? I think it is, because the tools we had were good enough, the problem was no one took them seriously. The money is better spent in some other means of security.

Middle East

Chief U.N. investigator Detlev Mehlis accuses Syria of using Hosam Taher Hosam(who recanted his testimony in the investigation of Rafik al-Hariri’s death), as a propaganda tool.

Egypt’s Islamist opposition accuses the government of shady games in the country’s recent election. And watch Bush say little to nothing about it.

Peres quits the Labor party to join up with Sharon’s new centrist party. He thinks the peace process will start up again after Israel’s impending election. Personally, I have doubts that it will be. Sharon has shown little interest in it, save when it benefits him to do something.

Asia

Asia marks World AIDs day with free condoms, mobile phone games and rallies to raise awareness of the disease.

General

Could reproductive technologies make sex obsolete? For reproduction, sure. But if reproduction goes full bore technical, sex will likely dip deeper into being an activity for recreation.

The game based off Peter Jackson’s King Kong is cool. Though it’s short, so if you blaze through games you might rent rather than buy.

New research links creativity with sexual success and conditions like schizophrenia. So take another look at that guy or girl who doodles and writes. You never know..

The first ever face transplant surgery is claimed to have been completed in France. A 38 year old woman disfigured in a dog attack had a graft of chin, lips and nose from a deceased donor. Now comes the potential trouble, adjusting to the new look of her face. Her features will be changed, which could cause issues.

Today’s Papers has Kurdish leaders quietly signing an oil exploration deal with a foreign company, some details that play down the Iraqi army’s recent success in Tal Afar, trying something besides the “whack-a-mole” approach in Iraq and more in the one page news.

Amusements

Neurotically Yours: No Christmas For You

Gay GOP group wants drag show investigated for mocking heterosexual audience members and using inappropriate language. Man up, nancies

If you steal a car from a repair shop, make sure you don’t pick the one that needs its brakes repaired

Woman gets burned on lips by hot popper at Pizza Hut. Husband sues for loss of blowjobs

Police say that the two guys who were discovered in a hole in the street, completely naked and covered in dust, were uncomfortably close to committing an illegal act. Bank robbery, to be specific

Bin Laden and Zarqawi have not been found “primarily because they don’t want us to find them” and other statements of the bleedin’ obivous from CIA Chief Goss

High school girl sent home from school for wearing camouflage. Tight, form-fitting camouflage (pic)

“Worst Christmas tree in the world” put up for 30th straight year. It cost 10 cents in 1975, and even then, this barber overpaid (with pic)

Miniature Hurricane Katrina holiday display — complete with tiny blue-tarped roofs and piles of debris — does not go over well at Louisiana shopping mall

“I don’t play… I don’t play,” says police officer as he marches handcuffed 13-year-old girl off school bus for shouting at him

Air raid siren in New York suddenly turns on at 1:00 a.m. and blares for 40 minutes before anybody remembers how to turn the damn thing off

Jessica Simpson: Collagen or friction burn? (with pics)

Teenager fires shotgun at peeping tom’s home after discovering the peeping tom spying on his girlfriend

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