Swimming with the Snarks ....... Tuesday morning edition.

Hamas says it will use Islamic law as guide.

RAMALLAH, West Bank - Hamas will use sharia as a guide for legislation after winning Palestinian elections, but has no plan to enforce strict Islamic law, close bars or stop men and women mixing in public, a senior leader said on Sunday.

Translation: See, we can be just as corrupt as Fatah. We won't let our delusional belief in killing Jews, get in the way of a good time/business as usual. Or in other words, the religion of pieces is simply about getting along in the 21st century. Unless of course we're killing the Jew (or blowing up the U.N.'s beer hall in Gaza on New Years Day).

“We will not intervene in any aspect of Palestinian life ... except to convince people in a polite way,” said Mahmoud Ramahi, a member of the Hamas politburo who won a seat in the new parliament. (Yes, Palestinans are nothing if not polite).

“We are making efforts so that the sharia will be the source of legislation, but in order to implement Islamic rule, this needs a state. When we get a state, we will leave it to people to choose,” he told Reuters in an interview.

Those stoopid f*cking Israelis, giving Gaza to the French ...... idiots. I thought they were going to give it to the Palestinians? Oh well, what can you do .....

Hamas also hopes to try and win over Western donors that brand it a terrorist group for a suicide bombing campaign that killed hundreds of Israelis.

We wouldn't want anything like silly labels to get in the way of even more Jew killing. Or stop Reuters from their ever present minimalizing numbers game. I believe the general number is five thousand casualties, a thousand dead. Over the last two intifadas, by all the blood drinking insects. And no, I won't look it up.

“We won’t at any time introduce change by using force. We depend on cementing beliefs,” Ramahi said. “If people are convinced, then so be it.”

It is so hard not generalize and be filled with hate, rage, and anger. But, I'm not. The anger subsided a while ago. Now, I'm simply a pragmatist. Peace. War. Makes no f*cking difference. They can have whatever they want. And as much as they can handle. I'd rather they choose peace. It just is not going to happen in my lifetime. The need to crush bugs will also not rob me of life's enjoyment.



Earth Options, plant-based active ingredients, natural clove scent! (Because really I'm a sensitive flower person).


Addendum; Wednesday, Feb. 1, 1:30 a.m.
From the Brussels Journal.

It appears that the Palestinians are indeed evolving somewhat in a modern world. Now showing a disdain for some who aren't hook nosed bagel eaters (like me). Giving the bum rush to blonde haired blue eyed types. Go Palestinians!


This morning armed Palestinians stormed the European Union office in Gaza City, threatening Danes and Norwegians and demanding that they leave. The Danish Foreign Ministry warned Danes to be extremely cautious while travelling in the Middle East and North Africa. Yesterday the Danish national flag was burned in the West Bank .....
The Palestinian terrorist organization Islamic Jihad announced yesterday that all Nordic people had 48 hours to leave Gaza. The al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades distributed leaflets saying that Danes and Swedes had three days to get out of the region. There are also reports that a terrorist group called the Glory Brigades of Northern Europe is threatening suicide attacks in Denmark.

All of course 'caused' by the Jyllands-Posten cartoon depictions of Mohammed (militant radical Islamists are sensitive types after all).

Mad magazine buys Pravda. No changes plannned.

France shows support to U.S. doctrine of preemptive nuclear strikes.

Largely forgettable and convoluted screed from our pals the Rooskys. Where in they pontificate about France, Chirac, oil, the U.S., Iran, and nukes/nuclear war. Mostly they seem to be pining, looking back to the day when they were players on the international stage. A long time ago. But, this article from Pravda is very much memorable for this little excise, hidden in the last three paragraphs. Kind of like a prize in a box of Cracker Jacks. A doozey it is.

There are serious grounds to suppose that nongovernmental organizations instigated the ethnic riots in France last autumn. Those NGO's are partly financed by U.S. foundations.

Today's France is amazingly active in the U.S.-led program aimed at suppressing Iran's sovereignty through sanctions. The possibility of launching strikes against Iran can not be ruled out. There is a strong suspicion that Americans are to blame for the French riots .....

Do you have Prince Albert in a can?

Two Canadian radio humorists trick French
President Chirac into taking their telephone call.

MONTREAL (AFP) - Two Canadian radio humorists tricked French
President Jacques Chirac into taking their telephone call and broadcast it after pretending to be aides to Prime Minister-elect Stephen Harper. The "Masked Avengers" -- radio station CKOI disc jockeys Marc-Antoine Audette and Sebastien Trudel -- added Chirac to their long list of victims when they called his office in Paris saying Harper wanted to speak with him.

"I would like to offer my sincere congratulations for your electoral success," Chirac said as he began the call. "We have excellent relations and I am certain that they will continue in the best spirit," the French leader said.

Using an exaggerated accent, Audette, posing as the victorious Canadian Conservative Party leader, complained to Chirac that French media had given him a "bad reputation" and hoped this could be improved. When Chirac added an invitation to 'Harper' to visit France, the fake Canadian prime minister-elect replied that he had already planned to visit France "as the opening act" in a show by Canadian singer Garou.

Associated Press merges with Al Jazeera.

Documents Show Army Seized Wives As Tactic.

By CHARLES J. HANLEY AP Special Correspondent
The Associated Press

Jan 27, 2006 — The U.S. Army in Iraq has at least twice seized and jailed the wives of suspected insurgents in hopes of "leveraging" their husbands into surrender, U.S. military documents show.

The glee with which this story is written is uncontained. Being able to compare the U.S., it's policies, Army, and soldiers. With vile murdering insect life forms. Is truly a great day for the left. Another historic one for the fifth column. The lengths with which the writer goes is astounding. The tenor of the presentation would make one feel that this is all that U.S. troops do in Iraq (and most certainly must be disappointed that documentation exists for only two instances). Mothers taken from nursing babies (though no mention made if at feeding time). On and on. Of course the writer entirely misses (and completely fails to understand) his own words ..... that one mid level officer objected prior to one operation, and complained after its completion. Resulting in the release of the captured subject.


(The writer Charles J. Hanley, is shown here in Baghdad, while doing research for the article).

After three internet pages, in the very last sentence, we get this provided military quote: "It is clear the unit believed the females detained had substantial knowledge of insurgent activity and warranted being held."


The new combined press agency will assume the name: Fifth Column Cheering Associates.

(New logo seen in formal announcement of the merger).




The article's author, seen here in a more casual setting, in his hometown. After returning from a tour of duty in the fifth column, in Iraq.

These biscuits are yummy ...... what kind are they?

Woman gets six severed fingers sewed back.

PLYMOUTH, England, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Surgeons in Britain successfully sewed back on six severed fingers of a 62-year-old woman injured in an accident in a biscuit factory.


Ask me if I care, go ahead ..... ask.

Jennifer Aniston Might Write A Book.

Rumor has it (Ha! Get it?) that Jennifer Aniston kept a diary throughout her marriage to Brad Pitt and plans to turn it into a tell-all book in order to stick it to Brad as payback for his relationship with Angelina Jolie.


More proof of alternative universe(s) .....

Kerry Won't Rule Out Presidential Run.

(Thursday) Asked whether he would run again, Kerry told The Associated Press: "We'll tell you somewhere down the line." Asked whether he would not rule it out, Kerry said: "No — I haven't."


Can I have me one of them thar alternative dimensions? (Sure ..... we have lots of them).

Sheehan to Feinstein: Filibuster Alito, Or I'll Run Against You.

(CNSNews.com) - Cindy Sheehan has threatened to run for Sen. Dianne Feinstein's seat unless Feinstein filibusters Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito. Sheehan, who was in Caracas, Venezuela Friday attending the World Social Forum, heard that several Democrats planned to filibuster Alito but that Feinstein, announced that she will vote against Alito but would not filibuster the nomination.

More .....

Sheehan is scheduled to return from Venezuela on Monday and will travel to the nation's capital to take part in an alternative State of the Union event.


Weather for the visually impaired. (Is that a high pressure system in your pocket, or are you just happy to see Jackie Guerrido). Of course, if it's cold where your are (?), please do remember to wear a sweater (we here at Anechoic Room are always concerned about the health of our readers).
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The quality of education in America today.

Is rather low. I mean what kind of message are we sending to the rest of the world, when we cannot even properly prepare our kids to participate in a simple business? Shudder.

The business cards got a response, but surely not what their owner had in mind when he had them printed up. The card had an image of what appeared to be an alarm clock being hit by a boxing glove and said: "For a quick hit on time call the boss."


Money from Angels .....

Quebec couple finds $100,000 during home reno.

The owners of a home in Trois-Rivières, Que., have handed $100,000 over to police after finding the stacks of bills in the ceiling of their bathroom while renovating.
The $20 bills were stuffed in a plastic bag and hidden above a ceiling panel.

The couple who owns the home in the Pointe-du-Lac area promptly surrendered the cash to authorities. Investigators say the home was most recently owned by Marc-André Hinse, the alleged head of the Hells Angels in Trois-Rivières.



More business lessons for children .....

Knight was arrested and booked Thursday for investigation of delivery of cocaine after a search found $300 worth of crack cocaine in a Rice Chex cereal box inside her apartment. Investigators say they started buying crack cocaine from Knight back in December. She was also was booked for involvement of a minor in an unlawful substances transaction because the child was with her during a sale, investigators say.

Links two and three above, both via http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/browse

Don't try this at home.

Man Tries To Scare Hiccups Out Of Nephew, Kills Him.
Uncle Commits Suicide After Realizing What He Did.

BOGOTA, Colombia -- A Colombian man who tried to startle his nephew from a bout of the hiccups by pointing a gun at him accidentally pulled the trigger and killed him.


Coming soon to pay per view .....
Lion Mutilates 42 Midgets in Cambodian Ring-Fight.

An African Lion is responsible for the death of 28 Cambodian Midgets.

Spectators cheered as entire Cambodian Midget Fighting League squared off against African Lion. Tickets had been sold-out three weeks before the much anticipated fight, which took place in the city of Kâmpóng Chhnãng.

(Of course if you believe this ..... then you already think that Hillary is going to be our next President).


Man pedals world's tallest unicycle at Silverdome.

After about 40 minutes, and a few attempts, he rode the 115-foot tall cycle 28 feet to the chants of "Sem, Sem, Sem" and declared the night a success.




Poor Work Performance Blamed on Internet.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - About 20 percent of government staff in one Malaysian state use the Internet for personal activities including downloading pornography, music and games, the national news agency reported Tuesday. This was one of the main causes of poor work performance in Johor state, Bernama said quoting a top state official .....


And for an even larger waste of time .....
Japan Scientists Find Million-Year-Old Ice.

TOKYO - A team of Japanese researchers drilling on Antarctica has recovered what is believed to be the oldest sample of ice ever — possibly dating back 1 million years, officials said Tuesday.

The ice sample was taken from a depth of 9,994 feet into the Antarctic ice sheet near the Japanese camp at Fuji Dome, according to Yuji Umezaki, an official with the education and science ministry.

There are unconfirmed behind the scenes rumours of a fierce bidding war between Grey Goose distilleries, and Senator Edward Kennedy. For the antique ice. Booze hounds everywhere are watching the unfolding events.


And lastly, in our ever present holier than thou countenance (always striving for an honest ideal, whatever the outcome/reality). We must admit to being discouraged at this site's flatlined readership. Which pretty much went away a couple of days before Christmas, and not returning. From a solitary peak of four hundred fifty (Althouse), to a steady two to three hundred per day. During the Pajamas Media bashing heyday. But with unexplained search engine anomalies no longer sending clicks on posts which (flatteringly) brought good traffic in and of themselves in the past, and a feeling of wasted effort/futility. I am beginning to question further energy expenditure vis-a-vis enjoyment taken. Currently my two biggest drivers of traffic are: Nude Female Midgets blogging about Pajamas Media. And Best Blonde Joke Ever ......

Dictionary.com; Ass Monkeys: see Google.

Google agrees to censor results in China

Search giant gives in to free-speech limits in return for better access

SAN FRANCISCO - AP - Online search engine leader Google Inc. has agreed to censor its results in China, adhering to the country's free-speech restrictions in return for better access in the Internet's fastest growing market.

I must say, I got quite a large kick the last few days over the Google/government (internet records) request story. Google got tens of millions of dollars of free publicity. And even more nearly priceless goodwill. What a f*cking joke. Google is the largest assault on privacy the world HAS EVER KNOWN. Not our dear much maligned government. Google saving all searches, all data, by I.P.. Forever. Sick motherf*ckers, now buttering their toast on both sides (do as we say ... not as we do).


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Addendum; 5:56 a.m.

The fookin boosheet just doesn't stop around these parts. I now find, that in addition to no longer being listed on Google [for a while now (which of course makes me invisible on rebranded Google engines Lycos/Ask Jeeves/Alexa)]. That many of my posts are now completely invisible on Yahoo as well. Gone. Non-existent (though the trail/references to them, on other blogs, can be seen in the search results). A random check of some of the posts which have generated a fair amount of traffic in the past, shows them no longer on Yahoo. Searching either by the title of the post, or keyword/topic. While repeating the search, shows them anywhere from one to three on MSN search page. I haven't clue one what's up. None. A few posts still do show up in Yahoo search, as well as the term: Anechoic Room. But now ..... for all intents and purposes, I've also been delisted from Yahoo. Which (more than likely) will effect results in the aggregated engines. Ain't blogging fun?


Addendum; Thursday, 4:00 a.m.

Ass monkey is, as ass monkey does.

Look out, spyware! Google, Sun Microsystems and Lenovo are teaming up ..... Stopbadware.org is their new initiative to help combat "badware," as they call it.

Meanwhile, the poo poo-ers at Threadwatch are advising Google to mind its own business, pointing to Google Toolbar, Google Earth and Google Desktop Search and asking "After all - are these applications 'not' spyware?"




Addendum; Friday, 6:04 a.m.

Gaagle me some more ..... with a spoon.

Google AdSense is moving beyond the traditional text and graphical advertising to interstitials and floating ads.

Do Google not get it? The reason we liked Google Adwords in the first place is because they were text. Let me spell it out Larry and Sergey, they were not annoying. Now they are going to throw the most annoying and intrusive forms of online media into the mix. Including the evil evil evil intersitials. You know the ones, the ad that stops you getting to the content you wanted and forces you to wait for a full page ad to load so you can click it off and get to the page you expected to see in the first place.




Addendum; Sunday, Jan. 29, 6:38 a.m.

The Sunday Times UK, taps in to the Google zeitgeist. Big Google is watching you.

..... the company’s real motto was ..... “don’t be evil unless the Chinese government asks you to and there’s serious money in it”. There was no possibility that Google was ever going to pass up the chance of making money in the world’s biggest potential market.

..... everyone who has invested in Google has made out like the proverbial bandit; but one day the share price will drop and people who have bought shares will find they have lost money. It is then that Google’s leaders will come under pressure to find some uses for that goldmine of personal data.

..... the company’s existing privacy policy says that “we may share information” (if) “we conclude that we are required by law or have a good faith belief that access, preservation or disclosure of such information is reasonably necessary to protect the rights, property or safety of Google, its users or the public”. You don’t have to be Diogenes the Cynic to think that this gives Google the latitude to do pretty much whatever it wants.

..... Google has the potential to destroy ..... our privacy. Not that it will necessarily ..... but for the first time, considered soberly, they are technologically possible. The company is rich and determined and is not going away any time soon.


Outside the Beltway linked with: OTB Caption Jam/Saturday Traffic Jam/Other Humor: Anechoic Room has Ass Monkeys.
http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/13462

Brokeback Mountain: Iranian Version.

Our two intrepid camel herders, standing side by side. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (on the left), and Bashir Assad [for brevity we'll just call them Mooh-mooh and Asshat]. At a state function last week, during Mooh-mooh's recent visit to Damascus.



The sharpe eyed viewer will of course observe Mooh-mooh betraying his fondness for men in uniform.



A little goose stepping for our Persian persimmon.



This way Mooh-mooh, let us adjoin to more comfortable surroundings. I know all these men in uniform have you feeling a little flush ..... you can't fool me my little goat buggerer. Don't be shy.



Yes, much better now ...... where we? You don't say Mooh-mooh, why that's simply amazing. You buggered how many little boys last week? Why even my father, the legendary Half-ass Assad was not capable of such feats. Truly Mooh-mooh, you are greatness. Why your famous golden glowing aura is starting to become clear to me now.



I can't wait to get my hands on your manhood.



Now, let us change into something a little more comfortable.

Whatever you say Asshat, I'm all your's.




What! How'd that picture get in there? Folks I'm really sorry for the bedroom photo, I just do not know how that could have happened (well, it is an R rated film after all).



Here co-star Christiane Amanpour, from the most trusted name in shoes (CNN), has a laugh and a chuckle at our two cowboy's antics. In a lighter moment from the popular movie.



Some souveneirs which were available in theater lobbies at screenings around the country.



No coverage of this phenomenal motion picture event would be complete, without this photo of Mooh-mooh arriving at the Golden Globes just a few days ago. Where Brokeback Iran swept the foreign liberal establisment award category. Mooh--mooh is seen here wearing a full length coat from that new on the scene Iranian designer, Chez Headwrap. Simply stunning .... back to you Melissa.






Open Trackbacks:
Point Five's Weekend Open Trackback/Gastric Bypass Edition.
http://pointfiveblog.com/index.php/2006/01/654

Wizbang!s Carnival of the Trackbacks XLVIII
http://wizbangblog.com/archives/008214.php

Bomb us. Please.

Iran threatens to carry out enrichment on industrial scale: Larijani

LONDON (AFP) - Iran would carry out uranium enrichment on an industrial scale if it was hauled up before the UN Security Council, Tehran's nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani warned in an interview in the Financial Times.












Walking on the sunny side of the street ....

Last-minute radiation saves lung cancer patients.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Small doses of radiation meant to ease the symptoms of incurable lung cancer may actually save the lives of a few patients, surprised Australian researchers reported on Monday. (Save the smokers in the Middle East, nuke Iran today!).


Whoa .... now they're f*cking artists?

Entezami, spokesman for Iran's Supreme National Security Council: "Using the atomic bomb or threatening to use it is the language of the last century. The art of having the bomb is not using it... because if everyone who had one used it the world would be blown up several times over," he said. "This endangers world security". Sorry, Babel Fish doesn't offer Farsi translation (irony). You're on you're own with that one. Though this may possibly be a help to some?


A Space Lottery: An Idea Whose Time Has Come.

I suggest a National Space Lottery as a new way of funding space flight systems, promoting space tourism and paying for the tickets of those who would fly. The National Space Society should promote creation of a National Space Lottery. Ideally, this might become an International Space Lottery, and would offer the possibility of space flight, as a prize, to every man, woman and child on earth.

And I nominate Howdie Dean, John Freek'n Kerry, and Momma Moonbat Sheehan for the inaugural flight.

This is a test of the MSN search engine. We repeat, this is only a test.

Should this have been an actual post, you would have been instructed where to tune in on your internet for emergency reading instructions.

So, I'm at the record store a few days ago, buying some fresh platters, and there it is. Up on display, Leif Garrett's LP. I don't know if it was his debut album or what. But it was the one with the long hair and smile for your weird uncle look. I didn't buy it, didn't have the heart. He just looked so utterly trashed in his court/arrest photos/video last week [tore up from da floor up (sores/scabs on his face)]. Good luck Leif, you're going to need it. Yeah I know the jails are crowded, but I think he would have been better off locked up for a little longer. Time will tell? This presented link is just mean (recommended ..... but mean). 'Leif Garrett Goes Metro!'

Nomura's Jellyfish? Ain't that a b*tch .... ('Giant Jellyfish Invade Japan').

"Since last summer, Japanese waters have been inundated with the massive sea creatures, which can grow 6.5 feet wide and weigh up to 450 pounds. More common in Chinese and Korean waters, their numbers have grown a hundredfold in some areas off Japan, causing a crisis in the local fishing industry. The invertebrates are choking fishing nets and poisoning the catch with their toxic stingers ..... " yup, sounds like Pajamas Media to me :-)

Kelly Clarkson? Who cares. Well, if you like her, that's your biz. Let's see how she's doing in say thirty years [Leif Garrett ring any bells? (not to be confused with bell ringer)].

Wilson Pickett ..... well, I bought an Otis Redding record yesterday at the swap meet. Does that count? (The seller looked at the record and said: "how'd that get in there?").

Jessica Sierra. Pretty sounding name (I guess). I won't search unless I have too [please don't make me (actually what kind of blog host would I be?) lazy .... good answer!]. Yikes.

History of taxes ..... you're kidding right.

Images: Ice hotel. Been there seen that (virtually).

Ben Franklin ..... well, back in my tomcatting around days, I'm hanging with a pal on the boulevard. And we're talking to this woman, who sez she needs a lift to Ben Franklin avenue. My friend had to explain it to me.

First baby boom? Hmmm ..... Pebbles and Bam Bam?

What is beer pong? Another signpost on the road that reads: "deevolution this way."

This concludes our shameless test of the MSN search engine [should this little post actually result in an increase in site traffic (?), regular readers are hereby warned (all five of you)]. We repeat, this was only a pathetic attempt to increase this site's pathetic traffic .....

Snowmobiles Pose Risks for Children

(HealthDay News) -- Snowmobile accidents are a major cause of multiple trauma injuries in children and adolescents and more needs to be done to prevent such injuries, concludes a study in the January issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings.

Helmet use, reduced speeds ..... are among the methods that can be used to decrease injuries in children and teens, the Mayo researchers said. Children most likely to be injured included those who didn't wear a helmet; and those on a snowmobile traveling at 50 miles per hour or more.


Washing Machines Pose Risks for Adults

Australian man rescued from washing machine

SYDNEY, Australia (AP) — A man had to be rescued after becoming wedged in a washing machine while playing a game with his children, a newspaper reported Tuesday.
A fire officer pulled Robin Toom, 38, out of the machine after Toom became trapped while playing hide-and-seek, according to Sydney's Daily Telegraph. "I just hopped in there and couldn't even get the lid down and the kids came in and said, 'Ha, ha! We found you'."


One third of French don't speak English.

PARIS (Reuters) - More than one third of French people do not speak English ..... The IFOP survey for the weekly newspaper Dimanche Ouest France showed that 34 percent of those questioned said they did not speak English. The poll was carried out by telephone on January 19 and 20 and 1,004 people were questioned (I guess cowboy, hot dog, hamburger, Crips, and fiddy cent don't count?).

In other news, residents of Detroit, when questioned in a similar survey. Responded to the question: "would you ever move to France?" By answering: "hell no, Detroit ain't all that. But it's our sh*thole. France? What .... are you f*cking kidding me. France?"





In even more news ..... Araf*ck is still dead. Assad: Israel is behind Arafat's death.

Syrian President Bashar Assad claimed Saturday that Israel was responsible for the death of Palestinian Authority Chairman Yassir Arafat. "Among the many assassinations that Israel has carried out in a systemic and organized manner, the most dangerous one was the assassination of Arafat," Assad said, addressing a conference of Arab lawyers.



Baby Assad sig heils with style!

Einstein and Ahamdinejad, a comparison.

Ahamdinejad to Europe: Take back Israel's Jews.

In a new attack on the existence of Israel, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has challenged Europe to take back the Jews who emigrated to Israel .....




1) Albert's last name contains the letters: e, i, and n.
2) Einstein had facial hair.
3) Einstein was Jewish.
4) He liked cookies.
5) Helped usher in the nuclear age.
6) Taught young girls algebra.



1) Mahmoud's last name also contains the letters: e, i, and n.
2) Ahamdinejad also has facial hair.
3) Ahamdinejad also synonomizes Jewish with the past tense.
4) Mahmoud puts people who like nookie in prison.
5) Helped usher in the pre-emptive nuclear age.
6) Also teaches young girls ...... the Koran and physics (at the same time).

Time once again for ..... It's Bush's Fault!

Fears rise for whale stranded in London's River Thames.

LONDON (Reuters) - A whale stranded in the River Thames in London is becoming tired and disorientated ..... The bottle-nosed whale swam up the Thames on Friday, passing the Houses of Parliament ..... At 0930 GMT on Saturday a Reuters photographer saw the whale between Albert and Chelsea bridges as it fought the river's incoming tide around 30 miles from the English Channel. "It is obviously distressed and tired and we must warn that there may not be a happy ending to this unfolding saga," said Tony Woodley, director of the British Divers Marine Life Rescue group.


Tokyo sees heaviest snow in five years.

TOKYO (AFP) - The heaviest snowfall in five years blanketed the greater Tokyo region, causing injuries and disrupting transportation. The Otemachi financial district of downtown Tokyo saw nine centimeters of snow accumulated by 5:00 pm, while 10 centimeters of snow covered neighboring Yokohama city ..... making it the heaviest snow fall since 2001 .....
Albert Gore Junior, head of Global Warming Bloviations International, could not be reached for comment. His spokesperson however said that Mr. Gore did not decline comment, only that he was busy in the field bloviating about global warming. A reporter in Tokyo reportedly (mini bwahaha here) asked Mr. Gore during a speech there, if he ever looks out the window. The question was (reportedly) met with an icy stare.


I told you France smelled (would I lie to you?).

Many Europeans Don't Seek Help for Overactive Bladder.


I didn't give him the key. Did you give him the key?

Gene Could Hold Key to Schizophrenia.


I thought mobile porn was the new up and coming star of the internet money machine?

Google online video store starts without a bang.


John Kerry says that Bush had no plan. And that everyone knows a four foot gate is not tall enough for a camel.

Illinois - A nearly 7-foot tall camel named Bocephalus, suffered only scratches and bruises after jumping out of a horse trailer as it traveled 55 mph down a highway.

Kerry said further, he would make sure that all camels had taller gates.
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Chirac's answer to the French riots.

France ready to use nuclear arms: Chirac.


Mr Chirac said he reserved his country's right to use non-conventional weapons after any terrorist attack ..... It was the first time he clearly linked the threat of a nuclear response to a terrorist attack.



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bye!




Well, I won't be needing this anymore .....




and gosh, I'm gonna really miss those Fwench pastries.


Bottom line? Nothing sez France like bombing one of your own cities! Why it's positively oooobur (goober?) French. I mean supercalifragilisticexpialidocius.




So remember ..... until next time, keep your cheese dry.




Your french lingerie untwisted.




(Or Burkas, as the case may be?)


Outside the Beltway linked with: OTB Caption Jam/Other Humor: Anechoic Room thinks Chirac is OK.
http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/13358
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