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Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Attack rumor sends oil prices higher
Iran Attack Rumors Prompt Brief $5 Spike in Oil Prices

UAE will not be used in any Iran strike -president
Russia warns US against Iran attack

Pakistan to support Iran in case of US attack

Less saber rattling at Tehran

Will US attack Iran?
U.S. military too stretched to attack Iran

Very fringe news fun...

Operation Bite: April 6 sneak attack by US Forces against Iran planned
Easter Surprise: Attack on Iran

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Police go on revenge spree in Tal Afar killing as many as 60 people
Police Gun Down Dozens Over Iraq Blasts

Americans Killed in Green Zone Iraq Rocket Attack

Chlorine Bombs Wound 15 in Iraq
U.S. base in Iraq attacked with suicide truck bombs

4 soldiers from 82nd Airborne die in Iraq

Army officer: Long-term morale a concern
Worries grow over mental health of U.S. soldiers

Q&A: Why Soldiers are Deserting the Army

U.S. troop levels in Iraq could stay high through fall
Iraq: Plight Of Refugees In Neighboring States Worsens

McCain Caught Lying About General In Iraq

CNN Puts Smackdown on John McCain

CNN: Military Sources Respond To McCain’s Escalation Remark With ‘Laughter Down The Line’
Faced With Facts, McCain Denies His Own Straight Talk

McCain For 'Marriage Between Passionate Females'
McCain 'comes out for gay marriage on MySpace' | The Register

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Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Gonzales aide to invoke Fifth Amendment
Poll backs subpoenas of Bush aides

Gonzales says he had role in firings

Former Top Justice Official to Contradict Gonzales Statements
Senators Question Gonzales' Credibility

War and Piece: GWB43.com
Waxman Warns RNC, Bush-Cheney Campaign: Don’t Delete Your Emails
Waxman Questions White House Security Practices

Fitzgerald, Gonzales scheduled to meet in Chicago Tuesday

Gonzales Should Do Bush a Favor

Bush Alone - By Robert Novak
In half a century, I have not seen a president so isolated from his own party in
Congress -- not Jimmy Carter, not even Richard Nixon as he faced impeachment.

A good source says the president never will ask Gonzales to resign.
That exactly reverses the prevailing Republican opinion in Congress.

Alberto Gonzales Tells NBC "Nothing Improper" Took Place During Prosecutor Purge

NPR : Dems Allege Interference in Phone-Jamming Case
Democrats allege that Justice Department officials in Washington
interfered in the case, and they want Congress to investigate.

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Monday, March 26, 2007

Unguarded munition sites still feed Iraq violence: report
Insurgents loot arms dumps

Rocket hits Baghdad Green Zone, shakes U.S. embassy

Roadside bombs kill 5 U.S. soldiers in Iraq - 4 in a single strike northeast of Baghdad

NPR : Children's Deaths Tear Iraqi Neighborhood Asunder

Iran "Interrogating" Detained U.K. Troops
U.S. Iraq envoy says he met insurgents: report

NPR : Minn. Military Families Cope With Long Deployment
They will have been deployed for a total of 22 months, the longest
brigade-level deployment in the history of the National Guard.

The Iraqis: Four Lost Lives
For every soldier or Marine who dies in Iraq, at
least 20 Iraqis are killed. Some of their stories.

Gunmen burn Sunni mosque in Baghdad revenge attack

NPR : Breaking Down the Pentagon's Budget

Hit on Iraq deputy PM seen as inside job

South Portland Soldier Killed In Iraq

'Ignored' UK Iraq soldiers going Awol

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Specter: Gonzales has some explaining to do

Gonzales Was Briefed on Prosecutors Before Firings
Gonzales met with aides on firing prosecutors

Support for Gonzales erodes on the Hill

Gonzales Attracts More Critics Inside GOP

Calls grow for Gonzales resignation

3 More Republican senators join Gonzales' critics

Republican Senator: Some see (Bush) impeachment as option

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Wednesday, March 21, 2007

U.S. attorney's firing may be connected to CIA corruption probe

U.S. attorney claims politics linked to firing
2 who pushed for U.S. attorney ousters were up for the jobs

House OKs subpoenas for top Bush aides
`Safe' prosecutor pick among those fired
Administration unsure who conceived of firing attorneys
Analysis: Crises chip at Bush's allies
Senate Passes Bill Limiting Alberto Gonzales' Power
Who might replace Alberto Gonzales?
Republican Tancredo Calls For Attorney General's Resignation

USNews.com: Nation & World: Special Report: U.S. Attorney Firings Investigation

Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)

Milla the Gurka Gal!!!

Shrek the Third
Shrek the Third (2007) IMDB
Shrek the Third - Wikipedia
Shrek the Third - Trailers

New Family of Stars Found in Milky Way

rugrlass - ru_girls_ass post NSFW

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Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Bunny

Cats That Look Like Hitler!

mpopenker (guns) - LJ
MAG-FED 20MM RIFLE - Anzio Ironworks

Popoholic » Fergie and The Grindhouse Babes

nsfw stuff...

Make your own fleshlight! - PbNation

The Home of the Vain
AMBREL ::..

StarYellowPost

Fashion Victims - LJ

sex_plane LJ
goodzone - LJ

kitej -LJ Post

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US troops in Iraq want out
"It is like the movie 'Groundhog Day'. Each day is the same and nothing ever changes,"

"If no one wants us here we are quite ready to get out tomorrow,"
said the outspoken vehicle commander.

Hamilton sees little hope for success in Iraq
Hamilton, helped lead an independent commission that recommended
major changes in the U.S. approach in Iraq last year.

One of the problems with the surge is that it hasn't been accompanied
by an equal increase in regional diplomacy, economic reconstruction
and finding a political path to national reconciliation.

Iraq war protests continue nationwide
Dozens arrested in Iraq protests
Poll: Support for the Iraq war deteriorates

U.S. Marine Pilot Is Rescued in Arabian Sea - Ejected from his F/A-18C

Army Brigade Finds Itself Stretched Thin

New Iraq security stations hampered by trust
Most Iraqis more pessimistic

Roadside bomb kills two U.S. soldiers in southern Baghdad
Fifteen die as oil hub bombed

Saddam Hussein's vice president hanged

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Senate moves to curb Bush's power to name U.S. attorneys

New E-Mail Gives Details on Attorney Dismissals
Justice Dept. worked to contain U.S. attorney fallout
Senate Limits Gonzales' Hiring Authority
Former White House official defends editing of climate papers
Fitzgerald Ranked During Leak Case

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Friday, March 16, 2007

Better than M4, but you can’t have one - Army Times
If You're Going To Steal Software, Steal From Us: Microsoft Exec
Apple megapatch plugs 45 security holes
Interspecies Sex: Evolution's Hidden Secret?
Research links some scriptures to hostile acts

Sims sequel allows gamers to play God
Spore will finally hit the shelves this Autumn.

nationalistjews: Hail The Jew Dawn
Urban Legends Reference Pages: Johnny Carson, Zsa Zsa Gabor, & the Pussy Cat

dotspiral :: Recent Entries some NSFW

Film Stills - LJ NSFW?

Nuts: Top 50 Best Boobs 2007

Sexy Photo NSFW
womanbody NSFW
А.С. NSFW?
WebПарк.ру Some NSFW
Русский Юмор

Weird: unearthly or mysterious Some NSFW

Leprechaun in Mobile, Alabama

Queer Atheists/Agnostics LJ - Links of interest
What Would JC Do For A Klondike Bar?

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CAUGHT ON TAPE: Gonzales Lies Under Oath
In testimony on Jan. 18, Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales assured
the Senate Judiciary Committee that the Justice Department had no intention
of avoiding Senate input on the hiring of U.S. attorneys.

Just a month earlier, D. Kyle Sampson, who was then
Gonzales's chief of staff, laid out a plan to do just that.

In an e-mail, he detailed a strategy for evading Arkansas Democrats
in installing Tim Griffin, a former GOP operative and protege of
presidential adviser Karl Rove, as the U.S. attorney in Little Rock.

Statements on firings are key

Law prof: Patriot Act provision possibly tied to attorney firings didn't 'come out of head of Zeus'

E-Mail Indicates Rove Role in Firings
Rove Is Linked to Early Query Over Dismissals

White House backs off on Miers scenario
The story keeps changing, which neither does them or the public any good,"
Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Friday. "They ought to gather all the
facts and tell the public the truth."

W. House: Undecided on Rove testimony on attorneys
The White House typically argues that officials who are not confirmed
by the Senate, like Rove, do not have to appear before Congress.

Snow also backed away from initially pointing the finger at former
White House counsel Harriet Miers as the one who first proposed firing
all the federal prosecutors after Bush won re-election in late 2004.

Probe of Federal Prosecutors Intensify

Aborted DOJ Probe Probably Would Have Targeted Gonzales
Report: Gonzales had FISA inquiry conflict

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Rove Tied More Closely to Firings as Gonzales Support Fades

Phony Fraud Charges - New York Times
John McKay, one of the fired attorneys, says he was pressured by Republicans
to bring voter fraud charges after the 2004 Washington governor’s race, which
a Democrat, Christine Gregoire, won after two recounts.

Carol Lam, the San Diego attorney, seems to have been fired to stop her from
continuing an investigation that put Republican officials and campaign contributors at risk.

Gonzales’s Critics See Lasting, Improper Ties to White House

E-Mail Indicates Rove Role in Firings
White House political adviser Karl Rove raised questions in early 2005 about
replacing some federal prosecutors but allowing others to stay, an e-mail
released Thursday shows.

Earlier Thursday, Rove told journalism students in Alabama that the decision
to fire each prosecutor "was made at the Department of Justice on the basis
of policy and personnel."

Bush criticizes Gonzales on attorney firings

Second Republican says Gonzales should go

GOP support for Gonzales erodes further

Alberto Gonzales - Wikipedia

Revised Patriot Act used in firings, officials say
Wednesday’s explanation of the Patriot Act changes, along with the release
of new e-mail correspondence, was meant to stave off mounting accusations
by Democrats, who say they now are suspicious that the changes were part
of an attempt to grab executive powers and play politics with prosecutorial appointments.

United States Attorney - Wikipedia
on March 9, 2006, President George W. Bush signed into law the Patriot Act Reauthorization Bill of 2005[5] which amends Section 546 by striking subsections (c) and (d) and inserting the following new subsection:

(c) A person appointed as United States attorney under this section may serve until the qualification of a united States Attorney for such district appointed by the President under section 541 of this title.

This, in effect, strikes the 120 days limit on interim U.S. Attorneys, and effectively extends their term to the end of the appointing President's term, which circumvents the U.S. Senate confirmation process.

The United States Senate is currently investigating this revision to the U.S. Patriot Act.

Margaret Chiara says she doesn't know why she was fired

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Thursday, March 15, 2007

Digit ratio Wikipedia
In men, the second digit tends to be shorter than the fourth, and in females
the second tends to be the same size or slightly longer than the fourth.

Of course I'm not typical.
On my left hand my index and ring fingers are the same length.
On my right hand my ring finger is only like a 1/16th of an inch longer.
If I did my math correctly My 2D:4D is like .9895

BBC NEWS | Health | Finger length gives sports clue
King's College study found women whose ring finger is longer than their
index finger are more likely to achieve higher levels in sport.

BBC NEWS | Health | Finger length 'key to aggression'
Men with the shortest index fingers scored higher on measures of physical
aggression than those with longer index fingers, but the study's findings
did not apply to women.

In women, the two fingers are usually almost equal in length, as measured
from the crease nearest the palm to the fingertip. In men, the ring finger
tends to be much longer than the index.

BBC News | SCI/TECH | A finger on sexuality
Scientists from California found that lesbian women have a greater
difference in length between their ring finger and index finger than straight women do.

Homosexual men without older brothers had finger length ratios indistinguishable from heterosexual men.

BBC News | HEALTH | Finger length heart attack clue
The research shows that boys with shorter ring fingers tend to be at greatest risk.

Digit ratio - Wikipedia
Prenatal exposure to testosterone is thought to promote the development of the
right-hemisphere and increase the incidence of sinistrality. (Left-handedness)
As such low 2D:4D was found to be associated with improved left-hand performance.

The 2nd to 4th Digit Ratio and Autism

The 2nd to 4th digit ratio and autism (PDF)
Second to fourth digit ratio, testosterone and perceived male dominance.

Using 2D:4D to sex cave art hand stencils (PDF)

BPS RESEARCH DIGEST: Men's dancing style determined in the womb

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Found via LJ. Don't think it's a repost from any other site.

Digg - US Troops Attack Iraqi Sheep with Grenades [Video]

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Why Were These U.S. Attorneys Fired?

Panel OKs subpoenas in attorney probe

Sen. John Sununu of New Hampshire on Wednesday became the first Republican
to call for Gonzales' ouster just hours after Bush gave the attorney general,
a longtime friend of the president, a vote of confidence.

Republican Says Gonzales Should Be Fired

Bush Criticizes Handling of Prosecutors’ Dismissals
Mr. Bush defended the removals as “customary practice,” adding:
“I’ve heard those allegations about political decision making.
It’s just not true.”

Mr. Specter has expressed particular concern about the dismissal of Carol C. Lam,
who prosecuted Randy Cunningham, the former Republican congressman now serving
an eight-year sentence in a corruption case.

Subpoenas target Justice; White House could be next

Most of the federal prosecutors claim they were the political casualties
of rankling the White House, and some say they were pressured by members
of Congress to expedite politically charged cases.

"I believe that they (Gonzales & Deputy AG Paul McNulty) misled my committee.
Whether it was deliberate or not is what we're going to have to find out," Leahy said.

Despite 'Mistakes,' Bush Backs Gonzales

Seven U.S. attorneys were fired Dec. 7 and another was dismissed months earlier
with little explanation from Justice Department officials. Later, Justice said
the firings were based on poor performance, but e-mails released yesterday show
that the administration originally pondered dismissing all 93 U.S. attorneys
and considered political loyalty in developing the final list.

Unhappy Bush says firings not political

Still Vague: Why Were Prosecutors Fired?

ASU Professor: U.S. Attorneys Fired Because of Opposing Political Views

NPR : Context: How U.S. Attorneys Are Hired and Fired
NPR : Anatomy of a Scandal: E-Mails Led Up to Dismissal

News Hounds: Fox Morning Show Lies About Political Firings of U.S. Attorneys

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Tuesday, March 13, 2007