tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51997542011-07-14T17:49:17.759-07:00Cosmic Iguana - Voice of the Evildoers<br>
Ask not for whom the Iguana stalks, the Iguana stalks for you... <br><br>
War, politics, religion... & other stuff you shouldn't talk about over dinner... <br><hr><b>Dedicated to the proposition that GW Bush and Saddam Hussein are figments of our unconscious minds</b><br><hr>manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comBlogger13071100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1118183756806113512005-06-07T15:34:00.000-07:002005-06-07T15:55:31.030-07:00Evildoers... Visit the new site at:http://cosmiciguana.commanis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1101329720391824062004-11-24T13:52:00.000-08:002004-11-24T12:55:57.323-08:00 CINCINNATI ENQUIRER:
Warren County has drawn national attention for ... locking down the administration building during the vote count because of terrorism concerns. The Ohio Secretary of State's Office wasn't aware of another Ohio county taking that measure. Federal and local homeland security officials say they didn't know of an increased threat in Warren County...
...County Commissioner Patmanis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073697132073510152004-01-09T17:12:00.000-08:002004-01-09T20:44:46.046-08:00HOW QUICKLY THEY FORGET: COLIN POWELL TODAY AND 11 MONTHS AGOTHIS WEEK:"I have not seen smoking-gun, concrete evidence about the connection," Mr Powell told a news conference. "But I think the possibility of such connections did exist, and it was prudent to consider them at the time that we did." [*]LAST FEBRUARY:According to reports circulating in Washington yesterday, one of the more manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073672614108720222004-01-09T10:23:00.000-08:002004-01-09T10:25:17.793-08:00W. NILE-SPREADING MOSQUITOS BECOMING PESTICIDE RESISTANTVirus-Spreading Mosquito Shows Resistance By MIELIKKI ORG, Associated Press Writer, January 9, 2004, 8:34 AM ESTSAN FRANCISCO -- One of the most common mosquitos found in North America, the same type that is capable of spreading the West Nile Virus, has showed signs of resistance to common pesticides, researchers say.University of manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073671387017608882004-01-09T10:03:00.000-08:002004-01-09T10:04:50.983-08:00MOONBASE A MULTIBILLION DOLLAR BOONDOGGLE OR JUST ANOTHER "FREEDOM CORPS"?... "The cost of a manned enclave on the moon, I think, is going to make the space station look cheap. That's the only good thing about it," said Stanford University's Douglas Osheroff.In any event, "I think we're still 30 years from going to Mars and if there's any reason to do that, I don't know," Osheroff said.Bush does manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073669368586452422004-01-09T09:29:00.000-08:002004-01-09T09:42:16.140-08:00MORE POSSIBLE EVIDENCE OF TORTURE ON IRAQI PRISONERSIs the US military torturing Iraqis with electricity? Dahr Jamail, Electronic Iraq, 8 January 20047 January 2003 -- Sadiq Zoman Abrahim, 55 years old, was detained this past August in Kirkuk by US Soldiers during a home raid which produced no weapons. He was taken to the police office in Kirkuk, questioned by the Americans there, then manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073668580148649312004-01-09T09:16:00.000-08:002004-01-09T10:11:06.030-08:00TOUCHSCREEN VOTING STILL ALLOWS UNDERCOUNTSThe Miami Herald is reporting that 134 people weren't counted in a recent local special election, because they didn't press "Save". What was worse, is that the machines were those that didn't leave a paper trail, so they left the booth believing that they had voted, the equivalent of 2000's "hanging chads"....Seven candidates were on the ballot in the manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073667903544544032004-01-09T09:05:00.000-08:002004-01-09T09:06:47.420-08:00US BUNGLES PRISONER RELEASE The BBC's Caroline Hawley: "What could have been a public relations coup ended in confusion and bitterness" Iraqi prisoners freed from jailBBC, Thursday, 8 January, 2004, 16:17 GMTIraqi prisoners on board two trucks have been driven out of a Baghdad prison and released. The move came a day after the US-led coalition said it would begin releasing the first 100 out of manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073667223141804932004-01-09T08:53:00.000-08:002004-01-09T08:55:26.356-08:00US SEEKS "INFORMATION DOMINANCE" IN IRAQ NOT TRUSTTwo Headlines: US Seeks 'Information Dominance' [*], Iraqis Don't Trust US TV Station [*]In the first, the Guardian details how the US military has established 15 "Information Dominace" centers in Iraq, Kuwait, and.... THE US! The purpose is to protect operations, confuse the enemy, and maintain morale. The US hired SAIC a defense contractor tomanis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073666232602439232004-01-09T08:37:00.000-08:002004-01-09T08:38:56.013-08:00McWAR ON TERROR (tm) FRIDAY Bomb Kills Six at Iraqi Mosque; Rockets Hit Hotel [*]10 GIs Dead After Bloody Day in Iraq [*]60 More Almost Killed: USAF Plane Hit by Missile, Lands Safely in Baghdad [*]Soldier Killed by Own Rifle on Iraq Firing Range [*]McWAR ON TERROR refers to the fact that THIS war on terror is to a REAL war on terror, as the new McDonald's "Low Carb" meals are to REAL healthy manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073665347972648832004-01-09T08:22:00.000-08:002004-01-09T08:24:11.576-08:00TERROR ALERT LOWERED TO "ELEVATED"According to CNN, Tom Ridge will announce in a half hour, that the terror alert will be lowered to "elevated." Or was it elevated to "lowered?" Hmm. Actually they said on CNN, I kid you not, "elevated and a half".Osama Bin Laden to henchmen: "OK boys, that's our signal. It's SHOWTIME!"manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073630515284761552004-01-08T22:41:00.000-08:002004-01-08T22:43:38.090-08:00IS IT REALLY SADDAM? DATE TREES, SADDAM DOUBLES, AND THE BUSH WHO CRIED WMDsDate Trees and Flies in the Ointment: The U.S. ''Capture'' of Saddam HusseinBy Les Blough, Editor, AL BAWABA, 25-12-2003Just after the release of the news of the alleged capture of Saddam Hussein by U.S. Troops, I spoke by telephone, with a very good friend of mine in Tehran, who served in the Iran-Iraq war. I asked him manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073629711443501842004-01-08T22:28:00.000-08:002004-01-08T22:34:41.670-08:00ARAB ASTROLOGERS PREDICT OCTOBER SURPRISE What the stars have in store for the Middle EastAL BAWABA, January 04, 2004 ...Osama bin Laden, mastermind of the September 11 attacks will be located later on in the year, in the vicinity of the Afghani-Pakistani border. Similar to what happened with Saddam, a secret tip-off by a member of Osama's most inner circles will be the key to the West'smanis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073581122472417952004-01-08T08:58:00.000-08:002004-01-08T10:40:48.233-08:00DISINFORMATION? GERMANS SAY HAMBURG TERROR ALERT WAS A FAKE
CIA misinformed about Ansar
TV 2 - NETTAVISEN, Av Geir Selvik , Carin Pettersson og Ole Dag Kvamme 06.01.04
Sources at the German intelligence bureau claim that CIA misinformed them about the alleged planned terror action in Hamburg December 30. Ansar al-Islam was accused of being behind the attempt.
According to information manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073579499763064682004-01-08T08:31:00.000-08:002004-01-08T08:38:42.106-08:00SADDAM'S SECRETARY ALLEGEDLY DIES IN US CUSTODY AFTER TORTURE
Unofficial sources to Al Bawaba: Saddam's presidential secretary ''dies'' in US custody
(Albawaba.com: 07-01-2004) Unofficial Iraqi sources told Al Bawaba Wednesday that Abed Hamoud al-Tikriti, presidential secretary of former leader Saddam Hussein died two days ago while in US custody.
Iraqi security officials contacted by Al manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073578316940301542004-01-08T08:11:00.000-08:002004-01-08T08:14:25.466-08:00CARNEGIE REPORT BASHES BUSH PREWAR WMD INTELReport Criticizes U.S. on IraqU.N. Should Be Part of Weapons Program Probe, Group SaysBy Walter Pincus, Washington Post Staff Writer, Thursday, January 8, 2004; Page A17...The report, to be released today... criticizes the Bush administration's public assessments of the danger posed by Hussein's Iraq in the months leading to the war. It describes as "manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073575965758793012004-01-08T07:32:00.000-08:002004-01-08T07:47:52.670-08:00JESUS REALLY WAS A LIBERAL
Ezra at Pandagon posts about Howard Dean:
"Let's get into a little religion here," he said at one meeting with voters, "Don't you think Jerry Falwell [a fundamentalist Baptist minister] reminds you a lot more of the Pharisees than he does of the teachings of Jesus? And don't you think this campaign ought to be about evicting the money changers from the temple?". He manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073575127171346012004-01-08T07:18:00.000-08:002004-01-08T07:59:29.420-08:00SCHWARTZY WANTS TO RAISE COLLEGE FEES BIG TIME
Schwarzenegger Pushing to Raise College Fees 10% to 44%
By Jeffrey L. Rabin, Rebecca Trounson and Stuart Silverstein, LA Times Staff Writers, January 8, 2004
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger plans to propose a 10% fee increase for Californians attending college at the University of California and California State University and a fee hike manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073571878585265022004-01-08T06:24:00.000-08:002004-01-08T06:26:20.716-08:00NEW BUSH RULE TO ALLOW STREAM AND RIVER DESTRUCTIONEnvironmentalists cry foul on Bush mining proposal Thursday, January 08, 2004, By Nancy Zuckerbrod, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Bush administration has proposed revising a policy that limits mining activity near streams, changes environmentalists say will encourage a particularly destructive way of obtaining coal.The method, dubbed "manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073571233925323282004-01-08T06:13:00.000-08:002004-01-08T06:15:36.200-08:00ALERT COSTS MOUNTING, LOCALS WORRY ABOUT BEING SCREWED BY BU$HCosts Mounting From Terrorism AlertROBERT TANNER, Associated PressThe sacrifice can be measured in dollars and cents - and surely it will run into the tens of millions. Sharpshooters deployed on Las Vegas Boulevard, extra patrols checking a North Dakota dam, helicopters circling Times Square. When the fifth orange-level terrorism alertmanis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073570572175229092004-01-08T06:02:00.000-08:002004-01-08T07:55:58.496-08:00WOUNDED JOIN DEAD AS PUBLICITY RISK, BUSHCO CONCLUDES
Forget about " transfer tubes". Forget about the media blackout about the dead landing at Fort Dover. There is no outrage so egregious that it cannot be committed in the pursuit of impression management by this Administration:
Vets say visits restricted to U.S. wounded
From Dick Uliano, CNN
WASHINGTON (CNN) --One of the nation's leading manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073570165246411072004-01-08T05:56:00.000-08:002004-01-08T05:57:46.936-08:00RUMSFELD GETTING COCKY AGAIN: WANTS TO ATTACK SOMALIA AND LEBANONPENTAGON PRESSES FOR U.S. OPERATION IN LEBANONWASHINGTON [MENL] -- The U.S. Defense Department is said to be mulling a proposal to expand special operations forces and send them to destroy insurgency strongholds along the Lebanese-Syrian border.U.S. defense sources said the proposal is being examined by Defense Secretary Donald manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073569945246709482004-01-08T05:52:00.000-08:002004-01-08T05:54:07.763-08:00BAD DAY IN THE DESERT: McWAR ON TERROR (tm) UPDATEU.S. Helicopter Comes Down in Iraq; Eight Dead [*]Iraqi Mortar Attack Wounds 35 US Soldiers [*]British Soldier Dies in Training Incident in Iraq [*]Top Iraqi Shi'ite Cleric Slams US Handover Plans [*]manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073533766398432812004-01-07T19:49:00.000-08:002004-01-07T19:51:07.606-08:00 NOT BUYING IT: G.I.s SAY $10K NOT WORTH IT TO STAY IN IRAQGIs in Iraq Scoff at Re-Enlistment BonusMost GIs Serving in Iraq Scoff at Offer of $10,000 Re-Enlistment BonusThe Associated PressBAQOUBA, Iraq Jan. 7 — At a checkpoint on the barren plain east of Baqouba, word of a new U.S. Army plan to pay soldiers up to $10,000 to re-enlist evoked laughter from a few bored-looking troopers."Man, they manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073533400784367222004-01-07T19:43:00.000-08:002004-01-07T19:45:02.046-08:00TERRORIST ALERTS BACKFIRING ON BUSH?Terrorism alerts 'no-win' for BushBy James G. Lakely, THE WASHINGTON TIMES A country on "orange alert" is a no-win political situation for President Bush, who can't take credit for the absence of terrorist attacks and must watch Democrats running for president argue that all his efforts to thwart domestic carnage are doomed to fail. Howard Dean, the manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073501359587037092004-01-07T10:49:00.000-08:002004-01-07T10:51:00.310-08:00POLLS APART: DISCREPANCIES IN CNN POLLINGCNN/ USATODAY/ GALLUP just released a poll today showing Bush leading Dean by 22% [*], which contradicts the CNN/ TIME/ HARRIS poll of 4 days ago which had Dean narrowing the gap to 5%.How can that be? The answer is that Gallup, once the most trusted name in polling, has become a Media Whore. They use a likely voter model that magnifies volatility, in manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-107349899059805142004-01-07T10:09:00.000-08:002004-01-07T10:11:31.826-08:00"PIGS OF THE DESERT": WINNING HEARTS AND MINDS, PART XXXVIII Iraqis revive ancient word `ulooj' to insult, greet U.S. troopsBy Hannah Allam, Knight Ridder Newspapers.BAGHDAD, Iraq - College students whisper the word when they spot U.S. troops in Baghdad streets. Vandals scrawl the word across military vehicles. Sneering taxi drivers mutter it when convoys block their cabs."Ulooj," they say, and manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073497827816096822004-01-07T09:50:00.000-08:002004-01-07T09:59:26.343-08:00HUMOR ME... Many pathetic amateur comix o'mine reside at Strip Creator. Click image to link.:manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073496589539392682004-01-07T09:29:00.000-08:002004-01-07T09:33:09.200-08:00IMMIGRATION PANDERING: IF IT WAS GOOD ENOUGH FOR GRAY DAVIS, IT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR BUSHFrom Michelle Malkin (cough, cough):My eight-week-old son’s Social Security card recently arrived in the mail. On the back, there’s a stern warning:“Improper use of this card or number by anyone is punishable by fine, imprisonment or both.”Welcome to the world of government theft and selective enforcement, my manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073495845834560842004-01-07T09:17:00.000-08:002004-01-07T09:19:06.903-08:00ADVANCED WMD RESEARCHPandagon has the actual pathetic sketches of WMD plans [*] from the WPOST, which was hyped as evidence of the "grave and gathering danger" of Iraq. Atrios also derides it as crude [*].But they miss the real point! If this exists, there may be others! And they may be written on napkins! With coffee stains! And then what will the skeptics say?manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073495295148744332004-01-07T09:08:00.000-08:002004-01-07T09:21:36.403-08:00McWAR ON TERROR (tm) WEDNESDAYBrought to you by Today In Iraq (great site): Bring 'em on: Iraqi policeman killed in ambush near Kirkuk.Bring 'em on: Iraqi policeman assassinated near Baquba.Bring ‘em on: Three insurgents captured after firefight in Khalidiyah.Bring ‘em on: US troops attacked in Fallujah.Bring 'em on: Kurdish political party office attacked with RPG fire in Kirkuk. Also manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073447107533607502004-01-06T19:45:00.000-08:002004-01-06T22:01:56.420-08:00MEETUP = MATCH UP?They had a segment on CBS Evening News tonight (sorry no transcript) about how singles were matching up at Howard Dean Meet-ups. Look for attendance to skyrocket. THAT ought make the guy pretty much unstoppable!manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073446302048903692004-01-06T19:31:00.000-08:002004-01-06T19:33:38.670-08:00HOW TO MAKE YOUR IGUANA A BETTER LOVER
BEFORE:
First give him a certain illegal white powder.
AFTER:
Satisfaction! (photographs courtesy of Philip Greenspun [*])
manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073442318955912092004-01-06T18:25:00.000-08:002004-01-06T18:26:59.093-08:00OCEANS OF TRASH
I don't know whether to barf or cry:
Sailing The Seas Of Trash
REDONDO BEACH, Calif., Jan. 6, 2004, CBS NEWS
Sailing across the Pacific, the research vessel Algalita was more than 1,000 miles from land, but as CBS News Correspondent John Blackstone reports, it never escaped unsettling signs of civilization.
"Day after day after day, when I came on deck I saw objects floating manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073431789923371712004-01-06T15:29:00.000-08:002004-01-06T15:32:34.263-08:00TOP E.P.A. OFFICIALS RESIGN IN FRUSTRATION
3 Top Enforcement Officials Say They Will Leave E.P.A.
By JENNIFER 8. LEE, NY TIMES
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 — Three top enforcement officials at the Environmental Protection Agency have resigned or retired in the last two weeks, including two lawyers who were architects of the agency's litigation strategy against coal-burning power plants.
The timing of manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073416331859057632004-01-06T11:12:00.000-08:002004-01-06T11:13:51.780-08:00BUSH PLANS TO REDUCE OVERTIME WITHOUT A VOTE IN MARCH
Labor Dept. Plans To End Overtime Controversy in March
Changes Will Affect Who Gets Time-and-a-Half Pay
By Kirstin Downey, Washington Post Staff Writer, Friday, January 2, 2004; Page D10
The Labor Department plans to issue a controversial final rule changing the Fair Labor Standards Act's overtime provisions by the end of March, according manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073415762264190982004-01-06T11:02:00.000-08:002004-01-06T11:04:22.296-08:00TERROR ALERT POLKA DOT: CBS WONDERS - "CRYING WOLF ON TERRORISM?"
Crying Wolf On Terrorism?
Jan 4, 2004 11:20 am US/Mountain (CBS)
A slew of airline cancellations - including a twice-grounded flight between London and Washington, D.C. - has some wondering if the U.S. is overreacting to security concerns, Joie Chen reports....
....Terrorism expert Paul Beaver tell[s] Chen, "We've got to the manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073415385588567282004-01-06T10:56:00.000-08:002004-01-06T10:58:04.890-08:00HALLIBURTON IS BACK ON WITH IRAQI OIL DEAL - AT LEAST TILL APRIL
U.S. gives Halliburton waiver for oil deal
By Sue Pleming
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Army says it has granted Halliburton a special waiver to bring fuel into Iraq under a no-bid deal with a Kuwaiti supplier despite a draft Pentagon audit that found evidence of overcharging for fuel.
Army Corps of Engineers spokesman Rossmanis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073410988667093842004-01-06T09:43:00.000-08:002004-01-06T09:44:48.060-08:00BLACK HELICOPTERS ? OR NOT: 9-11 RICO SUIT SERVED AGAINST BUSH
According to Tom Flocco.com , Phillip J. Berg attorney for 9-11 widow Ellen Mariani served President Bush and other top US officials with RICO complaints and personal summons on January 6, 2004 [*]. This may seem like a quixotic quest, but remember Larry Klayman's Judical Watch started out in the same manner, and more recently so manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073410383818842012004-01-06T09:33:00.000-08:002004-01-06T11:19:29.170-08:00McWAR ON TERROR (tm) UPDATE - TUESDAY
From Today in Iraq [*]
Bring 'em on: Iraqi policeman wounded in rocket attack in Kirkuk.Bring 'em on: One US contractor and five Iraqi civilians killed in convoy ambush near Mahmudiyah.Bring 'em on: Three US soldiers and Iraqi interpreter wounded in two bomb ambushes in Tikrit. US base in Tikrit also attacked by small arms fire.Bring 'em on: Two Frenchmanis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073373198797367342004-01-05T23:13:00.000-08:002004-01-05T23:14:58.076-08:00BUSINESS WEEK CRITCIZES U.S. MAD COW POLICY
BW Commentary: A Bum Steer On Mad Cow Disease
Despite USDA reassurances, America's beef supply -- and its citizens -- are at risk
...Despite the USDA's reassurances, many food-safety experts fear that the ban on feeding bovine by-products to other cows won't actually protect America from mad cow disease. That's because it has some gaping loopholes. manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073367530124998122004-01-05T21:38:00.000-08:002004-01-05T21:41:32.606-08:00WHAT MAKES PEOPLE HAPPY? COULD IT BE...... SOCIALISM?
What makes people happy? A article publicizing a recent study by the World Database for Happiness (NO KIDDING) found the US barely in the top ten among industrialized countries. Ahead of the US were Iceland (No.1!), the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Denmark, Ireland, Belgium and Great Britain -- as well as Australia. [*]
So what manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073331544640599612004-01-05T11:39:00.000-08:002004-01-05T12:10:05.373-08:00BRITNEY ANNULS MARRIAGE, GETS KINKY WITH IGUANA
Rolling Stone has confirmed that Britney annulled her marriage this morning [*]. She was photo'd later with this iguana.
Cool photograph courtesy of Philip Greenspun [*]manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073330734298623172004-01-05T11:25:00.000-08:002004-01-05T11:27:53.496-08:00HU'S ON FIRST?
Atrios has some interesting links on conservative columnist Rachel Marsden's history as an alleged stalker [*], but what's really funny is a post next to one of the them, which in my opinion rivals the Abbot and Costello original for humor. Check it out: [*]manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073329499721765632004-01-05T11:04:00.000-08:002004-01-05T11:08:48.576-08:00McWAR ON TERROR (tm) MONDAY
Todays McWAR ON TERROR UPDATE is brought to you by Today in Iraq (good site)[*]:
Bring 'em on: US soldier wounded during patrol ambush in Tikrit.Bring 'em on: Three US troops wounded in convoy bombing near Baghdad.Bring 'em on: US soldier wounded in ambush near Beiji. Coalition headquarters in Nasiriyah mortared. Both incidents buried deep in this article. Twomanis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073327951643372222004-01-05T10:39:00.000-08:002004-01-05T10:40:49.810-08:00ARMY BUYS $30 MILLION WORTH OF ANTHRAX SHOTS DESPITE BAN
U.S. Army buys $30 million in anthrax shots
By Jim Wolf, 1-2-04
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Defense Department announced Friday a $29.7 million order for anthrax vaccine based on the assumption that a federal judge's ban on mandatory inoculations will be reversed....
...Mark Zaid, an attorney for the plaintiffs, said the Army's order manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073326264676242612004-01-05T10:11:00.000-08:002004-01-05T10:24:44.310-08:00POEMGATE ... and other mysteries
from David Corn, the Nation:
MRS. BUSH: Well, of course, he didn't really write the poem. But a lot of people really believed that he did. That evening at the dinner, what some woman from across the table said: "You just don't know how great it is to have a husband who would write a poem for you."
Gee, I wonder if some people really believed that George Bush manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073325848572019792004-01-05T10:04:00.000-08:002004-01-05T10:05:47.200-08:00AMATEUR COMIX STRIKE AGAIN
"REALLY fair and Balanced" @stripcreator. Here: [*]manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073322492922938482004-01-05T09:08:00.000-08:002004-01-05T09:10:30.936-08:00STUPID REASONING AGAINST WOMEN IN COMBAT
''If we are opposed to violence against women at the Air Force and other service academies, why all of a sudden if violence happens at the hands of the enemy, we say it doesn't matter?'' said Donnelly, president of the Center for Military Readiness, which claims over 20,000 signatures on the petition. ``That's a step backward for civilization.''... [*]
manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073320736606611562004-01-05T08:38:00.000-08:002004-01-05T08:47:25.043-08:00CAPITALISTS REJOICE: TOXIC WASTE IS GOOD FOR YOU
Maybe we don't have to worry about the long-term state of the nation. If the right-wing loonies swallow the stuff they are selling they will die off toute suite. Check out this lunacy from WorldNetDaily:
Hormesis, the scientific theory that humans actually need small amounts of poison in their diets, could be the most important environmental manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073320426679782292004-01-05T08:33:00.000-08:002004-01-05T08:35:24.826-08:00WHAT CAUSES MAD COW DISEASE PRIONS TO FORM?
An English farmer believes a mineral imbalance compounded by toxic pesticides (via WRH [*]:
....The theory started when Purdey noticed that his cows, unlike those of his neighbours, were not getting BSE. Cows often suffer from a parasitic infection known as warble fly. Since Purdey is an organic farmer, he treated his herd with derris root powder, a manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073319446380878802004-01-05T08:17:00.000-08:002004-01-05T08:19:04.733-08:00LA TIMES HAS ARTICLE ON INTERNET POLITICS AND BLOGGING
Here: [*]manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073276990497508332004-01-04T20:29:00.000-08:002004-01-05T08:19:39.123-08:00TROUBLE BREWING GLOBALLY BECAUSE OF U.S. DEFICITS
I predicted 12/31 that the rise of interest rates could cause the stock market to crash within a year or so [*]. Conditions are starting to be noticeable that mark the beginning of that trend. The Sidney Morning Herald, in
"Rest of world gets sick of propping up Bush's deficit" makes the case:
... economists and market players expect they manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073275603448174332004-01-04T20:06:00.000-08:002004-01-04T20:08:21.280-08:00 U.S. TO ASK N. KOREA TO GIVE UP ALL NUCLEAR PLANTS INCLUDING POWER PLANTS
N.Korea to Be Asked to Be Nuclear Free - Report
Sat January 3, 2004 12:28 AM ET
TOKYO (Reuters) - The United States, Japan and South Korea are to demand North Korea scrap its nuclear programs, including those used for power generation, at the next round of six-way nuclear talks, a Japanese newspaper said Saturday. .... [manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073254058432905922004-01-04T14:07:00.000-08:002004-01-04T15:00:26.450-08:00DEAN ONLY 5% BEHIND, BUT IT'S NOT A SUDDEN SURGE
As many people know, the CNN/TIME/Harris poll has just come out showing Howard Dean behind Bush by 51-46, halving the margin of previous polls [*]. Unfortunately (not really) it's largely because of the switch Harris has done from REGISTERED VOTERS, to LIKELY VOTERS. Zogby has been using likely voters all along, and has consistently shown manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073237087715903582004-01-04T09:24:00.000-08:002004-01-04T09:46:27.640-08:00MARS ROVER LANDS, SEEKS OUT OSAMA BIN LADEN
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- The first of two NASA robotic rovers launched last June on a three-month mission to search for evidence of water on Mars landed safely Saturday night after surviving a dangerous plunge through the planet's atmosphere. [*]
Washington insiders explained however, that the water issue was a cover story designed to hide the manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073236750954910492004-01-04T09:19:00.000-08:002004-01-04T09:21:27.606-08:00RELIGION SUNDAY
A Bible thumper told me a few months ago, "The Bible addresses love in at least 283 verses (love, loved, loves, loving), While there are only 9 verses using the words "murder/er/ers" and 3 kill/kills. Being inspired by the last story, I used BibleGateway.com [*] to do my own research. What I found was (of course) was that this was a bit of disinformation. In the New Testament manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073235590638959542004-01-04T08:59:00.000-08:002004-01-04T09:44:52.543-08:00ALLAH SAVES 97- YEAR OLD IRANIAN QUAKE VICTIM
97-year-old woman likely survived nine days in Iran earthquake in bed
January 4, 2004, EST.
...the woman told Odberg that while under the rubble, she spent her time "reciting verses from the Quran, praying to God and thanking Allah for being alive." [*]
Christian commentators in the US were reportedly astounded by the miracle. "We all know manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073230634545789232004-01-04T07:37:00.000-08:002004-01-04T08:50:13.216-08:00TERRORISM COULD HAVE BEEN CAUSE OF EGYPTIAN CRASH
Like Flight 587, which crashed into Queens a month after 9-11 [*], details of the crash contradict the headlines and the conclusion that terrorism could be ruled out:
The Egyptian pilot did not send a distress call. French aviation experts said that this might mean the aircraft was disabled by a small explosion on board but it could equally meanmanis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073230351536744742004-01-04T07:32:00.000-08:002004-01-04T07:34:08.310-08:00SADDAM'S CAPTURE HAD NO EFFECT ON ATTACKS
Pace of attacks on U.S. troops hasn't slowed since Saddam's capture
By Tom Lasseter, Knight Ridder Newspapers
BAGHDAD - Saddam Hussein's capture three weeks ago hasn't slowed the anti-American insurgency in Iraq, which now seems more entrenched than ever, according to a review of recent attacks and interviews with U.S. and Iraqi officials.
U.S. and manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073229449196269942004-01-04T07:17:00.000-08:002004-01-04T14:59:38.936-08:00BRITNEY MARRIES, TERRORISTS STILL AT LARGE
Britney Spears Reportedly Weds in Vegas
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Filed at 9:41 a.m. ET
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Pop star Britney Spears marched down the aisle in Las Vegas on Saturday, marrying a childhood friend from Louisiana, according to news reports.
The 22-year-old diva married Jason Allen Alexander early Saturday at the Little White Wedding Chapel onmanis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073199079095745542004-01-03T22:51:00.000-08:002004-01-03T22:55:29.093-08:00I HOPE BUSH & CO AREN'T PLANNING AN AFGHANI STYLE DEMOCRACY IN IRAQ, BUT I THINK THEY ARE
Needlenose [*] has a summary of Loya Jirga shenanagins in Kabul, and it looks like Trobriander cricket or Calvinball. First, the head of the constitutional convention walks out, then sessions were adjourned when 48% the members boycotted votes. A hasty compromise was cobbled together, but it fell apart manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073197859491878512004-01-03T22:30:00.000-08:002004-01-03T22:32:35.780-08:00IF SOMEONE DOESN'T USE SOME OF THIS STUFF FOR CAMPAIGN ADS, ....
Then maybe we aren't smart enough to win:
"Remind us why we are in Iraq" Flash video [*] by Kai Curry.manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073183448437797832004-01-03T18:30:00.000-08:002004-01-03T18:32:46.030-08:00BLACKMAIL WORKS
Why Texas Rep. Ralph Hall switched parties Friday night, filing for re-election as a Republican. (From Maru @ WTF [*]):
"I've always said that if being a Democrat hurt my district I would switch or I would resign," Hall said. He said GOP leaders had recently refused to place money for his district in a spending bill and "the only reason I was given was I was a Democrat."
- manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073169171514193082004-01-03T14:32:00.000-08:002004-01-03T14:34:27.340-08:00CAT SCANS HARM KIDS BRAINS
CT Scan Radiation May Affect Kids' IQ
Fri Jan 2, 6:42 PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children who suffer a head injury are often routinely examined by a CT scan. Now, a Swedish team has found that radiation doses typically delivered by such a scan during infancy may harm intellectual capacity later in life....
...To investigate, they analyzed mental function andmanis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073159010345034372004-01-03T11:43:00.000-08:002004-01-03T13:43:59.076-08:00VEGAS VS. ASHKROFT
Well, I'm back in Vegas, and people are fairly pissed off about the FBI's snooping into casino records and being a pawn in the terror alerts. Here's some letters to the editor from todays paper:
OPINION LETTERS: New Year's terror alert rankles visitors
Saturday, January 03, 2004, Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal
To the editor:
After reading the Dec. 31 front-page manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073158435009764112004-01-03T11:33:00.000-08:002004-01-03T11:35:30.653-08:00HYPOCRISY'R'US
Remember how in the 1996 fundraising scandal, and the faux Wen Ho Lee scandal, Repugs were raising hell about Chinese influence on the Clinton Admin? Well now, they are putting him to shame in raising not just Chinese, but real ChiCom money:
The conservative Heritage Foundation, once a strong anti-communist voice, has raised "several million dollars" in Hong Kong, with most of manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073155937266993672004-01-03T10:52:00.000-08:002004-01-03T10:53:52.610-08:00"The Texas business community is a force to recon [sic] with"
Political Fundraising in Texas Is Target of Probe
Officials look at whether money linked to House Majority Leader Tom DeLay improperly financed Republican campaigns.
By Scott Gold, LA Times Staff Writer, January 3, 2004
AUSTIN, Texas — Authorities are conducting a criminal investigation into whether corporate money, including manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073155451155073182004-01-03T10:44:00.000-08:002004-01-03T10:45:46.610-08:00BULGARIANS BAILING OUT
Bulgarian soldiers refuse duty in Iraq after deadly attack
SOFIA (AFP) Jan 02, 2004
Some 30 Bulgarian soldiers have pulled out a 500-man battalion heading for Iraq following attacks there in which five Bulgarian soldiers died, the chief of staff of the army said Friday.
"Between 25 and 30 soldiers have declined duty, probably as a result of pressure from their families,manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073155267996425082004-01-03T10:41:00.000-08:002004-01-03T10:58:00.903-08:00McWAR ON TERROR SATURDAY (tm)
SHADES OF VIETNAM! US Embassy in Baghdad will become the world's LARGEST! [*]
Three US Soldiers Killed in Iraq Attacks [*]
Officials Dismiss Reports That South Korean Worker Was Killed in Iraq [*].
Winning still more hearts and minds: US Raids Baghdad Mosque, Worshippers Protest [*]
"This is not the behaviour of liberators but occupiers," Mr Kaisey said, manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073154628529610472004-01-03T10:30:00.000-08:002004-01-03T10:32:04.153-08:00Tip Leads IRS to Audit Its Own
LA TIMES is reporting the IRS had audited about 800 employees after discovering that some may have cheated on their tax returns, mostly from fraudelent Schedule C (self-employment) forms. [*]manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073110823681436242004-01-02T22:20:00.000-08:002004-01-02T22:23:08.763-08:00PATRIOTIC MOMENTS.COM
Would be a big money maker in the red states, n'est-ce pas?
Anyone have a good caption for this pic?
manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073107679707364912004-01-02T21:27:00.000-08:002004-01-02T21:43:42.326-08:00RESERVISTS MAKE UP INCREASING PROPORTION OF CASUALTIES
AP is reporting that in December, reservists made up 25% of casualties, up from 10% earlier in the war. That is proportional to the number of troops they have in Iraq, according to the article. However, I suspect it is disproportionate the percentage that are in combat roles. Analysts are worried because added to the stress of tour manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073107289046624272004-01-02T21:21:00.000-08:002004-01-02T21:53:30.890-08:00MILITARY TURNS BLIND EYE TO SEX SLAVES IN KOREA
Sex slaves and the U.S. military
ARMY TIMES
At a time when the U.S. State Department and the United Nations labor to combat the international trafficking in women, the U.S. military supports a flourishing trade in sex slaves in South Korea.
Hundreds of trafficked women, mostly from former Soviet bloc countries and the Philippines, are forced by manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073066859033314782004-01-02T10:07:00.000-08:002004-01-02T10:09:13.653-08:00PRETTY POISONS
Rense.com [*] has an interesting article on aspartame and its link to Parkinsons and MS:
...In fact, Aspartame (aka: Nutrasweet, Equal, Spoonful, Canderal, Benevia, et al) a neurotoxin by nature, is extremely damaging to the central nervous system, and subsequent neural-dependent systems like endocrine and liver functions. That the very fact aspartame is in our food supply, manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073065922576313862004-01-02T09:52:00.000-08:002004-01-02T09:53:36.576-08:00BONEHEADS: FBI CANCELLED FLIGHTS BASED ON MISTAKEN IDENTITY
US-bound flights cancelled due to FBI mistake: France
Agence France-Presse, Paris, January 2
The US reports that forced the cancellation of six Air France flights between Paris and Los Angeles last month was a case of mistaken identity when FBI wrongly identified six passengers as potential terrorists, the French interior manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073065553057410322004-01-02T09:45:00.000-08:002004-01-02T09:47:27.140-08:00McWAR ON TERROR (tm) FRIDAY
Chopper down - 1 dead[*], 8 dead in Baghdad bombing, Brits to stay another year [*]. David Kay leaves Iraq empty handed [*]. US death rate still about 1 per day post Saddam capture [*]manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1073065139037369502004-01-02T09:38:00.000-08:002004-01-02T09:40:33.200-08:00WAS COSMIC IGUANA HIJACKED?
A reader emailed me yesterday saying they thought the web page was hijacked because they kept getting "Aaron's Bible Page". Anyone else have that experience?
If true it was probably poetic justice considering the amount of sacrilege on these pages.
Actually, readers may be surprised to find out the Iguana is not a Godless Commie, (just a Commie.) But the God I manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1072989239145761522004-01-01T12:33:00.000-08:002004-01-01T12:35:32.356-08:00JUSTICE WITHOUT TRIAL? IS IT REVENGE OR DEATH SQUADS?
Hooded Men Executing Saddam Officials
by Robert Fisk, Published on Sunday, December 28, 2003 by the lndependent/UK
...In the Shia city of Najaf, 42 ex-members of the Baath have been murdered and not a single arrest has followed. In Basra, controlled by British troops, almost 50 Baathists have been found with their hands bound behind manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1072988853559312152004-01-01T12:27:00.000-08:002004-01-01T12:29:06.826-08:00PLAME INVESTIGATION STILL MAY NOT BE INDEPENDENT
NY TIMES:
...There are still serious questions about the investigation, the most immediate of which is whether Mr. Comey will give Mr. Fitzgerald true operational independence. Mr. Comey must also allow Mr. Fitzgerald to use the full powers of a special counsel, including the ability to seek Congressional intervention if he finds his manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1072988537648308252004-01-01T12:22:00.000-08:002004-01-01T12:23:50.966-08:00YOU KNEW THIS
The Iraq Survey Group Progress Report announced yesterday that it "found no evidence that Iraq had taken significant steps to build nuclear weapons or produce fissile material after 1991. No evidence that aluminum tubes had been used to enrich uranium. No proof that two trucks carrying laboratory equipment had been designed to produce biowarfare agents, as the president had claimedmanis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1072988014817610462004-01-01T12:13:00.000-08:002004-01-01T12:15:08.216-08:00ASHCROFT ANNOUNCES NEW YEAR CANCELLED
WASHINGTON - John Ashcroft announced today that due to heightened security levels, actual New Years has been cancelled and the New Years you experienced was a decoy. Actual New Year's has been rescheduled for July 6, George Bush's Birthday. The rescheduling occured because increased radio traffic indicated terrorists might steal the atomic clock in manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1072987524784024492004-01-01T12:05:00.000-08:002004-01-01T12:06:58.246-08:00ESCAPE FROM LAS VEGAS
COSMIC IGUANA is happy to report that he has escaped Vegas at the last minute to visit Pasadena, and is now watching the Rose Parade on Spanish language TV. I notice that the commentary doesn't seem as dumb when I don't understand it.manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1072904898955391822003-12-31T13:08:00.000-08:002003-12-31T13:11:51.686-08:00HAPPY McNEW YEAR !!!
From Cosmic Iguana, proud critic of the McWAR ON TERROR (tm)
See you next year, IF we are here to tell the tale. :o)
manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1072894796859372232003-12-31T10:19:00.000-08:002003-12-31T13:18:26.436-08:00WHAT'S GOOD FOR THE REPUBLICAN GOOSE IS NOT FOR THE DEMOCRATIC ONE
Monica Lewinski was denied her request for reimbursement of $1.1 milion in legal expenses by the same 3 judge panel headed by David Sentelle that started Whitewater and named Kenneth Starr chief inquisitor [*].
Don't forget the govt. happily awarded Linda Tripp $600,000 for noting that she lied to get her job [*]. Let's all manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1072894217584772492003-12-31T10:10:00.000-08:002003-12-31T10:13:59.763-08:00DAILY DUCT TAPE: RUMMY CELEBRATES DUCT TAPE'S VICTORY
(from sonoguy.tripod.com)
As you know, Cosmic Iguana has named DUCT TAPE its 2003 Person or Thingie of the Year because of its role in protecting us against Saddam's WMDs. Here is Rummy joyously celebrating.manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1072893997299616892003-12-31T10:06:00.000-08:002003-12-31T10:08:09.310-08:00BE SCHIZOPHRENIC: DON'T LET THE TERRORISTS WIN
That's my conclusion when they say we are supposed to be alert and cautious, but not do anything different. What good is being cautious if I still do the same crazy stuff (heheh)? (but you get the point).manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1072893807719504712003-12-31T10:03:00.000-08:002003-12-31T10:04:59.780-08:00LAS VEGAS SNOW REPORT
Still snow on the ground here up here where I live. Unprecedented. Hopefully not an omen. Had to scrape ice off my windshield with a CD cover (an old Iguana trick). But the sun is out and it should be gone by noon.manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1072893154591579312003-12-31T09:52:00.000-08:002003-12-31T09:54:05.966-08:00Military helicopters to patrol Vegas Strip during New Year's Eve[*]
WRH[*] comments:
Like so much of the "security" we all pay for, it looks good but is really useless. Notice that the no-fly zone only applies to private planes and tour choppers. Commercial airliners are still allowed over the city, and commercial airliners were the device of choice for 9-11. A plane on final approach to themanis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1072892723062433932003-12-31T09:45:00.000-08:002003-12-31T09:48:17.373-08:00 COULD MAD COW AFFECT ENTIRE FOOD SUPPLY?
Big agribusiness disease
Geov Parrish - WorkingForChange.com, 12.30.03
...consider what happens to “downer” cows. Their meat does not go into the human food supply -- but the diseases that felled them can. The cows’ meat is instead mixed in with grain (for extra protein) and fed to chickens, on the reasoning that viruses, bacteria, and the prions that manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1072891380565762302003-12-31T09:23:00.000-08:002003-12-31T09:47:40.856-08:00EPHEDRA SCANDAL WILL BE USED TO ATTACK HEALTH SUPPLEMENTS
The new ban on Ephedra will be used to launch an attack on supplements in the coming year, according to CBS News[*] (last paragraph). That this is an excuse is shown by the fact that (as the article points out) Ephedra is pretty much already off the market.
The sad thing is that this comes as news that garlic extract can protect againstmanis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1072890242848587672003-12-31T09:04:00.000-08:002003-12-31T09:05:34.840-08:00COALITION PARTNERS SOLD BANNED ARMS TO IRAQ
LA TIMES article shows many nations including several coalition partners did business in banned weapons and technology with Iraq via a Syrian company SES. A few examples:
• A Polish company, Evax, signed four contracts with Iraq and successfully shipped up to 380 surface-to-air Volga/SA-2 missile engines to Baghdad through Syria. The last batch was manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1072889823767517292003-12-31T08:57:00.000-08:002003-12-31T08:58:35.030-08:00HALLIBURTON OFFED FROM IRAQ OIL CONTRACT
Yesterday, The Washington Post quoted Pentagon officials as saying the change had been under discussion for months.
It said the timing was not related to allegations against a Halliburton subsidiary, Kellogg Brown & Root, which had been awarded a contract to rebuild Iraq's oil industry... [*]
- HA. and Ha-ha!manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1072889496552304342003-12-31T08:51:00.000-08:002003-12-31T08:53:56.233-08:00AMATEUR COMIX
The Secret Life of Dick Cheney. In 2 parts. By Manis2society. At Stripcreator [*]manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1072889340659636952003-12-31T08:49:00.000-08:002003-12-31T08:50:32.030-08:00COSMIC IGUANA NEW YEAR'S PREDICTION
For 2004, I make only one prediction. And it could be for 2005, but what the hey. The stock market is going to tank. There are a few reasons but the most important are these two:
1. the dollar sucks. Atrios has a good but short post (blame blogger for that). [*]. The weak dollar means that foreign investments in the US including stocks risk defacto manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1072844655833254032003-12-30T20:24:00.000-08:002003-12-30T21:25:14.140-08:00CAMP ONWARD, CHRISTIAN PROSTELITIZERS
In God We Camp
Evangelicals pitch religion in the nation’s parks.
Michelangelo Signorile, NY PRESS
...Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a non-profit group that represents park workers and public employees, charged in a release last week that the National Park Service is hell-bent on removing images of anti-Vietnam War demonstrations, manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1072843560828360172003-12-30T20:06:00.000-08:002003-12-30T20:07:32.106-08:00LATE NIGHT JOKES
Folks, once again I have braved the wingnuts at Newsmax to bring you some late night jokes:
Leno:
# Today Rush Limbaugh blamed his legal troubles on "the Democrats." You have to understand how Rush thinks - see, Bill Clinton was a real pain in the neck, so he got some drugs for the pain, then he got addicted, then he started buying the drugs illegally ... so really it’s all manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1072813478437583402003-12-30T11:44:00.000-08:002003-12-31T13:11:34.840-08:00 ASHCROFT RECUSES HIMSELF FROM PLAME PROBE!
Ashcroft Steps Down from CIA Leak Probe
48 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft will step aside from the politically charged investigation into a leak related to the Iraq war and the Justice Department will name a special prosecutor, department officials said on Tuesday.... [*]
- This clearly means that things manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1072810999825067582003-12-30T11:03:00.000-08:002003-12-30T11:38:23.700-08:00SHORTCUTS HIRING IN IRAQI POLICE CAUSING PROBLEMS
Flaws Showing in New Iraqi Forces
Pace of Police Recruiting Leads to Shortcuts
By Ariana Eunjung Cha, Washington Post Staff Writer, Tuesday, December 30, 2003; Page A01
...As the U.S.-led governing authority in Iraq attempts to build a security force of 220,000 in the next few months, the competing priorities of speed and thoroughness have manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5199754.post-1072808980084024632003-12-30T10:29:00.000-08:002003-12-30T11:35:28.780-08:00DAILY DUCT TAPE
As you might as well find out, COSMIC IGUANA has named duct tape its 2003 "Person or Thingie of The Year". To celebrate here's our daily dose:
PRESIDENT PROTECTS DOG FROM TERRORISTS:
BEFORE
AFTER (photos from sonoguy.tripod.com)manis2societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11587460433555081007noreply@blogger.com