Archive for October 20th, 2005


I’m sure those about to lose their homes will think this is funny


Before talking with reporters about yet another hurricane targeting Florida, Gov. Jeb Bush on Tuesday mimicked cartoon character Fred Flintstone’s bellowing of his wife’s name, Wilma.


























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(Thanks to AcuDoc for the pics!)

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Wilma and Yucatan



Wilma is now expected to spend enough time in or near the Yucatan to result in a significantly weaker storm in the gulf when it approaches Florida. 

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China defends its ’socialist’ democracy

The Chinese paper
was released on the same day Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld
visited an elite Communist Party university in Beijing and urged this
nation to become more open, forthcoming and accountable.

Uh, huh, Rumsfeld, paragon of openness and accountability, lectures to
China on same. Such monumental hypocrisy, especially coming from such a
master of evasion and lies, I’m sure the Chinese were suitably
chastised.

The article does its best to slime China for not acting as predatory
capitalists in the US demand it should. How dare they be socialist. But
US capitalists never attack China too hard. That’s because they’re
slobbering with greed at how many widgets they could sell in China,
thus they don’t want to overly honk off the Chinese government. Ah, the
contradictions of capitalism.

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Dutch court won’t extradite terror suspect

A Dutch court on Wednesday blocked the extradition of a Dutch terror suspect to the United States, saying his legal rights in U.S. custody could not be guaranteed.

The ruling by the Hague District Court said the suspect’s “fundamental
right” of unlimited access to a defense lawyer and immediate access to
a judge may be compromised in the United States.

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Arnold protects the wealthy

Hunt for tax cheats is curbed by Schwarzenegger

Why? “Schwarzenegger says the bills are unfair to employers.” Pass me a hanky.

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Winning their hearts and minds


US soldiers ‘desecrated Taliban bodies’

The US military is investigating itself here, so I’m sure their findings will be completely unbiased.

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