Nature is kicking Indonesias ass right now…here are some recent developments you may want to follow… cd A magnitude-6.2 earthquake flattens homes and hotels in central Indonesia as people sleep, killing more than 3,000 and injuring thousands more in the nation’s worst disaster since the 2004 tsunami. Activity increases at Indonesia’s Mount Merapi, one of…
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More stripping in Hawaii….
Below is a picture of a stripper in Hawaii, but of late, strippers of a different sort have been ripping off public facilities, churches,a nd now graveyards in order to make some cash from scrap copper….the story is below the picture…. cd  Police said that within the last two months, they have been alerted…
Suicide Rises Among Turkish Girls
  Okay, below is my assignment for today. The one thing, which is inappropriate given the nature of the story but that I can’t get over and I am unable to not be amused by is that there is an actual town called Batman, Turkey. cd  This story comes from Batman, Turkey. Â…
Senseless acts of vandalism? Maybe…
Okay, this is happening in my neighborhood, I find it funny that the police are saying that the smashng is indiscriminate of make or model. I would guess that there is a connection. I wish I knew what the makes and models were. If I were to guess, I would guess that they are luxury…
Scooter Libby is naughty in so many ways…
I stole this from the NEW YORKER and it is bizarre. Creativity indeed. The bear “scenario” is choice and could only come from a genius. B.E. CLOSE READING DEPT. SCOOTERâS SEX SHOCKER Issue of 2005-11-07 Posted 2005-10-31 Of all the scribbled sentences that have converged to create the Valerie Plame affair, the most remarkable, in…
Today 18,000 children will die of hunger and 1,200 people will die in DRC conflict
When you open your eyes to what’s going on in the world, it really puts your own ‘problems’ in perspective. BERLIN May 18 (UNHCR) – U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres has issued an urgent plea to the international community to increase support for the desperately under-funded emergency in the Democratic Republic of the…
Freegans are Urban Survivalists
This article takes something I have been preaching for years and sort of institutionalizes it. I like it. The truth is that every day enough food and value is thrown into dumpsters to feed, clothe, house, and educate every person on the planet. If you want to explore this lifestyle further, you should read the…
WHO worries about Human to Human transmission of Bird Flu
Indonesia Bird Flu Deaths Fuel Fears What epidemiologists call a ‘cluster’ of deaths arising from H5N1 or bird flu has arisen in a small village in Indonesia. Spokespeople from the World Health Organization or WHO are offering vastly different opinions on what has happened and what the reaction to the world at large should be….
Morality Police Curbed
5/24/06 Saudi Arabia to Trim Powers of the Morality Police This morning I have chosen what at first glance seems to be a much less charged piece of news than the last two. At least at first glance. It seems that Saudi Arabia has a police force that has been unofficial in its capacity to…
China's Military Buildup
Okay, the interesting thing here is that we are committed BY LAW to defend Taiwan… This morning I read an article about how the US is demanding that China explain its military buildupin the past few years. The story went on to explain that China has vowed to attack Taiwan if they should ever formally…