It’s possible that I shall make an ass of myself. But in that case one can always get out of it with a little dialectic. I have, of course, so worded my proposition as to be right either way (K.Marx, Letter to F.Engels on the Indian Mutiny)
Monday, May 29, 2006
Regulations Alberta Style
Regulations mean nothing if they are not enforced. And in Alberta that is the case. We have lots of great regulations but no enforcement. Not worth the paper they are written on. Sort of like the old Soviet Constitution. Great constitution but was ignored by Stalin. Wait a minute Alberta is a One Party State, the old Soviet Union was a One Party State....hmmm coincidence I think not.
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Car Accidents Are Deadly In Afghanistan
US crash sparks Afghanistan riot
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets chanting slogans |
Hundreds of Afghans gathered in the wake of the accident chanting "Death to America" and "Death to Karzai", referring to Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
They pelted the US military vehicles with rocks before the shooting began, forcing them to scatter.
Two police vehicles and a police checkpoint were set alight, witnesses said.
"People are very angry," resident Samad Shah said.
US, Afghan forces fire on rioters
Sher Shah Usafi, a Kabul police chief, said at least three people were killed and 16 wounded in the crash, while U.S. forces killed one person and wounded two as they fired on dozens of rioters shouting “Down with America!” and throwing stones at them while they fled the area.A commander with the city's traffic police who was at the scene said he also saw U.S. forces firing on protesters. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.
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Sunday, May 28, 2006
Don't Wear Shorts
In Baghdad. No matter how hot it is. Or you could end up getting killed in the New Democracy that Georgie Porgie says is worth thosuands of lives dying for. And it doesn't matter that these folks were both Sunni and Shia. Guess the Williams sisters won't be playing exhibition games in Baghdad soon.
Iraqi players killed for wearing shorts
Baghdad: An Iraqi tennis coach and two of his players were killed this week in Baghdad because they were wearing shorts, authorities said on Saturday.
Gunmen stopped the car in which the Sunni coach and two of his Shiite players were riding and asked them to step out before shooting them on Wednesday in volatile Saidiyah neighborhood of southwestern Baghdad, said Secreatary General of Iraqi Tennis Union, Manham Kubba.
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Feminist Defense of Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a Somalian Secular Feminist highly critical of Islam. She is a Dutch parliamentarian who has been kicked out of Holland for lying about her refugee status. That would usually be food for the right to blast her. Except she belongs to Theo Van Gogh's right wing party. Opps. She is on her way to America, to join the right wing think tank the American Enterprise Institute. Despite her right wing politics a Leftwing Feminist welcomes her. See Feminism does make strange bedfellows, contrary to the misogynist rantings of some Blogging Tories.
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UK Soldiers Desert Iraq War
More than 1,000 desert UK forces
More than 1,000 members of the British military have deserted since the start of the Iraq war, the BBC has learned. Figures for those still missing are 86 from 2001, 118 from 2002, 134 from 2003, 229 from 2004, 377 from 2005, and 189 for this year so far.
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Wormy Norton
Silence may be golden unless you have a fatal flaw in your anti-virus software. In this case Norton/Symantec waited till late Friday after this story to even confirm the problem. Friday last business day, and they still have no patch or fix. Today is Sunday, what happens at the opening of business tommorow?
Flaw Found in Symantec Antivirus
MAY 26, 2006 07:11:32 AM
Security researchers at eEye Digital Security have discovered a serious flaw in Symantec’s enterprise antivirus software that could be used by hackers to create a self-replicating "worm" attack against Symantec users. Because Symantec has not yet confirmed the existence of the problem, much less patched it, eEye is offering few details on the vulnerability, which was first disclosed late Wednesday.
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Moscow Mayor Like Edmonton's
Cops, Protesters Prevent Moscow Gay Parade
Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov said in a radio interview Friday gay parades ''may be acceptable for some kind of progressive, in some sense, countries in the West, but it is absolutely unacceptable for Moscow, for Russia." ''As long as I am mayor, we will not permit these parades,'' he said.
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Herr Patels Proves My Point
My favorite blog nutbar, after this guy, Herr Wiener Patels proves my point about being a blog spammer.
He published an attack on me, not once but three times. Same post on all three of his blogs.
He also libels me by claiming I use 'school' property to produce my blog. Which I don't. I produce this on my home computer.Twit.
Ah blog wars are so much fun eh, wot. Since Herr Patels has proven my point, I will now cease documenting the trials and tribulations of this multipleblog personality.
Let the shunning begin.
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Blogosphere Is Fast Becoming A Cesspool
By Werner Patels in My Opinion 18 hours agoan ideal world, of course, any blog that has a 99% content of schlock would be deleted automatically within 24 hours, such as Eugene Plawiuk?s blog. One can dream, right? If you care to waste a few minutes of your time, visit Eugene Plawiuk?s blog
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Blogosphere Is Fast Becoming A Cesspool
In The Alberta Times :: Main Page 18 hours agoan ideal world, of course, any blog that has a 99% content of schlock would be deleted automatically within 24 hours, such as Eugene Plawiuk?s blog. One can dream, right? If you care to waste a few minutes of your time, visit Eugene Plawiuk?s blog
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Blogosphere Is Fast Becoming A Cesspool
In The Alberta Pundit 19 hours agoan ideal world, of course, any blog that has a 99% content of schlock would be deleted automatically within 24 hours, such as Eugene Plawiuk?s blog. One can dream, right? If you care to waste a few minutes of your time, visit Eugene Plawiuk?s blog
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Carnival of Socialism #3
Carnival of Socialism Number Three
The lucky third edition has been posted at Andrew Rihn's blog.And your humble scribe will be hosting the next round so send your contributions to me at eugene@union.org.za
Deadline is before June 11.
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Criminal Capitalism-Sports-Soccer
Economic fallout of Italy's soccer scandal is as wide-ranging as soccer economy
Milan stock exchange authorities have regularly suspended Juventus stock from trading in recent days to stop a free fall that has seen the value tumble 30 percent in the last week -- bad news for the Agnelli family of Fiat SpA, which owns a controlling stake, as well as thousands of small shareholders trying to cut their losses.
World Cup: Italy warms up - with rampant soccer scandal