Trivia of the day

Researchers found that the plague of Periclean Athens was typhoid...now they are planning to check what caused the Justinian plague, which just about killed off the strength of the western Roman Empire and weakened the eastern Roman Empire to outside attacks by Persians and ArabMuslims... it is assumed to be Bubonic plague...the Freepers discussion, with links, is here...(political website so don't open at work)...

Naples is okay for another year, says their saint...

Birth control patches contain more estrogen than the low estrogen birth control pills that most docs prescribe, so guess what? they cause blood clots, just like the old high estrogen birth control pills.
Well, duh.

Microwaves...they're not just for hotdogs anymore...

Austin Bey writes about the CBS AMBUSH...no not the network, but Coordinated Blood-spilling plus Sensationalism... so much for "fair and balanced"...

Rapunzels are not just in Lebanon... Saudi Students are in fear of being prosecuted because a man in Denver was sent to jail for raping and imprisoning his maid..Al-Turki, 37, said that US authorities were persecuting him for “traditional Muslim behaviors”. He blamed anti-Muslim prejudice for his conviction and the severity of the sentence. ...(via LGF)..

Of course, the Subic Marines are using the claim that a prostitute can't be raped as their defense...
where is Gloria Steinum when we need her?

Haliburton is evil, right?
Ah, but do you know any of the details of what the evil H and other companies have been doing in Iraq? GatesofVienna pundit links to someone who was there ... the MSM didn't only ignore the story, but seemed oblivious to the fact any reconstruction was going on..."The size and complexity of the work being undertaken in Iraq was something not seen since the post-World War Two rebuilding of Europe and Japan."

Yup...if it bleeds it leads, so ignore the call centers in Makati and other positive developments...
Here in the Philippines, only mudslides and Imelda's shoes make the headlines...STRATFOR has an update on Mindinao...alas, battling AbuSayef has imperiled the MILF peacetalks but may have saved the SM mall from being bombed...up here, however, the NPA is the problem...

But don't worry, be happy....and visit Baguio, city of pines...and the two mile long sausage...