make sure you pronounce it "why", no "we"...
Yuck...
on the other hand, if his account was hacked, as he claims, the hacking of a Congressman's account is is a serious crime...
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The good news: the 300thousand dead in Haiti's earthquake was wrong.
The Bad news: "Only" 50 thousand died, and the country is still a mess.
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Cruel and unusual punishment: Prisoners in New Zealand will get carrot sticks instead of cigarettes.
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The "Boy is he strict" award goes to Mayor Lim:
Here in the Philippines, there are smoking laws too....the headline today warns that Mayor Lim says he will actually have them enforced.
no mention if he will enforce laws against bribery to politicians, kickbacks to bureaucrats, or giving "gifts" to cops for looking the other way...
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Corruption is not only found in the Philippines, of course: StrategyPage describes corruption and "politics" in the shipbuilders for the US Navy...inspections don't work if they lie to you...
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StrategyPage has an article on Libya that includes this information:
It's good to be the king...
The search for Libyan assets overseas has found over $50 billion so far, most of it in accounts controlled by the Kaddafi family.
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Acid oceans turn 'Finding Nemo' fish deaf
or maybe not: was caused by the sudden change of ph in the experiment? Volcanic acidification from volcanic emissions suggest a slower change in ecosystem might occur, and other organisms will take over.
Of course, you could always get Nemo a set of Spongebob headphones:
on the other hand, I would worry about the problems from the Gulf oil spill...
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Sudan's genocidal wars continue...it's the oil, stupid.
yawn says the media.
too busy filming "ain't it awful" films about Indonesian butcher shops I guess...
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good news of the day: HIV deaths falling in China.
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