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Be careful what you ask for. If Bush was impeached have you noticed who would replace him? For your purposes, if the Republicans lose total control over Congress in November, at least a door will open for a more honest debate.
Nice carrier images...here's another one...
Guess you may have been on the right page.
WHERE IS THE OFFIC IN WHICH TO LOCATE YOU, SO WE CAN HAVE A MAN TO MAN SIT DOWN.
This article, from a Lebanese paper, may give a hint about dividing up Iraq. Certainly changes are coming.
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Saudi Arabia speaks out against bill to divide Iraq
Compiled by Daily Star staff
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Saudi Arabia said Tuesday it opposed a new law that would divide Iraq into federal regions, while the beleaguered Iraqi government dismissed over 3,000 officers and deployed troops into a town reeling from a four-day sectarian bloodbath. Meanwhile, British Prime Minister Tony Blair vowed to keep British troops in Iraq until their "job is done" rejecting claims their presence fueled extremism at home and abroad.
Iraq's Parliament approved last week a law that allows for the country's 18 provinces to join federal regions.
Speaking after a Cabinet meeting chaired by Saudi King Abdullah Monday night, Culture and Information Minister Iyad Madani told the SPA Tuesday that "the kingdom sides with all Iraqi patriotic forces that work for the country's unity."
"The Cabinet hopes the leaders of Iraq, the wise men and 'ulema' [religious scholars], appreciate that their duty is to stand against attempts at partition under whatever disguise."
Prominent Iraqi clerics from both the Shiite and Sunni communities are scheduled to meet Thursday and Friday in Mecca to hammer out a deal to stop the sectarian bloodshed in Iraq.
King Abdullah met Saturday with the clerics in the Islamic holy city of Mecca. He urged them to seek an end to the violence.
"The kingdom's solid conviction is that Iraq's unity is in the interests of the Iraqi people, and a means to regional security and stability," Madani said.
In London, Blair defended his Iraq policies when asked whether he agreed with army chief General Sir Richard Dannatt, who called last week for their withdrawal soon because they exacerbated Britain's security problems.
"Of course it's the case ... for some of those areas in Iraq, particularly where Iraqi forces now want to take control over areas, it's important we don't overstay the time we need to be there," Blair said in his weekly news conference.
"But in no sense was he saying - and neither should anybody say - that we should get out of Iraq before the job is done," Blair said.
Blair added it was "absurd" to say that the military action in Iraq or Afghanistan fueled extremism in Britain.
Iraq is in the grips of sectarian bloodshed between Shiites and Sunnis.
In the last four days, more than 60 people were killed in the Iraqi town of Balad in an apparent retaliation for the slaying of 19 Shiite laborers on Friday.
US troops, who have a large base near Balad, are helping Iraqi troops enforce a curfew and patrol the town, the US military said Tuesday.
Unidentified gunmen in police uniform, however, hijacked 13 civilian cars with their occupants at Sayyed Gharib checkpoint 7 kilometers outside Balad on Monday night, an officer at the Salaheddine provincial police headquarters said.
At least 32 people were killed Tuesday in a series of bombings and shootings across Iraq.
In the city of Basra, gynecologist Dr. Youssra Hashem became the latest female professional to be killed, a Health Ministry spokesman said. Four university students were also gunned down, Basra police said.
Malik Laftah, the head of Balad city council, told AFP many corpses were still lying in the streets and 17 mortar shells had hit the city limits Tuesday.
"No one dares move around and the Mehdi Army is controlling the town," he said, referring to the powerful militia loyal to the radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr which has been accused of taking part in the attacks.
"We continue to conduct our normal patrols in the city and provide support for Iraqi security forces as they lead operations in stopping the sectarian violence in Balad," said US Army Lieutenant Colonel Jeffery Martindale.
However, he also confirmed that two Iraqi police officers had been arrested for taking part in Friday's massacre.
Iraqi police are often accused of collaborating with illegal militia, and the Interior Ministry announced Tuesday that it was to reorganize the force.
Interior Ministry spokesman Brigadier General Abdel-Karim Khalaf told reporters that 1,228 officers had been sacked for breaking the law while nearly 2,000 more were purged from the ranks for dereliction of duty.
"This restructuring was applied this week to the leadership of the National Police," Khalaf said. "The headquarters of two divisions were dissolved and all brigades were brought directly under the commander of the National Police," he added
"The government is determined to fight the armed groups by all political or military means," the office of Premier Nouri al-Maliki said Tuesday.
The next challenge to Maliki's authority could come from Sadr's movement, which reacted with fury Tuesday to the arrest of one of its most important precinct captains, allegedly by American forces.
"US forces raided the home of Sheikh Mazen al-Saeedi, head of the Sadr movement offices in Karkh [west Baghdad] and arrested him," Hamdallah al-Rikabi, a spokesman for Sadr's movement, told AFP.
"Five other members of the office were arrested as well in a series of raids in Shuala," Rikabi said, referring to a Shiite neighborhood in northeast Baghdad. - Agencies
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=76261#
oh gawd...yessiree, too early.
Because this board is for fun, to protect the guilty attribution is not encouraged. However, in this case, it being a Jailhouse post, see #msg-14094561.
Refresh the iBox?
If you are a man then contact me,...
Women need not bother?
Where's Churak? That's similar to his philosophy.
Franc-ly, no.
Only you would use "page" and "score" together.
And pages?
Horniest male beetles have the tiniest testicles
22:00 16 October 2006
NewScientist.com news service
John Pickrell
In the beetle Onthophagus nigriventris researchers have found a trade-off between testicle and horn size Onthophagus lanista is another species of dung-beetle endowed with impressive head gear (Image: E Greene)Dung beetle research may be about to boost the cliché about men with flashy sports cars. According to new study, male beetles with the most dramatic and ostentatious sets of horns apparently pay for that with smaller testicles.
The research is the first to experimentally demonstrate that investing energy in one mating advantage may come at the expense of another, the researchers claim.
Male dung beetles of the genus Onthophagus are noted for the size and diversity of their horns. In some species, these make up 40% of males’ body length. These iridescent beetles use their flashy ornaments to battle against one another and block access to tunnels where they mate with females.
The competition does not end there, however, as females often mate with more than one male. In these species, once inside the female, one male's sperm must compete with other males' sperm to fertilise eggs.
It is generally thought that the males that produce the most sperm are more likely to achieve a fertilisation so, besides the horns, testicle capacity is important in competition between males too, says Douglas Emlen, who led the research at the University of Montana in Missoula, US.
Stunted development
The problem is that in developing organisms there are limited resources available. Previous work has shown that horn size is negatively correlated to other traits such as eye, wing and antennae size.
To test the tussle that goes on between different sex-related structures, Emlen and colleague Leigh Simmons at the University of Western Australia in Crawley, experimentally stunted the development of horns in a brood of larvae of the species Onthophagus nigriventris. They did this by cauterising areas of cells on the surface of larvae that would otherwise have developed into horns.
The pair found that in comparison to a control brood of males which were allowed to develop normally, hornless males grew into larger adults with disproportionately large testes. In general, the pair found an inverse relationship between horn and testes size.
Energetic constraints
"This study is the first solid experimental demonstration that adaptations to compete for mates trade-off with what it takes to compete for fertilisations," says Scott Pitnick at Syracuse University in New York, US, who was not involved in the study.
"Because of energetic constraints, you really can't be good at all things," says Pitnick, who last year revealed a trade-off between relative brain and testes sizes in 300 different species of bat.
In a follow-up analysis, the researchers looked at 25 species of Onthophagus beetles. Between these other species, the researchers did not find an inverse relationship between horn and testicle size. They suggest that those species with the most dramatic horns were those that had developed an evolutionary strategy to buffer or protect the development of their testes.
The study also showed that in species where females mate with the most males – where sperm competition is at its fiercest – horns tend not to develop on the thorax. The thorax is closer to the testicles than the head, so a thorax horn might be more likely to divert precious resources from the testes during development, the researchers suggest.
"Trade-offs are fundamental to biology but they continue to surprise us, both in the forms they take, and in the myriad ways they can shape the evolution of organisms," says Emlen.
Journal reference: Proceedings of the National Academies of Science (DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0603474103)
I'm not sure what to make of this article. Comments?
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Birds and bees may be gay - museum exhibition
By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent
Mon Oct 16, 8:37 AM ET
OSLO (Reuters) - The birds and the bees may be gay, according to the world's first museum exhibition about homosexuality among animals.
With documentation of gay or lesbian behaviour among giraffes, penguins, parrots, beetles, whales and dozens of other creatures, the Oslo Natural History Museum concludes human homosexuality cannot be viewed as "unnatural".
"We may have opinions on a lot of things, but one thing is clear -- homosexuality is found throughout the animal kingdom, it is not against nature," an exhibit statement said.
Geir Soeli, the project leader of the exhibition entitled "Against Nature?", told Reuters: "Homosexuality has been observed for more than 1,500 animal species, and is well documented for 500 of them."
The museum said the exhibition, opening on Thursday despite condemnation from some Christians, was the first in the world on the subject. Soeli said a Dutch zoo had once organised tours to view homosexual couples among the animals.
"The sexual urge is strong in all animals. ... It's a part of life, it's fun to have sex," Soeli said of the reasons for homosexuality or bisexuality among animals.
One exhibit shows two stuffed female swans on a nest -- birds sometimes raise young in homosexual couples, either after a female has forsaken a male mate or donated an egg to a pair of males.
One photograph shows two giant erect penises flailing above the water as two male right whales rub together. Another shows a male giraffe mounting another for sex, another describes homosexuality among beetles.
BURN IN HELL
One radical Christian said organisers of the exhibition -- partly funded by the Norwegian government -- should "burn in hell", Soeli said. Laws describing homosexuality as a "crime against nature" are still on the statutes in some countries.
Greek philosopher Aristotle noted apparent homosexual behaviour among hyenas 2,300 years ago but evidence of animal homosexuality has often been ignored by researchers, perhaps because of distaste, lack of interest or fear or ridicule.
Bonobos, a type of chimpanzee, are among extremes in having sex with either males or females, apparently as part of social bonding. "Bonobos are bisexuals, all of them," Soeli said.
Still, it is unclear why homosexuality survives since it seems a genetic dead-end.
Among theories, males can sometimes win greater acceptance in a pack by having homosexual contact. That in turn can help their chances of later mating with females, he said.
And a study of homosexual men in Italy suggested that their mothers and sisters had more offspring. "The same genes that give homosexuality in men could give higher fertility among women," he said.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061016/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_environment
_homosexuality;_ylt=Av7vxzCaJVm4YKI...
Warning, new standard for admission to The Jailhouse...
Vulgarity, being annoying, etc.
TH is a damn good friend of mine, your attack on him is not unwarranted, ...
With friends like this, who needs...
Are you serious? You'd walk away from your own children for being honest with you?
What would you do if one of your children told you they were gay?
Great pic. Where's the still hidden?
The answer isn't in liberal or conservative, Democrat or Republican. The answer is in leadership, character, and statesmanship. This is something that's sorely lacking in this country, at all levels of government service and in both political parties. It is catching up with us.
To illustrate, how many times have you voted "against" someone rather than "for" someone? Sad, eh?
I don't cast such a broad net; that's like thinking all Muslims are evil.
Thanks for asking. I've always preferred that everyone post a link for no other reason than to protect iHub from copyright violation. Nothing personal, but you were always the biggest offender, and I simply gave up.
Strange that you should even bring the subject up, for you have posted that links are required on the VRWC board, yet most of the time you don't bother showing them yourself.
BTW, next time you have a problem with board rules, PM's the place. It's quite off-topic to the purpose of the board.
AK
why does the left keep crying about "torture of the ENEMY" and NEVER about torture of our men and women?
Are you now suggesting we have lost our moral standards and DO torture of the enemy? I must have misunderstood your prior post...
the US DOES have moral standards. We have NOT tortured anyone. Name ONE episode of torture that you KNOW of......#msg-13417822
When did the subject of U.S. torture become a left/right thing? Are you now saying we shouldn't attempt to hold the high moral ground?
BTW, that's the beauty of an open board Jim -- posts are subject to challenge. I can understand why some would prefer to post where they aren't challenged, but how will that give the opportunity for intelligent discussion?
...you cannot have an opinion on something you are completely unaware of.
LOL. Of course you can. Go to almost any board on iHub, especially the political boards. That's why a board that's open to challenge at least presents the opportunity for facts to come out--closed boards, whether on stocks or politics don't, and therefore encourage lemming like behavior.
That's kind of old news, and was "disposed" of to a committee...it's quite dead.
H.R.4752
Title: To provide for the common defense by requiring all persons in the United States, including women, between the ages of 18 and 42 to perform a period of military service or a period of civilian service in furtherance of the national defense and homeland security, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Rangel, Charles B. [NY-15] (introduced 2/14/2006) Cosponsors (None)
Related Bills: H.R.2723
Latest Major Action: 2/23/2006 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/thomas
That link also is unrelated to your post. Perhaps you'd clarify what your post is about, and the point of the post? It seems out of context without a correct link, or the article itself. Thanks, and welcome to the board.
AK
Boliva is cool...
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I won’t have what he’s having…
August 20th, 2006, filed by Robert Basler
May I see the head chef, please? If you plan on dining at Solar de las Cabecitas, you’ll want a heads up: their specialty is boiled sheep’s head — not for nothing does the name of the place translate to House of the Little Heads.
Bolivians at the Solar de las Cabecitas (House of the Little Heads) restaurant eat a boiled sheep’s head served on a bed of rice, in La Paz August 17, 2006. REUTERS/David Mercado
Political board oopsie?
Linn had just fingered Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Charlie Crist for being a closet homosexual.
I’ll just put up with the sexual problems, thanks…
August 17th, 2006, filed by Robert Basler
Ewwwwwww! This is like one of those gross-out games that kids play, and these guys in the picture win for sure. They’re blending up a big old batch of skinned frog, which some folks think cures fatigue, sexual problems and other stuff. You should thank me for not choosing some of the other photos from this series, and you should send me money for not using the one of a happy customer chugging his soda fountain glass full of lip-smacking pureed frog.
Bertha Piranes prepares to blend a skinned frog to make a juice popular with working-class Peruvians who believe the drink can cure illnessess ranging from fatigue to sexual impotency, at a market in San Juan de Lurigancho, Lima, August 16, 2006. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo
Want an appetizer to go with your fried cricket order?
Mopani worms are displayed on a dish at a restaurant
in Johannesburg, September 14, 2006.
REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko
It's a legal question that I'm not qualified to answer. However, because company hosted chat rooms are not the norm, one may assume there is a reason. If you have a vested interest in such a company I'm sure you will explore the legalities involved to protect yourself.
Several years ago Cypress Semiconductor hosted a board on their company website to counter chat room rumor. They learned that management would have to answer questions, and Fair Disclosure rules became a liability. The board folded within months.
Is a company hosted chat room scary? Yes, for the management, and thus the stockholders. Somebody has not thought this through. jmo
Ready, aim...
The company just created their own blog and bulleting board on their corporate website, ...
the US DOES have moral standards. We have NOT tortured anyone. Name ONE episode of torture that you KNOW of......#msg-13417822
Follow up post, FYI:
"I took the detainee by the head and smashed his head into the cell door" -- Unnamed guard quoted in affidavit
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'Guantanamo abuse boasts' probed
The US Pentagon has ordered an inquiry into alleged abuses at Guantanamo Bay after reports that camp guards boasted of beating and mistreating detainees.
A marine sergeant who visited the camp has said she understood "striking detainees was a common practice".
The sergeant's sworn statement said she had overheard a guard describe slamming a detainee's head into a cell door.
The US has meanwhile rejected a call by British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett to close Guantanamo Bay.
Camp 'unacceptable'
Ms Beckett is the highest ranking British official to attack the US over the camp, where hundreds of "war on terror" suspects are being held without charge.
She said the US detention camp did as much to radicalise extremists as it did to promote security.
"The continuing detention without fair trial of prisoners is unacceptable in terms of human rights, but it is also ineffective in terms of counter-terrorism."
But a US spokesman said the camp was needed to house "some very dangerous people", including those who were behind the 9/11 attacks.
The Pentagon's inspector general said the US military's Southern Command, which oversees the Guantanamo Bay camp, had been ordered to investigate complaints of alleged mistreatment.
Beatings 'common practice'
Military lawyers who represent detainees at the camp have filed an affidavit that describes guards boasting of abusing prisoners.
Marine Sgt Heather Cerveny, who went to the base three weeks ago as a legal aide to a military lawyer, said five navy guards described in detail how they beat up detainees.
"The one sailor specifically said 'I took the detainee by the head and smashed his head into the cell door'," she said in the affidavit.
"From the whole conversation, I understood that striking detainees was a common practice," the sergeant wrote.
"Everyone in the group laughed at the others' stories of beating detainees."
The sergeant also reported that some guards claimed they denied detainees privileges purely to annoy them.
The BBC's James Westhead in Washington says the allegations are significant because they come from a serving member of the US military.
Separately, the Red Cross said on Friday that it had met top terror suspects at the camp.
The US has said it recently transferred the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and other al-Qaeda suspects to the camp.
They were believed to have been held before that in secret CIA-run jails.
Some 450 terror suspects are thought to be detained at the camp.
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/americas/6049620.stm
Published: 2006/10/14 08:21:38 GMT
© BBC MMVI
This site is minipulating stocks...
Manipulating in a small way?
The stock is plumenting...
Yes, but how much gasoline do they consume to produce 1000 liters of water?
Ronnie, a question about the air-to-water machine you posted the picture of. How many gallons of gasoline does it take to produce a gallon of water?
...guess both of our eyes are gluded...
Hey Ronnie, since you apparently work for the company, tell them to fix their brochure. It's not "from-the-air-we-breath". Perhaps "breathe" would be more appropriate? The punctuation sucks too. JMO, BWDIK.