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Alterations Being Made

I’m altering some of the setup.

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I C Future Roast Pork!

Melbourne Has Super Awesome Gardens

Your money is in the hands of total fuckheads. And so is mine.

If you need any insights into the sub-prime mortgage crisis that has recently been kicking the US economy in the gonads, read this.

Pentagon Releases 2003 ‘Torture Memo’ Justifying Harsh Interrogation Tactics

The Pentagon has released a declassified 2003 Justice Department memo that claimed the president’s wartime authority trumps any international ban on torture, and concluded that the Fifth and Eighth amendments do not apply to foreign prisoners held outside the country.

the rest at Fox News

Pentagon ‘Terror Memo’ (PDF):

Part 1

Part 2

And to think, I have to teach these kids

Hawaiian Tropic Zone… Awwww Right OZ.

News AU

Just ditch the photos of the ones with no… well, you know.

Ukraine and Georgia face uphill battle on NATO. Here ya go Um…Wed Apr 2, 2008 2:42am EDT

BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Ukraine and Georgia faced an uphill battle on Wednesday to persuade NATO nations to put the two ex-Soviet states on the path to membership, with Germany and France leading resistance to their U.S.-backed bids.

President George W. Bush vowed on the eve of a NATO summit in Bucharest, starting later on Wednesday, to press their case. But a core of European states say the duo are not ready for a step which could exacerbate tensions with Russia.

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier was quoted as saying NATO should not strain ties with Moscow beyond “the limit of the manageable” by supporting their request for a Membership Action Plan (MAP), a gateway to eventual membership.

Reuters

Germany and France, in agreement? Surely you jest. Pussies! “Strain ties”? Think “Cold War”, what is Russia going to do? Lauch missiles? At whom? “Strain ties”, indeed. (“Indeed” is a word often used by Instapundit and since Instapundit has the word “indeed” ©, I guess I better give a “h/t”, huh?)

Clinton and Obama: My Choice for the Winner

H/T J.M. Heinrichs from comments.

Is there any greater sacrilege than bastardizing Led Zeppelin? It’s surely worse than Mohammed cartoons.

Russia may return to coal for domestic power

Isn’t this a no-no, or is that JUST a no-no for the U.S.?

In a new ad, Obama says, “I don’t take money from oil companies.”

Obama’s Oil Spill

 Hey DUDE! How are your two spiritual advisors?

OH and the ever lovely Michelle, I haven’t seen her around lately. Anything wrong with our potential new First Lady?