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"We don’t care about PETA. You are playing a dangerous game." How did it backfire? They got in the papers, that's always their goal ... so they pissed off a guy who didn't care about them in the first place, big loss there. They live on hyperbole and sensationalism, this looks like a big ...

Another reason it's hard to take Biblical accounts seriously is how heavily they borrow or mimic pagan traditions such as Mithraism: For over three hundred years the rulers of the Roman Empire worshipped the god Mithras. Known throughout Europe and Asia by the names Mithra, Mitra, Meitros, Mihr, Meh...

CaptainChewbacca wrote:Does Adrian Paul have any TV or film credits besides Highlander and Tracker? As for a "holy grail", they already did that with the "Methusaleh Stone".

You've forgotten him as Sandra Bullock's dream boyfriend in 'Love Potion No. 9' already?

Eh ... you & everyone else.

Jason von Evil wrote:Honestly, I thought that was a typo in the thread title.

What would happen if this Sunni insurgency managed to topple the Iranian government?

Considering Sunnis are less than 10% of the population, that would be some achievement.

I have mixed feelings about this. On one hand they're honoring the Buddhas, a cultural and religious treasure destroyed by intolerance. On the other hand, couldn't they spend that $9 million to make improvements to the region? Like, say, setting up those windmills to provide electricity for the are...

CaptainChewbacca wrote:Ah yes, Comrade RedX is alive and well.

(if that image isn't loading for anyone else lemme know, webserver looks good at this end)

"Hey Hugo, need an Information Minister?"

What was it Jayne said: "I'm not going to kill him ... well, not right away ..." ? They're scum all right .... and yet scum like this are what pay Chmee's rent. We do a little anti-spyware in our gateway IPS on corporate firewalls now, we'll probably expand through partnership into desktop...

This argument is dubious at best. Most countries' laws have sections that specifically forbid extradition if the action in question is not illegal in that country. We're talking about possession of seeds and sending them through mail. If marijuana is a controlled substance, does that apply only to ...

Fears grow in Iran over rise of Sunni insurgency On 13 July, the Dubai-based Al-Arabiyah television station broadcast segments of a videotape that purportedly showed the execution of Shahab Mansuri, an Iranian security official. The hitherto unknown group, calling itself God's Soldiers of the Sunni...

Highlander: The Source, envisioned as the first of three new films in the popular supernatural franchise, will shoot in Lithuania starting in October, according to an announcement by Davis-Panzer Productions, Sequence Films and Grosvenor Park. Brett Leonard (Lawnmower Man) will direct, with Adrian ...

And you thought *you* were a fanatical collector? A lightsaber used by actor Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker in the original Star Wars trilogy sold for $200,600 to an anonymous bidder at an auction of Hollywood memorabilia in Beverly Hills, Calif., on July 29, the Associated Press reported. The lights...

Another implementation of the tech ... a no-security, brainless implementation, but that's our guvmint for you .... 02:00 AM Aug. 09, 2005 PT United Airlines pilots and crew are the flying guinea pigs in a test of controversial new passports equipped with remotely readable chips. Approximately 300 U...

HemlockGrey wrote:They look like guys from a Quentin Tarantino movie.

You're right, the guy on the left looks like he's still annoyed at being Mr. Pink ...

Added to this week's new Operation Freedom Fry

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Durandal wrote:Maybe his goose-stepping father will do the honors of driving the spikes through his hands and feet.

Whats the deal with his father?

He makes Mel look like an atheist when it comes to nutjob fringe Catholicism.

HemlockGrey wrote:

Having been in Shanghai traffic twice this year, I can attest that safety laws are negligible

Well, in Beijing traffic law enforcement depends entirely on whether or not the nearby policeman wants to shakedown some tourist and buy a new TV.

They learned so much from the Russians ....

The first reaction of North Americans reading this might be thinking '40+ mpg in the city for $5,000, wtf, where's mine?' ... Having been in Shanghai traffic twice this year, I can attest that safety laws are negligible. Most taxis don't have seatbelts, I wouldn't be surprised if the crash-impact te...

My question is, what would be the mechanism to cause these longetivities in life of man (and as well, animal)? 'Poetic license' is a great mechanism for this ... when inconsistencies in your mythology lead to mythic figures seeming to occupy implausibly long periods of history, you just explain it ...

G.M. Thrives in China With Small, Thrifty Vans BY KEITH BRADSHER LIUZHOU, China - In this obscure corner of southern China, General Motors seems to have hit on a hot new formula: $5,000 minivans that get 43 miles to the gallon in city driving. That combination of advantages has captivated Chinese b...

The Seattle approach has recognized that we can't affect the federal laws here, but we can keep our cops from busting people: Seattleites aren't going to pot — or jail — since voters passed I-75, the initiative that made marijuana the city's lowest law-enforcement priority. The number of people pros...

Missiles and CIWS guns can be powerful but they lack the accuracy of a laser. Why would a projectile weapon be less accurate than a laser in a zero-gee vacuum? Tolerances. Tiny variations in the mass, shape, and finish of the projectiles as well as the propellant will throw off the aim of each indi...

From the July 30 Seattle Times article on his arrest: Emery, the 47-year-old leader of British Columbia's Marijuana Party, has earned about $3 million a year selling the seeds through his Internet Web site and by mail, federal officials said. Emery and two accomplices, Gregory Williams, 50, and Mich...

dr. what wrote:... including a display in the Fiji Islands where he will create a huge holographic Mylar cube suspended on top of one of the islands.

Holographic Mylar?