Just Say No

Osama & the Mob

This is the best reason I’ve heard for the 9-11 attack.
Taliban was moving in on the worldwide heroin and cocaine trade.

From Ackme: “The only problem is that the Taliban had wiped out 95% of the Afghan poppy production by the time they were overthrown. If I were writing that story, I would be more likely to say that they were cutting way into the trade by doing that, rather than that they were planning to take it over.”

Sightings roundup

Recent UFO sightings in Scotland and Ohio (among other places), but for the most part they’re being blamed on the proximity of Mars. Its a good time to produce some shaky camcorder footage of something in the sky!

Die Bold! Die Bold!

Diebold is at it again with their voting machines. Votes being counted before the polls close, and the machines are running over wireless network connections. Secure? That’s been a subject of debate over at Slashdot.

Mr Pol Pot’s Wild Ride

Cambodia is turning the Killing Fields into a theme park.

Hell in a handbasket

Extra credit? Instead of expelling the students, they could use this to become a magnet school.

Republicans outsource fundraising to India

The Republican party is using call centers in India to make fundraising calls. Insert your own punch line, I’m going to go make myself a drink.

Ava Cairo Returns

Cairoscopes

Ava Cairo returns with “Cairoscopes”.
Information on the sky, planet transits and always a new way of divining information for the twelve signs.

Welcome Back, Ava!

Mars closest to Tahiti

Close encounters with Mars

August 27, 2003, 1:23am PDT Mars will be the closest to us earthlings.
He’ll be the closest to Tahiti and farthest away from the Sudan.
Nice chart on the bottom of the page of city distances.