2005-05-09

CNN News, 2005.05.09

U.S. deaths in Iraq surpass 1,600 - Sounds like we need to use more area-effect weaponry in Iraq.
IAEA: N. Korea could have 5-6 nuclear weapons - And it sounds like we need to wipe the North Korean government off the face of the planet. Bush probably shouldn't go around calling Kim Jong Il "an evil man" on TV, because he's supposed to be diplomatic, but the guy is.
Gas prices continue to slide - Not in Japan: it's \124 per liter here, or about $4.30 per gallon!
Bush in Moscow to mark victory in Europe - According to Putin: "Democracy cannot be exported to some other place. Democracy must be a product of internal domestic development in a society." Sounds like he's reasonably intelligent; at least he puts a smart spin on things. It's not good that the number of people still around who actually lived through WWII is getting smaller. Eventually people will forget the lessons learned from that war.
Report: Mars lander wreckage found - How can you tell from that tiny picture?
Math student indicted in $43M scam - Sheesh, 21 and he had a Swiss bank account? I'm jealous. There's some indictment info at the DOJ. Not very smart, though: bank transfers leave an audit trail. He should've learned about money laundering.
New rule could open roadless forest areas - This is not a good thing. Leave nature alone! The flip side is population pressure to expand: Americans don't like living cramped like people do in Japan.
New dinosaur caught in the act - "It also showed some change toward the larger gut needed to digest plant material rather than meat, as well as a lengthened neck and smaller head associated with eating plants...." So if you become a vegetarian, your head will shrink, you'll get a pencil-neck, and develop a fat gut!!

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