Cheese-eating Surrender Monkeys

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060906/pl_nm/eu_usa_poll_dc

The part I found most interesting was that the French were slightly more likely to support an invasion of Iraq than America. They have the stereotype, I think, of being pussies, but perhaps that is not deserved. Actually after the way they intervened in the Ivorian Civil War, I thought it was pretty clear that they would attempt to kick ass if they thought the target deserved it. They were right about Iraq in the end, but maybe they were against it because of commerce? Maybe not?

Actually the Heritage piece corroborates the French line, in that if US companies were banned from dealing with Iraq, but yet were still the #1 importer, then they must have been using foreign subsidaries to import it. Hmmmm…

ROBOT WORK

My kind of work at my kind of place:

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(close to Columbia)looking for part-time office help. – Order
inventory and track invoices – Respond to consumer inquiries
via email and phone – Coordinate special projects – Update
store website – Create forms for in-store use -Light
bookkeeping
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Excellent interpersonal and written skills, highly organized
with an ability to prioritize and multi-task. Proficient
computer skills include: Outlook, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint,
Internet (Quick Books/Photoshop a plus).
Duration=Weekdays – P/T – Flexible Hours Compensation=$8-$10
per hour, depending upon experience level

The Aids Vaccine

If you were an African country where 5 million people had Aids, a pretty simple solution to your Aids problem would be to tell people ‘garlic and beetroot.’ Now, this is a pretty darn good remedy, if you lived Ancient Rome and were also a voodoo priest. But if you’re the Health Minister in South Africa, it’s a little bit of a different story:

More than 60 international experts on HIV/Aids have called for the resignation of the South African health minister because of her stance on Aids.

Manto Tshabalala-Msimang tells those with HIV to eat garlic and beetroot.

In a letter sent to President Thabo Mbeki, the academics called the government’s health policy “disastrous and pseudo-scientific”.

“Many people [in South Africa] are dying unnecessarily” because they cannot get Aids drugs, the letter says.

South Africa is one of the countries worst affected by Aids, with some 5m people with HIV.

I’ve been listening to this band called Dungen. They are Swedish and they remind me a lot of early Pink Floyd, which is my favorite Pink Floyd. Naturally I like Dungen.

Chocha

eBay Member Profile that you must check out until you have milk come out of your nose and then possibly out of your ears if you really laugh hard and have very little control over your bodily functions.

Excerpts:

My friend’s mommy told me what Chocha means in Spanish. Then she showed me. A++!

I am a robot. I bid on grease and computer chips.

I am new in America! Thank you eBay for wonderful wife! I will beat her often!
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