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White House Defends Port Sale to Arab Co.

By TED BRIDIS and DEVLIN BARRETT
Associated Press Writers

WASHINGTON

The Bush administration on Thursday rebuffed criticism about potential security risks of a $6.8 billion sale that gives a company in the United Arab Emirates control over significant operations at six major American ports.

Lawmakers asked the White House to reconsider its earlier approval of the deal.

The sale to state-owned Dubai Ports World was "rigorously reviewed" by a U.S. committee that considers security threats when foreign companies seek to buy or invest in American industry, National Security Council spokesman Frederick Jones said.

The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, run by the Treasury Department, reviewed an assessment from U.S. intelligence agencies. The committee's 12 members agreed unanimously the sale did not present any problems, the department said.

"We wanted to look at this one quite closely because it relates to ports," Stewart Baker, an assistant secretary in the Homeland Security Department, told The Associated Press. "It is important to focus on this partner as opposed to just what part of the world they come from. We came to the conclusion that the transaction should not be halted."

The unusual defense of the secretive committee, which reviews hundreds of such deals each year, came in response to criticism about the purchase of London-based Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co.

The world's fourth-largest ports company runs commercial operations at shipping terminals in New York, New Jersey, Baltimore, New Orleans, Miami and Philadelphia.

Four senators and three House members asked the administration Thursday to reconsider its approval. The lawmakers contended the UAE is not consistent in its support of U.S. terrorism-fighting efforts.

"The potential threat to our country is not imagined, it is real," Rep. Mark Foley, R-Fla., said in a House speech.

The Homeland Security Department said it was legally impossible under the committee's rules to reconsider its approval without evidence DP World gave false information or withheld vital details from U.S. officials. The 30-day window for the committee to voice objections has ended.

DP World said it had received all regulatory approvals.

"We intend to maintain and, where appropriate, enhance current security arrangements," the company said in a statement. "It is very much business as usual for the P&O terminals" in the United States.

In Dubai, the UAE's foreign minister described his country as an important U.S. ally but declined to respond directly to the concerns expressed in Washington.

"We have worked very closely with the United States on a number of issues relating to the combat of terrorism, prior to and post Sept. 11," Sheik Abdullah Bin Zayed al-Nahyan told The Associated Press.

U.S. lawmakers said the UAE was an important transfer point for shipments of smuggled nuclear components sent to Iran, North Korea and Libya by a Pakistani scientist, Abdul Qadeer Khan. They also said the UAE was one of only three countries to recognize the now-toppled Taliban as Afghanistan's legitimate government.

The State Department describes the UAE as a vital partner in the fight against terrorism. Dubai's own ports have participated since last year in U.S. efforts to detect illegal shipments of nuclear materials.

Rep. Vito Fossella, R-N.Y., urged congressional hearings on the deal.

"At a time when America is leading the world in the war on terrorism and spending billions of dollars to secure our homeland, we cannot cede control of strategic assets to foreign nations with spotty records on terrorism," Fossella said.

Critics also have cited the UAE's history as an operational and financial base for the hijackers who carried out the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

"Outsourcing the operations of our largest ports to a country with a dubious record on terrorism is a homeland security and commerce accident waiting to happen," said Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. "The administration needs to take another look at this deal."

Separately, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said Thursday it will conduct its own review of the deal and urged the government to defend its decision.

In a letter to the Treasury Department, Port Authority chairman Anthony Coscia said the independent review by his agency was necessary "to protect its interests."

The lawmakers pressing the White House to reconsider included Sens. Schumer, Tom Coburn, R-Okla., Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., and Chris Dodd, D-Conn., and Reps. Foley, Fossella and Chris Shays, R-Conn.

Hunting Accidents

"Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly (Fond of Each Other)" may be the first gay cowboy song by a major recording artist. But it was written long before this year's Oscar-nominated "Brokeback Mountain" made gay cowboys a hot topic.

The song features choppy Tex-Mex style guitar runs and Nelson's deadpan delivery of lines like, "What did you think all them saddles and boots was about?" and "Inside every cowboy there's a lady who'd love to slip out."

The song, which debuted Tuesday on Howard Stern's satellite radio show, was written by Texas-born singer-songwriter Ned Sublette in 1981. Sublette said he wrote it during the "Urban Cowboy" craze and always imagined Nelson singing it.

Someone passed a copy of the song to Nelson back in the late 1980s and, according to Nelson's record label, Lost Highway, he recorded it last year at his Pedernales studio in Texas.

"Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly (Fond of Each Other)"

There's many a strange impulse out on the plains of West Texas;
There's many a young boy who feels things he don't comprehend.
Well small town don't like it when somebody falls between sexes,
No, small town don't like it when a cowboy has feelings for men.

Well I believe in my soul that inside every man there's a feminine,
And inside every lady there's a deep manly voice loud and clear.
Well, a cowboy may brag about things that he does with his women,
But the ones who brag loudest are the ones that are most likely queer.

Cowboys are frequently secretly fond of each other —
What did you think those saddles and boots was about?
There's many a cowboy who don't understand the way that he feels towards his
brother,
Inside every cowboy there's a lady who'd love to slip out.

Ten men for each woman was the rule way back when on the prairie,
And somehow those cowboys must have kept themselves warm late at night.
Cowboys are famous for getting riled up about fairies,
But I'll tell you the reason a big strong man gets so uptight:

Cowboys are frequently secretly fond of each other —
That's why they wear leather, and Levi's and belts buckled tight.
There's many a cowboy who don't understand the way that he feels towards his
brother;
There's many a cowboy who's more like a lady at night.

Well there's always somebody who says what the others just whisper,
And mostly that someone's the first one to get shot down dead:
When you talk to a cowboy don't treat him like he was a sister
Don't mess with the lady that's sleepin' in each cowboy's head.

Cowboys are frequently secretly fond of each other —
Even though they take speed and drive pickups and shoot their big guns;
There's many a cowboy who don't understand the way that he feels towards his
brother;
There's many a cowboy who keeps quiet about things he's done.

Velocidade...

-"A minha Shakira!" Olhei. Reparei que falva de uma das empregadas do bar. Alertei-o para proximidade da esposa ao que ele prontamente respondeu;
-"Ela não ouve!!!"
O outro entretanto começava-me a contar que a coca já não lhe dava tusa e mais qualquer merda que se diluiu no bla bla bla da multidão.
O álcool deixara-me a "mil"; tavez o ansiolítico tivesse potenciado o efeito do álcool, ou talvez os bafitos no cartão...
Acabei a cerveja e atirei o copo para o chão. O segurança chegou ao pé de mim e disse;
-"Faz favor de me acompanhar!" Ao que eu prontamente retorqui;
-"Vamos a isso!!!"

Em resposta ao meu post anterior....

( Milhouse = Ray Manzarek ; Bart = Jim Morrison)

Bart: I'd like to play me latest chart-topper. It's called: "Me Fans Are Stupid Pigs"
Milhouse: Bart you've got to go on!
Bart: Slag off!
Milhouse: You've changed man. It used to be about the music.
Bart: I said slag off!

Aubrey De Grey

While most scientists talk about increasing longevity by a few years, de Grey says he is talking about the "indefinite extension of longevity."

"Average life spans would be in the region of 1,000 years," he says. "Seriously."

De Grey and his wife Adelaide are fixtures around Cambridge. She’s a researcher in genetics; he’s an academic maverick. While still in his early 30s he published groundbreaking work in theoretical biology and earned an international reputation. His day job is managing a fruit fly database.

But the work that consumes him involves larger game – humans. And he does his best thinking in the same 17th century pub where Watson and Crick refreshed themselves while unlocking the mysteries of DNA. De Grey believes he has unlocked the mysteries of immortality.

"The aging process is really a buildup of side effects of being alive in the first place," he says.

De Grey has identified the biological processes he thinks are responsible for aging, including the mutations that cause cancer and the gradual buildup of useless, toxic junk.

The Methuselah Mouse Prize is the premiere effort of The Methuselah Foundation™; a scientific competition designed to draw attention to the ability of new technologies to slow and even reverse the damage of the aging process, preserving health and wisdom in a world that sorely needs it.

Learn more at: www.mprize.org

Charles Schulz checked out at

13/02/00

Last cartoon becomes epitaph for Schulz

The last daily Peanuts strip was published on January 3. But Sunday's papers carried the final cartoon, a strip showing Snoopy at his typewriter, along with other Peanuts regulars. It includes a farewell letter signed by Schulz.

"Dear Friends," the letter opens. "I have been fortunate to draw Charlie Brown and his friends for almost 50 years. It has been the fulfillment of my childhood ambition."

"It's amazing that he dies just before his last strip is published," fellow cartoonist Lynn Johnston, creator of "For Better or Worse," said. Such an ending was "as if he had written it that way."

Schulz ends his farewell letter by saying, "Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus, Lucy ... how can I ever forget them ..."

PEANUTS

The first daily Peanuts strip appeared in seven newspapers: The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, The Minneapolis Star/Tribune, The Allentown Call Chronicle, The Bethlehem Globe-Times, The Denver Post, and The Seattle Times.

From Monday, October 2, 1950, until the final strip appeared on Sunday, February 13, 2000, Charles Schultz gave the world a total of 17,897 strips: 15,391 daily strips and 2,506 Sundays.

Nguoi Rung, Vietnamese Forest People, Wildman: mythical or missing ape

In 1982 Professor Tran Hong Viet, now at the Pedagogic University of Hanoi, found and made a cast of a footprint measuring 28 by 16 centimeters. The footprint is as long as that of many people but it is much wider. It is said that the toes of this footprint were much longer than those of a human. The footprint was found on the slopes of Chu Mo Ray (Mom Ray mountain) in the centre of the above picture. Chu Mo Ray is near the Cambodian Border in Sa Thay District of Kontum Province.


Professor Viet only recently returned to his research on this subject, through the instigation of Japanese Television which aired a show on the wildman question in March, 1996. Fortean News of the World (Japan Fortean Information Society) recently published an image of this footprint, shown during a recent conference in Hanoi.


Professor Viet and some other Vietnamese scientists believe that this region, the so called 'three borders' region where the borders of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos converge, is the centre of reports of the Vietnamese 'wildman'. So common were reports that in 1974, during the height of war, General Hoang Minh Thao commander of Northern forces in the Central Highlands, requested a scientific survey of the region north of Kontum for 'Nguoi Rung'. Scientists who were part of this dangerous expedition included Professors Vo Quy and Le Vu Khoi from Hanoi University and Professor Hoang Xuan Chinh from the Institute of Archaeology in Hanoi. No Nguoi Rung were found - though the expedition returned North with a couple new elephants for the circus.

Reports of 'wildman' vary from large to small, with body hair from grey to brown or black and may be alone or with others. But always they are said to walk bipedally. They go by many names among highlands minority people, most are terms of respect. The Vietnamese name is Nguoi Rung - "Forest People". This is the direct equivalent of the name for an ape we do know from Indonesia, the Orang Utan. The minority people of Kontum are certain that the forest people existed in their forests in the very recent past. They differentiate their forest people from forest spirits or genies, some of which they also describe as hairy bipeds. Mr Vu Ngoc Thanh visiting areas near the Laotian border, discovered another local term 'Khi Trau, literally 'buffalo monkey' or 'big monkey'.


Anthropologist, Professor Dang Nghiem Van, Director of Hanoi's Institute for Religious Studies, has collected many stories of Nguoi Rung from northern Vietnam to the central highlands. These include myths of small but very strong beings knowing the use of fire and eating forest molluscs. There are also stories of a different, much larger being.


Professor Van says that at night Nguoi Rung come to places where people have fires. They sit beside men but do not speak, or speak unintelligable words. There are stories of couples of Nguoi Rung moving rapidly, easily climbing trees, shaking trees for insects, sleeping in grottos on mountain slopes. Professor Van's detailed notes, some of them from locations in near Sa Thay, have yet to be published.


But if Nguoi Rung exist, are they really apes or hominids? Some scientists like Bernard Heuvelmans, a well-known cryptozoologist, and Dr Helmut Loofs-Wissowa of the Australian National University, think that at least some forms may be remnants of an early human population.


The figure to the right is from Bernard Heuvelmans' 1969 description of a controversial specimen called the 'ice man', which he calledHomo pongoides. The specimen was examined in a block of ice and has since disappeared. This has led some commentators to disbelieve the comprehensive study Heuvelmans published in 1974. Dr Loofs-Wissowa suggests that few detractors have studied Heuvelmans' original publications.


So there remain many questions. And so far no specimens have been recovered. There have been several reports in the last 15 years in the region of Kontum - Sa Thay alone. Those we recently began investigating are shown on this satellite map (160k).


But perhaps these questions go well-beyond the veracity of the 'Minnesota ice man' to the nature of scientific research. Some scientists are reticent even to consider the possibility of the existence of an undiscovered hominoid. It is an uncomfortable subject for us, since we lack incontrovertable evidence. We could be seen to have fallen in with the unscrupulous and gullible.


Zoologist John Mackinnon (in McNeely and Sochaezowski, 1995) once described finding short, broad, human-like but definitely non-human footprints of a creature locals call the batutut in the forests of Sabah. MacKinnon recounts seeing these footprints. "I was uneasy when I found them, and I didn't want to follow them and find out what was at the end of the trail. I knew that no animal we know about could make those tracks. Without deliberately avoiding the area I realize I never went back to that place in the following months of my studies."


Perhaps we are limited in the end by our own 'scientific mythologies'. Mackinnon went on to head expeditions into Vu Quang forest reserve in central Vietnam. He and his colleagues found two new species: a goat like animal, dubbed the saola from its long spindle-shaped horns and a robust muntjac deer. In early 1997, a new, small muntjac species was discovered in the forests of Quang Tri province, an region which suffered heavy bombing during the uears of war. These are the first new large mammals discovered by science since early this century. Learned opinion was that no new mammals could possibly have avoided detection so long. Yet, learned opinion was wrong. Science is about keeping an open mind, not about fitting the world into one's scientific or fantastic preconceptions.

Pedro Alonso Lopez
The Monster of the Andes

Serial Killer

One Of History's Most Horrific Killers: Pedro Alonzo Lopez, whereabouts - unknown, was responsible for the murders of over 350 children, yet in 1998 he was set free despite his vows to kill again.

Lopez's Childhood Years: Lopez was born in 1949 in Tolmia, Columbia, a time when the country was in political turmoil and crime was rampant. He was the seventh of 13 children born to a Columbian prostitute. When Lopez was eight, his mother caught him touching his sister's breast and she kicked him out of the house forever.

Trust Me, Trust Me Not: Lopez became a beggar on the violent Columbian streets. He was soon approached by a man who sympathized with the boy's situation and offered him a safe home and food to eat. Lopez, desperate and hungry, did not hesitate and went with the man. Instead of going to a comfortable home, he was taken to an abandoned building and repeatedly sodomized and returned to the street. During the attack Lopez angrily vowed he would do the same to as many little girls that he could, a promise he later kept.A Second Chance: After being raped by the pedophile, Lopez became paranoid of strangers, hiding during the day and scavenging for food at night. Within a year he left Tolmia and wandered to the town of Bogota. An American couple reached out to him after feeling pity for the thin boy begging for food. They brought him to their home and enrolled him in a school for orphans but when he was 12, a male teacher molested him. Shortly afterwards Lopez stole money and fled back into the streets.

Prison Life: Lopez, lacking in education and skill, survived on the streets by begging and committing petty thievery. His stealing advanced to car theft and he was paid well when he sold the stolen cars to chop shops. He was arrested at the age of 18 for car theft and sent to prison. After a few days of being there he was gang-raped by four prisoners. The anger and rage he experienced as a child rose inside him again, consuming him. He made another vow to himself; to never be violated again.Revenge, Rage and Hate: Lopez got his revenge for the rape by killing three of the four men responsible. Authorities added an additional two years to his sentence, deeming his actions as self defense. During his incarceration he had time to revisit his life and a quiet rage toward his mother became monstrous. He also dealt with his sexual needs by browsing pornographic magazines. Between his prostitute mother and the pornography, Lopez's only knowledge of women fed his demented hatred for them.The Monster Released: In 1978 Lopez was released from prison, moved to Peru, and began kidnapping and killing young Peruvian girls. He was caught by a group of Indians and tortured, buried up to his neck in sand but later freed and deported to Ecuador. Experiencing near death did not influence his murderous ways and his killing of young girls continued. The increase of missing girls was noticed by authorities, but it was concluded that they had likely been kidnapped by child peddlers and sold as sex slaves.Bodies of Children Uncovered: In April 1980, a flood exposed the bodies of four murdered children, and the Ecuadorian authorities realized there was a serial murderer at large. Shortly after the flood, Lopez was caught trying to abduct a young girl after the child’s mother intervened. The police could not get Lopez to cooperate so they enlisted the help of a local priest, dressed him as a prisoner, and placed him in a cell with Lopez. The trick worked. Lopez was quick to share his brutal crimes with his new cellmate.A Ghrisly Tale Emerges: When confronted by the police about the crimes he shared with his cellmate, Lopez broke down and confessed. His memory of his crimes was very clear which was remarkable since he confessed to killing at least 110 children in Ecuador, over 100 more in Colombia, and another 100 in Peru. Lopez confessed that he would walk the streets looking for innocent ‘good’ girls who he would lure away with the promise of gifts."They Never Scream. They Expect Nothing...They Are Innocent" Pedro Lopez: Lopez often brought the girls to prepared graves, sometimes filled with the dead bodies of other girls he had killed. He would calm the child with soft reassuring words throughout the night. At sunrise he would rape and strangle them, satisfying his sick sexual needs as he watched their eyes fade as they died. He never killed at night because he could not see his victim's eyes and felt without that element the murder was a waste.Tea Parties and Games: In Lopez’s confession he told of having tea parties and playing morbid games with the dead children. He would prop them up in their graves and talk to them, convincing himself that his ‘little friends’ liked the company. But when the dead children failed to answer, he would become bored and go off to find another victim.

A Confession Too Ghastly To Believe: The police found his ghastly confession hard to believe so Lopez agreed to take them to the graves of the children. Over 53 bodies were found which was enough for the investigators to take him for his word. The public renamed him 'Monster of the Andes' as more information about his crimes became known.

For his crimes of raping, killing, and mutilating over 100 children, Lopez received life in prison.

'I Will Be Happy to Kill Again - It Is My Mission' : Lopez never showed remorse for his crimes. In a prison interview with journalist Ron Laytner, he said if he ever got out of prison he would happily return to killing young children. The pleasure he received from his demented acts of murder overpowered any sense of right from wrong and he admittedly looked forward to the opportunity to wrap his hands around the throat of his next child.

One Child's Life Equals One Month In Prison: No one was concerned that Lopez would have the opportunity to kill again. If he was paroled from the prison in Ecuador he would still have to stand trial for his murders in Columbia and Peru. But after 20 years of solitary confinement, in the summer of 1998, Lopez was taken in the middle of the night to the Columbia border and released. Neither Columbia or Peru had the money to bring the madman to justice.

The Monster of the Andes Is Free: What ever happened to The Monster of the Andes is unknown. Many suspect and hope that one of the many bounties offered for his death eventually paid off and that he is dead. If Lopez has escaped his enemies and is still alive there is little doubt that he has returned to his old ways.

Esta semana no Teresa Torga: Vince Guaraldi

Your Dominant Intelligence is Spatial Intelligence

You've got a good sense of space and how the world around you looks. You can close your eyes and "see" images. You have innate artistic talent. An eye for color and shapes, you're also a natural designer. Since you think in pictures, visual aids and demonstartions help you learn best. You would make a good navigator, sculptor, visual artist, inventor, architect, interior designer, or engineer.

What Kind of Intelligence Do You Have?

Oil Rules!!!

Cheney Violates Cardinal Rule of Hunting

By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press Writer Mon Feb 13, 6:02 PM ET

WASHINGTON - Vice President
Dick Cheney apparently broke the No. 1 rule of hunting: be sure of what you're shooting at. Cheney wounded fellow hunter Harry Whittington in the face, neck and chest Saturday, apparently because he didn't see Whittington approaching as he fired on a covey of quail in Texas.


Hunting safety experts interviewed Monday agreed it would have been a good idea for Whittington to announce himself — something he apparently didn't do, according to a witness. But they stressed that the shooter is responsible for knowing his surroundings and avoiding hitting other people.

"We always stress to anybody that before you make any kind of a shot, it's incumbent upon the shooter to assess the situation and make sure it's a safe shot," said Mark Birkhauser, president-elect of the International Hunter Education Association and hunter education coordinator in New Mexico. "Once you squeeze that trigger, you can't bring that shot back."

Musicians

Hank Williams... you're fucked up on drinks, pills and a broken heart. You'll die young and wild, but influence more people than you could ever imagine. If it wasn't for you, rock n roll would be nothing more than benign and insipid.

Which fucked-up genius composer are you?
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"O Verdadeiro Intelectual

Não há nenhuma vida verdadeiramente intelectual em que a polémica não seja um acidente, um desnível entre o engenho e a cultura adquirida, por um lado, e por outro, o meio ambiente; o pensador não é, por estrutura, polemista, embora não fuja ante a polémica, nem a considere inferior; o seu domínio é no campo da paz, não entre os instrumentos de guerra; quando a batalha se oferece sabe, como o filósofo antigo, marchar com a calma e a severa repressão dos instintos que o mundo inteiro, ante a sua profissão, tem o direito de exigir; o seu dever de cidadão impõe-lhe que tome, ao ecoar da voz bárbara, a lança que defende as oliveiras sagradas e os rítmicos templos. A sua linha, porém, o fio de cumeadas por que se alongam os seus passos melhores comportam apenas uma invenção superadora, um perpétuo oferecer aos seus amigos humanos de toda a descoberta possibilidade de um caminho mais belo e mais nobre.

Vê-se como um guia e um observador de horizontes que se estendam para além dos limites do mar e dos limites do céu; a sua missão é a de pôr ao alcance de todos o que novamente contemplaram os seus olhos e de os ajudar a percorrer a estrada que abriu ou desvendou; com toda a humildade, todo o carinho que proveem de ter medido a imensa distância que ainda o separa de Deus e de ter aprofundado a tristeza e a treva em que se debatem e se amesquinham seus irmãos; inteligência e caridade não andam longe uma da outra quando são ambas verdadeiras."(Agostinho da Silva, n. 13 Fevereiro 1906)

"Looks like a train"

Fui ver este fim de semana Walk the Line, biografia do Johnny Cash; nao posso deixar de me sentir contagiado, e colocar o Folsom Prison no blog.

"I hear the train a comin'
it's rolling round the bend
and I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know when,
I'm stuck in Folsom prison, and time keeps draggin' on
but that train keeps a rollin' on down to San Anton..
When I was just a baby my mama told me. Son,
always be a good boy, don't ever play with guns.
But I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die
now every time I hear that whistle I hang my head and cry..

I bet there's rich folks eating in a fancy dining car
they're probably drinkin' coffee and smoking big cigars.
Well I know I had it coming, I know I can't be free
but those people keep a movin'
and that's what tortures me...

Well if they'd free me from this prison,
if that railroad train was mine
I bet I'd move just a little further down the line
far from Folsom prison, that's where I want to stay
and I'd let that lonesome whistle blow my blues away...."

Anime XXX Hentai Japanimation

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John Lennon

"Imagine there's no countries,
It isnt hard to do,
Nothing to kill or die for,
No religion too,
Imagine all the people
living life in peace... "


Bob Dylan

"I like Fidel Castro and his beard."
Rita looked offended
But she got out of the way,
As he came charging down the stairs
Sayin', "What's that I heard you say?"

I said, "I like Fidel Castro,
I think you heard me right,"
And ducked as he swung
At me with all his might.

(...)

He wants to turn me in
To the F.B.I.

Me, I romp and stomp,
Thankful as I romp,
Without freedom of speech,
I might be in the swamp.

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Cartoons

Times Online February 06, 2006

Iranian paper launches Holocaust cartoon competition
By Simon Freeman and agencies

Iran’s biggest-selling newspaper has waded into the Muhammad controversy by launching a competition to find the 12 "best" cartoons about the Holocaust.

Farid Mortazavi, graphics editor for Tehran's Hamshahri newspaper, said that the deliberately inflammatory contest would test out how committed Europeans were to the concept freedom of expression.

"The Western papers printed these sacrilegious cartoons on the pretext of freedom of expression, so let’s see if they mean what they say and also print these Holocaust cartoons," he said.

Karen Pollock, chief executive of the Holocaust Educational Trust, said that victims of the Holocaust and their families were growing used to insults from Iran. "It's just very sad," she told Times Online.

Iran’s regime is supportive of Holocaust revisionist historians, who maintain that the slaughter of Europe’s Jews during the Second World War was invented or exaggerated to justify the creation of Israel on Palestinian territory.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad courted international denunciation recently when he argued for Israel to be "wiped off the map". The President's vitriolic attacks on Israel have further soured relations with the West, already at loggerheads over the republic's nuclear research programme.

Mr Mortazavi said that tomorrow's edition of the paper would invite cartoonists to enter the competition, with gold coins as prizes for the 12 winning artists -- the same number of cartoons that appeared in the conservative Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten lighting the touchpaper for fury which has swept around the Islamic world.

Last week the Iranian Foreign Ministry invited Tony Blair to Tehran to take part in a planned conference on the Holocaust. Mr Blair said that such a conference was "shocking, ridiculous, stupid". The Prime Minister responded by inviting Mr Ahmadinejad to witness the evidence of the Holocaust in the countries of Europe.

Public protests against the publication of the cartoons have been relatively calm in Iran, although a crowd of about 200 smashed the windows of the Austrian Embassy in Tehran today.

The protesters, chanting "God is Greatest" and "Europe, Europe, shame on you", smashed all the diplomatic mission’s windows with stones and then tried to hurl petrol bombs inside.

Iran has withdrawn its ambassador to Denmark and has said it plans to review trade ties with all countries where the cartoons were published.

Mr Ahmadinejad has criticised the argument of freedom of speech employed by European newspapers to justify publication of the cartoons.

"If your newspapers are free why do not they publish anything about the innocence of the Palestinians and protest against the crimes committed by the Zionists?" the Mehr news agency quoted him as saying.

Andrew Kaufman, chairman of the Association of Jewish Refugees (AJR), said: "We deplore this despicable initiative to trivialise the brutality of the Holocaust that will cause enormous insensitivity to all survivors of Nazism."

Zippo Tricks

Zippo and World War II No other event in history increased the popularity of Zippo lighters more than World War II. From 1943 through the end of WWII, Zippo’s entire production was allocated to the armed forces. The company archives are filled with letters detailing the services a Zippo lighter was called to perform: heating rations in a helmet, lighting campfires, sparking fuses for explosives, hammering nails and even signaling to fellow soldiers with the famous Zippo click. On several occasions, a Zippo lighter in a shirt or pants pocket even saved a life by deflecting bullets.

No wonder legendary war correspondent Ernie Pyle wrote, “Getting hold of a Zippo (lighter) is like getting hold of a hunk of gold…There is truly nothing the average soldier would rather have.” Because of a shortage of raw materials, WWII-era Zippo lighters were made of steel rather than brass, and dipped in a black protective coating to prevent rusting. Today collectors refer to these rare models as black crackle lighters. Walter Nadler In the early 1990s, a Zippo employee found a genuine black crackle World War II-era lighter bearing a simple hand-carved inscription, “Walter Nadler” on the front and “June 6, 1944, 0630 France” on the back. As part of our D-Day 50th Anniversary initiative, Zippo launched an international media search throughout the U.S. and France, seeking to find any details on Walter Nadler. Information from several sources led to Walter D. Nadler of Rahway, NJ, who landed on Normandy June 6, 1944, with the fighting 4th Division of the U.S. Army. Unfortunately, Nadler had passed away in 1990. The now famous Walter Nadler lighter is on display at the Zippo/Case Visitors Center in Bradford, PA.

The Notorious Bettie Page

Plot Outline: The story of Bettie Page, uber-successful 1950's pin-up model, one of the first sex icons in America, and the target of a Senate investigation (based on her bondage photos).

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"I was never the girl next door."

"Sex is a part of love. You shouldn't go around doing it unless you are in love…."

Amy the Hearse Queen

"Copy and paste this banner on your page!"
"I'll love you to death if you do!"

Grim Rides - 2STIFF4U

The Day the Music Died
February 3, 1959

Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and "The Big Bopper" performed their last show at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake in February of 1959. Following the show, the three rock & rollers boarded a four-seat airplane in a light snow at the Mason City airport -- the plane being piloted by 22-year-old Roger Peterson. Five minutes into their fateful flight, the plane was observed (from the airport) drifting downward when the tail light went dark. In the early morning light, a search revealed that indeed the plane had crashed and all aboard killed.

Ritchie Valens had just released"La Bamba" a month before the accident claimed his life. He was 17 years old. He is the first Latino rock 'n' roll artist to be honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and Jimmy Page once said, "Valens was my first guitar hero and I played that bridge to 'La Bamba' a thousand times." Led Zeppelin later ripped off Valens' song "Ooh! My Head", renaming it "Boogie With Stu" and took credit for it. They were sued and settled out of court. The Ramones did a cover of the Valens song "Come On Let's Go" and Los Lobos' note for note redo of La Bamba went to #1 on the charts. He has not, to date, been inducted into the Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame.

Allsup told Valens, I'll flip you for the remaining seat. On the toss of a coin, Valens won the seat and Allsup the rest of his life.



Jiles Perry Richardson, age 28, AKA The Big Bopper had his start as a hilarious and energetic radio DJ and was famous for "Chantilly Lace" - the third most played radio song of 1958. He wasn't even supposed to be on the plane. He was sick with the flu and worn out, so he asked Buddy Holly's bassist, Waylon Jennings, if he would allow him to have his seat on the plane so he could rest and have time to see a doctor once they landed.

Waylon Jennings gave his seat up to Richardson, who was running a fever and had trouble fitting his stocky frame comfortably into the bus seats.




Buddy Holly, age 22, is considered one of the founding fathers of Rock N Roll and was Rock's first major songwriter, making a historic impact after only 18 months in the business. Here's a lesson for those who hear "no" and get discouraged; Decca Records told Holly he wasn't quite good enough when they first signed him and to go back home to Texas and practice. He did and made "That'll Be The Day".

When Holly learned that Jennings wasn't going to fly, he said, "Well, I hope your old bus freezes up." Jennings responded, "Well, I hope your plane crashes." This friendly banter of friends would haunt Jennings for years.

Collins Kids - Rock Boppin' Baby


Wanda Jackson - Rock Your Baby

Vinha eu falar de engates pelo messenger, e deparo-me com isto...

Bem, ja so faltam 8 dias; em vez de "enconsta a cabecinha no meu ombro e chora", aconselho-vos a comprarem um raminho de flores e enviarem por post mail, em carta registada nao se va o correio enganar.



"My funny valentine
Sweet comic valentine
You make me smile with my heart
Your looks are laughable
Unphotographable
Yet you’re my favourite work of art

Is your figure less than greek
Is your mouth a little weak
When you open it to speak
Are you smart?

But don’t change a hair for me
Not if you care for me
Stay little valentine stay
Each day is valentine’s day

Is your figure less than greek
Is your mouth a little weak
When you open it to speak
Are you smart?

But don’t you change one hair for me
Not if you care for me
Stay little valentine stay
Each day is valentine’s day"

Tattoo

E aqule que marcou uma tatuagem e nunca apareceu...
Queria fazer um preto a tocar sax no braço.
Fica aqui um novo incentivo :)

Noticia de Jornal

Foste atrás de um sonho e acabaste a prostituir-te???
Como é que eu poderia saber!!!
Esta vida de opulência e ostentação tolda-me a visão... A vida para mim é só charros e putas...

Se bem me recordo tinhas este album em tua casa...

Se te sentes atormentado por uma vida de emigrante sem sucesso, lembra-te que tens amigos e telefona de vez em quando SEU CABRÃO DE MERDA!!!
A dor da gente não sai no jornal!!!

Noticia de Jornal
Chico Buarque



Tentou contra a existência
Num humilde barracão.
Joana de tal, por causa de um tal joão.

Depois de medicada,
Retirou-se pro seu lar.
Aí a notícia carece de exatidão,
O lar não mais existe
Ninguém volta ao que acabou
Joana é mais uma mulata triste que errou.

Errou na dose
Errou no amor
Joana errou de joão
Ninguém notou
Ninguém morou na dor que era o seu mal
A dor da gente não sai no jornal.

- Estás a ouvir música a sério?
- Sim.

Ana de Amsterdam
Chico Buarque

Composição: Chico Buarque/Ruy Guerra

Sou Ana do dique e das docas
Da compra, da venda, da troca de pernas
Dos braços, das bocas, do lixo, dos bichos, das fichas
Sou Ana das loucas
Até amanhã
Sou Ana
Da cama, da cana, fulana, bacana
Sou Ana de Amsterdam

Eu cruzei um oceano
Na esperança de casar
Fiz mil bocas pra Solano
Fui beijada por Gaspar

Sou Ana de cabo a tenente
Sou Ana de toda patente, das Índias
Sou Ana do oriente, ocidente, acidente, gelada
Sou Ana, obrigada
Até amanhã, sou Ana
Do cabo, do raso, do rabo, dos ratos
Sou Ana de Amsterdam

Arrisquei muita braçada
Na esperança de outro mar
Hoje sou carta marcada
Hoje sou jogo de azar

Sou Ana de vinte minutos
Sou Ana da brasa dos brutos na coxa
Que apaga charutos
Sou Ana dos dentes rangendo
E dos olhos enxutos
Até amanhã, sou Ana
Das marcas, das macas, da vacas, das pratas
Sou Ana de Amsterdam

- Estás a ouvir Mão Morta???
- Estou, é o Mutantes S21...

Amesterdão (have big fun)

Amsterdam, have big fun
have big fun

Entrei no amstel a toda a velocidade e quase
abalroei um barco táxi que ia a passar
o piloto ficou a mandar vir do proibido
mas eu continuei no máximo de acelaração
amstel abaixo. Adoro sentir o vento frio na cara

Junto a Mont Blanc encostei e fui dar uma olhada
ao catálgo do Big Fun. Queria um Black Bombaím
comprei dois pacotes, e enrolei um joint a acompanhar o café
depois meti-me no barco e rumei à Red Light
apetecia-me sexo ao vivo, pelas ruas que ladeiam o canal
a multidão vagarosa espreitava as raparigas nas montras
encostei frente ao jimmys ouvindo o jazz melancólico
que vinha da cave e entrei no Barbie, estava quase vazio
no palco aquário um casal iniciava um número de sexo
o homem de mãos atadas tinha uma corda à volta dos pescoço
que a mulher ia apertando com o crescer da excitaçao.
Morreu enforcado na momento do orgasmo. Gostei da representação.
Enrolei outro joint e saí. Cá fora a multidão continuava a sua passeata
mironante e quase fui atropelado por um ciclista.
Meti-me no barco e regressei a casa a toda a velocidade.

Reading Habits!!!

Books: i dont read much other than school books right now... I have been trying to get through the Bible too but its not working out for me lately.

Books: Must have lots of pictures

Books: I dont even read the books in my reading class

Books: what is a book?

Books: " Books are better unread"

Different Countries the same jokes/ It's one sad world!!!

A woman noticed that a man was masturbating in a hospital room with the door wide open.

"Oh my God!" screamed the woman, "That's disgraceful! Why is he doing that?"

The doctor that was leading the tour explained, "I am very sorry ... but this man has a serious condition where the testicles rapidly fill with semen. If he doesn't do that five times a day, they'll explode and he'll die within minutes."

"Oh well, in that case, I guess it's OK," commented the woman.

In the very next room they could see that a female nurse was performing Oral sex on a different male patient.

Again the woman screamed, "Oh my God! How can that be justified?"

The doctor replied... "Same illness, better health plan."

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A woman walked into a drugstore and asked the pharmacist if he sold extra-large sized condoms. He replied, "Yes, we do. Would like to buy some?"


"No," she said, "but do you mind if I wait around here until someone does?"
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A man wanted to get married. He was having trouble choosing among three likely candidates. He gives each woman a present of $5,000 and watches to see what they do with the money.



The first does a total make over. She goes to a fancy beauty salon gets her hair done, new make up and buys several new outfits and dresses up very nicely for the man. She tells him that she has done this to be more attractive for him because she loves him so much.



The man was impressed.



The second goes shopping to buy the man gifts. She gets him a new set of golf clubs, some new gizmos for his computer, and some expensive clothes. As she presents these gifts, she tells him that she has spent all the money on him because she loves him so much.




Again, the man is impressed.



The third invests the money in the stock market. She earns several times the $5,000. She gives him back his $5000 and reinvests the remainder in a joint account. She tells him that she wants to save for their future because she loves him so much.



Obviously, the man was impressed.



The man thought for a long time about what each woman had done with the money he'd given her.



Then, he married the one with the biggest boobs.



Men are like that, you know.




....There is more money being spent on breast implants and Viagra today than on Alzheimer's research. This means that by 2040, there should be a large elderly population with perky boobs and huge erections and absolutely no recollection of what to do with them.

Falta de memoria

Quando se fala de Ira(o), nao me consigo esquecer.


(Nagasaki, August 9, 1945)


(Dresden, February 13-14 1945)

(made in USA)