You are currently browsing the Dowbrigade weblog archives for August, 2006.
The
quid pro quo for having a herd of friendly foreign in-laws in exotic
climes from Flushing, Queens to Jipijapa are long, unfortunately timed
visits from selfsame in-laws, particularly the traditionally gnarly mother-in-law.
So […]
from "I Hate Juice"
LONDON (Reuters) - An American helped
foil a burglary in northern England whilst watching a Beatles-related
webcam over the Internet, police said Friday.
The man from Dallas was using […]
LIMA, Peru (Reuters) - Peru’s government
warned people to be wary of fake medicine men offering cure-all miracle
herb potions on Tuesday, after a bogus brew killed a man hoping to
[…]
LIMA, Peru (Reuters) - Peru’s government
warned people to be wary of fake medicine men offering cure-all miracle
herb potions on Tuesday, after a bogus brew killed a man hoping to
[…]
The solar system has 12 planets.
That is the conclusion, to be announced today, of an international panel formed
to devise a scientific definition of a planet and settle an increasingly intense
dispute over whether Pluto qualifies. The panel suggests retaining Pluto and
immediately adding three new planets to the […]
America
Online is prepared to take a backhoe to a Medfield couple’s yard in
a search for as much as $500,000
in hidden gold and platinum bars […]
Thought wacky, nuke-hyping, Israel-threatening
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wasn[t annoying enough? Well,
now he has a blog.
State-run TV announced the blog’s launch Sunday, but www.ahmadinejad.ir - which
is written in Persian, but translated into English, French […]
In the past we have written of Zapatos,
the funky warehouse shoe and clothing store, featuring seconds, overstock
and, we suspect, the contents of an occasional mysteriously missing
[…]
A mountain in China looks like a giant
pair of breasts.
The mountain, located 12km north of Zhenfeng town in the Guizhou province,
is known locally as dual breast mountain.
[…]
While the Bush Administration calls for the immediate disbanding of what it has labeled “private” and “illegal” militias in Lebanon and Iraq, it is pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into its own global private mercenary army tasked with protecting US officials and institutions overseas.
from The Nation