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The unnamed reporter was only joking, claimed his follow journalist, who was stationed in Kabul, Afghanistan earlier this year, when he suggested to an armed U.S. soldier that it might be a neat idea to assassinate visiting U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. "Saw Rumsfeld today at the airbase, a day after I spoke with our American boys," wrote Malcolm Garcia, a reporter for the Knight Ridder newspaper chain, in an e-mail to his old Berkeley University journalism professor David Littlejohn. After detailing his attempt to heckle the base's public information officer during a press briefing, Garcia explained to Littlejohn: "I...

A Danish man having surgery on his backside broke wind and set his genitals alight. A surgeon was removing a mole on his backside with an electric knife when the man broke wind, lighting a spark. His genitals had been washed with surgical spirits and caught fire. He's suing the hospital for pain and suffering and loss of income. He says he had to take extra time off work and can't have sex with his wife. The hospital says it was an unfortunate accident. "When I woke up, my penis and scrotum were burning like hell," the man told Danish...

Ive noticed that some threads were getting deleted on it. Did they decide to do away with the whole thing or what.

This had to be one of the worst National Anthems I have ever heard, borderline disgraceful. I just wanted to know if anyone else who heard it agrees with me on this one.

Often on threads dealing with something to do with the South the term "yankee" is used to describe someone that isnt from the south. Ive always associated it with northeastern liberals in my mind, however I am from Nebraska and I dont consider myself a "yankee" but im not a southerner either. Every single county went for Bush in the election in Nebraska. I just threw this out there to see what you southerners think. I know some of you will think this is a waste of a thread, but hey this is a slow night.

I have sort of a morbid question, but I have thought about it off and on since 9/11. Most life insurance policys wont pay if the policy holder commits suicide. During the WTC attack a number of people jumped rather than burn to death, would that still be considered suicide, and there for the insurance company wouldnt pay?

Northrop Grumman Pitches 30,000-Pound Guided Bomb To Air Force Fri Dec 14 2001 10:40:25 ET Northrop Grumman has briefed Air Force officials on a concept to field a 30,000-pound guided weapon, called 'Big BLU,' that could be used as a penetrator to destroy hardened targets that may house enemy leaders or weapons of mass destruction, DEFENSE DAILY reported on Friday. The proposal may gain favor with the Pentagon as the military tries to kill Al-Qaeda leaders holed up in Afghan caves. An Air Force official said, however, that the weapon will have significant cost and schedule hurdles associated with aircraft ...

DC police are searching for a America Onilne executive who has not been heard from in more than two weeks--something that's totally out of character for him, according to the people who know him. Douglas Small is director of marketing for AOL-Time Warner in Dulles, Va. On November 6th, the 38-year-old was talking with a friend by cell phone from his Northwest DC row house on 1st Street. He mentioned the contractor working on the home had just arrived, at 7:31 a.m. That's the last anyone has heard from Small. Friends became worried when he missed a meeting in Dulles ...

CHINA VOWS SPACE RACE Thu Nov 22 2001 10:29:59 ET BEIJING -- XINHUA -- China is speeding up its aerospace industry and plans to launch more projects concerning rockets, satellites, spacecraft, exploration of planets and outer space, according to a senior aerospace official. Luan Enjie, director of the State Aerospace Bureau, said Thursday at a meeting that his bureau will push the development of space technology, space utilization and space science in civil sectors, promoting the country's economic and social development and national defense. The meeting was held to mark the first anniversary of the release of the White ...

Drudge says that a deadly anthrax factory has been found in Kabul, A British newspaper will report on Monday...developing