warpedskydiver

But are there Sharks in the Aegean ? There is water in there

A sad example of the government not being able to securely handle data despite good intentions. I wonder if this could happen with other data they hold like phone call records perhaps. It is better that they never have the information in the first place then they can never loose it. Wasn't that long ago they lost a bunch of nuclear weapons codes too. And the fascists want the government to have MORE of our information. DISGUSTING. Agreed, and yet your other comparison was apples and poolballs.

Greek, Turkish Military Planes Collide Tuesday, May 23, 2006 10:37 AM EDT The Associated Press By DEREK GATOPOULOS ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Warplanes from Greece and Turkey collided over the Aegean Sea island of Karpathos as they shadowed each other Tuesday. Officials said the Turkish pilot was rescued unhurt, and a search was launched for the Greek pilot. Fighter planes from the two NATO allies frequently intercept each other over the Aegean, mostly in areas of disputed airspace. The Turkish military identified both planes as F-16 fighter jets and said the Turkish pilot, 1st Lt. Halil Ibrahim Ozdemir, was rescued by a merchant ship. Greek authorities said a search was under way for the pilot of the Greek plane. Authorities in Greece initially said there were two Turks aboard the Turkish plane, but later said only one was aboard. The government in Ankara only made reference to Ozdemir. "It appears the incident occurred while the Greek plane was intercepting the Turkish jet," Greek government spokesman Evangelos Antonaros said. Greece says its national airspace extends to 10 miles, but Turkey recognizes only six miles — the same distance as territorial waters. Long-standing disputes over airspace and territorial rights in the Aegean have nearly led to three wars between them since 1974. Relations between Greece and Turkey have been steadily deteriorating in recent months, despite Athens' promotion of Turkey's candidacy to join the European Union and Premier Costas Caramanalis' personal friendship with Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Turkish Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul said his country's chief of staff was in contact with his Greek counterpart over the incident. "An F-16 belonging to the Turkish air forces crashed in the air with an F-16 belonging to the Greek air forces and both planes fell," the Turkish military said, adding that the incident was under investigation. The Greek Defense Ministry said the planes crashed into the sea 12 1/2 miles south of Karpathos. The Greek jet was based at Souda Air Force base on the island of Crete. Quote Holy shit all that airspace and they collide...I wonder if it was nose to nose?....other than that maybe he was trying to boom and zoom on him... Anyone else have an idea on this one?

If you haven't done anything wrong you have no reason to worry. Well then that settles it you aren't concerned, would you care to publish your SSN and Medical Records access on the internet for anyone to see?

If you think the possibility of someones SSN or medical info being exploited and fucking over someones life please tell me Maybe if someone used your identity to secure a loan or go on a spending spree with credit obtained in your name you would think differently

Bill they weren't taking guns from CRIMINALS they were taking them from LAW ABIDING CITIZENS with RIGHTS

I was sure you could do better than that to defend Ray Nagin

Very Good Question Jeanne!!!

I have great concern my info will be used for some nefarious reason. I am PISSED REALLY FUCKING PISSED

Have you heard of cialis?

Ok heres something for you to think about FACT:Ray Nagin used the hurricane disaster to disarm and STEAL from LEGAL FIREARMS OWNERS without any law or precedent allowing this attack on the People of NO and the very constituents he swore to protect. ( Violation of the 2nd and 5th Ammendments to the US Constitution ) FACT while Ray Nagin had his police out confiscating LEGAL FIRARMS he was not making any attemt whatsoever to keep his own officers from breaking and entering with the intent to steal. That may be a RICOH act violation. FACT Ray Nagin was given a court order do cease and decist all firearms confiscations and to return ALL FIRARMS to their LEGAL owners. HE DID NOT AND IS CURRENTLY IN VIOLATION OF A FEDERAL COURT ORDER. Ray Nagin and his NOPD claims to not know where all the guns confiscated went and does not have any plans to return any firearms stolen by himself through his surrogates the NOPD. I could go on further but NO just elected a CRIMINAL need I say more?

Bill do you dispute that Iran via the Pasadran, and its surrogates have not been behind many of the terrorist acts perpetuated upon the US and other western countries for the last 25+ years? Also that Iran right this very minute is not providing PIR switches to the Insurgents and anyone else who will use them against the US or it's allies?

No here in the US they don't build nests, they inhabit previously built dwellings and therefore have no reason to spend time nesting. It is a beautiful sight to watch them make their biannual trip to Knob Creek Kentucky for their ritual of gathering and spitting lead in great volumes. Now that was a funny response! TYVM I will be here all week

Try Lemongrass chicken or Basil Beef Basil Beef: thin strips of very lean beef prepared with ALOT of Basil,Nukmam, Garlic, and TONS of Black Pepper. Caution Black Pepper freshly ground in these amounts can be VERY hot Lemongrass chicken is just Lemongrass Garlic and whitepepper basically..Nukmam too. Don't forget lots of sticky rice Also you might want some chicken in red curry sauce or Satay. If you want Aussie food try a whole roasted lamb on the Barbie

Gonzales: U.S. could track reporters' phone calls Director of press group says that would 'chill' free speech Sunday, May 21, 2006; Posted: 4:30 p.m. EDT (20:30 GMT) WASHINGTON (AP) -- Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Sunday he believes journalists can be prosecuted for publishing classified information, citing an obligation to national security. The nation's top law enforcer also said the government will not hesitate to track telephone calls made by reporters as part of a criminal leak investigation, but officials would not do so routinely and randomly. "There are some statutes on the book which, if you read the language carefully, would seem to indicate that that is a possibility," Gonzales said, referring to prosecutions. "We have an obligation to enforce those laws. We have an obligation to ensure that our national security is protected." In recent months, journalists have been called into court to testify as part of investigations into leaks, including the unauthorized disclosure of a CIA operative's name as well as the National Security Agency's warrantless eavesdropping program. Lucy Dalglish, executive director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, said she presumed that Gonzales was referring to the 1917 Espionage Act, which she said has never been interpreted to prosecute journalists who were providing information to the public. "I can't imagine a bigger chill on free speech and the public's right to know what it's government is up to -- both hallmarks of a democracy -- than prosecuting reporters," Dalglish said. Gonzales said he would not comment specifically on whether The New York Times should be prosecuted for disclosing the NSA program last year based on classified information. He also denied that authorities would randomly check journalists' records on domestic-to-domestic phone calls in an effort to find journalists' confidential sources. "We don't engage in domestic-to-domestic surveillance without a court order," Gonzales said, under a "probable cause" legal standard. But he added that the First Amendment right of a free press should not be absolute when it comes to national security. If the government's probe into the NSA leak turns up criminal activity, prosecutors have an "obligation to enforce the law." "It can't be the case that that right trumps over the right that Americans would like to see, the ability of the federal government to go after criminal activity," Gonzales said on ABC's "This Week." Quote I guess we now have reporters telling us how to interpret our LAWS. Wasn't she just confirmed to become the Chief Justice of SCOTUS?

I dont refer to mine as dreams

YEP

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — Iraq's new prime minister promised Sunday to use "maximum force" if necessary to end the brutal insurgent and sectarian violence wracking the country, while a suicide bomber killed more than a dozen people at a restaurant in downtown Baghdad. Although he focused on the need to end bloodshed, Nouri al-Maliki also had to address unfinished political negotiations at a Cabinet meeting on the government's first full day in office. Al-Maliki said the appointment of chiefs for the key Defense and Interior ministries should not "take more than two or three days." He is seeking candidates who are independent and have no ties to Iraq's myriad armed groups. The two ministries, which oversee the army and the police, are crucial for restoring stability, and al-Maliki needs to find candidates with wide acceptance from his broad-based governing coalition of Shiites, Sunni Arabs and Kurds. Failure to set the right tone could further alienate the disaffected Sunni Arab minority, which is the backbone of the insurgency. Or it could anger Shiite militias, some of which are thought to number in the thousands. "We are aware of the security challenge and its effects. So we believe that facing this challenge cannot be achieved through the use of force only, despite the fact that we are going to use the maximum force in confronting the terrorists and the killers who are shedding blood," al-Maliki said. Disarming militias, whose members are believed to have infiltrated the security services, will be a priority, he said, along with promoting national reconciliation, improving the country's collapsing infrastructure and setting up a special protection force for Baghdad. It is unclear if al-Maliki, a Shiite with the conservative Islamic Dawa party, will be able to persuade others in the religious United Iraqi Alliance to use their influence to try to disarm Shiite armed groups. Many Sunni Arabs think some Shiite militias are behind death squads blamed for sectarian violence that has escalated in recent months, leaving dozens of bodies to be found scattered around Iraq every day. Al-Maliki decried what he called "sectarian cleansing." "The militias, death squads and the killings are all abnormal phenomena," he said. "We should finish the issue of militias because we cannot imagine a stability and security in this country with the presence of militias that kill and kidnap." The new government was welcomed by several Arab leaders, many of whom worry that the violence in Iraq could spill over to its neighbors and that their own extremists might find fertile training ground in Iraq and eventually return to their homelands to wreak havoc. In neighboring Jordan, King Abdullah II said he hoped the seating of al-Maliki's government proves a "significant step toward building a new Iraq that would be able to fulfill the aspirations of its people for a better life, democracy, (political) pluralism and stronger national unity." Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa said the new Cabinet could open the way for a conference in Iraq bringing together representatives of the country's diverse ethnic and political forces, possibly as early as next month. Kuwait's leader, Emir Sheik Sabah Al Ahmed Al Sabah, whose country was invaded by Saddam Hussein's army in 1990, expressed hope the Cabinet members will succeed in "closing their ranks and using their capabilities in building Iraq." Political infighting, however, kept al-Maliki from filling the defense and interior posts before the Cabinet was sworn in Saturday. Sunni Arabs are demanding the defense ministry, which controls Iraq's army, to counterbalance the Shiite-controlled interior ministry, which is responsible for the police. Al-Maliki has said he wants to accelerate the pace at which army and police recruits are trained in an effort to speed up the withdrawal of U.S.-led international troops from Iraq. U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad said the new government must "get the security ministries to transform in such a way that they will have the confidence of the Iraqi peoples." "The next six months will be truly critical for Iraq," he said in an interview with The Associated Press. In Washington, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said al-Maliki needed five or six days to pick the two men to head those two ministries. "The prime minister has made very clear to us and to the people in the other parties that he wants to have people in whom he has supreme confidence because of the importance of this," she told Fox News. She said al-Maliki told her during a visit in late April about the need "to re-establish confidence in the police, to re-establish confidence in the ability of the government to deal with this." President Bush telephoned al-Maliki on Sunday to assure him the Untied States would support his government. "I fully understand that a free Iraq will be an important ally in the war on terror, will serve as a devastating defeat for the terrorists and Al-Qaida, and will serve as an example for others in the region who desire to be free," Bush said. Shortly after the first Cabinet meeting, a suicide bomber killed at least 13 people and wounded 17 by blowing himself up among filled lunch tables in a downtown Baghdad restaurant popular with police officers. Three of the dead were policemen. The attack at the Safar restaurant was part of a spree of bombing that killed at least 19 Iraqis and wounded dozens Sunday. One bomb attack hit a busy fruit market in New Baghdad, a mixed Shiite, Sunni Arab and Christian area in an eastern part of the capital. Police found one bomb and detonated it after trying to evacuate the market, but a second, undiscovered bomb exploded moments later, killing three civilians and wounding 23. A car bomb targeting a police patrol in northwestern Baghdad killed a bystander and injured 15 people.

Filing: Tape Shows Lawmaker Taking $100G Monday, May 22, 2006 3:32 AM EDT The Associated Press By MATTHEW BARAKAT Listen to Audio ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Allegedly scamming a Virginia businesswoman could prove to be a major mistake for a Democratic congressman from New Orleans. The FBI revealed Sunday that Rep. William Jefferson, under investigation for bribery, was videotaped accepting $100,000 in $100 bills from an FBI informant whose conversations with the lawmaker also were recorded. Agents later found the cash hidden in his freezer, according to a court document released Sunday. At one meeting captured on audiotape, Jefferson chuckles about writing in code to keep secret what the government contends was his corrupt role in getting his children a cut of a communications company's deal for work in Africa. As Jefferson and the informant passed notes about what percentage the lawmaker's family might receive, the congressman "began laughing and said, 'All these damn notes we're writing to each other as if we're talking, as if the FBI is watching,'" he told the businesswoman, who was wearing an FBI recording device. Jefferson has not been charged and denies any wrongdoing. As for the $100,000, the government says Jefferson got the money in a leather briefcase last July 30 at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Arlington. The plan was for the lawmaker to use the cash to bribe a high-ranking Nigerian official — the name is blacked out in the court document — to ensure the success of a business deal in that country, the affidavit said. All but $10,000 was recovered on Aug. 3 when the FBI searched Jefferson's home in Washington. The money was stuffed in his freezer, wrapped in $10,000 packs and concealed in food containers and aluminum foil. Two of Jefferson's associates have pleaded guilty to bribery-related charges in federal court in Alexandria. One, businessman Vernon Jackson of Louisville, Ky., admitted paying more than $400,000 in bribes to the lawmaker in exchange for his help securing business deals for Jackson's telecommunications company in Nigeria and other African countries. The new details about the case emerged after the FBI searched Jefferson's congressional office on Capitol Hill Saturday night and Sunday. The nearly 100-page affidavit for a search warrant, made public Sunday with large portions blacked out, spells out much of the evidence so far. The document includes excerpts of conversations between Jefferson and an unidentified business executive from northern Virginia. She agreed to wear a wire after she approached the FBI with complaints Jefferson and an associate had ripped her off in a business deal. Jefferson's lawyer, Robert Trout, said in a statement that the prosecutors' disclosure was "part of a public relations agenda and an attempt to embarrass Congressman Jefferson. The affidavit itself is just one side of the story which has not been tested in court." The affidavit says Jefferson is caught on videotape at the Ritz-Carlton as he takes a reddish-brown briefcase from the trunk of the informant's car, slips it into a cloth bag, puts the bag into his 1990 Lincoln Town Car and drives away. The $100 bills in the suitcase had the same serial numbers as those found in Jefferson's freezer. While the name of the intended recipient of the $100,000 is blacked out, other details in the affidavit indicate he is Abubakar Atiku, Nigeria's vice president. He owns a home in Potomac, Md., that authorities have searched as part of the Jefferson investigation. The Jefferson investigation has provided some cover for Republicans who have suffered black eyes in the investigations of current and former GOP lawmakers, including Tom DeLay of Texas, the former majority leader. Republican Randy "Duke" Cunningham of California, a Vietnam-era jetfighter ace, was sentenced in March to more than eight years in prison for accepting bribes on a scale unparalleled in the history of Congress.Quote Hmmm no charges filed huh?....I guess he wasn't doing anything wrong eh?

In order for me to teach you something I would actually have to KNOW something

Have you reported such thought in your recent visit to a medical person?

If oil DOES begin to be sold in dollars, then the wise investment would be in precious metals as a hedge against inflation. The good thing about Gold is that it still adheres to The Gold Standard. Of course, another possible strategy would be to invest in American "Defence" industries... Since we're pretty sure of what happens to countries (without atomic weapons) who move away from the US Dollar! Mike. there is only one form of gold you are allowed to posses without risk of confiscation...interesting huh?

My apologies for the rifle you are forced to use to save your life...too bad they didn't think more of you lads than that.

Since you don't like either suggestion, why don't you tell us what you think should be done? Imagine you have been up all nigh and you have seen dozens of your friends die at checkpoints in the past. Now a carload of males are driving towards you a high rate od speed. You order them to stop but they don't even slow down. They are 200' away and closing fast. You have less than 10 seconds to make a life or death decision. Tell us what you would do? Engage them with an M240 otherwise known as the GPMG or MAG58

Mayor Nagin Re-Elected in New Orleans By MICHELLE ROBERTS, Associated Press Writer 2 hours ago NEW ORLEANS - Voters re-elected Mayor Ray Nagin, whose blunt style endeared him to some but outraged others after Hurricane Katrina, giving him four more years to oversee one of the largest rebuilding projects in U.S. history. "This is a great day for the city of New Orleans. This election is over, and it's time for this community to start the healing process," Nagin said Saturday in a joyful victory speech. "It's time for us to stop the bickering," he said. "It's time for us to stop measuring things in black and white and yellow and Asian. It's time for us to be one New Orleans." Nagin won with 52.3 percent, or 59,460 votes, to Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu's 47.7 percent, or 54,131 votes. While the vote was split largely along racial lines, Nagin got enough of a crossover in predominantly white districts to make the difference. He also won a slim majority of absentee and fax votes cast by evacuees scattered across the country. Greg Rigamer, a political and demographic analyst, said on Sunday that about one-fifth of black and white voters crossed over to support Nagin and Landrieu. Black voters, who made up a little more than half of all voters in the primary, had higher turnout, he said. "The bottom line is we ended up with the mayor who represents the demography of the city," said Rigamer, who analyzes data from the Secretary of State's office and other sources. Nagin, a former cable television executive elected to office in 2002, had argued the city could ill-afford to change course as rebuilding gathered steam. He and Landrieu are both Democrats, but Nagin is largely viewed as the more conservative of the two candidates because of his business background and his past support of Republican candidates for other offices. His second term begins a day before the June 1 start of the hurricane season in a city where streets are still strewn with rusting, mud-covered cars and entire neighborhoods consist of homes that are empty shells. With little disagreement on the major issues _ the right of residents to rebuild in all areas and the urgent need for federal aid _ the campaign turned on leadership styles. Nagin, a janitor's son from a working-class neighborhood, is known for his shoot-from-the-hip rhetoric. After Katrina plunged his city into chaos nine months ago, Nagin was both scorned and praised for a tearful plea for the federal government to "get off their (behinds) and do something" and his remark that God intended New Orleans to be a "chocolate" city. In his victory speech, Nagin promised his supporters, "You're not going to get a typical Ray Nagin speech. I'm not going to get into trouble tonight, trust me." He reached out to President Bush, thanking him for keeping his commitment to bring billions of dollars for levees, housing and incentives to the city. And as for Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco, with whom he feuded in the wake of the storm, Nagin thanked her "for what she's getting ready to do." "It's time for a real partnership," he said. "It's time for us to get together and rebuild this city." Landrieu, who served 16 years in the state House before being elected to his current post two years ago, had touted his polished political skills and his ability to bring people together. He's the scion of a political dynasty, compared sometimes to the Kennedys _ the brother of Sen. Mary Landrieu and son of New Orleans' last white mayor, Moon Landrieu, who left office in 1978. In conceding the race, Landrieu echoed the theme of his campaign _ a call for unity. "One thing is for sure: that we as a people have got to come together so we can speak with one voice and one purpose," he said. Fewer than half of New Orleans' 455,000 pre-Katrina residents are living in the city. Evacuees arrived by bus from as far as Atlanta and Houston to vote. More than 25,000 ballots were cast early by mail or fax or at satellite polling places set up around Louisiana earlier in the month. Turnout, at about 38 percent, was slightly higher than the April 22 primary. Nagin, who had widespread support from white voters four years ago, lost much of that support in the primary but got a much stronger showing this time. Voter Elliot Pernell was philosophical about his vote for the incumbent. "He's been through the experience already," he said, "and won't make the same mistakes." ___ Associated Press writers Brett Martel, Kevin McGill and Hank Ackerman contributed to this report. Quote Well I hope they are happy with the criminal they elected