Sexy Cloned Camels and Goats
Alright, it's Thursday. That's a good thing, because it means that tomorrow's Friday, and that means weekend. I love the weekend. These days, I live for the weekend. I'll discuss my weekend plans tomorrow, but for the time being, I have a few items to share with you folks.
Last week, the first successful cloning of a camel was confirmed in the United Arab Emirates (BBC, Times). A day or two later, Iran claimed to have cloned a goat. Somehow, I think that the Iranian goat may be a hoax.
Last week, the Russians declared their operations in Chechnya to be complete. Analysts basically said "yeah, whatever you say, dudes" - I'm paraphrasing there. Well, a couple of days ago, three Russian soldiers died in an ambush in Chechnya. I guess things aren't actually over in Chechnya, huh?
And it's been a rough couple of weeks for President Obama. First and foremost, he continues to take flak from both hostile and friendly heads of state - Chairman Fidel made a rare appearance from the grave to claim that President Obama "misinterpreted" Raul Castro's words, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy apparently called President Obama "weak". Last week, he released a "torture" memo that's stirred all sorts of debate. It's essentially a political move designed to appease his base and make him appear to be "fixing" things that President Bush did that the hippies didn't like. It's sparked several different developments.
Former-Vice President Cheney went on record as saying that President Obama should also release the records that indicate how very effective the harsh interrogation techniques were (BBC, Guardian, Times).
Various CIA officials have gone on record as stating that the release of the memo has had and will have an adverse effect on national security and intelligence operations.
President Obama's base have applauded him for releasing the memo, while everyone else has said something to the effect of "That's torture? Really?"
Boy. It's tough to be President Obama. Bummer. Oh, yeah, and his Secretary of Homeland Security thinks that returning combat veterans are likely domestic terrorists, which inspired the latest awesome shirt from Ranger Up. On the plus side for President Obama, he still has the media solidly (read: cultishly) on his side, as evidenced by this fantastic article by The Onion.
Wrapping things up on a high note, here's a commentary on the SEAL snipers who rescued that captain from Somali pirates a couple of weeks ago. Speaking of which, the incident with the SEAL snipers inspired Ranger Up's other awesome new shirt.
Okay, here's the deal: me blathering about the news today means no news tomorrow. Arbeit Macht Freitag for 24th April 2009 is already written at the time that you're reading this, and there's no news, none at all. Swing back in tomorrow and enjoy - and in the mean time, have a fantastic Thursday.
Last week, the first successful cloning of a camel was confirmed in the United Arab Emirates (BBC, Times). A day or two later, Iran claimed to have cloned a goat. Somehow, I think that the Iranian goat may be a hoax.
Last week, the Russians declared their operations in Chechnya to be complete. Analysts basically said "yeah, whatever you say, dudes" - I'm paraphrasing there. Well, a couple of days ago, three Russian soldiers died in an ambush in Chechnya. I guess things aren't actually over in Chechnya, huh?
And it's been a rough couple of weeks for President Obama. First and foremost, he continues to take flak from both hostile and friendly heads of state - Chairman Fidel made a rare appearance from the grave to claim that President Obama "misinterpreted" Raul Castro's words, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy apparently called President Obama "weak". Last week, he released a "torture" memo that's stirred all sorts of debate. It's essentially a political move designed to appease his base and make him appear to be "fixing" things that President Bush did that the hippies didn't like. It's sparked several different developments.
Boy. It's tough to be President Obama. Bummer. Oh, yeah, and his Secretary of Homeland Security thinks that returning combat veterans are likely domestic terrorists, which inspired the latest awesome shirt from Ranger Up. On the plus side for President Obama, he still has the media solidly (read: cultishly) on his side, as evidenced by this fantastic article by The Onion.
Wrapping things up on a high note, here's a commentary on the SEAL snipers who rescued that captain from Somali pirates a couple of weeks ago. Speaking of which, the incident with the SEAL snipers inspired Ranger Up's other awesome new shirt.
Okay, here's the deal: me blathering about the news today means no news tomorrow. Arbeit Macht Freitag for 24th April 2009 is already written at the time that you're reading this, and there's no news, none at all. Swing back in tomorrow and enjoy - and in the mean time, have a fantastic Thursday.
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