A Rose by any other name

WHO to stop using term 'swine flu' to protect pigs

It's not an emergency unless it's in the First World

Meningitis kills 1,900 in Nigeria, Niger, Chad : charity
Africa: Half of Population At Risk for Curable, Preventable Malaria
150000 Nigerians die of tuberculosis annually -Minister

The Bad Guys Win Again

Lawyers, families, Hezbollah hail decision on Hariri four

US and Syria: Fuck Off Carter

Jimmy Carter: U.S. and Syria to restore full diplomatic ties soon

How about the Islamic fundamentalism pandemic?

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Egypt slaughtering all pigs to stop swine flu

You Don't mess with the Zohan

Israeli guards aboard Italian cruise ship repel pirates off

Rage, Rage against the dying of the Right

Big Gov't. Still Viewed as Greater Threat Than Big Business

Old habits die hard.

Birds, Pigs, Humans Oh My

AP

Mexico swine flu deaths spur global epidemic fears

AP – 40 mins ago

MEXICO CITY – A unique strain of swine flu is the suspected killer of dozens of people in Mexico, where authorities closed schools, museums, libraries and theaters in the capital on Friday to try to contain an outbreak that has spurred concerns of a global flu epidemic. Full Story»

• Third bird flu death in Egypt this week
  
  A 33-year-old woman died on Friday from the H5N1 strain of bird flu, the third death from the disease in Egypt this week, the health ministry announced.

  AFP via Yahoo! News - Apr 24 10:59 AM
• Vietnamese woman dies from bird flu: doctor
  
  A Vietnamese woman has died from bird flu, a doctor said Friday, making her the country's fourth human victim of the disease this year.

  AFP via Yahoo! News - Apr 24 9:57 AM

Books That Caught My Fancy Today

Closely Watched Trains

Wonderful, Wonderful Times

Hard Times: Force of Circumstance, Volume II: 1952-1962 (The Autobiography of Simone de Beauvoir)

Books that found their way home with me today

Rigadoon by Louis-Ferdinand Celine
The God That Failed by Arthur Koestler, Ignazio Silone, Richard Wright, and André Gide

Imagine if Hitler had Nukes

Iran could produce first nuke in 60 days with 7,000 centrifuges working 24/7 – Western experts

Elie Wiesel interview about iran
Elie Wiesel Verbally Abused as "Zio-Nazi"

Must be the moustache.

Israeli anger over anti-racism conference

Maybe Israel just doesn't like heads of state with moustaches. That must be it. I wish someone would put a bullet in that guy and get it over with. Imagine if Hitler would have been killed before 1939 (and for that matter, Stalin too). There's a song in here somewhere.

Dershowitz hauled away from protest at Ahmadinejad hotel

Is that a Jewish name?

Now this is TOO MUCH
Amnesty International condemns UN racism conference boycott

Can You Say: ASSHOLES

Four found guilty in landmark Pirate Bay case

And the movie and music companies think I'm going to spend money on their products after this bullshit. Forget that. They should get with the changing times instead of forcing us to go back in time. BASTARDS. (Hope the movie links to the right still work)

The Cost of Paradise?

Thai 'yellow shirt' leader shot

For Fuck's Sake (No pun intended)

Taleban 'kill love affair couple'

Who died and made these fools god? Why aren't the headlines reading "Bunch of animals who have never known love execute lovers." The media should drop the PC shyte and call an intolerant spade a spade.

Books I Picked Up Today

Two Symphonies by Andre GIDE
Dreamtigers (Texas Pan American Series) by Jorge Luis Borges

I smell something fishy (Reformed Islamist?!?)

Arrests in Turkey coup plot probe

This guy shouldn't be allowed to undo what the great Ataturk accomplished.

OH!!!!!!!! Those Pirates!!!!!!!

US ships block help for pirates holding US captain

I hate the term pirates when referring to these QAT CHEWING CRIMINALS (QCC). Maybe that's not the best term either ... but the QCC are aksing for $2 million for the captain. How much is it costing to deploy all those ships to rescue him? Why not just pay the QCC and get it over with instead of all this empty show of force. It hasn't deterred the QCC yet.

US sea captain freed in swift firefight

Now that's how to treat the QCC!

Should Have Won a Nobel: Ryszard Kapuscinski

Travels with Herodotus
The Shadow of the Sun
Imperium
The Soccer War
The Emperor

Books I Borrowed Indefinitely Today From the Local Used Book Shop

The Interpreters

The Infernal Machine and other plays

Another Georgia?

Anti-Communist Protests in Moldova

Russia says concerned by events in Moldova
Romania blamed over Moldova riots