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This blog will be moving here.

I'll be moving this blog to that location bit by bit. Some things I still need to fix, or not :)

U.S. ties Iranian leader to bombs killing U.S. troops - CNN.com

U.S. ties Iranian leader to bombs killing U.S. troops - CNN.com: "BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The U.S. military Sunday presented evidence it says shows an elite Iranian force under the command of Iran's supreme leader is behind bombings that have killed at least 170 U.S. troops in Iraq."

The same quality evidence used to present the case for the war in Iraq in the first place, I'm sure. Who's gonna go to the UN this time?

Frost

This is some frost on a twirly-gig at my Mom's house.

Hmmm...

I was gonna post about how the Dixie Chicks have won Song of the Year at the 2007 Grammy's. And I guess I am still, sort of. And I was gonna wonder out loud if Toby Keith might have been a bit more Grammy-successful if he'd been a bit more honest about how he felt about the Iraq war.

This is just some small vindication for the Chicks, I think. The 32-percenters in the deep south can keep Keith, and Bush.

Normally to post, I'll use the Google tool bar to do a "send to" and select Blogger. And for the past, oh, I don't know... 3 months, I've been asked if I want to use the "old Blogger" or the "new Blogger." To us the "new blogger" i have to sign up for a google account. So I use "old Blogger."

Tonight I received a page that said I could sign up for the "new and improved" Blogger in two easy steps -- confirm my account, then sign up for a Google account. I could also go directly to my dashboard, but "you can only do this once."

I don't know that I want a google account. I like Blogger. I like my blog. Maybe I'm just being a tad paranoid. First there was the not-so-intrusive pop-up blocker w/ the tool bar. Then they offered the search-your-hard-drive search option. Then Blogger. Then YouTube. And I'm sure a myriad of other purchases I am not aware of. Google's gettin' a tad too intrusive, I think. Its as if my choice has been taken away. I hate being forced to do something. And Google will know too much. Not just about me, but all of us.

I may have to move to WordPress.

Anyway...rock on, Dixie Chicks. Rock on!!

Texas governor orders STD vaccine for all girls - Kids & Parenting - MSNBC.com

Texas governor orders STD vaccine for all girls - Kids & Parenting - MSNBC.com: "AUSTIN, Texas - Bypassing the Legislature altogether, Republican Gov. Rick Perry issued an order Friday making Texas the first state to require that schoolgirls get vaccinated against the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer.

By employing an executive order, Perry sidestepped opposition in the Legislature from conservatives and parents’ rights groups who fear such a requirement would condone premarital sex and interfere with the way Texans raise their children."

Bullshit. It's a fucking vaccine that prevents cancer you assholes. It does NOT condone "premarital sex" 'cause 90% of us have it, for Christ's sake.

There's nothing in the executive order that tells parents how to raise their children.

This is something that will PREVENT CANCER in women. I'd be you a billion dollars that if prostrate cancer was casued by a "sexually transmitted disease" there would be NO discussion. In fact, there'd have been a vaccine for it years ago and "families" would demand their children get the shot, and probably demand that they government pay for it. It would be a vaccine against cancer after all.

You'd think that since they want the government to control who gets married, they'd be overly excited about the government requiring this vaccine. But no. Always nuts in the bunch that have to fuck things up for the rest of us.

Russia probes smelly orange snow

Interesting. We are sure screwing up this planet.

BBC NEWS: "Oily yellow and orange snowflakes fell over an area of more than 1,500sq km (570sq miles) in the Omsk region on Wednesday, Russian officials said.
Chemical tests were under way to determine the cause, they said.

Residents have been advised not to use the snow for household tasks or let animals graze on it.

'So far we cannot explain the snow, which is oily to the touch and has a pronounced rotten smell,' said Omsk environmental prosecutor Anton German, quoted by the Russian news agency Itar-Tass on Thursday. "