http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2006/10/25/iraq-fail...The war in Iraq is a "pure failure" that has left Iraqis in a worse state than when they lived under Saddam Hussein, former United Nations chief weapons inspector Hans Blix said in comments published Wednesday.Don't forget that Blix had also previously criticised what he called the over-interpretation of intelligence regarding Iraq's WMD's.
See also: Iraqi Deaths Exceed 600,000 Since March 2003; More Than Saddam Managed In 20 Years
http://www.lifenews.com/bio1809.html..some of our most prominent bioethical and philosophical thinkers have published articles in the world's most respected medical and bioethical journals proposing that unconscious patients (those diagnosed as in a persistent vegetative state) be used both as vital organ donors and the subjects of human medical experimentation.I guess it all boils down to your definition of alive. Hay, if I was totally braindead with no chance of recovery then I'm essentially just a meat robot capable of maintaining a constant internal environment. That's not what a human being is, it's what a human body does. So, I wouldn't see much difference between choosing to donate a dead body to science and donating a living but braindead one; they're both just as useless to the previous occupant
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3839522a4560,0...An otherwise healthy chick hatched with four legs has died after almost a month following a nasty bout of constipation in it's second anus 
Worth a look just for the pic.
http://www.newscientistspace.com/article.ns?id=dn1...A flawed test on NASA’s twin Viking spacecraft may have fooled scientists into overlooking signs of life during their examination of the Martian surface 30 years ago. Researchers now say that one of the landers’ experiments was not sensitive enough to find organic molecules in the soil, despite signs of life shown by another test.FYI 'life' means Martian bacteria in this context :>
http://www.lifehacker.com/software/firefox-2/geek-...This was written for the beta release, but the ones I tried all worked out. Article provides details on altering misc Session Saver, Tab and NewsFeed functions while giving a useful rundown on how they all work.
Edit: Ok, so LifeHacker has a better guide. Of course they fucking do.
http://bb.1asphost.com/taken/A collection of abductee accounts. Normally I'd skip over this sort of shite but one of the stories (Beth's) talks about the subject having her brain removed, examined and then replaced. It reminded me of a similar account that I posted the other week. The stories take place within 3 years of each other, and in separate countries. Here's an extract from the new one:
She could not see what he did, but she felt as if her head was being opened and her brain removed, all without any sensation of pain. After she was "all put back together again," a cold liquid was poured over her head.Anyone know of other people who claim that they were physically dissected by aliens? Drop me an email via the contact form.
http://www.earthfiles.com/news/news.cfm?ID=1158&ca...Interview with two ex-servicemen who witnessed instantaneous damage to radar equipment following attempts to track a UFO travelling at 5,000 miles per hour.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,1929007,...An Israeli cabinet minister said that the Isreali army has phosphorus wepaons in various forms and used them during it's attack on Lebanon this summer.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,176-2415...Officially, Britain disapproves of rendition, the CIA's shadowy capture and transport of terror suspects. In reality we have helped.
