FMBI Posted August 2, 2008 Report Posted August 2, 2008 (edited) 8/05/08 Silly: Kyrgyzstan seizes weapons from US officials, before realizing they were there to train the Kyrgyz security forces. Oops. Expert warns Arabs to stay calm during the Olympics, lest they get a heart attack. 8/04/08 Political: South Korean protest #3991096 looks like it's gonna be a fun one. Speaking of mad things.. Economic: Nigeria loses more than $20 million every day in oil revenues. Chinese retail sales up 23% in June from last year. Meanwhile, Britain's retail sales slowed down significantly. Silly: Canadian park closes.. didn't notice this story till today. California premiers new "Deport Yourself" law to help encourage illegal aliens to gtfo. I bet Tancredo's giggling in his political grave. More fun with those crazy Saudis. Oversexed French die.. French oysters, that is. 8/03/08 Political: North Korea expels southern tourists over the investigation of a recent tourist murder. Maybe we'll finally get that war, eh? The Big Three lose top spot to 8 Japanese automakers. Japan always thrives when there's a recession for some reason.. The Armenian genocide might be getting back into the news. Weird how Bush always targets weak countries for his human rights preaching, eh? Silly/Disturbing: New Zealand police arrest a man charged with filming users of a public toilet. Ugh. Don't even know what to say for this one.. Scientists discover world's smallest snake. Unfortunately, it could go extinct before they can really study it. 8/02/08 Political: Italy deploys troops in major cities. Couple that with Berlusconi's custom-made immunity package, the government-encouraged hatred of the Roma, and the suggested universal fingerprinting plan, and I think we've got ourselves a case for fascism. Ukraine wants Russia to leave Sevastopol (when don't they want Russia to leave?) - seems kinda dumb to me to take on Russia when they're already pissed over the Missile Shield deal. London bombings may have been stoppable? I bet they're kicking themselves right now. The US ain't the only country with a privacy problem. Economic: Don't expect oil prices to go down permanently. OPEC wouldn't be silly enough to let that happen. On the one hand, I can see why they're so upset about tax evaders, but I would think that penalizing "offshoring" (or in this case, off-Alping) companies and individuals would be a better choice than bringing the entire EU into an international law dispute. Germany's economy slowing down, though it's better than it's been since reunification. Silly: The Kiwis are, once again, attempting to reduce dependence on foreign fuel sources. Even more inventive than their geothermal program. Saudi Arabia tries to cut down on pets, perhaps because of an aversion to people doing it doggy-style? So yeah, these are kind of random, but I think they're all interesting. Sure beats starting one "SAW THIS IN THE NEWS" thread every 2 weeks. Edited August 5, 2008 by Finland My BorgInvasion
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