20. juli 2004

Eh, four!? A woman in Oslo is currently carrying quadruplets in her tummy, which in itselt is very rare, but she actually have two pairs of identical twins (oh, their future teacher will love that!). Professor Tom Tanbo says he never heard of it before. The 30ish year old woman, known by her first name Merete, is thirty weeks along and still doing very well. She has one kid already. Going from a one child to a five child family should be, eh, interesting. Fertility drugs can do that to you. I hope it all goes well. Human physiology is not well adapted to litters. Blame the big brain. (From a Norwegian article in Aftenposten) 9:01:39 PM    comment []  trackback []

Lemmiwinks II Britain's Commission for Racial Equality imitates South Park. 7:36:57 PM    comment []  trackback []

Sandy Berger's pants What is (or was) in Sandy Berger's pants has been the big blog news story today. The mainstream media isn't over it to a comparable degree, but you'll find the story in e.g AP and also WaPo: President Clinton's national security adviser, Sandy Berger, is the focus of a Justice Department investigation after removing highly classified terrorism documents and handwritten notes from a secure reading room during preparations for the Sept. 11 commission hearings, The Associated Press has learned. Berger's home and office were searched earlier this year by FBI agents armed with warrants after he voluntarily returned documents to the National Archives. However, still missing are some drafts of a sensitive after-action report on the Clinton administration's handling of al-Qaida terror threats during the December 1999 millennium celebration. VodkaPundit is all over this story, and points out that Berger was the guy that recommended, for legal reasons, that Clinton not accept Sudan's offer to turn over Bin Laden back in 1996. 7:18:13 PM    comment []  trackback []

Michael Moore recommendation caused near-riot Linda Ronstadt caused a near-riot in the Las Vegas casino Aladdin when she at the end of her performance praised Michael Moore and recommended they see his anti-Bush movie. Before singing an encore, she called Moore a “great American patriot” and “someone who is spreading the truth.” She also encouraged everybody to see the movie ”Fahrenheit 9/11.” Her comments drew loud boos, and some of the 4500 people in attendance stormed out of the theater. People also tore down her posters and tossed cocktails into the air. The president of the Casino, who watched the performance, immediately threw her out of the casino and decided that she is never coming back while he's in charge. Linda, Las Vegas is not Cannes. Link: Lots more on Michael Moore. 5:09:52 PM    comment []  trackback []

Terror attack averted in The Netherlands Dutch police has thwarted a planned attack on the Nijmegen Four Day March, a military march with 2000 Dutch and 3000 foreign soldiers (including 270 Norwegian) that starts Tuesday. Two men have been arrested. The main suspect has reportedly been identified as a Syrian, Yvar H., 37, who entered the Netherlands in 1989 as an asylum seeker. Defence lawyers have confirmed the man is of Syrian ancestry. H. has been under surveillance by the Dutch secret service AIVD for some time and lives with his wife and two young daughters in the Gelderland village Ooij, newspaper De Telegraaf reported on Monday. Defence lawyers identified the second suspect as a 33-year-old man from Lebanon with no fixed address in the Netherlands. Nijmegen City Council refused to confirm if the alleged attack was aimed at the 2,000 Dutch soldiers and 3,000 international soldiers participating in the city's annual walking event. H. was arrested while shopping with his family in Nijmegen on Saturday and police also raided his home, allegedly seizing goods, photos and documents. The suspect's house is considered as a meeting point or possibly a stop over for other suspicious foreigners. He allegedly gave accommodation to another foreigner — possibly the second arrested suspect — in the week prior to his arrest. There is little in the news reports about a connection to Islamic terrorism, but it sort of presents itself above, doesn't it? The Netherlands is on heightened terror alert. 10:06:06 AM    comment []  trackback []

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