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6. januar 2006
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Microsoft has given in to massive pressure and released the crucial Windows patch for the WMF exploit ahead of schedule.
Amid controversy and customer demand surrounding a flaw in its Windows operating system, Microsoft abandoned its announced timetable for supplying a fix and rushed a patch onto its Web site to correct a problem that could allow a hacker to gain control over desktops or servers.
If set up for automatic updates, your XP should be updated with it pretty soon. If not, you probably should make a visit to WindowsUpdate or get the patch directly from TechNet asap.
8:54:56 PM 
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Treacherous British MP George Galloway has finally accepted the role life has prepared him for: freak show artist. Actually, that may be unfair to honest freaks. Gorgeous George has decided to join the absolute junk heap of celebrity, by entering the 'reality' show Celebrity Big Brother.
Oscar-nominated actress Ms Mirren, a constituent of Mr Galloway's in Bethnal Green and Bow, who backed his Labour rival Oona King during the general election, described his decision to go on the show as "very weird".
"Where does this guy's ambition go? That's very peculiar," she said. "I think he's a very disturbing person, I think he's a very disturbing politician. Personally, I feel his interest is a self-interest."
And Mr Fitzpatrick said: "But while he has chosen to lock himself away in this celebrity graveyard, his constituents have yet again been left without help for their problems and without a voice in their Parliament.
Rather, it is guys like Saddam Hussein and Bashir Assad who now have lost their voice in the British parliament. Until he's voted out of Big Brother, at least.
3:32:48 PM
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Ariel Sharon is back in surgery:
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has been undergoing emergency surgery after a scan revealed bleeding in his brain.
Some TV reports said the operation had ended, but the hospital has reportedly denied it. The results of the procedure are not yet known.
I don't think this is good news.
SoccerDad has a roundup of good blogs that follow the Sharon story very closely, including Mere Rhetoric (here, and continuous updates here). There are now conflicting reports on whether the latest surgery is completed. This is grim reading. All newsmedia are now preparing Sharon's obituary.
Boker Tov shows Palestinians celebrating around the world. In Israel, the situation is quite different.
Nobody is surprised that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says he hopes that Sharon perishes. And, always in good company, fundamentalist nutcase preacher Pat Robertson thinks the stroke is divine retribution for the Gaza withdrawal.
The prophet Joel makes it very clear that God has enmity against those who, quote, 'divide my land.' God considers this land to be his.
"You read the Bible, he says, 'This is my land.' And for any prime minister of Israel who decides he's going carve it up and give it away, God says, 'No. This is mine.'"
Robertson, who frequently provokes outrage with his remarks, said he was "sad" to see Sharon fall sick, and that he was a "very likeable person."
"I prayed with him personally. But here he is at the point of death. He was dividing God's land, and I would say woe unto any prime minister of Israel who takes a similar course to appease the EU, the United Nations or the United States of America."
Mark Steyn answers:
I don't subscribe to this equivalence between, you know, Wahabi Imams and Christian fundamentalists. But I'm prepared to make an exception for Pat Robertson.
PS: Reuters says that Sharon's Kadima party would win even if Sharon should perish:
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's centrist Kadima party would easily win a March 28 general election even without the incapacitated leader at its helm, two newspaper polls published on Friday showed.
I suspect that situation could change once the political battles begin and the feelings stirred by sympathy for Ariel Sharon begins to give way to grim realities.
There appears to be nobody to take Ariel Sharon's place, anywhere.
Update: The surgery is completed, and apparently went well.
Sharon, 77, remains in serious condition, said Hadassah Hospital director Dr. Shlomo Mor-Yosef. Sharon was returned to intensive care after the surgery and a subsequent brain scan. He will remain in a medically induced coma until Sunday.
World Tribune had the dubious honour of annoucing Sharon's death, quite prematurely.
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, 77, the most powerful Israeli leader in 50 years, has died, Middle East Newsline reported.
The old headline said "Ariel Sharon dies" but it has since been changed to "Conflicting reports issued on Sharon's condition." Stupid.
3:19:14 PM
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When the IAEA called for a meeting with Iran to discuss their nuclear programme, the Iranians didn't even bother to show up.
Iran failed to attend a meeting in Vienna to discuss its decision to resume nuclear fuel research, the UN's nuclear watchdog says.
The International Atomic Energy Agency said a meeting with Iranian delegates scheduled for Thursday never took place and no new meeting was planned.
The Officer's Club comments:
By playing hooky, the Iranians have sent a crystal-clear message to the Western governments and the UN: we don't take you seriously, we want the bomb, and we'll continue to play games with you as long as you continue to accommodate.
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is in coma. President Bush is under domestic siege with his Congress allies scrambling for cover to avoid the fallout of Jack Abramoff's guilty plea. It is the perfect time for Iran to rush forward and call the west's bluff. The die is cast high, but there is no Julius Cesar on the other side of the river.
10:39:12 AM
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In its online children's magazine, Hamas demands the return of Asbilia in al-Andalus to the Islamic fold. To the residents of said city, it is better known as Seville, and the country has been known as Spain since the 1400s.
The web magazine, whose name means "conqueror," includes an article in which the city of Seville itself is the narrator, saying, "I beg you, my loved ones, to call me to return along with the other cities of the lost paradise to Muslim hands so that happiness may reign in my lands. Dress me, for I am the bride of the land of Al Andalus."
"I was once the capital of the Kingdom of Seville, connected to the Atlantic by the Guadalquivir River. I wear around my neck the scarf of the most beautiful river, more than the Euphrates, the Tigris, and the Nile, where gondolas and fishing boats navigate for 24 miles, under the trees with the singing of the birds," the article says.
The Al Fateh website says it is for "the young builders of the future." It contains, along with typical children's content like drawings, poetry, and stories, a great deal of references to resistence and martyrdom. Its main subjects are Palestine and the Arab and Muslim worlds, especially their religious aspect. The lives and deaths of the Palestinian "martyrs," many of them suicide bombers, are a constant theme, as well as descriptions of important cities in Muslim history.
Must make sure there is adequate cannon fodder available in the future.
The Religious Policeman adds:
So that Cathedral that you see will go back to being a mosque, and once again you'll be able to buy jars of Muslim Marmalade. Then we'll go on to Cordoba, and Granada, and who knows where sfter that, there'll be no stopping us.
Just don't tell the Spaniards, let it be our little surprise.
Wonder if Spain will cut and run again.
9:23:08 AM
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Last update: 01.02.2006; 17:43:47.
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