Kill A Cabdriver to Keep America Safe

ABC News: Burns Says Terrorists Drive Taxis by Day:

BELGRADE, Mont. Aug 31, 2006 (AP)—During a fundraiser Wednesday with first lady Laura Bush, Republican Sen. Conrad Burns says the United States is up against a faceless enemy of terrorists who "drive taxi cabs in the daytime and kill at night."

So I guess it's the duty of all patriotic Americans to kill every cabdriver they see, just in case. And this guy has the President's endorsement?

And So It Begins

Now that the obsessive press coverage over John Mark Karr's (non) involvement in the death of Jon Benet Ramsey is fading, we move into the inevitable Phase Two: The people who hyped the story and breathlessly reported every detail (Prawns! He ate PRAWNS! that cold BASTARD!) wringing their hands about the "media frenzy" ...until the next high profile death or kidnapping of a pretty white girl, when they'll do the exact same thing.

"Pay At The Pump" Helps Johns Pay At The Pimp

Brothels take the sting out of pump prices: SYDNEY (Reuters) - Hot and bothered by rising pump prices? Australian brothels are offering clients discounts based on their gas bills.

Brothel owners claim the system works much the same way as supermarkets which offer shoppers discounted gas prices by presenting their grocery bills when they fill up their tanks.

'If you come in and spend time with one of our lovely ladies, we'll give you a discount of 20 cents a liter,' Kerry, manager of Sydney brothel The Site, told Reuters Wednesday.

There is no link between brothels, petrol providers or supermarkets but brothels like The Site and Madame Kerry's say the system is simple.

Once you've filled up your car, bring your receipt to the brothel and they'll discount the price of your visit.

The bill for a full 50-liter tank at 126.9 cents per liter comes to A$63.45 ($48.22). With the offered 20c a liter discount, the petrol bill would have instead come to A$53.45.

That A$10 difference is taken off the A$150 cost of a 30-minute session with one of the brothel's 'service providers.'

The Site has taken out cut-out newspaper ads offering the service.

'We're getting more media exposure, if you want to put it that way, than basically bums on beds,' Kerry said.

Brothels are legal across most of Australia, but states have strict laws against soliciting and running brothels in residential areas, and near churches or schools.

Batten Down the Hatches

To all my homeboys and homegirls down in Florida, good luck as Ernesto comes to call.

Genetic Engineering Run Amok

Be Afraid.

I'm Thinking of Changing My Day Job

NewsandObserver.com: Body-parts trade lightly regulated

This is an industry anybody can get into, and there are bodies out there that are not being watched. We would expect our federal government to do more.'

The only requirement to harvest tissues destined for transplant is to fill out and submit an FDA registration form, which takes about five minutes online. A registration letter comes in the mail in about eight weeks, and there are no federal inspections for two years.


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Prices for fresh frozen tissue parts vary. But according to industry expert Annie Cheney, an elbow goes for $350 to $850, a hand for $350 to $850 and a whole cadaver for $4,000 to $5,000.