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a lot of people collect stuff like that from their era....i've seen tons of shows on blacks that collect stuff from the slave era....its part of history and needs to be preserved by collectors so nobody forgets how fucked up things used to be...

if for some reason i am decimated here in NYC.....its been fun interacting w/ all you on this board!!! The new U.S. Northern Command issued a warning on Wednesday that a terrorist attack was imminent. The classified intelligence notice said the warning was put out in response to the latest audiotape purportedly from al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. The tape warned the United States and its allies that "you will be killed just as you kill, and will be bombed just as you bomb." Additionally, the Northcom warning was based on electronic intelligence gathered from around the world indicating that some type of terrorist action would take place. The warning, as in the past, contained no specific intelligence of where or when an attack would take place. U.S. officials said the latest intelligence states that New York, Washington and Los Angeles could be targets. The threats are said to be related to the Muslim holy period of Ramadan, which began earlier this month and continues through early December. A spokesman for Northern Command headquarters in Colorado had no comment. Missiles left open U.S. intelligence agencies continue to closely watch Russian strategic nuclear missiles and recently spotted a rare sight: a trainload of missiles left in the open. Several new SS-27 strategic nuclear missiles were spotted on a train at a Russian missile field in a remote part of eastern Russia. The missile train was photographed by a U.S. spy satellite. What was unusual was that the train was stopped and the missiles were left in the open, raising fears that they could be stolen or sabotaged, U.S. intelligence officials tell us. Intelligence analysts believe the reason the new missiles were left vulnerable is that the missile base was not ready to receive them. Construction was under way to expand the size of the missile silos to accommodate the new SS-27s. A recent Defense Intelligence Agency analysis made public by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence states that Moscow's new ballistic-missile production over the next five years includes SS-26 short-range missiles, SS-27 intercontinental ballistic missiles, and submarine-launched SSN-23 and Bulava-30 long-range missiles. Osama's khat U.S. officials tell us the al Qaeda network has found another way to raise money. Osama bin Laden's terror organization is cashing in on khat. Khat is the chewing tobacco-type leaf popular in the Muslim world for its stimulative and euphoric effects. In Somalia, U.S. troops found themselves up against militia members who constantly chewed on the stuff, enabling them to fight fearlessly around the clock. The drug is thriving on the world market, and some of it is reaching U.S. shores, mailed by Muslims to relatives in the United States. Intelligence sources say the al Qaeda network has managed to tap into the trade, producing millions of dollars to fund its terror operations. Some administration officials want law enforcement agencies to crack down by tracing the shipments and questioning the senders. Some intercepted khat packages arrive in America with return addresses. Khat (pronounced "cot") comes from the Catha edulis plant found in east Africa and southern Arabia. It is particularly popular in Somalia and Yemen, countries where al Qaeda members are known to be based. Coming in hot When the first contingent of U.S. and foreign journalists arrive by helicopter at Quantico, Va., for a seven-day course on military training, they will be greeted with what the military calls a "hot LZ," or landing zone. The reporters and photographers will be greeted with smoke grenades and automatic-rifle fire as they exit their transport helicopters. Other Army and Marine-style ground training will include a five-mile hike with a backpack. Later, on a warship, the journalists will take part in simulated conflict operations — a call to general quarters and how to abandon ship. The first group of up to 58 reporters were notified last week by deputy Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman that they are "required to report to Pentagon" at 7 a.m. tomorrow (that's 0700, in military time). A-12 impasse The U.S. government has failed to resolve the dispute over the canceled A-12 jet fighter-bomber. The U.S. Navy in September sought $3 billion from General Dynamics and Boeing for past bills on the jet deal. The companies then countered with an offer of about $1 billion to settle the dispute. The Bush administration turned down the proposal, but then said it would take $1.9 billion — which the companies rejected. It now appears the matter will stay in the courts for years to come. Mad as a hornet The Navy's newest warplane, the F-18E Super Hornet, made its combat debut, U.S. Central Command said this week. A Super Hornet off the carrier USS Abraham Lincoln dropped satellite-guided bombs on two air-defense targets in Iraq's southern no-fly zone on Nov. 6. The Lincoln recently arrived in the Persian Gulf and will participate in a military invasion to topple Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein if President Bush gives the order. "In response to hostile acts against coalition aircraft monitoring the southern no-fly zone, Operation Southern Watch aircraft, including the Super Hornets from the Abraham Lincoln, used precision-guided weapons to target two surface-to-air missile systems (SAM), and a command and control communications facility," a command statement said. The SAM systems sat near al Kut, 100 miles southeast of Baghdad. The command facility was near Tallil, about 160 miles southeast of Baghdad. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld has ordered U.S. commanders to more aggressively respond to Iraqi air-defense threats by not only bombing air-defense batteries, but also the command center that directs them. The rationale is simple: Why not destroy them now rather than wait for a war? Comanche survives Army officials are growing increasingly optimistic that their prized Comanche helicopter will survive an ongoing Pentagon budget review. The Army already has lost the Crusader artillery system to Mr. Rumsfeld's military-reform movement. The Comanche, a behind-schedule program to build a new scout/attack chopper, seemed next on the list. But Army officials are getting signals from Mr. Rumsfeld's staff that it will survive. "We learned from the Crusader experience to be fully engaged with OSD [Office of the Secretary of Defense]," said one official. "We have learned our lesson." CIA booster The CIA got beaten up pretty good on Capitol Hill as a special committee looks to assign blame for the September 11 attacks. So it was a welcome sight at Langley recently when Vice President Richard B. Cheney showed up to congratulate the directorate of the intelligence branch on its 50th birthday. "The president and I want you to know that your work is not taken for granted and neither are you," Mr. Cheney told the analytical branch. "Your achievements may not be widely known, but some of us do know, and we are in a position to express gratitude, not just for helping us do our jobs, but for doing your own jobs so well and reflecting great credit on the United States." Before Mr. Cheney's visit, the CIA was privately celebrating the killing of a top al Qaeda leader in Yemen by an agency-operated Predator drone.

just to play devil's advocate - i thought that it was a don't ask-don't tell policy.....why did those guys come clean and state that they are gay.....the milatary has a policy of not mingle one's sexual preference with their organization....you can be gay but just don't say anything.....if i was gay i would not go around my office and tell people....it would be none of their business and i would not want anyone to know details of my personal life.....i would have just told my supervisor that i neither claim or deny to be gay and that frankly its none of their damn business....

THE PIZZA IN KANSAS SUCKS!!! should have offered BBQ or FRIED CHICKEN..... anyway....who cares......its all blown out of proportion.....people in berkeley can live in their fantasy world...they protest everything...they would have a protest if someone took a dump in their town and the smell was to strong for them......they are just trying to raise some more intellectual bohemian bastards that will be raised in berkeley - go to some ivy league school - and then move back to berkeley where they will protest everything from coffee shops to the government spending to much on highways......

i agree....ever see that stoning video on the internet??....its crazy...if you are a guy you get buried up to your waste....a women gets buried up to her neck....the rule is if you can wrangle your way out of the hole and break free of the circle of stoners you get to live...i think all child molesters should be stoned....that would make people think twice about that.....this dude should be sent to alaska and put into hard labor until he droped dead....they should also chop their balls off and make them keep it in a jar next to their prison bed for the rest of their lives....

maybe....

i feel like i just read a person with a multiple personality disorder have an arguement with themselves....strange....

U.S. fears inspection whitewash, could press for Blix replacement SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COM Thursday, November 14, 2002 As the United Nations prepares to send weapons inspectors to Iraq next week, U.S. officials are expressing concerns that the regime of President Saddam Hussein will be given a clean bill of health. Officials said a 24-member delegation will arrive on Monday in Baghdad. The delegation will be headed by UN weapons inspections chief Hans Blix and Atomic Energy Agency secretary-general Mohamed El Baradei. The first inspections could resume by the end of the month. Intrusive inspections are not expected to begin until next year and El Baradei said the effort could take up to a year, Middle East Newsline reported. The first UN report on Iraqi weapons is scheduled to be submitted by the end of February. U.S. officials said they have serious doubts about the validity of the inspections process. They said the focus of their worry is Blix, who is regarded as vulnerable to Iraqi manipulation and might determine that Baghdad has cooperated with inspectors. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct. 11: Can the U.S. trust a UN bureaucrat to inspect Saddam? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Bush administration could press for the replacement of Blix, an official said. The official said this would depend on the result of Blix's behavior during his trip to Baghdad next week. "This is not a matter of having to go play cat and mouse games with Iraq," State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said. "Iraq is required to demonstrate active cooperation and we should be able to see if they are truly that, we should be able to see that kind of pattern develop." The team will reopen its office in an effort to resume activity since the departure of the inspectors in December 1998. Most of the inspectors — 14 — will come from the UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission [uNMOVIC]. The rest of the delegation will come from the IAEA. "It's a time-consuming process, and it takes patience," former UN weapons inspections chief Rolf Ekeus said. "It took us four years to discover a major biological program. Now we've had four years of [iraqi] activity. Maybe it will take two years [to find the post-1998 programs]." Seven of the 270 staffers in UNMOVIC are composed of nationals from Jordan and Morocco. Arab nationals comprise four of 20 IAEA inspectors. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- How to Work From Home and Be Your Own Boss: Special offer -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- El Baradei met Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage and Assistant Secretary of State for Nonproliferation John Wolf to discuss the modalities of the inspections. Boucher said El Baradei will also discuss North Korea's nuclear program with U.S. officials. Earlier, Iraq relayed to UN secretary-general Kofi Annan its unconditional acceptance of the latest Security Council resolution. The resolution, largely composed by Britain and the United States, warns of unspecified "serious consequences" if Iraq fails to fully report its weapons of mass destruction. "We are prepared to receive the inspectors within the assigned timetable," Iraqi envoy Mohammed Al Douri said Wednesday. "We are eager to see them perform their duties in accordance with international law as soon as possible." In a related development, the United States has expressed disappointment with what officials termed Ukraine's failure to disclose its arms exports to Iraq. Washington said Ukraine exported the advanced Kolchuga radar to Baghdad. "We were disappointed that the team did not receive full cooperation and transparency that was promised by Ukrainian authorities when they invited us to send a team to investigate the Kolchuga question," Boucher said. "Of course, we'll have to factor in that cooperation and the team's findings into U.S. bilateral relations and their policy review."

" CAN I BE EXCUSED FROM THIS MEETING.....THE TURTLE IS POKING HIS HEAD OUT!!!"

i think we lost the clout to wage war now.....he's complying with our demands of tough inspections....now the world thinks he is ready to cooperate and disarm blah blah blah......i might venture to say that war will be a long ways off - if at all.....the only way there will be a showdown is if the inspectors are prevented from doing their jobs.....saddam played his hand perfectly b/c he probably has his best weapons hidden in the basements of people houses and underground in camel lands.....george bush must be flipping out right now b/c saddam played right into the UN...

holy cow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sassaland, CA........just kidding.....its the little prep school Berkeley kids....they take yoga instead of gym class.....

saddam must feel that his weapons are so well hidden that inspectors will not find them....maybe like 6 stories under the dessert floor.....he's had so long to hide them and so many resources at his disposal....guess that means there most likely will not be a war???....kinda shows the world that he is willing to cooperate...

it would have been much cooler if they had a guy dressed as saddam and then set up a wrestling ring in front of the building and then let the kids beat the shit out of him.....all the little kids could be dressed in red white and blue and chanting down with the saddam the pig.....that would been entertainment...

of course they are going to accept....saddam knew that he was going to come face to face with allah and get kicked the fuck out of paradise to roam the earth with 72 little virgin boys....i put a friendly wager that he is going to be overthrown either way....bush wants regime change and will stop at nothing to get it... i thought the rally was due to greenspan speech???

well...if anything that is better then dressing our kids as suicide bombers and giving them toy guns and flags to burn.....its such a shame to see such brain washing of innocent minds....

check out the pictures....sombody needs to smack these berkley parents upside their head.... http://www.calpatriot.org/

sorry... Pre-schoolers protest possible war in Iraq Allegations of exploitation arise By Steve Sexton They still believe in the Tooth Fairy and Santa Claus. They don’t know how to spell their last names or tie their own shoes. But they do know that “war is bad,†and that “Bush is a bully.†The next generation of Berkeley peaceniks gathered on the steps of City Hall Tuesday to demonstrate their opposition to a pending war in Iraq- after school, of course. Armed with protest signs, microphones, and Harry Potter lunch-boxes, elementary and pre-school children demanded city leaders contact President Bush and halt his hawkish “war for oil.†Two hundred students from Berkeley schools met local dignitaries, including Mayor Shirley Dean, city council members and a representative for Congresswoman Barbara Lee, D-Berkeley. Surrounding a ‘peace bell’ fashioned out of melted guns taken off of East Bay streets, children took to the microphone saying, “I don’t want people to die,†and, “we can’t keep killing each other. Then we will all die and suffer.†Though most students at the rally could not even name Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, many seemed certain the pending U.S. led war in Iraq is about oil. Celia, age 6, who could not spell her hyphenated last name, told the crowd President Bush “wants to make war because he wants oil.†“What is so important about cars anyway,†she asked. Later, when asked if she could name the president of Iraq, Celia, stumped, turned to a friend and asked, “Is it a boy or a girl?†Her friend, equally puzzled, responded, “I think it’s a boy.†Noah, who declined to give his last name, also age six, asserted the looming war is not only about oil, but also “other things, like Bush wanting land.†“It is like us squashing ants,†he said. With city officials looking on, the children sang a song about “peace in the world-that means no fighting.†They held colorful homemade signs calling for peace and no war. One boy had a blue bumper sticker emblazoned on the front of his t-shirt that read: “War in Iraq: NO.†Another held a sign saying, “No War on Children.†With her mother holding a bullhorn, one child shouted a chant for peace across the City Hall plaza, as if taking cue from UC Berkeley students on Sproul Plaza. The delegation of city leaders addressed the amassed children, telling them “we heard your message.†Berkeley City Councilmember Linda Maio said, “We hear it loud and clear. Bush needs a time-out.†The elected leaders then signed a pledge to call President Bush and tell him “children want peace†and to urge him to “use words to resolve conflicts as we are learning.†The rally was organized through several Berkeley pre-schools that pride themselves on their alternative curriculum. At New School, academics are set aside for physical activities like yoga. And at Berkwood Hedge, a private K-5 school with 115 students, the curriculum focuses largely on issues of social justice. This year’s theme at the school is peace. Students in after school programs at public elementary schools in the city also comprised the congregation of young peace protesters. Sandy Morrill, mother of a seven year old at Berkwood Hedge, accompanied her son to the protest, saying it is important for the children to have a voice in politics. “This is what they’ve been learning at school,†she said. “They have been taught about conflict resolution, and here they see it in action. The kids get to wrestle with bigger questions.†Director of New School in Berkeley Susan Hagen said the children are “very concerned about what is going on in the world.†“They don’t want war. We teach them about talking, discussion, and negotiation.†But Skyler Johnson, 5, hadn’t learned much about the conflict in Iraq. When he was asked who is the President of Iraq, he shrugged his shoulders and said, “My mom might know.†After she came over and gave him little coaching, he was able to muster, “We don’t want war. Oil kills lots of people.†The rally, which seemed a logical extension of classroom learning to organizers, struck Berkeley College Republicans Treasurer Andrea Irvin as exploiting the children for their parents’ political beliefs. “It is incredible that these parents are using their children to advance their political agendas,†she said. “That these teachers are indoctrinating the young children is unconscionable. They are using the kids as puppets.†Mayor Dean said she didn’t think the rally was exploitive though. She said the kids instinctively know about solving conflicts. “They know the best way to do it is to talk things out,†she said. The rally ended after an hour with students ringing the peace bell and then marching back to their schools waving their signs.

what a joke....

i came flying out of a dark hole and landed in maryland....then spent some time in georgia.....then new jersey....currently reside in new york city....

Before.... After.... NICE!!!!

how about that sweater meat???