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Yummmmm……french onion soup.

Wow, I can’t wait to get out of here and head home. I think I’ll get some dessert at Applebee’s on the way back to the townhouse.

SAUDIS AT IT AGAIN: Well, I think Glenn Reynolds says it best:

MUSLIM SCHOLARS MEET TO DEFINE TERRORISM AND AGREE: ISRAEL TO BLAME — No, this isn’t a headline from The Onion. It’s real. And they wonder why we don’t take them seriously?

Sure, they’re grateful for the US making their lives a little bit better now that the Taliban is gone… but they still wouldn’t turn over bin Laden or Mullah Omar.

DOCTOR DOGMEAT SAYS: South Korea will have a special treat for foreign visitors during the upcoming World Cup — dog meat! That’s right, during the upcoming world soccer (football for you .uk readers) championships, Doctor Dogmeat, aka Professor Ahn Yong-keun of Chungchong University, will be dazzling us with a PR campaign on the joys of eating dogs.
Personally, I think I’d stick to the seafood.

The last non-state owned national TV network in Russia has been ordered to shut its doors. I can still remember the talk of Putin cracking down on the media when he first took office. If that’s on his to-do list, its almost ready to be crossed off.

As Argentina puts its devaluation into effect, there were riots and general mayhem in the capital, Buenos Aires. Foreign banks stand to lose $6.2 billion in capital due to the new economic regulations, and many foreign companies, particularly from Spain, are getting a kick in the balls.
Plus, Argentinan police win the “Most Gruesome Photo of the Day” award.

Stephen Hawking celebrated his 60th birthday today. Pretty damn impressive for someone who thought he would die of his illness in his 20s. And after all that time, he still has a sense of humor. I can only hope I age as gracefully.

Our friends at Microsoft have been shot down again. A court ruled that they couldn’t settle a lawsuit by giving away free computers. The judge is 100% right when he says “The agreement raises legitimate questions since it appears to provide a means for flooding a part of the kindergarten through high school market in which Microsoft has not traditionally been the strongest player (particularly in relation to Apple) with Microsoft software and refurbished PCs“. I can’t believe Microsoft really thought people would accept that as a good idea.
If a used car salesmen told me I could exchange my current lemon for two others, I’d be a little grumpy, know what I mean? Not to mention the fact that no one seems to agree on the value of the lawsuit, with estimates of liability ranging from $200 million (Microsoft’s figure) to $18.9 billion (estimates from the plaintiffs). Microsoft truly never ceases to amaze me.

The Saudis have some very interesting ideas about American education curricula. I’m amazed that I missed these classes during school. Maybe they’re only taught at liberal arts colleges?