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Drug agents descend on 2 counties’ marijuana It…

July 26, 2002 · Leave a Comment

Drug agents descend on 2 counties’ marijuana

It’s not like the Drug War imagery went away with the actual war, vis:


Drug agents launched a two-day assault Thursday on marijuana growers in Jefferson and Tuscaloosa counties, scouting the lucrative green plants by air and then sending in ground troops to pull and destroy.

The State of Alabama can’t even promise that there will be courts open to hold trials, and we know there’s not enough prison space for these dangerous criminals. But hey, they destroyed a bunch of pot! That’s worthwhile, right?

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Snakeheads can jump more than a foot and a half!

July 26, 2002 · Leave a Comment

‘Start fishing for the snakehead to save nature’ – JULY 27, 2002

A Chinese expert says that there are two ways to beat the Dreaded Chinese Snakehead Walking Fish: Either catch them all, or drain the pond. He also says that the DCSWF can jump high enough that breeders have to raise the edges of their ponds 50 centimeters. That’s a little more than a foot and a half in non-made-up units.

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Singapore, home of snakehead-loving freaks

July 26, 2002 · Leave a Comment

IOL : Horror ‘walking razor fish’ has healing hand

In Singapore, they like the Dreaded Chinese Snakehead Walking Fish. They eat it, in soup or stir-fried. They wear protective gear when harvesting it, though. And they say it can only wriggle around on the ground during the rainy season.


He said it fights back when being harvested. If the fish strikes a person on the face or chest, it could cause some bleeding but the wound is not likely to be serious, he added.

“It doesn’t attack humans unless it’s hungry and you fall into the pond,” Koh was quoted as saying.

You know, just like flounder.

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Ananova – Hunters on trail of mere monster An e…

July 26, 2002 · Leave a Comment

Ananova – Hunters on trail of mere monster

An enormous fish has attacked at least two swans in Lancashire. Maybe. The people hunting it sound like crackpots. The report says it’s a catfish, but you know what I think is responsible.

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The Nando Times: Jennifer Lopez files divorce pape…

July 26, 2002 · Leave a Comment

The Nando Times: Jennifer Lopez files divorce papers

Didn’t she just get married like a month ago? Oh, it was ten months. Clearly, it just wasn’t working out. Sheesh.

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I’m back from the pharmacy, armed with powerful pr…

July 26, 2002 · Leave a Comment

I’m back from the pharmacy, armed with powerful prescription anti-inflammatories. If I start hallucinating news stories, bear with me.

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Rape victim ordered to take drug test This is s…

July 26, 2002 · Leave a Comment

Rape victim ordered to take drug test

This is somewhat reprehensible, yes? A district court judge — who should be impeached — ordered it, and the higher circuit court judge has ordered the sample held for possible testing but none to be done now.

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Palestinian Gunmen Kill Four Israelis in West Bank…

July 26, 2002 · Leave a Comment

Palestinian Gunmen Kill Four Israelis in West Bank

Here we go again. Apparently, this is all justified, according to the Palestinians’ apologists. I don’t see it, myself.

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So, remember yesterday, when I said I twisted my a…

July 26, 2002 · Leave a Comment

So, remember yesterday, when I said I twisted my ankle? Turned out it’s a fairly major sprain. I spent the last three hours in the grip of modern American medical care, and while luckily I don’t have any new orifices and my various bodily fluids are still okay, I do have a rather large splint/cast on my ankle. Luckily, it’s removable. I should be okay in a couple of weeks. Again, this will teach me to move at anything faster than a shuffle.

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Mere monster no mere monster

July 26, 2002 · Leave a Comment

Ananova – Hunters on trail of mere monster

An enormous fish has attacked at least two swans in Lancashire. Maybe. The people hunting it sound like crackpots. The report says it’s a catfish, but you know what I think is responsible.

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