In "Mississippi Reservists in Iraq Arrested for Refusal of Suicide Mission"

In Australian army (I read somewhere) a soldier is obliged to follow all LEGAL orders. Suicide missions (if this is what this was) are strictly VOLUNTARY. I guess it is a cultral thing, this "My country right or wrong" [it used to be called "Dulce et decorum est, pro patria mori"]. Whatever you call it, it really sucks. You gotta feel for those poor, dumb bastards; 19 and in the wrong war :(

In "Curious (fasting) George."

How 'bout saying "So what you think of the situation in the Sudan then?" - just kidding.

Yep BlueHorse - a turkish friend would fast all day (not too difficult since they get up late), then go to work in the afternoon before partying until near dawn. Sleeping is easier in the cool(er) pre-dawn apparently. But they were not very devout Muslim family in (reasonably) moderate Muslim country.

In "Monty Python and the Holy Grail to become the musical "Spamalot". "

oooh jb go burn yourself at a stake. Personally I love the witch scene (compare with opening of act two in Arthur Miller's 'The Crucible' and you'll see why I had a had such a hard time saying the lines with a straight face). But Life of Brian's Palestinians discussing benefits of being Roman citizens beautiful too!

In "Pierre Salinger did a little of everything in his life in his 79 years. "

All this and two episodes of BATMAN too! Pierre Salinger is my hero.

In "My Fellow Non-Americans...."

I was watching "Max Headroom" (1987?) on TV the other night... MAX:" ... parrots are one rung up from politicians. At least you can tell politicans are lying - thier lips move." approx. Oh how true.

In "Farscape Returns Tonight!!"

Ahh Nostrildamus your just saying that to get a reaction (and it worked). How come you hate it?

It IS good to have a show where HUMANS are the alien species for a change.

In "The Amazing Adrenalini Brothers"

Haaaaaaaaaaaay Yup! - Adrenalini Bros are cool! Seen em on TV in the arvo on Ch 2 :)

In "Found in an old article on California's energy crisis: Why the US should invade Iran -- as of April 2001 "

Hmmm... nice to see the Neocoms all sing off the same hymnsheet (so to speak)

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