NEW DELHI, 26 August 2006 — The Netherlands yesterday expressed regret over the detention of 12 Indians for suspicious behavior aboard a Northwest Airlines flight on Wednesday. Dutch Ambassador Eric Niehe, who was summoned by the Indian government to lodge a formal protest, however, said the detention was not a case of racial discrimination.
“The Dutch ambassador was told that we take this matter, the handling of the incident, very seriously, and that it was not in conformity with the friendly relations between the Netherlands and India,” said Navtej Sarna, India’s External Affairs Ministry spokesman.
Moonbootica, Opera Buff |
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08.26.06 - 2:17 pm | #
From a couple of threads below: Who wrote the SF short story in which the great discovery was that mathematical calculations could actually be done by hand instead of by machine?
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I think this is called "The Feeling of Power", by Isaac Asimov.
David Derbes |
08.26.06 - 2:17 pm | #
WGG, we weren't worried about you. It's the docs that had to deal with a curmudgeon that we were worried about.
Doug, cactofacist |
08.26.06 - 2:18 pm | #
Atrios should add different classes of wankery in the awards.
Echidne of the snakes |
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08.26.06 - 2:19 pm | #
I vote with whoever said Wanker Emeritus. It rolls of the tongue so easily...and fits with Glenn's academic persona.
TJ |
08.26.06 - 2:20 pm | #
Hey, is there any use for the devil's buggywhips you end up with when you clear out dead ocatillo?
Doug, cactofacist |
08.26.06 - 2:21 pm | #
From a couple of threads below:
Who wrote the SF short story in which the great discovery was that mathematical calculations could actually be done by hand instead of by machine?
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I think this is called "The Feeling of Power", by Isaac Asimov.
David Derbes | 08.26.06 - 2:17 pm | #
Thanks. I knew someone here would know.
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08.26.06 - 2:21 pm | #
I wonder if I invited Glenn for dinner would he come?
Course I won't tell him about my two dogs.
mer |
08.26.06 - 2:22 pm | #
good news on wgg.
mestizo |
08.26.06 - 2:22 pm | #
Atrios should add different classes of wankery in the awards.
Supreme Wanker
Penultimate Wanker
Uberwanker
Wanker Third Class with Oak Leaf Cluster
Common Wanker
NTodd, Queersatz Fagerach |
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08.26.06 - 2:22 pm | #
Yeah, right. 22 year olds often have that. Could it be simply that he quaffed too much of Sir Cliff's plonk?
Moonbootica, Opera Buff |
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08.26.06 - 2:23 pm | #
isn't he already a Wanker Emeritus
olexicon,Sir Humpty |
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08.26.06 - 2:23 pm | #
Atrios should add different classes of wankery in the awards.
Echidne of the snakes
Perhaps it's not fair to rank the professionals with the amateurs, to steal a line from old party school rankings...
noblejoanie |
08.26.06 - 2:27 pm | #
wanker supreme.
comes with lettuce, tomato, guacamole.
dirk gently, sociopathetic |
08.26.06 - 2:27 pm | #
i like jesse james and sandra bullock calling bush a "dickhead" in irag in front of the troops. classic.
Culture secretary Tessa Jowell says Tony Blair's plans to step down as leader were creating "uncertainty" within the Labour party.
But she told the BBC speculation about a change of leadership was just part of the Westminster "soap opera".
Ms Jowell was speaking as the prime minister returned to Downing Street after his holiday in Barbados.
The prime minister is also facing renewed criticism about his handling of the conflict in Lebanon.
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08.26.06 - 2:28 pm | #
noblejoanie: My cat prefers the term "cat amuser".
That works, too. Although, remembering Doug's new location, I suspect the dead vegetation may prove too thorny for use with felis cattus.
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08.26.06 - 2:31 pm | #
How did the troops respond?
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08.26.06 - 2:32 pm | #
I'm having trouble deciding if my revulsion is greater for Perfesser "I'm Never Right" Bass, or haloscan.
Wish I could put them both in a jar and shake it up to make em fight.....
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08.26.06 - 2:32 pm | #
mer: Oh, maybe that was the remote. What was he watching?
Nada, except for the clippers. There's diddley on broadcast TV on Saturday mornings. I did halfway watch a couple of PBS cooking shows, though.
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08.26.06 - 2:32 pm | #
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Hizbollah guerrilla group said on Saturday it would exercise self-restraint in the face of what it regards as Israeli breaches of a U.N. Security Council resolution which ended the war between them.
Moonbootica, Opera Buff |
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08.26.06 - 2:34 pm | #
WoooooooooooooHoooooooooooooo!!!!!!
Afton Sweet ladies and Gentle men.
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UNE AlanAlda'sStuntDouble™ |
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08.26.06 - 2:35 pm | #
OT: Hizbollah vows self-restraint
i tried that once. it's hard to get the second cuff latched.
dirk gently, sociopathetic |
08.26.06 - 2:35 pm | #
UNE -- !! Where the hail you been?
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Jeffraham Prestonian |
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08.26.06 - 2:36 pm | #
All you need to do is look at his stupid fucking face and his dorky glasses to know he's a wanker.
There's an IED over in Iraq with his name on it.
He should go over there now and take the place of someone who doesn't want to be there.
Gomez, Snake Free |
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08.26.06 - 3:04 pm | #
Too meta for me.
Cookie Guggleman |
08.26.06 - 3:11 pm | #
And Duncan's obsession with Glenn Reynolds continues...very, very creepy.
pat |
08.26.06 - 3:11 pm | #
And Duncan's obsession with Glenn Reynolds continues...very, very creepy.
We call him Atrios here,
Is that a problem for you?
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08.26.06 - 3:18 pm | #
Actually, I would have awarded "Wanker of the Day" to Lieberman, but from a field so large, I suppose it is just a personal judgement call as to which wanker to grant the award.
sparrow |
08.26.06 - 4:01 pm | #
And Duncan's obsession with Glenn Reynolds continues...very, very creepy.
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