h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Although they may be stable I am wondering why they are not receiving any spill-over. Many are not exactly happy with the extravagant life-styles of the ruling monarchy & their dealings with the west; in particular the US bases they had. Although they have ostensibly removed the US troops there is still evidence of US military operations from within S. Arabia as in:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-21350437

Interesting that article talks about joint Saudi-Arabia - US counter-terrorism collaborations.

as interesting as the fact that Wahabbism, what inspires the most radical nuts everywhere is directly related to this country ( there´s also a historical conection with the family Al-Saud which rule the country) and is what most muslims follow there. And not only that, radicals go there to be instructed and, from that country, books/cds etc. are sent everywhere.

But, probably what the Al-Saud family and the civilized western folks say after their meetings might remind us Michael Corleone´s words:

Nothing personal, just business.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/weird-news/woman-dials-999-because-sprinkles-were-spread-unevenly-on-her-ice-cream-9505826.html

people seem to think the emergency services exist to sort out petty disputes over icecream sprinkles

that person should be fined for ignoring that hers, it´s a consumer issue ( though quite stupid) and not a life or death emergency.

That´s remind me those folks who go on climbing mountains when the weather forecast anounces storms or risk of avalanches.
They should be fined and given a good slap after rescuing them.

Sexual evolution: men evolved to take punches to face during the evolution to win over the ladies:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-27720617

I wonder if we evolved to take punches in the face *from* the ladies?

I can hardly believe this is true. There are few people who made me laugh as much as Rik Mayall did:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27770266

"Religious orders allowed over 2,000 Irish children to be used in medical experiments"

http://www.irishcentral.com/news/Religious-orders-allowed-over-2000-Irish-children-to-be-used-in-medical-experiments.html

not only irish
http://www.vertihealth.com/nice-childrens-health-photos-5.html
most of these kids did not have a choice and would not know what injections and that given

Irish slaves were highly valued in the American Colonies.
The Moroccans and other north African raiders and pirates
had been taking them off the emerald isle for a thousand
years before the US started needing plantation workers that
might have at least some agricultural experience.


~jwf~

Re: the earlier posting about dead children in Ireland, this is interesting - http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/the-tuam-tank-another-myth-about-evil-ireland/15140#.U5a9P3JdV8F

According to the BBC:
Iraq's second city has fallen to "militants" followed by biblical levels of people on the move:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-27789229

According to the same report: Iraq is about to fall to Al-Qaeda with the setting up of an Islamic State along the lines of Saudi Arabia (maybe ... )

The European Commission is picking up where the British Government was toothless: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-27788238

Teenagers plummet to their death after trying to have sex on a 6th-floor balcony...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-27790882

Free Beer!!
but not any more

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-27796393

Brilliant!

I'm sure we get this, or a version of it, every single year at the start of summer. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-27806441 3 million people suddenly remember they need a passport to go abroad and they need it *right now*.

I used to work on their IT. Like many other government departments they've been pared down to the bone, and then they keep adding new requirements around security checks.

I don't think that they've suddenly had a rush of people who have forgotten to renew their passport - it's probably in line with what happened in previous years.

So now they have to do something to avoid losing face (and votes) - it's too late to start recruiting people, so they'll probably streamline the checks (increasing the security risk).

And then they'll blame the IT suppliers.

New EU rules on commercial websites
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-14-655_en.htm

No more sneaky pre-ticked boxes for extras when you book.