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

>>The EU parliament doesn't make the rules the unelected EU commission does.

No-one is safe anymore.

Once we have all had the Euro forced upon us. Taxes and interest rates centralised. Police powers centralised and the UK system of blanket CCTV adopted all over the EU and the UK version of identity cards taken up by the EU then we won't even be able to question who gets arrested and why because we will get arrested.<<

Oh come off it. The EU Commission is made up of people appointed by the elected representatives of their country. The president of the Commission has to be confirmed by a majority vote of MEPs.

The Commission can propose legislation and enforce it, but it can't implement it: its proposals have to be voted on by the directly-elected MEPs before they become law. Crucially, it has no powers over police and judicial integration and co-operation so in cases like that of Tzivni Lipi (who's got diplomatic immunity anyway) it's got no power at all.

You can argue that the Commission is a bureaucratic waste of time and money, but it isn't the arm of a dictator. Not by a long shot.

(French Secretary of State for Family) Morano under fire for comments on Muslims

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=24&art_id=nw20091215223456330C774924

"I want them to love France when they live here, to find work and not to speak in slang," she said, adding: "They shouldn't put their caps on back to front."



Meanwhile, in Switzerland...

http://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/shoeshop-boss-builds-minaret-in-defiance-of-racist-ban-1972392.html

A Swiss shoe-shop owner has built a mock minaret on the top of his warehouse in defiance of a ban on Muslim architecture.

Picture here:
http://www.lematin.ch/files/imagecache/485x365/stories/Minaret_0.jpg

In first, Spain grants asylum based on sexual orientation

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/299670,in-first-spain-grants-asylum-based-on-sexual-orientation.html

The genetic map of a 55-year-old man’s tumour has revealed 22,910 different mutations, most of which were caused by the carcinogenic agents found in cigarette smoke. ... This means that the patient probably acquired a new mutation for every 15 cigarettes he smoked.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/health/article6959691.ece

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/6832468/Christians-outraged-by-poster-showing-Mary-and-Joseph-after-sex.html

Church in sense of humour shock; believers in sense of humour FAIL.

RF

but god didnt do it, he sent an angel to do the dirty deed.

a better option would have been to have an angel with a turkey baseter saying, "where can i find the virgin mary????"

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/08/science/08monkey.html

A Monkey Language Is Deciphered

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/dec/18/sign-stolen-auschwitz-death-camp

Arbeit Macht Frei sign stolen from Auschwitz

Diebstahl macht sie berüchtigten

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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/08/science/08monkey.html
A Monkey Language Is Deciphered
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Ook!



~jwf~

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/welsh/8421956.stm

On one hand this is ing awesome, that a major international player has come out, showing the world we aren't all effeminate stereotypes.

On the other hand, the stuff he went through keeping his sexuality secret is very sad and I just wish we lived in a world where it wasn't necessary.

you can now get court martialed for pregnancy

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8422989.stm

thats un constitutional

life liberty and the pursuit of happines

he says they should take precautions

what about the catholics????religious freedom????

Not to mention the problem of rape. Female soldiers are raped with horrific frequency. Sometimes pregnancy results. Is he going to court-martial them for being provocatively female?

or for being raped without using contraception????

get court martialed, plead guilty, get transferred home anyway for the sentance, then get off on appeal

If you´re sent on a mission, it does seem rather irresponsible to not take the precautions to avoid pregnancy. Hardly the time and place.

what about the religions who dont allow contraception, do they get a free pass

'you dont need to go to war because you are catholic and you might get pregnant'

and what about the men????

'sir i would like to place myself under arrest pending court martial, i have been in theatre 2 months and my wife is 3 months pregnant'????????????????????????????????????????

waiting to happen

No, catholics should be told that their job comes before their religion. So keep it in your pants.