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ABC News reports on a study of the Atkins Diet:

And while the authors caution that additional research is needed, they also discovered an increase in high-density lipoprotein (HDL), or “good” cholesterol and a decrease in serum triglycerides among dieters in the Atkins group. Those results are positive because low HDL and high triglyceride levels increase an individual’s risk of developing heart disease.

While it’s no better than other diets for long-term weight loss, it could be better for the heart.

Al Qaeda chose some really brilliant targets for their recent bomb attacks in Casablanca:

The targets in Morocco’s commercial capital included the Belgian consulate, the Safir Hotel, a Jewish community centre, a Jewish cemetery and a Spanish cultural centre and restaurant, Casa de Espana.

Sending live Arab terrorists to blow up dead Jews in a cemetery is something that never occurred to this infidel, and bombing French ally Belgium was a real master stroke. Next time somebody tells you Al Qaeda is “reacting to US foreign policy”, as the Mercury News editorial board claimed recently, throw this in their face.

Al Qaeda is a racially-motivated organization, pure and simple, and there’s no appeasing them.

OpinionJournal reprinted a letter of advice on dealing with terrorism written by Paul Bremer, the current US ambassador in Baghdad. It’s comprehensive, results-oriented, and decisive against terrorist sponsors such as Libya, Syria, Sudan, and Iran. This part was especially appealing:

10. The State Department is to inform Gerry Adams that he will no longer be welcome in the U.S. as long as Sinn Fein-IRA continues its terrorism.

Too often, the IRA is given a pass, or worse, actually supported by American politicians of both parties. That’s not good.

Author RBPosted on May 15, 2003Categories Internet

US Congress set to honour Blair

The Congressional Gold Medal was first struck to honour the first US President, George Washington, for his services in the Revolutionary War of Independence against Great Britain..

Now Tony Blair is set to become the first Briton since Sir Winston Churchill to receive such an honour.

Winnie was half American, so the honor is greater than it appears.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the Chunnel, wailing and gnashing of teeth:

The French government believes it is the victim of an “organized campaign of disinformation” from within the Bush administration, designed to discredit it with allegations of complicity with the Iraqi government of Saddam Hussein.

It seems unlikely that the Administration cares all that much about France’s image.

Even the cattle are freaky in Marin County:

A dozen Holstein cows grazing near Skywalker Ranch in Marin County apparently got spooked and ran off a 50-foot cliff, according to authorities.

Motorists on Lucas Valley Road saw the cows cascade over the hilltop at about 11 a.m. Wednesday, said Marin County Sheriff’s Sgt. Doug Pittman.

Some of the cows tumbled end-over-end as they slid down the slate and gravel cliff, witnesses told sheriff’s deputies.

They probly saw a nekkid 50-year-old hippie rising from a hot tub and couldn’t take it.

Prompted by an article by David Warren in the Ottawa Citizen, bloggers Daily Pundit, Roger Simon, and Charles Johnson ponder the possibility that the Baghdad blogger’s a Baathist.

I’m not convinced he’s not simply a hoax, but in any event I’m pretty sure he’s not the “ordinary Baghdadi” he claims to be. He criticized Saddam just enough to establish some credibility, and then forcefully condemned the war. Since his main concern is for his home furnishings, he comes across like a clumsy parody of a gay man. So whatever his situation and motivation, he’s not what he appears to be, at least not as far as I can tell.

Germany is up in arms over the role of Poland as peace-keeper to a third of Iraq:

The German media has gushed with mockery, jeers and cynicism about its Polish neighbor since the beginning of the week. The occasion was last week’s news that the U.S. wanted to entrust Poland with one of the three occupied zones in Iraq.

To add insult to injury, Poland proposes Germany send its troops to Iraq to serve under Polish command. The poor Krauts can’t handle Poland’s wish to become a “world power”.

Hitler is rolliing in his grave.

Link via Tacitus, who got it from LGF, who didn’t get it from Botox.com.

It seems that we’ve found one of those mobile bio-weapons labs that Powell told the UN about:

WASHINGTON, May 6 (Reuters) — Initial examination of a tractor-trailer turned over to United States forces in Iraq indicates that it might have been a mobile chemical or biological weapons laboratory, a defense official said today.

“Preliminary indications are that it perhaps was part of a mobile chem-bio arms system,” said the official, who spoke on condition of not being identified.

With evidence like this falling into place, I wonder how long it will be before ANSWER and fellow travellers admit they were wrong on the “there are no WMDs in Iraq” charge. Prolly gonna take a while.

Flying the plane to the Abe Lincoln was a pretty suave move on the president’s part.