Web site: U.S. troops traded Iraq photos for porn access

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The U.S. Army is investigating reports that troops took photographs of dead Iraqis and traded them to a pornographic Web site in return for access to that site, Army sources said Wednesday.

Army spokesman Paul Boyce told CNN that a preliminary investigation had found "no evidence of a felony crime," but both he and Col. Joseph Curtin said the Web postings, if verified, could constitute a violation of the Uniform Code of Military Justice provisions on good conduct.

"There is no criminal investigation into the matter of photos of deceased bodies in Iraq being posted on the worldwide Web anonymously," Boyce said. "Army criminal investigators examined this recently as a preliminary inquiry but found there is no specific evidence of a felony crime."

This is insane. Porn? PORN? Porn is important enough to be a complete fuckass?

You are a Social Moderate (55% permissive) and an... Economic Liberal (15% permissive) You are best described as a: Socialist Link: The Politics Test on Ok Cupid

Rumor has it that we're hosting another costume party for halloween. Theme idea so far: Superheroes, Real or Fake.

Anyone know where I can get a Harely Quinn outfit???

In a couple of hours, I should be talking to a supervisor at Sage. Hopefully, I'll be winning her over with my charm and intense s-m-a-r-t-ness. Shop Smart, shop S-Mart.

Nermal is making love to the top of my desk. I think. He's rubbing all over it the way I would assume a cat would rub all over something it loved. I could be wrong.

Teh Funny: Monster saw fit to send me a job opportunity email about a position open at MedicalEdge Healthcare Group. So that you will see the funny: MedicalEdge is the company that does the billing for my doctor's office. They routinely put me in collections for bills they never actually sent me. They also promise, repeatedly, to fix errors like this and then don't, leaving me no option but to escalate to management and beyond. MedicalEdge is teh suck and can suck muh imaginary balls.

They're golf balls, Gross. Hard, uncomfortable golf balls.

Nazi hunter Wiesenthal dead at 96

LOS ANGELES (CNN) -- Simon Wiesenthal, the Holocaust survivor who helped track down Nazi war criminals following World War II and spent the later decades of his life fighting anti-Semitism and prejudice, has died aged 96.

A statement on the Simon Wiesenthal Center Web site said he died early Tuesday in Vienna, Austria.

With more than six million Jews killed during the Holocaust, including 89 members of his own family, Wiesenthal felt driven to track down those involved in the atrocities.

I keep thinking I'll get around to posting some of the pictures from the Dallas Stars hoopla but then I forget about it and can't be bothered to edit the ones I've got. According to the offical team site, it was a smashing success. Meh. For whom? All I know is I stood in various lines for a total of... 5 hours? I met 3 players and gandered at a few more... and the one I really wanted to see left when there were still at least a hundred people in line to see his ass.

Poopid Mike.

So yeah... pictures eventually.

I love this house.

Yesterday, I took an hour and a half lunch break and tested for another job. I feel like I cheated a little bit but I must not have because I don't actually feel guilty about it. It's the precursor to guilt. It's the sensation you have when you're pretty sure you should feel bad but you don't. Anyway. I have that. A little bit.

The testing actually went pretty well. I don't think I did as well on the typing as I know I could have but I'm so used to having no wrist-rest and having to constantly correct myself because I tend to mix words or just plain stick the wrong one in... bah. I did alot of correcting but I scored really well. So piffle. Maybe I'll actually get the job. If I do, I'll be working for the local police department as a records clerk. How cool would that be? I would actually have something interesting to talk about when I see people. (which makes me think my friends will be more excited about this job than I am... )

I lost my social security card somehow. I remember hiding it and thinking how smart I was for keeping it in a safe place but then I'm pretty sure I caved and put it in a wallet but now it's not there and I have no idea where it is. I thought maybe it was living it up with my GED card (which I need for this application process... gah) which I ALSO couldn't find for hours. I found the GED card (never been so excited about not having gone to public school) in a shoe box in the closet but not the SS card. I'm sure it's around somewhere and after I get a new one from the local office and see how badly they wrinkle my marriage certificate THIS TIME, I'll find it. Smirking at me. Cards can smirk, I shit thee not.

I got a letter the other day from an ex that's in jail. He told me about seeing his nephew for the first time and how a couple guys I used to know are churning out spawn like clockwork. He mentioned he thought I'd be knocked up by now. And I thought he'd end up in jail. At least one of us has a good record of being right. I feel bad for him... not for being in jail. He did that to himself. But for never having a really good influence in his life who would have taken the time and made the effort to make sure this shit didn't happen. Someone shoulda knocked him on his ass a long time ago, when it still would have mattered.

Warren always has the good shit lollipop.

Read that and as many of the articles link as you can... good stuffs. :)

Today is his birthday and I am soooooooooooo glad he was borneded. :)

More than 60 countries have pledged assistance of some sort for the recovery effort. Among them:

A half-billion dollars is coming from Kuwait, the country the U.S.-led coalition liberated from Iraqi occupation in 1991.
Another $100 million is coming from Qatar.
The 22-member Arab League is calling on Arab nations to provide hurricane relief.
Austria, Belgium, Britain, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Luxembourg, Finland, Italy, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Spain and The Netherlands have pledged assistance.
China has offered $5 million and pledged logistical and other assistance. South Korea is sending $30 million. North Korea, which views the U.S. as its main enemy, has sent a message of sympathy through the Red Cross.