Odds ‘n Sods:

A popular new bumper sticker: I’d rather go hunting with Dick Cheney than ride in a car with Ted Kennedy.

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U.S. brings back the venerable .45 ACP — at least for Special Forces Operators. http://www.strategypage.com/dls/articles/2006251215.asp

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A fairly definitive piece on Iran’s New Euro-denominated Oil Bourse: http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=CLA20060210&articleId=1937

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Now H5N1 is in Germany, Austria, and Iran:
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyid=2006-02-14T223300Z_01_L09218784_RTRUKOC_0_US-BIRDFLU.xml&rpc=22
…and in Southern Russia:
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/02/15/060215162126.c9uj06hd.html

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Doc at Big Secrets recommends this Water Well tutorial: http://www.lifewater.ca/