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Monday, December 29:

LATVIA CLAIMS WORLD RECORD IN DRINKING.

"We Are All In The Gutter; But Some Of Us Are Looking At The Stars." Oscar Wilde

Do Not try this at home. This World Record Drinking Binge was obviously done by a "seasoned" professional who will be seeing stars for a while to come.

As it turns out this unnamed drunk was picked up by Latvian police on December 18th. with around twice the blood-alcohol level considered deadly. The unidentified middle-aged man was unconscious but in stable condition after a blood test by a certified phlebotomist (always wanted to use that word in a sentence.) showed 7.22 parts per million of alcohol. An average person vomits at around 1.2, loses consciousness at 3.0, and stops breathing at a level of about 4.0 parts per million.

Emergency ward head in Latvia , Martin Sics, says that there is no record of anybody surviving such a dose of alcohol poisoning, even in neighboring Russia which takes pride in its vodka-guzzling traditions.

As for being tallied in the Guinness Book of World Records, a Guinness spokesman said: "We do not condone drinking large amounts of alcohol....We don't keep records on how much a single person has drunk." Obviously, without Guinness' record in hand this man's certainly unexpected drinking notoriety throughout the world will come to an end.

But his hangover will not easily come to an end. And as Mr. Sics relates: "the man won't remember a thing when he regains consciousness."

Mele Kaliki Maka (Merry Christmas)
a me Hau O'li Makahiki Hou (and a Happy New Year, all in Hawaiian),

Charlie
Charles B. // 10:26 AM

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Monday, December 22:

WHERE HAS THE "WHITE HOUSE" DISAPPEARED TO? AS WELL AS THE "OLD EXECUTIVE OFFICE BUILDING" & "TREASURY DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS"?

The Middle East Conundrum is being put to the side again. The United States has been elevated to Security Level: Orange, and the White House, Old Executive Office Building, & The Treasury Headquarters (all formally located in D.C.) have disappeared from aerial spy satellites view. All that is left are outlines of Big Sandtraps. Hold on, the satellite pictures are coming; we must first find out on where they have gone.

One reason for the disappearances could be that they were Sold. This is definitely a "wag the dog" scenerio, but worth looking into. It so happens that during the last week in November the Treasury was warned by Moody's Investors Service, no less, that if the U.S. didn't put in order its house, the U.S. Government was in serious danger of losing its Triple-A Debt Rating. This was reported by the ever adept Ms. Jennifer Ablan of Barron's in her December 1, 2003 article in "Current Yield" (Page:MW12). Is it possible the U.S. Government just sold the "house" that had to be put in order, along with a few other buildings to save its coveted international debt rating? Simple solution to a massive debt problem around the corner in 2004.

And this would explain why the V.P.'s house at the Naval Observatory is only heavily "pixilated." This must mean "Sale Pending. Then again, the satellites reveal that "Air Force 1's" hanger is intact, "Helio1's" launch pad, as well as the Pentagon and the C.I.A. Headquarters. Those building must be a hard sell. or fixer-uppers, even though they would be considered 'Prime Properties."

Enough on speculation. The Aerial Photographs below do Not lie. I'll leave the rest up to your imagination to figure out where the buildings have gone. Quick thought: a sick joke by Illusionist David Copperfield? He's too American ,though, to do that being that he was blackmailed to get all his " proprietary illusionist gear" through Russian Customs a few years back.

White House "Here" (On Top), White House "Not Here" (On Bottom).

Capitol "Here" (On Top), Capitol "Pixilated" (On Bottom)

The rest of the photos can be found on government security watchdog Cryptome.org's Website, as well as the real answer as to what's going on.

Shanti ("Peace" in both Hindi & Nepali)

Charlie
Charles B. // 10:22 AM

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Tuesday, December 16:

"WE'VE GOT HIM." BUT HOW DID SADDAM GET THERE?

This announcement by Paul Bremmer, the U.S. administrator in Iraq on Sunday, December 14, 2003 stunned the world. The search for the "Ace of Spades" was over. But how did Saddam get to where he ended up, in a "spider hole," a new term the entire world quickly learned and actually saw this Sunday morning?

This is a short blog because a picture is worth a thousand words and the attached article from the National Security Archives is a detailed history of the U.S.'s involvement with this tyrannical dictator.

Current Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, Shaking Hands With Saddam Hussein Nearly 20 Years To The Day, December 20, 1983, Before Saddam's Capture.

The detailed article on the history of the long relationship between Saddam and the U.S. is detailed below.

Hopefully, the world will learn from what this lesson in history has taught us.

History of the U.S.'s Involvement In Iraq.

Hasiti ("Peace" in Kurdish),


Charlie
Charles B. // 1:46 PM

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Friday, December 12:

DO-IT-YOURSELF CRUISE MISSILE BUILDER UPDATE: HE DID IT.

Ref: Weblog, June 4, 2003

If you were thinking of buying a Cruise Missile Kit for your child this Christmas, better think twice. Bruce Simpson, the New Zealander who took on the challenge that the U.S. Government threw at him, has completed his Cruise Missile and all for under $5,000 as promised.

U.S. Tomahawk Cruise Missile. Price: $575,000.

He has since been bombarded with people wanting to know more about his project. Some of those interested in his X-Jet Technology have not been of the very savory type. He's had serious offers from Iran, as well as Pakistan, China, and Lebanon.

Now comes the reality part, New Zealand refused to let him export his technology, and went further when it brought in the New Zealand Inland Revenue Department, the U.S. equivalent of the I.R.S., which brought the cash-strapped engineer to bankruptcy for Non-Payment of taxes. Yet he plodded on, as any dedicated inventor would, and was stymied further by the New Zealand Government forbidding him an export license for his technology, even though he had passed up the unsavory offers for an offer from a U.S. firm that would have set up a research and development plant not far from his home in New Zealand.

Read, in Mr. Simpson's own words, what has transpired when he embarrassed the U.S. Government: Beware of Big Brother.

He Ping ("Peace" in Mandarin Chinese),

Charlie
Charles B. // 10:21 AM

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Tuesday, December 9:

CONGRESS' CHRISTMAS "WISH LIST." BIZARRE!! AND, OH (HO,HO,HO!) YES, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FOOT THE BILL.

Let's start off easy. The entire 2004 spending bill Congress has before it totals $820 Billion. Congress likes to have real-dollar (i.e. cash) amnesia when it comes to the fiscal budget, however. Let's take a glimpse at a few of the pet projects jammed into this Bill.

Illinois needs money for the restoration of a historic mule barn, Texas, of course, wants an oil museum. Now lets go to two real bizarre funding projects proposed.

My favorite comes from Nevada's Congressman, Rep. Jim Gibbons, R-Nevada. He's a highly decorated combat pilot from both the Vietnam and Persian Gulf Wars, yet he still feels guilty about a prank he and his friends pulled when he was a rambunctious kid. Seems Rep. Gibbons and his friends were responsible for clogging the drain at his local swimming pool with, and this is for real, Tadpoles, causing the pool to temporarily shut down in the 1950's. He expects Congress to approve $225,000 to repair the old pool in Sparks, Nevada where he grew up. Here's a direct quote from the Congressman, " I have enormous guilty conscience for putting frogs in the swimming pool..." OK, it's not billions, just bizarre. Couldn't Rep. Gibbons just as easily gone to see a psychiatrist to straighten out his problem, like the rest of the world? Congress does vote themselves beaucoup medical benefits.

Also in the bizarro department is Senator Charles Grassley's (R-Iowa) request for $50 Million to build a Tropical Rainforest in Iowa. Too complicated to explain this one, but it comes with a Million Gallon Capacity Aquarium. At least it wasn't a billion gallon aquarium. Sometimes Congress gets lost in the zeros. Grassley's spokesman said last Friday, when questioned about the rainforest, that "He (the Senator) doesn't like to comment on things that aren't finished yet." Good an explanation as any.

So, as America goes shopping this Christmas season, some in Congress have their own strange idea of what Christmas shopping is about.

Warm holiday wishes,

Charlie
Charles B. // 10:35 AM

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Thursday, December 4:

SEXY, STEAMY LINGERIE PRODUCTION WINNING OVER COCA FARMERS IN COLOMBIA.

I knew this Colombian Lingerie Model Would Grab Your Attention!

Rather than another picture of old St. Nick., the above Colombian lingerie model kicked off the catwalk festivities in Colombia on November 26, 2003. Carrrefour, a major retail chain known by anyone who's visited France, was lured to the steamy jungles of Colombia to find about 800 women, many heads of their families, willing to make lingerie, rather than farm coca for the drug cartels. And this is all due to, and backed by, the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

Realizing that Colombia produces 70% of the world's cocaine, UNODC was stumped on how to get the farmer's out of the business of coca growing, since the coffee growing market had collapsed. UNODC could not find adequate jobs to lure the farmers away from their coca production until Thierry Rostan, the UNODC representative in Colombia came up with the lingerie idea, and then proposed it to the local cooperative, Integrated Industries. With idea in hand, Mr. Rostan convincingly hooked up (no pun intended) Carrefour of France, and "Voila" a new, thriving industry was born.

Salaries are now about $280/month, or double the minimum wage, and the cooperative now includes health benefits and paid vacations. In comparison, coca growers make about $70 more per month, but need to pay off illegal armed groups to keep their crop.

Carrefour's underwear label Symphony is what the eye-catching model above is wearing as she paraded , with other models, at Bogota's French Lycee in front of business executives, politicians (of course), lawmakers, and the French Ambassador to Colombia, the Honorable Daniel Parfait. Those tickets were surely the hardest to land in the entire country for the event!

Paix ("Peace" in French),

Charlie
Charles B. // 12:25 PM

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Tuesday, December 2:

T'S THE SEASON TO BE JOLLY, BUT DON'T GET CAUGHT UP IN A HOLIDAY DRINKING COMPETITION!

Too Jolly A Santa.

Seems that during a recent vodka-drinking competition in a southern Russian town, the winner of a drinking competition ended up Dead, and several Runners-Up were put into intensive care. The "Competition" only lasted about 40 minutes and the winner, don't forget he's six feet under now, downed Three Half-Liter Bottles of Vodka during the 40 minute binge.

Even in Russia there's down to earth justice, since the shop owner who organized the crazy competition was charged with manslaughter.

The Dead Winner was to receive 10 liters of vodka, perhaps now inherited by his family for the upcoming holidays.

The stranger than fiction part is that the survivors of the competition showed up the next day at the liquor store looking for another drink (those not in intensive care, that is).

Vrede ("Peace" in Dutch & also Afrikaans),

Charlie
Charles B. // 12:58 PM

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