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Cain

Yeah, they're not the biggest players.

However, the article and leaked report are subtle.  They claimed that Al-Qaeda in Iraq have made deals with Iran, not Al-Qaeda core.

Its highly unlikely, but more plausible than the latter making deals.  The same way in which Bush respecting the Constitution is more likely than hell freezing over. Neither are likely, but one is more so than the other.

saint aini

http://sports.yahoo.com/golf/pga/news?slug=ap-playerschampionship&prov=ap&type=lgns

Famed island green causes chaos at Players
Famed island green causes chaos at Players

By MARK LONG, AP Sports Writer
May 11, 2007

AP - May 10, 6:31 pm EDT
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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- A strong wind swirled around the famed island green, turning what should have been a seemingly simple tee shot into a daunting challenge for even the world's best golfers.

And when the opening round at The Players Championship was complete Thursday, the par-3 No. 17 had tormented and frustrated a good chunk of the field.

A record 50 balls were hit into the murky water surrounding the green, breaking the single-round tournament mark of 45 set in 2000. It also was seven shy of the total number of balls hit into the water in four rounds last year.

"That was certainly the toughest shot," co-leader Phil Mickelson said.

Mickelson was one of the lucky ones, escaping the 17th with a par. It helped him finish at 5-under 67 and share the first-round lead with Rory Sabbatini.

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Tiger Woods shot 75 and was without a birdie on his card for the first time in four years.

Chris DiMarco, winless in five years and now coping with a bum shoulder, shot 68 for his best round of the year. Peter Lonard was another stroke back in fourth. Only 16 players broke par, and Retief Goosen (71) had the only bogey-free round.

No. 17 -- and the blustery conditions -- had a lot to do with the relatively high scores.

"Not golfing weather, really," Vijay Singh said. "Today was weather when you come out here and look around and go back to your car and go home."

Unfortunately for some, that wasn't an option.

They played in gusts nearing 40 mph, and the results showed -- especially on the Stadium Course's signature hole.

Players, good and bad, dunk an estimated 150,000 balls into the water surrounding No. 17 each year. For four days, though, the pros take over and usually fare much better.

Not Thursday.

About a third of the field found water during the opening round and made the short, somewhat embarrassing walk to the drop area for a third shot.


AP - May 10, 6:28 pm EDT
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Davis Love III, Ben Curtis, Kent Jones and Trevor Immelman couldn't even hit the green from there, needing to tee it up for a third time before landing on the 90-by-85 foot putting surface. They finished with quadruple-bogey 7s.

The 128-yard hole played tougher than any other, mostly because the wind swirled in different directions.

There were 12 birdies, 70 pars, 26 bogeys, 23 double bogeys and 12 "others" at No. 17. The hole left many golfers shaking their head, questioning their club selection and feeling either frustration or relief as they walked to the 18th tee.

"It's playing very tough out there because the last thing you want to do is try and hit a shot far enough to get to the back and then the wind die on you, or try and hit one to the front and have the wind gust on you," Sabbatini said. "It's going to be a very tough test of patience out there."

It's the shortest hole on the course, rarely more than a short iron. But on a windy day, it can wreak havoc on everyone.

Paul Casey set the tone early Thursday. He was in the first group to reach the 17th tee, and his shot came up short. Playing partner Charles Warren followed suit. Nathan Green landed his shot safely on, barely avoiding the entire threesome having to stop at the drop area.

That happened a few hours later, when Jose Coceres, Hunter Mahan and Richard S. Johnson each splashed their tee shots.

Love was in the next group and did the same thing, making it four in a row.

The gallery seemed to enjoy each of them. Of course, that's part of the hole's lure.

It's the most photographed hole in the world, has its own Web site, T-shirts and culture. Tickets for this tournament aren't hard to get. But for a seat on the grassy mounds surrounding No. 17, it pays to arrive early.

Those fans certainly got their money's worth Thursday. The hole played at an average of 3.693 strokes, on pace to shatter the previous tournament record of 3.368 set in 1984.

"One thing beyond anything else that's going to make more guys hit in the water on 17 is the wind," Jim Furyk said. "It makes it that much more tougher."




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Mary: Let me ask you something.
[Grabs his hand]
Mary: Why are you alive?
John Preston: [Breaks free] I'm alive... I live... to safeguard the continuity of this great society. To serve Libria.
Mary: It's circular. You exist to continue your existence. What's the point?
John Preston: What's the point of your existence?
Mary: To feel. 'Cause you've never done it, you can never know it. But it's as vital as breath. And without it, without love, without anger, without sorrow, breath is just a clock... ticking.

Thurnez Isa

http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18177/antichrist-2

""The storefront worship center was packed with more than 100 of the faithful clutching their Bibles, but this was not a typical Sunday-morning service by any stretch of the imagination.

The front door was flanked by two bodyguards wearing earpieces and dark suits, and many others like them were sprinkled through the small room. They were there for Jose Luis de Jesus Miranda, the leader of a controversial international sect, who this weekend paid a rare visit to his Central Florida followers to conduct a series of seminars.

Miranda says he is God and also the Antichrist. Some of his followers sport a 666 tattoo. He has been barred from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras. The Costa Rican government is considering a similar action. The Nicaraguan Catholic Church has asked for the same.

On the pulpit, he is funny, warm and charismatic. But his rhetoric is far from conventional.

“I am upstaging Jesus Christ,” he said of his ministry.

Miranda, a 61-year-old former evangelical pastor, is the founder and leader of Creciendo en Gracia, or Growing in Grace. The organization has followers in about 23 countries, according to its Web site.

Miranda is a rich man, by his own admission, whose followers shower him with gifts as well as money.

The east Orange County educational center, as the group calls its gathering places, is one of 12 in Florida. It’s not clear how many followers Miranda has in this area, though. Group leaders say they deem it unnecessary to keep tabs.

A gathering Saturday at Lake Eola attracted a few hundred.

Miranda teaches that the devil no longer exists and that Jesus, like him, was also God incarnate but that his message is no longer current. Nevertheless, Miranda also believes, like mainstream Christians, that Jesus died for the world’s sins. Unlike them, Miranda preaches sin no longer exists.

His followers, some of whom had the 666 or the letters SSS tattooed on their arms, ankles and necks, laughed and applauded during his sermon.

Later, at a news conference, Miranda said the 666 is a number that represents him as the Antichrist but said it is not the devil’s mark since he does not believe there is a devil. He readily admitted the voluntary marking of his followers has more to do with publicity than with anything else.

“It’s the best way to get the world’s attention,” Miranda said.

The letters SSS mean salvo, siempre salvo, or once saved, always saved. They are key to the belief system of the group, which teaches that there is nothing members could do that would cause them not to be God’s “chosen ones.”

Miranda said he’s not worried about the countries that are slamming doors in his face.

After all, his mission is to establish a world government so it makes sense that governments would oppose him.

“We will lead,” he said.""

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/02/16/miami.preacher/
Pastor with 666 tattoo claims to be divine

http://www.cegenglish.com/
Through me the way to the city of woe, Through me the way to everlasting pain, Through me the way among the lost.
Justice moved my maker on high.
Divine power made me, Wisdom supreme, and Primal love.
Before me nothing was but things eternal, and eternal I endure.
Abandon all hope, you who enter here.

Dante

Cain

At least he did away with sin.  That makes him teh win in my books.

Mangrove

if he's big into 666 but doesn't believe in Satan, abolished 'sin' and says that Jesus is outdated, doesn't that make him...uh Crowley?
What makes it so? Making it so is what makes it so.

LMNO

Yeah, but with a Spanish accent.

DJRubberducky

Pentagon limits troops' Web access
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070515/ap_on_hi_te/military_sites_blocked

To be fair, the access is only blocked from Department of Defense computers, it doesn't prevent them from sending email (so, as a friend pointed out, Danny could email somebody messages to post on his blog), and there are occasionally other resources available such as Internet cafes.
- DJRubberducky
Quote from: LMNODJ's post is sort of like those pills you drop into a glass of water, and they expand into a dinosaur, or something.

Black sheep are still sheep.

Mangrove

What makes it so? Making it so is what makes it so.

LMNO

Oh, fuck.


Go stand in the corner.




:lulz: )

Mangrove

Don't you guys play 'Thelemite Matador'?

You wave a cloth at Thelemites, bait them about how stupid they are and when they lunge at you, jump aside and yell 'Cr-Ole!'
What makes it so? Making it so is what makes it so.

Cain

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6658633.stm

The US will not allow Russia to stop it from deploying anti-missile defences in Europe, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has said.

"I don't think anyone expects the United States to permit a veto on American security interests," she said after meeting President Vladimir Putin.


Yeah, because after all, thats only the entire point of the joint Russia-NATO council, isn't it, you stupid bint. :roll:

Also, for mucho lulz, there is an example of how the missile intercept system is meant to work.  I've already noted several possible flaws

AFK

Quote from: Mangrove on May 15, 2007, 05:42:40 PM
Don't you guys play 'Thelemite Matador'?

You wave a cloth at Thelemites, bait them about how stupid they are and when they lunge at you, jump aside and yell 'Cr-Ole!'

:mittens:

11/10
Cynicism is a blank check for failure.

Cain


Shibboleet The Annihilator


B_M_W

One by one, we break the sheep from their Iron Bar Prisons and expand their imaginations, make them think for themselves. In turn, they break more from their prisons. Eventually, critical mass is reached. Our key word: Resolve. Evangelize with compassion and determination. And realize that there will be few in the beginning. We are hand picking our successors. They are the future of Discordianism. Let us guide our future with intelligence.

     --Reverse Brainwashing: A Guide http://www.principiadiscordia.com/forum/index.php?topic=9801.0


6.5 billion Buddhas walking around.

99.xxxxxxx% forgot they are Buddha.