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Evening Open Thread - Wednesday

by Fran
Wed Sep 6th, 2006 at 12:11:35 PM EST

It's muggy, hot and it looks like a thunderstorm to be approaching. Somehow the weather seems to fit the news. How's it going in your area?

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Evening Open Thread - Wednesday | 27 comments (16 topical, 11 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Evening Open Thread - Wednesday (none / 0)

I felt like I wanted to link to something cute and heartwarming

Then I was wondering, as it is from youtube, wouldn't it be nice if I could embed it so that you can only click on it.

Well duh! I have not been able to make it work.

There is a html code on the page that looks like this:

But as you can see there is more to it - does anyone know how this works?

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Sep 6th, 2006 at 12:17:54 PM EST

Re: Evening Open Thread - Wednesday (none / 1)

Hi. As I understand it, the embed only works if you insert it into a frontpage diary, not in a comment or a regular diary. For those, you can only link to it.

by CabinGirl on Wed Sep 6th, 2006 at 06:44:42 PM EST
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Re: Evening Open Thread - Wednesday (4.00 / 2)

An ablsolutely beautiful evening here in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria. Warm with breezes and the sun just beginning to become golden.

by gradinski chai on Wed Sep 6th, 2006 at 12:33:21 PM EST

Re: Evening Open Thread - Wednesday (none / 1)

El Mundo: Croatia declares six Spanish women persona non grata for bathing nude and touching each other on a beach (06/09/2006)

Nothing is 'mere'. — Richard P. Feynman

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Sep 6th, 2006 at 12:45:29 PM EST

Re: Evening Open Thread - Wednesday (none / 0)

That's too funny. There are a lot of beaches reserved for naturalists along the Croatian seacoast, maybe these ladies got to the wrong place?

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.

by DoDo on Wed Sep 6th, 2006 at 05:31:05 PM EST
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Re: Evening Open Thread - Wednesday (4.00 / 2)

Visa sanctions for US diplomats on the cards
Retaliatory action for the US' delay in extending a visa waiver scheme is under consideration - there are no 'second- or third-division Member States', says Commission. [EurActiv.com / EN]

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Wed Sep 6th, 2006 at 01:05:16 PM EST

Re: Evening Open Thread - Wednesday (none / 0)

Early afternoon on a sunny day here in the Redwood Empire, and once again I see that my gvt is winning friends and influencing people. Sorry. hurry up November.

"I said, 'Wait a minute, Chester, You know I'm a peaceful man...'" Robbie Robertson

by NearlyNormal on Wed Sep 6th, 2006 at 04:27:22 PM EST
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Re: Evening Open Thread - Wednesday (4.00 / 3)

Now I finally understand those trafic-jams on Swiss Highways.

Reuters: Speeding driver blames lack of goats

OTTAWA (Reuters) - A Swiss driver caught speeding in Canada explained that he had been taking advantage of the ability to drive fast without hitting a goat, police said on Wednesday.
The driver was caught traveling 161 km/hr (100 mph) in a 100 km/hr zone in eastern Ontario Sunday.
"A motorist from Switzerland, used to driving around hills and mountains, takes advantage of the ability to go faster without risking hitting a goat," read the traffic officer's notes of the incident.
Local police said it was the first time they had ever heard of such an excuse.
"I've never been to Switzerland but obviously they must have a problem with that there," said police spokesman Joel Doiron, adding that in his 20 years of service he had never found a goat on the highways of eastern Ontario.

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Sep 6th, 2006 at 01:38:08 PM EST

Re: Evening Open Thread - Wednesday (none / 0)

I watched France-Italy, The Revenge (heh, heh). It was in the second round of Group B qualification matches for Euro'08, and ended in a for me fabulous 3:1.

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.

by DoDo on Wed Sep 6th, 2006 at 05:32:52 PM EST

Re: Evening Open Thread - Wednesday (none / 1)

In England tommorrow the first tranche of "Trust" schools are to be announced. At the moment I just want to put on record my suspicion that one will be the London Oratory School.
If I am right, more tommorrow.

by Londonbear on Wed Sep 6th, 2006 at 05:35:22 PM EST

Re: Evening Open Thread - Wednesday (none / 0)

Good catch. This would make a lot of sense.

Let's see if you're right.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Wed Sep 6th, 2006 at 07:56:14 PM EST
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Sorry (none / 1)

I have hidden (not deleted) a comment I posted earlier and to which a number of you had responded - at my wife's request, who does not want this on the internet for now.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (jeromeguillet@yahoo.fr) on Wed Sep 6th, 2006 at 06:39:54 PM EST

Re: Sorry (none / 1)

понятно

Hey, your friend is going to the Sudan to try to free that peak oil journalist:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-ap-il-richardson-sudan,1,6122902.story?coll=chi-n ews-hed

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. -Voltaire

by p------- on Wed Sep 6th, 2006 at 06:52:40 PM EST
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Re: Sorry (none / 1)

Aye... Last week, I just went trough an ordeal (different as you know, but just as stressing) and at the end all went well !

Bon courage !

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman

by margouillat (hemidactylus(dot)frenatus(at)wanadoo(dot)fr) on Wed Sep 6th, 2006 at 07:16:55 PM EST
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Re: Evening Open Thread - Wednesday (4.00 / 2)

I don't know if this will turn up in the English press tomorrow.

TELECINCO: GARZON RIAPRE PROCEDIMENTO CONTRO BERLUSCONI
Il giudice spagnolo Baltasar Garzon ha deciso oggi di riaprire il procedimento nei confronti di Silvio Berlusconi per frode fiscale, in relazione all'inchiesta sull'emittente Telecinco. Ne hanno dato notizia fonti giudiziarie. In un atto notificato oggi, il giudice dell'Audiencia Nacional ha spiegato di aver preso la sua decisione "visto il fatto che Silvio Berlusconi non e' piu' primo ministro della Repubblica italiana, motivo per il quale il procedimento era sospeso in virtu' dell'immunita' di cui godeva".

Telecinco: Garzon reopens case against Berlusconi

The Spanish judge, Baltasar Garzon decided today to reopen the case against Silvio Berlusconi for fraud in relation to the investigation into the Telecinco channel. In an act notified today, the judge of the Audiencia Nacional explained that he took his decision "seeing as Silvio Berlusconi is no longer Prime Minister of the Italian Republic, which was the reason the procedure had been suspended under the statute of immunity."

by de Gondi (publiobestia aaaatttthotmaildaughtusual) on Wed Sep 6th, 2006 at 06:43:01 PM EST

Re: Evening Open Thread - Wednesday (none / 0)

I saw that somewhere in English today.

by manon (m@gmail.com) on Wed Sep 6th, 2006 at 07:12:32 PM EST
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Evening Open Thread - Wednesday | 27 comments (16 topical, 11 editorial, 0 hidden)

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