Chess News

Normandy Invasion was in first, but in the end could only muster fourth place at the Kentucky Derby.  The owners of said horse had feelings very similar to those of us who ever dare to play Allies in G40.  We, too, always feel like we could have won but instead finish in fourth place.  Just sayin.  ;)

“Garg”,

––Well, I guess you’re rubbing off on me(bad influence?) :-o. But seriously, please remember to send all us, your fans(victims?) :roll:, an autographed photo of you in your royal attire attaining your reign.(proof of departure?) :-D

----Happy New Year, “G”

“Tall Paul”

Well then post in the varients section ;)

Congrats, when I get home from Iraq, my 10 year old is ready to graduate from Risk to A&A, It happens fast.

A high courts justices, annoyed with lower court judges who issue problematic rulings, have decided to send one of them back to law school.

In an order issued late Friday, Judge R K Towari was told to return for a three-month refresher course after issuing an arrest warrant in defiance of a previous higher courts ruling.

“Since Tiwari does not have even elementary knowledge of the criminal law and procedure it would be appropriate that he undergoes a refresher course.” Justice V. B. Gupta wrote.

The move comes after a series of high profile cases that have been overturned by a higher court or the national Supreme Court, citing lack of legal understanding by lower court judges.

–-Associated Press, sorry no reporter’s name is listed.

Gee, judges passing law school AND understanding the legal code!  What is this, a Russian Gulag!  We can’t make them do that! hehe.

Sorry, I just thought it was hilarious that the higher courts were getting fed up with idiot rulings and having to correct all these bad rulings in appeals.

Wait…. Anna Smith is… DEAD?  when did this happen? i watch TV and they never nentioned it. Im watching the E! channel right now and still no word.

You would think the news would report this after all she was so talented as an actress. :roll:

Take the period off the end of the link, works just fine then.

Also, reading the story, it sounds a lot like 1998, before the Tech Bubble burst.  Super economy, wage and job creation growth, high investment yields…

If past trends are any indication, 2006 will see a serious “bust” in the economy.  I am betting on a collapse of specific areas for the real estate bubble that will trickle into other areas of the economy, combined with a repeat rise in liquid fuels prices after a winter of extremely elevated consumer expense on heating fuels that will slow consumer spending in 2006.

Increasing instability in the Middle East will further strain fuel prices and guarantees of supplies, further slowing the economy.

Anyone care to lay odds?

I watch Fox, CNN, BBC and ABC when I can. I figure between the four of them, I get the vast majority of the actual facts and they’ll contradict each other on their spin. Kinda like white noise filtering out the spin while the facts slip through.

Agencies I avoid like the plague:

CBS (can we say Dan Rather? Can we say 3 instances of falsified reports either purposly or because of ineptitude in their reporting ability during the elections? Can we say spin???)

I also tend to avoid NBC/MSNBC mainly because it’s owned by Microsoft and I don’t trust corporations that sell products or services to protray the news correctly.

While I have tons of reasons to distrust Spanish, French, German and Canadian news agencies, from their actual papers, I’ll refrain from specifics because I don’t have enough time to sit around scanning articles into PDF form and posting them right now. Suffice it to say, the fiction they print in their daily periodicals is humorous at best, evil at worst.