Illuminati-R-Us

I must say, I'd buy a beer for ayone who could guide me through that kind of code.

In other news, the religious predilections of the RAF terrorist group in Germany (70s to 90s) is still inknown.

You really think we need RELIGION to butcher each other? HA!

BTW, when did we have the last moderator action? Never after BT/Wanker Boy, right?

I'll have to think about that...

What is "BRB"?

Arneb , I'm not sure that having OBL tried, convicted, and punished by "the great Satan (TM)" would make any difference among the extremists. But I do wonder now if it might have helped relationships among more friendly entities. That is an interesting point, and I think you're right. How...

Memsahib?

Lowlander, beware! They might make a secret pact that carves up the lowlands between Pictavia and England. Just ask the Polish what happened to THEM. On a more serious note, are there good reasons for Scotland to secede from the Union that someone who doesn't believe in national pride will understand?

Mactep, I am definitely with you on the propaganda aspect. The man who styled himself as the Islamic Lion who would fight till the very end, relentlessly on the heels of the evil infidels, shot in a villa in a well-to-do Islamabad commuter town, and not even a pistol under his pillow. That is good s...

OK, I WAS very sensitive :oops: And don't call me Jesus :wink: I still think that a living OBL wouldn't have materially affected the security situation of the US - if they are able to strike, they strike. Of course, if more and more terrorist action came under the heading of "free OBL", it...

Come on, Arneb. ? Come where? Or is this simply to say that you can't take me seriously? In that case, you can stop reading. Had he been taken alive, put on trial, jailed, ... fanatical followers would be kidnapping innocents and torturing/murdering/mailing body parts demanding OBL's release. OK, s...

I liked the Vatican reaction. "Osama Bin Laden - as everyone knows - has had the gravest responsibility for spreading hatred and division among people, causing the deaths of countless people, and exploiting religion for this purpose. Faced with the death of a man, a Christian never rejoices [.....

Hertha 1 - 2 Munich 1860 reminds me of the last time Hertha was promoted to the Bundesliga. As soon as promotion was secure, they lost EVERY match until the end of the season, even managing to come in second (after Kaiserslautern, who managed to become German champion in the following season!). Mean...

Frankly I don't give a rats ass where he's from, he's already bent the USA over, told it to grab it's ankles while he plants his 10' debt penis all the way into to her small intestine. People are focused on the wrong thing. Where he was born? That's nothing...what him and the administration have do...

MSV Duisburg 0 - 1 Hertha BSC
Paderborn 0 - 0 Bochum

Which means hertha are 12 points ahead of the relegation position with three matches to go. Therefore, promotion is assured.

Bundesliga, here we come!

Hi Mactep, Stellarium is total win. It runs un Windows, too. Free, comprehensive, awesome graphics (you can simulate haze and light pollution, quite handy when it comes to observing from Singapore). If you want a quick map of the sky above you, there's nothing faster and cheaper than the interactive...

Yeah, it isn't the M25, you know.

Did I mention that my new company car does 32 mpg Diesel while doing a sedate 110 mph on the Autobahn?

Meanwhile, Dortmund 3 - 0 Freiburg Bayern 5 - 1 Leverkusen That means, Dortmund are 8 pts ahead of Leberkusen with four matches to go, and they need a meagre two points in 4 games to nail the Championship. Should be pieco of cake. Bayern trounce Leverkusen's chances of winning their first Champoions...

Hertha 4 - 0 VfL Osnabrück, while FC Ingolstadt 04 3 - 0 VfL Bochum I won't let any optimism get the better of me, but I have to admit that the chances of fucking up are diminishing all the time. 10 points off third-placed Bochum with four rounds to go means they now need only 3 points from four mat...

Hmm. A bit like buying a New Beetle. Agua pasada no mueve molinas.

Angeber

I found Noclevername's point valid though. The SU had problems so massive that any positive contribution from Space Exploration could arguably have been drowned out. If a village is wiped out by the plague, you won't argue, "see? None of the polio vaccinations had any lasting health impact here...

that would be too much to ask. Plus, Bochum seems to be the team of the moment. I don't see Fuerth passing them, if only because Fuerth share the fuckup gene with Hertha, big time. Hertha's lead over Bochum at third is 7 points, meaning they need 8 points from five matches. If they want to enter the...

Totally insignificant in the grand scheme of things, but VfL Bochum 0 - 2 Hertha BSC gives me great joy. Hertha give a convincing performance away at third-placed Bochum, ending their 15 (!) match unbeaten streak. Second place Augsburg only get a draw, so five rounds before the finish line, Hertha h...