Links

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/13/science_biofuel_reports/

Stepped-up ethanol production in the US is mostly likely harmful to the environment. No surprise there. The one and only thing that will help our CO2 problems is the one thing no one will do: use less energy.

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http://www.plastic-surgeon-directory.com/extreme-plastic-surgery.html

"While the most common reason people decide to get plastic surgery is to improve a part of their body, or change something they don't like, some take plastic surgery to the next level. What follows are some of the most interesting, bizarre, and extreme examples of plastic surgery by individuals who have non-traditional surgery goals."

Strange.

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http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/highschool/02/13/female.official.ap/index.html?cnn=yes

"The Kansas State High School Activities Association said referees reported that Michelle Campbell was preparing to officiate at St. Mary's Academy near Topeka on Feb. 2 when a school official insisted that Campbell could not call the game.

"The reason given, according to the referees: Campbell, as a woman, could not be put in a position of authority over boys because of the academy's beliefs."

This could only happen in places like Iran. Or Kansas...

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/13/world/middleeast/13contractors.html?ex=1360645200&en=bb3113084a2187a5&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

"But not long after the ambush, Ms. Kineston said, she was sexually assaulted by another driver, who remained on the job, at least temporarily, even after she reported the episode to KBR, the military contractor that employed the drivers. Later, she said she was groped by a second KBR worker. After complaining to the company about the threats and harassments endured by female employees in Iraq, she was fired."

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http://www.abcactionnews.com/entertainment/story.aspx?content_id=e5b7a814-9a8e-4e9f-8479-2381058abdd8&hahah%20

"Britney Spears stunned sales staff at a Betsey Johnson store in Sherman Oaks, California on Sunday when she stepped out of a fitting room completely naked.

"A day before Spears' bizarre antics outside a Los Angeles courthouse cost her visitation rights to her young son for a month, the singer was stripping in front of shoppers."

Officially insane... I've started to here "Britney" used as a verb for a pathetic emotional decline, as in "Having a Britney Spears". It's funny, in a sad sort of way. Or maybe it's just sad. Or maybe it's not even that.

Nevermind. Wait for the feature film version.