A new technique for natural breast implants -- taking fat from parts of women's bodies where they don't want it and putting it where they might.

The feminists are shrieking about this. I don't even have to click; I just know. So women get to take fat they don't want from, say, their thighs and put it in their hooters.

And meanwhile I'm sitting here taking near-lethal dosages of Extenz, and not, in fact, "enjoying the lift" I get from it. And given that Extenz is almost all inert material and biologically-useless filler, trust me, you've tot to take a lot of it to trigger a daily bout of anaphylactic shock.

This being the MSM (the BBC here), they of course must run a picture of knockers in any story that mentions them. In case you don't know what breasts might look like. So I'll do the same.

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Just when you thought there was light at the end of the tunnel:

A CAMPAIGN launched today to extend the globally popular Harry Potter series received a boost after author JK Rowling declared "never say never" about writing another book about the boy wizard.

Rowling has maintained Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, which will be published July 21, is the last in a seven-book series, but suggested through her publisher Bloomsbury she might reconsider.

"Never say never," said the statement in response to a Save Harry online petition that aims to collect one million names.

Rowling had disclosed two characters will die, fuelling speculation that one of them will be Harry himself.

SPOILER ALERT: OTHER KEY PLOT POINTS FROM HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS:

1. Hermione sues Harry for sexual harassment after she catches him sniffing the seat of her broomstick.

2. Voldemort's sinister reputation is somewhat lessened when it is revealed that his only magical power is the ability to conjure up delicious apple fritters.

3. Continuing the practice of making each installment thematically darker than the last, Deathly Hallows contains a scene in which Harry methodically feeds his cousin Dudley into a woodchipper.

4. Dumbledore returns from the dead; his former students' initial enthusiasm eventually fades, however, when they realize that his ghost spends all its time in the toilets of the Gryffindor House girls' bathroom.

5. Hogwart's adopts "Welcome to Flavor Country" as its official motto.

6. The reputation of the Order of the Phoenix is tarnished when Harry orders girlfriend Ginny Weasley to don a suicide bomber vest and self-detonate at a crowded Quidditch match.

7. In a grim commentary on the cost of modern sexual freedoms, the entire cast of characters dies of AIDS.

Got your own suggestions on how to improve these crappy books? Add 'em in the comments if the spirit moves you.

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Don't question his patriotism. Conspiring with Al Qaeda to commit acts of terrorism is the highest form of patriotism.

Patriot!

The trial against a Wilkes-Barre man accused of aiding al-Qaida began this morning with opening statements that set the stage for the upcoming week.

Michael Curtis Reynolds, 49, on trial in Scranton's federal courthouse on multiple charges, is accused of communicating via the Internet with someone he believed was a member of al-Qaida, according to an indictment handed down last year.

Mr. Reynolds allegedly offered to help commit acts of terrorism by "identifying targets, planning terrorism attacks, describe bomb-making methods, among other services," the indictment reads. He allegedly suggested targeting pipeline systems and energy facilities in the U.S.

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In his opening statement, Mr. Reynolds' attorney, Joseph O'Brien, said Mr. Reynolds was also trying to find possible terrorists on the Internet to report to authorities. Mr. O'Brien compared the case to the Spy vs. Spy cartoon -- "They both decided to take matters into their own hands. They bumped into each other on the Internet."

I believe that like I believe Pete Townsend was just looking for child porn in order to "gain information" about child pornographers.

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Left, a traditional Islamic sundial tracking the time
for afternoon prayers;
Right, the "Crescent of Embrace" supposed memorial to
the Shanksville heroes which also just happens to
track the time for afternoon prayers

Error Theory has been all over the memorial to Islam planned to "honor" the victims of Islamic radicalism, and now he's got a book coming out about it. The book comes out in August, but for reasons that make no economic sense to me you can download it for free until then.

Posted by: Ace at 02:24 PM | Comments (32)
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Off of Hot Air.

Someone has been suggesting for a while -- if phone calls and emails worked on our fainthearted Senators with regard to immigration, why not try it again for the war?

The surge is showing some definite signs of success -- not guaranteed success, of course -- and the plan was to wait for the September report from Petraeus. What on earth is the point of these jerkoffs screaming for timetables now -- which only undermine our effort in Iraq -- which will not take place, if enacted at all, until long after the surge report anyway?

Maybe it's time to start lighting up the switchboards again.

As Elliot Ness said in the Untouchables, after the DA tells him he won't risk embarrassment by bringing a weak case against Capone: "I've got men out there risking more than their reputations."

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I'm experiencing a strange disturbance... in my pants.

No? I've used that one before. Okay, how about: I find your lack of faith... arousing.

No?

Okay: "I'd sooner be sexually assaulted by a Wookie."

-- "That can be arranged!"

Well, look, Chewbacca didn't actually talk in the frickin' movies. It's not my fault.

Thanks to Tushar, I think.

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...except, of course, for the actual terrorists.

Armed police were on duty at most other major British airports at the time.

The two men arrested at the airport were tackled by an unarmed officer, an off-duty policeman who was passing by and members of the public.

Gun-grabbers will point out the fact that a heroic cabbie and baggage-handler and a tourist were able to subdue the terrorists bare-handed, but what if the terrorists had decided to break the gun-control laws in addition to the laws against terrorism and arson by explosion?

Thanks to USCitizen.

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Or really Hollywood's romantic depiction of those days.

Alas, this is a fun idea that I think will fail. I'm a real sucker for kinda-kitschy theme stuff that evokes the past. This whole idea appeals to me... in theory.

But.

Transportation is, after all, just transportation. If you have a week off, you don't want to spend four days of it on a train -- even if that trip is pretty nice. And even if the train's private suites allow you to join "The Yard High Club" a couple of times.

Think Cary Grant, meeting a coy Eva Marie Saint in an elegant dining car aboard a train in Alfred Hitchcock's "North by Northwest."

That style is what Amtrak hopes to recreate through a test-run venture with private rail company GrandLuxe Rail Journeys, which operates long-distance, scenic trips in cars that recall the golden era of train travel.
Amtrak's GrandLuxe Limited service will launch in Washington Nov. 6 with service from Union Station to Miami on the Silver Meteor line, starting at $789 each way. Similar service will be offered on routes between cities including Chicago, Denver, San Francisco and Los Angeles.

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The new rail service will feature five-course dinners, overnight suites, butler service and a full-car lounge, among other amenities. All of the cars are either refurbished models from the 1940s and 1950s or built to evoke that era.

I see growth opportunities here for longtime AoS sponsors, the "murder consultants" at Killing Time. GrandLuxe was formerly "American Orient Express," after all. Why not add a little murder-mystery to the ride? Let's face it, staring out at hundreds of miles of Iowa loses its charm after, well, the first five or ten miles.

Partnering With Air-Carriers: What could almost make this work is a partnership with several airlines, so that someone could get round-trip discounts for taking the train for one leg and a flight for the way back.

I figure one would want to spend the journey to the destination on the train -- "it is better to travel hopefully than to arrive," as I read in a James Bond book -- and by the time the vacation is over, one usually just wants to get back home as soon as possible.

So, yeah, for me: I'd do a 20 hour train ride down to, say, Miami, just for the experience of it.

But twice in one week, there and back? No. Nostalgia and kitsch have their limits.

Unless these guys will be offering me Solitaire from Live and Let Die to bang constantly along the way, I don't know if I can take 40 hours on a train in one week.

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I argued this myself a while ago. While the MSM loves asking Republicans potentially embarrassing questions about evolution and God -- questions designed to force them to choose between appeasing two constituencies, or else look foolish in trying to pander to both -- the MSM never seems very interested in the Democrats' wedge issues.

Specifically: The Truther wedge. They're 90% Democrats, they're actually a large segment of the base, and yet they freak out everyone else with their, how do I put this delicately?, feces-eating bugfuck-crazy lunacy.

Why does the media refuse to closely question Democrats on these various "interesting theories"? The answer is obvious, so let me rephrase it: What bullshit pretext does the media claim for refusing to ask Democrats tough questions about Trutherism?

Rob Port wants you to do the jobs that Americans (in the media) won't do: Call or write your Congressmen and get them to commit without any vague two-way pandering to what they really believe happened on 9/11, and what they really believe about the "Truth" movement.

With Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Ramadi) now floating the "interesting theory" that 9/11 is a close analogue of the Reichstag fire, there is simply no cover left for the media to pretend that this isn't an issue in this campaign.

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Embrace your inner beta male. Video: Light Content Warning.

It's a straight news report, but obviously the subject matter is sketchy.

This is further evidence of my long-argued theory: The Japanese are fuckin' weird when it comes to sex.

Or food.

Thanks to DaveP.

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