Former chief United Nations weapons inspector Mr Hans Blix said today he suspected the United States bugged his office and home in the run-up to the Iraq war, but had no hard evidence.

Funny, every time he speaks his words get dumber and dumber.

Describing such behaviour as ?disgusting?, Mr Blix told Britain?s Guardian newspaper in an interview: ?It feels like an intrusion into your integrity in a situation when you are actually on the same side.?

Excuse me, but I think he would be hard pressed to find anyone who agrees that he was on the same side as anyone (except maybe Saddam Hussein and the French).

Mr Blix said his suspicions were raised when he had trouble with a telephone connection at home.

That statement is too funny. Like anyone in the United States as not had trouble with a telephone connection. If his statement actually had any merit, then we could believe that we all have been bugged at some point…

?It might have been something trivial or it might have been something installed somewhere, I don?t know,? he said. The Swede said he asked UN counter-surveillance teams to check his office and home for listening devices.

Of course, they found nothing… So there was nothing… So his words mean nothing…

??If you had something sensitive to talk about you would go out into the restaurant or out into the streets,? said Mr Blix.

This sounds like a classic case of paranoia, not espionage.

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French cinema chains are refusing to distribute or screen Mel Gibson’s controversial film “The Passion of the Christ” because of fears it will spark a new outbreak of anti-Semitism.

France is the only European country where there is still no distribution deal for the film, which depicts the last days of Jesus Christ in graphic detail and is accused by critics of stoking anti-Jewish sentiment.

The film was released in America last week, but French distributors are wary of its impact on audiences and want to gauge its reception elsewhere in Europe, where it is due to open next month.

Once again, the French are waiting to see what everyone else is going to do. Far be it from them to actually take the first step on anything.

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A federal judge on Friday threw out the most serious charge against Martha Stewart, securities fraud, just before her trial goes to a jury.

The charge accused Stewart of deceiving investors in her company, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, by lying about her sale of ImClone Systems stock.

“Here, the evidence and inferences the government presents are simply too weak to support a finding beyond a reasonable doubt of criminal intent,” the judge wrote.

U.S. District Judge Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum left intact four other charges against the celebrity homemaker – conspiracy, obstruction of justice, and two counts of lying to investigators.

Whatcha think? All charges dismissed by Monday?

America’s economy, bolstered by brisk business spending, grew at a healthy 4.1 percent annual rate in the final quarter of 2003. That was even faster than first thought and offered new evidence that the nation’s economic recovery was firmly rooted going into the new year.

The latest reading on the gross domestic product – the broadest measure of the economy’s health – was slightly better than the 4 percent pace estimated a month ago for the October-to-December quarter, the Commerce Department reported Friday. GDP measures the value of all goods and services produced within the United States.

Note to the left-wing spinners: Yes, this is Bush’s fault too. Remember your own statements.

Note to the right-wing believers: We knew this was coming all along.

Of course, mainstream media will give this a quick blurb and then move on to John Kerry and his “outstanding” service to our country. cough.

An 83-year-old man was found lying dead in his yard next to his wife after he fell, became stranded and ordered his wife not to get help for three days despite heavy rainstorms, according to authorities.

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The man’s wife left him in the yard but continued to care for him for three days by covering him up in a tarp during rainstorms and bringing food and water.

Sheriff’s deputies said that while caring for her husband, Harriet also fell and was unable to get help.

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No foul play is suspected in this incident.

Of course there was no foul play, they stayed inbounds the whole time.

An eight-year-old boy has been suspended from school for kissing a classmate on the cheek.

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School officials say they saw the kiss as sexual harassment.

I think it’s high time that school officials got a little attitude adjustment.

Scott Peterson is free to sell his story to the movies or make book deals, a judge ruled over the objections of Peterson’s slain wife’s mother.

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Sharon Rocha, Laci Peterson’s mother, asked the court to keep any payments from commercial use of Peterson’s story in a trust account until a verdict is reached.

Superior Court Judge Roger Beauchesne said Wednesday’s ruling was tentative and could be changed. He gave Rocha’s attorney 20 days to return to court with new arguments.

Go ahead Scott, write the book. Of course, you will never see a penny from the profits of doing so. This could be just the thing you need to keep your mind focused on the fact that you did indeed kill your wife and unborn child.

French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin on Wednesday called for the “immediate” dispatch of an international civilian force to restore order in Haiti, where a rebellion threatens to topple President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

Now they want to get involved?

“This force would be charged with assuring the restoration of public order and support actions in the field of the international community,” de Villepin said in a statement. “It should have the support of a government of national union.”

Wow… Imagine that… They want to help restore law and order and support the international community… I know I have heard of something like this before.

“France also said it wants human rights observers to be sent to the troubled Caribbean nation and a “long term” engagement of international aid aimed at reconstructing Haiti’s economy.

Human rights observers? Long term engagement of international aid? They obviously have NO financial interest in Haiti… If they did, they would not want anything to change… Unless of course, they are supporters of the opposition, in which case, they want Aristide out so they can get their puppet in.

“It is absolutely necessary for the international community to accompany the country in its quest for a mechanism that will allow for a timely and orderly departure of Jean-Bertrand Aristide,” the Democratic Platform coalition said in a statement.

Too bad they couldn’t deal with the fact that it was “absolutely necessary for the international community to accompany the country in its quest for a mechanism that would allow for a timely and orderly departure of Saddam Hussein.

Two-faced, whining, cheese eating surrender monkeys.

Georgians are expected to witness the first measurable snowfall of the season Thursday morning in Atlanta, the northern suburbs and mountains of Georgia.

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The worst of the storm is expected to hit in the northern suburbs and mountains, where the National Weather Service predicted 2-4 inches of ice and snow. Downtown Atlanta could get 1-2 inches. But none of it is expected to stick.

Sure… Like, uh-huh… If it does happen, I will post pictures (so we have proof for future generations).