Is this the end of Paul Wolfowitz's "Anti-Corruption Drive?"
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CharleyH
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shereads said:
So one of the key planners of the Iraq war is out at World Bank because he sort of accidentally ordered his girlfriend promoted and paid a salary in excess of what the position was supposed to pay, and then lied about it.
Topics:
1) Wow. The Iraq war was planned?
2) Aw, Jesus. Someone had sex with Paul Wolfowitz?! A diet could be based on how queasy that makes me feel.
3) Paul Wolfowitz...He's the one who was going to use his position at World Bank to end corruption, right? How did that work out?
Discuss.
I am not sure HOW I missed this thread all day (could be it was buried 'til now), but ROFLOL.
Caitano
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Philatist??shereads said:
You know
You learn something new all the time. I can't say every day, because some days I'm too lazy. Today it was opening a bottle a la portguesa. I'm no linguist, but I did listen to that silly Carlos Santana album with the Matchbox 20 guy singing on it-- I forget the title. Anyway, one song repeated a Spanish phrase enough times for me to figure out that it was
ella baila la portuguesa.
Maybe it really isn't, of course. I don't know a lot of Spanish, and my hearing is going.
Anyway, I went to the web to try to find out what "dancing the portuguesa" might portend, y'know. When you google Spanish words, though, you get directed to lots of Spanish sites. What I found was not actually what dancing the portuguesa meant. In fact, I still have no idea what it means. I think it really may be a dance called la portuguesa, which was disappointing. I had been imagining some sexual slang reference, actually.
What I did find was how to open a wine bottle a la portuguesa.
This is the link to it-- it's a you tube, all in Spanish, but they aren't saying anything important, and the video information is self-explanatory, without sound.
Since we're threadjacking, we might as well go whole hog.
rgraham666
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Wankel Rotary Engine!
I just love the way it sounds.
I just love the way it sounds.
rgraham666
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Caitano said:I remember those, with the hemisemidemispherical combustion chamber.
I have, and had, no idea how they worked.
But you can't help but snicker when you hear it spoken aloud.
Roxanne Appleby
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That's mine.shereads said:
I don't understand why wankels didn't catch on. As I recall they delivered more power for the size and weight than pistons. The origninal Maxda RX 7 sports coupe had one, and supposedly it was screamer, not a wanker. I suppose there was some limitation related to making them polution compliant or something, but I really haven't a clue.
