A planet where apes evolved from MAN?!?

Crikey

 Well, this has put a real downer on the weekend.

Tonight, we'll tip a pint or three.

You'll be missed, Mr. Irwin.  We'll keep Terri, Bindi and Bob in our prayers.

 

 

UPDATE

Just took a cruise through Animal Planet (web and TV), and they finally updated the website.  It took them a while (holiday here in the States)

Discovery Channel International is going to rename the garden in front of the company's Maryland headquarters to the "Steve Irwin Memorial Sensory Garden".

They are also looking at creating a fund, the Crikey Fund, to continue Steve's work and pay for the education of his 2 children.

I just hope it doesn't become a boondogle like the WCF and other environmentalist causes.  I'd hate for his memory to become tainted in such a way.

Al Queda's #2 in Iraq caught: Queue the cries of "I question the timing"

Read the AP report, here. 

Iraq's national security adviser said Hamed Jumaa Farid al-Saeedi, known as Abu Humam or Abu Rana, was arrested a few days ago as he hid in a residential building southwest of Baqouba. The arrest has left al-Qaida in Iraq suffering a "serious leadership crisis," national security adviser Mouwafak al-Rubaie said. "Our troops have dealt fatal and painful blows to this organization."

But I thought the war was going terribly, and the Iraqi's had no hope... or was that just the latest word from Howard Dean? I dunno. I'll get the voices in my head to confer with the voices in his head, and see what is what.

Anyway, looks like his recent promotion to #2 didn't last all that long, as he was caught last week leaving a #2 in his drawers while hiding in an apartment conplex near Baquoba.

Anyway, this is good news for the people of Iraq, one less head on the hydra.  Hopefully the coalition and the Iraqi's will success in burning the stumps...
With luck, having this beast in captivity will help diffuse the tensions between the shia and sunni factions, and maybe restore confidence in the govt amongst the Kurds to the north.

Still, I have to wonder how long before the DUers and the KosKidz claim his capture and announcement thereof are just posturing for ChimpyMcHitlerBurton to aid the dreaded Rethuglicans in November.

Let the betting begin.