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jb wrote:

" Hamas has vowed to push the jewish state into the sea...and until we eliminate their leaders, as well as those in Syria and Terhan, the world is on the brink of a nuclear holocaust. We will act soon on the Iranian Nukes once Ariel feels better and george gives the O,K, We'll take the blame like in 8o, but we all know we want it done."

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Joey wrote:


" Iran to Resume Nuclear Fuel Research "


" Iran has decided to resume research into nuclear fuel production, a top official said Tuesday in a statement certain to increase concerns that Iran is moving toward production of nuclear weapons.

Mohammad Saeedi, deputy head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, did not specify what kind of research would be resumed but said that for now, it did not include the enrichment of uranium, a process that can produce fuel for atomic weapons.

"It has been decided that the International Atomic Energy Agency will be informed today about (our) research in the field of nuclear fuel. Research will resume in cooperation and coordination with the IAEA in the next few days," Saeedi said.

Saeedi said Iran's nuclear program had suffered significantly from a research suspension over the past 2 1/2 years and it could no longer keep its scientists from proceeding.

Tehran says the program is for electricity generation, despite U.S. and European concerns that it is moving to produce nuclear bombs.

IAEA head Mohamed ElBaradei said in Vienna that Iran told the U.N. nuclear watchdog Tuesday of a decision to resume research and development starting Feb. 9.

Elbaradei said it was important that Tehran "maintains its suspension of all enrichment-related activity" as a way of reducing international suspicions about its nuclear plans.

Elbaradei also called on Iran to "build confidence and enable the resumption of dialogue with all concerned parties."

A European diplomat, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to publicly discuss European Union strategy, said it was too early to evaluate the significance of the move, and whether it would scuttle talks planned for later this months between Iran and French, British and German negotiators.

The EU has previously said that any decision by Iran to resume work on its uranium enrichment program would be "the red line" that would end European attempts to negotiate with Iran over its nuclear program. An end to the talks would revive attempts to have Iran taken before the U.N. Security Council for violating the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, the EU has said.

Iran has come under heavy international pressure from the IAEA and the West to abandon its program to produce fuel for its Russian-built nuclear reactor, which is to come online this year, as well as its future nuclear power plants.

Iran has vowed it will never give up its right under the treaty to enrich uranium and produce nuclear fuel inside its borders.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said his country will reject a U.S. and European-backed Russian proposal to end the nuclear dispute if it sought to move any Iranian enrichment program to Russia, its northern neighbor.

"If it means enrichment be carried out (only) in Russia, we have said it is not acceptable. But if it is a complementary plan, we will study it," Asefi told reporters in Iran.

Extremists within the increasingly hard-line Iranian government have denounced the Russian proposal as a "dirty trick."

While refusing to renounce enrichment, Iran suspended many aspects of its nuclear fuel program in 2003 as a goodwill gesture during negotiations with Britain, France and Germany.

The talks collapsed in August after Iran resumed uranium reprocessing, a step before enrichment, at its Uranium Conversion Facility in Isfahan.

The two sides resumed dialogue last month but have so far failed to resolve the dispute. "

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060103/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_nuclear

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Martha wrote:
"he has embarked on a tour asking people to watch him play a guitar and sing without any back up band..."

And I very fortunately (got tickets hours before the show) got to see one of those gigs this year. I can't think of anyone else who could pull off a solo show who is in his position....but he most certainly can and did.

Whether you like him or not he is the Boss....damn straight.

Summit Summit SUMMIT!

falalala,
Martha

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Sir Stonesalot wrote:


No I wasn't kidding. I told the wife yesterday. She wasn't even upset.

So for now, I'm still here at my house. But I'll be apartment hunting etc. for the next few weeks. I'm hoping to have some shit squared away before I hit NYC on the 20th.

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jb wrote:
I will buy you (ss) sevral drinks and hug you quickly(see me at lower concession level).

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Sir Stonesalot wrote:
Sorry to bring this back from the dead...but I've been, uhhh, dealing with some stuff. Didn't really have much of a chance to catch up on threads.

I saw some of the remarks made to my resolutions and thought they deserved an answer.

No I wasn't kidding. I told the wife yesterday. She wasn't even upset.

So for now, I'm still here at my house. But I'll be apartment hunting etc. for the next few weeks. I'm hoping to have some shit squared away before I hit NYC on the 20th.

You know, going to this thing is a REALLY irresponsible thing to do. I mean, I need every $$$ I can scrape together to start over...and yet off I go to NYC for a rather expensive weekend. LOL! AND I'll do it again in March! I must be nuts.

Whatever. I need the mental health time. I'll just have to pick up all the overtime I can grab.

Anyhow, don't feel bad, or sad, or anything like that for me. I got a wonderful kid out of the ordeal. And I'm sure that both my wife & I will both be much happier in the long run.

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Sir Stonesalot wrote:
Nope. No new woman involved. Just can't deal with the old one anymore.

I'm not saying that I'm opposed to a new woman. But I gotta say that the thought of "dating" again is a little daunting. Especially now that I'm staring down 40. I mean...condoms? C'mon man, I haven't had to buy a condom in 15 years! And I'm not sure I even remember who gets handcuffed first.

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