Hulleye Comes By!

this is all i am going to post about the virginia tech shootings. i think it explains my sentiments fairly well. click to make bigger.

Update: even though i had promised not to post anymore about vtech, this is related to the post i’ve already made about the blame game. the cynical-c blog is keeping track of all the things that the media has already blamed for the massacre.

speaking of mario and luigi, saw this earlier today. whoever is playing this must be one of the most patient morons ever. credit to him though. i ended up watching the whole damn thing.

so one of the reasons i haven’t updated in a while is that i’ve been stuck with my brand spankin new wii trying to finish super paper mario and playing wii sports with my wife. it be awesome. if you can find one, i highly recommend it. now wii really want cricket.

everyone has played monopoly at some point in their life. it teaches you a lot about your friends and family and how shrewd they can be. it brings out the best and worst in you. but what is it really about. this pdf goes through the nitty gritty of the game. does all the math for you. good luck with the jargon because i ain’t helping you out with it. but it’s a fascinating read nonetheless. (it’s a pdf, try adobe acrobat or cutepdf).

just a brief glimpse of today’s headlines giving an exact state of affairs in the homeland at the moment. and people all over the world are oblivious.

Justice Iftikhar still CJ, govt tells SC
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By Nasir Iqbal
ISLAMABAD, April 16: The government conceded before the Supreme Court here on Monday that it still considered Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry to be the Chief Justice of Pakistan.
“He is still the chief justice but the SJC has passed some restraining orders against him,” advocate Malik Qayyum, representing the government, told a three-member bench hearing identical petitions challenging formation of the SJC and President Pervez Musharraf’s move to forward a reference against Justice Chaudhry….

Understanding in country’s interest, says Benazir
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Dawn Report
KARACHI: In the interview with The Sunday Times of London that is now at the centre of a fresh controversy over a possible deal between the People’s Party and Gen Pervez Musharraf, Benazir Bhutto claimed that such a deal was in Pakistan’s interest.
The report — titled “Defiant Bhutto plans return” — was written by Dean Nelson, the newspaper’s South Asia Correspondent. Here are some excerpts from the story:…

Extremism greatest threat: president
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By Our Reporter
RAWALPINDI, April 16: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that internal threat is posing the greatest challenge to the country’s integrity. Addressing a conference of formation commanders here, he alluded to the Lal Masjid episode and said the government was following a prudent course to deal with some misguided youths.
“Moderate forces must win and we must defeat extremism if Pakistan has to progress,” he remarked….

India accuses Pakistan of backing terror
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NEW DELHI, April 16: India’s defence minister on Monday accused Pakistan of continuing to support cross-border terrorism in occupied Kashmir.
“There is no change in Pakistan’s support to cross-border terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir,” Defence Minister A.K. Antony told a conference of top army officials in New Delhi. “This remains a cause of concern to us,” a defence ministry statement quoted him as saying….

Trust needed for success in war on terror: FO
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By Qudssia Akhlaque
ISLAMABAD, April 16: In a pointed message to the US and other members of the international coalition against terrorism, the government on Monday warned them against deflecting criticism from their own failures towards Pakistan and underscored the need for mutual trust for counter-terrorism efforts to succeed.
“We expect the international community to have trust in us as we would trust them because without that, this alliance against terrorism cannot achieve any success,” Foreign Office spokesperson Tasneem Aslam told a weekly news briefing while responding to a question. “We also expect the international community to acknowledge Pakistan’s contribution, acknowledge its own failures and not try to deflect criticism from its own failures towards Pakistan,” she added….

Change is imminent, claims Nawaz
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By Ashraf Shad
DUBAI, April 16: Mian Nawaz Sharif has challenged President Gen Pervez Musharraf to stop his return, vowing to land in Pakistan at the ‘right time’.
In an interview with Dubai’s Khaleej Times, to be published on Tuesday, the former prime minister said: “I will choose the time to return to Pakistan and President Musharraf cannot stop me from returning”….

Blasts cut power supply
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By Our Staff Correspondent
QUETTA, April 16: Power supply to Guddu power plant from Uch was suspended on Monday as two towers of the transmission line were blown up near Dera Allahyar.
Police sources said explosive devices went off near two pylons of the 220kV transmission line near Dera Allahyar bypass in the evening….

Missile firing exercise concludes
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ISLAMABAD, April 16: A three-day live missile firing exercise conducted by Pakistan Air Force concluded successfully at Sonmiani range on Monday.
All types of fighter aircraft and surface-to-air missile units of PAF participated in the exercise….

Three killed, four injured as grenade explodes
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By Our Correspondent
PESHAWAR, April 16: Three children were killed and four other people, including two women, sustained injuries when a hand grenade exploded inside a house in the Badhbare village in the outskirts of Peshawar on Monday morning.
Two sisters, Bushra, 9, and Sara, 4, daughters of Jamdad Khan, were killed on the spot while three of their brothers, Siyar, 13, Zulfiqar, 11, and Asfandyar, 7, and their mother, Sharafta, and their grandmother, Dil Feroza, were injured…

Security man killed in ambush
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By Our Correspondent
DARRA ADAM KHEL, April 16: An official of the Khasadaar Force was shot dead and two others were seriously injured by masked motorcyclists near a Khasadaar post on Kohat-Peshawar road here on Monday evening.
Subedar Major Iran Gul along with other Khasadaars was on a routine patrolling on Peshawar-Kohat road when two motorcyclists opened fire on the Khasadaar party and killed Iran Gul on the spot….

Health scheme changed without homework
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By Baqir Sajjad Syed
ISLAMABAD, April 16: The health ministry has decided to add haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccine to the children’s immunisation programme from next year without ascertaining the exact burden of Hib pneumonia in the country.
A health ministry spokesman on Monday said every child born in the country would be given a new combination of vaccines against five diseases from July 2008….

Benazir calls for ending Balochistan operation
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By Our Reporter
ISLAMABAD, April 16: Former prime minister and chairperson of the Pakistan People’s Party Benazir Bhutto has expressed grave concern over the continuing military operation in Balochistan and called for an end to the operation and settlement of political disputes through dialogue.
A press statement issued by the party’s media centre said that the PPP chairperson had been receiving reports from the party’s provincial organisation that life had become miserable in Balochistan for people in areas where the military operation was under way….

Unregistered Afghan DPs termed ‘illegal’
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By Bakhtawar Mian
ISLAMABAD, April 16: All unregistered Afghan refugees living in the country will now be considered ‘illegal’ as the government deadline set for their registration or voluntary return to Afghanistan expired on Sunday.
Pakistan had set April 15, 2007 deadline and asked all Afghan refugees either to get themselves registered by obtaining the Proof of Registration (PoR) cards or voluntarily go back to Afghanistan. Those failed to go back to Afghanistan will now be considered illegal and face the laws of Pakistan….

Lawyers continue protest campaign
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By A Reporter
KARACHI, April 16: The lawyers’ fraternity on Monday continued its campaign in the city courts and Malir district against the suspension of Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry.

Twelve members of Karachi Bar Association (KBA) observed a token hunger strike in the city courts. They were Zubair Ishaq, Maroof Hussain Hashmi, Mohammad Qasim Niazi,Mehmood Habibullah, Raja Mohammad Ashraf, M.I. Aasi Baba, Kamran Alam, Nasir Mehmood, Mehtab Ahmed, Azhar Hussein, Sohrab Ahmed and Mohammad Jurial Rajper….