{"id":522,"date":"2005-04-17T15:31:47","date_gmt":"2005-04-17T22:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mortie.net\/journal\/?p=522"},"modified":"2008-04-22T15:38:01","modified_gmt":"2008-04-22T22:38:01","slug":"the-men-who-stare-at-goats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mortie.net\/journal\/index.php\/2005\/04\/17\/the-men-who-stare-at-goats\/","title":{"rendered":"The Men Who Stare at Goats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes the headlines write themselves: <a href=\"http:\/\/news.com.com\/2061-12-5669580.html\" target=\"_blank\">Viagra                   is kosher for Passover<\/a>! Even Viagra can&#8217;t solve the problem                   of<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2005\/04\/15\/automobiles\/15auto.html?hp&amp;ex=1113624000&amp;en=c875070f4bb5c7de&amp;ei=5094&amp;partner=homepage&amp;oref=login\" target=\"_blank\"> lagging                   American auto sales, as buyers pass them up for the better                   design and longevity of their foreign counterparts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>FROM:                         Airforce One &#8211; TO: The Twins &#8211; RE: Lunch<br \/>\nHi girls mom is fine and v.busy with her apple pie bakerizing and stuff.         Sorry, can&#8217;t make lunch 6 June cos little Donny R. says we are going         to give it to the Eyeranians. The first wave will go in at 6am EST &#8211;         subject to CNN approval. Don&#8217;t tell anyone, though, cos we&#8217;re hoping         to catch the Ayatollahs on the hop. Love Pop.<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Register brings                           forth a possible example why <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2005\/04\/15\/bush_private_email\/\" target=\"_blank\">George                           W Bush fears a privacy breach with email<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-523\" title=\"tmwsag\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mortie.net\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/tmwsag.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"141\" height=\"216\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>[The                         US Army] believed that a soldier could adopt the cloak                         of invisibility, pass cleanly through walls and, perhaps                         most chillingly, kill goats just by staring at them.                         Entrusted with defending America from all known adversaries,                         they were the First Earth Battalion. And they really                         weren&#8217;t joking. What&#8217;s more, they&#8217;re back and fighting                         the War on Terror.<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jonronson.com\/goats_04.html\" target=\"_blank\">Excerpt                             from <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jonronson.com\/goats_04.html\">The                             Men Who Stare at Goats<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"facebook\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share.php?u=https:\/\/www.mortie.net\/journal\/index.php\/2005\/04\/17\/the-men-who-stare-at-goats\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share on Facebook\">Share on Facebook<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes the headlines write themselves: Viagra is kosher for Passover! Even Viagra can&#8217;t solve the problem of lagging American auto sales, as buyers pass them up for the better design and longevity of their foreign counterparts. 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