Wind, Sand, and Stars. And Luftwaffe

"If I had known, I wouldn't have fired - not on him," said the 88-year-old former Luftwaffe fighter pilot Horst Rippert.I have mixed feelings about sharing this bit of information. It's not really pleasant to contemplate the tragic demise of the author of such beloved works, yet it's somehow compelling to investigate the details.

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Mens BB Big Eleven Tourney Slate

At Conseco Fieldhouse
Indianapolis
FIRST ROUND
Thursday, March 13...

At Conseco Fieldhouse
Indianapolis
FIRST ROUND
Thursday, March 13
Game 1: No. 8 Iowa vs. No. 9 Michigan (Noon)
Game 2: No. 7 Penn State vs. No. 10 Illinois (ESPN2, 2:30 p.m.)
Game 3: No. 6 Minnesota vs. No. 11 Northwestern (ESPN2, 5 p.m.)
QUARTERFINALS
Friday, March 14
Game 4: No. 1 Wisconsin vs. Game 1 winner (ESPN, noon)
Game 5: No. 4 Michigan State vs. No. 5 Ohio State (ESPN, 2:30 p.m.)
Game 6: No. 2 Purdue vs. Game 2 winner (6:30 p.m.)
Game 7: No. 3 Indiana vs. Game 3 winner (9 p.m.)
SEMIFINALS
Saturday, March 15
Game 8: Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner (1:40 p.m.)
Game 9: Game 6 winner vs. Game 7 winner (4:05 p.m.)
CHAMPIONSHIP
Sunday, March 16
Game 10: Game 8 winner vs. Game 9 winner (CBS, 3:30 p.m.)


Conference regular season records:

1 - Wisconsin 16 2
2 - Purdue 15 3
3 - Indiana 14 4
4 - Michigan State 12 7
5 - Ohio State 10 8
6 - Minnesota 8 10
7 - Penn State 7 11
8 - Iowa 6 12
9 - Michigan 5 13
10- Illinois 5 13
11- Northwestern 1 17

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Ramsey Yousef - Terry Nichols directly connected

And the Bush Crime Family thwarts attempts by a GOP congressman to investigate.

"The terrorist bomber of the first World Trade Center attack, the nephew of al Qaeda 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, made phone calls to the same row house that was occupied by Terry Nichols' cousins-in-law just 2 months before he exploded the bomb in the garage of the World Trade Center 15 years ago."

Is Dana Rohrabacher crazy? Is he wrong? Can all of this just be 'mere coincidence'? Is there something else that just explains it away?

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