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Clipmarks | Live ClipsCool Picsclipped by: mike_cmclippers remarks: Amazing pictures        Tags: amazing My Love Must Wait:The Navigators,Baudin & Flindersclipped by: chedareclippers remarks: In !802 despite war between two Captains countries, they met at Encounter Bay comparing science & charts.They agreed to respect each,s names on their coastal mapping. It was the French who set off first to the unknown edge of the continent still known as Terra Australis. Flinders gave Baudin nine months start. How, then, did The Englishman come to map most of the South Australian coast first? The answer lies, in part, here amongst the gathering of exquisite artworks. A portrait of a Tasmanian Aboriginal mother and baby, for instance, was one of several delicate and positive portraits and scenes by Nicolas-Matin Petik. Baudins orders demanded that his scientists and illustrators undertake a study of these people for the new science of anthropology just founded in Paris. It all took time - months and months of it. The French expedition was also asked to collect scientific specimens, and the other artist, Charles-Alexandre Lesueur turned his eye to the southern s         While Flinders found a favourable place among Australian explorers, Baudins reputation has been tarnished by the false accusations made against him by his detractors.
famous meeting between Nicolas Baudin and Matthew Flinders in Encounter Bay "Indeed, the stories of the two voyages reveal some remarkable coincidences and connections. at the time of the Baudin and Flinders voyages following the `parallel lives principle. French-Australian connections overlooked. The Secrets of Santa Claus Revealedclipped by: infopunk Dr. Larry Silverberg believes that Santa Claus is a technological genius. He explains how Santa manages this feat by exploiting the space time continuum. The scientist says that Santa understands that space stretches ? you can stretch time and compress space, in essence giving him 6 Santa months to deliver the presents.  ?We believe that he uses nanotechnology to grow the presents under the tree, and has figured out how to turn irreversible thermodemic processes into reversible ones. So he really starts with soot and natural materials, puts them under the tree, and grows them in a reverse process to create the presents, wrapping it all.? says Silverberg.  ?Before the entire process begins, Santa Claus listens to children?s thoughts. We believe the way he does this is by using large antennas that are miles long in the snow up at the North Pole.? Silverberg explains.  World Record of Santas  Santa Claus Around the World     Santa?s Traditional Attire   [Video] Merry Christmas Tags: santa Humour as social bargaining :clipped by: einbarIs Humor Immoral? the psychology of humour and how it is used to negotiate and establish social hierarchies looks at two theories of humour that try understand what makes something funny A common explanation is the incongruity idea, that suggests when something is suddenly out of context it is more likely to seem funny these theories "fail to explain why we are amused by certain instances of incongruity ? a man showing up to his job at a real-estate agency with a ?kick me? sign on his back ? but not others ? a man showing up to his job at a real-estate agency with a cure for cancer" The other approach is the superiority theory, that suggests that humour is used to establish social hierarchies - those considered objects of humour are further down the social ranking But its also the case that we seem to use it as a form of flattery for our superiors Its a little short on links to actual studies which is a little frustrating but it otherwise an interesting and informative exploration Bees Recognize Human Facesclipped by: einbarBees Recognize Human Faces Think all bees look alike? Well we dont all look alike to them, according to a new study that shows honeybees, who have 0.01% of the neurons that humans do, can recognize and remember individual human faces. For humans, identifying faces is critical to functioning in everyday life. But can animals also tell one face from another? Knowing honeybees unusual propensity for distinguishing between different flowers, visual scientist Adrian Dyer of Cambridge University in Cambridge, England, wondered whether that talent stretched to other contexts. So he and his colleagues pinned photographs of four different peoples faces onto a board. By rewarding the bees with a sucrose solution, the team repeatedly coaxed the insects to buzz up to a target face, sometimes varying its location. in the bees brains, the memories stuck: The insects could pick out the target face even two days after being trained. Modern and Creative Fireplace Designsclipped by: valann 47Modern and Creative Fireplace Designs  Zeta Fireplace   Pyramid Fireplace Vauni Globe Fireplace  UNI FLAME Fireplace Glass Fireplace  Greed For Quiet Fireplace  Gaya Fireplace Cube Fireplace     Icoya Fireplace    Igloo Fireplace Table Top Fireplace "Out On a Limb"clipped by: ofcapriclippers remarks: My kind of house.  "Out On a Limb" Tags: house. Santas Helpers.clipped by: ofcapriclippers remarks: Merry christmas  "Christmas comes early this year"  "a christmas angel"   "Merry Christmas"  "Merry Christmas !"  "Sweet Christmas:)"  Even a tiny bit of flab raises heart failure riskclipped by: DeeptiIt comes as little surprise that obesity makes a person much more apt to get heart failure, a deadly condition in which the heart is unable to pump enough blood throughout the body Heart failure, also known as congestive heart failure, contributes to 300,000 deaths each year in the United States Conditions such as coronary artery disease and high blood pressure can leave the heart too weak or stiff to fill and pump blood efficiently The lean and active group had the lowest risk and the obese and inactive group had the highest risk As far as vigorous physical activity is concerned, even if somebody said they exercised one to three times per month -- which is a very low level of exercise -- they had an 18 percent reduction in the risk of heart failure after accounting for all other established risk factors The benefit of exercise in cutting heart failure risk was seen in lean, overweight and obese men, the researchers found Thomas Jefferson vs. Slaveryclipped by: katsteevns? | We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. | ? | Jefferson and slavery Jefferson owned many slaves over his lifetime. Some find it baffling that Thomas Jefferson owned slaves yet was outspoken in saying that slavery was immoral and it should be abolished. Biographers point out that Jefferson was deeply in debt and had encumbered his slaves by notes and mortgages; he chose not to free them until he finally was debt-free, which he never was.[73] Jefferson seems to have suffered pangs and trials of conscience as a result.[74] He wrote about slavery, "We have the wolf by the ears; and we can neither hold him, nor safely let him go. Justice is in one scale, and self-preservation in the other."[75] Amazing Plankton Picsclipped by: einbar Dr Richard Kirkby, a Royal Society Research Fellow at the University of Plymouth in the UK, took these stunning up-close photos of plankton. He will be revealing the photos of at an exhibition at Blue Reef, Blue Planet and Deep Sea World aquariums in England throughout 2009.  Spider crab larva  Metroid villain Many more below the fold...  Doliolid - Has the makings of a primitive backbone.  Swimming crab larva  Sardine eggs  Thumbnail crab larva  Spongebob villain  Algal blooms  Echinoderm Ludia sarsii Copepod on the eye of a needle  Woman buried in snow for 3 days found aliveclipped by: wiccantexanNo one expected to find Donna Molnar alive. Searchers had combed the brutal backcountry of rural Ontario for the housewife from the city of Hamilton, who had left her home three days earlier in the middle of a blizzard to grocery shop. Alongside his search-and-rescue dog Ace, Ray Lau on Monday tramped through the thick, ice-covered brush of a farmers field, not far from where Molnars van had been found a day earlier. "Then, oh, all of a sudden, Ace bolted off," said Lau. "He stooped and looked down at the snow and just barked, barked, barked." "There she was, there was Donna, her face was almost totally covered except for one eye staring back at me!" he said. "That was, Wow! There was a thousand thoughts going through my head. It was over the top." Molnar was carefully extracted from a 3-foot-deep mound of snow that had apparently helped to insulate her. Then, rescuers got their second shock. Willie Nelson on A Colbert Christmasclipped by: chestnut501clippers remarks: The Greatest Gift of All - NOT your traditional Christmas Song [Video] a banana a day!clipped by: hannahjbHangovers: One of the quickest ways of curing a hangover is to make a banana milkshake, sweetened with honey. The banana calms the stomach and, with the help of the honey, builds up depleted blood sugar levels, while the milk soothes and re-hydrates your system.  Nerves: Bananas are high in B vitamins that help calm the nervous system. Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD): Bananas can help SAD sufferers because they contain the natural mood enhancer, tryptophan. Mugabe Unleashes Wave of Terror with Mass Abductionsclipped by: spirithikerclippers remarks: Robert Mugabe is a dictator in democratic clothing. The South African Development Community has been urging Mugabe to address the cholera epidemic (which he refuses to acknowledge) and the economic crisis (which he helped create). The U.S. recently gave $600,000 to fight the cholera epidemic. Any aid sent to this country ends up in the pockets and mouths of the ruling elite. Recent elections were marred with violence and intimidation designed to keep Mugabe in office. International pressure and sanctions are not changing anything in Zimbabwe. How can the world stand by and allow this humanitarian crisis to continue? We need a mechanism to rid ourselves of this vermin not give them aid. Fears are mounting in Zimbabwe for the lives of more than 40 opposition officials and human rights activists who have been abducted as part of a renewed crackdown by the regime in Harare. The operation, codenamed Chimumumu according to sources in the army, aims to eliminate political opponents and remove human rights monitors Monitors including Human Rights Watch and The Independent have documented hundreds of cases of politically inspired disappearances and false imprisonment, torture and murder. The pattern of abductions suggests a systematic effort to close down any information-gathering about government activities, either by the opposition, journalists or human rights groups. However, dissident factions within the army are presenting a new problem for the government. Unprecedented clashes this month between soldiers and police have been followed by more skirmishes as the army is being affected by the economic crisis. Trapped in the War On Terror.clipped by: papananookclippers remarks: Very interesting site  See a webcast of this interview: See also the 2002 Lustick Welcome to a Conversation with History. Im Harry Kreisler of the Institute of International Studies. Our guest today is Ian Lustick who is the Bess M. Heyman Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania.  His new book is entitled Trapped in the War On Terror. Ian has been a consultant to every administration since President Carter either at the mid level of the bureaucracy or even as high as the Office of the President.Debt Collectors Allowed To Enter Your Homeclipped by: cheapogroovoUnder the regulations, bailiffs for private firms would for the first time be given permission to restrain or pin down householders. They would also be able to force their way into homes to seize property to pay off debts, such as unpaid credit card bills and loans. ?These laws strip away tried and tested protections that make a person?s home his castle, and which have stood for centuries,? said Paul Nicolson, chairman of the Zacchaeus 2000 Trust, a London-based welfare charity. ?They could clearly lead to violent confrontations and undermine fundamental liberties.? 13 of the geekiest home entertainment centersclipped by: doodleicious
 Space & science, the original geek passions, have blossomed onto both the silver and small screens in the form of Star Trek and Star Wars. It only makes sense to watch - again and again - one?s fave space operas on a suitably impressive set-up. Gary Sekulow decided to ?make it so?, and his incredible Star Trek home theater (complete with authentic Star Trek: Enterprise captain?s chair) is shown above.       Back down to earth, LG is making it easier for geeks to have their cake and eat it too? while watching their fave flick at the same time.     Now Thats More Like Itclipped by: DanaGarrettclippers remarks: Finally, an American automobile company is competing to be number 1 in fuel efficiency.  Official fuel-economy ratings from the Environmental Protection Agency are in for the new 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid, and Ford says it is ?America?s most fuel-efficient midsize car with a certified 41 m.p.g. rating in the city and 36 m.p.g. on the highway.? Ford also emphasized that the Fusion Hybrid?s E.P.A. rating bests its main competitor, the Toyota Camry Hybrid, by ?8 m.p.g. in the city and 2 m.p.g. on the highway.? The Fusion?s city rating also is one mile a gallon better than the Honda Civic Hybrid. The Fusion also crushes anything General Motors and Chrysler have to offer. No pricing has been announced, but journalists were told at the test drives to expect something in the mid-$20,000 range. In addition to the Fusion Hybrid, the similar Mercury Milan Hybrid will also be offered. Each vehicle is programmed to allow their electric motors and nickel-metal-hydride battery packs to propel them up to 47 miles an hour without the aid of its 2.4-liter 4-cylinder gasoline engine. Tis The Season Of Joy And Sadnessclipped by: debbyskiclippers remarks: Im often sad during the holidays. I miss my oldest daughter so much! I think of all the good times my husband and I used to have with his parents who have been gone for quite a while. I miss the well father I never had who died at only 53 years of age. I mourn for my husband who is in constant pain. But there is so much to be blessed about; family, friends, church and my relationship with God. My life is like a tapestry turned backwards but it will all make sense one day  The holiday season, from Thanksgiving until New Years day, is supposed to be a time of celebration. But for more than one million people, the holidays are a time of profound sadness. Often, the media reports on ?holiday depression.? Although this unhappy season of joy affects all age groups, older people are especially susceptible. Sadness can accompany the holidays for a number of reasons. Shorter days and longer stretches of darkness can make winter a difficult time for many people, as well as animals. Accept the fact that the holidays can be hard for you. Don?t deny your true feelings Help others. True giving is a method of combating personal despair. Have realistic expectations for the holidays. Problems will not go away, relationships will not be fundamentally altered by celebrations, and hurts and conflicts cannot be erased because of the joyous season. Trust your creativityclipped by: bjkeltzToo often we dont trust our own deepest truth; it makes us feel too vulnerable or it seems incongruous with the person we think we are or must be. Our Inner Critics are all too quick to discard these newborns as silly, frivolous or worse, as boring and still worse, as downright stupid. Tags: creativity Chicken Shit Dirt Bagclipped by: MoliticonCheney conceded during his interview with federal investigators that in drawing attention to Plame?s role in arranging her husband?s Africa trip reporters might also unmask her role as CIA officer. Cheney denied to the investigators, however, that he had done anything on purpose that would lead to the outing of Plame as a covert CIA operative. But the investigators came away from their interview with Cheney believing that he had not given them a plausible explanation as to how he could focus attention on Plame?s role in arranging her husband?s trip without her CIA status also possibly publicly exposed. At the time, Plame was a covert CIA officer involved in preventing Iran from obtaining weapons of mass destruction, and Cheney?s office played a central role in exposing her and nullifying much of her work.... There seems little doubt that Cheney was the mastermind behind the Plame outing, with this revelation strengthening that possibility. Obama Attends Memorial for His Grandmotherclipped by: wiccantexanPresident-elect Barack Obama gathered with family and friends on Tuesday for a private memorial service for the beloved grandmother who helped raise him.  Obama did not speak to reporters at the small home that had been converted into the First Unitarian Church in the neighborhood of Nuuanu. Aides said Obamas half-sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng, and her husband, Konrad Ng, also were present. Following the ceremony, Obama drove to cliffs east of Hononulu. He and about 20 members of his family climbed over a stone wall and down onto rocky ledges to scatter Dunhams ashes at Lanai Lookout. gazprom twoclipped by: lin_wellsGazprom had warned Monday that its European customers could face a disruption of gas supply due if its dispute with Ukraine led the Kremlin to stop the supply of gas to the former Soviet satellite. Russia provides about a quarter of Europes gas, and 80.0% of its exports transit through Ukraine. The companies have until Jan. 1 to sign a new contract, and Russia is pushing for higher prices. Russia has warned that gas prices for Ukraine could rise to $400.00 per 1,000 cubic meters, from the current $179.50. The Kremlin spent up to $2.5 billion supporting the ruble on Monday, according to TradeTheNews.com, marking the sixth time it has had to do so in December alone. Capital flight from Russia has meanwhile compelled the countrys billionaire oligarchs to ask for loans from the government in exchange for portions of their assets (often companies). amazing christmas decorations from around the worldclipped by: doodleiciousAmazing Christmas Decorations from Around the WorldThe tradition of using small candles to light up the Christmas tree dates back to at least the middle of the XVIIth century. However, it took two centuries for the tradition to become widely established first in Germany and soon spreading to Eastern Europe. Candles for the tree were glued with melted wax to a tree branch or attached by pins. Around 1890, candleholders were first used for Christmas candles. Between 1902 and 1914, small lanterns and glass balls to hold the candles started to be used.  Boston, MA                 Tags: holiday, decorations Chocolate, Wine And Tea Improve Brain Performanceclipped by: einbarChocolate, Wine And Tea Improve Brain Performance The team from Oxford?s Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics and Norway examined the relation between cognitive performance and the intake of three common foodstuffs that contain flavonoids (chocolate, wine, and tea) in 2,031 older people (aged between 70 and 74) The role of micronutrients in age-related cognitive decline is being increasingly studied. Fruits and beverages such as tea, red wine, cocoa, and coffee are major dietary sources of polyphenols, micronutrients found in plant-derived foods. The largest subclass of dietary polyphenols is flavonoids, and it has been reported in the past that those who consume lots of flavonoids have a lower incidence of dementia The latest findings seem to support the theory, although the researchers caution that more research would be needed to prove that it was flavonoids, rather than some other aspect of the foods studied, that made the difference.The effect was most pronounced for wine. EVOLUTION- NOT JUST AN EXPLANATIONclipped by: klippetyclippers remarks: But the very definition of life Why Everyone Should Learn the Theory of EvolutionEvolution should be taught as a practical tool for understanding drug resistance and the price of fishCharles Darwin did not think of himself as a genius. ?I have no great quickness of apprehension or wit which is so remarkable in some clever men ...? he remarked in one passage of his autobiography. Fortunately for the rest of us, he was profoundly wrong in his assessment. So on February 12 the world will mark the bicentennial birthday of a scientist who holds a rightful place alongside Galileo, Copernicus, Newton and Einstein. Darwin?s genius?and, yes, genius is the right word?is manifest in the way his theory of evolution can tie together disparate biological facts into a single unifying framework. Evolutionary geneticist Theodosius Dobzhansky?s oft-cited quotation bears repeating here: ?Nothing in biology makes sense, except in the light of evolution.? ?... from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful Space shuttleclipped by: dakotayii               Tags: photo Bush withdraws 1 of 19 pardons he issued Tuesdayclipped by: paleblueclippers remarks: Wow, sucks to be his father right about now.. ha ha ha Bush withdraws 1 of 19 pardons he issued Tuesday why al franken should NOT be riding private planesclipped by: doodleiciousWhy Al Franken should NOT be riding private planes by Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman The tragic and suspicious death of Karl Roves election thief in chief should send a clear message to Al Franken and other key liberals: dont be riding in any small private planes. Death by air crash now seems to be the favored means of ridding the Rovian right of troublesome characters. Connell was an expert pilot whose plane crashed in clear weather. He held virtually all the secrets to how George W. Bush was illegally foisted on the American people---and the world---for eight horrifying years. By manipulating computerized results in Florida 2000 and Ohio 2004 Connell made history. By some accounts, he was about to tell the attorneys in the on-going King-Lincoln-Bronzeville federal civil rights lawsuit how he did it. He also approached expressed a willingness to appear under oath before Congress. But now he is dead. Tenn. coal sludge disaster 30X Exxon Valdezclipped by: masburyclippers remarks: 500 million gallons burst across eastern TN Monday, more than 500 million gallons of toxic coal sludge burst through a retention wall in eastern Tennessee, causing massive property and environmental damage and leaving residents holding their breath over possible long-term consequences. Environmentalists said the spill was more than 30 times larger than the Exxon Valdez oil spill. The incident underscored the false nature of the ?clean coal? propaganda. In an interview with NBC Nightly News, Elliott Negin of the Union of Concerned Scientists explained: This disaster shows that the term ?clean coal? is an oxymoron. It?s akin to saying ?safe cigarette.? Clean coal doesn?t exist. The New York Times writes, ?Even as the authority played down the risks, the spill reignited a debate over whether the federal government should regulate coal ash as a hazardous material. Similar ponds and mounds of ash exist at hundreds of coal plants around the nation.? UpdateCBS Evening News also aired a report on the disaster. Watch it here. Coal muck chokes Tennessee riverclipped by: masburyclippers remarks: Houses flooded, questions about toxicity  But a draft report last year by the federal Environmental Protection Agency found that fly ash, a byproduct of the burning of coal to produce electricity, does contain significant amounts of carcinogens and retains the heavy metal present in coal in far higher concentrations. The report found that the concentrations of arsenic to which people might be exposed through drinking water contaminated by fly ash could increase cancer risks several hundredfold. The breach occurred when an earthen dike, the only thing separating millions of cubic yards of ash from the river, gave way, releasing a glossy sea of muck, four to six feet thick, dotted with icebergs of ash across the landscape. Where the Clinch River joined the Tennessee, a clear demarcation was visible between the soiled waters of the former and the clear brown broth of the latter. Let there be light ... Christmas lights around the worldclipped by: JohnWaterman The light projection by Hélène Richard and Jean-Michel Quesne, aka Skertzo, of a giant stained glass window on to Le Mans Saint-Julien cathedral in western France  Christmas tree in front the Mohammed al-Amin Mosque in downtown Beirut, Lebanon  Gouda, Netherlands  The Old Town Square in Prague, Czech Republic, ablaze with light from its Christmas markets  Syntagma Square in Athens  Images by Austrian artist Kurt Hentschlager are projected below the glass roof of the Grand Palais in Paris  Nicaragua   Champs-Élysées avenue in Paris  Philippines  non-traditional Christmas light installation Brussels  New York  Beijing  interact with light-projected portraits from a video art installation in Trafalgar Square, London  Warsaw, Poland  Hotel de Paris, Monte Carlo  the Piazza di Spagna in Rome,  The facade of Pariss Grand Palais is lit by Scottish artist Charles Sandison as part of the Dans la nuit, des images A selective blessing from Benedict the Butchclipped by: JohnWaterman cheneys legacy of deceptionclipped by: doodleiciousclippers remarks: a license to steal and to kill.....what a guy Cheneys Legacy of Deception In the end, the shame of Vice President Dick Cheney was total: unmitigated by any notion of a graceful departure, let alone the slightest obligation of honest accounting. Although firmly ensconced, even in the popular imagination, as an example of evil incarnate--nearly a quarter of those polled in this weeks CNN poll rated him the worst vice president in U.S. history, and 41 percent as "poor"--Cheney exudes the confidence of one fully convinced that he will get away with it all. And why not? Nothing, not his suspect role in the Enron debacle, which foretold the economic meltdown, or his offices fabrication of the false reasons for invading Iraq, has ever been seriously investigated, because of White House stonewalling. Nor will the new president, committed as he is to nonpartisanship, be likely to open up Cheneys can of worms. Tags: cheney Ferrari 2009 unveil new F1 carclipped by: mrmoanclippers remarks: still hope and think and believe McLaren are or soon will be the no.1 in formula one might take another few seasons but the McLaren team will triumph Ferrari looks set to be the first team to unveil its 2009 car, according to reports in the Italian press. La Gazzetta dello Sport claims the Maranello-based outfit will reveal its F2009 at Fiorano in the middle of January. The most likely date is January 15, the same day that Toyota is scheduled to reveal images of its TF109. On the following day, the new McLaren will be launched at its Woking headquarters, and on January 19 the 2009-specification Williams and Renault cars will be test-debuted in Portugal. On January 20, BMW Saubers F1.09 will run for the first time at Valencias Ricardo Tormo circuit. Red Bull does not plan to begin testing its RB5 until February, and Force India will wait until March.   DMX extraditedclipped by: mrmoanclippers remarks: DMX is always in the news for the wrong reasons  DMX Extradited To Phoenix DMX was extradited to Phoenix on Friday (December 19) where he will remain in police custody over the Christmas period facing charges of animal cruelty. DMX, real name Earl Simmons, was taken into custody on December 9 after he failed to appear at a scheduled court date on December 5 over charges of animal cruelty, drug possession and identity theft. The animal cruelty charges originate from the May 9 raid on Simmons? Arizona home in which police seized 12 pit bulls and discovered the remains of 3 others. Police also found quantities of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. Simmons is being held on a $120,000 bond. In related news, DMX is set to release his two disc Hip-Hop/Gospel album Walk With Me Now (You?ll Fly With Me Later) in January 2009.
 Money lights up the brainclipped by: einbar thoughts of money light up visual areas of the brain, scientists have found Volunteers in the US had their brains scanned as they chose between red and green targets that varied in value at different times Selecting a target might yield 10 cents, or nothing. But participants who made the right choices could earn up to 10 dollars The experiment showed that rewards altered brain activation in many areas of the human visual system ?When a target has been valuable in the past - if selecting it had paid off with money - the visual system represented it more strongly ?Though it is too early to say how this relates to perception, it raises the intriguing possibility that we see things we value more clearly - much like the way the brain responds to a bright object versus a dimly-lit one.? Activation was also seen in the frontal and parietal regions of the brain which have previously been implicated in anticipating and tracking rewards The "Real" Rick Warrenclipped by: Spiritualmonkeyclippers remarks: Dont believe the hype about Rick Warren being a cuddly, open-minded evangelical for the 21st century in a Hawaiian shirt. Thats just wishful thinking on the medias part. On Sunday, in front of his congregation, hes the same draconian, Biblical literalist, woman-submits-to-her-husband, gays to the back of the bus, youre going to Hell if you dont worship my sky deity, religious fundamentalist as James Dobson & Jerry Fallwell. The kind who had such influence and access during the Bush years. Google "dominionism" and see what kind of iron claw is inside that velvet glove of Pastor Warrens. Dont believe the hype. Obama may be reaching out to this guy and his ilk. But I dont see any sign of reaching back. Hes not trying to be what the media (and some Democrats) want him to be. But hes more than willing to use the exposure to push his agenda. I dont blame him for that. but I do blame the Obama camp for holding Warren up as something hes not. the media has expected evangelicals, especially conservative evangelicals, to be draconian and retrograde, you know, they?ve made a hero out of Rick Warren without looking at who he really is and what he really believes. the real Rick Warren is someone who fights the culture war with a velvet glove. He?s a religious right figure who?s figured out a new strategy to move into a Democratic post-Bush era and still hold influence. He even -- he freely admitted to a reporter from the Wall Street Journal that the principal difference, the only difference, between him and James Dobson is a matter of tone. And when I called Rick Warren?s PR handlers, you know, the people that are responsible for making him into this major national figure, from Larry A. Ross Communications, they kind of laughed at the idea that he was America?s pastor. They said he?s consistent with what the Bible teaches. He?s not trying to be America?s pastor or whatever. Police cannot wait to get tasersclipped by: jimbo1000clippers remarks: It might be a good idea to get some rubber soled shoes if you live in the UK POLICE CANNOT WAIT TO GET TASERS The Home Office said 10,000 tasers would be issued to forces across the country, causing the Police Federation to jump up and down while holding its privates to stop it from urinating.  Tom Logan, a constable from Norwich, said: "Ill be like freeze scumbag! and then hell be like no way, copper and Ill be like zzzzap!. "Tasers are better than ordinary guns because theyre electric. In a separate announcement the Department of Health has predicted a 100,000% increase in members of the public electrocuted for being cheeky. Dog Goes Crazyclipped by: thisnamecantbetakenclippers remarks:  You have to see this dog. The video wont clip, so go to the source to see it. Dog Goes Crazy This poor dog, someone seems to have bumped its remote control and left it on fast forward. Pakistani Jets Scramble As India Hardens Toneclipped by: ratilfarclippers remarks: "All Options Open, Minister Says in New Delhi"  NEW DELHI, Dec. 22 -- In signs of growing regional tension since the Mumbai attacks last month, Pakistan scrambled fighter jets over several of its larger cities Monday, and Indias foreign minister told a gathering of Indian diplomats in New Delhi that the country is keeping all its options open to bring the perpetrators of the attacks to justice. "We have so far acted with utmost restraint," Pranab Mukherjee told the more than 120 envoys from posts around the world. But he added, "We will take all measures necessary as we deem fit to deal with the situation." Pakistan has denied involvement in the Mumbai attacks, which killed more than 170 people and wounded more than 230. A Pakistani air force spokesman, Commodore Humayun Viqar, said in a statement, "In view of the current environment, PAF has enhanced its vigilance." Merry Christmas!clipped by: valann 47Christmas is here and nativity scenes abound in Italy. At Romes Altemps Palace a new exhibition displays a special "Presepe" these days. Its the restored nativity scene from the Royal Palace of Caserta. The only surviving royal Christmas crib, this is one of the grandest illusionistic Neapolitan nativity scenes. It features hundreds of terra cotta figures, all made in the 18th century. A picture is worth a thousand words, so here is my personal rendition of this unique nativity scene. Merry Christmas to all of you! [Video] Bill Mahers final comment from Religulousclipped by: reimers[Video] The illegal green treeclipped by: brightlight4The illegal green tree [Video] Why? Why is the massively valuable and versatile hemp plant illegal in the United States? Three reasons. Making hemo illegal: 1. Provides make-work for a vast army of "law enforcers" who then are available to be used for other social control work 2. Protects the market share of numerous well organized lobbies: alcohol makers, plastics and chemical manufacturers, pharmaceutical companies, and cotton growers (still a powerful economic force in America 200 + years after the Civil War.) 3. Gives fascist minded politicians yet another way to control the population  This Modern World: Year in Review Part 1clipped by: ratilfar top 10 discoveries of 2008clipped by: doodleiciousTop 10 Discoveries of 2008 Origins of Whaling Chukotka Peninsula, Russia 
Tags: archaeology How To Make Seed Bombsclipped by: deusdiabolusclippers remarks: Guerrilla gardening for the eco-activist! Reclaim barren spaces!  Toss them at will! Please be respectful over other folks? property, though. It?s a lot tougher to talk to people about green space and guerrilla gardening when they?re angry. Doctor Used Human Fat from Liposuction as Biofuelclipped by: thisnamecantbetakenclippers remarks: said the whole scheme could be a hoax inspired by the film Fight Club, in which Brad Pitt?s character Tyler Durden uses waste from liposuction to make soap. Dr Bittner left a message on his clinic?s website on November 20 to tell clients he was moving to South America to volunteer at a small clinic ?where I can help those most in need.? Doctor used human fat to power car A Beverly Hills plastic surgeon who claims to have turned fat, extricated in liposuction, into biofuel for his car has skipped town after US officials raided his surgery in an investigation into his procedures. Dr Craig Alan Bittner, who runs the Liposculpture clinic on Rodeo Drive, said that he had created ?lipodiesel? with his patients? excess subcutaneous fat. The cosmetic surgeon told Forbes.com that he used the blubber to power two cars including his four-wheel-drive Ford. Dr Bittner is under investigation by the California Department of Public Health because it is illegal in the state to use human medical waste to power vehicles. "The vast majority of my patients request that I use their fat for fuel - and I have more fat than I can use,? he wrote. "Not only do they get to lose their love handles or chubby belly but they get to take part in saving the earth.? Merry Christmas, Clippersclipped by: merrieclippers remarks: Gaily they ring, while people sing Songs of good cheer, christmas is here! Merry, merry, merry, merry christmas! Merry, merry, merry, merry christmas! Straight No Chaser - Carol of the Bells Straight No Chaser - Silent Night http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iajdUlQRgIc&feature=channel http://www.a-cappella.com/product/646/video-performance-pop  Hark! how the bells, sweet silver bells All seem to say, throw cares away. Christmas is here, bringing good cheer To young and old, meek and the bold Ding, dong, ding, dong, that is their song, With joyful ring, all caroling One seems to hear words of good cheer From everywhere, filling the air O, how they pound, raising the sound Oer hill and dale, telling their tale Gaily they ring, while people sing Songs of good cheer, christmas is here! Merry, merry, merry, merry christmas! Merry, merry, merry, merry christmas! On, on they send, on without end Their joyful tone to every home Hark! how the bells, sweet silver bells All seem to say, throw cares away. Christmas is here, bringing good cheer To young and old, meek and the bold Ding, dong, ding, dong, that is their song With joyful ring, all caroling. One seems to hear words of good cheer From everywhere, filling the air O, how they pound, raising the sound Oer hill and dale, telling their tale [Video] "Calculated reciprocity" in non-human primatesclipped by: balthazarusclippers remarks: I am not sure if it is a sign of how developed they are, or how much the human hasnt developed since he came to be...  Orangutans learn to trade favours - at a price The apes can help each other get food by trading tokens, learning the value of each token and handing it over only in exchange for favours or food at the right value. orangutans could learn the value of tokens and trade them, helping each other win bananas. The discovery is the first evidence of "calculated reciprocity" in non-human primates Initially, they were given several sets of tokens. One type of token could be exchanged by an orangutan for bananas for itself, another type could be used to gain bananas for a partner, and a third had no value. Dok, the female, was especially good at swapping tokens to get bananas for Bim, the male. Sometimes Bim would point at the tokens to encourage her, but he was less interested in trading tokens that would win bananas for her. As she became less willing to help him out, Bim responded by trading more until their efforts were more or less equal. gorillas and chimpanzees were much less willing Is Flirting Wrong?clipped by: debbyskiclippers remarks: Oh dear . . . I plead guilty! Especially here on CM. Id never hurt anyones feelings though; I really and truly like people and view it as being friendly and joking in general. Thats just me; its a way to turn life into not such a serious matter. Maybe I should be more sensitive to others feelings . . . its something I can work on in the New Year. Is it wrong to be a big flirt? Its not if its only all in good fun :) Wink, Wink... Is it getting hot in here, or is it just me? I think that flirting is a bad idea. You can hurt people, lead them on when you dont mean to, and some may not take you serious because you are always flirting. Its mixed signals. I It depends on what one sees as flirting, and not just being friendly. Keep it on the side of "all in good fun", know what Im sayin? Professional Mermaidclipped by: CrazyRedHead When Hannah Fraser goes to work, she gets to be a mermaid. The 33-year-old, who swam at the launch of the Mermaid Lagoon at the Sydney Aquarium in Australia yesterday, has made a career out of her childhood ambition.  She was drawing mermaids before the age of three, and at nine made her first tail out of orange plastic. She created her second tail in 2002, using two coat hangers, flippers and duct tape inside wetsuit material. Now onto her fourth tail, her career takes her to many exotic places. The Australian has been filmed and photographed under water many times, and has swum with whales, dolphins and baby sea lions. The professional mermaid, who is married to surfer Dave Rastovich, can hold her breath for up to two minutes, and even qualified as a scuba diver while she was wearing her trademark tail.  Dont go to hell on an mp3 player!clipped by: dollface701
Straight from the factory of Jesus comes iJesus, the first religious mp3 player that vows to keep sinners in hell and the rockin? out Christian people out! If you don?t buy this then you are on the wrong path in life and you will burn for eternity and won?t be able to rock out to some tunes! I could go on for days? Tags: mp3 players, religion EPA Violates Federal Lawclipped by: cheapogroovoThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency routinely allows companies to keep new information about their chemicals secret, including compounds that have been shown to cause cancer and respiratory problems, the Journal Sentinel has found. The newspaper examined more than 2,000 filings in the EPAs registry of dangerous chemicals for the past three years. In more than half the cases, the EPA agreed to keep the chemical name a secret. In hundreds of other cases, it allowed the company filing the report to keep its name and address confidential. Has The Second American Revolution Begun?clipped by: BartendingBearclippers remarks: "When we say revolution, we say it with love." [Video] Sixpence None The Richer - "Silent Night" [music video]clipped by: ratilfarclippers remarks: Merry Xmas and Happy Holidays. [Video] Happy Holidays to All the Clippersclipped by: zalisanclippers remarks: Because we all matter. Because we are all in this together. Because everything we do ripples out and affects us all. Happy Holidays Peace to All Mistletoe - "After the sun god Balder was killed by the wicked Lokis mistletoe dart, the plant was feared and hated by all as the wicked instrument of death and betrayal. But Balders mother, the goddess Freya, redeemed it in honor of her son, decreeding that mistletoe should become a symbol of peace and reconciliation. From that time on, enemies who met under a clump of mistletoe would lay down their arms and declare a truce. That is why it is hung in the doorway to this very day, and a kiss of peace and loving kindness bestowed on all who enter." (Scandinavian folklore, cited by Susan Wittig Albert in "Mistletoe Man".)  Happy Holidays Peace to All [Video] Santa Paws Came !!!!clipped by: swampfoxzclippers remarks: Puppy Set Puppy Set                Tags: santa paws Ron Paul Addresses The House Regarding Martial Lawclipped by: BartendingBearclippers remarks: Wake up, people. Freedom aint what it used to be. [Video] A REAL LIVE Christmas Miracle!!!clipped by: brightlight4Blog miracle saves Christmas for hard-luck family(CNN) -- A family facing foreclosure is anything but a unique story in these troubled economic times.  But this is a happier story of one family whose financial ruin was averted by the actions of a friend, the compassion of strangers, the networking power of the Internet and the holiday spirit of giving. "This is our Christmas story," said Ebony Sampson. "Its going to be told for generations and generations to come." But in June, Daniel got sick. After several tests, his doctors concluded that he was suffering from salmonella after eating a tainted tomato. As a new employee of Bank of America, he had not accrued enough paid time off to keep his job as a credit-card account manager. Suddenly, the sole breadwinner in the Sampson household was out of work. Though the Sampsons received unemployment checks from the government, the money wasnt enough to make ends meet. Charlie Brown Christmasclipped by: ratilfar[Video] The best we can do?clipped by: brightlight4 Away in a manger The best we can do? Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Christmas Appeal Haiti is the only country in history where an enslaved people threw over their captors and took charge of their country. And generations later, the global slave masters have never let them forget it. The poorest country in the western hemisphere and one of the poorest in the world, its been run by one band of US-supported criminals after another. A New Partner In Syria?clipped by: arifsaliclippers remarks: By David Ignatius Wednesday, December 24, 2008 DAMASCUS, Syria -- President Bashar al-Assad says he doesnt want to send a message to Barack Obama, exactly, but to express a three-part hope for the incoming administrations Middle East policy: First, he hopes Obama wont start "another war anywhere in the world, especially not in the Middle East." And he trusts that the doctrine of "preemptive war" will end when George W. Bush leaves office. Second, Assad said, "We would like to see this new administration sincerely involved in the peace process." He hopes that Obama will back Syrias indirect negotiations with Israel, and he urges the new administration to pursue "the Lebanese track and the Palestinian track, as well." Asked whether he would mind if the Syrian track went first (a sequence that has worried some Syrians who prefer the ideological purity of following the Palestinians), Assad answered: "Of course not. Each track will help the other." Third, he says he wants Syria and the United States to work together British Troops Wear Santa Hats in Afghanistanclipped by: brightlight4What Christmas truce? Carol service for our troops on the Afghan frontline ends with a blast of reality from the TalibanIt was dusk in Helmand. And as the sun set over the baked earth, commandos wearing Santa hats gathered round the war memorial and began a simple chorus of carols. Then the Taliban attacked. There was no time for the troops to think or even to take off their festive hats. Any hopes of a Christmas truce, when hostilities cease and foes become friends for a few precious hours, were dashed in an instant.  It is a tradition that stretches back to the trenches of the First World War, when British and German soldiers shared drinks, sang carols, exchanged gifts and even enjoyed an impromptu game of football in no-mans-land. But things are different in Afghanistan. At the first sound of enemy fire the Royal Marines of 40 Commando threw down their hymn sheets and sprinted to the mortar lines 200 yards away. Within a minute, they were returning fire.     Health Department Gets Sickclipped by: dmoonme1clippers remarks: Sorry to hear that anyone has had a norovirus. If you havent had it feel sooo ver lucky. It comes out of both ends and you can actually die from the effects. You will dehydrate quicly, and when even the ingested liquids come up the effects can be devastating.! The story got here because of the irony in it. LAWRENCEVILLE, Ill. - Some health department workers in southern Illinois think they may have discovered some contaminated food ? at their own office Christmas gathering. After the Lawrence County Health Department had a buffet for 72 people at a restaurant last week, 42 of the attendees suffered stomach problems, including the head of the department, Phyllis Wells. Wells says the cause of the outbreak hasnt been pinpointed. But she suspects the culprit was a norovirus ? something people get from contact with those infected, ingesting contaminated food or drink, or by touching contaminated items and then their mouths. Wells says it isnt lost on her that state health officials are now investigating a restaurant where food-inspection and other public health workers got sick. There was no answer Monday at the restaurant. Wells says its her understanding the business hasnt reopened since the outbreak. Tags: health Is There Really a Credit Crunch?clipped by: brightlight4Is There Really a Credit Crunch? Is there a credit crunch? Was there ever? Those questions may seem absurd. Throughout the autumn, the interest rate banks charge each other broke one record after another as trust between institutions evaporated, investors stashed so much cash in super-safe Treasuries that yields approached zero, and the private securitization market for mortgages, which keeps capital flowing for more home loans, disappeared. But during all of that, there was also persistent anecdotal evidence that lending to credit-worthy borrowers was doing just fine ? it seemed every other day some community bank CEO was on CNBC talking about how many loans his institution was making to small businesses and people who wanted to buy cars or houses. As the story of Chari, his surprise realization, and the academic dialogue that followed make clear, understanding what is happening in the economy is an incredibly difficult task for people who have built their entire career doing just that. A Japanese Town That Kicked the Oil Habitclipped by: brightlight4A Japanese Town That Kicked the Oil Habit In resource-poor Japan, which imports 90% of its fuel, Kuzumaki is a marvel of energy self-sufficiency. Signs of the towns comprehensive focus on environmental sustainability are visible from its mountaintops to the pens of the dairy cows that once were the bedrock of local commerce. Atop Mt. Kamisodegawa, the 12 wind turbines, each 305 feet (93 m) tall, have the capacity to convert mountain gusts into 21,000 KW of electricity ? more than enough to meet the needs of the towns residents. The excess is sold to neighboring communities. The force behind Kuzumakis programs is Tetsuo Nakamura, the towns mayor from 1999 until August of last year. Nakamura, a veterinarian and farmer with the handshake of a salesman, decided nearly a decade ago that Kuzumaki could become a role model for the rest of the country by developing itself as an exemplar of environmental best practices. Scientists Find Increased Methane Levels In Arctic Oceanclipped by: JICWyllieGeophysical measurements showed methane bubbles coming out of chimneys on the seafloor. ?The concentrations of the methane were the highest ever measured in the summertime in the Arctic Ocean,? The new data indicates the underwater permafrost is thawing and therefore releasing methane. until recently, scientists believed that much of the area?s carbon pool was safely insulated by underwater permafrost, International Arctic Research Center has found data to suggest that the carbon pool beneath the Arctic Ocean is leaking. Belgian Lottery Winner Gives Half to the Poorclipped by: thisnamecantbetakenBelgian Santa gives half lottery win to the poor: reports BRUSSELS (AFP) ? The Christmas spirit reigns in the Belgium village of Riemst, where a lottery winner is giving half his 7.5 million euro (10.5 million dollar) scoop to the poor, reports said Wednesday. The Flemish communes mysterious "Father Christmas," as one newspaper dubbed him, says he intends to share his massive win from the EuroMillions draw on December 12. "His first gesture: cheques for 1,000 litres (264 gallons) of fuel for 100 poor families," according to Hubert Cleuren, who heads an aid agency in the village of 16,000, located near the Dutch border. The mysterious benefactor has requested to remain anonymous, but reports say he is about 50 years old and a father of two. Guido Coenegrachts, who sold the man his winning ticket, says this "Santa" has faced hard times himself. Emotion is necessary for logicclipped by: jimbo1000clippers remarks: Emotion obviously evolved before the higher realms of logic but it is interesting that the suggestion is that it is a prior requirement Vulcans Nixed: You Can?t Have Logic Without Emotion Fifty years ago some young MIT scholars delivered a radical notion to the world. They proposed that it is possible to scientifically study precise mechanisms and processes of human thought. The movement was the catalyst for many fields of study. Now after a generation of productive research, a newer paradigm shift is taking place. Science is discovering that it is our emotions that make thought possible, not the other way around. We simply cannot understand thought without understanding emotion "Because we subscribed to this false ideal of rational, logical thought, we diminished the importance of everything else," said Marvin Minsky, a professor at MIT and pioneer of artificial intelligence. "Seeing our emotions as distinct from thinking was really quite disastrous." It is pure reason- not feeling- that is the true hindrance to decision making. So take that, Mr. Spock! 7 Almost Unknown Google Search Engines You Should Useclipped by: ncoutlander7 Almost Unknown Google Search Engines You Should UseFor example, you can see Albert Einstein?s patent application for a blouse or John Logie Baird?s application for the device which would later go on to become the world?s first television set. There are many more.     Yes, Google has a price comparison engine as well. Enter any product that you are looking for and Google will show you hundreds of places to buy it and the lowest price. They just want the whole pie.  Not as much as a custom database as the others, but more of a help for students and faculty. Google University Search allows easy filtering and searching of resources from various US Universities.  Google has a specially filtered US Government search engine to help you find that information you need without all the noise.  Sand sculpturesclipped by: clinpsydoc     take it back - pink floydclipped by: chestnut501clippers remarks: Gods gift to me, my gift to you. Just believe. [Video] Tags: believe Chinese Seek To Pull Cats From The Menuclipped by: thisnamecantbetakenclippers remarks: She picked up one cat with a fresh red scar running around its body caused by a wire that dealers wrap around cats to keep them from running away. Often, the cats are badly mistreated in their final moments, crammed as tightly as tomatoes into crates so they cant breathe, and clubbed into semiconsciousness before being thrown alive into boiling water. "This is a crime that humiliates all Chinese people," Lu said. "Guangdong people are the most unprincipled of the human species!" wrote one person. "They would eat their mothers-in-law if there was no law."  Cats peer from a cage after being saved from a market in Beijing. The Small Animal Protection Assn. says one business in Guangzhou, where cats are eaten, captures up to 10,000 a day ? including pets ? from around China and brings them back to be sold as food. As a popular saying goes, the Cantonese will eat anything that walks, crawls, hops or flies. But now fellow Chinese are drawing the line. Eating cat, they say -- that is just too disgusting. "Cats are your friends, not food," read the banners carried at a demonstration last week at the Guangzhou train station, where protesters were trying to intercept a shipment of cats. "Shame on Guangdong!" they chanted at another demonstration It is rare to see a stray wandering the streets. cat snatchers are typically formerly unemployed people who use large fishing nets Theyve eaten all their cats so they have to take ours from Beijing. "You can judge how advanced a civilization is by the way it treats its animals," said Lu, paraphrasing Gandhi. Wal-Mart Throws Santa Off Their Propertyclipped by: BartendingBearclippers remarks: Target sez... Santa, youre OK with us. [Video] Tennessee Suffers Toxic Spill 48 Times Larger Than Exxon Valdezclipped by: thisnamecantbetakenEnvironmental Spill Disaster Devastates Tennessee; 48 Times the Size of Exxon Valdez An environmental disaster of epic proportions has occurred in Tennessee. Monday night, 2.6 million cubic yards (the equivalent of 525.2 million gallons, 48 times more than the Exxon Valdez spill by volume) of coal ash sludge broke through a dike of a 40-acre holding pond at TVAs Kingston coal-fired power plant covering 400 acres up to six feet deep, damaging 12 homes and wrecking a train. Officials also said that the magnitude of this spill is such that the entire area could be declared a federal superfund site. toxic substances are in that sludge: Mercury, arsenic, lead, beryllium, cadmium. they could (at the mild end) irritate skin or trigger allergies or (longer term) cause cancer or neurological problems. Greenpeace Calls for Criminal Investigation [Video] The Great Christmas Truce of 1914clipped by: petercasier One of the most remarkable Christmas-es happened not far from here. In the Worldwar I trenches near Ypres (Ieper) in West-Flanders, where warring troops had dug themselves into trenches. With water often coming up to their waist, dug in mud and cold, the first Christmas of the War of the Trenches, was to be nothing but misery. Until a small miracle happened. This is how high heels damage & injure the women who wear themclipped by: Spiritualmonkeyclippers remarks: High heels make a womans legs "look" strong & healthy, but in that theyre like silicone boobs: false advertising that gets revealed when the clothes come off. Did I mention that they cause long-term injury and damage to your feet and legs? ![[GR2007050700484.jpg]](http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/Spiritualmonkey/512/548E1F0D-811F-4A66-AFD4-EAB51D8AA091.jpg) Religion v Atheismclipped by: brightlight4This Christmas let us reinforce our faith An atheist professor of philosophy speaks to his class on the problem science has with God, The Almighty. He asks one of his new students to stand and?.. Prof: Student: Prof Student: Prof: Student Prof: Prof: Student: Prof: Student Prof: Student: Prof: Student: Prof: Student: Prof: Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist don?t they? Why is the U.S. Military Preparing for Civil Disorder?clipped by: spirithikerclippers remarks: They are anticipating riots in the streets over the economy. But it could be because or freedoms are beginning to be restricted. Now there is news that Homeland Security plans to start monitoring blogs and message boards all over the United States for any signs of suspicious activity. http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2008-12-23-terrorblogs_N.htm?csp=34 Does that include criticizing the government? We have a long history of voicing our opinion against our government officials, and we are not going to give that up that right without a fight. The prospect of military roaming our streets as they do in our airports is distasteful and it will trigger even more protest. Civil disobedience may have been instrumental in formally creating America but it is the people who use civil disobedience as a cover to loot stores and homes that worry me just as much as my fellow Americans pointing their military issue weapons at me for protesting what they are doing. A new report from the U.S. Army War College?s Strategic Studies Institute says that the U.S. military must quickly prepare for massive civil unrest that could be precipitated by an ?unforeseen economic collapse?. The following is a quote from this stunning report: ?DoD might be forced by circumstances to put its broad resources at the disposal of civil authorities to contain and reverse violent threats to domestic tranquility. Under the most extreme circumstances, this might include use of military force against hostile groups inside the United States. This comes on the heels of a recent report that the Department of Defense plans to deploy 20,000 uniformed troops for operations inside the United States by 2011 apparently 20,000 uniformed soldiers will not be enough to control Americans. Barack Obama is calling for a "civilian national security force" that is as strong and is as well funded as the U.S. military. Men Overspend to Attract Matesclipped by: CatshadeParticipants rated how much they agreed with three statements about their financial habits, such as "I always live within my income range," and "Each income period, I set aside at least ten percent for savings." They also indicated marital status and sexual partners (their count for the past five years and number desired in the future). Men who spent more (saved less) and who were more likely to shell out more than they earned reported having more sexual partners in the past five years and desired more future partners than other guys in the study. Specifically, the 25 percent of men who were most conservative about spending had an average of three partners in the past five years and desired about one partner in the next five years. The 2 percent of men with the riskiest financial strategies had double those numbers. For women, financial consumption wasnt significantly related to past or future mates. Don?t Starve a Cold of Exerciseclipped by: brightlight4 YOU have what seems to be a really bad cold. You are coughing and sneezing, and it is hard to breathe. Should you work out? And if you do, should you push yourself as hard as ever or take it easy? Will exercise have no effect, or make you feel better or worse? Many avid exercisers make up their own rules, and it seems that many of them, like Dr. Michael Joyner, an exercise researcher at the Mayo Clinic who is a swimmer and runner, decide to keep exercising if they possibly can. Now, Dr. Kaminsky said, he and others at Ball State encourage people to exercise when they have colds, at least if they have the type producing symptoms like runny noses and sneezing. He is more cautious about other types of colds that produce fevers or symptoms below the neck such as chest congestion. Exercising with a head cold is not an issue for athletes, Dr. Kaminsky said, because most of them want to train no matter what. ?If anything they tend to push too much,? he said. Eartha Kitt, 1927-2008clipped by: Carl Lavinclippers remarks: Talent, vision and courage -- quite a package, quite a woman. Kitt decided that she would not perform before segregated audiences and included that requirement in her contracts. She appeared in several films, including St. Louis Blues in 1958 and Anna Lucasta in 1959. In the 1960s she played the role of Catwoman on the Batman television show. Her career took a different turn after she spoke out against the Vietnam War at a White House luncheon in 1968 in the presence of Lady Bird Johnson. As a result of her outspoken anti-war position, she was blackballed and was unable to find work in the U.S., with the exception of a few talk shows. In 1978 she was nominated for a Tony award for her starring performance in another Broadway show, Timbuktu. It was her first major performance in the U.S. in ten years. When the show opened in Washington, D.C., Kitt was invited to the White House, where President Carter met her, saying, "Welcome home, Eartha." Tags: eartha kitt Revolution to Defend Planet Earth?clipped by: brightlight4EARTH MEANDERS: Earth Bailout and the Stewardship RevolutionGlobal citizens together committing to a revolutionary spirit of action are the Earth and humanitys last best hope
There is virtually no chance of saving the Earth and all her inhabitants without overthrowing speculative, industrial capitalism. Realitys new ad calls out coal industryclipped by: masburyclippers remarks: 30-second TV spot tells the truth about "clean" coal [Video] Share our latest videoSend the coal industry a dose of Reality this holiday season ? spread the word and make our newest video a Youtube holiday hit by sharing it with your friends and family. Stop the Cavalryclipped by: JohnWaterman[Video] Scientists Find Stress Reshapes the Human Brainclipped by: CommunicatorScientists Find Stress Reshapes the Human Brain Scientists have discovered how stress can physically reshape the brain, causing extensive and long-lasting harm to both the human and animal brain. Researchers have found that stress causes brain cells to either shrink or grow, leaving victims of serious stress with big changes to their nervous systems. One of the largest times of change is stress in early life, even stress in the womb. ?Prenatal stress can change the brain forever,? Baram spent time working with laboratory mice. In order to simulate increased short-term stress levels in real life situations, the mice were immobilized for five hours and subjected to loud rock music. After an MRI brain scan of the mice, Baram noticesda decrease in the number of fibers that carry signals between neurons. laboratory rats were restrained daily for roughly three weeks, the region of their brain involving learning and memory shrank by three percent. There is a crack, a crack in everything.......clipped by: abailartclippers remarks: ......thats how the light gets in [Video] Tags: anthem, leonard cohen What goes around comes aroundclipped by: isabelThe Law of Life Whatever you give away today or think or say or do Right is the answerclipped by: ammccclippers remarks: "What is the relation between human rights and the economic and financial architecture? When that question was formulated to the national Social Watch coalitions, the answers they provided were extremely rich and diverse. Approaching them with an open mind, the reader of this report will be challenged to think out of the box and perhaps be inspired to draw creative links between distant extremes." Crisi finanziaria, alimentare, energetica e climatica impongono la necessità di trovare risposte innovative Una risposta realmente efficace affonda le sue radici nei diritti umani Rapporto della coalizione internazionale Social Watch ?Right is the answer?. politiche di deregolamentazione e liberalizzazione che hanno indotto un drastico deterioramento dei diritti sociali ed economici dei cittadini di tutto il mondo, Fuga di capitali verso i paradisi fiscali, privatizzazioni, evasione e concorrenza fiscale, hanno fatto da motore alla crescita delle disuguaglianze tra Paesi e all?interno dei Paesi, peggiorando notevolmente la performance di tutti i più importanti indicatori di progresso sociale. La necessità di riformare l?architettura finanziaria globale è accettata ormai in maniera incontestata da gran parte della comunità internazionale per realizzare un sistema sociale ed economico incentrato sui diritti umani, che devono essere quindi un punto di partenza e non rimanere un obiettivo futuro "World Orgasm Day" Orgy Cancelled Due to Threatsclipped by: thisnamecantbetakenclippers remarks: The Raelians are known for their liberal attitudes towards sexuality. They believe that mankind was created by aliens who arrived here thousands of years ago in UFOs. Despite their opposition to Biblical attitudes towards sex they see the Bible as a book that bears witness to ancient alien visitors, and place particular emphasis on the Book of Ezekiel, which they see as an ancient account of a UFO visitation.
The Israeli branch of the UFO centred movement known as the Raelians was planning something special to commemorate ?World Orgasm Day?, a huge orgy in downtown Tel Aviv, the largest city in Israel. The event was going to attract at least 250 participants of all sexual orientations: Straight, bisexual, gay and lesbian and was meant to make a powerful and highly relevant statement in this most troubled part of the world: that it is far better to make love rather than war. Sadly however the organisers have been forced to cancel this year?s event due to numerous violent threats made towards both the movement and the venue. The threats are believed to come from ultra-orthodox Jews who feel such celebrations violate the sanctity of the Holy Land and go against the morality of Judaism. The purpose of the event was to try and bring world peace through mass orgasm AN economist explains why Christmas is made of FAILclipped by: SpiritualmonkeyDespite claims advanced by proponents that the holiday promotes a desirable "spirit, makes people ``jolly, etc., the data show that the yuletide time period is marked by environmental degradation, hazardous products and travel, and -- perhaps most important -- inefficient uses of key resources. The holiday is an insidious and overlooked factor in Americas dwindling savings rates, slack worth ethic, and high crime rates. Nor does Christmas truly fulfill its purported distributional objective: the transfer of gifts to those who need them. Moreover, the number of people rendered "joyous by Christmas is probably equaled or excelled by the number made to feel rather blue. although Christmas is an important religious observance that provides wintertime fun for children (who would probably be having fun anyway), it fails the test of cost-effectiveness Modern Christmas is like primitive Keynesianism, a short-run-oriented economic experiment that has been tried and found wanting. Peace on Earth-1939 MGM Cartoonclipped by: ratilfarclippers remarks: I looked for this one for years. One of the best cartoons of the season, if not the best. Merry Xmas fellow clippers. "Peace on Earth, Goodwill to Men" [Video] Bush pushes midnight regulations; many to lastclipped by: papananookclippers remarks: see link for the video...Prez Mofo is really sticking it to us...whats the limit of his insanity? DAMN HIM TO HELL. Bush pushes midnight regulations; many to lastGeorge Bush is on pace to impose more last-minute changes to federal rules than any president in history Guess What the Average Home Price is in Detroit?clipped by: Maxwell_SmartDetroit is facing a crisis of epic proportions that officially puts Detroit statistically (and real term) on par with the great depression. [Video] Für die Inhalte dieses Feeds ist alleine der jeweilige Autor/Anbieter verantwortlich. Die Inhalte stellen nicht die Meinung von EasyRSS dar. Dies ist eine automatisch generierte E-Mail. Bitte antworten Sie nicht auf diese E-Mail. Wenn Sie Feedback an EasyRSS senden wollen, nutzen Sie bitte das Feedback Forumlar. Wenn Sie sich von EasyRSS abmelden wollen, gehen Sie bitte auf den Menüpunkt "Meine Daten". Ihr EasyRSS Team http://www.easyrss.de |
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Oceans on acid, certifiably crazy ancient forest logging, carbon markets paying to log and pollute -- the global ecosystem is failing and the world has gone mad. The disease of too many humans, each wanting to forever consume more at the expense of liquidating life-giving ecosystems, must be decisively cured before being ends. It has become apparent that changes of the magnitude necessary to ensure humanitys shared survival are not, indeed cannot, occur without transformative revolutionary action. What hope remains for the Earth and humanity lies in a global peoples movement to topple polluting industries and usher in an era of stewardship.
