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Governor Sanford (R-SC) offers unemployed resident "prayers" in lieu of stimulus funds
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On C-SPAN?s Washington Journal this morning, Sanford received a call from a Charleston resident who said he lost his job because he has been taking care of mother and sister, both of whom have serious illnesses. The caller told Sanford he is ?wrong? to decline the money. ?A lot of people in South Carolina are hurting. And if this money can come and help us out we need it.? In response, Sanford could offer him only his prayers:
Sanford offered no other alternative solution for his constituent and instead argued that the state could not accept money to extend unemployment benefits because ?increasing the tax on unemployment insurance? would negatively ?impact the caller?s family? (although he didn?t say how).
Sexercise yourself into shape
clipped by: spherepetSexercise yourself into shape
According to the NHS Direct website, "sexercise" can lower the risk of heart attacks and helps people live longer.
Endorphins released during orgasm stimulate immune system cells, which also helps target illnesses like cancer, as well as wrinkles, it states.
"Yes, there is evidence that sex has benefits for mental wellbeing, but to say there is a link with reduced risk of heart disease and cancer is taking the argument too far."
NHS Direct, however, told the paper the content was "backed by science and clinical evidence" and "isnt just a bit of fun".
The advice, published under the headline "Get more than zeds in bed", is one of several sexual health-related articles to be found on the NHS Direct website.
Sex with a little energy and imagination provides a workout worthy of an athlete, the article says.
woman shocked at lovers attack
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Antonette Richardson, 37, said she was disgusted as Kevin Tripp, 57, was punched in the Sainsburys store in Merton, south-west London, last June.
Mr Tripp suffered fatal brain damage when he knocked his head on the ground, Southwark Crown Court heard.
Tony Virasami, 38, admits manslaughter but Ms Richardson denies the charge.
The 37-year-old, from Sedgehill Road, Catford, south-east London, said she had no idea Virasami was going to react violently.
"I was absolutely disgusted," she said. "I was absolutely mortified.
"I couldnt believe what he had done. I was totally shocked.
Ms Richardson had been accused of pushing in front of the queue by fellow shopper Adrian Prendergast as she went to buy a packet of cigarettes.
"I was quite shocked," she said. "I didnt think I was pushing in front of anyone.
Shortly afterwards she phoned Virasami, who was waiting in a car nearby and came into the store, and she pointed out Mr Prendergast.
However, Virasami attacked Mr Tripp instead, the court heard.
CNBCs Rick Santelli breaks out with comments
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Were an Internet culture. Consider how CNBCs Rick Santelli rant against the Obama administrations mortgage plan gripped the culture -- and prompted a response from the White House.
Santelli on Thursday said the White House was "promoting bad behavior" with the mortgage plan. He suggested to President Barack Obama and the new administration: "Why don?t you put up a Web site to have people vote on the Internet as a referendum to see if we really want to subsidize the losers? mortgages??
"Make sure theres a lot of debate on this topic," Santelli said, seriously, Friday on "Today." "We need to be more equitable in the money were spending that we really dont have."
Santellis fury registered for a couple of reasons: A lot of people agree with him. And his theatrical manner couldnt be ignored. Is this start of a new career for him? Take a look.
Baltimore Homeowner To Sue ACORN For Burglary ~ Tea Party USA Watch ~
clipped by: merrieclippers remarks: I warned about the ACORN civil disobedience mob working in ideological tandem with Barack Obama to bully Washington into passing a massive new foreclosure prevention/mortgage entitlement scheme.On Feb. 20, I noted that ACORN garnered nationwide media attention for breaking and entering into a foreclosed home in Baltimore at 315 South Ellwood Ave. ACORN vows to use ?any means necessary? to stop foreclosures. Baltimore police have taken fingerprints at the break-in site and the current owner, William Lane, says he will sue ACORN. The home was sold in June 2008 for $192,000. This morning, ACORN official Louis Beverly will face a burglary charge. Look for the Left to turn him into a martyr. It is not your home, ACORN.
The New American Tea Party page from ?a coalition of citizens and organizations concerned about the recent trend of fiscal recklessness in government?dedicated to the Washington, D.C. effort specifically sponsored by the American Spectator, the Heartland Institute, Americans for Tax Reform, the National Taxpayers Union, Americans for Prosperity, and the Young Conservatives Coalition? is here.
Get your ?Tea Party? swag. Business is booming. At least Obama stimulated something?
There will be another protest in Kansas City, Mo. next Saturday 2/28 with a march to Sen. Claire McCaskill?s office.
Leslie from Team Sarah asked me to post this for Louisiana folks:
Crime scene
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The dangers of creationism in education
clipped by: sincitykittyThe dangers of creationism in education
The theory of evolution is being attacked by religious fundamentalists who call for creationist theories to be taught in European schools alongside or even in place of it. From a scientific view point there is absolutely no doubt that evolution is a central theory for our understanding of the Universe and of life on Earth.
Creationism in any of its forms, such as ?intelligent design?, is not based on facts, does not use any scientific reasoning and its contents are pathetically inadequate for science classes.
Oh, Good. US To Give $900 Million To The Terroroists Who Start Wars
clipped by: merrieclippers remarks: So, let?s see: blaming Israel? Check. UN and others getting the credit for spreading US money (which seems to be appearing out of a unicorns a**)? Check. None of the money going through Hamas? Good luck with that! Remember Hamas taking the international aid sent to Gaza during the last conflict? I wonder how much the UN will siphon off before it even gets to Gaza?
And all this follow on the heels of the Obama admin. throwing Israel under the bus at the Durban II ?anti-racism? conference
The United States plans to pledge more than $900 million to help rebuild Gaza after Israel?s invasion and strengthen the Western-backed Palestinian Authority, a U.S. official said on Monday.
The money will be channeled through U.N. and other bodies and will not be distributed via the militant group Hamas, which rules Gaza, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton plans to make the announcement next week at a Gaza donors conference in Egypt.
CREATIVE ESCALATOR ADS
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Photography of Floriane de Lassee
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Do We Still Feel The Same?
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From a Gallup poll conducted in June:
When given a choice about how government should address the numerous economic difficulties facing today?s consumer, Americans overwhelmingly?by 84% to 13%?prefer that the government focus on improving overall economic conditions and the jobs situation in the United States as opposed to taking steps to distribute wealth more evenly among Americans.
That doesn?t bode well for Barack ?spread the wealth around? Obama and his ?tax cuts for 95% of Americans? plan, which for the 47% or so of Americans who have nothing or next to nothing in federal tax burden will mean nothing more than a check in the mail representing taxes paid by other people.
Americans, at least according to this poll, don?t want to be given other people?s money. They want to be empowered to earn their own money. That means pro-growth economics. Lower taxes. Less government. More freedom.
Obama doesn?t stand for any of those things.
Beers!!!?
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10 Bizarre Arrests
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Dumb and Dumber: Bandits rob a bank, pose with loot, get arrested
The Goat who got arrested for armed robbery
The 88-year-old Grandma who got arrested for not returning a kids ball
The Man who got caught having sex with a picnic table
The Man who got arrested for shouting naked at trees
The Boy who got arrested for opening his Xmas gift too early
The Deaf man who got arrested for swearing at police in sign language
The Woman who got arrested for selling pierced cats
The Man who got arrested for farting at policeman
Tubular Eyes & A Transparent Skull
clipped by: BartendingBearclippers remarks: This is one strange fish.
Syringe Man attacks Lance Armstrong
clipped by: infidel70clippers remarks: bizarre
Lance Armstrong was riding along in the Tour of California when he was approached by this ridiculous character.
Armstrong wasted little time grabbing the man, and shoving him into a conveniently placed snow bank.
Somewhere Vince McMahon just got a very bad idea.
IT IS A FAKE, SCIENTIFICALLY ENGINEERED, STAGED, & CONTROLLED ECONOMIC COLLAPSE!
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Dublin to host summer Cancer summit
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Armstrong charity to hold cancer summit in Dublin
The cancer charity established by cycling champion Lance Armstrong is to hold an international summit on the disease in Dublin in August.
The Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF) said today the aim of the three-day event was to bring together world leaders in ?an unprecedented show of solidarity? to secure commitments to make cancer a global priority.
The LAF said it is seeking ?to build a global grassroots advocacy movement to influence global action in the fight against cancer?.
LAF founder and chairman Armstrong, who survived testicular cancer in the mid 1990s, will attend the event on August 24-26th following his participation in the Tour of Ireland cycling race which takes place just prior to the summit.
Child abuse alters stress gene
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Analysis of brain tissue from adults who had committed suicide found key genetic changes in those who had suffered abuse as a child.
It affects the production of a receptor known to be involved in stress responses, the researchers said.
The Nature Neuroscience study underpins the impact of stress on early brain development, experts said.
Previous research has shown that abuse in childhood is associated with an increased reaction to stressful circumstances.
But exactly how environmental factors interact with genes and contribute to depression or other mental disorders in adulthood is not well understood.
They found chemical changes which reduced the activity of the gene in those who suffered child abuse.
Terrible Twins!
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Mans BEST Friend!!!?
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Giant Lamp Terrorises Old People
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Chicago links street cameras to 911 system
clipped by: nuttyriv3r"Boy with eyes that glow in the dark"
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A CAT-BOY has stunned medics with his ability to SEE in pitch black with eyes that GLOW in the dark.
Doctors have studied Nong Youhui?s amazing eyesight since his dad took him to hospital in Dahua, southern China, concerned over his bright blue eyes.
Dad Ling said: "They told me he would grow out of it and that his eyes would stop glowing and turn black like most Chinese people but they never did."
Medical tests conducted in complete darkness show Youhui can read perfectly without any light and sees as clearly as most people do during the day.
Experts believe he was born with a rare condition called leukodermia which has left his eyes with less protective pigment and more sensitive to light.
Photography: Nature
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Up close and Personal Photos
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Microsoft Unveils "Elevate America"
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Twitter Nation Has Arrived: How Scared Should We Be?
clipped by: JICWyllieSantellis Rant Touched a Nerve
clipped by: merrieclippers remarks: The conspiracy to cut gasoline prices: TigerHawk ABCs Terry Moran: For Obama, the Presidency a Step Down: NewsBusters (Whitlock) Blame it on Gitmo: NRO (Miller) Mobile device will be most popular link to Internet by 2020: Pew Microsoft wants refunds from workers it laid off: CNet Best Oscar Acceptance Speech Ever: TMZ
DeMint calls for protests in the street: Gateway
Readers know how: Surber
They were taken out and shot: Dinocrat
The Opacity Program is Gaining Steam: Porcupine Rim
Say It Aint So . . . . . . Joe??????
clipped by: merrieclippers remarks: "Dumb & Dumber" Harry and Lloyd are two brainless losers who try to return a suitcase full of money to its pretty owner.
President Barack Obama, fresh off the most expensive first month as POTUS in American history, has now tapped Joe Biden to oversee the implementation of the stimulus package.
Correct me if Im wrong, but isnt this the same Joe Biden that was viewed as being so incompetent that his own Democratic leadership never put him in a single leadership role in a 33-year Senate career that wasnt mandated by seniority?
And now you want him in charge of the most expensive spending plan in history?
Brilliant move, Mr. President.
Lets hope it turns out better than it did the last time.
44 yrs old, high altitude world champion runner
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Last year Matt Carpenter won six long-distance races, setting two course records. He is currently training for the Teva Mountain Games in Vail in June.
At 44, Carpenter is known as the grand paladin of high-altitude distance running. In 1993, he set record times ? still standing ? for the 13.3-mile Pikes Peak Ascent and the Pikes Peak Marathon, races he won again in 2001 and 2007, both times on consecutive days. He has also set speed marks in a high-altitude flat-surface marathon, a 50-mile race and a 100-mile race.
We Done Here?
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word of the day
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Wood carvings (on living tree)
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Photography of Alberto Emiliano Saveso
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Beauty is in the Sex of the Beholder
clipped by: chestnut501clippers remarks: Men and Women Process Spatial Information Differently
They used imaging technology called magnetoencephalography to look at the brain activity of 20 volunteers while looking at pretty paintings and ugly pictures of cities and found clear sex differences when the test subjects saw images they described as beautiful.
"Perhaps women make use of both global and local features in making their judgments, whereas men only rely on global features."
Crazy Goose Attacks a Man and his Dog on a Fishing Boat
clipped by: valann 47Here?s something you don?t see too often?a Canada goose trying to pick on a sweet natured dog in a boat. I have no idea why this goose seems to have a thing for the dog though it maybe protecting a nest of eggs or perhaps it?s thinking the dog is a potential interloper in its territory? Either way the owner of the dog is clearly trying to avoid hurting the goose while protecting his dog each time he grabs it and then chucks it away. It gets even more surreal as the goose starts chasing the fishing boat later on!
Dave Mattingly: Fantasy Pictures
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Skeleton Sculptures
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Obama administration defending Bush secrets
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Justice Department seeks to hold back lawsuits as FOIA rules rewritten
WASHINGTON - Despite President Barack Obamas vow to open government more than ever, the Justice Department is defending Bush administration decisions to keep secret many documents about domestic wiretapping, data collection on travelers and U.S. citizens, and interrogation of suspected terrorists.
In half a dozen lawsuits, Justice lawyers have opposed formal motions or spurned out-of-court offers to delay court action until the new administration rewrites Freedom of Information Act guidelines and decides whether the new rules might allow the public to see more.
OBAMA BOBBLE HEAD
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JTA: "Bigoted and anti-Israel. It diminishes a once proud union."
clipped by: ratcatcher2clippers remarks: Classic case of the pot calling the kettle black or even that Zionists in glasshouses should not throw stones? They have being begging with the victimhood bowl for so long that they are jealous of genuine victims like the Gazan civilians who are being starved to death in the slow phase again after the recent massacre phase!!! The Zionists should be careful of what they might wish for.
Canadian union adopts Israel boycott resolution
Delegates at a Canadian Union of Public Employees conference of Ontario university locals on late Sunday adopted a resolution that would cut partnerships between universities in Ontario and universities in Israel.
The non-binding resolution is intended to protest Israels recent military action in Gaza. It now heads to CUPE Ontarios annual convention in May for further debate.
According to a CUPE Ontario news release, the motion also "encourages research into military connections between Ontario and Israeli universities, and calls on Ontario universities to refuse to conduct research that benefits the Israeli military."
Also last month, CUPE Ontario president Sid Ryan apologized for comparing Israels bombings of academic institutions in Gaza to actions perpetrated by the Nazis.
the art of seXercise
clipped by: chara"Sex uses every muscle group, gets the heart and lungs working hard, and burns about 300 calories an hour."
The Left and a Womans Severed Head
clipped by: infidel70clippers remarks: For those American feminists and Muslim-Americans who still insist that beheadings and domestic violence/femicide against Muslim girls and women has absolutely, definitely, positively, nothing to do with Islam or Muslims: I dunno. Ask Nonie Darwish, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Wafa Sultan, Robert Spencer, Geert Wilders, read Nonies recent book Cruel and Usual Punishment, about the nature of Sharia law and Muslim women. My God, talk to Muslim feminist dissident-activists like UK-based Maryam Namazie, or the group ?Muslims against Sharia Law?
Within hours of the news of Aasiya Z. Hassans February 12th beheading, allegedly by her husband, Muzzamil Hassan, in Buffalo, American-Muslim organizations and individuals began a dirge bemoaning the existence of domestic violence. But thanks be to Allah, they affirmed, such violence exists among all faiths and ethnicities. Such family violence, they insisted, had nothing to do with Islam. Muslim leaders emphasized that honor killings were ?anti-Islamic" or "un-Islamic," a holdover from "pre-Islamic times." They vowed to preach against it in the mosque. All well and good.
An American Jewish mother returns from Gaza
clipped by: ratcatcher2clippers remarks: "Once You See What Truly Happened in Gaza, It Will Change You Forever." "What I saw was like a form of collective punishment, leaving behind a trail of grieving mothers, angry fathers and traumatized children."
Plague threat looms as Bangladesh rat problem grows
clipped by: A53GG4Plague threat looms as Bangladesh rat problem grows
DHAKA (AFP) ? Bangladeshs remote Chittagong Hill Tracts region faces a serious risk of prolonged famine and bubonic plague unless a ballooning rat population is brought under control, experts say.
The UNs World Food Programme (WFP) began distributing three million dollars of emergency food supplies to some 120,000 people in the southeastern tribal area bordering India and Myanmar last May, after the rat population exploded.
Dhaka University zoology professor Nurjahan Sarker recently visited the hill tracts and sounded the alarm over the "devastating" impact of the year-long rat plague.
"The threats of a famine-fuelled conflict are real as the rats are destroying everything in the hills," she said.
Pink Tricycle Backflip (gif)
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Hamas sentences Gazan man to death, family claims innocence
clipped by: infidel70clippers remarks: B-b-but Hamas is the democratically elected government! Please.
How Many Morons Still Believe the Messiah?
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Urging strict future restraint even as current spending soars, President Barack Obama pledged on Monday to dramatically slash the skyrocketing annual budget deficit as he started to dole out the record $787 billion economic stimulus package he signed last week.
"If we confront this crisis without also confronting the deficits that helped cause it, we risk sinking into another crisis down the road," the president warned, promising to cut the yearly deficit in half by the end of his four-year term. "We cannot simply spend as we please and defer the consequences."
Wall Street seemed unimpressed by all the talk. The Dow Jones industrials dropped 251 points for the day.
France Press Best Photos 2008
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Coyote on Portland?s Max
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RIP --beautiful Aqsa Parvez
clipped by: Antaraclippers remarks: Another gorgeous girl dies at the hands of her "family"....and the gruesome honour killing death toll continues. This story is even more distressing in that a movement to try and place a proper marker/memorial( in place of the number 774) on her grave has been met with both a stunning refusal from her family (also her executioners) and, of course, spineless bs spouted by the ongoing fear based DHIMMITUDE that continues to plague supposed civilized nations worldwide. Pam Geller from Atlas Shrugged is on the case...GO PAM!! http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/12/canada-no-heads.html
Now that we have "honor killings" not just in Pakistan and Yemen but in Germany, Scandinavia, Britain, Ontario and Texas, we ought to bring ourselves up to speed on the correct form. Aqsa Parvez was murdered in Brampton (near Toronto) a year ago today. Joe Warmington of The Toronto Sun paid a visit to her grave:
Number 774. One year to the day Aqsa Parvez was stolen from this world ? allegedly by two members of her family ? that is all there is at her gravesite to show she even existed.
Section 17, plot number 774, in the Meadowvale Cemetery in Brampton, to be precise. No name, no date of birth, no date of death. No nothing...
Speaking in general terms, Fatah said "a victim of an honour killing is always left in an unmarked grave."
But a Minnesotan suicide bomber gets his remains brought home from Somalia at taxpayer expense for what looks here like a very respectful and well-attended funeral. An honorable death, presumably.
British Muslims Providing Electronics to Kill British Soldiers
clipped by: ColoradoRightclippers remarks: Yes, loyal subjects of the Queen.
The devices, which enable Taliban fighters to detonate roadside bombs by remote control, are either sent to sympathizers in the region, or carried by volunteers who fly to Pakistan and then make their way across the border.
They included mobile phones filled with explosives, which could kill or seriously injure British soldiers patrolling on foot, and more sophisticated devices that can be used against military vehicles.
Explosives experts who have examined the devices say they have found British-made electronic components that enable Taliban insurgents to detonate their home-made, road-side bombs by remote control.
When asked how the components had reached Afghanistan, the officer explained that they had either been sent from Britain, or physically brought to Afghanistan by British Muslims who had flown over.
Exploring the Deep Web
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At the University of Utah, Prof. Juliana Freire is working on DeepPeep, an ambitious effort to index every public database online.
I Want!
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Dems arent done spending yet.
clipped by: n2soonersChrist holds us more tightly than we hold Him
clipped by: willhelmclippers remarks: "J. Gresham Machen, one of the great proclaimers and defenders of the Christian faith in the early 20th century, went through a season of fearful doubt on his way to solid confidence. Remarkably, it was his mother who spoke one of the decisive words of rescue. He tells the story:" (J. Gresham Machen: Selected Shorter Writings, 561)
We pass sometimes through periods of very low spiritual vitality. The wonderful gospel which formerly seemed to be so glorious comes to seem almost like an idle tale. Hosts of objections arise in our minds; the whole unseen world recedes in the dim distance, and we think for the moment that we have relinquished the Christian hope....
My mother [spoke to me] in those dark hours when the lamp burned dim, when I thought that faith was gone and shipwreck had been made of my soul. ?Christ,? she used to say, ?keeps firmer hold on us than we keep on him.?
My mother?s word meant...that salvation by faith does not mean that we are saved because we keep ourselves at every moment in an ideally perfect attitude of confidence in Christ. No, we are saved because having once been united to Christ by faith, we are his forever. Calvinism is a very comforting doctrine indeed. Without its comfort, I think I should have perished long ago in the castle of Giant Despair.
15 Spectacular Lightning Strikes
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Lent: we can knash our teeth communally, lol
clipped by: Antaraclippers remarks: "We know we were wrong, but how much sackcloth n ashes can one country wear"? (I suspect a lot more than this)
Lent, which also always comes as a surprise, starts on Wednesday. What can we give up, now that all our luxuries, if they have not been taken from us, have become socially unacceptable and must be enjoyed behind closed doors? How can we atone for all this sin?
There was a time, back in the 20th century, when Archbishop John Charles McQuaid, a man who has not been celebrated for his sensitivity, offered Dublin Catholics the option of taking Lent easy, on the grounds they were suffering enough already. That was back when life in Ireland was one long economic downturn, so things must have been grim that year.
At the moment there is a real argument for declaring the last six months as having constituted a national and indeed global Lent, and that 40 days of feasting should start on Wednesday with us breaking out the Easter eggs and the roast lamb. We know we were wrong, but how much sackcloth and ashes can one country wear?
Giordano Bruno
clipped by: Antaraclippers remarks: Interesting fellow ...sadly he met a painful end due to his ideas which clashed with the Church at the time.
| Giordano Bruno |
Filippo Bruno was born in Nola, near Naples, the son of Giovanni Bruno, a soldier, and Fraulissa Savolino. He took the name Giordano upon entering the Dominican order. In the great Dominican monastery in Naples (where Thomas Aquinas had taught), Bruno was instructed in Aristotelian philosophy. His exceptional expertise in the art of memory brought him to the attention of patrons, and he was brought to Rome to demonstrate his abilities to the Pope. During this period he may also have come under the influence of Giovanni Battista Della Porta, a Neapolitan polymath who published an important book on natural magic. Bruno was attracted to new streams of thought, among which were the works of Plato and Hermes Trismegistus, both resurrected in Florence by Marsilio Ficino in the late fifteenth century. Hermes Trismegistus was thought to be a gentile prophet who was a contemporary of Moses. The works attributed to him in fact date from the turn of the Christian era.
Beslan ( from Dispatches)
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Ash Wednesday and dangerous old women :)
clipped by: Antaraclippers remarks: Women who run with the Wolves: awesome book for men and women.
This is Dr. Estes blog
 Activist poet, psychoanalyst, cantadora (keeper of the old stories), Dr. Estés has practiced clinically as a post-trauma specialist since 1970. She served teachers and children after the massacre at Columbine High School and the survivor families of the 9/11 tragedy. She is an Associate with the Sisters of Charity, Leavenworth, Kans. Her teaching ?spirit in healing? to young doctors at a Catholic hospital coincides with board appointment at Maya Angelou Minority Health Foundation, Wake Forest University Medical School. A former welfare mother, she testifies before state and federal legislatures on issues of mercy. Of Mestizo-Mexican heritage, adopted by immigrant Hungarians as an older child, Dr. Estés is a visiting diversity lecturer at universities and a Founder of La Sociedad de Guadalupe for adult literacy. As a grandmother from the Rocky Mountains and a disciple of nature, Dr. Estés holds that the largest endangered species on earth is the human soul. Learn more. |
Old news, same old news.
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i love my shoes....
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beautiful story
clipped by: miad20The Cab Ride I?ll Never Forget
Twenty years ago, I drove a cab for a living.
It was a cowboy?s life, a life for someone who wanted no boss.
What I didn?t realize was that it was also a ministry.
Because I drove the night shift, my cab became a moving confessional. Passengers climbed in, sat behind me in total anonymity, and told me about their lives. I encountered people whose lives amazed me, ennobled me, and made me laugh and weep.
Closing down sale
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Funny Photos Which Make You Laugh
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Genetically Modified Fruits & Veggies
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Artist Peter Funch
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Iraqi Museum Reopens - Sort of
clipped by: ruralartclippers remarks: To me, the looting of the museum is one of the very sad low points. The loss of the history of the region it entails is dismal.
A visitor to Iraq?s National Museum on Monday. Only 8 of the museum?s 26 galleries are open.
BAGHDAD ? Well over half the exhibition halls in Iraq?s National Museum are closed, darkened and in disrepair. And yet the museum, whose looting in 2003 became a symbol of the chaos that followed the American invasion, officially reopened on Monday.
Thousands of works from its collection of antiquities and art ? some of civilization?s earliest objects ? remain lost.
Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki pushed to reopen the museum, against the advice of his own Culture Ministry, as a sign of Iraqi progress. Symbol it was, and symbol it remains ? not only of how much Iraq has improved, but of how far it has to go.
?We did the best we could,? he explained, wistful that the museum remained less than what it once was. ?This is what we could do now. God willing, one day we will do more.?
"Narco-Subs" latest drug smuggling method
clipped by: gppixelworksColombian "narco-subs" latest drug smuggling method
Tonnes of illegal drugs make their way north from Colombia through Pacific waters in sleek jungle-built submarines that have been grimly christened "coffins" and are packed to the rim with powder white cocaine, headed for the U.S. market to satisfy the unflinching demand.
Skimming just below the water line, with only a glimpse of a glass-enclosed cockpit or metal tubes visible from above, the semi-submersibles are the latest shipment method used by trafficking cartels to try to elude detection by authorities.
A pilot and three or four crewmen squeeze into the cramped hulls of the craft on voyages from Colombias Pacific Coast up to Central America or Mexico, where their cargoes are offloaded for shipment to the United States, the U.S. Coast Guard says.
Iran - a sort of peace
clipped by: ruralartAt Palestine Square, opposite a mosque called Al-Aqsa, is a synagogue where Jews of this ancient city gather at dawn. Over the entrance is a banner saying: ?Congratulations on the 30th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution from the Jewish community of Esfahan.?
Of course, Israel?s unfinished cycle of wars has been with Arabs, not Persians, a fact that explains some of the discrepancy.
Still a mystery hovers over Iran?s Jews. It?s important to decide what?s more significant: the annihilationist anti-Israel ranting, the Holocaust denial and other Iranian provocations ? or the fact of a Jewish community living, working and worshipping in relative tranquillity.
Afghanistan - the view from a Carrier
clipped by: ruralartclippers remarks: In all the uproar over civilian casualties, the folks fussing need to look at the reality that the Taliban are deliberately inserting themselves into civilian areas; and they need to look at the extremely low level of civilian casualties in comparison with other wars around the world. There is now a near surgical precision. Just view some original WWII footage if you question that!
Crew members on the flight deck of the Navy aircraft carrier U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt last Tuesday morning. The carrier is stationed on the Arabian Sea off Pakistan. More Photos >
Hope
clipped by: JULIE PENKOVAThe Hope of Loving
What keeps us alive, what allows us to endure?
I think it is the hope of loving,
or being loved.
Wednesday Night At The White House:"Happy Hour" With Obamas
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?Barack and Michelle have always been interested in the details of people?s lives,? the confidant said, calling them ?people people.? ?They know who?s engaged to whom, what people?s spouses do for a living, all about their parents, where they grew up, names of children.?
Obama hopes to finesse the bad and the ugly by opening doors to Republicans and other ideological adversaries, but some are suspicious of the outreach. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said last week that, when it comes to economic recovery plans, he prefers being included in the decision-making meetings, not just the parties before and after.
 Who can turn down an invite to the White House? Illustration by Matt Wuerker |
U.S. Pressed to Add Billions to Bailouts
clipped by: JICWyllieWhat it Really Takes to Stop Genocide
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Observing the failure of an overextended US military to intervene in Darfur, Michael O?Hanlon offers a creative proposal in the latest New Republic: form a rapid-deployment US military division dedicated to stopping genocide in the future. A 20,000-strong force should do the job, he argues. The problem is, it can?t. O?Hanlon?like many in the stop-genocide movement?neglects what military intervention really entails.
Once the force halts genocide, what happens next? If the mayhem in Iraq should teach us anything, it is that invaders need to be ready to rebuild. Countries rarely come equipped with shadow governments that are organized, legitimate, and desirable for instant installation?especially countries torn by genocidal violence and hatred. That means US troops will be in charge.
people change the world.
Energy Secretary Hasn?t Got a Clue What US Energy Policy Is
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Mr. Chu said Thursday he feels ?like I?ve been dumped into the deep end of the pool? in confronting questions about oil policy, such as whether the administration would consider delaying scheduled deliveries of oil this spring to the nation?s strategic petroleum reserves.
Mr. Chu is still without a deputy, and the administration has yet to nominate people to fill other high-level Energy Department posts, reflecting a broader challenge the administration faces staffing up cabinet departments to handle an array of initiatives called for by President Barack Obama.
Have you ever heard anything so absurd? This is the cabinet officer charged with implementing Obama?s energy policy and the man is totally clueless as to what that policy is.
Wall Street Journal
February 20, 2009
WASHINGTON ? Energy Secretary Steven Chu ? whose agency has long taken the lead on global oil-market policy ? said Thursday he doesn?t know what the Obama administration would urge the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries to do at its meeting next month.
?I?m not the administration,? Mr. Chu said during a meeting with reporters Thursday. OPEC members are scheduled to meet March 15 to discuss the possibility of production cuts to respond to slumping prices. ?I will be speaking and learning more about this in order to figure out what the U.S. position should be and what the president?s position is,? Mr. Chu said.
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On Wednesday, when approached by reporters after a speech to a group of utility regulators, Mr. Chu declined to offer an opinion on whether OPEC should cut production, saying the issue was ?not in my domain.? He later told reporters on a conference call that his response to the question reflected ?more of my naiveté than anything else.?
Obama Sets Loose Gitmo Terrorist!
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Self loathing London liberals gather outside the U.S. Embassy in London on February 17th to demand the release of Binyam. Always so easy to manipulate with enemy propaganda, the lefties here who claim Binyam is ?innocent? may want to go attend the trial of the eight terrorists whose plot to blow up jetliners going from England to the U.S. was thankfully foiled. Binyam, who took orders from Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the mastermind of 9/11 and now a Gitmo inmate, was arrested as he was on his way to the United States.
Binyam Mohamed, second left, who has been held at Guantanamo Bay steps from a plane at Northolt military base in west London Monday Feb. 23, 2009.
Here?s what Military Families United had to say about this outrage:
Terrorists Worldwide Rejoice!
My Mom
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Kenji Miyazawa
How I Learned Not to Fear the Anti-God Squad
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Worth a look, if just to see the working mind of a devious simpleton.
As I read celebrity atheist Christopher Hitchenss recent Newsweek attack on the pope in particular and Roman Catholicism in general, I remembered an incident that happened when I was in the U.K. in early January. Walking out of Londons Victoria Station, I was stopped by a TV reporter who asked me what I thought about the British atheists newest ad campaign. It was one of those typical man-in-the-street interviews, with a reporter and a cameraman buttonholing passersby to find a snappy quote for the evening news.
Astronomers gravitate toward Einsteins telescope
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Scientists are harnessing the cosmos as a scientific "instrument" in their quest to determine the makeup of the universe.
The University of Chicagos Evalyn Gates calls the instrument "Einsteins telescope." The instrument is actually the phenomenon of gravitational lensing, which acts as a sort of natural telescope. Gatess new book, Einsteins Telescope: The Hunt for Dark Matter and Dark Energy in the Universe, explains how it works.
Although based on Albert Einsteins general theory of relativity, the effect is easily demonstrated. Look at a light through the bottom of a wine glass, Gates recommends, and see the resulting light distortion.
"Einsteins telescope is using the universe itself as a lens through which we can seek out galaxies that would otherwise be too faint to be seen," says Gates, Assistant Director of the Universitys Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics.
You Know Youve Had Too Much Winter When.....
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Brain Neuron Degeneration via Mercury
clipped by: JackieDelFeb 24: Pancake Day at IHOP
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Video: Geert Wilders on Glenn Beck
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Video: Geert Wilders on Glenn Beck: ?Europe needs a 1st Amendment?
After this, Geert will be in Washington on the invitation of Jon Kyl showing ?Fitna? to the US Senate. I?m curious how the leftists in the Senate will react?Should be interesting.
5:33 pm on February 23, 2009 by Infidelesto
http://infidelsarecool.com/2009/02/23/video-geert-wilders-on-glenn-beck-europe-needs-a-1st-amendment/
11:44 am on September 26, 2008 by Infidelesto
Give the guy credit for continuing his message despite all the threats against his life. Imagine living your life everyday, knowing that the radical Islamic community knows your name and your face, and at any moment you could attacked or killed.
hattip: ZIP
comparing galaxies to human cells
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Pop Quiz, everyone. The most wonderful, beautiful, and complicated things in the Universe are all made up of tiny components. Humans, the most differentiated animals on the planet, are made up of cells.
Galaxies, on the other hand, are made up primarily of stars. (At least, the portion of them that we can see is!)
Are there more cells in the typical human body or more stars in a typical galaxy?
The numbers are tremendous for both of these. Let?s start with humans. We start out as a zygote: a single fertilized egg cell.
So where are the rest of them? Moving through your body, keeping you alive and functioning. Your body contains about one trillion white blood cells of various types, about two trillion platelets, and a whopping 30 trillion red blood cells! This means every time you donate a pint of blood, you?re losing 4,000,000,000,000 cells!
Palins Advice to Natives: Its Your Fault
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Why Google, Palinit
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Sunday, February 22, 2009
Palin supporters asked not to use Google for searches. Are now directed to use "PalinIt.com" instead. No I am not joking.
Use www.PalinIt.com as your main internet search! Its the same great search youre accustomed to using,only you will be supporting Conservative Republican Organizations that share your vision for America. This is the free and easy way for people who share common values to raise money for a common cause.
Native Alaskans to Palin-You Just Dont Get It
clipped by: dmegivernSaving brain cells.
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How to Save New Brain Cells
10 WORKING TIPS FOR A BRIGHT FUTURE
clipped by: tanyamm1. Do not get into trouble
2. Aim for greater heights
3. Stay focus on your job
4. Exercise to maintain good health
5. Practice Team work
6. Rely on your trusted partner to watch your back
7. Save for rainy days
8. Rest and relax
9. Nothing is impossible
10. Always smile when your boss is around
Apple Safari 4 Beta Available Now: Chrome-y Top Sites, Cover Flow and Nitro
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Censorship in Google Earth: The case of the missing Predator drones
clipped by: benben1Censorship in Google Earth: The case of the missing Predator drones
[Update 24 Feb: It turns out that there was no censorship by Google after all. Please read this follow-up post for the reasons why.]
On February 12, 2009, Chairwoman of the US Senate Intelligence Committee Senator Dianne Feinstein said at a hearing, perhaps unwittingly, that the CIAs unmanned MQ-1 Predator drones used to hunt Taleban and Al Qaeda cells on the Pakistan/Afghanistan border were deployed from a base in Pakistan. (Pakistan quickly denied Feinsteins account, the Wall Street Journal would later report, but both papers got off-the-record confirmations of the accuracy of Feinsteins statement from senior intelligence sources.)
Top 5 Reasons for Skipping Sex
clipped by: xpersianxThe national poll, conducted by phone in January by the Consumer Reports National Research Center, included 1,000 adults 18-75. Women made up 52% of the group. Most participants, 57%, were married or living with a partner, and 48% have kids younger than 18 living at home.
Most participants, 81%, said they sometimes avoided sex last year. Here are their top five reasons for not having sex, along with the percentage of participants who chose that reason (they could choose more than one reason for not having sex):
- Too tired or need sleep: 53%
- Not feeling well or health reasons: 49%
- Not in the mood: 40%
- Taking care of children and/or pets: 30%
- Work: 29%
Other findings from the survey include:
homemade sex toys
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Geert Wilders Visit Washington, Senate and Supporters
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The reception will feature a screening of Wilders?s courageous and hard-hitting film Fitna, which demonstrates how Islamic jihadists use the Qur?an and Islamic teachings to justify acts of violence and terrorism, and which has become the focus of efforts by the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) to restrict and criminalize free speech about the global jihad threat. A question-and-answer period will follow.
Many luminaries of the counter jihad movement will be there. This is going to be so fabulous!
Wilders? 15-minute film juxtaposes verses from the Quran with images of violence by Muslims. Wilders has called the Quran a ?fascist book? and said it should be banned.
Kyl agreed to facilitate the event because ?all too often, people who have the courage to point out the dangers of militant Islamists find themselves vilified and endangered,? said spokesman Ryan Patmintra.
Wilders, the foremost defender of free speech in the modern age,
The reception is sponsored by the
Arrest Made in Home Foreclosure Civil Disobedience Program
clipped by: wiccantexanAn activist with ACORN ? the Association of Community Organization for Reform Now ? faces criminal charges after breaking into a home in southeast Baltimore on Thursday to protest the foreclosure crisis sweeping the country.
"This is our house now," ACORN member Louis Beverly reportedly said after cutting a lock with bolt cutters at the home.
Other police departments contacted by FOXNews.com said arrests would be made if an individual is determined to be residing at a foreclosed home illegally.
The flood of foreclosures across the country has already led some law enforcement officials to alter how they handle evictions.
Cox said he expects homesteading ? refusing to vacate a foreclosed property ? will become common as blame for the foreclosure crisis increasingly shifts from homeowners to financial corporations.
The fundamentals of our economy were strong!?!?
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Eleven year old charged as adult in murder
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In this undated photo released by the Houk family shows Kenzie Marie Houk with her daughters Jenessa, left, and Adalynn in Wampum, Pa.. Eleven-year-old Jordan Brown is charged in the shooting death of the 26-year-old pregnant mother of two.
Bongivengo contends it was a "premeditated, cold killing."
"And because the juvenile system only has jurisdiction until hes 21, the last thing I want is a 21-year-old whos going to be out on the streets and willing to kill you."
Because Brown is charged as an adult, he must remain in the county jail, and is separated from about 300 adult inmates. Hes being kept out of a normal cellblock and in a 10-by-8-foot cell in the booking area and checked on every 15 minutes.
Rupert Murdoch Apologizes For Cartoon: "The Buck Stops With Me"
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Last week, we made a mistake. We ran a cartoon that offended many people. Today I want to personally apologize to any reader who felt offended, and even insulted.
Over the past couple of days, I have spoken to a number of people and I now better understand the hurt this cartoon has caused. At the same time, I have had conversations with Post editors about the situation and I can assure you - without a doubt - that the only intent of that cartoon was to mock a badly written piece of legislation. It was not meant to be racist, but unfortunately, it was interpreted by many as such.
We all hold the readers of the New York Post in high regard and I promise you that we will seek to be more attuned to the sensitivities of our community.
Security guard kayaks to work to beat credit crunch
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He estimates he saves around £20 a week on petrol.
He joins the canal network close to his home in West Bromwich and paddles the six and a half miles to City Hospital in Birmingham.
He said: "When I set off in the morning it is so peaceful and quiet- its a lot more serene that joining a traffic queue thats for sure.
"People think that I must bump into lots of loud barges- but Ive only seen one narrowboat since I started just after New Year.
He added: "I dont mind taking the canoe home at all- it can be a bit chilly at this time of year, but I keep well wrapped up.
"The canals can be a bit eerie in the dark though, you see shadows and hear noises but I just concentrate on paddling.
"Ive got a safety helmet and light so I can see quite well through the bridges and tunnels."
Haaretz:"Amnesty International urges freeze on arms sales to Israel"
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Greatest 101 questions of all time: 1-20
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Citibank Fell for Nigerian Scam
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Swindles in which someone overseas seeks access to a person?s bank account are so well known that most potential victims can spot them in seconds.
Prosecutors said the scheme began in September, when Citibank received a package with documents purportedly signed by officials of the Ethiopian bank instructing Citibank to accept instructions by fax.
In October, Citibank received two dozen faxed requests for money to be wired, and it transferred $27 million to accounts controlled by the conspirators
Citibank called the officials whose names and numbers it had been given to verify the transactions, prosecutors said. The numbers turned out to be for cellphones in Nigeria, South Africa and Britain used by the conspirators.
Citibank has credited back the lost funds to the National Bank of Ethiopia, said one person who was briefed about the situation.
NASA Global Warming Satellite Crashes on Launch
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Soldier Doubts Elegibility - Defies presidents Orders
clipped by: pkronfieldclippers remarks: Yep. Wheres the original birth certificate, signed by the delivering doctor?? All BO has provided is a copy of a certification with no signature.
Spritzgussformen
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Spritzgussformen mit hoher Qualität
In unserer modern ausgestatteten Werkzeugmontage arbeiten qualifizierte und engagierte WerkzeugmechanikerFormenbau
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Ausbildung
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Auch im Jahr 2008 werden wieder Schulabgänger als Auszubildende in unserer Firma aufgenommen.
Webseite für Lehrausbildung: Lehrausbildung
Auto Industry Task Force Members Dont Own American Cars
clipped by: ColoradoRightclippers remarks: Give them more billions. After all, they employ union workers. They are just making product that nobody wants to buy.
Would that be a public relations nightmare?
Among the eight members named Friday to the Presidential Task Force on the Auto Industry and the 10 senior policy aides who will assist them in their work, two own American models. Add the Treasury Departments special adviser to the task force and the total jumps to three.
At least two task force members dont own a car, and there are still two open slots on the 10-member panel that will be filled by the secretaries of labor and commerce, who have not yet been appointed.
The co-chairs of the task force -- Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner and White House National Economic Council Director Lawrence Summers -- both own foreign automobiles.
Is this a bit of a public relations problem for the Adminstration and something that media would be criticizing if a Republican was in the White House?
Welcome to the World of Obama
clipped by: pkronfieldclippers remarks: The defeated guy is defeated in any economy under any president or administration. He is self-defeated, because he has become addicted to government assistance and has never learned self sufficientcy and self respect. Thanks to democrats.
Clinton wraps Asia trip by asking China to buy US debt
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| Clinton wraps Asia trip by asking China to buy US debt |
9,000 earmarks
clipped by: n2soonersThe Modesto Bee reports:
During the 2008 presidential campaign, candidates Barack Obama and John McCain fought vigorously over who would be toughest on congressional earmarks.
Child Abuse May Leave a Lasting Mark on Victims DNA
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US killer blood to blame for horrific human tragedy
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A public inquiry in Britain has found US suppliers of contaminated blood products were mainly responsible for thousands of people being infected with HIV and hepatitis C in the 1970s and 1980s.
Nearly 5,000 people were exposed to hepatitis C and more than 1,200 of those were also infected with HIV. Almost 2,000 have since died as a result.
The inquiry called the use of contaminated blood products to treat patients with haemophilia a "horrific human tragedy" and says commercial interests appeared to have been given a higher priority than patient safety.
Blood products were imported from the United States despite alarms being sounded about risky practices there such as paying people like prison inmates to donate blood.
The inquiry also called on the British Government to apologise to patients who contracted HIV and hepatitis C.
It criticised the inaction of successive governments in investigating the crisis and called for compensation for victims families.
Biblical Quiz
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Do You Have Biblical Morals?
It is often said that morality comes from the bible, or that it contains parables about morality that should guide us today. But do you really understand the moral precepts of this Bronze Age book? Have you read the bible cover to cover and actually thought about the contents?
| Protect your guests and call the police. |
| Expel your guests and call the police. |
| Turn your preteen daughters over to the crowd to be raped. |
| None. Slavery is inherently wrong. |
| Forever. I paid good money for that slave. |
| Six years. |
| Slavery. |
| Rape. |
| A lobster dinner with a shrimp cocktail appetizer. |
European Union Wants To Wiretap SKYPE
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Slave in Jefferson Davis home gave Union key secrets
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"Because of his role as a menial servant, he simply was ignored," Dagler said. "So Jefferson Davis would hold conversations with military and Confederate civilian officials in his presence." .
What in the Earth is speaking?
clipped by: leonardg1. The Bloop
At various times during the summer of 1997, an ultra-low frequency sound that rose rapidly in frequency over about one minute was detected at 50 degrees S, 100 degrees W. The sound was detected by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration with the Equatorial Pacific Ocean autonomous hydrophone array (which was U.S. Navy equipment originally designed to detect Soviet submarines), and was loud enough to be heard on multiple sensors, up to 5000km apart. Scientists dubbed it the ?Bloop? (not to be confused with the ?Boing ?.)
Although the sound matches the profile of a living animal, it is much louder than any known creature can produce. Any creature that could produce such a sound would have to be many times larger than the largest whale.
The actual origination of the sound is not known and remains a mystery to this day although it is suspected to be biological in origin.
TOP DOG vs UNDER DOG
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EyeLite
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The Opposite of Science.
clipped by: JohnWatermanBSc courses in homeopathy are closing. Is it a victory for campaigners, or just the end of the Blair/Bush era?
Can a blog force a university to close a degree course? David Colquhoun, the University College London pharmacology professor behind the "Improbable science" blog would like to think so. Since 2003, Colquhoun has used his blog, along with freedom of information requests, to draw attention to universities running courses in complementary and alternative medicine (Cam). He argues that the treatments are unproven, degree courses unscientific, and universities wrong to award students bachelors or masters of science qualifications.
Non-reversing mirror
clipped by: cakebellyMathematician Andrew Hicks designs unusual mirrors that reflect wide panoramas or even show text the right way round
(Image: Andrew Hicks)
Presidential Address Drinking Game!
clipped by: duliosclippers remarks: # ?Resolve.? ? Take a shot.
# Camera stops on various ?opposition?
figures such as Cantor: If you?re male, do a line of meth.
# ?Discipline.? ? Take a very careful shot.
# Camera stops on Hero Pilot ?Andrew? Chesley ?Sully? Sullenberger III: Women and children take a drink, men go outside and have a smoke.
# ?Breaking ground.? ? One manly gulp.
# ?Infrastructure.? ? Two sips and check the fridge for supplies.
# Any mention of the Taliban: Put a ?burqa? (pillowcase) over the heads of any women and gaily drink with your male friends.
# ?Aggressive action.? ? Chug a beer or glass of wine.
# Any variation of ?best days are ahead.? ? Finish all the booze in the house, weep.
multimedia news & views
clipped by: characlippers remarks: un-named african woman is Zimbabwes Vice-President Joyce Mujuru, who tried to fund a multi-million dollar gold deal in defiance of international sanctions, the BBC has learned.
The deal allegedly involved selling Congolese gold in Europe.
National day of mourning as fires rage on
remember: finding nemo
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Teeney Tiny
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Lust
Eastern Box Turtle
Faster then a speeding bullet
Pole Dancer
moth
Climate change lays waste to Spains glaciers
clipped by: martinloweDo social sites infantilize the human mind?
clipped by: violetnightshadeFacebook and Bebo risk infantilising the human mind
Social network sites risk infantilising the mid-21st century mind, leaving it characterised by short attention spans, sensationalism, inability to empathise and a shaky sense of identity, according to a leading neuroscientist.
Arguing that social network sites are putting attention span in jeopardy, she said: "If the young brain is exposed from the outset to a world of fast action and reaction, of instant new screen images flashing up with the press of a key, such rapid interchange might accustom the brain to operate over such timescales. Perhaps when in the real world such responses are not immediately forthcoming, we will see such behaviours and call them attention-deficit disorder.
But Greenfield warned: "It is hard to see how living this way on a daily basis will not result in brains, or rather minds, different from those of previous generations. We know that the human brain is exquisitely sensitive to the outside world."
The Entertainer, Deep in His Role
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Karl Roves Failure to Appear
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A Starry-Eyed Look at the 2012 Republican Field
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Worlds most pierced woman
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When first accredited by a Guinness World Record official in 2000, Davidson had 462 piercings, with 192 in her face alone.
Now, nine years later, she has 6,005 including more than 1,500 that are "internal".
However, despite her eye-watering record, Miss Davidson, born in Brazil, claims she doesnt like being pierced, and suffers for her art.
She said: "I dont enjoy getting pierced, but to break the record you have to get to a high level.
"I wanted to break the record.
"My family dont even like tattoos or piercings.
"But I am happy. I decided to change myself and be me."
Miss Davidson, a nurse who now lives in Edinburgh, was speaking in Darlington, Durham, as she opened a piercing studio.
Are You Hungry?
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The 25 Weirdest Things Eaten By A Human
We?ve all eaten something that other people think is strange, whether it?s an odd food combination or just plain gross. But the people in this collection take weird eating to a whole new level, swallowing items from diamond rings to hairballs. Read along as we take a look at these items and how they got there.
False teeth: A woman swallowed her lover?s false teeth while kissing. The woman says that they were experimenting with a ?special type of passionate kiss.? She made it to the hospital and fortunately did not require surgery. The woman eventually passed the teeth after two days in the hospital.PEOPLE PEE ANYWHERE
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Las Vegas - 1954
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Pilot Chesley Sullenberger: 40% pay cut and pension terminated in recent years
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Sullenberger, a 58-year-old who joined a US Airways predecessor in 1980, told the House aviation subcommittee that his pay has been cut 40 percent in recent years and his pension has been terminated and replaced with a promise "worth pennies on the dollar" from the federally created Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. These cuts followed a wave of airline bankruptcies after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks compounded by the current recession, he said.
"The bankruptcies were used by some as a fishing expedition to get what they could not get in normal times," Sullenberger said of the airlines. He said the problems began with the deregulation of the industry in the 1970s.
Sullenbergers copilot Jeffrey B. Skiles said unless federal laws are revised to improve labor-management relations "experienced crews in the cockpit will be a thing of the past." And Sullenberger added that without experienced pilots "we will see negative consequences to the flying public."
A Story of Redemption - Jeff Hill Receives Clemency
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The parole board voted unanimously to commute Hill?s death sentence to life in prison with eligibility for parole in 25 years, meaning Hill could be released as ea