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Clipmarks | Live ClipsIrelands Greatest Living Poetclipped by: Antaraclippers remarks:  Once in Rome. I was sitting on a bench looking at the most bedraggled pigeon on earth. He was injured and would not live long. A wave of atheism swept over me. How could there be a God who would make such a miserable creature. I thought there could be no God for this pigeon. Abruptly the pigeon took off. He rose into the gold serenity of a Roman sky. He wheeled above the rooftops and soared higher again. In his flying, he was experiencing sensations I could never know. Without any merit on my part, I had been permitted to see how the universe held glories even for a dying pigeon. I followed his flight for many minutes until he was just a speck against the immensity of heaven. At that moment I understood that in his most ordinary everyday experience of flying, the pigeon would know unfathomable elations the like of which a human being cannot guess at, short of eternity. I was humbled. Ever since, I cannot look at a pigeon without thinking of the majesty of the creator. Tags: poems and politics Octopus and propaganda and octopus and...clipped by: ammccclippers remarks: there are strange and beautiful sites out there, and some of them are interesting and very specific. The representation of the Octopus in propaganda and political cartoons, and influence on, or co-option of, popular culture. The intent behind Vulgar Army is to identify and criticise themes in the use of the octopus as a polemic metaphor, for example, its use as signifying action at a distance or in dehumanising a group.  John Bull (England) as octopus of imperialism (1882)  The English Octopus: It feeds on nothing but gold (Harvey, 1894)  a map of London with the vampiric octopus of ?Landlordism? (absent landlord, renting) encircling parts of London4  A British response to the Balkan?s crisis between Russia and the Ottoman Empire  ?A Humorous Diplomatic Atlas of Europe and Asia? by Kisaburo Ohara, published March 1904 prior to the Japanese-Russian War. Based on the Serio-Comic War Map by F.W Rose (1877) shown above6    Irish Devil-Fish (Tenniel, 1881)     The Mongolian Octopus (1886)   The Devil Fish of Californian Politics (Walter, 1889)  Well, Brother, will you let the beast have your vote, too? (Bowles, 1894) Agricultural monopoly  The politicians and companies    Jewish Octopus (Seppla, ~1938)   refers to the Adriatic Campaign in World War One.         Bush massages Merkel (Telnaes, 2006)  New York Independent Authorities (Marquil, 2004)  Greenspan and the Economic Slowdown (Anderson, 2003)    Gazprom and Europe (Schot, 2009)      GiveMeHope like fmylife but hopeful :)clipped by: cosmic_kitten1clippers remarks: there is so much more at the site. Life is beautiful today! GMH is where people share with the world their most hopeful, uplifting moments and allow others to draw strength from their experiences.
Why Unfettered Capitalism Is Bad for Your Dietclipped by: JackieDelclippers remarks: These are the companies that are trying to efficiently process tens of thousands of cows per day -- cows that have been lined up in Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) and fed grain (more efficient than using land to feed them their natural diet of grass), pumped with hormones and antibiotics to keep them from dying, which means a glut on the market of cheap (antibiotic-filled) beef. And these are the companies that are creating the seeds -- those seeds that the farmer cant even save for fear of litigation -- to grow the crops that require the use of their pesticides and which produce a proliferation of fast food. Yes, efficiency is the bottom line in our current agricultural system. Not safety, not health, nor least of all, taste. No, for a corporation that is beholden first to its shareholders, its all about the quickest way to get to the bottom line. Beyond the 30-year experiment in free-market ideology having been judged a failure in financial markets, one thing is clear, as Kerry Trueman reminded us in a recent post: Unfettered capitalism has also been bad for our health, and indeed the safety of our food. Recently, the New York Times reported that this administration has said it will take a harder line on antitrust legislation in diverse sectors of the economy, including agriculture. the largest sectors of the agribusiness world (grain, meatpacking, biotechnology, etc.) are monopolizing food from seed to supermarket shelf and thereby deciding what we can (and cant) buy and eat across this country, and by extension, the world. What are You Doing in There?clipped by: Anangeli What are You Doing in There?  Americans spend a significant amount of time in the bathroom, so its good to know that your toilet seat is one of the most germ free places in your house! According to a recent survey, many Americans spend more than 30 minutes each day in the bathroom, which adds up to nearly eight days each year, which is more than twice the time we spend on the average vacation trip. And contrary to popular belief, men spend almost as much time in the bathroom as women.Lets hope everyone is washing their hands! Full Story Comedienne Explains Jail Escape by Two Convicted Killersclipped by: tabseyclippers remarks: How bloody inconsiderate of them taking the car so that dogs couldnt sniff them out ( as in the old movies, I suppose she means). Why cant helicopters be used to follow the car, or whatever. Horses may look a little silly chasing a 100mph car. Two convicted killers are on the run in the US state of Arkansas after escaping from a jail dressed as prison guards. Both men were serving life sentences without the possibility of parole and local officials say they pose a threat to anyone they encounter. Spokeswoman for the Arkansas Department of Corrections, Dina Tyler, says the search has been made harder by the fact the pair drove off in a car from the prison parking lot. "There arent any tracking dogs or horses or helicopters because theyre in a car," he said. "So what we have to rely on is investigative skills, and the ability to develop leads, and try to track down any place that the inmates might have gone." Ms Tyler says the uniforms the inmates wore in their escape are made at the prison. "It is possible, though it would be difficult, that some inmates managed to get a uniform or two to them," she said. "At this point we dont know if thats what happened. But obviously were going to find out." Brothers Die While Trying to Save Puppy From House Fireclipped by: infidel70clippers remarks: He had broken back into the home through a back window to save a 1-year-old girl still inside, and in doing so, suffered major burn wounds. Firefighters say 11 people lived in the home: seven adults and four children. Very little is left to salvage. And this is only the beginning of the familys problems. "We dont have a job," said Irma Cisneros Delgado. "Were behind on the bills and now we have to bury not one but two kids." A charitable fund has been set up at local Chase Banks. Investigators have yet to pinpoint a cause for the fire. Firefighters tried to save two young boys who hid in a bathtub to escape the flames, but they just couldnt do it. Mario Angel Cisneros, 5, and David Alexander Cisneros, 4, died at Arrowhead Regional Hospital.  Neighbors had called 911 when they saw flames coming from the home in the 1400 block of Lilac Avenue. The smoke blanketed the neighborhood. The boys grandmother, Irma Cisneros Delgado, said that one of the children awakened her and her husband once they smelled smoke. "There was so much smoke, we couldnt see anything," she said. "We hit the couch and my grandson said, How am I doing, grandma? I said, Just crawl." Those were the last words shed hear from the boys, who had made their way into the familys bathroom with a puppy and tried to save themselves in the tub. "They didnt cry," said grandfather Humberto Delgado. "I didnt hear crying or anything." Represion againts Studentsclipped by: AntaraFrom California, home of the nations highest paid teachers:  Via Knowledge Is Power, on a tip from Gregory of Yardale.  Tags: sigh, california Hope and Change of Mindclipped by: willhelmThe White House moved Friday evening to loosen lobbying restrictions related to stimulus funds, lifting the ban on federal lobbyists communicating with agency officials on specific projects for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funds. ZombieTime.com on Prop 8clipped by: Antaraclippers remarks: interesting perspective..... At 10 a.m. on May 26, 2009, the California Supreme Court upheld the legality of Proposition 8, an amendment to the state constitution passed by 52.24% of the voters in 2008 which states, "Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California."  The goal is to position gay-marriage advocates as the defenders of civil rights, and to drag race into the discussion -- the implication being, the same type of racist bigots who opposed civil rights for Blacks 50 years ago are now opposing marriages for gays.  So, which side in this argument is trying to deny Black people the right to vote? When you consider that Black Californians overwhelmingly voted in favor of Proposition 8 (70% Yes vs. 30% No), not to mention that Hispanics also voted to ban gay marriage, whereas only white voters (by a narrow margin) voted against Prop. 8, one reaches a devastating conclusion: The white people at this rally are now trying to take away from minorities the power to vote. Obama speech to offer personal commitment to Muslimsclipped by: ladyCclippers remarks: yeap- be nice to Muslims
But White House advisors said Friday that Obama would not shy away from addressing "tough issues" in the speech on Thursday at the University of Cairo which will be co-hosted by Al-Azhar University, an ancient center of Islam and learning. "The speech will outline his personal commitment to engagement, based upon mutual interests and mutual respect," White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said. "He will discuss how the United States and Muslim communities around the world can bridge some of the differences that have divided them. Tags: culture war Tunguska was UFO & Meterorite?clipped by: rmoweryclippers remarks: I knew Tunguska was more than they let it on to be If you want to read an excellent thriller on Tunguska see a friend of mines book http://singularitythebook.com/thebooks/singularity/ Bills spin on the event is more interesting..... Russian Scientist: UFO Crashed Into Meteorite to Save Earth Did a UFO deliberately crash into a meteor to save Earth 100 years ago? Thats what one Russian scientist is claiming. Dr. Yuri Labvin, president of the Tunguska Spatial Phenomenon Foundation, insists that an alien spacecraft sacrificed itself to prevent a gigantic meteor from slamming into the planet above Siberia on June 30, 1908. The result was was the Tunguska event, a massive blast estimated at 15 megatons that downed 80 million trees over nearly 100 square miles. Eyewitnesses reported a bright light and a huge shock wave, but the area was so sparsely populated no one was killed. Caturday: Morning After Editionclipped by: ratilfar                                     The Fibonacci in Lateralus - Toolclipped by: BartendingBearclippers remarks: This is freakin amazing. Crank your speakers til you cant. I may be late to the party with my awareness here, but WOW! [Video] 9 Lies that put you into debtclipped by: shaor There are some lies and urban myths that can be seriously detrimental to your financial security if you believe them. Follow them blindly and chances are your financial plan will fail. Here are nine of the worst.   Real Estate: Buying and Selling Farm Land In Virginia, Washington, Marylandclipped by: Alenasmithclippers remarks: Real Estate: Buying and Selling Farm Land In Virginia, Washington, Maryland!! Check @ http://www.therealestateinvestmentqueen.com/article22.htm Buying and Selling Farm Land Many of us grew up in the country, where our families may have worked the land for generations. But the nature of the agricultural business has changed drastically over the past decades, and now many family farms seem more profitable when sold as real estate investments. Others grew up in the urban environments and have always wanted to relax with a home in the countryside. Farmland is attractive to them, but they know very little about how to price raw land, because they have little expertise in the agricultural arena. Note to Newt: Your "new racism" isnt like "old racism"clipped by: masburyclippers remarks: Its hardly billy clubs, fire hoses, and lynch mobs; likening the two defies common sense. But heres the deal, Newt, your "new racism" isnt like "old racism" cause "old racism" tended to involve things like shackles, and whips and the Middle Passage. Attack dogs, Billy clubs and water hoses. Burning crosses and lynch mobs. Confederate flags, liquor and screams of "Kill the (fill in pejorative here)!" "Old racism" was red lining and segregating and "whites only" drinking fountains, schools and country clubs. It was The Dred Scott Decision, Executive Order 9066, and the Trail of Tears. "Old racism" was a blind eye and "all deliberate speed" that wasnt deliberate or particularly speedy and nonsense about the sanctity of marriage which was crap when it was applied to "race laws" and is crap when applied to "one man/one woman." that Newt would compare "old racism" and "new racism" proves Sotomayor correct that experience based on fact is very different than that based on perception By the way, Newt, thanks for coming to the party late on that denouncement of "old racism." Obama Speaks Out Against Watermarkingclipped by: clip-on-tieclippers remarks: Rep. Congressman Paul Broun (R-Ga.) hopes to use the focus on watermarking to spread his own agenda. "Watermarks are the mark of the beast. I want to see them removed from images and I want to see tattoos incorporated into the anti-watermarking bill as well." Controlling watermarking isnt just a problem in the U.S. World leaders have agreed to use military force to rid the world of watermarking--some have even threatened to cut off water supplies to countries that tolerate the harshest watermarking techniques. "If you deprive our citizens of clean images, we will deprive you of the water that is necessary for both watermarking and sustaining your own life" states French President and known consumer of Perrier, Nicolas Sarkozy. WASHINGTON ? President Barack Obama said Friday morning that watermarking authorized by former President George W. Bush amounts to image torture. "No image should be subjected to such defacement. Watermarking goes beyond vandalism. It is a form of torture to unsuspecting images and should be thought of as such." says President Barack Obama in a recent press conference.
Watermarking first surfaced in Italy in 1282. Throughout the ages, watermarking has primarily been used on currency, postage stamps and government documents in an attempt to discourage counterfeiting.  In the digital age, Watermarking has been used primarily to protect images that may or may not be owned by the watermarker. "Image watermarking amounts to digital graffiti." says Melissa Hathaway who is the front runner for the newly-created position of Cybersecurity chief.  "Watermarkering is the top photo alteration technique used by digital terrorists, followed by thought bubbles, glitter and LOLspeak text overlays." 1.
Tags: image torture Bush was fuckin crazyclipped by: foxyarseBush, God, Iraq and GogThe revelation this month in GQ magazine that Donald Rumsfeld as Defense Secretary embellished top-secret wartime memos with quotations from the Bible prompts a question. Why did he believe he could influence President Bush by that means? In 2003 while lobbying leaders to put together the Coalition of the Willing, President Bush spoke to France?s President Jacques Chirac. Bush wove a story about how the Biblical creatures Gog and Magog were at work in the Middle East and how they must be defeated. ?And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle ? and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.? ?This confrontation is willed by God [syn: Wealthy Jewish merchants,] who wants to use this conflict to erase his people?s enemies before a New Age begins?. Child raised by dogsclipped by: foxyarseMogwli girl who was raised by dogs and barks never left sqaulid flat This is Natasha Mikhailova ? the five-year-old who walks on all fours, laps up food and drink with her tongue and communicates by barking after being raised by dogs. Natasha, who is only the size of a toddler, is thought to have never left the squalid, unheated three-room flat she lived in with her dad and grandparents. Rescuers found her dressed in ripped and soiled clothes and surrounded by dogs and cats following a tip-off from concerned neighbours on Monday. Police said: ?For five years the girl was brought up by several dogs and cats and had never been out.? One neighbour in the city of Chita, Siberia, said: ?We didn?t know she existed. They have three vicious dogs they took for walks but we never saw this child.? Natasha, nicknamed Mowgli after the Jungle Book character raised by animals, is now at a rehabilitation centre where specialists are shocked at the way she leaps at humans and plays dog games. Terra Incognita: Charting the Imaginationclipped by: ammccclippers remarks: My favourite is the composition group dream map. Also the first one is very nice. Terra Incognita: Charting the Imagination  Map of My Dayby Sara Fanelli, 1995The artist charts various facets of a childs world and inspires kids to create maps of their own  United States of America (Maps Drawn by Las Vegas Teenagers)by Kim Dingle, 1991The artist asked American students to draw outlines of their country, then painted the resulting images  Composite Group Dream Map, Night of 23/24 Augustby Susan Hiller, 1974The artist invited ten participants to sleep outdoors for three nights in the Hampshire countryside, where theres a proliferation of fairy rings, circles of marasmius oreades mushrooms. According to myth, after sleeping inside one, you are granted entry to fairyland. The participants collaborated on a notations system for recording their dreams (examples, right), and each morning they mapped the events and structures they encountered while dreaming. Hiller then superimposed the maps to create a collective dream map.  A Dogs Idea of the Ideal Country Estate A Symbolic Head fTagsclipped by: ccolelewis Create a live Twitter page or group around any subject.. Find an fTag about: | |||||||||||||||
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UN Committee Says Nicaraguan Pro-Life Laws Violate Torture Convention
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UN Committee Says Nicaraguan Pro-Life Laws Violate Torture Convention
1st US president to vote to filibuster a supreme court nominee hopes for clean process
clipped by: n2soonersPresident Obamas expressed hope today in his weekly address "that we can avoid the political posturing and ideological brinksmanship that has bogged down this (Supreme Court nomination) process, and Congress, in the past" runs against another historical first for the 44th president: his unique role in history as the first US President to have ever voted to filibuster a Supreme Court nominee.
In January 2006, then-Sen. Obama joined 24 colleagues in a futile effort led by Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., to filibuster the Supreme Court nomination of now-Justice Samuel Alito.
Democrat Corruption On A Roll
clipped by: merrieclippers remarks: Scandals involving the Obama Administration include prominent cabinet picks, some confirmed and others who withdrew amid intense public scrutiny of their wrongdoings. Former Senate majority leader Tom Daschle dropped his bid to be Health Secretary after being exposed for failing to pay tens of thousands of dollars in taxes over the years and New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson dropped out as Commerce Secretary amid a grand jury investigation into his out-of-state political donors getting a lucrative state contract. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner was confirmed even though he knowingly hired an illegal immigrant and failed to pay tens of thousands of dollars in taxes on his lucrative salary. The nation?s new Deputy Defense Secretary (William Lynn) was a major defense industry lobbyist before becoming the Pentagon?s second-in-command, a violation of Obama?s ?strict ethics rules? banning lobbyists from his administration.
A series of corruption scandals involving high-profile Democrats?several tied to the Obama Administration?in the last few months has steered the party into a deepening ethics sinkhole not long ago occupied by Republicans.
Amnesty accuses Israel of violating laws of war
clipped by: brightlight4"Israeli forces repeatedly breached the laws of war, including by carrying out direct attacks on civilians and civilian buildings and attacks targeting Palestinian militants that caused a disproportionate toll among civilians," it said.
Some 300 children were among the dead and around 5,000 people were wounded in Israels three-week bombardment of the coastal enclave, according to the 2009 report titled: The State of the Worlds Human Rights.
Israeli organisation NGO Monitor criticised the report, saying Amnesty had ignored violations by the Palestinian Hamas movement that controls the Gaza Strip.
Compare Sotomayor with Bush 1s Clarence Thomas
clipped by: masburyclippers remarks: University of Utah dropout Karl Rove opines that Sotomayer - the summa cum laude Princeton grad - might be a little light for his taste. But George the First nominated Clarence Thomas, who remains, to the right, "a reassuring beacon of black inferiority."
Oh really?
When a middling black student from Holy Cross goes on to Yale Law School, graduates in the middle of his class and is rated by the American Bar Association between "qualified" and "not qualified," the right festoons him with laurels. Clarence Thomas, you see, reaffirmed the comforting notions many in the right have about the supremacy of white maleness. George the First nominated him clearly because any black jurist would do and there he stands today, a reassuring beacon of black inferiority.
Wikipedia bans Church of Scientology
clipped by: gaea777Wikipedia bans Church of Scientology
Exclusive In an unprecedented effort to crack down on self-serving edits, the Wikipedia supreme court has banned contributions from all IP addresses owned or operated by the Church of Scientology and its associates.
Closing out the longest-running court case in Wikiland history, the site?s Arbitration Committee voted 10 to 0 (with one abstention) in favor of the move, which takes effect immediately.
Single payor doomed? Maybe not ...
clipped by: masburyclippers remarks: Theres more than one way in - and if single payor is cheaper (as it should be) - it might be one of the options many individuals choose.
Ezekiel Emanuel (a physician and White House health policy advisor) and Victor Fuchs (a highly respected Stanford University health economist) have proposed a system under which everyone would receive a government voucher sufficient to purchase any of a variety of competing health care plans. Their employer?s current plan, if they have one, would be included on the list, as would a basic public plan.
If the public plan is really more efficient, as many policy experts claim, its prices would be lower, which would lead more and more people to switch to it over time. Additional volume might then allow it to achieve greater economies of scale, increasing its cost advantage still further. The eventual result, then, might be virtually equivalent to a single-payer system.
Are Republican car dealers getting picked on?
clipped by: masburyclippers remarks: Well, no, despite what you may have read in the right-wing blogs. The % of shuttered dealers who are Republicans is the same as the % of still-open dealers who are Republicans. Fact is, a lot of car dealers are Republicans.
Horton: rape, sodomy, oral sex in Iraq photos
clipped by: masburyclippers remarks: Better get em on the table and get it over with.
yesterday, Scott Horton reported that he has confirmed that the photos do, in fact, ?depict sexually explicit acts,? including ?a government contractor engaged in an act of sodomy with a male prisoner and scenes of forced masturbation,? as well as ?penetration involving phosphorous sticks and brooms.? Horton writes further:
A senior military officer familiar with the photos told me that they would likely provoke a storm of outrage if released. ? Some show U.S. personnel engaged in sexual acts with prisoners and each other. In one, a female prisoner appears to have been forced to expose her breasts to be photographed. In another, a prisoner is suspended naked upside down from the top bunk of a bed in a stress position. [...]
Still other withheld photographs have been circulating among U.S. soldiers who served in Iraq. One soldier showed them to me, including a photograph in which a male in a U.S. military uniform receives oral sex from a female prisoner.
Free TV and Free Speech on One Channel!!
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Susan Boyles dream ends in talent show final.......
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Boyle enjoyed a meteoric rise to fame over the past two months after video footage of her audition piece for the show, "I Dreamed A Dream" from the musical "Les Miserables", was posted on YouTube.
It has had about 100 million hits and brought her celebrity fans including actress Demi Moore and rock star Jon Bon Jovi who embraced the dowdy spinster from small-town Scotland with a voice worthy of Broadway.
Thank UN Peacekeepers for a Safer World
clipped by: brightlight4Thank UN Peacekeepers for a Safer World
goal: 5,000
At this very moment, UN peacekeepers around the world are risking their lives in the name of peace.
These men and women in blue helmets ? more than 100,000 in total, making them the second largest deployed military in the world ? can be found in 16 of the worlds most dangerous conflict areas. They are stationed in such hot spots as Lebanon, Haiti and Sudan, and are fighting to preserve and ensure peace.
Sometimes that means disrupting drug trafficking and maintaining law and order. Sometimes it means disarming former combatants and disposing of mines. And sometimes it means organizing elections or helping countries develop legal frameworks to ensure continued justice. In any case, this work is critical to American national security interests, yet it often goes underappreciated in this country and elsewhere.
"The civility of no race can be perfect whilst another race is degraded.
clipped by: brightlight4Questions and Reflections of a Former CIA analyst
clipped by: brightlight4SAS take on Taliban
clipped by: foxyarseSAS take on Taleban in Afghanistan after defeating al-Qaeda in Iraq
The British Army?s SAS Regiment, which played a vital role in defeating al-Qaeda in Iraq, is now arriving in Afghanistan in one of the biggest deployments of UK special forces since the Second World War.
Two squadrons from 22 SAS are being sent to Afghanistan now that Britain?s combat role in Iraq has been wound up, to carry out clandestine operations against the Taleban.
The deployment of the SAS, which will be joining the Special Boat Service (SBS) already serving in southern Afghanistan, represents a mini-surge of troops to add to the 700 regular British soldiers going out for a four-month period to provide extra security during the presidential election.
Grieving Travolta pulls out of promotional appearances...
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The Grease stars 16-year-old son died in January after suffering a seizure while on a family vacation in the Bahamas.
Five months later, Travolta is still devastated by the tragedy - often breaking down into tears, according to Washington, who has been speaking to his co-star over the phone.
And Travolta has elected not to help promote the upcoming remake of the classic 1970s thriller while he is still in mourning.
Washington explains, "One moment hes OK and the next hes in tears... Needless to say, hes struggling. So more than talking to him, I listened to him, for about two or three hours.
"What can you say, really? Just be there as a friend, because hes such a sweet, sweet person. Our prayers are with he and his wife."
Are Doctors Causing Infant Brain Damage by Clamping the Umbilical Cord Prematurely?
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Newborn lungs exist in a "compacted state" suitable for the womb. When the infant is born, the placenta and cord pulse for up to 20 minutes, delivering a burst of blood volume to the infants system. This blood burst is just what is needed for the lungs of the newborn to expand.A snow white science?
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Sweet tooth drives tool use in chimpanzees
clipped by: balthazarusclippers remarks: Very impressive evidence of near human intelligence.
Sweet tooth drives tool use in chimpanzees
clix, stock.xchng)" />IF YOURE impressed that chimps can use tools to hunt or crack nuts, wait till you hear what they do when foraging for honey. Not only do they construct several different tools for the purpose, but they use them sequentially - an achievement approaching the abilities of early Stone Age humans.
How IBM Plans to Win Jeopardy!
clipped by: balthazarusHow IBM Plans to Win Jeopardy!
IBMs Watson will showcase the latest tricks in natural-language processing.
Republicans turn on Dick Cheney over Barack Obama attack
clipped by: chestnut501clippers remarks: Senior Republicans have turned on the former US vice president Dick Cheney after he launched a high-profile attack on Barack Obama over national security.
In his audacious attack on a sitting president last week, Mr Cheney declared that America was less safe from terrorism after Mr Obamas decision to abandon violent interrogation methods and close Guantanamo.
Group asks IRS to review Liberty?s tax-exempt status
clipped by: tabseyclippers remarks: Using religion to take the tax payer for a ride.
A group that backs the separation of church and state asked the Internal Revenue Service today to review Liberty Universitys tax-exempt status because the university revoked recognition of a student-run Democratic organization.
Americans United for Separation of Church and State said the Lynchburg school, as a tax-exempt institution, should not be allowed to support one political party over another.
Barry W. Lynn, executive director of the Washington-based organization, said "if the school insists on pushing policies that favor Republicans over Democrats, it should have to surrender its tax exemption."
Liberty University, which describes itself as the worlds fastest-growing evangelical university, revoked its recognition of the Democratic club because it said the goals of the Democratic Party are contrary to the universitys conservative principles. It cited, particularly, the Democratic Partys abortion-rights stance.
Bird uses Body as Dam to Save Chicks
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A bird used her body as a dam to stop overflowing drainpipe water from soaking her chicks.
"The nest was tucked away from the weather in the shade of the roof but it was so close to the downpipe the gutter flooded when it rained.
"She had to come up with a solution so she puffed herself up so she was twice the size of her mate and used her body as a cork to stop the water - it was absolutely amazing.
space plants
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Ewen Callaway, New Scientist: More than two decades after the worlds largest nuclear disaster, life around Chernobyl continues to adapt.
Why do I need an apraisal
clipped by: gaea777Why do I need an appraisal?
There are many reasons why you might need an home appraisal; the main reason the bank will require a home inspection is to secure financing and obtain a mortgage. However, there are many other reasons to get an appraisal. For example, you might get a home appraisal to lower your property taxes (to remedy a high assessment), or you might need an inspection for insurance purposes (you would need to increase your insurance coverage to cover an increase in the value of your home).
Another reason for a real estate appraisal is to determine compensation for condemnation or to establish the value of an estate when one of the owners dies.
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Five potential dangers in a home
clipped by: gaea777Home inspection company Pillar to Post has identified these common dangers. Point out these household hazards to buyers and sellers and advise clients to contact a home inspector to make sure these problems aren?t present.
RADON
ASBESTOS
LEAD
HAZARDOUS PRODUCTS
GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION
Food Too Big to Finish
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While American restaurants have often been called out for their sometimes gluttonous serving sizes, some are proud of their oversized portions?so proud, in fact, that a few food purveyors have made them into official eating challenges. Below find eight of the most outrageous dishes around?from 42-inch pizzas to 5 pounds of pancakes?that make our bellies bellow for, well, less.
TASTE IT SAYS DOG, STUPID DOG!
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If Sotomayor is David Duke, why is Rush opposed?
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Rush Limbaugh says that nominating Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court is like appointing David Duke.
So why isnt he supporting her?
Another reason to not talk to the police
clipped by: deusdiabolusThe U.S. Supreme Court has overturned a landmark 1986 ruling that forbid the police from questioning suspects without their attorney present. The 1986 case, Michigan v Jackson, was overturned on Tuesday in a 5-4 ruling (PDF) in a similar case, Montejo v Louisiana.
Michigan v Jackson established the rule that if someone accused of a crime has an attorney or has requested the appointment of an attorney by the court, police may not question them without that attorney being present even if the accused agrees to waive the right to have their attorney present during that particular session of questioning. Under Jackson, any waiver of that right was presumed to be invalid because it was not made with the advice of counsel.
Spam? Making it a laughing matter...
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An ongoing project illustrating the titles of emails found in your spam/junk box. Prints and t-shirts coming soon!
Lack of Empathy
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Dear Mr. President - Pink (Subtítulos en español)
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The Pupilphile Pandemic: Teachers Gone Wild!
clipped by: blueridgeclippers remarks: Another pupil-phile. The U.S. in particular has a plague of female perverted pedophiles as teachers in public schools who think students are their sex toys. "Youve come a long way baby", women are now the sexual aggressors and leading perverts headlined in society if we consider the mounting evidence of reports like this which have skyrocketed. It seems like women are leading men in headlines in "statutory rape" and teacher-student scandals. Society has become increasingly sexoholic , but it is too politically-correct to level any criticism for it, for the word "moral" has become "evil" when mentioned, and is now the great "taboo". The way media report these cases, and their popularity on the web, makes you wonder if it is actually being promoted this way (copy cat crimes), putting the idea into millions of heads, instead of adding to public shame like other crime reports. This is a growing plague and pandemic to deal with, not ignore.
Queens teacher arrested for alleged affair with 14-year-old student
A Queens public school teacher turned a 2nd-floor classroom into an after-school sex den, luring her teenage student into a torrid fling, prosecutors said.
Melissa Weber, 27, a social studies teacher at Middle School/Intermediate School 8 in Jamaica, seduced the 14-year-old male student seven times over the past month, prosecutors said.
She allegedly warned the teen not to tell anyone about their affair - warning him, "I could lose my job and my teaching license."
There were hundreds of exchanges between the pair - including a text message from Weber that read, "erase your phone," prosecutors said.
Colonialism
clipped by: merrieclippers remarks: Much is made in the east about the dreadful history of European colonialism, the bitter legacies of humiliation and dysfunction that empires leave when they withdraw Paul Fregosi in his book Jihad in the West: Muslim Conquests from the 7th to the 21st Centuries calls Islamic Jihad ?the most unrecorded and disregarded major event of history. It has, in fact, been largely ignored,? although it has been a fact of life in Europe, Asia and Africa for almost 1400 years. As Fregosi says, ?Western colonization of nearby Muslim lands lasted 130 years, from the 1830s to the 1960s. Muslim colonization of nearby European lands lasted 1300 years, from the 600s to the mid-1960s. Yet, strangely, it is the Muslims?who are the most bitter about colonialism and the humiliations to which they have been subjected; and it is the Europeans who harbor the shame and the guilt. It should be the other way around.? Well, yes. But that?s different. via julescrittenden
Dr. Andrew G. Bostom, author of the excellent book The Legacy of Jihad, has written about what he calls ? America?s First War on Terror.? Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, then serving as American ambassadors to France and Britain, met in 1786 in London with the Tripolitan Ambassador to Britain, Sidi Haji Abdul Rahman Adja. These future American presidents were attempting to negotiate a peace treaty which would spare the United States the ravages of Jihad piracy ? murder and enslavement emanating from the so-called Barbary States of North Africa, corresponding to modern Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya. Bostom notes that ?By June/July 1815 the ably commanded U.S. naval forces had dealt their Barbary jihadist adversaries a quick series of crushing defeats. This success ignited the imagination of the Old World powers to rise up against the Barbary pirates.?22 Excellent Fruit Photo Manipulations
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Animal pictures of the week: 29 May 2009
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Lin Hui, a seven-year old panda and her two-day-old cub are seen at the zoo in Chiang Mai province, northern Thailand
A goat drinks milk from a cows udders in Hyderabad, India
Picture: DEMOTIX
Charlie the drake flaps his wing at the Weald and Down Open Air Museum in Singleton, West Sussex. The mallards other wing was damaged by a gun shot and it had to be amputated
Tonka the tortoise was fitted with the wheel base from a Tonka toy after her front left leg was savaged by a dog in San Mateo County, California
A lioness licks one of her newborn cubs at Aalborg Zoo in northern Jutland, Denmark...
...one of the newborn lion cubs yawns in the sunshine
A lioness yawns at the zoo in Duisburg, Germany
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Newborn transgenic marmoset offspring Kei and Kou
Three giraffes eat at a zoo in Gelsenkirchen, western Germany
Researchers Resurrect Extinct Musical Instrument
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Interesting.
Researchers Resurrect Extinct Musical Instrument
A new computer program has helped researchers to recreate a long extinct musical instrument known as the Lituus.
Though the 8-foot long trumpet-like instrument was popular in ancient Rome and throughout the middle-ages, it began to fall out of favor with composers some 300 years ago. Johann Sebastian Bach?s ?O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht? ? composed in 1736 ? is one of the last known pieces of music to have been written for the instrument.
For the first time in hundreds of years, classical music buffs have been able to hear this famous composition as Bach intended it to sound.
Experts say that due to its size, it is an extremely awkward and difficult instrument to play and is able to produce only a limited range of notes. However, if played correctly, they say it lends Bach?s famous work a haunting, melancholy tone not achievable with modern instruments.
Garden and Cosmos: court paintings of Jodhpur
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The Royal Paintings of Jodhpur
Never before seen outside India, these fabulous paintings explore earthly paradises and the star-spangled heavens
The most intoxicating show of the year so far has just opened at the British Museum. Everything in it is a revelation. In the most literal sense, it can hardly fail to be some kind of surprise since the 56 paintings on display have never been shown in Europe before, still less seen by anyone outside the desert palaces of Rajasthan where they were made. But that is not what makes it so amazing.
Cosmic Oceans, from the Nath Charit, 1823
Death of Vali: Rama and Lakshmana Wait Out the Monsoon, circa 1775
Krishna Frolics with the Gopi Girls, circa 1765
North Korean Propaganda Posters
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?When provoking a war of aggression, we will hit back, beginning with the US!?
?Though the dog barks, the procession moves on!?
?Death to US imperialists, our sworn enemy!?
?Prevention and more prevention. Let?s fully establish a veterinary system for the prevention of epidemics!?
?Let?s drive the US imperialists out and reunite the fatherland!?
?Let?s extensively raise goats in all families!?
?The US is truly an Axis of Evil.?
?When we say we will, we will. We do not talk idly!?
?Wicked Man.?
?Do not forget the US imperialist wolves!?
A Camel Named Baby
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Really Cool Illustrations of Pirates
clipped by: perellicippoReally Cool Illustrations of Pirates
Another day we posted a really nice collection of zombies. Then Fabio and I started to talk about it, and we realized how cool it would be to have a pirate collection. Then after lots of research, I managed to find 20 illustrations worth of showing you guys.
Im not saying that there are only 20 cool pirate illustrations out there, but during my research at DeviantART, I realized how much people are bizarre. If you look for the word "pirate", youll find all sorts of crazy, crazy stuff. In summary, people got a fetish for pirates. Bizarre, really... and these were the ones that were "postable". Anyways, I hope you guys like these! Cheers! ;)
Married Life
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Beautiful Nature
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Wildlife Art by Collin Bongle
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Girl and Violin
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Hilarious! Guy Tries to Sell his BUM as Ad Space
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Teen offers up his butt as ad space
This dude has the answer! He has the new advertising medium you have been dying to sink your marketing dollars into? his buttocks.
Religion can kill you
clipped by: foxyarseOn Thursday, May 20, 2004, a representative of three major indigenous groups in Guatemala presented a formal protest letter or ?denuncia? to Monica Izaguire of the Canadian Embassy in Guatemala City.
This protest letter accused Canada and its mainline churches of committing and concealing acts of Genocide against its native populations for more than a century, in their Indian Residential Schools and hospitals.
The letter called for the Canadian government to support an international investigation into these allegations of Genocide by Canada and its churches.
To the Government and Prime Minister of Canada:
Time Zones - Not Clear on the Concept
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Making Light: Folksongs are your friends
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Avoid navigable waterways. Don?t let yourself be talked into going down by the wild rippling water, the wan water, the salt sea shore, the strand, the lowlands low, the Burning Thames, and any area where the grass grows green on the banks of some pool. Cliffs overlooking navigable waterways aren?t safe either.
Stay away from the greenwood side, too.
If you look at the calendar and discover it?s May, stay home.
If you are an unmarried lady and have sex, you will get pregnant. No good will come of it.
If you are physically unable to get pregnant due to being male, the girl you had sex with will get pregnant. No good will come of it. You?ll either kill her, or she?ll kill herself, or her husband/brother/father/uncle/cousin will kill you both. In any case her Doleful Ghost will make sure everyone finds out. You will either get hanged, kill yourself, or be carried off bodily by Satan. Your last words will begin ?Come all ye.?
If your name is Janet, change it.I have four children, two daughters and two sons. Naturally, I worry about their moral upbringing. As everyone knows who?s paying attention, ?Just say no? doesn?t work. Instead, I made sure they were constantly exposed to the traditional folksongs and legends of Great Britain. Nothing?s more certain to give you a strong sense of the negative consequences of immoral or imprudent behavior.
Things I?ve learned from British folk balladsDon?t ignore warnings. If someone tells you to beware of Long Lankin, friggin? beware of him. If someone tells you not to go by Carterhaugh, stay away. Same goes for your mother asking you not to go out hunting on a particular day. Portents about weather, particularly when delivered by an old sailor who is not currently chatting up a country maid, are always worth heeding.
If someone says that he?s planning to kill you, believe him.
If someone says he?s going to die, believe him.
Avoid situations where the obvious rhyme-word is ?maidenhead.?
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Sr Joan Chittister: Obama at Notre Dame
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clippers remarks: "It was an attempt to move beyond force, beyond the denunciation of those who are just as committed to resolving problems as we are without making outlaws of those for whom the issue cannot wait for long-term answers."The speech was not about abortion at all. It was about lots of Catholic things -- if Catholics will only remember themIt was, in fact, more about the model of a Jesus who could talk to Roman soldiers and Samaritan women, to Pharisees and to adulterers with respect and with care. It was a recall of the Jesus who refused to condemn either the Roman emperor or his soldiers. It was also a call, at least indirectly, to the next generation to "put down their swords," to stop calling their opposite numbers -- those who seek to make abortion unnecessary than to criminalize it -- "murderers" and to listen to one anotherIt was a call to adults to stop acting like sophomores in the name of faithIt was, most of all, a very Catholic speech.
It deals with issues that have been a Catholic agenda for over 100 years of social justice encyclicals.
From where I standWe spoke clearly for the sacredness of life, yes, but we were also called not to leave any part of life out of our search for its sacredness.
Introduction To Christianity - Comedian Dave Allen On Religion
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clippers remarks: A young Dave Allen lightens the mood. Even got half a "mullet".[Video]Tags: humour
Papa John?s founder cruising for his old Camaro
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clippers remarks:In 1984, Schnatter sold the car to buy used restaurant equipment and began selling pizzas out of a converted broom closet in his dad?s tavern, Mick?s Lounge.Papa John?s founder cruising for his old Camaro
Papa John?s founder John Schnatter will give you $25,000 of his dough if you help him find the 1972 Z28 Camaro he sold to launch his pizza empire.
Schnatter cruised through Atlanta Thursday ? part of a national tour ? to promote the search for his beloved car. He hasn?t seen the Camaro since selling it for $2,800 in 1983.
Photo of Papa John?s founder John Schnatter with the ?72 Camaro he sold and is trying to find.
It?s gold with large black stripes, with a split bumper and sunroof. You can get more particulars at papasroadtrip.com. And no, he doesn?t have the VIN number.
?We?ve looked high and low for the car,? said Schnatter, 47, who now drives a replica of the Camaro, along with an Escalade.
?Somebody somewhere is going to think of something and they?re going to help me find that car. I love the replica but I want that car. You want to see a grown man cry? It?ll happen when I find it.?
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Introduction to the archaeological ruins of Monte Albán, Oaxaca
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clippers remarks:This spectacular example of urban development in Mesoamerica was founded in about 500-450 BCE, and, by the end of what archaeologists call Monte Albán I (500-100 BCE), was a large economic, political, and religious center with about 17,000 inhabitants. By its "Golden Age" (100-600 CE) the city grew to cover 6.5 square kilometers (2.5 square miles) with a population of about 25,000.Introduction to the archaeological ruins of Monte Albán, Oaxaca
It did have a magnificent view of the valley (See photo of the view today) although no doubt its strategic value was more significant. This large site has been studied intensely and a well-developed chronology has resulted.
Views of the Ball Court and Tomb 56
12 images
Building J
8 images
Building J--Reliefs
11 images
South Platform and Reliefs
11 images
System M and Danzantes Building
14 images
Reliefs of the Danzantes
40 images--page 1, page 2, page 3
System 4/Edifice K and Stele 18
13 images
North Platform
15 images
Stele 9
15 images
Museum at Monte Albán site
32 images--page 1, page 2Index to the Images of the archaeological ruins of Monte Albán
See also this panoramic view of the site taken from the south platform; the image is on wikipedia and photographed by Hashashin.
(The famous tomb treasures of Tomb 7 are Mixtec,Tags: ruins
Ohio man arrested for mowing unkempt grass at park
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clippers remarks: Man tries to help out the city by going beyond his civic duty and gets arrested.
There is something very wrong about this situation.
Arent we trying to get more people involved in community affairs?
These cops should be thankful the city isnt loaning them out to the parks department to mow the grass and pick up trash.
An Ohio man arrested for mowing unkempt grass at a public park said he just wanted to make his city look nice. John Hamilton said he took control of the situation because the grass in Sanduskys Central Park was about a foot high. According to a police report, a witness said Hamilton was blowing grass onto the sidewalk and shredding trash in the park that had not been picked up.Police said they arrested 48-year-old Hamilton after he refused to stop mowing and charged him with obstructing official business and disorderly conduct.
City Manager Matt Kline called the arrest unfortunate and said he understands Hamiltons frustration. Kline said budget cuts have left Sandusky understaffed for seasonal maintenance work.
Tags: civic duty, over zealous police
"The Masada MYTH" by Nachman Ben-Yehuda, Israeli sociologist
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clippers remarks: "In 73 AD, legend has it, 960 Jewish rebels under siege in the ancient desert fortress of Masada committed suicide (in conflict with Judaism?s teachings) rather than surrender to a Roman legion.
Recorded in only one historical source, the story of Masada was obscure for centuries. Ben-Yehuda tracks the process by which Masada became an ideological symbol for the State of Israel, the dramatic subject of movies and miniseries, a shrine venerated by generations of Zionists and Israeli soldiers, and the most profitable tourist attraction in modern Israel.
"Placing the story in a larger historical, sociological, and psychological context, Ben-Yehuda draws upon theories of collective memory and mythmaking to analyze Masada?s crucial role in the nation-building process of modern Israel and the formation of a new Jewish identity. An expert on deviance and social control, he looks in particular at how a military failure was fabricated as a heroic tale."Ben-Yehuda describes how, after nearly 1800 years, the long, complex, and unsubstantiated narrative of Josephus Flavius was edited and augmented in the twentieth century to form a simple and powerful mythHe looks at the ways this new mythical narrative of Masada was created, promoted, and maintained by pre-state Jewish underground organizations, the Israeli army, archaeological teams, mass media, youth movements, textbooks, the tourist industry, and the arts. He discusses the various organizations and movements that created ?the Masada experience?and how it changed over decades from a Zionist pilgrimage to a tourist destinationPlacing the story in a larger historical, sociological, and psychological context, Ben-Yehuda draws upon theories of collective memory and mythmaking to analyze Masada?s crucial role in the nation-building process of modern Israel and the formation of a new Jewish identitymilitary failure and an enigmatic, troubling case of mass suicidefabricated as a heroic tale
Man Made Gods
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clippers remarks: This article does not lend itself to a short clip. If youre interested follow the link to the original and take the time to read it in full. It explores certain concepts that are at the root of why people believe in gods. Excellent food for thought. This is just part of a series of articles on this subject. Stay tuned!Christian Belief Through the Lens of Cognitive ScienceWhy God has a Human Mind
Jesus was a human, fathered by a god and born to a virgin. He died for three days and was resurrected. His death was a sacrifice, an offering or propitiation. It brings favor for humans. He lives now in a realm where other supernatural beings interact with each other and sometimes intervene in human affairs.
Gradually the mainstream of the American public is becoming aware that none of these elements is unique to Christianity. Symbologists or scholars who specialize in understanding ancient symbols, tell us that the orthodox Jesus story, as it appears in our gospels, follows a specific sacred or mythic template that existed in the Ancient Near East long before Christianity or even Judaism.
Big Brother asks: Do you have a flush toilet?
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clippers remarks: Mandatory Census survey inquires about citizens difficulty undressing, bathing and other personal information.The federal governmentis forcing 3 million Americans to disclose sensitive, personal informationabout finances, health and lifestyle in a 14-page survey ? including questions about availability of householdflush toilets and difficulty with undressing and bathing.The 2009 American Community Survey, an annual supplement
to the decennial Census, asks about residents personal relationships and whether a home has hot and cold running water, a flush toilet, bathing facilities, appliancesand phone services. It also asks how many rooms are in a home and what vehicles are used at each household.the Census Bureau warns that citizens are required by law to complete it and may be fined as much as $5,000The founders never authorized the federal government to continuously survey the American people. More importantly, they never envisioned a nation where the people would roll over and submit to every government demand. The American Community Survey is patently offensive to all Americans
"I Dont Regret Setting Bombs"
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clippers remarks: William Ayers, Obama?s friend, wanted to divide up America among the Communist nations, round up Americans into reeducation camps, and kill 25 million people. That should be horrifying, how the hell did the Weather Underground expect to pull this off? A vast hippie army?
Nothing more need be said at this stage about this repellent man?s past. Links, tenuous or otherwise, seem to connect him with President Obama?s early days as a politician, as then Senator Clinton was quick to point out but which Senator McCain was too gentlemanly to exploit.
I am more than just a little offended that this piece of crap, and his cronies, would dare to dishonor ANY soldier, from any age in our history
The LA Times demanded this week that President Obama release the detainee torture photos:The Times insisted, "The truth must out."Of course, this is the same outfit that hid a video of Barack Obama attending a Jew-bash and toasting a former PLO operative Rashid Khalidi before the election.
Rashid Khalidi and Bill Ayers were practically best friends.
And, both Ayers and Obama signed the commemorative book given to Khalidi at his going away party.But the LA Times would not release the video.
What is a hard work? (19 pics)
clipped by: perellicippoWhat is a hard work? (19 pics)
I want to show you how Indonesian miners who extract sulfur are working at the Ijen volcano in East Java.
They have to work in inhuman conditions and it is extremely dangerous to health. But what else can they do, there?s no other work in the region...[via telegraph.co.uk]
Homeland Insecurity
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clippers remarks: Making America Safe
Ziegfeld Girls - Feminine Inspiration
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clippers remarks: YES!Dolores Costello (I always thought she was one of the prettiest silent film stars--and I always thought it was strange that shes Drew Barrymores grandmother)Billie DovePeggy ShannonHelen WareBarbara Stanwyck (this picture doesnt have the same romantic quality as the rest--I just threw it in because I love Barbara so much)
Is This Any Way To Treat A Great Car?
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clippers remarks: Sad.
Seven Simple Steps to Speed up Your Windows XP
clipped by: StumblerzSeven Simple Steps to Speed up Your Windows XP
Nothing can be more frustrating than slow booting of you system and your anger reaches its peak when the computer hangs while you are watching that all important live telecast of soccer on sports website. Struggling with the slow performance of windows operating system? Try following simple tips and zoom up the speed of your Windows XP:
No vacation for them, either
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Dr. George Tiller, abortion provider, shot dead at church
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clippers remarks: I was afraid that this violence would again rear its ugly head under a Democratic president. God damn it.George Tiller, a Wichita doctor who was one of the few doctors in the nation to perform late-term abortions, was shot to death on Sunday as he attended church, city officials in Wichita said.
Dr. Tiller, who had performed abortions since the 1970s, had long been a lightning rod for controversy over the issue of abortion, particularly in Kansas, where abortion opponents regularly protested outside his clinic and sometimes his home and church. In 1993, he was shot in both arms by an abortion opponent but recovered.He had also been the subject of many efforts at prosecution, including a citizen-initiated grand jury investigation. In the latest such effort, in March, Dr. Tiller was acquitted of charges that he had performed late-term abortions that violated state law.
The shooting occurred at around 10 a.m. (Central time) at Reformation Lutheran Church on the city?s East Side, Dr. Tiller?s regular church.
Bird Nests in Strange Places
clipped by: KelikaThis collared dove isn?t going to be getting any peace and quiet nested in amongst the nuts and bolts fixings of some traffic lights at a very busy junction.
This thrush and its young family have gone a step further by nesting inside the traffic light itself in Leeds city centre, seemingly oblivious to the constant traffic.
How a bird?s nest complete with chirping chicks came to be in a kitchen lamp inside a house is anyone?s guess. The human residents must have been away on vacation for quite a long time.
The RSPB has warned people to be aware of the more unusual places in their homes that birds might use for nesting and rearing their young. Hanging baskets are a particular favourite of wrens.
Other garden birds opt for even more obscure nooks and crannies ? like this robin, found nesting in a tool tidy. Perhaps it fancies itself as a bit of a DIY expert.
blackbirds were found in the wheel arch of a 4×4 police patrol car.Bird?s nest soup
Kids and Poodles having fun!
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clippers remarks: Give those dogs a flag quick!
Pharmacist who shot robber charged with murder
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clippers remarks: Okay, first of all, he should be charged with murder. It was obviously murder. If the teen had died from the first shot then it would still be considered as self defense and his hero status would be justified. I understand the hatred of low-lifes robbing you and the scare it puts into you. I also understand the frustration at there not being enough cops to stop this from happening and the fact that these guys never get effectively punished because the justice system cannot deter this from happening in the first place. But to go back to the injured guy and wantonly kill him puts the pharmacist in the same category as a wanton killer.Confronted by two holdup men, pharmacist Jerome Ersland pulled a gun, shot one of them in the head and chased the other away. Then, in a scene recorded by the drugstores security camera, he went behind the counter, got another gun, and pumped five more bullets into the wounded teenager as he lay on the floor.
Now Ersland has been charged with first-degree murder in a case that has stirred a furious debate over vigilante justice and self-defense and turned the pharmacist into something of a folk hero.
Ersland, 57, is free on $100,000 bail, courtesy of an anonymous donor. He has won praise from the pharmacys owner, received an outpouring of cards, letters and checks from supporters, and become the darling of conservative talk radio.
District Attorney David Prater said Ersland was justified in shooting 16-year-old Antwun Parker once in the head, but not in firing the additional shots into his belly.
ONE TWEET OVER THE LINE
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A Facebook display on a Blackberry using SocialScope, which combines Facebook, Twitter and other social networks into one app.There seems no part of public, private or commercial life that hasn?t been made more accessible through social networking tools like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. Hospitals are posting videos of surgeries on YouTube and doctors are sending tweets from operating rooms to educate the public and market their services. Those are just the latest examples of media-driven communication in places that used to be relatively private.
Is there such a thing as overuse of social networking tools? In the online world, is the notion of a public/private divide simply not applicable?
When I was a junior in college, I spent a semester studying abroad. We were a small group of students, far from home and not well integrated into the life of our host country, so a typical Friday would involve settling in at one of our various seedy flats and drinking.
Books of few words
clipped by: drgreenfingersBooks of few wordsSome of the worlds best known books have been condensed down to Twitter size.
Tim Collins, author of The Little Book Of Twitter, has transformed them into 140 characters, reports The Sun.
They include Shakespeares Hamlet which becomes: Danish guys mum marries his murdered fathers brother. He sees his dads ghost. Everyone dies. Fail.
Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens, is rewritten as: Orphan given £££ by secret follower. He thinks its @misshavisham but it turns out to be @magwitch.
Wuthering Heights by Jane Austin becomes the pithy: Catherine Earnshaw marries Edgar Linton but really loves Heathcliff *sigh*.
James Joyces Ulysses is reduced to: Man walks around Dublin. We follow every minute detail of his day. Hes probably overtweeting.
TEENAGE FADS ,FOREVER YOUNG.
clipped by: ellingtonTeenage Fads, Forever Young
Hugging has become a greeting of choice among high school students all over the country. Who knew? Fashion and music, of course, have always seemed to spread instantaneously. How is it that teenage rituals and behavior ? even small social gestures ? can develop and spread so quickly without the grown-ups noticing until that behavior is everywhere?
Anastasia Goodstein is the founder and editor in chief of Ypulse, a blog for and about American tweens, teenagers and early 20-somethings. She is the author of ?Totally Wired: What Teens & Tweens Are Really Doing Online.?
As a Gen Xer who grew up in the 1980s, I can tell you TV, especially MTV, played a huge role in creating the rituals, music and fashion that make up youth culture, whether it was the mainstreaming of hip-hop through early programs like ?Yo! MTV Raps,? Madonna?s rubber bracelets or Wham!?s ?Choose Life? T-shirts.Movies were influential as wellremember theFlashdance? sweatshirt?Tags: teens, tweens doingonline
GUNS IN PARKS:SAFE, OR A SCARY SIDESHOW
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Bison aren?t afraid of visitors at Yellowstone National Park.When the Senate and House overwhelmingly approved legislation regulating the credit card industry, they also endorsed a measure attached to the bill that would allow people to carry loaded guns in national parks and refuges. President Obama signed the legislation on Friday.
Gun-control groups, park police organizations and animal-rights groups criticized the Democrats for approving the bill with the gun measure in it. They said that allowing loaded guns will make it easier for poachers as well as pose dangers for hikers and other park visitors. But gun rights groups said that the widespread support for lifting the ban was justified. State laws allowing people to carry concealed weapons have not led to increases in crime and violence, the National Rifle Association said. In the parks, the N.R.A. adds, guns carried by law-abiding visitorsincrease safety,against criminalsdangerousanimals.
LEFT OUT OF D-DAY EVENTS, QUEEN ELIZEBETH IS FUMING
clipped by: ellingtonLeft Out of D-Day Events, Queen Elizabeth Is Fuming LONDON ? Queen Elizabeth is not amused.
Indeed, she is decidedly displeased, angry even, that she was not invited to join President Obama and France?s president, Nicolas Sarkozy, next week at commemorations of the 65th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy, according to reports published in Britain?s mass-circulation tabloid newspapers on Wednesday. Pointedly, Buckingham Palace did not deny the reports.
The queen, who is 83, is the only living head of state who served in uniform during World War II. As Elizabeth Windsor, service number 230873, she volunteered as a subaltern in the Women?s Auxiliary Territorial Service, training as a driver and a mechanic. Eventually, she drove military trucks in support roles in England.
While serving, she met the supreme Allied commander for the D-Day landings, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower,and developed a fondness for him, according to several biographies. This prompted Queen Elizabeth,Tags: d-day, queen elizebeth
THE HOUSE THAT SOARED,
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The House That Soared
In its opening stretch the new Pixar movie ?Up? flies high, borne aloft by a sense of creative flight and a flawlessly realized love story. Its on-screen and unlikely escape artist is Carl Fredricksen, a widower and former balloon salesman with a square head and a round nose that looks ready for honking. Voiced with appreciable impatience by Ed Asner, Carl isn?t your typical American animated hero. He?s 78, for starters, and the years have taken their toll on his lugubrious body and spirit, both of which seem solidly tethered to the ground. Even the two corners of his mouth point straight down. It?s as if he were sagging into the earth.
Carl Fredericksen checking out some new neighbors in ?Up.?
Carl Fredericksen checking out some new neighbors in ?Up.?
Eventually a bouquet of balloons sends Carl and his house soaring into the sky, where they go up, up and away and off to an adventure in South America with a portly child,Tags: 2000 up
Get Better Advice by Taking Notes
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clippers remarks: This probably makes sense. It seems whomever you are talking to gets a little more interested in giving you advice if it appears you are actually listening, and not wasting their time. Also, it makes them feel more of an expert if you treat them that way. I guess its an ego thing. And lets face it, people like to give advice, right?Wed like to think that the people were paying for advice (like doctors) would offer the same helpful advice no matter what, but reader citizenkahn suggests that if you really want good advice, pull out a notebook and start taking notes?a phenomenon hes dubbed the Moleskine effectI think the act of taking notes in front of others (especially doctors) entices them to give me more time and better information. Three times lately I have pulled out my moleskine and started taking notes in front of a doctor. Each time I have received tips, web site references, and ideas. In one case I believe a vet spent and extra 20 minutes discussing my birds issues and coping strategies. I cant be sure that this is a real cause-and-effect pattern, but it feels like one. I think that when the moleskine comes out it signals the doctor that here is someone who will follow up on the advice thats given and sets up a virtuous circle of sorts.
Remains of temple of Isis found
clipped by: cakebelly(ANSA) - Florence, May 28 - Workmen inside Florences courthouse have stumbled across a spiral column and hundreds of multicoloured fragments that experts believe may have belonged to a Roman temple dedicated to the Egyptian goddess Isis.Dating to the second century AD, the remains were discovered as the men dug a five by three metre hole, barely four metres deep, for a new water cistern for the courthouses anti-incendiary system.These finds are of extraordinary importance, said Alessandro Palchetti, the archaeologist charged with overseeing the works in the courthouse by Florences archaeology superintendency, who suspected something interesting might be uncovered because of the areas historic relevance.The location of the temple is unknown, Palchetti said, but it is believed to have been built just outside the Roman part of the city, near the current courthouse building.
Skill/Fame Graph
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clippers remarks: Actually its pretty self-evident.
Turn a 5 Gallon Bucket into a Rust Removal Kit
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clippers remarks: This is really great use of the mystery of science. The heart of the kit is a small battery charger or home made power supply ($20-$50 at AutoZone etc) - Its best if the charger has a 6v option and an internal "trouble" switch that stops charging if something shorts out. I might have to find/buy something rusty just to watch it work.Build your own electrolytic anti-rust tank out of a five gallon bucket instead and youll clobber your oxidized iron with scienceThis project relies on a few simple components?a five gallon bucket, some pieces of rebar or other narrow steel, a trickle battery charger, and some wire?and a washing soda/water solution to create an energized solution thats really tough on rust. The simple summary of how it works: you clip the negative charging lead to the item to be cleaned, the positive to the rebar, and then hit the juice and watch as the combination of electricity and washing-soda-laced water channel the rust right off your tool and towards the rebar anode.As opposed to grinding, heavy wire brushing and acid bath processes, this method removes none of the original steel and is not noisy or caustic.
Malaysian orangutan hospital sparks controversy
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clippers remarks: There may only be 5%genetic difference, but treating them like humans is not the way to prepare them for the wild. Not even teaching them how to use pocket knives, I suppose.
Former organizer says ACORN will commit fraud in Census work
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clippers remarks: Following calls by a reform group known as the ?ACORN 8,? many are rightly worried about the prospect of taxpayer money flowing to the scandal-plagued Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) for the stated purpose of counting Americans in the 2010 U.S. census. After all, this is the same group that couldnt count to "1" when registering voters during last years election. In Ohio, ACORNs machine registered one man more than 70 separate times. But the groups critics dont face the same mathematical challenges. They have counted to at least 14 - the number of states investigating ACORN for voter registration and potential voter fraud. In the past month alone, the group has been named in complaints by at least two states. While much criticism is directed at ACORN, though, the problem is more complex. A group intended to better our communities is a thing that should be commended. Unfortunately, a small cadre of powerful but corrupt ACORN executives have warpedFormer organizer says ACORN will commit fraud in Census work
Washington Examiner, DC
Following calls by a reform group known as the â??ACORN 8,â? many are rightly worried about the prospect of taxpayer money flowing to the scandal-plagued Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) for the stated purpose of counting ...
Obama, ACORN & the truth
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clippers remarks: Left-wing groups in Washington are panicked. The New York Times and other Team Obama whitewashers are downplaying the connection between the Obama presidential campaign, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) and Obamas old employer Project Vote (ACORNs nonprofit canvassing arm). Alas, the truth keeps seeping out. At a closed-door powwow hosted Thursday at the left-leaning Center for American Progress, activists discussed how to combat a relentless stream of corruption charges from ACORN/Project Vote whistle-blowers. But its too late for a reputation bailout. Former Project Vote official and whistle-blower Anita MonCrief has harnessed the Internet to crowd-source a massive cache of documents showing ties between Obama staff members and the supposedly "nonpartisan" ACORN operations.Obama, ACORN & the truth
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA
The New York Times and other Team Obama whitewashers are downplaying the connection between the Obama presidential campaign, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) and Obamas old employer Project Vote (ACORNs nonprofit ...
News media barred from ACORN meeting at Center for American Progress
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clippers remarks: Freedom of the press stopped at the door of the Center for American Progress earlier today when this reporter and a camera crew from Fox News were barred from covering a "briefing and discussion" meeting of left-wing advocacy groups worried about recent coverage of the Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now (ACORN).News media barred from ACORN meeting at Center for American Progress
Washington Examiner, DC
... today when this reporter and a camera crew from Fox News were barred from covering a "briefing and discussion" meeting of left-wing advocacy groups worried about recent coverage of the Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now (ACORN). ...
ACORN allies converge in the midst of financial allegationsWashington Examiner all 4 news articles
Thomas Sowell
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clippers remarks: Thomas, I said two years ago, I said look, theyre going to go for the car companies and the airlines and for the energy industry. Theyre going to go for the financial industry. There was like four of them that I lined up, and I said were going down this fascist road. I dont know why people arent marching in front of the Capitol or surrounding the Capitol with their lawn chairs and just saying you aint leaving until you change all this nonsense. Whats it going to take? SOWELL: Well to do that, they would have to sink. And this whole personality cult has caught on in such a way that it is going to be a while before people start thinking. It is a question of how big of a calamity is it going to take before they snap out of it.This is a rush transcript from "Glenn Beck," May 27, 2009. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.Thomas, welcome back to the program, sir.
BECK: So let me start with that question ? are we are still a capitalist country?
SOWELL: Oh, heavens. Partially.
Were not a socialist country, because the socialists believe in government ownership in the means of production, but the fascists believe that the government should have private ownership and the politicians should tell people how to run the businesses. So thats the route we seem to be going.
SOWELL: The private people still own the businesses but the politicians tell them what to do.
BECK: Right, but isnt that ? Im trying to remember, thats ?
SOWELL: Thats fascism.
BECK: Yes, I was going to say, I knew it was a bad one. And I was going to say, I think thats fascism. Yeah. OK. Well youre a crazy lunatic. Why would you say were going down a fascist road?
Tags: glenn beck, thomas sowell, author of "the housing boom and bust", senior fellow, hoover institute
The sound of Truth
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Big Ben marks 150th anniversary
clipped by: drgreenfingersBig Ben marks 150th anniversary
One of the capitals most iconic landmarks, Big Ben, is celebrating its 150th anniversary.The clock tower in Parliament Square, Westminster, is being given a spring clean following a year of activities in recognition of the landmark.
Technically Big Ben refers only to the clocks largest bell, but has become synonymous with the clock tower itself.
The bell, cast in Whitechapel on 10 April 1858, was first rung in the Great Westminster Clock on 31 May 1859.
How do you mix up meth and E?
clipped by: deusdiabolusIt was billed as the one of the most dramatic warnings the world has ever received over the dangers of ecstasy. A study from one of Americas leading universities concluded that taking the drug for just one evening could leave clubbers with irreversible brain damage, and trigger the onset of Parkinsons disease.
But today, scientists are facing up to the humiliation of admitting that the stark results they reported in the study were not a breakthrough but a terrible, humiliating blunder.
The study was based on the fact that laboratory monkeys and baboons had a severe reaction to the drug when it was injected in small doses. But it emerged this weekend that the vials of liquid did not contain ecstasy. Instead, the animals received a dose of methamphetamine, or speed - a drug widely known to affect the bodys dopamine system. The tubes had somehow been mislabelled by the supplier.
Be unpredictable.
clipped by: deusdiabolus"Humans are creatures of habit with an insatiableneed to see familiarity in other people?s actions.
Your predictability gives them a sense of control.Turn the tables: Be deliberately unpredictable.
Behavior that seems to have no consistency or
purpose will keep them off-balance, and they
will wear themselves out trying to explain yourmoves.
Taken to an extreme, this strategy can
intimidate and terrorize."
The above in an excerpt from Greens
The 48 Laws of Power (1998), a best sellerthat examines:
- ones ability to influence others,called "Personal Power", and
- those specific behaviors that lead tothe accrual or the loss of personal power.
NO HUGGING.
clipped by: deusdiabolusNEW YORK, May 30 (UPI) -- Hugging among U.S. teenagers has become so prevalent some schools say theyve banned the embrace or imposed limits on how long they last."Touching and physical contact is very dangerous territory," said Noreen Hajinlian, principal of George G. White School, a junior high school in Hillsdale, N.J., which banned hugging. "It wasnt a greeting. It was happening all day."
Hajinlians school is among those from New Jersey to Bend, Ore., that have clamped down on hugging, The New York Times reported Saturday.
Causes of Snoring, How To Stop Snoring
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clippers remarks: Chase away your snoring and possibly sleep apnea problems...Snoring is often caused when your air passages constrict and your tongue falls back as your body relaxes at night. The soft tissues of the throat relax and cause the constriction. When you are awake muscles in your throat hold the soft tissues in place but as you relax everything relaxes and the airway constricts. Age and poor fitness can contribute.
Do you have a snoring problem? If you wake up more than once a week wrung out and tired it may be that you suffer from snoring or worse, sleep apnea. Snoring was once considered harmless, even funny but we now know that it can cause a host of health problems from high blood pressure to what appears to be chronic fatigue. Snoring and sleep apnea can be extremely dangerous and the two big questions you probably have are, what causes snoring and is there a snoring cure?
Weed Whack
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Ordinary girl?from the first sight
clipped by: aprilwitchLet me introduce you Tica.
She is an absolutely normal girl, BUT.
There is one difference which is not that obvious at first.
To see it, you should look closely?Now the full version of her portrait:The thing is that she?s not real. She was drawn by Dru Blair
The Evolution of House Cats
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clippers remarks: Genetic and archaeological findings hint that wildcats became house cats earlier--and in a different place--than previously thoughtIt is by turns aloof and affectionate, serene and savage, endearing and exasperating.the house cat is the most popular pet in the world. A third of American households have feline members, and more than 600 million cats live among humans worldwide. Yet as familiar as these creatures are, a complete understanding of their origins has proved elusive.The question of where house cats first arose has been challenging to resolve for several reasons. Although a number of investigators suspected that all varieties descend from just one cat species?Felis silvestris, the wildcatIn 2000 one of us (Driscoll) set out to tackle the question by assembling DNA samples from some 979 wildcats and domestic catsThe resultswildcats collected in remote deserts of Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia were virtually indistinguishable from domestic cats.that domestic cats arose in a single locale, the Middle East, and not in other places where wildcats are common.
Ilya Muromets (Russian Folklore)
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clippers remarks: SHORT STORY RESEARCHIlya Muromets (Russian: ????? ????????, literally Elijah of Murom) is a Kievan Rus mythical hero. He is celebrated in numerous byliny (folk epic poems). Along with Dobrynya Nikitich and Alyosha Popovich he is regarded as the greatest of all the legendary bogatyrs (i.e., medieval knights-errant of Kievan Rus). (The three of them are represented together at Vasnetsovs famous painting ????????, as illustrated to the right.)
Ilya Murometss name became a synonym of an outstanding physical and spiritual power and integrity, dedicated to the protection of the Homeland and People and over time has become a hero of numerous movies, pictures, monuments, cartoons and anecdotes. He is the only epic hero canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church.
Although the remains of Ilya Muromets are supposedly stored in Kiev Pecherski Monastery, his character probably does not represent a unique historical persona, but rather a fusion of multiple real or fictional heroes from vastly different epochs
Top 10 Magnet Hacks
clipped by: infidel70They were the coolest part of elementary school science, and theyre still one of the neatest way to stick things together and stir up a little homespun magic. Check out our 10 favorite ways bloggers, Lifehacker readers, and other creative types use mother nature to make life better.There are lots of other ways polarized metals can come in handy?weblog Evil Mad Scientist, for example, has 17 more?and wed love to hear about any youve come across or are using in your own secret lair/office. Drop a link or describe your favorites in the comments.
Shock And Awe Statism
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clippers remarks: I credit Mark Levin for bringing back the Statism tag that is properly being placed on the Obama Administration and his Ilk of radical leftistShock And Awe Statism
Epiphanies are a dime a dozen among congressional Democrats as they discover urgent new reasons to experience the almost erotic pleasure of commandeering other peoples money. For example, freshman Rep. Alan Grayson, a Florida Democrat whose district includes Disney World, was recently there and was inspired.
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus want the Treasury Department to subsidize minority owners of broadcasting properties. The broadcasters are not "too big to fail" and so do not pose a "systemic risk," but, the representatives say, failures of minority broadcasters would diminish diversity.
One New Deal improvisation not yet emulated by the Obama administration is the September 1933 slaughter -- while the unemployment rate was 25 percent and millions were hungry -- of 6 million young pigs. The purpose was to raise the price of pork by reducing the supply of it. But the "cash for clunkers" idea is a cousin of that.
ADORABLE HONDURAN WHITE BATS
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clippers remarks: I made a clip of these a while back but this one has more pics and a close-up of their cute little faces.The tiny White Bats of Honduras are among the cutest rodents on Earth. Also known as Ectophylla Alba, the Honduran White Bats are only 37-47mm long and can be found in Central America and The Caribbean. They cut the side veins of the Heliconia plant leaves causing them to fold into a protective tent. The small bats live in colonies of up to six individuals, one mail and a harem of females.
Tracking the War on Women in Darfur
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clippers remarks: How Can a Civilized World Allow This to Continue? Perhaps were not as civilized as we would like to think.Seated on a woven mat in a refugee camp in eastern Chad, Dr. Sondra Crosby of the Boston Medical Center listened with mounting distress as the women of Darfur came forward, one by one over 12 days, to tell her their stories of rape, beatings, hunger, and humiliation.Their suffering had begun in the ravaged villages of their native Darfur in western Sudan after war broke out in 2003, but it didnt stop when they fled across the border into what they hoped would be the safety of refugee camps in eastern Chad. It goes on still, leaving thousands of women facing the specter of sexual assault each time they leave camp to collect firewood or visit the local market.It is an endlessly unfolding tragedy the world hasnt summoned the will to do much about.six years into the conflict, no one had yet fully grasped the extent of the crisis of sexual crimes, and the relentless toll it is inflicting on its victims.
June Freeze Warning for New York
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clippers remarks: Now dont I recall a liberal-planted headlne last week claiming that 300,000 people die each year due to "global warming"?
Guess they dont live in New York....Local gardeners may want to take special measures to protect their plants this evening as a frost advisory has been issued for much of New York state, including Oneida County.The advisory issued by the National Weather Service remains in effect until 8 a.m. Monday.Temperatures are expected to fall into the mid-to-low 30s overnight, and a hard frost is likely as temperatures in colder areas approach freezing.Brad Alcott, owner of Alcotts Greenhouses in Waterville, said the possible frost may catch some gardeners off guard.The region?s low temperature for today is expected to be about 36 degrees,A low of 50 degrees is expected for Monday.
The record low for June 1 is 31 degrees, which was set in 1945, according to weather archives.Tags: global warming, loony left
US abortion doctor is shot dead
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clippers remarks: Correspondents say the president is attempting to defuse the abortion issue - a highly emotive subject in US public life - by arguing that while it should remain legal, the government should do all it can to limit the number of unwanted pregnancies.US abortion doctor is shot dead
A prominent US abortion doctor has been shot dead at a church in Wichita, in his home state of Kansas.
Sixty-seven year-old George Tiller was killed just after 1000 (1500 GMT) at the Reformation Lutheran Church.
George Tiller had survived an attempt on his life 16 years agoDr Tiller - one of the few US doctors who performed so-called late-term abortions - had been a long-time target of anti-abortionists.
Dr Tiller was shot in the lobby of the church, reports sayHis clinic had often been the site of demonstrations, and he was shot and wounded by an assailant 16 years ago.
Dr Tillers lawyer, Dan Monnat, said he was gunned down as he served as an usher during a morning service.
Police say the attacker, a white man, then fled in a car.
No suspects are yet in custody and the police have not made a statement about the possible motive.
The shooting comes two weeks after President Barack Obama made a major speech on abortion at one of the main Catholic universities
Feds give ACORN more money despite indictments
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clippers remarks: Under the guise of due process concerns, congressional Democrats have opened the way for organizations with criminal histories to gain greater access to taxpayer funds. Exhibit A here is the Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now, now under investigation in at least 14 states for voter registration fraud.
Earlier this month, House Financial Services Committee Chairman Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., sponsored an amendment to the $140 million Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act. The Frank measure allowed organizations being investigated by state or federal authorities on corruption charges to receive federal funds as long as they avoid conviction.
Frank argued that his amendment, which was approved by the House, protected the presumption of innocence in federal spending. But federal ethics rules have long stipulated that either an actual or apparent conflict of interest can put a government employee at risk of prosecution for ethics violations.
Examiner Editorial: Feds give ACORN more money despite indictments
The San Francisco Examiner, California
Exhibit A here is the Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now, now under investigation in at least 14 states for voter registration fraud. Earlier this month, House Financial Services Committee Chairman Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., ...
ACORN Should Not Receive Taxpayers MoneyCanada Free Press all 8 news articles
NOT BABIES BEAR, THIS MY BEAR
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Twitters Biggest Egos Exposed
clipped by: KelikaMaybe the trendy messaging website coaxes contributors into feeling anonymous and uninhibited. Perhaps its short-burst format encourages streams of consciousness that go tragically unedited. Or, possibly, the world is full of more jerks than we care to acknowledge. Whatever the explanation, a shocking number of Twitterers manage to use just 140 characters to come across as massive jackasses."Its so life-affirming when the poor fall in love," Christy from Los Angeles shares with her followers.
"Watching a LOT of fashion mistakes go past whilst waiting for the bus," a British Twitterer pouts. "This is why I dont use public transport."
These paragons of narcissism, misanthropy and delusion now have a shrine of their own, at tweetingtoohard.com (tagline: "Where self-important tweets get the recognition they deserve."). The website features more than 2,700 messages, which visitors rank in terms of offensiveness.
CAT SAY TEQUILA GOOD, HE LIED.
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Bomb found in toilet on Iran plane
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clippers remarks: In the latest incident, the plane was also flying from a border province - this time, an area that borders Iraq, and has also had problems with restive minorities.Bomb found in toilet on Iran plane
A homemade bomb discovered on board an Iranian plane has been defused, semi-official news agencies report.According to several Iranian news agencies, the bomb was discovered on a plane shortly after it took off from the oil-rich city of Ahvaz.
Plain-clothes security guards, who are believed to travel on every Iranian flight, found it in a toilet.
The incident comes at a time of rising tension in the run up to Irans presidential elections on 12 June.
The plane turned back to Ahvaz for an emergency landing when the bomb was discovered.
Tension seems to be rising in the run up to the presidential election in two weeks time, particularly as President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is by no means guaranteed re-election.
The incident follows a bomb attack on a mosque in the south-east of the country on Thursday.
The flight resumed after the bomb was defused.
Redesign of U.S. Currency...suggestions
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