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Clipmarks | Live ClipsAstronaut gives advice to trapped minersclipped by: shaorTrapped miners get tips from astronaut Spice up the food, broaden the music menu, encourage exercise and work routines and make sure the 33 trapped Chilean miners and their loved ones stay connected. Protecting the mental and physical health of the miners trapped in the collapsed copper and gold mine has become a major preoccupation of Chilean authorities, especially now that its clear they could remain in their dark, hot, humid quarters for up to four months or more. "The major threat is despair," said Beach, also a professor at Dominican University in River Forest, Ill. The challenge is to make sure their mental state doesnt deteriorate to the point where they cannot do the things that will keep them intellectually and socially engaged over the long months. In other words, dont leave room for boredom, which can lead to depression, irritability, anxiety and sleeplessness. Baby Tiger Found In Bangkok Airport Luggage With Stuffed Toy Tigers (PHOTOS)clipped by: wiganfootie BANGKOK (AP) -- Authorities at Bangkoks international airport found a baby tiger cub that had been drugged and hidden among stuffed toy tigers in the suitcase of a woman flying from Thailand to Iran, an official and a wildlife protection group said Friday. The woman, a Thai national, had checked in for her flight and her oversized bag was sent for an X-ray which showed what appeared to be a live animal inside, according to TRAFFIC, a wildlife trade monitoring group. How i organise my Deskclipped by: wiganfootieclippers remarks: Are you well Organised ?  The War on Democracyclipped by: brightlight4The War on Democracy
[Video] JFK Assassination Cover-Up Blown Sky Highclipped by: chestnut501clippers remarks: Those who remember, never did believe the Warren Commission. This is a story the corporate media, with the notable exception of one lone Fox News affiliate, refuses to report. A preponderance of evidence points to government involvement in the Kennedy assassination. However, due to the intelligence practice of compartmentalization ? and the murder and disappearance of key witnesses ? we will probably never know the exact details of how the government killed not only John F. Kennedy, but also his brother Robert and the civil rights leader Martin Luther King. [Video] [Video] [Video] Kennedy?s enemies in the CIA and the FBI are well documented. He fired the Chief Executive of the CIA, Charles Cabell, and among his enemies were Richard Helms, former CIA director Allen Dulles, and Gerald Ford, who would later become the default president of the United States. In his audio confession, the late E. Howard Hunt said Lyndon Johnson were involved in the plot to kill JFK according to Johnson?s former mistress, Madeleine Duncan Brown Johnson colluded with oil tycoon H. L. Hunt to have Kennedy eliminated. It was a political crime for political power Tags: news, politics, history, kennedy, president, assassination, warren_commission, cover_up, cia, lyndon_johnson Man Arrested For Rescuing Dogs From Abandoned Homeclipped by: brightlight4clippers remarks: What do you think about this? Man Arrested For Rescuing Dogs From Abandoned Home According to NBC news, the city is required to give a written warning to the owners before entering the home or removing the dogs. The owners have 24 hours to fix the problem. Animal Services Officer Hoang Dinh said, ?Possibility the people could come back and then they could turn this around and sue the city.? Their actions, or lack or action ?wasn?t good enough for animal rescuer Hans Petersen" who is with LA Animal Rescue Org. He went inside the house and a few minutes later walked out with the puppy. But before he could help Taz, LAPD arrived on the scene and arrested Petersen for ?interfering with Animal Services as they conduct their duties.? The puppy was taken to the South L.A. Animal Shelter, but Taz was left behind in the garage. There is no word about how long the dogs had been abandoned or if their owners had left them with any food or water. Click Here to watch the rescue which was caught on tape. Ray gun: heating or hitting?clipped by: aklimentoclippers remarks: Dangerous games with our health. Even if it is a device with microwave rays, whats most probably, the damage to a live body is immeasurable. Similar to X-rays from neutron bomb. The reaction from bone marrow is unpredictable only in the intensity of destruction and depends on strength of health of whole body. Who want to take a risk? Except heroic reporters like this guy from CBS News. And, sure, inventors, builders and clients of this hell device. Are we clients too? Or unsuspecting guinea pigs? But who cares?  US ready to deploy ray gun [Video] You might poke somebodys eye out!clipped by: ratilfar elephant baby plays ballclipped by: Vizipok[Video] Fidel Castro claims Osama bin Laden is a US spyclipped by: Steve Savageclippers remarks: He made his comments during a meeting with Daniel Estulin, the author of three books about the secretive Bilderberg Club which includes men such as Henry Kissinger, the former US secretary of state, leading European officials and business executives. Estulin says that the club is form of secret world government, manipulating economies and political systems. Estulin offered his own views on Bin Laden: that the man seen in videos since 9/11 is not him at all but a "bad actor". Fidel Castro claims Osama bin Laden is a US spyFormer Cuban president says the 9/11 mastermind is in the pay of the CIA and cites WikiLeaks as his source  Fidel Castro has more reason than most to believe conspiracy theories involving dark forces in Washington. He has claimed that Osama bin Laden is in the pay of the CIA and that President George Bush summoned up the al-Qaida leader whenever he needed to increase the fear quotient. "Any time Bush would stir up fear and make a big speech, Bin Laden would appear, threatening people with a story about what he was going to do." He said that thousands of pages of American classified documents made public by WikiLeaks pointed to who the al-Qaida leader is really working for. "Who showed that he [Bin Laden] is indeed a CIA agent was WikiLeaks. Crist flip-flops on Obamacareclipped by: billparCrist says he misspoke on healthcareCrist told a local TV station Friday that he would have voted in favor of President Obamas healthcare proposal were he in the Senate. That was a reversal of his previous position against the healthcare law. "I would have voted for it," Crist said in the interview. "But I think it can be done better, I really do." But now, Crist says he "misspoke" in that interview. His campaign sent out a statement Friday afternoon clarifying Crists position on the healthcare law. "If I misspoke, I want to be abundantly clear: the health care bill was too big, too expensive, and expanded the role of government far too much," Crist said in a statement. "Had I been in the United States Senate at the time, I would have voted against the bill because of unacceptable provisions like the cuts to the Medicare Advantage program." The campaigns of both Rubio and Meek are having an absolute field day with Crists flip-flop. Tags: politics Urine-powered fuel cells to offer pee power to peopleclipped by: Steve Savageclippers remarks: Unlike existing fuel cells that require catalysts made from precious metals like platinum, the "Youtricity" research groups prototype uses a cheaper catalyst and less expensive membranes. A 203,000-dollar grant from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council is helping the team develop the technology, which they think could be ideal for islands, deserts and even on submarines. Plus, municipalities already spend a ton of money and energy removing urea from wastewater, so incorporating a system like this could help reduce those costs. The prototypes exact components arent being publicized, but the team is planning to have a demonstration system ready next year. Urine-powered fuel cells to offer pee power to people researchers have figured out a way to make the worlds first urine-powered fuel cells. Chemistry postdocs Shanwen Tao and Rong Lan at Heriot-Watt Universitys School of Engineering and Physical Sciences in Edinburgh are turning pee into electricity and clean water with a prototype fuel cell system. While fuel cells usually rely on flammable hydrogen gas or toxic methanol to generate electricity, Tao and Lans cheaper prototype relies instead on urea, Urea, also called "carbamide," has several advantages as a potential fuel source-its abundant, non-toxic, relatively straightforward to transport and rich in nitrogen, The Carbamide Power System prototype can break urea or urine from humans or animals down into water, nitrogen and CO2, and also produce electricity at the same time. Mullen: National Debt is a Security Threatclipped by: jatflaclippers remarks: Whatever....I want to know how much NON-military/defense projects/pork have been added to the Defense Budget. The National Debt is a "Threat" to America period! Mullen: National Debt is a Security Threat The national debt is the single biggest threat to national security, according to Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Tax payers will be paying around $600 billion in interest on the national debt by 2012, the chairman told students and local leaders in Detroit. ?I need the defense industry, in particular, to be robust,? he said. ?My procurement budget is over $100 billion, [and] I need to be able to leverage that as much as possible with those [companies] who reach out [to veterans].? ?I have found that universally, [private-sector workers] care every bit as much about our country, are every bit as patriotic and wanting to make a difference ? as those who wear the uniform and are in harm?s way,? he said. Bill Gates favorite teacherclipped by: Efrain Alvarado Khan turns out thousands of videos from a converted walk-in closet in his Silicon Valley home. Sal Khan, you can count Bill Gates as your newest fan. Gates is a voracious consumer of online education. This past spring a colleague at his small think tank, bgC3, e-mailed him about the nonprofit khanacademy.org, a vast digital trove of free mini-lectures all narrated by Khan, an ebullient, articulate Harvard MBA and former hedge fund manager. Gates replied within minutes. "This guy is amazing," he wrote. "It is awesome how much he has done with very little in the way of resources." Gates and his 11-year-old son, Rory, began soaking up videos, from algebra to biology. Then, several weeks ago, at the Aspen Ideas Festival in front of 2,000 people, Gates gave the 33-year-old Khan a shout-out that any entrepreneur would kill for.  4th member of terror gang arrested.clipped by: shaorclippers remarks: Starting to look like a big operation they going there. Mounties make new terror arrest The Canadian Press Photo: Khurram Syed Sher, 28, of London, Ont., is transported from a courthouse in this image... OTTAWA - A fourth member of an alleged Ottawa terror cell was taken into custody Friday as authorities continued to dismantle what they say is a plot that reached from the nations capital to the battlefields of Afghanistan and beyond. But the person has not yet been charged and the RCMP will not release a name. "Earlier today in Ottawa, the (Integrated National Security Enforcement Team) executed one search warrant and took one person in custody as part of our standard operating procedures in the course of a search," RCMP Sgt. Marc Menard said. The Mounties confirmed this latest arrest is part of an investigation that began last September known as Project Samossa." So far, three other men have been arrested on terrorism-related charges as part of the probe. Living in the USA: David Barton, the Religious Rights Master Practitioner of MIsinformationclipped by: zizzyclippers remarks: Some might ask, "Whats the harm in all of this?" After all, Americans have always been weak on their own history, and a few bad quotes here and there arent going to make the country a theocracy. The problem is that Bartons mythology has influence that extends beyond the pews of local fundamentalist churches. He is tied in with the Religious Rights increasingly powerful political machine ... Powerful people dont view Barton as just some nut peddling phony quotes on the street corner; he is taken seriously.Robertson, Christian Coalition executive director Ralph Reed, and other Religious Right bigwigs have hooked up with Barton despite his links to the most extreme elements of the radical right wing ... Barton has delivered his presentation before white supremacist organizations with ties to neo-Nazis. The Religious Rights leading practitioner of historical revisionism is David Barton In 1991 Barton addressed the Rocky Mountain Bible Retreat of Pastor Pete Peters Scriptures for America, a group that espouses the racist "Christian Identity" theology. Shoddy research, astounding lapses of logic and outright errors are hallmarks of his work But Bartons biggest whopper concerns Thomas Jefferson, who coined the metaphor "wall of separation between church and state." Jefferson used that phrase in an 1802 letter to the Danbury (Conn.) Baptist Association. According to Barton, Jefferson went on to add that the "wall" was meant to be "one directional," protecting the church from the state but not the other way around, and, furthermore, that it was intended to keep "Christian principles in government." Jeffersons letter says nothing about the wall being "one directional" and certainly does not assert that it was meant to keep "Christian principles" in government Let this be a lesson to un-clutter your home!clipped by: shaorBody of Las Vegas woman found in clutter at homeLAS VEGAS, Nev. - A four-month search for a missing Las Vegas woman has come to an end in the unlikeliest of places: her own home. The Clark County Coroners office said Friday that the corpse found in the clutter-filled home belongs to 67-year-old Billie Jean James. A spokeswoman says it could take weeks to determine when and how she died. Police say her husband made the shocking discovery this week. Police say they searched the home several times ? even using dogs from a unit that helped locate bodies at ground zero after Sept. 11. But they were unable to find the body amid the hoards of clothes, knickknacks and other junk. The womans husband has not been named as a suspect. Recession may have pushed US birth rate to new lowclipped by: Efrain AlvaradoThe U.S. birth rate has dropped for the second year in a row, and experts think the wrenching recession led many people to put off having children. The 2009 birth rate also set a record: lowest in a century. Births fell 2.6 percent last year even as the population grew, numbers released Friday by the National Center for Health Statistics show. "Its a good-sized decline for one year. Every month is showing a decline from the year before," said Stephanie Ventura, the demographer who oversaw the report. The birth rate, which takes into account changes in the population, fell to 13.5 births for every 1,000 people last year. Thats down from 14.3 in 2007 and way down from 30 in 1909, when it was common for people to have big families. "It doesnt matter how you look at it ? fertility has declined," Ventura said. Tags: birthrate How To Become A Saintclipped by: Efrain Alvaradoclippers remarks: 6 - Love is a choice: What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like. 7 - Those who remain faithful will see God face-to-face: Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.  1 - Humility is the key to growing spiritually: "Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation." 2 - We all need to forgive and be forgiven: Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again. 3 - Suffering can be the path to goodness and holiness: God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist. 4 - With virtue, there is freedom: He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he be a king. 5 - Our work and prayer will help us grow closer to God: Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you. Tags: saints Rainy San Franciscoclipped by: Efrain Alvarado Tags: san francisco, art Pimped-out planesclipped by: zadozclippers remarks: cool paint jobs Galleries: Pimped-out planes Heavy metal band Iron Maidens plane 757.  The Swiss Air A340 is all about free love and hospitals.  Sports Illustrated teams up with Southwest Airlines to create this massive spread of model Bar Refaeli.  On board Alaskan Air, which is worse - the token Alaskan chain or the wild Alaskan salmon?  This Qantas plane sure stands out.  And what would a Swiss Air plane be without a little Swiss folk tale?  Another aircraft, another model emblazoned across the sky.  Pokemon takes centre stage on this All Nippon Airways flight.  Russias Boeing 737 aircraft is home to some bright letters and a very odd and uncomfortable looking man.  Is it a bird or a plane on Nok Air?  A Brazilian soccer player on board an Air France plane.  Remember Tamagotchi? Japan Airlines certainly do.  A play on words for Everts Air Cargo C-46.  Were thinking the pink and purple colour scheme is the lesser of two evils with an airline name like Wizzair.  Tags: planes Boffins invent 3D TV you can touchclipped by: dcodaclippers remarks: A JAPANESE research team said today it had developed the worlds first 3D television system that allows users to touch, pinch or poke images floating in front of them.
"It is the first time that you can feel images in the air," said Norio Nakamura, senior scientist with the research team at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology. "You can have the sense of touch like poking a rubber ball or stretching a sticky rice cake" when manipulating images, he said. The technology changes the shape of three-dimensional images in response to "touches", aided by cameras that monitor how the fingers move, Mr Nakamura said. It is not known when the technology will be put to practical use, but its creators see it being used to simulate surgical operations and in video game software, allowing players to experience the sensation of holding weapons or sports equipment. It could even use scanned images to supplement existing realities, said Mr Nakamura. Tags: 3d tv Socialism vs Capitalism propaganda postersclipped by: DeIntegroclippers remarks: Here are several posters that "showed" Soviet people the difference between socialism and capitalism.  Australia: Community gardens, grass-roots change :)clipped by: beanz[Video] google earth captures ? wtf???clipped by: doodleiciousclippers remarks: this is different-  Google Earth Captures UFO HAND OVER THE NOMS AND NOBODY GETS HURTclipped by: tanyamm Positive Angerclipped by: kenstipeAnyone can become angry ? that is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way, this is not easy ? Aristotle anger used in the wrong way, at the wrong time, towards the wrong person isn?t good at all. There is even plenty of research to show that it impacts your immune system, hormonal system, and heart in some pretty negative ways. it is possible to use anger in a healthy, healing, compassionate and firm way. A way that makes your life and the lives around you better. Not worse. Google "Voice" Phone Booths To Start Popping Up In Airports & Universitiesclipped by: Steve Savage The objective is to get you to try Google Voice and see how the voice quality compares to alternatives (and old-fashioned phones). Google wouldn?t say how many phone booths would be distributed, but said they should start appearing in the next few weeks. How cool is that! An Offensive Law Should be Put In The Spotlightclipped by: donjakeclippers remarks: How can this governor call anybody or anything offensive. The Arizona law is a violation of human rights. Thats whats offensive. PHOENIX ? Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer demanded Friday that a reference to the states controversial immigration law be removed from a State Department report to the United Nations human rights commissioner. The U.S. included its legal challenge to the law on a list of ways the federal government is protecting human rights. In a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Brewer says it is "downright offensive" that a state law would be included in the report, which was drafted as part of a UN review of human rights in all member nations every four years. Indian Researcher Who Showed E-Voting Security Flaws Jailedclipped by: hotdoge3Indian Researcher Who Showed E-Voting Security Flaws Jailed, Denied Bail, Charged With Theft Last Sunday, Hyderabad-based researcher Hari Prasad was charged with house-breaking, trespass and theft, 28 hours after he was arrested in his home, according to J. Alex Halderman, a researcher who worked with Prasad. Here?s a video showing the attacks that Prasad and the others demonstrated. Indian authorities have demanded that Prasad reveal the source of the voting machine they tested and used in this video. Halderman writes that Prasad ?obtained access to the machine from a source who approached him earlier this year.? ?We have every reason to believe that the source had lawful access to the machine and made it available for scientific study as a matter of conscience, out of concern over potential security problems,? he adds. Halderman writes that the Indian police have produced no evidence that Prasad stole the machine himself, as they claim. Example Set by First Military Tribunal Case Has U.S. Waryclipped by: tabseyclippers remarks: The farce will be watched by all. Followed by the trial of a baby who farted badly and cleared a shopping centre. WASHINGTON ? After working for a year to redeem the international reputation of military commissions, Obama administration officials are alarmed by the first case to go to trial under revamped rules: the prosecution of a former child soldier whom an American interrogator implicitly threatened with gang rape. The defendant, Omar Khadr, was 15 when he was captured in Afghanistan and accused of throwing a grenade that killed an American soldier. Senior officials say his trial is undermining their broader effort to showcase reforms that they say have made military commissions fair and just. ?Optically, this has been a terrible case to begin the commissions with,? said Matthew Waxman, who was the Pentagon?s top detainee affairs official during the Bush administration. ?There is a great deal of international skepticism and hostility toward military commissions, and this is a very tough case with which to push back against that skepticism and hostility.? US Dismantling public education it seems.clipped by: beanzChicago teachers speak about mass layoffsSince June of this year, 2,000 teachers and staff in the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) have been laid off. The mass firings are part of an effort to use the state?s education budget shortfall, estimated at $370 million, to privatize the public schools. ?There is due process for firing teachers,? she added. ?This is not it. To have [CPS Chief] Huberman get on the news and say that the majority of teachers laid off had an unsatisfactory rating is false.? including changing the title of their position or its seniority level. The aim of these tactics was to boot out more-experienced and better-paid teachers, replacing them with cheaper labor. Sharon Langston, a substitute teacher, was looking for a permanent position at the job fair. She told the WSWS that she had worked at eight different schools in the last two weeks and was appalled and discouraged by the conditions she saw. AUSL has taken over at least 19 primary and secondary schools Attacks on Iraq unions, under direction from the US, again !!clipped by: beanzIs the US Pulling the Plug on Iraqi Workers?Early in the morning of July 21, police stormed the offices of the Iraqi Electrical Utility Workers Union in Basra, the poverty-stricken capital of Iraqs oil-rich south. A shamefaced officer told Hashmeya Muhsin, the first woman to head a national union in Iraq, that theyd come to carry out the orders of Electricity Minister Hussain al-Shahristani to shut the union down. As more police arrived, they took the membership records, the files documenting often-atrocious working conditions, the leaflets for demonstrations protesting Basras agonizing power outages, the computers and the phones. Finally, Muhsin and her coworkers were pushed out and the doors locked.  So ended seven years in which workers in the regions power plants have fought for the right to organize a legal union, to bargain with the electrical ministry, and to stop the contracting-out and privatization schemes that have threatened their jobs. Afghan presidential Aid on CIA payroll: well heroin is important !clipped by: beanzAn aide to Afghan President is on the CIA payroll(Reuters) ? An aide to Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the center of a corruption probe is on the CIA payroll, The New York Times reported, citing Afghan and U.S. officials. Mohammed Zia Salehi, an Afghan National Security Council official, appears to have been paid by the U.S. spy agency for many years, officials in Kabul and Washington told the Times. Salehi was arrested by Afghan police in July but released after Karzai intervened. Salehi?s relationship with the CIA underscores deep contradictions at the heart of the Obama administration?s policy in Afghanistan, the newspaper said. Karzai is under pressure from the Obama administration to do more to root out corruption in his government to shore up the legitimacy of his government. Washington believes a successful counterinsurgency strategy in Afghanistan hinges on winning Afghan public support for the government in Kabul and sidelining the Taliban. The Political Economy of the Mass Mediaclipped by: gppixelworksManufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media The propaganda model Using the propaganda model, Manufacturing Consent posits that corporate-owned news mass communication media ? print, radio, television ? are businesses subject to commercial competition for advertising revenue and profit. As such, their distortion (editorial bias) of news reportage ? i.e. what types of news, which items, and how they are reported ? is a consequence of the profit motive that requires establishing a stable, profitable business; therefore, news businesses favoring profit over the public interest succeed, while those favoring reportorial accuracy over profits fail, and are relegated to the margins of their markets (low sales and ratings). The propaganda model describes five editorially-distorting filters applied to news reportage in mass media: Size, Ownership, and Profit Orientation: The Advertising License to Do Business: Sourcing Mass Media News: Flak and the Enforcers: Anti-Communism: ???????????? Is Islamophobia sweeping the US?clipped by: Johanna_G[Video] ???????????????????????????????????????? A proposal to build a US$100 million Islamic center two blocks from Ground Zero has sparked controversy in the US. While opponents say they are not against Islam, protests against similar mosques far from Ground Zero has raised fears that intolerance toward American Muslims is growing. One church plans to burn the Koran. 20% of Americans and 46% of Republicans believe Barack Obama is Muslim. A taxi driver in New York City was attacked after telling his passenger that he is Muslim. Tags: u.s.a., islamophobia another good link tip from googleclipped by: jessclipzInstead of just publishing something for someone to read, think about ways you can directly involve people in your process. Create a wiki about your work, and let people contribute and add to it. Become the leading resource for information in your chosen area. The success of Wikipedia demonstrates that people are hungry, not only to share knowledge, but to have an information resource that isnt driven by advertising concerns. Google tends to reward this type of content, as it is a natural fit with their business model i.e. we suspect Google would like to see objective, informational resources in the main results, whilst commercial concerns tend towards Adwords. Two glasses of water before meals the one true key to weight loss, say scientistsclipped by: dcoda A NEW study suggest the true secret to losing Under your nose, that is, if youre the type who drinks a lot of water. Scientists at the 240th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society this week were told that people who drank two 250ml glasses of water before each main meal ate between 75 and 90 calories during that meal. The "water diet" is most likely effective because it fills the stomach up with a zero-calorie substance. "We found that over the course of 12 weeks, dieters who drank water before meals, three times per day, lost about five pounds (2.3kg) more than dieters who did not increase their water intake," she said. "People should drink more water and less sugary, high-calorie drinks. "Its a simple way to facilitate Chinese Astronomer Predicts that UFOs of Extraterrestrial Origin Will Appear in 2011 0r 2012.clipped by: Steve Savage Professor Wang Sichao, of the Purple Mountain Observatory (Zijinshan Astronomical Observatory in Nanjing, China) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, stated that some UFOs appear to be extraterrestrial spacecraft that demonstrate anti-gravity capability and may be engaged in research activities. Sichao also stated that UFOs have been observed by astronomers traveling as fast as 80 percent of the speed of light at distances of between 150 and 1,500 km from Earth. Sichao has predicted that UFOs might appear in 2011 or 2012. In September 2009, scientists at the Purple Mountain Observatory reported that theyd filmed a UFO for 40 minutes during the July 22 solar eclipse. "we can promote the human beings civilization through exchange and cooperation with them. If they are not, as long as we prepared for their invasion, we can beat them back on their weaknesses." Cracking wheat genome could improve food security: scientistsclipped by: Steve Savageclippers remarks: Many crops with much smaller genomes have had their DNA sequenced for some time ? rice in 2005, corn in 2009, and soybeans earlier this year. Wheat is so complicated partly because it is the hybridization of three ancestral strains of wheat. ?It?s very raw data right now. It?s like buying this complicated thing from Ikea and dumping it on the floor and realizing you don?t have instructions or that little tool they give you to put it together,? For example, wheat has 42 chromosomes (compared to 23 in humans), but researchers don?t know yet which DNA belongs to which chromosome. Wheat accounts for 30 per cent of global grain production and 20 per cent of daily food calories, according to the Borlaug Global Rust Initiative, a group based at Cornell University, N.Y. Cracking wheat genome could improve food security: scientists British researchers said Friday they had unravelled 95 per cent of the genetic code for a benchmark variety of wheat known as Chinese Spring line 42.The cracking of wheat?s genome ? a breakthrough announced by scientists Friday ? will speed up the creation of hardier and higher-yielding cereal crops and improve global food security, Canadian and international researchers are predicting. ?The best way to support our food security is by using modern research strategies to understand how we can deliver sustainable increases in crop yields, especially in the face of climate change.? The development could trigger a global race by the best scientific minds to apply the new genetic information. The farmers of countries that employ the genome information first would then have a competitive advantage. That could put pressure on Canada to invest in its premium wheats, such as Canada Western Red Spring, to stay ahead of other countries, Homophobiaclipped by: debbyskiclippers remarks: Regarding the former, at least one knows what they are dealing with. homophobia doesn?t always come with open disgust, any more than racism always comes with hoods and pitchforks Japanese Officials Reveal Execution Chambersclipped by: horst The trap door is outlined in red in an execution chamber at the Tokyo Detention Center. TOKYO ? The Japanese government opened up its execution chambers to the public for the first time on Friday, taking journalists on a tour of Tokyo?s main gallows. The insides were stark: a trapdoor, a Buddha statue and a ring for the noose. Pharmacist slams police response timesclipped by: hotdoge3clippers remarks: * Watch Video Pharmacist slams police response times (2:54) Related News * Pharmacist calls lawyer after fatal struggle August 24, 2010 » watch * Man found dead inside pharmacy August 24, 2010 » watch Pharmacist slams police response times The Auckland pharmacist involved in a deadly scuffle with an intruder is criticising police policy. Grant Gillard went back to work in his Mount Albert pharmacy today and he has taken a swipe at how police respond to break-ins. Gillard said last Tuesdays traumatic ordeal will probably never leave him and the shop he has owned for 41 years now holds some dark memories. The death of 42-year-old intruder Bruce Jones on the shop floor has left Gillard questioning how police deal with pharmacy break-ins. "In the past if there was an activation the police would attend, especially once it was confirmed. The last couple of times the response has been that police wont be attending that night, but we will respond sometime in the next two days," said Gillard. Gillard said he was told police were not attending, so drove to the shop himself, ending up in a deadly tussle. Police have not yet laid any charges over the intruders death. Ghost train hunter killed by real train in North Carolinaclipped by: wiccantexanThe facts: On August 27, 1891, a passenger train jumped the tracks on a tall bridge near Statesville, North Carolina, sending seven rail cars below and about 30 people to their deaths. The legend: On the wrecks anniversary, the sounds of screeching wheels, screaming passengers and a horrific crash might still be heard. You might also see a uniformed man with a gold watch. Shortly before 3 a.m. Friday, on the 119th anniversary of the Bostian Bridge train tragedy and at about the same time, between 10 and 12 ghost hunters were on that approximately 300-foot long span. They were hoping to hear the sounds of the crash, and perhaps see something. Instead, a real Norfolk-Southern train -- three engines and one car -- turned the corner The terrified "amateur ghost watchers" ran away, back toward Statesville, trying to cover the nearly 150 feet to safety, All but two made it.  Fidel Castro Believes Wikileaks Docs Prove Bin Laden Is A US Spyclipped by: celestialdancerclippers remarks: Follow source link to read the expanded version.  During a visit with a Lithuanian author "known as a font of intriguing conspiracy theories about plots for world domination," Cuban president Fidel Castro said he believes that Osama Bin Laden was working for the White House, and that the tens of thousands of military documents recently published by WikiLeaks prove exactly who the al-Qaida leader is really working for. Eco Friendly Hybrid Carsclipped by: ohiowebstartclippers remarks: Hybrid is the new name for earth saving technology that is being extensively used by all manufacturers in their cars. Eco Friendly Hybrid CarsNow a days we always hear of all things initiating with automobiles getting environment friendly. Getting into the ?go green? line of thinking made us to think and to innovate new ideas and technologies in automobiles so that not only the end customer will be profited by the product but also it will try and lower down the environmental hazards caused due to heavy emissions of carbon elements. Answer to this was indeed the revolutionary ? Major car companies that manufacture the hybrid cars along with their class or sections: Honda Civic Hybrid Sedan Honda Insight Hybrid Sedan Honda Accord Hybrid Sedan Hybrid is the new name for earth saving technology that is being extensively used by all manufacturers in their cars. Hybrid means a combination of two and Ford Prodigy Hybrid Sedan Oil/Money or Environment the Ongoing Debateclipped by: celestialdancerclippers remarks: Well, I suppose we can keep worrying about all these things, and the Earth will keep re-inventing itself despite humans - who probably wont survive her changes. Cairn Energy announced this week that it had found evidence "indicative of an active hydrocarbon system" off Greenland. The news comes in the middle of a bidding round for oil and gas exploration licences there. The US Geological Survey estimated in 2008 that the region contains approximately 90 billion barrels of technically recoverable oil, but producing the stuff would combine the extreme challenges of deepwater drilling, extreme cold, and ice. Any accident would be massively harder to deal with than Deepwater Horizon because of the countrys remoteness. News of the Cairn discovery, while popular with many in Greenland who hope that the revenues might help them win full independence from Denmark, was met by dismay from environmental groups; Greenpeace sent its ship the Esperanza to protest. On Wednesday, BP, whose safety reputation is now in the toilet, said it would not take part in this licensing round, no doubt to the great relief of the rest of the industry. Seeing Past the Illusionclipped by: celestialdancerclippers remarks: "Working on the koan is like a mosquito working on an iron bull" [Video] Desktop Fun: Aliens and Colonial Marines Wallpaper Collectionclipped by: kkcapricornclippers remarks: I love these.                Solitude conjures imaginary companionsclipped by: einbarclippers remarks: "Lonely people can make themselves a mindful gadget, a thoughtful pet, or a god to populate that world" Solitude conjures imaginary companions
Link to PubMed Maps: How Mankind Remade Natureclipped by: tabseyclippers remarks: How we have covered the planet.  As scientists get used to the idea that Earth is in a new geological age, that the Holocene ? the last geological age ? has been replaced by Anthropocene, they?re figuring out how it got to be that way. Two years ago, ecologists Erle Ellis and Navin Ramankutty at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, released a map of the world?s biological areas, traditionally known as biomes. Similar maps were found on science classroom walls across the land, but theirs was different in one very fundamental way: They updated the definition of biome to reflect how human beings used the land. Ellis and Ramankutty said this was much more relevant to the 21st century, with more than six billion people using more of Earth?s water, energy and matter than any other species, than classical biomes that didn?t account for humanity?s influence. They called their newly-defined areas ?anthromes,? short for anthropological biomes. It was a map for the anthropocene.   Tags: people How We Got the Bible - Alan Wattsclipped by: celestialdancer[Video] Calvin and Hobbesclipped by: tabseyclippers remarks: Ill say nothing.  Tags: life Upgraded Russian Subs TRACKING Trident Deterrent Sub Patrolsclipped by: merrieclippers remarks: A specially upgraded Russian Akula class submarine has been caught trying to record the acoustic signature made by the Vanguard submarines that carry Trident nuclear missiles, according to senior Navy officers. British submariners have also reported that they are experiencing the highest number of "contacts" with Russian submarines since 1987. If the Russians are able to obtain a recording of the unique noise of the boats propellers it would have serious implications for Britains nuclear deterrent. Using its sophisticated sonar, the Akula would be able to track Vanguards and potentially sink them before they could launch their Trident D4 missiles. The Daily Telegraph has learnt that, within the past six months, a Russian Akula entered the North Atlantic and attempted to track a Vanguard. The incident has remained secret until now. It is understood that the Russians stood off Faslane, where the British nuclear force is based, and waited ... The challenges the western nations face have increased, in the end, NOT decreased with the demise of the USSR. The maintenance of nuclear deterrence is something we have ACCEPTED as fact, and we can no more do this than can Israel believe the challenges to its right to exists are in the past. Russian subs stalk Trident in echo of Cold WarRussian submarines are hunting down British Vanguard boats in a return to Cold War tactics not seen for 25 years, Navy chiefs have warned. Zemanta Tags: british submariners, highest number of "contacts", russian submarines since 1987, trafalgar-class sub, upgraded russian akula class submarine Desireclipped by: wiganfootie Youre Watching: Playlist | Desire Videos What defines a sexy walk? See how men and women change their gait when they think eyes are watching. (more info)
Just to Make Sure You Feel Good Enough to Ask For a Raiseclipped by: celestialdancerclippers remarks: Talk about laugh!!! Though the sad thing is there are actually women who read and believe this stuff.  Summers Eve and Womens Day Magazine have advice for American women who may not be earning as much as their male colleagues, and need a bit of confidence-boosting before asking for a raise. Tip number one? Wash out your ladyparts. Then, go eat something. America Is Better Than Thisclipped by: debbyskiFacts and reality mean nothing to Beck. And there is no road too low for him to slither upon. The Southern Poverty Law Center tells us that in a twist on the civil rights movement, Beck said on the air that he ?wouldn?t be surprised if in our lifetime dogs and fire hoses are released or opened on us. I wouldn?t be surprised if a few of us get a billy club to the head. I wouldn?t be surprised if some of us go to jail ? just like Martin Luther King did ? on trumped-up charges. Tough times are coming.? He makes you want to take a shower. There is a great deal of hatred and bigotry in this country, but it does not define the country. The daily experience of most Americans is not a bitter experience and for all of our problems we are in a much better place on these matters than we were a half century ago. Does Your Language Shape How You Think?clipped by: debbyski SINCE THERE IS NO EVIDENCE that any language forbids its speakers to think anything, we must look in an entirely different direction to discover how our mother tongue really does shape our experience of the world. Some 50 years ago, the renowned linguist Roman Jakobson pointed out a crucial fact about differences between languages in a pithy maxim: ?Languages differ essentially in what they must convey and not in what they may convey.? This maxim offers us the key to unlocking the real force of the mother tongue: if different languages influence our minds in different ways, this is not because of what our language allows us to think but rather because of what it habitually obliges us to think about. I Had A Nightmareclipped by: debbyskiGlenn Beck is the anti-King. In fact, to even insinuate that the president?s policies are in any way equivalent to the brutality of the Jim Crow South at the time of the civil rights movement is the highest order of insult, particularly to those who lived and suffered through it, as well as to those who live with its legacy. If Beck truly thinks these movements are comparable, I have some pictures of ?strange fruit? I?d like for him to see. And yet, I?ve come to the conclusion that anger is the wrong reaction to Beck?s rally in Washington. Anger provides too low a return on investment. It consumes a tremendous amount of energy, but yields little progress. Instead, we should each take this opportunity to listen to the ?I Have a Dream? speech once more, paying particular attention to how the echoes of yesterday?s struggles reverberate in our present struggles, and to recommit ourselves to the nobility of righteous pursuits. We should use Glenn?s nightmare to reconnect with Martin?s dream. Personal Injury Experienced by Bicyclistsclipped by: MichaelEhlineclippers remarks: California is one of the most heavily commuting states in United States. Apart from huge numbers of cars on the road, California roads are also a very busy state with bicycles. Here you have biking lanes on almost all public streets, so biking is a highly recommended mode of transportation. Law blogs of real lawyers and attorneys from Lawyers.com. Tags: attorneys, bicycle attorneys, bicycle injury law firms los angeles, bicycle injury lawyers, bike crash, blogspersonal, injury, law, lawyers August 27, 2010clipped by: willhelmclippers remarks: Your world in a clip. Bernanke promises unconventional stimulus steps... Says recovery softer... Jackson Hole Debate on Double Dip ... WIRE: What Biden didnt mention on stimulus... ZUCKERMAN: The Most Fiscally Irresponsible Government in History... Joint Chiefs Chairman: National Debt is a Security Threat... Recession pushes US birth rate to new low... RECOVERY BUMMER: Youth employment lowest since 1948... 14 MURDERS IN ACAPULCO Russian subs stalk Trident in echo of Cold War... Ground Zero Mosque may get public financing... EPA Surrenders; Considered banning lead bullets... NRA: Backdoor move to override 2nd Amendment... BIG SIS PRAISES MAYOR DALEYS SPY CAMS...  Obama, Dems got 88% of employee contributions from ABCCBSNBC...  From Canadian Idol Contestant... to Terror Cell Suspectclipped by: merrieclippers remarks: While much is still to be learned about them, poverty, deprivation and social alienation do not appear to have been part their alleged descent to homicidal hatred. Yet it is that very ordinariness that has police and security experts concerned. How are they to spot potential terrorists before it?s too late? In this case, police say the arrests thwarted possible terror bombings around Ottawa and against Canadian troops in Afghanistan. Trio had feet firmly planted in Canadian life, and none were living in poverty. Raids on two west Ottawa addresses Wednesday uncovered more than 50 circuit boards police believe were intended to remotely trigger detonators for improvised explosive devices (IEDs). Also seized was what police described as a ?vast quantity? of schematics, videos, drawings, instruction books and electronic components for IEDs. Investigators believe the suspects are part of a domestic terrorist group with links to international terrorism. ?This case rei [Video] More on This Story To see images of Khurram Sher on Canadian Idol, click here. Click here to view photos of the Project Samosa suspects. 28-year-old Khurram Syed Sher, who was born in Pakistan, has been arrested under suspicion of terrorism-related activities. He has previously tried out as a contestant on Canadian Idol, singing Avril Lavignes Complicated and failing to move to the next round.OTTAWA ? The profiles of three alleged Islamist extremists whom police say posed ?a real and serious threat? to Ottawa and national security are at odds with the notion that terrorists exist on the margins of society. Two of the accused men are professionals ? a doctor (and father of three) and an x-ray technician. The third studied to be an electrical engineer. All are apparently intellectually mature individuals rooted in Canadian life. One even appeared on the reality program Canadian Idol Tags: ottawa.canada, canadian troops.afghanistan, canadian idol contest, suspect.terrorist investigation, project samosa suspects Ground Zero mosque may get Public Financingclipped by: merrieclippers remarks: The bonds could be issued through a local development corporation created for this purpose, experts said. The Islamic center would have to repay the bonds, which likely would be less expensive than taxable debt. New York Citys Industrial Development Authority could not issue debt for the center because the state civic facilities law, which governed this type of financing for non-profits, was allowed to expire about two years ago.  NEW YORK (Reuters) ? The Muslim center planned near the site of the World Trade Center attack could qualify for tax-free financing, a spokesman for City Comptroller John Liu said on Friday, and Liu is willing to consider approving the public subsidy. The Democratic comptrollers spokesman, Scott Sieber, said Liu supported the project. The center has sparked an intense debate over U.S. religious freedoms and the sanctity of the Trade Center site, where nearly 3,000 perished in the September 11, 2001 attack. Spokesmen for Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Governor David Paterson and the Islamic center and were not immediately available. The mosques backers hope to raise a total of $70 million in tax-exempt debt to build the center, according to the New York Times. Tax laws allow such funding for religiously affiliated non-profits if they can prove the facility will benefit the general public and their religious activities are funded separately. Hide your exes on the internet.clipped by: justchillclippers remarks: Make your ex invisible on the Internet... at least as far as you are concerned with this Web site. Ex-blockerHide your exes on the internet.The Ex-blocker is a browser plugin inspired by Stuff Hipsters Hate and created by JESS3 . 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You can add four more exes. Colorful favela paintings in Santa Martaclipped by: finn_gclippers remarks: Beautiful! See rest of the photos at site Sequestered within the city of Rio de Janeiro, two men are giving the poor, compact community of Santa Marta a radiant makeover. Jeroen Koolhaas and Dre Urhahn originally came to the favelas of Brazil in 2005 to film a documentary about hip hop for MTV, but after MTV left, they decided to stay. Soon after, the Dutch duo known simply as Haas&Hahn began Favela Painting, an organization dedicated to bringing ?outrageous works of art to unexpected places.? And if you think they?re doing this on their own accord, they aren?t. Local youths are employed as an integral part of their various projects. This is they last project in Santa Marta. Approximately 7000 square feet, spread over 34 houses.    It is a bit idealistic to expect that this project will improve the living conditions of favela residents, but the fact is that at least gives a better picture of reality. If you like this make sure to check something similar from Russia: Colorful Apartment Buildings Source: www.favelapainting.com Grow a beard with a knitted capclipped by: finn_gclippers remarks: These will soon be needed as the temp has suddenly dropped to about +7 C 
If you want to make your friends smile but at the same time keep warm in the cold winter times you should consider getting one of these knitted ?beard caps?. They can be joyful for everyone whether on a ski vacation with family or a fun day out in the cold with friends.
They come in different shapes and colors so it?s a lot to choose from, but one thing is sure ? you will never have a cold chin and lip again. Speaking of knitting, this artist has taken it to a whole new level by knitting and sewing sculptures.
More teens becoming fake Christiansclipped by: wiccantexanIf youre the parent of a Christian teenager, Kenda Creasy Dean has this warning: Your child is following a "mutant" form of Christianity, and you may be responsible. Dean says more American teenagers are embracing what she calls "moralistic therapeutic deism." Translation: Its a watered-down faith that portrays God as a "divine therapist" whose chief goal is to boost peoples self-esteem. She says this "imposter faith is one reason teenagers abandon churches. "If this is the God theyre seeing in church, they are right to leave us in the dust," Dean says. "Churches dont give them enough to be passionate about." Dean drew her conclusions from what she calls one of the most depressing summers of her life. She interviewed teens about their faith after helping conduct research for a controversial study called the National Study of Youth and Religion. My Honor Is Restored! Thanks Glenn Beck!clipped by: ratilfarclippers remarks: Flicking the gnat away!  Caturday: Surprise! Editionclipped by: ratilfar                                                                       Minority Religion is a Challenge for Kids and Teachersclipped by: wiccantexanMy kids are growing up in a Pagan household. When you enter our front door, you are met with a beautiful picture of the Goddess and our family altar. At eight, our youngest sees no reason to keep our rituals quiet and openly shares with his friends that we have a Maypole in our backyard, as well as a statue of Pan. Last year his class read a story about the Green Man and he shared all about the Pagan belief in the Lord of the Woods. These conversations can be difficult for teachers who have been raised in a more traditional religion. Because these stories and activities are not common and are often misunderstood, conversation about them causes some teachers discomfort and concern. I will not tell my son that he must hide what he believes. Children of majority faiths do not have to hide what they believe. Truth About Israel - American Media Wont Tell Youclipped by: brightlight4Truth About Israel - American Media Wont Tell You[Video] Stealth Gun Control: EPA Considering Ban on Traditional Lead Ammunition?clipped by: merrieclippers remarks: Where permitted, it increases the cost of gun ownership and use. The comment period on this proposed ban has just opened and will last until Oct. 31. The EPA must accept or reject the petition by Nov. 1, the day before the midterm elections. As if Democrats don?t have enough troubles, the Obama administration risks provoking all those townsfolk bitterly clinging to their guns. There are a couple of problems, the first being that when Congress passed the law it specifically exempted ammunition. So what the EPA proposes to do is illegal. The second is that there is no scientific basis for restricting lead ammunition on the basis of protecting the health of humans or wildlife. In a letter to EPA Director Jackson, NRA-ILA Executive Director Chris W. Cox pointed out that the EPA was trying to circumvent the law and congressional intent by dividing ammunition into its constituent parts and then trying to ban the parts.  And bullets made out of material other than lead are usually considered armor piercing and are therefore illegal. Do the math? (IBD)- The U.S. Supreme Court says Americans have an individual right to keep and bear arms. The EPA says the bullets for those guns may be banned as an environmental hazard. The endless power grabs by the federal leviathan know no boundaries of law, science or even common sense. The Environmental Protection Agency of Lisa Jackson is seriously considering a petition by the Center for Biological Diversity, a leading anti-hunting group, to ban all traditional lead ammunition under the Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA) of 1976. If the EPA approves the petition, the result will be a ban on all ammunition containing lead-core components. Bullets made of material other than lead are often considered armor-piercing by law and are banned. So this amounts to gun control by stealth. H/T:Mike Stack Posted by ZIP Tags: bullets banned, environmental hazard, epa director lisa jackson, nra director chris w. cox, toxic substance control act, 0bama thugs Obama, Democrats got 88 percent of 2008 contributions by TV network execs, writers, reportersclipped by: jay8hclippers remarks: This is not surprising but does prove the network news is not to be trusted. Obama, Democrats got 88 percent of 2008 contributions by TV network execs, writers, reportersSenior executives, on-air personalities, producers, reporters, editors, writers and other self-identifying employees of ABC, CBS and NBC contributed more than $1 million to Democratic candidates and campaign committees in 2008, according to an analysis by The Examiner of data compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics. The Democratic total of $1,020,816 was given by 1,160 employees of the three major broadcast television networks, with an average contribution of $880. By contrast, only 193 of the employees contributed to Republican candidates and campaign committees, for a total of $142,863. The average Republican contribution was $744. Is Facebook conductive to Inspiring Narcissistic behavior?clipped by: alexesclippers remarks: An interesting survey was conducted amongst college students regarding their activity on Facebook and whether the usage was more self promotional versus the "normal" sharing of ones life. I tend to agree with the one commenter when it comes to questioning the actual definition of narcissism as well as asking an important question which is the title of this amp - "Is Facebook conductive to Inspiring Narcissistic ( or any other personality disorder) traits ? To take this one step further and I am not just talking Facebook, I have also learned that social media platforms hold an appeal for narcissistic and other personality challenged people for these reasons: 1. Popularity - It allows the person to have superficial relationships with lots of people at once. some might say that having lots of friends is pretty much like collecting stamps or baseball cards as one did as a child - it does not show the character of a person, just that the person has a need for the illusion of popu Survey Says Facebook Feeds Narcissism [STUDY]
In a survey of 100 college students, young people with narcissistic personality traits were shown to exhibit Facebook ( 7 injred at Folson prison in shoot out.clipped by: shaorclippers remarks: I heard that Folson is one of the hardest prisons in the US. Seven injured as guards open fire in US jail riot Seven inmates at Folsom prison in California have been taken to hospital after guards opened fire during a riot, authorities say. None of the prisoners injuries are believed to be life-threatening, prison spokesman Luis Patino said. The riot, involving about 200 inmates, broke out on Friday night. No guards were injured, reports said. Three of the wounded inmates were reportedly taken to local hospitals, while others were treated at the jail. Initial reports said that five inmates had been wounded by guards when they opened fire. The number of casualties was later increased, but Mr Patino said it was unclear if all the wounded had been shot by the guards, or injured by other inmates. Folsom State Prison was made famous by the US singer-songwriter Johnny Cash in his 1955 song Folsom Prison Blues. Cash also performed a concert for inmates in the prisons refectory in 1968. Coolio - Gangstas Paradiseclipped by: lollipop10clippers remarks: Another great song. [Video] A Mother"s Touchclipped by: justchillclippers remarks: Take a moment to think what we have done for them?????? do u have an answer??? Poem For Our Children Mothers, touch your children, Fathers, hug them tight. Let them know you love them Morning, noon, and night. Put your arms around them, Hold them near to you, Feel the beating of their hearts, The life that you made new. Roll around the floor with them, Tease and laugh and play. Listen to what theyll tell you, They have so much to say. Take time to get to know them, See the colors in their eyes. Appreciate that person That deep inside them lies. Let them run their fingers through your hair and down your face. Fill their hearts with words of praise. Make home their favorite place. Cuddle with them on the couch And watch a t.v. show. Sing with them or share a book, And help their world to grow. Take a walk into the park, Hold each others hand, Build castles in the sand. Mothers, touch your children, Fathers, hug them tight. Show them what a gift they are. To love them feels so right ~Author: Kathie Davis~ Sotomayor on free speech "Theres no black-and-white line."clipped by: n2soonersclippers remarks: She is wrong, the first amendment was specifically made to protect the press, political speech, and religion FROM the government. The first amendment IS the black and white line that the government cannot cross. US supreme court justice Sonia Sotomayor has said the court is likely to have to rule on the issue of balancing national security and freedom of speech due to WikiLeaks posting a cache of US military records about the Afghan war. Her comments came in response to a question about security and free speech by a student at Denver university. The judge said she could not answer because "that question is very likely to come before me" Sotomayor said the balance between national security and free speech is "a constant struggle in this society, between our security needs and our first amendment rights, and one that has existed throughout our history." "That was not the beginning of that question, but an issue that keeps arising from generation to generation, of how far we will permit government restriction on freedom of speech in favor of protection of the country," Sotomayor said. "Theres no black-and-white line."  The Friendly Leftclipped by: jay8hTea Party Group Hit With Death ThreatsOne of Washingtons principal supporters of the Tea Party movement, former GOP Majority Leader Dick Armeys FreedomWorks, has been receiving death threats and profanity-laced phone calls as it gets involved in the fall elections. The number and intensity have reached such heights that the organization is leaving its downtown location near the FBI and moving to a high-security building near the U.S. Capitol. "FreedomWorks and Dick Armey receive dozens of threatening and harassing calls and E-mails each day. Many imply violence and use of weapons," spokesman Adam Brandon tells Whispers. "As we get closer to the election we expect the harassment to increase." "You guys better watch it," says one caller. "Now, we are going to destroy and obliterate Rush [Limbaugh] and Sean Hannity," said another. "Those two guys are dead." The Anarchic Republic of Pakistanclipped by: walski69clippers remarks: by Ahmed Rashid - nationalinterest.org A very sobering and bleak look at Pakistan, and why it is a nation that seems to be on the very brink of collapse. THERE IS perhaps no other political-military elite in the world whose aspirations for great-power regional status, whose desire to overextend and outmatch itself with meager resources, so outstrips reality as that of Pakistan. If it did not have such dire consequences for 170 million Pakistanis and nearly 2 billion people living in South Asia, this magical thinking would be amusing.  This is a country that sadly appears on every failing-state list and still wants to increase its arsenal from around 60 atomic weapons to well over 100 by buying two new nuclear reactors from China. This is a country isolated and friendless in its own region, facing unprecedented homegrown terrorism from extremists its army once trained, yet it pursues a ?forward policy? in Afghanistan to ensure a pro-Pakistan government in Kabul as soon as the Americans leave. Hell Freezes Over Satan Blames Al Goreclipped by: foxyarseclippers remarks: Al Gore says: Satan can kiss my Global Warming arse! Satan says: Al can kiss my frozen cojones! Hell Freezes Over Satan Blames Al Gore Hell- Record low temperatures resulted in major ice storms in Hell today. Satan reported Al Gores attempts to stop global warming as the cause." When Al sold me his soul for his riches I didnt know the bastard was going to actually stop warming" Satan explained. Mr. Gore speaking through his masseuse commented, "that will teach that horn toad looking son of a bitch to call the cops on me for feeling up my massage therapist". Gore also pointed to the Great Deceiver as the cause for his recent divorce from Tipper.  Satan, having a very camp panic attack Asked what his future plans were Satan said" Fuck this political shit Im moving to Florida and work on my tan". Our sources in Florida report a temperature increase over the last few days, raising speculation that Satan has moved to Florida already. It appears that a power struggle between Gore and Satan over who controls the dark side is developing. We can only hope that Satan comes out on top Your big laugh of the day!clipped by: shaorFidel Castro: Osama bin Laden is a US agentHAVANA - Fidel Castro says al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden is a bought-and-paid-for CIA agent who always popped up when former President George W. Bush needed to scare the world, arguing that documents recently posted on the Internet prove it. "Any time Bush would stir up fear and make a big speech, bin Laden would appear threatening people with a story about what he was going to do," Castro told state media during a meeting with a Lithuanian-born writer known for advancing conspiracy theories about world domination. "Bush never lacked for bin Ladens support. He was a subordinate." Castro said documents posted on WikiLeaks.org ? a website that recently released thousands of pages of classified documents from the Afghan war ? "effectively proved he was a CIA agent." He did not elaborate. Castro said it would be better to fix things on Earth then abandon the planet altogether. The Backside of the moonclipped by: wiganfootie Chamonix - France - 1024x768  Iceland 1024x768  Thailande - 1024x768  Abel Tasman - NZ - 1024x768  Dunedin - NZ - 1024x768  Patagonie - Chili - 1024x768  WALLPAPERS:              News about abusive texts stuns parents of dead girlclipped by: hotdoge3clippers remarks: The court heard Tiumalu had told the 15-year-olds parents he was 20 and had promised her father he would not have a sexual relationship with her. & His wife said go & kill your self.  The parents of a 15-year-old girl walked out of court yesterday when they learned that their daughters lover stood by and watched his wife send abusive texts to her. The girl killed herself days later. In the Rotorua District Court, Pelesasa Tiumalu, 28, was jailed for four years and three months for having sex with an underage girl. His wife, Elina, had previously received a nine-month deferred sentence for intimidation. The girls mother told the Weekend Herald last night she could not understand how one was jailed and the other was not. "Justice hasnt been done. Shes the one that pushed the buttons." After 13 months of questioning police, lawyers, courts and the coroners office, she heard for the first time yesterday from Judge James Weir that Tiumalu knew about the abusive texts. She wished Tiumalu or his wife had let her know he was leaving her daughter so she could have helped her. "The judge was right. They had so many chances to let us know." Do you want to live forever? - How to get rid of the 7 deadly things that are killing you - Aubrey de Greyclipped by: timquin[Video] How would you react to this message on your flight?clipped by: shaorScary gaffe adds to week of airline mishaps In the middle of an otherwise-peaceful British Airways flight from London to Hong Kong on Tuesday, a terrifying announcement blasted over the speakers. The automated message warned the 275 passengers to brace themselves, because the plane was about to crash into the sea. We all thought we were going to die," one passenger said. Flight attendants quickly reassured the traumatized passengers that the message was a mistake, and British Airways say they are investigating how the incident could have happened. (A similar incident happened in 1999, when a "mischievous passenger" pushed the automated crash message as a joke on a flight from San Francisco to London.) Obama lifts offshore drilling ban?but only for Soros | Western Tradition Partnershipclipped by: MichaelEhlineclippers remarks: Obama is much kinder to Brazil, and one of his biggest personal moneymen. The Obama-controlled U.S. Import-Export Bank announced in Aug. 2009 it is shipping $2 billion in tax dollars to the socialist-run country?s government-run oil company to finance oil drilling in the massive off-shore Tupi oil basin, according to The Wall Street Journal. And that $2 billion in taxpayer cash is just a down payment, as the Obama administration has talked with socialist President Lula da Silva about increasing that amount to Petrobras. In his Feb. 15, 2010 column, Michael Barone, Washington Examiner senior political analyst and co-author of the respected Almanac of American Politics, warned Tags: american politics, column, communist president, elitism, liberal elite, marxist, michael barone, senior, soros payoff, washington examiner AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMAclipped by: Steve Savageclippers remarks: You scare me because you are a cheerleader for the blame America Crowd and deliver this message abroad. You scare me because you want to change America to a European style Country where the government sector dominates instead of the private sector. You scare me because you want to replace our health care system With a government controlled one. You scare me because you prefer wind mills to responsibly Capitalizing on our own vast oil, coal and shale reserves. You scare me because you want to kill the American capitalist goose That lays the golden egg which provides the highest standard of Living in the world. You scare me because you have begun to use extortion tactics Against certain banks and corporations. You scare me because your own political party shrinks from Challenging you on your wild and irresponsible spending proposals. You scare me because you will not openly listen to or even consider Opposing points of view from intelligent people. AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA Dear President Obama: You are the thirteenth President under whom I have lived and unlike any of the others, you truly scare me. You scare me because after months of exposure, I know nothing about you. You scare me because I do not know how you paid for your expensive Ivy League education and your upscale lifestyle and housing with no visible signs of support. You scare me because you did not spend the formative years of youth growing up in America and culturally you are not an American. You scare me because you have never run a company or met a payroll. You scare me because you have never had military experience, thus dont understand it at its core.. You scare me because you lack humility and class, always blaming others. You scare me because for over half your life you have aligned yourself with radical extremists who hate America and you refuse to publicly denounce these radicals who wish to see America fail. Heated Nails hammered into woman.clipped by: shaorclippers remarks: This is horrific! Who in their right mind would do this? Heated nails hammered into Sri Lankan maid: doctor AFP Photo: Sri Lankan housemaid L. T. Ariyawathi (L) talks to a nurse while receiving treatment at... COLOMBO (AFP) - A Sri Lankan maid recovering from surgery to remove 19 nails from her body told doctors her Saudi employer heated the nails and hammered them into her body, an official said Saturday. Surgeons at Sri Lankas southern Kamburupitiya hospital removed 19 out of a total of 24 nails -- some two-inches (five-centimetres) long -- and a needle that were in her arms, legs and forehead during a three-hour operation. Hospital director Prabath Gajadeera said L.T. Ariyawathi, 49, told them her Saudi employer inflicted the injuries on her as a punishment because she found it difficult to communicate with those in the household. "She said her employer heated the nails and then hammered them into her body," Gajadeera told AFP. "The nails were in her arms, legs and forehead." He said the woman could not have driven the nails herself. Laughing Babyclipped by: justchillclippers remarks: SO cutely he is laughing on his fathers voice Hahaha [Video] Alan Watts - Existence is Weirdclipped by: celestialdancerclippers remarks: ?What is the group of all groups?? Is it only human? Is this world, was this world only created for humans? 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"For too long, this country has wandered in darkness, and we have wandered in darkness in periods from the beginning," Beck said as he opened his "Restoring Honor" rally on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. "We have had moments of brilliance and moments of darkness. But this country has spent far too long worried about scars and thinking about the scars and concentrating on the scars. Today, we are going to concentrate on the good things in... more by Beck - 7 hours ago - Washington Post (280 occurrences) |
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clipped by: stevenFNjonesAustralian independent Wilkie - wants troops out of Afghanistan !!
clipped by: beanzWilkie wants troops out of Afghanistan
Incoming independent MP Andrew Wilkie has described the justification for the war in Afghanistan as "one of the great lies of the election campaign".
Mr Wilkie has claimed victory in the Tasmanian seat of Denison, but he will wait a few more days before declaring who he will support in a hung parliament.
"Both Labor Party members and Coalition members continue to perpetuate this nonsense, that were only there to fight terrorists to prevent them coming to Australia, to prevent them committing terrorist attacks here."
"They at the moment are trying to implement a policy put in place by, I think, incompetent politicians and this continuing lie about why we are there," he said.
"But I do know peace will only come to Afghanistan when foreign troops are out and I think they should get out as soon as possible."
He says he did originally support the invasion in November 2001 and he still backs Australian soldiers "100 per cent", but there is no need to stay.
The Entire Glenn Beck Restoring Honor Rally
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400 Year Old Letter Reveals Lost Language
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Penned by an unknown Spanish author and lost for four centuries, the battered piece of paper was pulled from the ruins of an ancient Spanish colonial church in 2008.
But a team of scientists and linguists has only recently revealed the importance of the words written on the flip side of the letter.
"Even though [the letter] doesnt tell us a whole lot, it does tell us about a language that is very different from anything weve ever known?and it suggests that there may be a lot more out there," said project leader Jeffrey Quilter, an archaeologist at Harvard?s Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology.
But it was clearly a unique tongue, and likely one of two known only by the mention of their names in contemporary texts: Quingnam and Pescadora?"language of the fishers."
Stem Cells from Reprogrammed Adult Cells Found to Bring Along Genetic Defects of Their Donors
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