And that is all.
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WFRL: Achilles Last Stand
Achilles is the hero of Homer's Iliad.
Achilles Educated by the Centaur ChironMuseo Archeologico, Napoli, Inv 9109
Greek original 2nd century BC
Léon BENOUVILLEThe Wrath of Achilles ~ 1847
Floatin' Powa News Service: The Siberian Shaman's Shrooms
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The Siberian Fly Agaric Mushroom
(Amanita Muscaria)
The Siberian Fly Agaric Mushroom
(Amanita Muscaria)
Used as an intoxicant by the Koryaks of the Kamchatka Krai of eastern Siberia, the fly agaric mushroom has religious significance in Siberian culture and possibly also in ancient Scandinavian, Celtic, Chinese, Zoroastrian and Hindu cultures. The RigVeda (which was completed orally before 1500 BCE) is a Hindu collection of hymns dedicated to the gods. It tells of the ritual consumption of the psychoactive drink called SOMA. Most of the major symbols related to Christmas (flying reindeer, christmas trees, gift giving, santa claus, etc) are probably based on the Northern European and Asian traditions surrounding the harvest and consumption of Amanita muscaria mushrooms.
NETHERLANDS: Tariq Ramadan sacked over Iranian TV connectionsIslamic scholar Tariq Ramadan has been fired from his position at a Netherlands university over connections to an Iranian-funded television channel. In a statement, the municipality of Rotterdam and the Erasmus University Rotterdam said that the Swiss-born theologian's hosting of a programme on Iran's Press TV was "irreconcilable" with his position as a guest professor. "Although there is no doubt at all concerning Dr Ramadan's personal dedication, both boards found this indirect relationship with a repressive regime, or even the impression of being associated with it, not acceptable," the university wrote.AUGUST 5th, Oxford University:
Professor Tariq Ramadan, Research Fellow at St Antony's College, has been appointed His Highness Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani Chair in Contemporary Islamic Studies. His role will begin on 1st September 2009. Prof. Ramadan is a world-renowned scholar. He has previously worked on a government task force devising policies to counter Islamic extremism in Britain. Ramadan expressed gratitude for his appointment and commented, "such a chair is very much needed today and I am personally committed to making Oxford a centre of excellence on contemporary Islamic issues with worldwide academic connection."July 17: NY Federal Appeals Court Reverses Decision to Bar Swiss Muslim Scholar
The scholar, Tariq Ramadan, 46, a Swiss academic, was to become a tenured professor at the University of Notre Dame, but the Bush administration revoked his visa in 2004 and denied him a visa in 2006. The government cited evidence that from 1998 to 2002, he donated about $1,300 to a Swiss-based charity which the Treasury Department later categorized as a terrorist organization because it provided money to Hamas.Judge: US wrong to freeze Ohio charity's assets
TOLEDO, Ohio — The federal government says it wrongly froze the assets of an Ohio-based charity it suspected of having ties to the militant Islamic group Hamas...Hamas rejects US calls to normalise Arab-Israeli ties
Is Anyone Listening to What The Arabs Are Saying About Israel?
Even if the Obama administration were to succeed in compelling Israel to accept a two-state solution and stop building settlements in Judea and Samaria, this would not placate the Arabs or ensure peace in the region. Before embracing the idea of a Palestinian state, we should ask why the Arabs have consistently opposed partition, and examine the origin of the “Two-State Solution.”Hamas frees Fatah captives ahead of Ramadan
Abbas visits Sudan for talks with al-Bashir
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Wednesday started a two-day visit to Sudan, the first visit of a Palestinian president to the African country. Abbas, who was received by his Sudanese counterpart Omar al-Bashir at the airport, said he will discuss with al-Bashir a number of issues concerning the two sides. He said the two sides "are bound by historical and close ties," and there are many things to be talked about here.
Israel Says UN's Nuclear Watchdog Is Withholding Evidence on Iran
Citing unnamed Israeli officials and Western diplomats, the report said senior IAEA staffers in Vienna had deliberately excluded from reports a classified annex signed by the head of the IAEA’s Iran team. The paper said the U.S. and the trio of European Union countries involved in the marathon negotiations over Iran’s nuclear programs – Britain, Germany and France – were putting pressure on ElBaradei to include the information in his report to next month’s general convention.Israel PM summons minister over call to defy US
Uuuuchhh, BiBi you should be ashamed of yourself.
"I for one am not afraid of the Americans. There are issues on which one should say 'that's enough'," Yaalon said, in statements broadcast on Wednesday night by Channel 2.UN official voices "grave concern" at Israel's settlement activities
US raps Israel over limit on Palestinian-Americans
The United States has complained to Israel over rules that keep Palestinian-Americans from entering Israel, officials said Thursday.NY: Syrian Arrested in Plot to Sell Arms to SA Terrorists
A former member of the Syrian military was charged in New York on Wednesday with plotting to sell high-powered weapons to Colombian terrorists in exchange for more than a ton of cocaine.In Iran, Religious Leader praises Syria's resistance
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says world powers, particularly Washington, have lost their one-time influence in the Middle East. In a Wednesday meeting with visiting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Ayatollah Khamenei said the US-led drive to eradicate resistance movements in the region have come to naught.Assad visits Iran
"The American blade has lost its sharpness," said the Leader, citing the presence of resistant countries such as Iran and Syria as the reason why. The Leader said Syria has managed to distinguish itself from the rest of the Arab world by taking a stand against Western despotism. “Syria has become a symbol of resistance.”
Syrian President Bashar Assad in Tehran said his country and Iran "are on the same front." Assad reportedly made his one-day visit Wednesday to congratulate Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on his re-election as president of the Islamic Republic.
"Iran and Syria are on the same front, and any political event is an opportunity which must be used at the best way possible while helping one another," Ahmadinejad reportedly told Assad, according to Iranian media. Assad condemned "foreign intervention" in Iran's internal affairs.
He said the West feared Syria and Iran's success in the coming years. "I believe the Iranian people's re-election [of Ahmadinejad] is another emphasis on the fact that Iran and Syria must continue the regional policy as in the past," Assad said.
Iraqi officials held over blasts
Iraqi authorities have detained 11 security officers on suspicion of negligence following attacks in Baghdad that killed at least 95 peopleEgypt locks up 38 more friendly brothers of the Al Ikhwan
CAIRO — Egyptian police arrested 38 members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood this week, bringing the number in detention to at least 450, a security official and the Brotherhood said on Tuesday.Lebanon catches fugitive militant
Saudi Arabia announces al Qaeda arrests
OIC delegation visiting Xinjiang following riots
The Saudi-based Organisation of The Islamic Conference, whose membership includes 57 countries, aims to “observe firsthand the conditions of Muslims” in Xinjiang, the conference said in a statement on its website. China has been worried that the violence in Xinjiang could overshadow its developing ties with the Islamic world. Although the riots drew a muted response from most Muslim countries, Iran and Turkey did criticise China and the crackdown that followed.
Objective: “The delegation will also examine the root causes that gave rise to the recent outbreak of violence and the means to tackle the key causes behind the crisis,” the conference’s statement said. Beijing says the violence was not triggered by ethnic or religious differences but was instigated by overseas independence groups. However, ethnic tensions between minority Muslim Uighurs and members of the dominant Han Chinese have long simmered in Xinjiang, a sprawling oil-rich territory three times bigger than France.
Taliban Attacks Close Polling Booths
Taliban attacks forced as many as 11 percent of polling stations in Afghanistan’s presidential election to close, undermining efforts to boost the government’s legitimacy by exceeding the 8 million voter turnout achieved five years ago. The U.S. and its allies are counting on a heavy turnout and a clear result to produce an administration strong enough to turn around an escalating war with Taliban militants that is killing record numbers of foreign troops and Afghan civilians.Tribal leaders accuse Hamid Karzai supporters of offering bribes
Afghanistan's Dostum denies Karzai vote deal
A former militia chief, whose return to Afghanistan days before an election could tip the balance in favor of Hamid Karzai, said Wednesday he had not made a last-minute deal to back the president.Karzai's secret weapon: Obedient girl power
Iran to nominate new oil minister
Iranian Cleric Predicts Opposition Will Topple Ahmadinejad
Is China behind Musen's intrusion to Indian Waters?Now the news that a North Korean merchant vessel MV Musen dropped anchor just five km off Hut Bay Island in Little Andamon without authorization has surprised the Indian authorities. The Indian Coast Guard detained the ‘suspicious’ North Korean ship on 6 August 2009 after more than six hours of high drama that ended with Indian sailors firing in the air. The question that puzzles security analysts in India is why did the vessel violate international law and come to India’s territorial water without permission. Given the close liaison with China, is it a Chinese ploy to use the North Korean vessel to engage in surveillance activities?Seized North Korean ship moved to Kakinada
Why China is the Next Big Oil Play
CNPC (CHINA) signs agreement with Exxon Mobil
CNPC (CHINA) signs MOU with Abu Dhabi National Oil
Australia tries to halt slide in China ties
Inside Intel / Myanmar learns to love the bomb?
Uganda: Slaves for 'Hire'
As America Focuses on Trivia, Congolese DieThe Ugandan government on 5 August put into place an export ban on all private companies sending Ugandan women to certain Arab and near Eastern countries to work as maids. Some of the banned countries include Afghanistan, Iraq, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen.
According to the Ugandan newspaper Daily Monitor, the ban is the result of the testimony of a 24-year-old Ugandan woman who claimed she was “tortured by her bosses after being decoyed by a private company to work in Iraq in May 2009.”SNIP
The secretary of state spent 11 days visiting seven nations across sub-Saharan Africa. At every stop she tried to train a spotlight on some of humanity’s most pressing crises, from the AIDS epidemic to the chaos of failed states. So what was the big story emerging from the trip? A 20-second flare-up in Congo, where she snapped at a student for seeming to ask about her husband’s opinion rather than hers. That was the high point, aired over and over and seared into America’s consciousness.
Trailing behind was her unfortunate rumination in Nigeria on the 2000 Florida presidential tally, in the middle of a pointed exchange on how democracy works. Bringing up the rear was actual reporting on the issues. What little there was came mostly in dutiful round-ups by which news outlets lent their coverage a touch of gravitas. Typically, these featured a sentence or two on each of Clinton’s stops: AIDS in South Africa; corruption in Kenya; troubled democracy in Nigeria, where regional unrest threatens oil production; a mass epidemic of rape and sexual mutilation in Congo, the latest ugly twist in an 11-year civil war that has caused some 5.4 million deaths and shows no sign of ending; indications of economic progress in Angola; a celebratory meeting with Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Africa’s first female elected head of state; showcase achievements in Cape Verde.
But wait. Let’s rewind to Congo. Yes, you read that correctly: Roughly 5,400,000 persons, by the widely accepted calculations of the impeccably button-down International Rescue Committee, have died in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 1998 in the course of a horrific, unending orgy of brutality. Why, the careful reader might ask, are we talking about anything else?
Russia's role in piracy crisis a cover for nuclear proliferationRussian opposition has accused Moscow of ginning up the piracy crisis as a cover to hide potential nuclear proliferation (via Instapundit):Hijackers Threatened to Blow Up Mystery Ship
Arctic Sea hijackers questioned in Russian jail
Russia tackles Siberian chemical oil slick
Chemical pollution from Monday's explosion at Russia's largest hydro-electric power station has killed fish and spread down a major Siberian river.Russian officials say booms are being deployed on the Yenisei river to trap the transformer oil. Absorbents are being thrown from helicopters.
Siberia/Russia: Blast prompts major review
Russia, South Ossetia and Georgia: Further tension in the Caucasus
Gazprom gets a controlling stake in Turkey's largest gas distributor
Gazprom may cede Kovykta field to State
Poland Expecting Merkel, Putin, Kouchner, Miliband
Russia's South Ravaged by Terrorist Attacks
Medvedev calls for tougher "terrorism" trials
President of Uzbekistan receives Glorious Commander of US Petraeus!President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov received General David Petraeus, the Commander of the US Central Command, on 18 August at Oqsaroy residence in Tashkent. Uzbekistan attaches great importance to further development of relations with the United States and is ready to expand constructive bilateral and multilateral cooperation based on mutual respect and equal partnership, Islam Karimov said.What Do the US and Turkmenistan Have in Common?
Uzbekistan and the US cooperate in establishment of peace and stability in Afghanistan and socioeconomic revival of this country. Through the Uzbek territory, non-military and humanitarian cargoes are delivered to Afghanistan. David Petraeus confirmed the interest of the current US administration in development of cooperation with Uzbekistan in various spheres.
The US general also noted Uzbekistan’s important contribution to the strengthening of stability in Afghanistan and regional security. The sides considered perspectives of Uzbek-American relations and other issues representing mutual interest.
Foreign Policy came up with a list of “The World’s Worst Healthcare Reforms”. Keeping company with Russia, China, and Turkmenistan is the good old U.S. of A.: “The United States has the rare distinction of being both one of the world’s richest countries and having one of its least-functional health care systems. … [F]or the most part, the history of health reform in the United States has been a history of failure.” But it sounds like we still have a leg up on Turkmenistan: “In a frankly insane healthcare reform effort, [President Saparmurat Niyazov] restricted the public’s access to care by replacing up to 15,000 doctors and nurses with unqualified military conscripts. … He also implemented fees and created an ‘unofficial’ ban on the diagnosis of certain communicable diseases, like hepatitis.”Turkmenistan: Forgotten Journalists of the Gulag
MSU Journalism department graduates – the ex-Foreign Affair Minister of Turkmenistan Boris Shikhmuradov and ex-Chairman of the Committee for television and radio broadcasting of Turkmenistan Serdar Rakhimov – have spent over six years in jail, totally isolated from the outer world. Even the closest relatives are not aware of their imprisonment location. They cannot receive letters and parcels. They are not the subject of pardon. They are not allowed to see the representatives of international human rights organizations and International committee of Red Cross.Five reasons why Kazakhstan doesn't deserve presidency in OSCE
Swine Flu Fears Lead To Designer Masks In Kazakhstan
DejaVu. Oink.
US Recession May Have Ended in June, Goldman's McKelvey SaysHAHAHAHA! These fucking guys are hilarious. Oh.... this is not satire?
Goldman Sachs spent $630,000 lobbying in 2Q
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. spent $630,000 in the second quarter to lobby on automotive industry issues and legislation related to the financial bailout program, according to a recent disclosure report.But Raytheon spent $1.8M lobbying government in 2Q!
Holy Crap, The Gold Man Owns Annie Leibovitz, too!
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said it owns part of the $24 million loan to photographer Annie Leibovitz that led to the breach-of-contract lawsuit she faces, and offered to work with her to “resolve her financing needs.”Fresh questions on the credibility of ailing banks' external auditorsLeibovitz, 59, faces a complaint filed by another creditor for the loan, Art Capital Group, a New York-based company which lends using art as collateral. Art Capital claims she breached an agreement that allows the company to sell the photographs and real estate she had pledged to back the sum, according to a suit filed in New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan on July 29. Leibovitz’s spokesman Matthew Hiltzik declined to comment.
“We are deeply troubled by recent developments concerning Annie Leibovitz and Art Capital,” said Andrea Raphael, a Goldman spokeswoman, in an e-mailed statement. “We have proposed to Art Capital that we terminate the current loan agreement with their affiliate so that we can work directly with Ms. Leibovitz.”
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Utility companies teaming up with FordAll the better to track your sorry ass you gleeking serf.
A list of utility companies currently working with Ford Motor Co. on intelligent vehicle-to-grid communications and control systems that will enable electric cars to "talk" to local power grids ~PNC professor named "Energy Patriot" by U.S. Sen Dick Lugar
Jewsus save me from "Energy Patriots"
Zagats for Healthcare: Will the Government Start Rating All Providers?
Rockefeller Refers to Obama's Science Czar as 'Walking on Water'
In a recent congressional hearing, Senate Commerce Chairman John D. Rockefeller IV (D.-W.V.) told John P. Holdren, President Barack Obama’s science czar, that he sometimes refers to Holdren as “walking on water.”Arizona lawmaker Trent Franks worries about Obama advisers
Holdren is director the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and a top adviser to the president on climate-change policy. In writings published in past years, Holdren has advocated “de-development” of the United States and redistribution of wealth both within and between nations.
In a 1973 book, Holdren said: “The fetus, given the opportunity to develop properly before birth, and given the essential early socializing experiences and sufficient nourishing food during the crucial early years after birth, will ultimately develop into a human being.”
At a July 30 hearing of the Senate Commerce Committee focusing on climate change, Sen. Rockefeller complimented Holdren, using terms that alluded to one of the miracles recounted in the Gospels. “The president, I think, has surrounded himself with some of the most brilliant choices,” said Rockefeller at the hearing.
“Dr. Holdren, I don’t want to embarrass you, but I sometimes refer to you as walking on water.”
As well he should.
Government enlists employers' help to contain flu
Governors Oppose The Pentagon
STFU you fishy mob of Governors, don't you know that none of this is really happening?
The leadership of the National Governors Association is opposing a new Defense Department proposal to handle natural and terrorism-related disasters, contending that a murky chain of command could lead to more problems than solutions.
Chairman of the association Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas (R), and Vice Chairman Gov. Joe Manchin (D) of West Virginia recently wrote a letter opposing the Pentagon proposal. Current law gives governors control over National Guard forces in their own states as well as any Guard units and Defense Department personnel imported from other states. The letter is in response to a Pentagon proposed legislative fix that would give the Secretary of Defense the authority to assist in response to domestic disasters and, consequently, have control over units stationed in an affected state.
In other words take the responsibility away from the governors.
The governors stated: "We are concerned that the legislative proposal you discuss in your letter would invite confusion on critical command and control issues, complicate interagency planning, establish stove-piped response efforts, and interfere with governors’ constitutional responsibilities to ensure the safety and security of their citizens.”
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Nuclear Unit Begins Operations at Minot Air Force Base
A new unit set to manage upkeep of the U.S. ICBM fleet was scheduled to begin operations yesterday at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota, the Associated Press reported Roughly 12 military and civilian staffers form the 798th Munitions Maintenance Group, which will lead maintenance, handling and control of the Minuteman 3 arsenal. Such work previously was the responsibility of individual units at Minot and other Air Force bases in California, Montana and Wyoming. "We will definitely be on the road visiting other units, and we'll have daily contact with them to support them," said Col. David Milner Jr., commander of the Minot unit.
Ex-ACORN Vegas director to testify against group A former Las Vegas director for a political advocacy group accused of illegally paying canvassers to register voters during last year's presidential campaign has pleaded guilty to a reduced charge and agreed to testify against the group and another employee.Homeland Security expands Global Entry
Christopher Edwards pleaded guilty this week to two gross misdemeanor counts of conspiracy to commit the crime of compensation for registration of voters. He agreed to testify against the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, known as ACORN, and Amy Busefink, a former regional voter registration director. The case threatens the group's ability to operate in Nevada, with the possibility that the group could have its status as a nonprofit corporation revoked, said Conrad Hafen, chief deputy attorney general for Nevada.
BOHICA!
Obama outpacing Bush on controversial 'signing statements'
The Obamanable Bushman Cometh!
During his 2008 campaign for president, Barack Obama was highly critical of his predecessors’ use of “signing statements,” an obscure Executive Branch tool to get things done via back channel. Candidate Obama promised “restraint” in their use. By restraint, he meant not issuing signing statements that “undermine the legislative intent or nullify or undermine congressional instructions as enacted into law.” But Obama also thinks the signing statement is a tool “to protect a president’s constitutional prerogatives.”Global Spin Doctors
Clearly President Obama feels his prerogatives have been threatened by Congress, because he has signed five statements as of July 26, 2009. That pace puts him slightly ahead of President George W. Bush, who didn’t sign his fifth until August of his first year in office. Tell that to your average Obama supporter and they will likely raise their eyebrows in surprise.
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We endure, ignore, or fall prey to as many as 20,000 ads a day. That's one ad every three seconds of our waking hours. We wear ads on our shirts, forward commercials via email, sing jingles with our friends, and even brand corporate icons on our bodies. We've developed vaccines to address this particular virus. There's Naomi Klein's No Logo and the cheeky magazine Adbusters.
There's Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting's radio program Counterspin andthe ad-stripping features of TiVo. But the virus continues to mutate and spread. Geopolitics is not immune to this disease. Flip through any foreign policy magazine and you'll find plenty of advertising. Governments, desperate for foreign investment and tourists, take out glossy "sponsored sections" in Foreign Affairs and "special advertising supplements" in Foreign Policy.
The recent news from Nigeria has been pretty bleak: endemic corruption, bloody insurgency in the Niger Delta, fraudulent elections in 2007. The 10-page spread in the May/June issue of Foreign Affairs, however, mentions none of that: It's all about growth, transparency, and investor confidence. Angola hired a slicker PR firm to design its recent 24-page section in Foreign Policy: nice pictures and graphics, upbeat interviews, and the repeated message that the country has lots and lots of oil. None of the smiling interview subjects mentions that the country hasn't had a democratic election in two decades or that two-thirds of Angolans live on less than $2 a day.
Some of the spinning borders on the surreal. Equatorial Guinea paid the PR firm Cassidy & Associates $120,000 a month for an image makeover, which required transforming an oil-rich dictatorship ruled by the ultra-corrupt Teodoro Obiang into a palatable U.S. ally. All that loot translated into a prominent photo op with Condi Rice and her comment that Obiang was a "good friend." When celebrities say stupid things in public or get nabbed for shoplifting, their agents shift into overdrive.
The same thing happens to countries that get nailed in public for their horrendous human rights abuses. This is what Cassidy & Associates calls crisis communications: "[W]e put this strength to work on behalf of clients that require immediate communications support to protect themselves in the face of unexpected public image challenges." What takes place behind the scenes is perhaps the most pernicious. After all, we congratulate ourselves on seeing through the obvious advertisements. We would never fall for Nigeria's third-rate spread in Foreign Affairs. We would never succumb to the seductions of a TV infomercial. We would never click on the ubiquitous pop-ups. But what about all the money that governments circulate through the media universe to grease wheels, influence politicians, or secure prized appearances on the TV talk shows?
Indeed, the PR race is not that different from the arms race. Russia, for instance, recently paid nearly $3 million to Ketchum for a six-month media blitz to promote the country's leaders and policies. Georgia has retained Public Strategies, Inc. at $50,000 a month. And the breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia have hired Mark Saylor Co. at $30,000 a month. An uptick of spending on one side will inevitably lead to an increase on the other side, as PR becomes war by other means. The firms hope that the spin they set in motion will, through the alchemy of the media, turn into "facts" in an editorial, or an op-ed, or even a reporter's dispatch.
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CLICK ME! MIR DIAMOND MINE ~ Mirny, Eastern Siberia.
The World's Largest Hole.
4.8 Quake ~ SOUTHWESTERN SIBERIA
6.1 Quake ~ NORWEGIAN SEA
6.3 Quake ~ South of Fiji Islands
5.0 rattles Anchorage, southcentral Alaska
Third earthquake in four days hits Colorado
REMEMBERING THE 1959 YELLOWSTONE QUAKE
Caribbean Artifacts in Underwater Cave
Biblical Archaeology and the Politics of Nations
There is a growing tendency to use academic argument to delegitimatize Israel...
Latest Islamic figure to deny documented archeological history
Can You Really Trust That Scientific Article?
6.1 Quake ~ NORWEGIAN SEA
6.3 Quake ~ South of Fiji Islands
5.0 rattles Anchorage, southcentral Alaska
Third earthquake in four days hits Colorado
REMEMBERING THE 1959 YELLOWSTONE QUAKE
Joann Smith was 11 years old the night she huddled next to her sister, mother and dad as the ground shook and swayed. She heard the screams of people who had been camping at the Rock Creek Campground in Montana, just outside Yellowstone National Park, when a massive landslide roared down. "It was frightening. It was horrible," recalled the Denver resident of the night of Aug. 17, 1959. "You could actually see the ground open up."Wildfire breaks out in southern Italy
Caribbean Artifacts in Underwater Cave
Biblical Archaeology and the Politics of Nations
There is a growing tendency to use academic argument to delegitimatize Israel...
Latest Islamic figure to deny documented archeological history
Can You Really Trust That Scientific Article?
Readers generally expect objective information from scientific papers authored by doctors at top medical schools. However, evidence suggests a widespread practice of doctors attaching their names to papers actually written by ghostwriters for drug companies. Often such articles have been written in a way to boost the sales of that company's product. The articles benefit from the reputation of the doctor whose name is attached to the paper. This practice breaches the public trust and is an issue of medical ethics. It is entrenched at some universities that fail to acknowledge the problem and don't have rigorous ethics rules for faculty members.
Aug 18, 2009 Scientists in Tel Aviv say they've demonstrated that DNA evidence can easily be faked to match the wrong person - assuming the nefarious framer has access to a biology lab and DNA database.YOU'RE A RACIST!
The Ultimate Emotional Intimidation...
Pastorious said it first ~ 8/15/09: "COMPARE AND CONTRAST"
Bob Dylan is the Anti-Gates: What CNN Doesn’t Want You to Know
The story is not that the officers were too young to know who Dylan was — it’s the fact that Dylan didn’t mind proving who he was. If we’re ever going to rise above race-baiting, news outlets have a duty to shine an even brighter light on decent behavior. But CNN made sure you’d never know Dylan was the anti-Gates.HOMOVISION.TV : GAY HUMANISTS, DAWKINS AND WWII'S TURING
The gay Humanist charity the Pink Triangle Trust (PTT) has warmly welcomed the decision of Richard Dawkins to back the campaign to win an official apology for Alan Turing, the code-breaking genius and father of the modern computer who committed suicide in 1954 after being prosecuted for being homosexual. More than 2,500 people have now added their name to the on-line petition calling for the Government to recognise the “consequences of prejudice” that ended the life of the scientist aged just 41. Professor Dawkins said that an apology would “send a signal to the world which needs to be sent”, and that Turing would still be alive today if it were not for the repressive, religion-influenced laws which drove him to despair.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Floatin' Powa News Service: $45 Short Of A Macher...
"Macher" ~ Yiddish: Big Shot, Big Man, Wheeler Dealer
CLICK MEI am Tamara De Lempicka,
and these are some of my paintings.
Some of Obama's Actions Linked to Anti-SemitismYa think? He is Anti-Human too. All Hail Seizer, Czar Obamanable Bushman, genus Homo Stultus.
Hershkowitz tells the Jerusalem Post: "I am disappointed in Obama's policies. Some of the steps he has taken, like giving a medal to Mary Robinson, are borderline anti-Semitic... Relations with the U.S. are important, but relations must go both ways."Jerusalem US Consulate is De Facto Embassy to PA
Obama's State Department Submits to Islam
The Bureau of International Information Programs (IIP) has assembled a range of innovative and traditional tools to support Posts' outreach activities during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.At White House, Mubarak urges speeding up Mideast peace talks
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak used a newfound welcome mat Tuesday at the White House to urge the United States to accelerate Mideast peace talks, skipping past temporary steps that he said have led nowhere and moving instead to a final negotiation about the status of Jerusalem, of refugees and of borders.Mubarak said that President Barack Obama promised to roll out a specific U.S. peace plan in the next several weeks, in time for a gathering of world leaders at the United Nations in New York in late September.Egyptian team in PA for reconciliation talks
A delegation of Egyptian security officials arrived in Ramallah Monday to address Fatah-Hamas reconciliation talks. The delegation, led by general Mohammed Ibrahim, the deputy to Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Suleiman, met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Amman before coming to Ramallah, in order to discuss the chances of another round of talks between Fatah and Hamas.German mediators, Egyptian interests
Okeedokee then.
The Germans are the ones who managed to close the last two swaps of prisoners for bodies with Hezbollah, themselves providing incentives that helped seal the deal.Russian, Israeli Leaders Discuss Mideast Peace, Iran
Jewsus save us all!
Israeli President Shimon Peres says he is confident Russia can play a key role in restarting the stalled Middle East peace process.Obama Sees 'Positive Steps' in Mideast
Despite rhetoric, Netanyahu has suspended Jewish settlement building
Protesters heckle US Republican Huckabee in Jerusalem
Protesters chanted "go home" one of the banners they held up said: "Huckabee, we are not pawns in your Armageddon."Israel furious over Swedish newspaper article
Just Israel, huh? Okeedokee then.
The story made headlines in Israel, where some commentators compared it to medieval accusations that Jews killed Christian children for their bloodJihadi Public Relations
By Walid Phares
How far will terrorists go to cloak themselves in legitimacy? Last week’s action in the Gaza Strip, now governed by the terrorist network Hamas, is a good example.Radical Gaza Islamists vow to defy Hamas
Hamas’ attack against the Jund Ansar Allah (JAA, “The Soldiers or the Partisans of Allah”), a Jihadist group inside Gaza, was intended to provide the Palestinian Islamist organization a pass to become a “mainstream” movement, acceptable internationally as a partner in peace negotiations with Israel.
This is another murky development in the world of Jihadism, where the biggest brothers in holy war devoured the little ones in a race between who can achieve final victory against the Kuffar (infidels). In Gaza, these intra-Jihadist slaughter fests are more important because the “Palestine cause” is so central to the global Islamist political narrative.
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Jordan accuses Israel of aggression
Jordan and Syria register pesticides
Pesticides? To them all Juden are pests to be eradicated. Just sayin'.
Syrian militant escapes Lebanese prison
Accidentally on purpose. No one "escapes" in the ME, believe me. They were allowed to escape. Maybe it did not even happen this way at all and they let them out the front gate, but it is great propaganda for them either way.
BEIRUT — Eight members of an al-Qaida-inspired group sawed bars off their cell windows in a high-security Lebanese prison Tuesday, scaled down the building using blankets tied together, then stood on each other's shoulders to help one jump over a wall and escape, security officials said.Raytheon eyes new anti-missile system for Israel
Don't trust them, Israel! RUN!
Jihad Magazine Warns of Terror Attacks in EuropeSNIP
I can't find the original Sun article, but according to Express India the source of The Sun is a website "promoted by supporters of deported hate preacher Abdullah al-Faisal".Pop quiz: Al Faisail's "official" website is run by whom? That's right, New York City's only Jewish al Qaeda supporter, Joseph "Youssef al-Khattab" Cohen.
And the magazine being promoted by Khattab? None other than Charlotte, North Carolina's favorite son, Samir Khan's Jihad Recollection.
So, the the publisher (Khan) and promoter (Cohen) of the magazine containing the alleged threat of a "spectacular attack" are both here in the United States, not in Britain as Robert surmises.
But what of "Abu Talha", the pseudonymous author of the article cited above and entitled, "The raison d’être for Europe’s potential of Jihadi assault"? And whom Spencer surmises is British?
He's American.
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Hizb ut-Tahrir: “what is required is actual war”
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I will begin with a statement issued by Ata Abu Rishta as the official spokesperson of HT (and now its global leader) in Jordan in May 1994, a few weeks before the Cairo Agreement;
There can be no peaceful relations with the Jews: this is prohibited by Islamic Law. It is also prohibited to settle for only part of Palestine. There can be neither negotiations, co-existence nor normalization of relations with the Jews in Palestine. None of the Jews in Palestine who arrived after the destruction of the Ottoman Empire have the right to remain there. The Islamic legal rule requires that those of whom are capable of fighting be killed until none survive. Any others should be forced to leave. Individual Jews who lived in Palestine (as part of a dhimma community) before the end of the (Ottoman) empire and are not guilty of any violent act against the Muslims can be allowed to stay… however, it is anticipated that none belong in this category. It is impossible to solve the problem of Palestine by peaceful means: what is required is actual war, in the form of Jihad.
(A Fundamental Quest: Hizb al-Tahrir and the search for the Islamic Caliphate, page 162, Suha Taji-Farouki Grey Seal London)
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The main problem is that the lure of riches, bigger homes in the Hamptons, private islands and Gulfsteam jets has the banks, investment houses and hedgefunders panting with desire while the future of our democracy, our children’s future lives will be impacted by this insidious form of financial terrorism.Iraqi leader wants Syria to hand over suspects
Iraq's prime minister is asking Syrian officials to hand over people suspected of links to insurgent attacks in his country and to stop fighters from crossing its border into northern Iraq, one of his advisers said Tuesday.
Nouri al-Maliki was pressing the request in talks with Syrian officials in Damascus, as Iraq seeks to improve security cooperation with its neighbor and cut off the flow of weapons and foreign fighters to remaining insurgent strongholds like Mosul, 225 miles (360 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad.His visit also uncovered strains with the United States, which angered Iraq by sending a high-level delegation to Syria last week for meetings that included similar discussions over Iraq's security. That prompted al-Maliki's government to insist that it was not up to the United States to negotiate over Iraq's security with another country.
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Official: Iran Ready for Nuclear Talks"Talks without preconditions is Iran's main stance in negotiations on the nuclear issue," Iran's envoy to the U.N. nuclear agency watchdog, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, said, according to Reuters.Iran denies it is open to nuclear talks
Naturally the denial only means we are very interested to speak with comrade apostate Kenyan Oymerikan Obama! We think the brother understands Glow Ball Peace through Dead Yehudi... so STFU, you fishy oymerikan shoe mob, and prepare for your Caliph fate! The Mahdi comes out of the well, you will see! ulululululululululululululu!
~ Ahmadi-Nejad
An Iranian official has denied he said Tehran was ready for talks with the West on its nuclear programme based on mutual respect and without conditions.Iran: Reformist Cleric's Newspaper Is Shut Down
Iran: 30 converts from Islam to Christianity arrested
Photos: Vanak Church in Isfahan, Iran
Iran bans leasing of more Russian-built planes
Trade in guns and drugs that fuels war in Afghanistan
Low Expectations Ensure Karzai Is Favorite in Race"Are you Afghan intelligence?"
No.
"Are you ISI?"
No.
"Then why are you asking questions?"
I'm a journalist.
"Are you Arab?"
Yes, I said. I asked him again how business was.
"It's good. Powder [heroin] is good."
Hey that's how they win here!
Afghan vote carries big risk for US fight against Taliban
Peace Talks With Taliban Top Issue in Afghan Vote
Please the UK & the US have been hinting at "peace talks" with the Taliban for almost TWO YEARS. So now it will come to fruition along with everything else.
China's CNPC signs crude pact with Abu Dhabi's ADNOCFACTBOX: China's African investment
IntelliBriefs: Central Asia: China Holds the Cards
GM: sales in July in China up 77.7%
Sugar deal: Why Korean ship went off course
With drought-like conditions affecting sugarcane cultivation, wholesale sugar prices soared from Rs 2,450 to Rs 3,050 per quintal last week. The global prices went up from $420 to $560 per tonne, registering a 28-year high, as Brazil, the biggest sugar producer, lost most of its crop to heavy rain. According to the International Sugar Organization, London, the global demand for sugar will exceed output by 5 million tonnes through September 2010.US diplomat leaves for Asia
The State Department says Philip Goldberg is leaving Tuesday for meetings in Singapore. He will be in Bangkok on Friday, then will travel to Seoul on Monday and then to Tokyo.Goldberg said last week the measures against the North will continue until its government takes irreversible action to scrap its nuclear program.Brazil's Oil Giant Wants To Nationalize Oil Production
Italy to sign nuclear protocol with US
Eurasian Secret Services Daily Report:1) Russia expels two Czech diplomats in spy row reciprocationlustrated, lustrating, lustrates, lustration:
2) Brother of Real IRA commander who tried to buy weapons from Lithuanian intelligence officer facing trial in Vilnius
3) KGB officers detained and deported Russian TV journalists from Belarus
4) President of Belarus willing to give KGB and Interior Ministry right to arrest without prosecutor’s sanction
5) Father of accused Russian GRU Lieutenant-Colonel claims his son has nothing in common with trafficking of women
6) Georgian parliament member calls for law on lustration
To purify by means of ceremony.
Of Human Bondage
In Belarus alone it is thought that up to 800,000 "missing" people - men and women - could be working in Russia against their will. It is not illegal in Russia for employers to retain staff passports or keep workers virtually imprisoned in a work compound.Dozens Thought Dead at Russian Plant
Hundreds of rescuers scrambled Tuesday to try to locate more than 60 workers trapped in a Siberian hydroelectric plant after an accident on Monday. But with only two survivors recovered, the acting chief executive of RusHydro, which owns the plant, said that most had probably drowned.Germany Warms Up to Business Deals With Russia
That Vlad he is so sexy, I can not resist!
~ Frau Merkel
Putin says aircraft industry, space exploration as priority
To da moon, comrade cosmonauts!
Russia will not support aerospace mistakes - Putin
In Soviet Russia Mistake Makes You.
HAHAHA!
~ Yo Daddy Vladdy
Russia Says It Holds Hijackers of Cargo Ship
This whole thing is not what they say it is and we will never know what it was. Drink!
The Russian government has released neither photos nor video of the crew or the ship since the rescue. The only details have come from Mr. Serdyukov, though the Malta Maritime Authority, under whose flag the Arctic Sea was flying, confirmed on Tuesday that the Russian Navy had found the vessel and arrested the eight men. The authority also said that it had been tracking the ship for several days.Georgia quits ex-Soviet group as Moscow allies rebel
Changing Geopolitical Dynamics of Kazakhstan & What it Means for Turkey SNIPTajik Children To Take Mandatory Class On Islam
This strong and still growing interest has to do with the geo-strategic location of the vast landlocked region, sandwiched between Russia, China, Iran and Afghanistan, but also with its sizeable energy resources, critical for a high-demand growth and tight supply global context. The Caspian Sea was initially believed to be another Gulf, yet we later came to the conclusion that it is perhaps another North Sea, which is on the decline due to the depletion of reserves and decreasing production.
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Mahmud Shoev, the chief of the Tajik Education Ministry's textbook editing and printing department, said the ministry will present a new textbook before school starts on September 1 called "Knowledge of Islam."Turkmenistan to host first International Investment Forum in October
The ministry will also provide instruction for teachers who will be teaching the subject, adding that some 400 history and literature teachers have been invited to Dushanbe for special classes on the subject. Shoev said schoolchildren in the 8th grade will take the class, with 34 classroom hours devoted to the subject.
Shoev noted that the main topics of the book are the history of Islam, the life of Prophet Muhammad, and the teachings of Imam Abu Hanifa, founder of the main Islamic sect in Tajikistan.
Riddles of high and low tides in the Caspian Sea
Initially, it was a statement by President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov at a regular meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan that caused divergent interpretations. This meeting, among others issues, discussed the results of the regular round of the Turkmen-Azerbaijani talks on the delimitation of the seabed and subsoil of the Caspian Sea. The results of these talks, held in Baku, were inconclusive owing to the different positions of the sides on the ownership of oil and gas fields in the central part of the Caspian Sea in the disputed territory between Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan.Moscow offers to create road map to determine Caspian Sea status
Simple. I have road map for you, right here. My way or highway, comrade. I own whole Glow Ball and that means Caspian sea, see? Solved. Next?
~ Vladdest Czar Ever
“These factors first of all include lack of an international legal status of the Caspian Sea, and secondly, a number of outstanding bilateral issues, including at the regional level. The third one is instability in the region as a whole,” he said on Monday at a meeting on the Caspian cooperation.in Astrakhan. Basargin said “best efforts” must be made to determine status of the Caspian Sea and to develop a road map to address this complex issue.Uzbekistan: Rights Activist Arrested
Hidirova was arrested on July 28, 2009 at the Arnasai District Department of Internal Affairs on preliminary charges of hooliganism (two counts), fraud, and tax evasion.Top US general visits Uzbekistan for security talks
TASHKENT — Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov met Tuesday with US General David Petraeus, the US embassy said, underlining that the strategic Central Asian state seeks closer ties with Washington.In a statement, the US embassy said Petraeus discussed with Karimov "key regional security issues" focusing on the situation in nearby Afghanistan, but did not provide details.Petraeus also met senior officials from Uzbekistan's national security council and the ministries of defence and foreign affairs here, the statement said.
Karimov said afterwards that Uzbek-US ties were improving."Uzbekistan attaches great importance to further development of relations with the United States and is ready to expand constructive bilateral and multilateral cooperation based on mutual respect and equal partnership," he was quoted by the state news agency UZA as saying.Speaking on state television later, he added: "Relations between our countries are developing in an upwards direction. The fact we are meeting again shows that the both sides are interested in strengthening the ties."
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The bicycle diaries: Crossing Uzbekistan's desert moonscape
USCENTCOM commander visits Manas
Canada to Aid Biosecurity in Kyrgyzstan
Ahead of the Bell: Goldman Sachs upgradedThe bigger they are...the bigger they are, apparently!
Ex-Goldman programmer eyes dismissal
A federal judge has granted more time for the government to seek an indictment against or work out a settlement with a former Goldman Sachs Group Inc programer accused of stealing trade secrets, after the programmer's lawyer said she wants the case dismissed.FED extends TALF Bailouts
The Federal Reserve and the US Treasury on Monday extended a $200bn programme designed to revive the securitisation market, bringing relief to investors concerned that the supply of cheap government financing was set to end.The term asset-backed securities loan facility (Talf), in which the Fed lends to investors wanting to buy securitised loans, is to be extended by three to six months from the original year-end expiry date. “Conditions in financial markets have improved considerably in recent months,” the Fed and Treasury said.
“Nonetheless, the markets for asset-backed securities backed by consumer and business loans and for commercial mortgage-backed securities are still impaired and seem likely to remain so for some time.”Talf will now run until March 31 for newly issued ABS and legacy CMBS and until June 30 for new CMBS deals, which can take a considerable time to arrange.
The commercial real estate industry – widely seen as one of the most fragile areas in the US economy – had warned that it lacked time to package mortgages under the original deadline. The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association and the American Securitization Forum said in a statement: “The recovery of securitisation is vital to the continued availability of affordable consumer and business credit, and to overall economic recovery and growth, and we strongly support extension of the Talf programme.” Commercial real estate prices are down 25 per cent in the last year and nearly 30 per cent below the peak in prices in October 2007, according to Moody’s Investors Service.
US Army North NCOs adapt to new challenges during Vibrant Response"In all of my previous units, I was given a group of Soldiers, a stack of weapons, a map, a place and told to execute my mission," said Hammond, who has served during two combat tours in Iraq. "That's what I know, and that's what I am good at."Homeland Security: Roles and Missions for United States Northern Command
The NCOs have essentially gone from serving as mentors for their Soldiers to serving with a senior command that has a mission unlike any other Army unit - to help the American people in a time of need. Now, instead of presenting classes on how to react to contact or establish a checkpoint, they undergo training focused on Defense Support to Civil Authorities.
In 2002, President Bush signed a new Unified Command Plan (UCP) establishing United States Northern Command (NORTHCOM) to provide command and control of the Department of Defense’s (DOD’s) homeland defense efforts and to coordinate military support to civil authorities. As a geographical combatant command, NORTHCOM has an area of responsibility that includes the continental United States, Alaska, Canada, Mexico, and surrounding waters out to approximately 500 nautical miles, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Straits of Florida. The NORTHCOM Commander also commands North American Aerospace Defense Command.Prepare for BOHICA, comrade
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According to Deputy Secretary of Defense, William (RAYTHEON) Lynn III, and Director of the Office of Personnel Management, John Berry, "The task group should deliver recommendations aimed at helping the Department determine (1) if the underlying design principles and methodology for implementation are reflected in the program objectives; (2) whether the program objectives are being met; and (3) whether NSPS is operating in a fair, transparent, and effective manner."DHS Says It Did Not Get Army Spy's Reports
In the next few weeks, the Board is expected to deliver its final report to Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Office of Personnel Management Director, John Berry, on the future (or lack thereof) of NSPS. Keep in mind, no matter what the report says or recommends, President Obama and OPM's Berry are both publicly on the record favoring some form of "pay for performance" - not only at the Pentagon, but throughout the Federal Government. We hope they will learn what not to do from NSPS, otherwise they might as well call the new program BOHICA, (Bend Over Here it Comes Again).
Yeah, OK.
The Department of Homeland Security said today that reports on antiwar groups gathered by John Towery, an undercover Army spy in Washington State, did not make their way into DHS intelligence data banks.
"The DHS intelligence operations specialist assigned to the Washington State Fusion Center did not know of Towery's report, consequently, the report was not forwarded through any channels," said department spokeswoman Amy Kudwa, in response to a query.
Last January DHS denied it had any knowledge of Maryland State Police spying on nonviolent activists wrongly classified as terrorists. That turned out to be untrue.
Not only was that untrue, it was forwarding reports on a D.C.-area antiwar group to the Maryland State Police.
Out in Washington State, meanwhile, Towery, an Army civilian assigned to a Fort Lewis, Wash., "force protection division," infiltrated a Seattle-area antiwar group in 2007 posing as an anarchist who could steal classified information for it, SpyTalk reported July 30.
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Don't ever say Ike didn't try to warn us:8/17/2009 - CACI International Inc.announced Monday it has appointed Gordon England, former Deputy Secretary of Defense, to its board. England was the deputy secretary during the Bush administration from May of 2005 until February of 2009. He also served twice as secretary of the Navy. Prior to those positions, England was the executive vice president at General Dynamics and served as president of Lockheed.Ike's Military Industrial Complex Speech ~ 1961
STFU Ike, you wingnut, you unhinged fishy mobster, none of this is happening!
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This conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience. The total influence -- economic, political, even spiritual -- is felt in every city, every State house, every office of the Federal government. We recognize the imperative need for this development. Yet we must not fail to comprehend its grave implications.
Our toil, resources and livelihood are all involved; so is the very structure of our society. In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the militaryindustrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes.
We should take nothing for granted.
Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together. Akin to, and largely responsible for the sweeping changes in our industrial-military posture, has been the technological revolution during recent decades. In this revolution, research has become central; it also becomes more formalized, complex, and costly.
A steadily increasing share is conducted for, by, or at the direction of, the Federal government. Today, the solitary inventor, tinkering in his shop, has been overshadowed by task forces of scientists in laboratories and testing fields. In the same fashion, the free university, historically the fountainhead of free ideas and scientific discovery, has experienced a revolution in the conduct of research. Partly because of the huge costs involved, a government contract becomes virtually a substitute for intellectual curiosity. For every old blackboard there are now hundreds of new electronic computers.
The prospect of domination of the nation's scholars by Federal employment, project allocations, and the power of money is ever present and is gravely to be regarded. Yet, in holding scientific research and discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a scientifictechnological elite. It is the task of statesmanship to mold, to balance, and to integrate these and other forces, new and old, within the principles of our democratic system -- ever aiming toward the supreme goals of our free society.
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Socialist writer asserts that "commie" is the new "nigger"
Or for the less radical linguist, red is the new black. How very Gramscian of him. This is a most tedious read. Print it out and take it with you to the bathroom, then flush it with the rest of the shit when you are done. Enjoy! What, I should suffer this crap alone?
Alinskyian organizing linked to abortion movementThey are just now figuring this out? And BTW Alinksy is derivative of much that came before him, he is not even nearly the inventor of this MO...
There are several primary Alinskyian community organizing networks across the country. The PICO National Network, the Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF), Gamaliel, and DART are the four largest organizing among religious congregations.What Kind of Bioethics Council Do We Need?
Unholy Obamanable High Holy Eugenobabbling Deluxe
How Obama Would Handle Swine Flu
Be afraid. Be very MFing afraid.
To set the stage, Obama's science advisor, John Holdren, an environmental policy expert and former professor at Harvard University, took a few minutes to discuss what he said is a significant change in the view of science under the Obama administration.
"I propose attending science events to the president, a space-related event, a science fair, and he always says 'yes,'" Holdren said. "The president lights up like a very bright light bulb" when science is on the agenda, he continued. Holdren, brimming with enthusiasm himself, said that "the president is really excited about this stuff and understands the importance of it."
Political Evidence: Obama's [Mad] Scientist: John P. Holdren
Tribes not included in applying for $350 million in H1N1 grants
Approximately $260 million will be available to state health departments and $90 million will be available to hospitals, but funds are not set aside specifically for tribesObama Makes Explicit His Objection to DOMA
President Obama made clear Monday that he favors the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act, and intends to ask Congress to repeal the 13-year-old law that denies benefits to domestic partners of federal employees and allows states to reject same-sex marriages performed in other states.
New Jersey: NRC to explain Oyster Creek nuclear power plant tritium leakThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission is preparing to release even more details about a tritium leak at the Oyster Creek Generating Station in Lacey Township. State Sen. Christopher J. Connors and Assemblyman Brian E. Rumpf, both R-9th, urged the federal agency to release detailed information about the leak and whether it posed any theats to public health or safety. The leak was discovered in April shortly after Oyster Creek's operating license was renewed for another 20 years. Tritium is a naturally occurring radioactive form of hydrogen. The two asked for the information to push for more transparency about what is happening at the Lacey Township plant, the oldest continuously operating nuclear plant in the country.
Lawsuit claims Dimona employees drank uranium
Groups want to stop new uranium mine
Two environmental groups have asked federal land managers to reconsider their approval of Utah's first new uranium mine in three decades. The Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance and Uranium Watch oppose the Daneros Mine, located about 120 miles from Natural Bridges National Monument in southeastern Utah. The groups also want the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to stop Australia-based White Canyon Uranium from mining there until the agency's Utah director, Selma Sierra, determines whether the mine's environmental impact was sufficiently studied. "There are a lot of issues associated with uranium mining that were not adequately assessed before the permits were issued," said Liz Thomas, a lawyer for SUWA.Nuclear Fusion Research Key to Advancing Computer Chips
Dark energy may not actually exist, scientists claim
Truth is they have zero clue what exists and what does not, all is theories, agenda and propaganda. Understand this, the "big bang" theory currently in place implies a central point of creation which in turn points to a creator, from their POV this can not stand if they are to unseat GOD...
Bending Physics, colored stars, and Einstein's face of God
Arkansas doctor pleads not guilty in weapons case
Turkey: 16,000 year-old Mother Goddess Figurine Unearthed
Robert Novak, Long-Time Conservative Columnist, Dies at 78
Earthquake in Spain and Portugal - no injuries
Florida atheist ashamed of Richard Dawkins
As well he should be!
Florida State University professor Michael Ruse says, “the God Delusion makes me ashamed to be an atheist."
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