O'Reilly slams National Council of La Raza as 'a pretty radicalized group' that 'opposes any kind of border security' | Crooks and Liars http://ping.fm/Md2pa

Feds: AK-74 assault rifles stolen from Fort Irwin - CNN.com http://ping.fm/FMQat

David Yerushalmi, the Man Behind the Anti-Shariah Movement - NYTimes.com http://ping.fm/BpwCr

FBI Recommended 'Complete Idiot's Guide,' Anti-Muslim Books To New Agents | TPMMuckraker http://ping.fm/h99C3

Reporter Goes Live As Reporters Run To Story Behind Him | VIDEO | Mediaite http://ping.fm/Nh4Kx

Tea Party Twilight Zone | Tea Party Debt Debate | Debt Ceiling | Mediaite http://ping.fm/jrXAp

Daily Show Clip Banned In UK | UK Anti-Satire Law | Daily Show Satire | Mediaite http://ping.fm/zSyJ5

Fox The Five | Bob Beckel | Tea Party | Anarchists | Mediaite http://ping.fm/aksa1

Bill Maher | HBO Real Time | Obama 2012 Death Warrant | Mediaite http://ping.fm/lHkXy

Bill Maher | Anders Behring Breivik Christian Terrorist | Mediaite http://ping.fm/25XFs

What Will We Watch As Drones Evolve? : NPR http://ping.fm/Htjyr

Why is GOP Hypocrisy So Brazen and Audacious? Take Dead Beat Tea-Party Dad Congressman Joe Walsh, For Example | BuzzFlash.org http://ping.fm/5ilDK

Cut Nuclear Power Subsidies Instead of Making Old People Live on Cat Food | BuzzFlash.org http://ping.fm/r3H72

Legislation to Phase Out Private Military Contractors is Filed in Senate and House | BuzzFlash.org http://ping.fm/w0xP3

US review finds Iraq deadlier now than a year ago - Yahoo! News http://ping.fm/GgcEj

European Extremism Scares Arabs | Informed Comment http://ping.fm/JbOOH

Bill Would Force Intel Chief to Renounce ‘Secret Patriot Act’ | Danger Room | Wired.com http://ping.fm/fJHmG

Guantanamo Bay prisoners to be interviewed by Scotland Yard in explosive new twist to MI6 torture enquiry | Mail Online http://ping.fm/YCGw8

PressTV - 'US dragged Italy into Libya war' http://ping.fm/phIzn

Chilcot to damn Blair on Iraq in official reports on war | Mail Online http://ping.fm/H8fDR

Iraq to buy 36 U.S. F-16 fighter jets - latimes.com http://ping.fm/fhIC2

(was there ever any doubt it was about oil?) BP 'has gained stranglehold over Iraq' after oilfield deal is rewritten | Business | The Observer http://ping.fm/BPu9k

Air Force Pulls Christian-Themed Ethics Training for Nuclear Missile Officers After Publication of Truthout Report | Truthout http://ping.fm/TDHag

Warren Jeffs Former Accuser Says Evidence In Polygamy Trial Will Shock The... - StumbleUpon http://ping.fm/MIE6K

Rick Perry Supporters Raise Money From Wealthy Texans http://ping.fm/SsKFP

Rick Perry Backs Constitutional Amendment On Marriage http://ping.fm/eiIrt

FBI Recommended 'Complete Idiot's Guide,' Anti-Muslim Books To New Agents | TPMMuckraker http://ping.fm/5twkF

John McCain Tea Party | Politicans Apologizing | Video | Mediaite http://ping.fm/fJ2tO

Chris Matthews Tea Party | Steve Scalise Debt Crisis | Video | Mediaite http://ping.fm/5Zhwb

Bill O'Reilly - Laura Ingraham - Debt Crisis | Mediaite http://ping.fm/IGHAt

“There are only two reasons to sit in the back row of an airplane; either you have diarrhea, or you're anxious to meet people who do.” - Henry Kissinger

Judge: Richard Nixon Watergate Grand Jury Testimony Must Be Released

you think this is bad. . .



the other day, a treatise on cryptology was finally declassifi­ed. . .from 1809. . .



http://www­.fas.org/b­log/secrec­y/2011/07/­nsa_krypto­.html
About Richard Nixon
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Judge: Richard Nixon Watergate Grand Jury Testimony Must Be Released http://ping.fm/wQwyz

From Gridlock to Crash - By Robert Zeliger | Foreign Policy http://ping.fm/Jz9bC

Captain America's Global Rivals - By Edmund Downie | Foreign Policy http://ping.fm/1IBms

Her Own Damn Fault? http://ping.fm/6sRAb

(remember, folks: this is where the Arab Revolutions started. . .) Lebanon news - NOW Lebanon -Ex-Tunisian president Ben Ali given 16 years for corruption http://ping.fm/l6AKi

FBI Said to Defer to Scotland Yard in News Corp. U.K. Police Bribery Probe - Bloomberg http://ping.fm/89bfX

listening to "Sunjammer - Mike Oldfield (Tubular Bells) [HQ]" ♫ http://blip.fm/~16h0u6

Farah: United States Should "Break Up" Over Marriage Equality http://ping.fm/zilvU

WND Writer Blames The Constitution, Founding Fathers For Looming http://ping.fm/h3LB3

Right Wing Watch: Tea Party Nation: Obama Ineligible To Serve, Gay http://ping.fm/mCfvt

Barton: Only Small Minority Supports Marriage Equality | Right Wing Watch http://ping.fm/Mou0o

WND Blames Progressives For Norway Attacks | Right Wing Watch http://ping.fm/Wajjq

listening to "Capitols - Cool Jerk (Original)" ♫ http://blip.fm/~16h0db

For some, Perry's day of prayer will be day of picketing | Bud Kennedy | Fort Worth, Arlingto... http://ping.fm/hhXk7

LaBarbera Calls Gay Rights "Satan's Point Of Attack On The United States Of America" http://ping.fm/E48xD

Court Allows Rick Perry to Participate in Prayer Event - The Note http://ping.fm/JfmQ1

so far Rick Perry's prayer day, 'The Response', has about 8,000 people scheduled to attend, for a stadium that holds 71,500 people. it starting to resemble recent Tea Party 'rallies'. . .and here i'd been worried about true believers dying of heat stroke in the stands. . .

Court Allows Rick Perry to Participate in Prayer Event - The Note http://ping.fm/TpVLN

Perry’s prayer rally organizers, opponents prepare for the big day | Believe It or Not | a Chron.com blog http://ping.fm/Ezw6n

Family Research Council Attacks Evangelical and Catholic Leaders - Tim King - God's Politics Blog http://ping.fm/rryzM

King's Own Witness Rebuts GOP Congressman's Claims About Minneapolis Mosques http://ping.fm/gai0t

Islamophobic Conspiracy Theorist Frank Gaffney Advising Michele Bachmann On Foreign Policy | ThinkProgress http://ping.fm/O1kh3

Fischer: Norway Terrorist's Manifesto Is http://ping.fm/YUkDE

Hospitals Wait And Watch Washington - News Story - WCTI New Bern http://ping.fm/w4tZL

The Jingoistic Cult of the Tea Party is a Perversion of Our Once Proud Heritage and Principles | BuzzFlash.org http://ping.fm/JiDCk

Charting the American Debt Crisis - Interactive - NYTimes.com http://ping.fm/iTjmm

The Centrist Cop-Out - NYTimes.com http://ping.fm/GoKZ0

Phone Hacker: I Acted on Orders - The Daily Beast http://ping.fm/9ZCYR

a short and rather haunting song from the 70's movie soundtrack. . .not the 'Stardust' people usually expect. . . ♫ http://blip.fm/~16gyc6

NTI: Global Security Newswire - Report: Cult Demonstrates Chemical Terrorism Threat http://ping.fm/qVfc3

Defense.gov News Article: New Office Aims to Strengthen Families Financially http://ping.fm/PmSMa

Homeless Man Dies After Being Brutally Beaten by Five Fullerton Cops - Hit & Run : Reason Magazine http://ping.fm/QyJkl

A Story More Important than Debt Limit Kabuki | Informed Comment http://ping.fm/qxmNv

Jackson Lee at Radical Islam Hearing: Let's ‘Have a Hearing on Right-Wing Extremists’ | CNSnews.com http://ping.fm/z9w7y

Sheila Jackson Lee | Radical Islam Hearing | Right Wing | Mediaite http://ping.fm/qrAwU

American Flag Study | Psychological Study | Cornell Psychology | Mediaite http://ping.fm/mfGKa

Glenn Beck John McCain | John McCain Tea Party | Tea Party Hobbit | Mediaite http://ping.fm/vVgjD

IRIN Asia | AFGHANISTAN: Urgent need to tackle human trafficking | Afghanistan | Children | Economy | Gender Issues | Health & Nutrition | Human Rights | Security | Urban Risk http://ping.fm/wdXMa

Hitler cat 'overlooked for adoption because of markings' - Telegraph http://ping.fm/6IRRQ

U.S., N. Korean diplomats meet in New York - The Washington Post http://ping.fm/W75LW

Lesson of Norway: Mutual Respect – Forward.com http://ping.fm/DJ1As

Anti-Muslim Activists Vow To Press on After Norway – Forward.com http://ping.fm/cEzC1

Pets for Vets - Health Care http://ping.fm/nnvrl

Jon Stewart destroys O'Reilly's arguments that Anders Breivik wasn't Christian, and sets up a GOP Special Victims Unit to boot | Crooks and Liars http://ping.fm/P9We9

Bachmann: Questions about gay therapy are out of bounds | Video Cafe http://ping.fm/xRQKm

Rick Perry does a 'Romney Flip' on gay marriage and now wants a federal ban | Crooks and Liars http://ping.fm/4Fsjf

Rick Perry does a 'Romney Flip' on gay marriage and now wants a federal ban | Crooks and Liars http://ping.fm/3EZvC

Rupertgate Thursday - "A New Low". http://ping.fm/cLyIw

True or False? Over 50% Do Not Pay Income Taxes | Crooks and Liars http://crooksandliars.com/karoli/true-or-false-over-50-do-not-pay-income-tax

Wonder how giant corporations evade paying billions in taxes? Here’s the one video clip you need to see. « Progress League http://ping.fm/5SSIB

World's first 'printed' airplane takes to the skies | ZDNet http://ping.fm/tHnIh

Captain America Saves the Day | Foreign Policy Blogs http://ping.fm/jxJRx

Some Terrorists Are Blonde | Foreign Policy Blogs http://ping.fm/mWCVI

CFI Condemns Use of Religious Materials for Instruction in Nuclear War Ethics | Center for Inquiry http://ping.fm/xmBrv

FBI — Ernest Hemingway Part 1 of 3 http://ping.fm/TXjju

Anders Behring Breivik: Profile Emerges From 1518-Pages Manifesto http://ping.fm/M1aHF

Religious Leaders Arrested At Capitol For Budget Protest (VIDEO) http://ping.fm/WOMHO

Texas Planned Parenthood Clinic Attacked With Molotov Cocktail http://ping.fm/OeOPx

“Get up from that piano. You hurtin' its feelings.” - Jelly Roll Morton

Family Leader claims 'unprecedented' support recently, but won't divulge amount | The American Independent http://ping.fm/72btA

NASA to Unveil Vesta Images at News Conference - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory http://ping.fm/hXKny

Dear Foreigner-Haters: Immigration is Good for You | Informed Comment http://ping.fm/NFAM3

Al Franken: Education Reform 'Most Important Thing I'm Working On' http://ping.fm/a0ftq

Debt Ceiling Debate: Michele Bachmann Says Washington Is 'Deceiving' American People

oh, please. . .Bachmann INTIMIDIAT­E ???



this is the woman who spied through bushes on a gay meeting and got caught.



this is the woman who screamed "Help! I'm being held against my will!" when two women followed her into the bathroom to ask questions after a meeting.



Bullwinkle­'s friend Rocky isn't as squirrely as Michele Bachmann. . .
About Republicans
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Why do Bac-O's Bits smell like coffee?

Sara Payne Phone Hacking: News of the World Scandal Touches Another Family - The Daily Beast http://ping.fm/s38ui

What's a Tea Party if no one shows up? Breaking News on Fox, that's what. | Crooks and Liars http://ping.fm/Gf5u1

Sally Quinn reads Bill O'Reilly some of Anders Breivik's Christian writings... and he still denies Norway shooter is 'Christian' | Crooks and Liars http://ping.fm/Oi9qB

Republicans turn on each other over Rep. John Boehner's Debt Deal | Crooks and Liars http://ping.fm/Go2jR

John McCain rips Tea Party politicians over making foolish and bizarre demands over debt ceiling | Crooks and Liars http://ping.fm/2SIwo

(ARRRRRRR!!) Tea Party leader arrested on piracy charges | InSecurity Complex - CNET News http://ping.fm/fr2HJ

Terrorism has no religion - chicagotribune.com http://ping.fm/5Fs8i

Court to hear suit on Perry's prayer rally Thursday | Postcards http://ping.fm/WGhjk

Russia To Sink International Space Station In 2020 http://ping.fm/LkZFi

Perry unsure of his role at Houston prayer rally | Chronicle | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle http://ping.fm/m8LcM

The Associated Press: Bogus court filings spotlight little-known sect http://ping.fm/KIXq5

The Associated Press: Bogus court filings spotlight little-known sect http://ping.fm/IfWaQ

‘Sovereign Citizen’ Shot in Exchange of Gunfire With Texas Cop | Hatewatch | Southern Poverty Law Center http://ping.fm/Mhesz

American Anti-Muslim Activists Throw Devoted Follower Breivik Under Bus | Hatewatch | Southern Poverty Law Center http://ping.fm/BRoVM

15 Years in Prison For Taping the Cops? How Eavesdropping Laws Are Taking Away Our Best Defense Against Police Brutality | | AlterNet http://ping.fm/6iWCV

Franklin remembered for his principles, dedication  | ajc.com http://ping.fm/Ncxc0

North Korea says peace treaty a first step for denuclearization | Reuters http://ping.fm/vUIUi

Non-Papers and Demarches: U.S. and British Combined to Delay Pakistani Nuclear Weapons Program in 1978-1981, Declassified Documents Show http://ping.fm/igjSc

"All sin tends to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is what is called damnation.” - W. H. Auden

Non-Papers and Demarches: U.S. and British Combined to Delay Pakistani Nuclear Weapons Program in 1978-1981, Declassified Documents Show http://ping.fm/0WlfN

Rick Scott looks to Rick Perry for high ed reform ideas | The American Independent http://ping.fm/7QzM4

Norwegian Shooting Suspect's Views Echo Xenophobia of Right-Wing Extremists in U.S., Europe http://ping.fm/9YjGh

Defense.gov News Article: Obama, Thurman Commemorate Korean Armistice Anniversary http://ping.fm/l7aBD

Obama wins stem cell lawsuit - Reid J. Epstein - POLITICO.com http://ping.fm/e5nLG

LulzSec Leader Arrested In Scotland http://ping.fm/GZk9G

I Heart Chaos — North Korea wants a peace treaty with the US to end the Korean War. Starvation's a bitch, ain't it? http://ping.fm/iuLk1

The Sunny Side of Smut: Scientific American http://ping.fm/NPOxS

Air Force Cites New Testament, Ex-Nazi, to Train Officers on Ethics of Launching Nuclear Weapons | Truthout http://ping.fm/TqOdM

Federation of American Scientists :: Anatomizing Non-State Threats to Pakistan's Nuclear Infrastructure: The Pakistani Neo-Taliban http://ping.fm/VGqpd

NORWAY’S ANDERS BREIVIK: WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION AND POLITICS OF CULTURAL DESPAIR | Terrorism Analysis Project (TAP) Blog http://ping.fm/SH1aj

What Killed the Dinosaurs? The Mystery Continues to Deepen... | Dr. Kaku's Universe | Big Think http://ping.fm/99Jev

NASA's WISE Finds Earth's First Trojan Asteroid - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory http://ping.fm/Fjfmo

O'Reilly's Muslim-Hatred and Christian Terrorists | Informed Comment http://ping.fm/RdSsJ

NTI: Global Security Newswire - Norway Killer Wrote of Anthrax Attacks http://ping.fm/gWhPU

Rare Volcanoes Discovered On Far Side of the Moon | Moon Photos & Lunar Exploration | Moon Volcanoes | Space.com http://ping.fm/qDKJq

The Pentagon Channel: Military Budget Cuts Concern Senior Leaders http://ping.fm/Y4pMN

The Pentagon Channel: New Program to Honor Military Family Supporters http://ping.fm/yjgUS

O'Reilly's outraged that media accurately ID Breivik as a Christian: 'No one believing in Jesus commits mass murder' | Crooks and Liars http://ping.fm/ncGYX

Rep. Paul Broun wants to throw up when Democrats talk about http://ping.fm/VL9lY

Rush Limbaugh's theory: Air conditioners make people believe in global warming | Crooks and Liars http://ping.fm/66Ru4

Republican Priorities | Crooks and Liars http://ping.fm/ZYNRk

Defense.gov News Article: Face of Defense: Marine Earns Afghan People’s Friendship http://ping.fm/EzAX9

Defense.gov News Article: Intel Agency Director Cites Value of Shared Knowledge http://ping.fm/GKWjU

Standing up for pledge gets attention | Bud Kennedy | Fort Worth, Arlington, Northeast Tarran... http://ping.fm/p47c0

Social conservatives attack Perry's same-sex marriage stance | Trail Blazers Blog | dallasnews.com http://ping.fm/TUoBm

Federal lawsuit over The Response heats up, with request for restraining order against Perry | The American Independent http://ping.fm/6WFA3

Lawyer: Perry’s plans raise First Amendment, church-state issues | Believe It or Not | a Chron.com blog http://ping.fm/frecX

Faith in the GOP: how fishing for religious votes in Iowa could lose them the general election | Deseret News http://ping.fm/n0pcd

New Global Drug Policy Depends on Effective Governance http://ping.fm/wku59

Defense.gov News Article: Readiness Must Be Key Amid Cuts, Vice Chiefs Warn http://ping.fm/HkWnZ

US Postal Service plans to close 3,653 post offices. Here's a list. | ZDNet http://ping.fm/Lmyy0

(this is a hopeful sign. . .) Spaceflight Now | Breaking News | Europe seeks greater role in NASA's exploration missions http://ping.fm/th4Aq

New Device Reduces Seizures, No Surgery Required : NPR http://ping.fm/KR0CM

(some of the best news i've heard in years) Bit By Bit, Afghanistan Rebuilds Buddhist Statues : NPR http://ping.fm/umeFe

NSA “Declassified” Publicly Available Text on Cryptology | Secrecy News http://ping.fm/Scauc

Sam Harris: Sam Harris Responds to Chris Hedges’ ‘Fundamentalism Kills’ Column - Truthdig http://ping.fm/8yLLg

BBC News - Norway: Police ponder new Anders Behring Breivik charge http://ping.fm/KNnsf

Coulter: Democrats 'happy' to have Wu scandal so they don't have to talk about debt plan | Video Cafe http://ping.fm/PqqU3

It's the scapegoating, stupid: Why extreme right-wing ideology so often inspires acts of violence | Crooks and Liars http://ping.fm/XodTL

“I am the lizard king. I can do anything.” - Jim Morrison

The Teen Suicide Epidemic in Michele Bachmann's District | Mother Jones http://ping.fm/TY4qU

Texas Gov. Rick Perry's misguided day of prayer - Los Angeles Times http://ping.fm/jPIxN

so what was the question. . ? http://ping.fm/NLGkO

AFA's Fischer calls Perry's marriage equality stance http://ping.fm/7IZZw

Rick Perry’s Non-Denial « Texas Freedom Network http://ping.fm/BAe0r

Defense Spending Realities | National Security Network http://ping.fm/8wbbD

Rush Limbaugh Heat Index | Global Warming Hoax | Video | Mediaite http://ping.fm/hyAlU

Bill O'Reilly - Anders Breivik - Sally Quinn | Mediaite http://ping.fm/Le4KU

Anders Breivik Norway Bomber | Anti-Muslim Americans | Video | Mediaite http://ping.fm/EbF7t

Best NASCAR Prayer Ever - Pastor Joe Nelms - Video | Mediaite http://ping.fm/9lJI2

Anders Breivik - Bill O'Reilly - New York Times | Mediaite http://ping.fm/HUXKz

FuckYouWashington | Jeff Jarvis Twitter | Video | Mediaite http://ping.fm/t12P9

EXCLUSIVE: Fired Army Whistleblower Receives $970K for Exposing Halliburton No-Bid Contract in Iraq http://ping.fm/k2Skv

Norway Attacks Reveal Growing Violent, Anti-Muslim Sentiment in Europe http://ping.fm/MTwjC

U.N. finds evidence of war crimes in Sudan - UPI.com http://ping.fm/92qU6

Norway Questions Its Tolerance Of Extremism : NPR http://ping.fm/NbLqK

Air Force Secrets Declassified – See Them For Yourself | Armed with Science http://ping.fm/hhJMc

NASA Sets Launch Coverage Events for Mission to Jupiter - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory http://ping.fm/zrlGq

House Republicans delay vote on Boehner debt plan - The Washington Post http://ping.fm/cc49E

David P. Rosen of MediSys Health Begins Bribery Trial - NYTimes.com http://ping.fm/65snf

TAKE ACTION: Stop Congress From Voting For Anti Environmental Provisions http://ping.fm/12xCJ

NTI: Global Security Newswire - Chemical Agent Antidotes Found in Libyan Troops' Gear http://ping.fm/Xojl0

Kids' Self-Control Is Crucial for Their Future Success: Scientific American http://ping.fm/AeHyH

An On/Off Switch for Sex and Violence: Scientific American http://ping.fm/jgLQ2

Mike Lee: I Want America’s ‘House To Come Down’ Unless Congress Votes To Rewrite Constitution | ThinkProgress http://ping.fm/xoD5Z

Pew: White households are 20 times wealthier than black, 18 times than Hispanic | The American Independent http://ping.fm/5uFuA

Rick Perry's campaign is unannounced but ongoing, observers say | The American Independent http://ping.fm/3Ykc6

Alternatives to Abortion subcontractor records show history of violations | The American Independent http://ping.fm/s29fw

A Revenge Plot So Intricate, the Prosecutors Were Pawns - NYTimes.com http://ping.fm/qM9xm

How Boehner’s Debt Plan Produces ‘The Greatest Increase In Poverty And Hardship’ In American History | ThinkProgress http://ping.fm/lR7oQ

Glenn Greenwald: Norway Attacks Expose U.S. Media’s Double Standard on http://ping.fm/1yRPp

Coercive Religion Misplaced in US Armed Forces | Truthout http://ping.fm/duSPY

Fundamentalism Kills | Truthout http://ping.fm/S8iQM

Defense.gov News Article: Pentagon Streamlines Approval for Energy Projects http://ping.fm/JtOof

Beck's Comparison of Norwegian Child Victims to Hitler Youth Obligates us to Boycott | Informed Comment http://ping.fm/yCi94

In wake of sex allegation, congressman will resign http://ping.fm/NyaY0

PolitiFact Texas | Sorting out the truth in politics http://ping.fm/04Lpx

Terror From the Right | Southern Poverty Law Center http://ping.fm/gJfvS

The Anti-Muslim Inner Circle | Southern Poverty Law Center http://ping.fm/nO2sg

The Year in Hate & Extremism, 2010 | Southern Poverty Law Center http://ping.fm/py1g1

Defense.gov News Article: Homelessness Grants Target Iraq, Afghanistan Veterans http://ping.fm/5yAfv

DoD Buzz | DoD launches dedicated cyber-strategy website http://ping.fm/5BzPi

Soldier Lost in Vietnam Coming Home for Burial http://ping.fm/AxEqd

Marine Afghanistan Vet to Receive MoH http://ping.fm/oXSsM

British Business Secretary: ‘Biggest Threat’ To World Economy Is U.S. Right-Wing ‘Nutters’ Extremism On Debt Ceiling | ThinkProgress http://ping.fm/agG0a

After Terrorist Attack By Alleged Anti-Muslim Fanatic, Peter King Will Still Target Only Muslims In Terror Hearings | ThinkProgress http://ping.fm/P10xq

Rep. King Says Obama Will Be Impeached If Government Defaults | ThinkProgress http://ping.fm/tLSLu

Trump: Republicans Should Reject Any Debt Ceiling Deal To Ensure Obama Isn’t Re-Elected | ThinkProgress http://ping.fm/1MirG

Rep. Cravaak, Who Called CAIR A ‘Terrorist Organization,’ Reads Anti-Muslim Hate Literature | ThinkProgress http://ping.fm/b7at2

Taxing The Poor: The Only Tax Increase Republicans Support | ThinkProgress http://ping.fm/q0xWX

Breivik Was Influenced By American Islamophobes Behind ‘Ground Zero Mosque’ Hysteria | ThinkProgress http://ping.fm/trm0R

Arkansas High School Appoints Co-Valedictorian Because Top Student Was African American | ThinkProgress http://ping.fm/ZOkIA

The Last Act of the American Century http://ping.fm/smxDE

Anti-Science Forces Try to Spin Loss « Texas Freedom Network http://ping.fm/Z5N9z

Norway Suspect Denies Guilt and Hints He Did Not Act Alone - NYTimes.com http://ping.fm/y7LfQ

The Irrelevance of the Knights in a Global Society | Informed Comment http://ping.fm/HuFkM

Why the Christian Right Becomes More Extreme As America Grows More Tolerant | | AlterNet http://ping.fm/gn7xp

8 Dumbest, Most Insensitive Right-Wing Reactions to the Norway Shooting | | AlterNet http://ping.fm/0PBHt

5 Reasons Michele Bachmann Is the New Sarah Palin | | AlterNet http://ping.fm/uZkDA

Video: Great police response to 'open carry' activist http://ping.fm/7FSyw

20 injured in 2 separate Seattle shootings http://ping.fm/3yneT

Gang-related Utah shootout sparks massive SWAT raids http://ping.fm/5A9dg

Norwegian police: Shooting response was correct http://ping.fm/aCUko

Fox News Has Mainstreamed Pam Geller's Islamophobic Hate Speech | Media Matters for America http://ping.fm/CBs5q

Fox News Mocks Security Threat To Small Islands Posed By Climate Change | Media Matters for America http://ping.fm/Vp2AA

Right-Wing Media Defend, Deny Anti-Islamic Rhetoric In Response To Norwegian Attacks | Media Matters for America http://ping.fm/YNRjF

Darrin Ring: FBI Investigates Taped Beating By Tennessee Police

a few months ago, the FBI was in Oregon asking for people to come forward and report police misconduct­. it'd appear that they're checking up in other states, as well. . .which is a good thing, if it can keep local department­s honest.



in a lot of places, they've made it illegal to record police stops by citizens' cell phones, or at least they're trying to make it illegal. i spent 30 years in law enforcemen­t, ten on the street, and i believe that citizens have the right to record stops by the police. misconduct can rear its ugly head quite easily, and i believe that citizens must be protected. the cellphone is one way to do it. police should have their cameras running constantly­; citizens should have the same protection­.



on the other hand, some suspects are also a-holes. while i don't advocate anything like the above video, but sometimes suspects escalate the encounter until it ends up in a bad way. there's a bit of it on both sides, and they should both be watched and dealt with.
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10 States Where People Pay The Least In Taxes: 24/7 Wall St. http://ping.fm/YOHbW

Senator Al Franken (D-MN) http://ping.fm/t2cXV

Al Franken Debt Ceiling Speech: What's At Stake For Our Nation (VIDEO)

he's a perfect choice to balance the other side. unlike others, he's been unattached to any scandal that i know of and, like you and others say, he's been on the level. he has a steady way of speaking, without bragging or self-aggra­ndizement of any sort. he's an echo of what Republican­s and Democrats were when i was little: they might disagree and even argue, but there wouldn't be any insults or grandstand­ing, and they'd get together afterwards for a drink.



unfortunat­ely, we'd have to elect another profession­al comedian for him to have a drink with. that kind of relationsh­ip's been gone for a long, long time. . .
About 112th Congress
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Al Franken Debt Ceiling Speech: What's At Stake For Our Nation (VIDEO) http://ping.fm/fAZ5f

Rick Perry: Gay Marriage A States' Rights Issue http://ping.fm/YkH9Z

Americans For Tax Reform Bomb Threat: Grover Norquist Office Evacuated After Bomb Scare http://ping.fm/6upWv

Palin doc headed for PPV as ticket sales plummet - Yahoo! News http://ping.fm/fOhvi

"When the modes of music change, the walls of the city shake." - Plato
"Come on over baby, whole lotta shakin' goin' on, goin' on, goin' on, goin' on. . ." - Jerry Lee Lewis

John Boehner Debt Ceiling Speech: House Speaker Addresses Deficit Talks (VIDEO)

"Here's what we got for that spending binge: a massive health care bill that most Americans never asked for."



that's one thing you got right, B0ner. . .most US citizens wanted even more. unfortunat­ely, you and the other Republican­s prevented that from happening. . .
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Tim Pawlenty: Michele Bachmann Gets Facts On Me Wrong http://ping.fm/PdsWv

Republican Presidential Candidates Skip Latino Group Conference

to me, it seems plain why the candidates declined the offer. . .they consider Latinos one step or two above Muslims (aka 'terrorist­s' in their lexicon), yet a few steps below them. in other words priobably not rich enough--an­d surely not pale enough--to matter.
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Republican Presidential Candidates Skip Latino Group Conference http://ping.fm/IFNbr

been a decent (if very hot) day. . .doctor okayed everything i needed. . .went to Hastings & got a special Godzilla six-DVD box-set (Japanese AND English versions) of the first movies. . .went by Wal-Mart to pick up some food & clothes. . .and i come back to hear that several Congressional websites are down, mostly Republican. all in all, i can't complain at all. . .

Tea Party Coalition Rejects Boehner's Debt Proposal (UPDATE) http://ping.fm/oMeLZ

Glenn Beck On Norway Killings: Children Like 'Hitler Youth,' Breivik 'Just As Bad As Osama Bin Laden' (AUDIO) http://ping.fm/JIdmi

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as far as the tax code, the cuts, and the churches go, i'm in complete agreement.



yet the future DOES depend on going into space. unfortunat­ely, you can't see beyond the immediate. i see in terms of decades and centuries, as well as the immediate.



other countries are, in their own ways, pursuing their goals in space, and will continue to do so. there IS intelligen­t life there, unlike here. i don't want another space race, but i don't want us to be left behind, either.



a large part of the effects of drugs are because of the so-called 'drug war', which after 40 years has resulted in nothing but more addiction and death, by firearms as well as drugs. legalize them, regulate them, and that will go away.



demoraliza­tion is again a result of the ideologies which offer nothing of substance, but take away. the education situation needs to be taken care of, but it can be done without taking away from exploratio­n. space exploratio­n has been critical to understand­ing our problems here, for that matter, global warming being only one.
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Chicago fire: http://en.­wikipedia.­org/wiki/G­reat_Chica­go_Fire (see 'questions about the fire' and 'related events')



Peshtigo fire: http://en.­wikipedia.­org/wiki/P­eshtigo_Fi­re



Tunguska: http://en.­wikipedia.­org/wiki/T­unguska_ev­ent



the US fires/dest­ruction may have been caused by the breakup of debris from Biela's Comet; Tunguska's by material from Encke's Comet. neither event was marked by a groundburs­t, or the destructio­n would have been much, much more extensive.
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in 2001 the NEAR probe, later named NEAR-Shoem­aker after Gene Shoemaker, reached the asteroid Eros. once they'd learned what they could, they actually landed the probe on Eros' surface. the gravity of Eros was enough to hold NEAR-Shoem­aker, which would probably be a lot smaller than anything humans would ride in; the microgravi­ty wouldn't be able to hold a human lander in all likelihood­. any such 'landing' might include tethering the craft to the asteroid.



from Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD): http://apo­d.nasa.gov­/apod/ap01­0213.html
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we still need the asteroids. they can save billions, even trillions of dollars in going to Mars. there are those which regularly cross the Earth's orbit. we can hitch a ride on them and detach once we're close enough to Mars. the material would shield astronauts from solar radiation, especially that caused by coronal mass ejections. shielding and fuel are gigantic and expensive problems when it comes to Mars, and asteroids can help. not to mention they can also be mined for their metals and chemicals. as i say above, we can also learn to alter their orbits so that, in the future, a city-wreck­er or planet-kil­ler doesn't hit us.
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NASA's budget is still infinitesi­mal compared to other agencies. you owe a lot to the spinoffs and discoverie­s made by the program. quite a few have been medical in nature. NASA's paid itself back over and over and over again.



go to the NASA Spinoff page at http://www­.sti.nasa.­gov/tto/ and go to the spinoff database. enter almost anything into the search fields and you'll likely find a spinoff. they range from better bicycle wheels to meals for the elderly.



politics is the reason you don't see what you want. most of those problems are ideologica­l in nature, and you have to deal with ideologues to get them, especially if you've been reading the news for the past few years.
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yes, it is. there's a shell of primordial material surroundin­g the solar system, as does the Oort cloud, which is all cometary material. most of the asteroids we know come from the ecliptic (the plane of the earth's orbit), but a stranger is likely to come at us from any angle. while we don'rt have anything that can destroy one coming at us, we can at least try to alter the orbit so that it misses. it wouldn't take much to knock out a city, y'now.



check the Tunguska airburst of June 30, 1908, and the Chicago/Pe­shtigo fires of October 8, 1871. both were caused by cometary material exploding in the air, just above the ground. in Chcago's case, there were wildfires that night in several states, and the town of Peshtigo was virtually wiped out. the Chicago fire chief said there were numerous separate fires throughout the city.



another reason is resources: a relatively modest nickel-iro­n mass, maybe 5 miles across, might contain as much iron as used throughout human history. carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen can be found in others; they can be mined for use either for lunar colonies or orbiting stations. they can be moved to earth or lunar orbit for the actual mining. this would be good training for catching cometary material that can be mined for freshwater and chemicals.
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