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- former US Marine, retired police; in other words, professional babysitter. "Ah's jes' th' ign'nt sonuva po' ol' shahcroppah, yas ah is. . ."
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20081231
Cops: Legalize Drugs to Stop Mexican Military Corruption and Deaths
WASHINGTON, DC -- Today a group of law enforcement officials said that the only way to stop the continual corruption of the Mexican military by violent cartels is to legalize and regulate drugs. The call for an end to prohibition comes in response to news that an army officer in Mexican's presidential guard received $100,000 a month from the cartels in exchange for information on the whereabouts of the country's president, Felipe Calderon.
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http://ping.fm/jOukk
20081229
FAS Releases Survey Results on the Attitudes of Scientists Toward Law Enforcement
WASHINGTON DC – A survey conducted by the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) revealed that while scientists are disposed to assist in criminal investigations, they often fear working with law enforcement agencies. The survey questions were designed to evaluate the working relationship between FBI field agents and scientists, and the results, published on 22 December 2008 in Science Progress, indicate a reluctance to discuss research with law enforcement and other issues that are specific to the science community.
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http://ping.fm/bwhEC
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20081203
Pentagon hires British scientist to help build robot soldiers that 'won't commit war crimes'
The American military is planning to build robot soldiers that will not be able to commit war crimes like their human comrades in arms.
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http://ping.fm/3ZuC5
Military contractor in Iraq holds foreign workers in warehouses
BAGHDAD — About 1,000 Asian men who were hired by a Kuwaiti subcontractor to the U.S. military have been confined for as long as three months in windowless warehouses near the Baghdad airport without money or a place to work.
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http://ping.fm/yY2Ip
20081129
Reflections Of A Damned Fool
Reality ain't.
I'd rather be Schrodinger's Cat than Pavlov's Dog.
The cosmos is a virtual particle.
The universe was created 15 billion years ago.
The universe was created 6000 years ago.
The universe was created 1 minute ago.
The universe is being created now.
All of these statements are true.
Life is a cannibalistic phenomenon.
Life is a manifestation of turbulence.
Every life is a prayer.
Look into a mirror and see an angel.
Look into a mirror and see a demon.
Look into a mirror and see a monster.
Look into a mirror and see yourself.
Humanity is still primitive.
There are always unknowns.
There is no difference between the microbe and the human.
Solitude is not loneliness.
All wars are civil wars.
Basically, the only important events that have ever occurred on earth since its formation are the beginning of life itself, photosynthesis and sexual dimorphism. Given the opportunity, the next important event will be the spreading of life from this world to others.
Anything else that has happened--anything--is less than nothing before these things.
Man is the only suicidal animal.
Man is a transitional species.
All times and all places are the same.
Death does not exist.
All lives are the same.
With each increase in social bonding comes an increase in aggression. It is the most social of species who fight and kill each other. Humanity may be at the apex of this phenomenon. Any species succeeding ours may, if accompanied by an increase in social bonding, automatically self-destruct before it has a chance to multiply.
Organized religion is idolatry.
The earth is a living being.
Life on earth consists of microbes. . .nothing else.
All relationships are tangential; they all last only a moment.
Organism and environment are symbiotic phenomena.
The only original sin is ignorance.
The only crime is to harm another.
Education ends only at death. . .maybe. . .
Fear only for others, not for yourself.
Freedom is more important than safety.
Once is chance.
Twice is coincidence.
Thrice is a pattern.
Four times is a goddamned fact.
Risk begins at conception.
There is only one sex.
There is only one race.
There is only one life.
Reality is a provisional hypothesis.
Intelligence is not a survival trait.
Intelligence is an experiment.
Organized religion turns God into a pervert.
Everyone is afraid, day and night.
Mankind has not begun to learn.
People still believe in magick. They respond to scraps of cloth and pieces of paper as if they stood for something important. And they worship those pieces of cloth and scraps of paper.
Most people fear to look within themselves.
Nothing exists but vibration.
Nothing exists but turbulence.
Fairy tales rule humanity.
Obedience is not freedom.
Righteousness is a defect.
People are no different than 50,000 years ago. It's just that the toys are a bit prettier.
The true teacher is the student.
Christianity is not Christian.
Accept and embrace your darkness.
Accept and embrace your light.
Accept and embrace yourself.
Love based on fear is not love.
Science is the purest manifestation of faith.
All life has the same value.
Joshua Ben Joseph was only one of a long line of teachers. A very, very long line.
All religions sin and become idolatrous when they turn their originators and lawgivers into gods, without recognizing the fact that each and every individual is in fact a god.
All lives are one life, and one life is all life.
Fanatics and psychotics rule the world, and this is called 'sanity'.
The neuron's reached activation potential, and it's ready to spark.
Imitation is neither becoming nor being.
There is no difference between solids, liquids, gases, plasmas, or Einstein-Bose condensates.
Only humans experience delusion, and actively seek it.
All people are prejudiced. Education and experience help, but cannot totally remove prejudice;. Only death does.
The only monsters that exist are human.
All opposites are reconciled in The Certs Principle, aka The Shimmer Effect.
Magick, religion, science, philosophy and mythology are all the same.
The lifespan of the cosmos, the human, the microbe and the virtual particle are all the same.
I detest tolerance as a goal, for tolerance is only one step on the way to acceptance. To stop at tolerance is to stop before the job is done.
Morality is nothing more than herd behavior.
To say that a human acts in a 'bestial' manner is a lie and an insult. Beasts never act 'bestial'. To be 'bestial' is instead the most human of all behaviors.
Christianity died stillborn with Paul of Tarsus.
Out of any given group of humans, 90% are sheep or cattle, 9% are vultures or shepherds, and 1% are wolves.
Any social group or population is virtually identical to an individual person, with all accompanying and conflicting desires, thoughts and emotions, drives and responses.
The deepest root and the very core of science is faith.
I virulently hate the words 'sir' and 'mister' whenever they are applied to me. Those words are symbols of dominance and submission.
I am no one's ruler or master, and have never had the desire to be so. 'Hey you', 'asshole', 'fool' or 'idiot' is more than sufficient in my case.
Life is a fluid in motion.
Perhaps the only form of life I have no respect for is the human 'adult'. The body gets older, and that's about all that happens. I have usually observed no accompanying mental or emotional maturity.
I've spent over 30 years babysitting; and i'm not talking about toddlers or infants, let alone raising my own family.
Although I've been to the other side of the world, and lived over half a century, I have yet to meet ten truly adult humans.
Hope is a demon and the twin of despair.
Hope is ultimately enslaving and therefore evil.
All scientific statements are provisional.
All religious dogma is delusional.
NOTHING BELONGS TO YOU. NOTHING.
A god who demands fear is unworthy of worship.
A god who demands control is likewise unworthy.
I have created worlds, angels, monsters and demons. . .and I have destroyed them all.
It is a pitiful and self-deprecating thing to define oneself in terms of occupation or expertise. A person is so infinitely much more. . .
Zealotry destroys understanding by its very nature.
An honest scientist always keeps in mind the phrase 'as far as is known'. A true scientist realizes that any finding or pronouncement is temporary, as it may be amended or replaced at some time in the future.
Science that becomes dogma is no longer science; it becomes religion and thereby idolatrous.
Given time, enemies become each other.
All things are analogues of each other.
Organized religion is always provincial.
Whenever you point at someone, notice where your other fingers are pointing.
Truth is a rainbow, not a single color.
Over the years, i've found that I tend to bring out the best and the worst in people. I especially tend to bring out extreme reactions, especially among the ignorant. Sometimes it's balanced the other way.
The best and truest friend you will ever have is your worst enemy.
Never look at a problem from both sides: look at it from every side.
Many concepts are social fictions, valid only within a social context. They fail when reality appears.
I have spent my life suffering from, and for, the fears and fantasies of humans. In return I have tried not to cause suffering to others due to my own fears and fantasies.
Some music encapsulates the history of the cosmos. Some music lays out the entire life of the individual, from conception to death.
I have never received anything from a human which did not ultimately result in pain.
Everywhere I look, I see miracles.
Everywhere I look, I see illusions.
And the two are the same.
There are three enemies I've always had: ignorance, fear, and hypocrisy. Everyone is ignorant. Fear is the response to the recognition of one's own ignorance. Hypocrisy is the attempt to hide one's ignorance and fear. All other evils follow as a result of the interplay between ignorance, fear. and hypocrisy.
Nothing exists but music and silence. And they are the same.
Pain is nothing. Pain can be controlled and dealt with. It's the weakness that's the bitch.
I am an anomaly and a threat to some because--among other things--I am power without power, ability without ability, status without status. I don't fit into neat little boxes or pigeonholes, which is irritating to people who believe in an 'orderly' world.
Sorry. . .the fact is that the universe doesn't bow to anyone's whims, yours or mine.
Me, I got used to it a long time ago. . .
I'd rather be Schrodinger's Cat than Pavlov's Dog.
The cosmos is a virtual particle.
The universe was created 15 billion years ago.
The universe was created 6000 years ago.
The universe was created 1 minute ago.
The universe is being created now.
All of these statements are true.
Life is a cannibalistic phenomenon.
Life is a manifestation of turbulence.
Every life is a prayer.
Look into a mirror and see an angel.
Look into a mirror and see a demon.
Look into a mirror and see a monster.
Look into a mirror and see yourself.
Humanity is still primitive.
There are always unknowns.
There is no difference between the microbe and the human.
Solitude is not loneliness.
All wars are civil wars.
Basically, the only important events that have ever occurred on earth since its formation are the beginning of life itself, photosynthesis and sexual dimorphism. Given the opportunity, the next important event will be the spreading of life from this world to others.
Anything else that has happened--anything--is less than nothing before these things.
Man is the only suicidal animal.
Man is a transitional species.
All times and all places are the same.
Death does not exist.
All lives are the same.
With each increase in social bonding comes an increase in aggression. It is the most social of species who fight and kill each other. Humanity may be at the apex of this phenomenon. Any species succeeding ours may, if accompanied by an increase in social bonding, automatically self-destruct before it has a chance to multiply.
Organized religion is idolatry.
The earth is a living being.
Life on earth consists of microbes. . .nothing else.
All relationships are tangential; they all last only a moment.
Organism and environment are symbiotic phenomena.
The only original sin is ignorance.
The only crime is to harm another.
Education ends only at death. . .maybe. . .
Fear only for others, not for yourself.
Freedom is more important than safety.
Once is chance.
Twice is coincidence.
Thrice is a pattern.
Four times is a goddamned fact.
Risk begins at conception.
There is only one sex.
There is only one race.
There is only one life.
Reality is a provisional hypothesis.
Intelligence is not a survival trait.
Intelligence is an experiment.
Organized religion turns God into a pervert.
Everyone is afraid, day and night.
Mankind has not begun to learn.
People still believe in magick. They respond to scraps of cloth and pieces of paper as if they stood for something important. And they worship those pieces of cloth and scraps of paper.
Most people fear to look within themselves.
Nothing exists but vibration.
Nothing exists but turbulence.
Fairy tales rule humanity.
Obedience is not freedom.
Righteousness is a defect.
People are no different than 50,000 years ago. It's just that the toys are a bit prettier.
The true teacher is the student.
Christianity is not Christian.
Accept and embrace your darkness.
Accept and embrace your light.
Accept and embrace yourself.
Love based on fear is not love.
Science is the purest manifestation of faith.
All life has the same value.
Joshua Ben Joseph was only one of a long line of teachers. A very, very long line.
All religions sin and become idolatrous when they turn their originators and lawgivers into gods, without recognizing the fact that each and every individual is in fact a god.
All lives are one life, and one life is all life.
Fanatics and psychotics rule the world, and this is called 'sanity'.
The neuron's reached activation potential, and it's ready to spark.
Imitation is neither becoming nor being.
There is no difference between solids, liquids, gases, plasmas, or Einstein-Bose condensates.
Only humans experience delusion, and actively seek it.
All people are prejudiced. Education and experience help, but cannot totally remove prejudice;. Only death does.
The only monsters that exist are human.
All opposites are reconciled in The Certs Principle, aka The Shimmer Effect.
Magick, religion, science, philosophy and mythology are all the same.
The lifespan of the cosmos, the human, the microbe and the virtual particle are all the same.
I detest tolerance as a goal, for tolerance is only one step on the way to acceptance. To stop at tolerance is to stop before the job is done.
Morality is nothing more than herd behavior.
To say that a human acts in a 'bestial' manner is a lie and an insult. Beasts never act 'bestial'. To be 'bestial' is instead the most human of all behaviors.
Christianity died stillborn with Paul of Tarsus.
Out of any given group of humans, 90% are sheep or cattle, 9% are vultures or shepherds, and 1% are wolves.
Any social group or population is virtually identical to an individual person, with all accompanying and conflicting desires, thoughts and emotions, drives and responses.
The deepest root and the very core of science is faith.
I virulently hate the words 'sir' and 'mister' whenever they are applied to me. Those words are symbols of dominance and submission.
I am no one's ruler or master, and have never had the desire to be so. 'Hey you', 'asshole', 'fool' or 'idiot' is more than sufficient in my case.
Life is a fluid in motion.
Perhaps the only form of life I have no respect for is the human 'adult'. The body gets older, and that's about all that happens. I have usually observed no accompanying mental or emotional maturity.
I've spent over 30 years babysitting; and i'm not talking about toddlers or infants, let alone raising my own family.
Although I've been to the other side of the world, and lived over half a century, I have yet to meet ten truly adult humans.
Hope is a demon and the twin of despair.
Hope is ultimately enslaving and therefore evil.
All scientific statements are provisional.
All religious dogma is delusional.
NOTHING BELONGS TO YOU. NOTHING.
A god who demands fear is unworthy of worship.
A god who demands control is likewise unworthy.
I have created worlds, angels, monsters and demons. . .and I have destroyed them all.
It is a pitiful and self-deprecating thing to define oneself in terms of occupation or expertise. A person is so infinitely much more. . .
Zealotry destroys understanding by its very nature.
An honest scientist always keeps in mind the phrase 'as far as is known'. A true scientist realizes that any finding or pronouncement is temporary, as it may be amended or replaced at some time in the future.
Science that becomes dogma is no longer science; it becomes religion and thereby idolatrous.
Given time, enemies become each other.
All things are analogues of each other.
Organized religion is always provincial.
Whenever you point at someone, notice where your other fingers are pointing.
Truth is a rainbow, not a single color.
Over the years, i've found that I tend to bring out the best and the worst in people. I especially tend to bring out extreme reactions, especially among the ignorant. Sometimes it's balanced the other way.
The best and truest friend you will ever have is your worst enemy.
Never look at a problem from both sides: look at it from every side.
Many concepts are social fictions, valid only within a social context. They fail when reality appears.
I have spent my life suffering from, and for, the fears and fantasies of humans. In return I have tried not to cause suffering to others due to my own fears and fantasies.
Some music encapsulates the history of the cosmos. Some music lays out the entire life of the individual, from conception to death.
I have never received anything from a human which did not ultimately result in pain.
Everywhere I look, I see miracles.
Everywhere I look, I see illusions.
And the two are the same.
There are three enemies I've always had: ignorance, fear, and hypocrisy. Everyone is ignorant. Fear is the response to the recognition of one's own ignorance. Hypocrisy is the attempt to hide one's ignorance and fear. All other evils follow as a result of the interplay between ignorance, fear. and hypocrisy.
Nothing exists but music and silence. And they are the same.
Pain is nothing. Pain can be controlled and dealt with. It's the weakness that's the bitch.
I am an anomaly and a threat to some because--among other things--I am power without power, ability without ability, status without status. I don't fit into neat little boxes or pigeonholes, which is irritating to people who believe in an 'orderly' world.
Sorry. . .the fact is that the universe doesn't bow to anyone's whims, yours or mine.
Me, I got used to it a long time ago. . .
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20081108
The Possible Link Between Schizophrenia and Cats
Earlier this year, a study published in the American Journal of Psychiatry suggested a link between infection with Toxoplasma Gondii, a parasite commonly carried by cats, and schizophrenia.
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http://ping.fm/lbhqk
U.S. Jobless Rate Hits 14-Year High
In a sign that American workers may face even more difficult times for many months to come, the nation’s unemployment rate last month jumped to the highest level in 14 years as job losses mounted.
http://ping.fm/BRYXQ
http://ping.fm/BRYXQ
20081106
Court Rebukes CIA on Freedom of Information, Recognizes Journalists, Not CIA, Determine What Is News
In a striking rebuke to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Judge Gladys Kessler of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia yesterday rejected the CIA’s view that it—and not journalists—has the right to determine which Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests are newsworthy.
http://ping.fm/qo1CF
http://ping.fm/qo1CF
20081105
Michael Crichton, Author of Thrillers, Dies at 66
Michael Crichton, whose technological thrillers like “The Andromeda Strain” and “Jurassic Park” dominated best-seller lists for decades and were translated into Hollywood megahits, died on Tuesday in Los Angeles. He was 66 and lived in Santa Monica, Calif.
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http://ping.fm/bHUuz
20081104
It's No Joke: Fed Hires Failed Bank Executive
The Federal Reserve Bank is drawing jeers for hiring a former top executive from the now-defunct investment bank Bear Stearns to help it gauge the health of other banks.
http://ping.fm/lytX0
http://ping.fm/lytX0
IRAQ: Calls to ensure detainees? rights
Local and international NGOs have expressed concern over a clause in a proposed US-Iraq security agreement that would allow the transfer of all detainees in US military custody to Iraqi authorities.
http://ping.fm/IYWw1
http://ping.fm/IYWw1
Strategic Collapse: The Failure of the Bush Nuclear Doctrine
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said in September that the Bush administration will leave the proliferation “situation…in far better shape than we found it.” If only this were true. Instead, Bush officials leave office like financiers fleeing busted Wall Street banks, with precious assets squandered on risky ventures, once-solid institutions crumbling, surpluses turned into gaping deficits, and a string of problems mismanaged into crises that threaten to bring down a decades-old global regime.
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http://ping.fm/htQi8
Afghan Officials Aided an Attack on U.S. Soldiers
An internal review by the American military has found that a local Afghan police chief and another district leader helped Taliban militants carry out an attack on July 13 in which nine United States soldiers were killed and a remote American outpost in eastern Afghanistan was nearly overrun.
http://ping.fm/tyC6E
http://ping.fm/tyC6E
20081103
Rejoin The World
As president, George W. Bush’s cowboy diplomacy wrenched the United States out of the international community. We must rejoin the world.
http://ping.fm/ySk8E
http://ping.fm/ySk8E
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20081029
Spirituality Protects Against Depression Better Than Church Attendance
Those who worship a higher power often do so in different ways. Whether they are active in their religious community, or prefer to simply pray or meditate, new research out of Temple University suggests that a person's religiousness – also called religiosity – can offer insight into their risk for depression.
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http://ping.fm/HVIzb
Substantial Proportion of Female Veterans Report Military Sexual Trauma
According to preliminary research results from the Department of Veterans Affairs, approximately 15 percent of recently returned female veterans utilizing the VA health care system report experiencing sexual trauma during military service.
http://ping.fm/mCZb1
http://ping.fm/mCZb1
20081028
U.S. Suicide Rate Increasing; Largest Increase Seen In Middle-aged White Women
The rate of suicide in the United States is increasing for the first time in a decade, according to a new report from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's Center for Injury Research and Policy.
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http://ping.fm/0SDg2
Patients Seek Financial Aid to Buy Medicine
As the slowing economy swells the ranks of the unemployed -- and uninsured -- more people are getting help from prescription-drug assistance programs normally aimed at providing medications to the poorest Americans.
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http://ping.fm/uNXAq
Parents in U.S. Can't Always Pay to Cover Kids, Study Says
More than a fourth of uninsured children in the U.S. have a parent with health coverage, according to a study whose authors said it shows private insurance is too expensive for many working families.
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http://ping.fm/q3jjt
Next president to face 'daunting' threats
No matter who wins the White House, Democrat Barack Obama or Republican John McCain, he’ll be confronted immediately with a series of serious wartime challenges complicated by the worldwide economic meltdown.
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http://ping.fm/txSY2
The IDF's New Response Policy vis--vis Hizbollah: How Viable is It?
A lively discussion has developed recently concerning the IDF's new response policy in the event of a renewed confrontation with Hizbollah. An article in Haaretz by Amos Harel; an interview given by GOC Northern Command Gadi Eizencout to Yediot Ahronot; the INSS Insight of early October by Gabriel Siboni; and a forthcoming piece in Strategic Assessment by Giora Eiland are among the recent forums for this debate.
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http://ping.fm/t6mdl
20081026
Terrorist 'tweets'? US Army warns of Twitter dangers
A draft US Army intelligence report has identified the popular micro-blogging service Twitter, Global Positioning System maps and voice-changing software as potential terrorist tools.
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http://ping.fm/wh7YD
20081025
Police search for evangelist's alleged enforcer
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Seth Calagna recalled lying on the Fort Smith warehouse floor, feeling every strike of the board against his backside as blood oozed onto the winter-cooled concrete.
Calagna told detectives months later that John Erwin Kolbeck, an alleged enforcer for jailed evangelist Tony Alamo, paused after 20 strikes to order another ministry member to pull off the 17-year-old's pants and thermals. Kolbeck slammed the wooden board against the teen's underwear and bare skin until the board finally broke, according to a police report.
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Calagna told detectives months later that John Erwin Kolbeck, an alleged enforcer for jailed evangelist Tony Alamo, paused after 20 strikes to order another ministry member to pull off the 17-year-old's pants and thermals. Kolbeck slammed the wooden board against the teen's underwear and bare skin until the board finally broke, according to a police report.
http://ping.fm/rBPQd
Police: McCain volunteer made up robbery story
PITTSBURGH – A McCain campaign volunteer made up a story of being robbed, pinned to the ground and having the letter "B" scratched on her face in what she had said was a politically inspired attack, police said Friday.
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http://ping.fm/HlbnB
Another dragging death in Texas raises tensions
PARIS, Texas – In a gruesome case with powerful echoes of the dragging death of James Byrd a decade ago, a black man was killed underneath a pickup truck in East Texas and two white men have been charged with murder.
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http://ping.fm/YrhER
The Elephant's No Longer in the Room
Jeez, who’s next, Cindy McCain? What with ex-Bush press secretary Scott McClellan's endorsment of Obama, the initial trickle of high-profile Republicans coming out for the Democratic candidate has become something of a steady stream. Rats deserting a sinking ship or principled patriots putting country before party? Here’s a guide to other recent defections.
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http://ping.fm/mFsTU
20081024
Former Bush press secretary backs Obama
Scott McClellan, President Bush's former press secretary who angered old colleagues with a tell-all book earlier this year, said Thursday he is backing Barack Obama for president.
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http://ping.fm/oz9eD
20081023
20081022
20081019
l'envoi
i had always thought i lived in hell,
i thought it dark and cold.
i thought i knew all the pain within;
i know better now that i'm old.
for one day as i was studying,
a spirit appeared to me;
something i had never seen before,
nor thought could ever be.
a spirit of the air she was,
with eyes of fiery green;
sunbeams of reddish flame were her hair,
the like i'd never seen.
a delicately graceful butterfly,
a goddess of red and green;
she flew towards me from out of the sky,
a vision of beauty extreme.
she appeared and alit before me,
and shyly, she implored,
she wanted nothing more from me
than my body and mind and soul.
she lived withiin the woods and fields,
she did no animal harm;
all that lived beyond the pale of man
fell prey to her joyous innocent charm.
she loved to romp and frolic,
and enjoyed the storms and rain,
with wind and lightning crashing 'round her,
as she merrily danced and played.
i fell in love with the spirit,
and willingly gave to her
all that i was and am and ever could be,
because she held me with her allure.
we talked and spoke and shared the dreams
and thoughts of infinity;
we spoke to each other night and day
in terms of eternity.
day turned to night, and i fell and fell
ever deeper in love with her;
i had nothing else in mind or heart;
there was only her, 'twas sure.
my heart had been enraptured
by sylphan green and faery gold;
i never wanted to leave her side, and
with her alone grow old.
but one must always tread warily
where spirits are involved;
one never knows what might interest them next;
and you may just be disavowed.
one night i went to meet her,
as we had done for nights and days;
she never did appear to me,
and i waited all night in the haze.
for days and nights and weeks
i searched, but did not find;
i looked through hill and dale and fields and forests,
and treacherous mountainous climes.
the spirit returned to other pursuits,
losing all interest in me. . .
was it real, an illusion, a game or ploy,
or merely a fantasy?
left in doubt, i wonder;
i see nothing else but her.
my days and nights and all my life are spent
only in wanting her.
the spirit had left her mark on me,
in sylphan green and faery red;
she was as good as her promise to me,
as she took my heart and my soul and my head.
i had thought that i had lived in hell;
i know better, now that i'm old:
for i fell in love with a spirit
of emerald green and reddish gold. . .
i thought it dark and cold.
i thought i knew all the pain within;
i know better now that i'm old.
for one day as i was studying,
a spirit appeared to me;
something i had never seen before,
nor thought could ever be.
a spirit of the air she was,
with eyes of fiery green;
sunbeams of reddish flame were her hair,
the like i'd never seen.
a delicately graceful butterfly,
a goddess of red and green;
she flew towards me from out of the sky,
a vision of beauty extreme.
she appeared and alit before me,
and shyly, she implored,
she wanted nothing more from me
than my body and mind and soul.
she lived withiin the woods and fields,
she did no animal harm;
all that lived beyond the pale of man
fell prey to her joyous innocent charm.
she loved to romp and frolic,
and enjoyed the storms and rain,
with wind and lightning crashing 'round her,
as she merrily danced and played.
i fell in love with the spirit,
and willingly gave to her
all that i was and am and ever could be,
because she held me with her allure.
we talked and spoke and shared the dreams
and thoughts of infinity;
we spoke to each other night and day
in terms of eternity.
day turned to night, and i fell and fell
ever deeper in love with her;
i had nothing else in mind or heart;
there was only her, 'twas sure.
my heart had been enraptured
by sylphan green and faery gold;
i never wanted to leave her side, and
with her alone grow old.
but one must always tread warily
where spirits are involved;
one never knows what might interest them next;
and you may just be disavowed.
one night i went to meet her,
as we had done for nights and days;
she never did appear to me,
and i waited all night in the haze.
for days and nights and weeks
i searched, but did not find;
i looked through hill and dale and fields and forests,
and treacherous mountainous climes.
the spirit returned to other pursuits,
losing all interest in me. . .
was it real, an illusion, a game or ploy,
or merely a fantasy?
left in doubt, i wonder;
i see nothing else but her.
my days and nights and all my life are spent
only in wanting her.
the spirit had left her mark on me,
in sylphan green and faery red;
she was as good as her promise to me,
as she took my heart and my soul and my head.
i had thought that i had lived in hell;
i know better, now that i'm old:
for i fell in love with a spirit
of emerald green and reddish gold. . .
20080730
Bizarre Legal Theory Formulated By White Supremacists Takes Root In Baltimore Ghettos
How black Baltimore drug dealers are
using white supremacist legal
theories to confound the Feds.
http://ping.fm/cdqL6
using white supremacist legal
theories to confound the Feds.
http://ping.fm/cdqL6
20080729
Why Dog Condoms™?
Even PETA will tell you plainly that mutilating your pet is wrong. Whether it’s cropping the ears, clipping the tail, or declawing your ferocious feline; putting your prized pet under the knife to suit your humanly purposes is austerely inhumane. So with that obvious knowledge in your quiver, why would you even dream of getting your dog spayed or neutered?
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http://ping.fm/KvVKv
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Are 400,000 Terrorists, 44 Terrorist Groups, and Five State Sponsors of Terror Trying to Attack the United States?
After having begun a series of investigative stories criticizing the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in May 2008, CNN reporter Drew Griffin reports being placed with more than a million other names on TSA’s swollen terrorism watch list.
http://ping.fm/lqBmV
http://ping.fm/lqBmV
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Ruling Gives South Dakota Doctors a Script to Read
CHICAGO -- In a victory for antiabortion forces, doctors in South Dakota are now required to tell a woman seeking an abortion that the procedure "will terminate the life of a whole, separate, unique living human being."http://ping.fm/rnUik
Library confrontation points up privacy dilemma
RANDOLPH, Vt. - Children's librarian Judith Flint was getting ready for the monthly book discussion group for 8- and 9-year-olds on "Love That Dog" when police showed up. http://ping.fm/G3J6k
Covert ops in Iran
Contrary to claims of taking a more diplomatic approach with Iran, the Bush administration has significantly expanded US covert operations against the Islamic republic courtesy of a $400 million budget approved by Congress last year, thus foreshadowing preparations for war.http://ping.fm/cxuPD
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Prosecutor flagged by US terror watch list
The Justice Department's former top criminal prosecutor says the government's terror watch list likely has caused thousands of innocent Americans to be questioned, searched or otherwise hassled. Former Assistant Attorney General Jim Robinson would know: he's one of them.http://ping.fm/quXMA
U.S. terrorism watch list tops 1 million
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. watch list of terrorism suspects has passed 1 million records, corresponding to about 400,000 people, and a leading civil rights group said on Monday the number was far too high to be effective.http://ping.fm/Jrh0T
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How Terrorism Paranoia Killed 1,600 Americans in 2002
In the aftermath of 9/11, many Americans were so afraid of flying that they chose to drive instead.http://ping.fm/uqzpe
20080713
British soldiers accused of sickening sex assault on Iraqi boy, 14
Just days after the MoD has to pay out millions to the father of a man UK soldiers beat to death, fresh claims of abuse emergehttp://ping.fm/22AiU
Yoo Won’t Answer Whether President Can Bury Detainees Alive»
(video)The authors of the Bush administration’s torture policies, David Addington and John Yoo, are testifying before the House Judiciary Committee. . .http://ping.fm/kqSK6
FBI Investigating Dead Fowl in Front of U.S. Capitol
The FBI is investigating what may have caused a dozen ducks to die in a large reflecting pool in front of the U.S. Capitol.http://ping.fm/rWDqT
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Pull Up A Chair, Mr. Rove
Karl Rove had never been so agreeable. The former chief strategist to President Bush was the only witness listed on the agenda for yesterday's meeting of the House Judiciary Committee, and he proved to be uncharacteristically contained.http://ping.fm/b3RgI
20080710
News agency says missile-test photo digitally changed
An editor who transmitted an apparently doctored photo of an Iranian missile test published around the world said Thursday the gaffe shows that news organizations must be careful about using government handouts. http://ping.fm/NPRcT
20080709
Saying Good-Bye: Pet Funerals for Cats
"You have countless happy memories. You have photos, toys, beds, bowls, and collars. Most importantly, you have a special place in your heart which will always belong to that unforgettable cat. . ."http://ping.fm/yB0kg
Iraq: When resettlement stats show betrayal
Commentary by Erlend Paasche for the ISN Security Watch (08/07/2008) http://ping.fm/5sZR7
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The Superstitious Right Fights Good Science on Global Warming
"We live in the most astonishing of times, politically speaking. And I don't mean that as a compliment."http://ping.fm/i2pNM
Prototype Remote-Activated Wrist Stun-Device Shocks You For Aeroplane Security
This is what our Department of homeland Security wants. . .bad enough airplanes are basically cattle cares nowadays.Now they'll be able to 'prod' anyone into line.http://ping.fm/kuGT8
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Cause for Alarm
"The symbols of patriotism - bumper stickers and those flags the size of baseball fields - have taken the place of the hard work and sacrifice required to keep a great nation great. You know that matters have gotten out of hand when, as we learned this week, American instructors at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, gave classes on torture techniques used by the Communists to extract false testimony from American prisoners during the Korean War."http://ping.fm/XIn1A
Ransom claim in Ingrid Betancourt release
Ingrid Betancourt arrived in France today after being held captive for six years in the Colombian jungle, amid claims that a ransom was paid to free her.The Colombian government said that she was freed in an audacious operation after the military tricked Farc into handing the French-Colombian politician over without a shot being fired.http://ping.fm/5LDAIIf Betancourt's assertions are true, then the United States is once again responsible (at least in part) for the setting up of false 'heroic rescues' and similar phenomena. We should not forget that intitial reports from Iraq claimed that Kurdish forces captured Saddam Hussein, who then turned him over to Coalition forces. Neither should we forget the Pat Tillman and Jessica Lynch affairs.
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Want some torture with your peanuts?
http://ping.fm/V8PtKA senior government official with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has expressed great interest in a so-called safety bracelet that would serve as a stun device, similar to that of a police Taser®. According to this promotional video found at the Lamperd Less Lethal website, the bracelet would be worn by all airline passengers.
Afghan children 'forgotten victims' of war: UN
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) says children in Afghanistan suffer more than in any other country in the world from violence, war and poverty.http://ping.fm/ZMGso
Celebrity Passport Records Popular
Government workers repeatedly snooped without authorization inside the electronic passport records of entertainers, athletes and other high-profile Americans, a State Department audit has found. One celebrity's records were breached 356 times by more than six dozen people. http://ping.fm/R9fuc
"A Decent Respect to the Opinions of Mankind ..."
Irony abounds in President George W. Bush's decision to speak at Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson, on the last July 4th that he will occupy the Oval Office.http://ping.fm/RrQDK
Judge Rejects Bush’s View on Wiretaps
A federal judge in California said Wednesday that the wiretapping law established by Congress was the “exclusive” means for the president to eavesdrop on Americans, and he rejected the government’s claim that the president’s constitutional authority as commander in chief trumped that law. http://ping.fm/vZqhy
Judge Orders Google to Turn Over YouTube Records
San Francisco - A federal judge in New York has ordered Google to turn over to Viacom a database linking users of YouTube, the Web's largest video site by far, with every clip they have watched there.http://ping.fm/97NNq
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Bush's Accountability Moment?
Will the 2008 election be President Bush's long-awaited accountability moment?http://ping.fm/f4h8E
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Nerdy Girls Have Attained Sexy Status
A growing breed of young women are claiming the nerd label for themselves, challenging the notion of what a geek should look like. http://ping.fm/EFgRn
PREPARING FOR PLANETARY DEFENSE
Detection and Interception of Asteroids on Collision Course with Earthhttp://ping.fm/rSYkL
Did Humans Colonize the World by Boat?
Research suggests our ancestors traveled the oceans 70,000 years ago.http://ping.fm/M2Wv2 Magazine Human Origins Newsletter 6.27.2008
Ancient Hair Reveals Origins of Early Greenlanders
http://ping.fm/JyhCe Magazine Human Origins Newsletter 6.27.2008
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It's a Slippery Slope to War
Ask Your Representative to Oppose H. Con. Res. 362 http://ping.fm/utyqz
Analysis: Bush pressed on Iraqi oil deals
http://ping.fm/6r7mo
U.S. congressional leaders are pressing the Bush administration to block deals to be signed between the Iraqi federal government and the world's largest oil companies and to cancel deals between the Iraqi Kurdish region and smaller U.S. oil firms.
U.S. congressional leaders are pressing the Bush administration to block deals to be signed between the Iraqi federal government and the world's largest oil companies and to cancel deals between the Iraqi Kurdish region and smaller U.S. oil firms.
20080625
The Bush Legacy Tour
Come on the Magical Misery Tour !! Celebrate seven years of fear, ignorance, hypocrisy, incompetence and crime as the Bush Legacy Bus makes it way across this 'great' nation of ours!
http://ping.fm/UT52d
http://ping.fm/UT52d
The deadly convenience of Victor Bout
With international arms dealer Victor Bout behind bars in Bangkok, many world leaders are squirming over revelations of his client list.
http://ping.fm/BB5AN
http://ping.fm/BB5AN
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