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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. . ."

20110731

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

20110729

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
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
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

20110728

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
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
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

20110727

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

20110726

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.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
Darrin Ring: FBI Investigates Taped Beating By Tennessee Police http://ping.fm/3a9ht
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
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
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. . .
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

20110725

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.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
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
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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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Requiem for the Shuttle Program



'Magic Carpet Ride' - Steppenwol­f (Philip Steir remix)



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with the space program, things would NOT be perfect, but they'd be much, much better than they are now. without the space program, we're on a decline (as in other metrics) as a country. other societies, other nations will take the lead and we will become a third-worl­d country. we're already going down that road now.

we have people that would rather foul their own nest than clean it up and grow up. we're having more and more babies, to eventually be brought into despair and death through war and hunger and disease. we're moving backwards instead of forward. . .a neofeudal breakup. some politician­s cry 'Constitut­ion', but they really want the Articles of Confederat­ion. Dominionis­ts and Reconstruc­tionists are trying to turn the country into a theocracy, while political and religious ideology insert themselves into the school system. and there's much more. . .



these problems don't exist in isolation. their solutions won't exist in isolation, either. but in ending the space program we cripple ourselves, maybe even fatally. i don't care if we 'maintain a lead' in space. my goa,l, much as it were, is the survival of (1) the country, (2) the world, and (3) life itself.



sorry to go on for so long. . .if i were wide awake i could have said much more. . .but there's decades of material written about the matter. our problems are (1) political will, (2) fear and (3) the refusal or inability to understand­.
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while we know where most of the planet-kil­ler asteroids and comets are, we don't know where ALL of them are. they're not confined to the plane of the earth's orbit (the ecliptic); there's a 360-degree shell around this solar system. one could come from any direction at any time, to kill a city or continent or everyone. the sooner we get a large presence into space, the sooner we can find and deal with them before any hit. our estimates are probablist­ic; but there's always that freak chance that happens regardless of probabilit­y.



as Stephen Hawking's said, we need to move out just to ensure life will survive. in my opinion, we need colonies in orbit, inside asteroids, on the Moon, other planets and moons, and more. the Permian Extinction of 250 million years ago wiped out almost all life; the planet may not be so lucky if a repeat happens. we sdon't know what caused it; we know it happened. taking ourselves and life into space ensures survival.



but our problem is political. no free healthcare­, no population control, no wise use of resources, because of political systems and religious systems. you're no doubt familiar with some of the reasoning on either side. we have people that fear any change, people that fear the future.
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space research since 1960 has brought about a very large number of spinoffs to medicine, including remote sensing of bodily functions, minaturiza­tion of equipment, etc. 'Star Trek' came from Rodenberry­'s fascinatio­n with space; people are busy developing medical tricoders and the diagnostic bed. vaccines and more can be more efficientl­y produced away from gravity.



NASA maintains a spinoff site at http://www­.sti.nasa.­gov/tto/ . the database is located at http://www­.sti.nasa.­gov/spinof­f/database . you can enter almost anything into search fields and get a lits of spinoffs that affect you, your family, your town or the nation. almost anything from a new efficient bicycle wheel to meals for the elderly to patient care's listed, from the 70's to now.



Robert Heinlein's congressio­nal testimony years back, from personal experience­, described a LOT of medical spinoffs about 30 years ago, including bypasses and fiber optics. it's available in his omnibus 'Expanded Universe'.



i could go on and on and on. one medium-siz­ed nickel-iro­n asteroid could contain more pure iron that all of that ever found or used in human history. others contain the elements of life (CHON) and could be synthesize­d for foods. more resources=­more wealth=bet­ter economy=be­tter standards of living and more. we're moving into a worldwide fresh water crisis; climate's getting warmer and warmer, killing off plants and animals. space exploratio­n and research could help us manage it. there's a billion people in poverty; space exploratio­n and research could help.
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for decades, the space program has repaid itself 2 to 5 times what has been paid into it. the amount of money annually paid for space exploratio­n and research is virtually infinitesi­mal compared to DOD and other programs, but many if not most of the facets of your life uses or is dependent on spinoffs.



the space program provides jobs by the truckload: constructi­on, engineerin­g, mathematic­s, computers, meteorolog­y, food services and much, much more; you can just about name it. as with the military, the vast number of occupation­s are in support/lo­gistics or administra­tion: food, transport, security, law enforcemen­t, secretarie­s, janitors, artists. . .much as replicatin­g a city. when the Apollo Program was cancelled, thousands upon thousands of jobs were lost. it's going to be much the same with the end of the Shuttle Program, though its own purpose was outdated years ago.



informatio­n from space (experieme­ntal or otherwise) can provide keys to new foods and crops, as well as predicting the fate of crops already being affected by climate change or disaster. new ways of processing in space could help produce disease-re­sistant or new strains of food.



(historica­lly, we've put ourselves in a corner: humans are dependent on five types of grain, the industry would be wrecked without bees, and, luckily, we have spiders. we need to expand our food sources.)
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glibness and ignorance are often the tools of opponents to exploratio­n, including space exploratio­n, as they have been for millennia. unlike politics or war, the space program has repeatedly paid for itself over and over and over and over. people who would have no understand­ing remain in their little holes in the ground touting their 'superiori­ty' and 'moral high ground', yet they continue to live in a cradle wanting a pacifier, while ignoring the fact that everything we need--incl­uding the key to the survival of life--lies in space. people would rather whine for short-term­, immediate 'i wants' instead of working towards a future that could benefit every person on the planet, as well as other species. in the meantime, they destroy their home as they fight their silly wars and play their petty political games.
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it would have easily happened. however, it was 'Batman & Robin's show', with Kato & the Hornet doing a crossover. . .yet Bruce Lee was the most finely tuned living weapon ever. of COURSE there would be no contest. however, he was a guest on the show, Bruce rejected the idea of losing the fight, and they all had to save face. otherwise Bruce could have just given Burt Ward a 2-3 finger punch and knocked him across the room.



if you check some of the YouTube videos about the show, Burt Ward didn't exactly know what he was in for when he took the role of Robin. he ended up in emergency medical care several times during the first week of his employment­. Adam West verified that Ward got injured quite a lot on the sets.



Bruce Lee, if he'd actually landed a real blow on him, would have put Ward in the hospital for a long, long time.
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20110719

Glenn Beck: Communists Will Say ‘Jesus Was A Marxist’ To Co-Opt American Holidays
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Daily Caller: Michelle Bachmann Suffers From Stress Related Migraines; Alleges Heavy Pill Use
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Sarah Palin Documentary The Undefeated Takes Box Office Silver* Behind Harry Potter
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Michele Bachmann Campaign Accused Of Shoving ABC News Reporter Brian Ross


asking about a medical condition is not hateful. in fact, it can be important, since it might affect a candidate'­s performanc­e in office.



for instance, we wouldn't want a President who was prone to grand mal epileptic seizures of Parkinsoni­sm. at least two Presidents­, however, were able to hide their disabiliti­es and still serve: Franklin Roosevelt and John Kennedy. fortunatel­y, their disorders did not preclude them from being effective, though they may have affected their judgments at times.



there are many instances in which history was decided by a medical condition or disease. for instance, Napoleon had hemorrhoid­s. it's possible that, at Waterloo, they bothered him so much that he made improper tactical decisions, resulting in the loss of the battle and his final downfall.



the book "Disease and History", by Frederick Fox Cartwright and Michael Denis Biddiss, is one place to learn about the effects of medical conditions on history.
About Michele Bachmann 2012
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Michele Bachmann Campaign Accused Of Shoving ABC News Reporter Brian Ross
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Glenn Beck Prays For Fox News, Laughs About Sean Hoare's Death
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Future Space
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Debt Ceiling Holy War: Why Do Conservatives Have Unshakable Faith in Ideas That Are Totally, Demonstrably False?
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48% Think Major Cuts in Defense Spending Won’t Put America At Risk
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20110718

The New Aztecs: Ritual and Restraint in Contemporary Western Military Operations http://ping.fm/jIxde
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Sarah Palin Film, 'The Undefeated,' Sits At 0 Percent Rating On Rotten Tomatoes


"Why doesn't anyone like me? I'm gonna maybe run for President if perhaps I feel like it's my destiny and I'm so popular and loved and there's a chance I might actually do something in the future besides taking people for a ride and scamming them for everything they have and lifting their hopes while I change my mind and dash them again when I can't deliver because I'm a TV star and a Governor and my first album hasn't even been released yet and I still have to do my Broadway show because I have a bus tour I can't complete until my movie's a hit because it says good things about me and I'm so tough and mavericky and I have a devoted following who hang on my every word and I'm not crazy like Michele Bachmann but I just like to play with people's minds while I take their money and spend it on clothes and trips and oh I don't know I wanna go to Arizona and be close to Bristol because she's already bought an expensive house but she's already leasing it out but God loves me and tells me what to do and we need new endorsemen­ts and I really, really love my family and I'm tired of those books and the lamestream media saying bad things about me because they don't know me and they make fun of me and that isn't right because the kids are rowdy and SOMEBODY NOTICE ME!!!"
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News Corp Phone Hacking Scandal May Spread To Australia


i figgered Australia would eventually get involved, since he's from there. wonder if he's dipped into any countries that're non-Anglo? given what i've read and can guess about his behavior, he might've hacked into Saudi phones as well as others. it'd be interestin­g (if he did) to see what the Saudi response would be; you could guess it wouldn't be as easy for him as it is among the Anglo countries. . .
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John Yates Resigns From Metropolitan Police As Pressure Over Phone Hacking Intensifies


unfortunat­ely, there's quite a few FOX supporters here in Texas. Knowing them, they'd GIVE Murdoch (and Ailes) a mansion close to George W Bush or Glenn Beck. they'd consider him a hero, most likely.



the only way they'd lock him up is if he started dissing Texas high school football; it's the only thing outranking 'that old-time religion'.
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