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Is this really news considering all the epidemics that have stricken mankind throughout history?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090727/ts_nm/us_flu_who_spread
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Conservative Web site launched for rockers who rage FOR the machine 7/30


Conservative website launched for rockers who rage FOR the machine

July 29, 12:39 PM


Will right wing rocker site spawn more Nugents?

Right wing rocker Ted Nugent has long used his bombastic style to rage against those he considers opponents of his America. Nugent recently urged Texas to secede and install him as its president. Now a website Rockanomics.com has been launched to spawn new Nugents.  

World Anthem Inc describes the site as an online rock music community and conservative movement site. That is pro-American and pro-military. They say the site will provide a platform to advance relevant new music and expose political decisions effecting American life with ways to get involved. The site presents what they consider proven solutions to issues, reveals motivating sources of career and business essentials, and provides ways to support our military in an interactive format. They also offer a "Share the Wealth" affiliate program, motivating businesses and individuals to refer subscribers and earn ongoing revenue.

Read more from link at top if you wanna.

Also in a somewhat related item from yesterday:
Teaching Robots the Rules of War 7/29

Teaching Robots the Rules of War

Dr. Ronald Arkin, author of Governing Lethal Behavior in Autonomous Robots, is Designing Ethical Guidance Software for Army Bots An interview
Written By: Surfdaddy Orca
Date Published: July 24, 2009 | View more articles in: Much thanks to http://buzzflash.com



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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote JJLehto Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 29 2009 at 20:29
Ah yes, good ol Rick Perry and his talk of succession.
He was also such a silly goose.

I present Keith Olbermann, in all his liberal, hatred goodness
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=If1Ab9zvXPo&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fencyclopediadramatica.com%2FKeith_olbermann&feature=player_embedded



But really, if Texas decided to succeed, I'd say "Bon Voyage"
Seriously, what will we be losing???


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Originally posted by JJLehto JJLehto wrote:

Ah yes, good ol Rick Perry and his talk of succession.
He was also such a silly goose.

But really, if Texas decided to succeed, I'd say "Bon Voyage"
Seriously, what will we be losing???


Well we'd probably have to build a fence around it. LOL


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Now THAT fence I would fully support.
No problem with mexicans...but we gotta keep those Texans out all costs!
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Hey now Molly Ivins may be gone but we still have Jim Hightower.

http://womenshistory.about.com/od/quotes/a/molly_ivins.htm
from her last column, January 11, 2007: We are the people who run this country. We are the deciders. And every single day, every single one of us needs to step outside and take some action to help stop this war. Raise hell. Think of something to make the ridiculous look ridiculous. Make our troops know we're for them and trying to get them out of there.
• In Texas, we do not hold high expectations for the [governor's] office; it's mostly been occupied by crooks, dorks and the comatose.

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"Some of these CEOs are getting so rich they could afford to air condition hell." -- Jim Hightower

REAL COMPETITION CAN STOP HEALTH INSURANCE GOUGING

Cowboy hat By Jim Hightower - Tue., 7/28/09

Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama is all for Congressional efforts to produce health care reform – as long as they don't contain any actual reform.

The senator gets fainting spells at... [read more]









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Something ugly you may not have heard about:

Cold-blooded details of Brooklyn Marine and wife's brutal murder revealed in California courtroom

BY Nancy Dillon In Murrieta, Calif. and Corky Siemaszko In New York
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS

Brooklyn raised Marine Sgt. Pawel Pietrzak and his wife Quiana.

Brooklyn raised Marine Sgt. Pawel Pietrzak and his wife Quiana.

Henryka Pietrzak-Varga, mother of murdered Marine Sgt. Jan Pietrzak. Delgado for News

Henryka Pietrzak-Varga, mother of murdered Marine Sgt. Jan Pietrzak.

Terrorized and tortured, allegedly by four fellow Marines, Sgt. Jan Pawel Pietrzak and his wife were on their knees in their ransacked home when one intruder handed a loaded gun to another.

"Do them," Lance Cpl. Tyrone Miller told Pvt. Emrys John, a former Marine testified Wednesday.

"They had them kneel over the couch and they placed a seat cushion over his head and shot him," 22-year-old Justin Weissinger told the court. "They shot his wife, too. They shot her in the same manner, twice."

Weissinger, who was kicked out of the service in February for flunking a drug test, said Miller gave him that account and even boasted about how they sexually assaulted Pietrzak's wife, Quiana.

That was too much for her mother, Faye Williams-Jenkins, who fled the California courtroom in tears.

Pietrzak's mother, Henryka, who had flown in from Brooklyn for the hearing, said with disgust, "Our servicemen and women deserve to be safe and not afraid of each other."

Weissinger, who said he and Miller carried out 20 burglaries together and once accidentally shot the accused ringleader, testified at a hearing to determine whether the Marines should stand trial for the double murder.

John and Miller are based at Camp Pendleton and worked for Pietrzak, who was a helicopter airframe mechanic at Miramar Marine Corps Air Station in San Diego.

Miller said "that they had some conflicts in the past and he didn't really like him that much," Weissinger testified.

So when Miller rang Pietrzak's doorbell last October, the suspicious sergeant armed himself with a kitchen knife, Weissinger said.

They "put a shotgun to his chest and told him to go in the house," the former Marine said.

Miller, John and the other Marines, Pvt. Kesuan (Psycho) Sykes and Pvt. Kevin Cox, have pleaded not guilty. They face the death penalty if convicted. John is 19 and the others are 21.

Prosecutors insist the Pietrzaks were slain for their money, but a homicide investigator has said the Marines spray-painted racist remarks in the home.

Polish-born Pietrzak, 24, was white. His 26-year-old wife was black.

In the wake of the Pietrzak murders, Rep. Michael McMahon (D-Staten Island) drafted a bill to stiffen psychological screenings for new Marines to weed out the bad apples.




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Don't people have better things to do than feel offended at everything?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeuBB_mOFIA


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SIGH:
Tom Tomorrow:

Example the first:

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Two DeKalb County police officers have been placed on paid administrative leave after an investigation revealed they ran a background check on President Barack Obama.
A representative for the DeKalb County CEO’s office identified the officers as Ryan White and C.M. Route.
Officials said Obama’s name was typed into a computer inside a DeKalb County police car on July 20 and ran through the National Crime Information Center.
The secret service was immediately notified and contacted the DeKalb County Police Department.

Example the second:

(CNN) — A Boston police officer who sent a mass e-mail referring to Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. as a “banana-eating jungle monkey” has apologized, saying he’s not a racist.

Officer Justin Barrett told a Boston television station on Wednesday night that he was sorry for the e-mail.

“I regret that I used such words,” Barrett told CNN affiliate WCVB-TV. “I have so many friends of every type of culture and race you can name. I am not a racist.”

Barrett was placed on administrative leave after the e-mail surfaced, and he might lose his job as a result.

* * *

In Barrett’s e-mail, which was posted on a Boston television station’s Web site, he declared that if he had “been the officer he verbally assaulted like a banana-eating jungle monkey, I would have sprayed him in the face with OC (oleoresin capsicum, or pepper spray) deserving of his belligerent non-compliance.”

Barrett used the “jungle monkey” phrase four times, three times referring to Gates and once referring to Abraham’s writing as “jungle monkey gibberish.”

Uncategorized | -->

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Just when I think things are getting better I find there are plenty of haters out there spreading it on and the cycle continues. Ermm


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Uhm, is this really a good idea:

'Squeaky' Fromme
Set to Leave Prison

Manson Follower Convicted for Trying
To Kill President Ford: Release Date


Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote crimhead Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 07 2009 at 21:21
Sounds like something out of a Tom & Jerry cartoon.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090808/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_rodent_robber
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^^

Pretty funny stuff
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Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:


Conservative Web site launched for rockers who rage FOR the machine 7/30


Conservative website launched for rockers who rage FOR the machine

July 29, 12:39 PM


Will right wing rocker site spawn more Nugents?

Right wing rocker Ted Nugent has long used his bombastic style to rage against those he considers opponents of his America. Nugent recently urged Texas to secede and install him as its president. Now a website Rockanomics.com has been launched to spawn new Nugents.  

World Anthem Inc describes the site as an online rock music community and conservative movement site. That is pro-American and pro-military. They say the site will provide a platform to advance relevant new music and expose political decisions effecting American life with ways to get involved. The site presents what they consider proven solutions to issues, reveals motivating sources of career and business essentials, and provides ways to support our military in an interactive format. They also offer a "Share the Wealth" affiliate program, motivating businesses and individuals to refer subscribers and earn ongoing revenue.

Read more from link at top if you wanna.

Also in a somewhat related item from yesterday:
Teaching Robots the Rules of War 7/29

Teaching Robots the Rules of War

Dr. Ronald Arkin, author of Governing Lethal Behavior in Autonomous Robots, is Designing Ethical Guidance Software for Army Bots An interview
Written By: Surfdaddy Orca
Date Published: July 24, 2009 | View more articles in: Much thanks to http://buzzflash.com



That Nugent site reminds of Michael Savage's website. Seems there is no originality or ideas to be had.
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Beirut Goes Gay? 8/9
Lebanese Lesbians? LOL



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Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

Something ugly you may not have heard about:

Cold-blooded details of Brooklyn Marine and wife's brutal murder revealed in California courtroom

BY Nancy Dillon In Murrieta, Calif. and Corky Siemaszko In New York
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS

Brooklyn raised Marine Sgt. Pawel Pietrzak and his wife Quiana.

Brooklyn raised Marine Sgt. Pawel Pietrzak and his wife Quiana.

Henryka Pietrzak-Varga, mother of murdered Marine Sgt. Jan Pietrzak. Delgado for News

Henryka Pietrzak-Varga, mother of murdered Marine Sgt. Jan Pietrzak.

Terrorized and tortured, allegedly by four fellow Marines, Sgt. Jan Pawel Pietrzak and his wife were on their knees in their ransacked home when one intruder handed a loaded gun to another.

"Do them," Lance Cpl. Tyrone Miller told Pvt. Emrys John, a former Marine testified Wednesday.

"They had them kneel over the couch and they placed a seat cushion over his head and shot him," 22-year-old Justin Weissinger told the court. "They shot his wife, too. They shot her in the same manner, twice."

Weissinger, who was kicked out of the service in February for flunking a drug test, said Miller gave him that account and even boasted about how they sexually assaulted Pietrzak's wife, Quiana.

That was too much for her mother, Faye Williams-Jenkins, who fled the California courtroom in tears.

Pietrzak's mother, Henryka, who had flown in from Brooklyn for the hearing, said with disgust, "Our servicemen and women deserve to be safe and not afraid of each other."

Weissinger, who said he and Miller carried out 20 burglaries together and once accidentally shot the accused ringleader, testified at a hearing to determine whether the Marines should stand trial for the double murder.

John and Miller are based at Camp Pendleton and worked for Pietrzak, who was a helicopter airframe mechanic at Miramar Marine Corps Air Station in San Diego.

Miller said "that they had some conflicts in the past and he didn't really like him that much," Weissinger testified.

So when Miller rang Pietrzak's doorbell last October, the suspicious sergeant armed himself with a kitchen knife, Weissinger said.

They "put a shotgun to his chest and told him to go in the house," the former Marine said.

Miller, John and the other Marines, Pvt. Kesuan (Psycho) Sykes and Pvt. Kevin Cox, have pleaded not guilty. They face the death penalty if convicted. John is 19 and the others are 21.

Prosecutors insist the Pietrzaks were slain for their money, but a homicide investigator has said the Marines spray-painted racist remarks in the home.

Polish-born Pietrzak, 24, was white. His 26-year-old wife was black.

In the wake of the Pietrzak murders, Rep. Michael McMahon (D-Staten Island) drafted a bill to stiffen psychological screenings for new Marines to weed out the bad apples.


A few bad men eh. Someone said the killers should get solitary for life. They should be chained to a wall in a dungeon for life. Disgusting.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote horsewithteeth11 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 10 2009 at 10:55
Seems like crows are pretty clever.

Or maybe it's just because they can actually think.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Henry Plainview Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 10 2009 at 12:35
Not really news, but I would like to present the New Yorker missing the freaking point.
 
Also, I never thought that Mayella's father raped her, but reading comments on Metafilter and in the article that seems to be the assumed conclusion. I always thought she didn't have any sex at all that day, her father just made her file for rape because he saw her kissing Tom.
Originally posted by birdwithteeth11 birdwithteeth11 wrote:

Seems like crows are pretty clever.

Or maybe it's just because they can actually think.
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"My cat downloaded that child porn"

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Martin County Sheriff’s detectives didn’t buy a man's claim that his cat was downloading child porn.
Keith Griffin was charged after detectives found more than 1,000 child porn images on his computer.

Griffin told detectives he would leave his computer on and his cat would jump on the keyboard. 
And when he returned there will be strange material downloaded, the release states.
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...

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Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

"My cat downloaded that child porn"

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Martin County Sheriff’s detectives didn’t buy a man's claim that his cat was downloading child porn.
Keith Griffin was charged after detectives found more than 1,000 child porn images on his computer.

Griffin told detectives he would leave his computer on and his cat would jump on the keyboard. 
And when he returned there will be strange material downloaded, the release states.
 
Yup. We all know how much kitties are into porn. All kinds of porn.
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Damn cats!!!


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