March 2011
“Why Russia Should Be Worried About a Coup”
– Why Russia Should Be Worried About a Coup | Opinion | The Moscow Times
Kremlin Rolls Out Card That Does All | Business |... →
Dmitry Kostyukov / AP
President Dmitry Medvedev holding up examples of proposed all-purpose identity and payment cards Monday.
Imagine a piece of plastic that gets you a doctor’s appointment, pays your bills, allows you to rent a car or buy a plane ticket and even get Moscow registration faster than the sham ads in the Moscow metro.
President Dmitry Medvedev promised Monday that three...
“Facebook Investor Peter Thiel: Palantir Is The Next Facebook Or Google”
– Facebook Investor Peter Thiel: Palantir Is The Next Facebook Or Google - Oliver Chiang - SelectStart - Forbes
WatchPeople felt 4.7-magnitude earthquake in 5 states; geologists study swarm of quakes
The largest earthquake to hit Arkansas in 35 years has everyone wondering what’s next and what’s causing all the shaking.
GREENBRIER, Ark. — The largest earthquake to hit Arkansas in 35 years also shook parts of Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Mississippi on Sunday night. This comes in a...
The Modern Manifesto | Doug Ross @ Journal →
According to Karl Marx, the following ten elements were requisite conditions for “a transition from capitalism to communism.” 1. Abolition of property in land and application of all rents of land to public purposes. Washington Examiner: The great Obama land grab: “White House officials have been meeting quietly with environmental groups to map out government plans for acquiring...
WatchSeattle Reporter Breaks Up Street Fight
***Sometimes it pays to be the cameraman.
Reporter Breaks Up Street Fight Video
Cops: ‘This is food terrorism by mice’ |... →
The victimized mice.
A Delaware County pizza shop owner allegedly delivered mice to his competition, police said.
Nickolas Galiatsatos47, owner of Nina’s Bella Pizzaria in the 8400 block of West Chester Pike, has been charged with leaving bags of rodents at two competing pizzerias in hopes of bolstering his own business, according to Michael Chitwood, Upper Darby superintendent of ...
Robotics shutdown briefly strands astronaut -... →
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A robotic system shutdown interrupted Monday’s spacewalk outside the International Space Station, leaving an astronaut stuck with an 800-pound pump in his hands for nearly a half-hour.
Good thing it was weightless.
Spacewalker Stephen Bowen was in no danger, but it didn’t sound pleasant.
Mission Control asked if he was comfortable.
“I’m fine...
Massachusetts company makes diesel simply with... →
Mass. company making diesel with sun, water, CO2
By JAY LINDSAY
A Massachusetts biotechnology company says it can produce the fuel that runs Jaguars and jet engines using the same ingredients that make grass grow.
This Oct. 26, 2010 photograph provided by Joule Unlimited shows the company’s ethanol and diesel production testing facility in Leander, Texas, where arrays of bacteria gather...
'Anonymous' takes down Americans for Prosperity... →
The online activist group “anonymous,” which has used coordinated denial of service attacks — a crude but effective Internet weapon — to temporary disable sites belonging to foes ranging from Scientology to WikiLeaks foes — has turned its firepower on the Koch-backed conservative group Americans for Prosperity, making the group’s site intermittently...
Top 10 Labor Union Outrages - HUMAN EVENTS →
With labor unions seeing a decline in membership, their agenda is becoming ever more desperate. Public-employee unions, with their lavish taxpayer-funded pensions, are driving governments to insolvency. No wonder approval ratings for unions are at an all-time low. Here are the Top 10 Labor Union Outrages.
1. Wisconsin on fire: When the Wisconsin legislature prepared to vote on...
RealClearPolitics - Permissions →
By David Warren
That Moammar Gadhafi is a monster has been known for some time — even better to his own people than to those out of harm’s way. But there was never much doubt, in any foreign office, that his regime was behind various terrorist enterprises, or that his own unpredictability made the world less stable far beyond Libya’s shores. His current domestic...
End Unions and End the Privileged Class - The... →
***As much as I dislike the DB, this one caught my eye.
With the Wisconsin showdown at a fever pitch, Mark McKinnon says America doesn’t need public unions anymore—they silence voters’ choice, redistribute wealth, and clog the political system.
by Mark McKinnon
The manufactured Madison, Wis., mob is not the movement the White House was hoping for. Both may find themselves at the wrong end...
External security cameras coming to 'real time... →
By Tim Gurrister
OGDEN — Attempting a police omniscience seen in only about 20 U.S. cities, the Ogden Police Department is gearing up for a “real time crime center” to be operational soon after its Crime Blimp launches.
The center hopes to eventually be linked with the thousands of private and government security cameras around town, including the city’s own...
“High pump prices rattle drivers and businesses”
– Record high gasoline prices are eating into profits and forcing drivers to cut spending
High pump prices rattle drivers and businesses - Yahoo! Finance
Man gave $200K to fake online girlfriend - UPI.com →
NAPERVILLE, Ill., Feb. 25 (UPI) — Police in Illinois said a man “was in disbelief” when officers told him the online girlfriend to whom he had given $200,000 was not a real person.
Naperville police said the 48-year-old man called investigators Wednesday to say he believed the woman, with whom he had been involved in a 2 1/2-year online relationship, had been kidnapped...
Do tyrants fear America anymore? President Obama’s... →
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Nile Gardiner is a Washington-based foreign affairs analyst and political commentator. He appears frequently on American and British television and radio, including Fox News Channel, CNN, BBC, Sky News, and NPR.
Muammar Gaddafi with Barack Obama in 2009 (Photo: AFP/Getty)
The débacle of Washington’s handling of the Libya issue is symbolic of a wider problem at the heart of...
As seen on Drudge
IN PUBLIC: Obama offers states flexibility on health care law… IN PRIVATE: Tells liberals move will allow states to enact even more expansive reform…
Michelle Malkin » Sacrifice: The Obamas Personal... →
**Written by Doug Powers
Rest assured, Mike Huckabee will aggressively defend this practice ASAP.
From J.P. Freire at the Washington Examiner:
With a schedule as hectic as President Obama’s it must be hard to stick to a training regimen without help — but why does he insist on having his old trainer fly out from Chicago to D.C. regularly when Obama and his wife exhort the rest of us to...
February 2011
Census: Near-record level of US counties dying -... →
Coal truck drives through railroad tressel
A coal truck drives through an railroad tressel near downtown Welch, W.Va., Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011. Coal brought a large population to the McDowell County in the 1940’s. Now the population is shrinking and the county suffers from unemployment and poverty.
WELCH, W.Va. – In America’s once-thriving coal country, 87-year-old Ed Shepard...
“Gold $2,300, Silver $150 and Looming Stock Market Crash”
– Gold $2,300, Silver $150 and Looming Stock Market Crash :: The Market Oracle :: Financial Markets Analysis & Forecasting Free Website
“Royal Canadian Mint Now Saying It’s Difficult Securing Silver”
– KING WORLD NEWS - Blog
Inside Gaddafi's mountain lair: Tyrant's tacky... →
Inside Gaddafi’s mountain lair: Tyrant’s tacky holiday home is trashed by defiant Libyans
By Sam Greenhill It is exactly what you would expect of Colonel Gaddafi’s lair – sumptuous, expensive and utterly tasteless.
And a week after the dictator’s guards fled his opulent hilltop palace, the Libyan people have given it their verdict by joyfully trashing the place.
...
Irish election: Fianna Fáil government routed,... →
Enda Kenny, leader of Fine Gael, poised to become Ireland’s prime minister if he can broker a deal with second-placed Labour
Irish election exit polls point to Enda Kenny becoming new prime minister. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA
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Irish election: Fianna Fáil government routed, according to exit poll
Enda Kenny, leader of Fine Gael, poised to become...
Dr. Marc Faber on the World Economy: 'I Think We... →
Courtesy Tyler Durden, we discover this enlightening interview (PDF) with economist Marc Faber — who isn’t called “Dr. Doom” for nothing.
I think we are in a money-printing environment. If something happens in China, they will print even more than the U.S. prints. If something in happens in Europe, they will also print money. They are going to print money everywhere,...
DIA Travelers Warned Of Possible Measles Exposure... →
DENVER (CBS4)- Denver International Airport is warning travelers and employees that they may have been exposed to measles. The exposure would have happened on Tuesday, Feb. 22.
According to the Department of Public Health and Environment, a person with measles arrived at DIA, Gate C39 at about 9 p.m. That person remained in the area for several hours.
People who were working or traveling...
'The beaming foetus' | Doug Ross @ Journal →
Dude.
Scan of smiling foetus puts new spin on abortion issue
Transformed by a beaming smile, this is the tiny face of a foetus just 17 weeks old. Professor Stuart Campbell, who took the picture at his London clinic with 3-D and 4-D scanning equipment, said it did not necessarily show the unborn child had feelings – but it was certainly displaying human behavior. The scan implies that a baby...
Small Nuclear War Could Reverse Global Warming for... →
Regional war could spark “unprecedented climate change,” experts predict.
A nuclear bomb explodes in a test on the Mururoa atoll in French Polynesia in the early seventies.
Charles Q. Choi
Even a regional nuclear war could spark “unprecedented” global cooling and reduce rainfall for years, according to U.S. government computer models.
Widespread famine and disease...
Texas demographer: 'It's basically over for... →
Looking at population projections for Texas, demographer Steve Murdock concludes: “It’s basically over for Anglos.”
Two of every three Texas children are now non-Anglo and the trend line will become even more pronounced in the future, said Murdock, former U.S. Census Bureau director and now director of the Hobby Center for the Study of Texas at Rice University.
Steve...
A climate-change activist prepares for the worst →
By Mike Tidwell
Ten years ago, I put solar panels on my roof and began eating locally grown food. I bought an energy-efficient refrigerator that uses the power equivalent of a single light bulb. I started heating my home with a stove that burns organically fertilized corn kernels. I even restored a gas-free lawn mower for manual yardwork.
As a longtime environmental activist, I was deeply...
Rubber Rooms Gone, But Idle NY Teachers Still... →
*** Costing New York $100 million dollars a YEAR. Unable to fire bad teachers, New York places them in “rubber rooms.” It’s reported they have now been closed, but the problem is still there. $100 million dollars a YEAR.
For insight on the impact of unions and teachers, I suggest watching “Waiting for Superman” (where I first heard about these rubber rooms). Now,...
WatchKathie Lee Gifford Eats Dog Food On ‘Today,’ Washes It Down With Red Wine
What can we say, morning shows are a different breed.
On the fourth hour of NBC’s “Today” yesterday, co-host Kathie Lee Gifford ate some gourmet dog food on-air, after Hoda Kotb and a number of crew members couldn’t step up to the plate, so to speak.
And what better to wash down dog food at 10 AM then a glass of red...
After on-air apology, Glenn Beck writes to ADL’s... →
Following his on-air apology yesterday for remarks he made Tuesday morning, Glenn Beck wrote to the Anti-Defamation League’s national director Abraham Foxman to apologize again.
On Tuesday’s radio show, Beck compared rabbis of Reform Judaism to radical Islam. Yesterday, he called it one of the “worst analogies of all time.” But he did add, “I don’t agree with Abe Foxman… on anything… but on...
Alternative Libya Govt. Gains Traction | News... →
An alternative government being set up by former Libyan Justice Minister Mustafa Mohamed Abdel Jalil gained traction over the weekend, as a number of Libyan diplomats in the West, who have denounced Muamar Qaddafi’s attempts to put down the revolution, said they would recognize the new government as the legitimate one. The government will be set up in Benghazi, where Qaddafi currently...
Pot, Cigarette Smoke Wreaks Havoc on Lungs -... →
***This just in from 2009..
MONDAY, April 13 (HealthDay News) — People who smoke cigarettes and marijuana increase their risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease almost threefold, but smoking pot alone doesn’t seem to increase the risk of the deadly lung condition, researchers report.
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a progressive condition with no cure that’s...
Intelligence Squared Debates | David Brooks Glenn... →
David Brooks: ‘More people own ferrets than watch Fox News’
What happens when you get a few “intellectuals” together? You get a few critical shots at things with mass appeal.
Over the last two weeks, Bloomberg Television has been airing the “Intelligence Squared” debate held in New York City earlier this month with thought leaders like Arianna Huffington, Zev Chafets, P.J. O’Rourke and New...
Libyan turmoil, $100 per barrel oil fuel... →
The Libyan uprising and triple-digit oil prices are reinvigorating GOP-led attacks on White House offshore drilling policies — a collision that will burst into public view next week on Capitol Hill.
Republicans will press Interior Secretary Ken Salazar on offshore drilling restrictions when he appears before two committees to defend the Interior Department’s fiscal year 2012 budget plan.
...
WatchMSNBC Host Scarborough Unleashes on Beck: ‘Losing it Before Our Eyes’
On MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” this morning, host Joe Scarborough delivered a scathing rant against Glenn Beck. According to Scarborough, Glenn is “losing it before our eyes” and is “bad for the conservative movement.”
“He’s bad for the Republican party. He’s bad for Fox News. It’s that simple,” Scarborough said, referring...
Yankees' Slugger Rodriguez To Pay 50 Times Less... →
Star To Pay 50 Times Less Than Going Rate For West Side Digs
Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez. (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images)
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — They were crying foul Friday about a sweetheart tax loophole that will enable Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez to live in his new $6 million luxury West Side penthouse and pay virtually no real estate taxes.
The cost of a 28th row ticket...
FT.com / World - Spain reduces motorway speed... →
Spain is to cut its motorway speed limit to 110km per hour from 120kph to save petrol following the rise in crude oil prices and fears of a supply crisis caused by upheavals in Libya and other Arab states.
Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, deputy prime minister, announced the speed reduction – from March 7 – as one of the energy-saving measures agreed by ministers on Friday.
The Spanish initiative...
GE donations to river group stir controversy - The... →
Critics see attempt to sway Housatonic River cleanup
The Facebook page popped onto the Web last month, pushing a controversial position on the PCB-poisoned Housatonic River in Western Massachusetts: cleaning it too thoroughly may actually harm the environment more.
Missing from the webpage of the Smart Clean-up Coalition was any explanation of the group’s origins or members. So a skeptical...
State of USA, Incorporated | Doug Ross @ Journal →
Morgan Stanley’s Mary Meeker has created an extensive report (266 pages) on America’s fiscal condition, evaluated as if it were a business. The resulting picture is, to put it bluntly, disturbing.
By the standards of any public corporation, USA Inc.’s financials are discouraging. True, USA Inc. has many fundamental strengths. On an operating basis (excluding Medicare and Medicaid...
Android App Saves Driver From Speeding Ticket →
Android app ‘Google My Tracks’ saves a driver from a speeding ticket. Texting or talking can land you into hot-water while driving, but running one type of Android application might steer you clear of trouble.
A California man found this out recently when Google’s My Tracks application got him out of a speeding ticket.
Sahas Katta used Google’s My Tracks app —...
WatchFormer president of MADD arrested for DUI
MARION COUNTY, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35) - A woman who was the former president of the Mothers Against Drunk Driving chapter in Gainesville has been arrested for drunk driving.
Debra Oberlin, 48, was arrested around 1:00 a.m. February 18 after police say the car she was driving was swerving on Northwest 39th Street. According to the arrest report she was...
Raunchy Nintendo Wii game for kids as young as 12... →
The video trailer promoting We Dare features two couples following on-screen instructions from the console.
Raunchy … new game We Dare
The girls are seen with the Wii remote dangling suggestively between their lips. Players then hide the “Wiimote” inside their clothes before the others spank their bottoms to control a flying cartoon character on screen.
The men strip off...
Motorist dials 9-1-1 over rising gas prices |... →
By Lori Lyons, The Times-Picayune
The complaints that the St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office receives on a daily basis run the gamut from the mundane loud barking dog to the routine reports of speeders, to the make-you-shake-your head-and-say-what? calls about “my child is refusing to go to school.”
But the call that came through on...
