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Read more here:
"His arrival in the Yemeni capital follows visits to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates where he held talks on regional issues including the situation in Yemen.
"Based on his talks in the Gulf, Westerwelle made the quick decision to go to Yemen to get the feeling of the situation on the ground," a member of his delegation said."
1.11.2010
Oil Feud Reflects Growing Rift Between Russia and Belarus, Once Close Allies
Read more here:
" The quarrel involves a crude-oil subsidy that for years has helped prop up the government of the authoritarian leader of Belarus, President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko. The subsidy agreement, which yielded billions in profits annually to Belarus’s national oil company, ended on New Year’s Eve, and Russia’s prime minister, Vladimir V. Putin, said he had no intention of restoring it."
" The quarrel involves a crude-oil subsidy that for years has helped prop up the government of the authoritarian leader of Belarus, President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko. The subsidy agreement, which yielded billions in profits annually to Belarus’s national oil company, ended on New Year’s Eve, and Russia’s prime minister, Vladimir V. Putin, said he had no intention of restoring it."
1.09.2010
Is Anyone Telling Us The Truth? (by Paul Craig Roberts)
Read full article here An excerpt:
" Among the well-meaning and the gullible in the West, the supposition still exists that government represents the public interest. Political parties keep this myth alive by fighting over which party best represents the public’s interest. In truth, government represents private interests, those of the office holders themselves and those of the lobby groups that finance their political campaigns. The public is in the dark as to the real agendas. "
" Among the well-meaning and the gullible in the West, the supposition still exists that government represents the public interest. Political parties keep this myth alive by fighting over which party best represents the public’s interest. In truth, government represents private interests, those of the office holders themselves and those of the lobby groups that finance their political campaigns. The public is in the dark as to the real agendas. "
1.08.2010
Video: Imco Lighter Vs. Zippo lighter. Review
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Note: Cind got me one of these - at first I was unimpressed but when I noticed made in Austria I examined more closely. No directions lead to bewilderment at first- video above was easy to find - for now all I can say is throw your Zippo in the trash. I'll report back if fluid leaks out and burns a hole in my leg like a Ronson did to me, or if it just won't work for magical reasons like a "skinny" Zippo I have. It is so cool. Device rattles softly if that matters to you.
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UPDATE FEB 22, 2010 The lighter is awesome - daily use lighting kerosene burner, fireplace, and occasionally a smoke. It's a keeper.
1.07.2010
First case of highly drug-resistant TB found in US
Read more here:
" His treatment cost Florida taxpayers an estimated $500,000, a price tag medical director Ashkin says seems like an astronomical amount to spend on someone who's not an American citizen. But he questions how the world can afford not to treat Juarez and others sick with similar lethal strains.
"This is an airborne spread disease ... so when we treat that individual, we're actually treating and protecting all of us," he said. "This is true homeland security."
In July, at age 21 — 19 months after checking in — Juarez swallowed his last pills, packed a few small suitcases and wheeled them down the hospital's long corridor.
The last time doctors saw him, he was walking out of the sanitarium into south Florida's soupy heat."
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Note: Yes - this TB was "found" in the US - AFTER we allowed the person carrying the disease to breeze right over the border. I guess our government has no responsibility to monitor for this - they don't call it the CDCP any more do they? I think they dropped the "P" at the end since it was too hard to say - and obviously not something they do well anyway.
" His treatment cost Florida taxpayers an estimated $500,000, a price tag medical director Ashkin says seems like an astronomical amount to spend on someone who's not an American citizen. But he questions how the world can afford not to treat Juarez and others sick with similar lethal strains.
"This is an airborne spread disease ... so when we treat that individual, we're actually treating and protecting all of us," he said. "This is true homeland security."
In July, at age 21 — 19 months after checking in — Juarez swallowed his last pills, packed a few small suitcases and wheeled them down the hospital's long corridor.
The last time doctors saw him, he was walking out of the sanitarium into south Florida's soupy heat."
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Note: Yes - this TB was "found" in the US - AFTER we allowed the person carrying the disease to breeze right over the border. I guess our government has no responsibility to monitor for this - they don't call it the CDCP any more do they? I think they dropped the "P" at the end since it was too hard to say - and obviously not something they do well anyway.
1.06.2010
If you thought Hitler Youth was bad...enter "Ticket-A-Kid"
You see, kids, when officer friendly hands you a sheet of paper you should react obediently, automatically, and according to a pre-determined set of rules. These are not rules designed to protect the rights so magnificently clarified in the Bill of Rights - no - these are "new rules" as specified on this "carbonless" sheet of toilet paper - and when someone hands you a sheet of "carbonless" toilet paper - you should hand them your money - then thank them, for not increasing your "carbon footprint" while you were being robbed with said carbonless ticket for not brushing your teeth!
Read more here:
An excerpt from the opportunistic leeches peddling this gruel:
"So, when creating Ticket-A-Kid we used the same format as an actual Parking Ticket. Just as one may receive for an unpaid meter. It is a two-part, carbonless booklet in which the ticket is written out, the hard copy is then given to the child, and the parent's receipt is left in the booklet. In our case, at the end of each week, before our child's allowance is given to him/her, we deduct for any violations he/she may have received. There is also a CREDIT on each Ticket that can be used any way you see fit. For us it has been used in cases such as receiving a great score on a test or an excellent report card. Also, the ticket may simply work as a warning, thus creating awareness, but not deducting from allowance. Since we have been using these Tickets, we noticed great improvements with our children's level of responsibility. Who knows, maybe by the time they are of driving age they will have learned to feed that meter and not park in front of the hydrant!"
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JR's commentary:
I need to barf - but since I'm in my own living room, a gag will have to do.
I encourage readers to review the link above - I heard this patriotic idea broadcast via AM brainwashing network after sundown here in Charlottesville, VA. Sometimes the ionosphere does the cause of liberty good - and sometimes bad. Who can tell the ultimate outcome on the psyche of children, this patriotic nationalistic brainwashing program destined to form cookie-cutter robotic obedient slaves?
I can. The inventor of this selectively poisonous (to lovers of liberty) campaign must be a descendent of Joseph Goebbels - and this offspring national socialist would make Uncle Goebbels so proud!
Heil Hitler! Children of the "homeland" learn how to stand at attention while you are issued a ticket. You must obey!
An aside: Where in the hell are these children getting money to pay for these tickets? I grew up in Wilkes-Barre Township Pa - we didn't have any money to pay a ticket, and had even less respect for shakedown artists.
Here is a link to a video that may provide a more valuable learning experience - "How to avoid being arrested." It shows several scenarios - first the arrestee in a situation ignorant of what to do to protect his/her rights, then same arrestee armed with knowledge. Perhaps you will find this video more conducive to the creation of citizens rather than obedient mindless consumers.
Watch "How to Avoid Being Arrested
Read more here:
An excerpt from the opportunistic leeches peddling this gruel:
"So, when creating Ticket-A-Kid we used the same format as an actual Parking Ticket. Just as one may receive for an unpaid meter. It is a two-part, carbonless booklet in which the ticket is written out, the hard copy is then given to the child, and the parent's receipt is left in the booklet. In our case, at the end of each week, before our child's allowance is given to him/her, we deduct for any violations he/she may have received. There is also a CREDIT on each Ticket that can be used any way you see fit. For us it has been used in cases such as receiving a great score on a test or an excellent report card. Also, the ticket may simply work as a warning, thus creating awareness, but not deducting from allowance. Since we have been using these Tickets, we noticed great improvements with our children's level of responsibility. Who knows, maybe by the time they are of driving age they will have learned to feed that meter and not park in front of the hydrant!"
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JR's commentary:
I need to barf - but since I'm in my own living room, a gag will have to do.
I encourage readers to review the link above - I heard this patriotic idea broadcast via AM brainwashing network after sundown here in Charlottesville, VA. Sometimes the ionosphere does the cause of liberty good - and sometimes bad. Who can tell the ultimate outcome on the psyche of children, this patriotic nationalistic brainwashing program destined to form cookie-cutter robotic obedient slaves?
I can. The inventor of this selectively poisonous (to lovers of liberty) campaign must be a descendent of Joseph Goebbels - and this offspring national socialist would make Uncle Goebbels so proud!
Heil Hitler! Children of the "homeland" learn how to stand at attention while you are issued a ticket. You must obey!
An aside: Where in the hell are these children getting money to pay for these tickets? I grew up in Wilkes-Barre Township Pa - we didn't have any money to pay a ticket, and had even less respect for shakedown artists.
Here is a link to a video that may provide a more valuable learning experience - "How to avoid being arrested." It shows several scenarios - first the arrestee in a situation ignorant of what to do to protect his/her rights, then same arrestee armed with knowledge. Perhaps you will find this video more conducive to the creation of citizens rather than obedient mindless consumers.
Watch "How to Avoid Being Arrested
1.05.2010
The New Scarlet Letters: ‘NC’ The Quest for Clearance
Please do read the entire article here:
This snippet made me laugh till I hurt. I guess the truth really does hurt:
" As I was processing the above information and reasoning, the man, Joe, straightened his shoulders, and if I’m not mistaken, kind of puffed up his chest…you know the body language I’m talking about; right?
He said: ‘I’ve got TSC; Top Secret Clearance. I’ve had it for almost a year now. My pay went up 25% the day I got it.’
Since the other two were obviously familiar with his line of work I was the one with the first question: ‘So who do you service?’
He put on the coolest and most aloof expression he could manage, which ended up being neither cool nor aloof: ‘I can’t talk about it. All I can tell you is that I’m a software programmer and we’ve got big contracts all right…’ "
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Note: Perhaps readers will find the linked article worthwhile? If you are not privy to the elitist attitude of our Federal servants, this article, from an insider, and without varnish, accurately portrays the adolescent mindset of the Washingtonian-corporate-robot-piss-in-a-cup-for-lab-analysis "protectors" of our unclaimed classified freedoms.
This snippet made me laugh till I hurt. I guess the truth really does hurt:
" As I was processing the above information and reasoning, the man, Joe, straightened his shoulders, and if I’m not mistaken, kind of puffed up his chest…you know the body language I’m talking about; right?
He said: ‘I’ve got TSC; Top Secret Clearance. I’ve had it for almost a year now. My pay went up 25% the day I got it.’
Since the other two were obviously familiar with his line of work I was the one with the first question: ‘So who do you service?’
He put on the coolest and most aloof expression he could manage, which ended up being neither cool nor aloof: ‘I can’t talk about it. All I can tell you is that I’m a software programmer and we’ve got big contracts all right…’ "
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Note: Perhaps readers will find the linked article worthwhile? If you are not privy to the elitist attitude of our Federal servants, this article, from an insider, and without varnish, accurately portrays the adolescent mindset of the Washingtonian-corporate-robot-piss-in-a-cup-for-lab-analysis "protectors" of our unclaimed classified freedoms.
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