1,000,000 post thread

[Carrie]

I'm not afraid of insects taking over the world, and you know why? It would take about a billion ants just to aim a gun at me, let alone fire it. And you know what I'm doing while they're aiming it at me? I just sort of slip off to the side, then suddenly run up and kick the gun out of their hands.

[Carrie]

The crows seemed to be calling his name, thought Caw.

[Carrie]

I'll be the first to admit that my idea of God is pretty different. I believe in a God with a long white beard, a gold crown, and a long robe with lots of shiny jewels on it. He sits on a big throne in the clouds, and He's about five hundred feet tall. He talks in a real deep voice like "I...AM...GOD!" He can blow up stuff just by looking at it. This is my own, personal idea of God.

[Carrie]

If you're a boxing referee, it's probably illegal to wear a bow tie that spins or changes colors.

[Carrie]

You can kidnap me and force me to be your watchdog if you want to. But I'm telling you, I will bark at any sound I hear and it will drive you crazy.

[pegasus]

I think Superman and Santa Claus are actually the same guy, and I'll tell you why: Both fly, both wear red, and both have a beard.

IMHO Jr and Santa Claus are the same guy and I'll tell you why: Both fly and wear red.

But would not it be really cool, if you got your Christmas gift from Dale, rather than a fat guy with a fake beard ???

Dont you think so X-mas 8 (LOL) ???

You may be the biggest Jr fan this side of the universe ... but you are certainly not the only one ... :fu:

:saywha:

[Carrie]

Marta said I don't seem to like to read fiction very much. "I guess you're not an 'afictionado'," she said. Poor Marta. For all her reading, she doesn't even know the right word.

[Carrie]

One thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse.

[Carrie]

LOL Hey P!

Jr being santa could really go either way. I mean that would be great for me...but one of two things is going to happen...the first time he comes to my house....1) He is either going to never want to leave...or...2) He will never going to leave....*he he he he he*

[Carrie]

I wish outer space guys would conquer the Earth and make people their pets, because I'd like to have one of those little basket beds with my name on it.

[Carrie]

If you want to be the popular one at a party, here's a good thing to do: Go up to some people who are talking and laughing and say, "well, technically that's illegal." It might fit in with what somebody just said. And even if it doesn't, so what, I hate this stupid party.

[Carrie]

People think it would be fun to be a bird because you could fly. But they forget the negative side, which is the preening.

[Carrie]

I can't stand cheap people. It makes me real mad when someone says something like, "Hey, when are you going to pay me that $100 you owe me?" or "Do you have that $50 you borrowed?" Man, quit being so cheap!

[Carrie]

I wish a robot would get elected president. That way, when he came to town, we could all take a shot at him and not feel too bad.

[Carrie]

I hope they never find out that lightning has a lot of vitamins in it, because then do you hide from it or not?

[Carrie]

My new millionaire idea is one regular shoe and one "swollen" shoe, for when you get bit by a rattlesnake.

[Carrie]

I think my new thing will be to try to be a real happy guy. I'll just walk around being real happy until some jerk says something stupid to me.

[Carrie]

Some folks say it was a miracle. St. Francis suddenly appeared and knocked the next pitch clean over the fence. Other folks say it was just a lucky swing.

[Carrie]

Whenever I need to "get away", I just get away in my mind. I go to my imaginary spot, where the beach is perfect and the water is perfect and the weather is perfect. The only bad thing there are the flies. They're terrible!

[Carrie]

I think a new, different kind of bowling should be "carpet bowling." It's just like regular bowling, only the lanes are carpet instead of wood. I don't know why we should do this, but goodness, we've got to try something!

[Carrie]

If you think a weakness can be turned into strength, I hate to tell you this, but that's another weakness.

[Carrie]

The whole town laughed at my great-grandfather, just because he worked hard and saved his money. True, working at the hardware store didn't pay much, but he felt it was better than what everybody else did, which was go up to the volcano and collect the gold nuggets it shot out every day. It turned out he was right. After forty years, the volcano petered out. Everybody left town, and the hardware store went broke. Finally he decided to collect gold nuggets too, but there weren't many left by then. Plus, he broke his leg and the doctor's bills were real high.

[Carrie]

The big, huge meteor headed toward Earth. Could nothing stop it? Maybe Bob could. He was suddenly on top of the meteor - through some kind of a space warp or something. "Go, Bob, go!" yelled one of the generals. "Give me that" said the big-guy general as he took the microphone away. "Listen, Bob," he said. "you've got to steer that meteor away from Earth." "Yes, but how?" thought Bob. Then he got an idea. Right next to him there was a steering wheel sticking out of the meteor.

[Carrie]

The next time I have meat and mashed potatoes, I think I'll put a very large blob of potatoes on my plate with just a little piece of meat. And if someone asks me why I didn't get more meat, I'll just say, "Oh, you mean this?" and pull out a big piece of meat from inside the blob of potatoes, where I've hidden it. Good magic trick, huh?

[Carrie]

Once when I was in Hawaii, on the island of Kauai, I met a mysterious old stranger. He said he was about to die and wanted to tell someone about the treasure. I said, "Okay, as long as it's not a long story. Some of us have a plane to catch, you know." He stared telling his story, about the treasure and his life and all, and I thought: "This story isn't too long." But then, he kept going, and I started thinking, "Uh-oh, this story is getting long." But then the story was over, and I said to myself: "You know, that story wasn't too long after all." I forget what the story was about, but there was a good movie on the plane. It was a little long, though.

[Carrie]

Probably to a shark about the funniest thing there is is a wounded seal, trying to swim to shore, because where does he think he's going?!

[Carrie]

You know one thing that will make a woman mad? Just run up and kick her in the butt. (P.S. This also works with men.)

[Carrie]

Sometimes you have to be careful when selecting a new name for yourself. For instance, let's say you have chosen the nickname "Fly Head." Normally you would think that "Fly Head" would mean a person who has beautiful swept-back features, as if flying through the air. But think again. Couldn't it also mean "having a head like a fly"? I'm afraid some people might actually think that.

[Carrie]

If you go through a lot of hammers every month, it doesn't necessarily mean you're a hard worker; only that you have a lot to learn about proper hammer maintenance.

[Carrie]

Instead of putting a quarter under a kid's pillow, how about a pinecone? That way, he learns that "wishing" isn't going to save our national forests.

[Carrie]

If I ever opened a trampoline store, I don't think I'd call it Trampo-Land, because you might think it was a store for tramps, which is not the impression we are trying to convey with our store. On the other hand, we would not prohibit tramps from browsing, or testing the trampolines, unless a tramp's gyrations seemed to be getting out of control.

[Carrie]

If I ever become a mummy, I'm going to have it so when somebody opens my lid a boxing glove on a spring shoots out.

[Carrie]

I think the mistake a lot of us make is thinking the state-appointed shrink is our friend.

[Carrie]

I think when you go on trial they should have a parrot there that says guilty or not guilty for you, as a sort of courtesy.

[Carrie]

Instead of a trap door, what about a trap window? The guy looks out it, and if he leans too far, he falls out. Wait. I guess that's like a regular window.

[Carrie]

I wish my name was Todd, because then I could say, "Yes, my name's Todd. Todd Blankenship." Oh, also I wish my last name was Blankenship.

[Carrie]

The wise man can pick up a grain of sand and envision a whole universe. But the stupid man will just lie down on some seaweed and roll around until he's completely draped in it. Then he'll stand up and go, "Hey, I'm vine man."

[Carrie]

Sometimes I think you have to march right in and demand your rights, even if you don't know what your rights are, or who the person is you're talking to. Then on the way out, slam the door.

[Carrie]

I wonder if angels believe in ghosts.

[Carrie]

When you go to a party at somebody's house, don't automatically assume that the drinks are free. Ask, and ask often. If doctors ever tell you that you've "flipped out," don't believe them, and just keep on doing what you were doing, because something tells me "the Man" is behind this.

[Carrie]

Is there anything more beautiful than a beautiful, beautiful flamingo, flying across in front of a beautiful sunset? And he's carrying a beautiful rose in his beak, and also he's carrying a very beautiful painting with his feet. And also, you're drunk.

[mathmission]

TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE

QUOTE: "Shopping is a woman thing. It's a contact sport
like football. Women enjoy the scrimmage, the noisy crowds,
the danger of being trampled to death, and the ecstasy of
the purchase. "

HINT: Was an American humorist who achieved great pop-
ularity for a newspaper column that depicted suburban
home life in the second half of the 20th century.

[mathmission]

There are people who have formed a group called BND. In-
stead of Black Friday its "Buy Nothing Day"

[mathmission]

Numerical signs such as “Two for the price of one” or
“Limit three per person,” cause shoppers to buy 30-90%
more than they otherwise would.

[mathmission]

Few tips you should remember:

* Don't put wallets, loose cash or credit cards in
your coat pockets.
* Don't carry too many bags into stores.
* Don't fumble with car keys. Have them ready.
* Don't keep packages in plain view in your car.
* Don't make trips to the car to drop off your packages.

[mathmission]

"Black Friday"

As it is known in the retail industry, supposedly because
it's the day retailers turn the corner and see their balance
sheets move out of the red and into the black.

[mathmission]

Not the Biggest Day

The highest sales day is usually either the last Saturday
before Christmas or December 23. Black Friday generally ends
up ranking as the fifth biggest sales day of the year.

[mathmission]

2-2-4 Formula

# 2 hours. Store all leftovers in the refrigerator or
freeze no more than two hours after cooking. If food has
been out more than two hours, toss it.

# 2 inches. Use shallow containers, about two inches deep,
to store food. This will allow it to cool quickly and even-
ly, foiling pesky bacteria.

# 4 days. Eat leftovers within four days. Holiday food kept
longer than that should be thrown out. Freeze anything that
is not going to be used within four days.

[mathmission]

QUOTE: "Shopping is a woman thing. It's a contact sport
like football. Women enjoy the scrimmage, the noisy crowds,
the danger of being trampled to death, and the ecstasy of
the purchase."

ANSWER: Erma Bombeck

[tiremonkey2000]

Whats happening i'm bored and at work so i'm sneaking in a few posts while no one is around.

[mathmission]

Oh man, I'm so bored here!

[BakedDon]

INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Fluoride in drinking water causing serious health problems, warns UN report
15 Hours,1 minutes Ago




Excessive amounts of fluoride in drinking water are exposing millions of people around the world to risks ranging from often crippling skeletal problems to milder dental conditions, according to a report released today by the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO).



The report, issued in Geneva, finds that the widespread effects of fluoride in drinking water remain largely unrecognized and neglected, and that much of the suffering could easily be prevented.

Although fluoride is found in some concentration in all natural waters, bringing benefits for teeth, excessive concentrations in some areas can lead to debilitating health problems.

The report identified Africa, the eastern Mediterranean and South Asia as three regions where unusually elevated concentrations of fluoride are causing concern. One of the worst affected areas is an arc stretching from Turkey to China.

The effects can be devastating. In China, for example, at least 10 million people are estimated to suffer from skeletal fluorosis, when fluoride accumulates in the bones over many years and causes stiffness and joint pain and, in some cases, changes to bone structure, calcification of ligaments and crippling effects.

Clinical dental fluorosis, another by-product of elevated fluoride concentrations, is marked by stained and pitted teeth and, in the worst cases, by damage to the enamel of the teeth.

The report states that although removing excessive fluoride from drinking water can be difficult and expensive, there are alternative low-cost options available at a local level, such as the use of absorptive filters, bone charcoal or crushed clay pots.

[BakedDon]

http://www.keralanext.com/news/?id=907711

[BakedDon]

NYPD Installs "Sky Watch" In Harlem Neighborhood

NY 1 | November 22, 2006

The NYPD has installed a patrol tower in a Harlem neighborhood in an effort to cut crime in the high-risk neighborhood.

The two-story booth tower, called Sky Watch, gives the officer sitting inside a better vantage point from which to monitor the area. Officers in the booth have access to a spotlight, sensors, and four cameras. The tower is portable and can be moved to the areas that need it most.

Residents in Harlem say they like the idea, though some wonder if the appearance of Sky Watch has anything to do with the two new luxury condos built on a nearby corner.

"There was crime around here before and they never had it. Now all these expensive buildings, it's true,” said one area resident. “But actually it's good though, because then I used to see a lot of crowd here and sometimes I was scared to pass here, but guess what, that doesn't happen anymore. It’s a kind of deterrence and it's good."

Police say the Harlem tower was placed there to combat a rise in murders.

Sky Watch has also been tested in Crown Heights in Brooklyn where it reduced crime. Police are hoping to have three more towers soon.

[BakedDon]

Fox News Trumpets Pentagon Spy Drones Listening In On Americans

News Hounds | November 22, 2006

On yesterday morning's FOX & Friends Steve Doocy, Gretchen Carlson and Brian Kilmeade announced that a Global Hawk Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) had flown across the United States. "It's the first time anywhere in the United States that one of these big things has flown on an official air combat command mission," Steve Doocy noted. Brian Kilmeade followed up: "Well, you know what? I love it. They gotta be listening in, listening to the right people. If they're listening in at my house, they're gonna be bored to tears." Doocy jumped in to say that he "wasn't sure" that the drone could listen in, but "they can certainly see what's going on in your back yard. ... I don't think you have anything to worry about as long as you're not doing anything against the law."

Gretchen Carlson expressed skepticism about those people who are worried about invasion of privacy, saying "You know, I don't completely understand this whole controversy when people get all up in arms over the fact that someone may be watching. I mean, for goodness sake, we don't know who's even listening to our phone calls. I know, I know that's a big deal and all that but - aren't you busy in your life and you're worrying about other things goin' on with your family and stuff like that, not worrying about who might be watching you and listening to you with a drone. I don't know. It doesn't bother me."

COMMENT

Well the airheads on FOX & Friends might not be worried, but the whole idea of some military spy drone silently cruising above my neighborhood on an "air combat mission" scares the dickens out of me.

According to the Wikipedia link cited above, at the very least these drones have a less than stellar safety record, having crashed several times. They are also equipped with an array of electronic gadgets that sounds like alphabet soup, the purpose of which is military surveillance.

First we had the NSA wire-tapping program and now this, a robot ship equipped with sophisticated snooping capabilities gliding overhead taking pictures of people in their hot tubs, at their BBQs, walking their dogs, etc. Since the drone is equipped with the latest in GPS, it's not inconceivable that it could be set up to monitor cell phone calls as well.

Big Brother is alive and well and, if the Bush administration has anything to say about it, coming to your neighborhood really soon ...

[BakedDon]

Newly disclosed documents show U.S. Defense Department tracked anti-Iraq war activities

NY Times | November 22, 2006
Eric Lichtblau and Mark Mazzetti

An anti-terrorist database used by the Defense Department in an effort to prevent attacks on military installations included intelligence tips about antiwar planning meetings held at churches, libraries, college campuses and other locations, newly disclosed documents show.

One tip in the database in February 2005, for instance, noted that "a church service for peace" would be held in the New York City area the next month. Another entry noted that antiwar protesters would be holding "nonviolence training" sessions at unidentified churches in Brooklyn and Manhattan.

The Defense Department said it tightened its procedures this year to ensure that only material related to actual terrorist threats - and not peaceable First Amendment activity - was included in the database.

The head of the office that runs the database, known as Talon, said Monday that material on antiwar protests should not have been collected in the first place. "I don't want it, we shouldn't have had it, not interested in it," said Daniel Baur, acting director of the counterintelligence field-activity unit, which runs the Talon program at the Defense Department. "I don't want to deal with it."

He said that those operating the database had misinterpreted their mandate and that what was intended as an anti- terrorist database became, in some respects, a catch-all for leads on possible disruptions and threats against military installations in the United States, including protests against the military presence in Iraq.

Once the problem was discovered, Baur said, "we fixed it," and more than 180 entries in the database related to war protests were deleted from the system last year. Out of 13,000 entries in the database, many of them uncorroborated leads on possible threats, several thousand others were also purged because he said they had "no continuing relevance."

Amid controversy over the database, leads from so-called neighborhood watch programs and other tips about possible threats are down significantly this year, Baur said. He added that he was concerned that the scrutiny had created "a huge chilling effect" that could lead the military to miss legitimate threats.

Baur was responding to the latest batch of documents produced by the military under a Freedom of Information Act request brought by the American Civil Liberties Union and other groups. The union planned to release the documents publicly Tuesday, and its officials said they would push for Democrats, newly empowered in Congress, to hold hearings about the Talon database.

Ben Wizner, a lawyer for the union in New York, said the documents suggested that the military's efforts to glean intelligence on protesters went beyond what was previously known. If intelligence officials "are going to be doing investigations or monitoring in a place where people gather to worship or to study, they should have a pretty clear indication that a crime has occurred," Wizner added.

The leader of one antiwar group mentioned often in the latest military documents provided to the union said he was skeptical that the military had ended its collection of material on war protests. "I don't believe it," said Michael McPhearson, a former army captain who is now the executive director of Veterans for Peace, a group in St. Louis, Missouri.

McPhearson said he found the references to his group in the Talon database unsurprising and he said the group continued to use public settings and the Internet to plan its protests. "We don't have anything to hide," he said. "We're not doing anything illegal."

[BakedDon]

"As Long As You're Not Doing Anything Wrong, You Have Nothing To Worry About" I am personally sick of hearing the above phrase used whenever the latest surveillance tool is trotted out and used on the public as a means of control. It's worn out and doesn't work anymore. People are finally beginning to stop laughing at the madness of the big brother society, but will it be too late when people begin to see the seriousness of the threat?

[indo]

Word. America is founded on the belief that you can get away with anything
as long as there is no evidence. Evidence should be collected in a proper manner only when deemed necassary. Otherwise, it is just... blackmail. Constant monitoring at any level defeats our system of normal life. How many perfect clean people do you actually know? Message!!!

[ThumperZ1]

Happy Thanksgiving Day.... or Happy Thursday for those who don't celebrate!

[ThumperZ1]

Time to adjust my Grid.org stats once again. as of my post 4240

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[ThumperZ1]

Winamp has randomly chosen: The Leningrad Cowboys - Just a Gigolo.

[ThumperZ1]

The Company of Snakes - Run, Run, Run

[ThumperZ1]

Well, I finally got my computer up and running. I am now dual booting WinXP64 and VistaUltimate64. Currently using Vista as my main OS while getting it set up the way I want it.

[ThumperZ1]

The final version of Vista isn't as bad as the betas, once I figured out how to get rid of all the bothersome security prompts so that it acts like XP.

[ThumperZ1]

Both are 64bit OS's so there will be some limitations as to what things I can add to my computer, especially with Vista. (Promise Cards, Where's my other 3 drives???)

[ThumperZ1]

But I am sloooooooooooooowly learning stuff. :fart:

[ThumperZ1]

Well, I must head to work. You all have a great day!

[riscy]

Hi Thumper

[riscy]

Missed you as usual

[riscy]

Hope you have a good day at work

[riscy]

Weekend starts for me - Happy Thanksgiving to all

[riscy]

Well, I will try to post quite a bit in the next few days - I have loads of stuff to do, but will try to be in the pasture occassionally

[riscy]

I should be at the PC quite a bit

[riscy]

The internet speed here is terrible at the minute

[riscy]

I will logout and log back in - maybe it is a browser issue

[mathmission]

Ugh, that sounds terrible. Just wanted to stop in and say hello Riscy. Have to head out to my father's place. Take care!

[BakedDon]

Judge: FBI must correct disclosures on evacuation of Saudis after 9/11

Raw Story | November 20, 2006


A U.S. district court judge has ordered the FBI to correct disclosures regarding the US government's evacuation of Saudi royals and bin Laden family members after the September 11 attacks in 2001, a conservative watchdog organization announced today.

"Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that U.S. District Court Judge Richard W. Roberts of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has ordered the Federal Bureau of Investigation to submit 'proper disclosures' to the Court and Judicial Watch by December 15, 2006 concerning the U.S. government's evacuation of Saudi royals and members of the bin Laden family from the United States immediately following the 9/11 terrorist attacks," the group said in a press release obtained by RAW STORY.


Judicial Watch notes that Judge Roberts criticized "the adequacy of redaction descriptions, the accuracy of the sworn statement submitted with the documents, the validity of exemption claims, and other errors in the FBI’s disclosures.

"The FBI’s 220-page annotated production and accompanying … Declaration together do not, as they must, provide sufficient detail or precision about the withheld information … the FBI’s motion for summary judgment will be denied and the FBI will be directed to file disclosures that fairly meet the requirements of [court precedent]," wrote Judge Roberts.

Judge Roberts added that one particular FBI exemption argument "strains credulity."

According to Judicial Watch, US government documents reveal that 160 Saudis flew from the US between September 11 and September 15, 2001.

[BakedDon]

Word. America is founded on the belief that you can get away with anything
as long as there is no evidence. Evidence should be collected in a proper manner only when deemed necassary. Otherwise, it is just... blackmail. Constant monitoring at any level defeats our system of normal life. How many perfect clean people do you actually know? Message!!!
I hear ya
Thanks for letting me know your reading

None but then I live in Detroit, where a man need a police officer like a bullet in the head.

[riscy]

I will try to be here over the next few days - I have quite a bit to do on the PC.

[riscy]

I might even decide to go for a mega posting session if I get bored with the other stuff I have to do

[tiremonkey2000]

Happy turkey day to everyone will be heading over parents in laws house in a few so i hope everyone has a wonderfull day.

[riscy]

This stinks to high heaven - we will eventually find out why the Bin Laden's were removed from the US.

Why were they in private jets when ALL traffic in the US was grounded???Judge: FBI must correct disclosures on evacuation of Saudis after 9/11

"The FBI’s 220-page annotated production and accompanying … Declaration together do not, as they must, provide sufficient detail or precision about the withheld information … the FBI’s motion for summary judgment will be denied and the FBI will be directed to file disclosures that fairly meet the requirements of [court precedent]," wrote Judge Roberts.

Judge Roberts added that one particular FBI exemption argument "strains credulity."

According to Judicial Watch, US government documents reveal that 160 Saudis flew from the US between September 11 and September 15, 2001.

[mathmission]

Where's Riscy... should be almost beer-o'clock here.

[BakedDon]

http://www.myspace.com/rmc313

You can say anything you want in America ... Yea right .. Just don't call Hezbollah Freedom Fighters who are simply defending thier land and liberty, remember uncle sam says thier terrorists.

----------------- Bulletin Message -----------------
From: john
Date: Nov 24 2006 8:09 AM


RE: Two U.S. men charged w/terrorism 4 broadcasting Hezbollah TV
good one will repost
----------------- Bulletin Message -----------------
From: Terrorcell
Date: Nov 24 2006 8:02 AM


Land of the free...........

Reuters

Two U.S. men charged with broadcasting Hezbollah TV
Mon Nov 20, 2006 7:59pm ET


NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. authorities brought terrorism charges against two men for providing satellite broadcasts of Hezbollah television channel al-Manar to U.S. customers, according to an indictment unsealed on Monday.

Saleh Elahwal, 53, and Javed Iqbal, 42, were charged with providing material support to al-Manar -- branded by the United States as a foreign terrorist organization in March -- the indictment said. Each faces a maximum of 110 years in prison if convicted of all 11 counts.

Both men pleaded not guilty during a hearing in Manhattan federal court. Elahwal was released on $400,000 bail, while Iqbal was released on $250,000 bail.

Lawyers for both men did not comment. The men are due to appear again on January 8.


The U.S. Treasury Department froze the U.S. assets of al-Manar in March, saying it supported the fund-raising and recruitment activities of Hezbollah, a Shi'ite Muslim group backed by Syria and Iran.

Iqbal, a Pakistani who moved to the United States 24 years ago and lives in New York, was arrested and first charged in August with providing satellite customers with the Hezbollah-operated channel.

According to the new charges, between September 2005 and August 2006, the two men used the television company they own, Brooklyn-based HDTV Ltd., to negotiate with representatives of the al-Manar network to air the channel, according to the indictment.

Court documents said Elahwal, who lives in New Jersey, and Iqbal were paid by al-Manar more than $111,000 between December and March.

The channel provided wide coverage of the war between Hezbollah and Israel last summer, broadcasting exclusive footage shot by Hezbollah guerillas. It was attacked by Israeli airstrikes during the fighting.

Reuters/VNU

[riscy]

I'm right here,MM - with a cold one in my hand - where are you?Where's Riscy... should be almost beer-o'clock here.

[tiremonkey2000]

:hello: :shakinmon :hello:

[mathmission]

I'm right here,MM - with a cold one in my hand - where are you?
I need to get a cold one!

[tiremonkey2000]

Here you go :cheers:

[tiremonkey2000]

Quote of the Day:
The greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fall.
- Confucius

[BakedDon]

codex alimentarius (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=451097355502728465)


A great 30 minute explanation of how the FDA, WTO, and Big Pharma are trying to OUTLAW VITAMINS and HERBS!. This is a done deal in the European Union and without mass awareness and mass outrage from us, the decadent uninformed American populace, it could soon be illegal to take vitamin C capsules.


sounds incredible? Most truthful observations of reality usually do.


If you can't believe there is an Elite ruling class poisoning our water, food, air, mind and bodies to depopulate "cull" the earth from 6.5 billion to 500,000 million - surely we are not so battered and docile that we will let this critical snowflake in the blizzard fall unnoticed.

not I!


I strongly recommend Tired of beling alive (http://www.tiredofbeingalive.com/)and watch the videos listed. Educate yourself before "Internet 2" is unleashed and our last forum of free speech becomes a fading memory.


Free your mind. They control your mind alone. No one is holding your body to the cold harsh gutter floor. No one in this world can do a damn thing to hinder the brilliance of your soul.

Free your mind, body and soul will follow.

Flush away the fear, the force fed apathy, mediocrity, ignorance, vanity, fashionable consumption of plastic nothingness, break the billion dollar campaign to CRIPPLE your free thinking facilities and hide you from your higher self.

shatter the conduits of control, free your mind, body and soul will follow.

[BakedDon]

But so long as you guys can drink a beer once in a while with a friend, even if it's over the internet, I guess thats all you really need. Who needs real freedom anyways, who needs vitamins, organic foods, free speech and all that bs. F it give me the genetically modified corn with my HGH milk and enriched bleached white flour with fake cheese and pepperoni, did you here tomato paste and beer are good for you ??? What game is on ?? I got my #1 finger and some ideas for the coach.

[BakedDon]

Police kill groom on big day
The Standard - 1 hour ago
New York police fired 50 rounds at a car of unarmed men leaving a bachelor party at a strip club, killing the groom on his wedding day in a shooting that drew a furious outcry from family members and community leaders.

[BakedDon]

Over 70 killed in latest Afghanistan violence
DailyIndia.com - 1 hour ago
By DPA. Kabul, Nov 26 (DPA) Over 70 people were killed in latest violence in Afghanistan, including some 55 rebels in firefights and at least 15 people in a suicide bombing, officials said Sunday.

[riscy]

As the bishop... Quote of the Day:
The greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fall.
- Confucius

[riscy]

I was busy at the weekend so was not around at all

[riscy]

Good to see that TM is posting lots of news

[riscy]

I only have an hour or two now in the evening to post and often other people have beaten me to it.

[tiremonkey2000]

Being sick sucks, i've been sneezing and coughing all weekend with a fever.

[tiremonkey2000]

I just wish my ears would unclog, theve been clogged up since i flew home on monday.

[mathmission]

I dislike Mondays....

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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE

QUOTE: "One of the serious obstacles to the improvement
of our race is indiscriminate charity."

HINT: This famous philanthropist had a hall named after him.

[mathmission]

The seven-day week became part of the Roman calendar in
321 A.D.

[mathmission]

It was not until the year 440 that Christmas was celebrated
on December 25th.

[mathmission]

According to the Mayan "long count" linear calendar, the
end of the world would occur on June 5th, 2012.

[mathmission]

By the year 46 B.C., the Roman calendar had fallen 90 days
behind the seasons. Julius Caesar decreed that 46 B.C.
would be 445 days long to make up the excess, and that each
year thereafter that was divisible by 4 would be a leap
year, with 366 days instead of the regular 365. This is
the origin of the Julian calendar.

[mathmission]

The Gregorian calendar is the one in use today. Pope
Gregory XIII corrected the time error in the Julian calendar
by omitting ten days (October 5-14, 1582) and by ordaining
that thereafter the years ending in hundreds should not be
leap years unless divisible by 400.

[mathmission]

In English, the days of the week are named after the Saxon
gods. Sunday is named after the sun, Monday after the moon,
Tuesday after Tiw, Wednesday after Woden, Thursday after
Thor, Friday after Freya, and Saturday after Saturn.

[mathmission]

QUOTE: "One of the serious obstacles to the improvement
of our race is indiscriminate charity."

ANSWER: Andrew Carnegie (1835 - 1919)

[mathmission]

Just thought that I'd get a little trivia today

[ThumperZ1]

Howdy all.... mm, I love your Trivia stuff.

[ThumperZ1]

I see that riscy is catching up to my post count... hmmmmm.

[ThumperZ1]

At this rate, he'll catch me soon... :poke:

[ThumperZ1]

I Don't Like Mondays... The Boomtown Rats... (Bob Geldolf) from "The Fine Art of Surfacing" 1979

[ThumperZ1]

I suppose it's time to update my Grid.org stats again... as of my post 4254

New:
Total CPU Time (y:d:h:m:s) (Rank) 6:157:16:02:56 (# 10,725)
Points Generated (Rank) 1,797,849 (#4,328)
Results Returned (Rank) 6,440 (#7,621)

Old:
Total CPU Time (y:d:h:m:s) (Rank) 6:153:12:14:19 (# 10,741)
Points Generated (Rank) 1,794,105 (#4,334)
Results Returned (Rank) 6,423 (#7,643)

[ThumperZ1]

Thanksgiving weekend wasn't long enough... I needed at least two more days..LOL :game:

[ThumperZ1]

I did manage to get some more music. New Styx with the Columbus Youth Orchestra, Two new Jorn disks, and a U2 greatest hits compilation.

[ThumperZ1]

I also found a new 2 CD set of some rare 80's stuff. :kittydanc

[ThumperZ1]

Hmmm.. Oh yes... I almost forgot... Blackmore's Night - Christmas music. :cool:

[ThumperZ1]

I had to do some Christmas shopping tonight... I hate shopping for others..

[ThumperZ1]

Our company Christmas party is this Sat night.... that's a bit early for me.

[ThumperZ1]

I have been enjoying the new British shows Torchwood and Robin Hood... and DR Who will be back on Christmas day with a new episode...... a new companion... and maybe a visit from an old one.

[ThumperZ1]

I'd better get finished with stuff... Heroes and Studio 60 are on tonight.

[ThumperZ1]

You all have a great Tuesday!! :Pimp:

[BakedDon]

"Indifference is the essence of inhumanity."

[BakedDon]

Kissinger to Serve As Papal Adviser?
Pope Benedict XVI has invited Henry Kissinger, former adviser to Richard Nixon, to be a political consultant and he accepted.

Catholic Register | November 26, 2006
BY EDWARD PENTIN

VATICAN CITY — Over the course of his long and controversial career, former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has had many titles. Now he reportedly has one more — adviser to the Pope.

According to the Italian newspaper La Stampa, Pope Benedict XVI has invited the 83-year-old former adviser to Richard Nixon to be a political consultant, and Kissinger has accepted.

Quoting an “authoritative” diplomatic source at the Holy See, the paper reported Nov. 4 that the Nobel laureate was asked at a recent private audience with the Holy Father to form part of a papal “advisory board” on foreign and political affairs.

As the Register went to press, Kissinger's office was unable to confirm or deny the report. La Stampa stood by its story, although the Italian press is less rigorous in its authentication of stories as is the United States Press.

If true, there is speculation on which issues Kissinger would advise the Holy Father. Relations with Islam, Palestine and Israel , and Iraq — Kissinger has been critical of the conduct of the war but opposes a quick withdrawal — are likely to be high up on the agenda.

It has also been speculated that, in view of the Muslim hostility to Benedict's recent Regensburg speech, Kissinger might provide advice on dealing with an increasingly fractious Islamic world.

Furthermore, like the Pope, Kissinger has analyzed the challenges of globalization and might provide advice in this area as well.

“The idea [of his appointment] sounds like a good one,” said veteran Vatican journalist Sandro Magister. “But so would it also be to consult other experts on geopolitics with different orientations.”

As possible expert advisers with different perspectives, Magister listed Catholic philosopher and former diplomat Michael Novak; Bernard Lewis, professor of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University; and foreign policy experts such as Charles Kupchan and G. John Ikenberry.


Expert Advice

The recruitment of Kissinger would not be unprecedented. Experts from a variety of disciplines, including the realm of economics, politics and philosophy, are regularly invited to advise popes and Vatican officials on current affairs.

Pope John Paul II was close friends with Zbigniew Brzezinski, the Polish-born national security adviser to President Jimmy Carter, partly because both had a common Polish heritage (though this caused the Soviets to suspect the Vatican of “fixing” the election of Karol Wojtyla, which occurred during the Carter presidency).

Similarly to John Paul and Brzezinski, Benedict and Kissinger are close in age and were both born in Bavaria (a Jew, Kissinger and his family fled Nazi Germany before World War II).

In recent years, other figures invited to share their expertise with the Holy See have included Paul Wolfowitz, a former President Bush adviser and now president of the World Bank; Michel Camdessus, the former director of the International Monetary Fund; American economist Jeffrey Sachs and Hans Tietmeyer, former governor of Germany 's central bank.

The pontifical academies also regularly call on academic luminaries as consultants, such as Nobel laureates Gary Becker, the successor to Milton Friedman at the Chicago School of Economics, and Italian medical researcher Rita Levi-Montalcini.

In comments to the Register, Novak said that “many, maybe most” of these experts are not Catholic, but that the Pope “can call in certain experts he wants to talk to, or hear a paper from, with discussion in a small group.”

Novak said this is true of both Benedict XVI and John Paul II, whom he described as having “very curious and searching minds.”

Any appointment of Kissinger is likely to cause some unease, however. One Iranian radio station is already reporting the news as a “papal-Jewish conspiracy,” while others object to the Pope consulting with someone who has been widely identified with the realpolitik school of political analysis, an approach that places practical considerations before morality.


‘Different Voices'

Yet like Pope John Paul II, Benedict XVI is winning recognition for his intellectual ability and his capacity to discuss international issues with a diverse spectrum of world figures, ranging from the Dalai Lama to the late atheist polemicist Oriana Fallaci and to Mustapha Cherif, an Algerian Muslim philosopher whom he met this month.

“Such an appointment would really show Benedict XVI to be contrary to his media image, as someone who's willing to listen to other voices not in accordance with his views,” said one Holy See diplomat about the reported enlistment of Kissinger as a papal adviser. “It's always helpful to hear different voices offering different views.”


Edward Pentin

writes from Rome .

[BakedDon]

Police want power to crack down on offensive demo chants and slogans
· Present curbs are too light, Met chief to tell Goldsmith
· Rights groups say officers would be 'censors in chief'

London Guardian | November 27, 2006
Vikram Dodd

Police are to demand new powers to arrest protesters for causing offence through the words they chant and the slogans on their placards and even headbands.

The country's biggest force, the Metropolitan police, is to lobby the attorney general, Lord Goldsmith, because officers believe that large sections of the population have become increasingly politicised, and there is a growing sense that the current restrictions on demonstrations are too light.

Trouble at recent protests involving Islamic extremists has galvanised the Met's assistant commissioner, Tarique Ghaffur, into planning a crackdown. His proposals are due to be sent to Lord Goldsmith, who is reviewing how effective the current laws are in tackling extremists.

The police want powers to proscribe protest chants and slogans on placards, banners and headbands. Human rights experts say that such powers could also be used against protesters such as animal rights and anti-globalisation activists. The civil rights group Liberty said the powers would make the police "censors in chief".
Mr Ghaffur has previously advocated banning flag burning. But this document would take the police a lot further. Mr Ghaffur says there is a "growing national and international perception" that the police have been too soft on extremist protesters, which has led to rising anger across the country. "The result has been to create an imbalance in public perception that is manifesting itself in passionate responses from elements of the community not traditionally given to publicly protesting. What we are seeing in effect is a rise in the politicisation of middle England and the emergence of a significant challenge for capital city policing."

As well as the absence of a law banning the burning of a flag, there is no law banning the burning of a religious text.

The police want powers to tackle a "grey area" in the array of public order laws. At present, causing offence by itself is not a criminal offence.

"There must be a clear message that we will not allow any extremist group to display banners or make public statements that clearly cause offence within the existing law," the document says.

The document continues: "Is the sand shifting in our collective viewpoint around what constitutes 'causing offence'? Equally, we need to have a clearer determination of current community perceptions around what 'public offence' actually means. We also need to think more laterally around how we police public demonstrations where 'offence' could be caused, while still respecting the British position around freedom of speech."

The document, entitled "The widening agenda of public demonstrations and radicalisation", says Islamic extremists have learned how to cause offence without breaking the law. It also reveals that the government has yet to implement the bill outlawing religious hatred which received royal assent in February. It says that the law may prove useless against extremists: "Virtually all activity by protesters could constitute insulting or abusive language, behaviour or banners towards particular religions, but would fall outside the remit of inciting religious hatred."

The director of Liberty, Shami Chakrabarti, said: "[The proposal] misunderstands the nature of law and free expression in a democracy and casts the police as censors in chief. It aims to protect people from 'offence' rather than harm, slates the CPS and muses wildly on 'public perceptions'."

After protests against the Danish cartoons in London, organised by a radical Muslim group, Scotland Yard received 100 complaints demanding action against the protesters.

A solicitor who has defended protesters, Mike Schwarz, said: "Causing offence, if there is no other ingredient, is not against the law." He said such proposed powers would clash with article 10 of the European convention on human rights which protects freedom of expression.

[BakedDon]

:angry2: :donkeybal :wtf: :soapbox:

[BakedDon]

Google Video Terror Storm

[BakedDon]

Dont be SHeeple

They Live

[BakedDon]

They are moving us into the Dark days...

WHere

War is Peace Freedom is Slavery Torture is Love

[BakedDon]

MUSE LYRICS

"City Of Delusion"

Stay away from me
Build a fortress
And shield your beliefs
Touch the divine
As we fall in line

Can I believe
When I don't trust
All your theories
Turn to dust
I choose to hide
From the all seeing eye

Destroy this City of Delusion
Break these walls down
I will avenge
Justify my reasons
With your blame

You'll not rest
Settle for less
Until you guzzle
And squander what's left
Do not deny
That you live and let die

Destroy this City of Delusion
Break these walls down
I will avenge
Justify my reasons
With your blame

Destroy this City of Delusion
Break these walls down
I will avenge
Justify my reasons
With your blame

[BakedDon]

SWEET NEO CON
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)

You call yourself a Christian
I think that you're a hypocrite
You say you are a patriot
I think that you're a crock of shit

And listen, I love gasoline
I drink it every day
But it's getting very pricey
And who is going to pay

How come you're so wrong
My sweet neo con.... Yeah

It's liberty for all
'Cause democracy's our style
Unless you are against us
Then it's prison without trial

But one thing that is certain
Life is good at Haliburton
If you're really so astute
You should invest at Brown & Root.... Yeah

How come you're so wrong
My sweet neo con
If you turn out right
I'll eat my hat tonight

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah....

It's getting very scary
Yes, I'm frightened out of my wits
There's bombers in my bedroom
Yeah and it's giving me the shits

We must have loads more bases
To protect us from our foes
Who needs these foolish friendships
We're going it alone

How come you're so wrong
My sweet neo con
Where's the money gone
In the Pentagon

Yeah ha ha ha
Yeah, well, well

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah...
Neo con

[BakedDon]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUKJNxdmX6Y

Rumsfield admits 2.3 trillion missing from pentagon HUD money Housing for Urban Development, thats right the poor, eight thousand for every man women and child in America.

September 10, 2001

now it looks like over 3 trillion

[BakedDon]

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/01/29/eveningnews/main325985.shtml

(CBS) On Sept. 10, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld declared war. Not on foreign terrorists, "the adversary's closer to home. It's the Pentagon bureaucracy," he said.

He said money wasted by the military poses a serious threat.

"In fact, it could be said it's a matter of life and death," he said.

Rumsfeld promised change but the next day – Sept. 11-- the world changed and in the rush to fund the war on terrorism, the war on waste seems to have been forgotten.

Just last week President Bush announced, "my 2003 budget calls for more than $48 billion in new defense spending."

More money for the Pentagon, CBS News Correspondent Vince Gonzales reports, while its own auditors admit the military cannot account for 25 percent of what it spends.

"According to some estimates we cannot track $2.3 trillion in transactions," Rumsfeld admitted.

$2.3 trillion — that's $8,000 for every man, woman and child in America. To understand how the Pentagon can lose track of trillions, consider the case of one military accountant who tried to find out what happened to a mere $300 million.

"We know it's gone. But we don't know what they spent it on," said Jim Minnery, Defense Finance and Accounting Service.

Minnery, a former Marine turned whistle-blower, is risking his job by speaking out for the first time about the millions he noticed were missing from one defense agency's balance sheets. Minnery tried to follow the money trail, even crisscrossing the country looking for records.

"The director looked at me and said 'Why do you care about this stuff?' It took me aback, you know? My supervisor asking me why I care about doing a good job," said Minnery.

He was reassigned and says officials then covered up the problem by just writing it off.

"They have to cover it up," he said. "That's where the corruption comes in. They have to cover up the fact that they can't do the job."

The Pentagon's Inspector General "partially substantiated" several of Minnery's allegations but could not prove officials tried "to manipulate the financial statements."

Twenty years ago, Department of Defense Analyst Franklin C. Spinney made headlines exposing what he calls the "accounting games." He's still there, and although he does not speak for the Pentagon, he believes the problem has gotten worse.

"Those numbers are pie in the sky. The books are cooked routinely year after year," he said.

Another critic of Pentagon waste, Retired Vice Admiral Jack Shanahan, commanded the Navy's 2nd Fleet the first time Donald Rumsfeld served as Defense Secretary, in 1976.

In his opinion, "With good financial oversight we could find $48 billion in loose change in that building, without having to hit the taxpayers."

[BakedDon]

Dont you wish you could find the 3 trill they lost

[BakedDon]

YOu never will though cause they didnt really lose it

[BakedDon]

We give them 60 billion a year for intel

[BakedDon]

They spent some of that on stealing way more

[BakedDon]

But its really about how much they can get over on us

[BakedDon]

Cause they'll continue to kill and steal as long as we let them

[BakedDon]

AND if we continue to allow them to

eventually they will come for me and you

then what you gonna do

nothing cause it will be too late

too late to form a coalition of the strong to stand up

[BakedDon]

Take Action or may the chains set lightly upon you

[BakedDon]

1,000,000 post thread

Lets see how long it will take? Let the shit start flowing and lets make history!


The thread was born the day after my birthday

How do you look at percentages and stuff MM I forget


I know it was you or Riscy that told me how and now I forget

[BakedDon]

I could go back and read the whole thread but Im not sure if Im ready for all that

[BakedDon]

US Govt Takes $17,430 (avg) from Every Working Person: Where does it go?
submitted by alfeline 19 hours 24 minutes ago (via www.lewrockwell.com)

Directly and indirectly, $17,430 is what the Federal gov takes each year, on average, from each American who works, not to mention the big chunk out of their lives taken through regulation. Who gets this $17,430 after it is extracted from working men and women? This list suggests that most of the taxes paid do not come back to working people

[BakedDon]

http://digg.com

[BakedDon]

MPAA Lobbying for Home Theater Regulations
submitted by Kosterfield 15 hours 41 minutes ago (via www.bbspot.com)

The MPAA is lobbying congress to push through a new bill that would make unauthorized home theaters illegal. The group feels that all theaters should be sanctioned, whether they be commercial settings or at home.

[BakedDon]

Residents spar over a peace sign
submitted by effektz 1 day 2 hours ago (via youneed2see.com)

A homeowners association in southwestern Colorado has threatened to fine a resident $25 a day until she removes a Christmas wreath with a peace sign that some say is an anti-Iraq war protest or a symbol of Satan.

[BakedDon]

Students Weight In on the Draft - With Overwhelming Opposition
submitted by alfeline 1 day 6 hours ago (via www.commondreams.org)

"Someone shouldn't be forced to die or kill for something they don't think is right or something they don't believe in," was a response that echoed the common sentiment. Wrote another, "Why reinstate the draft? Because young adults are beginning to realize that they're not willing to fight for our country anymore. We are sick of hopeless, doomed

[BakedDon]

"Americans Can't Handle Another Impeachment" Is Republican Propaganda.
submitted by UrbanOne 1 day 20 hours ago (via smirkingchimp.com)

"Americans can't handle another impeachment" isn't a truth. It's a device. Like 'weapons of mass destruction.' 'A mushroom cloud.' 'Gassed his own people.' 'Sought significant quantities of uranium from A-f-r-i-c-a.' These are the sound bytes, the parroted propaganda, which brought us to war. Each is a proven lie, told time and again..."

[BakedDon]

A Century of War: The 20th was the bloodiest in history
submitted by binxster 3 days ago (via www.mises.org)

The most accurate description of the 20th century is "The War and Welfare Century." It was the bloodiest in all history. More than 170 million people were killed by governments with ten million being killed in World War I and fifty million killed in WW II. Regarding fifty million killed in WW II, it is significant that nearly 70 % were innocent

[mathmission]

Well, it's another morning. Already through the half way mark... thats a good thing.

[riscy]

Hi MM

[riscy]

Just going to post a few now

[riscy]

I am not going to be in here long - I am really tired

[riscy]

I will try to stay around for a bit yet

[riscy]

Getting very busy here at the minute - lots of work and late nights

[riscy]

... and not enough pay :)

[riscy]

Well, out of here - have a good one everyone.

[mathmission]

heh, yeah, same here.

[mathmission]

Been really tired as of late.

[mathmission]

Well, out of here - have a good one everyone.
Take it easy my friend!

[BakedDon]

Do You Know the Secret ??????? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8Qm9Gepnzc&mode=related&search=)

You should

They DO

Who infiltrated America ?? (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=758508209958130880&q=who+infiltrated+america&hl=en)

[BakedDon]

Did you know the story of the genie and the lamp goes back to oral traditions?


Only in the original stories there were no limit to the wishes?


If we all have what we really want deep down then the Secret would be out

[BakedDon]

We could all help the people we wanted to help

we could all spread the secret until everyone knows it.

What would the world be like then ???

I'd say we will have to venture off of this particular rock

[BakedDon]

If you listen to or watch anything I post on here let it be the Secret

[tiremonkey2000]

What a day today i'm so tired

[tiremonkey2000]

The phones kept ringing all day non stop

[tiremonkey2000]

Then i had too help the idiots change tires because they where complaning

[tiremonkey2000]

Then i had too put tires away towards the end of the day

[tiremonkey2000]

Then i had too learn closing procedures in the office

[tiremonkey2000]

Now besides my whole body hurting my brain hurts again also

[tiremonkey2000]

:tired: :Insane:

[tiremonkey2000]

WinAmp proudly presents.......

David Bowie-Golden Years

[tiremonkey2000]

Transplants-Romper Stomper

[tiremonkey2000]

Saliva - Click Click Boom

[tiremonkey2000]

I think i've spammed enough for one night with news and everything else. cya in the A.M. for a few

[BakedDon]

WAKE up People

This is not a drill

Not a dress rehearsal

[BakedDon]

You cant look away for it has surrounded you

[riscy]

Hi there BakedDon and TM

[riscy]

Good to see you both

[riscy]

Just here for a few quick posts - had a looong day

[riscy]

Not even going to check news to post

[riscy]

Will try to post some news articles in a few days time

[tiremonkey2000]

Hey BakedDon and Riscy
I hope you day went well.

[tiremonkey2000]

Disturbed - Remember

[mathmission]

Well, just two more days until the weekend!

[riscy]

Mine starts here!

[mathmission]

*waves fist* Dangit Riscy, you and your early weekends.

[riscy]

Had the day from hell, but it is over now, thx TireMonkeyHey BakedDon and Riscy
I hope you day went well.

[mathmission]

That's the one thing about days from Hell. They generally end. Of course, there are times when they just go on and on. I've had months like that. In fact, was hit with several bits of really bad news yesterday...

Im amazed more and more about how alcohol keeps destroying the lives of people I know and love

[riscy]

The joys of living here, eh?*waves fist* Dangit Riscy, you and your early weekends.

[mathmission]

True true.

[riscy]

Well might catch you over the next few days - my WEEKEND :)

[mathmission]

TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE

QUOTE: "Diligence is the mother of good luck."

HINT: (January 17, 1706 April 17, 1790) Was one of the
most prominent of Founders and early political figures
and statesmen of the United States.

[mathmission]

"Godfather of Soul" James Brown was raised in a brothel
and served three years hard labor for breaking into a car.

[mathmission]

Worldwide 14 billion pencils are made every year.

[mathmission]

British prime minister Winston Churchill's mother was
American.

[mathmission]

The kiwi fruit was found to be the most nutritious fruit
by a 1997 Rutgers University study, followed by the papaya,
the mango, and then the orange. A kiwi fruit has twice the
vitamin C of an orange, is lower in sodium and higher in
potassium and vitamin E.

[riscy]

Benjamin FTODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE

QUOTE: "Diligence is the mother of good luck."

HINT: (January 17, 1706 April 17, 1790) Was one of the
most prominent of Founders and early political figures
and statesmen of the United States.

[mathmission]

The first female newspaper editor was Ann Franklin, the
sister-in-law of Benjamin Franklin. When her son, James,
died, she became the editor of The Newport Mercury on
August 22, 1762.

[riscy]

See you later, MM

[BakedDon]

U.S. to pay $2M, apologize for false terror arrest

CNN | November 29, 2006
Henry Schuster and Terry Frieden

An Oregon lawyer wrongly arrested and accused of involvement in the 2004 Madrid train bombings has settled a lawsuit against the U.S. government for $2 million, attorneys told CNN on Wednesday.

Brandon Mayfield was arrested in Portland, Oregon, on a material witness warrant in May 2004, less than two months after the train bombings.

The settlement was confirmed by both sides. It was reached Tuesday during a conference with a federal judge, attorneys said.

The FBI identified Mayfield's fingerprint on a blue plastic bag containing detonators found in a van used by the bombers. However, the FBI's fingerprint identification was wrong and Mayfield was released several days later.

Mayfield and his family later sued the U.S. government for damages. The Portland-area attorney contended that he was a victim of profiling because he is a Muslim convert.

The Justice Department denied the profiling allegation in a prepared statement on Wednesday.

The settlement includes not only a $2 million payment, but an apology, said Mayfield's attorney, Elden Rosenthal.

The written apology reads as follows:

"The United States of America apologizes to Mr. Brandon Mayfield and his family for the suffering caused by the FBI's misidentification of Mr. Mayfield's fingerprint and the resulting investigation of Mr. Mayfield, including his arrest as a material witness in connection with the 2004 Madrid train bombings and the execution of search warrants and other court orders in the Mayfield family home and in Mr. Mayfield's law office."

Added Rosenthal: "Mr. Mayfield and his family felt it was in their best interest to get on with their lives. No amount of money can compensate Mr. Mayfield for being held as a prisoner and being told he faced the death penalty."

Mayfield and his attorneys say the settlement allows him to continue the portion of his lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Patriot Act. Mayfield contends that his home was searched under provisions of the Patriot Act.

In its statement, the Justice Department said its Office of Inspector General found no evidence of profiling or misuse of Patriot Act provisions.

[mathmission]

Pablo Picasso's full name was:

Pablo Diego Jose Santiago Francisoc de Paula Juan Nepomuceno
Crispin Crispiniano de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santismima
Trinidad Ruiz Blasco y Picasso Lopez on October 25,1881.

[mathmission]

QUOTE: "Diligence is the mother of good luck."

ANSWER: Benjamin Franklin

[mathmission]

TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE

QUOTE: "The difference between what the most and the least
learned people know is inexpressibly trivial in relation
to that which is unknown."

HINT: (1879–1955) was a German-born Jewish theoretical
physicist, who is widely regarded as the greatest scientist
of the 20th century.

[mathmission]

The average Homo Sapiens brain is about 1400 cubic cent-
imeters. The average Neanderthal's brain measured around
1500ccs.

[mathmission]

There are 400 times more germs on an office telephone
than on a toilet seat.

[mathmission]

Venice, Italy, was founded as a refugee camp.

[mathmission]

The nation of Cape Verde, located in the Atlantic Ocean
450 miles west of the western tip of Africa, has no
minerals except salt and pozzolana. Volcanic ash is used
in making cement.

[BakedDon]

Threats To Internet Freedom All Too Real
Cyberspace police state dismissed by some, yet agenda for regulated, controlled, patrolled "Internet 2" advances

Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet
Thursday, November 30, 2006

The Internet is the last true unregulated outpost of freedom of speech but moves are afoot to stifle, suffocate and control the world wide web. These threats are not hidden nor are they hard to deduce and yet a significant minority of truth seekers and activists remain naive as to their scope.

Following our publication of yesterday's article, RIAA Legal Ruling Could Shut Down The Internet, we received a mixed response. Many were aware of the imminent dangers that threaten to change the face of the Internet but others were more hostile to the supposition that the world wide web could be devastated by landmark copyright case rulings as well as plans to develop "Internet 2."

Some accused us of yellow journalism and scaremongering yet the warning that the Elektra vs. Barker case could criminalize the very mechanism that characterizes the Internet was not concocted by Alex Jones or Paul Joseph Watson, it was a statement made by the very lawyer fighting the case, Ray Beckerman.

It was a danger also reported on by one of the UK's biggest technology news websites, the Inquirer, which also yesterday highlighted the frightening development in an article entitled, RIAA wants the Internet shut down.

The RIAA's argument is that defendant Tenise Barker downloaded music files and made them available for distribution by placing them in a shared folder. Though Barker paid for the files and downloaded them legally, and the files were not copied by anyone, the RIAA's motion states that simply making the files available constitutes copyright infringement.

As Beckerman points out, the entire Internet is nothing more than a giant network of hyperlinks making files 'available' to other people. If we link to CNN.com, we are making the file that constitutes the CNN homepage 'available' to other users. We don't own the copyright to any of CNN's material therefore if the RIAA's argument is accepted, by simply making that CNN file available from our website, even if no one clicks on the link, we are committing a breach of copyright.

At no point in our article did we suggest that the ruling definitely would shut down the Internet, we highlighted the fact that hundreds of transnational corporations like Amazon.com who solely rely on Internet trade would scream bloody murder. But what the ruling would grease the skids for is the move towards a strictly regulated Internet whereby government permission would be required to run a website and that website would be subject to censoring and deletion if it violated any "terms of use."

The example I highlighted yesterday on the Alex Jones Show was that running a blog would be like having a You Tube account - any politically sensitive or controversial information that the owners dislike would immediately be removed as it is frequently on You Tube.

In addition, the slide towards a licensed Internet that will be sold using fear of identity and credit card fraud could lead to mandatory biometric thumb or finger scanning simply to access the world wide web.

This is hardly a stretch of the imagination, since numerous public services and functions of society are increasingly accessible only through providing some form of biometric identification. Credit passes for travel, ATM terminals and access to theme parks like Disneyland are just a few of the many services we use that are shifting towards mandatory biometric gatekeeping.

Furthermore, Pay By Touch Online and other companies have already developed and launched keyboard biometric finger scanning terminals that require users to submit their biometric print before they can access the Internet or buy online.

Piggybacking the net neutrality debate, Internet 2 is being shaped to replace the old Internet, which will be allowed to self-destruct as it labors under the pressures of being relegated to slower and slower pipes and users will simply desert a painstaking system.

Earlier this year under the headline, The End of the Internet?, The Nation magazine reported,

"The nation's largest telephone and cable companies are crafting an alarming set of strategies that would transform the free, open and nondiscriminatory Internet of today to a privately run and branded service that would charge a fee for virtually everything we do online."

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An angstrom is a unit of length equal to one ten-millionth
of a millimeter, primarily used to express electromagnetic
wavelengths. It was named after Swedish astronomer and
physicist Anders Jonas Angstrom (1814-1874).

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In 1976, the first eight Jelly Belly flavors were
launched: Orange, Green Apple, Root Beer, Very Cherry,
Lemon, Cream Soda, Grape, and Licorice.

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QUOTE: "The difference between what the most and the least
learned people know is inexpressibly trivial in relation
to that which is unknown."

ANSWER: Albert Einstein

[BakedDon]

"Verizon, Comcast, Bell South and other communications giants are developing strategies that would track and store information on our every move in cyberspace in a vast data-collection and marketing system, the scope of which could rival the National Security Agency. According to white papers now being circulated in the cable, telephone and telecommunications industries, those with the deepest pockets--corporations, special-interest groups and major advertisers--would get preferred treatment. Content from these providers would have first priority on our computer and television screens, while information seen as undesirable, such as peer-to-peer communications, could be relegated to a slow lane or simply shut out."

Internet 2 is being billed as the next generation of the world wide web and it has already set global speed records in terms of data transfer, far outstripping the old Internet.

One of the fathers of the Internet, David Clark, who served as chief protocol architect for the government's internet development initiative in the 1980s, has been given $200,000 by the National Science Foundation to covertly work on a "whole new infrastructure to replace today's global network," according to Wired Magazine.

Clark has vowed to create a "brave new world" in designing the new Internet, characterizing what he wanted for the new network to be "a coherent security architecture."

Dovetailing the onset of Internet 2 are government propaganda campaigns to demonize the existing Internet as a wild backwater for hate crime, child pornography and a terrorist recruiting ground.

Establishment kingpins and their cheerleaders have increased their level of vitriolic rhetoric against the Internet in recent months, as legislation in both the U.S. and Europe to regulate, stifle and license the Internet moves forward.

The White House's own recently de-classified strategy for "winning the war on terror" targets Internet conspiracy theories as a recruiting ground for terrorists and threatens to "diminish" their influence.

In addition, the Pentagon recently announced its effort to infiltrate the Internet and propagandize for the war on terror.

In a speech last month, Homeland Security director Michael Chertoff identified the web as a "terror training camp," through which "disaffected people living in the United States" are developing "radical ideologies and potentially violent skills."

Chertoff pledged to dispatch Homeland Security agents to local police departments in order to aid in the apprehension of domestic terrorists who use the Internet as a political tool.

The European Union, led by former Stalinist and potential future British Prime Minister John Reid, has also vowed to shut down "terrorists" who use the Internet to spread propaganda.

The dangers to the freedom and very existence of the Internet as we know it are all too real and the way to counteract these developments is to get involved and get the word out. Simply burying our heads in the sand and being apathetic and naive about the threat is only going to aid those who wish to see the last outpost of freedom of speech shut off forever.

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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE

QUOTE: "One of the serious obstacles to the improvement
of our race is indiscriminate charity."

HINT: This famous philanthropist had a hall named after him.

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Geyser is derived from an Icelandic word for "hot springs."

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In the 1950s, TV and film star collie Lassie's salary
was $5,000 per week.

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Danish pastry in Denmark is known as Vienna bread -
Wienerbrod, in Danish.

[BakedDon]

Nice A Einstein MM

Have you ever taken his riddle about the houses all different colors ???

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John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, the second and third
presidents of the U.S. both died within hours of each other
on July 4, 1826. It was the 50th anniversary of the nation's
independence.

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Nice A Einstein MM

Have you ever taken his riddle about the houses all different colors ???
Hmm, no. Not heard of it...


If you lace your shoes from the inside to the outside the
fit will be snugger around your big toe.

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In 1875, the director of the United States Patent Office
sent his resignation and advised that his department be
closed. There was nothing left to invent, he claimed.

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"One of the serious obstacles to the improvement of our
race is indiscriminate charity."

ANSWER: Andrew Carnegie (1835 - 1919)

[BakedDon]

When the Sh*t goes down you better be ready

Cypress Hill

[BakedDon]

http://www.increasebrainpower.com/einsteins-riddle.html

Im still messing with it

so dont tell me thee answer

only two percent can get it supposedly

[BakedDon]

www. Increase Brain Power .com


Einstein's Riddle
The story behind Einstein's riddle is that Albert Einstein created it in the late 1800s, and claimed that 98% of the world population couldn't solve it. I am not sure of the true origin, but I have seen this one floating around the internet, and it is a good brain exercise. Here it is:

- In a street there are five houses, painted five different colors.

- In each house lives a person of different nationality

- These five homeowners each drink a different kind of beverage, smoke different brand of cigar and keep a different pet.

Einstein's riddle is: Who owns the fish?

Necessary clues:

1. The British man lives in a red house.
2. The Swedish man keeps dogs as pets.
3. The Danish man drinks tea.
4. The Green house is next to, and on the left of the White house.
5. The owner of the Green house drinks coffee.
6. The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
7. The owner of the Yellow house smokes Dunhill.
8. The man living in the center house drinks milk.
9. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
10. The man who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats.
11. The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.
12. The man who smokes Blue Master drinks beer.
13. The German smokes Prince.
14. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
15. The Blends smoker lives next to the one who drinks water.

The World's Hardest Riddle?
Some have claimed this to be the worlds hardest riddle. It isn't. It is a decent riddle, though, and a fun one for those who like riddles with systematic solutions. My own solution is below.

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It's not that bad if you make one of those square logic models for it

[riscy]

I did this with one of my classes a few weeks ago, and showed them how to use logic to solve it using the grid you suggested MM - it takes about 15-20 minutes.It's not that bad if you make one of those square logic models for it

[riscy]

Does anyone else have probs finding this thread?

[riscy]

I just looked for it in UTC community and found nothing

[riscy]

Then when I try to go up one level ie to UTC Community (using the breadcrumbs links shown below)
P2P File Sharing Forum > UTC Community > 1,000,000 post thread
I get the following mesage :

riscy, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

1. Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
2. If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.

Log Out Home

[riscy]

Is this something other people have had problems with?

[riscy]

Or is it just me?

[riscy]

Oh well, it is late now

[riscy]

Last post here for today - se you all later

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Just wanted to say hello and whatnot. Hope everyone is doing well. I'm starting to go insane here. Been cooped up in my apartment for the past two days, and have at least one more before work. Same people, all the time...

[riscy]

Hang in there MM - don't let cabin fever get to you

[riscy]

It looks really bad there

[riscy]

is it usually this bad at this time of the year?

[riscy]

well, I have had a quiet weekend

[riscy]

hope