tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84445602012-01-28T09:01:43.849-05:00357 Magnum - maximum stopping power (well, almost) -- Taking pot shots at the lunacy on both sides of the political divide. Supporting the 2nd Amendment, and rational debateZendo Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00094772654735415974noreply@blogger.comBlogger61531100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8444560.post-90563476791967675892012-01-28T09:01:00.000-05:002012-01-28T09:01:43.859-05:00

Sure the old diesels were a problem. Not so much with the new ones. Kia Rio review - TelegraphThe headline “eco” engine is a three-cylinder, 74bhp, 1.1-litre diesel, which achieves a remarkable 88mpg EU Combined consumption and CO2 emissions of 85g/km.Granted, it is in a car that probably can't pass US crash tests, but maybe it can. (The Europeans are getting more serious about safety. They do

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Finally, we start to some professionalism from police LAPD detective arrested on suspicion of grand theft - latimes.com OK, the bad cop stole money from a drug raid. The good cop turned him in. The bad cop was on the job 27 years. "I am extremely disturbed and shocked by the arrest, but heartened by the actions of the detective who immediately reported what appeared to be criminal behavior," said

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45 year sentence (16 served) for a crime he didn't commit. Jury Awards $25M To Man For Wrongful Murder Conviction � CBS ChicagoLoevy said Tuesday that police had “framed” Jimenez.“They strong-armed witnesses into falsely implicating [Jimenez], and when the real suspect turned up, they chose to ignore him because they had already built the case against the wrong guy,” Loevy said.They took away

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This is a horror story. Man Held in Solitary Confinement 2 Years After DWI Gets $22M | NBC 5 Dallas-Fort WorthStephen Slevin was arrested in August of 2005 for driving while intoxicated, according to NBC station KOB.com. He said he never got a trial and spent the entire time languishing in solitary, even pulling his own tooth when he was denied dental care.22 Million will be paid, but my guess is

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I was catching up on a show via Hulu last night, and was barraged with Obama 2012 ads. Mostly touting what a great job he has done with the economy and how the eeevil oil billionaires are lying about his record. (It was so annoying I had to give up. I put up with commercials on Hulu because it is free, but seeing the same one over and over and over again is too much. Especially when it is insane.

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Another US-government (taxpayer) backed "green company" is in deep yogurt. Ener1, Parent of U.S. Subsidized Battery Unit, Seeks Bankruptcy - BusinessweekEner1 Inc., which owns a company that received a $118 million U.S. Energy Department grant to make electric-car batteries, filed for bankruptcy protection after defaulting on bond debt amid Asian competition.Of course, just the other day, we were

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The Silicon Graybeard: A Little Techie History Interesting look at what we now take for granted: tunes on the road. Worth a look.

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Council settles Chicago police suit involving autistic boy for $525,000 - Chicago TribuneI actually remember this case, both because I posted about it, and because it is near and dear to me for personal reasons. It is the story of a kid with autism, beaten by Chicago Cops because he "wouldn't make eye contact" (people with full autism rarely make eye contact) and he was "acting strange." In

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Intruder Shot, Killed After Breaking Into Dana Point Home � CBS Los AngelesThe homeowner, who was roused by the noise of the break-in, got his gun, confronted the intruder and shot himOf course, since it is the Peoples' Republic of Kalifornia, they are trying to figure out a way to charge the homeowner with a crime. So glad I don't live in California.As far as I can see, this is a case of Good

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Three clean misses when shooting at your typical home invader is not all that unusual. Though I guess we aren't 100% sure that is the case here. Hyrum homeowner shoots toward intruder, search for man is unsuccessful - The Herald Journal: NewsRobert Cisneros told deputies he fired three shots at the intruder and the man ran out of his house.Deputies set up a perimeter around the home, and Logan

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Dutch teen completes historic, controversial solo sail around the globe - CNN.com The youngest person to sail around the world. Some 518 days after she first set off alone in her sailboat, 16-year-old Laura Dekker glided into a Caribbean port on Saturday to complete her historic, and controversial, voyage around the globe.Also a bit controversial because of the route she took. I won't bore you

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A story I did not post about. About the censorship faced by the minority religions in this country. Mostly because the other posts on the subject had brought out the stupid in people. Missing the Forest for the Witches | Religion Dispatches A small town called Salem had a librarian named Glenda. (See where the insanity begins?) They had blocked all internet access to minority religious sites.

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Another "extinct" species is rediscovered. Scientists find monkey long believed extinct in Indonesian jungles - The Washington Post First it was tortoises, now monkeys. Hmmm. Maybe Kage Baker knew what was happening. (Dr. Zeus Inc. populates a series of novels by Kage Baker. It is run by a group of time-traveling cyborgs tasked to basically save us from ourselves, by rescuing 'extinct' species

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F-Bomb warning. FCKH8.com: Top 5 Reasons 2 Ban Gay Marriage (LOL, Sarcastic) from FCKH8.com on Vimeo. If you are offended by MANY f-bombs, you may need to avert your eyes. Is it over the top? Of course it's over the top. It's from FCKH8.com UPDATE: Get your gear here. Includes a bunch of STR8 Against H8 stuff too. (For all of you who "choose" to be straight.)

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Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays honors Brian Burke, the GM of the Toronto Maple Leafs for being "a community leader dedicated to fighting homophobia and bullying." Leafs GM Brian Burke ‘greatly honoured’ by award from gay community - thestar.comEarlier, Burke said “it would take a lot of courage” for a hockey player to come out as gay, “but less than the player thinks.”The NHL is “still

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Forbes isn't the NY Times, and this article proves it. Why U.S. Gun Sales Are Shooting For The Moon - ForbesInteresting reading.

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I guess these guys didn't get that memo. Suspects in fatal robbery at Phillipsburg gas station head to Warren County over murder chargesShortly after midnight, Flowers and Torres allegedly approached 47-year-old attendant Kismathdas Kasam, demanding money and the ring off his finger at gunpoint. After Kasam handed over about $500, investigators say Torres fired a single shotgun blast into Kasam's

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What happened in Italy was certainly a tragedy, probably brought on by poor judgement on the master's part. But what did not happen is a capsize. That ship ran aground, hard aground, but it did NOT capsize. Why do the idiots in the so-called news media insist on calling it a capsize? "The Poseidon Adventure" deals with a capsized vessel. The keel was pointing at the sky, the deck at the

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Is that the Fat Lady I hear singing? Greece gets closer to brink of bankruptcy - Telegraph Talks on the "voluntary" 50 percent loss on Greek debt has fallen apart. Not surprising, really.Three months of negotiations ground to a halt on Friday night, amid a wave of downgrades by ratings agency Standard & Poor’s aimed at a clutch of European countries, including France. The unexpected breakdown in

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People love cruise lines. Cruise disaster: three confirmed dead and 69 passengers still missing - Telegraph Now the London Telegraph says that the ship hit a reef. CNN International says it hit a "sand bar." Sand bars due tend to move around, particularly if there was a storm, but reefs stay rooted in one spot. Half the lifeboats were unavailable - if you click through and see the photo, you can

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Identity Theft. Viruses stole City College of S.F. data for years They claim it is because there is no money. But the fact that as part of the government, they can't be sued, probably didn't help up the priority on security. Personal banking information and other data from perhaps tens of thousands of students, faculty and administrators at City College of San Francisco have been stolen in what

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This one is a story that keeps coming back, so, I guess I will finally write about it. Back before Christmas, one of the Buncombe County Schools, in North Carolina, was allowing kids to take home bibles donated by the Gideon Society. A parent, who is a pagan, found this objectionable when her son brought one home. Parent upset about son coming home with Bible | JournalNow.com (The kid is

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One of the Euro-zone countries we are not doubt paying to help bailout. (IMF funds don't just come from Europe) Mafia is Italy's biggest business - TelegraphThe country's four mafia groups have broken out of their traditional strongholds in the dusty 'Mezzogiorno' south of Rome and spread their tentacles across the whole country, taking advantage of the economic crisis to snap up ailing

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LaPorte County homeowner holds burglary suspects at gunpoint until police arrive - southbendtribune.com This guy caught three "youths" in his home. He ended up shooting 1, and holding 2 of them until police arrived. The third one got away, but 2 out of 3 ain't bad. The one who got shot has a "superficial injury" to his hand. Everett homeowner shoots, kills alleged burglar - Seattle News This

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In Greece, fears that austerity is killing the economy - The Washington Post The Greeks have been living high on borrowed funds for years. Prior to joining the Euro, it was always cheap to travel to Greece, now that they are in the Euro things aren't so cheap, tourism isn't so good. And the fact that really strong unions have written really detailed work rules means that the rest of their

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Interesting Android app that covers the self-defense scene.Every 13 seconds in America, law-abiding citizens use a firearm in self-defense. True Stories of Self-Defense Approximately 2.5 million times each year, Good Guys with Guns were able to stop a violent crime in its tracks! But the mainstream media doesn't tell you that. A woman lawfully carrying a concealed handgun reduces the

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YaleNews | Tortoise species thought to be extinct still lives, genetic analysis revealsDozens of giant tortoises of a species believed extinct for 150 years may still be living at a remote location in the Galápagos Islands, a genetic analysis conducted by Yale University researchers reveals. One of the things Dr Zeus Inc. was supposed to do was preserve species thought to be extinct, and then let

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The end of civilization? Maybe a harbinger. Seven juveniles beat a 13-year-old girl so badly on a school bus she was left unconscious and had to be taken to a hospital Friday morning | Ocala.com Welcome to the school bus. It was her first day on the bus. The kids wouldn't let her sit down. (So why was the bus moving if not everyone was seated? But that isn't the point.)The victim, a 13-year-old

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The Euro isn't the first time the Europeans tried to implement a common currency. And it isn't the first time they had problems. A history of currency unions | World news | guardian.co.uk Funny this synopsis leaves out the old Soviet Union, which like the US was also a monetary union of sorts. This one seems to be most like the current situation.The Latin Monetary Union In 1865, France persuaded

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See this where the "we can't cut defense spending in any way" mentality gets us. We end up not fighting the last war, but the war from 40 (or more) years ago. Obama Returns to Bush Plan for Cutting U.S. Troops in Europe - BusinessweekAs of December 2010, the U.S. had almost 80,000 military personnel stationed in Europe, more than 54,000 of them in Germany, according to the Defense Department’s

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Government at work. Dallas teen missing since 2010 was mistakenly deported | wfaa.com Dallas - Fort Worth A Dallas runaway gives Houston Police a fake name. Happens to match an illegal alien. So they call in Immigration and Customs Enforcement from the Department of Insanity Homeland Security. Without bothering to check anything - like say fingerprints - they deport her to Columbia. That's

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While was Rick Santorum was reaffirming his bid for the bigoted anti-gay vote in New Hampshire, we get something different from the West Coast.

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If you break into enough homes, you will eventually find someone armed and ready to defend it. Visitor Shoots Home Invasion Suspect DeadHouston Police say a group of people gathered at the door of a homeowner and knocked on the door.When the homeowner answered the door, the group forcibly rushed their way inside.A visitor at the home pulled out a weapon and shot at one of the suspects, killing

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Ladies Who Punch!: Women : DetailsInteresting collection. I was a little disappointed that Milla Jovovich as Alice in Resident Evil was only number 11.And I still vote for Tifa as a tough as nails woman.

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You ever have a craving for something that you loved growing up? Vienna Red Hot, mustard, pickle spear (kosher), emerald relish, onions, tomato wedge, sport peppers* and celery salt. (That's a Chicago-style dog) Probably not the healthiest meal in the world, but 2 with everything and a side of fries would be just about perfect right now. * Sport peppers are pickled Serrano peppers.

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A little kitchen fire, caused by a moments inattention. Took out stove, microwave and the counter top. No real damage, except to my ego. A little painting. A new stove, microwave, and upgraded counters - none of which is in the budget. Such is my life. Blogging will probably be non-existent for a while.

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The Volvo Ocean Race is underway. Previously known as the Whitbread Around the World Race, that is exactly what it is. This year to deal with the very real threat to piracy in the region around Somalia, the boats were shipped in a large vessel around that area. Good planning. Now they only have to deal with Iranian war games in the Strait of Hormuz.On Saturday, Iran’s navy began a ten day drill

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Oh the joys of being a public employee. John Sierchio, crusader against police, firefighter disability fraud | NJ.com You see in the real world if you file for disability you are usually in for a rough time. Even with disability insurance and social security it isn't a lot. And most people just have Social Security. But when you are a cop or a firefighter in New Jersey, disability doesn't look

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I mostly find the videos distracting, but open a window in the background and enjoy. Björk won't let you embed her videos. So you have to click through to Human Behavior.

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Forget about return on your investment. These guys have already agreed to a 50% loss, but through accounting games Greece, and the IMF, want the loss to be more than 50%. Greece’s Creditors Resist IMF Push for Bigger LossesHedge fund officials said that they would not accept a net present value loss that was higher than 50%, and were quoted in an e-mail saying, “Vega needs to start considering

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When you own a sailboat, there is a large aluminum pole (called a mast) in the middle of the boat. "Very high strength-to-weight ratio." Makes it almost impossible to not at least consider celebrating with the Costanza clan.The tradition of Festivus begins with the Airing of Grievances. I got a lot of problems with you people! And now, you're gonna hear about it.Happy Festivus. Feats of Strength,

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Not so fast. It seems that there are still negotiations. Fund threatens to sue over Greek bond losses - FT.com And when you threaten to sue, things are probably not going real well.European leaders had hoped to complete the deal by the year’s end through a bond swap, where debt holders exchange their holdings for new bonds worth less. Greece is facing a bond repayment of €14.4bn on March 20 and

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Small businesses don't invest in security. People don't follow directions. What a surprise. Hackers Stealing $3 Million from Subway Means You Should Probably Pay with CashIf you've eaten at a Subway recently, there's a slight chance that you might've got your credit card information stolen. Okay probably not! But a group of Romanian hackers have managed to hack into Subway cash registers and have

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Man accused in Walmart stabbing denied bond | The Greenville News | GreenvilleOnline.comHe abused her on Oct 30th. His bond was set at $5242 on Oct 31st. On Dec 10th he killed her. She had secured a restraining order against him. See how effective it was.The courts cannot protect you. The Supreme Court has ruled numerous times that the police have no duty to protect you. If you think you need an

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Police are "unsure of the motives." If you break into my home at 5AM with a baseball bat, I am going to assume you are up to no good. 14-year-old shot after reportedly breaking into Eastern WA home | NWCN.com Washington - Oregon - IdahoPolice say the homeowner woke to noises in a back room of his home. He reportedly grabbed his pistol and went to investigate the disturbance. He allegedly found

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War On Christmas PSA

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The people of Portugal aren't too happy with the Franco-German-lead EU and the ECB (Not to mention the IMF). Talk of 'nuclear default' sums up Left's anger at EU dictates - TelegraphThe folks in Portugal are pissed off that their parliament has just turned over the keys to kingdom to the Germans. They have adopted the latest austerity program dictated from Brussels. Or Berlin, one of the two. And

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Origin of Yule RE: The War on Christmas™ and the real reason for the season.In order to convert the masses, no pun intended, the Church and the Christian leaders took the practice of the people and "bastardized" them into Christian observances. Hence the old Yule practices of the immortal evergreen, the holly, mistletoe, the Sun God being born of the Goddess, were converted to the Christian

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Chicago police wrongdoings to cost taxpayers $4 millionM Interesting look at the "professional" deportment of the Chicago PD.The Finance Committee is routinely asked to approve multi-million-dollar pay-outs to victims of police brutality. But, seldom are aldermen asked to approve so many big-ticket settlements stemming from such egregious conduct on the same day, involving officers who were never

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Prosecutor: No Charges Against Store Owner Who Shot IntruderDavis said the store owner appeared to defending himself after he heard the window of the store being broken out and someone trying to gain access. Reports say he fired two shots at Givens striking him in the head.Good Guys 1, Bad Guys 0.

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I wonder if they will throw stones at Denmark the way they have been throwing them at the UK. Denmark unlikely to vote on EU crisis pact - CBS News The Danish referendum under which they joined the EU, specifically said they would stay out of the single currency. (Maintaining control of their own monetary policy.) In 1993, Danish voters approved a revised EU treaty, allowing Denmark to stay

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Syria crisis: UN divisions deepen as death toll rises by another 1,000 in just 10 days - TelegraphIt isn't often that I agree with the French., Gerard Araud, the French ambassador to the UN, said: "It is scandalous that the council, because of opposition from some members and the indifference of others has not been able to act to exert pressure on the Syrian authorities." The Russians and others

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No one seems to care. British ex-servicemen battling to protect international shipping from Somali pirates | Mail Online Could it be that authorities in the Horn of Africa are working with the pirates? Minutes earlier, the Djibouti police had boarded the ship to take charge of their AK-47s, because they were in Djibouti waters without the correct permits. The guns would be taken to the port

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Italian Borrowing Costs Drop in Bond Auction - TIME "Drop" sounds significant and they do use the word "significant" to discuss the change in rate. Italy easily sold euro7 billion ($9.4 billion) in 12-month bonds on Monday at an interest rate of 5.92 percent, down from last month's record of 6.087 percent. That's a significant change? From 6.087 to 5.92 percent is a "drop?" Really? That is a

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A Fire in a garage? Related to a charging unit? Hmmmmmmm. This video is from Fast Lane Daily.

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Penne Campagnola - penne (of course), Italian sausage, onions, peppers and crushed olives in a tomato sauce. (Of course Campanola SHOULD have mushrooms, but I much prefer crushed black olives.) Broccoli with cheese, Texas toast (garlic of course) and a Zinfandel. The Zin is a little disappointing, but I made this batch with spicy Italian sausage, which I have to admit was a mistake. Sweet Italian

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You have to be in bad shape if you aren't qualified to stock shelves. Morrisons forced to retrain school-leavers - Telegraph ["School Leavers" is British for "Drop Out."]Morrisons, Britain's fourth-biggest supermarket with 135,000 employees, found that many of its applicants in Salford, Greater Manchester, lacked even the basic skills needed to stack shelves and serve customers. While some had a

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The Volt has problems. The Volt has had problems. Too bad the government body responsible of automobile safety didn't bother to say anything. Chevrolet Volt Battery Issues Growing, Safety Findings May Have Been Suppressed | AutoGuide.com NewsApparently, way back in June, General Motors heard about a Volt fire that happened three weeks after said vehicle was crash tested, yet it wasn’t until

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If anybody besides an off-duty Chicago Cop had done this, its legality wouldn't still be under investigation.Jury awards $3K to man shot at by Chicago cop - chicagotribune.com The cop in question was pissed that his ex-girlfriend was actually his ex-girlfriend and that she would dare to date someone else. The night ended when the cop shot the door of the new-boyfriend's car. (After throwing a

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Mark Zuckerberg victim of Facebook security glitch - TelegraphMark Zuckerberg, the billionaire founder of Facebook, has fallen victim to a security glitch in the social networking site which allowed hackers to steal his own personal photographs. Mark Z. has "personal" photos? I thought he was the guy who said privacy is overrated, or antiquated or something. The security breach came at an

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Don't try to rob a mixed-martial-arts fighter. Video after the break

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From the London Telegraph.

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Inside Syria: Soldiers defecting to join rebels - CBS News[Members of the Free Syrian Army] are former Syrian soldiers. They say they refused orders to fire on their own countrymen, and so decided to take up arms against the Assad regime.The commander spoke off-camera, for his own security. He said, "We are fighting those who have made our children orphans and our wives, widows."No way to tell

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Some people have too much time on their hands. Teacher strips word "gay" from Christmas carol : News : UpNorthLive.comThe music teacher at Cherry Knoll removed the word "gay" from the song Deck the Halls because the children kept giggling. Instead students were taught to sing "don we now our bright apparel".I thought they removed Christmas from public schools. You know, as part of the War on

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Well you probably aren't interested in my "TV" viewing habits, but they are bound to interrupt blogging for a day or 2. I unpacked my copy of Dead Like Meseason 1. If you appreciate dark humor, you might like this. Like so many shows, that were really good, it got canceled to early. It only made it through 2 seasons, though they did one straight-to-dvd movie (which I haven't seen.) Aside from

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IWF - On The Road To LiverpoolIt seems that every year “thousands” of patients in the U.K. are put on the benignly-named “Liverpool Care Pathway,” but neither they nor their families are told. The Liverpool Care Pathway is--in fact--the withdrawal of care:No food. No water. Sedate them so they can't request food or water. To give them a "good death" without "unnecessary and burdensome" care.

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But when you invite Mike Rowe of Dirty Jobs to speak, it is entertaining. Mike Rowe Speaks To Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee [05-11-11]

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Watch This Guy Shoot A Robber | New Haven IndependentWith security video - though you don't have to see the guy actually get shot.After Jawad got his pistol and permit in April he posted signs in front of the counter to inform customers—and anyone up to no good—that someone who works at the store had a gun.“I guess he didn’t read it well,” Jawad said, chuckling.A copy of his NRA Basic Pistol

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The World from Berlin: 'Central Banks' Coordinated�Move Has Solved Nothing' - SPIEGEL ONLINEGlobal stock markets on Wednesday were euphoric after the major central banks around the world made it easier for banks to access dollars. But the euro-zone debt crisis rages on nonetheless. At the most, say German commentators, Wednesday's move merely buys some time -- but not muchThe bankers are

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It isn't good to have a medical emergency in the UK. Bowel cancer patients dying due to lack of surgeons - TelegraphOK, emergency surgery is by definition more of a problem than if you had been diagnosed early, and your doctor had planned for the event. However, surgeons believe it is also because hospitals have tended to prioritise pre-planned surgery over emergency surgery, due to the way they

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Adams County Sued Over Deaf Man Held 25 Days � CBS Denver More criminal than anything else. He was basically arrested for being deaf. Once arrested, they couldn't be bothered to get an interpreter. The Denver Post reports Siaki doesn’t read or write English or read lips, but he does communicate through American Sign Language. Deputies arrested Siaki after a noise complaint at a motel where Siaki

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Self-defense wraps this up nicely and hands the police a confession. Armed robbery suspect shot, confesses in 911 call | WCNC.com CharlotteThe store in question has been robbed 3 times in as many weeks. This time the clerk was armed, and shot this guy twice.The suspect, John Arthur Davidson III, is in the hospital in serious condition with two bullet wounds. Investigators are waiting until he

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[hat tip to Knowledge is Power]

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Privacy on Facebook? Zuckerberg said privacy was a quaint, antique kind of notion. And then went on to prove it. Facebook forced to overhaul privacy policy after regulator finds it is 'unfair and deceptive' | Mail OnlineThe eight-count complaint made public last night by the FTC lays bare how the company, which makes £1.1billion a year from advertising, shamelessly exploits its users for its own

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So they don't care. 'Sunday hospital staff nearly killed my mother’ - TelegraphThis story details the near-death of an elderly patient on Sunday in a UK hospital because no one was in charge, really. It boils down to one statement.That junior doctor – and I don’t blame him individually, but regard his behaviour as symptomatic of the attitude of too many parts of the medical establishment that

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YES, THIS IS SCARY: ‘Anthrax isn’t scary at all compared to this’: Man-made flu virus with potential to wipe out many millions if it ever escaped is created in research lab. That story, was about a man-made flu-virus that escaped a government installation. (The rest of it was to Steven-King-esque for my taste, but it started out pretty well.)

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A lot has been said, by me and others, concerning the state of the Euro-zone, and how it is struggling to continue. But the state of the US debt, is something to worry about as well. The chart (click for enlarged view) shows US Government Debt as a percentage of GDP. (Hat tip to The Department of Numbers.) As of Q2, 2011 it was more than 95% of GDP.

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I don't have any debt, but if Germany would agree to pay them, I'm sure I could incur some. Merkel: 'We have our own debts to pay' - The LocalThe people screaming for Germany to "save the Euro" basically want Germany to pay everyone's debts. Surprisingly, the Germans aren't to keen on that plan."We in Europe can't pretend we have financial means that we don't really have... we are strong in

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The Euro-zone technocrats want to be able to say they saved the day. But denial ain't just a river in Egypt. Merkel's fight for German stability - Business AnalysisThe markets are aware of the fact that Germany isn't big enough to bailout all of the struggling Euro-zone economies. (Even if you believe they only need 1 bailout.) So with the technocrats selling the idea of Euro-bonds, bonds

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Because the fact that he was engaged in a felony at the time he was shot, is just an unimportant detail. Teen shot during home invasion on West Side� - The Charleston Gazette -According to Charleston Police Sgt. Mike Pridemore, a juvenile boy kicked in the front door of a home in the 700 block of Main Street at about 8:30 a.m. Saturday and started firing shots up the staircase of the home with a

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The criminals in Texas are brash. These guys didn't stop rummaging through a car, even after the owner showed up and told them to stop. Homeowner opens fire on car burglary suspects on Houston's south side, killing one | abc13.comIt happened near Gulf Valley and Springtime. Police say that homeowner saw three suspects stealing from his car and repeatedly yelled for them to stop. He said the three

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Britain has some of the worst cancer survival rates of the industrialised world following years of wasteful Labour governmentAndrew Lansley: Labour failed to focus on what really matters: patients - TelegraphIt seems that spending on the "Health Care System" increased, but spending on actual health care did not.They hugely increased spending on the health service, but wasted much of it on

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It is hard to tell the cops from the gangsters. Chicago cops accused of working for Latin Kings held without bondAlex Guerrero, 41, and Antonio C. Martinez Jr., 40, were the ones in handcuffs Monday afternoon, appearing before a federal judge in orange Porter County jumpsuits. The duo were named in a 46-page indictment unsealed Friday that alleges a racketeering conspiracy among fifteen Latin

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Justice? Maybe. Oxnard teen accepts plea deal in killing of gay schoolmate - San Jose Mercury NewsMcInerney pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and voluntary manslaughter with use of a firearm in the fatal shooting of Larry King, 15.King was murdered because when he was taunted for being gay, he didn't run away and cry, he through it back in his tormentors' faces. McInerney being one of them,

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Nothing to see here. Move along. FBI: No evidence of water system hack destroying pump • The Register Do you get the impression that the government is trying to downplay the danger?Federal officials said there's no evidence to support a report that hackers destroyed a pump used by an Illinois-based water utility after gaining unauthorized access to the computer system it used to operate its

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This truth being that when violence strikes, cops are no where to be found. Not a dig against cops, just the truth. WHDH-TV - Store clerk shoots at man trying to rob his storePolice said that the store has been robbed so many times that the owner decided to register for a license to carry a handgun.He didn't hit the guy, but he did scare him pretty good. I wonder why this simple truth seems lost

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Well it seems there are other problems aside from folks actually in the Euro, who are gonna get creamed by this situation. Hungary turns to IMF as stress mounts in Eastern Europe - Telegraph With the 50% loss on the Greek bonds, sovereign-debt bondholders have come to realize that the promises made by governments don't mean a thing. Add to that the need to raise capitalization rates, and no one

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You have to give British politicians credit for calling them like they see them. This guy doesn't mince any words.

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First in North Carolina. FIRST ON 3: Video from inside store as clerk shoots robber | WWAY NewsChannel 3 | Wilmington NC NewsIn video from the store's surveillance cameras you can see the robber, who police say is Joseph Ryan Anderson, 20, point a gun at Headstrong. The clerk then pulls a gun of his own and shoots the crook twice then holds him until police arrive.Then in Atlanta. Store clerk

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They will say anything to get past the moment. They make "promises" they have no interest in keeping. They solve the problem of the hour, not the year or the age. They certainly can't solve complex financial issues. Debt Crisis Contagion: The Euro Zone's Deadly Domino Effect - SPIEGEL ONLINEIn July, European leaders broke their promises from March. In October, they broke their promises from July.

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France and Spain are having troubles, as well as Greece and Italy. Mass bond selloff takes Europe from bad to worse - The Globe and MailThe mass selloff drove up the debt yields of countries that had been considered havens, including Finland and the Netherlands. “Global financial markets are facing a key pivotal point,” analysts at Barclays Capital said in a Tuesday research note. “A further

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Akron Woman Scares Off Sex Offender with Gun - WJW The headline says it all.He tried to push her into her car, and she was able to get her gun and shoot. (Just a warning shot, but it did attract a lot of attention.)Bennett says she hopes her experience shows other women they can protect themselves if they need to."Before it happened, if somebody would have said, 'If somebody would attack you,

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Everyone treats it like it is such a good thing. Italy and Greece have new governments. But what does that really mean? Debt crisis: live - TelegraphWhat we have witnessed is a coup d’état: bloodless and genteel, but a coup d’état none the less. In Athens and in Rome, elected prime ministers have been toppled in favour of Eurocrats – respectively a former Vice-President of the European Central

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Won't do much for the price of oil. Arab press predicts regional war over Syria - TelegraphAbdel Bari Atwan, editor of the London-based pan-Arab nationalist newspaper Al-Quds Al-Arabi, raised the prospect of a conflagration in which a Turkish attack on Syria would coincide with an Israeli attack on Syria's closest ally, Iran.Other newspapers renewed claims, first raised in the summer, that Turkey

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Obama & Co. (Including NATO) decided that they could fight a remote control war. And for the most part they were right. A few problems, but on the whole everything worked out pretty well. Except now there is a vacuum. And people don't like vacuums. Six Dead as Libyan Militias Clash Near Tripoli - NYTimes.comLethal rivalries have emerged within the huge population of Libyan fighters who rose up

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Electric car battery catches fire after crash test - latimes.com One of the reasons that the Tesla Roadster was so delayed was over battery safety. Lithium batteries are a bit of a problem. So Tesla added a lot of weight to make the batteries more fireproof. Looks like maybe Chevy didn't do its homework.A Chevrolet Volt that caught fire three weeks after its lithium-ion battery was damaged in a

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At Least that is my opinion. And a lot of people are getting ready for the event. Worst-Case�Scenarios: Berlin�Prepares for Possible Greek Exit from Euro Zone - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - InternationalThe German government has been simulating a range of scenarios to prepare for a possible exit of Greece from the euro zone. Under a worst-worst-case scenario, the country could descend into a vicious

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Finally, it seems, the international community is responding to piracy the way the Brits did, back in the day. UPDATE 5-Turkish commandos shoot dead lone ferry hijacker | ReutersTurkish commandos killed a lone hijacker, identified as a Kurdish militant armed with a bomb, in a pre-dawn operation on Saturday to rescue more than 20 passengers and crew held hostage for 12 hours on a high-speed ferry

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Caterpillar plans to move plant, 1,000-plus jobs to U.S. - chicagotribune.com Not that they are abandoning a 3rd-world nation, this manufacturing is being relocated from Japan.1000 manufacturing jobs, plus the additional jobs such a plant generates (diners, grocery, bars, whatever) isn't a lot, but will probably make some small Midwestern town very happy.

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The movie El Dorado is one of the most entertaining westerns ever made. John Wayne. Robert Mitchum as a drunken sheriff, and James Caan spouting poetry every juncture. Add in the 1967 soundtrack (that always sounds like the old batman soundtrack when they are sneaking around) and it is classic. I was going to say it was a ridiculous western. But that isn't true. It just doesn't take itself too

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