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National Security State Belief System: Thoughts

admin — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 07:05:14 +0000

Thoughts on the Nature of a National Security State The National Security State or Doctrine, generally refers to the ideology and institutions (CIA, Dept. of Defense) established by the National Security Act of 1947, an enduring legacy of then President Harry S. Truman, in support of his doctrine “to support free peoples who are resisting attempted [...]

Pentagon Advisors Warn Of Coming International Crisis

admin — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:56:50 +0000

“It will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy,” Joe Biden - Pentagon Adviser The chairman of a key Pentagon advisory panel has echoed recent claims by both Joe Biden and Colin Powell, warning that the next administration will face an international crisis within months of taking [...]

Man Jailed for Neglecting His Lawn

admin — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:23:00 +0000

BAYONET POINT - On Friday morning, Joseph Prudente put on a pair of shorts and his “Grandpa Gone Wild” T-shirt. He took off his wedding band and put his heart medication in a plastic Wal-Mart bag. Then his daughter drove him to jail. Grandpa had time to do. His crime? He had disobeyed a court order that [...]

Sheriff Strips Concealed Weapons Permits

admin — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:09:41 +0000

COMMENT: It is clear that the intention is to demonize gun ownership while making the ‘permit’ aspect convey a privilege rather than a right, as guarded by the 2nd amendment of the Constitution. Further, the claim that the former sheriff was ‘corrupt’ is meant to justify the revoking of permits, which are also associated emotionally [...]

Shelby Super Cars

admin — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:04:56 +0000

“Several years between charging!?” Shelby Super Cars (SSC), holder of the world speed record for production cars, has several supercar models, including the Ultimate Aero EV (Electric Vehicle), a new 100% green supercar which allegedly will be able to travel several years between charges. “The drive train under development will feature a revolutionary power source allowing [...]

Red Bull: Energy Boost and Sticky Blood

admin — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:59:20 +0000

Australian researchers have found that the sugar-free version of Red Bull may increase the danger of blood clots, and creates “sticky” blood, raising the risk of heart attack or stroke. How this affects the sales of Red Bull – last year 3.5 billion cans were sold in 143 countries – is yet to be seen. The [...]

The Aspartame Studies: Summary

admin — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:38:48 +0000

Studies of aspartame in the peer reviewed medical literature were surveyed for funding source and study outcome. Of the 166 studies felt to have relevance for questions of human safety, 74 had Nutrasweet® industry related funding and 92 were independently funded. One hundred percent of the industry funded research attested to aspartame’s safety, whereas 92% [...]

Curly Introduction

admin — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:32:44 +0000

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Moe Introduction

admin — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:31:26 +0000

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Larry Introduction

admin — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:30:18 +0000

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Bob Introduction

admin — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:28:39 +0000

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$15m for photo of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s twins

admin — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 01:56:44 +0000

AFTER a frenzied bidding war, the first photo of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s twins have been unveiled on US celebrity website, People. People magazine secured the exclusive rights to the photographs of Vivienne Marcheline and Knox Leon for a rumored record price of $US14 million ($15 million) in a joint deal with Britain’s Hello! magazine. [...]

Cuil Challenges Google

admin — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:25:37 +0000

Founded by husband-and-wife team Tom Costello and Anna Patterson, Cuil aims to rank the relevancy search results by content analysis rather than by popularity. Cuil, a new search engine, opened for business on Monday, boasting an index of 120 billion Web pages, “three times more than any other search engine.” Google (NSDQ: [...]

Cops Tase 66-year-old Minister Over ‘Joke’

admin — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:04:51 +0000

A reverend claims security guards dragged him out of a Toledo, Ohio hospital and tasered and beat him because he told a joke, CBS reported Friday. Rev. Al Poisson said he was visiting the hospital to see a man who had been injured while Poisson was shopping with his 6-year-old grandson. According to the reverend, an [...]

Tased Until Dead: The Epidemic of Taser Crazy Cops

admin — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:42:30 +0000

Since ‘Taser’ use has become widespread more than 290 people have been killed, possibly murdered, by taser crazy cops. In response to this epidemic of violence, Amnesty International released a statement damning the use of “… tasers to subdue non-compliant or disturbed individuals who do not pose a serious danger to themselves or others.” That [...]

Pastor gets into motorcycle crash - during service

admin — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:35:32 +0000

A pastor brought out a dirt bike during a church service to demonstrate the concept of unity. Now he’s demonstrating the concept of healing. Jeff Harlow, the senior pastor at Crossroads Community Church, broke his wrist when he lost control of the motorcycle at the start of Sunday’s second service, driving off a 5-foot platform and [...]

Greek court rules lesbians are not just from Lesbos

admin — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:51:42 +0000

A Greek court has dismissed a request by residents of the Aegean island of Lesbos to ban the use of the word lesbian to describe gay women, according to a court ruling made public on Tuesday. Three residents of Lesbos, the birthplace of the ancient Greek poetess Sappho whose love poems inspired the term [...]

Man blows up apartment spraying for bugs

admin — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:45:38 +0000

A New Jersey man trying to exterminate insects in his apartment blew it up instead, the New York Daily News reported on Monday. Isias Vidal Maceda was unhurt in the incident, but 80percent of his apartment was destroyed, Eatontown, New Jersey police told the newspaper. The accident occurred as Maceda was spraying for pests in his kitchen. [...]

Woman Runs Sword into Foot During Wiccan Ceremony

admin — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:33:45 +0000

A woman accidentally stabbed herself in the foot with a 3-foot-long sword while performing a Wiccan good luck ritual at a central Indiana cemetery. Katherine Gunther, 36, of Lebanon, pierced her left foot with the sword while performing the rite at Oak Hill Cemetery, police said. Gunther said she was performing the ceremony to give thanks for [...]

With this Fake wife, I Divorce Thee

admin — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:19:29 +0000

KOLKATA, India (Reuters) - An Indian man who took an impersonator to court to get a divorce faces legal action after his real wife found out, lawyers said [...]

RI Cops Arrest Man with .491 Blood Alcohol Level

admin — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:07:32 +0000

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - State Police arrested a man early Tuesday whose blood alcohol level allegedly was .491, more than six times the legal limit, which they believe is the highest ever recorded in Rhode Island for someone who wasn’t dead. The man, 34, was arrested after he drove into a highway message board on Interstate 95 [...]

Web sites give voyeurs view of neighborhood safety

admin — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:39:33 +0000

By ALEX VEIGA – 3 days ago LOS ANGELES (AP) — I have no reason to feel unsafe in my neighborhood, but I appear to be surrounded by dozens of people convicted of everything from theft and sex crimes to public drunkenness and speeding. Not that I think of my slice of Los Angeles [...]

Israel Cooks Up Terror Plot Against Bush

admin — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:14:20 +0000

Kurt Nimmo July 18, 2008 In order to set the stage for further attacks against Muslims, most notably Iran, Israel has cooked up a transparently phony terrorist attack against Bush. “Israel accused six Arabs on Friday of trying to set up an al Qaeda cell in Israel and said one of them had proposed attacking helicopters used [...]

Woman in Baby Mystery Partially Eviscerated

admin — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:27:13 +0000

PITTSBURGH (AP) - An autopsy on a woman’s body found in an apartment linked to a mystery newborn baby found that the woman was partially eviscerated and her uterus was cut open, authorities said Saturday. The body was found Friday in an apartment of another woman who showed up at a hospital with a newborn she [...]

School Board fires Lewis Middle coach over nude online photos

admin — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:08:45 +0000

The Okaloosa County School Board fired a Lewis Middle School coach for inappropriate use of a district computer and displaying nude pictures of himself online. The board voted unanimously for the measure at its meeting Monday night. Lewis football and basketball coach Jerome McIntosh was accused of using a district computer to look at images of [...]

Why Lindsay Lohan Is To Blame For Miley Cyrus’ Latest Nude Photo Scandal

admin — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:59:03 +0000

Another day, another provocative pictorial series starring a scantily clad Miley Cyrus.The latest batch of photos featuring the 15-year old Billion Dollar Girl staging her own personal Playboy Jr. shoot for boyfriend Nick Jonas has surfaced online, thanks to a hacker who claims he got a hold of everything on Miley’s iPhone. But now we have [...]

FDA Defends Toxic Baby Bottles

admin — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:45:23 +0000

Recently I told you about the toxicity of so-called “environmentally friendly” hard plastic bottles, which often include a chemical called BPA that could have hormone-mimicking properties. Now BPA is back in the news because of a tussle between government experts and lawmakers over its safety. At a hearing held by House [...]

Man charged with taking nude photographs of teen

admin — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:51:56 +0000

211 photos of nude women found in senior complex apartment By Sarah Cormier C & G Staff Writer HARRISON TOWNSHIP — Anthony Pellegrino, a 64-year-old resident of Harrison Township, was arraigned in 41-B District Court in Clinton Township on July 11 on four charges related to taking nude photos of a 15-year-old girl. Pellegrino has been charged with three [...]

Negotiations continue over Verne Troyer sex tape - Celebrity Gossip

admin — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:45:36 +0000

Lawyers for Verne Troyer are negotiating with a porn broker and distributor on a settlement to try to prevent the distribution of a sex tape the actor made with a former girlfriend. U.S. District Judge Philip S. Gutierrez on Friday granted both sides another week to negotiate before holding a hearing on whether the tape can [...]

Jason Ellis, photographer, is charged with raping a 14-year-old girl

admin — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:51:48 +0000

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (KABC) — The fiancee of a famous photographer, who is under arrest in an underage sex case, has surrendered. She is charged with aiding and abetting her boyfriend in luring a 14-year-old girl into a sexual relationship. The woman has appeared in court in Newport Beach Thursday. Michelle Hecker left the courthouse without [...]