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Magna Carta

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:30:07 GMT

clipped by: JohnWaterman
clipper's remarks: view original, translate and more

Magna Carta is one of the most celebrated documents in history. Examine the British Library's copy close-up, translate it into English, hear what our curator says about it, and explore a timeline.

LAUNCH THE MAGNA CARTA VIEWER

Our Magna Carta viewer (optimised for screen resolutions of 1024x768) uses the Shockwave plugin, which can be downloaded free from the Adobe website. There is also a simple version that does not require Shockwave.

WATCH VIRTUAL CURATOR VIDEOS

British Library Head of Medieval and Earlier Manuscripts Claire Breay answers 'frequently asked questions' in a series of short videos.

READ A TRANSLATION

You can also translate from Latin 'as you go' while using the Magna Carta viewer magnifier.

THE BASICS

How and why Magna Carta was written, and how it came to the British Library.

Themes

The background to Magna Carta in 13th-century England.

People

Find out how different people were affected by Magna Carta.

OTHER TREASURES IN FULL

Sarah Palin Debate Flow Chart

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:38:15 GMT

clipped by: dulios

Clip Source: andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com

Tags: palin, lightweight, go home

inside iran city life

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 21:20:52 GMT

clipped by: german

Clip Source: conflictiran.blogspot.com

Tags: iran, city

Interclue--Next Best Web Tool to Clipmarks

Mon, 05 Nov 2007 03:58:33 GMT

clipped by: blueridge
clipper's remarks: Just discovered this high-rated web tool that is better than Snap Shots. If you like to not only "clip" but do alot of blog reading that has LINKS, this enables you to see, search, copy, email, etc, the info at a link--without clicking on it to open a new browser page! NEXT TO CLIPMARKS, IT'S A GREAT TOOL THAT YOU WILL USE DAILY. It's free, easy to install, and attaches to Firefox and other browsers.

Clip Source: interclue.com

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Next actions - save, email...
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Clip Source: interclue.com

Reviews from the Tech Blogosphere

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— Google Operating Sysem (A Technorati Top 100 blog

Tags: web tools, computer

CIA Official: Cheney Likely Ordered Forged Letter to Saddam

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 23:18:48 GMT

clipped by: blueridge
clipper's remarks: This was intended to link Iraq to 9/11. This vindicates my statement about the White House denial and that it was likely Cheney who considers himself "not a part of the Executive branch", but it was drafted on White House letterhead. We now have DOCUMENTED PROOF of a conspiracy to lie and fabricate evidence for war with Iraq!--all likely headed by Dick Cheney, chief of the neoconservative Fifth Column that hijacked the government by using 9/11 as their pretext for everything.

For Cheney to use White House letterhead to order a forged letter from the CIA is also a blatant usurpation of power, making use of power that is not his ("not part of Executive branch"). Did Bush know or did Cheney act alone?

Clip Source: rawstory.com

Tape: Top CIA official confesses order to forge Iraq-9/11 letter came on White House stationery

In damning transcript, ex-CIA official says Cheney likely ordered letter linking Hussein to 9/11 attacks

A forged letter linking Saddam Hussein to the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks was ordered on White House stationery and probably came from the office of Vice President Dick Cheney, according to a new transcript of a conversation with the Central Intelligence Agency's former Deputy Chief of Clandestine Operations Robert Richer.

Suskind posted the transcript at his blog

Suskind's new book asserts that senior Bush officials ordered the CIA to forge a document "proving" that Saddam Hussein had been trying to manufacture nuclear weapons and was collaborating with al Qaeda.

On Tuesday, the White House released a statement on Richer's behalf.

The denial, however, directly contradicts Richer's own remarks in the transcript.

Tags: cheney, iraq, saddam, 9/11, war

McCain Divorced his Crippled Wife to Marry Cindy

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 05:20:19 GMT

clipped by: blueridge
clipper's remarks: "in sickness and in health....til death do us part"? McCain claims to be a man of honor and his word. This is an interesting test of that "straight talk". McCain claimed to be a Christian too during the primaries, so this is a fair consideration to weigh. "Maverick" should actually be "pragmatist", John will do whatever John wants.

Clip Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

The wife U.S. Republican John McCain callously left behind

Forgotten woman: But despite all her problems Carol McCain says she still adores he ex-husband

But there is another Mrs McCain who casts a ghostly shadow over the Senator’s presidential campaign. She is seldom seen and rarely written about, despite being mother to McCain’s three eldest children.

when McCain returned to America in 1973 to a fanfare of publicity and a handshake from Richard Nixon, he discovered his wife had been disfigured in a terrible car crash three years earlier.

Through sheer hard work, Carol learned to walk again. But when John McCain came home from Vietnam, she had gained a lot of weight and bore little resemblance to her old self.

last week at the bungalow where she now lives at Virginia Beach, a faded seaside resort 200 miles south of Washington, she told The Mail on Sunday how McCain divorced her in 1980 and married Cindy, 18 years his junior and the heir to an Arizona brewing fortune, just one month later.

Tags: mccain, 2008 candidates, marriage, cindy mccain

America Becoming Land of Surveillance

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:07:01 GMT

clipped by: blueridge
clipper's remarks: Despite lack of evidence that it is effective, or evidence that proves it is not from UK studies. But the security merchandisers are making a fortune and state and local governments are impulsively spending faster than a woman with a credit card:

.P. Freeman said the domestic market for such systems last year had doubled over five years, to $9.2 billion, and estimated that it would more than double again by 2010, to more than $21 billion.

You are paying for your loss of liberty, while they profit, which is insult to injury. It's worth wondering how many government officials own stock in security companies, which would be a conflict of interest in that lawmakers also profit through authorizing this spending.

Clip Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

Smile! More and more, you’re on camera

Public surveillance video mushrooms despite lack of evidence it works

Alex Johnson

Reporter

• Profile

After the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, local governments across the country set aside concerns over privacy and installed surveillance cameras in public streets and plazas.

Now — even after a damning report by the head of London’s extensive surveillance network and with little evidence that the systems work — police in many cities are trying to add thousands more cameras to their networks.

“‘Cameras Everywhere’ continues to be the best description of the trend in the video surveillance market,” security market analysts J.P. Freeman Co. said in a report in 2006 that estimated that a quarter of major U.S. cities were investing in the technology.

Officials in many cities are eager to take advantage of money from state and federal security agencies to install the cameras on street corners and intersections

Tags: surveillance, constitution, privacy, cctv, cameras, government spending

The Real Israel Behind the Propaganda

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 02:30:10 GMT

clipped by: blueridge
clipper's remarks: good article exposing how propaganda rules the truth about Israel.

Clip Source: www.globalresearch.ca

The True Miracle of Israel

Such depictions -- of luminous, civilised Israelis facing wicked, backward Arabs -- are the building blocks of a polemic sold tirelessly by Israeli, American and Western media. Most often, it goes unchallenged, thus defining the West's understanding of Israel and its moral "right to exist". The argument is rooted in the horrors of the Jewish holocaust; however, Israel's handlers have managed to turn deserved sympathy for that tragedy into an unwarranted assertion, somehow equating Palestinians with Nazi Germany in order to justify a constant state of war in the name of self-defence.

This formula has served Israel's strategic purposes well. On one hand, Israel's existence is portrayed as a resurrection of sorts: from near-annihilation to a "miraculous" rebirth.

Such discourse has been used successfully to appeal to a much larger group than those who identify with Israel on ethnic or religious grounds.

Christian Zionists represent the popular backbone

Tags: israel, zionism, christianity, jews

Woman Dies After Tongue Piercing

Fri, 23 Nov 2007 02:44:48 GMT

clipped by: blueridge
clipper's remarks: It's self destructive behavior that can have serious consequences, in this case death.

Clip Source: www.thebostonchannel.com

Woman Dies Of Meningitis After Tongue Piercing

BOSTON -- A young Scituate woman has died of viral meningitis after getting an infection from a tongue piercing.

Kate Donovan, 20, died at a Boston hospital Monday, according to family friends.

NewsCenter 5's Mary Saladna reported that an infection soon developed, but antibiotics did not seem to help. Donovan began suffering severe headaches and was hospitalized.

"We couldn’t believe it. We knew she was in the hospital, but we didn’t know she was that sick," said one co-worker.

Bacterial infections and meningitis can be a complication from tongue piercing, according to the Web site WebMD.com.

Meningitis is an infection of the tissue that surrounds the brain and spinal cord. Symptoms of meningitis may appear suddenly and include fever, severe and constant headache, stiff neck or neck pain, nausea and vomiting and rash.

Viral meningitis is not contagious. Health officials said her co-workers and customers are not at risk.

Tags: culture, body piercing, health

The Israel Lobby and Presidential Candidates

Mon, 07 Jan 2008 02:59:40 GMT

clipped by: blueridge
clipper's remarks: Article worth reading. All must bow to get elected to a higher power, which is not "we the people" nor even God. It is the Israeli lobby and radical Zionist interests that are behind the present wars. The authors of the article published a book as well.

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

‘The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy’

on one subject, we can be equally confident that the candidates will speak with one voice. In 2008, as in previous election years, serious candidates for the highest office in the land will go to considerable lengths to express their deep personal commitment to one foreign country-Israel-as well as their determination to maintain unyielding U.S. support for the Jewish state. Each candidate will emphasize that he or she fully appreciates the multitude of threats facing Israel and make it clear that, if elected, the United States will remain firmly committed to defending Israel's interests under any and all circumstances. None of the candidates is likely to criticize Israel in any significant way or suggest that the United States ought to pursue a more evenhanded policy in the region. Any who do will probably fall by the wayside.

This observation is hardly a bold prediction, because presidentia

Stephen M. Walt, left, and John J. Mearsheimer.

Tags: 2008 candidates, israel, neoconservatives

FBI: Al Qaeda May Strike U.S. Shopping Malls

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 03:54:11 GMT

clipped by: blueridge
clipper's remarks: Then at the end of the article this:

"We have no credible, specific information suggesting an imminent attack," a DHS official said.

More propaganda (from Brian Ross at ABC who appears to be the real perps favorite parrot) to "remind you" that "jihadists want to kill us every day", and the FBI has known this "for two years" but its only being reported now, because it is timely to do so. Meanwhile the Office of Homeland tyranny says "we have no credible threat" information.

It would be too convenient that terrorists would attack the U.S. now when 70 percent disagree with the war, impeachment against Cheney has been introduced, and Bush's ratings at an all time low. Who would benefit most from a terrorist attack in the U.S.? Who and what agenda benefited most from 9/11? Meanwhile shootings at schools are way up, violent crimes within every state, even family murder-suicides, while motor vehicle accidents kill tens of thousands. Americans should fear each oth

Clip Source: blogs.abcnews.com

Exclusive: FBI: Al Qaeda May Strike U.S. Shopping Malls in LA, Chicago

The FBI is warning that al Qaeda may be preparing a series of holiday attacks on U.S. shopping malls in Los Angeles and Chicago, according to an intelligence report distributed to law enforcement authorities across the country this morning. (Click here for full text.)

The alert said al Qaeda "hoped to disrupt the U.S. economy and has been planning the attack for the past two years."

Law enforcement officials tell ABCNews.com that the FBI received the information in late September and declassified it yesterday for wide distribution.

The bulletin acknowledges that U.S. intelligence officers are uncertain as to whether the information is real, and intelligence officers say there is a concern that it could be "disinformation."

The source reportedly had only "indirect access" to al Qaeda and word of the actual threat came to U.S. intelligence officers "through a lengthy chain" of contacts.

Tags: terrorism, homeland security, 2008 candidates

No Evidence Of Iranian Weapons Programs

Sun, 04 Nov 2007 15:32:22 GMT

clipped by: debbyski

Clip Source: www.mcclatchydc.com

WASHINGTON — Despite President Bush's claims that Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons that could trigger "World War III," experts in and out of government say there's no conclusive evidence that Tehran has an active nuclear-weapons program.

Even his own administration appears divided about the immediacy of the threat. While Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney speak of an Iranian weapons program as a fact, Bush's point man on Iran, Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns, has attempted to ratchet down the rhetoric.

"I don't think that anyone right today thinks they're working on a bomb," said another U.S. official, who requested anonymity because of the issue's sensitivity

Bush and Cheney's allegations are under especially close scrutiny because their similar allegations about an Iraqi nuclear program proved to be wrong.

If conclusive proof exists, however, Bush hasn't revealed it. Nor have four years of IAEA inspections.

Tags: whoops, they, did, it, again

Palin: "Only Flag in My Office" is Israeli

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 02:45:35 GMT

clipped by: blueridge
clipper's remarks: So which "country first"? This is why she is McCain's running mate, as she bows to the neocon-Israeli agenda.

Seriously, for those who defend her no matter what she does or says, blindly, what do you think of this statement which smacks of blatant flattery? You must conclude that she either (1) was mistaken in what she said (i.e. "she did not really mean that"), so she is unable to speak intelligently, or (2) she does mean it and therefore puts American and Alaska interests under that of the state called Israel and its militant Zionist agenda.

Clearly she was trying to flatter and impress Peres, which is of course a form of lying for personal benefit, and not very Christian. Truly Palin is "AIPAC approved" and is a sycophant of the neocon agenda that McCain (and Lieberman) push. TRUSTWORTHINESS is something that has been lacking in Washington, and it appears that Palin is no "reformer" in that regard.

(Again, not claiming that Obama is worthy either. He is not).

Clip Source: www.nysun.com

Palin: 'Only Flag in My Office' Is Israeli

PALIN: 'ONLY FLAG IN MY OFFICE' IS ISRAELI

President Peres of Israel yesterday met for the first time with Governor Palin and with Senator McCain, who called the veteran Israeli statesman "my old friend." The warm handshake and exchange of broad smiles occurred during an international gathering known as the Clinton Global Initiative, hosted by President Clinton. "I wanted to meet you for many years," Ms. Palin told Mr. Peres, according to an aide to the president. "The only flag at my office is an Israeli flag," she was quoted as saying, "and I want you to know and I want Israelis to know that I am a friend."

Tags: sarah palin, israel, mccain, neoconservatives, zionism

Putin on Bush: Bush "Not in Charge" of US Affairs

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:08:57 GMT

clipped by: blueridge
clipper's remarks: This is real interesting. Three things at least can be learned:

1. Putin is on to the neoconservatives, who have Bush's ear, and control him to a great degree. Putin is right: Bush is a Puppet President

2. Putin knows Cheney's influence over Bush, who is driving the Georgia-Russia and NATO-Russia neocon led conflict. Bush is stupid and easily manipulated to a large degree.

3. Putin is naive and stupid to separate Bush the man from Bush policies. He speaks against Russia now, therefore against Putin. Reason? Bush has the ability to make light and "charm" (for lack of better word) others into frivolity and laughter, but which is a decoy from his serious crimes and corrupt actions.

I wrote earlier in regard to Russia, Bush treated Putin well at his ranch in Texas after 9/11 (which was an excuse for Putin to trample Chechnyans by branding them "terrorists"), but now he will stab him in the back (missile treaties around Russia for NATO).

Clip Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

George Bush isn't in charge, says Vladimir Putin

In a thinly veiled dig at George Bush, Vladimir Putin today suggested that the US President was not in charge of American affairs, saying that it was “the court that makes the king”.

He nonetheless spoke fondly of his relationship with Mr Bush, saying, only half-jokingly: ”I treat President Bush better than some Americans would”.

At times Mr Putin displayed genuine anger, particularly when discussing the deployment of US navy warships just off the Russian Black Sea coast. Much of his criticism was aimed directly at the Bush administration which he accused of training and army the Georgian military and encouraging its leadership to launch last month’s assault on the breakaway province of South Ossetia.

"Should we have wiped the bloody snot off our face and bowed our head? Should we have waved our penknives?” he said in response to the mobilisation of Georgian tanks and troops.

Tags: putin, bush, russia, neoconservatives, cheney

Sibbel Edmonds Uncovers U.S. Covert Nuke Proliferation

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 02:44:28 GMT

clipped by: blueridge
clipper's remarks: This highly credible FBI translator blows the whistle and points to just who is behind nuclear proliferation of "radical Islamists"...yes, the U.S. gov't.

Clip Source: www.globalresearch.ca

Pakistan's Bomb, U.S. Cover-up

On Jan. 20, the London Sunday Times published an article that followed up on earlier damning allegations from former FBI translator Sibel Edmonds, who accused the Bush administration of covering up sensitive documents suggesting high-level U.S. complicity in Pakistan’s nuclear program.

For the second time in two weeks, the entire U.S. press has let itself be scooped by Rupert Murdoch's London Sunday Times on a dynamite story of criminal activities by corrupt U.S. officials promoting nuclear proliferation.

For the last two weeks -- one could say, for years -- the major American media have been guilty of ignoring entirely the allegations of the courageous and highly credible source Sibel Edmonds, quoted in the London Times on Jan. 6, 2008, in a front-page story that was front-page news in much of the rest of the world but was not reported in a single American newspaper or network.

Pakistani Bomb and nuclear sales

"worst covert operation in U.S. history"

Tags: sibbel edmonds, covert ops, terrorism, pakistan, nuclear weapons