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GOP Using Song Riffs Without Consent

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:44:22 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Another megairony from the folks that harbor DMCA (music piracy and copyright protections)

Clip Source: news.yahoo.com

The sisterly duo known as Heart sent a cease-and-desist notice to the McCain-Palin campaign Thursday afternoon after their hit "Barracuda" was used—twice—without permission

The Wilsons added that permission to use the song was never requested, nor would it have been granted.

John Mellencamp, Jackson Browne and Boston have all previously made noise about the GOP's unauthorized use of their songs during this year's campaign.

Tags: hypocrisy, hyprocrites, liars, losers, republicans, assholes, jerks, scumbags

Alaska Gov was the piggest of the pork barrel GOP

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:39:31 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Oink Oink

Clip Source: news.yahoo.com

As Alaska governor, she sought and obtained hundreds of millions of dollars in earmarks for the state, and as mayor of Wasilla , she hired lobbyist and former Stevens staffer Steve Silver to steer federal money to her town.

Some of her earmark projects when she served as mayor from 1996 to 2002 even landed on McCain's list of questionable congressional pork barrel spending.

"I think she will fit in really well in Washington, D.C. , because she is already used to saying one thing and doing another,"

"Not only has she taken them, she has gorged on earmarks," McCaskill said. "It's not what you say, it's what you do."

The three lawmakers were so infuriated that they began publicizing on their individual Web sites all the earmark requests they received from Alaska , just to point out the sheer volume, especially the number originating from the governor's office.

Google Chrome "about:" Easter Eggs!

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:38:12 GMT

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clipper's remarks: haven't tried this yet but article has screen shots of all of them

Clip Source: lifehacker.com

Google Chrome's Full List of Special about: Pages

You already saw Google Chrome's humorous about:internets Easter egg, but reader nettleman points out that Chrome's got several special about: pages that reveal all sorts of interesting information about what's going on behind the scenes. Here's the full list, with screenshots.

about:memory
about:stats
about:network
about:internets
about:histograms
about:dns
about:cache
about:plugins
about:version

Update: Mawin adds that you can also go to two special pages on a per-site basis. view-cache:[URL] shows you some under-the-hood cache details, and view-cache:[URL] shows you the page's markup. (Though you can view source by just right-clicking on a page and choosing, um, "View page source.")

You Mac and Linux users, here are some about: page screenshots:

Tags: google, chrome, software, hidden, easter eggs, web browser

Florida Ballot Flips Race over 3,400 Miscount

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:36:49 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Sheesh. The more things stay the same

Clip Source: blog.wired.com

3,400 Ballots Missing in Florida Election: Recount Flips Race

Palm Beach County, Florida, is in the news again for another election mishap. This time the culprit isn't the county's infamous butterfly ballot that made headlines in the 2000 presidential race. Instead, the problem is ballots used with the county's new $5.5 million optical-scan machines made by Sequoia Voting Systems.

More than 3,000 optical-scan ballots have mysteriously disappeared since the county held an election last Tuesday.

According to tallies a week ago, a total of 102,523 ballots were cast in the election. But according to a recount of one of the races, which was completed this last Sunday, the total number of cast ballots was only 99,045 -- a difference of 3,478. Election officials say they can't explain the discrepancy, though critics are concerned that this is a precursor to problems that could arise in the November presidential election.

Tags: election, florida, ballot, voting, fraud, crazy

Kerry Kicks mccain to Kurb

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:06:58 GMT

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clipper's remarks: RocK on BaracK!

Clip Source: news.yahoo.com

Kerry settles scores

Had the 2004 nominee shown such fight during his own race, he might have been in Denver at the Democratic National Convention seeking renomination for another four years in the White House.

"John McCain voted with George Bush 90 percent of the time. Ninety percent of George Bush is just more than we can take," Kerry said, in the first of a volley of attacks which stirred up the Democratic convention crowd.

"To those who still believe in the myth of a maverick instead of the reality of a politician, I say, let's compare Senator McCain to candidate McCain," Kerry said.

"Candidate McCain now supports the wartime tax cuts that Senator McCain once denounced as immoral.

"Candidate McCain criticizes Senator McCain's own climate change bill.

"Candidate McCain says he would now vote against the immigration bill that Senator McCain wrote.

"Are you kidding? Talk about being for it before you're against it."

Tags: election, usa, campaign, 2008

Beauty Contest for Nuns!

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:28:40 GMT

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clipper's remarks: lmfao

Clip Source: news.yahoo.com

Italian priest organizes beauty contest for nuns

The "Miss Sister 2008" contest will start in September on a blog run by the Rev. Antonio Rungi and will give nuns from around the world a chance to showcase their work and their image.

"We are not going to parade nuns in bathing suits," Rungi said by telephone from his town of Mondragone. "But being ugly is not a requirement for becoming a nun. External beauty is gift from God, and we mustn't hide it."

Tags: nuns, church, catholic

Exoskeleton help humans walk again

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:44:17 GMT

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clipper's remarks: cool

Clip Source: news.yahoo.com

Human exoskeleton suit helps paralyzed people walk

The device, called ReWalk, is the brainchild of engineer Amit Goffer, founder of Argo Medical Technologies, a small Israeli high-tech company.

Something of a mix between the exoskeleton of a crustacean and the suit worn by comic hero Iron Man, ReWalk helps paraplegics -- people paralyzed below the waist -- to stand, walk and climb stairs.

The ReWalk is now in clinical trials in Tel Aviv's Sheba Medical Centre and Goffer said it will soon be used in trials at the Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute in Pennsylvania.

Tags: biomedical engineering, robotics, walking

US Govt Maps of existing oil company leases

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:32:23 GMT

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clipper's remarks: sorry i can't seem to clip them but it's one page or else grab the PDF link

Clip Source: www.sierraclub.org

Tell Some Friends About This Page!

Download this map as a pdf

Maps are based on 2008 data from the Interior Department's Minerals Management Service and 2004 EWG analysis of BLM land and minerals records.

Tags: usa, oil, country, land, energy, ecology

6 Big Oil Lies about drilling for more oil

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:30:06 GMT

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clipper's remarks: God loves the Sierra club. The resta yall are going to hell.

Clip Source: www.sierraclub.org

Don't Buy Big Oil's Lies!

More oil drilling will not lower gas prices or create energy independence. It will only make the world's richest oil companies richer.

The U.S. sits on less than 3 percent of the world's oil reserves. Even if we drill every corner of America, the oil will amount to a drop in the bucket globally and won't have an impact on prices on the world market.

There isn't much left of America that isn't already open to oil drilling.

Oil companies are already sitting on 68 million acres of leases they aren't even drilling. Instead of drilling there, they just want to get their hands on the last places that are protected-our natural treasures, wildlife refuges, and pristine coastlines.

Offshore drilling is a dirty business. If we open our coasts to Big Oil, we can look forward to ruined beaches, oil-slicked wildlife, and toxic air and water pollution.

Tags: ecology, environment, oil, nature, gas, fuel, energy, world, global

Phelps Frame By Frame Finish!

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:57:08 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Here it is!

Clip Source: sportsillustrated.cnn.com

Phelps Frame-By-Frame

1 of 8

Michael Phelps was in big trouble in the 100-meter butterfly. He was seventh in the eight-man field after 50 meters.

Tags: olympics, finish, phelps

Four Points for Israel

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:48:09 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Excellent synopsis of Arab antipathy and hypocrisy, with links and references to further articles. Israel is now 60, and the arabs are still assholes.

Clip Source: www.aish.com

Jews can live in Mexico City, Bangkok, St. Louis, and any city in the world (except in Saudi Arabia) -- but the PA wants to forbid Jews from living in the very cradle of Judaism.

The only period in the last 3,000 years without a continued Jewish presence in the West Bank was the 19 years between 1948-1967 when the Jordanian government banned Jews from living there.

There would be no refugee problem if seven Arab nations had not attacked Israel upon its inception in 1948.

800,000 Jewish refugees were expelled from Arab countries in 1948, but their descendents are normalized today because they were absorbed by Israel and other countries.

The real PLO invented the idea of skyjackings in 1970, and instilled fear in travelers across the world.

The very formula "Land for Peace" indicates that Arabs compromise for what they want most -- land, while Israel compromises for what it wants most -- peace.

Tags: israel, peace, world, hope, jerusalem

Declutter Your Computer!

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:13:26 GMT

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clipper's remarks: oy this article is so me. read this blog for other great stuff. this article alone is excellent - i didn't clip all the tips it had, just the intro

Clip Source: zenhabits.net

3-Step Cure for Digital Packrats

How to Know If You’re a Digital Packrat
The main way to know: 1) you feel that you should keep a lot of files “just in case”; 2) it takes you too long to find stuff; 3) your digital life is becoming complicated, with multiple email accounts, drives, storage mediums and either a mess of files or a mess of folders.

Do you have 20 or more folders and sub-folders in your documents folder on your hard drive?

Is your list of Internet bookmarks long and overwhelming?

Do you have multiple duplicates of photos, and is it hard to find a photo you need?

Do you have email from 5 years ago?

How to Cure Digital Packrattery, With Practical Tips

Tags: zen, habits, computer, clutter, clean, habit, help

Drilling Offshore won't help us, and why

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:12:29 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Carl Hiassen we love thee

Clip Source: www.miamiherald.com

Drilling offshore won't help us much

Raise your hand if you actually believe that offshore oil drilling will bring down gasoline prices at the pump.

Raise your other hand if you believe in Peter Pan, unicorns and variable-rate mortgages.

Those companies, by the way, currently lease more than 90 million acres of public land for exploration. According to a House report, only about one-quarter of that leased acreage is being used.

Listening to Bush and now John McCain, you'd almost forget that the oil companies already do lots of offshore drilling. In fact, they currently have access to more than 71 billion untapped barrels of recoverable oil believed to lie beneath coastal waters.

That means four-fifths of all known offshore deposits are available to industry exploration efforts, according to the federal Mineral Management Service.

So why aren't they concentrating on the oil leases that they already control? Another good question, and one for which the explanations are typically murky.

Tags: oil, drilling, ecology, energy, economy, truth

5 Mind Blowing Theories

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:07:30 GMT

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clipper's remarks: or so says the author. still very cool quick read. enjoy.

Clip Source: www.cracked.com

5 Scientific Theories That Will Make Your Head Explode

#5.

The Theory: Quantum Entanglement

The Crazy Part:The part where you jiggle an electron on one side of the universe and an invisible force traverses millions of light years and smacks another electron into wiggling instantaneously, which is about a million years faster than is technically possible without time travel.

The Theory:Evolution

The Crazy Part: The part where the family tree of every living creature on Earth collides at a single point on a single day in the past, making you related to Hitler as well as every insect you’ve ever killed..

#3.

The Theory: The Copenhagen Interpretation

#2.

The Theory: The Many Worlds Theory

#1.

The Theory: The Universe Is Big

Tags: science, theory, fun, cool, interesting

Mini viruses make bigger viruses sick!

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:03:55 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Yike!

Clip Source: www.nature.com

'Virophage' suggests viruses are alive

The discovery of a giant virus that falls ill through infection by another virus¹ is fuelling the debate about whether viruses are alive.

“There’s no doubt this is a living organism,” says Jean-Michel Claverie, a virologist at the the CNRS UPR laboratories in Marseilles, part of France’s basic-research agency. “The fact that it can get sick makes it more alive.”

Tags: health, science, virus