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No Evidence Found Eight Belles Was Injured During Derby

Fri, 16 May 2008 01:45:14 GMT

clipped by: merrie
clipper's remarks: The Jockey Club has formed a panel to examine the issues, and its members participated in a conference call Wednesday. Stuart Janney, a thoroughbred owner and breeder who will chair the committee, said breeding practices, track surfaces and medication are among the subjects to be discussed.

"We're going to use this committee as a bully pulpit to be persuasive on certain matters, and go to other people in the industry and say, 'This is how we feel, how are you going to help us?'" Janney said.

Clip Source: www.baltimoresun.com

No evidence found filly was injured during Derby; drug test will also be performed

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Eight Belles had no pre-existing bone abnormalities that caused the filly to break down after finishing second in the Kentucky Derby.

Autopsy results reviewed by The Associated Press today confirm compound fractures of both front legs at the fetlock joints. They also describe lacerated skin on both legs, an absence of joint fluid in the damaged areas, congested lungs and hemorrhaging in the left thyroid gland. The filly's head also was bruised.

Eight Belles was euthanized on the track at Churchill Downs after collapsing while jogging about a quarter-mile past the finish line. Stewards found no evidence she was injured during the race.

Also today, the racing industry was proceeding with plans to ramp up horse safety following the deaths of Eight Belles and 2006 Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro, among others

Nothing is more important to the racing industry than the safety of the competitors

Tags: eight belles, autopsy report, churchill downs, horse safety, jockey club panel

Irena Sendler Saved 2500 Jewish Children In Warsaw Ghetto

Fri, 16 May 2008 00:48:49 GMT

clipped by: merrie
clipper's remarks: On Oct. 20, 1943, the Gestapo arrested her and took her to Pawiak prison, where subversives were tortured and killed. Over three months, her detainers used clubs and other devices to fracture her legs and feet.

She did not inform on Zegota leaders and was sentenced to death by firing squad, but a bribed guard helped her escape and marked her as having been executed. Mrs. Sendler remained incognito for the rest of the war -- she could not even risk attending her mother's funeral -- and continued to help Zegota.

Yad Vashem, the Holocaust memorial in Israel, recognized Mrs. Sendler in 1965 as "Righteous Among the Nations," the designation for gentiles who aided Jews during the war. The number of children saved by Mrs. Sendler and her partners is unknown, according to Yad Vashem, but some estimates by survivors groups claim more than 2,500.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/12/AR2008051202751_pf.html

Clip Source: astuteblogger.blogspot.com

Excerpt from this obituary in the Washington Post:

...In recent years, a biography of Mrs. Sendler called her "Mother of the children of the Holocaust," and Polish President Lech Kaczynski awarded her the Order of the White Eagle, Poland's highest civilian decoration.

"Every Jewish child who survived due to my efforts has justified my existence on this Earth but is no cause for praise," Mrs. Sendler told the Express. "We who were rescuing children are not some kind of heroes. That term irritates me greatly. The opposite is true. I continue to have qualms of conscience that I did so little. I could have done more. This regret will follow me to my death."...

Read more about Irena Sendler and "Life in a Jar: The Irena Sendler Project" HERE. More details about her acts of heroism in saving 2500 Jewish children can be found HERE.

RIP: IRENA SENDLER

Tags: irena sendler 98, polish catholic, social worker, warsaw's jewish ghetto, world war ii, zegota's children

Dhimmi Dutch Prosecutors And Geert Wilders "Fitna"

Thu, 15 May 2008 23:38:05 GMT

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clipper's remarks: WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES
SPIEGEL: You invoke the right to freedom of opinion but you demand a prohibition of the Koran. Does that not contravene the principle of religious tolerance?

Wilders: For me, Islam is a vision of a society that defines all forms of interpersonal behavior -- from inheritance to criminal law. This ideology endangers our values. I hate it, I don't hate Muslims.

SPIEGEL: Is the comparison between the Koran and Hitler's "Mein Kampf" not totally inappropriate? In making it, you're providing the imams with a perfect image of the enemy.

Wilders: I want to provoke a discussion. Certain Koranic verses have moved their followers to commit the most abhorrent acts. Where is the imam who stands up in the Netherlands and says, for us, homosexuals are entitled to equal rights and everyone has the right to abandon their faith.

http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/03/geert-wilders-i.html

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Dhimmi Dutch prosecutors preparing to haul Wilders into court over Fitna

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SPIEGEL INTERVIEW WITH DUTCH POPULIST GEERT WILDERS

'Moderate Islam Is a Contradiction'

Right-wing Dutch politician Geert Wilders wanted to provoke an international scandal with his anti-Islam film "Fitna." He succeeded. He talks to SPIEGEL about his crusade against Islam.

SPIEGEL: Last Thursday, you released a long-awaited film that rails against the Koran. Heads of government across the EU are already discussing it and in Afghanistan Dutch flags are going up in flames. Have you achieved your goal: to provoke?

Wilders: The political elite has demonstrated with astonishing clarity that it learned nothing from the debate over the Muhammad cartoons. It bows to the Islamists. For example, our government has developed evacuation plans for our diplomatic missions abroad. That's just an invitation to militant Muslims.

Tags: dutch politician, geert wilders, movie"fitna", koran, mohammad

United Arab Emirates Antisemitic Cartoon

Thu, 15 May 2008 22:57:45 GMT

clipped by: merrie
clipper's remarks: Antisemitic Cartoon In UAE Paper: Jew Hoists Baby On Nazi Pike For "60th Anniversary Of Nakba" MEMRI hat tip rut
This kind of blood libel and outrage is perfectly acceptable, encouraged even, but insult the Prophet Moe and that is punishable by death.

Clip Source: atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com

JBaby killers: Jew hating from "Moderate" UAE

Antisemitic Cartoon In UAE Paper: Jew Hoists Baby On Nazi Pike For "60th Anniversary Of Nakba" MEMRI hat tip rut

This from the UAE a moderate Arab country ..............America's ally. It is the most disgusting lie particularly when you consider the Jewish reverence for children and life juxta Islamic celebration of the shaheed (teaching Muslim children to strap bombs on their bodies to kill non-believers).

Tags: united arab emirates, u.s."ally", antisemitic cartoon, jewish "baby killers", teaching muslim children"shaheed", killing infidels(non-believers)

Hydroelectric Power

Thu, 15 May 2008 18:10:10 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The dirty little secret environmentalists do not want you to know.

Clip Source: ga.water.usgs.gov

Hydro power must be one of the oldest methods of producing power. No doubt, Jack the Caveman stuck some sturdy leaves on a pole and put it in a moving stream. The water would spin the pole that crushed grain to make their delicious, low-fat prehistoric bran muffins. People have used moving water to help them in their work throughout history, and modern people make great use of moving water to produce electricity.

Advantages to hydroelectric power:
Fuel is not burned so there is minimal pollution
Water to run the power plant is provided free by nature
It's renewable - rainfall renews the water in the reservoir, so the fuel is almost always there

Ahmadinejad: Israel Is Doomed

Thu, 15 May 2008 11:30:57 GMT

clipped by: merrie
clipper's remarks: Ahmadinejad used an Arabic word, ismihlal, that can also be translated as destruction, death and collapse.

"Nations of the region hate this criminal fabricated regime (Israel) and will uproot this fabricated regime if the smallest and shortest opportunity is given to them," Ahmadinejad said Wednesday in an address broadcast live on state television.

He spoke hours after President Bush arrived in Israel for the anniversary celebrations.

Clip Source: www.foxnews.com

Israel considers Iran a serious threat because of its support for Hamas and Hezbollah militants, its nuclear program and its arsenal of long-range missiles, which can be fitted with nuclear warheads and are capable of striking the Jewish state.

Tehran is equipped with Shahab-3 missiles, which have a range of up to 1,250 miles. Israel is about 625 miles west of Iran.

Iran doesn't recognize Israel, and Ahmadinejad has repeatedly called for Israel's destruction. Threatening exchanges between Iran and Israel have intensified since 2005, when Ahmadinejad said in a speech that Israel will one day be "wiped off the map." The Iranian leader has also described the Holocaust as a "myth."

"The Zionist (Israeli) regime is dying," said Ahmadinejad during a speech in northern Iran. "The criminals assume that by holding celebrations ... they can save the sinister Zionist regime from death and annihilation."

Tags: ahmadinejad, "annihilation", israel, 60th anniversary celebrations, hezbollah, hamas, shahab-e missiles

What makes the perfect burger?

Thu, 15 May 2008 10:58:08 GMT

clipped by: merrie
clipper's remarks: Official grilling season is here! What better way to welcome the warm weather than with a juicy, all-American hamburger. We know a thing or two about creating perfect all-beef burgers. They are piling buns high with blue cheese, mushrooms and chile peppers. If you are looking for something on the lighter side, give one of our poultry burgers or even a seafood burger a try. They are guaranteed to wow even the most discerning gourmet. We also have quite a few vegetarian burgers for a healthier take on this classic sandwich.

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Bring on the Burgers

Grab your "Kiss the Chef" apron and head outside. Official grilling season is here! Our members know a thing or two about creating perfectly juicy burgers:

Get grilling »

Featured Recipe This Week

Italian Tartufo

Typically, in Italy, a tartufo is a vanilla ice cream ball that has a cherry and some nuts in the center. The ball is then dipped in chocolate... More »

recipe by Ashbabe
photo by Beautiful BC

Tags: grilling, hamburgers, blue cheese, muchrooms, chile peppers, vegetarian burgers

Easy Recipes

Thu, 15 May 2008 10:40:17 GMT

clipped by: merrie
clipper's remarks: Create healthy dishes with easy instructions and nutrition facts See All Articles On Recipes

Vietnamese Beef Salad

Easy to make, this salad becomes a meal simply by adding one cup of seedless grapes per serving.

Chicken with Citrus-Avocado Salad
Turn this all-seasons salad into a meal by serving it with one-half cup of cooked brown rice per serving.

Grilled Portobello with Roasted Pepper Burgers
Whether you?re a vegetarian or not, you?ll love this flavorful burger!

Low-Fat Frittata with Smoked Salmon and Scallions
A black olive tapenade adds the MUFA to this popular dish.

Chocolate Pudding with Bananas and Graham Crackers
A dark chocolate dessert on a diet? No wonder this eating plan is so easy to follow

Clip Source: www.prevention.com

Breakfast Favorites

Healthy Dishes

Salads That Satisfy

Grilled Chicken Salad with Creamy Dressing

Dill Potato Salad

Roasted Beet "Carpaccio" Salad

See more salad recipes

FRESH EATS Savor the Flavors of Spring

	Pasta Primavera
2.	Chinese Chicken and Snap Pea Wraps
3.	Zucchini Bites
4.	Greek-Style Lemon Garlic Chicken
5.	Quick Veggie Bake
6.	Dijon Pork Chops with Cabbage
7.	Creamy Chicken and Veggies
8.	Barley with Spring Greens
9.	Berry-Good Smoothie
10.	Slimmed-Down Veggie Quesadillas

Recipes

Tags: breakfast, salads, pasta, chicken, beef, pork, appetizers, desserts, diabetes friendly, low cal

Rocket Theft Soldier Gets 10 Years

Thu, 15 May 2008 10:07:12 GMT

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clipper's remarks: "He decided to sell the rocket launchers instead of taking them to sea and dumping them," Judge Williams said.

The fact that Della-Vedova had not believed the weapons would end up in the hands of terrorists was "wholly unbelievable, given that the world was still reeling from 9/11 terrorism", he said.

Judge Williams also rejected the now-former captain's claim that Harrington had wanted the rockets as a "trophy", adding that while there was no evidence a substantial sum had been paid, he did not believe all 10 weapons were sold for $5000.

"I also find it extraordinarily difficult to believe that Mr Della-Vedova wouldn't have had well in mind that these weapons ... were more likely to be used for some criminal, terrorist-type activity," Judge Williams told the court.

Clip Source: www.smh.com.au

Pleaded guilty ... Shane Della-Vedova, pictured with a damaged Sea Dart missile, worth $2 million.
Photo: Army

Della-Vedova, 46, of Wattle Grove in south-western Sydney, was arrested in April 2007 after selling the Australian Army rocket launchers to a former family member. The weapons were then sold along a chain that led to an alleged Sydney terrorist cell.

Della-Vedova pleaded guilty to stealing the weapons during his time as an army ammunition technician officer between 2001 and 2003.

He also admitted selling the launchers to a man named "Harrington", who allegedly negotiated to sell them on to a terrorist group.

When he realised that 10 of the weapons were still in his possession he "didn't know what to do" and that he "just had a failure in utter logic".

He also told police he had not thought the weapons would reach terrorists' hands but would end up in "some stupid person's house up in the boondocks" as a trophy on their wall.

Tags: sydney district court, stolen weapons, army ammunition, launchers, terrorist group

Polar Bear Melodrama

Thu, 15 May 2008 06:14:43 GMT

clipped by: merrie
clipper's remarks: The greatest danger is that this ruling will be distorted by the courts, where it is inevitably headed. On the other hand, not listing the polar bear would have proceeded to litigation too, with potentially worse consequences. Climate-change lawsuits have already deformed the Clean Air Act, the National Environmental Policy Act and others.
The most pernicious element in the polar bear melodrama is the way the law is being run off the rails, and even a duly elected White House can't seem to throw on the brakes. If Congress wants to enact global-warming legislation, then so be it – but the costs and benefits should be argued in the open. This fly-by-night policy making is not only unscientific. It's undemocratic.

Clip Source: online.wsj.com

Polar bears are not the fragile, vulnerable creatures of liberal iconography. They have thrived in the Arctic for thousands of years, both through periods when their sea-ice habitat was smaller, and larger, than it is now. They will continue to adapt – and the Endangered Species Act can't make the slightest difference.

Since the 1980s, the sea ice that the bears use to hunt and breed has been receding. Although the population has increased from a low of 12,000 in the 1960s to roughly 25,000 today – perhaps a record high – computer projections anticipate that Arctic pack ice will continue to melt over the next half-century. This could, maybe, someday, lead to population declines.

That ice is melting is not proof that global warming is to blame. In fact, research out of NASA in 2007 suggested that shrinking sea ice was due to changing wind patterns, corroborated by a study published in the scientific journal Nature.

Neither institution is known for "denying" climate change.

Tags: endangered species act, polar bears, arctic ice, nasa, nature

McCain And The G.I. Bill

Thu, 15 May 2008 05:37:49 GMT

clipped by: merrie
clipper's remarks: As this helpful Boston Globe piece explains, the original bill was curtailed during the relative peace of the 1980s, capping benefits at just under $10,000 per year. The new bill, which Webb introduced with Chuck Hagel and Frank Lautenberg and which John Warner has cosponsored, would raise the cap on the benefit to match the cost of the most expensive public university or college in any given state.

Clip Source: blogs.tnr.com

In a speech in West Virginia earlier this week, Barack Obama attacked John McCain for opposing Jim Webb's "21st Century G.I. Bill," the original 1946 version of which paid full tuition and living costs for veterans enrolling in college

McCain has joined the White House and Pentagon in opposing it because he fears it could lure soldiers out of the armed forces. Says McCain: "[Webb's] bill offers the same benefits whether you stay three years or longer. We want to have a sliding scale to increase retention." McCain has signed onto a counterproposal by Lindsey Graham, which would increase the monthly education benefit and allow career military personnel to transfer their benefits to their children, but is nowhere near as comprehensive as Webb's proposal.

Look for it to especially become an issue if he chooses as his running mate Webb, who has accused McCain of being "full of it."

Tags: 21st century g.i.bill, jim webb, hagel, lautenberg warner, mccain, white house and pentagon, military retention

Barack Obama’s Priority: Global Poverty Act $845Billion Carbon Tax

Thu, 15 May 2008 01:26:01 GMT

clipped by: merrie
clipper's remarks: If that wasn’t enough to enlighten most of us to Barack Obama’s real agenda, let’s take a look at another part of the United Nations Millennium declaration,this time in reference to gun control.

It seems to me, his first priority is not the people of America, what we need is a President of the United States, one who will stand for the rights of our citizens, even if it is against the global interests of the United Nations.

Clip Source: myviewmytake.wordpress.com

I am all for fighting poverty, but what I have found suggests they are willing to go beyond fighting poverty.

Senator Barack Obama is the main sponsor of Senate Bill S.2433, commonly called the Global Poverty Act. Sounds good, doesn’t it. Like I said, I am all for fighting poverty and I am sure most everyone else is, as well. What I am not for is putting the interests of the United States in second place in the fight on poverty. Let’s look at some of the provisions of this bill. The following statements come from Barack Obama’s Senate website.

The Global Poverty Act:

On the surface, this all sounds good. However, when you look at what the bill actually requires the United States to do to meet these requirements, it starts to smell like there is something rotten in Denmark

If you read the United Nations Millennium Declaration, you will find what they really want the United States to do. Again, from the Accuracy In Media article:

Tags: global poverty act, s.2433, obama, $845 billion global tax, united nations, kyoto, gun control

Free Music: 22 Websites to Get the Music You Love

Wed, 14 May 2008 21:08:32 GMT

clipped by: alanocu
clipper's remarks: (thanks Mr. B)

Clip Source: viewer.zoho.com

Clip Source: www.tinydad.com

BeeMP3.com

a mp3 search engine

Blip

a quick way to tell your friends what song you’re into

Critical Metrics

a database of highly recommended songs

Deezer

offers, free of charge and legally, all kinds of music

Free Albums Galore

a full-album “mp3 blog”

Free Music Zilla

a tool specialized for social music downloading

GrooveShark Lite

find and listen to any song

Hype Machine

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Imeem

a wide range of media

Internet Audio Archive

over a hundred thousand free digital recordings

Jango

create a custom radio station

Last.fm

the most popular custom radio site

Musicovery

choose which songs to play based on things like mood, genre

Music Search Online

mp3 search

MuxTape

create and share mp3 mixtapes

Pandora

great for finding new music

SeeqPod

media search engine

SpiralFrog

over 700,000 songs for you to download

Skreemr

for locating mp3 files

Slacker

a custom radio station site

Songerize

simplified interface for the SeeqPod music search engine

Songza

a music search engine with the ability to create playlists

Tags: music, mp3, radio, search

Who Will Pay For The Politicians Promises?

Wed, 14 May 2008 09:48:30 GMT

clipped by: merrie
clipper's remarks: Because of onerous regulations, it has been 30-plus years since a new refinery has been built.

Similar regulations also explain why the U.S. nuclear energy production is a fraction of what it might be.

Congress' solution to our energy supply problems is not to relax supply restrictions, but to enact the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 that mandates that oil companies increase the amount of ethanol mixed with gasoline.

Anyone with an ounce of brains would have realized that diverting crops from food to fuel use would raise the prices of a host of corn-related foods, such as corn-fed meat and dairy products. Wheat and soybeans prices have also risen as a result of fewer acres being planted in favor of corn.

Congress' proposed "solutions" to the energy and food mess it has created include a windfall profits tax on oil companies, food stamps, etc. These measures will not solve the problem, but will create new problems.

Clip Source: www.ibdeditorials.com

Most of the great problems we face are caused by politicians creating solutions to problems they created in the first place.

The Community Reinvestment Act encouraged banks and thrifts to make so-called "no doc" and "liar" loans to customers who had no realistic ability to pay them back. A decade of monetary expansion by the Federal Reserve Bank, contributing to the housing bubble, encouraged lending institutions to take risks they otherwise would not have taken.

Government actions created the subprime crisis, and now government-proposed "solutions," such as foreclosure holidays, bailouts and further regulation of financial institutions, to the problems they created will create more problems.

Congress, doing the bidding of environmental extremists, created our energy supply problem.

The Pacific and Atlantic Oceans and eastern Gulf of Mexico offshore areas have enormous reserves of oil and natural gas. These energy sources of oil have also been placed off-limits by Congress.

Tags: congress, sub-prime crisis, bailouts, regulation, financial institutions, energy, food costs

Too "Complex"?: Part II: Thomas Sowell

Wed, 14 May 2008 07:48:36 GMT

clipped by: merrie
clipper's remarks: --all the while lamenting the lack of affordable housing.

So long as politicians can get some people's votes by publicly feeling their pain when it comes to housing costs, and other people's votes by restricting the building of housing, they can have a winning coalition at election time, which is their bottom line.

Moral melodrama is where it's at, politically.

Too "Complex"? [Part I]
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ThomasSowell/2008/05/13/too_complex

Clip Source: www.townhall.com

Supply and demand will never replace "need" and "greed" in political discussions of economic issues.

Voters don't want to hear about impersonal things like supply and demand. They want to hear about how their political heroes will stop the villains from "gouging" them or "exploiting" them with high prices.

A politician with good rhetorical skills can create a new Garden of Eden in people's minds, though only in their minds. However, that is sufficient, if that vision or illusion can be kept alive until election day, and its failure to materialize afterwards can be explained away by the obstruction of villains.

One of the many ironies of politics is that those politicians who do the most to reduce supply often express the greatest outrage about high prices.

Clip Source: www.townhall.com

t is not at all uncommon for land to cost more than the housing that is built on it, in those places where politicians have made housing unaffordable with land use restrictions under pretty names--

Tags: economics, supply, demand, politicians, voters, "greed"