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Local Principals Hoping To Teach "Green

Tue, 13 May 2008 16:33:04 GMT

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clipper's remarks: See their website at http://www.principalsforchange.org

They are really pushing forward with this project and I want to help them get word out across the nation and world. Great concept and something we need to be teaching in all the schools.

Clip Source: www.wjactv.com

Local Principals Hoping To Teach "Green"

Tags: alternative energy, high schools, teaching, education, students

Bush Says Americans Face a `Tough Economic Period'

Mon, 05 May 2008 02:46:59 GMT

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clipper's remarks: This is just more proof that Bush and his administration are double talking dirt bags.

Clip Source: www.bloomberg.com

Bush Says Americans Face a `Tough Economic Period' (Update1)

May 3 (Bloomberg) -- President George W. Bush said Americans are ``facing a tough economic period'' after reports this week showed the economy lost jobs for a fourth straight month and economic growth was close to a standstill.

``My administration has been clear and candid on the state of the economy,'' Bush said today in his weekly radio address. ``We saw the economic slowdown coming, we were up front about these concerns with the American people, and we've been taking decisive action.''

Payrolls shrank by 20,000 workers last month, following a revised 81,000 drop in March, the Labor Department said yesterday. The same day, the Federal Reserve, seeking to prevent a deeper slowdown, announced fresh measures to coax banks into lending.

Tags: bush, government, food, economy, bush administration

Bush blames India's Middle Class for food proce hike

Mon, 05 May 2008 02:44:48 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Neither Bush nor his administration can do anymore then point blames some place else for the problems the bushites have created.

Next he will be blaming little green men from mars.

Clip Source: www.dawn.com

Bush blames India’s middle class for food price hike

“There are 350 million people in India who are classified as middle class. That’s bigger than America. Their middle class is larger than our entire population,” observed Mr Bush. ‘‘And when you start getting wealth, you start demanding better nutrition and better food. And so demand is high, and that causes the price to go up.”

The remarks, made in a speech on economy and trade, earned him an immediate rebuke from India where a spokesman for the ruling Congress party said Mr Bush’s analysis was “completely erroneous” as India is not a food importer but a food exporter.

Mr Bush, however, is not the first US leader to blame India. Earlier this week, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice also expressed similar views. She said that improving incomes and prosperity in India and China were responsible for the rising food prices.

Tags: bush, rice, cheney, president, us, food, india

Cheney hails Bush as new-age messiah

Mon, 05 May 2008 02:40:24 GMT

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clipper's remarks: This guy must live in some alternate reality. Either that or he takes some seriously good drugs.

Clip Source: www.presstv.ir

Cheney hails Bush as new-age messiah

US Vice President Dick Cheney says the Bush administration has significantly helped make America and the world a better, safer place.

"When the history is written, it will be said this is a safer country and more hopeful world because George Bush was president," Cheney said in a Friday gathering of Okalahoma Republicans.

The US vice president assured the crowd that Washington's war on terror in Iraq and Afghanistan is headed in the right direction.

Tags: cheney, bush, messiah, bush administration, history

Lawmaker worried about summer food fight

Sat, 03 May 2008 04:36:23 GMT

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Clip Source: www.reuters.com

Lawmaker worried about summer food fight

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - He's not predicting the weather, but House Minority Leader John Boehner on Thursday voiced worry about the potential for a food fight should drought disrupt the U.S. supply of corn this summer.

"If we get into a drought of any sort in the Midwest we are going to have real fight over who gets the grain, who gets the corn, whether its the cereal producers, the ethanol producers or frankly the livestock producers," the Ohio Republican said at a news conference.

Shrinking world grain stockpiles, coupled with higher U.S. demand for corn to produce ethanol to help fuel cars in the face of record gasoline prices, have strained global food supplies.

Tags: summer, food, us, shortage, drought, midwest, corn

Bush admits he approved torture

Sat, 03 May 2008 04:34:31 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Said the fly to spider......oh what a tangled web web we have weaved......

Clip Source: seattlepi.nwsource.com

Bush admits he approved torture

WASHINGTON -- The American people have heard President Bush and his spokespeople say many times that the U.S. government does not engage in torture.

Whether Bush was believed or not is another story -- especially in light of the photographic evidence of the abuse of prisoners in Abu Ghraib. It's understood that many of the photos are too sadistically graphic to be made public.

"As a matter of fact," Bush added, "I told the country we did that. And I told them it was legal. We had legal opinions that enabled us to do it."

The president added, "I didn't have any problems at all trying to find out what Khalid Sheik Mohammed knew."

"He was the person who ordered the suicide attack -- I mean, the 9/11 attacks," Bush said. "And back then, there was all kind of concern about people saying, 'Well, the administration is not connecting the dots.' You might remember those -- that period." Bush said.

Tags: bush, torture, cheney, bush administration, war, lies

'Unbelievable' moment stuns crowd at softball game

Thu, 01 May 2008 15:09:26 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Now this shows human compassion and sportsmanship! If there is a video of this event - it should be shown to every student playing a sport!

This is great news to read!

Clip Source: www.komotv.com

'Unbelievable' moment stuns crowd at softball game

MONMOUTH, Ore. (AP) - A senior with a .153 career batting average hits her first home run, a three-run blast, to help Western Oregon move closer to a spot in the NCAA's Division II softball playoffs.

That was improbable.

To 70-year-old Central Washington coach Gary Frederick, what happened next was "unbelievable."

Sara Tucholsky, the 5-foot-2-inch right fielder, sprinted to first as the ball cleared the center field fence Saturday in Ellensburg, Wash. Given that she had never hit a ball out of the park, even in practice, she was excited. So excited she missed first base.

A couple yards past the bag, she stopped to go back and touch it. But she collapsed with a knee injury.

An opponent did.

Central Washington first baseman Mallory Holtman, the all-time home run leader in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference, asked the umpire if she and her teammates could carry Tucholsky around the bases.

Tags: sportsmanship, human caring, comapssion, softball

The Kanzius Machine: A Cancer Cure?

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:27:30 GMT

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clipper's remarks: This would be a GREAT achievement. I really hope he makes a breakthrough.

Clip Source: www.cbsnews.com

The Kanzius Machine: A Cancer Cure?

(CBS) What if we told you that a guy with no background in science or medicine-not even a college degree-has come up with what may be one of the most promising breakthroughs in cancer research in years?

Well it's true, and if you think it sounds improbable, consider this: he did it with his wife's pie pans and hot dogs.

His name is John Kanzius, and he's a former businessman and radio technician who built a radio wave machine that has cancer researchers so enthusiastic about its potential they're pouring money and effort into testing it out.

Tags: cancer cure, waves, kanzius machine

Bush Blames Congress for Not Passing Foreclosure, Gas Bills

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:54:26 GMT

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clipper's remarks: What he should be doing is pushing alternative energy and pushing $$ out for implementation of alternative energies, etc.

NOT drilling for oil or ore refineries - of course he and his buddies don';t make anything if it is not oil!

Clip Source: abcnews.go.com

Bush Blames Congress for Not Passing Foreclosure, Gas Bills

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush said Tuesday that Congress is blocking his proposals to deal with high gas prices and dragging its feet on other issues to address the nation's sagging economy. He said he was open to any idea in terms of energy, including a proposal backed by John McCain and Hillary Clinton to suspend gas and diesel taxes this summer.

But, he said, he favored longer-term fixes, such as encouraging new oil production in the United States and the building of new refineries.

"It's a tough time for our economy," Bush said at a Rose Garden news conference. "Across our country, many Americans are understandably anxious about issues affecting their pocketbook, from gas and food prices to mortgage and tuition bills. They're looking to their elected leaders in Congress for action.

Tags: bush, economy, oil, alternative energy

Struggle to feed families as basic foods sky-rocket

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:52:59 GMT

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Clip Source: www.washingtonpost.com

On the Margins in Mauritania In a city slum and a destitute village, two families struggle to feed their children as prices for basic foods sky-rocket.

Tags: mauritania, food, price, economy, hunger

Humans nearly wiped out 70,000 years ago, study says

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:22:18 GMT

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clipper's remarks: At the rate we are going, perhaps it will happen again?

Clip Source: www.cnn.com

Humans nearly wiped out 70,000 years ago, study says

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Human beings may have had a brush with extinction 70,000 years ago, an extensive genetic study suggests.

The human population at that time was reduced to small isolated groups in Africa, apparently because of drought, according to an analysis released Thursday.

The report notes that a separate study by researchers at Stanford University estimated that the number of early humans may have shrunk as low as 2,000 before numbers began to expand again in the early Stone Age.

"This study illustrates the extraordinary power of genetics to reveal insights into some of the key events in our species' history," said Spencer Wells, National Geographic Society explorer in residence.

"Tiny bands of early humans, forced apart by harsh environmental conditions, coming back from the brink to reunite and populate the world. Truly an epic drama, written in our DNA."

Tags: prehistory, humans, dna, survival

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/18/bloomberg.adult/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:36:18 GMT

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clipper's remarks: This is the guy we need in office! Too bad we can't convince a smart guy like this who has is actually a self-made billionaire, into office as opposed to getting dweebs like bush and cheney and their likes into office.

Clip Source: www.cnn.com

Bloomberg: Next president will be 'adult'

NEW YORK (CNN) -- New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Thursday that whoever wins the presidency in November, "at least we'll have an adult in office who can lead and accomplish something."

During a question-and-answer session, Bloomberg said he will not have to agree on all matters with whomever he ultimately endorses for president.

"I'm looking for a candidate that is willing to face reality and say, 'We can't have everything and there are costs and we've got to make choices.'"

The billionaire media mogul added, "Some of the things they will be in favor of I will agree with, some of the things they will be in favor of I won't. But at least we'll have an adult in office who can lead and can accomplish something."

Bloomberg then ticked through a list of major issues affecting society, citing international relations, terrorism, health care, public education and energy independence as examples.

Tags: bloomberg, cheney, bush

amen Solve the World's Water Problems

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:41:51 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Kamen is just pure Genius! We need more people like him in this world and less people like Bush and Cheney!

Clip Source: blog.wired.com

Colbert and Kamen Solve the World's Water Problems

There has been much buzz about the water-purifying machine that Segway inventor Dean Kamen demonstrated on the Colbert Report last week (even taking on the bag of Spicy Sweet Chili Doritos that Colbert added). Everyone has been trying to find out more about his claim that "you stick a hose into anything that looks wet ... and it comes out ... as perfect distilled clean water."

So far as I can tell however, it's true. (Note: I still haven't worked out if it can handle volatile organics like gasoline and benzene.)

Tags: kamen, water purifier, invention, smart, intelligence

Russian government enacts Byzantine WiFi regulations

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:16:32 GMT

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clipper's remarks: This SUCKS!

Clip Source: arstechnica.com

Russian government enacts Byzantine WiFi regulations

It is often said that the opposite of progress is paperwork. The incomprehensibly self-defeating wastefulness and inefficiency of the legislatosaurus never ceases to depress me, but for once, America's idiocracy has been outdumbed by a Russian government agency which has proposed one of the most breathtakingly inane policies that I have ever had the misfortune of witnessing: mandatory registration of all WiFi devices.

Tags: russia, censorship, wifi, government

Steal This Idea

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:18:23 GMT

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clipper's remarks: LOL.

"Microsoft, for example, is alarmed that Vista isn't being pirated very much."

Clip Source: www.fastcompany.com

Steal This Idea

The Fast Interview: Author Matt Mason on how the pirating of intellectual property can be a good thing.

We live in an age of piracy. Intellectual property can no longer be locked up in the corporate castle. Instead, it flows as freely as trade winds--and can be plundered in the form of illegal downloads or cheap knockoffs produced offshore. Businesses face a new dilemma: are pirates a threat to be battled or innovators to be emulated? Should you compete with pirates at their own game? In the book The Pirate's Dilemma, Matt Mason shows how piracy has become a new business model and argues that youth culture is pushing the world towards a more democratic model of capitalism. Mason, who is 29, tells us what we can learn from pirate radio, video game hackers, and why being pirated is a whole lot better than being ignored.

Tags: pirate, steal idea, mattison, vista, marketing