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A Fearful Price

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:07:16 GMT

clipped by: debbyski
clipper's remarks: "The reason it is so easy for the U.S. to declare wars, and to continue fighting year after year after year, is because so few Americans feel the actual pain of those wars. We’ve been fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan longer than we fought in World Wars I and II combined.

I don’t think our current way of waging war, which is pretty easy-breezy for most citizens, is what the architects of America had in mind. Here’s George Washington’s view, for example: “It must be laid down as a primary position and the basis of our system, that every citizen who enjoys the protection of a free government owes not only a proportion of his property, but even his personal service to the defense of it.”

What we are doing is indefensible and will ultimately exact a fearful price, and there will be absolutely no way for the U.S. to avoid paying it".

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

The idea that fewer than 1 percent of Americans are being called on to fight in Afghanistan and Iraq and that we’re sending them into combat again and again and again — for three tours, four tours, five tours, six tours — is obscene. All decent people should object.

The air is filled with obsessive self-satisfied rhetoric about supporting the troops, giving them everything they need and not letting them down. But that rhetoric is as hollow as a jazzman’s drum because the overwhelming majority of Americans have no desire at all to share in the sacrifices that the service members and their families are making. Most Americans do not want to serve in the wars, do not want to give up their precious time to do volunteer work that would aid the nation’s warriors and their families, do not even want to fork over the taxes that are needed to pay for the wars.

Chemistry student killed by 'exploding chewing gum'

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:28:39 GMT

clipped by: infidel70
clipper's remarks: Forensic experts will travel from Kiev tomorrow to investigate the substance, as local authorities feared it may explode if transported.

Clip Source: www.news.com.au

A CHEMISTRY student has reportedly been killed by what is believed to be exploding chewing gum.

Russian news agency Ria Novosti reports the 25-year-old chemistry student was found dead with his jaw blown off after he was working on a computer at his parents’ house in the Ukraine city of Konotop.

"A loud pop was heard from the student's room," a city police chief aide told ukranews.com.

"When his relatives entered the room they saw that the lower part of the young man's face had been blown off."

The man was studying at Ukraine’s Kiev Polytechnic Institute and was known for his habit of dipping chewing in citric acid.

Ria Novosti reports police found both citric acid packets and “some kind of explosive material” on a table in his parents’s room.

They believe he may have confused the two packets, dipping thegum into the explosive material rather than the citric acid.

How the Mysterious Giant Spiral Happened. Sorry people, no alien invasions. Yet.

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:42:08 GMT

clipped by: clip-on-tie
clipper's remarks: I'm sorry but this article is wrong. The light was actually caused by all the Taco Bell I ate.

Clip Source: gizmodo.com

It wasn't the fury of Thor or an alien portal or the Second Coming of Hey-Zeus. Here you have the explanation of the mysterious giant spiral that happened yesternight in Norway, computer simulation included.

[Video]

The video shows a rocket running out of fuel and spiraling out of control, which looks exactly like the photos and videos.

Clip Source: gizmodo.com

Norwegian astronomer Knut Jørgen Røed Ødegaard says it's 99.9% safe to say that it's a rocket out of control, while some newspapers and TV channels are quoting Russian military sources, confirming that this is a failed Bulava missile launched from a nuclear submarine in the White Sea.

The Norwegian defense has confirmed that, even while they have not admitted the failure, the Russian Navy alerted them about the tests prior to the giant spiral appearing in the skies. And if that wasn't enough to convince everyone, here are two images of the missile trails being blown away by the wind, at dawn:

Tags: mysterious giant spiral, not the fury of thor, not an alien portal, not the second coming of hey-zeus

50 Beautiful Watercolor Paintings

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:39:01 GMT

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clipper's remarks: "Watercolor paintings are considered as a unique way to creatively represent dreams, illusions, emotions, and bright feelings using water-soluble pigments. This medium of art is still very popular nowadays, and therefore we have prepared a list of some really impressive watercolor artworks that will surely inspire you."

Clip Source: www.smashingmagazine.com

Beautiful Watercolor Paintings

Bouquet in the Window

Where Time Stands Still

Tags: watercolor, paintings

10 Recycled Christmas Trees

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:56:53 GMT

clipped by: thisnamecantbetaken

Clip Source: www.ecofriend.org

Eco Delight: 10 Recycled Christmas Trees for EcoFriends

What goes around comes around, therefore “recycled” is the newest craze. From sculptures to functional machines, we have seen them all made in junk from the landfills. It’s beyond us to imagine something in the buried crap, but somehow, the creative dig deep down to bring out that useful to churn startling figurines out of scrap. With the green buzzword around, it’s time for some recycled holidays this year, and so we thought we show you some majestically made Christmas trees from recycled stuff. No words to compliment the genius, hence just scroll down to gawk past the Xmas trees erected from waste.

Old Hard Disks:

Recycled Cardboard:

Recycled Glass Water Bottles:

Mountain Dew Cans:

Recycled Packaging Boxes:

Electronic Junk:

Recycled Beer Bottles:

Recycled Magazines:

Recycled Wood Pallets:

5 Gallon Water Bottles:

Tags: xmas

Are the Holy Grail and Ark of the Covenant Hidden...in Denmark?!?

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:53:48 GMT

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clipper's remarks: "It is undeniable that those who planned and built the churches of Bornholm knew exactly what they were doing and why they did it,'' the authors say.

The authors point to a find of nearly 3,000 tiny, intricately carved golden figures unearthed in a 1985-86 excavation of a Bornholm field as lending credibility to their claim of a Bornholm connection.

The golden figures have been dated to AD 400-600 when the Merovingians -- a clan of Frankish kings who claimed to be, like Jesus, of the house and lineage of the Bible's King David -- were at the height of their power. Descendants of the Merovingians later settled in Burgundy.

In medieval times, the island [of Bornholm] was known as Burgunderland or Burgunderholm.

The book also quotes a AD 417 work by Spanish historian Orosius, which says the Burgundians came from Bornholm.

http://www.rense.com/general6/baltic.htm

*LOL* I love stuff like this. .

Clip Source: www.sacredsites.com

two researchers

Erling Haagensen and Henry Lincoln present a great deal of evidence linking the four round churches of Bornholm with the controversial and much misunderstood religious brotherhood of the Templars. According to these authors the location of the four round churches

indicates a complex but very beautiful pattern of landscape geometry

In addition, the round churches reveal the key to further landscape geometry, which is linked to the other medieval churches on Bornholm and nearby Christianso, and is also mirrored in the extraordinary landscape geometry of Rennes le Chateau in southern France.

Geo-radar surveys conducted at the Osterlars church on Bornholm and the church of Rennes le Chateau have revealed what seem to be previously unknown crypts beneath the church floors. Did the Templars store their treasures at these sites?

the authors believe that deeper and more esoteric secrets remain to be discovered.

Gay marriage's inevitability in doubt

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:27:27 GMT

clipped by: clip-on-tie
clipper's remarks: To make the case for gay marriage, protests are counterproductive, persuasion is what’s necessary. Proposition 8 won because we, and I say "we" because I am part of the gay community, failed to make the case why gay marriage is good for society. The gay community needs NEW LEADERS for Christ's sake. We don't need useless morons like Perez Hilton and Adam Lambert opening up their mouths and spewing stupid nonsense. You don't make progress by screaming and yelling at the other side.

We should see a housecleaning at gay organizations and the selection of new leaders who refuse to demonize social conservatives, but seek to persuade them instead. Angry protests from the lot of vicious queens is useless. And until they wake up and understand this, forget about it.

Clip Source: www.politico.com

The same-sex marriage movement appears likely to end a banner year with a string of stinging defeats that opponents say have undermined a core proposition of the movement - that the acceptance of gay marriage is, sooner or later, inevitable.

After a year that saw laws allowing same-sex marriage expand from a lonely toehold in Massachusetts to five other states and, likely, the District of Columbia, the defeats have served at the least as a reality check to proponents of gay marriage.

A Maine referendum that was seen as the best chance for popular approval of same-sex marriage instead was soundly defeated. The state senate in liberal New York voted down a marriage bill by a margin - 38 to 24 - that stunned advocates and the state’s governor, who had predicted victory. And a same-sex marriage measure limped to the floor of the New Jersey state senate Thursday after squeaking out of committee over the opposition of prominent Democrats.

Tags: gay marriage

Shirley Temple - On the Goodship Lollipop

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:28:46 GMT

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clipper's remarks: She was so cute!!!! ;o)

Clip Source: www.youtube.com

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Tags: shirley temple, on the goodship lollipop, soundtrack, music

Snow Geese

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:18:40 GMT

clipped by: wiganfootie

Clip Source: www.youtube.com

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Abandoning Kyoto,Sidelining United Nations: An End To This Fraud?

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:15:10 GMT

clipped by: merrie
clipper's remarks: A statement issued this morning by UN climate chief Yvo de Boer says that the draft decision paper put forward by the Danish Prime Minister was an informal document for the purposes of consultations.

Clip Source: communists4obama.blogspot.com

The Copenhagen climate talks have been rocked by the leak of a draft final agreement which weakens the role of the United Nations in climate change negotiations and abandons the Kyoto Protocol.

The "Danish text" draft agreement, published by the UK's Guardian newspaper, has been described as a dangerous document for developing countries.

Elephant in the room

Oxfam International is troubled by the absence of any reference to the Kyoto Protocol, which is the only legally binding agreement on the table.

Oxfam's climate change advisor Antonio Hill says the sidelining of the UN in future negotiations is particularly troubling.

The draft includes a figure of $10 billion a year, which Mr Hill says is way short of what is needed.

"At least $200 billion is needed every year by 2020 to allow developing countries to cope with climate changes that are already inevitable, and secondly to join the international effort to actually slash emissions."

Tags: abandons kyoto protocol, at least $200 billion every year, dangerous document, danish text, oxfam's antonio hill, sidelines united nations

Hypocrisy Abounds at Climate Change Summit

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:00:23 GMT

clipped by: clip-on-tie
clipper's remarks: This hypocrisy will once again be on full display at the United Nations summit on climate change which will soon take place in Copenhagen. As world leaders gather to try to find ways for the rest of us to cut emissions, they themselves will be flown in private jets and driven in limos. So far more than twelve hundred limos have been ordered for the event with more expected, and according to airport officials in Copenhagen more than one hundred and forty private jets have already been chartered for the event in which the world is supposed to take a hard stand against emissions.

So as our fearless leaders gather to lecture the third world and normal citizens of western countries how they are killing the planet, they themselves will be creating more than forty thousand tonnes of emissions, which is the same amount a city of 500,000 would produce in the same amount of time. Sometimes irony and hypocrisy aren’t strong enough words.

Clip Source: www.copytaste.com

Clip Source: www.recycle.co.uk

One of the biggest problems with the issue of climate change is that many of those who are talking the most are actually doing the least to make changes in their own lives. This was evident in the past as hundreds of private jets were chartered to usher celebrities around for a concert raising money for climate change. Al Gore makes an Oscar winning documentary about global warming but lives in a mansion and routinely uses private jets and limos. Celebrities have been known for their hypocrisy for a long time, lecturing the rest of us to cut emissions while they hob knob around the globe in private jets and live in houses that have the carbon equivalent of a whole neighborhood.

As world leaders gather to try to find ways for the rest of us to cut emissions, they themselves will be flown in private jets and driven in limos.

So far more than twelve hundred limos have been ordered for the event with more expected

Tags: idiots, hypocrisy, stupid

Grandad Reminiscing

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:33:58 GMT

clipped by: wiganfootie

Clip Source: cageradio.com

“When I were a lad, Momma would send me down to the corner store with a

dollar, and I’d come back with five pounds of potatoes, two loaves of

bread, three pints of milk, a pound of cheese, a packet of tea, and half

a dozen eggs. Yer can’t do that now.

Too many damm security cameras.”

Comparing Bush vs Obama for the Nobel Prize

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:01:37 GMT

clipped by: willhelm
clipper's remarks: Not even close.

Clip Source: www.intellectualconservative.com

Bush is more deserving of the Nobel Peace Prize than Obama.

I think Bush is deserving of the Nobel Peace Prize not because of Afghanistan or Iraq (although I do think Afghanistan and Iraq are ultimately better off without al Qaeda and Saddam Hussein, respectively). I believe Bush is more deserving because he initiated the largest foreign aid humanitarian effort ever undertaken by a single country.

During his 2003 State of the Union Address, President Bush launched The President's Emergency Relief Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).² He asked Congress to commit $15 billion over five years to this program.

According to a study released by Stanford University School of Medicine in April 2009, 1.2 million people (mostly in Africa) are alive who would have otherwise not been as a direct result of PEPFAR.

The policies of President Obama haven't saved a single life.

The Job-Creation Snow Job - Thomas Sowell

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:15:00 GMT

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Clip Source: article.nationalreview.com

Obama keeps talking about the jobs his administration is “creating,” but there are more people unemployed now than before he took office.

What does it take to create a job? It takes wealth to pay someone who is hired, not to mention additional wealth to buy the material that person will use.

But government creates no wealth.

Without creating wealth, how can they create jobs? By taking wealth from others, whether by taxation, selling bonds, or imposing mandates.

However it is done, transferring wealth is not creating wealth. When government uses transferred wealth to hire people, it is essentially transferring jobs from the private sector, not adding to the net number of jobs in the economy.

If that was all that was involved, it would be a simple verbal fraud

None of this is peculiar to the current administration. The Roosevelt administration created huge numbers of government jobs during the 1930s — and yet unemployment remained in double digits throughout FDR’s first two terms.

Martha's Vineyard rich liberals: "No wind turbines, they spoil my ocean view"

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:09:43 GMT

clipped by: clip-on-tie
clipper's remarks: The hypocrisy of the wealthy celebrity warmists whose lifestyle makes a daily carbon footprint as large as one of China’s coal-fired plants is astounding.

They reject a wind farm in Nantucket bay because it will spoil their view. I could care less that Al Gore has made a bigger mess of the environment with his nine concerts than years of single toilet paper use by the entire population could compensate for.

I am tired of hearing that it’s my responsibility to reduce this myth of global warming. I’m tired of being told I’m “addicted to oil,” when the country’s entire infrastructure is built on the automobile. These people are idiots. I'd like to throw them all into Nantucket Bay where they'll be Aquaman's problem instead.

Clip Source: bostonherald.com

Photo by Mark Alan Lovewell

OUTRAGE: Chilmark resident Andy Goldman and his wife, Susan Heilbron, are opposed to Gov. Deval Patrick’s plan to build 166 450-foot turbines between Gay Head cliffs and Cuttyhunk Island.

Blazing a trail for renewable energy, Gov. Deval Patrick is alienating Martha’s Vineyard’s liberal rich and famous by pushing a plan to lease state waters for 166 450-foot-high wind turbines between the pristine vacation spots of Gay Head cliffs and Cuttyhunk Island.

“I plead guilty to thinking global warming is a real problem, but that doesn’t mean everybody who has a plan with the word ‘green’ has to be supported,” Goldman said.

James Feiner, a Vineyard real estate broker, claims he lost a $2 million-plus home sale on Gay Head this fall when his client - an environmentalist, no less - got wind of Patrick’s plan and bolted.

A mortified Feiner wasn’t even aware it was being discussed.

“For them to run a band (of turbines) from Cuttyhunk to Nomans Land is idiotic,” Feiner said.

Tags: hypocrites x 1000