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Grass found growing on baby's lung

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 21:58:16 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Doctors says it's possible grass seed was blown into the baby's nose and through her respiratory system to the lung and found suitable growing conditions there. But they've never seen such a thing before.

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Chinese surgeons who operated on a baby girl with breathing problems were amazed to find grass growing on her lung.

The 10-month baby girl, from Zhoukou city, was initially diagnosed with pneumonia but the symptoms didn't improve after several days of treatment.

"So we took the baby to another hospital in the capital city," the father, surnamed Han, told the Dahe Daily newspaper.

At the 3rd affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, the baby was diagnosed with pyopneumothorax, a rare complication of pneumonia, but again the symptoms remained despite treatment.

Finally, doctors decided to perform open-chest surgery.

"We were surprised to find a 3cm piece of grass growing on the baby's right lung," said chief surgeon Li Qun.

Doctors removed the grass, and the baby is now recovering. The parents say the grass is the same type as in their yard at home where the little girl often plays.

Tags: lung grass, seed bed, soft tissue

Irish defence forces eyed UFO's for 37 years

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 03:07:14 GMT

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clipper's remarks: There was a movie called "They Live" where aliens took over the earth by subliminal brainwashing of the masses. Could our leaders be from outer space?
There is just this little corner of my mind that occasionally wonders "what if?"

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DUBLIN (AFP) - Ireland's defence forces maintained a dossier on unidentified flying objects (UFOs) for 37 years, according to details released Thursday under the country's freedom of information laws.

The documents dating back to 1947 that were released to the Irish Times newspaper log a range of strange sightings.

Descriptions of UFOs that were reported range from being like fried eggs to a household iron with fins at the back, according to the newspaper.

An early entry in the file from a shopkeeper and farmer in County Kerry in the southwest of the country in 1947 says he told police he saw a circular object moving "faster than a motor car" through the sky.

"It was flat and was like a big wheel or large plate... the rim was white and it was hollow in the centre."

A spokesman for the defence ministry told the newspaper that since 1984 the UFO dossier was no longer maintained.

In March this year, France opened its files on UFOS, revealing 1,600 alleged sightings over five decades.

Tags: ufos, ireland, dossier

Fascist America in 10 Easy Steps

Sat, 22 Sep 2007 01:07:00 GMT

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As nightfall does not come all at once, neither does oppression. In both instances, there is a twilight when everything remains seemingly unchanged. And it is in such a twilight that we all must be aware of change in the air-however slight-lest we become unwilling victims of the darkness.

~Justice William O. Douglas~

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In the "10 easy steps" outlined by Wolf, countries move from open to closed and repressive societies by devolving past certain markers, and Wolf makes a powerful case for the way in which the United States is following a similar pattern without any significant deviation. In each instance she compares and contrasts how America's adherence to the pattern compares or contrasts with the pattern in pre-World War II Germany. The 10 steps are:

Invoking an external and internal threat
Establishing secret prisons
Developing a paramilitary force
Surveiling ordinary citizens
Infiltrating citizens' groups
Arbitrarily detaining and releasing citizens
Targeting key individuals
Restricting the press
Casting criticism as "espionage" and dissent as "treason"
Subverting the rule of law

It is time to take to the streets. It is time to confront those committing crimes against the Constitution. The window has now dropped several precipitous inches and once it is c

Tags: fascism, police state, naomi wolf, america