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Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:57:25 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The Marine, understandably agitated at this point, looked at the man and said, "Sir, this is the third day in a row you have been here asking to speak to Mr. Bush. I've told you already that Mr. Bush is no longer the president and no longer resides here. Don't you understand?"

The old man looked at the Marine and said, "Oh, I understand. I just love hearing it. "

The Marine snapped to attention, saluted, and said, "See you tomorrow, Sir."

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This is funny! Good for a chuckle...

One sunny day in 2009, an old man approached the White House from across Pennsylvania Ave , where he'd been sitting on a park bench.

He spoke to the US Marine standing guard and said, "I would like to go in and meet with President Bush."

The Marine looked at the man and said, "Sir, Mr. Bush is no longer president and no longer resides here."

The old man said, "Okay" and walked away.

The following day, the same man approached the White House and said to the same Marine, "I would like to go in and meet with President Bush." The Marine again told the man, "Sir, as I said yesterday, Mr. Bush is no longer president and no longer resides here."

The man thanked him and, again just walked away.

The third day, the same man approached the White House and spoke to the very same US Marine, saying "I would like to go in and meet with President Bush."

World Press Photo competition 2008 winners

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 06:58:17 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Video at first link

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Striking images, but where's the joy?

Video (3min 19sec), the Guardian's Roger Tooth looks at the winners and notable entries from this year's World Press Photo competition

In pictures: World Press Photo Award 2008

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British photographer Tim Hetherington won the world press photo of the year prize with this picture of an unidentified US soldier resting in a bunker in the Korengal Valley, Afghanistan

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The evacuation of dead mountain gorillas at Virunga National Park, Eastern Congo won first prize in the contemporary issues singles category

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Hunting the Narwal in Nunavut, Canada won second prize in the nature stories category

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Operation rock avalanche, Afghanistan, won first prize in the general news stories category

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Mui, a homeless woman with HIV, and her son bathing in the Red River, Hanoi, Vietnam, the picture that was the first prize winner for daily life singles

The Twelve Apostles and Bloody Sunday (original)

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:04:01 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Like America, we had out War of Independence followed by a bloody Civil War on the issue of independence. This was also in common with many other states that gained independence.

We didn't gain full independence until 1948 when we took it without a shot being fired. We did lose 6 of our 9 counties of Ulster, our northern providence. Hopefully some day our "four green fields" will be reunited peacefully.

By Bush&Co's definition all our leaders would have been terrorists like Nelson Mandela, just like your own revered insurrectionists/freedom fighters/terrorists/founding fathers. Our longest serving PM and president de Valera would have been executed along with the 1916 Rising leaders only he was born in America.

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known as the Twelve Apostles

unit founded by

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Michael Collins

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to counter the British intelligence efforts during the Irish War of Independence, principally by means of assassination

Sinn Féin official policy was against acts of violence. Boycotting, persuasion and mild intimidation succeeded

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Liam Neeson

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Apostles' particular targets was the Cairo Gang, a deep cover British intelligence group, so called since it had largely been assembled from intelligence officers serving in Cairo

strategy adopted by the Cairo Group was to assassinate members of Sinn Féin unconnected with the military struggle, assuming that this would cause the IRA to respond and bring its leaders into the open

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Bloody Sunday

began with the killing of fourteen of eighteen British agents of the Cairo Gang, or their informants, by the Irish Republican Army. Later that afternoon, British forces opened fire on the crowd at a Gaelic football match in Croke Park in north Dublin, killing 14 civilian

three Irish prisoners

were killed

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Tags: irish, history

DRILL, BUSH, DRILL-LAST DITCH EFFORT

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:51:24 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The man and his administration will stop at nothing

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Uproar Over Federal Drilling Leases Next To Parks

SALT LAKE CITY - The view of Delicate Arch natural bridge - an unspoiled landmark so iconic it's on Utah's license plates - could one day include a drilling platform under a proposal that environmentalists call a Bush administration "fire sale" for the oil and gas industry.

Late on Election Day, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management announced a Dec. 19 auction of more than 50,000 acres of oil and gas parcels alongside or within view of Arches National Park and two other redrock national parks in Utah: Dinosaur and Canyonlands.

The National Park Service's top official in the state calls it "shocking and disturbing" and says his agency wasn't properly notified. Environmentalists call it a "fire sale" for the oil and gas industry by a departing administration.

Officials of the BLM, which oversees millions of acres of public land in the West, say the sale is nothing unusual, and one is "puzzled" that the Park Service is upset.

Alaskan Glaciers Growing?

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 02:57:12 GMT

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Science Alaskan Glaciers Grow for First Time in 250 years
Michael Asher (Blog) - October 16, 2008 9:48 AM

Glacier Bay National Park. Two and a half centuries ago, the entire area was covered by thick sheets of ice.

A bitterly cold Alaskan summer has had surprising results. For the first time in the area's recorded history, area glaciers have begun to expand, rather than shrink. Summer temperatures, which were some 3 degrees below average, allowed record levels of winter snow to remain much longer, leading to the increase in glacial mass.

Those records date from the mid 1700s, when the region was first visited by Russian explorers. Molnia estimates that Alaskan glaciers have lost about 15% of their total area since that time -- an area the size of Connecticut.

Wildfire pictures

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 02:29:28 GMT

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Flames burn on both sides of Interstate 5 during a wind driven wildfire in northern Los Angeles on Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008. The fire sent thousands of residents fleeing in the dark, forcing a hospital to evacuate and destroyed an untold number of homes. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)

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Mobile homes in Oakridge Mobile Home Park burn, ignited by a wind driven wildfire in northern Los Angeles early Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008. The fire also sent thousands of residents fleeing in the dark, forcing a hospital to evacuate and destroyed an untold number of homes. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)

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A Los Angeles County fire department helicopter drops water during a wildfire that destroyed several homes, Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008, in the Sylmar area of Los Angeles. The fire in this foothill community on the edge of the Angeles National Forest broke out late Friday and charred more than two square miles in a few hours, prompting officials to order about 5,000 residents to leave their homes. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

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1 - Been there photo competition October 2008

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:11:24 GMT

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We had another bumper month for great photos in October - here's a selection of our favourites

Bay of Isles in South Georgia

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Coyote Buttes in Arizona

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paddies surrounding Ban Huai Na, a Sgaw Karen village on the border of Thailand and Burma

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Free hugs offered in Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan

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Tourists queuing for the Taj Mahal - a different angle on this famous landmark

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These mounds of salt were scraped from the salt flat then shovelled on to trucks by hand - the miners earn only $35 (£22) a month

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The Reclining Buddha, Wat Pho, Bangkok

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Passengers asleep at Barajas Airport, Madrid

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A Buddhist monk blesses the faithful - cleansing away their sins - in a temple near Angkor in Cambodia

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A chameleon, spotted while camping in a quiet village on the outskirts of Andringitra national park, Madagascar

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Materialists in catch-22

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 01:25:15 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Note that "classroom banter" now qualifies as grounds for a federal civil-rights lawsuit, whereas soliciting oral sex from interns in the Oval Office -- hey, what kind of right-wing prude would object to that?

Sexual harassment law does not prevent professors or anyone else from using positions of power to obtain sexual favors. That happens every day. What it does is punish the unattractive and awkward -- those who fail in the pursuit of seduction -- whereas the attractive and charming succeed, and are cagey enough to avoid legal entanglements. There are probably oboe professors who are getting all the undergrad action they can handle, but they are the cute and clever ones. It is only the clumsy rejects who get accused of harassment.

If Title VII abolished one sort of inequality, it institutionalized another. And remember: Equality is for Ugly Losers!

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For the second time this year, a professor at the University of Iowa has taken his own life after being accused of sexual harassment. .

On Wednesday, just a week after he was accused of sexual harassment in a lawsuit, Mark Weiger killed himself.

According to the suit, the university conducted its own investigation of the situation last year, found Weiger had violated policies against sexual harassment, and then resolved the issue "informally." He was found in his car, dead from carbon monoxide poisoning, with the garage door at his home closed. Authorities said he left a note.

In August, [66-year-old political science professor] Arthur H. Miller was arrested on bribery charges and accused of telling female students that he would give them higher grades if they let him fondle their breasts. In one case, he is alleged to have grabbed and sucked on a student's breast and then sent her an e-mail telling her that she had earned an A+. He then shot himself in a local park.

Vintage pix 1890 -1910

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 23:45:03 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Variety.

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This is funny! Good for a chuckle...

World Press Photo competition 2008 winners

Striking images, but where's the joy?

The Twelve Apostles and Bloody Sunday (original)

DRILL, BUSH, DRILL-LAST DITCH EFFORT

Uproar Over Federal Drilling Leases Next To Parks

Alaskan Glaciers Growing?

Wildfire pictures

1 - Been there photo competition October 2008

Materialists in catch-22

Vintage pix 1890 -1910

Unhappy People Watch TV, Happy People Read/Socialize

Unhappy People Watch TV, Happy People Read/Socialize

Obama slideshow on Flickr

Strikingly Beautiful Shots of Etosha National Park, Namibia (13 photos)

Hi-Def Pics - Strikingly Beautiful Shots of Etosha National Park, Namibia (13 photos)

Alternate History Theme Park

The Alternate History Theme Park Where Dinosaurs Fought in the Civil War

Trailer Park Haikus.

Rachel Maddow