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Barack Obama Smarter Than A Fifth Grader?

Sat, 10 May 2008 01:54:15 GMT

clipped by: merrie
clipper's remarks: I guess Barack Obama will ease up on the old-geezer remarks about John McCain.

If John McCain, 71, got the different militia groups in Iraq confused during a trip earlier this year, you can blame it on his advancing years, as the Democrats are so quick to point out. But what’s Obama’s excuse at age 46? Who doesn’t know we have 50 states? And there’s a difference between 100,000 and 100,000,000.

Early signs of senility? Or is it more evidence that Obama is not a stickler for details. It might be time for Obama to stop calling McCain an old man.

texasfred.net

Clip Source: texasfred.net

Campaigning today in Oregon, Obama told a group of reporters that he is looking forward to becoming president of all 57 states. How’s that again? Last time I checked the flag, we only had 50 stars. But whom am I to argue with a man who graduated from Harvard?

From the Los Angeles Times political blog, Top of the Ticket:

“It is wonderful to be back in Oregon,” Obama said. “Over the last 15 months, we’ve traveled to every corner of the United States. I’ve now been in 57 states? I think one left to go. Alaska and Hawaii, I was not allowed to go to even though I really wanted to visit, but my staff would not justify it.”

It was also reported that Obama misspoke at another campaign stop, expressing concern for the “100 million victims” of the cyclone in Burma. Officials estimated 70,000 to 100,000 victims, not 100 million.

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Tags: obama, campaign, oregon, myanmar, cyclone, causalities

Coalition Deaths in Iraq

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:03:38 GMT

clipped by: UpStateMike
clipper's remarks: This is an interesting website for everyone, regardless of the side you are on. It lists all reported causalities in amazing detail.

Personally, I think it's a humbling look at the cost of war and appreciate each and every life given in this conflict. We can all hope there is some good to come out of this, and that their lives were not lost in vain.

Clip Source: icasualties.org

U.S. Deaths Confirmed By The DoD:	3991
Reported U.S. Deaths Pending DoD Confirmation:	1
Total	3992

DoD Confirmation List

Spc. Christopher C. Simpson, 23, of Hampton, Va...died Mar. 17 in Baghdad, Iraq, from wounds suffered when their vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device during combat operations. They were assigned to the 1st Battalion...

Staff Sgt. Michael D. Elledge, 41, of Brownsburg, Ind...died Mar. 17 in Baghdad, Iraq, from wounds suffered when their vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device during combat operations. They were assigned to the 1st Battalion...

Post Iraq Deaths Not Confirmed By the DoD

Tags: iraq war afghanistan deaths

Large increase in the amount of lost or stolen nuclear material

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 03:26:27 GMT

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Clip Source: www.nationalpost.com

A record number of low-level radioactive materials, the kind terrorists could fashion into dirty bombs, have gone missing in Canada this year

News of the jump in thefts and lost material coincides with an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) meeting in Europe at which nuclear counter-terrorism specialists were told this week of an almost fourfold increase in nuclear smuggling since 2006, a further indication al-Qaeda-inspired radicals may be trying to obtain radioactive material for a bomb.

officials are also worried about nuclear material in millions of radioactive sources, typically in measuring and analytical equipment used in medicine, industry, agriculture and research, that could be extracted and spewed into the air using conventional high explosives. The primary intent would be to panic a population rather than inflict mass causalities.

As of Wednesday, 26 radioactive sources have been reported lost and stolen so far this year in Canada, compared to 15 last year

Tags: terrorism

Not Daleks, Not Warfare. Science!

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 21:00:50 GMT

clipped by: book-mole

Clip Source: antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov

2007 July 31

Explanation: Why are these people shooting a powerful laser into the center of our Galaxy? Fortunately, this is not meant to be the first step in a Galactic war. Rather, astronomers at the Very Large Telescope (VLT) site in Chile are trying to measure the distortions of Earth's ever changing atmosphere. Constant imaging of high-altitude atoms excited by the laser -- which appear like an artificial star -- allow astronomers to instantly measure atmospheric blurring. This information is fed back to a VLT telescope mirror which is then slightly deformed to minimize this blurring. In this case, a VLT was observing our Galaxy's center, and so Earth's atmospheric blurring in that direction was needed. As for inter-galaxy warfare, when viewed from our Galaxy's center, no causalities are expected. In fact, the light from this powerful laser would combine with light from our Sun to together appear only as bright as a faint and distant star.

Tags: science, astronomy, galactic heart, galaxy, warfare

Top Ten Boating Safety Tips

Sat, 30 Jun 2007 06:41:50 GMT

clipped by: asorum
clipper's remarks: Here is a short list of ten suggestions that will help you be a safer boater from a major marine insurance company.

Clip Source: boatingsailing.suite101.com

These recreational boating safety suggestions come from the marine insurance company INAMAR. This company traces its roots back to the Insurance Company of North America, founded in Philadelphia during 1792. They wrote the first marine insurance policy in the United States for a transatlantic voyage of the S/V America more than 200 years ago. As an insurance company INAMAR knows a great deal about the root causes of marine causalities and insurance claims. Along with other useful safety information, the insurance company has published a top ten list for boating safety.

Tags: boating safety top ten, boating safety tips

Why Do I-O Powered Boats Sink?

Wed, 10 Jan 2007 05:06:49 GMT

clipped by: asorum
clipper's remarks: BoatU.S. identifies the chief causes of sinking for inboard-outboard powerboats. Failure of boots is a major problem for moored vessels.

Clip Source: boatingsailing.suite101.com

Seaworthy Magazine, a publication focused on the BoatU.S. marine insurance program, marine causalities, and damage avoidance has studied insurance claims to identify the causes of sinking among inboard/outboard (I/O) powerboats.

Tags: boating safety

Florida more dangerous than Iraq

Sun, 07 Jan 2007 02:45:50 GMT

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Clip Source: www.michaelbrito.com

Florida More Dangerous than Iraq

According to Australian Filmmaker George Gittoes, there is more violence in Miami, Florida than there is in Iraq. Gittoes’ latest documentary, Rampage, compares and contrasts life of an ordinary family living in the blue-collar community in Miami, with ongoing fighting in Iraq. Unfortunately, the main stream media (and libs in general) seem to overlook small facts like this when reporting the news; and constantly hammer us with “10 Marines Dead in Iraq” or “More Civilian Causalities in Iraq”.

My favorite quote in the article is the following:

“Even left-wing Americans … don’t want to recognize the mess they’ve got in their own backyard,” he said.

This is sad, but true. Let’s take a deeper look at the data and you can make your own judgments. According to this Iraq Coalition Casualty Report, there have been 2,853 troops killed and confirmed by the DOD; and according to this left wing, anti-war website (numbers probably inflated but okay for this purpose), there have been between 47,000 and 52,000 civilians killed in Iraq. Total population in Iraq is 26,074,906.

Now for the numbers in Florida; the FBI Crime Lab reports the following data for 2005:

Violent Crime - 125,957
Murder/Manslaughter - 883
Rape - 6,592
Robbery - 30,141
Aggravated Assault - 88,341
Total Population of Florida - 17,789,864

So, there you have it. Based on the numbers, statistically, it is clearly more dangerous in Florida than it is in Iraq. And my question is, where is the public and media outcry? Why aren’t they featuring this on 60 Minutes or Dateline? I’ll tell you why and goes back to the quote from Gittoes, “”Even left-wing Americans … don’t want to recognize the mess they’ve got in their own backyard”. Wake up America, let’s keep the war in Iraq in perspective.

Tags: iraq, liberals