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Comments on Haloscan Hooks some Big ones

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:03:16 GMT

clipped by: Imnclady
clipper's remarks: If anyone wants to get things off there chest follow the political comments made on Haloscan...there are a few who could use a good talking to.
That way we can be civil on Clipmarks...maybe.

Clip Source: www.haloscan.com

There is no corruption or crime of any kind. As long as we have a police force to whom these crimes are reported, crime doesn't exist.

You're so wrong about everything. The Republicant short answer is: America Love It Or Leave It. And, by the Almighty, don't EVER criticize it, you goddamn hippies. And get off my grass.

That's right. Medical bills on credit cards cannot be charged off in bankruptcy. See I think they saw that when the economy went south all those cards they were passing out like coupons were going to get maxed and trashed. So the growth industry is bill collecting.

And now, thanks to the latest bill shoved through on behalf of MNBA and their ilk, she can bankrupt and STILL be liable for the frikkin' bills.

Clineschickelgruber, I don't know why you Darwin-loving liberals whinge on about the lack of health care for undeserving poor people when this is Darwinism at its finest.

If you don't agree with this, you are hypocrites to your own Theory of "Evolution."

Tags: debate, politics, government, usa

USA or Switzerland-Where Would You Want to Live?

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:12:48 GMT

clipped by: Maxwell_Smart
clipper's remarks: Our constitution would work if we used it. How much peace there would be in the world if so! This was a great article.

Clip Source: www.lewrockwell.com

Switzerland has not been in a foreign war of any kind since 1815.

In addition to the encircling foreign marauders, Switzerland itself is composed of four different ethnic groups (German, French, Italian, Romansh) that get along as well as, e.g., Germans and French. They don’t even speak the same language.

Yet the Swiss peace prevails through the centuries. The Kaiser didn’t attack the Swiss. Hitler didn’t attack the Swiss (though he thought about it a lot). Stalin started to pursue some refugees into Liechtenstein at the end of WWII, but retreated rather than face the Swiss-Liechtenstein alliance. Terrorists don’t attack the Swiss.

Nobody attacks the Swiss. Not even the Swiss attack the Swiss; their crime rate is minuscule.

The features of the Swiss system for keeping the peace are simple. They have a president with no power to declare war

strict gun control. By which they mean that every Swiss male must have a gun, except for those who also have to carry a missile launcher or a mortar

10 Effective Ways To Protect Yourself Against Identity Theft

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:04:31 GMT

clipped by: digitalfever

Clip Source: www.a2boffice.co.uk

Coming up next month is identity fraud prevention week. It runs from the 8th to the 14th of October and is designed to help you protect yourself against different types of fraud. Listed below are 10 different things you can do to protect yourself or your business against identity theft.

Tags: crime, fraud, top 10, identity theft

TImes on debate to legalize

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:10:09 GMT

clipped by: defran

Clip Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

You will have heard the argument because it surfaces almost every time a doping scandal hits the back pages: if we cannot control performance-enhancing drugs, legalise them. Swing open the door and accept a new kind of level playing field where doping is no longer a crime. The fact that steroids drove Taylor Hooton, a 17-year-old pitcher at a Texas high school, to kill himself should bring the debate to an end.

meth crime

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:16:48 GMT

clipped by: tripleone
clipper's remarks: Drugs and crime are often related, When a person is "high" he can commit any crime due to not being in senses.I wonder why people don’t think about it.

Clip Source: www.vistabay.com

But this substance abuse accounts for more than just vehicular crimes, Alcohol is also most closely linked to violent crimes. In 1998, the Bureau of Justice Statistics reported that 3 million crimes that occur each year have been while under the influence of alcohol. Among domestic abuse cases, 3 out of 4 incidents involved alcohol.

Tags: meth crime

crime substance

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:27:08 GMT

clipped by: spacebar12
clipper's remarks: Theft, in many forms, is the most common type of crime committed to support heroin addiction.There are many surprising facts of drugs on this page, worth bookmarking.

Clip Source: www.vistabay.com

Did you know that drug users are six times more likely to commit crimes than non-drug users? Maybe it is no mystery that drugs and crime are often related, but who exactly is doing what? Are the stoners committing murders? Are the crackheads stealing from the local grocery mart? Are the ecstasy-eating ravers stealing cars? Which drugs are most commonly connected with violent crimes, and what do we need to watch out for?

Tags: crime substance

cannabis crime

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:24:31 GMT

clipped by: speedybird
clipper's remarks: I never thought marijuana can be that much harmful and disastrous, it is stated on this website " In fact, this is the most used illegal drug in the United States with nearly 69 million Americans over the age of 12 having tried it. Oddly enough, It is also the largest crop in California."

Clip Source: www.vistabay.com

Do stoners really murder people? Indepth look into drug crimes.

Tags: cannabis crime

cocaine crime

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:05:47 GMT

clipped by: chalend
clipper's remarks: These numbers have made me think about the prohibition times; I know it will be almost impossible to go back to those “happy days” but I think it will be possible to decrease the consume by raising the alcohol taxes.

Clip Source: www.vistabay.com

Tags: law

marijuana crime

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:51:16 GMT

clipped by: farfuridi
clipper's remarks: Here is another interesting article about the relationship between drugs and murders; everybody knows these two are related from “childhood” and here are some interesting facts and statistics.

Clip Source: www.vistabay.com

Tags: crimes

Japanese murder investigators fooled by life-sized sex doll

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:42:56 GMT

clipped by: Smoke TNT

Clip Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Police in Japan have been left red-faced by an apparent murder that turned out to be an unusual case of mistaken identity.

Fifteen officers were dispatched to the scene, where they discovered a human form wrapped in plastic and tightly bound around the neck, midriff and ankles, with hair protruding from one end.

The body was left untouched and taken away for examination, and the crime scene duly secured by a police cordon.

They began preparing to write up the launch of a major murder investigation.

Dozens of extra officers were dispatched to interview potential witnesses, while the evening edition of the local newspaper carried a report of the gruesome find, complete with a photograph of the body's resting place.

By mid-afternoon, the body was in the hands of police pathologists. But when they sliced open the wrapping, they were confronted not by a decomposing corpse, but by a life-sized sex doll.

A police spokesman

defended his officers, saying they had simply been following protocol

Tags: japan, weird, police

New fingerprint method could unlock cold cases

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:17:04 GMT

clipped by: A53GG4

Clip Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

New fingerprint method could unlock cold cases

Allows police to lift prints from bullets even if the casing has been wiped

By Michael Kahn

updated 8:04 p.m. ET, Thurs., Sept. 4, 2008

LONDON - It's a discovery that would make even Sherlock Holmes proud.

British scientists have developed a new crime-fighting technique that allows police to lift fingerprints from bullets even if a criminal has wiped down a shell casing.

Authorities in Britain and the United States used the method to re-open three cold cases, including a U.S. double murder that police are now optimistic of solving, said John Bond, the physicist who developed the technique.

"In one case there was enough evidence that could lead to an identification of an offender," said Bond, a researcher at the University of Leicester and consultant at Northamptonshire Police in Britain.

Tags: science

St. Paul Mayor and Media Mum on Journalism Crackdown

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:39:23 GMT

clipped by: A53GG4

Clip Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

St. Paul Mayor and Media Mum on Journalism Crackdown

Posted September 3, 2008 | 11:40 AM (EST)

In St. Paul this week, a new generation of media makers is under assault by the city's mayor and law enforcement officers.

These local officials think freedom of the press extends only to their allies in mainstream media.

For the rest of us, practicing journalism is a crime.

While reports of brutal police arrests and home invasions are still coming in, by Tuesday night the picture became clear. Dozens of journalists, photographers, bloggers and videomakers had been arrested in an orchestrated round up of independents covering the Republican National Convention.

Targeting the New Press

The list of those detained ranges from the well-known (Democracy Now's Amy Goodman) and well-established (Associated Press photographer Matt Rourke) -- to the bootstrapping bloggers and video makers who are covering local protests for TheUptake.org, Twin Cities Indymedia, I-Witness and other outlets.

Tags: journalism

Are there two Americas?

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:31:14 GMT

clipped by: jimbo1000
clipper's remarks: Is this true?

Clip Source: www.guardian.co.uk

there are two hopelessly incompatible Americas

Small-town Americans have values and a lot of those values are good ones: neighbourliness, family life, a knowledge of the land and what grows in it. The other America they see on TV seems without ethics - crime, violence, drug addiction, pornography and prostitution - and they don't want any part of it.

So clear is the divide between big-city and small-town America that one American friend said to me: "These whitebread Republicans are like children - someone has to tell them what to do and what to think, they're incapable of independent ideas."

Tags: us election, election, politics

FBI Wanted Obama Plotters Charged, But A Rove Appointee Said No

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:30:29 GMT

clipped by: ratilfar
clipper's remarks: Cont....

Note the language used by Eid in dismissing the gravity of the case: the case isn't serious because they were "more aspirational, perhaps, than operational"? Well, when it was the Liberty Seven -- black Muslim men who were described by the FBI as "aspirational rather than operational" -- there was no hesitation by the Justice Department in bringing charges.

Another funny thing: When a black man in prison sent a threatening letter containing baby powder to John McCain, Troy Eid brought down the full force of the law, complete with press conferences and public declarations that "We won't stand for threats of this kind in Colorado."

But when it’s a claque of white men with rifles, disguises, and all the accoutrement of a conspiracy – as well as open admissions to it – Troy Eid isn’t worried. After all, they just a bunch of harmless, tweakers, right? … Just like little Timmy McVeigh.

Clip Source: dneiwert.blogspot.com

We noticed last week that it was awfully peculiar that Colorado’s U.S. Attorney, Troy Eid, had so airily dismissed conspiracy charges against the three white-supremacist tweakers who were caught planning to assassinate Barack Obama at last week’s Democratic National Convention in Denver.

Now it turns out that those suspicions were fully warranted:

The plot is similar to that in the 1992 movie "The Bodyguard" starring actors Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston. In the movie, Costner stops an assassination attempt against Houston by spotting a weapon hidden inside a gutted-out TV camera.

Based on the evidence, FBI special agent Robert Sawyer believed there was probable cause to charge the men with conspiracy to kill Senator Obama. However, US Attorney Troy Eid last week said there is insufficient evidence to indicate a true threat, plot or conspiracy against the senator.

Tags: obama, plot, assasination, fbi, crime, justice, rove

SmartWater - A smart solution to deter theft

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:52:17 GMT

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Clip Source: www.smartwater.com

A smart solution to deter theft

SmartWater is a colourless liquid solution that is simply dabbed onto the uneven surfaces of your valuables.

It can be used to code all sorts of items such as jewellery, ornaments, electrical items and even your motor vehicle. Each bottle contains a unique chemical ‘code’ which is registered to you – conclusively proving ownership. It cannot be easily seen by the naked eye and is almost impossible to remove. The liquid glows under ultraviolet light making it easy for the Police to detect.

The Police use it in undercover operations to catch and convict criminals. Criminals know about SmartWater and fear its power to forensically link them with the scene of a crime.

So, by coding your valuables and displaying the SmartWater deterrent signs, you are sending out a powerful warning to any thieves and burglars operating in your area.

Tags: smartwater, chemical, code, criminals, protection