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save the planet , don,t drink water

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:37:25 GMT

clipped by: zadoz
clipper's remarks: scare tactics sends people delusional

Scare tactics make me sick

I STAGGERED into my local hospital's emergency department last Thursday and found out just how sick the global warming alarmists really are.

Not a single bed to be had. Not there, or anywhere near, either, I was told.

No, I'm not saying the beds were all filled with people sick with "climate change delusion" -- described by the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry as a condition that gives victims "visions of apocalyptic events", that leaves them too scared to drink a glass of water for fear "that, due to climate change, (their) own water consumption could lead within days to the deaths of millions of people".

Global warming prophets have had great success in screaming at us to repent or die.

Yet scaring people to death has now become so standard and so shameless that even our local councils now pay experts to terrify the locals, hoping fear will make them believe a new faith that reason insists they doubt.

Tags: climate, global warming, hospitals

545 People

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:10:30 GMT

clipped by: mklosinski
clipper's remarks: Leave no incumbent in office.

Clip Source: www.dailypaul.com

Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.

One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one president and nine Supreme Court justices - 545 human beings out of the 300 million - are directly, legally, morally and individually responsible for the
domestic problems that plague this country.

Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that what they did is not their fault. They cooperate in this common con regardless of party.

What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive amount of gall.

It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 300 million can not
replace 545 people who stand convicted -- by present facts - of
incompetence and irresponsibility.

I can't think of a single domestic problem that is not traceable
directly to those 545 people.

We should vote all of them out of office and clean up their mess!

Tags: congress

Dealing with Difficult People

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:49:51 GMT

clipped by: dakotayii
clipper's remarks: In other words, please FUCK OFF and leave me alone and I am not saying a thing. Very valid point.

Clip Source: thinksimplenow.com

No matter where we go, we will face people who are negative, people who oppose our ideas, people who piss us off or people who simply do not like us. There are 6.4 billion people out there and conflict is a fact of life

Why Bother Controlling Our Responses?

Hurting Ourselves - One of my favorite sayings is “Holding a grudge against someone is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.”

It’s Not About You, It’s About Them

It’s not personal, so why do we take it personally

Battle of the Ego

Anger Feeds Anger. Negativity Feeds Negativity. - Rarely can any good come out of reacting against someone who is in a negative state

Negativity Spreads

Freedom of Speech - People are as entitled to their opinions as you are. Allow them to express how they feel and let it be

Tags: health

Mind if I borrow that speech

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:01:30 GMT

clipped by: sillysam
clipper's remarks: Biden's speech continued: "Those same people who read poetry and wrote poetry and taught me how to sing verse? Is it because they didn't work hard? My ancestors, who worked in the coal mines of Northeast Pennsylvania and would come up after 12 hours and play football for four hours?" Biden's Welsh accent was as phony as Madonna's British accent.

If this were merely a failure to cite Kinnock, why was Labor Leader Neil Kinnock talking about the Biden family and the coal mines of Pennsylvania?

Biden not only lifted -- as The New York Times reported -- Kinnock's "phrases, gestures and lyrical Welsh syntax intact," but also his entire life story.

Clip Source: townhall.com

Kinnock said: "Why am I the first Kinnock in a thousand generations to be able to get to university? Why is (my wife) Glenys the first woman in her family in a thousand generations to be able to get to university? Was it because all our predecessors were thick?"

Biden said: "I started thinking as I was coming over here, why is it that Joe Biden is the first in his family ever to go to a university? Why is it that my wife who is sitting out there in the audience is the first in her family to ever go to college? Is it because our fathers and mothers were not bright?"

Kinnock's speech continued: "Those people who could sing and play and recite and write poetry? Those people who could make wonderful, beautiful things with their hands? Those people who could dream dreams, see visions? Why didn't they get it? Was it because they were weak? Those people who could work eight hours underground and then come up and play football? Weak?"

Top 10 endangered languages

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:08:26 GMT

clipped by: hitchhiker08
clipper's remarks: So much to learn...

Clip Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Peter K Austin's top 10 endangered languages

The linguistics professor and author shares a personal selection from the thousands of languages on the brink of disappearing

So how to choose a top 10 from more than 3,000 endangered languages?

take into account four factors: (1) geographical coverage

(2) scientific interest

3) cultural interest

(4) social impact

1. Jeru

Jeru (or Great Andamanese) is spoken by fewer than 20 people on the Andaman Islands in the Indian Ocean.

2. N|u (also called Khomani)

a Khoisan language spoken by fewer than 10 elderly people

in the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park in South Africa

3. Ainu

spoken by a small number of old people on the island of Hokkaido

4. Thao

central Taiwan is the home of the Thao language, now spoken by a handful of old people

5. Yuchi

spoken in Oklahoma, USA, by just five people all aged over 75

6. Oro Win

in western Rondonia State, Brazil

7. Kusunda

hunter-gatherers from western Nepal

8. Ter Sami

9. Guugu Yimidhirr

10. Ket

spoken along

eastern Siberia

Tags: languages, linguistics, tribes, extinct, geographical, scientific, cultural, social

Pelosi's Shameful Record of Voting Against Military

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:32:37 GMT

clipped by: merrie
clipper's remarks: Despite the calls for improved military absentee voting procedures by the people affected most, not a single Democrat crossed the aisle to co-sponsor a bill introduced by Rep. Roy Blunt that would have created a clearer path to having absentee military ballots counted in the 2008 election and beyond.

Democrats, led by Speaker Pelosi, ultimately killed efforts to improve GI suffrage instead of working to extend the most basic democratic right to the men and women serving our country overseas. America is not fooled by Pelosi's empty words.

Retired U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Charles Henry wrote in the July issue of the U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings: 'While virtually everyone involved...seems to agree that military people deserve at least equal opportunity when it comes to having their votes counted, indications are that in November 2008, many thousands of service members who try to vote will do so in vain.' (Washington Post, 7/24/08)

Clip Source: blog.nrcc.org

Last night, Speaker Nancy Pelosi took the podium and shamelessly pandered to members and veterans of America's military with empty lines intended to trick the American people into believing that the Democrat-controlled Congress might have accomplished something worthwhile over the course of the last two years. Unsurprisingly, Pelosi's words rang hollow, which is to be expected from the leader of the most unpopular Congress in the nation's history. Her tepid support for the military in last night's speech can't hide the Democrat majority's shameful record of voting against military members and veterans.

Though Pelosi would like veterans to think that, despite her previous record, she is now a great supporter of the American military, she refused to support a June 2008 bill that would have made overseas absentee voting easier for military members. According to a report in the Washington Post:

Tags: pelosi, u.s.troops, absentee voting, roy blunt's bill

tax meat?

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:02:03 GMT

clipped by: silvanaraihane

Clip Source: blogs.wsj.com

PETA’s Pork Project: No Ham for These Pigs

The pigs are spokes-swine for a campaign by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) to get people to eat less meat. The pigs are one of dozens of public relations efforts by interest groups large and small – serious and silly – to harness the big media spotlight here to shine on their concerns.

Activists are marching to clean up the environment. Gay-rights groups are pushing for same-sex marriage laws. The hotel and tourism industry is trying to draw attention to issues that promote travel and tourism in the U.S.

And a group of jokers are handing out material to pedestrians at the outdoor 16th Street Mall calling for a crack down on bird watching. The group directs people to its Web site (www.stopbirdporn.com), where they accuse bird-watchers of being peeping-toms, among other things.

Few of the people who come over for a piggy photo-op have heard of the idea before. It doesn’t always sizzle.

udusiłem żone

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:30:00 GMT

clipped by: michal21
clipper's remarks: Only for polish people

Clip Source: pl.youtube.com

Eco-Friendly Dubai Pyramid Concept Could House 1.1 Million

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:24:20 GMT

clipped by: arifsali

Clip Source: www.switched.com

As we learned from 'Wall-E,' people with half a mind for themselves probably won't be kosher with living with 1.1 million or so other inhabitants within a pyramid. That being said, there's always the brainwash approach to getting 'em in there, and if hordes of people were ever filed into the conceptual Ziggurat, Mother Earth would surely appreciate it.

The 2.3-square kilometer building would be able to house over 1 million people and be "almost totally self-sufficient energy-wise." By tapping into the planet's renewable resources, designers assert that it could practically be carbon-neutral, and given that transport within the machine would be connected by an "integrated 360-degree network," fuel-burning cars would be pointless. As with most things in Dubai, this one seems larger than life, but if the Burj Al Arab is any indication, there's at least a minuscule chance this thing comes to fruition. [From: World Architecture News via Inhabitat]

Tags: dubai, environment, future, architecture

The Numbers Speak for Themselves

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:20:10 GMT

clipped by: Emalee217
clipper's remarks: Any thoughts?

Clip Source: www.disaboom.com

The results of Disaboom's latest survey are now out. CNNMoney reports:

91 percent of people with disabilities think they receive less attention than other minority groups from the presidential candidates, according to a poll recently conducted by Disaboom (OTCBB: DSBO) (www.disaboom.com), the premier online community for people with disabilities. With the current conventions and upcoming debates, people with disabilities are looking to the presidential candidates to present opinions, insights and solutions about topics that affect them, the largest minority group in America.

A recent Kelton Research study, commissioned by Disaboom, also indicated that one in four Americans believe that people with disabilities receive less support from the presidential candidates.

Three White People Who Won't Be Voting For Barak Obama

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:46:53 GMT

clipped by: ouyangwulong
clipper's remarks: People still keep talking about how racism among "working class whites" (that's media code for "po' white trash") will not vote for Obama because he is black.

I'm getting seriously tired of this. Working class people in America aren't any more racist than the class of Americans who are too wealthy to work.

Sure, there are some people who are racist and won't vote for him, and that shocks people so it gets a lot of attention. But seriously, look at these three guys: do you think they vote AT ALL? (remember, something like 60% of America doesn't!)

Nobody is talking about all the working class whites who had trouble voting for John Kerry or Al Gore. If Obama loses, it will be because of the pathetic Democratic Party itself, not because he is black.

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

From left, Shawn R. Adolf, Tharin R. Gartrell and Nathan D. Johnson were arrested Sunday on drug and weapons charges.

“We’re taking it very seriously,” said Troy Eid, the United States attorney for Colorado, at a news conference on Tuesday. But he said the racist rants that the men made after their arrests on Sunday — all three for possession of methamphetamine, and two of them on weapons charges — had not risen to the level of a “credible threat” that would have allowed federal charges of threatening Mr. Obama to be filed.

Tags: obama, methamphetemines, drugs, conspiracy, assassination, white working class voters

Cellular for the deaf

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:35:31 GMT

clipped by: balthazarus
clipper's remarks: Cell phones are an extension of our body, thus it is not a surprise...

Clip Source: uwnews.org

Signing by cell: Can you see me now?

A group at the UW has developed software that for the first time enables deaf and hard-of-hearing Americans to use sign language over a mobile phone.

Computer science doctoral student Anna Cavender, who learned sign language after joining the MobileASL group, demonstrates the device. Users can hold the phone in front of them and sign with one hand, but most people prefer to set the phone on a table and sign with both hands.

This is the first time two-way real-time video communication has been demonstrated over cell phones in the United States

The video is posted at http://youtube.com/watch?v=FaE1PvJwI8E.

For mobile communication, deaf people now communicate by cell phone using text messages. "But the point is you want to be able to communicate in your native language," Riskin said. "For deaf people that's American Sign Language."

They discovered that the most important part of the image to transmit in high resolution is around the face

Tags: technology, cell phone, deaf

Crocodile eats man who sought its blessing

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:06:31 GMT

clipped by: Silkweaver
clipper's remarks: Another example of the controversial Deity - Devotee relationships.

Clip Source: weirdandinteresting.blogspot.com

A CROCODILE killed and ate a 25-year-old man in Bangladesh after he waded into a pond next to a shrine hoping to be blessed by the animal, police say.

hundreds of people visit the shrine every day to offer hens and goats to the five crocodiles living in the pond. Part of the ritual involves bathing in the water.

"He went into the pond hoping to be blessed when a crocodile attacked him and dragged him into the deep part of the pond,''

"This is a very unusual incident. Normally, the crocodiles are very friendly and do not harm people.''

about 25 people dived into the pond following the attack yesterday, but could not find the man's body.

It washed ashore today and had been largely eaten,

Tags: animal life, religion

PEW internet survey

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:56:51 GMT

clipped by: nilly

Clip Source: www.pewinternet.org

*60% of internet users say they are not worried about how much information is available about them online.

*38% of internet users say they have taken steps to limit the amount of online information that is available about them.

*72% of people searchers have sought contact information online.
*37% of people searchers look to the Web for information about someone’s professional accomplishments or interests.
*33% of people searchers have sought out someone’s profile on a social and professional networking site.
*31% have searched for someone’s photo.
*31% have searched for someone else’s public records, such as real estate transactions, divorce proceedings, bankruptcies, or other legal actions.

* 28% have searched for someone’s personal background information.

More than who you are

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:18:57 GMT

clipped by: balthazarus
clipper's remarks: I think that we will see more drugs that will improve the performances of us humans.

and then again, why not?

Clip Source: www.sciencedaily.com

Healthy People And Enhancement Drugs

According to a new study, people's willingness to take a pill or drug depends on whether the trait the drug promises to enhance is one they consider fundamental.

As many young people without diagnosed disorders or deficits take Ritalin or Adderall to improve concentration or anti-depressants to lift their moods, this study examines what makes healthy people willing to take pills.

"We suggest that people's willingness to take psychological enhancements will largely depend on beliefs about whether those enhancements will alter characteristics considered fundamental to self-identity," the authors write.

they found that participants responded more positively to a drug promising to help them become "more than who you are," than one that would allow them to become "who you are

The most common reason participants said they wouldn't want to take a pill was because it would "fundamentally change who I am."

Tags: drugs, enhancement