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New Street Lights To Have “Homeland Security” Applications
Post Date: 2011-10-26 12:57:47 by Brian S
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New street lights that include “Homeland Security” applications including speaker systems, motion sensors and video surveillance are now being rolled out with the aid of government funding. The Intellistreets system comprises of a wireless digital infrastructure that allows street lights to be controlled remotely by means of a ubiquitous wi-fi link and a miniature computer housed inside each street light, allowing for “security, energy management, data harvesting and digital media,” according to the Illuminating Concepts website.According to the company’s You Tube video of the concept, the primary capabilities of the devices include “energy conservation, ...
FBI Reports Gang 'Infiltration' Of U.S. Military
Post Date: 2011-10-26 12:56:05 by Brian S
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Gang members have been signing up with the United States Armed Forces, posing a "significant criminal threat" to law enforcement, according to a report by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). "Gang infiltration of the military continues to pose a significant criminal threat, as members of at least 53 gangs have been identified on both domestic and international military installations," the report says, resulting in American gang graffiti in Iraq, among other things. Every branch of the military contains some gang members, the FBI reported, but most gang members join the Army, the Army Reserves, and the U.S. National Guard. And gang member enlistment doesn't ...
Top 1% are getting even richer
Post Date: 2011-10-26 10:59:01 by go65
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From 1979 to 2007, average household income for the nation's top 1% more than tripled, while middle-class incomes grew by less than 40%, according to a new report from a research arm of Congress. While those at the top have seen their incomes soar over the past three decades, middle-class and lower incomes have stagnated, the report by the Congressional Budget Office found. "Over the past three decades, the distribution of income in the United States has become increasingly dispersed -- in particular, the share of income accruing to high-income households has increased, whereas the share accruing to other households has declined," the CBO said. For the top 1% of the ...
Rick Perry And The Willingham Case: The Ultimate Injustice? (Perry executes an innocent man)
Post Date: 2011-10-26 10:56:38 by go65
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In the Reagan Library Republican debate, NBC anchor Brian Williams asked Governor Rick Perry whether in the course of his 234 executions, he ever struggled to sleep at night on the chance that one of the death row inmates might be innocent. The first and entirely bizarre response came from the audience, which erupted in cheers at the mention of executions. Executions, yes! The governor’s response was not as giddy: “No sir I’ve never struggled with that at all.” And then: “In the state of Texas, if you come into our state and you kill one of our children, you kill a police officer, you’re involved in another crime and you kill one of our citizens, you will face ...
Feds Embrace Lying in Response to Public-Record Requests (Obama the Liar)
Post Date: 2011-10-25 21:43:54 by A K A Stone
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The Justice Department is proposing new Freedom of Information Act rules allowing the government to inform the public that records do not exist even if they do. The proposal, published in the Federal Registrar for comment, may codify existing practice, as the government has already lied to requesters of public records that relevant documents did not exist. Under normal practice, which seems Orwellian enough, the government may assert that it can neither confirm nor deny that relevant records exist if the matter involves national security. Under the latest proposal, however, FOIA requesters might not sue to challenge the designation because the government has told them they did not exist, ...
CAT FIGHT! THE FUR FLIES! FURIOUS FIRST WOOKII vs. FOOD QUEEN
Post Date: 2011-10-25 09:34:53 by Happy Quanzaa
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AMERICAN GROWN FOOD FIGHT! OBAMA vs. DEAN! First lady MICHLLE OBAMA fuming as PAULA DEEN dishes on her unhealthy eating habits despite new book “American Grown” PR blitz! MICHELLE OBAMA is now furious with Southern cooking queen PAULA DEEN for crowing that the first lady, a healthy-eating advocate who’s waging a war against childhood obesity, pigs out on fattening foods. While plugging her new book, “Paula Deen’s Southern Cooking Bible,” the feisty TV chef took a pot shot at Michelle for gorging herself on greasy french fries, fatty hot chicken wings and sugary deep-fried Snickers bars! “Michelle’s spitting mad,” a source ...
John McCarthy — Father of AI and Lisp — Dies at 84
Post Date: 2011-10-25 07:36:22 by A K A Stone
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When IBM’s Deep Blue supercomputer won its famous chess rematch with then world champion Garry Kasparov in May 1997, the victory was hailed far and wide as a triumph of artificial intelligence. But John McCarthy — the man who coined the term and pioneered the field of AI research — didn’t see it that way. As far back as the mid-60s, chess was called the “Drosophila of artificial intelligence” — a reference to the fruit flies biologists used to uncover the secrets of genetics — and McCarthy believed his successors in AI research had taken the analogy too far. “Computer chess has developed much as genetics might have if the geneticists had ...
President Obama Bypasses Congress With Mortgage Plan
Post Date: 2011-10-24 18:27:32 by Brian S
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LAS VEGAS — President Barack Obama traveled Monday to Las Vegas, epicenter of the real estate meltdown, to unveil a plan to limit damage from the housing market’s downward spiral on the broader US economy. Thwarted by Republican opposition to his bigger jobs and stimulus package, Obama plans this week to unveil initiatives that do not need congressional backing, starting with mortgage relief that could help millions of Americans. The president’s three-day, tri-state tour was to take him first to Nevada, where the bottom has fallen out of the housing market and which has the highest unemployment of any US state — 13.4 percent. At Monday’s event to be held at 2130 ...
Occupy movement spins off OccupyMARINES and Occupy Police
Post Date: 2011-10-24 12:39:37 by Brian S
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The Occupy Wall Street movement has recently expanded beyond merely occupying parks and other physical territory and is staking out a new realm of metaphorical occupations that includes both OccupyMARINES and Occupy Police. The inspiration for OccupyMARINES came when Marine Sergeant Shamar Thomas confronted police officers who were threatening to arrest OWS protesters in Times Square on October 15, yelling, “Stop hurting these people, man! … How do you sleep at night? There is no honor in this!” According to Business Insider, members of the new movement began by reaching out to other former marines but “have now called on veterans of other branches of the military to ...
Heman Cain Supports Pro-Life Amendment - will "sign it"
Post Date: 2011-10-24 12:39:28 by go65
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Now, in a new interview with David Brody of CBN News, Cain says he would support a Human Life Amendment to the Constitution to afford legal protection for the 1.2 million unborn children who die in abortions annually since the Roe v. Wade decision. “Are you for some sort of pro-life amendment to the constitution that in essence would trump Roe v. Wade?” Brody asks. “Yes. Yes I feel that strongly about it. If we can get the necessary support and it comes to my desk I’ll sign it. That’s all I can do. I will sign it,” Cain responds. Click for Full Text!
Rasmussen: Obama 44 - Cain 38
Post Date: 2011-10-24 12:03:19 by go65
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Herman Cain's surge to front-runner status prompted his Republican rivals to pile on during last Tuesday night's debate and also brought on a lot more media coverage about him. After taking a very slight lead over President Obama last week, Cain now trails the incumbent by six points in the latest hypothetical Election 2012 matchup. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Likely Voters shows Obama picking up 44% of the vote, while Cain earns 38%. Click for Full Text!
MCCAIN: 'Dictators' Like Vladimir Putin Must Be Scared
Post Date: 2011-10-24 09:47:47 by Get Outta Dodge!
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Ouch. Former Presidential candidate John McCain has given a (somewhat surprising) knock to Russian President Vladimir Putin in the aftermath of Muammar Qaddafi's death. "I think dictators all over the world, including Bashar al-Assad, maybe even Mr. Putin, maybe some Chinese, maybe all of them, may be a little bit more nervous," McCain said in an interview with the BBC yesterday (via Bloomberg reports). "It's the spring, not just the Arab spring." Stern words considering the Obama administration's talk of a "reset" with Russia, but given reports about threats of unrest in Russia and the Russian army stocking up on snipers, perhaps prescient Read ...
JUSTIA.COM SURGICALLY REMOVED “MINOR v HAPPERSETT” FROM 25 SUPREME COURT OPINIONS IN RUN UP TO ’08 ELECTION.
Post Date: 2011-10-24 07:10:44 by A K A Stone
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Earlier version, Far more Usefull Links to the manipulation of text. This is a complex and yet straightforward attempt to control, not lawyers, but News Media. hr } JUSTIA.COM SURGICALLY REMOVED “MINOR v HAPPERSETT” FROM 25 SUPREME COURT OPINIONS IN RUN UP TO ’08 ELECTION. Posted in Uncategorized on October 20, 2011 by naturalborncitizen [UPDATE: 5:03 PM Oct. 20, 2011 - Dianna Cotter's report "JustiaGate" appears at Examiner.com] New evidence conclusively establishes that 25 U.S. Supreme Court opinions were sabotaged then republished at Justia.com during the run up to the ’08 election. My prior report documented the scrubbing of just two cases. But last ...
Sen. Rand Paul Sarcastically Uses "Pass This Bill" Chant
Post Date: 2011-10-23 19:23:06 by A K A Stone
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Go Rand Paul.
FIRST-PERSON: Is Mormonism Christian?
Post Date: 2011-10-23 17:53:02 by Ferret Mike
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KANSAS City, Mo. (BP) -- Dr. Robert Jeffress of First Baptist Church of Dallas touched a very sensitive nerve when he referred to the Mormon church and faith as a cult. People have raised the issue and the question, "What, in fact, are evangelicals' attitudes towards Mormons?" That has been the focus of much of the inquiry thrown at Jeffress. It is important for us to remember that the question here is much broader than just evangelicals. Virtually every self-confessed Christian movement in America rejects Mormonism as a true expression of biblical or traditional Christian faith to the point that ex-Mormons are generally asked to be baptized again when joining a non-LDS ...
New way to predict cancer returning?
Post Date: 2011-10-23 02:01:18 by A K A Stone
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Researchers have developed a new breast cancer test “that predicts whether or not their breast cancer will return after surgery”, The Daily Telegraph has today reported. The newspaper says the test may mean that thousands of women with a low risk of recurrence could be spared unnecessary chemotherapy. The story is based on new research that compared an existing method for predicting cancer recurrence, the Oncotype DX recurrence score (RS), and an adapted version that also took other clinical data into account. To test this new method, called the “recurrence score-pathology-clinical assessment” (RSPC), researchers examined long-term study data on 1,444 women with ...
Cop Steals Weed, Gets High, Thinks He's Gonna Die Calls 911
Post Date: 2011-10-23 01:58:55 by A K A Stone
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What's Wrong With This Picture?
Post Date: 2011-10-23 01:55:17 by A K A Stone
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They say a picture is worth a thousand words. I came across this table this morning and could not help but pass it along. It is a list of Romney and Paul contributors. If you don't like Paul just look at Romneys contributors. Any of the contributor names look familiar? The man is clearly bought and paid for as are the majority of professional politicians. Why is it that the American people are such suckers for good looks and slick talk? Romney fills the bill. They say insanity is doing the same thing over and over again whilst expecting different results. I think American voters have gone completely insane. Poor old Ron Paul. He doesn't stand a chance. He is a tiny curmudgeonly ...
Cain Hires Team To Produce Plan To Make America Energy Independent
Post Date: 2011-10-23 01:50:48 by A K A Stone
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Businessman Herman Cain said Saturday in Iowa that if elected president he would make the U.S. energy independent but that his plan to do so was still being developed. “We will have an energy independence strategy because America has the resources to become energy independent. We have enough oil, coal, natural gas, shale oil,” Cain said at the Iowa Faith and Freedom dinner in Des Moines. “We have the resources to become energy independent, and my team is already working on putting that strategy together.” Cain said the Obama administration had no energy strategy. He said that the U.S. needs to produce it’s own energy and stop relying on sources “in countries ...
DC Mayor “We’re Not Going to be Instruments of Federal Law “on Immigration
Post Date: 2011-10-23 01:46:16 by A K A Stone
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District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray has signed an executive order prohibiting police officers and all city agencies from questioning people about their immigration status and limiting the District’s cooperation with federal officials when it comes to deportation proceedings. The order signed Wednesday was cheered by advocates for immigrants, but it does not mean illegal immigrants arrested in the District can not be deported. Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Paul Quander said the District is not opting out of a mandatory federal program called Secure Communities , which directs local agencies to share fingerprints collected from people in local jails with the Department of ...
Tiny Bugs Are Controlling Your Mind!
Post Date: 2011-10-23 01:39:29 by A K A Stone
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Before you take another probiotic cap, you may want to read this. Yet another study at McMaster University in Canada suggests that gut bacteria might be able to alter your brain chemistry and change your mood and behavior, reports Science NOW. Are billions of bacteria influencing your moods? (Credit: Udo's Choice) We reported on earlier research on gut bacteria at McMaster University and at Ohio State University. We also mentioned some heady speculations at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center on a new field of microbial endocrinology, “where microbiology meets neuroscience.” In the new study, McMaster researchers take a slightly bolder step. They fed mice a broth ...
Occupy Eugene Ongoing - Consensus model working so far [My home city's Occupy protest] [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2011-10-22 17:00:35 by Ferret Mike
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People in suits and people in casual clothes, cubical workers and day laborers, Duck fans and tie-dye hippies all made their way from the Wayne Morse Free Speech Plaza down to the Ferry Street Bridge Oct. 15 around 4 pm to Occupy Eugene. The crowd of 2,000 beamed smiles at each other — and high-fived the Eugene police — as they marched in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street. The group has drawn together as a nonviolent movement for accountability that is not longer content to let “corporate and special interests run their government,” according to occupyeugene.com “We — are — the 99 percent!” some chanted at the front of the crowd of almost 2,000. ...
PIT BULL RENTAL PREJUDICE
Post Date: 2011-10-22 16:52:11 by Ferret Mike
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Sasha the pit bull and her potential new owner are searching for a pit-friendly home She was the 2010 Oregon Red Cross “Animal Hero of The Year” for her work with at-risk youth at the Serbu Juvenile Justice Center. She’s been in EW; she’s been on the television news. Sasha the deaf pit bull might have found someone to adopt her, but she’s having trouble finding a home. After reading about Sasha in EW’s Pets issue (7/28) William Novorolsky, who works with the developmentally disabled people who are deaf, says he “felt a very real connection” to the dog. So he sought out Sasha and her foster mom, Micaela Frank. He met Sasha and Frank and decided that ...
In His Last Days, Qaddafi Wearied of Fugitive’s Life
Post Date: 2011-10-22 16:44:01 by Ferret Mike
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The results of a NATO airstrike on Friday on the Qaddafi stronghold in the outskirts of Surt. MISURATA, Libya — After 42 years of absolute power in Libya, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi spent his last days hovering between defiance and delusion, surviving on rice and pasta his guards scrounged from the emptied civilian houses he moved between every few days, according to an aide captured with him. Under siege by the former rebels for weeks, Colonel Qaddafi grew impatient with life on the run in the city of Surt, said the aide, Mansour Dhao Ibrahim, the leader of the country’s People Guard, a network of loyalist volunteers and informants. “He would say: ‘Why is there no ...
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