Can a former president be charged with treason?an organization that the U.S. government considers one of the leading terrorist threats in the world.
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five feet of fury reports Canada's busiest litigant, serial "human rights" complainant and -- the guy Mark Steyn has called "Canada’s most sensitive man" -- Richard Warman is now suing his most vocal critics
.... Richard Warman also wants to ban international websites he doesn’t like from being seen by Canadians.
If you can't defeat them in a debate, sue them. This man must be stopped.The folks named in his new law suit are the very bloggers who have been most outspoken in their criticism of Warman’s methods.
Maybe what is really needed it a revuew of the decision to hold it in a country with a human rights record people would want to protest.... "It must provide a proper forum for the peaceful expression of opinions and dissent,” said the head of the US Olympic Committee.
That is exactly what China does not want.“And it must safely and respectfully welcome the flame and honour the U.S. athletes and other participants who will carry the torch.”
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When did Queen Hillary discover that?“Election are about choices. You’re supposed to present your case and you’re supposed to critique the other case. That’s what you do in an election,” she said. “This country is worth fighting for, and I’m going to fight for it.” The crowd erupted in a standing ovation.
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And no newspaperman have ever died in the newsoom?A growing work force of home-office laborers and entrepreneurs, armed with computers and smartphones and wired to the hilt, are toiling under great physical and emotional stress created by the around-the-clock Internet economy that demands a constant stream of news and comment.
And is no other job stressful?Of course, the bloggers can work elsewhere,
But would it be less stressful than in their homes, with their families, and where they can eat when they want, sleep when they are tired, don't have to commute to work, etc.and they profess a love of the nonstop action and perhaps the chance to create a global media outlet without a major up-front investment.
Something the NYT fears.At the same time, some are starting to wonder if something has gone very wrong. In the last few months, two among their ranks have died suddenly.
Blogging Causes Herpes
Bloggers Shorter than Normal People
Want To Contract Malaria? Try Blogging
Bloggers Have Bad Breath
Leprosy and Blogging May Be Connected
Hitler Probably Blogged
Now Bloggers Aren't Even Wearing Pajamas
Blogging Fad Almost Over
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But strangle they do not have a copy of the original one. Could that be because what we have today was written before Mohammad was even born?'Beyond Fitna' focuses on the orders given to worldwide Christians in the (distorted version of) Bible for stoking violence, committing genocide, attacking others, beheading and burning women and children who have been taken into captivity.
I hope they will cite the people commtting the violence and the bible verses they say told them to do it. I will feature that film on my blog beside Fitna, and we will see which is more accurate.The documentary recycles film clips from crimes committed by extremist Christians under the inspirations of the said Bible teachings, and aims to provide a response to the allegations made by Pope Benedict XVI, who called Islam a religion of violence after misunderstanding certain Organic verses.
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That is because everyone there is a Muslim, and most are Wahhabi Muslims.The poll adds weight to the vote at a session of the Doha Debates held on March 3 in Doha, where the motion “This house believes that Muslims are failing to combat extremism”, was carried by more than 70% of the audience.
The other 30% were extremists feeling they should have more freedom to expand extremism.In the YouGov survey, nearly half of all Arabs in the Gulf, Levant and North Africa said they have met someone who holds extreme religious views.
And what did they do to change their minds?Asked under what conditions violence is permissible, more than 60% cited Western interference in a Muslim country,
And the other 40% favor Muslim interference in a Western Country.while 55% said offensive words or behavior was a trigger.
They never heard "sticks and stones can break your bones, words can never hurt you."More than half the respondents also believed that poor religious leadership is to blame for today’s extremism – although seven out of 10 said the size of the problem had been exaggerated.
Then if you don't like the interference, stop the extremism, and remove the excuse.In the poll, conducted between March 18 and 23, views of 940 people across the Arab world were surveyed.
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There was a lot of yelling about Fitna, and it appears the cartoon movie that was supposed to follow, will never be made, but I thought this movie at least had a catchy tune.
Hat tip Stable Hand
Hot Air reported Ted Turner said Not doing it will be catastrophic. We’ll be eight degrees hottest in ten, not ten but 30 or 40 years and basically none of the crops will grow.
Not even in Northern states?Most of the people will have died and the rest of us will be cannibals.
I see Ted plans to be one of the cannibals.Civilization will have broken down. The few people left will be living in a failed state — like Somalia or Sudan — and living conditions will be intolerable. The droughts will be so bad there’ll be no more corn grown.
No more corn grown? Oh, my gosh, how will we waste our food making ethanol to make cannibals like Ted happy.Not doing it is suicide. Just like dropping bombs on each other, nuclear weapons is suicide. We’ve got to stop doing the suicidal two things, which are hanging on to our nuclear weapons and after that we’ve got to stabilize the population. When I was born-
Finally the real cause of global warming. It is not the greenhouse gas, it is too many people are using too much stuff. But why does he oppose wars. They would get rid of people and then they would not use too much stuff.If there were less people, they’d be using less stuff.
Jan Helfeld interviews Senator Harry Reid about government coercion. Reid maintains that taxation is voluntary despite all evidence to the contrary.
Protestors calling for violence? Who exactly is inciting violence, a short movie, or the protestors?Geert Wilders, leader of the anti-immigration Freedom Party in the Netherlands, launched his short video on the Internet last week, drawing condemnation from Muslim nations.... "I call on Muslims around the world, if you run into the maker of the film, kill him," said one of the speakers at the rally, Awit Mashuri.
A representative of the "Religion of Peace"."Geert Wilders is a Christian terrorist,"
How many people has he killed? How many bombs has he set off? How many planes has he flown into buildings?declared a placard held up by a protester. "Kill Geert Wilders," read another.
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A baby is not punishment It is a gift from God. Do you and your wife consider your two daughters punishment? I know your wife does not like to spend money sending them to camp or on music lessons, but beside thatI don't want them punished with an STD at age 16,
Abstinence will protect them. Other methods will not.so it doesn't make sense to not give them information."
Keep talking Obama, you will kill your candidacy eventuallyAnti-abortion leaders will be encouraged to make the “punished with a baby” part famous.
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Think Progress lies On ABC’s This Week today, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) falsely claimed that Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) “is not for the private accounts to take the place of social security.” “He’s for what Bill Clinton used to call Social Security plus,” said Lieberman.... As Stephanopoulos noted, McCain has abandoned his initial Social Security plan, which called for “supplementing the current Social Security system with personal accounts,” in order to embrace President Bush’s failed effort to replace the system with private accounts.
That is not what Bush proposed. Bush wanted“I believe that private savings accounts are a part of” Social Security reform “along the lines that President Bush proposed,” McCain told the Wall Street Journal earlier this month.As we fix Social Security, we must make it a better deal for our younger workers by allowing them to put part of their payroll taxes in personal retirement accounts.
- Personal accounts would be entirely voluntary.
- The money would go into a conservative mix of bond and stock funds that would have the opportunity to earn a higher rate of return than anything the current system could provide.
- A young person who earns an average of $35,000 a year over his or her career would have nearly a quarter million dollars saved in his or her own account upon retirement.
- That savings would provide a nest egg to supplement that worker’s traditional Social Security check, or to pass on to his or her children.
- Best of all, it would replace the empty promises of the current system with real assets of ownership.
The other 56% were seen smoking funny cigarettes.88% of Wilders' supporters think so.
What are the other 12% smokingAt the beginning of March 52% of the Dutch feared riots in the Netherlands and 62% expected attacks on Dutch embassies and companies abroad. Now just 20% expect riots at home and 30% expect riots abroad.
But are they going to limit further immigration, and are they going make sure that the ones there adapt to Dutch customs.90% thought the film exceeded their expectations. 82% says that 'a lot of fuss was made about nothing'. 70% think the film is not insulting to Muslims.
It is not. It is only insulting to those that think violence is the answer to everything.About three quarters of those surveyed who had seen Fitna said their image of Islam did not change. 23% think of it more negatively. Three quarters of Wilders' followed had seen the movie in its entirety and the rest want to see it. 93% of supporters thought the film was good to very good. The study was conducted among 10,000 member of the EenVandaag opinion panel.
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Tose officials probably also believe in Global Warming and the Easter Bunny.... If neither Mr Obama nor Mrs Clinton has the 2,025 delegates needed to win the nomination, and if both appear unable to beat Mr McCain, under one scenario a group of about 100 party elders - the "super-delegates" - could sit out the first ballot in Denver, preventing either candidate winning outright,
That should make for some interesting TV coverage.and then offer Mr Gore the nomination for the good of the party. Tim Mahoney, a Democrat congressman from Florida, said last week: "If it goes into the convention, don't be surprised if someone different is at the top of the ticket." This suggests the party would accept a Gore-Clinton or a Gore-Obama pairing.
Blacks are going to be upset if the super delegates take the nomination away from Obama, and give it to a White Woman, just think what they will say if they give it to a White Man. And Hillary's people are so eager for a woman to win, why are they going to prefer a white man to a black man?Following a brief flurry of speculation that he might jump into the race last year, Mr Gore claimed he had "fallen out of love" with politics,
That is because he can make more money selling carbon credits t gullible people.but he has pointedly refused to rule out another tilt at the White House and said that the only job in public life that interests him is the presidency.
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New York Times reported two men filed a lawsuit in federal court in Hawaii turn out to be right. They think a giant particle accelerator that will begin smashing protons together outside Geneva this summer might produce a black hole or something else that will spell the end of the Earth — and maybe the universe.
And they think a district court in Hawaii can stop that?Scientists say that is very unlikely — though they have done some checking just to make sure.
Glad they are checking.The world’s physicists have spent 14 years and $8 billion
And these nuts could not have filed their case before the $8 billion was spent?building the Large Hadron Collider, in which the colliding protons will recreate energies and conditions last seen a trillionth of a second after the Big Bang. Researchers will sift the debris from these primordial recreations for clues to the nature of mass and new forces and symmetries of nature.
I think that has already happened. There are a lot of things happening nw that are pretty strange.Their suit also says CERN has failed to provide an environmental impact statement as required under the National Environmental Policy Act.
What is the environmental impact of a black hole swallowing up the earth?.... Why should CERN, an organization of European nations based in Switzerland, even show up in a Hawaiian courtroom?
Good question, especially after the Supreme Court said Texas did not have to follow a world court decision demanding a new trial for an illegal alien sentenced to die for some terrible crimes, that did not get to call the Mexican Embassy.In an interview, Mr. Wagner said, “I don’t know if they’re going to show up.” CERN would have to voluntarily submit to the court’s jurisdiction, he said, adding that he and Mr. Sancho could have sued in France or Switzerland, but to save expenses they had added CERN to the docket here.... James Gillies, head of communications at CERN, said the laboratory as of yet had no comment on the suit. “It’s hard to see how a district court in Hawaii has jurisdiction over an intergovernmental organization in Europe,” Mr. Gillies said.
Although it is warmer in Hawaii than Switzerland. Maybe they will want to take a tropical vacation.
My first thought.... This is not the first time around for Mr. Wagner. He filed similar suits in 1999 and 2000 to prevent the Brookhaven National Laboratory from operating the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. That suit was dismissed in 2001. The collider, which smashes together gold ions in the hopes of creating what is called a “quark-gluon plasma,” has been operating without incident since 2000.... The new worries are about black holes, which, according to some variants of string theory, could appear at the collider. That possibility, though a long shot, has been widely ballyhooed in many papers and popular articles in the last few years, but would they be dangerous?
If you want to watch one, be sure to stay outside of it's event horizon.... Dr. Arkani-Hamed said concerning worries about the death of the Earth or universe, “Neither has any merit.” He pointed out that because of the dice-throwing nature of quantum physics, there was some probability of almost anything happening. There is some minuscule probability, he said, “the Large Hadron Collider might make dragons that might eat us up.”
Better stop it. Black holes and strange matter are one thing, but I did not realize it could create dragons.
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I am a 65 year old adult with a couple of medical problems that leave me homebound. I am have several good friends that help me with shopping, transportation when I need to go to the doctor, and I have a very good Home Health Care Nurse.
On Wednesday, March 12, my privacy was invaded by Alan Stie, from the OKDHS department of Adult Protective Services, saying someone filed an APS complaint indicating I was in danger. He harassed me for 30 minutes to an hour, with a large number of questions, forcing me to prove that I was oriented times three (a medical term indicating I know who I am, where I am, what time it is, and that I completely understand my situation). I convinced him I was not in danger, and yet he refused to say who filed the complaint. I started calling around, and found that there was a high probability that it was filed by a social worker who was trying to hurt one of my care givers who was doing a very good job, but who the social worker did not like.
Alan's boss Russell Jones was out of town, so I complained to Gerald Davis, who was of no help, so I escalated to Stephen R Scott - Area 6 Director, who was of no help either, so I went to Larry Johnson - Field Operations Division Director. He tried to derail me by saying he was going to have his boss respond, to which I gave this response, and he then waited until after 5pm Friday, when I already started working on capuring the emails of the people to notify next (since I told him that if I had to go to his boss I would be going public with my complaint), and his response was just that he had writtem me a letter. But I am not waiting for the letter.
When I referred it to Larry Johnson I blogged about it, and now, in addition to complaining to Marq Youngblood, I am blogging about it again, and contacting 30 fellow bloggers, to see if they will cover it, and I am contacting 16 people in the media (radio, TV, and print). I am also filing a complaint with a number of local and Federal Agencies and national organiations to help Senior Citizens. None of these complaints is likely to topple OKDHS, but they will be an annoyance to respond to, and failure to respond to them will just have people that much more suspicious about OKDHS, and none of it would have been necessary if Gerald, Stephen, or Larry had been bright enough to realize they were protecting an evil person, and that they cold have refocused my ire toward the really guilty party, and her bosses.
I have already contacted my state senators and representative, as well as all of the members of the senate and house committies with oversight responsibility over OKDHS, and I have a lawyer with the Oklahoma Disability Law Center researching the matter as well. If Marq Youngblood can't help me, I will be contacting my federal senators and representative, as well as all of the members of the senate and house committies that would be in a position to consider federal legislation to help protect vulnerable adults.
Marc is basically the top of the bureaucracy. If he cannot help me, and if I have to go to Howard H Hendrick - Director of Human Services (Cabinet Secretary), Richard L.DeVaughn - Chairman Oklahoma Commission for Human Services, and then Brad Henry - Governor, we will have left the bureaucracy and gone into the political relm, so I will be reaching out to the Democratic and Republican parties. Oklahoma is a Red state, and yet it has a Democratic Governor, so I am sure the Republicans will be interested in something to use in November against the Democrats, and the Democrats will be very concerned to know what they may see in a campaign ad.
I know Marc's first thought will be to fall back on "we must protect the identity of someone that files a complaint" but there are two problems with that. One is I know for a fact that my neighbor reported her cousin, who checked himself out of a nursing home, and who was not taking his medication, and the APS agent that went to see him had no problem telling the cousin that it was my neighbor that triggered his visit. The other is that I looked up the law that DHS said forced them to keep the information confidential, 43A O.S. § 10-110, and section B.5 provides you can tell a family member, and I told each person up the chain of command that they could make me stop by just telling my brother, who is my next-of-kin, and they refused.
Does anyone want to take bets whether Marc will help me, or will he do as those before him, and just shoot OKDHS in the foot?
