The Perks of the Prince
A few nights after he resigned his post as secretary of state two years ago, Colin L. Powell answered a ring at his front door. Standing outside was Prince Bandar, then Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the United States, with a 1995 Jaguar.
Monday, April 30, 2007
Goal: Change How Kids Learn
The One Laptop Per Child project has done its first test deployment of laptops in Nigeria.
Venus Ramey ’s home
Venus Ramey, Miss America 1944 has a talent that likely has never appeared on a beauty pageant stage: She fired a handgun to shoot out a vehicle's tires and stop an intruder.
The CFL mercury nightmare
Woman has to pay $2000 to clean up one of those new fluorescent lightbulbs
Bush Has Gone AWOL
by William Eldridge Odom (born June 23, 1932) is a former U.S. Army 3-star general, and was Director of the NSA under President Ronald Reagan, which culminated a 31 year career in military intelligence, mainly specializing in matters relating to the Soviet Union. After his retirement from the military he became a think tank policy expert and a university professor and has since became known for his outspoken criticism of the Iraq War and warrantless wiretapping of American citizens.
How Much Iraqi Crude Oil is Being Stolen?
Nobody really knows how much crude oil is being stolen by corrupt Iraqi officials because, four years after the invasion, the oil meters haven't been fixed.
Two-thirds of "Britains" doctors say that medicine is a bad career choice
"More than two-thirds (69%) say they would no longer recommend a career in medicine to friends or family. Morale has dropped significantly, and only 2% of the 1,400 doctors (GP) said they were experiencing "excellent" morale, while 54% stated their morales were "poor" or "terrible." Traditionally, many doctors have followed in their parents' footsteps and increasingly we are hearing doctors saying they wished they hadn't recommended a career in medicine to their children."
Privatizing Monopolizable Infrastructure
Private companies such as Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Carlysle Group are buying up private infrastructure such as key roads, airports and bridges
Saturday, April 28, 2007
War on Drugs (The Prison Industrial Complex) (1999)
The first few minutes are in dutch, but the rest is in english.
California Lawmakers Pass $8.3 Billion Plan to Build More Prisons
Funding War Against it's Own Citizens
Friday, April 27, 2007
Rosie Hosts 911 First Responders On The View
It's Breathless Audacity: How the White House Betrayed the Real Heroes of 9/11
It is a crime to take money that's been "delivered under a mistake."
LA VISTA, Neb. - A La Vista man was charged with felony theft after he spent $80,000 his bank deposited by mistake in his account.
The Most Important Question at the Democrats Debate
WHO HERE SUPPORTS THE KUCINICH PLAN TO IMPEACH DICK CHENEY?
The Dark Side ,PBS FRONTLINE goes behind the headlines to investigate the internal war that was waged between the intelligence community and Richard Bruce Cheney, the most powerful vice president in the nation's history. And George Tenets tell all book confirms it.
George W. Bush is, by definition and in reality, a Mass Murder.
The Dark Side ,PBS FRONTLINE goes behind the headlines to investigate the internal war that was waged between the intelligence community and Richard Bruce Cheney, the most powerful vice president in the nation's history. And George Tenets tell all book confirms it.
George W. Bush is, by definition and in reality, a Mass Murder.
A minimum of 10 years, max of life in prison for selling drugs near a park
In Missouri “We need to send a signal that we’re tough on crime,” Pollock said
US Military Aid to Governments that Use Children as Soldiers
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Phil Donahue reveal that his bosses at MSNBC insisted on two pro-war spokesmen on his show for every one against it
"Bill Moyers' Journal" (CPTV, 9 p.m.) returns to public television after a 13-year absence with a devastating look at press failures in the run-up to the war in Iraq.
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Jon Anderson-Sound and Color
The spirit moves as I spiral inwardly
I have read about it
Don't ask me questions
How do I turn around on the spot?
Sound can acknowledge and reveal
The very nature of the body line
Color coexists as a meter to the soul
Sound can acknowledge and reveal
The very nature of the body line
Color coexists as a meter to the soul
So you don't need an excuse to be happy
Just forgive and forget
So you don't need an excuse to be happy
Just forgive and forget
They say the mystics they live in the clouds
And they prob'ly love it
I have read about it
Don't ask me questions
How do I turn around on the spot?
Sound can acknowledge and reveal
The very nature of the body line
Color coexists as a meter to the soul
Sound can acknowledge and reveal
The very nature of the body line
Color coexists as a meter to the soul
So you don't need an excuse to be happy
Just forgive and forget
So you don't need an excuse to be happy
Just forgive and forget
They say the mystics they live in the clouds
And they prob'ly love it
The Woody Creek Tavern is up for sale.
Woody Creek was the residence of noted author Hunter S. Thompson for much of his life and at the time of his death. It also has been the home of several other notable popular celebrities and musicians including the late broadcaster Ed Bradley, Don Henley of the Eagles, John Oates (Hall and Oates), and actor Don Johnson.
Monday, April 23, 2007
Wiccan pentacle approved for US soldier tombstones
The Wiccan pentacle has been added to the list of emblems allowed in national cemeteries and on government-issued headstones of fallen soldiers, according to a settlement announced Monday.
The Progressive Gap
The gap between the American people who are increasingly embracing progressive values and what's going on in Congress.
A public event dedicating the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site
Saturday April 28,2007
Directions: Go to Eads, Colorado, on Colorado Highway 96. Go 1/4 mile east, past the ghost town of Chivington , turn north on County Road 54 and drive 8 miles to the end of the road(T intersection). Turn east(right) on "Road W", and as you drive the next 1-1/2 miles, you're seeing the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site on your left.
Easy to find on Google Map
Update: Pics
Directions: Go to Eads, Colorado, on Colorado Highway 96. Go 1/4 mile east, past the ghost town of Chivington , turn north on County Road 54 and drive 8 miles to the end of the road(T intersection). Turn east(right) on "Road W", and as you drive the next 1-1/2 miles, you're seeing the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site on your left.
Easy to find on Google Map
Update: Pics
Man gets jailtime for donating HIV infected blood
Oh,, and I could tell you some stories about blood banks.
But there are also diseases you can get thrown in jail for.
But there are also diseases you can get thrown in jail for.
The Police State of America
"I tell you, freedom and human rights in America are doomed.
The U.S. government will lead the American people,
and the West in general, into an unbearable hell and a choking life."
Osama bin Laden, October, 2001 (quoted in NewsMax.com 2/1/02)
Here is the definition of Police State
The U.S. government will lead the American people,
and the West in general, into an unbearable hell and a choking life."
Osama bin Laden, October, 2001 (quoted in NewsMax.com 2/1/02)
Here is the definition of Police State
Chasing Voter Fraud in Missouri
In Missouri, where Republican Sen. Jim Talent was fighting to hang onto his seat and hold the U.S. Senate for the GOP, a Republican-backed photo ID requirement cleared the state House of Representatives by one vote in May 2006 after an intense lobbying effort in which backers alleged voter fraud in heavily Democratic St. Louis and Kansas City.
Sunday, April 22, 2007
Hypocrisy, Thy Name Is Bush
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An Essay on Hypocrisy by Tim McVeigh
Judge Matsch's, who presided over McVeighs trial in Denver, daughter was apparently murdered. She somehow fell into a volcano in Hawaii during the trial.This made the Judge Matsch naturally distraught and was an example to intimidate the Federal Appeals Judges in Denver
Furthermore,, more children were killed at Waco, than at OKC, and the important difference is, the children at Waco were killed with US taxpayers dollars.
Put that in your pipe and smoke it,,pilgrim!!
Albert Einstein Once Said,
“If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe, then man would have only four years of life left. No more bees, no more pollination, no more plants, no more animals, no more man.
According to a study in Science, 29 percent of commercially edible fish and shellfish populations have collapsed already
In response to the study, the U.S. National Fisheries Institute, an industry trade association, said more than 80 percent of fish stocks remain sustainable and aquaculture can fill the gaps.
And really, who are you gonna believe: them, or a group of researchers who spent four years studying all available data on fish populations and ocean ecosystems?
Particularly, the Blue Fin Tuna is under scrutiny this year.
And really, who are you gonna believe: them, or a group of researchers who spent four years studying all available data on fish populations and ocean ecosystems?
Particularly, the Blue Fin Tuna is under scrutiny this year.
Bush administration reinterprets species law
The new policy would remove 80 percent of the roughly 1,300 species from threatened and endangered lists
Great Madmen of the 21st Century
Well, there's only one listed so far, but soon I'm sure a certain President will be on that page.
Coming Soon: $8 Fee To Enter Manhattan
This weekend Mayor Michael Bloomberg is expected to introduce an $8.00 congestion fee for drivers who enter Manhattan below 86th Street.
Because, you know, the air is safe to breath.
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Here are Photographs of Manhattan from 1964-1969
Because, you know, the air is safe to breath.
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Here are Photographs of Manhattan from 1964-1969
Never Forget How the US Government Genocided the American Indians
The Indian scalp law read:
"That there shall be paid out of the publick treasury of this province unto any party or parties that shall voluntarily go forth at their own charge, by commission as aforesaid, in the discovery and pursuit of the said Indian enemy and rebels, for every man or woman of the said enemy that shall be by them slain, the sum of fifty pounds; and for every child of the said enemy under the age of ten years that shall be by them slain, the sum of ten pounds . . .."
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The largest mass execution in American history.
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One of the largest ongoing seizures of Indian land in modern times happened when President George W. Bush’s signing of the Western Shoshone Distribution Bill .
However,
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Indian Pictures
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"That there shall be paid out of the publick treasury of this province unto any party or parties that shall voluntarily go forth at their own charge, by commission as aforesaid, in the discovery and pursuit of the said Indian enemy and rebels, for every man or woman of the said enemy that shall be by them slain, the sum of fifty pounds; and for every child of the said enemy under the age of ten years that shall be by them slain, the sum of ten pounds . . .."
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The largest mass execution in American history.
The Dakota Trials
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One of the largest ongoing seizures of Indian land in modern times happened when President George W. Bush’s signing of the Western Shoshone Distribution Bill .
However,
Native Americans Are Finding Their Voice in Government
When legislatures convened earlier this year, about 73 Indian, native Alaskan or native Hawaiian lawmakers were sworn in, the highest number in U.S. history, according to the National Congress of American Indians, a tribal advocacy group.=======================
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Native American Music Blog
Friday, April 20, 2007
The guy who wrote "Barbara Ann" is Iranian.
"Barbara Ann" isn't a Beach Boys original; the Regents originally recorded it four years earlier. As Wikipedia notes, the Boys' version features an uncredited Dean Torrence (of Jan and Dean fame) harmonizing with Wilson.
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Rockefeller's Rage Ignored
For the bill FUNDING THE INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES
Here is one of the features in the bill:
Under the legislation, the maximum prison sentence would increase to 15 years from 10 years for those who disclose the identity of a covert agent, a response to administration officials revealing the secret status of CIA agent Valerie Plame.
The Inexplicable Enrichment of Bush Cronies
In 2005, an analysis released by Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), reported that Cheney continued to hold over 300,000 Halliburton stock options and said their value had risen 3,281% over the previous year, from $241,498 to more than $8 million.
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Monday, April 16, 2007
Jesus Freaks–The Documentary
Jesus Freaks chronicles the events of Creation Fest Northwest, a four day Christian rock festival in George, Washington.
Marijuana is America's number one cash
Marijuana is America's number one cash crop by a whopping margin. With an estimated value of $35.8 billion in 2006, our marijuana crop exceeds the value of corn ($23.3 billion) and wheat ($7.45 billion) combined
Censoring the Internet
Some sites have been completely censored off the web for a period of time such as BushFlash.com which last week was offline and in place of its home page was a Department of Homeland Security logo. The statement from the government was the site was under investigation for violations of the Patriot Act. The site was started in March 2003, after the publisher watched the corporate media completely ignore the groundswell against the coming Iraq war.
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Texas is amassing an unprecedented amount of information on US citizens.
And China hosts the world's biggest ID database, with over 1.3 billion entries.
Friday, April 13, 2007
The Politics of Smoking
Few people know that Karl Rove was a tobacco company advisor.
Even fewer know that the heads of the "political consulting firms" like DCI that set up Republican-connected 527 front groups like the Swift Boat Vets came from tobacco companies as well.
Even fewer know that the heads of the "political consulting firms" like DCI that set up Republican-connected 527 front groups like the Swift Boat Vets came from tobacco companies as well.
During CNN Appearance, Al Franken Calls On CNN To Fire Glenn Beck
And Media Matters for America has extensively documented, bigotry and hate speech that continue to permeate the airwaves.
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Only Two Titanic Survivors Remain
Presidential Candidate: U.S. In Danger of Dictatorship
Presidential candidate Ron Paul has warned that the US is now at a crisis point because the people have been so neglectful of protecting their liberties and big government has been so effective in eroding them.
And in the same week we have the Weekly Standard proclaiming "Bush Has Near Dictatorial Power"
And in the same week we have the Weekly Standard proclaiming "Bush Has Near Dictatorial Power"
The Original Nappy Headed Ho
Saartjie Baartman, a South African “bushwoman,” was exhibited like a circus freak in the Shows of London between 1810 and 1815. The leading French anatomist of the day, George Cuvier, speculated that Baartman might be the “missing link” between the human and animal worlds because of her “peculiar features” including her “enormous buttocks” and “short, curling hair.”
Toxic Flowers
More here
But it's not just flowers. Also fruits and vegetables are treated with toxins that have been outlawed in the US
But it's not just flowers. Also fruits and vegetables are treated with toxins that have been outlawed in the US
From Freedom to Fascism
Hollywood director and documentary film maker Aaron Russo has gone in-depth on the astounding admissions of Nick Rockefeller, who personally told him that the elite's ultimate goal was to create a microchipped population and that the war on terror was a hoax, Rockefeller having predicted an "event" that would trigger the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan eleven months before 9/11.
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
6-Year-Olds Under Arrest
When 6-year-old Desre’e Watson threw a tantrum in her kindergarten class a couple of weeks ago she could not have known that the full force of the law would be brought down on her and that she would be carted off by the police as a felon.
Pfizer's Chemical/Biological Weapons Report
The pharmaceutical giant reports on its efforts to create chemical and biological incapacitating agents, including those that cause amnesia, for the US Army in 1964
They will REALLY love to hear this:
The House Judiciary Committee just released two emails, dated February 5 and 7, from inside Karl Rove’s office, in which the Rove-bots gloat that no US media have picked up the investigations of “that British reporter Greg Palast” found in his book, Armed Madhouse.
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Monday, April 09, 2007
Sunday, April 08, 2007
Saturday, April 07, 2007
Friday, April 06, 2007
Thursday, April 05, 2007
Wednesday, April 04, 2007
Opposite Terminology
The phrase that the Pentagon has adopted for the aerial corridors they've laid out to escape insurgent attacks on the helicopters: "No-Fly Zones."
Pillow Talk
Our pillows are miniature zoos containing millions of fungal spores, with some species able to cause diseases and even death.
REP. RON PAUL FOR PRESIDENT | REAL TIME W BILL MAHER 3-30-07
A Ron Paul observation from 2000
"An extraordinary event occurred . . . in Washington during the final days of the 106th Congress, an event that did not receive comment in either the media or the halls of Congress, save for my office. This event had been termed "unthinkable" only a few months earlier. It occurred despite clear constitutional prohibitions and at the expense of our precious national sovereignty. For the first time in the history of our country, Congress voted to change our domestic laws because an international body told us to do so. The World Trade Organization (WTO) has begun to dictate American laws."(The globalists of the New World Order, that are comprised of those secret society members who have inordinate control over the multinational corporations that monopolize the necessities of modern life - energy, communications, medicine and pharmaceuticals, and transportation.
"An extraordinary event occurred . . . in Washington during the final days of the 106th Congress, an event that did not receive comment in either the media or the halls of Congress, save for my office. This event had been termed "unthinkable" only a few months earlier. It occurred despite clear constitutional prohibitions and at the expense of our precious national sovereignty. For the first time in the history of our country, Congress voted to change our domestic laws because an international body told us to do so. The World Trade Organization (WTO) has begun to dictate American laws."(The globalists of the New World Order, that are comprised of those secret society members who have inordinate control over the multinational corporations that monopolize the necessities of modern life - energy, communications, medicine and pharmaceuticals, and transportation.
Tuesday, April 03, 2007
An Example of American Healthcare
An estimated 46 million people do not have health insurance because they cannot afford it,
The annual Historic National Road Yard Sale
824 miles of antique furniture, glassware, knickknacks, and fresh produce
Monday, April 02, 2007
It's The Heros Journey End of the World as We Know It
"Only when the last tree has died; only when the last river been poisoned; only when the last fish is caught; only then will they realize that you cannot eat money." - Cree Indian Proverb
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"Only when the last tree has died; only when the last river been poisoned; only when the last fish is caught; only then will they realize that you cannot eat money." - Cree Indian Proverb
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Sunday, April 01, 2007
Vasa Warship is a massive ship built in the 1600's
It capsized and sank only minutes into it's maiden voyage. It was recovered from the Baltic in one piece in the 1950's.
DocuDig
A collection of quality, full-length documentaries for online viewing.
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There is also this site, Educated Earth
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There is also this site, Educated Earth
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