OBAMA: You know, if -- frankly, it's not really something I've followed closely. I didn't even know that ACORN was getting a whole lot of federal money.
Obama Makes announcement on 70th anniversary of Soviet invasion...
Cheney on gay marriage: 'Freedom for everyone'
(Bastiat)**"The politician attempts to remedy the evil by increasing the very thing that caused the evil in the first place.
Cuba 50 Year Celebration Tour
“Castro is very selfless and moral, one of the world’s wisest men” (Oliver Stone).
Who Was the "And remember what my dearly departed little poodle admitted: “If the Missiles had remained, we would have shot them against the very heart of the U.S., including New York city.” (Che Guevara to Sam Russel of the London Daily Worker in November 1962.) Che?
Obama’s Latino Problem
(Beatnews) Have you been missing your favorite artist from your local radio station lately? An artists' coalition says something fishy is in the air, or on the air.
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New Device Disables Your Car If Your Payment is Late
Posted on April 5th, 2008 by mpress101
New device Shuts off your car if you are late with payment. See video
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‘Frankenstein’ Scientist Clones Himself
Posted on January 18th, 2008 by mpress101
Now all we need is “Frankenstein” to do a reality T.V. show or maybe the clone can be like Truman and we can watch him all day. Is that crazy? The scenarios are limitless on things that can go wrong and the ethical questions are many…..
In a breakthrough certain to provoke an ethical furore, [...]
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i-LIMB The Real Bionic Hand
Posted on January 9th, 2008 by mpress101
There is a company which manufactures cutting-edge bionic hands in Scotland. The hand works by responding to electrical signals from the muscles on the arm where it is placed. See more Sky
The modular construction of the i-LIMB Hand means that each individually powered finger can be quickly removed by simply removing one screw. This means [...]
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New Phone Service Automatically Reads Data Off Other People’s Phone
Posted on January 2nd, 2008 by mpress101
Next2Friends allows people to add a profile into a phone and then be notified about people of similar interests.
The free phone software already has 12,500 registered users signed up and is being given a beta launch.
It can scan up to nine mobiles at any moment and uses bluetooth to exchange profiles with other Next2Friends users who match the required settings.
Next2Friends’ founders say it will [...]
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French Face Transplant Considered a Success
Posted on December 13th, 2007 by mpress101
For someone who had no face we could say Isabelle must consider the transplant a success
ATLANTA — Two years after French doctors stunned the world with the first partial face transplant, other doctors remain cautious about pursuing the surgery.
The French patient, Isabelle Dinoire, has a new face that resembles and moves like the one she [...]
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‘Intelligent Bra’ Eases Women’s Pain
Posted on December 10th, 2007 by mpress101
A new piece of technology may help women who suffer pain during excercise
Help for women who exercise.
Around 80% of women are believed to be wearing the wrong bra, even if they have been measured, d bra straps are thought to cause pain and nerve damage.
But an ‘intelligent fabric’ with sensors has been developed [...]
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The Surfing Einstein
Posted on November 16th, 2007 by mpress101
One goal in physics today is to unify the strong, weak, electromagnetic, and gravitational forces into one unified force, or what physicists call the “Grand Unified Theory”. Sir Isaac Newton was the first theoretical physicist, although in his own [...]
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Publishers See a Way to Track Their Content Across the Net
Posted on November 5th, 2007 by mpress101
This has major implications for citizen journalism
Copyrighted work like a news article or a picture can hop between Web sites as easily as a cut-and-paste command. But more than ever, as that material finds new audiences, the original sources might not get the direct financial benefit — in fact, they might have little idea [...]
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Scientists Find Oldest Living Animal, Then Kill It
Posted on October 30th, 2007 by mpress101
British marine biologists have found what may be the oldest living animal — that is, until they killed it.
The team from Bangor University in Wales was dredging the waters north of Iceland as part of routine research when the unfortunate specimen, belonging to the clam species Arctica islandica, commonly known as the ocean quahog, [...]
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Imagine if Pope Benedict gave a speech saying the Catholic Church has had it wrong all these centuries; there is no reason priests shouldn't marry. That might generate the odd headline, no?
Doctor opposition to health care overhaul proposals is broad and deep, revealing concerns not just about soaring costs, declining care, possible rationing and a lack of limits on malpractice suits, but also about government competence and motives, detailed responses to a new IBD/TIPP Poll show. As reported Wednesday, 65% of the 1,376 practicing physicians who responded to a mailed questionnaire over the last two weeks said they opposed health care plans that have emerged from the administration and Congress. Just 33% supported them.
Maureen Dowd's Descent into Fury** she has become increasingly angry and increasingly shrill. The old gray mare ain't what she used to be.
It must be said, that like the breaking of a great dam, the American decent into Marxism is happening with breath taking speed, against the back drop of a passive, hapless sheeple, excuse me dear reader, I meant people.
Mark describes the various aspects of socialism and how it all eventually leads up to tyranny and totalitarianism. Mark describes, “statists,” and how the liberals are increasingly moving towards socialism. Redistributing wealth is not a positive for the common good.
