Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Where in the World?



I was watching the Today show this morning. They were doing the "Where in the world is Matt Lauer?" thing. He was in the Netherlands, I knew it was a progressive society and all but I was surprised to find out what an important role that lesbians play there. He said if it weren't for the many dykes there that half of the land would be under water!LPO

Monday, April 28, 2008

Closing Time

One night a police officer was staking out a particularly rowdy bar for possible DUI violations. At closing time, he saw a fellow stumble out of the bar, trip on the curb and try his keys on five different cars before he found his. The man sat in the front seat fumbling around with his keys for several minutes.
Meanwhile, all the other patrons left the bar and drove off. Finally he started his engine and began to pull away. The police officer was waiting for him. As soon as he pulled onto the street, the officer stopped him, read him his rights and administered the breathalyzer test to determine his blood-alcohol content.
The results showed a reading of 0.0.
The puzzled officer demanded to know how that could be. The driver replied, "Tonight I'm the designated decoy."

Saturday, April 26, 2008

Shadow Skill



The warrior kingdom of Kuruda is home to the fiercest fighters in the world, men and women who live solely for the chance to fight, and become the greatest in the world. And no one is so intent on this goal as the young Gau Ban, who dreams of becoming a new generation of warrior. He and his adopted sister Elle, their companions, and the legendary Scarface train and battle for the mastery of the Shadow Skill.

Shadow Skill began with the pilot OVA, which was followed by the OVA series prequels. The TV series begins the story anew and covers the same ground.

Files: avi
Status: complete
By Yukina for nihonomaru.com

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Episode 02 - http://www.megaupload.com/?d=A6YHDSPF
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Monday, April 21, 2008


dirtycarart

Voluntary Evacuations?

I just don't quite understand the concept of "voluntary evacuations". I know our rights are slowly being taken away in this country but I still have the right to leave my house if I want to. Isn't it a voluntary evacuation every time I leave my house?

Jimmy Carter Ahead of His Time

The Terrible Choice

What a terrible choice to have to make. The candidates that want to end our country's occupation of Iraq are also the candidates that don't care much for the peoples right to keep and bear arms. That's the bad thing about a two party system. I wish that there was a viable candidate that wanted to end the occupation of other countries and also was for the right of the people to keep and bear arms. I'm very conflicted, I know that I hold the right of gun ownership higher than a lot of my friends both online and off.
I'm a little too street smart to think that gun control will keep guns out of the hands of criminals. If you think that it will, well frankly, you don't know shit. You are ignorant, just look at drug laws. There are all kinds of very strict laws against drugs. Is it possible to get drugs if you want them? Yes and the more of a criminal you are, the easier they are to get. So why would guns be any different. Here is just an example: I was talking to an inmate and mentioned that I was going to buy a gun pretty soon. He said "Oh I should hook you up with my brother, he's a pretty big drug dealer and he's got all kinds of guns, people trade them in for drugs all the time." I opted to buy a gun legally instead since gun laws aren't real tight right now but I had that option. I guess the Democrats want people to feel like they are going to protect you from guns but I hope you know that is only an illusion. So, I've vented a little but am still facing a terrible decision.

Sunday, April 20, 2008

Hillary's Health Care Plan

Hillary's American Health Choices Plan covers all Americans and improves health care by lowering costs and improving quality.
It puts the consumer in the driver's seat by offering more choices and lowering costs.

Here is what a typical trip to the hospital might be like under Hillary's Plan.

My TVs Got an Attitude

There is one thing I hate about these new fangled TVs. If the signal gets weak, they shut down to a blank screen. Why back in the day TVs would let you watch snow all day long if you wanted to. Now it's like the TV says "That picture isn't good enough for you to watch or for me to show for that matter." I say "Fuck you TV, I'll decide if it's good enough for me to watch."
So I've got an old power guzzling console TV that makes the electric meter spin real fast as a back up. That TV knows its place, it doesn't care how bad the picture is. It's like "Knock yourself out big boy, I don't care." and that's the way it should be!

Saturday, April 19, 2008

Pope Warns Teens of Bush Regime


"My own years as a teenager were marred by a sinister regime that thought it had all the answers; its influence grew — infiltrating schools and civic bodies, as well as politics and even religion — before it was fully recognized for the monster it was.

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

I always get those two mixed up

The English language is suppose to be a hard one for people from non-English speaking countries to learn. Just messing up on one word in a sentence can give it completely different meaning.
"I want a hot shower!"

"I want a golden shower!"

I mean if you just got those two words mixed up, well you might think that this is a very strange country indeed.

Monday, April 14, 2008



"It was three A.M., I remember awakening to nuclear weapons fire." "There was supposed to be some kind of a greeting ceremony at the airport, but instead we just ran with our heads down to get into the vehicles to get to our bomb shelter."

Timewave Zero

What's That Sound?


My plans to sleep late went out the window this morning. I woke up about 6:30 to the faint sound of a dog whimpering. I could tell by the sound that the dog was in distress. I thought "Did I leave Bob locked outside last night?" I grabbed my clothes, ran downstairs and saw Bob asleep on the couch, snug as a bug in a rug. So I went out back and followed the sound through the semi-darkness. Yoshi, our Alaskan Malamute had fallen in a hole that I had dug to get to the sewer line, it's about four feet deep. I guess she had been in there a long time because she looked exhausted. BTW she is at least thirteen years old, maybe older. I helped her get out but she wasn't able to walk, she just laid down. I got her some water followed by milk and a piece of meat lovers pizza. At first she wasn't moving her back legs but after resting for a while she crawled around a little. I think I'll just let her rest in the sunshine for a while. If she's not able to walk later I'll call the vet and try to talk her into making a house call. Not exactly how I expected my day off to start but at least I didn't have to call into work with a very strange excuse.

UPDATE:

Yoshi is doing much better, she's able to walk around and is eating like a wolf (which is good because that's basically what she is).

Sunday, April 13, 2008

The Mist



Maybe Obama had just watched this movie when he made his statement about guns and religion. It seems like it's about how fear effects people in our society. I watched it last night, not bad.

Thank You!

A list, organized by state, of the 156 members of Congress who voted, on October 11, 2002, NAY to the War in Iraq.


Alabama Rep Earl Hilliard

Arizona Rep Ed Pastor

Arkansas Rep Vic Snyder

California Sen Barbara Boxer- Rep Joe Baca- Rep Xavier Becerra- Rep Lois Capps- Rep Gary Condit- Rep Susan Davis- Rep Anna Eshoo- Rep Sam Farr- Rep Bob Filner- Rep Mike Honda- Rep Barbara Lee- Rep Zoe Lofgren- the late Rep Robert Matsui- Rep Juanita Millender-McDonald- Rep George Miller- Rep Grace Napolitano- Rep Nancy Pelosi- Rep Lucille Roybal-Allard- Rep Loretta Sanchez- Rep Hilda Solis- Rep Pete Stark- Rep Mike Thompson- Rep Maxine Waters- Rep Diane Watson- Rep Lynn Woolsey

Colorado Rep Diana DeGette- Rep Mark Udall

Connecticut Rep Rosa DeLaura- Rep John Larson- Rep James Maloney

Florida Sen Bob Graham- Rep Corinne Brown- Rep Alice Hastings- Rep Carrie Meek

Georgia Rep John Lewis- Rep Cynthia McKinney

Hawaii Sen Daniel Akaka- Sen Daniel Inouye- Rep Neil Abercrombie

Illinois Sen Dick Durbin- Rep Jerry Costello- Rep Danny Davis- Rep Lane Evans- Rep Luis Gutierrez Rep Jesse Jackson, Jr- Rep Bill Lipinski- Sen Bobby Rush- Rep Jan Schakowsky

Indiana Rep Julia Carson- Rep John Hostettler- Rep Pete Viscloskey

Iowa Rep Jim Leach

Maine Rep Tom Allen- Rep John Baldacci

Maryland Sen Barbara Mikulski- Sen Paul Sarbanes- Rep Benjamin Cardin- Rep Elijah Cummings- Rep Connie Morella

Massachusetts Sen Ted Kennedy- Rep Michael Capuano- Rep Bill Delahunt- Rep Barney Frank- Rep Jim McGovern- Rep Richard Neal- Rep John Olver- Rep John Tierney

Michigan Sen Carl Levin- Sen Debbie Stabenow- Rep David Bonior- Rep John Conyers, Jr- Rep John Dingell- Rep Dale Kildee- Rep Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick- Rep Sandy Levin- Rep Lynn Rivers- Rep Burt Stupak

Minnesota Sen Mark Dayton- the late Sen Paul Wellstone- Rep Betty McCollum- Rep Jim Oberstar- Rep Martin Olav Sabo

Mississippi Rep Bennie Thompson

Missouri Rep William Clay, Jr- Rep Karen McCarthy

New Jersey Sen Jon Corzine- Rep Rush Holt- Rep Robert Menendez- Rep Frank Pallone, Jr- Rep Donald Payne

New Mexico Sen Jeff Bingaman- Rep Tom Udall

New York Rep Maurice Hinchey- Rep Amo Houghton- Rep John LaFalce- Rep Gregory Meeks- Rep Jerrold Nadler- Rep Major Owens- Rep Charles Rangel- Rep Jose Serrano- Rep Louise Slaughter- Rep Edolphus Towns- Rep Nydia Velaquez

North Carolina Rep Eva Clayton- Rep David Price- Rep Melvin Watt

North Dakota Sen Kent Conrad

Ohio Rep Sharrod Brown- Rep Stephanie Tubbs Jones- Rep Marcy Kaptur- Rep Dennis Kucinich- Rep Thomas Sawyer- Rep Ted Strickland

Oregon Sen Ron Wyden- Rep Earl Blumenauer- Rep Peter DeFazio- Rep Darlene Hooley- Rep David Wu

Pennsylvania Rep Robert Brady- Rep William Coyne- Rep Mike Doyle- Rep Chaka Fattah

Rhode Island Sen Lincoln Chaffee- Sen Jack Reed- Rep James Langevin

South Carolina Rep Gresham Barrett- Rep James Clyburn

Tennessee Rep John Duncan, Jr

Texas Rep Lloyd Doggett- Rep Charles Gonzalez- Rep Ruben Hinojosa- Rep Sheila Jackson-Lee- Rep Eddie Bernice Johnson- Rep Ron Paul- Rep Silvestre Reyes- Rep Ciro Rodriguez

Vermont Sen Jim Jeffords- Sen Patrick Leahy- Rep Bernie Sanders

Virginia Rep Jim Moran- Rep Bobby Scott

Washington Sen Patty Murray- Rep Jay Inslee- Rep Rick Larsen- Rep Jim McDermott

Washington DC Rep Brian Baird

West Virginia Sen Robert Byrd- Rep Alan Mollohan- Rep Nick Rahall

Wisconsin Sen Russ Feingold- Rep Tammy Baldwin- Rep Jerry Kleczka- Rep David Obey

Samurai Champloo



Alternative title:
Tajemniczy samuraj (Polish)
Самурай чамплу (Russian)
サムライチャンプルー (Japanese)
사무라이 참프루 (Korean)
Age rating: Mature (May contain sex, drugs, and extreme graphic violence)
Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Historical, Shounen
Total Eps: 26
Status: Complete
Format: .Rmvb
Host: Rapidshare
Story:
Mugen is a fierce animal-like warrior with a unique Bboying (break-dance) inspired fighting style. Jin has a more traditional style but don’t think of this as a weakness because his skills are amazing. The two contrasting samurai warriors are far from friends, yet their separate paths seem to cross anyways. Mugen is wandering aimlessly through the city when he stumbles upon a teahouse where he meets Jin and Fuu (A ditzy waitress, but don‘t think she doesn‘t have anything hidden up her sleeves). Fuu convinces them both to come with her in search of a mysterious samurai that smells like sunflowers and their journey begins. This modernized hip-hop tale breaks the barriers of the common, historical, samurai anime.
Link here:

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Sakura Taisen



Size: +/- 80 Mb
Format: Rm(vb) / Subbed
Status: Complete
Type : TV Series, 25 episodes
Year : 08.04.2000 till 23.09.2000
Categories : Action, Comedy, Mecha, SciFi
Host: Rapidshare.com
Story:
At the beginning of 1900`s, Sakura Shinguji received the mission of defending imperial capital Tokyo and came from Sendai to Tokyo. But, the post which she was assigned was the floral unit of the popular opera group at that time. She tries to become familiar with her new companions while she is perplexed as to what the relationship is between the fight and the opera group. But...
Link here:

Episode 001 Sakura Arrives at the Capital
Episode 002 The City to be Defended
Episode 003 Sakura`s Stage Debut
Episode 004 The Flower Combat Troop`s New Commander
Episode 005 The Evil Shadow
Episode 006 Kobu`s Feelings
Episode 007 A Delicious Way of Life
Episode 008 This is Review!
Episode 009 The little Girl Call Kuwassari
Episode 010 A Woman Who Calls Storms
Episode 011 Team Hana in Training Camp
Episode 012 A Lonely Birthday
Episode 013 Let`s Bloom,That`s Maiden`s Pride!
Episode 014 Iris Makes a Sortie!
Episode 015 Sakura Goes Home
Episode 016 The Anti-Descended Evil Unit
Episode 017 An Overture
Episode 018 Cinderella
Episode 019 The Formation for Repulsing Evil
Episode 020 Quiet Approach of The Darkness
Episode 021 Another War
Episode 022 The Imperial Theater is Burned Down!
Episode 023 The Machine That Dreams
Episode 024 The Ties
Episode 025 Continuation of the Dream

Sakura Diaries



Size: +/- 70 Mb
Extension: MKV
Status: Complete
Total Eps : 12
Host: Rapidshare
Story:
Touma arrives in Tokyo to take a college entrance exam, but is distracted in his hotel room by a young and very cute girl. She seems to know him, but he doesn`t know her. At least he doesn`t remember her. The pubescent vixen is Urara, his cousin. It seems she has a crush on Touma, but is angry when she sees some model, Mieko, all over him. Unfortunately, Touma failed his exam, but lies to Mieko about passing it. So now she attends college thinking that Touma also goes there. Thus Urara`s mission to break them up begins.
Link here:

Episode 01 Tokyo Success
Episode 02 My Cousin is a High School Call Girl
Episode 03 Is the Fake Student a Slave of Love?
Episode 04 The Love Hotel of Temptation
Episode 05 First Time in Bed?
Episode 05 First Love in Kamakura
Episode 07 The Love Triangle
Episode 08 Mieko`s Confession
Episode 09 First Kiss in the Rain
Episode 10 Bath Time for Two
Episode 11 Testing Student Syndrome
Episode 12 A Testing Student`s Decision

Saiunkoku Monogatari



Size: +/- 80 Mb
Format: Rm(vb) / Subbed
Host: Rapidshare.com
Type: TV Series, 39 episodes
Status: Complete
Alternative Title: The Story of Saiunkoku, Colourcloud Palace, Story of the Land of Many-Colored Clouds, Tale of Saiunkoku, The Tale of Saiun Country
Categories: Comedy, Fantasy, Past, Romance, Shoujo
Year: 08.04.2006 till 24.02.2007
Story:
Born of an old, respected family in the land but subsisting on a low income, Shuurei accepts an invitation to become the new Emperor`s concubine while believing that he is homosexual. The real purpose of her marriage is, however, to educate the lazy Emperor. Her close friend, Seiran, also enters the court as royal guard. Things get complicated when the characters unexpectedly develop feelings for each other.
Link here:

Episode 01 A Sweet Deal Hides a Catch
Episode 02 A Frog in the Well Knows Not About the Ocean
Episode 03 The Capable Falcon Hides Its Talons
Episode 04 Treasure Buried is Treasure Wasted
Episode 05 A Genius Can’t Better a Hardworking Man
Episode 06 Lacking the Finishing Touch
Episode 07 He Who Swims a Lot Will Drown
Episode 08 To Borrow a Cat’s Paw
Episode 09 A Journey of a Thousand Miles Begins with a Single Step
Episode 10 Good Things Come to Those Who Wait
Episode 11 There’s No Medicine For Lovesickness
Episode 12 Discretion is the Better Part of Valour
Episode 13 An Unexpected Surprise
Episode 14 Three Years on a Rock
Episode 15 A Child Knows Not of His Parent’s Feelings
Episode 16 There are No Demons in This World
Episode 17 Poking a Bush Draws Out a Snake
Episode 18 Covering Your Head and Leaving Your Bottom Exposed
Episode 19 If You Love Your Daughter, Let Her Go On a Journey
Episode 20 Flowers Blooming from Dead Wood
Episode 21 The Wise Know When to Approach Danger
Episode 22 Where There is Life, There is Hope
Episode 23 In Travelling, What is Wanted is a Companion
Episode 24 Water Poured on a Sleeping Ear
Episode 25 An Accidental Resemblance
Episode 26 The Raven of Darkness
Episode 27 The Prettier the Flower, the Higher the Branch
Episode 28 Fear is Often Worse Than the Danger Itself
Episode 29 Many Years` Worth of Thoughts in a Single Day
Episode 30 A Woman`s Courage
Episode 31 A Diamond in the Rough
Episode 32 A Woman`s Word is Her Bond
Episode 33 Water Can`t Be Returned to the Basin
Episode 34 Poison Gets the Better of Poison
Episode 35 Meeting is the Beginning of Parting
Episode 36 All is Right in the World
Episode 37 Tears Fall Like Rain from Heaven
Episode 38 There is No Today After Today
Episode 39 Fate is an Inscrutable and Interesting Thing

Saint Beast - Kouin Jojishi Tenshi Tan



Size: +/- 80 Mb
Format: Rm(vb) / Subbed
Status: Complete
Type : TV Series, 13 episodes
Year : 04.04.2007 till 27.06.2007
Categories : Shounen Ai
Host: Rapidshare.com
Story:
A long time ago, Zeus, the great god, created a three–tier hierarchy of angels, top, middle and lower, although they were supposed to be equal. Also, Zeus appointed 6 angels as Saint Beasts who govern the animals of Earth. They were: Go, the seiyu; Shin, the genbu; Rei, the suzaku; Guy, the byakko; Yuda, the kirin; and Ruka, the hooh. However, Kira, the shooting star, and Maya, the fuga, didn’t attend the selection tests and left for the Earth.
The six angels fulfilled their tasks faithfully. However, because of Zeus’s increasingly tyrannical acts, they begin to mistrust him.
Link here:

Episode 001 The Beginning
Episode 002 Light And Darkness Of Angels
Episode 003 Forest of Darkness
Episode 004 Birth of Six Saint Beasts
Episode 005 The Legend of Tree Monster in the Human World
Episode 006 Angel and Demon
Episode 007 The Shadow that Shadowed Paradise
Episode 008 The Holy Ground Of The Golden Wolf
Episode 009 Suppression
Episode 010 Messenger From Darkness
Episode 011 Purge
Episode 012 The Dark Holy Spirit Ceremony
Episode 013 The Case Of Hope

Saint Beast



Size: +/- 60 Mb
Extension: Rm(vb)
Status: Complete
Total Eps : 06
Host: Rapidshare.com
Story:
The 4 Gods of Beasts, Saint Beasts (Blue Dragon/Seiryuu-Gou, Green Snake/Genbu-Shin, Red Pheonix/Shujaku-Rei, White Tiger/Byakko-Gai) descended upon knowledge of this incident. In an attempt to rescue the guardian angels, as well as to find out what this evil animal spirit is......
What in the world could be the reason behind these disappearances? How would the Saint Beasts fight the evil animal spirit? And, what kind of scheme underlying all these incidents?
Link here:

Episode 01 Descend On The Surface
Episode 02 Ill-Tempered Angel
Episode 03 Unforgivable Desire
Episode 04 Treachery Of The Fallen Angels
Episode 05 Guardian Angel`s Trap!
Episode 06 For Whose Sake...

Sailor Stars



Size: +/- 60 Mb
Extension: Rm(vb)
Status: Complete
Total Eps : 34
Host: Rapidshare.com
Story:
Sailor Moon Sailor Stars is the last Sailor Moon series. Everyone is brought back together, and three new warriors appear that are even more unusual then Uranus and Neptune. Furthermore, one last mystery appears to top off the greatest fight in the Sailor Soldiers` lives.
Link here:

Episode 01 Time for the Nightmare to be Scattered! The Queen of Darkness Revives
Episode 02 Saturn Awakens! The Ten Sailor Soldiers Gather
Episode 03 Cursed Mirror! Mamoru Caught in a Nightmare
Episode 04 Destiny Disrupted! Sailor Soldiers in Trouble
Episode 05 Love Mistake! Will They Survive?
Episode 05 The Love of Moon Power! Brought Together Again
Episode 07 A Farewell and an Encounter! The Destiny of Flowing Stars
Episode 08 Change of an Outfit! To be an Idol
Episode 09 Become an Idol! Minako`s Ambitions
Episode 10 Fighter`s Identity! The Shocking Super Transformation
Episode 11 The Dreams of Romance Entrusted to the Stars! Taiki`s Transformation
Episode 12 Luna Saw It?! Idol Yaten`s Real Face
Episode 13 Enemies? Allies? Star Lights and Sailor Soldiers
Episode 14 The Glitter of the Stars that Call Each Other! Haruka and Michiru Join in the Battle
Episode 15 Seiya and Usagi`s Nervous Date
Episode 16 Invasion from Space! Siren Comes Flying In
Episode 17 The Scream of a Ghost? The Frightening Monster of the Camp
Episode 18 Night Between Us! Usagi`s Pinch
Episode 19 Taiki Sings with Excellence! A Song Carries a Believing Heart`s Best Wishes
Episode 20 The Mystery Behind Chibi Chibi!? The Troublesome Pursuit
Episode 21 The Power of the Glittering Stars! Chibi Chibi`s Transformation
Episode 22 An Invitation to Horror! Usagi`s Night Time Flight
Episode 23 Inbetween the Mission and the Friendship. The Sailor Soldiers Confrontation
Episode 24 The Truth Revealed, Seiya`s Past
Episode 25 When the Butterfly of Light Dances! The Premonition of a New Wave
Episode 26 Straight to your dream! Idol Minako is born?
Episode 27 The Silver Crystal that was taken! Princess Fireball Appears
Episode 28 The Holy Battle in the Galaxy. The Legend of the Sailor Wars
Episode 29 Princess Fireball is Destroyed! Galaxia Descends
Episode 30 When the Galaxy Perishes! The Sailor Soldiers Final Battle
Episode 31 The Ruler of the Galaxy, Galaxia`s Threat
Episode 32 The Disappearing Stars! The Death of Uranus and Neptune
Episode 33 The Light of Hope! The Final Battle for the Galaxy
Episode 34 Usagi`s Love! The Moonlight Illuminates the Galaxy

Sailor Moon Super S



Size: +/- 60 Mb
Extension: Rm(vb)
Status: Complete
Total Eps : 39
Host: Rapidshare.com
Story:
Sailor Moon Super S turns the focus from Serena to little Rini and the pursuit of dreams as an enemy from the hidden past (the Dead Moon Circus) returns during a total solar eclipse, bent on revenge against the joyful people of Earth and intent on spoiling everyone`s dreams by finding the one called Pegasus, who is hiding in Rini`s dreams.
Link here:

Episode 01 An Unexpected Encounter! The Night Pegasus Performs His Steps
Episode 02 Super Transformation! It Happens Again by the Power of Pegasus
Episode 03 Protect Mom`s Dream! Use the New Deadly Weapons of Double-Moon
Episode 04 Catch Pegasus! Trap of the Amazon Trio
Episode 05 The Best Couple! The Love Between Usagi and Mamoru
Episode 05 Artemis` Love Scandal? A Mysterious Kitten Appears
Episode 07 Makoto`s Friendship! A Girl Attracted by Pegasus
Episode 08 Hearts in Synch! Chibi-Usa and Pegasus
Episode 09 Protect Mamoru! Jealous Ninja Usagi
Episode 10 Mysterious Forest! An Invitation from a Beautiful Fairy
Episode 11 Run Up to Heaven! Love for the Dream Car
Episode 12 Be the Strongest in the Country! A Pretty Young Warrior`s Problem
Episode 13 We Love Mini-skirts! Perfect Fit Soldiers
Episode 14 Stormy Love! Minako`s Big Two-Timing Project
Episode 15 A Secret House! A Menu Full of Love for You
Episode 16 The Moment They Trust Pegasus! Super Transformation of the 4 Soldiers
Episode 17 Sparkling Summer Days! Ami, the Girl with the Sea Breeze
Episode 18 Aim for Prima Ballerina! Usagi in the Ballet
Episode 19 Holiday at Tenth Street! An Innocent Princess
Episode 20 A Partner in Destiny? Makoto`s Pure Heart
Episode 21 Shadow of Evil! Cornered Trio
Episode 22 Mirror of Dreams! Final Stage of the Amazon Trio
Episode 23 The Amazoness! A Nightmare from Behind the Mirror
Episode 24 True Power Explosion! Ami`s Preparation of the Heart
Episode 25 Burning Passion! Mars` Furious Super Deadly Attack
Episode 26 Dentist of Terror? Palla Palla House
Episode 27 Protect dreams! Minako and Makoto team up
Episode 28 Over the Fear! Jump to Freedom
Episode 29 Don`t Lose Your Dream! A Mirror Reflects the Truth
Episode 30 Pegasus has Disappeared? Swinging Friendships
Episode 31 The Secret of Pegasus! The Handsome Protector of the Dream World
Episode 32 Chibiusa`s Little Love Rhapsody
Episode 33 Dream to Become an Adult! Bewilderment of the Amazoness
Episode 34 Coming Terror! The Evil Approach of the Queen of Darkness
Episode 35 Stop the Dead Moon Circus
Episode 36 The Mirror Labyrinth! Captured Chibimoon
Episode 37 Golden Crystal taken! Neherenia`s triumph
Episode 38 When the Crystal Shines! Power of Beautiful Dreams
Episode 39 Dreams bring together! Never give up

Sailor Moon S



Size: +/- 60 Mb
Extension: Rm(vb)
Status: Complete
Total Eps : 38
Host: Rapidshare.com
Story:
Sailor Moon and the senshi are up against a new set of villains: the Death Busters (Professor Tomoe, Kaorinite, the Witches 5, Mistress 9, Pharaoh 90). The Death Busters plan to rule the world by using the energy from the pure heart crystals of innocent victims, but Sailor Moon and the senshi must stop them. The outer senshi (Neptune, Uranus, Pluto, Saturn), also make an appearance, although Pluto appeared briefly in Sailor Moon R.
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Episode 01 Premonition of the World`s End! Mysterious New Soldiers Appear
Episode 02 A Rod Born of Love! Usagi`s New Transformation
Episode 03 A Handsome Guy? Tenou Haruka`s Secret
Episode 04 Usagi`s Idol! Graceful Genius Michiru
Episode 05 Protect the Pure Heart! Enemies and Allies in a Triangular Struggle
Episode 05 In Need of Help for Love? Moon Will Take Care of It
Episode 07 Cold Uranus. Makoto in Danger!
Episode 08 Water Labyrinth. Targetted Ami-chan
Episode 09 Temporary Uniting Minds! Moon and Uranus team up
Episode 10 A man`s kindness! Yuuichirou heart broken by Rei
Episode 11 She wants to quit being a Sailor Senshi!? Minako`s worries
Episode 12 Usagi in tears. Glass shoes for her birthday.
Episode 13 The stolen pure heart. Usagi is in trouble.
Episode 14 She came. The tiny pretty girl soldier.
Episode 15 They`re thinking the same thing! Chibi Moon`s adventure
Episode 16 Need more power! Mako overdoing it
Episode 17 The Day of Fate. Uranus` Distant Days
Episode 18 Art is the eplosion of love! Chibi Usa`s first love.
Episode 19 Usagi`s dance, the waltzing knot
Episode 20 The Shocking Truth. The Revealed Identity of Each other
Episode 21 Death of Uranus and Neptune? The Coming of Talisman
Episode 22 The Sacred Power of the Holy Grail. Moon`s second Transformation
Episode 23 Who is the real messiah? The chaos of the light and dark.
Episode 24 The house of mystery! Pretty Hotaru`s secret
Episode 25 After Idols! Evil Mimete
Episode 26 Shadow of Silence?! Hotaru`s Dimming Tail Light
Episode 27 Calm after the storm! A friendship devoted to Hotaru
Episode 28 Higher, Stronger! Usagi the Cheerleader
Episode 29 A Battle in an Evil Place! The Sailor Soldiers` Gamble
Episode 30 The Messiah of Silence
Episode 31 Invasion from Outer Space! Infinity Academy`s Secret
Episode 32 Heart Stealing Flowers! The Third Witch Tellu
Episode 33 Believe in Love! Ami, sad Senshi
Episode 34 Shadow of Destruction! The Messiah of Silence`s Awakening
Episode 35 Fear of Approaching Darkness! The Struggle of the Eight Soldiers
Episode 36 A Glittering Shooting-Star! Saturn and the Messiah
Episode 37 A New Life! A Time of Farewell Destined in the Stars
Episode 38 A Soldier`s Growth! Strength is Having a Pure Heart Inside

Sailor Moon



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Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon is a story about a klutzy, crybaby, 14 year old underachiever named Tsukino Usagi who was given some transformation items and super powers. Usagi transforms into the pretty, sailor suited fighter called Sailor Moon to fight against evil. But even as the super hero, Sailor Moon is klutzy and a crybaby. Then as time goes by, Usagi is joined by some other girls to form a team of sailor suited fighters.
Sailor Moon is a story aimed at young girls (4 to 12 years old), and can be considered a magical girl story. The manga is written by Takeuchi Naoko, and it is running in the monthly magazine Nakayoshi. However because of various reasons, Sailor Moon has gathered a lot of fans from people of all age groups, and has become one of the most popular anime in Japan today. There is a Sailor Moon manga, a Sailor V manga, five TV series, three movies, several video games, and LOTS of merchandise.
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Episode 01 Crybaby Usagi`s Magnificient Transformation
Episode 02 Punish Them! The House of Fortune is the Monster Mansion
Episode 03 Mysterious Sleeping Illness, Protect the Girls` Hearts in Love
Episode 04 Usagi Will Teach You How to Lose Weight!
Episode 05 A Monster`s Scent! Chanela Steals Love
Episode 05 Protect the Melody of Love! Usagi is a Cupid
Episode 07 Usagi Learns a Lesson! The Road to Stardom is Tough
Episode 08 Is the Genius Girl a Monster? Brainwashing School of Terror
Episode 09 Usagi`s Misfortune! Watch Out for the Rushing Clocks
Episode 10 Cursed Buses! Fire Warrior Mars Appears
Episode 11 Usagi vs. Rei? A Nightmare in Dreamland
Episode 12 I Want a Boyfriend, Too! A Trap on a Luxury Cruise Ship
Episode 13 Girl Power! The End of Jadeite
Episode 14 A Powerful New Enemy! Nephrite`s Evil Crest
Episode 15 Usagi is Frantic! Rei`s First Date
Episode 16 Dream of a White Dress! Usagi Becomes a Bride
Episode 17 Is Usagi a Model? The Focus of the Monster Camera
Episode 18 Shingo`s Innocent Love! A Sorrowful French Doll
Episode 19 Usagi is Thrilled! Tuxedo Mask`s Love Letter
Episode 20 The Summer! The Ocean! Our Youth! And a Ghost, Too
Episode 21 Protect the Children`s Dreams! Friendship Linked by Anime
Episode 22 Romance Under the Moon! Usagi`s First Kiss
Episode 23 Wish Upon a Shooting Star! Naru`s Pure Love
Episode 24 Naru`s Cry! Nephrite Dies for Love
Episode 25 Jupiter, the Brawny Girl in Love
Episode 26 Bring a Smile to Naru`s Face! Usagi`s Friendship
Episode 27 Love for Ami?! A Boy Who Can Predict the Future
Episode 28 Illustrations of Love, Are Usagi and Mamoru Getting Closer?
Episode 29 Total Chaos! The Messy Square Relationship
Episode 30 Grandpa Goes Crazy, Rei`s in Jeopardy
Episode 31 Loved and Chased! Luna`s Worst Day Ever
Episode 32 Umino`s Resolve! I`ll Protect Naru
Episode 33 The Last Sailor Warrior, Sailor Venus Appears
Episode 34 The Sparkling Silver Crystal! The Moon Princess Appears
Episode 35 Memories Return! Usagi and Mamoru`s Past
Episode 36 Usagi is Confused! Is Tuxedo Mask Evil?
Episode 37 Aim to be a Princess? Usagi`s Weird Training
Episode 38 The Snow! The Mountains! Our Friendship! And Of Course, A Monster, Too
Episode 39 Paired With a Monster?! Ice Queen Mako
Episode 40 The Legendary Lake Monster! Usagi`s Family Ties
Episode 41 I Won`t Run From Love Anymore! Ami and Mamoru`s Showdown
Episode 42 Sailor Venus` Past, Minako`s Tragic Love
Episode 43 Is Usagi Going It Alone? The Sailor Warriors Get Into a Big Fight
Episode 44 Usagi`s Awakening! A Message from the Distant Past
Episode 45 The Sailor Warriors Die! The Tragic Final Battle
Episode 46 Usagi`s Everlasting Wish! A New Reincarnation

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It's Occupation, Not War

April 12, 2008
It's Occupation, Not War
by Charley Reese

The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan ended some years ago. In Iraq, the war ended with the fall of Saddam Hussein's government; in Afghanistan, with the fall of the Taliban government. What's been happening since is occupation and resistance to occupation.

It's always helpful to call things by the right name. One of the ways using the wrong word can trip us is illustrated by John McCain's campaign theme. We have to win the war in Iraq, he keeps saying. Ending a war implies either winning or losing. No such baggage is attached to an occupation. You can end an occupation without either winning or losing. You just withdraw your troops.

The fact that what is going on in Iraq is an occupation is proven by the nature of the conflicts. They are between factions of Iraqis. Our guys are caught in the crossfire or killed by Iraqis who oppose our presence. There are no large-scale attacks directed against us.

Those who want to continue the occupation paint a horrific picture of what they claim will happen if we withdraw – a massive civil war, genocide or a regional war. There is no hard evidence to support any of those suppositions. But even if they happen, they need not concern us. Lots of factions in different parts of the world decide to kill each other from time to time, and we don't interfere. As long as there are no Americans to get caught in the crossfire, let the Iraqis have their civil war if that's what they want.

On the other hand, there's never been civil war in Iraq. There were rebellions against the Baathist government and, before that, against the British-sponsored governments, but before our occupation, Sunnis and Shia intermarried and lived side by side. There were always Christians in Iraq and, until the state of Israel was created, Jews. That was, in fact, true throughout the Middle East.

As for al-Qaeda, it has been virtually wiped out in Iraq – not by us, but by Sunni tribesmen who turned against it because of its murderous fanaticism. McCain keeps confusing al-Qaeda with Shia and trying to link it to Iran, but al-Qaeda is a fundamentalist Sunni group way outside the mainstream of Islam. Most of its members are Saudis or Egyptians. It was never in Iraq until our war and occupation gave it an excuse to come in. It's never been in Iran. For American politicians to suppose that without us it would thrive and grow in Iraq is just proof of their ignorance.

Our presence in Iraq is the only thing that made al-Qaeda viable. Our occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan are the principal selling points in al-Qaeda propaganda. We have no interests, strategic or otherwise, in either country. The last thing al-Qaeda wants is for us to withdraw, which is why it should be the first thing we do.

Whatever someone imagines we gain by staying in Iraq and Afghanistan is far outweighed by what we are losing. We are losing lives in dribs and drabs, and we are losing treasure at an alarming rate. We have severe internal problems that our military presence in the Middle East aggravates. Our military is on the verge of being broken. Some Nobel laureates estimate the war will end up costing us $3 trillion. Well, plain and simple, we can't afford it.

We should never go to war unless there are tangible, identifiable benefits for the American people for doing so. Try to think of a benefit we have gained from Iraq or Afghanistan. There are none. We deposed two governments that were not attacking us or threatening to attack us, and we let get away the private terrorist group that had attacked us. It does not matter that they were bad governments. There are lots of bad governments in this world. The only bad government we have an obligation to change is the one in Washington, D.C.

If we don't change direction in this country, we're going to end up impoverished and bankrupt, and you know what? Iraq and Afghanistan will still be the messes they are today.
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Saturday, April 12, 2008

After the Goldrush



"After The Goldrush"

Well, I dreamed I saw the knights
In armor coming,
Saying something about a queen.
There were peasants singing and
Drummers drumming
And the archer split the tree.
There was a fanfare blowing
To the sun
That was floating on the breeze.
Look at Mother Nature on the run
In the nineteen seventies.
Look at Mother Nature on the run
In the nineteen seventies.

I was lying in a burned out basement
With the full moon in my eyes.
I was hoping for replacement
When the sun burst thru the sky.
There was a band playing in my head
And I felt like getting high.
I was thinking about what a
Friend had said
I was hoping it was a lie.
Thinking about what a
Friend had said
I was hoping it was a lie.

Well, I dreamed I saw the silver
Space ships flying
In the yellow haze of the sun,
There were children crying
And colors flying
All around the chosen ones.
All in a dream, all in a dream
The loading had begun.
They were flying Mother Nature's
Silver seed to a new home in the sun.
Flying Mother Nature's
Silver seed to a new home.

RHCP I Could Have Lied

The Tower


As the Fool leaves the throne of the Goat God, he comes upon a Tower, fantastic, magnificent, and familiar. In fact, The Fool, himself, helped build this Tower back when the most important thing to him was making his mark on the world and proving himself better than other men. Inside the Tower, at the top, arrogant men still live, convinced of their rightness. Seeing the Tower again, the Fool feels as if lightning has just flashed across his mind; he thought he'd left that old self behind when he started on this spiritual journey. But he realizes now that he hasn't. He's been seeing himself, like the Tower, like the men inside, as alone and singular and superior, when in fact, he is no such thing. So captured is he by the shock of this insight, that he opens his mouth and releases a SHOUT! And to his astonishment and terror, as if the shout has taken form, a bolt of actual lightning slashes down from the heavens, striking the Tower and sending its residents leaping out into the waters below.

In a moment, it is over. The Tower is rubble, only rocks remaining. Stunned and shaken to the core, the Fool experiences grief, profound fear and disbelief. But also, a strange clarity of vision, as if his inner eye has finally opened. He tore down his resistance to change and sacrifice (Hanged man), then broke free of his fear and preconceptions of death (Death); he dissolved his belief that opposites cannot be merged (Temperance) and shattered the chains of ambition and desire (The Devil). But here and now, he has done what was hardest: destroyed the lies he held about himself. What's left is the bare, absolute truth. On this he can rebuild his soul.

Friday, April 11, 2008

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HAGERSTOWN, MD - We all know owning a dog can be a huge responsibility, with feeding, walking, veterinary care, and of course, loving. But a local canine is lending a paw when it comes to some of those duties.


“Ronin” the 5-year-old bull-mastiff is gentle, affectionate, obedient and he doesn't need a human being to take him for a walk.


“I don't have to walk him with a leash,” says owner Lloyd Weedon. "From the first moment he came to the house he showed us things that we'd never seen before."


His owner says from the get-go, Ronin loved playing fetch with newspapers and slippers.


“So I experimented. I was out in the yard one day and happened to be working on the car. And there was a spare tire and I asked him to get it and believe it or not, he picked up the tire and gave it to me,” says Weedon.


Now, Ronin’s even taking out the trash.


"Most of the time I need an extra hand and he gives me an extra mouth, right? So he carries his own trash,” says Weedon.


Ronin's owners say his life span is only eight years, but their hoping with plenty of diet and exercise, he will live much longer than expected.

Thursday, April 10, 2008

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Wednesday, April 9, 2008


Official: 15 of 19 Sept. 11 hijackers were Saudi
2/06/2002
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia acknowledged for the first time that 15 of the Sept. 11 suicide hijackers were Saudi citizens.

















The great escape
Immediately after 9/11, dozens of Saudi royals and members of the bin Laden family fled the U.S. in a secret airlift authorized by the Bush White House. One passenger was an alleged al-Qaida go-between, who may have known about the terror attacks in advance.
Did the Saudis buy a president?
How much money has flowed from the House of Saud to the Bush family and its friends and allies over the years? No one will ever know -- but the number is at least $1.477 billion.
The Bushes and their allies controlled, influenced or possessed substantial positions in a vast array of companies that dominated the energy and defense sectors. Put it all together, and there were myriad ways for the House of Bush to engage in lucrative business deals with the House of Saud and the Saudi merchant elite.

In all, at least $1.476 billion had made its way from the Saudis to the House of Bush and its allied companies and institutions. It could safely be said that never before in history had a presidential candidate -- much less a presidential candidate and his father, a former president -- been so closely tied financially and personally to the ruling family of another foreign power. Never before had a president's personal fortunes and public policies been so deeply entwined with another nation.



Official: $20 billion arms sale to Saudis in the works
July 28, 2007
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The United States is developing a proposed $20 billion, 10-year arms sales package for Saudi Arabia, a senior administration official confirmed on Saturday.
Posted GMT 4-8-2008 7:27:59

Treasury undersecretary Stuart Levey told a Senate panel that the Saudi government has not taken promised steps to stop wealthy donors from bankrolling al-Qaida and other terrorists through Saudi charities, which are awash in cash thanks to the oil boom.

"Saudi Arabia today remains the location where more money is going to terrorism, to Sunni terror groups and the Taliban than any other place in the world," Levey said.

In fact, the terror-funding pipeline is flowing nearly as strong as it was before 9/11 thanks to the bonanza in Arab petrodollars.

Levey says he and other counterterrorism officials are frustrated with official efforts to persuade the Saudis to crack down. He says there's a reluctance to directly criticize a supposedly close U.S. ally.

Both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue are content to continue playing footsie with these two-faced sheiks under the diplomatic table. The answer seems to be more carrots and no stick at all.

In fact, despite hearing Levey's bombshell testimony, Congress is rubberstamping a proposed White House deal to export $20 billion in arms to the Kingdom and other Arab states, including smartbomb technology that could be used to harm a real ally like Israel.