With your water cannons and teargas
You're driving me away
Starting to get the feeling
You don't want me to stay
With your RPGs and IEDs
Your pushing me away
Starting to get the feeling
You don't want me to stay
With your restraining orders and new locks
You're driving me away
Starting to get the feeling
You don't want me to stay
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Will something from the sky hit Utah on March 1st, 2010?
One of the most precise bible code predictions to be put to the test.
BIBLE CODE: EX:39:10, DEUT:1:36:
MARCH 01, 2010- COMET IMPACT- UTAH
DAYTIME - DAYLIGHT- IN THE MORNING
HOLOCAUST - CATASTROPHE- ANNIHILATION
SOUTH - PATH - TRAJECTORY - SOUTH
PREVENTION - PREVENTABLE - STOPPED
ACTUAL DATE: 15 ADAR 5770 (HC).
The same bible code hunter supposedly found this code too late, after the Haiti earthquake.
BIBLE CODE: GEN:6:3: HAITI - MAJOR EARTHQUAKE-
JANUARY 2010 - DESTRUCTION - DEVASTATION
MASS DEATHutah
Debra Medina, new star of America's right, is firing up the race for Texas governor
Paul Harris in Lytle, Texas
The Observer, Sunday 28 February 2010
Lytle is a blink-and-you'll-miss-it kind of town, one of hundreds that dot the vast flat ranchlands of southern Texas. A smear of houses by the main highway between San Antonio and Laredo. Population: 2,383. The first streets only got paved here in the years after the second world war. A sewage system took a little longer, not being built until the 1960s. In short, Lytle, Texas, has never been big enough to have much impact on the politics of the Lone Star state. And few Texas politicians have ever paid much attention to it.
Until Debra Medina, that is. When Medina breezed into Lytle's community hall the locals found themselves confronted with a Texan version of Sarah Palin. She wore a sharp scarlet skirt suit, librarian-style glasses and a puffed-up hairdo. More than 60 Lytle residents had gathered to meet her, a hefty turnout on a weekday at 11am for a Republican primary election in the race to be Texas governor. Medina has become a political phenomenon in Texas. Emerging as a genuine star of the rightwing populist Tea Party movement, she delivers a fiery message of slashing taxes and the abolition of almost all forms of federal government, and issues dire warnings that President Obama is taking America down a slippery slope to Soviet-style communism.
It's working. Previously unheard of by the vast majority of Texans, Medina has set the race for governor on fire, upsetting the primary contest between the incumbent, Rick Perry, and Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison.
Those gathered to see Medina in Lytle loved her. Young and old, men and women, Latino and white, listened with rapt attention as she outlined her agenda and asked them to back her in this week's first round of voting. If she can beat Hutchison into second place, she can secure a runoff against Perry. That would raise the possibility – distant but real – of a Tea Party activist capturing the government of the second biggest state in America. The Tea Party movement would have gone from being a bunch of ragtag protesters to heading one of the largest single economies in the world. "If we can change politics as usual in Texas, then we can change politics as usual across America. This is not just about Texas, but about changing the whole country," Medina told the Observer before addressing her supporters in Lytle.
She is not alone in that ambition. Across America other extreme candidates have emerged on the Republican right to challenge familiar party figures with a fiery mix of Tea Party-inspired populism. In Arizona, Senator John McCain is facing a tough re-election fight against a former congressman, JD Hayworth, who has expressed public doubts as to whether Obama was born a legitimate American citizen. In Florida the moderate Republican governor, Charlie Crist, is lagging badly in his own primary election to rightwing challenger Marco Rubio, who has the backing of local Tea Party groups.
On the right of US politics, this is big stuff. Instead of forcing mainstream Republicans to woo them for their votes, the rightwingers are now bidding for power. It is an attempt at revolution that could have huge meaning for America and the world, especially given the disastrous showing of Democrats in recent polls and elections. Medina knows this. After her speech she ended with a plea to her audience. "We can win this race," she said, then held up her hand and squeezed two fingers together. "It is this close."
Later that night, at a firemen's association hall in the much larger city of San Antonio, Medina's face stared down from a huge screen as she delivered a long policy monologue. To her audience she was the very antithesis of establishment power: a heroic revolutionary, out to destroy government and bring power to the people. "She is not a career politician. Everything she is saying will make Texas better than what it is," said Sergeant Shawn Mendoza, 30, a veteran of three tours to Iraq and Afghanistan. A few minutes later the flesh-and-blood version of Medina entered the hall. She got a standing ovation before she had said a word.
She began her stump speech again, still wearing the outfit she had in Lytle. But when it comes to speeches Medina is no Sarah Palin. She has no need to write on her hand to remember her talking points. Instead her speech was a complex walk through her extreme anti-government philosophy, citing sources as varied as the Austrian school of economics, St Augustine and modern French philosophers. She said she wanted to get rid of property taxes and allow Texans to do whatever they wanted with anything they owned, whether that was dig for oil or build an extension. There was, she said, no constitutional basis for a federal Department of Education or an Environmental Protection Agency or the Federal Reserve. Texas should assert its rights almost as a nation-state, controlling over its own National Guard units. The disdain for government was visceral. The American way, she said, was simple. "There are two rights essential to freedom: private property and gun ownership."
Such thoughts find fertile ground in Texas. This state has always had a swaggering, independent streak and a dislike for too many laws. Medina was born on a farm near the small town of Beeville in south Texas. She speaks with a homely Texas accent and worked as a nurse before entering politics at county level in the 1990s. Her bid for governor was largely ignored by the media as she crisscrossed the state for 13 months, visiting small town after small town. Gradually she crept up in the polls and forced her way into the televised debates, where she performed strongly. Campaign money began to pour in. One poll puts her as high as 24%, just behind Hutchison and within reach of catching her and forcing Perry into a runoff.
Medina believes she is not really in third place, citing the fact that the polls only telephone previous Republican primary voters, whereas she is bringing in thousands of new supporters. "I feel fantastic. I think we can win this," she said in Lytle.
Only once has Medina slipped up – in an interview she gave to the conservative radio host Glenn Beck. On his show Medina was asked if she thought the US government might have had a role in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. She replied: "I don't." She then went on to expand disastrously upon that answer. "I don't have all the evidence there… I think some very good questions have been raised in that regard. There are some very good arguments and I think the American people have not seen all the evidence there, so I have not taken a position on that," she said.
Those comments provided ample ammunition for her political rivals. Her march forward in the polls was halted and some of her advances chipped away. The only time Medina appeared unnerved in Lytle or San Antonio was when a woman in the audience mentioned the Beck interview and asked her if she was a "Truther", in reference to the conspiracy theory that the government planted bombs to blow up the World Trade Centre. Medina looked flustered and started to answer before saying suddenly: "No! No!" and moving on to a new question.
But such areas are the home ground of the Tea Party movement. At almost any Tea Party event it is easy to meet Truthers or Birthers or those who believe Obama is a closet Stalinist or a Nazi or a Muslim fundamentalist or indeed all three together, no matter how blindingly contradictory such beliefs are. In San Antonio one member of the audience wore an Oath Keepers T-shirt. Oath Keepers are a group of veterans, soldiers or police officers who fear their own government is about to attack the American people or round up conservatives into concentration camps. The oath they have sworn to keep is to refuse to obey such orders. That sort of thing remains a fundamental problem for the politicians from the Tea Party seeking high office.
Calvin Jillson, a political scientist at Dallas's Southern Methodist University, believes the Tea Party can be understood as the latest in a long line of explosions of political rage in America. They include the Populist party that won elections in several states during the 1890s recession and the millions who voted for Ross Perot's presidential candidacy in the 1980s. "These things happen but they burn out like a prairie fire. We are in the middle of it right now but when the economy picks up it will fade away," Jillson said.
Yet the crowd in Lytle could not see any sign of economic recovery. Their rage did not feel like it would fade away. "I'm so mad, it's like chewing nails," said Lytle businesswoman Priscilla Squires, 60. She saw this week's primary as the start of fundamental change in America, while the experts say Medina's Tea Party will crash against the barricades of the ballot box. They are probably right. Yet Texas has always been a little different. "I don't think a Medina win is likely," said Jillson "But nothing is impossible. This is Texas after all."
Obama signs extension of Patriot Act/Majority think Federal Government poses a threat to their rights
~AP News
President Barack Obama has signed a one-year extension of several provisions in the nation’s main counterterrorism law, the Patriot Act.
Provisions in the measure would have expired on Sunday without Obama’s signature Saturday.
The act, which was adopted in the weeks after the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, expands the government’s ability to monitor Americans in the name of national security.
Three sections of the Patriot Act that stay in force will:
_Authorize court-approved roving wiretaps that permit surveillance on multiple phones.
_Allow court-approved seizure of records and property in anti-terrorism operations.
_Permit surveillance against a so-called lone wolf, a non-U.S. citizen engaged in terrorism who may not be part of a recognized terrorist group.
Obama’s signature comes after the House voted 315 to 97 Thursday to extend the measure.
The Senate also approved the measure, with privacy protections cast aside when Senate Democrats lacked the necessary 60-vote supermajority to pass them. Thrown away were restrictions and greater scrutiny on the government’s authority to spy on Americans and seize their records.
Representatives With The Courage To Vote NO
Neil Abercrombie – Tammy Baldwin – Roscoe Bartlett – Xavier Becerra – Howard Berman – Rob Bishop – Earl Blumenauer – John Boccieri – Bruce Braley – Mike Capuano – Jason Chaffetz – Judy Chu – Yvette Clarke – Emanuel Cleaver – Cohen – Jerry Costello – Joe Crowley – Elijah Cummings – Pete DeFazio – John Dingell – Lloyd Doggett – John Duncan – Donna Edwards – Vern Ehlers – Ellison – Eliot Engel – Sam Farr – Bob Filner – Barney Frank – Marcia Fudge – Al Green – Raul Grijalva – Phil Hare – Jane Harman – Alcee Hastings – Dean Heller – Maurice Hinchey – Mazie Hirono – Rush Holt – Mike Honda – Hank Johnson – Tim Johnson – Walter Jones – Steve Kagen – Dennis Kucinich – John Larson – Barbara Lee – John Lewis – Dave Loebsack – Ben Luján – Dan Maffei – Carolyn Maloney – Ed Markey – Doris Matsui – Betsy McCollum – McDermott – James McGovern – Gregory Meeks – Michael Michaud – George Miller – Walt Minnick – Gwen Moore – Jerrold Nadler – Richard Neal – Jim Oberstar – John Olver – Frank Pallone – Ed Pastor – Ron Paul – Don Payne – Tom Perriello – Chellie Pingree – Jared Polis – David Price – Laura Richardson – Tim Ryan – Linda Sánchez – Loretta Sanchez – John Sarbanes – Jan Schakowsky – Robert Scott – Jose Serrano – Carol Shea-Porter – Brad Sherman – Jackie Speier – Mike Thompson – John Tierney – Ed Towns – Nydia Velázquez – Peter Visclosky – Maxine Waters – Mel Watt – Henry Waxman – Peter Welch – Lynn Woolsey – David Wu – Don Young
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By Paul Steinhauser~CNN
A majority of Americans think the federal government poses a threat to rights of Americans, according to a new national poll.
Fifty-six percent of people questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Friday say they think the federal government’s become so large and powerful that it poses an immediate threat to the rights and freedoms of ordinary citizens. Forty-four percent of those polled disagree.
The survey indicates a partisan divide on the question: only 37 percent of Democrats, 63 percent of Independents and nearly 7 in 10 Republicans say the federal government poses a threat to the rights of Americans.
According to CNN poll numbers released Sunday, Americans overwhelmingly think that the U.S. government is broken – though the public overwhelmingly holds out hope that what’s broken can be fixed.
The CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll was conducted February 12-15, with 1,023 adult Americans questioned by telephone. The survey’s sampling error is plus or minus 3 percentage points for the overall survey.
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Climategate
[My comments]
[This article is from Dec 2009, just after Climategate came out. This guy gets how bad it would have been had the globalist not been exposed as the frauds that they are.]
[Something that I still don't get is the lack of outrage from the general public,
"Yeah you lied and were going to screw me, my children, my grandchildren, basically everyone on the planet from now on, oh well, no hard feelings." "BTW there is a 50% chance I will believe your next big lie."]
09:06 AM CST on Saturday, December 19, 2009
Santa makes his rounds later this week, but I've already received one of the best gifts ever: the complete unmasking of one of the most insidious movements of recent history – the radical effort to force reckless and needless constraints onto the human race in an attempt to change the planet's climate.
If I had been told last year that a scandal called "Climategate" would reveal in 2009 the depths of treachery that would infect the so-called science behind assertions of man-made global warming, I would have been thrilled. But I would have asked for just a little extra something.
I would have asked for this monumental and wholly deserved embarrassment to explode just before the opening gavel of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, an orgy of clergy and parishioners in the tawdry church of anthropogenic climate change.
The curtain finally fell on this 12-day global dog-and-pony show Friday, amid shattered dreams of launching a new initiative to dash the world's economies against the rocks of a contrived menace.
My gratitude knows no bounds. Not just for political reasons; this was a genuinely dangerous cult whose success would have exacted a profound toll on the quality of life of the human race.
The Climategate e-mail release is a watershed moment in the history of hoaxes. But while it reveals just the tip of the fraudulent climate change iceberg, it is also at long last a victory for those who wish to be good stewards of the planet's environment without crippling human productivity.
And for having endured the braying lectures of those who have preached this dishonest scripture for years, from high political priests like Al Gore to the annoying deacons filling the Hollywood wing of environmental delusion, I am going to enjoy this for a while.
This is not ordinarily how I roll on the fairly rare recent occasions when my political side prevails. Dangerous inattention to national security raises my hackles, but on virtually everything else – health care, taxes, even abortion – I recognize there are differences and debates that must play themselves out among those with varying views. I'm always ready to engage with vigor tempered by openness to opposing positions.
It is time for the global environment to be addressed in that fashion. While there is no reason to conclude that man can change the Earth's temperature in any significant way, our existence will always have some effect on the environment. A frank conversation must take place over how to balance human needs for jobs and energy against the effects we have on our air, water and land.
But for too long that discourse has been hijacked by those who would relegate us to unproven alternative energy sources while gutting the methods that have made American productivity unmatched in human history.
The radical left's hostility toward capitalism, leading to a poisonous bias in science funding toward those who sing from the global warming hymnal, led to decades of scientists saying man was heating the planet and that we could cool it by suffocating our economies with draconian limitations.
And for a while there, they were widely believed. Drunk on this falsely earned power, they crowed that the debate was settled and that their claims of man changing the Earth's temperature were proven. The planet's history of rising and falling temperature cycles dating to before factories and SUVs made no difference to these people. Even the global cooling scare of the 1970s – in many ways a more environmentally offensive decade than the current one – was conveniently forgotten.
But now their radical politicization of science has been outed and their pretense of caring about the planet stripped away. My favorite metaphor for these discredited neo-Marxist souls is watermelons – green on the outside, red on the inside.
I don't know if sanctimonious blowhards like Al Gore will ever be properly chastened by the uncovering of the scam they have perpetrated. But for those wishing to enjoy a playing field made honest, it is time for a constructive debate about how to maintain the global economy in a responsible way that honors the planet and the needs of the people who live on it.
That means embracing green technologies that actually work – which will not require a dime of taxpayer subsidy. We all want a clean and healthy world. From hybrid cars to low-emissions home products to solar panels and wind farms, plenty of planet-friendly technologies have won favor in the marketplace, and we are better for them.
And we are surely better off for the dawn of this new day allowing us to dispense with the absurd narcissism that man can change the planet's temperature, or that we know better than God what its ideal temperature should be.
This frees us for the important human business of taking care of the Earth in a way that meets the needs of both planet and man.
Mark Davis is heard weekdays from 8:30 to 11 a.m. on WBAP-AM, News/Talk 820. His e-mail address is mdavis@wbap.com.
[This article is from Dec 2009, just after Climategate came out. This guy gets how bad it would have been had the globalist not been exposed as the frauds that they are.]
[Something that I still don't get is the lack of outrage from the general public,
"Yeah you lied and were going to screw me, my children, my grandchildren, basically everyone on the planet from now on, oh well, no hard feelings." "BTW there is a 50% chance I will believe your next big lie."]
09:06 AM CST on Saturday, December 19, 2009
Santa makes his rounds later this week, but I've already received one of the best gifts ever: the complete unmasking of one of the most insidious movements of recent history – the radical effort to force reckless and needless constraints onto the human race in an attempt to change the planet's climate.
If I had been told last year that a scandal called "Climategate" would reveal in 2009 the depths of treachery that would infect the so-called science behind assertions of man-made global warming, I would have been thrilled. But I would have asked for just a little extra something.
I would have asked for this monumental and wholly deserved embarrassment to explode just before the opening gavel of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, an orgy of clergy and parishioners in the tawdry church of anthropogenic climate change.
The curtain finally fell on this 12-day global dog-and-pony show Friday, amid shattered dreams of launching a new initiative to dash the world's economies against the rocks of a contrived menace.
My gratitude knows no bounds. Not just for political reasons; this was a genuinely dangerous cult whose success would have exacted a profound toll on the quality of life of the human race.
The Climategate e-mail release is a watershed moment in the history of hoaxes. But while it reveals just the tip of the fraudulent climate change iceberg, it is also at long last a victory for those who wish to be good stewards of the planet's environment without crippling human productivity.
And for having endured the braying lectures of those who have preached this dishonest scripture for years, from high political priests like Al Gore to the annoying deacons filling the Hollywood wing of environmental delusion, I am going to enjoy this for a while.
This is not ordinarily how I roll on the fairly rare recent occasions when my political side prevails. Dangerous inattention to national security raises my hackles, but on virtually everything else – health care, taxes, even abortion – I recognize there are differences and debates that must play themselves out among those with varying views. I'm always ready to engage with vigor tempered by openness to opposing positions.
It is time for the global environment to be addressed in that fashion. While there is no reason to conclude that man can change the Earth's temperature in any significant way, our existence will always have some effect on the environment. A frank conversation must take place over how to balance human needs for jobs and energy against the effects we have on our air, water and land.
But for too long that discourse has been hijacked by those who would relegate us to unproven alternative energy sources while gutting the methods that have made American productivity unmatched in human history.
The radical left's hostility toward capitalism, leading to a poisonous bias in science funding toward those who sing from the global warming hymnal, led to decades of scientists saying man was heating the planet and that we could cool it by suffocating our economies with draconian limitations.
And for a while there, they were widely believed. Drunk on this falsely earned power, they crowed that the debate was settled and that their claims of man changing the Earth's temperature were proven. The planet's history of rising and falling temperature cycles dating to before factories and SUVs made no difference to these people. Even the global cooling scare of the 1970s – in many ways a more environmentally offensive decade than the current one – was conveniently forgotten.
But now their radical politicization of science has been outed and their pretense of caring about the planet stripped away. My favorite metaphor for these discredited neo-Marxist souls is watermelons – green on the outside, red on the inside.
I don't know if sanctimonious blowhards like Al Gore will ever be properly chastened by the uncovering of the scam they have perpetrated. But for those wishing to enjoy a playing field made honest, it is time for a constructive debate about how to maintain the global economy in a responsible way that honors the planet and the needs of the people who live on it.
That means embracing green technologies that actually work – which will not require a dime of taxpayer subsidy. We all want a clean and healthy world. From hybrid cars to low-emissions home products to solar panels and wind farms, plenty of planet-friendly technologies have won favor in the marketplace, and we are better for them.
And we are surely better off for the dawn of this new day allowing us to dispense with the absurd narcissism that man can change the planet's temperature, or that we know better than God what its ideal temperature should be.
This frees us for the important human business of taking care of the Earth in a way that meets the needs of both planet and man.
Mark Davis is heard weekdays from 8:30 to 11 a.m. on WBAP-AM, News/Talk 820. His e-mail address is mdavis@wbap.com.
Friday, February 26, 2010
Sorority Row (2009)
director: Stewart Handler
writers: Josh Stolberg, Pete Goldfinger
starring: Briana Evigan, Rumer Willis, Leah Pipes, Jamie Chung, Audrina Partridge
genre: Horror, Remake
Whoever thought that this film deserved the chance to see the light of day should be punched in the face immediately. Anybody who had anything to do with this film should be ashamed of of their involvement. Sorority Row happens to be the worst film of 2009 and an utter disgrace to humanity as a piece of art.
The story is of 5 sorority sisters and a prank they play on one of the sisters boyfriend. The prank is that one of the girls Megan pretends to be dead and while they try dismember her body and freak the shit out of the boyfriend. The boyfriend thinking shes really dead by mistake kills her. They all vow to keep it a secret and hide the body. A year later everything comes back to haunt them. Scary messages and deaths shows them that the nightmare isn't quite yet over. Who is the murder you might ask? The mystery begins of the most clichéd horror film ever.
The plot from beginning to end is bad, predictable and boring. Seeing this film reminded me of two other films. I Know What You Did Last Summer and Valentine. And immediately the idea that Sorority Row has stoled the whole plot from those two films. Whoever has seen the those films will know what im talking about. Ripoff of the century should be the tagline of this film as seeing Sorority Row feels like seeing those two other films once again.
I haven't even started on the details on where the film gets it so wrong. The biggest problem is it cant get the slasher film characteristics correctly. The filmmakers forgot that a slasher film should be fun, the deaths should be cool, for there to be a interesting serial killer and last incredible sequences and maybe at the end a meaning. Sorority Row doesn't have any of those characteristics but has all of the worst qualities of a bad film. It ties itself down in cliches, bad acting and repetitive storytelling.
Lets mention some of these crazy absurdities the film has. The killer has a Rambo arm at times when throwing the knife. The fact that the killer out of nowhere, finds out the truth from a friend and goes on killing rampage for his girlfriend with no apparent reason. Just that he suddenly went psychologically mad. Also the fact that all the girls characters are cliches. The cute and shy girl, the idiot, the tough smart girl who hangs out with wrong crowd, the bitch leader. The terrible dialogue that accompanies these cliche characters is another problem. The shots of the stars breats or waist line just to sell skin. The only film that could compare to being filled absurdities probably has to be Anaconda 3.
Last let me talk as well about the sororities while im bashing the living daylight out of this film. Throughout the film sorority's are played out as this place of truth,honor, sisterhood, and in the end the killer comments on how thats bullshit. That they are all liars, idiots and whores. The film right at the end it decided to switch gears and have so called commentary. Which doesn't make sense because it feels out of place. As if we also needed this horror film to explore the sorority culture and its negatives. This film should first have had a good story, with a real mystery to who's the killer, genuine and likable characters and then maybe we could have focused on some social commentary.
The studio who made this film should just take the film negatives and burn them and forget about a possible sequel. There is no reason for them to lose more money on this franchise. But there is something I forgot to mention. The icing on the cake you might say. Sorority Row is a remake. Not only is it a simple remake, but a remake who had to ripoff ideas from other Horror films. The only good thing about this film was Carrie Fisher. God bless you Princess Leia for the memobrable moments in one of the worst horror films ever Sorority Row.
Personal Rating:
Review by Paul
EPA Head: No Warming Since 1995 Doesn’t Mean Warming Isn’t Occurring
Steve Watson
Infowars.net
Wednesday, Feb 24th, 2010
EPA Head: No Warming Since 1995 Doesnt Mean Warming Isnt Occurring 240210epaEPA Administrator Lisa Jackson engaged in doublespeak of the highest degree today as she told reporters that no statistically significant increase in global temperatures since 1995 does not mean that there has not been human induced global warming.
“The science regarding climate change is settled, and human activity is responsible for global warming,”
[What global warming?] [You just said there has been no global warming since 1995?]
Jackson said, adding that the EPA needs more funding to ensure climate change legislation is passed.
Jackson was asked if she agreed with recent statements by Phil Jones, the lead scientist at the centre of the climategate scandal that there had been no statistically significant global warming for fifteen years.
Earlier this month, Jones reversed his stance and admitted there had been no recent temperature increase and that his data was “probably not as good as it should be”.
Jones also told the BBC that he does not think the debate on climate change is over.
The EPA’s Jackson stated: “I believe all the new information we have doesn’t lead to any different conclusion than what we reached in the Endangerment Finding,” referring to the agency’s classification of Carbon Dioxide as a pollutant.
“…climate is changing and that mankind is responsible in part for that change, and that we need to move aggressively.” Jackson added, alluding to cap and trade legislation.
“We need to move clean energy legislation,” Jackson said. “We need to move to addressing carbon and putting a price on carbon emissions.”
On Tuesday Oklahoma Senator James Inhofe called for a full criminal investigation into the climategate affair, issuing a staff report that included a request for the EPA to re-examine the classification of Carbon Dioxide as a pollutant.
“The EPA accepted the IPCC’s erroneous claims wholesale, without doing its own independent review,” Inhofe said about the EPA’s decision to rely on information from the U.N.’s International Panel on Climate Change.
“So EPA’s endangerment finding rests on bad science,” he added.
An overturning of the EPA’s CO2 Endangerment Finding would decimate moves by the Obama Administration to regulate carbon emissions and introduce carbon taxes.
Inhofe described the manipulation of climate science to support anthropogenic global warming theory part of “the greatest scientific scandal of our generation”.
Infowars.net
Wednesday, Feb 24th, 2010
EPA Head: No Warming Since 1995 Doesnt Mean Warming Isnt Occurring 240210epaEPA Administrator Lisa Jackson engaged in doublespeak of the highest degree today as she told reporters that no statistically significant increase in global temperatures since 1995 does not mean that there has not been human induced global warming.
“The science regarding climate change is settled, and human activity is responsible for global warming,”
[What global warming?] [You just said there has been no global warming since 1995?]
Jackson said, adding that the EPA needs more funding to ensure climate change legislation is passed.
Jackson was asked if she agreed with recent statements by Phil Jones, the lead scientist at the centre of the climategate scandal that there had been no statistically significant global warming for fifteen years.
Earlier this month, Jones reversed his stance and admitted there had been no recent temperature increase and that his data was “probably not as good as it should be”.
Jones also told the BBC that he does not think the debate on climate change is over.
The EPA’s Jackson stated: “I believe all the new information we have doesn’t lead to any different conclusion than what we reached in the Endangerment Finding,” referring to the agency’s classification of Carbon Dioxide as a pollutant.
“…climate is changing and that mankind is responsible in part for that change, and that we need to move aggressively.” Jackson added, alluding to cap and trade legislation.
“We need to move clean energy legislation,” Jackson said. “We need to move to addressing carbon and putting a price on carbon emissions.”
On Tuesday Oklahoma Senator James Inhofe called for a full criminal investigation into the climategate affair, issuing a staff report that included a request for the EPA to re-examine the classification of Carbon Dioxide as a pollutant.
“The EPA accepted the IPCC’s erroneous claims wholesale, without doing its own independent review,” Inhofe said about the EPA’s decision to rely on information from the U.N.’s International Panel on Climate Change.
“So EPA’s endangerment finding rests on bad science,” he added.
An overturning of the EPA’s CO2 Endangerment Finding would decimate moves by the Obama Administration to regulate carbon emissions and introduce carbon taxes.
Inhofe described the manipulation of climate science to support anthropogenic global warming theory part of “the greatest scientific scandal of our generation”.
Illuminati Symbolism and 9/11 In Hollywood Movies
The pyramids don't freak me out at all in this video but all the 9-11 references do, especially the ones before 9/11/2001. Like the underpass in The Terminator that says Caution 9'11"
Welcome to the fish bowl
By Damon W. Root~Pogo Was Right
Last week the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals denied an en banc rehearing of the case United States v. Lemus, which dealt with a warrantless police search of a suspect’s home after he was arrested outside of it. As a result of the 9th Circuit’s denial, the search will stand, which has left Chief Judge Alex Kozinski none too happy. In dissent, Kozinksi basically accused his colleagues of abandoning the Fourth Amendment:
This is an extraordinary case: Our court approves, without blinking, a police sweep of a person’s home without a warrant, without probable cause, without reasonable suspicion and without exigency—in other words, with nothing at all to support the entry except the curiosity police always have about what they might find if they go rummaging around a suspect’s home. Once inside, the police managed to turn up a gun “in plain view”—stuck between two cushions of the living room couch—and we reward them by upholding the search.
Did I mention that this was an entry into somebody’s home, the place where the protections of the Fourth Amendment are supposedly at their zenith?…
The opinion misapplies Supreme Court precedent, conflicts with our own case law and is contrary to the great weight of authority in the other circuits. It is also the only case I know of, in any jurisdiction covered by the Fourth Amendment, where invasion of the home has been approved based on no showing whatsoever. Nada. Gar nichts. Rien du tout. Bupkes.
Whatever may have been left of the Fourth Amendment after [United States v. Black] is now gone. The evisceration of this crucial constitutional protector of the sanctity and privacy of what Americans consider their castles is pretty much complete. Welcome to the fish bowl.
Last week the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals denied an en banc rehearing of the case United States v. Lemus, which dealt with a warrantless police search of a suspect’s home after he was arrested outside of it. As a result of the 9th Circuit’s denial, the search will stand, which has left Chief Judge Alex Kozinski none too happy. In dissent, Kozinksi basically accused his colleagues of abandoning the Fourth Amendment:
This is an extraordinary case: Our court approves, without blinking, a police sweep of a person’s home without a warrant, without probable cause, without reasonable suspicion and without exigency—in other words, with nothing at all to support the entry except the curiosity police always have about what they might find if they go rummaging around a suspect’s home. Once inside, the police managed to turn up a gun “in plain view”—stuck between two cushions of the living room couch—and we reward them by upholding the search.
Did I mention that this was an entry into somebody’s home, the place where the protections of the Fourth Amendment are supposedly at their zenith?…
The opinion misapplies Supreme Court precedent, conflicts with our own case law and is contrary to the great weight of authority in the other circuits. It is also the only case I know of, in any jurisdiction covered by the Fourth Amendment, where invasion of the home has been approved based on no showing whatsoever. Nada. Gar nichts. Rien du tout. Bupkes.
Whatever may have been left of the Fourth Amendment after [United States v. Black] is now gone. The evisceration of this crucial constitutional protector of the sanctity and privacy of what Americans consider their castles is pretty much complete. Welcome to the fish bowl.
Criticize GMO Go To Jail in India
By Ravi Kumar~My News
The Indian government is finally talking tough, the Ministry of Science and Technology is planning to purpose a new law which will see a jail term for anyone who oppose a genetically modified (GM) product.
The purpose law will prosecute any Indian citizen who opposes or questions the product of any genetically modified (GM) food or medicine and is punishable by at least a minimum of six months behind bars.
The clause to silence critics of GM food is contained in the Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) Bill 2009 prepared by the Department of Biotechnology, which is a wing of the ministry of science and technology headed by Prithviraj Chavan.
‘Misleading public about organism and products’ is one of the crimes for which punishment has been prescribed in Section 63, Chapter 13 of the Bill which deals with various “offences and penalties”.
The new film releases of the week 25/02/2010
25/02/2010 The new film releases of the week :
- Ο Διαχειριστής (2009) by Περικλής Χούρσογλου΄
- Χρυσόσκονη (2009) by Μαργαρίτα Μαντά
- Shutter Island (2010) by Martin Scorsese
- Nowhere Boy (2009) by Sam Taylor Wood
- La Teta Asustada (2009) by Claudia Llosa
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Naruto Manga Chapter 484
Naruto Manga Chapter 484 Team Seven is already out.
Sakura take Karin to the save place and start healing her while crying in front of her. At the same time, Kakashi and Sasuke starting their fight, Naruto still confuse about what he must do to bring back Sasuke. A little flashback in Naruto memories, he try to get conclusion from Itachi, Gaara and Raikage's words about Sasuke. Naruto will know the answer when he see Sasuke. Back again into the battle between Sasuke and Kakashi, Sasuke attack Kakashi with Susanoo, fortunately for Kakashi to be able to activate the mangekyou sharingan too. When Sasuke anger become bigger, suddenly his Susanoo change become more frightening. But its also has effect to his vision, Sakura take this chance to stab Sasuke from behind. But she can't do that, even Sasuke make counterattack and almost kill her if Naruto didn't came at the right time. Finally TEAM SEVEN reunited. What is Naruto answer?
Sakura take Karin to the save place and start healing her while crying in front of her. At the same time, Kakashi and Sasuke starting their fight, Naruto still confuse about what he must do to bring back Sasuke. A little flashback in Naruto memories, he try to get conclusion from Itachi, Gaara and Raikage's words about Sasuke. Naruto will know the answer when he see Sasuke. Back again into the battle between Sasuke and Kakashi, Sasuke attack Kakashi with Susanoo, fortunately for Kakashi to be able to activate the mangekyou sharingan too. When Sasuke anger become bigger, suddenly his Susanoo change become more frightening. But its also has effect to his vision, Sakura take this chance to stab Sasuke from behind. But she can't do that, even Sasuke make counterattack and almost kill her if Naruto didn't came at the right time. Finally TEAM SEVEN reunited. What is Naruto answer?Edge of Darkness (2010)
director: Martin Campell
writer: William Monahan, Andrew Bovell
starring: Mel Gibson, Danny Huston, Ray Winstone
genre: Thriller
Mel Gibson after a long acting break is finally back. He is one of those classic actors like Harrison Ford that as old as they get, they still dont get old on you. That charm and presence isnt gone yet. Here he returns to form with a great performance in a tight thriller with secrets all around.
Thomas Craven (Mel Gibson) a Boston detective welcomes back his daughter Emma for a vistit from her job at Northmoor. His happiness of seeing his daughter will not be long lasting as a uneventful situation happens. His daughter is murdered and detective Craven has to make sense of this odd situation. Through his investigation, Craven slowly realizes that he himself was not the target and that foul play from his daughter's company might be at hand.
Edge of Darkness has similarities to Michael Mann's Heat as both were once on TV and directed by the same person. The difference between the two films is that Heat (1995) was a masterpiece and Edge of Darkness is just a good thriller. After finding out that the film was not as original as I once thought my enjoyment of the film fell. I was thinking at the end of the film "wow this is the kind of films Hollywood should be going after". Intelligent, intense thrillers that get crowds. But upon finding out my joy became cynism with Hollywood's tactic of the past decades. For more remakes, branding and franchising of anything they can find. If it's old classics, horror films, tv shows or board games which just recently has become apart of the tactic. Hollywood just cant help themeslves in making anything truly original.
That dosent mean that film is bad for its unoriginality of being a remake. The film is intense, intelligent and very entertaining. You will be fully imersed in the mystery behind Craven's daughters death. The performances are all top notch. It all depends if it bothers you that the film is a remake and if it will change your feelings before or after seeing the film. People saw the Departed and didn't have trouble of enjoying that film. Even after the fact that they found out that the film was a remake.
Despite being a remake its still a very good film. We all have to remember that almost everything we see from now has been done before in one manner or another. So don't be shy and anybody in the mood for a good thriller I fully recommend going to see the Edge of Darkness.
Personal Rating:
Review by Paul
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Kangaroos poisoned by fluoride
By Candice Wyatt
Updated Tue Feb 23, 2010 3:09pm AEDT
Kangaroos
Fluoride from a nearby alumininum smelter is making Portland kangaroos ill. (ABC Local : Margaret Burin )
The Environment Protection Authority (EPA) says fluoride from Alcoa's aluminium smelter at Portland is making kangaroos sick.
The EPA's Bruce Dawson says the fluoride is being absorbed by the nearby vegetation which is then being eaten by the kangaroos.
He says the fluoride poisons the kangaroos and makes lesions grow on their bones, which renders them lame.
"Once kangaroos have restricted movement [it] has a significant impact on their welfare. So this is something that needs to be managed and avoided."
He says there is not a lot of information around about the impact of fluoride on kangaroos.
The problem is more common in cattle.
Creation (2009)
director: Jon Amiel
writers: John Collee, Randal Keynes
starring: Paul Brettany, Jennifer Connelly, Martha West
genre: Drama, Biopic
Συνήθως, όταν ακούμε για μια ταινία βιογραφικού περιεχομένου, περιμένουμε να δούμε την ζωή του κεντρικού προσώπου - από την στιγμή της γέννησης του μέχρι το τέλος της - να ξετυλίγεται μπρoστά στο φακό αυτοτελώς. Σε κάποιες άλλες περιπτώσεις, βέβαια, οι ταινίες αυτές εστιάζουν σε κάποιο ή κάποια περιστατικά του κύκλου ζωής του ατόμου με το οποίο σχετίζονται. Το "Creation" μπορούμε να πούμε ότι ανήκει στην δεύτερη κατηγορία,
με σημαντικά σημεία διαφοροποίησης όμως, που δίνουν την εντύπωση του εντελώς νέου. Για να γίνουμε λίγο πιο σαφείς, το θέμα του φιλμ έχει ως εξής:
Ο Charles Darwin, έπειτα από πολλή μελέτη του φυσικού περιβάλλοντος και της όλης ζωής που αυτό χαρίζει και φιλοξενεί, είναι έτοιμος να συγγράψει το έργο του "On The Origins Of Species". Ο θάνατος της κόρης του, όμως, θα φέρει πολύ πίσω αυτή του την προσπάθεια και, παράλληλα, θα τον μετατρέψει σε σκιά του εαυτού του. Μέσα σε ένα περιβάλλον διαρκούς σύγκρουσης με τους γύρω του και με τον ίδιο του τον εαυτό, μένει μόνο να δούμε το πώς θα καταφέρει να ολοκληρώσει αυτό το επαναστατικό έργο.
Μιας και η συγκεκριμένη "ιστορία" τοποθετείται πολλά χρόνια πριν, ήταν φυσικό επακόλουθο ο σκηνοθέτης να δώσει στο σκηνικό και στην ατμόσφαιρα που θέλει να δημιουργήσει έναν διαφορετικό αέρα. Όλη αυτή η αριστοκρατική κατάσταση που επικρατούσε εκείνη την εποχή απεικονίζεται με τον καλύτερο δυνατό τρόπο. Η εικόνα είναι "πεντακάθαρη", στο μεγαλύτερο μέρος της ταινίας, και στα καίρια σημεία του έργου αποτυπώνει πλήρως ακόμα και την συναισθηματική κατάσταση των ηθοποιών που βρίσκονται στο πλάνο. Επειδή η ταινία έχει να κάνει, όπως αναφέρθηκε και πιο πάνω, με την φύση, είναι λογικό σε κάποια λίγα σημεία να θυμίζει ντοκιμαντέρ. Αυτό, φυσικά, το παρατηρούσε κάποιος σε μικρό βαθμό, αλλά σε σημείο που ταίριαζε απόλυτα με την ροή και το συνολικό πλαίσιο (π.χ. η αποσύνθεση ενός μικρού πουλιού).
Διαβάζοντας τα ονόματα των πρωταγωνιστών (τουλάχιστον τα δύο από τα τρία που έχουν γραφεί εδώ), δεν χρειάζεται να κάνουμε κάποια ιδιαίτερη σύσταση. Ο Paul Brettany (παίζει τον Charles Darwin) μας είναι ήδη γνωστός από τις ταινίες "A Beautiful Mind", "Dogville" και "Da Vinci Code". Προσωπικά μου είχε κάνει την μεγαλύτερη εντύπωση στον Κώδικα Ντα Βίντσι (δεν κατάφερε, όμως, να σώσει την ταινία...), αλλά δεν ήταν ο ηθοποιός για τον οποίο θα "έτρεχα" να δω κάποια νέα ταινία που συμμετάσχει. Στο "Creation", όμως, "δίνει ρέστα". Εξαιρετική ερμηνεία σε όλες τις πτυχές του ρόλου, καμία υπερβολή και ιδανικό ταίριασμα. Η Jennifer Connelly (η γυναίκα του Δαρβίνου) ήταν απλά καλή. Δεν θεωρώ ότι κουράστηκε πολύ για να έχει την απόδοση που είχε. Για κανέναν λόγο, όμως, δεν χαλάει την ταινία. Ακόμα και με αυτή της την ερμηνεία, η ταινία παραμένει πολύ καλή. Ευχάριστη έκπληξη αποτελεί η μικρή Martha West. "Σήκωσε" όλο το βάρος της κόρης του Δαρβίνου και, γενικότερα, χειρίστηκε ώριμα τον ρόλο της.
Είναι, μάλλον, δύσκολο να είσαι δημιουργικός και ισορροπημένος σε έναν κόσμο ο οποίος είναι εναντίον σου. Ιδιαίτερα όταν οι ίδιες του οι αξίες στηρίζονται σε μη σταθερά θεμέλια, η προκατάληψη γίνεται ακόμα πιο έντονη. Είναι προσωπικό σου θέμα το πως θα βρεις την δύναμη να νικήσεις τους φόβους σου και να πείσεις το περιβάλλον σου για κάτι το τελείως ανατρεπτικό. Προτείνω να δέιτε την ταινία όχι μόνο για την καλλιτεχνική πλευρά της, αλλά και για την επιμορφωτική. Δεν πιστεύω ότι θα νιώσετε, ας πούμε, "ξενερωμένοι" μετά το τέλος της..!
Όπως κι αν έχει, καλή ταινία εύχομαι..!
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Monday, February 22, 2010
Five Kage
After Pain's invasion, Danzo is later appointed as the Candidate Sixth Hokage (Rokudaime Hokage Koho) . Danzo is a Konoha elder, one of the oldest villagers in Konoha. He is also in charge of the ANBU faction named Root. use the reason to save the ninja world, Danzo as the Sixth Hokage immediately held the meeting of Five Kage Land of Iron. Just for information, A Kage (Shadow) is the leader of one of the five most powerful Hidden Villages and generally are also the most powerful ninja in their respective villages. They are collectively known as the Five Kage (Gokage).
* The Hokage (Fire Shadow) of Konohagakure.
The Hokage "Fire Shadow" are the leaders of Konoha. They are generally the strongest in the village, although ideology and renown plays a large part in their being chosen for the position.
* The Kazekage (Wind Shadow) of Sunagakure.
The Kazekage "Wind Shadow" are the leaders of Sunagakure. Feared and respected across the world, they are responsible for making Sunagakure a powerful and great village, despite its small size. However, being responsible for raising so many great shinobi seems to comes at a heavy price, as all the Kazekage, including the current, so far have met untimely deaths at the hands of assassins. For this reason, the Kazekage lineage is sometimes considered cursed.
* The Mizukage (Water Shadow) of Kirigakure.
The Mizukage "Water Shadow" is the leader of Kirigakure. As such, their word holds sway over all political and military issues that present themselves regarding Kiri and its inhabitants. Zabuza Momochi once tried to assassinate a Mizukage as part of a coup d'etat, but failed. There have been five Mizukage so far, three who have been revealed, Madara Uchiha (unknown Mizukage), Yagura (the Fourth Mizukage) and Mei Terumi (the Fifth Mizukage), who is still in office.
* The Raikage (Lightning Shadow) of Kumogakure.
The Raikage "Lightning Shadow" is one of the five great Kage of the Naruto world and leader of Kumogakure. There have been four Raikage.
* The Tsuchikage (Earth Shadow) of Iwagakure.
The Tsuchikage "Earth Shadow" is the leader of Iwagakure and as such is the most powerful shinobi in the entire village.
Alright back again to the meeting, The Five Kage came to the meeting by accompanied with their attendants. Danzo came with Torune and Fu, Kazekage with Temari and Kankuro, Raikage with his attendants Shii and Darui, Mizukage and her attendants Ao and Chojurou, Tsuchikage with Kurotsuchi and Akatsuchi. They all are so powerfull and would be difficult to beat them all if they can be allied and fight together, that is Danzo's purpose. But Madara knew about it, would be dangerous for him (Akatsuki) if fife village finally be union under Danzo order. So Madara send Taka team, to disrupted the meeting or even killed Danzo. Madara also declared war to them after his offer to help him reach his goal were refused by the five kage.
* The Hokage (Fire Shadow) of Konohagakure.
The Hokage "Fire Shadow" are the leaders of Konoha. They are generally the strongest in the village, although ideology and renown plays a large part in their being chosen for the position.
* The Kazekage (Wind Shadow) of Sunagakure.
The Kazekage "Wind Shadow" are the leaders of Sunagakure. Feared and respected across the world, they are responsible for making Sunagakure a powerful and great village, despite its small size. However, being responsible for raising so many great shinobi seems to comes at a heavy price, as all the Kazekage, including the current, so far have met untimely deaths at the hands of assassins. For this reason, the Kazekage lineage is sometimes considered cursed.
* The Mizukage (Water Shadow) of Kirigakure.
The Mizukage "Water Shadow" is the leader of Kirigakure. As such, their word holds sway over all political and military issues that present themselves regarding Kiri and its inhabitants. Zabuza Momochi once tried to assassinate a Mizukage as part of a coup d'etat, but failed. There have been five Mizukage so far, three who have been revealed, Madara Uchiha (unknown Mizukage), Yagura (the Fourth Mizukage) and Mei Terumi (the Fifth Mizukage), who is still in office.
* The Raikage (Lightning Shadow) of Kumogakure.
The Raikage "Lightning Shadow" is one of the five great Kage of the Naruto world and leader of Kumogakure. There have been four Raikage.
* The Tsuchikage (Earth Shadow) of Iwagakure.
The Tsuchikage "Earth Shadow" is the leader of Iwagakure and as such is the most powerful shinobi in the entire village.
Alright back again to the meeting, The Five Kage came to the meeting by accompanied with their attendants. Danzo came with Torune and Fu, Kazekage with Temari and Kankuro, Raikage with his attendants Shii and Darui, Mizukage and her attendants Ao and Chojurou, Tsuchikage with Kurotsuchi and Akatsuchi. They all are so powerfull and would be difficult to beat them all if they can be allied and fight together, that is Danzo's purpose. But Madara knew about it, would be dangerous for him (Akatsuki) if fife village finally be union under Danzo order. So Madara send Taka team, to disrupted the meeting or even killed Danzo. Madara also declared war to them after his offer to help him reach his goal were refused by the five kage.Akatsuchi
Name: AkatsuchiGender : Male
Occupation : Tsuchikage's Bodyguard
Affiliation : Iwagakure
Partner : Kurotsuchi
Nature Type : Earth
Jutsu : Golem Technique
Akatsuchi is a large shinobi of Iwagakure and a bodyguard of the Third Tsuchikage. He was setting off with Kurotsuchi to escort the Third Tsuchikage to the Five Kage meeting, called for by the Fourth Raikage. When Onoki hurt his hips when trying to carry his bag by himself, Akatsuchi carried him along the way.
Abilities
Though he has not been shown very much in battle, during Zetsu's assault, Akatsuchi has displayed the ability to expel a large rock golem from his mouth. This golem has great strength, capable of biting off Spore Zetsu's head, and pulling him from Akatsuchi's body.
Abilities
Though he has not been shown very much in battle, during Zetsu's assault, Akatsuchi has displayed the ability to expel a large rock golem from his mouth. This golem has great strength, capable of biting off Spore Zetsu's head, and pulling him from Akatsuchi's body.
Kurotsuchi
Name : KurotsuchiGender : Female
Occupation : Tsuchikage's Bodyguard
Affiliation : Iwagakure
Partner : Akatsuchi
Nature Type : Earth
Jutsu : Earth Release: Earth Dome
Kurotsuchi is a kunoichi of Iwagakure and a bodyguard of the Third Tsuchikage. Kurotsuchi and Akatsuchi escort the Third Tsuchikage to the Five Kage meeting. When they are leaving the Tsuchikage hurts his hips trying to carry his own luggage, so she suggests that he should retire. After arriving in the Land of Iron and the the meeting gets under way, Kurotsuchi comes to the Tsuchikage's defense during the Fourth Raikage's, outburst. Kurotsuchi has short black hair with slim eyes. She wears fishnet tights on her legs and a black skirt over it with black pants on the side.
Abilities
Kurotsuchi has shown the ability to erect a protective rock dome, similar to Yamato's Wood Release: Wood Locking Wall, which she either created out of thin air, or with the stone floor. The dome was powerful enough to endure several tones of rock falling on it when the ceiling collapsed.
Furthermore, she was able to deal with Zetsu's Spore Technique all on her own without inflicting any visable wounds upon it.
Abilities
Kurotsuchi has shown the ability to erect a protective rock dome, similar to Yamato's Wood Release: Wood Locking Wall, which she either created out of thin air, or with the stone floor. The dome was powerful enough to endure several tones of rock falling on it when the ceiling collapsed.
Furthermore, she was able to deal with Zetsu's Spore Technique all on her own without inflicting any visable wounds upon it.
Chojuro
Name : ChojuroGender : Male
Occupation : Mizukage's Bodyguard
Affiliation : Kirigakure
Team : Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist
Jutsu : Hiramekarei Unleashing
Weapons : Hiramekarei
Chojuro is a member of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, wielder of a double-handled sword named Hiramekarei. He is one of two Kirigakure ninja selected to escort the Fifth Mizukage to the Kage summit. Despite his membership in the Seven Swordsmen, he is shy, and he seems to lack confidence in his abilities. He also appears to have a crush on the Fifth Mizukage, as he commented inwardly on wanting to protect her 'beautiful smile'. Chojuro has sharp, shark-like teeth, a trait that Zabuza Momochi, Kisame Hoshigaki, and Suigetsu Hozuki have; all of these characters are associated with the famed Seven Ninja Swordsmen of Kirigakure. He wears black-rimmed glasses connected to what appear to be headphones. He also wears a striped shirt and camouflage pattern pants that resemble the clothing Zabuza wore during his first appearance. Also, he wears his forehead protector like a badge on his chest. He has his Hiramekarei on his back but wrapped around large bandages.
Abilities
Chojuro is a sword-user, and wields a dual-handled sword called the Hiramekarei, that is linked together at the handles by a chain. When it is unsealed from the bandages, it releases chakra that is shaped into an enormous hammer. He is shown to have enough strength to swing Hiramekarei in its hammer form, even sending an opponent flying a considerable distance through a wall. However, carrying the heavy sword for an extended amount of time does tire Chojuro out, similar to Suigetsu Hozuki.
Abilities
Chojuro is a sword-user, and wields a dual-handled sword called the Hiramekarei, that is linked together at the handles by a chain. When it is unsealed from the bandages, it releases chakra that is shaped into an enormous hammer. He is shown to have enough strength to swing Hiramekarei in its hammer form, even sending an opponent flying a considerable distance through a wall. However, carrying the heavy sword for an extended amount of time does tire Chojuro out, similar to Suigetsu Hozuki.
Ao Profile
Name : AoGender : Male
Kekkei Genkai : Byakugan (From a Defeated Hyuga)
Classification : ANBU, Sensor
Occupation : Hunter-nin, Mizukage's Bodyguard
Affiliation : Kirigakure
Jutsu : Sensor Technique
Weapons : Kama
Ao is a shinobi of Kirigakure, one of the two Kirigakure ninja selected to escort the Fifth Mizukage to the Kage summit. He is also a skilled member of Hidden Mist ANBU's Hunter-nin squad.
Ao believes that men should be tough and decisive, constantly scolding Chojuro for his pessimistic and weak demeanor. This attitude seems to be caused by his up-bringing during the times when Kirigakure was known as the Bloody Mist Village. He has a tendency of bringing up how things were done during those days, usually while fussing over Chojuro's behavior. Ao is a middle aged man with a patch over his right eye, under which he hides a Byakugan he took from a Hyuga clan member he once defeated. He wears a talisman in each ear with the kanji for a humble form of "to hear" written on them twice on each side. These talismans react when his Byakugan is under threat and will protect it from anyone, even himself. He also wears a striped shirt and pants with seemingly the same pattern, with a robe over them. His hair bears a resemblance to that of Kisame Hoshigaki, while his attire is strikingly similar to that of Haku.
Abilities
As a member of Hidden Mist's hunter-nin, Ao is a highly capable tracker and has extensive knowledge of the human body. At some point in the past Ao had a Byakugan from a defeated member of the Hyuga clan transplanted into his right eye. His skill with it is notable, as he said that his eye saw through the illusion placed on the Fourth Mizukage. With it he was able to detect that Danzo had the right arm and eye of Shisui Uchiha transplanted into his body, and immediately recognized the chakra color emanating from those areas. It is also notable that unlike a transplanted Sharingan, the Byakugan can be activated at will, rather than being in a constant release stage. The Byakugan is protected by the talisman seals that Ao wears as earrings, and will cover the eye if anyone tries to take it. The seal cannot be deactivated by anyone (not even the Mizukage) except the hunter-nin of Kirigakure.
Ao seems to have an acute memory, as he remembered Shisui's color of chakra after one battle over eight years ago. Ao also seems to have very fast reflexes as he caught a kama seconds before it hit him and immediately threw it at his attacker.
Ao believes that men should be tough and decisive, constantly scolding Chojuro for his pessimistic and weak demeanor. This attitude seems to be caused by his up-bringing during the times when Kirigakure was known as the Bloody Mist Village. He has a tendency of bringing up how things were done during those days, usually while fussing over Chojuro's behavior. Ao is a middle aged man with a patch over his right eye, under which he hides a Byakugan he took from a Hyuga clan member he once defeated. He wears a talisman in each ear with the kanji for a humble form of "to hear" written on them twice on each side. These talismans react when his Byakugan is under threat and will protect it from anyone, even himself. He also wears a striped shirt and pants with seemingly the same pattern, with a robe over them. His hair bears a resemblance to that of Kisame Hoshigaki, while his attire is strikingly similar to that of Haku.
Abilities
As a member of Hidden Mist's hunter-nin, Ao is a highly capable tracker and has extensive knowledge of the human body. At some point in the past Ao had a Byakugan from a defeated member of the Hyuga clan transplanted into his right eye. His skill with it is notable, as he said that his eye saw through the illusion placed on the Fourth Mizukage. With it he was able to detect that Danzo had the right arm and eye of Shisui Uchiha transplanted into his body, and immediately recognized the chakra color emanating from those areas. It is also notable that unlike a transplanted Sharingan, the Byakugan can be activated at will, rather than being in a constant release stage. The Byakugan is protected by the talisman seals that Ao wears as earrings, and will cover the eye if anyone tries to take it. The seal cannot be deactivated by anyone (not even the Mizukage) except the hunter-nin of Kirigakure.
Ao seems to have an acute memory, as he remembered Shisui's color of chakra after one battle over eight years ago. Ao also seems to have very fast reflexes as he caught a kama seconds before it hit him and immediately threw it at his attacker.
Darui
Name : DaruiGender : Male
Kekkei Genkai : Storm Release
Occupation : Raikage's bodyguard
Affiliation : Kumogakure
Partner : C
Ninja Rank : Jonin
Nature Type : Water, Lightning, Storm
Jutsu :
* Lightning Release: Wave of Inspiration
* Storm Release: Laser Circus
* Water Release: Water Encampment Wall
Weapons : Cleaver Sword
Darui is a Jonin-level ninja of Kumogakure, who currently functions as a bodyguard and escort to the Fourth Raikage at the Kage summit, along with his fellow jonin C. He and C were chosen to escort the Fourth Raikage to the Five Kage Summit in the Land of Iron. Darui is portrayed as easy-going and mellow; when compared to the Fourth Raikage's over-the-top exit through a window, (destroying a wall along with it), he tells C that he'll just use the door. Whilst having a more laid-back demeanor compared to his leader, Darui isn't lazy, leaping to the Raikage's defense when the bodyguards of the other Kage overreact to the Raikage's reactions. Darui has a dark skin tone, a slightly bulbous nose, a lazy look in his eyes and white hair in a shaggy hair style. He also appears to be quite tall in stature. Darui has so far only been seen in the sleeveless uniform and one-strap-over-one-shoulder Flak Jacket of a Kumogakure Jonin. As a sword-user, Darui wields a large, cleaver-like blade, which is seen carried on his back during the Kage summit, although he doesn't seem to carry it around at his home village.
Abilities
Swordsmanship
When the Fourth Raikage smashed the table and the bodyguards moved to protect their respective Kage, Darui showed a long and fairly broad sword that seems a little particular from others swords as it folds in two to be sheathed and unfolds when in use. He has shown quite some skills in kenjutsu, as he was able to clash with Suigetsu Hozuki's (albeit broken) Decapitating Carving Knife, and can charge his broad sword with electricity that can stay charged even when he isn't making contact with it.
Elemental Techniques
Darui has also shown to be proficient with Water Release and Lightning Release techniques, possibly being able to use them both simultaneously. Darui is shown using what is presumably a Kekkei Genkai known as Storm Release, which possibly combines both Lightning and Water chakra to create beams of light that can be guided like missiles and cause powerful explosions.
Like Killer Bee, Darui is also proficient with the use of "Chakra Flow" with ballistic weapons; he has been seen using a Lightning-empowered shuriken to slice through a metal blade in-order to save Killer Bee from Kisame Hoshigaki's attempt to cut off Killer Bee's legs.
Abilities
Swordsmanship
When the Fourth Raikage smashed the table and the bodyguards moved to protect their respective Kage, Darui showed a long and fairly broad sword that seems a little particular from others swords as it folds in two to be sheathed and unfolds when in use. He has shown quite some skills in kenjutsu, as he was able to clash with Suigetsu Hozuki's (albeit broken) Decapitating Carving Knife, and can charge his broad sword with electricity that can stay charged even when he isn't making contact with it.
Elemental Techniques
Darui has also shown to be proficient with Water Release and Lightning Release techniques, possibly being able to use them both simultaneously. Darui is shown using what is presumably a Kekkei Genkai known as Storm Release, which possibly combines both Lightning and Water chakra to create beams of light that can be guided like missiles and cause powerful explosions.
Like Killer Bee, Darui is also proficient with the use of "Chakra Flow" with ballistic weapons; he has been seen using a Lightning-empowered shuriken to slice through a metal blade in-order to save Killer Bee from Kisame Hoshigaki's attempt to cut off Killer Bee's legs.
Shi / C / Shee
Name : Shi/C/SheeGender : Male
Classification : Medical-nin, Sensor
Occupation : Raikage's Bodyguard
Affiliation : Kumogakure
Partner : Darui
Ninja Rank : Jonin
Nature Type : Lightning
Jutsu :
* Lightning Illusion Flash of Lightning Pillar
* Mystical Palm Technique
* Sensor Technique
C (Shi) (Shee in the English manga) is a Jonin-level ninja of Kumogakure, who currently functions as a bodyguard, escort and medic to the Fourth Raikage at the Kage summit, along with his fellow jonin Darui. He and Darui were called to escort the Fourth Raikage to the Five Kage Summit in the Land of Iron. When the Raikage jumped through a window, C suggested to Darui that they follow him, but Darui said that he would use the door. After that, he was showed to be the one who noticed that Team Samui had been followed.
Abilities
C is a sensing type shinobi, allowing him to sense the chakra of others even from large distances. He is also a medic-nin. He seems to be very knowledgeable on foreign shinobi techniques, as he is shown recognizing Sasuke's Mangekyo Sharingan along with Amaterasu. He is also a skilled genjutsu user, as he was shown using Lightning Illusion Flash of Lightning Pillar. Also of note is when he went to defend the Raikage from the bodyguards of the other kages he took a defense taijutsu stance, implying he is capable of defending himself in close combat as well.
Abilities
C is a sensing type shinobi, allowing him to sense the chakra of others even from large distances. He is also a medic-nin. He seems to be very knowledgeable on foreign shinobi techniques, as he is shown recognizing Sasuke's Mangekyo Sharingan along with Amaterasu. He is also a skilled genjutsu user, as he was shown using Lightning Illusion Flash of Lightning Pillar. Also of note is when he went to defend the Raikage from the bodyguards of the other kages he took a defense taijutsu stance, implying he is capable of defending himself in close combat as well.
Fu ANBU
Name : Fu
Gender : Male
Classification : ANBU, Sensor
Occupation : Hokage's Bodyguard
Affiliation : Konohagakure and Root
Partner : Torune
Clan : Yamanaka clan
Jutsu :
* Mind Body Switch Technique
* Mind Puppet Switch Cursed Seal Technique
* Sensor Technique
Weapons : Kama and Tanto
Fu ("Foo") is a ninja of Konohagakure, a member of the Yamanaka clan and a seemingly high-ranking member of the Foundation. Fu become Torune partner when danzo picked him as one of his unmasked escorts, to protect him during his journey to the Kage Summit in the Land of Iron. Before departing, Fu asked Danzo about how they should prepare for the trip; Danzo told him to not worry about it and prepare in any way he sees fit.
Abilities
Fu also appears to be a sensor. He is skilled enough to detect Sasuke and Karin planned to approach them, and that Karin is a sensor type. His reflexes are fast enough that when Madara Uchiha reappeared he instantly sensed him and counterattacked.
Fu is also an expert in trap making. He regularly uses this skill with a cursed seal variant of the Yamanaka clan's Mind Body Switch Technique, which he transferred his consciousness into a strange scarecrow like body with kama for limbs. He proceeded to use the scarecrow to attack Ao. Although seemingly easily defeated, Ao then found that a secondary ability similar to the Cursed Seal had triggered a switch of his consciousness with the scarecrow. All the while, Fu was unconscious and being carried around by Torune, much like the Yamanaka technique.
Abilities
Fu also appears to be a sensor. He is skilled enough to detect Sasuke and Karin planned to approach them, and that Karin is a sensor type. His reflexes are fast enough that when Madara Uchiha reappeared he instantly sensed him and counterattacked.
Fu is also an expert in trap making. He regularly uses this skill with a cursed seal variant of the Yamanaka clan's Mind Body Switch Technique, which he transferred his consciousness into a strange scarecrow like body with kama for limbs. He proceeded to use the scarecrow to attack Ao. Although seemingly easily defeated, Ao then found that a secondary ability similar to the Cursed Seal had triggered a switch of his consciousness with the scarecrow. All the while, Fu was unconscious and being carried around by Torune, much like the Yamanaka technique.
Torune
Name : ToruneGender : Male
Classification : ANBU
Occupation : Hokage's Bodyguard
Affiliation : Konohagakure and Root
Partner : Fu
Clan : Aburame clan
Family : Shikuro Aburame (Father)
Jutsu : Poisonous Nano Bugs Technique
Weapons : Tanto
Torune is a ninja of Konohagakure, a member of the Aburame clan, and a seemingly high-ranking member of the Root. Torune is hand-picked by Danzo, along with Fu, as one of his unmasked escorts during the journey to the Five Kage Summit in the Land of Iron. He was ordered by Danzo to send some of his men to keep watch over Naruto while the three of them were at the summit. His face is covered by a mask, except for his eyes, nose, cheeks, mouth and chin.
Abilities
Torune is part of the Aburame Clan, and like the other members, he is skilled at using insects in combat. However, his bug techniques are even rare among the Aburame. He controls the many nano sized insects that covers his body, allowing him to infect his opponent with a mere touch. Due to this he wears gloves and keeps his skin almost completely covered when not in battle. The insects spread onto the opponent's skin causing severe pain which can potentially lead to death. Torune can call off the insects with a touch of a finger and remove the poison using an antidote. Shikuro Aburame is said to be the only one with an antidote for the insects' poison, so it is believed that Torune is his son.
Torune is also proficient in using ninja tools, such as kunais. He also wears a Tanto on his back, though he has not yet been seen using it.
Abilities
Torune is part of the Aburame Clan, and like the other members, he is skilled at using insects in combat. However, his bug techniques are even rare among the Aburame. He controls the many nano sized insects that covers his body, allowing him to infect his opponent with a mere touch. Due to this he wears gloves and keeps his skin almost completely covered when not in battle. The insects spread onto the opponent's skin causing severe pain which can potentially lead to death. Torune can call off the insects with a touch of a finger and remove the poison using an antidote. Shikuro Aburame is said to be the only one with an antidote for the insects' poison, so it is believed that Torune is his son.
Torune is also proficient in using ninja tools, such as kunais. He also wears a Tanto on his back, though he has not yet been seen using it.
Saturday, February 20, 2010
The Cure-Killing an Arab
This video always reminds me of a local news station that plays the wrong video for a news story.
Majority of Americans think Iran has The Bomb
(Newsweek) The U.S. intelligence community is reporting to the White House that Iran has not restarted its nuclear-weapons development program, two counterproliferation officials tell NEWSWEEK. U.S. agencies had previously said that Tehran halted the program in 2003.
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A whopping 71 percent of Americans believe that Iran currently has nuclear weapons, according to a recent CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey.
More than six in ten think the U.S. should take economic and diplomatic efforts to get Iran to shut down their nuclear program, with only a quarter calling for immediate military action.
I like this part: “with only a quarter calling for immediate military action.” I probably would have written something like, “HOLY SHIT! DID YOU HEAR 25 PERCENT OF THE COUNTRY WANTS TO BOMB IRAN RIGHT NOW??” But whatever. Blasé works too, I guess.
In reality, Iran doesn’t have The Bomb. They have a small amount of refined uranium (19.5%, cutely rounded up to 20% by NRO’s Mark Steyn), which is allowed under the treaty that they have signed. This is the refinement level for use in medical facilities and supplying electricity. There is little evidence they’re working on a nuclear warhead, which would require a much higher level of refinement, and the so-called evidence that exists is highly speculative. Additionally, their supreme leader/commander-in-chief continues to decry nukes as illegal in Islamic law.
T/S
The Box (2009)
director: Richard Kelly
writers: Richard Kelly, Richard Matheson
starring: Cameron Diaz, James Mardsen, Frank Langella
genre: Thriller
Ιστορία:
Ένα ζευγάρι, βρίσκει μπροστά στην πόρτα του σπιτιού του ένα μυστηριώδες ξύλινο κουτί. Σύντομα πληροφορούνται ότι μέσα σε αυτό υπάρχει ένα κουμπί που αν το πατήσουν, θα συμβούν δύο πράγματα. Θα πάρουν ένα εκατομμύριο δολάρια μετρητά, και ένας άνθρωπος που δε γνωρίζουν θα πεθάνει...
Κριτική:
Και σε ποιόν δεν θα κέντριζε το ενδιαφέρον η βασική ιδέα; Το πόσο κοστίζει μια ανθρώπινη ζωή έχει γίνει πολλές φορές αντικείμενο συζητήσεων ανά τους αιώνες, και το the box το χρησιμοποιεί ώστε να στήσει γύρω του ένα θρίλερ φαντασίας που ξεκινά από το ιντριγκαδόρικο δίλημμα που αντιμετωπίζουν οι Norma και Arthur Lewis όταν το μικρό ξύλινο κουτί φτάνει σπίτι τους..
Το σενάριο είναι βασισμένο σε ένα επεισόδιο της σειράς The Twilight Zone του 1986. Ενδιαφέρουσα όπως προείπα η κεντρική ιδέα, καλή σαν σκέψη η ανάπτυξή της, και κάπου εκεί επεμβαίνει το προαιώνιο ερώτημα “πως θα γίνουν τα 20 λεπτά 2 ώρες;”. Από κάποιο σημείο λοιπόν το concept αρχίζει να ξεχειλώνει καθώς, στην προσπάθειά του να μεγαλώσει τη διάρκεια της ταινίας και να βάλει περισσότερο μυστήριο, ο σεναριογράφος χάνει τον μπούσουλα, υπερφορτώνει την ταινία με αχρείαστες σκηνές και παράλληλα δεν αναπτύσσει όσο θα έπρεπε τον βασικό άξονα. Κάτι το οποίο θυμάται προς το τέλος, το οποίο είναι κατά τη γνώμη μου αρκετά δυνατό, δεν αρκεί όμως για να χρυσώσει το χάπι..
Η σκηνοθεσία αναπαριστά πολύ καλά την εποχή που εκτυλίσσεται η ιστορία, συγκεκριμένα το 1976, όσον αφορά τα σκηνικά και τα ρούχα, αλλά και κάνει την εικόνα ελαφρά μουντή, ώστε να δημιουργεί την αίσθηση ότι είναι γυρισμένη τότε. Κάτι που λειτουργεί υπέρ της ταινίας, εντείνει το σασπένς και τη δραματική της διάσταση, και δίνει έναν ακόμα λόγο να εκνευρίζεται κανείς με το κακογραμμένο σενάριο το οποίο σπρώχνει την ταινία σε λάθος κατεύθυνση, με αποτέλεσμα να μπαίνουν διάφορα αχρείαστα και αταίριαστα εφέ μόνο και μόνο για τις εντυπώσεις.
Το πρωταγωνιστικό δίδυμο, και ειδικά η Cameron Diaz, δεν είναι και στα καλύτερα του, με αρκετά νωχελικές ερμηνείες. Καλός είναι ο Frank Langella στο ρόλο του μυστηριώδη κυρίου Steward, με αβαντάζ και την αλλόκοτη εμφάνιση του χαρακτήρα του, και αξίζει να σημειώσω ότι έναν μικρό ρόλο, αυτόν του Don Poates, παίζει ο Basil Hoffman ο οποίος στο αντίστοιχο επεισόδιο του Twilight Zone έκανε τότε τον κύριο Steward.
Τελικό συμπέρασμα: Λόγω σεναρίου, η ταινία δεν καταφέρνει να ξεχωρίσει από τον σωρό των παραγωγών επιστημονικής φαντασίας. Είχα την ελπίδα ότι θα αξιοποιηθεί καλύτερα η κεντρική ιδέα, όμως η κινηματογραφική βιομηχανία δεν αφήνει πολλά τέτοια περιθώρια πλέον, δίνοντας βαρύτητα στο “άρτος και θεάματα”. Δεν θα την πρότεινα σε καμία περίπτωση για σινεμά, αν είστε λάτρης του είδους ή απλά θέλετε να σας λυθεί η απορία για το αν οι Lewis πάτησαν τελικά το κουμπί, καλύτερα να περιμένετε το dvd..
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Friday, February 19, 2010
Stone Sour - Bother
Wish I was too dead to cry
My self-affliction fades
Stones to throw at my creator
Masochists to which I cater
You don't need to bother;
I don't need to be
I'll keep slipping farther
But once I hold on,
I won't let go 'til it bleeds
Wish I was too dead to care
If indeed I cared at all
Never had a voice to protest
So you fed me shit to digest
I wish I had a reason;
my flaws are open season
For this, I gave up trying
One good turn deserves my dying
You don't need to bother;
I don't need to be
I'll keep slipping farther
But once I hold on,
I won't let go 'til it bleeds
[Solo: Corey]
Wish I'd died instead of lived
A zombie hides my face
Shell forgotten
with its memories
Diaries left
with cryptic entries
And you don't need to bother;
I don't need to be
I'll keep slipping farther
But once I hold on,
I won't let go 'til it bleeds
You don't need to bother;
I don't need to be
I'll keep slipping farther
But once I hold on:
I'll never live down my deceit
No Marijuana Question During Online Interview With Obama
by Ben Morris
President Obama’s CitizenTube forum concluded today with questions about ending marijuana prohibition receiving the most votes, by far. Yet, an answer to the most popular question was absent from the president’s address, which took place on YouTube this afternoon.
Last year, when marijuana reform questions topped the president’s “Open For Questions” forum, the president at least answered — albeit without serious consideration to the issue.
Obama needs to realize something: ending marijuana prohibition is not a fringe issue. Not anymore. The question consistently ranks among the most popular whenever the president holds one of these unfiltered forums, and the polls are showing rapid increases in support for reform nationwide (46% of Americans think small amounts of marijuana should be legal, according to a recent ABC News/Washington Post poll). We can’t just ignore it. With at least three states considering legislation or ballot initiatives to tax and regulate marijuana like alcohol in the coming years, the issue is going be addressed in a serious way — whether or not Obama continues to ignore it.
An earlier version of this story incorrectly reported that President Obama chose to ignore marijuana reform questions. The questions posed to him were selected by YouTube, which decided not to present the highest ranked questions to the president. This post has been changed to correct that inaccuracy.
YouTube’s CitizenTube forum concluded today with questions about ending marijuana prohibition receiving the most votes, by far. Yet, the questions about marijuana prohibition were not presented to the president this afternoon.
Last year, when marijuana reform questions topped the “Open For Questions” forum operated by the White House, the president did answer them — albeit without serious consideration to the issue. It’s unfortunate that YouTube would shelter the president from something that’s obviously on a lot of people’s minds.
Ending marijuana prohibition is not a fringe issue. Not anymore. The polls are showing rapid increases in support for reform nationwide (46% of Americans think small amounts of marijuana should be legal, according to a recent ABC News/Washington Post poll), and at least three states are considering legislation or ballot initiatives to tax and regulate marijuana like alcohol in the coming years. This issue will be addressed in a serious way, and it’s regrettable that YouTube would shy away from it.
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President Obama’s CitizenTube forum concluded today with questions about ending marijuana prohibition receiving the most votes, by far. Yet, an answer to the most popular question was absent from the president’s address, which took place on YouTube this afternoon.
Last year, when marijuana reform questions topped the president’s “Open For Questions” forum, the president at least answered — albeit without serious consideration to the issue.
Obama needs to realize something: ending marijuana prohibition is not a fringe issue. Not anymore. The question consistently ranks among the most popular whenever the president holds one of these unfiltered forums, and the polls are showing rapid increases in support for reform nationwide (46% of Americans think small amounts of marijuana should be legal, according to a recent ABC News/Washington Post poll). We can’t just ignore it. With at least three states considering legislation or ballot initiatives to tax and regulate marijuana like alcohol in the coming years, the issue is going be addressed in a serious way — whether or not Obama continues to ignore it.
An earlier version of this story incorrectly reported that President Obama chose to ignore marijuana reform questions. The questions posed to him were selected by YouTube, which decided not to present the highest ranked questions to the president. This post has been changed to correct that inaccuracy.
YouTube’s CitizenTube forum concluded today with questions about ending marijuana prohibition receiving the most votes, by far. Yet, the questions about marijuana prohibition were not presented to the president this afternoon.
Last year, when marijuana reform questions topped the “Open For Questions” forum operated by the White House, the president did answer them — albeit without serious consideration to the issue. It’s unfortunate that YouTube would shelter the president from something that’s obviously on a lot of people’s minds.
Ending marijuana prohibition is not a fringe issue. Not anymore. The polls are showing rapid increases in support for reform nationwide (46% of Americans think small amounts of marijuana should be legal, according to a recent ABC News/Washington Post poll), and at least three states are considering legislation or ballot initiatives to tax and regulate marijuana like alcohol in the coming years. This issue will be addressed in a serious way, and it’s regrettable that YouTube would shy away from it.
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Loose Change Final Cut - Trailer
freedocumentaries.org I found this site through Stumble, it's a goldmine of info. I know not everyone is into documentaries but if you are, I'm sure you'll like it. Feed your brain!
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Naruto Manga Chapter 483
Naruto Manga Chapter 483 Master and Student Meet Again! is already out.
Kakashi chases Sakura and Sasuke, he found kiba and others have been falled by sleeping gas. After ask to kiba which way Sakura go, Kakashi left them. While Sakura try to get thrust from sasuke. Sasuke tell Sakura his goal and to prove that sakura would do anything for him, Sasuke asked her to killing Karin. But so suprised, when Sakura is still thinking to stab Sasuke, he is the first one making move to attack Sakura from behind. Fortunately, Kakashi come on the right time and save sakura. A little memories flashback between master and student, before they start fight each other, Kakashi want to make sure Sasuke stop his revenge. But too late, Sasuke already is in the darkness. Kakashi ask Sakura to take Karin into saved place and heal her to get information about their enemy. And Naruto still on the way to go there.
Download Naruto Manga Chapter 483 Master and Student Meet Again directly or here
Kakashi chases Sakura and Sasuke, he found kiba and others have been falled by sleeping gas. After ask to kiba which way Sakura go, Kakashi left them. While Sakura try to get thrust from sasuke. Sasuke tell Sakura his goal and to prove that sakura would do anything for him, Sasuke asked her to killing Karin. But so suprised, when Sakura is still thinking to stab Sasuke, he is the first one making move to attack Sakura from behind. Fortunately, Kakashi come on the right time and save sakura. A little memories flashback between master and student, before they start fight each other, Kakashi want to make sure Sasuke stop his revenge. But too late, Sasuke already is in the darkness. Kakashi ask Sakura to take Karin into saved place and heal her to get information about their enemy. And Naruto still on the way to go there.Download Naruto Manga Chapter 483 Master and Student Meet Again directly or here
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