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Thursday, November 18, 2010

The Daily Drift

The Daily Drift
Today's horoscope says:
You're good at making rules, and even better at following them.
That goes double for rules that have already been tried and found true --like 'honesty is the best policy,' for example.
Still, every now and then, it might be better to keep things under wraps, and you know it.
This just might be one of those times.
A secretive energy permeates your house of undercover encounters, suggesting just that tactic.

Some of our readers today have been in:
Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Annecy, Rhone-Alpes, France
Caen, Basse-Normandie, France
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Sittard, Limburg, Netherlands
London, England, United Kingdom
Paris, Ile-De-France, France
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Lyon, Rhone-Alpes, France
Caracas, Distrito Federal, Venezuela
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Rio De Janeiro, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Edithvale, Victoria, Australia
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Aylmar, Ontario, Canada
Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Schlieren, Zurich, Switzerland

as well as Korea, Spain, Hong Kong, Italy, Denmark, Israel, India, Saudi Arabia, Czech Republic, Philippines, Malaysia, Romania, Indonesia and in cities across the United States such as Ithaca, Athens, Sparta, Thebes and more.

Today is:
Today is Thursday, November 18, the 322nd day of 2010.
There are 43 days left in the year.


Today's unusual holiday or celebration is:
There isn't one.

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Touch the junk and you WILL be prosecuted

The San Mateo district attorney's office has a warning for all TSA personnel at SFO -- anyone inappropriately touching a passenger during a security pat down will be prosecuted.

The charge -- sexual battery.

Nobel panel may not give prize

The prestigious $1.4 million award is expected to go unclaimed for the first time since 1936.  
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Non Sequitur

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Five charming small towns

Stockbridge, Massachusetts, was an inspiration to painter Norman Rockwell.  
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Most remote place on Earth

More than 1,500 miles from its nearest neighbor, one destination is the ideal way to get away from it all. 
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Odds and Sods

Get ready for 47% increase in food prices thanks to climate change.

Scientists at Idaho State University have mapped a previously unknown and active seismic fault in the northern Rockies capable of unleashing an earthquake with a magnitude as high as 7.5.

Dumb Crooks

Police in South Carolina say a man attempted a slow getaway by lawnmower after robbing a convenience store.


Police didn't have a hard time finding a burglary suspect they say broke into a central Florida home.

Bad Cops

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Un-named Illinois police officers are investigated for theft from state agency

California cop guilty of sending sexually explicit text messages to a 16-year-old

Connecticut cop is suspended for actions against married state trooper

South Carolina cop is charged with assault

New Mexico family awarded $1M after suspect dies in custody

Oklahoma ass't police chief is arrested for assault, public intoxication

Video shows alleged excessive use of Tasers in Ohio jail
Virginia police officers charged in drug, cigarettes, alcohol scheme

Kentucky sheriff pleads not guilty to charges of theft and abuse of public trust

New Jersey patrolman charged with shoplifting from Home Depot

Fired Florida cop gets 2+-4 years for boinking inmate

New York City correction officer has been charged with trying to sell tobacco and prescription pills to inmates

Cop investigated for having sex in patrol car with 2-way radio on
A Washington police officer was placed on paid administrative leave after he allegedly had sex in his patrol car with his two-way radio on.

New cyberthreat warning

The malicious Stuxnet worm is capable of disruptions worldwide and our defense is weak, say experts.  
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Fewer than half (46%) of Americans know the repugicans have a majority in the House next session

So much for that mandate.

Some of the questions are a bit esoteric for the average citizen.

But come on...
Fewer than half (46%) know that the repugicans will have a majority only in the House of Representatives when the new Congress convenes in January.

They stole our government by demonizing government subsidized healthcare

So, Democrats are calling those repugicans out and asking them to give up their congressional (government) subsidized healthcare
"If your conference wants to deny millions of Americans affordable health care, your members should walk that walk," four Democrats write in the letter, which is addressed to Mitch McConnell and John Boehner. "You cannot enroll in the very kind of coverage that you want for yourselves, and then turn around and deny it to Americans who don't happen to be members of congress." 
Yeah, like that is going to happen.
Hypocrisy all the way - The repugican way!

How economy could tank

Political gridlock and government actions could destabilize the economy.  
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On The Job

Many hiring managers view terms like "team player" and "detail-oriented" as empty clichés.  
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Most people think they need a law degree or at least a bachelor’s to work in the courtroom.  
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Make more money at work

Most companies plan average raises of 3% and double that for top employees. 
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Lesson from GM turnaround

The automaker's huge stock offering is a testimony to what American firms do best.  
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Maximize your Social Security

Here are a few clever and perfectly legal ways to grow your income by thousands of dollars a year.
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Social Security warning

Raising the retirement age would harshly affect the poor and, ironically, the program itself.  
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Shoe

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Mandalas: Stunningly Colored Images Made From Sand

 

Known to be at least 2,500 years old, a mandala is a ritualistic geometric design symbolic of the universe, used in Hinduism and Buddhism as an aid to meditation. By mentally 'entering; the mandala and moving toward its center, one is guided through the cosmic processes of disintegration and reintegration.