- A motion to adjourn is always in order.
- ~ Robert Heinlein
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Rednecks are everywhere
Well, I do declare, looks to be as if we ain't got the monopoly on dumb rednecks in these here parts.
Police seized roosters, cages and fighting rings from the home in the 16-hundred block of Saemann Avenue.
Police bust a cockfighting ring in Sheboygan.
Police seized roosters, cages and fighting rings from the home in the 16-hundred block of Saemann Avenue.
Madoff's Auditor Turns Himself In
Although Bernie Madoff has asserted that he, and he alone, was responsible for the Ponzi scheme for which he faces up to 150 years in prison, "another one bites the dust." David Friehling, his auditor from 1991 - 2008, has been charged with aiding and abetting Madoff's $50 billion pyramid investment scheme.
Cuomo Wins Ruling
Andrew M. Cuomo is starting to unearth some of the most closely guarded secrets on Wall Street: the identities of Merrill Lynch employees who collected large bonuses even as the brokerage firm lost billions.
Army's 'backdoor draft' is at an end
Defense Secretary Robert Gates is stopping the Army's unpopular "stop-loss" policy that forces soldiers to redeploy - even though their military contract is up.
The Pentagon made clear, however, that it still reserves the right to use it under "extraordinary circumstances."
Gates acknowledged that what some critics called a "backdoor draft" was overused.
Federal Raids on Medical Marijuana Dispensaries to Halt
While 13 states have passed laws allowing medical marijuana use, federal law still prohibits it.
During the cabal junta raids were made and people arrested, even if they were in compliance with state law.
On Wednesday, Attorney General Eric Holder said such raids would stop, as long as those involved were in compliance with state law.
During the cabal junta raids were made and people arrested, even if they were in compliance with state law.
On Wednesday, Attorney General Eric Holder said such raids would stop, as long as those involved were in compliance with state law.
When $53,000 a Week Just Isn't Enough
From the "She's joking, right" Department:
$53,000 is more than the median amount a U.S. worker takes home for an entire year according to 2007 U.S. Census Bureau statistics, yet a 36-year-old Swedish countess divorcing a former CEO says her weekly living expenses exceed that amount.
$53,000 is more than the median amount a U.S. worker takes home for an entire year according to 2007 U.S. Census Bureau statistics, yet a 36-year-old Swedish countess divorcing a former CEO says her weekly living expenses exceed that amount.
Mission: Impossible - Opening Montage
Each episode of Mission: Impossible featured a unique opening. Clips from the upcoming show were edited together in the fast-paced style of Lalo Schrifrin's brilliant theme song and played before the opening credits.
Crappy cash
Well, it is bad economic times and all ..
A North Carolina dog owner wasn't sure where she misplaced $400 until she took her dog for a walk and discovered bits of the bills in his feces.
Blind man saves woman
A legally blind man was credited with saving a woman after authorities said a 45-year-old man broke into her apartment on Saturday night.
Teacher made boy eat from garbage
Dinosaurs walk among us
Walking with Dinosaurs opening in London, soon.
Great show folks. Be sure to see it!
Great show folks. Be sure to see it!
Global Warming and Polar bears
Potentially fatal to the polar bear, global warming has already left its mark on the species with smaller, less robust bears that are increasingly showing cannibalistic tendencies.
More Science News
More Science News:
- Mars Orbiter Spies Rust Deposits ESA's Mars Express finds concentration of rust in Aram Chaos crater.
- How to Survive the Coming California Earthquake For the past several thousand years, there has been a major earthquake south of the San Gabriel Mountains in California every 150 or so. The last one was 300 years ago, just before farming, gold, tou...
- Bronx Zoo Fights for Funding with Video Starring Porcupine A NYC-based zoo agency has released a video starring a porcupine to convince state legislators to fully fund zoos in 2010.
- Genesis for Exploding Stars Confirmed
Rare undersea volcano dramatically erupts
From Reuters:
Smoke and ash fly into the sky as a "ring of fire" underwater volcano in Tonga roars to life.
Headlines
Headlines for March 19, 2009:
- AP IMPACT: Many Iraqis held by US to go free
- Church faces challenges in Africa amid pope visit
- Austria's Fritzl gets life in psychiatric prison
- 2 US journalists detained by NKorea for filming
- Mexico nabs suspected cartel leader without a shot
- Bin Laden exhorts Somali militants in Web message
- Israel to probe reported abuse by soldiers in Gaza
- Obama guarantees that the nation's economy will recover
- House approves bill to slap punishing taxes on AIG bonuses
- Thousands of Iraqis held by U.S. to be released this summer
- Mexico captures drug cartel operations chief without firing a shot
- Dallas school accused of staging cage fights among students
- Weakened dollar sends oil prices soaring to new highs for 2009
- First lady to break ground on White House garden on South Lawn
Liars and Fools
Today's Liars and Fools are:
repugican cabal chair-weenie Steele stands with global climate change deniers
Prick Cheney is still lying about, well, everything
Cantor (r-Virginia) repeats wing-nut lie about high-speed rail from Disneyland to Vegas
Perino claims the shrub was responsible for last week's stock market climb
Perino says AIG's multi-million-dollar bonus payouts went to "middle class people"
New York Times columnist who demanded concessions from auto workers now "makes case" for AIG bonuses
MSNBC's Francis compares AIG outrage to wing-nuts' debunked claims about Nancy Pelosi's plane
MCNBC's Matthews welcomes liar on Hardball, then doesn't notice the lies
CNN's Dobbs attacks St Patrick's Day
CNBC hires former shrub flack Fratto
Dimbulb defends AIG from "lynch mob ... ginned up by Obama"
Faux's Brick: "We are a country that is headed towards socialism, totalitarianism, beyond your wildest dreams"
Faux's Handjob, Doocy repeat lie that Dodd to blame for AIG bonuses
Faux's Brick lies that US does not fingerprint foreign visitors or collect rapists' DNA
Faux and Drudge bold face lie asserting Dodd put "bonus protections" into stimulus bill
Faux's Handjob lies claiming that under Pelosi, repugicans "can't offer amendments"
Suggesting "your house will be worth more burned down," Faux's Doocy peddles itemized deduction lie
repugican cabal chair-weenie Steele stands with global climate change deniers
Prick Cheney is still lying about, well, everything
Cantor (r-Virginia) repeats wing-nut lie about high-speed rail from Disneyland to Vegas
Perino claims the shrub was responsible for last week's stock market climb
Perino says AIG's multi-million-dollar bonus payouts went to "middle class people"
New York Times columnist who demanded concessions from auto workers now "makes case" for AIG bonuses
MSNBC's Francis compares AIG outrage to wing-nuts' debunked claims about Nancy Pelosi's plane
MCNBC's Matthews welcomes liar on Hardball, then doesn't notice the lies
CNN's Dobbs attacks St Patrick's Day
CNBC hires former shrub flack Fratto
Dimbulb defends AIG from "lynch mob ... ginned up by Obama"
Faux's Brick: "We are a country that is headed towards socialism, totalitarianism, beyond your wildest dreams"
Faux's Handjob, Doocy repeat lie that Dodd to blame for AIG bonuses
Faux's Brick lies that US does not fingerprint foreign visitors or collect rapists' DNA
Faux and Drudge bold face lie asserting Dodd put "bonus protections" into stimulus bill
Faux's Handjob lies claiming that under Pelosi, repugicans "can't offer amendments"
Suggesting "your house will be worth more burned down," Faux's Doocy peddles itemized deduction lie
Jigsaw complete for ancient predator
An artist's reconstruction of Hurdia based on numerous fossils. The large head carapace helped researchers distinguish it from a related Cambrian super-predator, Anomalocaris (Image: Science/AAAS)
For an animal nicknamed the "T. rex of the Cambrian" – the apex predator of its food chain – the ancient arthropod Hurdia victoria has had a tough time getting properly recognized.
The species was initially described as a crustacean by American palaeontologist Charles Walcott in 1912. But its bizarre appearance and the discovery of numerous partial fossils led to it being misclassified variously as a species of jellyfish, sea cucumber and its close relative Anomalocaris.
Now a new analysis of numerous Hurdia fossils – including the animal's whale-like carapace – suggests that all these specimens belong to a single species.
Read the rest at New Scientist.
You can also find another article on this at LiveScience: Ancient Creature Was a Miniature Monster.
Science News
In Science News today:
Mars rover Opportunity experiences wheel trouble
Robots could flex muscles that are stronger than steel
Fish numbers drop as reefs take a bashing
Tsunami 'trigger' spotted on Google Earth
Scientists have flash of light over Parkinson's treatment
Duetting guitarists' brains fire to the same beat
Jade tooth decorations in Mayan skull
David Dennis took this photo of a Mayan skull with jade tooth decorations.
From TYWKIWDBI:
At the height of Mayan civilization, body modification included a variety of alterations of the teeth....
Holes in the teeth were created by spinning a drill with a bow (as in firestarting), and using powdered quartz as an abrasive.
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Things such as this make all the work - tedious, I might add - that we Archaeologists do worth while.
Of, course I am retired now, but I still remember every dig, every cramp, every ... you name it, I remember it like it was this morning.
We humans do some very odd things.
Did you know that ...
Six years into the occupation of Iraq, that nation's capitol still has no reliable source of drinkable water.
Ihsan Jaafar, Iraq's director of public health, said the water had been bad for years, but that it now carried cholera, typhoid, dysentery, hepatitis and other diseases.
Ihsan Jaafar, Iraq's director of public health, said the water had been bad for years, but that it now carried cholera, typhoid, dysentery, hepatitis and other diseases.
More here.
Dimbulb leading the repugicans
As the Democrats continue their public campaign showing that Lush Dimbulb the face of the repugican cabal, Dimbulb's approval rating slips to 19%.
I guess that means that his claim that his audience doubled in the last month was not as truthful as he wanted you to believe, then?!
I guess that means that his claim that his audience doubled in the last month was not as truthful as he wanted you to believe, then?!
More at CBS News.
Milestones
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Wow, It is 5000 posts already, It can't be ... just yesterday we were a newborn blog with only a handful of posts and even fewer readers.
Now, over 80% of the world (countries that is) reads Carolina Naturally regularly.
Why money messes with your mind
Psychologists studying how we think about money are revealing why many of us have such fraught relationships with our cash.
How the largest dinosaurs got so big
The sauropods were the biggest land animals ever to have existed, but how they got so huge has been a mystery – until now, says James O'Donoghue.
How the largest dinosaurs got so big
A trip to Earth's 'Evil Twin'
After a planned 'flagship' mission to Jupiter and its moons, the agency's next major planetary mission could be sent to Earth's 'evil twin'.
NASA may send fleet of spacecraft to Venus
Jekyll and Hyde
In one breath, GOP Jekylls say government medical plans will be inefficient, inferior to private insurance and thus hated by Americans.
In another breath, Republican Hydes effectively admit that government programs would be so efficient, superior to private insurance and loved by Americans that they will attract most consumers and dominate a health care competition.
"Of the two assertions, of course, the latter is closer to the truth -- and the GOP knows it."
Well put by David Sirota in his, When Republicans lose their principles, article for the San Francisco Chronicle.
In another breath, Republican Hydes effectively admit that government programs would be so efficient, superior to private insurance and loved by Americans that they will attract most consumers and dominate a health care competition.
"Of the two assertions, of course, the latter is closer to the truth -- and the GOP knows it."
Well put by David Sirota in his, When Republicans lose their principles, article for the San Francisco Chronicle.
Urban Livestock of the 21st century
In a trend that has been growing for several years, but has seen a tremendous surge with the collapse of the world's economy - the farm is coming back into the city.
As an example of this trend here is a short National Geographic piece on Abu Talib overseeing the 13 chickens at the Taqwa Community Garden in the Bronx:
As an example of this trend here is a short National Geographic piece on Abu Talib overseeing the 13 chickens at the Taqwa Community Garden in the Bronx:
In 19th-century Manhattan, hogs roamed the streets and cattle grazed in public parks.
Today, chickens are the urban livestock of choice, and not just in New York.
City dwellers across the U.S. are adding hens to their yards and gardens, garnering fresh eggs, fertilizer, and community ties.
Municipal localities are debating and updating their ordinances to follow this trend.
The majority of takedown notices are bogus
Google has filed a submission with the New Zealand government in response to the new law there, which compels ISPs to terminate your Internet connection if you're accused of copyright infringement three times.
In its submission, Google relays its experience with "notice and takedown," which allows anyone to censor web-pages merely by asserting that they infringe copyright - in which they note that this process is routinely abused.
Some of the numbers they provide are:
What did the governments of the world expect when they were conned by the entertainment industry to allow notice-and-takedown?
That if you created a free, easy, virtually consequence-free means for censoring the Internet, that it wouldn't be abused?
In its submission, Google relays its experience with "notice and takedown," which allows anyone to censor web-pages merely by asserting that they infringe copyright - in which they note that this process is routinely abused.
Some of the numbers they provide are:
That more than half (57%) of the takedown notices it has received under the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act 1998, were sent by business targeting competitors and over one third (37%) of notices were not valid copyright claims.94% of the claims are bogus in other words. Why doesn't this surprise me?
What did the governments of the world expect when they were conned by the entertainment industry to allow notice-and-takedown?
That if you created a free, easy, virtually consequence-free means for censoring the Internet, that it wouldn't be abused?
Freddie and Fannie
It not just the arrogance of the folks at AIG its systemic ...
Fannie Mae plans to pay retention bonuses of at least $1 million to four key executives as part of a plan to keep hundreds of employees from leaving the government-controlled company.
Rival mortgage finance company Freddie Mac is planning similar awards, but has not yet reported on which executives will benefit.
Here I do not get 'rewarded' for my COMPETENCE and they expect to be rewarded for their incompetence!!!!???
Fannie Mae plans to pay retention bonuses of at least $1 million to four key executives as part of a plan to keep hundreds of employees from leaving the government-controlled company.
Rival mortgage finance company Freddie Mac is planning similar awards, but has not yet reported on which executives will benefit.
Here I do not get 'rewarded' for my COMPETENCE and they expect to be rewarded for their incompetence!!!!???
Feathers Tied to Origin of Dinosaurs
Feathers and other feather-like stuff are known in several so-called saurischian dinosaurs, including tyrannosaurs and maniraptors — the ancestors to modern birds. Now, feather-like structures have been found for the first time in dinosaurs other than saurischians.
The finding upends paleontological thinking about feathers, suggesting they might go back to the origin of all dinosaurs, more than 200 million years.
Read the rest at LiveScience.
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Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Paris, Ile-De-France, France
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Nagykoros, Pest, Hungary
London, England, United Kingdom
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Daily Horoscope
Today's horoscope says:
You can learn a lot by watching someone else's success as well as their failures.
True, so true.
You can learn a lot by watching someone else's success as well as their failures.
True, so true.
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