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POPSGoogle’s Nexus One Phone Revealed IT’S OFFICIAL: Search Giant is finally telling the story behind its self-branded Smartphone, Google Nexus One: - Every text field is voice-enabled. Every time you speak, it will process your speech into text. It gets better and better the more you use it. - It will be on Verizon in Spring 2010. Europe’s Vodafone will also support the Nexus One later this year. http://bit.ly/6vHYbp
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POPSPeople’s Choice Awards Honor Sandra Bullock, Johnny Depp, “Twilight”
And much as Speakeasy loves “Glee,” we can’t help but point out how the cast was bogged down with the tackiest tie-in of the evening: when Lea Michele & Co. walked up on stage to accept their award, they announced that they were providing pizza for the audience and a stream of DiGiorno reps immediately walked down the aisle with pies. Naturally, the display immediately launched into a TV ad for… DiGiorno. In music, Keith Urban and Taylor Swift were voted favorite male and female stars, Carrie Underwood was favorite country artist and Lady Gaga was favorite breakout music artist. Mariah Carey won favorite R&B star, and wore a gown with such a long train, she had to have husband Nick Canon walk her up the stage stairs when accepting her award. (”This dress is a drama,” she said.) Rounding out the awards, Ashton Kutcher won favorite web celeb. He immediately tweeted: “The peoples choice award really goes to you all! Thanks for the props! Thnk for making it happen!"
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POPSMilitary Scrambles Jets Because of Unruly Airline Passengerby
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Man on Hawaiian Airlines Flight is Questioned for Threatening Note, Refusal to Stow Bag The Oregon Air National Guard scrambled two F-15 fighter jets after a passenger on a Hawaiian Airlines jet to Maui refused to let go of his carryon bag and passed what was described as a "disturbing note" to a flight attendant. NORAD may be required to monitor, shadow, divert from flight path, direct to land and/or destroy platforms deemed a potential threat to North America. The passenger, a 56-year-old man from Salem, Ore., was eventually released without being charged after he was questioned by the FBI. NORAD's mission -- in close collaboration with homeland defense, security, and law enforcement partners -- is to prevent air attacks against North America, safeguard the sovereign airspaces of the United States and Canada by responding to unknown, unwanted and unauthorized air activity approaching and operating within these airspaces .....
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POPSAre You the Picture of Health?by
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Everything You Know About Happiness is Wrong.....Even in trying times, you have more control over your own happiness than you think. By Siri Carpenter What makes us happy The year 2009 was one that few of us will soon forget. But the tough times we’ve been through illuminate the human ability to weather challenges that might at first seem overwhelming. As so many millions have painfully learned, we can’t fully control our circumstances. Surprisingly often, though, we can control their effects on our well-being. Experts attribute about 50% of a person’s happiness to genetic endowments and another 10% to circumstances"where we live, how much money we make, how healthy we are. That leaves 40% of our happiness in our control. Fortunately, science has much to say about how we can make the most of that 40%. Even small improvements in mood can have cascading effects. The trick is to pay attention to what strategies work best for you. Try these for starters. http://bit.ly/7eZ4IR
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POPSIranian Basij Thugs Taking A Beating 1.06.2010 Iran's revolution entered a new phase with Ashura - the protestors, as I noted here, have become far more militant. The protesters are willing to stand and attack the IRGC and basij thugs attempting to brutally repress them. And here is a bit more anecdotal evidence - a video showing a crowd attacking a group of basij on their motorcycles. What A Difference Two Weeks Has Made Wednesday, January 6, 2010
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POPSCount The C-SPAN Lies on Obama's Campaign Charade A Pelosi aide later downplayed the remark, saying, "It was a quip, not a jab at anyone." “She’s setting up for the conference,” said a leadership staffer. “It’s strategic. She’s staking out her territory.” It wasn't the first time she's done so. Pelosi has repeatedly expressed her frustrations about the inclusion of the Cadillac tax in the Senate bill and has sparred with Obama about the issue during face-to-face meetings. Her hope now, House aides say, is to get the administration to accept a tax that starts on family plans worth $28,000 " $7,000 more than the threshold favored by Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.). The White House has shown a clear preference for the Senate product in the months-long, bifurcated health care debate. And Reid holds the two best trump cards in the form of Sens. Ben Nelson and Joe Lieberman, two wavering moderates who have already threatened to vote against
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POPSHUMAN EVENTS Petition to Move KSM Trial From NYC Mr. Holder, as Attorney General of the United States, it was within your power to move the trial of KSM from a military tribunal to a civilian court. It is equally within your power to reverse that dangerous decision. We request that you do so forthwith. Respectfully submitted, The Editors of HUMAN EVENTS and RedState.com Petition signers include the following leaders Former Gov. George Allen Publisher Steve Forbes Former NY Congressman Vito Fossella Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich Former Gov. Mike Huckabee Former NY Congressman Rick Lazio Radio talk show host and author Mark Levin NY State Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long Columnist and author Michelle Malkin Actor and author Chuck Norris Congressman Tom Price (R.-Ga) Former Gov. Mitt Romney Congressman Aaron Schock (R.-IL) Congressman John Shadegg (R.-AZ) Congressmen John Shimkus (R.-IL) Congressman Todd Tiahrt (R.-KS)
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POPS"We the People" of the USA Received An Extension of Our Liberty Real strongman tyrants like Chavez have no use for tyrant wannabes. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he “still” smelled sulfur after President Obama made a keynote speech at the Copenhagen climate conference Friday, accusing the American president of carrying the same satanic scent that Chavez believes followed Obama’s predecessor, George W. Bush. The big loser in Copenhagen was Obama’s credibility. Obama’s charisma no longer carries the day for him. Obama apparently spent about $10 million of our taxpayer money on his big carbon footprint trip to Copenhagen. The World has determined that Obama has no courage and no Plan B. This is good for us because it will keep Obama from passing his massive Cap and Trade Tax and from passing a destructive ObamaCare plan. Any ObamaCare that is passed can be rescinded after the 2010 General Elections. On the other hand, having a Commander and Chief who lacks courage and credibility and is played
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POPSAre You With Us Or Them? Obama wants to close down GITMO despite evidence that 74 Terrorists released from GITMO have retuned to active Terrorism in Yemen and elsewhere. Obama and Holder want to return some of the GITMO prisoners to Yemen, a country with a currently uncontrolled proliferation of Terrorists and Terrorist training camps. Obama and Holder plan to try senior GITMO Terrorists in New York City and move others to Thomson, Illinois. These war criminals are going to receive protections under our Constitution. Is this simply is an act of poor judgment or is it something else? Obama has been going on World tours and apologizing for the United States defending itself against Terrorists. This is incomprehensible. Obama is our President and he certainly does not appear to like the United States, its military, or its exceptional accomplishments. Is Obama simply so far out of touch with reality that he thinks that he can charm the Terrorists and gain their good graces?
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POPSMore Obama Nuttiness – CIA Spying on Icebergs and Polar Bears Since CIA satellite data is secret, those opposing the Cap and Trade Tax and anthropomorphic climate change may have no access to any data quoted by the Democrats. The article by William J. Broad went on to say, Secrecy cloaks the monitoring effort, as well as the nation’s intelligence work, because the United States wants to keep foes and potential enemies in the dark about the abilities of its spy satellites and other sensors. The images that the scientific group has had declassified, for instance, have had their sharpness reduced to hide the abilities of the reconnaissance satellites. Controversy has often dogged the use of federal intelligence gear for environmental monitoring. In October, days after the C.I.A. opened a small unit to assess the security implications of climate change, Senator John Barrasso, Republican of Wyoming, Has President Obama reassigned CIA assets .....
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POPSCat Found Frozen Thaws, Survives, Reunited With Family Rescuer Found Cat in Winter Storm, Brought It to Hospital for Heat and Fluids; Now Reunited with Family Animal control tells WBZ's Peg Rusoni that the cat's owners recognized the now-thawed cat as their own and will soon be reunited with their furry friend.
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POPSDemocrats Cut National Counterterrorism Center Budget problems. So who would authorize such a dangerous change in national security priorities? President Obama and his national security advisor John Brennan, of course. No word on how much of the remaining funds were diverted to Global Warming and H1N1 (as dictated by the recent National Intelligence Strategy produced by Team Obama). Sort of puts the lie to the claims the current administration is doing all it can to defend this nation and its people. BTW, those cuts should have gone into effect on October 1, 2009. There is also this reporting out on how thin the staffing is at NCTC: President Obama is scheduled to meet on Tuesday afternoon with 20 of his security advisers to receive the results of two inquiries into how Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab snuck a bomb onto Northwest Airlines Flight 253 on Christmas Day …
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POPSCrooked Climatologists Drop “Cold” Weather Stations In A Year Absent any public statement from climatolgists for such a strange act, I can only speculate that this a deliberate attempt to cause an artificial warming of the data set. I can think of no other valid scientific reason. Would someone please ask GCHN to make a public statement as to why they tried to secretly “lose” weather stations when surely more data is better than less? John O’Sullivan is a legal advocate and writer who for several years has litigated in government corruption and conspiracy cases in both the US and Britain. Visit his website. http://bit.ly/5Bs1ii
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POPSEXCLUSIVE: MillBlogger Michael Yon Detained, Handcuffed by TSA in Seattle Airport Yon was escorted to a room elsewhere in the airport where he said he remained silent during much of the questioning. According to Yon, “they handcuffed me for failing to cooperate. They said I was impeding their ability to do their job.” Yon described the TSA officials as noticeably frustrated by his refusal to answer their questions: “I always assume everything is being recorded. I was trying to be professional.” Yon continued, “They said I wasn’t under arrest, but I’m handcuffed. In any other country, that qualifies as an arrest.” Ultimately Port Authority police released Yon; according to Yon, the police were “completely professional.” In January of 2009, Yon’s article “Border Bullies” detailed a Homeland Security officer coercing a friend to give up her e-mail password so that he could read private email correspondences between her and Yon. Regarding the incident in Seattle, Yon was adamant that the TSA agents had overstepped their bounds:
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POPSCalling Pelosi’s Blinky Bluff: Let The Cameras In Patients First is calling Pelosi’s bluff: In response to CSPAN’s request that cameras be allowed to capture the happenings of the House-Senate conference on health care, Speaker Pelosi responded that “there has never been a more open process.” Yet, she won’t let cameras in"in spite of President Obama’s promise that the negotiations would indeed be aired on CSPAN. Therefore, Patients First, A Project of Americans for Prosperity, will launch a website tomorrow: www.letthecamerasin.com. The Facebook page is already up and running and by tomorrow morning, people will be able to visit the website and sign a petition to demand that the health care legislative process be even more “open” by allowing Americans to see what is happening. (http://www.facebook.com/letthecamerasin?v=wall) Make them walk the transparency walk. Let the cameras in. *** Allahpundit’s got video clips a plenty. http://bit.ly/5eALWl
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POPSMichael Yon Caught Up in The Bureaucratic Wrangling when a foreign national doesn’t have a round-trip ticket in an age of massive illegal immigration " even if that person is an educated professional with a home and career, and even though Aew has a ten-year visa to the United States. Nevertheless, Aew paid approximately $1,200 for the return ticket, and so now had a return ticket. … While the U.S. Immigration officer named Knapp rifled through all her belongings, Aew sat quietly. She was afraid of this man, who eventually pushed a keyboard to Aew and coerced her into giving up the password to her e-mail address. Officer Knapp read through Aew’s e-mails that were addressed to me, and mine to her. Aew would tell me later that she sat quietly, but “Inside I was crying.” She had been so excited to finally visit America. America, the only country ever to coerce her at the border. This is against everything I know about winning and losing the subtle wars. This is against everything I love about the United States.
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POPSMichael Yon "Arrested" At Seattle Airport! 1.5.2010 Military Blogger Michael Yon Arrested In Seattle By Airport Security For Not Answering Questions Questions about his income. Which is related to flight security how, exactly? From his Facebook page: Got arrested at the Seattle airport for refusing to say how much money I make. (The uniformed ones say I was not “arrested”, but they definitely handcuffed me.) Their videos and audios should show that I was polite, but simply refused questions that had nothing to do with nationalsecurity. Port authority police eventually came"they were professionals"and rescued me from the border bullies. From a separate entry: When they handcuffed me, I said that no country has ever treated me so badly. Not China. Not Vietnam. Not Afghanistan. Definitely not Singapore or India or Nepal or Germany, not Brunei, not Indonesia, or Malaysia, or Kuwait or Qatar or United Arab Emirates.
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POPSRevealing Photo “Shortly after 9/11, particularly because as we’re talking about the Iraq War, that became a substitute for I think true patriotism, which is speaking out on issues that are of importance to our national security, I decided I won’t wear that pin on my chest.” Of course he readopted false patriotism later in the campaign when he figured out he’d need some to get elected, but he’s been elected, he’s president now, and he can do whatever he wants. Maybe now that he is president, it is real patriotism. But I’m going to guess that, much like giving a nod in speeches to America’s history of sacrifice in defense of freedom and the nation’s ongoing interests and obligations in that regard, this is one of those presidential things he just has to do.I kind of wish he’d speak out more on issues that are of importance to our national security , though. I’ve noticed lately that getting him to do that is like pulling teeth, and usually only done when it can’t be avoided ......
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POPSHeavy Snowfall and Biting Cold Continued in Parts of Inner Mongolia, Hebei and Shandong Though snow stopped in most parts in the north by yesterday morning, heavy snowfall and biting cold continued in parts of Inner Mongolia, Hebei and Shandong. The heavy snow led to the delay of 13 passenger trains in Inner Mongolia, and forced the closure of all four airports in Shandong, as well as 30 state highways in northern China. Beijing Capital International Airport, with more than 1,400 flights scheduled to take off yesterday, reported severe disruptions. By 4 pm, 485 flights took off, 690 flights were delayed for an average of 90 minutes, and 98 flights were canceled, an airport spokesman said. A train from Harbin to Baotou ran into snow more than 2 m high near Jining in Inner Mongolia on Sunday and passengers were evacuated only yesterday. All 15 carriages were buried in snow and more than 1,400 passengers were stranded in the train without lighting and heating. Food and drinking water were also in shortage, the local railway bureau said.
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POPSFlying Kick Sent Man Into Train's Path, Video Shows Rosimo suffered only an undisclosed foot injury and was transported to Legacy Emanuel Medical Center. View VIDEO (0:39) http://www.oregonlive.com/washingtoncounty/index.ssf/2010/01/man_falls_in_front_of_departin.html Witt said several factors played into Rosimo avoiding more seriously injury. The train that went over him is a newer model introduced in August on which the outer skirt of the train is a couple of inches higher than on old trains. But Rosimo's real saving grace, Witt said, may have had more to do with the track than the train. The tracks at the Sunset Transit Center lay in a bed of gravel and are raised higher than in other parts of the system. If the tracks were in pavement, as they are in downtown Portland, Witt said, Rosimo wouldn't have had any spare room. The wrestling was characterized by Beaverton police Det. Pam Yazzolino as "playfully horsing around." According to the police report, the train operator reportedly had been watching the group .....
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POPSHeroin for Dummies "It concerns me that the city would produce a how-to on using drugs," Gilbride said. "Heroin is extremely potent. You may only get the chance to use it once. To suggest there is a method of using that alleviates the dangers, that's very disturbing." Vallone, who chairs the council's public safety committee, vowed to shut down the distribution of the pamphlet. Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/heroin_for_dummies_oLIfe1Gxl7RMk9iJZiWlnL#ixzz0bm66QONY
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POPSEurope's Looming Demise It boggles the mind that such a consequential and seismic cultural shift could be mandated and put into play without so much as a murmur from the mainstream media. Why should Americans care about this? Americans have to care because this global gobbledygook is coming to our shores, thanks to our globalist president . The European human rights group called Stop the Islamization of Europe (SIOE) has been working tirelessly to expose the mass Muslim immigration plan of the Euro-Med Partnership. A statement on the SIOE Web site criticizes the secrecy of the process: "It was shocking to hear about the plans and at the same time knowing that Danish politicians and a Danish press - who is otherwise proud to be critical - has told nothing to the Danish people about this project which begins in January. This also showed clearly at the conference. Only very few politicians showed up and no media. Those politicians who showed up had obviously never heard about the
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POPSBurj Dubai, The First Superscraper Dubai was forced to swallow its pride today and rename the world's tallest building after the ruler of Abu Dhabi " the neighbouring emirate that saved the city-state from financial collapse. The humiliating announcement was made by Dubai’s ruler at the dazzling launch of the $1.5 billion ( 930 million) Burj Dubai, which will now be known as Burj Khalifa, in honour of Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates. The opening ceremony for the Burj was marked by a dazzling fireworks display that wreathed the tower in stars and smoke. The final height of the tower, which has been shrouded in secrecy, was also revealed to be 2,717ft (828 metres). But the launch, which was intended to be the crowning glory of the emirate's emergence on to the world stage, exposed the reality that Dubai’s achievements are no longer its own while Abu Dhabi is picking up the cheque. In the past 12 months Dubai has witnessed the collapse of its
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POPS Real OR Fake? Or to paraphrase the Fabulous Mae West, "Is that a bomb in your shorts, or are you just glad to see me? A hard man is good to find. A man has one hundred dollars and you leave him with two dollars, that's subtraction. A man in the house is worth two in the street. A woman in love can't be reasonable - or she probably wouldn't be in love. All discarded lovers should be given a second chance, but with somebody else. An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises. Any time you got nothing to do - and lots of time to do it - come on up. Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before. Cultivate your curves - they may be dangerous but they won't be avoided. Don't keep a man guessing too long - he's sure to find the answer somewhere else. Don't marry a man to reform him - that's what reform schools are for. Mae West Quotes http://bit.ly/5pHVNh http://bit.ly/6EELgR
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POPSTen Words You Need To Stop Misspelling! The Oatmeal Comic Book The Oatmeal comic book is packed full of shovels, dinosaurs, crackwhores, corpses, bacon, and plenty of other enchanting awesomeness. http://theoatmeal.com/pages/buy_book
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POPSIn England, It’s Not How Well You Educate, It’s How Politically Correct You Are In official guidance, inspectors are told to be aware of “gender imbalances” in upper-ability sets and ensure after-school sport is not dominated by pupils belonging to one ethnic group. Some local councils are also warning schools to make sure staff and volunteers reflect the ethnic make-up of local communities and feature people with disabilities to provide good role models for pupils. Look at England closely, my friends. The country that led the way, that provided the seeds for the American genius, is dying before our eyes. Even worse, our politically correct, liberal, Progressive masters are hastening to drag us down that same path. Let me say again what you’ll hear me say in post after post after post in 2010: The November 2010 elections are pretty much our last chance to stop the PC car before it drags the whole nation over the edge of the cliff.
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POPS The Joke’s On Us by Mark Steyn they may well have been part of his carry-off). But no matter. The TSA announced that for the last hour of the flight no passenger can use the toilets or have anything on his lap " not a laptop, not a blanket, not a stewardess, not even a paperback book. I can’t wait for the first lawsuit after an infidel flight attendant confiscates a litigious imam’s Koran as they’re coming into LAX. And every time the TSA does something, you’ll have to stand there, longer and longer, suffering ever more pointless indignities. Look at O’Hare and imagine the size of airport we’ll need. And by then the Pantybomber won’t even need to get on the plane; he can kill more people blowing up the check-in line. And remember, this was a bombing mission that “failed.” With failures like this, who needs victories? Joke, joke, joke. The only good news was that the derision was so universal that the TSA promptly reined in some of their wackier impositions a couple of days later. But by then
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POPSFace the Voters Bob Schieffer of Face The Nation ~ http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/pdf/FTN_010310.pdf?tag=cbsnewsTwoColUpperPromoArea Really, what have the Obami done well? Not the stimulus plan. Not crafting a popular and coherent health-care bill. And not instilling confidence that there are competent people who can, when bombarded with intelligence, put it together to prevent an attack or even craft a policy designed to extract information after an attack. But Bob Schieffer, not exactly a fire-breathing conservative, really laid into the Obami. The problem is not only competence but also trust. The Democrats are consumed with political spin even on national security. He notes that Janet Napolitano was getting hammered but explains that this is a symptom of a bigger issue: But she was just following the modern bipartisan public relations template in this age of information management. First, play down the problem.
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POPSCIA Killed By al-Qaeda Double-Agent According to Western intelligence officials, the perpetrator was Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi, 36, an al-Qaida sympathizer from the town of Zarqa, which is also the hometown of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the Jordanian militant Islamist responsible for several devastating attacks in Iraq. Suicide Bombing on CIA Base in Afghanistan last week was carried out by Jordanian Doctor who was al-Qaida Double Agent http://bit.ly/7q0DCn The Jawa Report mypetjawa.mu.nu
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POPSIPCC Head Pachauri: It's All A Terrible Conspiracy What’s more, he hasn’t made a penny out of all the advice he gives to carbon trading businesses and such-like: As for pecuniary benefits from advice that I may be rendering to profit making organisations, these payments are all made directly to my institute, without a single penny being received by me. It’s the poor who stand to suffer most from any further delay on climate-change legislation says this deeply ascetic man: Delay in reducing emissions of greenhouse gases would only lead to worse impacts of climate change and growing hardship for the most vulnerable regions in the world, which are also unfortunately some of the poorest communities on earth. He is telling us all this because we need to be vigilant against the dark forces of denialism and scepticism which, like the Orcish hordes of Mordor, threaten in the coming year to trample all over The Shire and its peaceful, honest, vegetarian community of scientists .....
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POPSIPCC Chairman Pachauri Feeling the Heat Powerful vested interests and climate sceptics will work overtime to block legislation and discredit the science ahead of the next global climate summit in Mexico http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/cif-green/2010/jan/04/climate-change-delay-denial
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POPSMann's New Year's Surprise (of Climategate'$ Hockey Team Fame) in this case perhaps as much as $50 million. (Hat tip: John O'Sullivan of the wonderful new campaigning site www.climategate.com) http://bit.ly/5GXss6 I wonder what took so long and how many other labs will be getting similar letters. An online friend reports that the BBC's science section, a former flogger of AGW has not mentioned one word about the subject so far this year--probably because the journos there are freezing as Britain and much of Europe faces bitter cold weather. The Guardian, however, ignores the freezing cold affecting so much of the globe in a story about how Peru's mountain people are dying out under the cold, reporting risibly that this group stands out in a world which is becoming increasingly warmer. Perhaps those reporters phoned in the story from a sauna in Lima. In a world growing ever hotter, Huancavelica is an anomaly. These communities, living at the edge of what is possible, face extinction because ..... by Clarice Feldman americanthin
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POPSGetting Serious About Airline Security indicates we are beginning to move in this direction. I hope so. Keeping bad people"off of airplanes; Concentrate efforts on identifying Higher Risk Passengers for Greater Screening http://bit.ly/4n78Lu
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