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POPSF-35 Squabble Could Kill Hate Bill Perfect, we need to get behind this and use it destroy the Totalitarian hate crimes bill, which is something even Bush would have shied away from. "The best way to assist veto of the defense/hate bill combination is to revive grassroots protest of the hate bill. We must convince Obama and Democrats in Congress that Americans hate the hate bill. They must know that Obama’s signature will result in even more town hall-style outrage against Democrats–and certain revenge in midterm elections next year Here’s how you can help
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POPSSo much for cutting PORK - $2.3 million for the U.S. Forest Service to rear large numbers of arthropods, including the Asian longhorned beetle, the nun moth and the woolly adelgid. - $3.4 million for a 13-foot tunnel for turtles and other wildlife attempting to cross U.S. 27 in Lake Jackson, Fla. - $1.15 million to install a guardrail for a persistently dry lake bed in Guymon, Okla. - $9.38 million to renovate a century-old train depot in Lancaster County, Pa., that has not been used for three decades. - $2.5 million in stimulus checks sent to the deceased. - $6 million for a snow-making facility in Duluth, Minn. - $173,834 to weatherize eight pickup trucks in Madison County, Ill. - $20,000 for a fish sperm freezer at the Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery in South Dakota. - $380,000 to spay and neuter pets in Wichita, Kan. - $300 apiece for thousands of signs at road construction sites across the country announcing that the projects are funded by stimulus money. - $1.5 million f
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POPSAfter flurry of stimulus spending, questionable projects pile up
- $3.4 million for a 13-foot tunnel for turtles and other wildlife attempting to cross U.S. 27 in Lake Jackson, Fla. - $1.15 million to install a guardrail for a persistently dry lake bed in Guymon, Okla. - $9.38 million to renovate a century-old train depot in Lancaster County, Pa., that has not been used for three decades. - $2.5 million in stimulus checks sent to the deceased. - $6 million for a snow-making facility in Duluth, Minn. - $173,834 to weatherize eight pickup trucks in Madison County, Ill. - $20,000 for a fish sperm freezer at the Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery in South Dakota. - $380,000 to spay and neuter pets in Wichita, Kan. - $300 apiece for thousands of signs at road construction sites across the country announcing that the projects are funded by stimulus money. - $1.5 million for a fence to block would-be jumpers from leaping off the All-American Bridge in Akron, Ohio. - $1 million to study the health effects of environmentally fr
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POPSAnyone Wear Glasses As A Child Does anyone have any advice that might help or things that you wish your parents had understood better? I just found out my 6 year old son has a vision problem and will need eyeglasses. I wear glasses on occasion for eyestrain but never had glasses as a child.
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POPSLearn How To Hack Like A Pro There are back doors, secret codes and vulnerabilities in just about any application you come across. Because of that, if you learn how to hack on your own, or just following the efforts of active hacking communities can provide you with tremendous eye-opening insight into the inner-workings of even your most “trusted” software applications.
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POPSExclusive: IAEA letter thanks Iran over notification: a year before required!! It seems that Iran has not only met its obligations, but exceeded them. "To ensure that appropriate safeguard measures are put in place, I would appreciate receiving, in accordance with Iran's Safeguards Agreement, further information with respect to the name and location of the pilot enrichment facility, the current status of its construction and plans for the introduction of nuclear material into the facility," continued the IAEA letter, signed by Herman Nackaerts, Director of IAEA's Division Of Operations Department Of Safeguards. "We kindly request that this information, along with the other information detailed in the attached design information questionnaire, be provided to the Agency as soon as possible. The Agency would also appreciate being given access to the facility as soon as possible."
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POPSWinX DVD Ripper Platinum Free Until Sept. 30th Here is a review of this program. Sounds good enough for me. http://www.ghacks.net/2009/09/16/winx-dvd-ripper-platinum-free-offer/ #2 Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 09/23/2009 This is from their web site http://www.winxdvd.com/dvd-ripper-platinum/ It answers most of the questions brought up here. I also successfully downloaded the software with no problems. Scroll to the bottom of the page and you will see the following FAQ’s about their free offer. Q: Will this FREE DVD Ripper Platinum version still work after the Sep. 30th? A: Yes, this version will work lifetime, you can keep it as long as your wish. Q: Will I have to pay to continue to use this version? A: No, you can continue to use this version without any fee. Q: Will I be able to update this version to a newer version for free? A: For minor update, it's totally free; and we plan to release a brand new version (major upgrade) in Nov.,
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POPSMichael Vick To Face More Jail Time As Sentence is Converted to Dog Years during his probationary period will immediately trigger the conversion of his sentence to dog years. For the purposes of the conversion, Defendant’s sentence will be multiplied by the commonly accepted factor of seven.” Vick completed the 23-month term earlier this year. After receiving high-profile endorsements from perennially naïve nice guy and former Colts coach Tony Dungy, he convinced the Eagles to sign him as a backup quarterback in Philadelphia, where he hopes to reignite his stalled career. What qualifies as boorish behavior was not explicitly laid out by Judge Hudson, but according to federal prosecutors, the serious nature of Vick’s earlier transgressions “really lowers the bar” in terms of applying that definition.
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POPSGet A Free License For Registry First Aid, A Registry Cleaner
It scans 100% clean using AntiVir. Some points to note: 1. In German "Nachname" means surname while "Vorname" means first name. 2. After installing the program you can register it via the help menu. 3. There is always a risk with any registry cleaner that it may mess up your PC. That's why you should always do a backup before erasing "erroneous" registry entries. Registry First Aid offers you a backup option right at the start; make sure you take it. Gizmo PS. Many thanks to Rhiannon for alerting me to this offer. ADDENDUM: Looking at the various comments on registry cleaners below I figured I should add my two cents worth: Over the years I've seen registry cleaners create just about as many problems as I've seen them fix. That's not to say you shouldn't use them; the trick is to use them wisely. Using them wisely pretty much amounts to not using them all that often. The very worst way to use a registry cleaner is as part of your regular computer maintenance.
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POPSHow to Make Copies of Nintendo Wii Games, WII Unlock Plus http://wiiunlockplus.blogspot.com/2009/08/wii-unlock-plus-wii-homebrew-installer.html Make backup copies of your ever growing collection of Wii Games! "Wii Unlocking" is the best way to play downloaded or copied wii games. With Wii Unlock Plus you can safely unlock your wii system and allow you to play copied games. http://wiiunlockplus.blogspot.com/2009/08/wii-unlock-plus-wii-homebrew-installer.html
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POPSHow To Get Partition Master Pro For Free! 1. Download the product using the link below: Download link (41.5MB) 2. Unpack the archive to a folder and then run the program EPMProSetup.exe to install the product. The program is complete; it does not need a license number in order to be installed. 3. Standard partitioning operations such as create, resize, move, delete and copy are available from the icons in the top menu. Additionally a wizard accessible from the toolbar walks you through the process of copying a disk or copying a partition. Assistance in using these functions is provided in the Help menu on the toolbar. 4. Before you undertake any partitioning process it is essential that you first create a recovery CD/DVD in case something goes wrong. The disk can be created from the Tools menu or from the Windows start menu listing for Partition Master. We also recommend you do a full system backup before partitioning as experience has shown that all partitioning processes carry a small element of risk.
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POPSGet Paragon Drive Backup 9 Professional FREE from August 25th to 29th Posted: 27 Aug 2009 02:05 AM PDT What a deal: this is the full $69.95 Pro version not the cut down free version. The only downside is their server is overloaded by people wanting the product before the deal is expires. But be patient and you will get it. Thank you Gizmo. After using your suggested links and failing, I used http://dl.paragon-software.com/free/DB9_Prof_free_en.msi and had my download in a jiffy. Registration particulars followed by email from Paragon within three minutes and the program was installed and registered in no time. Thank you - very glad to have this gift. Thanked Paragon also by web. Excellent find Gizmo! Best wishes. Bob Bowen http://dl.paragon-software.com/free/DB9_Prof_free_en.msi PS I just received my license via email! Total time around 8-9 minutes.
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POPSThink you deleted your cookies? Think again... More: Users who want to control or investigate Flash cookies have several options, according to reader Brian Carpenter: Windows: * Better Privacy extension for Firefox - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6623 * Ccleaner - http://www.ccleaner.com/ Mac OS X: http://machacks.tv/2009/01/27/flushapp-flash-cookie-removal-tool-for-os-x/ Where to find these flash cookies: * Windows: LSO files are stored typically with a “.SOL” extension, within each user’s Application Data directory, under Macromedia\FlashPlayer\#SharedObjects. * Mac OS X: For Web sites, ~/Library/Preferences/Macromedia/FlashPlayer. For AIR Applications, ~/Library/Preferences/ and ~/Library/Preferences/Macromedia/FlashPlayer/macromedia.com/Support/flashplayer/sys * GNU-Linux: ~/.macromedia
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POPS10 Free Office Software Apps We love "free stuff" - I use a few of these apps, and they are great. I think everyone already knows about Skype...do you know about the others?
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POPSScroogle: An introduction and micro-review As mentioned in a previous rant, here it is in the flesh. every person I have turned on to this has continued to use it, and with good cause. Its most obvious advantages are that it is simplistic and unbiased. Unlike serach engines from the Google family where the highest bidders appear on the first page. But it doesn't stop there, this is truly anonomous searching and surfing that to a large extent ignore ads, has multi-browser support (support for safari is near completion if not already done) and has a toggle button for when encryption is required. As with all open source stuff if you like it then support it... or don't.
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POPSPower Shifts in Plan for Capital Calamity Supporters of the plan inside the Bush White House, including Vice President Dick Cheney’s office, saw the erratic response to the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001 and Hurricane Katrina in 2005 as a mandate for streamlining an emergency response process they considered clunky because it involved too many agencies.
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POPSNBC: New Photos Released From Obama Flyover Blunder Looks a lot like 9/11 to me. No wonder Manhattan was alarmed. Caught on Film: Air Force One Backup Frightens NYC - http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local-beat/Caught_on_Film_Air_Force_One_Backup_Frightens_NYC.html Pentagon Releases New Images of Photo-Op - http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local-beat/Pentagon-Releases-New-Images-of-Photo-Op-52204872.html Responding to repeated requests from the public, the Defense Department has released 146 more photos from the infamous Air Force One flyover that struck fear in thousands of unsuspecting New Yorkers in April.
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POPSOklahoma trooper chokes paramedic White state trooper imagines himself dissed by black ambulance driver, hunts the ambulance down, and before it's over, has has assaulted a paramedic, frightened the patient, delayed the ambulance, and harassed people he's sworn to protect. This man has no business in a uniform, and Oklahoma State Patrol needs to know the whole world is watching. First found on Boing Boing. Shades of Emmett Till?
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