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POPSCanada in Afghanistan When all the Moaning Minnies finish whining on about we Brits fighting the Push toons all on our own, perhaps a glimpse at my sisters' kids doing their bit. The Canadians have pledged to withdraw by 2011. Thank you, again, Canada and may your Gods keep a close eye on you and protect you.
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POPS'Twas The Night Before Obamacare' With their little old driver, so wan and enfeebled, It had to be the Senate Majority Leader. Slicker than weasels his minions they came Harry coughed and he mumbled and called them by name: “Now Schumer! Now Boxer! Now Baucus and Tester! On Burris, on Durbin! On Franken and Specter! Let’s cover abortions, illegals and make A giant bureaucracy the people’s money to take. With arm-twisting and goodies they moved t’ward their goal To find 60 Senators and purchase their souls. So down to their chambers the fuglemen rallied This white Christmas Eve to determine the tally. And then in a hissing we heard on the floor, More lies and dissembling than ever before, As I pressed the remote and studied the screen At the podium appeared Harry Reid’s pallid mien. He sagged ‘neath the currency spilling from each Pocket and sleeve as he reached To dispense all the largesse in hand To every vote-bringer from all over the land.
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POPSThe "patron saint of Troublemakers" :) " Blessed Mary MacKillop, the Australian nun once excommunicated and now beatified, is on her way to canonization. Is she the patron saint of troublemakers? Excommunicated today, canonized tomorrow, says John Allen, puckishly. For me, the best part of her story is how the church itself understands that sometimes even the holiest among us are occasionally at loggerheads with church leadership. (Cf. St. Mother Theodore Guerin)".
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POPSBig Brother Expands, Introducing Police Headcams Surveillance insanity. The Security merchandisers (who prey on fear and technological enthusiasm) are extracting huge profits from government, at the expense of both citizens tax dollars and privacy. Ironic how the Land of Orwell tolerates this surveillance insanity to buy the latest technological devices as if they are "necessary". Robocop is surely coming in the future, where "remote policing" will probably be the new fad. Watch for headcams to come to American soon....it always follows the UK's lead. national roll-out of head cameras after regional trials proved they were successful in fighting crime, the Government has announced. Of course studies have proven that the UK's CCTV cams DID NOT prove successful in deterring or fighting crime , but that did not prevent their continued and expanded use either.
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POPSNew York’s Largest Mosque to Be Built Next To –- Ground Zero The building has no sign that hints at its use as a Muslim prayer space, but these modest beginnings point to a far grander vision: an Islamic center near the city’s most hallowed piece of land that would stand as one of ground zero’s more unexpected and striking neighbors. Unreal. Lest We Forget I’m a history buff. There’s a constant struggle at our house over the remote control and whether we watch what my wife and kids want, or the Discovery, TLC, or the History Channel. I won’t go into who usually wins (ask Pam), but suffice it to say we’ve added several televisions in the house. My mom instilled in me my fascination with history long ago. I think it was her way of passing onto a son, growing up ten thousand miles away from his country and family, his heritage. Around the dinner table in the Philippines her stories of my grandparents and life on the farm during the Depression and World War 2 .....
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POPSSpectacular Sea Eruption Filmed -- Deepest Ever
One of the lead scientists called it, an underwater Fourth of July. Images show large molten lava bubbles about three feet across; glowing red vents ejecting lava into the sea, and lava flows across the seafloor. This West Mata volcano stands more than a mile high off the ocean floor. Its eruptive area is about the length of a football field. It is producing Boninite lavas, believed to be among the hottest erupting on Earth in modern times. Researchers believe they have a unique chance to study magma formation and how the Earth recycles material where tectonic plates slide against each other. A microbiologist on the team found diverse microbes in the extreme conditions, and they observed a small species of shrimp thriving. Its believed to be the same shrimp species found at eruptive sites more than 3,000 miles away. Mission scientists believe 80 percent of eruptive activity on Earth occurs in the ocean, and most volcanoes are in the deep sea.
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POPSA glass of water can be hard to come by... We're all aware of it, yet most of us continue to forget and take for granted that a glass of water is something that so many people in the world don't have access to. If you're reading this, then you're on a computer and you have internet access, so this likely isn't an issue for you. But for so many others, something we consider so basic is perhaps their greatest challenge. I tip my hat to Alyssa Milano for again reminding people to be grateful and to help those who aren't as lucky.
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POPSFresh water lakes in the heart of the Sahara Desert The reason for the apparent paradox—fresh water lakes in the heart of the desert—is that fresh water from a very large aquifer reaches the surface in the Ounianga Depression. The aquifer is large enough to keep supplying the small lakes with water despite the high evaporation rate. Mats of floating reeds also reduce the evaporation in places. The lakes form a hydrological system that is unique in the Sahara Desert. The aquifer was charged with fresh water and the original lake evolved during the African Humid Period (about 14,800 to 5,500 years ago), when the West African summer monsoon was stronger than it is today. Associated southerly winds brought Atlantic moisture well north of modern limits, producing sufficient rainfall in the central Sahara to foster an almost complete savanna vegetation cover.
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POPSAutoWin Shame--Eng would surely have preferred to take the series by winning this game!
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POPSMore Canada Mining - 60% world`s mining companies ! I couldn`t get the vid to clip, sorry. The true face of Capitalism. Here are the roots of terrorism - it is the only way that `locals` can fight back. What do you do when your land and resources are being taken at gunpoint, by a powerful and ruthless invader ? Spain against Napoleon, Palestine against the West and Israel, Mandela and the ANC in S Africa, current Afghanistan, Colombia etc 17 of 19 9/11 bombers were Saudis - how else can they protest ?
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POPSOnline backup It's received some good reviews and offers unlimited storage at a reasonable price. I'm trying it out.
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POPSi-Aroma The company has already launched a scent-producing store signage system, piloted a mobile fragrance communication system and premiered smell-enhanced movies in Japanese theaters. With the i-Aroma, a more personal olfactory experience is on the way for volunteers lucky enough to be involved in the trial
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