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POPSObama Flies to Junk Science Summit In Copenhagen – O-bow-ma Finds Someone To Bow To In Copenhagen After his brief, listless and cliché-ridden speech in Copenhagen that aired live on Morning Joe today, Pres. Obama makes the hand-shaking rounds on the podium. He continues the glad-handing off the podium, until he spots someone and breaks into . . . a bow . With all the mulling around, it's hard to determine exactly what's going on. It looks like he might have been exchanging bows with a man in the scrum surrounding him. But PBO's bow seemed to go beyond the perfunctory head-nod that in the circumstances surely would have satisfied, say, Japanese etiquette. NewsBusters http://bit.ly/5G65y7
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POPSTaser gun used on 10-year-old girl who 'refused to take shower' A police officer used a Taser stun gun to subdue a 10-year-old girl in her own home. ""If you can't pick the kid up and take her to your car, handcuff her, then I don't think you need to be an officer. She doesn't deserve to be treated like a dog. She's not a tiger." Local Mayor Vernon McDaniel said the FBI should investigate. He said: "People here feel like that he made a mistake in using a Taser, and maybe he did, but we will not know until we get an impartial investigation." The local Police Chief Jim Noggle said no disciplinary action was taken against Bradshaw. "We didn't use the Taser to punish the child, just to bring the child under control so she wouldn't hurt herself or somebody else," he said. He said if the officer tried to forcefully put the girl in handcuffs, he could have accidentally broken her arm or leg. Mr Noggle said the girl will face disorderly conduct charges as a juvenile."
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POPSTax-Feeders and Manufactured “Crimes” " Police in Austin, Texas recently sprang a trap of that kind on Mark Douglas Ledford and his girlfriend, Asia Ward. Austin’s “Finest” parked a green Honda Accord near Ledford’s home. Curious, Ledford consulted with his neighbors in the hope of identifying an owner; then he reported the vehicle to the police. A pair of officers paid a brief visit to the neighborhood and spoke briefly with Ledford. “I told them, `Isn’t it strange that someone parked their car there with the windows down and the keys in it?’” he recalled. The police replied that there was no problem, since the car was parked legally, and then left."
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POPSThis is a Real Rabbit: Alba The Green Bunny This is a true story. Does anyone else remember this? It is only a vague memory in my mind. I think I had dismissed it as a hoax. Rumors were that when the artist took her home, that it had died, but Kac, vehemently denied it. I have raised many, many rabbits, and it never entered my mind to make one colored like this. Genetically speaking of course. Can you imagine the surprise the kids would get on Easter morning when the bunny was more brightly colored than the eggs?!
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POPSThe Green Brief #26 Josh Shahryar 7.12.2009
5. In a statement released today, Mohsen Rezaie " another candidate in the disputed elections " announced five points that everyone in Iran should realize in understanding the post-election problems. - The Iranian Government should KNOW the difference between peaceful protesters and people who're working to destroy the Islamic Republic. - The Iranian Government should KNOW the difference between politicians/people who merely have complaints, and those who may be "foreign meddlers." - Politicians should be able to pursue their rights and rights of the people through legal channels. Government organizations should seriously consider complaints from the people/politicians without the fear of persecution from someone else. - Negotiations should be held between those with complaints and the government for solving these complaints in order to safeguard national security and continue peaceful political participation in the country. - Government agencies should follow the law .
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POPSThe Green Brief #25 by Josh Shahryar 5.Ayatollah Montazeri has released a Fatwa that is very supportive of protesters and their cause. In the Fatwa, Montazeri "condemned violence against protesters as un-Islamic." He's pleaded with the government to not play with the name of Shi'ism and Islam with their actions. He hinted that Khamenei's leadership is standing against Islam, human rationale and National interests " and that he was clearly in the wrong. Reports of Ayatollah Ustadi - Qom's temporary Friday Prayer's Imam - resigning his position and calling a strike could not be confirmed. 6.In an open letter released to the media, the women's wing of Mousavi's Participation Front have said that Iranian mothers were awaiting the release of their loved ones with teary eyes and aching hearts. Government / International 7.Iranian Foreign Minister, Manuchehr Motaki, has stated that Iran is willing to discuss issues with the West, but claimed that the government was going to present a package of issues for discussion "
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POPSJosh Shahryar ~ The Green Brief #24 Government / International 4.Ayatollah Hashim Hashim-Zadeh Hareesi " a member of the Assembly of Experts " said today that people had started to distrust the system. 5.Tehran's Interim Fridays Prayers Leader Ayatollah Mohammad Emami-Kashani asked the Majlis of Iran to take measures in solving some short-comings that are present in the current electoral law. 6.The Guardian Council's spokesperson, Abbas Ali Kadkhodaie said today that the Guardian Council was currently going over the entire election. According to him, the Council will soon release a detailed report about the election. 7.The French Ambassador in Tehran met with Clotilde Reiss, the detained Frenchwoman who's currently being held in Iran on charges of espionage. According to the ambassador, Ms. Reiss looked in good mental health. It is not clear as of yet when she will be released.
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POPSThe Green Brief #23 18tir Jul 9, 2009 People were joined by their wives, fathers, mothers and children. Contrary to most reports, many elderly people were also reported to have joined the protests. At times, pedestrians would join protesters in order to increase their numbers " making it more difficult for security forces to attack. 4. Protesters chanted "Mir Hossein, Ya Hossein!" and "Death to the Dictator." Strangely enough, some slogans were directed at Mojtaba Khamenei " the son of Ayatollah Khamenei. Mojtaba Khamenei has allegedly taken control of the Basiji and is heavily involved in the government's attempt at brutally suppressing the protests. 5. Estimating how many people actually gathered in Tehran is almost impossible. What can be safely asserted, from eyewitness accounts and examination of videos, is that the numbers were more than 35,000 - that's including all the protesters and some pedestrians who joined them. Again, this number is only an estimate. http://greenbrief.newsvine.com/
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POPSThe Green Brief #21 (July 07) . . . Rafsanjani himself has so far not supported this statement and where he stands is still unknown at this time. 6. There are partially-confirmed reports that Mousavi met with one, mourning protester’s family on Monday night. The protester’s father told Mousavi that his son was not very political, yet had taken a great deal of interest in Mr. Mousavi’s message. He also claimed that his son was not violent. Mousavi told the grieving family that the blood of the innocent never goes in vain. 7. After US Vice President Joe Biden’s statement yesterday, that suggested the US would not interfere if Israel were to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities, Saudi Arabia was reported as offering Israel its airspace for any future attacks on Iran. However, Saudi Arabia today denied that it had made such comments. In the meantime, US President Obama has vehemently denied that Biden’s statements implied that the US had given Israel “a green light” to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities.
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POPSThe Green Brief #16 @Iran_Translator(July 02) 4. Samareh Hashemi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's campaign manager, told PressTV today that the SMS outage and cell phone service restrictions were put in place to "ensure security" 5. More international pressure is being mounted on Iran's Government. There will be an EU meeting next week where it is reported that member nations will consider pulling their ambassadors from Iran. 6. Al-Arabiya's website has stated that an Egyptian lawyer belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood, Mamdouh Ismail has filed a complaint in Egypt's Prosecutor General's Office. He has asked them to ban Ahmadinejad from entering Egypt next month to attend a diplomatic meeting. He has accused Ahmadinejad of winning the election erroneously and for insulting two of Prophet Mohammed's companions. 7. Seven people were arrested in Qazvin today in connection with the protests. The head of Participation Front in Hormozgan Province, Mr. Ramezanpour, was also arrested.
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POPSGreen Brief #11 iran.whyweprotest.net/news-current-events/ Hundreds of people missing. Amnesty International asked the Iranian authorities to immediately release dozens of journalists who are at risk of torture in detention. The UN also asked the government to prevent further violence and bloodshed. More people were arrested today including journalists and bloggers as well as other people of some clout in the Iranian society. 10. Today a group of people including women's rights activists assembled in Laleh Park to light candles in memory of Neda and other martyrs. The protesters were dispersed by the police and plainclothesmen using violent tactics. There were also many policewomen. Many people were arrested and hauled away. Reporters of Keyhan and Fars newspapers were taking people pictures with cameras. 11. Reports have suggested that there is a bitter divide developing between military leaders on what the military’s role should be in the in the current unrest . . . .
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POPSWhy We Protest - IRAN The Green Brief #6 - NiteOwl helped protesters or are accused of masterminding the unrest. The government earlier in the day alleged that the US had paid 400 million dollars to people in order to organize unrest in Iran. They also blamed the UK and Germany " saying the latter was coaxed into taking action by Israel " 5. The government is actively trying to suppress news from getting out. BBC and Al-Arabiya’s correspondents were told to get out in 24 hours, twitter sites are being hacked, people are being tricked into getting out late at night by others chanting in the streets who are actually Basijis and the spread of spam and propaganda on twitter. The government has also established dozens of sites with pictures of protesters, asking people to identify them. At least two of these sites that were based abroad have been taken down by hackers sympathetic to Iranians today.
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POPSGreen Tape: Environmental Opposition to Any Kind of Energy The Chamber’s point is that for all the talk of embracing clean energy as an alternative to dirtier old energy sources, plenty of green angst is directed at precisely the things—like new transmission lines—that would bring clean energy closer to reality. That’s true enough: Wind farms, transmission lines, natural-gas facilities and even solar plants have been scotched due to “not-in-my-backyard” concerns. But so have dozens of old coal-fired plants in recent years as environmentalists led by the Sierra Club have campaigned against all manner of coal pollution. The Chamber’s chapter on “green tape” opposition to coal? “Coming soon.”
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POPSMike Probert Reviews the new La Tercia Golf Course With my very limited golfing experience (!!), I don't fell anywhere close to qualified to comment on La Tercia Golf course. So when I came across a post in the Murcia-Golf owners forum, written by someone with oodles of credibiity, I was delighted. Mike's review is brief & to the point. Here's how he concludes.... (To read the full review, click the murcia-golf link)
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POPSNation-Wide Terror Probe Nets Hundreds Of PM Irritants! The latest arrests appeared to be a result of the 28 November arrest of MP Damian Green, the Tory shadow immigration minister who was detained without charge by counter-terror police after he embarrassed the PM by revealing in Parliament that thousands of illegal immigrants had been cleared by the government to work as security guards. According to Home Office officials, Green finally cracked and revealed names of fellow plotters after 15 hours of intense interrogation that included waterboarding, genital electrodes, and forced viewing of one of Brown’s environmental speeches ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- .Okay! Now, click on this link and you'll be magically transported over the internet to Jolly Old England , where you can read the rest of the story on actual UK servers!
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POPSSeaweed to be used as fuel? Somehow this alarms me--but I don't know enough. I do know that fish-farming is atrocious--it may provide protein but damages the oceans, other wild fish and the fish is tasteless, almost.
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POPSSpain's New Record: Wind Power Supplied 40% of Energy Consumed Wind Power Is an Economic Winner in Spain: Spain is the world's second-biggest producer of wind energy. Spanish companies, both turbine manufacturers and wind-farm operators, are among the leaders in the global wind-power market. Among these are Gamesa Eólica (world's second largest turbine manufacturer), Iberdrola (world's largest wind-farm owner and operator) and Acciona Energía (world's largest wind-farm builder and developer). The industry currently enjoys a 30 percent annual growth.
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POPSANGELINA AND BRAD SPEAK ON GLOBAL ISSUES Other commitments included plans by Florida Power & Light to build a solar power plant as part of a $2.4 billion clean energy program; a $150 million promise from CARE to provide health services to 30 million women and children; and a $271 million pledge from BRAC, a Bangladesh nonprofit, to provide education to 7.5 million young people in Asia and Africa.
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