Friday, September 21, 2007
Shocker - College Students Fail
College students struggle on history test
Students don't know much about history, and colleges aren't adding enough to their civic literacy, says a report out today.
The study from the non-profit Intercollegiate Studies Institute shows that less than half of college seniors knew that Yorktown was the battle that ended the American Revolution or that NATO was formed to resist Soviet expansion. Overall, freshmen averaged 50.4% on a wide-ranging civic literacy test; seniors averaged 54.2%, both failing scores if translated to grades.
"One of the things our research demonstrates conclusively is that an increase in what we call civic knowledge almost invariably leads to a use of that knowledge in a beneficial way," says Josiah Bunting, chairman of ISI's National Civic Literacy Board. "This is useful knowledge we are talking about."
CIVICS QUIZ: Take the full quiz
I was going to rant about how dumb these peeps are -- but after I took the test, I decided to pipe the fuck down.
The Klown's score? See Below -- and, if I remember, in a few days I'll post which questions I got wrong -- I couldn't post them here or it would skew your test results.
I'm not very proud of it -- but the test was harder than I aniticipated.
Lastly -- I don't believe the average hop can get a 75 on that test. I'd be willing to bet $100 per person if you just dragged them in off the street -- and I'd keep on posting the bet until I was out of assets. I mean -- how do college seniors get 54% but the average on the test for Sept is 75%? Doesna make sense to the Klown.
Students don't know much about history, and colleges aren't adding enough to their civic literacy, says a report out today.
The study from the non-profit Intercollegiate Studies Institute shows that less than half of college seniors knew that Yorktown was the battle that ended the American Revolution or that NATO was formed to resist Soviet expansion. Overall, freshmen averaged 50.4% on a wide-ranging civic literacy test; seniors averaged 54.2%, both failing scores if translated to grades.
"One of the things our research demonstrates conclusively is that an increase in what we call civic knowledge almost invariably leads to a use of that knowledge in a beneficial way," says Josiah Bunting, chairman of ISI's National Civic Literacy Board. "This is useful knowledge we are talking about."
CIVICS QUIZ: Take the full quiz
I was going to rant about how dumb these peeps are -- but after I took the test, I decided to pipe the fuck down.
The Klown's score? See Below -- and, if I remember, in a few days I'll post which questions I got wrong -- I couldn't post them here or it would skew your test results.
I'm not very proud of it -- but the test was harder than I aniticipated.
Lastly -- I don't believe the average hop can get a 75 on that test. I'd be willing to bet $100 per person if you just dragged them in off the street -- and I'd keep on posting the bet until I was out of assets. I mean -- how do college seniors get 54% but the average on the test for Sept is 75%? Doesna make sense to the Klown.
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Jackass Canadian blames America
Over the past three weeks, 45 families and 31 individuals -- approximately 200 people -- entered Canada at the Detroit River crossings and applied in Windsor for shelter and social assistance after filing refugee claims with the Canada Border Services Agency. Municipal agencies dealing with the sudden influx of mainly Mexican refugee applicants are renting out hotel rooms and bracing for predicted thousands more to come.
"We don't have the means, ability or capacity to deal with this additional cost. We are not able to deal with this potential crisis locally," Francis wrote Harper.
"I don't believe that Windsor's residents and taxpayers should have to foot the bill for U.S. immigration policy," Francis told The Star. He was referring to the suspected source of the problem -- a recently begun crackdown on illegal immigrants in economically struggling regions of the U.S. South.
"They ask, 'Is Canada an option?' and I say, 'Yes, it is an option,'" Jacques Sinjuste of the Jerusalem Haitian Community Center said in a phone interview Wednesday. For a US$300 "donation" (most of those interviewed in Windsor claim they paid US$400), JHCC staff download forms off the Internet, help applicants fill them out and give directions on how to get to the Canadian border.
Sinjuste said he's simply providing a "referral" service.
"Most of the time when the people come, they say they've heard something (about Canada). I say that I've heard the same thing," he said.
Jacquie Rumiel, director of programs for new Canadians at the YMCA, where refugee claimants are referred by Windsor's border guards, said the new people she's seeing are "mostly" Mexicans coming from Florida.
More here:
Let me get this straight, CANADA -- the U.S. is supposed to take them all and not say a GD word --- but when they come into Canada -- it's a problem then -- right? How do you say "Jackass" in French? Ha Ha Ha Ha -- Too funny, Jacque-ASS.
"We don't have the means, ability or capacity to deal with this additional cost. We are not able to deal with this potential crisis locally," Francis wrote Harper.
"I don't believe that Windsor's residents and taxpayers should have to foot the bill for U.S. immigration policy," Francis told The Star. He was referring to the suspected source of the problem -- a recently begun crackdown on illegal immigrants in economically struggling regions of the U.S. South.
"They ask, 'Is Canada an option?' and I say, 'Yes, it is an option,'" Jacques Sinjuste of the Jerusalem Haitian Community Center said in a phone interview Wednesday. For a US$300 "donation" (most of those interviewed in Windsor claim they paid US$400), JHCC staff download forms off the Internet, help applicants fill them out and give directions on how to get to the Canadian border.
Sinjuste said he's simply providing a "referral" service.
"Most of the time when the people come, they say they've heard something (about Canada). I say that I've heard the same thing," he said.
Jacquie Rumiel, director of programs for new Canadians at the YMCA, where refugee claimants are referred by Windsor's border guards, said the new people she's seeing are "mostly" Mexicans coming from Florida.
More here:
Let me get this straight, CANADA -- the U.S. is supposed to take them all and not say a GD word --- but when they come into Canada -- it's a problem then -- right? How do you say "Jackass" in French? Ha Ha Ha Ha -- Too funny, Jacque-ASS.
Do you know about the "Jena 6?"
Separated at birth or what??
I only copied selected parts here -- but here's my take.
"This is the most blatant example of disparity in the justice system that we've seen," Sharpton said Thursday. "You can't have two standards of justice. We didn't bring race in it, those that hung the nooses brought the race into it."
District Attorney Reed Walters, breaking a long public silence, denied Wednesday that racism was involved. (HUH?)
He said he didn't prosecute the students accused of hanging the nooses because he could find no Louisiana law under which they could be charged. "I cannot overemphasize what a villainous act that was. The people that did it should be ashamed of what they unleashed on this town," Walters said.
The rally was heavily promoted on black Web sites, blogs, radio and publications.
Students came from schools across the region, including historically black colleges like Morehouse College, Spelman College, Clark Atlanta University, Howard University, Hampton University and Southern University.
Tina Cheatham missed the civil rights marches at Selma, Montgomery and Little Rock, but she had no intention of missing another brush with history. The 24-year-old Georgia Southern University graduate drove all night to reach tiny Jena in central Louisiana.
"It was a good chance to be part of something historic since I wasn't around for the civil rights movement. This is kind of the 21st century version of it," she said.
Yes, Tina -- this is exactly like the civil rights marches. Hee Hawww.
Here's some more I found -- with Jesse Jackson chiming in. I love how the media gives him a pass when he says "I don't remember saying that."
The Rev. Jesse Jackson called Tuesday on Democrats seeking the 2008 nomination for president to give S.C. voters “something to vote for” when they go to the polls in January.
On a statewide tour to register new voters, Jackson said South Carolina will determine “who has momentum” in the primary when it votes Jan. 29.
Jackson sharply criticized presidential hopeful and Illinois Sen. Barack Obama for “acting like he’s white” in what Jackson said has been a tepid response to six black juveniles’ arrest on attempted-murder charges in Jena, La. Jackson, who also lives in Illinois, endorsed Obama in March, according to The Associated Press.
“If I were a candidate, I’d be all over Jena,” Jackson said after an hour-long speech at Columbia’s historically black Benedict College.
“Jena is a defining moment, just like Selma was a defining moment,” said the iconic civil rights figure, who worked with Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1965 Selma civil rights movement and was with King at his 1968 assassination.
Later, Jackson said he did not recall making the “acting like he’s white” comment about Obama, stressing he only wanted to point out the candidates had not seized on an opportunity to highlight the disproportionate criminal punishments black youths too often face.
I only copied selected parts here -- but here's my take.
Some jackass white kids hung nooses in trees.
Some jackass black kids beat the crap out of the white kids.
Some jackass (Al Sharpton) thinks the black kids should not be punished.
The six were charged a few months after the local prosecutor declined to charge three white high school students who hung nooses in a tree on their high school grounds. Five of the black teens were initially charged with attempted murder, but that charge was reduced to battery for all but one, who has yet to be arraigned; the sixth teen was charged as a juvenile.
"This is the most blatant example of disparity in the justice system that we've seen," Sharpton said Thursday. "You can't have two standards of justice. We didn't bring race in it, those that hung the nooses brought the race into it."
District Attorney Reed Walters, breaking a long public silence, denied Wednesday that racism was involved. (HUH?)
He said he didn't prosecute the students accused of hanging the nooses because he could find no Louisiana law under which they could be charged. "I cannot overemphasize what a villainous act that was. The people that did it should be ashamed of what they unleashed on this town," Walters said.
The rally was heavily promoted on black Web sites, blogs, radio and publications.
Students came from schools across the region, including historically black colleges like Morehouse College, Spelman College, Clark Atlanta University, Howard University, Hampton University and Southern University.
Tina Cheatham missed the civil rights marches at Selma, Montgomery and Little Rock, but she had no intention of missing another brush with history. The 24-year-old Georgia Southern University graduate drove all night to reach tiny Jena in central Louisiana.
"It was a good chance to be part of something historic since I wasn't around for the civil rights movement. This is kind of the 21st century version of it," she said.
Yes, Tina -- this is exactly like the civil rights marches. Hee Hawww.
Read it yourself -- make up your own mind.
Here's some more I found -- with Jesse Jackson chiming in. I love how the media gives him a pass when he says "I don't remember saying that."
Oh -- you don't remember it -- well then -- we'll just erase it then -- sorry about that.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson called Tuesday on Democrats seeking the 2008 nomination for president to give S.C. voters “something to vote for” when they go to the polls in January.
On a statewide tour to register new voters, Jackson said South Carolina will determine “who has momentum” in the primary when it votes Jan. 29.
Jackson sharply criticized presidential hopeful and Illinois Sen. Barack Obama for “acting like he’s white” in what Jackson said has been a tepid response to six black juveniles’ arrest on attempted-murder charges in Jena, La. Jackson, who also lives in Illinois, endorsed Obama in March, according to The Associated Press.
“If I were a candidate, I’d be all over Jena,” Jackson said after an hour-long speech at Columbia’s historically black Benedict College.
“Jena is a defining moment, just like Selma was a defining moment,” said the iconic civil rights figure, who worked with Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1965 Selma civil rights movement and was with King at his 1968 assassination.
Later, Jackson said he did not recall making the “acting like he’s white” comment about Obama, stressing he only wanted to point out the candidates had not seized on an opportunity to highlight the disproportionate criminal punishments black youths too often face.
Gore - U.S. is Global Outlaw -- Bawk Bawk
Paying dearly to hear Gore's climate story
AL GORE has a story he wants to tell the world. But it will cost you a thousand dollars to hear it. (And another $24,000 to get close to him.)
In a passionate attack on the climate policies of Prime Minister John Howard and US President George Bush, the former US vice-president, addressing a very expensive lunch in Sydney yesterday, called Australia and the US "the Bonnie and Clyde" outlaws of the global environment for their failure to ratify the Kyoto Protocol.
Mr Gore made his comments after reporters were asked to leave the lunch venue. Despite the cost, lunch in the 700-seat room at the Sydney Convention Centre was a sell-out, as is tomorrow's event in Melbourne. VIP packages, which included a spot close to Mr Gore and a meet-and-greet with him, cost $25,000.
More here: ...
He went on: "In the last three weeks, the amount of ice melting in the Arctic has been completely unprecedented. In only six days an area the size of the US state of Florida disappeared; in the week before that, an area almost twice the size of Britain disappeared.
"It's melting 10 times faster than previously recorded. Experts are now saying that if we don't act with urgency, the entire ice cap could be completely gone in less than 23 years."
"Bawk - Bawk" -- uh -- I mean "Hee Haw"
That guy spends all his time time jetting around and warming the globe. 
... by year's end, Gore failed to slow his assault on the planet's delicately balanced climate systems. Satellite surveillance revealed what many believe to be a snowshoed Gore jumping up and down on an ice shelf in Greenland, chainsawing glaciers in the Alaskan wild, and urinating in the Gulf Stream waters off the coast of Newfoundland. (From the Onion)
al Qaida "understander" to be killed
This cracks me up. Musharraf basically leaves al Qaida and Bin Laden alone in Pakistan.. Makes very little effort to find them and bring them to justice.
For his effort, they are going to kill him. Ha Ha -- yes -- more "understanding" is what they need.
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Osama bin Laden will release a new message soon declaring war on Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, al-Qaida announced Thursday.
A banner posted on an Islamic militant Web site on Thursday advertised that another message would be released, though it did not say whether bin Laden would appear in video or speak in an audiotape.
"Soon, God willing: 'Come to Jihad (holy war)', from sheik Osama bin Laden, God protect him" the banner read.
"Urgent, al-Qaida declares war on the tyrant Pervez Musharraf and his apostate army, in the words of Osama bin Laden," it read.
More here:
Well now -- very interesting. What will happink?
The Klown predicts that both of these parties will continue their past behavior.
Musharraf - Leaves them alone / ignores them
al Qaida ---- Finds Musharraf and kills him -- after a couple of unsuccessful tries.
UNLESS --- unless Musharraf gets scared by the threat -- maybe a missed attempt or something. If they scare him good, he might take the drastic action necessary. I think it's highly unlikely though.
For his effort, they are going to kill him. Ha Ha -- yes -- more "understanding" is what they need.
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Osama bin Laden will release a new message soon declaring war on Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, al-Qaida announced Thursday.A banner posted on an Islamic militant Web site on Thursday advertised that another message would be released, though it did not say whether bin Laden would appear in video or speak in an audiotape.
"Soon, God willing: 'Come to Jihad (holy war)', from sheik Osama bin Laden, God protect him" the banner read.
"Urgent, al-Qaida declares war on the tyrant Pervez Musharraf and his apostate army, in the words of Osama bin Laden," it read.
More here:
Well now -- very interesting. What will happink?
The Klown predicts that both of these parties will continue their past behavior.
Musharraf - Leaves them alone / ignores them
al Qaida ---- Finds Musharraf and kills him -- after a couple of unsuccessful tries.
UNLESS --- unless Musharraf gets scared by the threat -- maybe a missed attempt or something. If they scare him good, he might take the drastic action necessary. I think it's highly unlikely though.
Exquisite Irony
Low-Down Shithook sues Jackass Network Execs
Oh -- it's too much ... *wipes eyes*.
Dan Rather, whose career at CBS News ground to an inglorious end 15 months ago over his role in an unsubstantiated report questioning President Bush’s Vietnam-era National Guard service, filed a lawsuit this afternoon against the network, its corporate parent and three of his former superiors.
Here's the call:
For 50 years, CBS has allowed its employees to brainwash the general public in America.
Now the public has been sufficiently brainwashed - HUGE jury awards against "greedy corporations" are now the norm.
After they got caught brainwashing, they fired one of their "brainwashers." but now the guy is now suing the everloving-shit out of them.
They'll have to settle the suit and pay millions. Because -- they know -- if they go to court with the "brainwashed public," those idiots will hand the Shithook an even LARGER award.
First Imus, now this ... I hope it never ends for you. The Klown would love to see CBS, NBC, and ABC all suffer corporate death due to their own assholistic actions ... which is the usual end of a tyranny ... big shocker.
Oh -- it's too much ... *wipes eyes*.
Dan Rather, whose career at CBS News ground to an inglorious end 15 months ago over his role in an unsubstantiated report questioning President Bush’s Vietnam-era National Guard service, filed a lawsuit this afternoon against the network, its corporate parent and three of his former superiors.
Here's the call:
For 50 years, CBS has allowed its employees to brainwash the general public in America.
Now the public has been sufficiently brainwashed - HUGE jury awards against "greedy corporations" are now the norm.
After they got caught brainwashing, they fired one of their "brainwashers." but now the guy is now suing the everloving-shit out of them.
They'll have to settle the suit and pay millions. Because -- they know -- if they go to court with the "brainwashed public," those idiots will hand the Shithook an even LARGER award.
First Imus, now this ... I hope it never ends for you. The Klown would love to see CBS, NBC, and ABC all suffer corporate death due to their own assholistic actions ... which is the usual end of a tyranny ... big shocker.
Al-Qaida's deputy leader is a Democrat
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Al-Qaida's deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahri said the United States was being defeated in Afghanistan, Iraq and other fronts in a new video released Thursday, the latest in a series put out by the terror network.
The video came days after Osama bin Laden released two messages to mark the Sept. 11 anniversary—including his first new appearance in a video in nearly three years.
The 80-minute video posted on Islamic militant Web sites Thursday was in a documentary style, touting al-Qaida's activities in various areas, including Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia and North Africa.
"What they claim to be the strongest power in the history of mankind is today being defeated in front of the Muslim vanguards of jihad six years after the two raids on New York and Washington," al-Zawahri said, speaking in what appeared to be an office, with shelves of religious books and an automatic rifle leaning against them.
"The Crusaders themselves have testified to their defeat in Afghanistan at the hands of the lions of the Taliban," he said. "The Crusaders have testified to their own defeat in Iraq at the hands of the mujahideen, who have taken the battle of Islam to the heart of the Islam world."
Yep -- sounds just like a Democrat to me -- hell, I thought he was quoting from Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi.
The latest video included audiotapes from bin Laden, but it was not immediately clear if they were new, said IntelCenter, a U.S. counterterrorism group that monitors militant messaging and first uncovered the video.
Al-Qaida videos often include audio or video from old speeches that have been previously released. Thursday's video begins with the voice of Sept. 11 hijacker Mohammed Atta in a cockpit audiotape, first released by the 9-11 Commission in 2004.
"Nobody move. Everything will be OK. If you try to make any move you will endanger yourself and the airplane. Just stay quiet," Atta is heard telling people on board American Airlines Flight 11, which crashed into the World Trade Center.
What? -- forget about that. The only reason that happened is because the United States is a horrible country with horrible policies -- we deserved it.
The 80-minute video posted on Islamic militant Web sites Thursday was in a documentary style, touting al-Qaida's activities in various areas, including Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia and North Africa.
"What they claim to be the strongest power in the history of mankind is today being defeated in front of the Muslim vanguards of jihad six years after the two raids on New York and Washington," al-Zawahri said, speaking in what appeared to be an office, with shelves of religious books and an automatic rifle leaning against them.
"The Crusaders themselves have testified to their defeat in Afghanistan at the hands of the lions of the Taliban," he said. "The Crusaders have testified to their own defeat in Iraq at the hands of the mujahideen, who have taken the battle of Islam to the heart of the Islam world."
Yep -- sounds just like a Democrat to me -- hell, I thought he was quoting from Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi.
The latest video included audiotapes from bin Laden, but it was not immediately clear if they were new, said IntelCenter, a U.S. counterterrorism group that monitors militant messaging and first uncovered the video.
Al-Qaida videos often include audio or video from old speeches that have been previously released. Thursday's video begins with the voice of Sept. 11 hijacker Mohammed Atta in a cockpit audiotape, first released by the 9-11 Commission in 2004.
"Nobody move. Everything will be OK. If you try to make any move you will endanger yourself and the airplane. Just stay quiet," Atta is heard telling people on board American Airlines Flight 11, which crashed into the World Trade Center.
What? -- forget about that. The only reason that happened is because the United States is a horrible country with horrible policies -- we deserved it.
Hey -- Zawahri ... Bush is President for another year and a half or so ... so I suggest you keep your warm clothes and electric-turban-heater until then, jackass. When the libs get the executive branch, you can relax -- but until then, every loud noise you hear may be your last -- BOO, MF'R.
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Language preservation dorks in huge tizzy
From Ace:
Language Preservation Dorks Fret That A Language Disappears From The World Every 2 Weeks
—Dave In Texas
They are trying to save them though.
A heavy burden.
I've been to Oklahoma. Trust me, you can let that one go.
They estimate there are about 7000 languages in the world, and one dies every two weeks. Because people quit using it. I wonder why?
It's those goddam kids, figuring out on their own that life might be a little better if they could communicate with someone beside grammy.
No respect.
It seems that the key to revitalizing a language is to bug the crap out of the people who don't want to speak it anymore and plead with them not to stop.
"When we lose a language, we lose centuries of human thinking about time, seasons, sea creatures, reindeer, edible flowers, mathematics, landscapes, myths, music, the unknown and the everyday."
Don't they have words for those things in English and French?
If only the French had a word for "entrepreneur", things would be way different there.
Language Preservation Dorks Fret That A Language Disappears From The World Every 2 Weeks
—Dave In Texas
They are trying to save them though.
A heavy burden.
From rural Australia to Siberia to Oklahoma, languages that embody the history and traditions of people are dying, researchers said Tuesday.
I've been to Oklahoma. Trust me, you can let that one go.
They estimate there are about 7000 languages in the world, and one dies every two weeks. Because people quit using it. I wonder why?
Anderson said languages become endangered when a community decides that its language is an impediment. The children may be first to do this, he explained, realizing that other more widely spoken languages are more useful.
It's those goddam kids, figuring out on their own that life might be a little better if they could communicate with someone beside grammy.
No respect.
It seems that the key to revitalizing a language is to bug the crap out of the people who don't want to speak it anymore and plead with them not to stop.
"When we lose a language, we lose centuries of human thinking about time, seasons, sea creatures, reindeer, edible flowers, mathematics, landscapes, myths, music, the unknown and the everyday."
Don't they have words for those things in English and French?
If only the French had a word for "entrepreneur", things would be way different there.
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Ha Ha -- that guy cracks the Klown up.
Zeee SawSEEGE (For Mike Q)
From Ace:
Let's give Islamic theocratic governments their due -- they certainly seem to encourage normal healthy sexual behavior.
Staff at a German butcher's shop were shocked to discover a customer had hidden two sex toys in their sausages for transport to Dubai, police said on Wednesday. "It was two latex dildos with a natural look," said a spokesman for police in the southwestern city of Mannheim.
After shopping there earlier in the day, the man, who spoke broken English, returned to the butcher's with two large "Schwartenmagen" sausages. He asked a shop assistant to wrap and cool them until he departed for Dubai the next day.
But the assistant noticed the goods had got heavier and alerted police. Officers discovered the man, who was about 50, had removed some of the meat and packed the dildos inside.
Let's give Islamic theocratic governments their due -- they certainly seem to encourage normal healthy sexual behavior.
Staff at a German butcher's shop were shocked to discover a customer had hidden two sex toys in their sausages for transport to Dubai, police said on Wednesday. "It was two latex dildos with a natural look," said a spokesman for police in the southwestern city of Mannheim.After shopping there earlier in the day, the man, who spoke broken English, returned to the butcher's with two large "Schwartenmagen" sausages. He asked a shop assistant to wrap and cool them until he departed for Dubai the next day.
But the assistant noticed the goods had got heavier and alerted police. Officers discovered the man, who was about 50, had removed some of the meat and packed the dildos inside.
Question: How big do dildos have to be in order to appreciably notice the extra weight in a large sausage? Did his sex-partner dodge a bullet here or miss out?
Dipshit Murtha - What a piece of trash
From Hot Air:
Remember when he accused the marines of murdering civilians in cold blood? Well -- one after the other, they are being exonerated and charges are being dropped -- you know -- since they found out that the original "info" came from enemy sources.
Well -- this guy graciously offers DIPSHIT MURTHA an opportunity to apologize to our troops. What do YOU think happens?
The man confronting Murtha is Jason Mattera, of the Young America’s Foundation. You may remember Jason for his eloquent statement regarding CAIR’s attempt to silence Robert Spencer.
Update (AP): Don’t look now but the charges against another Marine just got dropped.
Remember when he accused the marines of murdering civilians in cold blood? Well -- one after the other, they are being exonerated and charges are being dropped -- you know -- since they found out that the original "info" came from enemy sources.
Well -- this guy graciously offers DIPSHIT MURTHA an opportunity to apologize to our troops. What do YOU think happens?
The man confronting Murtha is Jason Mattera, of the Young America’s Foundation. You may remember Jason for his eloquent statement regarding CAIR’s attempt to silence Robert Spencer.
Update (AP): Don’t look now but the charges against another Marine just got dropped.
Think Amnesty is going away?
From Ace of Spades:
DREAM Act For "Young" Illegals: Not As Bad As First Thought -- Much, Much Worse!
—Ace
They're just not going to stop with the amnesty, are they?
This is the most dangerous form of legislation-- the kind that easily slips past public scrutiny because no one is paying attention outside of Congress. They can do pretty much anything with unexamined bills -- and they seem intent on doing precisely what we forbade them to last time we were actually notified of their intentions.
Yes -- they're STILL trying to shove this up your ass. This time they're calling it "The Dream Act."
By the way -- I know the two Senators from my state have declared their opposition to this bill ... What about YOUR state?
Check your state here:
Just a phone call or fax will let them (and other Senators) know we are watching them.
DREAM Act For "Young" Illegals: Not As Bad As First Thought -- Much, Much Worse!
—Ace
There is no upper age limit. Any illegal alien can walk into a U.S. Customs and Immigration Services office and declare that he is eligible. For example, a 45 year old can claim that he illegally entered the United States 30 years ago at the age of 15. There is no requirement that the alien prove that he entered the United States at the claimed time by providing particular documents. The DREAM Act's Section 4(a) merely requires him to "demonstrate" that he is eligible—which in practice could mean simply making a sworn statement to that effect.
They're just not going to stop with the amnesty, are they?
This is the most dangerous form of legislation-- the kind that easily slips past public scrutiny because no one is paying attention outside of Congress. They can do pretty much anything with unexamined bills -- and they seem intent on doing precisely what we forbade them to last time we were actually notified of their intentions.
Yes -- they're STILL trying to shove this up your ass. This time they're calling it "The Dream Act."
By the way -- I know the two Senators from my state have declared their opposition to this bill ... What about YOUR state?
Check your state here:
Just a phone call or fax will let them (and other Senators) know we are watching them.
SHOCKER - JACKASS ALMOST DIES
Oh God -- why can't these people die like they are SUPPOSED to??
A Portland man nearly died after putting a pet rattlesnake into his mouth to show off for friends. 
Matt Wilkenson admitted that he made a poor decision, but he’d been drinking and messing around with friends and apparently lost some common sense.
“It's actually kind of my own stupid fault,” he told KGW.
“It's actually kind of my own stupid fault,” he told KGW.
Yes -- "kind of" -- "sort of" your own fault -- but just barely -- right? JACKASS?
Wilkenson said he’s always felt comfortable with his pet snakes and he thinks they could sense that.
“Their tails would be rattling you reach your hand in the cage and they're more scared of you than you are of them and they wouldn't strike,” he explained.
So when he was showing off his reptile relations with friends, he thought it would be fun to put the Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake into his mouth and make them laugh.
However this test of fate was not laughable at all.
The rattlesnake latched onto the back of his throat and sent venom surging into his body.
“Me being me, I put his head in my mouth,” Wilkenson recalled. “At first it felt like someone just gave me a shot in the mouth."
And within seconds, his tongue began to swell up, fill his mouth and cut off his airway.
"When your arm falls asleep and it's like a painful fall asleep, it's like that, but 10 times stronger and it was just my whole body,” he told KGW.
Wilkenson was dying and the pressure forced blood out of his nose. Doctors later told him the snake had shot enough venom in his body to kill as many as 15 people.
He was losing his life as he arrived at Oregon Health and Science University but quick-thinking doctors inserted a breathing tube in his throat and injected anti-venom into his body.
Wilkenson was also put into a medical-induced coma for three days, to give his body time to recover.
Miraculously, it all worked and three weeks later, he’s doing well. The hole in his throat is healing properly and doctors said he’s on the path to a full recovery.
Wilkenson said he’s still a snake guy, but he learned his lesson.
“I still love snakes, but I'll take a little more care in handling them,” he said.
As for the pet rattlesnake, it no longer lives at Wilkenson’s house. But he does still have a young bull snake as a pet that is not venomous.
Seriously -- is this guy EVER going to do anything productive for society? Think he'll "learn" after the first time?
He's a jackass -- he's nothing BUT a jackass -- all he'll EVER be is a jackass.
Owwwwww -- HEY -- WTF?
Carlos Camejo, a Venezuelan man who had been declared dead but woke up in the morgue in excruciating pain after medical examiners began their autopsy, poses for the camera in La Victoria September 17, 2007. Camejo, 33, was declared dead after a highway accident and taken to the morgue, where examiners began an autopsy only to realize something was amiss when he started bleeding. They quickly sought to stitch up the incision on his face. (Reuters)CARACAS (Reuters) - A Venezuelan man who had been declared dead woke up in the morgue in excruciating pain after medical examiners began their autopsy.
Carlos Camejo, 33, was declared dead after a highway accident and taken to the morgue, where examiners began an autopsy only to realize something was amiss when he started bleeding. They quickly sought to stitch up the incision on his face.
"I woke up because the pain was unbearable," Camejo said, according to a report on Friday in leading local newspaper El Universal.
His grieving wife turned up at the morgue to identify her husband's body only to find him moved into a corridor -- and alive.
Reuters could not immediately reach hospital officials to confirm the events. But Camejo showed the newspaper his facial scar and a document ordering the autopsy.
His grieving wife turned up at the morgue to identify her husband's body only to find him moved into a corridor -- and alive.
Reuters could not immediately reach hospital officials to confirm the events. But Camejo showed the newspaper his facial scar and a document ordering the autopsy.
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
LoL @ "Screw purity"
The 5 areas of morals are Harm, Fairness, Loyalty, Authority, and Purity.
Klown=Green
Libs=Blue
Conservatives=Red
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Klown=Green
Libs=Blue
Conservatives=Red
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Foul Smell? -- wtf?
LIMA (AFP) - Villagers in southern Peru were struck by a mysterious illness after a meteorite made a fiery crash to Earth in their area, regional authorities said Monday.Around midday Saturday, villagers were startled by an explosion and a fireball that many were convinced was an airplane crashing near their remote village, located in the high Andes department of Puno in the Desaguadero region, near the border with Bolivia.
Residents complained of headaches and vomiting brought on by a "strange odor," local health department official Jorge Lopez told Peruvian radio RPP.
Seven policemen who went to check on the reports also became ill and had to be given oxygen before being hospitalized, Lopez said.
Rescue teams and experts were dispatched to the scene, where the meteorite left a 100-foot-wide (30-meter-wide) and 20-foot-deep (six-meter-deep) crater, said local official Marco Limache.
"Boiling water started coming out of the crater and particles of rock and cinders were found nearby. Residents are very concerned," he said.
Libs attempt to destroy another industry
Yes -- they (lawyers and libs) haven't hurt us enough by making cars cost $30,000 -- now they have to try to hurt the car companies more. I wonder how much it cost the company to defend this silly-assed lawsuit.
No matter -- you'll pay -- and you'll shut the fuck up too -- won't you -- as they ruin industry after industry -- and as you pay out your media-brainwashed ass.
Calif. suit on car greenhouse gases dismissed
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge tossed out a lawsuit by California's attorney general on Monday seeking hundreds of millions of dollars from six automakers for damaging the state with climate-changing greenhouse gases.
Martin Jenkins, a federal judge in the Northern District of California, said the issue of global warming should be decided in the political rather than legal arena.
"The Court finds that injecting itself into the global warming thicket at this juncture would require an initial policy determination of the type reserved for the political branches of government," Jenkins wrote in approving the automakers' motion to dismiss the case.
Monday, September 17, 2007
Stuff you didn't know about Hitler
From Neatorama:
The following is an article from Uncle John’s Supremely Satisfying Bathroom Reader
There’s nothing funny about Hitler, but he is endlessly fascinating. Since Congress passed the Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act in 1998, almost 3 million classified files have been opened to the public - including a 1942 secret profile of Adolf Hitler compiled by the OSS. Here are some excerpts.
PERSONAL APPEARANCE
• Hitler never allows anyone to see him while he is naked or bathing. He refuses to use cologne or scents of any sort on his body
• No matter how warm he feels, Hitler will never take off his coat in public
• In 1923, Nazi press secretary Dr. Sedgwick tried to convince Hitler to get rid of his trademark mustache or grow it normally. Hitler answered: "Do not worry about my mustache. If it is not the fashion now, it will be later because I wear it!"
SOCIAL BEHAVIOR
• While dining with the others, Hitler will allow the conversation to linger on general topics, but after a couple of hours he will inevitably begin one of his many monologues. These speeches are flawless from start to finish because he rehearses them any time he gets a moment.
• His favorite topics include: "When I was a soldier," "When I was in Vienna," "When I was in prison," and "When I was the leader in the early days of the party."
• If Hitler begins speaking about Wagner and the opera, no one dares interrupt him. He will often sermonize on this topic until his audience falls asleep.
PERSONAL HABITS
• Hitler has no interest in sports or games of any kind and never exercised, except for an occasional walk.
• He paces frequently inside rooms, always to the same tune that he whistles to himself and always diagonally across the room, from corner to corner
• Hitler’s handwriting is impeccable. When famous psychologist Carl Jung saw Hitler’s handwriting in 1937, he remarked: "Behind this handwriting I recognize the typical characteristics of a man with essentially feminine instinct."
ENTERTAINMENT
• Hitler loves the circus. He takes real pleasure in the idea that underpaid performers are risking their lives to please him.
• He went to the circus on several occasions in 1933 and sent extremely expensive chocolates and flowers to the female performers. Hitler even remembered their names and would worry about them and their families in the event of an accident.
• He isn’t interested in wild animal acts, unless there is a woman in danger
• Nearly every night Hitler will see a movie in his private theatre, mainly foreign films that are banned to the German public. He loves comedies and will often laugh merrily at Jewish comedians. Hitler even liked a few Jewish singers, but after hearing them he would remark that it was too bad he or she wasn’t Aryan.
• Hitler staff secretly made films for him of torture and execution of political prisoners, which he very much enjoyed viewing. His executive assistants also secured pornographic pictures and movies for him.
• He loves newsreels - especially when he is in them.
• He adores gypsy music, Wagner’s operas, and especially American college football marches and alma maters.
• To excite the masses, he also uses American College football-style music during his speeches. His rallying cry - "Sieg Heil!" - was even modeled after the cheering techniques used by American football cheerleaders.
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The article above is reprinted with permission from Uncle John’s Supremely Satisfying Bathroom Reader.
Since 1988, the Bathroom Reader Institute had published a series of popular books containing irresistible bits of trivia and obscure yet fascinating facts.
The following is an article from Uncle John’s Supremely Satisfying Bathroom Reader
There’s nothing funny about Hitler, but he is endlessly fascinating. Since Congress passed the Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act in 1998, almost 3 million classified files have been opened to the public - including a 1942 secret profile of Adolf Hitler compiled by the OSS. Here are some excerpts.
PERSONAL APPEARANCE
• Hitler never allows anyone to see him while he is naked or bathing. He refuses to use cologne or scents of any sort on his body
• No matter how warm he feels, Hitler will never take off his coat in public
• In 1923, Nazi press secretary Dr. Sedgwick tried to convince Hitler to get rid of his trademark mustache or grow it normally. Hitler answered: "Do not worry about my mustache. If it is not the fashion now, it will be later because I wear it!"
SOCIAL BEHAVIOR
• While dining with the others, Hitler will allow the conversation to linger on general topics, but after a couple of hours he will inevitably begin one of his many monologues. These speeches are flawless from start to finish because he rehearses them any time he gets a moment.
• His favorite topics include: "When I was a soldier," "When I was in Vienna," "When I was in prison," and "When I was the leader in the early days of the party."
• If Hitler begins speaking about Wagner and the opera, no one dares interrupt him. He will often sermonize on this topic until his audience falls asleep.
PERSONAL HABITS
• Hitler has no interest in sports or games of any kind and never exercised, except for an occasional walk.
• He paces frequently inside rooms, always to the same tune that he whistles to himself and always diagonally across the room, from corner to corner
• Hitler’s handwriting is impeccable. When famous psychologist Carl Jung saw Hitler’s handwriting in 1937, he remarked: "Behind this handwriting I recognize the typical characteristics of a man with essentially feminine instinct."
ENTERTAINMENT
• Hitler loves the circus. He takes real pleasure in the idea that underpaid performers are risking their lives to please him.
• He went to the circus on several occasions in 1933 and sent extremely expensive chocolates and flowers to the female performers. Hitler even remembered their names and would worry about them and their families in the event of an accident.
• He isn’t interested in wild animal acts, unless there is a woman in danger
• Nearly every night Hitler will see a movie in his private theatre, mainly foreign films that are banned to the German public. He loves comedies and will often laugh merrily at Jewish comedians. Hitler even liked a few Jewish singers, but after hearing them he would remark that it was too bad he or she wasn’t Aryan.
• Hitler staff secretly made films for him of torture and execution of political prisoners, which he very much enjoyed viewing. His executive assistants also secured pornographic pictures and movies for him.
• He loves newsreels - especially when he is in them.
• He adores gypsy music, Wagner’s operas, and especially American college football marches and alma maters.
• To excite the masses, he also uses American College football-style music during his speeches. His rallying cry - "Sieg Heil!" - was even modeled after the cheering techniques used by American football cheerleaders.
------------------------------------
The article above is reprinted with permission from Uncle John’s Supremely Satisfying Bathroom Reader.
Since 1988, the Bathroom Reader Institute had published a series of popular books containing irresistible bits of trivia and obscure yet fascinating facts.
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