lateral science The Young Man's Book of Amusement
This wonderful book was published in 1854 and it contains gems of Victorian experimental science. It`s unpromising, mildly suggestive title belies a veritable cornucopia of experiments, including the macabre "Galvanic experiments on the dead body of a criminal"
lateral science EDISON -- The Menlo Park DRUGS BARON
Thomas Alva Edison, you stand accused of the supply of poisons and dangerous drugs for human consumption. Namely Heroin, Strychnine and Opium
lateral science Martinus Van Marum "discovers" a light blue gas in 1785 with the help of Mr. Cuthbertson
Ozone liquifies as an explosive indigo-blue liquid & solidifies as violet crystals
lateral science Victorian Nitrogen Laser
A letter from Glitch to Faraday, dated June 1856, would appear to indicate the observation of laser action in air, more than a century before Maiman first demonstrated his ruby laser.
lateral science Hittorf`s Metallic Phosphorus of 1865
Smithell`s cold flame, phosphoretted hydrogen & will o` the wisp, phosphorus agriculture - farming for bones
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if you have young kids/grandkids, I totally recommend the Dangerous/Daring Book series for both boys and girls. They include interesting (even to kids) lessons on stuff we kids used to learn in the old days. My young nephews loved it and my own 18-20 yr old sons loved it as well (got their own copies after checking out my nephew's copies)
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Myth: The prize is awarded to recognize efforts for peace, human rights and democracy only after they have proven successful.
More often, the prize is awarded to encourage those who receive it to see the effort through, sometimes at critical moments. The timing of this being published at the same time that Noobama's prize is announce is either serendipitous or maybe the author felt compelled somehow to see if this might possibly be some kind of, err, "mistake". Personally, I think it's political payback of some kind, as Noobama gets to keep the $1.4M purse that happens to come along with this prize. What are the chances that he'll donate this to charity? And do I read things right that he was nominated for this prize about ten seconds after he became president elect?
No more shred of credibility for the Nobel Peace prize, I guess.
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Wonder why they didn't wait until next year with the midterm elections and all. Perhaps they knew he needed help now and hed have done stuff to make it even more laughable by then.
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The Peace Prize is awarded by a group of five politicians from Norway. That's it.
Any moral legitimacy or authority is based on their choice being at least reasonable in the eyes of the public.
If their choice is patently unreasonable then the moral dimension is lost. It's just five Norwegians (fallible humans, not conduits of divine wisdom) deciding to give a sum of money to a specific person or persons.
Neither by an election or by any other process has this committee been authorized to set "policy goals" that the United States or any other country is obliged to pursue.
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BEAUFORT, S.C. -- A 77-year-old man has lost his lower arm after he was bitten by an alligator on a coastal South Carolina golf course.
Multiple media outlets reported that the Fripp Island man was playing the Ocean Creek Golf Course about 3 p.m. Thursday when he was attacked. His name was not released.
Kate Hines with the Fripp Island Property Owners Association says the man was picking up his ball when a 10-foot alligator pulled him into a nearby pond. The man's golf partners were able to free him. Workers from Tracks Wildlife Control in Beaufort killed the alligator and removed the man's arm.
He was taken to the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston in hopes of reattaching his arm. His condition was unclear early Friday.
"Doc, doc, will I be able to hit a one-iron after you re-attach my arm?"
"Er, yeah, I suppose so."
"Great! I never could before!"
Medgar Evers was a man of conscience and apparent good will back when the NAACP did good work and was less than a Donk thugocracy. If I were a Navy Man, I'd be proud to serve aboard her
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A man who fought against long odds for what was right--just the kind of name you want on a United States Ship.
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As sea temperatures have risen in recent decades, enormous sheets of a mucus-like material have begun forming more often, oozing into new regions, and lasting longer, a new Mediterranean Sea study says....
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[Al Arabiya Latest] Egyptian authorities have detained 23 people for questioning in connection with an Internet "phishing" scheme that targeted U.S. citizens and banks, Egyptian security sources said on Thursday.
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Wednesday that a multinational probe had uncovered a sophisticated U.S.-Egyptian phishing operation that fraudulently gathered personal data from thousands of people, and used it to defraud U.S. banks.
U.S. authorities had detained 33 of 53 defendants named in a U.S. indictment in the case, the largest cyber crime investigation to date in the United States, the FBI said on its website. It added that Egypt had also charged 47 people.
The Egyptian Interior Ministry said in a statement that Egyptian suspects in the case had been taken into custody, and security sources put the number of detainees at 23. The sources said all those detained were between 18 and 25 years old and were from the Nile Delta province of Daqahlia.
The Interior Ministry said Egyptian police had confiscated 21 computers, a number of credit cards and checkbooks, and $8,900 in Egyptian and U.S. currencies.
"The inquiries showed the presence of U.S. citizen suspects in the United States who agreed with Egyptians in Egypt to create a gang to seize U.S. citizens' money by obtaining their credit card details through fraud," an Interior Ministry statement said.
The statement added that those involved in the scheme had accessed information of U.S. banks online, and made transfers to accounts in the United States. The money was immediately withdrawn by U.S. participants in the scheme.
Later, the money was divided and wired to accomplices in Egypt, and redistributed, the interior ministry statement said.
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I have fended off phisher attacks. They copy internet banking sites, and ask account holders to enter banking details in realistic looking forms. They also seek out passwords to protected sites, and peddle these cheaply.
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I get multiples a day, since my email address is published on the the Burg. They just hoover 'em up and crank 'em out...
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[Bangla Daily Star] Bangladesh has reinforced its troops along the border with Myanmar as tension went high following repeated provocative acts by the latter's military forces including violation of international border and illegal construction of barbed-wire fences along the frontier.
Highly-placed sources in the government said the reinforcement was required as the Myanmar military junta deployed huge troops with heavy weapons within five kilometres of the border and many of them frequently intruded into Bangladesh territory, added the sources.
Bangladesh in the past always resolved all disputes with its neighbours through bilateral discussion but this time the authorities had taken it seriously and they are taking steps accordingly, said the sources.
The tension ran high as Myanmar troops fired several shots towards Bangladesh territory, witnesses said.
Paramilitary Bangladesh Rifles were kept on high alert yesterday along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border.
"Myanmar troops intruded into Bangladesh territory several times which is a serious threat to country's security," said an armed forces division report submitted to the government with its recommendations.
A group of Myanmar troops from engineering corps of its Medaik camp trespassed into Bangladesh territory to gather information about Bangladesh on September 29, the report said, adding that after the intrusion Bangladesh army was put on high alert there.
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TEGUCIGALPA, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- The Organization of American States (OAS) foreign ministers' mission left Honduras on Thursday, leaving a technical committee in place, to follow up on progress made in resolving Honduras political crisis.
Costa Rican Foreign Minister Bruno Stagno read a statement stating the committee's optimism as officials prepared to leave Tegucigalpa.
"The OAS mission is convinced that the dialogue begun with the direct participation of both sides can lead to the overcoming of the political crisis in which the nation is involved," the statement said. "The OAS has proposed to all interlocutors that, in order for dialogue to be undertaken in an appropriate manner, all constitutional guarantees be restored and all media whose operation has been suspended be restituted."
The mission had also asked that Manuel Zelaya, who was ousted from the presidency in a June 28 coup, have normal access and consultation with representatives at the negotiating table and that the problem relating to Brazil's embassy in Honduras capital Tegucigalpa, where Zelaya has been staying since Sept. 21, be resolved. The mission also demanded that Zelaya be given "living and working conditions appropriate to his high office."
Stagno said that the OAS hoped the participants at the negotiating table will undertake the responsibility given to them to find a way to restore democratic order in Honduras. He also called for all sides to respect human rights in order to maintain an atmosphere of peace and reconciliation that is offered by dialogue.
The mission arrived on Wednesday in Tegucigalpa, meeting first with Roberto Micheletti, who became president after the coup, then with Zelaya and candidates for president. On Thursday, committees sent by Zelaya and Micheletti met but the two sides have not yet reached any agreement.
Zelaya said earlier that the discussions, which will last until Oct. 15, have to restore him to the presidency.
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I stand with the People and Congress of Honduras.
Ze-liar was going to steal your right to your Constitutional way of government, He wanted to be a dictator, President for Life.
You stand by your guns, and let the President of Honduras serve out his term in the Brazilian Embassy.
The State Department was wrong to turn its back on you people, hang tough, thumb your nose at them all.
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Yesterday, Honduran President Roberto Micheletti took advantage of his first opportunity to address representatives of member nations of the Organization of American States in a public forum to make an impassioned defense of his country. In frank and eloquent remarks that made his OAS nations guests uncomfortable at times, he chided them for never bothering to listen to his Administrations side before condemning it. President Michelettis speech explained the constitutional grounds for the position of the current Honduran government. He also denounced the blatant corruption of Manuel Zelaya, which has given rise to criminal charges against the former president.
The following are excerpts of Michelettis remarks to the foreign dignitaries:
Remarks at the link. Scathing, specific and clear.
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This is the way I am: I express myself in strong terms, but without the slightest desire to hurt your feelings. If I do, please, accept my apologies.
heh - like saying "with all due respect" before you tell someone what a pig-headed moron they are
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And then the Dynamit Prize Committee gives the award to a fellow who did everything in his power to destroy peace and human liberty.
It's a strange world, Master Jack.
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[Al Arabiya Latest] An amateur Muslim football team has provoked an outcry in France after refusing to play against a team which promotes homosexual rights and has gay players.
The Creteil Bebel Muslim team pulled out of its planned tie with Paris Foot Gay (PFG) at the weekend, saying it went against their religious beliefs to play against homosexuals.
The PFG said they would sue Creteil Bebel for homophobia. "We have been insulted in the past, but this sort of thing has never happened," Pascal Brethes, chairman and co-founder of PFG, told Reuters.
Creteil Bebel defended their pullout, saying their religious convictions were much more important than any sporting event. "As a Muslim, I have the right not to play against homosexuals because I don't share their ideas," Zahir Belgarbi, one of the team directors, told France Bleu radio.
PFG was set up in 2003 to fight against homophobia, which is rampant in some of the poor suburbs around Paris where it plays.
Brethes said he was shocked by the way Creteil Bebel players had openly revealed their prejudices. "It is as if they find it normal to be homophobes," he said.
Human rights and anti-discrimination groups leapt to the defense of PFG and city authorities also weighed into the row.
"The city of Paris will be inflexible when faced by attacks on its principles and will continue to fight in a determined fashion against all acts of discrimination," it said in a statement.
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Afraid they might like the body contact
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Yeah, this was discussed here; best comment EVAR on this one was "yarrr..., let's create a Wingnut Football Club, and let's refuse to play with everyone!".
More seriously, it is very enjoyable to see Diversity eating its own, but, then again, the "frictions" between the Youths and the homos are nothing new, and often involve much more harmful events (assaults, muggings, and, yup, rapes, whihc is pretty funny, considering those are borne out of homophobia, but, hey, it's not gay to gangrape a man, as long as you're the rapists).
This is usually swept under the rug, and as a result, IIUC, the "Gay Community" has no ilusions whatsoever about the Youths, especially as they usually come on top of the Diversity/Victimhood foodchain... not that it will stop professional Gay activists to be as anti-western/ antiwhitey/ anti-Christian/ pro-immigration/ anti-Israel/... as the rest of the lot.
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Regular check-ups for the Muslim players, too, if anonymous5089's description of their little antics is true, and I believe it is. After all, they act like that in Saudi Arabia, too, by all accounts.
The Local English-language Swedish news site
(boldface emphasis added) The Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society (Svenska Freds) has classified as "shameful" the decision by the Nobel Committee in Oslo to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 to Barack Obama.
"The choice of Barack Obama as the recipient of the world's foremost peace prize is shocking," said the group's chairwoman Anna Ek in a statement. Ek conceded that the US president had sent "positive signals" with regard to his future commitment to global peace. "But at the same time Obama is the president of the biggest military power in the world and is waging two wars in the world. That should certainly disqualify him from a peace prize," said Ek.
Social Democrat press spokesman Urban Ahlin also confessed to being caught off guard by the award. "I was quite surprised I have to say. The efforts Barack Obama has made for peace do not currently correspond to a peace prize," he told news agency TT. My opinion of the intelligence and good sense of Scandanavian peace hippies has gone up a bit after reading this.
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I'm not shocked by this. I was shocked by El Baradei receiving it, the same year North Korea went nuclear, and Iran began enriching uranium.
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Elie Wiesel was shocked, too, as expressed in an interview on NPR this morning. But he temporized that President Obama changed the world simply by allowing America to elect him as the first Black president.
ALBERT ARNOLD ( AL) GORE JR.
MOHAMED ELBARADEI
JIMMY CARTER JR.
UNITED NATIONS
PUGWASH CONFERENCES ON SCIENCE AND WORLD AFFAIRS
YASSER ARAFAT
MIKHAIL SERGEYEVICH GORBACHEV
THE UNITED NATIONS PEACE-KEEPING FORCES
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
LE DUC THO
Wow. What I can I say. Wow. I'm honored. Clearly Big Guy - who can't stop dancing on the bed up in the residence right now, by the way - won this award for his speeches. I mean, after nominating himself for the Nobel Prize for Peace two weeks after entering the office of the Presidency, let's face it, it isn't like he had anything to show for it.
He said if he'd known it was this easy to win a Nobel, he would have nominated himself for the Nobel Prize for Literature years ago for his 5th Grade essay on "Raisin the Sun" (of course, he would have had to share that prize with Billy Ayers). Or his yeast science project from 7th grade for the Nobel Prize for chemistry.
There's so much to do now before the awards ceremony in Oslo. I'm going to have to buy a white tie and tails, and really get a good, high-gloss screen polishing for the awards ceremony. Big Guy is hoping that after accepting the Nobel for peace, if he gives a really good speech, they'll give him a second Nobel for talking, because he's really earned that one.
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"But at the same time Obama is the president of the biggest military power in the world and is waging two wars in the world. That should certainly disqualify him from a peace prize," said Ek.
Not the mention that on the same day he launched an unprovoked attack by bombing the Moon. [White House spokesmen replied that it was all planned during the Bush Administration.]
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Obama couldn't bring the Olympics to his hometown, but as a direct result of his policies George W. Bush brought home 3 peace prizes (Carter, Gore, Obama) and two oscars (Moore, Gore).
Stunning choice made Obama the third sitting president to win the Nobel Peace Prize and shocked observers because Obama took office less than two weeks before the nomination deadline.
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This explains what happened to the bribe money.Denmark, Norway all the same thing easy mistake to make.Are you the olympic committe? Sure! Do you guys want this money? You bectha!
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Looking at the list of past winners of the Nobel Peace Prize, the only ones who have deserved it in the past 25 years or so are Norman Borlaug and Mother Teresa.
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This is foreign interference in our elections. It is really an award to the American people for not electing another war monger and an attempt to secure The One's re-election.
President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples," the Norwegian Nobel Committee said, citing his outreach to the Muslim world and attempts to curb nuclear proliferation.
So Obama got the Prize for stuff he hasn't done yet.
... the committee endorsed "Obama's appeal that 'Now is the time for all of us to take our share of responsibility for a global response to global challenges.'"
So Obama got the Prize for being a socia1list.
It's just Swedes being Swedes ...
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first words out of my mouth this morning weren't "hello" to a coworker, but rather "are you f'ing kidding me??!!" shouted in the privacy of my own home. I didn't think there was room for any more nails in the coffin for the NPP's relevancy, but apparently they found some...
If Obama needs anything now, it is a sense of modesty, a willingness to tack and accept half a loaf, and diminish his grandiosity. (Not that I want him to learn these lessons. I'd rather he overreach, but as a matter of analysis.) His self-worship has created real problems for him and this will only feed into it. His vanity is his Achilles heel. The Nobel committee actually did him no favor.
Several commentators are suggesting he turn it down, including Mickey Kaus:
He gets at least the same amount of gloryand helps solve his narcissism problem and his Fred Armisen ('What's he done?') problem, demonstrating that he's uncomfortable with his reputation as a man overcelebrated for his potential long before he's started to realize it. ... Plus he doesn't have to waste time, during a fairly crucial period, working on yet another grand speech.
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So Obama got the Prize for stuff he hasn't done yet.
No, Dr. Steve, President Obama got the award for trying. Actually, given that the deadline was two weeks after he took office, he was given it for planning on trying. On the other hand, this sure spiked the nominations of Hamas, Hizb'allah, President Ahmadinejad, and Mr. Osama bin Laden, all of whom were nominated for attempting to unite the world under a peaceful world government. Whoa, TW! Now that's what I call slipping the dagger in with a smile. -Scooter
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also from the Corner: Before they break out the champagne at the White House, they may want to pause over the fact that Obama now shares this honor with Mohammed el-Baradei, Yasser Arafat, and flagrant liar Rigoberta Menchu Tum.
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ALBERT ARNOLD ( AL) GORE JR.
MOHAMED ELBARADEI
JIMMY CARTER JR.
UNITED NATIONS
PUGWASH CONFERENCES ON SCIENCE AND WORLD AFFAIRS
YASSER ARAFAT
MIKHAIL SERGEYEVICH GORBACHEV
THE UNITED NATIONS PEACE-KEEPING FORCES
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
LE DUC THO
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As I said when Gore won, either the Norwegians are completely crazy or they have developed a sense of humor so very dry that the rest of us just do not get it.
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Interference, yes. Now in appropriate company, yes. Awarded for planning on trying, yes. Inmates in charge of the asylum, yes. A foregone conclusion once he was elected, yes. Transnational progressivism in full preen mode. A sad day for the world.
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He's a shoo in for the Heisman trophy. MVP of the World Series is in the bag. Early on favorite for the Stanley Cup and Michael Phelps better be concerned in the next 100M.
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Why did not I get the Nobel Dynamit Peace Prize? Why did I do to pi$$ off the Committee????? I guess I got points taken off by helping to form the Special Operations Executive in WW2. Is that it??? And Arafat got it??? WTF??????
/channeling the ghost of Neville Chamberlain
All I can say is that this prise will be a big hubris stoker for the big O. Our enemies smell weakness and appeasement, and they are on the move. Things did not turn out too well for Arafat, either.
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Fubar
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A vast conspiracy of dunces & idiots have arisen to attack the USA!
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I hope there is an Earth somewhere in a parallel universe where logic and intelligence reign over raw emotion and ignorance.
And if there is such a beast, how do I apply for a transfer?
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An MSNBC online poll shows that of more than 300,000 votes, 62 percent said Obama doest not deserve the Nobel Peace Prize. Add to that those who said it is premature (13%) the total is 75%.
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One difference between our government and the old Roman Empire is that they could decree that people were gods and worship was manditory. wait a minute, what was i just saying...
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Free Republic is getting deluged with people submitting "Obama wins" sarcastic posts, to the point where it is overwhelming them.
Examples:
Obama wins cannabis cup
Obama prevents tooth decay in children
Obama puts new ring around Saturn
Obama Slays Kraken, Saves Joppa, and Marries Princess Andromeda
Obama Declared "Tougher Than Chuck Norris"
Family of Archimedes gives up credit for invention. Now called the Obama Screw
Man Healed By Touching Hem Of Obama's Robe -- Obama Awarded Nobel Prize in Medicine
Obama Wins Medium Coke at McDonald's Scratchers Game
Obama Destroys Deathstar, Saves Endor
Obama catches Roadrunner!!!
Obama parts Red Sea (Moses dismissed as a poser)
Obama Still Working on Guitar Riff for Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame Acceptance Speech
Obama invents car engine that runs on static electricity--Nobel Prize in Physics now anticipated!
Obama Wins Pumpkin Growing Contest, Solves World Hunger
Obama grants absolution to Pope Benedict XVI
Obama Exhumes Patton to Slap Him and Call Him a Coward
Obama announces the Singularity and the Rapture have arrived...we are now all Obama!
Sorry, NS. First in a long series. But he's only just getting started and I wouldn't underestimate his potential to make things a helluva lot worse. Looks like the folks in Oslo would just love it if he did.
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other awards are breaking for President Obama hourly. List is below.
Breaking: Barak Obama Named Mr. Universe 2010
Breaking: Pope Benedict crowns Obama "Holy Roman Emperor"
Breaking: White Smoke over Vatican, Cardinals Elect Obama as Pope
Breaking: Obama wins Comrade of the Year Award!
Breaking: Barack Hussein Obama's likeness to be carved into Mount Rushmore
Breaking: Barack Hussein Obama Declared Winner of 2000 Florida Recount
Breaking: Obama Named Most Interesting Man in the World
Breaking: Obama beats JIM THOMPSON at Balloon sit/egg carry race
Breaking: Barack Obama wins Top Chef Las Vegas, awarded FOUR Michelin Stars
Breaking: Obama wins $10 Million Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes.
Breaking: Obama named the NEW James Bond! Will become agent Double-O-Bama!!!
Breaking: Obama wins "Dancing with the Stars"
Breaking: Obama walks on water!.Obama has just walked across Lake Michigan
Breaking: Obama wins 2009 AKC "Best of Show"
Breaking: Obama challenges Kobayashi to hot dog eating contest
Breaking: Obama cures cancer and diabetes
Breaking: Obama nominated for 5 Academy Awards
Breaking: Obama declared Master of Time, Space and Dimension
Breaking: Obama wins Heisman Trophy
Breaking: Just been announced that Obama has won the Nigerian Lottery
Breaking: Obama named The Fifth Element
Breaking: NHL cancels season awards Stanley Award to Obama
Breaking: Obama wins "Survivor" reality show
Breaking: Obama wins proctology award
Breaking: Obama canonized as a "Saint" in Rome
Breaking: Obama named employee of the month at a Wendys in Reston, VA.
Breaking: Obama takes pole for this Sundays Pepsi 500 at California Speedway
Breaking: Obama named Time's Man of the Century
Breaking: Obama inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Breaking: BARACK OBAMA WINS IDITAROD
Breaking: Barak Obama Wins 2010 NBA Dunk Contest
Breaking: President Obama receives Cong. Medal of Honor
Breaking: Obama wins Ms. California title
Breaking: Obama Named Miss Hooters 2010
Breaking: Kim Jong Il Resigns, Names Obama New Leader of North Korea
Breaking: Obama wins Medium Coke with McDonalds Scratcher
Breaking: Obama wins National Spelling Bee
Breaking: Obama wins 2010 Soap box Derby
Breaking: Obama beats Tiger in playoff at Masters
Breaking: Obama wins the Tour de France by 12 hours
Breaking: Obama gets patent for inventing perpetual motion machine
Breaking: Obama finds Lost Tribes of Israel
Breaking: Obama scores eighteen consecutive hole-in-ones
Breaking! President Obama named Sears Preferred Customer
Breaking: Obama finds Nicole Brown Simpson's REAL killer
Breaking: Obama has stopped plate tectonics,no more earthquakes
Breaking: Barak Obama Finds the Arc of the Covenant
Breaking: Obama signed the Declaration of Independence today, making it official
Breaking: Obama is McDonalds 787 billion customer
Breaking: Obama's Face Found on Mars
Breaking: Pope re-painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel with face of Obama
Breaking: Obama did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night and parted the red sea this morning
Breaking: Obama to Star in 'Casablanca' Remake
Breaking: Washington, DC Renamed Obama, District of Barack
Breaking: Carla Bruni Leaves Sarkozy for Obama
Breaking: Baseball Commissioner awards Series to Obama due to his "intention to win"
Breaking: Obama re-invents the wheel
Breaking: Pillsbury Bake-Off prize goes to Obama
Breaking: Obama finds Waldo
Breaking: Obama Turns The Water Into Wine
Breaking: Obama Replaces Lennon and Harrison, Reunites the Beatles
Breaking: Obama successfully negotiates with the Japanese for the release of 112 year old Amelia Earhart
Breaking: Obama Reverses Kudzu Growth
Breaking: Obama Awarded with Grand Marshall of the Black Angus Cattle Day Parade
Breaking: Man Healed By Touching Hem Of Obama's Robe
Breaking: Obama get's his Red Rider BB gun
Breaking: Obama catches Roadrunner
Breaking: Obama invents car engine that runs on static electricity
Breaking: Obama prevents tooth decay in children
Breaking: Obama NO LONGER SUCCEPTIBLE TO KRYPTONITE
Breaking: World's Muslims Reject Mohammed, Anoint Obama
Breaking: Obama was named to replace the Holy Spirit in the Christian Trinity today in ceremonies in Oslo
Breaking: Obama Named CEO of Campbell Soups - Mmmm Mmmm Good
Breaking: Obama wins PBA Championsip. Bowls a high score of 37
Breaking: Obama's Image Cleary Visible on Shroud of Turin
Breaking: Obama swims the english channel... LENGTHWISE
Breaking: Obama to be new Jack Bauer on '24'
Breaking: Obama named Motor Trend's Car of the Year
Breaking: Obama to Play Dirk Diggler in Remake of Boogie Nights
Breaking: Culinary Institute of America gives Obama a National Medal for Whirled Peas
Breaking: Obama Wins Order of Lenin Medal
Breaking: Obama wins "Most Well Endowed" by "Hineyboy Magazine"
Breaking: Obama Wins Oscar For "Best Actor In A Completely Fictional, Made-Up Story and Role"
Breaking: Barak Obama Wins 2010 NBA Dunk Contest
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"Whom the gods would humble, they first make proud." I think that's the quote, Cornsilk Blondie.
Hubris is the word for that overweening pride, to be punished by the goddess Nemesis. Professor Victor Davis Hanson recently wrote about exactly that, which is why I had those big words ready to hand. ;-)
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
Golfer loses Nobel Peace Prize and Arm
[Al Arabiya Latest] An amateur Muslim football team has provoked an outcry in France after refusing to play against a team which promotes homosexual rights and has gay players.
The Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society (Svenska Freds) has classified as "shameful" the decision by the Nobel Committee in Oslo to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 to Barack Obama.
