July 2009 Blog Posts (310)

The 4th of July

The 4th of July

Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men

who signed the Declaration of Independence?

Five signers were captured by the British as traitors,

and tortured before they died.

Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned.

Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army;

another had two sons captured.

Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or

hardships of the… Continue

Added by fireguy on July 1, 2009 at 3:08pm — No Comments

Governments: A Case Of Mistaken Identity

We are in a very crucial period of human development in the United States. Political activism could very likely insure our demise. The main problem is a case of mistaken identity. It's being made by the U.S. citizen. Not all, by any means, but by the most vocal: the political activist. The mistake is that people have confused the government with the nation. When we say the nation is at war, we should be thinking - the government is at war. The government is always at war. That's where it…

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Added by Doug Wilson on July 1, 2009 at 12:30pm — 1 Comment

Murderess rewarded for her crime

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1196586/Police-chief-charge-Menezes-shooting-handed-ANOTHER-promotion.html

The article is about how a state murderess has been promoted to become the highest ranking female copper in Britain.

The Daily Mail's Stephen Wright puts it this way:

'The police chief who oversaw the… Continue

Added by Rufus on July 1, 2009 at 11:47am — No Comments

New World Order for Sovereign Debt

The financial crisis is forcing investors to look at the world through new eyes. A case in point: emerging-market government bonds. When emerging-market bond spreads tightened to record lows in 2006 and early 2007, it was seen as evidence that risk appetite had run too far. Having blown out following Lehman Brothers' collapse, spreads are narrowing again -- only this time, the balance of risks is no longer so stark.

The history of emerging-market sovereign debt has been littered with… Continue

Added by Inheritor From ConCen on July 1, 2009 at 10:11am — No Comments

UN begins Bhutto killing inquiry

A United Nations inquiry into the assassination of former Pakistani PM Benazir Bhutto begins on Wednesday.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8127833.stm

It is headed by Chile's ambassador to the UN, Heraldo Munoz, and includes a former Indonesian attorney general and a former senior Irish police officer.

The inquiry will last six months and investigate the "facts and… Continue

Added by Tara on July 1, 2009 at 10:02am — No Comments

Oregon legalizes hemp cultivation

Oregon’s House of Representatives voted Monday night to legalize the cultivation of hemp, becoming the sixth state to do so just this year.

Oregon’s Senate voted 27 to 2 in favor of the new law last week. Monday’s 46 to 11 House vote means that the measure will become law, barring an unlikely veto by Governor Ted Kulongoski.

The move is part of a rapidly growing nationwide trend to liberalize laws relating to marijuana. Hemp is a botanical cousin of marijuana,… Continue

Added by Inheritor From ConCen on July 1, 2009 at 9:59am — No Comments

U.S. to beef up U.N. Army

UNITED NATIONS -- The United States is prepared to provide more military observers, police, and civilian staff to beef up the U.N.'s far-flung peacekeeping operations, the U.S. ambassador said Monday.

The United Nations has nearly 115,000 troops, police and civilians deployed in 16 peacekeeping missions from Africa and the Mideast to Cyprus, Kosovo, Western Sahara and Haiti, but it has had trouble finding soldiers, helicopters and other key assets for several important… Continue

Added by Inheritor From ConCen on July 1, 2009 at 9:53am — 1 Comment

"Dry Rot"

Assume that I live in a town of mostly timber-frame houses. There is from time to time a virulent infestation of dry rot, that can even destroy a house. A local firm of 'Timber Preservation Specialists' let's call it 'BaxtimberTreatment' offers to inject fungisides into all my timbers, so as to make my house 'immune' from 'Dry Rot' and other timber infestations. It works a treat, but this firm should have told me about the health effects of their toxic timber treatment. I was sick for weeks… Continue

Added by Alastair Carnegie on July 1, 2009 at 8:50am — No Comments

'World's unluckiest tourists' witness three separate terrorist attacks

A couple have been labelled the world's unluckiest tourists after being caught up in three separate terror attacks during their holidays.

By Chris Irvine

telegraph.co.uk

Published: 7:30PM GMT 21 Dec 2008

Jason and Jenny Cairns-Lawrence, from Dudley, West Midlands, were in central Mumbai… Continue

Added by Marklar on July 1, 2009 at 2:00am — 2 Comments

PITT STUDY: Accidental release blamed in swine flu outbreak

From Pittsburgh Tribune Review

By Allison M. Heinrichs

TRIBUNE-REVIEW

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Sick pigs at the 1918 Cedar Rapids Swine Show in Iowa and scientists' accidental release of an "extinct" flu virus in 1977 played key roles in creating a strain that has swept the globe and sparked fear of a more… Continue

Added by Jamie on July 1, 2009 at 1:27am — No Comments