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POPSO.J. Simpson Sentencing Will Be Dec. 5, 2008
Simpson guilty on all counts ~ Clarence “C.J.” Stewart also found guilty in armed robbery/kidnapping case O.J. Simpson is taken into custody after being found guilty on all 12 charges, including felony kidnapping, armed robbery and conspiracy at the Clark County Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas. O.J. Simpson is going to prison. A predominantly white, predominantly female jury has found the former NFL All Star guilty of all of the 12 robbery, kidnapping and weapons charges he faced following a run-in last year with a pair of memorabilia dealers. His co-accused, Clarence “C.J.” Stewart, was also found guilty of all charges and will do jail time. Simpson, 61, and Stewart, 54, may spend the rest of their lives in prison. The two charges of kidnapping with use of a deadly weapon, of which they were both convicted, carry a possible life sentence with no parole for five years. http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/oct/03/jury-still-out-oj-simpson-trial/
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POPSHow the Grinch Stole Health Care There's a scene from the animated version of "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" that fits George W. Bush to a tee. The lines from the poem read: And the one speck of food that he left in the house was a crumb that was even too small for a mouse. Then he did the same thing to the other Whos' houses, leaving crumbs much too small for the other Whos' mouses! But in the 1966 televised adaptation of Dr. Seuss' classic, the Grinch actually goes back for that final crumb, leaving the family with... nothing. This scene is remindful of yet another last-minute move by our president to inflict hardship on those less fortunate than he is. (And what an appropriate time of year for Bush to demonstrate his aptitude for misgovernance.)
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POPSNeo-Gothic Châteaux Near Yalta Something inherently romantic speaks to our hearts when we see a castle looking out to the sea, from a high cliff among imposing coastal mountains. If you remove the hustle of a resort town around it, the place becomes infused with fantasy and magic, especially in the glow of a setting sun. (The Swallow's Nest, read Wiki's article) is located close to Yalta and has been closed to general public after surviving a large earthquake in 1927 (the cliff has developed a crack beneath it). However in recent years it's been fully restored and now houses an Italian Restaurant. Swallow's Nest was also featured in several Soviet films. It was used as the setting of Desyat Negrityat, the Soviet screen version of Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None. Swallow's Nest is closer in style to German architectural follies, such as Neuschwanstein, Babelsberg, and Stolzenfels. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swallow%27s_Nest_(Crimea)
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POPSTerrorism TV And you can hear the newscasters doing everything they can to build up the story, its significance, and its dire portents for the future of humanity. I notice that the European news stations note what happened and then get on to news from the rest of the world. Not so for the terrorism obsessed US and UK. They're going to make this into the biggest event since landing a man on the moon if its the last thing they do. What gives? - Brasscheck
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POPSThe Health Care Bailout of 2018 Instead of universal health care, we need free market reforms that reduce costs, reward individual responsibility, and respect individual rights. Some examples include eliminating mandatory insurance benefits, repealing laws that forbid purchasing health insurance across state lines, and allowing individuals to use Health Savings Accounts for routine expenses and to purchase low cost, catastrophic-only insurance for major expenses.
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POPSInternet Access Without Electricity, Connectivity or Phone Services. No Matter Where You Are. what open source collaboration can do.. The terminals includes access to web browsing, email, voip, office, multimedia, software development and web development tools as well as 15,000 other applications. Wifi coverage spans a 2-mile radius, with no fuel costs, no polluting emissions and a long lifespan of up to 20 years with proper maintenance. The entire system, in fact, operates on about the same amount of power as a 100-watt light bulb, GNUveau says.
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POPSWhy Reporters -- And Judges And Professors -- Are Biased to promote social justice. For most university professors -- and many high school teachers, as well -- outside of the natural sciences and math, the same holds true. The task of a teacher is to teach, i.e., to convey the most important information as honestly as possible. But, again, this conflicts with the social justice goal of the left. History teachers who merely teach history are of little use to the left. History -- and English and political science, and sociology and other liberal arts -- teachers must use their classroom to produce young people who will wish to engage in society-transforming work for social justice. For most liberals in the arts (there are very few conservatives in the arts) there is no denial of their having an agenda. They state quite candidly that the purpose of the arts is to challenge the (conservative) status quo, to raise political and social consciousness by advancing a “progressive” political and social agenda.
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POPSU.S. Missile-Warning Satellite Fails Discovered by amateur astronomers! .:p .:confused: It underscored the urgency of getting the new Space Based Infrared Satellite (SBIRS) system being developed by Lockheed Martin Corp into orbit. The SBIRS program was launched in 1996 with an eye to launching the first satellites in 2004 at a cost of $4.2 billion. The program has been restructured several times and its price tag is now seen at well over $11 billion Hitchens said some amateur astronomers, who use optical and radio telescopes to track objects in space, suggested the DSP satellite may have been adrift in geosynchronous orbit, which could pose a danger to other satellites operating in that orbit, she said.
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POPS5 Myths About Our Health-Care System The U.S. is #1 in the amount we spend for health care, but lag far behind Japan, France, Italy, Sweden and Canada. These country's governments pay for the lion's share of health care. We have the best emergency care system in the world. We're doing a better job than most on reducing smoking rates, but our obesity epidemic is out of control, our death rate from prostate cancer is only slightly lower than the United Kingdom's, and in at least one study, American heart attack patients did no better than Swedish patients, even though the Americans got twice as many high-tech treatments. One major part of the problem is that America has the highest level of poverty and income inequality among all rich nations, and poverty affects one's health much more than the limited ministration of a formal health care system. Some very intersting stats about how we compare to other nations can be found at http://www.huppi.com/kangaroo/L-healthcare.htm.
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POPSGlobal Warming Hoax Finally Freezes Over!!! NBC released the following statement in response to questions about the firings: The economic realities of recent months have created challenges for everyone in our business. In addition, when NBC Universal purchased the Weather Channel earlier this year, we expected that there would be cost synergies as part of a company reorganization. While it is always difficult to lose valued employees, we are doing our best to minimize the impact, and remain committed to providing the highest quality content that our viewers have come to expect from the Weather Channel.
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POPSNow they admit it We screamed, we yelled, we pointed it out time and time again, the bias in the MSM is disgusting. This is the second post mortem, that I know of, that they major players in the media have had and during both the consensus has been that the bias was overwhelming. With Obama backing out of public financing so that he could out spend McCain 5 to one and the entire MSM apparatus on his side it is amazing the election was as close as it was.
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POPSTwo California men get decades in prison for operating a marijuana dispensary "Luke Scarmazzo was sentenced to 21 years and 8 months in prison and Ricardo Ruiz Montes got 20 years for operating a marijuana dispensary in Modesto. Sentencing before Federal judge Oliver Wanger took place on November 21, 2008. Luke and Ricardo had a licence to run the dispensary and paid taxes. The conflict between state and federal laws are what led to their arrest and conviction. The case drew attention because of a controversial rap video titled "Business Man" that features a sneering, preening Scarmazzo who raises both middle fingers to the camera and says " the feds." Defense attorneys said the federal government went after Scarmazzo and Montes because the music video challenged law enforcement's authority
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POPSCopycense - the online journal of code & content Copycense is an online publication that provides insight, commentary, and scholarship on copyright, licensing, intellectual property, and digital media. Copycense’s coverage emphasizes copyright and licensing, but we also report regularly on other developments in the digital media arena, including digital rights management (DRM), file sharing, digitzation, and legislation.
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POPSBlackBerry Storm Sells Out Quickly on First Day "That's Verizon," two men said, laughing, as they waited in line at the Manhattan store, referring to Verizon Wireless' reputed reluctance to let its customers use anything other than a pricey data plan to access the Internet. Still, the carrier's reputation for reliable and clear coverage may dissuade loyal users from trading up to a WiFi device. When shown a BlackBerry Bold as an alternative to the Storm, the two men shook their heads. "That's another network," one said.
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POPSAuspicious signals for health care reform Insurance overage for all despite preexisting conditions?That's not the case in many states in the US. With this move, insurers are signaling that they're willing to play ball on health care reform.
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