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POPSBush Pardons Could Defend Unlawful Administration Acts The Founders warned against such pardons for good reason, yet Bush in his final act may do just that. Such makes a President a law unto himself. James Madison and George Mason argued that the reason we needed the impeachment power was that a president might some day try to pardon someone for a crime that he himself was involved in. This is nothing less than anarchy from the Executive Branch.
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POPSSomali Islamists vs. Pirates You will not see this report on ABC, nor along side headlines that Blackwater is beginning to get into the counter-pirate business. This is a public perception breaker, which shatters the carefully created mythology that somehow Islamic terrorists are involved with the pirates.
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POPS Somali Fighters Hunt Pirate Crew Al Jazeera's Mohammed Adow, reporting from the Kenyan port of Mombasa, said that more Somalis were becoming involved in piracy every day because of the money that can be made from the huge ransoms paid by ship owners. "They are being joined by former fishermen, former officials of the Somali navy and even students," he said. Efthimios Mitropoulos, the head of the International Maritime Organisation, spoke of "a series of negative repercussions" if ships had to reroute. Mitropoulos said the UN Security Council needed to strengthen the mandate of anti-piracy forces with "clear rules of engagement" and to make states bring to justice pirates they captured. "Piracy, as well as the recent terrorist attacks against international targets, are only symptoms of the fundamental problem which is the state of anarchy in Somalia," Raisuddin Zenenga, UN assistant secretary-general for peacekeeping, said in New York.
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POPSWhite House Organic Farm What a wonderful way to put the spotlight on the growing trend of self-sustainability. There has been increased interest in families starting their own gardens and/or getting involved with community gardens. This would set a great example to people everywhere that it can be done. Please go to the website to add your name to petition the White House to use some of its vast waste of a lawn to grow organic food.
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POPSTwo U.S.Troops Killed In Ramadi 2006: Cover-up Now Revealed That someone then ordered the rushed shredding all documentation related to the men further reeks of a coverup. I suspect we have some Captains, Majors, and perhaps even a Colonel or higher who are involved. The Army needs to get to the bottom of this, and fast.
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POPS Why Bailouts Scare Stocks The nation's largest insurance company has been virtually nationalized, surely a draconian solution. These surprises are always rationalized as a means of "stabilizing markets" or "restoring confidence" - yet the AIG deal is not the first "bailout" to inspire more terror than calm. Left alone, financial markets usually work out the best possible deals among competing interests. Whenever the feds have gotten involved, by contrast, they've taken sides in the tension between stockholders and creditors - invariably throwing stockholders overboard. Owners of common stock are supposed to be last in line during an actual bankruptcy, getting leftover scraps after creditors pick a firm's assets to the bone. ankruptcy was involved only in the case of Lehman - the one time the feds kept their hands off. From Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson and Fed chief Ben Bernanke on down, top officials have shown too little confidence in markets and too much confidence in themselves.
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POPSacorn fraud there is so much more to this story that will come out, if people demand to know
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POPSActor Ben Affleck in DR Congo Touring the devastation of human crisis levels in DR Congo, actor Ben Affleck commenting on the Darfur crisis (with huge Hollywood concern) and the rather lackluster interest in similar or even worse problem in DR Congo
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POPSPledge to give ten cans of food to your local food bank or dropoff point If this is a no-no please holler at me, I will remove. It is a pledge I made asking people to pledge to give ten cans of food and I will do the same. I have a goal of 100 people. It's easy. No money involved to pledge, just say you will take food to your local food bank. Easy. Times are hard all over, one small way to help.
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POPSL.A.R.S.E Gathering on JZ Knight Ramtha Cult L.A.R.S.E Gathering part 1: Joe Szimhart discusses opinions and experiences with groups, similar to, and including those of Ramtha, JZ Knight, and Church Universal & Triumphant. L.A.R.S.E Gathering part 2: Carroll Adam Cobbs graduated from the University of Washington with a master’s degree in Bioengineering and has worked in neuroscience, bioengineering and radiation health physics. He was involved with RSE between 1979 and 2002.
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POPSWhat Keynes really planned Sorry but I can't edit it well. The whole article does describe an involved scheme which was rejected by the USA and which Monbiot reckons should be adopted now
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POPSWorking hard to be genius! "These are stories about people who were given a special opportunity to work really hard and seized it, and who happened to come of age at a time when that extraordinary effort was rewarded by the rest of society." Very interesting. there is a tendency to prefer stories of sudden success, hidden fate, and so on Vs. the ones that mention the hard work it takes to be a genius. i think it is related to responsibility. whereas in the first it seems like it is 'out of my control' so i, the human involved, just have to accept and agree to the circumstances. The latter stresses the point that one parameter that is involved has a lot to do with what one is doing and how much he is willing to prioritize his resources toward a direction...
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POPSIs he sexy? well that depends if she is ovulating :) At other points during the cycle, women will prefer more feminized male faces, as they might signal a higher willingness of the males to invest in offspring. This is a great example to the biases that constantly dictate ones sense of reality! the way out is not easy...
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POPSCould Bill Cost Hillary Cabinet Position? At issue are questions about the Clinton Global Initiative and possible conflicts of interest. " t could prove problematic for Obama if the former president continues to seek donations from foreign countries – at the same time his wife is asking them for diplomatic concessions as Secretary of State," Politico reports. "The Clinton Global initiative, which has raised more than $30 billion since 2005, has solicited major donations from a handful of foreign governments, including a $1 billion pledge from Norway in 2007." "The ball is very much in her court," a source told the website.
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POPS100 Useful, Free Web Tools for Lifelong Learners Lifelong learners are constantly on the search for new information, and the Internet has made it even easier to track down authoritative journals, libraries and museums around the world, research centers, niche search engines, language tools, and other learners poking around online. This mega list of 100 free web tools and sites will grant you access to courses at Harvard Medical School and MIT, social media sites that connect you to bookworms, videos and podcasts about everything from medical news to politics, government resources, and a lot more. The best part? Everything is free, and there’s no grading involved.
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POPSNew Spin Record Set: 1 Million rpm The new motor could be applied for faster drills and more efficient and compact compressors for cars and airplanes. The trend towards increasingly smaller cell phones and other teensy electronic devices means ever smaller holes must be drilled to make them, and that requires higher rotational speeds, the researchers said. "Our findings will rapidly be converted into concrete applications and products," said Johann Kolar, one of the researchers involved in the feat.
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POPSA Powerful Love Story This is a wonderful film for all women everywhere. I do like the novel better (I love Fannie Flagg) but it's charming and full of empowerment. I wanna go visit the Whistle Stop Cafe because the town loves and accepts everyone that society tells them not to. The best line in the film for me was when Ruth was asked why she ran away from her husband to shack up with Igdie and she asserts, "Because she's the best friend I've ever had, and I love her." Do yourself a favor and watch it with someone special--for the first time or again :)
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POPSObama Transition Team Scrubs (change.gov) Fannie Mae Bios Tom Donilon is a partner at the law firm of O’Melveny & Myers and serves on the firm’s global governing committee. Tom served as Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs and Chief of Staff at the U.S. Department of State during the Clinton Administration. Since leaving the Department he has remained deeply involved in the national security arena. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Aspen Strategy Group, the National Security Advisory Group to the Congressional Leadership, the Brookings Institution Board of Trustees, the Miller Center of Public Affairs Governing Council, and the Trilateral Commission. Wendy R. Sherman's revised bio . . .
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