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POPSDog "Leo" Saves Kittens In Burning House LEO the dog risked his life to protect four kittens trapped in a house fire in Melbourne last night. The plucky pooch tested the courage and skills of firefighters as they were forced to dodge fallen power lines to reach him and his young feline companions at the burning weatherboard home in Pilgrim Street, Seddon just before 9pm. Commander Ken Brown said family pet Leo, which remained in the house guarding the family's four-week-old kittens, owed his life to the firefighters. "They got him out of the house and successfully resuscitated him,'' he said. Following a few tense minutes, the animals responded to oxygen and therapy, and were now fully revived. Commander Brown said the family was relieved to be reunited with their family pets, including the mother of the kittens, which had initially been lost in the incident. She was at the home with her 37-year-old mother, a five-year-old sister and 18-year-old brother. . . .
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POPSIT’S THE DERIVATIVES, STUPID! I do not normally yell, but IT’S THE DERIVATIVES, STUPID! I felt like clipping the whole article (it isn't very long, but longer than ClipNotes allows). It does a good job explaining what is going on and sets forth a possible solution. "I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion by education." —Thomas Jefferson "Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty." ~ Thomas Jefferson "A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to Farce, or a Tragedy, or perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance and a people who mean to be their own Governors, must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives." ~ James Madison
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POPSIran Supplying Equipment To Taliban To Fight British Evidence found by UK special forces is understood to concern the supply of the same bomb-making equipment Iran provides to insurgents in Iraq, namely components for explosively formed projectiles, or EFPs. It is not clear whether the bomb that last week killed four British SAS reservists in Helmand province was such a device, although British military commanders fear that increasing Iranian involvement in Afghanistan may render irrelevant attempts to increase the number of armoured vehicles in the conflict. Yesterday four coalition soldiers were killed by a bomb in the province of Kandahar. Meanwhile, as investigations continue into the use of Snatch Land Rovers in southern Afghanistan in which the four UK troops died last week, new figures obtained by The Observer reveal that more than 700 armoured vehicles that could be deployed to protect British personnel in Helmand are out of action.
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POPSRolling Stone: 500 greatest songs, ranked 68. Tangled Up in Blue, Bob Dylan 69. Crying, Roy Orbison 72. Papa's Got a Brand New Bag, James Brown 74. Superstition, Stevie Wonder 75. Whole Lotta Love, Led Zeppelin 76. Strawberry Fields Forever,The Beatles 80. I Heard It Through the Grapevine, Marvin Gaye 82. You Really Got Me, The Kinks 83. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown), The Beatles 84. Every Breath You Take, The Police 85. Crazy, Patsy Cline 86. Thunder Road, Bruce Springsteen 87. Ring of Fire, Johnny Cash
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POPSThe voices in the wilderness While the inept press fawn over the words of a charlatan we should not forget that he said nothing profound. Mixed in his barrage of blame and support for hate was nothing new. The press describes this as a speech dignifying racial harmony? The call for racial harmony is empty when made with utter contempt for the feelings of all Americans while showing your support for a racist preacher with an ideology founded on racism called Black Liberation Theology. There are those speaking out. They have been speaking out for decades wihtout appealing to failure, blame, pity, and excuse-making. We should not forget them.
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POPSEnglish Kings not Gay?! Lionheart Straight?
In centuries past, a wider range of body parts might come into diplomatic play. Medieval rulers, for example, routinely greeted one another with a kiss (the biblically sanctioned "kiss of peace"). Richard's decision to share a mattress with Philip was the ultimate public demonstration of trust in an age when PR had to rely on word-of-mouth rather than the lenses of the international media. And it worked, in the context of a monarchy where privacy was relative and political life didn't stop at the bedroom door. The king held court in his bedchamber, and his favourite servants slept at the foot of his bed. World leaders don't, any more, feel the need to ratify a treaty by getting into bed with each other - though, interestingly, that's still the language we use when we talk of sealing a deal. Perhaps we should just be grateful that, these days, the "special relationship" between the UK and the US doesn't involve seeing Bush and Brown in their underpants. ...Guardian
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POPSWiki-rozstanie Zawsze jeszcze pozostaje komunikator internetowy albo SMS...albo zwyczajne zerwanie kontaktu.
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POPSMother's song for her soldier son Get the tissues out..... this will get your heart strings going. There is a link to the video with the mother singing the song on the wegsite, and a slide show to go with it.
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POPSBritain's carbon strategy 'up in smoke' It is interesting that Britain has burned more coal in its history than any other country including the US. Still, our leaders should learn the very basic kiddies ethic: two wrongs, don't make a right
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POPSAwesome Microscopic Beer Shots Oh my goodness, I knew beer was beautiful, but this is unbelievable. Look at XXXX. You can tell how good it tastes! There are waaay many more pictures of beer at the source. It's just plain awesome. You can get a screen saver too. Gawd dammit I do love beer. :)
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POPSSchizophrenia and the Beautiful Mind "Unfortunately psychiatry leans far more towards controlling schizophrenia, rather than showing understanding towards a patient's true needs and potential capabilities." "The Russian dancer Vaslav Nijinsky; Nobel prize winner in economics, John Nash (A Beautiful Mind); novelist, poet and writer, Jack Kerouac; and musicians such as Peter Green, Syd Barrett and James Beck Gordon have all either experienced, or are believed to have experienced, schizophrenia in some form." "The condition has also been linked to the families of Tennessee Williams and Albert Einstein. Psychologists believe that schizophrenia personality is also associated to the likes of Vincent Van Gogh, Emily Dickinson and Isaac Newton."
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POPSCLINTON BODY-COUNT You hear the rumors,but look at the list. This is only part of it, yet. Granted, people die. But so MANY -- so SUSPICIOUSLY ?? A jumpimg off place for 'endless' researching, that's for sure!
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POPSYOUTUBE PRESENTS: James Brown & Pavarotti We all lost two unbelievable talents within a year, James Brown, December 25, 2006 and Luciano Pavarotti, September 6, 2007. An irreplaceable loss. Thank goodness for the technology that keeps their talents forever at our fingertips and thanks to all us common folk who have uploaded treasures to youtube so we can all enjoy moments, we did not even know existed. Rest in peace dear James and Luciano you may be gone but you will never be forgotten. YOUTUBE SITE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCIyzNISw1Q
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