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POPSUri Avnery: 1948 At the time, the Jews constituted only a third of the population. The hundreds of Arab villages throughout the country dominated the main arteries that were crucial to our survival. We suffered heavy casualties in our efforts to open them, especially the road to Jerusalem. We honestly felt that we were "the few against the many". Our side was preparing for the massive attack of the Arab armies and we could not possibly leave a large hostile population at our rear. This military necessity was, of course, intertwined with the more or less conscious desire to create a homogeneous Jewish territory. ccording to the UN resolution, the "Jewish state" was to include more than half of Palestine (as it existed in 1947 under the British Mandate). In this territory, more than 40% of the population was Arab. In the second half of the war, after the advance of the Arab armies was halted, a deliberate policy of expelling the Arabs became a war aim on its own.
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POPSHigh-Tech Survival Gear You may not think to take these items on vacation, but I can see some of them coming in handy in far-flung places. Unfortunately, I cannot clip more than the first slide, but I highly recommend you check out the entire list, which includes an earthquake resistant bed, an urban skiff and an inflatable sled.
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POPS10 Books That Screwed Up The World "From Machiavelli's The Prince to Karl Marx's The Communist Manifesto to Alfred Kinsey's Sexual Behavior in the Human Male, these "influential" books have led to war, genocide, totalitarian oppression, family breakdown, and disastrous social experiments. And yet these authors' bad ideas are still popular and pervasive--in fact, they might influence your own thinking without your realizing it. Here with the antidote is Professor Benjamin Wiker. In his scintillating new book, 10 Books That Screwed Up the World (And 5 Others That Didn't Help), he seizes each of these evil books by its malignant heart and exposes it to the light of day. "
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POPSInca Skull Surgeons Were "Highly Skilled," The new findings show that Inca surgeons had developed a detailed knowledge of cranial anatomy, said lead author Valerie Andrushko, of Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven. "These people were skilled surgeons," she said.
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POPSTop 10 Cool Facts About Sleep Sleep is not a simple process. Many parts of the brain control it and influence its different stages. Here is a list of 10 very interesting facts to learn more about sleep.
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POPSPolar Bear Populations Given these uncertainties, the best estimate--guesstimate might be a better term--published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Species Survival Commission's (SSC) Polar Bear Specialist Group, is that there are about twenty thousand to twenty-five thousand polar bears worldwide.
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POPSEternalism, Nihilism: new forms, old superstition <<<Throughout the Buddha's long period of teaching the Dhamma to His followers, He actively discouraged speculative arguments. During the 5th century B.C. India was a veritable hive of intellectual activity where scholars, yogis, philosophers, kings and even ordinary householders were constantly engaged in the philosophical arguments pertaining to human existence. Some of these were either ridiculously trivial or totally irrelevant. Some people wasted valuable time arguing at great length about all manner of subjects. They were far more concerned about proving their powers in mental gymnastics than seeking genuine solutions to the problems that beset humanity.>>>
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POPSMay Day Massacre May Day, aka Labour Day. The absurd specatacle of a Labour Prime Minister, a LABOUR prime minister, shrugging off the 'difficult economic circumstances' facing the losers from his ten year gambling spree. Even now he has the audacity to prop up the private profits of banks with taxpayers' money.
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POPSBaby Boomers unprepared to meet Financial Advisors I am sure there are many professional financial planners who will help these unprepared baby Boomers. But I believe there are many more who see Baby Boomers as a way to maintain their own lifestyle. Watch out for high percentage based fees, hidden charges, presentations on long term survival based on the flaw of average returns, misuse of overly optimistic Monte Carlo Simulations, no strategy to limit losses and many more dangers. These are covered in my eBook "What Every Baby Boomer should know about protecting their nest Egg in Retirement". Be prepared for your meeting with your financial adviser.
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POPSBay Boomers - Living Off Your Investments This is a great article from Accumulating Money. The point about investing in Funds that guard against big losses when we are in retirement is well put. Whilst you would use proper asset allocation to invest your Nest Egg it does help show how different withdrawals rates can seriously affect your financial survival.
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POPSExtremely Useful and Interesting Data Sets and Visualizations ( thanks, reflex) The site is set up to allow the entire internet to upload data, visualize it, and talk about their discoveries with other people There are hundreds of these at the source page. You can customize existing sets and create your own. I clipped the ones with the highest ratings, but you can also search for specific topics. Very cool.
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POPSCounter-terror cops tote machine guns in the subways in new crackdown 
Is this really the world you want to live in? I don't by the crap that this is the world we have been given by the "terrorists" this is a world we have allowed those in power to foist upon us; one more example of perpetual infatileism or if you prefer perpetual child hood in which the state takes all of your freedoms in exchange for the perception of safety. We have become weak and pathetic, people gladly laying down their freedoms because of a perceived evil. Here's a bit of news for you...there has always been risk and danger in the natural world, that is what has insured the survival of our species, the ability to confront danger individually and survive, or die trying. Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. --Franklin We are a weak and apathetic people, chasing the illusions of wealth and comfort and willingly giving up our unalienable rights...we WILL live to regret our apathy
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POPS9 Ways To Start a Fire Without Matches I clipped the names of the nine methods. You'll need to visit the source page for the details explaining how to implement each method. ------ http://artofmanliness.com/2008/04/29/9-ways-to-start-a-fire-without-matches/
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POPSNeanderthals at Mealtime: Pass the Meat "The study reconfirms previous studies that the Neanderthals were highly carnivorous and fed primarily on large mammals," said Richard Klein, a professor of anthropological sciences in the Department of Biology at Stanford University, adding, "I think it is totally convincing."
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POPSThe Riches of Socialist Britain Meanwhile, this parody of a Labour government has increased taxes on the poorest segment of society who are already hit by massive inflation on the most basic of survival resources such as food.
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POPSLife on the edge That throws up a tricky problem for engineers sending space craft to explore these alien worlds. What if the craft were to carry its own cargo of Earth microbes which set up home there?One major problem for any accidental interplanetary microbe would be how to survive the punishing radiation bombardment in space. Most would be rapidly frazzled en route. Most, but not all. Deinococcus radiodurans, nicknamed "Conan the Bacterium", is listed by the Guinness Book of World Records as the "world's toughest bacterium". By rapidly replacing its DNA, it can survive cold, dehydration, vacuum, acid and a hefty radiation dose. Its Latin name means "terrifying berry that withstands radiation".
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