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Latest Articles: Miscellaneous
Google blocks Scroogle (and quite often)
Post Date: 2012-02-06 10:53:00 by James Deffenbach
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Just now I wanted to check something about computer temps, a farenheit to celsius/celsius to farenheit conversion table. I entered my search terms in scroogle and got this: Forbidden so sorry... Google is temporarily blocking this Scroogle server. Please wait ten minutes before trying again. Yes, Scroogle is upset with Google. 1. Google handles 1 billion searches per day, while Scroogle handles 350,000 searches per day. This means that Scroogle is 0.035 percent of Google's load. 2. Google uses 900,000 servers, while Scroogle leases just six low-end dedicated servers. 3. Google has billions and billions of dollars in the bank, while Scroogle is a recognized public charity and ...
Best Places in the World to Retire
Post Date: 2012-02-06 07:07:32 by Tatarewicz
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If you had $20,000 a month to retire on — you could live lavishly pretty much anywhere on the planet. But we’re interested in the places where you can live that lifestyle on one-tenth the budget... Places where you can have a maid clean for you...hire a gardener... wake up to a view...have great health care, eat well, enjoy the finer things in life — for less than $2,000 a month. You may be surprised how many there are... Months ago, our far-flung editors and in-country advisers began collecting all the data and details that inform our annual Retirement Index. To compile it, we evaluate and rank countries around the world according to eight crucial categories: real estate, ...
Top Department of Justice Officials Connected To Big Mortgage Banks
Post Date: 2012-02-05 16:55:15 by bluegrass
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I’m sure it won’t surprise you to see that there are so many orgies going on between the government and the banks, it’s reasonable to suggest that there is no difference between the two. From the page: Senior government officials often move to big Washington law firms, and lawyers from those firms often move into government posts. But records show that in recent years the traffic between the Justice Department and Covington & Burling has been particularly heavy. In 2010, Holder’s deputy chief of staff, John Garland, returned to Covington, as did Steven Fagell, who was Breuer’s deputy chief of staff in the criminal division. The firm has on its web site a page ...
Teacher, 53, urged to take stripper job
Post Date: 2012-02-05 05:48:36 by Tatarewicz
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A 53-year-old former teacher was less than thrilled to receive an email from Pôle Emploi, the French government-run jobs agency, proposing a position stripping in a local nightclub. The job announcement said: "Nightclub searches stripper, €12 an hour" ($15). Danièle Casadamont, who received the email at her home in Poussan, south-west France, was not happy with the proposition. "If Pôle Emploi is suggesting we go naked for money, where's it going to end?" she told radio station RTL on Tuesday. Pôle Emploi refused to apologise for the job proposal. "There's no problem," said Pascal Blain to regional newspaper Midi ...
Parents urge more tests as twitches spread at New York school
Post Date: 2012-02-05 02:23:55 by Tatarewicz
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LE ROY, New York (Reuters) - State health officials have added three more names to a growing list of students in this working-class town who are experiencing mysterious tics and twitching, while authorities on Saturday sought to assure parents the community's high school is safe. Although the symptoms are typically associated with Tourette Syndrome, that has been ruled out in all but one case, causing fear and confusion among many residents of Le Roy, N.Y., about 50 miles east of Buffalo. "The building is safe for the community," District Superintendent Kim Cox told several hundred residents gathered in the auditorium of Le Roy Junior-Senior High School on Saturday. The ...
Monday’s medical myth: tongues register different tastes in different locations
Post Date: 2012-02-04 04:44:13 by Tatarewicz
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Children have more taste buds in the tip of the tongue than adults and so are more sensitive to sweetness than adults on the tip. The myth that the four common tastes of sweet, sour, salty and bitter are located at different regions of the tongue has existed for more than a century. It arose from studies in the late 19th and early 20th century that indicated sensitivity for bitter was best at the back of the tongue. Sweet was best tasted on the sides near the front, salty was most sensitive at the front and sour could be tasted most on the sides near the back of the tongue. The myth began because the original data was misinterpreted. In fact, the early studies showed each of the four ...
Google Chrome ??
Post Date: 2012-02-03 22:46:30 by Eric Stratton
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Anyone have any advice, pros/cons, etc.?
Google FYI & FWIW ...
Post Date: 2012-02-03 22:44:15 by Eric Stratton
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http://www.google.com/transparencyreport/governmentrequests/ United StatesWe received a request from a local law enforcement agency to remove YouTube videos of police brutality, which we did not remove. Separately, we received requests from a different local law enforcement agency for removal of videos allegedly defaming law enforcement officials. We did not comply with those requests, which we have categorized in this Report as defamation requests.The number of content removal requests we received increased by 70% compared to the previous reporting period.The number of user data requests we received increased by 29% compared to the previous reporting period.July to December 2010
Anti-Semitism is everywhere - cowgirl humor
Post Date: 2012-02-03 21:25:19 by Esso
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A Mexican, a Jew, and a Redneck Girl are in the same bar. When the Mexican finishes his beer, he throws his glass in the air, pulls out his pistol, and shoots the glass to pieces. He says, 'In Mexico, our glasses are so cheap we don't need to drink with the same one twice.' The Jew, obviously impressed by this, drinks his beer, throws it into the air, pulls out his UZI, and shoots the glass to pieces. He says, 'In the Israel, we have so much sand to make glasses that we don't need to drink with the same one twice either.' The redneck girl, cool as a cucumber, picks up her beer, downs it in one gulp, throws the glass into the air, whips out her 45, and shoots the ...
12 Things Successful People Do Differently
Post Date: 2012-02-03 07:31:39 by Tatarewicz
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People who are wildly successful – think Clint Eastwood and Warren Buffett – take steps to help them realize their full potential. Some of these things are strategies you can easily emulate to rise to success in your own life… Create and pursue S.M.A.R.T. goals -- S.M.A.R.T. goals are Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Timely. Take decisive and immediate action – Knowledge and intelligence are both useless without action. Focus on being productive, not being busy – In other words, work smarter, not harder. Make logical, informed decisions – Think things through before making life-changing decisions. Avoid trying to make things perfect – The ...
We're all gonna die
Post Date: 2012-02-03 06:29:55 by wudidiz
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Allman Brothers: Soulshine
Post Date: 2012-02-01 21:24:02 by gengis gandhi
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Welcome to the Real World. Sorry.
Post Date: 2012-02-01 19:34:06 by Esso
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1. The “holocaust” is the mother of untold lies and hypocrisies today. 2. It’s not those they talk about who holds the real power, but those they don’t. 3. Globalist Jews considers all of us as niggers, Judenfetzen slaves (Jew paper money) and cannon fodder. 4. The Globalist Jews have been using America like a bitch, while doing everything they can to keep us all stupid. 5. Police state technology advances are porno for the real power structure. 6. Effective propaganda must be sufficiently slick and indistinguishable to the majority. 7. The victors will turn wartime propaganda into historical fact. 8. The most important news is seldom fit for public consumption. ...
Wasn't Born to Follow--excerpt from Easy Rider
Post Date: 2012-02-01 15:42:10 by James Deffenbach
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Easy Rider, 1969 Written by Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Terry Southern Produced by Fonda. Directed by Hopper. Song by The Byrds Wasn't Born to Follow (Carole King/Gerry Goffin) Poster Comment:One of the finest movies ever made (in my opinion).
Don Cornelius Dead: 'Soul Train' Host And Creator Killed In Apparent Suicide [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2012-02-01 15:28:11 by James Deffenbach
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Soul Train Creator, Don Cornelius, Dead Don Cornelius, the creator and longtime host of the groundbreaking music show ‘Soul Train,' has died. He was 75. According to the Los Angeles Times, police arrived at Cornelius’ Sherman Oaks home around 4 a.m. and found him dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. A radio news announcer by trade, Cornelius began moonlighting at WCIU-TV in the 1960s. While there, he toyed with the idea of creating an African-American version of "American Bandstand," Dick Clark's influential music show, with live dancing five days a week. On August 17, 1970, the first episode of Soul Train premiered on the ...
Anyone Want to Bet that Free Republic Won't Be Romney Central Before the (S)election?
Post Date: 2012-01-31 23:13:35 by James Deffenbach
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"If you [John McCain] do run, I'm afraid you're gonna be at least one vote short. It'll be a cold day in hell before a traitor like you ever receives my vote. And that's a campaign promise you can take to the bank." -Jim Robinson, March 2006 "If you love America and wish to maintain your freedom, vote McCain-Palin. I did! And I feel great about it!! Hope you will too!!" -Jim Robinson, October 2008
Roll Me Away
Post Date: 2012-01-31 22:22:31 by Lod
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Poster Comment:Please, roll me away.
Texas: Top State Senator Says Red Light Cameras About Money
Post Date: 2012-01-31 18:35:06 by X-15
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The most senior Texas state lawmaker admitted last week that he voted to save red light camera programs even though he knew they had no effect on public safety. State Senator John Whitmire (D-Houston), who was first elected to the legislature in 1973, appeared on KTRH radio's morning news program to discuss how public opposition to red light cameras persuaded legislators to devote some of the camera profit to trauma centers. "People went to Austin protesting it, and so John Carona -- a senator from Dallas -- didn't want to eliminate them," Whitmire explained. "He said, you know, it's obviously a revenue source. Local communities try to sell it as public safety, ...
Man rescued after being stuck in NM mud for 3 days
Post Date: 2012-01-30 05:03:12 by Tatarewicz
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A homeless man who was stuck in thick mud near the Rio Grande river in Albuquerque for three days was rescued Saturday after some high school students on a field trip heard him yelling for help, authorities said. However, the man's newfound freedom wasn't going to last. Police said he was wanted on a felony warrant, and they planned to arrest him after he was treated at a local hospital. A group of La Cueva High School students and their biology teacher heard the man yelling Saturday morning from a marshy wetlands area in the Oxbow Open Space Preserve, the Albuquerque Fire Department and police officials said. The students were in the area — ...
The Bookstore's Last Stand
Post Date: 2012-01-30 03:40:59 by Tatarewicz
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IN March 2009, an eternity ago in Silicon Valley, a small team of engineers here was in a big hurry to rethink the future of books. Not the paper-and-ink books that have been around since the days of Gutenberg, the ones that the doomsayers proclaim — with glee or dread — will go the way of vinyl records. No, the engineers were instead fixated on the forces that are upending the way books are published, sold, bought and read: e-books and e-readers. Working in secret, behind an unmarked door in a former bread bakery, they rushed to build a device that might capture the imagination of readers and maybe even save the book industry. They had six months to do it. Running this sprint ...
Former inmate wins $22 million over 'forgotten' solitary confinement
Post Date: 2012-01-29 03:47:30 by Tatarewicz
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A New Mexico man held in solitary confinement in a county prison for nearly two years without ever being prosecuted has won a $22 million jury award for violation of his constitutional rights, officials said. It is one of the largest federal civil rights settlements in history involving an inmate. Stephen Slevin alleged he was essentially forgotten while in custody. "This has never been about the money," Slevin said in a halting voice outside the federal courthouse in Santa Fe, just after the jury's decision. He suffers from post-traumatic stress from what he called physical and mental mistreatment by corrections officials in Dona Ana County, in the southern part of the ...
What popular prognosticators are predicting
Post Date: 2012-01-29 02:44:16 by Tatarewicz
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Barron's just published its 2012 Roundtable, and invited everyone's favorite gloom and doomer Marc Faber to join the discussion. And when you thought he couldn't get any gloomier, he casually predicted that World War III is on the near horizon... As the discussion veered toward the "death of equities" that was predicted on the 1979 cover of Business Week, Faber weighed in on how the market has changed since then: "Ten years ago we had relatively low inflation in the Western world. Now, with interest rates at zero, we have high asset valuations. Asset prices have gone ballistic in stamps, modern art, wine, you name it. Gold, silver, other commodities, equities in ...
China survey shows more than 85 pct regard moral standards as a must in society:
Post Date: 2012-01-27 04:38:48 by Tatarewicz
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BEIJING, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- More than 85 percent of the people quizzed for a new survey regarded moral standards as a must in society, according to results released last week. In the survey, conducted by the China Youth Daily Social Investigation Center through websites minyi.net and sohu.com, 71 percent agreed that moral standards will help restructure national morality, and 54.8 percent said they believed the standards can help to lift the nation's spirits. Over 80 percent of the 3,670 participants regarded trustworthiness as the most important moral quality. Respect for one's elders ranked second, selected by 66.9 percent. Song Tao, a civil servant working in Feicheng city ...
Helpful Air Travel Info
Post Date: 2012-01-26 16:46:22 by Eric Stratton
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Check here before flying.
Black Duke Students Lash Out At University Over Race GPA Study [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2012-01-25 14:47:46 by X-15
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DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — A group of about two dozen Duke University students urged administrators Tuesday to create a better climate and provide more financial support for black students, saying they’ve been disappointed so far in how top officials have reacted to their viewpoints. The students, almost all of whom were black, unsuccessfully sought a meeting with university President Richard Brodhead at his campus office in hopes of explaining a document they describe as a call to action for the prestigious school. Concerns range from the future location of a black culture center to the lack of support for a black student group’s annual event and a recent study that suggested ...
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