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Greek new property tax ratified by legislators, receives mixed reviews by taxpayers
Post Date: 2013-12-23 05:55:43 by Tatarewicz
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ATHENS, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- A much anticipated unified tax law on property in Greece promoted as part of marathon efforts to address the three-year debt crisis, was ratified by Greek lawmakers this weekend. With a razor thin majority of 152 votes in favor, the draft passed the 300-member strong parliament, opening the way for the more balanced and fair taxation of all Greeks starting from the new year, according to the government. However, the new law which replaces a series of previous taxes on real estate and aims to expand the tax base and raise some 2.5 billion euros (3.4 billion U.S. dollars) in 2014, received mixed reviews by Greek taxpayers, depending on whether they are amongst ...
Phil Robertson Returning To Duck Dynasty
Post Date: 2013-12-22 18:19:26 by Itistoolate
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It has now been revealed that Phil Robertson will be returning to Duck Dynasty on January 15. A&E said they have no plans to fire the star. It appears as though the war on Phil Robertson and his freedoms of free speech and religions aren’t quite so savage. Although A&E declared they were suspending the star “indefinitely, ” it was apparently only a façade for the gay community as sources say they still intend to air episodes featuring Robertson . The Duck Dynasty star came under fire after expressing his beliefs about homosexuality and how it conflicts his religion. In an interview with GQ magazine, he started off by saying, “Don’t be deceived. ...
COINTELPRO Techniques for dilution, misdirection and
Post Date: 2013-12-22 12:07:04 by ndcorup
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THIS NEEDS TO BE POSTED PERIODICALLY ------------ > COINTELPRO Techniques for dilution, misdirection and control of an internet forum It's rare to encounter a forum that is not overrun with shills. This is their modus operandi. There are several techniques for the control and manipulation of a internet forum no matter what, or who is on it. We will go over each technique and demonstrate that only a minimal number of operatives can be used to eventually and effectively gain a control of a 'uncontrolled forum.' Technique #1 - 'FORUM SLIDING' If a very sensitive posting of a critical nature has been posted on a forum - it can be quickly removed from public view by ...
Obama Order To “Destroy Duck Dynasty” Stunningly Revealed
Post Date: 2013-12-22 05:54:58 by Tatarewicz
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A curious report written by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoF) circulating in the Kremlin today is describing what can only be termed as a Kafkaesque [having a nightmarishly complex, bizarre, or illogical quality] Plot instigated by United States President Barack Obama this past November to “destroy” an American reality television programme called the Duck Dynasty. According to this report, on 21 November, Obama hosted a number of high profile liberal journalists to an off-the-record meeting in the White House where the subject of the American celebrity chef and cooking show television host Paula Deen was discussed, particularly the left-wing medias involvement in destroying ...
Highwayman
Post Date: 2013-12-21 13:48:59 by Lod
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Poster Comment:A drizzly, dreary, 49 degree day here...
Sex Accidents Send Victims to Emergency Room Twice a Week
Post Date: 2013-12-21 05:30:21 by Tatarewicz
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About twice a week, sometimes more often, Dr. Jordan Moskoff attends to a sex accident at his Chicago emergency room: objects stuck in places they shouldn't be, broken penises caused by inept lovers and even severed organs they jokingly call "Lorena Bobbit" cases. "[Penile] rings are really problems," Moskoff told ABCNews.com. "That should be a public service announcement: Don't use anything that doesn't have a hinge or is not made of rubber, or it's not coming off." In one unfortunate accident, the urologist sent someone in the middle of the night to Home Depot to get a special diamond-tipped saw to remove a man's makeshift 8-inch steel ...
Google sees jump in government 'takedown' requests
Post Date: 2013-12-20 05:50:58 by Tatarewicz
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Washington (AFP) - Google said Thursday it saw a big jump in early 2013 in the number of requests from governments around the world to remove online content, in many cases for political reasons. In an update to its "transparency report" for the first half of the year, Google said it saw a 68 percent jump in the number of requests from the prior six-month period, led by big increases from Turkey and Russia. The updated report "is certainly not a comprehensive view of censorship online (but) it does demonstrate a worrying upward trend in the number of government requests, and underscores the importance of transparency around the processes governing such requests," ...
Our House
Post Date: 2013-12-19 05:52:41 by noone222
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Cat Domestication Traced to Chinese Farmers 5,300 Years Ago
Post Date: 2013-12-18 06:29:57 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily... Five-thousand years before it was immortalized in a British nursery rhyme, the cat that caught the rat that ate the malt was doing just fine living alongside farmers in the ancient Chinese village of Quanhucun, a forthcoming study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has confirmed. Share This: "At least three different lines of scientific inquiry allow us to tell a story about cat domestication that is reminiscent of the old 'house that Jack built' nursery rhyme," said study co-author Fiona Marshall, PhD, a professor of archaeology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis. "Our data suggest that cats were ...
The end of the traditional lightbulb: Forty and sixty-watt bulbs set to be banned from January 1
Post Date: 2013-12-18 06:12:11 by Tatarewicz
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•On January 1 it will become illegal for American businesses to either manufacture or import the old-style bulbs •Possible alternatives include halogen bulbs, compact fluorescent bulbs (CFL), LED bulbs and high efficiency incandescents •All are more expensive but also more energy efficient •Retails such as Home Depot are encouraging fans of the old-style bulbs to stock up now as they predict supplies will run out half-way through 201 Fans of the country’s most popular light bulbs - the traditional 40 and 60-watt incandescent bulbs - are being encouraging to start stocking up as on January 1 it will become illegal for American businesses to either manufacture or ...
China's Tianjin to curb car ownership in anti-smog drive
Post Date: 2013-12-15 22:07:22 by Tatarewicz
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TIANJIN, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) -- China's northern municipality of Tianjin will restrict traffic and issue new car license plates via bidding and lottery in a drive to fight traffic jam and air pollution. The city will impose quota on its new car plates starting next Monday, requiring buyers to join lottery or bid in auctions to win a plate, according to a notice issued by the city government on Sunday evening. The notice did not give details on the quota or how many plates will go for lottery compared with auction. Tianjin will also follow Beijing's step in adopting a similar traffic restriction scheme, which blocks cars from streets depending on the last digit of their plates, with ...
World drugs body calls Uruguay marijuana move 'illegal'
Post Date: 2013-12-12 03:04:44 by Tatarewicz
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Vienna (AFP) - Uruguay's move to legalise the production and sale of marijuana breaks international law, the world drugs body said Wednesday, warning it would encourage addiction. "Uruguay is breaking the international conventions on drug control with the cannabis legislation approved by its congress," said the International Narcotics Control Board, a UN body that oversees the implementation of international treaties on drugs. INCB president Raymond Yans added he was "surprised" that Montevideo had "knowingly decided to break the universally agreed and internationally endorsed legal provisions of the treaty." He accused the country's lawmakers of ...
I'm Hungry
Post Date: 2013-12-11 18:02:06 by Lod
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Order some on line.
comIndia's Supreme Court upholds anti-gay sex law
Post Date: 2013-12-11 08:08:55 by Tatarewicz
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The Supreme Court threw out a 2009 New Delhi High Court decision that struck down the law as unconstitutional, dealing a blow to gay activists who have argued for years for the chance to live openly in India's deeply conservative society. The top court said it was for lawmakers and not the courts to decide the matter. (NEW DELHI - India's Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a 2009 lower court decision to decriminalize homosexuality, dealing a blow to gay activists who have fought for years for the chance to live openly in India's deeply conservative society. The judges said only lawmakers and not the courts could change a colonial-era law criminalizing homosexuality. The ...
C2C recap and schedule
Post Date: 2013-12-10 06:18:12 by Tatarewicz
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Consciousness & Changes: Near Death Experience researcher for over 30 years, PMH Atwater, discussed her latest book, Children of the 5th World , which details an emerging generation of young people who possess amazing attributes and abilities. She recalled how her interest in the subject began after seeing a number of children who displayed "the typical physiological and psychological aftereffects" of a near-death experiencer, despite never having had an NDE. "What I truly believe is happening is evolution in our time," she marveled, "it's enough to take your breath away." To that end, Atwater mused that the unique characteristics of this gifted ...
5 Minutes Of What The Media Actually Does To Women
Post Date: 2013-12-06 11:01:12 by christine
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True fact: Almost 100% of the images you see of models and celebrities are altered.
A subscriber to Jim Willie's newsletter sent him this email
Post Date: 2013-12-06 10:53:36 by christine
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"My doctor last week informed me about a trip he made to Los Angeles. He makes the trip there every year. With shock written over his face, he revealed how he witnessed at first hand the countless amount of people sleeping out on the streets. Over the years the amount of such unfortunate people have increased, but not as many as this time. He said the country is finished." ~ JohannM (Hat Trick Letter client in Zurich) Poster Comment:He should have used the word number, not amount. ;)
. As plastic-bag ban looms, L.A plans to give out totes
Post Date: 2013-12-05 05:17:41 by Tatarewicz
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LATimes With a plastic-bag ban set to go into effect in Los Angeles on the first of the new year, city officials are launching a campaign to get residents in the habit of using reusable totes. The city has teamed up with environmental groups and nonprofit organizations that work with veterans and former gang members to produce a line of bags made from recycled or repurposed materials. Los Angeles City Councilman Paul Koretz, who led the push for the ban and who is now raising money to manufacture the totes, said the bags will be given away for free. "Angelenos will be carrying these around for decades," he said Monday at a news conference announcing the initiative. A council vote ...
china punishes officials bureaucracy
Post Date: 2013-12-05 01:54:29 by Tatarewicz
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BEIJING, Dec 2 (Reuters) - China has punished almost 20,000 officials in the last year for breaching rules to cut down on bureaucracy as well as pomp and ceremony, the government said on Monday. President Xi Jinping ordered the crackdown late last year when he became head of the ruling Communist Party, seeking to assuage public anger at waste and extravagance, particularly officials seen abusing their position to illegally amass wealth. Xi demanded meetings be shortened, over-the-top welcoming ceremonies ditched and wordy, meaningless speeches be abandoned, as he sought to cut red tape and make the country's bureaucracy more efficient and less prone to graft. The party's ...
Texas Rangers arrest DPS trooper on drug charges
Post Date: 2013-12-04 19:59:25 by X-15
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A Texas Department of Public Safety trooper has been arrested in connection with an ongoing narcotics investigation, said Adam King, commander of the Stop the Offender Program Special Crimes Unit. Jimmy Jay Gillman, 47, was arrested about 9 p.m. Tuesday at his Cleburne home by STOP and the Texas Department of Public Safety Texas Rangers Division. Gillman, an employee with the DPS Highway Patrol Division, was in possession of about 6 grams of methamphetamine when he was arrested, according to a statement released by the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office. King said that Burleson Police Department was conducting a narcotics investigation when officers came across information implicating ...
McAfee 2016 – Article by Web?
Post Date: 2013-12-02 07:00:52 by Tatarewicz
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HAIL TO THE CHIEF………… Never say Never. That, ladies and gents, is exactly how I feel each and every time someone inserts John McAfee into any venture. Does he want to be Microsoft’s CEO as voted by the Tech community? Or how about JM for President of the United States, a suggestion that has been made time and again, either online or by direct contact? Should he pick a State, and run for Governor? Or maybe work with the Government to fix this Healthcare debacle? Just kidding on that one…we already know the outcome of that. The people had spoken, now I had to know what John himself thought of all this. We had some catching up to do. He’s been busy lately, ...
City of Vancouver bans doorknobs in future housing
Post Date: 2013-12-02 04:47:54 by Tatarewicz
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In Vancouver, the doorknob may soon become extinct. According to a new amendment to Vancouver�s building code, the Canadian city has banned the inclusion of doorknobs in all future housing constructions, the Vancouver Sun reported. Instead, doorknobs and knobbed faucets will be replaced with lever handles in an attempt to make buildings more accessible to seniors and people with disabilities. According to pervious research, distinctions between types of door handle are important to the elderly population, and the lever handle design is much easier for seniors to operate. Unlike doorknobs, door handles do not require a tight grasp. The new legislation is not retroactive, meaning ...
Try this quiz and see how you do
Post Date: 2013-12-01 12:16:56 by James Deffenbach
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Full Civic Literacy Exam (from our 2008 survey) Are you more knowledgeable than the average citizen? The average score for all 2,508 Americans taking the following test was 49%; college educators scored 55%. Can you do better? Questions were drawn from past ISI surveys, as well as other nationally recognized exams. You answered 32 out of 33 correctly — 96.97 % (I missed one question)
Swedish prisoner escapes to visit dentist
Post Date: 2013-12-01 05:35:49 by Tatarewicz
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A man escaped from a Swedish prison simply to visit the dentist, and was slapped an extended sentence when he returned to the jail. "My whole face was swollen. I just couldn't stand it any more," the 51-year-old told the Dagens Nyheter newspaper (DN). The man was a prisoner at the minimum security Östragård facility in the municipality of Vänersborg, in south-western Sweden. The prisoner, who was serving a one-month sentence, had asked for medical care for the pain in his tooth but to no avail, so he decided to take matters into his own hands. After leaving the grounds, he tracked down the nearest dentist, had his inflamed tooth removed, then reported ...
Confucius classroom hubs opened in Northern Ireland
Post Date: 2013-11-30 22:31:08 by Tatarewicz
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BELFAST, Britain, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- Eight Confucius Classroom Hubs under the Confucius Institute at Ulster University opened Friday in Northern Ireland to meet children's needs in learning the Chinese language and culture. "Northern Ireland has maintained good relationship with China," said Peter Robinson, the first minister of Northern Ireland, who attended the opening ceremony at the Long Gallery of the Parliament building with four other ministers. "We were delighted when the first Confucius Institute opened. People are introduced to Chinese culture and language ... In the future, if one could speak English and Chinese, he can probably live in everywhere in the ...
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