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The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration in the United States uses its weather service voice to sing the traditional Christmas carol, “Deck The Halls”, in a very non-traditional way.

We’ve long held the idea that watching news programs, any news programs, is a collossal waste of time. We especially find it true that anyone who is among the thousands millions who watch FoxNews Channel on a regular basis does so only to increase the lack of intelligence quota. or theLIQ. (This acronym when followed by the letters O-U-R are the reason so many people are watching Fox News Channel and come away far less informed than they were when they began watching the news programs offered by the cable news channel…) (more…)

We could not escape all this talk in the United States of nuclear weaponry because of the commemoration of the use of the atomic bombs dropped on civilians in Japan in 1945.

We found an  interesting video piece created in 2003 by the  artist  Isao Hashimoto of Japan. We are sure you will be surprised, as were we, to see the number of devices detonated since 1945 up to and including 1998; that’s more than ten years ago. How many more bombs have been tested since 1998? What are our world leaders arming us against?

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The recent news of released military classified documents related to the Afghanistan War, and the related hacking that was done to access the classified materials gave us pause, along with others, to ask questions about the term. We wondered how it came to be, and what constitutes the practice of hacking. How long have hackers been in existence? (more…)

Here’s a novel way some Cape Coral, Florida homeowners are planning to deal with the trials and tribulations of selling their home. Sell your home to the highest bidder.

We found this unique ad on Craigs’ List. Not only have these homeowners  decided to sell the property themselves, without the typical real estate sales agent to represent them, they’re willing to test the market by selling for an amount indicative of the price ready, willing, and able, qualified buyers will pay for their five year old 3 bedroom, 2 bath home. (more…)

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow  as “fake President Barack Obama” tells viewers what she believes the president should have stated in his address about the current Gulf of Mexico oil drilling accident. Watch. We tend to agree with nearly all she, Ms Maddow, as the “fake president” says.

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We sincerely believe if the real President Barack Obama had said these things, he would have been more eloquent than Ms Maddow and equally as substantive in content.

Special Sunday evening treat from the Grammy Award winning vocal group Take 6 enjoy

Rutgers University will bestow more than 12,000 students, both undergrads and graduate students, with college degrees this year, 2010.

Read more about Rutgers University’s six featured graduates from the Class of 2010.

Be sure to read about our favorite young male grad Jeffrey Jones, founder and president of Miracles Global, a non-profit company dedicated to educating and creating opportunities for the less fortunate. (more…)

*A Mexican Dog Story

A Canadian man says his pet disappeared after he checked the animal with Delta Airlines for a flight from Mexico City to Detroit.

Josiah Allen, a Canadian man from Ontario, told a popular consumer web site, Delta Airlines offered him an apology and a $200 credit for any future travel with the airline.

Allen said he and his girlfriend rescued the stray dog while on vacation last month in Puerto Vallarta.

“We took him to the vet’s, got him all of his shots, an eye infection treated, two baths to clean him from hundreds of dog ticks that were covering his whole body, and gave him the name Paco,” Allen said.

According to Allen, the nightmare began when the couple attempted to check Paco with Delta for their connecting flight to Detroit. Allen said a Delta agent, Althea Around, told them the pet carrier they purchased for Paco was not big enough. He added that the airline only accepted the carrier after he and his girlfriend signed a waiver releasing Delta of any liability if Paco was injured. (more…)

May Day Continued …..

“* Workingmen to Arms!
* War to the Palace, Peace to the Cottage, and Death to LUXURIOUS IDLENESS.
* The wage system is the only cause of the World’s misery. It is supported by the rich classes, and to destroy it, they must be either made to work or DIE.
* One pound of DYNAMITE is better than a bushel of BALLOTS!
* MAKE YOUR DEMAND FOR EIGHT HOURS with weapons in your hands to meet the capitalistic bloodhounds, police, and militia in proper manner.” ~Printed a few days prior to May 1, 1886, a publisher’s appeal to working people.”

“….whether a man works eight hours a day or ten hours a day, he is still a slave.” ~ Samuel Fielden pointed out in the anarchist newspaper, The Alarm 1886

One hundred twenty-four years ago, on   May 1, 1886, more than 300,000 workers in 13,000 businesses across the United States walked off their jobs in the first May Day demonstration in history.

Chicago was the focal point for the 8-hour work day advocates. (more…)