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The trouble with Islam

Add comment July 16th, 2007 02:46pm kams912

Possible Cure for Cancer but you can’t have it!

1 comment July 13th, 2007 10:48am kams912

Researchers at the University of Alberta believe DCA is the cure for cancer. But big pharmaceutical companies aren’t interested because DCA is not patentable, meaning there is no money to be made, so they will not spend millions for clinical trials.

Taser XREP delivers wireless shocks from 100 feet away

Add comment July 11th, 2007 03:22pm kams912

This Taser XREP can deliver a wireless electric shock from over 100 feet away, and from the looks of it, you don’t want to be on its receiving end. Its Neuro-Muscular Incapacitation (NMI) is the same disabling effect delivered by wired Taser weapons. Loaded into an ordinary 12-gauge shotgun, it’s designed into a 14-gram package small enough to fit into a gun barrel, yet it can travel at 300 feet per second.

As the self-contained XREP wireless Taser round exits the shotgun barrel, three fins pop out to stabilize it as it flies through the air. Its four electrodes on the front each have a barb that can penetrate clothing and embed itself into the body of its victim. It will continue shocking its victim for 20 seconds, giving the officers enough time to apprehend the suspect. Field testing for this scary weapon begins this fall, but it probably won’t go into widespread use until a year later. We’ll behave ourselves, officer, but please, just point that thing somewhere else. — Charlie White

Civilians turn against al Qaeda in Iraq

Add comment July 11th, 2007 12:42pm kams912

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — Civilians helped coalition and Iraqi forces conduct a massive raid on an al Qaeda hideout in the town of Sherween, leaving 20 suspected terrorists dead and 20 more in coalition custody, the U.S. military said Wednesday.

A member of a Sunni militia guards two suspected al Qaeda member in Diyala province Wednesday.

The militants were caught off guard when U.S. aircraft dropped eight 2,000-pound bombs and 14 quarter-ton bombs on river crossings and a bridge in the town northeast of Baghdad, said Staff Maj. Gen. Abdul Kareem.

Kareem, who commands the Iraqi Security Forces in Diyala province, said the bombings isolated the terrorists who had infiltrated Sherween. The town’s residents fought alongside the Iraqi forces during the raid, helping them kill and capture the terrorists, a U.S. military news release said.

“This operation was very important for the people of Sherween because we were able to find a very big hideout for the terrorists,” Kareem said of Operation Saber Guardian, which began early Tuesday. “It was a very big surprise for the terrorists and the people that support them.”

The raid will have a political impact on Diyala, which the U.S. military says has become a hotbed for al Qaeda terrorists who fled Baghdad after the U.S.-led security crackdown there, said Maj. John Woodward, executive officer of the U.S. troops involved in the operation.

The raid will help “facilitate Sunni resistance fighting in the Muqdadiya area as the people have grown tired of the destruction al Qaeda offers,” he said.

The U.S. military continued to target al Qaeda in raids early Wednesday, killing two suspected terrorists and arresting 22.

In one southwestern Baghdad raid, forces arrested a “suspected secret cell terrorist” believed to have connections to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s Mehdi Army, which is suspected of launching attacks in the capital.

In Mosul, troops detained five suspects believed to be members of al Qaeda in Iraq, the military said. Another terrorist was killed after threatening troops with a knife, according to the military.

Coalition forces killed another suspected terrorist in western Baghdad after he “continued to resist and made threatening motions toward the ground force,” the military said. Troops also arrested an insurgent suspected of involvement in Baghdad bombing operations.

In Samarra, raids netted the arrests of four people suspected of kidnappings, assassinations and mortar attacks on coalition forces, the military said.

Various other raids resulted in the arrests of 11 suspected terrorists thought to have ties to al Qaeda in Iraq.

AT&T, Your world. Delivered. To the NSA

Add comment July 5th, 2007 09:37am kams912

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed a class-action lawsuit against AT&T on January 31, 2006, accusing the telecom giant of violating the law and the privacy of its customers by collaborating with the National Security Agency (NSA) in its massive, illegal program to wiretap and data-mine Americans’ communications. On July 20, 2006, a federal judge denied the government’s and AT&T’s motions to dismiss the case, allowing the lawsuit to go forward.

The EFF lawsuit arose from news reports in December 2005, which first revealed that the NSA has been intercepting Americans’ phone calls and Internet communications without any court oversight and in violation of the privacy safeguards established by Congress and the U.S. Constitution. This surveillance program, purportedly authorized by the President at least as early as 2001, apparently intercepts and analyzes the phone and Internet communications of millions of ordinary Americans.

But the government did not act—and is not acting—alone. EFF’s lawsuit alleges that AT&T has given the NSA unchecked backdoor access to its communications network and its record databases. On behalf of a nationwide class of AT&T customers, EFF is suing to stop this illegal conduct and hold AT&T responsible for violating the law and the fundamental freedoms of the American public.

AT&T moved to dismiss the case, basically arguing that it should be immune from suit because “whatever we did, the government told us to.” The U.S. government also moved to dismiss the case, arguing that allowing the case to go on would necessarily reveal “state secrets” that would harm national security. But in July, U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker issued a decision denying both motions.

As Judge Walker wrote when dismissing AT&T’s immunity claims, “AT&T cannot seriously contend that a reasonable entity in its position could have believed that the alleged domestic dragnet was legal.” Judge Walker also flatly rejected the government’s secrecy argument: “The compromise between liberty and security remains a difficult one. But dismissing this case at the outset would sacrifice liberty for no apparent enhancement of security.”

The case is now on appeal before the 9th Circuit.

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Al Gore Jr. Busted for drug posession

Add comment July 5th, 2007 07:44am kams912

Maybe Al Gore should pay a little more attention to his kid and less time hyping his global warming scare campaign.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The 24-year-old son of former Vice President Al Gore was arrested for drug possession on Wednesday after he was stopped for speeding in his hybrid Toyota Prius, a sheriff’s official said.

Al Gore III — whose father is a leading advocate of policies to fight global warming — was driving his environmentally friendly car at about 100 miles per hour on a freeway south of Los Angeles when he was pulled over by an Orange County sheriff’s deputy at about 2:15 a.m.

The deputy smelled marijuana and searched the car, said sheriff’s spokesman Jim Amormino. The search turned up a small amount of marijuana, along with prescription drugs including Valium, Xanax, Vicodin, Adderall and Soma. There were no prescriptions found, he said.

One of the best decisions in US political history

Add comment June 28th, 2007 11:40am kams912

Senate Blocks Immigration Bill
Jun 28 01:09 PM US/Eastern
By CHARLES BABINGTON
Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate drove a stake Thursday through President Bush’s plan to legalize millions of unlawful immigrants, likely postponing major action on immigration until after the 2008 elections.

After the stinging political setback, Bush sounded resigned to defeat.

“Legal immigration is one of the top concerns of the American people, and Congress’ failure to act on it is a disappointment,” he said after an appearance in Newport, R.I. “A lot of us worked hard to see if we couldn’t find common ground. It didn’t work.”

The bill’s Senate supporters fell 14 votes short of the 60 needed to limit debate and clear the way for final passage of the legislation, which critics assailed as offering amnesty to illegal immigrants. The vote was 46 to 53 in favor of limiting the debate.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8Q1UNF00&show_article=1

Vintage Cigarette ads, how times change

Add comment June 26th, 2007 03:13pm kams912

They satisfy, and KILL!

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Anti-Americanism in European Media

Add comment June 21st, 2007 12:00pm kams912

Check out this great post (By Ray Drake)

Davids Medienkritik interviewed by CBN and the BBC on Anti-Americanism and Blogs

Just last week, I had the pleasure to participate in an interview for journalist Dale Hurd of the Christian Broadcasting Network or CBN. Since then, Mr. Hurd has put together an outstanding two part report (see text version here) on anti-Americanism in European media that readers can view below. This is must-watch material for anyone interested in anti-Americanism in European media:

http://medienkritik.typepad.com/blog/2007/06/cbn_report_on_a.html

Fire from Salt Water

Add comment June 20th, 2007 07:26am kams912

John Kanzius has found a way to burn salt water with the same radio wave machine he is using to kill cancer cells.

Kanzius was testing his external radio-wave generator to see if it could desalinate salt water, and the water ignited. A university chemist determined that the process is generating hydrogen, which can be burned as fuel.

While the phenomenon is interesting, it is not yet practical for energy generation. More energy is consumed by the radio frequency device than is produced for burning. Efficiency-wise, they are presently at around 76 percent of Faraday’s theoretical limit.

Kanzius says if someone wants to buy up the rights to the technology, that would be fine. He would use the funds to finance his quest to cure cancer.

John Kanzius has no website at this time.