IBM shows us a glimpse of the future

Here is a related article:

http://www.physorg.com/news/2010-12-ibm-glimpse-future-video.html

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Letter from Poland

Remember the plane crash in Russia, where the President of Poland and nearly a hundred top officials and ministers were killed? Probably not if you're American. The news was a flash in the pan so to speak, and was not well heard over the chatter of news like Lindsay Lohan's rehab escapades, or the latest episode of American Idol.

Just the same, this was a catastrophic, unprecedented event in world history, that was not so downplayed in other parts of the world, particularly Eastern Europe. Of course, most American's don't give a shit because they think it doesn't affect them. Yeah, well, this is for those who know better, or those who would like to know better.

Here is an excellent look at the many questions which still remain surrounding the crash. It also gives an in-depth look into history and extremely dangerous politics in a part of the world that spawned two world wars.




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Huge underground food storage cave

Feds, Police Enforce Mandatory Blood Tests At Florida Checkpoints

In a shocking, but not unprecedented, turn of events drivers in Florida will be mandated to allow police to jab a needle in their arm and extract blood at DUI checkpoints should they refuse to submit to breath tests.


At what have been described as “no refusal” checkpoints, judges will be on hand to issue a warrant allowing police to demand blood.


DUI defense attorney Kevin Hayslett told 10 News WTSP that the mandatory blood tests are a clear violation of constitutional rights:


“It’s a slippery slope and it’s got to stop somewhere,” Hayslett explained, “what other misdemeanor offense do we have in the United States where the government can forcefully put a needle into your arm?”

Full story and video at link:

http://www.infowars.com/feds-police-enforce-mandatory-blood-tests-at-florida-checkpoints/

Hurt (Johnny Cash)

16 year-old faces capital murder for cop's donut habit

Deputy Michael Schaefer suffered a fatal heart attack while struggling with a 16-year-old female who was possibly under the influence of narcotics and alcohol.

He and another deputy had responded to a domestic disturbance at 1:45 am involving a fight between the girl and another family member. When they arrived at the scene they attempted to place the girl into custody but became involved in a struggle and struck Deputy Schaefer.

As they placed the girl into a patrol car Deputy Schaefer collapsed. The girl was taken into custody on investigation of capital murder in connection with Deputy Schaefer's death.

Full entry at link:

http://www.odmp.org/officer/20627-deputy-sheriff-michael-ray-schaefer

Make money! Easy! Now! With your ass!

Snow removal fu*k-off style

And these guys are trained with lots of tax money, make a lot of money on tax dollars for salary, great benefits, and are supposed to do this as professionals. I could have done that better with a pint of rum and a few niggas shoveling out hydrants for weed money.

Driving in China

Almost Everything Is A Crime In America Now

14 Of The Most Ridiculous Things That Americans Are Being Arrested For

#1 A Michigan man has been charged with a felony and could face up to 5 years in prison for reading his wife's email.

#2 A 49-year-old Queens woman had bruises all over her body after she was handcuffed, arrested and brutally beaten by NYPD officers.  So what was her offense?  The officers thought that her little dog had left some poop that she didn't clean up.

#3 A 56-year-old woman who was once a rape victim refused to let airport security officials feel her breasts so she was thrown to the floor, put in handcuffs and arrested.

#4 In Milwaukee, one man was recently fined $500 for swearing on a public bus.

#5 Several years ago a 12-year-old boy in South Carolina was actually arrested by police for opening up a Christmas present early against his family's wishes.

#6 In some areas of the country, it is now a crime to not recycle properly.  For example, the city of Cleveland has announced plans to sort through trash cans to ensure that people are actually recycling according to city guidelines.

#7 A 12-year-old girl from Queens was arrested earlier this year and taken out of her school in handcuffs for writing “Lex was here. 2/1/10" and “I love my friends Abby and Faith" on her desk.

#8 Back in 2008, a 13-year-old boy in Florida was actually arrested by police for farting in class.

#9 The feds recently raided an Amish farmer at 5 AM in the morning because they claimed that he was was engaged in the interstate sale of raw milk in violation of federal law.

#10 A few years ago a 10-year-old girl was arrested and charged with a felony for bringing a small steak knife to school.  It turns out that all she wanted to do was to cut up her lunch so that she could eat it.

#11 On June 18th, two Christians decided that they would peacefully pass out copies of the gospel of John on a public sidewalk outside a public Islamic festival in Dearborn, Michigan and within three minutes 8 policemen surrounded them and placed them under arrest.

#12 A U.S. District Court judge slapped a 5oo dollar fine on Massachusetts fisherman Robert J. Eldridge for untangling a giant whale from his nets and setting it free.  So what was his crime?  Well, according to the court, Eldridge was supposed to call state authorities and wait for them do it.

#13 Once upon a time, a food fight in the cafeteria may have gotten you a detention.  Now it may get you locked up.  About a year ago, 25 students between the ages of 11 and 15 at a school in Chicago were taken into custody by police for being involved in a huge food fight in the school cafeteria.

#14 A few years ago a 70 year old grandmother was actually put in handcuffs and hauled off to jail for having a brown lawn.

Read the full article here:

http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/almost-everything-is-a-crime-in-america-now-14-of-the-most-ridiculous-things-that-americans-are-being-arrested-for

Hell Ride Through Forest Inferno

Climbing Descent Gone Wrong

Got fish?

How to understand PSYOPS: 5 Reasons The Greatest Movie Villain Ever is a 'Good' Witch

When you think of The Wizard of Oz's cast of villains, you most likely think of the flying monkeys and the Wicked Witch of the West, and maybe the pissy apple trees and the green dudes guarding the WWotW's castle.


If you've seen or read 'Wicked,' you might have a more sympathetic view of the Wicked Witch of the West. But 'Wicked' doesn't go far enough, since it ignores the fact that the movie features one of the most brilliantly conniving movie villains ever.


Glinda, not the Wicked Witch of the West, is the cause for everything that goes wrong for Dorothy and her new friends in the land of Oz, and she starts instigating the film's central conflict the second Dorothy shows up.

Read the reasons here:

http://www.cracked.com/article_18881_5-reasons-greatest-movie-villain-ever-good-witch_p2.html

Wrong Hole w/Scott Baio, Taryn Southern, and DJ Lubel

Stuffed! The 30,000-calorie Christmas feast eaten by the world's fattest mum in ONE two-hour sitting

A New Jersey woman who hopes to become the fattest woman in the world got 30,000 calories closer to her 1,000lb goal with a festive feast that could have fed dozens of revellers.


46-stone Donna Simpson, sitting in a reinforced metal chair, chowed down on the world's biggest Christmas dinner as she ate for two straight hours on Saturday.


The single mother-of-two tucked into two 25lb turkeys, two maple-glazed hams, 15lbs of potatoes (10lbs roast, 5lbs mashed), five loaves of bread, five pounds of herb stuffing, four pints of gravy, four pints of cranberry dressing and an astonishing 20lbs of vegetables.

More at link, including pics of the mum:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1341683/Donna-Simpsons-feast-The-30-000-calorie-Christmas-feast-eaten-worlds-fattest-mum-ONE-hour-sitting.html#ixzz19FBc4CUy

Woman arrested at ABIA after refusing enhanced pat down

On this Christmas Day let us take a moment to think of all those who are not able to be with their families today, because they believe in the Constitution, thanks to the TSA.

Early Wednesday morning, a computer glitch shut down a security checkpoint for a couple of hours at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. The line snaked out the door as many travelers waited for more than an hour and some missed their flights. One of the first people in line after that shutdown never made it through. She was arrested and banned from the airport.


Claire Hirschkind, 56, who says she is a rape victim and who has a pacemaker-type device implanted in her chest, says her constitutional rights were violated. She says she never broke any laws. But the Transportation Security Administration disagrees.

Full story and video at link:

http://www.kvue.com/news/local/Woman-arrested-at-ABIA-after-refusing-enhanced-pat-down-112354199.html

"It's unfortunate that that happened and she didn't get to fly home, but it makes me feel a little safer," said Emily Protine. 

Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun - Beastie Boys Ukulele Cover

R/C UAV MICRO INTERCEPTOR DVR DRONE "DEER HUNTING"

The NYT spills key military secrets on its front page

So what's the big deal about Julian Assange?

In The New York Times today, Mark Mazzetti and Dexter Filkins expose very sensitive classified government secrets -- and not just routine secrets, but high-level, imminent planning for American covert military action in a foreign country:

Read the expose here:

http://www.salon.com/news/pakistan/index.html?story=/opinion/greenwald/2010/12/21/nyt

Banks burgle homes

In a Sign of Foreclosure Flaws, Suits Claim Break-Ins by Banks

TRUCKEE, Calif. — When Mimi Ash arrived at her mountain chalet here for a weekend ski trip, she discovered that someone had broken into the home and changed the locks.


When she finally got into the house, it was empty. All of her possessions were gone: furniture, her son’s ski medals, winter clothes and family photos. Also missing was a wooden box, its top inscribed with the words “Together Forever,” that contained the ashes of her late husband, Robert.


The culprit, Ms. Ash soon learned, was not a burglar but her bank. According to a federal lawsuit filed in October by Ms. Ash, Bank of America had wrongfully foreclosed on her house and thrown out her belongings, without alerting Ms. Ash beforehand.


...


“This is in essence a burglary,” said Ms. Ash, walking through the vacant home, with its four levels and commanding mountain views. “But when a burglar goes in, they don’t take your photos and your husband’s ashes.”

See full article at the link:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/22/business/22lockout.html?pagewanted=2&_r=4

Here are a few cliups from YouTube of other similar cases...

Mobile Prison Guard Towers Coming to a Walmart near You!

I went ahead and pulled up the ICX website, and there on the front page it has a blurb about "At work on the Border." Yeah? Well maybe DHS needs to send more down there and get them out of our goddamn parking lots!

Here's the link to the site:

http://www.icxt.com/products/icx-surveillance/integrated-platforms/

Assange calls for criminal charges against ‘shock jock’ Fox hosts

WikiLeaks founder calls Bradley Manning 'political prisoner'; says Fox hosts, politicians committing 'terrorism'


...


"What sort of message does that send about the rule of law in the United States? That is conducing violence in order to achieve a political end. The elimination of this organization or the threat of violence to achieve a political end, the elimination of a publisher. And that is the definition of terrorism."

He's absolutely right. If you publicly called for the murder of anyone, they would lock you up. Even if you threatened someone on some backwater internet forum you could very quicly find yourself in some very big trouble. Now if you, a private citizen, called for the murder of the head of a main-stream corporate media news outlet, you can bet your dividends that you would be charged and sued. And god forbid you call for the assassination of a senator, or former Presidential running mate. You can bet your pocket copy of the Constitution that you wouldn't see the light of day for a very long time.

Sniff the hypocrisy, full article here:

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/12/assange-charges-shock-jock-fox-hosts/

Respect and Obey Authority

Holy shit. This is just downright fuckin scary. Does the brainwashing of the sheep get any more blatant?

Christmas trees 'provocative:' Nazareth suburb's mayor

NAZARETH ILLIT, Israel — The mayor of a Jewish suburb of Nazareth sparked outrage on Wednesday after refusing to allow Christmas trees to be placed in town squares, calling them provocative.

Story at link:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iwJBE-GQIJ5PVs3xPpH_XL42SIew?docId=CNG.e836e4c62736a2b3b44a8631bd54cd97.231

You Are A Terrorist

While the establishment constantly invokes the contrived terror threat as justification for the announcement that your every activity is being sent to federal fusion centers, those same fusion centers have been busy defining peaceful assembly, non-violent protest and criticism of the government as domestic terrorism. According to the government’s own definition of what constitutes terrorist activity – you are a terrorist.

Story with video at link:

http://www.infowars.com/you-are-a-terrorist/

The Internet Splits in Two

Tuesday’s FCC ruling on net neutrality shifts billions in profits and boils down to one fact: There will soon be a fast Internet for the rich and a slow Internet for the poor.


The Federal Communications Commission approved a set of net neutrality rules Tuesday, and nobody is happy. While liberals claim the FCC has caved to pressure from carriers, right-wingers are calling the new rules a government takeover of the Internet. In their tea-addled brains, the new rules represent yet another example of creeping socialism taking over every aspect of our lives. FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski is "Julius Seizure." Cue the black helicopters.


No matter what you think about the new rules, however, they signal an important turning point in the development of the Internet. We are going from Phase One, where everything is free and open and untamed, into Phase Two, which is all about centralization, consolidation, control—and money.

Read full article here:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-12-21/net-neutrality-ruling-the-fcc-splits-the-internet-in-two/?cid=hp:mainpromo1

How to Kill Black Youth

I don't see the problems today as much of a race issue, it's an economic issue. But just the same, still a good flow here...

Word Tricks

A. Did you know that the word "race car" spelled backward still spells
"race car"?

B. Did you know that "eat" is the only word that if you take the 1st
letter and move it to the last, it spells its past tense "ate"?

C. And have you noticed that if you rearrange the letters in "illegal immigrants"
and add just a few more letters, it spells out: "Go home you fucking
free-loading, benefit-grabbing, kid-producing, violent, non-English
speaking assholes and take those other fucking hairy-faced, sandal-wearing,
bomb-making, goat-fucking, raggedy-ass bastards with you"?
How weird is that ???

Veteran's Today endorses Jesse Ventura's 9/11 episode

GORDON DUFF: GOV. JESSE VENTURA PROVES 9/11 COVER-UP, WILL AMERICA’S GOVERNMENT FALL?


FORMER VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY ACCUSED OF ENGINEERING PENTAGON ATTACK
DONALD RUMSFELD CITED AS POSSIBLE ACCOMPLICE


Confirmed sources in the Nigerian government tell us, in order to keep former Vice President Cheney out of prison for crimes involving Nigeria, $500,000,000 in bribes have been promised, negotiated by former President George H.W. Bush. Now, only a day later, Cheney faces possible charges, so many charges they can only be imagined, for planning the Pentagon attack on 9/11.


TV host, Jesse Ventura, former Navy Seal, former Governor of Minnesota, on a one hour documentary on prime-time American television, makes an open and shut criminal case tying Cheney, Rumsfeld and officials throughout the US government with complicity in the planning, execution and subsequent cover-up of the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon.

Here is the episode:




Be sure to read the rest of the store, with more videos, at the Veteran's Toady site linked here:

http://www.veteranstoday.com/2010/12/18/gordon-duff-gov-jesse-ventura-proves-911-cover-up-will-americas-government-fall/

Ancient humans, dubbed 'Denisovans' interbred with us

Professor Chris Stringer: "It's nothing short of sensational - we didn't know know how ancient people in China related to these other humans."


Scientists say an entirely separate type of human identified from bones in Siberia co-existed and interbred with our own species.


The ancient humans have been dubbed "Denisovans" after the caves in Siberia where their remains were found.

Read the full story at link, contains video:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12059564

Christmas the deadliest day of the year

See article at link:

http://news.nationalpost.com/2010/12/20/christmas-the-deadliest-day-of-the-year-study/

iTunes Version - Backin Up Song

"Just Keeping You Safe": The Cheka Checks In

"What are you doing here?" Paul asked the armed stranger who had materialized outside his workplace.


"Just keeping you safe," replied the interloper, who had invaded the property without invitation or explanation.


The visitor was clad in what Paul described as a SWAT-style dark blue jumpsuit, mirrored sunglasses, and a baseball cap. He had arrived in a white SUV equipped with running lights and displaying police markings advertising that it belonged to the Department of Homeland Security.


Paul (who asked that his last name not be used) was the only employee who saw something amiss as the Homeland Security officer busied himself peering into windows and doorways, taking pictures, and making notes on a clipboard.


Understandably annoyed by the functionary's unwarranted intrusion and patronizing reply to his question, Paul continued to demand an explanation. The visitor persisted in his Oracle at Delphi routine, offering cryptic, dismissive responses to Paul's questions.


Through sheer tenacity Paul managed to obtain a business card identifying the visitor as Mark Cerchione. His title is -- take a deep breath -- Inspector for Region 10 of the East Command for the Department of Homeland Security's National Protection and Programs Directorate, Federal Protective Service. This vital human cog in the State's apparatus of public order has an office located at 550 West Fort Street, Room 370 in Boise.


Roughly an hour after Paul's encounter with Mr. Cerchione, and about fifteen minutes after Paul related it to me, I contacted Mr. Cerchione on his cell phone.

Read the full story at link:

http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2010/12/just-keeping-you-safe-cheka-checks-in.html

Dumbest of the Day: Amazon's employee rules

An employee at an Amazon shipping facility recently told the publication Business Insider that Amazon has a number of bizarre rules set up to keep employees in line. The craziest of these include:


1. No lipstick, but lip gloss is fine. Wha?


2. If you're chewing bubble gum when you come into work that's OK, but you're not allowed to bring any more gum in with you. So make that one piece last.


3. No colored liquids. You can only drink clear liquids. I assume this is to prevent people from drinking on the job, but couldn't they just make a vodka tonic?


4. No watches. Since Amazon sells watches they're afraid workers are going to put one on and claim it was theirs. This is the same way I steal underwear.


I think Jeff Bezos is getting a little paranoid.


AMAZON: DECEMBER 20th 2010's DUMBEST OF THE DAY

Lol! Get your daily dose of that blog at the following link:

http://blog.trutv.com/dumb_as_a_blog/2010/12/dumbest-amazon-employee-rules.html

5 Ridiculous Things You Probably Believe About Islam

A conservative commentator recently made headlines by claiming 10 percent of all of the world's Muslims are terrorists. An amazing claim, considering that equals 150 million terrorists and if each were to pull off an attack killing just 40 people, they could exterminate all non-Muslim life on earth.


Either they're not all that dedicated to terrorism, or the claim is utter insanity.


Well, if there's one thing everyone thinks of when they hear "Cracked.com" it's "friend of Islam." Which is why we feel compelled to clarify a few misconceptions for our readers. Also, there is no way this article will ever come back to haunt us in any way...

Article at link:

http://www.cracked.com/article_18911_5-ridiculous-things-you-probably-believe-about-islam.html

Why Remarry?

December may be a popular month for marriage proposals, but it hasn't been the season for universal affirmations of the institution itself.


The Times reported last week that French couples are avoiding traditional marriages and increasingly opting for civil unions. In the United States, two recent studies, one by the Pew Research Center and another by the National Marriage Project at the University of Virgina, noted the rise in cohabitation, which has doubled from 1990 to more than six million households in 2008, as an alternative to marriage.


This rise is not simply a reflection of the decision by the young and never married to delay taking the big step. The number of couples living together who were previously married is also on the rise, both among those who are still raising children and among older partners.


More second marriages fail than first marriages. With the increasing acceptance of cohabitation, why remarry? Why risk that nightmare all over again...

Discussion at link:

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2010/12/19/why-remarry?WT.mc_id=OP-SM-E-FB-SM-LIN-WR-122010-NYT-NA&WT.mc_ev=click

Cambell's condensed soups

Once a staple of frugal of cooking... has nearly doubled in price over the last year or so. I used to be able to get these cans of soup, great for a light meal or as a "sauce" to make all sorts of bakes and casseroles, for less then a dollar per can. Tonight, I bought six cans of green pea soup for grandma at a cost of 3 for $5, or $1.66 a can!

Massive pipeline blast turns streets into flaming rivers in Mexico

US media eerily silent...

Poverty is big business!

This is really important folks, you really need to watch this...

Entity at the Sewage-Treatment Plant

...In my city, there also was an old sewage treatment plant that was the scene of several murders, including that of a police officer who's body was never recovered, supposedly. Some said it wasn't recovered because it fell into an open sewer vat that divers would not go into. I don't know whether or not I believe that excuse, but I can tell you that it was a freaky place...

...We used to go there when I was a teenager, for a place to drink beers. The place had already been shut down for years, so there was no sewage actually left there. It was just an abandoned building complex by then, complete with underground tunnels. I went through them plenty of times, but I got really spooked one afternoon and I can't really say why. I was about to use a tunnel to go from one building to another. The floor was leaf-strewn, the tile walls graffitied. It was really dark down there, as usual, but I knew that once you got to the other end there was light again as soon as you rounded a corner. I never even took a flashlight down there since you really didn't have to take more than a few steps without seeing where you were going once your eyes adjusted. On this particular day, I was just overcome with a sense of dread. As if something was literally staring back at me from the darkness. I stopped. I just had the sense that there was something there, waiting, as if it was a trap almost. I did not go through the tunnel ever again, especially after what happened the next time...

...There was a group of us, maybe twelve to fifteen I would say. We decided we would go upstairs and out onto the roof with our beers, and enjoy the view of the river. The metal staircase had several landings and clung to the walls of a sort of open central area that was squared off. There was a bit of danger at the top as the metal railing had fallen away, and it was a four-story fall into the basement. But obviously we were smart enough to just stay away from the edge. The door was solid steel and rusted open at the hinges for at least a decade I would say. Furthermore, a substantial pile of petrified cat excrement made for a door-stop...

...So back to the night in question. A damp and chilly late-autumn night. The group of us ascended the staircase single file, laughing and joking around. I was about in the middle, and halfway up when I turned to look back. In a sort of domino effect, or like the buck being, passed I watched as everyone's head turned back to look at the person in front of them, after having looked back as I had done. I thought it was odd for a second. Then I felt a dry hot breeze rush past me, spiraling up the staircase. I quickly turned forward again, and watched those in front of me turning their heads to follow was well. Now all this happened in a matter of seconds. At the top, my buddy Puba was about to step through the doorway into the room that led out to the roof-spot. Suddenly he was thrown off-balance and staggered toward the edge where the section of rail was missing, as the immovable metal door slammed shut! He managed to catch himself with the edge of the rail that remained. As all of this was still processing in my brain there was a great, deep, despairing groan. Not emanating from anywhere, but everywhere. As if the building itself had decided to groan and shudder. We all stood frozen for a second, two at most, and ran back the way we had come...

...The path out front was narrow with a swampy bog of rotted down field grass and old rain on either side. I ended up knee deep in it, running, splashing. We had all taken our time getting over the triple lined barbed wire that topped the 12-foot chain link fence surrounding the property. We were all badly bloodied getting back over...

...We all agreed to what we had just experienced, but no one wanted to talk about it after that. In fact, quite a few of the group refused to associate with eachother after that. I don't know what it was, but there was something there that night. I never went back. Ever.

EDIT to add update: The plant has since been torn down, and a big very fancy restaurant and catering hall has been built there. Ironically enough, the restaurant is called "Shadows."

An Entity by Day

I hadn't talked about this experience in more than a decade. The girl I was with at the time is long gone, and life is a lot different from what it used to be. But recently I've had a few friends ask me if I have ever had any "strange" experiences. I have had a few, and this is one of them. I decided to go ahead and post it here, so that I can direct my online friends to the page rather than re-hashing the story over and over again. If anyone has any questions, perhaps having had a similar experience, feel free to contact me.

I was in my late teens, still living at home, on a Summer day. My girlfriend and I went out for a walk barefoot around the suburban neighborhood. It was getting later in the day, but not dark or even “shadowy” yet. My house was a split-ranch like every other in the neighborhood, and sat on a bit of a hill on about the same size lot as everyone else. Coming down the street I had line of sight to it, though it was just around a corner. Not an intersection, just a 90 degree turn. I could see it over the bit of hill that was a neighbor's front yard on the inside of the turn, or the right side, where my house would be on the left just around the turn.

Anyway, we were walking slowly and chit-chatting about nothing in particular really. Just about how nice the day was after the heat-wave had broken. I can still remember the warm pavement under my bare feet. Looking up ahead, I saw something on the turn, from a distance of maybe 50-yards I'm guessing. It looked like an oil slick on the street, like someone had ruptured a vital component to their vehicle. My next-door neighbors (who's house did not come into view until one rounded the turn) usually had an old car or two that they were tinkering with at any given time, and beat up their cars pretty well too. I was good friends with the whole family, and knew that one of my buddies had just gotten another car recently, so I figured it was him who left the slick all over the road, and actually said something along those lines to my girlfriend. “’X’ must have lost his oilpan.” There wasn't a break in our step, or any eerie inclination that anything unusual was about to happen.

As I said, sunny day, meaningless conversation, and a very casual pace to our stroll. Not the setting for anything bizarre whatsoever. As we got closer, obviously I was looking at this "oil slick" ahead of us. The first inclination that I had that something was odd, was that this stain in the road was darker than oil. Black, and did not glimmer with wetness like the sheen of fresh oil, nor was there any texture to the blotch. By this point we had gotten quite close to it. Before I could process the thought really, the truly bizarre event unfolded.

The dark spot moved. Like something coming up out of the ground. Like a man pulling himself up out of a manhole where there was none. There was form, but no depth. I could see the arms, the shoulders, pull of this thing pull itself up out of the hole that it seemed to be made of. By the time it got to its feet, there was no mark left on the pavement. It was short, 4 and a half feet tall maybe. Other than the outline, there were no distinguishable features. The head was little more than a bump between broad, shaggy shoulders. It paused in a stance of forward intent. Imagine the shadow of a little troll warrior, with his head hung low, wearing shaggy furs, and a shape indicative of massive upper-body strength. No other features though, no face or anything, just the 2D profile, yet somehow it did seem to have depth almost, since it didn't really have edges either, like even a shadow does. I guess it's just really hard to explain what a completely black 3D shadow looks like.

So it pulls itself out, gives a little hop, and pauses for a second as I see the shoulders move up and down once or twice as if it is breathing heavily. It emits no sound. Then it steps forward, quickly. Not a charge or a run, but as if with direct purpose. Almost like stomping forward, right at us. This all happened in less than five seconds I would say, and we were only steps away from the "stain" when it moved. It took four, maybe five steps directly at us.

Now here's where it gets really weird. My girlfriend and I spun in and let go of eachother's hand, as it seemed to be going between us. But it didn't go exactly between us. It was slightly more toward me, but it actually moved through both of us. I was instantly nauseous and cold. It's almost impossible to explain what it felt like. Imagine you actually had the sense of feeling in all of your internal organs, and then imagine what it would feel like if they were all packed with cold clay. That's sort of what it felt like. My girlfriend only got clipped on the side and limbs. She wasn't nauseous, just cold. As we spun and this thing moved through us, it stepped down, back into the ground, as if desceding down hidden stairs, and completely disappeared.

We looked at eachother, the shock settling in. My brain raced to make sense of it. I was sure I was dreaming for a second. No, I could clearly remember everything about the day, nothing ethereal in my surroundings. I must have been hallucinating? I don't know what was more scary, the event itself or the looking into my girlfriend's eyes and sharing a mutual realization that this did just happen to us. You can’t even imagine. My brain was already working overtime to explain it away, but the hop of that was lost, when we said to eachother without any words, “Oh my god, yes, that really did just happen.”

We barely made it to my house, just so weak and drained of energy. We briefly tried to explain to my mother what had happened before passing out on the living room floor. We slept through the rest of the day, that night, through the next day, and into the following night, without even bothering to drag ourselves to bed upstairs that I remember, though we did finally wake up in bed, with a lot more explaining to do to my mother.

For a few days we talked about it with eachother. Trying to understand and accept that this really had happened to us as much as trying to figure out exactly what had happened to us. Then as days turned into weeks, life went on, and we completely forgot about it. There was nothing there to ground the memory in reality I suppose. But then one day, about a year later walking down the same street, the memory came rushing back to us at the same time. I trembled, her eyes welled up, and we swore to eachother to never forget again.

Ghost makes contact

This video has reportedly been verified as authentic by a number of sources. No digital alterations, so if it is a hoax, it is being done "live." Pretty freaky. If anyone has any other info on this, please let me know.

GHOST OF LITTLE GIRL SEEN BY ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD

One badass paper airplane!

Ultra-Rare Lunar Eclipse After Midnight EST

This lunar eclipse falls on the date of the northern winter solstice. How rare is that? Total lunar eclipses in northern winter are fairly common. There have been three of them in the past ten years alone. A lunar eclipse smack-dab on the date of the solstice, however, is unusual. Geoff Chester of the US Naval Observatory inspected a list of eclipses going back 2000 years. "Since Year 1, I can only find one previous instance of an eclipse matching the same calendar date as the solstice, and that is 1638 DEC 21," says Chester. "Fortunately we won't have to wait 372 years for the next one...that will be on 2094 DEC 21."

Details at link:

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2010/17dec_solsticeeclipse/

Also, this is supposed to coincide with meteor shower.  So long as the clouds hold off, it should be a spectacular show.

Top Cheats in NASCAR History

Defining cheating in NASCAR is as much an art as getting away with an oversized carburetor. (To younger readers: A carburetor is a device that was used in the rest of the world before fuel injection was invented, but is still used in NASCAR. And no, we aren't sure why.)


We can all agree that cheating happens when you break a rule. But there are a lot of gray areas in motorsports, though NASCAR does have that clause in the rule book—which we've seen, but weren't supposed to, since it's secret—regarding "actions detrimental" to the sport. That can cover anything.


But for decades, mechanics and crew chiefs have done their best to work around NASCAR's rules. Smokey Yunick, the legendary Daytona Beach mechanic, used to insist that it wasn't cheating if the rules didn't say you couldn't do it (see number 2 below). Every year, the NASCAR rule book gets a little thicker, a little less gray. "It can be frustrating," says Chad Knaus, crew chief for four-time champion Jimmie Johnson. Knaus has had his share of run-ins with NASCAR inspectors (see number 3). "But it would be more frustrating to give up trying to make our car better."

See the list at the link:


http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/news/vintage-speed/top-nascar-engineering-cheats

Casino Heists

Last week an armed bandit escaped on a motorcycle after banging the Bellagio out of about $1.5-2 million in chips. My first thought was, where the hell is he gonna cash them in? Idjit.

Here's a link to that story:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/14/bellagio-heist-may-total-_n_796603.html

And here is a link to a list and descriptions of some of the top casino heists over the years:

http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/casino-heists-criminals-are-flush-with-creative-ideas/19761074/

British Resistance Rant

In America, the only protesters we ever see are people protesting one particular issue or another, like protesting the war perhaps. Boutique protesters. Meanwhile, in London, in fact throughout the rest of the world it appears, the resistance are engaging the NWO agenda in its entirety. What do we have here instead in America? A rally protesting the right for everyone to see a doctor, or some woman trespassing at the Bush ranch for a bit of publicity. Or wanton street criminality with no goals whatsoever. But no one here seems to see the bigger picture. And even if we do, we are so wacked up with fast food and pills that we are too fucking lethargic to do anything about it anyway.

Abu Dhabi hotel regrets $11M Christmas 'overload'

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates – An Abu Dhabi luxury hotel that boasted an $11 million Christmas tree decorated with gold and gems admitted Sunday it may have taken the holiday spirit a bit too far.


A statement from the Emirates Palace hotel said it regretted "attempts to overload" the Christmas tree tradition by adorning it with premium bling including gold, rubies, diamonds and other precious stones from a hotel jeweler.

More at link:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101219/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_emirates_11m_christmas_tree_3

Drug companies pay 17,000 U.S. doctors, report finds

More than 17,000 doctors and other healthcare providers have taken money from seven major drug companies to talk to other doctors about their products, a joint investigation by news organizations and non-profit groups found.

Reuters news story at link:

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE69I3PO20101019



Also, be sure to read how this news plays into a much bigger picture, as explained here in the essay  "Let Them Eat Cake! (The Nutricide of America)"

The ghost towns of China

Amazing satellite images show cities meant to be home to millions lying deserted

Story with impressive imagery at link:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1339536/Ghost-towns-China-Satellite-images-cities-lying-completely-deserted.html

UPDATE (April 2011):

All Internet porn “To be blocked” in the UK

In a move that smacks of the draconian Internet laws in place in countries like Australia, the UK government has plans to ask ISPs to block all pornography from home Internet connections by default, it’s reported today. Under the plan, customers would have to ask the ISP for access to pornography.

Details at link:

http://thenextweb.com/uk/2010/12/19/all-internet-porn-to-be-blocked-in-the-uk/

The Running Game

This is freaken retarded! It'a a real game though. Give it a try! Lol.

http://www.foddy.net/Athletics.html

Jetblue bans protester for life

TSA agents fail to spot loaded gun

Statue of Liberty secret Illuminati Symbols

Best-selling author Brad Meltzer and his team thought they knew what the Statue of Liberty stood for. But now they learn that America's most powerful icon of freedom might actually be loaded with secret symbols put there by a sinister group bent on world domination. They investigate claims that the Illuminati, a secret European society loosely affiliated with the freemasons, turned every inch of the statue into a coded message, from the torch Liberty holds high, to the rays emanating from the crown, even to the precise height of the statue itself. Things get even stranger when a highly regarded numerologist shows the team why he believes the statue is really a monument to the all-powerful number 7. As they evaluate these unsettling claims, Brad and the team are forced to reconsider whether one of America's most enduring symbols is really who she appears to be.

Undercover Prostitution Sting: A Message to Police Officers' Wives or Girlfriends

"Assassin School"

Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation

The Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHISC or WHINSEC), formerly the School of the Americas (SOA; Spanish: Escuela de las Américas) is a United States Department of Defense facility at Fort Benning near Columbus, Georgia in the United States.
Between 1946 and 2001, the SOA trained more than 61,000 Latin American soldiers and policemen. Some of them became notorious for human rights violations, including generals Leopoldo Galtieri, Efraín Ríos Montt and Manuel Noriega, dictators such as Bolivia's Hugo Banzer, some of Augusto Pinochet's officers,^[1][2] members of the Atlacatl Battalion of El Salvador who carried out the El Mozote massacre of 1981, and the founders of Los Zetas, a drug cartel formerly affiliated with the Gulf Cartel.^[3][4] Critics of the school argue that the education encouraged such internationally recognized human rights violating practices and that the WHINSEC is merely a new name for exactly the same practices. This is denied by the SOA/WHINSEC and its supporters, who claim they now emphasize democracy and human rights.<sup>[5][6]


Full Wikipedia entry at link:</sup>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Hemisphere_Institute_for_Security_Cooperation

Are they spying on you?

Do you remember the good old days the when it used to be illegal for governments to spy on their citizens? I don’t either… but I’m told that it used to be illegal. Oh how times have changed.

 Good article, here at link: 

http://www.sovereignman.com/expat/are-they-spying-on-you/

US Military Manuals

Found a great link, thanks to Omega at Lunaticoutpost.com. A whole crapload of all sorts of different US military manuals. Please be selective about your downloads at this page though, to save bandwidth. If it's something you will actually use, it's there to download, but don't junk up the guy's connection trying to download all sorts of stuff you will never use.

http://stevespages.com/page7c.htm

FM 21-76 US ARMY SURVIVAL MANUAL

This is an excellent source of information on how to stay alive in any number of situations. Anything from being stranded in your car during a blizzard, to a terrorist nuclear attack, you would be glad to know the material in this manual. Here is a link to the PDF file for the manual...

http://www.ar15.com/content/manuals/FM21-76_SurvivalManual.pdf

Read it, get familiar with the skills and concepts outlined in the manual. Download it, so you can memorize it. There is much specific information contained in the manual, from how to build a survival shelter, to how to fabricate your own survival tools, to identifying poisonous plants and animals. Buy it. Get yourself a hard-copy of the manual to keep in your car or your "Bug Out Bag." Chances are, that in an actual event where you would use this information, you won't have electricity to run your computer and access this file. Even if you have done a pretty good job memorizing it, much of it will probably be forgotten by the time you might actually need it. The brain has a way of making unused information go stale. So skim through it again from time to time.

Kowloon Walled City

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYXPRSRIAPQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMlbr-zqnQQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Zcn-naGfcM

Wouldn't that suck?

"Gentrification" of police forces, the march toward a national police state

With local departments coming up short in their budgets, and even big-city departments like Chicago abandoning whole swaths of territory to criminal gans, it is only a matter of time that the people DEMAND a Nazified national police force. This is a marker on the goalpost...

NJ discusses help for soon-decimated Camden police

Among possibilities being considered are deploying officers from the Camden County Sheriff's Office and the Park Police to supplement city patrols


CAMDEN, N.J. — Camden city and county officials met Monday to discuss assisting Camden police — possibly with increased involvement by the county Sheriff's Office and Park Police — when the city lays off up to half of its law enforcement officers Jan. 18.

More at link:


http://www.policeone.com/patrol-issues/articles/3058193-NJ-discusses-help-for-soon-decimated-Camden-police/

Even the police themselves are not safe from the onslaught of the fascism aligned against us.  Pawns, who are being chewed up and spit out.

The Psych System in SHTF

Navy Sets World Record With Incredible, Sci-Fi Weapon

A theoretical dream for decades, the railgun is unlike any other weapon used in warfare. And it's quite real too, as the U.S. Navy has proven in a record-setting test today in Dahlgren, VA.

More at link:

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/12/10/navy-railgun-shoots-bullets-electromagnet/

"Run and gun"

Code Monkey

Traveler's Guide to the Firearms Laws of the 50 States

Man to be evicted from own land for "violations"

Sorry, the video is cut off, but it gets ht point across. Sooo, where is this free country that everyone talks about?

Whenever the legislators endeavor to take away and destroy the property of the people, or to reduce them to slavery under arbitrary power, they put themselves into a state of war with the people, who are thereupon absolved from any further obedience, and are left to the common refuge which God hath provided for all men against force and violence. ~John Locke

Eerie image captured in woods

Geezuz! I firrgin hope it's a hoax...

News article at link:

http://www.wdtn.com/dpp/news/strange/eerie-image-captured-in-woods

For further reading:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rougarou

Kernkraft 400 - Zombie Nation

Woman arrested for DWI, beat by police off camera

Another case that is a few years old now, but still a vivid example of the brutality of the police-state. No one is safe, certainly not the innocent, as this woman was later proven to be. The officer was fired, went to work in another department nearby, and then eventually was reinstated to this department after all litigation was concluded.

The 7 Most Horrifying Cost Cutting Measures of All-Time

Money is tight, and everyone is cutting costs. But it's all about knowing where to cut; the family will skip the vacation, but doesn't try to save on clothes by turning the neighbor's cats into loincloths.


Unfortunately, when large organizations try to cut costs or figure out new sources of revenue, they tend to take the kitty loincloth approach. We're talking about ...

Story at link:

http://www.cracked.com/article_18884_the-7-most-horrifying-cost-cutting-measures-all-time.html

Stupid COPS on bank robbery!!

Cops seek man who robbed Best Buy, stole cruiser

CHERRY HILL, NJ — A police search continued Monday for a burglary suspect who escaped capture Sunday by stealing a squad car after being caught breaking into a Cherry Hill electronics store.

Story at link:

http://www.policeone.com/Fugitive/articles/3017540-Cops-seek-man-who-robbed-Best-Buy-stole-cruiser/

7 Illegal Drugs That Are Surprisingly Good Medicine

See the list with descriptions at link:

http://www.oddee.com/item_97276.aspx

Wal-Mart Invasion Part of Larger DHS Takeover of America

Grandma Got Molested At The Airport

Scratching the Surface of Sovereignty

Very insightful article that shows us just how far we have strayed from the constitutional values put forth by the Founding Fathers.

These days, there is more and more talk about Sovereign Citizens. As an attorney, the concept intrigued me. What does it mean to be Sovereign?

Academic training is difficult to forget. I did what most other lawyers do when a legal word perplexes: I flip through Black’s Law Dictionary.

Read the expose at link:

http://theintelhub.com/2010/12/06/scratching-the-surface-of-sovereignty/

Judge tosses bid to block assassination of cleric

Among the "stark and perplexing questions" Bates said the case raises is why courts have authority to approve surveillance of Americans overseas but not their killing. And he questioned whether the president or his advisers can order the assassination of a U.S. citizen without "any form of judicial process whatsoever, based on the mere assertion that he is a dangerous member of a terrorist organization."

Story at link:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101207/ap_on_go_ot/us_cleric_lawsuit

Revealed: Assange ‘rape’ accuser linked to notorious CIA operative

One of the women accusing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange of sex crimes appears to have worked with a group that has connections to the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

Story at link:

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/12/assange-rape-accuser-cia-ties/

Ron Paul: Don't Blame Wikileaks!

London (CNN) -- WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange handed himself over to police Tuesday, promptly appeared in court where he was denied bail and left for jail in a police van.

Report with video at link:

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/12/07/uk.wikileaks.investigation/index.html?hpt=T1&iref=BN1

Is the Internet 9/11 Under Way?

Think about it. Where is this seemingly staged Wikileaks furor taking us? While we participate in digging into the juicy tidbits of information that incriminate just about anybody and everybody, where is it all going?

Article at link:

http://www.sovereignindependent.com/?p=10874

Merry Christmas...bitch!

You're Gonna Miss Me, Lulu and the Lampshades

6 Insane Conspiracies Hiding Behind Non-Profit Groups

Not a day goes by that you won't hear an ad or message from some well-meaning group called the "Council for (insert good cause here)" or "Concerned Citizens for (whatever) or "The _______ Committee for Responsible ________." They sound like charity groups, and they're always advocating for some kind of common-sense cause, from stopping littering to quitting smoking.


It all seems like the kind of thing only a total dick would complain about. And that's the idea; behind many of them are big-money interests trying to hijack your goodwill for their own, usually greedy, purposes.


Like ...

Read on at link:

http://www.cracked.com/article_18879_6-insane-conspiracies-hiding-behind-non-profit-groups.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CrackedRSS+%28Cracked%3A+All+Posts%29

Feds Warrantlessly Tracking Americans’ Credit Cards in Real Time

Federal law enforcement agencies have been tracking Americans in real-time using credit cards, loyalty cards and travel reservations without getting a court order, a new document released under a government sunshine request shows.

Details at link:

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/12/realtime/

Now Mobile Devices Will Scan Your Naked Body On The Streets

Airport tyranny comes to your door, as predicted


Naked body scanners are being readied to go mobile and scan you on the street, at football games and any other event where masses of people are congregated, according to a leaked paper written by Dutch authorities.

Brief at link:

http://www.prisonplanet.com/now-mobile-devices-will-scan-your-naked-body-on-the-streets.html

Secret Mini-Shuttle Lands in California

Brief and image available at link:

http://news.discovery.com/space/secret-mini-shuttle-lands-in-california.html

Oswald confrimed to be agent of CIA

Sorry, I can't seem to find page 2 of this document, but it is pretty astounding nonetheless...

Christmas Food Court Flash Mob, Hallelujah Chorus

Strip search of woman by Police. This could happen to you!

This story is a few years old now, but still a MUST SEE. This is the country we live in folks. These are the police that you think are there to protect you...

(Sorry, embedding disabled by news network, please visit link.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te-xtddgL_s

The officers involved have since been cleared of any wrongdoing. Departmental policy was not violated they say, because although strip-searches of females by male personnel are not allowed, this was a stripping of a suspect to be placed on suicide watch, which was not covered by the gender sensitivity policy.

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Sen Bernie Sanders - There Is A WAR Being Waged Against The Working Families Of America!

The Police-Canary in a Coalmine

No hiding place from new U.S. Army rifles that use radio-controlled smart bullets

The U.S. army is to begin using a futuristic rifle that fires radio-controlled 'smart' bullets in Afghanistan for the first time, it has emerged.

The XM25 rifle uses bullets that are programmed to explode when they have travelled a set distance, allowing enemies to be targeted no matter where they are hiding.

Story at link:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1334114/New-US-Army-rifles-use-radio-controlled-smart-bullets-used-Afghanistan.html

Julian Assange Fired From IT Job At Pentagon

Brief at link:

http://www.theonion.com/articles/julian-assange-fired-from-it-job-at-pentagon,18572/

Creepy UFO vid

The embedding was disabled, but it's worth a watch. Less than a minute long. Creepy, REAL creepy if it's not fake...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HStjYEINHpA

THE MADNESS OF A LOST SOCIETY

CNN Says Conspiracy Theorists Are Potential "Suicide Warriors", "Mentally Disturbed", Schizophrenic

The 20 Health Benefits of Real Butter

The origins of butter go back thousands of years to when our ancestors first started domesticating animals. In fact, the first written reference to butter was found on a 4500- year old limestone tablet illustrating how butter was made.1


In India, ghee (clarified butter) has been used as a staple food, and as a symbol of purity, worthy of offering to the gods in religious ceremonies for more than 3000 years.2


The Bible has references to butter as the product of milk from the cow, and of Abraham setting butter and milk from a calf before three angels who appeared to him on the plains of Mamre.3


For millennia, people around the globe have prized butter for its health benefits.


So how did butter become a villain in the quest for good health?

Story at link:

http://www.bodyecology.com/07/07/05/benefits_of_real_butter.php

The Hearts - Lonely Nights 78 rpm! 1955

The World's Oldest Plant -Alive at the Last Ice Age

Alive today, the 13-thousand year old Jurupa Oak lived through an Ice Age and existed before agriculture.

Story at link:

http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2010/11/the-worlds-oldest-plant-alive-at-the-last-ice-age.html

Maverick Flying Car

Vide at link, approx 5 mins run-time:

http://www.eaavideo.org/video.aspx?v=635469588001

Dusty Springfield - Spooky

James Brown - The Boss

Stretch - Why Did You Do It?

pete wingfield - 18 with a bullet

Google and Youtube ban Alex Jones

Internet censorship reaches unprecedented level under corporate leadership. Freedom of speech by contract only...


(Updated) story at link:

http://www.infowars.com/google-you-tube-ban-alex-jones/

UF student mistakenly accused of murder

Think you are safe if you dont break the law...?

GAINESVILLE, Florida -- A University of Florida student is relieved to know deputies aren't searching for him...but he's still in shock that the Polk County Sheriff's Office erroneously released his photo in connection to a September murder.

Story at link:

http://www.wtsp.com/news/topstories/story.aspx?storyid=159559&catid=250

Dr John--right place,wrong time

‘Chipped’ Detainees, Iran Mega-Missiles And More in Latest WikiLeaks

King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia told a senior White House official to consider surgically implanting homing devices under Guantanamo Bay detainees’ skin. That’s one of the many potentially embarrassing comments from diplomatic back rooms now being made public by WikiLeaks.

More at link:

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/11/chipped-detainees-iran-mega-missiles-and-more-in-latest-wikileaks/

Burn Ignite :: Ride :: feat Steve Berra

Make You Crazy - Brett Dennan

To Catch a Predator

Statewide domestic incident database in works

Innocent until proven guilty? I dont think so. Big Brother is watching YOU!

"Police should be able to identify past incidents by address or by those
involved, EVEN IF THEY WERE NOT ARRESTED before or have moved from
another jurisdiction."

Story at link:

http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/article/20101129/NEWS05/11290327/Statewide-domestic-incident-database-in-works?plckFindCommentKey=CommentKey%3Aef555fed-fdcd-4d01-8ec6-b84982276421

Deputies: SC Motel Guest Trashed Room To Find 'Midget'

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