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STOP THE PRESSES! After doing a search on a number of links to the controversial emails which have been leaked or hacked from the Hadley Climate Research Center, it has been discovered that they are most likely FAKE. An examination of the emails in detail shows that they used proportional fonts, which were not available at the time of George Bush's stint in the Texas Air National Guard. "He played on our FEARS!" thundered a visibly upset Al Gore, screaming from a prepared statement. "He BETRAYED THIS COUNTRY!" Mary Mapes was unavailable for comment.

The scientist at the heart of the climate change scandal was under growing pressure to quit last night. George Monbiot, a leading environmentalist, said Phil Jones should resign from the Climatic Research Unit over leaked emails that appear to show researchers suppressed scientific data. More emails came to light yesterday, including one in which an American climatologist admitted it was a travesty that scientists could not explain a lack of global warming in recent years. In another note, UK researchers dismissed the work of scientists challenging global warming as 'crap'. Another appeared to call for pressure on the BBC after...

Google today unveiled more details of Chrome OS, a lightweight, browser-based operating system for netbooks.Chrome OS netbooks will not have traditional hard disk drives -- they will rely on non-volatile flash memory and Internet-based storage for saving all of your data. All the applications will be web-based, meaning users won't have to install apps, manage updates or even backup their data. All data will be stored in the cloud, and users won't even have to bother with anti-virus software: Google claims it will monitor code to prevent malicious activity in Chrome OS web apps.

OSLO (Reuters) - Global warming is happening faster than expected and at worst could raise sea levels by up to 2 meters (6-1/2 ft) by 2100, a group of scientists said on Tuesday in a warning to next month's U.N. climate summit in Copenhagen. In what they called a "Copenhagen Diagnosis," updating findings in a broader 2007 U.N. climate report, 26 experts urged action to cap rising world greenhouse gas emissions by 2015 or 2020 to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. [SNIP] "This is a final scientific call for the climate negotiators from 192 countries who must embark...

Join us for a lively chat during the show. "V" returns in Spring 2010, after the Winter Olympics.

A U.S. Census worker found dead in a secluded Clay County cemetery killed himself but tried to make the death look like a homicide, authorities have concluded. Bill Sparkman, 51, of London, might have tried to cover the manner of his death to preserve payments under life-insurance polices that he had taken out. The policies wouldn’t pay off if Sparkman committed suicide, state police Capt. Lisa Rudzinski said. “We believe it was an intentional act on his part to take his own life,” said Rudzinski, who helped lead the investigation.

Customers were given $200 off when purchasing a car if they showed their birth certificate --

If greenhouses gases are warming the planet that warming will happen first in the cold blob of air 8-12 km above the tropics. It’s freezing cold up there, but it ought to be slightly less freezing cold thanks to greenhouse gases. All 20-odd climate models predict warming there first—it’s the fingerprint of greenhouse gas warming, as opposed to warming by some other cause, like solar magnetic effects, volcanic eruptions, solar irradiance, or ozone depletion etc etc.***********************************************See the Graphs at JoNova website ********************************** Look at A above, the greenhouse gas fingerprint is markedly different from the rest and dominates the overall...

Another iPhone worm has been spotted in the wild.Unlike the previous exploitation, which merely changed a jailbroken iPhone's wallpaper to a picture of Rick Astley of "Rickrolling" fame, this new threat allows hackers to steal sensitive information. According to security firm Sophos, which wrote about the exploitation after a Dutch ISP spotted it late last week, the worm attacks jailbroken iPhone and iPod Touch devices only. The worm "uses command-and-control, like a traditional PC botnet," Sophos wrote in a blog post on Saturday to warn users about the exploit. "It configures two startup scripts, one to execute the worm on...

Racial attacks like the ones behind the arrest of 32 suspects in Denver are part of a trend spreading across the country, gang experts said Saturday. As part of the trend, black gang members videotape the assaults in trendy tourist districts and sell them on the underground market as entertainment. "They knock a young white guy out with one blow to see if his knees will wobble and surround them and take their money," said the Rev. Leon Kelly, who runs a Denver gang-prevention program. "It's a joke." The gang members crave the notoriety of having their one-punch knockouts recorded...

They don't all need glasses. But if you always suspected basketball referees are biased — well, you're right... Refs favor the home team... They're big on "make-up" calls. They make more calls against teams in the lead, and the discrepancy grows if the game is on national TV. The professors studied 365 college games during the 2004-05 season and found that refs had a terrific knack for keeping the foul count even, regardless of which team was more aggressive. Exhibit A: The 2005 Final Four meeting between Illinois and Louisville. The Illini, known for being more aggressive defensively, got whistled...

A CONVICTED murderer and former aide to the Duchess of York has absconded from an open prison in England. Jane Andrews failed to return to East Sutton Park prison in Kent, England on Sunday night. Andrews was jailed for life for murdering her boyfriend Thomas Cressman, 39, at their flat in Fulham, west London, in September 2000. She beat him with a cricket bat and stabbed him with a kitchen knife in a jealous rage after he refused to marry her.

A fight between two inmates Sunday resulted in one person dead and another facing additional charges. A disagreement and some teasing between two cellmates was reportedly taken as a slight and escalated into fisticuffs inside their cell... After the victim was punched several times in the head, he was then strangled with a "ligature made from a laundry bag,". Both inmates were housed in a section of the prison typically reserved for sex offenders. Mawien was convicted in 2004 of two amended charges of attempted aggravated sex assault, a first-degree felony; and forcible sex abuse, a second-degree felony. He was...

It's not Thanksgiving yet, and already it's nearly impossible to find a Zhu Zhu Pet. The fuzzy, life-size mechanical hamsters are emerging as the early runaway success of the season. They coo and purr as they scurry around the house. Unlike the real thing, they don't smell, die, or make noise at 3 a.m. And the toy comes appropriately priced for this economy: $8 at Wal-Mart and Target - except they often don't have any. "It's a frenzy," said Paul Jones, chief executive officer at Green Bay-based Shopko. "It's the Tickle Me Elmo of past years."The Zhu Zhu isn't the...

Scary video including quotes from Obama's own Tsars supporting one of hisotorys biggest butchers.

An oligarchy is a “form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique; government by the few.”This definition certainly fits with the IPCC, as illustrated by the closed meeting in which Gerald Meehl, Jonathan Overpeck, Susan Solomon, Thomas Stocker, and Ron Stouffer are organizing in Hawaii in March 2009. This meeting is reported atJoint IPCC-WCRP-IGBP Workshop: New Science Directions and Activities Relevant to the IPCC AR5 [Tuesday, March 03, 2009 - Friday, March 06, 2009 at the University of Hawaii International Pacific Research Center Honolulu , Hawaii].While the meeting is to be...

FACEBOOK can be a double-edged sword, a Canadian woman learned when an insurance company cut her health benefits, claiming she was healthy after seeing pictures of her smiling in bikini at the beach. Nathalie Blanchard, 29, took long-term sick leave from her job at IBM in Bromont, Quebec, more than a year ago for severe depression. She was receiving monthly benefits from her insurance company, Manulife. When Ms Blanchard called Manulife to ask why the payments dried up, the insurance company said that "I'm available to work, because of Facebook," she told CBC television. She said that Manulife cited several...

The CIA has produced a new batch of TV ads for recruiting Arab and Iranian-Americans. Especially those with a good knowledge of the languages and cultures of the old country. Such recruiting has been a tricky business, because we are war with an entity that identifies itself via culture and religion; not nationality. A polyglot nation like the United States has citizens, and non-citizens, from all parts of the world. This creates opportunities (for recruiting intelligence operatives) and dangers (spies in our midst) in wartime. And we are at war, with over a dozen Islamic terrorist attacks within the U.S....

The media is chock full with articles of scientists, environmentalists and Carbon Billionaires (Al Gore) – stating how mankind is destroying the planet with our use of fossil fuels and other contaminents. The fact that industry is causing ecological and environmental damage is without doubt, but are we really the cause of the high greenhouse gas levels, or should we be more concerned with natural causes such as melting permafrost. We also take a look at why the ex Leader of Greenpeace lied on national television regarding Arctic ice disappearance and then defended the fact that Greenpeace had released inaccurately...

Hypocrite Barack Hussein Obama scolds Hamid Karzai. The US President needs to understand that his hypocrisy is showing blatantly when rapping the knuckles of Afghanistan President.

The CDC now reports that nearly 4,000 Americans have been killed by H1N1 swine flu. This number is supposed to sound big and scary, motivating millions of people to go out and pay good money to be injected with untested, unproven H1N1 vaccines. "Conservative calculations estimate that approximately 107,000 patients are hospitalized annually for nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID)-related gastrointestinal (GI) complications and at least 16,500 NSAID-related deaths occur each year among arthritis patients alone." (Singh Gurkirpal, MD, “Recent Considerations in Nonsteroidal

This is one creepy video. As you may or may not know, there is a flu outbreak in Ukraine. An Israeli microbiologist in Los Angeles predicted the outbreak and claimed it was a bio weapon and was hunted down in his car, gassed and tased after a robot smashed out his car windows. You can't make this stuff up.

a Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility inmate was beaten to death by another inmate. The victim, Ronald Ferguson, was serving time for sexual assault on a child.

Wouldn’t it be great if our first black president took the high road and instead of taking from those who have worked hard to succeed and giving it to others who have made life choices that were less than responsible - if he were to stand-up and tell the minorities and the poor to follow in his foot-steps. He should be an inspiration to others. He should tell them how he broke the chains of poverty and guide them through "change". He could relate to the millions who grew up without a dad and talk to them about "change". He...

Unless you've just arrived in 2009 on a time machine, you know that smoking isn't good for you. Did you know, that smoking isn't good for your computer, either? It's true, at least according to Apple. Two readers in different parts of the country claim that their Applecare warranties were voided due to secondhand smoke. Both readers appealed their cases up to the office of God Steve Jobs himself. Both lost. Back in April, Derek copied us on his e-mail to Jobs: I took my mid 2007 apple macbook (black) into the Jordan Creek Apple Store in West Des Moines,...

The 30-year-old officer was gunned down at his home early Thursday morning. Police are saying the crime was a random act. The officer's wife, mother and two very young children were in the home at the time of the shooting. Metro is firming up the burial plans for the officer but expects the funeral to take place next Tuesday or Wednesday.

With all of the breaking news regarding the global warming/climate change scam- is there a possibility Al Gore could be imprisoned the way Bernie Madoff was? I don't see much difference in what the two men have done.

Tell me who that is standing next to Barack Obama. It sure looks like Bill Ayers. Anyone know who it is?

The appointment of Herman Van Rompuy as “President of Europe” is a gift to conspiracy theorists who fear the re-emergence of a Europe dominated by Rome. The wellspring of the Belgian’s Eurofederalism, like that of the EU’s founders, is his Catholic faith. He makes monthly retreats to a Benedictine monastery; even his wife is overawed by “the force he can find in his faith”. I can already see the words “Holy Roman Empire” forming on the lips of Eurosceptics whose mistrust of the EU draws on a dislike of Catholicism. And perhaps there is just a grain of truth in...

I'm usually adept at catching the embedded politics, in tv and movies, and I usually change the station or turn it off when I do. Tonight was the first time, and I was taken aback by it, that I discerned such tactics in the series "Bones"

I mean the president's statesments on a guaranteed death penalty, Holder's 'certain' convictions. etc. etc. All the defense attorny has to do is claim that his clients cannot get a fair trail ANYWHERE in the US due to the presidents and attorney generals comments

(The whole world is taking up sides in the Twilight saga ... Edward or Jacob? If the Earth could cast a vote, it would definitely pick Edward, the vegetarian vampire.) Vampires. Everyone thinks they’re so scary and so evil, but in reality they’re really some of the greenest creatures on the planet … especially if it’s one of the Cullen clan from the Twilight saga. That’s right kids, the next installment of the Twilight Saga, New Moon, hits theaters tomorrow. So how are the Cullen’s so eco-friendly? •Since they’re not really alive, they have a very small carbon footprint. •Since...

Washington, DC – President Barack The Hussein Obama and the Democrat controlled Congress, facing criticism that the giant pork spending bill they are trying to ramrod down the American People’s throats will not create any real meaningful jobs, are now considering sweeping legislation that will provide new benefits for many Americans. The Americans With No Abilities Act (AWNAA) is being hailed as a major legislative goal by advocates of the millions of Americans who lack any real skills or ambition in life except to draw a government welfare check.“Roughly 52 percent of Americans do not possess the competence and drive...

Kellogg is rationing its Eggo products due to flooding and equipment problems at two bakeries. The shortfall could last through mid-2010. Better hoard your Eggos! Grocery stores will be experiencing a shortage of the waffles until mid-2010 due to problems at two bakeries, a Kellogg's spokeswoman said on Wednesday. Flooding at an Atlanta bakery during heavy rains in October forced Kellogg, which makes Eggo products, to shut down production temporarily, said company spokesman Kris Charles. Plus, equipment at Kellogg's largest waffle facility, based in Rossville, Tenn., needs extensive repairs. "We are working around the clock to restore Eggo store inventories...

...Thousands of the fakes are likely to be in circulation next summer, according to Reg Walker from Iridim Security, who works with several major festivals. He added there was evidence that criminals staged a "test run" in 2009. There was a threat to public order if large volumes of people turned up at events and were denied entry, he added. Speaking at the UK Festival Awards and Conference in London on Thursday, Mr Walker said about 100 wristbands had been seized at this year's Reading Festival. "What's worrying is the quality of the wristband, right down to the barcode. They're...

http://c-span.org/Watch/Media/2009/11/19/HP/R/26172/congressional+investigation+into+Fort+Hood+Shooting.aspx

The Senate has stalled action on a $175 million spending bill that would fund tax incentives to encourage cremation, and discourage traditional burial of the deceased.

People Say Animals Are Preying On Larger Livestock. People living in major Valley neighborhoods... that coyotes have all but overtaken their neighborhoods. Don Hoopes and his 7-year-old son Jordan have a new ritual every night. They need to make sure all their animals are tucked safely inside, now that they know what can happen if they don't. Neighbor Richard Tate said, "I saw one yesterday morning trying to attack dogs in broad daylight." Tate's had a couple sheep slaughtered by coyotes already. He said they even tried to go after his ram. Tate said , "My concern is that if...

In the documentary, "My Supermodel Baby," a casting director at a magazine photo shoot explains how a five-month old model, a boy with some fat folds on his arms, was airbrushed. "We lightened his eyes and his general skin tone, smoothed out any blotches and the creases on his arms," said the casting director. "But we want it to look natural." The Telegraph reports it is the first time the industry has admitted to altering photos of babies - a practice commonly done on photos of grownup models. The editor of Practical Parenting and Pregnancy magazine told

Over the past two decades, Ricardo Dominguez has been utilizing electronics and the internet to piss off just about every high-level administrative authority in the US. In the late 90s, his performance-art-cum-activist organization the Electronic Disturbance Theater (EDT) set up a participatory website-jamming network called the FloodNet system, which allowed anyone with an internet connection to gum up the official sites of the US Border Patrol, White House, G8, Mexican embassy, and others, rendering them inaccessible. The Department of Justice retaliated with an electronic attack on the EDT that aimed to destabilize the group and interrupt their online meddling. As...

In an article in American Vogue magazine in which Mr Miliband was described as "tall and dashing", the interviewer joked about developing a crush on the 44-year-old Foreign Secretary after hearing his British accent on the telephone. "Well, if you saw him it would be a big crush. I mean, he is so vibrant, vital, attractive, smart," said Mrs Clinton, 18 years Mr Miliband's senior. "He's a really good guy. And he's so young!" Mr Miliband is rarely cited as a political heartthrob. Alastair Campbell, Tony Blair's former spokesman, reflected the prevailing mood when he nicknamed him Brains after the...

The link audio is very powerful. Long audio but worth it. http://market-ticker.denninger.net/

Mr Grant, from Brockley, south east London, is due to appear before magistrates in Greenwich, facing 22 charges including rape, indecent assault and burglary. It follows Scotland Yard's biggest ever manhunt, investigating almost 200 attacks in the south London area spanning two decades. Police obtained more than 2,000 DNA samples from suspects and followed one lead to the Windward Islands of the Caribbean. The suspect, believed to be a father of seven, was a full-time carer for his wife Jennifer, who has multiple sclerosis, and lived with her and their childen in Brockley, south east London. His arrest follows a...

The diaries of the journalist who helped expose the Soviet Terror Famine in the Ukraine are now on display in Cambridge. At the time of his writings he was denounced as a liar by Soviet sympathizers including Walter Duranty of the New York Times. Had he not died in suspicious circumstances he would no doubt have been pleased to see that the truth of his accounts is now accepted, although he would perhaps be disappointed to see that one of the outlets for his writing, the Guardian (then the Manchester Guardian), frequently publishes articles explicitly and implicitly supportive of totalitarian...

Chemicals found in many plastics are causing little boys to act more like little girls, according to new research.

Can someone explain this to me?

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Every lawsuit filed or even threatened under a California law aimed at electing more minorities to local offices - and all of the roughly $4.3 million from settlements so far - can be traced to just two people: a pair of attorneys who worked together writing the statute, The Associated Press has found. The law makes it easier for lawyers to sue and win financial judgments in cases arising from claims that minorities effectively were shut out of local elections, while shielding attorneys from liability if the claims are tossed out. The law was drafted mainly...

Former U.S. president Bill Clinton on Sunday said that the Palestinian-Israeli conflict could possibly be solved during President Barack Obama's tenure, and urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Obama to maintain a policy of honesty during their private talks with each other. The visiting former president, who said Saturday that peace could have been achieved had then-prime minister Yitzhak Rabin not been slain, told Israeli journalist Nahum Barnea: "You should not think that President Obama is your enemy."

While most scientists would write off the event as a freak accident, two esteemed physicists have formulated a theory that suggests an alternative explanation: perhaps a time-traveling bird was sent from the future to sabotage the experiment. Bech Nielsen of the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen and Masao Ninomiya of the Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics in Kyoto, Japan, have published several papers over the past year arguing that the CERN experiment may be the latest in a series of physics research projects whose purposes are so unacceptable to the universe that they are doomed to fail, subverted by the...

Glenn Beck clips purged from YouTube today?