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The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left. Ecclesiastes 10:2 Party at Howlin's ALL PREVIOUS THREADS PROJECT DAFFODIL-Updated Summary 7-25-01 In light of the Daffodil Principle where individual efforts over time add up to a mammoth contribution, we use this lesson as we seek to promote conservatism, the Republican Party and the administration of George Bush. Here is the link to the article if you are interested. THE DAFFODIL PRINCIPLE List of suggested projects: Volunteer/Get Involved in Republican Party, in individual campaigns Join GOP groups-Republican Business Women's Assn, become ...

IDF Strikes at Heads of Hamas Command in Samaria (Communicated by the IDF Spokesperson) In an IDF strike (31 July) in Nablus, the heads of the Hamas Command in the area of Samaria and other prominent Hamas operatives were killed. The strike was carried out as these operatives were busy working on future Hamas terrorist operations. Their detailed plans included carrying out a series of terrorist attacks in the heart of Israel. The Hamas Command in Samaria has been responsible for a long series of lethal terrorist attacks, in which 37 civilians were murdered and 376 were wounded. Among ...

Israel is determined to continue assassinating Palestinian militant leaders, calling them the "snake heads of terrorism", ignoring international criticism of the strategy and the danger of revenge attacks. The policy has been strongly criticised by the United States, Britain and Russia. A US State Department spokesman said such killings were "reprehensible and could not be justified". The Israeli strategy was demonstrated to deadly effect on Tuesday with the killing of eight Palestinians in the West Bank city of Nablus, including two leaders of Hamas, the Islamic resistance movement. More than 100,000 angry Palestinians marched through Nablus yesterdayfor the funerals of ...

China does not deserve normal trade relations status By Duncan Hunter August 2, 2001 In March of 1941, Rep. Carl Anderson from Minnesota warned America about the danger of arming potential adversaries. He said then that the chances of war with Japan were 50-50, and that if our Navy were to meet the Japanese, we would encounter a fleet which was built with American steel and fueled with American petroleum. A few months later at Pearl Harbor, 21 American ships were sunk, 300 planes were destroyed, and 5,000 Americans were killed and wounded by a Japanese fleet that was ...

PETERSBURG -- A detailed tip alleging that missing federal intern Chandra Levy is buried under a parking lot at or around Fort Lee sparked a media frenzy Wednesday but no apparent resolution to the case. Officially, investigators did not dismiss the anonymous lead concerning the disappearance three months ago of a woman linked romantically to a California congressman. They took great pains, however, to minimize it, painting it as one of hundreds of tips. The tip claimed that Levy's body was ``shrink-wrapped'' before it was buried under a newly paved parking area. It was received by WeTip, a California-based, crime-solving ...

Members who have participated in the congressional pension system are vested after 5 years of service. A full pension is available to Members 62 years of age with 5 years of service; 50 years or older with 20 years of service; or 25 years of service at any age. A reduced pension is available depending upon which of several different age/service options is chosen. If Members leave Congress before reaching retirement age, they may leave their contributions behind and receive a deferred pension later. How much they receive depends on a complicated formula based on when they joined Congress, how ...

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The Lockheed Martin Joint Strike Fighter X-35B completed one of history’s most successful flight test programs on July 30 after achieving what no aircraft has ever done: a short takeoff, a level supersonic dash and a vertical landing in a single flight. Test pilots Maj. Art Tomassetti of the U.S. Marine Corps and Simon Hargreaves of BAE SYSTEMS each accomplished the unprecedented feat, which will be required of production JSFs for the Marines, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force. Tomassetti flew "Mission X", as the operation is known to JSF team members, on July ...

Man pays two cents to get rid of wife COLOMBO: A Sri Lanka man tried to get rid of his unfaithful wife by transferring her to her lover and paying two rupees (76 sen) in state taxes to give the transaction legal validity, a newspaper reported yesterday. The man got his wife's lover to sign a transfer document complete with a two rupee stamp only to find that police in the central town of Badulla were not willing to enforce the deal, the independent Daily Mirror said. "Police turned them away saying the law had no provision for such ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Over the past decade, more children have died on play equipment in their own backyards than in public playgrounds in America, a report by the federal consumer watchdog agency said on Thursday. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (news - web sites) (CPSC) said from 1990 to 2000 it had reports of nearly 150 deaths to children involving playground equipment and 90 of these occurred in a home setting. ``Children should be out on the playground where they belong, not in the hospital emergency room, `` said CPSC Chairman Ann Brown. ``We believe that by sharing our simple ...

Published Thursday, Aug. 2, 2001, in the San Jose Mercury News Conflict-of-interest controls lax OFFICIALS' HOLDINGS IN POWER COMPANIES HIGHLIGHT LACK OF OVERSIGHT, DISCLOSURES BY STEVE JOHNSON AND JOHN WOOLFOLK Mercury News Recent revelations that state officials invested in energy companies doing business with their agencies underscore California's weak system for monitoring conflicts of interest. That point was brought home Wednesday when state Sen. John Burton confirmed he held stock in energy companies, including El Paso Energy and Williams. Burton, D-San Francisco, helped put the state in the energy-buying business, which benefited both firms. ``Something's fallen through the cracks here,'' ...

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The FBI has arrested a CNN executive producer on charges he used the Internet to try and entice an underage girl for sex.Agents claim that Alan Audet, a 44-year-old father living in Marietta, used a chat room to develop an online relationship with a person whom he believed to be a 13-year-old girl.The FBI says Audet was actually communicating with members of its Innocent Images Task Force (IITF).Agents say Audet attempted to entice the "girl" to meet him for the purpose of having sex. Agents took him into custody on Clairmont Road in Atlanta Tuesday.Audet is charged with the use ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson said Wednesday that he is displeased with the automaker Toyota, saying the company has not, in his estimation, made enough progress on improving its image and relationship with minorities to stave off a boycott he has threatened to promote through his Rainbow/PUSH Coalition. Speaking in Washington, where he was to attend a conference of the National Urban League, Jackson said "The facts have not changed ... Toyota has 1,400 dealerships, and 55 are black- or brown-owned ... Unless some progress is made, we will have to begin some sanctions." Jackson originally called for a boycott after ...

Scientists working with human embryos have grown heart cells in the laboratory for the first time, it has been disclosed. The breakthrough, hailed as a scientific "milestone", could lead to a revolution in heart treatment. Ironically, the announcement from a team of Israeli researchers comes a day after policymakers in the US House of Representatives voted for a complete ban on embryo cloning for medical research. If the new law is supported similar research will be illegal in the US. British scientists, on the other hand, were recently given permission to clone and dissect human embryos in the course ...

Bush Urged to Negotiate Global Warming Treaty Excerpts: 1. "The Senate Foreign Relations Committee yesterday unanimously approved a resolution calling on President Bush to return to the bargaining table this fall with specific proposals for either revising the Kyoto global warming treaty or negotiating a new binding agreement for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The 19 to 0 vote by Democrats and Republicans from coal-producing states, the Northeast, the Midwest and the South marked a dramatic shift in policy in a body that until recently has been hostile to efforts to negotiate an international treaty." 2. The resolution, offered by Kerry ...

Why the "Code Red" worm is a red herring, by Wayne Madsen Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2001 00:27:03 -0400 To: politech@politechbot.com Subject: FC: Why the "Code Red" worm is a red herring, by Wayne Madsen From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com> ******** From: WMadsen777@aol.com Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 15:01:06 EDT Subject: Code Red = Red Herring Update To: jstanton@ndia.org, Washauthor@aol.com, VGSmith@sar.med.navy.mil, DRFagg@aol.com, banisar@2rad.net, wrodger@home.net, john.m.hamlet@lmco.com, hoofnagle@epic.org, Juhani.Saari@pp.inet.fi, HQ2600@aol.com, LMcNulty@cyberhost.com, speacock@warren-news.com, declan@well.com CODE RED ­ A RED HERRING Wayne Madsen 30 July 2001 Washington, DC Here we go again folks. The White House, NSA, and National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC) are ...

Citrus trees won’t fall in S. Florida — for now Eradication plans delayed until Aug. 20By David Fleshler Sun-Sentinel Posted August 1 2001 After taking a beating from a state administrative judge this week, the state Department of Agriculture on Wednesday announced it would postpone the resumption of the citrus canker eradication program.But the delay may not last long. The department, which had planned to start cutting on Monday, now intends to start Aug. 20 —two weeks later. Attorneys for Broward County and the cities that won the case said they will go to court to fight the department’s plans ...

SODOMIZING SOCIETY (IT'S NOT FUNNY ANYMORE) by:Paul ProctorI ran across a recent FoxNews.com article about a California company marketing female lingerie to heterosexual men and was once again struck by how this "conservative" news service continually feeds perversion and promiscuity to its customers for ratings and numbers, like all the "shock" programming made available on their sister channel. Not to be outdone by Hollywood liberals, Fox News, under its banner of "fair and balanced reporting" regularly provides titillating, tantalizing and tawdry stories for our consideration and consumption as if to be providing a legitimate public service by doing so. Posturing ...

Neanderthal child (model reconstruction: E. Daynès, Paris) Reconstructions of Neanderthal skulls add to growing evidence that the creatures were not close relatives of modern humans. The distinctive features of the Neanderthal skull were established in early infancy - possibly even in the womb - say researchers in Switzerland. Most of what makes a Neanderthal and what makes a modern human is already present in the infant Christoph Zollikofer, University of Zürich Their conclusion is based on sophisticated computer graphics charting the cranial development of Neanderthals, from babyhood to adult life. The findings support the idea that Neanderthals did not ...

Note from Bill: A major propaganda war continues against Israel. The world's press continues to write news stories condemning Israel's recent military action but very few write about the horrible crimes initiated by the Palestinians or the Middle East terror groups. The world's media remains very partial to the Muslims. A member of the Embassy of Israel in Washington has compiled the following news report. --- Dear Friend, Today’s newspapers have focused on Israel’s assassination of two senior Hamas members, but the American press has not reported that these terrorists perpetrated terrorist acts in the past and were in the ...