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'World peace' hitcher is murdered Ms di Marineo was hitch-hiking to the Middle East with a fellow artist An Italian woman artist who was hitch-hiking to the Middle East dressed as a bride to promote world peace has been found murdered in Turkey. The naked body of Giuseppina Pasqualino di Marineo, 33, known as Pippa Bacca, was found in bushes near the northern city of Gebze on Friday. She had said she wanted to show that she could put her trust in the kindness of local people. Turkish police say they have detained a man in connection with the killing....

The Flaw Known as ObamaCare I read an online article from the New York Times Sunday morning and not surprisingly, in the user comment section, the liberal ObamaCare supporters are putting the blame for this ObamaCare website fiasco on Republicans and 'extremists', "obstructionists', the govt shutdown, 'teabaggers' and other not nice GOP people and groups. When I took a contary position and shifted blame back to the liberal base and politicians in a couple of posts to the Times comment section, my comments were summarily executed and deleted within 60 seconds. Censorship is alive and well at the Times. Truth...

People who constantly reach into a pocket to check a smartphone for bits of information will soon have another option: a pair of Google-made glasses that will be able to stream information to the wearer’s eyeballs in real time. According to several Google employees familiar with the project who asked not to be named, the glasses will go on sale to the public by the end of the year. These people said they are expected “to cost around the price of current smartphones,” or $250 to $600. The people familiar with the Google glasses said they would be Android-based, and...

Bret Baier on Fox just said that an 'unamed govt official' reported that one of the 3 killed with Osama was his oldest son. Shaky, but keep an ear open.

Watson's just about to appear on Jeopardy for all interested!

FYI to whom it may concern. Jeopardy.com is open to registration for tryouts. They'll be testing on Feb 8-10 if you're interested. :) Just go to http://jeopardy.com and there's a big banner at the bottom of the page.

A woman has complained that new US airport security measures saw her picked out for further screening because of her breasts. Eliana Sutherland was flying from Orlando International Airport and said she felt violated by security workers. It was the latest revelation to hit the Transportation Security Administration which imposed the checks and whose officers have been on the receiving end of a series of allegations. Her claims come after thousands of Americans reacted furiously to the imposition of new airport security measures, including full body scans and hands-on patdowns. And experiences like those described by Sutherland could see increased...

According to the Christian Science Monitor about a year ago, 'But in a letter to a constituent in 2004, Sen. John McCain (R) of Arizona wrote: "According to the US Border Patrol apprehension statistics, almost four million people crossed our borders illegally in 2002."' Breaking out my trusty little calculator, every time the President makes one of his immigration cheerleader speeches, we need to remind him that, Let's see, 4000000 illegals / 365 days = 10958 illegals per day crossed the border that day. And for the 2 hours of his speech, stabbing his base in the back, hmmmm, 10958...

We've all got a lot of energy right now, but I wonder if we're not making a mistake in simply arguing against amnesty. As long as we're calling the arrogant, boneheaded congress-critters, maybe we need to give ourselves a new strategic objective. Senator Inhofe has introduced this wonderful little bill which is exactly what we're looking for actually. He calls it ENFORCE (S.1269) and from what I read of it on another FR thread the other night, it's right up our alley! Common Sense 'ENFORCE ACT' introduced By Sen. Inhofe If we indeed manage to get the amnesty bill defeated,...

SNIP ... One witness who lives near the tip said: "I saw cops get it open and take away a load of small bottles from inside. I asked what they contained and I got the answer: Peroxide." Peroxide is one of the liquid bomb components that, when mixed with other chemicals and triggered by a small spark, will cause an explosion capable of blowing an airliner out of the sky. Snip ... The sheer scale of what Britain faces has shocked officials made privy to intelligence reports. One Whitehall insider said: "It is dreadful. There are at least 30 PRIORITY...