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President Bushs Veto of Intelligence Authorization Bill Continues the We Dont To…: Mar 8, 9:35pm 2 reviews activism, politics, human-rights, torture, conscience
http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20080308/pl_usnw/president_bush_s_veto_of_intell...; From the page: "Larry Cox, Amnesty International USA executive director, issued the following statement in response to President Bush's veto of H.R. 2082, the Intelligence Authorization bill, which prevents the Central Intelligence Agency and other U.S. agents from using waterboarding, sexual humiliation, dogs and other techniques that amount to torture and ill-treatment. Majorities of both the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate voted in favor of such limits:

"President Bush's veto, in essence, spat on domestic and international law and compromised human rights to justify illegal, ineffective and immoral practices.

"The Bush administration continues its stubborn and reckless disregard for basic decency and values the United States should model. The president's action further compounds the incalculable damage to United States' standing at home and abroad."

The two winners of the 2008 presidential election: fear and war: Mar 8, 9:33pm 1 review politics, fascism, police-state, pathocracy
http://globalresearch.ca/PrintArticle.php?articleId=8262; Unfortunately it looks to be close to the true state of things.

From the page: "The 2008 US presidential charade has already been decided. Come November, the next White House occupant (who will be installed via political malfeasance, computer vote theft and other election "irregularities"ť) will be the puppet who proves to be the most effective in echoing Bush-Cheney's "war on terrorism"ť lies, and expanding the Bush-Cheney "national security" agenda.

The American populace will bow to the "next Bush" who will "keep them safe"ť from "Islamic jihadists." Facing a new and increasingly brutal regime (probably under McCain), many brain-addled Americans will be stunned that "it is happening all over again," oblivious to the fact that their own acquiescence helped make it possible."

Mar 8, 5:21am: Good to remember!

Thanks Anuta

While the earth rumbles: Sexual predators in the religious scene: Mar 7, 10:56pm 9 reviews religion, psychopaths, eric-pepin
http://whiletheearthrumbles.blogspot.com/2008/01/sexual-predators-in-religiou...; In pondering this disturbing news about a lawsuit threatening free speech in the alternative media I discovered this article which mentions the case of Eric Pepin and puts it in context. Very enlightening!

From the page: "In the New Age movement, the situation is no different. Here the movement with seekers desperate for enlightenment is a fertile ground for sexual predators, who are keen on bestowing special initiations to innocent followers all in the name of destroying the ego, fast tracking the goal of enlightenment or any other paramoralistic reason to force themselves on their followers.
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Eric Pepin - Higher Balance Institute Sue SOTT for 4.47 Million Over SOTT Forum …: Mar 7, 5:47am 25 reviews alternative-news, free-speech, psychopathy, eric-pepin, higher-balance
http://www.sott.net/articles/show/150512-Eric-Pepin-Higher-Balance-Institute-...; LOL, a new age "spiritual" leader who by his own admission have had sex with most of his 11 male employees, all in their late teens, early twenties, is suing an alternative news forum for harm to his reputation. Apart from the complete disconnect, where is free speech if one is not allowed to expose sexual predators, who uses their position to prey on the young and vulnerable. That the victims are young and naive does not make it Okay for others to prey on them and especially when it is in the name of "teaching" them "higher learning".

Scientists Say Comet Smashed Into Southern Germany In 200 BC: Mar 6, 11:21pm 1 review space-exploration, asteroid, comet, impact
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/comet-04l.html; From the page: "A comet or asteroid smashed into modern-day Germany some 2,200 years ago, unleashing energy equivalent to thousands of atomic bombs, scientists reported on Friday.

The 1.1-kilometre (0.7-mile) diameter rock wacked into southeastern Bavaria, leaving an "exceptional field" of meteorites and impact craters that stretch from the town of Altoetting to an area around Lake Chiemsee, the scientists said in an article in the latest issue of US magazine Astronomy."

StumbleUpon - 5n00ganss web site reviews and blog: Mar 3, 6:00am 3 reviews stumblers, humour
http://5n00gans.stumbleupon.com/; Thanks Duncan for this find! Nothing much has changed.

Some paradoxes - an anthology: Mar 3, 5:49am 239 reviews logic, paradoxes
http://www.paradoxes.co.uk/; Very clever!

From the page: "The unexpected hanging

[A man condemned to be hanged] was sentenced on Saturday. "The hanging will take place at noon," said the judge to the prisoner, "on one of the seven days of next week. But you will not know which day it is until you are so informed on the morning of the day of the hanging."

The judge was known to be a man who always kept his word. The prisoner, accompanied by his lawyer, went back to his cell. As soon as the two men were alone, the lawyer broke into a grin. "Don't you see?" he exclaimed. "The judge's sentence cannot possibly be carried out."

"I don't see," said the prisoner.

"Let me explain They obviously can't hang you next Saturday. Saturday is the last day of the week. On Friday afternoon you would still be alive and you would know with absolute certainty that the hanging would be on Saturday. You would know this before you were told so on Saturday morning. That would violate the judge's decree."

"True," said the prisoner.

"Saturday, then is positively ruled out," continued the lawyer. "This leaves Friday as the last day they can hang you. But they can't hang you on Friday because by Thursday only two days would remain: Friday and Saturday. Since Saturday is not a possible day, the hanging would have to be on Friday. Your knowledge of that fact would violate the judge's decree again. So Friday is out. This leaves Thursday as the last possible day. But Thursday is out because if you're alive Wednesday afternoon, you'll know that Thursday is to be the day."

"I get it," said the prisoner, who was beginning to feel much better. "In exactly the same way I can rule out Wednesday, Tuesday and Monday. That leaves only tomorrow. But they can't hang me tomorrow because I know it today!"

... He is convinced, by what appears to be unimpeachable logic, that he cannot be hanged without contradicting the conditions specified in his sentence. Then on Thursday morning, to his great surprise, the hangman arrives. Clearly he did not expect him. What is more surprising, the judge's decree is now seen to be perfectly correctly. The sentence can be carried out exactly as stated.

Gardner (3), pp. 11-13"