A look at a different aspect of the gun ownership debate by following the logic inherent in the idea that the keeping and bearing of arms is closely linked to freedom, in the specific situation facing the citizens and residents of the United States today.
Right to Bear Arms: Wishful Thinking And The Second Amendment
October 28, 2006 by pcdave79Living A Second Life
October 28, 2006 by pcdave79Some time ago Professor Peter Yellowlees created a “metaverse” (ie, metaphysical universe), a three-dimensional world whose users, or “residents”, can create and be anything they want. This virtual online world, orginally created to teach students about schizophrenia, has students and advertisers wanting more.
One of The Greatest Countries on Earth
October 28, 2006 by pcdave79If you were to make a list of the top countries in the world, what would they be? Well I’d be surprised if one did not make it in your top list.
Google Boss Warns Politicians About Internet Power
October 28, 2006 by pcdave79Google Inc. boss Eric Schmidt, predicts that “truth predictor” software would, within five years, “hold politicians to account.” People would be able to use programs to check seemingly factual statements against historical data to see if they were correct.
Bush ‘death’ applauded
October 28, 2006 by pcdave79THE assassination of U.S. President George Bush has been warmly received by movie audiences, at least.
The British TV movie Death of a President – a fictionalised account of the killing of George W., has received critical and view acclaim.
It was a popular attraction at last month’s Toronto International Film Festival.
The audience applauded at the end and several more times during a question-and-answer session with the film-makers.
Arnold’s turnaround
October 27, 2006 by pcdave79A year after embarrassing defeat, Schwarzenegger cruising to re-election.
WASHINGTON – If there’s one storyline that nearly all Americans can appreciate, it’s the comeback.
We see it in our films (“The Natural,” “Star Wars”), our sports (the 1992-93 Buffalo Bills, the 2004 Red Sox), our history (the Texan victory after the Alamo, the Pacific theater in World War II), and — especially — our politics.
Take Harry Truman’s come-from-behind victory over Thomas E. Dewey in the 1948 presidential election. Or Richard Nixon’s two presidential wins in 1968 and 1972, after losing his 1960 bid and his race for governor two years later. Or the political triumphs by the ultimate Comeback Kid — Bill Clinton — after Gennifer Flowers, his administration’s health-care debacle, and his impeachment.
Drug suspects tied to Florida turnpike killings
October 27, 2006 by pcdave79WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Four suspects being held on federal drug charges were “persons of interest” in the slayings of a family found along Florida’s Turnpike two weeks ago, the St. Lucie County sheriff said Friday.
The suspects were arrested earlier this week on drug charges unrelated to the shooting deaths of Jose Luis Escobedo, 28, Yessica Guerrero Escobedo, 25, and the couple’s sons, Luis Julian, 4, and Luis Damian, 3, Sheriff Ken Mascara told reporters.
He identified the drug suspects as Lianna Lopez, 18, of Greenacres, and West Palm Beach residents Daniel Troya, 23, Danny Varela, 26, and Ricardo Sanchez, 23. They had not been charged in the killings, he said.
Firefighters mourned as blaze grows to 24,000 acres
October 27, 2006 by pcdave79RIVERSIDE, California (CNN) — A firefighter clung to life Friday as a wildfire that killed four of his colleagues raged across 24,000 acres near Palm Springs, forcing more evacuations.
At least 1,100 people were trying to tackle the Esperanza blaze, which had spread across 38 square miles, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
Winds in the area were erratic, said the department’s Capt. Don Camp. “Winds are sustained at 18 to 25 mph with gusts up to 30 out of the east, which is … making a major push on the fire to the southwest,” he said.
Meanwhile, officials sought arsonists believed to have set the fire.
Pirates Most Popular Costume Search This Halloween
October 27, 2006 by pcdave79The next most popular costume related search terms were “tinkerbell costume” and then “wonder woman costume”. The search term “jack sparrow costume” followed due in part to the success of the movie, “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man”s Chest.”
A new trend noticed is that the share of US searches for the term “adult costumes” was up 209 percent for the four weeks ending October 21, 2006 versus the same four week period in 2005 (four weeks ending October 22, 2005).
In addition, the share of searches for “sexy Halloween costume” was up 400 percent in the same period. Among the top 10 most popular costume searches with US Internet searchers include those more suitable for adults such as “playboy bunny costume” and “dog the bounty hunter costume”.
Halloween is proving to be big business for online retailers as more adults seek to join children in the yearly tradition of donning costumes.
Wal-Mart Adds 12 More States To $4 Drug Program
October 27, 2006 by pcdave79Continuing to accelerate the nationwide rollout of its $4 generic prescription drug promotion, Wal-Mart has added 12 more states to the 15 where the discounts are already available.Effective immediately, Wal-Mart will sell a 30-day supply of 314 generic prescription drugs in the following 27 states: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Arizona, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, Ohio, South Dakota, Virginia, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Texas and Vermont.
Oil Giant Produces Gigantic Profit
October 27, 2006 by pcdave79The world’s largest publicly traded oil company delivered the second-largest quarterly operating profit ever by a U.S. company.Exxon Mobil profits rose 6 percent to $10.5 billion boosted by strong oil production as crude prices hovered near record levels.
The third-quarter profit is better than expected and came during a period when U.S. oil prices hit a record high of $78.40 a barrel in early June. Oil prices spent much of the third quarter above $70 before retreating to around $60 as the summer driving season ended and geopolitical tensions eased. U.S. crude is currently trading at around $61 a barrel.
“Sexsomniacs” puzzle medical researchers
October 27, 2006 by pcdave79LONDON (Reuters) – Researchers are struggling to understand a rare medical condition where sufferers unknowingly demand, or actually have, sex while asleep, New Scientist magazine reported on Wednesday.
Research into sexsomnia — making sexual advances toward another person while asleep — has been hampered as sufferers are so embarrassed by the problem they tend not to own up to it, while doctors do not ask about it.
As yet there is no cure for the condition, which often leads to difficulties in relationships.
Retail losses rise as shoplifters go high tech
October 27, 2006 by pcdave79After he was arrested last November near Portland, Ore., police investigators determined he had stolen more than $600,000 of the Danish building toys over three years from dozens of stores in at least five Western states.
He pilfered the toys by creating counterfeit bar codes that allowed $100 Lego sets, for example, to be rung up for just $19. Then he resold them on a Web site for toy collectors.
Capcom gets their hands dirty with porn site
October 27, 2006 by pcdave79On the back of the game box, Capcom listed the official site as http://www.killer7.com/ (NOT WORK-SAFE) and that is definitely not a site that host Killer 7 screenshots. Instead, it’s a hardcore porn site that is enttiled “Pics of Interracial G*ngb*ng Movies Fu*king Hard” and you can pretty much guess that Sesame Street wouldn’t be too happy with this one.It was obviously a mistake and didn’t mean to have a porn site for the game, as the real site is http://www.killer-7.com/ Personally, I like the naughty one better because that game was awful…but I also like that kind of stuff so… hehehe ^_^.
Girl Addicted To Sex – A True Story (Documentary)
October 27, 2006 by pcdave79The true story of a sex addict. This Article is intended for Mature Audiences. Content may not be appropriate for all audiences – viewer discretion is advised.
For security reasons WordPress will not allow me to embed the MetaCafe video here, so I am forced to leave you a link to the original source – Source Video – MetaCafe
