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Bush's Base Betrayal - As a candidate in 2000, George W. Bush was a Rorschach test. Country Club Republicans saw him as another George H.W. Bush; some conservatives, thinking wishfully, saw him as another Ronald Reagan.
Once he took office, conservatives were willing to grant this Bush a honeymoon.
In 2004, Republican leaders pleaded with conservatives -- particularly religious conservatives -- to register people to vote and help them turn out on Election Day. Those efforts strengthened Republicans in Congress and probably saved the Bush presidency. We were told: Just wait till the second term.
Sixty-five months into Bush's presidency, conservatives feel betrayed. From Popper
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German weedwacker - The machine is 95 meters high and 215 meters long (almost 2.5 football fields in length) From Roddy
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Here’s how to make an invisibility cloak - Researchers say they are rapidly closing in on new types of materials that can throw a cloak of invisibility around objects, fulfilling a fantasy that is as old as ancient myths and as young as "Star Trek" and the Harry Potter novels.
Unlike those tales of fictional invisibility, the real-life technologies usually have a catch. Nevertheless, limited forms of invisibility might be available to the military sooner than you think. From Popper
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Florida angler reels in 1,280-pound shark - Fishing Capt. Bucky Dennis has been trying to catch a record hammerhead shark for 10 years. He may have finally succeeded.
On Tuesday, he reeled in a monstrous 1,280-pounder that ate a 25-pound stingray for bait at Boca Grande Pass near Fort Myers. That would beat by nearly 300 pounds the current all-tackle world record for a hammerhead shark. From Popper
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Would life extension make us less human? - If our species ever does unlock the secrets of aging and learns to live forever, we might not lose our souls, but, like Dorian, we will no longer be human either, says Kass, a bioethicist at the University of Chicago and a longtime critic of life extension research. For Kass, to argue that life is better without death is to argue "that human life would be better being something other than human." From Popper
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Terror bill would limit Florida scholars' travels - Florida could become one of the most restrictive states in the nation for international scholars under a proposal that would forbid professors and students from visiting Cuba and other nations accused of supporting terrorism. ...Many academics opposed the bill on the premise that it would prevent Florida researchers from doing work that would benefit the state and the nation. Look what happens to freedom and liberty when republicans run the show! From Juniper
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Iran Proposal to U.S. Offered Peace with Israel - Iran offered in 2003 to accept peace with Israel and to cut off material assistance to Palestinian armed groups and pressure them to halt terrorist attacks within Israel's 1967 borders, according to the secret Iranian proposal to the United States. From Juniper
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The Verdict: Lay and Skilling are GUILTY! - Of course, you know that the jury was just packed with bleeding-heart, liberal, East Coast Intellectual, Castro lovers. That's the only reason they would convict such heroic American Business Gods. From Punishing the Criminals
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Hair Loss Remedies - Clinically proven treatments for hair loss for men and women in the UK
and EU. Free online discreet advice too. From Eric John
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Alysa Knight - Passionate, Enticing facial expressions (alone, it gets your blood pumping),Tasteful poses From mysteriousgirl
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Stop World Cup Prostitution - Help us prevent abuse and exploitation of 40,000 women during the upcoming World Cup soccer championship in Germany From Concerned
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Unidentified Bodies / Remains List - The following information and images are displayed for the sole purpose of seeking the assistance of the public in providing information that may lead to the identification of these persons. Each of these cases are under investigation by the Office of the Chief Coroner for the Province of Ontario. From OPP
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Web inventor warns of 'dark' net - Tim Berners-Lee warned that if the US decided to go ahead with a two-tier internet, the network would enter "a dark period". The first steps towards this were taken last week when members of the US House of Representatives introduced a net neutrality bill.
But telecoms companies in the US do not agree. They would like to implement a two-tier system, where data from companies or institutions that can pay are given priority over those that cannot.
This has particularly become an issue with the transmission of TV shows over the internet, with some broadband providers wanting to charge content providers to carry the data. From Popper
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Soldiers bond with iRobot machine - U.S. soldiers in Iraq are giving nicknames and forming emotional bonds with bomb-defusing robots they have come to regard as teammates From Popper
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I'm the Decider - Could be categorized under Music or Monkey Boy. I posted this song a few days ago. However, if you want to save it to your MP3 player, use the above link. The regular link is here: http://decider.cf.huffingtonpost.com/
--Popper From Popper
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minihorse - Guide Horses for the Visually Impared - In early experiments, Guide Horses have shown great promise as a mobility option, and people who have tried Guide Horses report that the Guide Horses perform exceptionally well at keeping their person safe. These friendly horses provide an experimental alternative mobility option for blind people. People who have tried Guide Horses report that the horses demonstrate excellent judgment and are not easily distracted by crowds and people. From cw
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Apple partners with Nike on iPod for runners - Thanks to a unique partnership between NIKE and Apple, your iPod nano becomes your coach. Your personal trainer. Your favorite workout companion. Introducing Nike+iPod.
Nike+ compatible running shoes range from US$85 (Air Max Moto+, available 1 June) to US$130 (Air Zoom Moire, 13 July). The other hardware you'll need is the Nike+iPod Sport Kit, a US$30 package that includes a 0.23 ounce in-shoe sensor and a 0.12 ounce receiver that attaches to the iPod. The kit is expected to ship within 60 days.
The new bionic shoe/iPod combination will work together to track information on time, distance, calories burned and pace and store it on the iPod. In addition, real-time stats will be displayed on-screen and audible feedback is heard through your headphones. When you get home you can sync the captured data with your Mac. In addition a new Nike Sport Music section on the iTunes Music Store and a new nikeplus.com personal service site help maximize the Nike+iPod experience. From Popper
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Hercules uses eminent domain to keep out Wal-Mart - A San Francisco suburb voted Tuesday night to use the power of eminent domain to keep Wal-Mart Stores Inc. off a piece of city land after hearing from dozens of residents who accused the big-box retailer of engaging in scare tactics to force its way into the bedroom community. From cw
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The geek who took on Microsoft - The man who has become a symbol for this movement is Peter Quinn, the mild-mannered former CIO of Massachusetts. Last fall Quinn made it state policy that by January 2007 all state employees would begin saving their work in open-standard formats such as HTML, PDF, and ODF--files that would work on anyone's software, not just Microsoft's. From Popper
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Windows Vista Beta 2: The key word is 'Beta' - I've just spent the past four days living and breathing Microsoft’s Windows Vista Beta 2.
I would like to tell you how easy it was to install and how much fun I’ve had using Vista Beta 2 over the past few days, but I can’t. From Popper
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Corrupt Fucks - House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi sent a letter Wednesday to U.S. Rep. William Jefferson asking him to resign from the House Ways and Means Committee days after FBI agents raided his Capitol Hill office.But after her request was quickly shot down -- and Jefferson alluded to discrimination -- Pelosi, D-California, crossed the aisle to join the Republican Speaker of the House in condemning the Justice Department for how it handled a search of Jefferson's congressional office. From cw
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Bowlar bowling - rolled over by underpaid beurocratic lackeys - This poor fellow internet person has a low level moron employed as a mid level beurocratic bungler at British Telecommunications pissed off.
Personally I did not have much in my portfolio from BT, about 4K EU. I dumped it in defference to DoKoMo.
Take a look, be nice. This poor man has been severely raked over the coals. From Crowded Cranium
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Hard to love this immigration bill - *Foreign guest farm workers, admitted under the bill, cannot be ''terminated from employment by any employer ... except for just cause.'' In contrast, American ag workers can be fired for any reason.
Counterintuitively, this is a good thing as it will actually curb foreign workers being hired on a whim. From Surfer
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