Friday, July 30, 2010
Rep. Anthony Weiner Calls GOP 'Cowards' on 911 Health Care Aid
Congressman Anthony Weiner gave a fiery speech criticizing his Republican colleagues after the House's rejection, Thursday, of bill that would have provided up to $7.4 billion in aid to people sickened by World Trade Center dust. (July 30)
Thursday, July 29, 2010
NOM Speaker Compares Gays to Hitler, Pedophiles, etc.
Pastor Brad Brandon spoke for the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) during it's stop in Saint Paul, Minnesota on 28 July, 2010. He has an extensive anti-gay record. This radio show was recorded recently before his appearance at the straights only marriage rally.
Mahmoud Ahmamembersonlyjacket on Paul the Octopus
"Those who believe in this type of thing cannot be the leaders of the global nations that aspire, like Iran, to human perfection, basing themselves in the love of all sacred values," said Ahmadinejad ARTICLE
Speaking in Tongues Medical Study 'Proves' Holy Spirit Praying
Univ of Phil. study examines people who speak in tongues with MRI which proves the speech center is not working.
Huh! So the speech center of the brain isn't working when people just utter gibberish. WOW! Who would have thought?
SCIENCE DAILY: Language Center Of The Brain Is Not Under The Control Of Subjects Who 'Speak In Tongues'
Huh! So the speech center of the brain isn't working when people just utter gibberish. WOW! Who would have thought?
SCIENCE DAILY: Language Center Of The Brain Is Not Under The Control Of Subjects Who 'Speak In Tongues'
Mr. Rogers is ‘Evil’ According to Fox News
Don Chance, a finance professor at Louisiana State University, says it dawned on him last spring. The semester was ending, and as usual, students were making a pilgrimage to his office, asking for the extra points needed to lift their grades to A's. "They felt so entitled," he recalls, "and it just hit me. We can blame Mr. Rogers."
The Wall Street Journal: Blame It on Mr. Rogers: Why Young Adults Feel So Entitled
The Wall Street Journal: Blame It on Mr. Rogers: Why Young Adults Feel So Entitled
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Australian Candidate Sacked Over Anti-Islam Comments
Today Mr Barker stood by his statements, telling the ABC there should not be a Muslim in parliament and questioning whether the country was ready for an atheist prime minister. “...I don’t know if we want at this stage in Australian politics a Muslim in the parliament and an atheist running the government.” ARTICLE
Christopher Hitchens on The U.N. Anti-Blasphemy Resolution
The United Nations Anti-Blasphemy Resolution aims to curtail speech that offends religion, specifically Islam. Critics, religious groups and free speech advocates say the resolution is spreading Sharia law to the Western world. Christopher Hitchens joined Lou.
February 25, 2009 on CNN's Lou Dobbs with Christopher Hitchens
February 25, 2009 on CNN's Lou Dobbs with Christopher Hitchens
Tim Lahaye, Evangelical Minister, Warns Obama Bringing Us Closer To The Apocalypse
"Our present president doesn't seem to get it," LaHaye explained. "He doesn't understand that some of the things he's introducing that many of us call 'raw socialism' -- it's a different name, but it's essentially government control and government domination of everything."
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
The Kung Fu Nuns of Nepal
Young Buddhist nuns from the 800-year-old Drukpa Buddhist sect are being taught by their Vietnamese master. The martial art was introduced to the nunnery two years ago and the nuns practice up to two hours a day.
BBC: Kung fu empowers Nepal nuns
BBC: Kung fu empowers Nepal nuns
Monday, July 26, 2010
Ethan McCord Recounts Aftermath of Iraqi Civilian Massacre
Ethan McCord, an Iraq war veteran and whistleblower on war crimes committed by US forces, talks about his experience as part of the first platoon to arrive on the scene of fresh carnage, as seen by millions in the classified video leaked by the website Wikileaks in April 2010.
Recorded live at the United National Peace Conference in Albany, New York, July 24, 2010. The 17-minute video McCord refers to, shown at the conference just before he made these remarks, can be found at http://youtu.be/5rXPrfnU3G0
Recorded live at the United National Peace Conference in Albany, New York, July 24, 2010. The 17-minute video McCord refers to, shown at the conference just before he made these remarks, can be found at http://youtu.be/5rXPrfnU3G0
7 Step Plan for Media Domination and Opponent Destruction - by Cenk Uygur
ARTICLE from 2005
It sickens me how easily Democrats fall for the traps that conservatives set for them. It’s a little stunning that these party leaders haven’t caught on to how this game is played, so I’ll lay it out for them. This is the quick and easy Seven Step Plan for Media Domination and Opponent Destruction used by conservative television and radio talk show hosts on a regular basis:
Step One:
Select the strongest person on the other side – and target him for destruction. Attempt to destroy his credibility in the mainstream media, so that reporters will be skeptical of him and eventually his own party will disown him.
Step Two:
Comb through all of the speeches of the target. Fine one to two sentences that can be taken out of context and beat to death. Portray these few, isolated statements as extreme.
Step Three:
Repeat Step Two eight hundred times until three things happen: 1. Every time, the target is mentioned, the audience will think of only the charges you have repeated ad nauseam. 2. The conversation is no longer on the topic at hand but about what your target said about the topic. 3. Your target sounds like an extremist simply because you have repeated the charge enough times.
Step Four:
Co-opt the mainstream media into doing your dirty work. If you keep talking about one issue long enough (e.g., Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, what Howard Dean has said), the mainstream media will feel like it’s an important issue “everyone” is talking about and will be “forced” to cover it.
Step Five:
Get the targets own party or allies to turn on him by admitting – after lengthy and ceaseless questioning from the mainstream media, as well as, the conservative talkers – that what was said was not right or prudent. And then after this is repeated a couple of hundred times, even your opponents will start to believe that your charges against the target have a lot of validity.
Step Six:
Get your opponents to take down their own people for fear that they will keep getting asked the same annoying, senseless questions from you and your proxies. And the reason they will give is the one you conveniently planted – the target has become a distraction.
Step Seven:
Laugh as hard and as long as humanly possible that you just got the media, who you call liberal, and your political opponents to take down their own man because he had become a distraction when in fact the whole point of the exercise was to distract the media and your opponents from the real issue. Pat yourself on the back for killing two birds with one stone – destroying your target while avoiding the real issue – and making your opponents look weak and ineffectual. Laugh one more time.
It sickens me how easily Democrats fall for the traps that conservatives set for them. It’s a little stunning that these party leaders haven’t caught on to how this game is played, so I’ll lay it out for them. This is the quick and easy Seven Step Plan for Media Domination and Opponent Destruction used by conservative television and radio talk show hosts on a regular basis:
Step One:
Select the strongest person on the other side – and target him for destruction. Attempt to destroy his credibility in the mainstream media, so that reporters will be skeptical of him and eventually his own party will disown him.
Step Two:
Comb through all of the speeches of the target. Fine one to two sentences that can be taken out of context and beat to death. Portray these few, isolated statements as extreme.
Step Three:
Repeat Step Two eight hundred times until three things happen: 1. Every time, the target is mentioned, the audience will think of only the charges you have repeated ad nauseam. 2. The conversation is no longer on the topic at hand but about what your target said about the topic. 3. Your target sounds like an extremist simply because you have repeated the charge enough times.
Step Four:
Co-opt the mainstream media into doing your dirty work. If you keep talking about one issue long enough (e.g., Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, what Howard Dean has said), the mainstream media will feel like it’s an important issue “everyone” is talking about and will be “forced” to cover it.
Step Five:
Get the targets own party or allies to turn on him by admitting – after lengthy and ceaseless questioning from the mainstream media, as well as, the conservative talkers – that what was said was not right or prudent. And then after this is repeated a couple of hundred times, even your opponents will start to believe that your charges against the target have a lot of validity.
Step Six:
Get your opponents to take down their own people for fear that they will keep getting asked the same annoying, senseless questions from you and your proxies. And the reason they will give is the one you conveniently planted – the target has become a distraction.
Step Seven:
Laugh as hard and as long as humanly possible that you just got the media, who you call liberal, and your political opponents to take down their own man because he had become a distraction when in fact the whole point of the exercise was to distract the media and your opponents from the real issue. Pat yourself on the back for killing two birds with one stone – destroying your target while avoiding the real issue – and making your opponents look weak and ineffectual. Laugh one more time.
Sunday, July 25, 2010
White Baby Born to Black Parents (Not Albino)
Blue-eyed blonde Nmachi, whose name means "Beauty of God" in the Nigerian couple's homeland, has baffled genetics experts because neither Ben nor wife Angela have ANY mixed-race family history. Pale genes skipping generations before cropping up again could have explained the baby's appearance. ARTICLE
British Girls Undergo Horror of Genital Mutilation Despite Tough Laws
Some 500 to 2,000 British schoolgirls will be genitally mutilated over the summer holidays. Some will be taken abroad, others will be "cut" or circumcised and sewn closed here in the UK by women already living here or who are flown in and brought to "cutting parties" for a few girls at a time in a cost-saving exercise. ARTICLE
Trouble in Amish Paradise (Documentary)
An extraordinary insight into the secretive world of the Old Order Amish of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. When two radical Amish men, Ephraim and Jesse Stoltzfus, start to question some of the most fundamental aspects of their Amish culture, they face excommunication from their church and total rejection by their friends and family.
Originally Aired February 18, 2009 on BBC Two
(Play All 6 Videos)
Originally Aired February 18, 2009 on BBC Two
(Play All 6 Videos)
School Discipline Leads Teenager to Suicide in India
Physical penalties are still widely used by teachers in India, despite being illegal, but the story of a teenager who committed suicide after being caned at school is pushing India to criminalize corporal punishment. The prevalence of corporal punishment in schools is one of India's worst-kept secrets. But the recent suicide of 13-year-old Rouvanjit Rawla has brought the practice out into the open.
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