US couple had terror hit list: court documents
Thursday 9th of September 2010 10:48:16 PM
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| SNIPPET: "WASHINGTON A US man has been charged after he compiled a hit list of 15 people he believed had harmed Muslim civilians and deserved to die, court documents showed Wednesday. Paul Rockwood and his wife Nadia were charged with lying to federal investigators about the compilation and content of the list, which Nadia Rockwood delivered to an unnamed individual in April at her husband's request." SNIPPET: "According to plea agreement documents obtained by AFP Wednesday, Paul Rockwood converted to Islam around late 2001 and soon "became a strict adherent to the violent jihad-promoting ideology of cleric Anwar al-Awlaki."... |
Flight 93 Memorial Task Force To Disband Saturday
Thursday 9th of September 2010 10:48:16 PM
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| A task force set up to establish a memorial at the western Pennsylvania site of the crash of Flight 93 is to disband this week, now that the memorial is under construction. Flight 93 was traveling from Newark, N.J., to San Francisco when hijackers took it over on Sept. 11, 2001. It crashed in a field near Shanksville, killing everyone aboard. The first phase of the memorial is expected to be dedicated in time for the 10th anniversary of the crash. |
Some Milestones in Israel "Palestine" timeline
Thursday 9th of September 2010 10:48:16 PM
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| Some Milestones in Israel-Palestine1834 - 1886 - 1920 - 1922 - 1929 - 1938 - 1941 - 1948 - 1950s-1960s - 1970 1972 - 1973 - 1975 - 1976 - 1982 - 1987 - 1994 - 2000 - 2001 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2010 1834 First recorded attack on native Jews in Israel by Muslims, is the one in June 1834, Safed (the Plunder), the massacres and mass rapes went on for 33 days, (an inciter, Muhammed Damoor, a self-proclaimed prophet, prophesied the attack for which he agitated). It was repeated in 1838. 1886 First... |
Ringleader of International Truck Theft Conspiracy Sentenced to Prison
Thursday 9th of September 2010 10:48:16 PM
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| Note: The following text is a quote: Ringleader of International Truck Theft Conspiracy Sentenced to Prison HOUSTONA Houston man who recruited others to steal and transport millions of dollars of truck tractors, trailers and other heavy equipment to Central America has been sentenced to prison, United States Attorney Tim Johnson announced today. United States District Judge David Hittner sentenced Yuri David Melendez, 43, to a total of nine years in federal prison for his leadership role in the truck theft scheme and in an unrelated narcotics charge during a hearing today. Melendez, who was convicted of conspiracy to export and... |
Hide the Decline ... and More
Thursday 9th of September 2010 10:48:16 PM
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| In this country, even a global warming denialist with a carbon fetish and bad intentions has the right to see the inner workings of government. Or, at least, he should. When leaked e-mails recently exposed talk of manipulating scientific evidence on global warming, Kevin Trenberth, head of the Climate Analysis Section at The National Center for Atmospheric Research, argued that skeptics had cherry-picked and presented his comments out of context. To rectify this injustice, I sent Trenberth (and NCAR) a Freedom of Information Act request asking for his e-mail correspondences with other renowned climate scientists in an effort to help... |
Lord Moncktons summary of Climategate and its issues
Thursday 9th of September 2010 10:48:16 PM
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| Both Steve McIntyre and I are mentioned in this comprehensive summary. Ive posted some excerpts below, with a link to the full report in PDF form. It is well worth a read. Anthony Cold facts about the hot topic of global temperature change after the Climategate scandal THE WHISTLE BLOWS FOR TRUTH The whistleblower deep in the basement of one of the ugly, modern tower-blocks of the dismal, windswept University of East Anglia could scarcely have timed it better. In less than three weeks, the worlds governing class its classe politique would meet in Copenhagen, Denmark, to... |
Obama Years Ago Helped Fund Carbon Program He Is Now Pushing Through Congress ( Cap & Tax )
Thursday 9th of September 2010 10:48:16 PM
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While on the board of a Chicago-based charity, Barack Obama helped fund a carbon trading exchange that will likely play a critical role in the cap-and-trade carbon reduction program he is now trying to push through Congress as president. In 2000 and 2001, while Barack Obama served as a board member for a Chicago-based charitable foundation, he helped to fund a pioneering carbon trading exchange that is likely to fill a critical role in the controversial cap-and-trade carbon reduction scheme that President Obama is now trying to push rapidly through Congress. During those two years, the Joyce Foundation gave nearly...
Why did HAL sing 'Daisy'?Writt
Thursday 9th of September 2010 10:48:16 PM
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| Okay, so this may not be important breaking news about astronomy, but it may answer a burning question posed by most people who have watched or read "2001: A Space Odyssey": that is, why does the computer HAL-9000 sing the song 'Daisy Bell' as the astronaut Dave Bowman takes him apart? Well, Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke made HAL's final act in the world this song as a tribute to HAL's great ancestor, the first IBM computer to ever sing. Click below for more on this geeky topic! In 1962 Arthur C. Clarke, who wrote the novel and... |




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