tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81886212012-01-12T00:29:51.121-05:00What it is. What they tell us it is.passiveconsumerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01446206674014697554noreply@blogger.comBlogger4681100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8188621.post-65710608562627226092012-01-12T00:29:00.003-05:002012-01-12T00:29:51.131-05:00

Think I got it figured out, Dj Rohmyo live sets from roxys 2011 available for free download @ http://www.box.com/s/0kg2g3duudf3tkv7tht2 i think. lil sloppy, but more to come! happy 2012...

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Got a few things in the works, bunch of xhearto live mixes and remixes, hopefully be up for download reasonably soon. And of course, yep. Also, this Thursday I'll be performing @ Nietzsche's as part of a benefit for friends Kelly and Nick who lost quite a lot in a recent house fire, along side the Garage Doors and the Stamplickers, should be an excellent evening of entertainment at a

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Black Death DNA sequenced from fourteenth-century teethAn international team of scientists has sequenced the entire genome of the Black Death, extracted from skeletons more than 700 years old.It's the first time scientists have been able to draft a reconstructed genome of any pathogen older than 100 years or so, and could lead to a better understanding of modern infectious diseases.The team found

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By Julie Steenhuysen updated 9/12/2011 5:44:47 AM ET 2011-09-12T09:44:47 Print Font: +-Chicago — U.S. scientists have developed a strain of green-glowing cats with cells that resist infection from a virus that causes feline AIDS, a finding that may help prevent the disease in cats and advance AIDS research in people. The study, published Sunday in the journal Nature Methods, involved inserting

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No more cigarettes for smoking Malaysian orangutanBy SEAN YOONG, Associated Press – 17 hours ago KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A captive orangutan often spotted smoking cigarettes given to her by zoo visitors is being forced to kick the habit, a Malaysian wildlife official said Monday.Government authorities seized the adult ape named Shirley from a state-run zoo in Malaysia's southern Johor

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http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/194728/20110809/mysterious-orange-goo-in-alaskan-noaa-village-identified-as-tiny-eggs-but-species-unknown-alien-life.htm So yea, some unknown species of shellfish fell from the sky in Alaska this week. Nothing to be concerned about i'm sure. Also, rogue icebergs. http://tv.ibtimes.com/japan-tsunami-breaks-off-antarctica-iceberg-the-size-of-manhattan/1555.html

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Bubba Smith, the former NFL standout who starred as Moses Hightower in the Police Academy franchise, was found dead Wednesday in his Los Angeles home at the age of 66, reports the Los Angeles Times. While a cause of death has yet to be determined, it is believed that he died of natural causes. A two-time All-American at Michigan State University who later was enshrined in the College Football

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Got the roxy's thursday nights! Thanks Ladies!!!also got a few new releases up on lastfmremixeshttp://www.last.fm/music/draconians/RMXS& redundancy is futile.http://www.last.fm/music/draconians/Redundancy+is+Futileboth are incomplete, but its a start.also, happy birthday Eric! hope your loving Colorado.Mere sent me this...So, yea.. Roxy's 10 - 4 every thursday. Plus the show. Hope you can make it

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Death of hacking whistleblower probedBy Sam Reeves (AFP) – 1 day ago LONDON — The death of Sean Hoare, a former News of the World journalist and whistleblower on the escalating phone-hacking scandal, was "not suspicious" and involved no third party, police said a post-mortem showed Tuesday.The post-mortem carried out on 47-year-old Hoare, who was found dead at his home on Monday, revealed there

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So, tonight is my trial run to be the weekly dj @ Roxy's on thursday nights, please stop in if you can and shake it a litte. Should be a heck of a good time & many thanks to Jamie, Megan, Kat, & Jojo for offering me the gig. I'll be spinning from 10-close & the girls perform @ midnight and two, so stop in anytime. Ahhh.. a weekly... the great white whale.Also on the horizon, stop by the Essex st.

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from : www.tomsguide.comThere may be more snow around airports than anywhere else. A researcher at the the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado found that aircrafts that "punch holes" in clouds with water that has remained liquid below its freezing point (supercooled water), may cause increased snowfall. "The effect is similar to cloud seeding, which has been used in the

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According to estimiates, the cost of "our" (taxpayer/loan finded) war against terror in all of it's forms over the past ten years stands at 3.5 trillion dollars (3,500,000,000,000$), and that is a slightly conservative estimate. According to the IRS, roughly 144,103,375 individuals (not including corporate tax) filed income tax returns(2009).So roughly, the out of pocket cost to the

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please come if you can!

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leave it to me to make a flyer w/ the wrong date. The Amy's place party is Sunday the 29th, from 8 on, with one room dedicated to live music and the dining room opened up for dancing. please join us.Then, for those who havn't seen our ad, Amy's Place is having it's 30th birthday on June 1st, and because they are pretty dang amazing, my "bosses" will be donating all the proceeds of the days

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Few upcoming shows to speak of,The first is the invite only Amy's Place memorial day party, on, you guessed it, memorial day. Which i understand is the 30th and a monday. If you show up and say jerome invited you they may let you in. Entertainment will be provided, but food will not. Will most likely be playing a lot of Draconians remixes of Amy's Place favorite tracks.also, pretty excited to

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well,nerd night reincarnates itself tonight @ nobodys, and also wanted to mention that the Dykes of Hazzard show that was postponed last month has been rescheduled for march 25th.Should be full of get-a-laffs.and groovethang shakin.also good chance the next vault show will be on record store day and the theme will be mainly disco.ar vwar.

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no words to express the shock,horror,and saddness of this past week.Thanks to those who hugged me tighter,I didn't notice i was having a nervous breakdown til it was over.

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DELANO, California - A man who was at an illegal cockfight in central California died after being stabbed in the leg by a bird that had a knife attached to its own limb, officials confirmed Monday.Jose Luis Ochoa, 35, of Lamont, California, was declared dead at a hospital about two hours after he was injured in neighboring Tulare County on Jan. 30, the Kern County coroner said.An autopsy

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http://dvice.com/archives/2011/02/the-navys-fears.phpSo. One step closer to god. I do agree, however, if there is anything we need, it's a real life video game. How many quarters do you think they'll want to let me strafe the 190?Also, many thanks to those who came down to the Vault last friday for making it an awesome dance party. word is, might be a monthly.Also, the Dykes of Hazzard show has

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well, R.Phittswell will be djing the afterparty for Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings at the vault on... feb fourth i think? Mainly a soul/dubstep/funk show. then the following week he can be caught peacefully at the Dykes of Hazzard anneversary show at babeville for a full fledged dance party set on thurs the tenth. other than that, there should be some new draconians tracks and remixes popping up

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Been Slackin.So, tonight I'm DJing at the essex st pub, soul shack set, and then next friday (the day after thanksgiving) I'll be curating an opening and "hosting" the return of nerd night @ filligrees on elmwood. 2$ suggested donation. Should be really neat and the artwork is pretty amazing, being that I was able to get Greg to let me go through the placemats and sort em. Hopefully this will be

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News Corp. Donates $1 Million to G.O.P. Governors.Guess i'm kinda over it, you can fool all the people all the time, we get it, but sometimes its so brazen you just have to stand back and say,let the man dance.

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this is pretty much the proudest i've been in a while.Thanks ?us.We the Free.

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President Obama has secretly sanctioned a huge increase in the number of US special forces carrying out search-and-destroy missions against al-Qaeda around the world, with American troops now operating in 75 countries. The dramatic expansion in the use of special forces, which in their global span go far beyond the covert missions authorised by George W. Bush, reflects how aggressively the

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It was bound to happen.This Sunday, 6ish, come check out Amy's place superduper memorial day party, with lots of bands, cover bands, Dj's and assorted other awesomeness,ect. Good Folks, Good times.Then, on the 11th of June,the StoryVille quintet,Shapes of States, and others, as WTF teams up with the Funeral Home for one of the venues last shows.and also, on the 24th of june get into a live P.A.

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im still trying.had a takeover this weekend,got some soul back in there.hopefully the bookshop owners will eventually forgive me.there is only so much time in the day.rare days off after 8 in a row,thought i'd peek my head in,shoo out the cobwobs.yes i said cobwobs.don't give it to me to fix.I'll just break it.[had a pancake disaster and a phoenix from the charbroiler.mostly drinking at knee

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so...Wed nights is Nerd Night at Nobody's hosted by Passive Consumer.its an open mic/open kar-oke/bored game night.I'm working at Amy's Place as a jalapeno gatherer, stop in and say allo.Not a lot else that can go on the record.hope your well out there in digitaville.

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The " Early Evening " editions.

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OH Jeez... my little random angles.

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my baby's babies.

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http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/6294A recent study confirms what experts have long suspected. Containers made with the plastic hardening chemical bisphenol A (BPA) leach BPA into the liquids being held, said the LA Times. BPA is used in the manufacture of polycarbonate and other hard plastic products, including water and baby bottles, sippy cups, dental sealants and composites, and the

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Gang fight on West Ferry damages cars, Laundromat About 50 young people fought with each other in a gang fight Wednesday afternoon in the 200 block of West Ferry Street and, in the process, caused thousands of dollars in property damage to a building and cars, police said. The brawl, which involved bottles and knives as weapons, started just before 2:40 p. m. and progressed toward the 300 block

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go cat wedding.

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Army: 3 missing disease samples likely destroyed1 day agoFREDERICK, Md. (AP) — Army officials say an investigation of three disease samples missing from a Fort Detrick lab found that the samples were likely destroyed.A spokeswoman for the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases at Fort Detrick said Wednesday that the samples of Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis were discovered

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Iraqi Tally: 87,000 Dead Since 2005A newly disclosed Iraqi government tally, meanwhile, shows at least 87,000 Iraqis have been killed in violent attacks since 2005. An Iraqi government official provided the figure to the Associated Press. Studies have estimated anywhere between 500,000 to one million Iraqis have died as a result of the US invasion in 2003.http://www.democracynow.org/

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Kinda forgot those pics were still up here. I apologize for that.I'm fine, working @ the BookStore in the downtown lib. most afternoons if anyones looking for Kids books at 50 cents apiece. winky wink.Hope all is well.

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Ancient Ecosystem Found in Ice PocketEmily Sohn, Discovery News e-mail share bookmark print Blood Falls | Discovery News Video April 16, 2009 -- Beneath a glacier in Antarctica, scientists have discovered a community of microbes growing in frigid pools of salty water. It's a particularly tough environment, with no light, no oxygen, and extremely cold temperatures. But the microbes appear to

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Women protesting in Kabul against a controversial new law were pelted with stones, jostled and spat on today as they held what is believed to be the first public demonstration calling for equal rights for women in recent Afghan history. The protest by about 200 women called for amendment of the controversial Shia Family Law, passed last month by the Afghan Parliament, and enforcement of article

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pretty neat-o videos.

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Red Tag Rummage Sale!!!!!!!Rejouissance From NYC!!!!Ashley Schanley!!!!!Grizzly Atoms?!!?!!!!Clocks Ticking Backward C.D. Release Party!Rust Belt Opens at 3,Music begins at four.Rust Belt Books is on Allen Street in Buffalo.and it rules.

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http://buffalowatch.blogspot.com/Great Stuff and Things.

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3,000 Vets Face HIV Risk After Unsterile ProcedureTuesday, March 24, 2009 Print ShareThisMIAMI — A Veterans Affairs hospital here has notified thousands of patients that their colonoscopies were performed with improperly sterilized equipment, officials said Monday.The hospital urged about 3,260 patients who had colonoscopies between May 2004 and March 12 of this year to get tests for HIV,

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Here a group of Welsh hill farmers show that those in the land of their fathers can excel in fields other than ones with rugby posts in them. I particularly liked the firework display – quite sublime.----0-----

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US navy vessels collide in Gulf The submarine's atomic propulsion system was reportedly not damaged Two US navy vessels have collided in the Strait of Hormuz near Iran, lightly injuring 15 sailors, the US navy said. A nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Hartford, and amphibious transporter the USS New Orleans collided early on Friday, the US Navy Fifth Fleet said. The incident is being

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NY pension advisers charged in kickback schemeFri Mar 20, 2009 8:25am EDT Email | Print | Share| Reprints | Single Page[-] Text [+] By Joan GrallaNEW YORK (Reuters) - The former New York state comptroller's top fund-raiser and pension investment chief on Thursday were arrested and charged with taking millions of dollars in kickbacks from money manager firms.More than 20 investment deals made by

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count me in.stay frosty.

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In U.S., nuclear waste has nowhere to goBy Michael Hawthorne / Chicago TribuneTuesday, March 17, 2009 - Added 1h agoCHICAGO - In a pool of water just a football field away from Lake Michigan, about 1,000 tons of highly radioactive fuel from the scuttled Zion Nuclear Power Station are waiting for someplace else to spend a few thousand years.The wait has gotten longer. A lot longer.President Barack

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Obama: US Can Detain Prisoners Indefinitely Without ChargeDick Cheney’s comments came days after the Obama administration said it will no longer consider prisoners at Guantanamo Bay to be enemy combatants. Despite abandoning the label, the administration claims it still has the right to hold prisoners indefinitely without charge even if the individual is captured far from any battlefield and has

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Teen" Dinosaurs Roamed in Herds, Mass Grave SuggestsTasha EichenseherNational Geographic NewsMarch 15, 2009Like teenagers at the mall, young dinosaurs may have wandered in herds—fending for themselves while adults were busy nesting—according to a new report on one of the best preserved fossil sites on Earth. About 90 million years ago a herd of more than 25 birdlike dinosaurs got stuck in the mud

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Iraqi Shoe-Thrower Gets Three YearsJournalist's Sentence Elicits Anger in Case That Captivated Middle EastVideoShoe-Throwing Iraqi Gets Three Years in PrisonThe attorney for an Iraqi journalist who threw shoes at then-President George W. Bush says his client has been sentenced to three years in prison for assaulting a foreign leader.By Anthony ShadidWashington Post Foreign Service Friday, March

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AP countersues artist over famous Obama imageBy JENNIFER PELTZ – 1 hour ago NEW YORK (AP) — The Associated Press countersued an artist Wednesday over his famous image of Barack Obama, saying the image's uncredited, uncompensated use of an AP photo violated copyright laws and signaled a threat to journalism.The artist, Shepard Fairey, sued the not-for-profit news cooperative last month over his

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The Wedding will be in June, anyone who is interested in being involved or wants to marry some cats, leave your info at this post. Most likely venue to be Delaware Park, but there is some talk of the Sculpture Park.Cat Wedding.

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World court issues arrest warrant for Sudan's BashirJOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Sudan's president Omar al-Bashir on Wednesday became the first sitting head of state to be charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity. At a press conference held at The Hague, Netherlands, The International Criminal Court (ICC) announced its indictment of Mr. Bashir for a range of crimes, including the

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Cost of locking up Americans too high - Pew studyMon Mar 2, 2009 7:44pm GMT WASHINGTON, March 2 (Reuters) - One in every 31 U.S. adults is in the corrections system, which includes jail, prison, probation and supervision, more than double the rate of a quarter century ago, according to a report released on Monday by the Pew Center on the States.The study, which said the current rate compares to

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CIA destroyed 92 interview tapes The tapes were an issue in the trial of 9/11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui The Central intelligence Agency (CIA) has destroyed 92 tapes of interviews conducted with terror suspects, a US government lawyer has admitted. The agency had previously said that it had destroyed only two tapes. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has launched a lawsuit against

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DeMint: Don't 'censor' talk radioKara Rowland (Contact)Monday, February 23, 2009 Buzz up!President Obama's effort to clear the air last week has failed to ease conservative fears that the White House and congressional Democrats are conspiring to dominate the airwaves. At issue is the "Fairness Doctrine," a rule that, from 1949 to 1987, mandated that broadcasters present contrasting views on

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something for B.R.O.http://www.buffalorising.com/2009/02/dont-miss-a-beat-ub-music-seminar-on-sunday.html

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really?------Brain Device OK'd for OCD TreatmentDeep Brain Stimulation Helps Severe Obsessive-Compulsive DisorderBy Daniel J. DeNoonWebMD Health NewsReviewed by Brunilda Nazario, MDFeb. 19, 2009 -- The FDA today approved use of an implanted brain device for patients with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).The device is Medtronic's Reclaim deep-brain stimulation (DBS) device. It will be

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Kind of got mentioned in the Buffalo News.>Cooking the booksDon't bother knocking -- the library's a-rocking! On a recent lunchtimevisit to the downtown library, Buzz found the cafe jammed with laughingpeople, a saxophone wailing over the sound system. Even the Encore Editions book shop, where we piously bought two Gregorian chant LPs the library had nomore use for, was grooving, with pop pouring

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Law Firm Lets Slip $65 Million Facebook SettlementBy Nathan Eddy2009-02-11 When social networking site Facebook settled a lawsuit with ConnectU, a social networking site Facebook creator Mark Zuckerburg worked on, the terms of the deal were supposed to stay secret. But thanks to one law firm's overzealous PR department, the $65 million cat is out of the bag.If the law firm of Quinn Emanuel, which

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just super psyched is all.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCgiCtxoYswring a ding ding.

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http://archives.buffalorising.com/story/74_and_ready_to_roar_nader_stoStill proud of this Nader article.

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Freddie Hubbard; Jazz Trumpeter's Solos InfluentialFreddie Hubbard, a Grammy-winning trumpet player whose powerful, dramatic solos were a strong influence on a younger generation of jazz musicians, died Dec. 29 at Sherman Oaks Hospital in Sherman Oaks, Calif., of complications from a heart attack. He was 70. This StoryObituaries: Freddie Hubbard; Jazz Trumpeter's Solos InfluentialPost Mortem:

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Republican IT Specialist Dies in Plane Crash A top Republican internet strategist who was set to testify in a case alleging election tampering in 2004 in Ohio has died in a plane crash. Michael Connell was the chief IT consultant to Karl Rove and created websites for the Bush and McCain electoral campaigns. Michael Connell was deposed one day before the election this year by attorneys Cliff

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Iraqi's have the conviction to do something m. moore always wanted to.http://www.upi.com/news/issueoftheday/2008/12/15/Iraqi_shoe_protest_bursts_Bushs_bubble/UPI-31941229359805/WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- In the end, the Iraqi people did not bid farewell to U.S. President George W. Bush with gratitude or wreaths of victory. Instead an individual, unarmed Iraqi threw shoes at him, a traditional

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FCC Chairman Abused Power, House Probe Finds Congressional Democrats called the FCC ''dysfunctional'' under Chairman Kevin J. Martin. (By Joshua Roberts -- Bloomberg News) Who's Blogging» Links to this article By Cecilia KangWashington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, December 10, 2008; Page D01 Congressional Democrats yesterday sharply criticized the Federal Communications Commission, calling it

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Cheney, Gonzales indicted in South Texas countyCheney, Gonzales indicted in South Texas countyCheney is charged with engaging in an organized criminal activity related to the vice president's investment in the Vanguard Group, which holds financial interests in the private prison companies running the federal detention centers. It accuses Cheney of a conflict of interest and "at least misdemeanor

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Woman Killed for Trying to Leave KKK Initiation Ritual By Diane Smith 15:07, November 12th 2008 12 votes A woman recruited to join the Ku Klux Klan was shot dead as she tried to leave the clan’s campsite. She asked to return to her town while the group was conducting an initiation ritual and the fight that broke out ended with the woman being fatally shot. The woman, whose identity wasn’t

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Obama election prompts surge in US gun salesMcClatchy newspapers guardian.co.uk, Friday November 7 2008 23.13 GMT Article historyBarack Obama said he would improve the economy. Turns out he already has, at least in one retail niche: gun sales.Starting in the days before the election, gun shops have been mobbed by buyers who fear that Obama and a larger Democratic majority in Congress will

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Joke on Palin again as she falls for fake Sarkozy callSuzanne Goldenberg in Washington The Guardian, Monday November 3 2008 Article historyMaybe Sarah Palin should have caught on when the caller purporting to be Nicolas Sarkozy told her he could see Belgium from the Elysée Palace.But the Republicans' vice-presidential candidate remained blissfully unaware during the six-minute conversation with a

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Church Burns Antique Porn Found at Drive-In A Jacksonville church held a special service Sunday afternoon to burn antique pronography found at a drive-in movie theatre. The church recently purchased the drive-in after it closed earlier this year. The church paid $1.4 million US.Church officials and parishoners conducted the ceremonial burning and "holy hose down" after finding porn produced in

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More than 200,000 registered Ohio voters may be blocked from casting regular ballots on Election Day because of a federal appeals court decision on Tuesday requiring the disclosure of lists of voters whose names did not match those on government databases, state election officials and voting experts said. Skip to next paragraph Alex Wong/Getty ImagesExperts say a federal order in an election-law

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Three crashes early in his career led Navy officials to question or fault his judgment.By Ralph Vartabedian and Richard A. Serrano, Los Angeles Times Staff Writers October 6, 2008 John McCain was training in his AD-6 Skyraider on an overcast Texas morning in 1960 when he slammed into Corpus Christi Bay and sheared the skin off his plane's wings.McCain recounted the accident decades later in his

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Federal judge directs Cheney to preserve disputed records Joe Shaulis at 9:10 AM ET [JURIST] A US federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction [order, PDF] requiring US Vice President Dick Cheney [official website; JURIST news archive] to preserve all his official records pending resolution of a lawsuit alleging that his office has failed to maintain records as required by law. In an

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http://www.buffalonews.com/325/story/424598.html

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Palin: We happened to fetch on an idea, a demographic, that I think was being sought by Alaskans: new blood, new faces, not any kind of good-old-boy network. ... This acceptance of a status quo in state government and this acceptance of turning a blind eye to some of the undue influence by some of the oil industry players.And interesting, that’s what we see Barack, of course, campaigning on,

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Country's 'Guitar Man' Reed dies Reed is best-known in the UK for appearing in Smokey and the Bandit Singer-turned-actor Jerry Reed, known as "The Guitar Man" of country music, has died aged 71. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Reed released more than 40 albums over a long career that started when he was just 18. After scoring US hits like Amos Moses and When You're Hot, he broke into cinema in the

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Here's the link for the footage of the arrest.http://www.democracynow.org/blog/2008/9/1/update_democracy_now_s_amy_goodman_sharif_abdel_kouddous_and_nicole_salazar_released_after_illegal_arrest_at_rncEchoes of Reagan

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State of emergency declared in BangkokAs the confrontation between the government and opposition escalates, the ruling party is slapped with charges of electoral fraud. By Huma Yusufposted September 02, 2008 at 10:19 am EDTOn Tuesday, Thailand's Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej declared a state of emergency in Bangkok after clashes between government supporters and opposition party members left

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Report: Gonzales Mishandled Classified DataFormer attorney general Alberto R. Gonzales told investigators he did not remember whether he took home notes regarding the government's most sensitive national security programs and did not know they contained classified information despite notations on the papers that they were "eyes only -- top secret," according to a report released this morning. The

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Reuters Friday, August 29, 2008; 10:08 AM David Duchovny in sex addiction treatment LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "X-Files" star David Duchovny, who currently plays a womanizing writer on the cable television series "Californication," said on Thursday he has entered a facility for treatment of sex addiction. Duchovny, 48, sprang to fame starring as the conspiracy-minded FBI agent Fox Mulder on Fox

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Defense contractor accused of human traffickingAssociated PressAdvertisement Defense contractor KBR Inc. and a Jordanian subcontractor are accused of human trafficking in a federal lawsuit filed in Los Angeles.The suit alleges 12 Nepali men were being transported to Iraq against their will when they were killed in an insurgent attack.The lawsuit filed Wednesday by an attack survivor and family

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Laydar - Humans unconsious ability to know where potential sexual patners are, in immediate or surrounding areas.

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Rove Won’t Testify ‘To Keep Himself From Being Indicted’Last week, Karl Rove ignored a subpoena and refused to testify before Congress, choosing instead to take a trip abroad. This morning, David Iglesias, one of the U.S. Attorneys politically purged under Alberto Gonzales, told MSNBC’s Mike Barnicle he believed Rove “had information that…would show illegal activity” and thus will refuse to

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I know it's super punk rock to cover your body in tatoos, but c'mon people!the truth is sleeve tattos no longer make you look tough or hip, to me it's the punkequivilant to a phish tatoo.

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This Saturday night at the Owls Nest ( 62 Hoyt near Richmond & Breckenridge )two of my favorite bands Brooklyn based Rejouissance & Buffalo Favorite Red Tag Rummage Sale will take the stage for what will be a night of great music. Rejouissance's lead singer, Jim Heffernan, is a founding member of the Brooklyn based record label and studio Time To Operate, (www.timetooperate.com) and has been

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Please forgive the cross posting, but this is great news to receive more than once in your in-box.JUDGE DISMISSES MAIL FRAUD CASE AGAINST BIO-ARTIST KURTZBuffalo, NY—A process that has taken nearly four years may be coming to an end. On Monday, April 21, Federal Judge Richard J. Arcara ruled to dismiss the indictment against University at Buffalo Professor of Visual Studies Dr. Steven Kurtz. In

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US to Shoot Down Broken Spy SatelliteBy LOLITA C. BALDOR,APPosted: 2008-02-15 06:57:22Filed Under: Nation NewsWASHINGTON (Feb. 15) - Taking a page from Hollywood science fiction, the Pentagon said Thursday it will try to shoot down a dying, bus-size U.S. spy satellite loaded with toxic fuel on a collision course with the Earth. The military hopes to smash the satellite as soon as next week - just

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A program is underway in the US to treat former soldiers suffering from post traumatic stress disorder with MDMA . Therapists at the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) are to use ecstasy during sessions in an attempt to tackle an epidemic of suicide among the US Army's 25 million veterans."We're looking to make MDMA into a prescription medication in the United States,

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Google is in the process of shutting down one of the greatest news sites on line, newsmap.Support the cause here :http://newsmap.blogspot.com/2007/11/help-me-save-newsmap.htmlIt would be a damn shame if this site was lost.

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Both Sides Stand Their Ground At FCC Localism Hearing November 1, 2007The last of the FCC's series of public hearings on media ownership was held on Halloween in Washington D.C. Despite less than a week's notice before the hearing, the event attracted a number of critics of the proposed ownership rule changes, as well as a rally outside the Commission's office.FCC Chairman Kevin Martin

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Passive Consumer CD Release Party this Saturday.Cheap CDs! Good Tunes! Cool ass Bookstore!FREE!

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Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS ReportScience & Medicine | Merck Halts International HIV Vaccine Trial[Sep 24, 2007] Merck on Friday announced that it has halted a large-scale clinical trial of its experimental HIV vaccine after the drug failed to prevent HIV infection in participants or prove effective in delaying the progression of the virus to AIDS, the Wall Street Journal reports. The trial was

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U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq at 3,791 Friday September 21, 2007 1:16 AMBy The Associated Press As of Thursday, Sept. 20, 2007, at least 3,791 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 3,094 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's

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BSU students march in support of ' Jena 6'By GAIL KOCH gkoch@muncie.gannett.com 19 Comments MUNCIE — About 100 students marched on the campus of Ball State University this morning to show their support for the "Jena 6," high school students in Jena, La., facing criminal charges in the beating of a white classmate.With individuals holding signs that read “Free Jena 6” and “Don’t let history

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Star US anchor sues CBS over Bush war memos(Suzanne Plunkett/AP)CBS News anchor Dan Rather waits for a news conference to begin at the CBS Broadcast Center Thursday Oct. 18, 2001, in New YorkHannah Strange Dan Rather, the award-winning former anchorman for US broadcaster CBS, has launched a $70 million lawsuit against his long-time employer, claiming bosses made him a “scapegoat” for a

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