|
2 registered (LadyPuma, Dax),
53
Guests and
154
Spiders online. |
|
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
|
|
|
Today, while taking my kids to their dad's for the weekend, we saw 2 Lewis County Sheriffs commit moving violations that if any of us did, we would have gotten a ticket. #1) While on I-5, cop was following now more than 2 feet behind another vehicle, who was going the speed limit. The officer kept creeping closer, then stepping on their breaks so as not to rear-end the car they were trying to force to speed up. "Move over" you say? Two problems, car on the right of him & car in front of him. Aggressive driving, wreckless driving.. cop or no, unsafe! And it's not the first time I've seen cops tailgate to force someone to freak out & speed up so they can write a ticket. #2) Just got off the freeway, another LCS flipped on his lights just long enough to blow through a red light, then as soon as they were through the intersection, turned off his lights and went merrily on his way down the road, not in pursuit, just bebopping away. Abuse of power at the very least.
|
|
|
|
My eyes are rolling. I am so glad I am not heavily invested in Twitter.
"You can’t service all of humanity if you allow the needs of politics to triumph over the needs of the people. And if you can’t service all of humanity, what is your relevance?"
http://tinyurl.com/6wj8ckj
|
|
|
|
Yesterday on Australia day, the Prime Minister and Opposition leader were attack by Aboriginal protestor. The politicians had to be pushed into a car by security to prevent harm. The PM lost her shoe. The Aboriginals were defending a tent embassy outside old Parliament house in Canberra.
|
|
|
|
Harvard University Medical Center researchers were among the first to identify the alarming trend toward shorter lifespans for the average American. We need to ask ourselves why?
http://tinyurl.com/6ljmkyr
|
|
|
|
I would like to remind all of you who have a dog that you should use a choke-chain collar only while walking your dog.
I had one very bad experience with this.
Our son had two dogs, both had on choke collars. One day no one was home but me and the two dogs. They were in our back yard playing, and an accident happened.
I heard the dogs making all kinds of terrible sounds, so I looked out the window and they were biting each other!
They would not stop! I did not want to touch them. It seemed like they just did not know what was going on.
I got a good close look and it was one dog getting her paw into the others collar around her neck and it was twisted. I went looking for a tool to cut it off. I knew we had one but could not find it. I knew I was not strong enough to remove the paw from the collar.
I kept trying to stop them and make them sit, but nothing was working for me.
I started to make a noise with the picnic table to alarm them. They did stop finally, but this kept up and finally a neighbor came and yelled do I want her to call the police?
Well I had no idea what else to do so I said OK!
Well, my husband drove up and I yelled to him what was going on, and he jumped over the fence and grabbed the dogs and got the paw out of the others collar. The police did come, glad my husband got home first.
That was something I never want to see happen again to anyone's dog!
Some one told me also they had a dog get caught up on the fence with that kind of chain collar, so please be careful.
|
|
|
|
Long time, no major postings. Been very busy, life has been running me pretty ragged. Divorce was finally finalized this year (married 6/29/1997, filed for divorce 12/08/2007 and finalized 01/04/2012) long time coming. The only thing good that came out of that mess was our 3 kids. Speaking of kids, can't belive they are now 17, 14, 12 & 6.. time has really flown with them growing up. After 3 & a half years as an overnight stocker at Walmart I was promoted to Department Manager of Toys & Photo (weird combo huh?) and believe me, the holiday season has kept me running. Relationship wise, doing quite well. Been with my wonderful man for 3 years now, and we have no plans to make our relationship a legal marriage even though we consider each other husband & wife.
|
|
|
|
And you still think nuclear power is a good idea... When will mankind realize that their control over the forces of nature are tenuous at best and an outright illusion at the worst.
http://www.naturalnews.com/032048_radiation_milk.html
|
|
|
|
I genuinely don't get what all the fuss is about. I woke up this morning to the news that Wikipedia (and a handful of others sites) was going to be offline for 24 hours in protest at this thing, but little information on what it actually is.
I finally found information about it on the BBC news website. From what I can make out, this bill will make it easier to prosecute those who facilitate the illegal download and distribution of copyrighted material. A good, wholesome idea - people work hard on movies, music, books etc. It's only fair they be paid for their work rather than it be stolen.
However, all the calls against this bill seem to be along the lines of "this is censorship". I don't get that. Can someone please help me make the leap from stopping copyright theft to censorship.
Of course, usually I could get this information from Wikipedia...
|
|
|
|
The following quote was originally posted by Ray on 2/21/11.
" I think this is it! I think we're seeing the beginning of the end of the Democratic Party as we know it. And it's all due, in part, to a president and national party leaders who don't know when to keep their mouths shut and take the high road when the situation demands it. The camel's back-breaking straw is the union-fueled fire going on in Wisconsin and some other states on the edge of financial ruin. Wisconsin is in the spotlight as the teacher's union is amply demonstrating their concern for the law, for the state, and of course for...wait for it...THE CHILDREN, as they display their disdain for common sense and the former dignity of their own profession."
Well, the end of the Democratic Party. I think you mean the end of the Republican party as we knew it, so bereft of quality it offers up candidates like the ones we're seeing now, political hacks, hypocrites, liars, losers.
As far as "the back-breaking straw, the union fueled fire going on in Wisconsin..." it was reported today that more than a million voters have signed a petition to recall Gov. Scott Walker. That's 20% of Wisconsin's population, more if you don't count those under voting age.
So never mind the end of the Democratic Party, let's cheer for the fact that as lazy and couch-potatoey as we've become, we can still somehow figure out when we're really getting screwed, and whether Walker is recalled or not, the people have spoken loudly against his attempts to destroy unions.
Warming up in the wings? Obama's second term presidential team.
|
|
|
|
Genius, insight, and flashes of brilliance are not the sole domain of the scholar capable of passing tests based on rote...but rather the result of intuition and creativity... in short the ability to think. A 7th grader in NY just won a "Young Naturalist Award" for his AMAZING insight into trees, the use of solar panels, etc. Read his paper (short).
http://tinyurl.com/3zs9v3y
|
|
|
|
FYI, Mr. Romney:
Not everyone is as enamored of money as you seem to think we are. I don't envy you or your vast "pots of gold" one whit...and amassing that gold is in no way a part of my definition of "success" in this life. In fact, if I'd "earned" my money the way you have (by guiding failing companies to take on huge debt, and then profiting from that failure), I'd feel deeply ashamed of my callous disregard for the basic human rights and dignity of other human beings who, in the long-run, are worth exactly what you are, speaking strictly chemically: less than $5.00. Ethically speaking, I find you to be worth even less than that...you are just another out of touch Presidential candidate.
http://tinyurl.com/7pudbvf
|
|
|
|
Since 2010, four Iranian nuclear scientists have been killed. The most recent is Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan.
Iran has said the US and UK played an "obvious role" in the killings.
The US denied and the UK condemned to killings.
Of course, this is Iran, the country that arrests you for spying because, well, just because.
|
|
|
|
Through the use of a deadly poison called DRC-1339 farmers and others can now feel confident that birds are not going to crap in feed supplies. Yes, one of the reasons officials at the offices of the USDA are giving the public for the mass killing of birds is to protect YOU! Carol Bannerman from USDA Wildlife Services ridiculously claimed the bird kill was also to protect “human health.”
http://tinyurl.com/85b2o7b
Not to worry though....the USDA, claims there are no toxic concerns....according to this one article. Of course the title of the article should read, Millions of Yankton...
http://www.ktiv.com/Global/story.asp?S=13865540
This begs the question, if the USDA can comfortably kill off birds...in Bye Bye Birdie, then it isn't too much of a leap to assume what is up their sleeves to solve the population issues facing us today. Should we really leave these fools in charge?
|
|
|
|
The US is expelling Venezuela's Consul General, Livia Acosta Noguera. The reason is suspicion of discussing cyber attacks on the US while at the Venezuelan embassy in Mexico.
In some countries, she'd be in a dirt floor prison, begging to get sent home.
|
|
|
|
FOX: "It's tremendously concerning that at the same time policymakers and law enforcement professionals are waging a war on the growing prescription drug crisis, new super-drugs could well be on their way, flooding the market," said Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. "The FDA needs to grab the reins and slow down the stampede to introduce these powerful narcotics."
Schumer's beef is that if new stronger pain meds are approved, there may be more robberies like in Long Island where criminals attacked pharmacies to get hydrocodone.
So, if you're in pain, suffer. Just think of all the crimes your suffering prevents.
|
|
|
|
Scientists at MIT, like they know anything, say we may sometimes have more than one moon.
RH120, a small asteroid, orbited the Earth from September 2006 until June 2007.
"At any given time, there should be at least one natural Earth satellite of one-meter diameter orbiting the Earth," Granvik, Jeremie Vaubaillon and Robert Jedicke wrote in "The Population of Natural Earth Satellites,"
Moon might be a strong word for these space rocks. Just know they're up there. Waiting to smash us.
|
|
|
|
German citizen Harry Burkhart has been arrested in connection with 50 fires set in Los Angeles, California. He is also under investigation in Germany for a house fire there. That house belonged to Burkhart's family.
Dorothee Burkhart, his mother, has 19 charges in Germany for fraud, including failing to pay for a 2004 breast-augmentation surgery and pilfering security deposits from renters.
Burkhart was picked up after authorities received a tip from federal officials who recognized him in a security video that showed a pony-tailed man emerging from a garage where a car was set ablaze.
"When they saw the security footage, they recognized him and they contacted the arson task force," a State Department official told The Associated Press.
Dorothee says her son is mentally ill. Authorities think he may have set the fires out of frustration over legal and financial issues.
|
|
|
|
|
