bcultral

"We are living in the age of digitally enhanced dating and mating. Getting a mate used to take a lot of time. First, you had to actually find possible suitors -- through work, hobbies, friends, family. Then you had to figure out when to call the person, and they would have to be sitting at home waiting for the phone to ring. Not anymore." - bcultral from Bookmarklet

"International negotiators will meet this week in Qatar in an attempt to finalise the world's first and only international corruption convention, in the face of ongoing acrimony over the roles pressure groups should be allowed to play if the treaty comes into effect." - bcultral from Bookmarklet

"A year ago, Americans cried, waved flags and embraced as a brilliant campaign made Barack Obama the 44th president of the United States and the first Black man to win the White House. What a difference a year makes: The president is less popular, seems assaulted from nearly every side and still faces the problems of an ailing economy, a “jobless” recovery and two wars, with his partner in Afghanistan back in office because of a tainted election and a runner-up who refuses to stand for a political rerun." - bcultral from Bookmarklet

He stepped into a snake pit, the pit is still quite full of dangerous and poisonous creatures. The most powerful ones could crush his life out in a second and not care. All in all for this period of time staying in there and fighting is his job. Dam good job is my call, he is still there and still fighting. Go Mr Prez Obama - A whole buncha people still believe in you Sic. - ThatDBD

""This paper suggests that many W TO member states are legally obliged to permit an unrestricted supply of cross- border Internet services. And as the option to selectively censor rather than entirely block services is available to at least some of the most developed censorship regimes (most notably China), there is a good chance that a panel might rule that permanent blocks on search engines, photo-sharing applications and other services are inconsistent with the GATS provisions, even given morals and security exceptions. Less resourceful countries, without means of filtering more selectively, and with a censorship based on moral and religious grounds, might be able to defend such bans in the WTO. But the exceptions do not offer a blanket cover for the arbitrary and disproportionate censorship that still occurs despite the availability to the censoring government of selective filtering."" - bcultral from Bookmarklet

"Stardom is costly in a society where the well-known are worshipped" Celebrity interest becomes troublesome when people give too much of their attention to music, sports and other forms of popular entertainment," - bcultral from Bookmarklet

"Straightening headstones and purchasing Taser stun guns are two kinds of expenditures that have both been shot down, and approved in other cases, for stimulus funds." - bcultral from Bookmarklet

""Why did he run?" This question thrusts itself upon us every time an unarmed or otherwise harmless person is gunned down while fleeing from police. Often that inquiry takes the form that assumes the guilt of the victim: "If he did nothing wrong, why did he run?" It's also common for that second version to contort itself into a nicely circular argument: "Well, he ran, and resisting arrest is a crime, so obviously he got what was coming to him." For reasons unclear to a mind not enthralled by statist assumptions, most people simply assume that both reason and morality dictate an unqualified duty to surrender without cavil or complaint whenever armed, violence-prone strangers in peculiar government-issued garb seek to restrain one of us. This is why police are trained to interpret any hesitation, reluctance to cooperate, inhospitable body language, or verbal expression of resentment as "resisting arrest" and thus a justification for the use of "pain compliance" – or even lethal force.... more... - bcultral from Bookmarklet

Mr. James Duane, a professor at Regent Law School and a former defense attorney, tells you why you should never agree to be interviewed by the police. - bcultral from Bookmarklet

The Street Wise person knows this, and if cornered always have your own best interest in mind. I have met many many very good and honorable police, But the few stinkers I have met cast a shadow over them all. It's a pity two, but they are there to protect the established system. Rocking the boat with them is just not a wise thing. :--) - ThatDBD

"Eight years after the September 11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, many people in close proximity to the tragedy continue to experience sometimes grave psychological and emotional problems, a new study reveals." - bcultral from Bookmarklet

"Denouncing Barack Obama as "white power in black face," hundreds of African-Americans have marched on the White House to protest against the policies of the US president. Over 200 people gathered for the first public demonstration by African-Americans against the Obama administration since his historic inauguration in January, and slammed the president for continuing what they described as Washington's "imperialist" agenda around the world," - bcultral from Bookmarklet

"Liquidity is gone The #1 question Liquidity - it means having an ample supply of ready buyers so that when you bring whatever it is you have to market, there are people with money who are ready, willing and able to buy what you have to sell. When you invest in stocks, you are entirely dependent on liquidity. If liquidity dries up there is literally no one to buy your shares. Without buyers, prices plummet and only stop when they hit values so low they are "ridiculous." The #1 stock market question is this: Is there real liquidity in the market? Or to put it more simply, are there real buyers ready, able and wiling to buy stocks? Rising prices and big volumes alone is not enough information to provide an answer this question. Here's a reality check Are investors behind the current market bounce? I don't think they can be. Here's why:" - bcultral from Bookmarklet

"With the release of the jobs report on Friday, the broadest measure of unemployment and underemployment tracked by the Labor Department has reached its highest level in decades. If statistics went back so far, the measure would almost certainly be at its highest level since the Great Depression." - bcultral from Bookmarklet

The dollar will get “utterly destroyed” and become “virtually worthless”, said Damon Vickers, chief investment officer of Nine Points Capital Partners. Due to the huge wage disparities between the United States and emerging markets like China, Vickers said that may resolve itself in some type of a global currency crisis. “If the global currency crisis unfolds, then inevitably you get an alignment of a global world government. A new global currency and a new world order, so we may be moving towards that,” he said. - bcultral from Bookmarklet

"The Sunday Times gains unprecedented access to the world's most powerful, and most secretive, investment bank" - bcultral from Bookmarklet

"Pressure is growing within Nato for the removal of the remaining US nuclear weapons on European soil, and for a new doctrine for the alliance that would depend less on nuclear deterrence. The initiative is being driven by the new German government coalition, which has called for the removal of American nuclear weapons on its territory as part of a Nato strategic rethink." - bcultral from Bookmarklet

"According to a new study compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics, 237 members of the U.S. Congress, or 44 percent, are millionaires." - bcultral from Bookmarklet

How generous of them. You still pay the monthly payment, but you no longer own. - bcultral from Bookmarklet

Hood Uncle Sam is hood. - Maxamad (Amazigh)

"Lost? Not sure how to get home? Trying to find your way through the mall or an airport? Help is on the way, thanks to a stack of cells, or neurons, in your head. They're mostly on the left side of the brain in males, on the right in females. Scientists have long known that a small, seahorse-shaped region in the brain, the hippocampus, contains neurons called place cells that specialize in geography." - bcultral from Bookmarklet

"The spectacular new camera installed on NASA's Hubble Space Telescope during Servicing Mission 4 in May has delivered the most detailed view of star birth in the graceful, curving arms of the nearby spiral galaxy M83." - bcultral from Bookmarklet

"For those who may be confused by the controversies surrounding the "New World Order", a One-World-Government, and American concern over giving the UN more power; those unaware of the issues involved; and those wishing more background, I offer the following." - bcultral from Bookmarklet

"A leaked draft of the Internet chapter of the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) reveals that ISPs will be held liable for the infringements of their customers, unless they disconnect those accused. The draft aims to strengthen the power of the entertainment industries and other copyright holders, at the cost of the public." - bcultral from Bookmarklet

"Colorized simulation of what happens to 1100 carbon atoms in a "flat" sheet of graphene about 20 microseconds after the central atom is moved slightly upwards. Darker violet colors indicate atoms that have dropped below their original position, whereas the lighter green colors show where atoms have risen." - bcultral from Bookmarklet

"Scientists studying a crevasse in the Ethiopian desert say we may be witnessing the birth of a future ocean." - bcultral from Bookmarklet

"In-Q-Tel, the investment arm of the CIA and the wider intelligence community, is putting cash into Visible Technologies, a software firm that specializes in monitoring social media. It’s part of a larger movement within the spy services to get better at using “open source intelligence” – information that’s publicly available, but often hidden in the flood of TV shows, newspaper articles, blog posts, online videos and radio reports generated every day." - bcultral from Bookmarklet

Like is Not Really the Right Word -- Friendfeed needs a button for this. - Rosalee Grable

this is a copout report, to protect google and their defense buddies itself ; -> "Google's darker past points on pre 9/11 CECOM- White Sands-DEW connection" http://ff.im/aNTQW - ewing2001akaNicomedy2010

"A Chinese government watchdog plans to push Twitter-style Web sites to censor their content, the country's latest move to block Internet users from posting certain politically sensitive information online." - bcultral from Bookmarklet