Thursday, December 20, 2012
Emerald Rose - Vampire Girl From The Planet Orn - Megacon '09
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Emerald Rose performs Vampire Girl from Orn at Megacon in Orlando. (02/28/2009)
McCain-led NDAA Conference Committee Strips Right to Jury Trial
Our Bill of Rights is not something that can be cherry-picked at legislators’ convenience. When I entered the United States Senate, I took an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution. It is for this reason that I will strongly oppose passage of the McCain conference report that strips the guarantee to a trial by jury.
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Rand Paul Slams John McCain For Stripping NDAA Of Protections Against Indefinite Detention
The decision by the NDAA conference committee, led by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) to strip the National Defense Authorization Act of the amendment that protects American citizens against indefinite detention now renders the entire NDAA unconstitutional," Paul said in an emailed statement.
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Obama Vows Fast Action in New Push for Gun Control
President Obama declared on Wednesday that he would make gun control a "central issue" as he opens his second term, promising to submit broad new firearm proposals to Congress no later than January and to employ the full power of his office to overcome deep-seated political resistance. via megalextoria.com
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Emerald Rose - Autumn in Ashville - Megacon '09
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Emerald Rose performs Autumn in Ashville at Megacon in Orlando. (02/28/2009)
Obama Sandy aid bill filled with holiday goodies unrelated to storm damage
President Obama's $60.4 billion request for Hurricane Sandy relief has morphed into a huge Christmas stocking of goodies for federal agencies and even the state of Alaska
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Feinstein's assault weapons ban would abolish the 2nd Amendment
Like most of the amendments in the Bill of Rights, the 2nd Amendment was drafted to prevent an abuse of power that American colonists had suffered under the British. The 4th Amendment was passed with Writs of Assistance in mind. Lexington and Concord inspired the 2nd.
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Invincible Ignorance
The key fallacy of so-called gun control laws is that such laws do not in fact control guns. They simply disarm law-abiding citizens, while people bent on violence find firearms readily available.
If gun control zealots had any respect for facts, they would have discovered this long ago, because there have been too many factual studies over the years to leave any serious doubt about gun control laws being not merely futile but counterproductive.
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Emerald Rose - Come to the Dance - Megacon '09
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Emerald Rose performs Come to the Dance at Megacon in Orlando. (02/28/2009)
Gun Expert Lott: Let Teachers Carry Arms, Ban Gun-Free Zones to Halt Mass Shootings
It is no accident, he said, that mass shootings repeatedly have occurred in designated gun-free zones, which attract lunatics looking to murder as many souls as possible before they turn their guns on themselves.
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China School Knife Attack, Portland Mall Attack Receive Little Coverage
While the message of gun control proponents is that massive deaths in lone shooter incidents would end if strict gun control laws are passed, Meli's example is that deaths would be minimized by instead ending "no gun zones." Meli's anecdote is backed up by data from the U.S. Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics, which reports that some 82,500 crimes across the nation are stopped by law-abiding gun owners annually, while only about 270 incidents involve the law-abiding citizen killing the criminal perpetrator (police also kill an average of 400 violent criminal suspects annually). The BJS also noted that law-abiding citizens were also far less likely to be injured in crimes while using firearms defending themselves. "A fifth of the victims defending themselves with a firearm suffered an injury, compared to almost half of those who defended themselves with weapons other than a firearm or who had no weapon."
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Monday, December 17, 2012
Emerald Rose - Never Split the Party "unplugged" - Megacon '09
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Emerald Rose performs Never Split the Party at Megacon in Orlando. (03/01/2009)
ABC, NBC Evening News Shows Ignore Massive Banking Scandal For More Than A Month
CNN's Erin Burnett has explained that LIBOR is "an interest rate at the core of our entire economy," adding, "It's really not wrong to say that if you can't trust LIBOR, you can't trust anything in banking." According to The Economist, the LIBOR is used "as a benchmark to set payments on about $800 trillion worth of financial instruments." Baltimore City filed a lawsuit against major banks in the first of what may be a wave of such actions, alleging that the LIBOR manipulation potentially cost it millions of dollars in investment returns.
Despite the enormous implications of the scandal, ABC's World News and NBC's Nightly News both ignored the story in the 16 days after news of the Barclays fine broke, as we documented earlier this month. In the 16 days following the period of our original study, the LIBOR blackout has continued on ABC and NBC's flagship evening news programs. Those programs have gone more than a month without mentioning the controversy.
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The rights to life and to keep and bear arms are inseparable
Given that an aggressor may have weapons or may simply be a more capable fighter, individuals must be able to arm themselves sufficiently to overcome these disadvantages. That is how they exercise their right to life.
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Hackers target Westboro Baptist Church after Newtown threat
The hackvitist group announced the move after several Westboro Baptist Church members announced the group’s intention to target Newtown, which was the site of a school shooting Friday that claimed the lives of 26 people, 20 of whom were children ages 6 to 7.
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What is wrong with these people? Westboro Baptist Church members have to be some of the most Unchristian-like people I know of. When did Christ ever teach the kind of hate that these people spew?
Friday, December 14, 2012
Advertisment for Stunts by Broderbund for the PC
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Advertisment for Stunts by Broderbund for the PC. From the January/February 1991 issue of PC Games.
Emerald Rose - Queen of Argyle "unplugged" - Megacon '09
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Emerald Rose performs Queen of Argyle at Megacon in Orlando. (03/01/2009)
But aren't right-to-work laws also unjust?
Right-to-work laws and the Taft-Hartley Act from which they proceed are wholly a reaction to the Wagner Act. The proponents of Taft-Hartley first tried to get the Wagner Act repealed. When the Supreme Court ruled Wagner constitutional, conservatives passed Taft-Hartley. If the Wagner Act were not already law, Taft-Hartley would be both unnecessary and unjust.
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Obama approved F-16 fighter jets as gift to Egypt
Despite instability due to the new Islamic government in Egypt, the US is sending more than 20 F-16 fighter jets to Egypt as part of a $1 billion foreign aid package.
via rt.com
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Emerald Rose - Hobbit Set "unplugged" - Megacon '09
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Emerald Rose performs the Hobbit Set at Megacon 2009. (03/01/2009)
Government spying out of control
It gets worse. The Patriot Act, which was enacted in 2001 and permits federal agents to write their own search warrants in violation of the Fourth Amendment, actually amended FISA so as to do away with the FISA-issued search warrant requirement when the foreign person is outside the U.S. This means that if you email or call your cousin in Europe or a business colleague in Asia, the feds are reading or listening, without a warrant, without suspicion, without records and without evidence of anything unlawful.
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Bernanke Wields New Tools to Reduce Unemployment Rate
Bernanke is pulling out all the stops to kick this economy back into a higher gear,” said Chris Rupkey, chief financial economist at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. in New York. “They are buying everything in sight — Treasuries, mortgage-backed securities — and will keep rates low until everyone who wants a job has one.
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Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Emerald Rose - Donald MacGillivray - Megacon '09
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Emerald Rose performs Donald MacGillivray at Megacon in Orlando, FL. (02/28/2009)
FBI organizes almost all terror plots in the US
The report reveals that the FBI regularly infiltrates communities where they suspect terrorist-minded individuals to be engaging with others. Regardless of their intentions, agents are sent in to converse within the community, find suspects that could potentially carry out "lone wolf" attacks and then, more or less, encourage them to do so. By providing weaponry, funds and a plan, FBI-directed agents will encourage otherwise-unwilling participants to plot out terrorist attacks, only to bust them before any events fully materialize.
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REPORT SHOWING THOUSANDS REDEPLOYED TO IRAQ, AMIDST U.S. PUSHING FOR WAR IN SYRIA
Reports from PressTV reveal that somewhere around 3,000 troops have re-deployed to Iraq, and even reveal that 17,000 more could be in route. The thousands already re-stationed in Iraq are apparently camped out at Balad military garrison or the al-Asad air base.
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Charlie Crist signs papers to become Democrat -- at the White House
Crist -- Florida's former Republican governor who relished the tough-on-crime nickname "Chain Gang Charlie" and used to describe himself variously as a "Ronald Reagan Republican" and a "Jeb Bush Republican" -- on Friday evening signed papers changing his party from independent to Democrat.
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If he ever becomes president, i'll know for sure he is the anti-Crist ;)
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Disney's Beauty and the Beast: Belle's Quest for the Sega Genesis
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Advertisement for Disney's Beauty and the Beast: Belle's Quest by SunSoft for the Sega Genesis from the January 1994 issue of GameFan
Emerald Rose - King of the Fairies - Megacon '09
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Emerald Rose performs King of the Fairies at Megacon in Orlando, FL. (02/28/2009)
Megalextoria: News and Politics » Napolitano on Michigan's "Right-to-Work" Legislation
Right now in Michigan, if you are in certain industries [...] you are forced to join the union. If you don't join the union, then the government forces your employer to deduct the equivalent of your union dues from your paycheck and give it to the union.
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US sending 20 more F-16s to Egypt, despite turmoil in Cairo
Instability in Egypt, where a newly-elected Islamic government teeters over an angry population, isn't enough to stop the U.S. from sending more than 20 F-16 fighter jets, as part of a $1 billion foreign aid package.
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Newly discovered small asteroid just misses Earth; next up is much bigger 12/12/12 asteroid
With a diameter of just 72-160 feet, XE54 is a far cry from the over six-mile wide asteroid that wiped out dinosaurs (and about 50% of all life's species) 65 million years ago. But, while it's possible an asteroid of this size would produce nothing more than a brilliant fireball as it disintegrated after entering the atmosphere, a direct hit by remaining rock chunks on a populated region could be disastrous.
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Monday, December 10, 2012
Emerald Rose - Tree Huggin Man - Megacon '09
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Emerald Rose performs Tree Huggin Man at Megacon in Orlando, FL (02/28/2009)
Military Drones Prowl US Skies
Military drones used to track terrorists or insurgents in Afghanistan have also been flying across the U.S. homeland. Newly released documents show U.S. drone flights by the Air Force, Marine Corps and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency for the first time.
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Friday, December 7, 2012
Advertisement for the Journey arcade game
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Advertisement for the Journey arcade game by Bally Midway from the May 1983 issue of Blip
Emerald Rose - Wild Mountain Thyme - Megacon '09
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Emerald Rose performs Wild Mountain Thyme at Megacon in Orlando, FL. (02/28/2009)
US data whistleblower: 'It's a violation of everybody's constitutional rights'
Binney, a tall, professorial man in his late 60s, led the development of a secret software code he now believes is illegally collecting huge amounts of information on his fellow citizens. For the staunch Republican, who worked for 32 years at the NSA, it is a civil liberties nightmare come true.
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Thursday, December 6, 2012
New Minstrel Revue - Donegal Green - Hoggetowne 2012
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New Minstrel Revue perform Donegal Green at the 2012 Hoggetowne Medieval Faire in Gainesville, Florida (2012-01-29)
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GOP for Big Government
Do you know anyone who voted Republican this past election in order to further President Obama’s big government agenda? It is more likely that Republican voters sought to advance a smaller version of the federal government. Assuming this is the case, why are Republican congressional leaders offering to help the president spend us into oblivion?
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Internet sales tax bill filed in Florida legislature » Megalextoria: News and Politics
A bill filed in Tallahassee would allow the state to begin collecting the 6-cent tax from online shops.
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Gallup: 53 Percent of Democrats Have 'Positive Image' of Socialism
According to a recent Gallup poll that asked participants if they have a positive or negative image of socialism, 53 percent of Democrats and "leaning democrats" said they have a positive image while 23 percent of Republicans and "leaning republicans" said their image is positive.
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Wednesday, December 5, 2012
New Minstrel Revue - That Was The Day - Hoggetowne 2012
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The New Minstrel Revue perform 'That Was the Day' at the Hoggetowne Medieval Faire in Gainesville, Florida (2012-01-29)
Sen. Paul: Nation to Get "Big, Ugly" Debt Bag for Christmas
In what might loosely be described as the “spirit of the season,” the Congress of the United States will likely put together a huge grab bag “with a lot of stuff in it,” including tax- and debt-ceiling increases, and drop it down the nation’s chimney before adjourning for its Christmas recess, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) predicted Monday.
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'Everyone in US under virtual surveillance' - NSA whistleblower
The FBI records the emails of nearly all US citizens, including members of congress, according to NSA whistleblower William Binney. In an interview with RT, he warned that the government can use this information against anyone.
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Federal Government Loses Big in Supreme Court Property Rights Case
The federal government suffered a major defeat today at the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Arkansas Game & Fish Commission v. United States. In their unanimous decision, the justices rejected the government's sweeping claim that a series of recurring floods induced by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers did not qualify as a taking of property under the Fifth Amendment because the flooding was only temporary in duration.
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Tuesday, December 4, 2012
New Minstrel Revue - When That I Was - Hoggetowne 2012
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New Minstrel Revue perform "When That I Was" at the Hoggetowne Medieval Faire in Gainesville, Florida (2012-01-29)
Voyager 1 Spacecraft Enters New Realm at Solar System's Edge
NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has discovered a new layer of the solar system that scientists hadn't known was there, researchers announced today (Dec. 3).
Voyager 1 and its sister probe Voyager 2 have been traveling through space since 1977, and are close to becoming the first manmade objects to leave the solar system.
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DIA sending hundreds more spies overseas
The DIA overhaul — combined with the growth of the CIA since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks — will create a spy network of unprecedented size. The plan reflects the Obama administration’s affinity for espionage and covert action over conventional force. It also fits in with the administration’s efforts to codify its counterterrorism policies for a sustained conflict and assemble the pieces abroad necessary to carry it out.
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Domino's: Obamacare requires 34 million pizza nutrition signs in stores
Lieberman said that consumers will get stuck with the bill. “It’s one more cost consumers are going to have to pay for,” he said.
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Justin Amash among 'rebellious' GOP reps booted from key U.S. House panels
Roll Call's report said Amash and others, including Reps. David Schweikert, R-Ariz., and Tim Huelskamp, R-Kan., were "rebellious right-wingers" during the last Congress:
Huelskamp and Amash, for instance, both voted against the budget proposed by Budget Chairman Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin in committee and on the floor, because it did not cut spending fast enough. They also voted against the current continuing resolution that is funding the government through the end of March.
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Monday, December 3, 2012
Empty Hats - Take Her In Your Arms
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Empty Hats perform 'Take Her In Your Arms' at the Hoggetowne Medieval Faire in Gainesville, Florida (2012-01-29)
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Deepwater Horizon oil spill 'cleanup' made toxicity worse, study finds
The cleanup technique used by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico actually made the spilled oil more than 50 times more toxic than doing nothing, according to a study conducted by researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Universidad Autonoma de Aguascalientes (UAA), Mexico. The findings were published in the journal Environmental Pollution.
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LEGAL AND MORAL DILEMMAS OF DRONE STRIKES IN A FREE SOCIETY
The American government is now using over 7,500 drones to strike targets in Libya, Yemen, Somalia, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Drone strikes in Pakistan alone have killed up to 3,341 people so far, despite a lack of Congressional approval. But besides being illegal on Constitutional grounds, the drone strikes set dangerous new precedents that challenge the most basic tenets of a moral society.
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French Socialist in Mittal Row: We're Just Doing What Obama Does
Montebourg told CNBC after a meeting with trade unions in Paris: “Barack Obama’s nationalized. The Germans are nationalizing. All countries are nationalizing. I’ve also noticed the British nationalized 6 banks.
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