tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68606729482994909072024-03-12T22:01:23.338-07:00Nose GreenAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09275884587094361224noreply@blogger.comBlogger1217125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6860672948299490907.post-77252773985363804832012-12-26T12:04:00.000-08:002012-12-27T00:03:21.394-08:00Winter sunwinter sunfinally breaks through—my motherknew to cut my appleso I could see its star—A Hundred Gourds, 1:3 June 2012*****************Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09275884587094361224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6860672948299490907.post-77727780557500523392012-12-26T08:49:00.000-08:002012-12-27T00:14:28.230-08:00The Daily DriftVa Va Varoom!!Some of our readers today have been in: Angeles City, PhilippinesCape Town, South AfricaBangi, MalaysiaWarsaw, PolandBandar Seri Begawan, BruneiManila, PhilippinesAguadilla, Puerto RicoPetaling Jaya, MalaysiaPretoria, South AfricaWaterloo, CanadaTallinn EstoniaIstanbul, TurkeyGeorge Town, MalaysiaBelgrade, SerbiaJohannesburg, South AfricaPekanbaru, IndonesiaBangkok, ThailandKota Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09275884587094361224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6860672948299490907.post-72423984029527395002012-12-26T08:48:00.001-08:002012-12-27T00:14:28.239-08:00Non SequiturAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09275884587094361224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6860672948299490907.post-45916913598467928782012-12-26T08:48:00.000-08:002012-12-27T00:14:28.235-08:00Today in History1776After crossing the Delaware River into New Jersey, George Washington leads an attack on Hessian mercenaries at Trenton, and takes 900 men prisoner.1786Daniel Shay leads a rebellion in Massachusetts to protest the seizure of property for the non-payment of debt.1806Napoleon's army is checked by the Russians at the Battle of Pultusk.186238 Santee Sioux are hanged in Mankato, Minnesota for Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09275884587094361224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6860672948299490907.post-39619364725776339252012-12-26T08:47:00.001-08:002012-12-27T00:14:28.249-08:00Reality is ...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09275884587094361224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6860672948299490907.post-88954287294099865362012-12-26T08:47:00.000-08:002012-12-27T00:14:28.244-08:00Rural tension to reach new high as thousands to hit the trail for Boxing Day huntsAnimosity between fox hunters and their opponents is more heated than at any time since the hunting ban was introduced in Britain eight years ago, and both sides have urged caution ahead of the biggest hunting day of the year. A quarter of a million people are expected to attend a Boxing Day later today, with more than 45,000 on horseback. But as pro-hunters claim that "saboteurs" Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09275884587094361224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6860672948299490907.post-45794449810435849372012-12-26T08:46:00.002-08:002012-12-27T00:14:28.262-08:00Unwavering NRA opposes any new gun restrictionsAn unwavering National Rifle Association said Sunday that not a single new gun regulation would make children safer, that "a media machine" relishes blaming the gun industry for each new attack like the one that occurred at a Connecticut elementary school, and that a White House task force on gun violence may try to undermine the Second Amendment. "Look, a gun is a tool. The problem is the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09275884587094361224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6860672948299490907.post-11523168331372338042012-12-26T08:46:00.001-08:002012-12-27T00:14:28.258-08:00The truth be toldAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09275884587094361224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6860672948299490907.post-89051231879069750032012-12-26T08:46:00.000-08:002012-12-27T00:14:28.254-08:00Why George Bush, Sr resigned his lifetime NRA membershipHere's ex-president George HW Bush's public letter of resignation from the his lifetime membership to NRA, sent after Wayne "Armed guards in schools" LaPierre gave a speech blaming gun laws for the Oklahoma City bombing, implying that the victims were "jack-booted thugs" "wearing Nazi bucket helmets and black storm trooper uniforms." Al Whicher, who served on my [ United States Secret Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09275884587094361224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6860672948299490907.post-38689108345823053442012-12-26T08:45:00.001-08:002012-12-27T00:14:28.271-08:00The NRA’s fallen and it can’t get upCall him the Six Billion Dollar Man. Because that’s how much money NRA chief Wayne LaPierre’s nutty plan to put an armed guard in every school in America may cost on an annual basis. And how did the country responds to LaPierre’s proposal? With a heart laugh. Even repugicans are staying away:Rep. Jason Chaffetz, a conservative from Utah, said on NBC he was worried about Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09275884587094361224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6860672948299490907.post-24491282064694108792012-12-26T08:45:00.000-08:002012-12-27T00:14:28.267-08:00Ahem ...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09275884587094361224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6860672948299490907.post-76948178800455410122012-12-26T08:42:00.001-08:002012-12-27T00:14:28.326-08:00Did you know ...How to calculate your fiscal cliff tax billThat 1 in 3 Americans believe extreme weather is a sign of biblical end timesThat atheists suffer discrimination and persecution around the worldThat a McDonalds server would have to work 550 years to earn CEO's salaryLet's follow the money behind the New Town massacreDo armed civilians stop mass shootings? Actually, noWal-mart vs. the Huffington Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09275884587094361224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6860672948299490907.post-82797363863307871012012-12-26T08:42:00.000-08:002012-12-27T00:14:28.276-08:00PrioritiesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09275884587094361224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6860672948299490907.post-76662520362619635872012-12-26T08:39:00.002-08:002012-12-27T00:14:28.481-08:00Latin America has the happiest countriesSure, if you like being happy, I guess it’s all fine and good. Gallup has a new poll of happiest countries and the least happy. Latin America really stole the show, apparently.From Gallup, here’s the list of top and bottom:Source: GallupMore from AP:“In Guatemala, it’s a culture of friendly people who are always smiling,” said Luz Castillo, a 30-year-old surfing instructor. “DespiteAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09275884587094361224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6860672948299490907.post-31841135361495166902012-12-26T08:39:00.001-08:002012-12-27T00:14:28.429-08:00Export American natural gas? Not so fast With the advent of the “shale gas revolution,” the United States has undergone a full-scale natural gas boom. Driven by ...Continue Reading Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09275884587094361224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6860672948299490907.post-69180927139469563662012-12-26T08:39:00.000-08:002012-12-27T00:14:28.378-08:00Principle ... yeah, that's the ticketAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09275884587094361224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6860672948299490907.post-70540358592685065932012-12-26T08:37:00.000-08:002012-12-27T00:14:28.533-08:00People Who Pay More Taxes Are HappierAttention lawmakers scrambling to avoid huge tax increases next month: New research suggests people who pay more taxes are happier. At least German people.People who pay higher taxes than other people tend to be more satisfied with their lives, according to a new paper written by six economists at the Institute for the Study of Labor in Bonn. The researchers analyzed 26 years of German panel Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09275884587094361224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6860672948299490907.post-50313156688122397932012-12-26T08:36:00.001-08:002012-12-27T00:14:28.637-08:00Alabama terror case could hinge on relationships The terrorism case against an Alabama man accused of planning to wage Islamic jihad in Africa may hinge on just how well he knew a man on the FBI's most-wanted terrorist list.Federal prosecutors portrayed Randy Wilson as an Islamic radical who wanted to reunite with Omar Hammami, an American who also grew up in Alabama but has since become one of the most well-known jihadists in Somalia. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09275884587094361224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6860672948299490907.post-8269915898998852882012-12-26T08:36:00.000-08:002012-12-27T00:14:28.585-08:00The truth hurtsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09275884587094361224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6860672948299490907.post-30398059382609799732012-12-26T08:35:00.000-08:002012-12-27T00:14:28.689-08:00Dakota Indians mark hangings of 1862 with trek on horseback The day after Xmas will be somber for Dakota Indians marking what they consider a travesty of justice 150 years ago, when 38 of their ancestors were executed in the biggest mass hanging in U.S. history. Overshadowed by the Civil War raging in the East, the hangings in Mankato, Minnesota, on December 26, 1862, followed the often overlooked six-week U.S.-Dakota war earlier that year -- a Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09275884587094361224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6860672948299490907.post-6613499411023695242012-12-26T08:34:00.000-08:002012-12-27T00:14:28.741-08:00What Is The Most Annoying Sound In The World?It's so universal that it's become a cliché: nails on a chalkboard! When it comes to noises that bother everyone's ears, it's seemingly a given that scraping fingernails across a slate board is the one that everyone hates most. But when a group of neuroscientists decided to test which sounds most upset the human brain, they discovered that fingernails on a chalkboard isn't number one.It's Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09275884587094361224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6860672948299490907.post-21397241478213963072012-12-26T08:33:00.001-08:002012-12-27T00:14:28.843-08:00A Dozen Of The World's Most Mysterious Monuments And RuinsAround the world, in places as diverse as Homestead, Florida and Yonaguni, Japan stand monuments and ruins whose origins are shrouded in mystery. Nobody knows exactly why Stonehenge was built, how a set of manmade ruins came to be submerged deep in the ocean or who commissioned a giant carved granite set of post-apocalyptic instructions for rebuilding society on a remote hill in Georgia. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09275884587094361224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6860672948299490907.post-24309304835215046812012-12-26T08:33:00.000-08:002012-12-27T00:14:28.792-08:00What Does Randomness Look Like?In ancient history, the concepts of chance and randomness were intertwined with that of fate. Many ancient peoples threw dice to determine fate, and this later evolved into games of chance. Most ancient cultures used various methods of divination to attempt to circumvent randomness and fate. Trying to work out whether a pattern of numbers is random may seem like an arcane mathematical game, Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09275884587094361224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6860672948299490907.post-83676081817596647962012-12-26T08:32:00.002-08:002012-12-27T00:14:28.997-08:00The 2012 Doomsday and Other Signs of the End TimesAnother doomsday come and gone, and once again, we're all still here. Read more Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09275884587094361224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6860672948299490907.post-6966572142993178942012-12-26T08:32:00.001-08:002012-12-27T00:14:28.946-08:00Random Celebrity PhotoNicole Kidman Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09275884587094361224noreply@blogger.com