10) Next terrorist attack to be Easter morning on an airline from Denmark to LA after a man blows up the plane with exploding “pop rocks” bubble gum
9) “Airport Full Body Scans” is the new big hit TV show of the season
8) Obama is discovered in an affair with Tiger Wood’s girlfriend Rachel Uchitel and many other white women
7) Michelle Obama runs off with Hillary Clinton, they are married in San Francisco, and together run for presidency in 2014
6) End of the world 2012 is postponed to unlucky 2013
5) Elin Nordegren marries Charlie Sheen gets divorced, marries Mel Gibson and gets divorced – ends up with lots more money
4) Britney Spears has Lady Gaga’s baby
3) Brett Favre retires, signs with Arizona Cardinals, then immediately retires
2) Sexy Secretary of Treasury Tim Geitner appears in Playgirl Magazine
1) Michael Jackson re-emerges as superstar after being cloned from a piece of his leftover nose found in Simon Cowell’s freezer
-10) Next terrorist attack to be Easter morning on an airline from Denmark to LA after... more
This crazy terrorist bastard tried to chop up a political cartoonist. Should we worry about whether we are tolerant of how he swings his axe?This crazy terrorist bastard tried to chop up a political cartoonist. Should we worry... more
While scores of theological scholars have been studying the literal meaning of biblical phrases and the historical facts mentioned therein, leading to an endless stream of interpretations, scientists have studied the scriptures and discovered scientific hidden meaning within them.
Along with our rapid scientific evolution, our understanding of ancient scriptures such as the Vedas and the Upanishads is growing. Now we’re not only rediscovering the scientific significance of Eastern spirituality but also that of the Bible!
Fascinating facts about the Bible have surfaced that are often dismissed or ignored by the Roman Catholic Church because these findings do not fit in with their established dogmas.
However unlike theological discussions, scientific facts can neither be ignored nor can they be debated, they can either be proven right or wrong, there is no in between.
Independently Stan Tenen and Daniel Winter noticed that the characters of the Hebrew alphabet are projections of a ‘special form’ on the faces of a tetrahedron seen from different angles! However it was Daniel Winter who pointed out that this ‘special form’ is actually the Golden Mean or Phi spiral.
The Phi spiral describes the surface of the torus, the basic element of matter. Now if we put the Phi spiral inside a tetrahedron and then slowly revolve it around a pivot axis, and shine a light from behind the Phi spiral, all of the Hebrew characters will show up as the shadows on the inside face of the tetrahedron. Hence, the characters of the Hebrew alphabet are the projections of a Golden Mean spiral.While scores of theological scholars have been studying the literal meaning of... more
Calling in from Copenhagen! Tune in week day mornings during the United National Climate Change Conference (also known as COP 15) to get the daily low down from people attending the Conference. Each morning we will host live skype calls with people at their various locations. November 8th's raw and uncut live interview was with Tadzio Mueller, political scientist and activist, involved in the international network climate justice action that is organizing protests during the cop15 climate summit in Copenhagen.Calling in from Copenhagen! Tune in week day mornings during the United National... more
It's being called one of the most historic events in history. This December 8th-18th Copenhagen is not just a city in Denmark, it's the location of the United Nations Climate Change Conference Each morning at 9:15am PST 12:15 EST and 6:15pm Copenhagen time we call live into Copenhagen and speak with a variety of guests about their various locations. November 14th raw and uncut live included interviews were with award winning journalist and author Naomi Klein, lead organizer for the Rain Forest Action Network Joshua Kahn Russell.It's being called one of the most historic events in history. This December... more
It's being called one of the most historic events in history. This December 8th-18th Copenhagen is not just a city in Denmark, it's the location of the United Nations Climate Change Conference. Each morning at 9:15am PST 12:15 EST and 6:15pm Copenhagen time we call live into Copenhagen and speak with people at various locations throughout the city. The following uncut interview is with Alex Loors, founder of Kids vs Global Warming and was part of our live stream on December 15th.It's being called one of the most historic events in history. This December... more
It's being called one of the most historic events in history. This December 8th-18th Copenhagen is not just a city in Denmark, it's the location of the United Nations Climate Change Conference. Each morning at 9:15am PST 12:15 EST and 6:15pm Copenhagen time we call live into Copenhagen and speak with people at various locations throughout the city. The following interview is with photojournalist Kris Krug who describes his experience documenting the marches and protests.It's being called one of the most historic events in history. This December... more
Editor's Note: Odette Keeley, news anchor for "Stories From The Ethnic Media" on NAM's radio program, "New America Now" on 91.7 FM KALW, talks to ethnic media professionals about their outlets' news headlines and their take on the news of the day.
This week on "Stories from the Ethnic Media": The local and ethnic lens on Copenhagen’s global summit on climate change.
Almost 200 country representatives have gathered in Copenhagen, Denmark discussing initiatives to help minimize global warming’s potentially devastating effects. More than a hundred world leaders are expected to attend by the end of the summit, on December 18th. Bangla Patrika newspaper’s acting editor Abu Taher says Bangladeshi-Americans are keenly monitoring the outcome of this climate change conference because they have seen the ravages of natural disasters on their homeland, particularly Tropical Cyclone Sidr. The cyclone struck Bangladesh late last year, killing almost 2,000 people,
and; In Phoenix, Southwest Green Magazine publisher Dr. George Brooks says they are highlighting the critical long-term impacts of global warming and how it could directly affect the African-American community.
Almost 200 country representatives have gathered in Copenhagen, Denmark discussing initiatives to help minimize global warming’s potentially devastating effects. More than a hundred world leaders are expected to attend by the end of the summit, on December 18th. Bangla Patrika newspaper’s acting editor Abu Taher says Bangladeshi-Americans are keenly monitoring the outcome of this climate change conference because they have seen the ravages of natural disasters on their homeland, particularly Tropical Cyclone Sidr. The cyclone struck Bangladesh late last year, killing almost 2,000 people,
and; In Phoenix, Southwest Green Magazine publisher Dr. George Brooks says they are highlighting the critical long-term impacts of global warming and how it could directly affect the African-American community.
As world leaders continue to exchange ideas at the 15th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) regarding how to establish viable environmental goals that temper climate change, I thought that it might be interesting to offer a little insight into the green leanings of the Scandanavian host city. http://www.greenwala.com/community/blogs/all/3775-10-Things-You-Should-Know-About-Copenhagen-Its-Green-LeaningsAs world leaders continue to exchange ideas at the 15th Conference of the Parties of... more
1 ) Under how many feet of water New York should be submerged before the trigger snaps in ?
2 ) Is the level at which Goldman Sachs CEO's office situated relevant or is the helipad on the rooftop already operational ?
3) Should the UN be moved to Jersey or an underwater bunker ?
4 ) Should mermaid/merman be genetically created from human embryo ?
5 ) ...
Please join in this crucial debate for it can't be worst than the actual one ;)Few questions remain to be addressed…
1 ) Under how many feet of water New... more
At the climate summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, environmental groups have said that while everybody agrees that there is a climate crisis, no action has been taken in accordance with the consensus. She also talks about the controversial Danish Text.
Naomi Klein, Canadian author and journalist, tells Al Jazeera why climate change has emerged as the single greatest barrier to human development, and why there is a critical need for a mass movement to tackle it.At the climate summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, environmental groups have said that... more
There are few things that make me more catatonically depressed than the partisan shouting match we call news today. I get it, controversial partisan statements mean more viewers which means more money which in turn means more controversial partisan rejoinders. I understand the financial imperative here, I'm no news-biz-hayseed. But I have to say, it sucks and it's dangerous. It sucks because it's boring (blah blah HuffPo blah blah Fox News...everybody just STFU and focus on the news, please). It's dangerous because it distorts anything a few people disagree with into an equal-time-required rancorous partisan debate.
Case in point: Today the Washington Post let Sarah Palin publish an Op-Ed in its newspaper. I'm not going to do them the courtesy of linking to it. (Here's a good point-by-point rejoinder from the Atlantic though: http://politics.theatlantic.com/2009/12/palins_boycott_copenhagen_op-ed_annotated.php) In it, Ms. Palin calls on Obama to boycott Copenhagen because of the "climategate" leaked emails. Despite plenty of explanations in non-partisan press that the emails, though embarrassing in tone, do not represent any sort of actual shift in the science around climate change - the Post was so click/viewer-hungry as to let this climategate thing roll on in its pages.
Now I already missed Kanyegate this year, but I think climategate is a good one to start with. I'm calling it, it's not a -gate!
Why? Let me let Time magazine explain it to you. (I mean c'mon, Time is about the safest down-the-middle reporting you can get.)
"4. Do the e-mails weaken the scientific case for global warming? Put it this way: when it comes to climate-science analysis from the representative of the world's biggest oil-producing state [Saudi Arabia], it's wise to be suspicious. In the weeks since the e-mails first became public, many climate scientists and policy experts have looked through them, and they report that the correspondence does not contradict the overwhelming scientific consensus on global warming, which has been decades in the making. "The content of the stolen e-mails has no impact whatsoever on our overall understanding that human activity is driving dangerous levels of global warming," wrote 25 leading U.S. scientists in a letter to Congress on Dec. 4. "The body of evidence that underlies our understanding of human-caused global warming remains robust.""
(Link: http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1946082-2,00.html)
I'm taking a stand. It's not about climate change and it's not about left vs right. It's about -gates. I'm asking my fellow Americans to carefully consider what we grant "-gate" status to. Watergate was a big honkin' controversy that deserved the barrels of ink spilled over its progression. And it was even partisan. It was an IMPORTANT partisan scandal. But not every disagreement that happens across the screens of cable news deserves this holiest of suffixes.
I hate to break it to everyone, but I think Climategate falls short of -gate status.
That's reportedly the big question at Copenhagen right now. Yesterday there was the leak of the "Danish text" - purportedly an early draft of what could be the final climate agreement at Copenhagen as prepared by unnamed representatives from rich countries. The text was so unacceptable to delegates from developing countries that they took to the streets. (And, they weren't the only ones that were mad: it also cost Leah an interview!) But why?
It comes down to rich vs. poor (developed vs. developing). Big, rich countries like the US emit lots of carbon and, importantly, have done so for a very long time. But, they're also leading the charge into reducing emissions. Less wealthy developing countries, like many of those in the African delegation, are just getting to the point of economic productivity where they're going to start needing more and more electricity. But they're not yet to the point where they have whole industries dedicated to reducing emissions. Additionally, when the climate change s**t hits the climate change fan - developing countries expect they'll be the worse off with the least resources to deal with it.
Back to the "Danish text". What made this so offensive to developing countries was that it treated rich and poor countries equally. Or at least more equally than was palatable. And we're all about equality right? No, not at Copenhagen we're not. A group of 123 developing countries calling themselves the "G77 plus China"(...I don't know how the math works) want developed countries to make bigger cuts in emissions and to pledge a sizable chunk of money to help them out in the aforementioned s**t/fan scenario. How much money? The "Danish text" offered $10 billion. The NYTimes reports the number is probably in the hundreds of billions.
All of this to say - the debate about how to tackle climate change seems to have quickly become about footing the bill.
As leaders from around the world meet in Copenhagen for talks on climate change, people in the developing world are already living through the consequences of global warming. Joining Riz to discuss this issue is Helen Clark, the United Nations top official on development and climate change and the former prime minister of New Zealand.As leaders from around the world meet in Copenhagen for talks on climate change,... more
Connie Hedegaard, president of the Copenhagen U.N. Climate Change Conference, confesses to an affair with Tiger Woods. She is his mistress - elskerinde. And, she’s having his baby! At least something good will come out of Danmark this year … whew, do you smell something rotten?
-Connie Hedegaard, president of the Copenhagen U.N. Climate Change Conference,... more
Few Danish bands know how to work a beat like Vinnie Who, and even fewer know how to orchestrate it live with an army of analog and digital instruments. Their live performance is powerful, passionate and the perfect mix of visual and audio stimulation. This band is not ment to be recorded, they are ment for the stage!Few Danish bands know how to work a beat like Vinnie Who, and even fewer know how to... more
By JAN M. OLSEN, Associated Press Writer Jan M. Olsen, Associated Press Writer – 2 hrs 37 mins ago
KORSOER, Denmark – The world's largest cruise ship cleared a crucial obstacle Sunday, lowering its smokestacks to squeeze under a bridge in Denmark.
The Oasis of the Seas — which rises about 20 stories high — passed below the Great Belt Fixed Link with a slim margin as it left the Baltic Sea on its maiden voyage to Florida.
Company officials are banking that its novelty will help guarantee its success. Five times larger than the Titanic, the $1.5 billion ship has seven neighborhoods, an ice rink, a small golf course and a 750-seat outdoor amphitheater. It has 2,700 cabins and can accommodate 6,300 passengers and 2,100 crew members.
In the stern, a 750-seat outdoor theater — modeled on an ancient Greek amphitheater — doubles as a swimming pool by day and an ocean front theater by night. The pool has a diving tower with spring boards and two 33-foot (10-meter) high-dive platforms. An indoor theater seats 1,300 guests.
By MIKE ROBINSON
AP Legal Affairs Writer
CHICAGO (AP) -- Two Chicago men who were schoolmates in Pakistan plotted terrorist attacks against a Danish newspaper that triggered widespread protests by printing cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad, federal prosecutors said Tuesday in announcing charges against the men.
David Coleman Headley, 49, traveled to Denmark in January and July to conduct surveillance on possible targets, including the Copenhagen and Aarhus offices of the Jyllands-Posten newspaper, prosecutors said in criminal complaints filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago. Tahawwur Hussain Rana, 48, helped arrange Headley's travel, prosecutors said.
Danish authorities said there could be more arrests.
According to U.S. prosecutors, Headley visited the newspaper's Copenhagen offices in January and told employees he represented Rana's business, First World Immigration Services, and that the business was considering opening offices in Denmark and might buy advertising.
While in Denmark, Headley asked Rana to watch for a follow-up e-mail from an advertising representative from the paper and to ask First World's Toronto and New York offices to "remember" him in case the newspaper called, prosecutors said. They said Rana corresponded with a newspaper representative and posed as Headley.
Prosecutors said Headley told FBI agents after his Oct. 3 arrest at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport that the initial plan called for attacks on the newspaper's offices, but that he later proposed just killing the paper's former cultural editor and the cartoonist behind the drawings, which triggered outrage throughout the Muslim world. He described his plans to contacts in Pakistan as "the Mickey Mouse project," according to the FBI.
The newspaper published twelve cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad in 2005. One cartoon showed Muhammad wearing a bomb-shaped turban. Any depiction of the prophet, even a favorable one, is frowned on by Islamic law as likely to lead to idolatry.
Headley, a U.S. citizen who changed his name from Daood Gilani in 2006, is charged with conspiracy to commit terrorist acts involving murder and maiming outside the United States. He could be sentenced to life in prison if convicted. He was arrested as he boarded a flight to Philadelphia, the first leg of a trip to Pakistan.
Headley and Rana are each charged with conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terrorism conspiracy, which carries a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison. Rana was arrested Oct. 18 in his home.
Headley's attorney, John Theis, said he would have no comment. Rana's attorney, Patrick Blegen, said that his client "is a well respected businessman in the Chicagoland community."
"He adamantly denies the charges and eagerly awaits his opportunity to contest them in court and to clear his and his family's name," Blegen said. "We would ask that the community respect the fact that these are merely allegations and not proof."
Nobody answered a knock at the door at Rana's home on Tuesday. A phone listing for Headley could not be found.
Residents of Rana's North Side neighborhood, which is home to a large South Asian community and where Rana reportedly ran a grocery store and an immigration services office, reacted to news of his arrest with shock.
"He's a really nice guy," said Jalal Tariq, a 23-year-old waiter who said Rana was helping him with an immigration case.
Rana was scheduled to appear before U.S. Magistrate Judge Nan Nolan for a bond hearing at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. Headley's bond hearing is set for Dec. 4 before U.S. Magistrate Judge Arlander Keys. Both men were in custody.By MIKE ROBINSON
AP Legal Affairs Writer
CHICAGO (AP) -- Two Chicago men who were... more
Two Chicago men are being charged over a plot to attack a Danish newspaper that published a controversial cartoon of the prophet Muhammed in 2005.Two Chicago men are being charged over a plot to attack a Danish newspaper that... more
