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McCain's Florida finance co-chair: war profiteer.
Don't like the Iraq War? Think it costs too much? Read the Miami Herald story today about one Florida Republican donor who may beg to disagree.
Harry Sargeant III has $1 billion in contracts to ship fuel to the military in Iraq. In March, John McCain tapped Sargeant to be his Florida campaign co-finance chairman.
Not bad for a company Sargeant founded in 2004 with a Jordanian business partner. If not for bundled contributions from Arab Americans in California-- apparently foreign nationals-- Sargeant's business activities and influence peddling in Washington might not have come to light.
"The company has established a massive operation, with some 300 tankers shipping oil from Saudia Arabia to Jordan, where the fuel is trucked in convoys into Ramadi, Iraq, using drivers from Jordan, India, the Sudan and the Dominican Republic, according to a Defense Department newsletter."
The Herald report is sprinkled with refusals, denials, and unavailability for comment by Republican officials with close ties to Sargeant.
Hey, someone has to get fuel to our troops in Iraq: it might as well be a Republican. In the past two years, Sargeant has given $2 million to political causes and candidates-- mostly Republican. Don't like the Iraq War? Think it costs too much? Read the Miami Herald story today about one Florida Republican donor who may be... more -
The World's Top 10 Spammers
The world's top 10 spamming countries account for 55 per cent of the total global spam volume, says Secure Computing, a public company that provides enterprise security solution, in its Internet Threats Report.
Spam is the unwanted e-mail messages that you find in your mail box. It is primarily electronic junk mail sent to your e-mail account or even your cellphone.
Spammers are continuing to use pop culture and current events (US elections, Olympics, etc) to entice end users into responding or clicking on links whose sole purpose is to download malware. The world's top 10 spamming countries account for 55 per cent of the total global spam volume, says Secure Computing, a public co... more -
My Favorite Great Indian Authors & Books
IndianAuthors blog provides online information on great Indian Authors for book lovers. Newly launched Indian books, most popular great Indian authors & books. IndianAuthors blog provides online information on great Indian Authors for book lovers. Newly launched Indian books, most popular grea... more
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Indian chefs welcome, not IT workers: UK panel
The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) of the Home Office has revised the list of occupations and skills, which are short in supply in UK. This list enables employer in UK to recruit skilled workers from India. According to the revised list, Indian chefs will be allowed to work in Britain’s multi-million pound Indian restaurant industry but Indian IT workers are no longer required. The revised list includes skilled chefs, secondary school teachers of Maths and Sciences, consultants and senior specialist nurses, some engineering occupations, including civil and chemical engineers. The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) of the Home Office has revised the list of occupations and skills, which are short in supply in... more
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Natives keep money not creditors
B.C. creditors hoping to collect from Ottawa monies owed by first nations beneficiaries of the billion-dollar residential school settlement deal are out of luck, the B.C. Court of Appeal says. B.C. creditors hoping to collect from Ottawa monies owed by first nations beneficiaries of the billion-dollar residential school settl... more
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Mumaith Khan - big boobs Bollywood style
Busty bollywood beauty Mumaith Khan is a film actress best known for her dance numbers in movies - not because she is such a great dancer, but because way she shakes her big breasts while wearing scanty tops showing loads of cleavage. She has acted in nearly 15 movies in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil and Kannada languages. Mumaith's family hailed from Pakistan but moved to India where they settled in the outskirts of Mumbai. Her father is an Indian (Tamil Nadu) and her mother is a Pakistani. She ended in entertainment business after she joined a small dance troop to supprt her poor family.
Turning Point of her career was when she was seventeen and beat dozens of models and floored the casting couch of "Munnabhai MBBS" with her talents and eventually bagged the item number in the movie, in which she performed in a song sequence 'Dekh le' and came to be known as a 'Dekh le girl' in the entire film industry ... Busty bollywood beauty Mumaith Khan is a film actress best known for her dance numbers in movies - not because she is such a great dan... more -
Laugh Therapy
Indian security personnel practice laughter therapy during an early morning yoga session in a park in the northern Indian city of Allahabad, on August 27, 2008. Indian security personnel practice laughter therapy during an early morning yoga session in a park in the northern Indian city of Alla... more
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Malaysia Book of Records of Most Number of Kite Flying
Some 1,655 people helped put Bintulu in the Malaysia Book of Records by launching 1,655 kites of all shapes, sizes and colours into the sky here. The feat at the Bintulu airstrip is part of the week-long Borneo International Kite Festival being held in conjunction with Sarawak’s 45th year of independence through the formation of Malaysia.
Myself Paavan Solanki, one the Indian Kite Flyers participate in the same event with our Fighter Kites at Bornio International Kite Festival 2008. Also Participating in Malaysia Book of Records of Most Number of Kite Flying Event. My Photos in the event showing here.
For full story http://www.worldamazingrecords.com Some 1,655 people helped put Bintulu in the Malaysia Book of Records by launching 1,655 kites of all shapes, sizes and colours into th... more -
East-meets-West Summer Wedding
The ceremony strayed from any religious connotations to the pleasure of everyone around. It was short and sweet just like the bride. The groom and best man wore Westernized suits and the bride and maid of honor wore Indian sarees. The ceremony strayed from any religious connotations to the pleasure of everyone around. It was short and sweet just like the bride. T... more
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East-Meets-West Wedding Photo Gallery
My best friend’s sister was getting married. Lara, being part Indo-Canadian, decided on having an East-Meets-West Wedding including a traditional Mendhi Ceremony My best friend’s sister was getting married. Lara, being part Indo-Canadian, decided on having an East-Meets-West Wedding including a ... more
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Shopping for a Saree
We had to decide what to wear on this grand occasion. Sure, we could have gone to the mall. We could have picked out nice cocktail dresses or we could have followed the boho trend with something long and flowing. But, why be ordinary? We decided were would deck ourselves out in full Indian style. We had to decide what to wear on this grand occasion. Sure, we could have gone to the mall. We could have picked out nice cocktail dre... more
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Worlds Longest Flag World Records 2008
Worlds Longest Flag Guinness Book of World Records 2008 set by Vyaswadi Papadasangah - Ahmedabad Gujarat, India
Worlds Longest flag ever made by a religious group Vyaswadi Pagpada Sangh, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India for the Ambaji temple here, is ready. It’s a mammoth 415 feet long. When erected, it stands as high as 20 feet. Weight of the temple flag is 125 Kg.
For full story http://www.worldamazingrecords.com Worlds Longest Flag Guinness Book of World Records 2008 set by Vyaswadi Papadasangah - Ahmedabad Gujarat, India ... more -
World Smallest Bodybuilders in India
At 2'9" and a mere one and a half stone, Aditya "Romeo" Dev is the world's smallest bodybuilder
Using custom-built 1.5kg dumbbells, Romeo, 19, pumps iron daily to prove that small is beautiful.
While most dwarfs have large heads compared to their bodies, Romeo is perfectly proportioned, and despite his diminutive stature has triceps, biceps, calves and thighs that would make many a full-grown man blush.
For full story http://www.worldamazingrecords.com At 2'9" and a mere one and a half stone, Aditya "Romeo" Dev is the world's smallest bodybuilder ... more -
Spies helped bomb Indian Embassy
"U.S. intelligence agencies, using intercepted communications, say Pakistan's spy agency officers helped in the July 7 Indian embassy bombing in Afghanistan.
The bombing, which killed 54 people including the Indian defense attached, is seen as the clearest evidence thus far of Pakistani officers working against U.S. efforts to fight militancy in Afghanistan, The New York Times reported, quoting American government officials.
Immediately after the embassy bombing, Indian officials said Pakistan's notorious Inter-Services Intelligence officers had a hand in it.
U.S. intelligence officials concluded that the Pakistani spy officers, communicating with the militants, helped plan the embassy attack. The officials did not say what assistance the officers gave the militants, but indications were that they had clearance from higher ups for their actions, the newspaper said.
U.S. officials told The Times new information showed the Pakistani officers are increasingly providing militants with details about the American campaign against them, which in some cases allow the militants to escape missile strikes in Pakistan's tribal areas.
The concerns have strained U.S. relations with Pakistan and heightened India-Pakistan tensions, as evidence by reported clashes among their border troops in Kashmir, The Times said.
The Times had previously reported that a top U.S. Central Intelligence Agency official visited Pakistan this month to present information about ISI members providing information to militant groups." "U.S. intelligence agencies, using intercepted communications, say Pakistan's spy agency officers helped in the July 7 India... more -
Farmers complain of substandard potato seeds - prefer to grow HEMP
"many villagers in south Kashmir presently prefer to cultivate hemp"
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The Drug War Comes to the Rez
Alex White Plume called it his "field of dreams": an acre and a half of plants so tall and strong they seemed to touch the sky; a crop representing hope for a new and self-sufficient life for his family, residents of the desperately impoverished Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota.
But on Aug. 24, 2000 at sunrise, just four days before White Plume and his neighbors planned to harvest their bounty, White Plume awoke to the sounds of helicopters. He looked out the window and saw a convoy of vehicles heading for his field.
He raced down to investigate, and was met by a slew of black-clad and heavily armed figures -- 36 agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration, the FBI, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the US Marshal's office.
When White Plume rolled down the window of his pick-up to ask what was going on, he says, one US marshal pointed a gun in his face. Meanwhile, the other agents chopped down each plant near the roots and hauled them away.
You see, White Plume was growing industrial hemp, a botanical cousin of marijuana. According to tests conducted later by the BIA, White Plume's hemp contained only trace amounts of the psychoactive element THC. But US drug laws do not distinguish between marijuana, which has a higher THC content, and other kinds of hemp; growing either is illegal. (Federal law does permit the possession or sale of mature stalks, fiber, and products made from hemp fiber and hemp seed oil.)
Still, the raid at Pine Ridge wasn't your typical drug bust. The Oglala Sioux tribal government, which passed a resolution allowing White Plume to plant his crop, argues that the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868 gave Pine Ridge absolute sovereign status as an independent nation. The BIA, however, says Pine Ridge enjoys only "limited" sovereignty: While the tribe has its own government, constitution, and laws, it is subject to some federal oversight.
White Plume and the tribe knew that they'd be walking a thin line between sovereignty and US drug law. Pine Ridge's ordinance makes a distinction between industrial hemp and its psychoactive cousin and sets a threshold for distinguishing between the two at 1 percent THC. The US government makes no such distinction; any THC is too much, according to US law.
Robert Ecoffey, superintendent of the BIA on Pine Ridge, gave the tribe some hefty warnings before the seeds were planted. Ecoffey says, "I told them, if you're going to plant, I want to be upfront with you, you may be subjecting yourself to arrest and penalties." No arrests were made in connection with the raid, but the South Dakota US attorney's office says it may still prosecute.
In the tribe's view, the decision to grow industrial hemp is well within its right to self-determination. The tribal council based its approval of the hemp ordinance on the Fort Laramie Treaty, which sets apart land for the "absolute and undisturbed use and occupation" of the Lakota.
The gray zone between the Oglala Lakota people's right to self-determination and federal drug laws is where Alex White Plume now finds himself trapped.
"They're treating us like second-class citizens, like wards of the state," says White Plume, who is considering suing the government for compensation and has started soliciting donations to a legal fund. "To me, it's like the US going into Canada and raiding a hemp field over there." Alex White Plume called it his "field of dreams": an acre and a half of plants so tall and strong they seemed to touch the s... more -
World's Largest Tricycle and Condom Bike Record
For a Social Cause Mr. Sudhakar made a Condom Bike in the shape of a condom to bring in awareness towards the deadly AIDS. The Condom bike has a built in player, which gives a brief history on condoms and AIDS awareness. Continuing to fight against the deadly AIDS, he is planning to start a Mini Condom Bike Race.
He has designed over 30 different designs of bicycles from single seater to multi seaters, the likes of which are ‘Penny Farthings’, ‘Tandems’, ‘Made For Each Other’, ‘Velo Cars’, ‘Recumbents’,’ Micro Cars’, ‘Lightfoots’, ‘Cycle Trains’, ‘Sociable’, etc. including the smallest bicycle in India, which is about 6 inches high.
Mr.Sudhakar has created a Guinness World Record for the Largest Tricycle in the World from India. The Tricycle is 41 feet 7 inches tall and weighs about 3 tons with the wheel diameter of 17 feet. It is 37 feet 4 inches long. The Tricycle is powered by the Pedal, Chain Sprockets and Gears. It took him over 3 years to built this Giant.
For all records
http://www.worldamazingrecords.com For a Social Cause Mr. Sudhakar made a Condom Bike in the shape of a condom to bring in awareness towards the deadly AIDS. The Condom ... more -
Green Coconut Breaking World Record India
Bhubaneswar (Orissa) India, Call it outlandish or taking things easy, Orissa Government has betrayed one of the rarest talents of the State, who could broke hundreds of Green coconut by his elbow in minutes.
In various occasions he has probed this and entered his name in Limca Book of Records but the mandarins of Orissa Government yet to extend a help of hand for him or recognize his talents. Bhubaneswar (Orissa) India, Call it outlandish or taking things easy, Orissa Government has betrayed one of the rarest talents of the ... more -
Rakhi - Biggest Traditional Festival in India
Raksha Bandhan (Rakhi) is a traditional Indian festival in which sisters tie a sacred thread of protection around their brother’s wrists. By accepting a thread from his sister, the brother is bound to protect his sister from harm.
The sanctity of the thread that the sister ties to a brother’s hand makes the relationship glow with noble thoughts and blessings of love, devotion and duty of the brother towards his sister.
People in India celebrate this festival on the full moon day of the Hindu month of Shravana. The frail rakhi thread is considered stronger than iron chains in India as it binds brothers and sisters in a bond of everlasting trust and love. Sisters apply ‘tikka’ on their brothers’ foreheads and brothers reciprocate by giving them gifts and tokens of cash.
In turn, sisters buy gifts and sweets for their brothers. The meaning of this festival has expanded, so those who do not have brothers tie rakhis to others and initiate a new brother-sister relationship that usually continues for a lifetime.
This festival also has an important social significance, because it underlines the notion that every one in society should live in harmonious coexistence with each other as brothers and sisters in society. The best way forward towards attaining this social goal is to initiate a lifetime bond that makes men and women, young and old alike with pious feelings towards each other.
The aim of Rakhi is to achieve a harmonious coexistence for everyone and removal of social strains. Simultaneously, it strives to cultivate noble thoughts in society and imbibe feelings of brotherly as well as sisterly love for members of society.
The festival is rooted deeply in the psyche of every Indian since the past. Legend says that Rajput and Maratha queens have send rakhis even to Mughal kings who despite their personal differences, rose to protect them from harm.
Another story has it that Lord Indra - the ruler of the heavenly realm, was almost on the verge of losing a long drawn battle against the demons. Indira’s wife came forward to help her husband and tied a talisman on his wrist. This helped Lord Indira win the war against the demons.
Yet another legend has it that Lord Yama, the God of death had a sister Yamuna. On every “Shravan Purnima”, she would tie a rakhi on her brother’s wrist. Since then it became customary for sisters to tie a rakhi on their brother’s wrist.
There are a lot of rakhis available in the market encompassing both traditional and modern themes. These include thread rakhis, moti (pearl) rakhis, silver rakhis, silver coin rakhis and more. There are rakhis even for children such as chocolate rakhis, Superman, Batman, Pokemon, Krish, Mikey mouse rakhis, and so on.
On this day, brothers and sisters send cards and gifts to each other. Traditional gifts mark the occasion. These gifts include rakhi baskets with ethnic stuff, fashion jewellery, gift hampers, ethnic dresses like sarees, kurtis, Punjabi suits, dresses and dress material, traditional puja thalis, Indian Sweets like Kaju Katli, barfi, pendas, boondi laddoos and such, dry fruits such as cashew nuts, raisins, almonds, pistachios, and such.
Other gifts include apparels, watches, perfumes, etc other due to the influence of the present day modern culture. On this occasion, brothers also give a token of money as appreciation for their sisters. Sisters also purchase return gifts for their brothers, which includes men’s items such as perfumes, kerchiefs, sunglasses, watches, mobiles, shirts, trousers, wallets, belts, apparels, electronic items, and such.
Rakhi Festival 2008 Celebration - Infibeam.com launches india's largest online rakhi and gifts collection - http://www.infibeam.com/rakhi-gifts Raksha Bandhan (Rakhi) is a traditional Indian festival in which sisters tie a sacred thread of protection around their brother’s wris... more -
10 powerful requests for today
10 powerful requests for today - by Dieter Braun (Indian in the machine)
www.indianinthemachine.com
1. I request to live in pure clean air, and to have pure clean water and
soil to grow pure clean food. Pure clean air, food, water and soil are a birthright to all.
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2. I desire to purify myself in a joyful and powerful manner.
3. I request the end of the bush cabal and/or any dark cabal, and the
transmutation of all darkness I experience, into Light.
4. I request the Angels of the Universe, to come even closer to planet Earth.
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5. I request that humans reaffirm their need for outside assistance at
this time, from our loving star family.
6. I desire to live on planet Earth, to experience permanent peace on planet Earth.
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7. I comprehend that all are equal in the universe, therefore may all
manmade laws reflect this immediately and Now!
8. I desire to live in a world where spiritual awareness is a priority in governance.
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9. I call for the end of all planetary slavery!
10. I call forth financial abundance to spread far and wide across the planet like never before!
Read more from Indian in the Machine Dieter Braun at www.indianinthemachine.com
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To paraphrase Dr. King Jr., [Darkness can not overcome darkness,
only light can do that. Violence can not overcome violence,
only love can do that.]
Embody love and light up the darkness. 10 powerful requests for today - by Dieter Braun (Indian in the machine) www.indianinthemachine.com ... more
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