Poor Al Gore. Global warming completely debunked via the very Internet you invented. Oh, oh, the irony.
Quote from Jon Stewart on Tuesday's "The Daily Show" about the growing controversy over faked research reports about global warming.
TORONTO, Nov. 19 /CNW/ - An editorial cartoon on the front page of the November 18 Toronto edition of Metro, a widely distributed daily commuter news digest, has drawn the ire of the president of Toronto's transit workers union.
The cartoon depicts a streetcar operator leaning out of his window with his hand in the pocket of a startled pedestrian reading a newspaper with the headline "Rate increase."
"Fare increases are always accompanied by a large spike in verbal and physical assaults on vehicle Operators and Collectors," says Bob Kinnear, president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 113. "Passengers angered by having to pay more to ride the TTC take out their frustration on the front line workers, not on TTC management or the Commissioners.
Full news release at http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/November2009/19/c3091.html
Overeaters Anonymous (OA) Meetings - An Inside Look Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Jenny Clark. She primarily blogs about teaching and education related issues. She teaches 2nd grade in an urban Midwest school. You can see her blog at http://doinitjensway.blogspot.com. First I'd like to say that I'm no expert on this. Please see the Overeaters...
linklings, money writers edition I'll launch into the roundup by formally announcing (not that it's a surprise to most readers by this point, although some subscribers who don't visit the site may not have noticed) that I've joined The Money Writers network. The network has been around for a year and included The...
Using Software to Help You Budget Budgeting was extremely commonplace in the 19th century and well into the early 20th century, but now of days it seems that most people just try to live on what they get without developing a plan for their money. Perhaps people think that they are too busy, that they donât...
Living a Passionate Life - Why Follow Your Passions? Designing a passionate life requires that you identify what you are ptassionate about. What's really important to you in your life right now? When you know this you can focus your attention on attracting all the people, places, and things you need to design a passionate life. Why is this...
Our Test Run of SocialOomph formerly Tweetlater Twitter Marketing Tool Being on Twitter practically every minute of the day I see free Twitter tools come my way from practically every direction. I have tested many of them but currently use only one that I am very happy with and that is SocialOomph( Formerly tweetlater) . This tool is very...
Embed a Youtube video in Wordpress blog in 5 steps Step 1 - Write Your Post in Wordpress To add a Youtube video to your blog post, write a new post in your Wordpress Admin area. Be sure to leave a blank line where you want the YouTube video to appear in the final, published post on your blog. Step...
20 Year Olds Reading the Wall Street Journal? I get tired of "woulda, coulda, shoulda" posts on investment blogs, but now I am falling into the same trap and speaking from 20/20 hindsight. . . Anyway, even though we do not see eye to eye on politics, plonkee got me thinking about how every financial product under the sun is marketed...
Free Trade Agenda in 2009 The export of the globalization psychology with its promise to improve the living standards of millions of people in the developing world during the 1990s and 2000s was a precursor to the global crisis we are experiencing now, in 2009. Globalization psychology can be defined as an approach to global...
Male Order Husband on eBay for Xmas If you live in Romania ladies, this eBay listing might be just the ticket. YOU WANT ME AS FRIEND OR HUSBAND SEX & LOVE Tag: friend husbend sex excursion life sport good time love Whether you are looking for a friend or a lover or a husband, this man is...We have been monitored by the government for argueably all our lives, others more closely than some. And when suspicious web activity has surged, they have proven to at least in the game, though not necessarily a step ahead.
However, now Wired Magazine is breaking the story about what the CIA wants now : " America’s spy agencies want to read your blog posts, keep track of your Twitter updates — even check out your book reviews on Amazon."
The magazine goes on: "In-Q-Tel, the investment arm of the CIA and the wider intelligence community, is putting cash into Visible Technologies... 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."
Visible scours almost a million 2.0 websites every day, nitpicking posts, conversations, blogs, Flickr, Youtube, and the like, to dish out a rundown of what is being said on these sites. People subscribed to Visible are provided with a plate of real-time feeds of everything searched and said, based on a series of keywords.
The CIA states it wants Visible to track foreign social media, and issue spooks, which is “early-warning detection on how issues are playing internationally."
The problem with all this of course is the paramount difference between saying and doing.
We all post, send and comment with little second thought. We also have heard that the internet is public territory, and have correspondingly experienced at least one bout of unfair or unmerited attention based on our web-action or an action documented and exhibited over the web.
So, although anything we put out there is technically fair game, it could quickly become controversial if they utilized information gathered through Visible to conduct unauthorized investigations. Still may not hit close to home-but think if they used found information on visited sites or commented photos done by political candidates or journalists, lawyers, doctors or professors.
The potential for information and character exploitation through this avenue, although said information has been conducted on open, public forums and gathered through a legal and accepted platform, is monumental.
"A naked man who climbed out of a window and hid on the ledge to escape his lover's furious husband has been caught on camera.
The terrified 25-year-old Sun Meng fled from the balcony window when he was caught in bed with the man's wife at the married couple's apartment in Chengdu, central China.
Sun Meng has been given the cold shoulder by his community after the extraordinary picture of him cowering naked outside the flat were posted on the internet.
Photographs of the anrgy showdown, taken by a startled neighbour, were uploaded to a local community website.
They show Sun perched on the first floor ledge while his lover is confronted by her un-named husband inside.
"I know what I did was wrong but I was afraid he would kill me.
"People are even laughing at how I look naked - but I have to point out it was a very cold day," he added."
via Telegraph.co.uk
4 Tips to Picking a Tennis Racket The racket you pick will have more than an impact on a tennis ball, it will have an impact on the way that you play this game. If youâre not using the right tennis racket, chances are you are not playing the game as well as you could be. It...
The Debate Over Oversized Tennis Rackets One of the hottest issues in tennis is the use of oversized rackets. While there are a handful of pros in the circuit that actually use them, by far, they are most often used by inexperienced players that are just getting started in the game. There are some benefits and...
More Tennis Tips pt 1 This is another installment of tennis tips that will improve all aspects of your game. Armed with the right tennis playing tips, you really can improve all aspects of game play from serves to returns and back again. 1 - When Hitting Forehand, Lay Wrist Back Where the ball... Additional Tennis Serving Tips Here are some helpful tennis tips that will give you some perspective on improving your serve. Remember that different tennis tips are going to help different players in unique ways. The true key is going to lie in your ability to try out different tips and techniques until you...
Great New Posts on kjwriteleft.com Me at the computer ha ha! Image by Getty Images via Daylife Good morning all! Just been going through some great new posts. Been in a conspiratorial mood today so added a couple of conspiracy theory articles for all of you with more to come. You can find them...
I Love a Good Conspiracy Image via Wikipedia After publishing a few articles by other authors on my site about conspiracy theories it made me think of all the good ones I have seen throughout the years. While they are called "theories" for a reason it has always fascinated me the way these often...
Cashing in On Chips, Candy and Costumes: 10 Sweet Stocks For Hallowe'en Two things come to mind in Hallowe'en season if you're an investor: candy and costumes. There's little more left of the holiday festivity than dressing up in the latest gauche pop culture references and staples from past horror flicks - and all the parties held precisely to give the opportunity...
10/28 - ETF Trading - IWM, UWM, EWC, EWT, EWY We're into a full trading position for IWM, UWM, EWC, and EWT. We've scaled-into three trading positions for each etf over the past several trading days. EWY moved lower yesterday, and we scaled-into our second trading position. Take a third and final trading position in EWY should it move lower...
5 Tips for Acoustic Guitar Playing Here are a couple of acoustic guitar tips for free that every beginner should learn sooner than later. Some of it is harder to learn than it is for others; forewarned is forearmed. Guitar Tip #1 - You are incredibly unlikely to hear anyone ever say to themselves "It is...
Effective Study Skills When studying, the quality of the studying is just as important as its quantity. In fact, one could argue that it's even more important. Using the right techniques, it's possible to accomplish the same amount of studying in half the time! Here are some study skills to master that...
Should You Neuter Your Dog? /caption]It's one of the most crucial questions a new dog owner will face: whether or not to neuter their dog. If you barely have any knowledge of animal behavior and simply like to "go with the flow," you might do well to educate yourself on this important pet-related issue. Many...I cannot believe some of the controversial shit I am watching on TV right now; "I'm 8 years old, and I need a sex change?" I'm sorry but HOW out of order is that? You don't know what you are at 8? I think that's a bit much!
I've also just watched how they reckon the training techniques used to prepare Police for riots do more harm than good, and next week they are breaking the final taboo by doing a documentary about the relationship between Race & Intelligence!
What with all that and some of the stuff being said on The X Factor in just the first two weeks of live shows, what's next?!?!?
OMG there's SO much I wanna say I don't know where to begin!
So, for some reason in all the funny drama of Burton talking shit / trying to
get YoBeat to pull the story on its Fall Bash (a glorified family picnic),
we failed to notice the new issue of Frequency Magazine had just arrived.
