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Black Rhoads Facebook Page.
Hi all.
If you didn’t already know I’m working on a project with a few guys where we pay musical tribute to Ozzy and Black Sabbath. Well things are progressing, and we now have substance to share. check out our Facebook Page and let me know what you think. There are recordings in the blocks tabs, and on the wall.
Marty
$34 Million Later, PETA Saves Eight Animals?
$34 Million Later, PETA Saves Eight Animals?
“In 2009, PETA euthanized 2,301 dogs and cats — 97 percent of those brought in — and adopted only eight, according to Virginia state figures. And the rate of these killings has been increasing.”
That’s 2352 animals: 681 dogs, 1620 cats and 51 other companion animals.
German Government: Stop Using Internet Explorer
German Government: Stop Using Internet Explorer:
In a statement issued today, the German Federal Office for Security in Information Technology (known as BSI) recommends that all Internet Explorer users switch to an alternative browser.
Swine flu ‘a false pandemic’ to sell vaccines, expert says | The Daily Telegraph
Swine flu ‘a false pandemic’ to sell vaccines, expert says | The Daily Telegraph: ”
Wow it took until january for the “Experts” to figure this out!!?
Ginkgo doesn’t work: Are there better ways to save your brain? – CNN.com
Ginkgo doesn’t work: Are there better ways to save your brain? – CNN.com: “Ginkgo biloba has failed — again — to live up to its reputation for boosting memory and brain function. Just over a year after a study showed that the herb doesn’t prevent dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, a new study from the same team of researchers has found no evidence that ginkgo reduces the normal cognitive decline that comes with aging.”
All I have to say is ” Well Crap I thought it would work!”
-marty
Santa is Moving!!!
North Magnetic Pole Moving East Due to Core Flux: ”
North Magnetic Pole Moving East Due to Core Flux
Richard A. Lovett in San Francisco
for National Geographic News
December 24, 2009
Earth’s north magnetic pole is racing toward Russia at almost 40 miles (64 kilometers) a year due to magnetic changes in the planet’s”
Number of police officer killed by guns up 24% – SFGate
“The availability of guns compounds the problem”, criminologists say. But Pennsylvania, the state with the most gun-related officer deaths so far this year, has among the strictest gun laws in the country, according to a ranking by the pro-gun-control Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. Other states, like Louisiana, Oklahoma and Kentucky, have very little oversight and had few, if any, officer gun deaths this year.”
not Party crashers their “Undocumented Guests” this is great
Remember the party crashers that crashed Obama’s Party.. Well check out this retort.
Think Progress » Bush Officials Objected To Awarding Medal To J.K. Rowling Because Harry Potter Books Promote Witchcraft
Think Progress » Bush Officials Objected To Awarding Medal To J.K. Rowling Because Harry Potter Books Promote Witchcraft: “ThinkProgress Wonk Room Yglesias Progress Report
Think Progress
Bush Officials Objected To Awarding Medal To J.K. Rowling Because Harry Potter Books Promote Witchcraft By Zaid Jilani on Sep 24th, 2009 at 2:00 pm
Bush Officials Objected To Awarding Medal To J.K. Rowling Because Harry Potter Books Promote Witchcraft
The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the nation’s highest civil award, and is given to individuals who have contributed to: 1) the security or national interests of the United States, 2) world peace, or 3) cultural or other significant public or private endeavors.
In his new book, Speechless: Tales of a White House Survivor, former Bush speechwriter Matt Latimer reveals how politicized the revered Presidential Medal of Freedom became during the Bush administration.
Latimer writes that administration officials objected to giving author J.K. Rowling the Presidential Medal of Freedom because her writing ‘encouraged witchcraft’ (p. 201):
This was the same sort of narrow thi”