~~ Ronald Reagan ~~
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Full Page Ad Regarding Obama’s Birth Certificate Set to Run
We The People is publishing a full page ad in the Chicago Tribune regarding Obama’s birth certificate.
Mitchell Langbert via Larwyn:
Bob Robbins has forwarded the following link to Count Us Out:
Our full-page Open Letter to Mr. Obama will be published in the Chicago Tribune on both Monday, December 1, 2008 and Wednesday, December 3, 2008. It will appear in the main news section. Click here to view a copy of the final ad.
...The Open Letter to Mr. Obama is a formal Petition for a Redress (Remedy) for the alleged violation of the “natural born citizen” clause of the Constitution of the United States of America.
Mr. Obama is respectfully requested to direct the Hawaiian officials to provide access to his original birth certificate on December 5-7 by our team of forensic scientists
...We are now in the process of selecting the forensic scientists who would travel to Hawaii to examine Mr. Obama’s original birth certificate…
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Uh Huh, Like That Would Ever Happen
al-Zawahri, al-Qaeda’s #2, warns America to: Convert to Islam & Give Up Beer! Yeah right! You might get Americans to convert, but it is sacrilege to suggest they give up their beer.
Al-Qaida’s No. 2 leader appeared in a new video posted Friday calling on Americans to embrace Islam to overcome the financial meltdown, which he said was a consequence of the Sept. 11 attacks and militant strikes in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Ayman al-Zawahri, whose 80-minute recording touched on a number of subjects, also lashed out at Afghanistan’s government and said any U.S. gains in Iraq will be temporary.
Zawahri’s new recording came in the form of a question-and-answer session with an off-camera interviewer.Appearing in a white turban and robe, Zawahri discussed the roots of the U.S. economic crisis. He said it was a repercussion of the Sept. 11 attacks in the United States, and that the crisis would continue “as long as the foolish American policy of wading in Muslim blood continues.”
“The American economy was afflicted by a downturn and loss of investor confidence in the market following the events of Sept. 11,” he said.
“The modern economy has been destroyed by the strikes of the mujahedeen (in Iraq and Afghanistan) and usury,” he said, using the Arabic term for holy warriors.
Under Islamic Sharia law, usury, like drinking alcohol, is among the grand sins.Zawahri then called on the American people to “embrace Islam to live a life free of greed, exploitation and forbidden wealth.”
Obama Springs a Leak
Best explanation I’ve read of Obama’s screw the rich plan.
Via Ms. Underestimated with a H/T to Neil Boortz:
Obama Springs a Leak
Barack Obama discovers a leak under his sink, so he calls Joe the Plumber to come and fix it.
Joe drives to Obama’s house, which is located in a very nice neighborhood and where it’s clear that all the residents make more than $250,000 per year. Joe arrives and takes his tools into the house. Joe is led to the room that contains the leaky pipe under a sink. Joe assesses the problem and tells Obama, who is standing near the door, that it’s an easy repair that will take less than 10 minutes.
Obama asks Joe how much it will cost.
Joe immediately says, “$9,500.”
“$9,500?” Obama asks, stunned. “But you said it’s an easy repair!”
“Yes, but what I do is charge a lot more to my clients who make more than $250,000 per year so I can fix the plumbing of everybody who makes less than that for free,” explains Joe. “It’s always been my philosophy. As a matter of fact, I lobbied government to pass this philosophy as law, and it did pass earlier this year, so now all plumbers have to do business this way. It’s known as ‘Joe’s Fair Plumbing Act of 2008.’ Surprised you haven’t heard of it, senator.”
In spite of that, Obama tells Joe there’s no way he’s paying that much for a small plumbing repair, so Joe leaves.
Obama spends the next hour flipping through the phone book looking for another plumber, but he finds that all other plumbing businesses listed have gone out of business. Not wanting to pay Joe’s price, Obama does nothing.
The leak under Obama’s sink goes unrepaired for the next several days. A week later the leak is so bad that Obama has had to put a bucket under the sink. The bucket fills up quickly and has to be emptied every hour, and there’s a risk that the room will flood, so Obama calls Joe and pleads with him to return.
Joe goes back to Obama’s house, looks at the leaky pipe, and says “Let’s see – this will cost you about $21,000.”
“A few days ago you told me it would cost $9,500!” Obama quickly fires back.
Joe explains the reason for the dramatic increase. “Well, because of the ‘Joe’s Fair Plumbing Act,’ a lot of rich people are learning how to fix their own plumbing, so there are fewer of you paying for all the free plumbing I’m doing for the people who make less than $250,000. As a result, the rate I have to charge my wealthy paying customers rises every day. “Not only that, but for some reason the demand for plumbing work from the group of people who get it for free has skyrocketed, and there’s a long waiting list of those who need repairs. This has put a lot of my fellow plumbers out of business, and they’re not being replaced – nobody is going into the plumbing business because they know they won’t make any money. I’m hurting now too – all thanks to greedy rich people like you who won’t pay their fair share.”
Obama tries to straighten out the plumber: “Of course you’re hurting, Joe! Don’t you get it? If all the rich people learn how to fix their own plumbing and you refuse to charge the poorer people for your services, you’ll be broke, and then what will you do?”
Joe immediately replies, “Run for president, apparently.”
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A Humorous Collection of Mundane Truisms
I’ve been down in the dumps for a week. My Mother would have called it being in the doldrums. You know that feeling where everything looks bleak and the world looks kind of grey and without joy. When I woke this morning, I didn’t feel much different than I did yesterday, until I started to read around the blogosphere. Suddenly everything I read was making me laugh. I realized my mood had changed dramatically and that is a good thing. I figure that staying away from cable news, trying to find things to write about that were not about politics, and yummy turkey sandwiches are the reason, although it may be that I’ve just gone over the edge. Anyway the following is not only humorous, at least to this woman, it is also what I call a mundane truism.
What do you expect from such simple creatures? Your last name stays put. The garage is all yours. Wedding plans take care of themselves. Chocolate is just another snack. You can be President. You can never get pregnant. You can wear a white T-shirt to a water park. Heck, you can wear NO shirt to a water park.
Car mechanics tell you the truth. The world is your urinal. You never have to drive to another gas station restroom because this one is just too icky. You don’t have to stop and think of which way to turn a nut on a bolt. Same work, more pay.
Wrinkles add character. Wedding dress: $5000.00. Tux rental: $100.00. People never stare at your chest when you’re talking to them. The occasional well-rendered belch is not only appreciated by your friends, but practically expected. New shoes don’t cut, blister, or mangle your feet. One mood all the time. Phone conversations are over in 30 seconds flat. You know stuff about tanks.
A five-day vacation requires only one suitcase. You can open all your own jars. You get extra credit for the slightest act of thoughtfulness. If someone forgets to invite you, he or she can still be your friend. Your underwear is $8.95 for a three-pack. Three pairs of shoes are more than enough. You almost never have strap problems in public. You are unable to see wrinkles in your clothes.
Everything on your face stays its original color. The same hairstyle lasts for years, maybe decades. You only have to shave your face and neck. You can play with toys all your life. Your belly usually hides your big hips. One wallet and one pair of shoes one color for all seasons. You can wear shorts no matter how your legs look. You can “do” your nails with a pocket knife. You have freedom of choice concerning growing a mustache. You can do Christmas shopping for 25 relatives on December 24 in 25 minutes.
For thirty-two years of marriage, I never gave much thought to who was happier as man or woman. But now that I have to make it alone in a man friendly world without a backup to run interference, I have to agree with every single point in the above.
BTW, the above came from a blog that is new to me called Chapters of My Life. Give them a click. I know I’ll be going back when I need cheering up.
What Recesssion, Depression?
Shoppers trampling someone to death in order to shop, people fighting over Xboxes, lines around the block for iPhones, Verizon’s Blackberry Storm, and the new Google Phone and now we find out that Black Friday was even better in sales than last year.
The nation’s retailers got a much-needed sales boost during Black Friday’s traditional shopathon as consumers spent more money than they did last year.
According to preliminary data released Saturday, sales on the day after Thanksgiving rose to $10.61 billion.
That’s up almost 3 percent from last year’s sales of $10.3 billion.The preliminary figures are from ShopperTrak RCT Corp., a Chicago-based research firm that tracks sales at more than 50,000 retail outlets.
We may be living out of our cars and making the rounds of the soup kitchens or for the slightly more upscale, the church potluck, but don’t take our toys away. That’s my motto anyway, and I’m sticking to it.
Quantity vs. Quality?
I’ve never really gotten the whole thing with men about size matters. Of course, no one wants a teeny weinie, but anything above average is usually too big and causes pain. Unless you are into S&M and pain, painful sex is not usually good sex nor sex you want to have with someone again. Two articles today on size and quality sex, both of which left me laughing.
First from Pilgrim at Say Anything we learn:
Apparently someone with a lot of time on their hands or a rather good sense of humor asked men across Europe to, er, measure the size of condoms they need.
The results?
The French win. The Greeks lose:
BERLIN — The French say they need the largest condoms in Europe while Greeks get by on smaller ones, according to a Europe-wide study by a German consultancy that provides advice on condoms.
The study by the Singen-based Institute of Condom Consultancy was done by asking 10,500 men in 25 countries to measure their penis and enter the number into a database.
The results show Frenchmen on average claim to need 15.48 centimeters (6.09 inches) long condoms, about 3 centimeters longer than Greeks, whose condom size requirement was the most modest.
Jan Vinzenz Krause, the Institute’s director, told Reuters on Friday the data was collected over a period of eight months.
And this from Steyn:
As NR’s in-house demography bore, I thought it worth a couple of updates on the biggest story of our time, the one that will determine the shape of the mid-21st century. From The Guardian:
Japan’s workers are being urged to switch off their laptops, go home early and use what little energy they have left on procreation, in the country’s latest attempt to avert demographic disaster…
A recent survey of married couples under 50 found that more than a third had not had sex in the previous month.
Many couples said they didn’t have the energy for sex, while others said they found it boring.
The moral of this story is put away the damn tape measure and stop worrying about size, learn to be a good lover and actually start doing it!!! The women or woman in your life will love you for it.
Steyn, The Onion and Things that Made Me Laugh Today
MARK STEYN: “Britain has clearly decided it has a golden future as one vast theme-park for The Onion.”
Superintendent Chris Singer poses with two pairs of flip-flops. As part of a £30,000 health and safety scheme, flip-flops are to be given free to drunk women to prevent injuries on their walk home
I saw the above link first at Instapundit, then I got the following from Murph in an email and I wondered if Steyn might change his mind and go with Obama:
FROM THE ONION!
CHICAGO—In a devastating blow to millions of unsuspecting Americans, newly elected president and international con man Barack Obama fled the country Wednesday with nearly $85 million in campaign funds.According to FBI investigators, Obama’s sudden disappearance was discovered at 6:15 p.m. when the former Illinois senator failed to arrive at a gala event in Lincoln Square, prompting several aides to rush back to his campaign headquarters. At 6:23 p.m., flight logs at O’Hare International Airport confirmed that two passengers, a male carrying two silver briefcases and dressed in a perfectly tailored Brioni tuxedo, and an African-American female wearing a fur coat and speaking in a thick Russian accent, were seen boarding a private plane.
Obama’s campaign office, sources said, was completely vacant aside from a discarded Abraham Lincoln portrait, behind which was an emptied safe that his aides claimed never to have seen before.
In addition, three unconscious Secret Service agents were discovered at the scene, along with two lit cigarettes still burning in an ashtray, and Obama’s daughters, who authorities now believe were taken from an Alabama foster home six years ago.
The only item found inside the metal safe was a letter, handwritten with a fountain pen and titled “An Explanation, My Dears.”
“To my tender little pawns, the all-too-trusting people of America,” said FBI lead investigator Ray Hilland, quoting the letter at a press conference Wednesday. “If you are reading this, then I have already left your silly country in my private jet, and am right now sipping fine champagne with my lovely associate, a woman you have come to know as ‘Michelle.’”
“I assure you, this was the most pleasurable and fulfilling con I have ever pulled off,” the note continued. “Not since the Moroccan elections in 1984 have I taken so much joy in raising, and then crushing, the hopes and dreams of so many pathetic, disenfranchised, and downtrodden people.”
“It’s been an absolute delight doing business with you. Rest assured, your generous contributions will be well spent,” the note concluded. “Fondly yours, Ψ.”
After initiating a further search of his campaign office, officials found more than two dozen counterfeit passports inside Obama’s desk drawer. Authorities suspect that this is not the first time that the man who inspired millions has preyed upon a leadership-starved country, raised a record amount of money by running for office, and then vanished without a trace.
“This explains Portugal in ‘86, Finland in ‘94, and Greece in ‘90,” CIA director Michael Hayden said. “He used the same faultless cover in those elections as he did here—a dead mother, a runaway father, a grandfather who fought in Patton’s or Järnefelt’s or Papdopoulous’ army, and his signature calling card: change.”
Multiple translations of Obama’s books Dreams From My Father and The Audacity Of Hope were also discovered at the scene, each seemingly authored by a different world leader, including former Malaysian president Mohamad Mahathir, former Belgian prime minister Jean-Luc Dehaene, and the 14th Dalai Lama.
Of particular interest were the titles Les Rêves De Mon Père and L’audace D’espére, both of which feature a cover photo of French president Nicolas Sarkozy, a man Paris officials claim hasn’t been seen or heard from in nearly eight months.
According to investigators, it appears that over the past 15 years, Obama has been elected president or prime minister in nearly 45 countries, many of them African. Officials estimate that since 1983 Obama has amassed more than $2.3 billion in stolen campaign financing.
“He’s good, real good,” Hayden said. “Sometimes he’ll have three campaigns going on at once. Recently uncovered video of him in Bangladesh, Ukraine, and Italy in 1989 shows him shifting seamlessly between three languages. And no matter what dialect he speaks, he speaks it passionately. He also abides by a flawless formula: a desperate country, plus hope, plus the promise of a bold new tomorrow equals big bucks.”
“Hell, even I donated the $2,400 to his campaign,” he added.
Obama’s closest aides, including head campaign strategist David Axelrod, admitted that they never once suspected their candidate was anyone other than who he claimed to be. Nevertheless, Axelrod said that the recent revelation did explain why he once overheard Michelle Obama tell her husband that “the time had come for their coup de grâce.”
“He completely suckered me,” said a visibly dejected vice president-elect Joe Biden, who estimated that he raised over $10 million for Obama. “I trusted him. Change, ‘Yes We Can,’ a new kind of politics, bringing the nation together, valuing an open dialogue about the issues—I trusted all of it.”
Added Biden, “I should have known it was too good to be true.”
Everyday Americans, whom Obama referred to as “so many unwitting chess pieces in my elaborate game,” also expressed shock Wednesday.
“I’m devastated,” Pennsylvania resident and Obama donor Denise Bell told reporters. “I just hope he comes back soon so he can be our president.”
The Onion, of course, is making fun, but what happens when the public catches up to all the flip flops Obama is making as he scorns the left and heads toward the center?
Canadian Meteor Located
Readers here saw the meteor’s brilliant ball of fire as it crashed to earth in the videos we posted the other day. Scientists have found the first fragments of the meteor, which they say is spread over a 7 square mile area. The meteor contained the equivalent of about 100 tons of “chemical explosive TNT.” That is a big bang.
AP - Nov. 28, 2008: Scientists say this is a fragment of a meteorite found in a small pond near Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, Canada.
LLOYDMINSTER, Alberta — Scientists said Friday they had found remains of a meteor that illuminated the sky before falling to earth in western Canada earlier this month.
University of Calgary scientist Alan Hildebrand and graduate student Ellen Milley found several meteor fragments near the Battle River along the rural Alberta-Saskatchewan border, near the city of Lloydminster late Thursday.
They said there could be thousands of meteorite pieces strewn over a 7-square-mile area of mostly flat, barren land, with few inhabitants.
Residents in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta have been buzzing about the huge fireball that lit up the night sky over the three provinces on Nov. 20. Witnesses reported hearing sonic boom rumblings and said the fiery flash was as bright as the sun.
Hildebrand, who also coordinates meteor sightings with the Canadian Space Agency, estimated the meteor could have been seen from as far as 434 miles away, into the northern United States.
Widely broadcast video images of the meteor showed what appeared to be a speeding fireball that became larger and brighter before disappearing as it neared the ground.
The meteor contained about one-tenth of a kiloton of energy when it entered the earth’s atmosphere, roughly the equivalent of 100 tons of the chemical explosive TNT.
Friday, November 28, 2008
Elusive Big Fin Squid Filmed - It Has Elbows
November 24, 2008--A mile and a half (two and a half kilometers) underwater, this alien-like, long-armed, and--strangest of all--"elbowed" Magnapinna squid is seen in a still from a video clip recently obtained by National Geographic News. (See video and read full story.)
A mile and a half (two and a half kilometers) underwater, a remote control submersible’s camera has captured an eerie surprise: an alien-like, long-armed, and—strangest of all—"elbowed" Magnapinna squid. (See photos of Magnapinna.)
Dedicated Pothead and His 2700 Year Old Stash
Via Power and Control:
OTTAWA - Researchers say they have located the world’s oldest stash of marijuana, in a tomb in a remote part of China.
The cache of cannabis is about 2,700 years old and was clearly “cultivated for psychoactive purposes,” rather than as fibre for clothing or as food, says a research paper in the Journal of Experimental Botany.
The 789 grams of dried cannabis was buried alongside a light-haired, blue-eyed Caucasian man, likely a shaman of the Gushi culture, near Turpan in northwestern China.
The extremely dry conditions and alkaline soil acted as preservatives, allowing a team of scientists to carefully analyze the stash, which still looked green though it had lost its distinctive odour.
“To our knowledge, these investigations provide the oldest documentation of cannabis as a pharmacologically active agent,” says the newly published paper, whose lead author was American neurologist Dr. Ethan B. Russo.
Remnants of cannabis have been found in ancient Egypt and other sites, and the substance has been referred to by authors such as the Greek historian Herodotus. But the tomb stash is the oldest so far that could be thoroughly tested for its properties.
This story is amazing on many levels, not the least of which is, who knew there were light-haired, blue-eyed Chinese.
More on Obama’s Citizenship
I knew there were up to nine law suits ongoing in state courts, but this surprised me when I read it this morning.
Yesterday the fourth law suit, challenging Obama’s citizenship and Natural Born status reached the Supreme Court:
1. Philip J Berg, PA An answer from Barack Obama is due by Dec.1
2. Leo C. Donofrio, NJ The case is scheduled for conference by all 9 judges on Dec 5
3.Chris Strunck, NY filed with SCOTUS last week
4. Cort Wrotnowski, CT (second case) filed yesterday.
many more to come…
The whole thing is one big mess because Barack Obama refused to comply with the first simple request to produce a certified copy of the “archive” copy of his Hawaiian birth certificate. Eventually, even diehard Obama supporters have to be asking, “why not put the subject to rest and produce the damn thing.” Right? Well we’ll see.
From the above link:
As explained earlier, Hawaii allows one to obtain a Certification of Hawaiian Live Birth based on a statement of one relative only. It means,that while Obama was born in Kenya, his grandma or grandpa could’ve simply gone to the Health Department in HI and stated that he was born in Hi and would’ve obtained a valid birth certificate. Additionally, Hi statue 338.176 allows residents of HI to register in Hi birth of their children, that were actually born in other states or other foreign countries. This statue is based on previous statues, going back to 1911, when Hi citizens worked abroad and wanted to preserve Hi citizenship for their children.
There is no corroborating evidence, no birthing records from any hospital in Hi, on the other hand there are affidavits and statements from Obama’s paternal grandmother Sarah Obama, his half brother and half sister and even ambassador of Kenya His Excellency Ogengo, stating that Mr. Obama was born in Kenya.
It is easy to blow off the VRWC, even easy to blow off the electorate when you have the media running interference and refusing to ask any questions, but can you really tell the Supreme Court eff you and get away with it?
I guess we’ll know in a week or so.
“I am the Change”
So you voted for Barack Obama and now you are wondering why, or where’s the change, all I see is Clinton retreads. Well, Obama says take heed, I am the change. About the only thing that seems appropriate to say is Oy Vey!
McClatchy reported:
President-elect Barack Obama essentially said Wednesday that he is the change, striving to assure Americans that he’ll shake up Washington despite filling his administration with old hands from the Clinton administration and the capital’s corridors of power.
“Understand where the vision for change comes from, first and foremost,” Obama said. “It comes from me. That’s my job, is to provide a vision in terms of where we are going, and to make sure, then, that my team is implementing.”
RELATED:
That sound you are hearing is the sound of moonbat heads exploding as Karl Rove praises Obama’s economic team:
- Thanksgiving Cheer From Obama
He’s assembled a first-rate economic team.
Shop ‘til You Drop?
Will you be out shop, shop, shopping today and until Christmas? I won’t. I am not doing any Christmas shopping this year, mainly because I don’t have any disposable income. If I had any money to spend, I’d stay out of the stores and do all my shopping on line. I’ve always enjoyed doing my Christmas shopping at the last minute. It used to drive my family nuts that I’d wait, but I liked going to stores open 24 hours and going in at 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning, when the store was empty of other shoppers and the stock clerks were busy restocking the shelves for the next day’s onslaught. I don’t get the whole Black Friday bit, with stampeding shoppers that end up killing people.
Gone are the days when I could beef up the presents by individually wrapping little Matchbook cars. The “kids” in my family want things like season tickets to their favorite pro football teams, expensive concert tickets, high-priced clothes, electric guitars, and high-priced electronics. As much as I want to give each and every one of them their dream gift, I can’t.
For myself, I don’t really have a list. I need the money to pay my car registration in January. I live in California, so that means about $300 plus next year’s insurance. I want enough money to upgrade the blog to a faster and bigger server plus the registration fees for 2009, another bill due in January to the tune of about $350. I’d like to upgrade my cell phone to an iPhone or Sprint “Instinct.” Another couple hundred there, plus whatever it would take to switch providers, since I’m on Verizon and the best they can do to compete is the new Blackberry “Storm,” which isn’t exactly getting rave revues. I’d also like loading ramps for my car so that I could resurrect my Mother’s power scooter, that she barely used before her death, to get out and do things I can’t do now if it requires any amount of walking or standing, again about $450 to $650.
Living Young, Living Longer - New Proten Discoveries May Be the Key
I’ve thought a lot about whether I’d like to live forever and come to the conclusion that I would not. However, I’m not ready to kick the bucket yet, so I would like to know I could live healthy and physically able, so anything that comes down the pike that would increase that likelihood is high on my list of interesting scientific breakthroughs. Quality of life seems much more important than quantity and there isn’t much quality when your body is wracked with pain or some debilitating ailment.
An overworked protein that causes yeast to age when it neglects one of its functions may trigger ageing in mice too. If the same effect is found in people, it may suggest new ways to halt or reverse age-related disease.
As we get older, genes can start to be expressed in the wrong body tissues - a process that is thought to contribute to diseases like diabetes and Alzheimer’s. But while sunlight or chemicals are known to cause limited DNA damage, how more widespread changes in gene expression come about has been unclear.
To investigate, David Sinclair and colleagues at Harvard Medical School turned to yeast cells. These produce a dual-function protein called Sir2 that, while being involved in DNA repair, also helps keep certain genes switched off.
As yeast cells age, the protein can’t do both jobs and neglects its role as a gene suppressor.
‘Unifying pathway’Now Sinclair’s team has shown that SIRT1, the mammalian version of Sir2, also begins to neglect its gene-suppressor role in mice whose DNA is damaged, and that this may contribute to ageing.
This raises the hope that, if gene-suppressing proteins become similarly overworked in ageing people, they could become prime targets for drugs to keep us young.... More
Sounds promising.
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Thursday, November 27, 2008
Happy Thanksgiving
I am thankful my Internet connection finally came back up that was down since midnight, so that I can wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. I’m thankful for all my family. I’m thankful that there are young men and women in this country who still believe in honor and duty and patriotism and who serve for the rest of us in the best military in the world. I’m thankful for friends who put up with me and still call themselves my friends. And most of all, I’m thankful to you our readers here who keep me going day after day.
May God Bless You All.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Terrorist Attacks and the Touchpad - Updated
My mouse has gone on the fritz. I think the USB connection has given up the ghost. I’ve been reduced today to using the dreaded touchpad, something I truly dislike. How people get used to it is beyond me, it is so awkward. Anyway, that’s my excuse for not covering the terrible attacks in Mumbai. Not to worry, Gateway Pundit has all the details, even video. Gruesome.
See also, Hot Air for later updates and more links:
UPDATE:
RELATED:
Federal authorities are warning of a possible Al Qaeda-orchestrated terror plot against New York City subway and other transit systems during the holidays, FOX News has confirmed.
The potential threat — described in an internal FBI memo as “plausible but unsubstantiated” — does not extend beyond the New York City area, sources told FOX News. But commuters could see security tighten across the country.
The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security issued a joint bulletin late Tuesday night to local and state law enforcement authorities about the possible plot, a Homeland Security official told FOX News.
The report states that in late September, Al Qaeda may have talked about attacking transit systems in and around New York City during the holiday season.
“These discussions reportedly involved the use of suicide bombers or explosives placed on subway/passenger rail systems,” the bulletin says.
The FBI said it had no indication that any such plot was beyond the very earliest stages of planning.
“We have no specific details to confirm that this plot has developed beyond aspirational planning, but we are issuing this warning out of concern that such an attack could possibly be conducted during the forthcoming holiday season,” states the warning, which is dated Tuesday.
While federal agencies regularly issue all sorts of advisory warnings, the language of this one is particularly blunt.
And more ...
- Sources: Al Qaeda Targets Amtrak N’east Corridor
Heightened Security Presence In Place At Penn Station; Attack Could Cripple Transit Between Boston, Washington
Cops, Feds Armed With M16s On Patrol For Forseeable Future
Worried About Skin Cancer?
I’ve known three people who have had to have minor surgery to remove skin cancers plus my niece who had a mole removed and was told it was benign, only to find out five years later that the lab misdiagnosed and it was actually malignant. The cancer spread to her bones and eventually to her liver, lungs and brain before it was diagnosed. She died at the young age of 27. For those at high risk, this little device could be a life saver.
A device small enough to fit in your pocket could diagnose skin cancer in less than a minute, London’s Daily Mail reported Wednesday.
This is how the device works: New blood vessels develop when a new tumor does (the tumor needs blood for nourishment). Since blood can absorb light of a specific wavelength, the gadget measures how much light is absorbed compared to healthy tissue.
The device costs about $769.
So far, the device has properly identified 11 malignant melanomas during tests on patients at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Ariz.
The device was developed by Norwegian company Balter Medical and could be available to the public within two years.
The ABCDs of Skin Cancer (Photo Essay)
Courtesy of the American Academy of Dermatology - Look for growths that have many colors or an uneven distribution of color
Barbara Bush Has Operation for a Perforated Ulcer
Barbara Bush was admitted to the hospital this week complaining of stomach pain. The first reports were that she was fine and that nothing serious was found, but that has all changed and the former First Lady was taken to surgery to repair a perforated ulcer. Our prayers are with our favorite First Lady that she will have a full recovery. She is 83.
- Former First Lady Barbara Bush Has Ulcer Surgery
President Bush’s mother was admitted to the hospital Tuesday complaining of abdominal pain, and laproscopic surgery was performed on the same day.
Former first lady Barbara Bush was resting comfortably on Wednesday after having emergency surgery for a perforated ulcer. She will remain in the hospital for monitoring through the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.
Bush, 83, was admitted to The Methodist Hospital in Houston on Tuesday with abdominal pains. She underwent routine, laparoscopic surgery on Tuesday night and was visiting with family on Wednesday, the hospital reported.
“During the procedure last night, surgeons cleansed her abdominal area, then patched and closed a one-centimeter hole in Mrs. Bush’s stomach, caused by the ulcer. Mrs. Bush is expected to be discharged from the hospital next week,” read a statement issued by the hospital.
While offering his annual pardon to two Thanksgiving turkeys on Wednesday, President Bush said he was thankful for his family and his mother’s recovery.
“I’m grateful to Laura for her love. I am grateful for two Thanksgiving miracles ... who we were blessed with 27 years ago, Barbara and Jenna. I’m thankful for the fact that my mother is doing well. ... And this year, we’re looking forward to having another place at our Thanksgiving table with a son-in-law,” he said.
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Lost Astronaut Tool Bag Caught on Video
Astronaut loses tool bag during space walk
Kevin Fetter spots it and films it in orbit:
Remember that expensive bag of tools a spacewalking astronaut let go of last week? Now you can see it from Earth — if you’ve got a telescope.
Amateur astronomer Kevin Fetter caught video of the orbiting object from his Brockville, Ontario backyard Saturday, and posted it online for all to see.
“I don’t have any [professional] background in astronomy,” Fetter admitted to The Age of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. “Just one night I looked up at the night sky and got hooked on astronomy. It was many years later that I started satellite observing.”
Fetter used an orbital calculator on the astronomy Web site SpaceWeather.com to determine exactly when the lost bag, estimated to cost about $100,000 once the specialized tools are factored in, would be passing overhead.
“Depending on the size of the object and how much light its surface reflects will determine if I can see it, and get it on video,” he told The Age.
Astronaut Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper accidentally released the tether holding the bag to the International Space Station during the current space shuttle mission’s first spacewalk on Nov. 18.
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“Oh, great,” Stefanyshyn-Piper said as it drifted away into space.
Experts say the bag and its contents will eventually harmlessly burn up in the Earth’s atmosphere, though it poses a risk to the space station and other orbiting satellites until then.
Christmas Gift for that Smoker Banned from House or Workplace
Do you smoke? Have you had to stand outside in the cold to have that quick cig. while on your break at work? Know anyone else that fits that description, then this might be the perfect Christmas gift for them from the Think Design collection:
Image Credit - It is sometimes too easy just to buy the smoker in your life a carton of two hundred and be done with it. Don’t be a part of their unnecessary decline and fall - think smoke, think design! It’s getting mighty cold outside and your friend’s fascist partner has decided to make the home a smoke free zone. Concerned that they might get frostbite while partaking of their cancer stick? A pair of smoker’s mittens may be just the answer. Now they can acquire carcinogenic conditions in comfort!
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Pretty in Mink
Wanna see a Moonbat’s head explode? Send them to see the 12 conservative women in mink calendar put out by the Clare Booth Luce Policy Center .
Following in the tradition of past calendars from the Luce Policy Institute, Pretty in Mink celebrates smart, conservative women role models ... with flair.
We took some of your favorite leaders of today’s conservative movement on a journey back in time, and made them up into glamorous movie stars of classic Hollywood. Back when the big screen was a little more glamorous, women were a little more feminine, the men a little more charming—and the world a little less politically correct.
We’ve saved Clare Boothe Luce herself for the last month of the year; we think you’ll agree that the legacy of this conservative icon makes her an appropriate ending for our calendar. And every single one of the other beautiful women featured in Pretty in Mink is one hundred percent a “Luce Lady.” Whether they’re speaking for us regularly—on college campuses, at our Conservative Women’s Network luncheons in D.C, and at regional Luce events—or they’re working directly with staff to reach out to students, these women contribute so much to the Institute, and more importantly, to the next generation of women leaders.
It is with pride that we showcase these talented Luce Ladies in our 2009 Pretty in Mink calendar. We hope you enjoy the show!
The Players
Miss January — Kellyanne Conway
Miss February — Star Parker
Miss March – Susan Phalen
Miss April – Nonie Darwish
Miss May – Mary Katharine Ham
Miss June – Michelle Malkin
Miss July – Amanda Carpenter
Miss August – Sandy Liddy Bourne
Miss September – Ann Coulter
Miss October – Kate Obenshain
Miss November – Miriam Grossman, M.D.
Miss December – Clare Boothe Luce
- Pretty in Mink
A small taste
It is Pardon Time
The Presidential Pardon is irreversible and final. A president can issue a pardon or commutation at any time during his term, but traditionally the bulk of pardons come at the end, just before a president is due to leave the White House. President Bush’s pardons are being announced, starting with a group of 14, mostly low level criminals who have served their time and returned to productive lives. No big names in the first list.
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas around the Justice Department, with word that President Bush has offered clemency to several convicts, as presidents are wont to do near the ends of their terms.
Yet, this president has been exceptionally sparing with his pardon power, and the list rolled out by Justice this week looks a lot like previous George W. Bush-clemency lists: Generally low-grade offenders.
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There are a lot of relatively petty crimes behind this new crop - though P.S Ruckman Jr., an expert in presidential pardons at Rock Valley College in Rockford, Ill., says that one of the 16 to whom the president granted clemency was on his “Pardon watch:’’ John Forte, whose sentence for possession with intent to distribute cocaine has been commuted. Bush granted pardons to 14 and commutations of sentence to two this week.
There are three Texans on the outgoing president’s clemency list - and Ruckman previously has noted that the president’s home state has topped this White House’s pardon roster for some time now.
Before this round, the president had signed just 157 pardons and six commutations of sentences.
Requests for pardons and commutations have piled up at Justice, with a few thousand pending. But in modern times, only Bush’s father, former President George H.W. Bush, has offered less clemency - 74 pardons and three commutations
Here’s the read-out on the latest list from the Justice Department:
WASHINGTON - On Nov. 24, 2008, President George W. Bush granted pardons to 14 individuals and commutation of sentence to two individuals:
PARDONS:
* Leslie Owen Collier - Charleston, Mo.
Offense: Unauthorized use of a registered pesticide, 7 U.S.C. §§ 136j(a)(2)(F) and 136l(b); violation of the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act, 16 U.S.C. § 668(a).
Sentence: Feb. 2, 1996; Eastern District of Missouri; two years’ probation and $10,000 in restitution.
* Milton Kirk Cordes - Rapid City, S.D.
Offense: Conspiracy to violate the Lacey Act; 18 U.S.C. § 371, 16 U.S.C. §§ 3372(a)(2)(A), 3373(d)(1)(B).
Sentence: Dec. 14, 1998; District of South Dakota; 18 months’ probation conditioned on loss of hunting privileges for one year, performance of 100 hours of community service and payment of a $2,000 fine.* Richard Micheal Culpepper - Mahomet, Ill.
Offense: False statements to the United States; 18 U.S.C. § 287.
Sentence: Jan. 15, 1988; Central District of Illinois; five years’ probation conditioned on payment of a $1,000 fine and $4,351.90 in restitution.
* Brenda Jean Dolenz-Helmer - Fort Worth, Texas
Offense: Misprision of a felony; 18 U.S.C. § 4.
Sentence: Dec. 31, 1998; Northern District of Texas; four years’ probation, with the special condition of 600 hours of community service and a $10,000
fine.
* Andrew Foster Harley - Falls Church, Va.
Offense: Wrongful use and distribution of marijuana and cocaine; Article 112a, Uniform Code of Military Justice.
Sentence: April 17, 1985, as approved June 13, 1985; U.S. Air Force general court martial convened at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo.; 90 days’ confinement, forfeiture of all pay and allowances and dismissal from the Air Force.
* Obie Gene Helton- Rossville, Ga.
Offense: Unauthorized acquisition of food stamps; 7 U.S.C. § 2024(b), 18 U.S.C. § 2.
Sentence: April 1, 1983; Eastern District of Tennessee; two years’ probation, $500 fine and $875 in restitution.* Carey C. Hice Sr.- Travelers Rest, S.C.
Offense: Income tax evasion; 26 U.S.C. § 7201 and 18 U.S.C. § 2.
Sentence: March 5, 1996; District of South Carolina; three years’ probation condition on 180 days’ home confinement and a $13,000 fine.
* Geneva Yvonne Hogg - Chamblee, Ga.
Offense: Bank embezzlement; 18 U.S.C. § 657.
Sentence: June 19, 1980; District of South Carolina; five years’ probation and a $500 fine.
* William Hoyle McCright Jr.- Midland, Texas
Offense: Making false entries, books, reports or statements of bank; 18 U.S.C. § 1005.
Sentence: Oct. 20, 1986, as amended September 23, 1987; Western District of Texas; two years’ imprisonment and a $10,000 fine.
* Paul Julian McCurdy - Sulphur, Okla.
Offense: Misapplication of bank funds by a bank officer; 18 U.S.C. § 656.
Sentence: Feb. 12, 1988; Eastern District of Oklahoma; five years’ probation and $5,000 in restitution.
* Robert Earl Mohon Jr.- Grant, Ala.
Offense: Conspiracy to distribute marijuana; 21 U.S.C. §§ 841 and 846.
Sentence: Oct. 22, 1987; Northern District of Alabama; three years in prison.
* Ronald Alan Mohrhoff - Los Angeles
Offense: Unlawful use of a telephone in furtherance of a narcotics felony, 21 U.S.C. § 843(b); possession of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 844(a).
Sentence: Oct. 9, 1984; Central District of California; one year of in prison followed by five years’ probation with the special condition of 2,500 hours of community service.
* Daniel Figh Pue III - Conroe, Texas
Offense: Illegal treatment, storage and disposal of a hazardous waste without a permit, 42 U.S.C. § 6928(d)(2)(A); illegal transportation of a hazardous waste to an unpermitted facility for storage or disposal, 42 U.S.C. § 6928(d)(1).
Sentence: Oct. 25, 1996; Southern District of Texas; three years’ probation conditioned on six months’ home confinement and a $1,000 fine.
* Orion Lynn Vick - White Hall, Ark.
Offense: Aiding and abetting the theft of government property; 18 U.S.C. §§ 641 and 2.
Sentence: June 17, 1975; District of Arizona; payment of a $250 fine within 90 days.
COMMUTATIONS:
* John Edward Forte - North Brunswick, N.J.
Offense: Aiding and abetting possession with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine; 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(A)(ii), 18 U.S.C. § 2.
Sentence: Nov. 20, 2001; Southern District of Texas; 168 months in prison, five years’ supervised release and a $5,000 fine.
Terms of commutation: Sentence of imprisonment to expire on Dec. 22, 2008, leaving intact and in effect the five year term of supervised release with all its conditions.
* James Russell Harris - Detroit, Mich.
Offense: Conspiracy to aid and abet the distribution of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 846; attempted money laundering, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1956(a)(3) and 2; aiding and abetting the attempted distribution of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); conspiracy to affect interstate commerce by obtaining property under color of official right, 18 U.S.C. § 1951; attempt to affect interstate commerce by obtaining property under color of official right, 18 U.S.C. § 1951.
Sentence: May 10, 1993; Eastern District of Michigan; 360 months in prison, five years’ supervised release and a $50,000 fine.
Terms of clemency grant: Unpaid balance of fine remitted; sentence of imprisonment commuted to expire on Dec. 22, 2008, leaving intact and in effect the five year term of supervised release with all its conditions save the obligation to satisfy the unpaid balance of the fine.
Mark Krikorian writes:
Slate’s look at possible pardons by the outgoing administration gives good odds for a pardon of the two Border Patrol agents — Nacho Ramos and Jose Compean — serving 11- and 12-year terms, respectively, for shooting a drug smuggler in the butt in 2005 (the criminal was subsequently arrested smuggling drugs while waiting to testify against the agents and is serving a nine-year sentence in federal prison). If President Bush doesn’t end up pardoning the agents (or at least commuting their sentences), he’d present Obama with a golden opportunity to build up more political capital, and short-circuit populist opposition, by springing these men from prison on his first day in office.
The Slate article gives a good overview of the chances for some of the bigger names, such as Libby (who has not petitioned for a pardon), Martha Stewart, Senator Ted Stevens, Michael Vick, and Randy “Duke” Cunningham. They rate Libby as “You Betcha!,” and Vick as “No chance,” as examples. On the two border patrol agents who should never have been convicted or sent to jail in the first place, they rate the chances as “good chance.”
Texas Border Patrol guards: good chance. Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean are serving sentences of 11 and 12 years, respectively, for the nonfatal shooting in the back of an unarmed Mexican drug runner in February 2005. A jury found that the two border patrolmen then tried to cover up the shooting. Their requests for pardons have won support from numerous Republican congressmen, including Rep. Duncan Hunter of California, who introduced the Congressional Pardon for Border Patrol Agents Ramos and Compean Act. Bush left open the possibility of pardons for both men during an interview with a Texas TV station.
Lots more, go check them out.
RELATED:
One of the most controversial of Presdential Pardons was the one engineered by Eric Holder for Marc Rich during the last minutes of the Clinton Administration. The same Eric Holder who is now nominated by Barack Obama to be the Attorney General. That one was bad enough, but this one for FALN terrorists is indefensible, in my view.
Barack Obama’s Attorney General candidate Eric Holder was grilled in Congress after the Clinton Administration pardoned FALN terrorists before leaving office. This testimony on the Clinton pardons of the 16 FALN terrorists took place in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Chairman Orrin Hatch grilled Holder because the FALN terrorists never even requested clemency…
And, the Clinton Administration never even contacted the victim’s families.Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder and the pardon attorney continued to invoke the president’s executive privilege during the testimony:
The FALN terrorist’s were behind more than 120 bomb attacks on United States targets between 1974 and 1983 (see link for list)
Andrew Breitbart on Prop 8 Blacklisting
Why are the gay rights radicals going after individuals and institutions, blacklisting them (shades of McCarthyism) who urged voting Yes on Prop 8, protesting businesses and churches that supported Prop 8 and yet giving the Muslims a pass as well as Barack Obama and other dems who have also said their position was against gay marriage? Breitbart calls them out.
Link: 
Palin Will Campaign in Georgia For Chambliss
If you are suffering from Sarah Palin withdrawal, you’ll have another chance to see her out on the campaign trail for Senator Saxby Chambliss. She’ll be doing 4 campaign stops for him in Georgia on December 1st.
WRBL reported:
U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) today confirmed that Alaska Governor Sarah Palin will campaign in Georgia with him on Monday, December 1st.
“I was thrilled when I got the call that Governor Palin would be able to make the trip to Georgia to campaign with me the day before the runoff election,” Saxby said. “Julianne and I are honored that she would take the time to travel to Georgia to tell everyone how important this election is and I know that she will receive an enthusiastic welcome everywhere we go.”
Governor Palin will join Saxby for four public rallies across the state on Monday, December 1st: 8:30 am in Augusta; 11:00 am in Savannah; 1:30 pm in Perry; and 4:00 pm in north metro Atlanta. More specific details on exact locations and how to obtain tickets will be available later this week.
Take the Civics Quiz
The other day I published the results of the IPI Civics Quiz, with elected officials averaging a score of 44% and the general public averaging 49%. Now you too can take the quiz.
I scored a 90.91%. That was 30 out of 33 correct. I’m kicking myself because one question the results said I missed, I was sure I answered with the correct answer, but I must have screwed up where I filled in the dot for the answer. The other two missed questions were me not knowing the answer, so I’m telling myself I really deserved a score of 93%. Read each question carefully and don’t do a dummy thing like I did and get sloppy marking the answer.
Monday, November 24, 2008
Another Silly “What Are You” Quizes: What Finger Are You?
My results:
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You Are the Thumb |
 You’re unique and flexible. And you defy any category. Mentally strong and agile, you do things your own way. And you do them well. You are a natural leader… but also truly a loner. You inspire many but connect with few. You get along well with: The Middle Finger Stay away from: The Pinky |
Is Hillary Ineligible for Secretary of State?
I admit, I don’t ever remember hearing the words Emoluments Clause before this question came up. What it says is:
No Senator or Representative shall, during the Time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil Office under the Authority of the United States, which shall have been created, or the Emoluments whereof shall have been encreased during such time ....
Sounds pretty straightforward until you read the various interpretations. Unfortunately, I no longer trust the Courts in this country, having come to realize that a Court’s ruling often depends on who or what the subject of the suit is rather than the law or the will of the people. This eligibility question sounds like it will be headed to the Supreme Court for a Constitutional ruling.
The gist of the argument against Hillary’s eligibility is that the Secretary of State’s compensation has increased during her Senate term, so the clause would kick in and make her ineligible for the appointment.
Eugene Volokh takes up the question with an explanation by Adam Bonin:
There’s been talk about whether Sen. Hillary Clinton is disqualified from a position as Secretary of State by the Emoluments Clause:
No Senator or Representative shall, during the Time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil Office under the Authority of the United States, which shall have been created, or the Emoluments whereof shall have been encreased during such time ....
Adam Bonin’s Daily Kos blog has a bit more on this, but the short version is that a Jan. 2008 executive order, promulgated pursuant to a 1990s cost of living adjustment statute, raised the salary of the Secretary of State, so the Emoluments Clause question is in play. I very recently read an article by John O’Connor on the subject, The Emoluments Clause: An Anti-Federalist Intruder in a Federalist Constitution, 24 Hofstra L. Rev. 89 (1995), so I asked him what he thought. Here’s his answer (some paragraph breaks added); please note that I have some comments at the end of this post that express a somewhat different view:
Thanksgiving (or Christmas) Family Favorite Recipes
We don’t usually do recipes here at Pal2Pal, but with Thanksgiving this week and Christmas just around the corner, my family has been bugging me about fixing these old family favorite standbyes, so I thought I’d share.
Yummy Potatoes au Gratin
8 medium Russet potatoes cooked in salt water. Cool & slice. (Don’t overcook.)
Heat together:
1/4 cup butter
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 pint sour cream
1/2 cup grated cheddar cheese
1/3 cup chopped green onions
1/2 teaspoon salt
Fold sauce into potatoes - top with paprika and crushed corn flakes
Bake at 325 degrees for 35-45 minutes or until bubbly.
Broccoli Soup
1 bunch broccoli - tops only
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 teaspoon pepper
1 teaspoon salt
2-3 whole garlic cloves
1/4 teaspoon thyme
dash MSG (optional)
1 quart milk
ROUX - 1 stick real butter (softened)
1/3 cup flour
Cook broccoli & spices in 3/4 cup water until soft and tender - remove from pan & chop very fine.
Using pan with remaining water, add milk & heat almost to boil - be careful not to boil or scald. Add roux - keep heat very low and stir with whisk 5 to 10 minutes until thickened. Add brocolli mixture - crushing garlic cloves.
Serve hot. Can be frozen. Best the second day after refrigeration and reheating.
Peanut Butter Pie
9” baked graham cracker crumb crust
1 8oz. pkg. cream cheese, room temperature
1 cup unsifted powdered sugar
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 cups whipped topping or 1 1/2 cups whipped cream, whipped (large carton of Cool Whip works great)
1/4 cup chopped peanuts (optional)
Beat cream cheese with mixer ‘till fluffy.
Add sugar gradually, beating until smooth.
Add peanut butter, mixing well.
Stir in milk gradually. Add vanilla.
Fold topping into creamed mixture with rubber spatula. Pour into cooled crumb crust. Sprinkle with chopped nuts.
Freeze at least 4 hours.
Let stand 5-10 minutes at room temperature before cutting.
If frozen longer than 4 hours, allow about 20 minutes before cutting.
Alan Colmes to Call it Quits at Hannity and Colmes on Fox - Updated: Take the Poll
I’m not a big fan of Hannity and I cannot stand Alan Colmes so this is good news to me.
FOX News Channel’s (FNC) Alan Colmes will relinquish his role as co-host of Hannity & Colmes at the end of the year.
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Colmes will continue to have a presence on FNC as he will serve as a liberal commentator on a variety of FOX News programming, including Foxnews.com’s The Strategy Room and continue hosting his radio program, The Alan Colmes Show on FOX Talk, a division of FOX News Radio. He will also begin developing a weekend program.
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Hannity & Colmes is the only FNC program which has remained in the same timeslot for 12 years, catapulting to number one in 2003 and never relinquishing the top spot. The second highest-rated program in cable news behind only The O’Reilly Factor, Hannity & Colmes averaged 3.3 million viewers nightly for the Nielsen month of October and is poised to mark 60 consecutive months at number one at the end of November.
UPDATE:
Who would you like to see replace Colmes? Take the HOT AIR poll.
Police Dash Cam Of Meteor Over Edmonton, Canada
Apprpximately 5:30 pm, Thursday, November 20th, 2008
CALGARY, Alberta - A massive ball of fire that lit up the skies over two Western Canadian provinces on Thursday evening was likely among the biggest meteor events to be witnessed in Canada this year, one expert said.
The fireball, which streaked through the darkening skies over Alberta and Saskatchewan at about 5:30 p.m. Calgary time, likely weighed between 1 and 10 tons and shone brightly enough to be seen over an area 435 miles (700 kilometers) wide.
“It was somewhere between the size of a chair to the size of a desk,” said Alan Hildebrand, a planetary scientist at the University of Calgary and a coordinator of a fireball reporting service.
