November 16, 2005
Ma & Pa
While Ma & Pa were sitting on the porch, Pa was engaged in a serious whittling session. A young man walked up with a pad and pencil in his hand approached the house.
"What are you selling young man," said Pa.
"I'm not selling anything," the fellow said. I'm the Census Taker."
"A what ?" Pa asked.
"A Census Taker. We are trying to find out how many people are in these United States."
"Well," Pa replied, "you're wasting your time with me--I have no idea whatever."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Happiness keeps you sweet,
Trials keep you strong,
Sorrows keep you human,
Failures keep you humble,
Success keeps you glowing,
God keeps you going!
-Anonymous
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This should go great with the fish flavored ice creams I told you about
Drink Your Thanksgiving Meal Through A Straw
November 15, 2005: SEATTLE - For beverage connoisseurs tired of turkey-and-gravy or green-beans-and-casserole-flavored sodas or Mashed potato-flavored soda, there's a new choice being offered this year by specialty U.S. soda manufacturer Jones Soda Co.: salmon.
"When you smell it, it's got that smoked salmon aroma," said Peter van Stolk, chief executive of Jones Soda.
...While those bottles will be offered locally, Jones Soda is also selling its similarly-priced "holiday pack" of turkey and gravy, wild herb stuffing, brussels sprouts, cranberry and pumpkin pie sodas across the country.
...Asked whether he liked his new salmon soda, van Stolk said: "I cannot finish a bottle, I just can't."
http://money.cnn.com/2005/11/15/news/funny/salmon_soda.reut/index.htm?cnn=yes
http://money.cnn.com/2004/11/12/news/funny/jones_soda/index.htm
http://money.cnn.com/2004/11/16/commentary/wastler/wastler/index.htm
Sauerkraut could fight bird flu, say scientists
11/13/2005- Sauerkraut…could prove to be a secret weapon against the threat of bird flu, experts revealed yesterday. Scientists believe that the traditional recipe, which is made from chopped cabbage that is fermented for at least a month, contains a bacteria that may combat the potentially fatal disease.
Their findings follow a study in which kimchi - a spicy cabbage dish popular in South Korea and similar to sauerkraut - was fed to 13 chickens infected with bird flu. Just one week later, 11 of the birds showed signs of recovery from the virus...
Prof Kang's team claims that lactobacillus, the lactic acid bacteria created during the fermenting process, is the active ingredient that could combat bird flu...
Whether or not sauerkraut does cure bird flu, the dish is said to have a number of other health benefits, among them cancer-fighting and detoxifying properties.
It is also a rich source of vitamins. One serving, which contains only 32 calories and has four grams of fibre, provides 102 per cent of the recommended daily intake of vitamin K, 12 per cent of iron and 35 per cent of vitamin C.
Prof Richard Mithen, from the Institute of Food Research, in Norwich, said: "Eating kimchi or sauerkraut may be good for your health and help fight off infections.
"I wouldn't recommend anyone rushing out to stock up on sauerkraut specifically to fight off bird flu, but it may help your immune system."
A further study on sauerkraut, carried out recently by Polish and American scientists, concluded that the meal might be the reason for the lower breast cancer rate observed among Polish immigrants in America.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/11/13/nsauer13.xml
Retail sales perform better than expected in October...
Nov 15 - Retail sales performed far better than expected in October as consumers took encouragement from falling gasoline prices to head back to the shopping malls...Excluding autos, retail sales rose a solid 0.9 percent last month. The strength in sales last month was led by big gains at specialty clothing stores and department stores, lifting the outlook for the upcoming holiday sales season.
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/11/15/D8DSU9PG7.html
Better Trauma Care Major Factor In Best-Ever War Survival Rate
November 14, 2005- The survival rate for U.S. service members wounded in Iraq has reached 90 percent, higher than in any previous war.
The major reason, says the general in charge of Army medical training, is improved trauma care being delivered moments after injury by medics and a growing number of soldiers trained as combat lifesavers.
...Better body armor, forward deployed surgical teams and swift medical evacuations are factors that have raised the survival rate. But the most significant change, Weightman said, has been the performance of medics and combat lifesavers in applying trauma care techniques.
http://www.heraldnet.com/stories/05/11/12/100bus_philpott001.cfm
School offering pregnancy tests to girls aged 11
15th November 2005 England -A school is offering pregnancy tests to girls as young as 11 - without telling their parents...the headmaster did not consult parents - a move being seen by critics as further evidence of families being denied a say over their children's sexual wellbeing.
...Rising numbers of clinics at secondary schools already offer condoms and the morning-after pill. They have the power to do so without seeking parental permission...headmaster Simon Viccars defended his move. "We have decided to offer pregnancy testing for those young girls who have a need," he said. "We have not consulted parents on this. We have taken the lead."
...Hugh McKinney, chairman of the National Family Campaign, said: "Schools need to be reminded that sexual relations with children under 16 is a criminal offence."
School matron Heidi Thomson, a registered nurse who supplies the tests to pupils, said: "If girls ask for pregnancy tests they are already having sex and need help and advice."
But family campaigner Mr McKinney added: "Schools should not be in involved in issues like pregnancy testing. This is a subject for medical practitioners and parents to discuss, not for schools to provide."
Nick Seaton, of the Campaign for Real Education, said: "Children go to school to learn English, maths and science, not to have pregnancy tests. "It is sending out the wrong message. Teachers are being turned into social workers and schools into social services departments."
...In April last year, the Daily Mail told how 14-year-old Melissa Smith of Mansfield had an abortion arranged by her school without her mother's knowledge... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=368637&in_page_id=1770&in_a_source=
Saudi jailed for discussing the Bible
November 14, 2005- RIYADH, Saudi Arabia-- A court sentenced a teacher to 40 months in prison and 750 lashes for "mocking religion" after he discussed the Bible and praised Jews, a Saudi newspaper reported yesterday.
with promoting a "dubious ideology, mocking religion, saying the Jews were right, discussing the Gospel and preventing students from leaving class to wash for prayer," the newspaper said.
...In Saudi Arabia, the public practice of any religion other than Islam is illegal; only Muslims can be Saudi citizens.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/world/20051114-015138-3548r.htm
Bill Clinton to Israel: Iran No Threat
Nov. 14, 2005- Impeached ex-president Bill Clinton urged Israelis over the weekend not to overreact to comments by newly elected Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad recommending that Israel be "wiped off the map."
Speaking at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem on Saturday, Clinton acknowledged that the remark was "outrageous," he also warned Israel not to act unilaterally when reacting to terrorist threats, saying that "true peace and security can only come through principled compromise."
On Oct. 27, President Ahmadinejad told a "World Without Zionism" conference that Israel is a "disgraceful blot" on the Middle East that should be "wiped off the map."
http://newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/11/14/225144.shtml
Palestinians Taste Their Own Medicine...and don't like it
By Daniel PipesNovember 15, 2005
http://frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=20184
Library forced to drop limit on 'controversial' speech
Barred 'biblical marriage' forum unless it included 'opposing view'
November 15, 2005- An Ohio library dropped a policy that barred a public interest group from holding a forum on traditional marriage without also inviting someone to argue for "same-sex marriage."
The agreement by the Newton Falls Library Board of Trustees settled a lawsuit filed by Florida-based Liberty Counsel, which applied to the library to hold a meeting last spring that would include prayer and Scripture reading.
The library denied Liberty Counsel's application, citing a policy that said, "If a program deals with a controversial subject, then all sides of the issue must be presented."
The policy made the room available to "nonprofit organizations" for "programs of a civic, cultural or educational nature."
Mathew D. Staver, president and general counsel of Liberty Counsel, said the old policy violated the First Amendment's right of free speech.
"Under the former policy, Liberty Counsel would have been required to invite a proponent of same-sex marriage before we could address our viewpoint that marriage is the union of one man and one woman," he said. "Such a policy invites dispute and ends up censoring the speaker."
Library forced to drop limit on 'controversial' speech Barred 'biblical marriage' forum unless it included 'opposing view'
Wall Street Journal: Who Is Lying About Iraq?
http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110007540
Colin Powell's Tape Shows Iraqis 'Evacuating' WMDs
11/14/2005- ...Former Secretary of State Colin Powell keeps apologizing for his speech to the United Nations on the eve of the Iraq war. But at least one chilling bit of evidence he introduced there has never been refuted.
Here's how Powell introduced his case on Feb. 5, 2003:
POWELL: Let me begin by playing a tape for you. What you're about to hear is a conversation that my government monitored. It takes place on November 26 [2002], on the day before United Nations teams resumed inspections in Iraq.
The conversation involves two senior officers, a colonel and a brigadier general, from Iraq's elite military unit, the Republican Guard.
TAPE TRANSCRIPT:
IRAQI COLONEL : About this committee that is coming with [U.N. nuclear weapons inspector] Mohamed ElBaradei.
IRAQI GENERAL : Yeah, yeah.
COL: We have this modified vehicle. What do we say if one of them sees it?
GEN: You didn't get a modified... You don't have a modified...
COL: By God, I have one.
GEN: Which? From the workshop...?
COL: From the al-Kindi Company
GEN: Yeah, yeah. I'll come to you in the morning. I have some comments. I'm worried you all have something left.
COL: We evacuated everything. We don't have anything left. [END OF POWELL TAPE EXCERPT]
What type of "modified vehicle" do Iraq war critics think Saddam's general was worried about? A souped-up 1967 Mustang?
And what, pray tell, do they think Saddam's colonel was referring to when he said, "We evacuated everything. We don't have anything left"?
http://newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/11/14/233507.shtml
While Ma & Pa were sitting on the porch, Pa was engaged in a serious whittling session. A young man walked up with a pad and pencil in his hand approached the house.
"What are you selling young man," said Pa.
"I'm not selling anything," the fellow said. I'm the Census Taker."
"A what ?" Pa asked.
"A Census Taker. We are trying to find out how many people are in these United States."
"Well," Pa replied, "you're wasting your time with me--I have no idea whatever."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Happiness keeps you sweet,
Trials keep you strong,
Sorrows keep you human,
Failures keep you humble,
Success keeps you glowing,
God keeps you going!
-Anonymous
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This should go great with the fish flavored ice creams I told you about
Drink Your Thanksgiving Meal Through A Straw
November 15, 2005: SEATTLE - For beverage connoisseurs tired of turkey-and-gravy or green-beans-and-casserole-flavored sodas or Mashed potato-flavored soda, there's a new choice being offered this year by specialty U.S. soda manufacturer Jones Soda Co.: salmon.
"When you smell it, it's got that smoked salmon aroma," said Peter van Stolk, chief executive of Jones Soda.
...While those bottles will be offered locally, Jones Soda is also selling its similarly-priced "holiday pack" of turkey and gravy, wild herb stuffing, brussels sprouts, cranberry and pumpkin pie sodas across the country.
...Asked whether he liked his new salmon soda, van Stolk said: "I cannot finish a bottle, I just can't."
http://money.cnn.com/2005/11/15/news/funny/salmon_soda.reut/index.htm?cnn=yes
http://money.cnn.com/2004/11/12/news/funny/jones_soda/index.htm
http://money.cnn.com/2004/11/16/commentary/wastler/wastler/index.htm
Sauerkraut could fight bird flu, say scientists
11/13/2005- Sauerkraut…could prove to be a secret weapon against the threat of bird flu, experts revealed yesterday. Scientists believe that the traditional recipe, which is made from chopped cabbage that is fermented for at least a month, contains a bacteria that may combat the potentially fatal disease.
Their findings follow a study in which kimchi - a spicy cabbage dish popular in South Korea and similar to sauerkraut - was fed to 13 chickens infected with bird flu. Just one week later, 11 of the birds showed signs of recovery from the virus...
Prof Kang's team claims that lactobacillus, the lactic acid bacteria created during the fermenting process, is the active ingredient that could combat bird flu...
Whether or not sauerkraut does cure bird flu, the dish is said to have a number of other health benefits, among them cancer-fighting and detoxifying properties.
It is also a rich source of vitamins. One serving, which contains only 32 calories and has four grams of fibre, provides 102 per cent of the recommended daily intake of vitamin K, 12 per cent of iron and 35 per cent of vitamin C.
Prof Richard Mithen, from the Institute of Food Research, in Norwich, said: "Eating kimchi or sauerkraut may be good for your health and help fight off infections.
"I wouldn't recommend anyone rushing out to stock up on sauerkraut specifically to fight off bird flu, but it may help your immune system."
A further study on sauerkraut, carried out recently by Polish and American scientists, concluded that the meal might be the reason for the lower breast cancer rate observed among Polish immigrants in America.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/11/13/nsauer13.xml
Retail sales perform better than expected in October...
Nov 15 - Retail sales performed far better than expected in October as consumers took encouragement from falling gasoline prices to head back to the shopping malls...Excluding autos, retail sales rose a solid 0.9 percent last month. The strength in sales last month was led by big gains at specialty clothing stores and department stores, lifting the outlook for the upcoming holiday sales season.
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/11/15/D8DSU9PG7.html
Better Trauma Care Major Factor In Best-Ever War Survival Rate
November 14, 2005- The survival rate for U.S. service members wounded in Iraq has reached 90 percent, higher than in any previous war.
The major reason, says the general in charge of Army medical training, is improved trauma care being delivered moments after injury by medics and a growing number of soldiers trained as combat lifesavers.
...Better body armor, forward deployed surgical teams and swift medical evacuations are factors that have raised the survival rate. But the most significant change, Weightman said, has been the performance of medics and combat lifesavers in applying trauma care techniques.
http://www.heraldnet.com/stories/05/11/12/100bus_philpott001.cfm
School offering pregnancy tests to girls aged 11
15th November 2005 England -A school is offering pregnancy tests to girls as young as 11 - without telling their parents...the headmaster did not consult parents - a move being seen by critics as further evidence of families being denied a say over their children's sexual wellbeing.
...Rising numbers of clinics at secondary schools already offer condoms and the morning-after pill. They have the power to do so without seeking parental permission...headmaster Simon Viccars defended his move. "We have decided to offer pregnancy testing for those young girls who have a need," he said. "We have not consulted parents on this. We have taken the lead."
...Hugh McKinney, chairman of the National Family Campaign, said: "Schools need to be reminded that sexual relations with children under 16 is a criminal offence."
School matron Heidi Thomson, a registered nurse who supplies the tests to pupils, said: "If girls ask for pregnancy tests they are already having sex and need help and advice."
But family campaigner Mr McKinney added: "Schools should not be in involved in issues like pregnancy testing. This is a subject for medical practitioners and parents to discuss, not for schools to provide."
Nick Seaton, of the Campaign for Real Education, said: "Children go to school to learn English, maths and science, not to have pregnancy tests. "It is sending out the wrong message. Teachers are being turned into social workers and schools into social services departments."
...In April last year, the Daily Mail told how 14-year-old Melissa Smith of Mansfield had an abortion arranged by her school without her mother's knowledge... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=368637&in_page_id=1770&in_a_source=
Saudi jailed for discussing the Bible
November 14, 2005- RIYADH, Saudi Arabia-- A court sentenced a teacher to 40 months in prison and 750 lashes for "mocking religion" after he discussed the Bible and praised Jews, a Saudi newspaper reported yesterday.
with promoting a "dubious ideology, mocking religion, saying the Jews were right, discussing the Gospel and preventing students from leaving class to wash for prayer," the newspaper said.
...In Saudi Arabia, the public practice of any religion other than Islam is illegal; only Muslims can be Saudi citizens.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/world/20051114-015138-3548r.htm
Bill Clinton to Israel: Iran No Threat
Nov. 14, 2005- Impeached ex-president Bill Clinton urged Israelis over the weekend not to overreact to comments by newly elected Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad recommending that Israel be "wiped off the map."
Speaking at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem on Saturday, Clinton acknowledged that the remark was "outrageous," he also warned Israel not to act unilaterally when reacting to terrorist threats, saying that "true peace and security can only come through principled compromise."
On Oct. 27, President Ahmadinejad told a "World Without Zionism" conference that Israel is a "disgraceful blot" on the Middle East that should be "wiped off the map."
http://newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/11/14/225144.shtml
Palestinians Taste Their Own Medicine...and don't like it
By Daniel PipesNovember 15, 2005
http://frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=20184
Library forced to drop limit on 'controversial' speech
Barred 'biblical marriage' forum unless it included 'opposing view'
November 15, 2005- An Ohio library dropped a policy that barred a public interest group from holding a forum on traditional marriage without also inviting someone to argue for "same-sex marriage."
The agreement by the Newton Falls Library Board of Trustees settled a lawsuit filed by Florida-based Liberty Counsel, which applied to the library to hold a meeting last spring that would include prayer and Scripture reading.
The library denied Liberty Counsel's application, citing a policy that said, "If a program deals with a controversial subject, then all sides of the issue must be presented."
The policy made the room available to "nonprofit organizations" for "programs of a civic, cultural or educational nature."
Mathew D. Staver, president and general counsel of Liberty Counsel, said the old policy violated the First Amendment's right of free speech.
"Under the former policy, Liberty Counsel would have been required to invite a proponent of same-sex marriage before we could address our viewpoint that marriage is the union of one man and one woman," he said. "Such a policy invites dispute and ends up censoring the speaker."
Library forced to drop limit on 'controversial' speech Barred 'biblical marriage' forum unless it included 'opposing view'
Wall Street Journal: Who Is Lying About Iraq?
http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110007540
Colin Powell's Tape Shows Iraqis 'Evacuating' WMDs
11/14/2005- ...Former Secretary of State Colin Powell keeps apologizing for his speech to the United Nations on the eve of the Iraq war. But at least one chilling bit of evidence he introduced there has never been refuted.
Here's how Powell introduced his case on Feb. 5, 2003:
POWELL: Let me begin by playing a tape for you. What you're about to hear is a conversation that my government monitored. It takes place on November 26 [2002], on the day before United Nations teams resumed inspections in Iraq.
The conversation involves two senior officers, a colonel and a brigadier general, from Iraq's elite military unit, the Republican Guard.
TAPE TRANSCRIPT:
IRAQI COLONEL : About this committee that is coming with [U.N. nuclear weapons inspector] Mohamed ElBaradei.
IRAQI GENERAL : Yeah, yeah.
COL: We have this modified vehicle. What do we say if one of them sees it?
GEN: You didn't get a modified... You don't have a modified...
COL: By God, I have one.
GEN: Which? From the workshop...?
COL: From the al-Kindi Company
GEN: Yeah, yeah. I'll come to you in the morning. I have some comments. I'm worried you all have something left.
COL: We evacuated everything. We don't have anything left. [END OF POWELL TAPE EXCERPT]
What type of "modified vehicle" do Iraq war critics think Saddam's general was worried about? A souped-up 1967 Mustang?
And what, pray tell, do they think Saddam's colonel was referring to when he said, "We evacuated everything. We don't have anything left"?
http://newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/11/14/233507.shtml
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