Pink Floyd - Us and Them

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How Pets See Us

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Drug Addiction vs. Its Control Spending

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US Government Considering Using Super-Scanners

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Apparently these new scanners are able to instantly discover everything there is to know about you - from 164 feet away - without your knowledge, and it does it all in real time! These are new laser-based molecular scanners, called Picosecond Programmable Lasers, that our government is considering placing in our airports to replace the TSA's current methods of body-frisking and -scanning.

Here is the full story at Gizmodo, and here is the product's website.

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U.S. Navy Map of Future America

with new coastlines..


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56 Years of Tornado Tracks

CTE!                                                                                   Via / Source: John Nelson

Please do go visit Mr. Nelson's site - there's a lot of good stuff there!

College Fan Territories Map

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This one's pretty accurate, as fan maps go. Thanks for putting Texas State in there!

Our Gov't May Have Known About 9/11 Beforehand

Apparently there is a former FEMA videographer Kurt Sonnenfeld, who claims to have "proof" that the attacks of 9/11/01 were an "inside job" of the U.S. Government. Oddly enough the U.S. Government is currently seeking his extradition from Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he currently resides, in connection
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with the 2002 death of his former wife, a case which was dropped by Colorado prosecutors. (Source)

Following is a set of three video slideshows. The images in these three slideshows, along with the accompanying linked video, were taken by Kurt Sonnenfeld himself. He was one of only a handful of people allowed into Ground Zero after the September 11, 2001 attacks. These are the pictures he took:

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Whether or not you choose to watch all 39-minutes worth of that footage, or whether or not you'd like to take a shorter route by watching this 9-minute VIDEO he also shot, if you do nothing else, please read Kurt Sonnenfeld's interview, published on June 22, 2009, and conducted by the Voltaire Network. Here is a preview of the interview:

"As official videographer for the U.S. government, Kurt Sonnenfeld was detailed to Ground Zero on September 11, 2001, where he spent an entire month filming: 'What I saw at certain moments and in certain places . . . is very disturbing!' He never handed his 29 tapes over to the authorities and has been persecuted ever since. Kurt Sonnenfeld lives in exile in Argentina, where he wrote 'El Perseguido' (Persecuted). His recently-published book tells the story of his unending nightmare and drives another nail into the coffin of the government’s account of the 9/11 events. Below is an exclusive interview by Voltaire Network." (Source)

The interview contains several very interesting embedded links, all of which when combined with the interview itself, the photos, and the video, one should be able to form his or her own opinion about this issue.

U.S. Homicide vs. Suicide Rates State by State

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SOURCES: Suicide data from The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Health Statistics, Division of Vital Statistics, National Vital Statistics Report Volume 58, Number 19, May 2010, Table 29.. Available HERE. Homicide data from the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report, Expanded Homicide Data 2007, Table 20.. Available HERE.

Blackout Tomorrow

In protest of recent proposed legislation (SOPA/PIPA), tomorrow you may be directed to a site with the following image, and other pertinent information on it.


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See you tomorrow night! Yeah it's gonna suck. But I already have some great posts lined up for you.

Mapping People Living with an HIV Diagnosis

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Just something to think about. More importantly, it's something to take a few minutes, and look at critically. Look at several counties you've been a part of. Look at poor states, and rich states. Look at the borders, and the big cities. It's a map that completely blows away most of your pre-determined thoughts, isn't it?

Former Mexico President Fox Blames US for Drug War

by Jason Whitely at wfaa.com


FORT WORTH — Former Mexican President Vicente Fox told News 8 that Americans addicted to drugs are at the root of the border violence in his country.

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"This country has to think about legalization of drugs or make the decision to stop drug consumption," Fox explained. "If you don't consume drugs, our problem is solved. We're doing our part. We're paying with 50,000 dead now."

Violence along the international border — especially in Mexican cities that border Texas like Juarez, Piedras Negras, and Nuevo Laredo — has increased in the the last 24-months with beheadings, kidnappings, and even car bombs detonated as drug cartels battle each other and the federal police who were sent in to solve the problem.

The former president spoke at The Vicente Fox Forum of World Leaders at Texas Christian University on Wednesday.

But in a one-on-one interview, Fox told News 8 the drug war along the U.S.-Mexico border isn't his country's fault, but rather the United States' problem.

"We don't deserve to be where we are. It's not even our problem," Fox said. "Mexico does not consume drugs — not at the level of the drug consumption in the United States." (Source)

Continue reading.. (Link includes video interview)

2012 Presidential Candidate Selector

Hey - The 2012 presidential election is right around the corner!

Click the banner image above to go take a short quiz to help you decide which presidential candidate(s) align with your interests. President Obama is included.

There are a ton more quizzes and other topics you can access from their homepage, as well.

Long Live the Queen

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Names For Small Waterways

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U.S. Drought Monitor: May to August

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Visualizing The U.S. Debt

Click the image above to see the entire visualization - it's pretty impressive, and depressing at the same time..

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Don't Tread On Me

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Censorship

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Not really censored from anything nor has anything been censored. Just a cool pic that I'll definitely save for a better purpose later on.. when I really need it.

US Passport Ownership

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