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  • Tried some high-end noise-cancelling headphones today

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    Tried some noise-cancelling headphones today at the Bose store in the mall and Wow! they really are quite amazing. Too bad there aren’t noise-cancelling ear implants. It is something that I would seriously consider where I live. Am looking into saving up for a good pair of these headphones. A pair of wireless ones that…

  • Oppose mass amnesty for illegals

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    Right now the government is intending to grant mass amnesty to what it claims are 10 million illegals living in the United States but which more realistically is about 20 million. 2/3 of these illegals are illiterate and do not even have a basic high school diploma. Because of the nature of the current system…

  • Notebook computers which have pointing sticks (trackpoints)

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    I just saw this post on a forum: Re: Which new notebook models have trackpoint? [ Edited ] Options ‎01-26-2012 09:57 PM – edited ‎01-26-2012 10:39 PM Machines, which I`m aware of, that currently offer trackpoints are: All EliteBooks; ProBook 6450b, 6455b & 6550b. All known ThinkPads (not IdeaPads). NEC EasyNote MX45, MX65, S5. Fujitsu…

  • One more interesting thing about Yemen

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    I’ve written about Yemen before. The legendary Sheba was in what is now Yemen. There is a 3,000 year old temple of the Moon God there. And today I read this: The earliest evidence of coffee drinking comes from 15th-century Yemen. source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_coffee This came up because there was just a study released about health…

  • Our President in the Middle East

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    President Obama has stood up against the Israelis more than any previous president I remember. He is not able to publicly take a stand against them, but I believe that behind the scenes he is working very hard to oppose their aggression and start a process to reach a permanent peace settlement with Palestine. Right…

  • Its scary to read about what humans thought

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    I was reading up on Wikipedia today about an herb which can lead to severe renal failure and then this one concept was mentioned which people actually believed as recently as a few hundred years ago: the doctrine of signatures. It is the idea that plants which resemble a specific body part or organ can…

  • 170,000 dead estimated in the Iraq war

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    A private British organization has released a new report on casualties ahead of Wednesday’s 10th anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq. The non-governmental organization Iraqi Body Count says over 170,000 Iraqi civilians and military personnel died in fighting or from acts of terrorism since the start of the war on Iraq. http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20130318_05.html The attack…

  • What is happening in Europe?

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    The European Parliament is in a process of serious deliberation in which it is close to banning pornography.  That fact that it is even seriously considering amending freedom of expression is of great concern.  One would think that the European Union would be perhaps the most aggressive supporter of freedom of expression among world governments.…

  • Sign the petition to eliminate biannual clock changes

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    Please sign the petition to eliminate the annoying biannual clock changes associated with Daylight Savings Time.

  • The Primordial Being

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    There is this extremely powerful computer hidden away somewhere.  At some point in the future a group of people, concerned about the destruction of planet Earth, input everything about the human species and the planet into the computer.  DNA, sociology, psychology, history, physiology, everything. The computer is able to analyze everything, develop an accurate model,…