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Vefútgáfa  |  Uppfæra stillingar  |  Afskrá Líka við Tísta Áframsenda http://endofsecrets.blogspot.com The priceless gift of Freedom Posted by johnnybotwright on 28 December, 2012 One of the Greatest Gifts for me, is being in the Lord Jesus Christ, knowing my freedom was brought with a great price, and being free to be who and what you are, not having to live to men. its a much higher calling. one where you can think clearly, speak and act freely. freedom a price less Gift. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1bFr2SWP1I Happy B'day RnR Posted by mojo on 28 December, 2012 Have a good one mate! Go hard or go home! :banana: longshoremen now set to destroy more jobs and businesses Posted by Cogburn on 27 December, 2012 So now the Longshoreman's union is now looking to get their hands into mucking about with the American economy. Retailers pay royalties for each container moved by the unions based upon weight. These royalties are adjusted for inflation and,according to the Longshoreman's union, are used to compensate for the loss of jobs due to automation. While that certainly might sound like a good deal, this disincentivizes businesses to innovate and artificially inflates consumer prices. Any savings that could have been passed to the consumer are now taken up by the unions. Unions are every bit as greedy as corporations, and no moral, ethical, or economic standing in the 21st century. FISA Posted by FAQ on 27 December, 2012 https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/1...tless-domestic DECEMBER 27, 2012 | BY TREVOR TIMM Why We Should All Care About Today's Senate Vote on the FISA Amendments Act, the Warrantless Domestic Spying Bill Today is an incredibly important vote for the future of your digital privacy, but some in Congress are hoping you won’t find out. Finally, after weeks of delay, the Senate will start debate on the dangerous FISA Amendments Act at 10 am Eastern and vote on its re-authorization by the end of the day. The FISA Amendments Act is the broad domestic spying bill passed in 2008 in the wake of the warrantless wiretapping scandal. It expires at the end of the year and some in Congress wanted to re-authorize it without a minute of debate. The good news is—thanks for your phone calls, emails, and tweets—Congress will now be forced to debate it, which means we can affect its outcome. In case you forget just how dangerous the FISA Amendments Act is to your privacy, here’s how we described it last week: The FISA Amendments Act continues to be controversial; key portions of it were challenged in a case before the U.S. Supreme Court this term. In brief, the law allows the government to get secret FISA court orders—orders that do not require probable cause like regular warrants—for any emails or phone calls going to and from overseas. The communications only have to deal with "foreign intelligence information," a broad term that can mean virtually anything. And one secret FISA order can be issued against groups or categories of people—potentially affecting hundreds of thousands of Americans at once. Any Senator who wants to stay true to the Constitution should vote no on its re-authorization, but in the alternative, there are four common sense amendments up for debate tomorrow that would go a long-way in curbing the law’s worst abuses. The Wyden Oversight and Transparency Amendments Sen. Ron Wyden, one of the most ardent defenders of civil liberties in the Senate, has been asking the NSA for months for information on how the FISA Amendments Act has impacted Americans. The NSA has so far refused, yet, as the New York Times reported in 2009, we know the NSA was still intercepting domestic communications in a “significant and systematic” way. We also know the secret FISA court ruled, on at least one occasion, that the government had violated the Fourth Amendment when conducting surveillance under the FAA. Yet the NSA has rather unbelievably claimed releasing the number of Americans whose privacy has been violated would violate those same Americans’ privacy. Ron Wyden’s amendment would force the NSA to come clean and give a general estimate of how many Americans have been affected by this unconstitutional bill, and finally give us information Americans deserve. In addition, another Wyden amendment would clarify that the acquisition of American communications is prohibited without a warrant. Sen. Wyden has accused the government of conducting “backdoor searches,” whereby the government collects communications of foreign individuals talking to Americans, but later goes back into the government’s database of intercepted communications and reviews the Americans' comunications. Sen. Wyden hopes this clarification to the law will help guard against further intrusive spying on American communications. The Rand Paul Fourth Amendment Amendment Republican Senator Rand Paul has commendably been one of the few voices unequivocally denouncing the FISA Amendments Act as a violation of the Fourth Amendment. To that end, Sen. Paul will be introducing “the Fourth Amendment Protection Act” which will re-iterate that all US communications, whether sought by US intelligence agencies like the NSA or any government agency, are protected against unwarranted searches and seizures—even if they are held by third party email providers like Google. You can read Sen. Paul's amendment here. The Merkley FISA Court Amendment Both in 2010 and 2011, Obama administration officials promised to work to declassify secret FISA court opinions that contained “important rulings of law.” These opinions would shed light on whether and how Americans’ communications have been illegally spied on. Since then, the administration has refused to declassify a single opinion, even though the administration admitted in July that the FISA court ruled that collection done under the FAA had violated the Fourth Amendment rights of an unknown number of Americans on at least one occasion. Starting with the precept that “secret law is inconsistent with democratic governance,” Sen. Jeff Merkley’s amendment would force the government to release any FISA court opinions that contain significant interpretations of the FISA Amendments Act so the American public can know how it may or may not be used against them. The Leahy Sunset Amendment About the only good part in the original FISA Amendments Act was the provision that stated it would expire after four years so Congress could fully debate its use and abuse before reauthorizing, if reauthorization was even necessary. Unfortunately, Congress has been resisting the debate, and the new bill would extend the FAA for five more years. That means the law would not sunset again until President Obama is out of office. Senator Leahy’s amendment would shorten the law’s length to three years. While any extension of a law that results in unconstitional spying is unacceptable, the shorter the re-authorization, the better. Please use Free Press' call-in tool to talk to your Senator's office on the phone or use EFF's action center to email your Senators. Tell them to vote for these privacy-friendly amendments and to vote no on warrantless domestic spying. NSA Spying Related Cases Jewel v. NSA She gets hit by a moose and drove to work in THIS Posted by Ducky on 27 December, 2012 Well that's dedication for ya. A central Newfoundland woman, who drove for about 40 kilometres after crashing into a moose this spring, said she still can't recall being in the accident. In May, Michelle Higgins was travelling east on the Trans-Canada Highway from Norris Arm to Gander when a moose suddenly appeared on the road. Higgins's car collided with the animal. She had no memory of it happening at the time, and seven months later, the accident is still a blank in her mind. All Higgins can remember is getting out of her car upon arriving at her destination in Gander, and her co-worker rushing over to her in a panic. "She said, 'You're full of blood.' I said, 'What do you mean?' She said, 'You're full of blood, and look at your car,'" Higgins said. "When I turned around and looked at my car, I was devastated, because there was no roof. The windshield was gone. Like, I couldn't believe it." Higgins said she's still dumbfounded as to what happened that day. "I still can't believe that I didn't brake, or I didn't swerve... and there's no marks on the road," she said. The only evidence of the crash is the car, which had its windshield pushed into Higgins's lap; the roof peeled back, just shy of her head; and moose fur all over the inside of the vehicle – and even in her purse. The moose was left by the road. Seven months later, Higgins is still recovering from those injuries. She has occasional dizziness and shoulder pain, despite months of physiotherapy. While she can't remember the crash, the world has not forgotten. Her story went viral, landing news coverage from CNN to the U.K.'s Daily Mail, and spreading via email and Facebook. "From New York, to China, to Paris, to all around Canada, there are people trying to add me on Facebook, from Sri Lanka – everywhere," she said. Even though Higgins drives past the same spot where the accident occurred almost every day, it still hasn't jogged her memory. "It drives me totally insane," she said. After seeing doctors and obsessing about just what happened that day, Higgins does have one theory in mind. "It's like my mind knows it's going to Gander... going to work, and it brought me there." she said. "It's almost like I was on autopilot, and didn't know it." Her mind obviously shut down that part that was so tramatizing. this isn't just an assault weapons ban Posted by skunk on 27 December, 2012 i can't take gun control advocates seriously unless they also consider disarming the police and military - we have the 2nd amendment for a very specific purpose. how quickly we forget how this country was founded, armed revolution against a tyrannical government. http://www.feinstein.senate.gov/publ...ssault-weapons Summary of 2013 Feinstein Assault Weapons Legislation Bans the sale, transfer, importation, or manufacturing of:  120 specifically-named firearms  Certain other semiautomatic rifles, handguns, shotguns that can accept a detachable magazine and have one military characteristic  Semiautomatic rifles and handguns with a fixed magazine that can accept more than 10 rounds Strengthens the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban and various state bans by:  Moving from a 2-characteristic test to a 1-characteristic test  Eliminating the easy-to-remove bayonet mounts and flash suppressors from the characteristics test  Banning firearms with “thumbhole stocks” and “bullet buttons” to address attempts to “work around” prior bans Bans large-capacity ammunition feeding devices capable of accepting more than 10 rounds. Protects legitimate hunters and the rights of existing gun owners by:  Grandfathering weapons legally possessed on the date of enactment  Exempting over 900 specifically-named weapons used for hunting or sporting purposes and  Exempting antique, manually-operated, and permanently disabled weapons Requires that grandfathered weapons be registered under the National Firearms Act, to include: o Background check of owner and any transferee; o Type and serial number of the firearm; o Positive identification, including photograph and fingerprint; o Certification from local law enforcement of identity and that possession would not violate State or local law; and o Dedicated funding for ATF to implement registration Ison - the comet of the century Posted by Remixtup on 27 December, 2012 'Brighter than a full moon': The biggest star of 2013... could be Ison - the comet of the century At the moment it is a faint object, visible only in sophisticated telescopes as a point of light moving slowly against the background stars. It doesn't seem much – a frozen chunk of rock and ice – one of many moving in the depths of space. But this one is being tracked with eager anticipation by astronomers from around the world, and in a year everyone could know its name. Comet Ison could draw millions out into the dark to witness what could be the brightest comet seen in many generations – brighter even than the full Moon. It was found as a blur on an electronic image of the night sky taken through a telescope at the Kislovodsk Observatory in Russia as part of a project to survey the sky looking for comets and asteroids – chunks of rock and ice that litter space. Astronomers Vitali Nevski and Artyom Novichonok were expecting to use the International Scientific Optical Network's (Ison) 40cm telescope on the night of 20 September but clouds halted their plans. It was a frustrating night but about half an hour prior to the beginning of morning twilight, they noticed the sky was clearing and got the telescope and camera up and running to obtain some survey images in the constellations of Gemini and Cancer. When the images were obtained Nevski loaded them into a computer program designed to detect asteroids and comets moving between images. He noticed a rather bright object with unusually slow movement, which he thought could only mean it was situated way beyond the orbit of Jupiter. But he couldn't tell if the object was a comet, so Novichonok booked time on a larger telescope to take another look. Less than a day later the new images revealed that Nevski and Novichonok had discovered a comet, which was named Comet Ison. A database search showed it has been seen in images taken by other telescopes earlier that year and in late 2011. These observations allowed its orbit to be calculated, and when astronomers did that they let out a collective "wow." Comet Ison has taken millions of years to reach us travelling from the so-called Oort cloud – a reservoir of trillions and trillions of chunks of rock and ice, leftovers from the birth of the planets. It reaches out more than a light-year – a quarter of the way to the nearest star. In the Oort cloud the Sun is but a distant point of light whose feeble gravity is just enough to hold onto the cloud. Every once in a while a tiny tug of gravity, perhaps from a nearby star or wandering object, disturbs the cloud sending some of its comets out into interstellar space to be lost forever and a few are scattered sunward. Comet Ison is making its first, and perhaps only visit to us. Its life has been cold, frozen hard and unchanging, but it is moving closer to the Sun, and getting warmer. Ison's surface is very dark – darker than asphalt – pockmarked and dusty with ice beneath the surface. It's a small body, a few tens of miles across, with a tiny pull of gravity. If you stood upon it you could leap 20 miles into space taking over a week to come down again, watching as the comet rotated beneath you. You could walk to the equator, kneel down and gather up handfuls of comet material to make snowballs, throw them in a direction against the comet's spin and watch them hang motionless in front of you. But it will not remain quiet on Comet Ison for the Sun's heat will bring it to life. By the end of summer it will become visible in small telescopes and binoculars. By October it will pass close to Mars and things will begin to stir. The surface will shift as the ice responds to the thermal shock, cracks will appear in the crust, tiny puffs of gas will rise from it as it is warmed. The comet's tail is forming. Slowly at first but with increasing vigour, as it passes the orbit of Earth, the gas and dust geysers will gather force. The space around the comet becomes brilliant as the ice below the surface turns into gas and erupts, reflecting the light of the Sun. Now Ison is surrounded by a cloud of gas called the coma, hundreds of thousands of miles from side to side. The comet's rotation curves these jets into space as they trail into spirals behind it. As they move out the gas trails are stopped and blown backwards by the Solar Wind. By late November it will be visible to the unaided eye just after dark in the same direction as the setting Sun. Its tail could stretch like a searchlight into the sky above the horizon. Then it will swing rapidly around the Sun, passing within two million miles of it, far closer than any planet ever does, to emerge visible in the evening sky heading northward towards the pole star. It could be an "unaided eye" object for months. When it is close in its approach to the Sun it could become intensely brilliant but at that stage it would be difficult and dangerous to see without special instrumentation as it would be only a degree from the sun. Remarkably Ison might not be the only spectacular comet visible next year. Another comet, called 2014 L4 (PanSTARRS), was discovered last year and in March and April it could also be a magnificent object in the evening sky. 2013 could be the year of the great comets. As Comet Ison heads back to deep space in 2014 the sky above it would begin to clear as the dust and gas geysers loose their energy. Returning to the place where the Sun is a distant point of light, Comet Ison may never return. Its tail points outward now as the solar wind is at its back, and it fades and the comet falls quiet once more, this time forever. Dr David Whitehouse is an author and astronomer http://www.independent.co.uk/news/sc...y-8431443.html Happy 78th Birthday Top Banana&former most Olympic Medals Larissa Latynina 12/27/1934 Posted by BaltimoreBob on 27 December, 2012 My #1 Celebrity Birthday Person for December 27th is Larissa Latynina (78) 1934 Born: December 27, 1934 in Kherson, Ukrainian SSR. Birth name: Larissa Semyonovna Latynina (Russian: Лари́са Семёновна Латы́нина) A Soviet gymnast who was the first female athlete to win nine Olympic golds. Early life: Born Larisa Dirij, she first practiced ballet, but turned to gymnastics after her choreographer moved out of town. She graduated from high school in 1953 and moved to Kiev to attend the Lenin Polytechnic Institute and continue training. There Latynina trained at the Burevestnik Voluntary Sports Society. At the age of 19, she debuted internationally at the 1954 Rome World Championships, winning the gold medal in the team competition. She still holds the record for being awarded the most Olympic medals at 18 (nine gold medals, five silver and four bronze). Thus she also tops the list of gold medals winners, beating Olympic stars such as US swimmer Mark Spitz and Finnish long distance runner Paavo Nurmi. Olympic medal record: At age 22(BB was 6), Gold 1956 Melbourne Team competition, Gold 1956 Melbourne All-around, Gold 1956 Melbourne Vault, Gold 1956 Melbourne Floor exercise, Silver 1956 Melbourne Uneven bars, Silver 1956 Melbourne Uneven bars, Bronze 1956 Melbourne Team, portable apparatus; At age 26(BB was 10), Gold 1960 Rome Team competition, Gold 1960 Rome All-around, Gold 1960 Rome Floor exercise, Silver 1960 Rome Uneven bars, Silver 1960 Rome Balance beam, Bronze 1960 Rome Vault; At age 30(BB was 14), Gold 1964 Tokyo Team competition, Gold 1964 Tokyo Floor exercise, Silver 1964 Tokyo All-around, Silver 1964 Tokyo Vault; Bronze 1964 Tokyo Uneven bars & finally Bronze 1964 Tokyo Balance beam. 1998: Inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame. 2012: 7/31/2012: Almost ½ Century/5 Decade record changes hands: 2nd Most Olympic medals at 18 (nine gold medals, five silver and four bronze). * My #1 Celebrity Birthday Person for June 30th is * A TIE between Michael Phelps (1985-) & a ‘Gold’ Singer Lena Horne (1917-2010) * Michael Phelps born June 30th 1985 in Baltimore, Maryland. * 1st in Olympic medals at 22 (Eighteen Gold medals, Two Silver and Two Bronze). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larissa_Latynina & Barbara Olson (II) (Would have been 57) 1955 - Died age 45 Born 27 December 1955 - Houston, Texas Date of death 11 September 2001 - Arlington, Virginia. (homicide as a result of terrorist incident) Birth name: Barbara Kay Bracher / Lawyer, author, and television commentator. Spouse: Theodore Olson (? - 11 September 2001) (her death) In 1995-96, she was the Chief Council for the Congressional committee investigating various Clinton White House scandals, including charges of misuse of FBI background records. Authored two best-selling books. The first, 'Hell To Pay' (1999), was a critical biography of Hillary Rodham Clinton. The second, 'The Final Days' (2001) examined the conduct of the Clinton administration after the 2000 election, including the alleged selling of Presidential pardons. She died before the book was distributed. Died while on board American Airlines Flight 77, one of the four hijacked planes that crashed into the Pentagon, the World Trade Center, and a Pennsylvanian field on September 11, 2001. She was aboard the Pentagon flight. She was flying to Los Angeles to tape a guest appearance on 'Politically Incorrect' (1994). 'Politically Incorrect' (1994) host Bill Maher paid tribute to her for an entire week on the show by leaving one of the four guest chairs on the set unoccupied. Cole Hamels (29) 1983 - Born: San Diego, California / Birth Name: Colbert Michael Hamels - A starting left-handed pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies in Major League Baseball. - He attended Rancho Bernardo High School in San Diego, California. - According to Tony Gwynn, lots of scouts were interested in Hamels while he was pitching - for RBHS because his fastball was clocked as high as 94 mph. - However, he broke his arm in his junior year, so some teams, like the SD Padres lost interest. - Nonetheless, Hamels was drafted in the first round of the 2002 baseball draft by the Phillies. - Major League Baseball debut Friday May 12, 2006 for the Philadelphia Phillies. - * Heidi Strobel born 29 October 1978, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. - Spouse: Heidi Strobel (New Year’s Eve December 31st 2006 - present) - Heidi posed with fellow Survivor alumni Jenna Morasca for Playboy. - It became the magazine's second highest grossing cover. - She is currently working on a master’s degree in physical education - at West Chester University in West Chester, Pennsylvania. - Baltimore Bob's Dad Andy also received a master’s degree in physical education - at West Chester University in West Chester, Pennsylvania. - Hamels was the winningest Pitcher on the Phillies in 2007 with a 15-5 record and a 3.39 ERA. - Last Phillies Pitcher with 15 or more wins was in 2005: Jon Lieber was 17-13 with 4.20 ERA. - Last Phillies Pitcher with 20 or more wins was in 1982: Steve Carlton 23-11 with a 3.10 ERA. - Previous Phillies Pitcher with 20 or more wins was 1980: Steve Carlton 24-9 with a 2.34 ERA. - No wonder Steve is in the Hall of Fame and also 1 of the 100 Greatest Players in MLB History. - Will Cole end the 25 year drought in 2008 and win 20? – Yes / No - 2008: Cole Hamels wins both MVP awards in League Championship Series & the World Series. - Cole appears on David Letterman and does the Top 10 List: - 10. Maybe I'll get to be on “Dancing With The Stars.” - 9. Can I wear my cup in the offseason? - 8. The Rays collapsed faster than my 401(k). - 7. How cool a name is Cole Hamels? - 6. This must be how the Yankees used to feel. - 5. Is the Phillie Phanatic hitting on my wife? - 4. Seriously, how cool a name is Cole Hamels? - 3. How can I celebrate when the nation's economic output - is the weakest it's been since the third quarter of 2001? - 2. I hope John McCain will start calling me “Cole the Pitcher.” - 1. Now maybe I'll get to appear on Leno? Michael Bourn (30) 1982 - a MLB Free Agent -- Born: Houston, Texas / Height: 5' 11", Weight: 180 lb. -- Birth Name: Michael Ray Bourn / Bats: Left, Throws: Right -- Bourn was raised in Houston, where he attended Nimitz High School, graduating in 2000. -- Bourn played football as a youth in the Humble Area Football League (HAFL). -- He later played college baseball at Houston as a scholarship player, -- before being drafted into the Major League. -- He has also been a participant of the United States national baseball team. -- MLB Centerfielder for NL; Philadelphia Phillies (2006-2007) -- & Houston Astros (2008-present). -- Bourn was traded by the Phillies to Houston in the deal that -- brought Pitcher Brad Lidge to the Phillies. -- In 2009, Bourn won a Gold Glove Award & stole 61 bases. -- Baltimore Bob states "Juan Samuel in his 2nd season in 1984 stole 72 bases for -- the Phillies but Juan never even got close to that figure in his remaining years." -- In 2010, Bourn was chosen to his 1st MLB All Star Game. -- Baltimore Bob added Mike on Tuesday July 6th 2010. -- 2013: Michael to return to Phillies as the new Centerfielder ? -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bourn 1964: 12/27/1964: The Last Championship for the City of Cleveland: The 1964 National Football League championship game was the 32nd annual championship game. ( Philadelphia EAGLES won the 28th Championship game in 1960 ) The NFL title game was held on December 27, 1964 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio before a crowd of 79,544. It was the first NFL title game to be televised by CBS. The Cleveland Browns had finished the regular season with a record of 10-3-1 and won the Eastern Conference. The Browns were led by their head coach Blanton Collier, quarterback Frank Ryan, running back Jim Brown and receivers Gary Collins and Paul Warfield. This was the Browns' 8th NFL championship game appearance since joining the NFL in 1950. On this date the Cleveland Browns beat the Baltimore Colts 27-0. Johnny Unitas QB for the Colts threw 2 Int's. Cleveland's Jim Brown ran for 114 yards. * Interesting that Cleveland's only home loss in 1964 was 7-23 vs Pittsburgh. * Pittsburgh finished 5-9 that season while Cleveland was 10-3-1. * Cleveland in the 1964 season beat the Philadelphia Eagles twice: * 1st at Philly 28-20 in week 3 then 38-24 at Cleveland in week 12. Cleveland is the only NFL City to have never Hosted a Super Bowl and/or sent a team to the Super Bowl. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL_Championship_Game,_1964 On Thursday July 8th 2010 Cleveland Basketball lost Lebron James to another team. Fuck it I think im done here... Posted by Jedimiller on 27 December, 2012 JAN 2013 IM HISTORY. KEEP YOUR ASSHOLES AND HAVE A GOOD LIFE. THANKS FOR THE GOOD TIMES. WILL MISS SOME OF YOU. Fucking Snow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Posted by Sowelu on 27 December, 2012 How high’s the snowfall Mama? Feet and feet and feet and risin. Quite the set of storms for Californication. I have to bust my hump and it busts me up BUTTS, I mean but, it’s better than dying in a forest fire next year. Still, when is enough snow enough, cause you know the more moisture, the more brush that grows next year and adds to the fire danger. It’s a vicious circle. Kinda like one of those Eastern parables. Lazy Remix Posted by 13erk0witz on 27 December, 2012 Breyta áskrift | Afskrá

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