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I wonder what this is …

Original Article [nasa]

Engage psudo-science/fiction : So, when you decelerate out of FTL, aren’t you going to give off a lot of Cherenkov Radiation, and doesn’t the transition from hyperspace to realspace carry over a lot of tachyon/dark-matter particles that have to get shed from the ship in a ‘discharging’ action in the relative proximity [...]

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I love John Stewart

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c

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Thank you Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

“I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.” -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Some perspective on how the world is handling the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti

From : http://www.gregpalast.com/the-right-testicle-of-hell-history-of-a-haitian-holocaust/
We have a pretty lousy history with Haiti, just as an example of the historical perspective …
An example from the site linked above…
How did Haiti end up so economically weakened, with infrastructure, from hospitals to water systems, busted or non-existent – there are two fire stations in the entire nation – and [...]

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Quotes

“Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future”
- Paul Boese

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God bless America and its Security Appratus.

Earlier this year, and for over a year prior, as documented in previous entries about my mother, I had to deal with the United States Govt trying to deport my mother for a crime she committed 40+ years ago…
This all came to light when she had the unfortunate timing of traveling internationally when [...]

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Happy Holidays.

Happy Holidays everyone.
To everyone, I wish the best.
Sincerely.
With love and appreciation to the people who have been in my life this year, and excitement for what happens next.

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An excellent summary of what’s going in Health care, and Finance reform right now.

Bill Moyer interviews Matt Taibbi and Robert Kuttner
Amidst fading hopes for real reform on issues ranging from high finance to health care, economist Robert Kuttner and journalist Matt Taibbi join Bill Moyers to discuss Wall Street’s power over the federal government.

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Fuck this season

If I see one more holiday/seasonal commercial talking about love and gifts and giving… I’m going to punch something…
And they’re usually diamonds… so I wonder how many one armed african kids are behind them also.
*sigh*

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Few things make me cry.

One of them is having perspective on the universe I live in.
This blog post at : http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/12/11/incredible-vista-of-the-cosmos/ has done that to me today.
Here’s another phenomenal picture. It’s an amazing 2 x 1.5 degree field toward the center of the Milky Way, revealing about a million stars! It’s taken completely in the near infrared, just outside [...]

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