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  1. Jenna Jameson supporting Mitt Romney SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) - Porn star Jenna Jameson chose a familiar stage to make her endorsement for the 2012 presidential election Thursday night. At a San Francisco strip club, the former adult actress and stage performer said she was ready for a Romney presidency. "I'm very looking forward to a Republican being back in office," Jameson said while sipping champagne in a VIP room at Gold Club in the city's South of Market neighborhood. "When you're rich, you want a Republican in office." CBS
  2. Mark the field "long link" after you have pressed the "Sharing" button on youtube, and copy the long link.
  3. in the menue click on the icon with three photos ("Insert media" by mouse over, it's overnext to the quote function) and insert the youtube link you get when you click on sharing below the Youtube video - or you show Flash your shooting score and he will do it for you.
  4. This article is from 2007. Since Obama became president gun sales have exploded: U.S. most armed country with 90 guns per 100 people Tue, Aug 28 2007By Laura MacInnis GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States has 90 guns for every 100 citizens, making it the most heavily armed society in the world, a report released on Tuesday said. U.S. citizens own 270 million of the world's 875 million known firearms, according to the Small Arms Survey 2007 by the Geneva-based Graduate Institute of International Studies. About 4.5 million of the 8 million new guns manufactured worldwide each year are purchased in the United States, it said. "There is roughly one firearm for every seven people worldwide. Without the United States, though, this drops to about one firearm per 10 people," it said. India had the world's second-largest civilian gun arsenal, with an estimated 46 million firearms outside law enforcement and the military, though this represented just four guns per 100 people there. China, ranked third with 40 million privately held guns, had 3 firearms per 100 people. Germany, France, Pakistan, Mexico, Brazil and Russia were next in the ranking of country's overall civilian gun arsenals. On a per-capita basis, Yemen had the second most heavily armed citizenry behind the United States, with 61 guns per 100 people, followed by Finland with 56, Switzerland with 46, Iraq with 39 and Serbia with 38. France, Canada, Sweden, Austria and Germany were next, each with about 30 guns per 100 people, while many poorer countries often associated with violence ranked much lower. Nigeria, for instance, had just one gun per 100 people. "Firearms are very unevenly distributed around the world. The image we have of certain regions such as Africa or Latin America being awash with weapons -- these images are certainly misleading," Small Arms Survey director Keith Krause said. "Weapons ownership may be correlated with rising levels of wealth, and that means we need to think about future demand in parts of the world where economic growth is giving people larger disposable income," he told a Geneva news conference. The report, which relied on government data, surveys and media reports to estimate the size of world arsenals, estimated there were 650 million civilian firearms worldwide, and 225 million held by law enforcement and military forces. Five years ago, the Small Arms Survey had estimated there were a total of just 640 million firearms globally. "Civilian holdings of weapons worldwide are much larger than we previously believed," Krause said, attributing the increase largely to better research and more data on weapon distribution networks. Only about 12 percent of civilian weapons are thought to be registered with authorities. http://www.reuters.c...834893820070828 PS: I wonder about Germany, since we have extremely strict gun ownership rules. Unless you are a hunter or sports shooter it's almost impossible to own a gun. (And hunters and shooter have to follow very strict rules too with mandatory courses and exams, mandatory membership of licensed hunter or shooting associations, secured storage for guns needed, e.g.).
  5. Yeah, right, especially since all gun owners are well trained and use adequate equipment for such an occasion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uqD8Ja6IZ0
  6. You might be right Steve: Aug. 1: Obama Extends Electoral College Advantage By NATE SILVER Barack Obama’s standing in the FiveThirtyEight forecast reached its strongest position to date on Tuesday as a result of favorable polls in a set of swing states. The forecast model now gives Mr. Obama a 70.8 percent chance of winning the Electoral College, up from 69.0 percent on Monday and from 65.0 percent last Tuesday. Three of the polls were conducted by Quinnipiac University in conjunction with The New York Times and CBS News. The polls gave Mr. Obama leads of 6 points in each of Ohio and Florida, and an 11-point lead in Pennsylvania. In each state, the polls are at the high end of the range of numbers produced by other polling firms. As we frequently advise, no one set of polls — no matter how reputable the pollster — should be read as gospel. Differences in the numbers from survey firm to survey firm often reflect sampling error or methodological differences rather than any fundamental change in the condition of the race. .... NYT
  7. Romney might have a joker with Rubio as VP, him being a Latino and from Florida, don't you think? http://miamiherald.t...ttle-boost.html
  8. Once Upon a Time in Phuket / En gång i Phuket Swedish 2011 relationship comedy. A middle class guy who lost the plot in his job and personal life goes to Phuket for a summer holiday. There he only meets other Swedish people. Thai's don't exist at all except as silent, demure servants somewhere in the background. An unintended study about Farangs traveling to the East who are completely stuck in their own extremely narrow comfort zone and who avoid any contact with Asia and Asians completely. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2082262/ It can be found at Piratebay
  9. Here is a review of the "documentary" by a birther. Among others the "documentary" says that Obama had a nosejob for to look like his 'real' father. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcQmAcSfz58
  10. Education system in Mississippi: In 2008, Mississippi was ranked last among the fifty states in academic achievement by the American Legislative Exchange Council's Report Card on Education, with the lowest average ACT scores and sixth lowest spending per pupil in the nation. In contrast, Mississippi had the 17th highest average SAT scores in the nation. According to the report, 92% of Mississippi high school graduates took the ACT and 3% took the SAT, in comparison to the national averages of 43% and 45%, respectively. In 2007, Mississippi students scored the lowest of any state on the National Assessments of Educational Progress in both math and science. Mississippi is currently ranked at the bottom of the American Human Development Index. Wikipedia
  11. This doesn't seem to happen very often, otherwise the pro-gun lobby wouldn't ask for more guns after every mass killing. On the other hand over 300 people are injured or killed by stray bulletts in the USA every year. More guns will of course make the worse (like during celebrations on Independence Day or New Year’s Eve) http://www.youthtoda...article_id=5419
  12. Strip Clubs in Tampa Are Ready to Cash In on G.O.P. Convention By LIZETTE ALVAREZ TAMPA, Fla. — Over at the back door of the 2001 Odyssey, a limo-size tent with flaps — especially designed for discretion and camera-shy guests — is ready to go up. Déjà Vu is welcoming extra “talent†from around the country in its V.I.P. rooms. And Thee DollHouse is all Americana: women plan to slip out of red, white and blue corsets and offer red, white and blue vodka. The headliner that week is expected to bear an uncanny resemblance to a certain ex-governor from a wilderness state, known for her strong jaw and devotion to guns and God. “She’s a dead ringer for her,†said Warren Colazzo, co-owner of Thee DollHouse. “It’s just a really good gimmick to get publicity.†As Tampa gears up for the Republican National Convention, the biggest party it has ever held, the city and its businesses are primping and polishing for the August arrival of tens of thousands of visitors. Like it or not — mostly not, for city officials — Tampa’s well-known strip clubs have joined the welcome wagon. Club owners here say they have schmoozed with their counterparts in former host cities, like Denver, and have been told that revenue pours in during conventions, sometimes quadrupling earnings from a Super Bowl week. As for party affiliation, this is one place where the country’s caustic partisan differences fall away, owners say. Angelina Spencer, the executive director of the Association of Club Executives, which serves as a trade association for strip clubs, said an informal survey of convention business in New York and Denver had determined that Republicans dropped more money at clubs, by far. “Hands down, it was Republicans,†she said. “The average was $150 for Republicans and $50 for Democrats.†As further evidence of the clubs’ nonpartisan appeal, Don Kleinhans, the owner of the 2001 Odyssey, said when the Promise Keepers, a male evangelical group, came to town years ago, business was rollicking. “We had phenomenal numbers all weekend, and they walked in wearing badges and name tags and weren’t shy at all,†he said. James Davis, a spokesman for the Republican National Convention, declined to discuss Tampa’s prominent strip clubs. “We’re expecting to have a great convention,†Mr. Davis said. “We’re focused completely on having a great convention.†To be fair, Tampa is known for other things: cigars, Ybor City — the historic district where Cuban and Spanish cigar makers first settled in the late 1800s — three major sports franchises, four Super Bowls and beautiful beaches a short drive away. It is the Florida Gulf Coast’s economic engine and hosts a raucous pirate party every year called Gasparilla. But Tampa cannot shed its national reputation as the strip club capital of the country. “It’s not true,†said Joe Redner, the owner of the renowned Mons Venus and a man famous for fending off local attempts to close his club. “It would be nice, though.†The Tampa Bay Times has reported there are 20 strip clubs in Tampa and 50 in the Tampa Bay area. Per capita, it ranks behind Las Vegas and Cincinnati. But it is hard to be sure because strip club statistics are squishy, at best, and per capita numbers vary in a tourist town. Tampa does not have as many strip clubs as New Orleans, Atlanta, Houston, New York and Las Vegas, owners said. Miami boasts quite a few, too. Mr. Redner, who has repeatedly brandished the First Amendment, has been arrested 150 or so times and has run often for public office, may be one reason for the city’s reputation. Savvy and colorful, he took on the city in 2000 when it tried to cripple his club; instead, it bolstered his reputation. A Tampa councilman back then, Bob Buckhorn, who is now Tampa’s mayor, backed an ordinance to ban lap dances by keeping customers six feet away from dancers. The rule, intended to curb prostitution and drugs, passed but is mostly not enforced. During that fight, Mr. Buckhorn recalls saying that he “did not want Tampa to become the lap dance capital of the country.†But the statement got truncated and twisted, like in a game of telephone, then repeated, most recently during the debate over gambling in Florida. “We wanted Tampa to be a place where we were proud to call home,†said Mr. Buckhorn, a Democrat. “But we have grown so much bigger and moved beyond that small city we were. We don’t think about it anymore.†Yet he is not without a sense of humor. “I wonder whether the look-alike will be able to see Russia from the stage,†he asked, a question meant for the ex-governor’s doppelgänger. The spaceship, a much-talked about private V.I.P. room perched atop the 2001 Odyssey like a wedding-cake embellishment, has also helped burnish Tampa’s louche label. It is white, oval, with round windows, a rare prefabricated Futuro house designed by the Finnish architect Matti Suuronen in the 1960s and 1970s. “It was named one of the seven wonders of Tampa Bay,†said the Odyssey’s manager, Todd Trause. The provenance of that distinction is hard to decipher. Inside, Jazmin, 19, prepared to live-chat on a webcam to a faraway customer, one of the club’s new features. She is also preparing for the convention. Given the opportunity to stand up before a politician, she will do her job, naturally, but also share her own tale of financial struggle, as many voters here would do. Laid off from a job in the Medicaid billing industry, she scraped by as a cashier at a grocery store. The paycheck scarcely covered her car payments, she said. Then a friend of a friend told her about the strip club, and now there she is, saving her money (the most she’s ever made) for nursing school. “With the economy,†she said, “it’s hard.†NYT
  13. Not anymore: China noses ahead as top goods producer By Peter Marsh in London China has become the world’s top manufacturing country by output, returning the country to the position it occupied in the early 19th century and ending the US’s 110-year run as the largest goods producer. http://www.ft.com/in...l#axzz21fFFQjER
  14. Reading this I wonder how I managed to survive my last holiday, since my hotel was across Suk Road, opposite to the SC side.
  15. You know where this is coming from, right? The right wing crazy _County_ Sheriff Joe Arpaio. No wonder that this is at infowars....
  16. Yes indeed, we all know that a students writings are absolutely the same as hiding millions of USD in a time frame of 10-20 years in foreign PO Box companies with foreign bank accounts and thus rejecting to pay taxes as any middle and lower class citizens has to do. [/irony Off] I guess to have a tax cheater in chief will be the ultimate win of the 1% and the corps.
  17. By the way, the Bain attacks show that Obama has finally left the high ground. It seems that it took him a long time that he understood that dealing with the current GOP you'll have to make your hands dirty. It seems that just in the past months Obama as learnt how to create narratives which put the GOP in defense mode (women rights, gay rights, immigration). Even though those topics are not that essential for the near future of the USA they dominated the news cycles. Actually I do not like Obama's Bain attacks that much, but it seems that Obama is now playing by the rules the GOP did force on the Dems in previous elections: swift boating opponents and opposition research for character assassination.
  18. Romney did only publish the tax return from 2010. He promised to publish 2011. By now a considerable number of conservatives have asked Romney to publish at least 5-10 years of returns and to do it soon. I guess the GOP is already feeling or fearing the impact of this matter, since this give the Dems a strong line of attack - even though the Dems don't have any details, keywords like Cayman bank accounts and Swiss bank accounts might stick. Funny fact: When McCain considered Romney as vice president Romney provided 23 years of tax returns. Of course McCain now says that Romney's financial information didn't matter at all that he chose Palin instead... We'll see if Romney is able to change the narrative about this topic. Currently he seems vulnerable.
  19. Smoke on the water in advert... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HakOOJF6sz8
  20. The survival rate for pancreatic cancer is like 5% or so. It's a terrible way to go...
  21. But LOS might be a little bit more dangerous for him, considering his wealth. :-)
  22. The interesting thing is, that Obama is using the GOP playbook from the GOP presidential nomination process. And Obama is def. up for it. The right wingers + Fox and co. try to smear him since years. The difference: The Bain stuff seems to play well for a large number of the electorate. While the racist anti Obama stuff is putting off the center and independents needed to win the election for both sides.
  23. Is Obama swiftboating Romney? Anyway, I have no pity with Romney and the GOP, since swiftboating comes straight from the GOP storybook, and different to the original swiftboating campaign which sunk John Kerry then, Obama's campaign seems to be based on some facts... Bain barrage worries Republicans By: Ginger Gibson July 12, 2012 05:56 PM EDT On the facts, nothing terribly new was added to the Bain equation by the Boston Globe story charging that Mitt Romney controlled the company for three years longer than he previously claimed. Several fact-checking organizations said the charges aren’t exactly breaking news and Romney’s denials have some validity. The problem for the Romney campaign, when it comes to the Bain issue, is that things are reaching the point where the facts don’t really matter. The bigger problem is that the Bain cloud now hanging over the former Massachusetts governor is growing daily, and the Romney campaign still hasn’t found a compelling way to respond to what’s becoming the driving narrative, fairly or unfairly, of the 2012 campaign. After the Globe reported that Romney formally led Bain longer than he’d previously acknowledged — an allegation that Team Romney adamantly contests — Republicans worried that their soon-to-be nominee hasn’t sufficiently answered numerous questions swirling around his Bain tenure. (Also on POLITICO: Obama camp wages war over Bain 'cloud') A senior Romney strategist said Thursday that the campaign had a plan and wouldn’t be distracted from implementing it, despite pressure from outsiders. The strategist called the new charges part of an old line of attack that had already been thoroughly aired. “We went through this in the primary,†the adviser said. “You have a lot of people inside the Beltway, who like to sit back and be armchair quarterbacks, strategists who talk to you and don’t go on the record. We have a plan. We know what the plan is, and we’re going to implement the plan.†The adviser added: “We aren’t reacting to what the Obama campaign does. … We aren’t reacting to what Republican strategists do. We’ve got a plan to win. We know what it takes and that’s what we’re going to do. All of this hew and cry, you know, from the bedwetters who get to sit on the sidelines, aren’t going to affect what we’re going to do and our plan.†In many ways, the Globe story didn’t break a lot of new ground, as several truth squad reportspointed out. It simply renewed focus on the fact that Romney has always stated that he technically left Bain in 1999 to run the Salt Lake City Olympics, while maintaining legal and financial ties to the company that didn’t include actively managing its affairs or investments. There was no evidence that the newest allegations had changed that, although Romney’s campaign sought a correction from the Globe, a move they’ve tried with similar stories at other publications in the past. The Globe stood by its story. The campaign released its first television ad responding to the claims that Romney outsourced jobs on Thursday morning, which pointed to fact-checking reports and used a four-year old video of Hillary Clinton admonishing Obama during the primary. Fortune published a story on Thursday afternoon detailing confidential reports from Bain that were “obtained†by the magazine and countered the Globe’s timeline. [Fortune belongs to Murdoch... ] But Republicans warned that none of that would make Bain go away as a political issue. “Mitt Romney had an opportunity to answer these questions during the primary,†said Rick Tyler, who ran the pro-Gingrich super PAC that spent millions attacking Romney on the Bain issue. “ He did not answer these questions and now they’re coming up again.†Tyler warned that the newest Bain twist has the potential to inflict real harm if Romney doesn’t start providing answers. “I saw Andrea Saul’s robotic response, which was the same as it’s always been,†Tyler said, referring to Romney’s press secretary. “That doesn’t comport with documents that have his name on it after 1999 that list him as CEO who was making money off of transactions. If he wasn’t making money from Bain, then his tax returns from the period in question would reveal that.†Tyler said Romney needs to be frank and provide all the details necessary to explain his role in the company after 1999. He hypothesized that there could be more documents to come. ..... http://www.politico....0712/78459.html
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