A dog breeder in Alhambra, Calif., is mystified after his golden retriever gave born to a green puppy, according to a Local 6 News report. The green puppy, named Wasabi, was one of four puppies born five days ago. The dog is healthy and green, according to the report. Local 6 News showed video of the puppy rolling around with its normal-looking newborn brothers and sisters.
Skeptics said the dog had to be dyed green but the owner said the puppy was born green. Veterinarians said it is possible for a newborn puppy's fur to be green because the placenta, which is green, rubs off at birth.
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Placenta is rich in iron and does indeed stain things a greenish or green-black color. The newly whelped pup shown in the pics looks like that's what was at work here ....
I'm surprised at a retriever litter of only 4 pups, tho .... they usually whelp more like 8-10, although it can vary greatly.
"Mmmm ⊠beer."
This oft-repeated sentiment of Homer Simpson is a mantra for the millions of beer drinkers in the United States. As popular as beer is, however, it often has gotten a bad rap as a calorie-loaded beverage that only serves to create paunchy beer bellies and alcohol-fueled lapses in judgment. But that negative image may begin to fade: Research is showing that beer could join the ranks of other guilt-inducing but wildly popular foods â chocolate, coffee and red wine â as a possible disease-fighter.
It turns out that beer hops contain a unique micronutrient that inhibits cancer-causing enzymes. Hops are plants used in beer to give it aroma, flavor and bitterness. The compound, xanthohumol, was first isolated by researchers with Oregon State University 10 years ago. Initial testing was promising, and now an increasing number of laboratories across the world have begun studying the compound, said Fred Stevens, an assistant professor of medicinal chemistry at Oregon State's College of Pharmacy. Earlier this year, a German research journal even devoted an entire issue to xanthohumol, he said.
What Stevens and others are discovering is that xanthohumol has several unique effects. Along with inhibiting tumor growth and other enzymes that activate cancer cells, it also helps the body make unhealthy compounds more water-soluble, so they can be excreted.
Flush those pesky compounds down the drain
Most beers made today are low on hops, however, and so don't contain much xanthohumol. But beers known for being "hoppy" â usually porter, stout and ale types â have much higher levels of the compound. Oregon's microbrews ranked particularly high, Stevens said, which is not surprising: U.S. hops are grown almost entirely in the Northwest.
Still, no one knows how much beer is needed to reap the benefits. Mice studies show that the compound is metabolized quickly by the body, so it's hard to get a large amount in the body at one time, Stevens said.
I may just live forever
"It clearly has some interesting chemo-preventive properties, and the only way people are getting any of it right now is through beer consumption," he said.
Now, if you will excuse me, I have to go take my medicine
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"It clearly has some interesting chemo-preventive properties, and the only way people are getting any of it right now is through beer consumption," he said.
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Still, no one knows how much beer is needed to reap the benefits.
I'll take a chance and err on the safe side.
Mice studies show that the compound is metabolized quickly by the body, so it's hard to get a large amount in the body at one time, Stevens said.
My own rigorous field research indicates that numerous sets and reps of 12 ounce curls helps attain and maintain significant blood concentrations of xanthohumol.
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you watch: lead paint chips will eventually be found healthy and served as appetizers at all the chi-chi cocktail parties (except for Navajo White, of course)
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Men in Serbia are lining up to have electric shocks delivered to their testicles as part of a new contraceptive treatment.
Funny, we're accused of doing that in Iraq and it's called something else
Serbian fertility expert Dr Sava Bojovic, who runs one of the clinics offering the service, said the small electric shock makes men temporarily infertile by stunning their sperm into a state of immobility.
Ya think?
He said: "We attach electrodes to either side of the testicles and send low electricity currents flowing through them. "This stuns the sperm, effectively putting them to sleep for up to 10 days, which means couples can have sex without fear of getting pregnant. "The method does not kill the sperm permanently and it does not affect the patient's health."
Once the swelling goes down and the screaming stops
Dr Bojovic added patients were now lining up at his fertility clinic in Novi Banovci for the shock treatment, as it had none of the problems attached to using condoms, the male pill or having a vasectomy. He added: "We are hoping to have a small battery powered version on sale in the shops in time for Xmas."
"Just what I wanted, Honey, a twelve volt battery and a set of jumper cables.....hey, put that down! Get away.......AWWWWWWWWWWW!"
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Isn't stuff like this the reason Clinton sent us over there to bomb the shit outta them?
CARACAS, Venezuela -- Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Ugueth Urbina was arrested and held yesterday pending a formal charge of attempted murder. Last month, Urbina and a group of men allegedly attacked five workers with machetes and poured gasoline on them in an attempt to set them on fire.
Normally you only see this behavior in the parking lot at home games
All five were injured, some of them with cuts and one with burns on the back and right arm, police said. Urbina, who was detained late Monday, has insisted he had nothing to do with the violence at his family's ranch Oct. 16. "Everything will be cleared up soon and people will know the truth," Urbina said from his cell at a police station. "Right now we aren't going to do anything to deny things that aren't true."
I think he said he ain't talkin
The authorities said Urbina would be formally charged once he appears before a judge, and Urbina said he understood that hearing could be held yesterday. Urbina's lawyer, Jose Luis Tamayo, said the pitcher was sleeping at the time of the incident and was not involved.
"He's a very sound sleeper"
One victim, Argenis Farias, has accused Urbina of being among the attackers. Urbina was traded from Detroit to Philadelphia in the middle of last season. The reliever became a free agent after the season ended. "This, of course, can in some way hurt his career as a professional ballplayer, and all will depend on the way in which he is brought before justice," defense lawyer Jose Luis Tamayo said.
"I mean, it's not like he's using steroids"
Urbina was with his mother and other relatives late Monday at another of Urbina's homes on the outskirts of Caracas when the police came with an arrest warrant, Tamayo said. He called the arrest "inexplicable." "Aside from whether a person is guilty of a crime or not, if there is no danger of flight or obstruction of justice, that person has a right to be tried while free," Tamayo said. The lawyer said Urbina has cooperated with the authorities all along, noting he has come to the police voluntarily to provide testimony.
And checking prices
The violence broke out at the ranch house where Urbina's mother, Maura Villareal, lives about 25 miles south of Caracas. Police initially said the violence broke out in a dispute over a handgun. But Urbina's lawyer has said the pitcher surprised the workers by showing up at the ranch that night while they were bathing in the pool without permission. He said Urbina spoke sharply to them, but later left and went to sleep.
Speak sharply and carry a big sharp machete
Urbina has said the case comes down to people trying to take advantage of him. This was the second violent incident in a little more than a year for the Urbina family. Urbina's mother was kidnapped by drug traffickers in September 2004 and held for a $6 million ransom. She was rescued five months later in a mountainous zone in southern Venezuela. The authorities described her captors as Venezuelan and Colombian drug traffickers.
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"Right now we aren't going to do anything to deny things that aren't true."
Sorry Uguute... I think you struck out with that one.
SINGAPORE, Nov. 8 â An active sex life helps beat stress, is the theory. But stressed out Asians donât have time for sex. As a result, Asians have the least active sex lives globally with India and eight other countries from the continent making up the bottom ten in terms of love-making, condom maker Durex said today.
Then where do all those little Asians come from? Do they import them?
Japan was bottom of the list of 41 countries and territories covered by this yearâs Durex survey. Japanese have sex 45 times annually on an average, less than half the corresponding global figure of 103, and much less than the Greeks who topped the poll with 138 romps a year.
Keeps them regular, I guess...
Singaporeans ranked second-last with 73. Indians (75), Indonesians (77), Hong Kong residents (78), Malaysians (83), Vietnamese (87), Taiwanese (88) and China (96 times a year) were the other Asian countries ranked as having the lowest libido.
Maybe that's because the Chinese have such a head start on the rest of the world...
Croatia trails Greece with 134 times a year, followed by Serbia and Montenegro at 128 times each.
"Ooooh! Beppy! Let's do it Serbia-Montenegran style!"
[SLAP!]
Britons are more fired up than the Americans, having sex 118 times a year compared with 113 for the USA, but the French still remain the amorous of the three with 120 sessions a year.
"Aaahh! Mam'zelle! Come wiz me to ze bood-wahr!"
"Why, Jean-Pierre! You silver-tongued devil, you!"
The Swedes were the only non-Asians in the bottom 10, with an annual average of 92 instances of making love.
"Ya, sure! It's tøø cøld to be gettin' nekkid!"
The Thais have sex on an average of 97 times a year. The stress of living in fast-paced Asia, home to some of the worldâs fastest-growing economies, could be the reason why couples make love less, Durex said. âIf you look at the East Asian economies, they are the ones that are moving faster,â Mr Cesar Balota, Durex country manager for Singapore and Indonesia told reporters.
"Not now, honey! I'm writing a business plan!"
More than 3,170,000 people took part in Durexâs ninth annual survey on sexual attitudes and behaviour. I'd rather see the bareback numbers, lol.
"Complaining of unsafe working conditions, lack of vacation time, and illegal 40-hour weeks, the French Union of Disaffected Immigrant Youth Rioters declared a general strike today."
Tony Blair is in trouble, and there is surprising turmoil in & about the British government. Plus, there is an existing contest for the Conservatives to replace Michael Howard.
A lot of things going on at once.
Here is a link to BBC info on the two COnservative rivals :
Tory contest: what happens next?
David Cameron and David Davis now face a six week campaign to win a postal ballot of the Conservative Party's 300,000 members to be the next leader.
There will be 11 hustings across the UK and whoever gains the most votes becomes party leader, with a final result expected on 6 December.
The two contenders will meet senior officials on Friday to finalise plans.
The two men are allowed to spend a maximum of £100,000 each on their campaigns to succeed Michael Howard.
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I believe it is just BBC hype, or at least I hope so. With all that is taking place on the continent, I can't see the Poms changing horses right now.
Ishihara says U.S. can't win war with China, calls U.S forces incompetent
Tokyo Gov Shintaro Ishihara used a speech in the U.S. capital Thursday to convey his views on China, arguing that economic containment is the best strategy because the United States would "certainly" lose a war with China, which he said would not hesitate to sacrifice its people on a massive scale when fighting against an enemy. "In any case, if tension between the United States and China heightens, if each side pulls the trigger, though it may not be stretched to nuclear weapons, and the wider hostilities expand, I believe America cannot win as it has a civic society that must adhere to the value of respecting lives," Ishihara said in a speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies that was primarily focused on China.
The governor, an outspoken politician known for his nationalistic views, also said U.S. ground forces, with the exception of the Marines, are "extremely incompetent."
"Therefore, we need to consider other means to counter China," he said. "The step we should be taking against China, I believe, is economic containment." Ishihara said while China would begin a war without hesitation at the cost of massive human casualties, the United States has found that the deaths of only 2,000 troops in Iraq has created major domestic problems. "I believe we are placed in a high degree of tension that poses greater danger than the Cold War structure between the United States and Russia posed," he said.
Ishihara said China would be unlikely to use the conventional nuclear tactic of pinpointing attacks on nuclear facilities instead of cities out of fear of retaliatory strikes. China would attack major cities even at the cost of retaliatory U.S. nuclear strikes on such cities as Shanghai, which would entail a huge loss of civilian lives, Ishihara said. Noting some American politicians believe China will move toward democracy and that some people say there will be elections in the near future, Ishihara said, "I believe such predictions are totally wrong."
As for Japan building up its own defense capability, Ishihara said the United States is the country most opposed to such a move, while China is next in opposition. Ishihara also said the security treaty between Japan and the United States is "so undependable."
Later in the day, Ishihara held talks with U.S. Defense Deputy Undersecretary for Asian and Pacific Affairs Richard Lawless to discuss the realignment of the U.S. military presence in Japan. The governor has been calling for civilian use of Yokota Air Base in Tokyo. Ishihara, who arrived in Washington on Wednesday, will move to New York on Friday to watch Sunday's New York City Marathon to prepare for a large-scale marathon in Tokyo in February 2007.
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"Therefore, we need to consider other means to counter China," he said. "The step we should be taking against China, I believe, is economic containment."
At least he has that part right. As to any comparison with Iraq: A nation of Iraq's dimensions poses no threat to America. Should a country the size of China attack the United States, there will be nary a peep even as our casualties swiftly passed the 10,000 mark.
Saying that America would "certainly" lose a war with China is pure-dee horseradish. Yet one more reason to build the missile defense shield and bankrupt China as they try and duplicate it.
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"In case of war, seek other sources for economic goods"
Think nobody else would provide the radios, toys, parts, after a startup delay? China needs us more than we need them. We can find other suppliers. They can find no market to replace the US
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As for Japan building up its own defense capability, Ishihara said the United States is the country most opposed to such a move, while China is next in opposition. Ishihara also said the security treaty between Japan and the United States is "so undependable."
Yo Ishi... your degree finance or phys Ed? Damn sure wasn't in military history or political science. You need to hit Blockbuster and rent a few WWII movies, get spun up on the 20th Century. Your plane leave for Tokyo soon? Can't wait to see a little nip in the air.
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Nah, in a few months it will be Cindy who? People are just not gonna want to go through that Jane Fonda crap again for any extended period. One Hanoi Jane is enough. Clones are a non-start. Besides, I'm sure you've noticed, she ain't no Jane Fonda.
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As long as the Clintons and aligned continue to work to influence national politics, AMERICA WILL ala PC "Victory = Defeat [includ Stalemate]". DemoLefties as a class are gener RINOS-CINOS, at least btwn now thru 2008 - CLINTONISM > Stalemate/Armistice = USA is partially defeated already and soon will be de facto defeated.
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He is correct, but he is incorrect. Pardoxically, while China has huge reserves of manpower it could use to overwhelm US forces in some circumstances; this reserve is an excess.
By this I mean that not only would they be willing to throw away the lives of as many as 300 MILLION men, but that they would be GLAD to do so. The loss of these extra people would be of tremendous benefit to China. Right now, they are just unproductive extra mouths to feed. With little education and little value to their economy, they are to China like an equivalent number of giant rats. Their very lives menace China like no other threat.
And China has long ago concluded that unless the US were to invade deep into China, these men would be of little use. That China would stand a far better chance in a conflict, with reaching for some kind of technological parity. Their armed forces have been slashed in size, and the emphasis has changed from quantity to quality.
And yet this is not the only scenario.
Their next door neighbor, India, has a similar problem of excess males; and one that threatens India. So, here is the great question:
Is their demographic imbalance a greater threat than a foreign enemy? And if so, would they use a war as an excuse to correct this imbalance?
This is to suggest that China and India may well get into a fight before China and the US. A fight that is a horrific deception. Both sides keeping their conventional armies in the rear area, as an unused "second eschelon", while they commit vast numbers of poorly-equipped inductees to senseless and useless World War I-style battles, with the intent to mutually attrit their own forces.
That is, to send them to fight in some vast, tractless desert, far away from any city or town, with no other objective than to slaughter each other. Provided only with copious amounts of high explosives, artillery, and machine guns, even their rations and water limited. To defeat the enemy is to get their food for yourself.
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Anonymoose: Unless the Formosa thing errupts, I suspect the India scenario is most likely in the near term. That may be enough to deter, the ugliness of nuclear war revisited, et al. Both India and China have a long standing, and well cultivated "get along" problem. Our strategy will undoubtedly be to go directly to the political power centers and severe the head of the dragon(s). Sounds plausible until you realize it is their strategy as well. Nobody is going to look too good after this one. The next decade or so will be very interesting indeed.
Ishishara has a track-record of opening his mouth and inserting both feet. Then again, Governor of Tokyo is about as high an office as he'll ever achieve.
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I hope you are right Pappy. Nobody from here would ever travel to the Japanese capital and say that kinda stuff. The former mayor of Paris moved up a notch however..... :-(
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Anonymoose: By this I mean that not only would they be willing to throw away the lives of as many as 300 MILLION men, but that they would be GLAD to do so. The loss of these extra people would be of tremendous benefit to China. Right now, they are just unproductive extra mouths to feed. With little education and little value to their economy, they are to China like an equivalent number of giant rats. Their very lives menace China like no other threat.
This is more or less what white supremacists and eugenicists thought in the 19th century as they surveyed the vast rabble of the Orient and what they perceived to be the subhuman dregs of their own societies (in the New World, Jews, Italians and Irishmen). But this view - scientific though some erroneously thought it was - is profoundly ahistorical. Throughout history, rulers have ventured abroad not merely to conquer land, but to acquire peoples - entire races and ethnicities. Without people to cultivate it, land is merely forest. Without people, there is no commerce. Without people, there are no crafts. Without people, the sea is merely a vast fishery for other nations to exploit. The Romans could have killed every last one of their subject peoples, but they kept them alive because cadavers don't pay taxes. The Mongols could have wiped out everyone they conquered, but an empire consisting of live Mongols and tens of millions of cadavers wouldn't be worth much.
The rulers of populous countries that are also poor use their large populations as an *excuse* for their misrule. The fact is that a large population is an asset, not a liability. Canada and the US both have similar GDP per capita and similar land areas. But what makes the US a superpower is the fact that it has 10 times Canada's population. India was the British Empire's Jewel of the Crown not because it had huge natural resources (those were mainly tapped out by the time the British East India Company showed up), but because it had a huge pool of human resources.
The population density of mainland China is lower than most of East Asia - Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Singapore are all more densely population by far, but also more prosperous.
Take Hong Kong - it has a population of 7m and a population density of 7000 people per sq km. It imports 90+% of its food and all of its raw materials. Compare it with China, which has a population of 1.2b and a population density of 128 people per sq km, and imports less than 50% of its food and raw materials. Given that Hong Kong has 50 times the population density of China and is self-sufficient in just about nothing, you would think that China should be richer than Hong Kong. But the reality is that Hong Kong has something like 20 times China's GDP per capita. Overpopulation theories are a bunch of bunk.
An Auckland adventurer wants overweight people to have liposuction so he can turn their fat into biofuel to power his boat around the globe.
Peter Bethune's biofuel-powered attempt at the round-the-world powerboat speed record will run on his own fat, and he hopes, many more well-endowed contributors.
The Dominion Post reports the lean Auckland adventurer has had about four syringes of fat removed by liposuction from his own "love handles", but needs others to donate their fat for his cause.
If Mr Bethune, 39, gets enough fat he will have it refined and converted to fuel for his 24m trimaran.
The Dominion Post reports that as part of a publicity gimmick to promote his adventure, he asked a couple of fat friends whether they would be willing to donate their spare kilos, and they told him he must do it first.
But the surgeon who donated his services could only extract 100 millilitres of fat from Mr Bethune's 70kg-frame, compared to an average haul of 3kg, which would produce three litres of refined biofuel.
The $2.6 million Earthrace craft will begin circumnavigating the globe in March and aims to cut the 75-day record - it is expected to use 70,000 litres of biofuels.
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I like this. I like it very much. Soon I'm going to want to gain weight so I can sell my body fat, but I won't get fat, cause I'll sell it off faster than I put it on.
Men in Serbia are lining up to have electric shocks delivered to their testicles as part of a new contraceptive treatment.
Serbian fertility expert Dr Sava Bojovic, who runs one of the clinics offering the service, said the small electric shock makes men temporarily infertile by stunning their sperm into a state of immobility. He said: "We attach electrodes to either side of the testicles and send low electricity currents flowing through them. This stuns the sperm, effectively putting them to sleep for up to 10 days, which means couples can have sex without fear of getting pregnant. The method does not kill the sperm permanently and it does not affect the patient's health."
Dr Bojovic added patients were now lining up at his fertility clinic in Novi Banovci for the shock treatment, as it had none of the problems attached to using condoms, the male pill or having a vasectomy. He added: "We are hoping to have a small battery powered version on sale in the shops in time for Xmas."
Note for Ramsey Clark: Saddam's torturers were really birth-control technicians.
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Airfare to Novi Banovci has got to be outta sight. I can't help but wonder if a Lionel train transformer would work just as well. Very low voltage. Like to give it a rigidity run. If it proved successful I could give the whistle a few blasts to notify passengers.
AP: The Louisiana attorney general's office is investigating whether the collapse of canal flood walls during Hurricane Katrina warrants criminal or civil action. Attorney General Charles Foti said he wants to know whether poor construction or design flaws or residential stupidity
contributed to the failure. The Orleans Parish district attorney's office also confirmed it started a preliminary investigation into the materials used in the flood walls. It is determining whether how soon
a grand jury should be impaneled. The office is requesting copies of pertinent reports and is aware of recent congressional testimony about possible malfeasance in flood wall construction, said Leatrice Dupre, spokeswoman for District Attorney Eddie Jordan. The state is investigating breaches in the 17th Street and London Avenue canal walls. It also could focus on the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet, which has been cited as possible cause for flooding the Lower Ninth Ward and St. Bernard Parish. If there is evidence of flaws, the attorney general's office could undoubtedly will
seek a declaratory judgment in an Orleans Parish civil court to pinpoint those flaws as the reason homes in those neighborhoods were devastated by floodwaters. That could help homeowners get their insurance companies to cover the damage, Foti said. Investigators also would review the findings of a Louisiana State University Hurricane Center team, Foti said. The team is trying to determine how much water the Army Corps of Engineers-designed flood walls could safely handle, short answer, not nearly enough
as well as how deep critical sheet pilings were driven beneath the concrete walls to support the structures. China-deep would not have helped. That big lake next door wouldn't have had anything to do with it would it? Weez gonna git dat govmint money, in send dem Mexican carpenters apak'n.
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US Army Corps of Engineers design and supervision of construction. Having worked with them boys on a leveee in Kansas City, I'll put my money on the Corps. Unless, of course, they were ordered (by the Haliburton Levee-Construction-Generation Division) to blow up the levees.
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Damn, I'm peeking at 3 Gorges and you call me back home. I don't want anyone dissin our homie crete, it's fine, real fine. Really fine if you know where I about. Lookin good tho, Brother Frank G, Flyin AP, bobby and DeaconB have agreed to personally inspect the Mississippi levees across from Jackson sq on heathen fat tuesday next.
The United States Postal Service and the Marine Corps will host a First Day of Issuance Stamp Ceremony to honor four legendary Marines on Nov. 10, the Corpsâ 230th anniversary, at Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C., and Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
According to Mark Saunders, USPS media relations, the stamps themselves will be printed only once and will be available for one year after being issued. âIndividuals may purchase the stamps at post offices across the United States on [that] day. However, only two cities will be âfirst day of issueâ sites. Any post office in Washington, D.C., and the post office at Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton ⊠are first day of issue sites. Appropriate first day of issue postmarks will be available at these post offices.â
The ceremony at 8th and âIâ in Washington, hosted by Postmaster General John E. Potter and the newly appointed Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, General Robert Magnus, will take place at 1 p.m., Nov. 10. It will feature elements of the United States Marine Band, U.S. Marine Drum and Bugle Corps and Silent Drill Platoon, as well as country music recording artist Aaron Tippen. Visitors should arrive no earlier than noon. Parking and shuttle service will be available at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium.
Once again, nobody has a better PR machine than Uncle Sam's Misguided Children. The marines honored on the stamps:
GySgt âManila Johnâ Basilone
GySgt Basiloneâs name and reputation are synonymous with the sacrifices and sense of duty shared by generations of enlisted Marines.
Born in Buffalo, N.Y., and raised in Raritan, N.J., Basilone (1916-45) enlisted in the U.S. Army when he was 18, serving from 1934 until 1937 in the Philippines, where he earned the nickname Manila John.
Basilone enlisted in the Corps in 1940, and by 1942, he was a sergeant with the 1st Battalion, Seventh Marine Regiment, First Marine Division on Guadalcanal. He led two sections of heavy machine guns that took the brunt of an assault by a Japanese regiment. Basilone helped repel and defeat the Japanese onslaught and provided ammunition to his gunners. His actions earned him the Medal of Honor.
Basilone returned home and was hailed as a hero. He appeared at successful war-bond rallies. However, he asked to return to combat, and as a gunnery sergeant he landed on Iwo Jima with 1st Bn, 27th Marines, 5thMarDiv. After single-handedly destroying an enemy blockhouse, he was killed in action, Feb. 19, 1945, at the age of 28.
For his heroism at Iwo Jima, Basilone posthumously was awarded the Navy Cross. In July 1949, a destroyer, USS Basilone (DD-824), was named for him, and today a statue of him stands in Raritan, where an annual parade has been held in his honor since 1981. The Basilone Stamp features a 1943 photograph of Manila John and the insignia of the 5thMarDiv.
SgtMaj Daniel J. Daly
Daniel J. Daly (1873-1937) was one of only two Marines to be awarded two Medals of Honor for separate acts of heroism. A 1954 issue of the Marine Corps Gazette described Daly as âa sort of legendary figure in his own time.â The âHistorical Dictionary of the United States Marine Corpsâ states, âHis record as a fighting man remains unequalled in the annals of Marine Corps history.â
Born in Glen Cove, N.Y., Daly enlisted in 1899. In 1900 he was sent to China, where he earned his first Medal of Honor after defending the American Legation during the Boxer Rebellion, fighting off attackers while a barricade was repaired. In 1915 he was sent to Haiti, where he won his second Medal of Honor while fighting approximately 400 bandits.
Daly saw combat as a gunnery sergeant throughout France during World War I. He was cited for extinguishing an ammunition-dump fire, single-handedly capturing an enemy machine-gun emplacement with only hand grenades and a pistol, and bringing in wounded while under fire.
However, Daly is best remembered for rallying his men at Belleau Wood in June 1918 during a bleak moment when they were facing heavy German machine-gun fire. He admonished his Marines, specifically any who may have had second thoughts about attacking, when he said, âCome on, you sons-a-b------! Do you want to live forever?â In 1918, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, and he received the Croix de Guerre with Palm from the French government.
Daly retired as a sergeant major in 1929 and died in 1937. During the 1940s the Navy named a destroyer, USS Daly (DD-519), in his honor. Dalyâs heroism and distinguished service have made him an enduring legend of the Marine Corps.
The Daly stamp consists of a detail from a photograph, circa 1919, and the insignia of the 73d Machine Gun Company, which he served with during WW I and which is a variation of the U.S. 2d Infantry Division insignia.
LtGen John A. Lejeune
John A. Lejeune (1867-1942) made history in WW I as the first Marine to command what was predominately an Army division. Remembered for his professionalism and dedication, especially to enhancing the education and knowledge of Marines, LtGen Lejeune is often referred to as âthe greatest of all leathernecks.â His leadership and foresight helped prepare the Marine Corps for the amphibious assaults of WW II.
Born in Pointe Coupee Parish, La., he graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy. After serving in the South Pacific as a naval cadet from 1888 to 1890, he was commissioned in the Marine Corps.
During WW I in France, LtGen Lejeune led the 64th Brigade, 32d National Guard Division and later the 4th Marine Brigade. In 1918, as a major general, he commanded the American Expeditionary Forceâs 2d Division, which included the 4th Marine Brigade, through victories at St. Mihiel and Blanc Mont and through the Meuse-Argonne offensive. For his service, LtGen Lejeune was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal from both the Army and the Navy, the French Legion of Honor, and the Croix de Guerre with Palm.
From 1920 until 1929, while serving as the 13th Commandant of the Marine Corps, LtGen Lejeune was determined to keep the Marine Corps from becoming antiquated. He foresaw the need for specialized amphibious assault capabilities, and his efforts prepared the Marine Corps for island invasions in the Pacific during WW II. He retired in 1929 and served as superintendent of Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Va.
Following the generalâs death in 1942, the enormous amphibious training base in North Carolina was renamed Camp Lejeune. Marines today annually read his 1921 Birthday Message Order that summarizes the history, mission and traditions of the Marine Corps.
The LtGen Lejeune stamp features detail from a photograph, circa 1924. The stamp also depicts the âIndian Headâ insignia of the U.S. 2d Div.
LtGen Lewis B. Puller
Nicknamed Chesty for his physique as well as for his aggressive bearing, LtGen Lewis B. Puller (1898-1971) had a reputation for incredible toughness. Renowned for his leadership during crucial battles in the âBanana Wars,â WW II and the Korean War, LtGen Puller became one of the most highly decorated Marines [including five Navy Crosses], rising through the ranks from private to general officer and becoming perhaps the Corpsâ most fabled leatherneck.
Born in West Point, Va., he attended Virginia Military Institute in 1917, but dropped out and enlisted in the Corps in June 1918. He was commissioned as a Marine officer the following year, but was placed on the inactive list due to cutbacks after WW I. In response, he enlisted in the Marine Corps and distinguished himself in fighting against rebels in Haiti from 1919 until 1924, when he again became a second lieutenant. Between 1928 and 1933 he fought in Nicaragua, where he earned his first two Navy Crosses. He then served for nearly two years at the American Legation in China.
During WW II, LtGen Puller was first a battalion commander and later a regimental commander. In 1942, after training 1st Bn, 7th Marines, 1stMarDiv, he led the battalion against the Japanese at Guadalcanal, where the Marinesâ defense of the airstrip at Henderson Field helped LtGen Puller win a third Navy Cross.
In late 1943 and early 1944, 7th Marines also took part in the invasion of the island of New Britain, where LtGen Puller received his fourth Navy Cross following combat at Cape Gloucester. In 1944, he took command of 1st Marines and led the regiment in bloody fighting on the island of Peleliu.
During the Korean War, he again commanded the 1st Marines during the September 1950 landing at Inchon. In December when U.S. forces at the Chosin Reservoir were surrounded by Chinese troops, LtGen Pullerâs 1st Marines tenaciously held the village of Koto-ri, allowing the 5th and 7th Marines to withdraw from the Reservoir area. For his service in Korea, he was awarded his fifth Navy Cross and a promotion to brigadier general.
LtGen Puller retired in 1955 and died in 1971. Today he is remembered for his courage in combat, which inspired confidence and loyalty in those who served under him, and for the particular attention and respect he showed to the enlisted men under his command. The LtGen Puller stamp highlights a photograph of him at Koto-ri in 1950 along with the insignia of the lstMarDiv.
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Here it is again JFM.
LtGen John A. Lejeune
John A. Lejeune (1867-1942) made history in WW I as the first Marine to command what was predominately an Army division. Remembered for his professionalism and dedication, especially to enhancing the education and knowledge of Marines, LtGen Lejeune is often referred to as âthe greatest of all leathernecks.â His leadership and foresight helped prepare the Marine Corps for the amphibious assaults of WW II.
Fighters with long service lives are not unheard of. The F-86 was on active duty until 1993, when the last aircraft in Bolivian service was retired. The T-33, a variant of the F-80, is still in active service, often as a light attack aircraft. P-51s, F4Us, and P-47s flew against each other in the 1969 âSoccer Warâ between Honduras and El Salvador. The F-4 today is still in service in large numbers in Japan, Israel, Turkey, and South Korea â having first flown in 1958. The F-5 and itâs more capable variant, the F-5E, are also still in service with several countries, having first flown in 1959. Australia has plans to keep its F-111s flying until 2020 (not bad for a plane that first flew in 1964), and the United States Air Force is pushing the B-52H until 2044 â 84 years after it entered service. The F-16 and F-18 will join these others who had long lives in service.
Available only from Hammacher Schlemmer, this is a special edition, life-size, fully animatronic remote-controlled version of Robby, the robot from the classic 1956 film Forbidden Planet.
Standing seven feet tall, Robby is created from the same blueprints, molds, and templates used to create the original costume. Robby is made by renowned artist Fred Barton, the man commissioned to restore the original robot after its sale to a Southern California prop museum in 1970. Every mechanism is handmade of the finest materials, and this version is remote-controlled...
RANGOON: Burmese bureaucrats have left Rangoon for a new capital, which has been hacked out of the jungle near Mandalay, on the advice of dictator Than Shwe's personal astrologer. Although they had expected a move for almost two years, most government employees learnt of the order to go only at 6.30am on Sunday, when they were told to leave their families behind, pack their belongings and join convoys moving about 320km north to Pyinmana.
A year ago, Pyinmana was little more than a collection of straw huts and rice paddies. The timing was believed to have been chosen as auspicious by astrologers.
Moving the seat of government to an easily defensible valley surrounded by jungle is the latest sign of paranoia exhibited by a pariah military regime that fears invasion by the US, which has branded it an outpost of tyranny, and an uprising by its own downtrodden populace.
You guys are still in the double-A minor league of the Axis of Evil.
A senior soothsayer may also have advised building a new centre of power, as Burma's kings frequently did in the past. Astrologers play a key role in Burmese life and have prompted some of the strangest and most disastrous episodes in the country's recent past.
The world's newest capital city has probably been built, at least in part, by forced labour just off the main road linking the country's two important cities. It is on land from which villagers were evicted about 18 months ago. The move of the first nine government ministries was officially announced by Brigadier-General Kyaw Hsan, who said: "Now a more centrally located government seat has become a necessity."
One Western diplomat in Rangoon, the British-built city on the Bay of Bengal that has been the capital since independence in 1948, said Burma's small community of expatriates had no idea what the new capital looked like. It reportedly consists of a 10sqkm compound, on which it is planned to have mansion homes for generals, diplomatic quarters, a parliamentary building, an airport and a golf course.
At the moment it is in a secure military zone that foreigners cannot enter, protected by anti-aircraft missiles. Underground bunkers and office blocks are believed to have been constructed but it is not clear how much of the city has been built so far.
That 18 months ago was a clearing the jungle? By Burmese construction standards? With forced labor? In a destitute country? Umm ... I can guess.
The British embassy learnt of the move in a brief note sent on Monday informing of a relocation to a "command and control centre" and instructing UN and diplomatic staff to stay in Rangoon for the time being.
Hey, no problem.
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It sounds a little like the way Thailand was before the reign of King Mongkut.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Nearly all varieties of petroleum increased in the United States last week, the Energy Department reported Wednesday. The only exception to the supply growth was heating oil, which fell as buyers laid in stocks for the winter.
Crude oil inventories rose by 4.5 million barrels from the previous week. At 323.6 million barrels, U.S. crude oil inventories remain well above the upper end of the average range for this time of year. Gasoline inventories increased by 4.2 million barrels last week, putting them in the upper half of the average range. Diesel fuel inventories also rose last week.
Even though heating oil supplies fell moderately last week, they remained in the upper half of their historic range for this time of year, the department said.
So far we haven't had much of any winter weather. Who sez there isn't a up side to Global Warming?
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The only exception to the supply growth was heating oil, which fell as buyers laid in stocks for the winter.
Little folks spekulating in heating oil? :> The ugly secret of the futures market is eventually somebody gotta buy your stuff or bag holding you will be doing.
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Wonder if any analysts are watching the raise in internet shopping when the price of oil jump the three dollar mark nationally? Still have to get food locally, but a lot of trips could be delayed, consolidated, or put off. Nothing like teaching the American people about alternatives, like cheap well built Japanese cars in 70s. Not only did they give far better milage than the Detroit hunks of metal, but they were put together right to start with and had fewer service problems. Once discovered the Japanese got a good size chunk of the business market, never to lose it back again. Yes, yes, teach us how to do more with less oil. Watch the price drop even more.
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Matt Lauer is doing his 'where in the world' schtick this week.
monday- easter island
tuesday- panama canal
wednesday- innsbruck where he whined about the effects of global warming on his skiing
MattMattMatt...please tell us how exactly you get around the world. Donkey, rowboat, hangglider? No? But you do fly economy class with 350 other people to minimize the energy wastage, right? Right, Matt? No? Then shut your pie hole.
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innsbruck where he whined about the effects of global warming on his skiing
Seems to me if he doesn't like the conditions, he could either go to a resort at a higher altitude, or head someplace more north, instead of complaining.
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Innsbruck? In November? Those mountains aren't high enough to ski on except in January. In November all one can do is glacier skiing, which over there tends to be pretty boring. What kind of a journalist is the man, anyway?!?
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - Police on Tuesday detained the entire leadership of Zimbabwe's trade union umbrella organization to muzzle protests against worsening economic conditions, union officials said.
News of the arrests of all the top leaders of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trades Unions, representing 30 worker organizations with 1 million members, came in a statement expressing "utter shock and dismay" by the trade union congress in neighboring South Africa. The Zimbabwe Congress of Trades Unions had scheduled a midday march to "remind government and employers that workers are hungry, angry and tired."
The South African statement said that those arrested included the president of the congress, Lovemore Matombo, and his secretary-general, Wellington Chibebe. The statement said at least 200 people were reported arrested in Harare alone. Ahead of the planned march, police mounted roadblocks on all routes into Harare, stopping any vehicle having more than one passenger. Paramilitaries with dogs, shields and batons were conspicuous throughout the capital.
Witnesses said about 10 trades unionists were arrested and hustled away by police in downtown Harare at lunchtime as they prepared to deliver a petition to the Labor Ministry demanding new minimum wages, improved conditions, and free treatment for millions of HIV and AIDS sufferers. Union officials said police swooped overnight on leading activists in several parts of the country and detained them even though the union had notified police of the marches, as required under new security laws.
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Witnesses said about 10 trades unionists were arrested and hustled away by police in downtown Harare at lunchtime
Ominous indeed. Really takes 10 for a staff his size. Mr. President Bob, would you like fries with those tastey trade unionists?
President Robert Mugabe told the U.S. ambassador to Zimbabwe to "go to hell" on Tuesday, after the envoy blamed the country's economic and political crisis on mismanagement and corrupt rule. State media said the ambassador, Christopher Dell, risked expulsion from the southern African country for his "undiplomatic" criticism of the government in a public lecture.
The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) said it had asked Mugabe for his reaction to the comments. "The president said the ambassador must go to hell. The president said: 'I cannot even spell the word Dell with a "D" but an "H" and that is where Dell should go'," a ZBC correspondent said during a news bulletin. Dell said last week that Mugabe's government was responsible for plunging Zimbabwe into a crisis which had left it with soaring poverty and chronic food shortages.
In Washington, State Department spokesman Adam Ereli backed Dell's comments and said the envoy had been called to a meeting at the Zimbabwean Foreign Ministry on Wednesday. He did not know why the meeting had been called. "This is not about a speech by our ambassador, it's about failed economic policies of the government of Zimbabwe and President Mugabe," said Ereli when asked about the confrontation between the ambassador and Mugabe. "They have gone after him (the ambassador) personally, which is wrong and should be condemned instead of examining what the true problem is," he said.
Mugabe's relations with many Western powers, including the United States and the European Union, have soured in the last few years over charges of human rights abuses and vote-rigging. But Mugabe says he has been targeted by foreign opponents led by Zimbabwe's former colonial ruler Britain for his nationalistic policies and says most of Africa is on his side in which he describes as a struggle against imperialism.
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Mugabe says he has been targeted by foreign opponents led by Zimbabwe's former colonial ruler Britain for his nationalistic policies and says most of Africa is on his side in which he describes as a struggle against imperialism.
Mr. President Bob, did Fidel Castro right this stuff for you? Most excellent Bwana. As soon as we get rid of the last of these Dutch farmers *spit* *spit* things will get much much better. You be the man boss, you be the man.
Expulsion from Zim? whahhahahaaa.... most people are dying to get out!
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Several months ago when I was in S. Africa, I had a black Zim refugee tell me they would love to have Ian Smith back. Too late for that now, I told him. This was what you killed a lot of people to get. If you don't like the way it turned out, you have no one but yourselves to blame. He just nodded unhappily.
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Should the ambassador take his filthy American aid with him to hell, too, Bobby baby?
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Mac: And I'm sure you spoke with folks on your trip that were longing for the days of Smuts and de Klerk. The train isn't all that's "Blue" these days in SA. Thabo wouldn't say kak if bad Bob lifted leg and hosed down his bloody desk. Operation 'Murambatsvina' (operation drive out trash - it's an anti-colonial thing, you wouldn't understand) won't be limited to Zim. Thank you US and UK wog politicians for turning on the Rhodies years ago. Now just go into denial and iggy the entire mess, you can live with guilt now can't you.
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Bad Bob is no Afra-nomaly, the continent is full of Idi Amin wanaa be's. Loonies like him used to rest comfortably on Robin Island with the other criminals. Warm ocean breeze, plenty of exercise, a diet high seafood, books to read, arts and crafts, and lots of midnight soccer. Thats were evil slobs like him belong.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
"Mmmm ⊠beer." 
The Orleans Parish district attorney's office also confirmed it started a preliminary investigation into the materials used in the flood walls. It is determining whether 
RANGOON: Burmese bureaucrats have left Rangoon for a new capital, which has been hacked out of the jungle near Mandalay, on the advice of dictator Than Shwe's personal astrologer. Although they had expected a move for almost two years, most government employees learnt of the order to go only at 6.30am on Sunday, when they were told to leave their families behind, pack their belongings and join convoys moving about 320km north to Pyinmana.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Nearly all varieties of petroleum increased in the United States last week, the Energy Department reported Wednesday. The only exception to the supply growth was heating oil, which fell as buyers laid in stocks for the winter. 
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - Police on Tuesday detained the entire leadership of Zimbabwe's trade union umbrella organization to muzzle protests against worsening economic conditions, union officials said.
