Nonprofit: IRS audit spurred by DeLay ally was abuse
Don't piss off Rep. Sam Johnson, or he'll sic the IRS on your ass.
"It's intimidation," said Craig McDonald, founder and director of Texans for Public Justice, which was cleared this month after a 13-month inquiry into whether it violated a ban on partisan activity by tax-exempt groups. "The IRS has every right to audit nonprofit organizations, but we think this was an abuse."
Can you say "abuse of power"? I knew you could.
Peggy Noonan has a point: oppose the takeover of the ports by the U.A.E., if only to piss off Bush, who foisted this evil, incompetent, pointless airport screening regime on us.
Killer of 11-year-old girl asks judge to spare his life
Boo hoo hoo, I'm sorry judge. I didn't mean it. I was high so it's not my fault. I tried to get rehab but the mean old system wouldn't let me have it. Please, judge, I'm sorry I stalked this little girl, kidnapped her while she was walking home, brutally raped her and then murdered her. Really, it's not my fault.
I hope this monster gets death. The easy death of lethal injection is way better than he deserves. If it were me, I'd drop the son of a bitch into a chipper.
Feet first.
Avian flu outbreak in Nigeria yields worrisome scenario
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Maria Cheng, a spokeswoman for the World Health Organization, said her agency suspected that there might be human cases of H5N1 flu in Africa but had no way to confirm that yet. "We're getting a team ready to go," she said, "but we're waiting to get the invitation from Nigeria."
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On Friday, a BBC News reporter visited one of the northern Nigeria farms where 20,000 birds had died. Although the Health Ministry had announced that the farms were quarantined and being disinfected, he reported that basic safety measures were being ignored. Carcasses were being burned in the open, letting infectious feathers and dander spread downwind. The farm workers doing the culling had no protective gear. Villagers were still entering the property to draw well water.
Nothing to worry about there, is there?
Bird disease in flu-hit Nigeria "spreading like wildfire"
"We have 20,000 new infections reported today, bringing the figure for infected birds to 80,000. What worsens the situation is the movement of infected poultry, in a frantic effort to minimise losses," he said.
Haruna and several market stall holders told AFP that once chickens are infected farmers are killing them and rapidly dumping them on the market in an effort to beat any future quarantine and make a quick profit.
Other outbreaks have been contained by government acting quickly to quarantine and destroy infected flocks, and by the cooperation of the affected farmers. Nigeria barely has a government, much less an effective one, and this situation is ripe for creating a crossover strain that can move between humans easily.
Remember this is a country where ebola, which is extraordinarily difficult to contract, kills people by the dozens or hundreds every few years. So H5N1 should have no difficulty rearranging its genes for human transmission.
Watch and wait.
Aerial Photographs of Mexico City (English)
This is an amazing collection of aerial photos taken of Mexico City and surroundings by a helicopter pilot.
Found on BoingBoing
Yahoo! - friend of dictators: RConversation: Yahoo! Helped Jail another Chinese Cyberdissident
It's baaaack ; First outbreak of bird flu reported in Africa | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
Governor Blow-dry proves what a total moron he is: Perry may put school reform on back burner
World's Largest Solar Photovoltaic Project to be Built in Nevada: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance
From the article:
36 MW = 36,000 KW, so the math says 36,000 homes will be powered by 1 KW each.
Now my home is modest sized, and at peak consumption it is drawing about 5 KW from the grid. So, if that 36,000 home figure is accurate, don't plan on air conditioning, electric dryers, hot water, or warm food.
I'm just sayin'.
This is interesting: Wired News: An Eye Test for Alzheimer's
Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Iran's message to the west: back off or we retaliate
I wish somebody would just kill these fuckers. The sooner they're in hell the better.
Fair exchange, given that they've turned Iran into hell on earth.
It really boils down to this: you can come down on the side of Right and Good, or you can come down on the side of Wrong and Evil. Microsoft is selling vacation home lots over on their side. Google has decided which side they would go with.
Screw Google.