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So here is a quote:

“Tolerance and Apathy is the virtues of a dying society” -Aristotle

Reflect, Understand, Survive

HP announced today that it will be cooperating with the Korean company Seoul-based Hynix in order to develop/mass produce “the memristor” or ReRam. Which should decrease the space needed to store memory by at least two times, as well as increasing the speed of at which the information stored on memory can be retrieved.

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The advent of new techniques have allowed genetic engineers to now simply edit/alter genomes as one would alter a program on a computer. After which the scientist will implant the DNA in a cell. This will allow experiments to be accelerated by tens if not hundreds of times.

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Due to a court ruling on August 23rd, 2010 all stem cell research came to a halt claiming:

“The American people should not be forced to pay for experiments — prohibited by federal law — that destroy human life,” said Steven H. Aden, the group’s senior legal counsel. “The court is simply enforcing an existing law passed by Congress that prevents Americans from paying another penny for needless research on human embryos.”

Quote @ Localtechwire

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Since the creation of the Automobile it has been a symbol of freedom, freedom to do what you want, when you want. Without anyone knowing one day you could simply take off and travel the country for months, or maybe for only an afternoon. Now, however, with computers built into cars, you will never have the luxury of simply disappearing, or even have the ability to safe guard your car.

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Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) — The city of Atlanta will pay $4.9 million to the family of Kathryn Johnston, a 92-year-old woman killed in a botched November 2006 drug raid, Mayor Kasim Reed’s office announced Monday.

Johnston was shot to death by narcotics officers conducting a “no-knock” warrant. Investigators later determined the raid was based on falsified paperwork stating that illegal drugs were present in the home……

As the search warrant was being executed November 21, 2006, at Johnston’s home, she fired at officers with an old pistol, apparently believing her home was being broken into. Six officers returned fire. Johnston’s one shot went through her front door and over the officers’ heads. They responded with 39 shots, hitting the elderly woman five times.

Read full story @CNN.com

39 shots and only 5 hits?

And if the warrant was a “no-nock” warrant how did she have time to get the pistol and shot back?

This whole story just seems fishy…

WASHINGTON — Breaking ranks for President Barack Obama on a controversial election-year issue, the Senate’s top Democrat on Monday came out against plans to build a mosque near the site of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Locked in a tight race, Nevada Sen. Harry Reid became the highest profile Democrat to respond to Obama, who last week backed the right for the developers to build a mosque near ground zero. Since his comments Friday, the Democratic president and his aides have worked to explain the statement, which drew criticism from Republicans and Democrats alike.

“The First Amendment protects freedom of religion,” said Jim Manley, a Reid spokesman. “Sen. Reid respects that but thinks that the mosque should be built some place else.”

Read full story @msn.com

Following that lovely statement:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

-The United States Constitution

Not only is not allowing the mosque to be built immoral by the standards set forth by the constitution on which our country was founded (which we all agree to by simply living in the country), but also by the United States law itself. Although President Obama’s campaign of socializing america is distasteful, or should be to most American’s, what he said was simply:

“As a citizen, and as president, I believe that Muslims have the same right to practice their religion as everyone else in this country,” Mr. Obama told an intently listening crowd gathered at the White House Friday evening to observe the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.

“That includes the right to build a place of worship and a community center on private property in lower Manhattan, in accordance with local laws and ordinances,” he said. “This is America, and our commitment to religious freedom must be unshakable.”

Read full article @CBSnews.com

Looking purely at what President Obama told the crowd, there is little to nothing morally, or lawfully wrong with that statement. As a nation The United States pledged to stand by the lawful code which rules the land. If an individual disagrees with the code for what ever reason, simply leave the country. However, if one wishes to be part of the United States one must also accept the code on which the country abides.

Although building a mosque near the site of a great tragedies in our nations recent past can be somewhat distasteful, or discomforting for some what are the possible reasons behind such a decision on the Islamic front?

1) To show that America continues to support freedom of religion.

2) Good location for the populous attending.

3) To show Islamic support for America.

4)  The possibility of enraging radical Islamic sects.

5) Possibly to insult American’s.

In what ever case, for good or for bad, the law is clear.

Now for my Opinion:

What I find the most despising about the whole issue is that there is an issue at all. The politicians and media are criticizing the presidents speech are either completely ignorant of what the word “freedom” means in the constitution or are simply tossing away with the code on which the United States built its reputation. Hell, the only reason I still have any respect for the United States is merely because the founding fathers set restrictions on what the government can and cannot do. Now with the media, a portion of the population, and the politicians denouncing what President Obama told the Muslim community, I’m curious, why would those who wish to hamper the building of the Mosque live in America? Republicans denounce the Mosque because the catholics and non-catholic conservatives are who they represent. The democrats denounce the building of the mosque because half of them are up for re-election. The populace denounces it because the media denounces it, and twists their minds into thinking about how insulting it would look. Funny thing though, in America no one should care about any of it. It is private land, on which citizens wish to build a place of worship, which they have chosen.

I know that each and every person who believes that that mosque should not be built is an enemy of me, because he is an enemy of my freedom.

I spit on you.

Authenticated case of a plant growing in a mans lung, mind you only a small pea plant. Video of the interview is included.

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What is the world coming to when you must get a back ground check to simply pick up oil for minimum wage?

ascagoula, Mississippi (CNN) — A lack of screening of oil spill cleanup workers meant a sex offender got a job, and left him free to rape a colleague according to a Mississippi county sheriff.

A CNN investigation into the incident reveals that basic background checks were not done on those hired to remove oil from the beaches in and around Pascagoula.

Jackson County Sheriff Mike Byrd told CNN he was shocked when he met with the head of BP security for the area several weeks before the alleged rape took place. He said the BP representative told him that only drug screenings, not background checks, were being conducted on the cleanup workers.

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A new devise capable of converting sun and heat into energy has been tested and is currently working in the depths of Stanford University!

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