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  • Emergency Anti-Health Care Rally, Washington, DC, Dec. 15

    12/09/2009 4:04:03 PM PST · by trooprally · 24 replies · 1,105+ views
    <p>Laura Ingraham supports this Rally so hope that is good enough for everyone. The Tea Parties are also on board.</p>
  • The Fudge-Factor In CRU’s Global Warming Data & How It Was Used

    12/05/2009 9:52:31 AM PST · by Starman417 · 18 replies · 894+ views
    Flopping Aces ^ | 12-05-09 | Curt
    The BBC show "Newsnight" aired a show a few days ago that delves into the code the Climatic Research Unit used to dupe and scare the masses: [VIDEO AT SITE]Newsbusters has a partial transcript: "This is the source code from the Climatic Research Unit," Susan Watts, science editor at the BBC explained. "John Graham-Cumming is a software engineer. He's not a skeptic on climate change, but he is shocked by what he's seen in the programming. He compared it with the code in the same language written by NASA." Graham-Cumming criticized the CRU programming for its lack of professionalism and...
  • Former State Department Official and Wife Arrested for Serving as Illegal Agents of Cuba...

    06/05/2009 4:00:39 PM PDT · by Cindy · 24 replies · 1,094+ views
    Note: The following text is a quote: Former State Department Official and Wife Arrested for Serving as Illegal Agents of Cuba for Nearly 30 Years Couple Allegedly Conspired to Provide Classified Information to Cuban Government A former State Department official and his wife have been arrested on charges of serving as illegal agents of the Cuban government for nearly 30 years and conspiring to provide classified U.S. information to the Cuban government. The arrests were announced today by David Kris, Assistant Attorney General for National Security; Channing D. Phillips, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia; Joseph Persichini, Jr.,...
  • Hasan's E-Mail: 'I Can't Wait to Join You' in Afterlife

    11/19/2009 3:29:45 PM PST · by Typical_Whitey · 70 replies · 2,228+ views
    abc ^ | 11/19/09 | BRIAN ROSS and RHONDA SCHWARTZ
    United States Army Major Nidal Hasan told a radical cleric considered by authorities to be an al-Qaeda recruiter, "I can't wait to join you" in the afterlife, according to an American official with top secret access to 18 e-mails exchanged between Hasan and the cleric, Anwar al Awlaki, over a six month period between Dec. 2008 and June 2009.
  • Did Schwarzenegger drop 4-letter bomb in veto? (Yes)

    10/28/2009 4:25:17 AM PDT · by tlb · 29 replies · 1,522+ views
    San Francisco Gate ^ | October 27, 2009 | Phillip Matier,Andrew Ross, Chronicle Columnists
    SACRAMENTO -- Did Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's office use a coded veto message to send the f-bomb to Tom Ammiano, soon after the San Francisco assemblyman made news by telling the governor to "kiss my gay ass"? Schwarzenegger's people say no. But the X-rated evidence is hard to miss in a message that Schwarzenegger sent to explain why he was vetoing an Ammiano bill dealing with financing for the Port of San Francisco. A straight reading of the guv's letter laments "the fact that major issues are overlooked while many unnecessary bills come to me for consideration," and concludes, "I believe...
  • FBI raid at meat processor believed tied to immigration irregularities [UPDATE:TERROR PLOT -ARRESTS]

    10/21/2009 12:39:00 AM PDT · by Cindy · 84 replies · 3,154+ views
    CHICAGO TRIBUNE.com ^ | October 20, 2009 | Tribune staff report
    SNIPPET: "Search at Grundy County plant called part of ongoing probe" SNIPPET: "But a source said the owner of the plant, which processes lamb and goat, was taken into custody at his home in Chicago. Documents and records were taken from the plant and from a Chicago travel agency on West Devon Avenue, also owned by the same person, the source said."
  • Secret code saves man who spied on flatmates

    10/22/2009 7:09:31 AM PDT · by BGHater · 10 replies · 1,738+ views
    Courier Mail ^ | 19 Oct 2009 | Jeremy Pierce
    A MAN who established a sophisticated network of peepholes and cameras to spy on his flatmates has escaped a jail sentence after police were unable to crack an encryption code on his home computer. Rohan James Wyllie, 39, yesterday pleaded guilty in Southport District Court to charges of attempting to visually record one of his flatmates when she was in a private place without her consent. But police were unable to prove his elaborate surveillance system had actually been used. Wyllie's three flatmates, two women and a man, grew suspicious that he was up to something when they noticed lights...
  • Feds: Sudbury man planned terror attacks on malls

    10/21/2009 1:58:09 PM PDT · by Blood of Tyrants · 48 replies · 1,996+ views
    My Fox Boston ^ | 10/21/09 | Mike Levine
    BOSTON - A pharmacy college graduate conspired with two other men on a terror plot to kill two prominent U.S. politicians and carry out a holy war by attacking shoppers in U.S. malls and American troops in Iraq, prosecutors said Wednesday. But their plans — in which the men used code words like "peanut butter and jelly" for fighting in Somalia and "culinary school" for terrorist camps — were thwarted in part when they could not find training and were unable to buy automatic weapons, authorities said. Tarek Mehanna worked with the men from 2001 to May 2008 on the...
  • New Threat Message Warns: Al-Qaeda Will Attack Germany on a Sunday in October

    10/05/2009 1:02:38 AM PDT · by Cindy · 33 replies · 2,344+ views
    MEMRI.org ^ | October 4, 2009 | n/a
    Special Dispatch - No. 2576 October 4, 2009 New Threat Message Warns: Al-Qaeda Will Attack Germany on a Sunday in October Introduction The Al-Falluja jihadist forum has posted a new threat message to Germany specifying that attacks will be carried out on one of the Sundays in October. It is titled "To the Infidel German Nation: We Bestow on You the Kindness, for the Third Time, of Specifying the Appointed Day!" The message, which is being heavily promoted by Al-Falluja, is the latest in a series of threats to appear on the forum [1] following the release of Al-Qaeda videos...
  • Dan Brown's 'Lost Symbol' details local mystery (CIA HQ, Langley, Virginia)

    09/21/2009 4:32:02 PM PDT · by HokieMom · 19 replies · 1,344+ views
    WTOP ^ | 9/21/09 | JJ Greene
    LANGLEY, Va. - Part of the new Dan Brown novel is based on a local mystery. In the introduction to his new best-selling novel, "The Lost Symbol," author Dan Brown lists the following: "In 1991, a document was locked in the safe of the director of the CIA. The document is still there today, its cryptic text includes references to an unknown location underground. The document ... includes the phrase, 'It's buried out there somewhere.'" Brown says the 20-year-old document contains the answers to a 20-year-old mystery. WTOP's National Security Correspondent J.J. Green investigated the claim, and found out it's...
  • "Terror Suspect's Computer Said to Show Sports Stadiums, Fashion Sites"

    09/19/2009 2:23:40 PM PDT · by kozanne · 15 replies · 1,394+ views
    ABC News "The Blotter" ^ | 9-19-2009 | RICHARD ESPOSITO, BRIAN ROSS and CLAYTON SANDELL
    Terror Suspect's Computer Said to Show Sports Stadiums, Fashion Sites Officials Report Denver Man Sent Texts Suggesting Attack Coming; 'Wedding Cake' Is Ready By RICHARD ESPOSITO, BRIAN ROSS and CLAYTON SANDELL Sept. 19, 2009— --snip-- A computer belonging to alleged al Qaeda suspect Najibullah Zazi showed he had researched baseball and football stadiums and sites used in the recent Fashion Week event in New York City, law enforcement officials tell ABCNews.com. Zazi, 24, had been scheduled to spend a fourth day today being questioned by the FBI but his lawyer, Arthur Folsom, canceled the session. "He has taken the day...
  • FBI raid Queens, NY home in terror investigation

    09/14/2009 12:50:55 PM PDT · by Fali_G · 598 replies · 19,346+ views
    BULLETIN -- NEW YORK POLICE AND FBI RAID HOMES IN QUEENS IN TERRORISM INVESTIGATION.6 minutes ago from BNO Headquarters
  • Target Of NY Bomb Plot Probe Admits Terrorist Ties

    09/19/2009 1:42:26 AM PDT · by Cindy · 11 replies · 1,210+ views
    WCBSTV.com ^ | Sep 18, 2009 11:50 pm US/Eastern | Marcia Kramer NEW YORK (CBS), Reporting
    SNIPPET: "The ties between Najibullah Zazi and al-Qaida are growing. A source who gets high-level intelligence briefings told CBS 2 HD that law enforcement officials have recorded a number of conversations between Zazi and a known al-Qaida operative in Pakistan. The key parts of the conversation? The operative told Zazi what to say if stopped by police, and there is also a reference to a "wedding," which American agents believe is a code word for an attack. Sources said the formula for the explosive TATP was found in Zazi's computer when they seized his car, and with President Barack Obama...
  • Man Says He's Cracked Code to Multiply Any 2 Numbers in Your Head-He'll share it for a Price

    08/11/2009 7:48:27 AM PDT · by rawhide · 30 replies · 1,633+ views
    FoxNews.com ^ | 08-11-09
    A North Carolina man who allegedly cracked the code to mentally calculate any multiplication problem is now offering to reveal his secret - for the bargain price of $33. Albert Clay said he came up with his system as a high school junior, but never showed anyone aside from a high school math teacher who shrugged off the achievement, the News & Observer reported. Now 75 years old, the retired pharmacist has copyrighted the formula, "How to Multiply Any Number by Any Number in Your Head," and hopes to demonstrate it in schools, books or even personal mailings to anyone...
  • Bonnie Henry : Exhibit showcases Code Talkers' story (Saluting Navajo contribution to WWII victory)

    07/20/2009 7:10:38 PM PDT · by SandRat · 7 replies · 392+ views
    Arizona Daily Star ^ | Bonnie Henry
    Detractors called it "Indian gibberish." But not for long. During World War II, more than 400 Navajos serving with the U.S. Marine Corps transmitted vital communications throughout the Pacific theater, using a code known only to them. Developed by the Navajos themselves, the code completely stymied the Japanese and was never broken. After the battle for Iwo Jima, Maj. Howard Connor, a signal officer from the 5th Marine Division, was widely quoted as saying: "Were it not for the Navajos, the Marines would never have taken Iwo Jima." "They were used at every level, from reconnaissance to the battlefield, to...
  • Code-cracking and computers ( WWII and German Codes )

    05/31/2009 9:41:54 AM PDT · by Ernest_at_the_Beach · 38 replies · 1,119+ views
    BBC ^ | Thursday, 6 November 2008 | Mark Ward Technology correspondent, BBC News
    By the end of WWII, 11 Colossus machines were in use Bletchley Park is best known for the work done on cracking the German codes and helping to bring World War II to a close far sooner than might have happened without those code breakers. But many believe Bletchley should be celebrated not just for what it ended but also for what it started - namely the computer age. The pioneering machines at Bletchley were created to help codebreakers cope with the enormous volume of enciphered material the Allies managed to intercept. The machine that arguably had the greatest influence...
  • Ali Al-Marri Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to Al-Qaeda

    04/30/2009 5:10:56 PM PDT · by Cindy · 10 replies · 1,303+ views
    US DOJ.gov/opa - Press Release ^ | April 30, 2009 | n/a
    Note: The following text is a quote: Ali Al-Marri Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to Al-Qaeda Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri, 43, a dual national of Saudi Arabia and Qatar, has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to provide material support to al-Qaeda. Al-Marri entered his guilty plea at a hearing this afternoon before Judge Michael M. Mihm in U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois. In so doing, al-Marri admitted that he agreed with others to provide material support or resources to al-Qaeda in the form of personnel, including himself, to work under al-Qaeda’s...
  • Whose Land Is Israel?

    04/04/2009 7:41:41 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 32 replies · 1,278+ views
    While getting a new clutch installed on our Ford pick-up in Petach Tiqvah, the garage accountant, wearing a kippa, noticed the B'nai No'ach bumper sticker and asked, "What is B'nai No'ach?" "You are a religious Jew and you have to ask me 'what is B'nai No'ach?'" "I know what is B'nai No'ach, but I want to know what B'nai No'ach is to you." In a few words I gave him an answer that satisfied him. Then, he asked, "Who do you think this Land of Israel belongs to, the Jews or the Arabs?" "This Land belongs neither to the Jews...
  • In the Beginning Was Information: Information in Living Organisms (Ch 6)

    04/02/2009 7:05:41 PM PDT · by GodGunsGuts · 229 replies · 2,404+ views
    AiG ^ | April 2, 2009 | Dr. Werner Gitt
    Information in Living Organisms Theorem 28: There is no known law of nature, no known process, and no known sequence of events which can cause information to originate by itself in matter... (for remainder, click link below)
  • CAN YOU CRACK A CODE? Try Your Hand at Cryptanalysis

    12/30/2008 10:38:42 PM PST · by Cindy · 65 replies · 1,383+ views
    FBI.GOV ^ | 12/29/08 | n/a
    CAN YOU CRACK A CODE? Try Your Hand at Cryptanalysis Last year, we challenged you to crack a code created by the “cryptanalysts” in our FBI Laboratory, who are experts in breaking ciphers of all kinds. Tens of thousands of you did so. Are you ready for round two? We hope so. But bear in mind, this year's code is slightly more difficult. Once again: if you want a primer on basic cipher systems and how to break them, see the article "Analysis of Criminal Codes and Ciphers." And if you’re a youngster, we suggest you start with the code...
  • America’s passage of nuclear power (the nuclear "football" passes to Mr. Obama)

    12/26/2008 12:55:13 AM PST · by 2ndDivisionVet · 37 replies · 1,815+ views
    It is a simple transfer of immense power. On Jan. 20, an unobtrusive military officer carrying a small leather-bound metal briefcase will follow President George W. Bush up to Capitol Hill. After the inauguration ceremony, he will accompany President Barack Obama back to the White House. Inside the attache, known as “the football,” are the codes to identify and authenticate a presidential order that could launch nuclear weapons and ignite a global holocaust. Routine to most Americans, perhaps astonishing to much of the world, this peaceful passing of “the football” will propel Obama into a maelstrom. What awaits the new...
  • Secret Service Code Names for the Obamas

    11/11/2008 6:19:25 PM PST · by The Big Feed · 27 replies · 524+ views
    courant.com ^ | 11/11/08 | The Big Feed
    I reckon this is safe to print. It was on the internet. I would have gone with Remus for Obama. It seems like a natural fit. Remus was a black man who was always spinning the obvious. The Secret Service code names for the First Family-elect are another odd assortment of seemingly random words, all starting with the letter R. John McCain may have been a self styled Maverick, but Barack Obama's Secret Service code name is Renegade. Michelle Obama, a woman of wide interests, is Renaissance (which sounds like the beginning of a perfume campaign). Malia Obama did not...
  • IPhone software developers stifled under Apple's gag order

    08/25/2008 10:51:21 AM PDT · by ken21 · 39 replies · 109+ views
    the lost angeles times ^ | 08.25.08 | Michelle Quinn
    The software development kit that Apple Inc. distributed to programmers bound them to not discuss the process of creating programs for the iPhone. Companies typically waive such legal restrictions once the product in question launches, but Apple didn't. And it won't say why.
  • RNC Accuses Obama Bundler of Supporting Iraq Insurgency

    08/19/2008 8:13:06 AM PDT · by kristinn · 25 replies · 625+ views
    PRNewswire ^ | Tuesday, August 19, 2008
    The Republican National Committee (RNC) published an update at its BarackBook.com website yesterday that accuses Barack Obama presidential campaign bundler Jodie Evans of supporting the insurgency in Iraq. http://www.barackbook.com/Profiles/JodieEvans.htm Evans is co-founder of the so-called antiwar group Code Pink. The RNC quoted a January 15, 2006 column by Robert Novak that said, "Code Pink, At A Mock War Crimes Tribunal In Istanbul June 27, Signed A Declaration That The Iraqi Insurgency 'Deserved The Support Of People Everywhere Who Care For Justice And Freedom.'" Evans represented Code Pink at the mock war crimes tribunal. In addition to expressing Code Pink's support...
  • Bug-free software, possible?

    07/19/2008 3:01:10 PM PDT · by CarrotAndStick · 88 replies · 1,220+ views
    The Times of India ^ | 20 Jul 2008, 0056 hrs IST | IANS
    LONDON: European researchers are working on mathematical foundations of programming to create fault free software in the future. People are remarkably tolerant of software that goes wrong, but when it comes to faulty cars or TV sets, they would insist that they be set right without much ado, the researchers said. "The software industry is still very immature compared to other branches of engineering," says Bengt Nordström, computer scientist at Chalmers University, Göteborg. "We want to see programming as an engineering discipline but it's not there yet. It's not based on good theory and we don't have good design methods...
  • New initiative aims to stop ‘hate speech’

    03/21/2008 4:26:10 PM PDT · by PROCON · 53 replies · 933+ views
    The Providence Journal ^ | March 21, 2008 | Karen Lee Ziner
    PROVIDENCE — A new initiative borne of a recent incident between a Providence storeowner and two Spanish-speaking customers is asking all Rhode Islanders to help stop hate speech and violence directed at “immigrants and communities of color.” The “We Can Stop the Hate” campaign was announced at the University of Rhode Island’s downtown campus, a week after published reports about a March 1 encounter between two Dominican natives who are also U.S. citizens, and David C. Richardson, owner of Rhode Island Refrigeration. The incident provoked accusations against Richardson of racial profiling and committing a hate crime. The “stop the hate”...
  • After 38 years, Israeli solves math code[Road Coloring Problem]

    03/20/2008 8:22:05 PM PDT · by BGHater · 59 replies · 3,405+ views
    AP ^ | 20 Mar 2008 | ARON HELLER
    JERUSALEM - A mathematical puzzle that baffled the top minds in the esoteric field of symbolic dynamics for nearly four decades has been cracked — by a 63-year-old immigrant who once had to work as a security guard. Avraham Trahtman, a mathematician who also toiled as a laborer after moving to Israel from Russia, succeeded where dozens failed, solving the elusive "Road Coloring Problem." The conjecture essentially assumed it's possible to create a "universal map" that can direct people to arrive at a certain destination, at the same time, regardless of starting point. Experts say the proposition could have real-life...
  • Berkeley council tells Marines to leave

    02/01/2008 5:41:49 PM PST · by KTM rider · 64 replies · 471+ views
    Contra Costa Times ^ | 01/30/2008 | Doug
    Hey-hey, ho-ho, the Marines in Berkeley have got to go. That's the message from the Berkeley City Council, which voted 6-3 Tuesday night to tell the U.S. Marines that its Shattuck Avenue recruiting station "is not welcome in the city, and if recruiters choose to stay, they do so as uninvited and unwelcome intruders." In addition, the council voted to explore enforcing its law prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation against the Marines because of the military's don't ask, don't tell policy. And it officially encouraged the women's peace group Code Pink to impede the work of the...
  • CODE WORDS FOR 'TERROR'

    02/03/2005 10:36:21 AM PST · by knighthawk · 13 replies · 661+ views
    New York Post ^ | February 03 2005 | KATI CORNELL SMITH
    February 3, 2005 -- Brooklyn jurors on the terror-financing case of a Yemeni sheik yesterday viewed secret tapes of him huddling with an assistant — allegedly to create code words for weapons and ammunition. Not knowing his German hotel room was wired, Sheik Mohammed Ali Hasan al-Moayad allegedly suggested to his assistant that instead of referring to a shortage of ammunition, they could say, "The corn is running low." "A person must be clever," al-Moayad, 56, tells Mohammed Mohsen Yahya Zayed, 31, on the tape. "For example, if you wish to buy ammunition . . . 'By God, Sheik Mohammed,...
  • A Moral Core for U.S. Foreign Policy

    01/24/2008 12:28:52 PM PST · by forkinsocket · 7 replies · 55+ views
    Policy Review ^ | January 2008 | Derek Chollet and Tod Lindberg
    Is idealism dead? Should the promotion of American values of liberalism, democracy, human rights, and rule of law be a core element of U.S. foreign policy? Where to strike the balance between principles and interests is one of the most enduring debates about America ’s role in the world. But since September 11, this question has become intensely contested and deeply controversial. It has emerged as one of the central divides between the political right and left — in large part because of the history of the past seven years, the Bush administration ’s rhetoric, its strong association with the...
  • DNA Translation Has Codes Upon Codes

    12/18/2007 11:11:23 PM PST · by GodGunsGuts · 165 replies · 452+ views
    Creation Evolution Headlines ^ | December 17, 2007
    The DNA code is protected by another code, and is read with a machine that reads a third code. This is an emerging picture from ongoing research into DNA translation, as reported in Science...
  • Writer who sued over Da Vinci Code dies

    11/30/2007 2:45:21 PM PST · by Barney Gumble · 31 replies · 149+ views
    AP ^ | 12/1/07 | JILL LAWLESS
    ONDON - Richard Leigh, a writer of alternative history who unsuccessfully sued for plagiarism over themes in Dan Brown's blockbuster novel "The Da Vinci Code," has died, his agent said Friday. He was 64. U.S.-born Leigh, who had lived in Britain for three decades, died in London on Nov. 21 of causes related to a heart condition, the Jonathan Clowes Agency said. Leigh was co-author of "The Holy Blood and The Holy Grail," a work of speculative nonfiction that claimed Jesus Christ fathered a child with Mary Magdalene and that the bloodline continues to this day. A best-seller on its...
  • Reconstructed WW II Code Cracker Colossus Defeated

    11/16/2007 8:27:55 AM PST · by Red Badger · 101 replies · 51+ views
    www.physorg.com ^ | 11/16/2007 | Mary Anne Simpson
    A monumental achievment in reconstructing Colossus the first code cracker computer used by Allied forces in World War II. In a timed contest between Colossus and the modern PC Colossus was defeated by a modern program and a 1.4 GHz PC. A fourteen year project to reconstruct the World War II Allied forces Colossus the first code cracking computer ended in a match defeat against a modern 1.4 Ghz PC. The cipher event was instigated by The British National Museum of Computing and Cryptography at Betchley Park home of the newly reconstructed Colossus Mark II. The event challenged all interested...
  • Protest Code Pink (wait a minute...)

    11/01/2007 8:05:04 PM PDT · by Libloather · 1 replies · 69+ views
    Code Pink ^ | 11/01/07
    DC Actions Thank you for your interest. Unfortunately, there are no up-and-coming actions or events scheduled yet. Be sure to check back soon.
  • Source-Code Theft Suspect Caught at Border

    08/22/2007 9:41:07 PM PDT · by familyop · 6 replies · 647+ views
    The Wall Street Journal ^ | 22AUG07 | RIVA RICHMOND
    The defendant is accused of stealing source code for Alibre Design, three-dimensional solid-modeling software for creating virtual prototypes of products. Alibre Design competes with products by SolidWorks Corp. and Autodesk Inc.. Mr. Voznyuk allegedly offered it under the name RaceCAD Design Professional for download on the Internet.
  • World War II Navajo Code Talkers Visit Pentagon, Meet With Pace

    08/10/2007 5:04:17 PM PDT · by SandRat · 3 replies · 238+ views
    WASHINGTON, Aug. 10, 2007 – The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff today met here with a group of Marine veterans who used their native Navajo language to baffle the Japanese during World War II. Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, left, meets with five Navajo Code Talkers and their family members at the Pentagon, Aug. 10, 2007. The Navajos served as U.S. Marines in World War II and helped develop a communications code based on their language. Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen  (Click photo for screen-resolution...
  • FBI agent describes Padilla code

    06/07/2007 6:37:41 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 1 replies · 460+ views
    AP on Yahoo ^ | 6/7/07 | Curt Anderson - ap
    MIAMI - An FBI agent testified Thursday in the trial of suspected al-Qaida operative Jose Padilla that members of an alleged Islamic extremist support network talked in code, substituting words like "tourism" and "football" for "jihad." The agent, John T. Kavanaugh, said participants suspected they were being overheard by government officials and urged one another not to openly discuss sensitive matters over the phone. "They believed they were not the only people listening to the telephone calls. It was said explicitly," Kavanaugh said. Among the most common code words, he said, was "tourism" in place of "jihad" — an Arabic...
  • School Sued Over Socks ( ACLU Allegra Alert)

    05/16/2007 6:57:42 AM PDT · by Candor7 · 12 replies · 1,114+ views
    MSNBC ^ | 21-Mar-2007 | News Staff
    In 2005, Toni Kay Scott, a student at Redwood Middle School in California, arrived at school wearing socks with a picture of the Winnie-the-Pooh character, Tigger. She was escorted by a police officer to the principal’s office and placed in in-school suspension because the socks violated her school’s dress code, which restricts students to solid-color clothing, free of logos, in only cotton, chino or corduroy fabrics. After efforts to resolve the dispute proved unsuccessful, Scott, along with five fellow students and the ACLU, is fighting back against the school and challenging the dress code. Sharon O’Grady, a litigator in the...
  • The 'Grave Slab Code' Baffles Experts

    04/12/2007 3:08:53 PM PDT · by blam · 10 replies · 1,109+ views
    IC Newcastle ^ | 4-12-2007 | Tony Henderson
    The 'grave slab code' baffles expertsApr 12 2007 By Tony Henderson Environment Editor, The Journal What could be a 900-year-old code is baffling archaeologist Peter Ryder. Over the last 30 years Northumberland-based Peter has recorded 700 ancient grave slab covers in the county, plus another 500 each in County Durham and Cumbria. But the carvings found on one 12th-Century slab, which had been recycled and used 300 years later in a church tower, have set Peter a puzzle. Three 12th-Century grave slabs were incorporated into the tower of St Michael and All Angels Church in Newburn, Newcastle. They have been...
  • Humans Show Big DNA Differences

    11/23/2006 7:09:00 PM PST · by blam · 41 replies · 1,720+ views
    BBC ^ | 11-23-2006
    Humans show big DNA differences DNA comparisons: Gains (green), losses (red), the same (yellow) Scientists have shown that our genetic code varies between individuals far more than was previously thought. A UK-led team made a detailed analysis of the DNA found in 270 people and identified vast stretches in their codes to be duplicated or even missing. A great many of these variations are in areas of the genome that would not damage our health, Matthew Hurles and colleagues told the journal Nature. But others are - and can be shown to play a role in a number of disorders....
  • THE 296-LETTER-LONG SHIMON PERES CODE [No skeptics can begin to match it from unencoded text]

    11/22/2006 11:47:18 AM PST · by Quix · 19 replies · 490+ views
    BIBLE CODE DIGEST ^ | JAN 2006; NOV/DEC 2005 | HOSHE AHARON (MORRIS) SHAK
    The 296-Letter-Long Shimon Peres Code By Moshe Aharon (Morris) Shak Copyright © January 2006 In the November/December 2005 Bible Code Digest issue, the location of Shimon Peres in the Bible code was established. The key term that described the former Prime Minister of Israel best was --will not be elected. The extension of the two-word term in both directions at the same low skip of eight sheds much light on Peres' long political career. In total, the extended will not be elected term is 296 letters long! A. The 296-Letter Code in Hebrew In numerous articles in English and...
  • Bible Scholars Perform Calculations Which Point To The UN Being Hit By A Nuclear Attack This Month

    09/04/2006 8:33:37 PM PDT · by Scarchin · 146 replies · 4,088+ views
    Bible scholars claim to have fixed the bug in their decoding that caused their earlier mistaken predictions. As a result they have so many different scriptural calculations leading to the same month for the UN bomb, that "coincidence is no longer an option" for their research team.
  • FBI Called In To Crack Mafia Boss's Code (Italy)

    09/07/2006 7:16:16 PM PDT · by blam · 4 replies · 544+ views
    The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 9-8-2006 | Malcolm Moore
    FBI called in to crack Mafia boss's Bible code By Malcolm Moore in Rome (Filed: 08/09/2006) Italy has handed a Bible belonging to the former Godfather of the Sicilian Mafia to the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the hope that it may provide the key to a secret code he used to communicate with his henchmen. Bernardo Provenzano The Bible, full of notes marking particular sections, was one of five found in the Corleone lair of Bernardo Provenzano, 73, when he was arrested in April after 43 years on the run. After his arrest he pleaded to be allowed to...
  • Air Marshall Dress Code Changed

    08/24/2006 5:03:54 PM PDT · by blam · 55 replies · 2,302+ views
    The Guardian (UK) ^ | 8-25-2006 | Leslie Miller
    Air Marshal Dress Code Changed Friday August 25, 2006 12:16 AM By LESLIE MILLER Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Air marshals were told Thursday they will be allowed to dress the way they want and choose their own hotels in order to protect their anonymity while on missions. Federal Air Marshal Service chief Dana Brown, who has been in the job for five months, said he was changing the rules, starting Sept. 1, after listening to air marshals' concerns. In a memo to the air marshals, Brown said the dress code was changed to ``allow you to blend in...
  • LENGTHY MEL GIBSON CODES [BIBLE CODE 2004] PRESAGE DUI INCIDENT [Fascinating examples in details]

    08/17/2006 6:56:14 PM PDT · by Quix · 66 replies · 1,147+ views
    [Quix note: The green bold emphases are in the original. But I'm too tired to code them here or even to pour it through Word to do it. Sorry. I did use some spacing, paragraphing for emphasis on the fly] = = = = = = Lengthy Mel Gibson Codes Presage DUI Incident The May 2004 issue of Bible Code Digest (BCD) featured an article http://www.biblecodedigest.com/page.php/232 [May 2004 original article] describing a 146-letter-long code about Mel Gibson. This astonishing code portrayed him as being guilty of something and of being "rotten." Interwoven codes further described him as hurrying and insulting...
  • Muslim Pakistan bans "The Da Vinci Code"

    06/04/2006 3:37:34 AM PDT · by familyop · 11 replies · 384+ views
    Reuters ^ | 04JUN06 | Reuters
    ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan has banned "The Da Vinci Code" following calls from both minority Christians and majority Muslims, an official said on Sunday. The adaptation of Dan Brown's best-selling novel, the story of a Vatican cover-up involving Christ and his supposed offspring, has made hundreds of millions of dollars around the world since it opened last month. But the screening of the film in Pakistan, or possession of it on video cassettes or discs, was prohibited and unlawful, said Jalil Abbas, secretary of the Ministry of Culture. "The film is sacrilegious to all religions, that's why we did this,"...
  • The Portable Dan Brown (Da Vinci Code Alert)

    06/03/2006 4:18:41 PM PDT · by beyond the sea · 36 replies · 1,465+ views
    townhall.com ^ | 6/1/06 | Mike Adams
    I used to think The Koran was the best book to read in the airport, simply because carrying it guarantees you’ll never get searched by airport security. Later, I decided that The Book of Mormon was better because it guarantees the person sitting next to you will never start a conversation during the flight. Now, I’ve decided – once and for all, I think – that The Da Vinci Code has both of them topped. Toting Dan Brown’s book is far better than toting the aforementioned works of fiction because it helps to identify my least favorite segment of American...
  • Interview: Standing behind the stormy campaign around the Da Vinci Code are Masons

    05/30/2006 8:13:52 AM PDT · by x5452 · 24 replies · 557+ views
    Interfax ^ | 29 May 2006, 18:24
    Standing behind the stormy campaign around the Da Vinci Code are Masons whose aim is to marginalize the Christian Church Deacon Andrey Kurayev, professor at Moscow Theological Academy and well-known Orthodox theologian, sought to dispel some of the myths underlying and referred to in the Da Vinci Code novel, in an interview to Interfax-Religion. - The stormy campaign around the Da Vinci Code, unexpected but also intriguing for many, has unwittingly put in one’s head the thought about its possible instigators. Simply speaking, qui prodest – who benefits from it? - The Da Vinci Code is a typical conspiracy work...
  • Caption Time! Code Pink & Dissent in a Democracy protest Hillary! (Mrs. Bill *Clinton)

    05/23/2006 5:34:10 PM PDT · by Libloather · 55 replies · 3,061+ views
    YAHOO! ^ | 5/23/06
    Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., listens as she is introduced at the National Press Club in Washington, Tuesday, May 23, 2006 prior to speaking about energy policy. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., speaks about cutting U.S. dependence on foreign oil during a speech about energy policy Tuesday, May 23, 2006 at the National Press Club in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., gestures during an energy policy address at the National Press Club in Washington, Tuesday, May 23, 2006. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., answers questions after speaking about cutting U.S....
  • *_Book (and limited Movie) Review of The DaVinci Code, by Dan Brown_*

    05/19/2006 6:04:31 PM PDT · by gww1210 · 3 replies · 414+ views
    The Register ^ | Friday, 19 May 2006 | Gordon Wayne Watts
    _______~~~Book/Movie Review of The DaVinci Code, by Dan Brown~~~_______         Book Review of:         THE         DAVINCI        CODE         XX*X*X**               XXXX  Novel by: DAN BROWN Reviewed by: G. W. Watts   NEW: Book/Movie Review of Dan Brown's "The DaVinci Code" ; http://gordonwatts.com/DaVinci.html ; http://hometown.aol.com/gww1210/myhomepage/DaVinci.html ; http://www.geocities.com/gordon_watts32313/DaVinci.html *_Book (and limited Movie) Review of The DaVinci Code, by Dan Brown_* WELCOME, Visitor: Please Turn on your computer speakers & maximize 3-D Stereo Enhancement for best sound! The DaVinci Code is set to open in theatres nationwide Friday, 19 May 2006. (Film based on Dan Brown's book by the same name.) ** Register...