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Bacteria trapped for “millions of years” under Antarctic ice by Carl Wieland Published: 23 April 2009 Science news sites are abuzz with the discovery of an ecosystem trapped under an Antarctic glacier for an alleged time of “at least 1.5 million years”.[1] It was not that long ago that the world of science believed that nothing could survive in an environment that was not only near freezing, but totally dark and lacking oxygen...

Darwinian evolution in the light of genomics Eugene V. Koonin* National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA ABSTRACT Comparative genomics and systems biology offer unprecedented opportunities for testing central tenets of evolutionary biology formulated by Darwin in the Origin of Species in 1859 and expanded in the Modern Synthesis 100 years later. Evolutionary-genomic studies show that natural selection is only one of the forces that shape genome evolution and is not quantitatively dominant, whereas non-adaptive processes are much more prominent than previously suspected. Major contributions of horizontal gene transfer and diverse...

Does Dark Energy Really Exist? Or does Earth occupy a very unusual place in the universe? Scientific American, March 2009 By Timothy Clifton and Pedro G. Ferreira ... Most of us are very familiar with the idea that our planet is nothing more than a tiny speck orbiting a typical star, somewhere near the edge of an otherwise unnoteworthy galaxy. In the midst of a universe populated by billions of galaxies that stretch out to our cosmic horizon, we are led to believe that there is nothing special or unique about our location. But what is the evidence for this...

Obama Born In The U.S. ? New Facts Say; “Probably Not!” Let me be the first to admit that I have been a constant debunker of the “Obama Born Overseas” stories. How could it be possible? How could the DNC, Hillary, Edwards, the RNC, McCain, Romney, AP, BBC, ABC, FNC, etc, (and every 100th listing in the DC phone book) not have checked this out to its last level of possibility? Well, it appears that they didn’t! Everyone assumed “the other guy did it.” Forget for the moment all the clues left by the high-priced Obama and DNC legal teams....

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs says that they have Obama's "birth certificate" and that we can see it.

It's the story every American needs to read! Barack Obama is hiding eight shocking secrets that could destroy his presidency before it even gets off the ground, political insiders say. In a blockbuster Special Report, insiders rip the lid off the scandals about where Obama was REALLY born, his sex life, drug abuse and the mysterious past he's hiding from the world. The new President has artfully dodged some of the most serious questions ever posed to a Commander-in-Chief. But top political leaders are demanding answers NOW - and the mounting pressure could trigger a firestorm that will bring down...

I stand amazed at what I am witnessing in our constitutional republic. Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the Constitution the rule of law in this nation? Don't Supreme Court judges take oaths promising to protect and uphold that Constitution from foreign and domestic enemies? If our laws are derived from this text, then what is it called when those laws are ignored? It is called, "breaking the law." Our Constitution lays down the eligibility requirements for presidents. One requirement states that the president of the United States must be a natural-born citizen. Now, any reasonable thinking person knows...

Was Richard Nixon right? Are presidents above the law? Congress seems to think so. It has no plans to require Barack Obama to produce evidence that he is a "natural born citizen" of the United States in order to take the office of President. If Congress isn't going to require Obama to prove he is a citizen, it should do the next best thing and enact legislation that insures he qualifies regardess of where he was born or any subsequent actions that could have compromised his citizenship under existing legislation. Failure to insure Obama is a citizen could create a...

-U.S. Census Bureau job testing will be Jan. 7 at 3 p.m. at the Child Development Center. Call (886)-861-2010. Must bring two forms of ID; driver’s license, social security card and/or birth certificate.

We, the undersigned, pursuant to God-ordained human liberties as established throughout time immemorial, and as recognized and codified in the founding documents of this great nation, and in accordance with the Declaration of Independence, the United States Constitution, and the First and Fourteenth Amendments thereto, now petition the federal government of the United States of America for a Redress of the following Grievances: 1. The federal government of the United States of America has only an authority ordained by God, and a legitimate claim to govern in accord with the consent of the governed pursuant to its founding Declaration of...

President Nicolas Sarkozy would dearly like to end France’s rotating presidency of the European Union on a high note by brokering this week a deal on a grand European response to global warming and energy efficiency. The ultimate plan is to cut carbon dioxide emissions by 20 per cent with member states at the same time drawing their future energy needs from clean renewable sources by the same percentage amount. Under the circumstances, it is no surprise that the automobile industry has found itself at the heart of the climate change debate. Indeed, Mr Sarkozy’s own government commissioned months ago...

Barack Obama never renounced his U.S. citizenship. Also, as he was a minor when he moved to Indonesia, neither he nor his parents could have renounced it. Period. As far as U.S. law is concerned, Barack Obama never lost his U.S. citizenship even as he gained Indonesian citizenship. Indonesia’s laws on the matter simply don’t apply in this country. And so while multiple lawsuits challenging his eligibility still have appeals left to be exhausted, the simple fact of the matter is that there is no credible evidence that Barack Obama is anything other than a U.S. citizen “natural born” in...

The continuing efforts of a fringe group of conservatives to deny Obama his victory and to lay the basis for the claim that he is not a legitimate president is embarrassing and destructive. The fact that these efforts are being led by Alan Keyes, an unhinged demagogue on the political fringe who lost a senate election to the then unknown Obama by 42 points should be a warning in itself. This tempest over whether Obama, the child of an American citizen, was born on American soil is tantamount to the Democrats' seditious claim that Bush "stole" the election in Florida...

AP VIDEO - Lawsuit Contesting Obama Citizenship Continues

subtitle: Thomas Refers Previously Rejected Case Challenging Obama's Eligibility repost of Dec 3 article, correcting errors, formerly entitled, "Thomas Breaks Custom, Forces Supreme Court to Look At Obama Citizenship Case" "...the AFRO incorrectly said that Justice Clarence Thomas had granted Leo Donofrio's application for an emergency stay of the December 15th meeting of the Electoral College. In fact, Justice Thomas referred the petition to the conference of justices."

The decision on granting a hearing challenging President-elect Barack Obama's U.S. citizenship is still pending. The "Washington Times" reports that the U.S. Supreme Court held a private conference Friday morning to discuss whether to take up a lawsuit but it was not on the list of court orders for the day. According to the "Times" a Supreme Court spokesman said the decision to hear the case will most likely be announced next week.

WE THE PEOPLE .... WANT THE VAULT COPY We the people, An Open Letter to Barack Obama: Are you a Natural Born Citizen of the U.S.? Are you legally qualified to hold the Office of President? This full page ad ran in newspapers nationwide. WTF is the problem? Release the vault copy. This is office of the President of the United States for G-d's sake. Here's the analysis of the forged COLB: FINAL REPORT ON OBAMA BIRTH CERTIFICATE FORGERY CHANGE YOU CAN BELIEVE IN (7/20/08) And while we are on the subject of transparency - release his medical records!...

At Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C., John Wilkes Booth, an actor and Confederate sympathizer, fatally wounds President Abraham Lincoln. The attack came only five days after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his massive army at Appomattox, effectively ending the American Civil War. Booth, who remained in the North during the war despite his Confederate sympathies, initially plotted to capture President Lincoln and take him to Richmond, the Confederate capital. However, on March 20, 1865, the day of the planned kidnapping, the president failed to appear at the spot where Booth and his six fellow conspirators lay in wait. Two...