Tuesday, December 14, 2010

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Federal Judge Rules Obamacare Individual Mandate Unconstitutional

Posted: 13 Dec 2010 09:04 PM PST


Ultimately these federal rulings will not be the deciding factor. The case will make its way up to the Supreme Court and we will see if the Government now has the power to force Americans to purchase something as a condition of living. I believe the answer should be a resounding 'no'. Anyone that thinks the Government would stop at heath care or use the new power only for good; drop me a line because I have a bridge to sell you.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/fed-judge-rules-in-favor-of-va-hc-law-challenge

"A federal judge declared the Obama administration's health care law unconstitutional Monday, siding with Virginia's attorney general in a dispute that both sides agree will ultimately be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court.

U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson is the first federal judge to strike down the law, which has been upheld by two others in Virginia and Michigan. Several other lawsuits have been dismissed and others are pending, including one filed by 20 other states in Florida.

Virginia Republican Attorney General Kenneth Cuccinelli filed a separate lawsuit in defense of a new state law that prohibits the government from forcing state residents to buy health insurance. However, the key issue was his claim that the federal law's requirement that citizens buy health insurance or pay a penalty is unconstitutional."

Christian Landmark Tree Cut Down in UK

Posted: 13 Dec 2010 08:53 PM PST


There really is just no reason for this. Fortunately the tree will recover, though it could take a decade.

http://www.npr.org/2010/12/10/131978052/famous-christian-landmark-tree-cut-down-in-u-k

"Legend has it that the rare thorn tree on a hill in southern England had ties to the earliest days of Christianity, and pilgrims often left offerings at its base. In more recent times, local children honored its current incarnation each year by cutting sprigs to place on Queen Elizabeth II's Christmas dining table.

Now British police want to know who sawed the limbs off the Glastonbury Holy Thorn Tree, reducing it to a stump. And they want to know why.
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Katherine Gorbing, the director of Glastonbury Abbey, said the tree originally came from the Middle East and is a type of thorn tree common in Lebanon as well as in Europe. It typically lives about 100 years, but Gorbing said locals have kept Glastonbury Holy Thorn Tree going by taking grafts and clippings from it to plant new trees when the existing one neared the end of its natural life.

"It's a sacred tree," she said. "Not only for the Christian church, but for many other people."
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Coles said the nighttime attack came between Wednesday and Thursday shortly after he, the local vicar and schoolchildren participated in the annual sprig cutting for the queen's Christmas table.
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Local historians said the tree — or one of its ancestors — has been chopped down at least once before, by a soldier using an ax during the 1642-51 English Civil Wars.

Experts say the tree could recover in about 10 years if it was in good health at the time of the attack.

"It will obviously be deformed, but it will put grafts out next spring," said Tony Kirkham, head of the arboretum at the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. "But it will take a long time to make a good tree.""

Cavuto (Fox News) Slams Chris Matthews (MSNBC)

Posted: 13 Dec 2010 08:34 PM PST


Video embedded below.

Is Wikileaks a Force For Good? Four Experts on Our Wiki-F

Posted: 13 Dec 2010 08:25 PM PST


Disclosure to expose corruption has value. Disclosure to needlessly embarrass and cause disruption of important function is a hindrance. There is such a thing as a necessary secrete in the world we live in today, and that is unlikely to change any time soon.

Video embedded below.

Voyager 1 Now Further Out Then The Solar Winds Can Reach

Posted: 13 Dec 2010 08:22 PM PST


Voyager 1, the furthest man made object away from Earth, has just crossed a new milestone.

http://www.universetoday.com/81662/voyager-1-has-outdistanced-the-solar-wind

"The venerable Voyager spacecraft are truly going where no one has gone before. Voyager 1 has now reached a distant point at the edge of our solar system where it is no longer detecting the solar wind. At a distance of about 17.3 billion km (10.8 billion miles) from the Sun, Voyager 1 has crossed into an area where the velocity of the hot ionized gas, or plasma, emanating directly outward from the sun has slowed to zero. Scientists suspect the solar wind has been turned sideways by the pressure from the interstellar wind in the region between stars."

Ladies of The View Mock Boehner (R) as "Weeper Of The House"

Posted: 13 Dec 2010 08:19 PM PST


So Republicans are both heartless and overly emotional?

Video embedded below.

First Four Exoplanet System Imaged

Posted: 13 Dec 2010 08:17 PM PST


We know they are out there; now we are starting to 'see' them.

Picture embedded below.



"Among one of the first exoplanet systems imaged was HR 8799. In 2008, a team led by Christian Marois at the Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics in Canada, took a picture of the system directly imaging three giant planets. The team revisited the system in 2009 – 2010 with the Keck II telescope and discovered a fourth planet in the system."

Second Indian Official Subjected to Enhanced TSA Pat Down

Posted: 13 Dec 2010 08:12 PM PST


This is another person besides the Indian Ambassador. More 'Smart Power'...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101213/wl_nm/us_india_us_diplomacy

"India's foreign ministry has protested to Washington after reports two of New Delhi's diplomats were frisked at U.S. airports, describing the searches as serious breaches of protocol. Hardeep Puri, India's ambassador to the United Nations, was subjected to a pat-down search and held for 30 minutes at Houston airport a fortnight ago after refusing on religious grounds requests by officials to remove his turban, the Press Trust of India news agency reported on Monday.

On December 4, Indian ambassador to the United States Meera Shankar was selected by security officials at a Mississippi airport for a pat-down search, despite reportedly notifying officials of her diplomatic status.

"We have taken it up with the U.S. authorities and the matter is at that stage," External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna said on Monday, referring to Puri, a Sikh."
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