Maggie's Farm

NASA’s New Mission: Left-Wing Propaganda Targeting Children

Keep on Dancing: Haitian Salsa Champion Gets Second Chance to Dance due to Israeli Doctors – “We are extremely pleased to announce that George has been invited by the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York to be featured in a float in the annual Celebrate Israel Parade [June 5].”

Barry Rubin (director of the Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Center, editor of the Middle East Review of International Affairs (MERIA) Journal):

Israel is not going to allow a president with no credibility, who clearly doesn’t understand what’s at stake, fails to support his Arab allies, is soft on his Iranian and Syrian enemies, doesn’t learn from his past errors, is sacrificing U.S. interests in the region, and pays no attention to what’s happening in Egypt, to determine its future.

Thomas Merton and Buddhism: “Merton, who helped to popularise "Eastern spirituality" in the West, really misconstrued and misrepresented Buddhism.”

Ryan turns the other cheek: ““A candidate who is timid on entitlement reform is not qualified to lead the country,”

Well written police report:

Orville Smith, a store manager for Best Buy in Augusta, Georgia, told police he observed a male customer, later identified as Tyrone Jackson of Augusta, on surveillance cameras putting a laptop computer under his jacket. When confronted, the man became irate, knocked down an employee, drew a knife and ran for the door.

Outside on the sidewalk were four Marines collecting toys for the "Toys for Tots" program. Smith said the Marines stopped the man, but he stabbed one of the Marines, Cpl. Phillip Duggan, in the back. The injury did not appear to be severe.

After Police and an ambulance arrived at the scene Cpl. Duggan was transported for treatment.

The subject was also transported to the local hospital with two broken arms, a broken ankle, a broken leg, several missing teeth, possible broken ribs, multiple contusions, assorted lacerations, a broken nose and a broken jaw...injuries he sustained when he slipped and fell off of the curb after stabbing the Marine.

Now that was a well written Police report.

Only 8% Rate National Security as Top Voting Issue = return of the '90s that we’ve paid for since

Robert Gates: 'If America Declines to Lead in the World, Others Will Not'

A friend writes to me:

“I would have said "fine. We'll take the lines from 1967.  June 13th, 1967. We can negotiate from there. As we did with Egypt.

Been nice visiting with ya, Barry. I must be going now.”

Spain's ruling Socialists suffer election losses: "Voting took place as protesters angry at high unemployment defied an order to disperse." – Does that make it a Sangria Party?

Alternative medical treatments rarely work. But the placebo effect they induce sometimes does “Dr Ernst is no breathless promoter of snake oil. Instead, he and his research group have pioneered the rigorous study of everything from acupuncture and crystal healing to Reiki channelling and herbal remedies. Alternative medicine is big business. Since it is largely unregulated, reliable statistics are hard to come by.”

Minneapolis schools ban chocolate milk

The decision is opposed by the Midwest Dairy Association, a trade group of 11,000 dairy farms. While applauding the focus on health, the association noted that chocolate milk sold in Minneapolis schools has less sugar than other versions and only 20 calories more than a carton of 1-percent-fat milk.

In addition, research funded by the dairy industry shows that bans on chocolate milk are counterproductive. Children who switch to white milk end up throwing more away and getting less calcium and Vitamin D, said Carolyn Hudson, a dietitian with Midwest Dairy. "If the kids don't drink it," she said, "they won't get it."

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