JustPut.com - Discussion Forums and Social Networking http://www.justput.com/forum JustPut.com is a discussion forum and social networking community en Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:44:15 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.justput.com/forum/images/bigred/misc/rss.jpg JustPut.com - Discussion Forums and Social Networking http://www.justput.com/forum Democrat House candidate gets audio, video banned from debate http://www.justput.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15222&goto=newpost Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:50:03 GMT ---Quote--- COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- U.S. Rep. John Spratt will debate his Republican challenger Mick Mulvaney on Tuesday, but the only people who will...
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- U.S. Rep. John Spratt will debate his Republican challenger Mick Mulvaney on Tuesday, but the only people who will get to see any of it have already bought tickets to the sold out dinner at a South Carolina Lions Club.
http://www.midlandsconnect.com/news/...aspx?id=507353 ]]> Politics WashUJon http://www.justput.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15222 Climate: New study slashes estimate of icecap loss http://www.justput.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15221&goto=newpost Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:48:00 GMT
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"The corrections for deformations of the Earth's crust have a considerable effect on the amount of ice that is estimated to be melting each year," said Vermeersen, whose team worked with NASA's Jet Propulsation Laboratory and the Netherlands Institute for Space Research.

"We have concluded that the Greenland and West Antarctica ice caps are melting at approximately half the speed originally predicted."
full story: http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/2010090...e-c1b2fc3.html ]]> News and Current Events WashUJon http://www.justput.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15221 U.S. names Asian carp czar http://www.justput.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15220&goto=newpost Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:45:27 GMT ---Quote--- The White House has tapped a former leader of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources and the Indiana Wildlife Federation as the...
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The White House has tapped a former leader of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources and the Indiana Wildlife Federation as the Asian carp czar to oversee the federal response to keeping the invasive species out of the Great Lakes.

On a conference call today with Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin and other congressional leaders, President Obama's Council on Environmental Quality announced the selection of John Goss to lead the near $80 million, multi-pronged federal attack against Asian carp.

"This is a serious challenge, a serious threat," Durbin said. "When it comes to the Asian carp threat, we are not in denial. We are not in a go-slow mode. We are in a full attack, full-speed ahead mode. We want to stop this carp from advancing."
http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2...carp-czar.html

Yay! Another bureaucrat! ]]> Politics WashUJon http://www.justput.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15220 Boehner Calls for 2-Year Freeze on All Tax Rates http://www.justput.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15219&goto=newpost Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:37:58 GMT ---Quote--- U.S. House of Representatives Republican leader John Boehner called Wednesday for a two-year freeze on all current U.S. tax rates,...
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U.S. House of Representatives Republican leader John Boehner called Wednesday for a two-year freeze on all current U.S. tax rates, including Bush-era tax cuts for the rich set to expire at the end of this year.

Speaking ahead of an economic address set for later in the day by President Barack Obama, Boehner also proposed that the U.S. government cut spending for next year to 2008 levels—before federal corporate bailouts and Obama's $814 billion economic stimulus plan.
more: http://www.cnbc.com/id/39055357 ]]> Politics WashUJon http://www.justput.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15219 <![CDATA[Castro says Cuban model doesn't work]]> http://www.justput.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15218&goto=newpost Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:34:43 GMT
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HAVANA – Fidel Castro told a visiting American journalist that Cuba's communist economic model doesn't work, a rare comment on domestic affairs from a man who has conspicuously steered clear of local issues since stepping down four years ago.
more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100908/...fidel_castro_5 ]]> News and Current Events WashUJon http://www.justput.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15218 Watermellon to the FACE! http://www.justput.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15217&goto=newpost Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:46:47 GMT http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/08/amazing-race-watermelon-head_n_709102.html Holy! Crap! :eek: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/0..._n_709102.html

Holy! Crap! :eek: ]]> Videos skooly http://www.justput.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15217 Nevada gubernatorial candidate: pay for speed http://www.justput.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15216&goto=newpost Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:49:35 GMT
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Once he moves into the Governor's Mansion, political newcomer DiSimone, 52, of Reno, plans to pick up an extra billion dollars a year for the state by letting people drive as fast as 90 mph on selected roads for a $25-a-day fee.
http://www.lvrj.com/news/gubernatori...101780968.html

He also wants to pay off state debts in gold and silver (in state coins). He'd ask for discounts for the precious metals from miners and then give them the land in the end.

He would also pull control of the Nevada National Guard away from the federal government and use it to round up illegal aliens. He has said he believes that controlling illegal immigration is solely the responsibility of individual states. ]]> Politics WashUJon http://www.justput.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15216 Vladimir Putin considers Russia presidency bid http://www.justput.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15215&goto=newpost Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:42:47 GMT ---Quote--- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says he has not ruled out standing for president again at the 2012 elections. Mr Putin said he...
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says he has not ruled out standing for president again at the 2012 elections.

Mr Putin said he would share power with current President Dmitry Medvedev until the election, when they would decide "what would be best for Russia".

Mr Putin has previously served two terms as president.

Speaking in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, he drew a comparison with US President Franklin Roosevelt, who was elected four times in a row.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11211997



-Jon (is having a heart attack from that surprise) ]]> News and Current Events WashUJon http://www.justput.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15215 Greece economy shrinks 1.8% as consumers cut spending http://www.justput.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15214&goto=newpost Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:17:57 GMT ---Quote--- The debt-laden Greek economy shrank 1.8% in the second quarter as households slashed spending. The contraction was worse than expected...
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The debt-laden Greek economy shrank 1.8% in the second quarter as households slashed spending.

The contraction was worse than expected and compares with the 0.8% shrinkage in the January-to-March period.

Greece's national statistics office said that private consumption dropped 4.2% year-on-year, against a rise of 1.5% in the previous quarter.
more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11229042 ]]> News and Current Events WashUJon http://www.justput.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15214 BP spreads blame for oil spill http://www.justput.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15213&goto=newpost Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:09:19 GMT
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A "sequence of failures involving a number of different parties" was to blame for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, BP says.

An investigation carried out by BP said it was responsible in part for the disaster, but it also blamed other companies working on the well.
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The report, conducted by BP's head of safety, Mark Bly, highlighted eight key failures that, in combination, led to the explosion.

BP said that both BP and Transocean staff incorrectly interpreted a safety test which should have flagged up risks of a blowout.

"Over a 40-minute period, the Transocean rig crew failed to recognise and act on the influx of hydrocarbons into the well" which eventually caused the explosion.

BP criticised the cementing of the well - carried out by Halliburton - and repeated previous criticism of the blowout preventer.
full story: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11225623 ]]> News and Current Events WashUJon http://www.justput.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15213 Rough seas on cruise http://www.justput.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15212&goto=newpost Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:55:48 GMT (videos aren't of the same ship/incident)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iztev2T5po0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tChJ2fBKw6w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDbRFvCFDF4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCcF0LXBUR4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc98aHERgY8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr3aCNfXDec ]]> Videos WashUJon http://www.justput.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15212 Meghan McCain cried when she found out her dad picked Palin http://www.justput.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15211&goto=newpost Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:49:02 GMT http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/0..._n_708428.html

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"My initial reaction was, 'Who the hell is Sarah Palin?' Like everybody else," the younger McCain revealed on Tuesday night.
:lol2:

She wasn't the only one! ]]> Politics Hillary Rules http://www.justput.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15211 Bomb threat on plane bound for LA http://www.justput.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15210&goto=newpost Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:38:02 GMT ---Quote--- (CNN) -- Authorities on Wednesday were looking for the person who left a message on a plane lavatory mirror indicating a bomb was on...
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(CNN) -- Authorities on Wednesday were looking for the person who left a message on a plane lavatory mirror indicating a bomb was on board.

The threatening message was found scrawled on a Thai Airways flight en route from Bangkok, Thailand, to Los Angeles.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/09/08...ex.html?hpt=T2 ]]> News and Current Events WashUJon http://www.justput.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15210 Google search update? http://www.justput.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15209&goto=newpost Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:32:35 GMT ---Quote--- The update-as-you-go design seems to mimic a feature Google was reportedly testing last month -- search results that update in real time...
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The update-as-you-go design seems to mimic a feature Google was reportedly testing last month -- search results that update in real time as the user is typing a request.

The feature was rolled out to a limited number of users and, if implemented, would render results before the user hits "enter" or clicks the "Google Search" box. Some features that Google tests become available to all users, while others never see the light of day.

Others predict that Google will increase the number of search results displayed on a page from 10 to 30.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/web/09/...ex.html?hpt=T2 ]]> Computers, Electronics, and Information Technology WashUJon http://www.justput.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15209 Asteroid buzzes Earth; another one coming http://www.justput.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15208&goto=newpost Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:57:58 GMT
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(CNN) -- A small asteroid passed within the moon's distance from the Earth on Wednesday morning, and another will do likewise later in the day, space watchers say.

The double encounter is an unusual event that shows the need for closer monitoring of near space for Earth-threatening encounters, according to NASA.

The objects don't pose a threat to Earth, and they will not be visible to the naked eye, said Donald Yeomans, manager of NASA's Near Earth Program, which tracks potentially hazardous asteroids and comets within 28 million miles of Earth.
more: http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/09/08/ear...ex.html?hpt=T2 ]]> News and Current Events WashUJon http://www.justput.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15208