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By SusanUnPC on December 5, 2008 at 9:00 AM in Current Affairs

Now, from Seattle’s PBS station, KCTS:

BELOW, MUMBAI, and more:

Text: One week after the deadly assault in Mumbai began, 1,000 people gathered in the city for a candlelight vigil in front of the Taj Mahal Hotel – the site of one of the worst attacks.

They mourned those who died but the gathering also served as a protest as James Bays reports. – AlJazeeraEnglish channel at YouTube

Botswana miners struggle with HIV/Aids – 04 Dec 08

Text: The African nation of Botswana has one of the world’s highest known rates of HIV/AIDS infection. But the country also has a progressive programme to address the issue.

Bernard Smith visited the mining town of Selibe Phikwe – where measures to stem the disease are beginning to work. – AlJazeeraEnglish channel at YouTube

AND WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON IN YOUR WORLD?

http://insightanalytical.wordpress.com InsightAnalytical-GRL

First?

Well, I love video and news from foreign sources…Please do check out my special section on all the links to foreign media that I compiled while doing WMW over at Buzzflash (once upon a time, Before Obama–LOL!!)

Today, I’ve got a very interesting bit by a psychology prof featured on the vagus nerve and the condition known as “elevation.” Thomas Jefferson apparently noticed it, but today we’ve got Obama apprently stimulating a lot of vagus nerves. Luckly, some of us don’t have easily stimulated vagus nerves…

Also…I went to college in Ithaca, NY and have found an appropriate video re: Obama-Clinton…Even if you don’t think it’s appropriate, you will still like the video!!!

The Scanner–Politics 12/5/08 (Obama…Vagus Nerve “Elevation” Superstar?; Obama-Clinton Contemplate a Jump (see awesome video!); Hands Like Butter; “Conscience”; Politically-Motivated Abortion “Science” Blasted by Johns Hopkins Researchers

http://tinyurl.com/69c7lx
Hank

NBC’s today show mentioned it today, I almost had a heart attack.

Suit contesting Barack Obama’s citizenship heads to U.S. Supreme Court today
Justices will decide whether to consider the case

By James Janega | Tribune reporter
6:30 AM CST, December 5, 2008

The U.S. Supreme Court will consider today whether to take up a lawsuit challenging President-elect Barack Obama’s U.S. citizenship, a continuation of a New Jersey case embraced by some opponents of Obama’s election.

The meeting of justices will coincide with a vigil by the filer’s supporters in Washington on the steps of the nation’s highest court.

The suit originally sought to stay the election, and was filed on behalf of Leo Donofrio against New Jersey Secretary of State Nina Mitchell Wells.

Legal experts say the appeal has little chance of succeeding, despite appearing on the court’s schedule. Legal records show it is only the tip of an iceberg of nationwide efforts seeking to derail Obama’s election over accusations that he either wasn’t born a U.S. citizen or that he later renounced his citizenship in Indonesia.

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The Obama campaign has maintained that he was born in Hawaii, has an authentic birth certificate, and is a “natural-born” U.S. citizen. Hawaiian officials agree.

Among those filing lawsuits is Alan Keyes, who lost to Obama in the 2004 Illinois Senate race. Keyes’ suit seeks to halt certification of votes in California. Another suit by a Kentucky man seeks to have a federal judge review Obama’s original birth certificate, which Hawaiian officials say is locked in a state vault.

Other suits have been filed by Andy Martin, whose case was dismissed in Hawaii, and by an Ohio man whose case also was dismissed. Five more suits, all later dismissed, were filed in Hawaii by a person who is currently suing the “Peoples Association of Human, Animals Conceived God/s and Religions, John McCain [and] USA Govt.” The plaintiff previously sought to sue Wikipedia and “All News Media.”

The most famous case questioning Obama’s citizenship was filed in Pennsylvania in August on behalf of Philip J. Berg and sought to enjoin the Democratic National Committee from nominating Obama. The U.S. Supreme Court denied an application for an injunction and hasn’t scheduled a conference on other aspects of the case. Earlier, a federal judge rejected it for “lack of standing”—ruling that Berg had no legal right to sue. In cases like this, judges sometimes believe the matter is best left to political institutions, such as the Electoral College or Congress, said legal scholar Eugene Volokh of the University of California at Los Angeles.

The remaining case with the highest profile is Donofrio vs. Wells. Because it was referred by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to other justices for conference, it gained undue importance for people unschooled in how the court works, Volokh said.

Many petitioners seeking stays of pending events have their cases distributed to the full court, he said. Of those, Volokh found that 782 were denied in the last eight years while just 60 were heard—and not all of those ultimately were successful.

jjanega@tribune.com
worldchaos

HIV/AIDS. famine, fire, recession/depression, terrorism, and now NBC (Pete Williams) reporting the question(s) of whether or not Obama is qualified to be president will go before the US Supreme Court. Merry XMAS!
jomama

Komodo dragons are one of the most awesome, intimidating creatures ever.
pm317

Avoid cow slaughter on Eid-ul-Azha: Deoband to Muslims
5 Dec 2008, 1740 hrs IST, PTI

NEW DELHI: Leading Islamic seminary Dar-ul-Uloom has suggested to Muslims in the country that they avoid slaughtering cows on Eid-ul-Azha as a
mark of respect to the religious beliefs of Hindus
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from http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Avoid_cow_slaughter_on_Eid_urges_Deoband/articleshow/3797689.cms
jwrjr

I was wondering about that.
NomNomNom

lol, pm317, don’t send this one to JC, his head might explode.
NomNomNom

http://statismwatch.ca/2008/12/02/icelanders-storm-central-bank-in-protest/

Thousands of Icelanders marked the 90th anniversary of their nation’s sovereignty with angry protest Monday, and several hundred stormed the central bank to demand the ouster of bankers they blame for the country’s spectacular economic meltdown.
csuzeq

CNN ran a story today, too. I was shcked! They made it sound like it is a few nut jobs who want to disqualify Obama and that it will never be heard because the SCOTUS would never want to overturn the will of the voters!
AnnieO

In my world (SE CT): A heartbreaking story with a happy ending. The Girard family of 7 lost their home to a fire last year. The now bankrupt mortgage company kept their insurance money. They had to live in a tent and then a trailor. The new mortgage company starts forclosure proceedings.

Six months ago, the father took the kids swimming. He had some sort of difficulty and drown. The eldest son got the younger children to safety and drowned trying to save his father.

The new mortgage company forgave their debt, and Extreme Home Makeover is in the town as volunteers build a new home. The mom is still unemployed with 4 children to support, so anything anyone can do to help is greatly appreciated!

A link is provided below:

http://www.extremehomebybruno.com/give.html
mimi

Check this out:

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/12/04/one_more_question.html

0bama’s speechwriter caught in a photo with a life-sized cardboard of Hillary Clinton where he is groping her.
tillthen

All of Soros’ money and Axelrod’s thugs haven’t been able to silence Larry Sinclair. His blog is alive and healthy.

http://larrysinclair.org/

http://larrysinclair-0926.blogspot.com/
danny

They were half right. It is just a few nut jobs, and it will never get heard because there’s no legal basis for the suit.
WildChild

…other then the supreme law of the land
csuzeq

I am not a fan of extreme makeover because they build these way too huge houses when they could build 4-5 average houses and help more families for the same cost!

How many of these families can afford to pay the property tax on a gazillion square foot home????
The Robot

I saw it – just confirms the fraud that is Obama.
The Robot

The actions of these men is meant as sexual humiliation. As many here are aware, the misogyny came from the top down at Team Obama.
bob

But what about the birth certificate?
The Robot

*are meant*
Pennsylvania Red

Extreme Makeover did a house for a family in Camden, across the river from Philly. The family had to put the house up for sale ’cause they couldn’t afford the maintenance and taxes.

They could have had a modest, reasonable rehab of their rowhome, but no EM had to do a big bells and whistles single home job, and the family barely got to enjoy it.
Pennsylvania Red

Classy.
Sugar

The bots seem to think that photo is very funny. I wonder whether they would think this one is just as funny:

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/8383/mobamaym9.png
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