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I remember when I used to speak to some chick on MSN when I was in my early teens and she sent me this pic, I have to say I actually believed it was her I remember getting a real photo later, disappointment would be an understatement. I have never tried to get laid through MSN since, or at least, not with random strangers.

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what they need to do a piece about is dishonesty online when you wanna get your fuck on, I for one demand news reporters get ''pretend to be who they aren't' and see if the person who arrives is really who 'they claim to be'. That would make an awesome dateline nbc special, and leave them to catch a predator dudes alone, they're just appealing to what those hot girls get on the regular from their daddies.

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The cameras weren't even working!!!

Jan 5, 2010 11:56 pm US/Eastern Comedy Of Errors: Cameras Didn't Work At Newark
Sources Tell CBS 2 That TSA Surveillance Cameras Were Inoperable At Time Of Terminal C Security Breach
TSA Apparently Didn't Know Number For Continental To Get Other Footage
CBS News Interactive: Eye On Air Safety Reporting
Marcia Kramer NEWARK (CBS)

Thousands of people found themselves bunched together inside Newark Liberty International Airport after a security breach prompted the closing of a terminal for several hours Jan. 3, 2010.
CBS

It's a tale of shocking ineptitude: CBS 2 has learned a series of missteps unnecessarily added to the mayhem at Newark Liberty International Airport on Sunday. The six-hour delay stranded thousands of people, creating extreme crowding and chaos.

The mistakes made at the airport give new meaning to the term "domino effect." It was a cascading series of missteps that cry out for action.

The sign at the Transportation Security Administration screening post at Newark read: "Premises Under Constant Video Surveillance."

What is should add is: "If We're Lucky."

That's because CBS 2 has learned that when an unidentified man breached a secure area at Newark on Sunday night, delaying thousands of passengers for hours, the TSA cameras weren't working.

That's right ? they weren't even recording, sources said, and needed a reboot, which the agency apparently didn't ask for. That set off a chain reaction of even more missteps that caused needless chaos and inconvenience for several thousand hapless passengers.

With the cameras inoperable, the TSA tried to get a second set of surveillance video from Continental Airlines. But the TSA apparently didn't know the correct telephone number and the specific procedures to get the footage. That caused a two hour delay in identifying the intruder and closing the airport to look for him.

When they finally got the footage, they couldn't find the intruder, discovering later that he had slipped out another entrance 20 minutes after he arrived.

"The question I would ask is should there be an independent camera system there. Who should be responsible for the law enforcement?" said Sen. Frank Lautenberg.

Lautenberg is furious about what happened and he's going to hold hearings to demand answers.

"You cannot afford a mistake here anymore than a surgeon in the operating room," he said. "This system was broken."

But that's not all. The Edwardes family of Ontario, Canada may have felt the worst of the domino effect. They were finally flying home on Tuesday after being stranded since Sunday. For them, a 90 minute layover to change planes from San Diego to Ontario turned into a two-and-a-half day delay.

"We were a minute away from boarding," said Terri Edwardes. "We just want to go home."

The family was left to wait for hours and hours with no water, no food, no information about whether their plane would take off, and no hotel. So what did they get from Continental?

"They gave us one of these packages with a toothpaste, and a toothbrush, and hairspray in it. And deodorant," said Jake Edwardes.

Needless to say, there is a lot of blame, and a lot of finger pointing. But as of now, if it were to happen again, there's no guarantee it would be handled smoothly.

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my vision of Hell (unless one of them is Amy)

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Frozen Algore RETURNS!!!

Chilly debate: Al Gore ice sculpture back in Fairbanks

Published: January 5th, 2010 02:25 PM
Last Modified: January 5th, 2010 02:36 PM

Link: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner Two Fairbanks businessmen are still so annoyed by former Vice President Al Gore's stand on global warming that they have commissioned another "Frozen Gore" ice sculpture for display in front of a liquor store. This year's version features Gore blowing smoke -- but only when a truck exhaust is connected. Businessmen Craig Compeau and Rudy Gavora say they'll commission the sculpture annually until Gore comes to Fairbanks to debate climate change. "Before we start carbon taxing ... let's try and educate ourselves," Compeau said. The Frozen Gore Web site also has pictures of last year's creation.

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The-c-span-lie-did-obama-really-promise-televised-healthcare-negotiations

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How fucking sick can one person be???

Mother Faces Woman Who Allegedly Tried to Cut Her Unborn Baby From Womb
Wednesday, January 06, 2010


Dec. 2009: Veronica Deramous, who is charged with holding Teka Adams hostage and using knives and box cutters to try to cut the baby out of Adams.
UPPER MARLBORO, Md. ? A woman who survived an attempt to cut her unborn baby from her womb has come face to face with her alleged attacker in a Prince George's County courtroom.

Teka Adams attended a preliminary hearing Tuesday where a judge found probable cause to proceed with attempted murder and other charges against Veronica Deramous.

Authorities say Deramous met 29-year-old Teka Adams at a homeless shelter and lured her to her apartment by promising to give her baby clothes. Once there, police say Deramous bound Adams and used knives and box cutters to try to cut the baby out. Adams escaped and delivered her baby and named her Miracle Sky.

Adams, who brought her baby to the courtroom, did not testify at the hearing, but made eye contact when Deramous was brought in and looked shaken after seeing her.

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Cold Snap Leads to Rationing of Power in China

Cold snap spurs power rationing in China
Chris Buckley
BEIJING
BEIJING (Reuters) - Cities across eastern and central China are rationing power for industry and urging residents to limit gas use after a wave of icy weather sent energy demand soaring while straining supplies of coal that were already tight.


Much of China's manufacturing and farming heartland shivered on Wednesday under snow, sleet and unusual cold that drove south after dumping big snowfalls on Beijing and much of the country's north in past days.

Daytime temperatures in Shanghai and across the nearby coastal provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang skidded close to 0 degrees Celsius (32 F), and many areas inland were hit by snow or sleet, according to meteorological departments.

The harsh weather has pushed energy demand to new peaks, while transport snarls have slowed coal supplies, already low as power and coal companies haggle over prices.

The confluence of soaring demand, transport snarls and brinkmanship over coal prices could force power cuts and upset production in some big economic provinces, if conditions worsen.

"Conditions for thermal coal supply and shipment do not allow for optimism," said the China Electric Power News, mouthpiece of the State Electricity Regulatory Commission.

"In central and eastern China, power plants' inventories of thermal coal remain as tight as they were at the end of last year, and already strained shipment of coal has suffered more hardships after being hit by the snow storms."

Even with these worries, the cold snap is unlikely to seriously slow China's economic momentum. Much larger power and transport disruption after icy cold hit parts of southern China in early 2008 barely registered in GDP numbers.

Power authorities have said they should be able to surmount the strains by expanding transmission between regions rationing the power and gas use by thousands of factories, with limited disruption to the broader economy.

Shandong, a coastal province, limited power going to industry after the cold pushed power generating capacity to its limit. Eastern Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces were also straining to meet power demand, and some cities imposed rations for industry.

The inland province of Hubei has also been rationing power, after some power plants shut for lack of coal, local media said.

But China's top exporting province, Guangdong in the south, has enough power to ensure "normal operations", the China News Service reported, citing a provincial electricity grid official.

China's coal mining is concentrated inland while demand is concentrated on the coast, resulting in long hauls that are often slowed by transport capacity strains and weather.

China imports about 5 percent of its natural gas in the form of LNG, but imports are set to grow after the opening of a pipeline from central Asia.

While most residents in northern cities, such as Beijing, enjoy centralized heating, cities south of the Yangtze River do not, leaving many to endure the cold or buy their own heaters.

But even the Chinese capital, which normally enjoys priority treatment in everything from energy to food, curbed heating to government buildings, shopping malls, office buildings and industry to ensure supplies to residents, the Beijing Daily said.

The energy strains are only partly a consequence of the recent cold snap. Demand for power was already running high as quickening economic growth pushed up factory production.

Coal suppliers and power companies are locked in price negotiations, and the freezing weather could work in favor of the suppliers, said the China Electric Power News.

"The impact of the snowy weather could become another negotiating pawn for big coal firms," it said.

(Additional reporting by Jim Bai; Editing by Benjamin Kang Lim)

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More "I hate America" Bullshit!

Ribbons for Soldiers Banned on the Litchfield Green
By MONICA BUCHANAN
Updated 1:00 AM EST, Wed, Jan 6, 2010

The yellow ribbon controversy in Litchfield is far from over. Even though the ribbons were banned from the town green several months ago, people keep putting them up.

?I?m wondering if anyone really dares to remove them at this point. I?m glad to see they are still there, but I?m confused why there is controversy to begin with,? said Cindy McPhee, of Litchfield.

On Tuesday night, the board that voted to remove them scheduled a public hearing to figure out a more permanent show of support.

?I think it?s impressive so many people are showing support for the yellow ribbons and the only reason I got involved is because I had heard they were taken down,? said Leslie Caron, of Litchfield.

The reason they were taken down, according to the Board of Warden and Burgesses, was that they set a precedent for other causes to hang ribbons. More importantly, the board says the worn and tattered ribbons are a disrespectful display.

?Its become very obvious the yellow ribbons mean a lot to people if they are displayed with honor and dignity that is,? said Victoria Sansing, a board member.

One of the board members is a Vietnam veteran, while at least 2 others are married to veterans. They said their job is to listen to the people requests at a public hearing and maintain the appearance of the town green.

?I feel really hurt sitting on the board and being called a communist when I whole heartedly support the troops,? said Peter Gay, a board member and veteran.

The public hearing to discuss the yellow ribbons is set for February 2nd at the First Congregational Church at 7pm.