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Patients Suffer Deja Vu ... Over and Over

Imagine suffering from chronic déjà vu. You don't even go to the doctor because you feel like you've already been there.

"We had a peculiar referral from a man who said there was no point visiting the clinic because he'd already been there, although this would have been impossible," said psychologist Chris Moulin, who runs a memory clinic at the University of Leeds in the UK.

So Moulin has started the first known study of the condition.

Full Story @ Yahoo! News

I would add my own comment about this story....but I'd SWEAR I've already done that before.... -Ed

We're not gouging (cough, cough)

Exxon profit tops $10 billion, capping record year

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM.N: Quote, Profile, Research), the world's largest publicly traded oil company, on Monday reported a quarterly profit of $10.7 billion, capping a year of record earnings dominated by surging oil and gas prices.

The results pushed up Exxon's profit for the year to a staggering $36.13 billion -- bigger than the economies of 125 of the 184 countries ranked by the World Bank. Profit rose 42 percent from 2004.

The company and its peers have come under fire for posting billions in profit while consumers struggle with high gasoline prices. Exxon was quick to emphasize that such results would help it make long-term investments to meet energy demand.

The Irving, Texas company's fourth-quarter net income rose 27 percent, to $10.71 billion, or $1.71 a share, from $8.42 billion, or $1.30 a share, a year earlier. Revenue was just shy of $100 billion.

Full Story @ Reuters.com

Washington, Pennsylvania, is Now Steeler, Pennsylvania

Washington, Pennsylvania (AHN) - About 15-thousand residents of one southwestern Pennsylvania city really do live in Steeler Country. That's because the mayor and council voted unanimously Friday night to change the city's name from Washington to Steeler.

The change is in effect until after Super Bowl 40, where the Pittsburgh Steelers will play the Seattle Seahawks.

Full Story @ All Headline News

Awwwwww Yeeeaaaaa!!!
Here we go Steelers, Here we Go!! -Ed

Dealing with the enemy

THE Israeli cabinet faces its first test of the Hamas era this week when it decides whether to continue with a regular transfer of $US60 million ($80 million) in taxes to a Palestinian Authority that soon will be ruled by its arch-enemy.

The defence and security establishment favours the payment going ahead, but some senior ministers believe dealing with Hamas, even on an administrative level, sets a dangerous precedent.

Five days after its stunning landslide win in the Palestinian elections, Hamas has continued with a conciliatory line, offering a long-term truce with Israel, but at the same time insisting it will never recognise the right of the Jewish state to exist.

Full Story @ The Australian

How about you answer the question asked

So there I am, watching El Presidente during his press conference this morning.
He reminded me why I hate politicians (donkeys and elephants), they have trouble answering the question asked. Instead they like to change the question then answer a totally different question.

As my radio hero Mr. Beck would say, "ANSWER THE FRICKIN QUESTION!!"

Now I understand some questions cannot be directly answered as the asshat liberal media likes to ask some of the most ignorant things.

However at least be honest enough to ask them to rephrase or say "I cannot answer that" or whatever. You can't change the question then answer it yourself, it's pointless for others to show up if your going to Q&A by your self!

Mr. Bush if you want to truly be "different" and have the respect of your people then be the beacon, be the one we look up too instead of a typical politician.

New super-gun to be tested in Feb

Next month a new high-explosive munition will be fired in Singapore and then tested again by the U.S. Army, heralding what may be a sea change in weaponry: a gun that can fire 240,000 rounds per minute.

That's compared to 60 rounds per minute in a standard military machine gun.

Metal Storm Inc., a munitions company headquartered in Virginia but with its roots in Australia, has been developing a gun that can shoot at blistering speeds, albeit in short bursts as each barrel is reloaded.

A Metal Storm gun of any size -- from a 9 mm hand-gun up to a machine gun size or a grenade launcher -- has no moving parts other than the bullets or munition inside the barrel. Rather than chambering a single slug for each shot - very quickly in the case of machine guns -- the bullets come pre-stacked inside the barrel and can be shot all at once, or one at a time, as the shooter decides through the electronic controls.

Because there are no moving parts, the weapon is less likely to jam, and will presumably need less maintenance.

Lashing many barrels together increases the number of rounds per second. Once fired, however, each spent barrel has to be reloaded.

Full Story @ United Press International

Read along with Muddy

Ever thought that you knew about our constitution, have you even read it?

How about understanding it?

Read along with Muddy and discover what the federalists and anti-federalists thought about the constitution, how it applied to daily life and how those who signed it defended it.

Download the book from Project Gutenberg

We're driving the Bus to Detroit!

My Steelers are going to Super Bowl XL and will be sending the Bus off to retirement in style, with one for the thumb!

WOOOOOOHOOOOOO!!!

Here we go Steelers!, Here we go!

Feds after Google data

The Bush administration on Wednesday asked a federal judge to order Google to turn over a broad range of material from its closely guarded databases.

The move is part of a government effort to revive an Internet child protection law struck down two years ago by the U.S. Supreme Court. The law was meant to punish online pornography sites that make their content accessible to minors. The government contends it needs the Google data to determine how often pornography shows up in online searches.

In court papers filed in U.S. District Court in San Jose, Justice Department lawyers revealed that Google has refused to comply with a subpoena issued last year for the records, which include a request for 1 million random Web addresses and records of all Google searches from any one-week period.

The Mountain View-based search and advertising giant opposes releasing the information on a variety of grounds, saying it would violate the privacy rights of its users and reveal company trade secrets, according to court documents.

Nicole Wong, an associate general counsel for Google, said the company will fight the government's effort ``vigorously.''

``Google is not a party to this lawsuit, and the demand for the information is overreaching,'' Wong said.

Full Story @ MercuryNews.com

Feds after Google data

Anyone for playing God??

Taiwan breeds green-glowing pigs

Scientists in Taiwan say they have bred three pigs that glow in the dark.

They claim that while other researchers have bred partly fluorescent pigs, theirs are the only pigs in the world which are green through and through.

The pigs are transgenic, created by adding genetic material from jellyfish into a normal pig embryo.

The researchers hope the pigs will boost the island's stem cell research, as well as helping with the study of human disease.

The researchers, from National Taiwan University's Department of Animal Science and Technology, say that although the pigs glow, they are otherwise no different from any others.

Taiwan is not claiming a world first. Others have bred partially fluorescent pigs before. But the researchers insist the three pigs they have produced are better.

Full Story @ BBC NEWS

Helping Out Our Fellow Man

A new year means new beginings but for some it means a bad start and/or finish to an already bad year. Bad things happen all the time. From the tsunami in Asia last year to the earthquake in Pakistan three months ago to the hurricane in New Orleans to the roof collapse in a German Ice skating rink just days ago to the West Virginia mine collapse. Our fellow man needs a helping hand everywhere you turn. With so many horrifying events happening throughout the world everyday, it can get a little overwhelming as to where to start first. I ask everyone to not only say a continuous prayer for ALL of these people and their loved ones but to also give to their local Red Cross. No matter where you are in the world. Donate blood and/or as much or little money as you can. It doesn't have to be alot. A little CAN go a long way.