http://www.puretalkforum.com Participate in debates, discussions and heated arguments, meet new people online, and customize your profile. Express yourself! en Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:35:44 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.puretalkforum.com/images/monkeybatter/misc/rss.jpg http://www.puretalkforum.com http://www.puretalkforum.com/f66/la-councilwoman-proposes-public-awareness-slogan-7372.html Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:47:54 GMT La. councilwoman proposes public awareness slogan against baggy pants: 'Low pants, no chance'
(AP) 03:42:04 PM (ET), Wednesday, September 8, 2010 (BATON ROUGE, La.)

A Baton Rouge Metro Council member wants the parish to support a public awareness campaign against men who wear their pants so low that their boxer shorts show. Councilwoman C. Denise Marcelle has a slogan for the campaign: "Low pants, no chance."
"I hate to see it and I see so much of it in my district," Marcelle said. "It's disrespectful to the elderly, to young kids and to women."
Her resolution, on the agenda for discussion Wednesday, says wearing saggy pants creates negative stereotypes and that "those who wear saggy pants are hurting their chances of becoming employable, educated and productive citizens."
Marcelle said she'd like to pass a law allowing police to cite and fine people for wearing saggy pants that expose their underwear, but recognizes that constitutional issues prevent such a law.
A public-awareness campaign is the next-best thing to try to get these young men to hitch up their pants, she said.
Councilman Rodney "Smokie" Bourgeois and Councilwomen Donna Collins-Lewis and Ronnie Edwards say they support Mercelle's proposal.
"How are you going to get a job with your pants down around your knees?" Bourgeois asked.
However, Councilman Scott Wilson questioned whether young people would pay any attention to the campaign, and said proper dress is something that should be dealt with at home, rather than by the council.
The trend may be on its way out anyway, said Doze Y. Butler, professor of apparel, merchandising and textiles at Southern University.
Fewer men wore saggy pants last semester on the Baton Rouge campus, she said.
And, she noted, she saw a variant _ "MC Hammer-type pants _ on a study tour to Europe. They're baggy and have low crotches, but the waistlines are high enough to cover underwear, butler said.
"I think it's a trend that's finally moving on," she said.
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* Think there's better issues to "cover" than fasion statements. * :hmmmm2: ]]> Current Events ash1280 http://www.puretalkforum.com/f66/la-councilwoman-proposes-public-awareness-slogan-7372.html http://www.puretalkforum.com/f67/can-quran-burning-stopped-before-starts-7371.html Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:42:02 GMT Can the Quran Burning Be Stopped Before It Starts?





Mara Gay Contributor
AOL News
(Sept. 8) -- Terry Jones has a constitutional right to burn the Quran, and there is very little the law can do to stop him.

An uproar is growing as the Florida pastor moves forward with his plans to mark the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks by setting fire to copies of the Muslim holy book. But Jones' plan is protected by the First Amendment right to free speech, and experts say stopping the pastor would be difficult, if not impossible.

"It would be almost inconceivable to stop this, legally," Frederick Schauer, a law professor and First Amendment scholar at the University of Virginia, told AOL News today in a phone interview. "It's been pretty settled constitutional law for some time that burning the American flag, regardless of the consequences, is constitutionally protected. This is no different."
John Raoux, AP
Pastor Terry Jones, right, of Dove World Outreach Center arrives at a news conference Wednesday with an armed escort in Gainesville, Fla.




Some said the burning might be prevented on a technicality. Jones was denied a burn permit by the Gainesville Fire Department, but he has indicated he will go ahead anyway. In that event, the city could fine his Dove World Outreach Center, although it's not clear how large the fine would be.

"Burning a flag is constitutionally protected, but it doesn't mean you can burn a flag in a fire zone," said Eugene Volokh, a law professor at the University of California in Los Angeles.

But Volokh and other legal scholars say the Constitution protects free speech but remains indifferent to how offensive that speech may be. It also does not address the protests from public figures like Gen. David Petraeus, who has warned that burning the Quran may endanger U.S. troops in Afghanistan and Iraq.

"The statements by Gen. Petraeus and others are not grounds for stopping something like an anti-war protest or a protest at the proposed community center in ground zero," said Timothy Zick, a professor of law at William & Mary Law School, referring to the controversy surrounding the so-called "ground zero mosque" planned for lower Manhattan.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who has publicly supported the proposed Islamic community center, agrees.

"We can't say that we're going to apply the First Amendment to only those cases where we are in agreement," Bloomberg told reporters Tuesday.

But David Goldberger, a law professor at Ohio State University, says the potential for violence might be grounds to block the event -- although he concedes it's not likely a court would accept that argument.

In 1977, Goldberger went before the Supreme Court and successfully defended the right of a Nazi group to march through Skokie, Ill., a small city with a significant Jewish population. He said that case was different than Jones' plan to burn the Quran.

"I never had the feeling in Skokie that people were going to die," Goldberger said of the planned Nazi march. "There's a feel here that's different, and I can't put my finger on it exactly, other than there's complete disregard for the safety of our fellow human beings."

Mohammad Mukhtar, a cleric running for a seat in the Afghan parliament, said the burning of the Quran would inspire attacks against Americans around the world.

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"When [the] holy book Quran gets burned in public, then there is nothing left," he said, according to The Associated Press. "If this happens, I think the first and most important reaction will be that wherever Americans are seen, they will be killed. No matter where they will be in the world, they will be killed."

The problem, though, is that a legal injunction against the Quran burning, if granted, would do serious harm to the First Amendment. So Goldberger says a better solution would be to stop giving Jones so much attention.

"This bigot down in Florida had no idea that his action would have such international reverberation," the lawyer told AOL News today. "If he's like any of the clients I've had in the past, he's loving it."
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* As of this time,NBC News has reported the pastor not backing down and will proceed this weekend of burning the Quran.* ]]> ash1280 http://www.puretalkforum.com/f67/can-quran-burning-stopped-before-starts-7371.html http://www.puretalkforum.com/f17/piers-morgan-replace-larry-king-7370.html Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:25:05 GMT Piers Morgan to Replace Larry King



By PopEater Staff

Posted Sep 8th 2010 11:47AM




CNN has made it official, announcing Wednesday that reality TV host and former tabloid editor Piers Morgan will replace the departing Larry King in the coveted 9PM time slot, according to The New York Times.

The British-born Morgan, currently a judge on NBC's 'America's Got Talent,' will debut the as-yet-unnamed interview show in January, a month after King signs off from the long-running 'Larry King Live,' which has aired for 25 years.


Jonathan Klein, the struggling network's president, informed staffers of the news in an upbeat internal memo. "We are delighted that he will now bring his dynamic, probing interview style to American television and to CNN viewers around the globe."

CNN and NBC worked out a deal to allow Morgan to continue his work on the popular 'Talent.' Before breaking into British television, Morgan was the editor of a tabloid, the Daily Mirror. He was fired after the newspaper published fraudulent photos of British soldiers abusing Iraqi prisoners.

Klein said that the final 'Larry King Live' will air Dec. 16, but its 76-year-old host will continue to host occasional programming for the network.

Morgan, 45, has been in talks with CNN since the summer about replacing King.

King dropped the bombshell in June that he was giving up his show. King made the surprising announcement via his Twitter account right before he taped that evening's program. "Announcing tonight: I'm ending my nightly show this fall but continuing at CNN," King wrote.

In a larger statement on CNN, King gave his reasons, which involved family but didn't mention his plunging ratings.

"I talked to the guys here at CNN and I told them I would like to end 'Larry King Live,' the nightly show, this fall, and CNN has graciously accepted, giving me more time for my wife and I to get to the kids' little league games."

The decision to leave the show came after months of declining ratings and media speculation about the future of King's career. The NY Times reported in March that the program was down about 50 percent in viewers and had seen its worst quarter ever at the start of the year.
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* Interesting choice @ this time. *
]]> Digital Media ash1280 http://www.puretalkforum.com/f17/piers-morgan-replace-larry-king-7370.html http://www.puretalkforum.com/f68/ending-all-rebel-outfits-7369.html Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:20:17 GMT Rebel outfits must all fall. If they fall they will make way for 'the system', and the system works. If it is that you do not have enough money to feed your family, then work, entrepreneur, do not steal by taking away from the state for your own family - think of all the families you are taking away from!

If the system works the GDP will overwork the need for more money as economies are, usually, all growing, yes? Now if a bunch of rebels with no idea on how to run the state comes to power then they will not know what to do, nor how to do it. If they instead have a celebration on cheap wine and decide casually what they would like, then petition the state, that is far more effective. The bottom line, usually, is for more money! Oh yes!

Now to give all these people a new lease on life they need to first satisfy their needs. They need housing and food. This can be given by building huge wendy house style lodging for them and giving them excess foods that nobody buys that is nearly expired and then they can eat too. How much does a cheap plastic lodge cost? Some nearly throw away foods? All this can be given, so why fight?

Why fight for a leader when your needs are satisfied? What else do you want? Are the people political experts that know how to run a country better than those educated? Telling these people, which I just have, what you want, is just the way to do things, and that is easily done. Why fight?

Now when it comes to choosing your leaders do not be a disgrace to your country by killing those that chose differently - they are just casting a ballot for goodness sakes! The people get the leader the majority wants.

When it comes t dictatorships, well, honestly, the leaders are a bit numb to the needs of the people, not needing to satisfy them. If neighbors could chip in and supply these services for the people in exchange for continued trade between the countries, practically sanctioning them in a way to let the west, probably, get involved with minimal input depending on the exchange rates of course. This will keep doors open and help the poor, and end the wars they fight. The despots should be delighted at this prospect, yes? No more money wasted on a defense force that you need to pay overtime to fight the people that 'serve' you, no more muted celebrations, and global respect - think of all you could do with that 'respect'?

All coming together? ]]> Political Affairs Charlatan http://www.puretalkforum.com/f68/ending-all-rebel-outfits-7369.html http://www.puretalkforum.com/f66/diane-von-furstenberg-designs-hospital-gowns-7368.html Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:56:03 GMT Diane von Furstenberg designs hospital gowns at Cleveland Clinic that lose peek-a-boo back
(AP) 12:57:04 PM (ET), Wednesday, September 8, 2010 (CLEVELAND)
Fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg has helped the Cleveland Clinic create a more stylish hospital gown without the peek-a-boo back.

The gown features elements associated with von Furstenberg designs _ a wrap dress with a bold, graphic print. The clinic's logo is printed on the fabric.

The gown has side ties, which eliminate the embarrassing open-back look.

The Plain Dealer says the fabric was chosen to address a concern that patients were too warm in the hospital.

So designers had to find a material lightweight enough to be cool but tough enough to withstand frequent laundering and having monitors and drains pinned to it.

Feedback has been mostly positive. Some men have complained that the gown is too feminine, so the design team is condering an alternate print.

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* Any comments ? * ]]> Current Events ash1280 http://www.puretalkforum.com/f66/diane-von-furstenberg-designs-hospital-gowns-7368.html http://www.puretalkforum.com/f69/new-motion-capture-tech-xbox-microsoft-7367.html Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:50:57 GMT With new motion-capture tech for Xbox, Microsoft hopes to outmaneuver Sony, Nintendo in Japan
By TOMOKO A. HOSAKA
Associated Press Writer
(AP) 10:57:31 AM (ET), Wednesday, September 8, 2010 (TOKYO)

Battling its Japanese gaming rivals on their home turf hasn't been easy for Microsoft Corp.
Its Xbox 360 game console runs a distant third in sales here behind Sony Corp.'s PlayStation 3 console and Nintendo Co.'s Wii.
But the Seattle-based company is armed with a new weapon _ its new controller-free Kinect game technology _ that it hopes will convince Japanese consumers to embrace the Xbox 360.
The company introduced the highly anticipated Kinect to the Japanese media Wednesday, touting its ability to broaden the Xbox's appeal to the entire family.
Once known as Project Natal, Kinect stretches the concept of motion capture that propelled the Wii's global success. But Microsoft eliminated the controller completely. Kinect relies instead on a camera system that recognizes gestures and voices, enabling players to control on-screen avatars in action and sports games simply by moving their own bodies.
"All you have to do is play (Kinect), or watch people play it," said Takashi Sensui, head of Microsoft's home and entertainment division in Japan. "It's nothing you've seen, and it's a brand new experience that I think a lot of people will be attracted to."
Until now, the Xbox has been known as the device to play hard-core shooter games such as "Halo." In the U.S., Microsoft ranks second in console sales after Nintendo, just ahead of Sony.
Microsoft has some catching up to do in Japan. As of last week, it had sold some 150,000 Xbox 360 console this calendar year, according to Media Create Co., a Tokyo-based gaming market research company. Nintendo sold about a million Wii units during the same period, while Sony sold just under a million.
Sensui said Kinect would help Xbox close the sales gap and maybe even surpass rivals "eventually."
Microsoft said Kinect will launch in Japan on Nov. 20. It has previously announced that its global launch will begin Nov. 4 in North America, followed by Europe on Nov. 10.
Microsoft will release 10 Kinect-compatible games by the end of the year in Japan, including a brain-training game that requires players to use eye-brain-body coordination to answer various math and game puzzles. The game was developed with Japanese neuroscientist Ryuta Kawashima, who appears in a popular series of brain- training video games that drove sales of the Nintendo DS.
Kinect will be sold bundled with the Xbox or as a stand-alone system, which can be connected to existing consoles. It will cost $150 in the U.S. and 14,800 yen in Japan.
Phil Spencer, head of Microsoft's games division, is scheduled to speak next week at the Tokyo Game Show, where the company is expected to make additional announcements.






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* Virtual gaming warfare has begun ! * ]]> ash1280 http://www.puretalkforum.com/f69/new-motion-capture-tech-xbox-microsoft-7367.html http://www.puretalkforum.com/f66/somalia-war-7366.html Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:08:23 GMT The war in Somalia is because of religious ideals. These can be met without force. It is childish to resort to aggression to make someone else act like you. If you were to run a house that has rules, that is your right. To go to the neighbor with a gun and tell them what to do is not saving them, that is their house. So, who is right?

When someone fights for a way of life they need to keep in mind that their way of life is different to others. Think if they made a rule of what to eat on various nights, would that please Allah? If Allah wants to control your life, or at least 'call shots' in it, give advice, then Mohammad would have had a lot more to say. What was said is the basics of a good life, prosperity and joy and pleasing Him.

If He wanted people to die for His ways to be lived out he would send plagues against people in the west, yes? If He wanted to run your marriage totally, then He would give more instructions on how to be happy, and seeing as how He never gives advice on how to be happy, being happy yourself comes second to Him being happy. He is pleased when people do as He says, but that is slavery, yes? If the whole world was to live the same way then He would be even more pleased, but, what if the neighbor has a better understanding of how to live? It is not clear everything that is said, so leaving it up to clerics to deliver the word unto you would be the best choice - people that have their whole lives based on understanding and are clearly not fools. These people never call for 'arms', but rather patience, petitioning and so forth. If you love Allah you must listen to these wise men and then absorb what they say - or - you will become frustrated with your neighbor, one that lives differently, and then maybe resort to violence, yes?

Listen to your clerics. They do not want this! Please understand that this will not solve any problems, and only cause suffering and grief for all others. Now where does Allah say that you need to do these things? For a God to ever say that you must take the life of another, have you ever heard of joining a gang? Have you ever heard of adopting a child? Take... or give.

Now seeing as there are developed African states with air forces, this is not winnable. All they need to do is get all the people out of the city, then carpet bomb it repeatedly, leading to a total submission of all forces. They do not have any anti air craft weapons, so they will not lose a single plane. Imagine something like a farmer's jet coming over with some contact poison on board, something like anthrax? This will result in the city being saved and then the soldiers dying, and for what? Or...

Seeing as how the main city is on the coast they could use ships to launch some rockets into the city without reply. I am sure the Western coast of the near east could muster a small force and instead of having simulations they could target practice into this city, using live ammo and then getting crucial military experience, yes?

Please, listen to your clerics. How are your ideals different to those of other human beings? Be reasonable, that is what divides us from animals! ]]> Current Events Charlatan http://www.puretalkforum.com/f66/somalia-war-7366.html http://www.puretalkforum.com/f66/iran-n-korea-nukes-7365.html Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:08:27 GMT If it is power they want, like for making a power station, then they need to make a new form of power. They could do this by taking solar power and absorbing all the gamma rays they can. This can be one by taking the panel and then making it so they have cotton in them as well so they receive more power coming in, so, they will absorb the power more. This will be channeled out radio actively so that they can be absorbed into the metals of the panel, and then they can absorb much more power to be used.

If it weapons they are after, who will they use them against? Is it like a play ground where someone kids get candy and others do not? Think of it, when one country has a nuke there is peace, when two countries have nukes then there is stress and 'threats'. If there were no nukes then there would be one of two scenes, total peace, or, total hostility.

Now, to prove one or the other we need to look into human psychology because it is human beings that point these weapons at each other.

If one person were to have a gun trained on you and then withdraw from it, which is apparent here, then there would be an immediate surge for vengeance or survival. If the countries are militant, then they need to have a motive for their soldiers to attack or justify it to them. Or they could just want to be paid, so...

Offering jobs to these soldiers as police in foreign countries will remove the threat all together, yes? If they were to just have no army left they would be unable to defend themselves, the peacekeepers march in, the police see no laws being broken... what a mess? No! What a way forward.

With the threatening countries out of the picture then the whole world could disarm. The UN and ICC could outlaw military practice, as it is not defensive [defense force!] - it is aggressive, duh! The police is your defense force, and if everybody stuck to that nobody would even bother to attack a city... for what? To kill some kids and old people? Think about it, all wars are about land, but what is the purpose of borders? To keep people out. Facing the break down of borders they will come to the city and see no jobs and quickly go home to their families or however they used to live, not even worried about money any further, taking what they need instead, yes? In and out, quick look around, back home. The reason they stay is because it might be difficult to get back over the border the second time, but facing no way to reach their dreams of wealth they will no doubt return home. No need for borders, no need for wars, no need for soldiers, no need for nukes!

I think we can all agree to that... yeah! ]]> Current Events Charlatan http://www.puretalkforum.com/f66/iran-n-korea-nukes-7365.html http://www.puretalkforum.com/f66/child-slavery-7364.html Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:47:31 GMT This is a terrible problem in Africa and I suppose South America, Asia... hell all over the world!

Now to right this problem the authorities need to suppose a person buying a lot of groceries all the time would be feeding someone, usually a man, or even a woman. This will usually be all over the place, so 'marking' them [before you 'take them out'] would be advised. Tailing people in undercover cars to find out where they are going will find and destroy the franchise, then the children that are still being smuggled there need to be rescued, yes?

Using thermal imaging on the edges of places suspected or reported of children being held will reveal a lot of little bodies and them being still will mean they are, if uncomfortable, warranted for investigation - in rooms or lairs. ]]> Current Events Charlatan http://www.puretalkforum.com/f66/child-slavery-7364.html http://www.puretalkforum.com/f67/public-speaking-salespeople-7363.html Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:51:10 GMT This is sort of like advertising. The person needs to be 'popped' with all the 'fear' inside them as that is holding them back from being all they can be, yes? This fear is social, so, to make them drunk and then act stupid won't work. What we need is a person who reaches out, who sees their wallet on the line, who is desperate and can... focus. Focusing fear is important, as it is energy. Attack! Go for it! Roll the dice - what you got to loose? If you have developed a thick skin, do not develop a pessimistic attitude. If you lurch forwards all of a sudden it is far better and more natural than waiting for the bell to ping on your muffins, yes? Being out of time and having to is much less good for you than simply a preemptive launch. Get them while they don't expect you, and your true natural 'glow' will come out. Think of all the falseness and cultural nos that people follow - think of shocking them out of it into a true conversation... oh yes! ]]> Charlatan http://www.puretalkforum.com/f67/public-speaking-salespeople-7363.html http://www.puretalkforum.com/f20/making-life-game-7361.html Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:23:12 GMT In life I have always found that it is fun to be a child. Children play games in their time and then develop a social conscious. Think of a nutty old man, he will definitely be a person who plays games and cleans up his place and then savors his 'territory', so, it is a 'primal' thing that leads to happiness!

Now the more social you are you will still feel 'empty', looking for more and more friends to satisfy what you think will make you 'full'. Drowning yourself in a world where you are not trying to impress people the whole time, or talking about things that do not matter, like what you did to your neighbors dogs toys when they landed in your garden, means you will be judging yourself, and usually winning, maybe without points, but it will be fun. I promise!

Playing the game of life around the office doesn't mean you don't do your work. Think of it as cooperative playing on a team, like a sport! This will lead to fullness and well being of your mind as it is always occupied - no more of this empty dragging yourself through the colas of waiting to talk, instead you will be talking to someone that always listens, if it is God or yourself, of course. This will keep the topic something you truly love and will obviously lead to prosperity.

Play the game! Yeah... duh. ]]> Gaming Charlatan http://www.puretalkforum.com/f20/making-life-game-7361.html http://www.puretalkforum.com/f67/preacher-prays-about-his-decision-burn-7360.html Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:36:04 GMT Preacher 'Prays' About His Decision to Burn Qurans








Mara Gay Contributor
AOL News
(Sept. 7) -- The Rev. Terry Jones said today he is "praying" about his decision to burn copies of the Quran on the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, but made his comments in front of a sign suggesting that he would move forward with it despite warnings from top military officials that doing so would endanger U.S. troops.

"We realize that this action will indeed offend people, offend the Muslims," he told CNN today. But, he said, "we cannot back off the truth of the dangers of radical Islam just because people are going to be offended."

Speaking in front of a sign that read, "International Burn a Koran Day," the pastor told CNN, "We are definitely praying about it." But he stopped short of vowing to go through with the plan.

His comments came four days before Saturday's anniversary and a day after The Wall Street Journal published comments from Gen. David Petraeus that the desecration could endanger U.S. troops abroad.


"It is precisely the kind of action the Taliban uses and could cause significant problems," the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan told the newspaper. "Not just here, but everywhere in the world we are engaged with the Islamic community."

In Washington today, NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said, "I urge people to respect other people's faith and behave respectfully. I think such actions are a strong contradiction with all the values we stand for and fight for."

Jones' plans also were condemned at a joint news conference in Washington by Muslim, Christian and Jewish religious leaders.
"Freedom of religion is a hallmark of this country," Ingrid Mattson, head of the Islamic Society of North America, told reporters today at Washington's National Press Club, according to a report in CNN. "It is time to decide "whether we are going to live up to our values."

Larry Reimer, a minister at the United Church of Gainesville, said more than 25 religious leaders in the area have committed to speaking out publicly against Jones' message, and reading the Quran in their churches and synagogues in protest.

"Our position is that if they can burn the Quran, we can read it," Reimer told AOL News today in a phone interview. Reimer said he tried to talk Jones out of burning the holy book, but got nowhere. "I called him two weeks ago to encourage him not to go through with this," Reimer said. This is dangerous on so many levels. But if he's not going to listen to Gen. Petraus, he's not going to listen to me."

Carl Romey, assistant pastor at the First United Methodist Church in Gainesville, said Jones is putting Americans in harm's way. "I think he's enjoying the publicity. But he's putting our city and our country at risk," Romey told AOL today.

Romey said Jones is not preaching the gospel of Christianity. "He called the church to see if we wanted to protest with him. I said we would never stand with him," Romey said. "Just calling the church the 'Dove Outreach Center' is an oxymoron. He has no understanding of Christian teachings."
News that Jones' small Florida congregation planned to burn the Islamic holy book sent hundreds of protesters into the streets of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday. Demonstrators chanted "Death to America" and "Long live Islam." Three thousand others rallied in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta.

Jones, leader of the Dove Outreach Center in Gainesville, Fla., says "Burn a Koran Day" is intended "to remember those who were brutally murdered on Sept. 11," and "to send a clear message to the radical element of Islam." But with tensions already high because of controversy over an Islamic center near New York's ground zero, many say burning the Muslim holy book is the wrong move.

Like the Vatican, for one, which spoke out publicly today against Jones' event. "No one burns the Quran," it said in its newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano.

Jones, 58, told The Associated Press today he had received more than 100 death threats and has begun wearing a .40-caliber pistol.

Jones and his flock of about 50, raised eyebrows in Gainesville long before their plans gained him international notoriety. He is the author of the book "Islam Is of the Devil" and offers items with the same sentiment on his website, where those interested can purchase "Islam Is of the Devil" coffee mugs and T-shirts.

In August, the Dove World Outreach Center was forced to go on the tax rolls, after an investigation by Florida officials found that the church was operating in part as a for-profit by selling furniture on eBay, according to a report in The Gainesville Sun.

In March, a "No Homo Mayor" sign posted on church property protested the mayoral campaign of then City Commissioner Craig Lowe, who is openly gay. Lowe was elected. Later, the church further expounded on its objection to Lowe on its blog. "What is homosexuality?" it wrote July 22. "Detestable, indecent, wicked, offensive, perverted, shameful, unnatural, degrading, impure, futile, foolish, godless, dishonorable, a lie."

An official Facebook page for "International Burn a Koran Day" had more than 8,000 fans by Tuesday afternoon. "Eternal fire is the only destination the Koran can lead people to so we want to put the Koran in it's place - the fire!" the group wrote under "mission." But far more Facebook pages have been created to oppose the event.

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And last year, the church came under fire when children in the religious group as young as 10 showed up at their public school with "Islam Is of the Devil" T-shirts. The children were sent home and told to change their clothing.

From the pulpit Aug. 29, Jones warned his congregants that their Sept. 11 event could be dangerous. "There is a chance that they will do as they have said and they will blow the building up," he said. But today, the pastor said the church must go ahead with its plans anyway. "Why don't we send them a message?" he asked on CNN.

Jones did not return e-mail messages today from AOL News.
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* This Rev. Terry Jones person has to be missing a plug in or two.
He has put our men and women at risk ! * ]]> ash1280 http://www.puretalkforum.com/f67/preacher-prays-about-his-decision-burn-7360.html http://www.puretalkforum.com/f48/chad-ochocinco-talks-t-ocho-show-7359.html Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:25:05 GMT Chad Ochocinco Talks 'T. Ocho Show', Says Goodell Is 'Like My Dad'


9/07/2010 9:00 AM ET By Ryan Wilson



It was only a matter of time. Chad Ochocinco and Terrell Owens, teammates in Cincinnati who refer to themselves as Batman and Robin, are joining forces for their own weekly national NFL talk show on Versus. It's called "The T. Ocho Show." Think a "Pardon the Interruption" format but, as Ochocinco told FanHouse recently, "...a lot more raw."

"The T. Ocho Show" premieres Oct. 12 on Versus, but the network will air sneak-peak segments for five weeks before, starting Tuesday, Sept. 7 on "The Daily Line." In the meantime, Ochocinco sat down with FanHouse's Ryan Wilson for a wide-ranging interview that touched on everything from Roger Goodell, social vs. mainstream media, Chad's various off-field entrepreneurial endeavors, and, of course, T.O.

Enjoy. And don't forget: get a glimpse of "The T. Ocho Show" on Versus tonight and each week until the premiere on Oct. 12.
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* Wish I can see see his show.
Though seasonal,it should be a hit !

:itsme: ]]> Sports ash1280 http://www.puretalkforum.com/f48/chad-ochocinco-talks-t-ocho-show-7359.html http://www.puretalkforum.com/f69/curing-fatties-7358.html Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:15:18 GMT I have come upon a disease that eats tissue. Nectrotizing fasciitis is a tissue destroying disease that could easily be placed upon excess fat reserves to destroy the fat tissue then destroy the disease itself with bile injected into the same place to destroy it after it has eaten enough, or... Seeing as how diseases mutate so quickly they could be placed in a vat with only fat to eat and develop a appetite for this only, and then only eat that as a disease, ready for insertion into the body. Either way it looks easy enough to do, yes? This could take about two days only, or a couple of hours - I am not sure. I have come upon a disease that eats tissue.

Nectrotizing fasciitis is a tissue destroying disease that could easily be placed upon excess fat reserves to destroy the fat tissue then destroy the disease itself with bile injected into the same place to destroy it after it has eaten enough, or...

Seeing as how diseases mutate so quickly they could be placed in a vat with only fat to eat and develop a appetite for this only, and then only eat that as a disease, ready for insertion into the body. Either way it looks easy enough to do, yes? This could take about two days only, or a couple of hours - I am not sure. ]]> Charlatan http://www.puretalkforum.com/f69/curing-fatties-7358.html http://www.puretalkforum.com/f69/biotechnology-startups-7357.html Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:53:33 GMT Okay, the first thing you need to know about this is that all diseases are identified by the red blood cells and dealt with by them. If there are enough of them, think of a swarm of ants fighting a centipede - no chance.

If red blood cells do not beat the disease then they could easily just modify the red blood cells into a lethal cell. This cell could be injected into the system and then fight the 'disease'. If there was a way for the disease to be beaten then it must be fought by the cells by taking the red blood cells and merging them with something acidic, like bile. This could be done by taking this acid and letting it, instead of fighting them the previous way, they could dissolve the disease by smothering the disease cells in a glucose layer and then ejecting the acid into the cell, killing both the 'red blood cell' and the disease.

Now these cells would be artificial so they must be produced with the following in mind. They need to take a red blood cell and a bile duct, and have the bile duct produce the red blood cells. This could be done by taking the place where the red blood cells come from - the bone marrow - and then placing some bone marrow into the bile duct. This will produce these great little things that are needed. The bone marrow will remain alive in the body and be covered in acids to deal with the disease, and there is no threat of having duct acids in the blood stream, is there? If someone was injured and punctured their ducts into the stream then they would die if that was true.

Lethal operation, not too difficult, but let's make it even easier, yes?

If there bile duct was to be punctured in the advent of a disease, by a tiny long pin, it would gush acids into the stream, and things that it identifies as 'friends' will be spared and devouring all those things that are whole things and not 'parts'.

Goodbye all diseases is what I say! ]]> Charlatan http://www.puretalkforum.com/f69/biotechnology-startups-7357.html