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TSA Airport Checkpoints:Full-Body Scanners & Pat-Downs (Video)

 

Have you been through one of these Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) machines, what most of us refer to as body scanners? It’s pretty simple, actually — put your arms up, wait 10 seconds and you’re your good to go. Painless.

 

 

 

via TSA Airport Checkpoints: Are Full-Body Scanners Dangerous? – ABC News.

FAR LEFT IS FURIOUS That GOP Won’t Join in Team Obama’s Attacks on Israel

Politico’s Laura Rozen reports that in an “unusual, if not unheard of” move, Netanyahu also met Wednesday with Rep. Eric Cantor R-VA. Cantor’s office stated that the presumptive Majority Leader would fight the Obama administration on behalf of Israel: Regarding the midterms, Cantor may have given Netanyahu some reason to stand firm against the American administration. “Eric stressed that the new Republican majority will serve as a check on the Administration and what has been, up until this point, one party rule in Washington,” the readout continued. “He made clear that the Republican majority understands the special relationship between Israel and the United States, and that the security of each nation is reliant upon the other.”

via Gateway Pundit.

Ex-Israeli PM Ariel Sharon taken home as doctor admits ‘there is only hope’

Israel’s former prime minister Ariel Sharon, who has been in a coma for more than four years after suffering a series of strokes, was moved to his home today.

The 77-year-old was transferred by ambulance to the sheep ranch his family owns in southern Israel, accompanied by a full medical team. He was kept in the long-term care unit at Tel Hashomer Hospital after suffering the strokes in January 2006. 

 

There has been no improvement reported in his condition.

via Ex-Israeli PM Ariel Sharon taken home as doctor admits ‘there is only hope’ | Mail Online.

It’s How You Play the Game: The Fate of Western Civilization and Grade-School Soccer

It‘s something of a stretch to compare a soccer game among eleven-year-old boys with the fate of the democratic world, but I’ve always managed to see big issues in small things.

My son is playing on a local soccer team which has lost every one of its games, often by humiliating scores. The coach is a nice guy, but seems an archetype of contemporary thinking: he tells the kids not to care about whether they win, puts players at any positions they want, and doesn’t listen to their suggestions.

He never criticizes a player or suggests how a player could do better. My son, bless him, once remarked to me: “How are you going to play better if nobody tells you what you’re doing wrong?” The coach just tells them how well they are playing. Even after an 8-0 defeat, he told them they’d played a great game.

And of course, the league gives trophies to everyone, whether their team finishes in first or last place.

via Pajamas Media » It’s How You Play the Game: The Fate of Western Civilization and Grade-School Soccer.

American Airlines Pilots in Revolt Against the TSA

It is a source of continual astonishment to me that pilots — many of whom, it should be pointed out, are military veterans who possess security clearances — are not allowed to carry onboard their airplanes pocket knives and bottles of shampoo, but then they’re allowed to fly enormous, fuel-laden, missile-like objects over American cities.

via American Airlines Pilots in Revolt Against the TSA – Jeffrey Goldberg – National – The Atlantic.

NORAD: Er, we’re still not sure what the mystery missile is; Update: Looks like a plane, say defense analysts « Hot Air

But to GlobalSecurity.org director John Pike, there’s an easy explanation: “It is obviously an airplane.”

“The aircraft is flying towards the observer; the air over the Pacific is clear, so the contrail is visible all the way to the horizon. This creates the optical illusion of a rocket flying up, rather than the actual situation of an airplane flying horizontally,” Pike tells Danger Room. “The object generating the contrail is moving too slowly to be a rocket; the contrail is not expanding as the ‘rocket’ gains ‘altitude’ — which would be the case as the exhaust plume expanding into less dense high altitude air.”

MIT astronomer Jonathan McDowell tells New Scientist pretty much the same thing. Although he does note that the Navy owns a missile target and launch facility at nearby San Nicolas Island.

via NORAD: Er, we’re still not sure what the mystery missile is; Update: Looks like a plane, say defense analysts « Hot Air.

Nazis paid for 30% of war with stolen Jewish cash

Christiane Kuller, of Munich University, who is working on the study, said tax offices built hierarchies of bureaucrats ‘who discovered dwellings and bank accounts and emptied them’.

via Nazis paid for 30% of war with stolen Jewish cash | Mail Online.

UNESCO declares that Rachel’s Tomb near Jerusalem is the Bilal ibn Rabah mosque

On October 21, UNESCO (the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) declared that Rachel’s Tomb near Jerusalem is the Bilal ibn Rabah mosque

Rachel’s Tomb is located on the northern outskirts of Bethlehem some 460 meters south of Jerusalem’s municipal boundary. The site has been identified for over 1,700 years as the grave of the Jewish matriarch Rachel. The copious literature of Jewish, Christian and Muslim pilgrims identifies and documents the spot as the place where Rachel is buried.

via Gateway Pundit.

Mystery missile launched off coast of California caught on tape near Los Angeles (video)

Mystery missile launched off coast of California caught on tape near Los Angeles (video). The most common speculation seems to be that it was a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) test — perhaps part of the Big Stick to President Obama’s Soft-Walk Asia trip. Indeed, from the internet cloud we have an air-space alert issued by the Navy pre-launch.

Charm Offensive Ends as Obama Panders to Muslim World

But now that the election is over, Obama is back to his old tricks, seizing upon an announcement that can have no impact on any theoretical peace deal in order to pander to a Muslim world that seeks Israel’s destruction. By making a statement about Jerusalem while in Indonesia, Obama is signaling that the United States regards Jewish Jerusalem as being no different from the most remote settlement in the West Bank: an illegal outpost that must be destroyed and its inhabitants removed. Such a statement helps fuel the Arab irredentism that has been the primary obstacle to peace since Israel’s birth in 1948.

via Commentary » Blog Archive » Charm Offensive Ends as Obama Panders to Muslim World.

Power Line – Israel announces East Jerusalem building plans as Netanyahu visits U.S.

The timing of the latest announcement, which comes in advance of a meeting with Secretary of State Clinton, surely was premeditated. Presumably, the timing was intended, at least in part, to demonstrate that Israel is not concerned about the prospect of additional attempts at bullying by Obama administration.

via Power Line – Israel announces East Jerusalem building plans as Netanyahu visits U.S..

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham calls for pre-emptive strike to ‘neuter’ Iran | Mail Online

A Republican Senator has sparked outrage at an international security conference after saying the U.S. should be prepared to launch a military attack on Iran to ‘neuter’ its hard-line regime.Lindsey Graham, who represents South Carolina, told surprised attendees at the Halifax International Security Forum that an attack could cripple Iran’s nuclear programme and armed forces.

via Republican Senator Lindsey Graham calls for pre-emptive strike to ‘neuter’ Iran | Mail Online.

YouTube – DARPA/Boeing DiscRotor

YouTube – DARPA/Boeing DiscRotor.

http://www.youtube.com/v/pg6LuwyNIxk&feature=player_embedded

Because It’s Friday – By Daniel Foster – The Corner – National Review Online

Because It’s Friday – By Daniel Foster – The Corner – National Review Online.

Follow these simple steps for a cheap laugh:

Step 1.       Go to http://maps.google.com

Step 2.       Click get directions

Step 3.       Type origin (A) as Japan

Step 4.       Type Destination (B) as China

Step 5.       Go to line 43

Qantas A380: Boss blames ‘design issue’ for engine failure | Mail Online

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Qantas A380: Boss blames ‘design issue’ for engine failure | Mail Online.

Israel as Fossil-Fuel Giant: How Many Ways Could This Change the Game?

A preliminary geological survey has indicated that there might be about 26 million barrels of recoverable oil a mile under the sand near two kibbutzim in the northern Negev. That would amount to about $2 billion at current prices. There might be 12 million additional barrels further down.

via Israel as Fossil-Fuel Giant: How Many Ways Could This Change the Game? – By Judith Levy – The Corner – National Review Online.

A Perfect Mess in the Middle East, Thanks to Obama

Commentary » Blog Archive » A Perfect Mess in the Middle East, Thanks to Obama.

One Nation Under Allah?

 

 

Commentary » Blog Archive » Pulling Teeth at the State Department

Having kept a running count of the number of times the Obama administration has refused to answer if it is bound by the 2004 Bush letter (22 times so far), it is a pleasure to report that it took only six attempts yesterday to get the State Department spokesman, P.J. Crowley, to answer whether the U.S. recognizes Israel as a Jewish state.

via Commentary » Blog Archive » Pulling Teeth at the State Department.

Radical D Series Airplane Design – Breakthrough Award Innovator – Popular Mechanics

Radical D Series Airplane Design – Breakthrough Award Innovator – Popular Mechanics. 

 

First Beer Brewed For Drinking in Space Will Undergo Testing in Low-Gravity Pub | Popular Science

With the announcement that Boeing plans to take tourists into space in five years, it was really only a matter of time before somebody started thinking about refreshments. Because where would space tourism be without space beer? Luckily, Astronauts4Hire, a non-profit space research corporation, has the situation in hand. They are about to test an Australian beer that’s brewed and bottled especially for consumption in microgravity.

via First Beer Brewed For Drinking in Space Will Undergo Testing in Low-Gravity Pub | Popular Science. 

 

The Boeing Company

The Boeing Company. Watch 787 flight test update video highlights.

The World’s Most Fuel Efficient Car: 285 MPG, Not A Hybrid – Gas 2.0

The World’s Most Fuel Efficient Car: 285 MPG, Not A Hybrid – Gas 2.0. 

 

Obama has book thrown at him at Philadelphia rally | Mail Online

This is the astonishing moment a book was apparently hurled at the head of President Barack Obama during a campaign rally in Philadelphia.The flying missile narrowly missed hitting the President yesterday.It is not clear what the book was, where it came from in the crowd, or why it was thrown at Mr Obama – who did not appear to notice the danger.

via Obama has book thrown at him at Philadelphia rally | Mail Online.

An Israeli right-winger throws a shoe at an image of US President … – Yahoo! News Photos

An Israeli right-winger throws a shoe at an image of US President … – Yahoo! News Photos.

 

 

Power Line – Say it ain’t so

Now, even as the economy labors to overcome the effects of that recession, the same crowd is about to strike again. In combination with lawyers and some judges, liberals Democrats are seizing on what appears to be a technicality to enable people who can’t afford to keep up payments on their homes to nonetheless to keep the homes.

via Power Line – Say it ain’t so.

Commentary » Blog Archive » Hezbollah: A Bigger Menace than Ever

Commentary » Blog Archive » Hezbollah: A Bigger Menace than Ever.

YouTube – Most incredible volcano footage ever

YouTube – Most incredible volcano footage ever.

http://www.youtube.com/v/IAxj2ob_JoU&feature=player_embedded

Resistance Land -(Hezbollah Opens Jihad “Theme Park” in Lebanon)

Resistance Land – By Andrew Tabler | Foreign Policy.  On a hilltop overlooking Israel’s former occupation zone in south Lebanon, Hezbollah has built what the international press has dubbed the Shiite militia’s “Disneyland.” Mleeta, Hezbollah’s new “Tourist Landmark of the Resistance,” is designed to celebrate the party’s long war against Israel. As it pulls in the masses, Mleeta also provides another sign that Israeli deterrence in Lebanon is disintegrating.

Ground Zero Mega Mosque Audaciously Diabolical Design: Pentagons, Crosses, Jewish Stars – Atlas Shrugs

Ground Zero Mega Mosque Audaciously Diabolical Design: Pentagons, Crosses, Jewish Stars – Atlas Shrugs.

YouTube – Hava Nagila Texas Style

YouTube – Hava Nagila Texas Style.

http://www.youtube.com/v/2WF6irnzAiI&feature=related

YouTube – All I Want for Christmas Is… Jews

YouTube – All I Want for Christmas Is… Jews.

http://www.youtube.com/v/z8LmMtScH3g&feature=related

YouTube – The Iranian bomb Latmatv The song

YouTube – The Iranian bomb Latmatv The song.

http://www.youtube.com/v/AGBVg2nUWMw&feature=related

YouTube – “The Three Terrors”

YouTube – “The Three Terrors”.

http://www.youtube.com/v/VmffgIqlAYA&feature=channel

Earthquake-Proof Collapsible Building Frame – Breakthrough Award Innovator – Popular Mechanics

The Brilliant Idea: A replaceable, building-wide system to help hospitals, apartment buildings and office towers survive severe seismic shaking

via Earthquake-Proof Collapsible Building Frame – Breakthrough Award Innovator – Popular Mechanics.

A ‘biblical clue’ found in computer virus attacking Iran’s nuclear program | Washington Examiner

A ‘biblical clue’ found in computer virus attacking Iran’s nuclear program | Washington Examiner.

A rather fascinating story in today’s New York Times:

Deep inside the computer worm that some specialists suspect is aimed at slowing Iran’s race for a nuclear weapon lies what could be a fleeting reference to the Book of Esther, the Old Testament tale in which the Jews pre-empt a Persian plot to destroy them.

That use of the word “Myrtus” — which can be read as an allusion to Esther — to name a file inside the code is one of several murky clues that have emerged as computer experts try to trace the origin and purpose of the rogue Stuxnet program, which seeks out a specific kind of command module for industrial equipment.

The U.S. and Israeli government have been curiously silent about the worm thus far. The Times also reports that Obama administration has “rapidly ramped up a broad covert program, inherited from the Bush administration, to undermine Iran’s nuclear program.”

Did the Ancient Israelites Drink Beer? | Biblical Archaeology Review | Bible History Articles

Did the Ancient Israelites Drink Beer? | Biblical Archaeology Review | Bible History Articles. Ancient Israelites, with the possible exception of a few teetotaling Nazirites and their moms, proudly drank beer—and lots of it. Men, women and even children of all social classes drank it. Its consumption in ancient Israel was encouraged, sanctioned and intimately linked with their religion. Even Yahweh, according to the Hebrew Bible, consumed at least half a hin of beer (approximately 2 liters, or a six-pack) per day through the cultic ritual of libation, and he drank even more on the Sabbath (Numbers 28:7–10).

Warplanes: The F-35I Looks Pregnant

September 4, 2010: Now that Israel has placed an order for 20 American F-35 fighters, for $137.5 million each, preparations are well underway to customize the new aircraft. That’s why they will be called the F-35I, because they will be fitted out with a lot of Israeli designed and made gear. This will include several bits of Israeli equipment in the cockpit, and a modification to the main computer that will allow easy connection to Israeli accessories. There will most notably be a detachable 2500 liter (600 gallon) fuel tank. While this reduces the stealth capabilities, the fuel tank can be jettisoned once the aircraft enters enemy territory. The pilots will also use an Israeli made “point and shoot” helmet (as will most F-35 drivers everywhere).

via Warplanes: The F-35I Looks Pregnant.

Warplanes: Mexico Puts Israeli Aircraft To Work

September 10, 2010: Mexico has bought at least two Israeli Hermes 450 UAVs and over a dozen Skylark micro-UAVs. Mexico is using its new UAVs for anti-drug operations. Mexico ordered these aircraft two years ago, and kept it quiet.

via Warplanes: Mexico Puts Israeli Aircraft To Work.

Submarines: Egypt Puts American Sonar On Their Chinese Ships To Seek Israeli Subs From Germany

September 16, 2010: The U.S. is selling Egypt a towed array sonar system, for $23 million. The three ton LFATS (Low Frequency Active Towed Sonar) system is compact and can be carried by small warships (large patrol boats or corvettes) and is very good at finding quiet submarines in shallow coastal waters. Egypt plans to equip its Chinese made patrol boats with the new system.

via Submarines: Egypt Puts American Sonar On Their Chinese Ships To Seek Israeli Subs From Germany.

Information Warfare: Who Shall Guard Israeli Cyber Space

September 20, 2010: There is a war going on in Israel, between Shin Bet (the internal security and intelligence agency) and the IDF (Israeli Defense Forces.) The object of this dispute is who shall control Cyber War activities.

via Information Warfare: Who Shall Guard Israeli Cyber Space.

Weapons: May The Best Bullet Lose

September 21, 2010: The U.S. Army and Marine Corps have parted company on the issue of what kind of rifle ammo is best for the troops. The army began to ship lead-free M855A1 5.56mm bullets to its troops over the Summer. The marines went with a slightly more expensive Mk308 or SOST round, that SOCOM Special Operations Command recently developed. SOST contains lead, but SOCOM considers it more effective in combat than any other 5.56mm round.All this came about because of years of political pressure on the army to use non-lead bullets. That’s because training and combat use of army 5.56mm weapons puts 2,000 tons of lead back into the environment each year. This lead was originally taken out of the environment to be temporarily stored in the form of bullets.While this non-lead policy burnishes the army’s image and environmental cred, it also provides troops with an inferior bullet;

via Weapons: May The Best Bullet Lose.

The Associated Press: Worm hits computers of staff at Iran nuclear plant

The Associated Press: Worm hits computers of staff at Iran nuclear plant.

Commentary » Blog Archive » Northern Cyprus vs. Israel

Commentary » Blog Archive » Northern Cyprus vs. Israel.

U.S. Bails Out Major Credit Unions – WSJ.com

U.S. Bails Out Major Credit Unions – WSJ.com.

Gallery: Whoops! The 10 Greatest (Accidental) Inventions of All Time | Popular Science

Gallery: Whoops! The 10 Greatest (Accidental) Inventions of All Time | Popular Science.

Loud Video: NASA Test Fires Largest-Ever Solid Rocket Motor | Popular Science

Loud Video: NASA Test Fires Largest-Ever Solid Rocket Motor | Popular Science.

Advanced Computer Worm Was Specifically Designed to Attack Iranian Nuclear Reactor, Experts Say | Popular Science

Advanced Computer Worm Was Specifically Designed to Attack Iranian Nuclear Reactor, Experts Say | Popular Science.

San Diego Reader | Escondido: Do Your Homework on the Portland Beavers

But Escondido wants to spend $50 million of taxpayer money to build a ballpark and infrastructure for the Portland Beavers, the Padres’ AAA affiliate, who have been pushed out of their longtime Oregon home because their stadium is being switched to soccer-only and no other place in the area wants them.

via San Diego Reader | Escondido: Do Your Homework on the Portland Beavers.