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MILITARY INTELLIGENCE?
It seems the US Air Force misplaced five nuclear warheads a couple of weeks ago. Ops! A B-52 bomber mistakenly loaded with five nuclear warheads flew from Minot Air Force Base, N.D, to Barksdale Air Force Base, La., on Aug. 30, resulting in an Air Force-wide investigation, according to three officers who asked not to be identified because they were not authorized to discuss the incident. Air Force spokesman Lt. Col. Ed Thomas said the transfer was safely conducted and the weapons were in Air Force custody and control at all times. However, the mistake was not discovered until the B-52 landed at Barskdale, which left the warheads unaccounted for during the approximately 3-1/2 hour flight between the two bases, the officers said.
“Nuclear warheads mistakenly flown on B-52”, http://www.thetowntalk.com/, Sep 4, 2007
Let’s see…they lose five nuclear warheads for three and half hours but that can assure us there was no risk of detonation. If you don’t know where they are, how the hell can you assure us they are not going to go off?

HHHEEEEERRRREEEEEE’S FRED!
Senator Fred Thompson decided to forgo the Fox Republican debate and announce his bid for the White House on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. He was quoted as saying more people watch the Tonight Show than a debate. Thompson made his candidacy official in a 15-minute Webcast that aired at midnight, around the same time he was seen on the East Coast chatting with Jay Leno on a taped broadcast of NBC's "Tonight Show."
“Thompson announces candidacy on Leno”, http://www.breitbart.com/ Sep 6, 2007
Is it a smart move on Thompson’s part to bypass a traditional political forum such as a typically low-rated, political debate for a high-rated, late night talk show? Will this truly help him connect with voters. Point being, are those who are likely to vote in a primary watching the debate or Leno?

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WHO NEEDS A LIBRARY CARD?
According to a recent Associate Press-Ipsos poll, one in four adults has not read a book in the last year. Of those who do read, we read an average of four books a year. The most avid readers being seniors and women, with the top genres being religious works and popular fiction.
“One in four read no books last year”, http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap, Aug 21, 2007
How many book have you read this year? Are books becoming irrelevant? Are we reading less or do we just have more reading options? What purpose do books serve?

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Rockstar Emory University Psychology Professor Drew Westen has posited sweet salvation for Democratic candidates in the 2008 presidential race with his recent book, “The Political Brain: The Role of Emotion in Deciding the Fate of the Nation”. Westen argues up a tree that it makes no sense to debate an issue using facts and figures and to count on voters – particularly swing voters – to make choices based on higher faculty understandings of policy minutia. Democrats need to follow the Republicans lead and learn to appeal to emotions. I say, the Republican strategy should be to continue allowing Democratic think-tankers to have enough rope to hang themselves (this book being the rope), become wholly convinced of Republican lack of intelligencia, and then insult them with emotional appeals. Nothing says emotion like selling welfare policies to and underclass as a false hope that is really a statistical death spiral. It’s not that Republicans don’t get facts and figures; it’s just that they are smart enough to know when someone is teasing out the stats to get the answer they want when the stats can be read either way.

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WHAT’S IN A NAME?
A Dutch Catholic bishop feels the church should begin to use the name Allah for God to ease tensions between Muslims and Christians. Tiny Muskens, the bishop of Breda believes God doesn't mind what he is called. The Almighty is above such "discussion and bickering," he insisted. Muskens points to Indonesia, where he served 30 years ago, as an example for Dutch churches. Christians in the Middle East also use the term Allah for God.
“Bishop urges Christians to call God `Allah’”, http://wnd.com/news/, August 15, 2007
Does God really care if we use His proper name? Would He respond to a “hey You up there!” as long as we capitalize the “y” in “you” to signify deity? What is God’s proper name anyway? Let’s play “Name the Sovereign Deity” where we mere mortals purport to label and categorize the Almighty so we feel better about Him….okay, now, why do we do stuff like this?

PUTTING YOUR BEST FACE FORWARD
Having a bad attitude the next time you’re at the airport could open you up to closer screening. Some airports now have specially trained security personnel that are watching body language and facial cues of passengers for signs of bad intentions.
“New airport agents check for danger…”, http://www.mcclatchydc.com
Doesn’t this illustrate that human perception is one of the best screening tools we have? At what point will the ACLU jump in and say this is profiling? Is what we call our “sixth sense” really a subconscious ability to pick up on “micro-expressions?” Is our body language our own worst enemy when we try to hide something? Or is it really our best friend because it attempts to expose the lies that are harmful to our well being? Do passive aggressive people (the type of person that tries to control indirectly without confrontational language, per se) get betrayed by their body language? If this is true, then you know what this means… TSA officials who are trained to pick up on body language cues will usually make bad partners for controlling spouses. They should probably just sign over the divorce papers right now and start cutting alimony checks.

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Mere weeks after the Bush Administration pushed hard for and signed into law the Protect America Act (just in time for Congress’ summer recess) the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court is capitulating to ACLU pressure and ordering the government to give up the ghost on their warrantless wire-tapping program by August 31st. The ACLU made the request after taking time out from their busy schedule of applying Vaseline to their still-chapped a%$#@ from Don Imus’ getting the best of them over the Rutgers girls’ basketball comments earlier this year. Truth be known, Congress sanctioned spying on foreigners and Americans acting as foreign agents under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, requiring a warrant from a secret FISA court in the United States.

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THE WAY TO AN IRAQI’S HEART IS THROUGH HIS STOMACH
Many Iraqis are developing a taste for American-brand products, which were banned under Saddam Hussein and are becoming increasingly popular. Rice, salt and canned goods are among the most popular American products at the Al-Ameer market, owner Mohammad Abbas said. "American items have a great reputation and quality," he said. "And people want them in our markets because they get bored of Syrian, Jordanian and Iranian items."
“Iraqis acquire a taste for American brand products”, USA Today
Could Frito-Lay, Procter & Gamble, Kellogg’s and Nabisco be just as critical to the rebuilding of Iraq as Halliburton? What is it about American made products that is so appealing to other countries? Especially countries who officially have a history of hating everything we stand for? Are American advertising executives really that effective in getting their message out?

MOTHERS FOR THE MOTHERLAND
There’s a disturbing trend among the youth of the former Soviet Union. State sponsored youth camps are gaining popularity among the young who were not alive during the Cold War and do not know first-hand the terrors of Communism. Many in the West are seeing disturbing similarities to the Hitler Youth Camps popular in the 30’s and the Soviet Youth Camps that flourished during the Cold War. They not only seem to be capturing the hearts and minds of these robust youths but their libidos as well. “Remember the mammoths,” say the clean-cut organizers at a recent youth camp's mass wedding. "They became extinct because they did not have enough sex. That must not happen to Russia".
“Sex for the Motherland”, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages
Is history destined to repeat itself in the Soviet Union? Is the mass brain washing of procreating youth going to bring about positive change or create a hoard of mindless drones devoted to carry out the wishes of a totalitarian regime?

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GRIM REAPURR
Oscar the cat seems to have an uncanny knack for predicting when nursing home patients are going to die, by curling up next to them during their final hours. His accuracy, observed in 25 cases, has led the staff to call family members once he has chosen someone. It usually means they have less than four hours to live. "He doesn't make too many mistakes. He seems to understand when patients are about to die," said Dr. David Dosa in an interview.
“http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/”
What does a cat know that well-trained, medical professionals are missing? Is there more to the dying process that cannot be measured by diagnostic equipment? What is this cat tapping into? Or are cat just truly the furry minions of satan called to push helpless seniors over to the other side?

YOUR FRIENDS ARE MAKING YOU FAT
If your friends and family get fat, chances are you will too, researchers report in a startling new study that suggests obesity is "socially contagious" and can spread easily from person to person. The large, federally funded study found that to be true even if your loved ones lived far away. Social ties seemed to play a surprisingly strong role, even more than genes are known to do.
“Obesity is socially contagious”
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070725/D8QJT64G0.html, July 25, 2007
Do we tend to gravitate towards people who are our same physical size or do our peers really influence our concept of what is an acceptable weight? Should we use comparison as a determination of what is ideal? Why do we do that?

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VOTERS DIM ON GOVERNMENT, BRIGHT ABOUT FUTURE.
Most U.S. voters think the country is on the wrong track and remain deeply unhappy with President George W. Bush and Congress, but still feel good about their finances and optimistic about the future, according to a recent Reuters/Zogby poll.
“Voters unhappy with Bush; Congress”, http://news.yahoo.com, Wed., July 18th, 2007
Is this political cognitive dissonance healthy? Are people becoming less involved in politics because they feel what politicians do have little relevance to their daily lives? Have we chosen to ignore politicians because they have chosen to ignore us?

THE NEWS MEDIA IS OLD NEWS WITH YOUNG ADULTS.
Most teenagers and adults 30 and younger are not following the news closely at all. This is the finding in a report, titled “Young People and News,” released last week by the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard.
“Young adults are giving newspapers scant notice”, http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/16/business/media/
”Breaking the News”, Wired Magazine, pp. 86, August 2007
Are these media habits a result of the rejection of the content of the traditional media outlets or just a reflection of new habits based on the change in media delivery options? Why do young adults place little value in consuming traditional news?

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SPRINT TELLS ANNOYING CUSTOMERS, “BUH-BYE”Sprint-Nextel Hundreds of cell phone customers are being given the boot, accused of being too high maintenance. Sprint-Nextel is disconnecting 1,200 subscribers on grounds the clients call customer service too often and make "unreasonable requests."
“Sprint cuts 1,000+ customers for excessive complaining”, http://www.news4jax.com/news/
If you break your contract with cell provider, you have to pay a termination fee. Isn’t it only fair that if a cell provider breaks your contract, they have to pay you a termination fee?

BREAKING ADDICTION: ARE WE A VICE-STRICKEN SOCIETY?
For a human race fond of controlling all the variables and staying on our A-game, we seem to buck nature and common sense quite a bit in order to pursue destructive crutch habits. Are we just self-loathing woe-be-gones or do we “do addiction” for escape? From ignorance? New research is revealing the top American vices, why we have them and how to get rid of them.
“The Science of Addiction”, Time Magazine, pp. 42
If addiction is so harmful, shouldn’t evolution have killed off the beast a while back? Why do we get caught in irrational addictions when we were still rational thinkers before we became impulse-behaviour zombies? What is it about us that makes us run toward excess and lose balance and perspective? What do you have to do to maintain balance?

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PIMP MY HYBRID PART II
It seems Al Gore III is a HUB show listener. He followed the lead of our March 3rd show and evidently pimped his Hybrid. He was pulled over last week after an Orange County California Deputy Sheriff clocked him doing 100mph in his Toyota Prius. What they found in his car led to his arrest on drug possession charges.
“Al Gore’s son busted for drugs in hybrid car” http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews,
Once again, why is our society so enamored with the lives of dysfunctional celebrity families? Do they already have these problems or does their life in the spotlight cause these problems?

MICHAEL MOORE-THE NEW ORSON WELLS?
With the release of his latest film “Sicko,” Michael Moore is being compared to another Hollywood film legend Orson Wells. Paul Greengrass, the acclaimed filmmaker of "United 93" and "The Bourne Supremacy" says Moore reminds him of another larger-than-life filmmaker.
“The Big Picture: Michael Moore”,
www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/movies, July 3, 2007
Do the viewers of Moore’s films understand that what he’s doing is more for entertainment than a true expose of factual situations? Do they really care?

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