How We See The World

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23721893 Thoughts?

So it seems the Spanish wants the little rock back... probably to mess up as badly as the mainland

This one you might not agree...... but isnt fun to watch golf? I might say is even better than play golf, at leat to me. Doesnt give you any excitment golf? Is there anthing better than an evening watching golf?

According to TechNewsDaily.com, last week Google implemented a new update to its Chrome browser. The update has a new feature called WebRTC (real time communication). This new standardized feature allows for websites and applications to use your system’s camera and microphone. If you think your privacy is safe with Google- think again. According to Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., who is co-chairman of the Congressional Privacy Caucus, “The new Google privacy policy is: You have no privacy.” Combine this with Google recently handing over more than 11,000 individuals’ personal information to the government, and you can probably see how this new standard feature could become a …

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10234837/Matt-Damon-Barack-Obama-broke-up-with-me.html

WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK?! http://www.theguardian.com/law/2013/aug/06/paedophile-suspended-sentence-review

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVu3gS7iJu4]Man of Steel - Official Trailer #2 [HD] - YouTube[/ame] this. looks. awesome.

World's first lab-grown burger is eaten in London The world's first lab-grown burger was cooked and eaten at a news conference in London on Monday. Scientists took cells from a cow and, at an institute in the Netherlands, turned them into strips of muscle that they combined to make a patty. Researchers say the technology could be a sustainable way of meeting what they say is a growing demand for meat. Critics say that eating less meat would be an easier way to tackle predicted food shortages. The burger was cooked by chef Richard McGeown, from Cornwall, and tasted by food critics Hanni Ruetzler and Josh Schonwald. Upon tasting the burger, Austrian food resear…

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/05/florida-execute-mentally-ill-john-ferguson

Actress Sigourney Weaver says she will appear in the sequel to sci-fi film Avatar, despite her character dying in the first instalment. "Don't worry, I will be back," she told US movie website Coming Soon. Weaver played botanist Grace Augustine in the 3D epic, which took more than $2.7bn (£1.7bn) worldwide. Her character was fatally wounded in a climactic battle, but the actress said director James Cameron had told her "no one ever dies in science fiction. He's told me the stories for the next two movies and I have to say that they're absolutely wonderful," she added. "Now we just have to make them." The original Avatar, which told the story of humans mining an alie…

Prince William and Kate expecting a baby he Duchess of Cambridge is expecting a baby, St James's Palace has announced. Members of the Royal Family and the duchess's family, the Middletons, are said to be delighted. A spokesman said the duchess has been admitted to King Edward VII Hospital in central London with acute morning sickness and is expected to stay for several days. The royal baby will be born third in line and in direct succession to the throne. He or she will one day be head of the armed forces, supreme governor of the Church of England and subsequently head of state of 16 countries. Catherine and William were married at Westminster Abbey …

Edward Snowden asks Ecuador for asylum Edward Snowden, the former US intelligence contractor who leaked classified documents revealing US internet and phone surveillance, has asked Ecuador for asylum. The request was confirmed by Ecuador's foreign minister on Twitter. Mr Snowden had fled the US for Hong Kong but flew out on Sunday morning and is currently in Moscow. The US wanted him extradited, but the Hong Kong government said Washington had failed to meet its requirements. Ecuador's Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino, who is in Vietnam, said on Twitter: "The Government of Ecuador has received an asylum request from Edward J. #Snowden." The announcement came af…

I just recently got into writing fanfics (thanks to my friends at school! :P). I wondered if anyone else likes to write them or read them. I've just finished my 9th Star Trek one. :D Also, what are your views on fanfiction? :)

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/30/business/in-a-shift-eminent-domain-saves-homes.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&

Tragic bus accident kills 38, injures 10 in southern Italy 29/07/2013 Group of friends on outing to popular pilgrim destinationTragic bus accident kills 38, injures 10 in southern Italy Naples, July 29 - Police said on Monday that they are investigating the braking system and tires of a bus that fell some 30 meters from a bridge overnight Sunday in southern Italy, killing 38 and injuring another 10. The group of friends was returning from a weekend excursion to the local Telese thermal baths and the popular pilgrimage destination of Pietralcina, home town of the Italian saint Padre Pio. Rescue crews worked overnight to extract survivors and victims from the wreckage,…

I know there were many hot girls in Star Trek for you guys, but there were tons of hot guys too! Who do you girls (and guys) think was the hottest guy in Star Trek. It could be villains and good guys. :) Personally, mine are Spock (Leonard Nimoy in the 60s and Zachary Quinto in the new movies), Data (in the early TNG seasons) and Captain Kirk (William shatner in the 60s and Chris Pine in the new movies)! :wink3: :kiss: :P

A train has derailed in north-western Spain, killing at least 77 of its 218 passengers and injuring more than 100, officials in the Galicia region say. All eight carriages of the Madrid to Ferrol train came off the tracks near the city of Santiago de Compostela. Media reports say the train may have been travelling at more than twice the speed limit around a curve. Officials have not commented on the cause. Analysts say it is the worst train accident in Spain in 40 years. Spain generally has a relatively good record in terms of rail safety, says the BBC's Tom Burridge. http://www.elperiodico.com/es/noticias/sociedad/video-youtube-primer-impacto-accidente…

Police in northern Brazil say one man has been arrested after a referee who fatally stabbed a player during a match was decapitated by spectators who stormed the field. Local reports said the incident, which took place on 30 June in the remote Brazilian town of Pio XII, escalated when the player, 30-year-old Josenir dos Santos, became involved in an argument with the referee, Octavio da Silva. As the confrontation became physical and Dos Santos refused to leave the field, Da Silva allegedly produced a knife and stabbed the player, who died while being taken to hospital. Reports said that outraged spectators responded by running on to the field and stoning Da Silv…

Does anyone, not in the insurance/lobbyist/pharmaceutical business and government, actually think this is a good idea? It was almost the same bill as the one written by the insurance industry lobbyist. But they had the average person in mind, of course. Garry Johnson. http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2013/07/26/irs-employees-union-is-very-concerned-about-being-required-to-enroll-in-obamacares-health-insurance-exchanges/

The obituary of Rep. Justin Amash's amendment to claw back the sweeping powers of the National Security Agency has largely been written as a victory for the White House and NSA chief Keith Alexander, who lobbied the Hill aggressively in the days and hours ahead of Wednesday's shockingly close vote. But Hill sources say most of the credit for the amendment's defeat goes to someone else: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. It's an odd turn, considering that Pelosi has been, on many occasions, a vocal surveillance critic. But ahead of the razor-thin 205-217 vote, which would have severely limited the NSA's ability to collect data on Americans' telephone records if passed,…

Plague-infected squirrel shuts Los Angeles park Parts of a national forest in California have been evacuated and closed down after a squirrel was found to be infected with the plague. Los Angeles officials say visitors were ordered to leave the Angeles National Forest as a precaution after the rodent was trapped in a routine check. They said no people in the area were believed to have been infected with the disease, known as the Black Death. The plague killed as many as 25 million Europeans during the Middle Ages. It is a bacterial infection which can be transmitted to humans through the bites of infected fleas. If not treated with antibiotics, it is usually dea…

http://www.fedupusa.org/2013/07/paul-craig-roberts-us-a-lawless-state/

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-07-23/one-third-european-unemployed-are-spanish

so I'm watching the Tour de France and suddenly they say this: "Incoming news from the royal house, this evening will king Alber II adress the nation on the four big television stations and their radio Could it be that he will retire? more information on the site of the news." so I go to that site and this is what I read: (King Albert anounces abdication tonight. rest of the article An inside source says it could be that he will retire and pass the crown to his son Filip. This news isn't confirmed yet. The speech is at 18h GMT+1

The small Colorado town of Deer Trail is considering an ordinance that would create drone-hunting licenses and offer bounties for hunters who shoot down an unmanned aerial vehicle. "We do not want drones in town," Phillip Steel, a resident in town who drafted the ordinance and submitted it for approval by the town board, told The Denver Post. "They fly in town, they get shot down." Officials admit they have never seen a drone plane on the Eastern Plains, but they want to make a statement that they think using unmanned surveillance planes to spy on people in the United States is wrong. They say the ordinance is mostly symbolic. They also recognize it's against federal la…