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Happy Thanksgiving

PhilC68 — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:29:26 GMT

It seems that the Pilgrims weren't here legally after all.

For more of my take on the world, please visit my cartoon website at: http://strangenessinuniverse.blogspot.com

Thank you

Algerian Offence To Egypt.

EgyptReport — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:25:50 GMT

The real events that happened to Egyptian football fans in Sudan after the match with Algeria November 18th.

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=325016750454&ref=share

http://www.youtube.com/verify_age?&next_url=/watch%3Fv%3D3Ih769PwKjw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUZwof4pIUE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNCxRFjkMmo

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=325281460037&oid=178753162313

i hope you see the truth from Egypt's Side without any editing or bias.

Egyptian football fans were maybe aggressive in their supporting the national team after winning the match on nov. 14th. Never the less, it can never be compared with what
Algerians did to Egyptians from trying to haunt down fans and celebrities using all sorts of white weapons ,destroying all busses, sending criminals from jail to the match in order to terrorise Egyptians and faking injuries to drive Algerians mad. All this and Algeria has won the match. Now Egyptians thank god that they have lost the match in return of returning home safe, if not, there would be not less than 1000 dead people.

hope to see the reply soon on the CNN news.

New Moon Fans Pre Film Interview

TheVideoMan — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:16:55 GMT

I Interviewed Nyvette Gallegos, A major "Twilight Fan" from San Bernardino, CA before we saw the film Friday Night 11/20/09 in Redlands, CA. All the Friday Night Shows were sold out, As you can tell by the jammed lobby...

She was very knowlegeable on the Films, The Books, and The Blood Drive Out Front...The record breaking crowds were really pumped for this film, the second in the "Twilight" saga...

for prophtnorman ONLY

PDXSerric — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:57:52 GMT

Please stop with the random threats of violence and destruction.

In fact, your videos are so terroristic in nature I had no otehr recourse than to send your information to the FBI tipline.

Please stop with the random threats of violence and destruction.

In fact, your videos are so terroristic in nature I had no other recourse than to send your information to the FBI tip line. Whether anything will come of it isn’t my concern. I could not in good conscience or faith not report you. Your videos are nothing more than terrorist threats, no different than those of Osama bin Laden (except, unfortunately, we can understand you)

iReports is not your personal podium for terrorist threats. If you have an article of news to contribute or discuss, please do. If you liked or disliked the New Moon movie, please discuss. If you like to force your dogs to wear little clown suits and bark out the national anthem while you juggle flaming shaving creams pies, please feel free.

But enough with the threats.

Seriously.

And, please – you are no prophet. You have taken it upon yourself to be a supposed ‘voice of God’. You have taken the name of blasphemy.

Good job

New Moon Redlands Community Hospital Blood Drive

TheVideoMan — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:29:25 GMT

What a Novel Promotion For Redlands Community Hospital - Staying with the "Vampire" theme, they held a major Blood Drive right in front of the Cinema! Wow, what a success - a spokesman told me: "Many more people than we expected"...Get in the act and donate your blood now! Of coarse, the free "Twilight" T Shirts really helped...

My Big Little Brother, Matthew

SaraP — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:15:26 GMT

Matthew was sent home early from work on July 29, 2008. He was having trouble working since he, at work, sustained an awful acid burn on both his feet some days earlier. (Despite his intelligence, he didn’t consider worker’s comp. Mom said when she called me on my birthday that it had something to do with his being afraid he wouldn’t make his usual amount.) He checked in with his mentor whom noted the unusually good mood he had been in as of late. Being a father was the only thing Matt had ever consistently wanted in his life; anybody observing him could tell how happy he was to be a dad. He placed a call to Mom and continued home.

Somewhere between the mentor’s office and his house, Matt received a text message from his fiancee, T------, telling him that while he was at work she had packed up and left him with their daughter, E--------. I’m not sure whether he made it home or not, but he went to our mom’s house.

When Mom answered the door, he asked to borrow her Makarov PM to go shooting in the desert with his best friend, J--. Not being an idiot, she flatly refused, sensing that something was amiss. Matt tried to gain entry into the house, but she stopped him. Matt gave up and drove to J--’s house.

J-- answered the door and Matt told him that our dad was waiting in his Mustang to go shooting in the desert together and asked to borrow a handgun. Now, I don’t know why J-- believed him. J-- knows Dad; anybody knowing Dad for more than three hours can tell you (a) Dad’s really lazy, (b) he hates guns, and (c) he hates going into the desert for ANYTHING in the Summer. J-- relinquished his gun and wanted to join Matt and Dad on the fictitious shoot. He went to get a shirt on, but when he returned to the door, Matt was already gone.

Sometime after Matt left Mom’s house and not long after he disappeared with J--’s gun, T------ wrote a text message to Mom telling her, “Don’t let Matt do anything stupid!” Upon further inquiry, she informed him how and when she had dumped Matt. Soon after, Mom received a frantic call from J-- about her missing son and his missing gun. Mom sent Matt a message asking what he was doing; he revealed that he was going to kill himself. Mom immediately called Matt, wrote him text messages and the like before she spoke to him. (I am not sure whether he answered or called her back.) Over the course of about five conversations, she had managed to discover where he was headed: a dry lake bed between Henderson and Boulder City, just off the turn to head to Needles, CA. (This is where Dad had attempted to teach Matt and I to drive years earlier.) She also got him to promise to call her back every time except the last when he told her, sobbingly, “I can’t promise you that, Mom.” He also asked her to tell everybody that he loved us.

J*******, our younger sister, had already called the police and Mom sped down the site along with J******* and her business partner, R--. She described seeing police cars whizz by. When she got there, a cruiser had beaten her to it and she was restricted from going near Matt’s car. Other cruisers, SWAT vehicles, and ambulances arrived until Mom’s party could barely see a thing.

The officers tried to negotiate with Matt to give himself up. According to the detective working on the case, they thought they had convinced him to quit after all. As he described it, Matt looked into the rear view mirror, then the side mirror, maybe was surprised by seeing someone moving closer and he pulled the trigger.

Nobody in Mom’s car could see or hear what had happened, but all the officers stood up at once. Mom thought it was all over and that she could scold Matt for all the stress he’d caused. J******* claimed to have seen Matt walk out of the car. Unfortunately, they were both mistaken. Matt’s limp-but-still-breathing body was pulled from the Mustang, placed on a gurney, and wheeled to the ambulance where rescue teams worked tirelessly to save my brother. Flight for Life arrived a few minutes after and rushed him to University Medical Center. Everybody in Mom’s car was trying to call other family members, but connections were hard to come by. By the time they reached the UMC parking lot, Mom reached me and told me what was happening. They had no clue that it was as bad as they could possibly have feared.

After he was cleaned up and connected to a wide array of life-sustaining machinery, they were allowed to see him. He was utterly unrecognizable, with the exception of his tattoos; his face was intact but terribly swollen. He hadn’t enough blood left to run the standard battery of tests, so fluid was taken from his liver for it. A couple of hours later, J******* called me, screaming in anguish and consumed in tears, that the doctor informed them that the bullet had gone right though his brain and only 1 in 99 ever survive the trauma. I echoed J*******.

After I hadn’t heard any news for nearly eight hours, so I figured that perhaps Matt was going to pull through. I thought I’d get the chance to go there myself to kick his disfigured-but-alive butt. I called Dad after midnight to be apprised of the situation. Dad said that they had been waiting hours for a brain scan to be run on Matt; that they needed to see whether there was any brain activity or blood flow to the brain left. Dad wasn’t hopeful; they had disconnected the ventilator earlier in order to run some test or other and he had gone into cardiac arrest and had to be defibrillated back to “life”. The results came back very late, at about 2:30 AM. Of course, they were all negative. They withdrew life support and held him as he died. He was utterly gone at 3:00 AM, but in Clark County, only the coroner can pronounce a death. The coroner’s office is, like everything there, understaffed. He was pronounced dead at 4:10 AM.

The coroner kept Matt’s body until Monday, when representatives of the crematorium where he used to work came to pick it up. Mom gave me the option to see the lifeless, mangled body of my little brother. Apparently, not only was he disfigured beyond easy recognition, but now he was also black and blue all over. I had mulled over this decision for days and, though I desperately wanted to see him again, decided not to. Whenever someone dies, all I can ever see when I think of them is just that lifeless form which was last presented to me. I couldn’t bear it. The last time I saw him was in June, and he was smiling. He rarely ever looked me in the face when he smiled, but bashfully looked down first, then up, taking a drag from the cigarette in-hand, were there one ready. Now that’s how I’ll always see him. Bashfully smiling, promising to see me again. Liar.

Rev. Al Sharpton Will Lead An Emergency Day Against Gun Violence-Nov. 23, 2009

twomucht — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:54:25 GMT

REV. AL SHARPTON AND NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK TO LEAD AN EMERGENCY DAY OF OUTRAGE AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE ON NOVEMBER 23, 2009 AT 2:00 P.M. IN ATLANTA, GA

WHO:

National Action Network, along with families and victims of gun violence and concerned Atlanta citizens are taking a stand against youth violence. Join Rev. Al Sharpton live along with guest speakers: State Representative (GA) Alisha Thomas Morgan, Edward Dubose

WHAT:

National Day of Outrage Rally to call attention to the nationwide epidemic of violence in urban communities.

WHEN:

Monday, November 23, 2009 -2:00 P.M. EST

WHERE:

National Action Network, Southeast Regional Headquarters

632 Peeples Street, SW

Atlanta, Georgia 30310

BACKGROUND:

Rev. Al Sharpton and National Action Network (NAN), along with community members across the country will lead a National Day of Outrage on November 23 at 2:00 p.m. (EST) to call attention to the nationwide epidemic of violence in urban communities.

Thousands of concerned citizens will come together from Chicago to New York and from Atlanta to Los Angeles to stand together with a unified message that vicious senseless killings in our communities will no longer be tolerated.

The incidents are impacting young students, college students and grandmothers such as the 92-year-old woman in the Bronx, New York who was struck by a stray bullet while watching TV inside her Williamsbridge home on Oct. 20th.

In Atlanta, Georgia, where Rev. Sharpton will participate in the Day of Outrage, a 19-year-old Spelman College sophomore was recently hit by a stray bullet while walking on the Clark Atlanta University campus.

According to Rev. Al Sharpton: "We must be just as vigilant against the shootings that are random, gang related, or intentional, because we are in a crisis state and too many lives are being forsaken. We've got to come together across all lines to fight this battle.

The National Day of Outrage organizer and National Executive Director of NAN Tamika Mallory said, "You cannot be a leader in any respective field, from elected official, community organizer, member of the clergy to a teacher, doctor or lawyer, if you are not involved in the issue of ending youth and gang violence in our community. Unless we come together, the situation will be beyond our control!"

Among the groups that are joining NAN include families of gun violence victims such as Donna Greaves the mother of 13-year-old Kevin Miller who was hit by a stray bullet on his way home from school. Ms. Greaves will participate in the New York event and claims that: "Kids have too much access to guns and it all starts at home. Parents need to be parents.

They need to know what their kids are doing. If you think you know your child is doing wrong, check on them." Erica Ford, CEO and Founder of Life Camp, Inc. and creator of the Bury Da Beef" campaign is helping to organize young people from urban communities across New York.

According to her: It Takes A Village To Save A Child!! The strength that breathes inside of us beats the madness of society. We achieve great success when we don't accept old bad habits as normal behavior. Love Your LIFE!!

Rev. Sharpton has been focusing on this issue as he travels across the country and was recently in Chicago, Illinois, with parents of students at Fenger High School who say the school has been like a war zone since a 16-year-old student Derrion Albert was beaten to death after school on Sept. 24.

The coalition organized by NAN will include families of victims of gun violence, activists, elected officials and concerned citizens. Many of the urban street

organizations are on the ground fighting the war against gun and gang violence.

These organizations work tirelessly without adequate resources and support. The coalition will work to increase their resources as well as their reach in the community so they can better combat gun and gang violence.

The coalition will send a strong message to the youth in this country that it intends to ensure a safe environment for them to reach their full potential.

Young people need to know that they are not defined by being a thug, hoodlum or gangster. We want our young people to stand together and take pride in whom they are today and whom they will to become.

Local Contact: Lakeitha Anderson

Media Relations Chairperson, NAN Atlanta

Call: 404 431 8123

National Contact: Rachel Noerdlinger

President, Noerdlinger Media

students at City College of San Francisco gather to discuss fee hikes

frenchamertv — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:51:51 GMT

gathering of studenrs

discussion about strategies/ideas/ to fight against budget cut as well as how to outreach and invite new members.

The Straw that Broke the Camel's Back!

MelissaF — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:36:20 GMT

There was also a 32% tuition hike this year on California State Universities and are also expected to rise for 2011-2012. I covered the protests at California State University Fullerton (CSUF).

This is the vetted iReport from last month:

"Hell No To Furloughs!" Chant CSUF Students

http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-335529

It will only get worse before it gets better. A source inside the CSUF faculty told me that there is a plan to "close down the school" in the spring.

I twittered @Schwarzenegger, the California Governor "How many protests&arrests will it take before to lower CA College Tuition Hikes? #ccth"

I know there is a recession going on, but as the professor in the above iReport told me "eating the seed corn" will not make our economy get any better.

I am not an artist, but I was inspired to draw my first political cartoon that says a lot about what's going on in the California public college system.

I have 3 semesters left of college and at the rate they are cutting classes I think it might take 5. And I am considered one of the lucky ones.

Pending Legislation champions women's rights and safety -- Please write your Senators & vote!

democracyad — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:20:50 GMT

I recently got very heartening news from Pennsylvania Senator Robert Casey about pioneering legislation he has introduced in the Senate championing the rights of women. Perhaps you can print some of it so women can be informed and vote to make the home and workplace safer.

Please consider writing your Senators & Representative to express support for this very important and promising legislation so that women and families can enjoy greater safety and freedom.

I am a veteran of public radio and internet news and know for a fact that even one letter to a Senator can make a difference in what issues get attended to. Even a brief letter. Consider it mid-term voting!

Appended is an email from the Senator. Read, enjoy the prospect of a safer America, and then mid-term vote!!

( You can contact your senators and reps at http://www.senate.gov/ and http://www.house.gov/ )

Peace,

Response from Senator Casey

From:	Senator Robert P. Casey, Jr. (senator@casey.senate.gov)
Sent:	Thu 10/22/09 5:59 PM

Dear Sister :

Thank you for taking the time to contact me about domestic and sexual violence. I appreciate hearing from all Pennsylvanians about the issues that matter most to them.

We must do all we can to prevent domestic and sexual violence from occurring, to help victims receive the help and support they need and to punish the perpetrators of the crime.

In the 110^th Congress, I was proud to be a cosponsor of the Domestic Violence Volunteer Attorney Network Act. This bill would have given low income individuals who are victims of domestic violence access to legal aid and services. I believe that every victim of domestic violence should receive justice through our legal system. This legislation has not been reintroduced in the 111^th Congress.

I am also a strong supporter of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). I have on many occasions joined with colleagues in the Senate to advocate for full funding for the programs contained in VAWA. I am a cosponsor of S. 1340, the Crime Victims Fund Preservation Act of 2009, which would raise the cap on the Crime Victims Fund, the principle means by which the federal government supports essential services for crime victims under the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA). I have also consistently supported funding increases for other programs under VOCA. It is critical to ensure funding for these services, as failure to fund them would create an additional burden on state and local taxpayers while severely curtailing programs in Pennsylvania and around the country.

Earlier this year, I introduced an amendment to the Senate Budget Resolution that would pave the way for full funding of a program to provide long term and stable housing assistance to victims of domestic violence. The amendment would help women who leave abusive relationships to avoid two very negative potential outcomes – returning to their abusers or becoming homeless. The amendment would create a deficit neutral reserve fund to fully fund the Long-Term Stability/Housing for Victims Program under VAWA. This is an existing program that has never received funding. I am pleased that this amendment was adopted by the Senate and included as a part of the budget resolution.
I am pleased that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act included additional funds to support VOCA and VAWA. Through this legislation, Pennsylvania will receive approximately $6.4 million for VAWA and $3.8 million for crime victim compensation and assistance to administer VOCA-funded crime victim compensation programs. The Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009 included $415 million for the Office on Violence Against Women at the Department of Justice, $15 million above the 2008 funding level.

Finally, I recently introduced a resolution recognizing April, 2009 as National Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Recognizing National Sexual Assault Awareness Month provides a special opportunity to educate the people of the United States about sexual violence and to encourage the prevention of sexual assault, the improved treatment of its survivors and the prosecution of its perpetrators. The House concurrent resolution, H. Con. Res. 104, passed the Senate by unanimous consent on April 30, 2009.

Again, thank you for sharing your thoughts with me. Please do not hesitate to contact me in the future about this or any other matter of importance to you.

If you have access to the Internet, I encourage you to visit my web site, http://casey.senate.gov. I invite you to use this online office as a comprehensive resource to stay up-to-date on my work in Washington, request assistance from my office or share with me your thoughts on the issues that matter most to you and to Pennsylvania.

Sincerely,
Bob Casey
United States Senator

Highway accident

unclaimed — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:03:32 GMT

Vehicle rollover on the Saw mill parkway in new york, possibly due to wet conditions. Driver was walking around. Chris N., NY Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T

Art in Advertising-Street Art

mainstreet57 — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:57:25 GMT

Advertising From the Past