Yuck! Moscow Muslims demand the right to wash their feet in Bathroom sinks at Supermarkets

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From Eric Dondero:

Muslim employees at supermarkets in Moscow are now demanding the right to wash their feet before their prayer rituals 5 times a day, in sinks in the bathrooms.

No consideration is given for non-Muslims - employees or customers - who view this as highly un-sanitary.

Editor's comment - Coming to a supermarket near you? Minneapolis, Cincinnati, Nasvhill,e Philadelphia, Buffalo, or Dearborn/Detroit? H/t BNI

Yemeni Muslim women burning their Veils

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Protesting government oppression

From Eric Dondero:

Well, they got half the equation right. Taking a page from American women protesting by burning their bras for equal pay for equal work, Yemeni women burned their veils.

From YemeniVoicesonline:

Yemeni women burnt their veils and head scarves today as a sign of protest to condemn the regime's brutality and violence, which has killed around 25 people overnight in Sanaa and Taiz and has been targeting women lately. The protest was not in anyway related to women's rights or against the Islamic veil as some people misunderstood, it was an outcry for help, specifically targeting the regime

Oddly, the women in the protest (video) were wearing baseball caps over their veils.

Editor's comment - Hopefully next time they'll be burning the veils to protest wearing the veil.

Can we now call it the "Wisconsin Miracle"?

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From Eric Dondero:

Newly-released video from Americans For Prosperity - Wisconsin. Explains in detail the successes of Governor Scott Walker's budget reforms. A little over a year later, it's all working wonderfully.

Note - It's a bit long, but well worth the time investment.

And be sure to pass this along to a liberal friend or associate of yours.

Ouch! Did Ron Paul just bash Straights in the Military?

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Says Heteros creating more problems for the Armed Forces

From Eric Dondero:

An odd argument for justification of gays in the military from Texas Congressman and Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul.

From the Iowa State Daily:

Well, like I said, everybody has the same rights as everybody else, so homosexuals in the military isn't a problem. It's only if they're doing things they shouldn't be, if they're disruptive. But there's ... men and women getting into trouble with each other too. And there's a lot more heterosexuals in the military, so logically they're causing more trouble than gays. So yes, you just have the same rules for everybody and treat them all the same.

Editor's comment - We'll let our readers decide what exactly he meant by these comments. H/t Business Insider

Could Romney help the GOP pick off Maine?

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From Eric Dondero:

Pundits fully expect New Hampshire to swing back to the GOP column in 2012. But what about neighboring Maine?

From ExceptionMag.com, "As Maine Goes?" Oct. 27:

President Obama's favorability rating among Mainers stands at just 43 percent, which is much lower than the national average of 53 percent. Only 36% of Maine residents have a positive view of how the President is handling the economy and more than half disapprove. This is all according to polling data released this month by Critical Insights, a polling firm based in Portland.

Obama carried Maine in 2008 but his favorability rating in the Pine Tree State is now the lowest it has been during this presidency.

Across all voters, 41 percent would vote for Obama in 2012 and 40 percent would cast a ballot for likely GOP candidate Mitt Romney, according to a Quinnipiac University poll taken between Sept. 27-Oct. 3, 2011.

Maine, along with the rest of America, may be drifting to the right. State Republicans control the Goverenor's seat, the Senate and the House for the first time since 1964.

A pick off of two New England States could prove disastorous for Obama's electoral college strategy.

Everybody’s favorite Joe going with the Herman-ator

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From Eric Dondero:

Not a complete endorsement, but Joe "the Plumber" Wurzelbacher is heavily leaning Herman Cain. He told Fox News:

"I'm definitely leaning towards Herman [Cain], I like him, he makes a lot of sense and he's an honest man."

Wurzelbacher just announced his run for Congress in Ohio in a new district that stretches from Toledo to Cleveland. He will face either incumbent Democrats Dennis Kucinich or Marcy Kaptur.

Why the Constitution Matters

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GUEST EDITORIAL

by Wayne Pilcher

From its beginning, the United States of America experienced unprecedented success and prosperity. Why is this true? It did not just "happen", there are reasons behind historical trends and outcomes.

The Declaration of Independence and Constitution established America's founding principles. The Declaration stated that all men are equal before the law and have unalienable rights. These are not just words; they provide a crucial basis upon which a government must be structured.

America was a child of the Enlightenment - the philosophical belief that all people possess reason and the innate ability to use that reason to create values in their lives. Such values include material possessions as well has non-material such as associates, mutual business enterprise, freedom of thought and religion. It is the activities of free people working together in mutual enterprise that create prosperity and a rising standard of living for everyone.

The rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are the rights of people to pursue their aspirations free from interference by others, in particular the government.

The Constitution of the United States is not just some arbitrary set of rules that can be changed to suit the exigencies of the day. The Constitution is based on timeless and immutable principles. Human experience may change but human nature does not. Rights, freedom and prosperity derive from human nature, that human beings create values by the free use of their reason. The Constitution was written for all people for all time. Its purpose is to protect the people from the despotic tendency of government which the founders rightly feared.

We are now living in a different philosophical age. We no longer have the idea that individual people are capable of pursuing and achieving their values. Now, we have pressure groups that have "needs" and make demands on society, to be provided by the governmental taxation. The American people are increasingly becoming dependent on the government and are not shy about making their demands known.

The very foundations of America's political principles are under attack. That foundation is the United States Constitution. Today's "Progressives" want to "transform" America. They advocate a "living" constitution. They are bitterly opposed to "strict constructionists" or "originalists." Members of the Supreme Court look to European or International law when considering their decisions. American courts, including the Supreme Court regularly rule on law, not by Constitutional standards, but by their own standards for political ends. Once installed on the Supreme Court, justices have little accountability for their decisions.

Conservatives and Libertarians need to fight for American principles and Constitutional law. They need to understand and explain the underlying philosophy behind those principles. They should not just advocate for them because "they work" or some other pragmatic rationale.

The American people must rediscover their roots and fight for their right to be free from government overbearance AND largesse.

Editor's note - Wayne is a libertarian-conservative. His blog can be found at renew-america-con. He links LR, and somewhat oddly lists us in the "conservative" category.

Important! This website Happily! accepts guest submissions from its readers, so long as they are in the general interest for libertarian Republicans.

Pathology – Legacy of the Ancients ALBUM REVIEW – Video

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Pathology - Legacy of the Ancients ALBUM REVIEW Victory Records with Slam death/brutal death metal!?! Its true! Pathology is back with their 4th full length now will a little more exposure. 7/10 Check out the video for Code Injection: http://www.youtube.com Website: http://www.jumblejunkie.com Twitter http://www.twitter.com

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A Biologist's St. Patrick's Day Song – Video

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A 200-year-old Irish classic! Lyrics: In the year of our lord eighteen hundred and eleven On March the seventeenth day I will raise up a beer and I'll raise up a cheer For Saccharomyces cerevisiae Here's to brewers yeast, that humblest of all beast Producing carbon gas reducing acetaldehyde But my friends that isn't all -- it makes ethyl alcohol That is what the yeast excretes and that's what we imbibe Anaerobic respiration* Also known as fermentation NADH oxidation Give me a beer [CHORUS] My intestinal wall absorbs that ethanol And soon it passes through my blood-brain barrier There's a girl in the next seat who I didn't think that sweet But after a few drinks I want to marry her I guess it's not surprising, my dopamine is rising And my glutamate receptors are all shot I'd surely be bemoaning all the extra serotonin But my judgement is impaired and my confidence is not Allosteric modulation No Long Term Potentiation Hastens my inebriation Give me a beer [CHORUS] When ethanol is in me, some shows up in my kidneys And inhibits vasopressin by degrees A decrease in aquaporins hinders water re-absorption And pretty soon I really have to pee Well my liver breaks it down so my body can rebound By my store of glycogen is soon depleted And tomorrow when I'm sober I will also be hungover Cause I flushed electrolytes that my nerves and muscles needed Diuretic activation Urination urination Urination dehydration Give me a beer [CHORUS] Happy St. Pat's *Actually, this isn't true ...

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Bite-Sized Biochemistry #9: Hemoglobin II and Respiration/Metabolism – Video

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Lecture by Kevin Ahern of Oregon State University discussing Biochemistry Basics in BB 450. See the full course at oregonstate.edu This course can be taken for credit (wherever you live) via OSU's ecampus. For details, see ecampus.oregonstate.edu Download Metabolic Melodies at http://www.davincipress.com Related courses include BB 350 - oregonstate.edu BB 451 - oregonstate.edu BB 100 - oregonstate.edu Hemoglobin (continued) 1.

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IBM Scientists First to Image the Anatomy of a Molecule – Video

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As reported in the August 28 issue of Science magazine, IBM Research Zurich scientists Leo Gross, Fabian Mohn, Nikolaj Moll and Gerhard Meyer, in collaboration with Peter Liljeroth of Utrecht University, used an AFM operated in an ultrahigh vacuum and at very low temperatures ( 268oC or 451oF) to image the chemical structure of individual pentacene molecules. With their AFM, the IBM scientists, for the first time ever, were able to look through the electron cloud and see the atomic backbone of an individual molecule

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