Under the dictatorship of Adolf Hitler, German Wehrmacht officers and soldiers as well as civil servants pledged personal loyalty to the Führer, not the German constitution. It appears Obama has taken a page from Hitler’s authoritarian playbook, according to Michele Chang. “A spokesman for General James Cartwright, the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of [...]
Archive for January, 2009
Obama Takes a Page From Hitler
Posted: 30th January 2009 by Veritas in RandomnessTags: hitler, military, oath, Obama, pledge
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Obama to Ship Out Civilians for War Efforts
Posted: 30th January 2009 by Veritas in Economy | FinanceTags: civilians, Obama, overseas, war
The Defense Department has established a “civilian expeditionary workforce” that will see American civilians trained and equipped to deploy overseas in support of worldwide military missions. The move is seen by some as an initial step towards fulfilling president Obama’s promise to form a civilian national security force as powerful as the U.S. military. Full [...]
Injections for Better Tans
Posted: 30th January 2009 by Veritas in LifestyleTags: drug, injection, tanning
A drug that stimulates the body’s tanning response — turning pasty skin caramel for up to two months — has been approved for human trials, but not for tanning. Although the drug will not be available for cosmetic purposes any time soon, similar compounds are already being widely abused on the pharmaceutical black market. The [...]
Oddities from Around the Globe
Posted: 30th January 2009 by Simo Häyhä in Lifestyle, Oddly Enough, PoliticsTags: news, odd, top, weird, world, zombies
Watch the top 10 odd news from around the world
Bush Shoe-throwing Monument at Iraqi Orphanage
Posted: 30th January 2009 by moonphrogg in PoliticsTags: Bush, former president, giant shoe, Iraq, monument, orphanage, shoe throwing, tikrit
For the war-beaten orphans of the northern Iraqi city of Tikrit, this big old shoe fits. A huge sculpture of the footwear hurled at President Bush in December during a trip to Iraq has been unveiled in a ceremony at the Tikrit Orphanage complex. » Full Story And just because I can’t watch that video [...]
Iceland’s rising star – “Kaja”
Posted: 30th January 2009 by The Dude in EntertainmentTags: Eurovision, Iceland, Kaja, Total lie
Kaja is the crowds favorite in Iceland’s Eurovision contest with her song “Total lie” clearly the song to beat
Bailout not Working for China
Posted: 30th January 2009 by Simo Häyhä in Economy | Finance, PoliticsTags: bailout, business, China, collapse, job, unemployment, woe
Millions of Jobs at Stake after the Collapse of Over 60 000 Businesses since September 2008
Diablo III Release Date Coded in Previous Games?
Posted: 30th January 2009 by Simo Häyhä in Entertainment, PoliticsTags: binary, code, Diablo 3, PC, release date, RPG, rune, video game
I was browsing the web when I ran across an interesting theory on the Diablo 3 release date. I’m quite sure it’s not true, but the fact that someone went through all the trouble to come up with something so intricate is quite impressive. I had to post it here for everyone to see. If [...]
An unbelievable basketball story – A must see!
Posted: 30th January 2009 by The Dude in Entertainment, Oddly Enough, SportsTags: autistic, fairy tale, Jason McElwain, special ed student, unbelievable
Fire station burns after cooking mishap
Posted: 30th January 2009 by The Dude in Oddly EnoughTags: fire station, firefighters, Tokyo
TOKYO (Reuters) – A blaze broke out at a fire station in Japan this week after a firefighter left a cooking stove burning as crew members left the station to respond to emergency calls. Most of the duty staffers were out on a call when their colleague, alone at the station and cooking dinner for [...]
Parliament stops in protest over TV tennis
Posted: 30th January 2009 by The Dude in SportsTags: Australian Open, Federer, Parliament, Roddick, Serbia
Serbia’s parliament stopped work for two hours on Thursday in protest at a decision by state television (RTS) to broadcast a tennis match instead of the latest episode of the legislative session. Serbia’s tennis players have been very successful of late, and on Thursday RTS aired the Australian Open semifinal between Andy Roddick and Roger [...]