Osama bin Laden is dead

Osama bin Laden is dead

 

Osama bin Laden, the face of global terrorism and architect of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, was killed in a firefight with elite American forces Monday, then quickly buried at sea in a stunning finale to a furtive decade on the run.

Long believed to be hiding in caves, bin Laden was tracked down in a costly, custom-built hideout not far from a Pakistani military academy. The stunning news of his death prompted relief and euphoria outside the White House and around the globe, yet also fears of terrorist reprisals against the United States and its allies.
"Justice has been done," President Barack Obama said in a dramatic announcement at the White House.
The military operation took mere minutes, and there were no U.S. casualties.

U.S. helicopters ferried troops from Navy SEAL Team Six, a top military counter-terrorism unit, into the compound identified by the CIA as bin Laden's hideout — and back out again in less than 40 minutes. Bin Laden was shot in the head, officials said, after he and his bodyguards resisted the assault.
Three adult males were also killed in the raid, including one of bin Laden's sons, whom officials did not name. One of bin Laden's sons, Hamza, is a senior member of al-Qaida. U.S. officials also said one woman was killed when she was used as a shield by a male combatant, and two other women were injured.
The U.S. official who disclosed the burial at sea said it would have been difficult to find a country willing to accept the remains. Obama said the remains had been handled in accordance with Islamic custom, which requires speedy burial.
"I heard a thundering sound, followed by heavy firing. Then firing suddenly stopped. Then more thundering, then a big blast," said Mohammad Haroon Rasheed, a resident of Abbottabad, Pakistan, after the choppers had swooped in and then out again.

Source: Yahoo

Obama’s birth certificate is fake

Obama’s birth certificate is fake

 Denninger: 1) Definition of document background in inconsistent. It’s sharper around the edges and blurred around the center.

 Denninger: 2) “Date Accepted by Reg. General” field has inconsistent color depth on the “AUG,” “-,” and “6.”

 Denninger: 3) “Department of Health” field’s number “1” is inconsistent with the other numbers.

 Denninger: 4) No color fringes around the letters, no matter far it’s magnified. The allegation is that the letters weren’t originally printed on the colored paper, but rather assembled from elsewhere.

 3TruthSeeker33 1) Layers

3TruthSeeker33 2) Document with a few layers taken out

Source: Ibtimes

Obama Signs Bill to Compensate 9/11 First Responders

Well, after 9 years those first responders who sacrificed their health to save others and to clean up the remains of the WTC are going to get compensated. According to this yahoo.com article:

The James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act was named after a police officer who died of a respiratory disease he contracted during the 9/11 rescue operations. The bill was one of the last measures Congress passed before adjourning in December.

Some Republicans tried to block the measure, saying they were concerned with how to pay for the bill. They dropped their opposition after lawmakers struck a compromise to reduce the costs.

The $4.2 billion measure will be paid for with a fee on some foreign companies that get U.S. government procurement contracts

To me it feels like this bill is the perfect fit for the saying "too little, too late" but at least it's better than nothing. I can only hope that the money is well spent and helps the first responders to the best possible extent.

And lastly, lets not forget who was responsible for all of this:



To all of our readers; stay rational and keep debunking the debunkers, things are looking up for the movement.

Fakeham

Celebrity Auditions for the Role of Yoda in Star Wars

Yoda is an incredibly powerful Jedi Master in the Star Wars universe. Series creator George Lucas originally wished Yoda to follow his other characters in having a full name: Minch Yoda, but instead opted to have many details of the character's life history remain unknown. 

He also auditioned several celebrities for the roll of Yoda before deciding to go the puppet/CGI route for the character.  Here are the characters who made it to the finals.  Lose out to Puppet Yoda they did.

Yoda Obama

Yoda Stewie

Yoda Will Ferrell

Yoda Shrek

Yoda UP

Mr. Yoda Miyagi

Yoda Drew Carey

Yoda Don Knotts

Whatchu Talkin' About Yoda?

Yoda DeNiro

Yoda DeVito

Images Source - Worth1000.com

More Barack Obama, this time a pencil sketch

I started the day determined to be far more productive than yesterday, a good night’s sleep always helps. The morning was so so but by the afternoon I was back on track. I used some self-levelling gel on my canvas abstract and spent ages using acrylic inks and a cocktail stick creating a lovely pattern in yellow, gold, silver, orange and red. As I was able to apply some texture to another area without touching the gel I decided to crack on. Everything was beginning to come together and I decided to take the colour over the edge of the canvas. That would have been fine had I not tilted the canvas to a 45 degree angle. I realised what I’d done quickly enough to prevent the entire gel ending up on the table, but not before the pattern had morphed into something else. I tweaked it as best I could but it’s not what it was, sigh. Note to self engage brain before and during painting. On arriving home Ewan couldn’t resist touching it so it now has added texture. Such a helpful boy!!!

Whilst waiting for Ewan to finish his swimming lesson, I managed a sketch of Barack Obama. It took slightly less than an hour. The skin tones are better than my last attempt so overall I’m a happy bunny.

This evening was life drawing class. My quick studies were much better than the detailed one today. Coincidentally I heard an interesting debate on Premier Christian radio about whether Christians should do life drawing. I’d never thought of it as an issue, but for some it apparently is! The topic came up this evening because the art school is moving to using a church hall and they want to continue to offer life drawing, but need to check permissions before they can make arrangements.

Barack Obama – the world in his hands Caricature

Yesterday I started this caricature drawing of Barack Obama. It was progressing well, until I decided to use grey pen for his skin. I know, I know, I’ve said this before, when will I ever learn. I should have used a Copic marker pen, not a pigment pen, sigh…

Anyway here’s Barack, the skin tone is too dark, I know, but it was that or leave him even more blotchy – I didn’t like that option!

As I haven’t done a caricature for a while, I thought I’d post him. I’ve also finished my abstracts. Two have worked really well but the third is so-so. Still debating the Summer exhibition entry, no decision yet. I can have a maximum of 2 entries, so they need to be right. I suspect they need to be fairly traditional but looking at the judges that might not be the case. Don’t you wish you could read minds sometimes?

The Nobel Peace Prize goes to.....

Mr. Barack Obama. First comment I read (on a Polish Internet Site) : " Did he get it because he is black?". Oh Good Lord please rescue me. I am failing me, and people are as well.
Congrats to the U.S President.

When's my turn?!



Pokojowa Nagroda Nobla w tym roku powędruje w ręce Baracka Obamy. Pierwszym komentarzem (przeczytanym na Polskiej stronie internetowej) : " Czy on ją dostał bo jest czarny?". Dobry Panie ratuj mnie przed sobą niektórymi innymi.
Gratulacje dla prezydenta Stanów Zjednoczonych.

Kiedy moja kolei ?!

Habby Birthday!

It's Mister Obamas birthday today! Happy Birthday ! A lot of strength, patience and strong will for the next couple of months! I guess you'll need it!

Dziś urodziny Pana Obamy! Wszystkiego najlepszego! Dużo wytrzymałości, cierpliwości i silnej woli dla następnych kilka miesięcy. Podejrzewam, iż będziesz tego potrzebował!

Obama is in Ghana / O Obamie w Ghanie

Barack Obama is in Ghana. He talks not only about aid and help, but also about corruption, child soldiers, Somalia, Darfur, poverty, smuggling etc. Liked his speech. So did the people in Ghana.

Studying, but it ain't that easy. I am tired as hell, could sleep all day. And I am sitting my first exam on Tuesday. I am still confident and positive about that one however. Just keep your fingers crossed for me.

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Barack Obama jest w Ghanie. Mówił nie tylko o wsparciu i pomocy dla "Czarnego Kontynentu" (szczerze nie lubię tego określenia), ale także o korupcji, małych wojownikach, o Somalii, Darfurze, biedzie, przemycie itp. Podobała mi się jego mowa. Ludziom w Ghanie też.

Uczę się, co jednak nie jest takie łatwe. Strasznie żem śpiąca, mogłabym spać cały dzień. A piszę swój pierwszy egzamin we wtorek. Jednakże wciąż jestem pozytywnie nastawiona. Trzymajcie po prostu za mnie kciuki.

A Toast to Diplomacy (Finally)

-- Pruttiporn Kerdchoochuen

In the spirit of my imaginary chain-smoking, heavy-drinking Scouser grandma (don't we all have one of those?), let me lead off by saying, "Ah, 'as a good 'ead on 'is shoulders, tha' Barack." I think that sums up, more or less, the new President's speech in Cairo. A lot of what he said was nothing new, really. Promoting cross-cultural understanding, emphasizing Islam's integral role in world (and especially Western) progress and appealing to moderate Muslims, he repeats the words spoken, written, taught, and sometimes screamed in frustration (with a lot of hand wringing and hair pulling) by a significant number of people that went all but unheeded in the past eight years. In short, he was presenting a policy of commonsense toward the Islamic world, that felt as invigorating and reassuring after eight years of craziness as a simple American moo cow fucking burger (thank you, Lewis Black) would to an American tongue returning from a sojourn in the East. And let's face it - your brain was probably sighing with as much relief as mine to be hearing, at long last, a President who can actually string together complex sentences and coherent ideas and who manages to sound dignified, smart, and not like he had been out all night drinking moonshine and running his head into a brick wall for Dick Cheney's pleasure.

Let's toast to diplomacy and human rights values. It's been a while. Cheers.