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Tradition.IXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14526955117176923671noreply@blogger.comBlogger74125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2650492979486453900.post-58772830689175843072011-01-23T14:16:00.026-05:002011-01-23T17:25:40.808-05:00TEN GEMS 2010: Part 2<div align="center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5OK8wwjejtM/TTx-vphKxWI/AAAAAAAAAIc/BPM2ZRWUHj0/s1600/KreemJadaCincere_2MC1DJ.com.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 238px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565462596587013474" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5OK8wwjejtM/TTx-vphKxWI/AAAAAAAAAIc/BPM2ZRWUHj0/s320/KreemJadaCincere_2MC1DJ.com.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?q2fse1nf6fq88jy"><strong>05. "DUMP" - Jadakiss feat. 50 Cent</strong></a></div><div align="center"><br />Classic collabo 2010! Jadakiss goes innnn verse 1 and 3... that's expected. (Props to the legend!). But, 50 Cent in rare form (I'm talkin <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_of_the_Dollar">Power of the Dollar</a> rare)... is a dope surprise. Beat bangss.. Bump Dump! :)</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><em><br />"Yea shorty wild, trey pounds, 40 cals, at the dice game, brand new 100s, 40 thou.. stay fly, work out, all he eat is halal, never catch him dirty cuz all he keep is a smile... When they caught him wit a gat in the car he beat it in trial, he don't say too much - never eager to style.. Remind me of Gotti, shyne with the shotty, lawyer so good - he paid a fine for a body. Heroin in B-more, crib by the sea-shore, car service to the G4, Fila velour..." - Jadakiss</em></div><center><em><br /></em><iframe class="youtube-player" title="YouTube video player" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/4cLIFh49e2Y" frameborder="0" width="480" type="text/html" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></center><br /><div align="center"><br /><br /></div><center></center><center><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5OK8wwjejtM/TTyCP5H0iiI/AAAAAAAAAIk/fy_yCamL08s/s1600/RepRep_2MC1DJ.com.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 231px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565466449066363426" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5OK8wwjejtM/TTyCP5H0iiI/AAAAAAAAAIk/fy_yCamL08s/s320/RepRep_2MC1DJ.com.jpg" /></a> <strong>04. "REP REP" - Illuminati X</strong></center><br /><div align="center">Originally released on the "<a href="http://illuminatixmillion.blogspot.com/2010/12/new-mixtape-unsigned-city.html">Capish Hip Hop Vol.1: Unsigned City</a>" compilation of Niagara area hip hop, this freestyle got the "nickname" RIP Guru because of ONE Luxe line. In reality, the subject of the song is very generic, and the Guru reference is just a quick, slick tribute 2 a Hip-Hop legend. I added the few extra words to the outro to make the song relevant to the project it's on, and also the 'sub-theme' it's now dealing with.. We shot a video late last year too...behind the scenes and final cut coming soon!</div><br /><div align="center"><em>"Uh huh fuck da cliches, save ya breath for a prayer we in peak shape, it's the uncrowned kings of the beat break, pop shit around now ya fucked like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khalid_Sheikh_Mohammed">Khalid Sheikh</a>.. Bring it back, trigger finger rap, put 'em up high 'cuz the sky where we at.. so high ask Guru - when he comin back? and we can go and wild out <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFQQeUNaZtc">just 2 get a rep</a>, and we can drive to <a href="http://bigbee.ca/">Big Bee</a> just 2 get a wrap, n we can call ya bitch up - just 2 get it bapped" - Luxe</em><br /><br /></div><center><iframe class="youtube-player" title="YouTube video player" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/D-TLfoUu8O0" frameborder="0" width="480" type="text/html"></iframe></center><br /><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5OK8wwjejtM/TTyHWHKdH3I/AAAAAAAAAIs/O4uY8jKETyM/s1600/AZ_2MC1DJ.com.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 220px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565472053472862066" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5OK8wwjejtM/TTyHWHKdH3I/AAAAAAAAAIs/O4uY8jKETyM/s320/AZ_2MC1DJ.com.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?znhzmzm4g0n"><strong>03. "FEEL MY PAIN" - AZ</strong></a></div><br /><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">AZ is my favorite rapper. He's also in my opinion the best rapper of all time when it comes to skill, consistency, album catalogue and amount of classic verses. He's no nicer in 2010 than he was in 2001, or say 1997. He's always the nicest. Period. "Feel My Pain" explains that as much as any AZ song. But no more. Or less.... U followin? ... Nicest.</div><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><em>"Reminsce, venemous, this is limitless, started from <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAFvTd5yAA8">the Genesis</a>, schooled on what business is.. touchdown scrimmages, targetin your nemesis, bargainin your innocence, findin out your friends-ain't-shit.. let me finish it, few niggas benefit, new niggas tend to sit or sent to the penitent. Cam style, I know now what Killa meant, no resemblance, movin off my inner strength, superb penmanship, heard that my pen was sick..." - AZ</em></div><br /><center><iframe class="youtube-player" title="YouTube video player" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/uT53Ljyswz0" frameborder="0" width="480" type="text/html"></iframe><br /></center><br /><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5OK8wwjejtM/TTyPMHsYW4I/AAAAAAAAAI0/LAY3fpxDrjs/s1600/NOBODY%2B-%2BSingle%2BCover.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565480677909486466" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5OK8wwjejtM/TTyPMHsYW4I/AAAAAAAAAI0/LAY3fpxDrjs/s320/NOBODY%2B-%2BSingle%2BCover.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.sendspace.com/file/6dnyi1"><strong>02. "NOBODY" - Illuminati X</strong></a></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><em>"May I continue? I run up in you, bitches every venue like "shit, what's on the menu?". N they expen you, en you for the revenue, en you for these ends, en up laying on the avenue. All for the markets, a buck in a pocket, son they murder prophets, and profits skyrocket.. shhh, they hear us talkin, you know they watchin.. we marked from the start and the marksmen are hawkin.. If snipers on the roof knew they silencin the truth, would they disregard the order, be defiant, or still shoot?.. So much mileage on these boots, but we march on... Never silencing the truth, son we march strong, our song - the Red Brigade, we regulate the blockade, Illuminate from Bombay to Zimbabwe... the Third World do it live fuck Live Aid... Long as you and I, we do or die, so fire away... Balkan Beast Zapatista, the beasts hear to feast on the street and defeat he don't speak of, so what's your recourse? Homie I got heat for, ones like you, like the Sun high noon" - Luxe</em><br /><br /><iframe class="youtube-player" title="YouTube video player" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/kSrGcoPvfkw" frameborder="0" width="480" type="text/html"></iframe></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5OK8wwjejtM/TTySHDGncRI/AAAAAAAAAI8/mqxMcYlPGFA/s1600/NasDamian_2MC1DJ.com.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 237px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565483889312887058" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5OK8wwjejtM/TTySHDGncRI/AAAAAAAAAI8/mqxMcYlPGFA/s320/NasDamian_2MC1DJ.com.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?cngzynztnmh"><strong>01. "LEADERS" - Nas & Damian Marley</strong></a><br /><br />Nas is number 2 on my favorite/greatest emcee of all time list. With that said, I have a fucked up tendency to overhype myself up every time a new Nas album is coming out. I expect so unbeliavably much out of it, that in reality - no matter what the album ends up like, at first listen it's "not great enough"... When I first bought <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distant_Relatives">Distant Relatives</a>, and first took it in, I was sincerely disapointed.. Between the first listen impact and the choice of flags on the inside of the cd-case, I gave the project the worst rating of any Nas release... ever. I listened to the "teaser version" of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMGd3mAfl-0&ob=av2em">As We Enter</a> a billion times. I listened to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvv0SRzs4Cs&feature=fvw">Strong Will Continue</a> a billion more. I refused to download the leaks of any other songs. I was at the <a href="http://www.sunriserecords.com/home.php">Sunrise</a> in St. Catharines first thing on release day.. I rolled a perfect blunt. I took in the album... And I put it away.. I think I might have called it "weak" at a barbershop once... I was disapointed for real!</div><br /><div align="center">Then, about half a year later, I picked it up off the shelf, and gave it one more listen. Only this time I had no unreasonable expectations, no particular sounds I was looking for, or Nas flow nostalgias... I just listened.</div><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><div align="center">What a smart thing to do. </div><br /><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Another few months down the road, and I can sincerely say I rate Distant Relatives among the best Nas albums ever. Every song is hot. Every verse is a quotable. And the fucked up thing is, in my opinion Damian outshines Nas on most of the album. Song after song are full of gems. Life lessons. Subject matter ranges from politics, to friendships, to war to spirituality to personal opinions... Everything is there. I just didn't see it the first time.</div><center><br />I suggest to anyone thinking of actually BUYING a new album to buy Distant Relatives. It's a classic. It will be widely recognized as that in the future.</center><br /><center><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/II0FdLhJNzo" frameborder="0" allowFullScreen></iframe></center>CINCEREhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13334233844953517729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2650492979486453900.post-84310148690973328792011-01-22T13:12:00.005-05:002011-02-14T17:26:16.377-05:00OFFICIAL VIDEO: Illuminati X - Ignite The System<center><br />
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</center>LUXEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05316600986573902519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2650492979486453900.post-35427964856987520692011-01-18T22:42:00.007-05:002011-01-18T23:04:41.523-05:00BOOK CLUB: Bruce Lee's Private Library<center><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6vncQ2juSII?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6vncQ2juSII?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object></center><center></center><center></center><center></center><div align="left"><strong><u></u></strong></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="left"><strong><u>NOTE:</u></strong> "<strong>Magic Power of Emotions</strong>", "<strong>Think And Grow Rich</strong>", "<strong>The Master-Key to Riches</strong>", "<strong>Philosophy of the Unconscious</strong>". </div><br /><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">Fat shoutout to <a href="http://www.mycomeup.com/">MYCOMEUP</a> !</div>CINCEREhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13334233844953517729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2650492979486453900.post-38697267556872354422011-01-18T22:32:00.004-05:002011-01-19T11:01:00.919-05:00NEW MIXTAPE: "David Dreams" by Stress<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5OK8wwjejtM/TTZbodgb4QI/AAAAAAAAAIU/BqaLDY4jwvY/s1600/STRESS.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 337px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563735140336394498" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5OK8wwjejtM/TTZbodgb4QI/AAAAAAAAAIU/BqaLDY4jwvY/s400/STRESS.jpg" /></a><br />New release from Serbian artist <a href="http://www.facebook.com/StressOfficial">Stress</a>. 13 bangers. Few features, including yours truly. Bump "Rep Serbia RMX" <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aMxHFoHVC0">HERE</a>. <strong>DOWNLOAD MIXTAPE</strong> <a href="http://usershare.net/824xjsvjktdp">HERE</a>.<br /><div align="center"></div>CINCEREhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13334233844953517729noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2650492979486453900.post-58111207220289364412011-01-18T22:15:00.002-05:002011-01-18T22:23:50.864-05:00INSPIRING: Mike Tyson (Boxing)<center><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/mKjK95aRrhc?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/mKjK95aRrhc?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/drmBziMus9E?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/drmBziMus9E?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/P_ZY_fCGZRA?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/P_ZY_fCGZRA?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /></center>CINCEREhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13334233844953517729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2650492979486453900.post-89437780778271359222011-01-18T21:00:00.015-05:002011-01-18T23:00:09.816-05:00EASY READ: "Overcoming Setbacks"<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5OK8wwjejtM/TTZRKx5f3AI/AAAAAAAAAH0/vqrVLu1yCDY/s1600/Success_2MC1DJ.com.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 284px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563723635297868802" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5OK8wwjejtM/TTZRKx5f3AI/AAAAAAAAAH0/vqrVLu1yCDY/s320/Success_2MC1DJ.com.jpg" /></a><br /><div>BY: Michael Bucci</div><br /><br /><div>In business, as in life, we are often taken aback by unexpected events. Sometimes these events are beneficial and help us achieve our goals. However, more often than not, we face challenges that have the potential to permanently derail us from making our dreams come true.<br /><br />A setback can take any form and come at any time. It may be a large client who takes his business elsewhere or your wife filing for divorce. It may be a natural disaster that is out of your control or the corporation laying off people to cut costs.<br /><br /><br /><strong>Control your reactions<br /></strong><br />No matter what the setback, there is one thing that you can control at all times: your reaction. That's right: If you are having a bad day at the office, there is no need to be a sourpuss and make life miserable for everyone around you. Suck it up and carry on as if all were well.<br /><br />Whatever the problem may be, you will need to address it quickly and come up with a solution. The best way to do this is by remaining calm and levelheaded. Emotion will cloud your judgment, so keep it in check, or a small problem can quickly escalate into a big one.<br /><br /><br /><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 210px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563724340342955970" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5OK8wwjejtM/TTZRz0ZWH8I/AAAAAAAAAH8/xNWMd102ofs/s320/Opportunity_2MC1DJ.com.jpg" /><strong>Temporary failure<br /></strong><br />For most people, especially ambitious and competitive ones, setbacks are not always easy to swallow. By our very nature, we do not like to fail. The first time you rode a bike, you probably fell off after five seconds. Did you just quit and go back to sucking your thumb? Of course not. You got back on that thing and tried until you could ride it around the block!<br /><br />Do you still handle failure in the same gung ho manner today? Suppose you were up for a promotion and did not get it because the boss thought that schmuck from finance was a better pick. Would you sulk and be grouchy for the next three months? Would you have a big chip on your shoulder and start slacking off on the job? If so, that may be why the boss picked the other guy instead of you.<br /><br />The first thing you need to keep in mind if you fail at something is that failure is nothing more than a temporary setback. Upon seeing failure in this light, you will come to realize that failure is not so bad after all, provided you keep trying until you get it right.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5OK8wwjejtM/TTZS1n32s_I/AAAAAAAAAIE/dgkY1BeMnDs/s1600/NewDay_2MC1DJ.com.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563725470852625394" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5OK8wwjejtM/TTZS1n32s_I/AAAAAAAAAIE/dgkY1BeMnDs/s320/NewDay_2MC1DJ.com.jpg" /></a><strong>Tomorrow is a new day </strong></div><br /><div>Now that you know that failure is nothing more than a temporary setback, here's another great way to quickly get back on track. Always keep in mind that tomorrow is a new day. If we have a rough day and fail at something, it isn't easy to keep our game face on and keep working through the day at full capacity. This is normal.<br /><br />However, what separates the truly successful from everyone else is that they take their medicine, absorb the pain for that one day, and then come back re-energized and ready for full-out war the next day. They do not let the previous day's defeat hold them back from achieving their goals. They do not complain or sulk, because that would only waste more time -- time they could be using to make money.</div><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5OK8wwjejtM/TTZTkYMFANI/AAAAAAAAAIM/n1ICUVhUlQ8/s1600/SuccessAndFailure_2MC1DJ.com.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563726274096333010" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5OK8wwjejtM/TTZTkYMFANI/AAAAAAAAAIM/n1ICUVhUlQ8/s320/SuccessAndFailure_2MC1DJ.com.jpg" /></a><strong>Don't dwell on the past</strong><br /><br /><div>Successful people are able to rise above the fray because they focus on the task at hand and on how they can improve themselves. They learn from their past mistakes; they do not dwell on them. What's done is done and cannot be changed. Successful people know this and don't waste time or energy beating a dead horse.<br /><br />The past is useful if you use it as a lifeline. That is, use it to learn from, and don't repeat past mistakes. This alone will make you a better person. Avoid using the past as an anchor; it will weigh you down and hold you back. Don't keep your entire past in active memory, because it will keep you docked for life, and if you don't get out to sea, then you won't catch any fish.<br /><br />If your mind is busy going over past decisions and actions all the time, it does not have time to work on current problems and future plans. Without planning, no one can be a success.</div><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>Clear mind, clean execution </strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><div>If you miss the game-winning shot one day, you must come to terms with it quickly and move on. If you do this, you'll have a clear mind and will perform better. If you want to hit a home run, you must go to bat with the same mind-set you had the last time you hit a home run.<br /><br />If you step up to the plate thinking about how you struck out the last two times at bat, then you'll likely add another strikeout to your box score for the night. Leave the last at-bat in the past where it belongs; focus on hitting the ball.<br /><br /><br /><strong>Be a duck</strong><br /><br /></div><div>Ducks are graceful creatures. When you see ducks swimming in a pond, they look as if they are floating along quietly, not moving a muscle. However, if you look underwater, you'll discover that they are "paddling" furiously in order to move forward.<br /><br />The point is that you must also be able to look serene and keep your game face on, even if your mind is racing along at 1,000 mph and your heart rate is only slightly slower. Take failure in stride by dusting yourself off, getting back up after a short breather and starting the battle anew the next day. Every day is a new day -- a potentially great new day. </div>CINCEREhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13334233844953517729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2650492979486453900.post-32012263368117429272011-01-18T12:57:00.001-05:002011-01-18T12:59:23.826-05:00MLK DAY: Martin Luther King Jr. on War<CENTER><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/92-r05TH9qs?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/92-r05TH9qs?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /></CENTER>LUXEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05316600986573902519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2650492979486453900.post-42566856671716905782011-01-18T01:38:00.004-05:002011-01-18T01:43:36.819-05:00CLASSIC DOCUMENTARY: Tragedy - The Story of Queensbridge<CENTER><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/cQV1T3SzdL0?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/cQV1T3SzdL0?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />| <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2ZbWgM7evA" target="sdsf">PART 2</A> | <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcBqc2SG7Dg" target="sdsf">PART 3</A> | <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzuaOHfbrhA" target="sdsf">PART 4</A> | <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8YNHF4RsoI" target="sdsf">PART 5</A> | <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5uQZnOX0KY" target="sdsf">PART 6</A> | <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPNuy96Byks" target="sdsf">PART 7</A> |<br /></CENTER>LUXEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05316600986573902519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2650492979486453900.post-19642795652418540562011-01-17T13:28:00.004-05:002011-01-17T13:43:05.185-05:00DOE OR DIE 2: AZ - MAYHEM TV<CENTER><br /><object width="500" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/KLqfMVnQQzE?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/KLqfMVnQQzE?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="500" height="385"></embed></object><br /></CENTER>LUXEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05316600986573902519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2650492979486453900.post-75844277399745034422011-01-16T14:37:00.004-05:002011-01-17T13:30:59.608-05:00INFAMOUS INTERVIEW: Wu-Tang Clan In Staten Island Park Hill Projects<CENTER><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZpQ-6YiIiBw?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZpQ-6YiIiBw?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QArQYzFqcDw?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QArQYzFqcDw?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /></center>LUXEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05316600986573902519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2650492979486453900.post-61300715550892561712011-01-15T22:33:00.004-05:002011-01-15T22:40:25.230-05:00NBA: The Confessions of an NBA Scorekeeper<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_C0mp6WCevEA/TTJn_fQwERI/AAAAAAAAADE/hu5LfZUmVeM/s1600/nickvanexel011024x768_large_large.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 250px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_C0mp6WCevEA/TTJn_fQwERI/AAAAAAAAADE/hu5LfZUmVeM/s320/nickvanexel011024x768_large_large.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562622830177161490" /></a><br />From: <a href="http://www.deadspin.com" target="sdf">Deadspin.com</a><br /><br />As Alex remembers it now, Olajuwon had a double-double with nine blocks at some point during the fourth quarter. "Someone in management came to me and said, basically, <i>Thou shalt give Hakeem Olajuwon a triple-double. Come hell or high water, he's getting a triple-double.</i> I'm like, uh, OK." The Grizzlies had small monitors on which they kept a running box score. Anyone could see if someone was closing in on a milestone. "If a guy is in vicinity of a record, people are tracking those things. I know those things," Alex says. "If a guy has an eight-game streak of getting 10 rebounds, I'll know that. Am I gonna help that? Probably." The Rockets game, though, "was the one time someone said, 'You'll do this.' And I did." (For the record, Alex is reasonably certain that the 10th block was legitimate. "If he got a bullshit block," he says, "it probably happened before the 10th one.")<br /><br />He won't say who issued the commandment, other than that it was someone in basketball operations who helped compile statistical packets for the media. "It was a mid-level guy, not a GM or an assistant GM," he says. Alex believes the suit was acting on his own initiative, though the habit of fudging statistics upward was practically an organizational, if not leaguewide, imperative. "When you get a triple-double, that dramatically increases the potential of our game being shown on ESPN. 'Here are some highlights of Olajuwon, and oh, by the way, they happen to be in Vancouver.' A team like ours was getting zero national media coverage. There's some value in that, even if someone is lighting us up, for marketing and longterm growth."<br /><br />Alex was new to the game, however, and the request pissed him off. "I was immature," he says, "I was 20-21 years old, and some dude was telling me I needed to do something."<br /><br />Which is perhaps why, a little more than a year later, with Nick Van Exel and the Lakers in town, Alex decided to act out. "I was sort of disgruntled," he says. "I loved the game. I don't want the numbers to be meaningless, and I felt they were becoming meaningless because of how stats were kept. So I decided, I'm gonna do this totally immature thing and see what happens. It was childish. The Lakers are in town. We're gonna lose. Fuck it. He's getting a shitload of assists." If you were to watch the game today, you'd see some "comically bad assists." Alex's fingerprints are all over the box score. He gave Van Exel everything. "Van Exel would pass from the top of the three-point line to someone on the wing who'd hold the ball for five seconds, dribble, then make a move to the basket. Assist, Van Exel."<br /><br />No one noticed. From his chair, Alex could hear the legendary broadcaster Chick Hearn calling the game. <i>Van Exel's having a great game! He's moving the ball exceptionally well!</i> And in the next day's writeups, Van Exel was of course the hero. Alex thought, What the fuck?<br /><br />"This is a bad analogy, but it's like a husband cheating on a wife in such a way as to guarantee he's going to be caught," Alex says. "There's nothing to justify it. It was stupid. And there were no consequences." He figured he'd at least get scolded. He wasn't. In fact, a management guy congratulated him. The game was sure to get on SportsCenter now. <a href="http://deadspin.com/5345287/the-confessions-of-an-nba-scorekeeper" target="sdf">FULL STORY</a>LUXEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05316600986573902519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2650492979486453900.post-60156976621916839662011-01-15T02:25:00.004-05:002011-01-15T02:36:10.940-05:00INSPIRING: Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff - From Guerrilla Fighter to "the Most Powerful Woman in the World"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_C0mp6WCevEA/TTFN_deWzeI/AAAAAAAAAC8/K2DhlNIIh4M/s1600/dilma.png"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 244px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_C0mp6WCevEA/TTFN_deWzeI/AAAAAAAAAC8/K2DhlNIIh4M/s320/dilma.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562312767418322402" /></a><br />Dilma Rousseff is the 36th and current President of Brazil. She is the first woman ever to hold the office. Prior to that, in 2005, she also was the first woman to become Chief of Staff of Brazil, appointed by then President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.<br /><br />Daughter of a Bulgarian immigrant and a schoolteacher, Rousseff was raised in an upper middle class household in Belo Horizonte. She became a socialist during her youth, and following the 1964 coup d'état joined various left-wing and Marxist urban guerrilla groups that fought against the military dictatorship. Rousseff was captured and jailed between 1970 and 1972 and reportedly tortured. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilma_Rousseff" target="sdf">FULL BIO</a><br /><br /><CENTER><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FoIbuSJ1Z1I?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FoIbuSJ1Z1I?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /></CENTER>LUXEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05316600986573902519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2650492979486453900.post-37648097196490914842011-01-13T23:57:00.003-05:002011-01-14T00:07:05.442-05:00CLASSIC DOCUMENTARY: Antifa - Skinhead Hunters (2008)(French: <i>Antifa - Chasseurs de Skins</i>)<br /><br />A French documentary on how groups of youth in Paris generated a backlash against the NeoNazi skinhead subculture, and by doing so earned themselves the nickname Chasseurs de Skins or 'Skinhead Hunters'.<br /><br /><CENTER><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/UU07m_Cr-jg?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UU07m_Cr-jg?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />| <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3yu7Y8-gBw&feature=related" target="dsf">PART 2</A> | <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiAkh-Vb8ik&feature=related" target="dfs">PART 3</A> | <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rn2Xj20Q1Qo&feature=related" target="dfs">PART 4</A> | <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGSf1PPgdYo&feature=related" target="dfs">PART 5</A> | <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRJZjtyq6kA&feature=related" target="dfs">PART 6</A> | <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXd1Iag2kxo&feature=related" target="dfs">PART 7</A> |<br /></CENTER>LUXEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05316600986573902519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2650492979486453900.post-79774860271591763102011-01-12T23:24:00.003-05:002011-01-13T00:22:14.082-05:00DOPE VERSE: Prodigy - "I Shot Ya (Remix)"MURDA MUZIK<br /><CENTER><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/By1o0RaOmwM?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/By1o0RaOmwM?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /></CENTER><br />I conversate wit many men, it's time to begin again<br />Forgot what I already knew, aiyyo you hear me friend?<br />Illuminati want my mind, soul, and my body<br />Secret society, tryin to keep they eye on me<br />But I'm stay incogni', in places they can't find me<br />Make my moves strategically, the G.O.D.<br />It's sorta similar but iller than a chess player<br />I use my thinker, it coincides with my blinker<br />While you wondered what we sayin on the records real<br />Yeah you motherfuckin right kid you know the deal<br />My Mobb is Infamous just like the fuckin title read<br />You get back slapped so hard make ya nose bleed<br />Some ---- kids feeling guilty bout the ----<br />But you first baby girl so just face it<br />But anyway, back on the real side of things<br />My niggaz sling cracks and wear fat diamond rings<br />Not only is it inside the songs that we sing kid<br />Everything is real not just a song that we sing<br />From my life to the paper, very accurately<br />Give you all of my two so maybe you can three<br />Prodigy will forever will S-H-I-N-E<br />My shit attract millions like the moon attract the sea<br />How dare you ever in your life walk past me<br />Without acknowledgin this man as G-O-DLUXEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05316600986573902519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2650492979486453900.post-41883105693287041152011-01-11T15:25:00.001-05:002011-01-11T15:25:53.551-05:00TALK: Andrej Grubačić - Wobblies and Zapatistas<CENTER><br /><object width="500" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/LjPJmwx9Jd0?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/LjPJmwx9Jd0?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="500" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1OUR2-1BHM" target="dsf">PART 2</a> | <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tmakyyav4gk" target="sdf">PART 3</a> | <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh_JHV2aLpA" target="sfd">PART 4</a> | <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENBXqypyTU4" target="dsf">PART 5</a> | <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCoe9AwbS3M" target="sdf">PART 6</a> | <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xswtl81i3JE" target="ddf">PART 7</a> | <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbCPyaF4hls" target="dsf">PART 8</a> | <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtLBes8qEFw" target="fsf">PART 9</a><br /><br /></CENTER>LUXEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05316600986573902519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2650492979486453900.post-14313710484874514932011-01-11T02:21:00.003-05:002011-01-11T02:28:28.494-05:00NEWS: US Drones Kill 938 Pakistanis in 2010FROM: <a href="http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=22655">GLOBALRESEARCH.CA</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_C0mp6WCevEA/TSwGiNYic_I/AAAAAAAAAC0/kvmfvL9RBuQ/s1600/drone.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 222px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_C0mp6WCevEA/TSwGiNYic_I/AAAAAAAAAC0/kvmfvL9RBuQ/s400/drone.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560826824673620978" /></a><br /><br />The US has stepped up its drone attacks in Pakistan's tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, a new report by a Pakistani Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) says.<br /><br />The Islamabad-based NGO, Conflict Monitoring Center, revealed the details of the deaths by US drone attacks in its annual report.<br /><br />The report gives detailed accounts on how the CIA killed innocent people merely on the suspicion of being militants.<br /><br />In 2010, the CIA carried out an unprecedented 132 drone attacks in tribal areas, claiming the lives of 938 people, it said.<br /><br />The Conflict Monitoring Center points out that none of the media organizations throughout last year reported on body counts from independent sources.<br /><br />Many analysts believe the geo-strategic game plan of the US has turned out to be counterproductive.<br /><br />The year 2010 was one of the deadliest years for civilians living in the tribal regions, as the number of drone strikes exceeded the combined number of such attacks carried out from 2004 to 2009.<br /><br />The report states that 2,052 people lost their lives in drone strikes during the 5-year period between 2004 and 2009. The rising civilian causalities have left behind many tragic stories in the tribal areas.<br /><br />The reaction of Pakistani people against the frequent use of drone strikes is finally gathering momentum.LUXEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05316600986573902519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2650492979486453900.post-5389417339478371022011-01-10T14:45:00.001-05:002011-01-10T14:47:00.354-05:00ECONOMICS: Fidel Castro kicks U.S. interests out of Cuba<CENTER><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/oPlnGiS488s?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/oPlnGiS488s?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /></CENTER>LUXEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05316600986573902519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2650492979486453900.post-12289215450208207362011-01-10T00:31:00.004-05:002011-01-10T00:41:38.232-05:00LIVE: Roc-A-Fella @ The Tunnel (NYC, 1999)<center><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vx3O2DdwfM4?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vx3O2DdwfM4?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/OgyV50apu-8?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/OgyV50apu-8?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/AD3vSEDdsBw?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/AD3vSEDdsBw?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rn-b78AbO-4?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rn-b78AbO-4?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /></center>CINCEREhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13334233844953517729noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2650492979486453900.post-62390912675110325682011-01-09T20:16:00.007-05:002011-01-09T20:53:34.060-05:00INTERESTING: "Cat Spies and Adrenaline Gerbils: The 8 Strangest Government Animal Programs in History"<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5OK8wwjejtM/TSpf8f1MQmI/AAAAAAAAAHs/9gQt7XXS7nY/s1600/Cat%2BSpy_2mc1dj.com.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560362182883689058" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5OK8wwjejtM/TSpf8f1MQmI/AAAAAAAAAHs/9gQt7XXS7nY/s320/Cat%2BSpy_2mc1dj.com.jpg" /></a>A vulture carrying an Israeli university's GPS device is being detained by Saudi Arabian authorities <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/saudi-arabia-vulture-held-for-spying-for-mossad-2177044.html">after landing in the town of Hyaal last week</a>. The bird is being accused of spying. This comes on the heels of an Egyptian authority speculating that Israel had put bloodthirsty sharks off the coast of Egypt in order to hurt tourism. "What is being said about the <a href="http://www.mossad.gov.il/Eng/AboutUs.aspx">Mossad</a> throwing the deadly shark [in the sea] to hit tourism in Egypt is not out of the question," a <a href="http://www.southsinai.com/">South Sinai</a> governor said, "but it needs time to confirm." As it has in the case of the vulture, Israel called the shark charges "ludicrous."<br /><br />Still, it may not be so unreasonable for governments to suspect these animals aren't totally innocent. Without many people's knowledge, nations have been making spies, telephones, and weapons out of beasts big and small for decades. These are some of the more interesting known examples.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.good.is/post/cat-spies-and-adrenaline-gerbils-the-8-strangest-government-animal-programs-in-history/">#8: War Pigeons</a><br /><br />American, British, and French forces each used homing pigeons extensively throughout both World Wars, mostly by training them to deliver secret messages on the battlefield. The pigeons proved so successful and undetectable, in fact, that the U.S. Army even founded a pigeon breeding and training center in New Jersey that remained open from 1917 to 1957. Before it ended, one scientist had attempted to create a pigeon-guided missile system, aptly titled "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Pigeon">Project Pigeon</a>."<br /><br />In England, at the close of World War II, 32 war pigeons were awarded Dickin Medals, the highest decoration of valor a war animal can receive in the United Kingdom.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.good.is/post/cat-spies-and-adrenaline-gerbils-the-8-strangest-government-animal-programs-in-history/">#7: Anti-Tank Dogs</a><br /><br />The Russians began training anti-tank dogs as early as the 1930s, just in time for the four-legged soldiers to become bombs under advancing German tanks in World War II:<br /><br /><em>...trainers would starve the dogs, then train them to find food under a tank. The dogs quickly learned that being released from their pens meant to run out to where the training tank was parked and find some vittles. Once trained, the dogs would be fitted with a bomb attached to the back, and loosed into a field of oncoming German Panzers.<br /></em><br />Not only was this tactic inhumane, it was problematic for a number of reasons, one of which was that German soldiers started executing dogs on the battlefield on sight. Other dogs would run scared from gunfire and hide out in Russian encampments, endangering the good guys.<br /><br />Due to its unpredictability, the dog as bomb trend eventually died out, but not before Japanese forces and Iraqi insurgents had tried it out themselves.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.good.is/post/cat-spies-and-adrenaline-gerbils-the-8-strangest-government-animal-programs-in-history/">#6: Adrenaline Gerbils</a><br /><br />Research on behalf of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Mounted_Police">Royal Canadian Mounted Police</a> in the 1970s discovered that gerbils could be trained to smell an increase in adrenaline in people's sweat. The Israelis, who are always looking for smarter ways to catch terrorists, took the Canadian study and used it to formulate gerbil checkpoints in their <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Gurion_International_Airport">Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv</a>. Fans wafted the scent of suspects' hands toward the gerbils, who would then press a lever if they noticed heightened adrenaline.<br /><br />The British Security Service, also known as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MI5">MI5</a>, almost established a gerbil force of their own for interrogations, but the Israelis scrapped their gerbil checkpoints when it was discovered that the animals couldn't distinguish between terrorists and people who were just afraid of flying.<br /><br /><br /><strong>THE 5 STRANGEST GOVERNMENT ANIMAL PROGRAMS IN HISTORY</strong> <a href="http://www.good.is/post/cat-spies-and-adrenaline-gerbils-the-8-strangest-government-animal-programs-in-history/">HERE</a>CINCEREhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13334233844953517729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2650492979486453900.post-85742369519791053202011-01-09T03:50:00.005-05:002011-01-09T04:03:03.620-05:00LEGEND: Charles Oakley<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_C0mp6WCevEA/TSl5DNgIggI/AAAAAAAAACs/vZaVjjRj-Jk/s1600/charles%2Boakley%2Braptors.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 226px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_C0mp6WCevEA/TSl5DNgIggI/AAAAAAAAACs/vZaVjjRj-Jk/s320/charles%2Boakley%2Braptors.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560108311036592642" /></a><br />"Charles Oakley, when he was the Raptors starting forward, was suspended for one game for throwing a ball at the head of Tyrone Hill, then a Philadelphia 76ers forward, this after he was ejected from a pre-season game for slapping Hill. 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