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džin tonik

ja cu im posijati ambroziju kad mi se bude dalo.

mac


džin tonik

tako je govorio i moj pradjeda koji je jeo samo zemljicke: prodaj jano jedno jutro zemlje, dok smo zivi bit ce.
a ja sad neka se zgledam.

Anomander Rejk

EU uložila tri miliona evra u projekat promovisanja upotrebe insekata u ljudskoj ishrani.
Pobornici te upotrebe ističu da recimo skakavci imaju veliku vrednost proteina, cvrčci kalcijuma, termiti gvožđa, a da konzumiranje pčela poboljšava seksualni život  :).
Do 2020, ističu, biće sasvim normalno kupovati insekte u samoposluzi. Za početak će se mljeti u sosove i hamburgere.
Stručnjaci ipak ističu da je potrebno uraditi razne testove i istraživanja ( alergijske reakcije organizma, itd ).
Neki smatraju da bi ovakva ishrana čak rešila problem gladi- praktično neograničeni resursi, a te živuljke je moguće i uzgajati.
Ko zna, recimo 2030, ili 2050, detence kaže mami : ,, Mama, kupi mi kilu termita za
doručak ''.  :)
Tajno pišem zbirke po kućama...

Savajat Erp

А мама ће рећи: "Кило термита за доручак?! Хоћеш да нас доведеш до просјачког штапа, дебели?! Ево, двеста грама скакаваца и да те више нисам чула! И не плачи, да те не бих ишамарала да знаш зашто плачеш!!!" :)
Niste mi verovali da ću da pucam?!
ZAŠTO MI NISTE VEROVALI?!!!!

pokojni Steva

Kažu da su u Meksiku popularne pljeskavice od muvljih jaja. Nemam ja ništa protiv, ako skakavac kobaje nisu suviše, hrskave :-)
Jelte, jel' i kod vas petnaes' do pola dvanaes'?

Josephine

Rešiće problem gladi, ali i bliskog kraja ljudske egzistencije na pojedenoj planeti.

Plut

Samo još min. poljoprivrede da počne sa subvencijama i oma dižem farmu argentinskih skočitermita.

Lord Kufer

Upravo je stvorena Globalna Komunistička Država...

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/top-central-banks-to-provide-dollar-liquidity-2011-09-15

QuoteThe world's top central banks announced Thursday that they will provide additional dollar loans to commercial banks in a move seen as a response to growing fears of a European credit crunch triggered by the euro-zone's sovereign debt crisis.

Centralni Bankarski Komitet, kako to zvuči ujedno naivno i morbidno  :?

Lord Kufer

Držalo je vodu tačno dva sata, za koje vreme su insajderi izvukli dupeta...

Meho Krljic

Da notiramo avionsku nesreću u Nevadi:

Reno air race crash scene shows violence of impact

QuoteRENO, Nev. (AP) — The scene of a Reno air race crash that killed nine people reveals the violence of the plane's missile-like impact — a crater in the tarmac roughly 3 feet deep and 8 feet across with debris spread out over more than an acre.

From a tour of the site Saturday evening, it appeared that the 1940s-model plane went straight down in the first few rows of VIP box seats, based on the crater's location.

The plane hit about 65 feet in front of the leading edge of the grandstand where thousands were watching Friday as the planes sped by just a few hundred feet above the ground.

Some members of the crowd have reported noticing a strange gurgling engine noise from above before the P-51 Mustang, dubbed The Galloping Ghost, pitched violently upward, twirled and took an immediate nosedive into the crowd.

The plane, flown by a 74-year-old veteran racer and Hollywood stunt pilot, disintegrated in a ball of dust, debris and bodies as screams of "Oh my God!" spread through the crowd.

"I saw the spinner, the wings, the canopy just coming right at us. It hit directly in front of us, probably 50 to 75 feet," said Ryan Harris, of Round Mountain, Nev. "The next thing I saw was a wall of debris going up in the air. That's what I got splashed with. In the wall of debris I noticed there were pieces of flesh."

The death toll rose to nine Saturday as investigators determined that several onlookers were killed on impact as the plane appeared to lose a piece of its tail before slamming like a missile into the crowded tarmac.

The crash killed the pilot, Jimmy Leeward, and eight spectators. So far, two have been identified. Michael Wogan, 22, of Scottsdale, Ariz., had muscular dystrophy and was in a wheelchair the VIP section when the plane crashed, the family said Saturday. The Washoe County, Nev., medical examiner identified the other victim as Greg Morcom of Washington state, a first-time spectator at the show, according to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

Officials said 69 people were treated at hospitals, including 36 who have been released and 31 who remain there. Nine were in critical condition late Saturday.

Doctors who treated the injured said it was among the most severe situations they had ever seen because of the large number of people wounded, including at least two children younger than 18 who are not among those in critical condition. Injuries included major head wounds, facial trauma and limb injuries, including amputations, doctors said.

"I've seen more patients, but never this many patients with this number of severe injuries," said Dr. Michael Morkin, chief of Renown's emergency department, who trained at Cook County General Hospital In Chicago.

"It was traumatic," he said.

National Transportation Safety Board officials were on the scene Saturday to determine what caused Leeward to lose control of the plane, and they were looking at amateur video clips that appeared to show a small piece of the aircraft falling to the ground before the crash. Witnesses who looked at photos of the part said it appeared to be an "elevator trim tab," which helps pilots keep control of the aircraft.

Reno police also provided a GPS mapping system to help investigators recreate the crash scene.

"Pictures and video appear to show a piece of the plane was coming off," NTSB spokesman Mark Rosekind said at a news conference. "A component has been recovered. We have not identified the component or if it even came from the airplane ... We are going to focus on that."

Investigators said they also recovered part of the tail section, where the tab is located.

Questions were raised, too, about modifications to the plane made to make the plane more aerodynamic so it would go faster without a bigger engine. In a podcast uploaded to YouTube in June, Leeward said major changes were made to the plane before this year's race. He said his crew cut five feet off each wing and shortened the ailerons — the back edge of the main wings used to control balance — to 32 inches, down from about 60 inches.

"I know the speed. I know it'll do the speed. The systems aren't proven yet. We think they're going to be OK," Leeward said.

The Mustang that disintegrated into the crowd had minor crashes almost exactly 40 years ago after its engine failed. According to two websites that track P-51s that are still flying, it made a belly landing away from the Reno airport. The NTSB report on the Sept. 18, 1970, incident says the engine failed during an air race and it crash landed short of the runway.

P-51 historian Dick Phillips of Burnsville, Minn., said Saturday the plane had had several new engines since then as well as a new canopy and other modifications.

Some credit the pilot with preventing the crash from being far more deadly by avoiding the grandstand section with a last-minute climb, although it's impossible at this point to know his thinking as he was confronted with the disaster and had just seconds to respond.

Investigators also said they'll be looking at the health of Leeward. Friends say the owner of the Leeward Air Ranch Racing Team was in excellent health.

His website says he has flown more than 120 races and served as a stunt pilot for numerous movies, including "Amelia" and "The Tuskegee Airmen."

The National Championship Air Races draw thousands of people to Reno every September to watch various military and civilian planes race. Local schools often hold field trips there, and a local sports book took wagers on the outcomes.

It is the only air race of its kind in the United States. Planes at the yearly event fly wingtip-to-wingtip as low as 50 feet off the ground at speeds sometimes surpassing 500 mph. Pilots follow an oval path around pylons, with distances and speeds depending on the class of aircraft.

The FAA and air race organizers spend months preparing for air races as they develop a plan involving pilot qualification, training and testing along with a layout for the course. The FAA inspects pilots' practice runs and briefs pilots on the route maneuvers and emergency procedures.

The crash marked the first time spectators had been killed since the races began 47 years ago in Reno. Twenty pilots including Leeward have died in that time, race officials said.

The disaster prompted renewed calls for race organizers to consider ending the event because of the dangers. Officials said they would look at everything as they work to understand what happened.

Another crash, on Saturday, came at an airshow in Martinsburg, W. Va., when post-World War II plane, a T-28, crashed and burst into flames. The pilot was killed.

___

Associated Press writers contributing to this report include AP Airlines Writer Joshua Freed in Minneapolis; Haven Daley, Scott Sonner and Martin Griffith in Reno; Brian Skoloff in Salt Lake City; Holbrook Mohr in Jackson, Miss.; and Michelle Rindels, Cristina Silva and Oskar Garcia in Las Vegas.


Mislim, zbog onih koji vole da seire...

Savajat Erp

Niste mi verovali da ću da pucam?!
ZAŠTO MI NISTE VEROVALI?!!!!

mac


džin tonik

lovecraft je dosao do istog zakljucka u cthulu, ali nije znanstveno obrazlozio.

SIMERIJANAC

Хроника
Махмуд Ахмадинеџад: САД гледају на ционизам као свету ствар и идеологију
четвртак, 22. септембар 2011.
Њујорк -- Америчке дипломате напустиле су седницу УН пошто је ирански председник Махмуд Ахмадинежад терористичке нападе на САД 11. септембра 2001. назвао "изговором". Он нападе наводи као изговор за америчке нападе на Ирак и Авганистан, пренеле су западне агенције.
Дипломате више западних земаља и САД напустиле су седницу Генералне скупштине Уједињених нација током говора иранског председника Махмуда Ахмадинежада.
Друге стране дипломате напустиле су седницу убрзо затим. Ахмадинежад је нападе 11. септембра окарктерисао као "мистериозне" и додао да су његова земља и он сам били изложени притиску америчке владе јер је затражио истрагу тог догађаја.
"Уместо да се формира тим за утврђивање чињеница, убили су главног починиоца и његово тело бацилли у море. Зар није разумније да су га привели правди", рекао је Ахмадинежад.
Ирански председник оптужио је САД и њене савезнике да "гледају на ционизам као свету ствар и идеологију".
"Користећи своју империјалистичку медијску мрежу која је под утицајем колонијализма они прете санкцијама и војним акцијама свима који доводе у питање холокауст и догађај 11. септембра", казао је Ахмадинежад.
У очекивано провокативном говору, који је већим делом био у облику питања, ирански председник је понудио анализу "из другог угла" садашње ситуације у свету, истичући да је корен проблема у постојећем светском поретку.
Међу питањима су била: Ко је отерао у ропство десетине милиона Африканаца, наметнуо колонијализам и пљачкао ресурсе других нација, ко је покренуо два светска рата и употребио атомско оружје против беспомоћних цивила, ко је деценијама подржавао диктаторе у Трећем свету, охрабрио Садама Хусеина да крене у рат против Ирана и снабдео га хемијским оружјем.
"Ако неке европске државе користе и даље холокауст као изговор да, шест децења после, плаћају одштету ционистима, зар не би требало да исту обавезу имају и власници робова и колонијалне силе према погођеним нацијама", рекао је Ахмадинежад.
Извор из француске делегације је рекао да је постојао координисан став дипломата ЕУ да напусте говор Ахмадинежада уколико "ирански председник доведе у питање европске државе због њихове 'подршке ционизму' и помене холокауст".
Стотине људи протестовало је данас испред зграде УН због учешћа иранског председника на заседању
(Танјуг)

Meho Krljic

Doduše, nije da mnogo toga što kaže ne treba promisliti...

lilit

a te sto protestuju ispred UNa bi trebalo šibom po dupetu.
That's how it is with people. Nobody cares how it works as long as it works.

Gaff

Sum, ergo cogito, ergo dubito.

Lord Kufer

Life is Resident Evil  8-)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-15086909

QuoteFive severed heads left outside Mexican school

QuoteMexican police have found five decomposing heads left in a sack outside a primary school in Acapulco.

Handwritten messages were also found, reportedly threatening the state governor as well as local drug lords.

It was not clear if the discovery of the heads and five decapitated bodies elsewhere in the city was linked to extortion threats against teachers.

Dozens of schools have been closed since last month after teachers went on strike over security concerns.

Police were called to a street in the Garita neighbourhood of Acapulco on Tuesday morning.

There they found a sack inside a wooden crate placed near the school, officers said.

Inside were the heads of five men, as well as the threatening messages.


Melkor

Denmark introduces world's first food fat tax 

Some scientists think saturated fat may be the wrong target  Denmark has introduced what is believed to be the world's first fat tax - a surcharge on foods that are high in saturated fat.

Butter, milk, cheese, pizza, meat, oil and processed food are now subject to the tax if they contain more than 2.3% saturated fat. Some consumers began hoarding to beat the price rise, while some producers call the tax a bureaucratic nightmare. Others suggest that many Danes will simply start shopping abroad. Danish officials say they hope the new tax will help limit the population's intake of fatty foods. However, some scientists think saturated fat may be the wrong target. They say salt, sugar and refined carbohydrates are more detrimental to health and should be tackled instead.
"Realism is a literary technique no longer adequate for the purpose of representing reality."

scallop

Što nisu skinuli takse sa proizvoda bez viška masnoća? Ovo je trebalo među "stoku nenormalnu".
Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience. - Mark Twain.

lilit

stoka! :lol:
nema ništa lepše od dobrog putera! i naravno da je wrong target. jbt, da ne verujes. no, ajde, bar će se šveđani i nemci ovajditi od danskog "turizma".
That's how it is with people. Nobody cares how it works as long as it works.

lilit

That's how it is with people. Nobody cares how it works as long as it works.

scallop

Jedino nisam znao da je kriza dospela tako - visoko.
Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience. - Mark Twain.

Franz Xaver von Baader

google obilježava Dan neovisnosti RH



Od danas ću biti Kao Sunce Jasan.

pokojni Steva

Zamisli, SRB Google nije "podržavao" ovu grafiku...
Jelte, jel' i kod vas petnaes' do pola dvanaes'?

mac


pokojni Steva

To je valjda bilo juče, a bilo je definitivno, naleteo sam na par potvrđujućih vesti.
Jelte, jel' i kod vas petnaes' do pola dvanaes'?

mac

Upravo vidim logo za 157 godina od rođenja Mihaila Pupina. Svi ti logoi na kraju treba da se pojave na http://www.google.com/logos/ pa ćemo valjda uskoro videti.

EDIT: pardon, Pupin je Mihajlo, a Alas je Mihailo. Bar bih ja morao da vodim računa o tome :-)

Hobit

Quote from: mac on 09-10-2011, 02:22:57
Upravo vidim logo za 157 godina od rođenja Mihaila Pupina. Svi ti logoi na kraju treba da se pojave na http://www.google.com/logos/ pa ćemo valjda uskoro videti.

EDIT: pardon, Pupin je Mihajlo, a Alas je Mihailo. Bar bih ja morao da vodim računa o tome :)

Da?
Pa i jedan i drugi su Mihajlo  xtwak
Jedan je Petrović, a drugi Pupin
Sve će na kraju biti dobro, a ako nije dobro, znači da još nije kraj!

Anomander Rejk

Beate Niman, ćerka šefa Gestapoa u Beogradu, više godina je istraživala zločine svog oca, prikupljala građu i dokumentaciju  za knjigu ,, Dobar otac-optužnica ćerke '', po kojoj je snimljen i dokumentarni film. Istraživajući, rizikovala je i odnose u porodici, jer su mnogi prestali da pričaju sa njom, međutim želja za istinom je bila jača. Više o ovome u tekstu blica.

Inače pošto se govori zadnjih dana o milijardama koje ova država treba da isplati, zanima me da li je Nemačka, i u kom iznosu, platila za sva razaranja, porušenu imovinu i ubistva  koja je počinila na ovim prostorima 41-45 ? Da li je ijedna naša institucija makar ugrubo uradila okvirnu procenu te štete ? Ako neko ima ove podatke, volio bi da ih prezentuje. Pretpostavljam da je nešto plaćeno u onom čuvenom sporazumu Tito-Brant ?
Tajno pišem zbirke po kućama...


Hobit

Sve će na kraju biti dobro, a ako nije dobro, znači da još nije kraj!

Melkor

France orders ISPs to block site showing police misconduct videos

By Mark Frauenfelder at 9:35 am Wednesday, Oct 19
The French court has ordered ISPs to block a website that posts videos of alleged police misconduct.

The court made the "right decision," said Jean-Claude Delage, secretary general of the Alliance Police Nationale, as the site is a "threat to the integrity of the police."

Iz nekog razloga nekoliko puta mi je ctd-ovao browser dok sam pokusavao da kopiram ovu vest. Ali samo na ovom topiku, na drugim topicima i sajtovima nisam imao problema :-)
"Realism is a literary technique no longer adequate for the purpose of representing reality."

Father Jape

http://hurryupharry.org/2011/10/21/turkey-has-invaded-iraq/


QuoteTurkey Has Invaded Iraq

Alan A, October 21st 2011, 1:54 pm

Seriously. It really has.

I mention this only because it doesn't appear to be on the front page of the Guardian, or the BBC, or any other newspaper. So you may well have missed it.

It isn't a minor border skirmish. It is a major military operation:

    A major Turkish military offensive is continuing in northern Iraq, following a deadly attack by Kurdish rebels inside Turkey.

    Ankara said 22 battalions, or about 10,000 soldiers, were taking part in the operation in northern Iraq and also south-eastern Turkey.

    The troops – including commandos and paramilitary forces – are being backed by war planes and helicopters.

    On Tuesday, Kurdish PKK rebels killed 24 soldiers near the Iraqi border.

    The attacks in Hakkari province are thought to have inflicted the biggest loss on Turkish forces since 1993 and President Abdullah Gul has vowed to avenge them.

    ...

    In a statement on Thursday, the Turkish military said that 22 battalions were involved in the operation.

    It said the ground troops were being reinforced by F-16 and F-4 jets and Cobra helicopter gunships.

This will not result in large demonstrations in the streets of London, Early Day Motions in Parliament, interventions by charities and lobby groups, UN resolutions, conferences at universities, calls for boycotts and sanctions, aid convoys, or anything like that.

It appears to be largely unnoticed.

Last year, Erdogan promised that the Kurdish rebels would "drown in their own blood".
Blijedi čovjek na tragu pervertita.
To je ta nezadrživa napaljenost mladosti.
Dušman u odsustvu Dušmana.

Karl Rosman

Quote from: Father Jape on 21-10-2011, 17:11:10
http://hurryupharry.org/2011/10/21/turkey-has-invaded-iraq/


QuoteTurkey Has Invaded Iraq

Alan A, October 21st 2011, 1:54 pm

Seriously. It really has.

I mention this only because it doesn't appear to be on the front page of the Guardian, or the BBC, or any other newspaper. So you may well have missed it.

It isn't a minor border skirmish. It is a major military operation:

    A major Turkish military offensive is continuing in northern Iraq, following a deadly attack by Kurdish rebels inside Turkey.

    Ankara said 22 battalions, or about 10,000 soldiers, were taking part in the operation in northern Iraq and also south-eastern Turkey.

    The troops – including commandos and paramilitary forces – are being backed by war planes and helicopters.

    On Tuesday, Kurdish PKK rebels killed 24 soldiers near the Iraqi border.

    The attacks in Hakkari province are thought to have inflicted the biggest loss on Turkish forces since 1993 and President Abdullah Gul has vowed to avenge them.

    ...

    In a statement on Thursday, the Turkish military said that 22 battalions were involved in the operation.

    It said the ground troops were being reinforced by F-16 and F-4 jets and Cobra helicopter gunships.

This will not result in large demonstrations in the streets of London, Early Day Motions in Parliament, interventions by charities and lobby groups, UN resolutions, conferences at universities, calls for boycotts and sanctions, aid convoys, or anything like that.

It appears to be largely unnoticed.

Last year, Erdogan promised that the Kurdish rebels would "drown in their own blood".




Hm, how convenient. :roll:  I to bas u vreme kada Ameri najavljuju satro povlacenje iz Iraka. Dobri su Turci, dooobri.
"On really romantic evenings of self, I go salsa dancing with my confusion."
"Well, I've wrestled with reality for 35 years, Doctor, and I'm happy to state I finally won over it"

Meho Krljic

Ma Irak je ionako okupirana teritorija, dva-tri Turčina gore-dole, to se i ne primeti...

Karl Rosman

Quote from: Meho Krljic on 21-10-2011, 19:05:36
dva-tri Turčina gore-dole, to se i ne primeti...
In a statement on Thursday, the Turkish military said that 22 battalions were involved in the operation.
It said the ground troops were being reinforced by F-16 and F-4 jets and Cobra helicopter gunships.



Jasta. K'o sto napisa covek:

It appears to be largely unnoticed.  :!:
"On really romantic evenings of self, I go salsa dancing with my confusion."
"Well, I've wrestled with reality for 35 years, Doctor, and I'm happy to state I finally won over it"

Meho Krljic

NATO je NATO, nemoj da sitničarimo.  :)

Usul

Occupy Wall Street Affiliated With Professional Revolutionary Organization OTPOR (CIA)
http://www.infowars.com/occupy-wall-street-affiliated-with-professional-revolutionary-organization-otpor-cia/

Quote
...
The thing they will not tell you about Mr. Marovic and his good friend Srdja Popovic, who were the leaders of OTPOR, is that that organization and they were all sponsored by the CIA.  Their handler was William Montgomery, who was coordinating their actions from the CIA Headquarters for Southern Europe in Budapest, Hungary.  Wm. Montgomery later became U. S. Ambassador in Post Milosevic Serbia.
...

Ivan Marovic of 'Otpor!' addresses Occupy Wall Street

God created Arrakis to train the faithful.

zakk

AHA! Još jedna organizacija koja se okrenula da ugrize ruku koja ju je finansirala!  xrofl
Why shouldn't things be largely absurd, futile, and transitory? They are so, and we are so, and they and we go very well together.

scallop

Majka invencija je multipraktik. Studentski pokreti '68 su inspirisali CIA za multikolor revolucije zemalja predviđenih za "političku tranziciju", da bi u rikošetu dobili Occupy Wall Street. Kao i za sve drugo, Srbi i za to imaju odgovarajuću poslovicu.
Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience. - Mark Twain.

Meho Krljic

Ali koju? "Šta si posejao, to ćeš i požnjeti"? Ili "'rani kuče da te ujede"?

Karl Rosman

Hm...mozda: "Ko nije jeo u krevetu, ne zna kako mrve bodu"?
"On really romantic evenings of self, I go salsa dancing with my confusion."
"Well, I've wrestled with reality for 35 years, Doctor, and I'm happy to state I finally won over it"

Meho Krljic

Ili ono "Treso ga ne treso, poslednja kap ide u gaće"?

Usul

Quote from: Meho Krljic on 22-10-2011, 12:40:14
Ili ono "Treso ga ne treso, poslednja kap ide u gaće"?

Ovu nisam znao :-)
God created Arrakis to train the faithful.

Meho Krljic


scallop

Iz vremena kad je nosio gaće. U socijalizmu po njegovoj meri one nisu više bile potrebne.
Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience. - Mark Twain.

Karl Rosman

Istina. Pisanje uz vetar je suvisna akrobacija u takvom drustvenom uredjenju.
"On really romantic evenings of self, I go salsa dancing with my confusion."
"Well, I've wrestled with reality for 35 years, Doctor, and I'm happy to state I finally won over it"

Melkor

Densely-linked cluster of 147 companies control 40% of world's total wealth

By Cory Doctorow at 10:07 pm Saturday, Oct 22

The network of global corporate control (PDF), a study published in PLOS One, analyzes the ownership structures of the world's corporations and finds a tightly-knit cluster of 147 entities control 40 percent of the world's wealth. Not only is this creepy inasmuch as it puts a lot of power into a small number of hands, but it also suggests that the governance of much of the world's wealth is closely correlated, so one disaster could sweep like wildfire across them all:

    The work, to be published in PloS One, revealed a core of 1318 companies with interlocking ownerships (see image). Each of the 1318 had ties to two or more other companies, and on average they were connected to 20. What's more, although they represented 20 per cent of global operating revenues, the 1318 appeared to collectively own through their shares the majority of the world's large blue chip and manufacturing firms - the "real" economy - representing a further 60 per cent of global revenues.

    When the team further untangled the web of ownership, it found much of it tracked back to a "super-entity" of 147 even more tightly knit companies - all of their ownership was held by other members of the super-entity - that controlled 40 per cent of the total wealth in the network. "In effect, less than 1 per cent of the companies were able to control 40 per cent of the entire network," says Glattfelder. Most were financial institutions. The top 20 included Barclays Bank, JPMorgan Chase & Co, and The Goldman Sachs Group.

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