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of MacDonald's and Horses's Asses

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A woman has been fined for taking her horse into a McDonald's restaurant in Greater Manchester. Police said the woman, who has not been named, was in the saddle when she was initially turned away from the drive-through kiosk on Bury New Road. The woman then led the animal inside, where it "ended up doing his business on the floor", a Greater Manchester Police (GMP) spokesman said. "The incident caused distress to customers and disruption for the restaurant, and the police issued the woman with a fixed penalty notice." She added: "The health and safety of our customers and staff is our top priority, and for this reason we are unable to serve pedestrians, bicycle riders or customers on horseback through the drive-thru." - bbc Why should MacDonald’s view a horse in a drive-through as compromising ‘health and safety’ as opposed to a car.  I dare say that a horse’s ass presents less of a hazard than the exhaust pipe of a car. And anyway, I don't know wh

on anti-conspiracy theorists

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Boston Bomb accused Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Denies Charges Boston Marathon bomb suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has pleaded not guilty to all charges in his first court appearance, as blast victims looked on. Mr Tsarnaev, 19, faces 30 counts of using a weapon of mass destruction in the two 15 April blasts that killed three, including an eight-year-old boy. He appeared in shackles and an orange prison suit, and replied "not guilty" as the charges were read to the court. - bbc * following comments from bbc news facebook Dawn Greenhouse: It's was a white flag bombing everyone knows it !! No one ever questions the real culprits !! Research the evidence ! It's even been seen that there were staged injuries ! Yahya Kushtuban: CIA is guilty. They planted the bombs to scare people and keep them under lockdown. USA citizen are made to sheep so that Obama the Führer can control them better. Have fun! Alyson Vernon: I am not saying the guy on trial is guilty. The law will decide. What I

Understanding 'Terrorism'

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Radical cleric Abu Qatada is being held in a high security jail near the Jordanian capital Amman, after being deported from the UK. His plane left RAF Northolt at 02:46 BST for his home country, where he appeared in court to be charged with terror offences, which he denies. Prime Minister David Cameron said he was "delighted" at his removal. Abu Qatada was first arrested in the UK over alleged terror connections in 2001 and has fought deportation since 2005. bbc I don't get this 'terrorism' thing. Wasn't it an 'act of terror' when u.s. sponsored embargoes killed close to half a million children in Iraq? Is the colonial, 'we are white ergo right' still going on? Going by many comments here, it seems to be the case. The best way to get rid of terrorism is to not incite it with terrorism. I don't understand how people can kill people and call them terrorists when they retaliate. Gross self-absorption and arrogance perhaps. Most times, terroris

Moon-zoom video, handheld, with canon sx50

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photograph, video, music, by ed just a thought: The uncanny thing about this video that i first shot the video, and then did the music for it without knowing how long the video was going to be.  Thereafter, i threw the clips together in the video-editing software, stuck in the music, and they matched in timing - the music ends at the end of the video.  Sweetly strange. ed

Moon image with the Canon sx50, handheld.

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click image for larger view I did this shot to test the handheld quality of shots on the Canon SX50.  Well, I suppose it is not just the image stabilisation that matters but the stability of the shooter as well.  Shot in Manual Mode, handheld, and only with optical zoom. I'll post up the video which i shot handheld as well soon.  Interesting little camera.  For its 1200mm zoom range, certainly a useful complement to my dSLRs (Nikon F4-F6, D700) ed