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Kinderdijk LED illuminated Dutch windmills

The Historic Dutch Kinderdijk lighted windmills near Rotterdam, Netherlands get a makeover using colorful low energy LED lighting.

Boys dressed as Mahatma Gandhi

Schoolchildren dressed as Mahatma Gandhi take part in a cultural event on the eve of Gandhi's 140th birthday in Bhopal, India.

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UK media: Obama Olympic failure adds doubts about his presidency

CHICAGO LOSES OLYMPIC BID

The Times Online reports:

There has been a growing narrative taking hold about Barack Obama’s presidency in recent weeks: that he is loved by many, but feared by none; that he is full of lofty vision, but is actually achieving nothing with his grandiloquence.

Michelle and Oprah before their stunning defeat.

Michelle, Barack and Oprah could only accomplish getting Chicago eliminated in the first round.

Chicago’s dismal showing today, after Mr. Obama’s personal, impassioned last-minute pitch, is a stunning humiliation for this President. It cannot be emphasized enough how this will feed the perception that on the world stage he looks good — but carries no heft.

Obama and Chicago Mayor Daley not happy after learning they were eliminated in the first round.

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Mandrill eats ice cream at Netherlands zoo

A mandrill savors an ice cream treat in a zoo in Rhenen during the heat last summer.

On really hot days the zoo animals were given frozen dessert to cool them down.

Anti-Obama highway signs around the country

Is this just the beginning?

Mexican President seeing red in the UK

The President of Mexico Felipe Calderon inspects guards on Horse Guards Parade in London on the first day of his state visit to Britain earlier this year.

White House priorities

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Democrats chip away at Patriot Act during terror threats

A report at the link below says:

You might not have heard, but some key parts of the nation's most important anti-terrorism law are set to expire in December.

When the Patriot Act was originally passed in the days following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Congress put time limits on three of its most far-reaching provisions:

1. "Roving wiretaps," which allow investigators to keep up with suspects who use dozens of cell phones to avoid being traced.

2. Business records authority, which lets investigators ask a special national-security court for access to records of a suspect's dealings with private businesses.

3. The “lone wolf" provision, which allows investigators to track individual terror suspects even if they are not a member of a terrorist group, like al Qaeda.

Congress renewed those provisions in 2005 and now must give them another four-year renewal, or they will disappear.

Some Democrat lawmakers have long wanted to weaken the act, and now, with big majorities in the House and Senate, they have their chance.

But the renewal debate just happens to come at a time when recently uncovered domestic terror plots -- most notably the Denver shuttle bus driver and his colleagues caught with bomb-making materials and a list of specific targets in New York City -- are highlighting the very threats the act was designed to counter.

Republicans are fighting to keep the law in its current form.

Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) echoes the conservative view by saying he is very worried that we could end up weakening the act when we should be considering what we can do to make it stronger.

By weakening the Patriot Act, Democrats in Washington may just become allies of the terrorists. Terrorists will not be nice to us just because we are nice to them.

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Sarah Palin’s book an immediate top seller

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin (pictured below) has completed her memoir and it is ready for the printer.

The book is called, "Going Rogue: An American Life" (cover is shown at left).

Two days after the release date was announced, it became the top seller at both Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com.

Politico.com has an article at the link below that reports about the Palin book that has “taken off like a rocket.”

HarperCollins will print 1.5 million copies for the book’s first run, the same number that was printed for late Sen. Ted Kennedy’s memoir "True Compass."

Kennedy’s book, published earlier this month, currently stands at number six on the Amazon list.

A publishing industry source told POLITICO that they "cannot remember a non-fiction book taking off like this in the pre-order market. It became number one only a couple of hours after nothing more than a date announcement. It is truly unprecedented."

Much of the 400-page book is based on journals Palin kept during her vice-presidential run.

Palin backers hope the book will help prevent the leftist media from incorrectly framing the discussion about what she believes and stands for.

It should slow them down when it comes to what they allow our country to hear and see about Sarah.

From a Lucianne commenter:

While ACORN was busy committing nationwide vote fraud on behalf of Democrats, the media was busy investigating Sarah Palin's daughter.

While Obama was absorbing Rev. Wright's anti-American hate sermons, the media was investigating Sarah Palin's infant son, Trigg.

While the media was whitewashing the hateful lunacy of Bill Ayers and Rashid Khalidi, they were investigating Sarah Palin's wardrobe expenditures.

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