Just reminds me why I hate the human race and would get rid of people if given the chance! 
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| WELCOME TO NEM'S PLACE. Monday 11 February 2008 AFRICAM AFRICAM  I found a great webcam the other day which is well worth bookmarking. It's located near a lodge on the edge of the Kruger national park in South Africa. The cam is full streaming video with sound and even operates at night using an infrared light source. So far I've seen wilderbeest, impala, warthogs and even a hypopotamus. Big cats are also said to frequent the area. To view the cam, click HERE. Just right click on the video panel and select "zoom" to go full screen. There is also a second streaming cam at a watering hole for elephants but I haven't seen anything on that one yet. There is a full list of cams in the left-hand menu.
Thursday 06 December 2007 ITS CHRISTMAS DAY. ALL IS SECURE
Wednesday 21 November 2007 FIRE DEVASTATES A LOCAL ANIMAL SHELTER FIRE DEVASTATES A LOCAL ANIMAL SHELTER Hi Guys, Unfortunately this isn't a happy message. Benton, IL which is 45 minutes from me had a fire late last night(Monday). The animal shelter/control center(They were mostly no-kill unless it was more humane for the animal) which was built recently burnt down. In total 55 animals died. 42 cats and 13 dogs. They were able to rescue 57 animals(only 12 cats survived.) One article reported that a kitten(not even weaned yet) was able to escape(firefighters went in with bolt cutters) but they found her litter mates and mom dead. The shelter lost everything, animals, building, litter, food, blankets etc. Right now they are trying to find homes for the remaining cats. I wish we could take a few but not living in town and already having 10 cats it wouldn't make it the best option. Tomorrow we are going to go to the store and buy some supplies and I'll drive them down to the "shelter" they are in now and my sister will make a monetary donation. They are accepting supplies and they are accepting monetary donations. Here is the information for donations if anyone can help or spread the word! How to help the animals of the Franklin County shelter Donations of cat or dog food, litter, blankets and other items may be dropped off at Franklin County Animal Control, 13163 Oddfellow Lane in Benton from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. To adopt an animal, call 439-9197. Phone service should be restored at the facility by Wednesday morning. Need is greatest for cat homes. Monetary donations to help replace the facility and purchase equipment and supplies may be mailed to: Franklin County Animal Control donations, P.O. Box 967, Benton IL 62812 Here are the links to the stories: http://www.ksdk.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=134726 http://www.southernillinoisan.com/articles/2007/11/20/news_alert/doc4742f295dba79844032487.txt http://www.wsiltv.com/p/news_details.php?newsID=3526 http://www.southernillinoisan.com/articles/2007/11/20/breaking_news/doc47432c8ce58f7684110497.txt http://www.southernillinoisan.com/articles/2007/11/20/top/22265635.txt http://www.southernillinoisan.com/articles/2007/11/20/top/22265628.txt Light a candle for the animal's who perished.  UPDATE: Employees Nathan Reed and Dottie Darr were bathing cats, trying to rid soot from fur, while Mary Crawford was checking in the offerings coming in from the public by the trunk or truck-full. Supervisor Jarrett Broy was manning the phone, but not having much luck answering all of the calls coming in to the facility. "I've got more than 50 calls to return already, but the phone won't stop ringing long enough for me to make any calls," Broy said at 11 a.m. Wednesday. "It's a wonderful thing. I've gotten calls from not just here in Southern Illinois, but from Missouri, Kentucky, Utah, all over the country. Everyone just wants to know how they can help." Among the items needed most are Pine-Sol cleaning solution, hand and bath towels, storage containers, office supplies, cat litter scoops, large trash cans and mini-fridges for medications. The facility will be closed Thanksgiving Day but will open from 9 a.m. to noon Friday. Regular hours, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday, will resume next week. Monetary donations may be made to FCAC, P.O. Box 967, Benton IL 62812. For more information, call 618-439-9197. For the whole update stories: http://www.southernillinoisan.com/articles/2007/11/21/breaking_news/doc47449479e5b55157466697.txt http://www.southernillinoisan.com/articles/2007/11/21/top/22279213.txt
Saturday 10 November 2007 WWII US AIRBORNE SOLDIER WWII US AIRBORNE SOLDIER  Here's my next paper model project. This one is in 1/3 scale so will be about 2 foot tall.
Thursday 01 November 2007 LABOUR TO DOWNGRADE CHRISTMAS LABOUR TO DOWNGRADE CHRISTMAS  Nem's non-denominational Christmas. Yes folks, it's that time of year again. The time of year when all the politically correct, anti-Christmas lunatics come out to play. The time of year when the intellectual elite and the religeous zealots join forces to destroy the traditions of my once great nation. Oh, you've heard it all before, I know. The cries to have Christma.... err, I mean "Holiday" trees removed from schools. The demands to have nativity scenes banished from department stores and on and on and on. Well we're going one better this year because our own government is discussing selling out the traditional British Christmas in favour of other foreign holidays. A so-called Labour party "think tank" (now there's an oxymoron if ever I saw one) has decided we should be reducing the importance of Christmas in favour of other religious festivals. Why? To improve race relations in our "multicultural society", ofcourse. The report released by this "think tank" has declared that organisations should now give other religious festivals at least equal priority to Christmas. Their proposals for the final destruction of Britain doesn't end there, though. Oh, no. That would be irresponsible of them. Other corrosive little changes they propose are:- 1. 'Birth ceremonies', at which state and parents agree to "work in partnership" to bring up children. 2. Action to "ensure access" for ethnic minorities to "largely white" countryside. 3. An overhaul of Britain's "imperial" honours system. 4. Bishops being thrown out of the House of Lords. 5. An end to "sectarian" religious education. 6. Flying flags other than the Union Flag. As you can see, all of the changes suggested above (except for the first one intended to meddle with family control) are designed to remove British traditions so as to encourage non-indigenous religions. Other than when it snows, can someone explain to me just what the hell is a "largely white" countryside?? I especially like the last one. I can foresee a plethora of Hamas and Hezbollah flags sprouting up all over "British" streets at the same time as police are ordered to take down the Union Flag from outside homes and pubs. Those of you who know me are probably wondering why I'm getting my boxers in a bunch over what is essentially a religious issue when I'm in actual fact an athiest. Well it's not the religeous bickering I have a problem with as such. It's the continual chipping away of our British identity that gets under my skin. Although I'm an Athiest, I like Christmas because it's the one time of year in this country when there is an air of cheerfulness and togetherness about the place. I LIKE seeing Christmas trees in the streets. I LIKE seeing nativity scenes in department stores. Not because if the religious overtones but because it's tradition. It's part of our BRITISH identity. But these latest little nuggets of genious are just more nails in the coffin of what was once Great Britain, and the people with the hammers in their hands are those very people who's job it is to protect and serve Britain's interests. Our Government. Thanks go to Joy for alerting me to this story.
Sunday 21 October 2007 JU88 A4 PAPER MODEL JU88 A4 PAPER MODEL  This is what i occupy myself with when I'm not messing around on the computer. It's made entirely of paper and took me about 180 hours in total to build. It has a 24 inch wingspan. Click below for more pics. [ Read the rest... ]
Friday 28 September 2007 CRACKDOWN CONTINUES IN BURMA CRACKDOWN CONTINUES IN BURMA  Soldiers fire smoke canisters after firing on demonstrators in Yangon's city centre. REUTERS/Stringer The Burmese government appears determined to quash the nationwide demonstrations against the oppressive regime. Troops and police are dispersing crowds of thousands with baton charges, firing warning shots and in some cases aimed fire into the crowds. A number of people are reported to have been killed. In an attempt to prevent news of what is happening reaching the outside world, the Junta has shut down public internet access in the country. Internet cafés in the country have been closed. The official line however, is that the internet has been shut down "for maintenance".  Buddhist monks lead thousands of protesters on a march through the streets of Yangon, Burma. Associated Press. The Government's policy of violence seems to be working. The streets are much quieter than in recent days and very few monks can be seen after thousands were arrested during raids on monasteries. The UN is now crawling it's way into action in it's usual fashion. An emergency meeting has been called to discuss the situation. Thailand has announced it has aircraft on standby to evacuate foreigners from Burma if the situation deteriorates.  Japanese photographer, Kenji Nagai lays injured on the floor a split second after the soldier pictured shoots him at point-blank range. Associated Press. The official death toll reported by the Burmese dictatorship is nine but independent witnesses, including the British Ambassador to Burma, say it's probably much higher than that. one of the deaths has resulted in an international incident between Burma and Japan. The above picture shows Japanese APF photographer, Kenji Nagai after he was shot by soldiers. According to the Burmese state news channel, Nagai was accidentally shot by troops firing warning shots to disperse a crowd of demonstrators. However, video of the incident shows a very different story. I've seen this video a couple of times and it shows very clearly that very soldier shooting down the photographer from a range of a couple of feet, as shown in the above screen capture.  Buddhist monks pray in front of a road block manned by riot police in Yangon. Associated Press Although there are now fewer protesters on the streets, their numbers are still in the thousands. It seems only a matter of time, though that the uprising will be crushed by military violence. There is no hope of military intervention from other nations and we all know the effectiveness of any UN "action". Add to that the sad fact that many outsiders are simply not interested in what goes on in Burma. This was clearly demonstrated to me this morning whilst watching 'Sky News' on TV. Even though, like most of the rest of the world's news wires, 'Sky News' is covering the events in Burma as it's headline story and is devoting many hours to it, they reported that the most read story on their website today is about the Beckhams returning to the UK to be with Beckham's sick father. Good to see the citizens of Britain have their priorities right, eh?
Sunday 23 September 2007 ISRAELI FORCES DISCOVER NUCLEAR MATERIAL IN SYRIAN RAID ISRAELI FORCES DISCOVER NUCLEAR MATERIAL IN SYRIAN RAID  Israeli Air Force F-16 The 6th September air strike on a secret Syrian facility is thought to have been prompted by what was discovered during an earlier commando raid. Israeli commandos seized nuclear material at the military base which is reported to have originated in North Korea. Go figure. Given this evidence, Israel launched an air strike on the facility on the 6th September with the blessing of the US. It's thought the target was a compound near Dayr az-Zwar in the North of the country. The link to North Korea raised suspicions that the country was joining forces with N. Korea and Iran to develop nuclear weapons. Well placed sources also say North Korean personnel were present at the compound and that a number of them may have been killed during the raid. Syrian officials flew to the North Korean capital, Pyongyang last week, leading to speculation the two countries are discussing a joint response to the raid.
Sunday 16 September 2007 WWII FIGHTER CRASHES AT AIRSHOW WWII FIGHTER CRASHES AT AIR SHOW  Hawker Hurricane TB1609 just moments before she crashed. A World War Two Hawker Hurricane crashed during a display at Shoreham air show yesterday, killing the pilot. The air show was in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight. The crash happened during a mock dogfight between three Hurricanes, three spitfires and three Messerschmidt. The Hurricane, one of only 12 airworthy examples in the world, was seen to veer off course before plunging into the ground in a fireball. In a spur of the moment action, the three Spitfires honoured the pilot by flying over the wreckage in the missing man formation.  The wreckage of the aircraft lies smoldering in a Sussex field. The 65-year-old metal-framed, fabric-covered RAF fighter was reduced to ashes and the pilot died instantly. This is a tragedy for a number of reasons. Not least because it resulted in the death of the pilot but also because of the loss of a very rare icon of WWII. Although the Spitfire is widely credited with winning the battle of Britain, in actual fact the Hawker Hurricane was the backbone of RAF Fighter command and was active in far greater numbers than the Spitfire during the battle. The crash is full of irony. She crashed during a re-enactment of a dogfight on the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight but it also happened on September 15th which is known as Battle of Britain Day. It couldn't have been more fitting, therefore that the three Spitfires in the air at the time flew over the crash site in the missing man formation to salute the pilot.
Saturday 08 September 2007 MADELEINE McCANN'S PARENTS NAMED AS SUSPECTS MADELEINE McCANN'S PARENTS NAMED AS SUSPECTS  Kate McCann leaves the police headquarters in Portimao, Portugal after her interrogation REUTERS/Carlos Brito - F32 Unlike the MSM who have constantly obsessed about the disappearance of little Madelaine, we have not covered the story since it initially broke because quite simply, there has been nothing new to report. This all changed yesterday, though. Madeleine's parents, Kate and Gerry McCann have now both been named as suspects after facing hours of interrogation by Portuguese police yesterday. They were both questioned separately over the last two days. Unlike the last few months when both parents took every opportunity to get their faces on TV, neither of them have uttered a word since yesterday. Although they haven't spoken publicly, they've been busy speaking to relatives and ensuring they circle the wagons and come to their defense. There has been a constant stream of statements and protests made to the public by friends and relatives of the McCanns ever since. Although no formal charges have yet been brought against the pair, the police seem convinced they had a hand in their daughter's death. Though not confirmed by police, various snippets of information and rumours have leaked into the public domain. It's being reported that traces of Madeleine's blood have been found in their holiday apartment and in the boot of a car the McCanns hired some 25 days AFTER the toddler disappeared. It's also being reported that cadaver dogs alerted when presented with some of Kate's clothes. All these "facts" and rumours are beginning to form a picture of the Mccanns either accidentally or intentionally killing their daughter, hiding the body for possibly weeks before using the car to dispose of it. Indeed, relatives of the McCanns have stated the police offered Kate McCann a deal in which if she admitted to accidentally killing Madeleine, they would guarantee she served no longer than two years in prison. Kate is said to have refused the offer. Much of the forensic evidence has come from a forensics lab in Birmingham to where the evidence was sent for examination. Portuguese police said they sent the evidence there for testing because it's the best forensics lab in the world. So what do you all think? Are the McCanns guilty of killing their 4-year-old daughter or are they themselves victims? In my view, even if they did not have any direct connection with her death, they are still responsible because of their completely irresponsible action of leaving little Madeleine and her two younger brothers alone in the apartment while they went off to enjoy a quiet meal at a restaurant.
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