YouTube - Ron Paul : When in the course of human events...

This is a great Ron Paul video. This country needs a doctor in the 'House!

A Video Every American Needs to Watch

I found this video today and it scared the hell out of me.

Digg Your Own...

Pligg is a Content Management System that lets you roll your own Digg-style website using the ever-popular PHP/MySQL combo for dynamic web content. It lets you setup a site that looks a whole lot like the popular Digg.com site. Here, you can generate content and other users can vote on the content to make it more popular. The price is right--it's free--and you get many cool features to give your website a very rich Web 2.0 look.

One website already taking advantage of Pligg is iphonewishlist.net which lets you vote on and comment on suggestions for the next versions of the Jesus Phone. The big question: Will Apple bother to check this site out?

Newsweek predicted Rudy McRomney would be hurt by pro-war stance

This story is almost 6 months old, but speaks volumes in common sense. Most Americans are against the war, but yet the Republican "front-runners", like lemmings, follow the advice of their political advisers. It shows most candidates are too afraid to run based on their own convictions. Note: The Ron Paul candidacy hadn't gone official at the time.

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Spy Journal Excel Tips

Spy Journal Excel Tips is a great Excel tip blog written by an Aussie with a real passion for all things Excel. It features an extensive list of other Excel tip sites broken down into RSS and non-RSS feed sites. There's an incredible amount of info here and in the associated blogs! Interesting reading on Excel 2007 and the stuff it brings to the table.

Bill Moyers' "Buying the War"

Lots of good information coming out of the discussion on the excellent presentation by PBS--"Buying the War" by Bill Moyers. <Click to watch>

Here are the latest links I've gotten off of the comments section:
Dr Robert Bowman: The Impossibility of the Official Government Story http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6900065571556128674
http://patriotsquestion911.com/

PR Firms=Propaganda: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rPQCPwdwHQ

Terrorstorm: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=786048453686176230&q=terrorstorm&hl=en

On attacking Iran: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3346275,00.html

Spoof John McCain website: http://www.electjohnmccain2008.com

Live chat Thursday night 4/26/07 at 9PM EST DemocracyInteractive.com about the Moyers program: http://www.democracyinteractive.com

PNAC's role in attacking Iraq: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PNAC

David Ray Griffin on 911 coverup: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PNAC
Explanation for launch of Iraq war: http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=CHO20070104&articleId=4347

Quick history lesson: http://www.mapsofwar.com/images/EMPIRE17.swf
The press and the Kennedy conspiracy: http://karws.gso.uri.edu/JFK/the_critics/griffith/Press_and_assassination.html

Lisa Finnegan's book "No Questions Asked : News Coverage Since 9/11": http://www.noquestionsasked.org/
War Profiteers and the Media: http://www.lexrex.com/enlightened/articles/warisaracket.htm

Orwell Turns in His Grave: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1925114769515892401

Transcript of Kucinich press conference: http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/21728

Iraq poised to end drought for thirsting oil giants: http://news.independent.co.uk/business/news/article2132467.ece

Institute for Research - Middle Eastern Policy: http://www.irmep.org

Blockage of solutions: http://nomadeyes.com

Suppression of Iraqi body count: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070425/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_un_report_4

Freedom to Fascism

Please visit http://www.freedomtofascism.com to purchase the DVD.

This is the "Director's Final Cut" authorized version of Aaron Russo's documentary, America: Freedom To Fascism (AFTF). It is being uploaded to Google Video for the first time during the evening of October 19-20th, 2006. Aaron has listened to everyone's feedback - volunteers, students, lovers of freedom & liberty, young and old alike - and, true to his word, he is putting this up "for free" on Google Video knowing that the hour has come for Americans to either be awakened to restore the Republic or be swept aside by the dark global forces of fascism that seeks to enslave mankind.

AFTF's main focus comes in a statement with six very simple words: SHUT DOWN THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM!!

The Money Masters Video

The powers of financial capitalism had a far-reaching plan, nothing less than to create a world system of financial control in private ... all » hands able to dominate the political system of each country and the economy of the world as a whole...Their secret is that they have annexed from governments, monarchies, and republics the power to create the world's money..."

THE MONEY MASTERS is a 3 1/2 hour non-fiction, historical documentary that traces the origins of the political power structure that rules our nation and the world today. The modern political power structure has its roots in the hidden manipulation and accumulation of gold and other forms of money. The development of fractional reserve banking practices in the 17th century brought to a cunning sophistication the secret techniques initially used by goldsmiths fraudulently to accumulate wealth. With the formation of the privately-owned Bank of England in 1694, the yoke of economic slavery to a privately-owned "central" bank was first forced upon the backs of an entire nation, not removed but only made heavier with the passing of the three centuries to our day. Nation after nation, including America, has fallen prey to this cabal of international central bankers.

Hamster Security

Got a hamster and lots of secure documents you want to dispose of? Take security to the next level with this hamster-powered paper shredder. Not only are your documents shredded, but then they're further rendered useless by hamster poop and pee. Brilliant!

Your Magazine Archive Online

I was thumbing through an old copy of Texas Monthly the other day at work and found a nice article on popular hiking destinations. At the website, I learned that only members got access to online articles. Now, I live for these sorts of online challenges, so a couple seconds of googling later, I dug up this site: AccessMyLibrary

Jackpot!

This website has tons of text information from many popular magazines you'd find if you were to walk into your local public library. This is one of the best reference sources I've found in a while.

My New Favorite TV Show

Being the documentary junkie that I am, I was glued to our local-channels-only TV set last night at the discovery of a program new to me--Frontline (on PBS). This show rocks! So does their website.

On last night's episode, there was a story on the Afghanistan war followed by a show on person-to-person loans that were both excellent. The companion website lets you "drill down" with more info and online links, plus you can re-view the video from the program, if you'd like. (It takes a couple of days for the videos to post.) I guess I have a lot of catching up to do now! I wonder if this is available on iTunes...

Cisco Blog

http://www.ciscoblog.com

There's a lot of great links, here, even links to simulators. How awesome is that?

Fix: USB flash drives won't get assigned a letter in Win XP

I've run into this problem recently at work, where users have numerous network drives mapped to their computer. The flash drives are recognized by the computer, but fail to show up in the drive list under My Computer.

The solution I've found is (with the USB flash drive inserted into a USB port) to use "Manage" under the My Computer "Preferences" right-click menu and then click the Manage Drives icon to bring up the computer drives. Right click on the band that relates to the USB drive and pull down to where it lets you assign a new letter. Try to assign a letter you're not going to need later on.

That's pretty much it. I'm not sure why some drives have this problem and some don't. I have noticed that the drives that have run into problems are formatted with the FAT file system, so this could have something to do with this issue. I hope this is helpful to someone out there. Comments would be appreciated, too.

Quicksilver - Mac utility par excellence

"Quicksilver is bar-none the best productivity application on the market today. Whether we're talking Mac, Windows, or Linux, freeware or shareware, this Mac-only, freeware application launcher-and-then-some is the best productivity booster I have on my computer."

Reading the geeky giddyness over this product is a little embarrassing, but it also makes me want to check it out! Mac users/lovers only!!

Type, don't Mouse!

SlickRun is a free floating command line utility for Windows. SlickRun gives you almost instant access to any program or website. SlickRun allows you to create command aliases (known as MagicWords), so C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\msimn.exe becomes MAIL.

Enter a web URL into SlickRun and it will launch your browser and navigate to the specified address. Run multiple programs in a few keystrokes, jot a note, look up a definition... SlickRun is the most natural way to interact with your computer.

It's freeware, but if you like the software, they will gladly accept PayPal donations.

What you find when googling "BurnLounge sucks"

I found this great post (among many others) while researching BurnLounge. BurnLounge sounds like a good way to make money as long as you don't mind going to hell. Here's one member's comments, found at indiemusician.com:

"Okay, how about an objective opinion from someone without an axe to grind, who's actually a Mogul, and who is not one of these cultish fan boys?
Here it is:
In January a friend approached me about BurnLounge, so excited he was about to pop. I said sure - why not? That $450 figure is only if you're stupid enough to purchase the utterly useless 'university package.' My initial investment was just $140 or so.
(For those not in the know - the 'university package' is pushed HEAVILY because (OF COURSE!) it makes the guy who sells it to you a nice chunk of change. The only actual money I've seen from BurnLounge came from - you guessed it! - the idiot I signed up who blew $300 on the 'university package.' So what IS the university package? It's a bunch of CD/DVD's that help you convince OTHER people to sign up - sort of like those marketing things you see on 4:00 a.m. infomercials. And yes, you read right. For half a dozen DVD's, you pay THREE HUNDRED bucks. But hey, the guy right above you makes like $50 off your stupidity, so that's cool, right?)
It's now been more than five months since I signed up. I told the pal who got me into it that my own business was far too busy at the moment to do much with it for at least six months (and besides, I actually MAKE money with my own company :) )
So I signed up one guy, and then watched. Just watched to see what would happen. Here's the results:"

Another good link to BurnLounge discussion is http://digitalmusic.weblogsinc.com/2006/07/19/burnlounge-still-ripping-consumers-off/ or http://digitalmusic.weblogsinc.com/2006/06/16/burnlounge-sell-digital-music-snakeoil

Fix Disappearing SendTo "Compressed (Zipped) Folder" in XP

For those who have always relied on WinZip, there's a little-documented feature of Windows XP that lets you unzip and zip folders of files very easily. Just right-click a folder and go to SendTo > Compressed (Zipped) Folder to create a zip archive of the selected folder. If you double-click the icon, it will open seamlessly. To add a password, just open the archive window and go to File > Add a Password...

One problem I've seen is that for some reason, this icon in the SendTo folder has a tendency to disappear. Here's the solution. Type:

rundll32 zipfldr.dll,RegisterSendto into the Run window and run it. The icon will re-appear under SendTo! By the way, it's also a good idea if you first choose Compressed (Zipped) Folders as your default app for opening .zip files. Right-click and go to Open with... to choose this.

I hope this is helpful to someone.

Damn Print Job Be Gone!

Here's a cool solution for the notorious Print Job that will Not Delete. The original link:
Gizmos Grabowski: TIP: Can't Delete Print Jobs:
1. On the taskbar, click Start, and then click Run.
2. Enter the following:
net stop spooler (and hit enter)
3. Delete all files in the following folder:
C:\Windows\System32\Spool\Printers
4. Once the spool files are deleted, start the spooler again:
net start spooler

You can also find some useful suggestions in the comments below.

Make 7-Zip Yours

It's great free utility day here on My Net Gems! Here is another kick-bootie tool that is très useful!

The main features of 7-Zip:

* High compression ratio in new 7z format with LZMA compression
* Supported formats:
o Packing / unpacking: 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR
o Unpacking only: RAR, CAB, ISO, ARJ, LZH, CHM, Z, CPIO, RPM, DEB and NSIS
* For ZIP and GZIP formats 7-Zip provides compression ratio that is 2-10 % better than ratio provided by PKZip and WinZip
* Self-extracting capability for 7z format
* Integration with Windows Shell
* Powerful File Manager
* Powerful command line version
* Plugin for FAR Manager
* Localizations for 63 languages

Did I mention it's FREE?!!

Awesome screen capture freebie

I'm on a cool free tools kick today. Here's another gem that everyone should load onto their PC immediately!!

PrintKey is activated when you press the PrintScreen Key and allows you to capture the entire screen or any portion of it. You can then make changes to the screen capture and save in a variety of formats including .gif, .bmp, .jpeg, .jpg, .emf and .wmf. You can also swap colors, convert to grayscale or black and white, change picture size and send to the printer all from this little freeware program. Tested and works fine with Windows 9x/Me/2000/XP

This description comes from a great PC fan website called New Life Windows 98. Thanks, Harry O!