9-Year-Old Girl Asks McDonald's to Stop Tricking Kids

feeds@yuku.com (daetaku) — Fri, 24 May 2013 00:12:34 PST

http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2013/05/23/year-old-girl-asks-mcdonald-ceo-to-stop-...
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Banana Boats

feeds@yuku.com (Kitsune) — Thu, 23 May 2013 23:05:13 PST

I know several US destroyers were converted into Banana Boats and some served for decades.
Curious if any retained their power plant and were able to do 30+ knots while in civilian service?

Bad Brits again

feeds@yuku.com (Throd) — Thu, 23 May 2013 21:35:34 PST

I was wondering why the new remake of the rather cheesy "Total Recall" was set in the UK - even though it had virtually all US actors who didn't bother to put on a Brit accent. It seems we Brits are the bad boys again. Controlling our Australian colony wi...
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Obama drones on and on about droning less

feeds@yuku.com (Hark) — Thu, 23 May 2013 20:30:30 PST

I came away with the impression that Obama had thrown in the towel, rejecting a global scaled war on terror, downsizing the drone war, promising not to attack all groups calling themselves Al Qaeda, closing Gitmo bringing some of the terrorists to the...
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Battle of the Atlantic 70 year event

feeds@yuku.com (bill sanderson) — Thu, 23 May 2013 19:45:10 PST

Does anyone have a list of the warships visiting Liverpool for this event, over the coming weekend? I can't find one.

Springsharp request for a CA thought.

feeds@yuku.com (kell553) — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:08:30 PST

I was advising on the use of the Turbo-Elecric system on the Lexington class BC/CV over at the ship-bucket site and had a thought.
Would it have been possible to take 2 Lexington style power plants and place them into a 10-14000 ton CA (8" primary ...
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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker to court Iowans

feeds@yuku.com (Hark) — Thu, 23 May 2013 15:21:57 PST

stokes 2016 presidential run talk

By SCOTT BAUER and KEN THOMAS
Associated Press

Tesla repays federal loan nearly 10 years early

feeds@yuku.com (FreshAirSnipe) — Thu, 23 May 2013 14:41:16 PST

Castle Class OPV2

feeds@yuku.com (john daniels) — Thu, 23 May 2013 07:54:52 PST

I recall there were plans - or a planned capability - to upgrade the fire power of the Castle Class OPV2 design.

Does anyone have details? I'm thinking at most an OTO Melara or something.

What capabilities could be have i...
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Obama the Almighty

feeds@yuku.com (Global bullyman) — Thu, 23 May 2013 07:42:07 PST

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2013/05/oklahoma-tornado-conspiracy-theories/65499/

£2 billion Spanish navy submarine will sink to bottom of sea

feeds@yuku.com (Hark) — Wed, 22 May 2013 20:18:22 PST

A new submarine commissioned by the Spanish navy at a cost of 2.2 billion euros (£1.9billion) has been discovered to contain a serious design flaw – it is too heavy and will sink like a stone.

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Just breaking

feeds@yuku.com (Hark) — Wed, 22 May 2013 17:35:10 PST

It appears that Muslims have murdered a British soldier at Woolwich Barracks...more details should come soon.

Royal Navy Reserves

feeds@yuku.com (Tkm) — Wed, 22 May 2013 16:01:43 PST

Hi guys. I was just wondering if someone could possibly answer a couple things for me please?

1. I signed up for the Navy Reserves in roughly October 2012, done my medical, pratical test, interveiw and now in th...
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The Senate has lost its f'ing mind!!

feeds@yuku.com (Gunnersmate04) — Wed, 22 May 2013 14:30:28 PST

The Senate yesterday voted to arm and fund the "rebels" that are opposing Assad in Syria, these are the same "rebels" with close ties and a ally of Al Qaeda.....

When will this country learn?!! This is a clear war we need to stay the hell out o...
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DNC Former Chair calls Benghazi a "silly joke"

feeds@yuku.com (Gunnersmate04) — Wed, 22 May 2013 14:25:35 PST

Howard Dean: ‘Benghazi is a Laughable Joke’
By Andrew Johnson
May 21, 2013 10:17 AM

Former Democratic National committee chairman Howard Dean considers the controversy over Benghazi a “joke” and “silly.”
“Bengha...
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US Secret Service looking at Right Wing loon

feeds@yuku.com (NoOneFamous) — Wed, 22 May 2013 03:53:06 PST

What a nice guy - not; is he a Rush Limbaugh wannabe?

The Secret Service is following up on recent comments by right wing radio host Pete Santilli, who claimed to want to shoot former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the vagina and see Pr...
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First Stealth aircraft goes to Davis Monthon boneyard

feeds@yuku.com (SaintsWillWin) — Wed, 22 May 2013 00:26:00 PST

Question for Technical types : ICCALS

feeds@yuku.com (MattReloaded) — Tue, 21 May 2013 19:44:03 PST

ICCALS stands for Internal Combustion Catapult Aircraft Launch System. It's basically an evolution of the C-14 catapult from the late 1950s - early 1960s.

ICCALS promoters (Stallard Associates) have a website with papers describing the technolo...
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RN M-Class

feeds@yuku.com (SMS12) — Tue, 21 May 2013 19:23:27 PST

The ultimate eggshells armed with hammers. Would someone care to expalin to me how this idea ever saw the light of day? I can just picture some bloke in the Admiralty saying, "Since we've armed light cruisers (Glorious Class) with 15" inch guns, would...
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Sebelius Fund Raising Probe Gathers Steam

feeds@yuku.com (Hark) — Tue, 21 May 2013 14:31:29 PST

Analysis: Some Republicans see new scandal in Sebelius fundraising

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...
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