http://www.liveleak.com/browse?channel_token=81d_1302951000 Items in channel 'GradySizematters' Mon, 20 May 2013 13:45:12 -0400 Liveleak http://edge.liveleak.com/80281E/u/u/ll2/logo.gif http://www.liveleak.com/browse?channel_token=81d_1302951000 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 10:20:26 -0500 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=721_1353510941 GradySizematters Pics for you Blitz30. ;) http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=721_1353510941 GradySizematters New puppies puppies, shih tzus Thu, 11 Oct 2012 18:31:04 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=14c_1349993680 GradySizematters On tuesday I sent 3 of my guys to the playhouse theater in Cleveland Ohio to deliver some building material. One of the men went into a dark room in search of the light switch and when the door closed and he first got brushed by something, then it grabbed about midthigh. He ran out the door and down the hall when the other 2 asked what the hell was going on. After explaining it to them they both laughed, and walked back to the room. All 3 went in and looked around leaving the door open for light and using a light on ones cell phone as they still couldnt find the switch. Seeing nothing , they started to leave and one of them took out their cell phone and took about 6 pictures. Only one showed from this picture posted. I know these guys real well, 2 for about 12 years. One of them is very religious and I'v never known him to stretch the truth, so to say , or down right lie to me. He swears he watched the guy photo the room and then after they walked into the hall way, they looked at the pics and he almost fell over. I myself have never belived in ghost or afterlife. Im really feeling strange over this because it defies my common sense logic. The image appears to me to be a younger woman, long scraggly hair and pretty hallowed dark eyes. Do I belive?? Not sure, but it really has my mind working overtime. So LL'ers, do you belive? Have any stories you can share?? http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=14c_1349993680 GradySizematters Cleveland Playhouse Square Ghost?? ghost, cleveland ohio, playhouse square, Sat, 25 Aug 2012 06:11:07 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=761_1345888751 GradySizematters Went fishing on lake Erie with two of my grandsons. One of them saw what appeared to be a marine flare or what I though was a parachute flare decending from the sky. Then I noticed a small trail and it was incoming. We heard what sounded like bullets entering the water, if you know the sound, and my grandson said he saw rock and sand fly about 25 yards from where we were. We went to the area and saw what looked like impct marks and dug down. Found 4 pieces that were unlike anything else there. Heavy in weight, almost black in color and pockmarks on some. The larger one weighed almost 1200 grams and is smaller then a golf ball. It will attract a magnet if put near it. I am no expert by any means and wonder if this was from meteor fragments? Not sure of the picture quallity from preview though. Threw in a fossil we found also. ;) http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=761_1345888751 GradySizematters Meteor ?? meteor, rocks, lake erie, fishing Sun, 08 Apr 2012 07:53:31 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=20f_1333885758 GradySizematters Talk about a ball buster. An Indiana man was rushed to the hospital Wednesday after his scrotum was the victim of a vicious attack by an ex-girlfriend, The Smoking Gun reports . The victim told police that his former girlfriend, Christina Reber, stormed into his apartment as he was innocently sitting at his computer. Reber, who he had severed ties with a few days earlier, first struck him on the head and then grabbed his scrotum and began "squeezing as hard as she could." Naturally, he told officers that he "was in incredible pain when grabbed his scrotum and began digging in her fingers." The police report indicates that the scrotum area was "completely torn loose from his body." Reber reportedly "refused to let go of his scrotum," but that the victim was finally able to remove his balls from her vice-like grip. As if the story isn't already good enough, the victim, who has not been identified, was taken to BALL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. As far as we know, the hospital is not only for scrotum-specific injuries. In an interview two days after the incident, the man told police that after his ex was done breaking his balls, his family jewels are so swollen that he is unable to work, and he isn't sure if there will be permanent damage. Reber was charged with two felonies: aggravated battery and illegally entering the victim's home. She was also charged with a misdemeanor domestic battery. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=20f_1333885758 GradySizematters Ball Buster balls,ripped off, ouch Fri, 06 Apr 2012 20:58:00 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=de9_1333759790 GradySizematters http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=de9_1333759790 GradySizematters Sunset over Lake Erie sunset, lake erie Sun, 19 Feb 2012 06:50:02 -0500 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=252_1329651459 GradySizematters Spring is in the air here in Northren Ohio. We havent had much of a winter this year, but Im already getting cabin fever and cant wait to get out to some car shows and meets. 1972 Cutlass Supreme, 455 torquer, built for the strip, and nursed back to the street. Anyone else keep their mistress in the garage?? ; http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=252_1329651459 GradySizematters Love of my life cars, Oldmobile, spring,classic cars Sun, 01 Jan 2012 08:34:58 -0500 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=485_1325424630 GradySizematters What's the likelihood that Democrats could control Washington in 2012? By David Rothschild Economist, Yahoo! Research As of December 31, 2011 the likelihood of the Democrats retaining the Presidency is 53.7 percent, retaining the Senate is 20.7 percent, and taking the House is 32.7 percent. This is compiled from Betfair, Intrade, and Iowa Electronic Market prediction market data. The chart shows how these three main predictions have shifted during the course of the year. Obama had a small spike when Osama Bin Laden was captured, but otherwise he's been on a slow decline for most of the summer and early fall, with a slow resurgence in the late fall and early winter. The Senate has been relatively steady with small spikes corresponding to shifts in specific seats, including retirements and announcements of new candidates. The House has shown the most flux with a steep decline that mirrored the President's, but continued longer into the fall. Yet, it has taken a sharp turn towards the Democrats in recent weeks: Likelihood of Democratic Victory in President, Senate, and House_Dec 31 Sources: Betfair, Intrade, and Iowa Electronic Market Obama has been polling well against both the generic Republican and the specific Republicans (with Mitt Romney being the most likely opponent, followed by Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, and Rick Santorum). The Real Clear Politics aggregated polling trend has him up 1.6 percentage points on Romney and down 0.5 percentage points on the "generic Republican." Other data, including approval numbers and economic indicators, have been moving in his direction, but are still far from ensuring his reelection. Key indicators, however, are still a few months away-they will come at the end of the first and second quarter of the election year. What does that 53.7 percent mean for Obama? Not too much at this moment. With the election 10 months away, markets are going to be conservative. Still, markets are predicting that numbers will continue to move in his favor. As for holding on to the Senate, it is not looking good for the Democrats. The Democrats control 23 of 33 seats up for election and are facing slew of retirements , including Ben Nelson from Nebraska this week. In the House, things have been looking up for the Democrats lately, yet the Republicans are still likely to retain control. The census-induced redistricting of House seats likely helps the Republicans in the House. Yet, the recent Democratic creep forward is likely a result of record low Congressional approval numbers. It also coincides Republican squabbling over the payroll tax issue, which stemmed from lack of cohesion in the Republican-controlled House. The Wall Street Journal's editorial board called this a fiasco that could help Obama get reelected , but the reverberations for this type of event may be felt in House elections as well. It has been a pleasure sharing our data driven view of the world with you in 2011 and we look forward to much more in-depth data driven commentary in 2012! Happy New Year! Follow along on PredictWise for the real-time likelihood of the Presidency and the Senate and House . David Rothschild is an economist at Yahoo! Research. He has a Ph.D. in applied economics from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. His dissertation is in creating aggregated forecasts from individual-level information http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=485_1325424630 GradySizematters Will Dems rule in 2012 ? Obama, Dems, reelected Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:30:54 -0500 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d4a_1321907115 GradySizematters In a significant failure for the United States in the Mideast, more than a dozen spies working for the CIA in Iran and Lebanon have been caught and the U.S. government fears they will be or have been executed, according to four current and former U.S. officials with connections to the intelligence community. The spies were paid informants recruited by the CIA for two distinct espionage rings targeting Iran and the Beirut-based Hezbollah organization, considered by the U.S. to be a terror group backed by Iran. "Espionage is a risky business," a U.S. official briefed on the developments told ABC News, confirming the loss of the unspecified number of spies over the last six months. "Many risks lead to wins, but some result in occasional setbacks," the official said. Robert Baer, a former senior CIA officer who worked against Hezbollah while stationed in Beirut in the 1980's, said Hezbollah typically executes individuals suspected of or caught spying. "If they were genuine spies, spying against Hezbollah, I don't think we'll ever see them again," he said. "These guys are very, very vicious and unforgiving." Other current and former officials said the discovery of the two U.S. spy rings occurred separately, but amounted to a setback of significant proportions in efforts to track the activities of the Iranian nuclear program and the intentions of Hezbollah against Israel. "Remember, this group was responsible for killing more Americans than any other terrorist group before 9/11," said a U.S. official. Attacks on the U.S. embassy and Marine barracks in Beirut in 1983 killed more than 300 people, including almost 260 Americans. The U.S. official, speaking for the record but without attribution, gave grudging credit to the efforts of Iran and Hezbollah to detect and expose U.S. and Israeli espionage. "Collecting sensitive information on adversaries who are aggressively trying to uncover spies in their midst will always be fraught with risk," said the U.S. official briefed on the spy ring bust. But others inside the American intelligence community say sloppy "tradecraft" -- the method of covert operations -- by the CIA is also to blame for the disruption of the vital spy networks. In Beirut, two Hezbollah double agents pretended to go to work for the CIA. Hezbollah then learned of the restaurant where multiple CIA officers were meeting with several agents, according to the four current and former officials briefed on the case. The CIA used the codeword "PIZZA" when discussing where to meet with the agents, according to U.S. officials. Two former officials describe the location as a Beirut Pizza Hut. A current US official denied that CIA officers met their agents at Pizza Hut. From there, Hezbollah's internal security arm identified at least a dozen informants, and the identities of several CIA case officers. Hezbollah then began to "roll up" much of the CIA's network against the terror group, the officials said. One former senior intelligence official told ABC News that CIA officers ignored warnings that the operation could be compromised by using the same location for meetings with multiple assets. "We were lazy and the CIA is now flying blind against Hezbollah," the former official said. CIA Spies Caught in Iran At about the same time that Hezbollah was identifying the CIA network in Lebanon, Iranian intelligence agents discovered a secret internet communication method used by CIA-paid assets in Iran. The CIA has yet to determine precisely how many of its assets were compromised in Iran, but the number could be in the dozens, according to one current and one former U.S. intelligence official. The exposure of the two spy networks was first announced in widely ignored televised statements by Iranian and Hezbollah leaders. U.S. officials tell ABC News that much of what was broadcast was, in fact, true. Hezbollah's leader, Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah, announced in June of this year that two high-ranking members of Hezbollah had been exposed as CIA spies, leading U.S. officials to conclude that the entire network inside Hezbollah had been compromised. In Iran, intelligence minister Heidar Moslehi announced in May that more than 30 U.S. and Israeli spies had been discovered and an Iranian television program, which acts as a front for Iran's government, showed images of internet sites used by the U.S. for secret communication with the spies. U.S. officials said the Iranian television program showed pictures of people who were not U.S. assets, but the program's video of the websites used by the CIA was accurate. Some former U.S. intelligence officials say the developments are the result of a lack of professionalism in the U.S. intelligence community. "We've lost the tradition of espionage," said one former official who still consults for the U.S. intelligence community. "Officers take short cuts and no one is held accountable," he said. But at the CIA, officials say such risks come with the territory. "Hezbollah is an extremely complicated enemy," said a U.S. official. "It's a determined terrorist group, a powerful political player, a mighty military and an accomplished intelligence operation, formidable and ruthless. No one underestimates its capabilities. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d4a_1321907115 GradySizematters Exclusive: CIA Spies Caught, Fear Execution in Middle East spys, Iran, executed,middle east Thu, 19 May 2011 18:19:02 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=806_1305843121 GradySizematters Before and after of a boo boo trying to remove a fuel pump from inside a gas tank. One twist of the arm and "OH SHIT". http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=806_1305843121 GradySizematters Car repair gone wrong (graphic) cut. car repair, el stupido Sun, 08 May 2011 09:19:30 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d71_1304860483 GradySizematters *Osama bin Laden's 12-year-old daughter watched as her father was shot dead by American special forces, a senior Pakistani intelligence official has told the Guardian. The girl, who was found at the scene of the raid by Pakistani security services, is being cared for at a military hospital having been wounded in the attack. She has been questioned about the sequence of events during the raid last weekend. At least 10 people were left alive at the end of the attack, which saw Bin Laden killed in an upstairs room of the three-story house where he had been living. Hamza, one of the al-Qaida leader's sons, was killed. His body was removed with that of his father by the assault teams. The survivors include eight children and two adults, both women. One is Bin Laden's fifth wife, a 29-year-old Yemeni, Amal Ahmed Abdul Fatah who married the al-Qaida leader around 11 years ago in Afghanistan. The other is understood to be a Yemeni doctor in her 30s whose passport indicates that she arrived by legal means in the region sometime between 2000 and 2006, when the document expired. Local authorities arrived on the scene of the raid as American special forces were leaving. It is believed that the attackers originally planned to evacuate all those in the compound but the breakdown of a helicopter meant there was no space to take them. Instead, only the bodies of Bin Laden and his son Hamza, who was in his early 20s, were taken to the aircraft carrier the USS Carl Vinson and buried at sea. Survivors were left with their hands fastened with plastic handcuffs, a second Pakistani official said, adding that initial communications with the survivors had been difficult as the Pakistani police and military arriving at the scene did not speak Arabic. Four bodies are understood to have been recovered by Pakistani officials from the compound, including those of two brothers who have been reported to be behind the construction and management of the house. One is believed to be the crucial courier, Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti, who inadvertently led the CIA to Bin Laden. A third body was that of one of the brother's wives. The other casualty is believed to be a guard who has yet to be identified or possibly a domestic servant. Pakistani officials told the Guardian that Bin Laden's daughter, which various reports named as Safina, Safia or Ayesha yesterday, had been hit in the ankle in the moments before the assault team reached the room where they found her father, and later passed out. The wound was possibly caused by fragments from a grenade thrown by the assault team as they attacked, one said. The girl and her mother are believed to be at a high-security military hospital. US press reports cite a US official saying Fatah had told Pakistani authorities that Bin Laden had lived in the complex, at least part of the time, since it was built in 2005. Yesterday, other reports from Pakistan contradicted that statement, saying survivors had told officials they had arrived five or six months ago. White House press secretary Jay Carney confirmed earlier this week that she was "in the room with Bin Laden" when injured. John Brennan, President Barack Obama's chief counter-terrorism adviser, had initially claimed Fatah was killed while "she was being used as a shield", but the White House later said that account was inaccurate. US intelligence officials have also said Fatah, rather than Bin Laden's daughter, identified the al-Qaida leader's body. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d71_1304860483 GradySizematters OBL killed in front of 12 year old daughter OBL, hit team, OBL daughter, witness Sun, 27 Mar 2011 05:34:52 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=67f_1301218192 GradySizematters TOKYO - Japanese officials reported a huge jump in radioactivity - levels 10 million times the norm - in water in one reactor unit at a tsunami-damaged nuclear plant Sunday, forcing workers to evacuate and again delaying efforts to control the leaking complex. Radiation in the air, meanwhile, measured 1,000 millisieverts per hour - four times the limit deemed safe by the government, Tokyo Electric Power Co. spokesman Takashi Kurita said. Word of the startling jump in radioactivity in Unit 2 came as TEPCO struggled to pump contaminated water from four troubled reactor units at the overheated Fukushima Dai-ichi plant, 140 miles (220 kilometers) northeast of Tokyo. The reading was so high that the worker measuring the levels fled before taking a second reading, officials said. Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency had warned Saturday that radioactivity inside the units was rising quickly and that extracting the radioactive water was a priority. The discovery over the last three days of radioactive water in one or more units at the six-unit complex has been a major setback in the urgent mission to get the plant's crucial cooling system back up and operating more than two weeks after a massive earthquake and tsunami. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano acknowledged emergency workers still needed to figure out the source of the radioactive water, but insisted the situation had stabilized - at least partially. "We have somewhat prevented the situation from turning worse," Edano told reporters Sunday evening. "But the prospects are not improving in a straight line and we've expected twists and turns. The contaminated water is one of them and we'll continue to repair the damage." The magnitude-9 quake off Japan's northeast coast on March 11 triggered a tsunami that barreled onshore and disabled the Fukushima plant, complicating a humanitarian disaster that has killed well over 10,000 people and left hundreds of thousands homeless. The official death toll stood at 10,489 on Sunday, with more than 16,620 people missing, police said. The final death toll is expected to top 18,000. Since the quake and tsunami, nuclear workers have raced to cool the plant as radiation made its way into food, seawater and even tap water supplies as far away as Tokyo. Officials said the discovery Thursday of highly radioactive pools of water in Unit 3 led to suspicions that radiation was leaking due to a possible breach in the reactor's core. Two workers are being treated at a hospital for possible burns sustained from wading into the contaminated water. They are to be released from the hospital Monday, Edano said. Workers are scrambling to remove the contaminated water and find a safe place to store it, TEPCO officials said. With just one pump incapable of handling the large amounts of water, two more will be brought in to help speed up the process, said Hidehiko Nishiyama, a nuclear safety official. The protracted nuclear crisis has spurred concerns about the safety of food and water in Japan, which is a prime source of seafood for some countries. Radiation has been found in milk, seawater and a range of vegetables, including broccoli, cauliflower and turnips. Tap water in several areas of Japan, including Tokyo, has showed higher-than-normal levels of radiation, prompting officials to distribute bottled water to families with infants. Just outside a reactor at the coastal Fukushima nuclear plant, radioactivity in seawater tested about 1,250 times higher than normal, officials. Nishiyama has said the area is not a source of seafood and that the contamination posed no immediate threat to human health. Experts with the International Atomic Energy Agency said the ocean would quickly dilute the worst contamination. Edano urged TEPCO to be more transparent after NISA revealed that the plant operator was aware of high levels of radiation in the air in Unit 3 several days before the two workers suffered burns there. NISA said it warned TEPCO to improve and ensure workers' safety. The workers who stepped into the contaminated water Thursday were exposed to radiation at levels between 2,000 and 6,000 millisieverts, the IAEA said Sunday. Health authorities say whole-body exposure to more than 3,000 millisieverts in a short period can cause radiation sickness and even death. Up to 600 people are working inside the plant in shifts. Nuclear safety officials said the time that workers spend inside units is closely monitored. "It's definitely a severe environment, but the amount of time workers are allowed in there is strictly controlled so that their exposure does not exceed the limit," NISA official Minoru Ogoda said Sunday. He said the radioactivity found in Unit 2 is mostly from iodine-134, which has a relatively short half-life of 53 minutes, meaning it dissipates quickly. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=67f_1301218192 GradySizematters Radiation on the rise in Japan Japan, nuclear power plant, leaks, radiation, radiation poisoning Sat, 19 Mar 2011 16:49:37 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=9e7_1300567528 GradySizematters WASHINGTON - The U.S. military attacked Moammar Gadhafi's air defenses Saturday with strikes along the Libyan coast that were launched by Navy vessels in the Mediterranean. A senior military official said the assault would unfold in stages and target air defense installations around Tripoli, the capital, and a coastal area south of Benghazi. That's the rebel stronghold under attack by Moammar Gadhafi's forces. Complete details were not immediately available. The official spoke on condition of anonymity in order to discuss sensitive military operations. Hours after Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton attended an international conference in Paris that endorsed military action against Gadhafi, the U.S. kicked off its attacks on Libyan air defense missile and radar sites along the Mediterranean coast to protect no-fly zone pilots from the threat of getting shot down. A U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity in order to discuss sensitive military operations, said the Obama administration intended to limit its involvement - at least in the initial stages - to helping protect French and other air missions. At a news conference in Paris, Clinton said Gadhafi had left the world no choice but to intervene urgently and forcefully to protect further loss of civilian life. "We have every reason to fear that left unchecked Gadhafi would commit unspeakable atrocities," she told reporters. Clinton said there was no evidence that Gadhafi's forces were respecting an alleged cease-fire they proclaimed and the time for action was now. "Our assessment is that the aggressive action by Gadhafi's forces continues in many parts of the country," she said. "We have seen no real effort on the part of the Gadhafi forces to abide by a cease-fire." President Barack Obama announced on Friday that he had given the go-ahead for U.S. forces to participate in operations designed to enforce the provisions of a U.N. Security Council resolution demanding that Gadhafi cease firing on civilians. At the outset of a visit to Brazil on Saturday, he spoke briefly about Libya, noting the Paris talks. "Our consensus was strong and our resolve is clear," Obama said. "The people of Libya must be protected and in the absence of an immediate end to the violence against civilians our coalition is prepared to act and to act with urgency." Among the U.S. Navy ships in the Mediterranean were two guided-missile destroyers, the USS Barry and USS Stout, as well as two amphibious warships, the USS Kearsarge and USS Ponce, and a command-and-control ship, the USS Mount Whitney. The submarine USS Providence was also in the Mediterranean. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=9e7_1300567528 GradySizematters US launches cruise missiles Libya, cruise missiles, no fly zone, USA, Kaddaffi, civilians, Arab countries