Wednesday, May 27, 2009

THE POWER HOUR Team Network News: May 27, 2009

Senate bill seeks to prohibit tolling of federal highways -- A U.S. senator from Texas has filed a bill that would prohibit the tolling of highways built with federal funds. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-TX, filed S1115 on Thursday, May 21, and it was referred to the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee.

Sovereign Deed-privatized FEMA website -- How prepared are you? What is your plan? To whom will you turn in an emergency? Have you considered how reliant you are on the conveniences of modern society? Do you understand the secondary and tertiary effects of a disaster, or of an economic dislocation, and how they can impact you, your family, employer or corporation? What is the potential cost of being unprepared? Related Link: Who ya gonna call when disaster strikes?

GM soy-destroy the earth & humans for profit -- Genetically modified (GM) soy accounts for 91 percent of soybeans planted in the US and is rapidly growing throughout the world.

China to build world's largest quake simulator -- A Chinese university said Tuesday it had started to build the world's largest quake simulator, a week after the first anniversary of the deadly earthquake in southwest China.

Government experiments on US soldiers exposed in court case -- Lawsuits are being filed against the CIA and the US Army on behalf of the Vietnam Veterans of America and six former American soldiers who claim they are the real thing: survivors of classified government tests conducted at the Army's Edgewood Arsenal in Maryland between 1950 and 1975.

Nobel Peace Laureate detained by homeland security -- Maguire was held for two hours, during which she was questioned, fingerprinted, photographed and questioned again. This resulted in her missing her flight. She was released upon the actions of the Nobel Women's Initiatives representatives' who insisted on her immediate release.

Right wing military writer "we may have to kill journalists" -- in a segment titled "The killers without guns," Peters suggests that the media is responsible for "saving" Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon, but that media had "failed to
defeat" the U.S. government's charge toward Iraq.

Interview with Billy Best who fled chemo at age 16 and beat hodgkins lymphoma -- Fleeing his parents and medical "authorities," Billy discovered his own natural treatments for cancer with the help of concerned citizens, and by changing his diet and taking these natural remedies, he was able to heal cancer and save his own life..

Towns rethink self reliance as finances worsen -- As the recession batters city budgets around the U.S., some municipalities are considering the once-unthinkable option of dissolving themselves through "disincorporation."

Medical care sought by over 1 million Californians in Mexico -- An estimated 952,000 California adults sought medical, dental or prescription services in Mexico annually, and of these, 488,000 were Mexican immigrants, according to the research paper,
"Heading South: Why Mexican Immigrants in California Seek Health Services in Mexico."

Officials see doubling of presciption drug deaths -- From 2001 to 2005, More Than 32,000 People Died of Prescription Drug Overdoses.

Man faces life in prison for paying employees in gold & silver coin -- According to the government, Kahre and others concocted a fraudulent cash payroll "scheme" and then peddled it to other Las Vegas contractors. Defendants did not report to the IRS any payments made to workers, "either at the true amount or at the bogus amount, ... being the face value of the coin or coins," according to the indictment.

Microchipping your money-theme park wristbands can also be debit card -- The wristbands have a microchip and are being used nationwide in theme parks as a debit card.

US killed 97 Afghan civilians in 2 days -- Afghanistan's Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC), which launched a probe into early May US-led air strikes in the country, announced Tuesday that 21 of the fatalities of the attacks were women and
Children.

Hazardous WHO phase daze -- The W.H.O., starting in April, quickly raised its alert level to 4 and then 5 as the virus spread in North America. But even as the virus infected people in Britain, Spain and Japan, the agency did not go to Level 6, which signifies spread to a new continent. Dr. Fukuda argued that there was still no proof of "community spread," meaning beyond travelers, schools and contacts.

The Bilderberg plan for 2009:remkaing the global political economy -- Roughly 130 of the world’s most powerful individuals came together to discuss the pressing issues of today, and to chart a course for the next year. The main topic of discussion at this years meeting was the global financial crisis, which is no surprise, considering the list of conference attendees includes many of the primary architects of the crisis, as well as those poised to “solve” it.

Speed cameras attacked in Germany, Italy, Poland & UK -- Vigilantes disable and destroy speed cameras located in Germany, Italy, Poland and Wales.

Tool making birds: necessity is the mother of invention for rooks -- Researchers at the Universities of Cambridge and Queen Mary, University of London have found that rooks, a member of the crow family, are capable of using and making tools, modifying them to make them work and using two tools in a sequence.

Vaccines: crossing immunological boundaries -- By the time the average person reaches adulthood they will have accumulated approximately 68 vaccines. We need to start asking questions.

A hidden drip, drip, drip beneath the earth's surface -- Geologists find 'blob' of material beneath the US West Great Basin