Monday, June 29, 2009

THE POWERHOUR NEWS | June 29, 2009

Gold still a safe haven: analyst -- The latest report from Resource Capital Research confirms that gold will continue to perform as a ‘safe haven investment’ relative to most asset classed, thriving on bad news, US Dollar weakness and inflation fears.

500,000 New Yorkers may have swine flu virus -- As many as 500,000 New Yorkers may have been infected with the H1N1 virus that causes swine flu, federal officials said yesterday, far more than initially estimated by the city's Department of Health.

HOMELAND SECURITY AND US ARMY PLAN INVASION OF STATES -- According to officials from the Homeland Security Department, FEMA and Northern Command share a common interest and a unified approach to disaster response and recovery.

Dozens of National Guard Soldiers Sick After Iraq 2003 Deploy, Toxic Chemical Eyed -- Guard members from Indiana, Oregon and West Virginia were protecting workers hired by a subsidiary of the giant contractor, KBR Inc., to rebuild an Iraqi water treatment plant. The area, as it turned out, was contaminated with hexavalent chromium, a potent, sometimes deadly chemical linked to cancer and other devastating diseases.

CIA has Distributed 400 Million Dollars Inside Iran to Evoke a Revolution -- Former Pakistani Army General Mirza Aslam Beig claims the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has distributed 400 million dollars inside Iran to evoke a revolution. “The documents prove that the CIA spent 400 million dollars inside Iran to prop up a colorful-hollow revolution following the election,” he added. Pakistan’s former army chief of joint staff went on to say that the US wanted to disturb the situation in Iran and bring to power a pro-US government.

9,271 or 53.8 bank offices per month failing -- Past Year Bank Failures to 6/27/09 Offices-ATMs-Others. (Scroll down a bit to see the actual list).

A Deadly Ingredient in a Chicken Dinner -- Why do our chicken, our water and our air contain arsenic? Because in the United States, most major poultry producers add an arsenic compound known as roxarsone to their chicken feed. Inorganic arsenic is a Class A carcinogen that has been linked to heart disease, diabetes and declines in brain function. Recent scientific findings show that most Americans are routinely exposed to between three and 11 times the Environmental Protection Agency's recommended safety limit.

Dr Ann Blake Tracey said Michael Jackson died of serotonergic medications -- Michael Jackson lost his life due to the organ-stopping effect of Serotonin Syndrome thanks to a drug that should have been removed from the market decades ago - Demerol. A serotonergic medication similar in action to antidepressants, atypical antipsychotics, and other pain killers.

Talk Show Hosts May Be Accomplices Under Hate Bill -- The Hate Crimes Prevention Act HR 1966 which has passed the Congress by overwhelming margins is now facing hearings in the Senate. There are already similar hate crime laws in place, however, this bill imposes much stronger federal enforcement, which is a clear violation of the Tenth Amendment. Read More...

ID cards for India: 1.1billion citizens will go into second largest citizens' database -- India is planning to provide its 1.1 billion-plus citizens with ID cards. The
government believes the scheme, which will be finalized over three years, will aid the delivery of vital social services to the poorest people who often lack sufficient identification papers.

Cyber warfare Vs. Internet censorship -- We have seen time and time again, in our own country, that when laws are developed to stop specific issues, but are very powerful in scope, special interests get involved. Once this happens, the laws encroach or expand to other areas.

America's fortress Cheyenne Mountain Norad lives on -- The Cheyenne Mountain complex is very much still operational. In some ways, in fact, in a world where existential threats come not from the Soviet Union but from things like natural disasters, cyberattacks, and amorphous terrorist organizations on the hunt for nuclear weapons, it may today even be considered more important than ever.

US General: Prepare for terrorist attacks from N. Korea -- The commander of US forces in South Korea says the North would likely use roadside bombs and other insurgent strategies in a ground war.

Plan to protect DC from nuke EMP attack -- As North Korea threatens a missile launch on Hawaii and Iran continues to develop its own nuclear war capabilities, President Obama has greenlighted a plan to save the federal government from the devastating capabilities of a nuclear electro-magnetic pulse attack on the U.S. according to a report in Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin.

America's "bases of empire" -- Besides waging perpetual wars, nothing better reveals America's imperial agenda than its hundreds of global bases - for offense, not defense at a time the US hasn't had an enemy since the Japanese surrendered in August 1945.

Pet bites can put owners at risk for MRSA -- Dog and cat bites aren't just painful and traumatic, they also may put you at risk for an infection with the so-called superbug, a strain of bacteria known as MRSA, according to LiveScience.com.

Albuquerque NM to make engine revving a crime -- Up to $500 fines await drivers and motorcyclists who blip the throttle in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

DARPA seeking Genesis-style godware capability -- US military wacky-professor bureau DARPA has outdone itself this time, issuing a request for "intelligent" electronic components and chemicals which can "self-organise" themselves to form complex items such as routers, fuel cells, biofuel factories or medical drugs. Indeed, reading between the lines it appears as though the American killboffins are seeking nothing less than the creation of artificial intelligent lifeforms.

Space Shuttle links 1908 Tungiska explosion to comet -- The mysterious 1908 Tunguska explosion that leveled 830 square miles of Siberian forest was almost certainly caused by a comet entering the Earth's atmosphere, says new Cornell University research. The conclusion is supported by an unlikely source: the exhaust plume from the NASA space shuttle launched a century later.