Obama heckled by GOP during speech: "You lie!" -- In an extraordinary breach of congressional decorum, a Republican lawmaker shouted "You lie" at President Barack Obama during his speech to Congress Wednesday. Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., tried to call Obama to apologize in person, but ended up speaking to White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel.
US bans alcohol at Army bases in Afghanistan -- A top US commander has banned alcohol at its headquarters in Kabul after troops were found to be too drunk in the wake of a recent deadly air strike in Afghanistan.
Iraq shoe thrower offered cars, homes, and a wife -- Muntazer al-Zaidi, the Iraqi journalist who famously threw his shoes at George W Bush in a fit of rage, has been inundated with offers of cars, wives and money in the run up to his release from prison.
Credit Debt Has Dug a Two-Decade Hole -- At the end of 2008, households that used a credit card had an average outstanding debt of $10,679. Excluding mortgages, the average American with a credit file is responsible for $16,635 in debt, according to Experian. The most fascinating fact is that the top 10 US credit card issuers held an 87.55% market share of the outstanding $973 billion linked to general-purpose cards in 2008. These 10 banks are coincidentally the same ones that brought down the financial system -- Bank of America (BAC), Citigroup (C), JP Morgan Chase (JPM), Wells Fargo (WFC), Capital One (COF), HSBC (HBC), American Express (AXP), Discover (DFS), US Bank (USB), and USAA.
A tale of two inflations (The Mess That Greenspan Made) -- Yes, pegged currencies in Asia play a role here, but surely the folks at the Federal Reserve, even with their misguided focus on consumer prices to the exclusion of nearly all other considerations, could have seen that inflation in the U.S. was only as low as it was because of cheap imports. Had this been understood and had interest rates been kept higher over the last ten years, we probably wouldn't have near the number of problems that we've seen in the last year or two.
Museum scours world for videos of 9-11 attacks -- The memorial is expected to open on the 10th anniversary of the attacks in 2011, and the museum a year later. The names of nearly 3,000 victims of the attacks in New York, at the Pentagon and in Pennsylvania, as well as those from the 1993 trade center truck bombing, will be around two waterfall filled pools.
Credit scores: What you need to know now -- Credit scores have been getting a lot of attention lately, as lenders tighten credit standards and contend with new legislation that has, among other things, reined in how credit-card issuers can raise rates.
Cell phone radiation varies widely, watchdog group says -- The government watchdog group on Wednesday releases a list ranking cellphones in terms of radiation. The free listing of more than 1,000 devices can be viewed here.
The 2009 influenza pandemic: Selected Legal issues - Congressional report -- Although currently the pandemic is of moderate severity with the majority of patients experiencing mild symptoms and making a rapid and full recovery, this experience could change. This report provides a brief overview of selected legal issues including emergency measures, civil rights, liability issues, and employment issues.
1918 influenza-a treatment that worked -- Most people reading this already know that drugs are almost never the answer to what ails the body. But, do you know how they were achieving an almost 100% recovery rate at Battle Creek, a facility run by Dr. John Harvey Kellogg? A 1918 article titled "Spanish Influenza Treatment," edited by Dr. Kellogg, shares the recommended influenza protocols. (Nina Note: chicken soup also worked according to my father who was 8 years old & fed his whole family soup until they got better)
Swine flu vaccine linked to paralysis -- It is not any alleged “Swine Flu” or H1N1 “virus” that is the danger to the lives of our loved ones, our children, our pregnant mothers. We are being literally panicked by WHO, CDC, the US Government and uncritical mass media into demanding what amounts to legalized toxins as a “guard” against a disease so far milder than a common cold.
ER physicians fear possible fall flood of flu -- As children return to school and promptly become infected with H1N1 influenza, emergency-room (ER) physicians nationwide are becoming increasingly anxious over their ERs' capacity to deal with an influx of flu patients.
What Does DHS Know About You? -- Retrieved from the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol’s Automated Targeting System (ATS). This was obtained through a FOIA/Privacy Act request and sent in by an anonymous reader according to this website posting.
11 end lives under WA assisted suicide law -- Eleven people have used prescribed drugs to end their lives during the first six months after a Washington state law took effect allowing assisted suicides for terminally ill patients, an advocacy group said Tuesday.
Administration seeks to keep terror watch list data secret -- The Obama administration wants to maintain the secrecy of terrorist watch-list information it routinely shares with federal, state and local agencies, a move that rights groups say would make it difficult for people who have been improperly included on such lists to challenge the government.
US girl scouts prepare for war, pestilence -- The United States wants to enlist its 3.4 million Girl Scouts in the effort to combat hurricanes, pandemics, terror attacks and other disasters.
Theories emerge on secret satellite launch -- Lockheed Martin has confirmed that its spacecraft, called PAN, was launched atop an Atlas V, but the company isn’t providing much in the way of details.
Protests brew over Cheney International Center in Wyoming -- A decision by the University of Wyoming to name a new center for international students for former Vice President Dick Cheney is drawing criticism from people who say Cheney's support for the Iraq war and harsh interrogation techniques should disqualify him from the distinction.
Food scarcity to bring down world governments cause chaos -- Food shortages are the biggest threat to global security today, and will soon lead to the collapse of more and more states, according to a warning published in Scientific American by Lester Brown, founder the Worldwatch Institute and founder and head of the Earth Policy Institute.
UK-Call to microchip all dogs -- “Microchipping is an essential part of being a responsible dog owner and has helped so many people become reunited with their beloved pets,” said Clarissa Baldwin.
US bans alcohol at Army bases in Afghanistan -- A top US commander has banned alcohol at its headquarters in Kabul after troops were found to be too drunk in the wake of a recent deadly air strike in Afghanistan.
Iraq shoe thrower offered cars, homes, and a wife -- Muntazer al-Zaidi, the Iraqi journalist who famously threw his shoes at George W Bush in a fit of rage, has been inundated with offers of cars, wives and money in the run up to his release from prison.
Credit Debt Has Dug a Two-Decade Hole -- At the end of 2008, households that used a credit card had an average outstanding debt of $10,679. Excluding mortgages, the average American with a credit file is responsible for $16,635 in debt, according to Experian. The most fascinating fact is that the top 10 US credit card issuers held an 87.55% market share of the outstanding $973 billion linked to general-purpose cards in 2008. These 10 banks are coincidentally the same ones that brought down the financial system -- Bank of America (BAC), Citigroup (C), JP Morgan Chase (JPM), Wells Fargo (WFC), Capital One (COF), HSBC (HBC), American Express (AXP), Discover (DFS), US Bank (USB), and USAA.
A tale of two inflations (The Mess That Greenspan Made) -- Yes, pegged currencies in Asia play a role here, but surely the folks at the Federal Reserve, even with their misguided focus on consumer prices to the exclusion of nearly all other considerations, could have seen that inflation in the U.S. was only as low as it was because of cheap imports. Had this been understood and had interest rates been kept higher over the last ten years, we probably wouldn't have near the number of problems that we've seen in the last year or two.
Museum scours world for videos of 9-11 attacks -- The memorial is expected to open on the 10th anniversary of the attacks in 2011, and the museum a year later. The names of nearly 3,000 victims of the attacks in New York, at the Pentagon and in Pennsylvania, as well as those from the 1993 trade center truck bombing, will be around two waterfall filled pools.
Credit scores: What you need to know now -- Credit scores have been getting a lot of attention lately, as lenders tighten credit standards and contend with new legislation that has, among other things, reined in how credit-card issuers can raise rates.
Cell phone radiation varies widely, watchdog group says -- The government watchdog group on Wednesday releases a list ranking cellphones in terms of radiation. The free listing of more than 1,000 devices can be viewed here.
The 2009 influenza pandemic: Selected Legal issues - Congressional report -- Although currently the pandemic is of moderate severity with the majority of patients experiencing mild symptoms and making a rapid and full recovery, this experience could change. This report provides a brief overview of selected legal issues including emergency measures, civil rights, liability issues, and employment issues.
Quotation from former vaccine officer at FDA: “There is no evidence that any influenza vaccine thus far developed is effective in preventing or mitigating any attack of influenza. The producers of these vaccines know that they are worthless, but they go on selling them anyway.”- '
Dr. J. Anthony Morris (former Chief Vaccine Control Officer of FDA)
1918 influenza-a treatment that worked -- Most people reading this already know that drugs are almost never the answer to what ails the body. But, do you know how they were achieving an almost 100% recovery rate at Battle Creek, a facility run by Dr. John Harvey Kellogg? A 1918 article titled "Spanish Influenza Treatment," edited by Dr. Kellogg, shares the recommended influenza protocols. (Nina Note: chicken soup also worked according to my father who was 8 years old & fed his whole family soup until they got better)
Swine flu vaccine linked to paralysis -- It is not any alleged “Swine Flu” or H1N1 “virus” that is the danger to the lives of our loved ones, our children, our pregnant mothers. We are being literally panicked by WHO, CDC, the US Government and uncritical mass media into demanding what amounts to legalized toxins as a “guard” against a disease so far milder than a common cold.
ER physicians fear possible fall flood of flu -- As children return to school and promptly become infected with H1N1 influenza, emergency-room (ER) physicians nationwide are becoming increasingly anxious over their ERs' capacity to deal with an influx of flu patients.
What Does DHS Know About You? -- Retrieved from the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol’s Automated Targeting System (ATS). This was obtained through a FOIA/Privacy Act request and sent in by an anonymous reader according to this website posting.
11 end lives under WA assisted suicide law -- Eleven people have used prescribed drugs to end their lives during the first six months after a Washington state law took effect allowing assisted suicides for terminally ill patients, an advocacy group said Tuesday.
Administration seeks to keep terror watch list data secret -- The Obama administration wants to maintain the secrecy of terrorist watch-list information it routinely shares with federal, state and local agencies, a move that rights groups say would make it difficult for people who have been improperly included on such lists to challenge the government.
US girl scouts prepare for war, pestilence -- The United States wants to enlist its 3.4 million Girl Scouts in the effort to combat hurricanes, pandemics, terror attacks and other disasters.
Theories emerge on secret satellite launch -- Lockheed Martin has confirmed that its spacecraft, called PAN, was launched atop an Atlas V, but the company isn’t providing much in the way of details.
Protests brew over Cheney International Center in Wyoming -- A decision by the University of Wyoming to name a new center for international students for former Vice President Dick Cheney is drawing criticism from people who say Cheney's support for the Iraq war and harsh interrogation techniques should disqualify him from the distinction.
Food scarcity to bring down world governments cause chaos -- Food shortages are the biggest threat to global security today, and will soon lead to the collapse of more and more states, according to a warning published in Scientific American by Lester Brown, founder the Worldwatch Institute and founder and head of the Earth Policy Institute.
UK-Call to microchip all dogs -- “Microchipping is an essential part of being a responsible dog owner and has helped so many people become reunited with their beloved pets,” said Clarissa Baldwin.
