A wonderful story for Veteran's Day -- A lesson that should be taught in all schools . . And colleges.
Veteran's Day History & other info on vets -- Veterans' statistics, history of the holiday, war poetry, and more.
Navajo Code Talkers to be in NYC Veteran's Day parade -- More than a dozen of the famed Navajo Code Talkers are coming to New York City to take part for the first time in the nation's largest Veterans Day Parade. The American Indians, all Marines, devised an unbreakable code from their ancient language that stymied the Japanese during World War II.
Psychoactives, War, and Covert Operations Timeline by Erowid
First-Hand Account from Ft. Hood
Rupert Murdoch warns he may block Google -- Global media mogul Rupert Murdoch has accused Google of stealing from his News Corp. empire, and warned he may block the search engine from accessing its content.
** Google replies: Keep your stories!
Ex-Astronaut Lisa Nowak Pleads Guilty in Attack on Rival -- Former astronaut Lisa Nowak pleads guilty, gets 1-year probation in attack on romantic rival.
Statin drugs cause muscle damage even after you stop using them -- Cholesterol-lowering statin drugs may cause serious and long-term muscle damage that persists even after the drugs are halted, according to a new study conducted by researchers from Tufts Medical Center and the University of Bern, and published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
Steroids & statin drugs to treat H1N1? -- Can cheap and readily available treatments like steroids and cholesterol-lowering statin drugs help save the sickest of H1N1 patients? New efforts by researchers in Canada, the United States and France could help answer this pressing question.
H1N1 swine flu vaccine deaths being reported all over Europe -- *In Sweden, there have been over 350 reported serious adverse reactions to the H1N1 swine flu vaccine, and there have been five people who have died there after taking the vaccine. Reportedly there is now a media blackout on reporting any additional deaths from the swine flu vaccine as the authorities do not want to discourage people from getting the vaccine. *In Northern Ireland, a 15-year-old boy fell seriously ill and was on the verge of death less than 24 hours after receiving the swine flu vaccine. Read More...
Probiotics found to reduce eczema & skin allergies -- A recent Dutch study gathered over 150 pregnant women with allergic disease histories in their families. During the last six weeks of pregnancy, they were given either three strains of probiotics or an inactive placebo pill. Neither they nor the doctors knew which was which. After those pregnant women gave birth, most of their children were monitored by the Dutch researchers. The children continued to receive probiotics or placebos for 12 months. After three months, the rate of eczema occurring among the probiotic subjects was less than half of those given only placebos.
University backs away from new hire DNA testing as part of background check -- The University of Akron is backing away from a controversial new policy, which appears to be the first in the nation, saying that new hires can be DNA tested as part of a background check.
A collection of videos on genetically modified food
Studies on toxicity of squalene vaccine additive -- SQUALENE REFERENCES.
Wife blames 2006 taser incident for trucker husband's death -- Professional truck driver Larry Works – husband, father and decorated veteran of the Vietnam War – died at home Monday, Nov. 9, after suffering a heart attack. He was 61. Works, a longtime OOIDA member from Holladay, TN, is familiar to many truck drivers after news coverage of a 2006 incident involving an off-duty law enforcement officer at a Missouri truck stop. Officers shot Larry seven times with taser guns by sheriff’s deputies in Newton County, MO, before he was arrested.
Massive blackout in Brazil & Paraguay, tens of millions without power -- A massive blackout plunged tens of millions in Brazil's largest cities into darkness, sparking major disruptions, fears of crime and energy supply concerns Wednesday for the newly named Olympic hosts.
Where will they get the troops to fight these wars? -- As the Obama administration debates whether to send tens of thousands of extra troops to Afghanistan, an already overstretched military is increasingly struggling to meet its deployment numbers. Surprisingly, one place it seems to be targeting is military personnel who go absent without leave (AWOL) and then are caught or turn themselves in.
On the lighter side: Pluto: I'm a planet, darn it!!
Obama's war & Remembrance Day -- With word being leaked out over the weekend that our Nobel Peacenik President is close to announcing plans to escalate the US troop level in the Afghanistan War by 50%, we are about to have perhaps the ultimate of ironies—a president announcing a big step-up in American war-making on or around November 11, the day known around much of the Western world as Armistice or Remembrance Day.
UK to spy on every phone call, email, web search -- Every phone call, text message, email and website visit made by private citizens is to be stored for a year and will be available for monitoring by government bodies.
Swine flu may be means of political manipulation in Ukraine -- Ukraine may be using the H1N1 virus as a means of political manipulation, said investigative journalist and RT contributor Wayne Madsen.
Florida: Dozens of students given wrong flu shot -- They thought they were getting protected against the swine flu, but dozens of Collier County students were mistakenly given the seasonal flu vaccine instead.
Woman dies of swine flu AFTER getting vaccine -- A 42-year-old Quebec woman has died from complications resulting from the H1N1 virus. It is the third death in the province since September. The woman, who worked at the Monteregie Health and Social Services Centre, died Tuesday night. Public health officials said the woman was not a nurse or front line worker who was in contact with patients. She had also received the H1N1 vaccination on Oct. 29, two days before coming down with symptoms of the flu.
Congressman Brad Sherman admits explosives found in dust of World Trade Center
YouTube: CNBC: Dollar will be utterly destroyed, global currency, new world order -- The dollar will get "utterly destroyed" and become "virtually worthless", said Damon Vickers, chief investment officer of Nine Points Capital Partners. Due to the huge wage disparities between the United States and emerging markets like China, Vickers said that may resolve itself in some type of a global currency crisis.
Credit score don'ts: How to keep your score from dropping -- To Raise Your Credit Score or Keep It High, Avoid These Missteps at All Costs.
Red Light Cameras Again Prove Ineffective and Dangerous: Accidents Increase 133% in Temple Terrace, FL -- Councilman Halloway of Temple Terrace, FL was shocked on Friday to hear that accidents INCREASED at red light camera intersections in his city, according to ABC News.
Justice Dept. asked for news site's visitor lists -- The U.S. Department of Justice sent a formal request to an independent news site ordering it to provide details of all reader visits on a certain day. The grand jury subpoena also required the Philadelphia-based Indymedia.us Web site "not to disclose the existence of this request" unless authorized by the Justice Department, a gag order that presents an unusual quandary for any news organization.
Video: Vaccine cover-up -- "what are you doing to this generation of children" by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
The link between birdsong & human language -- "It's very regimentally similar to our syntax," Jin said of the process the finch brain uses to determine what sounds it makes when singing. "Even though we look at [a] primitive species, it can offer insights in to how the human brain works."
Veteran's Day History & other info on vets -- Veterans' statistics, history of the holiday, war poetry, and more.
Navajo Code Talkers to be in NYC Veteran's Day parade -- More than a dozen of the famed Navajo Code Talkers are coming to New York City to take part for the first time in the nation's largest Veterans Day Parade. The American Indians, all Marines, devised an unbreakable code from their ancient language that stymied the Japanese during World War II.
Psychoactives, War, and Covert Operations Timeline by Erowid
First-Hand Account from Ft. Hood
Rupert Murdoch warns he may block Google -- Global media mogul Rupert Murdoch has accused Google of stealing from his News Corp. empire, and warned he may block the search engine from accessing its content.
** Google replies: Keep your stories!
Ex-Astronaut Lisa Nowak Pleads Guilty in Attack on Rival -- Former astronaut Lisa Nowak pleads guilty, gets 1-year probation in attack on romantic rival.
Statin drugs cause muscle damage even after you stop using them -- Cholesterol-lowering statin drugs may cause serious and long-term muscle damage that persists even after the drugs are halted, according to a new study conducted by researchers from Tufts Medical Center and the University of Bern, and published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
Steroids & statin drugs to treat H1N1? -- Can cheap and readily available treatments like steroids and cholesterol-lowering statin drugs help save the sickest of H1N1 patients? New efforts by researchers in Canada, the United States and France could help answer this pressing question.
H1N1 swine flu vaccine deaths being reported all over Europe -- *In Sweden, there have been over 350 reported serious adverse reactions to the H1N1 swine flu vaccine, and there have been five people who have died there after taking the vaccine. Reportedly there is now a media blackout on reporting any additional deaths from the swine flu vaccine as the authorities do not want to discourage people from getting the vaccine. *In Northern Ireland, a 15-year-old boy fell seriously ill and was on the verge of death less than 24 hours after receiving the swine flu vaccine. Read More...
Probiotics found to reduce eczema & skin allergies -- A recent Dutch study gathered over 150 pregnant women with allergic disease histories in their families. During the last six weeks of pregnancy, they were given either three strains of probiotics or an inactive placebo pill. Neither they nor the doctors knew which was which. After those pregnant women gave birth, most of their children were monitored by the Dutch researchers. The children continued to receive probiotics or placebos for 12 months. After three months, the rate of eczema occurring among the probiotic subjects was less than half of those given only placebos.
University backs away from new hire DNA testing as part of background check -- The University of Akron is backing away from a controversial new policy, which appears to be the first in the nation, saying that new hires can be DNA tested as part of a background check.
A collection of videos on genetically modified food
Studies on toxicity of squalene vaccine additive -- SQUALENE REFERENCES.
Wife blames 2006 taser incident for trucker husband's death -- Professional truck driver Larry Works – husband, father and decorated veteran of the Vietnam War – died at home Monday, Nov. 9, after suffering a heart attack. He was 61. Works, a longtime OOIDA member from Holladay, TN, is familiar to many truck drivers after news coverage of a 2006 incident involving an off-duty law enforcement officer at a Missouri truck stop. Officers shot Larry seven times with taser guns by sheriff’s deputies in Newton County, MO, before he was arrested.
Massive blackout in Brazil & Paraguay, tens of millions without power -- A massive blackout plunged tens of millions in Brazil's largest cities into darkness, sparking major disruptions, fears of crime and energy supply concerns Wednesday for the newly named Olympic hosts.
Where will they get the troops to fight these wars? -- As the Obama administration debates whether to send tens of thousands of extra troops to Afghanistan, an already overstretched military is increasingly struggling to meet its deployment numbers. Surprisingly, one place it seems to be targeting is military personnel who go absent without leave (AWOL) and then are caught or turn themselves in.
On the lighter side: Pluto: I'm a planet, darn it!!
Blackwater said to pursue bribes to Iraq after 17 died -- Top executives at Blackwater Worldwide authorized secret payments of about $1 million to Iraqi officials that were intended to silence their criticism and buy their support after a September 2007 episode in which Blackwater security guards fatally shot 17 Iraqi civilians in Baghdad, according to former company officials.
Pluto
Greetings, planet Earth. It's Pluto. Remember me? Ever since your astronomers had their "big meeting" in 2006, I've heard Earth dwellers saying I'm not a planet anymore, and I'm fed up.
At least I'm getting some respect in journalist Alan Boyle's new book, The Case for Pluto - a lot more than from some other authors I won't mention (you know who you are, Neil deGrasse Tyson). It's a great account of my place in history and culture, the science of the solar system, and the rough ride I've been getting recently.
Best of all, he's sympathetic to my cause and gives me credit for my planety features: I'm big enough for my own gravity to make me round and I have an atmosphere.
Still, one positive portrayal can't make up for all the criticism I get from Earth. I may be on the small side, but is that any reason to pick on me? Compared to Jupiter, you're small too, Earth! You say I can't be in the planet club because I haven't cleared my orbit of other objects.
Ok, sure, Neptune does cross my path from time to time. But look at all the asteroids in Earth's neighbourhood. I heard one of them crashed into you just the other day, and I hope it hit you in the eye!
If you're looking for an object that doesn't fit in, take a look in the mirror, Earth. You're the only solar system body whose surface is covered in liquid water. And you have a huge concentration of oxygen in your atmosphere - way more than any other solar system body.
While we're at it, let's talk about longevity, a topic I'm glad to see Boyle raises in his book. When the sun goes red giant in a few billion years, guess who's going to get burned to a crisp? That would be you, Earth. Meanwhile, I'll still be out here, keeping it real.
Planetarily yours,
Pluto (as told to David Shiga)
Obama's war & Remembrance Day -- With word being leaked out over the weekend that our Nobel Peacenik President is close to announcing plans to escalate the US troop level in the Afghanistan War by 50%, we are about to have perhaps the ultimate of ironies—a president announcing a big step-up in American war-making on or around November 11, the day known around much of the Western world as Armistice or Remembrance Day.
UK to spy on every phone call, email, web search -- Every phone call, text message, email and website visit made by private citizens is to be stored for a year and will be available for monitoring by government bodies.
Swine flu may be means of political manipulation in Ukraine -- Ukraine may be using the H1N1 virus as a means of political manipulation, said investigative journalist and RT contributor Wayne Madsen.
Florida: Dozens of students given wrong flu shot -- They thought they were getting protected against the swine flu, but dozens of Collier County students were mistakenly given the seasonal flu vaccine instead.
Woman dies of swine flu AFTER getting vaccine -- A 42-year-old Quebec woman has died from complications resulting from the H1N1 virus. It is the third death in the province since September. The woman, who worked at the Monteregie Health and Social Services Centre, died Tuesday night. Public health officials said the woman was not a nurse or front line worker who was in contact with patients. She had also received the H1N1 vaccination on Oct. 29, two days before coming down with symptoms of the flu.
Congressman Brad Sherman admits explosives found in dust of World Trade Center
YouTube: CNBC: Dollar will be utterly destroyed, global currency, new world order -- The dollar will get "utterly destroyed" and become "virtually worthless", said Damon Vickers, chief investment officer of Nine Points Capital Partners. Due to the huge wage disparities between the United States and emerging markets like China, Vickers said that may resolve itself in some type of a global currency crisis.
Credit score don'ts: How to keep your score from dropping -- To Raise Your Credit Score or Keep It High, Avoid These Missteps at All Costs.
Red Light Cameras Again Prove Ineffective and Dangerous: Accidents Increase 133% in Temple Terrace, FL -- Councilman Halloway of Temple Terrace, FL was shocked on Friday to hear that accidents INCREASED at red light camera intersections in his city, according to ABC News.
Justice Dept. asked for news site's visitor lists -- The U.S. Department of Justice sent a formal request to an independent news site ordering it to provide details of all reader visits on a certain day. The grand jury subpoena also required the Philadelphia-based Indymedia.us Web site "not to disclose the existence of this request" unless authorized by the Justice Department, a gag order that presents an unusual quandary for any news organization.
Video: Vaccine cover-up -- "what are you doing to this generation of children" by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
The link between birdsong & human language -- "It's very regimentally similar to our syntax," Jin said of the process the finch brain uses to determine what sounds it makes when singing. "Even though we look at [a] primitive species, it can offer insights in to how the human brain works."
