Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Joyce Riley's THE POWER HOUR | December 23, 2009





Joyce Riley was a Flight Nurse & Cardiovascular Heart Transplant Nurse - her radio program is always good and very informative. Check out archives if you can't listen when she comes on a 7am:



That's A Nasty Scar on Obama's head -- This photo of Obama consists of a picture of the right side of his head and shows what appears to be a long scar going from just above the right ear to almost the top of the head.

Josh Groban singing "O Holy Night" -- Start your day off right...absolutely beautiful!!!

The Twelve Gifts of Christmas -- A classic funny song by Allen Sherman.

Prescription narcotics cause more deaths that heroin & cocaine -- On the heels of the sudden death of celebrity actress Brittany Murphy, people are once again raising the question of just how dangerous prescription drugs might really be.

Could this forbidden medicine (homeopathy) eliminate the need for drugs -- "Perhaps the most derided of alternative medicines is my own favorite – homeopathy. Over the past few years, detractors have focused their efforts in the United Kingdom and have succeeded in crippling homeopathic hospitals and clinics funded by the National Health Service, as well as the practices of many homeopaths."

Misdiagnosis of HIV ruins couple's marriage -- A city hospital nearly destroyed a New Jersey woman's life and wrecked her marriage after misdiagnosing her with terminal HIV, hepatitis and herpes, according to a bombshell lawsuit.

"Hell on Earth" released Somalian speaks of Guantanamo -- AFP secured an interview on Monday with Mohamed Saleban Bare (known to the Pentagon as Mohammed Sulaymon Barre), the Somali refugee, released from Guantánamo at the weekend with eleven other men (including another Somali, Ismail Mahmoud Muhammad), who ran a money transfer operation for the Somali diaspora in Karachi, Pakistan, until he was seized in a house raid on November 1, 2001. He declared, "Guantánamo Bay is like hell on Earth."

Ron Paul goes from ridicule to respect -- Ron Paul has refused to go out to the political pasture to live in comfortable irrelevance. As odd as it may seem, he has become one of the most influential Republicans in a capital city dominated by liberal Democrats.

Dept. of Veteran's Affairs reports 73,000 Gulf War deaths -- More Gulf War Veterans have died than Vietnam Veterans.

Credit Card Debt up to 15 Percent of Annual Household Income -- Average Credit Card Debt in 1980 was $670 and Today it is up to $7,800. The Slimy World of Credit Card Lending.

Over the Arctic, auroras collide -- Two curtains of light known as the aurora borealis have been caught in a collision by NASA cameras deployed around the Arctic, creating a spectacular explosion of light.

Unemployment funds going absolutely broke -- The recession's jobless toll is draining unemployment-compensation funds so fast that according to federal projections, 40 state programs will go broke within two years and need $90 billion in loans to keep issuing the benefit checks.

Banks with political ties got bailouts, study shows -- U.S. banks that spent more money on lobbying were more likely to get government bailout money, according to a study released on Monday.

At Dragon Boat Race in Chicago, RFID captures festival goers -- This year's Chinese Dragon Boat Race, held on July 25, marked the first time the organizers employed radio frequency identification to track the movement of people throughout the 12-acre city park, in order to measure where individuals of various demographics spent their time.

Paxar showcases RFID Smart Mirror for retailers -- Equipped with an RFID reader behind it and out of sight, the mirror displays rich, user-centric information when a tagged piece of apparel is brought within range. That information might include brand messaging from the apparel maker, a description of the item, size and color availability of the item within the store, and even suggestions on what other apparel items would complement the current item.

Silicone Based Chemical in Pizza Huts Cheese is Polymethylsiloxane -- Pizza Hut cheese is not just cheese, its silicone! In this issue, writer John Bunting details how Pizza Huts cheese supplier Leprino Foods uses a silicone-based industrial chemical in the patented manufacturing of Pizza Cheese. That chemical Polymethylsiloxane has no FDA approval for use as a food ingredient. Polymethylsiloxane is sold by Dow-Corning as Antifoam FG 10 .

Do Agribusiness giants fear organic agriculture? -- Michael Mack, the chief executive of Syngenta, said organic farming takes up 30 percent more land than non-organic farming for the same yield. Syngenta is a Swiss agribusiness company that makes pesticides and seeds. “If the whole planet were to suddenly switch to organic farming tomorrow, it would be an ecological disaster.”

More herbicide use reported on genetically modified crops -- A report has found that farmers are using more herbicides on genetically engineered soybeans, corn, and cotton because of resistant weeds.

Military Science: Hack stormy skies to lord over lightning (are they nuts?) -- Darpa’s got a new target for geo-hacking science, and if they can make it work, we might see modern firearms making way for weapons of the mythological variety. The out-there research agency is soliciting proposals that would harness control over the natural mechanism of lightning initiation by coming up with a way to launch manmade lightning bolts, and prevent or redirect natural lightning strikes — and their accompanying destruction.

What is the US Constitution -- The time has come in America when to restore constitutional law and freedom in the STATES, the people of the states must begin looking internally to their own powers, sovereignty, self-defense, self-preservation, self-reliance and constitutions.

US Supreme Court rules on police entry -- U.S. Supreme Court Police did not violate a man's Fourth Amendment rights by entering his house under the emergency aid exception, even after he told them to get a search warrant, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Dec. 7. Read More...

Nathan Myhrvold's anti-global warming scheme -- Nathan Myhrvold also thinks that he has found a cheap and reliable way to solve global warming, which does not involve upending and perhaps destroying the world's economy. The global warming solution proposed by Nathan Myhvold involves Nathan Myhrvold's Anti Global Warming Scheme running a hose up to the stratosphere with balloons and using that hose to pump out enough sulfur particles to dim the sun's heat just enough to counteract the effects of global warming.

Report: ICE using unlisted detention centers for immigrant prisoners -- (& who else?) - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is holding an untold number of people in secretively maintained detention facilities all over the United States, according to a report set to be published next year in The Nation. Many of the sites are unmarked and unlisted, going unnoticed in office parks and commercial zones.

President Obama's secret: Only 100 Al Qaeda in Afghanistan -- With 100,000 troops in Afghanistan at an estimated yearly cost of $30 billion, it means that for every one al Qaeda fighter, the U.S. will commit 1,000 troops and $300 million a year.

Iran sanctions are precursor to war by Ron Paul -- Last week the House overwhelmingly approved a measure to put a new round of sanctions on Iran. If this measure passes the Senate, the United States could no longer do business with anyone who sold refined petroleum products to Iran or helped them develop their ability to refine their own petroleum. The sad thing is that many of my colleagues voted for this measure because they felt it would deflect a military engagement with Iran. I would put the question to them, how would Congress react if another government threatened our critical trading partners in this way? Would we not view it as asking for war?

Connecticut: Unemployment calls overwhelm server -- Unemployment claims have been flooding into the state Department of Labor, dragging the filing system to a crawl. “Due to the high volume of claim filing, you may experience some difficulty filing your claim via the Web or by telephone. We apologize for any inconvenience,” the Web site says.

Officer fired over assault on store employee who asked for proof of age -- A Ridley Township (Delaware County), Pa. police officer is out of a job -- and facing criminal charges -- after an alleged assault on a convenience store employee last week. Police officer Brian Decker, 33, was off duty when, according to court papers, he hit a Wawa manager who asked for proof of age when he bought some chewing tobacco.

Humor: Politically correct holiday greeting

Farming town demands answers on birth defects -- Owners of the waste facility in KETTLEMAN CITY, Calif have offered to fund a health study, but they say there's no evidence linking the dump to the birth defects.

Deep in health care bill very specific beneficiaries -- Buried in the deal-clinching health care package that Senate Democrats unveiled over the weekend is an inconspicuous proposal expanding Medicare to cover certain victims of “environmental health hazards.”

And now for a short break from the serious news: A Spoof medical research website -- The Bonkers Institute for Nearly Genuine Research-Advancing in the direction of bona fide medical science since last Tuesday.

This bogus war on terror continues even now under the new Obama administration and Kevin Barrett will be on to tell us how the Muslim population feel about this - what their take on the situation is.
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