Monday, June 8, 2009
Breaking News and Commentary from Citizens For Legitimate Government | 08 Jun 2009
Clinton vows to protect Israel in Iranian attack 07 Jun 2009 Hillary Clinton has told an interviewer that the US would view an Iranian nuclear attack on Israel as an attack on the US. The US Secretary of State said her country would immediately retaliate if there were such an attack.
Israel ministry wages settlement war against U.S. 08 Jun 2009 Interior Minister Eli Yishai has begun to make good on a pledge to exploit all the resources of his ministry, "its branches and its influences over local government" to expand settlements in the territories. Yishai, who is also chairman of Shas, made the promise last Thursday to the heads of the Yesha Council of settlements. Haaretz has learned that Yishai has instructed officials at the Interior Ministry to come up with ways to help the settlers, by allowing continued construction within the major West Bank settlement blocs where building has stopped as a result of American pressure.
S Arabia urges US to withhold Israel aid 07 Jun 2009 Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister has urged Barack Obama, the US president, to follow up his speech to the Muslim world with tangible action, including applying stronger pressure on Israel to accept a viable Palestinian state. "The United States has the means to persuade the Israelis to work for a peaceful settlement," Prince Saud al-Faisal, the foreign minister, said in an interview with Newsweek, a US magazine. Asked if the US should withhold aid to Israel, Prince Saud said: "Why not? If you give aid to someone and they indiscriminately occupy other people’s lands, you bear some responsibility."
Bound, blindfolded and beaten -- by Israeli troops --Children among Palestinian detainees abused during West Bank operation, according to soldiers' confessions 09 Jun 2009 Two Israeli officers have testified that troops in the West Bank beat, bound and blindfolded Palestinian civilians as young as 14. The damaging disclosures by two sergeants of the Kfir Brigade include descriptions of abuses they say they witnessed during a search-and-detain operation involving hundreds of troops in Hares village on 26 March. The testimonies have been seen by The Independent and are expected to add fuel to the controversy over recent remarks by Colonel Itai Virob, commander of Kfir Brigade, in which he said violence against detained Palestinians was justified in order to accomplish missions.
US sending 1,000 commandos to Afghanistan --United States Special Operations Command is quietly increasing its covert warriors 07 Jun 2009 The Pentagon is sending additional 1,000 special operations forces and support staff to Afghanistan and changing the way commandoes fight the Taliban, Fox News reported on Saturday. While much of the public focus has been on the 24,000 additional American troops moving into the country this year, United States Special Operations Command is quietly increasing its covert warriors in what could be a pivotal role.
Pentagon: US troops erred in Afghan air strikes 08 Jun 2009 The Pentagon said Monday that U.S. troops did not follow proper tactics and procedures during an air assault on Taliban fighters last month. Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell said the number of Taliban militants killed in the May 4 air strikes "greatly outnumbered" the number of civilians slain. [!?!] But Morrell noted some problems in the way the strikes were carried out, citing a U.S. warplane that investigators said did not follow proper procedures. [There's a 'proper procedure' to carry out war crimes?]
'Allied forces would not be able to overpower their enemies in Afghanistan.' Taliban will never be defeated, says Mullah Omar's mentor 07 Jun 2009 The United States is planning to send an additional 21,000 troops to Afghanistan to neutralize the Taliban, but would never achieve its goals, claims a mentor of Taliban chief Mullah Omar. Amir Sultan Tarar alias Colonel Imam said allied forces would not be able to overpower their enemies in Afghanistan. He said the military offensive would only aggravate the situation, and therefore the allied forces should initiate talks with the Taliban to resolve the issues.
Global weapons spending hits record levels --US accounts for more than half total increase to $1.4tn 08 Jun 2009 Worldwide spending on weapons has reached record levels amounting to well over $1tn last year, a leading research organisation reported today. Global military expenditure has risen by 45% over the past decade to $1.46tn, according to the latest annual Yearbook on Armaments, Disarmament, and International Security published by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri).
Panel finds lax oversight of wartime contracting --Wartime Contracting Commission presents bleak assessment of how taxpayer dollars have been spent since 2001 08 Jun 2009 The Defense Department has failed to provide adequate oversight over tens of billions of dollars in contracts to support military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, says a new report by an independent commission investigating waste and fraud in wartime spending. U.S. reliance on private sector employees has grown to "unprecedented proportions," yet the government has no central database of who all these contractors are, what they do or how much they're paid, the bipartisan commission found.
U.S. war funding bill brims with unrelated extras 08 Jun 2009 A $100 billion bill to fund U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is rapidly accumulating extra items such as money for military aircraft the Pentagon doesn't want and possibly a scheme to jump-start sagging auto sales. President Barack Obama originally sought $83.4 billion for the two wars and more foreign aid for countries like Pakistan. But then he too sought more -- $4 billion extra to combat foment H1N1 swine flu and $5 billion to back credit lines to the International Monetary Fund.
Oregon soldiers sue KBR for exposure to cancer-causing chemical in Iraq 08 Jun 2009 Five current and former Oregon Army National Guard soldiers filed suit Monday against a war contractor that they say knowingly exposed them to a cancer-causing chemical in Iraq. The suit alleges that managers from Kellogg, Brown & Root, or KBR, of Houston, knew before the Oregon Guard arrived at the Qarmat Ali water treatment plant in May, 2003, that the site was contaminated by hexavalent chromium, a highly toxic and long identified carcinogen.
U.S. Weighs Intercepting North Korean Shipments 08 Jun 2009 The Obama administration signaled Sunday that it was seeking a way to interdict, possibly with China’s help, North Korean sea and air shipments suspected of carrying weapons or nuclear technology. The reference to interdictions -- preferably at ports or airfields in countries like China, but possibly involving riskier confrontations on the high seas -- was made by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Discrimination we can believe in: Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Policy 08 Jun 2009 The Supreme Court on Monday turned down a challenge to the Pentagon policy forbidding gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military, granting an Obama administration request to maintain the Clinton-era "don't ask, don't tell" directive. The court said it will not hear an appeal from former Army Capt. James Pietrangelo II, who was dismissed under the military's policy.
Key figures in global battle against illegal arms trade lost in Air France crash 08 Jun 2009 Two of the world's most prominent figures in the war on the illegal arms trade and international drug trafficking Air France's ill-fated Flight 447 were lost. Pablo Dreyfus, an Argentine who was travelling with his wife Ana Carolina Rodrigues aboard the doomed flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, had worked tirelessly with the Brazilian authorities to stem the flow of arms and ammunition... Also travelling with Dreyfus on the doomed flight was his friend and colleague Ronald Dreyer, a Swiss diplomat and co-ordinator of the Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence. Both men were consultants at the Small Arms Survey, an independent think tank based at Geneva's Graduate Institute of International Studies. [See: French official: Finding black boxes top priority of crash investigation --Paul-Louis Arslanian, the director of the agency, said he was "not optimistic" about the prospect of finding the black boxes. 07 Jun 2009.]
US Navy to help 'search' for radio signals from missing black box 08 Jun 2009 The search for the Airbus A330-200's "black box" - the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder - is becoming more urgent as it will continue emitting a radio signal for only another three weeks. After this period, the instruments will be near impossible to locate in the deep ocean... The US Navy is expected to send two "pinger" locator devices, which can pick up radio signals from the black box, to assist in the search, Jeffrey Gordon, a Pentagon spokesman, told our correspondent late on Sunday night. [There's about as much chance of finding that black box as a cat with a long tail in a room filled with rockers. --LRP]
Large tail section of Air France jet recovered 08 Jun 2009 A large tail section of a jetliner bearing Air France's trademark red and blue stripes was recovered from the Atlantic Ocean Monday, helping narrow the hunt for "black boxes" that could explain what brought down Flight 447. What caused the Airbus A330-200 to plunge into the middle of the ocean on May 31 with 228 people on board might not be known until those black boxes are found.
WHO: More than 25,000 Swine Flu Cases 08 Jun 2009 The World Health Organization (WHO) says swine flu has now spread to 73 countries, with 139 deaths from the disease since it was first detected in April. The latest WHO figures, released Monday, show more than 25,000 people have been infected with the swine influenza A-H1N1 worldwide.
Swine flu: mayor of New Orleans Ray Nagin quarantined in China 08 Jun 2009 The mayor of New Orleans, Ray Nagin, is under quarantine in a hotel in Shanghai after a passenger on his flight to China fell ill with suspected swine flu. Mr Nagin and his wife, Seletha, left New Orleans on Friday on a ten-day trip to China and Australia to drum up business for the city. They were advised by Shanghai city officials on Sunday that they would have to enter a quarantine.
Recycled radioactive metal contaminates consumer products --No federal agency is responsible for oversight. 03 Jun 2009 Thousands of everyday products and materials containing radioactive metals are surfacing across the United States and around the world. Common kitchen cheese graters, reclining chairs, women's handbags and tableware manufactured with contaminated metals have been identified, some after having been in circulation for as long as a decade... A Scripps Howard News Service investigation has found that -- because of haphazard screening, an absence of oversight and substantial disincentives for businesses to report contamination -- no one knows how many tainted goods are in circulation in the United States.
Average gas price jumps 10 cents in past week 08 Jun 2009 Gasoline prices shot past $2.60 a gallon for the first time in almost eight months after rising another 10 cents over the last week, the Energy Department said Monday. The national price for regular unleaded gasoline averaged $2.62 gallon, the most expensive since Oct. 27, the department's Energy Information Administration said in its weekly survey of service stations.
Supreme Court Stalls Chrysler-Fiat Deal 08 Jun 2009 The Supreme Court ruled moments ago that Chrysler cannot yet sell most of its assets to Fiat, a move that has been opposed by three Indiana state pension and construction funds. The ruling grants a stay in the sale as the court gathers more data and schedules a hearing on the matter.
600,000 Seniors About to Lose Their Homes 08 Jun 2009 More than 600,000 seniors are delinquent in their mortgage payments or already in foreclosure, USA Today reports. Unlike younger people, many are on fixed incomes and lack the money or job opportunities to catch up on payments when they fall behind.
Senate poised to vote on sweeping FDA tobacco rules 08 Jun 2009 Sweeping changes in how the government controls tobacco content and marketing are likely to be approved by the U.S. Senate this week, despite a strong last-ditch effort by tobacco interests and skepticism from some 'experts' that smokers won't kick their habit. The bill, passed overwhelmingly by the House of Representatives in April and due for a Senate vote as early as Tuesday, would give the Food and Drug Administration broad new authority over tobacco.
Bats recognize individual voices: Study 08 Jun 2009 Scientists have found that bats are able to distinguish between different individuals by their echolocation calls or biological sonar. According to the study published in the journal PLoS Computational Biology, bats recognize the voice of other bats through the ultrasonic 'echolocation' calls that they make as they navigate.
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Previous lead stories: U.S. Lawyers Agreed on Legality of Torture Tactics --None of the Justice Department lawyers who reviewed the interrogation question argued that the methods were clearly illegal. 07 Jun 2009 When Justice Department lawyers engaged in a sharp internal debate in 2005 over brutal interrogation techniques torture, even some who believed that using tough tactics was a serious mistake agreed on a basic point: the methods themselves were legal. Previously undisclosed Justice Department e-mail messages, interviews and newly declassified documents show that some of the lawyers, including James B. Comey, the deputy attorney general, went along with a 2005 legal opinion asserting that the techniques used by the Central Intelligence Agency were lawful. That opinion, giving the green light for the C.I.A. to use all 13 methods in interrogating terrorism suspects, including waterboarding and up to 180 hours of sleep deprivation, "was ready to go out and I concurred," Mr. Comey wrote to a colleague in an April 27, 2005, e-mail message obtained by The New York Times.
Homeland Security Nominee Withdraws Amid Questions About Torture 06 Jun 2009 President Obama's nominee to be U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis withdrew his name from consideration Friday after it became clear lawmakers would question his involvement in interrogation and detainee policies under President [sic] George W. Bush. Philip Mudd, currently a top official at the Federal Bureau of Investigation, said he was bowing out. Democrats on Capitol Hill had signaled their intention to probe Mudd's knowledge of and role in approving brutal interrogation techniques -- some of which qualify under international law as torture -- used by CIA officials against prisoners.
Afghanistan to 'try criminal foreign troops' for war crimes --Nearly 150 civilians were killed when US warplanes dropped bombs last month on two villages. 06 Jun 2009 Afghanistan's Wolesi Jirga, the lower house of parliament, has accused foreign troops based in the country of war crimes, urging a trial for the criminals. Wolesi Jirga secretary Abdul Sattar Khawaasi told reporters that 73 members of parliament are collecting documents regarding foreign troops' crimes and offences in Afghanistan. "The foreign troops came to the country claiming to bring security, but the crimes perpetrated by the them are not pardonable," he said. Khawaasi added that foreign troops based in Afghanistan have violated the Constitution as well as international agreements in more than 20 instances. In May, the Afghan parliament slammed the brutal bombardment of civilian areas by US-led forces, demanding legal restrictions on the activities of foreign forces.
NaturalNews.com | Today's Feature Stories: June 9, 2009
| Vitamin D Deficiency Causes Multiple Sclerosis in Children (NaturalNews) Children who develop multiple sclerosis have substantially lower levels of vitamin D than children who do not develop the disease, according to a series of studies presented at an international conference on multiple sclerosis in Montreal... |
| Light Exposure Helps Long-Term Care Patients Housed With No Sunlight (NaturalNews) Imagine the nightmare of sick and disabled persons being stuck away in a building with little to no exposure to sunlight. Think this is a scene out of the Dark Ages or some horror in a third world, backwards nation? Hardly. It turns out... |
| Yellow Pea Protein Found to Lower Blood Pressure (NaturalNews) Extracts from yellow peas may lower blood pressure and relieve other symptoms in those with kidney disease, according to a new study conducted by researchers from the University of Manitoba, Canada, and presented at the conference of the... |
| Adrenal Fatigue is the Root of Many Illnesses The adrenal glands sit on top of the kidneys and produce a number of hormones such as adrenalin, noradrenalin, cortisol and DHEA. These hormones make us feel motivated and alive, and they enable us to do the things we want to do and to deal... |
| Hypnotherapy Shown to Reverse Pain Hypnotherapy is the use of hypnosis for therapeutic purposes. Hypnosis has been used for medical purposes since 1840 when a young surgeon James Braid noticed the benefits of the trance state. Hypnotherapy can be used to help a whole range... |
| Black Cohosh Shown to Relieve Symptoms of Menopause For women going through menopause, hot flashes, insomnia, and depression can be symptoms that interfere with daily life. Besides hormone replacement therapy, which has come under scrutiny in the past because of its link to certain types of... |
| Dr. Doug Graham Part III: The Medical Model, the Hygienic Model and Supplements In this excerpt, Dr. Doug Graham shares on the medical model, the hygienic model and some insights into supplements. |
| Forty-Eight Hours in Ecuadorian Customs: How to Make New Friends in South America (NaturalNews) I recently decided to bring my family dog to Ecuador. This turned out to be one of the most fateful decisions of my life, leading to an experience so bizarre and fascinating that I feel compelled to share it publicly. But to understand why... |
| FDA Panel Chairman on Bisphenol-A Secretly Received $5 Million Payment (NaturalNews) As an FDA panel prepares to issue a ruling on whether the controversial chemical bisphenol A (BPA) should be considered safe, press reports have revealed that the research center headed by the panel's chair recently received a massive donation... |
| Research Links Coenzyme Q10 and Cancer Therapy Benefits For all its broad health benefits there is still yet another exciting role for Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) that offers promise for those challenged with cancer. CoQ10 is a naturally occurring compound found in every cell in the body where it plays... |
| Lifestyle Changes will Help Endometriosis and Fibroids The incidence of fibroids and endometriosis are nearly epidemic in the USA. More than a half million American women have hysterectomies every year due to problems associated with fibroids and endometriosis. It is estimated that around 40%... |
| Green Tea Shown to Fight Colds, Flu and Even Cancer Various health benefits have been discovered in relation to drinking green tea and taking green tea extracts. These benefits include such things as decreasing the severity of cold and flu symptoms and decreasing the risk and growth of cancer... |
| Dr. Doug Graham Part II: No Need to Take Notes on the 80/10/10 Diet In this excerpt, Dr. Doug Graham shares on the 80/10/10 lifestyle and why you'll never have to take notes or do math to follow... |
Magnitude 3.7 earthquake - SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CALIFORNIA - Monday, June 08, 2009 at 03:15:04 PM at epicenter
Magnitude 3.7 - SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CALIFORNIA
2009 June 08 22:15:04 UTC
Earthquake Details
| Magnitude | 3.7 |
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| Location | 37.821°N, 121.963°W |
| Depth | 8.1 km (5.0 miles) |
| Region | SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CALIFORNIA |
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| Location Uncertainty | horizontal +/- 0.1 km (0.1 miles); depth +/- 0.3 km (0.2 miles) |
| Parameters | NST= 73, Nph= 73, Dmin=5 km, Rmss=0.11 sec, Gp= 61°, M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=3 |
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| Event ID | nc40237825 |
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Joshua & Itasca Texas gets hit with recent earthquakes
Recent Earthquakes in Central US
MAG DATE LOCAL-TIME LAT LON DEPTH LOCATION
y/m/d h:m:s deg deg km
map 2.3 2009/06/08 08:02:06 32.352N 97.403W 5.0 12 km ( 8 mi) S of Joshua, TX
map 2.6 2009/06/07 17:56:24 32.352N 97.320W 5.0 15 km ( 9 mi) WNW of Itasca, TX
Recent Yellowstone National Park earthquake update & live Old Faithful webcam - June 8, 2009 at 3:30pm CST
Link: Update time = Mon Jun 8 14:00:03 MDT 2009(Note: to view earthquake list scroll down below map on quake website)
Earthquakes appearing on this map, most recent at top ...
MAG DATE LOCAL-TIME LAT LON DEPTH LOCATION
y/m/d h:m:s deg deg km
1.1 2009/06/06 05:08:32 44.330N 110.985W 2.8 34 km (21 mi) SE of Island Park, ID
1.6 2009/06/06 03:11:51 44.595N 110.894W 6.5 18 km (11 mi) ESE of West Yellowstone, MT
1.6 2009/06/06 00:41:26 44.354N 110.932W 2.4 36 km (22 mi) ESE of Island Park, ID
1.7 2009/06/06 00:36:20 44.356N 110.936W 0.2 36 km (22 mi) ESE of Island Park, ID
1.5 2009/06/06 00:29:36 44.357N 110.940W 2.4 35 km (22 mi) ESE of Island Park, ID
1.5 2009/06/06 00:12:31 44.357N 110.928W 2.4 36 km (23 mi) ESE of Island Park, ID
1.6 2009/06/06 00:06:55 44.347N 110.944W 2.4 36 km (22 mi) ESE of Island Park, ID
1.9 2009/06/06 00:03:09 44.357N 110.940W 6.1 35 km (22 mi) ESE of Island Park, ID
1.4 2009/06/06 00:00:07 44.356N 110.937W 2.2 36 km (22 mi) ESE of Island Park, ID
1.1 2009/06/05 23:46:34 44.337N 110.920W 4.7 38 km (24 mi) ESE of Island Park, ID
1.6 2009/06/05 23:46:10 44.354N 110.931W 2.4 36 km (22 mi) ESE of Island Park, ID
1.5 2009/06/05 23:44:54 44.342N 110.926W 2.9 37 km (23 mi) ESE of Island Park, ID
1.2 2009/06/05 23:37:33 44.358N 110.936W 3.2 36 km (22 mi) ESE of Island Park, ID
1.6 2009/06/05 23:33:38 44.343N 110.927W 2.6 37 km (23 mi) ESE of Island Park, ID
1.6 2009/06/04 11:44:40 44.768N 111.076W 7.4 12 km ( 7 mi) N of West Yellowstone, MT
SteveQuayle.com | Hot Headlines of the Day
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Quote of the Day: Owners of capital will stimulate the working class to buy more and more of expensive goods, houses and technology, pushing them to take more and more expensive credits, until their debt becomes unbearable. The unpaid debt will lead to bankruptcy of banks, which will have to be nationalized, and the State will have to take the road which will eventually lead to communism. –Karl Marx, Das Kapital, 1867)
UPI | Animal rights groups demanding details - exactly WHAT methods are used to cull gray squirrels on Prince Charles's estate
Prince Charles under pressure to disclose details
THE POWER HOUR Team Network News: June 8, 2009
FEMA Web Page Shows Martial Law Exercise With Foreign Troops -- National Level Exercise 2009 (NLE 09) is scheduled for July 27 through July 31, 2009. NLE 09 will be the first major exercise conducted by the United States government that will focus exclusively on terrorism prevention and protection, as opposed to incident response and recovery.
N. Korea sentences U.S. journalists to 12 years -- North Korea's top court convicted two American journalists and sentenced them to 12 years in a prison Monday, intensifying the nation's confrontation with the United States.
Radioactive cheese grater from China reflects lack of federal oversight -- A new investigative piece published by the Scripps Howard News Service explores official responses to the discovery of the radioactive cheese grater and finds that there is no government agency in charge of tracking radioactive consumer products.
Military backed public schools on the rise in US -- The U.S. Marine Corps is wooing public school districts across the country, expanding a network of military academies that has grown steadily despite criticism that it’s a recruiting ploy.
5 US contractors held in slaying of another in Iraq -- Five American security contractors were detained in connection with the killing of another American contractor last month inside Baghdad's Green Zone. The names of the suspects and the company they work for were not released. The U.S. military declined comment and referred questions to the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. Embassy officials did not immediately respond to request for comments.
Melbourne Australia world's swine flu capital -- Australia's second city of Melbourne has become the "swine flu capital of the world", a report said Saturday, as the country's confirmed tally of the disease soared to 1,009.
Bird flu viruses can live for 5 months in water -- There are avian influenza viruses that can persist for up to 150 days in water, a research team at the University of Georgia has shown, advancing understanding of how outbreaks of bird flu begin in wild bird populations.
Welcome to celebrity hell, Dick Cheney -- Cheney has joined the likes of Paris and Lindsay on the TMZ video website.
FDA panel chairman on Bisphenol A secretly receives $5million payment -- As an FDA panel prepares to issue a ruling on whether the controversial chemical bisphenol A (BPA) should be considered safe, press reports have revealed that the research center headed by the panel's chair recently received a massive donation from a vocal BPA supporter and former medical device manufacturer.
Drug risk list released by FDA -- U.S. regulators on Thursday listed two dozen drugs, including weight-loss medicines and sleep disorder pills, that it is at an early stage of reviewing for potential safety problems.
Oregon organic farmers fight GM seed contamination -- Critics of genetically modified crops have warned about "frankenfood" and "superweeds" for years. But today, more than four-fifths of the nation's corn, cotton and soybean crops are altered to resist pesticides and insects.
Deadly bat disease spreading fast scientists warn congress -- A mysterious disease that's killing tens of thousands of bats in the Northeast is spreading so fast that it could reach California within five years, biologists and officials of the Agriculture and Interior departments told lawmakers Thursday.
The geography of jobs animated map -- Net Job Gains/Losses by Metropolitan Statistical Area. (slide the arrow at the top from 2005 to present & see the astonishing change!)
Fed to hire PR person to fight against the Fed audit bill -- As HR 1207 gains momentum and co-sponsors in the House of Representatives, the Federal Reserve is planning to fight the tide calling for an audit of its books by hiring a veteran lobbyist to “manage its relations with Congress,” according to Reuters.
The Fed audit bill is up to 190 co-sponsors -- Title: To amend title 31, United States Code, to reform the manner in which the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System is audited by the Comptroller General of the United States and the manner in which such audits are reported, and for other purposes.
Daniel Hauser sick after chemo treatment -- Daniel Hauser, the 13-year-old cancer patient whose mother took him on the run from the law to shield him from chemotherapy, is feeling sick after a second round of the treatment his family later agreed to.
Bacteria in strokes & heart disease -- Reflections On The 'Cure' Of A Paralyzed Stroke Victim.
Avandia raises risk of bone fractures & heart failure -- The diabetes drug Avandia significantly raises the risk of both heart failure and bone fractures, but it does not boost the odds for either cardiovascular disease or death, new research has found.
New Army rifle fires smart bullets with on board targeting chips -- New rifles with explosive rounds can be told where to detonate.
Asheville man charged in alleged Liberty dollar scheme -- Federal authorities arrested an Asheville man in what they said was a scheme to undermine the U.S. currency system and defraud consumers with so-called Liberty Dollars.
Niagara court ruling: tasing to obtain DNA is NOT unconstitutional -- A decision by Falls Police to use a Taser to obtain a DNA sample from a suspect in an armed robbery, shooting and kidnapping is not unconstitutional.
Weaponized education-controlling tomorrow with the youth of today -- There has been and continues to be an effort by some of the worlds most elite families to establish a global community, with a global government, some call it the new world order. Read More...
California Highway patrol wants residents to rat on out of state plates -- Officials want residents whose vehicles are registered in other states to pay their fair share in licensing fees
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Earth Mysteries Interview with Clif High of Web Bot fame - June 8, 2009
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AURORA, Colo. (AP) | Five tornadoes slam Colorado; 1 damages mall
There were no immediate reports of serious injuries.
The Weather Service says the tornado that damaged Southlands Mall touched down south of Buckley Air Force Base at 1:49 p.m. and may have been on the ground for about 30 minutes, going on an 8- to 10-mile path across southeast Aurora.
Xcel Energy was working with firefighters and the mall to shut down natural gas service there after reports of gas leaks.
Julie Patterson, 36, could see the tornado from the back deck of her house in Aurora. "You could see the debris flying in the funnel cloud," she said.
The other tornadoes were reported 6 miles east of Lafayette; one south of Bennett; one south of Deer Trail; and one north of
Many spots in the Denver area also were pelted with hail, some as big as baseballs. The National Weather Service received reports of hail as big as 3 inches in Arapahoe County, meteorologist Robert Koopmeiners said.
Xcel Energy said the storm blew down power lines, leaving about 3,000 customers in parts of Aurora and Centennial without power for about an hour and 40 minutes before service was restored.
OneRadioNetwork.com | May 30, 2009 Interview with George Ure of UrbanSurvival.com - Web Bot Fame
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OneRadioNetwork.com | June 4, 2009 Interview with Clif High of Half Past Human - Web Bot Fame
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Saturday, June 6, 2009
Forecasters predict El Nino due to current weather patterns over the Eastern Pacific - possible end of California's recent drought?
Weather patterns over the Eastern Pacific may be setting up for an El Nino pattern this fall, possibly portending an end to California's recent drought, it was reported today.
The last two El Nino weather patterns saw nasty floods in Southern California and gigantic snowpacks in the Sierra Nevada. But scientists caution that some El Ninos are dry in California.
And Caltech's venerable climate expert, Bill Patzert, expressed caution to the San Diego Union-Tribune, and said he doesn't "see the white horse charging over the horizon to give us a good drenching."
Longterm forecasts generated at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography indicate that an El Nino is forming, as the conditions seem ripe for an increase in sea temperatures and ocean levels off Peru, climate researcher David Pierce told the newspaper.
"We are forecasting an El Nino this year," said Pierce. "Hopefully, it will bring a little more rain, not only to San Diego but to the entire Southwest.
"That would be quite nice," he told the Union-Tribune.
That forecast was echoed by the lead scientist at the Climate Prediction Center in Maryland, as well as the University of Washington's Climate Impacts group.
And the forecasts come as the region is in the midst of an unusual summer weather pattern, with winter-style cold pressure systems dropping significant rainfall during what is usually the driest month of the year.
El Ninos are the name given by Peruvian fishermen to a periodic migration of tropically-warm water to the Eastern Pacific, where water is usually cold because of polar flows. They have sometimes caused rainfall to double or triple from normal levels in California.
Within the past few days, meteorologists around the world have sounded the alarm about a possible El Nino. The forecasts include possible droughts in Australia, more typhoons to hit the Philippines, and a decrease in Atlantic Coast hurricanes making landfall on the U.S.
Five years of drought have left major water storage lakes in California half-full, and the governor has proclaimed a statewide drought emergency. But strange weather patterns have left full storage lakes to the east, in Arizona, and the deserts of Riverside County are green this June, when they are usually seasonally brown.
"If winds and currents start working in concert, the ocean could warm rapidly," said Nathan Mantua at the Washington school. "A powerful El Nino on the level of the 1997-98 event is possible."
Charleston Post Courier - Charleston,SC,USA | Powerful waterspout forms over Cooper River
Click on picture to view enlarged view on news websiteAaron Smith, manager of Patriots Pictures, which does souvenir photography at the USS Yorktown, captured this image when the water began to rise up from the Cooper River and a spout formed this afternoon.
A powerful waterspout formed near the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge this afternoon, prompting witnesses to grab cellular phones and digital cameras to capture the vortex.
The waterspout, essentially a tornado over water, took shape at around 1:40 p.m. on the Cooper River north of the bridge. Meteorologists estimated its winds blew between 50 to 70 miles per hour.
Witnesses said the spout moved for 10 or 15 minutes before it dissipated. It never touched land. No injuries were reported.
Aaron Smith is the manager of Patriots Pictures, which does souvenir photography at the USS Yorktown. He considers himself an amateur photographer, but he knew he was seeing something special when the water began to rise up from the Cooper River and a spout formed from the dark clouds.
He grabbed his camera and began snapping pictures. He’s waited for years to see a waterspout.
“I’m elated I had a chance to capture nature in a manner you rarely get to see around here,” said Smith, who still was giddy with excitement several hours later. “I was just excited to see a waterspout.”
On the other side of the river, Seabreeze Marina manager Trey Hayes was busy launching boats when a co-workers spotted the spout. He said the water rising from the river looked like smoke and made it appear as though something was on fire. Suddenly, the spout became bigger and more defined. Nearby boaters came in to tie up their boats and get out of the water, and everyone sat and watched it. The waterspout continued to grow fatter and fatter until it disappeared, right before the bridge, he said.
“I’ve never really seen one before,” he said. “It just popped right up. It was awesome.”
Richard Thacker, senior meteorologist with the local office of the National Weather Service, said light winds, air circulation and a thunderstorm created ripe conditions for a waterspout to form. Waterspouts usually are fairly weak and short-lived, and most dissipate before coming ashore.
“This one was pretty impressive looking,” Thacker said.
See-Through Frogs Discovered
A glass frog of the Nymphargus genus potentially new to science discovered in the mountains of the Darien in Colombia. Darien is a mountainous system isolated from the Andes Mountain range and is a recognized for its high biological diversity. Credit: © Conservation International-Colombia/Photo by Marco Rada
Magnitude 3.2 Earthquake - SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CALIFORNIA - Saturday, June 06, 2009 at 03:30:56 PM at epicenter
Magnitude 3.2 - SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CALIFORNIA
2009 June 06 22:30:56 UTC
Earthquake Details
| Magnitude | 3.2 |
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| Location | 37.922°N, 122.299°W |
| Depth | 6.1 km (3.8 miles) |
| Region | SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CALIFORNIA |
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| Location Uncertainty | horizontal +/- 0.1 km (0.1 miles); depth +/- 0.3 km (0.2 miles) |
| Parameters | NST= 80, Nph= 80, Dmin=4 km, Rmss=0.15 sec, Gp= 22°, M-type=local magnitude (ML), Version=2 |
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| Event ID | nc40237749 |
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Recent Earthquakes in New York, Tennessee and Texas - Update June 6, 2009 at 5am CDT
MAG DATE LOCAL-TIME LAT LON DEPTH LOCATION
y/m/d h:m:s deg deg km
map 2.9 2009/06/05 10:07:52 42.828N 78.248W 5.0 8 km ( 5 mi) S of Alexander, NY
map 0.3 2009/06/04 15:13:23 35.513N 84.422W 14.2 5 km ( 3 mi) W of Madisonville, TN
map 2.8 2009/06/02 15:06:45 32.352N 97.403W 5.0 12 km ( 8 mi) S of Joshua, TX
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