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Pravda.ru | Obama comes to Moscow to throw loop on Russia's neck
US President Barack Obama is coming to Moscow today. Russian experts do not think that the landmark visit will result in any breakthrough of relations between the two countries.
“One should not expect any sensations. Nothing will change in world history during the two days of his visit to Russia. Achieving fundamental agreements is predetermined with the course of previous events,” Anatoly Utkin, an expert with the Institute for the USA and Canada said.
“No one expected in 1968 that the relations between the United States and the Soviet Union would improve. Nixon visited the USSR, which led to a number of fundamental agreements. The period before the end of the 1970s was the best time in the relations between the two superpowers.
“A lot of things have changed since then, but who said that the USA and Russia would never be able to achieve success? The US sitting president reminds Kennedy, who was ready to compromise.
“Most likely, the US leader will offer Russia to reduce nuclear arsenals to 1,500 nukes for each of the two countries. All other aspects require a deeper insight taking into consideration the fact that it is extremely hard to solve all or many problems in two days. Obama will probably pay special attention to the modernization of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which was signed in 1963. Today, one may describe the document as “toothless” – no one punished India and Pakistan in 1999 when they publicly violated it.
“The future of the globe depends on Russia and the United States: they own 95 percent of world’s nuclear arms.
“Obama’s visit to Russia is obviously a positive phenomenon. Russia has not had a conversation like that with the United States for 20 years already. Most likely, it will be a preliminary meeting that will initiate the solution of many other problems that the two countries have. The world’s two superpowers must eventually shake hands,” the expert said.
Russia’s former Defense Minister Igor Rodionov is not so optimistic.
“As for the nuclear disarmament, I definitely support this. One could understand the arms race during the Cold War. The race was necessary indeed as an element of nuclear deterrence against the background of the competition between the two systems. Why do Russia and the USA need the arms race now?
“However, no one has shown an example yet, which other countries could follow. As a result, the nuclear arms continue to sprawl all over the world. I would not expect anything positive from Obama’s current visit to Russia. One should not think that America wishes Russia well. It is the United States that impedes the disarmament process: the nation tries to promote its world order everywhere. Obama’s visit is an attempt to sound out Russia ’s sentiments, to bring Russia closer to the West.
“Big politics is like an iceberg. We see only the tip – the things that they let us see, and the rest is not made public. The USA wants to give Russia a purely raw-exports role. Western countries simply want Russia to deliver cheap energy sources to them and represent absolutely no danger,” the expert said.
Anatoly Tsyganok, an expert with the Institute for Military and Political Analysis, told Pravda.Ru that Obama’s visit may strengthen the cooperation between the two countries on a wide range of issues, such as the struggle against the proliferation of nuclear arms. First and foremost, it goes about North Korea, which already has nuclear weapons.
“Russia should not forget its own interests in the dialogue with the United States. In accordance with previous agreements with the USA, Russia undertook to remove its nuclear arms from Europe. Moscow withdrew its strategic potential from Belarus. However, Washington left over 100 items of its nuclear arms in Germany. Russia let the United States track down the production of its nuclear warheads but received no such opportunity in return. To crown it all, the United States violated the START Treaty: the nation was stockpiling the nukes while Russia was destroying them.
“Nowadays, the USA stakes on the development of high-precision weapons, which Russia does not have. If Russia removes its strategic potential, it will become absolutely defenseless. Russia must reduce its arms only if the USA does the same. Otherwise, Russia may find itself in a tramp,” the expert said.
Sergey Balmasov
Pravda.Ru
Missouri and New York State get hit with an earthquake already this morning - Monday July 6, 2009 at 11am CST
MAG DATE LOCAL-TIME LAT LON DEPTH LOCATION
y/m/d h:m:s deg deg km
map 1.6 2009/07/06 09:22:16 36.720N 89.511W 13.0 8 km ( 5 mi) ESE of Matthews, MO
map 2.3 2009/07/06 06:33:00 45.785N 74.448W 6.0 100 km (62 mi) NNW of Chateaugay, NY
map 2.0 2009/07/05 02:24:07 35.631N 84.315W 15.9 8 km ( 5 mi) NW of Vonore, TN
map 2.8 2009/07/04 07:24:43 37.379N 80.746W 11.5 5 km ( 3 mi) ESE of Peterstown, WV
map 1.6 2009/07/04 02:16:33 36.217N 89.479W 5.5 5 km ( 3 mi) S of Ridgely, TN
map 2.4 2009/07/03 19:43:07 36.821N 89.426W 13.5 6 km ( 4 mi) NW of East Prairie, MO
map 2.4 2009/07/03 13:06:59 34.638N 85.351W 1.7 10 km ( 6 mi) SW of LaFayette, GA
map 1.1 2009/07/03 02:40:15 36.245N 89.511W 6.7 3 km ( 2 mi) SW of Ridgely, TN
map 0.9 2009/07/03 00:33:13 36.272N 89.442W 5.3 4 km ( 3 mi) ENE of Ridgely, TN
map 1.6 2009/07/01 15:18:55 36.412N 89.524W 7.9 6 km ( 4 mi) NW of Tiptonville, TN
MAP 3.4 2009/07/01 12:14:48 35.401N 97.089W 5.0 12 km ( 7 mi) NNW of Bethel Acres, OK
map 2.8 2009/07/01 08:44:43 39.644N 75.483W 5.0 3 km ( 2 mi) ESE of Pennsville, NJ
SSB Frequency (MHz) Mode Description
SSB Frequency (MHz) Mode Description
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3. 4.725 USB Air Force GHFS
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5. 9.014 USB Air Combat Command (ACC) ops.
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8. 6.812 USB MYSTIC STAR primary AF-1/AF-2 SAMs
9. 11.246 USB Air Force GHFS McClellan/MacDill AFB
10. 13.201 USB Air Force GHFS (old SAC S-394)
11. 13.215 USB Air Force GHS Andrews?MacDill AFB
12. 13.244 USB Air Force GHFS
13. 5.680 USB search & rescue all military
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17. 11.267 USB U.S. Navy HICOM
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20. 3.113 USB STRATCOM Sierra 302
21. 13.205 USB STRATCOM
22. 13.217 USB STRATCOM X-Ray 906
23. 13.247 USB Mystic Star/Andrews AFB?STRATCOM
24. 15.091 USB ACC (secondary) tactical ops.
25. 3.369 USB STRATCOM Alpha Sierra
26. 4.495 USB STRATCOM Sierra 304
27. 4.721 USB Mystic Star/Andrews AFB
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29. 18.046 USB Air Force GHFS
30. 5.020 USB STRATCOM Foxtrtot
31. 17.972 USB STRATCOM (discrete)
32. 17.975 USB Air Force GHFS
33. 20.631 USB STRATCOM (old SAC Whiskey)
34. 20.846 USB ACC tactical (old SAC Charlie Alpha)
36. 8.872 USB Navy anti submarine warfare ops.
37. 5.197 USB Air Mobility Command (AMC) ops.
38. 18.027 USB AMC ops.
39. 11.214 USB NORAD
40. 5.297 USB NORAD
41. 9.793 USB NORAD
42. 10.194 USB NORAD
43. 10.452 USB NORAD
44. 5.328 USB STRATCOM
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58. 20.855 USB NORAD
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61. 3.394 USB ACC
62. 4.474 USB ACC
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64. 11.214 USB ACC
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68. 4.466 USB Civil Air Patrol (CAP)
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71. 3.023 USB search & rescue
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75. 10.665 USB ACC
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93. 13.257 USB Canadian Air Force
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96. 8.964 USB ACC tactical (discrete)
97. 11.627 USB ACC tactical
98. 17.975 USB Air Force GHFS
99. 15.041 USB STRATCOM (old SAC Mike channel)
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English shortwave broadcasts sorted by time
English shortwave broadcasts sorted by country
English shortwave broadcasts to the Americas sorted by time
1. 11.175 USB Air Force GHFS primary days
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3. 4.725 USB Air Force GHFS
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5. 9.014 USB Air Combat Command (ACC) ops.
6. 11.243 USB STRATCOM primary days
7. 6.761 USB STRATCOM primary nights
8. 6.812 USB MYSTIC STAR primary AF-1/AF-2 SAMs
9. 11.246 USB Air Force GHFS McClellan/MacDill AFB
10. 13.201 USB Air Force GHFS (old SAC S-394)
11. 13.215 USB Air Force GHS Andrews?MacDill AFB
12. 13.244 USB Air Force GHFS
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15. 8.984 USB USCG (primary days) secondary nights
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21. 13.205 USB STRATCOM
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26. 4.495 USB STRATCOM Sierra 304
27. 4.721 USB Mystic Star/Andrews AFB
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29. 18.046 USB Air Force GHFS
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31. 17.972 USB STRATCOM (discrete)
32. 17.975 USB Air Force GHFS
33. 20.631 USB STRATCOM (old SAC Whiskey)
34. 20.846 USB ACC tactical (old SAC Charlie Alpha)
36. 8.872 USB Navy anti submarine warfare ops.
37. 5.197 USB Air Mobility Command (AMC) ops.
38. 18.027 USB AMC ops.
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40. 5.297 USB NORAD
41. 9.793 USB NORAD
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43. 10.452 USB NORAD
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49. 6.826 USB STRATCOM Golf
50. 7.330 USB STRATCOM X-ray-Yankee
51. 7.983 USB STRATCOM Foxtrot Charlie
52. 8.101 USB STRATCOM Alpha Papa
53. 9.057 USB STRATCOM Sierra 309
54. 10.452 USB STRATCOM Oscar
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61. 3.394 USB ACC
62. 4.474 USB ACC
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66. 11.440 USB Aerospace Rescue & Recovery Service
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68. 4.466 USB Civil Air Patrol (CAP)
69. 4.627 USB CAP
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71. 3.023 USB search & rescue
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73. 8.711 USB ACC tactical
74. 10.267 USB ACC
75. 10.665 USB ACC
76. 4.700 USB Navy Anti Submarine Warfare Pacific
77. 4.702 USB Navy Anti Submarine Warfare Atlantic
78. 5.446 USB USMC tactical nets
79. 6.687 USB USMC special convoys
80. 13.181 USB Navy HICOM Pacific
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82. 13.267 USB Hurricane Hunters primary days
83. 5.562 USB Hurricane Hunters secondary nights
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85. 11.240 USB ACC
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87. 5.729 USB Royal Air Force
88. 6.690 USB Royal Air Force
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90. 8.990 USB Royal Air Force
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92. 6.746 USB Canadian Air Force
93. 13.257 USB Canadian Air Force
94. 5.800 USB ACC tactical/STRATCOM Whiskey 100
95. 6.753 USB ACC tactical
96. 8.964 USB ACC tactical (discrete)
97. 11.627 USB ACC tactical
98. 17.975 USB Air Force GHFS
99. 15.041 USB STRATCOM (old SAC Mike channel)
100. 23.419 USB STRATCOM/NORAD intercommunications
Detailed English shortwave broadcasts sorted by frequency
English shortwave broadcasts sorted by time
English shortwave broadcasts sorted by country
English shortwave broadcasts to the Americas sorted by time
Chocolate shortage? Better not be!
By Kim Margolis | Monday, July 6, 2009, 05:59 AM
The Ivory Coast could lose one-third of its cacao tree crop this year due to a virus, according to New Scientist magazine.
Here’s why you should care: Chocolate comes from the cacao tree.
Seventy-percent of the world’s chocolate comes from west Africa.
Scientists are working to find genes in the trees which are resistant to disease and find a way to use those to create disease-resistant trees.
Those scientists better be working feverishly.
Another item for your prep consideration | Wasp/Hornet spray for self-defense
On the heels of a break in and beating that left an elderly woman in Toledo dead, self defense experts have a tip that could save your life.
Val Glinka teaches self-defense to students at Sylvania Southview High School. For decades, he's suggested putting a can of wasp and hornet spray near your door.
Glinka says, "This is better than anything I can teach them."
Glinka considers it inexpensive, easy to find, and more effective than mace or pepper spray. The cans typically shoot 20 to 30 feet; so if someone tries to break into your home, Glinka says "spray the culprit in the eyes". It's a tip he's given to students for decades. It's also one he wants everyone to hear.
George Ure's UrbanSurvival.com | Inflation Whipsaw - July 6, 2009
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Inflation Whipsaw
First thing out of the box this morning is the problem of whether we're going into stagflation, deflation, or hyperinflation. My best guess remains that hyperinflation will come along, but before we get there, my friend Robin Landry has been expecting a drop in gold down to the u7nder $700 range - briefly - before things go bonkers to the upside. And, he might be right.
You noticed last week - or maybe you didn't - that while gold was showing a bit of strength, silver was lagging. This morning (chart above) it looks like silver might come down to the $12 range this week. We're only a few cents from it as I write this.
Not only that, but it looks like the oil futures are coming down, as well. Under $65, but the fall in oil futures can be interpreted any number of ways. One school of thought offers that oil was too high and was already threatening to choke off the little bit of recovery that might have been possible. The other school of thought is that oil wasn't driving, but was just reacting to future expectations and it's now doing little more than indicating that the decline in the global(ist) economy is about to resume.
This is one of those "Which came first, the chicken or the egg?" kinds of questions that given tenured professors in economics something to write papers about, since the real issues in economics (like nested cycles theories) are absolutely peer-review verboten.
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What keeps leading me back to the 'here comes inflation' conclusion are stories with headlines like "California's nightmare will kill Obamanomics" and the piece by the UK Telegraph's banking editor that figures "US lurching towards 'debt explosion' with long-term interest rates on course to double."
Don't miss the Ambrose Evans-Pritchard piece from Saturday about how "The unemployment timebomb is quietly ticking." Oh yeah, we noticed.
Here, Hold This Bag Department
I have good news and bad for you. The good news is that "China won't press for new global currency at G8" summit ahead this week. The bad news is that probably means they still have more dollar-denominated paper to offload.
Rest of the Weak
Is this terrible pun Monday? Well....The biggie for folks like me who are waiting for the inflation to show up will be the Fed's Consumer Debt Report mislabeled repeatedly as Consumer Credit. Like no one gets it. Then we get the balance of trade report which will no doubt show a lesser outflow. That's become not only can't we afford to buy much anymore, but the ROW (rest of world) is getting skeptical of dollars. (See Hold this bag story previous if you're not tracking yet.)
Bankruptcy Incentive Study
Hats off to Mike Baker of the Associated Press for his story headlined "Bankruptcies low in states that don't seize wages: States that prohibit debt collectors from seizing wages have lower bankruptcy rates than peers..."
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This is all part and parcel of what I wrote about this weekend in the report titled "Frustrated America - Monetizing Misery". This is your 'monetizing misery" part.
I said it before, but it's worth remembering: When misery is monetized, the whole country is on the brink. Or, is that just too damn obvious?
Funny Or Documentary?
This week's from Rebecca Price of www.toon-republic.com:
Vet Checks Coming
$250 payments to eligible military veterans are hitting the mail now. Don't spend it all in one place.
Summer of Hell Department
"China says 140 killed in riots in West" reports an AP story.
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"Honduras coup leaders block ousted president's return." It's pronounced "two-goosey gal-pah" by the way, if you haven't hung out in Central America much. And the airport there is almost as much fun as the one-way marvel up at Cusco in Peru.
War Promotion?
The headline in Rupert Murdoch's Times that the "Saudis give nod to Israeli raid on Iran" when taken with the AP story that veep Joe "Biden: Israel; free to set own course on Iran" has me wondering if this doesn't reinforce the possible attack in late October, which would make a dandy distraction of market closings and bank holidays in late September into mid October.
Yep, nothing like a good war/ terrorist attack to swing the public's attention from the cratering economy...just like the magic 'swing' and rally 'round the flag as the economy was on the brink in 2001 - but which was subsequently saved by the instantly spawned "security" and "anti-terrorism" industries. Just coincidence, of course, rest assured. Isn't it time for another pill?
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Even though it has been dismissed as a work of fiction, and a clever anti-war book during the Vietnam era, if you haven't read and considered some of the issues Leonard Lewin raised in his 1967 Report From Iron Mountain
Before you read it, you should be aware that...
"In 1972, Lewin claimed that the report has been a hoax. At that time, he wrote that the Pentagon Papers, were "as outrageous, morally and intellectually" as his own invention: "The charade is over. Some of the documents read like parodies of Iron Mountain, rather than the reverse." (Times obit) Eventually, he sued to establish his copyright over the work, since U.S. government documents are inherently in the public domain. (Carvajal, 1996) Others, such as John Kenneth Galbraith, have maintained the reports legitimacy."
My take? Real (Galbraith) or Hoax (the author), the discussion of why people put on the yoke of government is just dandy. And, (ready in the bad pun department?) the yoke's on us.
Moscow Dealings
President O is off to Moscow (and a Ritz Carlton on our bill no less, but there's no HoJo or Motel Six there, perhaps) to arm twist and arms deal a bit with the Russians. Maybe he'll get a government discount - don't know how the Ritz folks would handle a GTR (government transportation request), if you've never traveled on one).
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I've been watching a bunch of videos on the Obama trip today, trying to catch a glimpse of Vladimir Putin standing behind the curtain pulling (nominal) president Medvedev's strings in puppet-like fashion...
Palin Bailin, Redux
The video is up on YouTube of her resignation this weekend. It starts off reasonable enough, but after a few minutes, it begins to ramble...leaving me scratching my head.
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Don't know if this is the first of the PTB disappearances or if she'll be back with a presidential exploratory committee?
Thing is: If she were to run for president, could anyone vote for someone who quits at mid-term? Hmmm...some things to ponder.
One school of thought supposed that there might be federal indictments or some earth-shaking scandal about to pop, but "Palin isn't facing investigation says FBI".
If she were going to run for president, wouldn't she have dropped more hints? If there's no indictment, then what's the deal? We're left to wonder, at least for now. But if she goes ultra-low profile - to the point where no one can find her and the family by mid fall, we'll just have to underline this as another one of the 'odd disappearances' that's been floating around predictive linguistic modelspace.
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Speaking of the 'season of disappearances' it may be the other way around since here's a headline that "Millions face hunger as seasons disappear..." It's what a seasoned reader would expect.
Speaking of Spices...
The story that one time Spice Girl "Victoria and David Beckham in their underwear for Armani" makes a fine counterpoint to the Zazzle T-shirt emblazoned with "Make awkward sexual advances. Not war."
Hey! The NY Post has "Swimsuit Issues" in its biz section today...
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Coping: Signs of the Times
A reader offers:
"Not my idea George, I'm just passing it along. Quote I read today.
"Stimulus is another word for foreplay----and we all know what comes after foreplay".
(rim shot) OK, let me put on my 'insensitive male" hat. "No, what's foreplay?"
Around the Ranch: Drought? What Drought?
The local hay growers and rancherly types who have been going to church to pray for rain finally got some on Sunday afternoon. In fact, we've put about 2½-inches into the rain gauge here since about 4 PM Sunday. Looks like more on the radar at least for the first half of the day. I do have to wonder how 2+-inches is a '30 percent chance of rain' that is referred to in the forecast. But, I suppose we can't ask for better from a gazillion dollars of super-computing horsepower, not to mention that we've got thousands of monitor-sensors before this stuff shows up over East Texas.
May even see some drought relief down San Antonio way, but we'll just have to wait and see. Been drier than a dust bunny down in the Hill Country and along the southwest part of the Permian. Which makes me expect the conversation 'round Arkey Blue's will be weather related this week.
Mean-nasty thunderstorms coming in this morning, so posting early - see ya'll tomorrow morning.....
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Toward a Personal Constitution
Two great warnings about 'rights' in America have stuck with me over the years. The first was that "Rights are usually taken away from those least able to defend them first..." Something I expect First People on this continent would have no reservations about endorsing. The second thing to strike me is the 'extensibility' of the phrase "When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns." It extends to thoughts like "When only special interests have access, only special interests have laws." I'm worried that with the recent blatant ignoring of the Will of the People expressed on bailouts and such to congress, that our beloved Constitution is in great peril. I hear the social contract tearing. Is it time to flag Old Glory upside down - as we're certainly in 'distress'. Enough so that I've started working on my own "Personal Constitution" as a portable back-up should the one that keeps the States 'united" fail in the midst of economic turmoil in the next year or two. Should that arrive, whether by terrorism, economic collapse, or an electric grid-killing solar flare, the relevance of the Constitution may disappear as the central government can only exists so long as it can exact tribute from We the People. I love the Constitution, but since it's being hacked up by fits and starts, it may be time to think the once unthinkable....write our own.
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THE POWER HOUR NEWS | July 6, 2009
The Fat Lady Hasn't Sung Yet -- Judging from the market's immediate reaction to the jobs news--a wicked 223-point dive that day in the Dow Jones Industrials--obviously a lot of investors are signaling that they, too, believe Inmelt is all wet in his positive economic outlook.
Cynthia McKinney speaks from prison in Israel -- This is Cynthia McKinney, I'm speaking from an Israeli prison cellblock in Ramle. [I am one of] the Free Gaza 21, human rights activists currently imprisoned for trying to take medical supplies to Gaza, building supplies and even toys and crayons - I had a suitcase full of crayons for the children. Read More...
Overkill: The Rise of Paramilitary Police Raids in America -- Over the last 25 years, America has seen a disturbing militarization of its civilian law enforcement, along with a dramatic and unsettling rise in the use of paramilitary police units (most commonly called Special Weapons and Tactics, or SWAT) for routine police work.
CATO Website-Botched police raids in America-interactive map -- An interactive map of botched SWAT and paramilitary police raids, released in conjunction with the Cato policy paper "Overkill: The Rise of Paramilitary Police Raids," by Radley Balko.
Sandstorms plague Iraq and are getting worse -- These sandstorms still hover over the capital. It coats parked cars in a tan frosting. It seeps under windowsills and doorways. It grits the teeth and stings the eyes. It clogs rifles and etches scrimshaw across sniper scopes. And it kills people. Read More...
3 Thoughts for the Day from our friend Mike Tawse In the UK -- Learning Is Not A Memory Test - The Gift Of Learning - The Door To Success.
How computers can harm your children's future...by damaging their brains -- Children who spend hour after hour on the computer may be damaging a vital part of their brains. Here, in a stark warning, Baroness Susan Greenfield, director of the Royal Institution and Oxford Professor of Synaptic Pharmacology, explains how this could be creating a generation blighted by obesity and gambling.
Obama touches down for Moscow summit -- Arms control is expected to dominate the two-day meeting with Russian leaders, the first of its kind since the early part of the George W. Bush presidency.
Tea parties from sea to shining sea-more than 2,000 -- More than 2,000 tea parties from coast to coast attracted hundreds of thousands tax and Big Government protesters on Independence Day – perhaps the biggest July 4 political event in America since the proclamation of the Declaration of Independence.
China state media: 140 killed in riots in west -- More than 800 hurt in protests started by ethnic Muslim group, officials say.
Plant disease hit Eastern US vegetable plants -- Tomato plants have been removed from stores in half a dozen states as a destructive and infectious plant disease makes its earliest and most widespread appearance ever in the eastern United States.
WHO warns swine flu unstoppable -- The UN's top health official has opened a forum in Mexico on combating swine flu by saying that the spread of the virus worldwide is now unstoppable.
Group focuses ire on Monsanto -- The Organization for Competitive Markets will hold its annual conference on August 7 in St. Louis to discuss what it sees as unfairness between farmers and ranchers and the corporations with whom they do business.
Spending $102 billion a year on 800 worldwide military bases is bankrupting the country -- We're building new "embassies" that run close to $1 billion and host countries keep jacking the rent for existing bases.
BrassCheck TV: Vaccine created illnesses-Garth Nicholson video -- Can vaccines cause chronic illnesses? Dr. Garth Nicholson, microbiologist and director of the Institute for Molecular Medicine, says yes.
Speed cameras disabled in Arizona & France-the people fight back!!! -- Vigilantes in Arizona have declared their independence from speed cameras. Over the past two weeks, Post-It Notes have been placed on mobile speed camera vans operated on Phoenix-area freeways by Redflex Traffic Systems, an Australian company. As a result of the notes, photographs taken by the unmanned Ford SUVs are unusable for ticketing purposes.
Experts call for diversified reserve currency ahead of G8 summit -- The declining US dollar could not play the long term role as the world’s single reserve currency and a more diversified global currency system should be formed, prominent experts said Saturday at a global think tank summit in Beijing, days ahead of the G8 meeting this week.
Incandescent bulbs return to the cutting edge -- “Due to the 2007 federal energy bill that phases out inefficient incandescent light bulbs beginning in 2012, we are finally seeing a race” to develop more efficient ones, said Noah Horowitz, senior scientist with the Natural Resources Defense Council.
NSA plans massive data center in Utah -- The National Security Agency was so confident that its nearly $2 billion plan for a new data center in Utah would be approved by Congress that it began designing the facility last November.
A secret history of dissent in the all volunteer military -- The All-Volunteer Force (AVF) exists for a reason captured in a study by Colonel Robert D. Heinl, Jr., author of the "definitive history of the Marine Corps," published in Armed Forces Journal in 1971. Read More...
2 centuries on, a cryptologist cracks a presidential code -- For more than 200 years, buried deep within Thomas Jefferson's correspondence and papers, there lay a mysterious cipher -- a coded message that appears to have remained unsolved. Until now.
White House to hold swine flu summit -- The White House said Thursday it would hold a high-level meeting next week bringing together top government officials to prepare for the possibility of a more severe outbreak of A(H1N1) flu.
North American integration agenda continues -- North American integration is a deep-rooted agenda that continues on many different fronts. This has not changed under an Obama administration. Posted on the U.S. Department of State’s website calendar of events is the fifth annual North American Leaders Summit, which is set to take place August 8-11 in Mexico. Read More...
Even cockroaches get fat on bad food -- As part of a decade's worth of research on cockroaches, Patricia Moore of the University of Exeter studied how female cockroaches change their mating behavior in response to their diet, specifically what they eat when they are young.
Senate bill fines people for refusing health coverage -- Americans who refuse to buy affordable medical coverage could be hit with fines of more than $1,000 under a health care overhaul bill unveiled Thursday by key Senate Democrats looking to fulfill President Barack Obama's top domestic priority.
Suicide warnings on 2 anti-smoking drugs -- Federal drug regulators warned Wednesday that patients taking two popular drugs to stop smoking should be watched closely for signs of serious mental illness, as reports mount of suicides among the drugs’ users.
Search the TSA No-Fly List -- Search the NO FLY list from the Terrorist Security Administration.
YouTube: Police State - The Militarization of the Police Force in USA -- Helping ‘people at home’ may become a permanent part of the active Army.
Strange martial law via food control -- HR 2749 is a strange bill in many ways. While the other “food safety” bills have been around since winter, allowing for much public discussion on the internet, HR 2749 has only suddenly appeared. It is a mutant conglomeration of the worst of the other bills, with the addition of one very original part – martial law. Read More...
Pennsylvania House unanimously passes bill to ban forced implantation of microchips -- the Philadelphia Democrat introduced a bill, passed unanimously last week by the House, that would ban the forced implantation of computer chips in humans.
G-8 surveys financial crisis aftershocks -- Eight of the world's most powerful leaders gather in an Italian earthquake zone this week to thrash out a common strategy on how to absorb the tremors of global recession, climate change and Iran.
Frankincense Essential Oil and lecture on Human Growth Hormone
YOUNG LIVING TRAINING on Age Related Macular Degeneration and the use of the Wolfberry
Cynthia McKinney speaks from prison in Israel -- This is Cynthia McKinney, I'm speaking from an Israeli prison cellblock in Ramle. [I am one of] the Free Gaza 21, human rights activists currently imprisoned for trying to take medical supplies to Gaza, building supplies and even toys and crayons - I had a suitcase full of crayons for the children. Read More...
Overkill: The Rise of Paramilitary Police Raids in America -- Over the last 25 years, America has seen a disturbing militarization of its civilian law enforcement, along with a dramatic and unsettling rise in the use of paramilitary police units (most commonly called Special Weapons and Tactics, or SWAT) for routine police work.
CATO Website-Botched police raids in America-interactive map -- An interactive map of botched SWAT and paramilitary police raids, released in conjunction with the Cato policy paper "Overkill: The Rise of Paramilitary Police Raids," by Radley Balko.
Sandstorms plague Iraq and are getting worse -- These sandstorms still hover over the capital. It coats parked cars in a tan frosting. It seeps under windowsills and doorways. It grits the teeth and stings the eyes. It clogs rifles and etches scrimshaw across sniper scopes. And it kills people. Read More...
3 Thoughts for the Day from our friend Mike Tawse In the UK -- Learning Is Not A Memory Test - The Gift Of Learning - The Door To Success.
How computers can harm your children's future...by damaging their brains -- Children who spend hour after hour on the computer may be damaging a vital part of their brains. Here, in a stark warning, Baroness Susan Greenfield, director of the Royal Institution and Oxford Professor of Synaptic Pharmacology, explains how this could be creating a generation blighted by obesity and gambling.
Obama touches down for Moscow summit -- Arms control is expected to dominate the two-day meeting with Russian leaders, the first of its kind since the early part of the George W. Bush presidency.
Tea parties from sea to shining sea-more than 2,000 -- More than 2,000 tea parties from coast to coast attracted hundreds of thousands tax and Big Government protesters on Independence Day – perhaps the biggest July 4 political event in America since the proclamation of the Declaration of Independence.
China state media: 140 killed in riots in west -- More than 800 hurt in protests started by ethnic Muslim group, officials say.
Plant disease hit Eastern US vegetable plants -- Tomato plants have been removed from stores in half a dozen states as a destructive and infectious plant disease makes its earliest and most widespread appearance ever in the eastern United States.
WHO warns swine flu unstoppable -- The UN's top health official has opened a forum in Mexico on combating swine flu by saying that the spread of the virus worldwide is now unstoppable.
Group focuses ire on Monsanto -- The Organization for Competitive Markets will hold its annual conference on August 7 in St. Louis to discuss what it sees as unfairness between farmers and ranchers and the corporations with whom they do business.
Spending $102 billion a year on 800 worldwide military bases is bankrupting the country -- We're building new "embassies" that run close to $1 billion and host countries keep jacking the rent for existing bases.
BrassCheck TV: Vaccine created illnesses-Garth Nicholson video -- Can vaccines cause chronic illnesses? Dr. Garth Nicholson, microbiologist and director of the Institute for Molecular Medicine, says yes.
Speed cameras disabled in Arizona & France-the people fight back!!! -- Vigilantes in Arizona have declared their independence from speed cameras. Over the past two weeks, Post-It Notes have been placed on mobile speed camera vans operated on Phoenix-area freeways by Redflex Traffic Systems, an Australian company. As a result of the notes, photographs taken by the unmanned Ford SUVs are unusable for ticketing purposes.
Experts call for diversified reserve currency ahead of G8 summit -- The declining US dollar could not play the long term role as the world’s single reserve currency and a more diversified global currency system should be formed, prominent experts said Saturday at a global think tank summit in Beijing, days ahead of the G8 meeting this week.
Incandescent bulbs return to the cutting edge -- “Due to the 2007 federal energy bill that phases out inefficient incandescent light bulbs beginning in 2012, we are finally seeing a race” to develop more efficient ones, said Noah Horowitz, senior scientist with the Natural Resources Defense Council.
NSA plans massive data center in Utah -- The National Security Agency was so confident that its nearly $2 billion plan for a new data center in Utah would be approved by Congress that it began designing the facility last November.
A secret history of dissent in the all volunteer military -- The All-Volunteer Force (AVF) exists for a reason captured in a study by Colonel Robert D. Heinl, Jr., author of the "definitive history of the Marine Corps," published in Armed Forces Journal in 1971. Read More...
2 centuries on, a cryptologist cracks a presidential code -- For more than 200 years, buried deep within Thomas Jefferson's correspondence and papers, there lay a mysterious cipher -- a coded message that appears to have remained unsolved. Until now.
White House to hold swine flu summit -- The White House said Thursday it would hold a high-level meeting next week bringing together top government officials to prepare for the possibility of a more severe outbreak of A(H1N1) flu.
North American integration agenda continues -- North American integration is a deep-rooted agenda that continues on many different fronts. This has not changed under an Obama administration. Posted on the U.S. Department of State’s website calendar of events is the fifth annual North American Leaders Summit, which is set to take place August 8-11 in Mexico. Read More...
Even cockroaches get fat on bad food -- As part of a decade's worth of research on cockroaches, Patricia Moore of the University of Exeter studied how female cockroaches change their mating behavior in response to their diet, specifically what they eat when they are young.
Senate bill fines people for refusing health coverage -- Americans who refuse to buy affordable medical coverage could be hit with fines of more than $1,000 under a health care overhaul bill unveiled Thursday by key Senate Democrats looking to fulfill President Barack Obama's top domestic priority.
Suicide warnings on 2 anti-smoking drugs -- Federal drug regulators warned Wednesday that patients taking two popular drugs to stop smoking should be watched closely for signs of serious mental illness, as reports mount of suicides among the drugs’ users.
Search the TSA No-Fly List -- Search the NO FLY list from the Terrorist Security Administration.
YouTube: Police State - The Militarization of the Police Force in USA -- Helping ‘people at home’ may become a permanent part of the active Army.
Strange martial law via food control -- HR 2749 is a strange bill in many ways. While the other “food safety” bills have been around since winter, allowing for much public discussion on the internet, HR 2749 has only suddenly appeared. It is a mutant conglomeration of the worst of the other bills, with the addition of one very original part – martial law. Read More...
Pennsylvania House unanimously passes bill to ban forced implantation of microchips -- the Philadelphia Democrat introduced a bill, passed unanimously last week by the House, that would ban the forced implantation of computer chips in humans.
G-8 surveys financial crisis aftershocks -- Eight of the world's most powerful leaders gather in an Italian earthquake zone this week to thrash out a common strategy on how to absorb the tremors of global recession, climate change and Iran.
Frankincense Essential Oil and lecture on Human Growth Hormone
YOUNG LIVING TRAINING on Age Related Macular Degeneration and the use of the Wolfberry
Breaking News and Commentary from Citizens For Legitimate Government | 06 July 2009
Conspiracy fever: As rumours swell that the government staged 7/7, victims' relatives call for a proper inquiry 03 Jul 2009 Today almost four years on, the images of that dreadful morning are etched into our minds... [of] the country's worst-ever terrorist atrocity during London's morning rush hour on July 7, 2005... Why did the four bombers get return tickets to London if they were on a one-way suicide mission? Why are there no CCTV images of the four together in London even though the city has thousands upon thousands of such cameras in public places? Why did so many survivors of the Tube bombings say that the explosions came upwards through the floor of the trains, not down, as would be the case if a backpack blew up inside? And why do no passengers on the London-bound Luton train clearly remember the four bombers with their huge rucksacks on that fateful morning?
Legal fight to stop US destroying torture images --Binyam Mohamed says photographs are evidence of abuse at Guantánamo 05 Jul 2009 Former Guantánamo detainee Binyam Mohamed has launched an urgent legal attempt to prevent the US courts from destroying crucial evidence that he says proves he was abused while being held at the detention camp, the Guardian has learned. The evidence is said to consist of a photograph of Mohamed, a British resident, taken after he was severely beaten by guards at the US navy base in Cuba. The image, now held by the Pentagon, had been put on his cell door, he says. Mohamed claims he was told later that this was done because he had been beaten so badly that it was difficult for the guards to identify him. In a sworn statement seen by the Guardian, Mohamed has appealed to the federal district court in Washington not to destroy the photograph, which neither he nor his lawyers have a copy of, and which is classified under US law.
Unmanned drones could be banned, says senior judge --Israel was accused last week of using missile-firing drones to unlawfully kill at least 29 Palestinian civilians during the Gaza Strip war. The US admitted to 26 civilian deaths in a series of drone attacks that took place in May. 06 Jul 2009 Unmanned drones could be banned from use in conflicts, Lord Bingham, one of Britain's most senior judges has suggested. Lord Bingham, who retired last year as a senior law lord, said the aircraft could follow other weapons considered "so cruel as to be beyond the pale of human tolerance" in being consigned to the history books. He likened drones, which have killed hundreds of civilians in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Gaza, to cluster bombs and landmines.
Blast kills 2 near Afghanistan NATO base 06 Jul 2009 A car bomb explosion has struck outside the main NATO base in the troubled southern Afghanistan, killing two civilians and wounding 14 others. The attacker blew up an explosive-laced van early on Monday, as it was lined to be searched at an Afghan security check point near the gates of Kandahar Airfield, Gen. Sher Mohammad Zazai, the top military commander for southern Afghanistan said. Those wounded included 12 civilians and two Afghan soldiers.
Three more soldiers die as Afghan toll hits 174 06 Jul 2009 A third British soldier has been killed over the weekend in southern Afghanistan, bringing to 174 the total number of UK services personnel killed during the deployment in the country. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) last night announced that the soldier, from the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards, died while taking part in one of the UK military's biggest co-ordinated air operations of modern times.
US Marines under heavy fire in Afghanistan --200 Marines still fighting to hold position, had to call in helicopter gunships for assistance. 05 Jul 2009 Troops from a US Marine company in Afghanistan have been under almost constant fire since entering the country with 4,000 other troops during the week. Since flying in by helicopter to Mian Poshteh in Helmand province, troops from the 2/8 infantry battalion have been held down by 'insurgents.'
US troops expand Afghan operation 04 Jul 2009 US marines taking part in an offensive against Taliban fighters in southern Afghanistan have been attempting to take control of an area along the border with neighbouring Pakistan. The US forces, backed by the Afghan national army, moved into Baramshar on Saturday after taking the main districts of Nawa and Garamsir, as well as Khananshid, the previous day, local officials said.
As Israel gears up for war, US divide appears 05 Jul 2009 As Israel continues its efforts to portray Iran as a regime hell-bent on a nuclear war, top officials in the White House and the US military express contradictory stances on a potential Israeli attack on Iran. The top US military commander, Admiral Mike Mullen, warned on Sunday that any military strike against Iran would have "unintended consequences". Meanwhile, US Vice President Joe Biden said that the US would not stop Israel if it launches an attack against Iran. The US "cannot dictate to another sovereign nation what they can and cannot do," Biden said, the Associated Press reported. Israel, the possessor of the sole nuclear arsenal in the Middle East, accuses Iran of pursuing nuclear weapons and drawing up plans to attack the regime.
Israel denies Saudis gave IDF airspace clearance for Iran strike 05 Jul 2009 Saudi Arabia has indicated to Israel that it would not protest use of its airspace by Israeli fighter jets in the event the government resolves to launch a military assault against Iran, according to a report which appeared in the British newspaper The Sunday Times. The Prime Minister's office issued a statement in response Sunday morning, saying that "the Sunday Times report is fundamentally false and completely baseless."
Saudis give nod to Israeli raid on Iran 05 Jul 2009 The head of Mossad, Israel’s overseas intelligence service, has assured Benjamin Netanyahu, its prime minister, that Saudi Arabia would turn a blind eye to Israeli jets flying over the kingdom during any future raid on Iran’s nuclear sites. Earlier this year Meir Dagan, Mossad’s director since 2002, held secret talks with Saudi officials to discuss the possibility.
Will Israel help NATO police the Mediterranean? 05 Jul 2009 Israel is to issue a request shortly to allow it to join a NATO operation in the Mediterranean aimed to prevent the passage of terrorists and weapons of mass destruction as well as improve the security of the region's shipping industry. The cabinet approved the recommendation made by the Israel Defense Forces and the navy to join the operation - dubbed Active Endeavour - last Wednesday when it was presented.
McKinney Returning to U.S. Sunday Evening 05 Jul 2009 The father of former congresswoman Cynthia McKinney confirms his daughter is enroot to New York after her release by Israeli authorities, Billy McKinney told 11Alive News he got the word Sunday Afternoon. Cynthia McKinney and a group of 20 were detained Tuesday by the Israeli Navy while they were reportedly trying to deliver humanitarian supplies to Gaza.
Iran deploys fresh warships to Gulf of Aden 06 Jul 2009 The Iranian Navy has deployed two warships to join international efforts to preserve shipping security in the pirate-infested Gulf of Aden. Iran's Deputy Naval Commander, Gholam-Reza Khadem, said Monday that the dispatched warships are set to replace aging vessels and protect Iranian merchant containers and oil tankers from Somali pirates in the volatile Gulf of Aden.
Iran brings formal charges against UK embassy official 03 Jul 2009 A British embassy employee is to stand trial in Tehran for "acting against national security" -- a dramatic escalation in Iran's campaign to blame Britain for protests against disputed election results. The man, an Iranian who is the British embassy's chief political analyst, was arrested on Saturday and has been formally charged at Tehran's Evin Prison. It was is not clear whether any other embassy staff will face prosecution.
Honduras says Nicaragua has troops moving on border 05 Jul 2009 Honduras' interim President [sic] Roberto Micheletti said on Sunday Nicaraguan troops were moving to the mutual frontier and urged Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega to respect Honduran sovereignty. He gave no further details about troop movements in Nicaragua which shares a border with Honduras to the southeast of the Honduran capital Tegucigalpa.
Zelaya back in exile after failed return 06 Jul 2009 Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya has landed in the Nicaraguan capital of Managua, after he was refused permission to land in Tegucigalpa. The interim government of Honduras closed the capital's international airport on Sunday, preventing a Venezuelan plane carrying Zelaya to land.
Honduras Coup General Was Charged in 1993 Auto Theft Ring By Al Giordano 04 Jul 2009 General Romeo Vásquez Velásquez, who appeared on stage this week with Honduran coup "president" Roberto Michiletti, and who ordered the kidnapping and forced deportation of President Manuel Zelaya last Sunday, was charged with grand auto theft in 1993, Narco News has learned. On February 2, 1993, the front page of the Tegucigalpa daily El Heraldo included this headline: "Eleven Members of the Gang of 13 Go to Prison."
Six police hurt in clashes at Italian anti-US military base demo 05 Jul 2009 Six policemen were hurt in clashes late Saturday with demonstrators at a rally of more than 3,000 people against the 500-million-dollar enlargement of a US military base in Italy, police said. Some 300 youths, wearing helmets and carrying plexiglass shields, pelted riot cops with rocks and bottles during the American Independence Day demo. The police replied with tear gas and baton charges, AFP photographers said.
17 veterans with rare cancer or tumors have Camp Lejeune ties 04 Jul 2009 Scientists studying drinking water contamination at Camp Lejeune were startled when 11 men with breast cancer and ties to the North Carolina base were identified over the last two years. Six more have been found in one week. Five additional men with breast cancer and a sixth who had a double mastectomy after doctors found precancerous tumors contacted the St. Petersburg Times last week after reading a story about the 11 men with the rare disease.
Niger militants attack Chevron oil manifold 06 Jul 2009 The main Nigerian militant group says it has forced the closure of a manifold owned by the US oil giant Chevron in the Western Niger Delta. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) on Monday, claimed it wrecked one of the Chevron Nigeria Limited's (CNL) oil pipeline junction points in the Okan offshore field, Reuters reported. "The strategic Okan manifold…was blown up at about 2045 hours on Sunday," MEND was quoted as saying.
Sarah Palin threatens legal action over resignation rumours 05 Jul 2009 Sarah Palin has threatened legal action over allegations about her motive for her shock resignation as Governor of Alaska. As speculation swirled that her decision was connected to a pending corruption investigation, Mrs Palin's lawyer issued a four-page letter warning legal action against bloggers and US publications that reprinted the allegations, which she strongly denies. "To the extent several websites ... are now claiming as 'fact' that Governor Palin resigned because she is 'under federal investigation' for embezzlement or other criminal wrongdoing, we will be exploring legal options this week to address such defamation," said Thomas Van Flein, her lawyer, in a statement. [Explore *this.* BTW, no one cares why the self-serving bimbo is gone. All creatures - particularly the polar bears and the wolf pups she has gassed in their dens -are celebrating that Palin will soon be unable to continue the destruction of Alaska. Thomas Van Flein: Clapp, Peterson, Van Flein, Tiemessen & Thorsness, LLC - 711 H Street Suite 620 Anchorage, Alaska 99501-3454 - 907-272-9228 Fax: 907-272-9586.]
Sarah Palin not under FBI investigation, agency spokesman says 05 Jul 2009 A day after Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin resigned, a federal official in her home state dismissed one potential explanation for her sudden and unexpected resignation -- a rumored FBI investigation into the former Wasilla mayor on public corruption charges. Despite rumors of a looming controversy after Palin's surprise announcement Friday that she will leave office this month, the FBI's Alaska spokesman said the bureau had no investigation into Palin for her activities as governor, as mayor or in any other capacity.
Sarah Palin Turns Pro By Paul Begala 03 Jul 2009 I wish Hunter S. Thompson had lived to see this. As Hunter said, "When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." Sarah Palin makes Mark Foley, the congressman who sent filthy emails to pages look almost normal... Her statement was incoherent, bizarre and juvenile. The text, as posted on Gov. Palin's official website, uses 2,549 words and 18 exclamation points. Lincoln freed the slaves with 719 words and nary an exclamation; Mr. Jefferson declared our independence in 1,322 words and, again, no exclamation points. Nixon resigned the presidency in 1,796 words -- still no exclamation points. Gov. Palin capitalized words at random - whole words, like "TO," "HELP," and "AND," and the first letter of "Troops." [Palin is so stupid that THE light FROM stupid IS going TO take ten billion years TO reach THE earth.]
Now, Sarah's Folly By Maureen Dowd 05 Jul 2009 Sarah Palin showed on Friday that in one respect at least, she is qualified to be president. Caribou Barbie is one nutty puppy. Usually we don’t find that exquisite battiness in our leaders until they’ve been battered by sordid scandals like Watergate (Nixon), gnawing problems like Vietnam (L.B.J.), or scary threats like biological terrorism (Cheney)... She refuses to succumb to the "politics of personal destruction." It’s no fun unless she’s the one aiming those poison darts, as she did when she accused Barack Obama of associating "with terrorists who targeted their own country."
Swiss banks cutting U.S. clients loose 04 Jul 2009 Swiss banks are shunning business from the U.S. amid concerns over legal issues and prospects for tighter regulation. The U.S. is also pushing Swiss banks to open their books to tax investigators despite Swiss secrecy laws.
Previous lead stories: Obama Weary of Attacks By Left-Wing Groups 04 Jul 2009 President Obama, strategizing yesterday with congressional leaders about health-care reform, complained that liberal advocacy groups ought to drop their attacks on Democratic lawmakers and devote their energy to promoting passage of comprehensive legislation. In a pre-holiday call with half a dozen top House and Senate Democrats, Obama expressed his concern over advertisements and online campaigns targeting moderate Democrats, whom they criticize for not being fully devoted to "true" health-care reform.
US warns North Korea after reports of Scud missiles test --South Korea reports launch of seven ballistic missiles --Tests on US Independence Day violate UN resolutions 04 Jul 2009 The United States warned North Korea not to "aggravate tensions" today after South Korea said its neighbour had fired seven ballistic missiles in violation of UN resolutions. The tests, seen as a message of defiance to the US on Independence Day, will further increase pressure in the region as America tries to gather support for tough enforcement of the UN resolution imposed on the government for its May nuclear test.
KBR might seek federal funds to pay its legal bills --Uncle Sam could soon be writing another big check to KBR. 04 Jul 2009 KBR may ask the U.S. government to reimburse it for legal bills if a jury decides the company failed to protect KBR truck drivers during a deadly April 2004 roadside attack, a lawyer for the Houston-based government contractor said. Though no final decision has been made, lawyer Robert Meadows said, if the cases go to trial and result in a jury award, "it’s conceivable that KBR would look to the government to accept responsibility under its contract" with the company.
blogs.reuters.com | A Goldman trading scandal?
Did someone try to steal Goldman Sachs’ secret sauce?
While most in the US were celebrating the 4th of July, a Russian immigrant living in New Jersey was being held on federal charges of stealing top-secret computer trading codes from a major New York-based financial institution—that sources say is none other than Goldman Sachs.
Sunday, July 5, 2009
SUDDEN SUPER SUNSPOT: Sunspot 1024 is crackling with B- and C-class solar flares.
The activity is so intense, astronomers can't seem to take a picture of the sunspot without catching a flare in action. Pete Lawrence sends this example from his backyard observatory in Selsey, UK:
"Active region 1024 is putting on a fantastic show," says Lawrence. "The center of this region is incredibly bright and fluctuating."
Solar observers haven't seen an active region like this one in more than two years. It is big, complex, and rapidly growing: movie. The magnetic polarity of the sunspot, revealed by SOHO magnetograms, show that it is a member of new Solar Cycle 24. This makes sense: New research shows that solar jet streams are beginning to stimulate new-cycle sunspot production. Sunspot 1024 appears to be a sign of the process at work, heralding more to come. Monitoring is encouraged.
more images: from Anthony Ayiomamitis of Athens, Greece; from Didier Favre of Brétigny-sur-Orge, France; from Cai-Uso Wohler of Bispingen, Germany; from Pavol Rapavy of Observatory Rimavska Sobota, Slovakia; from Steve Wainwright of Swansea, S. Wales UK; from Jan Timmermans of Valkenswaard, The Netherlands; from Mark Townley of Brierley Hill, West Midlands, UK; from David B.V. Tyler of southern England; from Brian Woosnam of In North Wales UK; from Lecoq Etienne of Mesnil Panneville Normandy ,France; from Florin Marc of Tirgu Mures, Romania
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