Thursday, July 16, 2009
Fed Under Fire | A rare bipartisan movement in Congress demands that the Fed be held accountable
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6 Magnitude earthquake hits off the W coast of the South Island, New Zealand - Friday, July 17, 2009 at 09:18:22 AM at epicenter
Update time = Thu Jul 16 23:21:33 UTC 2009
Here is a list of the earthquakes located by the USGS and contributing networks for the 10-degree Map Centered at 45°S, 165°E. Most recent events are at the top. (Some early events may be obscured by later ones on the map.) Click on the date portion of an earthquake record in the list below for more information.
| MAG | UTC DATE-TIME y/m/d h:m:s | LAT deg | LON deg | DEPTH km | Region | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAP | 5.0 | 2009/07/16 23:01:09 | -46.154 | 166.314 | 47.9 | OFF WEST COAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, N.Z. |
| MAP | 6.0 | 2009/07/16 22:18:22 | -46.166 | 166.135 | 21.8 | OFF WEST COAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, N.Z. |
| MAP | 4.7 | 2009/07/16 06:30:01 | -45.654 | 166.447 | 10.0 | OFF WEST COAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, N.Z. |
| MAP | 4.6 | 2009/07/16 02:13:10 | -45.429 | 166.816 | 20.9 | OFF WEST COAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, N.Z. |
| MAP | 5.4 | 2009/07/16 00:44:50 | -46.226 | 166.087 | 21.5 | OFF WEST COAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, N.Z. |
| MAP | 5.3 | 2009/07/16 00:24:06 | -46.090 | 166.136 | 9.5 | OFF WEST COAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, N.Z. |
| MAP | 5.1 | 2009/07/15 23:41:20 | -45.380 | 167.284 | 68.6 | SOUTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND |
| MAP | 5.3 | 2009/07/15 13:50:44 | -45.380 | 166.803 | 35.0 | OFF WEST COAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, N.Z. |
| MAP | 5.2 | 2009/07/15 10:01:49 | -45.763 | 166.460 | 5.0 | OFF WEST COAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, N.Z. |
| MAP | 5.0 | 2009/07/15 09:52:16 | -46.196 | 165.791 | 12.8 | OFF WEST COAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, N.Z. |
| MAP | 5.8 | 2009/07/15 09:41:51 | -46.173 | 165.789 | 5.0 | OFF WEST COAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, N.Z. |
| MAP | 7.6 | 2009/07/15 09:22:29 | -45.750 | 166.577 | 12.0 | OFF WEST COAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, N.Z. |
NaturalNews.com | Today's Featured Stories - July 16, 2009
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New Economy - Mythical or real one | There is no economy left to recover. US manufacturing economy was lost to offshoring and free trade ideology
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Can The Economy Recover?
Paul Craig Roberts
There is no economy left to recover. The US manufacturing economy was lost to offshoring and free trade ideology. It was replaced by a mythical "New Economy."
The "New Economy" was based on services. Its artificial life was fed by the Federal Reserve's artificially low interest rates, which produced a real estate bubble, and by "free market" financial deregulation, which unleashed financial gangsters to new heights of debt leverage and fraudulent financial products.
The real economy was traded away for a make-believe economy. When the make-believe economy collapsed, Americans' wealth in their real estate, pensions, and savings collapsed dramatically while their jobs disappeared.
The debt economy caused Americans to leverage their assets. They refinanced their homes and spent the equity. They maxed out numerous credit cards. They worked as many jobs as they could find. Debt expansion and multiple family incomes kept the economy going.
And now suddenly Americans can't borrow in order to spend. They are over their heads in debt. Jobs are disappearing. America's consumer economy, approximately 70% of GDP, is dead. Those Americans who still have jobs are saving against the prospect of job loss. Millions are homeless. Some have moved in with family and friends; others are living in tent cities.
Meanwhile the US government's budget deficit has jumped from $455 billion in 2008 to $2,000 billion this year, with another $2,000 billion on the books for 2010. And President Obama has intensified America's expensive war of aggression in Afghanistan and initiated a new war in Pakistan.
There is no way for these deficits to be financed except by printing money or by further collapse in stock markets that would drive people out of equity into bonds.
The US government's budget is 50% in the red. That means half of every dollar the federal government spends must be borrowed or printed. Because of the worldwide debacle caused by Wall Street's financial gangsterism, the world needs its own money and hasn't $2 trillion annually to lend to Washington.
As dollars are printed, the growing supply adds to the pressure on the dollar's role as reserve currency. Already America's largest creditor, China, is admonishing Washington to protect China's investment in US debt and lobbying for a new reserve currency to replace the dollar before it collapses. According to various reports, China is spending down its holdings of US dollars by acquiring gold and stocks of raw materials and energy.
The price of one ounce gold coins is $1,000 despite efforts of the US government to hold down the gold price. How high will this price jump when the rest of the world decides that the bankruptcy of "the world's only superpower" is at hand?
And what will happen to America's ability to import not only oil, but also the manufactured goods on which it is import-dependent?
When the over-supplied US dollar loses the reserve currency role, the US will no longer be able to pay for its massive imports of real goods and services with pieces of paper. Overnight, shortages will appear and Americans will be poorer.
Nothing in Presidents Bush and Obama's economic policy addresses the real issues. Instead, Goldman Sachs was bailed out, more than once. As Eliot Spitzer said, the banks made a "bloody fortune" with US aid.
It was not the millions of now homeless homeowners who were bailed out. It was not the scant remains of American manufacturing - General Motors and Chrysler - that were bailed out. It was the Wall Street Banks.
According to Bloomberg.com, Goldman Sachs' current record earnings from their free or low cost capital supplied by broke American taxpayers has led the firm to decide to boost compensation and benefits by 33 percent. On an annual basis, this comes to compensation of $773,000 per employee.
This should tell even the most dimwitted patriot who "their" government represents.
The worst of the economic crisis has not yet hit. I don't mean the rest of the real estate crisis that is waiting in the wings. Home prices will fall further when the foreclosed properties currently held off the market are dumped. Store and office closings are adversely impacting the ability of owners of shopping malls and office buildings to make their mortgage payments. Commercial real estate loans were also securitized and turned into derivatives.
The real crisis awaits us. It is the crisis of high unemployment, of stagnant and declining real wages confronted with rising prices from the printing of money to pay the government's bills and from the dollar's loss of exchange value. Suddenly, Wal-Mart prices will look like Nieman Marcus prices.
Retirees dependent on state pension systems, which cannot print money, might not be paid, or might be paid with IOUs. They will not even have depreciating money with which to try to pay their bills. Desperate tax authorities will squeeze the remaining life out of the middle class.
Nothing in Obama's economic policy is directed at saving the US dollar as reserve currency or the livelihoods of the American people. Obama's policy, like Bush's before him, is keyed to the enrichment of Goldman Sachs and the armament industries.
Matt Taibbi describes Goldman Sachs as "a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentless jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money." Look at the Goldman Sachs representatives in the Clinton, Bush and Obama administrations. This bankster firm controls the economic policy of the United States.
Little wonder that Goldman Sachs has record earnings while the rest of us grow poorer by the day.
List of Shills for the Fed
Shills for the Fed
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SteveQuayle.com | Hot Headlines - July 16, 2009
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Yellowstone National Park earthquake Update - July 16, 2009 3pm CDT
Update time = Thu Jul 16 14:00:02 MDT 2009
Here are the 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
0.2 2009/07/16 09:50:59 44.751N 110.853W 6.0 22 km (14 mi) ENE of West Yellowstone, MT
1.4 2009/07/14 22:47:32 44.658N 111.095W 7.5 1 km ( 1 mi) ESE of West Yellowstone, MT
0.9 2009/07/14 16:19:59 44.640N 110.688W 6.9 33 km (21 mi) E of West Yellowstone, MT
1.0 2009/07/14 16:19:43 44.627N 110.635W 6.6 37 km (23 mi) E of West Yellowstone, MT
1.1 2009/07/14 16:17:48 44.620N 110.612W 11.6 39 km (24 mi) E of West Yellowstone, MT
1.3 2009/07/14 16:17:18 44.638N 110.682W 5.4 34 km (21 mi) E of West Yellowstone, MT
1.2 2009/07/14 16:17:10 44.636N 110.667W 6.9 35 km (22 mi) E of West Yellowstone, MT
1.2 2009/07/14 13:47:21 44.398N 110.584W 1.0 51 km (32 mi) SE of West Yellowstone, MT
0.4 2009/07/14 13:46:53 44.391N 110.589W 0.9 51 km (32 mi) SE of West Yellowstone, MT
0.6 2009/07/14 08:47:03 44.726N 111.313W 2.1 18 km (11 mi) WNW of West Yellowstone, MT
0.6 2009/07/13 00:56:56 44.789N 110.886W 6.6 22 km (14 mi) NE of West Yellowstone, MT
0.5 2009/07/12 07:10:50 44.663N 110.677W 9.1 34 km (21 mi) E of West Yellowstone, MT
0.1 2009/07/12 07:10:19 44.660N 110.670W 9.8 34 km (21 mi) E of West Yellowstone, MT
0.4 2009/07/11 10:24:30 44.747N 110.757W 2.8 29 km (18 mi) ENE of West Yellowstone, MT
2.4 2009/07/10 17:57:50 44.732N 111.302W 5.6 17 km (11 mi) WNW of West Yellowstone, MT
0.3 2009/07/09 16:55:24 44.671N 110.704W 6.0 32 km (20 mi) E of West Yellowstone, MT
1.3 2009/07/09 16:48:46 44.639N 110.689W 6.4 33 km (21 mi) E of West Yellowstone, MT
1.0 2009/07/09 16:43:36 44.641N 110.688W 2.3 33 km (21 mi) E of West Yellowstone, MT
1.5 2009/07/09 16:42:18 44.639N 110.647W 9.6 36 km (23 mi) E of West Yellowstone, MT
0.5 2009/07/09 16:40:56 44.667N 110.692W 7.7 33 km (20 mi) E of West Yellowstone, MT
1.2 2009/07/09 15:31:49 44.635N 110.524W 16.6 46 km (29 mi) E of West Yellowstone, MT
In Italy, hundreds of desperate people are prepared to sell their own organs to raise money for their families
Disturbing organs trade in Italy
16 July, 2009, 09:41
The struggle for cash is taking a sinister turn in Italy, as hundreds of desperate people are prepared to sell their own organs to raise money for their families.
The shop windows of the streets of central Rome – among the most famous shopping passages in Europe – are showing off their merchandise, but hide the reality of the economic crisis that is forcing many to desperate measures.
The crisis-stricken people of Italy are being forced to sell their cars, homes and businesses. But for many, even that is not enough. And the metaphorical cost of an arm and a leg has become a gruesome reality, as people exploit one of the darkest demands of the black market.
A typical announcement over the web sounds like this “I am a 48-year-old craftsman and father of three little girls. My job no longer brings in enough money. I need at least 50,000 euros to cover my debts. I am willing to sell a kidney, or a part of my liver. Help me, I pray of you.”
This story is one of many, as Italy's leading daily La Repubblica found out. Hundreds of ads can be found in blogs where Italians offer their organs as a last resort.
Despite the fact that selling organs is illegal in Italy, the trade is growing.
“We never knew there was an illegal offer for organs, in exchange for money. It’s a symptom of the economic situation, which is very dark. And we did not realize – our institution did not realize – that the situation is really this bad,” says Maurizio Torrealta, an investigative journalist for RAI 24.
But doctors across the country are convinced such a level of sales is simply impossible.
“There are many people who think they could sell parts of their body and they offer that, as it was described in the paper, and I agree with the journalists that this phenomenon is increasing, and probably is somehow connected with the crisis. But these are only proposals,” Alessandro Nanni Costa, chief surgeon of the National Transplant Centre stresses.
Doctors are coming across such cases more and more frequently.
“We receive mails twice a week, from people offering to sell us their organs, which are clearly illegal proposals. But these are people who need to be helped, since they are trying to do something which is impossible in Italy,” explains Alessandro Nanni Costa.
This is why willing donors travel to Eastern European countries like Bulgaria and Romania or sometimes, Israel and the Palestine to get the surgery done.
And with a kidney fetching up to €30,000, the supply of people willing to go to this black market as a way out of their financial troubles looks set to increase.
U.S. ambassador Karl W. Eikenberry (L) and Afghan Minister of Urban Development Mohammad Yosouf Pashtun ride in a paddle boat on the Band-e-Amir lake, in Bamiyan province about 310 km (193 miles) northwest of Kabul June 18, 2009. Afghanistan declared Band-e-Amir in April 2009 as its first conservation area. For decades, the area deteriorated along with so much else in a country consumed by war, but today the area is far from any fighting and Afghan tourists have begun to return.
REUTERS/Omar Sobhani
THE POWER HOUR NEWS - July 16, 2009
Recognized, Treated, And Documented?
Fort Carson report: Combat stress contributed to soldiers' crimes back home -- "The Army’s support for our service men and women is falling short and we need to do better," Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., said after the report was released. "This situation is unacceptable for our troops, untenable for military families and communities, and incompatible with our priorities as a nation."
Flu shots may not prevent hospitalizations in children -- The inactivated flu vaccine does not appear to be effective in preventing influenza-related hospitalizations in children, especially the ones with asthma. In fact, children who get the flu vaccine are more at risk for hospitalization than their peers who do not get the vaccine, according to new research that will be presented on Tuesday, May 19, at the 105th International Conference of the American Thoracic Society in San Diego.
CDC: Kids may get up to 4 flu shots in the fall -- School children who have never had a flu shot may need to get vaccinated four times in the fall - twice for seasonal flu, twice for pandemic swine flu - officials at the CDC told health professionals on Wednesday. Most everyone else should expect three shots.
Despair flows as fields go dry & unemployment rises -- Farmers have idled half a million acres of once-productive ground and are laying off legions of farmhands. That's sending joblessness soaring in a region already plagued by chronic poverty.
Jobless benefits run out in record numbers -- With the recession midway through its second year, the number of people running out of jobless benefits has reached a record high.
Codex continues to assume that GMO labeling would confuse ignorant consumers -- At the latest Codex Commission on Food Labeling (CCFL) meeting held in Calgary, Canada in May, the US and its allies continued to push for the case that food created through the use of genetic modification (GM) needs no labeling.
Turmeric shown to be natural remedy against Alzheimer's -- This research is by no means pointing towards a cure for the disease, but it may go a long way to helping prevent thousands if not millions of sufferers from going through the hell that can be Alzheimer's.
Nuclear missile crew falls asleep, gets fired -- The Air Force discharged three North Dakota ballistic missile crew members who fell asleep while holding classified launch code devices, the military announced Tuesday. Officials said the codes were outdated and remained secure at all times.
Wastewater used to map illicit drug use -- A team of researchers has mapped patterns of illicit drug use across the state of Oregon using a method of sampling municipal wastewater before it is treated.
Huge globs of goo floating in arctic ocean -- Something big and strange is floating through the Chukchi Sea between Wainwright and Barrow. IT'S NOT OIL: No one in the area can recall seeing anything like it before.
Glimpses of US man made disasters -- Washington, Beijing and Rangoon were all most eager to cover up the causes, consequences, and outcomes of the devastating cyclone Nargis in April 2008, and the earthquake in Sichuan ten days later, but all for very different reasons. Read More...
Bank of America operates under secret regulatory sanction -- Bank of America Corp. is operating under a secret regulatory sanction that requires it to overhaul its board and address perceived problems with risk and liquidity management, according to people familiar with the situation.
Ron Paul: Obama will destroy the dollar -- Ron Paul tells Newsmax the economic stimulus plan is a "total failure," and he's pushing a bill requiring the Federal Reserve to disclose its dealings so Americans can find out who the "culprits" are behind the financial meltdown.
Snooping through the power socket -- Power sockets can be used to eavesdrop on what people type on a computer.
Video: David Icke on swine flu vaccine
Another example of censorship of US mainstream media - Cynthia McKinney detention in Israel -- Cynthia McKinney and 20 other humanitarians on the ship "Spirit of Humanity" were stopped in International waters Monday by the Israeli Navy. This is a pretty big deal. An aid ship captured by the armed forces of another country in International waters is an act of piracy...I think. At least it was when Somali pirates captured an American ship recently. It appears that the U.S. Mainstream media is going to ignore this story even though Cynthia McKinney was once a Congresswoman from Georgia and a Presidential candidate. How odd.
Tracking trash -- What if we knew exactly where our trash was going and how much energy it took to make it disappear? Would it make us think twice about buying bottled water or "disposable" razors?
From iPhone apps to beer holders-killer accessories for your guns -- The technology for actually firing a bullet has evolved relatively slowly over the years, but the accessories that can be mounted on guns themselves are a different story. Read More...
Ban Glyphosate herbicides now! -- Latest evidence confirms world's top-selling herbicide used with GM crops is toxic and disrupts sex hormones at infinitesimal doses; time for a worldwide ban.
Test 184-electromagnetic pulse -- This is a new page for 2009 on the Soviet nuclear EMP tests in 1962.
Plantagon: Geodesic Dome Farm of the Future -- A Swedish-American company called Plantagon has conceived of an incredible solution to many moving to the cities: a massive urban greenhouse contained within a geodesic dome. The vertical farm, which consists of a spiral ramp inside a spherical dome, is currently in the development stages.
The licensing of tyranny in dog ownership -- To Legislate Animals and Control or Not to Legislate that is the Question.
California Supreme court admits, ignores breathalyzer flaws -- The California Supreme Court last Thursday entered a ruling allowing motorists accused of driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI) to question the reliability of the breathalyzer machinery used to secure convictions. The decision, however, leaves room for the conviction of drivers even when the machine is proved unreliable.
Mainers invited to become track your car guinea pigs-testing tax per mile system -- It's all in the name of research on finding a better way to tax motorists, and the pay is $895.
Companies building ethanol, fertilizer plants offer corn farmers cash for cobs-the refuse left behind after harvest, now plowed back into fields
Dump wagon adds freshly gathered corn cobs to a pile on a farm near Hurley, S.D. (AP Photo/Dirk Lammers)
China's population of Web users hits 338 million, surpassing population of the United States
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Telegraph.co.uk | Russian activist Natalya Estemirova murdered
Campaigner abducted and killed hours after her organisation backed calls for Vladimir Putin to face trial over Chechnya atrocities.
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News.MK.Co.Kr | Korean Cyber Attacks Traced to U.S.
The U.K.-based Internet protocol TV platform Global Digital Broadcast (GDB), known as the company owning the IP address of the master server, on July 16 traced the attacks to a VPN connection originating in Miami, Florida.
A VPN connection in Miami is controlled by the data center at, Digital Latin America (DLA), a Buenos Aires-based digital content provider.
GDB conveyed, “We’ve investigated the attacks and it seems like a program called an ‘exploit finder’ has created zombie networks that had caused DDoS attacks.”
An open-source program ‘exploit finder’ which interconnects Internet software programs is frequently used by hackers for attacks.
RSOE Emergency and Disaster Information Service | A flea from a Westminster, Jefferson County, Colorado dog park tested positive for Bubonic plague
RSOE Emergency and Disaster Information ServiceBudapest, Hungary
Situation Update No. 1
On 16.07.2009 at 03:15 GMT+2Plague has hit a popular dog park in Jefferson County. Jeffco health officials have not found any humans infected with the plague, but flea specimens with plague have been collected at Westminster Hills Open Space Dog Park, West 105th Avenue and Simms Street, according to the Jefferson County Department of Health and Environment. Health officials suggest that nearby residents and those who visit the park take precautions to protect themselves and their pets. The area was closed to the public today and posted with plague warning signs. "There have been no reported human cases of plague in the area, and if precautions are taken, the disease is not considered to be a threat to humans," said Jim Dale, director of environmental-health services. Cats most commonly contract the disease from flea bites, a rodent scratch or bite, or ingestion of a rodent. Dogs are generally resistant to plague, however they may pick up and carry plague-infected fleas, the release said. Humans may be infected with plague through bites from infected fleas, by the coughing of an infected animal, or by direct contact — through a bite — with blood or tissues of infected animals. People can protect themselves and their pets from plague by rodent-proofing their homes; maintaining litter and trash-free environments; storing food and garbage properly to prevent rodent access; and keeping domesticated animals indoors. If pets are outside, owners should protect them by using insect repellant and flea-control products and keeping them on leashes. Residents also should talk with their veterinarian about effective flea-control products and procedures.
A flea from a Westminster dog park has tested positive for Bubonic plague. Jefferson County Public Health received the test results Wednesday. The flea was taken from a prairie dog die-off at the Westminster Hills Open Space/Dog Park at 105th Avenue and Simms Street. "The area of concern includes the entire dog park and open space area from Simms Street west to Indiana Street," a news release from Nancy Braden, the public information officer for the Jefferson County Health Department. The health department recommended that everyone living in or visiting the area in and around the Westminster Hills Open Space/Dog Park take the necessary precautions to protect themselves and their pets from plague. The affected area at the park has been closed to the public and posted with warning signs. "There have been no reported human cases of plague in the area and if precautions are taken the disease is not considered to be a threat to humans," said Dr. Jim Dale, Director of Environmental Health Services. Cats most commonly contract the disease from flea bites, a rodent scratch/bite, or ingestion of a rodent. Dogs are generally resistant to plague however, they may pick up and carry plague-infected fleas. Humans may be infected with plague through bites from infected fleas, by the cough from an infected animal, or by direct contact with infected animals. Residents are urged to talk with their veterinarian regarding effective flea control products. People can protect themselves and their pets from plague by rodent-proofing their homes; maintaining litter and trash-free environments; storing food and garbage properly to prevent rodent access, and keeping domesticated animals indoors. When outside, pet owners should use insect repellant, keep their pets on leashes, and use flea control products on pets. If these precautions are taken, the probability of contracting plague is extremely low. Symptoms of plague in humans occur within two to seven days after exposure. Those infected may experience fever, headache, weakness and rapidly developing pneumonia with shortness of breath; chest pain; cough; and sometimes bloody or watery saliva. The pneumonia progresses for two-to-four days and may cause respiratory failure and shock. Anyone experiencing these symptoms should consult a physician.)
Yellowstone National Park earthquake update - July 16, 2009 at 4:30am CST
The Cave Editor's Note: I check this website several times daily - and definitely have this last week - WHY do they post earthquakes for July 14th (Tuesday) FINALLY this morning on July 16th? Why the lag time in posting?
NOTE - no earthquakes shown for yesterday (July 15th) ... we'll see if they show up tomorrow on their website!
Update time = Thu Jul 16 3:00:04 MDT 2009
Here are the 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
1.4 2009/07/14 22:47:32 44.658N 111.095W 7.5 1 km ( 1 mi) ESE of West Yellowstone, MT
0.9 2009/07/14 16:19:59 44.640N 110.688W 6.9 33 km (21 mi) E of West Yellowstone, MT
1.0 2009/07/14 16:19:43 44.627N 110.635W 6.6 37 km (23 mi) E of West Yellowstone, MT
1.1 2009/07/14 16:17:48 44.620N 110.612W 11.6 39 km (24 mi) E of West Yellowstone, MT
1.3 2009/07/14 16:17:18 44.638N 110.682W 5.4 34 km (21 mi) E of West Yellowstone, MT
1.2 2009/07/14 16:17:10 44.636N 110.667W 6.9 35 km (22 mi) E of West Yellowstone, MT
1.2 2009/07/14 13:47:21 44.398N 110.584W 1.0 51 km (32 mi) SE of West Yellowstone, MT
0.4 2009/07/14 13:46:53 44.391N 110.589W 0.9 51 km (32 mi) SE of West Yellowstone, MT
0.6 2009/07/14 08:47:03 44.726N 111.313W 2.1 18 km (11 mi) WNW of West Yellowstone, MT
0.6 2009/07/13 00:56:56 44.789N 110.886W 6.6 22 km (14 mi) NE of West Yellowstone, MT
Breaking News and Commentary from Citizens For Legitimate Government
US military resumes Guantanamo tribunals 16 Jul 2009 The US military has resumed the controversial Guantanamo tribunals for the first time in months with a series of pretrial hearings. The US President Barack Obama suspended the proceedings shortly after taking office in January but announced in May that some of the cases would continue, drawing criticism from human rights activists. On Wednesday, prosecutors sought delays pending a review in the cases of three defendants, said Joe DellaVedova, a Spokesman for the Military Commissions at the US naval installation in Cuba.
CIA death squads 'copied Mossad' 15 Jul 2009 Former US officials claim CIA was to hire assassination teams modeled after the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad's targeted killing specialist squads. On Tuesday, Newsweek quoted some former senior officials as saying that in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks, the former administration approached the Central Intelligence Agency to form the teams. The officials, requesting anonymity due to the sensitivity of the issue, said the White House broached the issue with CIA's espionage wing, the Directorate of Operations.
U.S. Lawyers Won't Defend Ex-Bush Attorney in Torture-Memo Case 14 Jul 2009 Justice Department attorneys will no longer defend former Bush administration lawyer John Yoo, who wrote memos justifying harsh interrogations torture of suspected terrorists, in a lawsuit claiming he’s responsible for violating the constitutional rights of a detainee prisoner. Private lawyers paid by the Justice Department will represent Yoo, who is appealing a federal judge’s refusal to throw out the lawsuit, according to court filings and a Justice Department spokeswoman.
Obama Claims Immunity, As New Spy Case Takes Center Stage 15 Jul 2009 The latest legal volley attacking President [sic] George W. Bush’s once-secret electronic eavesdropping dragnet gets its first court hearing here Wednesday, nearly four years after the warrantless surveillance program was revealed. The Jewel v. NSA lawsuit was filed in September by the Electronic Frontier Foundation. It responded to 2008 federal legislation that immunized the nation’s telecommunications companies from suits challenging their complicity in the President's Surveillance Program.
Israeli soldiers in Gaza describe a 'moral Twilight Zone' 14 Jul 2009 Israeli combat soldiers have acknowledged that they forced Palestinian civilians to serve as human shields, needlessly killed unarmed Gazans and improperly used white phosphorus shells to burn down buildings as part of Israel's three-week military offensive in the Gaza Strip last winter. In filmed testimony and written statements released Wednesday, more than two dozen soldiers told an Israeli army veterans' group that military commanders led the fighters into what one described as a "moral Twilight Zone" where almost every Palestinian was seen as a threat.
Israel soldiers speak out on Gaza 15 Jul 2009 A group of soldiers who took part in Israel's assault in Gaza say widespread abuses were committed against civilians under "permissive" rules of engagement. The troops said they had been urged to fire on any building or person that seemed suspicious and said Palestinians were sometimes used as human shields. Breaking the Silence, a campaign group made up of Israeli soldiers, gathered anonymous accounts from 26 soldiers.
Israeli advertisement banned in UK 15 Jul 2009 Britain's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned an advertisement showing the West Bank, Gaza Strip and Golan Heights as part of Israel. The advertising watchdog decided to remove the posters -- promoting tourism in Israel -- after receiving hundreds of complaints, protesting that the ad featured a map that misleadingly implied the occupied territories were internationally recognized as part of Israel.
US extends condolences over Iran air crash 15 Jul 2009 The US government has extended its condolences to the relatives of those killed in an air crash near the central Iranian city of Qazvin. All 168 people aboard the Tupolev plane were killed in the crash on Wednesday.
Germany's BND: No countdown to Iran atomic bomb 15 Jul 2009 Germany's foreign intelligence agency BND has denied a German magazine report which had said Iran was capable of producing an atomic bomb within six months. German weekly Stern cited BND experts as saying that Iran had the enrichment technology to make a bomb and had enough centrifuges to make weaponized uranium, Reuters reported.
11 killed in Iraq bombings 7 hours ago 15 Jul 2009 Two separate bomb attacks in Iraq, one by a suicide bomber on a police post, killed a total of 11 people and wounded at least 40 on Wednesday, police and medical officials said. The suicide attacker targeted a police checkpoint near a mosque in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi early morning, killing six people, including two traffic policemen, officials said... In Baghdad's Shiite bastion of Sadr City, a bomb ripped through a tent filled with funeral mourners in the evening, killing at least five people and wounding 28, a security official said.
Afghanistan: 'Britain is backing the Taleban' 16 Jul 2009 Despite the grim toll of British soldiers' bodies coming home in coffins, many Afghans believe British troops have been helping the Taleban. "Of course we think they are supporting the Taleban," said shopkeeper Saad Alikhi in Lashkar Gah, the capital of Helmand province. "When the international troops first came here, they cleaned up all the Taleban, all over Afghanistan, within a month. Now I find there's a mine exploding in front of my shop." Security has plummeted across Helmand since UK troops arrived three years ago, and ordinary people have watched the Taleban grow stronger. Many are struggling to understand why Britain, with all the might of Nato and the United States behind it, has failed to beat the ragtag Taleban militia. [Because: It's not profitable for US/UK mercenary firms and corpora-terrorists to exit. More money can be made via their illegal occupation of Afghanistan.]
July is deadliest for US-led forces in Afghanistan 15 Jul 2009 July is shaping up as the deadliest month of the Afghan war for U.S.-led international forces, with the number killed already matching the highest full-month toll of the nearly eight-year conflict, according to figures compiled by The Associated Press. As of Wednesday, at least 46 international troops, including 24 Americans, had been killed in Afghanistan this month, according to statements by the U.S. military and the NATO command. That matches the tolls for the two previous deadliest months _ June and August of 2008.
ND missile crew discharged after falling asleep 14 Jul 2009 The Air Force discharged three North Dakota ballistic missile crew members who fell asleep while holding classified launch code devices, the military announced Tuesday. Officials said the codes were outdated and remained secure at all times. The crew members were coming off a shift at a missile alert facility about 70 miles from Minot Air Force Base when they fell asleep in a secure crew rest area, Arellano said. The crew had with them code components -- classified devices that allow them to communicate with missiles. Launch codes are part of the components, which were described as large, metal boxes.
Second Round Aerial Mosquito Spraying 15 Jul 2009 The second round of 'mosquito' spraying has been scheduled. Once again a C-130 aircraft designed for aerial spraying will be applying pesticides. Minot Air Force Base will be sprayed Thursday beginning 7:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. The city of Minot is scheduled for a spraying July 22nd and 23rd from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Pentagon won't ban war-zone smoking, despite study 15 Jul 2009 The Pentagon reassured troops Wednesday that it won't ban tobacco products in war zones. Fear of a ban arose among some troops after the Defense Department received a study recommending the military move toward becoming tobacco-free -- perhaps in about 20 years. Press secretary Geoff Morrell pointedly told a Pentagon news conference that Defense Secretary Robert Gates is not planning to prohibit the use of cigarettes, chewing tobacco or other tobacco products by troops in combat.
Lanny Davis Now Lobbying In Support of Honduran Coup 14 Jul 2009 ...Lanny Davis was making the rounds of every news outlet that would have him, talking up Hillary Clinton's bid for the White House -- and/or pushing the Reverend Wright story. Not too long after, the former Clinton White House counsel popped up to do damage control for hawkish Democratic congresswoman Jane Harman over the AIPAC leak story. And now the hardest working conservative Democrat in show business has a new gig: lobbying against the Honduran leader recently deposed in a military coup.
Ex-Clinton aides advising Honduran coup regime By Bill Van Auken 15 Jul 2009 Ever since the military abducted President Manuel Zelaya at gunpoint on June 28 and expelled him from the country, the Obama administration has cast itself as a steadfast defender of "democracy" in Honduras. The real nature of that defense has become somewhat clearer with the news that key former aides to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, have surfaced as top advisers to the illegal regime led by Roberto Micheletti, which was installed by the coup.
'I hope we don't see the 1918 picture.' Swine flu will be biggest pandemic ever, warns world health chief 16 Jul 2009 How does Margaret Chan, director-general of the World Health Organisation, expect the flu pandemic to compare to other pandemics? "In terms of the number of countries affected and the number of people infected, this has got to be the biggest." Bigger than 1918? "If you're talking about mortality then it's different. 1918 is the biggest in terms of mortality. I would not like to make any predictions... I hope we don't see the 1918 picture. But we should expect to see more people infected, and more severe cases coming up, including deaths."
Experts unearth history of pandemic flu viruses 14 Jul 2009 Flu viruses that sparked the three worst pandemics in the last century circulated in their near-complete forms for years before the catastrophes occurred, researchers in Hong Kong and the United States have found. The H1N1 virus that sparked the Spanish flu of 1918-1919 circulated in swine and humans well before the pandemic started, and it did not come directly from birds as previously thought, they added. Instead, it was probably generated by genetic exchanges between flu viruses from swine and humans. This contrasts sharply with previous studies which suggested that the H1N1 virus of 1918 was a mutant that jumped direct from birds to human and ended up killing as many as 50 million people.
Mumbai placed on alert after IB terror strike warning 15 Jul 2009 Security has been beefed up in Mumbai and neighboring districts following an Intelligence Bureau (IB) terror alert. According to Maharashtra's Minister of State for Home, Naseem Khan, vigil has been increased at railway stations and major financial institutions, based on the IB input.
Multiple gunshots fired near U.S. Capitol --Shootings happened a few blocks from where third day of hearings for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor was concluding
Capitol Police Shoot, Kill Suspect Near Capitol Building 15 Jul 2009 Capitol Police shot and killed an unidentified man late this afternoon about a block from the Capitol after the man fled a routine traffic stop and showed a weapon, Capitol Police spokeswoman Sgt. Kimberly Schneider said. Two Capitol Police officers received minor injuries and were treated at the scene... The car, a white Mercedes, fled and struck and injured an officer on Columbus Circle, she said.
Ad Accuses Sotomayor of Supporting Terrorists 15 Jul 2009 A leading conservative legal advocacy group that has a played a prominent role in the debate over the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor has created a new ad accusing her of supporting violent terrorists and comparing her to former Weatherman Bill Ayers. The Committee for Justice, whose executive director [nutjob], Curt Levey, has frequently appeared on television and in newspaper articles criticizing Judge Sotomayor, unveiled the ad on its Web site late Tuesday.
Sotomayor Fends Off Queries on Abortion and Guns 16 Jul 2009 Republicans turned to the politically fraught issues of abortion and gun rights on Wednesday in an effort to knock Judge Sonia Sotomayor off stride, but as she neared the end of her testimony, her composure remained intact and her confirmation to the Supreme Court seemed on track.
317 cars burned ahead of Bastille Day --Disaffected youths frustrated with high unemployment rates and their view of France's failure to integrate ethnic minorities 14 Jul 2009 French youths burned 317 cars and wounded 13 police officers overnight on the eve of the Bastille Day national holiday, police said Tuesday. By 6:00 am (0400 GMT), police headquarters in Paris had recorded 317 burnt out cars -- up 6.7 percent on 2008 -- and 240 arrests, almost double the total for the same period last year. These numbers were expected to increase as fresh reports came in.
Gas tanker explodes on I-75 north of Detroit 15 Jul 2009 Flames are shooting hundreds of feet in the air from a gasoline tanker explosion that has forced the shutdown of an interstate north of Detroit. Interstate 75 in Hazel Park, about 10 miles north of downtown Detroit, was shut down Wednesday evening.
India may allow U.S. to build nuclear-power plants 15 Jul 2009 India may make two announcements next week paving the way for more than $20 billion in contracts for U.S. companies building nuclear-power plants and selling defense technology, said Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton hopes to unveil the agreements that would help American firms sell sophisticated arms and nuclear power plants to India when she visits next week.
Red-light cameras in Schaumburg screech to a halt --Critics say Schaumburg was more interested in collecting ticket money than improving safety 15 Jul 2009 When Schaumburg and RedSpeed Illinois announced their intention to install red-light cameras in the village last September, both parties hoped it would be a long-term commitment... Yet nine months after saying, "I do," Schaumburg has called the whole thing off, citing no improvements in safety and a flood of angry-motorist grief, after red-light cameras at the village's lone picture-snapping intersection netted more than $1 million in tickets.
Poll: The primary reason behind red-light cameras--Safety or revenue? 15 Jul 2009 Safety (134 responses) 5.8% Revenue (2159 responses) 94.2% 2293 total responses (Snapshot of poll)
Health care bill gets approval of Senate panel 15 Jul 2009 The Senate health committee Wednesday approved legislation to remake the nation's health care system, becoming the first congressional panel to do so this year. But the party-line vote underscored the absence of political consensus on what would be the biggest changes in social policy in more than 40 years. The bill, which aims to make health insurance available to all Americans, was approved, 13-10, by the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.
Bernie Madoff 'Hit the Inmate Lottery' with Butner Prison, Consultant Says 14 Jul 2009 'Home sweet home' has new meaning for notorious Ponzi scammer Bernie Madoff, who arrived clad in a blue jumpsuit at the Butner Federal Correctional Complex in North Carolina just before noon today to begin serving his 150-year sentence. Madoff "hit the inmate lottery" by being assigned to Butner's medium security lockup, said federal sentencing attorney Alan Ellis, who characterizes the facility as "one of the crown jewels of the federal prison system."
Obama kicks off historic night in St. Louis --First Fan, former presidents honor All-Stars Among Us 14 Jul 2009 President Barack Obama said it was "as much fun as I've had in quite some time," and the sentiments probably were shared by many in a sellout crowd at Busch Stadium and a worldwide TV audience, as the 80th All-Star Game got under way Tuesday night with a pregame ceremony that was truly one for the ages. The 44th president threw out the ceremonial first pitch, something no one in office had done since Gerald Ford at the 1976 All-Star Game in Philadelphia.
Previous lead stories: New York Times Reported In 2002 Bush Widened Authority of C.I.A. to Kill Terrorists --The New York Times reported that Bush had prepared a list of 'worst of the worst' to be killed... in December 2002. Ergo, this can't be the 'secret program,' since the NYT published the 'secrets' in 2002. --Lori Price
Bush Has Widened Authority of C.I.A. to Kill Terrorists 15 Dec 2002 The Bush administration has prepared a list of terrorist leaders the Central Intelligence Agency is authorized to kill, if capture is impractical and civilian casualties can be minimized, senior military and intelligence officials said. The previously undisclosed C.I.A. list includes key Qaeda leaders like Osama bin Laden and his chief deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, as well as other principal figures from Al Qaeda and affiliated terrorist groups, the officials said. The names of about two dozen terrorist leaders have recently been on the lethal-force list, officials said. "It's the worst of the worst," an official said. President [sic] Bush has provided written legal authority to the C.I.A. to hunt down and kill the terrorists without seeking further approval each time the agency is about to stage an operation. Some officials said the terrorist list was known as the "high-value target list." Despite the authority given to the agency, Mr. Bush has not waived the executive order banning assassinations, officials said.
AP sources: House lays groundwork for CIA probe 14 Jul 2009 The House Intelligence Committee has asked the CIA to provide documents about the now-canceled program to kill al-Qaida leaders, congressional officials said Tuesday. The agency spent at least $1 million on the eight-year program before it was terminated last month, one congressional official said. Intelligence officials say the operation never progressed beyond a planning stage. The CIA said Tuesday that the agency would cooperate in the House move, a precursor to what would likely become a full-blown investigation into the secret operation [?] and why the program was not disclosed to Congress.
Vietnamization we can believe in: US has new brigades with 'advisory mission' in Iraq 14 Jul 2009 The Pentagon on Tuesday announced the deployment of newly modified Army brigades to Iraq to focus on training and development duties that will dominate the U.S. mission after combat forces leave by August 2010. Four "advisory and assistance brigades," constituting up to 14,000 soldiers, will begin deploying to Iraq this fall as part of a routine 30,000-troop rotation that also includes three Army combat brigades and three Army division headquarters, defense officials said. The overall deployment will not increase the U.S. military presence in Iraq, which currently stands at 128,000 troops.