Sept. 17 (Bloomberg) -- The dollar may extend its decline after sliding to the weakest level versus the euro in almost a year as an increase in America’s industrial output encouraged investors to shift funds to higher-yielding assets.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
RawStory.com | Rep. Mike Grayson announces hearing for ‘Audit the Fed’ bill
This just in from the House floor: Rep. Mike Grayson (D-FL) has announced a hearing for House Resolution 1207, which would subject the Federal Reserve to an independent audit.
This video is from C-Span, broadcast Sept. 15, 2009.
Lewrockwell.com | The Science Cartel vs. Immanuel Velikovsky
In 1950, Immanuel Velikovsky culminated decades of research with a book titled Worlds in Collision that "proposes that many myths and traditions of ancient peoples and cultures are based on actual events." His approach was interdisciplinary, a rarity in the 20th century, taking into account astronomy, physics, chemistry, psychology, ancient history, and comparative mythology.
Breaking News and Commentary from Citizens For Legitimate Government | 16 Sep 2009
Boston launches flu shot tracking --When people arrive for their shots, they will get an ID bracelet with a barcode. Basic information - name, age, gender, address - will be entered into the database. There will be electronic records, too, of who gave the vaccine and whether it was injected into the right arm or the left, and time-stamped for that day. 16 Sep 2009 Using technology originally developed for mass disasters, Boston disease trackers are embarking on a novel experiment - one of the first in the country - aimed at eventually creating a citywide registry of everyone who has had a flu vaccination. The trial starts this afternoon... Each of them will get a bracelet printed with a unique identifier code. Information about the vaccine's recipients, and the shot, will be entered into handheld devices similar to those used by delivery truck drivers. Infectious disease specialists in Boston and elsewhere predicted that the registry approach could prove even more useful if something more sinister strikes: a bioterrorism attack or the long-feared arrival of a global flu epidemic. In such crises, the registry could be used to track who received a special vaccine or antidote to a deadly germ. [Um, I think I'll *pass* on the 'special vaccines' (lol) and the 'antidote' to the 'deadly germs' (that they themselves likely will have unleashed). --LRP]
Baxter ramps up swine flu vaccine yields 16 Sep 2009 Baxter International Inc on Wednesday said its production yields of a "swine flu" vaccine have increased three-fold. In a presentation to investors, Joy Amundson, president of Baxter's Bioscience unit, said the company has begun shipping the swine flu, or H1N1, vaccines weekly. [See: Baxter working on vaccine to stop swine flu, though admitted sending live pandemic flu viruses to subcontractor 26 Apr 2009.]
Blackwater running covert recruitment drive in Pak through its website 16 Sep 2009 The controversial US private security company, Blackwater, is reportedly running a covert recruitment drive through its website in Pakistan. The hidden pages of the company's website, www.BlackwaterUSA.com, can only be accessed through four company executives' references, The Nation reports. It is in these hidden pages one can find application form for job applicants. It is here that one can see the effort by this company to hire Pakistanis who speak Punjabi and Urdu - to add to their earlier requirements of Arabic, Farsi and Dari. [See: Blackwater Recruiting Agents Fluent In Urdu and Punjabi For Pakistan --Report suggests Pakistani envoy in Washington issued 360 visas to Americans in one month without consulting Islamabad By Ahmed Quraishi 15 Sep 2009.]
Xe Worldwide (Blackwater) spreads tentacles to Karachi 15 Sep 2009 US private security outfit Blackwater has begun to expand its presence in Karachi port city in the backdrop of the Peshawar debacle last month... Well-placed sources told The Nation on Monday that Blackwater, which has been operating in the region including in Afghanistan and Pakistan under different names, is believed to have hired on rent at least seven private houses in posh Defence area of Karachi port city. It was further learnt from knowledgeable sources that Blackwater had acquired hundreds of acres of land near Pataro in Sindh in order to launch a supposedly Agriculture Research Institute.
Death squads, disappearances and torture in Pakistan By Bill Van Auken 16 Sep 2009 As the Obama administration prepares a major escalation of the so-called AfPak war, reports from Pakistan’s Swat Valley, near Afghanistan’s eastern border, provide a gruesome indication of the kind of war that the Pentagon and its local allies are waging. While touted by Obama and his supporters as the "good war," there is mounting evidence that the Pentagon and the CIA are engaged in a war against the population of the region involving death squads, disappearances and torture.
Appeals court sends KBR gang-rape case to court 15 Sep 2009 The case of a Texas woman who alleges she was gang-raped by co-workers while working for a military contractor in Iraq will go to court instead of arbitration, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. A divided three-judge panel from the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans ruled Jamie Leigh Jones' federal lawsuit against Halliburton Co., former subsidiary KBR and several affiliates can be tried in open court. The companies contended Jones signed an agreement that required claims against the companies to be resolved privately through arbitration.
Green Zone Takes More Fire During Biden Visit 17 Sep 2009 Baghdad’s heavily fortified international zone was attacked by rocket fire for a second night on Wednesday, this time just after Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki had made brief public remarks and sat down for a traditional dinner to break the Ramadan fast. One rocket landed on the edge of the American Embassy compound, about a mile from the building where the two leaders met, wounding several people at a security company, according to the Ministry of the Interior. A second landed on the opposite side of the Tigris River near the Babylon Hotel, a towering landmark in the cityscape, killing one and wounding two, a ministry official said, speaking on condition of anonymity under the ministry’s rules.
Iraq leader seeks investment as rockets fall 16 Sep 2009 Iraq's prime minister appealed for more foreign investment in the country Wednesday even as rocket attacks on key installations highlighted continuing security problems. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said a conference in Washington on October 20-21 would showcase investment opportunities and contracts in Iraq as it emerges from the 'sectarian' killing unleashed by the 2003 U.S. invasion. [Oops! Looks like the horse has fled the barn on this one.
US troops kill Fallujah 'shoe-thrower' 16 Sep 2009 An Iraqi man who witnesses said shouted abuse before throwing a shoe at a US army vehicle was shot dead on Wednesday in what the American military said was a suspected grenade attack. Residents told an AFP reporter in Fallujah that Ahmed Latif, 32, whom they said was mentally disturbed, insulted the soldiers as they patrolled in the centre of the city, and then hurled a shoe at them. The [liars aka] US military told AFP that a convoy in Fallujah had been attacked with a suspected grenade.
UN: Israel terrorised Gazans in war 16 Sep 2009 Israel "punished and terrorised" civilians in Gaza in a disproportionate attack in its three-week war on the territory earlier this year, a United Nations report has found. Judge Richard Goldstone, who led the inquiry, said he found evidence Israel targeted civilians and used excessive force in the assault, which was launched on December 27.
Gaza water supplies in danger of 'collapse': UN 14 Sep 2009 The Gaza Strip's underground water supplies are "in danger of collapse" following years of overuse and a devastating war Israel waged in the territory at the turn of the year, the UN said Monday. "The underground water supplies, upon which 1.5 million Palestinians depend for agriculture and drinking water, are in danger of collapse," the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said in a statement accompanying a new report.
Afghanistan election may be run again [LOL, it never 'ran' in the first place.] 16 Sep 2009 Ballots from about a tenth of Afghanistan's polling stations are to be recounted. With evidence surfacing of widespread fraud, President Hamid Karzai has been informed he may have to face another round of 'voting.'
Secretive spending on US intelligence disclosed 15 Sep 2009 Intelligence activities across the U.S. government and military cost a total of $75 billion a year, the nation's top intelligence official said on Tuesday, disclosing an overall number long shrouded in secrecy. Dennis Blair, the U.S. director of national intelligence, cited the figure as part of a four-year strategic blueprint for the sprawling, 200,000-person intelligence community.
White House Backs Controversial Domestic Surveillance Provisions 16 Sep 2009 The Obama administration is urging lawmakers to extend three provisions of the controversial domestic surveillance law known as the USA Patriot Act. The U.S. Justice Department issued a letter Tuesday asking Congress to renew provisions of the law that allow authorities to conduct roving electronic eavesdropping, or wiretaps, access business records and track so-called "lone wolf" suspects with no known links to foreign powers or terrorist groups. The roving wiretaps would let agents track the communications of suspects who change their cell phones or other devices. The provisions are due to expire on December 31.[See: Barack Obama: Change We Can Deceive In --A critique from the Left By Lori Price 19 Aug 2009.]
FBI unit set for more anti-terror raids in Queens; Fears of Madrid-style subway bombings - sources 16 Sep 2009 Fearful of a Madrid-style subway train bombing, authorities are poised to make more raids to seize bomb-making materials at locations in Queens, sources said Wednesday. The FBI's elite Hostage Rescue Team arrived in New York in anticipation of the offensive to thwart a Denver-based terror cell with ties to Al Qaeda [al-CIAduh], police sources told the Daily News. Another source said an earlier raid uncovered nine backpacks and cell phones, raising memories of the March 2004 bombings in Madrid.
Bush homeland security adviser chairs Obama's special task force 15 Sep 2009 A special task force recommended Tuesday that if the Obama administration keeps color-coded terror alerts, the number of colors and levels of risk should be reduced from five to three. The recommendations come after a 60-day 'bipartisan' review of the often ridiculed color-coded terror alert system. The task force was divided on whether the colors should be eliminated, but all agreed that if the administration chooses to keep the colors, there should be only three tiers, said Fran Townsend, the former homeland security adviser to President [sic] George W. Bush. Townsend, who co-chaired the task force, explained the recommendations during a teleconference Tuesday afternoon.
Suspect at Center of Alleged Terror Plot Denies al Qaeda Ties --FBI Says No Imminent Danger to New York Following Terrorism Raids 16 Sep 2009 The Denver man under surveillance by the FBI and the Colorado Joint Terrorism Task Force for his suspected ties to 'al Qaeda,' denies any connection to the terrorist group and says the alleged terror plot that has centered around him is all a big mistake. "I have nothing to do with al Qaeda," Najibullah Zazi told ABC News' Denver affiliate. "Any link or anything with al Qaeda."
'All I can say is that I have no idea what it is all about.' Colo. man denies terrorist ties after NYC raids 15 Sep 2009 A Colorado man denied Tuesday that he's a central figure in a terrorism investigation that fed fears of a possible bomb plot and led to several police raids in New York City. Najibullah Zazi told The Associated Press at his home outside Denver that he recently visited New York City and was driving a rental car when he was stopped by authorities Sept. 10 on the George Washington Bridge, which connects New York City and New Jersey. But he said after officers searched the vehicle, he was allowed to leave and return to suburban Denver.
Dramatic raids in search of terror: Feds move on Qaeda suspect's Queens pals [
AP: Probers find FBI, ATF bomb feud 15 Sep 2009 Agents of the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives are feuding over bomb investigations -- racing each other to crime scenes, failing to share information and refusing to train together, according to a draft report obtained by The Associated Press. The report says Justice Department bosses have repeatedly failed to fix the problem involving the two agencies that are part of their department.
Jimmy Carter: Wilson Comments 'Based on Racism' --Former President Carter: Congressman's outburst to Obama 'based on racism,' 'dastardly' 15 Sep 2009 Former President Jimmy Carter said Tuesday that U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson's outburst to President Barack Obama during a speech to Congress last week was an act "based on racism" and rooted in fears of a black president. "I think it's based on racism," Carter said in response to an audience question at a town hall held at his presidential center in Atlanta. "There is an inherent feeling among many in this country that an African-American should not be president."
House Vote of Disapproval on Rep. Joe Wilson 15 Sep 2009 The 240-179 roll call Tuesday by which the House passed a resolution of disapproval against Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., for Wilson's ''You lie!'' shout during President Barack Obama's health care address to a joint session of Congress. A ''yes'' vote is a vote to pass the resolution. Voting yes were 233 Democrats and 7 Republicans. Voting no were 12 Democrats and 167 Republicans.
House officially rebukes Rep. Joe Wilson, 240-179 16 Sep 2009 The House of Representatives officially rebuked Republican Joe Wilson on Tuesday for shouting "You lie!" in the middle of President Obama's health care address to a joint session of Congress. The South Carolina lawmaker's outburst last week was a "breach of decorum," according to the resolution, which states that the House "disapproves" of his behavior. The resolution passed 240-179, largely along party lines. Seven Republicans broke with their leadership to support it; 12 Democrats were opposed.
Text of Rep. Joe Wilson Resolution 15 Sep 2009 The text of the resolution disapproving of the outburst by Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., during President Barack Obama's speech
Tourism boycott threatened over Wilson's 'You lie' outburst 15 Sep 2009 State and local tourism officials are being flooded by emails and calls from people across the country, saying they won't vacation in South Carolina because they're upset by GOP Rep. Joe Wilson's outburst at President Barack Obama. The officials said that a number of the out-of-state e-mailers have said they've taken beach trips for years in Myrtle Beach, Hilton Head and other South Carolina resort areas, but don't plan to return.
UK's top doctors write letter to U.S. politicians to battle 'lies' about the NHS 16 Sep 2009 More than 100 top doctors have signed an open letter to U.S. senators to counter 'lies' about the National Health Service. The NHS has been the subject of vicious attacks by senior Republicans angry at President Obama's plans to reform healthcare in the country. Top British doctors have been moved to write an open letter to Democratic senator and former presidential candidate John Kerry, who has called for evidence from the medical profession that Republican fears were unfounded.
Baucus Introduces $856 Billion Health-Care Bill 16 Sep 2009 Bill Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus unveiled an $856 billion health-care reform plan Wednesday that would require nearly all Americans to carry health insurance [so the insurance companies get millions of new customers, but no competition to hold down costs] while barring insurance companies from discriminating against people based on their health status or denying coverage because of preexisting conditions. The plan does not call for a government-run insurance option, as 'advocated' by President Obama and most Democrats, but would set up a system of nonprofit consumer-owned cooperatives to compete with private insurers -- a provision intended to appeal to Republicans who have railed against the "public option" in recent weeks. [Right, but the conciliatory, sycophantic cowards aka DemocRATs are still kissing a** in a pretense of hoping to 'get their support.' Reichwing nutjobs are packing heat yards from where Obama speaks (even though Bush's Waffen-SS arrested people sporting Kerry pins at *his* rallies), carrying 'Bury Obamacare with Kennedy' signs --but the Democratic douchebags actually want us to believe that they're caving on single payer and the public option so that they can get Olympia Snowe to vote for their useless legislation. How stupid do you think we are? We all know that Baucus, LieberBush (and most DemocRATs) are on the campaign contribution payroll of the pharma-terrorists and *that's* why we're not getting single payer. Mr. Exelon himself, Barack Opharma, needs to stop pretending that he was ever going to push for genuine health-care reform. --LRP]
No Republican support for Senate health plan 16 Sep 2009 Senate Democrats' most concerted quest for a bipartisan compromise sellout on healthcare collapsed Tuesday as finance committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) announced he would move ahead with his long-delayed proposals without any guarantee of Republican support. Baucus also took a blow from his own party's left, as a senior Senate Democrat [Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV (W.Va.)] declared that too many concessions had been made and that he would not support the emerging bill because it did not include a public insurance option.
Public Service unions up in arms over Tory attempt to rush 14 Sep 2009 Four of the largest Canadian trade unions are incensed at the Harper government’s attempt to ram through the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement in advance of a possible federal election. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers, the Canadian Union of Public Employees, the Public Service Alliance of Canada and the National Union of Public and General Employees are criticizing the scheduling of Bill C-23, the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, as the first order of business when Parliament resumes on Sept. 14, 2009.
Endangered Species Listing Sought for Arctic Reindeer 15 Sep 2009 Today the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW www.ifaw.org) filed a petition with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) to protect two North Pole-residing caribou species under the Endangered Species Act. While caribou, more commonly known as reindeer, are threatened globally by climate change, the two specific sub-species in this petition, Peary and Dolphin-Union caribou, face an imminent risk of extinction.
Previous lead stories: Has Osama Bin Laden been dead for seven years - and are the U.S. and Britain covering it up to continue war on terror? --'In the video, Bin Laden can be seen writing a note with his right hand, although he is left-handed.' 11 Sep 2009 This new offensive is, of course, based on the premise that the 9/11 terrorist is alive. After all, there are the plethora of 'Bin Laden tapes' to prove it. Yet what if he isn't? What if he has been dead for years, and the British and U.S. intelligence services are actually playing a game of double bluff? What if everything we have seen or heard of him on video and audio tapes since the early days after 9/11 is a fake - and that he is being kept 'alive' by the Western allies to stir up support for the war on [of] terror?
'Hundreds of FBI agents are on the ground in Colorado, conducting round-the-clock surveillance on five suspects' Queens terror raids part of FBI probe into Denver-based cell plotting attack on 9/11 scale 15 Sep 2009 The massive FBI probe that triggered raids in Queens is focused on a Denver-based terror cell plotting another attack on the scale of 9/11, the Daily News learned Tuesday. Hundreds of FBI agents are on the ground in Colorado, conducting round-the-clock surveillance on five suspects - including a man who recently visited Queens, sources told The News. New York authorities searched three Flushing apartments and detained several men - later released - after getting a warrant to look for bomb-making components, explosive powders and fuses. "The FBI is seriously spooked about these guys planning another 9/11," a former senior counterterrorism official told the News. "This is not some ... FBI informant-driven case. This is the real thing."
Freed Iraq shoe-thrower claims "tortured" in custody 15 Sep 2009 The released Iraqi reporter who threw his shoes at former U.S. President [sic] George W. Bush said Tuesday he was tortured during the first days of being in custody. "I have been tortured by electric shocks, beatings and whipped by cords," Muntadhar al-Zaidi, who was freed earlier in the day after nine months of imprisonment, told in the news conference at the TV station where he works in Baghdad's northern neighborhood of Waziryah.
Canadian govt sends body bags to Indian reserves for 'flu readiness'
16 Sep 2009 The Canadian government sent body bags to remote Indian reserves as it prepared for the winter flu season, sending a jarring message at odds with its promise that it's ready for the H1N1 flu. The body bags went to some reserves in Manitoba, the western province in which some remote Indian communities were hard-hit by the flu in the spring, Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq said on Wednesday. Aglukkaq said she didn't have details of the body-bag shipments and has ordered officials to investigate.
Cave's Headlines - September 16, 2009
Politico.com | House guidelines for Presidential put-downsPakistanis want US declared hostile state -- Recent polls have revealed that the Pakistani public categorically denounces American policies. A recently conducted poll by PakistanKaKhudaHafiz.com revealed that 89% of over 1,000 participants were of the opinion that the United States should be declared as a hostile state.
Obama backs extending Patriot Act spy provisions -- The Obama administration has told Congress it supports renewing three provisions of the Patriot Act due to expire at year’s end, measures making it easier for the government to spy within the United States.
Reuters | Washington, D.C. - has nation's highest percentage of 25-34 year-olds making $100,000+ a year
Washington, D.C. favorite area for wealthy young
Sixteen of the top 50 counties in the United States with the highest share of wealthy young people are in the Washington, D.C. area.
Loudoun county, which is part of the Washington metropolitan area, has 10 percent, or 10,327 young adults, making more than six figures -- more than San Francisco and New York in terms of percentage of the population.
"In 1990 you had a lot more concentration of this demographic in the heartland and in Texas, likely driven by the oil economy, and some of the agribusiness," Michael Mancini, of The Nielsen Company, said in a statement.
"But now, there is a densification of young money in major metros." he added.
Arlington County, in Virginia near Washington, D.C. captured the second spot, followed by San Francisco, Manhattan and Douglas County, which is situated between Denver and Colorado Springs in Colorado.
Just under 16 percent of households in the United States are headed by people aged 25-34 years old, whose median income is $49,754. Slightly more over than 13 percent in that age group earn more than $100,000 a year, according to Nielsen.
The overall national median income is $51,287. Highest incomes usually correlate to the highest earning years which are 45-54.
Nielsen compiled the rankings using information from the U.S. Postal service, and data on income, age and household size from Equifax, which compiles credit reporting data.
"It is all based on the percent of the population in the county that matches a demographic," Mancini explained in an interview.
The Washington D.C. area has become increasingly popular with young people during the last two decades, according to Nielsen.
Mancini believes part of the appeal of the Washington area is jobs in both the private and public sector. It also has strong education and healthcare institutions, a moderate climate and easy access to recreational facilities.
"What often happens is that those factors attract the young and educated who then end up staying," he explained.
Forsyth County in Georgia, which is part of the Atlanta metropolitan area, Alexandria City in Virginia, Delaware County north of Columbus, Ohio, Scott County in Minnesota and Broomfield County which is part of the Denver area, rounded out the top 10 counties.
The history channel has validated Chemtrails. What else do you need shills? (Video)
'Conspiracy theorists' have suggested that Chemtrails were linked to HAARP for a long time, and it is. Some people even deny the existance of HAARP, which is really a stupid thing to do since it's fact that it exists.
FinancialArmageddon.com | 'Feeding the Ducks on Wall Street'
Since March, stocks have gone from strength to strength, recovering more than 40 percent of what they lost in the selloff from the October 2007 peak. Not everyone is jumping on the bullish bandwagon, however. Reports indicate that many of those at Main Street's front lines are following the old Wall Street dictum: When the ducks are quacking, feed them. In fact, despite talk in Washington and elsewhere that the economy is on the road to recovery, those who are in the best position to judge future prospects have been cashing out. Acccording to Fortune, officers and directors have been dumping stock in the companies they work for and oversee "like there's no tomorrow."
SolarCycle24.com | A region that could be a Cycle 24 sunspot is still lurking on the eastern limb
Solar Update / Spotless Days Vs Cycle 23
09/16/2009 by Kevin VE3EN at 12:00
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From the Space Weather Prediction Center
09/16/2009 by Kevin VE3EN at 12:00
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A region that could be a Cycle 24 sunspot is still lurking on the eastern limb. It has been visible for several days now in the STEREO Behind images and should begin to show itself by early next week.
STEREO Behind (Wednesday)
I have finally updated the Spotless days vs. Cycle 23 minimum comparison graph, much to the delight of many Cycle 24 junkies who have emailed me several times about it. Sorry about the 2 month delay.
Spotless Days vs Cycle 23 minimum (Click to Enlarge)
| Days since last "official" sunspot: 14 |
From the Space Weather Prediction Center
Updated 2009 Sep 15 2201 UTC
Joint USAF/NOAA Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity
SDF Number 258 Issued at 2200Z on 15 Sep 2009
Analysis of Solar Active Regions and Activity from 14/2100Z to 15/2100Z: Solar activity was very low. No flares were observed. The visible disk was spotless.
Solar Activity Forecast: Solar activity is expected to remain very low.
Geophysical Activity Summary 14/2100Z to 15/2100Z: The geomagnetic field was quiet.
Geophysical Activity Forecast: The geomantic field is expected to be quiet to unsettled, with isolated active periods, for the next two days (16-17 September). This increased activity is expected as a recurrent coronal hole high speed stream becomes geoeffective. The geomagnetic field is expected to return to quiet levels on the third day (18 September).
UPI | White house says U.S. President Obama doesn't agree with former President Carter's statement that recent raucous criticism is race-driven
"The president does not believe that the criticism comes based on the color of his skin," White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said during a media briefing. "We understand that people have disagreements with some of the decisions that we've made and some of the extraordinary actions that had to be undertaken by this administration and previous administrations to stabilize our financial system, to ensure viability of our domestic auto industry...
Salt Lake Tribune | Utah Rep Jim Matheson asks Energy Department to halt depleted uranium shipments
Jim Matheson, D-Utah, wants a halt to shipments of depleted uranium that are likely to be buried in Utah's EnergySolutions' landfill. ...
AntiWar.com | Latest News - September 16, 2009 4:45pm CDT
NaturalNews.com | Today's Featured Stories - September 16, 2009
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| Chinese Citizens Ordered to Smoke More Cigarettes to Boost Economy (NaturalNews) The government of Gong'an County, in China's Hubei province, sparked global controversy when it imposed a "cigarette quota" on public employees, in an effort to boost local revenue during the economic downturn. Chinese law allows county... |
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PJTV: The Power & Danger of Iconography (YouTube)
Barack Obama ran an unprecedented Presidential campaign - utilizing the power of design to help secure the seat of the President of the United States of America. However, his iconic emblem, the ever present "O", holds more power than even Obama knows. Bill Whittle points out the dangers of branding an ideology with an icon and how, perhaps, the powerful symbol will be used against the very man it built up. - http://www.pjtv.com
Huffington Post | Unconventional Wisdom on Dubai
Most progressives view the Dubai Ports World uproar as one of the only times the Bush administration bent to the will of the people, backing down from allowing the Emirate-owned business to take over management of several major ports along the U.S. eastern seaboard ...
Cave Editor's Note: Where is the thank you to Michael Savage for his efforts to stop this US port take-over? Where is the support for his being banned from Britain along with murderers? Where is the support for FREE SPEECH? Even if you don't agree with him, agree with the fact he has the right to free speech ... and support it before we totally lose it here in the United States!
Cave Editor's Note: Where is the thank you to Michael Savage for his efforts to stop this US port take-over? Where is the support for his being banned from Britain along with murderers? Where is the support for FREE SPEECH? Even if you don't agree with him, agree with the fact he has the right to free speech ... and support it before we totally lose it here in the United States!
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) | No ruling in tent city eviction hearing - Judge continues to hear testimony from both sides
16 Sep 2009, 1:30 AM EDT - There is still no ruling in the eviction hearing for homeless residents staying on city-owned land in Providence.Ten homeless people are squatting at a site near Roger Williams Medical Center.
One of the campers testified, yesterday, that they all feel safer living in a tent city rather than at a shelter. But city officials have testified that they are trespassing.
The tent city residents moved to the Providence site after being evicted from a site in East Providence.
Jakarta Globe | Papua Famine Growing, Says Rights Organization
The Asian Human Rights Commission on Wednesday said it had received information that the death toll from famine continues to rise in Yahukimo, Papua, ...
AP | Foreign demand for long-term US securities falls
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Foreign demand for long-term U.S. financial assets fell in July, but China boosted its holdings, the Treasury Department said Wednesday. Foreigners purchased $15.3 billion more assets than they sold in July. Still, that's a steep decline from June, when they purchased $90.7 billion more than they sold.
AP | SC man died hungry, solo in tent, baffling friends
ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) -- Friends of a 39-year-old South Carolina man are trying to figure out why he never reached out for help before dying broke and alone in a zipped-up tent on the banks of a lake.
Bright but reclusive Civil War buff David Condon lost his job at a local museum and fell behind on his rent.
Sometime in early July he disappeared. On Labor Day weekend, a group of college kids vacationing at a condo complex a few hundred yards from his tent peeked inside and found his body. The local coroner says he died of pneumonia, made worse by malnutrition. He was dehydrated and had lost 50 pounds in a few months.
His best friend, Craig Drennon, saw no sign Condon was having money problems or spiraling into despair when the two got together nearly every week to drink beers and play backgammon.
Wall Street Journal | Pilgrim's Pride, Brazil's JBS Reach Deal
Pilgrim's Pride Corp. agreed to sell 64% of new common stock to Brazilian beef giant JBS SA for $800 million plus debt, taking the second-largest U.S. chicken processor out of bankruptcy.
The deal would create a new U.S. rival to Tyson Foods Inc., the biggest U.S. producer of beef, chicken and pork. Combined, Pilgrim's Pride and JBS's U.S. unit -- which includes JBS's Australia business -- would have posted about $20 billion in revenue last year. Tyson's revenue for fiscal 2008 was $27 billion.
JBS on Wednesday also said it agreed to merge operations with Brazilian rival, Bertin SA in a holding company, called Novo Holding. No money will change hands in the all-stock deal, in which JBS will have a 60% and Bertin the rest.
A JBS-Pilgrim deal would probably attract scrutiny from U.S. antitrust authorities, who have said they plan to take a hard look at competition in the agriculture business. Any deal is sure to raise concerns across U.S. farm country. Some ranchers and chicken farmers are worried that greater corporate concentration could decrease their power in the market and translate into lower prices for their animals.
AP | Senate's 10-year health fix would cost US $856 Billion
WASHINGTON – Sen. Max Baucus on Wednesday brought out the much-awaited Finance Committee version of an American health-system remake — a landmark $856 billion, 10-year measure that starts a rough ride through Congress without visible Republican backing.
The bill by Baucus, chairman of the Finance Committee, would make major changes to the nation's $2.5 trillion health care system, including requiring all individuals to purchase health care or pay a fine, and language prohibiting insurance company practices like charging more to people with more serious health problems.
"This is a unique moment in history where we can finally reach an objective so many of us have sought for so long," Baucus said. "The Finance Committee has carefully worked through the details of health care reform to ensure this package works for patients, for health care providers and for our economy."
Consumers would be able to shop for and compare insurance plans in a new purchasing exchange. Medicaid would be expanded, and caps would be placed on patients' yearly health care costs. The plan would be paid for with $507 billion in cuts to government health programs and $349 billion in new taxes and fees, including a tax on high-end insurance plans and fees on insurance companies and medical device manufacturers.
The bill fails to fulfill President Barack Obama's aim of creating a new government-run insurance plan — or option — to compete with the private market. It proposes instead a system of nonprofit member owned cooperatives, somewhat akin to electric co-ops that exist in many places around the country. That was one of many concessions meant to win over Republicans.
In other ways though, including its overall cost and payment mechanisms, the bill tracks closely with the priorities Obama laid out in his speech to Congress last week.
Baucus is still holding out hope for GOP support when his committee actually votes on the bill, probably as early as next week.
MoneyAndMarkets.com | Pension Plan Shocker Dead Ahead!
I’ve talked about corporate pension plans before, but in a few short weeks I think we’re going to get some shocking news. Namely, that the government backup for failed pension plans is more underfunded than it has ever been before.
Back in April, I told you a bit about the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and its decade of running in the red.
But just to recap: The PBGC is there for workers when their companies break retirement promises, and yet ironically, the PBGC itself has been underfunded every year since 2002!
MoneyWeb.co.za | Is the US$ fulfilling its role as the world’s reserve currency?
The concept of a reserve currency goes back some 300-400 years when the UK Pound, French Franc, Dutch Guilder, Russian Ruble, German Reichmark variously ...
Charleston Gazette | West Virginia's wildlife faces winter of food shortages
A serious shortage of mast -- nuts, fruits and other wildlife foods -- promises to make the road-kill situation worse than it otherwise might be. ...
Cave's Headline | Early Morning September 16, 2009
USGovInfo.com | Constitution Week Declared President Bush declared the week of September 17 through September 23 as Constitution Week.September 16 is Mexican Independence Day September 16th marks the 199 year anniversary of the events and people that eventually resulted in Mexico’s independence from Spain in 1821.
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BlackListedNews.com | Breaking Headlines - September 16, 2009
| The US economy is recovering from the shock of last year’s banking collapse, but could continue to need financial assistance for an indefinite period into the future, the Treasury Department stated in a report released Monday. | |
| The bodies are starting to pile up! | |
| A unit of KBR Inc. has been awarded a $2.3 billion engineering, procurement and construction management contract by Chevron Australia Pty Ltd. Kellogg Joint Venture Group will manage the liquefied natural gas downstream and logistics portion of the Chevron-operated Gorgon LNG Project | |
| Pittsburgh City Council balked at giving final approval today to legislation that could give police new powers in advance of anticipated G-20 Summit protests, putting the matter off until tomorrow. | |
| Incredibly, this is the breathtaking theory that is gaining credence among political commentators, respected academics and even terror experts. | |
| One agency employee, who was not identified in documents filed in U.S. District Court, was implicated in a credit-card fraud scheme after Lt. Harris told federal authorities he obtained "passport information from a co-conspirator who works for the U.S. Department of State." | |
| Family doctors have secured a deal with the government over their payments for giving patients a swine flu jab, it was announced , allowing the final arrangements for vaccination to be put in place. | |
| A United Nations report issued Tuesday says both Israel and the Palestinians committed actions amounting to war crimes during Israel's military incursion into Gaza from December 27 to January 18. | |
| McDonald was found in a car behind an auto dealership in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, said Gregg Miliote, a spokesman for the district attorney’s office. He appeared to have shot himself, though the matter is still under investigation, Miliote said. | |
| Iran's nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi says Tehran is ready to defend its nuclear facilities against any foreign attack. | |
| China apparently seriously escalated the ongoing border conflict between itself and India as reports in the Indian press indicate that two Indian military personnel were shot and wounded after coming under fire from Chinese troops in the Indian-controlled Kerang area of Sikkim. Related: China and India tension: NSA summons meeting | |
| France's lower house of parliament has approved a pioneering bill allowing authorities to cut off Internet access to people who download illegally. | |
| Despite the world's worst economic slump since the 1930s and projections that the number of poor in Latin America will rise this year, countries in the region have embarked on their biggest military spending spree in recent memory. | |
| Dar es Salaam — The East African Monetary Union (EAMU) has all the makings that it will be patterned on the Euro monetary union by 2012 when it will be introduced. | |
| The Departments of Defense (DoD) and Homeland Security (DHS) today announced an initiative to grant select state and major urban area fusion center personnel access to classified terrorism-related information residing in DoD’s classified network. | |
| Recount order affects 10 pct of Afghan vote sites over suspect counts in presidential election | |
| With this trade war looming, one must wonder if Chimerica, the marriage of China and America as one economic entity, will end in murder-suicide, taking the global economy down with it. | |
| ABC and several other media outlets are reporting that a U.S. airstrike has killed Saleh Ali Nabhan, a senior al Qaeda leader accused to have been behind the 1998 bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi. | |
| A memory-cleansing drug that has the ability to remove any recollection of unhappy or embarrassing incidents could be developed by scientists. | |
| Pakistan’s former chief of army staff, General Mirza Aslam Beg (ret.), has said the U.S. private security company Blackwater was directly involved in the assassinations of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto and former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri. | |
| An adopted teen who has lived in Port St. Joe, Fla. since she was 3 faces possible deportation to England for refusing a vaccination, she and her mother say. | |
| The Bolivian president has accused the United States of planning coups in Latin America after Washington reached an agreement with Colombia over military bases. | |
| A United Nations document on “climate change” that will be distributed to a major environmental conclave next week envisions a huge reordering of the world economy, likely involving trillions of dollars in wealth transfer, millions of job losses and gains, new taxes, industrial relocations, new tariffs and subsidies, and complicated payments for greenhouse gas abatement schemes and carbon taxes — all under the supervision of the world body. | |
| Some unprecedented news today, folks. Never in the history of the United Nations has a U.S. President taken the chairmanship of the powerful UN Security Council. | |
| A rocket experiment set to launch Tuesday aims to create artificial clouds at the outermost layers of Earth's atmosphere. | |
| National Poll Shows Vast Majority of Americans Want Transparency for the Fed, Underscores Campaign for Liberty’s Efforts to Pass Audit Bill | |
| Military blocks the publication of a book containing confidential information and may take author to court | |
| Hugo Chávez, Venezuela’s combative leftist president, announced a “very large” offshore natural gas find on Friday, which he said would propel the country into the ranks of the world’s biggest gas producers. | |
| The US seeks to establish new military bases in Pakistan to keep the country destabilized and control its nuclear weapons, says a former head of Pakistan's intelligence service. | |
| Mr. Thompson also turned up evidence that suggested that Henry A. Kissinger had an agent follow the daughter of a political rival, Admiral Elmo Zumwalt Jr., known as Bud, and had told the Soviet ambassador that he would like to see Zumwalt have “an accident. Mr. Kissinger described the accusations, Mr. Thompson writes, as paranoid bunk. | |
| In early September, The US Census Bureau released its new report titled, "Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2008" showing disturbing data that portends much worse ahead under a president and Congress doing nothing to address it. | |
| The worst of the economic crisis is not over and a currency crisis can happen this year or the next year, because the problem of too much debt in the system has not been solved, legendary investor Jim Rogers told CNBC Monday. | |
| Private security guards who worked for Blackwater repeatedly shot wildly into the streets of Baghdad without regard for civilians long before they were involved in a 2007 shooting episode that left at least 14 Iraqis dead, federal prosecutors charge in a new court document. | |
| Venezuela President Hugo Chavez said the South American country plans to develop a nuclear energy program with Russia and doesn’t want to build an atomic bomb. | |
| Everyone knows that the American government is gaming the market for treasury bonds to some extent. | |
| Joseph Stiglitz, the Nobel Prize- winning economist, said the U.S. has failed to fix the underlying problems of its banking system after the credit crunch and the collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. "In the U.S. and many other countries, the too-big-to-fail banks have become even bigger," Stiglitz said in an interview today in Paris. | |
| In a recent interview published on H+ Magazine, a new publication (online and print) that covers technologies that both “promise and threaten to radically alter our lives and our view of the world and ourselves,” AI expert Dr. Bruce Katz lays out a lofty vision for the emerging field of neuroengineering (a.k.a. neural engineering). | |
| Thousands of schoolgirls have suffered suspected adverse reactions to a controversial cervical cancer vaccine introduced by the Government. | |
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