TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- Uzbek specialists are expressing concerns about hydroelectric installations in neighboring Kyrgyzstan being vulnerable to seismic activity.
Friday, September 25, 2009
Cave's Headlines | September 25, 2009
LA Times | Most parents won't have kids get H1N1 flu shots, study findsBut if their parents are hearing the rallying cry to have their kids vaccinated, they're not buying it, says a new national survey.
Mercola.com | Swine flu victim is given up as terminal but then starts taking IV vitamin C in spite of opposition from hospital and fully recovers.
UPI | Security Industry News - September 25, 2009
LONDON, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- Britain's Ministry of Defense has announced plans for a $660 million upgrade of Chinook helicopters operating in Afghanistan.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- The Scandinavian countries are in an arms deal frenzy: While Sweden is in negotiations to sell fighter jets to Brazil, Denmark is looking to buy a host of weapons systems to boost its troops in Afghanistan.
TEHRAN, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- Iran lost its only airborne early-warning plane in an aerial collision above a big military parade in Tehran that showcased the country's growing ballistic missile arsenal.
PORTSMOUTH, England, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- The HMS Ark Royal aircraft carrier returned to sea Friday following a $19.2 million seven-month "green" overhaul, the British Ministry of Defense said.
WINCHESTER, England, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- The British military announced plans to invest $653 million to upgrade the engines and cockpits of its Chinook helicopter fleet operating in Afghanistan.
MOORESVILLE, N.C., Sept. 25 (UPI) -- Internet-based emergency preparedness company Nukepills.com announced the release of a dirty bomb emergency kit for U.S. civilians and first responders.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- The U.S. Air Force awarded two contracts to Boeing Co. to move forward with its support of the modernization of the A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft fleet.
MORRIS TOWNSHIP, N.J., Sept. 25 (UPI) -- Honeywell and Canada's Novatec Braids Ltd. announced the U.S. military picked its super-strength polyethylene fiber rope for fast-insertion operations.
TOKYO, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- The Japan National Police Agency has ordered another multi-role medium-lift AgustaWestland AW139 helicopter, the aviation manufacturer says.
IRVING, Texas, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Defense tasked communications company EF Johnson Technologies Inc. with providing maritime wireless solutions for counter-terrorism.
ORLANDO, Fla., Sept. 25 (UPI) -- Aerospace manufacturer Lockheed Martin announced it signed a foreign military sales contract with the Royal Moroccan air force for F-16 sniper target pods.
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Sept. 25 (UPI) -- The U.S. Defense Department selected energy company Solazyme Inc. to provide the world's first jet fuel derived from algae for testing by the U.S. Navy.
HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, Hawaii, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- U.S. military officials Friday began the annual Operation Deep Freeze mission in Antarctica, considered one of the most difficult peacetime missions.
WLBT Mississippi | Mother, daughter wind up in same sink hole
ATTALA COUNTY (WLBT) - An Attala County woman is in a Jackson hospital after her car fell into a sinkhole.
When the woman didn't show up for work, her daughter went looking for her.
The daughter ended up landing in the same hole, on top of her mother's car. She wasn't hurt, but her mother is being treated for non life-threatening injuries.
"Kosciusko Online," which shot this video, reports that the sinkhole was not visible to oncoming traffic.
Recent rains appear to be responsible for washing it out.
RMN.com | Rep. Alan Grayson: "Has the Federal Reserve Ever Tried to Manipulate the Stock Market?"
Amazing what is being stated on the record. I have a feeling that much of this is setting the stage for what is to follow.
Rep. Alan Grayson: "Has the Federal Reserve Ever Tried to Manipulate the Stock Market?"
This is Rep. Alan Grayson asking Federal Reserve General Counsel Scott Alvarez about the Fed's independence.
Sept. 25, 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXmNpdYpfnk
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HR. 1207 AUDIT THE FED HEARINGS BEGAN THIS MORNING
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Jerome Corsi | World Bids Farewell to U.S. Dollar
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NaturalNews.com | Today's Featured Stories - September 25, 2009
| Evidence emerges that seasonal flu vaccine increases risk of H1N1 swine flu (NaturalNews) To hear it from the vaccine makers, their vaccines are perfectly safe and have no side effects. A person can receive an unlimited number of vaccines (10, 100 or even 1000) and have absolutely no ill effects, they claim. This is the quack... |
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Surprise! New Derivatives Regulations Will End Up Helping Goldman Sachs (GS)
Sep. 25, 2009, 7:14 AM This really can't be a shock in any way. This is what regulations do -- they favor the strong and connected at the expense of upstarts and outsiders...
Survey:DTN/The Progressive Farmer | Iowa Farmland Values Slip State's Farmland Tumbles Almost 10 Percent in Past Year
Thu Sep 24, 2009 12:53 PM CDT -COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (DTN) -- Iowa farmland values lost another 1.9 percent from March 2009 to September 2009, according to a recently released survey by the Realtors Land Institute (RLI), pushing the state's land values down a total of 9.5 percent compared to a year ago.
Considerably lower commodity prices for both grain and livestock are the main reason for the steep year-over-year adjustment, said RLI spokesman Troy Louwagie, accredited land consultant with Hertz Real Estate Services, Mt. Vernon, Iowa. Other factors include volatility in the stock market and declining confidence in the world economy. The RLI surveys realtors and rural appraisers.
SeekingAlpha.com | Could Securitization of Debt Be Unraveling on Legal Grounds
The Kansas Supreme Court has ruled that a company named Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems has no standing to file for foreclosures. MERS acts as a front for banks and investors, registering mortgages electronically and tracking changes in ownership, according to Ellen Hodgson Brown, JD at Web of Debt.com....
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MAJOR EAST US CHAIN STORE : $100 TO GET YOUR H1N1 FLU SHOT!!!!
Cave Editor's Note: This makes me sick to my stomach with people needing money ... and they don't have a clue the PowersThatBe's agenda of depopulation. I lost my one and only cousin from vaccinations - even a C student knows you don't put even heavy metals into your body... let alone all the other crap in those untested Big Pharma shots. There is an internet now - you don't need to be ignorant of vaccinations. You may not die tomorrow ... its a slow, ugly death.
Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) (French pronunciation: [ɡiˈlɛ̃ baˈʁe];[1][2] in English, pronounced /ˈɡiːlæn ˈbɑreɪ/,[3] /ɡiːˈlæn bəˈreɪ/,[4] etc.[5]) is an acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (AIDP), an autoimmune disorder affecting the peripheral nervous system, usually triggered by an acute infectious process. It is included in the wider group of peripheral neuropathies. There are several types of GBS, but unless otherwise stated, GBS refers to the most common form, AIDP. GBS is rare and has an incidence of 1 or 2 people per 100,000.[6] It is frequently severe and usually exhibits as an ascending paralysis noted by weakness in the legs that spreads to the upper limbs and the face along with complete loss of deep tendon reflexes. With prompt treatment by plasmapheresis or intravenous immunoglobulins and supportive care, the majority of patients will regain full functional capacity. However, death may occur if severe pulmonary complications and autonomic nervous system problems are present.[7] Guillain-Barre is one of the leading causes of non-trauma-induced paralysis in the world.
Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) (French pronunciation: [ɡiˈlɛ̃ baˈʁe];[1][2] in English, pronounced /ˈɡiːlæn ˈbɑreɪ/,[3] /ɡiːˈlæn bəˈreɪ/,[4] etc.[5]) is an acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (AIDP), an autoimmune disorder affecting the peripheral nervous system, usually triggered by an acute infectious process. It is included in the wider group of peripheral neuropathies. There are several types of GBS, but unless otherwise stated, GBS refers to the most common form, AIDP. GBS is rare and has an incidence of 1 or 2 people per 100,000.[6] It is frequently severe and usually exhibits as an ascending paralysis noted by weakness in the legs that spreads to the upper limbs and the face along with complete loss of deep tendon reflexes. With prompt treatment by plasmapheresis or intravenous immunoglobulins and supportive care, the majority of patients will regain full functional capacity. However, death may occur if severe pulmonary complications and autonomic nervous system problems are present.[7] Guillain-Barre is one of the leading causes of non-trauma-induced paralysis in the world.
Bloomberg.com | G-20 to Assume Mantle as World’s Main Economic Body
The G-20 members are Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, the U.S., the U.K. and the European Union.
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Joyce Riley's THE POWER HOUR NEWS | September 25, 2009
G-20 opponents, police clash on Pittsburgh streets -- Police fired canisters of pepper spray and smoke at marchers protesting the Group of 20 summit Thursday after anarchists responded to calls to disperse by rolling trash bins and throwing rocks.
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* Military attacks citizens with tear gas, sound cannons at G20 -- Secret Service confirms that police are shooting #g20 protesters with “bean bags.” But check out what they look like.
Pediatric deaths in flu infested schools -- The death Wednesday of a seventh-grader at Caldwell County Middle School in Western Kentucky may be related to H1N1 flu, school officials said Thursday.
DOJ official blows lid off Patriot act -- In the debate over the PATRIOT Act, the Bush White House insisted it needed the authority to search people's homes without their permission or knowledge so that terrorists wouldn't be tipped off that they're under investigation.
V.A is way behind on issuing G.I. bill checks for education -- Thousands of veterans attending college on the new G.I. Bill are having to take out loans, put off buying textbooks or dig into savings because of delays by the Department of Veterans Affairs in issuing benefit checks, veterans groups and college officials say.
WHO: Drug firms can make enough H1N1 vaccine for half the planet -- Drug makers can only produce enough H1N1 vaccine each year for half the planet and each country will have to decide who should get the limited supplies, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday.
Georgia's flu pandemic emergency bill -- The bill allows the Governor of the state to assume “emergency powers… in the event of a pandemic influenza emergency.”
Text of the Bill
Bob Chapman talks about US Navy sailor's deaths at sea apparently after "swine flu" shot experiment -- A US Navy ship appears to have been put under quarantine after two sailors died at sea apparently after being given live "swine flu" shots. The Commander, a Lieutenant Commander, was one of the dead. Temperatures of 104 to 105 degrees were reported by sick sailors. 16 doctors came on board. Medical teams came in from two aircraft carriers.
Life With Morgellons - Sunny's Story
4 New Jersey police officers shot while executing no knock search warrant -- Gunfire erupted as a police tactical squad executed a no-knock search warrant in a New Jersey suburb Thursday, leaving four officers and a suspect shot.
Merced police used Taser on unarmed, legless man in a wheelchair -- The Merced Police Department's Internal Affairs Division is investigating a complaint alleging that an officer twice used a Taser against an unarmed, wheelchair-bound man with no legs.
Bank of America Draws Fire for Pulling U.S. Flags From Property -- When a South Carolina woman tried to honor her next door neighbor, a Marine who was recently in Afghanistan, by planting flags along the route the casket would follow, a Bank of America branch manager pulled the flags from the bank's property, citing "corporate policy."
Related Article: Bank of America in hot water over SC flag flap
Male breast cancer patients blame water at Marine base -- The sick men are Marines, or sons of Marines. All 20 of them were based at or lived at Camp Lejeune, the U.S. Marine Corps' training base in North Carolina, between the 1960s and the 1980s. They all have had breast cancer -- a disease that strikes fewer than 2,000 men in the United States a year, compared with about 200,000 women. Each has had part of his chest removed as part of his treatment, along with chemotherapy, radiation or both.
San Diego State Opens Veterans House on Campus -- The house for veterans that just opened along San Diego State University's fraternity row last week is believed to be the first of its kind in the United States, and it very likely won't be the last, SDSU's Daily Aztec reports. There were school officials from other institutions on hand to witness the grand opening of SDSU's newest on-campus house, where veterans—many of whom use funds from the GI Bill—will live for at least the next three years.
Moammar Khadafy travels with pistol-packin' posse of women bodyguards -- Libya's "Brotherly Leader" Moammar Khadafy will be invading midtown Manhattan this week surrounded by a gang of fetching "gun girls."
Wealth, income & power: who rules America -- Wealth, income & power: who rules America -- This document presents details on the wealth and income distributions in the United States, and explains how we use these two distributions as power indicators.
Remember the Kelo eminent domain case in Connecticut? They took the houses but the land is still undeveloped -- Weeds, glass, bricks, pieces of pipe and shingle splinters have replaced the knot of aging homes at the site of the nation's most notorious eminent domain project.
Marines train in urban areas in Kentucky -- 2,300 Marines are converging on this region for two weeks of intensive training in preparation for an upcoming deployment. Part of the training involves exercises in small cities in Kentucky and southern Indiana. Simulated missions will take place in Frankfort late next week.
Judge overturns approval of Roundup ready GM sugar beets -- A federal judge overturned government approval of a variety of sugar beet genetically engineered to resist a popular weed killer produced by agricultural giant Monsanto, according to a ruling released Tuesday.
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* CNN's Brian Todd gets hit with chemical agent while reporting on the protests at the site of the G20-summit in Pittsburgh.
* G20 news - From the Pittsburgh paper---the first 2 videos show the differences in how the story is repotted from Russia Today and the Associated Press.
* Military attacks citizens with tear gas, sound cannons at G20 -- Secret Service confirms that police are shooting #g20 protesters with “bean bags.” But check out what they look like.
Pediatric deaths in flu infested schools -- The death Wednesday of a seventh-grader at Caldwell County Middle School in Western Kentucky may be related to H1N1 flu, school officials said Thursday.
DOJ official blows lid off Patriot act -- In the debate over the PATRIOT Act, the Bush White House insisted it needed the authority to search people's homes without their permission or knowledge so that terrorists wouldn't be tipped off that they're under investigation.
V.A is way behind on issuing G.I. bill checks for education -- Thousands of veterans attending college on the new G.I. Bill are having to take out loans, put off buying textbooks or dig into savings because of delays by the Department of Veterans Affairs in issuing benefit checks, veterans groups and college officials say.
WHO: Drug firms can make enough H1N1 vaccine for half the planet -- Drug makers can only produce enough H1N1 vaccine each year for half the planet and each country will have to decide who should get the limited supplies, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday.
Georgia's flu pandemic emergency bill -- The bill allows the Governor of the state to assume “emergency powers… in the event of a pandemic influenza emergency.”
Text of the Bill
Bob Chapman talks about US Navy sailor's deaths at sea apparently after "swine flu" shot experiment -- A US Navy ship appears to have been put under quarantine after two sailors died at sea apparently after being given live "swine flu" shots. The Commander, a Lieutenant Commander, was one of the dead. Temperatures of 104 to 105 degrees were reported by sick sailors. 16 doctors came on board. Medical teams came in from two aircraft carriers.
Life With Morgellons - Sunny's Story
4 New Jersey police officers shot while executing no knock search warrant -- Gunfire erupted as a police tactical squad executed a no-knock search warrant in a New Jersey suburb Thursday, leaving four officers and a suspect shot.
Merced police used Taser on unarmed, legless man in a wheelchair -- The Merced Police Department's Internal Affairs Division is investigating a complaint alleging that an officer twice used a Taser against an unarmed, wheelchair-bound man with no legs.
Bank of America Draws Fire for Pulling U.S. Flags From Property -- When a South Carolina woman tried to honor her next door neighbor, a Marine who was recently in Afghanistan, by planting flags along the route the casket would follow, a Bank of America branch manager pulled the flags from the bank's property, citing "corporate policy."
Related Article: Bank of America in hot water over SC flag flap
Male breast cancer patients blame water at Marine base -- The sick men are Marines, or sons of Marines. All 20 of them were based at or lived at Camp Lejeune, the U.S. Marine Corps' training base in North Carolina, between the 1960s and the 1980s. They all have had breast cancer -- a disease that strikes fewer than 2,000 men in the United States a year, compared with about 200,000 women. Each has had part of his chest removed as part of his treatment, along with chemotherapy, radiation or both.
San Diego State Opens Veterans House on Campus -- The house for veterans that just opened along San Diego State University's fraternity row last week is believed to be the first of its kind in the United States, and it very likely won't be the last, SDSU's Daily Aztec reports. There were school officials from other institutions on hand to witness the grand opening of SDSU's newest on-campus house, where veterans—many of whom use funds from the GI Bill—will live for at least the next three years.
Moammar Khadafy travels with pistol-packin' posse of women bodyguards -- Libya's "Brotherly Leader" Moammar Khadafy will be invading midtown Manhattan this week surrounded by a gang of fetching "gun girls."
Wealth, income & power: who rules America -- Wealth, income & power: who rules America -- This document presents details on the wealth and income distributions in the United States, and explains how we use these two distributions as power indicators.
Remember the Kelo eminent domain case in Connecticut? They took the houses but the land is still undeveloped -- Weeds, glass, bricks, pieces of pipe and shingle splinters have replaced the knot of aging homes at the site of the nation's most notorious eminent domain project.
Marines train in urban areas in Kentucky -- 2,300 Marines are converging on this region for two weeks of intensive training in preparation for an upcoming deployment. Part of the training involves exercises in small cities in Kentucky and southern Indiana. Simulated missions will take place in Frankfort late next week.
Judge overturns approval of Roundup ready GM sugar beets -- A federal judge overturned government approval of a variety of sugar beet genetically engineered to resist a popular weed killer produced by agricultural giant Monsanto, according to a ruling released Tuesday.
NaturalNews.com | Today's Featured Stories - September 25, 2009
| Interview with Jan Lovejoy of SGN Nutrition, makes of X-Balance superfoods (NaturalNews) Mike Adams interviews Jan Lovejoy about superfoods, nutrition and healthy kids: Mike: So we're talking with Jan Lovejoy here, the author of the new book, Get Balanced. She's also founder of Emerald Balance and the X-Balance... |
| Researchers Warn Drug-Resistant TB Strains Could Become Widespread (NaturalNews) US scientists from Vanderbilt University and Australian researchers from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and the University of Western Sydney are separately sounding the alarm about the rise of tuberculosis (TB) superbugs. Although... |
| Pesticides Cause Parkinson's Disease A new study just found that Parkinson's disease is linked to pesticide exposure. In fact, the study participants were almost twice as likely to have been exposed to pesticides through their work, and exposure to certain pesticides may have... |
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Breaking News and Commentary from Citizens For Legitimate Government | 25 Sep 2009
Barack Obama: Supporters Get Words, Backers Get Deeds --Obama's able to wrap a bomb in Valentine's Day wrapping with no one ever noticing it was a bomb and not a box of chocolates The Rec Report By Michael Rectenwald 25 Sep 2009 Every time Barack Obama says something, it's compensation for something he's doing. He pays his "supporters" with words and the truly powerful backers are repaid with deeds and money.
'We have seen police use rubber bullets, batons and gas.' Police embroiled in violent battles with G20 protesters --Reports: Rubber bullets used 24 Sep 2009 Anti-G20 protesters rampaged through the city centre of Pittsburgh tonight, smashing up shops and throwing rocks at police, as officers used tear gas and baton-charges in an attempt to bring them under control. In riots which continued through the middle of the evening rush hour, about 300 protesters were reported to have remained from an initial crowd of 2,000 in Bloomfield, Pittsburgh’s Little Italy.
G-20 opponents, police clash on Pittsburgh streets 24 Sep 2009 Police fired canisters of pepper spray and smoke at marchers protesting the Group of 20 summit Thursday after anarchists responded to calls to disperse by rolling trash bins and throwing rocks. The afternoon march turned chaotic at just about the time that President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama arrived for a meeting with leaders of the world's major economies.
Pittsburgh a "steel city" of security for G20 summit 23 Sep 2009 Dubbed the "steel city" for its industrial history, Pittsburgh will live up to its name for a different reason when world leaders meet amid heavy security on Thursday and Friday for the Group of 20 (G20) summit. Thousands of additional police have been brought in to the western Pennsylvania city and tall steel fencing is being erected along streets around the convention center where 19 leaders of developed and developing countries will meet.
New York Police Official in Terror Unit Is Removed 24 Sep 2009 The New York Police Department has removed a senior official from one of its two sometimes competing antiterrorism units, after it played a role in disrupting a sensitive federal terrorism investigation, current and former police officials said on Wednesday. He was replaced by a top official from the other unit. The investigation was disrupted two weeks ago when detectives from one of the units, the Intelligence Division, sought assistance from a Queens imam who then alerted the central suspect in the case to the inquiry.
NYC Terror Plot Suspect Charged with Conspiracy to Detonate Bombs --Americans Urged to Remain 'Vigilant' and 'Report Any Suspicious Activity' 24 Sep 2009 Najibullah Zazi, the 24-year-old airport shuttle driver from Denver, Colorado who officials say was the ringleader of an alleged terror plot against New York City, was charged with conspiracy to use explosive bombs Thursday morning -- the latest indication that authorities still believe the alleged attack plan was "the real deal." The one-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury alleges that Zazi "conspired with others to use explosive devices against persons or property in the United States," Attorney General Eric Holder said in a statement.
Terror suspect indicted in Brooklyn court on charge of planning bombings in U.S. 24 Sep 2009 A reputed Al Qaeda [al-CIAduh] operative was indicted Thursday for a conspiracy to use "weapons of mass destruction" to blow up unspecified targets across the country. An indictment unsealed in Brooklyn Federal Court charged Najibullah Zazi with getting bomb-making instructions in Pakistan - and then trying to build the bombs here. His trip to New York on the eve of the eighth anniversary of 9/11 was "in furtherance of his criminal plans," a government memorandum says.
Feds: Suspect hit beauty stores for bomb supplies 24 Sep 2009 An Afghan immigrant who received explosives training from 'al-Qaida' went from one beauty supply store to another, buying up large quantities of hydrogen peroxide and nail-polish remover, in a chilling plot to build bombs for attacks on U.S. soil, authorities charged Thursday. Najibullah Zazi, a shuttle driver at the Denver airport, was indicted in New York on charges of conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction.
Cops, feds ransack Queens storage sites for Qaeda bomb-making materials 23 Sep 2009 Detectives were combing Queens storage facilities on Monday for stockpiled explosive chemicals that Al Qaeda terror thugs planned to use to bomb New York, sources said. At the same time, the Daily News has learned that prime terror suspect Najibullah Zazi has confessed he was a jihadist hell-bent on murderous mayhem, the sources said. NYPD investigators, in coordination with the FBI, hit chemical and fertilizer companies looking for customers who bought bulk and paid cash - and they were also showing up at storage centers in Long Island City.
24 People Reportedly Under Observation in NYC-Colorado Terror Probe 23 Sep 2009 As many as 24 people may be under observation in a suspected cross-country terror plot, as police in New York City stepped up patrols and increased random searches on mass transit Wednesday. Reports surfaced of up to two dozen more people under scrutiny who may have knowledge of or involvement in a suspected terrorism scheme that led to the arrest of a Denver shuttle driver and two others. Federal and local officials declined comment.
'He was introduced to an undercover FBI agent, who began working with him to plot an attack.' [Ergo, the FBI agent -- the one planning the attack -- should have been arrested.] Illinois man charged in plot to bomb federal offices 24 Sep 2009 An Illinois man was ordered held on Thursday on charges he tried to blow up a federal building in the state capital, a case unrelated to the New York terrorism plot. Michael Finton, also known as Talib Islam, was arrested in Springfield, Illinois, and charged with attempted murder of federal officers or employees and trying to use a weapon of mass destruction, charges that carry a life sentence.
Man arrested in alleged attempt to bomb Dallas skyscraper 24 Sep 2009 Federal authorities arrested a 19-year-old Jordanian citizen whom they said placed an inactive car bomb today at Fountain Place, a 60-story skyscraper in downtown Dallas. Hosam Maher Husein Smadi has repeatedly voiced his intent to serve Osama bin Laden and al-Qa’ida [al-CIAduh] and commit “violent Jihad,” authorities said in a prepared statement.
U.S. terror suspects accused of targeting Marine base 24 Sep 2009 Two men charged in North Carolina last month with plotting terrorist attacks overseas also planned to attack the U.S. Marine Corps base in Quantico, Virginia, authorities said on Thursday. The two were among seven suspects arrested in August for conspiring to provide material support to terrorists and for conspiracy to murder, kidnap, maim and injure people overseas.
U.S. teen tied to IEDs, fake CIA badge 24 Sep 2009 U.S. authorities said a 19-year-old Maryland native is linked to the possession of explosive devices and faked CIA intelligence identification badges. Rod Rosenstein, the U.S. attorney for the District of Maryland, said Collin McKenzie-Gude of Bethesda, Md., pleaded guilty to the possession of an unregistered destructive device.
Inoperative Cameras Hinder SEPTA 'Photo' Probe 24 Sep 2009 Twice in the past two days, SEPTA officials have alerted police to men taking pictures on the Broad Street subway line in South Philadelphia. On Wednesday, a SEPTA cashier told officers about a man taking pictures at the Lombard-South station, but the man, after being questioned by the cashier about his activities, left before officers arrived. On Tuesday, officers received a report of a male taking pictures in the track area at the Snyder Avenue station.
'Al-Qaeda group' escape Iraq jail 24 Sep 2009 Sixteen members of 'al-Qaeda' in Iraq have escaped from a prison north of Baghdad, Iraqi security officials say. Reports said five of the group, who were being held at a facility in Tikrit, had been sentenced to death for involvement in attacks. One of the men has since been caught, but the rest remain at large.
Join the club, pal: Guantanamo prisoner says he's lost hope in Obama A Guantanamo prisoner who held up a photo of President Barack Obama as a sign of hope at a war crimes court hearing last year said Wednesday he has lost faith that the American leader will be much different than his predecessor. Ahmed al-Darbi, who told the court in December he hoped Obama would "earn back the legitimacy the United States has lost in the eyes of the world," said in a note passed to his lawyer that he is disappointed the Guantanamo prison remains open and the military court still holds hearings.
U.S. soldier charged with murder in contractor slaying in Iraq 23 Sep 2009 The U.S. military announced Tuesday that a soldier had been formally charged with murder in the slaying of a civilian contractor who was shot this month on a base in northern Iraq. Army Spc. Beyshee Velez, who was already in custody, was charged Monday in the killing of an employee of Houston-based KBR on Sept. 13 at the U.S. base Camp Speicher near Tikrit. The soldier, who is being held in Hawaii, faces two counts of murder, three counts of assault and one count of fleeing apprehension in the death of contractor Lucas Vinson, the military said in a statement.
Report: Census Worker In Kentucky Had Been Warned to Be Careful 24 Sep 2009 ...Much still isn't known about the death of Census field worker Bill Sparkman in Clay County, Ky. Yesterday, it was reported that he was found hanged and that the word "fed" had been written on his chest. Today on Federal News Radio, news director Ted Werbin of WHAS-radio in Louisville reported that Sparkman had told others he had been warned by a retired state trooper to be careful in rural Clay County because some people there aren't fond of anyone from the federal government.
Census Worker Hanged with "Fed" on Body --FBI Investigating Whether Worker Was Victim of Anti-Government Sentiment 23 Sep 2009 A U.S. Census worker found hanged from a tree near a Kentucky cemetery had the word "fed" scrawled on his chest, a law enforcement official said Wednesday, and the FBI is investigating whether he was a victim of anti-government sentiment. The law enforcement official, who was not authorized to discuss the case and requested anonymity, did not say what type of instrument was used to write the word on the chest of Bill Sparkman, a 51-year-old part-time Census field worker and teacher.
U.N. unanimously backs Obama's nuclear disarmament goal 24 Sep 2009 With President Barack Obama in the chair at an unprecedented meeting of the U.N. Security Council, major world powers on Thursday endorsed his goal of a nuclear weapons-free world and pledged to strengthen the shaky international system for preventing the spread of nuclear arms. The Security Council unanimously passed a U.S.-drafted resolution that endorses the eventual goal of "a world without nuclear weapons."
Another blow to MoD as Major-General Andrew Mackay resigns from Army 25 Sep 2009 Prince Harry’s brigade commander in Afghanistan [Major-General Andrew Mackay] has resigned from the Army. He is the fifth senior officer to leave the Forces prematurely in two years and the most senior commander to resign since the operation began in Afghanistan.
At U.N., Brazil's Lula demands Zelaya reinstatement 23 Sep 2009 Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the first world leader to address the U.N. General Assembly, called on Wednesday for ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya to be reinstated. "The international community demands that Mr. Zelaya immediately return to the presidency of his country and must be alert to ensure the inviolability of Brazil's diplomatic mission in the capital of Honduras," Lula said, drawing applause from the hall.
Most parents won't have kids get H1N1 flu shots, study finds 25 Sep 2009 Germ-spreading schoolchildren are expected to be the focus of a massive U.S. vaccination campaign against the novel H1N1 flu. But if their parents are hearing the rallying cry to have their kids vaccinated, they're not buying it, says a new national survey. In a poll of 1,678 U.S. parents conducted by the University of Michigan's C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, 40% said they would get their children immunized against the H1N1 virus.
Tampa International Airport to sell flu vaccines 24 Sep 2009 Flu vaccines will be available at the Tampa International Airport starting next month. As of Oct. 1 the airport will open kiosks delivering the antiserum for the virus. Vaccines are available at drug stores and other health-related facilities around Hillsborough County.
Seasonal flu shot may increase H1N1 risk 23 Sep 2009 Preliminary research suggests the seasonal flu shot may put people at greater risk for getting swine flu, CBC News has learned. Four Canadian studies involved about 2,000 people in Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia and Alberta, health officials told CBC News. Researchers found people who had received the seasonal flu vaccine in the past were more likely to get sick with the H1N1 virus.
Justice Ginsburg hospitalized after feeling faint 24 Sep 2009 Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was hospitalized Thursday after becoming ill in her office at the court following treatment for an iron deficiency. The 76-year-old justice, who underwent surgery for pancreatic cancer in February, was taken to Washington Hospital Center at 7:45 p.m. EDT as a precaution, a statement from the court said.
Banks fight to kill proposed consumer protection agency 24 Sep 2009 If you doubt that U.S. banks long to return to the days of impotent regulation, you need only look at one of the financial sector's top legislative priorities: killing a proposed new agency that would be dedicated solely to protecting consumers' financial interests. The Obama administration is asking Congress to create a new Consumer Financial Protection Agency to regulate consumer financial products ranging from credit cards to mortgages, and to simplify disclosure about them all.
U.S. stock investors set to unload junk [LOL!] 24 Sep 2009 Just like the government's "cash for clunkers" program, investors are ready to cash in junk stock holdings for sounder equities, analysts say. The stock market is up 57 percent since March 9, led by so-called junk stocks -- or badly beaten names with hazy growth prospects.
Sarah Palin bores business audience --Listeners said the speech sounded like a pitch for the 2012 presidency and was long and humourless. 24 Sep 2009 Former Alaska Governor and defeated US vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin has failed to enthuse investors attending the CLSA Asia Pacific Markets Forum in Hong Kong. The forum, which entices the foremost political and business minds on earth, this year decided to include Palin on her first ever visit to East Asia.
Previous lead stories: AP source: Census worker hanged with 'fed' on body --Census official: Law enforcement officers have told agency matter is "an apparent homicide" 23 Sep 2009 The FBI is investigating the hanging death of a U.S. Census worker near a Kentucky cemetery, and a law enforcement official told The Associated Press the word 'fed" was scrawled on the dead man's chest. The body of Bill Sparkman, a 51-year-old part-time Census field worker and occasional teacher, was found Sept. 12 in a remote patch of the Daniel Boone National Forest in rural southeast Kentucky. The Census has suspended door-to-door interviews in rural Clay County, where the body was found, pending the outcome of the investigation.
Guantanamo court "a headless chicken": lawyer 23 Sep 2009 The Guantanamo war crimes court has become "a headless chicken" that still operates under the old rules even as the Obama administration issues new ones, the lawyer for an accused Saudi boat-bomb plotter said on Wednesday. U.S. President Barack Obama has pledged to shut down the Guantanamo detention camp for terrorism suspects by January 22, and his administration has said it will decide by November 16 whether to move the 10 pending prosecutions into the regular U.S. courts or try them in revised tribunals. The Obama administration also is pushing legislation in Congress that would stop the military tribunals from using evidence obtained through brutality.
Administration Won't Seek New Detention System 24 Sep 2009 The Obama administration has decided not to seek legislation to establish a new system of preventive detention to hold terrorism suspects and will instead rely on a 2001 congressional resolution authorizing military force against 'al-Qaeda' and the Taliban to continue to detain people indefinitely and without charge, according to administration officials... In federal court in March, the Obama administration cited the 2001 congressional authorization of force to assert that "the president has the authority to detain persons that the president determines planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, and persons who harbored those responsible for those attacks. The president also has the authority to detain persons who were part of, or substantially supported, Taliban or al-Qaeda forces or associated forces that are engaged in hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners, including any person who has committed a belligerent act, or has directly supported hostilities, in aid of such enemy armed forces."
Cave's Headlines | September 24, 2009
Whoops: Anti-ACORN Bill Ropes In Defense Contractors, Others Charged With Fraud Going after ACORN may be like shooting fish in a barrel lately -- but jumpy lawmakers used a bazooka to do it last week and may have blown up some of their longtime allies in the process.
The congressional legislation intended to defund ACORN, passed with broad bipartisan support, is written so broadly that it applies to "any organization" that has been charged with breaking federal or state election laws, lobbying disclosure laws, campaign finance laws or filing fraudulent paperwork with any federal or state agency. It also applies to any of the employees, contractors or other folks affiliated with a group charged with any of those things.
In other words, the bill could plausibly defund the entire military-industrial complex. Whoops.
The congressional legislation intended to defund ACORN, passed with broad bipartisan support, is written so broadly that it applies to "any organization" that has been charged with breaking federal or state election laws, lobbying disclosure laws, campaign finance laws or filing fraudulent paperwork with any federal or state agency. It also applies to any of the employees, contractors or other folks affiliated with a group charged with any of those things.
In other words, the bill could plausibly defund the entire military-industrial complex. Whoops.
Help Representative Alan Grayson Find Fraud
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Topeka KS | Court ruled unanimously that Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems MERS had no standing to bring action in a foreclosure case
http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2009/sep/24/statehouse-live-parkinson-owns-kpers-error/
September 24, 2009, 9:02 a.m. Updated September 24, 2009, 1:53 p.m.
Topeka — 1:55 p.m.
Some are touting a recent Kansas Supreme Court decision as a major development in the protection of people facing foreclosures.
In Landmark National Bank v. Kesler, the court ruled unanimously that Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems had no standing to bring action in a foreclosure case.
According to some reports MERS holds some 60 million mortgages, over half of all new U.S. mortgages.
While the case applies only to Kansas, folks who defend homeowners are saying courts in other states could take note of the ruling.
The decision was handed down Aug. 28 and involved a case out of Ford County where a property was foreclosed and sold at auction.
In the complex proceeding, Landmark National Bank was the first lienholder, while MERS claimed to be the second mortgage holder. But the state Supreme Court ruled unanimously that MERS was not legally the owner of the loan. MERS has filed a motion for reconsideration.
The case opinion can be accessed at http://www.kscourts.org/Cases-and-Opinions/opinions/supct/2009/20090828/98489.htm
LATimes.com | Michelle Obama's gift to lure G-20 spouses to Pittsburgh
What if you gave a party in Pittsburgh, and no one came? (Because, well, it's Pittsburgh.)
That wouldn't look good for President Barack Obama, hosting a major foreign summit, the G-20, there this week.
So how about an enticement, like a free gift? It works on late-night TV. And that's traditional anyway for the host/hostess of these gatherings of elite sophisticated international folks, with all their secure vehicles idling outside while the big shots go indoors away from the tear gas to discuss once again improving the environment. Also our finances.
As comedian Jimmy Fallon will say in his late-night monologue tonight, the main topic of discussion among the foreign leaders is, Why Pittsburgh?
The Obama administration learned a lesson earlier this year during Giftgate, when it presented British Prime Minister Gordon Brown with a toy helicopter and a set of classic American movie DVDs in a format that won't work in Britain. Thanks for stopping by.
Handing out Pittsburgh Terrible Towels would require knowledge of American sports or, worse, Pittsburgh teams, and that would be, well, terrible.
So First Lady Michelle Obama settled on giving some china to the spouses. Here's how the White House describes the china:
A one-of-a-kind porcelain tea set, White House honey and a honey vase designed exclusively for the occasion of the Pittsburgh Summit 2009. The platinum and purple porcelain design of the teacups is classic and contemporary, and inspired by the gold and purple White House china that President and Mrs. Lincoln used in 1861.
The use of platinum on the saucer symbolizes Pittsburgh’s steel industry roots; the use of purple is the color of the state flower of Illinois, the purple violet, home states of both Presidents Lincoln and Obama. The porcelain is one of a kind and made by a century-old family business in Illinois.
A rose in the bottom of the teacup represents both the official flower of the United States and the American beauty rose, the official flower of Washington. There is a delicate three-flower bouquet that sits in the well of the saucer. It consists of the purple violet, the state flower of Illinois; the mountain laurel, the state flower of Pennsylvania; and a rose, the national flower.The White House honey produced for this occasion came from the First Beehive, located on White House property near the First Lady’s White House Kitchen Garden.
Also, there's a dinner at John Kerry's wife's farm, with all the Heinz ketchup you can eat.
So would that be sufficient to get you to Pittsburgh?
USGS.gov | Atlanta Flooding Sets New Records
The flooding around Atlanta this week is one for the record books. According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the rivers and streams had magnitudes so great that the odds of it happening were less than 0.2 percent in any given year. In other words, there was less than a 1 in 500 chance that parts of Cobb and Douglas counties were going to be hit with such an event.
“The USGS can reliably say just how bad these floods were. They were epic!” said Brian McCallum, Assistant Director for the USGS Water Science Center in Georgia. “We have all witnessed the devastation caused by these floods, but now we can quantify it.” The data are gathered from the USGS real-time streamgaging network.
AGENT PROVOCATEURS AT G-20
This individual discloses himself very easily to be what may be termed
AGENT PROVOCATEUR
AGENT PROVOCATEUR
Traditionally, an agent provocateur (plural: agents provocateurs, French for "inciting agent(s)") is a person employed by the police or other entity to act undercover to entice or provoke another person to commit an illegal act. More generally, the term may refer to a person or group that seeks to discredit or harm another by provoking them to commit a wrong or rash action.
CAPTION FROM MAIN-STREAM CORPORATE MEDIA: An anti G-20 Summit protester kicks a can of tear gas launched by police in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Police fired non-lethal "bean bag" rounds on demonstrators trying to disrupt the Pittsburgh G20 summit on Thursday, officers said. (AFP/Getty Images/Chris Hondros)
THIS IS A G-20 PROTESTOR!
A man is detained by security personnel in the Shadyside of Pittsburgh, Thursday Sept. 24, 2009. Police fired canisters of pepper spray and smoke at marchers protesting the Group of 20 summit Thursday after anarchists responded to calls to disperse by rolling trash bins and throwing rocks. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
PressTV.ir | US drone attack leaves four dead in Pakistan
Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:27:55 GMT The lethal incident took place around five kilometers (three miles) northwest of Miransha in the North Waziristan tribal district.
"Four people were killed when a missile fired by a US drone hit the house of Afghan national Ahmad Afghani," a regional security official told AFP on condition of anonymity.
The death toll is expected to rise as some of the injured were said to be in critical condition.
CIA-operated spy drone planes continued low-altitude flights in several towns of Waziristan region over the past weeks.
The air strikes, which are common in Pakistan, allegedly target militants, but Pakistani media outlets say only 10 out of the 60 raids have managed to target militant hideouts.
Local media outlets suggest that Washington has begun to brazenly assert its right to violate Pakistani sovereignty at will.
The developments come at a time when Washington is expanding its embassy and deploying more 'security guards' in Pakistan. Some reports indicate US drones take off form the Pakistani soil
Tech-Ticker | Peter Schiff: U.S. Rally Is Doomed, Gold Will Hit $5000
September 24, 2009 - Unlike the "legitimate bull markets" of many foreign markets, Peter Schiff believes the U.S. is merely experiencing a "rally in a bear market," and is lagging the rest of the world "for a reason."
READ MORE>>>>
The worst is not over, according to Euro Pacific Capital's Schiff, who predicts the Dow will fall another 90% from current levels when measured against gold.
A longtime dollar bear and gold bull, he foresees gold hitting $5000 per ounce "in the next couple of years," and predicts the Dow and gold will trade on a one-to-one ratio vs. the current level of around 9.7-to-1.READ MORE>>>>
AP | Up to 200 dead walruses have been spotted on the shore of Chukchi Sea on Alaska’s northwest coast.
http://www.thetundradrums.com/news/show/7362
200 dead walruses spotted on shore
200 dead walruses spotted on shore
ASSOCIATED PRESS - September 24, 2009 at 10:29AM AKST
Up to 200 dead walruses have been spotted on the shore of Chukchi Sea on Alaska’s northwest coast.
Federal wildlife researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey on their way to a walrus tagging project spotted 100 to 200 carcasses near Icy Cape about 140 miles southwest of Barrow.
They report the dead walruses appeared to be mostly new calves or yearlings. However, neither the age of the dead walruses nor the cause of death is known, said Bruce Woods, spokesman for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
“It’s just too early to say until we can get someone on the ground,” Woods said.
Federation of American Scientists (FAS) | A Problematic New Policy on State Secrets
September 24th, 2009 by Steven Aftergood
The Department of Justice yesterday released its long-awaited new policy on the state secrets privilege, which the government uses in litigation to withhold evidence when it believes that disclosure would harm national security. The new policy, presented in a memorandum from the Attorney General, includes procedural and substantive changes to current practice. But it reserves decisions over the exercise of the privilege to the executive branch, and it appears to have garbled its treatment of judicial review.
See “Policies and Procedures Governing Invocation of the State Secrets Privilege” (pdf), memorandum from the Attorney General, September 23.
The new policy specifies that the use of the state secrets privilege must be supported by an evidentiary record that justifies its use and demonstrates that it is necessary in order to avoid “significant harm” to the national security. A recommendation to invoke the privilege must be reviewed by senior Justice Department officials, and approved by the Attorney General. The policy also provides for Inspector General review of claims of government wrongdoing when adjudication of those claims is prevented by the privilege.
Collectively, these measures “will provide greater accountability and ensure the state secrets privilege is invoked only when necessary and in the narrowest way possible,” said Attorney General Eric Holder.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the new policy, which will take effect on October 1, would preserve executive branch discretion over the use of the state secrets privilege.
Help Representative Alan Grayson Find Fraud
The House of Representatives just passed a law to prohibit Federal funds from going to organizations that commit fraud against the government, in the form of Section 2 of the 'Defund ACORN Act' (http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h3571/text). Congress has five days to put down a legislative history around this bill to help judges and lawyers interpret the law. This gives us an opportunity to make an impact with a deadline of this Friday (9/25). You see, regardless of what you think of ACORN, it is laudable to stop taxpayer money from going to organizations that commit fraud against the government. So as per the bill's text, I'm going to put into the Congressional record a list of organizations who have committed fraud against the government or employs anyone who has.
Now, I'm just one person, and I can't possibly find and list all of the organizations that fit this bill. So I need your help. Please nominate organizations and show me that they need to be in the record. To help, send me the name of the organization and proof in the form of a link to evidence that this organization should be in the Congressional record. I will also need your email address so I can follow-up with you if necessary. The proof you send needs to be easily verifiable, as in credible media reports, legal documents, government data, or otherwise.
An example might work as follows. Let's say that you were nominating 'Blackwater,' the controversial mercenary outfit which showed fraud in its contracts for Iraq in 2005. You could include a link like this one: http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/004964.php.
This link is to a credible news organization which sources its information with easily verifiable documents. You could also link directly to source documents: http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/docs/state-blackwater-audit/?resultpage=7&
You can see the current unverified list here: http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=t-VRn4ui8brMB_l5dzhtrnw&output=html
RELATED:
http://grayson.house.gov/
Now, I'm just one person, and I can't possibly find and list all of the organizations that fit this bill. So I need your help. Please nominate organizations and show me that they need to be in the record. To help, send me the name of the organization and proof in the form of a link to evidence that this organization should be in the Congressional record. I will also need your email address so I can follow-up with you if necessary. The proof you send needs to be easily verifiable, as in credible media reports, legal documents, government data, or otherwise.
An example might work as follows. Let's say that you were nominating 'Blackwater,' the controversial mercenary outfit which showed fraud in its contracts for Iraq in 2005. You could include a link like this one: http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/004964.php.
This link is to a credible news organization which sources its information with easily verifiable documents. You could also link directly to source documents: http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/docs/state-blackwater-audit/?resultpage=7&
You can see the current unverified list here: http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=t-VRn4ui8brMB_l5dzhtrnw&output=html
RELATED:
http://grayson.house.gov/
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