http://www.megaupload.com/?d=A6AOT74E
or: http://rapidshare.com/files/300737265/LanceTheZanyMysticWithCliffHigh_10-31-2009.mp3
Here's a link to the article Clif mentions by Ian Lungold:
http://www.mayanmajix.com/art031.html
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Breaking News and Commentary from Citizens For Legitimate Government | 31 Oct 2009
Blackwater/Xe in Pakistan: 'Blackwater behind Peshawar blast' --Mehsud: US security firm Blackwater, in collaboration with local agencies, was involved in attack 30 Oct 2009 Pakistan's pro-Taliban militants blame private US security firm Blackwater for a Wednesday bomb blast in Peshawar which killed over 100 people. Hakimullah Mehsud, head of the Tehrik-e-Taliban, said Blackwater and some Pakistani agencies were involved in the bomb explosion at a crowded market in Peshawar... Mehsud said the US security firm Blackwater, in collaboration with some local agencies, were involved in the attack. On Sunday, about 200 supporters of the Tehrik-e-Taliban party held an anti-US demonstration in Dera Ismail Khan, denouncing Blackwater and chanting anti-US slogans.
Larijani: US behind terrorist attack in Iran 30 Oct 2009 In the wake of a terrorist attack in southeastern Iran, Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani has accused the United States of helping terrorist carry out acts of violence in Iran. "Reliable evidence shows the US played a role in the recent move," Larijani said referring to the recent bomb blast in Sistan-Baluchistan Province. At least 41 people, including seven senior commanders of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), were killed in the bombing on October 18 during a unity gathering of Shia and Sunni tribal leaders in the town of Pishin on the Iran-Pakistan border. The Jundallah terrorist group claimed responsibility for the deadly attack. Abdulhamid Rigi, the apprehended brother of the Jundallah point man, told Press TV in a recent interview that Abdulmalek had held several "confidential" meetings with FBI and CIA agents in Karachi and Islamabad.
Iran Speaker says U.S. involved in attack on revolutionary guards 31 Oct 2009 Iran says it has evidence the U.S. was involved in an attack last week that killed 42 people including top Revolutionary Guard commanders. Iran's Parliamentary Speaker Ali Larijani made the claim on Friday. Larijani was speaking at a public ceremony in the city of Qom. "Currently the attack continues and there are evidences that Americans were involved in the terrorist attack," the Iranian labors new agency reported Larijani as saying.
Abdullah Will Quit Afghan Election, Officials Say 01 Nov 2009 Abdullah Abdullah, the chief rival to President Hamid Karzai, plans to announce on Sunday his decision to withdraw from the Nov. 7 Afghan runoff election, handing a new five-year term to Mr. Karzai but potentially damaging the government’s credibility, according to Western diplomats here and people close to Mr. Abdullah. [Here's the reason for the US furor over the alleged *second* stolen Afghan election --when no one said a word about the *first* stolen Afghan election: Abdullah supports troop increase, but within a broader plan 25 Oct 2009 Afghan opposition candidate Abdullah Abdullah said he supports Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal's strategy assessment that more troops are needed to stabilize Afghanistan, though he believes the more important broader plan must focus on how healthy Afghanistan's government is, and how security will improve. --That's why the US prefers Abdullah over Karzai, who, albeit corrupt, often spoke out against US (illegal) killer drone attacks and the murder of innocent Afghan civilians. --LRP]
Bomb kills seven Pakistani soldiers: officials 31 Oct 2009 A bomb killed seven Pakistani soldiers and wounded 11 others Saturday in the country's northwestern tribal area, officials said. "Seven paramilitary soldiers were killed and 11 were wounded in the remote-control bomb attack," Shafirullah Khan, the top administrative official of Khyber tribal district, told AFP by telephone.
Clinton can't understand why bin Laden is still missing [Ask his bosses --the previous US regime --where he is.] 30 Oct 2009 US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has questioned why Pakistan has not been able to keep tabs on al-Qaeda [al-CIAduh] leaders. Speaking to journalists in Lahore, she said she found it "hard to believe" nobody in the Pakistan government knew where they were.
Lebanon says Israel is planning to attack it 31 Oct 2009 Lebanon believes the Israeli army has it in its sights, and is preparing a major attack on its soil. Lebanon's ambassador to the United Nations has told the international body Israel is exhibiting signs of an imminent attack on his country. The claim was published by the Lebanese newspaper Al-Hayyat on Friday.
President of Honduras to be returned to power 31 Oct 2009 The de-facto illegitimate Honduran government has agreed to a deal that may allow ousted President Manuel Zelaya to return to power ahead of elections next month. U.S. diplomats have been in the country to mediate an end to the four-month-old crisis.
Minot Air Force base commander fired 30 Oct 2009 The military says the commander at the Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota has been relieved of his command. The Air Force told The Associated Press on Friday it lost confidence in Col. Joel Westa's ability to command the base. Westa has been the base commander since October 2007. Westa was ousted a little more than two weeks after the base's missile wing commander was relieved of his duties following a series of mishaps including two crashes of vehicles carrying missile parts in a little more than a year. [See: Minot AFB Clandestine Nukes 'Oddities'.]
Cheney told FBI he had no idea who leaked Plame ID --In the FBI interview, the vice president's memory of key events appeared hazy. 30 Oct 2009 Former Vice President [sic] Dick Cheney told the FBI in 2004 he had no idea who leaked to the news media that Valerie Plame, wife of a Bush regime critic, worked for the CIA. A summary of the FBI's interview with the then-vice president reflects that he had deep concern about Plame's husband, Joseph Wilson, a former U.S. ambassador in Africa who said the administration had twisted prewar intelligence on Iraq.
CREW Lawsuit Results In Release of Notes of Cheney's FBI Interview In Wilson Leak Case (CREW) 30 Oct 2009 Today, after successfully winning a lawsuit against the Department of Justice, under court order, CREW received documents related to former Vice President [sic] Dick Cheney’s interview with the FBI in the investigation into the leak of Valerie Plame Wilson’s covert CIA identity. The transcript reveals that Mr. Cheney -- generally credited with razor sharp intellect and recall -- demonstrated an astonishing inability to recollect even simple facts much less the numerous conversations others have testified to regarding his involvement in the administration’s efforts to discredit former Ambassador Joe Wilson. The transcript does indicate however, that Mr. Cheney held Mr. Wilson in low regard and called the CIA’s decision to send Mr. Wilson to Niger "amateur-hour." [Leak investigation notes here and here.]
FBI agents assassinate Michigan Islamic leader By Abayomi Azikiwe 29 Oct 2009 A well-known African-American Islamic leader in Detroit was shot to death by Federal Bureau of Investigation agents on Oct. 28 at a warehouse in Dearborn. Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah, 53, who headed the Masjid Al-Haqq mosque on the city’s west side, was killed during a series of raids by both federal agents and local police departments that resulted in the arrest of 11 people.
9yr-old boy tortured, says former Guantanamo detainee --'I was interrogated hundreds of times by the FBI, CIA and even MI5, beaten, and subjected to continuous torture, sexual degradation, forced drugging and religious persecution.' 30 Oct 2009 A British Muslim detained for three years at the controversial Guantanamo Bay prison manned by the United States, revealed that the youngest detainee he knew of was a nine-year-old boy who was also tortured like the rest. Ruhal Ahmed’s story was among more accounts of atrocities committed against the detainees at Guantanamo, told before an open commission hearing which began Friday on the sidelines of an international conference to criminalise war. The testimonies before the Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Commission Hearings will be submitted to a tribunal in conjunction with the Criminalise War Conference and War Crimes Tribunal 2009 spearheaded by former Malaysian prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. Dr Mahathir said that the tribunal’s decision would be forwarded to the United Nations for further action.
H1N1 vaccinations to be offered to Guantanamo Bay detainees 30 Oct 2009 The Pentagon will 'offer' the H1N1 vaccination to prisoners at the U.S. facility at Guantanamo Bay, officials there said Friday. The Pentagon made the decision based on U.S. government assessments that people held in detention facilities are at high risk for the pandemic, said Maj. Diana R. Haynie, a spokeswoman for Joint Task Force Guantanamo Bay, which is in charge of holding the suspected terrorists.
Pence to Pentagon: Rethink decision to offer H1N1 vaccine to Gitmo detainees 31 Oct 2009 The Pentagon's announcement Friday that it would provide H1N1 vaccinations to Guantanamo Bay prisoners who ask for it is a "terrible decision," one House Republican stressed Friday. The White House should immediately cancel the program to ensure Americans are able to receive those vaccinations first, added Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.).
Obama Administration Eyeing Navy Brig in South Carolina for Gitmo Detainees, Sources Say 30 Oct 2009 Sources tell Fox News that one scenario is that a "handful" of detainees prisoners who are already in the military courts at Guantanamo could be brought stateside as a "trial run" to test the system. The Navy brig in Charleston, S.C., is "very much in play" as an option to transfer Guantanamo Bay prisoners for military tribunal hearings in the U.S., multiple sources tell Fox News. Some sources describe the Naval Consolidated Brig -- which has housed at least two enemy combatants since 9/11 -- as a leading option being considered by the task force reviewing the Guantanamo issue.
US Homeland Security officials open $9-million operations center to combat cyber attacks 31 Oct 2009 US Homeland Security officials Friday opened a $9 million operations center, with 61 computer stations spread across it. The center will unite the US Computer Emergency Readiness Team and the National Coordinating Center for Telecommunications, so as to strengthen the fight against the cyber-criminals.
NSA to Build $1.5 Billion Cybersecurity Data Center --The massive complex, comprising up to 1.5 million square feet of building space, will provide intelligence and warnings related to cybersecurity threats across government. 29 Oct 2009 The National Security Agency will soon break ground on a data center in Utah that's budgeted to cost $1.5 billion. The NSA is building the facility to provide intelligence and warnings related to cybersecurity threats, cybersecurity support to defense and civilian agency networks, and technical assistance to the Department of Homeland Security, according to a transcript of remarks by Glenn Gaffney, deputy director of national intelligence for collection, who is responsible for oversight of cyber intelligence activities in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
Lieberman Wants Senate-Confirmed Cyber Coordinator 30 Oct 2009 n a speech this morning at the Chamber of Commerce, Sen. Joe Lieberman (R-Israel), the chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, will outline legislation that includes the step of making president's cyber coordinator a Senate confirmed position. The White House, which has not named its cyber coordinator, wants the position to be accountable only to the National Security Adviser.
FBI: Suspects Planned to Attack Newspaper 30 Oct 2009 Two Chicago men who were schoolmates in Pakistan plotted terrorist attacks against a Danish newspaper that triggered widespread protests by printing cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad, federal prosecutors said Tuesday in announcing charges against the men. David Coleman Headley traveled to Denmark in January and July to conduct surveillance on possible targets, including the Copenhagen and Aarhus offices of the Jyllands-Posten newspaper, prosecutors said in criminal complaints filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago. Tahawwur Hussain Ranahelped arrange Headley's travel, prosecutors said.
40,000 contract serious virus in Ukraine, kills 30 --Virus is not H1N1 flu 30 Oct 2009 A viral infection in Ukraine has taken the lives of 30 people and at first it seemed like an ordinary flu but after a week the symptoms became worse. Radio Netherlands Worldwide reports 40,000 Ukrainians have contracted the disease and at least 100 are in the hospital. Tests are currently being conducted and all is known is that it is not the H1N1 flu.
Unknown virus kills in the west of Ukraine 30 Oct 2009 The inhabitants of the western regions of Ukraine reached on an unknown disease, whose symptoms are diagnosed as pneumonia. However, health professionals say the unusual and very rapid course of illness has already led to confirmed deaths of 40 patients. The media has been informed of 40 fatal cases in the Lviv, Ternopil, Chernivtsi and other zachodniukrainskich cities. Most of the fatal cases have been reported in Ternopil. Hospitals reported to be held on 23-29 October 9.5 thousand people. The Ministry of Health of Ukraine has created a special headquarters in connection with the increase in the number of cases. Doctors examine the relationship of the earlier detection of two new cases of swine flu disease in the west of Ukraine (infected recently returned from Moscow) with a new virus.
White House releases visitor logs 30 Oct 2009 In a move it is hailing as "transparency like you've never seen before," the White House on Friday released nearly 500 visitor records of individuals visiting the executive mansion between Inauguration Day and the end of July. [See: White House Visitor Logs --Inauguration Day through 31 July 2009 Posted by CLG 30 Oct 2009.]
9 more U.S. banks fail; $2.5 billion hit for FDIC fund 30 Oct 2009 Nine more U.S. banks, all owned by the same Illinois holding company, were closed Friday by regulators, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said U.S. Bank of Minneapolis would assume their deposits. The closings brought the 2009 total to 115 in 2009 -- the first year since 1992 that more than 100 banks have gone under... The deposit insurance fund will take an estimated $2.5 billion hit, the FDIC said. All nine banks were subsidiaries of FBOP Corp., a holding company based in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park, Ill., according to the FDIC.
Under fire from own party, N.Y. Republican quits House race 31 Oct 2009 Under fire from prominent members of her own party who said she wasn't conservative fascist enough, the Republican candidate for an open U.S. House seat in New York abruptly withdraw from the race Saturday just days before the election. State Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava said she was trailing in polls, unable to raise money and unlikely to win. The sudden withdrawal came as polls showed her falling to third place behind Democrat Bill Owens and Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman. The election in New York's upstate 23rd Congressional District will fill a seat vacated when moderate Republican John McHugh was [insanely] named Secretary of the Army by President Barack Obama.
Lieberman Marching Further Right in 2010 [How much farther right can he go? He's already a Nazi.] 30 Oct 2009 Sen. Joe LieberBush (I-Israel) tells ABC News he will campaign for some Republican candidates during the 2010 midterm elections and may not seek the Democratic Senate nomination when he runs for re-election in 2012. "I probably will support some Republican candidates for Congress or Senate in the election in 2010," Lieberman said in an ABC News interview aboard the U.S. Capitol Subway System. Lieberman infuriated fellow Democrats in 2008 by supporting Republican presidential nominee John McCain [and Sarah Palin] as well as congressional candidates Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y. [See: Silence On the Senator --The Lieberman Lie Pie is growing, and Connecticut's largest newspaper is ignoring it. By Lori Price 28 Oct 2009.]
ABC News Investigation: The Blueberry Children --Children as Young as 5 and 6 Working in the Fields of Large Blueberry Grower Featured by Walmart 30 Oct 2009 Walmart and the Kroger supermarket chain have severed ties with one of the country's major blueberry growers after an ABC News investigation found children, including one as young as five-years-old, working in its fields. The children were discovered at the Adkin Blue Ribbon Packing Company, in South Haven, Michigan, this summer by graduate school students working with ABC News as fellows with the Carnegie Corporation. The owner of the company, Randy Adkin, was once featured on a Walmart billboard advertising his "locally produced and locally sold" blueberries.
Polar bear patrol keeps Churchill's trick-or-treaters safe 30 Oct 2009 Some trick-or-treaters in the northern Manitoba town of Churchill will be going out under police escort this year. That's because it's prime polar bear season in the seaport community, located on the shores of Hudson Bay, about 1,050 kilometres north of Winnipeg. The bears wander through Churchill making their way north up the coast of Hudson Bay to hunt for seals. That's where the polar bear patrol comes in. It is comprised of RCMP members, representatives from Parks Canada and Manitoba Conservation officers. Every Halloween, they fan out around town to watch for the bears while kids are trick-or-treating.
Previous lead stories: US Quietly Speeds Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Military Aid to Pakistan --The number of American Special Forces soldiers and support personnel who are training and 'advising' Pakistani Army and paramilitary troops has doubled in the past eight months to 150 29 Oct 2009 The United States has quietly rushed hundreds of millions of dollars in arms, equipment and sophisticated sensors to Pakistani forces in recent months, said senior American and Pakistani officials. During preparations this spring for the Pakistani campaigns in Swat and South Waziristan, President Obama personally intervened at the request of Pakistan’s top army general to speed the delivery of 10 Mi-17 troop transport helicopters... American military surveillance drones are feeding video images and target information to Pakistani ground commanders, and the Pentagon has quietly provided the Pakistani Air Force with high-resolution, infrared sensors for F-16 warplanes, which Pakistan is using to guide bomb attacks on militants’ strongholds in South Waziristan.
Taliban and Al-Qaeda refuse blame on Pakistan blast 29 Oct 2009 The Taliban and al-Qaeda have said they did not explode the bombs that caused 105 deaths in Peshawar on Wednesday. Pakistani paper The News has quoted an al-Qaeda source as saying the group was not involved in the killing of innocent women and children. The sources instead placed the blame on "elements who want to defame jihad." The banned Taliban group, Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, in an e-mail sent to the media, also denied its involvement in the blast.
Passports linked to 9/11 found along Afghan border [LOLOLOL! Good one.] 29 Oct 2009 Pakistani soldiers battling their way into a Taliban stronghold along the Afghan border have seized passports that may be linked to '9/11 suspects.' Soldiers displayed passports seized in the operation, among them a German document belonging to a man named Said Bahaji. That matches the name of a man thought to have been a member of the Hamburg cell that conceived the 9/11 attacks. The passport included a tourist visa for Pakistan and a stamp indicating he'd arrived in the southern city of Karachi on Sept. 4, 2001.
NaturalNews.com | Today's Featured Stories - October 31, 2009
Profit Drive Swine Flu Propaganda - Pump Up the Volume - Part VI
Most Americans are unaware that flu vaccines still contain thimerosal and that to avoid mercury...
How to get your doctor to sing Happy Birthday while he washes his hands (satire)
(NaturalNews) I recently saw a poster in a medical building that stopped me cold. It was about influenza, and it said the following: To avoid spreading germs, wash your hands for as long as it takes to sing Happy Birthday to yourself. I did...
Stop the Phytonutrient Deficiency in America
Most people should be well aware that a diet rich in assorted fruits and vegetables is vital to maintaining health and preventing disease. Available in a rich variety of colors and flavors that benefit health in different but unique ways...
Learning to use the internet could help elders avoid dementia
(NaturalNews) University of California at Los Angles (UCLA) scientists have found a way adults who are middle-aged and older can enhance brain function and thinking ability in just one week.
Venezuela Bans Coke Zero Citing Health Concerns
(NaturalNews) The Venezuelan government has banned the sugar-free soft drink Coke Zero, citing concerns that its artificial sweetener is harmful to human health. "The product should be withdrawn from circulation to preserve the health of Venezuelans...
Mired in Michigan: State Struggles with Poor Kidney Disease Numbers
Michigan just can't seem to get a break. For well over a year, the Wolverine state has been knocked around and thrown for a loop: 1) In the sports arena (e.g. the Detroit Lions finished the 2008-09 season 0-16; the 2009 Detroit Tigers missed...
Hypnosis and Behavioral Changes Impact the Motivation to Exercise
Exercise is a very important aspect of overall health. Times have changed in the past 100 years making daily chores easy and requiring little physical exertion. The average person no longer has to grow their own food, wash clothes by hand...
Swine flu vaccine shots eliminate wrinkles, bad breath and varicose veins, too (opinion)
(NaturalNews) The propaganda push for flu vaccines has reached a level of absurdity that's just begging to be made fun of. Today, a flu vaccine story appearing in Reuters claimed that injecting pregnant women with flu shots would increase the...
James McCanney - Science Hour | October 29, 2009 mp3
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Cave's Headline | Late morning - early afternoon October 31, 2009
Is the United States & Europe currently under a cyber attack?
Look at the following link and click on "ATTACKS"
http://www.akamai.com/html/technology/dataviz1.html
And you will see the USA (darker in the East Coast) and Europe (darker in Germany) go RED.
It appears that the attack on tb2K and other sites already mention may not be an anomaly.
Our country may be under attack and not a word in the MSM...
Check it out for your self.
Akamai monitors global Internet conditions around the clock. With this real-time data we identify the global regions with the greatest attack traffic, cities with the slowest Web connections (latency), and geographic areas with the most Web traffic (traffic density).
Look at the following link and click on "ATTACKS"
http://www.akamai.com/html/technology/dataviz1.html
And you will see the USA (darker in the East Coast) and Europe (darker in Germany) go RED.It appears that the attack on tb2K and other sites already mention may not be an anomaly.
Our country may be under attack and not a word in the MSM...
Check it out for your self.
Akamai monitors global Internet conditions around the clock. With this real-time data we identify the global regions with the greatest attack traffic, cities with the slowest Web connections (latency), and geographic areas with the most Web traffic (traffic density).
Siberian Department of Russian Academy of Sciences - DR. ALEXEY N. DMITRIEV | PLANETOPHYSICAL STATE OF THE EARTH AND LIFE
English Presentation Sponsored By:
THE MILLENNIUM GROUP
THE EARTH AND LIFE
By DR. ALEXEY N. DMITRIEV*
January 8, 1998
PLANETOPHYSICAL STATE OFTHE EARTH AND LIFE
By DR. ALEXEY N. DMITRIEV*
Published in Russian, IICA Transactions, Volume 4, 1997
*Professor of Geology and Mineralogy, and Chief Scientific Member,
United Institute of Geology, Geophysics, and Mineralogy,
Siberian Department of Russian Academy of Sciences.
Expert on Global Ecology, and Fast -Processing Earth Events.
Russian to English Translation and Editing:
by A. N. Dmitriev, Andrew Tetenov, and Earl L. Crockett
Summary ParagraphCurrent PlanetoPhysical alterations of the Earth are becoming irreversible. Strong evidence exists that these transformations are being caused by highly charged material and energetic non-uniformity's in anisotropic interstellar space which have broken into the interplanetary area of our Solar System. This "donation" of energy is producing hybrid processes and excited energy states in all planets, as well as the Sun. Effects here on Earth are to be found in the acceleration of the magnetic pole shift, in the vertical and horizontal ozone content distribution, and in the increased frequency and magnitude of significant catastrophic climatic events. There is growing probability that we are moving into a rapid temperature instability period similar to the one that took place 10,000 years ago. The adaptive responses of the biosphere, and humanity, to these new conditions may lead to a total global revision of the range of species and life on Earth. It is only through a deep understanding of the fundamental changes taking place in the natural environment surrounding us that politicians, and citizens a like, will be able to achieve balance with the renewing flow of PlanetoPhysical states and processes.
SolarCycle24.com | C1.0 solar flare took place this Saturday morning around 09:30 UTC. This will probably be Sunspot 1029's last goodbye gift.
C1.0 flare captured on STEREO Ahead Saturday morning.
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Cave's Headlines | October 30, 2009
BANK CLOSING FRIDAYFDIC: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FDIC "insurance" is a Ponzi scheme, except in this case Mr. Ponzi has the power to create money and bail himself out indefinitely
October 30, 2009
- North Houston Bank, Houston, TX
- Madisonville State Bank, Madisonville, TX
- Citizens National Bank, Teague, TX
- Park National Bank, Chicago, IL
- Pacific National Bank, San Francisco, CA
- California National Bank, Los Angeles, CA
- San Diego National Bank, San Diego, CA
- Community Bank of Lemont, Lemont, IL
- Bank USA, NA, Phoenix, AZ
Friday, October 30, 2009
Cave's Headlines | October 30, 2009
Bankers Expect Rising Bonus Pay to Break Records in Bloomberg Global Poll (Bloomberg) -- In Washington and on Main Street, politicians and voters are railing against Wall Street’s multi- million-dollar pay packages. In the financial world, most executives expect their bonuses to match or exceed last year’s, with 1 in 10 predicting their best-ever payout. The Associated Press - ISLAMABAD — US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton came face-to-face Friday with Pakistani anger over US aerial drone attacks in tribal areas along ...
The Associated Press - HONG KONG — A US Navy admiral expressed new concern Friday over China's military buildup and urged Beijing to be clearer about its intentions. ...
Chemtrails - THE METHODIC DEMISE OF NATURAL EARTH, by Dr. Michael Castle.
http://www.chemtrails.ch/dokumentationen/THE-METHODIC-DEMISE.htm
THE METHODIC DEMISE OF NATURAL EARTH, by Dr. Michael Castle.
Zurück
An Environmental Impact Overview By Dr. R. Michael Castle 27 March 2004.
In this century, we believe we are witnessing the gradual, purposeful demise of the Earth's Natural System. There are those who will debunk/dis-info all that is written regarding the subject of this paper: ChemTrails. ChemTrails are only a vague description, in lay-terms, of a greater theater of toxic materials being released into the atmosphere/stratosphere, for a myriad of crude and toxic agendas.
The author, Dr. R. Michael Castle, will attempt to put this Global debacle into a profile of events. Technical specificity of all the identified components would require at least a book in length, to recite them all. A short Bibliography follows, and links to various pertinent documents of unquestionable validity.
First Rule of Understanding: There are very large, winner-take-all games orchestrated by the Global Interests of the World. We have investigated, researched and found substantial evidence of a multiplicity of Global operations designed to mitigate various and theoretical Global catastrophes, as defined by a late 1980's and 1990's International Panel of Conferees. (The value of who are they, what's the politics smell like and all that is not of the utmost importance in our attempt, herein, to describe what serious destruction they have caused and are causing to Humans and our Finite Environment. (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: http://www.ipcc.ch).........READ MORE
SteveQuayle.com | Hot Headlines - October 30, 2009
Steps Toward The American Police State are Always Tried-Out in Britain First
Brussels 'Home Office' Plot to Snoop on All of Europe
NATO Forces Turn to Warlords
The Generals' Revolt
US Admiral Concerned About China Military Buildup
Military Plane, Helicopter Collide Off California
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Doubles, Toil and Trouble in Pyongyang
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Market-Ticker | The FDIC Must Be Indicted
By Karl Denninger
These are not suggestions, they are mandates, and if they were followed each and every bank that has been closed by the FDIC would have resulted in ZERO loss to uninsured depositors. The reason for this is simple, when you get down to ...
These are not suggestions, they are mandates, and if they were followed each and every bank that has been closed by the FDIC would have resulted in ZERO loss to uninsured depositors. The reason for this is simple, when you get down to ...
Bloomberg.com | Argentina May Face Beef Shortage in November, Farm Group Says
Oct. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Argentina, the biggest per capita beef consumer, may face a shortage of the national staple as early as next month if the government continues to withhold subsidies to feedlots, a farm group official said.
Feedlots “are short of cash,” Eduardo Ambrosetti, chief economist of the Argentine Rural Society, said yesterday in a telephone interview from Buenos Aires. “Feedlot operators are replacing less than 40 percent of the cattle.”
Argentina’s more than 500 feedlots rely on the 200 pesos ($52) per head that the government has failed to pay since Sept. 1 as a steady source of income. The reduced income for cattle growers follows government policies that have made it unprofitable to export beef for many producers.
Hugo Biolcati, president of the rural society, said Aug. 27 that a cattle shortage would lead Argentineans to cut down domestic consumption by almost a third in the next two years.
Argentineans eat on average about 70 kilograms of beef each every year. The South American country’s herd has declined over the past year as the worst drought in a century harmed pastures.
To contact the reporter on this story: Rodrigo Orihuela in Buenos Aires at rorihuela@bloomberg.net.
Last Updated: October 30, 2009 08:54 EDT
Joyce Riley's THE POWER HOUR NEWS | October 30, 2009
US government recommends blocking popular websites during pandemic flu outbreak -- The US government has issued a new report that recommends blocking access to popular websites during a pandemic outbreak in order to preserve internet bandwidth for investors, day traders and securities clearing house operations. (so...mainly to protect Wall St)
YouTube: Obama Poised to Cede US Sovereignty? -- Lord Moncton tells it like it is on the Copenhagen treaty. On October 14, Lord Christopher Monckton gave a presentation in St. Paul, MN on the subject of global warming. In this 4-minute excerpt from his speech, he issues a dire warning to all Americans regarding the United Nations Climate Change Treaty that is scheduled to be signed in Copenhagen in December 2009.
Saudis don't want oil price set in U.S. anymore -- Saudi Arabia on Wednesday decided to drop the widely used West Texas Intermediate oil contract as the benchmark for pricing its oil, dealing a serious blow to the New York Mercantile Exchange. The decision by the world's biggest oil exporter could encourage other producers to abandon the benchmark and threatens the dominance of the world's most heavily traded oil futures contract.
Hundreds of schools closed due to H1N1 flu -- The federal government has urged schools to close because of the swine flu only as a last resort. But schools are closing by the dozens as officials say they are being hit so hard and so fast by the H1N1 virus that they feel shutting down for a few days is the only feasible option.
US emergency declarations raise pandemic concerns -- New York Gov. David Paterson has declared a state of emergency because of the rise in swine flu cases. The executive order means that far more health care professionals - including dentists - will be permitted to administer vaccines with only brief training. The order is needed to suspend provisions of state law.
Mercury free flu shot available, but Vitamin D and homeopathy prevent flu better -- Because of the outcry against mercury in the swine flu vaccine, six thousand doses of mercury-free flu shots are being made available. With 160 million doses of the regular flu shot being shipped, the mercury-free flu vaccine will go fast. Those who feel a need to be vaccinated, can ask for the mercury-free shot, which health providers will need to keep under refrigeration. Other options for preventing the flu include homeopathy and vitamin D therapy, both of which have been shown to be effective in preventing colds and flu.
YouTube: Now for something funny - Baby Boomers Battle Hymn
They're thinking of using statin drugs to treat H1N1? -- Commonly available drugs that are sold in lower-cost generic versions improve the survival of patients hospitalized for seasonal influenza, researchers reported today, raising the possibility of a widely available treatment that could be used in a severe flu pandemic if other drugs are in short supply.
Cash for Clunkers wound up costing taxpayers $24,000 per car -- The average rebate was $4,000. But the overwhelming majority of sales would have taken place anyway at some time in the last half of 2009, according to Edmunds.com. That means the government ended up spending about $24,000 each for those 125,000 additional vehicle sales.
Robins can see Earth's magnetic field -- Robins can 'see' the Earth's magnetic field which allows them to navigate, scientists believe.
Chickens immunized with Genetic Modified Peas -- Genetically modified peas that can protect chickens against a common infection have been successful in trials, say scientists. (a good reason to raise your own chickens)!!
Dioxin contaminating Vietnam is a carcinogen -- An article released by Agence France Presse news service understates dioxin's cancer effects.
Harvard lab workers were poisoned -- Harvard University says six researchers who became sick in August apparently were poisoned. The Boston Herald says a memo released Friday says the group drank from a coffee machine on Aug. 26 that later tested positive for sodium azide, a common preservative used in labs. The six reported symptoms ranging from dizziness to gar ringing, and one passed out. They were treated at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and later released.
28 inches! Colorado braces for more snow! -- Wintry storm closes schools, delays flights, sparks dozens of crashes.
Florida's turnpike to go cashless, all electronic tolling -- By February 2011, all cash collection on the turnpike's southernmost stretch will end. Toll plazas between the Golden Glades and Interstate 595 will be converted the following year. Eventually, the turnpike will be free of toll booths. Study finds quake risk at Los Alamos lab -- A big earthquake and resultant fire could trigger potentially deadly releases of radioactive materials from Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico due to "major deficiencies" in the nuclear weapons lab's safety planning, federal safety experts warned Tuesday.
Are populations being primed for nano-microchips in vaccines? -- It's almost surreal, like something out of a sci-fi flick, but nano-microchips invisible to the naked eye are a reality that are already being hosted in wide-range of applications. The question is, how long will it take governments and big pharma to immerse nano-microchips inside of vaccines to tag and surveil global populations?
German protests over toxic swine flu jab grow after Army rejects it as too risky! -- The protest against German government plans to mass vaccinate the population with the untested and toxic swine flu jab are growing after the German army decided to order a jab without heavy metals mercury and without adjuvants that is made in the same way as the regular flu shots.
Asteroid explodes over Indonesia with the force of 3 Hiroshimas -- An asteroid that exploded in the Earth’s atmosphere with the energy of three Hiroshima bombs this month has reignited fears about our planet’s defences against space impacts.
How 56.5 million households live: $52,000 median household income in 2009 -- In the last decade, even after the housing bust, prices are still higher yet incomes still lag.
Stimulus dollars go to accused contractors More than $1.2 billion awarded to firms on watchdog's list -- More than $1.2 billion awarded to firms on watchdog's list.
McDonald's to close all restaurants in Iceland -- U.S. fast food chain McDonald's in Iceland announced that all its restaurants would close at the end of October, according to reports reaching here from Reykjavik on Tuesday. "The reason is the rising cost of imported supplies following the collapse of the Icelandic krona," reported the Icelandic electronic newspaper Iceland Review.
US secretly funding Pakistan offensive -- WASHINGTON: Even as the Pakistani government plays down the US role in its military operations in Taliban-controlled areas along the border with Afghanistan, the US has quietly rushed hundreds of millions of dollars in arms, equipment and sophisticated sensors to Pakistani forces in recent months, said US and Pakistani officials.
'Impossible' device could propel cars, missiles -- The Emdrive is an electromagnetic drive that would generate thrust from a closed system — “impossible” say some experts.
Little Known... 'Taking Your Property Back... Free and Clear!' -- Recently, some homeowners have staved off foreclosure for more than four years using a newly employed legal strategy, which requires the lender to 'Produce The Promissory Note'...Read More...
Back to freedom? -- There is only one road 'Back to FREEDOM' and this involves accepting full RESPONSIBILITY for our actions and for our lives; because without the acceptance of personal responsibility, for the things we do or fail to do, there can be no freedom.
British website - Big Brother Watch -- Sensitive official information with potential implications for national security has leaked from Whitehall, the head of the civil service has warned.
Internet turns 40 years old -- "It's the 40th year since the infant Internet first spoke," said University of California, Los Angeles, professor Leonard Kleinrock, who headed the team that first linked computers online in 1969.
YouTube: Obama Poised to Cede US Sovereignty? -- Lord Moncton tells it like it is on the Copenhagen treaty. On October 14, Lord Christopher Monckton gave a presentation in St. Paul, MN on the subject of global warming. In this 4-minute excerpt from his speech, he issues a dire warning to all Americans regarding the United Nations Climate Change Treaty that is scheduled to be signed in Copenhagen in December 2009.
Saudis don't want oil price set in U.S. anymore -- Saudi Arabia on Wednesday decided to drop the widely used West Texas Intermediate oil contract as the benchmark for pricing its oil, dealing a serious blow to the New York Mercantile Exchange. The decision by the world's biggest oil exporter could encourage other producers to abandon the benchmark and threatens the dominance of the world's most heavily traded oil futures contract.
Hundreds of schools closed due to H1N1 flu -- The federal government has urged schools to close because of the swine flu only as a last resort. But schools are closing by the dozens as officials say they are being hit so hard and so fast by the H1N1 virus that they feel shutting down for a few days is the only feasible option.
US emergency declarations raise pandemic concerns -- New York Gov. David Paterson has declared a state of emergency because of the rise in swine flu cases. The executive order means that far more health care professionals - including dentists - will be permitted to administer vaccines with only brief training. The order is needed to suspend provisions of state law.
Mercury free flu shot available, but Vitamin D and homeopathy prevent flu better -- Because of the outcry against mercury in the swine flu vaccine, six thousand doses of mercury-free flu shots are being made available. With 160 million doses of the regular flu shot being shipped, the mercury-free flu vaccine will go fast. Those who feel a need to be vaccinated, can ask for the mercury-free shot, which health providers will need to keep under refrigeration. Other options for preventing the flu include homeopathy and vitamin D therapy, both of which have been shown to be effective in preventing colds and flu.
YouTube: Now for something funny - Baby Boomers Battle Hymn
They're thinking of using statin drugs to treat H1N1? -- Commonly available drugs that are sold in lower-cost generic versions improve the survival of patients hospitalized for seasonal influenza, researchers reported today, raising the possibility of a widely available treatment that could be used in a severe flu pandemic if other drugs are in short supply.
Cash for Clunkers wound up costing taxpayers $24,000 per car -- The average rebate was $4,000. But the overwhelming majority of sales would have taken place anyway at some time in the last half of 2009, according to Edmunds.com. That means the government ended up spending about $24,000 each for those 125,000 additional vehicle sales.
Robins can see Earth's magnetic field -- Robins can 'see' the Earth's magnetic field which allows them to navigate, scientists believe.
Chickens immunized with Genetic Modified Peas -- Genetically modified peas that can protect chickens against a common infection have been successful in trials, say scientists. (a good reason to raise your own chickens)!!
Dioxin contaminating Vietnam is a carcinogen -- An article released by Agence France Presse news service understates dioxin's cancer effects.
Harvard lab workers were poisoned -- Harvard University says six researchers who became sick in August apparently were poisoned. The Boston Herald says a memo released Friday says the group drank from a coffee machine on Aug. 26 that later tested positive for sodium azide, a common preservative used in labs. The six reported symptoms ranging from dizziness to gar ringing, and one passed out. They were treated at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and later released.
28 inches! Colorado braces for more snow! -- Wintry storm closes schools, delays flights, sparks dozens of crashes.
Florida's turnpike to go cashless, all electronic tolling -- By February 2011, all cash collection on the turnpike's southernmost stretch will end. Toll plazas between the Golden Glades and Interstate 595 will be converted the following year. Eventually, the turnpike will be free of toll booths. Study finds quake risk at Los Alamos lab -- A big earthquake and resultant fire could trigger potentially deadly releases of radioactive materials from Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico due to "major deficiencies" in the nuclear weapons lab's safety planning, federal safety experts warned Tuesday.
Are populations being primed for nano-microchips in vaccines? -- It's almost surreal, like something out of a sci-fi flick, but nano-microchips invisible to the naked eye are a reality that are already being hosted in wide-range of applications. The question is, how long will it take governments and big pharma to immerse nano-microchips inside of vaccines to tag and surveil global populations?
German protests over toxic swine flu jab grow after Army rejects it as too risky! -- The protest against German government plans to mass vaccinate the population with the untested and toxic swine flu jab are growing after the German army decided to order a jab without heavy metals mercury and without adjuvants that is made in the same way as the regular flu shots.
Asteroid explodes over Indonesia with the force of 3 Hiroshimas -- An asteroid that exploded in the Earth’s atmosphere with the energy of three Hiroshima bombs this month has reignited fears about our planet’s defences against space impacts.
How 56.5 million households live: $52,000 median household income in 2009 -- In the last decade, even after the housing bust, prices are still higher yet incomes still lag.
Stimulus dollars go to accused contractors More than $1.2 billion awarded to firms on watchdog's list -- More than $1.2 billion awarded to firms on watchdog's list.
McDonald's to close all restaurants in Iceland -- U.S. fast food chain McDonald's in Iceland announced that all its restaurants would close at the end of October, according to reports reaching here from Reykjavik on Tuesday. "The reason is the rising cost of imported supplies following the collapse of the Icelandic krona," reported the Icelandic electronic newspaper Iceland Review.
US secretly funding Pakistan offensive -- WASHINGTON: Even as the Pakistani government plays down the US role in its military operations in Taliban-controlled areas along the border with Afghanistan, the US has quietly rushed hundreds of millions of dollars in arms, equipment and sophisticated sensors to Pakistani forces in recent months, said US and Pakistani officials.
'Impossible' device could propel cars, missiles -- The Emdrive is an electromagnetic drive that would generate thrust from a closed system — “impossible” say some experts.
Little Known... 'Taking Your Property Back... Free and Clear!' -- Recently, some homeowners have staved off foreclosure for more than four years using a newly employed legal strategy, which requires the lender to 'Produce The Promissory Note'...Read More...
Back to freedom? -- There is only one road 'Back to FREEDOM' and this involves accepting full RESPONSIBILITY for our actions and for our lives; because without the acceptance of personal responsibility, for the things we do or fail to do, there can be no freedom.
British website - Big Brother Watch -- Sensitive official information with potential implications for national security has leaked from Whitehall, the head of the civil service has warned.
Internet turns 40 years old -- "It's the 40th year since the infant Internet first spoke," said University of California, Los Angeles, professor Leonard Kleinrock, who headed the team that first linked computers online in 1969.
International Analyst Network | Can Mrs. Clinton Control CIA In Afghanistan?
29 Oct 2009
There is a reason why her first visit to Pakistan turned into a big firefighting mission. In less than two years, even Pakistan's elite turned suspicious of US intentions. Forget Hillary's empty accusations that Pakistan is protecting al-Qaeda, the truth is that Washington has played a double game with Pakistan. Afghanistan today is a hub for anti-Pakistan activities and a source for the supply of weapons to terrorists in Pakistan [and Iran, and China]. The charm offensive aside: Can Mrs. Clinton and President Obama control CIA activities in Afghanistan? Who is setting America's Afghan agenda?
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—Two years ago, when isolated reports in the Pakistani media accused the United States of playing a double game in Afghanistan, most commentators dismissed them as conspiracy theories and kneejerk anti-Americanism.
Today those reports dominate the mainstream Pakistani media. The distrust is so serious that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had to turn her first official visit to Pakistan into a firefighting mission, kicking off a charm offensive to win over skeptic Pakistanis.
Her campaign has included Facebook advertisements targeting young Pakistanis, town-hall type meetings, and group television interviews with anchors meant to maximize her on-air exposure.
Before she even landed in Pakistan, Clinton had instructed US diplomats in Islamabad to get tough with the Pakistani media. At one point, the American ambassador wrote a secret letter to a large Pakistani newspaper accusing one of its columnists, a critic of US policies, of endangering American lives. She gave no evidence of how a policy critique endangered anyone's life. The columnist was dropped after ten years of working for the paper. The US embassy in Pakistan is very powerful thanks to a pro-US Pakistani government that sees Washington as a hedge against the powerful Pakistani military. FULL STORY
There is a reason why her first visit to Pakistan turned into a big firefighting mission. In less than two years, even Pakistan's elite turned suspicious of US intentions. Forget Hillary's empty accusations that Pakistan is protecting al-Qaeda, the truth is that Washington has played a double game with Pakistan. Afghanistan today is a hub for anti-Pakistan activities and a source for the supply of weapons to terrorists in Pakistan [and Iran, and China]. The charm offensive aside: Can Mrs. Clinton and President Obama control CIA activities in Afghanistan? Who is setting America's Afghan agenda?
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—Two years ago, when isolated reports in the Pakistani media accused the United States of playing a double game in Afghanistan, most commentators dismissed them as conspiracy theories and kneejerk anti-Americanism.
Today those reports dominate the mainstream Pakistani media. The distrust is so serious that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had to turn her first official visit to Pakistan into a firefighting mission, kicking off a charm offensive to win over skeptic Pakistanis.
Her campaign has included Facebook advertisements targeting young Pakistanis, town-hall type meetings, and group television interviews with anchors meant to maximize her on-air exposure.
Before she even landed in Pakistan, Clinton had instructed US diplomats in Islamabad to get tough with the Pakistani media. At one point, the American ambassador wrote a secret letter to a large Pakistani newspaper accusing one of its columnists, a critic of US policies, of endangering American lives. She gave no evidence of how a policy critique endangered anyone's life. The columnist was dropped after ten years of working for the paper. The US embassy in Pakistan is very powerful thanks to a pro-US Pakistani government that sees Washington as a hedge against the powerful Pakistani military. FULL STORY
BlacklistedNews.com | Breaking Headlines - October 30, 2009
| President Obama and members of Congress told federal agencies earlier this year to avoid awarding funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to contractors with troubled histories of work for the federal government. | |
| The operation unfolded as the Bush administration was relaxing some domestic intelligence-gathering rules. The F.B.I.’s interpretation of those rules was recently made public when it released, in response to a Freedom of Information lawsuit, its "Domestic Investigations and Operations Guide." | |
| The Boston Herald says a memo released Friday says the group drank from a coffee machine on Aug. 26 that later tested positive for sodium azide, a common preservative used in labs. | |
| Gov. David Paterson declared a state of emergency, saying a recent rise in swine flu cases has created a “disaster” and that certain provisions of state law needed to be set aside to get people vaccinated as quickly as possible. | |
| The Cash for Clunkers program gave car buyers rebates of up to $4,500 if they traded in less fuel-efficient vehicles for new vehicles that met certain fuel economy requirements. A total of $3 billion was allotted for those rebates. | |
President Signs Law Giving Defense Department Authority to Exempt Photos From Freedom of Information President Obama today signed into law a Homeland Security appropriations bill that grants the Department of Defense (DOD) the authority to continue suppressing photos of prisoner abuse. | |
| Recently, famous U.S. futurologist Paul Saffo released an unbelievable but reliable prediction that the super rich would "rebuild" their bodies using advanced technology. As a result they will be quite different from common human beings, and would be considered a new species. | |
Breaking News and Commentary from Citizens For Legitimate Government | 30 Oct 2009
US Quietly Speeds Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Military Aid to Pakistan --The number of American Special Forces soldiers and support personnel who are training and 'advising' Pakistani Army and paramilitary troops has doubled in the past eight months to 150 29 Oct 2009 The United States has quietly rushed hundreds of millions of dollars in arms, equipment and sophisticated sensors to Pakistani forces in recent months, said senior American and Pakistani officials. During preparations this spring for the Pakistani campaigns in Swat and South Waziristan, President Obama personally intervened at the request of Pakistan’s top army general to speed the delivery of 10 Mi-17 troop transport helicopters... American military surveillance drones are feeding video images and target information to Pakistani ground commanders, and the Pentagon has quietly provided the Pakistani Air Force with high-resolution, infrared sensors for F-16 warplanes, which Pakistan is using to guide bomb attacks on militants’ strongholds in South Waziristan.
Taliban and Al-Qaeda refuse blame on Pakistan blast 29 Oct 2009 The Taliban and al-Qaeda have said they did not explode the bombs that caused 105 deaths in Peshawar on Wednesday. Pakistani paper The News has quoted an al-Qaeda source as saying the group was not involved in the killing of innocent women and children. The sources instead placed the blame on "elements who want to defame jihad." The banned Taliban group, Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, in an e-mail sent to the media, also denied its involvement in the blast. [Right, it was likely the terrorist group Blackwater/Xe, which *is* involved in the killing of innocent women and children. See: 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. 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.]
Peshawar blast death toll rises to 111 30 Oct 2009 The death toll from Wednesday’s blast in Peshawar has now risen to 111, while many of the injured remain in critical condition. On Wednesday, a huge explosion shook the city’s Meena bazaar, a marketplace frequented by women.
Passports linked to 9/11 found along Afghan border [LOLOLOL! Good one.] 29 Oct 2009 Pakistani soldiers battling their way into a Taliban stronghold along the Afghan border have seized passports that may be linked to '9/11 suspects.' Soldiers displayed passports seized in the operation, among them a German document belonging to a man named Said Bahaji. That matches the name of a man thought to have been a member of the Hamburg cell that conceived the 9/11 attacks. The passport included a tourist visa for Pakistan and a stamp indicating he'd arrived in the southern city of Karachi on Sept. 4, 2001.
Iraq arrests security officials over Baghdad blast 29 Oct 2009 Iraq announced the arrests of dozens of military and security personnel on Thursday over Baghdad suicide bombings that killed 155 people. Maj. Gen. Qassim al-Moussawi, a military spokesman for the Iraqi capital, told The Associated Press that 11 army officers and 50 security officials have been taken into custody over Sunday's bombings. The massive blasts at the Justice Ministry and the Baghdad Provincial Administration angered many Iraqis, who questioned how the suicide bombers could have gotten their explosives-laden vehicles through a downtown dotted with checkpoints and security personnel.
US military suffers another GI loss in Iraq 30 Oct 2009 The United States military has lost another soldier to a non-combat incident at Camp Adder, located outside Nasiriyah, in south central Iraq. "A US soldier of the 13th Reconnaissance Command was killed on Wednesday at Iraq's Camp Adder in a non-combat incident," according to a US army statement.
Obama honors war dead in predawn visit to Dover air base --Greets cargo plane carrying 18 killed in Afghanistan 30 Oct 2009 Hours after a personal encounter with the grim cost of war, President Obama said yesterday that the sight of 18 flag-covered cases holding the remains of Americans killed this week in Afghanistan cannot help but influence his thinking about sending more troops there.
War crimes arrest awaiting Olmert's UK visit 30 Oct 2009 Former Israeli premier Ehud Olmert would probably face arrest on war crime charges if he visited Britain, a leading British newspapers has quoted a lawyer as saying. "Neither Olmert nor Tzipi Livni, the foreign minister during the Cast Lead offensive, and a member of Israel's war cabinet, would enjoy immunity from prosecution for alleged breaches of the Geneva conventions," the Middle East editor of The Guardian, Ian Black, quoted Daniel Machover as saying.
Israeli spy in US wanted $2 million for his secrets 29 Oct 2009 The celebrated American scientist charged with spying for Israel had asked for $2 million for his secrets, federal prosecutors has revealed. The US Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested Stewart D. Nozette on Oct. 19 as he attempted to deliver state secrets to an undercover FBI agent, disguised as an Israeli intelligence operative.
Iran Rejects Deal to Ship Out Uranium, Officials Report 30 Oct 2009 Iran told the United Nations nuclear watchdog on Thursday that it would not accept a plan its negotiators agreed to last week to send its stockpile of uranium out of the country, according to diplomats in Europe and American officials briefed on Iran’s response. The apparent rejection of the deal could unwind President Obama’s effort to buy time to resolve the nuclear standoff.
Ousted Minot AFB commander won't retire 20 Oct 2009 Col. Christopher Ayres, the former 91st Missile Wing commander at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., who was fired on Oct. 14, will accept an assignment to Air Force Space Command headquarters at Peterson Air Force Base, Col., and not retire. The 24-year missile officer was fired after 20th Air Force Commander Maj. Gen. Roger Burg "lost confidence in his ability to command." Burg also fired two maintenance commanders formerly under Ayres’ command -- Col. Lyman Faith, 91st Maintenance Group commander, and Lt. Col. Andrew Healy, 91st Missile Maintenance Squadron commander. The firings followed the Oct. 9 release of an investigative report that blamed a "large insect" for an Aug. 31 crash involving a truck carrying rocket engine parts for intercontinental ballistic missiles.
Obama signs bills for record Pentagon, Homeland Security spending By Patrick Martin 30 Oct 2009 In a ceremony Wednesday, US President Barack Obama signed legislation authorizing the largest ever military budget, a gargantuan $680 billion for the Pentagon, including $130 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. On Thursday, he signed a spending bill funneling another $44 billion into the Department of Homeland Security, to strengthen the apparatus of state repression within the United States.
The manual's details have alarmed privacy advocates. Loosening of F.B.I. Rules Stirs Privacy Concerns 29 Oct 2009 ...The operation unfolded as the Bush administration was relaxing some domestic intelligence-gathering rules. The F.B.I.’s interpretation of those rules was recently made public when it released, in response to a Freedom of Information lawsuit, its "Domestic Investigations and Operations Guide." The disclosure of the manual has opened the widest window yet onto how agents have been given greater power in the post-Sept. 11 era. In seeking the revised rules, the bureau said it needed greater flexibility to hunt for would-be terrorists inside the United States. But the manual’s details have alarmed privacy advocates.
The New Operations Manual from the F.B.I. 29 Oct 2009 In September 2008, the Bush administration changed domestic intelligence-gathering rules. The Federal Bureau of Investigation's interpretation of those rules was recently made public when the bureau released a redacted copy of its "Domestic Investigations and Operation Guide" in response to a Freedom of Information lawsuit. The new rules have given F.B.I. agents the most power in national security matters that they have had since the post-Watergate era.
Al Qaeda sleeper agent gets 8 years, not 15 as prosecutors had sought --Ali Marri gets a lighter sentence in consideration of 'very severe' conditions under which he was kept during the almost six years he was held without charges in a U.S. Navy brig in South Carolina. 30 Oct 2009 A federal judge [U.S. District Judge Michael Mihm] sentenced an Al Qaeda "sleeper" agent to eight years in prison Thursday -- about half the time prosecutors had requested -- because the agent received what the judge called "unacceptable" treatment in a U.S. Navy brig. Those conditions included sensory deprivation, lengthy interrogations, long periods of isolation and threats to harm his family.
U.S. prosecutors add terrorism charge to Canadian living in Chicago 28 Oct 2009 U.S prosecutors on Wednesday laid an additional charge against a Canadian arrested in Chicago for allegedly helping to plot a terrorist attack against a Danish newspaper that published controversial cartoons about the Prophet Muhammad. Tahawwur Hussain Rana, a Pakistani-born Canadian, has been charged with conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terrorism conspiracy for his role in what the FBI says was a plot against the Jyllands-Posten in Copenhagen.
Dozens in Congress under ethics inquiry --Document was found on file-sharing network 30 Oct 2009 House ethics investigators have been scrutinizing the activities of more than 30 lawmakers and several aides in inquiries about issues including defense lobbying and corporate influence peddling, according to a confidential House ethics committee report prepared in July. The report appears to have been inadvertently placed on a publicly accessible computer network, and it was provided to The Washington Post by a source not connected to the congressional investigations.
7 on defense panel scrutinized --Separate probes focus on ties to lobbying firm founded by Hill aide 30 Oct 2009 Nearly half the members of a powerful House subcommittee in control of Pentagon spending are under scrutiny by ethics investigators in Congress, who have trained their lens on the relationships between seven panel members and an influential lobbying firm founded by a former Capitol Hill aide. The investigations by two separate ethics offices include an examination of the chairman of the Appropriations subcommittee on defense, John P. Murtha (D-Pa.), as well as others who helped steer federal funds to clients of the PMA Group. The lawmakers received campaign contributions from the firm and its clients. A document obtained by The Washington Post shows that the subcommittee members under scrutiny also include Peter J. Visclosky (D-Ind.), James P. Moran Jr. (D-Va.), Norm Dicks (D-Wash.), Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) , C.W. Bill Young (R-Fla.) and Todd Tiahrt (R-Kan.).
NY Gov. Declares State of Emergency Over H1N1 Flu --The order is needed to suspend provisions of state law. 29 Oct 2009 Gov. David Paterson declared a state of emergency, saying a recent rise in swine flu cases has created a "disaster" and that certain provisions of state law needed to be set aside to get people vaccinated as quickly as possible. The executive order Thursday means that far more health care professionals -- including dentists, dental hygienists, podiatrists, pharmacists, midwives and physicians assistants -- will be permitted to administer swine flu and seasonal flu vaccines with only brief training. [See: New York City Parents Opting Out of Swine Flu Vaccine --Officials used Wednesday's event to implore more parents to sign up 29 Oct 2009.]
Ohio Boy Given H1N1 Vaccine Against Mom's Wishes 29 Oct 2009 A furious Ohio mother says her 7-year-old son, who has had problems with medications, was vaccinated for swine flu at school against her wishes. Kim Lutheran works as a nurse and says her son, Matthew, has had bad reactions to medicine. So, she says she signed for "no consent" on a vaccination form and then circled her intentions with a black marker to make things clear to the boy's public school in the Toledo suburb of Oregon. Lutheran says she learned Matthew still received a shot on Monday. She says the local health department must be held accountable. [Have the pharma-terrorist trolls arrested for attempted murder, then sue.]
Swine Flu Hit Millions in Spring, Agency Says 30 Oct 2009 There were 1.8 million to 5.7 million cases of swine flu in the country during the epidemic’s first spring wave, according to a new estimate from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released Thursday. From 9,000 to 21,000 people were hospitalized as a result, and up to 800 died from April to July, when it largely faded out, according to the estimates, which were conducted by the C.D.C. and the Harvard School of Public Health and published online in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases. The agency has previously refused to be more specific than to say there were "more than a million" cases.
Swine Flu Cases Overestimated? CBS News: Study of State Results Finds H1N1 Not As Prevalent As Feared 21 Oct 2009 In late July, the CDC abruptly advised states to stop testing for H1N1 flu, and stopped counting individual cases. CBS News learned that the decision to stop counting H1N1 flu cases was made so hastily that states weren't given the opportunity to provide input. We asked all 50 states for their statistics on state lab-confirmed H1N1 prior to the halt of individual testing and counting in July. The vast majority of cases were negative for H1N1 as well as seasonal flu, despite the fact that many states were specifically testing patients deemed to be most likely to have H1N1 flu. It's unknown what patients who tested negative for flu were actually afflicted with since the illness was not otherwise determined.
New York City Parents Opting Out of Swine Flu Vaccine --Officials used Wednesday's event to implore more parents to sign up 29 Oct 2009 Fewer than half of New York City parents with children in elementary school have given permission for their children to receive the swine flu vaccine at school, reflecting some ambivalence about the need for the vaccine or concern about its effects. 5 percent to 50 percent of parents had given consent for their children to receive the vaccine at schools that had it. At Public School 157 in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, where health officials opened the school vaccination effort on Wednesday, only a third of students had permission to receive it.
Harvard: Disease Researchers Were Poisoned 25 Oct 2009 Harvard University says six researchers who became sick in August apparently were poisoned. The Boston Herald says a memo released Friday says the group drank from a coffee machine on Aug. 26 that later tested positive for sodium azide, a common preservative used in labs. The six reported symptoms ranging from dizziness to ear ringing, and one passed out. They were treated at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and later released. The researchers all work in the Harvard Medical School's pathology department using mice to investigate how diseases interact with the immune system.
Poisoning at Harvard --6 lab workers sickened by coffee 25 Oct 2009 Harvard University Medical School is locking down its New Research Building, installing new surveillance cameras and imposing tighter security after researchers in the pathology department of the Boston building drank poisoned coffee and were hospitalized. The six victims - a group of scientists and students at Harvard Medical School - used a communal, single-serve coffee machine on the eighth floor near their pathology lab Aug. 26, according to an internal memo.
GMAC seeking third bailout - report --U.S. Treasury likely to inject another $2.8 billion to $5.6 billion in troubled lender, Wall Street Journal says. The U.S. has already injected $13.4 billion in the lender since Dec 2008. 28 Oct 2009 GMAC Financial Services is seeking a third round of bailout funds from the U.S. Treasury Department, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. Talks over a fresh lifeline are at an advanced stage and the U.S. government could provide an additional $2.8 billion to $5.6 billion to the lender, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter.
Health care: Most wouldn't have public option 29 Oct 2009 Lost amid the ideological battle for or against a public option is a key overlooked fact: The vast majority of Americans would have no access to a public option even under its most expansive versions. House and Senate bills limit the option to the smallest businesses and to individuals who cannot get insurance, or whose health care costs exceed 12.5 percent of their income. Even seven years into an overhaul, an estimated 90 percent of Americans, including nearly everyone who has employer-based coverage now, would be shut out of a public option.
CLG: Silence On the Senator --The Lieberman Lie Pie is growing, and Connecticut's largest newspaper is ignoring it. By Lori Price 28 Oct 2009 When Senator Chris Dodd (D) sneezes, the state of Connecticut knows it. We know it, because the Hartford Courant tells us... and tells us and tells us. On the flip side, one can (jokingly) observe that one would have to revert to the Hartford Courant's founding date -- 1764 -- to find positive coverage of Dodd or any other Democrat. The Courant, mindful that reporting Joe Lieberman's actual actions would drag his approval ratings down lower than the Marianas Trench, avoids the topic of Joe(no)mentum altogether.
BP Faces Record Fine for '05 Refinery Explosion 30 Oct 2009 The Occupational Safety and Health Administration will announce the largest fine in its history on Friday, $87 million in penalties against the oil giant BP for failing to correct safety problems identified after a 2005 explosion that killed 15 workers at its Texas City, Tex. refinery, federal officials said Thursday. The fine is more than four times the size of any previous OSHA sanction.
Previous lead stories: US to Give $125 Million to Upgrade Pakistan's Power Sector 29 Oct 2009 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, seeking to bolster Islamabad's fight against Islamic extremists US corporaterrorists' profits, initiated a crash U.S. assistance program for Pakistan's power sector aimed at rolling back electricity shortages that threaten to cripple the South Asian nation's economy. Mrs. Clinton, on the first of a three-day diplomatic mission to Pakistan, said that Washington will disburse $125 million to Islamabad for the upgrading of key power stations and transmission lines. U.S. experts [!] are also beginning to work with Pakistani utility companies to reduce power outages and lost revenue caused by outmoded technologies and systemic non-payment by customers, which costs Pakistan hundreds of millions of dollars each year.
UN rights investigator warns US drone attacks may violate international law 28 Oct 2009 UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Philip Alston said Tuesday that the use of unmanned warplanes by the US to carry out attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan may be illegal. Alston criticized the US policy in a report to the UN General Assembly's human rights committee and then elaborated at a press conference.
Brother of Afghan President Is on C.I.A. Payroll, Officials Say 28 Oct 2009 Ahmed Wali Karzai, the brother of the Afghan president and a suspected player in the country's booming illegal opium trade, gets regular payments from the Central Intelligence Agency, and has for much of the past eight years, according to current and former American officials. The agency pays Mr. Karzai for a variety of services, and those financial ties and the agency's close working relationship with him raise significant questions about America's war strategy, which is currently under review at the White House.
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