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Sunday, November 29, 2009
The August Review - Global elite research center | The Trilateral Commission: Usurping Sovereignty
BlacklistedNews.com | Breaking Headlines - November 29, 2009
| Bankers from Rothschild have been appointed to help restructure Dubai World with a mandate to dispose of some of the stricken conglomerate's famous assets. | |
| Dubai's move to suspend payments on its Dubai World conglomerate's debt was "carefully planned" and done in full knowledge of how the markets would react, the chairman of the Supreme Fiscal Committee said on Thursday. | |
| In September of last year, the first Singaporeans began arriving at the Mountain Home Air Force Base. They're here to train on the advanced F-15 Strike Eagles they purchased from the U.S. military. | |
| Juergen and Rosemary Dudek of Archfeldt, Germany, were sentenced to 90 days in prison in July 2008 because they homeschool their children. | |
| U.S. banks are earning money again, but they're writing fewer business loans, threatening a fragile economic recovery. | |
| As has already been widely noted, the minutes of the most recent FOMC meeting reiterated the Fed’s eagerness to reverse, not extend, policy | |
| Alien spies live among us’ says Bulgarian gov space boffin Say we must stop global warming | |
| A magazine run by the Chinese government has revealed the existence of a network of secret detention centres or "black jails" in Beijing where inmates are often beaten or tortured. | |
| A U.S. journalist was grilled by Canadian border officials for 90 minutes Wednesday. Officials demanded to know if Democracy Now’s Amy Goodman was going to speak against hosting the Olympic games in Canada. | |
| The Danish parliament today passed legislation which will give police sweeping powers of "pre-emptive" arrest and extend custodial sentences for acts of civil disobedience. The "deeply worrying" law comes ahead of the UN climate talks which start on 7 December and are ... | |
| Dubai’s debt woes may worsen to become a “major sovereign default” that roils developing nations and cuts off capital flows to emerging markets, Bank of America Corp. said. “One cannot rule out -- as a tail risk -- a case where this ... | |
| Food banks across the country are undergoing a high-tech revolution, adopting sophisticated databases, bar coding, GPS tracking, automated warehouses and other technologies used in the food industry that increasingly supplies their goods. | |
| US nuclear doctrine, missile defence in Europe and NATO expansion | |
| Countries that have historically friendly relations with the United States on Thursday will begin issuing passports to residents traveling abroad complete with facial-recognition software and digital chips. | |
The New York Times Sunday Cover: Food Stamps For All!
The New York Times delivered a sobering message on Sunday with a lead story that read “Food Stamp Use Soars Across U.S., and Stigma Fades.” We’re all hurting, the paper seemed to say, as a giant United States infographic detailing the change in number of people who receive food stamps over the past two years occupied most of the space above the fold. The Great Recession indeed.
The cover story begins matter of factly and it’s clear we’re not in for a feel good Sunday human interest piece:
Driven by a painful mix of layoffs and rising food and fuel prices, the number of Americans receiving food stamps is projected to reach 28 million in the coming year, the highest level since the aid program began in the 1960s.
The piece puts the 2009 government price tag at about $36 billion, as 14 states reached a record number of recipients by last December. “One example is Michigan, where one in eight residents now receives food stamps,” reads the article, illustrated by the dark sections of the above map. See also: Nevada, Florida, Arizona. Ouch.
You can see another nifty looking, mood deflating Times graphic below, and read the whole downer of an article here.
FTO.co.za | John Holdren contributed to “inconvienent truth” and Climategate
As we dig deeper in this utter lie, the biggest conspiracy of the century called global warming and climategate that happened this past week we see deeper and deeper into the minds of this world government in the making by Obama and his gang of clowns. One of those clowns turns out to be John Holdren that has his foot deeply embedded into this climategate scandal. Continue Reading
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http://fto.co.za/news/john-holdren-contributed-inconvienent-truth-and-climategate-2009112815894.html
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http://www.infowars.com/obama-science-advisor-called-for-planetary-regime-to-enforce-totalitarian-population-control-measures/
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http://97.74.65.51/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=34198
Evidence Grows for an Ocean Inside Saturn’s Moon, Enceladus
NASA's Enceladus Virtual Tour
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/flash/Enceladus/enceladus.html
As the Cassini space probe continues to study Saturn and its system of moons, the evidence is mounting that one of those moons, Enceladus, may have liquid water beneath its surface. Combine this intriguing possibility with the fact that a wide array of organic compounds have also been detected on that body, and it makes Enceladus one of the most fascinating places to look for extraterrestrial life.
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/flash/Enceladus/enceladus.html
As the Cassini space probe continues to study Saturn and its system of moons, the evidence is mounting that one of those moons, Enceladus, may have liquid water beneath its surface. Combine this intriguing possibility with the fact that a wide array of organic compounds have also been detected on that body, and it makes Enceladus one of the most fascinating places to look for extraterrestrial life. The special interest in this little moon began in 2005, when Cassini observed huge jets of vapor and particles coming from parallel cracks on Enceladus’ surface. Cassini obtained a spectrogram of the material in one of the plumes by sampling the light from a star as it passed behind the plume. To the amazement of scientists, the plume was loaded with water vapor and other chemicals necessary to produce life. Not only that, but the cracks from which the geysers were coming, nicknamed “tiger stripes,” were actually deep valleys providing protected areas where nature could perform the delicate chemistry of forming life. As you can imagine, Enceladus has been the object of intense scrutiny ever since.
One of the main questions that are being asked is, where’s the water coming from? Since the initial discovery, scientists have been tossing around the interesting idea that there may be large amounts of water beneath the surface of Enceladus. If this turns out to be true, there are further questions: just how much water, and how deep is it? There is even the tantalizing possibility that Enceladus may have an internal ocean, which would be an even better place for life to start than the tiger stripes ... Full Article
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http://2012-comet.com/astronomy/evidence-grows-for-an-ocean-inside-saturns-moon-enceladus/
CapeCodeOnline.com | Stunned turtles coming ashore along Cape Cod and Long Island
Bob Prescott of the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary holds one of the cold-stunned sea turtles rescued on Cape beaches this week.Cape Cod Times/Steve Heaslip
SOUTH WELLFLEET - November 29, 2009 — More than a dozen cold-stunned Kemp's ridley sea turtles washed up on Cape beaches in the past few days, marking the beginning of the region's turtle stranding season.
After a warm fall, the water temperatures are finally dropping below 50 degrees. It's too cold for the sea turtles, which were supposed to have moved south for the winter by this time. But every year, some of the marine reptiles get tricked by the geological anomalies of Cape Cod and Long Island, said Bob Prescott, director of the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary.
After a warm fall, the water temperatures are finally dropping below 50 degrees. It's too cold for the sea turtles, which were supposed to have moved south for the winter by this time. But every year, some of the marine reptiles get tricked by the geological anomalies of Cape Cod and Long Island, said Bob Prescott, director of the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary.
How to save a turtle
Instructions on rescuing stranded sea turtles:
1. Move the turtle above the high tide line. DO NOT PUT IT BACK INTO THE WATER. DO NOT REMOVE IT FROM THE BEACH.
2. Cover the animal with seaweed or eelgrass to limit exposure to the wind.
3. Mark the spot with a conspicuous piece of beach debris such as a lobster buoy or driftwood.
4. Call Mass Audubon's Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary Sea Turtle Hot Line at 508-349-2615, ext. 104. Leave an exact location as well as distinguishable landmarks. A rescue crew will come as soon as possible.
1. Move the turtle above the high tide line. DO NOT PUT IT BACK INTO THE WATER. DO NOT REMOVE IT FROM THE BEACH.
2. Cover the animal with seaweed or eelgrass to limit exposure to the wind.
3. Mark the spot with a conspicuous piece of beach debris such as a lobster buoy or driftwood.
4. Call Mass Audubon's Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary Sea Turtle Hot Line at 508-349-2615, ext. 104. Leave an exact location as well as distinguishable landmarks. A rescue crew will come as soon as possible.
Late in the fall, many Kemp's ridley, green and loggerhead turtles in local waters become cold stunned: a torpid state with heart rates slowing down to as low as one beat a minute, Prescott said. The cold-blooded creatures appear dead, but the cold stunned condition allows the turtles' bodies to hunker down and survive, he said. The turtles can bury themselves in the mud on the bottom of the sea and survive for a few weeks in waters below 50 degrees.
But turtles cannot make it through an entire New England winter, Prescott said. If the stragglers are lucky, they'll wash up on the beach and be rescued by volunteers. Or they'll die.
The Kemp's ridleys, which hatch off the coast of Mexico, are the most endangered of the sea turtles that ply local waters, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The species is listed and protected under the Endangered Species Act. They are also the most common to wash up on Cape beaches.
At least 15 cold-stunned Kemp's ridley sea turtles have washed ashore since Wednesday, Prescott said. About 23 have been found from Sandwich to Provincetown since October, he said.
Seven were taken from Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary yesterday to the New England Aquarium, where their dangerously low body temperatures can be brought up slowly in incubators, Prescott said.
An unusual east wind this fall has blown many turtles to Hull and Quincy rather than Cape Cod, he said. The warm temperatures must have confused the turtles. Many are covered with algae, which tells Prescott they may have buried themselves in the mud in September then stayed put.
Peculiar weather can set the stage for massive turtle strandings, Prescott said. In 1999, wind and weather converged to bring in a record 200 cold-stunned turtles, he said. This year could have been the same but because the fall was warm for so long, Prescott thinks many of the turtles have been able to escape south.
Kemp's ridleys are the smallest of the turtle species that wash up cold stunned on Cape beaches. They weigh up to 100 pounds, Prescott said. Loggerheads, which usually appear cold stunned on local beaches in the winter, weigh about 200 pounds, he said.
But turtles cannot make it through an entire New England winter, Prescott said. If the stragglers are lucky, they'll wash up on the beach and be rescued by volunteers. Or they'll die.
The Kemp's ridleys, which hatch off the coast of Mexico, are the most endangered of the sea turtles that ply local waters, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The species is listed and protected under the Endangered Species Act. They are also the most common to wash up on Cape beaches.
At least 15 cold-stunned Kemp's ridley sea turtles have washed ashore since Wednesday, Prescott said. About 23 have been found from Sandwich to Provincetown since October, he said.
Seven were taken from Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary yesterday to the New England Aquarium, where their dangerously low body temperatures can be brought up slowly in incubators, Prescott said.
An unusual east wind this fall has blown many turtles to Hull and Quincy rather than Cape Cod, he said. The warm temperatures must have confused the turtles. Many are covered with algae, which tells Prescott they may have buried themselves in the mud in September then stayed put.
Peculiar weather can set the stage for massive turtle strandings, Prescott said. In 1999, wind and weather converged to bring in a record 200 cold-stunned turtles, he said. This year could have been the same but because the fall was warm for so long, Prescott thinks many of the turtles have been able to escape south.
Kemp's ridleys are the smallest of the turtle species that wash up cold stunned on Cape beaches. They weigh up to 100 pounds, Prescott said. Loggerheads, which usually appear cold stunned on local beaches in the winter, weigh about 200 pounds, he said.
NewsWithViews.com | Headlines - November 29, 2009
Obamazilla is America's True Nemesis, Not Fellow PatriotsBack in April, an upset California patriot emailed me after their successful tea party. His local organizers were gung-ho about fighting the battle on the national level. My emailer had a fire in his belly to fight locally. I advised my patriot brother to follow his passion. Our incredible movement was sparked by the passion of one man, Rick Santelli. What began with passion can only be sustained by passion, everyone doing what they feel passionate about doing.........
http://www.newswithviews.com/Marcus/lloyd101.htm
by Lloyd Marcus
Obama’s Birth or America’s Rebirth?
Let us assume for the moment that it became revealed that Barak Obama was not a natural born citizen of the United States, proving that he was ineligible to be President of the United States. Ok, now what? Would Obama be removed from office? Perhaps. Then what? Joseph Biden would be our next President. Ok, then what? Would the United States be freer? Would the States and the people.......
http://www.newswithviews.com/Timothy/baldwin102.htm
by Attorney Timothy Baldwin, JD
An Inconvenient Truth
The brouhaha over the recent epiphany regarding junk science and climate change duplicity is a big deal. Science is ‘supposed’ to be all about facts, evidence and proof. The scientific method that kids are taught at an early age is explained as “A method of discovering knowledge about the natural world based in making falsifiable predictions (hypotheses), testing them empirically, and developing peer-reviewed theories that best explain the known data.” It is not ‘supposed’ to be.....
http://www.newswithviews.com/metcalf/metcalf299.htm
by Geoff Metcalf
From Truth to Mysticism - By Global Design
It illustrates the Soviet double-speak used to confuse, transform, and then unify a compliant mass of contented slaves. And now, seventy years after its publication, Orwellian double-speak is spreading this confusion faster than ever. In this upside-down world, wrong seems right, good is called evil, and lies are simply the new convenient truths. Since feelings count more than facts, illusion reigns, oppression spreads, Jihad is justified, and the Bible is banned!.....
http://www.newswithviews.com/BeritKjos/kjos109.htm
by Berit Kjos
Anti-World Trade Organisation protesters in Geneva "We will not sell our souls to the multinationals" "WTO is the enemy of the climate"
"We will not sell our souls to the multinationals"
"World Trade Organisation is the enemy of the climate"
28 Nov 2009 - The violent protesters were a minority in an otherwise good-natured crowd of about 2,000 people, accompanied by a dozen tractors and a marching band, who were demonstrating against a three-day WTO conference starting on Monday.
Protesters held up signs saying "Stop Capitalism, No WTO", "WTO is enemy of the climate" and "We will not sell our souls to the multinationals" ... Full Story
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KoreaTimes.co.kr - Doug Bandow Cato Institute | Policy Change for East Asia
November 29, 2009Policy Change for East Asia
By Doug Bandow
U.S. President Barack Obama made his first official trip to Asia in November. The results were thin.
Unfortunately, his agenda focused on reinforcing the status quo and ``strengthening'' the usual ties with the usual allies. Worse, the administration is dedicated to maintaining and even expanding Washington's Cold War-era security ties.
The U.S. achieved its dominant position in East Asia after defeating Japan in World War II. Washington created a network of alliances to both prevent any imperial Japanese renaissance and contain Soviet and, later, Chinese expansion.
But that world has largely disappeared. Japan has recovered and created the world's No. 2 economy. The Soviet Union is gone. Maoist China lives on only in propaganda images.
Vietnam has joined the global economy. South Korea has raced past the decrepit Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Other countries, ranging from Australia to India, are expanding their regional roles.
The potential for conflict remains. However, without any link to a global hegemonic competitor like the Soviet Union, such instability would pose little threat to the U.S.
Yet Washington's Cold War alliance structure remains essentially unchanged. The U.S. maintains one-sided ``mutual'' defense treaties with Japan and South Korea.
That the U.S. must remain militarily dominant is taken for granted. In Washington, the People's Republic of China's apparent determination to create a military capable of deterring U.S. intervention along its border is treated as a threat to American security.
What has ever been must ever be appears to be the basis of U.S. foreign policy.
The Obama administration should pursue a different course, a transformational agenda, emphasizing economic integration while promoting military detachment. America still has a major economic role to play, but should increasingly devolve defense responsibilities on countries in the region.
The most important relationship for the 21st century will be that between the existing superpower and the potential superpower. Washington should strengthen economic and trade ties with China.
Moreover, Washington must forge a cooperative relationship on difficult regional issues like North Korea. The PRC has much at stake on a stable Korean Peninsula; it also has much to gain from taking the lead in promoting diplomatic solutions of regional problems. The president should press for a more active PRC policy to support reinvigorated U.S. engagement with the North.
Washington should speak frankly about the importance of human rights, while recognizing America's limited ability to influence the PRC's behavior. An improved bilateral relationship is more likely than isolation to encourage greater respect by Beijing for the liberty of its citizens.
The president should treat Japan as a full partner. In economics, that means proposing a free trade agreement. On defense, rather than merely adjusting its controversial Status of Forces Agreement, Washington should withdraw its garrisons from Japanese soil and turn defense responsibility for Japan over to Tokyo.
The U.S. also should encourage greater cooperation between Japan and its neighbors. World War II ended more than six decades ago: The Japanese do not have a double dose of original sin and America should no longer play geopolitical wet-nurse for nations that long ago developed the means to protect their own interests.
Washington should engage North Korea over its nuclear program. At the same time, the U.S. should inform the North that full international integration requires the participation of South Korea, China, Japan, and Russia as well.
The Obama administration should coordinate South Korea, Japanese, and U.S. policies regarding Pyongyang. However, Washington should allow the Republic of Korea to lead the nonproliferation campaign.
Seoul has the most at stake in maintaining a peaceful peninsula. As the U.S. steps back from its dominant military role, the ROK and its neighbors should step forward.
At the same time, Washington should seek to tighten regional economic integration. The starting point should be a push to ratify the FTA with South Korea.
President Obama needs to promote a changed attitude as much as offer new policies. The Japanese government apparently is interested in promoting a regional order, called the East Asian Community, apart from the U.S. Washington should embrace rather than resist such an approach.
The U.S. will be most secure if friendly states in East Asia work together to confront sources of instability, promote respect for human rights, and encourage the peaceful settlement of disputes. Such a cooperative venture also would help channel China's rise in peaceful directions.
The U.S. will remain engaged in East Asia. America's cultural and economic ties are long-lasting and mutually beneficial.
But Washington no longer has any need to attempt to preserve regional military hegemony.
And at a time of economic crisis the U.S. is losing its financial ability to do so. President Obama should begin moving the region into a new era of less security dependence on Washington.
Doug Bandow is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute. A former special assistant to President Ronald Reagan, he is the author of several books, including ``Foreign Follies: America's New Global Empire'' (Xulon).
Source:
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/opinon/2009/11/137_56337.html
By Doug Bandow
U.S. President Barack Obama made his first official trip to Asia in November. The results were thin.
Unfortunately, his agenda focused on reinforcing the status quo and ``strengthening'' the usual ties with the usual allies. Worse, the administration is dedicated to maintaining and even expanding Washington's Cold War-era security ties.
The U.S. achieved its dominant position in East Asia after defeating Japan in World War II. Washington created a network of alliances to both prevent any imperial Japanese renaissance and contain Soviet and, later, Chinese expansion.
But that world has largely disappeared. Japan has recovered and created the world's No. 2 economy. The Soviet Union is gone. Maoist China lives on only in propaganda images.
Vietnam has joined the global economy. South Korea has raced past the decrepit Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Other countries, ranging from Australia to India, are expanding their regional roles.
The potential for conflict remains. However, without any link to a global hegemonic competitor like the Soviet Union, such instability would pose little threat to the U.S.
Yet Washington's Cold War alliance structure remains essentially unchanged. The U.S. maintains one-sided ``mutual'' defense treaties with Japan and South Korea.
That the U.S. must remain militarily dominant is taken for granted. In Washington, the People's Republic of China's apparent determination to create a military capable of deterring U.S. intervention along its border is treated as a threat to American security. What has ever been must ever be appears to be the basis of U.S. foreign policy.
The Obama administration should pursue a different course, a transformational agenda, emphasizing economic integration while promoting military detachment. America still has a major economic role to play, but should increasingly devolve defense responsibilities on countries in the region.
The most important relationship for the 21st century will be that between the existing superpower and the potential superpower. Washington should strengthen economic and trade ties with China.
Moreover, Washington must forge a cooperative relationship on difficult regional issues like North Korea. The PRC has much at stake on a stable Korean Peninsula; it also has much to gain from taking the lead in promoting diplomatic solutions of regional problems. The president should press for a more active PRC policy to support reinvigorated U.S. engagement with the North.
Washington should speak frankly about the importance of human rights, while recognizing America's limited ability to influence the PRC's behavior. An improved bilateral relationship is more likely than isolation to encourage greater respect by Beijing for the liberty of its citizens.
The president should treat Japan as a full partner. In economics, that means proposing a free trade agreement. On defense, rather than merely adjusting its controversial Status of Forces Agreement, Washington should withdraw its garrisons from Japanese soil and turn defense responsibility for Japan over to Tokyo.
The U.S. also should encourage greater cooperation between Japan and its neighbors. World War II ended more than six decades ago: The Japanese do not have a double dose of original sin and America should no longer play geopolitical wet-nurse for nations that long ago developed the means to protect their own interests.
Washington should engage North Korea over its nuclear program. At the same time, the U.S. should inform the North that full international integration requires the participation of South Korea, China, Japan, and Russia as well.
The Obama administration should coordinate South Korea, Japanese, and U.S. policies regarding Pyongyang. However, Washington should allow the Republic of Korea to lead the nonproliferation campaign.
Seoul has the most at stake in maintaining a peaceful peninsula. As the U.S. steps back from its dominant military role, the ROK and its neighbors should step forward.
At the same time, Washington should seek to tighten regional economic integration. The starting point should be a push to ratify the FTA with South Korea.
President Obama needs to promote a changed attitude as much as offer new policies. The Japanese government apparently is interested in promoting a regional order, called the East Asian Community, apart from the U.S. Washington should embrace rather than resist such an approach.
The U.S. will be most secure if friendly states in East Asia work together to confront sources of instability, promote respect for human rights, and encourage the peaceful settlement of disputes. Such a cooperative venture also would help channel China's rise in peaceful directions.
The U.S. will remain engaged in East Asia. America's cultural and economic ties are long-lasting and mutually beneficial.
But Washington no longer has any need to attempt to preserve regional military hegemony.
And at a time of economic crisis the U.S. is losing its financial ability to do so. President Obama should begin moving the region into a new era of less security dependence on Washington.
Doug Bandow is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute. A former special assistant to President Ronald Reagan, he is the author of several books, including ``Foreign Follies: America's New Global Empire'' (Xulon).
Source:
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/opinon/2009/11/137_56337.html
NaturalNews.com | Today's Featured Stories - November 29, 2009
| (NaturalNews) Word to the wise: Be careful of what doctors tell you to cut off following a cancer diagnosis. Submitting to cancer surgery can cost you an arm... or a leg. Increasingly, cancer surgeons are recommending that woman have their healthy... |
| A cup of Brazilian mint tea relieves pain as well as aspirin, but without the harmful side effects (NaturalNews) Researchers from Newcastle University have scientifically proven that Hyptis crenata, also known as Brazilian mint, is a powerful pain reliever that works just as well as Indometacin, a synthetic drug similar to aspirin. A traditional... |
| Detox Your Liver with These Natural Herbs Maybe you have a childhood memory of forgetting to clean your fish tank's filter. After all, it's easy to forget a fish tank even has a filter until it's so clogged up it starts to malfunction. Eventually, the tank is covered in slime and... |
| Ill-conceived US corn subsidies make "liquid Satan" high-fructose corn syrup a cheap ingredient (NaturalNews) United States crop subsidies have long directed the course of food consumption patterns among Americans. When a crop like corn is subsidized by the government, food producers hone in on it for use in their products because it is cheap. In... |
| Your Cookware can Undermine or Support Your Health Nearly every American consumer is acquainted with the advantages of nonstick cookware. However two generations later we're learning that this convenience may carry a heavy price tag in terms of health. Recent findings show that 95% of Americans... |
| Psychiatric Patients Tied to Their Beds in Greek Hospitals (NaturalNews) Standards of care at Greek mental hospitals are still so atrocious that the European Union has threatened to cut funding for social projects if the country does not clean up its act. "The system is in a state of reform, but I have to... |
| Nanoparticles in Some Vitamins, Cosmetics, Sunscreens and Paint Cause Genetic Damage It's no surprise that the extremely small substances (sized between one and 100 nanometers) known as nanoparticles can easily get inside the body. And when they do, how do they affect physiology, organs, even DNA? Unfortunately, those... |
| VITAL: Trial will Examine Vitamin D and Omega-3 Supplements Research to further elucidate the connection between vitamin D and health is ongoing. One major study in the works is called the VITamin D and OmegA-3 TriaL, or VITAL. It is sponsored by the National Institutes of Health... |
| Scientist takes on the GMO industry (NaturalNews) The Organic and Non-GMO Report recently interviewed a California scientist and college professor who has published a paper critical of GMO science. The interview was published on The Organic Consumers Association website. Ph... |
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Breaking News and Commentary from Citizens For Legitimate Government | 28 Nov 2009
Breaking: Obomba holiday weekend bad news PentaPost leak: Troop deployment to begin shortly after Obama's war strategy speech Saturday 28 Nov 2009 3:56 PM [LOL!] Days after President Obama outlines his new war 'strategy' in a speech Tuesday, as many as 9,000 Marines will begin deploying to southern Afghanistan to renew an assault on a Taliban stronghold that stalled earlier this year amid a troop shortage and political pressure from the Afghan government, senior U.S. officials said. The extra Marines -- the first to move into the country as part of Obama's escalation of the Bush's eight-year-old war -- will double the size of the U.S. force in the southern province of Helmand and provide a critical test for Afghan President Hamid Karzai's struggling government and Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal's counterinsurgency strategy. The Marines will quickly be followed by about 1,000 U.S. Army trainers, who will deploy as early as February to speed the growth of the Afghan National Army and police force, military officials said. The revised plan, which faces a war-weary and increasingly skeptical American public, is expected to call for 30,000-35,000 new troops in a phased deployment over the next 12 to 18 months.
Black sites we can believe in: US Secret Prison Still Operating On Bagram Air Base --While two of the prisoners were captured before the Obama administration took office, one was captured in June of this year. 29 Nov 2009 An American military detention camp in Afghanistan is still secretly holding inmates for sometimes weeks at a time and without access to the International Committee of the Red Cross, according to human rights researchers and former detainees held at the site on the Bagram Air Base. The site, known to detainees prisoners as the black jail, consists of individual windowless concrete cells, each illuminated by a single light bulb glowing 24 hours a day. In interviews, former prisoners said that their only human contact was at twice-daily interrogation sessions... While Mr. Obama signed an order to eliminate so-called black sites run by the Central Intelligence Agency in January, that order did not apply to this jail, which is run by military Special Operations forces. Military officials said as recently as this summer that the Afghanistan jail and another like it at the Balad Air Base in Iraq were being used to interrogate high-value detainees. And officials said recently that there were no plans to close the jails.
Canada bill clears way to sue foreign torturers 26 Nov 2009 An opposition lawmaker unveiled Thursday proposed legislation that would allow victims of torture to sue the perpetrators, including foreign states and officials, in Canadian courts. "Our present legislation criminalizes torture, war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide -- the most heinous acts known to humankind," said opposition Liberal MP and former justice minister Irwin Cotler. "But Canadian law does not allow a civil remedy for the victims of such horrific acts. This legislation will: address the evil of such international crimes; target the impunity of those states and officials that perpetrate these crimes; remove the state immunity that operates to shield the perpetrators of such crimes; and finally allow Canadian victims to secure justice."
'Gatherings that may disturb the public order must not take place.' Denmark approves new police powers ahead of Copenhagen --Controversial legislation gives police sweeping powers of 'pre-emptive' arrest and extends custodial sentences for acts of civil disobedience 27 Nov 2009 The Danish parliament today passed legislation which will give police sweeping powers of "pre-emptive" arrest and extend custodial sentences for acts of civil disobedience. The "deeply worrying" law comes ahead of the UN climate talks which start on 7 December and are expected to attract thousands of activists from next week. Under the new powers, Danish police will be able to detain people for up to 12 hours whom they suspect might break the law in the near future. Protesters could also be jailed for 40 days under the hurriedly drafted legislation dubbed by activists as the "turmoil and riot" law. The Danish ministry of justice said that the new powers of "pre-emptive" detention would increase from 6 to 12 hours and apply to international activists... The Danish police also separately issued a statement in August applying new rules and regulations for protests at the climate conference, warning that "gatherings that may disturb the public order must not take place".
Wisconsin health officers can order guards be put on infectious people --Douglas County joins others in state with isolation and quarantine policy 27 Nov 2009 Wisconsin counties have a little-known policy that allows forced isolation or quarantine of people using armed law enforcement and deputized civilians. This is to help health officials in a worst-case scenario to contain outbreaks... The policy includes isolating people infected or even suspected of being infected with a contagious disease such as tuberculosis or in a flu pandemic. Douglas County Health Officer Deb Clasen says every county health officer in the state can now order that guards be put on infectious people. Washburn County Sheriff Terry Dryden says this is a tool that may be needed at flu vaccination clinics as well.
'U.S. Forces--Iraq' 'Multi-National' to drop from U.S. unit names in Iraq 28 Nov 2009 One of the last vestiges of the "coalition of the willing" [bribed] in Iraq will soon be retired. As part of a consolidation of its command structure ahead of next year’s planned troop reductions, the U.S. military will drop the "Multi-National" name from its unit designations starting in January. Under the plan, the top two levels of the U.S. command, known as Multi-National Forces--Iraq and Multi-National Corps--Iraq, will be merged and renamed U.S. Forces--Iraq. The U.S. command that oversees training of Iraqi forces will also fall into the new command.
Iraq War was legal but not 'legitimate' 28 Nov 2009 The Iraq War was legal but not "legitimate" for a democratic country, Britain's former UN ambassador said yesterday. Sir Jeremy Greenstock told the Iraq inquiry that the 2003 invasion did not have the backing of the UN or the majority of British people, "so there was a failure to establish legitimacy". He said he believed the US and the UK could establish legality under UN resolutions if Iraq was shown to have breached disarmament rules. But a "final" verdict was never likely to be made. [Right, just as the 9/11 terror attacks were carried out by Bush, to establish the legitimacy of his p_Residency. --LRP]
US lamestream media *finally* reports Chilcot inquiry: UK diplomat: US was 'hell bent' on Iraq invasion 27 Nov 2009 The United States was "hell bent" on a 2003 military invasion of Iraq and actively undermined efforts by Britain to win international authorization for the war, a former British diplomat told an inquiry Friday. Jeremy Greenstock, British ambassador to the United Nations from 1998 to 2003, said that President [sic] George W. Bush had no real interest in attempts to agree on a U.N. resolution to provide explicit backing for the conflict. The ex-diplomat, who served as Britain's envoy in Iraq after the invasion, said serious preparations for the war had begun in early 2002 and took on an unstoppable momentum.
Gordon Brown announces timetable for Helmand handover to Afghan control 28 Nov 2009 The countdown to handing back Helmand province to Afghan control began yesterday when Gordon Brown announced a detailed exit timetable. In a surprise move, the Prime Minister said two key districts of Helmand, where more than 200 British troops have been killed, could be handed back by the end of next year. Mr Brown will also formally commit to sending 500 more troops this week taking Britain's military presence in the country to 9,500.
Governor of Afghanistan's Kandahar survives bomb 27 Nov 2009 The governor of Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province survived a bomb strike on his motorcade while heading to prayers for the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday on Friday, a spokesman said. The bomb shattered a window of the car that Governor Tooryalai Wesa was travelling in, but he was unhurt, spokesman Zalmai Ayoubi said.
Three bodies recovered from Afghan helicopter crash 27 Nov 2009 A US Air Force rescue team Friday recovered the bodies of three crew from the wreck of a helicopter that crashed in remote mountains in eastern Afghanistan. The three were believed to be Ukrainians reported missing after their helicopter disappeared in bad weather late Monday, US Air Force rescue team members said. The missing aircraft was operated by Supreme Global Services Solutions, according to NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).
Israeli agents operating at international airports 28 Nov 2009 Israeli spies have been found to be posing as airport security guards at international terminals, subjecting unsuspecting travellers to illegal interrogations and strip searches. A television network covering southern Africa recently aired a report, after an extensive undercover investigation, that revealed an elaborate Israeli secret service operation being carried out at Johannesburg International Airport.
Germany, UK warn Iran to accept West offer 28 Nov 2009 In what appears to be a last-ditch effort to force Tehran into accepting an IAEA draft proposal on fuel supply, Germany and Britain warn that world patience is running out with Iran. One day after World powers threw their weight behind a draft resolution condemning Iran's nuclear program, German Foreign Minister Guido Wersterwelle said that although time is pressing, the West "still has its hand extended" for the Tehran government.
US, Israel welcome IAEA resolution against Iran 27 Nov 2009 The US and Israel welcome a decision by the UN nuclear watchdog to censure Iran over the construction of its Fordo enrichment plant. "Our patience and that of the international community is limited, and time is running out," White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said in a stern warning to Tehran.
Bomb suspected as Russian train crash kills 39 28 Nov 2009 At least 39 people were killed and nearly 100 injured when a Russian express train came off the rails late last night in what the head of the national railway company said could have been a bomb attack. The Nevsky Express, carrying 661 passengers from Moscow to St Petersburg, was derailed at 9:34 p.m. (1834 GMT) near the village of Uglovka about 200 miles north of Moscow.
Homeland Suckyourity: Cuban migrants went undetected for hours at Turkey Point --More than 30 Cubans were dropped off close to the 'heavily guarded' [Yup, in quotes] Turkey Point nuclear power plant and remained undetected until they called for help hours later. 28 Nov 2009 More than 30 Cubans, dropped off by a smugglers' speedboat, spent up to eight hours on the off-limits grounds of the Turkey Point nuclear power plant on Thanksgiving Day, then called the plant's nuclear control room to say they were by the cooling canals. The utility, which boasts of tight security in the area, did not address why its security personnel apparently did not become aware of the Cubans' presence on Turkey Point for up to eight hours.
White House gatecrashers got all the way to the president 29 Nov 2009 Michelle and Barack Obama’s first state dinner at the White House will be remembered for its gatecrashers. The White House has been forced to admit that Michaele and Tareq Salahi, the Virginian couple auditioning for a television reality show, not only brazenly walked through layers of security to attend the event but actually met the president. A photograph released by the White House showed Michaele shaking hands with a beaming Obama as her husband looked on. It prompted an abject apology from the secret service.
Secret Service apologizes for ticketless couple's access --Questions linger over checkpoint breakdowns at White House dinner 28 Nov 2009 The White House said late Friday that Michaele and Tareq Salahi, the Virginia couple auditioning for a Bravo reality show, not only got past layers of experienced, executive-branch security but also shook the president's hand in the Blue Room of the White House during the Obamas' first state dinner... The security breach has caused hand-wringing inside the White House, bewilderment among Tuesday night's guests -- and late on Friday, prompted an apology from the Secret Service.
Anti-WTO protesters smash windows, burn cars in Geneva 28 Nov 2009 Anti-capitalism protesters smashed the windows of banks, shops and cafes in central Geneva and set cars on fire on Saturday during a demonstration against the World Trade Organisation. A Reuters reporter at the scene said some demonstrators were breaking the windows of every building they passed and setting off fireworks in the main shopping street.
Computer hacker Gary McKinnon to be extradited to US --Alan Johnson quashes last-ditch attempt to halt extradition 26 Nov 2009 Computer hacker Gary McKinnon, who has Asperger's syndrome, is at serious risk of suicide, relatives said today, after the home secretary rejected a last-ditch attempt to prevent his extradition to the US. In a letter today Alan Johnson ordered McKinnon's removal to the US on charges of breaching US military and Nasa computers, despite claims by his lawyers that extradition would make the 43-year-old's death "virtually certain".
U.S. journalist grilled at Canada border crossing --Officials demanded to know what she would say publicly about 2010 Olympics 26 Nov 2009 U.S. journalist Amy Goodman said she was stopped at a Canadian border crossing south of Vancouver on Wednesday and questioned for 90 minutes by authorities concerned she was coming to Canada to speak against the Olympics. Goodman says Canadian Border Services Agency officials ultimately allowed her to enter Canada but returned her passport with a document demanding she leave the country within 48 hours.
Police accused of preventing suspects accessing lawyers 27 Nov 2009 Defendants are being denied a fair trial because police pressure deters them from being represented by a lawyer after their arrest, a survey reveals today. Solicitors questioned by the National Audit Office (NAO) say they believe that the reason half of all suspects do not use their free services is a direct result of the action - or inaction - of the police.
FDA OKs Novartis Vaccine Against Seasonal Flu In Fast Review 27 Nov 2009 The Food and Drug Administration approved a new Novartis AG flu vaccine, Agriflu, in an accelerated process Friday. The vaccine to prevent disease caused by influenza virus subtypes A and B is for people age 18 and older. It does not prevent the H1N1 virus, also known as swine flu. The Swiss drug maker... on Tuesday opened a vaccine-manufacturing plant in North Carolina designed to make [deadly] flu vaccines without relying on decades-old technology that employs millions of chicken eggs to grow viruses. [See: New US vaccine production techniques: Genetically modified insect cells, E. coli, caterpillar ovaries 24 Nov 2009 Spurred by $487 million in federal funding, a sprawling new vaccine factory is opening in North Carolina Tuesday that will produce shots using dog cells instead of chicken eggs.]
Bacterial Disease Linked to H1N1 Flu Worries CDC 25 Nov 2009 The CDC is warning about a "worrisome" rise in the incidence of pneumococcal disease associated with the [lab-generated] pandemic H1N1 flu. "We're seeing increases in serious pneumococcal infections around the country," Anne Schuchat, MD, director of the CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, said at a briefing today.
The right reform for the Fed By Ben Bernanke 29 Nov 2009 Our [The Fed] financial statements are public and audited by an outside accounting firm; we publish our balance sheet weekly; and we provide monthly reports with extensive information on all the temporary lending facilities developed during the crisis. Congress, through the Government Accountability Office, can and does audit all parts of our operations except for the monetary policy deliberations and actions covered by the 1978 exemption. The general repeal of that exemption would serve only to increase the perceived influence of Congress on monetary policy decisions, which would undermine the confidence the public and the markets have in the Fed to act in the long-term economic interest of the nation. [Resign *now.*]
Bloomberg Spent $102 Million to Win 3rd Term 28 Nov 2009 To eke out an election victory over the city’s low-key comptroller, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg spent $102 million of his own fortune -- or about $174 per vote -- according to data released Friday, making his bid for a third term the most expensive campaign in the city’s history. Mr. Bloomberg, the wealthiest man in New York City, shattered his own records: He poured $85 million into his campaign in 2005 (or $112 per vote) and $74 million into his first bid for office in 2001 ($99 per vote).
Canadian researcher says arctic ice is thinning 27 Nov 2009 The permanent Arctic sea ice that is home to the world's polar bears and usually survives the summer has all but disappeared, a Canadian researcher said Friday. University of Manitoba Arctic researcher David Barber said experts around the world believed the ice was recovering because satellite images showed it expanding, but the thick, multiyear frozen sheets have been replaced by thin ice that cannot support the weight of a polar bear.
Previous lead stories: Signed In Blood: 2002 Blair-Bush Texas meeting sealed Iraq fate 27 Nov 2009 Saddam Hussein's fate as Iraqi leader was sealed at a secret meeting between Tony Blair and George Bush in 2002, it was claimed yesterday. The former Prime Minister allegedly "signed in blood" Britain's support for an attack on Baghdad when he got together with the US president [sic] at his Texas ranch. And Mr Blair deliberately linked Saddam to al-Qaeda in a bid to strengthen the case to topple Saddam, despite there being no evidence, the Iraq War inquiry heard. Former British Ambassador to the US Sir Christopher Meyer told the hearing the PM suddenly appeared to agree to the case for a regime change in Iraq after his Bush meeting. Talking about the meeting with Mr Bush, Sir Christopher said: "To this day I am not entirely clear what degree of convergence was, if you like, signed in blood at the Crawford ranch."
Former top official 'can't say' if Afghans tortured 26 Nov 2009 There is "no evidence" Canadian detainees transferred to Afghan jails were tortured, but Canada didn’t monitor them during 2006 and part of 2007 and reports of prison abuse were common, a senior diplomat told a committee of MPs Thursday. Under intense questioning by opposition MPs, David Mulroney said he couldn’t guarantee that no detainee transferred by Canadians had been mistreated. Nor could he say with complete certainty that an Afghan prisoner who described to Canadian diplomats how he had been tortured, whipped with cables and shocked with electricity, had not been handed over by Canadians to Afghan authorities. "I can’t say whether he was or wasn’t," Mulroney said.
Because China did *such* a terrific job with the drywall, powdered milk and pet food: China State Construction nets $100m US subway deal 24 Nov 2009 China State Construction Engineering Corp, the largest contractor in China, has bagged a subway ventilation project worth about $100 million in New York's Manhattan area, marking the construction giant's third order in the United States' infrastructure space this year. The contract was given to China Construction American Co, a subsidiary, the Wall Street Journal quoted a source as saying. "The new project, along with the $410-million Hamilton Bridge project and a $1.7-billion entertainment project it won earlier this year, signals China State Construction's ambition to tap the American construction market," said Li Zhirui, an industry analyst at First Capital Securities.
Climate change: Gulf stream collapse could be like a disaster movie - Scientists predict an ice age could be provoked in a matter of months
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/nov/29/climate-change-gulf-stream-hollywood
Sunday 29 November 2009
The next Ice Age could take only weeks to engulf Britain. Scientists say the last great disruption to the Gulf Stream 12,800 years ago took only a couple of months to trigger a massive plunge in temperatures across Europe.
"It was as if Europe had been shifted 20 degrees north and Ireland moved to Svalbard," said Bill Patterson of Saskatchewan University.
In the Hollywood blockbuster The Day After Tomorrow, an Ice Age was set off in a single day when the Gulf Stream was disrupted. "That is silly," said Patterson. "It couldn't happen that quickly. However, previous estimates that it would take decades to switch off the Gulf Stream are not backed by our work. It could happen in a couple of months."
The Gulf Stream carries tropical heat from the Caribbean to northern Europe but is already being disrupted by meltwater pouring from the Arctic as global warming intensifies. One day it may switch off completely, say scientists.
Such an event occurred 12,800 years ago when a vast lake – created from melting glaciers at the end of last Ice Age – overflowed and poured into the north Atlantic, blocking the Gulf Stream. Europe froze – almost instantly, said Patterson.
His team analysed mud samples from Lough Monreagh in Ireland and discovered layers of white sediment made up of calcite crystals from algae. "Then abruptly the sediment turned black. This stuff contained no biological material." In other words, all life in the lake had been extinguished in less than three months. "It was very sudden," added Patterson, "and it could happen again."
Sunday 29 November 2009
The next Ice Age could take only weeks to engulf Britain. Scientists say the last great disruption to the Gulf Stream 12,800 years ago took only a couple of months to trigger a massive plunge in temperatures across Europe.
"It was as if Europe had been shifted 20 degrees north and Ireland moved to Svalbard," said Bill Patterson of Saskatchewan University.
In the Hollywood blockbuster The Day After Tomorrow, an Ice Age was set off in a single day when the Gulf Stream was disrupted. "That is silly," said Patterson. "It couldn't happen that quickly. However, previous estimates that it would take decades to switch off the Gulf Stream are not backed by our work. It could happen in a couple of months."
The Gulf Stream carries tropical heat from the Caribbean to northern Europe but is already being disrupted by meltwater pouring from the Arctic as global warming intensifies. One day it may switch off completely, say scientists.
Such an event occurred 12,800 years ago when a vast lake – created from melting glaciers at the end of last Ice Age – overflowed and poured into the north Atlantic, blocking the Gulf Stream. Europe froze – almost instantly, said Patterson.
His team analysed mud samples from Lough Monreagh in Ireland and discovered layers of white sediment made up of calcite crystals from algae. "Then abruptly the sediment turned black. This stuff contained no biological material." In other words, all life in the lake had been extinguished in less than three months. "It was very sudden," added Patterson, "and it could happen again."
RevolutionRadio.org | Headlines - November 28, 2009
“We will pay for our folly and it will be a penalty few will survive.”
Big Government Socialist Beast and The Plague of Self-Delusion
by Tim Case
LewRockwell.com
“It has been proved, by indisputable evidence, that power is not the grand principle of union among the parts of a very extensive empire; and that when this principle is pushed beyond the degree necessary for rendering justice between man and man, it debases the character of individuals, and renders them less secure in their persons and property…” ~ James Winthrop, Antifederalist No. 11
Dubai Debt Woes Raise Fear of Wider Problem
By LANDON THOMAS Jr.
NYTimes.com
November 27, 2009
Of the many economies that gorged on debt in the boom years, Dubai stood out. In the space of a few years the emirate’s investment arm, Dubai World, racked up $59 billion in debt, borrowing to build lavish developments like a giant island shaped like a palm tree to entice celebrities like Brad Pitt, and to invest in glittery properties like the MGM Grand Casino in Las Vegas.
Is Britain on the brink of financial armageddon?
By James Palumbo
DailyMailUK
27th November 2009
He’s one of our top entrepreneurs who recently put all his investments into cash. The reason: He believes Britain faces bankruptcy. You may disagree with his bleak analysis but you can’t afford NOT to read it
Tax revenue down in at least 44 states
By Stateline.org
Staff Reports
Tax collections declined in the third quarter in the 44 states for which early data are available, according to a report released today (Nov. 23) by the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government.
States collected 10.7 percent less in tax revenue in the July-September period than during the same three months a year ago, according to the report, which predicted that tax collections in the final three months of the year “will continue to be weak.”
State, local budget cuts a “time bomb” for U.S. jobs
by Tom Ryan
Reuters.com
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Budget shortfalls pose a direct threat to millions of U.S. jobs, many in the private sector, as state and local governments lay off workers and cut spending on contracts and other business services, a think tank said on Thursday.
By Nick Turse
AlterNet.org
Despite ever rosier economic predictions and a surging stock market, the body count from the economic crisis is destined only to grow in the weeks and months ahead.
Climategate e-mails sweep America, may scuttle Barack Obama’s Cap and Trade laws
By Gerald Warner
TelegraphUK
November 26th, 2009
Just a few considerations in addition to previous remarks about the explosion of the East Anglia Climategate e-mails in America. The reaction is growing exponentially there. Fox News, Barack Obama’s Nemesis, is now on the case, trampling all over Al Gore’s organic vegetable patch and breaking the White House windows. It has extracted some of the juiciest quotes from the e-mails and displayed them on-screen, with commentaries. Joe Public, coast-to-coast, now knows, thanks to the clowns at East Anglia’s CRU, just how royally he has been screwed.
Week 46 Sets Record H1N1 US Pediatric Fatalities
Recombinomics Commentary
November 28, 2009
There were 35 influenza associated pediatric deaths reported week 46: NH (1), MA (1), RI (2), PA (2), MN (1), MO (1), NC (2), FL (3), TN (1), TX (2), CO (1), NM (8), WA (1), CA (1), IL (3), IN (1), KY (1), NY (1), SC (2)
For decades the federal government has been developing a highly classified plan that would override the Constitution in the event of a terrorist attack. Is it also compiling a secret enemies list of citizens who could face detention under martial law?
Swine flu epidemic escaped from lab, Australian scientists say
By Angela Kamper
The Daily Telegraph.au
November 28, 2009
THREE Australian experts are making waves in the medical community with a report suggesting swine flu may have developed because of a lab error in making vaccines.
WHO Confirms D225G Vaccine Failure
Recombinomics Commentary
November 28, 2009
One isolate from Ukraine with the mutation had changed so that swine flu vaccine probably would not protect against it well, Britain’s national medical laboratory reported Friday.
Recession is Over, Welcome Back to the Depression
The Life of an Economic Turkey
By Bill Bonner
TheDailyReckoning.com
Things were pretty rough there for a while…what with the recession and all. But now there’s a recovery. Business is picking up.”
UN scientists turn on each other: UN Scientist Declares Climategate colleagues Mann, Jones and Rahmstorf ’should be barred from the IPCC process’ — They are ‘not credible any more’
By Marc Morano
Climate Depot.com
Lord Monckton: Shut Down The UN, Arrest The Warmist Criminals
Anti-climate cult crusader calls for world to rise up against communistic killers behind global warming fraud
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet.com
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Climategate: ‘There Was Proof of Fraud All Along’
IPCC expert reviewer Gray — whose 1,898 comments critical of the 2007 report were ignored — recently found that proof of the fraud was public for years.
by Vincent Gray
PajamasMedia.com
November 27, 2009
Inhofe Says Cap and Trade Climate Proposal is Dead
Senatus.com
November 28, 2009
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Ranking Member Jim Inhofe (R-OK) says cap-and-trade climate change legislation is dead in the Senate, reports the Wall Street Journal.
Secession and the State Militia
by Russell D. Longcore
LewRockwell.com
Today, I’m going to tread ground upon which many fear to tread by discussing the first two phrases of the Second Amendment.
The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution states thus: “A Well-Regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a Free State, the Right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”
When the Revolution Comes, Wear Your Dog Tags
by Michael S. Rozeff
LewRockwell.com
Wednesday morning the 25th at 9:45 a.m. meant a visit to Dr. Nick, the ophthalmologist. The office was peopled predominantly by seniors who looked near 80. Two in conversation admitted to being 78 and 79. I felt young. Still, that’s your future and not too far off. Make the most of your remaining time, I thought.
Financial Crisis in Dubai: Towards a Nightmare Scenario?
by Mike Whitney
Global Research
November 28, 2009
The default in Dubai is not the beginning of Financial Meltdown 2. Don’t look for dominoes here. Yes, it does raise serious questions about the vast debt-overhang in emerging economies–particularly East Europe. But, this is not a “sovereign default” in the strict sense, nor is there any great risk of contagion. Oil-rich Abu Dhabi is loaded with liquid assets, possibly as much as $800 billion. They could pay off Dubai World’s measly $60 billion debt without batting an eye. But Abu Dhabi wants to send its wastrel younger brother a wake-up-call by forcing Dubai to restructure its debt. That means that banks, bondholders and contractors will have to take a haircut, which is not surprising given the abysmal condition of the commercial real estate market.
“The Beast” Kills The Truckers…
Doomsday looming for many truckers at Los Angeles and Long Beach ports
Clean-air guidelines banning older rigs and those without diesel particulate filters take effect Jan. 1. Many drivers says the changes are just too costly.
By Patrick J. McDonnell
LATimes.com
November 27, 2009
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