Thursday, December 10, 2009
NewsWithViews.com - Pastor Chuck Baldwin | Is Obama Really Preparing For Civil War?

According to an obscure report in the European Union Times (EUTimes.net), "Russian Military Analysts are reporting to Prime Minister Putin that US President Barack Obama has issued an order to his Northern Command's (USNORTHCOM) top leader, US Air Force General Gene Renuart, to 'begin immediately' increasing his military forces to 1 million troops by January 30, 2010, in what these reports warn is an expected outbreak of civil war within the United States before the end of winter.........http://www.newswithviews.com/baldwin/baldwin554.htm
by Pastor Chuck Baldwin
IndiaJournal.com | “India’s Ties With Others Not At Cost of Russia”
Thu Dec 10, 2009 After a one-on-one meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at the Kremlin which he described as “very productive”, Manmohan Singh said, “a stronger Russia is important for world peace.”
Both India and Russia have a joint role to play to deal with regional and international issues, including steps for revival of global economy, terrorism and reforms of international institutions, Manmohan Singh said in his opening remarks before the two sides got into delegation-level talks.
Noting that he was visiting Russia for the second time this year, the Prime Minister said this showed the importance attached by India in taking forward the bilateral relations in various spheres.
“Our relations with third countries will never be at the cost of our time-tested relationship with Russia,” he said.
He said Indo-Russia strategic partnership is a “unique” partnership, firmly rooted in mutual interest and confidence and a shared vision of a multi-polar world.
In his remarks, the Russian President said the agreements finalized by the two countries reflected the strategic partnership of a “great variety”.
Medvedev said both at the dinner on Dec 6at the countryside residence and on Dec 7 morning in a formal setting, he had discussed with Manmohan Singh issues relating to enhancing the strategic partnership.
The Russian President noted that Indo-Russian trade has increased by eight per cent despite a global slowdown and said this augmented well for the improvement of bilateral ties in this area. Manmohan Singh shared the sentiments of Medvedev on this issue.
At the private dinner Dec 6 night, Manmohan Singh assured his host that New Delhi still regards Moscow as its most important partner.
Manmohan Singh began his Moscow schedule Dec 7 with the laying of wreath at the Tomb of Unknown Soldier with eternal flame.
Medvedev is also hosting lunch in honor of Manmohan Singh in the ornate Alexander Hall of the Kremlin palace.
During their informal talks last night, Manmohan Singh said: “I want to assure you that relations with Russia are most important and we have no such relations with any other country of the world.
On his part, Medvedev said: “Every visit of the Indian Prime Minister is always a big event.
“It can only be like this because Russia and India are good friends,” Medvedev said.
http://www.indiajournal.com/pages/event.php?id=9281
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http://www.indiajournal.com/pages/event.php?id=9279GlobalResearch.ca - Center For Research on Globalization | Headlines - December 10, 2009

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Market-Ticker | Insanity: Doing The Same Thing (Obama) - dumb and then there is dumber
There is dumb and then there is dumber. Our President has crossed from one to the other, no doubt egged on by the failure of his policies thus far to take root:WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama outlined new multibillion-dollar stimulus and jobs proposals Tuesday, saying the nation must continue to "spend our way out of this recession" until more Americans are back at work.
You can't spend your way out of a debt problem any more than you can drink yourself sober. This sort of bankrupt policy is an attempt to stop this:
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http://market-ticker.denninger.net/archives/1713-Insanity-Doing-The-Same-Thing-Obama.html
Cosmic rays at 'space age' high, warns NASA

Last Updated: Dec 10, 2009
WASHINGTON (PTI): Cosmic rays from outer space that can harm astronauts and spacecraft are increasing significantly and now at a “space age” high, NASA researchers have said.
The cosmic ray intensity in 2009 is at a “space age” high, said Richard Mewaldt, one of the scientists analysing data received from NASA's Advanced Composition Explorer spacecraft which is in solar orbit about a million miles from the earth.
“The intensity is actually about 20 per cent higher than solar-minimum periods of recent decades, and if this trend continues, NASA may want to reconsider how much shielding is required if astronauts return to the moon,” said Mewaldt from California Institute of Technology.
Cosmic rays are very-high-energy particles that originate in explosions of massive stars elsewhere in the Milky Way galaxy
. They travel at nearly the speed of light and strike the Earth from all directions.
People on Earth are not in danger from the rays since the planet is surrounded by a protective shield created by its atmosphere and magnetic field and activity on the sun, which creates a hard-to-penetrate bubble – called the heliosphere – of wind and magnetic field around the solar system.
However, there has been a lull in solar activity since around 2007 and research shows that when solar activity goes down then natural shielding is weakened and more cosmic rays reach Earth.
“Right now we are in a very extended solar minimum, with the lowest level of solar activity in about 100 years,” Mewaldt said.
Mewaldt added that scientists have been able to monitor cosmic rays' effect on the earth going back about 1,000 years by examining polar ice cores.
When the rays hit earth's atmosphere, they produce the radioactive
beryllium-10 isotope, which is preserved in year-by-year layers of polar ice when it settles out of the atmosphere and is covered by snow.
Those ice cores show that in about 1700 the cosmic rays intensity was more than twice as high as it was during most of the space era. So we may be returning to the levels of past centuries.
http://www.brahmand.com/news/storydetails.php?nid=2675&page=1&newsheadid=10
EarthObservatory.NASA.gov | Winter Storm Crosses United States

A severe winter storm blustered its way across the United States on December 7 and 8, 2009. The storm dumped heavy snow from California to the Great Plains, and fierce winds added to the hazardous conditions. The storm was predicted to continue eastward in midweek, and blizzard warnings were in effect for Great Lakes states as of December 9.
This image shows the blanket of snow laid down by the storm across the West, along with the thick swirl of storm clouds over the Great Plains from North Dakota to Oklahoma. The image is made from a combination of images captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) sensors on NASA’s Terra (most of the left side of the image) and Aqua (most of the right side) satellites on December 8.
NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen, based on individual images from the MODIS Rapid Response Team. Caption by Rebecca Lindsey.
- Instrument: Aqua - MODIS
- http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=41554&src=nha
BlackListedNews.com | Breaking Headlines - December 10, 2009

| The often brutal Chinese program of population reduction and control is being held up as an ideal model for governments when "integrating population programs" into environmental policies. Reporting from Copenhagen, China Daily reports, | |
| “The governments of Europe, the United States, and Japan are unlikely to negotiate a social-democratic pattern of globalization – unless their hands are forced by a popular movement or a catastrophe, such as another Great Depression or ecological disaster“ | |
| Renowned American sociopolitical analyst Noam Chomsky says Israel functions as Washington’s main weapons storage base in the Middle East. | |
| In a bold but risky year-end strategy, Democrats are preparing to raise the federal debt ceiling by as much as $1.8 trillion before New Year’s rather than have to face the issue again prior to the 2010 elections. | |
| Remember VeriChip, the Florida company that once dreamed of injecting its human-implantable RFID microchips in everyone from immigrant guest workers to prison inmates? | |
| Lawyer sues traffic and parking courts in Indianapolis, Indiana over threatened $2500 penalty for contesting a ticket in court. | |
| $2 million US dollar verdict against Bayer confirms company's liability for an uncontrollable technology | |
| Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Open Source Software (OSS) and Geospatial technologies are poised for increased U.S. federal government adoption over the next five years as cost-saving initiatives drive investment in these solutions | |
| Part of the problem with the climate change issue is that it isn’t seen as an ongoing review of scientific models and theories about human impact on planetary warmth. It has taken on a political and religious tone which makes any attempt to peer review the consensus subject to ridicule. | |
| A mysterious light display appearing over Norway last night has left thousands of residents in the north of the country baffled | |
| ArcelorMittal has over 14 million emissions permits that it does not need in 2008, a figure which Sandbag estimates will rise to 80 million by 2012 making it by far the biggest beneficiary of the scheme across the EU. | |
| U.S. homeowners have lost about $5.9 trillion in value since the housing market’s peak in March 2006 as mounting foreclosures and the recession weighed on prices, according to Zillow.com. | |
| Half-baked Homeland Security is spending millions to develop sensors capable of detecting a person's level of 'malintent' as a counterterrorism tool. | |
| The Obama administration extended the $700 billion financial-rescue program until October, arguing that the U.S. must hold on to the money in case of new financial | |
| These derivatives were a bad idea the first time around, but now Bloomberg reports that the carbon trading scheme will be largely centered around derivatives: | |
Jakarta builds statue of young Obama

December 10, 2009 - A bronze statue of a young Barack Obama in shorts and a T-shirt — and what appears to be a Nobel medal around his neck — has been erected at a park in Jakarta, Indonesia, near the school where the future U.S. president studied as a child, according to news reports.
The likeness of a 10-year-old Obama — his hand extended with what appears to be a butterfly resting on it — cost $10,600 and now stands in a corner of Menteng Park, according to the Jakarta Globe and AP.
A paraphrased quote by Eleanor Roosevelt is inscribed on the statue’s base: "The future belongs to those who believe in the power of their dreams," reports AP.
“The statue is being erected to inspire Indonesian children and help them remember that they can be whatever they set their hearts on,” Ron Mullers, chairman of the Indonesia-based Friends of Obama Foundation, explained to the Globe.
The statue is set to be officially unveiled by Jakarta's governor Thursday.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1209/30420.html
Propane fueled fire at a former dairy plant in Norfolk, Nebraska - prompting evacuation of 8,000 - has now been extinguished
Thursday, December 10, 2009
City Administrator Al Roder said the fire at a former dairy plant was put out after crews managed to shut valves that cut off the flow from a 30,000-gallon propane tank.
A large swath of Norfolk was evacuated after the fire broke out around 7 a.m.
Flames billowed out of two pipes adjacent to the 30,000-gallon propane tank at the former Protient plant, 805 Omaha Ave., Roder said.
Fears that the tank itself might explode prompted officials to order the evacuation.
Roder said evacuees weren't immediately being allowed back into their homes and businesses, but a return was expected soon.
About 10,000 people live in the area of south Norfolk that was evacuated, according to Census figures. Norfolk's latest population estimate is nearly 23,000. The city is about 100 miles northwest of Omaha.
The fire first was reported shortly after 7 a.m. Black, rolling smoke could be seen for miles. Bright orange flames shot up from the site of the fire.
The cause wasn't immediately known, but the smell of gas permeated the air near the scene, witnesses said.
There were no reports of injuries.
Ten to 12 workers inside the plant at the time the fire broke out escaped.
Roder said two unmanned fire units sprayed water on the blaze because it was too dangerous for crews to get close.
Just days ago, the plant was leased by an Illinois company with plans to return it to full production, the Norfolk Daily News reported.
Roder said the propane tank threatened by the fire was filled on Wednesday.
The evacuated area was bordered by Norfolk Avenue on the north, Andy's Lake on the south, Victory Road on the east and 20th Street on the west.
"That constitutes, land-mass-wise, about a third of the city," Roder said.
In addition to homes, the area includes dozens of businesses, five public elementary schools, a junior high school, the city's main shopping center, its motel corridor and the southern half of downtown. Norfolk Senior High School also was ordered not to open.
The city auditorium, Norfolk Middle School and the YMCA building served as evacuation sites.
Several roads were closed, and motorists were urged to avoid the area. U.S. Highway 81 was closed at the Nebraska Highway 32 junction, and U.S. Highway 275 was closed at Nebraska Highway 24.
Some of Norfolk's major employers have facilities within the evacuated area, including Nucor Corp., a steel producer, and Affiliated Foods.
Affiliated, a grocery wholesaler, is one of Norfolk's largest employers with about 675 workers. Two of Nucor's four Norfolk divisions were affected by the evacuation, a company official said.
http://www.theindependent.com/articles/2009/12/10/news/local/doc4b210dfda4a6c564841603.txt
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New lease of Protient plant had just began days before fire
Just when there were brighter prospects for the former Protient manufacturing plant in Norfolk,Nebraska this happens.
** Cave Editor's Note: I worked at that 'former dairy plant' when I was going back to college in the late 1980's
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George Ure's UrbanSurvival.com | "Fear Mongers" and the Stabilization Police Force - December 10, 2009
"Fear Mongers" and the Stabilization Police Force
This is rich: Word that president Obama is telling GOP leader "Stop trying to frighten the American people". But it's as good a starting point as any this morning, since the American people, by my reckoning, have plenty to be frightened about, even though it's hidden and obfuscated by the advertiser-owned MainStreamMedia.
For one thing, the entire global financial system, most admit, is still walking on eggshells and could crack at any time. Then we have Climategate to deal with and despite the hoopla in Copenhagen, the best (ok, devastating) analysis I've read of the jiggered data in contained in Willis Eschenbach's analysis "The Smoking Gun at Darwin Zero".
But here's something more worrisome than Climategate or Swine Flu out in the wings. Every so often I get an email that spells out a possible US future in crystal-clear terms - the discussion of which is not fear mongering at all: It's revealing actual planning... but for what? A new kind of police authority is in the works for America.
"Discussion of Options
The present chapter omits any discussion of cost, which appears in Chapter Seven. Of the options presented, our analysis suggests that the hybrid Marshals Service option is preferable. With the ability of civilian agencies to significantly enhance their tactical suitability by placing SPF members in those police agencies that excel in their skill area, the Marshals Service could significantly increase its tactical suitability by leveraging placements to the point where it would dominate the other options, with the exception of the variable “Experience in Building Indigenous Capacity.” However, even with respect to this variable, any SPF would build this capability over time. An MP SPF could not achieve the same benefit, without relief from the Posse Comitatus Act. Soldiers could not serve in civilian policing capacity to the same extent, and so could not maximize an MP SPF’s tactical suitability rating through the experience to be gained by the hybrid option. If relief from Posse Comitatus were forthcoming, then the MPs could benefit from the advantages offered by this staffing option as well."
"Relief from the Posse Comitatus Act"? Stabilization Police Force? Stabilizing what? How?
"Recent legislative events On September 26, 2006, President Bush urged Congress to consider revising federal laws so that U.S. armed forces could restore public order and enforce laws in the aftermath of a natural disaster, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
These changes were included in the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (H.R. 5122), which was signed into law on October 17, 2006.[3]
Section 1076 is titled "Use of the Armed Forces in major public emergencies". It provided that:
The President may employ the armed forces... to... restore public order and enforce the laws of the United States when, as a result of a natural disaster, epidemic, or other serious public health emergency, terrorist attack or incident, or other condition... the President determines that... domestic violence has occurred to such an extent that the constituted authorities of the State or possession are incapable of maintaining public order... or [to] suppress, in a State, any insurrection, domestic violence, unlawful combination, or conspiracy if such... a condition... so hinders the execution of the laws... that any part or class of its people is deprived of a right, privilege, immunity, or protection named in the Constitution and secured by law... or opposes or obstructs the execution of the laws of the United States or impedes the course of justice under those laws.[4]
In 2008, these changes were repealed in their entirety, reverting to the previous wording of the Insurrection Act
There's a fair amount of discussion in the Rand paper of things like financial disincentives for failing to deploy against fellow citizens and so forth. Chilling stuff to read.
In a chicken & egg sense, which comes first? The talk of a paradigm-changing 'revolution' or excessive State response to dissent? Does it all somehow track back to those Constitution-free zones around the national political conventions because they have become so institutionalized that dissent is no longer honored? I can't say; but the opposites of consensus is dangerous to complex societies; those societies where the marginal rate of return on additional hard work falls below zero which one could argue is in danger of happening planet-wide.
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To what degree is talk of revolutionary change a precursor to its realization or iron-fisted repression? History only provides data; not simple formulas. But the divisions within America between left and right seem to be widening and logically, the more divided a country is, the easier its conquest by those who would argue persuasively for the replacement of its Constitution as somehow 'outdated' and not applicable to what will surely be packaged and sold by the MSM as 'extraordinary times' which will require a 'fresh look'. Kinda like the 'Change' sloganeering.
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http://urbansurvival.com/week.htm
NaturalNews.com | Today's Featured Stories - December 10, 2009

| Cancer profiteering? New chemo drug costs $30,000 a month By Mike Adams, NaturalNews Editor December 10 - Big Pharma's pill pushers and natural remedy skeptics are always trying to drill one idea into your brain: "Natural remedies are a ripoff!" they say. "And they aren't even proven to work!" In response to... |
| After conventional breast cancer treatments, half of women have lingering, long-term pain By E. Huff, staff writer December 10 - A Danish study published in the November 11 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association found that women who have undergone conventional breast cancer treatment experience pain long after completing... |
| Big Pharma greed: free drugs are being pushed on the Internet to hook consumers By S. L. Baker, features writer December 10 - If you have a common condition like high cholesterol or asthma, you'll probably surf the Internet for info -- and odds are you'll be directed to a slick Big Pharma-sponsored Web homepage. It will appear to be... |
| Patients choose alternative therapies when granted more personal responsibility by doctors By Mike Adams, NaturalNews Editor December 10 - The December issue of Arthritis Care & Research contains a study showing that, when given the option to choose an alternate treatment, patients are more likely to refuse high-risk treatments recommended to them... |
| Eating Walnuts Cuts Cholesterol By David Gutierrez, staff writer December 10 - Eating a diet high in walnuts may decrease cholesterol and fight inflammation, two major risk factors for cardiovascular disease, according to a study conducted by researchers from Harvard University and published... |
| Drug resistant staph infections on the rise in U.S. hospitals By Paul Louis, staff writer December 10 - (Natural News) The CDC has declared staphylococcus aureus infections are increasing to the point that 20,000 people a year die from staph infections, usually when the bacteria infiltrate the bloodstream or lungs. Many survive... |
| Jon Barron, Daniel Vitalis featured on NaturalNews Talk Hour this Thursday By Mike Adams, NaturalNews Editor December 9 - The NaturalNews Talk Hour presents a very special holiday event with exclusive offers by two of the most celebrated nutritional companies recommended by NaturalNews. "Surthrival in the 21st Century" and "Cold... |
| How fragile we are: Why the complexity of modern civilization threatens us all By Mike Adams, NaturalNews Editor he fragility of our modern human civilization did not become clear to me until I began living full-time in South America. As a resident of Vilcabamba, Ecuador, I've grown accustomed to the idea of knowing where... |
| Pfizer caught in yet more science fraud: Company altered study findings for Neurontin drug By E. Huff, staff writer Research into internal company documents has revealed that Pfizer Inc., the world's largest research-based pharmaceutical company, tampered with the results of at least 16 study reports about its epilepsy drug... |
| Plant Disease Devastating Vegetable Crops in Eastern U.S. By David Gutierrez, staff writer The same infectious fungus that caused the Irish Potato Famine of the 1840s is now spreading across the Northeastern United States, causing alarm among farmers and raising the specter of another spike in food... |
| EPA's "endangerment finding" allows Big Government to regulate carbon emissions By Mike Adams, NaturalNews Editor Carbon dioxide is a threat to human life, says the EPA under the direction of the Obama Administration. With this declaration, the agency has bypassed Congress and can now begin to regulate CO2 as a toxic substance... |
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Citizen Journalism Articles from Contributing Writers:
| How to Host a Junk Food, Candy Free Party for Kids By Fleur Hupston, citizen journalist December 10 - Many party hosts feel they are giving kids the ultimate treat by spreading a table laden with every imaginable... |
| Discover the Secrets of Anti-Aging Adaptogenic Herbs, Part II By Paul Fassa, citizen journalist December 10 - There are several adaptogenic herbs from traditional Chinese medicine that can be used as tonics safely and... |
| Snack Your Way to Health with Pistachio Nuts By David Victor, citizen journalist December 10 - Whether you are trying to lose weight or just eat a healthier diet, snacking can be a huge problem. No matter... |
| Benefit from Aerobic Exercise By Kim Evans, citizen journalist December 10 - A recent study just found that exercise, particularly aerobic exercise, is connected with having a higher IQ... |
UN Resolution Would Criminalize Christianity
http://www.crosstalkblog.com/2009/11/un-resolution-would-criminalize-christianity/
Cave's Sun Update | LARGEST SOLAR FLARE OF CYCLE 24 THIS MORNING AROUND NEW SUNSPOT 1034 - December 10, 2009 7:50 AM CDT
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/sunspots/
C3.2 Solar flare took place early this morning
around new Sunspot 1034.
Sunspot 1034 was numbered on Wednesday and this breaks the current spotless streak.
When toy guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have toy guns - NY legislation that would increase penalties for selling a toy gun by 500 %
I once wrote about the "wussification" of our nation's youth--the cradle-to-grave indoctrination in the dogma of the Church of Guns are Icky. This is yet another manifestation of that campaign. A couple generations of boys who have been taught to recoil in horror from even imaginary games of "cops and robbers," or storming an imagined Iwo Jima with a toy Garand rifle, and perhaps the gun culture will be so weakened that there will be no one left to fight for gun rights, and the forcible citizen disarmament agenda can really get underway.
I eagerly await the next step, will Bloomberg start a Mayors Against Illegal Toy Guns? Will he have his pet congresscritters introduce a "Toy Gun Trafficking Prevention Act"? Will he set-up "straw" toy gun purchases at gun shows?
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NewsWithViews.com | Headlines - December 10, 2009

Arrogance of Power
http://www.newswithviews.com/Owens/william104.htm
by William Owens
ClimateGate, the Green Dragon, and the End of Christianity
http://www.newswithviews.com/Kincaid/cliff375.htm
by Cliff Kincaid
Tiger Woods Needs the Lord
http://www.newswithviews.com/Daubenmire/dave178.htm
by Coach Dave Daubenmire
Muslims in 21st Century America: What Historians Say
http://www.newswithviews.com/Wooldridge/frosty525.htm
by Frosty Wooldridge
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U.S. Homeowners Lost $5.9 Trillion Since 2006 Peak (Update1) -- Almost half a trillion dollars was wiped out this year through November as housing headed for a third straight annual decline. New foreclosures and higher mortgage rates in 2010 may hinder a rebound, the property data service said today in a statement. “A phenomenal amount of wealth has been erased since the housing bust,” Stan Humphries, chief economist for Seattle- based Zillow, said yesterday in an interview. “For many households, most of their wealth is tied up in real estate.” Check out the website http://www.zillow.com - It will give you an honest assessment of the state of this economy.
Brussels gives CIA the power to search UK bank records -- This weekend civil liberties groups and privacy campaigners said the surveillance programme, introduced as an emergency measure in 2001, was being imposed on Britain without a proper debate. Shami Chakrabarti, director of Liberty, said: “The massive scope for transferring personal information from Europe to the United States is extremely worrying, especially in the absence of public debate or parliamentary scrutiny either at EU or domestic level. “No one is saying that allies should not co-operate, but where is the privacy protection? Where are the judicial safeguards in such a sweeping scheme? “This looks like yet another example of lopsided post-9/11 compromise and of the ease with which temporary emergency measures are foisted on us permanently.”
The Quiet Coup -- But I must tell you, to IMF officials, all of these crises looked depressingly similar. Each country, of course, needed a loan, but more than that, each needed to make big changes so that the loan could really work. Almost always, countries in crisis need to learn to live within their means after a period of excess—exports must be increased, and imports cut—and the goal is to do this without the most horrible of recessions. Naturally, the fund’s economists spend time figuring out the policies—budget, money supply, and the like—that make sense in this context. Yet the economic solution is seldom very hard to work out. No, the real concern of the fund’s senior staff, and the biggest obstacle to recovery, is almost invariably the politics of countries in crisis.
Doesn't our Congress have anything better to do that pass a college football playoff bill? -- A House subcommittee approved legislation Wednesday aimed at forcing college football to switch to a playoff system to determine its national champion, over the objections of some lawmakers who said Congress has meatier targets to tackle.
Patients choose alternative therapies when given more personal responsibility by doctors -- The December issue of Arthritis Care & Research contains a study showing that, when given the option to choose an alternate treatment, patients are more likely to refuse high-risk treatments recommended to them and pursue something else. Patients are more willing to take personal responsibility in making important medical decisions when their doctors give them the opportunity to consider other options.
Virginia veteran wins fight to keep flagpole in his front yard -- RICHMOND, Va. — A 90-year-old Medal of Honor recipient can keep his 21-foot flagpole in his front yard after a homeowner's association dropped its request to remove it, a spokesman for Democratic Virginia Sen. Mark Warner said Tuesday.
Bayer admits GMO contamination is out of control -- EXTRACT: Bayer has admitted it has been unable to control the spread of its genetically-engineered organisms despite 'the best practices [to stop contamination]'(1). It shows that all outdoors field trials or commercial growing of GE crops must be stopped before our crops are irreversibly contaminated.
Cancer profiteering: new drug costs $30,000 a month -- A new cancer treatment drug called Folotyn, made by a small drug company named Allos Therapeutics. It costs $30,000 a month. But here's the best part: Folotyn has never been proven to save lives.
Why does the FBI need 20mm rifles? -- According to this website, the FBI is spending about $13,000 apiece on two MagFed 20mm rifles. You read that right; not “.20-caliber” but “20mm.” We’re talking serious firepower here.
22 stories underground: Iron Mountain's experimental room 48 -- Among dozens of red steel doors inserted in the rock face along corridors that create an elaborate subterranean honeycomb, you'll find Room 48, an experiment in data center energy efficiency. Open for just six months, the room is used by Iron Mountain to discover the best way to use geothermal conditions and engineering designs to establish the perfect environment for electronic documents.
Only 10 days into December and look at all of the layoffs, closings & bankruptcies -- Who says the economy is improving?
American Dream 2: default , then rent -- Thanks to a rare confluence of factors -- mortgages that far exceed home values and bargain-basement rents -- a growing number of families are concluding that the new American dream home is a rental.
Want to cut cancer risk? Try munching on pistachios -- Benefit comes from a particular type of vitamin E in the nuts, expert says.
Novartis Is Celebrating - Should We? -- By Dr. Sherri Tenpenny
HHS modifies it's approach to second generation anthrax vaccine -- “Following a thorough evaluation of proposals, we determined that awarding Project BioShield acquisition contracts at this time would have placed undue risk of failure on potential contractors and the federal government.”
Homeland security embarks on Big Brother programs to read our minds & emotions
Hemp protein: eat the nutrients -- Researchers claim that if no other food is consumed, hemp seeds could sustain a human life for a few months without causing nutrient deficiency problems. In fact, hemp protein was used in Europe during tuberculosis outbreaks to reverse the wasting away caused by the disease.
When toy guns are outlawed only outlaws will have toy guns -- Speaker Christine C Quinn, together with Council Member Al Vann, today announced legislation that would increase penalties for selling a toy gun by 500 percent. The legislation would also enhance the Department of Consumer Affairs’ enforcement ability and allow the agency to shut stores that are repeat offenders of the law. Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) Commissioner Jonathan Mintz and Criminal Justice Coordinator John Feinblatt joined the Speaker and Council Members at the announcement. The officials also announced a new citywide public awareness campaign about the dangers of toy guns that look real and real guns that look like toys. Hmmmm...
The climate change propaganda machine
Holdren's guru: Dispose of 'excess children' like puppies -- Science chief acknowledges Brown as inspiration for career in ecology.
Mystery as spiral blue light display hovers above Norway -- What's blue and white, squiggly and suddenly appears in the sky?
* Could this be Project Blue Beam?(video)
Neglected crops in Copenhagen -- There is a strong scientific consensus that altered growing conditions caused by climate change--such as increases in heat, drought, plant pests and disease--are going to damage food production rapidly and profoundly. The destabilizing effects on our food supply will be so far reaching that they are destined to disrupt, among other things, all of the carefully laid climate mitigation and adaptation measures it is hoped will emerge from Copenhagen.
Copenhagen climate summit in disarray after Danish text leak -- The UN Copenhagen climate talks are in disarray today after developing countries reacted furiously to leaked documents that show world leaders will next week be asked to sign an agreement that hands more power to rich countries and sidelines the UN's role in all future climate change negotiations.
Winter's here, yet Illinois corn harvest drags on -- Across much of the Corn Belt, a wet spring kept farmers from planting on time or in some cases forced them to replant washed-out crops. The season was followed by a cool, damp summer that slowed crop development. A rainy fall kept farmers out of their fields and prevented corn from quickly drying out. Corn must be dry before it is used for animal feed, corn syrup or other products. Elevators penalize farmers if they bring in corn with high moisture content.
Corruption is destroying the soul of America warns FBI agent -- One of the FBI's top agents warned yesterday that corruption in the US was increasing and tearing at the fabric of society.
Obama quietly backs Patriot Act provisions -- With the health care debate preoccupying the mainstream media, it has gone virtually unreported that the Barack Obama administration is quietly supporting renewal of provisions of the George W. Bush-era USA Patriot Act that civil libertarians say infringe on basic freedoms.
Oklahoma could keep an eye on uninsured motorists -- Plan to record bar codes on license tags raises lawmaker’s cry of ‘Big Brother’
Ron Paul Poised to finally pass fed audits -- For first time in nine tries, amendment goes to House floor.
Undocumented volcano contributed to extremely cold decade 1810-1819 -- South Dakota State University researchers and their colleagues elsewhere in America and in France have found compelling evidence of a previously undocumented large volcanic eruption that occurred exactly 200 years ago, in 1809. The discovery helps explain the record cold decade from 1810-1819.
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