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Latest News and Top Stories Honduras: The Coup That Never Happened “When the media goes quiet, the walls speak.” — graffiti in Tegucigalpa. What strikes a visitor to the Honduran capital most immediately in this moment is the degree to which the social and political conflict that has erupted since the golpe de estado (coup d’etat) on June 28th is actually written on the walls, the fences, the rockfaces, bridges, errant bits of siding, abandoned buildings, and even the concrete upon which one walks. Though the discourse in the international press is muddled and misinformed, the situation in Honduras is very obvious to those who are here – as a quick taxi ride around Tegucigalpa demonstrates. Nov. 26, 2009 - Tegucigalpa, indeed all of the country, is covered in political graffiti. It doesn't take long to recognize that the state is in a moment of intense political struggle and repression, despite the international media's insistence that 'everything is fine.' Honduras has been long dominated by a handful of some ten to fifteen wealthy families. Everyone here knows their names – Facusse, Ferrari, Micheletti – and now they are scrawled on walls everywhere, next to accusations of golpista (coup-supporter) and asesino(assassin). These oligarchs used to be satisfied by controlling the economy and buying off the politicians, but they now increasingly insist upon exercising direct political control themselves, and their names show up more and more in congress, in the supreme court and now even in the executive branch.... Mounting Political Tensions as the US, Russia and China Compete for the Control of the World's Oil and Gas Reserves China’s completion of an historic natural gas pipeline with Kazakhstan bypassing Russia this week tightens the Asian behemoth’s grip on energy resources needed to fuel a burgeoning economy, a desire also forcing it on a quest for oil and gas wealth in other corners of the globe. China is not alone in this scramble for energy security. Hungry for oil and gas, world powers like Russia and the United States are also relying on different strategies to grab resource treasures but their efforts have raised questions about conflicts down the road. The U.S. Energy Information Administration describes China as the second largest energy consumer behind the United States . Taking advantage of the world’s financial crisis, the Asian powerhouse has tapped currency reserves to invest in both Russia and Central Asia , helping to construct power plants and other domestic infrastructure in return for long-term oil and gas supplies, said Ben Montalbano, a senior research analyst at the Washington-based Energy Policy Research Foundation. Lacking energy reserves, China has been “working hard to lock in” investments in Africa, Central Asia and Venezuela , Montalbano told OilPrice.com. The country has also sought natural gas to satisfy increasing consumption and built many liquefied natural gas receiving terminals over the last year, he added. “Cut off from African natural resources . . . China ’s growth stops,” warned Peter Pham, director of the Africa Project at the New York-based National Committee on American Foreign Policy and an associate professor at James Madison University in Harrisonburg , Virginia . This intensive bid for energy, however, has caused friction with the world community. Under an investment strategy in Africa, China “wins over very easily governing elites but doesn’t necessarily win over the populace,” Pham charged... Curacao Is U.S. Spy Base Against Venezuela Dutch Socialist MP Harry van Bommel has claimed that US spy planes are using an airbase on the Netherlands Antilles island of Curaçao. Mr Van Bommel has asked Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen whether he is aware that a Boeing RC-135 aircraft has been making regular reconnaissance flights from the Caribbean island's Hato airport over the past few weeks. War on drugs The flights were the cause of angry reactions by Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez, who accused the Netherlands of colluding with the United States. The Hague government is contributing to rising tensions between Venezuela and Colombia, according to the Venezuelan authorities. The opposition MP said it is up to the Netherlands to help de-escalate these tensions. He is asking for a ban on American military flights over Colombia from the Antilles. Ostensibly such flights are part of the US "war on drugs" but Mr Van Bommel claims they are also used in a "war on guerrillas". The MP wants to scrap the US-Netherlands Forwards Operations Location treaty enabling the Americans to use airfields in Curaçao and the Antilles for anti-drugs flights... Torture: The Transfers of Afgan Prisoners Letter to Canada's House of Commons - by Lawyers Against the War Open letter to the Parliamentary Special Committee on the Canadian Mission in Afghanistan Dear Committee Members: Chair: Rick Casson, Vice-chair: Bryon Wilfert, Members: Jim Abbott, Ujjal Dosanjh, Francine Lalonde, Claude Bachand, Laurie Hawn, Dave MacKenzie, Paul Dewar, Greg Kerr, Deepak Obhrai: Lawyers against the War (LAW) urges the Parliamentary Special Committee on the Canadian Mission in Afghanistan to recommend: The immediate cessation of transfers of people taken prisoner in Afghanistan (prisoners) by Canada, to third countries, including Afghanistan; and, That Canada immediately undertake effective protective and remedial measures with respect to all prisoners already transferred by Canada to third countries; and, The creation of a judicial inquiry mandated to inquire into allegations that the transfers violate Canadian and international law and to recommend the civil and criminal remedies required by law. Concerned Canadians know that people taken captive in Afghanistan and transferred to either U.S. or Afghan custody are at risk of torture and other grave violations of their internationally protected rights. The facts establishing the illegality of the transfer of prisoners have been a matter public record since, at the latest, early 2004. Under Canadian and international law transfer to risk of such harm violates both Canadian and international law. Knowledge of the applicable law is presumed. Evidence that Canada was and is, violating Canadian and international law by transferring people taken captive in Afghanistan to either U.S. or Afghan authorities has long been part of the public record. Since November 13 20011, the world has known that the U.S. intended to illegally detain non-Americans taken prisoner in Afghanistan and to deny them access to properly constituted courts and other due process in violation of international law.2 The world has known since February 7, 20023 that such prisoners transferred into U.S. custody would be denied the protection of the Geneva Conventions and subjected to whatever treatment, including torture and/or other prohibited treatment, the President or Secretary of Defense arbitrarily determined was ‘required by the exigencies of the war on terror’. By the end of September 2004, concerned people and those in positions of responsibility knew, from the report of the Independent Expert on the Situation of Human Rights in Afghanistan, that prisoners were routinely subjected to torture and other internationally prohibited treatment in both Afghan-run and U.S.-run prisons within Afghanistan.... Inside the Military Media Industrial Complex: Impacts on Movements for Peace and Social Justice Among the most important corporate media censored news stories of the past decade, one must be that over one million people have died because of the United States military invasion and occupation of Iraq. This, of course, does not include the number of deaths from the first Gulf War nor the ensuing sanctions placed upon the country of Iraq that, combined, caused close to an additional one million Iraqi deaths. In the Iraq War, which began in March of 2003, over a million people have died violently primarily from US bombings and neighborhood patrols. These were deaths in excess of the normal civilian death rate under the prior government. Among US military leaders and policy elites, the issue of counting the dead was dismissed before the Iraqi invasion even began. In an interview with reporters in late March of 2002 US General Tommy Franks stated, “You know we don’t do body counts.”[i] Fortunately, for those concerned about humanitarian costs of war and empire, others do ... Iran Sanctions are Precursor to War Last week te House overwhelmingly approved a measure to put a new round of sanctions on Iran. If this measure passes the Senate, the United States could no longer do business with anyone who sold refined petroleum products to Iran or helped them develop their ability to refine their own petroleum. The sad thing is that many of my colleagues voted for this measure because they felt it would deflect a military engagement with Iran. I would put the question to them, how would Congress react if another government threatened our critical trading partners in this way? Would we not view it as asking for war? This policy is pure isolationism. It is designed to foment war by cutting off trade and diplomacy. Too many forget that the quagmire in Iraq began with an embargo. Sanctions are not diplomacy. They are a precursor to war and an embarrassment to a country that pays lip service to free trade. It is ironic that people who decry isolationism support actions like this. If a foreign government attempted to isolate the US economically, cut off our supply of gasoline, or starve us to death, would it cause Americans to admire that foreign entity? Or would we instead unite under the flag for the survival of our country? .... EU/IMF Revolt: Greece, Iceland, Latvia May Lead the Way Europe’s small, debt-strapped countries could follow the lead of Argentina and simply walk away from their debts. That would shift the burden to the creditor countries, which could solve the problem merely by a change in accounting rules. Total financial collapse, once a problem only for developing countries, has now come to Europe. The International Monetary Fund is imposing its “austerity measures” on the outer circle of the European Union, with Greece, Iceland and Latvia the hardest hit. But these are not your ordinary third world debtor supplicants. Historically, the Vikings of Iceland successfully invaded Britain; Latvia n tribes repulsed the Vikings; and the Greeks conquered the whole Persian empire. If anyone can stand up to the IMF, these stalwart European warriors can.... UK Army 'Waterboarded' Northern Ireland Prisoners in 1970s Evidence has emerged that the British army used waterboarding to interrogate Northern Ireland prisoners during troubled times back in the 1970s. The torture technique was allegedly used in at least one interrogation of a prisoner who was accused of killing a British soldier in 1973, a Tuesday report published in the Guardian said. The prisoner named Liam Holden was later convicted of murder, largely based on an unsigned confession. At the time the jury ignored his claim that the confession was forced under severe duress by British soldiers who had held him down, placed a towel over his face and poured water over his nose and mouth. After 17 years in jail, the Criminal Cases Review Commission is now reviewing Holden's case because of doubts about the "admissibility and reliability" of his confession. Waterboarding, which simulates drowning, is considered torture by agencies worldwide. CIA agents are known to have used it in interrogating the so-called 'war on terror' suspects. Health Care Profiteers: A Billion-Dollar Lobby A study by the Center for Responsive Politics (CRP), Northwestern University and the Chicago Tribune, published in the newspaper Sunday, found that health care lobbyists have spent more than $396 million this year to influence senators and congressmen engaged in passing the health care restructuring legislation, and $862 million in 2008-2009 combined. With the frenzy of lobbying in the last quarter of 2009, the two-year total will go well beyond $1 billion. The drug industry alone has spent $199 million on lobbying in the first nine months of the year, which CRP said was the largest such amount ever spent by any industry on any issue. The drug lobby negotiated a deal with the White House in the spring to limit to $80 billion over ten years the amount that the drug companies would have to accept in discounts and rebates as their “contribution” to paying for the health care overhaul. Efforts by some Senate and House Democrats to impose greater costs on the industry, as much as $200 billion, have been beaten back with the support of the Obama administration ... Venezuela-Colombia Tension Increasing The tensions between Colombia and neighbouring Venezuela have increased over the weekend. In a newspaper interview the Colombian Minister of Defence, Gabriel Silva, said his country is preparing a strategy to ward off a military attack. Although he did not mention Venezuela by name, he said that up to now Colombia had concentrated on internal problems but that today the dangers facing his country came from outside its borders. Colombia has already made known that it intends to build a new military base in the department of Guajira, on the north-eastern border with Venezuela. Relations between Colombia and Venezuela have been tense for several months. Venezuela President Hugo Chávez has said he is not pleased that Colombia has sought close military ties with the United States. Speaking in his weekly television programme on Sunday, Mr Chávez said Colombia would regret any operation directed at Venezuela. He added that his country had no plans for an attack on its neighbour.

Strong 6.3 Magnitude Earthquake hit RUSSIA - 840 km (520 miles) NNW of TOKYO, Japan - Thursday, December 24, 2009 at 10:23:27 AM at epicenter

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175 km (105 miles) ESE of Nakhodka, Russia
255 km (160 miles) ESE of Vladivostok, Russia
840 km (520 miles) NNW of TOKYO, Japan
6675 km (4140 miles) ENE of MOSCOW, Russia

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SteveQuayle.com | Hot Headlines - December 23, 2009

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When Reporting on Islamist Organizations, Media Ignores Damning Facts in Quest for ‘Balance’

It's Begun!! Unprescented INTERPOL Immunity in US

Reid Bill: Coercive and Unconstitutional

Senate Marxist Reid to Make It Almost Impossible to Repeal ObamaCare There’s Two “T’s” in Ottumwa (The Day the Dollar Died IX)

Mike Whitney: Bernanke Tightens the Noose

Copenhagen Climate Deal Shows New World Order May Be Led by U.S., China

Czech President Klaus: Global Warming Not Science, But a 'New Religion'

No Human Based Global Warming

Hunger for False Flag In U.S. by Luciferian Illuminati Inside U.S. Govt. / Military / Intel Agencies/
Money Center Banks - Still Strong?

"We Can Make Him Disappear": Immigration Officials Are Hold

Why Haven't These State Legislators Been Indicted?

The Birth of Christ and the Birth of America Are Linked

Ashfall Brings New Fears Near Philippine Volcano

Czech President Klaus: Global Warming Not Science, But a 'New Religion'

Special Ops Robots Now Do Psychological Warfare

Traitors, Every One

Gun Room Fire Damage, Repairs Could Reach $1 Million

Franklin Graham: 'True Islam Cannot Be Practiced in This Country'

Fixing Drone Data: A Not-So-Modest Proposal

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BlackListedNews.com | Headlines - Wednesday December 23, 2009

Obama Extends Diplomatic Immunity to Interpol by Executive Order President Obama has issued an amendment to Executive Order 12425, designating the international law enforcement agency Interpol as a “public international organization,” thus extending diplomatic immunity to the law enforcement group

Under the radar, Obama pushes for Patriot Act renewal With key sections of the U.S. Patriot Act set to expire Dec. 31, the Obama administration - essentially tiptoeing through the corridors of Congress and using the raucous health care debate as cover - has quietly maneuvered for renewal of the controversial provisions, which he opposed as a senator.

Mumbai Terror Suspect David Headley Connected to U.S. Intelligence, Heroin Smuggling A key terror suspect who allegedly helped to plan last year’s attacks in Mumbai and plotted to strike Europe was an American secret agent who went rogue, Indian officials believe.

Mounting Political Tensions as the US, Russia and China Compete for the Control of the World's Oil and Gas Reserves

Swine Flu Vaccine Administered to 60 Million in U.S.

US Court Orders Records Unsealed In Cap-And-Trade Fraud Case U.S. legislators have obtained a court order unsealing documents in a case involving a multi-million-dollar cap-and-trade fraud.

EU/IMF Revolt: Greece, Iceland, Latvia May Lead the Way Total financial collapse, once a problem only for developing countries, has now come to Europe .

Israel to seek another 1b euros Holocaust in reparations from Germany Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz will demand between 450 million to 1 billion euros in reparations from Germany on behalf of Jews forced into slave labor during the Holocaust, it emerged on Sunday.

More Change We Can Believe In: Banks with political ties got bailouts, study shows

Israel’s IDF Cooperates with FEMA, National Guard, NORTHCOM

Over a decade ago, in 1996 an astrophysicist predicted changes in the Earth’s magnetosphere and potentiality of CHANGES in the terrestrial climate

Over a decade ago, in 1996 an astrophysicist predicted increases in the cosmic-ray flux, changes in the Earth’s magnetosphere, the chemistry of the atmosphere and potentiality of even CHANGES in the terrestrial climate From the University of Chicago in June 1996 the following article sets out that the astrophysicist Priscilla Frisch determined we were headed for an ENCOUNTER WITH A DENSE CLOUD OF INTERSTELLAR MATTER and this DENSE CLOUD OF INTERSTELLAR MATTER held the potentiality of the following (emphasis mine below): "But if the solar system encountered the much denser cloud, Frisch estimates that the heliosphere could be compressed to within one or two astronomical units of the Sun, not much greater than the Earth’s distance from the Sun. “There would be dramatic effects on the inner solar system,” said Frisch. “It would immediately change the whole interaction between the solar wind and the interstellar medium.” Researchers have predicted increases in the cosmic-ray flux, changes in the Earth’s magnetosphere, the chemistry of the atmosphere and perhaps even the terrestrial climate." http://www-news.uchicago.edu/releases/96/960609.solar.sytem.crash.shtml In 1996 astrophysicist Priscilla Frisch was publishing the potentiality of upcoming potential galactic activity and impacts upon "terrestrial climate" - and, in 1996 our current Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was busy with the Whitewater scandal testifying in front of the grand jury and in her role of US First Lady and a few months later in 1996 her husband Bill Clinton and Al Gore were getting themselves nominated at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that news of a cloud of interstellar matter was not one of the top TV shows for Americans busying watching the activities of the Clintons and Gore in 1996. In 2009, the Clintons and Gore now are in the midst of blaming humans for global warming of terrestrial climate and flying to Copenhagen to present their speeches to the United Nations. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5B64MQ20091207 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/copenhagen-climate-change-confe/6833072/Copenhagen-climate-conference-Hillary-Clinton-attempts-to-break-deadlock-with-100bn-offer.html http://www2.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=2347762 Today, December 23, 2009 NASA publishes the following article setting out the name of astrophysicist Priscilla Frisch, the astrophysicist that published in 1996 the current galactic activity and set out the potential impacts upon "terrestrial climate". But, in today's NASA's News Release she is only credited to a drawing ... almost as if she is an artist not an astrophysicist. http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/23dec_voyager.htm http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/23dec_voyager.htm http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/23dec_voyager.htm RELATED: http://www-news.uchicago.edu/releases/96/960609.solar.sytem.crash.shtml ALSO RELATED: SpaceWeather.com: BIG INTERSTELLAR DISCOVERY: The solar system is passing through an interstellar cloud that physics says should not exist. In the Dec. 24th issue of Nature, a team of scientists reveal how NASA's Voyager spacecraft have solved the mystery. Get the full story from Science@NASA.

UPI Security Industry News - December 23, 200

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UPI Security Industry News - December 23, 2009 Raytheon announced a milestone for its Talon laser guidance and control kit technology following a successful demonstration conducted by the U.S. Army. Lockheed Martin has received an order from British defense authorities for the purchase of a third F-35B Lightning II operational test aircraft. The U.S. Marine Corps has contracted Harris Corp. to deliver its high-frequency radio technologies for integration into armored all-terrain vehicles. Optex Systems Holdings Inc. has partnered with L-3 Communications in a moved to address U.S. Defense Department night-vision protection requirements. TowerJazz announced it has been selected to support a U.S. Air Force large-die read-out-integrated-circuit production program. Saab has been contracted to deliver its weapon locating radar technologies to the Italian army to support international assignments. U.S. company Oshkosh Corp. announced it has surpassed its armored vehicle production delivery quotas for December marking its sixth successful month in a row. The U.S. Army has contracted Textron Marine and Land Systems to deliver its armored security vehicles equipped with next-generation laser technologies. BAE Systems has successfully completed a Chinook countermeasures installation as part of a U.S. Army missile threat reaction program. Sypris Electronics has been selected to support a satellite communications system used by the United States with its electronic technologies. South Korea's military is investigating a cyberattack in which North Korean hackers are believed to have netted secret defense plans with the United States. Dynamics Research Corp. has been selected to provide a U.S. Air Force weapons and aircraft parts global tracking system with maintenance services. VSE Corp. has received a follow-on contract to lead a team supporting the Corrosion Prevention and Control program. The British Defense Ministry announced plans to change the armed forces' camouflage design to provide troops with improved gear for the Afghan terrain. The U.S. Air Force has contracted Rome Research Corp. to provide research, development and testing support for laboratory facilities. http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Security-Industry/

George Ure's UrbanSurvival.com | Special Update - Secret Jails & 'Disappeared' People

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Secret Jails & 'Disappeared' People

For the past eight or nine months I've been pondering one of the most troubling parts of the www.halfpasthuman.com predictive linguistics reports - specifically the parts where around the first of the year and going forward the existence of secret jails and rounding-up and 'disappearing people' by the authorities would come to light.

Now comes a new report in The Nation under the title "Americas Secret ICE Castles" which shows that Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been operating up to 186 secret jails where people suspected of being illegal aliens are shuffled around without customary minimum stands. A particularly chilling part of the linguistic fill deals with extra-legal operations described in The Nation's report:

""If you don't have enough evidence to charge someone criminally but you think he's illegal, we can make him disappear." Those chilling words were spoken by James Pendergraph, then executive director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Office of State and Local Coordination, at a conference of police and sheriffs in August 2008..."

While it's not the whole expectation set, it nevertheless points to an undercurrent of 'secrets revealed' having to do with the nation's power structure going beyond Constitutional bounds and seemingly throwing due process to the wind.

Sadly, it looks like another predictive linguistics 'hit' is in the making as the potential for further abuse of process seems likely as the scabs are peeled back on this story. If you were wondering what the contemporary version of "First they came for the gypsies..." would look like, this certainly seems to be IT.

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Joyce Riley's THE POWER HOUR | December 23, 2009

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That's A Nasty Scar on Obama's head -- This photo of Obama consists of a picture of the right side of his head and shows what appears to be a long scar going from just above the right ear to almost the top of the head.

Josh Groban singing "O Holy Night" -- Start your day off right...absolutely beautiful!!!

The Twelve Gifts of Christmas -- A classic funny song by Allen Sherman.

Prescription narcotics cause more deaths that heroin & cocaine -- On the heels of the sudden death of celebrity actress Brittany Murphy, people are once again raising the question of just how dangerous prescription drugs might really be.

Could this forbidden medicine (homeopathy) eliminate the need for drugs -- "Perhaps the most derided of alternative medicines is my own favorite – homeopathy. Over the past few years, detractors have focused their efforts in the United Kingdom and have succeeded in crippling homeopathic hospitals and clinics funded by the National Health Service, as well as the practices of many homeopaths."

Misdiagnosis of HIV ruins couple's marriage -- A city hospital nearly destroyed a New Jersey woman's life and wrecked her marriage after misdiagnosing her with terminal HIV, hepatitis and herpes, according to a bombshell lawsuit.

"Hell on Earth" released Somalian speaks of Guantanamo -- AFP secured an interview on Monday with Mohamed Saleban Bare (known to the Pentagon as Mohammed Sulaymon Barre), the Somali refugee, released from Guantánamo at the weekend with eleven other men (including another Somali, Ismail Mahmoud Muhammad), who ran a money transfer operation for the Somali diaspora in Karachi, Pakistan, until he was seized in a house raid on November 1, 2001. He declared, "Guantánamo Bay is like hell on Earth."

Ron Paul goes from ridicule to respect -- Ron Paul has refused to go out to the political pasture to live in comfortable irrelevance. As odd as it may seem, he has become one of the most influential Republicans in a capital city dominated by liberal Democrats.

Dept. of Veteran's Affairs reports 73,000 Gulf War deaths -- More Gulf War Veterans have died than Vietnam Veterans.

Credit Card Debt up to 15 Percent of Annual Household Income -- Average Credit Card Debt in 1980 was $670 and Today it is up to $7,800. The Slimy World of Credit Card Lending.

Over the Arctic, auroras collide -- Two curtains of light known as the aurora borealis have been caught in a collision by NASA cameras deployed around the Arctic, creating a spectacular explosion of light.

Unemployment funds going absolutely broke -- The recession's jobless toll is draining unemployment-compensation funds so fast that according to federal projections, 40 state programs will go broke within two years and need $90 billion in loans to keep issuing the benefit checks.

Banks with political ties got bailouts, study shows -- U.S. banks that spent more money on lobbying were more likely to get government bailout money, according to a study released on Monday.

At Dragon Boat Race in Chicago, RFID captures festival goers -- This year's Chinese Dragon Boat Race, held on July 25, marked the first time the organizers employed radio frequency identification to track the movement of people throughout the 12-acre city park, in order to measure where individuals of various demographics spent their time.

Paxar showcases RFID Smart Mirror for retailers -- Equipped with an RFID reader behind it and out of sight, the mirror displays rich, user-centric information when a tagged piece of apparel is brought within range. That information might include brand messaging from the apparel maker, a description of the item, size and color availability of the item within the store, and even suggestions on what other apparel items would complement the current item.

Silicone Based Chemical in Pizza Huts Cheese is Polymethylsiloxane -- Pizza Hut cheese is not just cheese, its silicone! In this issue, writer John Bunting details how Pizza Huts cheese supplier Leprino Foods uses a silicone-based industrial chemical in the patented manufacturing of Pizza Cheese. That chemical Polymethylsiloxane has no FDA approval for use as a food ingredient. Polymethylsiloxane is sold by Dow-Corning as Antifoam FG 10 .

Do Agribusiness giants fear organic agriculture? -- Michael Mack, the chief executive of Syngenta, said organic farming takes up 30 percent more land than non-organic farming for the same yield. Syngenta is a Swiss agribusiness company that makes pesticides and seeds. “If the whole planet were to suddenly switch to organic farming tomorrow, it would be an ecological disaster.”

More herbicide use reported on genetically modified crops -- A report has found that farmers are using more herbicides on genetically engineered soybeans, corn, and cotton because of resistant weeds.

Military Science: Hack stormy skies to lord over lightning (are they nuts?) -- Darpa’s got a new target for geo-hacking science, and if they can make it work, we might see modern firearms making way for weapons of the mythological variety. The out-there research agency is soliciting proposals that would harness control over the natural mechanism of lightning initiation by coming up with a way to launch manmade lightning bolts, and prevent or redirect natural lightning strikes — and their accompanying destruction.

What is the US Constitution -- The time has come in America when to restore constitutional law and freedom in the STATES, the people of the states must begin looking internally to their own powers, sovereignty, self-defense, self-preservation, self-reliance and constitutions.

US Supreme Court rules on police entry -- U.S. Supreme Court Police did not violate a man's Fourth Amendment rights by entering his house under the emergency aid exception, even after he told them to get a search warrant, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Dec. 7. Read More...

Nathan Myhrvold's anti-global warming scheme -- Nathan Myhrvold also thinks that he has found a cheap and reliable way to solve global warming, which does not involve upending and perhaps destroying the world's economy. The global warming solution proposed by Nathan Myhvold involves Nathan Myhrvold's Anti Global Warming Scheme running a hose up to the stratosphere with balloons and using that hose to pump out enough sulfur particles to dim the sun's heat just enough to counteract the effects of global warming.

Report: ICE using unlisted detention centers for immigrant prisoners -- (& who else?) - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is holding an untold number of people in secretively maintained detention facilities all over the United States, according to a report set to be published next year in The Nation. Many of the sites are unmarked and unlisted, going unnoticed in office parks and commercial zones.

President Obama's secret: Only 100 Al Qaeda in Afghanistan -- With 100,000 troops in Afghanistan at an estimated yearly cost of $30 billion, it means that for every one al Qaeda fighter, the U.S. will commit 1,000 troops and $300 million a year.

Iran sanctions are precursor to war by Ron Paul -- Last week the House overwhelmingly approved a measure to put a new round of sanctions on Iran. If this measure passes the Senate, the United States could no longer do business with anyone who sold refined petroleum products to Iran or helped them develop their ability to refine their own petroleum. The sad thing is that many of my colleagues voted for this measure because they felt it would deflect a military engagement with Iran. I would put the question to them, how would Congress react if another government threatened our critical trading partners in this way? Would we not view it as asking for war?

Connecticut: Unemployment calls overwhelm server -- Unemployment claims have been flooding into the state Department of Labor, dragging the filing system to a crawl. “Due to the high volume of claim filing, you may experience some difficulty filing your claim via the Web or by telephone. We apologize for any inconvenience,” the Web site says.

Officer fired over assault on store employee who asked for proof of age -- A Ridley Township (Delaware County), Pa. police officer is out of a job -- and facing criminal charges -- after an alleged assault on a convenience store employee last week. Police officer Brian Decker, 33, was off duty when, according to court papers, he hit a Wawa manager who asked for proof of age when he bought some chewing tobacco.

Humor: Politically correct holiday greeting

Farming town demands answers on birth defects -- Owners of the waste facility in KETTLEMAN CITY, Calif have offered to fund a health study, but they say there's no evidence linking the dump to the birth defects.

Deep in health care bill very specific beneficiaries -- Buried in the deal-clinching health care package that Senate Democrats unveiled over the weekend is an inconspicuous proposal expanding Medicare to cover certain victims of “environmental health hazards.”

And now for a short break from the serious news: A Spoof medical research website -- The Bonkers Institute for Nearly Genuine Research-Advancing in the direction of bona fide medical science since last Tuesday.

Joyce Riley's POWER HOUR - WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 23

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InfoWars.com | Morning Headlines - December 23, 2009

Two Years Of Failure In Directing The Economy

Bob Chapman | As we look back and this year comes to an end we find two plus years of failure.

Unemployment funds going ‘absolutely broke’

MSNBC | The shortfalls are putting pressure on governments to either raise taxes or shrink the aid payments.

The Fed is a Fascist Cartel

Nelson Hultberg | The Federal Reserve, in my opinion, should not be classified as a private corporation. It should be termed a government-run fascist cartel.

Goldman’s Attempt To Ambush Dollar Aborted, Tactical Shorts Closed As Stop Losses Hit

Zero Hedge | A note to traders indicates that while Goldman has not lost the war of intergalactic domination, it too, can lose the occasional battles.

EU/IMF Revolt: Greece, Iceland, Latvia May Lead the Way

Ellen Brown | Europe’s small, debt-strapped countries could follow the lead of Argentina and simply walk away from their debts.

Obama Extends Diplomatic Immunity to Interpol by Executive Order

The New Media Journal | The amendment is an Executive Order and not need to be put to the senatorial test of “advise and consent.”

Chavez accuses U.S. of sending spy plane into Venezuela’s airspace

Xinhua | Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez said Sunday a U.S. unmanned spy plane violated Venezuela’s airspace and he had ordered the military to shoot down similar aircraft in the future.

Troops Face Prison If They Get Pregnant

Mail Online | The rule applies to married couples at war together, who are expected to make sure their love lives do not interfere with duty.

‘New World Order’ doc raises more questions than it answers

McClatchy Newspapers | Luke Meyer and Andrew Neel’s “New World Order” attempts to explain the conspiracy theorists who see a dark cabal of international heavy hitters behind – well, behind everything.

What Is The U.S. Constitution?

Timothy Baldwin | The sovereigns of the states must recognize that the U.S. Constitution is not the answer to our political and societal plight.

Health Care Nullification: Things have just gotten underway

Michael Boldin | Nullification — state-level resistance to unconstitutional federal laws — is the way forward.

Own an Unregistered Firearm? You Must Be a Terrorist

Infowars | If you believe in the Second Amendment and the right to own and possess firearms, you are with al-Qaeda.

VacciNation: Duped by Medical Quackery

Anthony Gucciardi | Just because the mainstream media pushes it as a medical miracle does not make it so.

Kids Offered Pizza For Taking Swine Flu Shot

ABC 7 | The Detroit Health Department is fighting swine flu with pepperoni. When kids return to school after the holiday break, each class has the opportunity to get a free pizza party – if they sign up for the shots.

Sanofi-Pasteur Removes Thimerosal Free Vaccine from Market

Brandon Turbeville | This recall has effectively removed all preservative-free vaccines off the market for children under two.

U.S. Anxiety due to Mexico’s Expanding Drug Violence

Mexidata | A revamping of initiatives, as is now apparent in the targeting of drug cartels and their kingpin hierarchies by law enforcement authorities, is an action that can bring about intense reactions by U.S. law enforcement personnel and their facilities.

US Court Orders Records Unsealed In Cap-And-Trade Fraud Case

Dow Jones | U.S. legislators have obtained a court order unsealing documents in a case involving a multi-million-dollar cap-and-trade fraud.

Nearly 60 percent Say President Obama’s Decisions ‘Bad for America’

CNSNews | A majority of Americans believe an increased government role in health care would lead to more government corruption.

Iraq initials deal to develop southern oil field

Business Week | An Iraqi official says Iraq has signed a deal to let a business partnership between Malaysia’s Petronas and Japan’s Japex develop a southern oil field.

Under ObamaCare, Prepare To Wait 18 Months To See A Doctor

Eye surgeon and senatorial candidate warns of Canadian-style rationing system

Special deals, carve-outs keep health care afloat

CNN
December 22, 2009
Democrats call it compromise. Republicans call it bribery. But both sides agree that special deals are why the Senate is on track to pass a health care bill by Christmas.
It wasn’t clear whether Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid had the support needed to move ahead with his chamber’s health care bill until Sen. [...]

The National Post exposes broad trust issues over Wikipedia climate information

Watts Up With That? | We’ve known for some time that Wikipedia can’t be trusted to provide unbiased climate information.