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| World News |
Libyan rebels battle for last oil refinery
ZAWIYA, Libya (AP) -- Dozens of opposition fighters surrounded Libya's last functioning oil refinery Wednesday and laid siege to about 100 government troops, part of a push which brought them closer to seizing this strategic western city....
Needed Food Aid for Starving Somalis Being Stolen – Again
Sorely needed food such as grain and canned foods along with other supplies are reported to have been stolen and sold elsewhere. According to both the Somali government and the United Nations World Food Program...
Globalist United Kingdom Banks Fund The Deadly Cluster-Bomb Industry
The UK’s Independent reveals that some of the world’s largest banks are reaping huge profits by funding the controversial deadly cluster-Bomb industry.
London police charge 1,000th person in riots probe
LONDON (AP) -- London police force say more than 1,000 people have now been charged in the unrest that rocked the capital for four days, as human rights groups reiterated concerns that the sentences being handed out nationwide are disproportionate....
New letters bring scandal closer to Rupert Murdoch
LONDON (AP) -- Rupert Murdoch is back on the hot seat of Britain's phone hacking scandal after new documents appeared to contradict the testimony of his son and his former right-hand man....
Chavez: Venezuela recalling $11B in gold reserves
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- President Hugo Chavez announced Wednesday he is nationalizing Venezuela's gold mining industry and intends to bring home $11 billion in gold reserves currently held in U.S. and European banks....
| U.S. News, Politics & Government |
Emergency drill being conducted today in West Virginia area counties
Offices of Emergency Management and emergency personnel in Randolph, Upshur, Tucker, Barbour, Lewis, Pendleton, Gilmer, Braxton and Webster counties are conducting a drill today to prepare for a potential mass migration in the event of a disaster.
Secret Service gets two hi-tech buses
For President Obama’s latest three-day tour of the Midwest, the Secret Service will be using two new armored buses to provide better security. In the past, the Secret Service would lease buses...
New Low of 26% Approve of Obama on the Economy
Ratings on Afghanistan and foreign affairs have also declined
Obama to give major jobs speech ... after vacation
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Under fire in a nation desperate for jobs, President Barack Obama will soon announce a broad package of tax cuts, construction work and help for the millions of Americans who have been unemployed for months, a White House official said Wednesday.
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in Perspective
Few are aware that NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) has rendered us uncompetitive in the world economy, has destroyed our industrial base, caused us to outsource most of our production, and killed most of our manufacturing jobs.
Manufacturing Opposition: How America Supports Our So-Called Enemies – Part One
To some people, the concept of “full spectrum dominance” is completely foreign. To the upper echelons of the government of the United States, it is a tactic utilized on a regular basis.
Super Congress Member Becerra a Member of Socialist Caucus (Along With 69 Other Democrats in Congress)
This is a list released by the American Socialist Party in October, 2009 listing the current members of the Socialist Party of America Caucus who are members of Congress. (H/T to Before It’s News and Conservative Byte.)
VIDEO: Reason Magazine Attacks Ron Paul
FOX Business News August 17, 2011
YouTube: Hot New TV Ad for Ron Paul "The One"
Still No Arrests Made 3 Months After SWAT Team Murdered US Marine In Cold Blood
Sheriff Clarence Dupnik said no one has been arrested because an ongoing homicide investigation tied to this case is “much bigger.”
'Fast and Furious' a Prelude to Gun Registration?
Questions over federal weapons-to-Mexico operation on rise.
Loughner team focuses on mental illness in family
PHOENIX (AP) -- The defense team for the suspect in the Tucson shooting rampage has interviewed at least one of their client's relatives and sought records on other family members as part of an effort to show that his family has a history of mental illness....
| Economy |
Taxed Into Oblivion
In the United States today, we are being taxed into oblivion, yet it is being done so stealthily that most Americans don't even realize what is happening.
Soaring Swiss Franc means it now costs $8.30 for American tourist to buy a cup of coffee in Zurich
Switzerland was considering imposing an exchange rate target to prevent its goods becoming prohibitively expensive as the franc reached $1.28 in today's exchange rate.
VIDEO: Surprising reason why grocery prices are up
(CBS News) BEIJING - The booming economy in China has increased the country's appetite for oil - that is well known. But what you might not know is prosperity has also increased China's appetite for another commodity - meat. Related article here.
The swirl of La Niña is taking aim at crops in Brazil, Argentina
After the U.S. Agriculture Department reduced estimates earlier this month of stockpiles for corn and inventories for soybeans, Brazil and Argentina endured added pressure to make up for that shortfall.
| Housing Market |
| Energy & Environment |
ANOTHER Nuclear EVENT ... IN USA ... THIS TIME IN STATE OF VERMONT
Health officials say a radioactive form of hydrogen that leaked from a Vermont nuclear plant into soil and groundwater has reached the nearby Connecticut River. State Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Harry Chen said Wednesday water samples from the shoreline near the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant last month tested positive for small amounts of tritium, a radioactive isotope of hydrogen that’s been linked to cancer when ingested in large amounts.
U.S. cities prepare to adapt to climate change
Nearly 600 local governments, representing one-fourth of the U.S. population, have signed on.
NASA to Provide New Information on Solar Flare Activity
Increasing solar activity and the threat that coronal mass ejections (CME) pose to Earth has prompted NASA to convene a news briefing at its Headquarter building in Washington on Thursday afternoon.
700 Water Main Breaks in Houston – a Day due to HOT, DRY weather conditions
It's not just hot and dry in Houston, the city's also losing water at an alarming rate due to water main breaks — 700 a day, the mayor said Tuesday.
Smelly Surprises Lurk Beneath Missouri River Flood
OMAHA, Neb. — When the Missouri River's floodwaters recede this fall, piles of debris, silt and some smelly surprises will be revealed.
Where's That Radioactive Sulfur Now? Possibly In Your Pants
Forbes August 16, 2011 - When the news broke yesterday that a previously unreported type of fallout from Fukushima—radioactive sulfur—had reached the United States in late March, nearly all mainstream media reports made the claim that it poses no threat to the health of Americans. But none of them explained where the radioactive sulfur went.
TEPCO’s Darkest Secret – A Weak Earthquake Caused The Nuclear Meltdown Not The Tsunami
A relatively weak 6.4 magnitude earthquake caused the Fukushima nuclear meltdown – not the Tsunami – which raises red flags about the safety of nuclear reactors around the world.
YouTube: Cracked Fukushima: Radioactive steam escapes danger zone
Russia Today Aug 17, 2011 - “Very serious and alarming”: Workers say ground under Fukushima plant is cracking and radioactive steam is coming up — Melted cores may be moving out of buildings.
| Science & Technology |
Lockheed Martin shows tiny surveillance UAV
Weighing less than half a pound, Samarai demonstrated vertical takeoff and landing, stable hover, and on-board video streaming.
Face-mapping app for smartphone searching
Researchers at Rice University have developed a clever smartphone app that may never actually be used by anyone anyway. The app, when combined with a centralized server, combs people’s cell phones looking to find photos that have a face in them that match what someone is looking for.
| Health |
Amazing Food Facts: Red grapes produce resveratrol as a defense against fungal invasion
(NaturalNews) You may have heard of resveratrol, a miracle antioxidant found in grape skins (and many other foods) that's linked to a lower risk of heart disease and enhanced longevity.
Cancer Still a Mystery to Establishment Medical Science
Quite a few people make quite a lot of money by insisting on complicating the subject of cancer. Medical scientists continue to explore the far reaches of cell physiology in their still deeply frustrated attempt to understand cancer.
New research: Moving for just 15 minutes a day can save your life
(NaturalNews) Imagine a Big Pharma prescription that will slash your risk of dying by 14 percent and give you at least an extra three years of life. How much you would be willing to pay for it?
VIDEO: Medical Doctor Treatments Kill
Dr. Peter Glidden states that medical treatment is the third leading cause of death in the United States.
3 die of rare brain infection from amoeba in water
News that a 9-year-old Virginia boy died recently of a brain infection linked to a water-borne "brain-eating amoeba" is bound to raise concern as water-lovers look for ways to cool off in the dog days of summer. Two children and a young man have died this summer from a brain-eating amoeba that lives in water, health officials say.
Juicing provides an answer to the health problems of the world
(NaturalNews) There's a certain logic to the science of drugs in that the active ingredient is often derived from plants. But there the logic ends, begging the question: Why don't we just eat the plants?
| Gardening, Farming & Homesteading |
For first time, more corn used for ethanol than livestock
For the first time ever, more of the corn crop may go into gas tanks than into the stomachs of cattle and poultry destined for kitchen tables.
Crops Damaged by Hail Frustrate Farmers
TIPPECANOE COUNTY, Ind. (WLFI) - Hail has had some pretty devastating effects for crops. One farmer said portions of his corn crop in Tippecanoe County have been defoliated by 80%.
Many GMOs are virtually unregulated due to technicalities in current federal law
(NaturalNews) The continual onslaught of new genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) is a major environmental and human health concern, as not a single approved GMO currently in use has ever been proven, without a doubt, to be safe -- and none of the newest GMOs have been proven safe, either.
| Humor |
Health Ranger announces new artist name, publishes song and music video: We're Doin' Alright
August 17 - Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, has launched his first song and music video under his new artist name: Amethios. The first song, "We're Doin' Alright," is about overcoming challenges, breaking out of conformity...
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