Monday, August 29, 2011

JOYCE RILEY RN'S Power Hour News | Monday August 29, 2011


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World News

Japan PM resigning amid sinking public confidence
Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan announced Friday he is resigning after almost 15 months in office, amid plunging approval ratings over his government's handling of the tsunami disaster and nuclear crisis.

U.S. to Accelerate Hunt for Libya’s Missiles
Bloomberg - A small number of Soviet-made SA-7 anti-aircraft missiles from Qaddafi’s arsenal have reached the black market in Mali, where al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb is active.

Libya rebels reject regime offer to talk
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) -- Libyan rebels on Sunday rejected an offer by Moammar Gadhafi to negotiate and said they have captured the eastern town of Bin Jawwad, forcing regime loyalists to flee after days of fighting....

As expected, widespread racist murders in Libya at the hands of rebel forces revealed
The mainstream media is already engaging in widespread damage control in an attempt to mitigate the fallout of the reality of the situation in Libya and the withering NATO-sponsored narrative of post-Gaddafi Libya.

The British descent into total tyranny takes another step forward
After the riots in London and throughout the UK I was quick to report on the full spectrum push against democracy and freedom from all sectors of the British government, including Prime Minister David Cameron.

Dangerous Cybercrime Treaty Pushes Surveillance and Secrecy Worldwide
As part of an emerging international trend to try to ‘civilize the Internet’, one of the world’s worst Internet law treaties--the highly controversial Council of Europe (CoE) Convention on Cybercrime--is back on the agenda. Canada and Australia are using the Treaty to introduce new invasive, online surveillance laws...

MAP - Food Inflation Riots Around The World
The first map is a disturbing illustration of food and inflation riots around the globe in 2011...

U.S. News, Politics & Government

Head of Portland gold firm indicted for fraud
The head of a Portland gold and silver investment company was indicted on 13 counts of mail fraud, the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced Friday. Lawrence H. Heim, 72, of Tigard, owned and operated U.S. Gold & Silver Investments, Inc., which was based in Portland. He also ran a website and radio show for the company, which advertised the sale of gold and silver coins.

Va. Army officer sought in 4 slayings found dead in Pa.
An Army officer suspected of killing four people in Pennsylvania and Virginia was found dead in a wooded area Sunday after a manhunt during Tropical Storm Irene's winds and drenching rains paralyzed residents in the Philadelphia suburb.

Gibson Guitar Corp. Responds to Federal Raid
Henry Juszkiewicz, Chairman and CEO of Gibson Guitar Corp., has responded to the August 24 raid of Gibson facilities in Nashville and Memphis by the Federal Government. In a press release, Juszkiewicz said: "Gibson is innocent and will fight to protect its rights... Related article here.

Massachusetts State Police Shutdown Twelve-Year-Old’s Green Tea Stand
This may be the first case of state police shutting down a kid’s green-tea stand, but the list of lemonade stands being closed down by various government agencies is long and growing.

Hurricane Irene: At least 10 dead and two million without power
London Telegraph - Residents of Quogue, New York, who refused to leave their homes were visited by firemen and made to write their social security number on their arms in marker pen, in case they were later discovered dead.

Obama takes charge at hurricane command center
US President Barack Obama warned Saturday the US east coast was in for a "long 72 hours" as he led his government's response to Hurricane Irene at a disaster command center in Washington.

Ron Paul: No FEMA response necessary
GILFORD, N.H. -- After a lunch speech today, Ron Paul slammed the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, and said that no national response to Hurricane Irene is necessary.

YouTube: Neil Cavuto To Ron Paul "You're a Genius" Calls Paul A "Rock Star" !
Airing Date Aug.26, 2011. In the latter half of this segment Neil boasts how many times he’s had Ron Paul on his show. He (understandably) does not want to be lumped into the “mainstream media is not fair to Ron Paul” crowd.

Arizona shooting suspect's condition worsens
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The man accused in the Arizona shooting rampage kept himself awake for 50 hours straight after an appeals court stopped forced medication. He walked in circles until he developed sores and then declined antibiotics...

U.S. sued over Michelle's secretive 'family outing'
Judicial Watch has filed a lawsuit over the federal government's refusal to disclose how much taxpayers spent to send Michelle Obama on a "family outing" that included a safari in Africa.

White House: Obama ending vacation due to Irene
VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass. (AP) -- Urging everyone in Hurricane Irene's path to get ready, President Barack Obama decided to cut his vacation short...

Gun Rights Suspended under A State of Emergency in North Carolina?
North Carolina Law Suspends Gun Rights during a Declared State of Emergency.

Time Magazine: Ron Paul Can’t Get Any Respect
Texas Congressman Ron Paul is running within 2 points of Barack Obama in this week’s Gallup poll. In a Rasmussen survey, he trails by 1 point. He’s rising against his primary rivals and raking in money, netting $1.8 million...

YouTube: Architects & Engineers - Solving the Mystery of WTC 7 - AE911Truth.org
This is AE911Truth's new 9/11 documentary on the mysterious destruction of World Trade Center Building #7, WTC 7 on 9/11/01. Join actor, Ed Asner and Architect Richard Gage, AIA and Architects and Engineers as they narrate an unfolding story that decimates the official account...

What The Founding Fathers Thought About Corporations
Citizens United. This is the 2010 Supreme Court case that shocked America, influenced an election, and reversed over 100 years of campaign finance laws. In this case, corporations were declared as people...

Economy

Central Bankers Urge Governments on Expansion
Central bankers gathered at an annual retreat in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, this weekend had a message for political leaders: monetary policy alone can’t keep the global expansion going.

Biden Says Business Pressure May Have Affected Change in S&P's Leadership
Vice President Joe Biden said pressure from U.S. businesses that suffered as a result of the first downgrade of U.S. debt may have influenced Standard & Poor’s decision to replace its president.

Comments by Lagarde, Trichet at Jackson Hole
JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming (Reuters) - Following are comments by European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet and IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde at a Federal Reserve conference on Saturday...

Hurricane Irene to deliver blow to economy
NEW YORK (AP) -- As Hurricane Irene roars toward the East Coast -- home to some of the country's most densely populated cities and costliest waterfront real estate -- experts are forecasting a multibillion-dollar disaster...

Bernanke's Jackson Hole Speech - Full Text & Highlights
Bernanke punts all discussion of QE3 and other efforts at monetary stimulus until the Sep. 20 FOMC meeting. This was what we expected after boldy proclaiming in June that the Fed was finished with quantitative easing.

VIDEO: Anonymous Announces Wall Street Occupation - Sep. 17
Anonymous has now joined forces with AdBusters in calling for a non-violent occupation of Wall Street beginning on September 17th.

Marc Faber: Don’t store your gold in the United States
As usual, the CNBC hosts were completely dumbfounded. Phoning in from Sao Paulo, Brazil, investment guru Marc Faber was a guest on CNBC last week, once again telling the unvarnished truth about the state of the world economy and bankrupt western nations.

Silver Shield’s Final Warning
One year ago was the beginning of silver’s breathtaking run to almost $50 an ounce, a 178% return. Even today, despite the massive paper attack in May and the last two days, we are still up 104% year over year.

Housing Market

White House may back proposal to refinance mortgages says report
The Obama administration is working on proposals to prop up the weak housing market and may back a plan to refinance government-backed mortgages at today's lower interest rates, the New York Times said, citing two people briefed on the discussions.

Energy & Environment

Gore: Global warming skeptics are this generation's racists
One day climate change skeptics will be seen in the same negative light as racists, or so says former Vice President Al Gore.

VIDEO: Nuclear Plant Under ‘Unusual Event’, Aluminum Siding Hits Calvert Cliffs
‘Unusual Event’ at Maryland nuke plant: Large piece from building hits main transformer, triggers reactor shutdown — Emergency response plan in use

6 Strange Anomalies With The Virginia Earthquake
My first thought upon hearing the news of the rare 5.9 magnitude earthquake in Virginia this week was that it was not a natural occurrence. After all, no one has ever felt or even heard of such a powerful temblor happening in this area...

Idaho fire prompts evacuation of nuclear facility
(Reuters) - Firefighters struggled on Thursday to control a fast-growing 28,000-acre wildfire raging within several miles of spent nuclear fuel stored at a U.S. Energy Department lab in the high desert of eastern Idaho.

State Dept. report favors US-Canada oil pipeline
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The State Department on Friday removed a major roadblock to a planned $7 billion oil pipeline from western Canada to the Texas coast in a report that says the project is unlikely to cause significant environmental problems during construction or operation....

The BBC steadfastly avoids the facts about the wind farm scam
In a sane world, no one would dream of building power sources whose cost is 22 times greater than that of vastly more efficient competitors. But the Government feels compelled to do just this because...

Japanese government moves to monitor online discussions about Fukushima
While the government defends its new monitoring program of online postings concerning the accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant to stem the spread of "inaccurate" information, critics say it harkens back to Big Brother.

VIDEO: Scientists: Oil fouling Gulf matches Deepwater Horizon well (photo gallery)
Scientific analysis has confirmed that oil bubbling up above BP’s sealed Deepwater Horizon well in recent days is a chemical match for the hundreds of millions of gallons of oil that spewed into the Gulf last summer.

Health

Institute of Medicine adverse reactions report admits MMR vaccines cause measles, seizures, anaphylaxis and other health problems
(NaturalNews) The Institute of Medicine, which has long functioned as a front group for the pharmaceutical industry and receives tens of millions of dollars in annual funding from drug companies and global elitists (like Bill Gates, Ted Turner, etc.)...

Resveratrol, grape seed extract help prevent skin cancer
(NaturalNews) Researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio have made a fascinating discovery about the synergistic effects of certain fruit and vegetable compounds on preventing skin cancer. Resveratrol, a powerful antioxidant...

VIDEO: Benefits of Chaga Mushrooms
The Chaga mushroom was completely unknown in the western world, until Russian author and later Nobel laureate, Alexandr Solzhenitsyn introduced it to the world in his novel Cancer Ward, whose protagonist is cured of cancer with the help of medicinal Chaga mushrooms. Cancer Ward is thought to be autobiographical, as Solzhenitsyn suffered from cancer himself.

ACTIVATED CHARCOAL - A UNIVERSAL ANTIDOTE, REMEDY & HEALTH AID
Activated charcoal is considered to be medicine’s most powerful adsorbent and as such, it readily works to adsorb many toxins, poisons and heavy metals from the body...

Tonight is Very Special! Thank You Daily Paul!
After the two months of Vitamin "C" IV, he went back to the hospital to be checked again for the cancer. In SHOCK, the doctors had to rerun and rerun tests because they could not believe what the results were (Note: He did not tell them what he did) . NO MORE CANCER.....

Oncologists are Confused
(NaturalNews) Let's just cut to the chase when it comes to defining cancer. It's a situation where everything is going wrong, where things are getting out of control. It's a condition of spoilage and decay that eventually leads to death if not brought...

New hope for Alzheimer's disease: scientists find way to make brain-saving compound found in rare moss
(NaturalNews) Big Pharma has come up with a host of side effect laden, expensive drugs to supposedly treat Alzheimer's disease (AD). So far, the prescription meds work only a little or not at all -- and for just a short time. But while mainstream medicine...

Avoid aluminum - Locate the unexpected sources of aluminum in products
Senile dementia is the term given to many different diseases producing dementia. Over half of all dementia cases are sufferers of Alzheimer's disease. Protect yourself as best you can by avoiding products containing aluminum. Memory loss...

The epidemic of medical child abuse - and what can be done about it
(NaturalNews) The primary purpose of this article is to encourage a stronger commitment from doctors and parents to consider using safer medical care for infants and children FIRST before resorting to more dangerous treatments. One would hope and assume...

Soldiers’ Suicide Risk Linked to Omega-3 Lack
Landmark study links low blood levels of omega-3 DHA to higher suicide risk among U.S. military personnel.

Antioxidant-rich spices counter high-fat foods
Scientists at Pennsylvania State University have recently conducted a study to investigate how spices, such as cinnamon, oregano, basil and turmeric, can influence the blood levels of unhealthy fats. Published in the prestigious Journal Of...

Mexican Papayas Detained at the Border
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration closed the American border to Mexican papaya on Thursday because too many -- 15.6 percent sampled between May 12 and August 18 -- tested positive for Salmonella.

Science & Technology

Dangerous Cybercrime Treaty Pushes Surveillance and Secrecy Worldwide
As part of an emerging international trend to try to ‘civilize the Internet’, one of the world’s worst Internet law treaties--the highly controversial Council of Europe (CoE) Convention on Cybercrime--is back on the agenda. Canada and Australia are using the Treaty to introduce new invasive, online surveillance laws...

Gardening, Farming & Homesteading

EDIBLE PETALS: Beauty for your garden and your table
Gardening even on a small scale can be very therapuetic and growing edible flowers is a great way to introduce kids to both gardening and natural foods at the same time.

NaturalNews exclusive: FDA wages secret war on raw milk farmers using KGB-style spying and infiltration techniques
(NaturalNews) After weeks of investigation, NaturalNews can now reveal that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is waging a clandestine war on raw milk dairy farmers through a network of government spies who are coached on infiltration and social engineering...

Miscellaneous

Pet Owners file Lawsuit against Pfizer
Pfizer lawsuit: Pet owners file complaint over Rimadyl, animal drug they say killed their dog.