Joyce Riley's Power Hour News - Thursday June 23, 2011

FLOODING ISSUES

Latest on flooding: June 23
FEMA questioned: U.S. senators from Nebraska, Iowa and South Dakota questioned Federal Emergency Management Agency boss Craig Fugate on Wednesday about the federal disaster reimbursement process for costs of the Missouri River flood.

Thousands evacuate as river seeps into Minot ND
Nearly 12,000 expect their homes to be swamped, water levels to break 130-year-old record by up to 5 feet

West Fremont County to evacuate
Officials fear a federal levee on the Missiour River could be overtopped. The troublesome spot is located north of Hamburg, Iowa, by the Nebraska City bridge, said Mike Crecelius, the county's emergency management director.

Sirens Blare as Flooding Hits North Dakota
Although the Fort Calhoun plant is surrounded by an eight foot tall and 16 foot wide protective berm, two feet of water have already made its way to several areas of the Fort Calhoun plant, but authorities say there is no immediate danger at either plant...

Scientists Warn Newly Discovered Fault Could Burst Dam, Destroy Reno And Kill Hundreds of Thousands
Scientist from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers using laser imaging technology have discovered a new fault line just 200 yards away from the Martis Creek Dam in California.

Just another brick in the wall : UN Agenda 21 in US law
Let me lay this out for you in a simple way, so that maybe you can get the gist of what is really going on and how through incremental legislation EVERYTHING is being taken away from us. (*Cave Editor's note: seize all water rights, coastal and in-land, etc.)

Underwater Body Bags (DHS) New Madrid Fault area - Note the date of the request: OCTOBER 27, 2010
Remember they had ordered lots of underwater body bags?

Fear of Terror Makes People Stupid
As I've repeatedly noted, FBI agents and CIA intelligence officials, constitutional law expert professor Jonathan Turley, Time Magazine, and the Washington Post have all said that U.S. government officials "were trying to create an atmosphere of fear in which the American people would give them more power".

NUCLEAR ISSUES

Fort Calhoun plant may store spent fuel rods permanently
Washington County, Nebraska - October 5, 2009 - "When the Fort Calhoun station was designed, the pool used to store spent fuel was never intended to be a permanent storage site. The same is true for the dry cask storage facility we use. It was not designed with the intent to be a permanent solution," Jones said.

GAO: leaks at aging nuke sites difficult to detect
U.S. nuclear power plant operators haven't figured out how to quickly detect leaks of radioactive water from aging pipes that snake underneath the sites - and the leaks, often undetected for years, are not going to stop, according to a new report by congressional investigators.

Virginia nuclear reactor shuts down — Problem detected in cooling duct
A Virginia Dominion Power spokesman said Tuesday the utility has aborted efforts to restart the unit, which has been out of service since an April 16 tornado knocked out electricity.

Radiation bombards reactors, make them brittle
In certain emergencies, these vessels would flood with cooling water. If the vessel walls are too brittle, they could shatter and spew their radioactive contents into the environment.

Fukushima Nuclear Fuel Leaking Into Groundwater, Tepco Says Barrier Too Expensive, Will Hurt Stock Price
TEPCO so far is refusing to do so because the cost of the project will be over 100 billion yen. TEPCO is debating whether containing the radiation is worth more than its stock price.

Whereabouts of 30 nuclear power plant subcontractors unknown
"We don't know why there is no record of the workers. The records and dosimeters were managed by TEPCO and its administration can only be described as sloppy," a representative of the ministry's Labor Standards Bureau said.

IAEA criticizes Japan's nuclear data sharing
A Japanese official quoted an expert from the World Meteorological Organization as saying the group was unable to obtain necessary information from Japan. He said this led to difficulties in projecting how radioactive materials would spread around the world...


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Joyce Riley's THE POWER HOUR NEWS - Friday, April 16, 2010

TPH listeners: We need you help in identifying these structures -- They are located near Sedalia, Missouri in Pettis County at location of TT and Monsees Dr. off Hwy 50E. They were built by the military from the base near there. The only thing the military charged for was the fuel. In picture 1 you can see the ball field which was also built at the same time. The neighbors were told they were "shelters" however during storms they are not used. The property is allegedly owned by a local Judge. They are 1 0f 8 to be built here and and each one will hold 1,000 people. We would like your help in identifying, are they fallout shelters, concentration or relocation shelters or jusy plain old tornado shelters. Your help would be appreciated. Joyce Riley

VIDEO: Somalis arrive in Tennessee small town and who brings them in there

Tea party activists rally across Texas -- Flag-waving tea party activists gathered at tax-day rallies around Texas on Thursday, denouncing big government
while cheering on former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich and other politicians.

Icelandic Volcanic Ash Alert -- All flights in and out of the UK and several other European countries have been suspended as ash from a volcanic eruption in Iceland moves south.
* Related Article: Europe flights could be grounded into weekend by ash -- Flights across much of Europe will be severely disrupted well into Saturday because of drifting ash ejected from a volcano in Iceland, officials said. Hundreds of thousands of passengers in Europe and around the world have been affected.

F.D.A. Sends Another Warning to Apotex -- In the letter, posted on the Food and Drug Administration's Web site late Wednesday, the agency cited lapses at Apotex, Canada's biggest drug company, that included charred particles in a diabetes drug; contamination of an antihistamine, and drug cross-contamination that resulted from inadequate cleaning of manufacturing equipment.

Another 2.15 Million Ounces of Silver Disappear From the SLV ETF -- Talking about silver disappearing... the U.S. Mint updated their April sales figures yesterday. They reported that 21,500 gold eagles and another 749,500 silver eagles were sold. This brings April one-ounce gold eagle sales up to 33,500... and silver eagle sales up to 1,147,000. The Comex-approved depositories reported a net inflow of a very tiny 17,950 ounces on Wednesday. But there was a lot of in-and-out movements associated with that small change... and you can view all the action here.

U.S. Dollar - Grave Concerns Remain -- We continue to see risks ahead for the U.S. economy, and in particular, the U.S. dollar. Significant global imbalances remain - indeed; the recent global financial crisis has served to exaggerate many of these imbalances. Of grave concern is the unsustainable Federal budget deficit, which may have morphed out of control, with no signs of government constraint over the near-term.

April 15 2010: Foreclosures will be the wrecking ball for the American economy -- Not only are foreclosures, short sales and the like devastating for homeowners, they are a death knell for many banks. For the past three years, Washington's policy has been to sweep anything toxic under the carpet. Well, we've run out of carpet. And pondering this unequaled mess, it shouldn't surprise anyone that jobless claims come in far worse than projected. The very foundations are starting to shake. And it no longer matters what tricks come out of the Fed, the Treasury, Wall Street, the White House or Capitol Hill.

Markets Could Be Derailed Again, Warns Soros -- Railway porter-turned-billionaire financier George Soros delivered a stark warning last night that the financial world is on the wrong track and that we may be hurtling towards an even bigger boom and bust than in the credit crisis.

Firms Reaped Windfalls in Lehman Auction -- Barclays Bank and Goldman Sachs reaped windfalls from an emergency auction of Lehman Brothers' derivatives portfolio, but the firms and the exchange that held the auction may be immune from any lawsuits, a court-appointed examiner said.

Predator Priests Shuffled Around Globe -- There he was, five decades later, the priest who had raped Joe Callander in Massachusetts. The photo in the Roman Catholic newsletter showed him with a smile across his wrinkled face, near-naked Amazon Indian children in his arms and at his feet.

Special Army Unit Ready to be Deployed on American Soil Just Before November Elections - UPDATE -- In October of this year, one month prior to the November midterm elections, a special army unit known as 'Consequence Management Response Force' will be ready for deployment on American soil if so ordered by the President.

New Website Takes Aim at Redflex Traffic Systems -- It used to be so much easier to sweep these things under the rug, eh mates? Australia’s Redflex Traffic Systems (ASX:RDF) has had enough trouble brushing off all the bad press and embarrassments, but now the highlights have been chronicled for all to see on http://www.FireRedflex.com

McCain: US Should 'Pull the Trigger on Iran' -- Senator John McCain said the United States has been backing away from a brewing fight with Iran, while that country moves ever closer to having nuclear weapons.

Mysterious Radio Waves Emitted from Nearby Galaxy -- There is something strange in the cosmic neighborhood. An unknown object in the nearby galaxy M82 has started sending out radio waves, and the emission does not look like anything seen anywhere in the universe before.

Senators Consider Gasoline Tax as Part of Climate Bill -- Leading voices in the Senate are considering a new tax on gasoline as part of an effort to win Republican and oil industry support for the energy and climate bill now idling in Congress.

Crime Prediction Software Is Here and It's a Very Bad Idea -- There are no naked pre-cogs inside glowing jacuzzis yet, but the Florida State Department of Juvenile Justice will use analysis software to predict crime by young delinquents, putting potential offenders under specific prevention and education programs. Goodbye, human rights!

Genetic Breakthrough Could Produce Babies With Three Parents -- Researchers in the UK have developed a method of curing a class of genetic disorders by transplanting parts of embryonic cells from one mother to another, creating the possibility of babies with three biological parents.

Using Your Thought-Controlled iPhone to Dial Home -- Don your telepathic headset and plug into your iPhone. Want to call your friend? Just look at her picture and think about her.

You'll Get Nothing and Like It -- No, this isn’t a game of “Battleship”, it’s your place in line to get that broken finger looked at by a healthcare professional. That’s right, I said “healthcare professional”. That nurse who used to greet you and take your blood pressure before turning you over to a physician has now become your doctor. And that general practitioner who used to treat you for minor illness has now become your brain surgeon. Welcome to life under Obamacare!

Ahmadinejad Asks UN to Investigate 911 -- Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who said last month that the terrorist attacks in the United States on Sept. 11, 2001, were “a big fabrication,” wrote to the United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, on Tuesday to ask him to open an investigation into the events of that day.

Artificial Pancreas Works in 11 Patients -- A test run of an "artificial pancreas" that monitors blood sugar and delivers both insulin and regulatory hormone called glucagon helped patients achieve near-normal blood sugar levels for more than 24 hours, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.

What Are the Health Consequences of the Tax Season Burden on Americans? -- It's tax season in the U.S. again, and when it comes to discussions about the financial burden on the economy from the complexity of the current U.S. tax code, most of the criticisms focus on the number of dollars (or hours) spent in compliance.

Bayer Admits GMO Contamination Out of Control -- Drug and chemical giant Bayer AG has admitted that there is no way to stop the uncontrolled spread of its genetically modified crops.

Happiness Prevents Heart Disease -- Sometimes it is the simple things in life that make all the difference in maintaining good health.

7,500 Online Shoppers Unknowingly Sold Their Souls - must read! -- A computer game retailer revealed that it legally owns the souls of thousands of online shoppers, thanks to a clause in the terms and conditions agreed to by online shoppers.

Bernake: America Facing Armageddon -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress Wednesday that America is facing something approaching a debt Armageddon

Taxpayers Foot the State Department's Stiff Liquor Bill -- Months after President Obama urged federal agencies last year to cut wasteful spending, the U.S. Department of State paid $3,814 to fill an order of Jack Daniel's whiskey for gratuities at one of its many overseas embassies.

Here's Obama's Secret Plan to Drastically Reduce the Deficit and Save Economy -- Obama's Secret Plan for Economic Revival. Obama's strategy to extricate the US from its dire economic straights has been leaking out from Washington over the past few weeks. How does he wean the country off of massive stimulus programs, zero interest rates, and ballooning deficits?

Joyce Riley's THE POWER HOUR NEWS - April 12, 2010

69 Wisconsin doctors show up on Pfizer payroll -- Sixty-nine Wisconsin doctors were on the payroll of the world's largest drug company, Pfizer, during the last six months of 2009, working as speakers, consultants and researchers and pulling in more than $200,000 combined, according to a list made public by the company.
* Link to Pfizer's spin

Hundreds gather in Madison to promote raw milk sales -- The movement to legalize raw milk sales in the United States has been driven by people seeking alternatives to processed food, which they believe is unhealthy and causes diseases. "We are not ignorant people who need to be protected from ourselves," said Emily Matthews, a registered nurse who spoke at the symposium. It's a freedom-of-choice issue, according to raw milk advocates. "We are in a war, and it's not really about milk. It is about control of our food supply," said Ted Beals, a retired pathologist from Michigan.

VIDEO: Microchipping Airport Workers

Poland's National Bank President Slawomir Skrzypek Says No to IMF - Dies in Plane Crash 12 Days Later -- Poland’s economy is in “good enough shape” that the country doesn’t need to extend its Flexible Credit Line from the International Monetary Fund, the central bank said in an e-mailed statement today.

Polish Leader, 96 Others Dead in Russia Jet Crash -- The crash of an aging Russian airliner ravaged the top levels of Poland's military, political and church elite Saturday, killing the Polish president and dozens of other dignitaries as they traveled to a ceremony commemorating a slaughter that has divided the two nations for seven decades.

Big businesses winning contracts meant for small ones, groups charge -- A new skirmish is emerging in an ugly, ongoing dispute between small business advocates and the federal government over its past -- and perhaps continuing -- practice of awarding small business contracts to Fortune 500 companies. The American Small Business League in a lawsuit is accusing the General Services Administration of destroying information in a database that could help advocates trace the violations, and the league has asked a federal court in Northern California to force the government to restore the data, which spans 10 years, and to make the information public.

Ohio - Sheriff's friends benefit from foreclosures -- The foreclosure crisis that has impacted Summit County homeowners has been a financial boon for a select few friends of Sheriff Drew Alexander. Fifteen men, mostly retired police officers with little or no appraising experience, combined to earn more than $1.2 million working part time setting property values for the sheriff's office last year.

NASA's Global Hawk Completes First Science Flight -- NASA has successfully completed the first science flight of the Global Hawk unpiloted aircraft system over the Pacific Ocean. The flight was the first of five scheduled for this month's Global Hawk Pacific, or GloPac, mission to study atmospheric science over the Pacific and Arctic oceans.

Ultimate road test: Stanford's driverless Audi tests high-speed handling on Colo.'s Pikes Peak -- The U.S. Department of Defense has been developing driverless technology that allows unmanned vehicles to perform military missions without endangering soldiers. Its research arm, the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency, has been sponsoring autonomous vehicle contests since 2004 with the goal of making one-third of the military's ground combat vehicles driverless by 2015.

FDA Finally Admits That Asthma Drugs Can Actually Cause Serious Asthma Attacks -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued new restrictions for four popular long-acting asthma drugs. Novartis AG's Foradil, GlaxoSmithKline's Serevent and Advair, and AstraZeneca's Symbicort, all contain an ingredient that relaxes airway muscles in the lungs which can cause asthma-related death. If not accompanied by other asthma drugs to offset this life-threatening side effect, the consequences could be fatal.

Poverty Now Rampant: Half of US Kids on Food Stamps -- Almost half of all children living in the United States will receive food stamp assistance at some point before they turn 18, according to a study conducted by researchers from Cornell and Washington Universities and published in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.

VIDEO: Federal Reserve BANK Con Exposed on MSNBC There is No Money

Super-High Alcohol Beer Heads to the US -- Thanks to a war between European brewing companies, it's never been easier to catch a healthy beer buzz.

'If you get too close to me with that camera, I'll take it out of your hand and ram it down your throat' -- The irony in the above video is that the man hired to protect the courthouse from “terrorists” is the one doing the terrorizing by making violent threats against law-abiding citizens.

Energy Star Rating Given to Gas Powered Clock Radio and 14 Other Bogus Products -- The Environmental Protection Agency certified that a “gas-powered clock radio” was an energy-efficient product under the government’s Energy Star program, despite the fact that neither the clock nor its manufacturer ever existed.

The Coast Guard: A Branch of the Military That is Not Subject to Posse Comitatus - Say What??? -- What branch of the military, that is not really a branch of the military, or sometimes is a branch of the military, is not subject to Posse Comitatus like the military, but gets to act like the military and prosecute civilians under military law, and is now a part of the Department of Homeland Security?

Is There Really a Recovery? -- The talking heads on all the major news shows keep telling us that the U.S. economy is experiencing a recovery.

Bilderberg Found! -- The Bilderberg group will conduct its annual meeting June 3-6 in Sitges, Spain (a small, exclusive resort town about 20 miles from Barcelona) behind a wall of armed guards who will seal off the resort in a futile attempt to keep the event secret.

Amid Cuts, Ohio Judge Tells Citizens to Carry Guns -- A judge in an Ohio county is urging citizens to be vigilant and carry firearms because of budget cuts to the sheriff's department.

Inkjet-Like Device 'Prints' Cells Right Over Burns -- Inspired by a standard office inkjet printer, U.S. researchers have rigged up a device that can spray skin cells directly onto burn victims, quickly protecting and healing their wounds as an alternative to skin grafts.

IMF Warns High Public Debt Tremendous Challenge -- IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn said on Saturday that public debt in the advanced economies is set to increase significantly and reversing the rise would be a "tremendous" challenge.

Glenn Beck: 'Mitt Romney Could be the Only Guy That Could Win in 2012' -- Glenn Beck and radio pals Pat Gray and Stu Burguiere rattled down the list of potential Republican nominees for President in 2012 this morning, and they had some bad news for the Tea Party movement: Sarah Palin probably won’t run, Ron Paul is still and long shot, and Mitt Romney, as of now, is the GOP’s best bet.

Cable Ties Kissinger to Chile Controversy -- As secretary of state, Henry Kissinger canceled a U.S. warning against carrying out international political assassinations that was to have gone to Chile and two neighboring nations just days before a former ambassador was killed by Chilean agents on Washington's Embassy Row in 1976, a newly released State Department cable shows.

33 States Out of Money to Fund Unemployment Benefits -- With unemployment still at a severe high, a majority of states have drained their jobless benefit funds, forcing them to borrow billions from the federal government to help out -of-work Americans.

Sovereign Debt Crisis at 'Boiling Point' -- The Bank for International Settlements does not mince words. Sovereign debt is already starting to cross the danger threshold in the United States, Japan, Britain, and most of Western Europe, threatening to set off a bond crisis at the heart of the global economy.

Citigroup Bosses Under Fire for Role in Credit Meltdown -- Citigroup's board was blindsided by the collapsing mortgage market and unaware it was sitting on tens of billions of dollars of mortgage derivatives in the run-up to the financial crisis, its former bosses told a commission of inquiry.

Opium and the CIA: Can the US Triumph in the Drug Addicted War in Afghanistan? -- Alfred McCoy’s important new article (TomDispatch, posted on Global Research, April 5, 2010) deserves to mobilize Congress for a serious revaluation of America’s ill-considered military venture in Afghanistan. The answer to the question he poses in his title – “Can Anyone Pacify the World's Number One Narco-State? – is amply shown by his impressive essay to be a resounding “No!” . . . not until there is fundamental change in the goals and strategies both of Washington and of Kabul.

Big Brother Pre-Crime Quiz Used on Children -- The British government plans to collect lifelong records on all residents starting at the age of five, in order to screen for those who might be more likely to commit crimes in the future.

Joyce Riley's THE POWER HOUR NEWS - February 18, 2010

3 Tesla Auto workers killed in Calif. plane crash -- A small plane crashed Wednesday in a fog-shrouded East Palo Alto neighborhood, killing the three employees of electric-car manufacturer Tesla Motors on board.

TSA to Swab Passengers Hands in Search for Explosives -- The Transportation Security Administration soon will begin randomly swabbing passengers' hands at checkpoints and airport gates to test them for traces of explosives. ( And what "things" could we have on our hands that would react similar to explosive powder???)

U.S. Economy Grinds To Halt As Nation Realizes Money Just A Symbolic, Mutually Shared Illusion -- "This is hilarious and more honest than what the real news media is telling us. What is sad is that PH listeners know all of this to be true, yet it's being explained through sarcasm. Actually, politicians might have credibility if they spoke the way this article reads." Thanks Jimm!!!

Check out a Power Hour listener Jennifer's website - http://www.theflopside.com

Quake Rocks China, Russia, North Korea Border Region -- A magnitude 6.7 earthquake rocked the region where China, Russia and North Korea meet Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. (HMMM.....)

Jobless Suffer as Corporate Cash Hit $1.18 Trillion -- A majority of companies in the Standard & Poor’s 500 stock index increased cash to a combined $1.18 trillion while simultaneously reducing spending, keeping a jobs recovery on hold.

Germany Growls as Greece Balks at Immolation -- Germany's Bundestag has drafted an opinion deeming aid to Greece illegal. State bodies may not purchase the debt of another state, in whatever guise.

USAID Steers No-Bid Haiti Contract to Politically Connected Firm of Bill Clinton Friend -- The U.S. Agency for International Development has awarded another lucrative no-bid contract, Fox News has learned -- this time to a "politically connected" lobbyist and high-profile friend of former President Bill Clinton.

Party Grid-Lock in D.C. Feeds Fear of Debt Crisis -- Senator Evan Bayh’s comments this week about a dysfunctional Congress reflected a complaint being directed at Washington with increasing frequency, and there is broad agreement among critics about Exhibit A: The unwillingness of the two parties to compromise to control a national debt that is rising to dangerous heights.

Stimulus Tracker -- Large parts of the $787 billion federal stimulus package to help the U.S. economy are being spent on entitlement programs such as unemployment benefits and Medicaid, but hundreds of billions will go toward contracts, grants and loans to restore infrastructure. Click on the map and categories below to track that spending down to the county level.

Mike Tawse's latest update of his website "My Serrapeptase Adventure" -- Prescription Free, Vaccine Free And Feeling Great!

Why chuckles greeted Hillary's Gulf tour -- American secretaries of state have been coming to the Middle East to create all sorts of complex alliances against Iran for most of my recent happy life, but every time this show passes through our region I learn again the meaning of the phrase “lack of credibility.” Hillary Clinton is the latest to undertake this mission, and like her predecessors her comments are often difficult to take seriously.

Afghanistan: If the Enemy Vanishes - Kill Civilians -- But, with very few enemy to engage, it wasn't long -- two days in fact-- before tragedy struck when a missile attack looking for Taliban to kill managed to slaughter 12 civilians, five of them children -- the very people this war was supposedly tailored to keep out of harm's way.

Graph of the Day for Feb 17, 2010 -- "This economic downturn is not your garden-variety recession. It is indeed the ‘Great Recession,' and it is far from over." Thomas F. Cooley and Peter Rupert at Forbes.

Suburban Homeless: Rising Tide of Women, Families -- Homelessness in rural and suburban America is straining shelters this winter as the economy founders and joblessness hovers near double digits—a "perfect storm of foreclosures, unemployment and a shortage of affordable housing," in one official's eyes.

US Networks and Power Grid Under (MOCK) Cyber-Attack -- Unknown hackers have taken out US cellphone networks in an ongoing cyber-attack that will soon knock out parts of the nation's electricity grid – say the officials who helped plan today's mock assault on the nation's defences.

CNN Poll: 52% Say Obama Doesn't Deserve Reelection -- 52 percent of Americans said President Barack Obama doesn't deserve reelection in 2012, according to a new poll.

Iran Defiant as Russia Joins US and France in Nuclear Sanctions Push -- The three countries raised a fresh alarm on Tuesday in a statement to the International Atomic Energy Agency which is preparing a report on Iran's compliance with atomic inspectors.

Barack Obama Faces Mid-Term Humiliation After Senate Exodus -- President Barack Obama is facing humiliation in this year's mid-term elections after a wave of desertions by Democratic senators who have retreated from tough challenges for their seats from a resurgent Republican party.

Americans Stock Up To Be Ready for End of World -- Certainly, Tom Martin agrees. He runs the American Preppers Network, which helps provide a wide range of resources. Martin, a truck driver who lives in Idaho, believes that more and more people will become preppers. "Millions of people now have the mindset that they want to be prepared for something, but don't know what to call it," he said.

Food Stamps Create Jobs ...In India -- Michele Brown has seen Americans' struggles with jobs first hand. She lives in hard-hit Florida, spent 20 years in the real estate business and recently had her days as a nanny cut back after her boss had his own hours reduced.

Greece is Ready to Explode -- Greece is a boiling pot ready to explode. Things are going to turn ugly and soon as society here is fed up with illegal immigration and the deconstruction of our founding values. And I dont mean the "orange" riots of December 2008. I mean real riots... Read how we got to this crisis...

FDA Declares War on Alternative Health -- This is the week for attacks on alternative medicine as the FDA just sent a well known and respected medical doctor Dr. Andrew Weil a threatening letter. First viewers were shocked to see the NBC corporation do a hatchet job on Suzanne Somers in her new book ” Knockout” and now they are after Dr. Andrew Weil.

Rule of Law Removes Rise Up Radio -- To me, the removal of the audio files of the January 27th Rise Up Radio program broadcast is censorship on the part of Rule of Law Radio. It appears that because Catherine Belish and John Bush have the journalistic integrity to report on less than leader-like behavior of one of the so-called patriot movement's loudest "leaders"; they pay by being censored. The report was pulled off the Internet, the story silenced. That doesn't seem too scripture-like either, now that I think about it. Is Alex Jones somehow a sacred cow to Rule of Law Radio?

Once Again Clinton Hits Out at Iran -- In my current series I have written about the military aspects of any attack on Iran by the US and or Israel. I again repeat that Israel cannot carry out this attack without the help of the US.

China To Allow Yuan to Rise -- China could be on the verge of letting the yuan appreciate in order to attempt to put a brake on growth, a leading economist has said, in a move that has spread concern in international currency markets.

Is Biden's Terror Attack Warning Related to a Possible Assassination Attempt on Obama? -- VP Joe Biden is not worried about a concerted al-Qaeda attack against the United States. He is concerned about a lone individual. “Am I less worried about an attack? No, I’m worried. Am I less worried about a catastrophic event? Yes,” Biden told CBS News.

Soros Doubled Gold ETF Investment, Buys Citi, Monsanto -- Billionaire investor George Soros' hedge fund more than doubled its bet on the price of gold during the fourth quarter, a portion of the firm's total U.S.-listed equity holdings of $8.8 billion at the end of 2009.

Former Mexican Foreign Minister Calls for North American Union -- "Well, my sense is that we’re moving closer and closer to forms of economic integration with the United States and Canada and conceivably Central America and Caribbean could become part of that in the coming years," he said. "I don’t see Mexico as a Latin American country. Too much of trade, investment, tourism, immigration, remittances, absolutely everything is concentrated exclusively with the United States. So, Mexico has to be part of a North American community, a North American union, which at some point probably should include some type of monetary union along European lines with a free flow of labor, with energy being on the table, etc."

Obama to Establish Fiscal Commission on Thursday -- "So, I will be creating this commission by executive order."

Dr. Milton: Stop Obama Care - Says Obama's Cousin -- Dr. Milton Wolf was moved to start blogging to highlight his opposition to ObamaCare. Dr. Wolf wouldn’t be the first physician to oppose Obama’s attempted take-over of the U.S. health care system. But he would be the first physician in Obama’s family to do so.

National Debt, Budget Deficit Scary Forecast for Taxpayers -- But now the problem of mounting national debt is worse than it ever has been before with -- potentially dire consequences for taxpayers, according to a report by the nonpartisan Peterson-Pew Commission on Budget Reform.

Greece Loses EU Voting Power -- The European Union has shown its righteous wrath by stripping Greece of its vote at a crucial meeting next month, the worst humiliation ever suffered by an EU member state.

Hazelwood Man Dies After 10 Calls to 911 -- By the time his longtime girlfriend made a 10th call nearly 30 hours later, she was frantic. He wasn't breathing. He was cold to the touch.

'Dead' Columbian Woman Moves Arm at Funeral Home -- A Colombian woman declared dead of a heart attack moved one of her arms just as an undertaker was about to embalm her, doctors said Wednesday.

Celebrity Chef Beppe Bigazzi Upsets Viewers with His Cat Casserole -- A top Italian food writer has been suspended indefinitely from the country’s version of the television programme Ready Steady Cook for recommending stewed cat to viewers as a “succulent dish”.

Joyce Riley's THE POWER HOUR NEWS - February 17, 2010

Climate bill gets flurry of attention -- Activists on both sides of cap and trade legislation used this week's major snowstorm as a talking point.

TURF releases Voter Guide on transportation issues today -- Texans Uniting for Reform and Freedom released its primary election Voter Guide today. The Guide reflects the candidatesʼ positions on transportation issues like the best way to fund roads as well as positions on toll roads, public private partnerships (where private corporations gain control of public infrastructure, called CDAs in Texas), and the Trans Texas Corridor. Candidates are still returning surveys, so TURF expects to update its guide prior to election day, March 2. Itʼs also posted on its web site under “Important Info.”
* Remember Who Voted to Toll You!

A Thought For The Day from our friend Mike Tawse in the UK -- The Paradox Of Truth.

Bomb explodes outside JP Morgan Athens office -- "The explosion damaged the outside door and smashed some windows." No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack, the official said.

Nuclear Power Aids White House Climate Push -- The White House is working hard to advance climate change legislation in Congress and hopes an announcement to jumpstart the nuclear power industry will appeal to Republican skeptics, a top adviser to President Barack Obama said.

What to Say to a Global Warming Alarmist -- At your next dinner party, here are some of the latest talking points to bring up when someone reminds you that Al Gore and the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change won Nobel prizes for their work on global warming.

No Guns Allowed, Declares City, It's a Snow Emergency -- Residents of King, N.C., were startled earlier this month when a declared snow emergency triggered a law forbidding the possession of firearms in public.

911 Third Tower - Mystery Solved -- Investigators are expected to say ordinary fires on several different floors caused the collapse.

'Influenza vaccine has no effect' says study -- There is no evidence to support the contention that the influenza vaccine administered to the over 65s is of any more use than opening the windows and washing hands, a new study from the Cochrane Collaboration claims, according to a report in the Svenska Dagbladet newspaper. The institute has concluded from the studies that there is no clear evidence to suggest that the flu jab offers any more protection than cheaper, hygiene-based methods such as hand-washing.

Full-body airport security scanners to fry travelers with ionizing radiation -- These large, expensive machines emit a hefty dose of ionic radiation that can cause DNA damage and may contribute to the development of cancer. Aside from the fact that the new protocol is grossly invasive of personal privacy and an obstruction of individual liberty, the ionizing radiation emitted from the machines threatens to damage chromosomal DNA and human cell proteins which can lead to cancer and other problems.

Can FBI Secretly Track Your Cell Phone? -- It may come as a surprise to most of the owners of the country's 277 million cell phones, but their cell-phone company retains records of where their device has been at all times—either because the phones have tiny GPS devices embedded inside or because each phone call is routed through towers that can be used to pinpoint the phones' location to within areas as small as a few hundred feet.

Dick Cheney: Obama's Worst Nightmare -- Former Vice President Dick Cheney stormed the beachheads of the liberal US media again today with a fiery performance on ABC’s This Week. He offered a stinging rebuke to current VP Joe Biden’s ludicrous claim that Iraq may end up as one of Barack Obama’s “great achievements”, as well as blistering criticism of the Obama administration’s handling of terrorist suspects. He also launched a strike on Biden’s recent comment that another 9/11 scale attack was “unlikely.”

Hollywood Director Kicked Off Plane for Being too Fat -- Smith, 39, the director of films including Chasing Amy, Dogma, and Clerks, had purchased two tickets to comply with Southwest Airlines policy that requires larger passengers to buy two seats.

Video: Police Brutality Caught on Tape -- A lawsuit has emerged after police stopped a man and allegedly allowed a dog to bit him and planted drugs on him. The incident was caught on video.

British Scientists Discover 'Secret to Ageing -- The breakthrough could also offer an explanation as to why skin ages and provide hope that new drugs could be developed to tackle diseases such as heart disease and diabetes and remove unwanted side-affects from cancer.

Sheriff Runs Campaign on Upholding US Constitution -- I began to look at how the power struggle for the upcoming sheriff’s election was heating up and I realized that I have no choice but to jump into an area where I never expected to go- politics. I am running as an Independent for the Office of Sheriff for Lake County Montana. My campaign will be unique in that I am basing the first "plank" of my campaign on upholding the Oath of Office to defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of Montana from all enemies, foreign and domestic.

Biofuel Scam -- U.S. Department of Agriculture figures reveal that a quarter of U.S. cereals grown in 2009 went to biofuel, turning cheap food into expensive fuel.This pushes up food prices and damages the environment yet President Barack Obama promised ``continued investment in advanced biofuels'' in his recent State of the Union address.

Joe the Plummer Says McCain 'Screwed Up My Life' -- Mr Wurzelbacher said he now supports the Tea Party movement, but does have some respect for Barack Obama: "I think his ideology is un-American," he said, "but he's one of the more honest politicians. At least he told us what he wanted to do."

US Dollar to Stay Reserve Currency -- The Saudi central bank chief said he believes the U.S. dollar will remain the world's key foreign reserve currency, offering the endorsement at a meeting of business leaders taking stock of the global financial crisis.

China Dumping Has Begun -- China's holdings of US Treasury bonds tumbled in December, allowing Japan to take over as the top holder of American government debt, according to Treasury data released Tuesday.

The Real Reason Eric Holder is Friendly to Terrorists -- What kind of evil? Whether you try to understand it by labeling it "anti-Americanism," "leftist radicalism" or something else, in the end it boils down to this: There are people among us, including in high places – Eric Holder is far from the only one – who are somehow repelled by genuine justice and common sense, and mysteriously sympathetic toward corruption, criminality and tyranny. Until we face this admittedly painful truth, we will not truly understand much of what we see unfolding in Washington today.

BPA Plastic Linked to Aggression -- Prenatal exposure to the endocrine-disrupting chemical bisphenol A (BPA) may increase aggressive behavior in toddler girls, according to a study conducted by researchers from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives.

Help Now and Say No to GM Alfalfa -- (NaturalNews) In 2006, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) approved Monsanto's genetically modified (GM), "Roundup Ready" alfalfa without conducting a proper Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).

Goldman Sachs: The Greek Connection -- Goldman Sachs, the giant investment bank, is today at the centre of the row over the Greek government's finances, amid recriminations over complex financial deals that allowed the eurozone nation to skirt its debt limits.

Kiss That V-Shaped Recovery Good-Bye: The U.S. "Worse Than Greece," Says Economist -- Pento is negative on America's near term economic prospects for three main reasons: too little bank lending, too few jobs and too much public and private debt. "I've never seen a v-shaped recovery occur when commercial bank lending was down 7% year over year. So, small business are not getting loans to create capital goods and to expand and hire individuals," he observes.

Obama's Challenge: Anger Is Replacing Hope -- So it was telling when Obama offered this take on Republican Scott Brown's Senate win in Massachusetts last month, one that weakened the president's hand: "The same thing that swept Scott Brown into office swept me into office. People are angry, and they're frustrated."

Sweetheart Mortgage Deals That Will Infuriate You -- Next, in order to “sweeten the pot,” the FDIC stepped in and guaranteed the following: For any residential mortgages where OneWest experiences a loss, the FDIC will step in and cover anywhere from 80-95 percent of the loss. The loss is calculated using the ORIGINAL LOAN BALANCE, not the amount that OneWest paid for the loan. (This WILL make you so mad, but it explains a lot!)

Bank of America Forecloses on Houses Without Mortgages -- No home is safe from foreclosure, even the ones already paid for. Bank of America decided last year to seize a home in Spring Hill, Florida, owned by Charlie and Maria Cardoso of Massachusetts. The Cardosos had purchased the home with cash in 2005 and were renting it out to a single mother when workers hired by BofA showed up in July 2009 to kick the renter out of the home, saying the bank was foreclosing.

Dubai Debt Strategy Sends Stocks Tumbling -- Stock markets in Dubai were down this morning as investors reacted nervously to the latest proposed solution to Dubai World’s $22 billion (£14 billion) debt crisis.

Mossad Assassination Squad Used British Passports -- Six suspects in the assassination of a senior Hamas official in Dubai entered the country using British passports, it emerged yesterday.

Mortgage Delinquencies Rise for 12th Straight Quarter -- Mortgage delinquencies of 60 or more days rose for the 12th straight quarter, hitting a record high 6.89% in Q409, according to market research by credit bureau TransUnion.

Eurozone May Ban Goldman, Humiliate Fed -- Tonight we're reminded by Calculated Risk of yet another byproduct of the greatest looting of the underclasses in our country's history: Unemployment Benefits for 5,000,000 Americans Will Expire by June. Concurrently, it now appears that there's a good chance that, as Simon Johnson over at the Baseline Scenario blog is also telling us late tonight, Goldman-Sachs is about to get blacklisted in the Eurozone; and, in the process of that travesty, this reality will simultaneously and totally trash the Federal Reserve's remaining [read: our entire country's financial] credibility--what little that pathetic institution has left--along with 'em.

Goldman Goes Rogue –- Special European Audit To Follow.

Stan Deyo interview on the Power Hour - 2 hours - mp3

STAN DEYO has held Above Top Secret Security Clearance and worked undercover for the FBI. He was part of an exclusive "black project", headed by Dr. Edward Teller specializing in the development of "flying saucer technology". Currently Stan is working on a Tesla-based energy system and several propulsion projects, is giving radio interviews, is an active partner in Deyo Enterprises LLC and is the CEO of HALO Orbital Technologies LLC.

Today Stan provides us with a detailed analysis of the coming global economic collapse, the "UFO deception and it's real intent, and suppression of badly needed technologies Stan's scientific approach is backed by extensive research. He is not motivated to make a "quick buck", nor is he trying to sell anything other than his books that are treasured by those who have them. He feels obliged to let the public know both what he sees from a scientific perspective as well as from Biblical research.

Listen to the second hour of The Power Hour:
February 11, 2010 (hour 2)

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Related Article: More than 1,200 tiny quakes hit Yellowstone Park, but jitters are few

Joyce Riley's THE POWER HOUR NEWS - January 29, 2010

Israeli scientists show that DNA evidence can be fabricated -- (now that's scary) Scientists from the Tel Aviv, Israel-based company Nucleix have demonstrated that it is possible to create fake DNA samples and plant them as evidence at a crime scene, in a paper published in the journal Forensic Science: International Genetics.

Hacker breaks into 49 House websites: Insults Obama -- hacker broke into 49 House Web sites of both political parties to post a crude attack on President Barack Obama after his State of the Union address.

Risk of Child Trafficking Increases in Aftermath of Haiti Earthquake -- Trafficking networks are springing into action, taking advantage of the weakness of local authorities and relief coordination to kidnap children and get them out of the country.

Lakota Sioux Lose heat & Storm Takes Steep Toll on Destitute Tribe -- Jan. 28, 2010 - Thousands of Downed Power Poles Leave South Dakota Sioux Reservation Without Heat, Water; Melting Snow to Use in Toilets.

Even medical students want conventional medicine to include alternative therapies -- 75 percent of medical students surveyed think it would be beneficial for conventional Western medicine to integrate with complementary and alternative medicine.

California cities dumping red light cameras -- In Moreno Valley on Tuesday, the city council voted 3-1 to shut down the automated ticketing machines that have been operating since 2008.

NYC to cut 700 library positions in budget cut -- All told, over less than two years, the three libraries—New York Public Library, Queens Library, and Brooklyn Public Library—face 464 layoffs and 225 positions cut through attrition, for a total of 689 jobs lost.

Rutgers sorority beat pledges during hazing -- Rutgers police said they had arrested six members of the sorority on charges of aggravated hazing, alleging they repeatedly beat at least three pledges between Jan. 18 and Jan. 25.

PETA proposes robotic ground hog to replace Punxatawny Phil -- An animal rights group wants organizers of Pennsylvania's Groundhog Day festival to replace Punxsutawney Phil with a robotic stand-in.

Hillary Clinton raises prospect of resignation -- Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State, has complained of the tiring nature of her job and said she will step back from the role before the end of Barack Obama's presidency.

Haiti aid efforts go awry in convoy to nowhere -- Trucks conked out. Communication with the U.S. military broke down. Traffic snarled the streets. Hungry crowds made handing out food unsafe.

WHO wants the people of Haiti to get a whole bunch of vaccines ASAP -- (What better way to get rid of the H1N1 vaccine that no none wanted) If the WHO has their way, the people of Haiti will soon be vaccinated for a whole array of diseases. According to a new report by the World Health Organization, the plan is to vaccinate all them for tetanus, measles, diphtheria, polio and pertussis as quickly as possible. In addition, the report also mentions the H1N1 swine flu as a potential threat in Haiti, so presumably the WHO plans to get most of the Haitian population to take that vaccine as well.

Canada to donate 5 million H1N1 vaccines to WHO -- The Government of Canada today announced it will make a donation of five million doses of the H1N1 flu vaccine, as well as a $6 million contribution to support the World Health Organization’s (WHO) global pandemic relief efforts.

Middle school forces girl to get H1N1 vaccine over parents objection -- The San Ysidro School District is investigating how a 13-year-old middle school student received the H1N1 flu vaccination last week over her objections and against the will of her parents.

Secret banking cabal emerges from AIG shadows -- The idea of secret banking cabals that control the country and global economy are a given among conspiracy theorists who stockpile ammo, bottled water and peanut butter. After this week’s congressional hearing into the bailout of AIG you have to wonder if those folks are crazy after all.

'Safe schools' chief recommends porn for children -- We were unprepared for what we encountered. Book after book after book contained stories and anecdotes that weren't merely X- rated and pornographic, but which featured explicit descriptions of sex acts between preschoolers. A new report is raising alarms that the Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network, a homosexual advocacy organization founded by Kevin Jennings, now head of the U.S. Office of Safe Schools for the Obama administration, is recommending XXX-rated sex writings for children as young as preschoolers.

VIDEO: This is a heartbreaking video: Homeless in America -- Homelessness in our own backyard. How can this be....??? (also check out some of the other videos)

Did an 8.6 quake hit China? Holly Deyo -- We don't know what happened yesterday, but two seismic monitoring stations – some 1300 miles apart – both reported an 8.6 earthquake in China.

Ron Paul video: USA is bankrupt, quit buying bombs or we're done -- Ron Paul on C-Spam 1-22-2010.

Fewer honey bee colonies and beekeepers throughout Europe -- As other pollinators such as wild bees and hoverflies are also in decline, this could be a potential danger for pollinator services, on which many arable crops depend, according to what an international team of scientists have written in a special edition of the Journal of Apicultural Research.

Energy harvesting rubber sheets could power pacemakers, mobile phones -- Power-generating rubber films developed by Princeton University engineers could harness natural body movements such as breathing and walking to power pacemakers, mobile phones and other electronic devices.

In the "Are they nuts!? department - Simulated volcanic eruptions to block sun -- A geoengineering project to block the sun by simulating volcanic eruptions would be 100 times cheaper than cutting greenhouse gas emissions, climate change scientists said.

Editorial: The state of the nation: I am afraid -- Omi­nous devel­op­ments in America have been a long time coming, in part pre­cip­i­tated by “we the people” – a cit­i­zenry that has been asleep at the wheel for too long. And while there have been wake-up calls, we have failed to heed the warnings.

UK: Motorist fined for blowing nose -- A motorist was fined by police for blowing his nose while at a standstill in traffic

The Enumerated Powers Act -- The Enumerated Powers Act (EPA) requires that every bill must specify its source of Constitutional authority.

Mysterious jellyfish light in sky -- A strange jellyfish-shaped object spotted hanging in the sky over Norway, may have been caused by light from the aurora being bounced off a space satellite, experts say.

What does 1 trillion dollars look like?