Gold Panic Inside The Oval Office -- "The Germans have demanded that gold bullion held in US custodial accounts be returned to their owners, with physical gold shipped back to Germany ."
German criticism may limit ECB's room for maneuver -- How interesting that Germany is wanting it's gold reserve back and now is criticizing the European Central Bank.
Resurgent Russia Discharging Dollars -- Ironically, during the Information Age there is a return to all things real. Immediate worldwide communication overextends and will eventually decimate the inherently unsound, unstable and immoral financial and monetary system.
House Democrat doubtful of approving more money for flu, Obama wanted 2 billion -- U.S. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer on Wednesday said President Barack Obama may not get the extra $2 billion he requested to combat the H1N1 flu strain that has infected thousands of Americans.
Genetically modified crops get the Vatican's blessing -- The Vatican seldom approves of scientists meddling with God's creation. So the decision of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences to back oft-demonised genetically modified crops as an answer to world hunger and poverty may come as a surprise.
British Government in meltdown as Minister quit -- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown lost his fourth minister within 24 hours on Wednesday as he faced taunts that his government was in meltdown on the eve of polls which could seal his fate.
Chicago woman dies of swine flu after giving birth -- The new H1N1 swine flu virus claimed the life of a 20-year old Chicago woman on Saturday, one day after giving birth to a baby via Cesarean section at the city's University of Illinois Medical Center, according to local news. Officials said Huber's condition deteriorated quicky and her baby, a 27-week fetus was delivered by Caesarean on Friday.
Childhood leukemia rates increase near nuclear power plants -- Leukemia death rates in U.S. children near nuclear reactors rose sharply (vs. the national trend) in the past two decades, according to a recent study. The greatest mortality increases occurred near the oldest nuclear plants, while declines were observed near plants that closed permanently in the 1980s and 1990s. The study was published in the most recent issue of the European Journal of Cancer Care.
Chicago Law Banning Handguns in City Upheld by Court -- A Chicago ordinance banning handguns and automatic weapons within city limits was upheld by a U.S. Court of Appeals panel, which rejected a challenge by the National Rifle Association.
General Ricardo Sanchez Calls for War Crimes Truth Commission - VIDEO UPDATE -- May 31st, 2009 on MSNBC's "Countdown" Keith Olbermann cited this post and interviewed General Ricardo Sanchez on the truth commission issue. Link to VIDEO is within this article.
Brasscheck TV: Treaty against your second amendment rights (video) -- Obama wants the Senate to ratify the “Inter-American Convention against the Illicit Manufacturing and Trafficking in Firearms” treaty, also known as CIFTA. This blatant gun-control treaty was signed in 1997 by then President Bill Clinton, but it was not ratified by the Senate as required by the Unites States Constitution.
Special Ops - clandestine tagging & tracking manual -- Clandestine Tagging, Tracking, and Locating (CTTL) The Ability to Locate, Track, and Identify Human Beings and Other Important Targets. This is a .pdf file.
Inside the military's secret tagging tech -- The military has spent hundreds of millions of dollars researching, developing, and purchasing a slew of “Tagging tracking and locating” (TTL) gear — gizmos designed to keep covertly tabs from far away. Read More...
Organic dairies crippled coast to coast -- “We’re in big trouble,” said Craig Russell, an organic dairy farmer in Brookfield, Vt., who owes $500,000, mostly from converting his farm to organic in 2006.
GAO-FDA's tracking system isn't secure -- FDA needs to improve a new risk analysis program to ensure privacy, GAO finds.
A reminder from Stan & Holly Deyo NOT to give rawhide chews to your dogs!! -- The primary problem is bacteria in rawhides that can cause severe gastrointestinal upset. In Holly and Stan's case, their dogs were diagnosed with acute pancreatitis and were put on several antibiotics - Amoxicillin injections plus Gentocin and Baytril (antibiotics sent home with them) plus Reglan for nausea. After blood and stool tests were taken, they stayed overnight for observation. Though still not eating enough to keep a gnat alive, both were allowed to come home Tuesday - day 5 of this mess. Read the entire article...
FDA Approves Cancer Treatment for Dogs -- The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first drug made specifically to treat cancer in dogs. Until now, all cancer drugs used in veterinary medicine were developed for use in humans and weren't specifically approved for animals. Federal law allows vets to administer cancer medicines and other human treatments under controlled circumstances. The new drug, Palladia, manufactured by Pfizer Animal Health Inc., has been approved to treat a type of cancer that accounts for about one in five cases of canine skin tumors.
Just another reason to grow your own food -- After noting that GM foods cause damage to human organ systems the AAEM doctors’ association specifically connects, “infertility, immune dysregulation, accelerated aging, dysregulation of genes associated with cholesterol synthesis, insulin regulation, cell signaling and protein formation, and changes in the liver, kidney, spleen, and gastrointestinal system” as possible effects of consuming GM foods. Read the labels before you buy.
Obama administration is really pushing for Vehicle Miles Traveled tax -- Attendees at the ITS America annual conference at National Harbor Maryland say they are very encouraged by Obama administration officials' interest in road pricing and other ITS technologies. (actually this was already being pushed in previous highway bills...6 states are conducting pilot programs)
Highway Trust Fund is almost broke -- The nation’s Highway Trust Fund, which helps pay for roads and bridges, will go broke in two months unless the U.S. Congress supplies emergency funding.
Military training in Staten Island Park -- Don't be alarmed -- Staten Island isn't under attack. Two helicopters carrying visiting U.S. Marines landed in Staten Island's Clove Lakes Park this afternoon, as two additional choppers circled, for a simulated raid as part of Fleet Week festivities.
Al Qaeda eyes bio attack from Mexico, maybe with help from white supremacist groups -- U.S. counterterrorism officials have authenticated a video by an al Qaeda recruiter threatening to smuggle a biological weapon into the United States via tunnels under the Mexico border, the latest sign of the terrorist group's determination to stage another mass-casualty attack on the U.S. homeland.
FDA says company misrepresented Oxycontin illegally -- “An investigation by OCI uncovered an extensive, long-term conspiracy by The Purdue Frederick Company, Inc. to generate the maximum amount of revenues possible from the sale of OxyContin through various illegal schemes,” according to an FDA statement.
School orders student not to promote gun club -- A free speech organization says it is fighting officials at Community College of Allegheny County after they first banned a student from trying to organize a chapter of Students for Concealed Carry on Campus, then reaffirmed that activity would not be permitted on campus.
Self interest motivates men to get Gardisil vaccine -- Telling men that getting a human papillomavirus vaccine would help protect their female partners wouldn't convince them to get the shot, U.S. researchers say.
Canadian mint can't account for missing gold -- A significant quantity of gold, silver and other precious metals is unaccounted for at the Royal Canadian Mint. External auditors are investigating a discrepancy between the mint's 2008 financial accounting of its precious metals holdings and the physical stockpile at the plant on Sussex Drive in Ottawa.
The cloud with no name: Meteorologists campaign to classify unique Aspertus clouds seen all over the world -- Whipped into fantastical shapes, these clouds hang over the darkening landscape like the harbingers of a mighty storm. But despite their stunning and frequent appearances, the formations have yet to be officially recognized with a name.
Mint can't account for missing gold -- A significant quantity of gold, silver and other precious metals is unaccounted for at the Royal Canadian Mint. External auditors are investigating a discrepancy between the mint's 2008 financial accounting of its precious metals holdings and the physical stockpile at the plant on Sussex Drive in Ottawa. The mystery raises possibilities from sloppy bookkeeping to a gold heist.
German criticism may limit ECB's room for maneuver -- How interesting that Germany is wanting it's gold reserve back and now is criticizing the European Central Bank.
Resurgent Russia Discharging Dollars -- Ironically, during the Information Age there is a return to all things real. Immediate worldwide communication overextends and will eventually decimate the inherently unsound, unstable and immoral financial and monetary system.
House Democrat doubtful of approving more money for flu, Obama wanted 2 billion -- U.S. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer on Wednesday said President Barack Obama may not get the extra $2 billion he requested to combat the H1N1 flu strain that has infected thousands of Americans.
Genetically modified crops get the Vatican's blessing -- The Vatican seldom approves of scientists meddling with God's creation. So the decision of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences to back oft-demonised genetically modified crops as an answer to world hunger and poverty may come as a surprise.
British Government in meltdown as Minister quit -- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown lost his fourth minister within 24 hours on Wednesday as he faced taunts that his government was in meltdown on the eve of polls which could seal his fate.
Chicago woman dies of swine flu after giving birth -- The new H1N1 swine flu virus claimed the life of a 20-year old Chicago woman on Saturday, one day after giving birth to a baby via Cesarean section at the city's University of Illinois Medical Center, according to local news. Officials said Huber's condition deteriorated quicky and her baby, a 27-week fetus was delivered by Caesarean on Friday.
Childhood leukemia rates increase near nuclear power plants -- Leukemia death rates in U.S. children near nuclear reactors rose sharply (vs. the national trend) in the past two decades, according to a recent study. The greatest mortality increases occurred near the oldest nuclear plants, while declines were observed near plants that closed permanently in the 1980s and 1990s. The study was published in the most recent issue of the European Journal of Cancer Care.
Chicago Law Banning Handguns in City Upheld by Court -- A Chicago ordinance banning handguns and automatic weapons within city limits was upheld by a U.S. Court of Appeals panel, which rejected a challenge by the National Rifle Association.
General Ricardo Sanchez Calls for War Crimes Truth Commission - VIDEO UPDATE -- May 31st, 2009 on MSNBC's "Countdown" Keith Olbermann cited this post and interviewed General Ricardo Sanchez on the truth commission issue. Link to VIDEO is within this article.
Brasscheck TV: Treaty against your second amendment rights (video) -- Obama wants the Senate to ratify the “Inter-American Convention against the Illicit Manufacturing and Trafficking in Firearms” treaty, also known as CIFTA. This blatant gun-control treaty was signed in 1997 by then President Bill Clinton, but it was not ratified by the Senate as required by the Unites States Constitution.
Special Ops - clandestine tagging & tracking manual -- Clandestine Tagging, Tracking, and Locating (CTTL) The Ability to Locate, Track, and Identify Human Beings and Other Important Targets. This is a .pdf file.
Inside the military's secret tagging tech -- The military has spent hundreds of millions of dollars researching, developing, and purchasing a slew of “Tagging tracking and locating” (TTL) gear — gizmos designed to keep covertly tabs from far away. Read More...
Organic dairies crippled coast to coast -- “We’re in big trouble,” said Craig Russell, an organic dairy farmer in Brookfield, Vt., who owes $500,000, mostly from converting his farm to organic in 2006.
GAO-FDA's tracking system isn't secure -- FDA needs to improve a new risk analysis program to ensure privacy, GAO finds.
A reminder from Stan & Holly Deyo NOT to give rawhide chews to your dogs!! -- The primary problem is bacteria in rawhides that can cause severe gastrointestinal upset. In Holly and Stan's case, their dogs were diagnosed with acute pancreatitis and were put on several antibiotics - Amoxicillin injections plus Gentocin and Baytril (antibiotics sent home with them) plus Reglan for nausea. After blood and stool tests were taken, they stayed overnight for observation. Though still not eating enough to keep a gnat alive, both were allowed to come home Tuesday - day 5 of this mess. Read the entire article...
FDA Approves Cancer Treatment for Dogs -- The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first drug made specifically to treat cancer in dogs. Until now, all cancer drugs used in veterinary medicine were developed for use in humans and weren't specifically approved for animals. Federal law allows vets to administer cancer medicines and other human treatments under controlled circumstances. The new drug, Palladia, manufactured by Pfizer Animal Health Inc., has been approved to treat a type of cancer that accounts for about one in five cases of canine skin tumors.
Just another reason to grow your own food -- After noting that GM foods cause damage to human organ systems the AAEM doctors’ association specifically connects, “infertility, immune dysregulation, accelerated aging, dysregulation of genes associated with cholesterol synthesis, insulin regulation, cell signaling and protein formation, and changes in the liver, kidney, spleen, and gastrointestinal system” as possible effects of consuming GM foods. Read the labels before you buy.
Obama administration is really pushing for Vehicle Miles Traveled tax -- Attendees at the ITS America annual conference at National Harbor Maryland say they are very encouraged by Obama administration officials' interest in road pricing and other ITS technologies. (actually this was already being pushed in previous highway bills...6 states are conducting pilot programs)
Highway Trust Fund is almost broke -- The nation’s Highway Trust Fund, which helps pay for roads and bridges, will go broke in two months unless the U.S. Congress supplies emergency funding.
Military training in Staten Island Park -- Don't be alarmed -- Staten Island isn't under attack. Two helicopters carrying visiting U.S. Marines landed in Staten Island's Clove Lakes Park this afternoon, as two additional choppers circled, for a simulated raid as part of Fleet Week festivities.
Al Qaeda eyes bio attack from Mexico, maybe with help from white supremacist groups -- U.S. counterterrorism officials have authenticated a video by an al Qaeda recruiter threatening to smuggle a biological weapon into the United States via tunnels under the Mexico border, the latest sign of the terrorist group's determination to stage another mass-casualty attack on the U.S. homeland.
FDA says company misrepresented Oxycontin illegally -- “An investigation by OCI uncovered an extensive, long-term conspiracy by The Purdue Frederick Company, Inc. to generate the maximum amount of revenues possible from the sale of OxyContin through various illegal schemes,” according to an FDA statement.
School orders student not to promote gun club -- A free speech organization says it is fighting officials at Community College of Allegheny County after they first banned a student from trying to organize a chapter of Students for Concealed Carry on Campus, then reaffirmed that activity would not be permitted on campus.
Self interest motivates men to get Gardisil vaccine -- Telling men that getting a human papillomavirus vaccine would help protect their female partners wouldn't convince them to get the shot, U.S. researchers say.
Canadian mint can't account for missing gold -- A significant quantity of gold, silver and other precious metals is unaccounted for at the Royal Canadian Mint. External auditors are investigating a discrepancy between the mint's 2008 financial accounting of its precious metals holdings and the physical stockpile at the plant on Sussex Drive in Ottawa.
The cloud with no name: Meteorologists campaign to classify unique Aspertus clouds seen all over the world -- Whipped into fantastical shapes, these clouds hang over the darkening landscape like the harbingers of a mighty storm. But despite their stunning and frequent appearances, the formations have yet to be officially recognized with a name.
Mint can't account for missing gold -- A significant quantity of gold, silver and other precious metals is unaccounted for at the Royal Canadian Mint. External auditors are investigating a discrepancy between the mint's 2008 financial accounting of its precious metals holdings and the physical stockpile at the plant on Sussex Drive in Ottawa. The mystery raises possibilities from sloppy bookkeeping to a gold heist.
