Joyce Riley's THE POWER HOUR NEWS | July 30, 2009

Volunteers swarm for shot at swine flu vaccine -- Response overwhelms scientists leading safety trials for new H1N1 drug.

Who gets first swine flu shots? Panel advises -- The priority groups include pregnant women; health care and emergency services personnel; children, adolescents and young adults up to age 24; household and caregiver contacts of children younger than six months; and healthy adults with certain medical conditions. Related Article: CDC Advisors Make Recommendations for Use of Vaccine Against Novel H1N1

World Health Organization Secrecy Surrounding the Swine Flu Raises More Red Flags -- The reported secrecy surrounding minutes of a key World Health Organization (WHO) meeting of an advisory vaccine group that was packed with executives from Baxter, Novartis and Sanofi recommending compulsory vaccinations in the U.S., Europe and other countries raises a multitude of red flags while offering more evidence that the lawsuit filed against the WHO, other world organizations and governments and the actions leading up to this 'Swine Flu pandemic' should be examined more closely.

Alarming provisions in food safety bill HR 2749 -- A new food safety bill is on the fast track in Congress-HR 2749, the Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009. The bill needs to be stopped. HR 2749 gives FDA tremendous power while significantly diminishing existing judicial restraints on actions taken by the agency. The bill would impose a one-size- fits-all regulatory scheme on small farms and local artisanal producers; and it would disproportionately impact their operations for the worse.

Bloomberg buys one way ticket for homeless to get them out of the city -- New York City is buying one-way plane tickets for homeless families to leave the city. It's part of a Bloomberg administration program to keep the homeless out of the expensive shelter system, which costs $36,000 a year per family. More than 550 families have left the city since 2007. All it takes is for a relative to agree to take them in.

War on terror reaches US citizens -- Washington has called on Americans to aid in counterterrorism activities -- a move seen as a stepping stone to encroach upon civil liberties. "You are the ones who know if something is not right in your communities, such as a suspicious package, or unusual activity," Obama's Secretary said.

Military to deploy on US soil to "assist" with outbreak -- (..if a soldier comes to your door, what will YOU do?) When it comes to the U.S. military, the word "assist," of course, could mean almost anything. Typically, the U.S. military offers assistance at the end of a rifle. This "assistance" could mean assisting with quarantines, assisting with rounding up infected people or assisting with arresting and imprisoning people who resist vaccine shots.

NY Times editorial-The military is not the police -- The Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 generally prohibits the military from law enforcement activities within the United States. If armed officers are going to knock on Americans’ doors, or arrest them in the streets, they should answer to civilian authorities.

GAO Report: Gaps in pandemic planning & preparedness need to be addressed -- Over the past 3 years, GAO conducted a body of work, consisting of 12 reports and 4 testimonies, to help the nation better prepare for a possible pandemic.

Cambodian government accused of creating AIDS colony -- Aids campaigners and human rights groups today accused the Cambodian government of herding HIV-affected families into an "Aids colony" outside the capital, Phnom Penh.

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FBI investigates 11 letters with unknown powder -- Eleven letters containing suspicious white powder have been sent to government and private offices in North Jersey over the past 10 days, the FBI said yesterday.

Russia warns that massive anthrax attack is underway in the United States -- (it;s Sorcha Faal, but this paragraph makes one sit up & take notice) The World Health Organization, being aware of the true cause of this Swine Flu virus, is now being reported to have closed its deliberations to the public and has begun refusing to release the minutes of their meetings; and in the United States their government officials have been ordered to their protective bunkers this weekend under the guise of holding secret Cabinet meetings while at the same time their Nation is holding the largest terror exercise in their history, leading one to wonder when the other “shoe” is going to drop.)

Selenium helps remove mercury from the body -- While high levels of Mercury are often found in large species of fish, a more important factor to consider is the relative amount of Selenium the fish contains. Selenium, also abundant in seafood, actually helps remove Mercury from the body. Thus, consuming certain types of seafood (and other foods) that have a high Selenium to Mercury ratio can purify the body of heavy metals even when the fish contains those same elements. This article will explore the benefits of Selenium, those foods with the highest Selenium content, and the Mercury to Selenium ratio of several types of fish.

Use the healing properties of Helichrysum essential oil -- Helichrysum is known to help all sorts of medical ailments from ridding the body of scar tissue and stretch marks to relieving the pain of arthritis and regulating blood pressure.

Unemployment map for June -- See the Worst Hit Cities.

Murders by people with mental health issues on rise -- The number of people killed by individuals with mental health problems in England and Wales has risen over the last ten years, according to new figures.

DeClassified documents reveal military operative spied on Washington state peace groups -- Newly declassified documents reveal that an active member of Students for a Democratic Society and Port Militarization Resistance in Washington state was actually an informant for the US military.

YouTube on Aspartame -- Check every drink that you buy!

We've only just begun...watch for begging in the streets -- Most of the population is struggling. The “haves” and the “have nots” is glaring. Sections of the United States will resemble third world poverty. Public infrastructure will continue to crumble. Tent cities continue to grow. Food pantry’s have empty shelves. FEMA camps are billed as “homeless camps”.

America's expansive bioweapons industrial complex -- A giant loop hole in the BWC allows for the production of "small quantities" of pestilential agents "for medical and defensive purposes." Note however, it is is not the production of said agents that are prohibited as such but rather, their transformation into "weapons, equipment or means of delivery ... for hostile purposes or in armed conflict." Read More...

Chinese workers say illness is real, not hysteria -- Public health experts tell sick workers to ‘get a hold of their emotions’ - Over 1200 people were sickened by exposure to toxic chemicals that came from the Jilin Connell Chemical Plant.

Mother nature's fireworks -- Lightning captured on camera by Storm Chaser, Roger Hill.

Immigration agents make home raids into a fun time -- Reports surfacing about the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency this past week seem more like an episode of Law and Order than real-life events, but the nightmarish stories of armed, warrantless raids of the homes of civil immigrants are nonetheless true.

Suppressed report shows cancer link to GM potatoes -- Campaigners against genetically modified crops in Britain are calling for trials of GM potatoes this spring to be halted after releasing more evidence of links with cancers in laboratory rats.