FEMA announces creation of children's working group -- The working group will allow FEMA and its partners to explore and implement planning and response strategies specific to children throughout the agency and ensure that during a disaster the unique needs of children are not only considered, but fully integrated into how FEMA administers this support to states and the public.
Diseased African green monkeys used to make swine flu vaccine; Private military contractor (DyneCorp) holds patent -- Aside from the dangerous ingredients many people already know about (like squalene or thimerosal), one of the key ingredients used in flu vaccines (including the vaccines being prepared for the swine flu pandemic) is the diseased flesh of African Green Monkeys. This is revealed in U.S. patent No. 5911998 - Method of producing a virus vaccine from an African green monkey kidney cell line. Read more...
Pneumonia vaccine may help limit swine flu deaths -- Most of the serious consequences linked to the H1N1 virus are the result of pneumonia, but the Pneumovax vaccine is underused. (another excuse to give another vaccine)
Blackwater founder implicated in murder -- A former Blackwater employee and an ex-US Marine who has worked as a security operative for the company have made a series of explosive allegations in sworn statements filed on August 3 in federal court in Virginia.
Dangers in the shots-components of H1N1 vaccines -- We all are their experimental lab rats. There is no concern about harming or killing anyone, because the companies (GlaxoSmithKline, Baxter, and Novartis, and others) have been indemnified by the government, so that there is absolutely no recourse for any deaths or injuries these vaccines may cause.
Squalene-the swine flu vaccine's dirty little secret -- When a virus is injected into your body in a vaccine, and especially when combined with an immune adjuvant like squalene, your IgA immune system is bypassed and your body’s immune system kicks into high gear in response to the vaccination. Injecting organisms into your body to provoke immunity is contrary to nature, and vaccination carries enormous potential to do serious damage to your health.
Buffett's Betrayal -- From the article: As Roger Lowenstein wrote in his 1995 biography of Buffett, "Wall Street's modern financiers got rich by exploiting their control of the public's money ... Buffett shunned this game ... In effect, he rediscovered the art of pure capitalism - a cold-blooded sport, but a fair one." But there's nothing fair about Buffett getting a bailout, about exploiting the taxpaying public for his own gain. The naïve 14-year-olds among us thought he was better than this.
Bloomberg: Dollar Drops to Lowest Level Since Weeks After Lehman Collapsed -- "We are starting to see the dollar sell-off getting more momentum," said Paresh Upadhyaya, who helps manage $21 billion in currency assets as a senior vice president at Putnam Investments in Boston. "Risk sentiment is very strong now that the global recovery is under way."
Here comes the commercial real estate bubble...about to burst -- “The degree and speed at which these changes in market fundamentals have occurred are staggering,” noted CoStar Group’s President and CEO Andrew C. Florance." Florance noted that, on an inflation-adjusted basis, the average price per square foot buyers paid for office properties had enjoyed an 11-year run-up beginning at the end of 1996 to their peak in the third quarter of 2007. In the past six quarters, U.S. office buildings have lost more than half their value.
Commercial Real Estate Reaches Saturation Point -- In addition, office-leasing activity is off 39% from year-ago levels and all but three U.S. office markets posted negative net absorption over the first two quarters of 2009.
Poor GMO Food Giant -- The Decatur, Ill.-based agribusiness company earned $64 million, or 10 cents per share. That's down from $372 million, or 58 cents per share, in the same period a year ago when the company benefited from crop prices that hit all-time highs. Comment: Hurray for our side, organic home gardening, and people not eating frankenfoods! Someone is certainly not telling the real story regarding ADM's losses. (Thanks JImm)!!
National Guard may be deployed to troubled Alabama county -- The sheriff in Alabama's most populous county may call for the National Guard to help maintain order, a spokesman said Tuesday, after a judge cleared the way for cuts in the sheriff's budget and hopes dimmed for a quick end to a budget crisis.
Experts predict quieter Atlantic hurricane season -- experts on Wednesday reduced the number of projected hurricanes in the north Atlantic this season to four, two of them major hurricanes with winds above 178 kilometers (111 miles) per hour.
Stan Deyo's quake predictions hit the nail on the head -- He nailed today's Baja California quakes 4 days ago. See map. His spot on forecast picked the July 15th 7.8 New Zealand earthquake 2 days before it struck on July 13.
Residents flee China's quarantined plague town -- Frightened residents of a Chinese town sealed off after an outbreak of pneumonic plague have begun to flee under cover of darkness, sneaking around checkpoints set up to stop the spread of one of the world’s deadliest diseases.
Don't go to Great Britain because of swine flu Russia says -- Russia’s leading health official urged a boycott of Britain over swine flu yesterday as he appealed to his country’s football fans not to travel to Wales for a World Cup qualifying match.
Russian submarines discovered patrolling East Coast -- Two nuclear-powered Russian attack submarines have been patrolling in international waters off the East Coast for several days, in activity reminiscent of the Cold War, defense officials said Tuesday.
Government fines & harassment for people who refuse to answer intrusive survey questions -- The survey, which is sent to 3 million random homes each year, is in addition to the census but demands far more invasive information from citizens, such as how many times they have been married, if they have a toilet that flushes, and how much is left outstanding on their mortgage.
Senator says Army neglected to protect troops from deadly poison in Iraq -- Democrats in the U.S. Senate say the Army and the nation's largest war contractor failed to protect troops from a "deadly poison" in Iraq and are demanding that the inspector general investigate.
Jay Leno discusses destruction of speed cameras on BBC -- Appearing Sunday on the top-rated BBC show Top Gear, Leno suggested that as a visitor, the number of cameras in England is overwhelming. He also suggested that US drivers have a much less tolerant attitude toward photo enforcement.
Now it's barcodes that can be read at a distance -- Radio frequency identification tags are not fully catching on, thanks to objections from Alan Watt, Katherine Albrecht, and others who have been hammering away for years at RFID’s threats to privacy and civil liberties. Now enters the new barcodes. Read More...
Culture of fear at the US border -- Janet Napolitano wants Americans to stop living in fear. To achieve that, DHS must change its fear-mongering policies.
Bringing the "bio" war home -- The 2001 anthrax attacks underscore the dangers posed to our health and safety by the Bioweapons- Industrial Complex.
Secondary DU contamination now under way in Gaza -- It is with horror to learn that the UNDP has started clearing the rubble from Gaza. "The task of pulverizing the pieces of broken concrete will begin in eight days".
Health bills allow some a religious exemption (such as the Amish) -- One of the central tenets of the health care legislation under construction on Capitol Hill is a mandate that every American be protected by some kind of medical insurance. There’s one exception to the mandate, though: people opposed to buying health coverage for religious reasons.
Hog farm lawsuit settled for $1.1 million -- A couple who lives near Stockton Lake, Missouri has been awarded $1.1 million in a lawsuit settlement because of the stench from a nearby factory hog farm. The lawsuit said Mullings built one of six barns without a construction permit, a violation of Missouri Department of Natural Resources regulations. The farm operated six years without an operating permit from DNR.
African chickens won't eat GM feed -- Chickens refusing to eat the maize they had been fed has led to the discovery that their feed had been genetically modified to include a well-known weed and insect killer.
Intense, prolonged exposure to World Trade Center attacks linked to health problems years later -- Large number of individuals, such as recovery and rescue workers, nearby residents and office workers, who experienced intense or prolonged exposure to the World Trade Center attack have reported new diagnoses of asthma or posttraumatic stress 5-6 years after the attack, according to a study in the August 5 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on violence and human rights.
Diseased African green monkeys used to make swine flu vaccine; Private military contractor (DyneCorp) holds patent -- Aside from the dangerous ingredients many people already know about (like squalene or thimerosal), one of the key ingredients used in flu vaccines (including the vaccines being prepared for the swine flu pandemic) is the diseased flesh of African Green Monkeys. This is revealed in U.S. patent No. 5911998 - Method of producing a virus vaccine from an African green monkey kidney cell line. Read more...
Pneumonia vaccine may help limit swine flu deaths -- Most of the serious consequences linked to the H1N1 virus are the result of pneumonia, but the Pneumovax vaccine is underused. (another excuse to give another vaccine)
Blackwater founder implicated in murder -- A former Blackwater employee and an ex-US Marine who has worked as a security operative for the company have made a series of explosive allegations in sworn statements filed on August 3 in federal court in Virginia.
Dangers in the shots-components of H1N1 vaccines -- We all are their experimental lab rats. There is no concern about harming or killing anyone, because the companies (GlaxoSmithKline, Baxter, and Novartis, and others) have been indemnified by the government, so that there is absolutely no recourse for any deaths or injuries these vaccines may cause.
Squalene-the swine flu vaccine's dirty little secret -- When a virus is injected into your body in a vaccine, and especially when combined with an immune adjuvant like squalene, your IgA immune system is bypassed and your body’s immune system kicks into high gear in response to the vaccination. Injecting organisms into your body to provoke immunity is contrary to nature, and vaccination carries enormous potential to do serious damage to your health.
Buffett's Betrayal -- From the article: As Roger Lowenstein wrote in his 1995 biography of Buffett, "Wall Street's modern financiers got rich by exploiting their control of the public's money ... Buffett shunned this game ... In effect, he rediscovered the art of pure capitalism - a cold-blooded sport, but a fair one." But there's nothing fair about Buffett getting a bailout, about exploiting the taxpaying public for his own gain. The naïve 14-year-olds among us thought he was better than this.
Bloomberg: Dollar Drops to Lowest Level Since Weeks After Lehman Collapsed -- "We are starting to see the dollar sell-off getting more momentum," said Paresh Upadhyaya, who helps manage $21 billion in currency assets as a senior vice president at Putnam Investments in Boston. "Risk sentiment is very strong now that the global recovery is under way."
Here comes the commercial real estate bubble...about to burst -- “The degree and speed at which these changes in market fundamentals have occurred are staggering,” noted CoStar Group’s President and CEO Andrew C. Florance." Florance noted that, on an inflation-adjusted basis, the average price per square foot buyers paid for office properties had enjoyed an 11-year run-up beginning at the end of 1996 to their peak in the third quarter of 2007. In the past six quarters, U.S. office buildings have lost more than half their value.
Commercial Real Estate Reaches Saturation Point -- In addition, office-leasing activity is off 39% from year-ago levels and all but three U.S. office markets posted negative net absorption over the first two quarters of 2009.
Poor GMO Food Giant -- The Decatur, Ill.-based agribusiness company earned $64 million, or 10 cents per share. That's down from $372 million, or 58 cents per share, in the same period a year ago when the company benefited from crop prices that hit all-time highs. Comment: Hurray for our side, organic home gardening, and people not eating frankenfoods! Someone is certainly not telling the real story regarding ADM's losses. (Thanks JImm)!!
National Guard may be deployed to troubled Alabama county -- The sheriff in Alabama's most populous county may call for the National Guard to help maintain order, a spokesman said Tuesday, after a judge cleared the way for cuts in the sheriff's budget and hopes dimmed for a quick end to a budget crisis.
Experts predict quieter Atlantic hurricane season -- experts on Wednesday reduced the number of projected hurricanes in the north Atlantic this season to four, two of them major hurricanes with winds above 178 kilometers (111 miles) per hour.
Stan Deyo's quake predictions hit the nail on the head -- He nailed today's Baja California quakes 4 days ago. See map. His spot on forecast picked the July 15th 7.8 New Zealand earthquake 2 days before it struck on July 13.
Residents flee China's quarantined plague town -- Frightened residents of a Chinese town sealed off after an outbreak of pneumonic plague have begun to flee under cover of darkness, sneaking around checkpoints set up to stop the spread of one of the world’s deadliest diseases.
Don't go to Great Britain because of swine flu Russia says -- Russia’s leading health official urged a boycott of Britain over swine flu yesterday as he appealed to his country’s football fans not to travel to Wales for a World Cup qualifying match.
Russian submarines discovered patrolling East Coast -- Two nuclear-powered Russian attack submarines have been patrolling in international waters off the East Coast for several days, in activity reminiscent of the Cold War, defense officials said Tuesday.
Government fines & harassment for people who refuse to answer intrusive survey questions -- The survey, which is sent to 3 million random homes each year, is in addition to the census but demands far more invasive information from citizens, such as how many times they have been married, if they have a toilet that flushes, and how much is left outstanding on their mortgage.
Senator says Army neglected to protect troops from deadly poison in Iraq -- Democrats in the U.S. Senate say the Army and the nation's largest war contractor failed to protect troops from a "deadly poison" in Iraq and are demanding that the inspector general investigate.
Jay Leno discusses destruction of speed cameras on BBC -- Appearing Sunday on the top-rated BBC show Top Gear, Leno suggested that as a visitor, the number of cameras in England is overwhelming. He also suggested that US drivers have a much less tolerant attitude toward photo enforcement.
Now it's barcodes that can be read at a distance -- Radio frequency identification tags are not fully catching on, thanks to objections from Alan Watt, Katherine Albrecht, and others who have been hammering away for years at RFID’s threats to privacy and civil liberties. Now enters the new barcodes. Read More...
Culture of fear at the US border -- Janet Napolitano wants Americans to stop living in fear. To achieve that, DHS must change its fear-mongering policies.
Bringing the "bio" war home -- The 2001 anthrax attacks underscore the dangers posed to our health and safety by the Bioweapons- Industrial Complex.
Secondary DU contamination now under way in Gaza -- It is with horror to learn that the UNDP has started clearing the rubble from Gaza. "The task of pulverizing the pieces of broken concrete will begin in eight days".
Health bills allow some a religious exemption (such as the Amish) -- One of the central tenets of the health care legislation under construction on Capitol Hill is a mandate that every American be protected by some kind of medical insurance. There’s one exception to the mandate, though: people opposed to buying health coverage for religious reasons.
Hog farm lawsuit settled for $1.1 million -- A couple who lives near Stockton Lake, Missouri has been awarded $1.1 million in a lawsuit settlement because of the stench from a nearby factory hog farm. The lawsuit said Mullings built one of six barns without a construction permit, a violation of Missouri Department of Natural Resources regulations. The farm operated six years without an operating permit from DNR.
African chickens won't eat GM feed -- Chickens refusing to eat the maize they had been fed has led to the discovery that their feed had been genetically modified to include a well-known weed and insect killer.
Intense, prolonged exposure to World Trade Center attacks linked to health problems years later -- Large number of individuals, such as recovery and rescue workers, nearby residents and office workers, who experienced intense or prolonged exposure to the World Trade Center attack have reported new diagnoses of asthma or posttraumatic stress 5-6 years after the attack, according to a study in the August 5 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on violence and human rights.
