Top officials defend vaccination campaign -- The Obama administration gave its most aggressive defense of the government's swine flu vaccine campaign, with top officials saying Wednesday that despite shortages, the program has been more successful than expected in some ways and that millions of doses are quickly becoming available.
Shortage of vaccine posts political test for Obama -- Despite months of planning and preparation, a vaccine shortage is threatening to undermine public confidence in government, creating a very public test of Mr. Obama’s competence.
Chaos at vaccination clinic in California -- Overwhelmed clinic staff began vaccinating many people who were not supposed to be first in line for protection, officials said Tuesday. Immediately swamped by patients, they haven't been able to monitor whether those receiving the vaccines were at the top of the federal priority list.
US official says vaccine policy is too cautious -- Though the swine flu is widespread in 46 states many Americans are still waiting to get their vaccines. The Obama administration blames the shortage on manufacturing delays at the five firms making these products. But production issues only explain part of the shortfall. Also to blame are a series of policy decisions that reflect our extreme caution when it comes to these products.
Wisconsin beef farmer ordered to register premises -- A Polk County judge has ruled in favor of the state of Wisconsin in the state's second case of a farmer refusing to register a livestock premises. Cumberland cattle rancher Patrick Monchilovich, 39, faced trial Oct. 21 in Balsam Lake for not registering his premises as required by the state's livestock premises registration law.
FAA reacted slowly to errant jet -- The Federal Aviation Administration violated its own rules by taking more than 40 minutes to alert the military after losing communication with a Northwest Airlines flight last week, according to officials familiar with internal reviews under way at several federal agencies.
Government is trying to make bank bailouts permanent -- Paul Volcker and senior Harvard economist Jeffrey Miron both testified to Congress this week that the government is trying to make bailouts for the giant banks permanent.
US airlines to cut 1700 jobs -- US Airways and American Airlines said overnight they were cutting a total of 1700 jobs as they face turbulence amid prolonged recession.
Shots fired at home of Lou Dobbs -- someone has fired a gun at the home of Lou Dobbs, with his wife just a few feet away from the incident. The gunfire followed a series of threatening phone calls. Lou Dobbs is being targeted by the pro-illegal alien groups and pundits who feel that Dobbs is stopping Amnesty from passing.
Costco to accept food stamps nationwide -- Costco Wholesale Corp. said Wednesday that it will start accepting food stamps at its warehouse clubs nationwide after testing them at stores in New York.
George Soros: China should lead New World Order -- China should step up to the plate as the leader of a new global economic order, and the US shouldn't fear the establishment of a global currency because it would help the economy, billionaire investor George Soros says.
Obama signs hate crimes bill into law -- The Senate approved the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act by a vote of 68-29 on Oct. 22 after Democrats strategically attached it to a "must-pass" $680 billion defense appropriations plan.
Troops who suffer intestinal problems on active duty more likely to have continuing problems -- Troops who suffered a bout of infectious gastroenteritis while serving -- as in dysentery or diarrhea -- are more likely than others to suffer longer-term bowel disorders, researchers said here.
More on FBI raid at Pennsylvania Turnpike -- the FBI were at the Turnpike's head offices in Harrisburg Thursday afternoon and that they went away with computers and other materials. He says that as a supervisor on different Turnpike projects he personally has been interviewed multiple times by the FBI as part of a major USDOJ investigation of corruption at the Turnpike. The investigation has been going on for some months.
The video they don't want you to see of potential devastation during a Seattle earthquake -- The Washington Department of Transportation has released a powerful simulation of what could happen to the Alaskan Way Viaduct in the event of a powerful earthquake.
Curry spice kills cancer cells -- An extract found in the bright yellow curry spice turmeric can kill off cancer cells, scientists have shown.
US may end up discarding unused H1N1 vaccine -- The U.S. government may end up throwing away unused doses of swine flu vaccine if people cannot get it soon enough, the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday.
Swift & supersized FDA enforcement -- FDA’s commissioner vows to strengthen enforcement activity and promises more bite from the agency.
Checkpoints for the next few weeks at Chesapeake Bay bridge tunnel aimed to stop terrorist threats -- Drivers using the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel saw a very public effort to reduce terrorist risks to the nation's surface transportation. As many as 60 people with the TSA, the tunnel police, Coast Guard, NCIS, FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force, Norfolk Police and Virginia Beach Police are part of the security checkpoint that’s occurring on both ends of the span.
America moving from kingdom of cash to socialism -- Pragmatic America realized that billions of people are not willing to live in the kingdom of hard cash and decided that it would be better off leaving this kingdom itself. Now the USA is talking about introducing elements of socialism.
Steps toward the American police state always tried out in Britain first -- When police admit you could be put on a secret database for being at a demo, it’s time to worry!
UK: Parents banned from watching their own children at playgrounds -- Parents are being banned from playing with their children in council recreation areas because they have not been vetted by police. Mothers and fathers are being forced to watch their children from outside perimeter fences because of fears they could be pedophiles.
America's drug crisis brought to you by the CIA -- Kudos to the New York Times, and to reporters Dexter Filkins, Mark Mazzetti and James Risen, for their lead article today reporting that Ahmed Wali Karzai, brother of Afghanistan's stunningly corrupt President Hamid Karzai, a leading drug lord in the world's major opium-producing nation, has for eight years been on the CIA payroll.
CIA prevented prisoner deaths to prolong torture -- The CIA took measures to make sure their tortured prisoners did not die – in order to continue further torturing, according to human rights lawyer John Sifton.
Putin given shocking report that Obama ousted in right wing military coup -- Shocking reports circulating in the Kremlin today are stating that Prime Minister Putin’s refusal to agree to new talks with the United States on the START 1 Nuclear Arms Control Treaty, Russian National Security Council Head Nikolai Patrushev’s warning that the Motherlands “military must prepare for a large-scale conflict” and the State Duma’s unanimous vote to allow Russian troops to go “abroad to prevent aggression by other states and to protect Russian citizens on foreign soil”, are all due to a GRU report stating that the American President, Barack Obama, has been made to “surrender his power” to the Right-Wing fascist forces who now, for all intent and purposes, are steering the US towards Total Global War.
Blackwater aided by PR giant -- Public relations giant Burson-Marsteller has vast experience steering companies through tough times. But there's a limit to how much it can help Blackwater USA, a new client that's been battered by negative publicity.
Shortage of vaccine posts political test for Obama -- Despite months of planning and preparation, a vaccine shortage is threatening to undermine public confidence in government, creating a very public test of Mr. Obama’s competence.
Chaos at vaccination clinic in California -- Overwhelmed clinic staff began vaccinating many people who were not supposed to be first in line for protection, officials said Tuesday. Immediately swamped by patients, they haven't been able to monitor whether those receiving the vaccines were at the top of the federal priority list.
US official says vaccine policy is too cautious -- Though the swine flu is widespread in 46 states many Americans are still waiting to get their vaccines. The Obama administration blames the shortage on manufacturing delays at the five firms making these products. But production issues only explain part of the shortfall. Also to blame are a series of policy decisions that reflect our extreme caution when it comes to these products.
Wisconsin beef farmer ordered to register premises -- A Polk County judge has ruled in favor of the state of Wisconsin in the state's second case of a farmer refusing to register a livestock premises. Cumberland cattle rancher Patrick Monchilovich, 39, faced trial Oct. 21 in Balsam Lake for not registering his premises as required by the state's livestock premises registration law.
FAA reacted slowly to errant jet -- The Federal Aviation Administration violated its own rules by taking more than 40 minutes to alert the military after losing communication with a Northwest Airlines flight last week, according to officials familiar with internal reviews under way at several federal agencies.
Government is trying to make bank bailouts permanent -- Paul Volcker and senior Harvard economist Jeffrey Miron both testified to Congress this week that the government is trying to make bailouts for the giant banks permanent.
US airlines to cut 1700 jobs -- US Airways and American Airlines said overnight they were cutting a total of 1700 jobs as they face turbulence amid prolonged recession.
Shots fired at home of Lou Dobbs -- someone has fired a gun at the home of Lou Dobbs, with his wife just a few feet away from the incident. The gunfire followed a series of threatening phone calls. Lou Dobbs is being targeted by the pro-illegal alien groups and pundits who feel that Dobbs is stopping Amnesty from passing.
Costco to accept food stamps nationwide -- Costco Wholesale Corp. said Wednesday that it will start accepting food stamps at its warehouse clubs nationwide after testing them at stores in New York.
George Soros: China should lead New World Order -- China should step up to the plate as the leader of a new global economic order, and the US shouldn't fear the establishment of a global currency because it would help the economy, billionaire investor George Soros says.
Obama signs hate crimes bill into law -- The Senate approved the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act by a vote of 68-29 on Oct. 22 after Democrats strategically attached it to a "must-pass" $680 billion defense appropriations plan.
Troops who suffer intestinal problems on active duty more likely to have continuing problems -- Troops who suffered a bout of infectious gastroenteritis while serving -- as in dysentery or diarrhea -- are more likely than others to suffer longer-term bowel disorders, researchers said here.
More on FBI raid at Pennsylvania Turnpike -- the FBI were at the Turnpike's head offices in Harrisburg Thursday afternoon and that they went away with computers and other materials. He says that as a supervisor on different Turnpike projects he personally has been interviewed multiple times by the FBI as part of a major USDOJ investigation of corruption at the Turnpike. The investigation has been going on for some months.
The video they don't want you to see of potential devastation during a Seattle earthquake -- The Washington Department of Transportation has released a powerful simulation of what could happen to the Alaskan Way Viaduct in the event of a powerful earthquake.
Curry spice kills cancer cells -- An extract found in the bright yellow curry spice turmeric can kill off cancer cells, scientists have shown.
US may end up discarding unused H1N1 vaccine -- The U.S. government may end up throwing away unused doses of swine flu vaccine if people cannot get it soon enough, the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday.
Swift & supersized FDA enforcement -- FDA’s commissioner vows to strengthen enforcement activity and promises more bite from the agency.
Checkpoints for the next few weeks at Chesapeake Bay bridge tunnel aimed to stop terrorist threats -- Drivers using the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel saw a very public effort to reduce terrorist risks to the nation's surface transportation. As many as 60 people with the TSA, the tunnel police, Coast Guard, NCIS, FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force, Norfolk Police and Virginia Beach Police are part of the security checkpoint that’s occurring on both ends of the span.
America moving from kingdom of cash to socialism -- Pragmatic America realized that billions of people are not willing to live in the kingdom of hard cash and decided that it would be better off leaving this kingdom itself. Now the USA is talking about introducing elements of socialism.
Steps toward the American police state always tried out in Britain first -- When police admit you could be put on a secret database for being at a demo, it’s time to worry!
UK: Parents banned from watching their own children at playgrounds -- Parents are being banned from playing with their children in council recreation areas because they have not been vetted by police. Mothers and fathers are being forced to watch their children from outside perimeter fences because of fears they could be pedophiles.
America's drug crisis brought to you by the CIA -- Kudos to the New York Times, and to reporters Dexter Filkins, Mark Mazzetti and James Risen, for their lead article today reporting that Ahmed Wali Karzai, brother of Afghanistan's stunningly corrupt President Hamid Karzai, a leading drug lord in the world's major opium-producing nation, has for eight years been on the CIA payroll.
CIA prevented prisoner deaths to prolong torture -- The CIA took measures to make sure their tortured prisoners did not die – in order to continue further torturing, according to human rights lawyer John Sifton.
Putin given shocking report that Obama ousted in right wing military coup -- Shocking reports circulating in the Kremlin today are stating that Prime Minister Putin’s refusal to agree to new talks with the United States on the START 1 Nuclear Arms Control Treaty, Russian National Security Council Head Nikolai Patrushev’s warning that the Motherlands “military must prepare for a large-scale conflict” and the State Duma’s unanimous vote to allow Russian troops to go “abroad to prevent aggression by other states and to protect Russian citizens on foreign soil”, are all due to a GRU report stating that the American President, Barack Obama, has been made to “surrender his power” to the Right-Wing fascist forces who now, for all intent and purposes, are steering the US towards Total Global War.
Blackwater aided by PR giant -- Public relations giant Burson-Marsteller has vast experience steering companies through tough times. But there's a limit to how much it can help Blackwater USA, a new client that's been battered by negative publicity.
