Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Joyce Riley's POWER HOUR NEWS | December 8, 2009





Joyce Riley was a Flight Nurse & Cardiovascular Heart Transplant Nurse - her radio program is always good and very informative. Check out archives if you can't listen when she comes on a 7am:


Michigan funds "Mandy & Pandy" -- Four Michigan Startups Get State Pre-Seed Funds - Why would the state of Michigan use seed money to fund this? Mandy & Pandy are going to help children learn how to speak Chinese, as they say, in a "fun and easy way". Thanks Jimm!

IRS sells off impoverished Indian tribe's land to pay tax debts -- the IRS was auctioning the land to recover more than $3.1 million in federal employment taxes owed by the tribe. The tribe didn't pay the taxes because it was told, erroneously, by an official connected to the BIA that federally recognized tribes do not have to pay the taxes.

EPA rules CO2 a danger to human health -- Allows Big Government control over us.

Obama the Puppet: The world's least powerful man by Paul Craig Roberts -- It didn't take the Israel Lobby very long to bring President Obama to heel regarding his prohibition against further illegal Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land. Read More...

Administration to hike driving taxes for NON-ROAD spending -- More tolls and vehicle miles traveled tax coming.
* It's happening in Europe by 2013 -- European Electonic Toll Service. That's the term for a scheme recently adopted by the European Commission to enable tolls to be paid almost everywhere in the European Community with one contract, one account and one on-board unit (transponder or GPS). They envisage just the one EETS electronic toll service provider.

Texas: Judge Ignores November Vote On Anti-Camera Initiative -- Judge overturns vote in favor of company that makes them.

It's not just Obama, it's the system -- Our methods of change are proven ineffectual, the expressed terms of the constitution notwithstanding. It is time for a different course of action–a course that has already been given to us by principle and practice. It is time that we the people of the states think in the pure political and philosophical terms that formed our country and secured our freedom in 1776. It is time that the states of this country reclaim what has been taken from us and to reignite the flames of independence and federalism which will cause freedom to burn brightly for us and our posterity for years to come.

Is US prepared to care for more casualties from troop buildup? -- As the Obama administration ramps up the war in Afghanistan, veterans advocates say the government must develop a better plan to handle the wounded when they come home.

"BPA free" foods found to contain BPA -- A recent analysis of canned foods revealed that, across the board, the cans contained measurable levels of bisphenol A, also known as BPA, a toxin known to cause hormonal problems, sexual dysfunction, cancer, and other abnormalities. Even among products labeled "BPA-free", tests revealed levels of BPA significant enough to cause problems.

US probing more cases of CT scan radiation overexposure, sometimes as much as 800% -- U.S. regulators are probing more cases of patients who were exposed to excess radiation from brain scans performed with equipment from General Electric and Toshiba, government officials said on Monday.

USDA labels PETA a terrorist group -- PETA is not the most popular kid on the block. Between antagonizing meat-eaters and radicalizing the use of naked ad campaigns, the animal rights group has made more than a couple enemies. This is the first time, however, that the lawful, nonviolent organization has been officially classified as a “terrorist threat.”

Was Democrats' health care strategy written in Federal prison? -- Rep. Schakowsky’s husband, Robert Creamer, used to be the leader of Citizen Action/Illinois. He also founded its predecessor, Illinois Public Action, in which Ms. Schakowsky served as Program Director. He runs a political consulting firm, the Strategic Consulting Group, which lists ACORN and the SEIU among its clients and which made $541,000 working for disgraced former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich. Creamer ended up in prison for bank fraud and tax evasion where he wrote a lengthy political manual, Listen to Your Mother: Stand Up Straight! How Progressives Can Win. Read More...

Former Chrysler dealers fight back using the Quo Warranto by Devvy Kidd -- A quo warranto may be issued from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in the name of the United States against a person who within the District of Columbia usurps, intrudes into, or unlawfully holds or exercises, a franchise conferred by the United States or a public office of the United States, civil or military. The proceedings shall be deemed a civil action.

I was a caddy for the elite-interesting insight -- Having tripped across the truth about 9/11, central banks, etc. in 2006, I set out to get a grasp on the elite class in order to understand their collective mindset. For three summers, I caddied at one of the most exclusive private golf clubs in the Northeast and had the opportunity to spend four hours at a time with some of the most recognizable stars of the business world and their families. I was not out there asking direct questions like a journalist, just going where the conversations went. Read some of the impressions these experiences left me with.

Severe winter weather hits US -- Much of the United States was braced for severe winter weather on Monday, as a major storm hit California while an unrelated first round of wintry conditions snarled commutes in the Midwest. The storm hitting California Monday afternoon was expected to affect weather across the country through Wednesday.

Rand Corp: A Stability Police Force for the US -- Justifications and options for creating US capabilities - The authors conclude that an SPF containing 6,000 people — created in the U.S. Marshals Service and staffed by a “hybrid option,” in which SPF members are federal police officers seconded to federal, state, and local police agencies when not deployed — would be the most effective of the options considered. The SPF would be able to deploy in 30 days. The cost for this option would be $637.3 million annually, in FY2007 dollars.

High Court hears argument on Miranda rights to lawyer -- The Supreme Court heard arguments Monday on whether Florida police misread a suspect's Miranda right to have a lawyer present during questioning when they told the man he had the right to consult a lawyer "before answering any questions." Justice Sonia Sotamayer asked from the high court bench, "The police here could have chosen to be explicit, but instead they chose to be less explicit. Shouldn't we assume that that is an intent to deceive or perhaps to confuse?"

Wal-Mart to pay $40 million to settle wage claims in MA. -- The settlement is in response to a 2001 class action filed by two former employees, who accused the mega-retailer of skimping on employee breaks and overtime pay and fudging timesheets to reduce hours worked.

VIDEO: Police youth corps confronted at parade

How many Afghans will die in Obama's war? -- In the media coverage of Barack Obama’s decision to escalate the war in Afghanistan, one question goes unasked and unanswered: how many thousands, tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands of Afghan civilians will die as a result of US military aggression?

Average speed cameras installed in neighborhoods for the first time -- The cameras, which link wirelessly to each other, are capable of tracking vehicles for up to 15 miles whichever route they take over a wide area.

White House security breached 91 times since 1980 -- According to a devastating internal review leaked after Tareq and Michaele Salahi strolled into the banquet for the Indian Prime Minister without a ticket, there have been at least 91 breaches of Secret Service security in the past 30 years, including at least four by a serial intruder who believes that God has made him undetectable to bodyguards.

30 dead as mystery flu plague ravages Saratov, Russia -- Der Spiegel is reporting that 30 deaths being blamed on the H1N1 swine flu have created panic among the citizens of Saratov, Russia.
* Spain reports mutant swine flu death

Chicago: Deaths, hospitalizations for H1N1 high in minorities -- H1N1 swine flu death rates for blacks and Hispanics in Illinois are double the rate for whites, state health officials said Friday, though it's not clear why.

Look out...new vaccine ad campaign coming -- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Ad Council Launch New Nationwide PSA Campaign Urging Vaccination against the H1N1 Flu Virus.

PHOTOS: Amazing images from around the world -- Take the time to look around you and marvel at the beautiful planet on which we live. Here scientists walk on an iceberg, 36 metres above the water surface of Kane Basin in the Arctic.

Hanford nuclear reservation pulls down big stimulus dollars -- It was ground zero for nuclear bomb production, then it became the nation's biggest atomic waste headache. Now the old Hanford nuclear reservation boasts a new distinction: It is the single biggest recipient of federal stimulus contracts.

White House is urged to help states with nuclear plants stockpile thyroid drugs -- After the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Congress passed a law instructing the federal government to help states build bigger stocks of a simple, cheap drug to protect people near nuclear power plants in the event of an accident or terrorist attack. Read More...

 Pillaging pirates holding Greek supertanker warn against Navy raid -- Somali pirates who captured an oil-laden Greek tanker a week ago on Saturday warned against any attempt by foreign naval forces to free the vessel by force. Hijacked on November 29 with a crew of 16 Filipinos, nine Greeks, two Ukrainians and a Romanian, the Greek-flagged Maran Centaurus -- a very large crude carrier -- is now anchored off the pirate lair of Haradhere, they said.
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