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 Revisit The Past Halliburton Charged with Selling Nuclear Technologies to Iran According to journalist Jason Leopold, sources at former Cheney company Halliburton allege that, as recently as January of 2005, Halliburton sold key components for a nuclear reactor to an Iranian oil development company. Leopold says his Halliburton sources have intimate knowledge of the business dealings of both Halliburton and Oriental Oil Kish, one of Iran's largest private oil companies. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Weather Caused Massive Crashes in Midwest- video Pileup on Interstate 70 Near Kansas City Involves 40 Cars, 2 Buses; 15 Injured, but None Seriously; Highways Reopen  Westbound Interstate 70 was closed west of the Kansas 7 interchange near Bonner Springs because of a multiple car pileup accident involving up to 40 vehicles. Traffic was backed up as far as I-435. Emergency personal, KDOT and KTA personal began to untangle the wreckage on Sunday, February 14, 2010, as snow began to fall again. CHRIS OBERHOLTZ/The Kansas City Star | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Clinton expected to seek Saudi Arabia's help in confronting Iran
A Royal Feast for Hillary Clinton in Saudi Arabia
RAWDAT KHURAYIM, Saudi Arabia — The king of Saudi Arabia had Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton over for a friendly lunch Monday here at his desert camp, northeast of Riyadh. In a gesture of informality, King Abdullah reached for his remote control and switched on a giant flat-screen TV as soon as they sat down to eat at the vast horseshoe-shaped table.
With sports scores and highlights from a soccer match blaring from the screen, the king and Mrs. Clinton chatted over a buffet of lamb, rice, hummus and other dishes. At times, they lapsed into silence and stared at the TV, which, as if on cue, covered Mrs. Clinton’s visit to Saudi Arabia.
It was not clear whether the high volume also allowed King Abdullah to discuss private matters with his guest without the rest of the room eavesdropping. (In another gesture to Mrs. Clinton, King Abdullah made a rare exception and invited journalists traveling with her to the lunch.)
By all accounts, the king’s meeting with President Obama in June did not go well. Mr. Obama pressed him to make diplomatic gestures toward Israel, but the king balked and the president left empty-handed.
This time, King Abdullah seemed determined to strike the right mood. He sent his ultraluxurious tour bus to pick up Mrs. Clinton at the airport for the hourlong drive to his camp. The foreign minister, Prince Saud al-Faisal, regaled her with jokes and stories about camels on the way.
Prince Saud’s stories provided the grist for Mrs. Clinton to break the ice when she arrived at the encampment, a guarded complex with a fleet of helicopters and air-conditioned trailers surrounding a six-pointed black tent that resembled nothing so much as a circus big top.
“I want you to know, your majesty, that his highness thinks camels are ugly,” Mrs. Clinton said with a grin, pointing to Prince Saud.
“I think his highness was not being fair to camels,” the king replied.
Map of US shows national unemployment growth from 2007 through 2009 This is a map of the US that visually shows the transition of our employment levels from 2007 through Dec 2009. And as we all know - these numbers are not the true picture because of the way the numbers are compiled but the map still shows the problem as it grew over time. Click on the 'Play' arrow to watch the transition http://cohort11.americanobserver.net...ediafinal.html   |
NATO Says Airstrike in Kandahar Kills 5 Civilians
Filed at 1:38 p.m. ET
KABUL (AP) -- NATO says an airstrike against suspected insurgents has killed five civilians in Kandahar province in southern Afghanistan.
Monday's accident follows the deaths on Sunday of 12 Afghans, who were killed by two U.S. rockets in neighboring Helmand province. Some 15,000 U.S., Afghan and other international forces are in Helmand on the third day of a major offensive to reclaim the town of Marjah from Taliban control.
WHY ARE FIRING MISSILES IN PAKISTAN? WHO DECLARED THAT WAR?
U.S. Missiles Kill 6 in Pakistan
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Alex Jones' InfoWars.com | Featured Stories - February 15, 2010
Obama Breaks Yet Another Key Campaign Promise
Paul Joseph Watson | Administration to “rule by decree” in face of mounting populist opposition to big government agenda.
A Meesage to Glenn Beck: What Are the Dangers of 9/11 Truthers?
Joe Robertson | Your Debra Medina attack really got me asking why it was a top priority for you to “expose” her “9/11 truther” connections.
The Goal of Modern Propaganda: Mythocracy
Cindy Sheehan | The the myth is that there is a difference between an elected Democrat and an elected Republican.
Palin, Beck: Judas Goats Against The Freedom Movement
The National Expositor | Clearly, the elite are very scared of Debra Medina.
A Familiar Pattern: “Anarchists” Disrupt Peaceful Protest in Vancouver
Kurt Nimmo | Despite draconian speech restrictions and the interrogation of activists by police, anarchists slipped through the police state net and were allowed to destroy property.
Ron Paul Discusses The Greece Bailout
You Tube | Ron Paul urges that Greece is but a warning of what is yet to come.
WayneMadsenReport.com | February 15, 2010
Thousands protest Niger president's dictatorship. Over 10,000 protest Tandja regime in Niamey.
QUAKE NEWS (Chapter III of "The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism" by Emmanuel Goldstein, 1984, by George Orwell: "All members of the Inner Party believe in this coming conquest as an article of faith. It is to be achieved either by gradually acquiring more and more territory and so building up an overwhelming preponderance of power, or by the discovery of some new and unanswerable weapon . . . others explore even remoter possibilities such as focusing the sun's rays through lenses suspended thousands of kilometres away in space, or producing artificial earthquakes and tidal waves by tapping the heat at the earth's centre. Secretary of Defense William Cohen, Pentagon briefing, April 28, 1997: "Others are engaging even in an eco-type of terrorism whereby they can alter the climate, set off earthquakes, volcanoes remotely through the use of electromagnetic waves.")
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
NATIONAL NEWS
COUNTRY FOCUS: Turkey. Turkey to assist in Iran uranium swap. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan makes pitch to Tehran. |
February 15, 2010
Russia dismissed on Monday reports that world powers had made new offers to Iran on uranium reprocessing in a bid to defuse growing tensions over the Islamic Republic's nuclear program.
"There have been no new offers," a Foreign Ministry spokesman said.
He added that Iranian nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi's earlier statement on new offers was most likely a reference to a scheme drawn up in Vienna last October by the UN nuclear watchdog and approved by the Iran Six of the U.S., Russia, Britain, China, Germany and France.
The spokesman confirmed that the offer remained on the table, despite Iran's recent decision to begin enriching uranium to 20%.
In line with the Vienna plan, the Islamic Republic was to ship out its low-enriched uranium to Russia for further enrichment and subsequently send it to France where it would be made into fuel rods.
Tehran stalled and then rejected the plan, suggesting it could consider a simultaneous swap of its low-enriched uranium for 20%-enriched uranium, but that the exchange should be simultaneous and would have to take place on its own territory.
Iran's move to begin enriching uranium to 20% drew stinging criticism from U.S. President Barack Obama, who said on Tuesday that Washington and its allies would begin developing "significant" new sanctions against Tehran.
Obama also praised Russia's "forward-leaning" statements on the issue after Russia's security chief Nikolai Patrushev said Iran's actions meant that fears by Western powers over the nature of its nuclear program were "reasonable."
MOSCOW, February 15 (RIA Novosti)
Will Obama's Record War Budget Lead to a US Victory in Afghanistan? Don't Bet On it? President Barack Obama has increased the Pentagon's perennially-bloated annual spending spree to its greatest magnitude since World War II $708 billion. Congress eventually will overwhelmingly approve Obama's war budget request for fiscal year 2011, which takes effect in October.
The Obama administration's funding recommendation was announced Feb. 1. The next day Reuters reported that "Shares of major U.S. defense contractors rose on Monday after the Obama administration unveiled a defense budget... that seeks a 3.4 percent increase in the Pentagon's base budget and $159 billion to fund missions in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan."  |
GlobalResearch.ca | February 15, 2010
Spying for Dollars: Military Contractors and Security Firms Reap Huge Profits - by Tom Burghardt - 2010-02-15 As the Defense Budget Soars, Billions of Dollars are Channelled Offshore to Avoid Paying Taxes "We Are The World": New World Order Hollywood "Feel Good" Initiative - by Danny Schechter - 2010-02-15 Is "We Are The World" What's Needed Now? The Challenges the Stars Do Not Address |
The Media Response to the Growing Influence of the 9/11 Truth Movement. - by Elizabeth Woodworth - 2010-02-15 Part II: A Survey of Attitude Change in 2009-2010 |
Neuroscience and National Security: The Complex Relationship between Science and the Military - by Emily Badger - 2010-02-15 The military commonly enlists science in its efforts. But when science is humanity, the relationship gets a little stickier |
World Economic Crisis: Latvia’s Neoliberal Madness - by Prof Michael Hudson - 2010-02-15 While most of the world’s press focuses on Greece (and also Spain, Ireland and Portugal) as the most troubled euro-areas, the much more severe, more devastating and downright deadly crisis in the post-Soviet economies scheduled to join the Eurozone somehow has escaped widespread notice. |
WhatReallyHappened.com | February 15, 2010 Since scarcely a dozen House Members have actually been to Gaza, what actual first-hand knowledge do the rest of the Members of Congress possess on which to base their judgment of the merits of H.Res. 867 or the Goldstone report? |
Belgium investigates head-on rail collision
CBSIndia Suspects US Involvement In Terror Attacks |
Goldman Sachs - The Greek Connection
Metro Detroit news: Across Wayne Co., shortened jail stays frustrate cops, communities
Some Wayne County communities are refusing to scrimp on punishing those guilty of misdemeanors, even as they cut services and lay off employees.
Dallas-Fort Worth home foreclosure filings jump 30% |
Western Cities Fare Best in Well-Being Index
USA TODAY
A massive new study of Americans' attitudes concludes that the city at the foot of the Rocky Mountains is home to the happiest, healthiest people in the United States. At the bottom of 162 large and medium-sized cities: Huntington, W.Va.
The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, based on interviews with more than 353,000 Americans during 2009, asked individuals to assess their jobs, finances, physical health, emotional state of mind and communities.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-02-15-cities_N.htm#table
Michelle Obama to address nation's governors USA Today - 5 hours ago First lady Michelle Obama will take her "Let's Move" campaign against childhood obesity before an important audience of potential allies when she addresses ... Michelle Obama's Obesity Initiative FutureOfCapitalism.com Obama's mother-in-law fashions a new life in White House Detroit Free Press |
New Armored Wall System Assembles Like Legos, Could Replace Sandbags in Afghanistan
Big lithium reserve could make Bolivia a key energy player, supplier to US battery makers Beneath this high desert in the Andes is about half the planet’s supply of lithium, dwarfing all other known sources of the rare mineral, which has experienced a surge in demand in recent years. It is used in making batteries to power everything from cellphones to electric cars. |
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| Akamai Real-Time Web Monitor Obama Surrendering Internet to Foreign Powers Microsoft unveils new mobile Windows system Microsoft Corp. unveiled the latest version of its Windows mobile-phone operating system, adding video-games and music features in a bid to stop market share losses to Apple Inc. and Google Inc. |
SteveQuayle.com - Picture of the Day - February 15, 2010
Toxins in our food supply; foods meant to nourish us could be killing us
Mercury High levels of mercury can lead to developmental problems in babies. It can also damage the heart, kidneys and brains of adults. 8% of women have dangerously elevated levels of mercury in their blood. 90% of the mercury comes from fish. An EPA study found mercury in every freshwater fish that was tested. There has been no safe level of mercury found in humans.
Mercury Poisoning
- fatigue
- headache
- trouble thinking
- tremors
- unsteady gait
Pesticides Has been known to cause cancer and ravage the nervous system. Nearly 1/3 of all fruits and vegetables sold in the U.S. are coated with pesticides. Dr. Alan Greene advised the public not to panic and stop eating fruits and vegetables because they are good for you. Pesticides can be directly toxic or neurotoxins. The higher the levels of pesticide that were found in children involved in a study in New York showed the kids had higher incidences of ADHD, autism, and learning disabilities. In a study with animals that were fed the same diet and had same exercise plan, those exposed to pesticides weighed 10% more. Dr. Green recommends eating organic fruits and vegetables as it does lower your exposure to pesticides.
Bisphenol A Has been linked to ovarian cancer, breast cancer and diabetes. 93% of Americans have BPA in their bodies from plastics. More information on what to look for, safe alternatives and how to cut your exposure of BPA.
How to limit exposure to toxins
- Buy organic (it is more expensive but to save costs stick to organic apples and potatoes because of the higher amount of consumption and higher levels of pesticides). It has also been advised to purchase organic fruits and vegetables that are thinned skinned due to the risk of the pesticides contaminating the inside
- Eat fish lower in mercury (salmon) (eat younger, smaller fish like herring and sardines) Avoid or eat rarely: Ahi tuna, swordfish, tilefish. Albacore tuna had more mercury than chunk light tuna. Chunk light tuna is ok twice a week. Albacore once a week. It can be canned or pouch.
- Choose fresh when possible. Frozen is second best. Choose boxes, glass or alternative packaging over cans.
For organic foods in Norfolk, visit Organic Food Depot.
More information: Healthy foods,Top Ten Superfoods and Eat This, Not That and Toxins in your home.
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| Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) UFO Database UFO filmed above Chinese city during the daytime  Michael Cohen An anonymous witness noticed a fast moving triangular UFO crossing the sky above an unknown metropolis somewhere in China. The fast-acting witness to the UFO quickly grabbed for their mobile phone camera and was able to take this blurry footage. Some of China's UFO buffs have argued that this footage, as unclear as it is, constitutes evidence that unidentified flying objects do indeed exist in the skies above us. This footage has been posted on UFO websites across China and opinions as to the possible identity of the object vary. Most Chinese UFO enthusiasts think that this particular object might be a secret military craft. A minority think it might well be extraterrestrial. Reports of UFO sightings in the skies above China continue to roll in. Only two weeks ago a number of residents claim to have seen a spherical UFO descend on Shanghai. The above photo, initially thought to have been a hoax, is now regarded as a genuine capture of that object. Chinese Scientists are now planning to add this footage to the long list of images they intend to study in the hope of determining the identities of the objects in question. |
Could You Pass the 8th Grade Exam of 1895?
8th Grade Final Exam: Salina, Kansas - 1895
This is the eighth-grade final exam* from 1895 from Salina, Kansas. It was taken
from the original document on file at the Smoky Valley Genealogical Society
and Library in Salina, Kansas and reprinted by the Salina Journal.
Grammar (Time, one hour)
1. Give nine rules for the use of Capital Letters.
2. Name the Parts of Speech and define those that have no modifications.
3. Define Verse, Stanza and Paragraph.
4. What are the Principal Parts of a verb? Give Principal Parts of do, lie, lay and run.
5. Define Case, Illustrate each Case.
6. What is Punctuation? Give rules for principal marks of Punctuation.
7-10. Write a composition of about 150 words and show therein that you understand the practical use of the rules of grammar.
Arithmetic (Time, 1.25 hours)
1. Name and define the Fundamental Rules of Arithmetic.
2. A wagon box is 2 ft. deep, 10 feet long, and 3 ft. wide. How many bushels of wheat will it hold?
3. If a load of wheat weighs 3942 lbs., what is it worth at 50cts. per bu, deducting 1050 lbs. for tare?
4. District No. 33 has a valuation of $35,000. What is the necessary levy to carry on a school seven months at $50 per month, and have $104 for incidentals?
5. Find cost of 6720 lbs. coal at $6.00 per ton.
6. Find the interest of $512.60 for 8 months and 18 days at 7 percent.
7. What is the cost of 40 boards 12 inches wide and 16 ft. long at $.20 per inch?
8. Find bank discount on $300 for 90 days (no grace) at 10 percent.
9. What is the cost of a square farm at $15 per acre, the distance around which is 640 rods?
10.Write a Bank Check, a Promissory Note, and a Receipt.
U.S. History (Time, 45 minutes)
1. Give the epochs into which U.S. History is divided.
2. Give an account of the discovery of America by Columbus.
3. Relate the causes and results of the Revolutionary War.
4. Show the territorial growth of the United States.
5. Tell what you can of the history of Kansas.
6. Describe three of the most prominent battles of the Rebellion.
7. Who were the following: Morse, Whitney, Fulton, Bell, Lincoln, Penn, and Howe?
8. Name events connected with the following dates: 1607, 1620, 1800, 1849, and 1865?
Orthography (Time, one hour)
1. What is meant by the following: Alphabet, phonetic orthography, etymology, syllabication?
2. What are elementary sounds? How classified?
3. What are the following, and give examples of each: Trigraph, subvocals, diphthong, cognate letters, linguals?
4. Give four substitutes for caret 'u'.
5. Give two rules for spelling words with final 'e'. Name two exceptions under each rule.
6. Give two uses of silent letters in spelling. Illustrate each.
7. Define the following prefixes and use in connection with a word: Bi, dis, mis, pre, semi, post, non, inter, mono, super.
8. Mark diacritically and divide into syllables the following, and name the sign that indicates the sound: Card, ball, mercy, sir, odd, cell, rise, blood, fare, last.
9. Use the following correctly in sentences, Cite, site, sight, fane, fain, feign, vane, vain, vein, raze, raise, rays.
10.Write 10 words frequently mispronounced and indicate pronunciation by use of diacritical marks and by syllabication.
Geography (Time, one hour)
1. What is climate? Upon what does climate depend?
2. How do you account for the extremes of climate in Kansas?
3. Of what use are rivers? Of what use is the ocean?
4. Describe the mountains of N.A.
5. Name and describe the following: Monrovia, Odessa, Denver, Manitoba, Hecla, Yukon, St. Helena, Juan Fermandez, Aspinwall and Orinoco.
6. Name and locate the principal trade centers of the U.S.
7. Name all the republics of Europe and give capital of each.
8. Why is the Atlantic Coast colder than the Pacific in the same latitude?
9. Describe the process by which the water of the ocean returns to the sources of rivers.
10.Describe the movements of the earth. Give inclination of the earth.
The top of the test states > "EXAMINATION GRADUATION QUESTIONS OF SALINE COUNTY, KANSAS
April 13, 1895 J.W. Armstrong, County Superintendent.Examinations at Salina, New Cambria, Gypsum City, Assaria, Falun, Bavaria, and District No. 74 (in Glendale Twp.)"
According to the Smoky Valley Genealogy Society, Salina, Kansas "this test is the original eighth-grade final exam for 1895 from Salina, KS. An interesting note is the fact that county students taking this test were allowed to take the test in the 7th grade, and if they did not pass the test at that time, they were allowed to re-take it again in the 8th grade."
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