It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men. -Samuel Adams  Friday Evening - February 12, 2010 |
 Analysis: Chocolate may reduce stroke risk USA Today - - Feb 11, 2010 Just in time for Valentine's Day, research out this week suggests eating chocolate may have a positive impact on stroke. Don't go buying too many heart boxes just yet, though, say the study authors. |
| "Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people" - John Adams - Second President (1797 - 1801) |
DrudgeReport.com has a couple of 'developing' news stories ... yet to be linked at this time:
Three killed in University of Alabama shooting Los Angeles Times - - 46 minutes ago Three people were killed, at least three were wounded and a suspect was in custody Friday after a shooting on the campus of the University of Alabama-Huntsville, officials told the Associated Press and a local television station. "We have three confirmed people who are dead, one injured. The police have secured the building. The shooter is in custody," UA-Huntsville spokesman Ray Gardner said. According to the Huntsville Times, the shooting took place around 4 p.m. EST Friday at the university's Shelby Center. WHNT 19 News, a local TV station, reported that all victims were on the school's faculty. The shooting happened during a meeting related to the biology department, the station reported. ... |
Snowfall Shatters Record, Leaves 180000 Without Power | NBC Dallas ...
A new record of 12.5 inches of snow in a 24-hour period was set at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (11.2 on Thursday) -- and flakes were still coming down after midnight. The previous daily record was 7.8 inches on Jan. 15, 1964, and Jan. 14, 1917 and the previous 24-hour record was 12.1 inches. The total for this winter, so far, is 15.7 inches, the second highest recorded in North Texas history. The highest recorded snowfall for a winter season was in 1977-78 with 17.6 inches of snow.
The snowfall forced the closure and delays of hundreds of schools and businesses on both Thursday and Friday. Now that the storm has passed, the damage assessment can begin.
As of 4:00 p.m. Friday, Oncor Electric Delivery said there are 200,000 homes and businesses in North Texas without power. Oncor added they are bringing in 1,500 contractors to repair power lines ripped down by tree branches laden with heavy snow...
Bubba's all better: Clinton leaves hospital after near heart attackWearing a suit and a smile, former President Bill Clinton left the hospital Friday after a heart procedure. Nodar Kumaritashvili, 21, of Georgia appeared to have hit his head on a metal pole after losing control and going over the track wall while traveling around 90 mph. |
WASHINGTON — House speaker Nancy Pelosi leads a bipartisan delegation of US lawmakers to quake-ravaged Haiti Friday to get a first hand look at reconstruction efforts before Congress considers long-term aid.
The delegation was scheduled to meet with President Rene Preval, Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive and other Haitian officials during the visit, which comes on the one month anniversary of the devastating 7.0 quake.
More than 200,000 people were killed and 1.2 million were left homeless by the January 12 temblor, which destroyed large parts of the Haitian capital and crippled its institutions.
Planned stops for the lawmakers included visits to aid distribution sites and medical facilities, as well as meetings with officials from the US military, the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the United Nations and humanitarian groups.
"In the spirit of President (Barack) Obama, we go to demonstrate the ongoing American commitment to the Haitian people -- that they will not be forsaken or forgotten," Pelosi said in a statement.
"First and foremost, our delegation goes to pay our respects to the Haitian people who are suffering from the tragedy.
"It is also crucial that the House and Senate -- on a bipartisan basis -- have the opportunity to examine the ongoing reconstruction efforts ahead of the US Congress considering long-term reconstruction assistance for Haiti," she added.
The other members of the delegation include Republican Senator George LeMieux, Democratic senators Tom Harkin -- who chairs the Senate Health Committee -- Bill Nelson, Frank Lautenberg and Amy Klobuchar.
They will be joined by Democratic representatives John Conyers, who chairs the House Judiciary Committee; House Ways and Means Committee chairman Charles Rangel; James Oberstar, who chairs the House Transportation Committee; Sheila Jackson Lee; Earl Blumenauer; and Donna Christensen.
US Now Trying To Put Missiles In Bulgaria  Moscow Wants Answer Re US Missiles In Romania |
Yanukovych confirms no plans to take Ukraine into NATO
Prison operators in Texas imported low cost workers from African nations & Mexico on visas |
World's Volcanoes Remain Unpredictable and Deadly Warns Lloyd's of London'
February 12, 2010
Jim Sinclair's MineSet | This Is The End  |
February 11, 2010
February 11, 2010 "All men of power here, get their power from plundering the Greek people, or having connections with those that do it." I am 26 years old and live in Greece. I am writing this letter in order to let you know about a new law in Greece announced yesterday. The financial minister of Greece announced yesterday that from 1/1/2011 all financial transactions of sums above 1500 euros in cash, will be banned. For any transaction above 1500 euros, only credit cards and checks will be legal. The formal explanation for this law is it will combat those who do not pay taxes. But we all know this is not the case... It seems the new world order wants to make Greece a testing ground for their new laws. For the past months, Greece have been attacked without mercy. We have been called liars, frauds, cheaters, thieves. They are threatening us constantly with banning from the euro zone and default. [These charges are] not true. ... The problem is, based on their accusations and (the virtual) bad situation of Greek finances, they will pass their experimental laws of their new world order. The fairly new Government of the socialist party, elected 4 months ago, forgot all its promises, and is determined to pass laws giving citizenship to illegal immigrants after 5 years, without any trade-off. We are 10 million Greeks here, and almost 3 million mostly illegal immigrants, who will obtain Greek nationality and will gain the right to bring their families here too... In Pakistan there are even ads saying "for 5000 euros we get you to Greece, to study free, work, make families, and obtain EU passports"... And now this... The previous government created a new ID card, to collect data from people since childbirth. This government will ban transactions in cash over 1500 euros, in order to make all of us have credit cards. The obvious first step is to ban all cash transactions, then merge this new ID card with the credit system, then, well.... insert this merged ID card into our bodies... Our peoples' morale is low, society is disorganized because of immigration and propaganda, and we will not fight those laws. You people living in the Western World, be prepared because they are planning the same for you! READ MORE http://www.henrymakow.com/nwo_bitch_--_young_greek_conte.html |
Sallywood?
Feds now investigating Madoff's brother, sons for tax fraud |
The Sovereign Debt Crisis: A Greek Economic Crisis is Coming to America - by Niall Ferguson - 2010-02-12 |
The Useless Logic of Round Numbers: A Massacre is a Massacre, a War of choice is a Crime - by Ramzy Baroud - 2010-02-12 |
Chernobyl: Consequences of the Catastrophe for People and the Environment - by Dr. Rosalie Bertell - 2010-02-12 |
Weeping for Gaza - by Felicity Arbuthnot - 2010-02-12 |
America's deadly robots rewrite the rules Sydney Morning HeraldFebruary 13, 2010 ... Consider: for the first time ever, a civilian intelligence agency is manipulating robots from halfway around the world in a program of extrajudicial executions in a country with which Washington is not at war. Consider, too: the drone wars were initiated under the presidency of George Bush. But it is the Democrat Barack Obama who has given them flight and stumped up sufficient funding to spark serious debate on the end of the ''Top Gun'' era of the fighter-pilot. And there is this: despite decades of American disquiet about assassinations abroad and a shrill Republican critique of him as a security wuss, the professorial Obama is the new killer on the block, authorising more drone attacks in the first year of his term in office than Bush did in his entire presidency. At the White House these days they hold their breath, praying for a turnaround in the war in Afghanistan to vindicate Obama's gamble in dispatching 50,000 more young Americans to a conflict some deem unwinnable. But confidence in the use of state-sanctioned lethal force in the undeclared American war in neighbouring and nuclear-armed Pakistan borders on the giddy. "The only game in town" was how CIA director Leon Panetta described it last year. Forty-four countries now use unmanned aircraft for surveillance - only the US and Israel deploy them as killers. The US Air Force now has more drone operators in training than fighter and bomber pilots ... http://www.smh.com.au/world/americas-deadly-robots-rewrite-the-rules-20100212-nxjk.html |
The 73-year-old politician made the remark during a meeting with Albanian counterpart Sali Berisha at a summit and his guest was left visibly uncomfortable by the joke.
| SINKHOLE NEWS Spate of Sinkholes Open Up in Florida Persistent cold weather led Florida farmers to spray with groundwater to protect plants from freezing. A rapid drop in groundwater levels caused soil to drain into underground cavities, forming new sinkholes. Homes and highways can collapse into the sudden sinkholes. The unusually persistent cold weather that's been so damaging to Florida's citrus crops this winter has also led, strangely enough, to the sudden opening of at least 22 new sinkholes, including one under an interstate highway. Historically, sinkholes have not been a big problem in agricultural areas. But now there are more homes built in these areas, and that means more chances that a sinkhole will undermine a foundation and render a million-dollar house uninhabitable. The connection of cold weather to sinkholes is a tale of two colliding phenomena: Florida's naturally cave-riddled ground and fruit growers' financial need to get fruit to market first. "The real dramatic area (for sinkholes) is the Dover area east of Tampa," said geologist Mark Stewart of the University of South Florida. |
Alex Jones' InfoWars.com | Featured Stories - February 12, 2010
A Warning To The Tea Party Nation
Chuck Baldwin | Big Government neocons posing as champions of conservatism co-opted and destroyed the Conservative Revolution of 1994.
Surveillance Drones To Zap Protesters Into Submission
Paul Joseph Watson | The future of policing: Dissidents to be tortured into compliance by marauding unmanned vehicles.
Refuse to Pay Government Debt Incurred for Unlawful and Oppressive Purposes
Washington’s Blog | Bush, Cheney, Paulson, Geithner, Summers and others who ordered these debts be incurred must be held personally liable for them.
The battle of 9/11’s ailing first responders
Jerry Mazza | No one should be sheltered from scrutiny as no one should be denied justice, including the dispensers of justice themselves and the Bush administration.
9/11 Explosion: Manny Badillo Talks with RT About the New Photos
Russia Today | New picture releases are shedding light on September 11th, some say they prove that the assault on America proves a homegrown attack.
Muslims warned not to go through airport body scanners because they violate Islamic rules on nudity Islamic scholars in the U.S. have forbidden Muslim travellers from passing through full body scans at airports because they violate religious rules on nudity. |
Video: Laser Jet Blasts Ballistic Missile in Landmark Test
Pentagon successfully tests airborne laser on missile...
 BlackListedNews.com | February 12, 2010
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McDonald's previews new fruit smoothies at Olympics
Frappes are the second wave of the drinks blitz, and after being launched during 2009's fourth quarter, are now available in about one-third of McDonald's almost 14,000 U.S. outlets. Meanwhile, smoothies are being sold in some test markets.
McDonald's expects that both smoothies and frappes will be available nationally by the middle of the year.
Lincoln at 201 (Getty photo by Alex Wong / February 12, 2010) A wreath is laid by U.S. National Park Service at the front steps of Ford’s Theatre to mark the 201st birthday of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln in Washington, DC. Lincoln was assassinated at Ford's Theatre April 14, 1865. |
Euro is facing 'inevitable break up' despite Greece bailout, leading bank warns
Strategists at Paris-based Société Générale said that any bailout of the stricken Greek economy would only provide ‘sticking plasters’ to cover the deep-seated flaws in the Eurozone.
Iran president: Era of nuclear weapons over Press TV - 57 minutes ago Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called for a world free of nuclear arms saying that the era of such weapons is over. "We believe that not only the Middle East but also the whole world should be free of nuclear weapons because we see such ...  HEADLINES PressTV.ir:
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Toronto asks feds to move G20 summit to avoid disruptions
Clinton Prepares for Gulf Trip and Talks on Iran, Mideast Peace Efforts Voice of America - - 1 hour ago Photo: AP Secretary of State Hillary Clinton leaves Washington Saturday on a trip to Qatar and Saudi Arabia and talks with US allies on Iran and efforts to ...  |
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| Akamai Real-Time Web Monitor Obama Surrendering Internet to Foreign Powers The Mysterious (Convenient) Death Of Bush's Cyber Guru |
SteveQuayle.com | Hot Headlines - February 12, 2010
Should We Clone Neanderthals?
Pentagon Ignores the Warnings of Splice and Jurassic Park in Breeding Artificial Life
Europe to Investigate the UN Over “Pandemic” Scam
Desolate Malls, Empty Offices May Come Soon
Economic Warnings from an Elderly 3rd Grader
China Orders Retreat from Risky Assets
China Surprises by Raising Banks' Required Reserves
Chapter XVII: Black Ice (The Day the Dollar Died Series)
Depression 2010 - Western Fiat-Money Finished?
Sovereign Alchemy Will Fail
Just How Ugly Is the Sovereign Default Truth? How Self Delusions Prevent Recognition of Reality
Insiders, Neocons Plan Simulated Cyber Attack
What Is Behind the Collapse of Civilization?
After America, There is No Place to Go
Oedipus Wrecks
Montserrat Volcano Shoots Ash 9 Miles into Sky
Tehran Uses China’s High-Tech Trucks to Squash Protests
Students Brains 'Rewired' By the Internet
Pentagon Wants Magnetic Muscle Makers
The Truth is Not Out There (in Medialand)
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INCOMING FROM SPACE From George Ure's UrbanSurvival.com this Friday morning: The Fallen I've seen a lot of different crime stories around, but the one about "Russia nabs meteorite smuggling ring" assures me that the world is running out of things to monetize. Universes throws rocks at us and we sell 'em as souvenirs...go figure. They're not souvenirs. They're hints. Universe would probably also throw tomatoes, but they aren't plentiful in space... |
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| http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/sunspots/ http://solarcycle24.com/ Classification of Solar Flares Magnetic fields trigger solar wind Sunspot 1046 produces M8.3 Flare - Sunspot 1046 produced a strong M8.3 Solar flare on Friday morning which is now the largest flare of Cycle 24. An R2 Radio Blackout did take place. It also appears that a geoeffective full-halo CME was associated with it. Click on the link below to download a STEREO Behind movie showing the ejection. There is a chance this CME could reach earth by Monday and help produce minor geomagnetic storming. CME Movie captured by STEREO Behind  TGFS AND AIR TRAVEL: Terrestrial gamma-ray flashes (TGFs) course through thunderstorms at about the same altitude where commercial airliners fly. Do these blasts of gamma-radiation pose a hazard to air travelers? Researchers discuss the possibilities in today's story from Science@NASA. NASA Images Earth-Sized Objects Inside Corona Of SUN  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Yellowstone Earthquake Swarm Summary as of 11 February 2010 The rate of earthquake occurrence in the Madison Plateau area is now at background levels. As of February 11, 2010 4:00 PM MST there have been 1,805 earthquakes located. The swarm began January 17, 2010 around 1:00 PM MST about 10 miles (16 km) northwest of the Old Faithful area on the northwestern edge of the Yellowstone Caldera. Swarms have occurred in this area several times over the past 30 years. Visual observation of landforms and geothermal features by Yellowstone National Park personnel did not show any changes that could be attributed to the earthquakes. This swarm is now the second largest recorded swarm at Yellowstone. It was longer (in time) and included more earthquakes than last year's swarm beneath Yellowstone Lake (December '08/January '09).Active volcano Costa Rica (Getty photo by Yuri Cortez / February 11, 2010) The crater of the Poas Volcano at the Poas Volcano National Park in Alajuela, some 40 km from San Jose, Costa Rica is a popular tourist destination. Poas Volcano is an active volcano rising to about 2,700 meters above sea level. Volcano-chaser captures amazing images of Earth's most violent eruptions Martin Rietze, 45, from Germany, photographed this lightning strike as the Sakurajima volcano blew near the town of Kagoshima in south Japan  Soufriere dome collapse sends ash 40000 feet up Caribbean360.com BRADES, Montserrat, February 12, 2010 – A partial dome collapse at the Soufriere Hills Volcano sent an ash cloud 40000 feet into the air yesterday and ...  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Love from above: Nature serves up a Valentine's treat with heart-shaped landscapes
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 10:21 PM on 12th February 2010
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