Sec. of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, wearing an arm-sling, takes her seat before the start of her town hall meeting at the State Department in Washington, Friday, July 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Friday, July 10, 2009
SteveQuayle.com | Hot Headlines - July 10, 2009
Catching the Gold Bug: Small Investors are Hoarding Gold
Economist: FDIC Gearing Up for Bank Closures
U.S. Food-Stamp Recipients Reached Record 33.8 Million in April
Engineering Jobless Rates Are Sky-High - An Economy Without Technology Cannot Progress
Taibbi's Scream: Stop the Political System That Has Let Goldman Sachs Fleece Us for 90 Years
Kohn Warns Congress on Meddling in Fed's Affairs
Celente - Biden Admission: Obama Plan Doomed
China Criticises Dollar
China Steps Up Buying Spree in Africa Hard Times
Shiny Days Ahead for Silver Deep
Tremors Appear to Have Foreshadowed Large 2004 Quake
'Uplift' in Alaska Baffles Scientists, Transforms Beach
Problem Child El Nino Has Returned
Swine Flu Deaths in UK Double as Country Now Has Third Highest Number of Cases in the World
Post Collapse America: The Restored American Republic Pt. 1
Headed to National Socialism
Utah Will Host New $1.9 Billion NSA Spy Center
US State Department under Cyberattack for Fourth Day
SKorean Computers to Self Destruct Friday
Economist: FDIC Gearing Up for Bank Closures
U.S. Food-Stamp Recipients Reached Record 33.8 Million in April
Engineering Jobless Rates Are Sky-High - An Economy Without Technology Cannot Progress
Taibbi's Scream: Stop the Political System That Has Let Goldman Sachs Fleece Us for 90 Years
Kohn Warns Congress on Meddling in Fed's Affairs
Celente - Biden Admission: Obama Plan Doomed
China Criticises Dollar
China Steps Up Buying Spree in Africa Hard Times
Shiny Days Ahead for Silver Deep
Tremors Appear to Have Foreshadowed Large 2004 Quake
'Uplift' in Alaska Baffles Scientists, Transforms Beach
Problem Child El Nino Has Returned
Swine Flu Deaths in UK Double as Country Now Has Third Highest Number of Cases in the World
Post Collapse America: The Restored American Republic Pt. 1
Headed to National Socialism
Utah Will Host New $1.9 Billion NSA Spy Center
US State Department under Cyberattack for Fourth Day
SKorean Computers to Self Destruct Friday
Benjamin Fulford | Ｔhe Japanese arrested with $134.5 billion had papers signed by Bernanke, Greenspan
The two “Japanese” (one is Philippino and the other Chinese) arrested in Italy recently with $134.5 billion worth of US Treasury certificates were also carried a series of documents signed by the likes of Alan Greenspan and Ben Bernanke. They themselves are innocent and were released immediately because they were carrying genuine diplomatic passports. They Pictures of the documents they carried are attached and we would like to hear some expert opinion on their contents.
According to the official story put out to the corporate media, the Treasuries were forgeries (no doubt they will say the same about the documents pictured here) but if that is the case, why were the people carrying the “forgeries” immediately released?
The truth is the Treasury certificates they carried were legitimate and are now in the safe hands of the managers of the new financial system. The money will be used to finance part of a Marshall plan aimed at ending war, poverty and environmental destruction. It will also be used to develop previously forbidden technology. We may see some visible changes as early as next week now that Bernanke’s latest check has bounced but, as mentioned before, things could drag on to the September 30th secret fiscal year end a possibly a bit beyond that date. The information above comes from very highly placed sources.
George Ure's UrbanSurvival.com | Good News - and Bad - On Trade - July 10, 2009
Good News - and Bad - On Trade If you thought a Second Depression would be all bad, think again. The US Balance of trade deficit is getting smaller thanks to globalism imploding (for now). It's all in the Census Bureau's International Trade in Goods and Services report for May '09 out today:
"The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, through the Department of Commerce, announced today that total May exports of $123.3 billion and imports of $149.3 billion resulted in a goods and services deficit of $26.0 billion, down from $28.8 billion in April, revised.
May exports were $1.9 billon more than April exports of $121.4 billion. May imports were $0.9 billion less than April imports of $150.2 billion. In May, the goods deficit decreased $2.6 billion from April to $37.3 billion, and the services surplus increased $0.2 billion to $11.4 billion.
Exports of goods increased $2.0 billion to $82.1 billion, and imports of goods decreased $0.5 billion to $119.4 billion. Exports of services decreased $0.1 billion to $41.3 billion, and imports of services decreased $0.4 billion to $29.9 billion.
In May, the goods and services deficit decreased $34.6 billion from May 2008. Exports were down $33.3 billion, or 21.3 percent, and imports were down $67.9 billion, or 31.3 percent.
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The April to May increase in exports of goods reflected increases in industrial supplies and materials ($2.1 billion); foods, feeds, and beverages ($0.3 billion); consumer goods ($0.2 billion); and capital goods ($0.1 billion). A decrease occurred in automotive vehicles, parts, and engines ($0.4 billion). Other goods were virtually unchanged.
These numbers shouldn't be too surprising, however, since we've been mentioning every so often how the West Coast container ports are doing - and come next week, or so, we should start seeing the TEU (ton equivalent unit) reports from the West Coast docks and that should let us know if the collapse in global trade is bottoming.
No, of course, it's not over yet, but we'll just wait for the data to confirm... Meanwhile, stock futures are down.
Say, you don't suppose that the 'end of the line' for globalism would be bad for markets, now, do you?
Government Motors Deal
WTF? I don't remember anything in the Constitution about the government owning the means of production (say, that was Karl Marx, wasn't it?). But times have changed and I'm a reprobate, I suppose for mentioning it because today "GM is said to complete bankruptcy asset sale to a new company" and guess what? YOU and I own it!
Of course, that doesn't mean squat since we won't get 'shareholder discounts'. But the good news is that Bob Lutz - who walks on water in my book - is being retained to have creative oversight over the remaining GM product line. Chevy, Cadillac, Buick and GM and the surviving brands.
I'm still trying to find something American-made I want to buy...but I keep going back to the web site one of the local once-Chrysler dealership sales fellows put up to keep in touch with what is really going on with this stuff...
You are SO Generous
So lemme see here: We put $180-billion into AIG and now the headline is that "AIG Seeks Clearance for More Bonuses" to the tune of $2.4 million. Hey, after promising $588 for every man, woman, and child in America (if my calculator is working right) to these folks, this bonus is less than a penny a person in the whole freakin country. Why, it's only $60,000 per bonus recipient. Bone us is right...
Disappearing People Meme
While we've had some preliminary hits on the idea of mysterious disappearances (the AF-447 crash, for example) there's a story in process of going mainstream that is most curious because it fits the kind of linguistic sets that have been in the data: "Cleaning woman vanishes at NYC skyscraper" which has not only been picked up at MSNBC, but now more than 200-other reports on the net. How's that for a meme appearing?
I spoke with Cliff at www.halfpasthuman.com about it - and turns out that the 'yacht' with the famous/royal/celebrity types aboard being found missing in Mary Celeste fashion is still ahead in our future - only part of the linguistics were fulfilled by the AF-447 crash, so we may still have that to look forward to. One reason? Data seems to infer that the vessel would be headed a different direction...but more when it happens.
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One note about the upcoming "shape of things to come" so the record is straight: There won't be any 'censorship' of the data release in the next "Shape of things to come" report. It will all be in there. The idea I was skirting was about not putting it all out there for your kids/young people. Some of it's pretty dire/bummer/"What's the point of living then" kind of stuff. If you want to bum out the kids, guess that's your call and my bad for suggesting it.
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One other meme thing to say: Yes, we're aware of the 'new land' coming up in Alaska/
O's "Bummer"
"Quello sguardo "indiscreto" di Obama" headlines an Italian web site.
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Stories of a young woman catching the presidential eye like "Tail to the Chief" in the NY Post seem to be popping up all over the 'net this morning. But isn't the G-8 meeting about international booty?
Fluey!
Oh I can see the chorus to 'roll up the sleeves' forming up now. It's in stories that report "London is days away from an epidemic with the West Midlands not far behind." and "Obama urges vigilance, not panic." Did you see in "Swine flu shots at school: Bracing for fall return" that school flu shots are planned for October? Got your exemption paperwork started yet if you don't want your kids being 'shot'?
Might want to click here later today to see how much the flu death rate has changed, but in last week's report it was 170 dead from 33,902 cases. That's about 1/2 of one percent. We've been buying our Vitamin D-3 since you can read for yourself a doctor's column on why you may wish to "Avoid flu shots, take Vitamin D instead."
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Coping: With Shark Saws and Such
There are many things I've been called, by friend and foe alike, but one of the most accurate is that I'm a tool junkie. Since most all of construction (including welding, masonry, tile work, plumbing, electrical, and so forth) consists only of four basic operations, making things 'out here' in the physical word is not especially difficult - or even time consuming - provided, of course, that you have the right tool for the job.
Since this is Friday, and since most people devote some part of the weekend to general home maintenance, here's a little extract from the ebook "How to Live on $10,000 a Year...or les..." that's in the bonus sectioni "How to Build Anything" that starts on page 54:
"There are only a handful of operations on metal, plastics, wood, and what have you that can possibly be done.
• You start with a plan and measuring of things. Then...
• You can cut things
• You can form things and join them
• And you can cover things.
Many people who are otherwise good home handypersons don't keep these skills 'front of mind' in this simple context, and as a result, they waste a huge amount of time because they get sidetracked with non-essential activity. And, because they haven't started with a simple Big Picture (a sort of construction order of battle), the helpers end up getting yelled at and are told they're 'dumb' when that's almost never the case. They just haven't learned the 'recipe book.'"
This might seem obvious to a thinking person, but I can't begin to tell you how many times people look at me aghast when I tell them about this project, or that, some of which people would never think of doing themselves. Not that I've got all my tools organized this way, but mentally, at least, things are simple and straightforward. Measure, cut, join, paint.
So before I get to the point of my comments on Shark Saws, it may help you to know that every tool ever built likely falls into one of these categories. Something like a tape measure falls into the planning and measuring department. A miter box and fine finishing saw goes into cutting, while the finishing nails, nail set and 12-ounce hammer fit under 'joining' (in this case cabinet trim for instance) to the underlying cabinet or wall. And covering thing? Take your choice of paint, powder coating, anodizing, varnishing, of specialized outdoor meta-products like Sikkens' Cetol. No, you don't powder coat or anodize cabinet trim unless it's metal, of course.
So now we fast-forward to the discussion about Shark saws. Cliff's been working on his sailboat building and we happened to get to discussing saws and he mentioned his Japanese back saws sometimes called "Shark Saws." He claimed that for much of his fine joinery, the back saws invented by the Japanese were vastly superior to the more Western conventional carpentry saws.
The main difference is that the Asian/Asian-inspired saws are different in two regards: First, they do the cutting on the backstroke (pulling toward you) instead of while pushing away, and secondly, since the saw can be thinner, which in turn makes the kerf (the material removed) is much smaller which implies my favorite reason for buying any tool: Less effort.
Along the way, I found that Shark Saw also makes a 10" narrow kerf table saw blade (don't worry, spins the same way as any other) but what is cool about it is that the kerf is narrower than a conventional table saw blade. Besides turning less wood into sawdust, the cutting to a fine line when doing cabinetry kinds of work becomes more precise. I need all the help in this departmen5t I can.
So I have purchased a couple and sure enough, they work somewhat better than their push-saw cousins and they seem to be faster in addition to being more accurate. It cost a bit more, but the Japanese-style wrapped handle (traditional) seemed a lot more 'authentic' than the less expensive plastic-handled versions. So I now have:
This was getting a bit spendy, so I bought the plastic-handled versions of the dowel/dovetail saw and a back-up crosscut saw.
Amazon's also got a five-saw promotional pack here for the Shark table saw blade: Shark Pro-series (5 Pack) 10 inch 40 Teeth Carbide 5/8" arbor hole Thin Kerf ATB Circular Saw Blade "PROMO"
I don't know that this will make my carpentry any better, but like I said, I can use all the help I can get. Besides, even though I've got a decent-sized solar power setup that will run everything in the shop for a day, or so, working with traditional hand tools like the Japanese style saws and the set of chisels/gouges is just plain old fun.
But don't tell Elaine. I've got her kind of halfway believing that what I do in the shop is work. She's a good sport about it, and if she really knows better, she's been courteous enough not to let on.
CCW Permit Question
Reader writes this About getting a CCW (concealed carry weapon) or CCL (concealed carry license):
"Do you have any thoughts one way or the other regarding applying for a concealed carry license? I live close to the ground economically ("retired"?) after a "professional" career, since it maximizes freedom of action for me. I'm wondering if you figure it would be better to get a CCL or just buy what I need and let it be. Open carry is legal, as is CC on my own property, but reading Dmitri Orlov's experience (and others) indicates that necessary excursions to town, etc., may be more safely done in the future if carrying. On the other hand, a CCL raises your profile and may put you in the category of "undesirable" to some among TPTB. Carrying concealed without (or even with) the permit may be troublesome in an era of checkpoints, etc., and open carry in town may just be stupid. We can't all be permanent hermits.
I was wondering if you could share your perspective on this one, or toss it to your readership."
I don't personally hold a CCW. Not that I couldn't pass the test on the range, or know the laws, but like you, I have concerns about putting my name in some registry or other that would identify me as a handgun owner. While I'm already in a registry for owning an AK-47, that's not an unreasonable thing to have in the cougar, wild hog, and deer-infested East Texas outback.
For example, if a CCW holder is pulled over for a routine traffic stop, say speeding for example, my understanding is that you're supposed to say "I am a concealed permit holder and I am (or am not) carrying at this time." The idea being that this exchange of information means to the officer that "Ah, this fellow is armed, but since he has a CCW he is probably not a felon on the lamb..." Makes sense.
At least it makes sense as long as there is civil order and life as we know/knew it goes on as it has in a nice orderly way.
However, fast-forward into the future where things are socially so out-of-control that there won't be traffic stops and police will be deployed to protect banks and food outlets. That's when open carry starts to make sense. A CCW in my mind hides a possible deterrent. Of course, it may also make you a target, too, so time and circumstances will vary all over the place.
My simple answer is reread Orlov and try to picture how a Soviet-style breakdown would 'feel' and work out here in the USA.
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One thing to keep an eye is the "Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009" which would (if I read it right) require every gun to be registered and no, I'm dead-set against that. My copy of the Consti0tution may be outdated but is still has a 'right to bear arms' provision in it.
By the way, speaking of things, sometime go read the www.govtrack.us 'group letter' that was sent to congress on HR 45 because it contains some very interesting points about whether gun control really works - or not. A portion of the GovTrack group letter project reads:
"* In 1929, the Soviet Union established gun control. From 1929 to 1953, about 20 million dissidents, unable to defend themselves were rounded up and exterminated. This doesn't include the 30 million "Uncle Joe" starved to death in the Ukraine.
* In 1911, Turkey established gun control. From 1915 to 1917, 1.5 million Armenians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
* Germany established gun control in 1928. In 1938, the Nazis extended that control to ban the possession of military style weapons and to outlaw the sale of any weapons without government approval. (This sounds a lot like some of the current gun control efforts being pushed for in our country today.) From 1939 to 1945, the Gestapo & SS killed millions of people unable to defend themselves.
* China established gun control in 1935. From 1948 to 1952, 20 million political dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up & exterminated.
* Guatemala established gun control in 1964. From 1964 to 1981, 100,000 Mayan Indians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up & exterminated.
* Uganda established gun control in 1970. From 1971 to 1979, 300,000 Christians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up & exterminated. The total dead are said to be 2-3 million.
* Cambodia established gun control in 1956. From 1975 to 1977, 1-2 million "educated" people unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
* Defenseless people rounded up & exterminated in the 20th Century because of gun control: 56 million at a bare minimum.
* During W.W. II the Japanese decided not to invade America because they knew most Americans were ARMED.
Note: Admiral Yamamoto, who crafted the attack on Pearl Harbor, had attended Harvard University from 1919 to 1921 and was a Naval Attaché to the U.S. from 1925-28. Most of our Navy was destroyed at Pearl Harbor, and our Army had been deprived of funding and was ill prepared to defend the country. It was reported that when asked why Japan did not follow up the Pearl Harbor attack with an invasion of the U.S. Mainland, his reply was that he had lived in the U.S. and knew that almost all households had guns.
* Gun owners in Australia were forced by new law to surrender 640,381 personal firearms to be destroyed by their own government, a program costing Australia taxpayers more than $500 million dollars. The first year results: Australia-wide, homicides went up 3.2 percent; Australia-wide, assaults went up 8.6 percent; Australia-wide, armed robberies went up 44 percent (yes, 44 percent). While figures over the previous 25 years showed a steady DECREASE in armed robbery with firearms, that changed drastically upward in the first year after gun confiscation... since criminals now are guaranteed that their prey is unarmed; There has also been a dramatic increase in break-ins and assaults on the Elderly. Australian politicians are at a loss to explain how public safety has decreased, after such monumental effort & expense was expended in successfully ridding Australian society of guns. The Australian experience and the other historical facts above prove it.
With guns.... We are "citizens".
Without Them.... We are "subjects".
You can read more at the GovTrack page here, and while I can't vouch for the historical accuracy of the 'group letter', I have heard from plenty of readers in Australia that crime is still an ongoing issue. And even with some of the toughest handgun laws on the books, folks in Honolulu are considering outlawing even pocket knives because the meth-head problem is so bad.
In terms of my personal life: I plan to keep a low profile, support law, order, and the Constitution, but should that ever fail - or its underlying tenets including the right to keep and bear arms be subverted - then I'd like as much anonymity as possible while fellow patriots figure out how to restore Constitutional America. You know, the one which doesn't have signing statements and lobbyists buying votes, or elected representatives buying automakers, insurance companies, and private banks because they caused those very problems by failing to maintain a level playing field for American workers while the globalists were busy offshoring our jobs and flooding Our Nation with cheap foreign goods to fatten the purse of those at the top under the treasonous cloak of 'free trade.' We now all know that 'free trade' is a buzzword for worker exploitation to phatten the fat.
Yeah, that America is worth defending. The one where Congress doesn't abdicate its fiduciary responsibility and outsource monetary policy to the foxes who were supposed to be guarding our nest eggs....
Maxa-Tools Update
The newest version of Maxa-Tools Cookie Manager (MCM) is available here:
There's no charge for the update to Cookie Manager 3+ users and the upgrades are as follows:
- Added Web bug recognition to cookie evaluation and makes separate manual deletion of those possible
- Option to automatically delete all Cookies except those explicitly allowed in the white list
- Support of real time cookie management for Firefox 3.5
- Further minor extensions and improvements
- Owners of MCM Pro >= V 3.X (meaning: V3.0 or higher) can update for no charge (just click the update button in the ABOUT window of your existing MCM product.)
Of all of the features the 'web bug' function is the most interesting because that's how some sites track people by putting a nearly invisible 1-byte call of an image source file (img_src) on some IP sniffing server... tricky stuff this cookie and tracking field...
THE POWER HOUR NEWS - July 10, 2009
Ed and Elaine Brown were convicted Thursday -- Ed and Elaine Brown were convicted Thursday of amassing weapons, explosives and booby traps and plotting to kill federal agents during a nine-month standoff in 2007 at their fort-like home in rural New Hampshire.
State Dept. under cyber attack for 4th straight day -- The US State Department said Thursday its website came under cyberattack for a fourth day running as it tried to prevent further attacks.
AIG seeks clearance for more bonuses -- American International Group is preparing to pay millions of dollars more in bonuses to several dozen top corporate executives after an earlier round of payments four months ago set off a national furor.
POLL: USA Today poll on second amendment -- 97% say individuals have the right to bear arms.
America's disappeared: The homeless of the big cities -- Some major cities, including New York and Atlanta, have been discovered to be “dumping” their homeless residents on other smaller towns and cities. Others threaten their homeless with prison unless they leave town with usually a one-way bus ticket provided.
H1N1summit: Mid-October target date for swine flu vaccine -- The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will begin evaluating efficacy of H1N1 vaccines in early August and hopes to begin vaccinating certain high-risk groups by mid-October, public health officials said Thursday.
Schoolchildren targeted first for swine flu vaccine -- U.S. swine flu vaccinations could begin in October with children among the first in line — at their local schools — the Obama administration said Thursday as the president and his Cabinet urged states to figure out now how they'll tackle the virus' all-but-certain resurgence.
10 dangerous household products you should never use again -- Air fresheners, disinfectants, and cleaners found under your sink are more dangerous than you think.
Ron Paul's effort to audit Fed gains support -- The Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2009, put forward by Republican Representative Ron Paul of Texas, now has 250 co-sponsors in the House. It will get air-time on Thursday during a congressional hearing on Fed independence that will feature testimony from the Fed's No. 2 official, Donald Kohn.
Kohn warns congress on meddling in Fed's affairs -- The U.S. Federal Reserve on Thursday launched a robust defense of its independence and warned that efforts in Congress to put monetary policy under political sway would hurt the economy.
Snow plows remove hail after NY storm -- Weather investigators are trying to determine whether a tornado touched down during a storm that knocked out power in suburban New York and dumped hail up to 2 inches deep.
Physician blasts CDC over Morgellon's -- "Definition of Morgellon's is woefully incomplete and inadequate, and that the CDC and medical establish have been totally negligent in studying this system of disorders, and have provided no treatment, support, or comfort, at all to the patients afflicted. Morgellons is not a problem of "delusions of parasitois."
Nation's banks to stop accepting California's IOUs after Friday -- The banks, including JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of America Corp., Wells Fargo & Co. and Citigroup Inc. and some regional banks, are trying to pressure lawmakers to end the impasse by warning that, after Friday, they won't accept IOUs issued by the state.
A garden in every backyard -- If every one of the 40 million gardening households in America persuaded just two friends or neighbors to take up this phenomenally worthwhile hobby, there could be more than 100 million household vegetable gardens.
Mob of teens attack Ohio family -- Out of nowhere, the six were attacked by 50 teenage boys, who shouted ''This is our world'' and ''This is a black world'' as they confronted Marshall and his family.
Obscene drug profits: where they go -- Recently, a couple of Federal Budget Analysts from Washington, DC wondered about the profits in pharmaceutical drugs and came up with some interesting figures. Turns out that to purchase the active ingredients for many drugs is often pennies, while a hundred dollar plus price tag is passed on to consumers.
Scientists develop system using existing data link in cars & cellphones to track miles traveled for use in charging fees by the mile -- Engineers at the University of Minnesota (UMinn) have devised a plug-in device for measuring vehicle-miles traveled and logging it for road use charges (RUC) that they say could be deployed within a year or so.
BrassCheck TV: X-Files tv show predicted 9-11 in March 2001 -- Who knew? Strange with all the reporting about 9/11, that no one in the mainstream media happened to notice that one of the most popular television programs on TV featured this scenario just six months before it happened. "This is about increasing arms sales?" And a whole lot more.
Police in UK city to set up Baghdad style checkpoints -- POLICE are to blockade neighbourhoods with Baghdad-style checkpoints in a bid to catch criminals.
Military looks to stop drivers with laser blasts -- Laser dazzlers — or “optical distraction devices,” as the military prefers to call them — have proven invaluable in Iraq as a way of warning drivers to stop at checkpoints.
Thinking cap that can help the brain learn moves a step closer -- A thinking cap that can enhance the mind's ability to learn has moved a step closer, scientists claim, after tests showed magnets can boost brain power.
Ancient volcano caused 10 year winter -- U.S. scientists said they have determined the eruption of Indonesia's Toba volcano about 74,000 years ago triggered a decade-long severe winter.
State Dept. under cyber attack for 4th straight day -- The US State Department said Thursday its website came under cyberattack for a fourth day running as it tried to prevent further attacks.
AIG seeks clearance for more bonuses -- American International Group is preparing to pay millions of dollars more in bonuses to several dozen top corporate executives after an earlier round of payments four months ago set off a national furor.
POLL: USA Today poll on second amendment -- 97% say individuals have the right to bear arms.
America's disappeared: The homeless of the big cities -- Some major cities, including New York and Atlanta, have been discovered to be “dumping” their homeless residents on other smaller towns and cities. Others threaten their homeless with prison unless they leave town with usually a one-way bus ticket provided.
H1N1summit: Mid-October target date for swine flu vaccine -- The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will begin evaluating efficacy of H1N1 vaccines in early August and hopes to begin vaccinating certain high-risk groups by mid-October, public health officials said Thursday.
Schoolchildren targeted first for swine flu vaccine -- U.S. swine flu vaccinations could begin in October with children among the first in line — at their local schools — the Obama administration said Thursday as the president and his Cabinet urged states to figure out now how they'll tackle the virus' all-but-certain resurgence.
10 dangerous household products you should never use again -- Air fresheners, disinfectants, and cleaners found under your sink are more dangerous than you think.
Ron Paul's effort to audit Fed gains support -- The Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2009, put forward by Republican Representative Ron Paul of Texas, now has 250 co-sponsors in the House. It will get air-time on Thursday during a congressional hearing on Fed independence that will feature testimony from the Fed's No. 2 official, Donald Kohn.
Kohn warns congress on meddling in Fed's affairs -- The U.S. Federal Reserve on Thursday launched a robust defense of its independence and warned that efforts in Congress to put monetary policy under political sway would hurt the economy.
Snow plows remove hail after NY storm -- Weather investigators are trying to determine whether a tornado touched down during a storm that knocked out power in suburban New York and dumped hail up to 2 inches deep.
Physician blasts CDC over Morgellon's -- "Definition of Morgellon's is woefully incomplete and inadequate, and that the CDC and medical establish have been totally negligent in studying this system of disorders, and have provided no treatment, support, or comfort, at all to the patients afflicted. Morgellons is not a problem of "delusions of parasitois."
Nation's banks to stop accepting California's IOUs after Friday -- The banks, including JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of America Corp., Wells Fargo & Co. and Citigroup Inc. and some regional banks, are trying to pressure lawmakers to end the impasse by warning that, after Friday, they won't accept IOUs issued by the state.
A garden in every backyard -- If every one of the 40 million gardening households in America persuaded just two friends or neighbors to take up this phenomenally worthwhile hobby, there could be more than 100 million household vegetable gardens.
Mob of teens attack Ohio family -- Out of nowhere, the six were attacked by 50 teenage boys, who shouted ''This is our world'' and ''This is a black world'' as they confronted Marshall and his family.
Obscene drug profits: where they go -- Recently, a couple of Federal Budget Analysts from Washington, DC wondered about the profits in pharmaceutical drugs and came up with some interesting figures. Turns out that to purchase the active ingredients for many drugs is often pennies, while a hundred dollar plus price tag is passed on to consumers.
Scientists develop system using existing data link in cars & cellphones to track miles traveled for use in charging fees by the mile -- Engineers at the University of Minnesota (UMinn) have devised a plug-in device for measuring vehicle-miles traveled and logging it for road use charges (RUC) that they say could be deployed within a year or so.
BrassCheck TV: X-Files tv show predicted 9-11 in March 2001 -- Who knew? Strange with all the reporting about 9/11, that no one in the mainstream media happened to notice that one of the most popular television programs on TV featured this scenario just six months before it happened. "This is about increasing arms sales?" And a whole lot more.
Police in UK city to set up Baghdad style checkpoints -- POLICE are to blockade neighbourhoods with Baghdad-style checkpoints in a bid to catch criminals.
Military looks to stop drivers with laser blasts -- Laser dazzlers — or “optical distraction devices,” as the military prefers to call them — have proven invaluable in Iraq as a way of warning drivers to stop at checkpoints.
Thinking cap that can help the brain learn moves a step closer -- A thinking cap that can enhance the mind's ability to learn has moved a step closer, scientists claim, after tests showed magnets can boost brain power.
Ancient volcano caused 10 year winter -- U.S. scientists said they have determined the eruption of Indonesia's Toba volcano about 74,000 years ago triggered a decade-long severe winter.
Thursday, July 9, 2009
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Breaking News and Commentary from Citizens For Legitimate Government | 09 July 2009
Breaking: AIG Is Preparing to Pay New Round of Bonuses --The payments coming due next week include $2.4 million in bonuses for about 40 high-ranking corporate officers at AIG. 09 Jul 2009 American International Group is preparing to pay millions of dollars more in bonuses to several dozen top corporate executives after an earlier round of payments four months ago set off a national furor. The company has been pressing the federal government to bless the payments in hopes of shielding itself from renewed public outrage. The request puts the administration's new compensation czar on the spot by seeking his opinion about bonuses that were promised long before he took his post.
U.S. Prepared to Spend Billions on Swine Flu Vaccine --Health Secretary Makes Announcement at All-Day Summit on H1N1 Flu Outbreak 09 Jul 2009 School-age children will be among the population groups likely to get pandemic H1N1 flu vaccine in the fall, and they may get their shots at schools. Vaccines, now being made by five companies [pharma-terrorists] will probably be available in tens of millions of doses by the second week in October. The vaccine supply, which could amount to as much as 200 million doses, will all be acquired by the federal government, which will then distribute it to states, territories, cities, tribal governments and federal agencies.
Heads up! Administration readies $350 million for state, local responders to combat flu pandemic --The Obama administration said today that it has billions of dollars available to help pay for a national H1N1 flu vaccine program that could be ready starting in mid-October. 08 Jul 2009 Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius made the announcement at an all-day summit on the outbreak of what is more commonly known as swine flu. Sebelius said the government has "already appropriated about a billion dollars to buy the bulk ingredients" [i.e., insect parts, influenza viruses, Neomycin, Polymyxin, Gentamycin, Thimerosal (mercury), Betapropiolactone, Nonoxynol, Octoxinol 9, Formaldehyde - yum yum!] and has $7.5 billion more available in emergency preparedness funds. Congress approved $350 million for state and local responders in a recent supplemental war funding bill, and the administration is set to distribute the funds. Public health officials said they could need $3 billion if the H1N1 virus mutates into a more deadly form this fall. [Count on it. US pharma-terrorists are dying to get the 'Baxter Bug' pandemic party started.]
White House threatens veto over intel disclosure 08 Jul 2009 The White House said Thursday that if the intelligence authorization bill contains language broadening who the president must inform on covert activities, President Obama would be advised to veto the bill. Currently, the White House is required by law to inform the "Gang of Eight," the leadership of both Houses and intelligence committees, of covert actions deemed too sensitive to disclose to full committees or legislative bodies.
Obama wants keep Bush policy on CIA briefings By Carolyn Lochhead 08 Jul 2009 The Obama administration just lodged a strong objection to efforts by Democrats on Capitol Hill to remedy the problem of the CIA briefing too few members of Congress on top-secret subjects. Turns out Obama wants to keep Bush's policies. Such secret briefings are what got House Speaker and San Francisco Rep. Nancy Pelosi in hot water just weeks ago, over what she was told when about torture.
Truck bomb kills school children 09 Jul 2009 A truck bomb in central Afghanistan has exploded, taking the lives of at least 25 people, including at least 12 school children. Police have described a truck bomb which was remotely detonated [by Xe?] as children were walking to a local school. At least a dozen students, four police officers and nine others were killed in the blast.
Seventh soldier dies in grim fortnight for British forces in Afghanistan 08 Jul 2009 The seventh British soldier to die in Afghanistan in just over two weeks has been killed in a helicopter incident. The soldier was from 22 Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers. He died on Monday while the helicopter was taking off in Zabul province in southern Afghanistan. His death brings the number of British fatalities in Afghanistan since 2001 to 175, four short of the 179 deaths recorded during the six-year military campaign in Iraq.
Two days of US drone attacks kill nearly 80 in Pakistan By Barry Grey 09 Jul 2009 The United States fired multiple missiles from pilotless drones on Wednesday in two separate attacks on insurgents in Pakistan’s South Waziristan district, killing up to 60 people. The attacks followed a US missile strike in South Waziristan on Tuesday that reportedly killed 16 people.
Bombs kill 50 in Iraq as violence flares 09 Jul 2009 Bombs in Baghdad and northern Iraq killed at least 50 people on Thursday, police said. The attacks in the north, where tensions between Arabs and Kurds threaten to flare into Iraq's next conflict, and in the capital appeared to be part of an attempt by 'insurgents' to reignite sectarian fighting following the partial U.S. pullback.
U.S. hands over Iranian officials detained in Iraq 09 Jul 2009 Five Iranian officials detained by the U.S. military in Iraq for up to two years were released on Thursday and handed over to Iranian embassy staff by Iraqi authorities, an Iranian embassy official said. The capture of the Iranians included officials U.S. forces accused of arming Shi'ite Muslim militias at the height of Iraq's sectarian war.
Netanyahu adviser raises "MAD" nuclear scenario 09 Jul 2009 Israel must have "tremendously powerful" weapons to deter a nuclear attack or destroy an enemy that dares to launch an atomic strike, a senior adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was quoted on Thursday as saying. National security adviser Uzi Arad, in comments to Haaretz newspaper, appeared to allude to what is widely believed to be Israel's own nuclear arsenal and a standing policy of "mutually assured destruction" (MAD). He warned other countries they could bring about their own devastation if they launched an attack.
Israeli attack on Iran 'absolute catastrophe', says Sarkozy 09 Jul 2009 The French President Nicolas Sarkozy warns that a unilateral military strike on Iran by Israel would be an "absolute catastrophe." Sarkozy was speaking after a summit of the Group of Eight industrialized nations (G8) in the central Italian city of L'Aquila on Thursday.
EU retracts criticism of Israeli settlements --The Foreign Ministry called in the EU ambassador to protest the report 09 Jul 2009 The European Commission on Thursday backtracked on its unusually harsh criticism of Israeli settlements, declaring that a statement released earlier this week did not reflect the commission's position. The contentious statement accused Israel's settlement policy of strangling the Palestinian economy and making the Palestinian government more dependent on foreign aid.
Mexican Army Accused of Torture in Drug War --U.S. government has encouraged, funded strategy --U.S. officials warned that Congress may withhold more than $100 million in 'anti-narcotics' funding 09 Jul 2009 The Mexican army has carried out forced disappearances, acts of torture and illegal raids in pursuit of drug traffickers, according to documents and interviews with victims, their families, political leaders and human rights monitors... In Tijuana, across the border from San Diego, two dozen policemen who were arrested on drug charges in March alleged that, to extract confessions, soldiers beat them, held plastic bags over their heads until some lost consciousness, strapped their feet to a ceiling while dunking their heads in water and applied electric shocks, according to court documents, letters and interviews with their relatives and defense lawyers.
Trident added to G8 Summit disarmament deal by Gordon Brown 10 Jul 2009 Britain’s Trident nuclear deterrent could be thrown into a world disarmament deal after President Obama called yesterday for the biggest summit to stop the spread of atomic weapons. In a move designed to increase pressure on Iran, up to 30 countries will be invited to Washington next spring for a nuclear security conference. Iran is likely to be forced to prove to the world that it does not have a nuclear weapons programme, Gordon Brown suggested at a press briefing last night. [If the US, Israel and other nations can have a nuclear weapons program, why can't Iran?]
Miss Obama's peacenik T-shirt sends a message to G8 leaders 09 Jul 2009 Barack Obama's eldest daughter has a clear message for her father - it's time to get rid of the world's nuclear weapons. Just 48 hours after the U.S. President shook hands with Vladimir Putin over an agreement to reduce their stockpile of nuclear weapons, Malia spotted out wearing not one, but two anti-nuclear T-shirts. The 11-year-old wore tops bearing the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament's famous symbol as her father prepared for three days of G8 talks in Italy.
G8 leaders have 5-course meal before hunger talks 09 Jul 2009 World leaders have enjoyed a five-course meal on the eve of a G8 summit on tackling world food shortages, a menu released by a summit source showed. The leaders will be joined by representatives of African countries for Friday's session at the G8 summit focusing on food, security and development issues. The British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said earlier this week, "A hunger emergency looms and the world must act." [Yes, and Brown, et al., solved their 'hunger emergency' with a five-course meal.]
Ban says G8 not doing enough on climate 09 Jul 2009 UN chief Ban Ki-moon maintains that the Group of Eight Industrial Nations (G8) has not done enough to find answers to the worsening global climate changes. "The policies that they have stated so far are not enough," Reuters quoted Ban as saying in Italy on Thursday. "This is politically and morally (an) imperative and historic responsibility... for the future of humanity, even for the future of the planet Earth."
Greenpeace Activists Arrested After Draping Banner on Mount Rushmore 08 Jul 2009 Greenpeace activists draped an enormous banner next to the carved stone faces of Mount Rushmore today, calling for more-aggressive action to fight climate change. The banner showed President Obama's face -- Greenpeace said it was an unfinished portrait, implying that Obama's legacy was in question -- and the words "America honors leaders not politicians: Stop Global Warming."
rBGH we can believe in: Mike Taylor to Join FDA By Ethicurean 30 Jun 2009 Rumor has it that Mike Taylor, currently a professor at George Washington University but better known for his work as Monsanto’s Vice President for Public Policy, will start on Monday at the FDA in a position coordinating food safety. Congress is considering a major food safety bill and the scuttlebutt is that Taylor might coordinate the implementation of that bill once it’s passed... In the late 1980s, he left a job at the FDA to work as a lawyer and lobbyist for a company representing biotech giant [terrorists] Monsanto.
Banks' 'courtesy' loans at soaring rates irk consumers 09 Jul 2009 ...Another type of lending threatens to mire consumers in a credit trap. It's called "courtesy overdraft" and has long been used by banks to automatically pay transactions that account holders don't have the money to cover — and then charge them a steep fee. For years, banks have made it easier for customers to overdraw their checking accounts, aided by a cottage industry of consultants who make big money by helping to wring fees out of consumers, a USA TODAY analysis finds.
Obama's Single Payer Beat Down --"Debate is permitted only to the Right of his own fuzzy position." By Glen Ford 09 Jul 2009 President Obama is mad, again, at the usual suspects: progressives that insist on speaking out in the people's interest on single-payer healthcare. He picked up the phone last week to warn lefties and unions to watch their mouths and get with his fuzzy program on healthcare – although even White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel doesn't seem to know what that program is. "For Obama to 'win' his debate, the American people must lose." President Obama has escalated his campaign to suppress single-payer healthcare advocates, hinting darkly that there will be repercussions if unions and activists persist in harassing his fellow center-right Democrats.
'Choose Your Own Health Insurance Adventure' By Jen Sorensen 01 Jun 2009 (Political cartoon)
Illinois Senator Won't Run in '10, Officials Say 10 Jul 2009 Senator Roland W. Burris, the Illinois Democrat appointed by Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich before his ouster to fill the seat of President Obama, is expected to announce Friday that he will not seek election in 2010 to a full Senate term, party officials said. Mr. Burris provided a reliable Democratic vote when a special election might have turned the slot over to a Republican.
Calif. high court: Breath test accuracy can vary 09 Jul 2009 The California Supreme Court has joined a handful of other courts in the country that have said Breathalyzer results mean different things for different people and ruled that suspected drunken drivers can attack the test results in court. Defense attorneys lauded Thursday's unanimous ruling for deferring to science, which has shown for years that the test results are highly variable.
Stars may sue as Scotland Yard rejects phone tap inquiry 09 Jul 2009 More than a dozen high-profile figures are considering an unprecedented, multi-million-pound group legal action against the [Murdoch cesspool] News of the World over allegations that their phones were tapped illegally. Lawyers have said that the unidentified individuals, from politics, television and sport, were considering suing the Sunday newspaper.
Murdoch papers paid £1m to gag phone-hacking victims 08 Jul 2009 Rupert Murdoch's News Group Newspapers has paid out more than £1m to settle legal cases that threatened to reveal evidence of his journalists' repeated involvement in the use of criminal methods to get stories. The payments secured secrecy over out-of-court settlements in three cases that threatened to expose evidence of Murdoch 'journalists' using private investigators who illegally hacked into the mobile phone messages of numerous public figures to gain unlawful access to confidential personal data, including tax records, social security files, bank statements and itemised phone bills.
Previous lead stories:Panetta Says CIA Officials Have Misled Congress Since 2001 08 Jul 2009 Central Intelligence Agency Director Leon E. Panetta has told lawmakers that CIA officials misled Congress "for a number of years" since 2001 [i.e., the start of the Bush regime], according to a letter released Wednesday from six Democratic lawmakers. The lawmakers say the CIA also withheld information about unspecified "significant actions." [i.e., 9/11] The letter didn't identify when Mr. Panetta made the statements or to what they referred. "This is similar to other deceptions of which we are aware from other recent periods," the letter continued.[Oops! Murdoch's Wall Street Urinal already dropped 'Since 2001' from their headline, lol.]
Child prostitution we can believe in: DynCorp Up On Army Award For Afghanistan Work Worth Up to $7.5B 08 Jul 2009 Shares of DynCorp International Inc. rose Wednesday as the service provider to government agencies and Fluor Corp. were selected over rival KBR Inc. for U.S. contracts worth up to $7.5 billion each to support base-camp operations in Afghanistan. DynCorp and Fluor were notified Tuesday that each won one-year contracts worth as much as $1.5 billion with four one-year options for the same annual amount, Dan Carlson, spokesman for the U.S. Army Sustainment Command, told Dow Jones Newswires. [See: Secrets and Lies: How Secret Bidding and the Shut-Out of Foreign Corporations in Iraqi Reconstruction Violates International Trade Principles By Anupam Chander 24 Apr 2003 "DynCorp received the contract despite its checkered past. Just three years ago, its American employees on U.S. government contracts in Bosnia were allegedly deeply implicated in an international prostitution ring, which included child prostitutes." See also: DynCorp Disgrace (from Insight Magazine) 14 Jan 2002 By Kelly Patricia O’Meara "Middle-aged men having sex with 12- to 15-year-olds was too much for Ben Johnston, a hulking 6-foot-5-inch Texan, and more than a year ago he blew the whistle on his employer, DynCorp, a U.S. contracting company doing business in Bosnia."]
Iraq group calls for further attacks on US troops 08 Jul 2009 An insurgent group linked to al-Qaeda of Iraq urged militants to continue attacks against U.S. forces even after combat troops were pulled from city centres, according to an audiotape released on Wednesday. The Islamic State of Iraq is believed to be affiliated with al Qaeda's main organisation in Iraq, led by Abu Ayyub al-Masri, also known as Abu Hamza al-Muhajir Blackwater, also known as Xe.
Magnitude 5.1 earthquake hits off the coast of OREGON - 537 km (334 miles) W (278°) from Eugene, OR - July 09, 2009 at 03:31:27 PM at epicenter
Magnitude 5.1 - OFF THE COAST OF OREGON
2009 July 10 00:31:27 UTC
Earthquake Details
| Magnitude | 5.1 |
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| Location | 44.550°N, 129.827°W |
| Depth | 26.6 km (16.5 miles) |
| Region | OFF THE COAST OF OREGON |
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| Location Uncertainty | horizontal +/- 10 km (6.2 miles); depth +/- 4.8 km (3.0 miles) |
| Parameters | NST=131, Nph=133, Dmin=480.9 km, Rmss=1.39 sec, Gp=162°, M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=6 |
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| Event ID | us2009ixag |
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