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" Friends and relatives of Awlaki immediately discounted reports the cleric was killed in the raid but the journalist is the first to claim to have spoken with him since the attack"
12.31.2009
CIA suicide bomber was invited on base, report claims
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" A former senior intelligence official told the Associated Press that the man was being courted as an informant and that it was the first time he had been brought inside the camp."
" A former senior intelligence official told the Associated Press that the man was being courted as an informant and that it was the first time he had been brought inside the camp."
Cellphone Encryption Code Is Divulged
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" “We are not recommending people use this information to break the law,” Mr. Nohl said. “What we are doing is trying to goad the world’s wireless operators to use better security.” "
" “We are not recommending people use this information to break the law,” Mr. Nohl said. “What we are doing is trying to goad the world’s wireless operators to use better security.” "
TSA subpoenas bloggers, demands names of sources
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" Frischling said he met with two TSA special agents Tuesday night at his Connecticut home for about three hours and again on Wednesday morning when he was forced to hand over his lap top computer. Frischling said the agents threatened to interfere with his contract to write a blog for KLM Royal Dutch Airlines if he didn't cooperate and provide the name of the person who leaked the memo.
"It literally showed up in my box," Frischling told The Associated Press. "I do not know who it came from." He said he provided the agents a signed statement to that effect."
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Note: I thought journalists were not obligated to reveal their sources. Oh - but bloggers are not journalists we will hear. I'm sorry, but it is from bloggers - and not the corporate media controlled "journalists" that we get any real information any more. That is probably why the information was sent to a blogger and not to a corporate media outlet - after all - the corporate media lied us into two wars. Silencing bloggers is a trend toward tyranny. Why is anyone afraid of "crazy conspiracy theorists" - the public can tell if someone is telling them the truth. Or is that the problem? If we have a government of the people, by the people, and for the people - why in the world are our paid servants hiding information from us?
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UPDATE JANUARY 1, 2010 TSA backs off subpoenas in search for leaker of widely known security directive
" Frischling said he met with two TSA special agents Tuesday night at his Connecticut home for about three hours and again on Wednesday morning when he was forced to hand over his lap top computer. Frischling said the agents threatened to interfere with his contract to write a blog for KLM Royal Dutch Airlines if he didn't cooperate and provide the name of the person who leaked the memo.
"It literally showed up in my box," Frischling told The Associated Press. "I do not know who it came from." He said he provided the agents a signed statement to that effect."
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Note: I thought journalists were not obligated to reveal their sources. Oh - but bloggers are not journalists we will hear. I'm sorry, but it is from bloggers - and not the corporate media controlled "journalists" that we get any real information any more. That is probably why the information was sent to a blogger and not to a corporate media outlet - after all - the corporate media lied us into two wars. Silencing bloggers is a trend toward tyranny. Why is anyone afraid of "crazy conspiracy theorists" - the public can tell if someone is telling them the truth. Or is that the problem? If we have a government of the people, by the people, and for the people - why in the world are our paid servants hiding information from us?
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UPDATE JANUARY 1, 2010 TSA backs off subpoenas in search for leaker of widely known security directive
12.30.2009
The Curious Cancer from the Country of Rothschildlandia
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" The Zionist controlled US is now killing people in Yemen, while financing terror in Iran and the Zionist controlled S&MSM is trumpeting the Iranian dead, as if it were something on the level of Katrina. Meanwhile, the war to control the opium in Afghanistan, the war to loot oil and antiquities in Iraq and the war for control of material transport (in anticipation of the next war in Iran) in Pakistan just keep rolling along like Old Man River. It’s a river of blood is what it is."
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Note: I'm so glad that some out there are willing to say the unpopular - that which the American brainwashed public just can't seem to snap out of - "The Zionist controlled US" - look up Zionist - type in Wolf Blitzer into the search box on this blog and watch the video. It is time to start paying attention to the people giving you the truth - turn off your goddam TV set...
" The Zionist controlled US is now killing people in Yemen, while financing terror in Iran and the Zionist controlled S&MSM is trumpeting the Iranian dead, as if it were something on the level of Katrina. Meanwhile, the war to control the opium in Afghanistan, the war to loot oil and antiquities in Iraq and the war for control of material transport (in anticipation of the next war in Iran) in Pakistan just keep rolling along like Old Man River. It’s a river of blood is what it is."
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Note: I'm so glad that some out there are willing to say the unpopular - that which the American brainwashed public just can't seem to snap out of - "The Zionist controlled US" - look up Zionist - type in Wolf Blitzer into the search box on this blog and watch the video. It is time to start paying attention to the people giving you the truth - turn off your goddam TV set...
Officials: Rush Limbaugh Rushed To Hospital
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" Conservative radio talk host Rush Limbaugh was rushed to a Honolulu hospital on Wednesday afternoon with chest pains, officials said."
" Conservative radio talk host Rush Limbaugh was rushed to a Honolulu hospital on Wednesday afternoon with chest pains, officials said."
Obama ends Bush secrecy policy, launches ‘declassification center’
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" In an executive order issued Tuesday, President Barack Obama ended a Bush-era policy that allowed the head of the US's intelligence agencies to have the final word on the declassification of documents"
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Note: I'm just sitting here waiting for something good to say about our peace-loving president. Perhaps this is the second move he's made I can say thanks for - the first being getting the insane Feds off the cannabis people out in California. The people supporting the war on marijuana remind me of the inquisition. Anybody sending a person to jail for smoking a plant is simply insane.
" In an executive order issued Tuesday, President Barack Obama ended a Bush-era policy that allowed the head of the US's intelligence agencies to have the final word on the declassification of documents"
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Note: I'm just sitting here waiting for something good to say about our peace-loving president. Perhaps this is the second move he's made I can say thanks for - the first being getting the insane Feds off the cannabis people out in California. The people supporting the war on marijuana remind me of the inquisition. Anybody sending a person to jail for smoking a plant is simply insane.
Was the Afghan Bomb Attack an Inside Job?
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" (CBS) It all happened at a well-fortified combat outpost in Eastern Afghanistan. Somehow a suicide bomber was able to bring his explosives on the base, walk up to a group of American civilians and blow himself up. It will take an investigation to determine how he did it.
But the outpost is located in the middle of a notorious stronghold for Afghan insurgents near the border with Pakistan, reports CBS News correspondent David Martin. "
" (CBS) It all happened at a well-fortified combat outpost in Eastern Afghanistan. Somehow a suicide bomber was able to bring his explosives on the base, walk up to a group of American civilians and blow himself up. It will take an investigation to determine how he did it.
But the outpost is located in the middle of a notorious stronghold for Afghan insurgents near the border with Pakistan, reports CBS News correspondent David Martin. "
Israel Rules
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" On Christmas eve when Christians were celebrating the Prince of Peace, the New York Times delivered forth a call for war. “There’s only one way to stop Iran,” declared Alan J. Kuperman, and that is “military air strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities.” [There’s Only One Way to Stop Iran, December 23, 2009 ]
Kuperman is described as the “director of the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Program at the University of Texas at Austin,” but his Christmas eve call to war relies on disinformation and contradiction, not on objective scholarly analysis."
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Note: PCR is one of my favorite writers
" On Christmas eve when Christians were celebrating the Prince of Peace, the New York Times delivered forth a call for war. “There’s only one way to stop Iran,” declared Alan J. Kuperman, and that is “military air strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities.” [There’s Only One Way to Stop Iran, December 23, 2009 ]
Kuperman is described as the “director of the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Program at the University of Texas at Austin,” but his Christmas eve call to war relies on disinformation and contradiction, not on objective scholarly analysis."
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Note: PCR is one of my favorite writers
8 Americans die in suicide blast in Afghanistan
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" A senior U.S. official in Washington said the Americans were killed by an attacker wearing a suicide vest."
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Note: I suppose this is one of the people thrilled that America has come to Afghanistan to free them. I'd say somebody has to be pretty upset with something you are doing to commit an act like this. I wonder why he didn't greet our troops with flowers if we are doing such a great job bringing freedom to Afghanistan? Or is that AfPakistan now?
" A senior U.S. official in Washington said the Americans were killed by an attacker wearing a suicide vest."
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Note: I suppose this is one of the people thrilled that America has come to Afghanistan to free them. I'd say somebody has to be pretty upset with something you are doing to commit an act like this. I wonder why he didn't greet our troops with flowers if we are doing such a great job bringing freedom to Afghanistan? Or is that AfPakistan now?
12.29.2009
Oconomowoc Family Survives Terrorist Attempt-witnessed incident videotaping
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"Her daughter said that ahead of them was a man who videotaped the entire flight, including the attempted detonation.
"He sat up and videotaped the entire thing, very calmly," said Patricia. "We do know that the FBI is looking for him intensely. Since then, we've heard nothing about it.""
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Note: The FBI is looking for him? What is their budget again? What limitations are they facing? What is wrong with this picture?
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"Her daughter said that ahead of them was a man who videotaped the entire flight, including the attempted detonation.
"He sat up and videotaped the entire thing, very calmly," said Patricia. "We do know that the FBI is looking for him intensely. Since then, we've heard nothing about it.""
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Note: The FBI is looking for him? What is their budget again? What limitations are they facing? What is wrong with this picture?
There is an audio link on linked page
Couple stranded 3 days after GPS leads them astray
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" The couple was well-equipped for winter travel, carrying food, water and warm clothes, the sheriff said.
"Their statement was, being prepared saved their life," he said."
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Note: I've had a similar experience recently - if you don't pay the protection money for the software update you'd better bring a map and compass.
" The couple was well-equipped for winter travel, carrying food, water and warm clothes, the sheriff said.
"Their statement was, being prepared saved their life," he said."
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Note: I've had a similar experience recently - if you don't pay the protection money for the software update you'd better bring a map and compass.
Ben Stein calls Ron Paul antisemitic on Larry King-Video
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" Ron Paul appeared on Larry King Live on CNN this evening along with Ben Stein and Sheila Jackson Lee to discuss the recent thwarted terrorist attack. After Paul gives his now famous view that they “attack us because we are over there” Ben Stein calls Paul antisemitic which solicits a demand for an apology by Paul. Paul characterizes it as a “vicious attack”."
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Note: How any reasonable person can call Ron Paul anti-semitic with the expectation anyone would take them seriously is beyond me. Recognize this unfounded attack for what it is - an attempt to smear Ron Paul. Look at Ron Paul's record - listen to his reasonable discussions and make up your own mind. As for me I already know this attack is an attempt to side-track a discussion that would reveal truth were it allowed to continue without mud-slinging.
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UPDATE DEC 29, 2009 Read more Tactics of desperation: using false accusations of ìanti-Semitismî as a weapon to silence criticism of IsraelÃs behaviour
" Ron Paul appeared on Larry King Live on CNN this evening along with Ben Stein and Sheila Jackson Lee to discuss the recent thwarted terrorist attack. After Paul gives his now famous view that they “attack us because we are over there” Ben Stein calls Paul antisemitic which solicits a demand for an apology by Paul. Paul characterizes it as a “vicious attack”."
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Note: How any reasonable person can call Ron Paul anti-semitic with the expectation anyone would take them seriously is beyond me. Recognize this unfounded attack for what it is - an attempt to smear Ron Paul. Look at Ron Paul's record - listen to his reasonable discussions and make up your own mind. As for me I already know this attack is an attempt to side-track a discussion that would reveal truth were it allowed to continue without mud-slinging.
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UPDATE DEC 29, 2009 Read more Tactics of desperation: using false accusations of ìanti-Semitismî as a weapon to silence criticism of IsraelÃs behaviour
US liberal patriarch blasts Obama for Afghan surge
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" "Even if we had a good case for a war in Afghanistan, we simply cannot afford to wage it," McGovern wrote. "With a 12-trillion-dollar debt and a serious economic recession, this is not a time for unnecessary wars abroad. We should bring our soldiers home before any more of them are killed or wounded -- and before our national debt explodes.""
" "Even if we had a good case for a war in Afghanistan, we simply cannot afford to wage it," McGovern wrote. "With a 12-trillion-dollar debt and a serious economic recession, this is not a time for unnecessary wars abroad. We should bring our soldiers home before any more of them are killed or wounded -- and before our national debt explodes.""
Newport couple witnesses to airliner attack
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" Once grounded, the passengers were left on board for about 20 minutes before being escorted inside the airport to customs, where they were kept for about six hours without the ability to contact family.
"It was sad and disorganized," Mr. Haskell said. "They didn’t seem to be prepared."
A bomb-sniffing dog was sent in to check the bags, and something was detected in another passenger’s carry-on bag, Mr. Haskell said.
"I can’t believe they let us stand by him for almost an hour," he said.
The security in Amsterdam was similar to the United States, Mr. Haskell said, but he still is baffled how a person without a passport would be allowed to board a plane.
"I’m concerned that someone with a one-way ticket, no passport and no luggage could just get on a flight," he said."
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Note: Does it seem contrary to the ostensible purpose of the entire excercise that there is absolutely no regard to the safety or rights of the public? Let me guess - the public is herded like cattle and abused for their own safety. What exactly are we the people gaining from all of this when we the people are the ones that must suffer and pay for this madness? Has anyone in power other than Ron Paul, Dennis Kucinich and maybe a handful of others ever considered that if we stop dropping bombs on other people and wiping out their families that we might be able to make friends with them? By the way - I'm still waiting for an acceptable definition of "War on Terror." What a fraud.
" Once grounded, the passengers were left on board for about 20 minutes before being escorted inside the airport to customs, where they were kept for about six hours without the ability to contact family.
"It was sad and disorganized," Mr. Haskell said. "They didn’t seem to be prepared."
A bomb-sniffing dog was sent in to check the bags, and something was detected in another passenger’s carry-on bag, Mr. Haskell said.
"I can’t believe they let us stand by him for almost an hour," he said.
The security in Amsterdam was similar to the United States, Mr. Haskell said, but he still is baffled how a person without a passport would be allowed to board a plane.
"I’m concerned that someone with a one-way ticket, no passport and no luggage could just get on a flight," he said."
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Note: Does it seem contrary to the ostensible purpose of the entire excercise that there is absolutely no regard to the safety or rights of the public? Let me guess - the public is herded like cattle and abused for their own safety. What exactly are we the people gaining from all of this when we the people are the ones that must suffer and pay for this madness? Has anyone in power other than Ron Paul, Dennis Kucinich and maybe a handful of others ever considered that if we stop dropping bombs on other people and wiping out their families that we might be able to make friends with them? By the way - I'm still waiting for an acceptable definition of "War on Terror." What a fraud.
12.28.2009
Video: Chuck (Gun Grabber) Schumer: "One of the most important things I do - guarding Israel"
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Note: Is it me or is America not that important in this speech? Listen to all the rhetoric about how Obama is going to free us from a dependence on foreign oil - now look at the actions of said leaders. Looks like war for Israel to me. Schumer - to me at least - seems like a violent religious extremist - and he has been at the forefront of stripping Americans of their right to bear arms. I wonder why? This joker needs a new deck of cards - he has nothing to do with preserving the Bill of Rights does he?
Anyone trying to convince us that they have the power to take away our rights, as spelled out in the Bill of Rights - is my enemy. Schumer fits the description.
12.27.2009
Fresh spill at Exxon Valdez site creates three-mile-long oil slick
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" The tug had been scouting shipping lanes for ice when it struck the same rock that did for the Exxon Valdez on March 24, 1989, spilling 11 million gallons of crude into the sea in the worst US oil disaster."
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Note: Exxon with record profits has never paid up. Corporations are your master my good friend - either fight it or get used to it. I hope you like the taste of oil.
" The tug had been scouting shipping lanes for ice when it struck the same rock that did for the Exxon Valdez on March 24, 1989, spilling 11 million gallons of crude into the sea in the worst US oil disaster."
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Note: Exxon with record profits has never paid up. Corporations are your master my good friend - either fight it or get used to it. I hope you like the taste of oil.
Lieberman: Yemen will be 'tomorrow's war' if pre-emptive action not taken
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" The Connecticut senator said that an administration official told him that "Iraq was yesterday's war, Afghanistan is today's war. If we don't act preemptively, Yemen will be tomorrow's war.""
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Note: Dear Senator Liebersnivel - go get a gun and a helmet and a pair of boots you pile of dung and fight the war yourself. You are so generous with the blood of American kids. You are so ready to go to war. But you yourself never go to war do you? Who voted for this vicious bloodthirsty stain?
" The Connecticut senator said that an administration official told him that "Iraq was yesterday's war, Afghanistan is today's war. If we don't act preemptively, Yemen will be tomorrow's war.""
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Note: Dear Senator Liebersnivel - go get a gun and a helmet and a pair of boots you pile of dung and fight the war yourself. You are so generous with the blood of American kids. You are so ready to go to war. But you yourself never go to war do you? Who voted for this vicious bloodthirsty stain?
NATO says no deadline for Afghan troop withdrawal
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" KABUL (Reuters) - The head of NATO said on Tuesday there would be no deadline for the exit of allied troops from Afghanistan, as fears grow among Afghans that foreign forces will leave before their own troops are able to guarantee security."
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Note: Does it sound reasonable to bring your children to the rifle range after soccer practice? After all - war without end mean YOUR KIDS WILL GO EVENTUALLY.
" KABUL (Reuters) - The head of NATO said on Tuesday there would be no deadline for the exit of allied troops from Afghanistan, as fears grow among Afghans that foreign forces will leave before their own troops are able to guarantee security."
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Note: Does it sound reasonable to bring your children to the rifle range after soccer practice? After all - war without end mean YOUR KIDS WILL GO EVENTUALLY.
Something's Not Right Here-video
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" One year after the great collapse of our financial system, Wall Street is back on top while our politicians dither. As for health care reform, you're about to be forced to buy insurance from companies whose stock is soaring, and that's just dandy with the White House.
Truth is, our capitol's being looted, republicans are acting like the town rowdies, the sheriff is firing blanks, and powerful Democrats in Congress are in cahoots with the gang that's pulling the heist. This is not capitalism at work. It's capital. Raw money, mounds of it, buying politicians and policy as if they were futures on the hog market.
Here to talk about all this are two journalists who don't pull their punches. Robert Kuttner is an economist who helped create and now co-edits the progressive magazine THE AMERICAN PROSPECT, and the author of the book OBAMA'S CHALLENGE, among others.
Also with me is Matt Taibbi, who covers politics for ROLLING STONE magazine where he is a contributing editor. He's made a name for himself writing in a no-holds-barred, often profane, but always informative and stimulating style that gets under the skin of the powerful. His most recent article is "Obama's Big Sellout," about the President's team of economic advisers and their Wall Street connections. It's been burning up the blogosphere. Welcome to both of you."
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Note: Where have these guys been? Perhaps living in a cave in Afpakistan? None of them have the common sense to know 911 was an inside job. None of them have the common sense to see that WTC7 is a controlled demo. As usual - all a day late and a dollar short. And all part of the media problem plaguing America.
" One year after the great collapse of our financial system, Wall Street is back on top while our politicians dither. As for health care reform, you're about to be forced to buy insurance from companies whose stock is soaring, and that's just dandy with the White House.
Truth is, our capitol's being looted, republicans are acting like the town rowdies, the sheriff is firing blanks, and powerful Democrats in Congress are in cahoots with the gang that's pulling the heist. This is not capitalism at work. It's capital. Raw money, mounds of it, buying politicians and policy as if they were futures on the hog market.
Here to talk about all this are two journalists who don't pull their punches. Robert Kuttner is an economist who helped create and now co-edits the progressive magazine THE AMERICAN PROSPECT, and the author of the book OBAMA'S CHALLENGE, among others.
Also with me is Matt Taibbi, who covers politics for ROLLING STONE magazine where he is a contributing editor. He's made a name for himself writing in a no-holds-barred, often profane, but always informative and stimulating style that gets under the skin of the powerful. His most recent article is "Obama's Big Sellout," about the President's team of economic advisers and their Wall Street connections. It's been burning up the blogosphere. Welcome to both of you."
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Note: Where have these guys been? Perhaps living in a cave in Afpakistan? None of them have the common sense to know 911 was an inside job. None of them have the common sense to see that WTC7 is a controlled demo. As usual - all a day late and a dollar short. And all part of the media problem plaguing America.
Feds probing many ties of banker Allen Stanford and U.S. Congress
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" The ties between indicted banker Allen Stanford and members of Congress -- including millions in contributions and weekends in five-star Caribbean resorts -- are now the subject of a sweeping federal investigation"
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Note: What took so long? Our secret police have such power and funding - where is the preventative capability? After all they let a guy on a plane with a bomb. Seems like they are wasting my money.
" The ties between indicted banker Allen Stanford and members of Congress -- including millions in contributions and weekends in five-star Caribbean resorts -- are now the subject of a sweeping federal investigation"
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Note: What took so long? Our secret police have such power and funding - where is the preventative capability? After all they let a guy on a plane with a bomb. Seems like they are wasting my money.
12.26.2009
Why I Fear for my Country
For the first time I'm scared. I mean really scared. For the first time in my lifetime it looks like America may actually be coming to an end.
As I traveled over the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays I payed special attention to the public. At gas stations and shopping centers - I took the time to observe. We are doomed. These people have nothing, know nothing, and are not interested. Talk about rabble.
As I spoke to members of my family at holiday celebrations - about topics foreign to me - like what's going on with their favorite TV show... my heart sank. No hope.
As I browsed the web to see the most recent joke of a terrorist attack - just enough not to cause property damage but just enough to scare the cringing American soccer-moms - I just stared. The conversation in the background continued - I didn't participate.
America is presently doomed. I've not even had the energy to do much blogging - since the words seem to fall on a mass of sheep intent on filling their stomachs. These are not citizens - they are consumers - oblivious to the death and destruction spread in their names.
The American citizen has become a penniless tool of credit card companies - unable to perform their duty as citizen since they cannot collect enough brain energy to grasp the mind-fuck under which they live. They live for a few moments between jobs - or rides to their children's activities, while monsters blow their still-uncollected tax money on expensive robot-drones used to kill "terrorists" - whatever they are. Ask an American what a terrorist is - you might as well ask a cinderblock.
We need a plan, leadership, and decisive action to save America. Our leaders have failed us. Many are being blackmailed. Unless those of us with the answers are taken seriously in public and supported this country is gone.
But maybe I'm wrong - that there really are Americans out there. That there are people who understand that anyone pretending that they have the power to take away their rights is a traitor and an enemy.
In the coming year it will be of the utmost importance to educate, invigorate and galvanize all. The American public is up against an organized force of thieves, liars and power-hungry oligarchs with the means, motive and opportunity to take everything. But what does it matter?
Our Bill of Rights is the only thing we have right now. There is absolutely no respect given to the Constitution of the United States - Why? Why when we have a so-called constitutional scholar in the White House? Perhaps the best way to undermine the Constitution is with someone who understands it best. And I've concluded from my holiday observations that no one is looking out for the American citizen regarding the Constitution of the United States. Especially not the American citizen. No - they cling to their belief that "somebody cares" - or maybe they are so ignorant of the theft of the only thing they have that matters - unique in time - and unique in world history - their Bill of Rights and Constitution - ...
I am concerned that the media is useless providing zero feedback to the population so elections can work. I am concerned that our elections are stolen - by companies who can give a paper receipt for a bank transaction at an ATM but not at the election booth. I am concerned that we have mercenary armies raping and pillaging half the planet with our money but not representing our ideals. I am concerned that our elected representatives, blackmailed, are using mercenaries to continue wars that have no support here in the United States. I am concerned that false-flag operations are constantly used, with the support of a phony news media - to stampede the American public into actions contrary to their freedoms. That's treason by the way.
For the first time in my life I've heard stable even-tempered adults discussing violent revolution. How crazy is that? Is that what it is going to take?
Where is the FBI on 911 Truth? AWOL. Our insane alphabet-soup agencies, CIA, NSA and the rest of them are simply a bunch of robotic brainwashed idiots - running around the world sticking their noses in everyone else's business - then when their nation-building antics backfire - we, the American public, are supposed to sit here and accept the police state required to maintain this madness. How about no?
How about no more prisons? How about no more cops running around with automatic rifles in this "land of the free and home of the brave?" How about some real change we can believe in?
Obama is a fraud, a liar, and as far as I am concerned a traitor. He is a one-world government con-artist with no respect for what America really stands for. He is a front-man for a group of con-artists - troops to Yemen, Columbia, Pakistan - continue the war in Afghanistan, Iraq, saber-rattling toward Iran. Is this clown for real? Why doesn't he declare war on the North Pole? Or is that a coming attraction?
Here in Charlottesville, Virginia we've recently been buried under a blanket of snow too high to drive through with most Jeeps. The entire town crippled - couldn't plow our own roads. What if Al Quaida attacked then? People were stuck in their cars overnight - no emergency crews could reach them. Yeah - we are really a superpower. Meanwhile our military is deployed the world over to save everything.
2010 must be the year of the plan. We need leadership, ideas and action. We need to shit-can our members of the House of Representatives - the first place to look - who don't know what a Bill of Rights is. We need to kick out anybody trampling on that Bill of Rights. Then we need to start working out from there.
Our dysfunctional House of Representatives is the starting line - the first place to focus all actions. And we need them to tackle the big issues - like 911 Truth and these phony wars. Anybody using the term "War on Terror" needs to be fired - period.
I guess I've ranted enough - I just hope some of this sank in. We are in big, big trouble here in America - and if we don't get organized and unite as Americans - we'll be saluting a new flag very very soon.
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UPDATE DEC 27, 2009 Read more Obama—Israel’s Puppet
UPDATE DEC 27, 2009 Read more here:
UPDATE DEC 27, 2009 IN Response to commenters on Al Quaida - I use the term in the sense of the "scared terrorized American's" viewpoint - I was trying to say that the best time for an attack is while the victim is under a blanket of impassable snow with un-usable roads - good time for a terrorist attack since response would be impossible. I thought this might make my fellow citizens realize that instead of being more prepared to face the boogieman we are completely vulnerable in the most basic ways. My apologies for lack of clarity - my writing style - well... I'm working on it. JR
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UPDATE DEC 27, 2009 Read more THE FBI IS AWOL on 911 Forensics:
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UPDATE DEC 27, 2009 Read more Northwest Bomb Plot 'Oddities' By Lori Price
UPDATE DEC 27, 2009 Read more TAKE A LOOK
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UPDATE DEC 29, 2009 Read more Without draft and war tax, Afghanistan is just a folly
As I traveled over the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays I payed special attention to the public. At gas stations and shopping centers - I took the time to observe. We are doomed. These people have nothing, know nothing, and are not interested. Talk about rabble.
As I spoke to members of my family at holiday celebrations - about topics foreign to me - like what's going on with their favorite TV show... my heart sank. No hope.
As I browsed the web to see the most recent joke of a terrorist attack - just enough not to cause property damage but just enough to scare the cringing American soccer-moms - I just stared. The conversation in the background continued - I didn't participate.
America is presently doomed. I've not even had the energy to do much blogging - since the words seem to fall on a mass of sheep intent on filling their stomachs. These are not citizens - they are consumers - oblivious to the death and destruction spread in their names.
The American citizen has become a penniless tool of credit card companies - unable to perform their duty as citizen since they cannot collect enough brain energy to grasp the mind-fuck under which they live. They live for a few moments between jobs - or rides to their children's activities, while monsters blow their still-uncollected tax money on expensive robot-drones used to kill "terrorists" - whatever they are. Ask an American what a terrorist is - you might as well ask a cinderblock.
We need a plan, leadership, and decisive action to save America. Our leaders have failed us. Many are being blackmailed. Unless those of us with the answers are taken seriously in public and supported this country is gone.
But maybe I'm wrong - that there really are Americans out there. That there are people who understand that anyone pretending that they have the power to take away their rights is a traitor and an enemy.
In the coming year it will be of the utmost importance to educate, invigorate and galvanize all. The American public is up against an organized force of thieves, liars and power-hungry oligarchs with the means, motive and opportunity to take everything. But what does it matter?
Our Bill of Rights is the only thing we have right now. There is absolutely no respect given to the Constitution of the United States - Why? Why when we have a so-called constitutional scholar in the White House? Perhaps the best way to undermine the Constitution is with someone who understands it best. And I've concluded from my holiday observations that no one is looking out for the American citizen regarding the Constitution of the United States. Especially not the American citizen. No - they cling to their belief that "somebody cares" - or maybe they are so ignorant of the theft of the only thing they have that matters - unique in time - and unique in world history - their Bill of Rights and Constitution - ...
I am concerned that the media is useless providing zero feedback to the population so elections can work. I am concerned that our elections are stolen - by companies who can give a paper receipt for a bank transaction at an ATM but not at the election booth. I am concerned that we have mercenary armies raping and pillaging half the planet with our money but not representing our ideals. I am concerned that our elected representatives, blackmailed, are using mercenaries to continue wars that have no support here in the United States. I am concerned that false-flag operations are constantly used, with the support of a phony news media - to stampede the American public into actions contrary to their freedoms. That's treason by the way.
For the first time in my life I've heard stable even-tempered adults discussing violent revolution. How crazy is that? Is that what it is going to take?
Where is the FBI on 911 Truth? AWOL. Our insane alphabet-soup agencies, CIA, NSA and the rest of them are simply a bunch of robotic brainwashed idiots - running around the world sticking their noses in everyone else's business - then when their nation-building antics backfire - we, the American public, are supposed to sit here and accept the police state required to maintain this madness. How about no?
How about no more prisons? How about no more cops running around with automatic rifles in this "land of the free and home of the brave?" How about some real change we can believe in?
Obama is a fraud, a liar, and as far as I am concerned a traitor. He is a one-world government con-artist with no respect for what America really stands for. He is a front-man for a group of con-artists - troops to Yemen, Columbia, Pakistan - continue the war in Afghanistan, Iraq, saber-rattling toward Iran. Is this clown for real? Why doesn't he declare war on the North Pole? Or is that a coming attraction?
Here in Charlottesville, Virginia we've recently been buried under a blanket of snow too high to drive through with most Jeeps. The entire town crippled - couldn't plow our own roads. What if Al Quaida attacked then? People were stuck in their cars overnight - no emergency crews could reach them. Yeah - we are really a superpower. Meanwhile our military is deployed the world over to save everything.
2010 must be the year of the plan. We need leadership, ideas and action. We need to shit-can our members of the House of Representatives - the first place to look - who don't know what a Bill of Rights is. We need to kick out anybody trampling on that Bill of Rights. Then we need to start working out from there.
Our dysfunctional House of Representatives is the starting line - the first place to focus all actions. And we need them to tackle the big issues - like 911 Truth and these phony wars. Anybody using the term "War on Terror" needs to be fired - period.
I guess I've ranted enough - I just hope some of this sank in. We are in big, big trouble here in America - and if we don't get organized and unite as Americans - we'll be saluting a new flag very very soon.
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UPDATE DEC 27, 2009 Read more Obama—Israel’s Puppet
UPDATE DEC 27, 2009 Read more here:
UPDATE DEC 27, 2009 IN Response to commenters on Al Quaida - I use the term in the sense of the "scared terrorized American's" viewpoint - I was trying to say that the best time for an attack is while the victim is under a blanket of impassable snow with un-usable roads - good time for a terrorist attack since response would be impossible. I thought this might make my fellow citizens realize that instead of being more prepared to face the boogieman we are completely vulnerable in the most basic ways. My apologies for lack of clarity - my writing style - well... I'm working on it. JR
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UPDATE DEC 27, 2009 Read more THE FBI IS AWOL on 911 Forensics:
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UPDATE DEC 27, 2009 Read more Northwest Bomb Plot 'Oddities' By Lori Price
UPDATE DEC 27, 2009 Read more TAKE A LOOK
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UPDATE DEC 29, 2009 Read more Without draft and war tax, Afghanistan is just a folly
Superpower
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Note: I wish Noam Chomsky would shut his face since he asked the question regarding 911 "Who cares?" I care. I care why I'm supposed to give up my rights because a bunch of crooks says so.
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UPDATE DEC 26, 2009 Read more CHOMSKY: See no Evil...
Richard Gage Speaking at the Japanese Diet on Dec, 8th, 2009, Part 1
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Note: Here is the playlist to see entire sequence
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=B947B0EFFA85051B
The FBI tracks Studs Terkel and comes up with...
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Note: His book "The Good War" is one of my favorites. I wonder if any of our secret police took the time to read his books.
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Note: His book "The Good War" is one of my favorites. I wonder if any of our secret police took the time to read his books.
Airports tighten security after failed terror attempt (everywhere except where it matters)
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" Officials in the Mideast and in India said they were maintaining their current procedures, which they said were already high.
Little was different at the airport in Lagos, Nigeria, where the man's trip originated. Soldiers impassively stared at those passing into the departure terminal Saturday. Others sat and talked among themselves, loaded rifles tossed over their shoulders.
Passengers moved quickly through security, waiting only for immigration officers to examine passports and visas. A battered X-ray machine quickly passed over suitcases and shoes. Federal airport authority spokesman spokesman Akin Olukunle said the airport had no bomb-sniffing dogs but was considering getting some."
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Note: This oughta' keep America scared and docile for a while.
" Officials in the Mideast and in India said they were maintaining their current procedures, which they said were already high.
Little was different at the airport in Lagos, Nigeria, where the man's trip originated. Soldiers impassively stared at those passing into the departure terminal Saturday. Others sat and talked among themselves, loaded rifles tossed over their shoulders.
Passengers moved quickly through security, waiting only for immigration officers to examine passports and visas. A battered X-ray machine quickly passed over suitcases and shoes. Federal airport authority spokesman spokesman Akin Olukunle said the airport had no bomb-sniffing dogs but was considering getting some."
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Note: This oughta' keep America scared and docile for a while.
Foiled Terrorist Bombing in Detroit: An Excuse to Expand the Bogus War On Terror
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" The explosion of what witnesses describe as a firecracker on Northwest Airlines Flight 253 from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas arrives at an opportune time for the Obama administration. The alleged perpetrator, Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab, like shoe bomber Richard Reid before him, appears to be an incompetent patsy. Mutallab told investigators he was on a mission from al-Qaeda and he got the explosive materials for the botched attack in Yemen."
" The explosion of what witnesses describe as a firecracker on Northwest Airlines Flight 253 from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas arrives at an opportune time for the Obama administration. The alleged perpetrator, Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab, like shoe bomber Richard Reid before him, appears to be an incompetent patsy. Mutallab told investigators he was on a mission from al-Qaeda and he got the explosive materials for the botched attack in Yemen."
Break the CIA in Two
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" Covert action and analysis do not belong together in the same agency — never have, never will. That these two very different tasks were thrown together is an accident of history, one that it is high time to acknowledge and to fix."
" Covert action and analysis do not belong together in the same agency — never have, never will. That these two very different tasks were thrown together is an accident of history, one that it is high time to acknowledge and to fix."
China unveils 'world's fastest train link' while US trains flounder
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" In September, officials said they planned to build 42 high-speed lines by 2012 in a massive system overhaul as part of efforts to spur economic growth amid the global downturn.
The network uses technology developed in co-operation with foreign firms such as Siemens, Bombardier and Alstom."
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Read more Northeast train problems strand holiday travelers
" In September, officials said they planned to build 42 high-speed lines by 2012 in a massive system overhaul as part of efforts to spur economic growth amid the global downturn.
The network uses technology developed in co-operation with foreign firms such as Siemens, Bombardier and Alstom."
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Note: I am sure similar plans are underway here in the US...well maybe not...
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Read more Northeast train problems strand holiday travelers
Company Recalls Beef in 6 State
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" On Thursday, National Steak and Poultry began a voluntary recall of 248,000 pounds of beef products marketed under its name as well as under names that include Carino's Boneless Beef and Moe's Beef Steak."
" On Thursday, National Steak and Poultry began a voluntary recall of 248,000 pounds of beef products marketed under its name as well as under names that include Carino's Boneless Beef and Moe's Beef Steak."
Investigators: Northwest Bomb Plot Planned by al Qaeda in Yemen
Note: Well I guess this means mind-readers deployed our troops recently to Yemen - at first glance this looks like a crock of sh#t. What kind of master bomb maker are we talking about here?
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UPDATE DEC 26, 2009 Read more Hoekstra Quickly Politicizes Attempted Terrorist Attack, Suggests Obama’s Clueless On National Security
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UPDATE DEC 26, 2009 Read more Hoekstra Quickly Politicizes Attempted Terrorist Attack, Suggests Obama’s Clueless On National Security
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12.25.2009
3rd electric vehicle maker eyeing Elkhart County
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" According to paperwork filed for the tax abatement, Think would open a plant at a vacant building north of Middlebury. It would invest $24.76 million in new machinery through 2013 and the 415 workers would earn an average of $33,253.
Think would save about 50 percent on property taxes over 10 years, or about $500,000. Kemeny said Think also is pursuing state and federal incentives."
" According to paperwork filed for the tax abatement, Think would open a plant at a vacant building north of Middlebury. It would invest $24.76 million in new machinery through 2013 and the 415 workers would earn an average of $33,253.
Think would save about 50 percent on property taxes over 10 years, or about $500,000. Kemeny said Think also is pursuing state and federal incentives."
Bernanke wins Banking Committee approval for second term, 16-7
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" The Senate Banking Committee voted Thursday to confirm Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to a second term despite growing dissatisfaction over his handling of last year’s economic meltdown."
" The Senate Banking Committee voted Thursday to confirm Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to a second term despite growing dissatisfaction over his handling of last year’s economic meltdown."
McChrystal: Getting bin Laden key to defeating al Qaida
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" WASHNGTON — Days after his boss said that there was no new intelligence on the whereabouts of al Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan told Congress Tuesday that killing or capturing bin Laden is critical to defeating the terrorist organization.
Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top Afghanistan commander, said, however, that he could not promise that his new military strategy would lead to bin Laden's capture because when the al Qaida leader moves outside of Afghanistan, chasing after him "is outside my mandate.""
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Note: But....Osama bin Laden has been dead since December 2001...oh well - we all know the war is about opium and pipeline stuff - and the bin Laden thing is a lie fed to the American public to get the war going. It would be nice if the warmongers could, just out of respect for the public which they have none, would at least get their stories straight. But they have no respect for the American public - they just need to get on with their war regardless of facts - just keep the propaganda going while our roads go unplowed. What a joke.
" WASHNGTON — Days after his boss said that there was no new intelligence on the whereabouts of al Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan told Congress Tuesday that killing or capturing bin Laden is critical to defeating the terrorist organization.
Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top Afghanistan commander, said, however, that he could not promise that his new military strategy would lead to bin Laden's capture because when the al Qaida leader moves outside of Afghanistan, chasing after him "is outside my mandate.""
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Note: But....Osama bin Laden has been dead since December 2001...oh well - we all know the war is about opium and pipeline stuff - and the bin Laden thing is a lie fed to the American public to get the war going. It would be nice if the warmongers could, just out of respect for the public which they have none, would at least get their stories straight. But they have no respect for the American public - they just need to get on with their war regardless of facts - just keep the propaganda going while our roads go unplowed. What a joke.
Army's new all-terrain vehicle debuts in Afghanistan
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" On Afghanistan's rough dirt roads, however, the new $500,000 to $1 million Mine Resistant Ambush Protected All Terrain Vehicle is a major improvement over the massive Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle it's replacing, soldiers say. The M-ATV is tailored to Afghanistan, at least parts of it, and the Pentagon is sending about 5,000 of them to the battlefield."
" On Afghanistan's rough dirt roads, however, the new $500,000 to $1 million Mine Resistant Ambush Protected All Terrain Vehicle is a major improvement over the massive Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle it's replacing, soldiers say. The M-ATV is tailored to Afghanistan, at least parts of it, and the Pentagon is sending about 5,000 of them to the battlefield."
America’s Stonehenge: A Classic Whodunit and Whydunit
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" America’s Stonehenge (105 Haverhill Road, Salem, N.H.; 603-893-8300, stonehengeusa.com) is open year round. Admission prices are $9.50 for adults, $8.50 for 65 and older, $6.50 for children ages 6 to 12 and free under 5."
" America’s Stonehenge (105 Haverhill Road, Salem, N.H.; 603-893-8300, stonehengeusa.com) is open year round. Admission prices are $9.50 for adults, $8.50 for 65 and older, $6.50 for children ages 6 to 12 and free under 5."
Google Loses in French Copyright Case
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" The court in Paris ruled against Google after a publishing group, La Martinière, backed by publishers and authors, argued that the industry was being exploited by Google’s Book Search program, which was started in 2005."
" The court in Paris ruled against Google after a publishing group, La Martinière, backed by publishers and authors, argued that the industry was being exploited by Google’s Book Search program, which was started in 2005."
12.24.2009
White House picks new cyber coordinator
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" Obama has tapped Howard A. Schmidt, longtime computer security executive who worked in the Bush administration and has extensive ties to the corporate world, according to a senior White House official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the announcement will not be made until Tuesday."
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Note: The more things change the more they stay the same - why?
" Obama has tapped Howard A. Schmidt, longtime computer security executive who worked in the Bush administration and has extensive ties to the corporate world, according to a senior White House official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the announcement will not be made until Tuesday."
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Note: The more things change the more they stay the same - why?
MedImmune recalling swine flu vaccine-FDA
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" The company is the second to recall H1N1 swine flu vaccine in the past month. Sanofi-Aventis SA (SASY.PA) (SNY.N) on Dec. 15 recalled 800,000 doses of its pediatric H1N1 swine flu vaccine because it is not as potent as it should be.
MedImmune said in a statement the recall involves unused doses of 13 specific lots of 2009 H1N1 nasal spray vaccine, because of a slight decrease in potency that was detected during regular checks."
" The company is the second to recall H1N1 swine flu vaccine in the past month. Sanofi-Aventis SA (SASY.PA) (SNY.N) on Dec. 15 recalled 800,000 doses of its pediatric H1N1 swine flu vaccine because it is not as potent as it should be.
MedImmune said in a statement the recall involves unused doses of 13 specific lots of 2009 H1N1 nasal spray vaccine, because of a slight decrease in potency that was detected during regular checks."
Obama Continues to Privatize America's Imperial Wars
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" The Pentagon has methodically insulated its wars from most of U.S. civil society. "For the United States, war has devolved to a matter of contracts, a multi-trillion dollar cash cow for corporations, a self-perpetuating financial bubble that feeds the planet’s most dangerous and nonproductive, useless classes." The mercenary is the ideal corporate warrior."
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Note: Good reason for a draft - I used to be against the concept - not any more. Public is not engaged due to insulation from the bloodbath.
" The Pentagon has methodically insulated its wars from most of U.S. civil society. "For the United States, war has devolved to a matter of contracts, a multi-trillion dollar cash cow for corporations, a self-perpetuating financial bubble that feeds the planet’s most dangerous and nonproductive, useless classes." The mercenary is the ideal corporate warrior."
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Note: Good reason for a draft - I used to be against the concept - not any more. Public is not engaged due to insulation from the bloodbath.
Congressman Mike Capuano and Ed Markey get scientific proof of Thermite in 9/11 dust samples.
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Note: The BIG LIE, as Hitler knew - just too much to fathom but we all know the fires were 1000 degrees under-temp and you just can't knock down three buildings with two airplanes. 911 really is the cornerstone of our problems - such a dark and disgusting crime it really is almost embarrassing. Our house of reps better get their shit together on this or they will face the consequences that come with dereliction of duty. Treason is not a joke.
The Obameter: Tracking Obama's Campaign Promises
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" PolitiFact has compiled more than 500 promises that Barack Obama made during the campaign and is tracking their progress on our Obameter."
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Note: I don't need this site because I already know a liar when I see one
" PolitiFact has compiled more than 500 promises that Barack Obama made during the campaign and is tracking their progress on our Obameter."
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Note: I don't need this site because I already know a liar when I see one
Rush Limbaugh Signs $400 Million Radio Deal
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" In reaction to the announcement, Tom Taylor, news editor of Radio-Info.com, said: "As Humphrey Bogart once said, this is the continuation of a lovely friendship. Both sides have made a lot of money for each other.""
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Note: Rush recently mentioned on his radio show that he believes bin Laden is dead - killed at Tora Bora Bora - so it's bloggers making nothing against this shill making a bundle - some free press huh?
" In reaction to the announcement, Tom Taylor, news editor of Radio-Info.com, said: "As Humphrey Bogart once said, this is the continuation of a lovely friendship. Both sides have made a lot of money for each other.""
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Note: Rush recently mentioned on his radio show that he believes bin Laden is dead - killed at Tora Bora Bora - so it's bloggers making nothing against this shill making a bundle - some free press huh?
An Interview with Cindy Sheehan Obama, Progressives and the Press
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" Mike Whitney: President Barack Obama recently visited Dover Air Force Base where he was photographed with the flag-draped coffins of soldiers who were killed in Afghanistan and Iraq. Why did Obama do this and what was your reaction?
Cindy Sheehan: "I think Obama did this as a publicity stunt and used the dead troops (that he was responsible for killing) as props to show that he "cares" about the troops. This stunt was in the middle of the "discussions" about how many more troops to send to Afghanistan. (After he has already sent about 35,000.)
It made me sick."
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Note: Obama is commander in chief of he armed forces - no excuses
" Mike Whitney: President Barack Obama recently visited Dover Air Force Base where he was photographed with the flag-draped coffins of soldiers who were killed in Afghanistan and Iraq. Why did Obama do this and what was your reaction?
Cindy Sheehan: "I think Obama did this as a publicity stunt and used the dead troops (that he was responsible for killing) as props to show that he "cares" about the troops. This stunt was in the middle of the "discussions" about how many more troops to send to Afghanistan. (After he has already sent about 35,000.)
It made me sick."
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Note: Obama is commander in chief of he armed forces - no excuses
Madoff treated for facial fractures, broken ribs
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Note: Regardless of what he did the prison system is responsible for his safety when in their custody.
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Note: Regardless of what he did the prison system is responsible for his safety when in their custody.
Ex-President Carter offers apology to Jews
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" Carter, who during his presidency brokered the first Israeli-Arab peace treaty, outraged many Jews with his 2006 book "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid." Critics contend he unfairly compared Israeli treatment of Arabs in the West Bank and Gaza to the legalized racial oppression that once existed in South Africa."
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Note: Carter must have actually said something that matters in his book.
" Carter, who during his presidency brokered the first Israeli-Arab peace treaty, outraged many Jews with his 2006 book "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid." Critics contend he unfairly compared Israeli treatment of Arabs in the West Bank and Gaza to the legalized racial oppression that once existed in South Africa."
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Note: Carter must have actually said something that matters in his book.
12.22.2009
Ala. Dem defects to GOP over health care, policy
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" U.S. Rep. Parker Griffith spoke to reporters at his home in northern Alabama, a region that relies heavily on defense and aerospace jobs.
"I believe our nation is at a crossroads and I can no longer align myself with a party that continues to pursue legislation that is bad for our country, hurts our economy, and drives us further and further into debt," Griffith said as his wife Virginia stood by his side.
The 67-year-old radiation oncologist was narrowly elected last year in a district that includes Huntsville and Decatur. President Barack Obama lost badly there to Republican John McCain."
" U.S. Rep. Parker Griffith spoke to reporters at his home in northern Alabama, a region that relies heavily on defense and aerospace jobs.
"I believe our nation is at a crossroads and I can no longer align myself with a party that continues to pursue legislation that is bad for our country, hurts our economy, and drives us further and further into debt," Griffith said as his wife Virginia stood by his side.
The 67-year-old radiation oncologist was narrowly elected last year in a district that includes Huntsville and Decatur. President Barack Obama lost badly there to Republican John McCain."
Stem cells treatment helps regain eyesight
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" The scientist named Sajjad Ahmad, who developed the Newcastle method, said its success indicated the scope for using the patient's own stem cells to cure his own eye."
" The scientist named Sajjad Ahmad, who developed the Newcastle method, said its success indicated the scope for using the patient's own stem cells to cure his own eye."
NIA's Top 10 Predictions for 2010
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" Major Food Shortages.
For the past several decades, most Americans went to college to get a non-productive job on Wall Street and nobody went to school to become a farmer. There is currently a major lack of farmers in the U.S. and to make matters worse, the Real Estate bubble destroyed immeasurable amounts of farmland to build houses we didn't need and couldn't afford.
Inventories of agricultural products are the lowest they have been in decades yet the prices of many agricultural commodities are down 70% to 80% from their all time highs adjusted for real inflation. Catastrophic food shortages are possible in 2010, not just in the U.S. but all around the world."
" Major Food Shortages.
For the past several decades, most Americans went to college to get a non-productive job on Wall Street and nobody went to school to become a farmer. There is currently a major lack of farmers in the U.S. and to make matters worse, the Real Estate bubble destroyed immeasurable amounts of farmland to build houses we didn't need and couldn't afford.
Inventories of agricultural products are the lowest they have been in decades yet the prices of many agricultural commodities are down 70% to 80% from their all time highs adjusted for real inflation. Catastrophic food shortages are possible in 2010, not just in the U.S. but all around the world."
Walmart Accused Of Secretly Videotaping Public Restroom
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" When confronted, a store manager denied there was a video camera in the bathroom, but he later admitted to it after being shown a photograph."
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UPDATE DEC 30, 2009 Read more Walmart Sued Over Surveillance Camera in Bathroom
" When confronted, a store manager denied there was a video camera in the bathroom, but he later admitted to it after being shown a photograph."
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UPDATE DEC 30, 2009 Read more Walmart Sued Over Surveillance Camera in Bathroom
The Privatization of War: Scahill reports 121,000 contractors in Afghanistan
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" In yesterday’s interview with Riz Khan, Scahill refers to the group of private contracting firms working for the administration as a "parallel CIA". He is joined in the interview by Dr. Dov Zakheim, the former chief financial officer for the Pentagon during the Bush Administration’s first term in office."
" In yesterday’s interview with Riz Khan, Scahill refers to the group of private contracting firms working for the administration as a "parallel CIA". He is joined in the interview by Dr. Dov Zakheim, the former chief financial officer for the Pentagon during the Bush Administration’s first term in office."
Reports: Giuliani will not run in 2010
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" Giuliani garnered national acclaim for his handling of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Many also credit him for reducing crime and urban blight in New York City."
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" Giuliani garnered national acclaim for his handling of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Many also credit him for reducing crime and urban blight in New York City."
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Murder rate declined while gun sales boomed: An ‘inconvenient truth’
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" According to the FBI, murder in this country declined by 10 percent overall during the first half of 2009, a period of booming gun sales that primarily focused on the purchase of two types of firearms most often demonized by the anti-gun lobby: semiautomatic sport-utility rifles and handguns."
" According to the FBI, murder in this country declined by 10 percent overall during the first half of 2009, a period of booming gun sales that primarily focused on the purchase of two types of firearms most often demonized by the anti-gun lobby: semiautomatic sport-utility rifles and handguns."