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Today in History -
Friday - January 27, 2012
1880 - Thomas Edison patented the electric
incandescent lamp.
1888 - The National Geographic Society was founded
in Washington, DC.
1926 - John Baird, a Scottish inventor, demonstrated
a pictorial transmission machine called television.
1927 - United Independent Broadcasters Inc. started
a radio network with contracts with 16 stations. The
company later became Columbia Broadcasting System
(CBS).
1943 - During World War II, the first all American
air raid against Germany took place when about 50
bombers attacked Wilhlemshaven.
1944 - The Soviet Union announced that the two year
German siege of Leningrad had come to an end.
1945 - Soviet troops liberated the Nazi
concentration camps Auschwitz and Birkenau in
Poland.
1948 - Wire Recording Corporation of America
announced the first magnetic tape recorder. The
‘Wireway’ machine with a built-in oscillator sold
for $149.50.
1951 - In the U.S., atomic testing in the Nevada
desert began as an Air Force plane dropped a
one-kiloton bomb on Frenchman Flats.
1967 - At Cape Kennedy, FL, astronauts Virgil I.
"Gus" Grissom, Edward H. White and Roger B. Chaffee
died in a flash fire during a test aboard their
Apollo I spacecraft.
1967 - More than 60 nations signed the Outer Space
Treaty which banned the orbiting of nuclear weapons
and placing weapons on celestial bodies or space
stations.
1973 - The Vietnam peace accords were signed in
Paris.
1977 - The Vatican reaffirmed the Roman Catholic
Church's ban on female priests.
1981 - U.S. President Reagan greeted the 52 former
American hostages released by Iran at the White
House.
1985 - The Coca-Cola Company, of Atlanta, GA,
announced a plan to sell its soft drinks in the
Soviet Union.
1992 - Former world boxing champion Mike Tyson went
on trial for allegedly raping an 18-year-old
contestant in the 1991 Miss Black America Contest.
1997 - It was revealed that French national museums
were holding nearly 2,000 works of art stolen from
Jews by the Nazis during World War II.
1998 - U.S. First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton
appeared on NBC's "Today" show. She charged that the
allegations against her husband were the work of a
"vast right-wing conspiracy."
1999 - The U.S. Senate blocked dismissal of the
impeachment case against President Clinton and voted
for new testimony from Monica Lewinsky and two other
witnesses.
2003 - Altria Group, Inc. became the name of the
parent company of Kraft Foods, Philip Morris USA,
Philip Morris International and Philip Morris
Capital Corporation.
2010 - Apple unveiled the "iPad".
Raw milk vending machines growing in popularity across Europe
(NaturalNews) While American health authorities continue to peddle
unfounded superstition about the so-called dangers of raw milk, which
has spawned authoritarian policies that prevent millions of Americans
from freely accessing it, unpasteurized dairy is all the rage throughout
Europe. And one Polish manufacturer of raw milk vending machines
explained to The Bovine in a recent interview that the installation of
such machines is rapidly spreading both in Poland and across Europe.
Iran is ready to return to nuclear talks
(AP) - Iran is ready to revive talks with the U.S. and other world
powers, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday, but suggested that
Tehran's foes will have to make compromises to prevent negotiations from
again collapsing in stalemate. Iran's insistence that it will never give
up uranium enrichment — the process that makes material for reactors as
well as weapons — scuttled negotiations a year ago and still looms as a
potential deal breaker even as tougher Western sanctions target Iran's
critical oil exports.
EU signs ACTA, global internet censorship treaty
Activist Post - Today, the European Union and 22 member states signed
the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), Japan’s Ministry of
Foreign Affairs announced. They have now joined the US and seven other
nations that signed the treaty last October.Digital ‘right to be
forgotten’ will be made EU law Telegraph - The move will mean that
social networks such as Facebook or Twitter will have to comply with
users' requests to delete everything they have ever published about
themselves online. It will also mean that consumers will be able to
force
companies that hold data about them, such as for Tesco's Clubcard, to
remove it.
Polish Web Sites To Go Dark To Protest ACTA
Sci-Tech Today - Poland's support for the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade
Agreement, or ACTA, has sparked days of Internet protests by groups who
fear it could lead to online censorship. Now several sites plan to go
dark in protest. ACTA shares some
similarities with the hotly debated Stop Online Piracy Act in the U.S.,
which was shelved by lawmakers last week.
Egypt bans travel for US official's son, 9 others
(AP) - Egypt banned at least 10 Americans and Europeans from leaving the
country, including the son of U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray Lahood,
hiking tensions with Washington over a campaign by Egypt's military
against groups promoting democracy and human rights. The United States
warned Thursday that the campaign raised concerns about Egypt's
transition to democracy and could jeopardize American aid that Egypt's
battered economy needs badly after a year of unrest.
YouTube: Why Switzerland Has The Lowest Crime Rate In The World
The key to freedom is to be able to have the ability to defend yourself
&, if you dont have the tools to do that, then you're going to be at the
mercy of whomever wants to put you away. Guns are deeply rooted within
Swiss culture - but the gun crime
rate is so low that statistics are not even kept. The country has a
population of six million, but there are estimated to be at least two
million publicly-owned firearms, including about 600,000 automatic
rifles and 500,000 pistols. This is in a very large part due to
Switzerland's unique system of national defence, developed over the
centuries.
Mexico ups swine flu screening as cases increase
(AP) - Three years after swine flu closed Mexico City and caused an
international scare, the Mexican government and local media are at odds
over the severity of this season's flu virus. Newspapers are warning of
an alarming increase in cases while
the government insists there is no cause for alarm. Federal and state
health officials agree there is an increase, but they say the number of
cases is within the range of a normal flu season. The Mexican health
ministry, however, has listed confusing numbers on its website and it
hasn't specified the rise in cases despite repeated requests from The
Associated Press.
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'Cash-Mob' Rallies Behind Popular Small Town Hardware Store
The story of how one Ohio community rallied behind a favorite
family-run hardware store in an act of solidarity, and profits,
has captured the nation's attention, and left the family in awe.
US has arrested Iranian scientist
Fox News - The United States has arrested and charged an Iranian
semiconductor scientist with violating U.S. export laws by
buying high-tech U.S. lab equipment, a development likely to
further worsen Iranian-U.S. tensions. Prison records show the
U.S. has been holding Seyed Mojtaba Atarodi, 54, a microchip
expert and assistant professor at Tehran's prestigious Sharif
University of Technology, in a federal facility in Dublin,
Calif., outside San Francisco. The Iranian interest section in
the Pakistani embassy in Washington said it was aware of the
arrest.
New drone has no pilot anywhere, so who’s accountable?
The Navy’s new drone being tested near Chesapeake Bay stretches
the boundaries of technology: It’s designed to land on the deck
of an aircraft carrier, one of aviation’s most difficult
maneuvers. What’s even more remarkable is that it will do that
not only without a pilot in the cockpit, but without a pilot at
all. The X-47B marks a paradigm shift in warfare, one that is
likely to have far-reaching consequences. With the drone’s
ability to be flown autonomously by onboard computers, it could
usher in an era when death and destruction can be dealt by
machines operating semi-independently.
Security video shows police lied about Rand Paul’s behavior
After being briefly detained by police officers on Monday, Paul
appears to be getting some vindication in the form of a security
camera’s video. Although police described him as “being irate”
in an incident report, footage published Thursday shows Paul
sitting calmly inside an airport checkpoint, and occasionally
picking up his phone.
Hawaii police state? Government may track all website visits by
residents
(NaturalNews) It is becoming increasingly obvious, and highly
embarrassing, that many members of the US Congress have
absolutely no idea what the Constitution says, or how the
justice system works. Rep. John Mizuno (D-Hawaii) recently
introduced a bill that intends to keep a log of every website
visited by every person using the internet in Hawaii in order to
target internet harassment, in direct defiance of the Fourth
Amendment.
Georgia Hearing: Judge Wanted To Immediately Enter Default
Judgment Against Obama
UPDATE: From Plaintiff, in one of the Georgia challenges, Carl
Swensson: To all my friends in battle, The Judge pulled the
lawyers for the three cases into chambers before it all began
and advised them that he would be issuing a default judgment in
our favor, since the Defense council failed to show, and wanted
to end it there.... Now we’re merely awaiting the publishing of
this Judge’s ruling which, as previously stated, will be a
Default Judgment. - Carl
Obama Eligibility Court Case...Blow By Blow
Given the testimony from today’s court case in Georgia, Obama
has a lot of explaining to do. His attorney, Jablonski, was a NO
SHOW as of course, was Obama. The following is a nutshell
account of the proceedings. Related WND article here.
An “Empty Chair” Defense in Atlanta
Obama’s attorney is pulling out all the stops to disrupt justice
in America, to stop the removal from the ballot of an
Unconstitutional presidential candidate. First, he tried to
dismiss the case. Then he tried to stop legal subpoenas. Then he
advised his client to skip the hearings. Now, he’s trying behind
the scenes to take the case out of its proper jurisdiction. They
are playing hardball. They are desperate. If everything is
legitimate, why not just show up in court, produce the evidence
and make the legal arguments? I think we know the answer.
Sen. Paul 2012 March for Life Remarks
Jan 24, 2012 - On Monday, Sen. Rand Paul was scheduled to speak
at the 2012 March for Life on the National Mall in Washington,
D.C., but was improperly detained by the TSA and forced to miss
the event. However, after the rally, Sen. Paul
hosted a reception welcoming marchers from Kentucky and those
across the country. Below are the remarks Sen. Paul would have
delivered at the 2012 March for Life. "The question remains, can
a nation long endure or can a civilization long endure that does
not respect Life? Our Liberty comes from our Creator and our
freedoms depend upon a respect for Life...."
U.S. Army chief admits he's 'comfortable' with fewer troops as
Pentagon readies cuts
Mail Online - As the Pentagon prepares its major budget
announcement today, the U.S. Army boss says he's comfortable
with plans to shrink the size of his force and shift the
military's focus to Asia, saying troops there will remain
relevant and
capable. Gen Raymond Odierno declined to disclose figures the
Pentagon is due to unveil that envision a smaller Army and the
withdrawal of two brigade combat teams from Europe. Those fixed
brigades will be replaced by rotational units.
Maryland man pleads guilty in U.S. military bomb plot
(Reuters) - A Baltimore man angry about American policy toward
Muslims pleaded guilty on Thursday as part of a plot to bomb a
U.S. military recruitment center in Maryland and faces a 25-year
prison sentence, the Justice Department said. It said
Antonio Martinez, also known as Muhammad Hussain, pleaded guilty
as part of a deal with prosecutors to attempted use of a weapon
of mass destruction, a car bomb, in what had been an FBI sting
operation.
VIDEO: Military Helicopters Conduct Covert Exercises Over U.S.
Bank Building
Steve Watson - Video was captured last night of five military
helicopters buzzing over downtown LA, conducting what the LAPD
has described as a special ops urban warfare drill. The footage,
captured by CBS Los Angeles, shows a huge Black Hawk
helicopter hovering over the US bank building along with four
other OH-6 choppers, known as “Little Birds”.
City Denies Request For Ticker-Tape Parade Honoring 9/11 First
Responders
CBSNewYork Gilmartin said he filed all the correct paperwork and
received approval from the community board but he believes the
decision came down to the cost of the event. “I did everything
they asked of me, and I assume, but I can’t say for sure,
that it’s all about the money,” Gilmartin said. He believes the
first responders deserve a parade for the sacrifices they made
on and after Sept. 11, 2001.
CHICAGOLAND: Gun purchases in city soar after ban lifted
CBS News - Significantly more Chicagoans are arming themselves
with guns. As WBBM Newsradio’s Regine Schlesinger reports, over
the past two years, the city has seen a 16 percent spike in the
number of people holding state Firearm Owner’s
Identification Cards. About 122,000 people possessed FOID cards
at the beginning of this year compared to 105,000 at the
beginning of 2010, said Monique Bond, spokeswoman for the
Illinois State Police. Illinois residents must possess a FOID
card to buy guns in the state.
DNA sample to be taken from students before SAT college entrance
exams
Jonathan Benson - Standardized testing is a common method by
which colleges and universities evaluate the competency of
applying high school students. But an increasing amount of
students are cheating on such tests, which has caused lawmakers
in New York to consider actually harvesting “digital DNA” from
students and applying it to special ID cards that students would
be required to furnish both before and after taking the SAT or
ACT exams to prove their identities.
Ron Paul is sweeping the GOP youth vote
Across the country, the youth vote is down. Registration is low.
Voter enthusiasm for Republican candidates has been lackluster.
Unless that candidate’s name is Ron Paul. The 76-year-old U.S.
representative from Texas has energized — and
gained —young voters at a time many people under 30 are turned
off to politics.
Ron Paul Resonates with Hispanic Voters in Florida
US News - Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul's
strategists say they have discovered a surprising source of
support for their candidate—Latinos in Florida. Paul hasn't made
any overt appeals for the Hispanic vote, his advisers say... But
a
Paul spokesman cites a new poll indicating that the Texas
congressman has the support of 41.5 percent of likely Hispanic
Republican voters in Florida, with former House Speaker New
Gingrich second at 25.3 percent, former Gov. Mitt Romney of
Massachusetts at 9.2 percent, and former Sen. Rick Santorum of
Pennsylvania at 4.1 percent.
VIDEO: O'Reilly Tries to Tie Child Molestation to Ron Paul,
Doyle Fires Back 'I Have the Dirt on O'Reilly'
The Showdown begins to heat up between Doyle and O'Reilly as
Doyle shows that O'Reilly tries to connect Ron Paul to child
molestation in American. Jerry Doyle exposes threats made to him
after his endorsement of Ron Paul by Fox News in behalf of Bill
O'Reilly. Doyle respond 'I have the dirt on Bill O'Reilly'.
We must construct a serious, sustained boycott of the mainstream
media advertisers
We must begin to construct a serious, sustained boycott of the
mainstream media advertisers (their lifeblood) with the goal of
either fundamentally changing the msm’s behavior or ending their
existence. Yes, the media distorts Ron Paul, but that’s only
part of the problem. The truth is the mainstream media does a
terrible job of keeping us informed about everything! We’re
never going to fix America, have honest and real debates about
real and relevant issues, unless we change the way the
mainstream media operates.
Romney’s Bain Capital ‘earned’ $342 million by bankrupting
company, firing 850 staff
Daily Kos - One of corporate vampire Bain Capital’s victims was
Dade International, Bain stripped them and cashed in. Via McKay
Coppins, you can add The Miami Herald to the list of people and
organizations who Mitt Romney says are attacking free
enterprise. That's because today's edition takes a look at how
Bain Capital "earned" $342 million from investing $30 million in
the acquisition of medical technology firm named Dade
International. Despite profiting by hundreds of millions of
dollars from the deal, Romney's company led Dade to bankruptcy,
laying off thousands of workers throughout the country—including
850 in Miami alone.
Romney Failed to Disclose Swiss Bank Account Income
ABC News - Mitt Romney's campaign is amending the financial
disclosure forms he filed in 2007 and 2011 to acknowledge that a
Romney trust held a Swiss bank account, a detail that had been
missing from both reports. "An amendment is being filed to
address this minor discrepancy," a campaign official told ABC
News in an email Thursday in response to questions about the
apparent omission.
VIDEO: Petition: Pelosi must tell America her Gingrich Secret
Nancy Pelosi is withholding information that the public should
know now. This is our electoral process and Nancy Pelosi is
playing games with it. If she garnerd information about a
current presidential candidate during her time as a public
official she is obligated to tell us what she knows.
U.S falls to 47th in press freedom rankings after Occupy
crackdown
Mail Online - Sweeping protests around the world made it an
extremely difficult year for the media, and tested journalists
as never before, the annual report into press freedom reveals.
The annual report by Reporters Without Borders has been
released, showing the United States fell 27 points on the list
due to the many arrests of journalists covering Occupy Wall
Street protests. The slide in the United States places it just
behind Comoros and Taiwan in a group with Argentina and Romania.
YouTube: Adam Kokesh Veterans March for Ron Paul Announcements
Adam Kokesh talks about the speakers, the rally at noon, vehicle
arrangements for veterans unable to march, and a video contest
where the first place winner will receive $1000.00. Also, there
will be a Ron Paul "Money Grenade on 2/1/12 to help
raise money to help cover the basic expenses of the event and to
provide transportation for veterans who otherwise wouldn't be
able to afford it.
Vets oppose speech by general who demonized Islamists
(Reuters) - A veterans' advocacy group urged the U.S. Military
Academy on Thursday to withdraw a speech invitation to a retired
general who portrayed the U.S. fight against Muslims radicals as
a battle with Satan. VoteVets, which describes
itself as the biggest U.S. progressive veterans' organization,
said West Point's invitation to retired three-star general
William Boykin to speak at a February 8 prayer breakfast
endangered U.S. troops.
YouTube: Ron Paul CNN Florida Debate Highlights
CNN January 26, 2012.
Ron Paul: Diplomatic relations with Cuba
LA Times - Ron Paul took a risky position in Florida in
Thursday’s debate, calling for communication and diplomatic
relations with Cuba, saying that people's positions have changed
dramatically over the last few years.... But a study of Cuban
American voters in Florida suggests that Paul might be right,
and that voters' opinions about Cuba are changing. Support for
tightening the embargo dropped by roughly half between 2004 and
2008, according to a study by Benjamin Bishin, a UC Riverside
professor.
ONLINE POLLS: Who Won the 1/26/11 CNN Florida GOP Debate?
O'Reilly: Newt Gingrich 44%
Drudge
Report: Ron Paul 36%
ABC News:
Mitt Romney 35%, Ron Paul 31%
World Today's News: Ron Paul 76%.
Your Political News Group: Ron Paul 84%
The Swash: Ron Paul 81%
News Day: Ron Paul 45% (Which candidate is going to win the
GOP presidential nomination?)
Red Dog
Report: Ron Paul 86%
The Ron Paul Media Blackout Is Back On
Atlantic Wire ...in Pew's weekly study, Paul has been heading in
the opposite direction. Pew tracks a list of 52 mainstream news
outlets across broadcast television, cable news, newspapers,
radio and the 12 most popular news sites to measure exposure. As
you can see from the graph below, the downward trajectory of
coverage volume has been steep for Paul, as the star of New
Gingrich rose following his decisive victory in South Carolina
and strong polling in Florida.
Ron Paul fans overwhelm CNN pundits at the Jacksonville, FL
debate!
Enjoy!!
Taxpayers still owed $133B from bailout
WASHINGTON (AP) - A government watchdog says U.S. taxpayers are
still owed $132.9 billion that companies haven't repaid from the
financial bailout, and some of that will never be recovered. The
bailout launched at the height of the financial crisis
in September 2008 will continue to exist for years, says a
report issued Thursday by Christy Romero, the acting special
inspector general for the $700 billion bailout. Some bailout
programs, such as the effort to help homeowners avoid
foreclosure by reducing mortgage payments, will last as late as
2017, costing the government an additional $51 billion or so.
36 Obama aides owe $833,000 in back taxes
How embarrassing this must be for President Obama, whose major
speech theme so far this campaign season has been that every
single American, no matter how rich, should pay their "fair
share" of taxes. A new report just out from the Internal Revenue
Service reveals that 36 of President Obama's executive office
staff owe the country $833,970 in back taxes. These people
working for Mr. Fair Share apparently haven't paid any share,
let alone their fair share.
Bank of America extends drop in mortgage rankings
(Reuters) - Bank of America Corp was the fourth-biggest U.S.
mortgage lender in the fourth quarter of 2011, continuing its
descent in the rankings after it stopped buying loans made by
smaller banks. The second-largest U.S. bank in 2008 became the
biggest mortgage originator after buying Countrywide Financial,
but it has been gradually paring back the business as it copes
with losses from the disastrous acquisition.
Illinois unemployment rate increased most in nation in 2011
Almost a year after Illinois’ record income tax increase, the
state’s unemployment woes contrast starkly with the slow but
positive national economic recovery. Unemployment rates in 46
states dropped since January 2011, and some dramatically.
Illinois’ unemployment rate, on the other hand, was 9.8 percent
in December, up from 9 percent in January 2011. Simply put,
Illinois placed more people on the unemployment rolls than any
other state in the country.
Insight: Top Justice officials connected to mortgage banks
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Lanny Breuer, head of the
Justice Department's criminal division, were partners for years
at a Washington law firm that represented a Who's Who of big
banks and other companies at the center of alleged foreclosure
fraud, a Reuters inquiry shows.
Anxiety Mounts Over Maturing Real Estate Loans
Borrowers and lenders are starting to grapple with the billions
of dollars in commercial real estate loans made during the boom
year of 2007 that are coming due this year, in a greatly
contracted economy.... Most large commercial mortgage loans are
typically not self-amortizing — that is, they require a balloon
payment upon maturity.... “This means there may not be enough
money available to refinance all of the debt that is coming
due,” said Lawrence J. Longua, a clinical associate professor at
the Schack Institute of Real Estate at New York University.
Judge: BP contract shielded Transocean in spill
(AP) - The rig owner involved in drilling the ill-fated well
that blew out in the Gulf of Mexico and spewed more than 200
million gallons of oil will not have to pay many of the
pollution claims because it was shielded in a contract with
well-owner BP, a federal judge ruled on Thursday. The ruling
comes as BP, the states affected by the disaster and the federal
government are discussing a settlement over the nation's largest
offshore oil spill.
Sauerkraut is so full of vitamins and probiotics that ancient
sailors ate it on long voyages to stay healthy
(NaturalNews) Raw, fermented foods are brimming with
health-promoting probiotics and have been staples of the human
diet for thousands of years. One such ancient food is
sauerkraut, produced simply by covering cabbage with water and
letting it sit for several weeks. Naturally occurring bacteria
on the surface of the cabbage leaves thrive in this environment,
chemically changing the cabbage and increasing its B vitamin
content. Perhaps as importantly, fermented cabbage takes much
longer to go bad than fresh cabbage.
Reuters promotes eugenics with 'abortion is safer than giving
birth' headline
(NaturalNews) "Abortion is safer than giving birth." This study
was the title of a Reuters health section article dated January
23, 2012. Now really, does this headline encourage a woman to
give birth or put fear into her while supporting abortion. It
does put abortion into a positive light, which isn't really
positive.
Network Spinal Analysis - Communicate with the nervous system to
relieve tension
(NaturalNews) Network Spinal Analysis (NSA), also known as
Network Chiropractic or Network Care, is an innovative approach
to chiropractic. Where its traditional counterpart works on
physically realigning the spine, Network focuses on
communicating with the nervous system in order to release the
underlying tension that keeps the spine misaligned. It's highly
effective because it addresses the root of the problem --
tension -- which comes from an improperly functioning nervous
system.
Antioxidant carnosine destroys free radicals
(NaturalNews) Carnosine is a powerful antioxidant that improves
muscle, brain and cardiovascular function. This special molecule
is found in healthy animal meat and is being deeply researched
for its anti-aging effects. It mainly functions to protect the
proteins of the body which aids in tissue healing and repair.
As economy implodes and households seek cheaper food, McDonald's
profits soar
(NaturalNews) When times get tough, many people cope by flocking
to their favorite "comfort" foods that make them feel good, and
that are perceived as being affordable. And this appears to be
precisely why fast food giant McDonald's has posted record
revenues for this past year, according to a recent report by the
UK's Telegraph.
VIDEO: We Have the Right to Know About Dioxins in our Food!
OCA - Dioxin, of the Agent Orange infamy, is the most toxic
compound synthesized by man, yet it is still spewing from U.S.
industries. Dioxin pollution rose 10% in 2010. Now, as the
Environmental Protection Agency is set to release the first part
of the dioxin risk assessment it's been working on since 1985,
food industry lobbyists are attempting to block EPA action. Why?
The EPA is likely to confirm what the FDA has reported:
"Although dioxins are environmental contaminants, most dioxin
exposure occurs through the diet, with over 95% coming through
dietary intake of animal fats."
Monsanto’s Infertility-Linked Roundup Found in All Urine Samples
Tested
Mike Barrett - A recent study found high concentrations of
glyphosate, a carcinogen found in herbicides like Monsanto’s
Roundup, in all urine samples tested. The amount of glyphosate
found in the urine was staggering, with each sample containing
concentrations at 5- to 20-fold the limit established for
drinking water. This is just one more piece of evidence that
herbicides are, at the very least, being sprayed out of control.
Largest Corporate Dairy, Biotech Firm and USDA Accused of
Conspiring to Corrupt Rulemaking and Pollute Organics
Cornucopia - The controversy surrounds products developed by
Martek Biosciences Corporation. Martek, part of a $12 billion
Dutch-based conglomerate, recently petitioned for approval of
its genetically modified soil fungus and algae as nutritional
supplements in organic food. Martek’s formulated oils are
processed with synthetic petrochemical solvents in a blend
containing a myriad of other synthetic chemicals. Supplements
derived from these oils, commonly marketed as DHA and ARA, are
being added to milk, infant formula and other organic foods by
such companies as Dean Foods (Horizon), Abbott Laboratories
(Similac) and Nurture, Inc. (Happy Baby).
Take Action: EPA Proposes Expansion of Neurotoxic Pesticide Uses
EPA recently issued its cumulative risk assessment for the
pyrethroid class of insecticides, concluding that these
pesticides “do not pose risk concerns for children or adults,”
ignoring a wealth of independent data that links this class of
chemicals
to certain cancers, respiratory and reproductive problems, and
the onset of insect resistance. The agency went as far to state
that its cumulative assessment supports consideration of
registering additional new uses of these pesticides, potentially
opening the flood gates for manufacturers to bombard the market
with more pyrethroid pesticides, endangering the health of the
public.
YouTube: Breaking: McDonald's Pulls Chemically Treated Beef
Filler From Burgers
Daily Mail - McDonald's,Taco Bell and Burger King have agreed to
change their ingredients removing chemically treated beef filler
from their products. The decision was quietly announced late
last year but the Daily Mail is reporting today that it
was activist chef Jamie Oliver expose of the filler on his ABC
TV show that sparked the decision.
VIDEO: USDA orders new rules for school meals
CNN - School meals will have to offer fruits and vegetables to
students every day under standards issued by the United States
Department of Agriculture on Wednesday. The meal programs, which
feed about 32 million students in public and private schools,
will have to reduce sodium, saturated fat and trans fats.
Schools must also offer more whole grains as well as fat-free or
low-fat milk varieties.
VIDEO: Protesters Rally At Monsanto Meeting
ST. LOUIS, MO (KTVI-FOX2now.com) - Protesters rally outside the
Monsanto shareholders meeting. They are calling for more studies
on generically engineered crops. Several groups representing
veterans, environmentalists and others demonstrated outside
Monsanto headquarters in Creve Coeur.
Medicare nominee gets lifetime payout
President Obama’s nominee to run the nation’s Medicare and
Medicaid agency can count on receiving more than $160,000 a year
in retirement pay for the rest of her life from the country’s
largest private hospital chain, records show.... [Hospital
Corporation of America] HCA routinely lobbies on Medicare issues
on which Ms. Tavenner has a big influence, but officials say
there are no plans afoot to issue a waiver exempting Ms.
Tavenner from Mr. Obama’s “revolving door” ethics rules.
Obama Signs Global Internet Treaty Worse Than SOPA
Paul Joseph Watson - White House bypasses Senate to ink
agreement that could allow Chinese companies to demand ISPs
remove web content in US with no legal oversight. The
Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) was signed by Obama
on October 1 2011, yet is currently the subject of a White House
petition demanding Senators be forced to ratify the treaty. The
White House has circumvented the necessity to have the treaty
confirmed by lawmakers by presenting it an as “executive
agreement,” although legal scholars have highlighted the dubious
nature of this characterization.
Scientists create star matter in a lab: what could possibly go
wrong?!
As scientists work to discover more and more about the galaxy
and our own solar system, they're doing some pretty amazing
things. But U.S. Department of Energy scientists working at the
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory at Stanford University
have accomplished something that really boggles the mind: they
have created superhot solid plasma — the kind of material you
would find at the center of a star or a giant planet.
U.S. Military developing high-tech "smart" underwear for
soldiers
Digital Trends - As reported by Fox News, researchers at the
U.S. Army Medical Research and Material Command office (USAMRMC)
and Telemedicine & Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC)
have developed some digital-drawers capable of monitoring a
soldier’s vital statistics such as heart rate, skin temperature,
respiration, and heart rate.
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Gardening, Farming & Homesteading |
The Great Escape: Gene-altered crops grow wild.
Throughout North Dakota, little yellow flowers dot thousands of
miles of roadsides. These canola plants, found along most major
trucking routes, look harmless. But they are fueling a
controversy: They prove that large numbers of genetically
modified plants have escaped from farm fields and are now
growing wild. About 80 percent of canola growing along roadsides
in North Dakota contains genes that have been modified to make
the plants resistant to common weed-killers.
Primer on Growing Your Own Dyes
Dying your own fabrics and yarns can be fun, but to do it on
your own, you’ll need a dyer’s garden. Choose an area
specifically for this special garden where the plants will have
the sunlight needed. When planting your dyer’s garden, be sure
the location of the herbs allows you to take them without
injuring other nearby. Prepare it as you would for your kitchen
herbs.
Today in History -
Thursday - January 26, 2012
1784 - In a letter to his daughter, Benjamin
Franklin expressed unhappiness over the eagle as the
symbol of America. He wanted the symbol to be the
turkey.
1788 - The first European settlers in Australia, led
by Captain Arthur Phillip, landed in what became
known as Sydney.
1802 - The U.S. Congress passed an act calling for a
library to be established within the U.S. Capitol.
1837 - Michigan became the 26th state to join the
United States.
1841 - Britain formally occupied Hong Kong, which
the Chinese had ceded to the British.
1861 - In the U.S., Louisiana seceded from the
Union.
1870 - The state of Virginia rejoined the Union.
1875 - George F. Green patented the electric dental
drill for sawing, filing, dressing and polishing
teeth.
1905 - The Cullinan diamond, at 3,106.75 carats, was
found by Captain Wells at the Premier Mine, near
Pretoria, South Africa.
1911 - Inventor Glenn H. Curtiss flew the first
successful seaplane.
1939 - In the Spanish Civil War, Franco's forces,
with Italian aid, took Barcelona.
1942 - The first American expeditionary force to go
to Europe during World War II went ashore in
Northern Ireland.
1950 - The American Associated Insurance Companies,
of St. Louis, MO, issued the first baby sitter’s
insurance policy.
1961 - U.S. President John F. Kennedy appointed Dr.
Janet G. Travell as the first woman to be the
"personal physician to the President".
1962 - The U.S. launched Ranger 3 to land scientific
instruments on the moon. The probe missed its target
by about 22,000 miles.
1969 - California was declared a disaster area two
days of flooding and mudslides.
1992 - Russian president Boris Yeltsin announced
that his country would stop targeting U.S. cities
with nuclear weapons.
1993 - Former Czechoslovak President Vaclav Havel
was elected president of the new Czech Republic.
1996 - U.S. First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton
testified before a grand jury concerning the
Whitewater probe.
1998 - U.S. President Clinton denied having an
affair with a former White House intern, saying "I did not have sexual
relations with that woman.
1999 - Saddam Hussein vowed revenge against the U.S.
in response to air-strikes that reportedly killed
civilians. The strikes were U.S. planes defending
themselves against anti-aircraft fire.
2009 - The first trial at the International Criminal
Court was held. Former Union of Congolese Patriots
leader Thomas Lubanga was accused of training child
soldiers to kill,
pillage, and rape.
2009 - The Icelandic government and banking system
collapsed. Prime Minister Geir Haarde resigned.
2010 - It was announced that James Cameron's movie
"Avatar" had become the highest-grossing film
worldwide. At the time it was the second
highest-grossing film in the US.
Hackers launch fresh attacks on Israeli websites
Breitbart Jan 25 - Arab hackers claimed responsibility Wednesday for a
series of attacks on prominent Israeli websites, including that of daily
newspaper Haaretz.... In a Twitter message, the Palestinian wing of the
global hacker collective Anonymous claimed responsibility for taking
down Haaretz's Hebrew-language site, which was still out of commission
by late Wednesday. The paper's English section was also targeted but was
up again by the afternoon.
Iran oil
ban will up oil prices by 30%: IMF
Press TV - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says sanctions imposed
by the US and European Union on Iran's oil and financial sectors will
cause the global oil price to rise by 20-30 percent.... The IMF further
stated that financial sanctions against Tehran may be "tantamount to an
oil embargo" and would imply supply declines of about 1.5 million
barrels per day from the world's fifth-largest oil producer.
Hurt Iran, and don’t stop hurting Russia’
RT - Blasting Iran with new sanctions won’t stop the west from working
with Iranian energy companies if the stakes are high enough, it seems.
UK lobbyists have ensured that BP and others can continue a multibillion
dollar gas project vying with Russia. A political balancing act was
needed to protect investment into Azerbaijan’s Shah Deniz natural gas
field, where BP works with Iran. The second stage of this project
operated by British Petroleum worth $20 billion is meant to decrease
Europeans’ dependence on Russian fuel, reports the Wall Street Journal.
U.S. to grant three-year extension of loan guarantees to Israel
The U.S. government has informed Israel that it will recommend that
Congress approve a three-year extension of loan guarantees to Israel,
worth $3.8 billion. The announcement came after several months of worry
in Israel that the loan guarantees would not be extended, despite
Israel's request.
VIDEO: Hundreds of thousands of Egyptians cram into Tahrir Square on the
one year anniversary of the January 25th uprising
Hundreds of thousands of Egyptians cram into the iconic Tahrir Square on
the one year anniversary of the January 25th uprising that sent
shockwaves throughout the globe. The crowds chanted "Today is not a
festival, it's another revolution!"
Companies Face Fines as Much as 2% of Sales Under EU Privacy Law
Bloomberg - The 27 EU data-protection agencies would be able to sanction
companies that don’t comply with tougher rules on handling personal
information, proposed by the European Commission today.
Online-advertising and social networking sites will also be covered by
the policy, updating the EU’s 17-year- old data-protection policies. The
EU overhaul would also clamp down on data lapses such as Sony Corp.’s
six-day delay in warning customers about a cyber attack that exposed
more than 100 million customer accounts, the second-largest online
data breach in U.S. history.
Mexico drug war violence blamed on failed U.S. drug policies and false
flag gun-running ops
(NaturalNews) The 2011 Global Commission on Drug Policies in Geneva,
Switzerland was motivated, according to its website, by successful Latin
American conferences convened with national leaders concerned about the
impact on democracy in Latin America from drug use, trafficking, and
gang or cartel violence. One wonders how the Global Commission managed
to consider that conference a success, considering what is actually
going on in Mexico now. The current Mexican drug gang related death toll
of 47,515 contradicts any sense of progress coming from that Latin
American drug conference.
Mexico offers $2.6 billion to aid victims of record drought
Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Tuesday announced a
2.6-billion-dollar program to help victims of a record drought,
including food and water handouts, as rural victims protested in the
capital. The "unprecedented sum would attend to a catastrophic situation
in Mexico," Calderon said during a public act. The aim "is that no
family is without water or food due to this drought." Immediate measures
included the delivery of 4,000 water trucks to affected areas, mainly in
the north of the country, and the distribution of corn.
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U.S. News, Politics & Government |
VIDEO: Obama’s new fairytale: Peace and prosperity for war-bent
US
RT - As the US presidential race picks up pace ahead of
November's vote, Barack Obama is trying to ratchet up support
for re-election. In his third State of the Union speech, he
pledged another program for change. As the US presidential race
picks up pace ahead of November's vote, Barack Obama is trying
to ratchet up support for re-election. In his third State of the
Union speech, he pledged another program for change. The
president started his address praising those who fought in Iraq,
“generation of heroes” who “have made the United States safer
and more respected around the world.”
Obama doubles down on Anti-Liberty Insanity: Students should be
FORCED to stay in school
In his 2012 State of the Union Address, President Obama stressed
the importance of teachers and offered to give them the
resources they need while calling on every state to require
students to stay in high school until graduation or they turn
eighteen.
Exclusive: Senate investigating HSBC for money laundering
(Reuters)- HSBC Holdings PLC is under investigation by a U.S.
Senate panel in a money-laundering inquiry, the latest step in a
long-running U.S. effort to halt shadowy money flows through
global banks, according to people familiar with the situation
and a company securities filing.
Subculture of Americans prepares for civilization's collapse
(Reuters) - When Patty Tegeler looks out the window of her home
overlooking the Appalachian Mountains in southwestern Virginia,
she sees trouble on the horizon. "In an instant, anything can
happen," she told Reuters. "And I firmly believe that you have
to be prepared." Tegeler is among a growing subculture of
Americans who refer to themselves informally as "preppers." Some
are driven by a fear of imminent societal collapse, others are
worried about terrorism, and many have a vague concern that an
escalating series of natural disasters is leading to some type
of environmental cataclysm.
"The Ron Paul Song" - 3 minutes
If this doesn't do it for you, nothing will.
Florida GOP / CNN Debate - Jan 26 - 8pm ET
Dr. Ron Paul will participate in the Florida Debate sponsored by
the Republican Party of Florida and CNN, held at the University
of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida on Thursday, January
26th at 8:00 p.m. Eastern.
Live
stream at CNN.com.
Fight for Your Civil Rights
Freedom Watch January 25, 2012 - Ron Paul senior advisor Doug
Wead joins the Judge to talk about the significance of Ron
Paul’s presidential campaign from a civil rights perspective.
Obama's Attorney Jaberwoki Slapped Down By Georgia Secretary of
State
1/25/2012 - Letter to Obama's Attorney from the Secretary of
State. Obama's eligibility hearing is still on for Thursday,
January 26th.
Obama's Attorney Refusing To Show Up At Obama's Georgia Ballot
Challenge Hearings
1/25/2012 - Letter to the Secretary of State from the Attorney
for President Barack Obama.
YouTube: John Stossel on Ron Paul’s Non-Interventionist Views
John Stossel contrasts the differences between a
non-interventionist ideology and an
isolationist perspective.
YouTube: O++peration CNN Debate Blackout #OpDebateBlackout - Ron
Paul
We will do this by making a mass number of requests to the CNN
servers starting at 8PM on Thursday, January 26 until the
conclusion of the debate. We will cease making requests during
those periods of time when Ron Paul is speaking. To succeed, you
will need the following free tool to enable you to make many
requests automatically:
US Presidential Candidates’ Positions on Israel/Palestine, War,
and Civil Liberties
CNI summarizes the policy positions of President Obama and the
top Republican nominees.
Jay Leno & NBC Sued Over Mitt Romney Joke
Jay Leno thought he was poking gentle fun at the lifestyles of
rich and famous Republican presidential candidates — Mitt Romney
in particular. But last Thursday when Leno’s slide show came to
a location cited as Mitt Romney’s summer home — in reality an
image of the Sikh holy shrine Golden Temple in Amritsar, India —
it sparked a diplomatic incident. And now, a lawsuit charging
Leno and NBC with libel.
Castro calls the GOP race a "competition of idiocy"
RT - At Monday’s Republican debate, both Mitt Romney and Newt
Gingrich came to an agreement on something: they each wish Fidel
Castro would just die already. Days later, the former Cuban
president fired back and offered some words of his own for the
GOP. According to Castro, the race on the right is full of
idiots.
White House to field veterans’ questions this Thursday
The White House is planning a series of online follow-ups and
forums after Tuesday night’s State of the Union address,
including a veterans-focused session Thursday morning featuring
Matt Flavin, the administration’s point person on veterans
issues and wounded warrior policy. He’ll take to Twitter around
10 a.m. on Thursday, answering messages posted with the #WHChat
hashtag. White House officials said they’ll have a full
transcript posted at
WhiteHouse.gov later in the day and an interactive recap at
their Storify site as well.
Bernanke says Fed pondering further stimulus
(Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on
Wednesday the central bank was ready to offer the economy
additional stimulus after it announced it would likely keep
interest rates near zero until at least late 2014. The Fed also
took the historic step of adopting an explicit inflation target,
though Bernanke took pains to stress that officials would be
flexible about reining in price growth when unemployment was too
high.
VIDEO: In historic shift, Fed sets inflation target
(Reuters) - The Federal Reserve took the historic step on
Wednesday of setting an inflation target, a victory for Chairman
Ben Bernanke that brings the Fed in line with many of the
world's other major central banks. The U.S. central bank, in its
first ever "longer-run goals and policy strategy" statement,
said an inflation rate of 2 percent best aligned with its
congressionally mandated goals of price stability and full
employment. However, it said it was not appropriate to adopt a
fixed goal for employment because the level of unemployment that
can be achieved without sparking inflation is not largely
determined by monetary factors.
George Soros predicts riots, police state and class war for
America
RT - Billionaire investor George Soros has a new prediction for
America. While it might be as dire as it gets for the financial
wiz, this bet concerns more than just the value of the buck.
According to Soros, there's about to be an all-out class war.,,,
“I am not here to cheer you up. The situation is about as
serious and difficult as I’ve experienced in my career,” Soros
tells Newsweek. “We are facing an extremely difficult time,
comparable in many ways to the 1930s, the Great Depression. We
are facing now a general retrenchment in the developed world,
which threatens to put us in a decade of more stagnation, or
worse. The best-case scenario is a deflationary environment. The
worst-case scenario is a collapse of the financial system.”
Third world America: Bodies driven to a pauper's burial in a
U-Haul as tough economic times lead to more mass graves
Mail Online - It's a practice more closely associated with third
world countries, but in
bleak times in a Chicago-area suburb, 30 people were buried in a
mass grave on Wednesday. The pauper's burial section at Homewood
Memorial Gardens was established for those who could not afford
to pay for a burial plot. And it is a problem that's sweeping
America as tough economic times have led to an increase in the
number of indigent burials the morgue must perform.
The mortgage investigations drag on
Reuters - The shape of a possible settlement with the banks over
mortgage fraud has never been clearer. But neither has the fact
that it’s not going to happen any time soon. And without a deal
in hand, Barack Obama ended up making a different announcement
in his State of the Union address: Tonight, I’m asking my
Attorney General to create a special unit of federal prosecutors
and leading state attorney general to expand our investigations
into the abusive lending and packaging of risky mortgages that
led to the housing crisis.
Proposed $25B Mortgage Settlement Offers Little Relief for
Homeowners
MSNBC - A proposed $25 billion settlement between five big
banks, state attorneys general and the Obama administration may
help resolve some of the thornier legal issues surrounding the
mortgage mess that caused the housing market to collapse. It
will do relatively little to stop the ongoing wave of home
foreclosures or revive the deeply depressed housing market,
however.
Letter from Board of American Academy of Environmental Medicine
to declare a moratorium on smart meters because of health
effects
Save this letter, you will probably need it. You may need to put
your electric company "on notice" with this.
Americans protest fracking as Obama cheers for it
RT - It took years, but opponents of fracking, the controversial
process of hydraulic
fracturing for the extraction of natural gas, are finally
getting their point across.
President Barack Obama, however, still isn’t convinced of the
cons.
The green killer: Scores of protected golden eagles dying after
colliding with wind turbines
Mail Online - California's attempts to switch to green energy
have inadvertently put the survival of the state’s golden eagles
at risk. Scores of the protected birds have been dying each year
after colliding with the blades of about 5,000 wind turbines.
Now the drive for renewable power sources, such as wind and the
sun, being promoted by President Obama and state Governor Jerry
Brown has raised fears that the number of newborn golden eagles
may not be able to keep pace with the number of turbine
fatalities.
Federal agencies fail to address BPA, report says
A report being released Thursday says federal agencies have not
taken effective steps to protect the public from the dangers of
BPA, a commonly used chemical found in food packaging that has
been linked to health problems, including cancer, asthma and
heart attacks.
Studies confirm chiropractic treatment prevents heart attacks
and lowers blood pressure
(NaturalNews) The popularity of chiropractic care has grown
dramatically since the middle of the 20th century. Although most
people seek chiropractic treatment to relieve musculoskeletal
pain, certain types of pain may be indicative of the patient
experiencing a heart attack just before or during treatment.
"Principles of Holistic Medicine"
Holistic medicine is the art and science of healing that
addresses the whole person - body, mind, and spirit. The
practice of holistic medicine integrates conventional and
alternative therapies to prevent and treat disease, and most
importantly, to promote optimal health. This condition of
holistic health is defined as the unlimited and unimpeded free
flow of life force energy through body, mind, and spirit.
Researching genetics as a cause of autism - An expensive attempt
to marginalize vaccine causation
(NaturalNews) It seems that every effort to discount
vaccinations as a source of autism has gone into research to
prove defective genes as the major culprit. Some epidemiological
study based on twins with autism spectrum disorders was done as
early as the mid-1970s. Since then, autism has increased
40-fold. All this from a sudden case of bad genes? This
coincides nicely with a dramatic increase of early childhood
vaccination schedules.
Why more thyroid cancer? Fluoridated water, x-rays, and
radiation are all to blame
(NaturalNews) According to a recent report in USA Today, cases
of thyroid cancer have risen 6.5 percent over the past several
years, and many medical experts are at a loss for explaining why
this is occurring. But mainstream science is ignoring all the
most obvious factors that contribute to the disease -- fluoride
chemicals added to drinking water; excessive medical x-rays; and
radiation from cells phones, computers, naked body scanners, and
nuclear disasters like Fukushima.
Big Pharma may have to face consequences of DES-breast cancer
link in court
(NaturalNews) The first-ever lawsuit hinging on the link between
DES and breast cancer may soon come to court in Boston.
Fifty-three DES daughters are attempting to sue 14 drug
manufacturers for the health consequences of one of the
pharmaceutical industry's more notorious products.
Discover silica's anti-aging and heavy metal detox properties
(NaturalNews) The mineral silica (Si) is getting more notice for
its important functions. Sometimes called the "beauty mineral"
because it improves skin elasticity and hair and nail growth, a
few other more important aspects have been explored lately.
Silica helps ensure collagen elasticity of all connecting
tissues in the body, including tendons and cartilage. This
reduces aches and pains and maintains your body's flexibility.
It has also been determined lately that high levels of blood
serum silica keep arterial plaque from building and clogging
blood vessels.
Mass psychogenic illness or brain damage of unknown origin?
(NaturalNews) Vaccine Forum Turns Emotional 12 Girls in Le Roy
New York Develop Tics - Gardasil Related? Diagnosed as Mass
Hysteria Mass Hysteria? Myasshysteria. Saying that these girls
have conversion disorder takes all females back 100 years. (I.e.
Females tend to be "hysterical" rather than having real, medical
illnesses.) 1
In praise of the prickly pear: Let they food be thy medicine
(NaturalNews) The Prickly Pear cactus is a common sight in the
American West and Mexico. The plant is native to Mexico but has
been introduced to many other parts of the globe. In the genus
Opuntia it's also know as nopales, paddle cactus, beavertail or
tuna. There are about 200 species in this genus, they're all
edible and most of them are palatable.
New Hampshire bills seek to outlaw foreign substances, including
fluoride, from being added to public water supplies
(NaturalNews) The State of New Hampshire is quickly gaining
momentum to be the first entire US state to outlaw adding
fluoride chemicals to public water supplies. The Fluoride Action
Network (FAN) has reported that two bills currently before
committee -- HB 1529 and HB 1416 -- seek to prohibit the
addition of fluoride, herbicides and pesticides, lithium, and,
in the case of HB 1416, any unnecessary chemicals into the
public water supply.
Obama Administration says, "No raw milk for you."
Just after New Year's Day, the Obama administration gave its
official response of "No!" to the 6,078 signors of a petition on
WhiteHouse.gov who requested federal-level legalization of all
raw milk sales. Written by Doug McKalip, Senior Policy Adviser
for Rural Affairs in the White House Domestic Policy Council,
the response is full of typical government double speak and
sleight of hand with facts and figures. For instance, the
response starts off by saying, "We appreciate consumer concerns
on food issues and understand the importance of letting
consumers make their own food choices."
Urge your Congressmen to co-sponsor HR 1830 and help restore raw
milk rights
(NaturalNews) For 15 years, the US Food and Drug Administration
(FDA) has been overstepping its regulatory bounds by restricting
individuals from buying and selling -- or even just transporting
-- raw milk across state lines. But legislation authored by Rep.
Ron Paul (R-Tex.) will undo this form of food tyranny, if
passed, by once again establishing freedom of food choice for
millions of Americans that currently do not have access to raw
milk.
Powerful activism to demand labeling of GMOs - watch 'Labels
Matter' and sign the petition now!
(NaturalNews) The Alliance for Natural Health USA (ANH-USA),
Breastcancer.org, the Center for Food Safety (CFS), Stonyfield
Farm, the Non-GMO Project, and more than 450 other consumer
groups, health food companies, and farming organizations have
signed on with a new GMO labeling campaign called Just Label It:
We have the right to know. And Robert Kenner, creator of the
famous documentary Food, Inc., has partnered with the initiative
and made a new short film called Labels Matter that highlights
the desperate need for GMO labeling in America.
Super Energy Kale Soup
This quick and easy version of potato kale soup has extra
vegetables for more flavor and nutrition and takes little time
to prepare.
In-depth nutritional profile here.
YouTube: "How To Prepare Spaghetti Squash"
For every 1 cup of spaghetti squash you get only 80 calories
where as Whole Wheat pasta will run you about 175 calories.
Spaghetti squash gives you 18 grams of carbohydrates, while
whole wheat pasta delivers 37 carbs. Spaghetti squash is higher
in fiber close to 6 grams of fiber and whole wheat pasta has
only 4 grams of fiber. Another great thing about spaghetti
squash is it is a good source of potassium. 1 cup of spaghetti
squash has more than twice the amount of a medium banana.
VIDEO: Solar storms set Northern Lights aglow
The large solar storm that hit the Earth yesterday was expected
to interfere with cell phone calls and GPS transmissions. But
the storm was also a boon for photographers--who captured the
Northern Lights in full effect.
YouTube: What Is ACTA ?
ACTA - 'The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement' is a proposed
plurilateral agreement for the purpose of establishing
international standards on intellectual property rights
enforcement in Europe. ACTA would establish a new international
legal framework that would create its "own governing body
outside existing international institutions" such as - the World
Trade Organization (WTO), the World Intellectual Property
Organization (WIPO) or the United Nations.
VIDEO: Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) removes any
need for SOPA or PIPA. It's WORSE
The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is a proposed
plurilateral agreement for the purpose of establishing
international standards on intellectual property rights
enforcement. Might sound okay... IF you understand bureaucratic
lingo but ACTA conceals a huge threat in plain view:ACTA hides a
WWW threat even more sinister than anything SOPA or PIPA ever
dreamed up.
How to Permanently Delete Your Facebook Account
As I wrote in my article on "Why is Facebook bad", there are
plenty of good reasons to not only deactivate but permanently
delete your Facebook account and all data connected with it. The
delete functionality is quite hidden. Of course, Facebook does
not like to see you go. Every active member of the community
means good business thus money for the company.
Megaupload's Kim Dotcom is one step closer to US extradition
RT - File sharing kingpin Kim Dotcom, the founder of the website
Megaupload.com, was denied bail for a second time in New Zealand
on Wednesday. Now Dotcom will spend the next month in jail
awaiting an extradition hearing that could send him to the
US.... Authorities seized around $50 million in assets in all
from Dotcom’s compound and have arrested several other
Megaupload affiliates accused of being involved in the
conspiracy. In a joint statement from the Justice Department and
the FBI, the agencies write that Megaupload is guilty of being
“among the largest criminal copyright cases ever brought by the
United States.”
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Gardening, Farming & Homesteading |
Farm Stand Forced to Close
San Juan County in Washington State did the indefensible. They
closed a farm stand that had been in operation for more than two
and a half years. Was it because health inspectors found unsafe
food being sold? No. Perhaps it was because the farm didn't have
the proper permits to sell food? No. It's because the county
recently decided that since the farm stand was "open to the
public," it had to meet commercial building requirements. Of
course, when the Jones Family Farm first erected their on-farm
stand, they were told by the county planning department that
they were exempt from commercial building requirements.
VIDEO: Alien Hybrid Or Starchild Discovered In China? 2012
Disclose TV - A boy has stunned medics with his ability to see
in pitch black with eyes that glow in the dark. Doctors have
studied Nong Youhui's amazing eyesight since his dad took him to
hospital in Dahua, southern China, concerned over his bright
blue eyes. Dad Ling said: "They told me he would grow out of it
and that his eyes would stop glowing and turn black like most
Chinese people but they never did." Medical tests conducted in
complete darkness show Youhui can read perfectly without any
light and sees as clearly as most people do during the day.
VIDEO: Mitt Romney DESTROYED by Jon Stewart on the Daily Show
Daily Show Tuesday January 24, 2012 - Indecision 2012 - I Know
What You Did Last Quarter. Mitt Romney justifies making more in
one day than the median American family makes in a year, while
paying the same tax rate as the guy who scans his shoes at the
airport.
Happy wake up
Happy is Maltese & Daschund mix.
Today in History -
Wednesday - January 25, 2012
1799 - Eliakim Spooner patented the seeding machine.
1870 - G.D. Dows patented the ornamental soda fountain.
1881 - Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell and others signed an
agreement to organize the Oriental Telephone Company.
1890 - The United Mine Workers of America was founded.
1915 - In New York, Alexander Graham Bell spoke to his assistant in San
Francisco, inaugurating the first transcontinental telephone service.
1924 - The 1st Winter Olympic Games were inaugurated in Chamonix in the
French Alps.
1946 - The United Mine Workers rejoined the American Federation of
Labor.
1949 - The first Emmys were presented at the Hollywood Athletic Club.
1950 - A federal jury in New York City found former State Department
official Alger Hiss guilty of perjury.
1959 - In the U.S., American Airlines had the first scheduled
transcontinental flight of a Boeing 707.
1961 - John F. Kennedy presented the first live presidential news
conference from Washington, DC. The event was carried on radio and
television.
1971 - Charles Manson and three female members of his "family" were
found guilty of one count of conspiracy to commit murder and seven
counts of murder in the first degree. They were all sentenced to death
for the 1969 killings. The sentences were later commuted to life
sentences.
1971 - Maj. Gen. Idi Amin led a coup that deposed Milton Obote and
became president of Uganda.
1981 - Jiang Qing, Mao's widow, was tried for treason and received a
death sentence, which was subsequently commuted to life imprisonment.
1981 - The 52 Americans held hostage by Iran for 444 days arrived in the
United States and were reunited with their families.
1993 - A gunman shot and killed two CIA employees outside the agencies
headquarters in Virginia. Mir Aimal Kansi, a Pakistani national, was
later convicted of the shootings.
1995 - The defense gave its opening statement in the O.J. Simpson trial.
1999 - At least 1,000 people were killed when an earthquake hit western
Columbia. The quake registered 6.0 on the Richter Scale.
1999 - In Louisville, KY, man received the first hand transplant in the
United States.
2001 - A minor earthquake hit northeastern Ohio. The quake measured only
4.2 on the Richter Scale.
2010 - In Arlington, TX, the International Bowling Museum and Hall of
Fame had its grand opening.
Iraqi authorities hang 34 people in a single day
More than 30 people were executed by Iraqi authorities on Thursday
following their conviction for various crimes, the United Nations
reported on Tuesday. It is the largest number of confirmed executions
within a single day in years.
US launched cyber attacks on other nations
RT - Mike McConnell, the former director of national intelligence at the
National Security Agency under George W Bush, tells Reuters this week
that cyber war is more than a distant possibility. According to the
current vice chairman at Booz Allen Hamilton, the US has already
launched attacks on the computer networks of other nations. McConnell
did not add any input as to what countries have been hit with American
cyber warfare in the past, but he did confirm that the US has already
used the
Japan's first trade deficit since 1980 raises debt doubts
(Reuters) - Japan first annual trade deficit in more than 30 years calls
into question how much longer the country can rely on exports to help
finance a huge public debt without having to turn to fickle foreign
investors. The aftermath of the March earthquake raised fuel import
costs while slowing global growth and the yen's strength hit exports,
data released on Wednesday showed, swinging the 2011 trade balance into
deficit.
Japanese Delegation Wants the U.S. Out of Okinawa
A 24-member delegation from Japan is in Washington, D.C., this week
opposing the presence and new construction of U.S. military bases in
Okinawa. Participating are members of the Japanese House of Councilors,
of the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly, and of city governments in Okinawa,
as well as leading protest organizers and the heads of several important
organizations opposed to the ongoing U.S. military occupation of
Okinawa.
VIDEO: Iran Summons Danish Envoy, Renews Threat to Close Hormuz
Kurt Nimmo - Iran’s foreign minister Ali Asghar Khaji summoned the
Danish ambassador in Tehran to protest the European Union’s decision to
go forward with an oil embargo on the country. Denmark currently holds
the rotating EU presidency.
Danish ambassador summoned over Iran oil embargo
On Tuesday, The Iranian Foreign Ministry summoned the Danish ambassador
to Tehran, whose country holds the rotating presidency of the European
Union, to protest about the EU’s decision to impose sanctions on Iran’s
oil industry.
VIDEO: Sanctions dodge: India to pay gold for Iran oil, China may follow
RT - India has reportedly agreed to pay Tehran in gold for the oil it
buys, in a move aimed at protecting Delhi from US-sanctions targeting
countries who trade with Iran. China, another buyer of Iranian oil, may
follow Delhi’s lead. The report, by the Israeli-based news website
DEBKAfile, states that Iran and India are negotiating backup
alternatives with China and Russia, should the US and EU find a way to
block the gold payment mechanism.
Israel orders jail without charge for PLC speaker
An Israeli military court on Tuesday ordered the detention of
Palestinian parliamentary speaker Aziz Dweik for six months without
charge. Dweik, who was seized by Israeli forces at a Ramallah checkpoint
on Thursday, heads the Palestinian Legislative Council. His lawyer Fadi
Qawasmi said Ofer military court gave the administrative detention order
early Tuesday, after a Sunday hearing was postponed. The PLC speaker's
office denounced the order as an "abusive decision without any charge or
legal justification," accusing Israel of trying to stop a parliamentary
session scheduled for next month.
Russia to deliver combat jets to Syria: report
AP - A newspaper is reporting that Russia has signed a contract to sell
combat jets to Syria in a show of support for President Bashar Assad’s
regime.The business daily Kommersant said Monday without identifying its
source that the $550 million deal envisages the delivery of 36 Yak-130
aircraft. A spokesman for Russia’s Rosoboronexport state arms trader
refused to comment on the report. If confirmed, the deal would mark an
open defiance of international efforts to put pressure on Assad’s
regime, which has faced broad condemnation for its brutal crackdown on
an uprising.
TEPCO has just announced - Radiation being emitted from Fukushima is 70
million becquerels per hour - It is increasing - Up 12 million from last
month.
All the explosions (quakes) people have been feeling around Fukushima
that are listed as earthquakes on the Japan sensors. The fact that they
could not find the fuel rods when they looked in Reactor 2, was obvious
something big is going on at Fukushima. Now TEPCO has announced 70
million becquerels per hour of radiation is being leaked into the air.
Magic mushroom therapy' to treat depression could happen in UK inside a
year
Mail Online - A clinical trial of 'magic mushroom therapy' could take
place in the UK within a year following two ground-breaking studies.
Doctors plan to treat depressed patients who cannot be helped by modern
drugs or behaviour-based psychotherapy with the active ingredient in
hallucinogenic mushrooms. Psilocybin would slowly be infused into their
bloodstreams while they receive a carefully tailored 'talking therapy'.
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U.S. News, Politics & Government |
VIDEO: State of the Union Address: Haven't We Heard this Before?
The Republican National Committee has compiled this video
comparing lines President Obama used tonight in his State of the
Union Address with lines he used in previous addresses before
Congress.
Obama Speech Makes Pitch for Economic Fairness
President Obama pledged on Tuesday President Obama pledged on
Tuesday night to use government power to balance the scale
between America’s rich and the rest of the public, trying to
present an election-year choice between continued leadership
toward an economy “built to last” and what he called
irresponsible policies of the past that caused an economic
collapse.
Obama Makes Populist Pitch
WSJ - President Barack Obama offered Americans a populist
economic vision in his State of the Union address Tuesday,
seeking to draw a contrast with his eventual Republican rival
and demonstrating the widening policy gulf between the two
political parties. Mr. Obama's laundry-list of initiatives—steep
tax increases on wealthier Americans, fresh investigations into
the mortgage crisis and support for domestic manufacturing—was
aimed at buttressing a re-election message that posits him as
defender of Americans beset by inequality in the tax code and
broader economy. "It's time to apply the same rules from top to
bottom: No bailouts, no handouts and no copouts," Mr. Obama
said. "An America built to last insists on responsibility from
everybody."
Ron Paul Responds To Obama's State Of The Union Speech
Chicago Sun-Times - "Tonight, President Obama once again showed
that he does not represent the fundamental change this country
needs. Instead of offering solutions to the problems our country
faces, the President was intent on delivering a campaign speech,
further dealing in the typical Washington political gamesmanship
that has gotten us exactly nowhere close to improving the lives
of the American people.
VIDEO: Shock Docs: Total Federalization of Police Under New
Homeland Security Mission
Aaron Dykes - A new white paper presented to the House Permanent
Select Committee on Intelligence carves out an ‘evolving
mission’ for Homeland Security that moves away from fighting
terrorism and towards growing a vast domestic intelligence
apparatus that would expand integration with local/state
agencies and private-public partnerships already underway via
regional fusion centers. Crafted by the Aspen Institute Homeland
Security Group, co-chaired by former DHS chief Michael Chertoff
and composed of a who’s who of national security figures, the
report outlines a total mission creep, as the title “Homeland
Security and Intelligence:
Next Steps in Evolving the Mission” implies....
LA Military Exercises
KFI News - Joint military training exercises will be held
evenings in downtown Los Angeles through Thursday, according to
the Los Angeles Police Department. The LAPD will be providing
support for the exercises, which will also be held in other
portions of the greater Los Angeles area, police said.
Is The NYPD Experimenting With Drones Over The City? Evidence
Points To Yes
CBS New York - They’re used in war zones for surveillance and
military strikes. But are there plans to deploy drones in the
Big Apple to keep an eye on New Yorkers? More and more people
believe it’s inevitable, reports CBS 2’s Don Dahler.
AUDIO: US corporations 'treating prisoners like commodities'
Press TV - Craig Hennecke, board chairman of Portland-based
Central America Solidarity Committee, criticizes U.S. financial
institutions and big banks for investing in and profiting from
private prison industry in America. “It's unacceptable to be
investing in prisoners and treating them like their commodities
and profiting off of people,” Hennecke said in a phone interview
with Press TV's U.S. Desk on Monday. He cited Wells Fargo, a
giant financial services company, as a notable example of big
financial corporations' involvement in private prison system in
the United States.
Ruling could force Americans to decrypt laptops
American citizens can be ordered to decrypt their PGP-scrambled
hard drives for police to peruse for incriminating files, a
federal judge in Colorado ruled today in what could become a
precedent-setting case.... Blackburn, a George W. Bush
appointee, ruled that the Fifth Amendment posed no barrier to
his decryption order. The Fifth Amendment says that nobody man
be "compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against
himself," which has become known as the right to avoid
self-incrimination.
VIDEO: Pelosi On A Gingrich Presidency: "That Will Never Happen"
CNN - Pelosi: "There is something I know. The Republicans, if
they choose to nominate him that's their prerogative. I don't
even think that's going to happen."
Why Democrats Think the GOP Race Might Last Until June
ABC - Why would this go on for awhile? Because a combination of
an elongated schedule, new Republican National Committee rules,
and some quirks of fate have diminished the importance of
individual contests and reduced the ability for knock-out
punches.
YouTube: The Ron Paul FIX is in
SGTreport.com - Eric Blair asks, "Could the conspiracy to keep
Ron Paul out of the Oval Office be this coordinated? This
pervasive?"
VIDEO: Ron Paul Campaign Releases New Ad ‘Three of a Kind’
Challenging Rivals in South Carolina
Ad condemns serial hypocrisy, counterfeit conservatism and
flip-flopping of Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney.
Ron Paul Announces ‘End the TSA’ Money Bomb
Steve Watson - Slams “out-of-control police state” in email to
supporters. In the wake of Kentucky Senator Rand Paul’s run in
with the TSA this week, his father, GOP presidential candidate
Ron Paul, has launched a new fundraising effort with the theme
‘End the TSA’. In an email to supporters Monday, Ron Paul wrote
that the Senator “simply stood up for his right not to be the
latest victim of the TSA’s disgusting full body pat-down.” “The
elderly. The disabled. Little kids. All victims of an
out-of-control police state that, while doing nothing to make us
safer, is working overtime to strip away our freedoms, our
rights, and our basic dignity,” Paul added.
Ron Paul Commands a Strong Plurality of Hispanic Republican
Voters in Florida
KISSIMMEE, Florida – 2012 Republican Presidential candidate Ron
Paul wins a strong plurality of Hispanic voters in the early
voting state of Florida, according to a new poll. Paul earns a
commanding 41.5 percent among this large voting segment, with
Newt Gingrich a distant second with 25.3 percent. Mitt Romney in
third place and Rick Santorum in fourth place fare quite poorly,
garnering just 9.2 and 4.1 percent, respectively, in the survey
of registered Republican voters who respond that they will vote
in the Tuesday, January 31st primary.
VIDEO: Ground report from Ron Paul supporter outside Florida
debate 1/23/2012
Daily Paul - This was the scene driving to the University of
South Florida Republican primary on Jan 23rd, 2012...We stood on
the street outside the actual building where we understood the
debate would take place from 6 p.m. In all that time, I saw a
total of only 7 small signs for Santorum, 2 lonely little signs
for Gringrich that were held by two guys in dark suits (spooky),
and again, just on that one street, HUNDREDS of Ron Paul signs
and supporters. They had megaphones and we chanted back and
forth across the street. It was all in good spirits and there
was no bad behavior.
Fox Attempts to Discredit Ron Paul with “Oklahoma Inside Job”
Newsletter
Kurt Nimmo - On the heels of Ron Paul’s South Carolina promise
to continue forward with his quest to gain the Republican
nomination and the presidency, Fox News has dredged up an yet
another newsletter attributed to him in an effort to sabotage
the Paul campaign. “Full of racist, anti-Semitic, and homophobic
statements, not to mention a variety of quack science and
conspiracy theories, the newsletters have once again become an
issue as Paul seeks to stay in the Republican presidential
primary for the long haul,” Fox Nation reported on Monday in a
repost of a
BuzzFeed article.
Article II Super PAC Providing Live Internet Video Stream From
Inside Obama's 3 Georgia Ballot Hearings
Article II Super PAC is providing live internet video stream
coverage of Obama's 3 Georgia Ballot Hearing on January 26th in
Atlanta, GA starting at 9AM ET. The live video stream will be
located at this page and on the home-page of this website.
Romney’s Answer on Illegal Immigration: “Self-deportation”
Miami Herald Blog - The topic of immigration, mainly what to do
about illegal immigration, got plenty of reaction from the
Republican candidates on Monday night - and on Twitter. Perhaps
the most interesting - and the one most tweeted about - was
Romney's "self-deportation" idea for helping curb the number of
illegal immigrants.'... "The answer is self-deportation, which
is people decide they can do better by going home because they
can't find work here because they don't have legal documentation
to allow them to work here," Romney said.
Romney ‘Proud Of The Fact’ That He Pays ‘A Lot’ Of Taxes, But
His Plan Would Cut His Own Taxes In Half
[Citizens for Tax Justice] calculated what Romney would pay if
his own plan passed. That is, if you kept the Bush tax cuts in
place, including keeping the capital gains tax at 15 percent,
and scrapped the Medicare tax, as Romney wants to do. Under that
system, Romney would pay a rate of a little under 15 percent —
because virtually all his income is from capital gains and
dividends. The group calculates that this means Romney’s plan
would give him a tax cut of more than 40 percent.
How To Avoid Voting For A Globalist Puppet
Alt-Market - How can the people of this country avoid making the
mistake of voting for such disingenuous candidates when they
seem so adept at telling us what we want to hear until they are
comfortably in office? The key is to stop listening to what they
SAY, and start looking closely at what they DO. We must ignore
their rhetoric, their speeches written by proxy, and their bad
jokes slapped together by hired staff, and begin examining their
actions and their backgrounds.
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Occupy Wall Street Protest |
Florida police nab 3 Occupy protesters
Press TV - Three protestors from Occupy Miami and Occupy Palm
Beach were arrested in the city of Boca Raton in Palm Beach
County, Florida on Monday evening for trying to block a bridge
near the venue for the 2012 (Global Alternative Investment
Management) GAIM conference. GAIM presents itself as one of the
most important conferences of the hedge fund industry, with
'over 75 percent of attendees...at the managing director level
and above' and thus belonging to the one-percent wealthiest in
the US as opposed to the remaining 99 percent.
VA assigns officer to verify claims involving secret missions
Lack of records access has been seen by many spec ops veterans
as a roadblock to filing claims, especially for disabilities
such as post-traumatic stress, for which there may be nothing in
military health or personnel records to verify any treatment
while the veteran was in uniform. Now, the Veterans Affairs
Department has assigned a liaison officer to the U.S. Special
Operations Command with direct access to classified files.
La. lawmakers may enhance veterans’ benefits
Lawmakers are considering whether to broaden a program for
permanently disabled veterans and to loosen rules on Louisiana’s
free college tuition program so more veterans can be eligible,
members of the House and Senate veterans affairs committees said
Thursday.
VA expands list of ships with Agent Orange risk
The Veterans Affairs Department has added 47 vessels to its list
of Navy and Coast Guard ships whose crews may have been exposed
to the defoliant Agent Orange.
Pentagon budget to cut military, cancel programs
(Reuters) - The Pentagon will preview a budget proposal this
week that begins to implement $487 billion in spending cuts over
the next decade by trimming the size of the military and
canceling or scaling back some weapons programs. Defense
Secretary Leon Panetta will discuss the broad outlines of his
budget request for the 2013 fiscal year on Thursday. The
proposal is expected to cut $260 billion in spending through
2017, taking the Pentagon more than halfway to its target for
the decade. Cuts in proposed spending are expected to eliminate
thousands of military and civilian jobs over the next five years
at a time when Obama is running for re-election against a field
of Republicans who accuse him of being weak on national
security.
GETTING OUT: 1,000+ Americans ditched their citizenship over
taxes
Rather than deal with the complexities of U.S. tax law,
Americans living overseas are increasingly renouncing their
citizenship in order to avoid paying their income taxes.
According to National Taxpayer Advocate Nina E. Olson,
approximately 4,000 people gave up their citizenship from fiscal
year 2005 to FY 2010. Renunciations increased sharply within the
past three years, from 146 in FY 2008 to 1,534 in FY 2010. And
during the first two quarters of FY 2011 alone, 1,024 Americans
ditched their citizenship.
Hundreds of Capitol Hill Staffers Didn't Pay Taxes in 2010
Fox News - Internal Revenue Service data show that 3 percent of
Senate staffers and more than 4 percent of House staffers owed
taxes in 2010, adding up to about $10.6 million in unpaid taxes.
More than 98,000 civilian federal employees were delinquent on
their taxes in 2010, adding up to more than $1 billion in taxes
owed, according to the IRS. Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, last
year introduced a bill to require federal employees to be fired
if they are "seriously delinquent" on their taxes... The bill
was passed by committee in June but is still waiting for a vote
from the full House.
Obamanomics: Price Of Gas +83%, Ground Beef +24%, Bacon +22%
When Obama entered the White House in January 2009, the city
average price for one gallon of regular unleaded gasoline was
$1.79, according to the BLS. (The figures are in nominal
dollars: not adjusted for inflation.) Five months later in June,
unleaded gasoline was $2.26 per gallon, an increase of 26
percent. By December 2011, the price of regular unleaded gas per
gallon was $3.28, an 83 percent increase from January 2009.
McDonald's hits record $27bn turnover
Telegraph - McDonald's, the fast food chain, announced a record
annual turnover of $27bn as it continued to win market share
around the world and vowed to open 1,300 new outlets this year.
BREAKING - Apple ANNIHILATES Profit Estimates - Earns $13.87 Per
Share Vs. Analyst Consensus Of $10.08
Daily Bail - $17.5 billion in free cash flow, for one quarter.
Unflippingbelievable. They beat estimates by 36%. Apple should
do something good for humanity with their money - Buy the Fed
and shut it down.
Bank strategy backfires in foreclosure crisis
Press TV - Housing investors and advocates are embracing a new
strategy to keep struggling borrowers in their homes: Purchasing
houses from homeowners who can no longer afford to pay the
mortgage, then leasing the property back to the previous owner
at an affordable rent. The problem is the strategy is
prohibited. The nation's major banks and mortgage companies, as
well as housing giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, typically bar
the previous owners from remaining in their properties after
homes are sold for less than the value of the outstanding
mortgage -- what is known as a short sale.
EPA Finally Supplies Drinking Water to Pennsylvania Fracking
Victims
All Gov - In yet another case of drinking water contamination in
areas where energy companies have engaged in the controversial
practice of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is supplying clean water
to some residents of Dimock Township, Pennsylvania (pop.:
1,398), at taxpayer expense. Apparently concerned that the
contamination may be more widespread, EPA will soon begin more
extensive testing of the local water supply.
Delta reroutes planes following massive solar eruption
Fox News - Radiation from an immense solar blast hit the Earth
Tuesday -- forcing Delta Air Lines to redirect at least half a
dozen airplanes that had been routed over the North Pole....
There is no risk to people on Earth, Doug Biesecker of the NOAA
Space Weather Prediction Center told FoxNews.com. But as a rare
precaution, some polar flights were re -routed to avoid
communication lapses and exposing pilots and passengers to
excessive radiation.
Children herded like cattle into Maryland courthouse for forced
vaccinations as armed police and attack dogs stand guard
Mike Adams - Following the State of Maryland's threats against
parents who refuse to have their children vaccinated, children
were herded into a Price George County courthouse being guarded
by armed personnel with attack dogs. Inside, the children were
forcibly vaccinated, many against their will, under orders from
the State Attorney General, various State Judges and the local
School Board Director, all of whom illegally conspired to
threaten parents with imprisonment if they did not submit their
children to vaccinations....Where is the outrage?
The Vaccination Agenda: Implicit Transhumanism
Activist Post - A new paper published in the journal Lupus
entitled "Mechanisms of aluminum adjuvant toxicity and
autoimmunity in pediatric populations," points out that as many
as 125 antigenic compounds, along with high amounts of aluminum
(AI) adjuvants are given to children by the time they are 4 and
6 years old, in some "developed" countries. The authors also
state: "Immune challenges during early development, including
those vaccine-induced, can lead to permanent detrimental
alterations of the brain and immune function. Experimental
evidence also shows that simultaneous administration of as
little as two to three immune adjuvants can overcome genetic
resistance to autoimmunity."
Avoid antibiotics - There are alternatives
(NaturalNews)A much better solution is to use antiviral and
antibacterial herbs and supplements to fight infections. So at
the first sign of a virus take a Chinese Herbal Yin Chiao
(pronounced "chow") formula.... Black Elderberry (Sambucus nigra)
is also an excellent antiviral and safe for children. Echinacea
is sometimes helpful to stimulate white blood cell production as
well. These are all available at many health food stores or on
the Internet. For any infections take liquid silver, vitamin C
(children can take Emergen-C powder, vitamin A (10,000-50,000 IU),
and increase your vitamin D to at least 10,000 IU (children can
take 4,000-5,000 for infections).
Aloe vera helps reverse cancer and AIDS
(NaturalNews) One of the best kept secrets in the nutritional
field is aloe vera. Commonly recognized for soothing ulcers,
hemorrhoids, sunburns, wounds and other skin ailments, many
don't know the power pure raw aloe vera juice has for improving
and even reversing serious diseases that baffle mainstream
medicine.
Toxic chemical formaldehyde found in common personal care
products
(NaturalNews) Formaldehyde is one of the most toxic chemicals
that can invade the human body. It is a known carcinogen and
tissue irritant. Yet the chemical is still allowed in "safe"
concentrations in certain products we touch, put on our skin or
hair, and inhale every day. Formaldehyde is used for a variety
of industrial purposes, but most of us know it as the funky
smelling liquid that preserved the dissection subjects in
biology class. Long term preservation is just one of its
functions. It serves as a disinfectant, embalming agent,
chemical preservative, and solvent.
Dentist accused of paper clip use in root canals
A former dentist in the U.S. has pleaded guilty to fraud for
using paper clips instead of stainless steel posts in root
canals. Michael Clair will be sentenced next Monday after
pleading guilty last week in a Massachusetts court to a variety
of charges, including defrauding a government health program of
$130,000, assault and battery, illegally prescribing
prescription drugs and witness intimidation. Authorities say
instead of stainless steel posts for root canals, he used
sections of paper clips — which can cause pain and even
infection — in an effort to save money.
Melatonin may prevent Alzheimer's disease - sleep your way to
brain health
(NaturalNews) Excessive periods of sleep deprivation for any
reason can affect the circadian rhythm of amyloid beta by
reducing the amount of melatonin produced in the brain,
hypothetically causing the buildup of amyloid beta plaque
formation. Recent findings have shown that chronic loss of sleep
is connected to early onset Alzheimer's disease.
Now here's a fast-food meal that will make YOU a whopper! Burger
King blasted by health critics over 966-CALORIE 'horrendous'
burger
Mail Online - Healthy-food campaigners have criticised Burger
King's newest snack which packs in an astonishing 966 calories.
The new Smoked Bacon and Cheddar Double Angus burger is the
biggest and most fattening on the high street and has twice as
many calories as a Big Mac from McDonald's.... 'The values given
here don't even include the chips and shake or fizzy drink which
many people will order with it. If you add a large fries and
large coke to that you get almost 1600 calories in the one
meal.'
Cigarette tobacco leaves are genetically engineered to produce
pesticides
(NaturalNews) Monsanto's scientists "bio-engineer" specific
toxic chemicals with nature's seedlings so that the plants
actually grow out from the ground with pesticide as part of
their genetic makeup. In this regard, farmers can spray
unlimited amounts of toxic pesticide on the plants and they
won't wither or die. This "bastardized" form of vegetation is
used on the three most widely consumed crops in America: corn,
soy and yes, tobacco!
One in four toddlers are lacking vitamin D and could face
walking delays, warns expert
Mail Online - Three-quarters of parents are unaware than
children under five should take Vitamin D supplements, says a
scientist at Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in London.
Despite a recommendation that all children under five should
take Vitamin D supplements, 74 per cent of parents know nothing
about the guidelines. And more than half of health professionals
are also unaware of them.
Alfalfa proven to lower cholesterol and shows promise in healing
lupus
(NaturalNews) Alfalfa (medicago sativa L.) is probably one of
the most widely recognized foods in the natural health
community. Alfalfa sprouts are found in practically every
grocery store in the U.S., and alfalfa grass powder is well
known as a green superfood. Alfalfa is an antipyretic, which
means it is a fever reducer. It is a diuretic, meaning it
increases urination. It is an appetite stimulant, and is a
hemostatic, which means it helps to stop bleeding. Alfalfa is
mineral and vitamin rich. It is very high in the macro-nutrients
calcium, magnesium, potassium, and phosphorus. Alfalfa has a
high chlorophyll content, and contains almost every known
vitamin. It has been clinically proven to reduce LDL cholesterol
and shows promise in the treatment of autoimmune diseases such
as lupus.
Calcium controversy explained - Vitamin K2 keeps calcium in your
bones and out of your arteries
(NaturalNews) Calcium belongs in our bones, not in our blood.
When our vitamin K2 levels are low, calcium collects in our
blood and can lead to calcification in our arteries. The
Rotterdam Study, which followed about 4,800 individuals for a
10-year period, showed that individuals who consume the most
dietary vitamin K2 experience 50 percent less arterial
calcification and cardiovascular death.
Google announces privacy changes across products; users can’t
opt out
Washington post - Google will soon know far more about who you
are and what you do on the Web. The Web giant announced Tuesday
that it plans to follow the activities of users across nearly
all of its ubiquitous sites, including YouTube, Gmail and its
leading search engine. Google has already been collecting some
of this information. But for the first time, it is combining
data across its Web sites to stitch together a fuller portrait
of users. Consumers won’t be able to opt out of the changes,
which take effect March 1. And experts say the policy shift will
invite greater scrutiny from federal regulators of the company’s
privacy and competitive practices.
YouTube: Hacker Winston Smith Warns of False Flag Hack Attacks
Federal Jack - Hacker Winston Smith discusses what to keep an
eye out for.
Soros Mouthpiece Calls On Google To Police “Conspiracy Theories”
Paul Joseph Watson - Former fellow of George Soros’ Open Society
and current Stanford University scholar Evgeny Morozov has
called on Google and other search engines to become thought
crime enforcers, by providing warnings about websites that
contain “conspiracy theories” such as the belief, held by a
majority of Americans, that global warming is not primarily
man-made.... His solution is to, “Nudge search engines to take
more responsibility for their index and exercise a heavier
curatorial control in presenting search results for issues like
“global warming” or “vaccination.”
Busted: BitTorrent Pirates at Sony, Universal and Fox
With increasing lobbying efforts from the entertainment industry
against BitTorrent sites and users, we wondered whether these
companies hold themselves to the same standards they demand of
others. After some initial skimming we’ve discovered BitTorrent
pirates at nearly every major entertainment industry company in
the US, including Sony Pictures Entertainment, Fox Entertainment
and NBC Universal. Busted.
Study says humans now use internet as our main ‘memory’ –
instead of our heads
Mail Online - he Internet is becoming our main source of memory
instead of our own brains, a study has concluded. In the age of
Google, our minds are adapting so that we are experts at knowing
where to find information even though we don’t recall what it
is. The researchers found that when we want to know something we
use the Internet as an ‘external memory’ just as computers use
an external hard drive. Nowadays we are so reliant on our smart
phones and laptops that we go into ‘withdrawal when we can’t
find out something immediately’.
YouTube: Apocalyptic Sounds from Around the Globe! 2011 – 2012
Strange sounds are being reported from all around the globe!!!
Many different cities, through out many different countries are
hearing them. Mostly in 2011, some sooner, and especially more
recently in 2012, these "earth sounds" are becoming a quickly
growing phenomenon!!! They are starting to gain local media
attention in some countries and even City Council member Al
Maghnieh of Windsor, Ontario Canadia has experienced them first
hand and claims the sounds are real!
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Gardening, Farming & Homesteading |
Monsanto: ‘There is no need for, or value in testing the safety
of GM foods in humans’
Ethan A. Huff - Monsanto’s Food Safetypage, the biotechnology
giant explains its opinion that GMOs are “substantially
equivalent” to natural organisms.... Furthermore, Monsanto
claims that its injection of foreign DNA into its GM crops is
also automatically safe because, get this, DNA is present in
natural crops as well. Never mind that the injected DNA is
foreign and unnatural, and is used to alter the entire genetic
structure of GM crops - according to Monsanto, its unnatural DNA
is automatically non-toxic because every other plant also has
DNA. Case closed.
The ultimate cat scan! 'My kitten alerted me to my cancer
because she kept jumping on my breast'
Mail Online - A woman claims her pet cat saved her life - by
alerting her to her breast cancer when she was just a whisker
from death. Wendy Humphreys, 52, was bemused when her
black-and-white kitten Fidge leapt up and sat on her right
breast every night for two weeks while she lay on the sofa. She
went to her GP and was told she had a cancerous pea-sized lump
in her breast - which would have killed her if left undiagnosed.
PHOTOS: JFK hearse auctions at $160,000
A white hearse used to transport President John F. Kennedy's
body following his assassination in Dallas has sold at auction
for $160,000.
Today in History -
Tuesday - January 24, 2012
1848 - James W. Marshall discovered a gold nugget at Sutter's Mill in
northern California. The discovery led to the gold rush of '49.
1908 - In England, the first Boy Scout troop was organized by Robert
Baden-Powell.
1922 - Christian K. Nelson patented the Eskimo Pie.
1924 - The Russian city of St. Petersburg was renamed Leningrad. The
name has since been changed back to St. Petersburg.
1935 - Krueger Brewing Company placed the first canned beer on sale in
Richmond, VA.
1943 - U.S. President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Churchill
concluded a wartime conference in Casablanca, Morocco.
1952 - Vincent Massey was the first Canadian to be appointed
governor-general of Canada.
1965 - Winston Churchill died at the age of 90.
1972 - The U.S. Supreme Court struck down laws that denied welfare
benefits to people who had resided in a state for less than a year.
1978 - A nuclear-powered Soviet satellite plunged through Earth's
atmosphere and disintegrated. The radioactive debris was scattered over
parts of Canada's Northwest Territory.
1980 - The United States announced intentions to sell arms to China.
1985 - Penny Harrington became the first woman police chief of a major
city. She assumed the duties as head of the Portland, Oregon.
1986 - The Voyager 2 space probe flew past Uranus. The probe came within
50,679 miles of the seventh planet of the solar system.
1989 - Ted Bundy, the confessed serial killer, was put to death in
Florida's electric chair for the 1978 kidnap-murder of 12-year-old
Kimberly Leach.
1990 - Japan launched the first probe to be sent to the Moon since 1976.
A small satellite was placed in lunar orbit.
1995 - The prosecution gave its opening statement at the O.J. Simpson
murder trial.
1996 - Polish Premier Jozef Oleksy resigned due to allegations that he
had spied for Moscow.
2000 - The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a Missouri law that limited the
contributions that individuals could donate to a candidate during a
single election.
2002 - The U.S. Congress began a hearing on the collapse of Enron Corp.
2002 - John Walker Lindh appeared in court for the first time concerning
the charges that he conspired to kill Americans abroad and aided
terrorist groups. Lindh had been taken into custody by U.S. Marines in
Afghanistan.
2003 - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security began operations under
Tom Ridge.
BASF to Stop Selling Genetically Modified Products in Europe
For 13 years, ordinary Europeans have stood firm in challenging the
right of biotech companies to dump their risky genetically engineered
(GE) seeds onto their fields and have steadfastly rejected the intrusion
of GE foods onto their plates. They built up an informed and powerful
citizens’ movement that has made itself heard, even over the din of the
monied GE lobby. Unfortunately, BASF is headed straight for a research
park here in the U.S. — namely the Research Triangle in North Carolina,
which has become a hub for the biotech industry. BASF will be joining
over 70 agricultural technology companies there, the Winston-Salem
Journal reports, including Bayer CropScience and Syngenta.
Raw milk: Good enough for Queen Elizabeth, but prohibited for ordinary
Canadians
(NaturalNews) Finding access to raw milk is difficult in many parts of
the US, but the situation is even worse in Canada where national law
prohibits the sale of raw milk anywhere in the country. Few people
realize, however, that Queen Elizabeth and her two sons drink this
supposedly "dangerous" food item, as do nearly all Canadian farmers
surveyed in a 2010 study published in Preventive Veterinary Medicine.
Iran 'definitely' closing Strait of Hormuz
RT - Tensions in the Gulf could reach a breaking point as a senior
Iranian official said Iran would “definitely” close the Strait of Hormuz
if an EU oil embargo disrupted the export of crude oil. Mohammad Kossari,
deputy head of parliament's foreign affairs and national security
committee, issued the warning in respone to a decision by the European
Union on Monday to impose an oil embargo on Iran over the country’s
alleged nuclear weapons program.
UK, US, France send warships through Strait
The Telegraph - Britain, America and France delivered a pointed signal
to Iran, sending six warships led by a 100,000 ton aircraft carrier
through the highly sensitive waters of the Strait of Hormuz. This
deployment defied explicit Iranian threats to close the waterway. It
coincided with an escalation in the West's confrontation with Iran over
the country's nuclear ambitions. European Union foreign ministers are
today expected to announce an embargo on Iranian oil exports, amounting
to the most significant package of sanctions yet agreed. They are also
likely to impose a partial freeze on assets held by the Iranian Central
Bank in the EU.
YouTube: US aircraft carriers to deliver 'direct message to Iran'
RT - Europe and the US have expressed their willingness to return to
talks with Iran over its controversial nuclear program. But despite
that, the EU is seemingly still set to approve an embargo on Iranian
oil. France even says the time to avoid military intervention is running
out. As for the U.S., this week it strengthened its presence in the
region by sending a second aircraft carrier to the Arabian sea....
US to
send old warship to Persian Gulf
Press TV - The USS Enterprise is the oldest active duty ship in the
American naval fleet and its mission dates back to the Cuban missile
crisis in 1962 and the Vietnam War. The decision to maintain 11 warships
comes at a time when the US economy is facing a national debt of more
than USD 15 trillion after a decade of costly wars in Afghanistan and
Iraq and is preparing for 487 billion dollars in defense cuts over the
next 10 years.
Gaddafi supporters seize control of Libyan town
(Reuters) - Fighters loyal to Libya's overthrown leader Muammar Gaddafi
took control of a town south-east of the capital on Monday, flying their
green flags in defiance of the country's fragile new government.
VIDEO: Syria sanctions: EU extends asset freeze, travel ban
RT - EU foreign ministers have adopted fresh sanctions against Syria,
targeting a new list of people and firms to be hit by a travel ban and
asset freeze. This is the 11th consecutive round of sanctions to be
imposed on the violence-torn country. Syria sanctions: EU extends asset
freeze, travel ban
EU foreign ministers have adopted fresh sanctions against Syria,
targeting a new list of people and firms to be hit by a travel ban and
asset freeze. This is the 11th consecutive round of sanctions to be
imposed on the violence-torn country.
France passes genocide law, faces Turkish reprisals
(Reuters) - France approved on Monday a bill making it illegal to deny
the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks nearly a century ago was
genocide, sparking angry retaliation from Turkey which threatened a
"total rupture" of diplomatic ties.... The bill had been made more
general so that it outlawed the denial of any genocide, partly in the
hope of appeasing the Turks. But Ankara condemned the bill's approval
and said it would take permanent steps against France, a NATO ally.
VIDEO: Egyptian military hands legislative power to parliament amid
protests
RT - Egypt’s Cabinet says the military rulership has handed legislative
powers to the country’s new lower house of parliament, which held its
first session on Monday. But as the new deputies are sworn in, the
capital is bracing for fresh protests. “Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi,
the head of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, has announced in a
letter to the People’s Assembly the transfer of legislative power to the
assembly,” the government said on its Facebook page.
EU's Barnier eyes limits on top bankers' pay
(Reuters) - The European Commission is considering limiting top bankers'
pay to a multiple of junior staff salaries as well as capping bonuses at
a fixed ratio to pay, its regulatory chief said on Monday. In a move
likely to alarm high earners in the City of London and elsewhere, Michel
Barnier told Reuters in an interview that new curbs on bankers' earnings
were needed to avoid the risk of a backlash from the public.
Shipwreck probe may widen to cruise company
(Reuters) - A criminal probe into the Costa Concordia's doomed voyage,
which ended with at least 15 dead and the cruise ship lying holed off
the Italian coast, may be widened, a lawyer for the captain said on
Monday.... Captain Francesco Schettino is accused of causing the
accident and is under investigation for multiple manslaughter and
abandoning the 450 million-euro ($590 million) ship before it was
evacuated.... Costa Cruises, a unit of Carnival Corp, the world's
largest cruise ship operator, has suspended Schettino and declared
itself an injured party in the case. It has said "unfortunate human
error" by Schettino caused the disaster.
Pot-based prescription drug looks for FDA OK
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A British company, GW Pharma, is in advanced
clinical trials for the world's first pharmaceutical developed from raw
marijuana instead of synthetic equivalents- a mouth spray it hopes to
market in the U.S. as a treatment for cancer pain. And it hopes to see
FDA approval by the end of 2013. Sativex contains marijuana's two best
known components - delta 9-THC and cannabidiol - and already has been
approved in Canada, New Zealand and eight European countries for a
different usage, relieving muscle spasms associated with multiple
sclerosis.
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U.S. News, Politics & Government |
VIDEO: Red Spotlights to Mark ‘Pre-crime’ Suspects
Activist Post - In a glowing review of the rising prevalence of
high-tech big brother surveillance gadgets in police force use,
the Associated Press reports that East Orange, New Jersey plans
to cut crime by highlighting suspects with a red-beamed
spotlight -- before any crime is committed -- a “pre-crime”
deterrent to be mounted on nearby street lights or other
fixtures. “Whereas London has talking cameras, we’re about to
deploy light projecting cameras, better known as light-based
intervention systems.” said William Robinson, Police Chief for
East Orange. He added, “The message to criminals is, we’re
observing you, the police are recording you, and the police are
responding.”
Obama’s Lawyers Outline Supoena Defense for Court Appearance
This Week
Minuteman PAC - The countdown has officially begun. Barack
Hussein Obama is due in court this Thursday, January 26, 2012 to
be held accountable to the American people after nearly four
years of dodging our demands for his long-form birth
certificate. And now, we know just how his lawyers are
attempting to yet again get him out of proving his citizenship
eligibility to be President of the United States… “Presidential
electors and Congress, not the state of Georgia, hold the
constitutional responsibility for determining the qualifications
of presidential candidates,” Obama’s lawyer argued in a since
rejected attempt to prevent Obama from appearing at the hearings
beginning on Jan. 26.
Senate Democratic staffer arrested for disclosing identities of
CIA operatives to al Qaeda Gitmo inmates
Washington Post - The Justice Department on Monday charged a
former CIA officer with repeatedly leaking classified
information, including the identities of agency operatives
involved in the capture and interrogation of alleged terrorists.
The case against John Kiriakou, who also served as a senior
Senate aide, extends the Obama administration’s crackdown on
disclosures of national security secrets. Kiriakou, 47, is the
sixth target of a leaks-related prosecution since President
Obama took office, exceeding the total number of comparable
prosecutions under all previous administrations combined, legal
experts said.
OBAMASCARE: Supreme Court says no to debate over Elena Kagan
health care role
Politico - Freedom Watch, a group led by Larry Klayman, asked
the court for permission to file a brief on Kagan's
participation in the case. The court on Monday denied the
request without comment, though it did note that Kagan did not
participate in the discussion. Both Kagan and Justice Clarence
Thomas have faced calls for their recusals from the case.
Opponents of the law argue Kagan should not participate because
she was solicitor general during the passage of the law.
VIDEO: Rand Paul Detained by TSA in Nashville
ABC News - Sen. Rand Paul told his communications director this
morning he was being detained by TSA at the Nashville
airport.... A TSA spokesman disputed that Paul was ever
“detained.” But he was not granted access to the secure area of
the airport when he tried to board a flight Monday morning....
The TSA version of events is that Paul triggered an alarm during
routine airport screening and refused to complete the screening
process (pat-down) in order to resolve the issue. Paul was
escorted out of the screening area by local law enforcement.
More articles here.
YouTube: Rand Paul on CNN with Wolf Blitzer
CNN Interviews Rand Paul on the TSA scanners after his
experience.
White House sides with TSA in Rand Paul standoff
The Hill - The White House is standing by the Transportation
Security Administration in its standoff with Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.)
and his father, Republican presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul
(R-Texas). The elder Paul called the TSA a "police state" Monday
after Rand Paul was reportedly detained by TSA after he refused
to take a pat-down from TSA officials at the Nashville
International Airport. White House press secretary Jay Carney
said Monday that he didn't have any reaction to Paul's "police
state" comments. But Carney sided with the TSA saying, "I think
it is absolutely essential that we take necessary actions to
ensure that air travel is safe."
Obama to 'hang out' in live video chat room
NEW YORK (AP) -- President Barack Obama plans to "hang out" in a
video chat room to answer questions about his State of the Union
address, part of a White House effort to test new social
networking tools and the latest evidence of the growing
intersection of social media and politics. Google announced
Monday that Obama will participate in a 45-minute live video
chat room known as a "Hangout," part of the online search
giant's social networking site Google Plus. The chat will take
place Monday afternoon, Jan. 30, capping a week of social media
engagement the White House is planning around the State of the
Union speech.
Obama Defends Roe v. Wade As Way for ‘Our Daughters’ to Have
Same Chance As Sons to ‘Fulfill Their Dreams’
CNS News - CNSNews.com) – President Barack Obama says the 39th
anniversary of Roe v. Wade is the chance to recognize the
“fundamental constitutional right” to abortion and to “continue
our efforts to ensure that our daughters have the same rights,
freedoms, and opportunities as our sons to fulfill their
dreams.”
YouTube: Chris Hedges Sues Obama Admin Over Indefinite Detention
of U.S. Citizens Approved in NDAA
Democracy Now -- Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges
has filed suit against President Obama and Secretary of Defense
Leon Panetta to challenge the legality of the National Defense
Authorization Act, which includes controversial provisions
authorizing the military to jail anyone it considers a terrorism
suspect anywhere in the world, without charge or trial.
GPS spying: Supreme Court says police need a warrant
RT - The Supreme Court came to a landmark decision Monday
morning, voting unanimously that police agencies must obtain
search warrants before they can install GPS tracking devices on
the vehicles of suspects. Had the justices voted otherwise,
local law enforcement agencies would have been legally protected
to affix small devices on the cars of suspects, without their
knowing, in order to monitor their every move on public roads.
Who Should Have Access to Student Records?
US NEWS - Privacy experts say the problem is that states collect
far more information than parents expect, and it can be shared
with more than just a student’s teacher or principal.“When you
have a system that’s secret [from parents] and you can put
whatever you want into it, you can have things going in that’ll
be very damaging,” says Lillie Coney, associate director of the
Electronic Privacy Information Center. “When you put something
into digital form, you can’t control where that’ll end up.”
YouTube: Ron Paul Highlights in Florida GOP Debate
NBC 1/23/12 - The first Florida Republican Presidential Primary
debate took place in Tampa at the University of South Florida.
The debate was shown on NBC and streamed live at MSNBC.com.
POLL: Who won the National Journal/NBC GOP debate in Tampa?
Drudge
Report: Ron Paul 48%
O'Reilly: Newt Gingrich 39%, Ron Paul 38% (Who will win
Florida Primary?)
World Today's News: Ron Paul 40%.
Your Political News Group: Ron Paul 55%
The Swash: Ron Paul 69%
We Polls: Ron Paul 82%
Naples News: Ron Paul 77% (Who has your vote in the Jan. 31
Florida GOP primary?)
YouTube: Ron Paul Ignored in Florida's NBC Republican Debate
1/23/12
Ron Paul got less than 6 minutes out of the hour long debate.
They skipped him completely on 3 questions and didnt offer him
one chance to speak after someone attacked him. This is getting
old and fast. We need to stand up and demand fair and balanced
journalism!!!
Adelson to double contribution to help Newt’s presidential bid
Las Vegas Sun - Gondolier Numero Uno Sheldon Adelson, through
his wife, will give Newt Gingrich's SuperPAC another $5 million,
a source close to Adelson confirmed today. That makes $10
million from the man who built the Venetian (in Vegas and
Macau!) to help his old friend, the former speaker. My guess is
so long as Gingrich stays competitive, Adelson, the eighth
richest man in America, will be there to help through Winning
Our Future. And in so doing, he will keep Gingrich, whom he has
known for a decade and a half, competitive with Mitt Romney's
money machine.
YouTube: RAW Footage: Romney Supporter Admits Being Paid to
Support Romney
On camera, a Romney "supporter" at an early voting location says
he was paid by the South Florida Romney campaign effort to wear
a shirt and maintain a presence. Having a handful of Romney
supporters at the site likely helped make the impression on
potential voters who lack the capacity to think for themselves
that they, because of Romney's large "support", they should vote
for him. Makes perfect sense...
Witnesses Document Potential Vote Fraud in S.C. Primaries
Activist Post -At this time, the most serious questions are
centered around the precincts in Pickens County. It was in this
precinct that Chris Lawton, representing the Paul campaign who
came to the Pickens County elections office to witness the vote
certification, noticed a series of situations that were either
in direct opposition to State voting laws, or, at the very
least, highly questionable.
Gingrich Group Releases Freddie Mac Contract
National Journal - Under pressure from rival Mitt Romney,
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich’s consulting
business released his contract with Freddie Mac on Monday on a
website.
Click here to view Gingrich’s contract with Freddie Mac. The
contract calls him a consultant but is vague about his specific
duties. It calls for a $300,000 retainer and $25,000 in fees
monthly for the year 2006. It has been previously disclosed that
Gingrich was paid more than $1.6 million by the mortgage giant
over an eight-year period.
Ron Paul "I went" photo going viral on Internet
Ron Paul's photo showing him with one of his children [Rand]
while serving during the Vietnam era is going viral on net, in
contrast to Newt Gingrich who said he was married and had
children at time as reason why he didn't serve.
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Occupy Wall Street Protest |
Soros: Occupy to turn violent
WND - In an interview with Newsweek writer John Arlidge, Soros
reportedly said riots on the streets of American cities are
inevitable. “‘Yes, yes, yes,’ he says, almost gleefully,” when
asked about the prospect of Occupy turning violent, writes
Arlidge. Soros claimed the riots will “be an excuse for cracking
down and using strong-arm tactics to maintain law and order,
which, carried to an extreme, could bring about a repressive
political system, a society where individual liberty is much
more constrained, which would be a break with the tradition of
the United States.”
White House misses budget deadline for 3rd year
Washington Times - The White House told Congress on Monday that
its budget will be late this year, meaning President Obama once
again will miss the deadline set in law. Congressional officials
said the president now will send up his budget on Feb. 13, which
is a week later than the usual date. The law requires the budget
be sent by the first Monday in February.... "This will mark the
third time in four years the president has missed his statutory
requirement to present a budget on time, while trillion-dollar
budget deficits continue to mount," Mr. Ryan, Wisconsin
Republican, said.
All 2011 unemployment insurance benefits taxable
Collecting unemployment insurance benefits? All that you
received in 2011 is taxed as income. Unless you requested that
federal taxes be withheld, you could be in for a big surprise
when you calculate taxes owed. "People tend to believe
unemployment benefits are still not taxable," said Bob Meighan,
a vice president at TurboTax. That was the case in 2009, for the
first $2,400 in unemployment benefits. But that provision was
not renewed by Congress.
Companies see growth but few new jobs: poll
(Reuters) - The National Association for Business Economics'
industry survey found that two-thirds of respondents expected no
change in employment at their companies over the first half of
the year. That was the highest share in recent quarters.
Although the U.S. jobless rate fell to a near three-year low of
8.5 percent in December, fewer businesses said they would hire
more workers, compared with the previous industry poll.
Gold for Oil: India and Iran Ditch Dollar says Report
According to a new and yet unconfirmed report, India bought oil
from Iran using gold. India certainly has the gold resources to
fund the oil, while Iran is under pressure by the West, due the
continuation of its nuclear program.
When Will Silver Reach a New High?
It shouldn't come as a surprise that silver will take longer to
return to its old high than what we found with gold in last
week's article. Why? Half of silver's use is industrial, so a
weak economy can drag down its demand. We certainly saw that in
2008.
Obama Must Choose on Housing: A Sweetheart Deal for the 1% or a
Fair Deal for the 99%
Huffington Post - Rumor has it that on Monday, after months of
negotiation with big banks, the White House may announce a
settlement that would let the banks off the hook for their role
in the foreclosure crisis -- paying a tiny fraction of what's
needed in exchange for blanket immunity from future lawsuits.
Fannie, Freddie writedowns too costly: regulator
(Reuters) - The regulator for Fannie Mae (FNMA.OB) and Freddie
Mac (FMCC.OB) told lawmakers that forcing the
government-controlled mortgage firms to write down the principal
on underwater home loans would require more than $100 billion in
fresh taxpayer funds.
Buffett's Railroad WINNER From Obama's Keystone Pipeline Denial
Warren Buffett’s Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC is among U.S.
and Canadian railroads that stand to benefit from the Obama
administration’s decision to reject TransCanada Corp. (TRP)’s
Keystone XL oil pipeline permit. With modest expansion,
railroads can handle all new oil produced in western Canada
through 2030, according to an analysis of the Keystone proposal
by the U.S. State Department.
Environmentalists see reason for alarm in GOP race
(AP) - Four years after the GOP's rallying cry became "drill,
baby, drill," environmental issues have barely registered a blip
in this Republican presidential primary. That's likely to change
as the race turns to Florida. The candidates' positions on
environmental regulation, global warming as well as clean air
and water are all but certain to get attention ahead of the Jan.
31 primary in a state where the twin issues of offshore oil
drilling and Everglades restoration are considered mandatory
topics for discussion.
FDA clears more orange juice imports
(Reuters) - Health regulators cleared more orange juice imports
from five countries after testing for the fungicide carbendazim,
but made no mention of samples from top grower Brazil, which
accounts for half of U.S. juice imports.
How to Bring out the Hidden Health Benefits from Brussels
Sprouts
Whole Foods - The latest scientific studies show that cutting
brussels sprouts into quarters help break down cell walls and
enhances the activation of an enzyme called myrosinase that
slowly converts some of the plant nutrients into their active
forms, which have been shown to contain health-promoting
properties.
LA school district students would rather starve than eat healthy
menu items
(NaturalNews) A massive school lunch menu overhaul implemented
by the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) in California
last year has been met with widespread resistance among district
students. CBS 2 in Los Angeles reports that many students are
actually choosing to go hungry rather than have to eat revamped,
healthier meal offerings like vegetarian curry or quinoa salad.
Depression drugs linked to falls in elderly
(NaturalNews) Selective serotonin uptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are
frequently prescribed to dementia patients, who often also
experience depression. The British Journal of Clinical
Pharmacology reported that the risk of elderly injuring
themselves from falls was TRIPLED after they were given SSRIs.
This class of drugs includes the popular depression drugs Prozac
and Paxil, which have long been considered first-line therapy
for treatment of depression in older adults.
Vitamins and herbs for strong, healthy hair
(NaturalNews) The first vitamin for hair health is biotin. This
is actually a form of vitamin B that is widely used to help
prevent hair loss and stimulate hair growth. It is often
recommended for chemotherapy patients to help increase the rate
of growth. It is also useful for thinning hair and is thought to
help with loss of hair pigmentation although no conclusive
evidence has been found. Biotin helps our bodies to break down
fats, protein and carbohydrates. It can be found naturally in
Swiss chard, liver, halibut and goat milk, to name a few.
Cleansing the skepticism surrounding detoxification diets
(NaturalNews) A recent article published in The Science of
Biology espouses the anti-detoxification views of Professor
David Bender, professor emeritus of nutritional biochemistry at
University College London. In his article, titled The Detox
Delusion, Professor Bender claims that detoxification is a
"meaningless marketing term," even potentially dangerous to your
health and unnecessary as a dieting tool. He further states, "I
am not sure what 'self-healing' is and the idea of 'raised
energy levels' is nonsense."
Four reasons to add chlorella to your diet today
(NaturalNews) Chlorella is a green algae that is considered to
be one of the most powerful superfoods known to man. Chlorella
contains vasts amount of chlorophyll within its cell walls. The
cell walls of chlorella are tough and indigestible, so many
chlorella producers break the cell walls before selling the
product. Broken cell chlorella releases the nutrients inside the
cell walls so the human body can use them. Besides being
possibly the richest source of chlorophyll on Earth, chlorella
is also very high in plant protein. Chlorella contains
fifty-eight grams of protein per one hundred grams of weight. By
comparison, beef and chicken have twenty-four to twenty-eight
grams of protein per one hundred grams of weight. Chlorella is a
pain reliever, reduces hypertension, enhances the immune system
in some cases, and chelates heavy metals.
A New 9/11 Investigation - Coming to a Theater Near You?
Hollywood Stars Seek to Make Feature Film Focused on WTC
Demolitions
AE911Truth - “A
Violation of Trust” (formerly titled “Confession of a 9/11
Conspirator”) is a feature film project that is willing to do
what the world’s governments and legal bodies are unwilling to
do – open a real investigation of 9/11 for the entire world to
see. It dramatizes the first day of “The President’s New
Investigation of 9/11”, with actors performing from a
tightly-written, factually-accurate script that pits the 9/11
Commission Report and the National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST) Reports against the work of 9/11 researcher
Dr. David Ray Griffin and the scientific research highlighted by
leading 9/11 truth organizations, including Architects &
Engineers for 9/11 Truth.
SOPA and PIPA Fully Alive -- And a New Bill Joins Them
As an alternative to SOPA-PIPA, Representative Darrell Issa
(CA-R), and 24 co-sponsors introduced the Online Protection and
Enforcement of Digital Trade (OPEN) H.R. 3782 on Wednesday,
during the Internet blackout.... The bill pretends to only
target foreign websites, while keeping Americans free to surf
and post, but the bill's wording is wide open to pursue American
sites. Just one example: when describing an infringing site, it
starts with those "that are accessed through a non-domestic
domain name," but continues in section (8)(A)(ii) for any site
that "conducts business directed to residents of the United
States."
VIDEO: Huge Solar Eruption Sparks Strongest Radiation Storm in 7
Years
A powerful solar eruption is expected to blast a stream of
charged particles toward Earth tomorrow (Jan. 24), as the
strongest radiation storm since 2005 rages on the sun. Early
this morning (0359 GMT Jan. 23, which corresponds to late
Sunday, Jan. 22 at 10:59 p.m. EST), NASA's Solar Dynamics
Observatory caught an extreme ultraviolet flash from a huge
eruption on the sun, according to the skywatching website
Spaceweather.com.
VIDEO: Anonymous 'threatens' to take down Facebook in Operation
Global Blackout
RT January 22, 2012 - Following a massive attack waged Thursday
on several government and entertainment industry websites,
hacktivists with Anonymous continued their assault over the
weekend, momentarily taking CBS.com offline. The next target
very well might be Facebook.
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Gardening, Farming & Homesteading |
US Supreme court overturns California meat safety law
The Supreme Court said California's law ran afoul of the Federal
Meat Inspection Act. The California law forbids a slaughterhouse
to "buy, sell, or receive a nonambulatory animal," butcher it or
sell its meat, or hold it without immediately euthanizing it....
However, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that California
lacks authority to make regulations different from federal law
at slaughterhouses inspected by the US Food and Drug
Administration.
Parsley attracts predatory insects that protect your garden
against pests
(NaturalNews) Companion planting is the ancient technique of
planting different crops in close proximity that can provide
benefits to each other. For example, the famous three sisters
planting widely used by native people across North America
involved planting beans to fix nitrogen in the soil, corn for
the beans to climb, and squash to shade the ground.
VIDEO: A new Lego line for girls is offensive, critics say
LA Times - Lego toys have always seemed pleasantly
gender-neutral. Perhaps that's why the new Lego Friends line for
girls has triggered a fair bit of protest from some health and
equal-rights organizations.... Online petitions have been
started to protest the line, which includes a Butterfly Beauty
Shop and a Your Fashion Designer Workshop. The International
Assn. of Eating Disorder Professionals said the toys were
"devoid of imagination and promote overt forms of sexism."
Today in History -
Monday - January 23, 2012
1789 - Georgetown College was established as the first Catholic college
in the U.S. The school is in Washington, DC.
1845 - The U.S. Congress decided all national elections would be held on
the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
1849 - English-born Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman in
America to receive medical degree. It was from the Medical Institution
of Geneva, NY.
1907 - Charles Curtis, of Kansas, began serving in the United States
Senate. He was the first American Indian to become a U.S. Senator. He
resigned in March of 1929 to become U.S. President Herbert Hoover’s Vice
President.
1920 - The Dutch government refused the demands from the Allies to hand
over the ex-kaiser of Germany.
1924 - The first Labour government was formed, under Ramsay MacDonald.
1937 - In Moscow, seventeen people went on trial during Josef Stalin's
"Great Purge."
1943 - The British captured Tripoli from the Germans.
1950 - The Israeli Knesset approved a resolution proclaiming Jerusalem
as the capital of Israel.
1960 - The U.S. Navy bathyscaphe Trieste descended to a record depth of
35,820 feet (10,750 meters) in the Pacific Ocean.
1964 - Ratification of the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was
completed. This amendment eliminated the poll tax in federal elections.
1968 - North Korea seized the U.S. Navy ship Pueblo, charging it had
intruded into the nation's territorial waters on a spying mission. The
crew was released 11 months later.
1971 - In Prospect Creek Camp, AK, the lowest temperature ever recorded
in the U.S. was reported as minus 80 degrees.
1973 - U.S. President Nixon announced that an accord had been reached to
end the Vietnam War.
1978 - Sweden banned aerosol sprays because of damage to environment.
They were the first country to do so.
1997 - A judge in Fairfax, VA, sentenced Mir Aimal Kasi to death for an
assault rifle attack outside the CIA headquarters in 1993 that killed
two men and wounded three other people.
2001 - A van used by the remaining two fugitives of the "Texas 7" was
recovered in Colorado Springs, CO. A few hours later police surrounded a
hotel where the convicts were hiding. Patrick Murphy Jr. and Donald
Newbury were taken into custody the next morning without incident.
2002 - John Walker Lindh returned to the U.S. under FBI custody. Lindh
was charge with conspiring to kill U.S. citizens, providing support to
terrorists and engaging in prohibited transactions with the Taliban
while a member of the al-Quaida terrorist organization in Afghanistan.
2003 - North Korea announced that it would consider sanctions an act of
war for North Korea's reinstatement of its nuclear program.
US
deploys 12,000 troops in Libya
Press TV - The United States has sent some 12,000 soldiers to Libya, in
the first phase of deployments to the oil-rich North African nation.
According to Asharq Alawsat, the troops landed in the eastern oil port
city of Brega. Although the deployment is said to be aimed at generating
stability and security in the region, the troops are expected to take
control of the country's key oil fields and strategic ports. Brega, the
site of an important oil refinery, serves as a major export hub for
Libyan oil. The town is also one of the five oil terminals in the
eastern half of the country.
EU formally adopts Iran oil embargo
BRUSSELS (AP) -- European Union nations have formally adopted an oil
embargo against Iran as part of sanctions over its nuclear program.
Diplomats said the measures, which were adopted in Brussels by the EU's
27 foreign ministers, include an immediate embargo on new contracts for
crude oil and petroleum products, while existing contracts will be
allowed to run until July.
Syria rejects new Arab League plan to end crisis
BEIRUT (AP) — Syria rejected the Arab League's wide-ranging new plan to
end the country's 10-month crisis Monday, saying the League's call for a
national unity government in two months is a clear violation of Syrian
sovereignty. The state-run news agency, SANA, said Damascus considers
the plan "flagrant interference in its internal affairs" and the latest
turn in an international plot against Syria.
Yemen's leader allowed to come to US
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration will allow Yemen's outgoing
president to come to the U.S. temporarily for medical treatment, a move
aimed at easing the political transition in Yemen, a key
counterterrorism partner. A senior administration official said Ali
Abdullah Saleh would travel to New York this week, and probably stay in
the U.S. until no later than the end of February. U.S. officials believe
Saleh's exit from Yemen could lower the risk of disruptions in the
lead-up to presidential elections planned there on Feb. 21.
Italy: Officials mulling removal of fuel from ship
GIGLIO, Italy (AP) -- Italian officials were clearing hurdles Monday to
begin pumping some half a million gallons of fuel from the capsized
Costa Concordia that threaten an environmental catastrophe, as divers
continued the search for 19 people known missing. Civil protection
officials are weighing whether to halt the search so the pumping of the
fuel could begin, as islanders grew increasingly concerned about the
possibility that the double-bottomed tanks holding some 2,200 metric
tons of heavy fuel could leak.
U.S. Sends Carrier to Hormuz Amid Rumor of al-Quds Deployment
Kurt Nimmo - The United States has dispatched the USS Enterprise to the
Persian Gulf in an escalation of tensions with Iran. Defense Secretary
Leon Panetta visited the ship on Sunday and said the “carrier is all
about” keeping the Strait of Hormuz open. “We want peace and tranquility
in the region. But some of the countries in our region, they want to
direct other countries 12,000 miles away from this region,” Iranian
Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said while on a diplomatic mission to
Turkey.
VIDEO: Enemy at the gates? Libyans storm NTC headquarters
RT - Some 200 Libyan protesters stormed the headquarters of the
country’s transitional government on Saturday in a show of frustration
with the slow pace of national reform. But will their calls for
post-Gaddafi transparency fall on deaf ears? Two weeks of protests in
the city of Benghazi – the heart of the uprising against Muammar Gaddafi
last February – came to a head when protestors used grenades to blow the
gates off the National Transitional Council (NTC) compound housing the
interim government.
The Pentagon Admits An Elite US Commando Team Has Been Deployed Near
Iran
Business Insider -As it is, military blogs are buzzing about Spencer
Ackerman's story at Danger Room where he reports that a new "elite
commando team" is operating in the Gulf region. Ackerman spoke with
military sources that say the team, called Joint Special Operations Task
Force-Gulf Coordinating Council (JSOTF-GCC), is on the ground to
instruct local troops in special operations. This is the first time the
U.S. has acknowledged the existence of the team.
Iraq falling back into 'authoritarianism': HRW
Breitbart - "Iraq is quickly slipping back into authoritarianism as its
security forces abuse protesters, harass journalists and torture
detainees," Sarah Leah Whitson, HRW's Middle East director, said in the
statement. "Despite US government assurances that it helped create a
stable democracy, the reality is that it left behind a budding police
state."
One Mexican State Bordering US Was Deadlier Than All of Afghanistan Last
Year
CNS News - Organized crime-related deaths in one Mexican border state
during the first nine months of 2011 exceed the number of Afghan
civilians killed in roughly the same period in all of war-torn
Afghanistan. According to the Mexican government, from January through
September 2011 2,276 deaths were recorded in the Mexican state of
Chihuahua, which borders Texas and New Mexico.
China Gets Jump on U.S. for Brazil’s Oil
Washington Times - Off the coast of Rio de Janeiro — below a mile of
water and two miles of shifting rock, sand and salt — is an ultradeep
sea of oil that could turn Brazil into the world’s fourth-largest oil
producer, behind Russia, Saudi Arabia and the United States. The
country’s state-controlled oil company, Petrobras, expects to pump 4.9
million barrels a day from the country’s oil fields by 2020, with 40
percent of that coming from the seabed. One and a half million barrels
will be bound for export markets. The United States wants it, but China
is getting it.
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Carnival offers survivors of doomed cruise Costa Concordia 30%
off future cruise; outraged passengers prepare for lawsuit
NY Daily News - “It is a ridiculous and insulting offer,”
survivor Brian Page, a retired British accountant, told The
Telegraph of London, which first reported the discount offer.
“The company is not only going to refund everybody, but they
will offer a 30% discount on future cruises if they want to stay
loyal to the company,” said a spokesman for Costa Cruises, a
subsidiary of industry leader Carnival Cruise Lines. But
survivors want considerably more than a third off another
cruise.
Immigrant felon freed by Obama deportation halt -- went on to
murder three
In a year-old mystery, a felon freed after he could not be
returned to Haiti killed three people. Was it random, or was he
working with someone? When burglar Kesler Dufrene became a
twice-convicted felon in 2006, a Bradenton judge shipped him to
prison for five years. And because of his convictions, an
immigration judge ordered Dufrene deported to his native Haiti.
That never happened. Instead, when Dufrene’s state prison term
was up, Miami immigration authorities in October 2010 released
him from custody.
VIDEO: GA judge orders Obama to appear at hearing
ATLANTA (AP) - A judge has ordered President Barack Obama to
appear in court in Atlanta for a hearing on a complaint that
says Obama isn't a natural-born citizen and can't be
president.... A Georgia resident made the complaint, which is
intended to keep Obama's name off the state's ballot in the
March presidential primary.... The hearing is set for Thursday
before an administrative judge. Deputy Chief Judge Michael
Malihi on Friday denied a motion by the president's lawyer to
quash a subpoena that requires Obama to show up.
BREAKING! MILITARY EQUIPMENT Filmed 1\19\12 near Santa Cruz,
Southbound
Video description: This video was uploaded to facebook via
mobile by a Mr Andrew Tuckman yesterday, January 19th 2012, with
the following comment "I began filming this after a dozen or so
train cars went by on a stretch of track south of Santa Cruz
California. Where are the military vehicles going? Why are they
being shipped? What could this possibly be for? Barack Obama,
what are you up to?".
Former Army soldier sentenced for killing wife, baby
Reuters - A former Army soldier who was convicted of killing his
wife and baby daughter shortly after returning from combat in
Afghanistan was sentenced on Friday to 80 years in prison for
the crimes.... Judge Michael Spaan, who imposed the sentence,
concluded that Lynch's combat experience affected the former
military policeman's actions. "I believe that Mr. Lynch's
service in Afghanistan was a factor," Spaan said. But Spaan said
it was unclear whether the shooting was a direct result of
war-related mental problems.
Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords to resign from Congress
Fox News - Rep. Gabrielle Giffords announced Sunday that she has
"more work to do" on her recovery after an assassination attempt
and will resign from her congressional seat this week. In a
video release posted on her website and tweeted from her Twitter
handle, the congresswoman said that she is getting better but
wants to do what's right for her constituents.
IRS: Taxpayer privacy is a thing of the past
As a general rule, anything reported to IRS is held in strict
confidence — Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 6103 states
that federal tax information is confidential and to be used to
administer federal tax laws except as otherwise specifically
authorized by law {Emphasis added}.
Portland, Maine City Council Votes To End ‘Corporate Personhood’
Think Progress Jan 19, 2012 - After more than four hours of
testimony last night, the city council of Portland, Maine voted
6-2 to call on the state’s congressional delegation to support
an amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolishing “corporate
personhood.”... The resolution was a response to the Supreme
Court’s Citizens United ruling. While advocates acknowledged the
council’s vote has no legal authority, they said it was
nonetheless important symbolism.
"Not everything is Interstate Commerce"
Some states are beginning to fight back against federal
intrusion into intrastate commerce. Legislatures in Iowa,
Florida and New Hampshire will consider bills during the 2012
session that seek to reestablish the states’ control over
commerce within their borders. And the Tenth Amendment Center
expects a number of other states to follow suit this year.
Federal official in Arizona to plead 5th in Fast and Furious
case
Fox News January 20, 2012 - The chief of the Criminal Division
of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Arizona is refusing to testify
before Congress regarding Operation Fast and Furious, the
federal gun-running scandal that sent U.S. weapons to Mexico.
Patrick J. Cunningham informed the House Oversight Committee
late Thursday through his attorney that he will use the Fifth
Amendment protection.
Jewish paper’s column catches Secret Service eye
CNN - The U.S. Secret Service is looking into a controversial
column by an Atlanta Jewish newspaper publisher that mulled the
assassination of an American president. Andrew Adler, owner and
publisher of the Atlanta Jewish Times, wrote a January 13 column
about the threat of Iran to Israel. He posed three options for
the Jewish state to counter the Iranian regime. One of them
called for a “hit on a president in order to preserve Israel’s
existence.”
Bird flu mutation study stopped in fear of deadly global
outbreak
RT - Under pressure to put their research on hold due to fear of
a biological disaster, an international team of scientists have
voluntarily suspended their study on an advanced, incredibly
deadly mutation of the H5N1 bird flu.... The researchers say in
a letter published in the journals Nature and Science on Friday
that they will take a two-month break from their efforts.
Paterno, revered coach tainted by scandal, dies
(Reuters) - Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, the
winningest coach in major college football history who was fired
in November over a child sexual abuse scandal involving an
assistant that rocked America, died on Sunday of lung cancer. He
was 85.
Official results on the South Carolina State Elections
Commission
Newt Gingrich 40.45%, Mitt Romney 27.83%, Rick Santorum 16.98%.
Ron Paul 12.97%.
YouTube: Ron Paul Interview After SC Voting Results
January 21, 2012 - CNN questions Ron Paul on his future campaign
plans.
YouTube: 564 delegates to be split between Paul and Romney
This is a two man race between Romney and Paul. Santorum and
Gingrich are not on the ballot for 500 delegates worth of
states. They are not, and will not be on the ballot in other
states besides just Virginia. They have no grassroots support
and virtually "zero" ground game. They cannot win the
nomination. Period. (564 delegates is a direct quote from Doug
Wead who is an advisor to Ron Paul in his campaign. The quote of
564 can be heard at the 3:02 min mark.)
YouTube: Ron Paul – South Carolina Primary Speech
C-Span January 21, 2012.
ONLINE POLLS (ongoing): January 21, 2012
CNN: Ron Paul
33% (Which GOP candidate would you like to see win the
nomination?)
O'Reilly: Ron Paul 55% (Who will win SC primary?)
Fox Carolina: Ron Paul 79%: (Which candidate will benefit
the most from Rick Perry's suspended campaign?)
Drudge
Report (New poll 1/21/12): Ron Paul 35% (Ron Paul was
winning, but Drudge took the poll down with no mention of
results.
World Today's News: Ron Paul 63%.
Your Political News Group: Ron Paul 42%
The Swash: Ron Paul 79%
We Polls: Ron Paul 87%
News Day: Ron Paul 77% (With Huntsman & Perry out, which GOP
candidate will you support?)
Naples News: Ron Paul 80% (Who has your vote in the Jan. 31
Florida GOP primary?)
There's something very odd about GOP primary pre-polling and
vote
Activist Post - As a Ron Paul fan, I didn't want to seem like a
sore loser after the odd Iowa result where the failed no-name
Senator, Rick Santorum, was catapulted to victory with very
little tangible support. But now, how on earth could Newt
Gingrich win the South Carolina primary when the day before the
vote he had to cancel a major campaign stop because of lack of
attendance? ...
South Carolina attorney general informs Justice Department of
dead voters
Fox News January 21, 2012 - Attorney General Alan Wilson sent
details of an analysis by the Department of Motor Vehicles to
U.S. Attorney Bill Nettles. In a letter dated Thursday, Wilson
says the analysis found 953 ballots cast by voters listed as
dead. In 71 percent of those cases, ballots were cast between
two months and 76 months after the people died. That means they
"voted" up to 6 1/3 years after their death. The letter doesn't
say in which elections the ballots were cast.
Gingrich Cancels Campaign Event, Poor Attendance - Ron Paul
Draws over 1,000 at Same Venue
Daily Paul 1/20/2012 - There were just a few dozen people in the
audience at the College of Charleston's arena, where the event
was taking place. The conference has suffered from low
attendance all week but Gingrich rival Rick Santorum went ahead
and addressed the group on Thursday.
YouTube: Ron Paul on Fox News w/ Neil Cavuto talks media bias
Fox News Jan 21, 2012 - Ron Paul cut off by Fox News after
talking about media bias.
February 20th - Veterans For Ron Paul To March On The White
House!
Daily Paul - On President's Day, February 20th, 2012, the
founders of Veterans for Ron Paul 2012, Nathan Cox and Adam
Kokesh, will lead a formation of veterans and active duty troops
who support Ron Paul's candidacy for President of the United
States from the Washington Monument to the White House. Upon
arrival at the White House, they will do an about face and
render a hand salute to a folded American flag surrounded by
family members of military personnel and veterans. They will
hold the salute for as many seconds as troops have died under
the Presidency of Barrack Obama.
YouTube: Adherence To the Oath
Bill Manning, a military veteran who served as a combat pilot in
Vietnam and a Commander in Desert Storm, speaks about who he
supports for President of the United States, and why.
YouTube: What Is It About Ron Paul?
This video was based on an article written by Rafi Farber,
YouTube user name, merfitudinal. You can read the entire
article, 'From Israel: Vote Ron Paul and Let My People Go!'
here.
How Rick Santorum Ripped Off American Veterans
Like any good presidential candidate, Rick Santorum heaps praise
on America's soldiers and veterans. He's pledged to "make
veterans a high priority" if elected president, adding, "This is
not a Republican issue, this is not a Democratic issue, it is an
American issue." But as a US senator, Santorum engineered a
controversial land deal that robbed the military's top veterans'
home of tens of millions of dollars and worsened the
deteriorating conditions at the facility.
YouTube: Ron Paul vs Goldman Sachs
Powerful Grassroots video portraying Obama's financial
contributors and how they mirror Romney's financial backers.
YouTube: The Ron Paul Super Brochure Project
More about the Ron Paul
Super
brochure here.
YouTube: Integrity Matters
Are you going to waste your vote on the lesser of two evils?
Proposed RNC Agenda 21 Resolution
Oath Keepers - I received an email purporting that the
Republican National Committee (RNC) has written a resolution
exposing the nature and character of the United Nations’ Agenda
21. This resolution was said to be destined for the national
Republican convention with intent to pass as a plank for the
GOP’s 2012 platform. I was immediately interested. But I would
have to know that this was true. If this proved to be true, I
figured to myself, it would be quite a feather in the hat for
the liberty movement. So I wrote to Carolyn McLarty at the RNC
and she graciously sent back the good news - It is true!
Constitutional Amendment to Create Public Financing Introduced
by Kucinich
OpEd News - Congressman Dennis Kucinich has just introduced
HJRes100 which proposes this Constitutional Amendment: Section
1. All campaigns for President and Members of the United States
House of Representatives and the United States Senate shall be
financed entirely with public funds. No contributions shall be
permitted to any candidate for Federal office from any other
source, including the candidate....
27 Reasons Why Newt Gingrich Would Be A Really, Really Bad
President
American Dream - It just seems inconceivable that a big chunk of
Republicans would actually be thinking of voting for Gingrich at
this point. Yes, four more years of Obama would be a complete
and total disaster for America, but so would a Gingrich
administration. The following are 27 reasons why Newt Gingrich
would be a really, really bad president....
New Asian Union Means The Fall Of The Dollar
The chain of financial events taking place over the past decade
in Asia have been correspondingly mislabeled and misunderstood.
What some economists see as total collapse is actually a new and
decidedly prophetic (or engineered) transition. Read More...
The Global Elite Are Hiding 18 Trillion Dollars In Offshore
Banks
Economic Collapse - The truth is that the global elite are
hiding an almost unbelievable amount of money in offshore banks.
According to shocking research done by the IMF, the global elite
are holding a total of 18 trillion dollars in offshore banks.
And that figure does not even count any money being held in
Switzerland. That is a staggering amount of money.
DHS to Support Executive Order to Boost International Tourism,
Particularly from China and Brazil
HS Today - To support these efforts, DHS and the State
Department Thursday announced a pilot to speed up visa
processing in China and Brazil, partly by waiving interviews for
low-risk visitors. The State Department reported tremendous
growth in visitors from China and Brazil, with increases of 34
percent and 42 percent in visa applications from those nations
respectively in Fiscal Year 2011. The executive order pointed
out that international travel and tourism fell significantly in
the past decade in part because of tough security measures
enacted after 9/11.
VIDEO: US paradox: Wasting food while going hungry
RT - America's expanding waistline proves the country's love
affair with food. But almost as much as is consumed is being
dumped in the trash every day. And that is despite the fact that
millions in the US are now struggling to put food on the table.
VIDEO: Protesters: Walmart, build somewhere else
CBS ATLANTA - People in one DeKalb County neighborhood took to
the streets in the drizzling rain to protest a proposed new
Walmart. Protesters say Walmart has a history of driving down
property values and pushing out mom-and-pop businesses, but some
small businesses actually think the superstore could help their
own bottom line.... "Walmart doesn't play fair with their
employees, it's bad for businesses and it's not going to be good
for this community," said one protester.
Why Isn’t Illinois A Bigger Story Than Greece?
Dripping with red ink: Will anyone fix Illinois’ budget mess?
The question isn’t whether Illinois’ finances are in dreadful
shape, it’s how to fix the problem. Or perhaps more accurately,
will legislators have the political will to fix it when they
return to Springfield for their spring session? Even though the
legislature and Gov. Pat Quinn last year imposed a temporary 67
percent state income tax increase, Quinn’s office expects to
have a $500 million budget deficit this year.
Evicted 101-year-old Detroit woman can't go home
DETROIT (AP) - Texana Hollis was evicted Sept. 12 and her
belongings placed outside after her 65-year-old son failed to
pay property taxes linked to a reverse mortgage and the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development foreclosed on the
home. Two days later, the department said she could return. But
now, HUD said it won't let Hollis move back in because of the
house's condition. She had lived there about 60 years.
Housing values down steeply in 2012 battleground states
Housing Wire - As Republican presidential candidates remain
mostly silent on what they would do to fix housing, a think tank
notes that homes values dropped an average of 16% since the
financial crisis in 15 of 16 battleground states.
More than $6.5 billion in taxpayer dollars have been wasted on
Solyndra and 11 other green energy failures
(NaturalNews) Just a few months ago, FBI agents raided the
headquarters of now-bankrupt solar panel company Solyndra, which
received more than half-a-billion dollars in federal stimulus
funds as part of the federal government's green energy stimulus
initiative. But according to a new investigation by CBS News,
the Solyndra scandal is just the tip of the iceberg, as at least
11 other green energy companies have either already failed, or
are on the verge of failing, taking with them more than $6.5
billion in taxpayer money.
About 270,000 utility customers without power from Northwest
storm that now threatens flooding
About 270,000 electric customers around Seattle, Tacoma and
Olympia are without power because of a winter storm that coated
much of Washington state in ice and swelled Oregon rivers,
killing three people.... Forecasters say the melting snow could
cause urban and small stream flooding and fill the Skokomish and
Chehalis rivers above flood stage by Saturday evening. More rain
is forecast early next week that could make flooding more of an
issue.
Canola oil used to be called RAPESEED oil but the name was
changed for marketing reasons
(NaturalNews) The real problem with the name "rapeseed oil" is
that the oil was so toxic that the FDA banned it for human
consumption in 1956. So when Canadian growers bred a new variety
of rapeseed in the 1970s with a lower content of the toxic
erucic acid, they decided they needed a new name for it. The
term canola was coined from "Canadian oil, low acid" to convince
consumers that this oil was safe to eat. And while "canola" was
originally a registered trademark, the term became so widely
known that the trademark was eventually abandoned, and "canola"
became the default term in many countries for any low-erucic
rapeseed oil.
Repeat business? FDA approves new cancer drug to treat toxicity
caused by another cancer drug
(Reuters) - U.S. health regulators gave the nod on Tuesday to a
drug from British specialty drugmaker BTG Plc that helps cancer
patients get rid of toxic levels of a chemotherapy treatment.
The drug, called Voraxaze, helps eliminate methotrexate in
patients whose kidney function has been compromised by treatment
with high doses of the chemotherapy agent. Methotrexate is
normally eliminated from the body by the kidneys, but prolonged
high doses of the drug used to treat cancer can result in kidney
failure.
Health insurance company preys upon the poor with junk food
reward program for vaccinating your baby
(NaturalNews) "Will vaccinate my baby for food!" That seems to
be the goal of a program launched last year by the
UnitedHealthcare health insurance company of Michigan. It has
resorted to enticing parents with junk food to convince them to
inject their infants with potentially deadly vaccines containing
brain-damaging chemicals. This has been revealed in a letter
acquired by NaturalNews and signed by Stephanie Esters, a
vaccine-pushing RN who works for UnitedHealthcare. The letter
declares "Get a FREE $20 McDonalds, Rite Aid, Target or Meijer
Gift Card when your child gets recommended shots before their
second birthday." It even goes on to offer a "FREE ride to the
doctor" for those who are so poor that they don't own cars.
Health plans ordered to cover birth control without co-pays
The Hill - Most healthcare plans will be required to cover birth
control without charging co-pays or deductibles starting Aug. 1,
the Obama administration announced Friday. The final regulation
retains the approach federal health officials proposed last
summer, despite the deluge of complaints from religious groups
and congressional Republicans that has poured in since then.
Churches, synagogues and other houses of worship are exempt from
the requirement, but religious-affiliated hospitals and
universities only get a one-year delay and must comply by Aug.
1, 2013.
CDC researchers say mothers should stop breastfeeding to boost
'efficacy' of vaccines
(NaturalNews) Remember when it was considered crazy talk to
suggest that mainstream medicine viewed humanity as being born
lacking in pharmaceutical drugs and vaccines, as if these
synthetic inputs are necessary miracle nutrients for proper
human development.
Hospital bills man $44 million for treating his pneumonia
(NaturalNews) The hospital had treated Rodriguez for
pneumonia... upon which he received a bill for $44,776,587. The
obvious error was apparently the result of invoice discrepancies
made by PHY Services, the billing firm that services Bronx -
Lebanon Hospital. Instead of putting the actual amount due in
the total box, a PHY employee allegedly put in the lengthy
invoice number instead, which caused a lot of panic among
patients that received the faulty bills.
Mental health breakthrough: Study links sleep problems to
schizophrenia for the first time
(NaturalNews) Getting quality sleep could be a vitally important
piece for solving the puzzle of mental health. Previous studies
have linked poor sleep to depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety
and ADHD. Now for the first time, research also shows a strong
link between schizophrenia and sleep disturbances.
Intermittent fasting and high intensity fitness boost HGH
(NaturalNews) The human body was designed very efficiently for
times of scarcity and stress. Food scarcity was a common reality
and the body has developed specific pathways to be very
efficient in times of fasting. In times of stress, for survival
purposes we adapted a fight or flight mode that forces us to
work our bodies at a very high-intensity for a relatively short
period of time. The combination of intermittent fasting and high
intensity exercise promotes hormones that improve tissue healing
and metabolic processes.
Diet and specific nutrients prevent brain shrinkage and lower
Alzheimer's disease risk
(NaturalNews) Shrinking brain volume is very closely associated
with the development of many forms of dementia including the
most devastating affliction, Alzheimer's disease. In addition to
following weight management practices including calorie
restriction with optimal nutrition (CRON), middle and advanced
aging adults will want to ensure they consume a diet packed with
marine derived Omega-3 fats and vitamins B, C, D and E to
dramatically lower the risk of reduced brain volume, memory loss
and risk of Alzheimer's disease.
Red beets and beet juice top the list of healing antioxidants
due to polyphenol and betalain concentration
(NaturalNews) Beets are a very good source of dietary fiber,
potassium, manganese, and folate. Beets are also a good source
of Vitamin C, zinc, copper, and iron. Beets contain polyphenols
and betalains, which are getting quite a bit of medical
attention as important natural antioxidants. Beets have been
clinically proven to support liver function in rats. Recent
clinical research suggests that beets and beet juice are useful
in healing a variety of degenerative conditions.
Change the way you think about your health
(NaturalNews) People who use Western medicine have for a long
time viewed their health as something they can manage rather
than something that is affected by everything they do....
According to the Centers for Disease Control, 48% of Americans
during any given month take a prescription drug, a percentage
that has increased over the last decade. In fact, Americans
spent more than $234 billion on prescription drugs in 2008. It
is apparent that Americans think pills are the solution to all
that ails them.
Video: Can You Die of a Broken Heart?
Natural News TV - The risk of a heart attack increases by 21
times during the first 24 hours after losing a loved one.... The
bereavement and grief associated leads to depression, anxiety,
and anger and they are associated with a fast heart rate,
increased blood pressure, increased coagulation, elevated stress
hormones such as cortisol, epinephrine, and nor-epinephrine.
This scenario is a shock to the heart and may lead to a
cardiomyopathy, congestive heart failure and death. It is a good
idea to have support from family, friends, and psychological
counseling.
VIDEO: Sun shoots a fastball at Earth
Washington Post - A huge sunspot unleashed a blob of charged
plasma Thursday that space weather watchers predict will blast
past the Earth on Sunday. Satellite operators and power
companies are keeping a close eye on the incoming cloud, which
could distort the Earth’s magnetic field and disrupt radio
communications, especially at higher latitudes. “Our simulations
show potential to pack a good punch to Earth’s near-space
environment,” said Antti Pulkkinen of the Space Weather
Laboratory at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt.
U.S. lawyer for Megaupload.com withdraws
(Reuters) - Content-sharing Internet service Megaupload.com has
lost the help of one of the best-known U.S. defense lawyers as
it begins to fight charges of copyright infringement, a person
familiar with the matter said. Robert Bennett was required to
withdraw from the case because of a conflict involving at least
one other client of his law firm, Hogan Lovells, this person
told Reuters. The other client or clients were not identified.
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Ohio's largest sustainable food and farm conference to take
place February 18-19, 2012
(NaturalNews) On February 18 - 19, 2012, the Ohio Ecological
Food & Farm Association (OEFFA) will hold its 33rd annual
conference in Granville, entitled Sowing the Seeds of Our Food
Sovereignty. The conference, which is devoted to promoting
"slow", localized food systems that are organically based and
ecologically sound, will feature prominent speakers, educational
workshops, film screenings, and even a contra dance.
Safely destroy fleas on pets - Finally, a non-toxic, natural way
to kill fleas, mites, chiggers and other parasitic insects on
pets and in the house
(NaturalNews) Using diatomaceous earth is not a new idea when it
comes to treating animals for fleas. DE is a naturally occurring
rock, similar to pumice, and is comprised of the fossilized
skeletons of diatoms, a type of hard-shelled algae. The shells
are abrasive, and when crushed into a powder, create a deadly
insecticide for fleas, ticks, mites, bedbugs, chiggers and other
insects.
YouTube: Dog Teaches Baby to Play Ball
Little Katie learns how to throw a ball by practicing with the
dog!
Your Awww for the day...
Adorable baby animal pics.
The Greatest Speech Ever Made
One of the most inspirational speeches in recorded history was
given by a silent comedian by the name of Charlie Chaplin.
New school can’t be Cougars because middle-aged women might be
offended
The reason why the future student body gravitated toward Cougars
is pretty clear: Area collegiate power BYU uses the Cougar as
its mascot and enjoys an enormous fan base of area residents and
those who follow the Mormon faith (BYU is a Mormon institution).
Still, the Canyons School Board refused to accept the Cougar as
a mascot out of fear that it might offend older women. In the
current edition of the Webster Dictionary, the second definition
for cougar sights a slang terminology that refers to "a
middle-aged woman seeking a romantic relationship with a younger
man."
YouTube: Who's Your Favorite?
It's Maddie vs Daddy as I interrogate my baby daughter to reveal her
favorite parent. What takes place is a ruthless contest of cunning and
skill... with one of us clearly out of our league.
Today in History -
Friday - January 20, 2012
1801 - John Marshall was appointed chief justice of the United States.
1839 - Chile defeated a confederation of Peru and Bolivia in the Battle
of Yungay.
1841 - The island of Hong Kong was ceded to Great Britain. It returned
to Chinese control in July 1997.
1885 - The roller coaster was patented by L.A. Thompson.
1886 - The Mersey Railway Tunnel was officially opened by the Prince of
Wales.
1887 - The U.S. Senate approved an agreement to lease Pearl Harbor in
Hawaii as a naval base.
1891 - James Hogg took office as the first native-born governor of
Texas.
1937 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt became the first U.S. President to be
inaugurated on January 20th. The 20th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution
officially set the date for the swearing in of the President and Vice
President.
1942 - Nazi officials held the Wannsee conference, during which they
arrived at their "final solution" that called for exterminating Europe's
Jews.
1944 - The British RAF dropped 2,300 tons of bombs on Berlin.
1952 - In Juarez, Mexico, Patricia McCormick debuted as the first
professional woman bullfighter from the United States.
1953 - "Studio One" became the first television show to be transmitted
from the United States to Canada.
1972 - The number of unemployed in Britain exceeded 1 million.
1981 - Iran released 52 Americans that had been held hostage for 444
days. The hostages were flown to Algeria and then to a U.S. base in
Wiesbaden, West Germany. The release occurred minutes after the U.S.
presidency had passed from Jimmy Carter to Ronald Reagan.
1985 - The most-watched Super Bowl game in history was seen by an
estimated 115.9 million people. The San Francisco 49ers defeated the
Miami Dolphins, 38-16. Super Bowl XIX marked the first time that TV
commercials sold for a million dollars a minute.
1986 - The U.S. observed the first federal holiday in honor of slain
civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
1987 - Anglican Church envoy Terry Waite was kidnapped in Beirut,
Lebanon. He was there attempting to negotiate the release of Western
hostages. He was not freed until November 1991.
1996 - Yasser Arafat was elected president of the Palestinian Authority
and his supporters won two thirds of the 80 seats in the Legislative
Council.
1997 - Bill Clinton was inaugurated for his second term as president of
the United States.
1998 - American researchers announced that they had cloned calves that
may produce medicinal milk.
1998 - In Chile, a judge agreed to hear a lawsuit that accused Chile's
former dictator Augusto Pinochet with genocide.
1999 - The China News Service announced that the Chinese government was
tightening restrictions on internet use. The rules were aimed at
'Internet Bars.'
2000 - Greece and Turkey signed five accords aimed to build confidence
between the two nations.
Officials: Arabs likely to extend Syria mission
Foreign ministers for the 22-member pan-Arab body were set to meet
Sunday in Cairo to discuss the future of a one-month observer mission
aimed at halting violence in Syria, which expired on Thursday. Two
senior officials in the League said the discussions are leaning toward
keeping the mission in place because the time is not right for
"escalation" and the international community is not yet ready for
intervention in Syria. They agreed to talk about the discussions ahead
of the Sunday meeting on condition of anonymity.
Exclusive: Senior al Qaeda figure killed in drone strike
WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD Jan 19 (Reuters) - A militant who acted as a senior
operations organizer for al Qaeda was targeted and killed in one of two
U.S. drone strikes launched against targets inside Pakistan last week, a
U.S. official said. U.S. and Pakistani sources told Reuters that the
target of the attack was Aslam Awan, a Pakistani national from
Abbottabad, the same town where Osama bin Laden was killed last May by a
U.S. commando team. They said he was targeted in a strike by a
U.S.-operated drone on January 10 directed at what news reports said was
a compound near the town of Miranshah in the border province of North
Waziristan.
10 NATO troops killed in Afghanistan in 24 hours
Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan soldier shot and killed four French troops
Friday in eastern Afghanistan and a helicopter crash killed six more
NATO service members in the south, officials said, marking a
particularly deadly 24 hours for coalition forces. French President
Nicolas Sarkozy said Friday that France is suspending its training
programs for Afghan troops after the killings, which he announced in a
speech after the U.S.-led coalition said an Afghan soldier shot and
killed four NATO troops.
YouTube: Israel Creates a Super PAC to Attack Ron Paul
RT - Israel's lobby in America, AIPAC, is the only foreign agent in
America that does not have to register under the Foreign Agent
Registration Act. Almost every major American politician in the last
decade has either met with AIPAC or flown to Israel to receive approval
before running a campaign. Many of America's congressman have admitted
that they constantly ask how Israel feels about a bill before voting on
it.
VIDEO: Iran warns neighbors not to join isolation attempts
guardian.co.uk - Iranian foreign minister says Gulf states co-operating
with western efforts to isolate Tehran would be in ‘dangerous position.’
Tehran has warned its Gulf neighbours that it would be "dangerous" for
them to join a western-led effort to isolate Iran, with the warning
coming as a meeting of European ambassadors in Brussels failed to agree
on the details of an EU oil embargo. The EU permanent representatives
council had been due to agree a far-reaching sanctions package including
a phased embargo on oil imports from Iran and a freezing of the assets
of the country's central bank.
Pressure Israel, Not Iran. Israel has an Arsenal of 200-300 Nuclear
Weapons
Global Research - Under the 1968 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT),
Iran has the legal right to produce nuclear power for peaceful purposes.
The United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has found
no evidence that Iran is developing a nuclear weapons program. Defense
Secretary Leon Panetta recently said on CBS that Iran is not currently
trying to build a nuclear weapon. Nevertheless, the United States and
Israel are mounting a campaign of aggression against Iran.
Israel arrests senior Palestinian Aziz Dweik
Aziz Dweik, speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), was
arrested at an army checkpoint, his chief of staff told AFP news agency.
The arrest, confirmed by the BBC, happened in Jaba between Ramallah and
Jerusalem as Dr Dweik was travelling to Hebron, Bhaa Youssef said.
Israel has so far not commented. Witnesses told the Palestinian Maan
news agency that Israeli soldiers handcuffed and blindfolded Dr Dweik
before taking him to an unknown destination.
EU ‘should block finance for Israeli settlements’
The Independent - Lobby for new legislation to prevent finance generated
within EU being used to fund illegal Israeli settlements. The proposal
is made in a report warning that a new surge in Jewish settlement
expansion in Arab East Jerusalem, among other policies, is
"systematically undermining the Palestinian presence" in the city and
making the prospect of it becoming the shared capital of two states
"increasingly unlikely and unworkable".
In Libya, a Fundamentalist War against Moderate Islam Takes Shape
time.com - Throughout this country, Libyans are discovering that their
hard fought battle to win freedoms is at risk. Puritanical Muslims known
as Salafis are applying a rigid form of Islam in more and more
communities. They have clamped down on the sale of alcohol and
demolished the tombs of saints where many local people worship. The
small town of Zuwara near the Tunisian border, dominated by a heterodox
Muslim sect despised by the Salafis, is quickly becoming the battlefield
for competing visions of Libya's future.
YouTube: Farage Welcomes New EU President with Opposition
UK Independence Party Leader Nigel Farage makes his first speech to
newly appointed president of the European parliament Martin Schultz.
Transcript included.
YouTube: Who are the rating agencies serving?
Press TV interviews Max Keiser, journalist and broadcaster in Paris
about the credit rating agency's role in having nations impose austerity
measures on the people of Europe and the damage this is causing to
sovereign nations.
FRANCE: Study Finds that Childhood Leukemia Rates Double Near Nuclear
Power Stations
In a report certain to cause fear and loathing in the global nuclear
industry, an eminent French research institute published a study in the
International Journal of Cancer, which notes increased rates of leukemia
in children living close to French nuclear power plants (NPPs.) How much
greater? The study by the Institut National de la Sante et de la
Recherche Medicale (French Institute of Health and Medical Research, or
INSERM) found a leukemia rate twice as high among children under the age
of 15 living within a 3.1-mile radius of France’s 19 nuclear power
plants.
Tepco Drills a Hole in Fukushima Reactor … Finds that Nuclear Fuel Has
Gone Missing
Washington Blog - After drilling a hole in the containment vessel of
Fukushima reactor 2, Tepco cannot find the fuel. As AP notes: The
steam-blurred photos taken by remote control Thursday found none of the
reactor’s melted fuel …. The photos also showed inner wall of the
container heavily deteriorated after 10 months of exposure to high
temperature and humidity, Matsumoto said. TEPCO workers inserted the
endoscope — an industrial version of the kind of endoscope doctors use —
through a hole in the beaker-shaped container at the Fukushima Dai-ichi
plant’s No. 2 reactor
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VIDEO: Ron Paul Highlights from CNN GOP Debate
January 19, 2012 - Last debate before the SC Primary on Saturday
the 21st.
ONLINE POLLS: January 19, 2012
CNN: Ron Paul
42% (Which GOP candidate would you like to see win the
nomination?)
O'Reilly: Ron Paul 66% (Who will win SC primary?)
Politico:
Ron Paul 45%: (Who do you think will win in South Carolina?)
Fox Carolina: Ron Paul 75%: (Who do you think will win in
South Carolina?)
Drudge
Report: Ron Paul 37%
World Today's News: Ron Paul 68%.
Your Political News Group: Ron Paul 98%
The Swash: Ron Paul 76%
We Polls: Ron Paul 90%
News Day: Ron Paul 76% (With Huntsman & Perry out, which GOP
candidate will you support?)
Naples News: Ron Paul 80% (Who has your vote in the Jan. 31
Florida GOP primary?)
South
Carolina And Beyond Money Bomb
Ron Paul raises over 1.8 million. More donations needed to win!
Gingrich Ex: Newt Wanted 'Open Marriage'
ABC News - Marianne Gingrich unloads but also defends Newt on
ethics questions in Congress.
New Hampshire update: Gingrich in fourth, Santorum in fifth
Gingrich had 23,421 votes in the latest count, and Santorum had
23,405. Both stood at 9.4% of the vote total, meaning neither
qualifies for any delegates from the Granite State. New
Hampshire held its primary January 10. Mitt Romney won the
primary with 39.3% of the vote, followed by Ron Paul at 22.9%
and Jon Huntsman at 16.9%.
Supreme Court rules Congress May Copyright Public Domain Works
USA Today - Congress did not act unconstitutionally when it
extended copyright protection to millions of foreign music and
literary works that previously were in America’s public domain,
the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. In a 6-2 decision emphasizing
Congress’ authority over the contours of copyright law, the
justices rejected a claim by orchestra conductors, musicians,
publishers and others who objected to a 1994 law that required
them to start paying royalties for such symphony favorites as
Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf.
YouTube: Ron Paul on C-Span Charleston SC
C-Span 1/19/12 - Ron Paul's speech at College of Charleston.
Video: 4 South Carolina Senators Endorse Ron Paul at Press
Conference
This is our video from the press conference at the South
Carolina State Capitol building in Columbia on January 17th,
when four state Senators strongly endorsed Congressman Ron Paul
for president: Compared to other primary events we've attended,
this one had little major media coverage. We were surprised to
see no video of this on the news, so we uploaded the entire
event.
VIDEO: Ron Paul Hot Air Balloon Causes Traffic Slowdown in SC
It's deflated now, but a Ron Paul hot air balloon along the side
of Interstate 85 caused traffic to slow down Thursday morning.
The balloon could be seen from a South Carolina Department Of
Transportation camera. DOT officials say the balloon had Ron
Paul's name on it. People looking at the balloon slowed down
around Pelham Road in Greenville County causing a four-mile
backup at one point.
VIDEO: Romney Caught Hiding Millions in Cayman Islands
ABC Nightline - Although it is not apparent on his financial
disclosure form, Mitt Romney has millions of dollars of his
personal wealth in investment funds set up in the Cayman
Islands, a notorious Caribbean tax haven.... "His personal
finances are a poster child of what's wrong with the American
tax system," said Jack Blum, a Washington lawyer who is an
authority on tax enforcement and offshore banking.
Massive opposition file on Romney hits Internet
Daily Caller - If you think you’ve already heard everything
there is to know about Mitt Romney, think again. A 200-page
document that appears to be Sen. John McCain’s entire 2008
election-year opposition research file on the former
Massachusetts governor hit the Internet with a vengeance Tuesday
evening. And it’s an eye-opener.
Flashback: Romney comment leads to milk run
From all accounts, Mitt Romney's visit to that veterans shelter
just behind Boston's City Hall Plaza was not one of the brighter
moments of his campaign for US senator. When director Ken Smith
told him that one of the things the shelter needed was fresh
milk, Romney replied jokingly that maybe the veterans should be
taught how to milk cows.
Rick Perry drops 2012 campaign for president, endorses Newt
Gingrich
Politico - Sources confirm Gingrich and Perry met privately
yesterday to discuss the exit and endorsement. Both attended the
Personhood USA anti-abortion presidential forum in Greenville on
Wednesday night. Perry, however, did not make the decision about
exiting the race until the morning. But the discord within the
Perry campaign was evident even as the candidate prepared to
drop out. Top officials in Texas said they were unaware of his
intentions and as late as this morning said they genuinely
didn’t know whether he was still running.
FLASHBACK VIDEO: Perry 'If You Cheat On Your Wife, You'll Cheat
On Your Business Partner'
ABC News GOP Debate
MISSING DATA: 8 precincts' numbers will never be certified
2012 GOP caucus count unresolved. Results from eight precincts
are missing — any of which could hold an advantage for Mitt
Romney — and will never be recovered and certified, Republican
Party of Iowa officials told The Des Moines Register on
Wednesday.
Navy’s New Minehunter Can’t See or Stop Mines
Wired - It’s bad enough that the Navy’s newest ship has had
wicked problems with corrosion, missed out on the latest naval
wartime missions and is generally something of a Frankenstein’s
monster. Now the Pentagon’s top weapons tester has found
problems with its abilities to find and withstand mines - which
is a big problem for a ship that’s supposed to be the Navy’s
minehunter of the future.... Little wonder that defense analysts
think the ship is headed for the budgetary chopping block, even
though the Navy wants 55 of the things and only has three.
Americans Still Have the Power to Save America
Activist Post - While mainstream economic reports continue their
attempt to rally spirits with selective statistics about the
decrease in unemployment, major companies are still laying off
huge numbers, have frozen hiring altogether, or are now simply
bankrupt and out of business.... Faced with this reality, even
ABC News showed how a typical American family could in fact meet
all of their needs with only American-made products. So, how
many American-made companies are there?... To simplify your
USA-made pursuit, here is a site that showcases only
American-made products:
How Americans Can Buy American. This company provides an
aggregate of tons of American manufacturers, saving lots of time
in research.
Money Insider: US Will See Violent Civil Unrest In 2012
Paul Joseph Watson - Money insider Charles Ortel has warned that
a worsening economic picture across the globe will see civil
unrest hit the streets of America, not on behalf of leftist OWS
types, but by an armed, “irascible and vocal Majority”. Ortel, a
managing partner with Newport Value Partners, LLC in New York
City, predicts that a failure of the so-called financial
recovery will precipitate “A painful re-calibration of economic
strength and geo-political standing during 2012 in the midst of
widespread civil insurrection and cross-border war.”
Photography pioneer Kodak files for bankruptcy
(Reuters) - Eastman Kodak Co, the photography icon that invented
the hand-held camera, has filed for bankruptcy protection and
plans to shrink significantly, capping a prolonged plunge for
one of America's best-known companies. The bankruptcy may give
Kodak, which traces its roots to 1880, the ability to find
buyers for some of its 1,100 digital patents, a major portion of
its value. Kodak now employs 17,000 people worldwide, down from
63,900 just nine years ago.
After raising income taxes 67%, Ill. still $8.5b in debt
CBS News - Illinois State Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka says
when one factors in other bills, the figure is closer to around
$8.5 billion. Those other outstanding bills include tax refunds,
employee health insurance, and bills that have not yet reached
her desk. Topinka says this is extremely disappointing, since a
year ago, the state sharply increased income taxes (by 67
percent) and corporate taxes.
Dozens of Donkeys Killed at TX State Park Over Ecosystem Threat
CBS News - With 75 of the expected 300 wild donkeys roaming Big
Bend State Park already having been terminated for being
declared threats to the park’s ecosystem, donkey advocates have
urged the state to halt the killings. More than 100,000
signatures have been collected in an effort on the part of
donkey enthusiasts to cease any more indiscriminate killings of
wild donkeys at Big Bend State Park, originally based on what
Texas Parks and Wildlife officials labeled as a significant
threat to the park’s ecosystem as they try to introduce new
animals to the environment.
Paula Deen exposed as Big Pharma selling for profiting from the
diabetes disease her recipes promote
(NaturalNews) Do you wish you could have a share of the billions
in profits raked in by pharmaceutical companies peddling dubious
drugs? If you are unencumbered by integrity, you may want to
follow the lead of celebrity chef Paula Deen to gain a chunk of
the plentiful prescription drug dollars.
ALERT: Vaccine warfare! Texas air-drops rabies vaccines over
7,000 sq. miles area
(NaturalNews) Using a battery of small planes based out of Del
Rio, Texas recently dropped 1.8 million edible vaccine packets
over 7,700 square miles of rural Texas. The packets contain
edible rabies vaccines dipped in fish oil and coated with fish
meal.... Once consumed, the animal is "vaccinated" against
rabies, researchers claim. Of course, what these researchers
don't yet understand in their scientific ignorance (and
arrogance) is that they are also engaged in a rabies DNA / RNA
bombardment of Texas. As even the Institute of Medicine has
admitted, MMR vaccines for use in humans actually cause measles
because many of the vaccines contain live viral strains.
Related article and video. Protect your pet, your child, and
yourself from coming in contact with these vaccine packets!
Cancer Cells Feed on Sugar AND Sugar Free Products Alike
Natural Society - In a study conducted by UCLA, pancreatic
cancer cells were found to multiply and grow more rapidly when
fueled by fructose, as opposed to glucose or sucrose. More
recently however, it has been found that even staying sugar free
can have similar implications. In a collaborative study, it was
found that in the absence of a usable sugar source, cancer cells
will instead use glutamine — an amino acid — to survive and
spread.... When it comes to cancer, prevention is key. Key
substances like
vitamin D and turmeric are vital for halting cancer in its
tracks.
What Big Pharma doesn't want you to know about bromelain
(NaturalNews) Bromelain is an inexpensive enzyme supplement with
many uses and health benefits. Enzymes don't get much respect,
yet they are considered more important functionally than
vitamins and minerals. Without enzymes, food cannot be broken
down into its constituent nutrients, and enzymes are needed for
most cellular metabolic actions.
Exposed: Deadly Cancer Drugs Make Cancer Worse and Kill Patients
More Quickly
Activist Post - Cancer drugs, pushed by many drug companies as
the only ‘scientific’ method of combating cancer alongside
chemotherapy, have been found to actually make cancer worse and
kill patients more quickly. The findings come after research was
conducted on the cancer drugs at the Beth Israel Deaconess
Medical Center in Boston. Sold at a premium price to cancer
sufferers, it turns out these drugs are not only ineffective but
highly dangerous.
Mold, rot, and filth: Why your child's school could be making
him or her sick
(NaturalNews) It is a factor that many parents may not consider,
but one that is turning out to play a significant role in
aggravating, and potentially even causing, asthma symptoms,
respiratory illness, and other chronic illness conditions that
often afflict children. Mold, rotting building materials, and
general filth at many of the nation's deteriorating public
schools appear to be taking a toll on students' health -- and
unless parents and school authorities speak up and do something
about it now, the problem will only get worse.
Got neck pain? New study says chiropractic care and simple home
exercises work better than painkillers
(NaturalNews) Painkilling drugs are associated with dangerous
side effects, addiction and overdose. And it turns out they are
also much less effective than harmless natural treatments. A new
study shows that simple remedies like chiropractic treatments
and home exercises relieve sub-acute neck pain better than
pharmaceutical drugs - and without all the negative side
effects.
Is Your Sleep Schedule Preventing You from Reaching Optimum
Health?
Natural Society - The negative health effects that go along with
lack of sleep are many, including increased fat gain. A study in
the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that not only
do you eat more when deprived of sleep, but you also are more
likely to cave to junk food desires as a result of a potential
hormonal dysfunction. “If you’re trying to control your weight,
it would be helpful not to be sleep-deprived,” said Marie-Pierre
St-Onge of the New York Obesity Research Center at St.
Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital, who led the study.
Study says refrigeration of packaged fresh spinach reduces toxic
bacteria
(NaturalNews) Spinach has long been used as a natural healing
aid. Spinach is packed with vitamins, minerals, and
antioxidants. It boosts the immune system, builds red blood
cells, provides energy, and is a good source of protein. Spinach
has received a lot of negative press in the past due to an E.
coli outbreak which was traced to a commercial grower. A recent
clinical study indicates that spinach samples have been
contaminated with over a thousand different kinds of bacteria.
The 2011 study proved that proper refrigeration decreases the
bacteria present on fresh spinach by over 50%.
Learn to love fevers, not fear them
(NaturalNews) Through misunderstanding, many parents fear
fevers, when they should love and respect them. A fever is one
of the most extraordinary and intricate healing processes in the
body. It plays out like a symphony, orchestrated only when
needed to stimulate an immune response, destroy invading
organisms and promote the restoration of health. The American
Academy of Pediatrics voiced concerns in a 2011 study,
concluding that parents need to understand the fever itself is
not endangering to a healthy child. In contrast, it's actually
beneficial and the primary goal of treatment should be to
improve comfort, rather than lowering body temperature alone.
Wild edible plants and natural solutions for diabetes
(NaturalNews) Why should you care about wild edibles? Because
many health experts agree that wild edibles are the highest
quality, best foods available to eat. The NaturalNews Talk Hour
presents "Wild Edibles - The Miracle of Greens" with our guest
Sergei Boutenko, raw food expert..
Thyroid cancer, fracking and nuclear power
Activist Post - hyroid cancer cases have more than doubled since
1997 in the United States, while deadly industrial practices
that contaminate groundwater with radiation and other
carcinogens are also rising.
Yams with Ginger and Cinnamon
If you don't know what to serve for dinner tonight ... The
health-promoting carotenoids found in yams not only give them
their beautiful color but provide a great source of pro-vitamin
A to your Healthiest Way of Eating., which is important for
enhancing your immune function. And the yam's rich fiber content
helps fill you up without filling out your hips and waistline.
In-Depth Nutritional Profile here.
Anonymous Shuts Down Corporate and Government Websites Worldwide
… The Timing Couldn’t Be Worse
Washington Blog - Given yesterday’s success in forcing so many
congress members to back off of SOPA and PIPA, the timing could
not be worse. As free speech champion Michael Rivero argued
after Anonymous took down DOJ’s website today: In aligning with
the pirates and attacking the DOJ, anonymous has handed the US
government more justification for draconian controls on the
internet. I would not be quite so upset if this had occurred
after Congress passed a draconian web censorship bill such as
SOPA. But the fact that this is happening only 24 hours after
the web’s successful protest concerns me greatly.
Hollywood threatens Obama over SOPA
RT -After US President Barack Obama demanded revamped provisions
in the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA, Los
Angeles film executives are rescinding their support of the
commander-in-chief.
Rand Paul Vows To Block Internet Censorship Bills
Steve Watson - Kentucky Republican Senator Rand Paul has
promised to do everything within his power to ensure the
draconian Protect IP Act (PIPA) and the Stop Online Piracy Act
(SOPA) are not brought to a vote. Paul says he will filibuster
PIPA in the Senate owing to the fact that the bill is a direct
threat to the First Amendment.
Web blackout ends: SOPA bleeding, but not dead
Massive opposition to the controversial legislation resulted in
Congressmen and Senators swinging against the bills. Up to 18
Senators, of which seven were former co-sponsors, voiced their
opposition to PIPA on Wednesday. On the SOPA side, at least two
sponsors have dropped out, while Oregon’s Earl Blumenauer
blacked out his website in support of the protest.... The
conflict, however, is far from being resolved. “SOPA and PIPA
are not dead: they are waiting in the shadows,” Wikipedia warns.
PIPA is scheduled be put to a vote in the Senate on January 24,
while SOPA sponsors plan to push the bill forward in February.
DOMINATE: GOOGLE Already Using SOPA-Like Censorship
Paul Joseph Watson - Despite Google’s much-heralded support for
the anti-SOPA movement, the web giant is already enforcing
SOPA-like policies of its own, blacklisting legitimate websites
from its news aggregator and following government orders to
remove material from its search results and You Tube.
Feds shut down file-sharing site Megaupload
The Hill - The Justice Department seized Megaupload.com, one of
the world's most popular file-sharing sites, and several of its
related sites on Thursday. Prosecutors charged seven employees
of Megaupload with criminal copyright infringement, conspiracy
to commit racketeering and other charges. Each faces up to 55
years in prison.... The crackdown comes just one day after a
massive Web protest against legislation to expand the power of
law enforcement and copyright holders to go after infringing
websites.
Anonymous says it attacks DOJ site after feds shut down piracy
hub Megaupload
Hours later, Megaupload's fans turned the table on the feds. "Hacktivist"
collective Anonymous said it set its sights on the U.S.
Department of Justice and apparently knocked the agency's
website offline. "We are having website problems, but we're not
sure what it's from," a DOJ spokeswoman told CNNMoney. The DOJ
website glitches came soon after various Twitter accounts
associated with Anonymous took aim at the agency.
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January 24: Join the OCA Protest at Monsanto's Annual
Shareholders Meeting
What if Monsanto had to pay for its corporate crimes? If the
Biotech Bully of St. Louis were to be held liable for its
100-year legacy of corporate criminality - carcinogenic chemical
food sweeteners, Agent Orange, dioxin, Bovine Growth Hormone,
poisonous herbicides, seed monopolization, and genetically
engineered crops, the company's shareholders would no doubt see
the value of their Monsanto stocks plummet to zero. Following up
on two protests at Monsanto's headquarters in 2011, OCA returns
to St. Louis for the 2012 Monsanto shareholders' meeting on
January 24!
Action Alert: Urge your Representative to Protect Raw Milk
HR 1830, a bill that would allow the interstate shipment of raw
milk and raw milk products for human consumption, has been
introduced by Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) and co-sponsored by Rep.
Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Tim Walberg (R-MI), and Tom McClintock
(R-CA). Passage of HR 1830 into law would enable everyone to
exercise their right to consume raw milk, whether they live in a
state where the sale of raw milk is illegal or in a state where
the sale is legal but sources are limited.
Fun facts: What you didn’t know about your pet
Fun facts you might not know about your furry, scaly, or
feathery family member.
Today in History -
Thursday - January 19, 2012
1793 - King Louis XVI was tried by the French Convention, found guilty
of treason and sentenced to the guillotine.
1861 - Georgia seceded from the Union.
1883 - Thomas Edison's first village electric lighting system using
overhead wires began operation in Roselle, NJ.
1915 - George Claude, of Paris, France, patented the neon discharge tube
for use in advertising signs.
1915 - More than 20 people were killed when German zeppelins bombed
England for the first time.
1937 - Howard Hughes set a transcontinental air record. He flew from Los
Angeles to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes and 25 seconds.
1942 - The Japanese invaded Burma (later Myanmar).
1944 - The U.S. federal government relinquished control of the nation's
railroads after the settlement of a wage dispute.
1949 - The salary of the President of the US was increased from $75,000
to $100,000 with an additional $50,000 expense allowance for each year
in office.
1953 - Sixty-eight percent of all TV sets in the U.S. were tuned to
CBS-TV, as Lucy Ricardo, of "I Love Lucy," gave birth to a baby boy.
1955 - U.S. President Eisenhower allowed a filmed news conference to be
used on television (and in movie newsreels) for the first time.
1966 - Indira Gandhi was elected prime minister of India.
1971 - At the Charles Manson murder trial, the Beatles' "Helter Skelter"
was played. At the scene of one of his gruesome murders, the words
"helter skelter" were written on a mirror.
1977 - U.S. President Ford pardoned Iva Toguri D'Aquino (the "Tokyo
Rose").
1979 - Former U.S. Attorney General John N. Mitchell was released on
parole after serving 19 months at a federal prison in Alabama.
1981 - The U.S. and Iran signed an agreement paving the way for the
release of 52 Americans held hostage for more than 14 months and for
arrangements to unfreeze Iranian assets and to resolve all claims
against Iran.
1993 - IBM announced a loss of $4.97 billion for 1992. It was the
largest single-year loss in U.S. corporate history.
1996 - U.S. first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton was subpoenaed to appear
before a federal grand jury. The investigation was concerning the
discovery of billing records related to the Whitewater real estate
investment venture.
1997 - Yasser Arafat returned to Hebron for the first time in more than
30 years. He joined 60,000 Palestinians in celebration over the handover
of the last West Bank city in Israeli control.
2001 - Texas officials demoted a warden and suspended three other prison
workers in the wake of the escape of the "Texas 7."
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railroad cars spotted in Missouri - Several auto transport cars
(empty) have been parked on a track from just west of Dalton, Missouri
and going east of Dalton a few miles. They have been there about a week.
Encouraging any answers/comments from our listeners. (Thanks to
Charlie for sending)
Iran says in touch with powers on new talks, EU denies it
Daily Star - Iran said Wednesday it was in touch with big powers to hold
fresh talks soon but the European Union denied it, with Britain saying
Tehran had yet to show willingness for negotiations addressing
suspicions that it trying to develop atom bombs.
Battle for control of Asia's seas goes underwater
Super high-tech submarines like Cmdr. Peterson's USS Oklahoma City have
long been the envy of navies all over the globe — and a key component of
U.S. military strategy. "We really have no peer," Peterson told The
Associated Press during a recent port call in Japan. But America's
submarine dominance in the Pacific is facing its biggest challenge since
the Cold War. Nearly every Asian country with a coastline is fortifying
its submarine fleet amid territorial disputes stirred up by an
increasingly assertive China and the promise of bountiful natural
resources.
Analysis: China as lender of last resort...more than just a loan
(Reuters) - China is filling a lending vacuum in Asia as European banks
limp home to preserve capital, and is making sure loans have spin-off
benefits for Chinese manufacturers and exporters, even at the expense of
the rates they offer. Cash-strapped businesses looking to Chinese banks
for loans would do well to have something to offer China in return - for
big loans come with strings attached.
Iran Threatens U.S., Persian Gulf Cities with Missile Attacks
US News - Iran might pound Persian Gulf cities with ballistic missiles
and use swift boats to attack American war ships in an attempt to
dissuade a U.S. attack on its nuclear arms sites, a new report states.
Tehran likely would employ a mixed game plan against the U.S. military
consisting of "advanced technology" and "guerilla tactics," according to
a research organization with close ties to the Pentagon. Before that,
Iran would first lean hard on weaker Middle Eastern nations to convince
those states to deny Washington access to bases on their soil, it
states.
Russia Is Preparing For A Possible US-Israeli Attack On Iran
Joshua Kucera - Russia will be holding a series of military exercises in
the North Caucasus, Armenia, Abkhazia and South Ossetia this fall,
reportedly in preparation for a possible U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran.
The exercises, called Kavkaz-2012, will be held in September... The
focus on surveillance, air defense and logistics suggests that Russia is
tailoring the exercise to prepare for a U.S.-Israel-Iran war, says
Russian newspaper Nezavisimaya Gazeta:
Russia says western strike on Iran would be ‘catastrophe’
Reuters - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says attack would ‘pour
fuel on the fire’ of Sunni-Shi’ite division. "I have no doubt that it
would pour fuel on a fire which is already smouldering, the hidden
smouldering fire of Sunni-Shi'ite confrontation, and beyond that (it
would cause) a chain reaction -- I don't know where it would stop," he
said.
U.S. ambassador: Political situation in China “very, very delicate”
"I do believe that there is a power of the people, and there is a
growing frustration among the people over the operations of government,
corruption, lack of transparency, and issues that affect the Chinese
people on a daily basis that they feel are being neglected," Locke told
NPR's Steve Inskeep during a Wednesday interview, part of a media blitz
Locke is conducting during his visit to Washington.
Turkish Intelligence Says Iran Plans U.S. Embassy Terror Attacks
Kurt Nimmo - The Turkish newspaper Zaman reports today that a cell of
the Quds Unit of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard is planning to attack U.S.
embassy in Ankara and other targets across the country. Turkey’s
intelligence service claims the Iranians plan to stay at a five-star
hotel and break into the U.S. Embassy or one of its consulates. In
addition to the Quds Unit, the report states that the Lebanese group
Hezbollah will participate in the attacks.
VIDEO: Mysterious Sounds Continue to be Recorded Throughout the World
Intel Hub - The Intel Hub January 17, 2012 Update: This article on
scalar wars provides a possible clue as to what these strange sounds
are. It should also be noted that it is fact that the military has
directed energy weapons as documented in an official Navy article:
DAHLGREN, Va. – The Navy demonstrated its commitment to “game-changing”
directed energy programs and provide laboratories, computing spaces and
offices to help us get the latest technology to our warfighters as soon
as possible and protect them from harm’s way.”
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CNN GOP Debate -Tonight! Live Stream January 19, 8pm ET
Last debate before the SC Primary on Saturday the 21st. Catch
the live stream at CNN.com, and read and participate in the
commentary here on the Daily Paul.
VIDEO: Ron Paul Introduces Legislation to Strike NDAA’s
Unconstitutional Section 1021
Kurt Nimmo - Rep. Ron Paul left the campaign trail on Wednesday
to speak on the House floor about the National Defense
Authorization Act, which was signed into law on the first day of
the new year by Obama. Paul introduced legislation to strike the
NDAA’s Section 1021, the discretionary detention provision
authorizing the President to detain persons accused by the
government of supporting terrorism.
UPDATE: ABC interviewed Gingrich ex-wife
NEW YORK (AP) - An ABC News executive tells The Associated Press
that the network has interviewed Newt Gingrich's second wife and
is likely to air the segment Thursday on "Nightline." That's two
days before the South Carolina primary, where the Republican
presidential candidate is trying to topple GOP front-runner Mitt
Romney.
Southern Republican Presidential Debate
Congressman Ron Paul to participate in the Southern Republican
Presidential Debate sponsored by the Southern Republican
Leadership Conference and CNN to be held at the North Charleston
Coliseum, Charleston, South Carolina on Thursday, January 19th
at 8:00 p.m. Eastern.
Ron Paul to Come Off Campaign Trail for Debt-Ceiling Vote
Fox News Ron Paul is coming off the campaign trail in South
Carolina in order to return to Washington so he can vote against
giving President Obama the authority to increase the
debt-ceiling. The Paul campaign announced the move Tuesday
afternoon and tells reporters the Texas Congressman will travel
to Washington on Wednesday and return to the Palmetto State
early Thursday morning for the final three days of campaigning
before election day.
YouTube: WSJ Economist: Ron Paul's 0% Income Tax = Massive
Insourcing of Jobs into America
Freedom Watch Jan 17, 2012. Ron Paul's tax ideas outgunned his
opponates. Steve Moore, head of the editorial board of the Wall
Street Journal: "...if Ron Paul could get our income tax rate
down to zero when other countries have 30, 40, 50% rates, you
would see the most massive insourcing of jobs into America in
the history of the world.: Napolitano: "And everyones wealth
would increase as a result of that prosperity generated without
the heavy hand of government."
YouTube: Freedom Watch ~ Dr. Ron Paul: Master of Monetary Policy
Freedom Watch January 16, 2012. Ron Paul interview on monetary
policy.
It’s Over – Only Two Republican Candidates On Virginia Ballot
Ron Paul 2012 - “It’s over,” said Ron Paul 2012 National
Campaign Chairman Jesse Benton. “Ron Paul, the candidate of real
change, will face off against establishment flip-flopper Mitt
Romney in the Virginia primary, making that that Tuesday less
‘super’ for serial hypocrite Newt Gingrich, counterfeit
conservative Rick Santorum, and Rick Perry, who I should mention
is marginally attached to the presidential race.”
Ron Paul Presidential Campaign Sues Anti-Huntsman Video’s Makers
Bloomberg - Presidential candidate Ron Paul’s campaign committee
sued the unidentified makers of a video attacking ex-Republican
rival Jon Huntsman claiming it falsely implies it was made or
endorsed by the Texas congressman.... Press coverage of the
video has been “scathingly negative” toward Paul because of the
assumption that he was behind it, the lawyers said.... “This is
a classic case of dirty politics resulting from the unlawful use
in commerce of an underhanded and deceptive advertisement
designed to tarnish plaintiff’s reputation,” according to the
complaint.
Report Claims Upcoming ABC Interview With Gingrich Ex-Wife Could
‘End’ Candidates Career, Network Fears Airing Close to SC
Primary
According to Drudge Report, Marianne Gingrich -- ex-wife of GOP
candidate Newt Gingrich -- dropped what sources claim is a
game-changing bombshell about the former House Speaker -- one
that could "end" her ex-husband's career. The two-hour long
interview, conducted last week by Brian Ross, is said to contain
"explosive revelations" that will "rock the campaign trail." The
controversial nature of the interview is now causing major waves
at the network, according to sources, and a "civil war" has
since exploded at ABC on exactly when the tell-all will air.
Drudge reports that executives at ABCNews say it would be
"unethical" to run Marianne Gingrich's interview so close to
South Carolina Primary and that a tentative decision has been
made to broadcast the interview next Monday after all votes have
been counted.
Newt Gingrich vows to end separation of church and state
Newt Gingrich has vowed to create a presidential commission to
end the separation of church and state on the first day of his
administration.
Gingrich-The Rest Of the Story
Daily Paul - DCBureau has learned that Gingrich was at the
center of a U.S. Justice Department criminal investigation in
the late 1990s for a scheme to shake down the arms dealer for a
$10 million bribe in exchange for Gingrich using his influence
as Speaker to get the Iraq arms embargo lifted so Soghanalian
could collect $54 million from Saddam Hussein’s regime for
weapons he had delivered during the Iran-Iraq War.
YouTube: Jack Abramoff: 'Congress corrupt to core'
RT - When it comes to big money in America's politics, lobbyists
are the people who know exactly how it works. RT talks to former
lobbyist Jack Abramoff who explains why he thinks Washington is
corrupted to the core.
NYPD and Pentagon to place mobile scanners on the streets on NYC
RT - The head of the New York Police Department is working with
the Pentagon to secure body scanners to be used throughout the
Big Apple. If Kelly gets his wish, the city will be receiving a
whole slew of Terahertz Imagining Detection scanners, a
high-tech radiation detector that measures the energy that is
emitted from a persons’ body. As CBS News reports, “It measures
the energy radiating from a body up to 16 feet away, and can
detect anything blocking it, like a gun.” What it can also do,
however, is allow the NYPD to conduct illegal searches by means
of scanning anyone walking the streets of New York.
Utah Depot to Destroy Final Chemical Munitions
The Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility on Wednesday was
slated to destroy all remaining mustard agent weapons held at
the Deseret Chemical Depot in Utah, which at one point housed
the United States' biggest arsenal of chemical arms, the
Associated Press reported. he U.S. Army installation, located 45
miles from Salt Lake City, once held in excess of 1 million
chemical weapons and bulk containers (Associated Press/The
Republic, Jan. 18).
Plane Left Gate With Gun on Board, DFW Airport Says
Fox News - A plane left the gate at DFW Airport with a gun on
board before transportation officials alerted the pilot about
the problem, FOX 4 has learned. Airport spokesman David Magana
said a 65-year-old woman from Little Elm, Texas had a gun in her
carry-on bag that got through the security checkpoint.
112 Questions To Ask Yourself In 2012
The Economic Collapse - The beginning of each year is a great
time to evaluate the direction of your life and to ask yourself
some very important questions. Often we get so busy just living
life that we lose our perspective. It is important for each of
us to take time once in a while to reassess how our lives are
going. It is also important for all of us to reassess the
direction that our nation is heading in every so often. The
truth is that America has gotten badly off track. We have
abandoned the principles which once made this country great, and
this country is literally falling apart all around us.
Study proves 95% of people really are sheeple
(NaturalNews) Scientists at the University of Leeds have
conducted research that proves the tendency many have to act
like sheep, unwittingly following crowd as if they didn't
possess a reasoning mind. While this tendency may have its uses
in some situations, such as planning pedestrian flow in busy
areas, it doesn't inspire a ton of hope for humankind.
PHOTOS: Black sailor whose courage under fire saved ship during
Second World War Kamikaze attack is finally recognised 66 years
on
Mail Online - Carl Clark, now 95 years old, was presented with a
medal for distinguished service in combat, for his brave actions
aboard the USS Aaron Ward in 1945. The reason why it has taken
so long for Mr Clark's courage to be recognised is as shameful
as it is impossible to ignore. He is a black and, like so many
black servicemen in the Second World War, his wartime heroism
was ignored. As he says: 'In 1936, when I joined the Navy, a
black man could be nothing but a servant for white officers.'
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Occupy Wall Street Protest |
Occupy San Francisco plans shutdown of city's
financial district
Being billed as the largest demonstration in San Francisco in a
decade, Occupy San Francisco is preparing to unleash a massive
street protest on Friday which could shut down the city’s
financial district. A demonstration, weeks in the making, will
occur Friday when 55 organizations descend on San Francisco’s
Financial District, calling itself Occupy Wall Street West.
VIDEO: Interview w/Retired Philly PD Captain Lewis
January 17 marked the opening day for the US Congress in the new
year 2012. Retired Philadelphia Police captain Ray Lewis talking
during rally.
House approves debt ceiling hike
The Hill - The House on Wednesday evening approved a resolution
disapproving of President Obama's request to increase the debt
ceiling by another $1.2 trillion, sending it to a Senate that is
expected to reject it. The House approved the resolution in a
239-176 vote in which just one Republican voted against it, and
six Democrats voted for it. But the vote fell far short of the
two-thirds majority that would be needed for passage if Obama
were to veto the resolution.
One Million Homeowners May Get Mortgage Writedowns
CNBC _ About one million American homeowners could get
write-downs in the size of their mortgages under a proposed deal
with banks over shady foreclosure practices, said U.S. Housing
and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan. The deal, which
could be struck within weeks, would mark the largest cut in the
mortgage load since the start of the credit crisis. "We're very
close to a settlement that would both fix the servicing
problems, but also help over a million families around the
country stay in their homes and get help," Donovan said at a
U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting in Washington.
Mortgage fraud complaints quadruple in Massachusetts
Mortgage- and foreclosure-related complaints at the
Massachusetts attorney general's office quadrupled over the past
two years, becoming the No. 1 reason consumers contacted the
office for assistance in 2011. They took the top position from
auto dealer complaints by 164.
Regional offices across the Commonwealth combined to handle 983
complaints about mortgages, foreclosures and loan modifications
during the year, representing a 431% leap since 2009.
BP seen agreeing $20-25 billion oil spill settlement
(Reuters) - BP is likely to agree to pay the U.S. Department of
Justice $20-$25 billion to settle all charges around the Gulf of
Mexico oil spill, according to a leading analyst, a prediction
that is at least twice what the company has set aside. Martijn
Rats, head of European oil research at Morgan Stanley, said he
saw a 70-80 percent chance that the two sides would agree a deal
on civil and criminal charges surrounding the 2010 disaster
sometime between BP's full year results on February 7, and the
scheduled start of legal hearings in New Orleans on February 27.
Obama kills Keystone pipeline; Blames Republicans
National Journal - In a decision that quickly re-ignited a
fierce energy debate, the Obama administration on Wednesday
rejected the controversial Keystone XL pipeline because the
60-day deadline imposed by Republicans did not allow adequate
time to review an alternate route through an ecologically
sensitive area in Nebraska.
Busted! Why nuclear electricity costs 10x more
The nuclear fuel rods do not need to be removed after the first
use, which only takes out 5% of their radioactive potential.
They could be reused 20 more times with the right reactor.
Afterwards the fuel is dead and no longer hazardous because all
of it's radiological potential has been used up. The process was
implemented, proven - and then banned by President Carter.
Without banning it, electricity would be so cheap today, it
would be the only sensible energy choice. With a reduction in
the price of electricity by at least 10X, electric cars would
have been a no brainer.
Region comes to a halt as twin snowstorms blanket Pacific
Northwest in 16 inches of snow and bring howling 100mph winds
Mail Online - A winter storm blasted the Pacific Northwest
Wednesday, dumping near-record snow in some areas, hammering
parts of Oregon with winds as high as 110 mph and bringing much
of the region to a standstill. From the Washington state capital
in Olympia to the Oregon coast, schools were closed, roads were
clogged with snow and hundreds of accidents and dozens of
flights were cancelled.
NCDC data shows that the contiguous USA
has not warmed in the past decade, summers are cooler, winters
are getting colder
There’s been a lot of buzz and conflicting
reports over what the BEST data actually says, especially about
the last decade where we have dueling opinions on a “slowing
down”, “leveling off”, “standstill”, or “slight rise” (depending
on whose pronouncements you read) of global warming.
Sec 105 of SOPA threatens freedom of health speech, aligns with
FDA Trilateral Cooperation Charter to potentially eliminate
access to dietary supplements
(NaturalNews) Identifying threats to health freedom and freedom
of health speech often requires connecting the dots between
seemingly unrelated verbiage in one piece of legislation and a
trade agreement, for instance, or reading between the lines to
identify.... Section 105 of SOPA, entitled Immunity for Taking
Voluntary Action Against Sites that Endanger Public Health,
provisions that service providers, network providers,
advertising services, search engines, domain name registry
services, and other parties that handle internet content will be
immune from prosecution should they decide to arbitrarily pull
sites that "endanger the public health."
AMA Journal: Make Participation In Vaccine Trials Mandatory
Paul Joseph Watson - An article published by the American
Medical Association’s Virtual Mentor journal advocates making
participation in vaccine trials mandatory, arguing that people
should be forced to take experimental shots in a similar vein to
how jury service is compulsory. The article, written by Oxford
University’s Susanne Sheehy and Joel Meyer, is entitled
Should Participation in Vaccine Clinical Trials be Mandated?.
Pediatrician calls state trooper, child protective services on
mother for refusing to vaccinate child
(NaturalNews) What would you do if your pediatrician called the
cops and child protective services on you for refusing to get
your child vaccinated? That is exactly what happened recently to
Rachel Garmon of Pennsylvania when she told her new pediatrician
that her healthy and vibrant two-and-a-half year old son had
never been -- and never would be -- vaccinated.
Breaking news: cancer drugs make tumors more aggressive and
deadly
(NaturalNews) When natural health advocates warn against
mainstream medicine's arsenal of weapons used to fight cancer,
including chemotherapy and radiation, their concerns often
revolve around how these therapies can weaken and damage a
person's body in numerous ways. But scientists are finding other
reasons to question some of these therapies. It turns out that
while chemotherapies may kill or shrink tumors in the short
term, they may actually be causing malignancies to grow more
deadly in the long term.
Coffee promotes cortisol production and weight gain
(NaturalNews) Conventional wisdom about weight loss suggests
coffee may be a good addition to a diet plan since it has
minimal calories and no fat. While this seems logical, a more
holistic view evaluates coffee from the perspective of its
influence on the body's ability to metabolize the other food we
eat. Recent studies suggest that despite its low calorie count,
coffee may actually promote weight gain as well as type 2
diabetes by stimulating cortisol production and insulin
resistance.
Some foods and chemical additives cause arthritis inflammation,
gout and fibromyalgia pain
(NaturalNews) Certain foods and chemical additives disguised as
food can aggravate or cause muscle and joint pain associated
with arthritis, gout and fibromyalgia. Avoiding these foods can
pave the way for reduced inflammation, stiffness and pain -
setting the stage for ongoing relief, with increased mobility
and a better mental attitude. Although it may be a challenge to
avoid well-loved foods, keep in mind that many of those foods
are causing widespread systemic problems that result in
debilitating pain, so they are not your friends.
Treating multiple sclerosis
(NaturalNews) An estimated 350,000 people in the United States
are living with multiple sclerosis (MS), a painful,
debilitating, and sometimes fatal disorder of the central
nervous system, and the United States government could care less
and would doom this population to more suffering than can be
imagined. A long list of ugly words comes to mind when one
thinks of any person, organization or institution that would
keep helpful and safe medicines away from MS sufferers.
Polio Vaccines Now The #1 Cause of Polio Paralysis
Activist Post - The problem of vaccine-induced polio paralysis
was so severe that the The United States moved to the
inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV) in 2000, after the Advisory
Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommended
altogether eliminating the live-virus oral polio vaccine (OPV),
which is still used throughout the third world, despite the
known risks.
Tamiflu effects 'still uncertain'
The effects of antiviral drug Tamiflu - which was stockpiled by
the Government at the height of the swine flu pandemic - are
still uncertain, researchers said as they accused pharmaceutical
giant Roche of withholding data. A 2009 study in the British
Medical Journal (BMJ) found the drug may cut the length of time
people have symptoms but found no clear evidence that it
prevented complications like pneumonia.
Understand the calcium myth; here's what really makes healthy
bones
(NaturalNews) Calcium is the cornerstone mineral in bones.
However, calcium consumption does not build bones. Countries
with the highest dietary calcium consumption (US, Canada, &
Scandinavian countries) have the highest rates of osteoporosis.
A recent meta-analysis published in the British Medical Journal
showed that calcium supplementation actually increased the risk
of heart attacks. This study and others have looked at
individuals taking calcium supplements in isolation without
other key nutrients that play a role in calcium homeostasis.
Study: Nearly all women with breast cancer have parabens in
their breast tissue
(NaturalNews) They are added to everything from shampoos and
deodorants to processed foods and pharmaceutical drugs in order
to inexpensively extend shelf life and improve product
stability. But a new study out of the University of Reading (UR)
in the UK has found that, based on tests conducted, nearly every
single woman with breast cancer has one or more paraben
chemicals in her breast tissue, suggesting a possible link
between the chemical and the disease.
Researchers detail lifestyle changes that lower cancer risk by
forty percent
(NaturalNews) It may come as no surprise to many natural health
disciplinarians that cancer is largely an avoidable disease that
develops and advances due to poor lifestyle habits adopted over
the course of a lifetime. Researchers from Britain have found
that more than 100,000 cancer cases, nearly one in four cancers
diagnosed, could have been prevented by following simple
lifestyle changes. Lead study author Dr. Max Parkin, a cancer
epidemiologist based at Queen Mary, University of London,
publishing in the journal Nature remarked, "Looking at all the
evidence, it's clear that around 40 percent of all cancers are
caused by things we mostly have the power to change."
At least 7,000 websites black out their homepages in protest of
SOPA and PIPA internet censorship bills
(NaturalNews) On January 18, 2012, thousands of websites from
around the world came out in protest of two pieces of
legislation that threaten to censor the internet as we know it.
Google, WordPress, Wired.com, Wikipedia, Tumblr, The Daily Paul,
reddit, NaturalNews, and thousands of other websites censored
portions or all of their homepages and content in protest of the
Stop Online Piracy Act (HR 3261), and the Protect IP Act (S
968), which would essentially give large media conglomerates and
the federal government unbridled power to censor the internet.
VIDEO: Protect IP, SOPA protests knock Senate Web sites offline
CNET - January 18, 2012 - Around 11 a.m. PT today, the rush of
visitors looking for ways to contact their members of Congress
overwhelmed several Web pages of individual senators. As CNET
reported this morning, some sponsors of the Protect IP and the
Stop Online Piracy Act have switched sides as a result of the
protest. The amount of traffic "temporarily shut down our Web
site," Sen. Ron Wyden, the leading opponent of the Protect IP
Act, wrote on Twitter. By noon PT, the Senate's Web sites were
loading again, but slowly or with difficulty. The Web site of
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a California Democrat who's a sponsor of
Protect IP, was generating a 500 server error.
PHOTOS: Emergency NY Tech Meetup
NYC and SF geeks had protests that packed city blocks!
SOPA: Don't Just Protest -- Get Even
The entire reason why SOPA's authors and supporters have the
money, influence, and power to put forward draconian bills like
this in the first place is because of our daily patronizing of
their corporations and the goods and services they provide....
If Americans withdrew their support from these corporations --
if theaters were left empty, if Pepsi and Coke were left
collecting dust on the shelves of an empty Wal-Mart -- bills
like SOPA would not exist... Boycott, put out of business, and
replace these corporations with local alternatives...
VIDEO: The Secret Behind SOPA
Paul Joseph Watson - Lieberman characterized fears that the US
government would use such powers to censor political content as
“total misinformation,” yet goes on to admit that the purpose
behind the agenda is to mimic China’s ability to “disconnect
parts of its Internet in case of war,” adding, “we need that
here too”. Of course, Communist China’s “war” is not against
foreign terrorists or hackers, it’s targeted against people who
dare to use the Internet to express dissent against government
atrocities or corruption. China’s system of Internet policing is
about crushing freedom of speech and has nothing to do with
legitimate security concerns as Lieberman well knows.
Wikipedia to RT: SOPA sledgehammer could smash any site on web
RT - Wikipedia is deliberately blacking out its English-language
website. It's joined a 24-hour protest against anti-piracy bills
making their way through U.S. Congress. For more insight, RT
talks to John Davies, the Chief Executive of Wikimedia UK, which
is the umbrella foundation in charge of Wikipedia.
Freedom of Speech, Internet Censorship and SOPA
Activist Post - First of all, it is a given that freedom of
speech is the right of citizens of the United States. This means
that our government cannot and should not be making an attempt
to restrict or penalize speech because of its content or
viewpoint. So, when there is talk of restricting Internet
content, my eyebrows go up quizzically, wondering just what
limits would be placed on those restrictions. Moreover, as
electronic media becomes the norm rather than the exception, how
does reading something on the Internet differ from reading a
book, a magazine, or a printed newspaper?
YouTube: Singing A Song To Express Yourself Could Get You 5
Years Prison.. Self Expression
When you sing a copyright song to express your feelings ..you
could end up behind bars..
Edible Microchips, Biometric Identity Systems And Mind Reading
Computers
American Dream - The world of tomorrow is not going to be
anything like the world of today, and most people have no idea
how dramatically the world is changing. For instance, many
people have never even heard of "edible microchips".
Unfortunately, they are not some wild idea that some wacky
scientists are hoping to develop in the future. They are already
here, and they are about to be marketed to the public in the UK.
The idea is that these edible microchips will help doctors
monitor your health conditions and the medicines that you are
taking. The following comes from a recent article in the Daily
Mail.
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Tell USDA To Do Its Job And Reject 2,4-D Resistant GE Corn
USDA approval of Dow’s GE corn will trigger a big increase in
2,4-D use – and our exposure to this toxic herbicide. Yet USDA
has not assessed how much, nor analyzed the resulting impacts on
public health, the environment or neighboring farmers (2,4-D is
prone to drift and cause damage to nearby crops). Instead, USDA
has once again bowed to the pesticide industry, by giving
preliminary approval to still another pesticide-promoting crop
that will likely harm people and their children, including
farmers, and the environment. USDA claims to be adhering to a
scientific process, yet the Agency is blatantly ignoring the
science on 2,4-D.
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