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NA-307-2011-05-26 Credits
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  Executive Producers: Sir Kent Zeiser, Dame Murasaki8, David Hoffman
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    noagendapredictions.com
      John and Adam,
      You should put a call-out to whomever has http://noagendapredictions.com registered and get them to update the calendar or at least turn over control to someone who will keep it up to date. the last entry was from Oct 2010.
      This way John won't have to write down the prediction and highlight it...(although it is somewhat amusing when it happens.)
      anyway it's just a thought.
      thanks,
      Klink
    veritabletreasuretrove.com
      ITM John and Adam:
      After listening to last weeks episode and being informed of the "Veritable Treasure Trove" meme, I decided to do a quick GoDaddy search, and to my surprise, www.VeritableTreasureTrove.com was unregistered.
      I just wanted to let you guys know that it is now registered and forwarding to NoAgendaShow.com.
      About me: I'm a recent college grad who is now working at a PHP Web Dev. for a company in Charlotte, North Carolina. I've been listening to NA for 2 years now. I get my first paycheck next week, so expect my first of many donations.
      Thanks for all y'all do,
      Sean Lambert
    dvorakcurry.com
      Hi Adam and John,
      I am donating www.dvorakcurry.com, to forward to noagendashow.com. I am a poor Gitmo Nation Down Under slave and am on the $5 a Month Subscription, as well as regularly promoting you to my fellow slaves on facebook, telling them to listen to NA.
      Thanks from Gitmo Nation Down Under,
      Garrett & TJ
    cop11.com
      ITM Adam,
      Got two domains I'm forwarding to No Agenda:
      Cop11.com
      UNBiodiversityConference.com
      :)
      James
    Pelmaekers forwards
      Hi Adam, John,
      Decided to add a few more domain names to the forwarding to Noagendashow.com list :
      2tothehead.com, .org and .me
      advertisingunderwritingcallitwhateveryouwant.com
      backtorealnews.com
      beadonornotaboner.com
      biodiversitay.com, .info, .me and .org
      biodiversite.me and .mobi
      chemtrails.me
      coincidence.me
      dameofnoagenda.com
      dedouching.com, .org and .me
      distractionoftheweek.com, .org and .me
      dontbeadenier.com, .org and .me
      geneticallymodified.me
      gitmonationlowlands.com
      gitmoslave.com, .info, .me, .mobi, .net and .org
      gitmoslaves.com
      haarp.me
      justsendcash.org and .me
      knightofnoagenda.com, .info and .net
      livefromgitmonation.com
      lucynapolitano.com
      mavericksofmedia.co, .me, .mobi, .org and .info
      nakedbodyscanner.me and .org
      newworldorder.me
      noagendaslave.com, .org and .me
      planes-good-trains-bad.com
      planesgoodtrainsbad.com, .org and .me
      punchpeopleinthemouth.com
      roundupready.me
      seesomethingsaysomething.me
      swinefluminute.com, .org and .me
      takeyourmedicines.com, .org, .me and .info
      takeyourmeds.org and .me
      text333.com, .me and .org
      theformulaisthis.com, .org and .me
      trains-good-planes-bad.com
      trainsgoodplanesbad.org
      tsaslave.com and .org
      youvegotkarma.org and .me
      youwillobey.com and .me
    noagendawatchlist.com
      Hi Adam,
      Just listening to the last podcast and you said something along the lines of "we should keep and eye on that guy".
      Lightbulb moment!
      What would be helpful for No Agenda news contributors and listeners alike is a list of names of people we should put "under the radar". So I've purchased "NoAgendaWatchlist.com" and "NoAgendaWatchlist.info" and intend to setup a site for such an occasion.
      I'm going to build the site based around the idea of a card index and then show the links between them. Jobs, affiliations etc. Hmm, already doing it my head.
      So if you and John could just come up a quick list of the top ten, I'll then backtrack over previous shows to spot the others. Just the names, I'll add the rest :-)
      OK. Better get designing yeah?!
      When I get something beta up, I'll let you know. :-)
      Take care... we are loving the show!
  Knighthoods:
    Dame Murasaki8
    Sir Mark Bodiford
    Dame Shalomi
  Art By: Thoren
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NA-307-2011-05-26 Shownotes
  Elite$
    DSK hotel room: 2806-date of French elections.
      Strauss-Kahn’Äôs Arrest May Help Hollande’Äôs Odds in French Presidential Race - Bloomberg
        The legal proceedings may force him to stay in the U.S. for several months, while the deadline to participate in the Socialist Party primaries is June 28. The International Monetary Fund’Äôs chief, who led in all the election opinion polls in the past six months, may be scrapped off the candidates list
    France’Äôs Lagarde launches IMF bid
      France’Äôs Christine Lagarde has entered the race to head the IMF despite anger in big emerging economies over Europe’Äôs ’Äúobsolete’Äù lock on the job.
      France’Äôs finance minister announced her candidacy on Wednesday, the eve of a G8 summit, after securing the unanimous backing of the 27-nation European Union and, diplomats said, support from the United States and China.
      ’ÄúIt is an immense challenge which I approach with humility and in the hope of achieving the broadest possible consensus,’Äù Lagarde told a Paris news conference.
    Christine Lagarde is NEO from the matrix
      Lagarde to Bid for Top IMF Post - WSJ.com
      The former CHICAGOAN Christine LaGarde
      "She is the one," said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. "Berlin, London and Paris are fully behind her."
    Likely IMF Chief Lagarde Makes Comments On Greece That Are The Definition Of Insane
      She's adamantly against a restructuring or anything else that's not totally voluntary by banks.
      Instead, she wants Greece to move faster on reforms in exchange for any more aid.
      Of course, moving faster on reforms, just means moving faster to the bottom, since the austerity measures taken so far have only made the situation worse on the debt/deficit front.
    Russian PM Vladimir Putin bid ’Äòto wreck IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn’Äô | The Sun |News
      A colleague said Dominique Strauss-Kahn told him the Russians wanted him fired as boss of the International Monetary Fund.
    Black Rod - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    GOP presidential candidate pardoned child molester, cleared record ’Äî RT
      Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty pardoned a known child molester in 2008, who later was arrested for molesting his own daughter over 250 times in an eight year span ’Äì including incidents which took place prior to the pardon.
      It was revealed by a report in the Minneapolis City Pages that Pawlenty, as Minnesota Governor, pardoned Jeremy Giefer who served only 45 days in prison in 1994 for a conviction of statutory rape.
      Giefer then married the then-14-year-old girl who he got pregnant during the rape. Since he felt he did the right thing marrying the girl and caring for the child, he pleaded with the state for a pardon and to be removed from the state’Äôs sex offender registry.
    "Abnormal Returns Of U.S. House of Representatives" by Alan J. Ziobrowski, James W. Boyd et al.
      Abstract
      A previous study suggests that U.S. Senators trade common stock with a substantial informational advantage compared to ordinary investors and even corporate insiders. We apply precisely the same methods to test for abnormal returns from the common stock investments of Members of the U.S. House of Representatives. We measure abnormal returns for more than 16,000 common stock transactions made by approximately 300 House delegates from 1985 to 2001. Consistent with the study of Senatorial trading activity, we find stocks purchased by Representatives also earn significant positive abnormal returns (albeit considerably smaller returns). A portfolio that mimics the purchases of House Members beats the market by 55 basis points per month (approximately 6% annually).
    Two feet washed ashore in 2008 identified
      VANCOUVER ’Äì The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of the individual whose feet washed ashore on two separate British Columbia islands in 2008.
      ¬Ý
      After an exhaustive post-mortem investigation by the Coroners Service, the feet were identified by DNA analysis as belonging to a 21-year-old Surrey resident who was reported missing in January 2004. Next-of-kin have been notified.¬Ý
      ¬Ý
      The feet were found on Feb. 8 and June 16, 2008, on Valdez Island and Westham Island, respectively, each with matching size 11 Nike running shoes.
      ¬Ý
      Autopsies indicated the feet had not been mechanically removed but rather separated through the natural processes that occur in a marine environment. Foul play has been ruled out.
    Cybertrust - Verizon Business
      Verizon Business announced an agreement under which it will acquire Cybertrust, a privately-held provider of global information security services.
      Verizon says it complies with warrantless requests | ZDNet
        From January 2005 to September 2007, Verizon provided data to federal authorities on an emergency basis 720 times, it said in the letter. The records included Internet protocol addresses as well as phone data. In that period, Verizon turned over information a total of 94,000 times to federal authorities armed with a subpoena or court order, the letter said. The information was used for a range of criminal investigations, including kidnapping and child-predator cases and counter-terrorism investigations.
      The combination will make Verizon Business the leading provider of managed information security services to large business and government customers worldwide. By combining Cybertrust's global presence and customer base, focused security expertise, and professional services with Verizon Business' "cloud-to-core" security portfolio, global IP network and financial strength, the acquisition creates a powerful and unique player that will redefine the global security landscape.
    Xavier Tondo Spanish cyclist dies in freak accident | Olive Press Newspaper | News
      The 32-year-old ’Äì who was in training for this year Tour de France ’Äì was killed yesterday morning while trying to take his car out of the garage in the Pradollano residential complex.
      Xavier Tondo interview: Passport to freedom | Cycle Sport
        Movistar¬Ý rider Xavier Tondo is a new hero of the anti-doping movement following his role in the recent police raids in Girona. We interviewed the Spanish rider following his incredible Tour of Spain in 2010, for Cycle Sport November.
      It’Äôs understood that the cyclist got out of the car to try to get the garage door to open but his car rolled forward and pinned him against the door.
    Ratko Mladic -- in pictures. (Adam Curry's Gitmo Nation News Feed)
      Ratko Mladic -- in pictures.
      Fugitive Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic, wanted by the United Nations on war crimes charges from the Bosnian war, has been arrested in Serbi.
    Bram Peper: Astrologe adviseerde Neelie Kroes. (Adam Curry's Gitmo Nation News Feed)
      Bram Peper: Astrologe adviseerde Neelie Kroes.
      Neelie Kroes zou tussen 1991 en 2003 zowel op zakelijk gebied als privˆ© gesprekken hebben gevoerd met vijf astrologen en waarzeggers. Dat bevestigt haar toenmalige echtgenoot en oud-minister Bram Peper in een binnenkort te verschijnen ...
  2TTH
    Honor Killing? Initial Investigation of Death of Fatima Abdallah - Atlas Shrugs
      A Muslim woman shunned by her devout Muslim family for her "shameful" divorce dies a sudden death after "throwing herself on the floor" in front of her family. Florida Law enforcement classified it an accidental suicide. No one was charged in the death of 48-year-old Fatima Abdallah in Florida.
    Xavier Tondo Spanish cyclist dies in freak accident | Olive Press Newspaper | News
      The 32-year-old ’Äì who was in training for this year Tour de France ’Äì was killed yesterday morning while trying to take his car out of the garage in the Pradollano residential complex.
      Xavier Tondo interview: Passport to freedom | Cycle Sport
        Movistar¬Ý rider Xavier Tondo is a new hero of the anti-doping movement following his role in the recent police raids in Girona. We interviewed the Spanish rider following his incredible Tour of Spain in 2010, for Cycle Sport November.
      It’Äôs understood that the cyclist got out of the car to try to get the garage door to open but his car rolled forward and pinned him against the door.
    Intrade Founder John Delaney Dies On Mt. Everest
      John Delaney, founder and CEO of Intrade, the prediction market, has died while trying to climb Mt. Everest.
      He was less than 50 meters from the top, according to the Daily Mail.
      Even sadder: Delaney never got to hear the news that his wife had just given birth to a baby daughter, Hope.
    Mark Haines Cause of Death Still Unknown
      ’ÄòSquawk on the Street’Äô host Mark Haines passed away earlier this week at his New Jersey home. He was 65 years old.
      Haines began hosting the CNBC morning show in 2005 and spent more than 22 years working in television news, despite having been formally educated and trained as a lawyer. One frequent network guest has called Haines a ’Äúno nonsense straight shooter.’Äù
      CNBC made the announcement of Haines’Äô death on their website, but the cause of death has not been released publicly. Traders on Wall Street reportedly afforded Haines a moment of silence on the exchange floor.
      Haines was widely known for his serious, brutally honest approach and for not backing down during interviews. He is survived by his wife and two children.
  Haiti
    Haiti PM softens stance on Clinton quake panel (bertb news feed)
      Haiti PM softens stance on Clinton quake panel
      "I don't mean to crucify the people who came up with the concept. But sometimes when something doesn't work you have to fix it." (That was a quick u-turn!)
  Biodiversitée
    YID With LID: The Latest "Green" Auto Technology: The POOP-Mobile
      Scientists at Geneco have developed the ultimate dung beetle, a Volkswagen that is propelled via an engine using compressed methane extracted from Human waste.¬Ý
      The car's engine is starts on regular unleaded gas and as soon as all the systems are warmed up, the methane takes over. Once the methane is used up, the engine reverts to using unleaded gasoline. According to Geneco, waste from 70 homes can generate enough gas to run the car for 10,000 miles, The car still produces carbon dioxide about 3 tons/ year compared to a regular car's 3.5 tons. Since all of that carbon would have been released in to the atmosphere anyway, this new Poop-mobile is considered carbon neutral.
    Massey Managers Believed Coal Company Was Target of Obama ’ÄòConspiracy’Äô - Bloomberg
      Don Blankenship, Massey’Äôs former chief executive officer, and Chairman Bobby Ray Inman, a retired U.S. Navy admiral, made clear in sworn testimony that they ’Äúfirmly believed the company was being targeted by the government,’Äù lawyers for Massey investors who are suing the company’Äôs directors said in filings unsealed today in state court in Delaware.
      Inman, a former deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency, ’Äúwas unequivocal in his assertions’Äù in pre-trial depositions that mine regulators, union officials, plaintiffs lawyers ’Äúand President Obama himself harbored a secret agenda to destroy Massey, and that the large numbers of safety violations Massey received were proof of the conspiracy,’Äù according to the lawyers.
  Trains Good, Planes Bad (Whoo hoo!)
    News - CityRail
      CityRail is playing an important role in a campaign designed to encourage customers using NSW government trains, buses and ferries to report unattended baggage or suspicious activity. Because customers are familiar with their regular services, they could be among the first to notice anything untoward or unusual going on.
      A public awareness campaign using the New York slogan "If you see something, say something" was launched after an official agreement between NSW and NYC transport officials.
    FlightAware > Air traffic controller errors said a real increase
      WASHINGTON (AP) ’Äî A surge in errors by air traffic controllers appears to be at least partly a real increase and not just the result of better error reporting as Federal Aviation Administration officials claim, a government watchdog said Tuesday.
      Also, FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt disclosed that the agency is investigating two additional cases of controllers falling asleep on the job, both in January at radar centers that handle high altitude air traffic.
      One controller found sleeping at his work station in Los Angeles has been suspended pending the outcome disciplinary proceedings, the FAA said later in a statement. The other controller, in Fort Worth, Texas, was observed with his eyes closed while he was supposed to be working. He was reprimanded. In all, the FAA has disclosed seven instances of controllers sleeping on the job this year.
  Bank$ters
    Person-to-Person Payments Get Easier at Big Banks - NYTimes.com
      Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo already introduced the transfer service, called clearXchange, in Arizona, and it will roll out in more markets in coming months. It will be available nationwide within a year.
      The new service will improve upon banks’Äô existing person-to-person payment services, and it will compete directly with PayPal, which has shuttled money between consumers for years.
      But the banks claim that their new service will be more convenient because it cuts out the middle man: PayPal isn’Äôt a bank, so you need to fund your account with money from a checking or other account. With the banks’Äô service, the money will be ferried directly from your checking account to the person you want to pay. And it doesn’Äôt require you to dig around for a routing or other account number, as some services require.
    Increased Power Usage Leads to Mistaken Pot Busts for Bitcoin Miners - Slashdot
      "The Canadian town of Mission, BC has a bylaw that allows the town's Public Safety Inspection Team to search people's homes for grow ops if they are using more than 93 kWh of electricity per day. There have allegedly been reports floating in IRC of two different cases of police showing up at a Bitcoin miner's residence with a search warrant. Ohio police and the DEA file at least 60 subpoenas each month for energy-use records of people suspected of running an indoor pot growing operation. DEA Agent Anthony Marotta said high electricity usage does not always mean the residence is an indoor pot farm and has surprised federal agents. 'We thought it was a major grow operation ... but this guy had some kind of business involving computers. I don't know how many computer servers we found in his home.'"
    The Property Report: Irish Banks Shed U.S. Loan Holdings - WSJ.com
      Wells Fargo is paying a higher price because the assets it is buying are less distressed than Blackstone's, the people said. Among the properties tied to the debt is the Sofitel hotel in Manhattan, which gained notoriety recently as the site of the alleged sexual assault by since-resigned International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn on a maid this month. The Allied Irish sales are expected to close this month.
    Gold, silver coins to be legal currency in Utah (bertb news feed)
      Gold, silver coins to be legal currency in Utah
      Utah became the first state in the country this month to legalize gold and silver coins as currency. The law also will exempt the sale of the coins from state capital gains taxes.
  Oil Cabal
    U.S. oil price manipulation lawsuit: U.S. sues oil traders for price manipulation - latimes.com
      U.S. regulators launched one of the biggest ever crackdowns on oil price manipulation Tuesday, suing two well-known traders and two trading firms owned by Norwegian billionaire John Fredriksen for allegedly making $50 million by squeezing markets in 2008.
    Fight over Canadian oil pipeline moves to Congress (bertb news feed)
      Fight over Canadian oil pipeline moves to Congress
      A Canadian company wants to build a 1,900-mile pipeline to carry crude oil extracted from tar sands in Alberta, Canada, to refineries in Texas.
  $hadow Puppet Theatre
    President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts | The White House
      President Obama announced his intent to appoint the following individuals to key Administration posts:
      NCS | National Communications System
        Meeting our Nation’Äôs critical national security and emergency preparedness (NS/EP) challenges demands attention to many issues. Among these, none could be more important than the availability and reliability of telecommunication services. The President’Äôs National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC) mission is to provide the U.S. Government the best possible industry advice in these areas.
      Matt Desch, Appointee for Member, President’Äôs National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee
      Matt Desch is the CEO of Iridium Communications Inc. Before joining Iridium, Mr. Desch served as the CEO of the New Jersey-based Telcordia Technologies, Inc., a supplier of software and services for the telecommunications industry.¬Ý From 1987 to 2000, Mr. Desch worked for Nortel Networks, where he held various positions including President of Global Service Providers and was responsible for Nortel's business in Europe and Asia. Mr. Desch began his career in software development with AT&T Bell Laboratories, which became Lucent Technologies. He has a B.S. in Computer Science from The Ohio State University and an M.B.A. from University of Chicago.
      Joseph E. Fergus, Appointee for Member, President’Äôs National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee
      Dr. Joseph E. Fergus is founder and CEO of Communication Technologies, Inc. (COMTek), a telecommunications and information technology services company. Dr. Fergus is also the founder and CEO of nexGrenTM, a green technology company that provides products and solutions for the protection of personal data. Dr. Fergus worked with AT&T Bell Laboratories from 1982 to 1990.¬Ý He is a Vietnam-era veteran of the US Navy, serving from 1974 to 1978 and received his Doctorate of Humane Letters in Science from Norfolk State University in 2004. He holds a Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois and a Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering from Norfolk State University.
      Larissa Herda, Appointee for Member, President’Äôs National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee
      Larissa Herda is currently the Chair CEO and President of tw telecom inc. Prior to this position, Ms. Herda was the company’Äôs Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing from 1997 to 1998. Under Ms. Herda’Äôs direction, tw telecom inc. has expanded its broadband network footprint; built a national IP backbone recognized as one of the top 10 most connected IP networks in the world; and introduced comprehensive data, voice, internet and national Ethernet products. In addition to her work at tw telecom inc., Ms. Herda serves on a number of boards including the community advisory board of SungateKids, a local children’Äôs advocacy center helping abused children and their families. Ms. Herda is a graduate of the University of Colorado.
    President Obama Nominates Two to the United States Tax Court | The White House
      ’ÄúThese individuals have demonstrated unwavering integrity and a firm commitment to public service throughout their careers,’Äù said President Obama.¬Ý ’ÄúI am proud to nominate them to serve on the United States Tax Court.’Äù
      United States Tax Court: About the Court
        The United States Tax Court is a court of record established by Congress under Article I of the U.S. Constitution. When the Commissioner of Internal Revenue has determined a tax deficiency, the taxpayer may dispute the deficiency in the Tax Court before paying any disputed amount. The Tax Court’Äôs jurisdiction also includes the authority to redetermine transferee liability, make certain types of declaratory judgments, adjust partnership items, order abatement of interest, award administrative and litigation costs, redetermine worker classification, determine relief from joint and several liability on a joint return, review certain collection actions, and review awards to whistleblowers who provide information to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue on or after December 20, 2006.
  EQ Machines
    Japanese Government Pays 60 Trillion Yen to Stop More H.A.A.R.P. Attacks | EUTimes.net
      The cowardly Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan handed 60 trillion yen HAARP (High Frequency Active Auroral Reasearch Program) over to the Federal Reserve Board crime syndicate immediately after his country was attacked with HAARP and nuclear terror, according to Japanese security police sources. The extortion money was paid off following threats to use HAARP to cause Mt. Fuji to erupt.
  Gitmo Nation
    TSA Threatens To Cancel All Flights Out Of Texas If ’ÄòGroping Bill’Äô Passed - Kashmir Hill - The Not-So Private Parts - Forbes
      The letter from U.S. attorney John Murphy said Texas could not pass a statute that conflicts with federal law. If it had, the TSA would have sought an emergency stay and until that had been granted, would have had to shut down Texas airports as it ’Äúcould not ensure the safety of passengers and crew.’Äù
    Clear reason for Barak Ubama and G8 meeting with Tech CEOs in France -- To give them warning of imminent license requirements for use of the Internetz (Mel Cooley's news feed)
      Clear reason for Barak Ubama and G8 meeting with Tech CEOs in France -- To give them warning of imminent license requirements for use of the Internetz
      STOP THE MADNESS! I warned you. Ubama and the G8 are plotting to take away free use of the Internet. He will be giving Tech CEOs a heads up today. Next we will see that you will have to have a license and Govt issued ID to access the Net.
    DigInfo TV - Pedestrian Guidance System For Crowded Places
    Automotive Black Boxes, Minus the Gray Area | Autopia | Wired.com
      Next month, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is expected to declare that all vehicles must contain an event data recorder, known more commonly as a ’Äúblack box.’Äù The device, similar to those found in aircraft, records vehicle inputs and, in the event of a crash, provides a snapshot of the final moments before impact.
      That snapshot could be viewed by law enforcement, insurance companies and automakers. The device cannot be turned off, and you’Äôll probably know little more about it than the legal disclosure you’Äôll find in the owner’Äôs manual.
    BBC News - Freedom fears of India's web users
      The definition of what should be taken down includes anything which is - "grossly harmful, harassing, blasphemous defamatory, obscene, pornographic, paedophilic, libellous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically objectionable, disparaging, relating or encouraging money laundering or gambling, or otherwise unlawful in any manner whatever."
      Anything which - "threatens the unity, integrity, defence, security or sovereignty of India, friendly relations with foreign states, or public order or causes incitement to the commission of any cognisable offence or prevents investigation of any offence or is insulting any other nation," must also be removed.
      The rules for host websites form part of guidelines on the internet and update India's IT Act of 2000.
    European Parliament Approves body scanner | nu.nl / foreign | The news was first nu.nl
      The parliamentarians do require that the safeguards may not dangerous to health and to ensure privacy.
      In order to minimize health risks, the X-ray equipment is prohibited. That way, passengers are not unnecessarily exposed to harmful radiation.
      Standard Figures
      Also, no body images, but only standard characters are displayed and stored. Furthermore, passengers can refuse the body scan. They are then searched, according to the proposal of the Transport Committee of parliament.
      The new generation of body scanning is a good means to the security of air travel in the EU to improve the ease and speed for the passenger increase, accor
    Genre: Software Harry Potter recommends only from twelve | Digital | Times Online
      At the University of Konstanz, a software has been developed that age makes recommendations for children's books. The computer can help parents.
    - lithium in the water
    "Saliva test students' - Domestic | The latest news from the Netherlands explained on Telegraaf.nl [interior]
      THE HAGUE¬Ý- Schools have a saliva test to students may drop if there exists a concrete suspicion of drug use.
    Bill Text - 112th Congress (2011-2012) - THOMAS (Library of Congress)
      There are 3 versions of Bill Number S.990 for the 112th Congress. Usually, the last item is the most recent.
      1 . To provide for an additional temporary extension of programs under the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, and for other purposes. (Placed on Calendar Senate - PCS)[S.990.PCS][PDF]
      2 . Small Business Additional Temporary Extension Act of 2011 (Engrossed in Senate [Passed Senate] - ES)[S.990.ES][PDF]
      3 . Resolved, That the bill from the Senate (S. 990) entitled `An Act to provide for an additional temporary extension of programs under the Small Business Act and the Small Business... (Engrossed Amendment House - EAH)[S.990.EAH][PDF]
    Scurrilous
      scurrilous |?sk?r?l?s|
      adjective
      making or spreading scandalous claims about someone with the intention of damaging their reputation : a scurrilous attack on his integrity.
      € humorously insulting : a very funny collection of bawdy and scurrilous writings.
      DERIVATIVES
      scurrility |sk??rilit?| noun ( pl. -ties)
      scurrilously adverb
      scurrilousness noun
    Police scanner apps illegal in Indiana - 13 WTHR
      Downloaded millions of times, it's one of the most popular smartphone applications. It allows users to listen in real-time to police scanners. Byron Fenoglio of Carmel uses it.
      "That gives you access to almost any police scanner in the United States," said Fenoglio.
      Eugenea Bare of Muncie also uses it.
      "I keep track of the weather. If there's a tornado, I know which way to go to get out of the trailer park," she said.
      But the app, for Android and the iPhone, is running up against the law, at least in Indiana. Police don't want you to have it and state law say that the average person can't.
      "The statute is that if it's being used
    Cybertrust - Verizon Business
      Verizon Business announced an agreement under which it will acquire Cybertrust, a privately-held provider of global information security services.
      Verizon says it complies with warrantless requests | ZDNet
        From January 2005 to September 2007, Verizon provided data to federal authorities on an emergency basis 720 times, it said in the letter. The records included Internet protocol addresses as well as phone data. In that period, Verizon turned over information a total of 94,000 times to federal authorities armed with a subpoena or court order, the letter said. The information was used for a range of criminal investigations, including kidnapping and child-predator cases and counter-terrorism investigations.
      The combination will make Verizon Business the leading provider of managed information security services to large business and government customers worldwide. By combining Cybertrust's global presence and customer base, focused security expertise, and professional services with Verizon Business' "cloud-to-core" security portfolio, global IP network and financial strength, the acquisition creates a powerful and unique player that will redefine the global security landscape.
    Doctors and dentists tell patients, "all your review are belong to us"
      When I walked into the offices of Dr. Ken Cirka, I was looking for cleaner teeth, not material for an Ars Technica story. I needed a new dentist, and Yelp says Dr. Cirka is one of the best in the Philadelphia area. The receptionist handed me a clipboard with forms to fill out. After the usual patient information form, there was a "mutual privacy agreement" that asked me to transfer ownership of any public commentary I might write in the future to Dr. Cirka. Surprised and a little outraged by this, I got into a lengthy discussion with Dr. Cirka's office manager that ended in me refusing to sign and her showing me the door
  United $tates of EURO-pe
    As ECB insists against Greek debt restructuring, Fitch says German banks would survive - The Washington Post
      Juergen Stark, the European Central Bank’Äôs chief economist, said Wednesday that cutting Greece’Äôs debt by letting it pay later or less than the full amount owed to banks and other bondholders wasn’Äôt the simple solution some think.
    Obama has Flemish roots?- Obama File - HLN
      President Barack Obama may have Flemish roots. Researchers of the Genealogical Institute in Dublin Eneclann have figured out that Obama is probably descended from a Flemish, Dutch or French Huguenot at the end of the seventeenth century, emigrated to Ireland.
    US President Barack Obama's state visit to Britain: day one in pictures - Telegraph
      Persistent Jet Contrails!
    Call to join the 'Spanish revolution’Äô climbs YouTube charts: viral video spotlight - Gadgets & Tech, Life & Style - The Independent
      People are being urged to join what has become known as the 'Spanish Revolution' through a YouTube video which has gone viral attracting nearly 300,000 views in three days.
      [VIDEO] - Spanish Revolution. Join the #SpanishRevolution
      The video, titled "#SpanishRevolution" is in support of the protests currently taking place in Spain and calls for people to join the movement.
    Poland Backtracks on Euro Adoption - Emerging Europe Real Time - WSJ. (bertb news feed)
      Poland Backtracks on Euro Adoption - Emerging Europe Real Time - WSJ.
      Amid the sovereign debt problems of some of the euro zone's members, the Polish public has turned less enthusiastic about the European currency.
  Ministry of Truth
    There’Äôs a Secret Patriot Act, Senator Says | Danger Room | Wired.com
      But that’Äôs not what Udall sees. He warned in a Tuesday statement about the government’Äôs ’Äúunfettered’Äù access to bulk citizen data, like ’Äúa cellphone company’Äôs phone records.’Äù¬ÝIn a Senate floor speech on Tuesday, Udall urged Congress to restrict the Patriot Act’Äôs business-records seizures to ’Äúterrorism investigations’Äù ’Äî something the ostensible counterterrorism measure has never required in its nearly 10-year existence.
      Indeed, Hinnen allowed himself an out in his March testimony, saying that the business-record provision ’Äúalso’Äù enabled ’Äúimportant and highly sensitive intelligence-collection operations’Äù to take place. Wheeler speculates those operations include ’Äúusing geolocation data from cellphones to collect information on the whereabouts of Americans’Äù ’Äî something our sister blog Threat Level has reported on extensively.
    Boys Who Lack Empathy Don't React To A Fearful Face: Scientific American Podcast
      Training, however, has not been successful, and a paper to be published in the journal Psychological Science suggests why. [Patrick Sylvers, Patricia Brennan and Scott Lilienfeld, Psychopathic Traits and Preattentive Threat Processing in Children: A Novel Test of the Fearlessness Hypothesis, link to come.]
    Why The New York Times replaced its Twitter ’Äòcyborg’Äô with people this week | Poynter.
      The New York Times is turning off the automatic feed for its main Twitter account this week in an experiment to determine if a human-run, interactive approach will be more effective.
      Social media editors Liz Heron and Lexi Mainland are taking turns running the @nytimes account during weekday business hours, hand-picking and writing the tweets and engaging with readers.
      What you’Äôll see: ’Äú@’Äù replies conversing with users, retweets of non-Times accounts and more engagement opportunities for followers. (My Storify below has examples.)
    NTSB: Ted Stevens' plane crash remains a mystery - USATODAY.com
      "We know that something happened in that cockpit," NTSB Chairman Debbie Hersman said. "But at the end of the day, we did not have significant evidence to support any theory."
    8:08PM: Adam Curry's Simple Weblog: Review of HBO's (Adam Curry's Twitter Feed)
      Adam Curry's Simple Weblog: Review of HBO's
      Review of HBO's "Too Big To Fail"
    TV star first to face jail over tweets | Mail Online
      A journalist on one of Britain’Äôs most respected newspapers ’Äì who also appears on a widely-viewed BBC programme ’Äì could face a jail sentence after naming on Twitter a Premier League footballer who had taken out a privacy injunction.
      In the first case of its kind, lawyers for the soccer star have persuaded a High Court judge to ask Attorney General Dominic Grieve QC to consider a criminal prosecution against the writer for breaching a privacy injunction. If Mr Grieve decides to issue contempt of court proceedings, the individual faces a prison sentence of up to two years.
    Facebook | Special Software Key | Political Facebook Groups | The Daily Caller
      Facebook’Äôs managers are deploying a new software upgrade that will dismantle myriad groups of like-minded political activists unless they get a special software-key from the company.
    The Associated Press: 'Jeopardy!'-winning computer delving into medicine
      Watson is best known for handily defeating the world's best "Jeopardy!" players on TV earlier this year. IBM says Watson, with its ability to understand plain language, can digest questions about a person's symptoms and medical history and quickly suggest diagnoses and treatments.
    Bin Laden cache reveals no evidence of imminent threats | Reuters
      No evidence of specific or imminent threats has emerged yet from material confiscated from Osama bin Laden's Pakistani hideout, Western counter-terrorism officials said, raising questions about how directly he was in control of al Qaeda.
    The Associated Press: 'Jeopardy!'-winning computer delving into medicine
      Watson is best known for handily defeating the world's best "Jeopardy!" players on TV earlier this year. IBM says Watson, with its ability to understand plain language, can digest questions about a person's symptoms and medical history and quickly suggest diagnoses and treatments.
    Al-Qaida bomber leaves behind a fingerprint in underwear (bertb news feed)
      Al-Qaida bomber leaves behind a fingerprint in underwear
      Investigators have pulled a fingerprint of Ibrahim al-Asiri off the bomb hidden in the underwear of a Nigerian man accused of trying to blow up a plane over Detroit on Christmas Day 2009
  Movie/TV PR
    Sony Pictures Bearing Down On Kathryn Bigelow's Bin Laden Movie (WT news feed)
      Sony Pictures Bearing Down On Kathryn Bigelow's Bin Laden Movie
      Mark Boal, Bigelow's partner on the Oscar-winning The Hurt Locker, is finalizing a script that changes the film from a drama about an unsuccessful attempt to hunt the Al Qaeda leader into a methodical hunt that culminates in his death.
  False Flag
    SLTrib.com : Hone your acting skills, help foil terror plot
      Salt Lake health officials are casting ’Äúmovie extras’Äù for a mock run of the county’Äôs bioterrorism response plan.
      The Tuesday morning gig doesn’Äôt pay well. Aspiring professional actors ’Äî aka volunteers ’Äî will receive a dollar coin, while supplies last.
      But they’Äôll have the gratification of preparing responders for a real emergency, in this case, a biological attack with aerosolized anthrax, said Nicholas Rupp, a spokesman for Salt Lake Valley Health Department.
      The county needs volunteers to pretend to get vaccinated for anthrax at a simulated drive-thru clinic at an LDS Church building in Taylorsville (6250 S. 2200 West).
      Volunteers need only to arrive at the stake center between 10:30 and 11:30 a.m. and drive through the designated area. They will be asked to complete a brief form, which will enter them into a random drawing for prizes.
      Each person in the vehicle will also receive a $1 coin. No walk-ups will be allowed.
      Similar events will be staged throughout the day statewide.
      Kirsten Stewart
  Arab Spring
    10:57AM: Lybian rebels clash with Sudanese mercanaries (bertb news feed)
      Lybian rebels clash with Sudanese mercanaries
      Libyan rebels have clashed with Sudanese mercenaries fighting for Muammar Gaddafi near the border with Sudan.
    Organ trafficking: 'Her heart was missing' - Features - Al Jazeera English
      International organ trafficking is a big business, with an estimated value of $50m in 2008, according to Michael Bos from the European Platform on Ethical Legal and Psychosocial Aspects of Organ Transplantation.¬Ý
      The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimated in 2007 that organ trafficking accounts for between five and 10 per cent of kidney transplants performed annually across the globe.
      Antonio Medina, 23, a paperless Central American migrant moving through Mexico to the US, says he knows a fellow traveller who witnessed organ trafficking, after he and his wife were captured by a criminal gang.
      "He was travelling with his wife and they [gangsters] took both of them," Medina told Al Jazeera during an interview in Mexico. "They [gangsters] put them in separate rooms. He heard his wife screaming. After he went in and saw her on a table with her chest wide open and without her heart or kidney."
    Ground troops likely to follow attack helicopters into Libyan fray
      NATO operation to oust Gadhafi and protect civilians continues to escalate
    BBC News - US sanctions foreign firms trading with Iran
      A US official said the sanctions would add "further pressure" on Iran to halt what the US and others believe is a nuclear weapons programme.
      The affected companies include Tanker Pacific of Singapore, Ofer Brothers Group of Israel, Associated Shipbroking of Monaco, Petrochemical Commercial Company International of Jersey and Iran, the Royal Oyster Group of the United Arab Emirates and Speedy Ship of the United Arab Emirates and Iran.
    World Bank Offers Aid to Egypt and Tunisia. (Adam Curry's Gitmo Nation News Feed)
      World Bank Offers Aid to Egypt and Tunisia.
      The World Bank said it was willing to provide up to $6 billion to support political and economic change and to help the countries weather declines in tourism and other industries.
  Chiner
    China Warns U.S.: 'Any Attack On Pakistan Would Be Construed As An Attack On China'
      China Warns U.S.: 'Any Attack On Pakistan Would Be Construed As An Attack On China'
  Foots!
    Two feet washed ashore in 2008 identified
      VANCOUVER ’Äì The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of the individual whose feet washed ashore on two separate British Columbia islands in 2008.
      ¬Ý
      After an exhaustive post-mortem investigation by the Coroners Service, the feet were identified by DNA analysis as belonging to a 21-year-old Surrey resident who was reported missing in January 2004. Next-of-kin have been notified.¬Ý
      ¬Ý
      The feet were found on Feb. 8 and June 16, 2008, on Valdez Island and Westham Island, respectively, each with matching size 11 Nike running shoes.
      ¬Ý
      Autopsies indicated the feet had not been mechanically removed but rather separated through the natural processes that occur in a marine environment. Foul play has been ruled out.
  Food!
    Science Sort Of Embraces Hot Pockets: Gothamist: New York City News, Food, Arts & Events
      Behold: this incredible label printed on a microwaveable convenience-store food product. Have you taken a moment to digest it? Are you amazed that this is really a thing that got printed and sent out on millions of cardboard packages across the country? Are you questioning your faith in science and man?
      Question not, ye of little faith. Turns out this ad, which we were sincerely hoping marked a new low in the Pockets family trove of ridiculous things, is actually a part of the new Breakfast Pockets ad campaign, which also includes gems like "Hot breakfast eaters survive bear attacks more frequently than cold breakfast eaters," based on "research done by a space chimp." Bravo, Breakfast Pockets. Bravo.
    Mergers - Nestle Buys US Firm as Part of Food Pharma Drive - CNBC
      Nestle, the world's biggest food group, agreed to buy U.S. gastrointestinal diagnostics firm Prometheus Laboratories for an estimated $1.1 billion as part of the Swiss group's drive into health sciences.
      Nestle said Prometheus, which is expected to have annual sales of around $250 million in 2012, makes tests to help doctors diagnose conditions such as inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.
    World Food Program running out of food (WT news feed)
      World Food Program running out of food
      Budget shortages have forced the World Food Program to cut rations for those receiving food aid in Somalia, the organization said.
    Spread the news: Denmark imposes Marmite ban. (Adam Curry's Gitmo Nation News Feed)
      Spread the news: Denmark imposes Marmite ban.
      Denmark bans the sale of Marmite because the yeasty spread's added vitamins and minerals break the country's food safety laws.
  Magic Numbers
    Federal Reserve
      Adam,
      I came across this and thought of you.
      33 Liberty Street is the address for the New York Federal Reserve.
      Best wishes from Brooklyn,
      Ralph
    Horse herpes outbreak in West grows to 33 cases | Reuters
      An equine herpes outbreak has widened to include eight Western U.S. states, with 33 horses confirmed to have the highly contagious disease, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Thursday.
    More than 33-thousand Inmates to be Released (robertleather news feed)
      More than 33-thousand Inmates to be Released
      The U.S. Supreme Court has ordered the California Department of Corrections to release 33-thousand inmates from the prison system. The ruling is based on overcrowding and inhumane conditions at the 33 prisons throughout the state.
    India invests USD 33 bn in Africa
      Speaking on this occasion, Sharma said, "India has become one of the leading investors in African countries, with Indian investments in Africa in Joint Ventures and wholly owned subsidiaries touching US $ 33 billion mark, covering diverse sectors like Oil & Gas, Pharmaceuticals, Petrochemicals, IT, Fertilizers, Infrastructure, etc".
    6:21PM: UK: Judges made 333 privacy orders in the last five years. (WT news feed)
      UK: Judges made 333 privacy orders in the last five years.
      Analysis showed there are more than 333 court privacy edicts in place shielding the identities of celebrities, children, vulnerable adults, criminals and businessmen.
    Weigel : Poll: Romney at 33 Percent in New Hampshire, No One Else Even Close. (DaDenMan news feed)
      Weigel : Poll: Romney at 33 Percent in New Hampshire, No One Else Even Close.
      Mitt Romney's the only 2012er with some kind of geographic claim on New Hampshire, and the new WMUR/CNN poll is mostly good news for him. Ask 347 likely GOP voters who they want
    Feds will buy energy-efficient cars, slash oil imports 33%. (DaDenMan news feed)
      Feds will buy energy-efficient cars, slash oil imports 33%.
      This much is clear at this hour: President Obama has a goal on record to reduce federal agency petroleum fuel use by 30 percent by 2020. He also has said he would like to cut oil imports by 33 percent by 2025. The impetus for this discussion comes from a decision made by...
  Vaccine$
    The true cost of pharmacological disease prevention -- Jˆ§rvinen et al. 342 -- bmj.com
      Despite widespread use of preventive drugs such as statins, antihypertensives, and bisphosphonates, there is no valid evidence that they represent value for money, argue Teppo Jˆ§rvinen and colleagues
    Moderate drinking in old protects against dementia. (WT news feed)
      Moderate drinking in old protects against dementia.
      Scientists found pensioners aged 75 or over who like a daily pint or glass of wine are helping to stave off senility. Those who drink alcohol are 30 per cent less likely to develop dementia and 40 per cent less likely to suffer Alzheimer's than those who were teetotal,...
    Foreskin may be reservoir for HPV - USATODAY.com. (bertb news feed)
      Foreskin may be reservoir for HPV - USATODAY.com.
      "While the impact in men is not as great as in females, men are obviously at risk for HPV infections and related diseases," (...) "Also, by extending the vaccine to boys and young men, it drives home the point that we're talking about the human papillomavirus.
    UN puts off destroying last smallpox viruses
      Health ministers from around the world agreed Tuesday to put off setting a deadline to destroy the last known stockpiles of the smallpox virus for three more years, rejecting a U.S. plan that had called for a five-year delay.
      After two days of heated debate, the 193-nation World Health Assembly agreed by consensus to a compromise that calls for another review in 2014.
      The United States had proposed a five-year extension to destroying the U.S. and Russian stockpiles, arguing that more research is needed and the stockpiles could help prevent one of the world's deadliest diseases from being used as a biological weapon.
      But opponents at the decision-making assembly of the World Health Organization said they saw little reason to retain the stockpiles, and objected to the delay in destroying them.
    AIDS-plagued province to cooperate with UK on epidemic prevention
      The two sides have agreed to advance research on AIDS control and prevention by diagnosing and treating AIDS patients in Henan, among the worst hit of Chinese provinces by the epidemic, said Liang Rui, an official at the Health Department of Henan.
      "Birmingham Heartlands Hospital has experience in treating AIDS patients with drug-resistance, and they are interested in our remedy that uses traditional Chinese medicines," Liang said.
      Both sides will send experts and doctors on exchange tours. Doctors from Birmingham Heartlands Hospital will provide consulting services through the Internet, Liang said.
  Real News
    The Best Deals Still Available from the Unabomber Auction - Gawker
      A handwritten "list of names" (yikes), $510
      A pretty nice looking brown leather portfolio, just $325
      Pictures of the Unabamomber hanging out from the '60s and '70s, $320
      Lot of four bags ’Äî a duffle, a Scholastic bag, and a couple others that you've probably seen on the L train, $501
      Lot of portable typewriters, $450
      Brown leather portfolio (empty), $325
    12:18AM: New Zealand trucker 'blown up like balloon' by air hose (robertleather news feed)
      New Zealand trucker 'blown up like balloon' by air hose
      A New Zealand truck driver who fell on a compressed air hose that pierced his buttock has survived being blown up like a balloon. Steven McCormack had fallen between the cab and the trailer of his truck, breaking the air hose, which then pieced his buttock.
      Mr McCormack confided that the air was gradually escaping his body in the way that air usually does.
    Cannes 2011: Peter Fonda encourages his grandchildren to take up arms against President Barack Obama - Telegraph
      ’ÄúI’Äôm training my grandchildren to use long-range rifles,’Äù said the actor, 71. ’ÄúFor what purpose? Well, I’Äôm not going to say the words 'Barack Obama’Äô, but ’Ä¶’Äù
    Spread the news: Denmark imposes Marmite ban. (Adam Curry's Gitmo Nation News Feed)
      Spread the news: Denmark imposes Marmite ban.
      Denmark bans the sale of Marmite because the yeasty spread's added vitamins and minerals break the country's food safety laws.
  Video
    2:19AM: President Obama Awkwardly Flubs Toast To The Queen (ABC News Video) (WT news feed)
      President Obama Awkwardly Flubs Toast To The Queen (ABC News Video)
      President Obama's lack of experience with royalty was on full display today in England as he mistakenly began a toast to the Queen of England at the wrong time, resulting in "God Save the Queen" blaring over his words and no one getting to drink what was in their...
    8:54AM: Inside Secretive Glencore. (Southern Bread News Feed)
      Inside Secretive Glencore.
      Now that the huge commodities firm, founded by Marc Rich, Glencore International, is public. We will know much more about the multi-billion dollar trading firm. A Platts Commodity Pulse video features two analysts who discuss what Glencore has disclosed as part of its IPO, here.
    1:56AM: The Tamiflu Scam (CBC News Video) (WT news feed)
    [VIDEO] - SEN RAND PAUL vs SEN HARRY REID "I Rise In Response To A Scurrilous Accusation!"
    [VIDEO] - EU 'cyber snoops' sue Sweden for fighting Big Brother
      Sweden government is picking a fight with the EU over plans to monitor and store all telecom and internet traffic, when every call, every text, even every email will be watched if the EU has its way.
    [VIDEO] - KISS' Gene Simmons: Obama "Has No F***ing Idea What The World Is Like"
      "When you grow up you find out that life isn’Äôt the way you imagined it, and President Obama means well. I think he’Äôs actually a good guy. He has no f***ing idea what the world is like because he doesn’Äôt have to live there," KISS vocalist and guitarist told CNBC.
    [VIDEO] - Michelle Bachman on Fox, watch the eyebrows
      Botox or not??
    [VIDEO] - Walmart - Mr. Ghetto " New Orleans Bounce " Summer 2011
      Walmart Gone Wild!
    [VIDEO] - Raw Video: Obama's Limo Gets Stuck
      President Barack Obama's limo got stuck exiting the U.S. Embassy in Ireland on his way to a speech in Dublin. Secret Service agents hid the car from public view while they freed the car's tires. (May 23)
    [VIDEO] In a Beef Over Branding - WSJ.com
      Branding day has unfolded this way for generations on ranches all across the West. But ranchers from Colorado to Oregon, from Montana to Texas, worry that the tradition is under threat. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced plans to rewrite its regulations so that hot-iron brands will no longer be recognized as an official form of identification for cattle sold or shipped across state lines.
      Instead, the USDA wants every cow to have a unique numerical ID, stamped on an inexpensive ear tag, to make it easier to track animals from ranch to feedlot to slaughterhouse.
    [VIDEO] Nine News: Taoiseach defends Obama speech 'tribute' - Video - RTˆâ News Player
    [VIDEO] BBC - Democracy Live - Full video: President Obama's speech to UK Parliament
      The UK and US are at a "pivotal moment" in their relationship and "profound challenges" lie ahead, US President Barack Obama has told MPs and peers in Westminster on 25 May 2011
      Dude, what's with the stick?
    [VIDEO] - Rand Paul Takes A Stand Against The Patriot Act! pt.1
      Patriot Act, has anyone every heard of an oxymoron? FUCK THE PATRIOT ACT!!!!!
    [VIDEO] Prison ruling: California prisons must free tens of thousands of inmates to relieve crowding, U.S. Supreme Court says - latimes.com
      Justice Kennedy cites inhumane conditions, while dissenters fear a crime rampage. Gov. Jerry Brown seeks tax hike to fund transfers to county jails as prison officials hope to avoid freeing anyone.
    [VIDEO] - Sen. Rand Paul Speaks on PATRIOT ACT
      Sen. Paul defends the Constitution against the renewal of the PATRIOT Act
    [VIDEO] - Jared Loughner Ruled Not Competent To Stand Trial
    [VIDEO] - Ron Paul "The Last Nail Is Being Driven Into The Coffin Of The American Republic"
    7:31PM: POLICE STATE 2011: TSA To Work Security At Santa Fe High School Prom. (Southern Bread News Feed)
      POLICE STATE 2011: TSA To Work Security At Santa Fe High School Prom.
      [video] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2zafs-kcDA
    9:48AM: Greeks bearing EU debts squeezed on bailout payback. RT video (bertb news feed)
      Greeks bearing EU debts squeezed on bailout payback. RT video
      Greece is facing fresh ultimatums from EU members amid criticism it's failing to meet its bailout obligations. Now tensions between the country and its creditors are fast approaching boiling point.
    5:40PM: Moore: Obama Should Use Power Over Auto Companies To Kill Cars, Replace With Mass Transit. (MSNBC Video) (WT news feed)
      Moore: Obama Should Use Power Over Auto Companies To Kill Cars, Replace With Mass Transit. (MSNBC Video)
      Check out Michael Moore on MSNBC this evening, urging President Obama to use the government's power over the auto manufacturers to . . . kill the internal combustion engine and replace cars with mass transit.
    4:42PM: Why are Spain's young people so angry? (Euronews video) (WT news feed)
      Why are Spain's young people so angry? (Euronews video)
      It is no coincidence that Spain’Äôs youth protests erupted in the run-up to local elections. On their placards, demonstrators display the reasons for their resentment ’Äì no flat, no job.
    4:31PM: Frankfurt goes electronic. (Euronews Video) (WT news feed)
      Frankfurt goes electronic. (Euronews Video)
      Frankfurt is the latest bourse to use a fully electronic platform for buying and selling shares and bonds. It ends over 400 years of traditional floor trading.
    8:16PM: Senator Harry Reid: We Can't Let The Patriot Act Expire. (Southern Bread News Feed)
      Senator Harry Reid: We Can't Let The Patriot Act Expire.
      [VIDEO] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdgQsMjRh8I
    [VIDEO] Elitist Elizabeth Warren Upset Congress Wants Ten Additional Minutes of Testimony from Her. (Southern Bread News Feed)
      Elitist Elizabeth Warren Upset Congress Wants Ten Additional Minutes of Testimony from Her.
      Warren is one elitist cookie. She refused to continue to testify before a congressional subcommittee becasue she had another meeting scheduled Subcommittee chairman, Rep. Patrick McHenry later slammed Warren in a statement saying she had refused to answer all questions. Two...