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    isahappyslave.com
      ITM, Adam ...
      Here¹s one for you I just snagged (it¹ll forward to the show later today)
      isahappyslave.com
      which doesn¹t necessarily make a lot of sense ... till you start in on the subdomains:
      Adam.isahappyslave.com
      Dvorak.isahappyslave.com
      ALSO: I nagged you about a month ago about my knighthood ring (I was knighted about 20 shows ago) ... still no ring, so if you can give Eric the Shill a nudge for me, I¹d appreciate it
      Safe travels ... hope to see some challenge coins on display at the meetups
      (And I hope you¹re propagating the formula by spreading some http://noagendastickers.com/ as you go!)
    airportoptout.com
      http://www.airportoptout.com
      now forwards to noagendashow.com !
      Thanks for the infotainment
      Phil
    persistentjetcontrails.com
      ITM,
      A few domains I forwarded to the site...
      http://persistentjetcontrails.com
      http://rejectingservitu.de
      Cheers,
      Sir Todd Symmons
      Double Black Knight
      White Knight
      Minute Man
      Mothership Boarding Pass Holder
      Multiple Club Member
      Slave
    broagenda.com
      I picked up these two domains and forwarded to the show
      broagenda.com
      and
      transportsexualassault.com
    noagendameetup.org
      Please let listeners know they get their own email address to manage their local groups & can modify the calender anytime they want (after we give them access). It might work out good for you if you want to do world tours, to have these groups pre-established!
      Here's the URL : http://www.noagendameetup.org/
      BTW: I tried to get a verified twitter account. They replied, "we only verify advertisers & partners." If you do a "verify" search on twitter's help & FAQ page, they have the same statement. Therefore, I'm sure their trending topics are fixed as well.
    noagenda2012.com
      Hi Adam and John!
      Time for a new presidential election, time for a new agenda! To celebrate
      all that is No Agenda, I decided to register and forward NoAgenda2012.com
      to NoAgendaShow.com.
      One day I hope to be a donor instead of a boner, but I figure the domain
      forward will help for now!
      Sincerely,
      Chris Arnesen, Gitmo Nation Bridgetown (Portland, Oregon)
    noagendacardgame.com
      Hi Adam (& John),
      I know we've seen No Agenda dice, but I believe my latest producer project is a
      first:
      http://noagendacardgame.com
      My family and I have play-tested the hell out of this game, and it is FUN to
      play! Adam, I'm hoping to get a game deck out to you before the tour is over.
      John, I'll send yours to the PO box.
      I'm hoping a shout-out on the Show will pique interest in the game.
      All the best,
      Brian (aka Scott Free on the NANN)
    selfradicalize(d).com
      Hello again, Professor Curry - In case the masses of uninitiated slaves out there eventually attempt to visit the following domains, I figured I should go ahead and get them locked down and forwarding to the appropriate location:
      www.SelfRadicalize.com
      www.SelfRadicalized.com
      As a Libertarian I'm probably biased, but I would suggest "For A New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto," by Murray N. Rothbard, to you to check out sometime. Conveniently, the Mises Institute provides it as a free audiobook using the following link (add to iTunes as a Podcast or simply download manually by browsing there):
      http://mises.org/Feeds/media.ashx?CategoryId=87
      Hope to eventually see the Hot Pockets 2008 Tour heading for the Second City!
      Peace / love (no homo) / big hair
      --Toby
    hotpocketsforyoursoul.us
      Not sure if this is the proper method of contacting you (since I had to get the information from my husband) but I just wanted to drop you a line to say we love your show. And since you two have provided many hours of entertainment on long cross-state drives, I recently got the domain http://www.hotpocketforyoursoul.us and forwarded it to your show.
      I'm going to go giggle my arse off in the corner since I have to laugh every time I think of some random guy trading his soul for one of those things.
      Thanks!
      Lisa (and Ryan) Bemrose
    noagendamaicnumbers.com
      Got it! NoAgendaMagicNumbers.com is now forwarding to noagendashow.com at least until I get a site put together for it.
      -Chris
    thisweekintweeter.com
      Forwards to noagendashow.com
      Sean McGrath
      Executive Producer No Agenda - Show #300
    noagendaipadstands.com
      Hi Adam,
      Quick note; papypal didn't let me add a note (on iPad) [$66.66 donation on jul. 18th, drrdave@yahoo.com]
      - Now selling noagendaipadstands.com beautiful handcrafted iPad stands with kickass NA logo for ¤33. Compatible with iPad 1 and 2, kindles and iPhones. 66% of profits going to NA!
      (won't bore you with details on why it took so long to set up)
      - Birthday callout on and for the 21st would be awesome, celebrating my 31st
      Hope to sell many no agenda iPad stands and donate lots and lots more to No Agenda soon!
      David Bakker
    Lauren Clawhammer Sheville meetup Lesbian
    Marvin & Joshua Exxon Station Exit 135 on Route I-95 (SC)
    James Madison Home
    Live Oak Farms
    Biltmore Home
    HotPockets Producers
      Ciro Picciriuo $100
      4 Silver Dollars from Glenn Woodfin
    Jimmy freehollowbooks.com
      New books signed in Salem
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    Distraction of the Week (Murdoch)
      Now Two Murdoch Whistleblowers Dead-|-Yes, But, However!
        First it was Big George Webley who relayed a fear of the Murdoch machine and wound up dead. -Now it's Sean Hoare. -Two British media whistleblowers. Two untimely deaths. Let's assume that neither was killed by Rupert Murdoch (toxicology reports haven't been made available; foul play isn't suspected by British authorities in either case), but something happened that put the fear of God into both men. -Neither was known as a lunatic before their demise, both simply told the truth to British authorities about what they knew of Mr. Murdoch's enterprises and died afterward at a relatively young age.
        Source: Murdoch Entity Bugged Variety Show Green Room-|-Yes, But, However!
          Mr. Webley was a noted composer who arranged the theme music to the original "The Office" and wrote a host of music for British television including the theme to the long running "Have I Got News for You" on BBC One. -In the mid-nineties he became a radio presenter and over time wound up hosting a very popular over night talk show on BBC London 94.9 which he continued to host until the time of his death this past spring. -Earlier, in 1989, Mr. Webley landed the gig as music director of Jameson Tonight. -He worked on 350 episodes of the show for the network. It is during this period that Mr. Webley alleged that Sky bugged the dressing rooms of guests in order to get candid off-air scoops, and, in a roundabout way, led to the emotionally charged phone call I received from Mr. Webley in late April. -As detailed by YBH! earlier this week, Mr. Webley was quite concerned that he would suffer retribution from Mr. Murdoch's organization for allegedly revealing this information to the British government during the BSkyB (Sky TV's parent company) buyout review. -Also, it was never fully detailed to me how Mr. Webley found out about the bugging during his years at Sky. -In no way did he allege-that he was in danger for his life, as was stated in my earlier piece. -Mr.-Webley-had a heart attack in 1996 and likely suffered a fatal one this past May. -A full coroner's report is due to be released in August detailing an official cause of death. -What is known is that the whole incident did worry Mr. Webley more than a little bit.
      Murdoch Eavesdropping Op Amateurish Next to U.S. and UK Snooping - BlackListedNews.com
        As eavesdroppers go, next to Uncle Sam and John Bull, Rupert Murdoch, the moral force behind Fox News, is an amateur.
        That's because a global eavesdropping scheme being run today by the United States and Great Britain dwarfs anything that Rupert Murdoch's editors at The News of The World(TNTW) ever dared attempt.
        British Prime Minister David Cameron may well deny he knew TNTW was tapping the phones of members of UK's Royal household or those of American 9/11 victims. But he can't claim he doesn't know his country is a partner in ECHELON, which, according to Washington journalist Bill Blum, is a "network of massive, highly automated interception stations" that is eavesdropping on the entire world.
        "Like a mammoth vacuum cleaner in the sky, the National Security Agency(NSA) sucks it all up: home phone, office phone, cellular phone, email, fax, telex...satellite transmissions, fiber-optic communications traffic, microwave links, voice, text images (that are) captured by satellites continuously orbiting the earth and then processed by high-powered computers," Blum writes in his book "Rogue State"
      The World from Berlin: 'News Corp Can Only Survive if Murdoch Goes' - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International
        The scope of the News of the World phone-hacking scandal just keeps growing. At a grueling parliamentary hearing on Tuesday, Rupert Murdoch denied responsibility for any wrongdoing -- but German commentators say it is time for him to step down as head of News Corp.
      Bureau of Investigative Journalism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
        The Bureau of Investigative Journalism[1] is a British not-for-profit initiative backed by a number of journalists. It is registered as a private, limited by guarantee, no share capital company.[2] It was set up with the aim to encourage independent serious investigations and to encourage a new generation of reporters. It is based in London.[3] The Bureau works out of City University, but remains independent editorially from that University and its backers. One of the main co-founders is David Potter, who has invested £2 million into the Bureau.[4
        About the Bureau: The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
          The Bureau of Investigative Journalism is a not-for-profit organisation that bolsters original journalism by producing high-quality investigations for press and broadcast media.-The first of its kind in the UK, it was established in April 2010 with a £2 million donation from The David & Elaine Potter Foundation. -It was money well invested. -In the year since it launched the Bureau has secured over a dozen front-page stories and produced a number of award-winning web, radio and TV documentaries.
        Funding: The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
          Since then, the Bureau has developed commercial relationships with leading media and other organisations in the UK and internationally. This has meant the Bureau has had commercial dealings with Channel 4, ITN, the BBC, Al Jazeera Arabic, Al Jazeera English, the Daily Telegraph, Journeyman Pictures, Le Monde, the Financial Times, the British Medical Journal and Oxfam.
        The David and Elaine Potter Foundation
          Dr David Potter CBE was born in East London, South Africa and raised in Cape Town. In 1963 he came to Trinity College, Cambridge to read Natural Sciences. He later studied for a doctorate in mathematical physics at Imperial College, University of London where he was subsequently appointed to the staff. As an academic during the 1970s he taught at London University and at the University of California. Dr Potter also holds honorary degrees from Edinburgh, Sheffield and York Universities, among others. In 1980 Dr Potter founded Psion, developing and leading the company for more than 20 years. In its early years, Psion became a leader in software for home microcomputers. In 1984 using radical technology, a Psion team invented 'The Organiser', the world's first volume hand-held computers for personal use and information. In 1998, David led the creation of Symbian Limited in partnership with Nokia, Ericsson, Motorola and Matsushita.
      Louise Mensch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
        Louise Bagshawe married Peter Mensch, manager of Metallica and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, in June 2011.[19] She has three children from her previous marriage to property speculator Anthony LoCicero.[5][20] She is the sister of Tilly Bagshawe, a freelance journalist who published Adored in July 2005, and has a younger sister Alice and a brother, James.[21]
        Bizarre marriage of Cameron cutie and Metallica boss which she kept secret from everyone - including her children | Mail Online
          The ceremony was kept a secret even from her children, and only became public after a friend posted their congratulations on the social networking website Twitter. Fans of Miss Bagshawe's saucy novels, including Passion and Glitz, may notice parallels between fiction and reality.- Her first book Career Girls, published in 1995, tells the tale of well-heeled blonde Oxford student Rowena Gordon, who is determined to climb to the top of the music industry after university.- She travels to America and embarks on an affair with a rich and successful music mogul named Michael Krebs, despite him already being married. He eventually leaves his wife for Miss Gordon, and the pair live happily ever after.
      aangirfan: FREUD, MADELEINE McCANN, MURDOCH
        Sir Clement Freud, grandson of psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, had a holiday home in Praia da Luz, in Portugal.
        In July 2007, Clement Freud helped the parents of missing child Madeleine McCann by cooking them dinners in Praia da Luz and offering them drinks.
        Initially when he wrote to them offering assistance they thought it was a hoax.
    2TTH
      Murder mystery at San Diego mansion after two die in two days - Americas, World - The Independent
        Police are attempting to get to the bottom of what they described as two "bizarre" deaths that occurred within 48 hours of each other at the historic seaside home of one of the wealthiest men in San Diego. Jonah Shacknai, the founder and chief executive of a pharmaceutical corporation called Medicis, announced on Sunday that his six-year-old son, Max, had died from injuries suffered during a fall down the "grand staircase" of Spreckels Mansion, his 27-room house in the upmarket suburb of Coronado. Two days after the child was taken to hospital, the body of Mr Shacknai's girlfriend, Rebecca Nalepa, was found hanging from a balcony in the main courtyard of the property. She was naked, with a rope around her neck; investigators told the media that her hands
        Medicis Products
        Family of woman found dead at Coronado mansion does not believe she commited suicide - latimes.com. (PG.Kelly's Linkblog News)
          Family of woman found dead at Coronado mansion does not believe she commited suicide - latimes.com.
          The family of the woman found dead at the Spreckels mansion in Coronado does not believe that she commited suicide. In a statement to San Diego television channel KFMB, Mary Zahau-Loehner, a sister of Rebecca Zahau, on behalf of the family, said her sister was upbeat the night...
    United $tates of EURO-pe
      Euro Bonds May Be the Best Bet to Resolve the European Debt Crisis: View. (WT news feed)
        Euro Bonds May Be the Best Bet to Resolve the European Debt Crisis: View.
        Only a radical solution can stop the rot. Politically fraught as it may be, Sarkozy and Merkel need to do what Alexander Hamilton did in the 18th century to resolve a similar crisis in the fledgling United States: Push for the creation of a federal finance ministry with the...
        Eurobond Definition
          Usually, a-eurobond is issued by an international syndicate and categorized according to the currency in which it is denominated. A eurodollar bond that-is-denominated in U.S. dollars and issued in Japan by an Australian company would be an example of a eurobond. The Australian company in this example could issue the eurodollar bond in any country other than the U.S.
          Eurobonds are attractive financing tools as they give issuers the flexibility to choose the country in which to-offer their bond according to the country's regulatory constraints. They may also denominate their eurobond in their preferred currency. Eurobonds are attractive to investors as they have small par values and high liquidity.
      Sarkozy and Merkel reach a deal over Greece Handshakes
        Watch the power structures in the handshakes
    Biodiversitée
      Scientists create carbon sponge (WT news feed)
        Scientists create carbon sponge
        Scientists in the United States have created an entirely new porous material which has a high capacity for capturing carbon dioxide. The procedure is usually expensive and energy intensive, but this time scientists say it is relatively low cost and it may be useful to capture...
      CERN: "Don't interpret the CLOUD experiment results" | Watts Up With That?
        What do these results mean? Not allowed to tell you
        The chief of the world's leading physics lab at CERN in Geneva has prohibited scientists from drawing conclusions from a major experiment. The CLOUD ("Cosmics Leaving Outdoor Droplets") experiment examines the role that energetic particles from deep space play in cloud formation. CLOUD uses CERN's proton synchrotron to examine nucleation.
        CERN Director General Rolf-Dieter Heuer told Welt Online that the scientists should refrain from drawing conclusions from the latest experiment.
        "I have asked the colleagues to present the results clearly, but not to interpret them," reports veteran science editor Nigel Calder on his blog. Why?
        Because, Heuer says, "That would go immediately into the highly political arena of the climate change debate. One has to make clear that cosmic radiation is only one of many parameters."
      BBC too supportive of climate change deniers (bertb news feed)
        BBC too supportive of climate change deniers
        The BBC is to revamp its science coverage after an independent review concluded that journalists boosted the apparent controversy of scientific news stories such as climate change, GM crops and the MMR vaccine by giving too much weight to fringe scientific viewpoints.
      BBC News - Climate change 'threatens peace', UN official warns
        Climate change poses a major threat to future peace and security, a senior UN official has warned. Achim Steiner from the UN Environment Programme said climate change would also "exponentially" increase the scale of natural disasters. His comments followed a UN declaration of famine in parts of Somalia. Meanwhile, Russia rejected a Security Council statement backed by Western nations which asserted the link, but later agreed to a weaker text.
      Climategate: East Anglia's Toxic Reputation Manager (WT news feed)
        Climategate: East Anglia's Toxic Reputation Manager
        A few days ago, we learned that the University of East Anglia had used Neil Wallis of the Outside Organisation for "reputation management". Wallis turns out to have been a former News of the World editor, who was recently arrested in connection with the NOTW scandals.
      UN security council to consider climate change peacekeeping. (WT news feed)
        UN security council to consider climate change peacekeeping.
        Special meeting to discuss 'green helmets' force to intervene in conflicts caused by rising seas levels and shrinking resources
      CERN scientists confirms solar activity controls temperature and climate. (Dr. Jones reports)
        CERN scientists confirms solar activity controls temperature and climate.
        Oops, never mind. AGW is real, pay your carbon tax.
    Gitmo Nation
      Dutch police starts pilot: fingerprint-readers on the streets. (wingload feeds)
        Dutch police starts pilot: fingerprint-readers on the streets.
        125 Dutch cops start a trail to check fingerprints on the streets, to hunt down illegal aliens. Later comparisons with pasports can be made and see if there's an unpaid fine.
      Quake in Kyrgyzstan kills 18 in Uzbekistan - UPI.com
        BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, July 20 (UPI) -- A 6.2-magnitude earthquake rumbled in Kyrgyzstan Wednesday, killing at least 13 people in neighboring Uzbekistan, officials in Uzbekistan said. The center of the earthquake -- a little more than a half-mile deep -- was about 18 miles south-southeast of the Fergana region in Uzbekistan, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
      New U.S. software to end 'naked' airport scans. (WT news feed)
        New U.S. software to end 'naked' airport scans.
        The new software "will auto-detect items that could pose a potential threat using a generic outline of a person for all passengers," the agency said. "By eliminating the image of an actual passenger and replacing it with a generic outline of a person, passengers...
      Pentagon to Detail Troops to Bolster Domestic Security
        The U.S. military expects to have 20,000 uniformed troops inside the United States by 2011 trained to help state and local officials respond to a nuclear terrorist attack or other domestic catastrophe, according to Pentagon officials. The long-planned shift in the Defense Department's role in homeland security was recently backed with funding and troop commitments after years of prodding by Congress and outside experts, defense analysts said.
    Shut Up Slave
      HR Bill 1505 Allows For DHS Takeover Of Seashores And Coastal Areas :
        HR Bill 1505, the "National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act," would force the Secretary of the Interior to cede authority of coastal public lands, as well as lands located along the borders of Canada and Mexico, to the Secretary of Homeland Security when the latter sees fit. It would give the Dept. of Homeland Security the ability to construct roads and fences, deploy patrol vehicles and set up "monitoring equipment" in the National Seashore with impunity. And it would waive the need for the Dept. of Homeland Security to comply with environmental laws in areas within 100 miles of a coastline or international border.
    EQ Machine
      Report: Deadly NZ quake uncovers Israeli spy ring - Yahoo! News
        WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- A New Zealand newspaper group is reporting that the deadly February earthquake in Christchurch unearthed a suspected Israeli spy ring. Three Israelis died in the quake that killed 181 people. Other Israelis escaped the quake. The Fairfax newspaper group, which didn't state how it obtained the information, said one of the Israelis who died was carrying at least five passports. Fairfax said New Zealand Prime Minister John Key took four calls from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu following the quake, and that an unaccredited Israeli search and rescue squad searching a cordoned area in Christchurch was stopped by New Zealand officers.
      Quake in Kyrgyzstan kills 18 in Uzbekistan - UPI.com
        BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, July 20 (UPI) -- A 6.2-magnitude earthquake rumbled in Kyrgyzstan Wednesday, killing at least 13 people in neighboring Uzbekistan, officials in Uzbekistan said. The center of the earthquake -- a little more than a half-mile deep -- was about 18 miles south-southeast of the Fergana region in Uzbekistan, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
    Dron Nation
      Iran shoots down US spy drone (robertleather news feed)
        Iran shoots down US spy drone
        How would the US react to a robotic Iranian spy plane flying over American nuclear plants, unannounced, to see how things were shaping up at the country's uranium facilities? I know, I know. Easy answer. Comes as no surprise Iran had the same reaction.
    The Fix Is In!
      Joy blossoms in Japan after soccer win | Warwick News | Local News in Warwick | Warwick Daily News
        A nation reeling from months of tragedy united in joyous celebration on Monday after its women's soccer team - nicknamed "Nadeshiko" for a pink mountain flower - won the World Cup by beating the United States.
    Haiti
      Haiti leader to ask for recovery panel's extension (bertb news feed)
        Haiti leader to ask for recovery panel's extension
        The panel was set up several months after the January 2010 earthquake. It's co-chaired by former U.S. President Bill Clinton and outgoing Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive.
      Embassy of the United States, Port Au Prince, Haiti - Public-private partnership signing to bring jobs to Haiti (Double B's Feed)
        Embassy of the United States, Port Au Prince, Haiti - Public-private partnership signing to bring jobs to Haiti
        The Government of Haiti, the United States Government through the Department of State, and the Inter-American Development Bank closed a deal to build an industrial park in the Haiti's North Corridor with Sae-A Trading Co. Ltd., Korea's leading garment manufacturer, as...
      Clinton Bush Haiti Fund Invests to Complete Construction of Haitian-owned Hotel and Conference Center in Port au Prince. (Double B's Feed)
        Clinton Bush Haiti Fund Invests to Complete Construction of Haitian-owned Hotel and Conference Center in Port au Prince.
        Project Expected to Create Hundreds of Jobs and Bring Many Long-term Economic Benefits to Haiti
    Poppie$tan
      F.B.I. Says Pakistan Military Led Long Plot to Tilt U.S. Policy - NYTimes.com
        Pakistan's military, including its powerful spy agency, has spent $4 million over two decades in a covert attempt to tilt American policy against India's control of much of Kashmir -- including funneling campaign donations to members of Congress and presidential candidates, the F.B.I. claimed in court papers unsealed Tuesday.
    Arab Spring
      Egypt refuses international election monitors (bertb news feed)
        Egypt refuses international election monitors
        The decision, which is part of a new election law approved by the country's ruling generals, was swiftly criticized by activists who said it raises questions about the transparency of the first elections after the ousting of Hosni Mubarak and urged the military to...
      'Once in Government, Rebels Will Respect Libya's International Obligations'
        He said: "I would like to assure all states... that we respect the law and the international conventions and charters, and deem all agreements and contracts, signed by the previous government, as lawful if they have nothing to do with corrupt schemes," he said.
    Food
      Salt is addictive as cigarettes, drugs (The Groupie)
        Salt is addictive as cigarettes, drugs
        Salt is addictive in the same way as cigarettes or hard drugs, a study has found. The findings could help explain why many find it so hard to cut back on salt, despite warnings about dangers to blood pressure and heart health, Daily Mail said.
    Bank$ters
      Hamid Karzai Bans U.S. Treasury Officials From Afghan National Bank
        Among his recommendations is that Afghan banks and the U.S. should record the serial numbers of the huge bundles of cash that have been flowing into the country as part of a $70 billion American effort since 2002 to improve security and development there. But efforts to track and protect U.S. tax dollars and other international aid are entangled in a web of Afghan banking scandals that have been fast developing in recent weeks: _The former head of the central bank, Abdul Qadir Fitrat, fled late last month to Northern Virginia amid allegations of failing to act on warnings about widespread corruption at the nation's largest private lender, Kabul Bank. _Kabul Bank, formerly headed by a world-class poker player, nearly collapsed last year because of mismanagement and questionable lending practices, becoming a symbol for the country's cronyism and deep-rooted corruption. Top officers were not arrested until last month. _Earlier in June, the International Monetary Fund stopped an expected $70 million reconstruction payment to Afghanistan to show displeasure of international donors, a move that threatens billions of aid to a country reliant on foreign assistance.
      A Downgrade May Be Coming Even if a Deal is Made | Verum Serum
        The President and his allies in the media wish to pretend these credit rating warnings are only about the risk of default due to a failure to raise the debt limit.
        They're not, as S&P makes clear:
          A 50 percent likelihood that the U.S. will lose its top credit rating from Standard & Poor's even if Congress reaches agreement on raising the debt ceiling left markets little changed.
      Interest 2-year government bond rose 1000% Irish
        The interest rate on a 2-year Irish government bonds in July rose by as much as 77%! Compared to one year ago (so per year), interest on the two-year government bond has risen by 1000%! This sounds like a joke, but unfortunately it is REALLY true, look at the graph above calm. July 20, 2010 the rate stood at 2.3%. Today, Ireland July 19, 2011 must pay more than 23% over the two-year Treasuries!
      Fed Making Contingency Plans for Possible US Default - CNBC
        "I don't see the fundamentals of the economy as changed that much," he said. "Yeah, there's been some shocks and disruptions, but the underlying forces that are going to cause us to continue a slow, moderate recovery are still in place." That said, the Fed, which is charged with ensuring financial stability, would clearly feel the responsibility to step in as a lender of last resort if markets seized up after a U.S. default, he added.
      Beware: Gang of 6 wants to raise your taxes | TheBlaze.com
        The plan would simplify the tax code by reducing the number of tax brackets from six to three, lowering the top rate from 35 percent to somewhere between 23 percent and 29 percent. That could provide a windfall for wealthy taxpayers because the 35 percent tax bracket currently applies to taxable income above $379,150. To help pay for lower rates, the plan would reduce popular tax breaks for mortgage interest, health insurance, charitable giving and retirement savings. Other tax breaks would be spared, including the $1,000-per-child tax credit and the earned income tax credit, which helps the working poor stay out of poverty.
      Debt crisis: IMF warns the Eurozone of $700bn global 'earthquake'. (WT news feed)
        Debt crisis: IMF warns the Eurozone of ¬£400bn global 'earthquake'.
        The debt crisis crippling the Eurozone could trigger an 'earthquake' that slashes hundreds of billions of pounds off the global economy, the world's financial watchdog warned last night.
    Monsantooo
      Anti-HIV drug made by GM plants begins trials in humans. (WT news feed)
        Anti-HIV drug made by GM plants begins trials in humans.
        The antiviral was manufactured in GM tobacco with a view to using the same technique to slash the cost of other life-saving drugs in the developing world
      The Real Victor in Iraq: Monsanto. (WT news feed)
        The Real Victor in Iraq: Monsanto.
        Part of the infamous 100 Orders, Order 81 mandates that Iraq's commercial-scale farmers must now purchase "registered" seeds. These are available through agribusiness giants like Monsanto, Cargill Corporation (a private company) and the World Wide Wheat Company...
      Monsanto-Resistant Weeds Take Root, Raising Food Prices. (Newsmix)
        Monsanto-Resistant Weeds Take Root, Raising Food Prices.
        Monsanto's Roundup was supposed to make it easy for farmers to get rid of weeds, but it's working on fewer and fewer plants, including some monsters that can grow three inches a day and destroy farm equipment.
    Teckno Experts
      Cyber Camp Develops Tomorrow's IT Security Pros
        July 18, 2011 By Hilton Collins At 10:49 a.m. last Friday, Prof. Dan Manson cupped his hands over his mouth and shouted to seven teams of five eager people that they could begin a virtual Capture the Flag competition at the 2011 U.S. Cyber Challenge Summer Camp at Cal Poly Pomona.- - The players manned laptops and began the simulation in which they entered a network to infiltrate servers, conduct penetration tests, analyze attacks and contents of files, overtake control of networked services and crack passwords.-
        Center for Internet Security
        Center for Internet Security
      Pentagon looks to social media as new battlefield. (WT news feed)
        Pentagon looks to social media as new battlefield.
        The Pentagon is asking scientists to figure out how to detect and counter propaganda on social media networks in the aftermath of Arab uprisings driven by Twitter and Facebook.
    Magic Numbers
      33 Children Abducted in Southwest. (robertleather news feed)
        33 Children Abducted in Southwest.
        Thirty-three children were abducted in Cornwall and Devon last year. Pirate FM can reveal eight were taken by complete strangers. Thankfully, the statistics from police show every one was returned home safely.
      Apple Set to Open 33 New Retail Stores Over Next Two Months - Mac Rumors
      Godman invested Rs 33 crore in gold, land; SOG probe on (robertleather news feed)
        Godman invested Rs 33 crore in gold, land; SOG probe on
        Self-proclaimed godman Ashok Jadeja who was caught in connection with a multi-crore scam had invested Rs 33 crore in land, gold and luxurious properties. Conman Jadeja was lodged in Sabarmati central jail in Ahmedabad and was recently taken into the state Special Operation...
      Clean Technology Venture Investments Down 33%, but Bright Future Expected. (DaDenMan news feed)
        Clean Technology Venture Investments Down 33%, but Bright Future Expected.
        Recent findings by Cleantech Group revealed that venture investments in clean technology were down 33% in 2Q 2011. Compared to the $2.75 billion across 174 deals in the previous 1Q11, global investments in the second quarter produced $1.83 billion across 161 deals. This total...
      Riots in Germany - German police detains 33 leftist activists as clashes leave 34 officers injured. (robertleather news feed)
        Riots in Germany - German police detains 33 leftist activists as clashes leave 34 officers injured.
        BERLIN - Police say hundreds of leftist activists clashed with security forces in Germany's capital, throwing stones and bottles and setting off fireworks that left 34 officers with minor injuries. Berlin police said Sunday about 500 officers and a helicopter were deployed...
      Bosnia and Herzegovina Central Bank made profit of BAM 33 million last year. (robertleather news feed)
        Bosnia and Herzegovina Central Bank made profit of BAM 33 million last year.
        Bosnia and Herzegovina Central Bank (CBBiH) Governor Kemal Kozaric said that the bank made profit of BAM 33 million last year, which was not bad, but less than the year before because of the global financial crisis and smaller interest rates.
    Vaccines
      131 children vaccinated at gunpoint in Nsanje | Malawi Voice
      Scariest of all polio campaigns begins today
        The major cause for concern, according to health officials, is the credibility of the polio campaign amongst parents, who are already fatigued due to the holding of innumerable polio campaigns in a year. "We fear large-scale refusals (of the vaccine) from parents in Fata, Waziristan and several parts of the country, especially Islamabad. We have been receiving disturbing reactions to reports that the CIA used the vaccination drive to achieve their own purposes," an officer close to the development told this scribe.
      When zombies attack! Bristol city council ready for undead invasion | Society | guardian.co.uk
        Peter Holt, service director of communication and marketing, wrote back to Store: "In response to your request for details of Bristol city council's contingency plans for dealing with zombies, I can now release to you the following strategy document.
        "Please note that this document contains various redactions as it has been considered that some information contained therein must be redacted for the purpose of safeguarding national security."
        Marked top secret, the document, which has been published on the whatdotheyknow.com site, sets out four alert states:
      Ondansetron - PubMed Health
        Why is this medication prescribed? Ondansetron is used to prevent nausea and vomiting caused by cancer chemotherapy, radiation therapy and surgery. Ondansetron is in a class of medications called 5-HT3 receptor antagonists. It works by blocking the action of serotonin, a natural substance that may cause nausea and vomiting.
      Did Lucifer Give Cancer to Hugo Chavez? (Conscious Life News Feed)
        Did Lucifer Give Cancer to Hugo Chavez?
        In a televised speech he told Secretary of State Clinton, ’ÄúYou should resign. It’Äôs the least you can do: Resign, along with those other spies and delinquents working in the State Department.’Äù
      1 In 66 Americans Is A Psycho. (WT news feed)
        1 In 66 Americans Is A Psycho.
        Outselling even common drugs to treat high blood pressure and acid reflux, antipsychotic medications are the single top-selling prescription drug in the United States.
      Programming a Fetus for a Healthier Life - WSJ.com
        Early intervention is among the most effective ways to reduce the risk of chronic diseases like obesity and diabetes, scientists believe. A study just getting under way is taking that to a new extreme: targeting fetuses still developing in the womb. The study, sponsored by the U.K. government, aims to use medication to change the environment in the uterus of pregnant women in order to improve the child's health later in life, a concept known as fetal programming. Many aspects of our metabolism are established while in the womb, including how we regulate body temperature and digest food. By influencing such processes in a fetus, using drugs, nutritional supplements or changes to the mother's diet, scientists hope to set the child on a more healthful path for life. Our health is determined by many factors. People's genetic makeup can predispose them for various disorders. And lifestyle can reduce or exacerbate health risks.
      New vaccine could battle heroin addiction (WT news feed)
        New vaccine could battle heroin addiction
        Researchers at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, Calif., say the vaccine produces antibodies -- a kind of immune molecule -- that stop not only heroin but also other psychoactive compounds metabolized from heroin from reaching the brain to produce euphoric effects.
      Flu vaccine production to double worldwide (bertb news feed)
        Flu vaccine production to double worldwide
        "We have to take influenza vaccine as a tool to combat influenza pandemic, not just a tool to maximise profit,'' said the WHO's Global Action Plan for Influenza Vaccines, the experts group that met.
    VIDEO
      Russia's tycoon wants to re-launch Murdoch's News of the World (RT Video) (WT news feed)
        Russia's tycoon wants to re-launch Murdoch's News of the World (RT Video)
        Russian banker and media tycoon Aleksandr Lebedev says he would like to remake Rupert Murdoch's defunct News of the World if he is able to sell some of his assets, according to reports.
      [VIDEO] Remarks on India and the United States: A Vision for the 21st Century
        Well, speaking for the United States, I can tell you that we are, in fact, betting on India's future. We are betting that the opening of India's markets to the world will produce a more prosperous India and a more prosperous South Asia. It will also spill over into Central Asia and beyond into the Asia Pacific region. We are betting that advances in science and technology of all kinds will both enrich Indian lives and advance human knowledge everywhere. And we are betting that India's vibrant, pluralistic democracy will produce measurable results and improvements for your citizens and will inspire others to follow a similar path of openness and tolerance.
      [VIDEO] President Obama Nominates Jeopardy Champion Richard Cordray to Lead Consumer Financial Protection Bureau | The White House (Screws Elizabeth Warren?)
        And that's why I asked Elizabeth Warren to set up this new bureau.- Over the past year she has done an extraordinary job.- Already, the agency is starting to do a whole bunch of things that are going to be important for consumers -- making sure loan contracts and credit card terms are simpler and written in plain English.- Already, thanks to the leadership of the bureau, we're seeing men and women in uniform who are getting more protections against fraud and deception when it comes to financial practices. And as part of her charge, I asked Elizabeth to find the best possible choice for director of the bureau.-
        Richard Cordray - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
          Cordray has the distinction of being an undefeated five-time champion and Tournament of Champions semifinalist on Jeopardy![92] In 1987, he won $45,303 from the show, which he used to pay law school debt, to pay taxes and to buy a used car.[93] The total winnings came from $40,303 in prize money during his five-contest streak and $5,000 for a first round win on the Tournament of Champions.[94] His campaign for public office in 1990 precluded him from participating in the Super Jeopardy! elimination tournament of champions.[95] ABC, the network that carried the show, had a policy against political contestants appearing on the show (excluding Celebrity Jeopardy!).[93]
      [VIDEO] New study proves falsity of John Brennan's drone claims - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com
        In light of this new finding, it's not hard to see what accounts for this refusal to engage in basic disclosure. Secrecy is not only the linchpin for abuses of power, but it also enables the government to issue misleading propaganda in an unchallenged manner. As drone attacks become an increasingly prominent tool in the American war arsenal, it's more vital than ever that government deceit about these attacks not be tolerated. The discussion with Woods can be heard here:
      [VIDEO] Get the Flick: The Tax Picture
        I was watching CNN the other day and saw some great graphics about taxes and the budget. I couldn't believe it. I've just about given up on the TV media as a whole -- but don't get me started on that.
      [VIDEO] - Rebekah Brooks grilled by MPs
        Ex-News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks to be questioned later.
        Abhorrent!
      [VIDEO] Airport Perimeter Security
        Government Accountability Office and the Transportation Security Administration officials, the former security director of Tel-Aviv International Airport, and a canine unit inspector of the Amtrak Police Department, and others testified at a hearing on the issues associated with the government's efforts to ensure that airport perimeters are properly secured from internal and external threats.
      [VIDEO] Cenk Leaves MSNBC (Inside Story) - YouTube. (DaDenMan news feed)
        Cenk Leaves MSNBC (Inside Story) - YouTube.
        Cenk Uygur (host of The Young Turks) explains why he turned down a new, significantly larger MSNBC contract after hosting a prime-time show on the network that was beating CNN in the key demo ratings
      [VIDEO] Hillary Clinton Full CNN Turkey Interview - Kahve Molasi Turkce Simultane (Conscious Life News Feed)
        Hillary Clinton Full CNN Turkey Interview - Kahve Molasi Turkce Simultane
        Hillary in Turkey! Looks like this is the full interview possibly unedited http://video.cnnturk.com/2011/haber/7/16/hillary-clintonla-kahve-molasi-turkce-simultane
      [VIDEO]: A good woman
        Loser tries to hit Rupert Murdoch w/ a pie. Murdoch's wife bitch slaps the punk. Bravo my lady.
  Distraction of the Week (Murdoch)
    Now Two Murdoch Whistleblowers Dead-|-Yes, But, However!
      First it was Big George Webley who relayed a fear of the Murdoch machine and wound up dead. -Now it's Sean Hoare. -Two British media whistleblowers. Two untimely deaths. Let's assume that neither was killed by Rupert Murdoch (toxicology reports haven't been made available; foul play isn't suspected by British authorities in either case), but something happened that put the fear of God into both men. -Neither was known as a lunatic before their demise, both simply told the truth to British authorities about what they knew of Mr. Murdoch's enterprises and died afterward at a relatively young age.
      Source: Murdoch Entity Bugged Variety Show Green Room-|-Yes, But, However!
        Mr. Webley was a noted composer who arranged the theme music to the original "The Office" and wrote a host of music for British television including the theme to the long running "Have I Got News for You" on BBC One. -In the mid-nineties he became a radio presenter and over time wound up hosting a very popular over night talk show on BBC London 94.9 which he continued to host until the time of his death this past spring. -Earlier, in 1989, Mr. Webley landed the gig as music director of Jameson Tonight. -He worked on 350 episodes of the show for the network. It is during this period that Mr. Webley alleged that Sky bugged the dressing rooms of guests in order to get candid off-air scoops, and, in a roundabout way, led to the emotionally charged phone call I received from Mr. Webley in late April. -As detailed by YBH! earlier this week, Mr. Webley was quite concerned that he would suffer retribution from Mr. Murdoch's organization for allegedly revealing this information to the British government during the BSkyB (Sky TV's parent company) buyout review. -Also, it was never fully detailed to me how Mr. Webley found out about the bugging during his years at Sky. -In no way did he allege-that he was in danger for his life, as was stated in my earlier piece. -Mr.-Webley-had a heart attack in 1996 and likely suffered a fatal one this past May. -A full coroner's report is due to be released in August detailing an official cause of death. -What is known is that the whole incident did worry Mr. Webley more than a little bit.
    Murdoch Eavesdropping Op Amateurish Next to U.S. and UK Snooping - BlackListedNews.com
      As eavesdroppers go, next to Uncle Sam and John Bull, Rupert Murdoch, the moral force behind Fox News, is an amateur.
      That's because a global eavesdropping scheme being run today by the United States and Great Britain dwarfs anything that Rupert Murdoch's editors at The News of The World(TNTW) ever dared attempt.
      British Prime Minister David Cameron may well deny he knew TNTW was tapping the phones of members of UK's Royal household or those of American 9/11 victims. But he can't claim he doesn't know his country is a partner in ECHELON, which, according to Washington journalist Bill Blum, is a "network of massive, highly automated interception stations" that is eavesdropping on the entire world.
      "Like a mammoth vacuum cleaner in the sky, the National Security Agency(NSA) sucks it all up: home phone, office phone, cellular phone, email, fax, telex...satellite transmissions, fiber-optic communications traffic, microwave links, voice, text images (that are) captured by satellites continuously orbiting the earth and then processed by high-powered computers," Blum writes in his book "Rogue State"
    The World from Berlin: 'News Corp Can Only Survive if Murdoch Goes' - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International
      The scope of the News of the World phone-hacking scandal just keeps growing. At a grueling parliamentary hearing on Tuesday, Rupert Murdoch denied responsibility for any wrongdoing -- but German commentators say it is time for him to step down as head of News Corp.
    Bureau of Investigative Journalism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
      The Bureau of Investigative Journalism[1] is a British not-for-profit initiative backed by a number of journalists. It is registered as a private, limited by guarantee, no share capital company.[2] It was set up with the aim to encourage independent serious investigations and to encourage a new generation of reporters. It is based in London.[3] The Bureau works out of City University, but remains independent editorially from that University and its backers. One of the main co-founders is David Potter, who has invested £2 million into the Bureau.[4
      About the Bureau: The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
        The Bureau of Investigative Journalism is a not-for-profit organisation that bolsters original journalism by producing high-quality investigations for press and broadcast media.-The first of its kind in the UK, it was established in April 2010 with a £2 million donation from The David & Elaine Potter Foundation. -It was money well invested. -In the year since it launched the Bureau has secured over a dozen front-page stories and produced a number of award-winning web, radio and TV documentaries.
      Funding: The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
        Since then, the Bureau has developed commercial relationships with leading media and other organisations in the UK and internationally. This has meant the Bureau has had commercial dealings with Channel 4, ITN, the BBC, Al Jazeera Arabic, Al Jazeera English, the Daily Telegraph, Journeyman Pictures, Le Monde, the Financial Times, the British Medical Journal and Oxfam.
      The David and Elaine Potter Foundation
        Dr David Potter CBE was born in East London, South Africa and raised in Cape Town. In 1963 he came to Trinity College, Cambridge to read Natural Sciences. He later studied for a doctorate in mathematical physics at Imperial College, University of London where he was subsequently appointed to the staff. As an academic during the 1970s he taught at London University and at the University of California. Dr Potter also holds honorary degrees from Edinburgh, Sheffield and York Universities, among others. In 1980 Dr Potter founded Psion, developing and leading the company for more than 20 years. In its early years, Psion became a leader in software for home microcomputers. In 1984 using radical technology, a Psion team invented 'The Organiser', the world's first volume hand-held computers for personal use and information. In 1998, David led the creation of Symbian Limited in partnership with Nokia, Ericsson, Motorola and Matsushita.
    Louise Mensch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
      Louise Bagshawe married Peter Mensch, manager of Metallica and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, in June 2011.[19] She has three children from her previous marriage to property speculator Anthony LoCicero.[5][20] She is the sister of Tilly Bagshawe, a freelance journalist who published Adored in July 2005, and has a younger sister Alice and a brother, James.[21]
      Bizarre marriage of Cameron cutie and Metallica boss which she kept secret from everyone - including her children | Mail Online
        The ceremony was kept a secret even from her children, and only became public after a friend posted their congratulations on the social networking website Twitter. Fans of Miss Bagshawe's saucy novels, including Passion and Glitz, may notice parallels between fiction and reality.- Her first book Career Girls, published in 1995, tells the tale of well-heeled blonde Oxford student Rowena Gordon, who is determined to climb to the top of the music industry after university.- She travels to America and embarks on an affair with a rich and successful music mogul named Michael Krebs, despite him already being married. He eventually leaves his wife for Miss Gordon, and the pair live happily ever after.
    aangirfan: FREUD, MADELEINE McCANN, MURDOCH
      Sir Clement Freud, grandson of psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, had a holiday home in Praia da Luz, in Portugal.
      In July 2007, Clement Freud helped the parents of missing child Madeleine McCann by cooking them dinners in Praia da Luz and offering them drinks.
      Initially when he wrote to them offering assistance they thought it was a hoax.
  2TTH
    Murder mystery at San Diego mansion after two die in two days - Americas, World - The Independent
      Police are attempting to get to the bottom of what they described as two "bizarre" deaths that occurred within 48 hours of each other at the historic seaside home of one of the wealthiest men in San Diego. Jonah Shacknai, the founder and chief executive of a pharmaceutical corporation called Medicis, announced on Sunday that his six-year-old son, Max, had died from injuries suffered during a fall down the "grand staircase" of Spreckels Mansion, his 27-room house in the upmarket suburb of Coronado. Two days after the child was taken to hospital, the body of Mr Shacknai's girlfriend, Rebecca Nalepa, was found hanging from a balcony in the main courtyard of the property. She was naked, with a rope around her neck; investigators told the media that her hands
      Medicis Products
      Family of woman found dead at Coronado mansion does not believe she commited suicide - latimes.com. (PG.Kelly's Linkblog News)
        Family of woman found dead at Coronado mansion does not believe she commited suicide - latimes.com.
        The family of the woman found dead at the Spreckels mansion in Coronado does not believe that she commited suicide. In a statement to San Diego television channel KFMB, Mary Zahau-Loehner, a sister of Rebecca Zahau, on behalf of the family, said her sister was upbeat the night...
  United $tates of EURO-pe
    Euro Bonds May Be the Best Bet to Resolve the European Debt Crisis: View. (WT news feed)
      Euro Bonds May Be the Best Bet to Resolve the European Debt Crisis: View.
      Only a radical solution can stop the rot. Politically fraught as it may be, Sarkozy and Merkel need to do what Alexander Hamilton did in the 18th century to resolve a similar crisis in the fledgling United States: Push for the creation of a federal finance ministry with the...
      Eurobond Definition
        Usually, a-eurobond is issued by an international syndicate and categorized according to the currency in which it is denominated. A eurodollar bond that-is-denominated in U.S. dollars and issued in Japan by an Australian company would be an example of a eurobond. The Australian company in this example could issue the eurodollar bond in any country other than the U.S.
        Eurobonds are attractive financing tools as they give issuers the flexibility to choose the country in which to-offer their bond according to the country's regulatory constraints. They may also denominate their eurobond in their preferred currency. Eurobonds are attractive to investors as they have small par values and high liquidity.
    Sarkozy and Merkel reach a deal over Greece Handshakes
      Watch the power structures in the handshakes
  Biodiversitée
    Scientists create carbon sponge (WT news feed)
      Scientists create carbon sponge
      Scientists in the United States have created an entirely new porous material which has a high capacity for capturing carbon dioxide. The procedure is usually expensive and energy intensive, but this time scientists say it is relatively low cost and it may be useful to capture...
    CERN: "Don't interpret the CLOUD experiment results" | Watts Up With That?
      What do these results mean? Not allowed to tell you
      The chief of the world's leading physics lab at CERN in Geneva has prohibited scientists from drawing conclusions from a major experiment. The CLOUD ("Cosmics Leaving Outdoor Droplets") experiment examines the role that energetic particles from deep space play in cloud formation. CLOUD uses CERN's proton synchrotron to examine nucleation.
      CERN Director General Rolf-Dieter Heuer told Welt Online that the scientists should refrain from drawing conclusions from the latest experiment.
      "I have asked the colleagues to present the results clearly, but not to interpret them," reports veteran science editor Nigel Calder on his blog. Why?
      Because, Heuer says, "That would go immediately into the highly political arena of the climate change debate. One has to make clear that cosmic radiation is only one of many parameters."
    BBC too supportive of climate change deniers (bertb news feed)
      BBC too supportive of climate change deniers
      The BBC is to revamp its science coverage after an independent review concluded that journalists boosted the apparent controversy of scientific news stories such as climate change, GM crops and the MMR vaccine by giving too much weight to fringe scientific viewpoints.
    BBC News - Climate change 'threatens peace', UN official warns
      Climate change poses a major threat to future peace and security, a senior UN official has warned. Achim Steiner from the UN Environment Programme said climate change would also "exponentially" increase the scale of natural disasters. His comments followed a UN declaration of famine in parts of Somalia. Meanwhile, Russia rejected a Security Council statement backed by Western nations which asserted the link, but later agreed to a weaker text.
    Climategate: East Anglia's Toxic Reputation Manager (WT news feed)
      Climategate: East Anglia's Toxic Reputation Manager
      A few days ago, we learned that the University of East Anglia had used Neil Wallis of the Outside Organisation for "reputation management". Wallis turns out to have been a former News of the World editor, who was recently arrested in connection with the NOTW scandals.
    UN security council to consider climate change peacekeeping. (WT news feed)
      UN security council to consider climate change peacekeeping.
      Special meeting to discuss 'green helmets' force to intervene in conflicts caused by rising seas levels and shrinking resources
    CERN scientists confirms solar activity controls temperature and climate. (Dr. Jones reports)
      CERN scientists confirms solar activity controls temperature and climate.
      Oops, never mind. AGW is real, pay your carbon tax.
  Gitmo Nation
    Dutch police starts pilot: fingerprint-readers on the streets. (wingload feeds)
      Dutch police starts pilot: fingerprint-readers on the streets.
      125 Dutch cops start a trail to check fingerprints on the streets, to hunt down illegal aliens. Later comparisons with pasports can be made and see if there's an unpaid fine.
    Quake in Kyrgyzstan kills 18 in Uzbekistan - UPI.com
      BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, July 20 (UPI) -- A 6.2-magnitude earthquake rumbled in Kyrgyzstan Wednesday, killing at least 13 people in neighboring Uzbekistan, officials in Uzbekistan said. The center of the earthquake -- a little more than a half-mile deep -- was about 18 miles south-southeast of the Fergana region in Uzbekistan, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
    New U.S. software to end 'naked' airport scans. (WT news feed)
      New U.S. software to end 'naked' airport scans.
      The new software "will auto-detect items that could pose a potential threat using a generic outline of a person for all passengers," the agency said. "By eliminating the image of an actual passenger and replacing it with a generic outline of a person, passengers...
    Pentagon to Detail Troops to Bolster Domestic Security
      The U.S. military expects to have 20,000 uniformed troops inside the United States by 2011 trained to help state and local officials respond to a nuclear terrorist attack or other domestic catastrophe, according to Pentagon officials. The long-planned shift in the Defense Department's role in homeland security was recently backed with funding and troop commitments after years of prodding by Congress and outside experts, defense analysts said.
  Shut Up Slave
    HR Bill 1505 Allows For DHS Takeover Of Seashores And Coastal Areas :
      HR Bill 1505, the "National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act," would force the Secretary of the Interior to cede authority of coastal public lands, as well as lands located along the borders of Canada and Mexico, to the Secretary of Homeland Security when the latter sees fit. It would give the Dept. of Homeland Security the ability to construct roads and fences, deploy patrol vehicles and set up "monitoring equipment" in the National Seashore with impunity. And it would waive the need for the Dept. of Homeland Security to comply with environmental laws in areas within 100 miles of a coastline or international border.
  EQ Machine
    Report: Deadly NZ quake uncovers Israeli spy ring - Yahoo! News
      WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- A New Zealand newspaper group is reporting that the deadly February earthquake in Christchurch unearthed a suspected Israeli spy ring. Three Israelis died in the quake that killed 181 people. Other Israelis escaped the quake. The Fairfax newspaper group, which didn't state how it obtained the information, said one of the Israelis who died was carrying at least five passports. Fairfax said New Zealand Prime Minister John Key took four calls from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu following the quake, and that an unaccredited Israeli search and rescue squad searching a cordoned area in Christchurch was stopped by New Zealand officers.
    Quake in Kyrgyzstan kills 18 in Uzbekistan - UPI.com
      BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, July 20 (UPI) -- A 6.2-magnitude earthquake rumbled in Kyrgyzstan Wednesday, killing at least 13 people in neighboring Uzbekistan, officials in Uzbekistan said. The center of the earthquake -- a little more than a half-mile deep -- was about 18 miles south-southeast of the Fergana region in Uzbekistan, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
  Dron Nation
    Iran shoots down US spy drone (robertleather news feed)
      Iran shoots down US spy drone
      How would the US react to a robotic Iranian spy plane flying over American nuclear plants, unannounced, to see how things were shaping up at the country's uranium facilities? I know, I know. Easy answer. Comes as no surprise Iran had the same reaction.
  The Fix Is In!
    Joy blossoms in Japan after soccer win | Warwick News | Local News in Warwick | Warwick Daily News
      A nation reeling from months of tragedy united in joyous celebration on Monday after its women's soccer team - nicknamed "Nadeshiko" for a pink mountain flower - won the World Cup by beating the United States.
  Haiti
    Haiti leader to ask for recovery panel's extension (bertb news feed)
      Haiti leader to ask for recovery panel's extension
      The panel was set up several months after the January 2010 earthquake. It's co-chaired by former U.S. President Bill Clinton and outgoing Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive.
    Embassy of the United States, Port Au Prince, Haiti - Public-private partnership signing to bring jobs to Haiti (Double B's Feed)
      Embassy of the United States, Port Au Prince, Haiti - Public-private partnership signing to bring jobs to Haiti
      The Government of Haiti, the United States Government through the Department of State, and the Inter-American Development Bank closed a deal to build an industrial park in the Haiti's North Corridor with Sae-A Trading Co. Ltd., Korea's leading garment manufacturer, as...
    Clinton Bush Haiti Fund Invests to Complete Construction of Haitian-owned Hotel and Conference Center in Port au Prince. (Double B's Feed)
      Clinton Bush Haiti Fund Invests to Complete Construction of Haitian-owned Hotel and Conference Center in Port au Prince.
      Project Expected to Create Hundreds of Jobs and Bring Many Long-term Economic Benefits to Haiti
  Poppie$tan
    F.B.I. Says Pakistan Military Led Long Plot to Tilt U.S. Policy - NYTimes.com
      Pakistan's military, including its powerful spy agency, has spent $4 million over two decades in a covert attempt to tilt American policy against India's control of much of Kashmir -- including funneling campaign donations to members of Congress and presidential candidates, the F.B.I. claimed in court papers unsealed Tuesday.
  Arab Spring
    Egypt refuses international election monitors (bertb news feed)
      Egypt refuses international election monitors
      The decision, which is part of a new election law approved by the country's ruling generals, was swiftly criticized by activists who said it raises questions about the transparency of the first elections after the ousting of Hosni Mubarak and urged the military to...
    'Once in Government, Rebels Will Respect Libya's International Obligations'
      He said: "I would like to assure all states... that we respect the law and the international conventions and charters, and deem all agreements and contracts, signed by the previous government, as lawful if they have nothing to do with corrupt schemes," he said.
  Food
    Salt is addictive as cigarettes, drugs (The Groupie)
      Salt is addictive as cigarettes, drugs
      Salt is addictive in the same way as cigarettes or hard drugs, a study has found. The findings could help explain why many find it so hard to cut back on salt, despite warnings about dangers to blood pressure and heart health, Daily Mail said.
  Bank$ters
    Hamid Karzai Bans U.S. Treasury Officials From Afghan National Bank
      Among his recommendations is that Afghan banks and the U.S. should record the serial numbers of the huge bundles of cash that have been flowing into the country as part of a $70 billion American effort since 2002 to improve security and development there. But efforts to track and protect U.S. tax dollars and other international aid are entangled in a web of Afghan banking scandals that have been fast developing in recent weeks: _The former head of the central bank, Abdul Qadir Fitrat, fled late last month to Northern Virginia amid allegations of failing to act on warnings about widespread corruption at the nation's largest private lender, Kabul Bank. _Kabul Bank, formerly headed by a world-class poker player, nearly collapsed last year because of mismanagement and questionable lending practices, becoming a symbol for the country's cronyism and deep-rooted corruption. Top officers were not arrested until last month. _Earlier in June, the International Monetary Fund stopped an expected $70 million reconstruction payment to Afghanistan to show displeasure of international donors, a move that threatens billions of aid to a country reliant on foreign assistance.
    A Downgrade May Be Coming Even if a Deal is Made | Verum Serum
      The President and his allies in the media wish to pretend these credit rating warnings are only about the risk of default due to a failure to raise the debt limit.
      They're not, as S&P makes clear:
        A 50 percent likelihood that the U.S. will lose its top credit rating from Standard & Poor's even if Congress reaches agreement on raising the debt ceiling left markets little changed.
    Interest 2-year government bond rose 1000% Irish
      The interest rate on a 2-year Irish government bonds in July rose by as much as 77%! Compared to one year ago (so per year), interest on the two-year government bond has risen by 1000%! This sounds like a joke, but unfortunately it is REALLY true, look at the graph above calm. July 20, 2010 the rate stood at 2.3%. Today, Ireland July 19, 2011 must pay more than 23% over the two-year Treasuries!
    Fed Making Contingency Plans for Possible US Default - CNBC
      "I don't see the fundamentals of the economy as changed that much," he said. "Yeah, there's been some shocks and disruptions, but the underlying forces that are going to cause us to continue a slow, moderate recovery are still in place." That said, the Fed, which is charged with ensuring financial stability, would clearly feel the responsibility to step in as a lender of last resort if markets seized up after a U.S. default, he added.
    Beware: Gang of 6 wants to raise your taxes | TheBlaze.com
      The plan would simplify the tax code by reducing the number of tax brackets from six to three, lowering the top rate from 35 percent to somewhere between 23 percent and 29 percent. That could provide a windfall for wealthy taxpayers because the 35 percent tax bracket currently applies to taxable income above $379,150. To help pay for lower rates, the plan would reduce popular tax breaks for mortgage interest, health insurance, charitable giving and retirement savings. Other tax breaks would be spared, including the $1,000-per-child tax credit and the earned income tax credit, which helps the working poor stay out of poverty.
    Debt crisis: IMF warns the Eurozone of $700bn global 'earthquake'. (WT news feed)
      Debt crisis: IMF warns the Eurozone of ¬£400bn global 'earthquake'.
      The debt crisis crippling the Eurozone could trigger an 'earthquake' that slashes hundreds of billions of pounds off the global economy, the world's financial watchdog warned last night.
  Monsantooo
    Anti-HIV drug made by GM plants begins trials in humans. (WT news feed)
      Anti-HIV drug made by GM plants begins trials in humans.
      The antiviral was manufactured in GM tobacco with a view to using the same technique to slash the cost of other life-saving drugs in the developing world
    The Real Victor in Iraq: Monsanto. (WT news feed)
      The Real Victor in Iraq: Monsanto.
      Part of the infamous 100 Orders, Order 81 mandates that Iraq's commercial-scale farmers must now purchase "registered" seeds. These are available through agribusiness giants like Monsanto, Cargill Corporation (a private company) and the World Wide Wheat Company...
    Monsanto-Resistant Weeds Take Root, Raising Food Prices. (Newsmix)
      Monsanto-Resistant Weeds Take Root, Raising Food Prices.
      Monsanto's Roundup was supposed to make it easy for farmers to get rid of weeds, but it's working on fewer and fewer plants, including some monsters that can grow three inches a day and destroy farm equipment.
  Teckno Experts
    Cyber Camp Develops Tomorrow's IT Security Pros
      July 18, 2011 By Hilton Collins At 10:49 a.m. last Friday, Prof. Dan Manson cupped his hands over his mouth and shouted to seven teams of five eager people that they could begin a virtual Capture the Flag competition at the 2011 U.S. Cyber Challenge Summer Camp at Cal Poly Pomona.- - The players manned laptops and began the simulation in which they entered a network to infiltrate servers, conduct penetration tests, analyze attacks and contents of files, overtake control of networked services and crack passwords.-
      Center for Internet Security
      Center for Internet Security
    Pentagon looks to social media as new battlefield. (WT news feed)
      Pentagon looks to social media as new battlefield.
      The Pentagon is asking scientists to figure out how to detect and counter propaganda on social media networks in the aftermath of Arab uprisings driven by Twitter and Facebook.
  Magic Numbers
    33 Children Abducted in Southwest. (robertleather news feed)
      33 Children Abducted in Southwest.
      Thirty-three children were abducted in Cornwall and Devon last year. Pirate FM can reveal eight were taken by complete strangers. Thankfully, the statistics from police show every one was returned home safely.
    Apple Set to Open 33 New Retail Stores Over Next Two Months - Mac Rumors
    Godman invested Rs 33 crore in gold, land; SOG probe on (robertleather news feed)
      Godman invested Rs 33 crore in gold, land; SOG probe on
      Self-proclaimed godman Ashok Jadeja who was caught in connection with a multi-crore scam had invested Rs 33 crore in land, gold and luxurious properties. Conman Jadeja was lodged in Sabarmati central jail in Ahmedabad and was recently taken into the state Special Operation...
    Clean Technology Venture Investments Down 33%, but Bright Future Expected. (DaDenMan news feed)
      Clean Technology Venture Investments Down 33%, but Bright Future Expected.
      Recent findings by Cleantech Group revealed that venture investments in clean technology were down 33% in 2Q 2011. Compared to the $2.75 billion across 174 deals in the previous 1Q11, global investments in the second quarter produced $1.83 billion across 161 deals. This total...
    Riots in Germany - German police detains 33 leftist activists as clashes leave 34 officers injured. (robertleather news feed)
      Riots in Germany - German police detains 33 leftist activists as clashes leave 34 officers injured.
      BERLIN - Police say hundreds of leftist activists clashed with security forces in Germany's capital, throwing stones and bottles and setting off fireworks that left 34 officers with minor injuries. Berlin police said Sunday about 500 officers and a helicopter were deployed...
    Bosnia and Herzegovina Central Bank made profit of BAM 33 million last year. (robertleather news feed)
      Bosnia and Herzegovina Central Bank made profit of BAM 33 million last year.
      Bosnia and Herzegovina Central Bank (CBBiH) Governor Kemal Kozaric said that the bank made profit of BAM 33 million last year, which was not bad, but less than the year before because of the global financial crisis and smaller interest rates.
  Vaccines
    131 children vaccinated at gunpoint in Nsanje | Malawi Voice
    Scariest of all polio campaigns begins today
      The major cause for concern, according to health officials, is the credibility of the polio campaign amongst parents, who are already fatigued due to the holding of innumerable polio campaigns in a year. "We fear large-scale refusals (of the vaccine) from parents in Fata, Waziristan and several parts of the country, especially Islamabad. We have been receiving disturbing reactions to reports that the CIA used the vaccination drive to achieve their own purposes," an officer close to the development told this scribe.
    When zombies attack! Bristol city council ready for undead invasion | Society | guardian.co.uk
      Peter Holt, service director of communication and marketing, wrote back to Store: "In response to your request for details of Bristol city council's contingency plans for dealing with zombies, I can now release to you the following strategy document.
      "Please note that this document contains various redactions as it has been considered that some information contained therein must be redacted for the purpose of safeguarding national security."
      Marked top secret, the document, which has been published on the whatdotheyknow.com site, sets out four alert states:
    Ondansetron - PubMed Health
      Why is this medication prescribed? Ondansetron is used to prevent nausea and vomiting caused by cancer chemotherapy, radiation therapy and surgery. Ondansetron is in a class of medications called 5-HT3 receptor antagonists. It works by blocking the action of serotonin, a natural substance that may cause nausea and vomiting.
    Did Lucifer Give Cancer to Hugo Chavez? (Conscious Life News Feed)
      Did Lucifer Give Cancer to Hugo Chavez?
      In a televised speech he told Secretary of State Clinton, ’ÄúYou should resign. It’Äôs the least you can do: Resign, along with those other spies and delinquents working in the State Department.’Äù
    1 In 66 Americans Is A Psycho. (WT news feed)
      1 In 66 Americans Is A Psycho.
      Outselling even common drugs to treat high blood pressure and acid reflux, antipsychotic medications are the single top-selling prescription drug in the United States.
    Programming a Fetus for a Healthier Life - WSJ.com
      Early intervention is among the most effective ways to reduce the risk of chronic diseases like obesity and diabetes, scientists believe. A study just getting under way is taking that to a new extreme: targeting fetuses still developing in the womb. The study, sponsored by the U.K. government, aims to use medication to change the environment in the uterus of pregnant women in order to improve the child's health later in life, a concept known as fetal programming. Many aspects of our metabolism are established while in the womb, including how we regulate body temperature and digest food. By influencing such processes in a fetus, using drugs, nutritional supplements or changes to the mother's diet, scientists hope to set the child on a more healthful path for life. Our health is determined by many factors. People's genetic makeup can predispose them for various disorders. And lifestyle can reduce or exacerbate health risks.
    New vaccine could battle heroin addiction (WT news feed)
      New vaccine could battle heroin addiction
      Researchers at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, Calif., say the vaccine produces antibodies -- a kind of immune molecule -- that stop not only heroin but also other psychoactive compounds metabolized from heroin from reaching the brain to produce euphoric effects.
    Flu vaccine production to double worldwide (bertb news feed)
      Flu vaccine production to double worldwide
      "We have to take influenza vaccine as a tool to combat influenza pandemic, not just a tool to maximise profit,'' said the WHO's Global Action Plan for Influenza Vaccines, the experts group that met.
  VIDEO
    Russia's tycoon wants to re-launch Murdoch's News of the World (RT Video) (WT news feed)
      Russia's tycoon wants to re-launch Murdoch's News of the World (RT Video)
      Russian banker and media tycoon Aleksandr Lebedev says he would like to remake Rupert Murdoch's defunct News of the World if he is able to sell some of his assets, according to reports.
    [VIDEO] Remarks on India and the United States: A Vision for the 21st Century
      Well, speaking for the United States, I can tell you that we are, in fact, betting on India's future. We are betting that the opening of India's markets to the world will produce a more prosperous India and a more prosperous South Asia. It will also spill over into Central Asia and beyond into the Asia Pacific region. We are betting that advances in science and technology of all kinds will both enrich Indian lives and advance human knowledge everywhere. And we are betting that India's vibrant, pluralistic democracy will produce measurable results and improvements for your citizens and will inspire others to follow a similar path of openness and tolerance.
    [VIDEO] President Obama Nominates Jeopardy Champion Richard Cordray to Lead Consumer Financial Protection Bureau | The White House (Screws Elizabeth Warren?)
      And that's why I asked Elizabeth Warren to set up this new bureau.- Over the past year she has done an extraordinary job.- Already, the agency is starting to do a whole bunch of things that are going to be important for consumers -- making sure loan contracts and credit card terms are simpler and written in plain English.- Already, thanks to the leadership of the bureau, we're seeing men and women in uniform who are getting more protections against fraud and deception when it comes to financial practices. And as part of her charge, I asked Elizabeth to find the best possible choice for director of the bureau.-
      Richard Cordray - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
        Cordray has the distinction of being an undefeated five-time champion and Tournament of Champions semifinalist on Jeopardy![92] In 1987, he won $45,303 from the show, which he used to pay law school debt, to pay taxes and to buy a used car.[93] The total winnings came from $40,303 in prize money during his five-contest streak and $5,000 for a first round win on the Tournament of Champions.[94] His campaign for public office in 1990 precluded him from participating in the Super Jeopardy! elimination tournament of champions.[95] ABC, the network that carried the show, had a policy against political contestants appearing on the show (excluding Celebrity Jeopardy!).[93]
    [VIDEO] New study proves falsity of John Brennan's drone claims - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com
      In light of this new finding, it's not hard to see what accounts for this refusal to engage in basic disclosure. Secrecy is not only the linchpin for abuses of power, but it also enables the government to issue misleading propaganda in an unchallenged manner. As drone attacks become an increasingly prominent tool in the American war arsenal, it's more vital than ever that government deceit about these attacks not be tolerated. The discussion with Woods can be heard here:
    [VIDEO] Get the Flick: The Tax Picture
      I was watching CNN the other day and saw some great graphics about taxes and the budget. I couldn't believe it. I've just about given up on the TV media as a whole -- but don't get me started on that.
    [VIDEO] - Rebekah Brooks grilled by MPs
      Ex-News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks to be questioned later.
      Abhorrent!
    [VIDEO] Airport Perimeter Security
      Government Accountability Office and the Transportation Security Administration officials, the former security director of Tel-Aviv International Airport, and a canine unit inspector of the Amtrak Police Department, and others testified at a hearing on the issues associated with the government's efforts to ensure that airport perimeters are properly secured from internal and external threats.
    [VIDEO] Cenk Leaves MSNBC (Inside Story) - YouTube. (DaDenMan news feed)
      Cenk Leaves MSNBC (Inside Story) - YouTube.
      Cenk Uygur (host of The Young Turks) explains why he turned down a new, significantly larger MSNBC contract after hosting a prime-time show on the network that was beating CNN in the key demo ratings
    [VIDEO] Hillary Clinton Full CNN Turkey Interview - Kahve Molasi Turkce Simultane (Conscious Life News Feed)
      Hillary Clinton Full CNN Turkey Interview - Kahve Molasi Turkce Simultane
      Hillary in Turkey! Looks like this is the full interview possibly unedited http://video.cnnturk.com/2011/haber/7/16/hillary-clintonla-kahve-molasi-turkce-simultane
    [VIDEO]: A good woman
      Loser tries to hit Rupert Murdoch w/ a pie. Murdoch's wife bitch slaps the punk. Bravo my lady.