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      Hey Adam,
      Hope the Hot Pockets 2008 tour is going well. I am a faithful listener and unfortunately have been a boner the past year and half. Times has been hard as anyone can understand. I have a domain I that I just set to forward to No Agenda "paranoidradio.com. It was a site that I was going to upload my own podcasts too. Unfortunately I don't have a podcast license and hope to get one soon. Please take this as my donation to the show. Hopefully I will get some good "karma" soon and will be able to continue my donations towards knighthood. I look forward to your show and have 2weeks worth of news to catch up on. Say hello to Buzkill for me and let him know we need more restaurant reviews.
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      In the Morning John and Adam,
      fearthereaper.us now forwards to www.noagendashow.com
      This was inspired by your clarification in show #326 that the MQ-9 Reaper Drone is the one that actually fires missiles.
      By the way, I'm very happy with my copy of the Bourne Identity that I just got from frehollowbooks.com.
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      ITM Adam,
      After hearing the last show, with the USB thumbdrive
      materials that you got from people that you don't know,
      I took it upon myself to pre-emptively register
      http://www.freeadamcurry.com/, just in case. :-)
      It's forwarded to noagendashow.com, ofcourse.
      Keep up the good work,
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      Hey Adam, hope the tour is going well. Just purchased and forwarded a fun one... Adiosmofos.com
      Thanks for the show! Fills my weekly commutes between Indianapolis and Chicago with something that actually engages my mind!
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    Elite$
      Land Destroyer: Dr. Webster Tarpley on "Supercongress" Committee of 12
        People who hate Big Government are not likely to be happy with the creation of Harry Reid's Supercommittee, now called the Supercongress. This amounts to a new, third House of Congress, as if the people were not already disgusted enough with the two existing houses. It will be a kind of Star Chamber, with six members representing what your constituents would recognize as the forces of Big Government, banksters, and the New World order. It will be a step towards dictatorship by the bankers and by Wall Street. You do not know the names of the six members who will be named to this Supercongress, but they are sure to be Washington insiders and elitists. There is absolutely nothing to prevent the Supercongress from coming up with a long list of tax increases -- and when they do, you'll be on the hook in the eyes of your constituents, who will start asking you why you gave away so much legislative power to this secretive and unaccountable committee, while getting nowhere on the balanced budget amendment.
        The Supercommittee or Supercongress is blatantly unconstitutional.
    Biodiversitée
      Arctic Biologist Suspended Over Report of Dead Polar Bears - NYTimes.com
        The federal government has suspended a wildlife biologist whose sightings of dead polar bears in Arctic waters became a rallying point for campaigners seeking to blunt the impact of global warming.
        Related in Opinion
        The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement notified the biologist, Charles Monnett, on July 18 that he had been placed on administrative leave pending an internal investigation into "integrity issues," according to a copy of a letter posted online by the watchdog group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility.
    Bank$ters
      $16 Trillion in Fed loans (same amount as new debt ceiling. Coincidence??
      COLUMN - Don't bother suing raters if U.S. downgraded: Frankel | Reuters
        The rating agencies, as many a disgruntled mortgage-backed securities investor has discovered in the last few years, are shielded from liability because their ratings are considered to be public opinion protected by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
    Trains Good, Plabes Bad (Whoo Hoo!)
      Sydney to Melbourne rail trip in three hours
        A TICKET on a high-speed train to Melbourne or Brisbane would cost between $75 and $197 for a journey taking about three hours, a major federal government-commissioned study has found.
        And travelling between Newcastle and Sydney could take just 40 minutes, for a ticket price as low as $16.50, the study also shows.
      Dutch HSR failure, people to pay
    Out There
      Jupiter spacecraft mounted atop bloody big rocket * The Register
        NASA's Juno spacecraft has been mated to an United Launch Alliance Atlas V 551 rocket ahead of its forthcoming trip to Jupiter.
        The "most powerful Atlas rocket ever made" is sitting on the launchpad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station while technicians carry out "a final flurry of checks and tests" to see if all is well for a first launch opportunity on 5 August.
        Juno principal investigator Scott Bolton declared: "We're about to start our journey to Jupiter to unlock the secrets of the early solar system. After eight years of development, the spacecraft is ready for its important mission."
        Juno will arrive at Jupiter in July 2016 and orbit the gas giant's poles 33 times. It's solar powered, and since it'll be operating at a considerable distance from the Sun, requires plenty of solar panel area to catch some rays.
      M-Class solar flare M9.3 earth bound -- Volcano / Earthquake Watch July 30-Aug 4 , 2011 | THE TRUTH BEHIND THE SCENES
        Targeting Coronal Hole (CH468) which could produce two significant earthquakes over 6.6 in magnitude.
        First region is plotted to 27-34º North Latitude
        Possible regions that could be at risk for a significant earthquake are:
        Bonin Islands Japan, Izu Islands Japan, Sichuan China, Western Turkey
    Vaccine$
      Babies born addicted to prescription drugs: Number of newborns treated for drug withdrawal skyrocketing - OrlandoSentinel.com
        Though the data don't show which drugs the newborns tested positive for, doctors in Central Florida have said most of the local cases are prescription drugs.
        The babies -- whose withdrawal symptoms can include sweating, stiff muscles, irritability and diarrhea -- can spend days, even weeks detoxing.
      Juvies Dosing Kids With Schizophrenia Meds To Keep Them Docile - The Consumerist
        An investigative report found that New Orleans juvenile detention centers are giving the kids potent antipsychotics four times as often as the conditions for which they were designed to treat, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, actually show up in the inmate population. People inside the system say the jails are dosing the kids because it's easier to deal with them when they're "little zombies."
      Make Sure The Nursing Home Isn't Dosing Grandma Into Submission - The Consumerist
        Indeed, it's not just for treating problem youth in juvenile jails. Nursing homes with poorly trained staff are also using medication intended to treat bipolar disorder and schizophrenia to subdue the people placed in their care.
        The California Advocates For Nursing Home Reform have put together a free booklet, "What You Should Know to Fight the Misuse of Psychoactive Drugs in California Nursing Homes" (PDF). It can help families and caregivers, even if they're not in California, make sure that their loved ones aren't being "chemically restrained" by their nursing homes.
      Bayonne Medical Center's billboards show emergency room wait times | 7online.com
        Bayonne Medical Center has two new billboards that show how long its emergency room wait times are in real time.
        When 72-year-old Lois Zygmund walked into the emergency room at Bayonne Medical Center Tuesday night with bronchitis and dizziness, she was seen immediately by a medical technician.
      Pfizer Is Said to Be Pursuing Nonprescription Lipitor - NYTimes.com
        Selling a version of the drug to consumers without a prescription would allow Pfizer to retain some of the $11 billion in annual revenue that Lipitor has been generating.
        However, a nonprescription version would not be available immediately after the patent on Lipitor expires because Pfizer would first have to convince the Food and Drug Administration that consumers could take the drug without a doctor's supervision.
      Chantix = epilepsy (DaileyinDC)
      ALLEGIANCE EQUITY CORPORATION | Allegiance's "CinGx" and "Relieva" make inroads in the treatment of Type 3 Diabetes and Psoriasis
        "Nealanders is poised to market CinGx to its clients for placement in a variety of foods and beverages. Nealanders, the leading technology based ingredient company, has 2,000 customers in every corner of the industry, from nutrition, baking, confection, and food processing, to dairy, dry blending, pharmaceutical and more. They will maximize the commercialization of CinGx across a broad spectrum of mass market food products. Nealanders may not make the foods we eat but makes the foods we eat better," says David Solomon, President of Allegiance Equity.
    Shadow Puppet Theatre
      Obama's New 2nd in Command at DOD: Ashton Carter -- CFR, Aspen Group, Goldman Sachs...Connects to 911 False Flag
        Carter worked directly with Philip Zelikow who oversaw the 9/11 Whitewash Commission that covered up the truth about the events of 9/11.
    Bio War$
      Cargill Recalling 36M Pounds Of Ground Turkey : NPR. (DaDenMan news feed)
        Cargill Recalling 36M Pounds Of Ground Turkey : NPR.
        Meat giant Cargill is recalling 36 million pounds of ground turkey linked to a nationwide salmonella outbreak that has killed one person in California and sickened at least 76 others. Illnesses in the outbreak date back to March and have been reported in 26 states coast to...
    Food!
      L.A. County arrests 3 over raw milk - latimes.com
        Palmer, 51, has operated Healthy Family Farms in Santa Paula since 2007 without the required licensing for milk production, prosecutors allege. She and her company face nine charges related to the production of unpasteurized milk products.
        Bloch, a Healthy Family Farms employee, is charged with three counts of conspiracy.
        The arrests followed a one-year investigation during which undercover agents purchased unpasteurized dairy products from Healthy Family Farms stands in Los Angeles, Ventura and Santa Barbara counties, said Matthew Krasnowski, a district attorney spokesman. The products included unpasteurized goat milk, cheese and yogurt.
      Harisa - Recipes Wiki
        Harisa is the most important condiment used in Turnsian cooking, and, in fact, you need to make this recipe and keep is in the refrigerator before attempting any other Tunisian recipe. The simplest recipe is merely a paste of red chile peppers and salt that is covered in olive oil and stored. Harisa is sold in tubes by both Tunisian and French firms. The Tunisian one is better but neither can compare to your own freshly made from this recipe.
    Arab Spring
      France gives Libyan rebels $259 m in frozen Qaddafi funds. (WT news feed)
        France gives Libyan rebels $259 m in frozen Qaddafi funds.
        France on Monday said it had given Libyan rebels $259 million (ˆ¢Ôø‡¬¨181 million) in frozen funds that used to belong to the regime of strongman leader Muammar Qaddafi.
      Russian Navy to base warships at Syrian port after 2012 | Russia | RIA Novosti
        Russia's naval supply and maintenance site near Syria's Mediterranean port of Tartus will be modernized to accommodate heavy warships after 2012, the Russian Navy chief said on Monday.
        "Tartus will be developed as a naval base. The first stage of development and modernization will be completed in 2012," Adm. Vladimir Vysotsky said, adding it could then serve as a base for guided-missile cruisers and even aircraft carriers.
      Israel Will Bomb Iranian Nuclear Sites Next Month, Ex-CIA Agent Predictss
        Robert Baer, a former CIA agent in the Middle East, predicted on a radio show today that Israel will bomb Iran's nuclear facilities next month, before the Palestinians go to the United Nations for statehood recognition.
        MJ Rosenberg of the Huffington Post writes that Baer "didn't name sources for his prediction of an Israeli attack, but the few he did cite are all Israeli security figures" who have come out against such an attack, like former Mossad chief Meir Dagan, who has warned that an Israeli attack on Iran is both imminent and "stupid."
      SomaliaReport: Does the US, UN and AMISOM Supply Al-Shabaab?
    Ministry of Truth
      Biden on Giffords: "She's Now a Member of Cracked Head Club Like Me" (Repost)
        Vice President Joe Biden, with a big smile on his face, walked to the House floor and said, "I came to see Gabby, that's why I'm here."
        ...When Biden was asked about what he spoke with Giffords about, he joked, "She's now a member of the cracked head club like me."
      Crisis Part 2
        Message from the President to the U.S. Congress | The White House
          Pursuant to section 3101A(a)(1)(A) of title 31, United States Code, I hereby certify that the debt subject to limit is within $100,000,000,000 of the limit in 31 U.S.C. 3101(b) and that further borrowing is required to meet existing commitments.
        Debt crisis averted, all eyes now on FAA impasse - The Washington Post
          At the center of the deadlock is a $163 million program providing air service subsidies for some rural airports. House Republicans favor an FAA extension that cuts some of that funding, while Democrats are opposed to such a move.
          But beyond the rural air service program, the dispute is also a broader one between the parties about their political leverage: Democrats argue that if they agree to the temporary FAA reauthorization passed by the House, Republicans will be emboldened to move forward on a longer-term extension that limits workers' collective-bargaining rights, a measure that Democrats oppose.
        Congress heads home without extending FAA funding - The Washington Post
          The arrival of an Obama appointee shifted the balance of power on the three-member National Mediation Board, and shortly thereafter the NMB issued a rule change. It said that union efforts to organize airlines should be decided by a simple majority of ballots cast. Before that ruling, airline unionization had been governed by a rule that said eligible voters in a unionization effort who did not cast a ballot would be recorded as voting against the union.
          The new rule would apply to all airlines, but it's most immediate potential impact would be to Delta Airlines, where unionization efforts have been defeated.
          The House passed an FAA reauthorization bill this year that would reverse the NMB ruling. The Senate's reauthorization bill did not address the issue. Congressional staff members doing leg work prior to a formal conference committee resolved all but about a dozen differences between the two bills.
        Labor board to investigate Delta Airlines' union election - The Hill's Transportation Report
          The NMB had already emerged as a conservative target when it changed rules for union elections for airline and railroad employees to define a majority in terms of the actual ballots cast. Previously, non-votes were counted as no votes. Republicans in the House changed the rule back in their version of a spending bill for the Federal Aviation Administration, which has stalled reconcilliation of the bill with the Democratically-controlled Senate.
          The change also drew a veto threat from President Obama.
        What Was Discussed In Today's Meeting With President Obama And Union Bosses? More Bailouts? | Big Labor Bailout
          But behind closed doors, what will these union bosses demand next from the President? And what bailouts will the President grant them to help address Big Labor's increasing irrelevance? After making nearly a half a billion dollar investment in President Obama in 2008, there is no doubt they want 'payback' for it.
        The Employee 'Forced' Choice Act - Forbes.com
          It's really very simple: Just follow the money.
          Labor bosses have invested hundreds of millions--if not billions of dollars--into politics and now expect a return. Gerald McEntee, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) said as much in December in relation to union spending during the 2008 cycle, stating, "We expect a payback. The payback would be the Employee Free Choice Act."
      Getting Usama
        Settling with power - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
        Nicholas Schmidle | NewAmerica.net
          Article BS
            He wore a noise-cancelling headset, which blocked out nearly everything besides his heartbeat.
            But, as the pilot passed over the compound, pulled into a high hover, and began lowering the aircraft, he felt the Black Hawk getting away from him. He sensed that they were going to crash.
            Secretary of State Hillary Clinton followed him, as did anyone else who could fit into the office. On the office's modestly sized LCD screen, helo one--grainy and black-and-white--appeared above the compound, then promptly ran into trouble.
            When the helicopter began getting away from the pilot, he pulled back on the cyclic, which controls the pitch of the rotor blades, only to find the aircraft unresponsive. The high walls of the compound and the warm temperatures had caused the Black Hawk to descend inside its own rotor wash--a hazardous aerodynamic situation known as settling with power. In North Carolina, this potential problem had not become apparent, because the chain-link fencing used in rehearsals had allowed air to flow freely. A former helicopter pilot with extensive special-operations experience said of the pilot's situation, It's pretty spooky--I've been in it myself. The only way to get out of it is to push the cyclic forward and fly out of this vertical silo you're dropping through. That solution requires altitude. If you're settling with power at two thousand feet, you've got plenty of time to recover. If you're settling with power at fifty feet, you're going to hit the ground.
            All along, the SEALs had planned to dump bin Laden's corpse into the sea--a blunt way of ending the bin Laden myth. They had successfully pulled off a similar scheme before. During a DEVGRU helicopter raid inside Somalia in September, 2009, SEALs had killed Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, one of East Africa's top Al Qaeda leaders; Nabhan's corpse was then flown to a ship in the Indian Ocean, given proper Muslim rites, and thrown overboard.
            The Black Hawks, each of which had two pilots and a crewman from the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, or the Night Stalkers, had been modified to mask heat, noise, and movement; the copters' exteriors had sharp, flat angles and were covered with radar-dampening skin.
          He speaks Urdu and Persian and has worked throughout South and Central Asia, as well as Africa and Europe. Mr. Schmidle has appeared on NPR, CNN, BBC, and ABC to discuss terrorism, al-Qaeda, and the Taliban. He is a resident of Washington, D.C., and a graduate of James Madison University and American University.
        Planning & Executing the Mission to Get Bin Laden : The New Yorker
    Gitmo Nation
      Debt-hit students urged to sell their kidneys - The Scotsman
        STUDENTS should be able to sell their kidneys for tens of thousands of pounds to pay off university debts, according to a Scots academic.
        Sue Rabbitt Roff believes making it legal to sell the body part would boost the number of organs available to save lives and help students struggling with money.
        She argues that donors should be paid the average UK annual income of around £28,000.
        It is currently illegal to sell organs and tissues in the UK under the Human Tissue Act (2004) and across the world apart from in Iran.
      Fliers face new queries at Logan - The Boston Globe
        Under the program, TSA officers will speak with every passenger passing through the Terminal A security checkpoint, asking each two or three questions, such as "Where are you traveling today?'' or "How long have you been in town?'' Officials said the intent is to detect suspicious behavior - such as someone sweating profusely or avoiding eye contact - a process the TSA estimates will take about 20 seconds per passenger.
        "We're not looking for the answers necessarily; we're instead gauging the reaction, the response to the question,'' said George Naccara, TSA federal security director at Logan.
      House Committee Approves Bill Mandating That Internet Companies Spy on Their Users | Electronic Frontier Foundation
        Despite serious privacy concerns being voiced by both Democratic and Republican leaders and by thousands of digital rights activists using EFF's Action Center, this afternoon the House Judiciary Committee voted 19 to 10 to recommend passage of H.R. 1981. That bill contains a mandatory data retention provision that would require your Internet service providers to retain 12 months' worth of personal information that could be used to identify what web sites you visit and what content you post online. EFF had previously joined with 29 other civil liberties and consumer privacy groups in signing a letter to the Committee members that condemned the bill as a "direct assault on the privacy of Internet users."
      'Naked' body scanners a failure, police union says - The Local
        The Welt am Sonntag newspaper reported on Sunday that the scanners were sounding alerts 70 percent of the time, according to an internal report. The security devices, which critics refer to as "naked scanners," are controversial because they give a clear impression of the person's body under their clothing, raising privacy concerns.
        Witthaut said the security levels at German airports had not been improved by such measures. The test run at Hamburg had also demonstrated that the body scanners slowed down rather than sped up passenger screening because of the high rate of false alarms.
      Red Light Cameras: Are Ticket Fines Voluntary? - ABC News
        City officials in L.A. said that they were shocked to learn that there's no real enforcement of the tickets due to the fact that courts find the cases difficult to prove, as the person receiving the ticket is often not the person driving the car at the time the photo was snapped. The courts have now ruled that violations caught on a photo are unenforceable, since there is no live witness to testify against an alleged offender.
      Senate Panel Keeps 'Secret Patriot Act' Under Wraps | Danger Room | Wired.com
        "There is a significant discrepancy between what most Americans -- including many members of Congress -- think the Patriot Act allows the government to do and how government officials interpret that same law," wrote the Senators, Ron Wyden and Mark Udall. "We believe that most members of the American public would be very surprised to learn how federal surveillance law is being interpreted in secret. "
        The Senators tried to get the government to reveal some of the law's contents, by forcing the Director of National Intelligence and the Attorney General to produce a report outlining when this secret surveillance has gone overboard. Yesterday, the effort failed. The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence said no to the report by rejecting Wyden and Udall's amendment to the FY2012 Intelligence Authorization Act.
    Magic Numbers
      [Stock Tip!] Wall St averts worst slide in 33 years | The National Business Review
        Stocks on Wall Street seesawed throughout the session but ended with the Dow industrials avoiding the longest slide in more than three decades.
        At the close (8am NZ time), the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.25%, or 29.59 points, to 11,896.21, ending an eight-day slide and avoiding a slump that would have been the worst since February 1978.
      [Stock Tip!] Ex-Obama aide Lawrence Summers sees 33% chance of new recession - latimes.com
        "With growth at less than 1% in the first half of this year, the economy is effectively at a stall and facing the prospects of shocks from a European financial crisis that is decidedly not under control, spikes in oil prices and declines in business and household confidence," Summers wrote in an opinion article in Wednesday's Washington Post. "The indicators suggest that the economy has at least a 1-in-3 chance of falling back into recession if nothing new is done to raise demand and spur growth."
      Mukilteo passes medical marijuana zoning rules | Strange Bedfellows -- Politics News - seattlepi.com
        The City of Mukilteo has approved new zoning regulations for medical marijuana gardens.
        The City Council in the community about 15 miles north of Seattle on Monday night decided to allow the collective gardens in light industrial areas, so long as these pot patches are at least 500 feet from things like parks, schools and residential areas. The owners of the gardens would have to submit electrical and floor plans to the City and pay for a $333 annual license.
    Fal$e Flag
      If a Married Lesbian Couple Saves 40 Teens from the Norway Massacre and No One Writes About it, Did it Really Happen? - Talk About Equality
        What you probably have not heard about is the married lesbian couple who rescued 40 teenagers during and after the bloody event. Several blogs and gay and lesbian publications are now picking up the story, but the heavy hitters who usually kill for hero stories like this, have remained silent.
    Pedobear
      Church child protection chief caught with 4,000 child porn pictures - Mirror mobile
        But he was caught by police in March with more than 4,000 child porn images on his home computer and his work laptop.
        He admitted 12 counts of making, ¬‚possessing and distributing indecent ¬‚images when he appeared before ¬‚magistrates in Plymouth and is likely to face jail when he returns to court for sentencing next month.
    Cyber War$
      Funding Values Twitter at $8.4 Billion - WSJ.com
        Twitter Inc. said it received a "significant" round of funding led by Digital Sky Technologies, a Russia-based venture firm that has invested in other social-networking companies that have enjoyed surging valuations.
        San Francisco-based Twitter, which has more than 600 employees, didn't disclose how much money it raised in the long-anticipated announcement Monday.
        But a person familiar with the matter said that Twitter raised $800 million in an investment round that valued the micro-blogging service at $8.4 billion after the deal.
    Techno Experts
      Pentagon Seeks a Few Good Social Networkers - NYTimes.com
        The Pentagon is developing plans to use social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter as both a resource and a weapon in future conflicts. Its research and development agency is offering $42 million in funding to anyone who can help.
        Social Media in Strategic Communication (SMISC) - Federal Business Opportunities: Opportunities
          DARPA is soliciting innovative research proposals in the area of social media in strategic communication. Proposed research should investigate innovative approaches that enable revolutionary advances in science, devices, or systems. Specifically excluded is research that primarily results in evolutionary improvements to the existing state of practice. See the full DARPA-BAA-11-64 document attached.
        Social media will change the nature of warfare just as surely as the telegraph, the radio and the telephone did, and the Pentagon is fearful of being caught short. Some of its goals were laid out in a document being circulated among potential researchers and is to be presented at a briefing on Tuesday in Arlington, Va., at the offices of the military contractor System Planning Corporation.
    Monsantooo
      Prop. 19, Monsanto, and GMO Terminator Cannabis | COTO Report
        The next stage in continuing this control, is in the regulation, licensing and taxation of Cannabis cultivation and use through the only practical means available to the corporate system, which is through genetic engineering and patenting of the Cannabis genome.
        To achieve this end, the foundation is already being laid in the form of California's upcoming initiative on the 2010 ballot. This initiative is called Proposition 19: The Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010.
    Squirrel!
      Authorities Arrest AWOL Soldier for Plans to Attack Fort Hood - KiiiTV3.com South Texas, Corpus Christi, Coastal Bend
        21-year-old PFC Nasser Abdo was an AWOL soldier who had been granted conscientious objector status earlier this year, due to his Muslim faith. Police reportedly found enough material in Abdo's motel room for two bombs, including gunpowder, shotgun shells, 18 lbs. of sugar, Christmas lights, and a backpack with Jihadi literature.
      DHS: Secretary Napolitano Announces Proposed Ammonium Nitrate Security Program
        Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today announced the publication of the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on the Federal Register for the creation of the Ammonium Nitrate Security Program--part of the Department's ongoing efforts to secure potentially dangerous chemicals and ensure those chemicals do not fall into the hands of those who could cause harm.
    Oil Cabal
      Robert from Bulgaria
        On another subject, I raise the issue of Bulgaria (where I'm based) being a flash point between Russia and the US. It doesn't get any press but the two major pipelines that are coming into Europe from the Caspian both arrive in Bulgaria. These are the only pipelines that will bypass Turkey which is considered by both the US and Russia (quite rightly) to be flaky. It means there is a power struggle to control by proxy the country. Anyway, long story short, US has the current PM by the balls because they have dirt on him that can send him to jail in Serbia for various embargo breaking (remember Serbia was under UN embargo for ages) plus other smuggling. US made the case go away in Serbia but now they 'own' him. Within 2 weeks of this the PM cancelled Lukoil's refinery license because apparently they refused to install new measuring equipment to provide real time reporting on refinery output. Net result? The biggest refinery in the Balkans is fully OFFLINE. Likewise look at the stalling/cancellation of the Belene nuclear power plant provided by he Russians to Bulgaria which is classic economic hitman stuff. These are major geo-political incidents and the Russians are seriously fucked off. I wouldn't want to be Boyko at this point. Anyway, just thought it was worth mentioning because as you know, everything comes back to OIL! It will be interesting to see how both the US and Russia struggle to control the entry point for pretty much all Caspian oil in the medium term to Europe :-)
        All the best,
        Robert
    VIDEO
      [VIDEO] Nancy Pelosi "This Is How We Go To The Next Step Jobs Jobs Jobs Jobs"
      [VIDEO] Ron Paul "Creation Of Super Congress Is Monstrous
      [VIDEO] Agenda 21 Coming to a Farm Near You! U.S. Government OPENLY Destroying America!
        This is the United Nations Agenda 21 in action. The U.S. government is openly attempting to destroy the family farm. This is economic terrorism.
      [VIDEO] State actor seen in enormous range of cyber attacks | Reuters
        Security company McAfee, which uncovered the intrusions, said it believed there was one "state actor" behind the attacks but declined to name it, though one security expert who has been briefed on the hacking said the evidence points to China.
      [VIDEO] Representative Giffords Appearance on the House Floor
        In this excerpt from the House floor, Representative Giffords made her first appearance since January when she was injured in a shooting. Representative Pelosi recognized Representative Giffords presence as did Representative DeGette.
      [VIDEO] CNN's Don Lemon And Rand Paul Clash Over Debt Ceiling
        CNN's Don Lemon had a very testy exchange with Sen. Rand Paul about the debt ceiling drama on Saturday night.
      [VIDEO] PTSD Drug falls flat vs Placebo
      [VIDEO] Press Briefing | The White House
        White House Press Briefings are conducted most weekdays from the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room in the West Wing.
      [VIDEO] State Department Briefings | C-SPAN
        The U.S. Representative to the Libyan Transitional National Council Chris Stevens briefed reporters on Libya, in the State Department. Then, Deputy Spokesman Mark Toner followed with daily remarks.
  Elite$
    Land Destroyer: Dr. Webster Tarpley on "Supercongress" Committee of 12
      People who hate Big Government are not likely to be happy with the creation of Harry Reid's Supercommittee, now called the Supercongress. This amounts to a new, third House of Congress, as if the people were not already disgusted enough with the two existing houses. It will be a kind of Star Chamber, with six members representing what your constituents would recognize as the forces of Big Government, banksters, and the New World order. It will be a step towards dictatorship by the bankers and by Wall Street. You do not know the names of the six members who will be named to this Supercongress, but they are sure to be Washington insiders and elitists. There is absolutely nothing to prevent the Supercongress from coming up with a long list of tax increases -- and when they do, you'll be on the hook in the eyes of your constituents, who will start asking you why you gave away so much legislative power to this secretive and unaccountable committee, while getting nowhere on the balanced budget amendment.
      The Supercommittee or Supercongress is blatantly unconstitutional.
  Biodiversitée
    Arctic Biologist Suspended Over Report of Dead Polar Bears - NYTimes.com
      The federal government has suspended a wildlife biologist whose sightings of dead polar bears in Arctic waters became a rallying point for campaigners seeking to blunt the impact of global warming.
      Related in Opinion
      The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement notified the biologist, Charles Monnett, on July 18 that he had been placed on administrative leave pending an internal investigation into "integrity issues," according to a copy of a letter posted online by the watchdog group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility.
  Bank$ters
    $16 Trillion in Fed loans (same amount as new debt ceiling. Coincidence??
    COLUMN - Don't bother suing raters if U.S. downgraded: Frankel | Reuters
      The rating agencies, as many a disgruntled mortgage-backed securities investor has discovered in the last few years, are shielded from liability because their ratings are considered to be public opinion protected by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
  Trains Good, Plabes Bad (Whoo Hoo!)
    Sydney to Melbourne rail trip in three hours
      A TICKET on a high-speed train to Melbourne or Brisbane would cost between $75 and $197 for a journey taking about three hours, a major federal government-commissioned study has found.
      And travelling between Newcastle and Sydney could take just 40 minutes, for a ticket price as low as $16.50, the study also shows.
    Dutch HSR failure, people to pay
  Out There
    Jupiter spacecraft mounted atop bloody big rocket * The Register
      NASA's Juno spacecraft has been mated to an United Launch Alliance Atlas V 551 rocket ahead of its forthcoming trip to Jupiter.
      The "most powerful Atlas rocket ever made" is sitting on the launchpad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station while technicians carry out "a final flurry of checks and tests" to see if all is well for a first launch opportunity on 5 August.
      Juno principal investigator Scott Bolton declared: "We're about to start our journey to Jupiter to unlock the secrets of the early solar system. After eight years of development, the spacecraft is ready for its important mission."
      Juno will arrive at Jupiter in July 2016 and orbit the gas giant's poles 33 times. It's solar powered, and since it'll be operating at a considerable distance from the Sun, requires plenty of solar panel area to catch some rays.
    M-Class solar flare M9.3 earth bound -- Volcano / Earthquake Watch July 30-Aug 4 , 2011 | THE TRUTH BEHIND THE SCENES
      Targeting Coronal Hole (CH468) which could produce two significant earthquakes over 6.6 in magnitude.
      First region is plotted to 27-34º North Latitude
      Possible regions that could be at risk for a significant earthquake are:
      Bonin Islands Japan, Izu Islands Japan, Sichuan China, Western Turkey
  Vaccine$
    Babies born addicted to prescription drugs: Number of newborns treated for drug withdrawal skyrocketing - OrlandoSentinel.com
      Though the data don't show which drugs the newborns tested positive for, doctors in Central Florida have said most of the local cases are prescription drugs.
      The babies -- whose withdrawal symptoms can include sweating, stiff muscles, irritability and diarrhea -- can spend days, even weeks detoxing.
    Juvies Dosing Kids With Schizophrenia Meds To Keep Them Docile - The Consumerist
      An investigative report found that New Orleans juvenile detention centers are giving the kids potent antipsychotics four times as often as the conditions for which they were designed to treat, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, actually show up in the inmate population. People inside the system say the jails are dosing the kids because it's easier to deal with them when they're "little zombies."
    Make Sure The Nursing Home Isn't Dosing Grandma Into Submission - The Consumerist
      Indeed, it's not just for treating problem youth in juvenile jails. Nursing homes with poorly trained staff are also using medication intended to treat bipolar disorder and schizophrenia to subdue the people placed in their care.
      The California Advocates For Nursing Home Reform have put together a free booklet, "What You Should Know to Fight the Misuse of Psychoactive Drugs in California Nursing Homes" (PDF). It can help families and caregivers, even if they're not in California, make sure that their loved ones aren't being "chemically restrained" by their nursing homes.
    Bayonne Medical Center's billboards show emergency room wait times | 7online.com
      Bayonne Medical Center has two new billboards that show how long its emergency room wait times are in real time.
      When 72-year-old Lois Zygmund walked into the emergency room at Bayonne Medical Center Tuesday night with bronchitis and dizziness, she was seen immediately by a medical technician.
    Pfizer Is Said to Be Pursuing Nonprescription Lipitor - NYTimes.com
      Selling a version of the drug to consumers without a prescription would allow Pfizer to retain some of the $11 billion in annual revenue that Lipitor has been generating.
      However, a nonprescription version would not be available immediately after the patent on Lipitor expires because Pfizer would first have to convince the Food and Drug Administration that consumers could take the drug without a doctor's supervision.
    Chantix = epilepsy (DaileyinDC)
    ALLEGIANCE EQUITY CORPORATION | Allegiance's "CinGx" and "Relieva" make inroads in the treatment of Type 3 Diabetes and Psoriasis
      "Nealanders is poised to market CinGx to its clients for placement in a variety of foods and beverages. Nealanders, the leading technology based ingredient company, has 2,000 customers in every corner of the industry, from nutrition, baking, confection, and food processing, to dairy, dry blending, pharmaceutical and more. They will maximize the commercialization of CinGx across a broad spectrum of mass market food products. Nealanders may not make the foods we eat but makes the foods we eat better," says David Solomon, President of Allegiance Equity.
  Shadow Puppet Theatre
    Obama's New 2nd in Command at DOD: Ashton Carter -- CFR, Aspen Group, Goldman Sachs...Connects to 911 False Flag
      Carter worked directly with Philip Zelikow who oversaw the 9/11 Whitewash Commission that covered up the truth about the events of 9/11.
  Bio War$
    Cargill Recalling 36M Pounds Of Ground Turkey : NPR. (DaDenMan news feed)
      Cargill Recalling 36M Pounds Of Ground Turkey : NPR.
      Meat giant Cargill is recalling 36 million pounds of ground turkey linked to a nationwide salmonella outbreak that has killed one person in California and sickened at least 76 others. Illnesses in the outbreak date back to March and have been reported in 26 states coast to...
  Food!
    L.A. County arrests 3 over raw milk - latimes.com
      Palmer, 51, has operated Healthy Family Farms in Santa Paula since 2007 without the required licensing for milk production, prosecutors allege. She and her company face nine charges related to the production of unpasteurized milk products.
      Bloch, a Healthy Family Farms employee, is charged with three counts of conspiracy.
      The arrests followed a one-year investigation during which undercover agents purchased unpasteurized dairy products from Healthy Family Farms stands in Los Angeles, Ventura and Santa Barbara counties, said Matthew Krasnowski, a district attorney spokesman. The products included unpasteurized goat milk, cheese and yogurt.
    Harisa - Recipes Wiki
      Harisa is the most important condiment used in Turnsian cooking, and, in fact, you need to make this recipe and keep is in the refrigerator before attempting any other Tunisian recipe. The simplest recipe is merely a paste of red chile peppers and salt that is covered in olive oil and stored. Harisa is sold in tubes by both Tunisian and French firms. The Tunisian one is better but neither can compare to your own freshly made from this recipe.
  Arab Spring
    France gives Libyan rebels $259 m in frozen Qaddafi funds. (WT news feed)
      France gives Libyan rebels $259 m in frozen Qaddafi funds.
      France on Monday said it had given Libyan rebels $259 million (ˆ¢Ôø‡¬¨181 million) in frozen funds that used to belong to the regime of strongman leader Muammar Qaddafi.
    Russian Navy to base warships at Syrian port after 2012 | Russia | RIA Novosti
      Russia's naval supply and maintenance site near Syria's Mediterranean port of Tartus will be modernized to accommodate heavy warships after 2012, the Russian Navy chief said on Monday.
      "Tartus will be developed as a naval base. The first stage of development and modernization will be completed in 2012," Adm. Vladimir Vysotsky said, adding it could then serve as a base for guided-missile cruisers and even aircraft carriers.
    Israel Will Bomb Iranian Nuclear Sites Next Month, Ex-CIA Agent Predictss
      Robert Baer, a former CIA agent in the Middle East, predicted on a radio show today that Israel will bomb Iran's nuclear facilities next month, before the Palestinians go to the United Nations for statehood recognition.
      MJ Rosenberg of the Huffington Post writes that Baer "didn't name sources for his prediction of an Israeli attack, but the few he did cite are all Israeli security figures" who have come out against such an attack, like former Mossad chief Meir Dagan, who has warned that an Israeli attack on Iran is both imminent and "stupid."
    SomaliaReport: Does the US, UN and AMISOM Supply Al-Shabaab?
  Ministry of Truth
    Biden on Giffords: "She's Now a Member of Cracked Head Club Like Me" (Repost)
      Vice President Joe Biden, with a big smile on his face, walked to the House floor and said, "I came to see Gabby, that's why I'm here."
      ...When Biden was asked about what he spoke with Giffords about, he joked, "She's now a member of the cracked head club like me."
    Crisis Part 2
      Message from the President to the U.S. Congress | The White House
        Pursuant to section 3101A(a)(1)(A) of title 31, United States Code, I hereby certify that the debt subject to limit is within $100,000,000,000 of the limit in 31 U.S.C. 3101(b) and that further borrowing is required to meet existing commitments.
      Debt crisis averted, all eyes now on FAA impasse - The Washington Post
        At the center of the deadlock is a $163 million program providing air service subsidies for some rural airports. House Republicans favor an FAA extension that cuts some of that funding, while Democrats are opposed to such a move.
        But beyond the rural air service program, the dispute is also a broader one between the parties about their political leverage: Democrats argue that if they agree to the temporary FAA reauthorization passed by the House, Republicans will be emboldened to move forward on a longer-term extension that limits workers' collective-bargaining rights, a measure that Democrats oppose.
      Congress heads home without extending FAA funding - The Washington Post
        The arrival of an Obama appointee shifted the balance of power on the three-member National Mediation Board, and shortly thereafter the NMB issued a rule change. It said that union efforts to organize airlines should be decided by a simple majority of ballots cast. Before that ruling, airline unionization had been governed by a rule that said eligible voters in a unionization effort who did not cast a ballot would be recorded as voting against the union.
        The new rule would apply to all airlines, but it's most immediate potential impact would be to Delta Airlines, where unionization efforts have been defeated.
        The House passed an FAA reauthorization bill this year that would reverse the NMB ruling. The Senate's reauthorization bill did not address the issue. Congressional staff members doing leg work prior to a formal conference committee resolved all but about a dozen differences between the two bills.
      Labor board to investigate Delta Airlines' union election - The Hill's Transportation Report
        The NMB had already emerged as a conservative target when it changed rules for union elections for airline and railroad employees to define a majority in terms of the actual ballots cast. Previously, non-votes were counted as no votes. Republicans in the House changed the rule back in their version of a spending bill for the Federal Aviation Administration, which has stalled reconcilliation of the bill with the Democratically-controlled Senate.
        The change also drew a veto threat from President Obama.
      What Was Discussed In Today's Meeting With President Obama And Union Bosses? More Bailouts? | Big Labor Bailout
        But behind closed doors, what will these union bosses demand next from the President? And what bailouts will the President grant them to help address Big Labor's increasing irrelevance? After making nearly a half a billion dollar investment in President Obama in 2008, there is no doubt they want 'payback' for it.
      The Employee 'Forced' Choice Act - Forbes.com
        It's really very simple: Just follow the money.
        Labor bosses have invested hundreds of millions--if not billions of dollars--into politics and now expect a return. Gerald McEntee, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) said as much in December in relation to union spending during the 2008 cycle, stating, "We expect a payback. The payback would be the Employee Free Choice Act."
    Getting Usama
      Settling with power - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
      Nicholas Schmidle | NewAmerica.net
        Article BS
          He wore a noise-cancelling headset, which blocked out nearly everything besides his heartbeat.
          But, as the pilot passed over the compound, pulled into a high hover, and began lowering the aircraft, he felt the Black Hawk getting away from him. He sensed that they were going to crash.
          Secretary of State Hillary Clinton followed him, as did anyone else who could fit into the office. On the office's modestly sized LCD screen, helo one--grainy and black-and-white--appeared above the compound, then promptly ran into trouble.
          When the helicopter began getting away from the pilot, he pulled back on the cyclic, which controls the pitch of the rotor blades, only to find the aircraft unresponsive. The high walls of the compound and the warm temperatures had caused the Black Hawk to descend inside its own rotor wash--a hazardous aerodynamic situation known as settling with power. In North Carolina, this potential problem had not become apparent, because the chain-link fencing used in rehearsals had allowed air to flow freely. A former helicopter pilot with extensive special-operations experience said of the pilot's situation, It's pretty spooky--I've been in it myself. The only way to get out of it is to push the cyclic forward and fly out of this vertical silo you're dropping through. That solution requires altitude. If you're settling with power at two thousand feet, you've got plenty of time to recover. If you're settling with power at fifty feet, you're going to hit the ground.
          All along, the SEALs had planned to dump bin Laden's corpse into the sea--a blunt way of ending the bin Laden myth. They had successfully pulled off a similar scheme before. During a DEVGRU helicopter raid inside Somalia in September, 2009, SEALs had killed Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, one of East Africa's top Al Qaeda leaders; Nabhan's corpse was then flown to a ship in the Indian Ocean, given proper Muslim rites, and thrown overboard.
          The Black Hawks, each of which had two pilots and a crewman from the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, or the Night Stalkers, had been modified to mask heat, noise, and movement; the copters' exteriors had sharp, flat angles and were covered with radar-dampening skin.
        He speaks Urdu and Persian and has worked throughout South and Central Asia, as well as Africa and Europe. Mr. Schmidle has appeared on NPR, CNN, BBC, and ABC to discuss terrorism, al-Qaeda, and the Taliban. He is a resident of Washington, D.C., and a graduate of James Madison University and American University.
      Planning & Executing the Mission to Get Bin Laden : The New Yorker
  Gitmo Nation
    Debt-hit students urged to sell their kidneys - The Scotsman
      STUDENTS should be able to sell their kidneys for tens of thousands of pounds to pay off university debts, according to a Scots academic.
      Sue Rabbitt Roff believes making it legal to sell the body part would boost the number of organs available to save lives and help students struggling with money.
      She argues that donors should be paid the average UK annual income of around £28,000.
      It is currently illegal to sell organs and tissues in the UK under the Human Tissue Act (2004) and across the world apart from in Iran.
    Fliers face new queries at Logan - The Boston Globe
      Under the program, TSA officers will speak with every passenger passing through the Terminal A security checkpoint, asking each two or three questions, such as "Where are you traveling today?'' or "How long have you been in town?'' Officials said the intent is to detect suspicious behavior - such as someone sweating profusely or avoiding eye contact - a process the TSA estimates will take about 20 seconds per passenger.
      "We're not looking for the answers necessarily; we're instead gauging the reaction, the response to the question,'' said George Naccara, TSA federal security director at Logan.
    House Committee Approves Bill Mandating That Internet Companies Spy on Their Users | Electronic Frontier Foundation
      Despite serious privacy concerns being voiced by both Democratic and Republican leaders and by thousands of digital rights activists using EFF's Action Center, this afternoon the House Judiciary Committee voted 19 to 10 to recommend passage of H.R. 1981. That bill contains a mandatory data retention provision that would require your Internet service providers to retain 12 months' worth of personal information that could be used to identify what web sites you visit and what content you post online. EFF had previously joined with 29 other civil liberties and consumer privacy groups in signing a letter to the Committee members that condemned the bill as a "direct assault on the privacy of Internet users."
    'Naked' body scanners a failure, police union says - The Local
      The Welt am Sonntag newspaper reported on Sunday that the scanners were sounding alerts 70 percent of the time, according to an internal report. The security devices, which critics refer to as "naked scanners," are controversial because they give a clear impression of the person's body under their clothing, raising privacy concerns.
      Witthaut said the security levels at German airports had not been improved by such measures. The test run at Hamburg had also demonstrated that the body scanners slowed down rather than sped up passenger screening because of the high rate of false alarms.
    Red Light Cameras: Are Ticket Fines Voluntary? - ABC News
      City officials in L.A. said that they were shocked to learn that there's no real enforcement of the tickets due to the fact that courts find the cases difficult to prove, as the person receiving the ticket is often not the person driving the car at the time the photo was snapped. The courts have now ruled that violations caught on a photo are unenforceable, since there is no live witness to testify against an alleged offender.
    Senate Panel Keeps 'Secret Patriot Act' Under Wraps | Danger Room | Wired.com
      "There is a significant discrepancy between what most Americans -- including many members of Congress -- think the Patriot Act allows the government to do and how government officials interpret that same law," wrote the Senators, Ron Wyden and Mark Udall. "We believe that most members of the American public would be very surprised to learn how federal surveillance law is being interpreted in secret. "
      The Senators tried to get the government to reveal some of the law's contents, by forcing the Director of National Intelligence and the Attorney General to produce a report outlining when this secret surveillance has gone overboard. Yesterday, the effort failed. The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence said no to the report by rejecting Wyden and Udall's amendment to the FY2012 Intelligence Authorization Act.
  Magic Numbers
    [Stock Tip!] Wall St averts worst slide in 33 years | The National Business Review
      Stocks on Wall Street seesawed throughout the session but ended with the Dow industrials avoiding the longest slide in more than three decades.
      At the close (8am NZ time), the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.25%, or 29.59 points, to 11,896.21, ending an eight-day slide and avoiding a slump that would have been the worst since February 1978.
    [Stock Tip!] Ex-Obama aide Lawrence Summers sees 33% chance of new recession - latimes.com
      "With growth at less than 1% in the first half of this year, the economy is effectively at a stall and facing the prospects of shocks from a European financial crisis that is decidedly not under control, spikes in oil prices and declines in business and household confidence," Summers wrote in an opinion article in Wednesday's Washington Post. "The indicators suggest that the economy has at least a 1-in-3 chance of falling back into recession if nothing new is done to raise demand and spur growth."
    Mukilteo passes medical marijuana zoning rules | Strange Bedfellows -- Politics News - seattlepi.com
      The City of Mukilteo has approved new zoning regulations for medical marijuana gardens.
      The City Council in the community about 15 miles north of Seattle on Monday night decided to allow the collective gardens in light industrial areas, so long as these pot patches are at least 500 feet from things like parks, schools and residential areas. The owners of the gardens would have to submit electrical and floor plans to the City and pay for a $333 annual license.
  Fal$e Flag
    If a Married Lesbian Couple Saves 40 Teens from the Norway Massacre and No One Writes About it, Did it Really Happen? - Talk About Equality
      What you probably have not heard about is the married lesbian couple who rescued 40 teenagers during and after the bloody event. Several blogs and gay and lesbian publications are now picking up the story, but the heavy hitters who usually kill for hero stories like this, have remained silent.
  Pedobear
    Church child protection chief caught with 4,000 child porn pictures - Mirror mobile
      But he was caught by police in March with more than 4,000 child porn images on his home computer and his work laptop.
      He admitted 12 counts of making, ¬‚possessing and distributing indecent ¬‚images when he appeared before ¬‚magistrates in Plymouth and is likely to face jail when he returns to court for sentencing next month.
  Cyber War$
    Funding Values Twitter at $8.4 Billion - WSJ.com
      Twitter Inc. said it received a "significant" round of funding led by Digital Sky Technologies, a Russia-based venture firm that has invested in other social-networking companies that have enjoyed surging valuations.
      San Francisco-based Twitter, which has more than 600 employees, didn't disclose how much money it raised in the long-anticipated announcement Monday.
      But a person familiar with the matter said that Twitter raised $800 million in an investment round that valued the micro-blogging service at $8.4 billion after the deal.
  Techno Experts
    Pentagon Seeks a Few Good Social Networkers - NYTimes.com
      The Pentagon is developing plans to use social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter as both a resource and a weapon in future conflicts. Its research and development agency is offering $42 million in funding to anyone who can help.
      Social Media in Strategic Communication (SMISC) - Federal Business Opportunities: Opportunities
        DARPA is soliciting innovative research proposals in the area of social media in strategic communication. Proposed research should investigate innovative approaches that enable revolutionary advances in science, devices, or systems. Specifically excluded is research that primarily results in evolutionary improvements to the existing state of practice. See the full DARPA-BAA-11-64 document attached.
      Social media will change the nature of warfare just as surely as the telegraph, the radio and the telephone did, and the Pentagon is fearful of being caught short. Some of its goals were laid out in a document being circulated among potential researchers and is to be presented at a briefing on Tuesday in Arlington, Va., at the offices of the military contractor System Planning Corporation.
  Monsantooo
    Prop. 19, Monsanto, and GMO Terminator Cannabis | COTO Report
      The next stage in continuing this control, is in the regulation, licensing and taxation of Cannabis cultivation and use through the only practical means available to the corporate system, which is through genetic engineering and patenting of the Cannabis genome.
      To achieve this end, the foundation is already being laid in the form of California's upcoming initiative on the 2010 ballot. This initiative is called Proposition 19: The Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010.
  Squirrel!
    Authorities Arrest AWOL Soldier for Plans to Attack Fort Hood - KiiiTV3.com South Texas, Corpus Christi, Coastal Bend
      21-year-old PFC Nasser Abdo was an AWOL soldier who had been granted conscientious objector status earlier this year, due to his Muslim faith. Police reportedly found enough material in Abdo's motel room for two bombs, including gunpowder, shotgun shells, 18 lbs. of sugar, Christmas lights, and a backpack with Jihadi literature.
    DHS: Secretary Napolitano Announces Proposed Ammonium Nitrate Security Program
      Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today announced the publication of the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on the Federal Register for the creation of the Ammonium Nitrate Security Program--part of the Department's ongoing efforts to secure potentially dangerous chemicals and ensure those chemicals do not fall into the hands of those who could cause harm.
  Oil Cabal
    Robert from Bulgaria
      On another subject, I raise the issue of Bulgaria (where I'm based) being a flash point between Russia and the US. It doesn't get any press but the two major pipelines that are coming into Europe from the Caspian both arrive in Bulgaria. These are the only pipelines that will bypass Turkey which is considered by both the US and Russia (quite rightly) to be flaky. It means there is a power struggle to control by proxy the country. Anyway, long story short, US has the current PM by the balls because they have dirt on him that can send him to jail in Serbia for various embargo breaking (remember Serbia was under UN embargo for ages) plus other smuggling. US made the case go away in Serbia but now they 'own' him. Within 2 weeks of this the PM cancelled Lukoil's refinery license because apparently they refused to install new measuring equipment to provide real time reporting on refinery output. Net result? The biggest refinery in the Balkans is fully OFFLINE. Likewise look at the stalling/cancellation of the Belene nuclear power plant provided by he Russians to Bulgaria which is classic economic hitman stuff. These are major geo-political incidents and the Russians are seriously fucked off. I wouldn't want to be Boyko at this point. Anyway, just thought it was worth mentioning because as you know, everything comes back to OIL! It will be interesting to see how both the US and Russia struggle to control the entry point for pretty much all Caspian oil in the medium term to Europe :-)
      All the best,
      Robert
  VIDEO
    [VIDEO] Nancy Pelosi "This Is How We Go To The Next Step Jobs Jobs Jobs Jobs"
    [VIDEO] Ron Paul "Creation Of Super Congress Is Monstrous
    [VIDEO] Agenda 21 Coming to a Farm Near You! U.S. Government OPENLY Destroying America!
      This is the United Nations Agenda 21 in action. The U.S. government is openly attempting to destroy the family farm. This is economic terrorism.
    [VIDEO] State actor seen in enormous range of cyber attacks | Reuters
      Security company McAfee, which uncovered the intrusions, said it believed there was one "state actor" behind the attacks but declined to name it, though one security expert who has been briefed on the hacking said the evidence points to China.
    [VIDEO] Representative Giffords Appearance on the House Floor
      In this excerpt from the House floor, Representative Giffords made her first appearance since January when she was injured in a shooting. Representative Pelosi recognized Representative Giffords presence as did Representative DeGette.
    [VIDEO] CNN's Don Lemon And Rand Paul Clash Over Debt Ceiling
      CNN's Don Lemon had a very testy exchange with Sen. Rand Paul about the debt ceiling drama on Saturday night.
    [VIDEO] PTSD Drug falls flat vs Placebo
    [VIDEO] Press Briefing | The White House
      White House Press Briefings are conducted most weekdays from the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room in the West Wing.
    [VIDEO] State Department Briefings | C-SPAN
      The U.S. Representative to the Libyan Transitional National Council Chris Stevens briefed reporters on Libya, in the State Department. Then, Deputy Spokesman Mark Toner followed with daily remarks.