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NA-328-2011-08-07 Credits
  Pounding the Pavement
  Executive Producers: Patrick Coble, Craig Porter, William Arcand, Joseph Frost
  Associate Executive Producers: Bryan Barrow
  Executive Producers and 328 Club members: Joseph Frost
  333 Club Members: William Arcand
  Become a member of the 328 Club, support the show here
  Knighthoods: Patrick Coble, Craig Porter
  PR
    vajazzling theft NA PR effort
      ITM Adam & John!
      I'm writing to request some Karma and also to announce my latest PR effort for No Agenda.
      For Karma:
      A site I have spent over 2 years on (would rather not mention the site) has had its content stolen and posted on (Google owned) Blogspot.
      The content thief has been traced to somewhere in China and he has posted at least 20 or more similar sites - all with my content on Blogspot. This has caused my Google rankings to
      tank and as a result my income has dropped about 90%.
      I've spent about 2 months filling out forms and trying to get the sites shut down, but Google will not help and trying to get a hold of a real human
      there is almost impossible. Would it be possible to get some karma to hopefully reverse this bad luck? ;)
      No Agenda PR:
      The good news is the idiot in China is pulling images directly from my server, so I've decided to change the image to a No Agenda Show graphic, so it shows
      up on his vast network of spam sites. Here's an example:
      http://inurl-view-index-shtml-com.blogspot.com
      As usual, keep up the great work!
      James
      P.S. GOOGLE SUCKS!
    AlqaedaIPO.com
      I have registered the domains internetlicense.biz, internetlicense.me, alqaedaipo.com, bogusnews.tv, partyinthecia.com
      and I was just wondering if there is anything else I can do with these domains besides forwarding them to noagendashow.com. I know that you are working on setting up some system where we can do some cool stuff. Its gotta be hard doing everything on the road but if you have anything that would be great.
    NoAgendaDonation.com
      Hi John & Adam,
      This summer you could use some help; so I created
      www.NoAgendaDonation.com
      Clear buttons no text (all money is directed to your paypal links)
      ITM,
      The DonationDude
      PS :
      Last year I created the Google ads NA Banner campaign with more that 300K views helping you through the summer
    Urban Dictionary: Adios, Mofo
      A popular sign-off/closing for television interviews or podcasts. The phrase originally became an internet sensation after Texas Governor Rick Perry used the phrase as a sign-off closing goodbye to a television reporter.
      During the hype for Perry's speculation of running for U.S. President in 2012, it was used by a popular podcast, No Agenda, with Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak.
      The Phrase generally means "Goodbye, Motherf*cker". This phrase is the exact opposite of In the Morning.
      Adios, Mofo!!
  HotPockets Producers Credits
    Patrick Coble $1000
    Dave Seldon $190
    Tory Hunter $100 (play obey}
    Lone Squirrel - Water + Blankets from Paducha Kentucky
    Phillip Welch $20
    The only black listener in Nashville $20
  Art By: Thoren
  ShowNotes Archive of links and Assets (clips etc) 328.nashownotes.com
  New: Directory Archive of Shownotes (includes all audio and video assets used) nashownotes.com
  The No Agenda News Network- noagendanewsnetwork.com
NA-328-2011-08-07 Shownotes
  Expand All Topics
    FAA Reauthorization Bill Approved by Congress, Signed by Obama
      As part of the agreement, the Senate agreed to the House-passed version of a temporary extension, which included a rider provision that would cut government subsidies to 13 rural airports. LaHood, however, can issue waivers to those airports, allowing the subsidies to continue.
    PsyOps
      Helicopter Crash in Afghanistan Reportedly Kills Members of SEAL Team 6 - FoxNews.com
        The Associated Press has learned that more than 20 Navy SEALs from the unit that killed Osama bin Laden were among those lost in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan.
      The Schmidle Muddle of the Osama Bin Laden Take Down -- Registan.net
        The article was in fact so detailed that it left the unmistakable impression that Mr. Schmidle had interviewed at least a few of the SEALs involved in the raid. During an NPR interview, Steve Inskeep explains that indeed Schmidle had spent time with the SEALs who were on the mission to get Bin Laden. NPR subsequently issued a correction for reasons noted below.
      The latter point references the fact that his father, Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Robert E. Schmidle Jr., is the deputy commander of the U.S. Cyber Command.
      Catherine Herridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
        Catherine Herridge (born May 18, 1964) is an American Homeland Security correspondent for the Fox News Channel. She had hosted the Saturday edition of Weekend Live.
        EXCLUSIVE: Al Qaeda Leader Dined at the Pentagon Just Months After 9/11 - FoxNews.com
          Documents exclusively obtained by Fox News, including an FBI interview conducted after the Fort Hood shooting in November 2009, state that Awlaki was taken to the Pentagon as part of the military's outreach to the Muslim community in the immediate aftermath of the attacks.-
    North London's Tottenham Riots: Police 'had not anticipated' extreme violence. (Hush Hush News)
      North London's Tottenham Riots: Police 'had not anticipated' extreme violence.
      Commander Adrian Hanstock said a peaceful vigil by the family of 29-year-old Mark Duggan, who was fatally shot by officers in the area on Thursday, had been "hijacked by mindless thugs" and that the situation had "escalated out of all proportion"
    Drone Nation
      Michael Tassey | LinkedIn
        Director of IA & Cyber Security Solutions at Engineering Systems Solutions
        The next cyber attack could be from the air - Aug. 4, 2011
          "If we can do it, they can do it," Richard Perkins and Mike Tassey repeated several times throughout their presentation.
          Perkins is a security engineer supporting the U.S. government and Tassey is a security consultant for Wall Street firms. But after work, the long-time buddies would take off their cyber attack prevention hats, put on their evil hacker thinking caps, and build their airplane in Perkins' garage.
        Engineering Systems & Solutions
          System and network security reviews, certification and accreditation (C&A), independent validation and verification testing (IV&V), vulnerability analysis, remediation recommendations, business continuity and contingency planning.
          IA policy development and actionable assessment reporting.
          Security evaluation and protection support for US Army systems worldwide.
          Certification and accreditation (C&A) transformation guidance from DIACAP, DCID/JAFAN 6/3, and NIST to the new CNSS methodology.
      FAA probing News Corp.'s use of drones - Yahoo! Finance
        Federal Administration Aviation spokeswoman Laura Brown says her agency is investigating whether The Daily's use of "unmanned aerial systems" violates FAA regulations.
        Commercial operators typically need a certificate in order to fly the unmanned aircraft, especially in populated areas.
        The Daily's blog shows it used drones to capture aerial footage of floodwaters in North Dakota and Mississippi in May and June.
    Magic Numbers
      Summary Box: MasterCard 2Q profit jumps 33 percent: Associated Press Business News - MSN Money
        MasterCard Inc.'s second-quarter profit rose 33 percent, to $608 million, or $4.76 per share. Revenue rose 22 percent to $1.67 billion. The results topped Wall Street expectations.
      Justin Bieber saves Paramount - Home Entertainment Up 33% (robertleather news feed)
        Justin Bieber saves Paramount - Home Entertainment Up 33%
        Home entertainment sales of True Grit and Justin Bieber: Never Say Never helped push Paramount Home Entertainment revenue up 33% to $331 million for the three months ended June 30, Paramount parent company Viacom reported Aug. 5.
      Great Plains 2Q Profit Drops 33% On Weaker Electric Segment (robertleather news feed)
        Great Plains 2Q Profit Drops 33% On Weaker Electric Segment
        Great Plains Energy Inc. (GXP) reported Friday its second-quarter profit fell a worse-than-expected 33% as weak retail sales and a prolonged plant outage hurt its bottom line.
      [Stock Tip!] Goldman Sachs: Recession Is 33% Likely, QE3 Is Coming, GDP Will Grow Only 2% - Agustino Fontevecchia - Moral Hazard - Forbes
        The Vampire Squid decided to downgrade its U.S real GDP outlook to an annualized 2% rate through the first quarter of 2011, and 2.5% thereafter.-
    Today, There's A Much Bigger Story Than The S&P Downgrade. (WT news feed)
      Today, There's A Much Bigger Story Than The S&P Downgrade.
      Worried about the Monday open? You probably should be, but really, the S&P downgrade isn't the big worry. It's Italy. Italy has the third largest bond market in the world (after the US and Japan), and it's teetering on the brink of disaster.
    Groupon is the next Madoff, except big iBanks helped it rob investors - GLG News. (tokyo26's linkblog feed)
      Groupon is the next Madoff, except big iBanks helped it rob investors - GLG News.
      Recognizing phantom revenue (dollars that are supposed to flow to their clients) and not actual revenue (their cut) and hiding $180 million of actual online marketing spend due to "a metric called Adjusted Consolidated Segment Operating Income (ACSOI)" is leading to...
    U.S. Will Roll Out QE3 After S&P Rating Cut, Li Daokui Says. (WT news feed)
      U.S. Will Roll Out QE3 After S&P Rating Cut, Li Daokui Says.
      The U.S. Federal Reserve will extend its program to purchase the nation's debts and stabilize long- term interest rates after Standard & Poor's downgraded its credit rating, according to an adviser to China's central bank.
    World leaders to confer on debt crises this weekend | Reuters
      The European Central Bank's policy-setting council will hold a rare Sunday conference call to talk about the euro zone problems, ECB sources said.
      Markets are anxiously looking for the central bank to start buying Italian and Spanish debt on Monday to stabilize prices, a move that has split the ECB governing council.
    S&P Full Report
      The transfer and convertibility (T&C) assessment of the U.S.--our assessment of the likelihood of official interference in the ability of U.S.-based public- and private sector issuers to secure foreign exchange for debt service--remains 'AAA'.
    Obama opens 'revolving door' for Defense nominee - Washington Times
      When President Obama nominated former Raytheon lobbyist William J. Lynn III as deputy defense secretary early in his administration, critics railed that the move clashed with Mr. Obama's campaign pledge to close the revolving door between government and the defense industry.
      Now that Mr. Lynn is leaving, Mr. Obama wants to promote the Pentagon's top weapons buyer, Ashton Carter, to the job. But ethics forms show that despite his reputation as an academic, Mr. Carter earned significant income in recent years from the defense industry while teaching at Harvard University.
    Monsanto to Sell Biotech Sweet Corn for U.S. Consumers. (WT news feed)
      Monsanto to Sell Biotech Sweet Corn for U.S. Consumers.
      Monsanto Co., the world's biggest vegetable seed maker, said it will begin selling genetically modified sweet corn in the U.S. this year, the first product it has developed for the consumer market.
    Ruger Demonstrates Industry Leadership by Winning Both Handgun and Rifle of the Year - Yahoo! Finance
      "The industry has once again recognized Ruger for the high-quality, innovative product designs that we have produced in direct response to our Voice of the Customer program," said President and CEO Mike Fifer. "Our top priority is to make the products our customers are asking for, and the LC9 and Gunsite Scout Rifle were designed on this premise. The fact that we have now won the Handgun of the Year award four consecutive years, and a record setting seven times total, demonstrates our transition to the leading American handgun manufacturer," Fifer concluded.
    BNY Mellon Slaps Fee on Some Deposits Above $50 Million - WSJ.com
      Bank of New York said that customers that have deposited more than $50 million into their accounts since the end of July will face an annual fee of at least 0.13% of the excess deposits. The fee would rise if the one-month Treasury yield dips below zero, according to the letter sent to customers.
    Solar Storm Slams Into Earth, Auroras Visible - International Business Times
      The solar flares caused some radio blackouts Wednesday and Thursday, and caused some disruptions of high-frequency communications with airplanes flying over the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
    Schneier on Security: German Police Call Airport Full-Body Scanners Useless
      The weekly Welt am Sonntag, quoting a police report, said 35 percent of the 730,000 passengers checked by the scanners set off the alarm more than once despite being innocent.
    Mystery substance comes to shore of Alaskan village -- This Just In - CNN.com Blogs
      Mitchell said the substance also was found in the Wulik River, which flows into the lagoon and is a source of the village's drinking water. She said the village would delay topping off its water storage tanks, which it does every summer so that it has enough water for the winter, until the substance is identified.
    Would it be news worthy if the CEO of S&P's parent co was a Romney supporter? - Democratic Underground
      I'm trying to track leads that McGraw Hill's CEO Harold McGraw III is a huge Romney supporter. How funny would it be that the one credit agency to downgrade us (with spotty math) was run by a Romney supporter, hoping this would hurt Obama and help the GOP "frontrunner"
      This coming out on the same day that his first 1million dollar mystery donor is the cofounder of Mitt's Bain Capital firm.
      I'm still researching the story that is exploding on the twitterverse, but I'm limited to an iPhone on a ship in the Gulf of Mex with a spotty cell/net signal.
      Will update as I can, but if anyone is a good researcher, feel free to run with this and update.
      Thus, no GOOD links as of yet, but interesting still
    Presidential Study Directive on Mass Atrocities | The White House
      Sixty six years since the Holocaust and 17 years after Rwanda, the United States still lacks a comprehensive policy framework and a corresponding interagency mechanism for preventing and responding to mass atrocities and genocide.- This has left us ill prepared to engage early, proactively, and decisively to prevent threats from evolving into large scale civilian atrocities.
      Accordingly, I hereby direct the establishment of an interagency Atrocities Prevention Board within 120 days from the date of this Presidential Study Directive.- The primary purpose of the Atrocities Prevention Board shall be to coordinate a whole of government approach to preventing mass atrocities and genocide.- By institutionalizing the coordination of atrocity prevention, we can ensure:- (1) that our national security apparatus recognizes and is responsive to early indicators of potential atrocities; (2) that departments and agencies develop and implement comprehensive atrocity prevention and response strategies in a manner that allows "red flags" and dissent to be raised to decision makers; (3) that we increase the capacity and develop doctrine for our foreign service, armed services, development professionals, and other actors to engage in the full spectrum of smart prevention activities; and (4) that we are optimally positioned to work with our allies in order to ensure that the burdens of atrocity prevention and response are appropriately shared.
    Human hair trade soars on celebrity hairdo envy. (WT news feed)
      Human hair trade soars on celebrity hairdo envy.
      A growing desire for the glossy, long locks of celebrities is fuelling a multi-million pound (dollar) global trade in human hair, with demand for hair extensions surging in the past year, according to e-commerce website Alibaba.com.
    Chevy Volt Sales Still Embarrassingly Bad (WT news feed)
      Chevy Volt Sales Still Embarrassingly Bad
      And the worst part? GM has been misleading about Volts being "sold out"
    Agenda21: First announced stop on Obama's Midwest bus tour: Iowa - The Hill's Blog Briefing Room
      "[T]he President and members of his Cabinet will host the White House Rural Economic Forum at Northeast Iowa Community College," a White House statement read. "The Forum will bring together small business owners, private sector leaders, rural organizations and government officials to discuss ideas and initiatives to promote economic growth, accelerate hiring, and spur innovation in rural communities and small towns across the nation."
    Agency Expands 'Behavior Detection' to Spot Airport Threats - NYTimes.com
      Under new management, Clear tiptoed back into operation last November. It is now operated by Alclear, a privately held company that bought Clear's assets from its previous owner, Verified Identity Pass, at bankruptcy auction.
    'People are being slaughtered like sheep'
      Gunmen in plainclothes are randomly shooting people in the streets of the besieged Syrian city of Hama and families are burying their loved ones in gardens at home for fear of being killed themselves if they venture out to cemeteries, a resident says.
  Government in Crisis 2
    FAA Reauthorization Bill Approved by Congress, Signed by Obama
      As part of the agreement, the Senate agreed to the House-passed version of a temporary extension, which included a rider provision that would cut government subsidies to 13 rural airports. LaHood, however, can issue waivers to those airports, allowing the subsidies to continue.
  PsyOps
    Helicopter Crash in Afghanistan Reportedly Kills Members of SEAL Team 6 - FoxNews.com
      The Associated Press has learned that more than 20 Navy SEALs from the unit that killed Osama bin Laden were among those lost in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan.
    The Schmidle Muddle of the Osama Bin Laden Take Down -- Registan.net
      The article was in fact so detailed that it left the unmistakable impression that Mr. Schmidle had interviewed at least a few of the SEALs involved in the raid. During an NPR interview, Steve Inskeep explains that indeed Schmidle had spent time with the SEALs who were on the mission to get Bin Laden. NPR subsequently issued a correction for reasons noted below.
    The latter point references the fact that his father, Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Robert E. Schmidle Jr., is the deputy commander of the U.S. Cyber Command.
    Catherine Herridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
      Catherine Herridge (born May 18, 1964) is an American Homeland Security correspondent for the Fox News Channel. She had hosted the Saturday edition of Weekend Live.
      EXCLUSIVE: Al Qaeda Leader Dined at the Pentagon Just Months After 9/11 - FoxNews.com
        Documents exclusively obtained by Fox News, including an FBI interview conducted after the Fort Hood shooting in November 2009, state that Awlaki was taken to the Pentagon as part of the military's outreach to the Muslim community in the immediate aftermath of the attacks.-
  Gitmo Nation
    North London's Tottenham Riots: Police 'had not anticipated' extreme violence. (Hush Hush News)
      North London's Tottenham Riots: Police 'had not anticipated' extreme violence.
      Commander Adrian Hanstock said a peaceful vigil by the family of 29-year-old Mark Duggan, who was fatally shot by officers in the area on Thursday, had been "hijacked by mindless thugs" and that the situation had "escalated out of all proportion"
    Schneier on Security: German Police Call Airport Full-Body Scanners Useless
      The weekly Welt am Sonntag, quoting a police report, said 35 percent of the 730,000 passengers checked by the scanners set off the alarm more than once despite being innocent.
    Agency Expands 'Behavior Detection' to Spot Airport Threats - NYTimes.com
      Under new management, Clear tiptoed back into operation last November. It is now operated by Alclear, a privately held company that bought Clear's assets from its previous owner, Verified Identity Pass, at bankruptcy auction.
  Drone Nation
    Michael Tassey | LinkedIn
      Director of IA & Cyber Security Solutions at Engineering Systems Solutions
      The next cyber attack could be from the air - Aug. 4, 2011
        "If we can do it, they can do it," Richard Perkins and Mike Tassey repeated several times throughout their presentation.
        Perkins is a security engineer supporting the U.S. government and Tassey is a security consultant for Wall Street firms. But after work, the long-time buddies would take off their cyber attack prevention hats, put on their evil hacker thinking caps, and build their airplane in Perkins' garage.
      Engineering Systems & Solutions
        System and network security reviews, certification and accreditation (C&A), independent validation and verification testing (IV&V), vulnerability analysis, remediation recommendations, business continuity and contingency planning.
        IA policy development and actionable assessment reporting.
        Security evaluation and protection support for US Army systems worldwide.
        Certification and accreditation (C&A) transformation guidance from DIACAP, DCID/JAFAN 6/3, and NIST to the new CNSS methodology.
    FAA probing News Corp.'s use of drones - Yahoo! Finance
      Federal Administration Aviation spokeswoman Laura Brown says her agency is investigating whether The Daily's use of "unmanned aerial systems" violates FAA regulations.
      Commercial operators typically need a certificate in order to fly the unmanned aircraft, especially in populated areas.
      The Daily's blog shows it used drones to capture aerial footage of floodwaters in North Dakota and Mississippi in May and June.
  Magic Numbers
    Summary Box: MasterCard 2Q profit jumps 33 percent: Associated Press Business News - MSN Money
      MasterCard Inc.'s second-quarter profit rose 33 percent, to $608 million, or $4.76 per share. Revenue rose 22 percent to $1.67 billion. The results topped Wall Street expectations.
    Justin Bieber saves Paramount - Home Entertainment Up 33% (robertleather news feed)
      Justin Bieber saves Paramount - Home Entertainment Up 33%
      Home entertainment sales of True Grit and Justin Bieber: Never Say Never helped push Paramount Home Entertainment revenue up 33% to $331 million for the three months ended June 30, Paramount parent company Viacom reported Aug. 5.
    Great Plains 2Q Profit Drops 33% On Weaker Electric Segment (robertleather news feed)
      Great Plains 2Q Profit Drops 33% On Weaker Electric Segment
      Great Plains Energy Inc. (GXP) reported Friday its second-quarter profit fell a worse-than-expected 33% as weak retail sales and a prolonged plant outage hurt its bottom line.
    [Stock Tip!] Goldman Sachs: Recession Is 33% Likely, QE3 Is Coming, GDP Will Grow Only 2% - Agustino Fontevecchia - Moral Hazard - Forbes
      The Vampire Squid decided to downgrade its U.S real GDP outlook to an annualized 2% rate through the first quarter of 2011, and 2.5% thereafter.-
  Bank$ters
    Today, There's A Much Bigger Story Than The S&P Downgrade. (WT news feed)
      Today, There's A Much Bigger Story Than The S&P Downgrade.
      Worried about the Monday open? You probably should be, but really, the S&P downgrade isn't the big worry. It's Italy. Italy has the third largest bond market in the world (after the US and Japan), and it's teetering on the brink of disaster.
    Groupon is the next Madoff, except big iBanks helped it rob investors - GLG News. (tokyo26's linkblog feed)
      Groupon is the next Madoff, except big iBanks helped it rob investors - GLG News.
      Recognizing phantom revenue (dollars that are supposed to flow to their clients) and not actual revenue (their cut) and hiding $180 million of actual online marketing spend due to "a metric called Adjusted Consolidated Segment Operating Income (ACSOI)" is leading to...
    U.S. Will Roll Out QE3 After S&P Rating Cut, Li Daokui Says. (WT news feed)
      U.S. Will Roll Out QE3 After S&P Rating Cut, Li Daokui Says.
      The U.S. Federal Reserve will extend its program to purchase the nation's debts and stabilize long- term interest rates after Standard & Poor's downgraded its credit rating, according to an adviser to China's central bank.
    World leaders to confer on debt crises this weekend | Reuters
      The European Central Bank's policy-setting council will hold a rare Sunday conference call to talk about the euro zone problems, ECB sources said.
      Markets are anxiously looking for the central bank to start buying Italian and Spanish debt on Monday to stabilize prices, a move that has split the ECB governing council.
    S&P Full Report
      The transfer and convertibility (T&C) assessment of the U.S.--our assessment of the likelihood of official interference in the ability of U.S.-based public- and private sector issuers to secure foreign exchange for debt service--remains 'AAA'.
    BNY Mellon Slaps Fee on Some Deposits Above $50 Million - WSJ.com
      Bank of New York said that customers that have deposited more than $50 million into their accounts since the end of July will face an annual fee of at least 0.13% of the excess deposits. The fee would rise if the one-month Treasury yield dips below zero, according to the letter sent to customers.
  Arab Spring
    'People are being slaughtered like sheep'
      Gunmen in plainclothes are randomly shooting people in the streets of the besieged Syrian city of Hama and families are burying their loved ones in gardens at home for fear of being killed themselves if they venture out to cemeteries, a resident says.
  $hadow Puppet Theatre
    Obama opens 'revolving door' for Defense nominee - Washington Times
      When President Obama nominated former Raytheon lobbyist William J. Lynn III as deputy defense secretary early in his administration, critics railed that the move clashed with Mr. Obama's campaign pledge to close the revolving door between government and the defense industry.
      Now that Mr. Lynn is leaving, Mr. Obama wants to promote the Pentagon's top weapons buyer, Ashton Carter, to the job. But ethics forms show that despite his reputation as an academic, Mr. Carter earned significant income in recent years from the defense industry while teaching at Harvard University.
  Biodiversitée
    Monsanto to Sell Biotech Sweet Corn for U.S. Consumers. (WT news feed)
      Monsanto to Sell Biotech Sweet Corn for U.S. Consumers.
      Monsanto Co., the world's biggest vegetable seed maker, said it will begin selling genetically modified sweet corn in the U.S. this year, the first product it has developed for the consumer market.
    Chevy Volt Sales Still Embarrassingly Bad (WT news feed)
      Chevy Volt Sales Still Embarrassingly Bad
      And the worst part? GM has been misleading about Volts being "sold out"
  Sal$e Flag
    Ruger Demonstrates Industry Leadership by Winning Both Handgun and Rifle of the Year - Yahoo! Finance
      "The industry has once again recognized Ruger for the high-quality, innovative product designs that we have produced in direct response to our Voice of the Customer program," said President and CEO Mike Fifer. "Our top priority is to make the products our customers are asking for, and the LC9 and Gunsite Scout Rifle were designed on this premise. The fact that we have now won the Handgun of the Year award four consecutive years, and a record setting seven times total, demonstrates our transition to the leading American handgun manufacturer," Fifer concluded.
  Out There
    Solar Storm Slams Into Earth, Auroras Visible - International Business Times
      The solar flares caused some radio blackouts Wednesday and Thursday, and caused some disruptions of high-frequency communications with airplanes flying over the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
    Mystery substance comes to shore of Alaskan village -- This Just In - CNN.com Blogs
      Mitchell said the substance also was found in the Wulik River, which flows into the lagoon and is a source of the village's drinking water. She said the village would delay topping off its water storage tanks, which it does every summer so that it has enough water for the winter, until the substance is identified.
  Ministry of Truth
    Presidential Study Directive on Mass Atrocities | The White House
      Sixty six years since the Holocaust and 17 years after Rwanda, the United States still lacks a comprehensive policy framework and a corresponding interagency mechanism for preventing and responding to mass atrocities and genocide.- This has left us ill prepared to engage early, proactively, and decisively to prevent threats from evolving into large scale civilian atrocities.
      Accordingly, I hereby direct the establishment of an interagency Atrocities Prevention Board within 120 days from the date of this Presidential Study Directive.- The primary purpose of the Atrocities Prevention Board shall be to coordinate a whole of government approach to preventing mass atrocities and genocide.- By institutionalizing the coordination of atrocity prevention, we can ensure:- (1) that our national security apparatus recognizes and is responsive to early indicators of potential atrocities; (2) that departments and agencies develop and implement comprehensive atrocity prevention and response strategies in a manner that allows "red flags" and dissent to be raised to decision makers; (3) that we increase the capacity and develop doctrine for our foreign service, armed services, development professionals, and other actors to engage in the full spectrum of smart prevention activities; and (4) that we are optimally positioned to work with our allies in order to ensure that the burdens of atrocity prevention and response are appropriately shared.
  Real News
    Human hair trade soars on celebrity hairdo envy. (WT news feed)
      Human hair trade soars on celebrity hairdo envy.
      A growing desire for the glossy, long locks of celebrities is fuelling a multi-million pound (dollar) global trade in human hair, with demand for hair extensions surging in the past year, according to e-commerce website Alibaba.com.
  Agenda 21
    Agenda21: First announced stop on Obama's Midwest bus tour: Iowa - The Hill's Blog Briefing Room
      "[T]he President and members of his Cabinet will host the White House Rural Economic Forum at Northeast Iowa Community College," a White House statement read. "The Forum will bring together small business owners, private sector leaders, rural organizations and government officials to discuss ideas and initiatives to promote economic growth, accelerate hiring, and spur innovation in rural communities and small towns across the nation."
  VIDEO
    [VIDEO] President Obama 50th Birthday Fundraiser in Chicago - C-SPAN Video Library
      President Obama spoke at a Democrtic fundraiser organized to honor the president's 50th birthday. After acknowledging several dignitaries in the audience, he highlight his administration's economic achievements and outlined the economic challenges ahead. He also talked about his administration's achievements in other areas such as health care, civil rights, energy policy, and infrastructure improvements.
      Mayor Rham Emanuel's introduction of the president was joined in progress.
    [VIDEO] How ALEC Turned Prisoners into Corporate America's Cheap Labor Force | The Nation
      What do breaded chicken patties, office chairs and cruise missiles used in Libya have in common? They are all made by America's 100,000-strong secret workforce: prisoners.
      How ALEC Changed Policies To Allow Corporations To Use Prisoners As Coerced Slave Labor | Crooks and Liars
        American Legislative Exchange Council
    [VIDEO] S&P Downgrade: Ex-Obama Adviser Christina Romer Says U.S. 'Pretty Darn F**ked'
      The U.S. is "pretty darn f**ked," Romer said during a segment on Real Time with Bill Maher called "How F**ked Are We?", after Maher asked what the new could mean for the U.S. economy.
    [VIDEO] The No Excuses University Network -- TurnAround Schools
      No Excuses University is a network of elementary, middle, and junior high schools across the United States. These schools actively promote a comprehensive model of college readiness to all students the moment they begin elementary school.
    [VIDEO] BBC News - Disc shaped craft is spotted circling near Stansted
      On his way in to work this morning, Radio 5 live's sports reporter spotted a disc shaped craft circling above a field in Hertfordshire. Was it a UFO?