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  "Hunker Down"
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      These you have to purchase in game in the "Social District" They will stay up for a week and are seen by pretty much everyone who wants to customize there toon, or buy sell or trade. This is in the game APB reloaded. The server I play on has around 20,000 people so a couple thousand at least will see this. Unlike the other one which is only there while your personally on the server and is only a 100 man instance. Anyways spreading the word in some way!!
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      You didn¹t mention my song like you said you would when I met you in Shickshinny. I understand, but I just want it mentioned so I could buy my knighthood buy a knighthood.
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      Jon Gabriel Bolland II
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    Elite$
      North Pole
        Elite$ are evacuating. Something about to happen?
    Bank$ters
      JPMorgan paying $88.3M over alleged violations
        JPMorgan Chase Bank is paying $88.3 million in an agreement with the Treasury Department, which says the bank violated regulations that prohibit lending money for entities linked to countries engaged in illicit nuclear trade and that cover dealings with Cuba and Sudan.
      Lagarde Urges Recapitalization of Europe's Banks- Bloomberg
        Europe is struggling to contain a sovereign debt crisis that is nearing its third year and has left many banks from Spain to Greece in or close to insolvency. Stress tests on 90 European banks published on July 15 showed eight lenders had a combined 2.5 billion-euro ($3.6 billion) capital shortfall, failing to ease concern that many of them remain vulnerable to a potential sovereign default.
        Without an "urgent" recapitalization, "we could easily see the further spread of economic weakness to core countries, or even a debilitating liquidity crisis," Lagarde said. Bolstering banks' balance sheets "is key to cutting the chains of contagion."
        The former French finance minister, who took the helm at the Washington-based IMF in July, said recapitalization should be "substantial" and called a mandatory move "the most efficient solution." Banks should seek funds in financial markets first and later public money if necessary, including from the 440-billion euro European bailout fund, she said.
        'Plain Wrong'
        European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet echoed Lagarde's call for banks to strengthen their balance sheets, while saying any talk of a liquidity crisis is "plain wrong" because his institution has taken steps to aid banks, offering them unlimited cash for up to six months.
        Attending his final Jackson Hole conference before retiring in October, Trichet, 68, avoided mentioning the debt crisis at length, preferring instead to defend the euro against critics who say its members are too diverse to unite under a single currency. He used new research to show how the U.S. has regional divergences similar to the euro area's and noted how Europe has grown almost as quickly and generated more jobs as the U.S. in the past decade.
        While Lagarde urged lawmakers to shrink budget deficits over time, she said they could still take steps now to stimulate expansion. Making European budgets more sustainable "does not necessarily mean drastic upfront belt-tightening" because by addressing long-term risks such as rising pension costs, governments will have more leeway in the short term to fund policies that support job creation, she said.
    Vaccine$
      Children herded like cattle into Maryland courthouse for forced vaccinations as armed police and attack dogs stand guard
        Following the State of Maryland's threats against parents who refuse to have their children vaccinated, children were herded into a Price George County courthouse being guarded by armed personnel with attack dogs. Inside, the children were forcibly vaccinated, many against their will, under orders from the State Attorney General, various State Judges and the local School Board Director, all of whom illegally conspired to threaten parents with imprisonment if they did not submit their children to vaccinations.
      CDC - Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
        National and State Vaccination Coverage among Adolescents Aged 13 Through 17 Years -- United States, 2010
        'morbidity' defnition
          1 characterized by or appealing to an abnormal and unhealthy interest in disturbing and unpleasant subjects, esp. death and disease : he had long held a morbid fascination with the horrors of contemporary warfare.
          2 Medicine of the nature of or indicative of disease : the treatment of morbid obesity.
      Nurofen Plus: All pills are recalled | The Sun |News
        Prescription drug Seroquel XL, which can cause drowsiness, was found in packets of Nurofen Plus sold at three Boots stores and an independent pharmacy in South and Central London.
        Two people are known to have taken it by mistake -- but both are well.
        Neurontin, which is also a prescription drug and can cause dizziness, was found in a packet bought at a pharmacist in Northern Ireland. It is not thought anyone has taken it by mistake.
      Nurofen Plus warning over mix-up of painkillers and anti-psychotic drugs | Science | The Guardian
        The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) issued its alert after reports that some batches of Nurofen Plus contained individual blister packs of another drug, Seroquel XL 50mg. Strips of Seroquel were initially found in three packets of Nurofen Plus in branches of Boots in the Victoria, Beckenham and Bromley areas of London.
    Squirrel!
      Terrorism & War: Al Qaeda's Number Two Killed: Death Deals Heavy Blow to Group - CNBC
        The killing of al Qaeda's number two leader deprives the group of a multi-talented manager who helped it spawn offshoots around the world and survive a U.S. counter-terrorism campaign in Pakistan, security analysts say.
        U.S. officials said on Saturday that Atiyah abd al-Rahman, a Libyan, was killed earlier this week in Pakistan. One official said he was killed in a strike by an unmanned drone on Aug. 22.
    Syria
      BBC News - Syria unrest: Civilians need protection, says UN
        The team, the first Syria has allowed in since a deadly crackdown on protests began in March, said there was no countrywide humanitarian crisis.
        The UN says more than 2,200 people have been killed in the violence.
        The UN Security Council is split over whether to impose sanctions against Syria's leadership over the crackdown.
      NATIONAL COUNCIL
        ISTANBUL--"We need two more weeks to coordinate with the opposition on the inside. All currents need to be represented," Adib al-Shishakly, whose grandfather was an early president of Syria after independence from France in 1946. Encouraged by international support for their cause, leading opposition figures held lengthy discussions in Istanbul this week to nominate a council that could help with a transition of power if Assad were to be toppled by the five-month uprising against his rule. Most delegates had left but a core group remained to continue discussions with opposition figures inside Syria, Shishakly said by phone. Attendees at the conference included Moulhem Droubi, a high-level member of the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood; Sheikh Muteih al-Butain, a leader of the street protests in Deraa that helped ignite the uprising; former political prisoner Khaled al-Haj Saleh, scion of a leftist political family; and writer Hazem Nahar, who was imprisoned during the uprising and managed to leave Syria.
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      Biography - Louay Safi
        He currently serves as-the Common Word Fellow at Alwaleed Center for Muslim Christian Understanding, Georgetown University. He also serves as an-associate faculty with the Indiana University, Purdue University, Indianapolis (IUPUI), and a fellow-with the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU).
      [VIDEO] Syrian opposition forms council to battle Assad - SYRIA - FRANCE 24
        Opponents of the Syrian regime created a board-based council at a meeting in Turkey that they hope will become the government-in-waiting and fill the political void if ongoing protests succeed in toppling President Bashar al-Assad.
      Syrian Activists Form Opposition Coalition | USA | English
        Syrian opposition members (L to R) Ahmed Ramadan, Khaled Hassaleh, Hassan Hashmi, Lovay Safi, Abdul Basit Sida, Adip Shishakil and Hassan Shalabi attend a news conference after their meeting in Istanbul, August 23, 2011
      Far Worse Than Qaddafi: Libya's New Tripoli Gov. is Al-Qaeda
        Our friend, Rodrigo Veleda, notes that Abdelhakim Belhaj a/k/a Abdel Hakim Belhadj, Tripoli's newly installed military governor, is an Al-Qaeda man.- Veleda notes that even the left-wing French media are reporting and recognizing this, while our mainstream media are ignoring this fact, because it goes against their liberal, gushing narrative over the phony "Arab Spring."
    Ministry of Truth
      NOAA's Phony "Hurricane" Coming On Shore With 33 MPH Winds | Real Science
        [Update : NOAA has lowered their initial estimate of wind speed due to a "sharp discrepancy" between airplane and surface data. http://weather.herald.com/]
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        NOAA claims the winds are 85 MPH, but none of the Weather-Underground-stations in the area report higher than 33 MPH winds. By definition, this is not a hurricane -- and is just barely a tropical storm.
      MAN STREAKS IN HURRICANE IRENE ON LIVE NEWS - [VIDEO]
        WC The Weather Channel covers Hurricane Irene, man streaks behind reporter and other antics. HILARIOUS!!!
      Subway service won't be up and running for the Monday commute - NYPOST.com
        It's going to be a mad, mad Monday-morning commute.
        Mass transit probably won't be fully up and running until "well into" tomorrow, and straphangers should plan on walking, biking or carpooling to work, officials said yesterday.
        Subways, buses, Metro-North and the LIRR won't be restarted until transit workers deal with potentially flooded train tunnels and vulnerable power lines, Mayor Bloomberg said.
        NJ Transit, too, is in limbo as to when service will resume tomorrow.
        "Monday morning is going to be a mess in terms of the commute," Bloomberg said yesterday.
      A Unique Opportunity for Propaganda - On The Media
        Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi's government-controlled media is gone, but New York Times reporter David Kirkpatrick says that nothing has arisen in Libya to accurately relay the news. Libya, he says, remains a place where there is "no reliable rule or yardstick to measure the truth." Brooke spoke with Kirkpatrick about the difficulties of separating truth from lies in Tripoli right now.
      RTV Utrecht: TV tower fire Cause Smilde Secret
        Radio Tower Novec manager knows what the cause of the fire in the tower in Hoogersmilde, but keeps that information for themselves temporarily. That says a spokesman for Novec against RTV Utrecht. Drenthe The mast flew on July 15 fire, after earlier in the day although a small fire had raged in the tower in IJsselstein. It is still not disclosed or that burn something to do with each other. Meanwhile the companies know what a fire in Hoogersmilde preceded it, but they have decided to not publicly disclose. Moreover, other studies, such as insurers, are still in full swing. TRANSMISSION After the fire was in IJsselstein the radiation from the mast lowered, making several radio stations in parts of the Randstad are hard to receive. On Thursday there would be a lawsuit. It was canceled at the last minute, because the parties together again to start the table. In a statement, the two parties that they have a mediator to ensure that problems are resolved as quickly as possible. They want no further announcements to the press to do more.
      [redacted] news: De-Classified Document Admits Lee Harvey Oswald Was CIA
        Back in 2004 a government document was de-classified that proves Lee Harvey Oswald was trained by the CIA.
    Oil Cabal
      Nord Stream pipeline now connected to German link | Business | Deutsche Welle | 26.08.2011
        The Nord Stream consortium has completed the so-called "golden weld,"-connecting the 1,220-kilometer pipeline stretching under the Baltic Sea between Germany and Russia to the first of two major distribution lines in Germany.
        The OPAL line is now ready to receive gas. The line runs southward from Greifswald, where the Nord Stream pipeline lands on the German coast, to Olbernhau near the Czech border.
        "The pipeline is now ready for the next complex steps of bringing the pipeline on stream, which means we will be able to commission the first of the Nord Stream twin pipelines in the fourth quarter of 2011 as planned," said Georg Nowack, Nord Stream AG project manager for Germany, in a statement.
      The Chosun Ilbo (English Edition): Daily News from Korea - Gas Pipeline Through N.Korea 'Part of a Bigger Game'
        Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and North Korean leader Kim Jong-il in a meeting Wednesday apparently agreed in principle to lay a gas pipeline through North Korea to South Korea. Pundits say the project is a tactical move by Russia, which finds itself in fierce competition with China.
    2TTH
      Russell Armstrong dead: Business associate Alan Schram commits suicide | Mail Online
        Alan Schram, a business associate and friend of the late Real Housewives of Beverly Hills co-star, also killed himself just 24 hours after Russell was found dead.
        Suicide: Alan Schram, a business associate of Russell Armstrong shot himself
        Alan's remains were reportedly discovered on August 16, outside of his parked car on Mulholland Drive in Los Angeles.
        He had suffered a gunshot wound to the head and was found just a few blocks from where Russell died.
      Frank Dileo obituary
        In January 2011, Dileo revealed that he was planning to write a book about his life in the music business, which would have included details about his wrangling with the executors of Jackson's estate. "There's so much misinformation out there that I'm going to set the record straight once and for all," he said.
    Shut Up Slave
      Traffic lights will turn green for Olympic chiefs as ordinary drivers are forced into bus lanes | Mail Online
        240 VIPs will be given exclusive use of their own luxury BMW saloon, complete with a driver, while another 2,800 officials will use a pool of opulent vehicles provided free.
        Along the Olympic routes all non-Olympic traffic, including private cars, lorries, buses and taxis, will have to use the bus lane. The outside lane will be reserved for Olympic officials.
        Transport chiefs will remove pedestrian crossings along the route to make way for the VIP lanes.
        Right turns will be banned on junctions on the route to ensure traffic does not hold up the Olympic dignitaries.
        Organisers have spent £12million of public money fitting underground sensors along the dignitaries' route which will detect congestion surrounding VIP cars and then doctor nearby traffic signals to speed them on their way.
        The fleet of luxury cars will not be available to Olympic athletes who will have to use special buses and bicycles.
        Motorists will be slapped with a £200 fine if they ignore the restrictions and venture into the Games Lanes -- imposed between 6am and midnight on 30 miles of Central London roads.
      PressTV - Britain enacts blanket ban on protests
        Home Secretary Theresa May banned all marches in Tower Hamlets, east London, and four neighbouring boroughs in the capital for a 30-day period following a request from Scotland Yard Acting Commissioner Tim Godwin.
        The move comes amid fears of violence and disorder if the marches were allowed to go ahead.
        "Having carefully considered the legal tests in the Public Order Act and balanced rights to protest against the need to ensure local communities and property are protected, I have given my consent to a ban on all marches in Tower Hamlets and four neighbouring boroughs for a 30-day period", said the Home Secretary.
      Man Accused of Stalking via Twitter Claims Free Speech - NYTimes.com
        They certainly rattled Alyce Zeoli, a Buddhist leader based in Maryland. Using an ever-changing series of pseudonyms, the authorities say, Mr. Cassidy published thousands of Twitter posts about Ms. Zeoli. Some were weird horror-movie descriptions of what would befall her; others were more along these lines: "Do the world a favor and go kill yourself. P.S. Have a nice day."
        Those relentless tweets landed Mr. Cassidy in jail on charges of online stalking and placed him at the center of an unusual federal case that asks the question: Is posting a public message on Twitter akin to speaking from an old-fashioned soapbox, or can it also be regarded as a means of direct personal communication, like a letter or phone call?
        Twitter posts have fueled defamation suits in civil courts worldwide. But this is a criminal case, invoking a somewhat rarely used law on cyberstalking. And it straddles a new, thin line between online communications that can be upsetting -- even frightening -- and constitutional safeguards on freedom of expression.
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    Agenda21
      CEO of Gibson Guitar a Republican donor; Democrat competitor uses same wood - Landmark Report
        It's worth pointing out that Henry E. Juszkiewicz, Gibson's Chief Executive Officer, is a donor to a couple of Republican politicians. According to the Open Secrets database, Juszkiewicz donated $2000 to Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN07) last year, as well as $1500 each to Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN). Juszkiewicz also has donated $10,000 to the Consumer Electronics Association, a PAC that contributed $92.5k to Republican candidates last year, as opposed to $72k to Democrats. (The CEA did, however, contribute more to Democrats in the 2008 election cycle.)
        When warrants as ridiculous such as these are issued and executed, there appears no other reason than because the company or individual at hand is being targeted, not because there is any sort of wrongdoing. As a company, Gibson is a legendary. They've done nothing wrong, except, apparently, deigning to have a Republican CEO.
        The plot thickens, however.
        One of Gibson's leading competitors is C.F. Martin & Company. The C.E.O., Chris Martin IV, is a long-time Democratic supporter, with $35,400 in contributions to Democratic candidates and the DNC over the past couple of election cycles. According to C.F. Martin's catalog, several of their guitars contain "East Indian Rosewood." In case you were wondering, that is the exact same wood in at least ten of Gibson's guitars.
      Gibson Press Release re; Lacey Act
        * Not about illegal logging, not about conservation, not about the environment
        The U.S. Lacey Act does not directly address conservation issues but is about obeying all laws of the countries from which wood products are procured. This law reads that you are guilty if you did not observe a law even though you had no knowledge of that law in a foreign country. The U.S. Lacey Act is only applicable when a foreign law has been violated.
      Gibson Press Release
        The Justice department bullies Gibson without filing charges
        The Federal Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. has suggested that the use of wood from India that is not finished by Indian workers is illegal, not because of U.S. law, but because it is the Justice Department's interpretation of a law in India. (If the same wood from the same tree was finished by Indian workers, the material would be legal.) This action was taken without the support and consent of the government in India.
        On August 24, 2011, around 8:45 a.m. CDT, agents for the federal government executed four search warrants on Gibson's facilities in Nashville and Memphis and seized several pallets of wood, electronic files and guitars. Gibson had to cease its manufacturing operations and send workers home for the day, while armed agents executed the search warrants. Gibson has fully cooperated with the execution of the search warrants.
      Gibson Guitar Corp. Responds to Federal Raid
        "The Federal Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. has suggested that the use of wood from India that is not finished by Indian workers is illegal, not because of U.S. law, but because it is the Justice Department's interpretation of a law in India. (If the same wood from the same tree was finished by Indian workers, the material would be legal.)-This action was taken without the support and consent of the government in India."
    Libya
      Libyan rebel wears American U. Blue Crew shirt - DC Sports Bog - The Washington Post
        And here, via Reader Dan D. via his friend Stephanie L., is what appears to be a Libyan rebel, in what appears to be an American University Clawed the Eagle Blue Crew shirt.
      UN may send police force
        'There is an urgent need to put an end to the conflict and restore order and stability. All agreed that, if the Libyan authorities request, we should be prepared to help develop police capacity, bearing in mind that the country is awash with small arms.'
        Ban said no details on police numbers needed had been agreed and added that he would hold more talks at the international meeting on Libya in Paris on September 1.
        Ban is to meet NTC leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil there.
      BBC News - Libya conflict: Rebels vow to resolve Tripoli shortages
        Mahmoud Shammam of the National Transitional Council (NTC) promised diesel fuel to restore electricity and water supplies would arrive on Sunday.
      IOM - International Organization for Migration
        An intergovernmental organization established in 1951, IOM is committed to the principle that humane and orderly migration benefits migrants and society.
      CNN Programs - Anchors/Reporters - Arwa Damon
        Before joining CNN Damon spent three years covering Iraq and the Middle East as a freelance producer for various news organisations including Feature Story News (PBS) and CNN.
        Damon graduated with honors from Skidmore College in New York with a double major in French and Biology and a minor in International affairs. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts but spent most of her childhood in Morocco and Turkey. She is fluent in Arabic, French and Turkish.
      Qaddafi's son bankrolling Hollywood movies including "Mafia Contract Killer" with Mickey Rourke -- Boing Boing
        Bloomberg reports on the Hollywood investment business of Al-Saadi Qaddafi, son of Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi (and, before he failed a drug test, a rising soccer star).
        The company name is "Natural Selection," they're based in West Hollywood, and here's the website. Don't miss the Flash intro on their front door: two elephants charge each other across the savanna, violently head-butt each other, then and morph into gold statues.
    Path to Persia
      Iran Tells Syria to Bow to 'Legitimate' Public Demands - NYTimes.com
        BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Iran, Syria's closest ally, called on the government in Damascus to recognize its people's "legitimate" demands on Saturday, in the first such remarks to come from the Persian country since the five-month-old uprising against President Bashar al-Assad started.
    EQ Machines
      Statement from Governor Andrew M. Cuomo | Governor Andrew M. Cuomo
        "We have reports of a 2.9 magnitude earthquake just west-southwest of Altamont, New York. Although this was a mild earthquake, out of an abundance of caution, I have ordered immediate inspection of nearby infrastructure, including a NYPA inspection of the Blenheim-Gilboa Dam in Schoharie County."
    Out There
      Altai ethnic group to sue Russian officials over Progress loss | Russia | RIA Novosti
        The Progress M-12M space freighter, carrying food and other items to the ISS, fell in South Siberia's Altai Republic on August 24 after failing to separate from its Soyuz-U carrier rocket, the first loss of a Progress freighter in the history of Russia's space industry. A rocket engine failure is believed to have caused the accident.
      UFO New York City! - August 26, 2011 before Hurricane Irene's arrival! - [VIDEO]
    VIDEO
      [VIDEO] Remote Control War - Doc Zone | CBC-TV
        From today's CIA drone strikes to the next generation of armed autonomous robot swarms, killer robots are about to change our world. The question chillingly posed in Remote Control War is how this shift will affect not only warfare....but mankind.
      [VIDEO] Perino: Jeb Bush being urged to run for president by father, brother-|-Raw Replay
        "I know that his dad and his brother both want him to run," she said. "I think each of those Bush presidents, and a possible future president, bring a unique aspect of the table. But what they have in common is a quiet dignity and love for America that makes me still support them everyday when I wake up."
      Ron Paul: People Who Bought into Govt's False Promises Could Riot When Their Entitlements Run Out - [VIDEO]
      A THEORY OF FUKUSHIMA ENGLISH SUBTITLES (HAARP, METHANE-CLUTTER) - [VIDEO]
      [VIDEO] Mr al-Windhi is looking splendid in the Colonel's ceremonial peaked cap, and ludicrous Gold chain
        A Libyan chap tries the Colonel's finery on for size.
      [VIDEO] Woz on Jobs resignation, culture ATLAS SHRUGGED
        He's always going to be remembered, at least for the next hundred years, as the greatest technology business leader of our time. I don't think he's too fearful where Apple goes...I think he'll watch it for a while, and hope it's on such a good track. For something as large as Apple, company culture doesn't change overnight. The sort of products you make, how you make your decisions, the quality of the people working there doesn't change overnight.
  Elite$
    North Pole
      Elite$ are evacuating. Something about to happen?
  Bank$ters
    JPMorgan paying $88.3M over alleged violations
      JPMorgan Chase Bank is paying $88.3 million in an agreement with the Treasury Department, which says the bank violated regulations that prohibit lending money for entities linked to countries engaged in illicit nuclear trade and that cover dealings with Cuba and Sudan.
    Lagarde Urges Recapitalization of Europe's Banks- Bloomberg
      Europe is struggling to contain a sovereign debt crisis that is nearing its third year and has left many banks from Spain to Greece in or close to insolvency. Stress tests on 90 European banks published on July 15 showed eight lenders had a combined 2.5 billion-euro ($3.6 billion) capital shortfall, failing to ease concern that many of them remain vulnerable to a potential sovereign default.
      Without an "urgent" recapitalization, "we could easily see the further spread of economic weakness to core countries, or even a debilitating liquidity crisis," Lagarde said. Bolstering banks' balance sheets "is key to cutting the chains of contagion."
      The former French finance minister, who took the helm at the Washington-based IMF in July, said recapitalization should be "substantial" and called a mandatory move "the most efficient solution." Banks should seek funds in financial markets first and later public money if necessary, including from the 440-billion euro European bailout fund, she said.
      'Plain Wrong'
      European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet echoed Lagarde's call for banks to strengthen their balance sheets, while saying any talk of a liquidity crisis is "plain wrong" because his institution has taken steps to aid banks, offering them unlimited cash for up to six months.
      Attending his final Jackson Hole conference before retiring in October, Trichet, 68, avoided mentioning the debt crisis at length, preferring instead to defend the euro against critics who say its members are too diverse to unite under a single currency. He used new research to show how the U.S. has regional divergences similar to the euro area's and noted how Europe has grown almost as quickly and generated more jobs as the U.S. in the past decade.
      While Lagarde urged lawmakers to shrink budget deficits over time, she said they could still take steps now to stimulate expansion. Making European budgets more sustainable "does not necessarily mean drastic upfront belt-tightening" because by addressing long-term risks such as rising pension costs, governments will have more leeway in the short term to fund policies that support job creation, she said.
  Vaccine$
    Children herded like cattle into Maryland courthouse for forced vaccinations as armed police and attack dogs stand guard
      Following the State of Maryland's threats against parents who refuse to have their children vaccinated, children were herded into a Price George County courthouse being guarded by armed personnel with attack dogs. Inside, the children were forcibly vaccinated, many against their will, under orders from the State Attorney General, various State Judges and the local School Board Director, all of whom illegally conspired to threaten parents with imprisonment if they did not submit their children to vaccinations.
    CDC - Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
      National and State Vaccination Coverage among Adolescents Aged 13 Through 17 Years -- United States, 2010
      'morbidity' defnition
        1 characterized by or appealing to an abnormal and unhealthy interest in disturbing and unpleasant subjects, esp. death and disease : he had long held a morbid fascination with the horrors of contemporary warfare.
        2 Medicine of the nature of or indicative of disease : the treatment of morbid obesity.
    Nurofen Plus: All pills are recalled | The Sun |News
      Prescription drug Seroquel XL, which can cause drowsiness, was found in packets of Nurofen Plus sold at three Boots stores and an independent pharmacy in South and Central London.
      Two people are known to have taken it by mistake -- but both are well.
      Neurontin, which is also a prescription drug and can cause dizziness, was found in a packet bought at a pharmacist in Northern Ireland. It is not thought anyone has taken it by mistake.
    Nurofen Plus warning over mix-up of painkillers and anti-psychotic drugs | Science | The Guardian
      The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) issued its alert after reports that some batches of Nurofen Plus contained individual blister packs of another drug, Seroquel XL 50mg. Strips of Seroquel were initially found in three packets of Nurofen Plus in branches of Boots in the Victoria, Beckenham and Bromley areas of London.
  Squirrel!
    Terrorism & War: Al Qaeda's Number Two Killed: Death Deals Heavy Blow to Group - CNBC
      The killing of al Qaeda's number two leader deprives the group of a multi-talented manager who helped it spawn offshoots around the world and survive a U.S. counter-terrorism campaign in Pakistan, security analysts say.
      U.S. officials said on Saturday that Atiyah abd al-Rahman, a Libyan, was killed earlier this week in Pakistan. One official said he was killed in a strike by an unmanned drone on Aug. 22.
  Syria
    BBC News - Syria unrest: Civilians need protection, says UN
      The team, the first Syria has allowed in since a deadly crackdown on protests began in March, said there was no countrywide humanitarian crisis.
      The UN says more than 2,200 people have been killed in the violence.
      The UN Security Council is split over whether to impose sanctions against Syria's leadership over the crackdown.
    NATIONAL COUNCIL
      ISTANBUL--"We need two more weeks to coordinate with the opposition on the inside. All currents need to be represented," Adib al-Shishakly, whose grandfather was an early president of Syria after independence from France in 1946. Encouraged by international support for their cause, leading opposition figures held lengthy discussions in Istanbul this week to nominate a council that could help with a transition of power if Assad were to be toppled by the five-month uprising against his rule. Most delegates had left but a core group remained to continue discussions with opposition figures inside Syria, Shishakly said by phone. Attendees at the conference included Moulhem Droubi, a high-level member of the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood; Sheikh Muteih al-Butain, a leader of the street protests in Deraa that helped ignite the uprising; former political prisoner Khaled al-Haj Saleh, scion of a leftist political family; and writer Hazem Nahar, who was imprisoned during the uprising and managed to leave Syria.
    Whois info
      Registrant:
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          James L'Angelle
            PO Box 1224
              Kings Beach, CA 96143
                US
                Phone: +1.5303181982
                Email: hollywoodredline@yahoo.com
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      Articles and Commentaries by Louay Safi on Islamic affairs and issues relating to human rights, social and political reforms, American Muslims, globalization, democracy, and world peace.
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    Louay M. Safi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    Biography - Louay Safi
      He currently serves as-the Common Word Fellow at Alwaleed Center for Muslim Christian Understanding, Georgetown University. He also serves as an-associate faculty with the Indiana University, Purdue University, Indianapolis (IUPUI), and a fellow-with the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU).
    [VIDEO] Syrian opposition forms council to battle Assad - SYRIA - FRANCE 24
      Opponents of the Syrian regime created a board-based council at a meeting in Turkey that they hope will become the government-in-waiting and fill the political void if ongoing protests succeed in toppling President Bashar al-Assad.
    Syrian Activists Form Opposition Coalition | USA | English
      Syrian opposition members (L to R) Ahmed Ramadan, Khaled Hassaleh, Hassan Hashmi, Lovay Safi, Abdul Basit Sida, Adip Shishakil and Hassan Shalabi attend a news conference after their meeting in Istanbul, August 23, 2011
    Far Worse Than Qaddafi: Libya's New Tripoli Gov. is Al-Qaeda
      Our friend, Rodrigo Veleda, notes that Abdelhakim Belhaj a/k/a Abdel Hakim Belhadj, Tripoli's newly installed military governor, is an Al-Qaeda man.- Veleda notes that even the left-wing French media are reporting and recognizing this, while our mainstream media are ignoring this fact, because it goes against their liberal, gushing narrative over the phony "Arab Spring."
  Ministry of Truth
    NOAA's Phony "Hurricane" Coming On Shore With 33 MPH Winds | Real Science
      [Update : NOAA has lowered their initial estimate of wind speed due to a "sharp discrepancy" between airplane and surface data. http://weather.herald.com/]
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      NOAA claims the winds are 85 MPH, but none of the Weather-Underground-stations in the area report higher than 33 MPH winds. By definition, this is not a hurricane -- and is just barely a tropical storm.
    MAN STREAKS IN HURRICANE IRENE ON LIVE NEWS - [VIDEO]
      WC The Weather Channel covers Hurricane Irene, man streaks behind reporter and other antics. HILARIOUS!!!
    Subway service won't be up and running for the Monday commute - NYPOST.com
      It's going to be a mad, mad Monday-morning commute.
      Mass transit probably won't be fully up and running until "well into" tomorrow, and straphangers should plan on walking, biking or carpooling to work, officials said yesterday.
      Subways, buses, Metro-North and the LIRR won't be restarted until transit workers deal with potentially flooded train tunnels and vulnerable power lines, Mayor Bloomberg said.
      NJ Transit, too, is in limbo as to when service will resume tomorrow.
      "Monday morning is going to be a mess in terms of the commute," Bloomberg said yesterday.
    A Unique Opportunity for Propaganda - On The Media
      Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi's government-controlled media is gone, but New York Times reporter David Kirkpatrick says that nothing has arisen in Libya to accurately relay the news. Libya, he says, remains a place where there is "no reliable rule or yardstick to measure the truth." Brooke spoke with Kirkpatrick about the difficulties of separating truth from lies in Tripoli right now.
    RTV Utrecht: TV tower fire Cause Smilde Secret
      Radio Tower Novec manager knows what the cause of the fire in the tower in Hoogersmilde, but keeps that information for themselves temporarily. That says a spokesman for Novec against RTV Utrecht. Drenthe The mast flew on July 15 fire, after earlier in the day although a small fire had raged in the tower in IJsselstein. It is still not disclosed or that burn something to do with each other. Meanwhile the companies know what a fire in Hoogersmilde preceded it, but they have decided to not publicly disclose. Moreover, other studies, such as insurers, are still in full swing. TRANSMISSION After the fire was in IJsselstein the radiation from the mast lowered, making several radio stations in parts of the Randstad are hard to receive. On Thursday there would be a lawsuit. It was canceled at the last minute, because the parties together again to start the table. In a statement, the two parties that they have a mediator to ensure that problems are resolved as quickly as possible. They want no further announcements to the press to do more.
    [redacted] news: De-Classified Document Admits Lee Harvey Oswald Was CIA
      Back in 2004 a government document was de-classified that proves Lee Harvey Oswald was trained by the CIA.
  Oil Cabal
    Nord Stream pipeline now connected to German link | Business | Deutsche Welle | 26.08.2011
      The Nord Stream consortium has completed the so-called "golden weld,"-connecting the 1,220-kilometer pipeline stretching under the Baltic Sea between Germany and Russia to the first of two major distribution lines in Germany.
      The OPAL line is now ready to receive gas. The line runs southward from Greifswald, where the Nord Stream pipeline lands on the German coast, to Olbernhau near the Czech border.
      "The pipeline is now ready for the next complex steps of bringing the pipeline on stream, which means we will be able to commission the first of the Nord Stream twin pipelines in the fourth quarter of 2011 as planned," said Georg Nowack, Nord Stream AG project manager for Germany, in a statement.
    The Chosun Ilbo (English Edition): Daily News from Korea - Gas Pipeline Through N.Korea 'Part of a Bigger Game'
      Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and North Korean leader Kim Jong-il in a meeting Wednesday apparently agreed in principle to lay a gas pipeline through North Korea to South Korea. Pundits say the project is a tactical move by Russia, which finds itself in fierce competition with China.
  2TTH
    Russell Armstrong dead: Business associate Alan Schram commits suicide | Mail Online
      Alan Schram, a business associate and friend of the late Real Housewives of Beverly Hills co-star, also killed himself just 24 hours after Russell was found dead.
      Suicide: Alan Schram, a business associate of Russell Armstrong shot himself
      Alan's remains were reportedly discovered on August 16, outside of his parked car on Mulholland Drive in Los Angeles.
      He had suffered a gunshot wound to the head and was found just a few blocks from where Russell died.
    Frank Dileo obituary
      In January 2011, Dileo revealed that he was planning to write a book about his life in the music business, which would have included details about his wrangling with the executors of Jackson's estate. "There's so much misinformation out there that I'm going to set the record straight once and for all," he said.
  Shut Up Slave
    Traffic lights will turn green for Olympic chiefs as ordinary drivers are forced into bus lanes | Mail Online
      240 VIPs will be given exclusive use of their own luxury BMW saloon, complete with a driver, while another 2,800 officials will use a pool of opulent vehicles provided free.
      Along the Olympic routes all non-Olympic traffic, including private cars, lorries, buses and taxis, will have to use the bus lane. The outside lane will be reserved for Olympic officials.
      Transport chiefs will remove pedestrian crossings along the route to make way for the VIP lanes.
      Right turns will be banned on junctions on the route to ensure traffic does not hold up the Olympic dignitaries.
      Organisers have spent £12million of public money fitting underground sensors along the dignitaries' route which will detect congestion surrounding VIP cars and then doctor nearby traffic signals to speed them on their way.
      The fleet of luxury cars will not be available to Olympic athletes who will have to use special buses and bicycles.
      Motorists will be slapped with a £200 fine if they ignore the restrictions and venture into the Games Lanes -- imposed between 6am and midnight on 30 miles of Central London roads.
    PressTV - Britain enacts blanket ban on protests
      Home Secretary Theresa May banned all marches in Tower Hamlets, east London, and four neighbouring boroughs in the capital for a 30-day period following a request from Scotland Yard Acting Commissioner Tim Godwin.
      The move comes amid fears of violence and disorder if the marches were allowed to go ahead.
      "Having carefully considered the legal tests in the Public Order Act and balanced rights to protest against the need to ensure local communities and property are protected, I have given my consent to a ban on all marches in Tower Hamlets and four neighbouring boroughs for a 30-day period", said the Home Secretary.
    Man Accused of Stalking via Twitter Claims Free Speech - NYTimes.com
      They certainly rattled Alyce Zeoli, a Buddhist leader based in Maryland. Using an ever-changing series of pseudonyms, the authorities say, Mr. Cassidy published thousands of Twitter posts about Ms. Zeoli. Some were weird horror-movie descriptions of what would befall her; others were more along these lines: "Do the world a favor and go kill yourself. P.S. Have a nice day."
      Those relentless tweets landed Mr. Cassidy in jail on charges of online stalking and placed him at the center of an unusual federal case that asks the question: Is posting a public message on Twitter akin to speaking from an old-fashioned soapbox, or can it also be regarded as a means of direct personal communication, like a letter or phone call?
      Twitter posts have fueled defamation suits in civil courts worldwide. But this is a criminal case, invoking a somewhat rarely used law on cyberstalking. And it straddles a new, thin line between online communications that can be upsetting -- even frightening -- and constitutional safeguards on freedom of expression.
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  Agenda21
    CEO of Gibson Guitar a Republican donor; Democrat competitor uses same wood - Landmark Report
      It's worth pointing out that Henry E. Juszkiewicz, Gibson's Chief Executive Officer, is a donor to a couple of Republican politicians. According to the Open Secrets database, Juszkiewicz donated $2000 to Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN07) last year, as well as $1500 each to Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN). Juszkiewicz also has donated $10,000 to the Consumer Electronics Association, a PAC that contributed $92.5k to Republican candidates last year, as opposed to $72k to Democrats. (The CEA did, however, contribute more to Democrats in the 2008 election cycle.)
      When warrants as ridiculous such as these are issued and executed, there appears no other reason than because the company or individual at hand is being targeted, not because there is any sort of wrongdoing. As a company, Gibson is a legendary. They've done nothing wrong, except, apparently, deigning to have a Republican CEO.
      The plot thickens, however.
      One of Gibson's leading competitors is C.F. Martin & Company. The C.E.O., Chris Martin IV, is a long-time Democratic supporter, with $35,400 in contributions to Democratic candidates and the DNC over the past couple of election cycles. According to C.F. Martin's catalog, several of their guitars contain "East Indian Rosewood." In case you were wondering, that is the exact same wood in at least ten of Gibson's guitars.
    Gibson Press Release re; Lacey Act
      * Not about illegal logging, not about conservation, not about the environment
      The U.S. Lacey Act does not directly address conservation issues but is about obeying all laws of the countries from which wood products are procured. This law reads that you are guilty if you did not observe a law even though you had no knowledge of that law in a foreign country. The U.S. Lacey Act is only applicable when a foreign law has been violated.
    Gibson Press Release
      The Justice department bullies Gibson without filing charges
      The Federal Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. has suggested that the use of wood from India that is not finished by Indian workers is illegal, not because of U.S. law, but because it is the Justice Department's interpretation of a law in India. (If the same wood from the same tree was finished by Indian workers, the material would be legal.) This action was taken without the support and consent of the government in India.
      On August 24, 2011, around 8:45 a.m. CDT, agents for the federal government executed four search warrants on Gibson's facilities in Nashville and Memphis and seized several pallets of wood, electronic files and guitars. Gibson had to cease its manufacturing operations and send workers home for the day, while armed agents executed the search warrants. Gibson has fully cooperated with the execution of the search warrants.
    Gibson Guitar Corp. Responds to Federal Raid
      "The Federal Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. has suggested that the use of wood from India that is not finished by Indian workers is illegal, not because of U.S. law, but because it is the Justice Department's interpretation of a law in India. (If the same wood from the same tree was finished by Indian workers, the material would be legal.)-This action was taken without the support and consent of the government in India."
  Libya
    Libyan rebel wears American U. Blue Crew shirt - DC Sports Bog - The Washington Post
      And here, via Reader Dan D. via his friend Stephanie L., is what appears to be a Libyan rebel, in what appears to be an American University Clawed the Eagle Blue Crew shirt.
    UN may send police force
      'There is an urgent need to put an end to the conflict and restore order and stability. All agreed that, if the Libyan authorities request, we should be prepared to help develop police capacity, bearing in mind that the country is awash with small arms.'
      Ban said no details on police numbers needed had been agreed and added that he would hold more talks at the international meeting on Libya in Paris on September 1.
      Ban is to meet NTC leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil there.
    BBC News - Libya conflict: Rebels vow to resolve Tripoli shortages
      Mahmoud Shammam of the National Transitional Council (NTC) promised diesel fuel to restore electricity and water supplies would arrive on Sunday.
    IOM - International Organization for Migration
      An intergovernmental organization established in 1951, IOM is committed to the principle that humane and orderly migration benefits migrants and society.
    CNN Programs - Anchors/Reporters - Arwa Damon
      Before joining CNN Damon spent three years covering Iraq and the Middle East as a freelance producer for various news organisations including Feature Story News (PBS) and CNN.
      Damon graduated with honors from Skidmore College in New York with a double major in French and Biology and a minor in International affairs. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts but spent most of her childhood in Morocco and Turkey. She is fluent in Arabic, French and Turkish.
    Qaddafi's son bankrolling Hollywood movies including "Mafia Contract Killer" with Mickey Rourke -- Boing Boing
      Bloomberg reports on the Hollywood investment business of Al-Saadi Qaddafi, son of Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi (and, before he failed a drug test, a rising soccer star).
      The company name is "Natural Selection," they're based in West Hollywood, and here's the website. Don't miss the Flash intro on their front door: two elephants charge each other across the savanna, violently head-butt each other, then and morph into gold statues.
  Path to Persia
    Iran Tells Syria to Bow to 'Legitimate' Public Demands - NYTimes.com
      BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Iran, Syria's closest ally, called on the government in Damascus to recognize its people's "legitimate" demands on Saturday, in the first such remarks to come from the Persian country since the five-month-old uprising against President Bashar al-Assad started.
  EQ Machines
    Statement from Governor Andrew M. Cuomo | Governor Andrew M. Cuomo
      "We have reports of a 2.9 magnitude earthquake just west-southwest of Altamont, New York. Although this was a mild earthquake, out of an abundance of caution, I have ordered immediate inspection of nearby infrastructure, including a NYPA inspection of the Blenheim-Gilboa Dam in Schoharie County."
  Out There
    Altai ethnic group to sue Russian officials over Progress loss | Russia | RIA Novosti
      The Progress M-12M space freighter, carrying food and other items to the ISS, fell in South Siberia's Altai Republic on August 24 after failing to separate from its Soyuz-U carrier rocket, the first loss of a Progress freighter in the history of Russia's space industry. A rocket engine failure is believed to have caused the accident.
    UFO New York City! - August 26, 2011 before Hurricane Irene's arrival! - [VIDEO]
  VIDEO
    [VIDEO] Remote Control War - Doc Zone | CBC-TV
      From today's CIA drone strikes to the next generation of armed autonomous robot swarms, killer robots are about to change our world. The question chillingly posed in Remote Control War is how this shift will affect not only warfare....but mankind.
    [VIDEO] Perino: Jeb Bush being urged to run for president by father, brother-|-Raw Replay
      "I know that his dad and his brother both want him to run," she said. "I think each of those Bush presidents, and a possible future president, bring a unique aspect of the table. But what they have in common is a quiet dignity and love for America that makes me still support them everyday when I wake up."
    Ron Paul: People Who Bought into Govt's False Promises Could Riot When Their Entitlements Run Out - [VIDEO]
    A THEORY OF FUKUSHIMA ENGLISH SUBTITLES (HAARP, METHANE-CLUTTER) - [VIDEO]
    [VIDEO] Mr al-Windhi is looking splendid in the Colonel's ceremonial peaked cap, and ludicrous Gold chain
      A Libyan chap tries the Colonel's finery on for size.
    [VIDEO] Woz on Jobs resignation, culture ATLAS SHRUGGED
      He's always going to be remembered, at least for the next hundred years, as the greatest technology business leader of our time. I don't think he's too fearful where Apple goes...I think he'll watch it for a while, and hope it's on such a good track. For something as large as Apple, company culture doesn't change overnight. The sort of products you make, how you make your decisions, the quality of the people working there doesn't change overnight.