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      In the morning John & Adam,
      I love the show and have forwarded these domains to noagendashow.com
      uncompromisednews.com
      gitmotorture.com
      economicsafety.net
      Thank you once again for the consistent entertainment and analysis,
      LoneSQRL
    dontdronemebro.com
      "don't drone me bro dot com" is now forwarding to noagendashow.com
      --
      Bryce Dolishny
    gitmozombies.com
      is now forwarding to http://www.noagendashow.com/
      ITM!
      Sir Craig Peters
    sellingthenews.com
      Hey Adam, I just registered the domain name sellingthenews.com I can't believe that this wasn't already taken but now it has even more meaning. The band Switchfoot just came out with a new album called Vice Verses and the name of one of the songs is Selling the News. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKgtUFd123c
      so, I think that the lyrics are actually fairly in line with what you and John promote on the podcast. So as an idea for a new campaign I think it would be cool if other listeners found music that ties in with the shows central themes and registered the names of the songs and pointed them to noagendashow.com. Then if you are with a group of people and they happen to like the song you can direct them to the URL and it will be way easier to remember that way. Anyways this was just a thought, hope this week is a little better than last for donations I sure wish that I could donate more than the $11.11 a month level but being a student is expensive.
      -Ryan Hoskins
    wearetheonepercent.com
      I feel like WE (the fans of NA) ARE the One Percent!
      http://wearetheonepercent.com/
      FYI - 1and1.com is having a domain sale - $.99 for the first year ($9.99 after that) until 10.31
      - Mark Jeacoma
    thewrongdomain.com
      Hi Adam and John,
      We all know every government in the world hates you guys. So what would they wish, if they had the choice, we would see when entering the domain NoAgendaShow.com?
      Something like: you've entered THE WRONG DOMAIN !!!!
      I've used this domain for my own site www.ditisdenhaag.nl (www.thisisTheHague.com), but I'm more than happy to contribute by forwarding it to you guys.
      So here it is.. www.thewrongdomain.com
      Cheers!
      Martijn Piët
    NA OCW-LA
      Adam,
      Could you help Michael Moore (not the director) and myself spread the word that this Sat. at Los Angeles City Hall we will be camping out in the name of No Agenda and liberty with the fellow Occupiers like ourselves. We will be "Pitching a tent" in the name of No Agenda and liberty this Sat. at 8pm in front of LA City Hall!
      Keep up the great work with the show!! We gotcha back!
      Michael Szumowski
      Michael Moore
    NA ROkU channel
    noagendasuperkarma
      the no agenda 11 11 11 super karma coin | medallion | lapel pin | noagendasuperkarma.com
      itm, dear john and adam.
      you may remember to 10 10 10 super karma medallions. this year i have created the 11 11 11 super karma coin.
      2 inch stamped metal coin with enamel colors.
      presale has just started at
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      there is a limited edition (only 33, numbered, including acrylic case!!) @ $33.00
      and two regular editions @ $22.11
      i'd apreciate your help in mentioning these, so i can go for the $1111.11 donation.
      you'll get your copy eventually.
      thanks for the show!
      cheers.
      (sir) ernie
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    Trains Good, Planes Bad (Whoo Hoo!)
      Air France Crash Probe Shows Crew Errors - Bloomberg
        "I've lost VSI," the junior co-pilot said of the Airbus's vertical-speed indicator, according to a recording detailed in the report from court-appointed experts. In fact, the instrument was functioning normally, its analog needle immobilized at the lower limit because the plane was hurtling toward the ocean at 15,000 feet a minute, the document seen by Bloomberg News shows.
      Air controller partly to blame for fatal crash - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
        A Victorian coroner has found an air traffic controller was partly to blame for a fatal plane crash in the state's north-east in 2004.
        The twin-engine turbo prop crashed and burst into flames near Benalla, killing all six people on board.
        Coroner Paresa Spanos on Friday ruled an air traffic controller and satellite navigational error were to blame because experienced pilot Kerry Endicott was not notified he had travelled off course before impact.
        At the time, Mr Endicott was flying in cloud with no visual clues that he was flying off course and he must have thought everything was fine, Ms Spanos said.
    Techno Experts
      Hayden Urges Congress to Let NSA Monitor Public Networks for Threats | Threat Level | Wired.com
        Former NSA and CIA director Michael Hayden revived a controversial meme on Tuesday when he urged Congress to allow his former agency to monitor public networks in order to defend against malicious activity coming from nation states and others.
        "We've got capability on the sidelines wanting policy guidance," he told the House Intelligence Committee, referring to the NSA. "And when we can enrich that guidance and get them in the field, the better -- the safer -- we are."
        Hayden's remarks echoed what Director of National Intelligence Admiral Dennis Blair told the same committee in 2009 when he said that the NSA, rather than the Department of Homeland Security, which currently oversees cybersecurity issues on government networks and liaisons with the public sector about securing critical infrastructure networks, was the only agency with the skills needed to secure cyberspace.
        "The National Security Agency has the greatest repository of cyber talent," Blair said. "[T]here are some wizards out there at Fort Meade who can do stuff."
      USAJOBS - Search Jobs
        This position is under the general supervision of the Director and Deputy Director, Public Diplomacy Training Division, School of Professional and Area Studies (SPAS/PD). As an expert in social media platforms (including monitoring methods, evaluation and analytics tools, and strategic planning), interactive technologies, course design, and knowledge management, the incumbent of this position is responsible for the performance of duties involved in carrying out the functional responsibilities of the Division.
    Gitmo Nation
      Secret panel can put Americans on kill list' | Reuters
        American militants like Anwar al-Awlaki are placed on a kill or capture list by a secretive panel of senior government officials, which then informs the president of its decisions, according to officials.
      The Secret Memo That Explains Why Obama Can Kill Americans - Conor Friedersdorf - Politics - The Atlantic
        Inside the Obama Administration, however, disagreement was apparently absent, or so say anonymous sources quoted by the Washington Post. "The Justice Department wrote a secret memorandum authorizing the lethal targeting of Anwar al-Aulaqi, the American-born radical cleric who was killed by a U.S. drone strike Friday, according to administration officials," the newspaper reported. "The document was produced following a review of the legal issues raised by striking a U.S. citizen and involved senior lawyers from across the administration. There was no dissent about the legality of killing Aulaqi, the officials said."
        Isn't that interesting? Months ago, the Obama Administration revealed that it would target al-Awlaki. It even managed to wriggle out of a lawsuit filed by his father to prevent the assassination. But the actual legal reasoning the Department of Justice used to authorize the strike? It's secret. Classified. Information that the public isn't permitted to read, mull over, or challenge.
      Invasion of the body scanners | Victoria Coren | Comment is free | The Observer
        That didn't happen. The commuters would have been quite alarmed if it had. But should they have been any less alarmed to find themselves, on arrival at Bath, instructed to walk through a 7ft body scanner? Because that did happen.
        It wasn't widely reported. I spotted it on about page 12 of a newspaper: a little colour story. It might have squeaked in for a lighthearted couple of minutes on the TV news. Quite odd for such a huge, significant and sinister change to our national culture. I'd have put it on the front page.
        Since when did we surprise the public with electronic body searches, randomly as they go about their daily lives, without any reason to suspect them of anything? Have search warrants also been abandoned while I wasn't looking? May the police now turn up on a whim and rootle around in our drawers?
      Ruim 500 veroordeelden wachten momenteel op een enkelband - De Standaard
        Momenteel wachten 506 mensen die tot een celstraf van minder dan drie jaar werden veroordeeld op een elektronische enkelband. Gemiddeld moeten die 72 dagen wachten tussen de beslissing dat ze onder elektronisch toezicht geplaatst worden en het ogenblik dat ze hun enkelband effectief omgord kregen. Dat antwoordde minister van Justitie Stefaan De Clerck in de Kamer op vragen over de staking bij het Nationaal Centrum voor Elektronisch Toezicht (NCET).
      Per december alcoholslot voor zware drinker | nu.nl/binnenland | Het laatste nieuws het eerst op nu.nl
        Minister Melanie Schultz van Haegen (Infrastructuur) laat dat woensdag in een brief aan de Tweede Kamer weten.
        De Rijksdienst voor het Wegverkeer (RDW) zal half oktober de eerste goedkeuring afgeven voor zo'n alcoholslot, aldus de bewindsvrouw. Na een testperiode met de bijbehoren ICT kan het slot vanaf december worden ingebouwd.
      Shoes-On Screening Begins With Test at Four U.S. Airports - BusinessWeek
        The pilot program, called PreCheck, is at four airports, in Miami, Dallas, Detroit and Atlanta, and includes only travelers who have been invited by the TSA and approved after background checks.
    FnF
      Bombshell: DOJ Considering Elimination of ATF - Page 1 - Katie Pavlich - Townhall Conservative
        Multiple sources, including sources from ATF, DOJ- and Congressional offices have said there is a white paper circulating within the Department of Justice, outlining the essential elimination of ATF. According to sources, the paper outlines the firing of at least 450 ATF agents in an effort to conduct damage control as Operation Fast and Furious gets uglier and as election day 2012 gets closer.- ATF agents wouldn't be reassigned to other positions, just simply let go. Current duties of ATF, including the enforcement of explosives and gun laws, would be transferred to other agencies, possibly the FBI and the DEA.- According to a congressional source, there have been rumblings about the elimination of ATF for quite sometime, but the move would require major political capital to actually happen.
    $hadow Puppet Theatre
      CIA contractor charged in Pakistan deaths arrested in Colorado - CNN.com
        Raymond Davis, who was charged with killing two men in Pakistan as a CIA contractor but was later released, was arrested Saturday after a fistfight at a shopping center in Colorado, authorities said.
        Davis was charged with misdemeanor assault and disorderly conduct after allegedly getting into a fight over a parking space at a suburban Denver mall, according to Lt. Glenn Peitzmeier of the Douglas County Sheriff's Office.
        The incident at the Highlands Ranch Town Center began as an argument between 37-year-old Davis and 50-year-old Jeff Maes and then turned physical, Peitzmeier said.
        Davis was released after posting $1,750 bond, Peitzmeier said.
        Davis' wife, Rebecca, declined a CNN request for comment.
        Davis was charged with killing two men in Lahore, Pakistan, in January. He was released in March after compensation was paid to their families.
        U.S. officials originally said Davis was a diplomat and tried to claim diplomatic immunity but then revealed that he was a CIA contractor.
        Davis said he killed the two men in self-defense, though Lahore authorities called the case "clear-cut murder."
      NPR.org >> NPR Names Sesame Workshop's Gary Knell As New CEO/President
        "Is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO, serves as a Director of executive search firm Heidrick and Struggles, is on the Board of Governors of the National Geographic Education Foundation and is a Board Member of AARP Services, Inc, the Jacob Burns Film Center and Save the Children. He is also an advisor to WFUV, public radio at Fordham University, the Annenberg School of Communications at USC, and Common Sense Media."
    Food!
      USDA Myplate.gov Menu - [VIDEO]
        GE partnered with the USDA to offer this unique option, to help create healthy meals.
      Nederland vindt vettaks 'een optie' - De Standaard
        Het Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu (RIVM) in Nederland vindt een vettaks geen slecht idee. Het instituut merkt immers dat Nederlanders veel te ongezond eten.
    Elite$
      Jason Wu for Target: Michelle Obama's favourite designer announces collaboration | Mail Online
        Hot on the heels of its sell-out Missoni collaboration, Target's newest fashion partner has been revealed to be Jason Wu.
        The retail giant will pair with the high end designer and favourite of Michelle Obama to produce a limited-edition, standalone collection for the store.
        Mr Wu, 29, leapt to notoriety in 2009 when the First Lady chose to wear his design at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Inaugural Ball. The spectacular one-shouldered white dress frothed with gathered flowers and a layered, floating skirt.
      White House Announces New Chief Usher, Angella Reid | The White House
        Angella Reid currently is General Manager at The Ritz-Carlton, Pentagon City, Arlington, Virginia. Previously, she served in management positions at The Ritz-Carlton properties in Miami, Florida and Washington, D.C. Before her tenure with The Ritz-Carlton, Reid was General Manager at the Hartford Marriott Rocky Hill Hotel in Connecticut and Director of Operations at the Renaissance New York Hotel in New York City. Reid holds a degree in Hospitality Management from the Carl Duisberg Gesellschaft School in Munich, Germany and is conversational in German and basic Spanish.
      BENEFIT: A Decade of Difference and President Clinton's 65th Birthday | William J. Clinton Foundation
        "A DECADE OF DIFFERENCE" CONCERT
        AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL
        Special Performances by Juanes, Kenny Chesney, K'naan,
        Lady Gaga, The Edge & Bono, Usher,
        and Special Guests
      OutFront's Economic Strike Team -- Erin Burnett OutFront - - CNN.com Blogs
      Putin Calls for New 'Eurasian Union' of Former Soviet Countries | News | The Moscow Times
        Tipping his hand on his foreign policy priorities if re-elected president next year, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has called for the creation of a "Eurasian Union" of former Soviet countries that could serve as "a bridge" between Europe and Asia.
        The new union would further integrate the economies of existing customs union members Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan and gradually expand to include Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, Putin said in an article published Tuesday in Izvestia.
      The Ulsterman Report -- White House Insider: "They Are Crumbling In Amongst Themselves" - The Ulsterman Report
        More importantly at the moment though is Fast and Furious. The Solyndra thing was an unexpected surprise. Had nothing to do w/that but happy to see it out there. If it continues to get attention from the public that's great. The more the merrier when it comes to scandals against this administration. I continue to see Fast and Furious as the much bigger deal for this White House though. That has everyone running interference at a level only seen when something very big and very dangerous to a president is hovering over an administration. You keep asking about Issa. At this point I don't know. Information has been effectively shut down from his office. That either means a deal has been struck and some stooge will take the fall, or they are preparing to go all in on this thing. A Watergate type moment. At this point it's one or the other. Holder has openly insulated himself and the president. Doing it so openly means he's either very confident or very afraid.
    OCW
      Soros sympathizes with Wall St. protesters - Boston.com
        UNITED NATIONS--Billionaire financier George Soros says he sympathizes with protesters speaking out against corporate greed in ongoing protests on Wall Street.
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        Soros answered a question about the protests During a Monday news conference at U.N. headquarters about his participation in a large-scale development project in rural Africa.
        Soros says he understands the frustrations of small business owners, for instance those who have seen credit card charges soar during the current crisis.
      President Obama speaks out abou the OCW protests
      Occupy Wall Street | NYC Protest for American Revolution
        On October 05, 2011, at 3:00 in the afternoon the residents of Liberty Square will gather to join their union brothers and sisters in solidarity and march. At 4:30 in the afternoon the 99% will march in solidarity with #occupywallstreet from Foley Square to the Financial District, where their pensions have disappeared to, where their health has disappeared to. Together we will protest this great injustice. We stand in solidarity with the honest workers of:
        AFL-CIO (AFSCME)
        United NY
        Strong Economy for All Coalition
        Working Families Party
        TWU Local 100
        SEIU 1199
        CWA 1109
        RWDSU
        Communications Workers of America
        CWA Local 1180
        United Auto Workers
        United Federation of Teachers
        Professional Staff Congress - CUNY
        National Nurses United
        Writers Guild East
        And:
        VOCAL-NY
        Community Voices Heard
        Alliance for Quality Education
        New York Communities for Change
        Coalition for the Homeless
        Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project (NEDAP)
        The Job Party
        NYC Coalition for Educational Justice
        The Mirabal Sisters Cultural and Community Center
        The New Deal for New York Campaign
        National People's Action
        ALIGN
        Human Services Council
        Labor-Religion Coalition of New York State
        Citizen Action of NY
        MoveOn.org
        Common Cause NY
        New Bottom Line
        350.org
        Tenants & Neighbors
        Democracy for NYC
        Resource Generation
        Tenants PAC
        Teachers Unite
        Together we will voice our belief that the American dream will live again, that the American way is to help one another succeed. Our voice, our values, will be heard.
        Please note: The location of the march has been changed from City Hall to Foley Square.
      Occupy Wall Street Gets Two Shocking Endorsements
        Here's two "endorsements" from unexpected places:
        -- Bernanke (really!) said during his testimony yesterday that he can't blame the protesters. Think Progress has the quote: "BERNANKE: I would just say very generally, I think people are quite unhappy with the state of the economy and what's happening. They blame, with some justification, the problems in the financial sector for getting us into this mess, and they're dissatisfied with the policy response here in Washington. And at some level, I can't blame them. Certainly, 9 percent unemployment and very slow growth is not a good situation."
        -- And then a new poll from Rasmussen finds that net favorability among the American public is actually positive! 33% have a favorable opinion and 27% have an unfavorable opinion. Pretty stunning for a group that's so easy to dismiss as "fringy."
      Is the Anonymous Threat to 'Erase' the NYSE Legit? | News & Opinion | PCMag.com
        Similarly, Invade Wall Street and the plan to "erase" the NYSE may be "false flag" operations designed to discredit Occupy Wall Street protestors and perhaps trap would-be DDoSers, but it seems just as likely that they are the efforts of a faction of Anonymous that is tactically at odds with another faction. Or perhaps those disputing the legitimacy of the NYSE attack are the plants--circles within circles, anybody?
      Land Destroyer: The Land Destroyer #OccupyWallStreet Guide
        October 4, 2011 - This is a work in progress and will get updates as time goes on. Much of this hasn't been published on Land Destroyer before - however - some of it, including all of #4 is taken from previous articles. The idea is to get most of this up as quickly as possible, to show people who to direct their anger toward and how to rectify the crisis America faces, then refine and add to it as the protests continue. Updates will be added in this section with dates. Readers are free to use any of the graphics or sections in their own work.
    Ca$h
      Alleen nog maar pinnen - Binnenland | Het laatste nieuws uit Nederland leest u op Telegraaf.nl [binnenland]
        Euromunten en bankbiljetten worden uit den boze in Amsterdamse winkelketens. In bepaalde winkels kunnen klanten alleen nog met een pinpas betalen.
    Ministry of Truth
      Delegation to Syria | Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese
        Candor compels the confession, nonetheless, that at one point in the journey, I did feel just a wee bit unsafe: Our little group was conducted into a large room full of scary-looking people, where a security force of more than twenty husky uniformed officers met us, all of them carrying side arms, and several holding assault rifles. As we walked through their midst, this security force gave our group a suspicious once-over. It is worth mentioning that this scene took place in the boarding area in an airport. The city was Chicago.
      NPR.org >> NPR Names Sesame Workshop's Gary Knell As New CEO/President
        "Is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO, serves as a Director of executive search firm Heidrick and Struggles, is on the Board of Governors of the National Geographic Education Foundation and is a Board Member of AARP Services, Inc, the Jacob Burns Film Center and Save the Children. He is also an advisor to WFUV, public radio at Fordham University, the Annenberg School of Communications at USC, and Common Sense Media."
      China Warns Russia Of Coming American "Great Event"
        According to this FSB report, China's Ministry of State Security (MSS) were given the outlines of this massive plot by a former Blackwater mercenary named Bryan Underwood who was a contract security guard at a US consulate in China who believed his actions in getting this information to China and Russia would help avert an "apocalypse."
    ACTA
      Wiretapping Act could spell 'finito' for Italian Wikipedia -- Engadget
        If ratified, the legislation would require all online publishers to amend any content considered objectionable or defamatory within 48 hours of receiving a complaint. Offenders would face a fine of ’Ç¨12,000 (about $16,000), and any requested corrections would not be subject to review.
      US signs ACTA
        Until European Union authorities began leaking the document's text, the Obama administration was claiming the accord was a "national security" secret.
    Vaccine$
      Pandemrix victims to receive compensation | News | YLE Uutiset | yle.fi
        Young people who fell ill after they were inoculated against swine flu with the Pandemrix vaccine are to receive compensation. So far 92 people have notified the Finnish Medical Insurance pool of narcolepsy symptoms and requested compensation.
        The amount of compensation has not yet been set, as each case will be investigated individually. Medical care, medication and travel costs are eligible for reimbursement, along with other costs incurred as a result of narcolepsy caused by the Pandemrix vaccinations.
        Where the victim is a child, loss of earnings compensation could be paid to parents. After the 30-million euro fund for compensation is exhausted, the state will take responsibility for funding payouts.
        The link between Pandemrix and subsequent onset of narcolepsy has been supported by research from Finland's Institute for Health and Welfare (THL).
      Alzheimer's may be transmissible, study says - Health - Alzheimer's Disease - msnbc.com
        In the study, mice injected with human brain tissue from Alzheimer's patients developed Alzheimer's disease. The mice developed brain damage characteristic of Alzheimer's disease, and over time, the damage spread throughout their brains, the researchers said.
      Oral Sex May Cause More Throat Cancer Than Smoking in Men, Researchers Say - Bloomberg
        Gardasil is approved for preventing cervical, vaginal and anal cancers and genital warts, and is recommended for girls and women ages 9 through 26. It is also approved for preventing genital warts and anal cancer in boys and young men of the same ages. Glaxo's Cervarix is approved for preventing cervical cancer in females ages 9 through 25.
      Geestesziekte in Europa: 38,2% van de Europeanen heeft psychische problemen, e-gezondheid.be
        38,2% van de bevolking in de Europese Unie -- dat zijn bijna 165 miljoen mensen. En amper ˆ©ˆ©n derde van deze patiˆ´nten krijgt voor zijn problemen de juiste behandeling. Dat aantal is sinds 2005 nog niet verbeterd. -De patiˆ´nten moeten meestal jaren wachten voor ze hulp kunnen krijgen, en ze krijgen bovendien niet altijd de hulp die ze nodig hebben.
    Drone Nation
      Marines To Test Lockheed's Drone Helicopter In Afghanistan
        The Marine Corps is taking the use of unmanned air systems to the next level, deploying pilotless cargo helicopters to Afghanistan to test their ability to supply troops in the field without trucks facing the risk of deadly IEDs.
      Mission & Main Goals | Unmanned Systems Caucus
        The mission of the U.S. House Unmanned Systems Caucus is to educate members of Congress and the public on the strategic, tactical, and scientific value of unmanned systems; actively support further development and acquisition of more systems, and to more effectively engage the civilian aviation community on unmanned system use and safety.
        As members of this Caucus, we:
        Acknowledge the overwhelming value of these systems to the defense, intelligence, homeland security, law enforcement, and the scientific communities;
    Haiti
      New government formed -- finally -- in Haiti - CNN.com
        Garry Conille, a United Nations development specialist and aide to Bill Clinton, was ratified by the Haitian Senate after debate that lasted more than seven hours.
        President Michel Martelly, who took office in May, congratulated his new prime minister, saying that the installation of new leadership was a step forward in implementing change in Haiti.
    Biodiversitée
      New Florence. New Renaissance.: Global Warming Score on New Car Stickers
        California has had them for a while, but they are starting to show up around the country.
        Drive Clean has details on how the score is calculated
        "Greenhouse gases (ghg) emitted from vehicles include Carbon Dioxide (CO2), Methane (CH4), Nitrous Oxide (NO2), and Hydroflurocarbons (HFCs) from air conditioner refrigerant. The sum of all these greenhouse gas emissions are identified as the CO2-equivalent value, which is used to determine a vehicle's Global Warming Score."
      Drive Clean - Know the Global Warming Score
        How the Global Warming Score is Determined
        The global warming score is based on emissions data from ARB's motor vehicle greenhouse gas emissions regulatio known as AB 1493 or Pavely. The greenhouse gas regulation establishes a CO2-equivalent value that includes all the various global warming gases based on their relative contribution to global warming. The CO2-equivalent value is as follows:
        CO2 Equivalent = CO2+296xN2O+23xCH4--A/C Direct Emissions Allowance--A/C Indirect
        Emissions Allowance
        Using this equation, and accounting for the upstream emissions factor for alternative fuels, ARB accounts for all global warming gasses being released into the atmosphere due to the operation of each vehicle.
        The upstream emissions, emissions from processes up to when the fuel enters a vehicle -- typically during extraction, production, distribution, dispensing of the fuel. of alternative fuels are taken into consideration when determining the Global Warming Score.
      Weasel Zippers >> Blog Archive >> NYT: Conservative White Males Are More Likely to Be Global Warming Skeptics Because They Seek To "Defend The Status Of Their Identity Tied To The White Male Establishment"...
        NYT: Conservative White Males Are More Likely to Be Global Warming Skeptics Because They Seek To "Defend The Status Of Their Identity Tied To The White Male Establishment"...
    Bank$ters
      Europe Must Fight Back Against US-UK Speculative Attacks
        The basic problem faced by Germany and its neighbors was that even 40 years ago, individual European currencies were destined to be mercilessly attacked by Anglo-American speculators. The German mark was constantly attacked by speculators going long, placing bets ˆÝ la hausse, assuming that D-Mark would rise. This always tended to make the D-Mark so astronomically expensive that German exports would be priced out of the world market, causing domestic depression and social chaos. The other currencies, be they the French franc, the Italian lira, the Benelux franc, the Greek drachma, the Spanish peseta, and others were all candidates to be sold short by speculators betting ˆÝ la baisse. As long as they stood alone, these currencies were sure to be pounded into dust, reduced to minimal values, thus creating runaway inflation and a catastrophic decline in the standard of living in the states. All this was long before the age of credit default swaps, when the arms available to speculators were relatively primitive compared to the present-day weapons of financial mass destruction, modern derivatives.
      Chinese Underground Banking
        China is trying restrict, so banks aren't lending to small and medium sized businesses, because they consider them too risky.
        They are, however, still giving to big, state owned companies.
        The big guys get good interest rates of around 7.2% from banks, then turn around lend to desperate smaller businesses at rates of 60% to 180%.
        Basically the underground system isn't underground at all, its on the balance sheets of China's biggest businesses.
        Despite their crazy rates, these so-called "black banks" have plenty of customers. Together, Chinese small to medium sized businesses make up 70% of employment on the mainland, and about 60% of the country's GDP.
      Morgan Tries to Quell Rumors About Its Holdings - CNBC
        Nonetheless, there has been a bloodbath in bank stocks. Morgan Stanley is down 48.5 percent for the year; Goldman Sachs [GS 91.37 -3.21 (-3.39%) ] has fallen 44 percent; and Bank of America [BAC 5.63 -0.13 (-2.26%) ] is off about 57 percent. And the cost of insuring Morgan Stanley's debt for five years through credit-default swaps, though it eased on Tuesday, remains at levels that were seen during the financial crisis.
        Morgan Stanley's war-roomlike approach to market volatility highlights the difficulties of stamping out speculation in a world of instant, and often anonymous, information.
    Arab spring
      Missing Libya Missiles Already Smuggled Out, U.S. Searches for Them
        Washington: A number of sophisticated shoulder-fired missiles looted from Libyan armories have already been smuggled out of the North African country and we don't know where they've gone, a top U.S. general said today.
        Africa Command chief Gen. Carter Ham said his organization picked up "worrying indicators" that some of the unaccounted for Libyan stockpiles of Grinch SA-24 and SA-7 shoulder-fired rockets are already gone, Ham said today at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
        The Grinch is considered similar to the famous Stinger anti-aircraft missile that the United States supplied to the Afghans defeat the Soviets.
    VIDEO
      [VIDEO] Steve Jobs talking about death - Stanford Speech 2005 -
      [VIDEO] George Soros backs anti-Wall Street protests -
      [VIDEO] Joe Scarborough: Obama Might Not Run For Re-Election
        Joe Scarborough said he thinks it is possible that President Obama could choose not to run for re-election.
      [VIDEO] Occupy Wall Street Protester End the Fed - Best Rant! -
      [VIDEO] CainOWS
      [VIDEO] Umanned Aerial Vehicles - Coming to the skies near you? -- AOPA Live
      [VIDEO] - Tory conference: Branson backs jobs for criminals
        Branson backs jobs for criminals
        Virgin boss Sir Richard says the plan could harness the talent of "potential superstars" in the prison population.
        He has joined forces with other business leaders, including Marks and Spencer boss Marc Bolland, to sign a letter to the Financial Times.
      [VIDEO] SWAT Teams in St. Louis Protecting Bank of America; Refusing Customer Withdrawals
        From what we can gather, according to eye witness testimony, St. Louis PD has barricaded the Bank of America building and is refusing customer access to deposits.
      [AUDIO] Joe Biden Doesn't Know Who Van Jones Is | TheBlaze.com
        During an interview with Jack Harris of 970 WFLA, Biden was asked about the "Occupy Wall Street" movement and responded:
        "I really don't know about the Van Jones group, except what I read in the press."
      [VIDEO] An Eye-Opening Look at How Many Conflict Photos Are Staged
        Here's a fascinating video in which Italian photographer Ruben Salvadori demonstrates how dishonest many conflict photographs are. Salvadori spent a significant amount of time in East Jerusalem, studying the role photojournalists play in what the world sees. By turning his camera on the photographers themselves, he shows how photojournalists often influence the events they're supposed to document objectively, and how photographers are often pushed to seek and create drama even in situations that lack it.
      [VIDEO] CBS News Reporter Says White House Screamed, Swore at Her Over Fast and Furious | The Weekly Standard
        Yes. Well the DOJ woman was just yelling at me. The guy from the White House on Friday night literally screamed at me and cussed at me. [Laura: Who was the person? Who was the person at Justice screaming?] Eric Schultz. Oh, the person screaming was [DOJ spokeswoman] Tracy Schmaler, she was yelling not screaming. And the person who screamed at me was Eric Schultz at the White House."
      [VIDEO] - Burnett visits with Wall St. protesters
        Burnett visits with Wall St. protesters
        Erin Burnett Out Front|Added on October 3, 2011
        Erin Burnett visits Wall Street and the #OccupyWallSt protest.
      Lynn Woodman Rant About The Government - [VIDEO]
  Trains Good, Planes Bad (Whoo Hoo!)
    Air France Crash Probe Shows Crew Errors - Bloomberg
      "I've lost VSI," the junior co-pilot said of the Airbus's vertical-speed indicator, according to a recording detailed in the report from court-appointed experts. In fact, the instrument was functioning normally, its analog needle immobilized at the lower limit because the plane was hurtling toward the ocean at 15,000 feet a minute, the document seen by Bloomberg News shows.
    Air controller partly to blame for fatal crash - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
      A Victorian coroner has found an air traffic controller was partly to blame for a fatal plane crash in the state's north-east in 2004.
      The twin-engine turbo prop crashed and burst into flames near Benalla, killing all six people on board.
      Coroner Paresa Spanos on Friday ruled an air traffic controller and satellite navigational error were to blame because experienced pilot Kerry Endicott was not notified he had travelled off course before impact.
      At the time, Mr Endicott was flying in cloud with no visual clues that he was flying off course and he must have thought everything was fine, Ms Spanos said.
  Techno Experts
    Hayden Urges Congress to Let NSA Monitor Public Networks for Threats | Threat Level | Wired.com
      Former NSA and CIA director Michael Hayden revived a controversial meme on Tuesday when he urged Congress to allow his former agency to monitor public networks in order to defend against malicious activity coming from nation states and others.
      "We've got capability on the sidelines wanting policy guidance," he told the House Intelligence Committee, referring to the NSA. "And when we can enrich that guidance and get them in the field, the better -- the safer -- we are."
      Hayden's remarks echoed what Director of National Intelligence Admiral Dennis Blair told the same committee in 2009 when he said that the NSA, rather than the Department of Homeland Security, which currently oversees cybersecurity issues on government networks and liaisons with the public sector about securing critical infrastructure networks, was the only agency with the skills needed to secure cyberspace.
      "The National Security Agency has the greatest repository of cyber talent," Blair said. "[T]here are some wizards out there at Fort Meade who can do stuff."
    USAJOBS - Search Jobs
      This position is under the general supervision of the Director and Deputy Director, Public Diplomacy Training Division, School of Professional and Area Studies (SPAS/PD). As an expert in social media platforms (including monitoring methods, evaluation and analytics tools, and strategic planning), interactive technologies, course design, and knowledge management, the incumbent of this position is responsible for the performance of duties involved in carrying out the functional responsibilities of the Division.
  Gitmo Nation
    Secret panel can put Americans on kill list' | Reuters
      American militants like Anwar al-Awlaki are placed on a kill or capture list by a secretive panel of senior government officials, which then informs the president of its decisions, according to officials.
    The Secret Memo That Explains Why Obama Can Kill Americans - Conor Friedersdorf - Politics - The Atlantic
      Inside the Obama Administration, however, disagreement was apparently absent, or so say anonymous sources quoted by the Washington Post. "The Justice Department wrote a secret memorandum authorizing the lethal targeting of Anwar al-Aulaqi, the American-born radical cleric who was killed by a U.S. drone strike Friday, according to administration officials," the newspaper reported. "The document was produced following a review of the legal issues raised by striking a U.S. citizen and involved senior lawyers from across the administration. There was no dissent about the legality of killing Aulaqi, the officials said."
      Isn't that interesting? Months ago, the Obama Administration revealed that it would target al-Awlaki. It even managed to wriggle out of a lawsuit filed by his father to prevent the assassination. But the actual legal reasoning the Department of Justice used to authorize the strike? It's secret. Classified. Information that the public isn't permitted to read, mull over, or challenge.
    Invasion of the body scanners | Victoria Coren | Comment is free | The Observer
      That didn't happen. The commuters would have been quite alarmed if it had. But should they have been any less alarmed to find themselves, on arrival at Bath, instructed to walk through a 7ft body scanner? Because that did happen.
      It wasn't widely reported. I spotted it on about page 12 of a newspaper: a little colour story. It might have squeaked in for a lighthearted couple of minutes on the TV news. Quite odd for such a huge, significant and sinister change to our national culture. I'd have put it on the front page.
      Since when did we surprise the public with electronic body searches, randomly as they go about their daily lives, without any reason to suspect them of anything? Have search warrants also been abandoned while I wasn't looking? May the police now turn up on a whim and rootle around in our drawers?
    Ruim 500 veroordeelden wachten momenteel op een enkelband - De Standaard
      Momenteel wachten 506 mensen die tot een celstraf van minder dan drie jaar werden veroordeeld op een elektronische enkelband. Gemiddeld moeten die 72 dagen wachten tussen de beslissing dat ze onder elektronisch toezicht geplaatst worden en het ogenblik dat ze hun enkelband effectief omgord kregen. Dat antwoordde minister van Justitie Stefaan De Clerck in de Kamer op vragen over de staking bij het Nationaal Centrum voor Elektronisch Toezicht (NCET).
    Per december alcoholslot voor zware drinker | nu.nl/binnenland | Het laatste nieuws het eerst op nu.nl
      Minister Melanie Schultz van Haegen (Infrastructuur) laat dat woensdag in een brief aan de Tweede Kamer weten.
      De Rijksdienst voor het Wegverkeer (RDW) zal half oktober de eerste goedkeuring afgeven voor zo'n alcoholslot, aldus de bewindsvrouw. Na een testperiode met de bijbehoren ICT kan het slot vanaf december worden ingebouwd.
    Shoes-On Screening Begins With Test at Four U.S. Airports - BusinessWeek
      The pilot program, called PreCheck, is at four airports, in Miami, Dallas, Detroit and Atlanta, and includes only travelers who have been invited by the TSA and approved after background checks.
  FnF
    Bombshell: DOJ Considering Elimination of ATF - Page 1 - Katie Pavlich - Townhall Conservative
      Multiple sources, including sources from ATF, DOJ- and Congressional offices have said there is a white paper circulating within the Department of Justice, outlining the essential elimination of ATF. According to sources, the paper outlines the firing of at least 450 ATF agents in an effort to conduct damage control as Operation Fast and Furious gets uglier and as election day 2012 gets closer.- ATF agents wouldn't be reassigned to other positions, just simply let go. Current duties of ATF, including the enforcement of explosives and gun laws, would be transferred to other agencies, possibly the FBI and the DEA.- According to a congressional source, there have been rumblings about the elimination of ATF for quite sometime, but the move would require major political capital to actually happen.
  $hadow Puppet Theatre
    CIA contractor charged in Pakistan deaths arrested in Colorado - CNN.com
      Raymond Davis, who was charged with killing two men in Pakistan as a CIA contractor but was later released, was arrested Saturday after a fistfight at a shopping center in Colorado, authorities said.
      Davis was charged with misdemeanor assault and disorderly conduct after allegedly getting into a fight over a parking space at a suburban Denver mall, according to Lt. Glenn Peitzmeier of the Douglas County Sheriff's Office.
      The incident at the Highlands Ranch Town Center began as an argument between 37-year-old Davis and 50-year-old Jeff Maes and then turned physical, Peitzmeier said.
      Davis was released after posting $1,750 bond, Peitzmeier said.
      Davis' wife, Rebecca, declined a CNN request for comment.
      Davis was charged with killing two men in Lahore, Pakistan, in January. He was released in March after compensation was paid to their families.
      U.S. officials originally said Davis was a diplomat and tried to claim diplomatic immunity but then revealed that he was a CIA contractor.
      Davis said he killed the two men in self-defense, though Lahore authorities called the case "clear-cut murder."
    NPR.org >> NPR Names Sesame Workshop's Gary Knell As New CEO/President
      "Is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO, serves as a Director of executive search firm Heidrick and Struggles, is on the Board of Governors of the National Geographic Education Foundation and is a Board Member of AARP Services, Inc, the Jacob Burns Film Center and Save the Children. He is also an advisor to WFUV, public radio at Fordham University, the Annenberg School of Communications at USC, and Common Sense Media."
  Food!
    USDA Myplate.gov Menu - [VIDEO]
      GE partnered with the USDA to offer this unique option, to help create healthy meals.
    Nederland vindt vettaks 'een optie' - De Standaard
      Het Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu (RIVM) in Nederland vindt een vettaks geen slecht idee. Het instituut merkt immers dat Nederlanders veel te ongezond eten.
  Elite$
    Jason Wu for Target: Michelle Obama's favourite designer announces collaboration | Mail Online
      Hot on the heels of its sell-out Missoni collaboration, Target's newest fashion partner has been revealed to be Jason Wu.
      The retail giant will pair with the high end designer and favourite of Michelle Obama to produce a limited-edition, standalone collection for the store.
      Mr Wu, 29, leapt to notoriety in 2009 when the First Lady chose to wear his design at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Inaugural Ball. The spectacular one-shouldered white dress frothed with gathered flowers and a layered, floating skirt.
    White House Announces New Chief Usher, Angella Reid | The White House
      Angella Reid currently is General Manager at The Ritz-Carlton, Pentagon City, Arlington, Virginia. Previously, she served in management positions at The Ritz-Carlton properties in Miami, Florida and Washington, D.C. Before her tenure with The Ritz-Carlton, Reid was General Manager at the Hartford Marriott Rocky Hill Hotel in Connecticut and Director of Operations at the Renaissance New York Hotel in New York City. Reid holds a degree in Hospitality Management from the Carl Duisberg Gesellschaft School in Munich, Germany and is conversational in German and basic Spanish.
    BENEFIT: A Decade of Difference and President Clinton's 65th Birthday | William J. Clinton Foundation
      "A DECADE OF DIFFERENCE" CONCERT
      AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL
      Special Performances by Juanes, Kenny Chesney, K'naan,
      Lady Gaga, The Edge & Bono, Usher,
      and Special Guests
    OutFront's Economic Strike Team -- Erin Burnett OutFront - - CNN.com Blogs
    Putin Calls for New 'Eurasian Union' of Former Soviet Countries | News | The Moscow Times
      Tipping his hand on his foreign policy priorities if re-elected president next year, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has called for the creation of a "Eurasian Union" of former Soviet countries that could serve as "a bridge" between Europe and Asia.
      The new union would further integrate the economies of existing customs union members Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan and gradually expand to include Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, Putin said in an article published Tuesday in Izvestia.
    The Ulsterman Report -- White House Insider: "They Are Crumbling In Amongst Themselves" - The Ulsterman Report
      More importantly at the moment though is Fast and Furious. The Solyndra thing was an unexpected surprise. Had nothing to do w/that but happy to see it out there. If it continues to get attention from the public that's great. The more the merrier when it comes to scandals against this administration. I continue to see Fast and Furious as the much bigger deal for this White House though. That has everyone running interference at a level only seen when something very big and very dangerous to a president is hovering over an administration. You keep asking about Issa. At this point I don't know. Information has been effectively shut down from his office. That either means a deal has been struck and some stooge will take the fall, or they are preparing to go all in on this thing. A Watergate type moment. At this point it's one or the other. Holder has openly insulated himself and the president. Doing it so openly means he's either very confident or very afraid.
  OCW
    Soros sympathizes with Wall St. protesters - Boston.com
      UNITED NATIONS--Billionaire financier George Soros says he sympathizes with protesters speaking out against corporate greed in ongoing protests on Wall Street.
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      Soros answered a question about the protests During a Monday news conference at U.N. headquarters about his participation in a large-scale development project in rural Africa.
      Soros says he understands the frustrations of small business owners, for instance those who have seen credit card charges soar during the current crisis.
    President Obama speaks out abou the OCW protests
    Occupy Wall Street | NYC Protest for American Revolution
      On October 05, 2011, at 3:00 in the afternoon the residents of Liberty Square will gather to join their union brothers and sisters in solidarity and march. At 4:30 in the afternoon the 99% will march in solidarity with #occupywallstreet from Foley Square to the Financial District, where their pensions have disappeared to, where their health has disappeared to. Together we will protest this great injustice. We stand in solidarity with the honest workers of:
      AFL-CIO (AFSCME)
      United NY
      Strong Economy for All Coalition
      Working Families Party
      TWU Local 100
      SEIU 1199
      CWA 1109
      RWDSU
      Communications Workers of America
      CWA Local 1180
      United Auto Workers
      United Federation of Teachers
      Professional Staff Congress - CUNY
      National Nurses United
      Writers Guild East
      And:
      VOCAL-NY
      Community Voices Heard
      Alliance for Quality Education
      New York Communities for Change
      Coalition for the Homeless
      Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project (NEDAP)
      The Job Party
      NYC Coalition for Educational Justice
      The Mirabal Sisters Cultural and Community Center
      The New Deal for New York Campaign
      National People's Action
      ALIGN
      Human Services Council
      Labor-Religion Coalition of New York State
      Citizen Action of NY
      MoveOn.org
      Common Cause NY
      New Bottom Line
      350.org
      Tenants & Neighbors
      Democracy for NYC
      Resource Generation
      Tenants PAC
      Teachers Unite
      Together we will voice our belief that the American dream will live again, that the American way is to help one another succeed. Our voice, our values, will be heard.
      Please note: The location of the march has been changed from City Hall to Foley Square.
    Occupy Wall Street Gets Two Shocking Endorsements
      Here's two "endorsements" from unexpected places:
      -- Bernanke (really!) said during his testimony yesterday that he can't blame the protesters. Think Progress has the quote: "BERNANKE: I would just say very generally, I think people are quite unhappy with the state of the economy and what's happening. They blame, with some justification, the problems in the financial sector for getting us into this mess, and they're dissatisfied with the policy response here in Washington. And at some level, I can't blame them. Certainly, 9 percent unemployment and very slow growth is not a good situation."
      -- And then a new poll from Rasmussen finds that net favorability among the American public is actually positive! 33% have a favorable opinion and 27% have an unfavorable opinion. Pretty stunning for a group that's so easy to dismiss as "fringy."
    Is the Anonymous Threat to 'Erase' the NYSE Legit? | News & Opinion | PCMag.com
      Similarly, Invade Wall Street and the plan to "erase" the NYSE may be "false flag" operations designed to discredit Occupy Wall Street protestors and perhaps trap would-be DDoSers, but it seems just as likely that they are the efforts of a faction of Anonymous that is tactically at odds with another faction. Or perhaps those disputing the legitimacy of the NYSE attack are the plants--circles within circles, anybody?
    Land Destroyer: The Land Destroyer #OccupyWallStreet Guide
      October 4, 2011 - This is a work in progress and will get updates as time goes on. Much of this hasn't been published on Land Destroyer before - however - some of it, including all of #4 is taken from previous articles. The idea is to get most of this up as quickly as possible, to show people who to direct their anger toward and how to rectify the crisis America faces, then refine and add to it as the protests continue. Updates will be added in this section with dates. Readers are free to use any of the graphics or sections in their own work.
  Ca$h
    Alleen nog maar pinnen - Binnenland | Het laatste nieuws uit Nederland leest u op Telegraaf.nl [binnenland]
      Euromunten en bankbiljetten worden uit den boze in Amsterdamse winkelketens. In bepaalde winkels kunnen klanten alleen nog met een pinpas betalen.
  Ministry of Truth
    Delegation to Syria | Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese
      Candor compels the confession, nonetheless, that at one point in the journey, I did feel just a wee bit unsafe: Our little group was conducted into a large room full of scary-looking people, where a security force of more than twenty husky uniformed officers met us, all of them carrying side arms, and several holding assault rifles. As we walked through their midst, this security force gave our group a suspicious once-over. It is worth mentioning that this scene took place in the boarding area in an airport. The city was Chicago.
    NPR.org >> NPR Names Sesame Workshop's Gary Knell As New CEO/President
      "Is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO, serves as a Director of executive search firm Heidrick and Struggles, is on the Board of Governors of the National Geographic Education Foundation and is a Board Member of AARP Services, Inc, the Jacob Burns Film Center and Save the Children. He is also an advisor to WFUV, public radio at Fordham University, the Annenberg School of Communications at USC, and Common Sense Media."
    China Warns Russia Of Coming American "Great Event"
      According to this FSB report, China's Ministry of State Security (MSS) were given the outlines of this massive plot by a former Blackwater mercenary named Bryan Underwood who was a contract security guard at a US consulate in China who believed his actions in getting this information to China and Russia would help avert an "apocalypse."
  ACTA
    Wiretapping Act could spell 'finito' for Italian Wikipedia -- Engadget
      If ratified, the legislation would require all online publishers to amend any content considered objectionable or defamatory within 48 hours of receiving a complaint. Offenders would face a fine of ’Ç¨12,000 (about $16,000), and any requested corrections would not be subject to review.
    US signs ACTA
      Until European Union authorities began leaking the document's text, the Obama administration was claiming the accord was a "national security" secret.
  Vaccine$
    Pandemrix victims to receive compensation | News | YLE Uutiset | yle.fi
      Young people who fell ill after they were inoculated against swine flu with the Pandemrix vaccine are to receive compensation. So far 92 people have notified the Finnish Medical Insurance pool of narcolepsy symptoms and requested compensation.
      The amount of compensation has not yet been set, as each case will be investigated individually. Medical care, medication and travel costs are eligible for reimbursement, along with other costs incurred as a result of narcolepsy caused by the Pandemrix vaccinations.
      Where the victim is a child, loss of earnings compensation could be paid to parents. After the 30-million euro fund for compensation is exhausted, the state will take responsibility for funding payouts.
      The link between Pandemrix and subsequent onset of narcolepsy has been supported by research from Finland's Institute for Health and Welfare (THL).
    Alzheimer's may be transmissible, study says - Health - Alzheimer's Disease - msnbc.com
      In the study, mice injected with human brain tissue from Alzheimer's patients developed Alzheimer's disease. The mice developed brain damage characteristic of Alzheimer's disease, and over time, the damage spread throughout their brains, the researchers said.
    Oral Sex May Cause More Throat Cancer Than Smoking in Men, Researchers Say - Bloomberg
      Gardasil is approved for preventing cervical, vaginal and anal cancers and genital warts, and is recommended for girls and women ages 9 through 26. It is also approved for preventing genital warts and anal cancer in boys and young men of the same ages. Glaxo's Cervarix is approved for preventing cervical cancer in females ages 9 through 25.
    Geestesziekte in Europa: 38,2% van de Europeanen heeft psychische problemen, e-gezondheid.be
      38,2% van de bevolking in de Europese Unie -- dat zijn bijna 165 miljoen mensen. En amper ˆ©ˆ©n derde van deze patiˆ´nten krijgt voor zijn problemen de juiste behandeling. Dat aantal is sinds 2005 nog niet verbeterd. -De patiˆ´nten moeten meestal jaren wachten voor ze hulp kunnen krijgen, en ze krijgen bovendien niet altijd de hulp die ze nodig hebben.
  Drone Nation
    Marines To Test Lockheed's Drone Helicopter In Afghanistan
      The Marine Corps is taking the use of unmanned air systems to the next level, deploying pilotless cargo helicopters to Afghanistan to test their ability to supply troops in the field without trucks facing the risk of deadly IEDs.
    Mission & Main Goals | Unmanned Systems Caucus
      The mission of the U.S. House Unmanned Systems Caucus is to educate members of Congress and the public on the strategic, tactical, and scientific value of unmanned systems; actively support further development and acquisition of more systems, and to more effectively engage the civilian aviation community on unmanned system use and safety.
      As members of this Caucus, we:
      Acknowledge the overwhelming value of these systems to the defense, intelligence, homeland security, law enforcement, and the scientific communities;
  Haiti
    New government formed -- finally -- in Haiti - CNN.com
      Garry Conille, a United Nations development specialist and aide to Bill Clinton, was ratified by the Haitian Senate after debate that lasted more than seven hours.
      President Michel Martelly, who took office in May, congratulated his new prime minister, saying that the installation of new leadership was a step forward in implementing change in Haiti.
  Biodiversitée
    New Florence. New Renaissance.: Global Warming Score on New Car Stickers
      California has had them for a while, but they are starting to show up around the country.
      Drive Clean has details on how the score is calculated
      "Greenhouse gases (ghg) emitted from vehicles include Carbon Dioxide (CO2), Methane (CH4), Nitrous Oxide (NO2), and Hydroflurocarbons (HFCs) from air conditioner refrigerant. The sum of all these greenhouse gas emissions are identified as the CO2-equivalent value, which is used to determine a vehicle's Global Warming Score."
    Drive Clean - Know the Global Warming Score
      How the Global Warming Score is Determined
      The global warming score is based on emissions data from ARB's motor vehicle greenhouse gas emissions regulatio known as AB 1493 or Pavely. The greenhouse gas regulation establishes a CO2-equivalent value that includes all the various global warming gases based on their relative contribution to global warming. The CO2-equivalent value is as follows:
      CO2 Equivalent = CO2+296xN2O+23xCH4--A/C Direct Emissions Allowance--A/C Indirect
      Emissions Allowance
      Using this equation, and accounting for the upstream emissions factor for alternative fuels, ARB accounts for all global warming gasses being released into the atmosphere due to the operation of each vehicle.
      The upstream emissions, emissions from processes up to when the fuel enters a vehicle -- typically during extraction, production, distribution, dispensing of the fuel. of alternative fuels are taken into consideration when determining the Global Warming Score.
    Weasel Zippers >> Blog Archive >> NYT: Conservative White Males Are More Likely to Be Global Warming Skeptics Because They Seek To "Defend The Status Of Their Identity Tied To The White Male Establishment"...
      NYT: Conservative White Males Are More Likely to Be Global Warming Skeptics Because They Seek To "Defend The Status Of Their Identity Tied To The White Male Establishment"...
  Bank$ters
    Europe Must Fight Back Against US-UK Speculative Attacks
      The basic problem faced by Germany and its neighbors was that even 40 years ago, individual European currencies were destined to be mercilessly attacked by Anglo-American speculators. The German mark was constantly attacked by speculators going long, placing bets ˆÝ la hausse, assuming that D-Mark would rise. This always tended to make the D-Mark so astronomically expensive that German exports would be priced out of the world market, causing domestic depression and social chaos. The other currencies, be they the French franc, the Italian lira, the Benelux franc, the Greek drachma, the Spanish peseta, and others were all candidates to be sold short by speculators betting ˆÝ la baisse. As long as they stood alone, these currencies were sure to be pounded into dust, reduced to minimal values, thus creating runaway inflation and a catastrophic decline in the standard of living in the states. All this was long before the age of credit default swaps, when the arms available to speculators were relatively primitive compared to the present-day weapons of financial mass destruction, modern derivatives.
    Chinese Underground Banking
      China is trying restrict, so banks aren't lending to small and medium sized businesses, because they consider them too risky.
      They are, however, still giving to big, state owned companies.
      The big guys get good interest rates of around 7.2% from banks, then turn around lend to desperate smaller businesses at rates of 60% to 180%.
      Basically the underground system isn't underground at all, its on the balance sheets of China's biggest businesses.
      Despite their crazy rates, these so-called "black banks" have plenty of customers. Together, Chinese small to medium sized businesses make up 70% of employment on the mainland, and about 60% of the country's GDP.
    Morgan Tries to Quell Rumors About Its Holdings - CNBC
      Nonetheless, there has been a bloodbath in bank stocks. Morgan Stanley is down 48.5 percent for the year; Goldman Sachs [GS 91.37 -3.21 (-3.39%) ] has fallen 44 percent; and Bank of America [BAC 5.63 -0.13 (-2.26%) ] is off about 57 percent. And the cost of insuring Morgan Stanley's debt for five years through credit-default swaps, though it eased on Tuesday, remains at levels that were seen during the financial crisis.
      Morgan Stanley's war-roomlike approach to market volatility highlights the difficulties of stamping out speculation in a world of instant, and often anonymous, information.
  Arab spring
    Missing Libya Missiles Already Smuggled Out, U.S. Searches for Them
      Washington: A number of sophisticated shoulder-fired missiles looted from Libyan armories have already been smuggled out of the North African country and we don't know where they've gone, a top U.S. general said today.
      Africa Command chief Gen. Carter Ham said his organization picked up "worrying indicators" that some of the unaccounted for Libyan stockpiles of Grinch SA-24 and SA-7 shoulder-fired rockets are already gone, Ham said today at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
      The Grinch is considered similar to the famous Stinger anti-aircraft missile that the United States supplied to the Afghans defeat the Soviets.
  VIDEO
    [VIDEO] Steve Jobs talking about death - Stanford Speech 2005 -
    [VIDEO] George Soros backs anti-Wall Street protests -
    [VIDEO] Joe Scarborough: Obama Might Not Run For Re-Election
      Joe Scarborough said he thinks it is possible that President Obama could choose not to run for re-election.
    [VIDEO] Occupy Wall Street Protester End the Fed - Best Rant! -
    [VIDEO] CainOWS
    [VIDEO] Umanned Aerial Vehicles - Coming to the skies near you? -- AOPA Live
    [VIDEO] - Tory conference: Branson backs jobs for criminals
      Branson backs jobs for criminals
      Virgin boss Sir Richard says the plan could harness the talent of "potential superstars" in the prison population.
      He has joined forces with other business leaders, including Marks and Spencer boss Marc Bolland, to sign a letter to the Financial Times.
    [VIDEO] SWAT Teams in St. Louis Protecting Bank of America; Refusing Customer Withdrawals
      From what we can gather, according to eye witness testimony, St. Louis PD has barricaded the Bank of America building and is refusing customer access to deposits.
    [AUDIO] Joe Biden Doesn't Know Who Van Jones Is | TheBlaze.com
      During an interview with Jack Harris of 970 WFLA, Biden was asked about the "Occupy Wall Street" movement and responded:
      "I really don't know about the Van Jones group, except what I read in the press."
    [VIDEO] An Eye-Opening Look at How Many Conflict Photos Are Staged
      Here's a fascinating video in which Italian photographer Ruben Salvadori demonstrates how dishonest many conflict photographs are. Salvadori spent a significant amount of time in East Jerusalem, studying the role photojournalists play in what the world sees. By turning his camera on the photographers themselves, he shows how photojournalists often influence the events they're supposed to document objectively, and how photographers are often pushed to seek and create drama even in situations that lack it.
    [VIDEO] CBS News Reporter Says White House Screamed, Swore at Her Over Fast and Furious | The Weekly Standard
      Yes. Well the DOJ woman was just yelling at me. The guy from the White House on Friday night literally screamed at me and cussed at me. [Laura: Who was the person? Who was the person at Justice screaming?] Eric Schultz. Oh, the person screaming was [DOJ spokeswoman] Tracy Schmaler, she was yelling not screaming. And the person who screamed at me was Eric Schultz at the White House."
    [VIDEO] - Burnett visits with Wall St. protesters
      Burnett visits with Wall St. protesters
      Erin Burnett Out Front|Added on October 3, 2011
      Erin Burnett visits Wall Street and the #OccupyWallSt protest.
    Lynn Woodman Rant About The Government - [VIDEO]