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    Penn PedoBear
      savethemales.ca - Sandusky Part of Illuminati Pedophile Network
        Here it gets interesting - "The Second Mile Foundation was recognized as one of President Bush's 1000 Points of Light.- Marvin P. Bush is on the National Collegiate Athletic Association Board of Directors "
      --PEDOPHILE SCANDAL - Jon Rappoport's Blog
        Judge member of 2 mile
          The Penn State child molestation case continues to grow more strange. As Deadspin reports, when Sandusky, the accused pedophile, was arraigned, the prosecution asked for $500,000 bail and an electronic ankle bracelet.
          But the judge, Leslie Dutchcot, decided that $100,000 was enough-and Sandusky didn't have to secure it. He didn't have to put up any money and would forfeit the bail only if he didn't show up for court appointments.
          Well, it turns out Judge Dutchcot volunteers for Second Mile, the charity for at-risk kids that Sandusky founded. The charity that gave Sandusky every opportunity to befriend young boys.
          Why didn't Judge Dutchcot recuse herself from the case?
          Other questions need to be asked. For example, now that we know Ken Frazier, CEO and president of Merck pharmaceuticals, is heading up a Penn State in-house investigation of the scandal, is it possible that some of the 100,000 kids Second Mile claims it reaches out to every year were utilized to test new Merck vaccines? And if so, what were the effects?
        For example, Second Mile holds what it calls Challenge Residential Weeks. They are mini-camps for kids. They're sponsored by Bank of America, The Hershey Corporation, Walmart, and Warnaco, whose leading brand is Calvin Klein.
        -
        Other companies show up peripherally, not directly, through individuals who work for them or did work for them and support or work for Second Mile:
        -
        JPMorganChase
        PriceWaterhouse
        Heritage Hills Golf Resort
        Philadelphia Phillies
        Quaker State
        Highmark Blue Shield
        Susquehanna Bank
        -
        Then there are people who have held honorary status at Second Mile:
        -
        Former Notre Dame football coach, Lou Holtz
        Philadelphia Eagles coach, And Reid
        Golf legend Arnold Palmer
        Actor Mark Wahlberg
        Matt Millen, former NFL player and current ESPN analyst (Millen was an unpaid "director" of an honorary board who possibly had duties at Second Mile)
        Fired Penn State football coach, Joe Paterno
        Baseball legend Cal Ripken
        Franco Harris, former Pittsburgh Steelers star
        Jack Ham, former Steelers star
        John Cappelletti, former NFL player
        Dick Vermeil, former NFL coach
    Hail to the V
      Groups ask Supreme Court to legalize dirty words on TV
        An ideologically diverse coalition of public interest groups has submitted an amicus brief urging the United States Supreme Court to extend full First Amendment protection to broadcast media. The Federal Communications Commission has traditionally regulated the transmission of "indecent" speech and images on radio and television broadcasts. But several liberal and libertarian groups are urging the Supreme Court to strike down these regulations, arguing that technological changes have made the original constitutional justification for these regulations obsolete.
    Gitmo Nation
      Europe Bans Airport Body Scanners For "Health and Safety" Concerns - Forbes
        Instead of X-ray scanners, European airports will use millimeter-wave scanners that utilize low-energy radio waves. So far, no credible studies have linked radio-wave-exposure to cancer.
      Europe Bans X-Ray Body Scanners Used at U.S. Airports: Scientific American
        The European Union on Monday prohibited the use of X-ray body scanners in European airports, parting ways with the U.S. Transportation Security Administration, which has deployed hundreds of the scanners as a way to screen millions of airline passengers for explosives hidden under clothing.
        The European Commission, which enforces common policies of the EU's 27 member countries, adopted the rule "in order not to risk jeopardizing citizens' health and safety."
      BBC News - Manchester airport backs body scanners tested by EU
        Passenger body scanners, currently being used at Manchester Airport, are to be tested by the European Commission to assess if they pose a health risk.
        Manchester has been trialling back scatter body scanners in security checks since 2009.
        The airport will continue using the scanners while the European Commission tests are carried out.
        The UK Health Protection Agency has already assessed that the scanners pose a "negligible" risk to health.
        'Trail will continue'
        The European Commission has stopped any further trials of scanners using x-rays while they are tested by its specialist health committee, which is expected to report in March 2012.
        Manchester Airport has been given permission to continue trialling the scanners until November 2012.
      Land Destroyer: Permanent US Military Presence in Australia
        November 15, 2011 - After months of assuring a skeptical and disgruntled Australian public that the US military would not be getting a permanent base in Australia, the Sydney Morning Herald has reported a "US Marine Base for Darwin." US President Barrack Obama is credited with the decision, one overtly declared to be in direct response to the rise of China. Despite Obama getting credit, however, one shadowy "institution" is overly ecstatic over the announcement, and while Australian Defense Minister Stephen Smith attempts to reassure the public that Australia will not have "US bases," this institution's "news blog" has already declared the decision as potentially the moment "where Australia fundamentally cast its lot in with the US," vis-a-vis China. This institution is particularly ecstatic because despite the media giving credit to Obama, it was their idea, one they've been promoting openly since at least June.
    Ministry of Truth
      Fox Cites Non-Existent Part Of The Constitution To Hype Argument For Kagan Recusal | Media Matters for America
        The language Fox quoted from actually comes from a statute passed by Congress, Title 28 of the U.S. Code, Section 455. But that's the very statute legal ethicists have analyzed in finding that Kagan does not need to recuse herself because of the email.
      BBC constrained by need to avoid political bias, admits Lord Patten | Media | The Guardian
        The BBC is unable to conduct investigations into some of the most important stories of the day -- including phone hacking -- if they could be construed as having a political bias, the chairman of the BBC Trust, Lord Patten, has admitted.
    EUROLand
      Mark Ames: Austerity & Fascism In Greece -- The Real 1% Doctrine - naked capitalism
        See the guy in the photo there, dangling an ax from his left hand? That's Greece's new "Minister of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks" Makis Voridis captured back in the 1980s, when he led a fascist student group called "Student Alternative" at the University of Athens law school. It's 1985, and Minister Voridis, dressed like some Kajagoogoo Nazi, is caught on camera patrolling the campus with his fellow fascists, hunting for suspected leftist students to bash. Voridis was booted out of law school that year, and sued by Greece's National Association of Students for taking part in violent attacks on non-fascist law students.
      New Italian government does not include a single elected politician - Telegraph
        The emergency administration, which is meant to govern Italy until elections are due in 2013, is made up of bankers, lawyers and university professors but not a single elected official -- an extraordinary development for a Western democracy.
        Mr Monti, 68, nicknamed "Super Mario" for his intellect, diplomatic skills and 10-year record as a European competition commissioner, will double up as both prime minister and economy minister.
        He said he hoped the new government would be able to restore market confidence in Italy and bring to an end a period of heightened political tension but added that "sacrifices" would be required of the Italian people.
        The post of infrastructure and economic development ­ a crucial job as Italy tries to boost its anaemic growth as well as implement austerity cuts ­ went to Corrado Passera, the chief executive officer of one of Italy's biggest banks, Intesa SanPaolo.
        The new foreign minister will be Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata, the current ambassador to Washington.
        The position of interior minister goes to one of three women in the new line-up: Anna Maria Cancellieri.
        The justice minister ­ who will have jurisdiction over the four sex and corruption trials in which Mr Berlusconi is a defendant ­ will also be a woman, Paola Severino, a lawyer.
        The defence portfolio went to Giampaolo Di Paola, a navy admiral who is currently Nato's top military officer.
      Berlusconi releases love songs on last day in office - Yahoo! News
        Italy's former prime minister and cruise-ship crooner Silvio Berlusconi released an album of love songs on his last day in office on Wednesday.
      IMF Europe director Antonio Borges's resignation may be more political than personal | Mail Online
        The sudden departure of the International Monetary Fund's Europe director Antonio Borges, in the middle of the greatest economic crisis in Europe since the end of the second world war, does not come as a huge surprise.
        The immediate reason given in the corridors of Washington for the European chief¹s resignation was that Borges misspoke when he suggested that the IMF could directly buy Spanish and Italian bonds to alleviate the crisis. The Fund has never indulged in direct bond buying and has been at pains to be junior partner in the European rescues.
        Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2062652/IMF-Europe-director-Antonio-Borgess-resignation-political-personal.html#ixzz1dyWRdbJJ
        Borges has a habit of speaking his mind, which in the rarefied world of the IMF is not regarded as an endearing habit.
        As lender of the last resort to most of the world the IMF hasn't done openness very well in the past. Its officials were encouraged to keep a low profile and has been known to arrive on rescue missions in deep disguise.
      Reza Meshgin is president and chief executive officer of MFLEX
        Reza Meshgin is president and chief executive officer of MFLEX. Mr. Meshgin was appointed to this position in March 2008. He was then appointed as a director in April 2008.
        Having established a proven track record of leading the company as a senior executive, Mr. Meshgin demonstrated strategic and operational leadership excellence as president and chief operating officer since 2004. He was appointed vice president and general manager in 2002.
        Mr. Meshgin has proven himself to be an innovative and talented engineer throughout his tenure with the company. His strategic approach has played an instrumental role in the significant growth of MFLEX over the years, including the major expansion of the company's overseas manufacturing capacity.-
        Additionally, he championed the company's ongoing strategic initiative to substantially diversify the MFLEX customer base, to include a broader range of leading electronics manufacturers.- In fiscal 2006, a single key customer represented 86 percent of net sales. Within one year, Mr. Meshgin led his team to achieve the company's strategic initiative, yielding an impressive gain in customer diversity. In fiscal 2007, four global manufacturers of portable handheld devices represented approximately 95 percent of the company's net sales.
        Mr. Meshgin began his career at MFLEX in 1989, serving as the application engineering manager. He was then promoted to director of engineering, and telecommunications division manager.-
        Mr. Meshgin holds a bachelor of science in electrical engineering from Wichita State University and a master of business administration from the University of California at Irvine.
      A new wave of small tech stars seen on the horizon - MFLEX RFID
        Among them are companies whose chips can extend the battery life of handheld devices. Others let wireless carriers expand their coverage areas. And an emerging group provides technology that allows retailers to track inventory better.
    Drone Nation
      California City Approves Spy Plane to Fly Overhead | Threat Level | Wired.com
        Not content to spy on people using street cameras, the small city of Lancaster, Calif. approved a resolution last week that will allow a crime-fighting spy plane to fly overhead and watch what's going on below.
        The city council voted unanimously last week to allow the surveillance to begin next May.
        The Cessna 172 fixed-wing aircraft, equipped with infrared imaging and a video camera, would fly at altitudes between 1,000 to 3,000 feet, up to 10 hours a day, and feed encrypted video footage directly to the Los Angeles County sheriff's office.
        Instead of being deployed only in response to specific incidents or needs -- as most police aircraft is used -- the plane would be dispatched for general-purpose surveillance, regardless of whether there's any suspicion of a crime being committed.
      FlightAware > FAA 2012 Approps Bill Requires Study of Special Use Airspace for use by Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to be completed in 60 days
        On (pdf) page 186 of the report: ---Special use airspace of unmanned aerial system (UAS).-The conferees direct FAA to provide a progress report to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, no later than 60 days after enactment, which describes and assesses the establishment of special use airspace to fill defense research needs related to UASs, particularly in the development of detection techniques for small unmanned aerial vehicles.
      BBC News - Police in Northern Ireland consider using mini drones
        Police aerial surveillance in Northern Ireland may be about to take on a whole new form - one that belongs more to the world of sci-fi and the future.
        The PSNI is considering the use of mini drones to combat crime and the dissident republican threat.
        They are not the large missile carrying drones used by the US military.
        It is understood the models being considered are small enough to fit into a rucksack and can be assembled and deployed within minutes.
        Aeryon Labs, the Canadian manufacturers of one of these unmanned aerial vehicles, known by the military as UAVs, say it snaps together as easily as children's building blocks.
        It might look like a toy - but it's anything but.
    F&F
      Brian Terry case sealed in federal court - Arizona News from The Arizona Republic
        The case of the people accused of killing U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry is completely sealed in federal court, so Americans cannot learn how justice is being conducted in a matter with intense public interest and serious political implications.
        "Yes, the case is sealed," Debra Hartman, spokeswoman from the U.S. Attorney's Office in San Diego, said in an e-mail.
        When a case is sealed, the public and the media cannot see evidence, hear testimony or learn about court rulings and arguments.
      Attack On White House By Mexican Cartel Stuns Obama Regime
        A new Federal Security Services (FSB) report circulating in the Kremlin today states that the Obama regime was stunned this past weekend after a brazen attack on the White House was carried out by members associated with at least two Mexican drug cartels that shattered at least one window in what is arguably the most protected building in the world.
        According to this report, and confirmed by the US Secret Service, this Friday past at least 2 bullets from an AK-47 semi-automatic assault rifle were fired at the White House with one reported to have reached the building's internal anti-ballistics glass which was shattered by the impact.
    Vaccine$
      AllGov - News - Why is Obama Administration Spending $433 Million on Experimental Smallpox Drug When Last Case was in 1949?
        There's hasn't been a case of smallpox in the U.S. in 62 years. But that hasn't stopped the Obama administration from awarding a $433 million deal to a company to produce an antidote for the non-existent disease--a company whose controlling shareholder is a major Democratic donor.
        -
        Billionaire Ronald Perelman, one of the world's richest men and a longtime Democratic Party supporter, owns stock in Siga Technologies Inc., which received the smallpox drug contract over the objections of specialists in the Department of Health and Human Services.
      $443 million for a smallpox drug some experts say we don't need - latimes.com
        Siga was awarded the final contract in May through a "sole-source" procurement in which it was the only company asked to submit a proposal. The contract calls for Siga to deliver 1.7 million doses of the drug for the nation's biodefense stockpile. The price of approximately $255 per dose is well above what the government's specialists had earlier said was reasonable, according to internal documents and interviews.
        Once feared for its grotesque pustules and 30% death rate, smallpox was eradicated worldwide as of 1978 and is known to exist only in the locked freezers of a Russian scientific institute and the U.S. government. There is no credible evidence that any other country or a terrorist group possesses smallpox.
        If there were an attack, the government could draw on $1 billion worth of smallpox vaccine it already owns to inoculate the entire U.S. population and quickly treat people exposed to the virus. The vaccine, which costs the government $3 per dose, can reliably prevent death when given within four days of exposure.
    Techno Experts
      Hearing on: H.R. 3261, the "Stop Online Piracy Act"
        The purpose of this legislative hearing is to examine issues that relate to H.R. 3261, the Stop Online Piracy Act, which was introduced October 26, 2011. The Stop Online Piracy Act (H.R. 3261) builds on the Pro IP Act of 2008 and the Senate's Protect IP Act introduced earlier this year. The bill modernizes our criminal and civil statutes to meet new IP enforcement challenges and protect American jobs. The proposal reflects a bipartisan and bicameral commitment toward ensuring that law enforcement and job creators have the necessary tools to protect American intellectual property from counterfeiting and piracy.
    Shut Up Slave!
      Young jobseekers told to work without pay or lose unemployment benefits | Society | The Guardian
        People taking up work experience places -- providing up to 30 hours a week of unpaid labour -- face losing benefits if they quit
      S. 1747: Computer Professionals Update Act (GovTrack.us)
        A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to modify provisions relating to the exemption for computer systems analysts, computer programmers, software engineers, or other similarly skilled workers.
    Cltinon990
      Charity Review of William J. Clinton Foundation
        Evaluation Conclusions
        William J. Clinton Foundation (The Foundation) does not meet the following 7 Standards for Charity Accountability.
    Devil Weed & Powder
      Zuiverste cocaine is te vinden in Belgie - De Standaard
        Met een waarde van 51 procent is bij een Europees onderzoek in Belgie de zuiverste vorm van cocaˆØne gevonden. Bovendien is ons land de Europese draaischijf voor de distributie en opslag van verschillende soorten drugs. Dat is te lezen in een rapport van EMCDDA, het Europese Drugsobservatiecentrum.
      EMCDDA | News release No 8, 2011: EU drugs agency releases new analysis of Europe's changing opioid problem
        Disruption in supply of heroin to Europe -- new analysis
        Explored today is the availability of heroin on the streets of Europe and reasons for a recent instability in the market (see boxes, Chapter 6). 'It is likely that a combination of factors may have played a role in disrupting the supply of heroin to parts of Europe, causing mainly short-term but severe shortages in some markets', states the report. The availability of heroin is reported to have dropped sharply in a number of countries at the end of 2010 and early 2011, with the 'drought' being particularly evident in Ireland and the UK. Elsewhere -- Italy, Slovenia, Russia and Switzerland -- shortages may also have been felt, although the extent is less clear. However, heroin supply in other countries remains unaffected.
        Among the possible explanations proposed for the apparent heroin shortage in Europe are: the diversion of the drug to markets in Asia; a fall in opium production in Afghanistan in 2009; and an opium poppy blight affecting major Afghan poppy-growing provinces in 2010. However, a recent review of the evidence suggests that successful cooperation between Turkish and EU police forces is likely to have played an important role (4).------ The agency notes the difficulties in tracking drug availability in Europe and the need to better understand how opium production influences consumer markets. This is especially important given the latest UNODC 2011 Afghanistan Opium Survey (October 2011) which reports increased Afghan production.
    Elite$
      Scalia and Thomas dine with healthcare law challengers as court takes case - latimes.com
        The day the Supreme Court gathered behind closed doors to consider the politically divisive question of whether it would hear a challenge to President Obama's healthcare law, two of its justices, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas, were feted at a dinner sponsored by the law firm that will argue the case before the high court.
        The occasion was last Thursday, when all nine justices met for a conference to pore over the petitions for review. One of the cases at issue was a suit brought by 26 states challenging the sweeping healthcare overhaul passed by Congress last year, a law that has been a rallying cry for conservative activists nationwide.
      Chelsea Clinton To Become NBC Correspondent
        According to The New York Times, NBC has hired Clinton to become a full-time special correspondent for NBC News. Her feature stories will reportedly be used in the "Making a Difference" series, which runs on "NBC Nightly News." The segments spotlight people who volunteer to improve the lives of others in their communities.
    OWS
      Did Bloomberg do Occupy Wall Street a favor? - The Washington Post
        At about 1 a.m. Tuesday morning, hundreds of New York City police officers raided Zuccotti Park. Police tore down tents and, according to witnesses, used tear gas, pepper spray, and at about 3 a.m., a sound cannon. Some of the protesters left immediately, quietly. Some of them joined together in the middle of the park, chanting, "Whose park? Our park!"
        Police ultimately made 70 arrests and cleared the area. Their park.
        In a statement released a few hours ago, Mayor Michael Bloomberg* explained the raid. "I have become increasingly concerned -- as had the park's owner, Brookfield Properties -- that the occupation was coming to pose a health and fire safety hazard to the protestors and to the surrounding community. We have been in constant contact with Brookfield and yesterday they requested that the City assist it in enforcing the no sleeping and camping rules in the park. But make no mistake -- the final decision to act was mine."
    Syria
      EU tightens sanctions against Syria | Science | RIA Novosti
        The new sanctions close Syria's access to funds from the European Investment Bank, increase the number of individuals affected by visa and travel bans from 56 to 74, and impose prohibitions on trade.
    VIDEO
      8:02AM: Van Jones and Laura Flanders on #OWS Raids and Upcoming International Day of Action (Crooks and Liars)
        Van Jones and Laura Flanders on #OWS Raids and Upcoming International Day of Action
        Click here to view this media Ed Schultz talked to Van Jones and Laura Flanders about the coordinated crackdowns we saw in cities across the country of the Occupy movement camps, the most notable of which was New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's clearing of Zuccotti Park. As they...
      [VIDEO] NWO ABC Australia AK
      [VIDEO] - Obama visit: Australia agrees US Marine deployment plan
        Julia Gillard and Barack Obama announce details of the new military arrangement
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        Australia has agreed to host a full US Marine task force in the coming years, Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced at a news conference with US President Barack Obama in Canberra.
        She said about 250 US Mari
      [VIDEO] Lisbon Council Conference - the President's Videos
        Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council, at the Lisbon Council Conference on the 2011 Euro Summit: Towards Fiscal Sustainability and Increased Competitiveness, Brussels.
      [VIDEO] Herman Cain On Obama's War In Libya
      [VIDEO]: Nancy Pelosi Blocked Credit Card Reform While Investing Millions in Exclusive Visa Stock Offering - Big Government
        Former Speaker of the House--and current Minority Leader--Nancy Pelosi apparently bought $1 million to $5 million of Visa stock in one of the most sought-after and profitable initial public offerings (IPO) in American history, thwarted serious credit card reform for two years, and then watched her investment skyrocket 203%.
        The revelation appears in Throw Them All Out, the new book by investigative journalist and Breitbart editor Peter Schweizer, which was the focus of 60 Minutes on CBS this evening, and which is featured in this week's issue of Newsweek.
      Occupy Charleston: Michele Bachmann Gets Mic Checked
      [VIDEO] Man arrested in White House shooting probe - CNN.com
        Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, who was detained by Pennsylvania State Police, was allegedly involved in a shooting Friday night that may be responsible for two bullets found at the White House, according to the Secret Service.
      [VIDEO] Patriotic Millionaires | Higher Taxes | Treasury Department Donation | The Daily Caller
        Two dozen "patriotic millionaires" traveled to the national's capital on Wednesday to demand that Congress raise taxes on wealthy Americans.
        The Daily Caller attended their press conference with an iPad, which displayed the Treasury Department's-donation page, to find out if any of the "patriotic millionaires" were willing to put their money where their mouth is.
      [VIDEO] I-Team: Homeland Security Concerned About Fake IDs - WJW
        Federal and state authorities say they are working hard to stay ahead of a new and dangerous trend: fake IDs that are so good it can be very difficult to tell them from the real thing.
        "Those individuals that have an evil or ill intent to harm this country or commit a terrorist act, this is invaluable for them to have this documentation," says Susan McCormack, an investigator with Homeland Security.
        Many of the fake IDs are made overseas in China.
  Penn PedoBear
    savethemales.ca - Sandusky Part of Illuminati Pedophile Network
      Here it gets interesting - "The Second Mile Foundation was recognized as one of President Bush's 1000 Points of Light.- Marvin P. Bush is on the National Collegiate Athletic Association Board of Directors "
    --PEDOPHILE SCANDAL - Jon Rappoport's Blog
      Judge member of 2 mile
        The Penn State child molestation case continues to grow more strange. As Deadspin reports, when Sandusky, the accused pedophile, was arraigned, the prosecution asked for $500,000 bail and an electronic ankle bracelet.
        But the judge, Leslie Dutchcot, decided that $100,000 was enough-and Sandusky didn't have to secure it. He didn't have to put up any money and would forfeit the bail only if he didn't show up for court appointments.
        Well, it turns out Judge Dutchcot volunteers for Second Mile, the charity for at-risk kids that Sandusky founded. The charity that gave Sandusky every opportunity to befriend young boys.
        Why didn't Judge Dutchcot recuse herself from the case?
        Other questions need to be asked. For example, now that we know Ken Frazier, CEO and president of Merck pharmaceuticals, is heading up a Penn State in-house investigation of the scandal, is it possible that some of the 100,000 kids Second Mile claims it reaches out to every year were utilized to test new Merck vaccines? And if so, what were the effects?
      For example, Second Mile holds what it calls Challenge Residential Weeks. They are mini-camps for kids. They're sponsored by Bank of America, The Hershey Corporation, Walmart, and Warnaco, whose leading brand is Calvin Klein.
      -
      Other companies show up peripherally, not directly, through individuals who work for them or did work for them and support or work for Second Mile:
      -
      JPMorganChase
      PriceWaterhouse
      Heritage Hills Golf Resort
      Philadelphia Phillies
      Quaker State
      Highmark Blue Shield
      Susquehanna Bank
      -
      Then there are people who have held honorary status at Second Mile:
      -
      Former Notre Dame football coach, Lou Holtz
      Philadelphia Eagles coach, And Reid
      Golf legend Arnold Palmer
      Actor Mark Wahlberg
      Matt Millen, former NFL player and current ESPN analyst (Millen was an unpaid "director" of an honorary board who possibly had duties at Second Mile)
      Fired Penn State football coach, Joe Paterno
      Baseball legend Cal Ripken
      Franco Harris, former Pittsburgh Steelers star
      Jack Ham, former Steelers star
      John Cappelletti, former NFL player
      Dick Vermeil, former NFL coach
  Hail to the V
    Groups ask Supreme Court to legalize dirty words on TV
      An ideologically diverse coalition of public interest groups has submitted an amicus brief urging the United States Supreme Court to extend full First Amendment protection to broadcast media. The Federal Communications Commission has traditionally regulated the transmission of "indecent" speech and images on radio and television broadcasts. But several liberal and libertarian groups are urging the Supreme Court to strike down these regulations, arguing that technological changes have made the original constitutional justification for these regulations obsolete.
  Gitmo Nation
    Europe Bans Airport Body Scanners For "Health and Safety" Concerns - Forbes
      Instead of X-ray scanners, European airports will use millimeter-wave scanners that utilize low-energy radio waves. So far, no credible studies have linked radio-wave-exposure to cancer.
    Europe Bans X-Ray Body Scanners Used at U.S. Airports: Scientific American
      The European Union on Monday prohibited the use of X-ray body scanners in European airports, parting ways with the U.S. Transportation Security Administration, which has deployed hundreds of the scanners as a way to screen millions of airline passengers for explosives hidden under clothing.
      The European Commission, which enforces common policies of the EU's 27 member countries, adopted the rule "in order not to risk jeopardizing citizens' health and safety."
    BBC News - Manchester airport backs body scanners tested by EU
      Passenger body scanners, currently being used at Manchester Airport, are to be tested by the European Commission to assess if they pose a health risk.
      Manchester has been trialling back scatter body scanners in security checks since 2009.
      The airport will continue using the scanners while the European Commission tests are carried out.
      The UK Health Protection Agency has already assessed that the scanners pose a "negligible" risk to health.
      'Trail will continue'
      The European Commission has stopped any further trials of scanners using x-rays while they are tested by its specialist health committee, which is expected to report in March 2012.
      Manchester Airport has been given permission to continue trialling the scanners until November 2012.
    Land Destroyer: Permanent US Military Presence in Australia
      November 15, 2011 - After months of assuring a skeptical and disgruntled Australian public that the US military would not be getting a permanent base in Australia, the Sydney Morning Herald has reported a "US Marine Base for Darwin." US President Barrack Obama is credited with the decision, one overtly declared to be in direct response to the rise of China. Despite Obama getting credit, however, one shadowy "institution" is overly ecstatic over the announcement, and while Australian Defense Minister Stephen Smith attempts to reassure the public that Australia will not have "US bases," this institution's "news blog" has already declared the decision as potentially the moment "where Australia fundamentally cast its lot in with the US," vis-a-vis China. This institution is particularly ecstatic because despite the media giving credit to Obama, it was their idea, one they've been promoting openly since at least June.
  Ministry of Truth
    Fox Cites Non-Existent Part Of The Constitution To Hype Argument For Kagan Recusal | Media Matters for America
      The language Fox quoted from actually comes from a statute passed by Congress, Title 28 of the U.S. Code, Section 455. But that's the very statute legal ethicists have analyzed in finding that Kagan does not need to recuse herself because of the email.
    BBC constrained by need to avoid political bias, admits Lord Patten | Media | The Guardian
      The BBC is unable to conduct investigations into some of the most important stories of the day -- including phone hacking -- if they could be construed as having a political bias, the chairman of the BBC Trust, Lord Patten, has admitted.
  EUROLand
    Mark Ames: Austerity & Fascism In Greece -- The Real 1% Doctrine - naked capitalism
      See the guy in the photo there, dangling an ax from his left hand? That's Greece's new "Minister of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks" Makis Voridis captured back in the 1980s, when he led a fascist student group called "Student Alternative" at the University of Athens law school. It's 1985, and Minister Voridis, dressed like some Kajagoogoo Nazi, is caught on camera patrolling the campus with his fellow fascists, hunting for suspected leftist students to bash. Voridis was booted out of law school that year, and sued by Greece's National Association of Students for taking part in violent attacks on non-fascist law students.
    New Italian government does not include a single elected politician - Telegraph
      The emergency administration, which is meant to govern Italy until elections are due in 2013, is made up of bankers, lawyers and university professors but not a single elected official -- an extraordinary development for a Western democracy.
      Mr Monti, 68, nicknamed "Super Mario" for his intellect, diplomatic skills and 10-year record as a European competition commissioner, will double up as both prime minister and economy minister.
      He said he hoped the new government would be able to restore market confidence in Italy and bring to an end a period of heightened political tension but added that "sacrifices" would be required of the Italian people.
      The post of infrastructure and economic development ­ a crucial job as Italy tries to boost its anaemic growth as well as implement austerity cuts ­ went to Corrado Passera, the chief executive officer of one of Italy's biggest banks, Intesa SanPaolo.
      The new foreign minister will be Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata, the current ambassador to Washington.
      The position of interior minister goes to one of three women in the new line-up: Anna Maria Cancellieri.
      The justice minister ­ who will have jurisdiction over the four sex and corruption trials in which Mr Berlusconi is a defendant ­ will also be a woman, Paola Severino, a lawyer.
      The defence portfolio went to Giampaolo Di Paola, a navy admiral who is currently Nato's top military officer.
    Berlusconi releases love songs on last day in office - Yahoo! News
      Italy's former prime minister and cruise-ship crooner Silvio Berlusconi released an album of love songs on his last day in office on Wednesday.
    IMF Europe director Antonio Borges's resignation may be more political than personal | Mail Online
      The sudden departure of the International Monetary Fund's Europe director Antonio Borges, in the middle of the greatest economic crisis in Europe since the end of the second world war, does not come as a huge surprise.
      The immediate reason given in the corridors of Washington for the European chief¹s resignation was that Borges misspoke when he suggested that the IMF could directly buy Spanish and Italian bonds to alleviate the crisis. The Fund has never indulged in direct bond buying and has been at pains to be junior partner in the European rescues.
      Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2062652/IMF-Europe-director-Antonio-Borgess-resignation-political-personal.html#ixzz1dyWRdbJJ
      Borges has a habit of speaking his mind, which in the rarefied world of the IMF is not regarded as an endearing habit.
      As lender of the last resort to most of the world the IMF hasn't done openness very well in the past. Its officials were encouraged to keep a low profile and has been known to arrive on rescue missions in deep disguise.
    Reza Meshgin is president and chief executive officer of MFLEX
      Reza Meshgin is president and chief executive officer of MFLEX. Mr. Meshgin was appointed to this position in March 2008. He was then appointed as a director in April 2008.
      Having established a proven track record of leading the company as a senior executive, Mr. Meshgin demonstrated strategic and operational leadership excellence as president and chief operating officer since 2004. He was appointed vice president and general manager in 2002.
      Mr. Meshgin has proven himself to be an innovative and talented engineer throughout his tenure with the company. His strategic approach has played an instrumental role in the significant growth of MFLEX over the years, including the major expansion of the company's overseas manufacturing capacity.-
      Additionally, he championed the company's ongoing strategic initiative to substantially diversify the MFLEX customer base, to include a broader range of leading electronics manufacturers.- In fiscal 2006, a single key customer represented 86 percent of net sales. Within one year, Mr. Meshgin led his team to achieve the company's strategic initiative, yielding an impressive gain in customer diversity. In fiscal 2007, four global manufacturers of portable handheld devices represented approximately 95 percent of the company's net sales.
      Mr. Meshgin began his career at MFLEX in 1989, serving as the application engineering manager. He was then promoted to director of engineering, and telecommunications division manager.-
      Mr. Meshgin holds a bachelor of science in electrical engineering from Wichita State University and a master of business administration from the University of California at Irvine.
    A new wave of small tech stars seen on the horizon - MFLEX RFID
      Among them are companies whose chips can extend the battery life of handheld devices. Others let wireless carriers expand their coverage areas. And an emerging group provides technology that allows retailers to track inventory better.
  Drone Nation
    California City Approves Spy Plane to Fly Overhead | Threat Level | Wired.com
      Not content to spy on people using street cameras, the small city of Lancaster, Calif. approved a resolution last week that will allow a crime-fighting spy plane to fly overhead and watch what's going on below.
      The city council voted unanimously last week to allow the surveillance to begin next May.
      The Cessna 172 fixed-wing aircraft, equipped with infrared imaging and a video camera, would fly at altitudes between 1,000 to 3,000 feet, up to 10 hours a day, and feed encrypted video footage directly to the Los Angeles County sheriff's office.
      Instead of being deployed only in response to specific incidents or needs -- as most police aircraft is used -- the plane would be dispatched for general-purpose surveillance, regardless of whether there's any suspicion of a crime being committed.
    FlightAware > FAA 2012 Approps Bill Requires Study of Special Use Airspace for use by Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to be completed in 60 days
      On (pdf) page 186 of the report: ---Special use airspace of unmanned aerial system (UAS).-The conferees direct FAA to provide a progress report to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, no later than 60 days after enactment, which describes and assesses the establishment of special use airspace to fill defense research needs related to UASs, particularly in the development of detection techniques for small unmanned aerial vehicles.
    BBC News - Police in Northern Ireland consider using mini drones
      Police aerial surveillance in Northern Ireland may be about to take on a whole new form - one that belongs more to the world of sci-fi and the future.
      The PSNI is considering the use of mini drones to combat crime and the dissident republican threat.
      They are not the large missile carrying drones used by the US military.
      It is understood the models being considered are small enough to fit into a rucksack and can be assembled and deployed within minutes.
      Aeryon Labs, the Canadian manufacturers of one of these unmanned aerial vehicles, known by the military as UAVs, say it snaps together as easily as children's building blocks.
      It might look like a toy - but it's anything but.
  F&F
    Brian Terry case sealed in federal court - Arizona News from The Arizona Republic
      The case of the people accused of killing U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry is completely sealed in federal court, so Americans cannot learn how justice is being conducted in a matter with intense public interest and serious political implications.
      "Yes, the case is sealed," Debra Hartman, spokeswoman from the U.S. Attorney's Office in San Diego, said in an e-mail.
      When a case is sealed, the public and the media cannot see evidence, hear testimony or learn about court rulings and arguments.
    Attack On White House By Mexican Cartel Stuns Obama Regime
      A new Federal Security Services (FSB) report circulating in the Kremlin today states that the Obama regime was stunned this past weekend after a brazen attack on the White House was carried out by members associated with at least two Mexican drug cartels that shattered at least one window in what is arguably the most protected building in the world.
      According to this report, and confirmed by the US Secret Service, this Friday past at least 2 bullets from an AK-47 semi-automatic assault rifle were fired at the White House with one reported to have reached the building's internal anti-ballistics glass which was shattered by the impact.
  Vaccine$
    AllGov - News - Why is Obama Administration Spending $433 Million on Experimental Smallpox Drug When Last Case was in 1949?
      There's hasn't been a case of smallpox in the U.S. in 62 years. But that hasn't stopped the Obama administration from awarding a $433 million deal to a company to produce an antidote for the non-existent disease--a company whose controlling shareholder is a major Democratic donor.
      -
      Billionaire Ronald Perelman, one of the world's richest men and a longtime Democratic Party supporter, owns stock in Siga Technologies Inc., which received the smallpox drug contract over the objections of specialists in the Department of Health and Human Services.
    $443 million for a smallpox drug some experts say we don't need - latimes.com
      Siga was awarded the final contract in May through a "sole-source" procurement in which it was the only company asked to submit a proposal. The contract calls for Siga to deliver 1.7 million doses of the drug for the nation's biodefense stockpile. The price of approximately $255 per dose is well above what the government's specialists had earlier said was reasonable, according to internal documents and interviews.
      Once feared for its grotesque pustules and 30% death rate, smallpox was eradicated worldwide as of 1978 and is known to exist only in the locked freezers of a Russian scientific institute and the U.S. government. There is no credible evidence that any other country or a terrorist group possesses smallpox.
      If there were an attack, the government could draw on $1 billion worth of smallpox vaccine it already owns to inoculate the entire U.S. population and quickly treat people exposed to the virus. The vaccine, which costs the government $3 per dose, can reliably prevent death when given within four days of exposure.
  Techno Experts
    Hearing on: H.R. 3261, the "Stop Online Piracy Act"
      The purpose of this legislative hearing is to examine issues that relate to H.R. 3261, the Stop Online Piracy Act, which was introduced October 26, 2011. The Stop Online Piracy Act (H.R. 3261) builds on the Pro IP Act of 2008 and the Senate's Protect IP Act introduced earlier this year. The bill modernizes our criminal and civil statutes to meet new IP enforcement challenges and protect American jobs. The proposal reflects a bipartisan and bicameral commitment toward ensuring that law enforcement and job creators have the necessary tools to protect American intellectual property from counterfeiting and piracy.
  Shut Up Slave!
    Young jobseekers told to work without pay or lose unemployment benefits | Society | The Guardian
      People taking up work experience places -- providing up to 30 hours a week of unpaid labour -- face losing benefits if they quit
    S. 1747: Computer Professionals Update Act (GovTrack.us)
      A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to modify provisions relating to the exemption for computer systems analysts, computer programmers, software engineers, or other similarly skilled workers.
  Cltinon990
    Charity Review of William J. Clinton Foundation
      Evaluation Conclusions
      William J. Clinton Foundation (The Foundation) does not meet the following 7 Standards for Charity Accountability.
  Devil Weed & Powder
    Zuiverste cocaine is te vinden in Belgie - De Standaard
      Met een waarde van 51 procent is bij een Europees onderzoek in Belgie de zuiverste vorm van cocaˆØne gevonden. Bovendien is ons land de Europese draaischijf voor de distributie en opslag van verschillende soorten drugs. Dat is te lezen in een rapport van EMCDDA, het Europese Drugsobservatiecentrum.
    EMCDDA | News release No 8, 2011: EU drugs agency releases new analysis of Europe's changing opioid problem
      Disruption in supply of heroin to Europe -- new analysis
      Explored today is the availability of heroin on the streets of Europe and reasons for a recent instability in the market (see boxes, Chapter 6). 'It is likely that a combination of factors may have played a role in disrupting the supply of heroin to parts of Europe, causing mainly short-term but severe shortages in some markets', states the report. The availability of heroin is reported to have dropped sharply in a number of countries at the end of 2010 and early 2011, with the 'drought' being particularly evident in Ireland and the UK. Elsewhere -- Italy, Slovenia, Russia and Switzerland -- shortages may also have been felt, although the extent is less clear. However, heroin supply in other countries remains unaffected.
      Among the possible explanations proposed for the apparent heroin shortage in Europe are: the diversion of the drug to markets in Asia; a fall in opium production in Afghanistan in 2009; and an opium poppy blight affecting major Afghan poppy-growing provinces in 2010. However, a recent review of the evidence suggests that successful cooperation between Turkish and EU police forces is likely to have played an important role (4).------ The agency notes the difficulties in tracking drug availability in Europe and the need to better understand how opium production influences consumer markets. This is especially important given the latest UNODC 2011 Afghanistan Opium Survey (October 2011) which reports increased Afghan production.
  Elite$
    Scalia and Thomas dine with healthcare law challengers as court takes case - latimes.com
      The day the Supreme Court gathered behind closed doors to consider the politically divisive question of whether it would hear a challenge to President Obama's healthcare law, two of its justices, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas, were feted at a dinner sponsored by the law firm that will argue the case before the high court.
      The occasion was last Thursday, when all nine justices met for a conference to pore over the petitions for review. One of the cases at issue was a suit brought by 26 states challenging the sweeping healthcare overhaul passed by Congress last year, a law that has been a rallying cry for conservative activists nationwide.
    Chelsea Clinton To Become NBC Correspondent
      According to The New York Times, NBC has hired Clinton to become a full-time special correspondent for NBC News. Her feature stories will reportedly be used in the "Making a Difference" series, which runs on "NBC Nightly News." The segments spotlight people who volunteer to improve the lives of others in their communities.
  OWS
    Did Bloomberg do Occupy Wall Street a favor? - The Washington Post
      At about 1 a.m. Tuesday morning, hundreds of New York City police officers raided Zuccotti Park. Police tore down tents and, according to witnesses, used tear gas, pepper spray, and at about 3 a.m., a sound cannon. Some of the protesters left immediately, quietly. Some of them joined together in the middle of the park, chanting, "Whose park? Our park!"
      Police ultimately made 70 arrests and cleared the area. Their park.
      In a statement released a few hours ago, Mayor Michael Bloomberg* explained the raid. "I have become increasingly concerned -- as had the park's owner, Brookfield Properties -- that the occupation was coming to pose a health and fire safety hazard to the protestors and to the surrounding community. We have been in constant contact with Brookfield and yesterday they requested that the City assist it in enforcing the no sleeping and camping rules in the park. But make no mistake -- the final decision to act was mine."
  Syria
    EU tightens sanctions against Syria | Science | RIA Novosti
      The new sanctions close Syria's access to funds from the European Investment Bank, increase the number of individuals affected by visa and travel bans from 56 to 74, and impose prohibitions on trade.
  VIDEO
    8:02AM: Van Jones and Laura Flanders on #OWS Raids and Upcoming International Day of Action (Crooks and Liars)
      Van Jones and Laura Flanders on #OWS Raids and Upcoming International Day of Action
      Click here to view this media Ed Schultz talked to Van Jones and Laura Flanders about the coordinated crackdowns we saw in cities across the country of the Occupy movement camps, the most notable of which was New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's clearing of Zuccotti Park. As they...
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      Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council, at the Lisbon Council Conference on the 2011 Euro Summit: Towards Fiscal Sustainability and Increased Competitiveness, Brussels.
    [VIDEO] Herman Cain On Obama's War In Libya
    [VIDEO]: Nancy Pelosi Blocked Credit Card Reform While Investing Millions in Exclusive Visa Stock Offering - Big Government
      Former Speaker of the House--and current Minority Leader--Nancy Pelosi apparently bought $1 million to $5 million of Visa stock in one of the most sought-after and profitable initial public offerings (IPO) in American history, thwarted serious credit card reform for two years, and then watched her investment skyrocket 203%.
      The revelation appears in Throw Them All Out, the new book by investigative journalist and Breitbart editor Peter Schweizer, which was the focus of 60 Minutes on CBS this evening, and which is featured in this week's issue of Newsweek.
    Occupy Charleston: Michele Bachmann Gets Mic Checked
    [VIDEO] Man arrested in White House shooting probe - CNN.com
      Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, who was detained by Pennsylvania State Police, was allegedly involved in a shooting Friday night that may be responsible for two bullets found at the White House, according to the Secret Service.
    [VIDEO] Patriotic Millionaires | Higher Taxes | Treasury Department Donation | The Daily Caller
      Two dozen "patriotic millionaires" traveled to the national's capital on Wednesday to demand that Congress raise taxes on wealthy Americans.
      The Daily Caller attended their press conference with an iPad, which displayed the Treasury Department's-donation page, to find out if any of the "patriotic millionaires" were willing to put their money where their mouth is.
    [VIDEO] I-Team: Homeland Security Concerned About Fake IDs - WJW
      Federal and state authorities say they are working hard to stay ahead of a new and dangerous trend: fake IDs that are so good it can be very difficult to tell them from the real thing.
      "Those individuals that have an evil or ill intent to harm this country or commit a terrorist act, this is invaluable for them to have this documentation," says Susan McCormack, an investigator with Homeland Security.
      Many of the fake IDs are made overseas in China.