HONOLULU, Hawaii (AFP) – The White House warned political foes Sunday not to provoke a partisan tug of war over terrorism, with President Barack Obama yet to publicly address the thwarted attack on a US airliner.
Monday, December 28, 2009
Gibbs: Don’t Disagree With Obama On Response to Underwear Bomber
HONOLULU, Hawaii (AFP) – The White House warned political foes Sunday not to provoke a partisan tug of war over terrorism, with President Barack Obama yet to publicly address the thwarted attack on a US airliner.
U.S. Widens Terror War to Yemen, al Qaeda Bastion
WASHINGTON — In the midst of two unfinished major wars, the United States has quietly opened a third, largely covert front against Al Qaeda in Yemen.
And what about ol' Pakistan?
Giant statue of Lenin and Mao the talk of Richmond, Canada
VANCOUVER - A public art installation depicting Russian Communist leader Vladimir Lenin and a feminized Chairman Mao Zedong in the heart of Richmond's business district has the whole town talking.
U.S. Stocks Decline as Al-Qaeda Claims Role in Bombing Attempt
Dec. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Most U.S. stocks declined, ending a five-day winning streak for the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, after al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for the attempted bombing of an airplane on Dec. 25 and the Federal Reserve announced a program for removing liquidity from the banking system.
Al-Qaeda claims failed attack on US-bound plane: US monitor
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian peninsula claimed the failed December 25 bombing of a US-bound aircraft in a statement posted on an Islamist website on Monday, US monitoring organisation SITE Intelligence said.
Al-Qaeda, one size fits all.
Whistleblower Sibel Edmonds?
UN to produce bullion coins as world currency
The announcement by the United Nations this week that it will license the minting of silver and gold bullion coins bearing the UN logo may be the button that launches metal prices into orbit.
Free H1N1 Flu Shots At Tulsa International Airport Today
TULSA, OK -- Holiday travelers passing through Tulsa International Airport are getting the chance to get vaccinated against the H1N1 virus.
The Tulsa Health Department is offering free H1N1 vaccinations at the airport until 11:30 a.m. today.
Convenient.
Top Scientists Predict Widespread Sterilization
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/earth-environment/article6968250.eceFrom virtual brains and Matrix-like thought connections to disease-making bacteria, what the next decade could bring.
Nothing much is going to happen in the next 10 years. Of course, that’s not counting the diesel-excreting bacteria, the sequencing of your entire genome for $1,000, massive banks of frozen human eggs, space tourism, the identification of dark matter, widespread sterilisation of young adults, telepathy, supercomputer models of our brains, the discovery of life’s origins, maybe the disappearance of Bangladesh and certainly the loss of 247m acres of tropical forest.
Just another decade really. Wait dude...
Can We Rescue the Republic Before the Dark Politics Take Over?
http://www.alternet.org/politics/144809Did America slip into a semiliterate, polarized, pre-fascist state over the past decade or so, allowing greedy oligarchs and corporate elites to run the government?
Now, Michelle Obama too is sliding in the polls
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/12/michelle-obama-poll-barack-obama.htmlShe's on vacation now in Hawaii, so what does she care?
But as the first calendar year of the new White House regime draws to a close, First Lady Michelle Obama is experiencing the same drop in poll numbers as her husband. She's not elected, of course, and not charged at least officially with making the tough executive decisions that come out of the Oval Office.
Obama urges review of terror watch-list
http://www.ft.com/cms/President Barack Obama on Sunday ordered an urgent review of how US authorities use terrorist watch-lists to foil attacks on US targets after a Nigerian tried to destroy a transatlantic passenger aircraft with an explosive device he smuggled on board.
Senator Lieberman calls for ‘preemptive’ attack on Yemen
http://rawstory.com/2009/12/senator-lieberman-calls-attack-yemen/Speaking on Fox News Sunday, Senator Joeseph Lieberman (I-CT), who leads the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, has a vision of "tomorrow's war."
"Somebody in our government said to me in Sana’a, the capital of Yemen, Iraq was yesterday’s war," Lieberman explained. "Afghanistan is today’s war. If we don’t act preemptively, Yemen will be tomorrow’s war. That’s the danger we face."
International Flights: In Essence, Flying Jails
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8431613.stmPassengers on US-bound flights from Britain are facing delays and extra security measures after a man was charged with trying to blow up a plane.
Travellers are undergoing "pat-down" searches before boarding and being restricted to one item of hand luggage.
Simon Calder, The Independent’s travel editor, says further restrictions are also in place.
Guilty until proven innocent?
US orders body searches after botched airline attack
http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-news/us-orders-body-searches-after-botched-airline-attack-20091228-lgxg.htmlNew security measures introduced by the US Transport Security Administration for all flights into the US include pat-down searches at the airport gate, physical inspection of all bags and requiring passengers to stay in their seats without access to any personal items or overhead lockers for the final hour before landing.
Gotta love that ol' Problem, Reaction, Solution.
Bathroom Visits Now Considered Potential Terrorism
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/28/us/politics/w28talk.html Homeland Security press secretary, Sara Kuban, released a statement, sorting out what had happened on the flight.
“A passenger on today’s Northwest flight 253 from Amsterdam to Detroit spent an unusually long time in the aircraft lavatory,” she said in the statement. “Due to this unusual behavior, the airline notified T.S.A. and the agency directed the flight to taxi to a remote area upon landing to be met by law enforcement and D.H.S.
“The passenger in question, a Nigerian national, was removed from the flight and interviewed by the F.B.I.; indications at this time are that the individual’s behavior is due to legitimate illness, and no other suspicious behavior or materials have been found. Though this does not appear at this time to be a security incident, in an abundance of caution, the aircraft was fully screened, with negative results, and all baggage is being rescreened before the aircraft taxis to the gate.”
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Photographers issue plea to end 'hostile' public searches under anti-terror laws
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/6889102/Photographers-issue-plea-to-end-hostile-public-searches-under-anti-terror-laws.htmlMore than 350 photographers have issued a joint plea to end the "hostile" and "humiliating" use of anti-terror laws to prevent them taking pictures in public.
The professional and amateur photographers have signed a letter, published in The Sunday Telegraph, calling on ministers and the police halt the practice of them being stopped and searched while they are taking images in public places.
877 new snowfall records set or tied in the USA in the last week
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/12/27/877-new-snowfall-records-set-or-tied-in-the-usa-in-the-last-week/And that’s not all, for the week ending Dec 13th, there were 815 new snowfall records set. December 2009 is shaping up to be quite the snowmaker.
How China Might Buy More Gold Than America Owns
China has a long way to go before coming anywhere near America's gold reserves.
Yet apparently it's on their to-do list and a must, at least according to the country's China Gold Association.
We're Screwed! ShadowStats.com founder John Williams explains the risk of hyperinflation.
http://www.fairfieldweekly.com/article.cfm?aid=16014Worst-case scenario? Rioting in the streets and devolution to a bartering system.
Do you believe everything the government tells you? Economist and statistician John Williams sure doesn't.
Is requiring health insurance even legal?
http://www.suntimes.com/lifestyles/health/1959107,CST-NWS-health27.articleThe health bill approved by the Senate would mandate that all Americans carry health insurance policies by 2014, with the government providing subsidies to help low- and middle-income families pay for them.
Those who don't buy insurance would face fines that rise gradually to $750 -- or a maximum of $2,250 per family.
Since when does the government have the right to mandate that you buy something, Ensign, of Nevada, said.
Lieberman: Yemen will be 'tomorrow's war' if pre-emptive action not taken
Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) Sunday said that Yemen could be the ground of America's next overseas war if Washington does not take preemptive action to root out al-Qaeda interests there.
Lieberman, who helms the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said on "Fox News Sunday" that the U.S. will have to take an active approach in Yemen after multiple recent terrorist attacks on the U.S. were linked back to the Middle Eastern nation.
I forgot. What's a terrorist again?
Stasi-like Plan to Check Every Phone Call and Email in Britian
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1238618/Telecoms firms have accused the Government of acting like the East German Stasi over plans to force them to store the details of every phone call for at least a year.
Under the proposals, the details of every email sent and website visited will also be recorded to help the police and security services fight crime and terrorism.
Seriously?
The New, Terrifying, No-Electronics US Flight Security Rules
http://gizmodo.com/5434592/the-new-terrifying-no+electronics-us-flight-security-rulesThat failed terrorist attack yesterday might make international flights a whole lot less enjoyable. Passengers are reporting that new restrictions are in place, and their severity varies flight-to-flight. Among the reports, a rumor: No electronics allowed.
Sweet.
Daily Mail Report Says CRU Emails Linked to Communist China
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1238638/Chinese-hackers-linked-Warmergate-climate-change-leaked-emails-controversy.htmlThe investigation into the so-called Warmergate emails - the leaked data from the University of East Anglia’s climate change department - took a new twist last night when The Mail on Sunday tracked the stolen messages to a suspect computer which provides internet access to China.
What?
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Bus passengers could carry electronic tags
Passengers could carry electronic tags to use buses and trains under plans being examined by the Government.
Sophisticated technology would not only consign the paper ticket to history, but would also make redundant touch-in-touch-out cards, such as the Oyster used in London.
Instead passengers would board buses and trains equipped with readers which capable of monitoring their journey from the tags and charging them the correct fare automatically.
Just 16 Ships Expel as Much Pollution as All the Cars in the World
http://www.naturalnews.com/027803_pollution_ships.htmlLarge shipping vessels have become commonplace in today's global marketplace as goods are imported and exported across the world. While the high levels of pollution they create are something that most people don't think too much about, some scientists are beginning to evaluate their environmental effect. One of the most disturbing facts discovered about these giant ships is that a mere 16 of them emit as much sulfur as do all the cars in the world combined.
Texas agrees to destroy controversial infant blood samples
http://www.kvue.com/news/State-agrees-to-destroy-infant-blood-samples-79934742.htmlAUSTIN -- The Texas Department of State Health services has about four months to destroy blood samples taken and stored without permission from millions of babies.
Dad Michael Neff says blood samples taken from his two daughters should have been destroyed.
He fears the state might have used those blood samples in research projects or sold them to insurance companies.
“I don't think my kid's DNA should be out there, and if it is it should be mine and their mother's decision,” Neff said.
Friday, December 25, 2009
Swine flu clinics for schoolchildren will open in January
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/dec/25/swine-flu-clinics-schoolchildren-will-open-january/life/TAMPA - Evening clinics will open the second week of January for Hillsborough County children needing a second dose of the swine flu vaccine.
Children 9 years and younger need two doses of the H1N1 vaccine, at least 21 days apart, in order for it to be effective.
Oh really?
Climate Change 'Scare Tactics' Won't Work, Warns Expert
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/146791/Climate-change-scare-tactics-won-t-work-warns-expert-ExpeA LEADING researcher into attitudes on climate change has claimed Government scare tactics are only increasing public scepticism about global warming.
2010: Year of the DUI Checkpoint
http://www.sthelenastar.com/articles/2009/12/24/opinion/editorial/doc4b32dc1d693fd482954065.txtState government has started.
Last week state traffic safety officials announced plans to tighten their grip on drunk drivers and declared 2010 “The Year of the Checkpoint.”
The California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) will fund more than 2,500 sobriety checkpoints in 2010, a 47 percent increase over the 1,700 conducted this year.
Wait dude... What?
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Osama bin Laden's family missing since 9/11 attacks found living in secret compound in Iran
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1237913/Osama-bin-Ladens-family-living-safe-Iran-9-11-attacks.htmlEight years of uncertainty over the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden's closest family members has been blown open by a relative's admission that they are living in a secret compound in Iran.
Ummmm?
Christmas Back On! Build-A-Bear Surrenders, Pulls Videos
"Yesterday, we brought you the disturbing story of Build-a-Bear’s on-line video series warning kids that the North Pole may completely disappear in just a few days, threatening Christmas. (Average December temperature in the North Pole is around minus 40 degrees Farenheit.) Needless to say, the story received a lot of attention and sparked several organized efforts to boycott the company’s products.
By the end of what must have been a terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad day in Build-a-Bearville, CEO and Founder Maxine Clark published the following letter to the public:"
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/20214876/build-a-bear-letter-pdf
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
US clears high-dose Sanofi flu vaccine for elderly
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2316757020091223(Reuters) - U.S. health officials approved on Wednesday a high-dose influenza vaccine made by Sanofi-Aventis DA (SASY.PA) for people age 65 and older.
Cops Get “Ghost Cars” to Bust Cell Phone Talkers
http://www.lohud.com/article/20091223/NEWS02/912230332/-1/newsfront/Westchester-cops-hope--ghost-car--blends-inHAWTHORNE — Watch out for the new ghost on the highway.
Westchester County police will introduce a new "ghost car" Wednesday that is designed to sneak up on motorists who are talking on hand-held cell phones, text-messaging or driving without seat belts.Wait dude... What?
Cost to Fight Each Al Qaeda Member in Afghanistan Per Year: $300 Million
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/president-obamas-secret-100-al-qaeda-now-afghanistan/story?id=9227861As he justified sending 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan at a cost of $30 billion a year, President Barack Obama's description Tuesday of the al Qaeda "cancer" in that country left out one key fact: U.S. intelligence officials have concluded there are only about 100 al Qaeda fighters in the entire country.
Wait Dude... What?
Obamacare Slaps $15,000 Annual Fee on Middle Class Families
http://townhall.com/columnists/TerryJeffreyThe Congressional Budget Office's analysis of the final Senate health care bill indicates it would slap a mandatory annual fee of about $15,000 on middle-class families that earn an annual income greater than 400 percent of the federal poverty level ($88,200 for a family of four) and are not provided with health insurance by their employer.
Wait dude... What?
Paul Howard: Obamacare's gift to all: More regulation, more debt, more taxes
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columns/
Democrats are spending trillions on a Christmas present that a majority of Americans don't want: health care legislation loaded with more debt, more taxes, and more regulations. Like your Aunt Phyllis' fruitcake, it's on the way and there's nothing you can do to stop it.
Wait dude... What?
50 years of cooling predicted
http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/50_years_of_cooling_predicted#65269
We're already 11 years into a cooling cycle according to BBC.
Meanwhile, Winter freeze kills 79 in Poland.
Who said the science was settled?
Avatar, the answer to a Copenhager’s dream
http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/column_avatar_the_answer_to_a_copenhagens_dream/MOST people will date the death of the great global warming scare not from the Copenhagen fiasco - boring! - but from Avatar.
It won’t be the world’s most expensive warmist conference but the world’s most expensive movie that will stick in most memories as the precise point at which the green faith started to shrivel from sheer stupidity.
Wait dude... What?LAPD Takes Over Boy Scout Explorer Program
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_14052104?source=rss
YOUTHS: New name, uniforms, insignia planned.
With a pledge to develop a program that does not tolerate discrimination, Los Angeles police officials said Tuesday they are on target to take over the Explorer Program on Jan. 1.
New uniforms, patches and other insignia will be unveiled - along with a new name - to make the long-debated transition of the program from the Learning for Life subsidiary of the Boy Scouts of America to the LAPD's control.
Wait dude... What?
Paul goes from ridicule to respect
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6774366.html
Paul's proposal to audit the Federal Reserve — first introduced by the Texas congressman more than 20 years ago — recently sailed through the House Financial Services Committee.
Unemployment funds going ‘absolutely broke’
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34519544/ns/business-washington_post
The recession's jobless toll is draining unemployment-compensation funds so fast that according to federal projections, 40 state programs will go broke within two years and need $90 billion in loans to keep issuing the benefit checks.
Wait Dude... What?
Arizona's Coming Government Collapse - from Governor Jan Brewer
http://www.resistnet.com/forum/topics/arizonas-coming-government?xg_source=activity
Dear Fellow Arizonan,
We face a state fiscal crisis of unparalleled dimension – one that is going to sweep over every single person in this state as well as every business and every family.
That is why I held an emergency cabinet meeting yesterday morning where I outlined for our state’s elected leaders and business leaders the ills our state faces. As I told them yesterday, we ARE faced with some of the worst days in our 97-year history.
Wait dude... What?
Fierce storm barreling into Upper Midwest
USA Today reports the storm will be stronger than any storm seen in South Dakota in the past 40 years, which begs the question…
Wait dude... What?
NY Times: Obama Puts Off Gitmo Closure Until After 2011
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/human-rights/NY-Times-Closure-of-Guantanamo-Prison-Will-Take-Longer-Than-Expected-79983017.html
The New York Times newspaper says the Obama administration may not be able to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and transfer terrorism suspects held there until 2011 at the earliest.
Wait dude... What?
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Former Microsoft Tech Officer Wants Sulfur Pumped Into Stratosphere To Combat Warming
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2511875/nathan_myhrvolds_anti_global_warming.html?cat=15
The global warming solution proposed by Nathan Myhvold involves Nathan Myhrvold's Anti Global Warming Scheme running a hose up to the stratosphere with balloons and using that hose to pump out enough sulfur particles to dim the sun's heat just enough to counteract the effects of global warming.
Nathan Myhrvold's anti global warming scheme is intriguing, even for those people (increasingly most people) who doubt that man caused global warming is actually real. The climate gate scandal involving leaked emails suggests that the data that supports the idea of man caused global warming has been doctored to some extent.
Obama Extends Diplomatic Immunity to Interpol by Executive Order
http://www.newmediajournal.us/the_fifth_column/12222009.htm
The text of Section 2(c), which now applies to Interpol states:
"(c) Property and assets of international organizations, wherever located and by whomsoever held, shall be immune from search, unless such immunity be expressly waived, and from confiscation. The archives of international organizations shall be inviolable."
"If any branch of government wants to keep documents out of the hands of the US court system, just hand them over to Interpol until the smoke clears." It added that Interpol can maintain files on US citizens.
Wait dude... What?
US Court Orders Records Unsealed In Cap-And-Trade Fraud Case
http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/stock-market-news-story.aspx?storyid=200912171847dowjonesdjonline000636&title=us-court-orders-records-unsealed-in-cap-and-trade-fraud-case
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- U.S. legislators have obtained a court order unsealing documents in a case involving a multi-million-dollar cap-and-trade fraud.
Republican legislators say the records--due to be opened to the public in early January--could shed light on the potential challenges of policing a new, trillion-dollar commodities market that would be created under climate legislation that Congress is considering.
Wait dude... What?
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