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Friday, December 25, 2009

Christmas Morning - December 25, 2009

It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men. -Samuel Adams



Christmas Morning - December 25, 2009

Hope everyone has a very merry and blessed Christmas Day!








Top Headlines on Drudge Report this morning:

The 82-year-old pope quickly got up and was unhurt, said a Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Ciro Benedettini.

VATICAN CITY – A woman jumped the barriers in St. Peter's Basilica and knocked down Pope Benedict XVI as he walked down the main aisle to begin Christmas Eve Mass on Thursday.


The 82-year-old pope quickly got up and was unhurt, said a Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Ciro Benedettini. Footage aired on Italy's RAI state TV showed a woman dressed in a red jumper vaulting over the wooden barriers and rushing the pope before being swarmed by bodyguards.

The commotion occurred as the pope's procession was making its way toward the main altar and shocked gasps rang out through the public that packed the basilica. The procession came to a halt and security rushed to the trouble spot.


Benedettini said the woman who pushed the pope appeared to be mentally unstable and had been arrested by Vatican police. He said she also knocked down Cardinal Roger Etchegaray, who was taken to hospital for a check up.

"During the procession an unstable person jumped a barrier and knocked down the Holy Father," Benedettini told The Associated Press by telephone. "(The pope) quickly got up and continued the procession."

After the incident, Benedict, flanked by tense bodyguards, resumed his walk to the basilica's main altar to start the Mass. He did appear somewhat shaken and leaned heavily on aides and an armrest as he sat down in his chair.


Benedict made no reference to the incident as the service started. As a choir sang, he sprinkled incense on the altar before opening the Mass with the traditional wish for peace in Latin: "Pax vobis" ("Peace be with you"). The faithful responded: "Et cum spiritu tuo" ("And also with you").

It was the second year in a row there was a security breach at the service. At the end of last year's Mass a woman who had jumped the barriers got close to the pope but was quickly blocked on the ground by security.

Benedettini said it was not immediately known if the same woman was behind Thursday's incident.


VIDEO: POPE PUSHED...


Vatican official says woman who toppled pope same one as in 2008 Christmas Eve security breach.


Pope fine for Christmas blessing after fall



Health care reform bill passes Senate, moves to final stage...


TIRED HARRY REID MISTAKENLY VOTES 'NO'...

Senior Dem: Kill the Senate health reform bill and start over...

Sen. Schumer Says Every State Got Special Treatment in Obamacare Legislation...

Pelosi, Reid to Hold Closed-Door Meetings to Decide Final Bill...

Congress raises debt ceiling to $12.4 trillion...







The following picture taken 'outside the Church of the Annunciation at Nazareth' discloses the condition of our world

Pretty Messed Up!



Men dressed as Santa Claus take part in a parade outside the Church of the Annunciation, at Nazareth. Picture: AFP









December 24, 2009


Barack Obama played a practical joke on a political colleague by phoning into a radio station and pretending to be a disgruntled voter.


The US president posed as 'Barry from DC' as a wind-up on Governor of Virginia Tim Kaine.


He said: 'Governor Kaine this is actually the president the United States here.






'I had questions about traffic in North Virginia, but rather than go there I just wanted to say how proud we are of your service as governor of the commonwealth of Virginia and just wish you and the family the best this Christmas season after a terrific round of service for the people of Virginia.'

He was speaking on 'Ask the Governor' on Washington-based station WTOP as the governor is set to step down after four years in office.

After the surprised governor had composed himself, he said how proud he'd been to work with the president since he was elected to office a year ago.

He said: 'That means a lot a lot. As I think back about my four years as governor I still think my happiest day as governor was in November 2008 and the great work we did across the nation and in Virginia was spectacular.

'We're lucky and the nation is lucky, It's been an amazing first year of your administration.'


But Obama couldn't resist poking more fun at the governor's expense.

He said: 'We are just very proud of you, we continue to think that your wife is probably a little superior to you, as I think people feel about the First Lady.


'You and me have to stick together as we're married to better people.'


Watch video on news web site:



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1238218/Barack-Obama-prank-calls-colleague-Tim-Kaine-radio-show.html









Princeton Economist and Computer Scientists Show that Derivatives Are Inherently Vulnerable to Fraud

December 24, 2009

As I have previously noted, credit default swaps are destabilizing for the economy. See this and this.

Now, Princeton University economists and computer scientists have demonstrated that financial derivatives are also inherently vulnerable to fraudulent pricing.

PhysOrg summarizes Princeton's findings:

In a result that may have implications for financial regulation, researchers from computer science and economics have revealed potentially impenetrable problems with the pricing of financial derivatives. They show that sellers of these investments could purposefully include pieces of bad risk that no buyer could detect even with the most powerful computers.

The research focused on collateralized debt obligations, or CDOs, an investment tool that combines many mortgages with the promise of spreading out and lowering the risk of default. The team examined what would happen if a seller knew that some mortgages were "lemons" and structured a package of CDOs to benefit himself. They found that the manipulation may be impossible for buyers to detect either at time of sale or later when the derivative loses money.

The team consists of Sanjeev Arora, director of Princeton's Center for Computational Intractability, his colleague Boaz Barak, economics professor Markus Brunnermeier, and computer science graduate student Rong Ge.

It is now standard wisdom that a major culprit in the 2008 financial meltdown was use of simplistic mathematical models of risk at financial firms. This paper, released as a working draft Oct. 15, suggests that the problems may go deeper.

"We are cautioning that even if you have the right model it's not easy to price derivatives," Arora said. "Making the models more complicated will not make these effects go away, even for computationally sophisticated."

Arora noted that the problem arises from asymmetric information between buyers and sellers, and goes against conventional wisdom in economic theory, which holds that derivatives reduce the negative effects of such unequal information.

"Standard economics emphasizes that securitization can mitigate the cost of asymmetric information," Brunnermeier said. "We stress that certain derivative securities introduce additional complexity and thus a new layer of asymmetric information that can be so severe it overturns the initial advantage."

Brunnermeier noted that the finding came from combining computer science and finance, which has not been done before but has the potential for further insights. “I anticipate that both fields can enrich each other,” he said.

http://www.georgewashington2.blogspot.com/







People celebrate the western Christmas Eve in front of Moscow's Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception, in Russia. The traditional Eastern Orthodox religions, however, do not celebrate their Christmas Day until January 6. Picture: AP






California Governor Schwarzenegger May Appeal to Obama as $21 Billion Deficit Defies Solution...





Dec. 24 (Bloomberg) -- California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, anticipating a $21 billion budget deficit, plans to ask President Barack Obama to ease mandates and minimums on social programs to save as much as $8 billion.


The Republican governor plans to seek the relief, according to a California official who asked not to be identified because details haven’t been resolved. Instead of seeking one-time stimulus money or a bailout, the most-populous state wants the U.S. to reduce mandates and waive rules stipulating expenditures on programs such as indigent health care, the official said.


California is among states most affected by the economic recession. It has the lowest credit rating and recorded the nation’s second-highest rate of home foreclosures, trailing only Nevada. Unemployment peaked at 12.5 percent in October amid the loss of 687,700 jobs from the year before, when the jobless figure was 8 percent. Wealth declined as the stock market lost 40 percent of its value in 2008. READ MORE ....



Arizona’s Coming Government Collapse

ResistNet | “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.”



Oklahoma Has Biggest Deficit Among States


Oklahoma has the unwanted distinction of having the largest revenue shortfall of any state, according to a new report. That reality is illustrated by the state's revenue collections, which are down by more than 25 percent from a year ago.


The state last week ordered yet another round of cuts, this time instructing agencies to cut 10 percent from their budgets.


A November state budget report by the National Conference of State Legislatures says Oklahoma's 18.5 percent shortfall for the current fiscal year edges out Arizona's 18 percent, with Illinois in third at 16.5 percent.The report says states have lopped $145.9 billion from their fiscal year 2010 budgets compared with 2009. For most states, the fiscal year begins on July 1.


In addition, 36 states have reported additional shortfalls for 2010 totaling $28.2 billion....









National Irish Bank (NIB) to stop handling cash

One of the country's larger banks has told to its customers that it is to stop handling cash in its branches.

National Irish Bank says it is moving to a Scandinavian model of "cashless banking" - with an increased reliance on ATMs and debit cards.

NIB has told customers that its branches will no longer handle cash withdrawals or lodgements, nightsafe lodgements or foreign exchange cash.

They are instead urging customers to use ATMs or get cash back on their laser cards if they need notes. Branches will continue to accept cheques and postal orders.

The bank says the idea of "cashless banking" will be rolled out over the next 18 months, and that the model is that used by its Danish parent company.

NIB says Irish dependence on cash is amongst the highest in Europe.


From UrbanSurvival.com this Christmas Eve Morning regarding Ireland:


Although I've been looking for a 'one world currency' I don't see it happening for a good long while because of these kinds of trip wires.

On the other hand what is going on is the diminishing value of cash and even cash equivalents are being phased out.

Some examples? Well, to start with much of Ireland is abuzz today over the report that "National Irish [bank] moves to cashless banking". Not that people in Ireland have given up on paper money - at least yet. They will still be able to get it from ATM's and such.

But underlying there are some interesting moves afoot which you might want to be aware of:


  • The National Irish move follows something called the 'Scandinavian model of banking where cash in minimal. Almost everything is done by bank check or a credit card.



  • In a period of high unemployment (like now?) money moves from the 'official' (meaning taxed economy to the underground economy where things like taxes don't exist. In a cashless society, the availability of cash for illicit transactions dries up.


  • What happens to the drug business? For years, motorcycle gangs have been using silver as a kind of coin of their realm.

Indeed some interesting things to ponder. While there's no obvious conclusion to where things are going, I keep collecting data points. Clearly, cash use is declining to the point where if you have more than a certain amount of cash on hand in your home, it may be legal but it's also highly suspect and if ever confiscated, you'd probably have to hire a lawyer to get it back - and you might not...

Cash has a dicey future ahead - just like old-fashioned hand written checks. Something to think about: How do people remain free if government controls the means of free exchange? Or, is that the whole point?




NEBRASKA NEWS

Snow, Wind, Ice Making Driving on I-80 Very Dangerous- KOLN

As promised road conditions on Interstate-80 through Lincoln have quickly deteriorated.


A combination of ice, snow and very powerful winds are making it dangerous even to just be outside.


Click here to find out more!

People 10/11 News spoke with say they've been driving around 40 miles per hour.


For truck drivers, the wind is playing a dangerous role in their drive.


Charles Merk is driving a semi from Las Vegas to Minnesota. He says, "It's very hard. I've got a lightweight load so the wind can really blow you off the road. We've seen quite a bit of cars and trucks off the road. It's hard, very hard driving."


Sonny Reyes is driving from Omaha to Wyoming. He says, "Better to get there than not get there. So if they don't have to drive tonight, wait until the morning. It's still Christmas tomorrow. If they don't have to get there tonight, don't. It's really, really dangerous."


One trucker 10/11 News spoke with Thursday night says so far, he's seen more than 100 cars and trucks in the ditch since he started driving through the storm.


The Nebraska State Patrol has already reported seven deaths from car crashes in recent days, all along I-80.


As driving conditions worsen, the fear is that number could continue to grow.




Live Norfolk, Nebraska Weather Cam





Lewis & Clark Lake Conditions on Christmas Eve

Looks like they are getting snow up by Yankton, South Dakota!

http://www.lakestatus.com/index.php


















Arrow drivers wake to nightmare before Christmas

On Tuesday, as many as 1,400 truck drivers for Arrow Trucking Co., based out of Tulsa, OK, have been frantically trying to figure out their next moves as the company unexpectedly announced it was “suspending all operations” that day.


Truckers started calling in to the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association and Land Line after they were awakened with phone calls from their dispatchers alerting them to the grim news that the company was shutting its doors and that their instructions were to turn in their trucks to the nearest Freightliner dealership. However, no instructions were given for drivers of International trucks.


One OOIDA member told Land Line on Tuesday, Dec. 22, that he had a bad feeling this was coming down the pike when his fuel card didn’t work at a truck stop the previous night. As of press time, the company driver, who didn’t want to be named, was stranded at a Freightliner dealership in Roanoke, VA, because he didn’t have enough fuel to make it to his delivery in Maryland ....





Market moves and the lunatic fringe



IMPLODING equities, exploding credit default swaps, soaring gold and slumping oil -- if, at any time over the past 18 months, it seemed that markets were in the grip of lunacy, it may be because investors are, technically, lunatics.

The market mayhem since the global financial meltdown began in 2008 has provided fertile soil for proponents of a branch of investment theory which holds that market cycles move in phase with the Moon.


Now, backed with decades of data and behaviour that can no longer be explained by purely rational analysis, the lunar theory has slipped into the mainstream.


In a piece of research that involved 14 of its senior analysts from across five leading financial centres scrutinising data from 32 leading indices over several decades, Macquarie Securities has arrived at a startling discovery: the two days on either side of the new lunar month represent most of the positive returns on equity markets for the next four weeks.

"Using data since 1988 for a wide variety of indices," the report concluded, "it is quite clear that a strong surge in returns can be seen leading into the turn of the (lunar) month."


The analysts are quick to dismiss the idea that the theory applies only to markets in Asia -- a part of the world where belief in the lunar theory, especially in Hong Kong and Japan, is better established.

"The effect is not just an Asian effect, it happens globally," the Macquarie report said.


"Of the 32 markets we examined, all showed higher than average returns around the turn of the (lunar) month ... and for many of the markets, the average return for the rest of the month was below, or close to, zero."

Equity markets, it seems, act as a particularly sensitive barometer for the invisible impact of lunar cycles on human psychology -- an influence that has been widely assumed for centuries, but never solidly proven by science.

Macquarie points to two academic studies, which found that returns around the new moon are nearly double that of the corresponding full moon phase.


Using MSCI index data from the same 32 equity bourses and tracking decades of data, the Macquarie report found that: "In many markets, a very clear increase in average returns can be seen leading into the lunar new month."

The results, the analysis said, showed that without exception every market showed a very slight increase in the average return over the new moon period.


Other brokerage firms have latched on to parts of the lunar theory. Analysts at CLSA recently pointed out to clients that the recent near-collapse of the global credit and financial system was presaged by the lunar cycle.

As markets teetered on the brink of oblivion in 2008, the true panic began exactly on the 27th day of the seventh lunar cycle. Eerily, that same phase marked the height of panic during the great market crashes of 1857, 1907, 1929, 1987 and 1997.


The Macquarie report, which acknowledges that investors are unlikely to adapt their strategies to fit the new research, concludes that the relevance of the theory is "probably slightly more powerful than, say, betting that good value stocks outperform in the long run".





Indonesian men dressed as Santa Claus ride bicycles during a Christmas celebration in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia. Picture: Reuters





"By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail" - Benjamin Franklin


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This Rocket Stove is designed for indoor use but can be used outdoors as well. It has a standard 4" pipe connect on the top, as pictured for you below, to hook up to your chimney pipe. This is the ultimate in preparedness items. If seriously hard times befall us, you may run out of propane, kerosene, or be unable to afford natural gas to cook with. This Indoor Rocket Stove will allow you to keep on cooking food and boiling water inside the comfort of your dwelling if times get really rough. You can use any type of dry biomass to cook with such as leaves, twigs, bark, grass, cork husks or stocks, etc., etc.

Highlights
  • It weighs 15 lbs all together and made entirely of steel with a cooking top area of close to 12 inches by 14 inches. The height to the top of the cooking surface is on the average of 19".
  • Has removable top for outdoor cooking as well.
  • Extremely efficient, you can cook a meal with extremely small amount of wood. Especially needed in times of disasters.
  • Portable fun for the kids to cook hot dogs, or to cook serious meals.
  • There always seems to be a lot of twigs and small branches at camp sites but no large firewood in sight (previous campers used it).
  • Very little ashes left when done. (Burns efficiently)


This Indoor Rocket Stove has been designed so that the top can come off and be used as an outdoor rocket stove as well. This means you'll be able to clean it out and be able to get fires going with the top off then put the top on and start cooking if using it indoors. You will still need to dump out the ash every couple of meals or so depending on how long you cook in it.

This isn't the most convenient method to cook with using it indoors, but it's a very effective to way to cook with very little wood or dry plant matter. The removable top is designed so that the smoke and heat are fed through two steel plates to the chimney pipe attachment as pictured. It's as safe to use as any wood burning stove, other than it doesn't have a door to close in the fire, so keep that in mind and don't leave it unattended. Just like any wood burning stove there is a risk of back draft pushing smoke back through the air and wood intake. Also much like wood burning stoves, you will want to place this Indoor Rocket Stove on a fire resistant surface such as tile, brick, etc. so that if burning embers come out of it they don't fall onto carpet, wood, tarps or any other combustible type flooring. Honestly this Indoor Rocket Stove is not nearly as easy to de-ash like the outdoor version we sell being that you would have to remove your stove pipe to dump the ashes. Also getting fires started in it, you will have to remove the top plate and stove pipe to do so unless you can find another ingenious way to get it started. So there are some draw backs using this Indoor Rocket Stove but would be still good for times of preparedness and having the dual usage of indoor and outdoor.


The stove is designed for cooking purposes and not for heating being that the Indoor Rocket Stove is insulated inside to force the heat out the top where your pan is. However it will get hot on the sides, so please wait for it to cool before you try to move it or dump ashes out. Three steel legs on the Indoors Rocket Stoves for good solid balancing.

The outdoors version of these rocket stoves are used in Africa because people can burn grass, sagebrush, and other dry plant matter to cook food in places where trees are rare therefore firewood is scarce. It has a steel tongue which is the flat metal bar coming out of the bottom opening for setting longer pieces of wood into it and for better air flow for the fire under the tongue. A small piece of rolled up paper or some dried leaves can get it started and you can use small twigs and branches or wood that you've split with a hatchet to feed the fire.




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Children dressed in Santa Claus outfits line up before a Christmas celebration at a kindergarten in Hanoi. Picture: Reuters





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CHRISTMAS MORNING DEC 25, 2009 AT 6:47 AM CDT












MOON UPDATE
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SUN UPDATE
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Active Regions

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Solar activity has returned to a very low level. NOAA 1036 has decayed rapidly and is now spotless as it rotates over the west limb. There is a weak EFR located S28W19 with a tiny spot visible in white light images. No significant solar activity expected today.


December 25, 2009



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Latest Earthquakes Magnitude 2.5 or Greater in the United States and Adjacent Areas and Magnitude 4.5 or Greater in the Rest of the World



Update time = Fri Dec 25 12:14:31 UTC 2009

MAG UTC DATE-TIME
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MAP 3.3 2009/12/25 11:56:25 58.782 -152.727 39.4 KODIAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA
MAP 3.4 2009/12/25 11:11:38 19.619 -68.732 56.8 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REGION
MAP 2.8 2009/12/25 08:33:47 18.056 -66.882 127.2 PUERTO RICO
MAP 3.1 2009/12/25 07:41:18 63.668 -146.884 15.2 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 4.6 2009/12/25 05:39:16 16.244 -93.766 111.0 CHIAPAS, MEXICO
MAP 3.1 2009/12/25 01:19:24 19.530 -63.912 81.3 VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP 2.5 2009/12/25 01:04:14 18.091 -65.987 10.7 PUERTO RICO



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I "borrowed" the following from a "discreet" board--which will remain un-named....


Just do a google on "hedge fund" and "arrested," or just plain "Galleon" and you'll notice the takedowns continue. 20 arrests from Galleon so far.


http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5B646V20091207


James Nicholson, Another Ponzi, 150 million $$$


http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN0712791120091207


Jay Nolan, Chicago futures trader arrested, another multimillion dollar fraud:


http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-thu-brf1-trader-nov26,0,3857602.story


Scott Rothstein, finally


http://wallstreetpit.com/12561-accused-ponzi-rothstein-arrested-on-racketeering-charge


Oh, and did you hear Rothstein's former partner was murdered


http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local-beat/Rothstein-Scandal-Creates-Murder-Trial-Intrigue-79015087.html


Naresh Jain, Hawala King (alternative banking), arrested in India, $2.2 billion money laundering scheme:


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/6753574/Hawala-King-Naresh-Jain-arrested-

in-India.html


DAVID RAMNAUTH, the President of GuyAmerican Funding Corp., in connection with a scheme that defrauded banks out of more than $23 million in home mortgage loans


http://newyork.realestaterama.com/2009/12/10/manhattan-us-attorney-charges-president-of-mortgage-brokerage-firm-in-23-million-fraud-scheme-ID0938.html


Don't know if what's going on in Venezuela's banking realm is a part of the whole rats-in-a-sack meme, but


http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125962729595970493.html


http://www.rmn.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?read=163288






On December 1st, President Obama talked about withdrawing U.S. troops from Afghanistan within 18 months.

Everyone now knows that there is no firm withdrawal date from Afghanistan. See this and this.

But in testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee on December 2nd, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton actually gave a much longer horizon for the presence of U.S. troops in America:

Senator UDALL.— So, in an ideal world, we would get the job done militarily in the short term; in the medium and long term, we would have a presence in the region, economically, diplomacy, and politically.

Secretary CLINTON. Well, as we have with so many other countries— obviously, we have troops in a limited number of countries around the world; some have been there for 50, 60 years, but we have long-term economic assistance and development programs in many others. And we think that’s a likely outcome in both Afghanistan and Pakistan, that we would be there with a long-term commitment.

Does this mean that U.S. troops will be in Afghanistan in 50 year?

On the surface, Clinton's statement could be interpreted to mean that troops will leave sooner, but that America will have long-term economic assistance and development programs in Afghanistan for many decades to come.

However, U.S. charities working in Afghanistan report that they are subject to Pentagon sponsorship and control, and so the Afghani people view them as part of the U.S. military (which hampers their aid work).

Therefore, whether or not troops will remain in Afghanistan for a half century or more, the Afghani people and the rest of the world may consider it a permanent occupation.

Remember also that - while the U.S. government has promised to withdraw by December 31, 2011 from Iraq - the U.S. is building numerous permanent military bases in that country. (see this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, and this). So talk is cheap.

http://georgewashington2.blogspot.com/2009/12/hillary-clinton-well-still-be-in.html



LATEST HAWK REPORT



Hunger for False Flag In U.S. by Luciferian Illuminati Inside U.S. Govt. / Military / Intel Agencies/ Money Center Banks - Still Strong ?


December 22, 2009
Hawk

As Americans continue to experience the engineered slide from prosperity, strength, and freedom that is better called the Planned Destruction of America, courtesy of the Illuminati Luciferians Hell bent on establishing a Global government under the anti-Christ , their political minions , business minions, and military/ intel minions are beginning to get more than a little afraid of the coming "Crash Induced Unrest" inside the U.S. and other countries. Additionally, many independent forecasters , economists, and other officials and experts are also warning about massive social unrest that may threaten to topple governments and destroy social order. Please see "OFFICIALS AND EXPERTS WARN OF CRASH-INDUCED UNREST" at www.georgewashington2.blogspot.com and pay close attention to what the Army War College and Director of National Intelligence have to say as well as what Zbigniew Brzezinski (Obama's Adviser) has to say about what is coming. Links to other predictions and forecasts by many notables about massive civil unrest and possible revolution are also included in that article.

Of course, it is the motto of the Illuminati and 33rd Degree Masons isn't it... ORDO AB CHAO... order out of chaos? Did not Albert Pike in his letter to Giuseppe Mazzini detail the plan of 3 World Wars to be used to establish Luciferianism and to set the anti-Christ on the throne in Jerusalem way back in the late 1800's? Did not Tom Horn in his very recent book "APPOLLYON RISING 2012" reveal that the Lost Symbol and final mystery of the Great Seal of the United States was solved and that the Illuminati and highest level Masons fully expect their god... APPOLLYON to return in 2012 and that they have been working toward their New World Order for over 200 years. If you haven't read this book or Albert Pike's "MORALS AND DOGMA" , or his letter revealing the details of the 3 World Wars I suggest you do so quickly, because you don't have much time to understand what is likely to hit you like a freight train. Though, Ezekiel 38 -39, Daniel, Mathew 24-25 , and Revelations might be the best places to start in the Bible.

The problem here is perhaps some of the minions are growing fearful that they might be in the sights and scopes of free Americans brandishing close to 200 million firearms after reading some Thomas Jefferson quotes about standing armies, banks, and how the Liberty Tree must be watered from time to time by the blood of Patriots and tyrants... or perhaps that wonderful speech by Patrick Henry about "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" . In that, their fears are not unfounded... even the Web Bots( Half Past Human.com) have predicted the deaths of hundreds of thousands of bankers, politicians, and propagandists in the upcoming American revolution of 2010 and 2011 that spreads globally. When tyrants rob $Trillions from the people, take over whole segments of the economy in some totalitarian dream, shred the Constitution and Bill of Rights , and then start pushing people who have nothing left to lose... well what could they expect?

To whit, the more clever of the luciferians would rather use what worked so well on 9-11 a False Flag attack upon U.S. soil. They would like nothing better than to see a pretext... that would not only afford cover for the collapse of U.S. markets, collapse of the Dollar, destruction of most of the wealth of the American people held in Pensions, Ira's , 401-K's, and Stock and Bond portfolios... but also would still afford the best chance for them to retain the loyalty of their troops and police , and to at least initially garner public opinion more to their side or view of the world. THAT PRETEXT... THE ONE THEY HUNGER FOR... IS A FALSE FLAG ATTACK , PROBABLY WITH NUCLEAR DEVICES USED IN U.S. CITIES WHICH COULD BE BLAMED ON IRAN. EXTERNAL ENEMIES TO RALLY AGAINST AND TO GO TO WAR AGAINST... ALA "BLACK JACK SCENARIO" AND MORE IMPORTANTLY FOR THE ILLUMINATI, ALA GOG MAGOG WAR.

Martial Law Plans Have Already Been Put Into Deployment Stages

As past Warnings and Talons that I have written and numerous radio broadcasts have detailed, the Command, Communications, and Control of Martial Law forces inside the U.S. are in place and someone I have dubbed the "Martial Law Big Papa" is actively communicating with already deployed U.S. military units, foreign troops, mercenaries, and even recently some with UN markings seen by police in a certain part of Florida traveling to bivouac in the piney woods. Estimates from high level sources place the numbers of just foreign troops involved at approximately 345,000 which when combined with U.S. military forces, National Guard , Reserves, and Law Enforcement at the Federal, State, and local levels add up to a considerably large and robust force arrayed against the populace... especially if the FALSE FLAG does it work and sells the majority of the American people on the "WHODUNIT" . The Martial Law Big Papa also has the ability to supercede all HF communications of the National Communications Center at Andrews and comes up with all tones whenever he wants. That he is using the HF and also the new Interoperability Trunking system for communication is partially to keep the comms separate from regular Military Comms on satellites and hence more localized to CONUS because of propagation difficulties for some modicum of obfuscation (although it is hiding in plain sight, so to speak) and partially because not all foreign troop units have the most current U.S. compatible "High Rack" communications systems.

For the last several weeks deep background sources have detailed knowledge of continued and somewhat heavy traffic to Martial Law units in the field... and many high level meetings with command of various National Guard and Reserve units as to their readiness for possible full implementation of Martial Law have been held. Numerous drills have also been held involving combined foreign and U.S. forces... Air, Mechanized, and Infantry as well as federal agencies, State Police and local Police, Fire , and Emergency units have been involved. Numerous reports of drills and practice runs over cities by helicopters , and even foreign fighter jets have been heard, as well as all the numerous sightings of Armored vehicles, C-130 practice runs, and infantry drills related to CONUS operations with mass civil uprising and pandemic scenarios involved that past TALONS , warnings, and radio broadcasts have provided to you.

Was a False Flag attack perhaps set for 12/18 postponed because of Blizzards?

Information from deep background sources, though unconfirmed has indicated that possibly a False Flag attack perhaps upon either NYC or Washington D.C. was set for 12/18 or 12/19. Mind you, these were somewhat speculative as to details but nevertheless of sufficient import to at least give a warning to those with ears to hear and eyes to see. The hunger for Pretext by factions within U.S. govt/mil/intel structure and most likely within some foreign factions as well such as the City of London and Illuminati Princes was allegedly evident... even numerous U.S. Politicians and Cabinet members were in Copenhagen to perhaps conveniently be out of harm's way. Blizzards on the east coast and parts of the deep south, whether from God himself or from Russian Weather X capability or Constitutional U.S. factions likely scotched this plan.

However, with such hunger for Pretext and all of its benefits as discussed above it is quite likely that perhaps another try will be made. Some inklings that the next False Flag might take place during some large TV viewing audience attention upon say a Christmas Special, a major NFL game, or perhaps on the New Year's Eve Times Square dropping of the ball at midnight have been heard. Other sources of the Q-Files and from Greg Everson have indicated that the period for Martial Law regardless of reason or cause are tentatively set , at least according to a former Northcomm Officer for 1/6/2010 thru 1/15/2010 and around mid January from multiple Law Enforcement and other Military Officers respectively. Also, information that a large buildup of U.S. air assets including fighters, bombers, and tankers has already been done at U.S. Air force Bases in Germany and that a date of 1/12/2010 has been rumored for their need to be ready for immediate aftermath of an Israeli attack upon Iran... for defending Saudi and Gulf States oil fields and tanker loading facilities , U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, and perhaps Israel. The factions that are still hungering for the False Flag would like no doubt to improve the likelihood of not only defense of Israel but actually a joint attack upon all of the Target List in Iran. When Israel goes against Iran seems to be the wild card here... and regardless of what the more naive arrogant fools in D.C. are thinking about precluding Israel from attacking via extensive transfer of technology and promised future transfer of top of line U.S. fighters... (perhaps Joint Strike Fighter, Raptor, or even TR3-B's or other XRAY spacecraft???)... Israel will have to go soon or not go at all. When they go, will be on their own time and at the least expected by Iran, Russia, and even the U.S. Lets not forget that Zibigniew Brzezinski stated publicly that the U.S. should deny Israel the right to fly over Iraq and that if they flew over anyway that the U.S. military should fire on the IAF and knock their planes out of the sky... not the most trust engendering statement by one of the current President's advisers. One could see how a False Flag attack on CONUS would change this dynamic greatly... especially since Russia, who has a defense treaty with Iran has already stated via Putin himself that no attack upon Iran would be tolerated, with grave implications for launch of missiles on Israel and on the U.S. more than just an idle hint. Recent Russian well publicized discussions about their right to" Preemptive Attack" and changes in their nuclear doctrine are to be found in numerous news and security oriented sites on the web.

What Might be Expected ... Events That Could Happen Rapidly

If Israel unilaterally attacks Iran or even if the U.S. goes with them... Iran likely already has a Russian S-300 System if in fact not a clandestine S-400 System (hence truthful denials by Russia that no S-300 system had been set up yet ?) and can track many multiples of inbound targets and engage multiples of those targets instantly via system control of various anti-missile, anti-aircraft, and anti-ship missiles and guns. Iran already has 110 Super Sunburn (onyx) missiles and 100 Exocets for anti-ship action against U.S. carrier groups or Israeli naval assets. They also have various types of short range, mid range, and even Long Range missiles which can hit Israel, U.S. forces in Iraq, Qatar, Bahrain, and Kuwaiti logistics hubs... Afghanistan... Saudi Oil Fields and Terminals and ships in near Indian Ocean as well as Red Sea and Suez Canal.

MAKE NO MISTAKE... IRAN ALSO HAS MULTIPLE NUCLEAR WARHEADS FROM BLACK MARKET, NORTH KOREA, THEIR OWN MANUFACTURE, AND NO DOUBT AS MANY AS THEY NEED BEING HELD BY RUSSIAN ADVISERS INSIDE IRAN. THEY ALSO HAVE RUSSIAN NAVAL GROUPS IN THE MED AT THE TARTOUS AND LATAKIA PORTS IN SYRIA AND OF COURSE RUSSIAN BOOMERS AND AKULAS STRATEGICALLY PLACED (INCLUDING OFF U.S. COASTS) FOR RETALIATION THREATS IF IRAN IS ATTACKED.

Coinciding with any attack upon Iran... a U.S. attack upon Venezuela from 7 leased bases in Colombia and from the U.S. 4Th fleet as well as prepositioned U.S. forces mixed in with alot of Royal Dutch Marines on Aruba, Bonaire, and Curacao would take place in an attempt to seize the Venezuelan oil fields and refineries as well as airports. That is what Ranger Battalions do . Question is whether Venezuela just has Russian TOR-M1 system and portable IGLA-S sams or whether the S-300 system they contracted for may already be in place as well along with other Russian hardware and warheads not discussed in public. Q-Files sources from years ago also alerted that the previous Bio-Wep Lab once in Cuba (and not taken out by SAS) was transferred lock stock and beaker to Venezuela. Russian made Su-30's , tanks , Hind Helos , are also in Chavez's arsenal and it would not be a cake walk either... particularly since the Russians and Iranians have defense treaties with them and likely the Red Chinese as well who do have long term oil agreements they would not want interrupted. I also believe it likely that an attempt to seize the Bolivian gas fields and the Ecuadoran oil fields would also take place during this time frame. In the U.S. probable commandeering of all Valero refineries (owned by Venezuela) would also take place... possible race against time vs. any Venezuelan mil pre-planted explosives to scuttle those refineries and remove huge gasoline making capacity from U.S. . Along this same line you could expect numerous gasoline stations owned by Pakistani, Iranian , and other Muslim groups inside the U.S. would likely be set on fire and blown. This is just the action in a few places on the globe... this war will likely consume a large part of the world... but China and other Kings of the East will try and sit it out... because their time is yet to come prophetically, though they will defend their territory and will no doubt take advantage of all opportunities to grab any raw materials, weapons, food, precious metals etc... ONE THING FOR SURE IS THAT THEY WILL NOT BUY ANY MORE U.S. TREASURIES... THEY WILL WANT AMERICA FOR THEMSELVES AND WILL AT SOME POINT COME TO INVADE IT AS IS THEIR DEAL WITH RUSSIA... PER DIMITRU DUDUMAN AND ALSO FROM OTHER SOURCES.

As to what to expect when Martial Law is fully implemented in the U.S. for whatever reason... much warning has been given to you on Q-Files broadcasts and in warnings and TALONS still located on this web site. Suffice to say, there will be Civil War inside the U.S. The Army War College Docs mentioned above, the recent Army Staff and General Officer School reports about how Millennial Christians are the real threats to world peace, the DHS Domestic Terrorist reports, the MIAC report , and the documents on Operation Garden Plot, Cable Splice, Rex 84, and others like "Domestic Insurgency and the Declaration of Martial Law dated 12 October 2008 and of course the Executive Orders plus the PDD's available to read will show you all you need to know. Yard Farming, Red List assassinations, and concentration camps are all part of this long dark night of suffering Illuminati End Game Plans.

REPENT AND ASK LORD JESUS TO COME INTO YOUR HEART. Prepare by stockpiling as much food, water purification, firearms and ammo, NBC gear, camping equipment, boots, clothing, tools, medical supplies and gold and silver as possible... ON AN IMMEDIATE BASIS. Get out of all paper assets, make your plans for either bugging out or defending your castle finalized... and get into prayer. Watch for all signs and even great deceptions to be occurring as well. Do not go willingly into their evil dark night of blood sacrifice or slavery. May you fair well and be protected by the Lord.

THERE IS POWER IN THE BLOOD OF JESUS.

Hawk





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Breaking News and Commentary from Citizens For Legitimate Government | 24 Dec 2009


'Good' Taliban destroy Afghan Army base 20 Dec 2009 Forces under the command of a leader considered to be one of the "good Taliban" by the Pakistani military destroyed an Afghan Army camp. Taliban forces commanded by Mullah Nazir blew up an the Afghan Army base, which was just across the border from the Angoor Adda region in Pakistan. The region is under the control of Nazir, a Pakistani Taliban commander. "Sources said the Taliban planted explosives all over the base and blew it up, destroying bunkers and installations," Dawn reported. The based was destroyed after "a contingent stationed there moved out of the fortified compound." The Taliban and "a group of tribesmen" then looted the base. [See: Rep.: US may be 'funding the very insurgents we are trying to fight' --Congress investigating charges of 'protection racket' by Afghanistan contractors 17 Dec 2009.]

US anti-drug effort in Afghanistan criticized 23 Dec 2009 The State Department's internal watchdog on Wednesday criticized the agency's nearly $2 billion anti-drug effort in Afghanistan for poor oversight and lack of a long-term strategy. The department's inspector general said the Afghanistan counter-narcotics program is hampered by too few personnel and rampant corruption among Afghan officials. [The US mission in Afghanistan is to keep the gas and opium pipelines flowing. See: Trail of Afghanistan's drug money exposed By Julien Mercille 16 Dec 2009 The total revenue generated by opiates within Afghanistan is about $3.4 billion per year. Of this figure, according to UNODC, the Taliban get only 4% of the sum... The remaining 75% is captured by government officials, the police, local and regional power brokers and traffickers - in short, many of the groups now supported (or tolerated) by the United States and NATO are important actors in the drug trade.]


Suicide bomber in southern Afghanistan kills eight: police 24 Dec 2009 A suicide bomber with a horse and cart detonated himself Thursday in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, killing eight people and wounding five, a senior police officer said. The explosion happened around 7.15 pm (1445 GMT) outside the Kandahar provincial health ministry directorate and a guesthouse sometimes used by foreigners, deputy provincial police chief Sazel Ahmad Shairzad said.


NATO confirms two soldiers dead in Afghanistan 24 Dec 2009 NATO has confirmed that two of its soldiers have been killed in separate attacks in southern Afghanistan. The military alliance said on Thursday that Canadian soldier, Lt. Andrew Nuttall, was killed in the Panjwaii district on Wednesday. An Afghan soldier died and an interpreter was also seriously injured in the attack. Meanwhile, a British soldier was killed in a roadside bombing in the Helmand province on Tuesday.


British soldier killed on patrol in Afghanistan --Death is third this week in Helmand province for UK troops --Improvised bomb blamed after two earlier friendly fire killings 23 Dec 2009 The third British soldier this week has been killed in southern Afghanistan. The soldier from the Parachute Regiment was killed by an improvised bomb while on foot patrol near Sangin in Helmand province yesterday afternoon, the Ministry of Defence said.


Imam Tied to Fort Hood Shooter "Killed" 24 Dec 2009 A Muslim preacher linked by U.S. intelligence to a gunman who killed 13 people at a U.S. Army base is believed to have died in a Yemen airstrike on al Qaeda [al-CIAduh] militants, a security official said on Thursday. "Anwar al Awlaki is suspected to be dead (in the air raid)," said the Yemeni official, who asked not to be identified. Yemen said 30 militants were killed in the strike in the eastern province of Shabwa. The gunman in the November 5 shooting at the Fort Hood, Texas army base, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, had contacts with Awlaki late last year, U.S. authorities believe.


Jack Straw faces Iraq inquiry grilling over Tony Blair letter --Claims that PM was told UK should not assist in overthrow of Saddam 23 Dec 2009 The former foreign secretary Jack Straw is to face potentially explosive questioning at the Iraq inquiry next month over a private letter he sent to Tony Blair on the eve of the invasion, urging the prime minister to look at options apart from pressing ahead with British military involvement in the attack. It is understood that the inquiry is to receive a copy of the personal letter sent by Straw, written after discussions with Sir Michael (now Lord) Jay, the Foreign Office permanent secretary, on 16 March 2003, two days before the Commons voted to back the war.


Opponents gunning for Gordon Brown as he escapes Iraq grilling before election 24 Dec 2009 Prime Minister Gordon Brown and members of his Cabinet will not be called to give evidence to the Iraq inquiry until after the general election, it was announced yesterday. Opposition parties reacted angrily after it emerged that Sir John Chilcot's committee would wait until after polling day to quiz Mr Brown, Foreign Secretary David Miliband and International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander.


Iraq bomb attacks kill 26 24 Dec 2009 Violence across Iraq left at least 26 people dead today, most of them Shia pilgrims attending mourning ceremonies, prompting fears of further sectarian attacks as Shia Islam's most solemn occasion looms. The deaths came three days before the climax of Ashura, when hundreds of thousands of pilgrims converge on Kerbala to mourn the killing of the Prophet Muhammad's grandson, Imam Hussein, in a battle in 680AD.


Iraqi police: Gunmen storm checkpoint, kill 4 23 Dec 2009 Authorities say [Blackwater?] gunmen have stormed a checkpoint west of Baghdad, killing four Iraqi police officers. It is the latest in a series of attacks in which gunmen have targeted Iraqi police and army checkpoints. Two police officials say gunmen stormed the checkpoint Wednesday morning in the Abu Ghraib area to the west of the capital.


Israel threatens another large-scale Gaza war 23 Dec 2009 Israel has threatened another massive war against the Gaza Strip as the impoverished enclave continues to suffer in the aftermath of the devastating January offensive. Israeli planes have been dropping thousands of leaflets across Gaza, warning Palestinians against cooperating with the resistance fighters based in the coastal sliver.


Guantanamo may have to stay open until 2011 23 Dec 2009 The prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, may not close until 2011 because of anticipated appropriation struggles in Congress, the need to change federal law and construction time to upgrade an Illinois facility to hold detainees prisoners. The Thomson Correctional Center may not be purchased from the state until March and will need up to 10 months of construction said Joe Shoemaker, spokesman for Sen. Dick Durbin, who represents Illinois in the Senate.


From Guantánamo to Desk at Al Jazeera 23 Dec 2009 Of the 779 known detainees prisoners who have been held at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, only one was a journalist. The journalist, Sami al-Hajj, was working for Al Jazeera as a cameraman when he was stopped by Pakistani forces on the border with Afghanistan in late 2001. Mr. Hajj... was never charged with a crime during his years in custody. Now, more than a year after his release, Mr. Hajj, a 40-year-old native of Sudan, is back at work at the Arabic satellite news network, leading a new desk devoted to human rights and public liberties. The captive has become the correspondent.


Navy attempted suicide rate nearly 3 percent 24 Dec 2009 Sailors attempted to commit suicide at rates significantly higher than the other services in 2008, according to a recent Defense Department-sponsored survey of service members. The Navy’s attempted suicide rate -- at 2.8 percent, or roughly 1 in every 35 sailors -- was three times higher than in the previous survey, conducted in 2005.


US, Poland Sign Deal on Stationing GIs --Deal to serve as legal framework for possible future missile defense site 12 Dec 2009 U.S. and Polish officials signed a deal Friday to regulate the stationing of American troops and military equipment in the eastern European country, paving the way for a U.S. military presence in the heart of the former Soviet bloc. The step is a prerequisite for the deployment of U.S. Patriot missiles to Poland, which is expected early next year.


'There is a core of resistance that has not been moved by entreaties by the U.S. government.' US poll shows worry about swine flu shot persists 22 Dec 2009 Americans who were worried about the safety of the swine flu vaccine are still worried and it may not be easy to convince them to get themselves or their children vaccinated, researchers said on Tuesday. "Thirty-five percent of parents say they are not going to get it and 60 percent say the major reason is safety," Robert Blendon of the Harvard School of Public Health said in a telephone interview.


More swine flu vaccine recalled: FDA 23 Dec 2009 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday AstraZeneca's MedImmune unit is voluntarily recalling some of its H1N1 swine flu vaccine because it was not as potent as it should be. Health Norman Baylor, director of the office of vaccines research and review at the FDA, said the recall involves a total of 4.7 million doses of the company's nasal spray vaccine, but only about 3,000 of those doses are left in warehouses.


Reaction to Senate Passage of Health Care Bill --Reaction to Senate passage of health care bill 24 Dec 2009 Remarks on the Senate's passage of health care legislation Thursday: "We are now finally poised to deliver on the promise of real, meaningful health insurance reform that will bring additional security and stability to the American people... This will be the most important piece of social legislation since Social Security passed in the 1930s." -- President Barack Obama.


Senate Passes 'Health Care' Overhaul Bill --Roll was called at 7:05 a.m. on Thursday 25 Dec 2009 The Senate voted Thursday to reinvent the nation’s health care system, passing a bill to guarantee access to health insurance for tens of millions of Americans and to rein in health costs bail out the insurance industry as proposed by President Obama. The 60-to-39 party-line vote, on the 25th straight day of debate on the legislation, brings Democrats a step closer to a goal they have pursued for decades. It clears the way for negotiations with the House, which passed a broadly similar bill last month by a vote of 220 to 215.


Health Bill Clears Last Hurdle Before Passage in Senate 23 Dec 2009 Exultant Senate Democrats pushed President Barack Obama's landmark health care overhaul past a final procedural hurdle Wednesday, setting up a Christmas Eve vote to pass the legislation extending coverage to 30 million Americans. Democrats voted 60-39 to end a GOP filibuster and move to a final vote Thursday. All 58 Democrats and two independents hung together against unanimous Republican opposition.


Bo the First Dog not spending Christmas in Hawaii 23 Dec 2009 First Dog Bo will not join President Obama and his family on their Hawai'i vacation, which begins tomorrow, the state Department of Agriculture confirmed today. State Veterinarian Dr. James Foppoli had emailed the White House about Hawai'i's strict anti-rabies quarantine rules in anticipation of a visit by the famous Portuguese water dog, said Janelle Saneishi, spokeswoman for the state Department of Agriculture.

Guantanamo may have to stay open until 2011 23 Dec 2009 The prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, may not close until 2011 because of anticipated appropriation struggles in Congress, the need to change federal law and construction time to upgrade an Illinois facility to hold detainees prisoners. The Thomson Correctional Center may not be purchased from the state until March and will need up to 10 months of construction said Joe Shoemaker, spokesman for Sen. Dick Durbin, who represents Illinois in the Senate.


From Guantánamo to Desk at Al Jazeera 23 Dec 2009 Of the 779 known detainees prisoners who have been held at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, only one was a journalist. The journalist, Sami al-Hajj, was working for Al Jazeera as a cameraman when he was stopped by Pakistani forces on the border with Afghanistan in late 2001. Mr. Hajj... was never charged with a crime during his years in custody. Now, more than a year after his release, Mr. Hajj, a 40-year-old native of Sudan, is back at work at the Arabic satellite news network, leading a new desk devoted to human rights and public liberties. The captive has become the correspondent.


Navy attempted suicide rate nearly 3 percent 24 Dec 2009 Sailors attempted to commit suicide at rates significantly higher than the other services in 2008, according to a recent Defense Department-sponsored survey of service members. The Navy’s attempted suicide rate -- at 2.8 percent, or roughly 1 in every 35 sailors -- was three times higher than in the previous survey, conducted in 2005.


US, Poland Sign Deal on Stationing GIs --Deal to serve as legal framework for possible future missile defense site 12 Dec 2009 U.S. and Polish officials signed a deal Friday to regulate the stationing of American troops and military equipment in the eastern European country, paving the way for a U.S. military presence in the heart of the former Soviet bloc. The step is a prerequisite for the deployment of U.S. Patriot missiles to Poland, which is expected early next year.


'There is a core of resistance that has not been moved by entreaties by the U.S. government.' US poll shows worry about swine flu shot persists 22 Dec 2009 Americans who were worried about the safety of the swine flu vaccine are still worried and it may not be easy to convince them to get themselves or their children vaccinated, researchers said on Tuesday. "Thirty-five percent of parents say they are not going to get it and 60 percent say the major reason is safety," Robert Blendon of the Harvard School of Public Health said in a telephone interview.


More swine flu vaccine recalled: FDA 23 Dec 2009 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday AstraZeneca's MedImmune unit is voluntarily recalling some of its H1N1 swine flu vaccine because it was not as potent as it should be. Health Norman Baylor, director of the office of vaccines research and review at the FDA, said the recall involves a total of 4.7 million doses of the company's nasal spray vaccine, but only about 3,000 of those doses are left in warehouses.


Reaction to Senate Passage of Health Care Bill --Reaction to Senate passage of health care bill 24 Dec 2009 Remarks on the Senate's passage of health care legislation Thursday: "We are now finally poised to deliver on the promise of real, meaningful health insurance reform that will bring additional security and stability to the American people... This will be the most important piece of social legislation since Social Security passed in the 1930s." -- President Barack Obama.


Senate Passes 'Health Care' Overhaul Bill --Roll was called at 7:05 a.m. on Thursday 25 Dec 2009 The Senate voted Thursday to reinvent the nation’s health care system, passing a bill to guarantee access to health insurance for tens of millions of Americans and to rein in health costs bail out the insurance industry as proposed by President Obama. The 60-to-39 party-line vote, on the 25th straight day of debate on the legislation, brings Democrats a step closer to a goal they have pursued for decades. It clears the way for negotiations with the House, which passed a broadly similar bill last month by a vote of 220 to 215.


Health Bill Clears Last Hurdle Before Passage in Senate 23 Dec 2009 Exultant Senate Democrats pushed President Barack Obama's landmark health care overhaul past a final procedural hurdle Wednesday, setting up a Christmas Eve vote to pass the legislation extending coverage to 30 million Americans. Democrats voted 60-39 to end a GOP filibuster and move to a final vote Thursday. All 58 Democrats and two independents hung together against unanimous Republican opposition.


Abortion looms as possible 'health' bill deal killer 23 Dec 2009 DemocRATs are close enough to taste victory in their quest to remake the nation's health care system bail out the pharmaterrorists and insurance company cartel, but differences between the House and Senate on abortion could still blow it all up. [Any port in a storm! I'm sick of insurance company stocks SOARING since Opharma, et al., burned us on the public option.]


Senior Dem: Kill the Senate health reform bill and start over 23 Dec 2009 The Senate's healthcare bill is fatally flawed, a senior Democrat atop a powerful committee said on Wednesday. Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.), the chairwoman of the House Rules Committee and co-chairwoman of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus, said that the Senate's bill is so flawed that it's unlikely to be resolved in conference with the bill to have passed the House.


Congress Raises Debt Ceiling to $12.4 Trillion --Senate votes to raise ceiling on government's debt by $290 billion to $12.4 trillion 24 Dec 2009 The Senate voted Thursday to raise the ceiling on the government debt to $12.4 trillion, a massive increase over the current limit and a political problem that President Barack Obama has promised to address next year. The Senate's rare Christmas Eve vote, 60-39, follows House passage last week and raises the debt ceiling by $290 billion. The vote split mainly down party lines, with Democrats voting to raise the limit and Republicans voting against doing so.


Bo the First Dog not spending Christmas in Hawaii 23 Dec 2009 First Dog Bo will not join President Obama and his family on their Hawai'i vacation, which begins tomorrow, the state Department of Agriculture confirmed today. State Veterinarian Dr. James Foppoli had emailed the White House about Hawai'i's strict anti-rabies quarantine rules in anticipation of a visit by the famous Portuguese water dog, said Janelle Saneishi, spokeswoman for the state Department of Agriculture.


Previous lead stories: Taliban claim control of over 80pc of Afghanistan 22 Dec 2009 Rejecting as baseless the US allegations about the presence of Afghan Taliban in the tribal areas, a militant commander said they did not need to flee to the neighbouring country when the Taliban controlled major parts of Afghanistan. Mulla Sangeen, a key commander of the Afghan Taliban, claimed there was no truth in the US charges, as the Taliban were holding 80 per cent of the territory in Afghanistan.


NATO says no deadline for Afghan troop withdrawal 22 Dec 2009 The head of NATO said on Tuesday there would be no deadline for the exit of allied troops from Afghanistan, as fears grow among Afghans that foreign forces will leave before their own troops are able to guarantee security. NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen was visiting Afghanistan for the first time since U.S. President Barack Obama announced plans this month to send 30,000 extra troops to Afghanistan to try and tame mounting violence.


Lithuania 'hosted at least two secret CIA prisons' 22 Dec 2009 A Lithuanian inquiry has found that the US Central Intelligence Agency set up and used secret prisons on its soil following the September 11, 2001 terror attacks in the US. Lithuania's intelligence agency assisted the CIA-run secret prisons, which were used to hold at least eight 'al-Qaeda' suspects, the parliamentary panel in charge of the probe said in a report on Tuesday. The National Security Committee report records instances in 2005 and 2006 when chartered planes were allowed to land in Lithuania, adding that all the Lithuanian officials, including President Dalia Grybauskaite, were kept in the dark about the aircraft's passengers.



Abortion looms as possible 'health' bill deal killer 23 Dec 2009 DemocRATs are close enough to taste victory in their quest to remake the nation's health care system bail out the pharmaterrorists and insurance company cartel, but differences between the House and Senate on abortion could still blow it all up. [Any port in a storm! I'm sick of insurance company stocks SOARING since Opharma, et al., burned us on the public option.]


Senior Dem: Kill the Senate health reform bill and start over 23 Dec 2009 The Senate's healthcare bill is fatally flawed, a senior Democrat atop a powerful committee said on Wednesday. Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.), the chairwoman of the House Rules Committee and co-chairwoman of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus, said that the Senate's bill is so flawed that it's unlikely to be resolved in conference with the bill to have passed the House.


Congress Raises Debt Ceiling to $12.4 Trillion --Senate votes to raise ceiling on government's debt by $290 billion to $12.4 trillion 24 Dec 2009 The Senate voted Thursday to raise the ceiling on the government debt to $12.4 trillion, a massive increase over the current limit and a political problem that President Barack Obama has promised to address next year. The Senate's rare Christmas Eve vote, 60-39, follows House passage last week and raises the debt ceiling by $290 billion. The vote split mainly down party lines, with Democrats voting to raise the limit and Republicans voting against doing so.


Previous lead stories: Taliban claim control of over 80pc of Afghanistan 22 Dec 2009 Rejecting as baseless the US allegations about the presence of Afghan Taliban in the tribal areas, a militant commander said they did not need to flee to the neighbouring country when the Taliban controlled major parts of Afghanistan. Mulla Sangeen, a key commander of the Afghan Taliban, claimed there was no truth in the US charges, as the Taliban were holding 80 per cent of the territory in Afghanistan.


NATO says no deadline for Afghan troop withdrawal 22 Dec 2009 The head of NATO said on Tuesday there would be no deadline for the exit of allied troops from Afghanistan, as fears grow among Afghans that foreign forces will leave before their own troops are able to guarantee security. NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen was visiting Afghanistan for the first time since U.S. President Barack Obama announced plans this month to send 30,000 extra troops to Afghanistan to try and tame mounting violence.


Lithuania 'hosted at least two secret CIA prisons' 22 Dec 2009 A Lithuanian inquiry has found that the US Central Intelligence Agency set up and used secret prisons on its soil following the September 11, 2001 terror attacks in the US. Lithuania's intelligence agency assisted the CIA-run secret prisons, which were used to hold at least eight 'al-Qaeda' suspects, the parliamentary panel in charge of the probe said in a report on Tuesday. The National Security Committee report records instances in 2005 and 2006 when chartered planes were allowed to land in Lithuania, adding that all the Lithuanian officials, including President Dalia Grybauskaite, were kept in the dark about the aircraft's passengers.







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Conspiracy Theory with Jeese Ventura - EPISODES

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Jesse Ventura and a team of expert investigators are on a mission to examine some of the most frightening and mysterious conspiracy allegations of our time. They examine available evidence as well as talking to experts and eyewitnesses to learn more about such topics as global warming, possible 9/11 cover-ups, secret government weapons and apocalyptic prophecies. "This is my personal journey," Ventura says, "to prove that there is more to these stories than you know about."


HAARP
December 2
Is it a communications research project or a doomsday weapon that can change the weather, shoot satellites out of orbit - and trigger mind control across the globe? Jesse Ventura and his team head north to a remote region of Alaska to confront the military installation called HAARP.


9/11
December 9
Jesse Ventura steps into America's most controversial conspiracy by challenging the 9/11 Commission Report and searching for evidence that the September 11th attacks may have been an inside job. At the urging of victims' families, he finds witnesses who claim the towers were brought down by explosives, the missing black box flight recorders were actually recovered and ground control knew the hijackers were in the cockpits before the jets took off.



Global Warming
December 16
Whether global warming is real or not, it's believed some people are using the issue to make billions of dollars, start a one-world government and control our lives, from the cars we drive to the foods we eat. Jesse Ventura starts with Al Gore and goes far beyond as he uncovers the evidence that leads to one man thought to be behind the global warming conspiracy.



Big Brother
December 23
Big Brother is watching and it's not who you think. Jesse Ventura's investigation of government surveillance on its citizens tears the lid off a nationwide program that is thought to turn local businessmen and office workers into spies, snooping on their neighbors and ratting on their friends in exchange for information and special privileges from the FBI- including, some charge, a "license to kill."


Secret Societies – NEW!
Premiere On: Wed, December 30 at 10P
They're thought to be a group of the world's elite who meet once a year at a luxury hotel and decide how they will run the world. It's believed they plan to thin out the population through disease-and vaccines. Jesse Ventura infiltrates the Bilderberg Group.

Manchurian Candidate – NEW!
Premiere On: Wed, January 6 at 10P
Authors and experts warn that forces within the government have revived a program that uses mind control techniques to turn ordinary citizens into programmed assassins. This real-life Manchurian Candidate seems outlandish-until Jesse Ventura searches for the evidence and goes face-to-face with a man who claims he's one of the killers.

Apocalypse 2012 – NEW!
Premiere On: Wed, January 13 at 10P
It's believed that the world is heading for disaster in 2012 and the government is preparing to save and protect the elite - while leaving the rest of us to fend for ourselves. Jesse Ventura investigates claims of top secret underground bunkers being built in places ranging from the Nevada desert to the White House, including the largest, now under construction beneath a major metropolitan airport.








PET NEWS

BO IS NO GO

Friday, December 25, 2009


Obamas leave Bo the dog behind for holiday


What dog needs to go to Hawaii when he has a lawn full of snow?


HONOLULU -- President Obama and his family arrived in Hawaii on Thursday afternoon to begin a 10-day vacation, but one member of the family -- Bo, the puppy -- did not make the trip.

White House officials confirmed that the Obamas' Portuguese water dog stayed behind when Marine One departed the White House on Christmas Eve. Hawaii has strict quarantine policies, requiring 120 days of pet isolation to contain rabies. And a 10-hour flight could test the discipline of any young dog. So Bo will be boarded until the family returns in early January.

Officials did not immediately disclose the puppy's whereabouts, nor confirm whether Santa Claus would be able to find him to fill his stocking on Thursday night.





December 24, 2009


A dog has had a miracle escape after swallowing a fairy wand almost the length of her entire body.


Pip's owner Ashleigh Fisher raised the alarm after noticing the five-month-old whippet had something lodged in her throat.


A vet's X-ray revealed the animal had swallowed the child's toy whole.



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