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Monday, December 21, 2009

Early Monday Morning News Update | December 21, 2009


Lots of news out there this morning ... this is just a start ...

(Biggest news not picked up by corporate government media is that OBAMA ordered strike on Yeman on Thurs - not congress ... When do we start a war when there are 'suspected' bad guys? Cruise missiles killing innocent people in Yeman ... 'well too bad' is our government response ???)

US-backed raid killed 49 Yemeni civilians, officials said

National - Paul Woodward - ‎6 hours ago‎
Following a military operation in Yemen targeting suspected al Qa'eda militants, a local official said on Sunday that 49 civilians, among them 23 children ...






RMN.com | NASCO-- TransTexasCorridor new name? No Wonder They Will NOT Close the Borders!


Take a Look at the NAFTA Superhighway system, look at the map and look at the little commercial attached.... No wonder they will NOT close the borders.



Be sure to click on the map and then to click on the interactive links. They will show you just where the new highways, railroads etc will be going. As usual, they don't give up, they just change the name.

Susoni

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This information was sent out by a Council member for the City of Lewisville. He was invited to the NASCO meeting. I extracted the important parts because it had been forwarded several times and nobody deleted email addresses.

http://www.nascocorridor.com

See the map and click the links on the bottom to view lanes

http://www.growthnetworld.com/na_corridors/add_a_map.html

Looking at the link that is labeled Asia-Pacific, it makes me wonder if that's why the Singapore Air Force is located in Mountain Home Idaho. Very scary thought.

In case the attached flyer gets lost, I posted it on my website
http://www.channelingreality.com/NAU/Corridors/2009_NASCO.pdf

www.numbersusa.com
www.cfirusa.org/
www.ircotcom/
www.judicialwatch.org/
http:/initiativefortexas.org/

http://www.texasbordervolunteers.org/

http://www.usborderwatch.com



NASCO - NORTH AMERICA'S SUPERCORRIDOR COALITION, INC.


About NASCO



Since 1994 North America's SuperCorridor Coalition members have been leaders at the forefront of uniting public and private sectors to address critical national and international trade, transportation, security and environmental issues.

Spanning almost 2,500 hundred miles through the central United States, eastern and central Canada, and deep into Mexico, the NASCO trade corridor is a multi-modal transportation network that connects 71 million people and supports a large part of $1 trillion dollars in total commerce between the three nations.

NASCO members include cities, counties, states, provinces and private sector representatives along the Corridor in the United States, Canada and Mexico dedicated to maximizing the efficiency and security of existing trade and transportation infrastructure, creating jobs and improving the environment.

The impressive, tri-national NASCO membership reflects the international scope of the Corridor and the regions it impacts.
Our goal is to distinguish ourselves by leading far-reaching, aggressive actions & solutions along the entire NASCO Corridor ...



http://www.nascocorridor.com/default.asp


Corridor Maps


The NASCO trade and transportation corridor spans almost 2,500 hundred miles. The corridor runs through the central United States, eastern and central Canada, and deep into Mexico. It is an existing multi-modal transportation network that connects 71 million people and supports a large part of $1 trillion dollars in total annual commerce between the three nations.


The add-a-map system links you to key information on cities, highways, ports, inland ports and railroads along our corridor. The maps vividly display the corridor’s ties to the globe’s main trade routes.


When viewing the maps, click on the highlighted NASCO Corridor to see the reach and scope of NASCO. Then click on individual options to populate the map.








PROGRESSIVES PUSH TO REVISIT AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS


NewsWithViews.com
December 20, 2009


[NewsWithViews.com dispatched a reporter to cover a press event held by lawmakers who support amnesty for illegal aliens]


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GOOD JOB (NOT) PREZ NEWS



The original source is a story in die Welt--a legitimate German newspaper. I cannot vouch for the translation. If it's accurate, then all the world leaders now know that Obama is unstable and naive. This should kill any trust left in both the dollar and U.S. leadership.


And now a short sample:

According to rumors in the Bella Center, US President Barack Obama at about 11 PM, had impatiently asked to speak with Wen Jiabao in order to advance the discussion. But Obama had to wait. Wen, who, it was rumored, had rarely left his hotel room, could not be found. Finally, the US delegation located him in a room set aside for negotiations. A visibly furious Obama, according to reports, stormed into the room. "Are you now ready to talk with me, Premier Wen?" he was reported to have shouted. "Are you now ready? Premier Wen, are you now ready to talk with me?" What a scene for a US president.

Wen was not alone in the room at the time when Obama quite literally burst into the room, according to participants. At the time, the Premier was in a conversation with India's head of state, Mammohan Singh and South Africa's President Jacob Zuma. Suddenly the group saw itself forced into a conversation with the US president.

At the insistence of the impatient Obama, this unplanned and coincidentally-assembled negotiating round and participants, agreed on a minimal compromise.

And then there's always this about Russian troops being ok'd to operate on foreign soil if necessary.

http://rt.com/Top_News/2009-12-16/russian-federation-council-entitles.html


Old Chinese proverb say: "Man who bow too much get no re-spect except from ass-kissers."


China Warns Obama Deficit Spending Must Stop


Beijing reluctant to keep bankrolling president's belt-buster budget

One day after the Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao snubbed President Obama at the United Nation's Copenhagen Climate Summit, the Chinese warned the United States that China's ability to continue buying U.S. Treasury debt was limited.



America is staring at total debt of $115 trillion


CommodityOnline.com


December 20, 2009


BIG PICTURE: “It’s a question of how do you achieve the deleveraging. Do you go through a long period of slow growth, high savings and many legal problems or do you accept higher inflation? It would ameliorate the debt bomb and help us work through the deleveraging process” – Kenneth Rogoff, Professor of Economics at Harvard, Former Chief Economist at the International Monetary Fund


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Federal government in DC to be closed Monday...




Listen to Gerald Celente on 2010 - 'Explosive' Year!







GOP lawmakers work to stop EPA 'land grab'

The expansion of federal power over the nation's waterways will pave the way for complete federal regulation of every water resource, from puddles to playas (A nearly level area at the bottom of an undrained desert basin, sometimes temporarily covered with water)

Letter: Restoration Act threatens states' sovereignty


Capital Press


As wrangling continues in Congress over expanding federal power over all U.S. waters, members of the Senate and House Western Caucuses have reiterated their opposition to the proposed Clean Water Restoration Act.


Sending a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., 11 senators and 17 congressmen -- all Republicans -- stated the Restoration Act poses serious threats to states' sovereignty and rural economies.


At the heart of their opposition is the bill's intent to update the Clean Water Act by removing the word "navigable" from waters under federal regulation.

"The CWRA seeks to expand the jurisdictional sweep of the Clean Water Act, introduced in 1972, by granting the federal government authority over all U.S. waterways," the letter stated.


Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, said he is deeply concerned the legislation would restrict farmers' and ranchers' ability to make decisions about their own property.


"The Clean Water Restoration Act is a big government land grab, pure and simple. And it is being forced on the agriculture community by people who don't know the first thing about crops or cows," he said.


The Western legislators contend there is overwhelming opposition to the bill in their home states, citing concerns over job loss and regulatory overreach.


"This legislation would grant the Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers virtually unlimited regulatory control over all wet areas within a state. This bill attempts to trump state's rights and preempts state and local governments from making local land and water use decisions. ... Commercial and residential real estate development, agriculture, transmission, transportation and mining will all be effected. Thousands of jobs will be lost," they stated in the letter.


Simpson's counterpart in the Senate, Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, is so concerned he put a hold on the bill on June 18, the day it passed in the Senate Committee on Environmental Public Works.


"By expanding the reach of the federal government beyond its proper role, we threaten state sovereignty and private property rights," he said last week. "Stripping states of their authorities ... tramples on state and private property rights and will simply add more responsibilities to an overextended federal government."


Crapo said he has grave reservations about altering the scope of the Clean Water Act and vowed to oppose it in the Senate.


"I intend to use every tool and privilege afforded to slow or stop this ill-conceived attack on Idaho's sovereignty over managing its waters."

The Western legislators said they oppose any attempt to move the legislation, either as a stand-alone bill or as an attachment to a bill in either house.


"More specifically, we cannot imagine any bill so important that we could support it with the Clean Water Restoration Act attached," they stated.


The signers


The following Representatives and Senators participated in the letter:

Senators: John Barrasso (Wyo.), Bob Bennett (Utah), Mike Crapo (Idaho), John Ensign (Nev.), Mike Enzi (Wyo.), Orrin Hatch (Utah), Mike Johanns (Neb.), Jon Kyl (Ariz.), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), James Risch (Idaho), Pat Roberts (Kan.), John Thune (S.D.)


House Members: Rob Bishop, (Utah), Jason Chaffetz (Utah), Mike Coffman (Colo.), Michael Conaway (Texas), Jeff Flake (Ariz.), Dean Heller (Nev.), Wally Herger (Calif.), Doug Lamborn (Colo.), Cynthia Lummis (Wyo.), Tom McClintock (Calif.), Denny Rehberg (Mont.), John Shadegg (Ariz.), Mike Simpson (Idaho), Lee Terry (Neb.), Mac Thornberry (Texas), Greg Walden (Ore.), Don Young (Alaska)




PRESCRIPTION DRUG BILL NEWS


Huckabee leads rally to try to change Nelson's mind


Nelson's Name Gets Boos at Huckabee-Led Rally


A liar and a sellout. Those were the harsh words thrown Sunday at Nebraska Democrat Ben Nelson. It comes in the wake of his crucial decision to...


December 20, 2009 - Anger over senator Ben Nelson's support of health care reform.


Nearly 2,000 people rally in Omaha, hoping he's listening.


Click here to find out more!

A group called Americans for Prosperity in Nebraska gathered a crowd for a rally in Omaha, in a little more than 24 hours.


The group's message is two fold -- reconsider your vote Senator Nelson and remember your decision when elections roll around.

http://www.1011now.com/home/headlines/79779547.html


Nelson Accused of Selling Vote on Health Bill for Nebraska Pay-Off


What started as Sen. Ben Nelson's personal stand against covering abortion with taxpayer money translated, somehow, into millions of dollars in federal aid for his home state -- drawing criticism that his vote was bought.


20 Dec 2009 The Nebraska DemocRAT, following weeks of negotiations with his caucus, finally agreed to back the Senate's health care reform bill insurance company giveaway this weekend after Democratic leaders made a series of concessions. Nelson's support gives Democrats the 60 votes they need to overcome a filibuster, barring any last-minute defections. But critics by Sunday were heavily questioning Nelson's motivations, given that the abortion restrictions he sought and won did not satisfy several major anti-abortion lawmakers and groups and that it took a major federal payoff to his state to seal the deal. Critics were calling it the "cornhusker kickback" and the "Nebraska windfall," lobbing accusations of political deal-making at Nelson.


Health Insurance Company Stock Prices Say it All

OpEdNews.com
December 20, 2009


The other day, Dylan Rattigan on MSNBC was giving Rep. Wassersman-Schulz (D-Fl) a hard time about the health care package.


He disputed her contention the bill was a big win for consumers.


He wanted to know why the stock prices for Big Insurers (e.g.m, Aetna, Cigna, Wellpoint, United Health) shot up if this was such a big loss for them.


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Stocks' 'Nightmare' Decade - U.S. Market's Performance Since End of 1999 is Worst in Almost 200 Years


WALL STREET JOURNAL


December 21, 2009


The U.S. stock market is wrapping up what is likely to be its worst decade ever.


In nearly 200 years of recorded stock-market history, no calendar decade has seen such a dismal performance as the 2000s.


Investors would have been better off investing in pretty much anything else, from bonds to gold or even just stuffing money under a mattress. Since the end of 1999, stocks traded on the New York Stock Exchange have lost an average of 0.5% a year thanks to the twin bear markets this decade.


The period has provided a lesson for ordinary Americans who used stocks as ... read more


http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704786204574607993448916718.html?mod=googlenews_wsj




Two Years Of Failure In Directing The Economy

December 20th, 2009

Bob Chapman
International Forecaster.com



Dollar mini rally to end soon, look forward to low interest rates and mega monetization, we don't buy into the claimed recovery, Fed and Wall street cover up their problems, 124 banks failed this year to date, tax break for bailed out Citigroup, Banks manipulating their own books, an economic situation created by design.


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POLICE STATE USA

Supreme Court Guts Due Process Protection


Sunday, December 20, 2009


Reader Walter passed along this distressing sighting from Chris Floyd’s blog. American civil liberties were gutted last week, and the media failed to take note of it.


The development? If the president or one of his subordinates declares someone to be an “enemy combatant” (the 21st century version of “enemy of the state”) he is denied any protection of the law. So any trouble-maker (which means anyone) can be whisked away, incarcerated, tortured, “disappeared,” you name it. Floyd’s commentary:

After hearing passionate arguments from the Obama Administration, the Supreme Court acquiesced to the president’s fervent request and, in a one-line ruling, let stand a lower court decision that declared torture an ordinary, expected consequence of military detention, while introducing a shocking new precedent for all future courts to follow: anyone who is arbitrarily declared a “suspected enemy combatant” by the president or his designated minions is no longer a “person.” They will simply cease to exist as a legal entity. They will have no inherent rights, no human rights, no legal standing whatsoever — save whatever modicum of process the government arbitrarily deigns to grant them from time to time, with its ever-shifting tribunals and show trials.

It is hard to overstate the significance of this horrid decision. The fact that the Supreme Court authorized this land grab says we no longer have an independent judiciary, that the Supreme Court itself is gutting the protections supposedly provided by the legal system. Per Floyd:

In fact, our most august defenders of the Constitution did not have to exert themselves in the slightest to eviscerate not merely 220 years of Constitutional jurisprudence but also centuries of agonizing effort to lift civilization a few inches out of the blood-soaked mire that is our common human legacy. They just had to write a single sentence.

Now Floyd saw this mainly as an issue of the treatment of enemy combatants and Obama hypocrisy about torture, which is bad enough:

The Constitution is clear: no person can be held without due process; no person can be subjected to cruel and unusual punishment. And the U.S. law on torture of any kind is crystal clear: it is forbidden, categorically, even in time of “national emergency.” And the instigation of torture is, under U.S. law, a capital crime. No person can be tortured, at any time, for any reason, and there are no immunities whatsoever for torture offered anywhere in the law.

And yet this is what Barack Obama — who, we are told incessantly, is a super-brilliant Constitutional lawyer — has been arguing in case after case since becoming president: Torturers are immune from prosecution; those who ordered torture are immune from prosecution….let’s be absolutely clear: Barack Obama has taken the freely chosen, public, formal stand — in court — that there is nothing wrong with any of these activities.

Yves here. The implications are FAR worse. Anyone can be stripped, with NO RECOURSE, of all their legal rights on a Presidential say so. Readers in the US no longer have any security under the law.


Roman citizens enjoyed a right to a trial, a right of appeal, and could not be tortured, whipped, or executed except if found guilty of treason, and anyone charged with treason could demand a trial in Rome. We have regressed more than 2000 years with this appalling ruling.


http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2009/12/supreme-court-guts-due-process-protection.html


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Australia's Carbon Cops

HeraldSun.au


Sunday, December 20, 2009

No, it’s not a parody. Kevin Rudd really is creating a force of carbon cops:

REFORMS TO ENHANCE POLICE CAPABILITY


Minister for Home Affairs, Brendan O’Connor, today announced significant administrative reforms to the Australian Federal Police (AFP) as part of the government’s response to the Federal Audit of Police Capabilities…


The major areas of reform include:


A new funding structure providing flexibility to meet existing and emerging priorities including:


Excuse me, sir, but do you have a license to breathe?




Obama Gives States Until May 11, 2011 To Shape Up For Biometric REAL ID Implementation

States get more time to comply with Real ID


Washington Post
Saturday, December 19, 2009


The Obama administration will abandon a Dec. 31 deadline for states to tighten security requirements for driver’s licenses, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced Friday.


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Party’s over for Greek graspers

The carnival of corruption and waste has brought the country close to ruin


TimesOnline UK


December 20, 2009


A black mood has settled upon Athens. After the bonanza of European Union development aid and the euphoria of hosting the Olympics, the Greeks are shocked to realise that their gravy train has rolled off the tracks.


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Republic of Lakota | The United States continues to steal from Indians



December 20, 2009


BILL MEANS

With all due respect to Elouise Cobell, lead plaintiff in a recently settled lawsuit over American Indian trust funds (”U.S. to pay Indians $3.4B,” Dec. 9), I think the United States is continuing a policy of “Indians are not humans.”


During the course of this long-running, class-action litigation, it has been documented that the United States owes Indian people more than $137 billion for mismanagement of trust accounts. That was established just by the documents that were presented.


The original federal judge on this case was Royce Lamberth, who held at least three secretaries of the Interior in contempt for not producing thousands of additional documents. Also, during the course of this case, hundreds of relevant documents were found in the trash by Interior Department employees, who reported this to the court and to Interior Department officials.


Those of us who own Indian land, heirs and the American public do not know the total amount owed to Indian people, because the government has refused to turn over all the documents ordered by the federal court. Lamberth was removed from the case; officials in the Bush administration argued that he was biased in favor of Indians.


This has rarely happened in the history of U.S. jurisprudence. Lamberth was appointed by former President Ronald Reagan and is a Texas Republican.

So basically, now, the U.S. government is saying that it has identified the thief of Indian royalties and resources as itself. It has allowed the thief to determine the value of the settlement and mostly has allowed the thief to keep what has been stolen.


Only in America if you steal something and hold onto it long enough does it becomes yours.


To add insult to injury, the government is clearing its conscience by paying back 2.48 percent of the so-far known value of what the United States stole in the first place. Paying $3.4 billion on a known debt of $137 billion is a national disgrace; this needs to be known by all Americans. Cobell should have at least held out until all the documents were presented or a final calculation of the debt was determined.


In the words of a great Oglala Lakota statesman Chief Red Cloud: “The United States made us many promises, but they kept only one. They promised to take our land, and they took it.”


Bill Means is a board member of the International Indian Treaty Council.
This article originally appeared in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune


http://www.republicoflakotah.com/2009/the-united-states-continues-to-steal-from-indians/







In New York, Islamic center being built near Ground Zero


A number of Muslim investors have taken over a space near the Ground Zero, where the new world trade center is being built, to erect a multi-million dollar Islamic Cultural Center.



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INCOMING FROM SPACE NEWS


Incoming Over China







2009-12-21 08:03


The search continues for a full moon-bright meteoroid likely to have landed in west suburban Beijing on Wednesday in what astronomers said could lead to one of the biggest discoveries in Beijing this year.


Witnesses in Beijing and nearby Tianjin recorded a clearly visible fireball-like meteorite descending near the west horizon of Beijing at 10:23 pm on Dec 16.


http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/metro/2009-12/21/content_9205438.htm





OUR PLANET'S PROTECTIVE MAGNETOSPHERE UPDATE:

About Real-Time Magnetosphere Simulation


DECEMBER 21, 2009 AT 7:00 AM CDT







http://www2.nict.go.jp/y/y223/simulation/realtime/index.html

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MOON UPDATE

Current Moon Phase

http://www.die.net/moon/






SUN


Sunspot 1035, 1036 and new sunspot 1038






EARTHQUAKE NEWS




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 = Mon Dec 21 13:00:03 UTC 2009

MAG UTC DATE-TIME
y/m/d h:m:s
LAT
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LON
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DEPTH
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Region
MAP 3.6 2009/12/21 10:01:00 19.178 -68.911 125.1 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REGION
MAP 4.6 2009/12/21 08:53:16 29.211 -112.709 10.0 GULF OF CALIFORNIA
MAP 4.7 2009/12/21 06:39:23 5.678 126.594 119.2 MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES
MAP 5.3 2009/12/21 05:15:09 37.526 96.672 10.0 NORTHERN QINGHAI, CHINA
MAP 3.2 2009/12/21 01:32:21 18.827 -67.969 32.5 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REGION




VOLCANISM NEWS



Yellowstone to get better seismic monitors

Billings Gazette - Brett French - ‎6 hours ago‎
With funding made available for the installation of 10 new seismic monitoring stations over the next two years, the Yellowstone super volcano will soon be ...





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US-backed raid killed 49 Yemeni civilians, officials said

National - Paul Woodward - ‎5 hours ago‎
Following a military operation in Yemen targeting suspected al Qa'eda militants, a local official said on Sunday that 49 civilians, among them 23 children ...

Mullen worried Yemen becoming terrorist 'haven'

The Associated Press - ‎9 hours ago‎
ABOARD A US MILITARY AIRCRAFT — Adm. Mike Mullen is applauding a military strike in Yemen against suspected members of the al-Qaida terrorist group. ...


Obama, Nobel peace prize in hand, bombs Yemen with cruise missiles

Examiner.com - ‎12 hours ago‎
Just one day after a very public denial that American forces were attacking sites in Northern Yemen, President Barack Obama ordered multiple cruise missile ...


Yemen rebels say Saudi air raids kill 54

Ynetnews - ‎12 hours ago‎
Yemeni Shiite Muslim rebels said Saudi air attacks on northern Yemen killed 54 people on Sunday, many of them women and children. ...




US to ’simulate’ technically impossible attack by Iran

( Unbelievable!! These Facist Corporate Warmongers are so mind-numbing evil, It is beyond belief…God Help Us…Paul)

By Stephen C. Webster
RawStory.com


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Breaking News and Commentary from Citizens For Legitimate Government | 20 Dec 2009




Mumbai-style false flag on tap for London - and boy are they (the govt) blatant about it!
Police expect Mumbai-style terror attack on City of London 20 Dec 2009 Scotland Yard has warned businesses in London to expect a Mumbai-style attack on the capital. In a briefing in the City of London 12 days ago, a senior detective from SO15, the Metropolitan police counter-terrorism command, said: "Mumbai is coming to London." The detective said companies should anticipate [!] a shooting and hostage-taking raid "involving a small number of gunmen with handguns and improvised explosive devices". The warning -- the bluntest issued by police -- has underlined an assessment that a terrorist cell may be preparing an attack on London early next year.

'The only explanation that fits is this: he was an American agent all along.'


Did America keep mum on 26/11? By Vir Sanghvi 20 Dec 2009 Did the Americans have detailed advance information about the 26/11 plot which they did not share with India, only passing on a watered-down warning? And was there an American spy within the Lashkar-e-Tayyeba who kept Washington (or Langley) informed of terror acts planned against India -- even if this information was never handed over to us? It is certainly beginning to look that way... The terror suspect, we were told, was a US citizen of Pakistani origin. He had some links with the LeT. He had visited India. He may have been part of an advance team for 26/11... These papers showed that Headley had been convicted and sent to jail. But after 9/11, he had been set free and sent to Pakistan to work as an undercover agent for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). According to US journalists, Headley had been given a new passport in the American name of David Headley (his American mother’s maiden name is Headley) rather than his original name of Daood Gilani. He flew around the world, entering and leaving the US at will, avoiding the sort of attention that a convicted drug criminal was certain to attract at US airports. Further, suggested US journos, the DEA assignment may have been a cover... Why would the US treat a 26/11 suspect with such consideration? The only explanation that fits is this: he was an American agent all along. The US arrested him only when it seemed that Indian investigators were on his trail. He will be sentenced to jail, will vanish into the US jail system for a while and will then be sprung again -- as he was the last time.


Obama Ordered U.S. Military Strike on Yemen Terrorists --Cruise Missiles Launched Thursday Hit Two Suspected al Qaeda Sites; Major Escalation of US Efforts Against 'Terrorists' 19 Dec 2009 On orders from President Barack Obama, the U.S. military launched cruise missiles early Thursday against two suspected al-Qaeda [al-CIAduh] sites in Yemen, administration officials told ABC News in a report broadcast on ABC World News. One of the targeted sites was a suspected al Qaeda training camp north of the capitol, Sanaa, and the second target was a location where officials said "an imminent attack against a U.S. asset was being planned."


Saudi air raids kill 54 civilians in northern Yemen 20 Dec 2009 Saudi warplanes have carried out fresh airstrikes on northern Yemeni villages, killing more than 50 civilians, Houthi sources say. The Shia fighters said on Sunday that Saudi jets fired more than one-thousand missiles at the region along its border with Yemen, Arabic language Al-Menpar news website reported.


Saudi warplanes rain '1,011 missiles' on Yemen 19 Dec 2009 Houthi fighters say Saudi warplanes have fired some 1,011 missiles on the borderline with Yemen where the Shia population is already under heavy state-led and US-aided bombardment. The fighters also said on Saturday that the warplanes had carried out nearly 60 air assaults on the residential areas in the northern Al-Jabiri, Al-Dukhan and Al-Malaheet districts.


Pakistan in crisis as 'creeping coup' unfolds 20 Dec 2009 The political crisis in Pakistan has deepened after the Government's anti-corruption agency sought a warrant for the arrest of the country's Interior Minister. Officials from the National Accountability Bureau asked for permission to arrest Rehman Malik, the minister in charge of law and order and the war on terrorism. The scale of the crisis and the speed with which it has unfolded has prompted supporters of Mr Zardari to question the role of the judiciary and speculate on whether the army is behind the legal challenge to the Government. Some even spoke of a ''creeping coup'' unfolding. [I am thinking *Blackwater.*]


U.S. prosecution links drugs to terrorism --The case -- the first of its kind -- portrays northwest Africa as a new danger [oil] zone. Three men are accused of being Al Qaeda associates and conspiring to smuggle cocaine. 19 Dec 2009 Three men alleged to be Al Qaeda [al-CIAduh] associates were charged Friday with conspiring to smuggle cocaine through Africa -- the first U.S. prosecution linking the terrorist group directly to drug trafficking. The three suspects, who were charged in federal court in New York, are believed to be from Mali and were arrested in Ghana during a Drug Enforcement Administration sting. Although U.S. authorities have alleged that Al Qaeda and the Taliban profit from Afghanistan's heroin trade, the case is the first in which suspects linked to Al Qaeda have been charged under severe narco-terrorism laws, federal officials said. [That's not who profits from Afghanistan's heroin trade. 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.]


Two-thirds of Afghan war veterans are suffering from hearing damage --The intense noise of the battlefield is afflicting British troops 20 Dec 2009 More than two-thirds of British troops returning from Afghanistan are suffering severe and permanent hearing damage, according to the most comprehensive study into one of the less well-known side-effects of the conflict in Helmand. Internal defence documents reveal that of 1,250 Royal Marine commandos who served in Afghanistan, 69% suffered hearing damage due to the intense noise of combat.


British Army to get new uniforms -- turned down by the US and made in China 20 Dec 2009 The British Army is introducing a new camouflage design for all its soldiers after tests showed that it made them less likely to be seen by the enemy. Called "multi terrain pattern", or MTP, the camouflage will first be used in Afghanistan, from March next year. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has paid the US company an undisclosed sum for use of the new design and has secured intellectual property rights over the MTP camouflage to prevent others from using it without permission. The kit is to be produced by a Northern Irish company, but will be made in China. [Works for me. China did such a nice job with the drywall, milk and pet food. --LRP]


MoD names UK soldier killed in Afghanistan 20 Dec 2009 A British soldier who died in an explosion in Afghanistan has been named by the Ministry of Defence. Cpl Simon Hornby, 29, from 2nd Battalion, the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment, died on Saturday. He was wounded while on foot patrol in the Nad-e-Ali area of Helmand, and died later that day.


Oil well is on our side of border, Iran says 21 Dec 2009 Iran's armed forces have rejected claims that they have taken control of an oil well within Iraqi borders, stressing that the well in question is on Iranian soil. "Based on internationally recognized borders, the disputed oil well belongs to Iran as it is on Iranian soil," a spokesman for Iran's Armed Forces Headquarters told Press TV on Sunday morning.


Hugo Chavez orders military to shoot at US aircraft --President Hugo Chavez has accused the US of violating Venezuela's airspace with an unmanned spy plane, and ordered his military to shoot down any such aircraft in the future. 20 Dec 2009 Speaking during his weekly television and radio program, Mr Chavez said the aircraft overflew a Venezuelan military base in the western state of Zulia after taking off from neighbouring Colombia. He did not elaborate, but suggested the plane was being used for espionage. "These are the Yankees. They are entering Venezuela," he said. "I've ordered them to be shot down," Mr Chavez said of the aircraft. "We cannot permit this." He has accused Colombia of allowing the United States to use its military bases to prepare a possible attack against Venezuela. [See: CIA 'plot to kill Hugo Chavez' --Hugo Chavez has claimed that he avoided a US plot to kill him. 03 Jun 2009 The Venezuelan president said on state television that he had eluded an assassination attempt in El Salvador where he was due to attend the swearing in of its new leader, a Left-wing ally.]


Worse than the bank bailouts: Obama approves security aid to Israel, PA -- $100 million for the training of Palestinian security forces by American general Keith Dayton. 19 Dec 2009 US President Barack Obama this week signed the 2010 foreign aid budget law which includes $2.775 billion in security aid to Israel. This is the second year the budget is transferred to the Jewish state as part of understandings that the American assistance to Israel in the coming decade will total $30 billion. The approved budget comprises, for the first time, $500 million in aid to the Palestinian Authority, including $100 million for the training of Palestinian security forces by American general Keith Dayton. [See: CIA working with Palestinian security agents --US agency co-operating with Palestinian counterparts who allegedly torture Hamas supporters in West Bank 17 Dec 2009.]


CIA linked to Palestinian 'torture' 18 Dec 2009 Palestinian security agents who have allegedly tortured Hamas supporters in the West Bank have been working closely with the CIA, the UK's Guardian newspaper has reported. The US Central Intelligence Agency has co-operated with the Preventive Security Force (PSF) and General Intelligence Service (GI) in the Palestinian territory, the report on Friday said. "The [Central Intelligence] Agency consider them as their property, those two Palestinian services," a western official told the Guardian.


Iran rejects reports of oil well seizure in Iraq 19 Dec 2009 Iran rejects reports that its forces have taken over an oil well within Iraqi borders, while a Baghdad official admits the site is in a disputed border area. In a Saturday phone interview with Press TV, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman described reports about the country taking over an Iraqi oil well as an attempt to harm the close relations between Tehran and Baghdad.


Lockerbie bomber had secret £1.8m 20 Dec 2009 The man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing, Abdelbasset Ali al-Megrahi, had £1.8m in a Swiss bank account when he was found guilty in 2001 of the murder of the 270 people aboard Pan Am flight 103, it has been claimed. A sum of this size in the bank account of a man employed as head of security for an airline raises some big questions.


12 prisoners leave Guantanamo for home 20 Dec 2009 Twelve Guantanamo detainees

have departed the ominous detention facility for their homelands in Afghanistan, Yemen and Somaliland, says the US Department of Justice. The Justice Department announced in a statement on Sunday that six Yemenis, four Afghans and two Somali prisoners have been transferred over the weekend to their home countries.


Man on terrorism articles charge 20 Dec 2009 A 20-year-old man has been charged with possession of articles for use in terrorism. The charge is connected to an attack in Londonderry's Hollymount Park in the Waterside when windows of a house and a car were smashed on Friday morning. Two other men, aged 42 and 18, have been charged with several offences.


States get 16-month reprieve from REAL ID 20 Dec 2009 Montana and 12 other states that are resisting the provisions of the REAL ID law won a 16-month reprieve when the federal government delayed implementation of the controversial measure. The decision by Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano means that Montana driver's licenses will continue to be legitimate identification for purposes such as traveling on commercial airliners.


National Guard Called Because of Storm --Governor calls National Guard to duty 19 Dec 2009 (WV) Gov. Joe Manchin (D) today ordered about 200 National Guard members to state duty in response to heavy snowfall that closed major highways and stranded travelers for hours during the storm. Guard wrecker crews have been on duty since the early morning hours clearing primary roadways of wrecked or abandoned vehicles.


Drug giant General Electric uses libel law to gag doctor 20 Dec 2009 General Electric, one of the world’s biggest corporations, is using the London libel courts to gag a senior radiologist after he raised the alarm over the potentially fatal risks of one of its drugs. The multinational [GE Healthcare, a British subsidiary of General Electric] is suing Henrik Thomsen, a Danish academic, after he described his experiences of one of the company’s drugs as a medical "nightmare". He said some kidney patients at his hospital contracted a potentially deadly condition after being administered the drug Omniscan.


Nelson Accused of Selling Vote on Health Bill for Nebraska Pay-Off --What started as Sen. Ben Nelson's personal stand against covering abortion with taxpayer money translated, somehow, into millions of dollars in federal aid for his home state -- drawing criticism that his vote was bought. 20 Dec 2009 The Nebraska DemocRAT, following weeks of negotiations with his caucus, finally agreed to back the Senate's health care reform bill insurance company giveaway this weekend after Democratic leaders made a series of concessions. Nelson's support gives Democrats the 60 votes they need to overcome a filibuster, barring any last-minute defections. But critics by Sunday were heavily questioning Nelson's motivations, given that the abortion restrictions he sought and won did not satisfy several major anti-abortion lawmakers and groups and that it took a major federal payoff to his state to seal the deal. Critics were calling it the "cornhusker kickback" and the "Nebraska windfall," lobbing accusations of political deal-making at Nelson.


Northeast digs out of monster snowstorm --Storm goes to sea after dumping 2 feet (70 cm) of snow 20 Dec 2009 The U.S. Northeast began digging out on Sunday from a massive snowstorm that buried cities from Washington to Boston under as much as 2 feet of snow, creating travel chaos and hampering Christmas shopping. Nearly 2 feet (70 cm) of snow piled up in the Baltimore-Washington area on Saturday in the largest snowstorm to hit the region since February 2003, while New York City saw totals of up to a foot (35 cm) before the monster storm churned into New England.

Previous lead stories: CIA working with Palestinian security agents --US agency co-operating with Palestinian counterparts who allegedly torture Hamas supporters in West Bank 17 Dec 2009 Palestinian security agents who have been detaining and allegedly torturing supporters of the Islamist organisation Hamas in the West Bank have been working closely with the CIA, the Guardian has learned. ...Evidence is emerging the CIA is co-operating with security agents whose continuing use of torture has been widely documented by human rights groups. The relationship between the CIA and the two Palestinian agencies involved - Preventive Security Organisation (PSO) and General Intelligence Service (GI) - is said by some western diplomats and other officials in the region to be so close that the American agency appears to be supervising the Palestinians' work.


Eikenberry assures Afghans U.S. will stay beyond 2011 17 Dec 2009 U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry Thursday further signaled that a strong American military presence will remain in Afghanistan long after July 2011, when President Obama plans to end his troop surge. Speaking at the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Relations before a group of diplomats, non-governmental organizations and Afghan citizens, Eikenberry drove home the Obama administration's sometimes contradictory message lies.


Islamic insurgents hack into CIA state-of-the-art Predator drones 18 Dec 2009 Predator drones used by the CIA against Islamic militants have been hacked into by insurgents using nothing more sophisticated than a $25.95 (£16) off-the-shelf software, it was revealed last night. Although the insurgents were not able to control the $20 million aircraft, typically armed with Hellfire missiles and flown over the battlefields of Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, they could watch live video feeds beamed back to US control stations through their electronic "eyeballs". The hackers' success raises the disturbing possibility of the Predators being taken over and used to attack US or British forces, or perhaps even domestic targets. [...as the next false flag. US military officials knew about it for a year five years --and did *nothing* about it, of course.]








Joyce Riley's THE POWER HOUR NEWS | December 21, 2009





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This is how the mentally ill are handled in Toledo, Ohio -- 62-Year-Old Woman Shot And Killed By Police - Toledo Chief of Police Mike Navarre said Tuesday during a news conference that a 62-year old woman was threatening two Toledo Police officers with a pair of scissors when she was shot and killed by one of the officers on Monday night, Dec. 14th, 2009. Read More...

Drivers stuck on WV turnpike for hours -- Some motorists were stranded on the Turnpike overnight Friday and well into Saturday.

UK: Cold weather traps 2000 in Channel Tunnel -- Around 2,000 passengers were trapped in the Channel Tunnel overnight as four Eurostar trains broke down amid freezing temperatures that have brought travel chaos to Britain.

History of the east coast December snowstorm 2009 -- One landmark record fell prey to this storm. Philadelphia got its heaviest December snowfall on record and the second-greatest snowfall in city history.

Storm hits US on 'Super Saturday" -- A massive snowstorm slammed the eastern U.S., hitting Washington, Philadelphia and parts of Virginia and the Carolinas before winding its way north.

NO FUN allowed anymore -- People go out to have fun in DC with snowball fight...DC detective pulls gun on them -- People squealed as they hurled balls of snow across the largely deserted road. Then, a snowball or two slammed into a Hummer. The driver, a plainclothes detective whom D.C. police refused to identify, got out, drew his gun and exchanged angry words with revelers, according to video footage and witnesses.

Wave of sickness & disease striking baby boomers -- Research is now showing that today's "baby boomers", the generation currently eclipsing age 60, is the first generation to be less healthy than the generation before them. Those in this age group are more susceptible to debilitating diseases than in years past, stemming primarily from poor diet and lack of proper exercise.

The news that didn't make the news -- Read the top 25 stories form Project Censored.

Minnesota Supreme court: state can grab cars from innocent owners -- The Minnesota Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the right of police to confiscate vehicles from owners who have done nothing wrong. The decision narrowed the applicability of an "innocent owner" defense in cases where a vehicle is jointly owned. The high court considered the case of David and Jean Margaret Laase whose then-brand new 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe was confiscated in 2006.

Missouri: legislators to consider banning mileage tolls & traffic cameras -- Missouri state lawmakers gearing up for next year's legislative session will consider a number of bills limiting government's ability to track, tax and ticket motorists...(get this going in YOUR state too)

Special Ops robots now do psychological warfare -- US arms globocorp Boeing has announced yet another military robot demonstration - but this time, one with a difference. Rather than spying on meatsacks or mowing them down with the traditional array of automated weaponry, the war-bots in this trial sought to win over their fleshy opponents using psychological warfare.

How to avoid food made with GMO -- Certified organic products are not allowed to contain any GMOs. Therefore, when you purchase products labeled "100% organic", "organic" or "made with organic ingredients", all ingredients in these products are not allowed to be produced from GMOs. For example, products labeled as "made with organic ingredients" only require 70% of the ingredients to be organic, but 100% must be non-GMO.

Toward home brewed electricity with 'personalized solar energy' -- The report describes development of a practical, inexpensive storage system for achieving personalized solar energy. At its heart is an innovative catalyst that splits water molecules into oxygen and hydrogen that become fuel for producing electricity in a fuel cell.

GM wheat is on its way -- Five years after scrapping its trials, Monsanto calculates that the time is now ripe for GM wheat to make a comeback.

New Bedford MA sues Monsanto, Cornel-Dubelier over buried toxic materials -- Monsanto Co. and Cornell-Dubilier Electronics, Inc., which manufacture pesticides and electrical capacitors, respectively, have been linked to PCB contamination at three privately-owned properties in the Parker Street neighborhood near Keith Middle School, according to court documents the City of New Bedford filed Thursday in Bristol County Superior Court.

When does tyranny become treason? By Jim Kirwan -- The short answer is that Tyranny becomes Treason whenever the actions taken, will irreversibly lead to the destruction of the nation. Read More...

Homeowners ousted in Obama mortgage plan -- Ten months after the Obama administration began pressing lenders to do more to prevent foreclosures, many struggling homeowners are holding up their end of the bargain but still find themselves rejected, and some are even having their homes sold out from under them without notice, McClatchy reports.

Stock up on Incandescent light bulbs!! In fact buy a lifetime supply of them! -- While claiming these new CFL bulbs will reduce carbon emissions, "our" Congress passed legislation stating these new light bulbs must completely replace our everyday incandescent light bulbs by 2014, without telling us of the serious dangers to health and environment, that these mandated bulbs pose.

2010 food crisis for dummies -- If you read any economic, financial, or political analysis for 2010 that doesn’t mention the food shortage looming next year, throw it in the trash, as it is worthless. There is overwhelming, undeniable evidence that the world will run out of food next year. When this happens, the resulting triple digit food inflation will lead panicking central banks around the world to dump their foreign reserves to appreciate their currencies and lower the cost of food imports, causing the collapse of the dollar, the treasury market, derivative markets, and the global financial system. The US will experience economic disintegration.

Ireland: hundreds fall ill after swine flu vaccine -- Swine flu vaccine has caused adverse reactions in 619 people to date, varying from seizures and anaphylactic shock to fainting and vomiting. Two more people have died from the flu but the number of people falling ill with the virus has halved in the past week.

Swine flu cured using Chinese herbs -- What are these Chinese herbs that worked so well? The Deputy Director of the hospital said there were four herbs in the packets given to patients who drank them as a tea and used as a mouth wash. Lonicera Japonica, (honeysuckle flower), Isatis Indigodica, Mentha (mint) and Glycyrrhiza (licorice). All were dosed at 3 grams per serving. These same herbs are available in Chinese herbal medicine shops here in the US.

Sec. of State Clinton appoints pandemic flu ambassador -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Kerri-Ann Jones, Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs as the U.S. Special Representative on Avian and Pandemic Influenza.

7 more banks closed on Friday -- Regulators on Friday shut down two big California banks, as well as banks in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Michigan and Illinois, bringing to 140 the number of U.S. banks brought down this year by the weak economy and mounting loan defaults.

A new world war for a new world order -- This article is Part 3 in the Series, "The Origins of World War III."

The murderous face of Obama's surge -- "The surge has begun in earnest," a Pentagon spokesman announced Thursday. While only a few advance elements of a single Marine battalion have arrived in Afghanistan, the escalation in killing and destruction that will accompany the deployment of an additional 30,000 US troops is already underway.

How many more wars will the US participate in and where will the money come from? -- So what is this conflict all about that has been burning away in the background of world politics? It all about power sharing in the Middle East.....US backed Saudi Arabia versus Iranian backed Yemen.

And now US is bombing Yemen? -- On orders from President Barack Obama, the U.S. military launched cruise missiles early Thursday against two suspected al-Qaeda sites in Yemen, administration officials told ABC News in a report broadcast on ABC World News with Charles Gibson.

Pentagon's role in global catastrophe: add climate havoc to war crimes -- By every measure, the Pentagon is the largest institutional user of petroleum products and energy in general. Yet the Pentagon has a blanket exemption in all international climate agreements.

Autism cases increase 59% in 4 years -- One in every 100 children in the United States may have some form of autism spectrum disorder, far more than previously believed, and the rate appears to be worsening quickly, especially among boys, new figures from the CDC show.

Skeletal Fluorosis: Report from India -- Skeletal fluorosis is a bone disease caused by excessive consumption of fluoride. In India, the most common cause of fluorosis is fluoride-laden water derived from borewells dug deep into the earth. While fluorosis is most severe and widespread in the two largest countries - India and China - UNICEF estimates that "fluorosis is endemic in at least 25 countries across the globe. The total number of people affected is not known, but a conservative estimate would number in the tens of millions."


POWER HOUR SHOW: MONDAY DECEMBER 21 - DOUBLE FEATURE

The mainstream news pundits repeatedly tell us that we are in an economic recovery and things are just wonderful but Bob Chapman of The International Forecaster will be on today to tell us the TRUTH. He tells it as he sees it - that there is no recovery at all, it will get much worse and inflation will become a great problem for the entire world. Interest rates are low at 1% and many are lower at closer to 0% and as a result the players are playing just as before October '08. Bob continues to talk of dollar devaluation and a change in currency sometime next year.
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MarchForward! is an activist group comprised of veterans and active duty service personnel who want to stop the wars and killing of innocent U.S. soldiers and Afghan/Iraqi people. Michael Pryser will be on today to talk about their organization and the grass roots movement behind it. They are actively speaking out against these wars and operate based on the belief that real change comes through struggle and mass action.
Website: http://www.marchforward.org



Grape Juice Can Reduce Memory Loss, U.S. Study Suggests


NaturalNews.com | Today's Featured Stories - December 21, 2009


New research: natural exposure to everyday germs may protect kids from disease as adults

By S. L. Baker, features writer
December 21 - Gone are the days when play time for kids often meant getting dirty making mud "pies", splashing in mud puddles and creeks, and climbing trees -- and when children washed their hands, mostly just before a meal...

More CO2 in the atmosphere leads to accelerated growth of certain tree species

By Mike Adams, NaturalNews Editor
December 21 - Scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Minnesota at Morris have found that increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide have led to the rapid growth of certain tree species...

Wave of sickness and disease now striking Baby Boomers

By E. Huff, staff writer
December 21 - Research is now showing that today's "baby boomers", the generation currently eclipsing age 60, is the first generation to be less healthy than the generation before them. Those in this age group are more susceptible...

Hot Dogs Need Anti-Cancer Warning: Group Sues Hot Dog Makers to Force Honest Labeling

By David Gutierrez, staff writer
December 21 - In a lawsuit filed against hot dog manufacturers, the nonprofit Cancer Project is seeking to force all hot dogs sold in the state of New Jersey to carry a label reading, "Warning: Consuming hot dogs and other...

Aerosol pollution interferes with thunderstorm activity, radical weather could cause crop failures

By Mike Adams, NaturalNews Editor
December 20 - Scientists are finally making inroads into understanding the effect that aerosol particulate matter is having on the way storm clouds form. Recent research has revealed that the tiny pollutants can either inhibit...

Destination Ecuador: Hosteria Izhcayluma offers nature-rich lodging in Vilcabamba

By Mike Adams, NaturalNews Editor
December 20 - If you're coming to visit Vilcabamba, Ecuador -- the Valley of Longevity -- you'll need a comfortable place to stay. One of the best is called Hostería Izhcayluma. (The locals pronounce it "ish-ka-loo-ma.") Located...

H1N1 vaccine liquidation sale now on: Hurry while supplies last!

By Mike Adams, NaturalNews Editor
December 18 - All of a sudden, H1N1 vaccines are available all across America. Walgreens and other pharmacies are pushing the vaccines as if there were an "everything must go" liquidation sale under way. Hurry, get your swine...

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African Desert Rift Confirmed as New Ocean in the Making - Geologists Show that Seafloor Dynamics Are at Work in Splitting African Continent

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