Surviving the Revolution and Earth Changes: Sunday Evening News Update

BUSY TRAFFIC SUNDAY

Had company all afternoon - so decided to just go ahead and send out the News Update as is - and begin news research and work on tomorrows ...

The following is off of DrudgeReport tonight:

PRINCE WILLIAM TO SHARE QUEEN'S DUTIES...

Shock Video: Skeptical scientist has apparent heart attack during live UN climate debate...

Dems Pass $1.1 Trillion Spending Bill Sunday

ABC News - Dean Norland, Byron Wolf - ‎23 minutes ago‎

The Senate voted to pass a $1.1 trillion spending bill that rolled six bill into one large package, as Congress tries to wrap up its appropriations work for fiscal year 2010, which is already ...

Man Attacks Italian PM, Breaks Nose and Teeth

Voice of America - ‎5 minutes ago‎

Photo: AP Police in Italy say a man with a history of mental problems hit Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in the face with a statue Sunday.

LOCAL NEWS

Keno drop in Lincoln, Nebraska affects libraries, new park

Last year the city received about $1.8 million from keno receipts - 7.7 percent of the amount wagered.

This year's 7.4 percent drop is probably a function of the recession, said Don Herz, Lincoln's finance director.

"It's discretionary spending, and that has been most impacted by the economy," he said.

The Lincoln revenue loss will mean fewer dollars for the city libraries and the Parks and Recreation Department.

"That could definitely be a blow," said Greg Mickells, assistant library director. "We count on that money quite a bit," he said.

This year the Lincoln library system has about $504,061 in keno funds to buy new books, CDs, databases and more and to replace outdated computers and servers ....

http://www.journalstar.com/news/local/article_e9620fb6-e780-11de-86a7-001cc4c002e0.html

TODAY IN HISTORY

20 Years Of The Simpsons

When the show started, the writers were guys in their early thirties who saw themselves as Bart and their fathers as Homer; now they are in their late forties and identify with Homer. That's why we have more stories with Homer now.

Sunday, 13 December 2009

Patric Verrone, one of the show's former writers, recalls how a series of 60-second shorts turned The Simpsons into a global television phenomenon.

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/20-years-of-the-simpsons-1839329.html

ECONOMY

Bob Chapman - Review of Financial Markets

The Call from Obama is for more Leverage and more Debt.

Freightliner Moving Truck Production to Mexico, Raising Fears of More Layoffs

Australian Lawmaker Warns US Could Default on its Debt Triggering an "Economic Armageddon"

Ron Paul Introduces the Free Competition in Currency Act

Ron Paul | Legal tender laws have been used by governments to force their citizens to accept debased and devalued currency.

Credit rules mean pain for industry, consumers

December 13, 2009

Consumer spending - whether it's with cash or credit - makes up as much as 70 percent of the nation's economy

Consumers cut back their use of revolving credit - made up of credit cards - to the tune of $6.95 billion in October, or 7.23 percent less than a year earlier, data from the Federal Reserve Board showed last week. Meanwhile, the delinquency rate on credit card loans - those past due 30 days or more and still accruing interest - was 6.58 percent in the third quarter, a record for the industry.

In a survey by the Federal Reserve released in November, banks reported that they expect to tighten - or have already tightened - many terms on credit card loans for borrowers, including those with good credit.

"Even now, we have forces saying spend, spend, spend," said Tahira Hira, an Iowa State University professor of personal finance and consumer economics.

"We depend on that for the economy to bounce back. We are looking for the consumer to spend."A pullback on overall spending "is a very difficult lesson for the country," Hira said. "We have a whole generation here which hasn't learned how to live within their means. And now we are being forced to come back within our means, and some people don't have means."

"The credit card industry is not going to be profitable this year, and is projected to lose billions of dollars in 2010 as a result of the overall business conditions," McCoy said.

PREPAREDNESS
SurvivalBlog.com
StanDeyo.com
100 Items to Disappear First
Sprouting

A 'Prepared' Christmas

Teach survival skills with thoughtful, practical gifts.

http://www.survivalblog.com/2009/12/a_prepared_christmas_by_hunker.html

Taxi drivers line their vehicles in protest outside the Taipei City Hall in Taiwan. Around 100 taxi drivers protested on Tuesday against the government's decision to allow a taxi company to have the rights to queue at the Taipei Bus Station to pick up passengers.

Flying Through Thunderstorm Equivalent to Getting 400 Chest X-rays?

December 12, 2009

Here's one that motivates me, Miss Wanderlust, to pack away my passport and more seriously consider that staycation.

Recent findings from scientists at the Florida Institute of Technology, UC Santa Cruz and the University of Florida are estimating that airplane passengers and crews traveling through just one thunderstorm of lightening-emitted X-rays, gamma rays and high-energy electrons could be exposed to radiation amounts equal to 400 chest X-rays--the maximum safe radiation exposure over a person's lifetime. Ouch.

How often does this shocking phenomenon occur? They're uncertain.

Joe Dwyer, professor of physics and space sciences at Florida Tech said,

"We know that commercial airplanes are typically struck by lightning once or twice a year. What we don't know is how often planes happen to be in just the right place or right time to receive a high radiation dose. We believe it is very rare, but more research is needed to answer the question definitively."

Another variable in the on-going study is that the scientists didn't measure the radiation using airplanes but used satellite and ground-based observations.

This would leave a little more room for hope, but as it turns out, all airplane passengers are apparently exposed to slightly elevated radiation levels due to cosmic rays.

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/12/flying_through.php

WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM?

SURGING GEMINIDS: The Geminid meteor shower is intensifying. According to the International Meteor Organization, dark-sky observers are now counting 40+ meteors per hour. "The Geminids were pretty active last night (Dec. 12/13)," reports Pete Lawrence of Selsey, UK. "Here's one I caught on camera zipping past the star Alpha Hydrae."

http://spaceweather.com/submissions/large_image_popup.php?image_name=Pete-Lawrence-Geminid09_mIMG_2025_1024_crop_1260677912.jpg

OUR PLANET'S PROTECTIVE MAGNETOSPHERE UPDATE:

About Real-Time Magnetosphere Simulation

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

DECEMBER 13, 2009 AT 5:48 PM CDT

Click to view Animated Magnetosphere on YouTube: December 12, 2009
(SATURDAY WAS A VERY INTERESTING DAY TO WATCH ON ANIMATION)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFAkwZLZWew

CaveNews YouTube Channel

MOON UPDATE

Current Moon Phase

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

Sagittarius New Moon, Wednesday December 16, 2009
The sign of Sagittarius calls us to adventure, to expand our horizons, seek different perspectives and learn something new. It is about journeys, goals, philosophies, teaching and higher learning, as well as storytelling and cosmic law. After the re-birth out of the depths of Scorpio, Sagittarius offers us the possibilities of open vistas, penetrating insight and deep meaning in our lives. By Ari Bussel

SUN

http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/

http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/sunspots/

Magnetic fields trigger solar wind

Sunspot 1034 is a member of new Solar Cycle 24

From the science forum:

"Hey Guys!

Something our way cometh! Take a look at this one from SOHO/EIT @ 284... .

If this doesn't spark your interest, take a look at STEREO-B. There's a real sparkler busy on the back side!!"

EARTHQUAKE NEWS

Unexplainable earthquakes continue to hit Oklahoma County, OK - another quake hit Sunday morning 16 mi ENE of Oklahoma City - December 13, 2009

OKLAHOMA CITY - December 13, 2009 - For the second time in three days, an earthquake shook homes in Oklahoma County.

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, it happened Sunday morning around 3 just two miles north of Jones. It measured 3.4 magnitude.

Eyewitness News 5 received several phone calls from viewers who said they felt it in Jones and Midwest City. One woman said her lamp fell over.

Another mild earthquake hit near Spencer early Saturday. A similar quake hit Friday near Arcadia.

Scientists have not been able to explain why so many quakes have hit Oklahoma County in the past few years.

http://www.koco.com/mostpopular/21953440/detail.html

RELATED:

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/10/265_35_eqs.php

MAG	UTC DATE-TIME y/m/d h:m:s	LAT deg	LON deg	DEPTH km	Region
MAP	3.4	2009/12/13 08:38:25	35.586	-97.277	5.0	OKLAHOMA
MAP	3.1	2009/12/12 11:34:05	35.556	-97.315	5.0	OKLAHOMA
MAP	2.8	2009/12/11 14:00:17	35.587	-97.324	5.0	OKLAHOMA
MAP	3.5	2009/12/07 17:44:25	35.559	-97.259	5.0	OKLAHOMA

Magnitude	3.4
Date-Time	Sunday, December 13, 2009 at 08:38:25 UTC Sunday, December 13, 2009 at 02:38:25 AM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	35.586°N, 97.277°W
Depth	5 km (3.1 miles) set by location program
Region	OKLAHOMA
Distances	3 km (2 miles) NNE (28°) from Jones, OK 10 km (6 miles) SSE (153°) from Arcadia, OK 11 km (7 miles) NNE (24°) from Nicoma Park, OK 26 km (16 miles) ENE (64°) from Oklahoma City, OK 313 km (194 miles) N (352°) from Dallas, TX

Two Earthquakes Hit New York State - 130 mi North of NY City - Sunday - December 13, 2009

MAP	3.1	2009/12/13 22:00:51	42.573	-74.108	10.0	NEW YORK
MAP	2.6	2009/12/13 21:10:49	42.569	-74.108	10.0	NEW YORK

Earthquake Details

Magnitude	3.1
Date-Time	Sunday, December 13, 2009 at 22:00:50 UTC Sunday, December 13, 2009 at 05:00:50 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	42.573°N, 74.108°W
Depth	10 km (6.2 miles)
Region	NEW YORK
Distances	16 km (10 miles) N (6°) from Medusa, NY 16 km (10 miles) SSW (202°) from Altamont, NY 17 km (10 miles) WSW (240°) from Voorheesville, NY 138 km (86 miles) WNW (292°) from Springfield, MA 208 km (130 miles) N (356°) from New York, NY

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 = Sun Dec 13 23:48:35 UTC 2009

	MAG	UTC DATE-TIME y/m/d h:m:s	LAT deg	LON deg	DEPTH km	Region
MAP	2.6	2009/12/13 23:45:42	33.344	-116.295	2.6	SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP	3.0	2009/12/13 22:54:47	18.873	-64.672	7.8	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	3.1	2009/12/13 22:00:51	42.573	-74.108	10.0	NEW YORK
MAP	2.6	2009/12/13 21:10:49	42.569	-74.108	10.0	NEW YORK
MAP	5.1	2009/12/13 21:03:41	17.770	146.002	35.0	ALAMAGAN REG., NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS
MAP	4.4	2009/12/13 18:19:57	53.021	-166.215	17.1	FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
MAP	4.7	2009/12/13 16:59:14	26.360	-110.533	10.0	GULF OF CALIFORNIA
MAP	5.3	2009/12/13 16:04:00	41.776	94.309	3.1	XINJIANG-GANSU BORDER REGION, CHINA
MAP	4.6	2009/12/13 15:23:30	-0.557	132.778	35.0	NEAR THE NORTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA
MAP	3.0	2009/12/13 15:22:50	60.627	-147.287	19.1	SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP	5.2	2009/12/13 14:41:59	22.039	91.840	31.3	BANGLADESH
MAP	4.6	2009/12/13 14:24:59	21.944	91.816	21.6	NEAR THE COAST OF BANGLADESH
MAP	4.9	2009/12/13 12:31:13	51.490	178.818	57.6	RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
MAP	2.8	2009/12/13 11:40:25	19.832	-156.284	16.0	HAWAII REGION, HAWAII
MAP	4.6	2009/12/13 10:44:42	-10.776	118.985	57.5	SOUTH OF SUMBAWA, INDONESIA
MAP	3.3	2009/12/13 10:39:29	19.501	-66.236	58.8	PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP	3.0	2009/12/13 10:26:09	35.741	-119.001	16.3	CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP	3.4	2009/12/13 08:38:26	35.586	-97.277	5.0	OKLAHOMA
MAP	2.5	2009/12/13 04:35:30	40.290	-124.343	22.3	NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP	2.8	2009/12/13 04:12:03	57.717	-155.131	0.0	ALASKA PENINSULA

CLIMATE IS ACTING WEIRD - NEWS
National Severe Weather Map
Surface Temperature Forecast Map

Source: http://www.wunderground.com/severe.asp

New Orleans monthly rainfall record for December was broken Saturday December 12th

... The last record, set in 1967 and recorded at New Orleans International Airport, was 10.77 inches for the month, said Shawn O'Neil, a weather service meteorologist. By 9 p.m. Saturday, it was measuring 12.72 inches as the rain continued to fall, he said.

At Audubon Park, a century-old record was broken for Dec. 12. In 1909, 3.25 inches of rain fell. By 9 p.m. Saturday, the park had seen 5.55 inches of rain, O'Neil said ...

http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2009/12/strong_thunderstorms_moving_th.html

Marion County, Iowa Hit By Record Blizzard | KNIA / KRLS

By news
More snow fell in one blizzard in Marion County –and Iowa – than in the last 39 years, bringing with it car accidents, school cancellations, and safety hazards. 15-inches fell locally during the record storm. ...

Rainstorm wallops Southern California

Santa Clarita

(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times / December 12, 2009)

A jackknifed truck, one of many rain-related road accidents, jams traffic in southbound lanes of Interstate 5 in Santa Clarita.

Moderate to heavy showers over wildfire-denuded hillsides send mud and rocks tumbling onto roads, trapping about 90 vehicles and forcing evacuations. Complete coverage

Record setting cold grips Southwest Saskatchewan
Southwest Booster
Swift Current's temperature plummeted to -32.4 Celsius yesterday, breaking the previous record low of -30.6 which dated back to 1940. ...

Prairies hit with extreme cold snap
Vancouver Sun
The Alberta communities of Fort McMurray, High Level, Cold Lake and Peace River all saw new record lows for this date set Saturday. ...

Canada freezes as 'one of the worst snow storms on record' strands thousands...

Snowy dusting in Australia's summer...

Cape Cod: Winter weather increases dolphin, turtle strandings...

Snow, cold end Wisconsin's corn harvest

WSAU
UNDATED (WSAU) Corn yields were up this year, so there won't be a shortage -- but the heavy snowfall in Wisconsin has ended the state's harvest. ...

UN'S COPENHAGEN GLOBAL WARMING BEING USED BY WESTERN ELITE'S AS AN EXCUSE FOR 'GLOBAL GOVERNANCE' and $$ FOR THE FEW

Excluded from the Copenhagen Agenda:

Environmental Modification Techniques (ENMOD) and Climate Change

The manipulation of climate for military use

Replacement satellite could play role in climate treaty

NASA still has not received approval for a replacement carbon-observing satellite that could provide baseline data for monitoring compliance with a new climate treaty being negotiated this week in Copenhagen. The new satellite would replace the Orbiting Carbon Observatory doomed by a rocket mishap during launch in February
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0912/08oco/

CHURCHES IN BED WITH WORLD LEADERS' GLOBAL CLIMATE TAX and CARBON DERIVATIVES

HOW MUCH CARBON DIOXIDE IS GIVEN OFF BY ONE VOLCANO??

(Won't be able to spend time at home due to the huge increases in heating/cooling bills due to carbon tax - so will be spending more time at church? Is that their motivation for supporting cap and trade derivatives and carbon taxes? Inquiring minds - like my own - you can be sure I will be following this down into the church's own rabbit hole of secrets)

Worldwide International Bell Ringing Initiative

The bell ringing symbolizes the 350 parts per million that mark the safe upper limit for carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere according to scientists

Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams preaches during an ecumenical celebration in the Church of Our Lady in Copenhagen, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2009. Shortly after the service Denmark's churches rang their bells 350 times which was the central act of a worldwide international bell ringing initiative.

(AP Photo/Heribert Proepper)

Good comment on a forum:

"TPWTTAIC (the people who think they are in charge, as opposed to TPTB) want to reduce the planet's human population by 90% or more. Thus they encourage abortion, homosexuality, destruction of the nuclear family, working moms, chemical sterilization via a number of covert means, and any other thing that will reduce the birth rate of the useless eaters. They are perfectly clear about their goals, state them clearly in public, and have even had them engraved in granite in Georgia (see the Georgia Guide Stones).

There is no reason to believe they don't mean to do exactly what they say... and 'the prez' is only their current puppet in the White House. He does what he is told, because he does not want to take the kind of trip that JFK did in Dallas."

The Georgia Guidestones

On one of the highest hilltops in Elbert County, Georgia stands a huge granite monument. Engraved in eight different languages on the four giant stones that support the common capstone are 10 Guides, or commandments. That monument is alternately referred to as The Georgia Guidestones, or the American Stonehenge. Though relatively unknown to most people, it is an important link to the Occult Hierarchy that dominates the world in which we live.

The origin of that strange monument is shrouded in mystery because no one knows the true identity of the man, or men, who commissioned its construction. All that is known for certain is that in June 1979, a well-dressed, articulate stranger visited the office of the Elberton Granite Finishing Company and announced that he wanted to build an edifice to transmit a message to mankind. He identified himself as R. C. Christian, but it soon became apparent that was not his real name. He said that he represented a group of men who wanted to offer direction to humanity, but to date, almost two decades later, no one knows who R. C. Christian really was, or the names of those he represented. Several things are apparent.

The messages engraved on the Georgia Guidestones deal with
four major fields:

(1) Governance and the establishment of a world government,

(2) Population and reproduction control,

(3) The environment and man's relationship to nature, and

(4) Spirituality.

In the public library in Elberton, I found a book written by the man who called himself R.C. Christian. I discovered that the monument he commissioned had been erected in recognition of Thomas Paine and the occult philosophy he espoused. Indeed, the Georgia Guidestones are used for occult ceremonies and mystic celebrations to this very day. Tragically, only one religious leader in the area had the courage to speak out against the American Stonehenge, and he has recently relocated his ministry.

THE MESSAGE OF THE GEORGIA GUIDESTONES

1. Maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature.

2. Guide reproduction wisely - improving fitness and diversity.
3. Unite humanity with a living new language.
4. Rule passion - faith - tradition - and all things with tempered reason.
5. Protect people and nations with fair laws and just courts.
6. Let all nations rule internally resolving external disputes in a world court.
7. Avoid petty laws and useless officials.
8. Balance personal rights with social duties.
9. Prize truth - beauty - love - seeking harmony with the infinite.
10.Be not a cancer on the earth - Leave room for nature - Leave room for nature.

Limiting the population of the earth to 500 million will require the extermination of nine-tenths of the world's people. The American Stonehenge's reference to establishing a world court foreshadows the current move to create an International Criminal Court and a world government. The Guidestones' emphasis on preserving nature anticipates the environmental movement of the 1990s, and the reference to "seeking harmony with the infinite" reflects the current effort to replace Judeo-Christian beliefs with a new spirituality.

The message of the American Stonehenge also foreshadowed the current drive for Sustainable Development. Any time you hear the phrase "Sustainable Development" used, you should substitute the term "socialism" to be able to understand what is intended. Later in this syllabus you will read the full text of the Earth Charter which was compiled under the direction of Mikhail Gorbachev and Maurice Strong. In that document you will find an emphasis on the same basic issues: control of reproduction, world governance, the importance of nature and the environment, and a new spirituality. The similarity between the ideas engraved on the Georgia Guidestones and those espoused in the Earth Charter reflect the common origins of both. Yoko Ono, the widow of John Lennon, was recently quoted as referring to the American Stonehenge, saying:

"I want people to know about the stones ... We're headed toward a world where we might blow ourselves up and maybe the globe will not exist ... it's a nice time to reaffirm ourselves, knowing all the beautiful things that are in this country and the Georgia Stones symbolize that. " (1)

What is the true significance of the American Stonehenge, and why is its covert message important? Because it confirms the fact that there was a covert group intent on

(1) Dramatically reducing the population of the world.
(2) Promoting environmentalism.
(3) Establishing a world government.
(4) Promoting a new spirituality.

Certainly the group that commissioned the Georgia Guidestones is one of many similar groups working together toward a New World Order, a new world economic system, and a new world spirituality. Behind those groups, however, are dark spiritual forces. Without understanding the nature of those dark forces it is impossible to understand the unfolding of world events.

The fact that most Americans have never heard of the Georgia Guidestones or their message to humanity reflects the degree of control that exists today over what the American people think. We ignore that message at our peril.

Copies are available for researchers from Radio Liberty.

The Age of Reason was a book written by Thomas Paine. Its intent was to destroy the Judeo-Christian beliefs upon which our Republic was founded.

The hole that you see in the stone was drilled in the Center Stone so that the North Star could be visualized through it at any moment. This was one of several requirements stipulated by R.C.Christian for the building of the American Stonehenge and reflects his obsession with the alignment of the stars, the sun, and the moon. Occultists often worship the alignment and movement of heavenly bodies as part of their religious ceremonies

http://www.radioliberty.com/stones.htm
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http://www.newswithviews.com/

Obama, Congress Strive to Bankrupt America
Democrat lawmakers are attempting to pass a stealth increase in the $12.1 trillion cap on borrowing before the end of the year and are trying to sneak through an increase large enough so that they won't have to vote again on the issue before next year's midterm elections. Their bill -- opposed by conservatives fortunate to find out about it -- would permit a total federal debt of about $14 trillion at a time when President Obama is........
http://www.newswithviews.com/NWV-News/news175.htm
by NWV News

Beating a dead Horse
The deep ignorance and unlearned disposition of our political and social leaders, and the blind acquiescence of a deluded people have enabled the importation of competing cultures via the political correctness route. Diversity is the absolute enemy of a homogenous society and of systemic stability. This nation is facing a complete collapse; the very circumstances that brought down the Roman Empire will bring about the downfall of this nation........
http://www.newswithviews.com/Schwiesow/jim160.htm
by Sheriff Jim Schwiesow, Ret.

Evangelical Leaders Sass ADL!
For nearly a century, the existence of ADL (Anti-Defamation League) has been unmentionable in public statements by Christian/conservative leaders. The ACLU may be freely vilified and also, of late, the Southern Poverty Law Center. But ADL, the ultimate predator upon Christian values and American freedoms, has a reputation for zero tolerance of criticism from those in high leadership......
http://www.newswithviews.com/Pike/ted103.htm
by Rev. Ted Pike

American People are coming, and they’re coming for you
The title is a powerful statement by Pat Caddell, a Democrat, and a Senior Advisor to the Carter Administration, that he made on Fox News, 12-8-09. Caddell also stated that “Americans feel that the future is slipping away from their children, that they’re losing the future. The politicians don’t care (what the people want), they think the American people are sheep that they can run over, and that’s the issue that is going to be.....
http://www.newswithviews.com/Wallace/andrew122.htm
by Former Kentucky State Trooper Andrew Wallace, Ret.

Weekend Edition, December 12-13, 2009

It's Time To Leave Afghanistan
Now, Ron Paul tells Gen. Stanley McChrystal.

The Future of Gold and the Dollar
Peter Schiff shares his insights.

'Security Breaches'
Becky Akers on another path to the total state.

Stranded in Houston
Fred Reed is rescued by an Italian restaurant.

Obama of Wall Street
He's owned by the plutocracy. Article by Matt Taibbi.

Stay Away From US Stocks and Bonds
Gold? Jim Rogers wouldn't think of selling it.

Looternomics
Make that Obamanomics, says Tim Carney.

Men and Women Must Never Shop Together
'Evolution' explains it, claim scientists.

It's Boom Time for the Feds
Bust time for the tax slaves.

Is it the End of the World?
Nothing to see here, move along, says WaPo.

Maintain Your Body's Critical Waste Filters
Margaret Durst on natural care for your hard-working kidneys.

PAID PROVOCATEURS

KEEP THE PUBLIC'S ATTENTION ON THE DISTRACTION
VIOLENT PROTESTS NOT ON THE CORE ISSUES

Associated Press (AP) - title for article:

"Protesters damage Calif. university leader's home"

Within this article it is stated clearly the violent protesters were 'non-students"

MY CAVE NEWS BLOG - title for same article

Many 'non-students' demonstrate violently against California state funding cuts leading to course cutbacks, faculty furloughs and sharp fee increases

Screenshot of my news entry:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hBNLRiW12YKk2nY7vbCwE_pYzLnwD9CI3JG

As I frequently say - read the whole article - especially the last couple paragraphs because that is where the government-corporate media sticks what they DON'T want the public to realize.

The government-corporate media is in the business of DISTRACTING the public from the looting and pillaging of our nation by globalist banksters and their multinational corporations.

U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) | Recently released reports and testimonies

http://www.gao.gov/

Rail Transit: Observations on FTA's State Safety Oversight Program and Potential Change in Its Oversight RoleGAO-10-314T, December 10, 2009 Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 17 pages)

Recovery Act: States' Use of Highway and Transit Funds and Efforts to Meet the Act's RequirementsGAO-10-312T, December 10, 2009 Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 30 pages)

Recovery Act: Status of States' and Localities' Use of Funds and Efforts to Ensure AccountabilityGAO-10-231, December 10, 2009 Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 167 pages)

Smithsonian Institution: Governance and Facilities Reforms Progressing, but Work RemainsGAO-10-297T, December 10, 2009 Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 22 pages)

Smithsonian Institution: Implementation of Governance Reforms is Progressing, but Work RemainsGAO-10-190R, December 10, 2009 Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 27 pages)

Transportation Worker Identification Credential: Progress Made in Enrolling Workers and Activating Credentials but Evaluation Plan Needed to Help Inform the Implementation of Card ReadersGAO-10-43, November 18, 2009 Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 81 pages)

Telecommunications: FCC Needs to Improve Oversight of Wireless Phone ServiceGAO-10-34, November 10, 2009 Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 71 pages)

Financial Audit: Office of Financial Stability (Troubled Asset Relief Program) Fiscal Year 2009 Financial StatementsGAO-10-301, December 09, 2009 Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 154 pages)

Intellectual Property: Enhancements to Coordinating U.S. Enforcement EffortsGAO-10-219T, December 09, 2009 Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 11 pages)

International Trade: Observations on U.S. and Foreign Countries' Export Promotion ActivitiesGAO-10-310T, December 09, 2009 Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 17 pages)

State Department: Challenges Facing the Bureau of Diplomatic SecurityGAO-10-290T, December 09, 2009 Summary (HTML) Full Report (PDF, 13 pages)

Surface Coal Mining: Characteristics of Mining in Mountainous Areas of Kentucky and West VirginiaGAO-10-21, December 09, 2009 Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 88 pages)

Drug Safety: FDA Has Begun Efforts to Enhance Postmarket Safety, but Additional Actions Are NeededGAO-10-68, November 09, 2009 Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 53 pages)

Rail Transit: Observations on FTA's State Safety Oversight Program and Potential Change in Oversight RoleGAO-10-293T, December 08, 2009 Summary (HTML) Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 17 pages)

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WANT A HAMBURGER? IT'S BAD WHEN IT CAN KILL A VULTURE!

Vultures aren't canaries but if miners listen to canaries dying ...
dead vultures sing the reality that BigPharma needs public scrutiny!

Vultures in South Asia have been dying from eating livestock carcasses tainted with veterinary drugs

Vultures in South Asia have been dying from eating livestock carcasses tainted with diclofenac, a veterinary drug. Now researchers have found that a similar drug called ketoprofen is also fatal to the birds.

Both treatments fall into a category called non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). While diclofenac is known to cause kidney failure and death in vultures, evidence of such effects had not been found for ketoprofen.

Researchers administered ketoprofen, both directly and through the carcasses of ketoprofen-treated cattle, to Cape griffon vultures (Gyps coprotheres) and African white-backed vultures (Gyps africanus). One bird given 1.5 milligrams of ketoprofen per kilogram of body weight died, and a dose of 5 milligrams per kilogram killed seven out of 11 vultures.

Wild vultures could be exposed to these ketoprofen levels if they eat carcasses of recently treated livestock, the authors say in Biology Letters. The birds that died of ketoprofen ingestion showed kidney failure symptoms similar to those of diclofenac-treated birds. The use of these drugs needs to be more heavily regulated, the team warns, or certain vulture species in Asia could go extinct.

http://journalwatch.conservationmagazine.org/2009/12/09/strike-two/

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Tens of millions of vultures played a key role in South Asian ecosystems before the introduction of diclofenac in the early 1990s. Now, populations of the three species of the critically endangered, griffon-type vultures are thought to have dropped by as much as 97 percent, according to Britain's Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.

Vultures play a vital role in disposing of carcasses, keeping down populations of stray dogs and rats that also feed on dead cattle and can spread disease among humans.

"From millions of individuals in the 1980s, vultures have simply disappeared from large swaths of India, Pakistan and Nepal, and at least three species have been brought to the brink of extinction," said Richard Cuthbert, one of the study's authors and a scientist with the Royal Society.

"The rate of decline of these magnificent birds is staggering," he said. "For the oriental white-backed vultures, for every two birds alive last year, one will now be dead, and this is all because of the birds' inability to cope with these drugs in livestock carcasses, the birds' principal food source."

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iUmwprGNxqyi-XSCP2PYBHB2MqXgD9CFM8T02

Antelope are roaming Cheyenne neighborhoods early this year in search of food and shelter.

CHEYENNE - The pronghorns are in town early this year.

While it is not unusual for pronghorn antelope to come into Cheyenne and Laramie during the winter, folks at the Wyoming Game and Fish Department said it is unusual for it to happen this early in the winter weather season.

They are, of course, looking for food and shelter, which is more readily available in town than out on the wind-blown plains.

Antelope have created some traffic hazards in Cheyenne.

"People just need to take their time and be careful" when they spot antelope on or near the street, said Cheyenne police Sgt. Nathan Buseck.

There haven't been any accidents, he said, and any traffic problems with the pronghorns have been "very minor" so far.

He said antelope have been in the area of Miller Elementary. A group have been roaming the neighborhood between Eighth Avenue and Pershing Boulevard and Evans and Central avenues.

In one subdivision in Laramie, more than 100 antelope have been chewing on trees and tall grass, according to The Associated Press.

"Wildlife are best enjoyed from a distance," said Bob Lanka, a regional information and education supervisor for the Game and Fish Department.

That is the first thing to keep in mind.

Approaching wildlife raises their metabolic rate and results in more energy being expended during a time when they need it.

The early cold weather has likely caused a higher rate of mortality among the pronghorns already, he said, though there is no data yet.

There are no laws against feeding big-game animals that wander into the city, said Scott Smith, city spokesman.

But feeding wild big-game animals is not a good idea, Lanka said.

Feeding concentrates wildlife, enhancing the spread of disease, attracting predators and diminishing the fear of people so that they may become more aggressive. Improper food also can cause illness or death.

For those who want to help decrease big-game mortality in winter, Lanka suggests:

-- Keep your distance and leave wildlife alone.

-- Keep pets confined and do not allow them to chase wildlife.

-- Slow your vehicle down, especially on icy roads and at dawn and dusk. Big-game animals forage near roads and regularly cross them in search of food.

-- Make fences as wildlife friendly as possible by allowing animals to move either over or under more easily.

The department has a brochure on fencing and wildlife available at regional offices.

-- Consider having one pasture where livestock will be confined in winter and leaving the rest of your gates open so that wildlife can move through if you own a ranch.

-- Pick up bailing twine, loose wire and other things wildlife may become entangled in.

http://www.wyomingnews.com/articles/2009/12/11/featured_story/01top_12-11-09.txt

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