Well - 'The war is in Pakistan right now' - AND corporatism's interest to export the Afghan civil war into Pakistan is gearing up more. The desired potentiality of Pakistan breaking up into maybe 3-5 'mini states' is in the sights - the Zbigniew Brzezinski play book of nation take down via destabilization ... something our military seems to have been doing for decades all over the globe via the CIA, mercenaries, etc.
Prevents Obama from attacking Pakistan directly!
Between the Lines, an Expansion in Pakistan
WASHINGTON — President Obama focused his speech on Afghanistan. He left much unsaid about Pakistan, where the main terrorists he is targeting are located, but where he can send no troops.
CIA expanding drone attacks in Pakistan
The CIA’s drones are controlled from headquarters in Langley, Va. , and carry Hellfire missiles.
Central Asia - and the Iran-Pakistan to China and India pipelines ... can't have the Bank of London and their Anglo-Americans buddies not owning that Big Business Potentiality in the East Asian energy corridor - or, as Webster Tarpley calls it - the New Silk Road.
Following executives within multinational corporate entities ... down into their rabbit holes leading to the rich elites running everything in the West is now the past-time of MANY researchers globally!
Civil unrest - 'order out of chaos' ... and there is now chaos going on in Pakistan and GUESS WHO is planning on bringing order to that chaos.
NO. 1 RULE OF THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION: NEVER LET A CRISIS GO TO WASTE
Our CIA and mercenaries run around around the globe providing business for the now old game of playing Global Super Cop - and the internet is spreading all the ugly details of our country being the military puppet of multinational corporations protecting and expanding their investments -
GREED, GREED, GREED....
The CIA may be able to fire Hellfire missiles and blow up a wedding party with women and children in attendance - half the world away by pushing buttons on some computer system while sitting in a comfortable office chair in Langley, Virginia but, many on the globe now has names for such chicken-sh.. behavior.
THE MINIONS SERVING THE RULING ELITE KEEP THEMSELVES BUSY
There are the names and faces of those in political parties - both political parties are really only ONE dancing puppet, and there are entertainment celebrities and other junk news used by the minions of government-corporate media to distract sleeping sheeple - for example this Sunday:
Today there are HERDS of people waking up to being robbed by the corrupt bankster bailouts - TAXPAYER money financing gigantic Wall Street bonuses that are continuing to enable the elite rich pillage the infrastructure of our country. Main street is going down while Wall Street gets financed by the government.
Jobs and Justice: Tie Wall Street Profits and Bonuses to the Unemployment Rate
Author of "The Looting of America"
In the internet age the names and faces of the minion puppets dancing to the song directed by those individuals given names and participating in such as The Club of Rome, Illuminati, etc... ThePowersThatBe ... are no longer hidden secrets as in decades past thanks to whistleblowers.
It is today easy to obtain information about the minion Bush family and their connection to WWII with Daddy Bush's father Prescott financing Nazi Germany while Americans were fighting. Just a few links I pulled up in just a few minutes:
- "Article showing Skull and Bones members, E. R. Harriman, and Prescott S. Bush ( The President's Grandfather.) tied to Hitler's funding and Banking. ..."
- "29 Nov 2007 ... For the first time publicly, Wolf traced the origins of contemporary developments back to President Bush's Nazi grandfather, Prescott Bush, ..."
- "25 Sep 2004 ... George Bush's grandfather, the late US senator Prescott Bush, ... The debate over Prescott Bush's behaviour has been bubbling under the ..."
- "24 Jul 2007 ... New investigation sheds light on clique of powerbrokers, including Prescott Bush , who sought to overthrow U.S. government and implement ..."
- "Learn about the connection of Prescott Bush (Skull & Bonesman, financier to Hitler, father of GHW and g-dad of G W Bush) and that plot that Butler spoiled. ..."
Last night on CoasttoCoastAM the topic was THE BUSH FAMILY SECRETS reaching an audience of millions globally:
However, Baker said, these CIA outlets were merely part of a larger agenda driven by wealthy elites who have designs on shaping the world to their end. Stressing that the Bush family are merely players in this group of power brokers, Baker said, "they're not the guys running the thing. They are just operatives." He dismissed the notion that it is an organized group, suggesting that it is more of a collection of like-minded, powerful people working together to consolidate their power. "It's not this absolute club or anything like that," Baker explained, "you're talking about a mindset." Ultimately, he expressed concern that this coterie continues to exert its power, "I think what we're looking at is a very sensitive and fragile situation that perpetuates to this day."
He suggested that the Watergate scandal was one historic event that this faction, including George H.W. Bush (who was head of the RNC at the time), played a hand in orchestrating. Baker put forth the idea that Richard Nixon, previously put into power by these elites, had begun to move away from their influence. As such, the Watergate event was developed as a means to drive Nixon out of office in a "cleaner" fashion than they had eliminated JFK. According to Baker, this explains why the break-in seemed so poorly done, how the story ended up in the press, and why Nixon was so befuddled by what had happened. "It's almost like a rolling coup d'etat," he observed, "when you're in these permanent bureaucracies, you don't have a lot of use for these elected presidents. They're an annoyance and a problem for you."
OLD NEWS
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October 23, 2006 -- George W. Bush's Paraguay land deal.
Minions can run - but having a hard time hiding!!
In just a few minutes I can go pull up and easily discover a small list of informational articles concerning minion guys with the last name of Bush.
Today, the amount of information available about those Elites with the 'easy' last names of Rockefeller or Rothschild are getting piles upon piles of information accumulated upon their activities and these piles are growing daily - as people worldwide have had a stomach full of greedy banksters!!
Herds of people in Europe have also been financially abused by rich Western Elites running things - and the names of those puppet masters behind the scenes are being gathered by herds of investigative journalists and whistleblowers globally.
about Gore inventing the internet???
ECONOMIC WARFARE - WE AREN'T THE ONE AND ONLY GLOBAL ECONOMIC SUPERPOWER ANYMORE
Has Asia Dethroned Detroit as the Auto Sector Leader?
Our planet's protective Magnetosphere is degenerating and likewise America is continuing to suffer economic degeneration while huge multinational corporations inflate.
Obama's goal of wealth distribution - essentially eliminating the middle class - was taking place long before he took office. The gap between the filthy rich and the poor in America is beginning to look like the caste system in India.
Opening the doors of our borders was long ago the planned agenda of the Puppet Masters pulling the strings on our political minions populating offices in government - from Federal down to City governments.
Growing up I could have described the American culture - what is it today? Americans provide the demand for the supply and inflow of drugs - illegal and pharmaceutical.
Our medical institution appears to be given the job of being the minions of Big Pharma as government-corporate media advertises the latest pills that can be popped.
Genetically Modfied Seeds: Monsanto is Putting Normal Seeds Out of Reach
Monsanto contaminates the fields...
How Organic is Organic? Codex Alimentarius Cohorts Wage War Against Food
Monsanto's Man in the Obama Administration
What does a guy do? The politicians aren't listening to Americans. Our nation flew past socialism into tyrannical fascism in record speed!
Can you say Zimbabwe?
Seems like the sheeple in our country are the only ones not awake to the fast coming fate of the US$ - our currency system based on 'good faith' - not gold.
China’s Dragons: Oil, Gold, and the US Dollar
The end of the de facto petrodollar standard has profound and lasting implications for the US dollar, oil, and gold. The US is the epicenter of the global financial crisis and economic downturn, but the US continues to exercise disproportionate control of the oil trade and to enjoy the unique status of the US dollar as the world reserve currency. The inflationary policies of the US government and Federal Reserve have damaged the US dollar to the point that it is increasingly seen as a destabilizing force in the world economy.
To make matters worse, it was principally the US that manufactured the financial derivatives that still menace the global financial system (China has opted out). There is growing recognition that the US economy is on an unsustainable course and this fact has fueled an international movement towards a new world reserve currency.
The days of Western Banksters skimming off profits because the US$ is being used by other nations buying oil from the Mideast is ending. Our nation's military intimidating and making sure the US$ continues to be used ... isn't working as well as it used to!!
Droning Pakistan demonstrates the attempt to stop China and India from obtaining oil directly from Iran and bypassing the Western banksters.
Rian.ru | Russia, India, China set to forge energy ties
China gave uranium to Pakistan for two nuclear-bombs
China fights wars in a manner different than in the West. Sitting in Langley, Virginia controlling a drone's Hellfire missiles is not the same as China being handed missile technology via Secretary of State Hillary Clinton - with the media distraction of the Balloon Boy in Colorado as a cover.
From the October 15, 2009 Washington Times:
From this 5 PAGE Washington Times article during the Balloon Hoax in Colorado:
The law was passed after a late-1990s scandal involving the U.S. companies Space Systems/Loral and Hughes Electronics Corp.
Both companies improperly shared technology with China and were fined $20 million and $32 million, respectively, by the State Department after a U.S. government investigation concluded that their know-how was used to improve China's long-range nuclear missiles ... "
Daily Finance | Obama's leverage in China negotiations limited by massive U.S. debt
Forbes.com | Will China Eat Our Lunch?
Business Daily Africa | Obama plays China card, but who holds the ace in sino-America ties?
KITV.com | Senior Chinese General Visits Hawaii - Official To Meet Pacific Command Commander
AFP | China's second-highest ranking officer kicked off a week-long visit to the United States on Saturday October 24th
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates (L) meets with Chinese Central Military Commission Vice Chairman General Xu Caihou
BE PREPARED -
OUR NATION WILL NO DOUBT BE SEEING A BIG FALSE FLAG TERRORIST ATTACK VERY SOON AS THE ULTIMATE DISTRACTION!
PREPAREDNESS
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"Lights Out" free ebook - grid down pdf
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INTRODUCTION
While we all want to do our best to prepare for a coming crisis, and many of us realize the city is perhaps the worst place to live, very few people are really prepared to pack up the old Winnebago and head for the hills. Most Americans, whether they're aware or not, are going to stay in the cities.
This is not a hasty decision for most people. Most of us depend on the city for our livelihood, and we can be better prepared by continuing to live in the city, earn a good income, and make preparations for exiting the city at the appropriate time or by staying in the city and living off existing supplies.
This special report explains some of the most critical dangers of living in a city and presents some solutions to surviving them. If you are one of the people who has decided to stay in the city, you'll benefit greatly from this information.
CITIES ARE ARTIFICIAL
Every city is an artificial construct. Cities formed as people came together to conduct business, participate in social interaction, and benefit from efficiencies in public services (such as schools, sewers, water, etc.) and a common defense. Yet cities cannot survive alone. They need resources from the country; most notably, food, water and electricity. While electricity and water can sometimes be created or found within city limits, the acreage requirements of food dictate that no city could possibly feed its own people.
Read that last phrase carefully: No city can feed its own people. Not one. Cities are, by their very nature, dependent on the importation of food. The advent of just-in-time delivery systems to our grocery stores means that most cities would run out of food within a week if supplies were for some reason disrupted.
Remember, cities are not self-sufficient. They have for a long time been entirely dependent on the American farmer for their support, something almost all Americans take for granted (except the farmer, of course.)
RISKS IN THE CITY
The city presents some serious risks during a crisis. The four most serious ones are:
- the collapse of social order (riots),
- the failure of the water treatment and delivery systems,
- the depletion of food supplies and
- the failure of the power grid.
While not every situation will appear in every city, every situation will most certainly appear in some cities. Will that include yours? We’ll tackle these one at a time:
1. THE COLLAPSE OF SOCIAL ORDER
“Social order” is a delicate thing, and it exists as a psychological barrier that could easily collapse under the right conditions. We all saw this during the L. A. Riots following the Rodney King trial verdict as citizens of L. A. set fire to their own town, yanked people from vehicles and beat them literally to death, and even fired guns at firemen attempting to save their buildings! More recently we were all witness to the looting, violence and total breakdown of society following Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.
What allowed this to happen? Simple: the simultaneous melting away of the psychological barrier of “order.” Once people realized 911 couldn’t handle the load, or was offline, that the local police were helpless or had simply abandoned their posts, “Law and Order” ceased to exist in their minds. They then conducted their lives in the way they always wanted to, but couldn’t because of the police. That is, they ran out to the local stores and just took whatever they wanted (looting). They took our their racial frustration on innocent victims who happened to be driving through the area, and they let loose on a path of destruction that only stopped when men with (xxx)s - the National Guard were called in to settle things down. In other words, only the threat of immediate death stopped the looting and violence. (xxx)s work wonders.
Imagine store owners lying prone on the roofs of their stores with (xxx)s, firing at anyone who approached. This is exactly what happened in Los Angeles. But worse, imagine the lawless horde firing at the rescue copters trying to bring in supplies to the desperate masses.
The National Guard eventually got things under control. This event was isolated, however, to one city. Imagine a hundred cities experiencing the same thing. Will the National Guard be able to handle the load? Not likely. What about local police? They aren’t fools; if things look bad enough, they’ll grab their families and head for the hills, just like they did in New Orleans. No pension is worth getting killed for. A few U. S. cities could be transformed into literal war zones overnight. It would require all-out martial law and military force to have any chance whatsoever of bringing order to these streets. And the reality is that there are not enough military in the USA to secure all of the cities if this happens.
This collapse of social order is perhaps the greatest risk of staying in the city during a crisis. What, exactly, would cause this collapse of social order?
Lack of three things: food, water, and money. When people run out of food, some will begin ransacking their neighborhood, searching for something to eat. (Remember that in a city, a “neighbor” does not mean the same thing as a “neighbor” in the country. They are not necessarily your friends.) It won’t take long, then, for violence to take over in some cities. While certain regions will certainly manage to keep things under control and people will form lines at the local (depleted) Red Cross shelter, other cities will see an explosion of violence. Imagine the gang-infested regions of L. A., Chicago, New York, St. Louis & New Orleans. Do you think those people are going to stand in line and wait? They already have (xxx)s; now they finally get to use them. Pent-up racial tensions & hostilities will simply serve as justification for shooting people of the same or other color in order to get their food.
Even if the food somehow gets into the cities, lack of money (due to the government not sending out checks) could cause the same thing. Eventually, lack of money results in looting and mass theft. As the stealing balloons, it also results in a collapse of social order.
Water; the same thing (but faster). The collapse of social order is also very dangerous because it doesn’t require any “actual” collapse of the power grid, telecommunications, transportation or banking. Social order is a psychological artifact. It is a frame of mind, and any global panic can quickly remove the mental barrier that right now keeps people basically “lawful.”
2. THE FAILURE OF WATER TREATMENT AND DELIVERY SYSTEMS
Will the water treatment facilities fail during a crisis? Many will. Some won’t. The problem lies in figuring out whether yours will. Certainly, they depend on electricity, and testing conducted on some plants has already revealed weaknesses in the system.
In one such test, the water treatment plant released a fatal dose of fluoride into the water system when tested. The computers thought they were 99 years behind in releasing minute doses of fluoride, so they made up the difference. If you happened to be downstream, drinking that water, you were dead. Fluoride, no matter what misinformed dentists tell you, is actually a fatal poison. A major crisis likely to demonstrate this fact in more than one city.
The most important question here, though, is about what will happen when the water stops flowing (or if it is flowing, but it’s not drinkable). As you are probably aware, while people can live without food for long periods of time (2-3 weeks), water is needed on a daily basis. You can go 2-3 days without it, at most, but beyond that, you'll quickly turn to dust.
That means people will do anything to get water, because to not have it means death. And guess where it’s going to be the most difficult to actually get water? You guessed it: in the cities. During the first day of the water crisis, many people still won't figure out what's going on. They’ll figure it’s a temporary breakage of a water main and the government will get it fixed within hours. As those hours stretch into the next day, these people will get very worried.
By the second day, more and more people will realize the water isn't coming. At that point, you could easily see a breakdown of social order, as described in the previous section (as you can see, these things all tend to cause each other.). People will begin their “search for water,” and the first place they’re likely to go is where they always go for liquids: the grocery store, the local Wal-Mart, the 7-11. The shelves will be cleaned out rather quickly.
Beyond that (because those liquids aren’t going to last long), you're going to see people engaged in a mass-exodus from the cities. They’ll take the gas they have left in their tanks and they'll leave the city in search of water. Some will go to “Grandma’s house” out in the country where they might at least find a pond or stream to drink from. Others will simply go on an expanded looting mission, stopping at any house they see and asking the residents (with a (xxx) in their face, likely) if they have any water to “donate.”
As a result of all this, if water stops flowing, here are the events you can expect to see in some of the worse-off cities:
* Looting of all the grocery stores by the second or third day (remember New Orleans?)
* Minor outbreaks of violence during the looting. Shop owners, for example, may attempt to defend their shops with firearms (ala L. A. Riots)
* Mass exodus of residents from the city in search of water
* Ransacking of any houses or farms within a gas-tank radius of the city, presumably by desperate people with guns
* Mass traffic jams on the outbound highways as people run out of gas and abandon their vehicles (if bad enough, this could actually block the highways and trap people in the cities) (Remember Hurricane Rita?)
* Mass outbreak of water-borne diseases as people use streams and rivers as both a water fountain and a bathroom. People crapping upstream are going to infect the people drinking downstream. Very few have any kind of water filtration device. That last point is really critical. Once the water flow stops, disease is going to strike.
3. THE DEPLETION OF FOOD SUPPLIES
The food supplies will likely dwindle quickly as we approach a possible crisis due to people stocking up just in case. Once the crisis actually hits, expect to see breakdowns in the transportation sector that will result in major delays in food delivery. This means food may arrive in sporadic fashion in some cities (if at all).
Once this happens, food suddenly becomes really valuable to people (even though they take it for granted today). And that means any small shipment of food that arrives will be quickly grabbed and eaten or stored. It only takes one week without food to remind people how much they actually need it, so expect the atmosphere to be that of a “near panic” if food is delayed by as little as three days. The level of panic will vary from city to city. Some cities or towns may experience very little difficulty receiving food. Others may face near-starvation circumstances.
Remember, the cities depend entirely on food shipped in from the farms and food processing companies. Also, note that if there’s a water problem as mentioned in the previous section, and the mass exodus begins, the highways may be jammed up at critical locations, causing gridlock for the trucking industry. If we're lucky, some trucks will continue to roll. If we’re not, assume that nothing gets through.
A shortage of food ultimately results in the same behavior as a shortage of water. First, people eat what’s in the pantry, then they loot the grocery stores. After that, with all local supplies depleted and no hope on the horizon, they leave the city and start ransacking nearby homes. Some will hunt in nearby forests, but most city-dwellers don’t know how to hunt. In any case, anyone with the means to leave the city will likely do so soon after their food shortage begins.
4. THE FAILURE OF THE POWER GRID
Nothing is as suddenly obvious nor has such a gigantic psychological impact as the failure of the power grid. When the electricity stops, almost everybody knows it at the same instant (unless it happens at night).
Naturally, during the first few hours of the power failure, if it occurs, people will assume it’s a temporary situation. Maybe a tree fell on some power lines, or perhaps a transformer blew up somewhere nearby. They'll sit tight and wait for the power to come back on.
What if it doesn’t? Then the city faces a severe problem. Without power, obviously, everything shuts down. Within hours, the looting begins in the more crime-ridden cities (we saw this in New York a few decades ago.). The longer the power stays off, the worse the social disorder.
The loss of power will bring the entire city to a halt. While vehicles may get around for a few more days (using whatever fuel they have left), businesses obviously won't be operating. Houses that depend on electricity for heat will quickly reach Winter temperatures, freezing many occupants to death. While those that depend on electricity for Air Conditioning will just as quickly reach Summer temperatures, resulting in death from heat stroke. Hospitals and police stations may have generators on hand, with a few days worth of fuel, but in short order, that will be depleted, too.
But the water treatment plant will almost certainly be off-line without power, causing all the events mentioned in the water section, above. Let's face it, the power is the worst thing to be without in the city. If you have power, you can survive a food shortage, perhaps even a short water shortage. But without power, all bets are off. If you have a “bug-out” vehicle stocked and ready to go (see below), this might be the time to bail.
SOLUTIONS IN THE CITY
Okay, so you're stuck in the city. You’ve made the decision to stay. You’ve read the problems above, you believe they make sense, and you’re intelligently frightened. What now? You really have two strategies. You can:
* Stay and defend your house
* Bug out (leave the city and head for the hills)
Important! This is not an either/or situation. You can begin by staying in your house and assessing the situation. You'll want to have a “bug-out” vehicle stocked and ready, just in case, if you can afford one, but you may never actually choose to bug out. You’ll have to be the ultimate judge of this. Just remember that when you bug out, you face major risks and disadvantages. Among these:
1. You're severely limited in how much you can carry -
2. You have limited range due to fuel -
3. You expose yourself to social chaos, roadblocks, random violence, etc. -
4. Your house will certainly be looted while you're gone -
5. You run the risk of mechanical breakdowns of your vehicle -
6. You must have a place to go that you know is in better shape than where you currently are.
In general, unless you have a specific, known safe place as your final destination, I don't advise people to bug out. Just “heading for the hills” is a very poor plan. You might not make it. But heading for Grandma’s house or some known, safe place could be a very good plan indeed, depending on whether Grandma is ready, willing and able to accept you!
For these reasons (and more), staying and defending your house is sometimes the only reasonable course of action, even if it seems dangerous. For the most part, looters and people looking for food are going to have plenty of easy victims, so if you show a little willingness to use force to defend your property, you’ll likely send people on to the next house.
That is, until the next house is already empty and you appear to be the last house on the block with any food and water left. If you're in a bad enough area, your neighbors may “gang up” on you and demand your supplies or your life. This is truly a worst-case scenario, and unless you literally have a house full of (xxx)s and people trained to use them (and the willingness to shoot your neighbors), you’re sunk. This is why the best situation by far is to keep your neighbors informed and help them get prepared. Then you (both your member and non-member neighbors) can act as a group, defending your neighborhood and sharing the supplies you have with anyone willing to help defend you.
When you have this kind of situation going, your neighbors realize you are their lifeline. You supply them with food and water, and they will help support you because they are, in effect, supporting their own lives. The best situation is when your neighbors and other ward members have their own food and water supplies. That way, they aren’t depleting yours, and they have a strong motivation for getting together with you defend your neighborhood. (More on this below.)
STORING (AND HIDING) YOUR FOOD
Storing food is just as important in the city as in the country, but hiding it is far more important. That’s because in the worst areas, marauders will be going from house to house, demanding your food or your life. If you're dumb enough to put everything you own in the obvious places, you might as well not buy it in the first place. They will find it. To count on having any amount of food left over after the marauders break in, you'll need to hide your food.
One alternative is to plan on defending your home with force. If you have enough (xxx)-wise people in the house, and enough (xxx)s and ammo, you can probably pull this off. But most of us aren’t nearly as experience with (xxx)s as the gang members. A better alternative might be to plan on bringing you supplies to your ward/stake building where all can both pool and defend their resources.
Back to hiding: the best way to hide your food is to bury it. You’ll need airtight containers, long-term food that won't rot and you’ll need to plan ahead. Bury your food at night so nobody will notice, and make sure you don’t leave the map on the refrigerator door! (Better to memorize it!) Try to get the ground to look normal after you're all finished. You’ll want to bury your food as early as possible because it gives the grass time to regroup over the spot. If you’re in an area that snows, you’ll have a great concealment blanket! Most food marauders won't go to the trouble to dig up food, especially if you insist you don't have any.
Best plan: Have some smaller amount of food stashed around the house, letting them find something. Better to give them something and send them on their way. The art of hiding your food is an ancient one. You've got to get creative. Use the walls, the floors, and the structure of the house.
If hiding your food is simply not an available alternative, then try not to advertise it. Keep it put away in your house or garage in as discreet a manner as possible. Don’t make a point of telling people that you have a years supply (or more). Word gets around fast that Bro. Jones has a ton of food in his garage. Boxes of food fit nicely under beds, behind furniture, in the attic, etc.. Be Creative!!
To sum up the food storage, you really have three strategies here:
* Store it all in your house and plan on defending it by force.
* Bury it in your yard in case you get overrun by looters.
* Store part of it in your house, and hide the bulk of it.
* Relocate all of it as soon as you recognize a major disaster is in progress When you’re all done, you should have your protected grains in 55-gallon drums, buried in your yard and protected against the humidity of the surrounding earth. It’s a big effort, but then again, the food inside may save your life. You’ll find it much more efficient to bury several barrels at once; side by side.
In reality it would be faster and easier to simply build a false wall in your garage and seal up your food behind the false wall. Sure, you might loose 2-3 feet of useable space in your garage, but the tradeoff is knowing everything is safe and sound.
STORING EXTRA WATER
Water can be stored in exactly the same way, although you might want to bury the barrel before you actually fill it with water. Make sure you treat your storage water, rotate it or have filters on hand when you get ready to use it.
If you don’t have a yard, or it's not practical to bury your water, you’ll have to store water inside your house. This can get very tricky because water takes up a lot of space and it's very difficult to conceal. It’s best to get containers made for long-term storage, but in a pinch, you can use almost any container: soda bottles, milk jugs (although it's very difficult to rinse the milk out), and even rinsed bleach bottles (in that case, you won’t need to add bleach). But a lot of these containers will deteriorate quickly, and they may break easily. Also, consider what happens if your water may be subjected to freezing. Will your containers survive? Be sure to leave enough air space to handle the expansion.
In order to prepare yourself for the water shortage, assuming you’re going to stay in the city, stock at least six months of water at a minimum two gallons a day per person. That’s nearly 400 gallons of water if you have two people.
Of course, even with the best in-house preparations, you may find yourself depleted of water supplies. In this situation, one of your best defenses is to have a really good water filter (like the Katadyn filter) that can remove parasites and bacteria from the water. You can also treat your water in other ways (iodine, distillation, silver solution, bleach, etc.). Armed with these items, you can safely use stream or river water (or even pond water) for drinking.
WATER WELLS
By far, the best solution for obtaining long-term water supplies is to drill a well. Buy the best-quality hand-pump available (cast-iron pumps available from Lehman’s) and a good cylinder. They will last a lifetime if installed properly. With this setup, you'll have a near-unlimited supply of water.
The total cost of doing this, depending on where you live, ranges from about $4000 - $6000. Is it worth it? If you’ve got the money, I think so. However, many cities simply don’t allow the drilling of wells, so you may not be able to get one drilled even if you want to.
The deeper your well, the more expensive it gets. Most well drilling companies charge by the foot. When water is deeper, you also need a bigger pump and a more powerful cylinder, so the costs tend to really grow the deeper you go. If you can find water at 20', you’re very lucky and it might not cost you even $2000. If you have to go down to 200', it might cost you $7500, and you’re at the depth limit of hand-powered pumps anyway.
DEFENDING YOUR LIFE AND PROPERTY
Let’s talk about force. No doubt, there are plenty of nice people in this country, and I think that in small towns and rural areas, people are going to find ways to cooperate and get along. I also think, however, that some cities will suffer complete social breakdown and violence will rule. If you happen to be stuck in one of these cities, you’re going to need to use force to defend your house. The section that follows discusses what I consider to be extreme responses to violence in the most dire situations. Hopefully, you won't find yourself in these circumstances, but if you do, the information below may be valuable.
Important: Do not use your lights at night. If you are stocking propane-powered lanterns, solar-powered flashlights, or other unusual supplies, using them at night will announce to everyone within line of sight that you have more than the “usual” supplies. Expect them to come knocking in your door. [See www.EndTimesReport.com/lighting.html ] At most, let a fire burn in the fireplace, but in general, avoid drawing attention to your house.
Defending your house is a crucial element on your stay-in-the-city plan. Make your house your fortress, and hold drills to help other family members practice some of the more common activities such as hiding, defending, evacuating, etc. Some useful items for home defense include:
* A guard dog
* Pepper spray
* (xxx)s
* Smoke bombs (military-grade)
* Trip wires
Let's go over these: The guard dog is certainly a welcome addition to any family trying to defend their house. Although he probably eats a lot of food, the investment is worth if. Dogs also tend to sleep light, so let them sleep right next to the food storage areas, and make sure you sleep within earshot. If the dog barks, don't consider it an annoyance, consider it an INTRUSION.
Pepper spray is a great alternative to the firearm. It will incapacitate people and certainly give them a painful experience to remember. On the downside (potentially), it might just remind them that next time they come back for food, they better kill you first. So understand the limitations of pepper spray.
(xxx)s are useful for obvious reasons.
Smoke bombs can be useful for covering a planned escape from your house. You can purchase high-volume smoke bombs that will quickly fill up any house with an unbreathable cloud of military-grade white smoke.
Trip wires are great perimeter defenses. You can buy them from Cheaper Than Dirt (they run a few hundred dollars). They will give you early warning if someone is approaching. You can connect the tripwires to flares, shotgun shells, light sticks or other warning devices. This way, you can have an audible or visible alert, your choice.
In addition to these devices, you can make significant fortification-style improvements to your home. While none of these are very affordable, they certainly help defend your home:
* Replace glass windows with non-breakable Plexiglas
* Add steel bars to the windows
* Replace all outside door locks with heavy-duty deadbolts
* Replace all outside doors with steel doors, preferably without windows
* Remove bushes and other shrubs where people might hide
* Black out the windows entirely to avoid light escaping at night (similar to what residents of London did during the WWII bombing raids)
* Build secret hiding places for food, coins, or even people
* Create escape hatches or passageways
* Rig pepper-spray booby traps
These aren’t as absurd as they might at first sound. Many people living in rough cities already have steel bars covering their windows, and removing extra bushes and shrubs is a well-known tactic for making your home a safer place.
LIGHT
To light your home when there’s no electricity, try the following:
* Use LED flashlights and rechargeable solar-charged batteries. You can buy all these items from the Real Goods catalog
* Use propane-powered lanterns. You can find these in the camping section of your local Wal-Mart. Be sure to purchase extra mantles and store lots of propane.
* Purchase quality oil lamps from Lehman’s and stock up on oil. You can also purchase cheap kerosene lamps from the Sportsman's Guide or Wal-Mart, then simply purchase and store extra kerosene.
* Buy extra candles.
* Purchase lots of olive oil. Not only can you cook with it (and besides, it’s a lot healthier than corn or vegetable oil), olive oil also burns as a clean candle fuel. You can float a wick in a jar half-full of olive oil and light the wick. Viola, a home-made candle. Olive oil is a fantastic item for your storage anyway because even if you purchase all the grains in the world, you’ll still need cooking oil, and you obviously can’t buy powdered cooking oil. Well-stored olive oil can last for thousands of years. A “cord” of wood, by the way, is a volume measurement. It’s 8' x 4' x 4', or 128 cubic feet of wood (stacked). Some people that sell wood will try to rip you off, so make sure you know what you're buying. If you purchase logs, it’s better to get a price per linear foot, based on the diameter of the log. For example, you might ask for logs that are an average of 10" in diameter, and you’ll ask how much the charge per linear foot would be. Something in the range of $1 - $2 would be great.
RELATIONS WITH NEIGHBORS
I’ve already mentioned the importance of getting along with your neighbors. It really is crucial to your city-based survival plan. The best situation to be in, as mentioned before, is to have neighbors & other church members who are aware of the issue and who are getting ready for it by stocking their own food, water, and other supplies. Every neighbor & member that becomes self-reliant is one less neighbor or member you’ll have to support.
The range of neighbor situations, from best to worst, is as follows:
* Best case: your neighbor is current Recommend holder, is aware of and both temporally & Spiritually prepared for an emergency with their own supplies and training.
* Good case: your neighbor is aware of a potential crisis, and even though they don't have their own supplies, they’re willing to help defend yours as long as you share
* Bad case: your neighbor is a non-member that didn’t prepare for it, figuring they would just steal from you if things got bad. They are aware of YOUR supplies but don’t have their own.
* Worst case: your neighbor isn’t aware of anything, he a violent, angry neighbor just released from prison. He is going to be caught off guard by the ensuing events and will likely attempt to use violence to get what he needs or wants.
Your decision on whether to stay in the city may depend greatly on the quality and quantity of your neighbors. If you do live in a bad neighborhood, do what you can to relocate. If you live in a good neighborhood, do the best you can to educate and inform your neighbors. This might well be the most important missionary work you ever do for your own temporal salvation!
SOME BASIC BUG-OUT POINTERS:
* Don’t try to bug out in a Chevy Geo. You will likely need a big heavy 4x4 truck in order to go off-road and around stalled vehicles
* Get something that can carry at least 1000 pounds of supplies. A big 4x4 pickup will do nicely! Yes, it requires more fuel, but you can carry the fuel as cargo.
* Don’t bug out unless you can have someone ride shotgun, literally. You will need an armed passenger in case you run into not-so-nice people
CONCLUSION
Choosing to remain in the city is a rational choice for many people in many situations. However, as you have seen from the dangers described here, the further away you can get from the population centers in general, the better your chances of surviving.
Most people, perhaps yourself included, have a difficult time actually accepting that a major disaster is going to be as bad as described in this report. And after all, if you leave the city, sell out, quit your job, move to the country, and then nothing bad happens? You will have disrupted your life, and you may find yourself broke, jobless, and homeless. You COULD assume it will be a mild event, which I suppose is also a credible possibility. In that case, surviving in the city will be quite feasible, especially if you have neighbors that can support your efforts and you don't live in a dangerous city with high racial tensions. However, the very nature of a major disaster means that if only one or two major infrastructure components goes down, the ripple effect will quickly create a much worse scenario. It seems there is very little room for “mild” effects unless they are miniscule. The most likely scenario at this point clearly points to massive disruptions, severe shortages in food and water, loss of power in some areas, and a breakdown of social order in certain areas where the population density is high.
But you can survive anything with good planning, an open mind, and plenty of practice. Why not start now?
Authorities in Italy say they have seized works of art belonging to, and concealed by, the convicted founder of Italian firm Parmalat, Calisto Tanzi.
The 19 paintings and drawings, including works by Picasso, Monet and Van Gogh, are worth more than 100m euros (£90m), financial police said.
Tanzi denied owning any secret art collection earlier this week, Italian newspapers reported.
The concealed art was found in houses belonging to friends of the family.
Parmalat, once one of Italy's leading companies, collapsed in a massive fraud scandal in 2003 with a 14bn euro ($20bn; £13bn) hole in its accounts.
The case was Europe's biggest bankruptcy ....
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http://www.business24-7.ae/Articles/2009/12/Pages/05122009/12062009_a15de69cb25044be8252ecb07037bcd7.aspx
Sunday, December 06, 2009
He said: "There is an growing demand that governments should not interfere in the drafting of these standards. The crisis is not yet over, it has not even started, and in order to save our financial institutions from the crisis we must address this before it hits us.
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Earthquakes Pose a Serious Hazard in Afghanistan
The nation of Afghanistan is located in a geologically active part of the world where the northward-moving Indian plate is colliding with southern part of the Eurasian plate at a rate of about 1.7 inches per year (43 mm/yr). This collision has created the world’s highest mountains and causes slips on major faults that generate large, often devastating earth- quakes. An example is the magnitude 7.6 earthquake on October 8, 2005, in Kashmir, Pakistan, which caused more than 80,000 fatalities and left an estimated 4 million people homeless.
Each year Afghanistan is struck by moderate to strong earthquakes, and every few years, a powerful earthquake causes significant damage or fatalities. As Afghanistan rebuilds following decades of war and strife, new construction and development need to be designed to accommodate the hazards posed by strong earthquakes. To assist in reconstruction efforts, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has developed a preliminary seismic-hazard map of Afghanistan.
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 6 16:03:57 UTC 2009
| MAG | UTC DATE-TIME y/m/d h:m:s | LAT deg | LON deg | DEPTH km | Region | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAP | 2.5 | 2009/12/06 14:29:34 | 18.301 | -66.186 | 55.2 | PUERTO RICO |
| MAP | 4.5 | 2009/12/06 11:16:26 | 33.297 | 88.631 | 50.9 | WESTERN XIZANG |
| MAP | 3.2 | 2009/12/06 10:23:29 | 17.094 | -64.670 | 44.6 | VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION |
| MAP | 4.0 | 2009/12/06 07:09:19 | 18.517 | -68.992 | 95.0 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC |
| MAP | 5.0 | 2009/12/06 06:44:21 | -7.937 | 118.888 | 10.0 | FLORES SEA |
| MAP | 3.3 | 2009/12/06 06:09:14 | 32.362 | -115.090 | 5.4 | BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO |
| MAP | 4.5 | 2009/12/06 06:02:56 | 14.216 | 120.768 | 215.9 | LUZON, PHILIPPINES |
| MAP | 5.4 | 2009/12/06 04:33:16 | 35.803 | 77.348 | 61.0 | KASHMIR-XINJIANG BORDER REGION |
| MAP | 4.0 | 2009/12/06 04:19:14 | 58.384 | -156.039 | 138.0 | ALASKA PENINSULA |
| MAP | 2.8 | 2009/12/06 04:03:49 | 40.401 | -125.087 | 2.5 | OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA |
| MAP | 3.4 | 2009/12/06 03:42:23 | 18.769 | -64.358 | 43.9 | VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION |
| MAP | 4.6 | 2009/12/06 03:37:53 | 3.546 | 127.328 | 35.0 | KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA |
| MAP | 2.8 | 2009/12/06 03:23:52 | 18.971 | -65.904 | 5.6 | PUERTO RICO REGION |
| MAP | 4.7 | 2009/12/06 02:57:25 | -36.291 | -96.875 | 10.0 | WEST CHILE RISE |
| MAP | 4.7 | 2009/12/06 02:47:30 | 0.205 | 97.159 | 35.0 | NIAS REGION, INDONESIA |
| MAP | 4.8 | 2009/12/06 02:16:19 | -21.943 | -68.302 | 108.5 | ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE |
| MAP | 2.6 | 2009/12/06 01:10:18 | 57.568 | -155.171 | 55.7 | ALASKA PENINSULA |
RECENT MIDWESTERN STATES EARTHQUAKES - DECEMBER 6, 2009 AT 10:00 AM
MAG DATE LOCAL-TIME LAT LON DEPTH LOCATION y/m/d h:m:s deg deg km
map 1.4 2009/12/06 02:09:46 36.288N 89.490W 5.1 ( 2 mi) N of Ridgely, TN
map 1.2 2009/12/05 18:29:59 36.302N 89.478W 5.2 ( 3 mi) N of Ridgely, TN
map 2.2 2009/12/05 05:26:12 35.988N 89.819W 8.3 ( 7 mi) NE of Blytheville, AR
map 2.8 2009/12/04 23:30:11 32.412N 97.004W 5.0 ( 5 mi) S of Midlothian, TX
map 1.5 2009/12/04 06:15:27 36.239N 89.436W 7.6 ( 3 mi) ESE of Ridgely, TN
map 1.7 2009/12/04 03:15:11 36.755N 89.454W 12.4 ( 4 mi) WSW of East Prairie, MO
map 1.9 2009/12/04 02:42:52 36.284N 89.465W 6.0 m ( 2 mi) NE of Ridgely, TN
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| Military’s mad-science arm Darpa has awarded $9.9 million to the Texas A&M Institute for Preclinical Studies (TIPS), to develop treatments that can extend a “golden period” when injured war fighters have the best chance of coming back from massive blood loss. | |
| Internet Eyes launches in early 2010 and is dependent on both volunteers sticking to their commitment to monitor the cameras and on police following up any leads that the volunteers alert them to. | |
| The writing is on the wall for old school circuit-switched phone networks, and the world is going all-IP. Now, the FCC is gathering data to guide the next major transition of the country's communications network. | |
| Todays soldier is enhanced by human controlled robots. Tommorows soldier will be a soldier cyborg, a cybernetic organism enhanced by everything technology has to offer. The future of combat holds even greater prospects for autonomous robots that kill at their own discretion. | |
| Guinea's junta leader Capt Moussa "Dadis" Camara was attacked by soldiers from his own presidential guard on Thursday but he survived, his communication minister said. | |
| The only way to stop the killer carp, say environmentalists, is to close down the locks that connect the Mississippi to the Great Lakes — a move that could devastate the shipping industry and push up prices of iron ore, coal, grain and other goods. | |
| The number of serving American military personnel who took their lives in 2009 has already exceeded last year’s record. These suicides are first of all tragic. Secondly, they indicate the immense psychological harm that the neo-colonial wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have inflicted on members of the armed forces. | |
| While the media focuses on the number “30,000” (as in the number of new troops being sent to Afghanistan), an even larger number has widely been ignored: 100,000. | |
| Russian banks have been expanding their portfolios of industrial assets taken over from companies that failed to repay loans this year. What share of the Russian economy now belongs to the banks? | |
| Iran has imported piles of North Korean-made conventional weapons, the Washington Post reported Thursday, even though both countries are under UN sanctions over their nuclear programs. Weapons also went to two Palestinian militant organizations, the Iran-backed Hezbollah and the Islamist Hamas, the paper said. | |
| Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin pledged radical measures to end a surge of militant violence in the North Caucasus, but said a new war is not expected in the region. | |
| North Korea's surprise decision to redenominate its currency has prompted panic and despair among merchants left with piles of worthless notes, even driving one couple to suicide, activists said today. | |
| European banks are emerging from the credit crisis bigger than before, posing more risk to their national economies. | |
| Ben Bernanke on Thursday urged Congress not to take away the Federal Reserve’s bank supervision powers or curtail its independence even as he admitted that the US central bank had made regulatory mistakes in the run-up to the crisis. | |
Breaking News and Commentary from Citizens For Legitimate Government | 05 Dec 2009
At least 40 killed in Pakistan attack --Blasts erupt at mosque Latest in string of assaults in garrison city 05 Dec 2009 At least 40 people were killed and scores were injured Friday when a pair of 'suicide bombers' [Blackwater?] stormed a crowded mosque in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, joined by assailants who hurled grenades and sprayed gunfire among the worshipers. Police and soldiers sealed the area and launched a major search after the attack, but the remaining assailants were still at large as of early evening. At least 64 people were injured, officials said.
Several killed in Pakistan blast 05 Dec 2009 At least three people are reported to have been killed in an explosion in the Pakistani city of Peshawar. Officials initially said the blast, near a KFC restaurant, was caused by a bomb, but later reports suggested it was an accidental explosion. The explosion came a day after 35 people were killed in a militant attack on a mosque near the Pakistani army's headquarters in Rawalpindi.
Erik Prince, head of US security firm Blackwater, 'was CIA operative' 05 Dec 2009 In private, Erik Prince [as founder of the Blackwater security company] was a CIA operative, with his own file as a "vetted asset" at the agency’s headquarters, and a mission to build "a unilateral, unattributable capability" to hunt down and kill al-Qaeda militants for the US Government wherever they could be found... Mr Prince, aside from his work in Iraq, set up America’s closest forward operating base to the Pakistani border in Afghanistan, and helped to train a CIA assassination team that hunted an alleged senior al-Qaeda financier in Germany, and included A. Q. Khan, a Pakistani nuclear scientist, on its list of targets, according to Vanity Fair magazine.
Obama 'to expand drone strikes' in Pakistan --The unpopular strikes were initiated under the George W Bush administration in 2006. 04 Dec 2009 The administration of the Nobel peace laureate, President Barack Obama, has authorized an expansion of drone attacks on Pakistan's troubled tribal regions, a new report says. The New York Times report also says US and Pakistani officials are discussing the possibility of CIA operated drone strikes in Pakistan's Baluchistan province for the first time.
At least 7,000 fresh NATO troops to bolster war 04 Dec 2009 NATO allies will bolster the American troop surge in Afghanistan by sending at least 7,000 soldiers of their own, officials said Friday in pledges that U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton described as crucial to turning the tide in the stalemated war. The promised increase came as U.S. Marines and Afghan troops launched the first offensive since President Barack Obama announced a 30,000-troop American increase.
Neo-Cons Get Warm and Fuzzy Over "War President" By Eli Clifton 04 Dec 2009 U.S. President Barack Obama's plan for a 30,000-troop surge and a troop withdrawal timeline beginning in 18 months has caught criticism from both Democrat and Republican lawmakers. But a small group of hawkish foreign policy experts - who have lobbied the White House since August to escalate U.S. involvement in Afghanistan - are christening Obama the new "War President".
Iraq war inquiry sees fingers pointed at US 04 Dec 2009 The Iraq inquiry has produced another week of compelling evidence. We are beginning to understand how and why Iraq ended up in such a parlous state after the 2003 invasion. A number of witnesses have pointed a finger of blame at the United States for the chaos that ensued. Sir David Manning, Tony Blair's former foreign policy adviser, set the tone with a withering attack on the Americans for their post-war planning.
Ex-Iraq ambassador gets Bush post at A&M 04 Dec 2009 A career diplomat who most recently served as ambassador to Iraq was named Friday to lead the George Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University... As ambassador and now, Ryan Crocker [of sh*t] has argued that the U.S. must remain in place for the long haul. "I am reasonably positive about developments in Iraq, but this ... will require our engagement for years," he said.
Iran says it needs 20 uranium enrichment sites 04 Dec 2009 The Atomic Energy Organization (AEO) of Iran says the country needs 20 enrichment sites to fulfill its total electricity demand. "We are in need of 20 thousands megawatts that means 20 [times the amount the] Natanz [facility can produce]," Head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization Ali-Akbar Salehi said in an exclusive interview with Press TV on Friday.
'Viva Palestina' will head to Gaza 04 Dec 2009 An international aid convoy is scheduled to take humanitarian supplies to the Gaza Strip from London, marking the first year anniversary of Israel's three week war against Gazans. The Viva Palestina convoy of 250 vehicles will deliver medical, humanitarian and educational aid to Palestinians who are suffering a long-running Israeli blockade on their territory since Hamas took control of the region in June 2007.
Americans say US should mind own business: Poll 04 Dec 2009 A new poll suggests that nearly half of Americans think that Washington should "mind its own business internationally" and step out of other countries' affairs. The poll released on December 3, was conducted by the Pew Research Center for the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), a policy group whose members have dominated US foreign policy since World War II. The finding marks the first time in four decades that such a large number of Americans oppose US foreign policies.
Doctors' bid to open David Kelly inquest 05 Dec 2009 Six doctors are to take legal action in a bid to reopen the inquest in to weapons inspector Dr David Kelly. The scientist, 59, was found dead in woods near his Oxfordshire home in July 2003, after being named as the source that claimed the Government had "sexed up" a dossier on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction. An inquiry by Lord Hutton concluded Dr Kelly, a Ministry of Defence advisor, had died from cuts to his wrist and an overdose of powerful painkillers. But a group of six doctors want the case re-examined, claiming there is insufficient evidence to prove he committed suicide.
Homeland Security to study dispersion of biological weapons in Boston subway [Let's hope the maggots don't go live, as they did on 9/11.] 04 Dec 2009 The U.S. Homeland Security Department has announced that it will release harmless gases and dye tracers into Boston's subway system next week to study the circulation of airborne contaminants through public transit networks in the event of a biological or chemical attack. The planned study, which will examine how both smoke and airborne toxins move throughout the transit system, is expected to assist experts in developing future chemical-agent monitoring while also providing guidance for future improvements in air-purification systems, evacuation plans and emergency-response protocols for transportation systems.
Police told: stop this abuse of terror law --Urgent warning issued to all English forces after Independent revelations of photographers suffering harassment 05 Dec 2009 Police forces across the country have been warned to stop using anti-terror laws to question and search innocent photographers after The Independent forced senior officers to admit that the controversial legislation is being widely misused. The strongly worded warning was circulated by the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) last night. In an email sent to the chief constables of England and Wales's 43 police forces, officers were advised that Section 44 powers should not be used unnecessarily against photographers.
Revision of Va. Tech shooting report corrects timeline 04 Dec 2009 Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine is releasing a revised version of the investigative report on the mass shooting at Virginia Tech in 2007. The addendum released Friday corrects the timeline of events on the morning of April 16, when [Manchurian-style] shooter Seung Hui Cho began the rampage that resulted in the deaths of 32 students and teachers and the injuries of several others.
Revised Va. Tech Report Shows Response Gaps --The president's office, two academic buildings were also shut down 'well before' general alert 04 Dec 2009 Some Virginia Tech officials warned their own families and the president's office was locked down well before a campus-wide alert was issued in the 2007 slayings of 32 people, according to a revised state report that details new fumbles in the response to the worst mass shooting in U.S. history. At least two officials with a crisis response team called their family members after the first shootings at a dorm and about 90 minutes before the all-campus alert was issued at 9:26 a.m. The president's office was locked down at 8:52 a.m. and two academic buildings were also shut down before the general alert. The revisions... also added details about troubling behavior by Seung-Hui Cho and includes information from his mental-health records.
Warning over second child swine-flu jab --High fever, drowsiness and loss of appetite are side-effects, say regulators 05 Dec 2009 Children having their second dose of the swine flu jab may develop a high fever, European regulators have warned. Parents and doctors are being urged to keep watch on a child's temperature after research found they were more likely to suffer a fever above 38C (100F) after the second dose compared with after the first. Children were also more likely to suffer soreness at the site of injection as well as drowsiness, irritability and loss of appetite after the second dose. Experts at the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) said the "findings were unexpected, as they were not seen with the mock-up vaccine".
Schools to get masks, gloves to help prevent spread of flu --Millions of them, purchased with federal grants, will be distributed throughout California for use by ill students and the nurses who examine them. 04 Dec 2009 Millions of protective masks and gloves will be distributed to schools throughout California to prevent the spread of swine and seasonal flu, state and county officials announced Friday. Purchased with federal grants, the 23 million masks and gloves will be used by ill students as well as the nurses who examine them.
Aide: Baucus Named Girlfriend For Fed Post --Senator Was in Relationship With Woman He Nominated for U.S. Attorney Post; She Later Withdrew From Consideration 05 Dec 2009 Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus was romantically involved with a former staffer when he recommended her earlier this year to become the next U.S. attorney for Montana, a spokesman said. The Montana Democrat and his former state office director Melodee Hanes began their relationship in the summer of 2008 after Baucus separated from his wife, Ty Matsdorf told The Associated Press late Friday.
As Obama opens jobs summit, he faces limited options for growth --Many ideas that would greatly increase deficit are likely to be rejected 03 Dec 2009 Creating jobs is a political and economic imperative for President Obama, who is holding a high-profile jobs summit Thursday that aides hope will demonstrate his concern for the plight of everyday Americans. Obama has summoned 130 corporate executives, economists, small-business owners and union leaders to the White House to sound out ideas for accelerating job growth during the worst labor market in a generation.
US economy remains devastated despite improved jobs figures By Andre Damon 05 Dec 2009 The US economy lost fewer jobs in November than in any other month since the recession [Bush Depression] began, according to the latest jobs report from the Labor Department. But overall economic conditions continue to worsen for the majority of the population, with wages falling and no return to normal job conditions in sight... The last time the US economy added jobs was in December 2007. About 100,000 jobs need to be added per month to keep up with new entrants into the labor force.
Environmental group sues EPA on polar bear pesticides --Suit links pesticides to damaging bioaccumulation in Arctic 03 Dec 2009 An environmental group announced today that it is suing the Environmental Protection Agency for "failing to consider" the affect of pesticides on polar bears and their Arctic habitat. The Center for Biological Diversity filed the suit in Seattle on Thursday, Dec. 3. "The pesticide crisis is a silent killer that threatens not only polar bears but the entire Arctic ecosystem," said staff attorney Rebecca Noblin in a statement.
Melting polar bear ice sculptures to raise climate awareness 04 Dec 2009 A polar bear sculpted out of an 11-tonne block of ice will be unveiled in Copenhagen Saturday, then left to melt to raise awareness about global warming during the UN climate summit, organisers said. The life-size sculpture will feature a polar bear skeleton made of bronze inside the ice. "A pool of water and a polar bear's skeleton is going to be all that remains at Kongens Nytorv in the heart of the city -- a reminder of the challenges we face concerning our climate," the organisers said in a statement.
Previous lead stories: Gates: 'No deadlines' on troop withdrawal --Afghanistan drawdown could take 2 to 3 years, defense secretary says 04 Dec 2009 The withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan, scheduled to begin in July 2011, will "probably" take two or three years, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said Thursday, although he added that "there are no deadlines in terms of when our troops will all be out." The Pentagon, meanwhile, quietly acknowledged slippage on the front end of the 30,000-troop deployment that President Obama authorized for the first half of 2010. [There is no deadline on when the troops will be out, but hopefully there *will* be one on when this Administration is out. And that will be November 2012. We need an actual progressive to run for president in 2012. --LRP]
C.I.A. Is Expanding Drone Assaults Inside Pakistan [So is Blackwater.] 04 Dec 2009 The White House has authorized an expansion of the C.I.A.’s [killer] drone program in Pakistan’s tribal areas, officials said this week, to parallel the president’s decision, announced Tuesday, to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan. American officials are talking with Pakistan about the possibility of striking in Baluchistan for the first time... The drone program has enjoyed bipartisan support in Congress and was escalated by the Obama administration in January. More C.I.A. drone attacks have been conducted under President Obama than under President [sic] George W. Bush. The political consensus in support of the drone program, its antiseptic, high-tech appeal and its secrecy have obscured just how radical it is. For the first time in history, a civilian intelligence agency is using robots to carry out a military mission, selecting people for killing in a country where the United States is not officially at war.
'It was designed to make punishment inevitable.' Military tribunals quietly resume at Guantanamo Bay 04 Dec 2009 Military tribunals at Guantanamo Bay, which President Obama suspended amid much fanfare immediately after taking office, quietly resumed this week with new signs of the legal complexities of the cases and the challenges for prosecutors. The military court had to grapple with determining where a defendant, Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al Qosi -- and by extension other detainees prisoners -- stand under the new military commissions law enacted in October to provide more due process for detainees. Under the old system, Qosi and other detainees were called "unlawful enemy combatants," but the new law refers to them as "alien unprivileged enemy belligerents," a moniker that military prosecutors said is more in line with the Geneva Conventions.
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- SteveQuayle.com
- SpaceWeather.com
- USGS Earthquakes
- Genesis Internet Radio
- HAARP Fluxgate Magnetometer
- Real-time Magnetosphere Simulation
Posted on HalfPastHuman.com:
Link to Sun Spot 2012 Cataclysm material
An alternative explantion for 2012 (PDF File).
Author held anonymous, but permission granted to disperse this material.
From Steve Quayle: A free ebook as to what may result if the electrical grid goes down: "Lights Out" pdf
The Cave's Page of Maps of Hazardous locations - past, present & potential future
Global Internet Monitor
Akamai monitors global Internet conditions around the clock. With thisreal-time data identify the global regions with the greatest attack traffic, cities with the slowest Web connections (latency), and geographic areas with the most Web traffic (traffic density). Click on "ATTACKS" on the top of the screen at the link. (You can pull the slider from Europe to the US to see number of attacks)
SolarCycle24.com
National Association of Radio-Distress Signalling and Infocommunications
Emergency and Disaster Information Services (EDIS)
Budapest Hungary
- Link: SolarCyle24.com
- USGS Latest Earthquakes 2+ US and 4.5+ in (some) of the world - last 7 days
- USGS Latest Earthquakes 1+ in the US - last 7 days
- European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre
- Alaska Volcano Observatory
- Yellowstone Volcano Observatory Information
- Live webcams - Alaskan volcanoes
- Mount St. Helens WebCam
- The Old Faithful WebCam
Recent Volcano Observatory Activity Reports
List of Volcanoes of Antarctica and South Sandwich Islands
African Desert Rift Confirmed as New Ocean in the Making - Geologists Show that Seafloor Dynamics Are at Work in Splitting African Continent
Space.com | June 10, 2009 - Incoming space rocks now classified by military WHY?
Maps of Nuclear Power Reactors
The Living Moon
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