Afternoon News Update | October 29, 2009

I haven't been sending News Updates ... maybe one of the reasons why - the volume of crappy news headlines is accelerating and a part of me knows there isn't a damn thing anyone can do to change all the crap. What does it mean when the SHTF is maybe more meaningful?

There is the corporate-government media's headlines:
Economy grows in Q3, unofficially ends recession...

And then there are pages of headlines like the following - I just put the words "state government layoffs" in Google News:

Jefferson City, Mo braces for latest state budget cuts

Jefferson City News Tribune - Gerry Tritz - ‎9 hours ago‎

Of those cuts, 363 will come from layoffs and most of the rest through not filling vacant positions. The state expects to cut another 200 full-time ...

UMass report: State still stuck in recession

Boston Herald - Jay Fitzgerald - ‎43 minutes ago‎

... state's economy contracted by 1.1 percent in the third quarter, amid increasing layoffs at companies and declining tax revenues for state government. ...

Iowa - Culver orders furloughs, rejects corrections cuts

Sioux City Journal - ‎12 hours ago‎

6 percent -- The approximate pay cut state department directors will see. 181 -- Number of layoffs included in agencies' budget-cutting plans approved so ...

Hundreds of Pa. state government layoffs expected

Philadelphia Inquirer

Hundreds more employees of Pennsylvania's state government are expected to get pink slips. Gov. Ed Rendell said Friday that he expects hundreds of layoffs ...

Given I've personally spent most of my adult living in my own personal economic world that could be labeled a DEPRESSION. I experienced what they now call the historically studied "Recession of the early 1980's" when Gather's Software went under - and herds of professionals were looking for jobs in Denver in about 1984. DEPRESSION and REPRESSION are terms that are subject areas and words owned by academic experts.

Can they keep the gigantic derivative bubble from popping?

This is an interesting article from 2004:

Secrets Of The Plunge Protection Team - THE 4 DERIVATIVE U.S. DICTATORS

12 May 2004, 10:41

There are just four people who control all of the U.S. markets through their use of dangerous and explosive DERIVATIVES. They are risking the assets and retirement funds of all Americans. Because of their manipulations, especially since 2001, U.S. financial markets are now based on the gambling whims of a special fraternity of Federal Government DERIVATIVE dealers.

This group is known among Wall Street as the Plunge Protection Team (PPT). Their "official" role was to prevent another 1987 "Black Monday". They have the entire U.S. Treasury at their disposal to manipulate the markets through DERIVATIVES (futures options). In other words, they are using the assets behind the U.S. Treasury to rig the prices of commodites (gold, currencies, etc.) and stocks.

This fraternity comprises of Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the heads of the SEC and the Commodity Futures Trading Association. It works closely with all the U.S. exchanges and Wall Street banks, including the largest DERIVATIVE risk holders Citibank and JP Morgan Chase.

Few people are aware of Executive Order 12631 signed by Ronald Reagan on March 18, 1988. In a nut shell, this is the "authority" behind the four dictators and the [sic] "laws" and "regulations" that have backed their casino-style DERIVATIVE gambling spree since 2001. Here are some highlights of this Executive Order to ponder: Full Story

Now throw in this current news article:

Government is trying to make bank bailouts permanent -- Paul Volcker and senior Harvard economist Jeffrey Miron both testified to Congress this week that the government is trying to make bailouts for the giant banks permanent.

Paul Adolph Volcker (born September 5, 1927) is an American economist. He was the Chairman of the Federal Reserve under United States Presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan (from August 1979 to August 1987). He is currently chairman of the newly formed Economic Recovery Advisory Board under President Barack Obama
The Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve (private) Bank is the head of the central banking system of the United States http://www.newyorkfed.org/

We have one completely corrupt and rogue government - with politicians getting rich from global corporation lobbyists. And Obama goes to Copenhagen on December 29th - to essentially turn our country over to global governance. It would be wise to watch the short YouTube below to figure out about the CAP AND TRADE - CLIMATE CHANGE bull crap. Short but yet very concise and correct presentation - WORTH YOUR TIME TO LISTEN TO!

Obama Poised to Cede US Sovereignty
United Nations Climate Change Treaty, scheduled to be signed in Copenhagen in December 2009

Radical Environmentalism: Pretext for Power and Money Grab by Would Be One World Governors

There is SO MUCH CORRUPTION BEING EXPOSED - I honestly don't know where you can start.

Lets take the War on Drugs - now exposed by the NY Times yesterday that one of the BIGGEST drug lords in Afghanistan is part of our own CIA ... no surprise to many.

America's drug crisis brought to you by the CIA -- Kudos to the New York Times, and to reporters Dexter Filkins, Mark Mazzetti and James Risen, for their lead article today reporting that Ahmed Wali Karzai, brother of Afghanistan's stunningly corrupt President Hamid Karzai, a leading drug lord in the world's major opium-producing nation, has for eight years been on the CIA payroll.

Was talking about the new flu vaccine being a bio-weapons lab creation - little did I know that idea was being worked on in 1972!

World Health Organization (WHO) Memos 1972 Explains How to Turn Vaccines into a Means of Killing

No wonder that Rockefeller wants the Internet to be taken down! NEWS travels too fast and without the globalist's control! (At least today - they are working on getting it controlled as I type ... and weed out those that talk too much maybe?).

National Security Agency (NSA) Supercenters to Store Americans’ Private Data Permanently

Thomas R. Eddlem | The National Security Agency is building huge new storage facilities to store the unconstitutionally gained data on the American people’s telephone calls and Internet traffic permanently.

Interesting headlines today:

German Protest Over Toxic Swine Flu Jab Grows After Army Rejects It As Too Risky

No Men OR Women Needed: Artificial Sperm and Eggs Created for First Time

Are Populations Being Primed for Nano-Microchips Inside Vaccines?


Verichip chooses Raytheon /ECLAN to manufacture it's implantable microchips -- VeriChip Corporation announced that it has selected Raytheon Microelectronics España/ECLAN for the production of the company’s implantable microchips, including the chip used in its HealthLink patient identification system, its new eight millimeter microchip for use in Medical Components Inc.’s vascular access medical devices, and its glucose-sensing RFID microchip under development with RECEPTORS LLC.

Verichip shares soar after H1n1 patent win...implantable microchip to detect viruses -- Shares of VeriChip Corp (CHIP.O) tripled after the company said it had been granted an exclusive license to two patents, which will help it to develop implantable virus detection systems in humans.

How mercury (in vaccines) kills brain neurons - University of Calgary (video)

This video is from the university of Calgary. It shows how mercury kills brain neurons. Using live brain cultures, the mercury is introduced and the video shows how autism occurs.. Autism is mercury poisoning.

All for right now...

Evening News Update | October 28, 2009

After an early October snow and freezing temperatures -
the first brand new bloom on a Yellow Autumn Daisy that had grown from wildflower seed
that I had planted this summer

This overcast afternoon on my way down my little brick pathway to feed my spoiled squirrels and birds, immediately after ducking to get under my overgrown trumpet vine archway I immediately saw this happy little daisy bloom waiting for me next to my plum tree.

This summer I played Johnny Appleseed with a quarter pound of mixed perennial wildflower seed - sprinkling the seeds around in various places. I always get a smile on my face when I run across another new interesting little guy blooming from that mixture of seeds.

The LAST thing I expected to run across this afternoon was to discovering a new bloom on a new plant in my yard. I have to get on the internet to sometimes identify the new wildflower choosing to grow - and this is a Hardy Yellow Autumn Daisy. The white blooms on the Shasta Daisies by my pond are still there ... definitely am liking daisies!

If you notice in the above picture - there is not only the leaves of my white clover but also the leaves of what may be called Creeping Charlie (or alot of other names). It is one tough little plant. I usually hate pulling unwanted plants (weeds) from my flower beds (I feel like a murderer) ... but pulling Creeping Charlie doesn't bother me - you can't kill that plant I swear. You can get it out of a flower bed and return two days later and it looks like you haven't ever weeded.

Tonight finally I decided to research that fast growing little guy that can remind you of an ivy - yet, I have actual Ground Ivy under the Mulberry tree and there is a big difference. After my Internet research - I will need to pull and collect that fast growing little plant for all its medicinal uses!!

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Glechoma hederacea (syn. Nepeta glechoma Benth., Nepeta hederacea (L.) Trevir.) is an aromatic, perennial, evergreen creeper of the mint family Lamiaceae. It is commonly known as Ground-ivy.

It is native to Europe and southwestern Asia but has been introduced to North America and is now common in most regions other than the Rocky Mountains. Its common names includeAlehoof, Creeping Charlie (or Charley), Catsfoot (from the size and shape of the leaf), Field Balm, Run-away-robin, Ground Ivy, Gill-over-the-ground and Tunhoof.

Glechoma is sometimes grown as a potted plant, and occasionally as a ground cover. A variegated variety is sometimes commercially available.

While often thought of as a weed because of its propensity for spreading, Glechoma has culinary and medicinal uses which were the cause of its being imported to America by early European settlers. The fresh herb can be rinsed and steeped in hot water to create an herbal tea which is rich in vitamin C. The essential oil of the plant has many potent medicinal properties; the plant has been used for centuries as a general tonic for colds and coughs and to relieve congestion of the mucous membranes. The plant has been demonstrated to have anti-inflammatory properties. It has also been claimed to increase excretion of lead in the urine.

Its medicinal properties have been described for millennia, Galen recommending the plant to treat inflammation of the eyes, for instance. John Gerard, an English herbalist, recommended the plant to treat tinnitus, as well as a "diuretic, astringent, tonic and gentle stimulant. Useful in kidney diseases and for indigestion." It is also useful as a "lung herb".

Glechoma was also widely used by the Saxons in brewing beer as flavoring, clarification, and preservative, before the introduction of hops for these purposes; thus the brewing-related names,Alehoof, Tunhoof, and Gill-over-the-ground.

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Evening Newsletter | 23 October 2009

Lincoln, Nebraska is taking care of their homeless

By COLLEEN KENNEY / Lincoln Journal Star | Posted: Friday, October 23, 2009 7:00 pm

http://www.journalstar.com/news/local/article_24ec14a8-c032-11de-b2b8-001cc4c03286.html

Project Homeless Connect Lincoln

More than 225 homeless people found help and services Friday at Project Homeless Connect Lincoln, a first-time event sponsored by the Lincoln/Lancaster Homeless Coalition.

A guy showed up distraught. He needed drug treatment. He got it.

A woman who's been homeless got a home.

People got fed. Clothes got stuffed into bags. A man needed a tent but there were no more tents, so someone drove home and came back with his own tent.

"Yeah, man! That's what I'm talking about," said Chris Webster, a homeless outreach specialist with Lincoln Public Schools who was one of the organizers.

"It was the general consensus that it was about 100 percent more fantastic than we thought it would be. We have to do this again."

The Center for People in Need donated warehouse space for the event.

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A guy showed up distraught. He needed drug treatment. He got it.

A woman who's been homeless got a home.

People got fed. Clothes got stuffed into bags. A man needed a tent but there were no more tents, so someone drove home and came back with his own tent.

"Yeah, man! That's what I'm talking about," said Chris Webster, a homeless outreach specialist with Lincoln Public Schools who was one of the organizers.

"It was the general consensus that it was about 100 percent more fantastic than we thought it would be. We have to do this again."

The Center for People in Need donated warehouse space for the event.

Her feet hurt.

The warm water feels good and helps her relax.

It's been two years since Kimberlee Horton had a pedicure.

"I think it's nice that they do this for people who are homeless and in need and need stuff like this."

She is 50, a recovering meth addict. She has a long brown ponytail and a cross necklace with sparking stones.

She sits along a long line of other homeless people whose feet are being scrubbed, too, whose toenails are being trimmed, whose callouses are being softened by volunteers.

Horton is one of hundreds of homeless people who've been walking from station to station this Friday morning inside a huge warehouse on North 27th Street, here for a one-day, one-stop event to help them find services and help.

From housing to health care to addiction information to HIV testing to haircuts.

The event is called Project Homeless Connect Lincoln. It's sponsored by the Lincoln/Lancaster Homeless Coalition, a group of area agencies, businesses and people who want to help.

Foot care.

The sign hangs on a curtain behind Horton. On the other side of the curtain, an unemployed construction worker squints at an eye chart.

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Ramon, who doesn't want his last name in the paper, is trying to read a line of letters.

He's getting about half of them wrong, even though he's wearing his glasses.

He's homeless for the first time, he says, and has been living with friends. It feels strange to be here.

There's not a lot of construction work in the winter, he says, so he could be unemployed for a long time. He's just 51. He likes to work.

"E... D... P... F... D. I think that's it."

He knows letters when he sees them. But he's not a great reader, he says, and that's been a problem in getting another job.

A volunteer tells Ramon she's recommending him for an eye exam.

"They will contact you with times available for a doctor."

He thanks her.

Like most of the homeless people here, Ramon starts his morning with free breakfast: He has Starbucks and a plate-size pastry from LaMar's.

While he eats, a volunteer asks what services he needs, then escorts him to each station.

He ends up at a station for Matt Talbot, the soup kitchen.

Ramon knows Spanish. He offers to stay and help translate.

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Kimberlee's pedicure is finished.

"Are you ready for shoes now?" her volunteer asks.

Someone at the People's City Mission gave her the adidases she's wearing when she lived there. They've been great shoes, she tells him. But holes let in the water.

That's why her feet hurt today.

She wants a new pair of tennis shoes. Or maybe boots.

"Whatever I can get."

She went through drug treatment at St. Monica's. She's been clean for almost three years, she says. People at CenterPointe, a treatment center, helped her get her apartment.

She did meth for two years, she says, then quit.

Before meth?

"I had a perfect life."

After meth?

"I lost my 15-year-old daughter to the state. Still don't have her back. It's hard on me. My oldest daughter has my youngest daughter.

"I was a stay-at-home mom, then a working mom. Now I'm unemployed trying to look for a new job."

She's looking to do housekeeping.

She sits down at the shoe station.

"What size shoe do you wear?"

"Size 8 to 9."

She gets a leather pair, brand new, that look as if they won't seep.

She walks over to talk to a man - her caseworker, she explains later.

He's real proud of her, she says, because just this past Sunday the man who got her on meth showed up out of the blue.

"And I sent him away."

She stuffs clothes into her plastic bags. She adds toiletries: toothpaste, toothbrush, deodorant, shaving stuff, bug guard, shampoo.

At the Lincoln Housing Authority booth, she fills out an application for public housing. She'll need to get housing on her own next year, when she's finished with the CenterPointe program.

She hopes to get her 15-year-old back. She wants a nice place for her.

Lice check.

You have to get a lice check if you want a haircut.

She walks behind a curtain. A volunteer lifts her hair gently, pulling the long strands loose from her necklace with the sparkling stones.

It was a Mother's Day gift. The man who got her on meth pulled it during a fight. The chain broke.

She carried the cross in her pocket for two years.

"I thought maybe my cat gave me fleas," she jokes as she walks away.

Her final stop is the hair station. She wants to get rid of her split ends.

While she waits, she fills out a form.

Did you get what you came for?

Yes.

What one thing did you like best?

All of it.

Someone asks Horton what time it is and she pulls out her cell phone.

She smiles at the photo on it - a pretty girl with a round face.

"That's my 15-year-old."

Reach Colleen Kenney at 473-2655 or ckenney@journalstar.com.