http://www2.nict.go.jp/y/y223/simulation/realtime/index.htmlThe planned take down of the US$ is part of Obama's job while in office - but to do it slow enough to pump out as much as they can before our country is dumped. It never fails to amaze me how the stock market goes UP when there is word of a "weak US$". Greed - shouldn't be that hard to understand actually.
UPCOMING ICE AGE IS ON SCHEDULE - NO SUNSPOTS AGAIN TODAY
TRADING SUNSPOTS FOR SOLAR FLARES ....
BIG EARTHQUAKE HIT THIS MORNING!
Kitimat Sentinel, BC | Earthquake felt this morning
Updated: November 17, 2009 8:17 AMWINDOW BLINDS were rocking back and forth and pictures on walls were swaying after an earthquake took place just after 7:30 a.m. this morning.
Preliminary seismology reports place the earthquake's magnitude at 6.8 on the Richter scale and its location off of the north coast on the southern end of the Queen Charlotte Islands.
Later reports placed the magnitude at 6.6.
Data reports indicate the epicentre was about 150 miles from Prince Rupert and 193 miles from Port Hardy.
Witnesses said the earthquake lasted approximately 30 seconds and was felt as far east as the Bulkley Valley.
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| MAP | 5.7 | 2009/11/17 15:37:43 | 52.148 | -131.469 | 10.0 | QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS REGION |
| MAP | 6.6 | 2009/11/17 15:30:47 | 52.080 | -131.512 | 10.0 | QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS REGION |
| Location | 52.080°N, 131.512°W |
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| Depth | 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program |
| Region | QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS REGION |
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Earthquake hazards
The Queen Charlotte Islands are located along the Queen Charlotte Fault, an active transform fault that produces significant earthquakes every 3–30 years. The fault is the underwater meeting of the Pacific and North American Plates along the Queen Charlotte west coast.WATERSPOUT NEWS
WITH A LITTLE BIT OF GEOGRAPHY OF THE REGION THROWN IN!
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A waterspout flooded streets, homes and shops in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Posted on 17. Nov, 2009 by admin in Spain
A whirlwind of rain in the early hours of today in the capital of Gran Canaria has caused flooding in streets, homes, garages and the city, sources have informed the Center of Emergency and Security Coordinator Canary Islands Government. The sources noted that at present there has been no heavy rains began personales.Las damage after eight in the morning and lasted over half an hour in the capital of Gran Canaria, where it expects the input of another rain front has indicated Local Police. The rain has forced some traffic court …
Commonly known as Las Palmas is the capital (jointly with Santa Cruz) and the most populous city in the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands and the ninth largest city in Spain, with a population of 381,123 in 2008. Nearly half (45,9%) of the people of the island and nearly 1/5 (18.35%) of all inhabitants of the Canary Islands lives in this city. It is also the fifth most populous urban area in Spain with a population of around 700,000[1] and (depending on sources) ninth or tenth most populous metropolitan area in Spain with a population of 625,892[2], 640,000[3] or 741,826[4]. Las Palmas is the largest city of the European Union outside Europe. Located in the northeast of the Spanish island of Gran Canaria, about 150 kilometers (~93 miles) off the northwestern coast of Africa[5] within the Atlantic Ocean.
Las Palmas enjoy a Subtropical climate, season with the summer temperatures lasts throughout the year. According to a study carried out by Thomas Whitmore, director of research on climatology at Syracuse University in United States, the Las Palmas enjoys "the best climate in the world".[6]
The city is home to the Canarian Ministry of Presidency (shared in a 4-year term with Santa Cruz), one half of the ministries and boards of the Canarian Government, (the other half being located in Tenerife), Gran Canaria Provincial Courts and two courts of the Superior Court of Justice of the Canary Islands.
MILKY WAY GALAXY NEWS
Photo: stunning 648 megapixel image of the Milky Way
Physicist Axel Mellinger spent nearly two years traveling 26,000 miles across South Africa, Texas and Michigan. What does he have to show for it? Well, he's cobbled together a stunning 648 megapixel panorama of the Milky Way as seen from Earth, using 3,000 individual photographs. The Central Michigan University professor wants to make the image available for planetariums, as it's large enough to serve educational purposes. It even shows stars that are 1,000 times too faint to be seen by the human eye, so this is a Milky Way like you've never seen.Click on the image to see a zoomable Mercator projection.
Link: 360°x45° panorama with constellations
National Severe Weather Map
FROM THE LOOKS OF THIS MAP AT ABOUT 10:30 THIS MORNING - THE COMING ICE AGE MAY BE TO THE SOUTH OF US!!
Snow hits southeastern Nebraska
lost power in the storm
A narrow band of heavy snow left southeast Nebraska and southwest Iowa a soppy mess Monday.About 6,200 homes and businesses in southeast Nebraska lost power in the storm, according to public power districts serving the area. Law enforcement officials reported a number of accidents as cars slid off the road.
Slushy roads and low visibility were reported to be the main problems. At one point Monday morning, the rate of snowfall was 2 inches an hour, according to the National Weather Service.
Most areas that had snow received about 6 inches, said Cathy Zapotocny, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Valley. A few locations, Diller and Endicott, received 8 to 10 inches.
The Omaha metropolitan area was expected to miss the brunt of the storm, although people could awaken Tuesday to lingering snow or rain.Because the ground is warm, most of the snow has receded from roads and sidewalks. Zapotocny cautioned that people be careful on bridges and overpasses, even porches and steps. Overnight lows areexpected to dip below freezing.
Most of Monday’s power outages affected customers of Norris Public Power District.
Crews were expected to work through the night restoring power to the approximately 4,200 Norris customers without electricity, said Andrea Schafer, spokeswoman.The outages occurred in southern Gage, southeastern Jefferson and southern Thayer counties
Heavy, wet snow and wind knocked tree branches onto power lines, which in turn brought down power lines and poles. Reports of power outages began around 8:00 a.m., she said.The weather is expected to gradually improve as the week wears on. According to AccuWeather Inc., the World-Herald’s weather service, Tuesday is likely to be cloudy and chilly and Wednesday should be a bit better.
By Thursday and Friday, skies are forecast to be partly sunny and daytime highs in the Omaha metropolitan area are expected to climb back into the 50s.
Washington Examiner | Forget jobs summit: Turn on California's water
For Fresno and California's entire Central Valley, it should be the best of times.
With the dollar weak and the world hungry, the exceptionally fertile fields along the Golden State highway should be producing record yields of grains, fruits, vegetables and nuts.
Instead framers are struggling to keep even a third of their potential acreage in use. Mile after mile of parched land greets the approach to the city of 500,000. And angry signs along the roadside condemn the federal government that has cut off the valley's water.
The delta smelt, a small fish that makes its home in the vast Sacramento Delta, has been declared endangered. Since late last year the water lifeline from the north to the south has been reduced to a trickle.
The pumps that power the water to the farms have been stilled for months at a time so as to avoid sucking in smelt. The smelt's numbers have been reduced by many causes, but the one the federal government has decided to target is the pumps.
When Washington, D.C., ordered the water shut off, jobs went down the drain. Tens of thousands of farm jobs have been lost, and unemployment in some farming towns has hit 40 percent.
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., posture about their concern (Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., can't even be bothered to meet with local officials), and the region's Democratic congressmen like Reps. Dennis Cardoza and Jim Costa pledge action, but the president, his senior officials and congressional allies have done nothing. A new, man-made dust bowl is taking shape, and the devastation is palpable. FULL STORY>>>>
SMALL EARTHQUAKE SHOOK TENNESSEE THIS MORNING
MAG DATE LOCAL-TIME LAT LON DEPTH LOCATION
y/m/d h:m:s deg deg km
map 1.2 2009/11/17 02:01:36 36.229N 89.445W 7.2 5 km ( 3 mi) SE of Ridgely, TNYESTERDAY'S (Monday, Nov 16, 2009) EARTHQUAKES:
Earthquakes hit Oklahoma, Missiouri and Alabama
MAG DATE LOCAL-TIME LAT LON DEPTH LOCATION
y/m/d h:m:s deg deg km
MAP 3.0 2009/11/16 22:00:17 34.467N 97.574W 5.0 9 km ( 6 mi) NNE of Velma, OK
map 1.8 2009/11/16 11:18:54 36.497N 89.553W 8.3 10 km ( 6 mi) SSW of New Madrid, MO
map 2.5 2009/11/16 05:12:37 35.493N 97.230W 5.0 16 km (10 mi) ENE of Midwest City, OK
map 1.4 2009/11/16 03:59:33 34.470N 85.618W 12.5 10 km ( 6 mi) ENE of Fort Payne, AL
USGS | 3.0 magnitude earthquake hits OKLAHOMA - approx. 80 mi S of Oklahoma City, OK - Monday, November 16, 2009 at 10:00:17 PM at epicenter
| Location | 34.467°N, 97.574°W |
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| Depth | 5 km (3.1 miles) set by location program |
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Unfriend is New Oxford American Dictionary's 2009 word of the year
NEW YORK - What word sums up 2009? How about unfriend?
That's the New Oxford American Dictionary's 2009 Word of the Year.
It means to remove someone as a friend on a social networking Web site such as Facebook. Each year Oxford University Press tracks how the English language is changing and chooses a word that best reflects the mood of the year.
Finalists for 2009 also included netbook, which is a small laptop, and sexting, which is sending sexually explicit texts and pictures by cellphone.
Hackers Breach Nebraska State Database
Affected Servers Hold Worker's Compensation Information
LINCOLN, Neb. -November 16, 2009 - A hacker has broken into the Nebraska Worker's Compensation database, prompting an FBI investigation and an effort to contact those who may be affected.
Several thousand people could be affected by the breach, which was discovered last week when the state's chief information officer noticed an unusual amount of Internet traffic traversing the Worker's Compensation courts server.
The Nebraska State Patrol then stepped in to investigate further.
The server was immediately shut down, said Worker's Compensation Court Administrator Glenn Morton.
Workers who have filed court claims or who are collecting benefits may have had their names, addresses, birthdates and social security numbers compromised.
"It's extremely unfortunate that it happened on this server with those particular records," Morton said.
State patrol investigators are trying to determine how the breach happened and who did it.
Morton said attacks on the system are constant and that a threat can penetrate anytime the system lets its guard down.
"We keep upgrading our systems and, unfortunately, this is one case where the guard was down a little and somehow the data was accessed," he said.
Morton said he's confident the state patrol will identify specific records that have been compromised. The Worker's Compensation court will then contact those people whose records were breached.
Morton said he doesn’t believe there's a great danger the information will be used for identity theft.
"But we can't say that for sure because we just don't know," he said.
The FBI will soon join the patrol's investigation and contact those whose records were breached.
Meanwhile, those who fear their records may have been breached should monitor their bank statements and request a credit report, according to the state attorney general.
THIS PICTURE LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE MARCHING TO THEIR EXECUTION?
BUT THEN, THE CHINESE IS NOT REAL HAPPY WITH OUR NATIONAL DEBT!
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION (FDIC) - IS DOING A BOOMING BUSINESS IN REAL ESTATE
FDIC, Reluctant Landlord, Owns $1.8 Billion In Real Estate
November 17, 2009
Sheila Bair, de facto real estate magnate?
As the mortgage market imploded over the past few years, the head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has watched as her agency became the owner of thousands of soured real estate properties, the Wall Street Journal reports this morning. In total, the FDIC currently owns $1.8 billion real estate, the WSJ notes.
Though the WSJ focuses on the agonizing process of unloading an Atlanta housing development named Dresden Heights -- located next to a Waffle House and a Motel 6, apparently -- the massive role the government is playing in propping up the housing market has come under increasing scrutiny of late.
The financial crisis and the real estate downturn have become linked in a vicious cycle. It goes something like this: borrowers default on their mortgages, banks holding mortgage assets fail, and, in bailing out the failed banks, the government is left owning thousands of shoddy real estate properties.
A quick scan of the some of the properties the FDIC is currently trying to unload, via the agencies website, reveals part of the problem. The agency is selling vastly different properties in very different markets (everything from a $1,800 single-family home in Detroit, and a $1 million property outside of Sacramento).
WHERE ELSE BUT IN AMERICA IS IT PROGRESS TO HAVE A 1.2 BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!
GM reports $1.2-billion loss, says it shows progress
DETROIT—General Motors Co. says it lost $1.2 billion from the time it left bankruptcy protection through Sept. 30, far better than it has reported in previous quarters and a sign that the auto giant is starting to turn around its business....
BUT THIS IS ONE ARTICLE I HIGHLY SUGGEST YOU TAKE YOUR TIME AND READ!!
Corbett Report - Estulin | After G20, Oligarchs Moving on African Union, Population Reduction
In an exclusive interview with The Corbett Report earlier today, Daniel Estulin revealed the behind-the-scenes details of last week's G20 Finance Minister's meeting in St. Andrews, Scotland. Many of these details come from actual G20 documents that his sources were able to sneak out of the meetings in spite of security measures which, Estulin notes, were unprecedented "even by Bilderberg standards." These documents, which contain valuable information about the conference, are available at BilderbergBook.commirrored on The Corbett Report homepage. They were smuggled out at great personal risk and need to be disseminated widely. and have been
The key issue discussed at the meeting, according to Estulin, was "the next step in globalization, which is the creation of the African Union." This is part of an unfolding agenda of the ceding of national sovereignty to unnacountable regional governments which can more easily administer and implement the aims of the financial oligarchs. One of these aims is the elite's exhaustively documented penchant for population reduction, including tying development aid to population control problems. "The creation of the borderless African continent will be spearheaded by the IMF."
One of the smuggled documents shows that an attendee had the IMF articles of agreement at the meeting and highlighted the fact that funds were made available "under adequate safeguards" to member nations. This is code speak for imposing draconian measures designed to plunge countries into virtual servitude, with the result that in Africa, countries spend five times more revenue on servicing their IMF debts than they do on health care for their own citizens.
Watch an excerpt of the interview in the video:
The meeting's attendees, also identified in the smuggled documents, reads like a who's who of the financial oligarchical elite, including leading Bilderbergers such as U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, World Bank President Bob Zoellick, Turkish Finance Minister Ali Babacan and British Finance Minister Alistair Darling and many others. The Trilateral Commission was also represented at the conference by Japanese members Yoshihiko Noda and Masaaki Shirakawa.
In the interview, Estulin discusses the G20's debate on dumping the U.S. dollar which he first revealed would be on the meeting's agenda in a press release last week. He indicates that the matter, although discussed, was rejected . "The American and the British delegations tried to persuade the Russian and the Chinese delegates to devalue the dollar and create a basket of currencies or another world currency to take the place of the dollar," he said. "Luckily, both the Russians and the Chinese told the Americans and the British to go pound sand. They were not willing to do this."
The idea that the Western financial oligarchs are aiming to dump the U.S. dollar is in line with recent reportssuspiciously well connected to the upper echelons of the U.S. Treasury) actually took up positions to short the housing market right before the crash. Although a pre-meditated attempt to bring about a financial collapse would appear not to be in the financial oligarch's self-interest, it makes perfect sense when one considers this as a problem-reaction-solution operation of creating a problem in order to get the public to support a pre-determined solution. In this case, the endgame has always been to use a financial collapse to usher in a New World Order. Now, exactly as precicted, everyone from Kissinger to Soros is using the economic collapse to call for a new financial order of greater international (read: unelected, undemocratic and unaccountable) control over world financial markets. Indeed, just as the G20 was wrapping up, talking heads like Damon Vickers were starting to insert talking points about a new global currency and a "New World Order" onto CNBC. Although it is good news that the dumping of the dollar failed to gain traction at this meeting, it by no means insures that this disastrous move will not continue to be pursued by the influential globalist financiers. that Goldman Sachs (whose members are
On a positive note, Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty made a show of standing up for the people of the planet by noting that "the recent public policy of privatizing profits and socializing losses is unacceptable to taxpayers," to which someone responded "Do you think they have noticed?" The response provoked laughter from the assembled oligarchs. Mr. Estulin has a message for the G20 oligarchs: "Gentlemen of the G20, in case you're wondering: Yes, we the great unwashed have definitely noticed." FULL STORY
Is it Torture When an American Veteran is Homeless?
Los Angeles National Veterans "Park", Chained gates of the National Veterans Home
Do Americans torture, or do we not! That’s the big question in the ongoing debate regarding a waterboarding technique used by the military and CIA to interrogate a few suspected terrorists in order to obtain information that could prevent any future attacks on the United States.This back and forth battle of partisan politics has itself become torturous. As a result, everyone seems to have their own head under water because nobody is asking the most important question of the day: Is it torture when an American Veteran is Homeless? The answer is unequivocal: Absolutely!
So why isn’t this the paramount issue and concern of every American that appreciates his or her own freedom and safety? And why isn’t our government protecting and defending those who have protected and defended America’s citizenry instead of making it a priority of defending and protecting thug terrorists that would like to kill every American citizen?
It’s because Americans do not torture and being a homeless Veteran is really not torture, right? After all, we would never inflict torture on anyone because we’re just too good to ever ill-treat, abuse or mistreat anyone. That’s what Third World and barbaric countries do, but never Americans!
Is this torture? A homeless Veteran sleeps during the day outside the chained gates of the National Veterans Home because he must remain awake during the night for his own safety.
More importantly, America must show the world that we’re above all that and in order to prove it, we’ll even coddle and pamper a few brutal terrorists because they’ve purportedly been treated unkindly through aggressive interrogation, kept in isolation, and deprived of sleep at their residency on the tropical coast of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
President Obama has called the interrogation techniques used on a few suspected terrorists to gain information as “a dark and painful chapter in our history.”
In the Meantime …
Meanwhile, the Department of Veterans Affairs has declared that about one-third of the adult homeless population have served their country in the Armed Services. Current population estimates suggest that about 154,000 veterans (male and female) are homeless on any given night and perhaps twice as many experience homelessness at some point during the course of a year. Many other veterans are considered near homeless or at risk because of their poverty, lack of support from family and friends, and dismal living conditions in cheap hotels or in overcrowded or substandard housing.
Think about it, more than 150,000 of America’s Veterans are without shelter and hungry and each must fend for his or her own safety on the dangerous and crime-ridden streets of America.
Who Really Cares?
How many of these homeless Veterans have been subjected to coercive and aggressive interrogation by street criminals as to how much money they have and would they like to voluntarily part with a few begged coins in exchange for their own lives? How many have been robbed of a sandwich or beaten into submission for sexual favors, maimed for life, or actually killed? How more isolated could an individual be than homeless, alone, and sleeping with one eye open for your own safety. Who knows and who really cares, right?
We know for a fact that our government and the so-called “human rights police” certainly do not care or they would’ve done something about this torturous treatment a long time ago. And why should government and human rights organizations care about a couple hundred thousand homeless Veterans living in crime-infested squalor when all of their time and energy is spent on protecting the safety, treatment and quality of living conditions for a couple hundred al-Qaeda terrorists who even their own countries do not want returned into their society?
A Clueless Nation
The mantra of “Americans do not torture” is getting worn out. But do America really torture? Yes, we do! And so long as there’s one homeless Veteran living on the outside of our own society here on American soil, we are all guilty as charged!
But what the heck, they’re just “vets,” a bunch of second-class citizens and prospective “domestic terrorists” as declared by our Department of Homeland Security. Just ignore the problem and it will go away.
Is this torture? Two Veterans sleep alongside the multi-million dollar fence outside the Veterans Home during the day, the safest time for them to sleep.
The senseless debate that’s taking place right now is the most disgraceful period in American history and it’s time to issue a cease-fire on both sides of the political spectrum about what is torture and what is not.
Americans have become clueless as to what real torture is and we all need to face reality and demand that our homeless Veterans be protected and cared for with the same fervor as those whom they once fought against.
A Place Called “Home”
Here in Los Angeles there are an estimated 20,000 homeless Veterans. This is the largest VA in the nation and the land it sits upon was exclusively deeded in 1888 “to be permanently maintained as a National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.”
And the Home is backed up by an 1887 Act of Congress, which specifically stipulates: “That all honorably discharged soldiers and sailors who served in the regular and volunteer forces of the United States, and who are disabled by disease, wounds, or otherwise, and who have no adequate means of support, and by reason of such disability are incapable of earning their living, shall be entitled to be admitted to said home for disabled volunteer soldiers.”
Joyce Riley's THE POWER HOUR NEWS | November 17, 2009
The new soft United Nations blue swastika is "Ok" with Pelosi. Here it is again, the swastika and "ok" sign. Any Enlightenment? I haven't been able to find any information on who the blue cross swastika logo belongs to. Anyone know?
Devvy Kidd: Demand Congress stop withholding taxes NOW -- We must make a thousand times more noise than the tea parties with our demand to stop the withholding tax. Allow Americans to take home what is rightfully theirs -- not some foreign banking cartel or government.
Thanksgiving is coming, but pantries are bare -- It's the bleak reality this year for local organizations that provide hot holiday meals to people in need.
Bomb proof wallpaper is stronger than the wall it papers -- The X-Flex wallpaper is really a layer of Kevlar-type material, in between sheets of "elastic polymer wrap," which provides both flex and strength so that the projectile doesn't knock the wall down. The US Army is considering using it for bases in Iraq and Afghanistan.
In the 'who comes up with these things?' department -- Presenting...bacon flavored envelopes!! Bacon Flavored Envelopes!!!
Watching the H1N1 flu pandemic...the story in pictures -- Health officials around the world are stepping up vaccination efforts and are closely tracking the progress of the H1N1/09 virus (often referred to as "swine flu" in the media). (the comments are also worth reading)
Millions hit by plague worse than swine flu -- A DEADLY plague could sweep across Europe, doctors fear, after an outbreak of a virus in Ukraine plunged the country and its neighbors into a state of panic. A cocktail of three flu viruses are reported to have mutated into a single pneumonic plague, which it is believed may be far more dangerous than swine flu.
Ukraine disaster -a chemical connection? -- "I was, of course, wondering whether some explanation other than a virus could account for the million cases of illness recently reported in the Ukraine." Read More...
Marine Corps logistics base cuts 170 workers -- The Marine Corps Logistics Base is slashing its workforce and started by laying off approximately 170 workers from its Maintenance Center in Yermo Monday, according to MCLB officials.
Pennsylvania to lay off 319 state workers -- The Rendell Administration said today it will issue layoff notices this week to 319 state employees in what some hope is the last big aftershock from the fiscal earthquake that rocked the state budget this year.
Specialty grocer closes after 145 years -- They just couldn't compete with the larger chain supermarkets any longer.
Would our government really start a war to stimulate the economy?
Florida's Turnpike going cashless -- Cash tolls would be eliminated on portions of Florida’s Turnpike during a switch to video tolling in 2011. Public comments about the “Toll-by-Plate” proposal will be accepted during an online meeting scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 17, and by e-mail until Dec. 1.
Avocados offer remarkable benefits for skin health -- Avocados are Mother Nature's skin moisturizer. With their healthy fats and phytonutrients, they offer remarkable benefits to human skin -- both when eaten and when used topically.
Phthalate warning: Medications contain chemicals that "feminize" unborn baby boys -- In a bombshell finding that has far-reaching implications for society and culture, scientists at the University of Rochester have found that phthalates -- the chemical found in many vinyl and plastic products -- tends to "feminize" boys, altering their brains to express more feminine characteristics. The study has been published in the Journal of Andrology.
Drugs used in the young for mood disorders, pain & epilepsy may cause psychiatric problems as adults -- Working with infant rats in the lab, GUMC scientists tested medications that are frequently prescribed to treat epilepsy, pain and mood disorders in humans -- including children. By using behavioral tests on the animals when the rats reached adulthood, the researchers documented that the drugs did indeed cause behavioral abnormalities later in life.
Niacin beats statin drug Zetia -- Once again vitamins top the list for better health.
Pharmaceutical lobbyists draft Congressmen's speeches -- Statements by more than a dozen lawmakers were ghostwritten, in whole or in part, by Washington lobbyists working for Genentech, one of the world’s largest biotechnology companies.
Information security at Los Alamos lab still weak -- Network security at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) continues to suffer from weaknesses, potentially exposing classified information such as nuclear weapon design to unauthorized users, warned congressional investigators recently.
Global warfare USA: The world is the Pentagon's oyster -- US military operations in all major regions of the World.
Illinois Democrats rally behind plan to take Gitmo prisoners -- Illinois' governor and senior senator spent yesterday feverishly trying to regain momentum on their plan to use a nearly empty maximum-security prison 150 miles from Chicago to house Gitmo detainees. (Look out! Remember Hardin Montana? American Police Force may be coming to illinois.
“An enemy combatant of his time.” -- New book tells story of Chief Standing Bear, who fought back in court and won.
Fluoridation increases infant death rates -- Fluoridation causes more premature births, one of the top causes of infant death in the USA. It poses the greatest risk to poor non -white mothers and babies. This is the finding State University of New York researchers from data spanning 1993 to 2002.
Kuwaiti company that supplies US military food is accused of fraud -- A Kuwaiti company that has been paid more than $8.5 billion to supply food and other items to the U.S. military in the Middle East has been indicted on multiple federal fraud charges, authorities announced Monday.
Where have all the protests gone? US students in limbo -- When Hemnecher Amen, a student, joined a protest outside the White House recently, it was the latest visible opposition here to US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Hardly anyone took any notice.
ADL covering up for crimes of financial elite -- The ADL is accusing the New York Times Maureen Dowd of anti-semitism over a recent op-ed titled "Virtuous Bankers? Really!?!" The article about corruption on Wall Street specifically involving Goldman Sachs.
Gerald Celente: Americans losing everything to fascist oligarchs -- Gerald Celente is one of the world’s best trend forecasters. In the following 4-part radio interview, Celente blasts current political and economic “leadership” as beholden to large corporate and financial interests.
Watch out for tungsten filled fake gold bars -- If anyone were contemplating creating “fake” gold bars, tungsten [at roughly $10 per pound] would be the metal of choice since it has the exact same density as gold making a fake bar salted with tungsten indistinguishable from a solid gold bar by simply weighing it. Unfortunately, there are now more sordid details to report. Read More...
Italian MP denounces Bilderberg influence during European parliament meeting -- Mario Borghezio, an Italian member of European Parliament, dropped a bomb shell at the EU this week. In the video below, during a session of the parliament in Brussels Borghezio questioned the nominations of Bilderberg and Trilateral attendees and cohorts for the posts of EU President and EU foreign minister.
Leaked G20 documents shed light on global carbon tax -- As The Corbett Report reported, veteran Bilderberg researcher Daniel Estulin has obtained documents from inside last week’s G20 Finance Minister’s meeting in St. Andrews, Scotland.
Rice market on thin ice as record prices may return -- Rice prices may return to record levels as bad weather curbs output in major growers and forces some nations to accelerate imports, a Philippine minister and the U.S. Rice Producers Association said.
Apple patents technology that would force users to interact with ads -- Its distinctive feature is a design that doesn’t simply invite a user to pay attention to an ad — it also compels attention. The technology can freeze the device until the user clicks a button or answers a test question to demonstrate that he or she has dutifully noticed the commercial message. Because this technology would be embedded in the innermost core of the device, the ads could appear on the screen at any time, no matter what one is doing.
Millions may have to repay part of Obama tax credit -- For more than 15.4 million people, the Making Work Pay tax credit enacted as part of the $787-billion economic stimulus package could turn out to be a Making You Pay Back tax credit. The ADL is accusing the New York Times Maureen Dowd of anti-semitism over a recent op-ed titled "Virtuous Bankers? Really!?!" The article about corruption on Wall Street specifically involving Goldman Sachs.
Welcome home. War! Creating the domestic surveillance state -- How America's Wars Are Systematically Destroying Our Liberties.
First-ever U.S. marijuana cafe opens in Portland
Los Angeles - United State’s first-ever marijuana café has opened! The newly opened Cannabis Café is exclusively for certified medical marijuana users who are also standing members of the pot non-profit outfit NORML (National Organization for the Repeal of Marijuana Laws), according to multiple tabloid reports. On the grand opening of the cafe, reporters invited to the establishment could smell the drug, but were not allowed to see people smoking marijuana
Cafe Rumpspankers, a coffee shop in Portland, Oregon that will soon carry the name Cannabis Cafe, officially opened for business on Friday, Nov. 13, providing certified pot users with a venue where they can get hold of and smoke the non-addictive drug, says a report from CBS.
First pot café in U.S. history
The one-of-its-kind café is not exactly open to the general public, but any Oregon resident who holds an official medical marijuana card as well as any NORML member can come to obtain and smoke the drug, as long as they stick to state laws and smoke out of public view, the reports says.....
NaturalNews.com | Today's Featured Stories - November 17, 2009
Phthalate warning: Drugs contain chemicals that "feminize" unborn baby boys
(NaturalNews) In a bombshell finding that has far-reaching implications for society and culture, scientists at the University of Rochester have found that phthalates -- the chemical found in many vinyl and plastic products -- tends to "feminize...
Cancer Screening is Essentially Useless; Experts Finally Begin Questioning Sanity of "Routine Screening"
(NaturalNews) Cancer experts are expressing increasing concern over the explosion of campaigns urging people to get regularly screened for a wide variety of cancers, warning that such programs may do more harm than good. "It is a real problem," said...
Vaccines and Pregnancy Do Not Mix
From an internet forum: "I got both vaccines [seasonal and swine flu] on Thursday. I was 9 weeks pregnant. I miscarried on Sunday. I was told by several doctors to get these vaccines. Now I wish I followed my gut feeling and not get them...
Drugs used in the young for mood disorders, pain and epilepsy may cause adult psychiatric disorders
(NaturalNews) There's nothing new about the fact drugs come loaded with possible side effects ranging from the mild to the life-threatening. However, exactly what those side effects are isn't always clear until widely taken have...
Not-So-Surprising Finding: Study Links HFCS to Hypertension
Yet another study is linking the consumption of high fructose corn syrup to poor health, this time in the form of increased risk for hypertension. Quick, someone alert the Corn Refiners Association so they can issue a denial! You really...
Avocados offer remarkable benefits for skin health
(NaturalNews) Avocados are Mother Nature's skin moisturizer. With their healthy fats and phytonutrients, they offer remarkable benefits to human skin -- both when eaten and when used topically. Here, we present a collection of supporting information...
Genetically engineered hormones used by dairy industry promote cancer
(NaturalNews) An industry report claiming that the genetically-engineered hormone Recombinant Bovine Somatotropin (rBST) is safe has received criticism from the Cancer Prevention Coalition (CPC) for its dubious findings. Funded by producers of rBST, the...
Flexitarians on the Rise as Informed Consumers Avoid Meat
(NaturalNews) An increasing number of people in First World countries are becoming "flexitarians," or people who still eat meat (and are not, therefore, vegetarian) but who try to limit their intake of it and actively seek out regular vegetarian meals...
Eggplant Cures Skin Cancer
An ingredient in common eggplant has been shown to cure cancer. The eggplant extract is a phytochemical called solasodine glycoside, or BEC5. Dr. Bill E. Cham discovered it, after hearing of a folk medicine cure from Australian farmers. They...
It is Olive Picking Time: Time to Renew Your Health
Fresh olive oil is ideal for internal cleansings and for use as a natural health tool. What better way to start than with some freshly pressed olive oil? Olive oil has been used for centuries for its anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory, anti...
More Research Reveals the Role of Hypnotherapy on Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a functional disorder that affects a lot of people; it is the most common condition seen by gastroenterologists. Common symptoms of IBS include constipation, diarrhea, abdominal pain, and bloating. The cause...
Didn't see the meteorites this morning - was either too overcast or street lights. Was looking trying to see some and had to chuckle - it would be just my luck to see a UFO fly by while drinking my first cup of coffee. Talk at you later.
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