It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men. -Samuel Adams Tuesday Morning - January 12, 2010 |
"Put politicians up for bid on eBay so at least we'd be able to see who's buying who for how much..." - George Ure  |
"Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people" - John Adams - Second President (1797 - 1801) |
What the heck - is something big coming soon? MILITARY ACTIVITIES IN THE UNITED STATES NEWS Obama signed Executive order for synchronization and integration of State and Federal military activities in the United States
'The President shall establish a bipartisan Council of Governors to advise the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the White House Homeland Security Council on matters related to the National Guard and civil support missions.' 11 Jan 2010 The President today signed an Executive Order establishing a Council of Governors to strengthen further the partnership between the Federal Government and State Governments to protect our Nation against all types of hazards. When appointed, the Council will be reviewing such matters as involving the National Guard of the various States; homeland defense; civil support; synchronization and integration of State and Federal military activities in the United States; and other matters of mutual interest pertaining to National Guard, homeland defense, and civil support activities. Sec. 2. Functions. The Council shall meet at the call of the Secretary of Defense or the Co-Chairs of the Council to exchange views, information, or advice with the Secretary of Defense; the Secretary of Homeland Security; the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism; the Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Engagement; the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Americas' Security Affairs; the Commander, United States Northern Command; the Chief, National Guard Bureau; the Commandant of the Coast Guard; and other appropriate officials of the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Defense, and appropriate officials of other executive departments or agencies as may be designated by the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of Homeland Security. RELATED: http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/2010executive_order.pdf |
Nuclear Scientist Assassinated in Iran
Iran, meanwhile, has recently accused the U.S. of complicity in an alleged kidnapping of another Iranian nuclear scientist, who disappeared last year during a religious pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia.
RELATED:
Saturday: General David Patraeus comes out and says "US has plan to deal with Iran's nuclear program"..
Sunday: Iran comes out and claims "Iran's military deterrent is unimaginable"
BANKSTER NEWS
Bankergate: Emails Expose Criminal Financial Dictatorship At Work
Monday, Jan 11, 2010
Explosive emails released last week could see Treasury secretary Timothy Geithner become embroiled in criminal charges for his role in a cover up that exposes the monumental criminality behind the $182.3 billion bailout of American International Group Inc.
In November and December 2008, The Federal Reserve Bank of New York instructed the bailed out AIG to hide from the public details regarding payments the insurance giant made to banks, including Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Societe Generale SA.
Using Fed secured taxpayer bailout money, AIG paid several banks 100 percent of the face value of credit-default swaps, as other financial institutions were negotiating deep discounts for the unregulated paper assets that do not have to be backed by cash.
The decision to pay the banks in full may have cost AIG, and therefore taxpayers, at least $13 billion over the odds.
The “backdoor bailout” of the banks, as it has been dubbed was exposed in March 2009 after the SEC challenged AIG’s filing, however, e-mails obtained by Representative Darrell Issa, ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, have re ignited the situation as they conclusively expose a collusion between AIG and the Fed to deceive the public. READ MORE ...
Bankstergate and Business as Usual: Geithner’s Cover-up of the AIG Bailout
Kurt Nimmo | Geithner is part of the master plan to bankrupt the nation and fork over the remains to the banksters and transnational corporations.
The lawsuit does not cover Goldman’s bonuses for all of 2009, which have yet to be publicly revealed. Bloomberg reported last year that the firm’s compensation during the first nine months were $16.7 billion, but other estimates put the figure at more like $22 billion for the entire year
 POWER HOUR ARCHIVE The Power Hour Website YouTube: ThePowerHourChannel's Channel Show Schedule (7-10am CST) Listen Live Army imprisons Iraq vet for hip-hop song -- The Army threw Hall in jail on December 11, 2009, in Liberty County Jail, Georgia. He is charged under Article 134 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, which covers “all disorders and neglects to the prejudice of good order and discipline” and “all conduct of a nature to bring discredit upon the armed forces.” Army officials considered the song a warning sign and threat. Truckloads of unused swine flu vaccine -- Truckloads of swine flu vaccines are being returned by counties that say the expected demand for the shots never happened. Real time National Debt Clock -- The purpose of the US Debt Clock is to inform the public of the financial condition of the US. Crack new scanner looks for bombs inside body cavities -- Nesch, a company based in Crown Point, Indiana, may have a solution. It’s called diffraction-enhanced X-ray imaging or DEXI, which employs proprietary diffraction enhanced imaging and multiple image radiography. VIDEO: George Bush heckled in a pizza restaurant -- Former President George H.W. Bush surrounded by Secret Service agents gets cursed at in Pizza place. (Warning: Rough Language) US drones collecting too much information -- US remote-controlled spy drones used over Afghanistan and Iraq are producing so much video intelligence that analysts are finding it more and more difficult to keep up with it, according to The New York Times. Government cover-up of food shortage feared -- the government is intentionally covering up the nature of the food shortage because if the public realized the true extent of the crisis and/or prices rose dramatically, economies could collapse and governments could fall. A North American Security perimeter on the horizon -- Some of the recommendations from the 2005 report, Building a North American Community co-sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations, included a unified border, a North American border pass, a single economic space, as well as a common security perimeter by 2010. Iraqi doctors demand cancer probe -- Iraqi doctors believe depleted uranium from US military equipment used in the 2003 invasion is spreading cancer through the population. They are recording a shocking rise in the number of cancer victims south of Baghdad, they claim. Outraged, they have demanded an investigation be held into the matter. Animals fed GM feed are different -- In a landmark ruling, the NZ Commerce Commission has accepted evidence from Prof Jack Heinemann, from an exhaustive review of the literature and on the basis of his own extensive professional experience, that animals fed on GM components ARE different from those which are reared using non-GM feed. TSA lies exposed: Full body scanners do save & transmit images, secret documents reveal -- secret documents uncovered by the Electronic Privacy Information Center (www.EPIC.org) have revealed that these machines do indeed posses precisely such capabilities. According to TSA specification requirement documents that have been uncovered by the EPIC, all full-body scanners purchased by the TSA must have the ability to both save and transmit the scanned images of air passengers. * EPIC posts TSA documents on body scanners * Info from TSA site about imaging machines Privacy activists score victory against more detailed body scanners at airports -- We don't need to look at naked 8-year-olds and grandmothers to secure airplanes," Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, said Friday. "Are we really going to subject 2 million people per day to that? I think it's a false argument to say we have to give up all of our personal privacy in order to have security. New store signs can spy on customers -- Microsoft & Intel have created technology that will allow signs in stores to detect a customer’s gender and which products a shopper looks at. Government launches secret program to lay eggs -- At clandestine farms across Pennsylvania, thousands of roosters and hens have been toiling away for months in confidential conditions normally reserved for important government ops. Their mission: Fertilize enough eggs to keep supplies of swine-flu vaccine flowing. VA & Kaiser launch Electronic Health Records Pilot -- The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Kaiser Permanente have launched an electronic health record (EHR) data sharing program that will eventually lead to the creation of EHRs for all veterans and service members. Obama and the Global Police; more friendly fascism? -- Obama's recent transformation of Executive Order (EO) 12425 from a document that constitutionally limits the International Criminal Police Organization's (Interpol) activities domestically to one that establishes it as an autonomous police agency within the U.S. "The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse."-- James Madison 401K/IRA screw job coming -- The U.S. Treasury and Labor Departments will ask for public comment as soon as next week on ways to promote the conversion of 401(k) savings and Individual Retirement Accounts into annuities or other steady payment streams, according to Assistant Labor Secretary Phyllis C. Borzi and Deputy Assistant Treasury Secretary Mark Iwry, who are spearheading the effort. The military industrial complex is ruining the economy -- Nobel prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz says that the Iraq war will cost $3-5 trillion dollars. Ex FEMA worker charge in Katrina Fraud -- A former FEMA employee and her cousin are being accused of stealing more than $721,000 in Hurricane Katrina relief money. Former FEMA worker Lashonda Booker and her cousin, Peggy Hilton, have been charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud in Mississippi. She is accused of using a government database to get information about storm victims who applied for assistance. Prosecutors say Hilton used the information to get FEMA to send money to a bank account. Targeting guns: a cops new priority -- "It's not the guy with the kilo of weed in his car, it's the one with the Glock in his waistband." California quake illustrates force of plate movement -- The powerful earthquake that rocked the seabed off the Northern California coast near Eureka on Saturday underscores the complexity of seismic dangers within the Earth's crust, and is likely to be followed by a large aftershock this week - but it is not expected to exceed the 6.5 magnitude of the temblor that was felt as far away as Reno, scientists said. Another good reason to kill your television -- Prolonged TV viewing linked to higher risk of death even in those who exercise. Researchers in Australia found that prolonged television viewing was linked to an increased risk of death, even in people who exercised regularly, and recommended more be done to encourage people to spend fewer hours sitting still in front of the TV. |
The Disposable Worker
BusinessWeek | Pay is falling, benefits are vanishing, and no one’s job is secure. How companies are making the era of the temp more than temporary. You know American workers are in bad shape when a low-paying, no-benefits job is considered a sweet deal.
US dismisses NKorean call for peace treatyNorth Korea proposed Monday signing a peace treaty this year to formally end the Korean War, a suggestion that Washington quickly dismissed. |
China says missile defense system test successful
China announced that its military intercepted a missile in mid-flight Monday in a test of new technology that comes amid heightened tensions over Taiwan and increased willingness by the Asian giant to show off its advanced military capabilities.
Yemeni radical cleric warns of foreign occupationYemen's most influential Islamic cleric, considered an al-Qaida-linked terrorist by the United States, warned Monday that the U.S.-backed fight against the terror group could lead to "foreign occupation" of the country. |
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HOMELESS NEWS
CALIFORNIA MAN FIGHTS FOR HOMELESS
“Dan will take them as they are,” Ms. Ferraez said.
Mr. de Vaul, who says he kicked a serious drug and alcohol habit two decades ago, says Sunny Acres is a clean and sober facility, and says residents are required to attend meetings of Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous.
‘Kumbaya' won't keep nation safe Obama was playing golf in Hawaii. For the first time in any 48-hour period since taking office, he did not appear on TV The good news is that Obama is on it by cracking down. So congratulations to the new member of our no-fly list, 78-year-old Ethel Wilson from Dallas! |
INCOMING FROM SPACE NEWS
An unusual space body with parameters similar to a man-made object will approach Earth on Wednesday at a distance about three times less than the moon's orbit.
The object, named 2010 AL30, will fly by Earth at a distance of at least 128,000 km (about 80,000 miles) at 12:48 GMT. As it is some 10-15 meters long, there is no chance it will directly impact the planet.
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| About Real-Time Magnetosphere Simulation http://www2.nict.go.jp/y/y223/simulation/realtime/index.html JANUARY 12, 2010 AT 7AM CDT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/sunspots/ http://solarcycle24.com/ Classification of Solar Flares Magnetic fields trigger solar wind Solar Update - Sunspot 1040 remains a fairly large sunspot group and there remains slight chance for an M-Class flare. The Solar X-Ray Flux background levels are in the B-Class territory and holding steady. The solar flux reached a daily max of 90.8 on Monday and ended with an average of 89 which is a new record for Cycle 24. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Fascism should rightly be called Corporatism, as it is the merger of corporate and government power." Benito Mussolini | ||
CONGRESSIONAL SPENDING WASTE IN COPENHAGEN; 20 MEMBERS, ALL-EXPENSES PAID... | ||
| The United Nations is just a debating society and a 'front' for banks |
UNITED NATION NEWS UPDATE
China took over the (revolving monthly) Security Council Presidency for January
Notice on the chart below:
World Bank and IMF (International Monetary Fund)
both located in Washington DC are 'Agencies' within the United Nations:
World Bank and IMF (International Monetary Fund)
both located in Washington DC are 'Agencies' within the United Nations:
Hillary Clinton's 'opinion' is that the UN should place 'sanctions on elite'
The Security Council would likely ban travel and freeze the financial assets of individuals, and freeze the assets of any companies. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because discussions about the diplomatic moves have been private.
With Russia, and in particular China, skeptical of any new sanction efforts, the Americans have to tread carefully to maintain six power unity on how to deal with Iran.
Taking over the Security Council presidency earlier this month, China said that it opposes new sanctions against Iran. Like, the U.S. Russia, Britain and France, China, which relies on Iran for much of its energy needs, is a veto-wielding member of the council.
UN chief opens temporary UN conference building
Wielding giant scissors, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon cut a ribbon Monday officially opening the $140 million temporary building that will house his office and host conferences during the renovation of the landmark U.N. headquarters complex.
UN'S TEMPORARY CONFERENCE BUILDING IS A WINDOWLESS WAREHOUSE
UN to accept $10m from Israel for Gaza damage
Local staff outraged by United Nations' decision to accept cheap buyout
United Nations (UN) USES 'EXCUSES' FOR GAZA RELIEF HOUSES MADE WITH INFERIOR MATERIALS
The U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) says it has been forced to use compressed earth blocks to build some housing because of a continuing Israeli ban on imports of cement and steel, which Israel says could be used for military purposes.
Is Osama Bin Laden dead or alive?
Mike Rudin | The theory that has developed on the web since 9/11 is that US intelligence services are manufacturing the Bin Laden statements to create an evil bogeyman, to justify the so-called war on terror in Afghanistan, Iraq and back at home. |
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg says privacy is no longer a ’social norm’
Daily Telegraph | The 25 year-old web entrepreneur said: “People have really gotten comfortable not only sharing more information and different kinds, but more openly and with more people.”
MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL-BANKING COMPLEX NEWS |
Tens of Billions of $Dollars in Reconstruction Projects in Afghanistan - Investigation of abuse is now underway |
Indians try to keep warm around a small fire near the Jama Masjid Mosque in old Delhi. Temperatures have been unseasonably low in the Indian capital and a number of people have died in northern India because of cold weather
Kevin Frayer/AP
Google attempts to digitize every known book and make the contents searchable online - digitizing without permission |
Today in History Tuesday January 12, 2010
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NaturalNews.com | Today's Featured Stories - January 12, 2010
| Dr. Hyla Cass releases new audio course to enhance women's health (NaturalNews) On the heels of her popular book, 8 Weeks to Vibrant Health, Dr. Hyla Cass, M.D. has just launched her new 8 Weeks to Vibrant Health Audio Course, featuring 9 audio CDs, her "8 Weeks" book and an accompanying workbook. It's... |
| AIDS: The great medical con, explained by David Icke (NaturalNews) HIV does NOT cause AIDS. HIV does not cause anything. A staggering statement given the hype and acceptance by the scientific establishment and, through them, the public that the HIV virus is the only cause of AIDS. HIV is a weak virus and... |
| Monsanto is trying to take over the world According to a recent Associated Press investigation, agri-giant Monsanto regularly employs business practices that not only aim to eliminate all competition, but essentially position the company as the sole proprietor of all things related... |
| Pycnogenol pine bark extract shown to protect diabetics from swelling, circulation and vision problems (NaturalNews) A research study conducted by G D'Annunzio University in Italy evaluated the benefits of a popular form of pine bark extract in helping diabetics. Published in the Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics, findings revealed... |
| Death of Casey Johnson: Rates of Death by Doctor Tragedies Increase Los Angeles has again been rocked by another celebrity death, believed to be caused by a cocktail of prescription drugs and alcohol. Casey Johnson, the 30-year-old whose family established the Johnson & Johnson... |
| Common Heartburn Drugs Interfere With Blood Thinning Drugs, Warns FDA (NaturalNews) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning about popular over-the-counter heartburn drugs... |
| Lead Levels Previously Considered "Safe" Now Found to Harm Children (NaturalNews) Children can suffer cognitive and behavioral damage from lead exposure at half the blood levels currently considered safe, according to a study conducted by researchers from the University of Bristol Center for Child and Adolescent Health... |
| Chinese Clock Holds Key to Liver Health Stress of modern living and our standard American diet, which includes alcohol, fried food and fast food, strain our health, especially our Liver. Stopping eating by 7 pm may be the best thing we can do for our health. Looking to ancient... |
| Promote Sustainable Food Choices by Voting with Your Shopping Cart What we eat and what we buy affects our health, environment, and economy. When the economy turns bad or we lose a war, we throw out the president, but when an obesity epidemic grows to as high as 30 percent in children we make little noise... |
TSA lies exposed: Full-body scanner machines do save and transmit images, secret documents reveal (NaturalNews) The TSA has been lying to the American people about full-body scanners. The agency has insisted that these "digital strip search" machines are incapable of saving, storing or transmitting the images they take. This, we are told, makes it... |
| Full-body scanners used on air passengers may damage human DNA (NaturalNews) In researching the biological effects of the millimeter wave scanners used for whole body imaging at airports, NaturalNews has learned that the energy emitted by the machines may damage human DNA. Millimeter wave machines... |
Today's health headlines from across the 'net
(Hand-picked by the Health Ranger for your education and amusement)- America infects the world with its false beliefs about mental illness
- Vitamin D deficiency finally being recognized as increasingly common
- Awesome! Bolivia launches "coca-colla" drink makes from medicinal coca plant
- The end of food as we know it?
- Global freeze to cause food costs to skyrocket throughout 2010
- After France, now UK looking to offload millions of doses of useless swine flu vaccine
- Prostate cancer screenings have HUGE rate of false positives
- Crazy? Groups argue *against* employee wellness incentives in health care reform bill
- H1N1 glut: 136 million doses of flu vaccine that nobody wants
- Pressure builds against mountaintop coal mining
- Childhood cancer survivors have 10 times greater risk of heart disease (because chemo damages the heart!)
- Legalizing and taxing marijuana could save California from bankruptcy
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