"Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people"

- John Adams - Second President (1797 - 1801)

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Thursday Evening - February 11, 2010


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



Thursday Evening - February 11, 2010





More evidence showing our government's lack of accurate reporting on earthquakes .... from the Chinese news there was a 6.6 mag quake and USGS calls this same quake a 5.7 magnitude ... the government would hate to wake up the sleeping American sheeple - keep them entertained with the republican - democrat game they have rigged to always keep their elitists' puppet masters winning - no matter which American political party wins!

6.6 magnitude quake strikes Bali, Indonesia

JAKARTA, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- A shallow quake with magnitude of 6.6 struck waters off Bali Island, a center of Indonesia's tourist industry, on Friday morning, the Indonesian Meteorology and Geophysics Agency reported here.

The U.S. Geological Survey first recorded the quake was at 5.9 magnitude and then revised it down at 5.7 magnitude.

The quake jolted at 1:43 a.m. Jakarta time Friday (1843 GMT Thursday) with epicenter at 210 km southwest Nusadua of Bali at the depth at 10 km under sea bed, an official of the agency Farid Nurahim told Xinhua over phone.

The agency did not issue tsunami warning as the quake magnitude was lower than 7, he said.

The intensity of the quake was felt at 3 to 4 MMI (Modified Mercally Intensity) at Karangkates of East Java, 3 MMI at Denpasar and Badung of Bali, and 2 MMI in Yogyakarta, he said.

Indonesia sits on a vulnerable quake-hit zone so called the " Pacific Ring of Fire."

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"Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people"

- John Adams - Second President (1797 - 1801)


North Texas Snowfall Increases; Total Could Reach 10 Inches


FORT WORTH (CBS 11 / TXA 21) ―

Snow has been falling across North Texas since 3 a.m, and it's getting heavier: we could have as much as 10 inches of snow before it's all over.

MOST SNOW ON RECORD IN DC...


Snowiest Winter in Philly's History...

Records in Chicago...

Baltimore Snow Record!











Russia temporary restricts food imports from U.S., Brazil, EU

MOSCOW, February 12 (RIA Novosti) -- Russia has imposed temporary restrictions on meat and dairy imports from a number of U.S., Brazilian, Finnish and Czech companies starting from Friday, the country's agricultural regulator said.

Tests revealed that some products contained harmful substances, while others were infected with salmonella, bacteria that cause a potentially lethal disease, salmonellosis, Rosselkhoznadzor said in a statement.

Shipments from U.S. and Brazil, which had been sent before Friday, will be allowed to the Russian territory on the condition of mandatory lab tests.




NJ Gov. Freezes Spending


TRENTON (CBS)

Gov. Chris Christie took broad steps Thursday to close New Jersey's $2.2 billion budget gap, freezing money for schools districts, higher education and hospital services, among hundreds of other programs.

In his first major budget speech since being elected in November, the Republican governor told lawmakers that the state is in a financial state of crisis and that the current budget is in "shambles."

Christie plans to freeze $1.6 billion in unspent money, including $475 million in school aid, $62 million for higher education, and $12.6 million in hospital charity care.
....



Omar Bin Laden Says the U.S. Will Never Catch His Father



Osama bin Laden's son has a chilling warning for those who are hunting his father with drones, secret agents and missile strikes.

Osama bin Laden's son has a frightening warning about his father's successors.

From Omar bin Laden's up-close look at the next generation of mujahideen and al Qaeda training camps he says the worst may lie ahead, that if his father is killed America may face a broader and more violent enemy, with nothing to keep them in check ....



80 Haitians caught at sea repatriated to homeland




Miami-Dade police environmental fund under a cloud

A fund set up to attack environmental crimes is facing scrutiny amid purchases of SUVs driven by top brass, satellite TV subscriptions and other expenses.




Airport body scanners violate Islamic law, Muslims say

Muslim-American groups are supporting a religious ruling that forbids Muslims from going through body scanners.





Photos | Winter Olympics are a day away

12:41 p.m.

The countdown to the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver has reached the final hours. Athletes are practicing as Canada puts the final touches on the venues.

More than 15,000 deployed for Olympics security






China shuts down another 16,000 websites in porn crackdown

On Dec. 8, the country launched a new round of crackdown on spread of pornographic contents through Internet or mobile WAP sites to "purify the social environment." The campaign is expected to run through May.
Source: Xinhua



Death toll of Afghan avalanche soars to 165






DPRK (North Korea) celebrates 68th birthday of Kim Jong Il



People of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) rally to celebrate the 68th birthday of DPRK's top leader Kim Jong Il in this photo released by DPRK's KCNA Feb. 11, 2010. (Xinhua/KCNA)

DPRK senior official meets UN special envoy

02-11 18:45 The report didn't mention any details about the meeting between Kim Yong Nam and Lynn Pascoe. Pascoe is the first high-level UN official to visit DPRK since 2004.

DPRK foreign minister meets UN special envoy





China finds no sweet solution to sugar shortage: report




Recent CEO/CFO/Other Resignations (150+)


Compiled list of Resignations from top corporations and other various fields. (The substance of the article is page 25-29 for printing).







Taxpayer’s $2.3 Billion Stake In CIT Group Worth $0

February 11th, 2010 Fascist Soup

Total loss.

Praise Mao.

You love it.

The Street reports:

NEW YORK (TheStreet) — The U.S. Treasury has officially lost its entire $2.33 billion TARP investment in CIT Group(CIT Quote), according to a company filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission after Monday’s closing bell.

The Treasury made the investment in CIT in December 2008, but CIT then ran into trouble after the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.refused to guarantee its debt, as the FDIC did for larger lenders, including General Electric(GE Quote) and large banks like Citigroup(C Quote), Bank of America(BAC Quote) and Wells Fargo(WFC Quote). CIT ended up filing for bankruptcy protection on Nov. 1 but was able to reorganize and return to a public listing on Dec. 10.

Contrary to what many assumed, the bankruptcy filing did not extinguish all hope for a taxpayer recovery. The Treasury and other preferred shareholders received complex securities called contingent value rights (CVRs) which could have been worth something if CIT Group’s stock had reached the mid-50s ahead of Monday’s session, according to the estimate of another investor who held CVRs.




U.S. Foreclosure Filings Surpass 300,000 for 11th Month in Row - Bloomberg

Feb. 11 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. foreclosure filings rose 15 percent in January from a year earlier and exceeded 300,000 for the 11th consecutive month as modification programs failed to keep delinquent borrowers in their homes, RealtyTrac Inc. said.

A total of 315,716 properties received a notice of default, auction or bank seizure last month, or one in 409 households, the Irvine, California-based seller of default data said today in a statement. Filings fell 10 percent from December.

Bank seizures, also known as real-estate-owned or REOs, may rise to a record 3 million this year, RealtyTrac said last month. About 66,000 delinquent loans out of a targeted 4 million by 2012 were permanently modified as of Dec. 31 under the Obama administration’s Home Affordable Modification Program, according to the Treasury Department. About 787,000 mortgages are in trial programs that change loan terms, the Treasury said Jan. 19.

“It’s almost inevitable that modifications will fail,” Michelle Meyer, New York-based U.S. economist for Barclays Capital Inc., said in an interview. “Over the next several months, we should see REOs increase at an accelerated pace.”

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TARP Watchdog Says Commercial Real Estate Loans Pose Danger - Bloomberg

Feb. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Commercial real estate loans have the potential to go sour and wreck the U.S. economy unless regulators prepare now, according to a report today from a watchdog Congress created for the government’s financial bailout program.

The report should be a “red flag” that prompts regulators to increase preparations for staving off another banking crisis, said Elizabeth Warren, a Harvard law professor and chairman of the Congressional Oversight Panel of the Troubled Asset Relief Program. The panel was created in October 2008 to monitor the Treasury’s efforts to rescue the banking system from the worst financial crisis in decades.

Between 2010 and 2014, about $1.4 trillion in commercial real estate loans will reach the end of their terms and nearly half are “underwater,” meaning the borrower owes more than the property is worth, the report said. If economic conditions and tighter lending standards mean that borrowers can’t refinance, “hundreds” of banks could fail and the broader economy could suffer, said the report, which the panel approved unanimously.

“There is a serious problem coming and it will hit an already weakened financial system,” Warren said on a conference call yesterday with reporters.


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From this morning's UrbanSurvival.com

Not So Swift Thinkers

Gordo (the Gold Seller) Brown thinks a global bank tax is near. Proof positive again to me that Gordo and the rest of the PTB are trying to make it appear as those they are doing something good.

Anyone who would sell 60% of his country's gold reserves around $275 an ounce has to be a financial dope. Why anyone would listen to his poppycock now stuns me. Let alone how he got into office, but that's what happens when you're a tool who sells cheap gold to the PTB, huh?

But, the truth of globalism is a lot simpler than just putting a tax on banks which will then (invariably) be passed on depositors. And the banks are frauds that don't return purchasing power nowadays anyway....

The fact is that globalism -- through its reduction in tariffs -- has caused individual countries to lose tariff incomes (which BTW is why America didn't have an 'income tax' for more than 100 years).

The result: Putting income taxes on people and ensuring that when you go to work, someone in India or a lesser developed country can bid on doing your job. In other words, with perfect globalism, your income is being systematically brought down to the lowest global bidders who in turn, effectively pay a commission to global corporatists for arranging to steal your job. The globalists mark up the least cost bidder's work, call it profit, and maintain control....is that a sweet screwing, or what?

Which is why you can seldom find companies that have customer service in the USA anymore, or IT departments, or...well you know the bloodied list.

Take the unemployment in the UK and bring back offshored jobs and guess what? Prosperity would return. Same thing in America. But thanks to a gazillion dollars in high-priced lawyering, this is now all set in treaties and 'agreements' so it has to collapse in on itself, which is how depressions happen - when houses of cards blow over.

But no, the globalists preach daily at the Church of the Almighty Dollar's Profit Pulpit against 'trade barriers' because it's how they make their spreads. But, I repeat myself - besides you already knew that, right?






The "Y-shaped" downturn - A Greater Depression? A more severe crisis is already "Baked in the Cake"






War Widows Wage Futile Fight for Benefits

Newsmax
Feb 10 2010

For a decade, war widows in matching yellow suit jackets and hats quietly and persistently have knocked on Capitol Hill doors seeking an end to the "widows' tax," a government policy that deprives them of benefits from their husbands' military service.

They are always warmly received, but that's where the hospitality ends. Despite pledges of help from scores of federal officials — including President Barack Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi — their long quest remains unfulfilled.

Every year since 2005, the Senate has voted to eliminate the policy that denies widows the ability to collect both a military survivor's benefit and the full annuity bought when their military husbands were alive. But in each of those years, the fix was dropped when House and Senate negotiators wrote the final bill in private. ....




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Ex-employees sue Blackwater, allege overbilling
Two former Blackwater Worldwide employees say in a federal lawsuit that the security company repeatedly billed the U.S. government for excessive or inappropriate expenses.

Calif. man gets 25 years in bride's cliff death
A man who killed his newlywed wife by throwing her off a cliff in suburban Los Angeles has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison.

IRS, states crack down on independent worker abuse
The Internal Revenue Service and 37 states are cracking down on companies that try to trim payroll costs by illegally classifying workers as independent contractors, rather than as full employees, The Associated Press has learned. The practice costs governments billions in lost revenue and can leave workers high and dry when they are hurt at work or are left jobless.

Ariz. prison disturbance leaves 12 inmates hurt
A private prison in Arizona is on lockdown after a brawl broke out that involved as many as 150 minimum-security inmates and left a staff member and 12 prisoners with minor injuries.

Md. fire station burns after snow collapses roof
A fire station in Maryland has been largely destroyed by a three-alarm blaze after snow from the region's double blizzards collapsed the roof.

Utah lawmakers want federal land returned to state
A group of conservative Utah lawmakers wants to use eminent domain to take federal land in the state.

Texas jury acquits nurse who complained of doctor
A Texas jury acquitted a nurse on Thursday who filed an anonymous complaint to a state board about a doctor who she said had improperly encouraged patients to buy herbal medicines and wanted to use hospital supplies to perform a procedure at a patient's home.

Epic snow removal costing W.Va. $1 million a day
West Virginia is spending about $1 million a day to clear snow after two epic blizzards hit the East Coast.

DC lawmakers critical of mayor's snow response
Several D.C. lawmakers are slamming the mayor's approach to digging out from record-breaking snow.

2 latest east Texas church fires deemed arson
The Associated Press
Investigators have determined that two rural church fires on the same night this week in east Texas were the acts of an arsonist.

Intelligence ties between UK and US in jeopardy
Intelligence ties between London and Washington have been jeopardized by a British court's disclosure that a terrorism suspect was beaten and shackled in U.S. custody, diplomats and security officials said Wednesday.

Argentina blocks supply ship in Falklands dispute
Argentina has escalated its dispute with Britain over oil and gas exploration in the South Atlantic, blocking a ship it said was carrying drilling equipment for the disputed Falkland Islands from leaving the port of Buenos Aires.

Afghan: 5 Americans wounded in attack at US base
A suicide bomber wearing an Afghan border policeman's uniform blew himself up Thursday at a U.S. base near the Pakistani frontier, wounding five Americans, an Afghan official said.

Polish police recover stolen US blood plasma
Polish police recovered 11 tons of human blood plasma that had been stolen from a U.S. company and was on its way to Austria, officials said Thursday.

Shootout in Rio slum ahead of Carnival; 8 dead
At least seven suspected drug traffickers and a policeman are dead after a gunbattle broke out in a Rio slum a day before Carnival.

Mumbai terror attack lawyer shot dead
The lawyer for one of the suspects in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack was shot dead Thursday, police and a colleague said.

US troops close Taliban escape route before attack
U.S. and Afghan soldiers linked up with Marines on the outskirts of the Taliban stronghold of Marjah on Thursday, sealing off escape routes and setting the stage for what is being described as the biggest offensive of the nine-year war.

NATO chief proposes global security forum
NATO should serve as a global security forum where members could consult with partner nations on threats to international stability, the alliance's chief said on Thursday, adding this might require a "cultural revolution" within NATO.

Pakistan: 2 suicide blasts aimed at police kill 15
Two suicide bombers struck outside a police complex in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing 15 people and underscoring the relentless security threat despite army operations and U.S. missile strikes against al-Qaida and the Taliban.

US ambassador: arms deal to mention missile shield
The United States and Russia have agreed that a new arms control treaty will mention a link between offensive nuclear arms and defenses against them, the U.S. ambassador to Moscow said Thursday, signaling a possible breakthrough in arms reduction talks.

No Valentine's: Saudi religious police see red
The Saudi religious police launched Thursday a nationwide crackdown on stores selling items that are red or in any other way allude to the banned celebrations of Valentine's Day, a Saudi official said.

Iran claims new success in uranium enrichment
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad claimed Thursday that Iran has produced its first batch of uranium enriched to a higher level, saying his country will not be bullied by the West into curtailing its nuclear program a day after the U.S. imposed new sanctions.

Philippines launches program to address killings
The Philippines launched a European-funded program Thursday to reduce the country's large number of extralegal killings and disappearances of activists, journalists and union workers.

Moral support but no money, EU says to Greece
European Union leaders faced down markets Thursday with a statement of support for Greece - but offered no detailed bailout for a debt crisis that has plunged the euro into its deepest crisis since it was launched 11 years ago.




Tehran Uses China’s High-Tech Trucks to Squash Protests



Clashes reported as Iran marks Revolution Day...

Iran produces first batch of 20% enriched uranium: president







QUAKE NEWS (Chapter III of "The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism" by Emmanuel Goldstein, 1984, by George Orwell: "All members of the Inner Party believe in this coming conquest as an article of faith. It is to be achieved either by gradually acquiring more and more territory and so building up an overwhelming preponderance of power, or by the discovery of some new and unanswerable weapon . . . others explore even remoter possibilities such as focusing the sun's rays through lenses suspended thousands of kilometres away in space, or producing artificial earthquakes and tidal waves by tapping the heat at the earth's centre. Secretary of Defense William Cohen, Pentagon briefing, April 28, 1997:"Others are engaging even in an eco-type of terrorism whereby they can alter the climate, set off earthquakes, volcanoes remotely through the use of electromagnetic waves.")

INTERNATIONAL NEWS


NATIONAL NEWS


13th Street in downtown Washington devoid of traffic as blizzard wallops DC Metro area.






BlackListedNews.com | Headlines - February 11, 2010


Goldman Sachs helped the Greek government to mask the true extent of its deficit with the help of a derivatives deal that legally circumvented the EU Maastricht deficit rules. At some point the so-called cross currency swaps will mature, and swell the country's already bloated deficit.

The Justice Department is poised this week to publicly defend a little-known law-enforcement practice that critics say may be the "sleeper" privacy issue of the 21st century: the collection of cell-phone "tracking" records that identify the physical locations where the phones have been.


One thing most Democrats and Republicans around the nation seem to agree on is that their government is too cozy with Wall Street -- and that that's not a good thing.

Germany and France are tomorrow expected to move to guarantee Greek solvency and to shore up the euro against assault from gamblers on the financial markets.

Credit specialists at Citi are considering launching the first derivatives intended to pay out in the event of a financial crisis. The firm has drawn up plans for a tradable liquidity index, known as the CLX, on which products could be structured that allow buyers to hedge a spike in funding costs.

The 15-year-old girl thought the three security guards in the Seattle bus tunnel would protect her from attack. She was wrong.




Aping the assassination tactics of Josef Stalin, the U.S. has created an illegal “hit list” of Americans abroad marked for murder.

India aims to test a new nuclear-capable missile with a 5000-km (3,100-mile) range, a top military scientist said on Wednesday, a move that could complicate security in a volatile region.





Internet Censorship Protest Shuts Down Australian Government Websites
Hacker group in demonstration against web filter that blocks sites deemed offensive by authorities Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com Thursday, February 11, 2010 Hackers protesting government censorship of the Internet have shut down several Australian government websites in a demonstration against the announcement that filters would be imposed to block access to websites deemed offensive by the authorities. The..

U.S. Foreclosure Filings Surpass 300,000 for 11th Month in Row
Feb. 11 (Bloomberg) — U.S. foreclosure filings rose 15 percent in January from a year earlier and exceeded 300,000 for the 11th consecutive month as modification programs..

TARP Watchdog Says Commercial Real Estate Loans Pose Danger
Bloomberg.com Feb. 11 (Bloomberg) — Commercial real estate loans have the potential to go sour and wreck the U.S. economy unless regulators prepare now, according to a report...

China orders retreat from risky assets
China has ordered managers of its vast currency reserves to withdraw from risky dollar assets and retreat to core debt guaranteed by the US government, a clear sign that..

Euro Trashed?
FinancialSense.com February 10, 2010 The European experiment with a trans-sovereign currency is facing its first acid test. The flashpoint today is Greece, which looks set to default on its...

German Bailout of Greece, PIIGS Would Herald Shift of E.U. Power To Germany
Market Oracle The situation in Europe is dire. After years of profligate spending, Greece is becoming overwhelmed. Barring some sort of large-scale bailout program, a Greek debt default at...

Stayaway shuts down Greece
Strike against debt measures TimesLive.co.za Feb 10, 2010 A Strike by civil servants shut schools and grounded flights across Greece as unions challenged cutbacks aimed at ending a government debt...

Coming To America: The Greek Sovereign Debt Crisis
ZeroHedge.com 02/10/2010 Yesterday we presented our views on why Europe’s decision to tip over the first of the bailout dominoes will be inherently a catastrophic one in the...

‘Power Lunch’ Guest Says No to Greek Debt, Warns All Governments Will Default
AmericanCrisis.us Wed, 02/10/2010 Just one day after Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said the U.S. wouldn’t lose its “top-notch” credit rating, one CNBC guest said that ‘”all governments”...

The “Y-shaped” downturn – A Greater Depression?
A more severe crisis is already “Baked in the Cake” by Michael Hampton FinancialSense.com I have been asked by many on my Global Edge Investors Website to explain why I am “so...

Busting the Safety Net
AmConMag.com Three decades ago, angst over the looming insolvency of Social Security reached fever pitch. President Ronald Reagan responded by grasping the third rail of American politics...

Secession: A Solution to the Washington Debt Threat
LewRockwell.com Frédéric Bastiat must have been looking toward the future of the United States today when he said, “When plunder has become a way of life for a...

Tea Partiers: Ron Paul Bad, ConAgra & Bombing Iran Good
FireDogLake.com After I appeared on MSNBC talking about Sarah Palin’s appearance at the Nashville tea party convention, several libertarian friends pinged me to say they were unhappy with...

The Green Shoots of Obama’s Green Police
LewRockwell.com Despite its creepy implications, I was going to let that odd Super Bowl car commercial featuring the Green Police just ride quietly into the sunset. Until the...




Climate-Change Debate Is Heating Up in Deep Freeze

NY Times
February 10, 2010

WASHINGTON — As millions of people along the East Coast hole up in their snowbound homes, the two sides in the climate-change debate are seizing on the mounting drifts to bolster their arguments.

Skeptics of global warming are using the record-setting snows to mock those who warn of dangerous human-driven climate change — this looks more like global cooling, they taunt.

Most climate scientists respond that the ferocious storms are consistent with forecasts that a heating planet will produce more frequent and more intense weather events.

But some independent climate experts say the blizzards in the Northeast no more prove that the planet is cooling than the lack of snow in Vancouver or the downpours in Southern California prove that it is warming.

As an illustration of their point of view, the family of Senator James M. Inhofe, Republican of Oklahoma, a leading climate skeptic in Congress, built a six-foot-tall igloo on Capitol Hill and put a cardboard sign on top that read “Al Gore’s New Home.”


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California dreaming turns to California nightmare as decades of agribusiness, real estate development and exploitation of migrant workers take their toxic toll. Gifford Hartman takes us on a guided tour of the Golden State’s darkside

White House: 95,000 Jobs to Come Each Month
Webmaster's Commentary:
At that rate it will only take 7 years to get back to full employment.

LIFE WITHOUT POWER IN GAZA
As Israel, the Palestinian Authority, the Gaza Power Authority, the EU and international donors point fingers over the failure to provide adequate fuel for electricity generation in the Strip, the lives of residents again turned upside down as they faced life without power.
Webmaster's Commentary:
Collective punishment is a war crime.

Miliband loses attempt to block Binyam Mohamed torture case evidence
Foreign Secretary David Miliband today lost his attempt to block public disclosure of intelligence information relating to torture allegations in the case of former Guantanamo detainee Binyam Mohamed.
Three of the country's highest-ranking judges dismissed his appeal against an earlier court ruling that summaries of information received by the British security services from United States intelligence should be disclosed.

‘Roman Polanski changed my life, and I support him’
As he fights extradition, Roman Polanski, whose latest film is The Ghost, has the support of the writer Ronald Harwood.
Webmaster's Commentary:
Polanski drugged and raped a 13-year old girl.
No moral human being can support that.

Higher interest rates ahead, Bernanke says
Higher rates on credit cards, home equity loans and some mortgages will follow the Fed's eventual pullback of the trillions it injected into the economy.
Webmaster's Commentary:
Translation: The bankers got the bailouts, and we get the bill.

Franco-German bailout of Athens expected to avert euro collapse
Webmaster's Commentary:
Globalism faw down go boom!

Citi plans crisis derivatives
Credit specialists at Citi are considering launching the first derivatives intended to pay out in the event of a financial crisis. The firm has drawn up plans for a tradable liquidity index, known as the CLX, on which products could be structured that allow buyers to hedge a spike in funding costs.
Webmaster's Commentary:
Betting on the apocalypse?
But if the dollar crashes, what do these derivatives pay out in? MOre dollars?

Investigators declare, “Obama never attended Columbia University”
Now, new evidence has come to light whereby Dr. James Manning has declared that Obama never attended Columbia University [New York].
Dr. Manning has hired a team of investigators to comb over every bit of available evidence to validate his declaration.
Manning’s investigators conclusively state that:

Hillary's eligibility challenged in Supreme Court
"The Supreme Court has an obligation to settle the Ineligibility Clause issue once and for all," said Fitton. "If our government and courts will not observe even the plain and unambiguous provisions of the Constitution, then we are cut adrift from the anchor of law and liberty and the rule of law is in jeopardy. We hope the Supreme Court takes this opportunity to vindicate the Constitution."




Canada Free Press | Today's Cover Stories - February 11, 2010




Another Victory for Strength over Appeasement
By Dr. Richard Benkin Thursday, February 11, 2010

When Islamists attacked Mumbai, India’s New York, many people called it that country’s 9/11. Although it certainly was the most high profile attack, it was far from the first in this country of over a billion people. India faces terrorist attacks of one sort or another multiple times each week. The South Asia Terrorism Portal collects figures on terrorism here and calculated that 47,371 Indians have died in terrorist attacks since 1994. Since 2006, about two-thirds of the fatalities occurred as a result of Islamist attacks; the rest came at the hands of radical communists.



Al-Jazeera Invades Canada and Threatens America
By Cliff Kincaid Thursday, February 11, 2010

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has approved a request to add Al-Jazeera English (AJE) to the list of television satellite services for distribution in Canada. Supporters of the Arab government-funded propaganda channel hope that acceptance in Canada will lead to more cable and satellite carriers in the U.S. picking up the incendiary network.



Obama Trips Over Dead Canary
By Joy Tiz Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Obama’s minders have a bit of a problem. Thus, they ran back to David Plouffe, his 2008 campaign manager who will increase his role in the Obama administration. Recall that after the Brown victory, Obama went back on the campaign trail in Ohio, looking and sounding dreadful.

In another calamitous blow to the global warming church, the highly anticipated National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration (NOAA), which is part of the Commerce Department, had to cancel their global altering press conference about man-made global warming in Washington D.C. because of an unprecedented winter storm that has shut D.C. and the federal government down. Alas, all is not lost; they will hold their press conference via telephone, God willing the snow and ice does not disable the telephone system.



Obama’s Revisionist History of Terrorism
By Daniel Greenfield Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Since taking office, Obama’s key objective on terrorism has been to transform the public perception of it from an international military conflict, to a limited domestic criminal problem. Renaming terrorism to the bureaucratically euphonious term, “Man Caused Disasters” was straight out of the first rule in the textbook of organizational coverups, to phrase your sentences so that the identity of the perpetrators of the crisis remain as vague as possible. Focusing on everything but terrorism, while shutting down Gitmo and dispatching top Al Qaeda terrorists like Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to civilian trials, was meant to restore the illusion of normalcy, while doing away with the terrorism focus of the Bush Administration.

In a country where multiculturalism has a reverent following and criticism of protected minorities has essentially been criminalized as “hate speech,” it is more than ironic that on some Canadian campuses radical students have taken it upon themselves to target one group, Jewish students, with a hatred that is nominally forbidden for any others.



The ObamaProblem: It’s the People, Stupid!
By Sher Zieve Wednesday, February 10, 2010

We-the-People have protested the increasingly apparent willful destruction of our economy, jobs and careers and liberties and freedoms by the Obama Administration for many months. We have told Obama & Co—in no uncertain terms—that we want neither his totalitarian ObamaCare Death Plan nor his Cap & Tax based upon the global warming hoax; a hoax established by the Marxist elite to steal even more power and resources from the American people and ultimately the people of the world.



Censoring the Internet Moves to silence dissent?
By Barry Napier Wednesday, February 10, 2010

I know for a fact that access to my own website is blocked by many colleges and libraries in the UK, who put me on their ‘proscribed’ list for my non-PC views. But, at least there are other ways to access it. I can put up with this kind of childish game… but there now appears to be a different, deadly-serious game afoot – the complete silencing of dissent on the internet.




Possible cancer cure found in blushwood shrub

Scientists have identified a compound in the fruit of the native blushwood shrub that appears to "liquefy and destroy cancer with no side-effects", according to latest research.






Alex Jones' InfoWars.com | Featured Stories February 11, 2010


Man Arrested for Practicing Second Amendment, Warning About Martial Law

Kurt Nimmo | Massachusetts passed a martial law bill in 2009.


Internet Censorship Protest Shuts Down Australian Government Websites

Paul Joseph Watson | Hacker group in demonstration against web filter that blocks sites deemed offensive by authorities


State Department Admits: Detroit Christmas Bomber Was Deliberately Allowed to Keep US Entry Visa, Board His Flight

Webster G. Tarpley | The Detroit Christmas bomber was deliberately and intentionally allowed to keep his US entry visa.


Who Wants to Bomb Iran?

David Kenner | The “Bomb Iran” crowd is making a big return to the political center stage.


Inflationary Depression Still Dominates

Bob Chapman | The stimulus will fail to work and the world will slip into total insolvency and deflationary depression.












Texas Prisons Part Of State Budget Cutting


AUSTIN (AP) ― Closing some Texas prisons is an option as the correctional system faces a Monday deadline to put together a budget-cutting plan.

Gov. Rick Perry, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and House Speaker Joe Straus asked all state agencies in January to offer proposals cutting 5 percent of their budgets by Feb. 15. Texas is facing a projected state budget shortfall of at least $10 billion.



POLICE STATE

Feds push for tracking cell phones

(CNet Feb 11 2010) ... On Friday, the first federal appeals court to consider the topic will hear oral arguments (PDF) in a case that could establish new standards for locating wireless devices.

In that case, the Obama administration has argued that warrantless tracking is permitted because Americans enjoy no "reasonable expectation of privacy" in their--or at least their cell phones'--whereabouts. U.S. Department of Justice lawyers say that "a customer's Fourth Amendment rights are not violated when the phone company reveals to the government its own records" that show where a mobile device placed and received calls....


RELATED:

Obama: Americans Enjoy No “Reasonable Expectation of Privacy”

February 11th, 2010
Fascist Soup

Our glorious leaders have decided knowing where you are at all times does not violate your 4th amendment right to privacy.

Praise Mao.

CNet reports:

…the Obama administration has argued that warrantless tracking is permitted because Americans enjoy no “reasonable expectation of privacy” in their–or at least their cell phones’–whereabouts. U.S. Department of Justice lawyers say that “a customer’s Fourth Amendment rights are not violated when the phone company reveals to the government its own records” that show where a mobile device placed and received calls.

I just can’t keep up anymore.

I feel totally overwhelmed by the unfolding tyranny that spews out of our criminal government on a daily basis. Its like a sewer drain overflowing with crap spilling into my backyard.

This is just insane, “no reasonable expectation of privacy” as it pretains to knowing where my phone is at, and hence, knowing where I am at?

They are seriously arguing this?

I’ll take bets the court upholds this.

The court is a bunch of tyrant criminals even more so that the fascist politicians that are put into office by the banks and lobbyists.




POLITICIANS

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MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL-BANKING COMPLEX
Pentagon's Black Budget Tops $56 Billion Feb 1 2010
Obama seeks record $708 billion in 2011 defense budget

Pentagon Wants Magnetic Muscle Makers

The Pentagon’s scientific fringe want to fast-track the quick and easy repair of wartime wounds, by eliminating one of the most important elements of tissue engineering - and replacing it with magnetic fields.

Last year, Darpa-funded researchers successfully generated human muscle tissue, and the agency requested proposals for a device that could pump out new body parts made with adult stem cells. Now, Darpa’s next-gen military medicine mission continues: the agency’s budget for the upcoming year includes $6.5 million for the creation of a scaffold-free tissue engineering platform, which would allow the construction of “large, complex tissues in vitro and in vivo.”









SteveQuayle.com | Hot Headlines - February 11, 2010


How a New Jobless Era Will Transform America

Bipartisan Jobs Bill Won't Add Many Jobs

Fed in Talks with Money Market Funds to Help Drain $1 Trillion

With a Deficit Like Ours, Who Needs Enemies…?

A European Crisis, Not a China Slow Down, Will Trigger a Global Collapse

Global Bank Tax Near, Says Brown

A Greek Crisis Is Coming to America

Bankruptcy Bloodbath May Hit Muni Bond Owners Next: Joe Mysak

Why Silver Price Will Boom to $50/oz

Ahmadinejad Says Iran Is Now a 'Nuclear State'

Nuke Warheads Unit in N.M. Decertified
Eisenhower, Ike’s Great-Granddaughter, Outs Secret Mars Colony Project

Psychological Warfare Blueprint Path to the Road of Tryanny Ahead

Police Cheifs Resigning Across CONUS....Objections to Martial Law Takeover

De Facto Military Occupation of Pennsylvania

Warning Signs of Impending Olympic Attack

Islam is a Trojan Horse Children to Spy on Bad Neighbours

California Tree Carving Hints at Early Chumash Astronomy

Real-Life Unobtanium? The "Project X" Super Element




Geology.com | Today's News


Rapid Breakup of the Ronne-Filchner Ice Shelf
February 11, 2010 | NASA Earth Observatory

“Within a 24-hour space, an area of sea ice larger than the state of Rhode Island broke away from the Ronne-Filchner Ice Shelf and shattered into many smaller pieces. ” Quoted from the Earth Observatory image release.


Coal Companies Entering the Natural Gas Business?
February 11, 2010 | Washington Post

The demand for coal could suffer significantly as climate change efforts look for cleaner energy production. Now some coal companies with significant mineral rights holdings are starting to consider going into the natural gas business.


Five Percent Severance on Marcellus Shale Gas?
February 11, 2010 | Reuters

Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell proposes a five percent severance tax on natural gas produced from the Marcellus Shale. Although natural gas producers are strongly opposed to the tax, many other states collect similar taxes on resource production.


Haiti: Minimizing Damage of Natural Disasters
February 11, 2010 | University of Colorado

Natural disasters are inevitable, but the severe damage that they sometimes cause is not. Information and preparation are the keys to minimizing destruction in areas with known geologic hazards. Haiti could benefit significantly by incorporating knowledge about earthquakes, landslides, and hurricanes in their rebuilding efforts.


Chevron Disputes Environmental Report
February 11, 2010 |

In Ecuador, a court-appointed study argues that Chevron should pay $27 billion for environmental damage. Chevron says that the study should be thrown out because the primary author has serious conflicts of interest.


Smog From Asia Reaches the US West Coast
February 11, 2010 | AOL News

Air pollution from Asia is being carried by winds and reaching the western United States. Ozone levels in China have been increasing for the past decade.

Related: Tracking Pollution by Satellite from Asia to North America


How Bacteria Became Mitochondria
February 11, 2010 | Monash University

How bacteria became mitochondria is one of the mysteries of early life. Biochemists at Monash University have some new information about this key metamorphosis.


Volcanic Bomb
February 11, 2010 | Earth Science Picture of the Day

A recent Earth Science Picture of the Day is a volcanic bomb photographed and described by David Lynch.


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FDIC:
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FDIC "insurance" is a Ponzi scheme, except in this case Mr. Ponzi has the power to create money and bail himself out indefinitely



OUR PLANET'S PROTECTIVE MAGNETOSPHERE UPDATE
About Real-Time Magnetosphere Simulation
http://www2.nict.go.jp/y/y223/simulation/realtime/index.html

FEBRUARY 11, 2010 at 5:40 PM CDT










MOON UPDATE
Current Moon Phase
http://www.die.net/moon/

Recommended:

What the Hell is Going on Up There?




SUN UPDATE
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/sunspots/
http://solarcycle24.com/

Classification of Solar Flares

Magnetic fields trigger solar wind


Solar Update - Solar activity has been fairly low the past 24 hours. A few C-Class flares have taken place around Sunspot 1045 which continues to decay.

Sunspot 1046 which is also located in the northern hemisphere continues to show slight growth. This region has been otherwise quiet.

There will remain a slight chance for M-Class flares.

Sunspots 1045 and 1046 (Thursday)




SPECTACULAR LAUNCH: The Solar Dynamics Observatory lifted off from Kennedy Space Center this morning at 10:23 am EST, kicking of a 5-year mission to study the variability of the sun. Moments after liftoff, SDO flew right through a bright, rainbow-colored sundog and destroyed it.


Watch a video (10 MB Quicktime) recorded by Anna Herbst of Bishop, California, and don't forget to turn up the volume to hear the reaction of the crowd. Veteran obervers agreed that it was a uniquely spectacular launch.
http://spaceweather.com/


NASA Images Earth-Sized Objects Inside Corona Of SUN



NASA Images Earth Sized Spherical Objects Inside Corona of SUN


EARTHQUAKE UPDATES

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 = Fri Feb 12 0:34:28 UTC 2010

MAG UTC DATE-TIME
y/m/d h:m:s
LAT
deg
LON
deg
DEPTH
km
Region
MAP 5.2 2010/02/11 21:56:35 34.207 25.446 29.3 CRETE, GREECE
MAP 2.6 2010/02/11 21:28:35 58.203 -151.768 31.9 KODIAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA
MAP 5.4 2010/02/11 19:05:31 -24.182 -175.804 37.5 SOUTH OF TONGA
MAP 5.7 2010/02/11 18:43:08 -10.063 113.847 53.9 SOUTH OF JAVA, INDONESIA
MAP 4.6 2010/02/11 16:29:40 33.340 47.218 10.0 WESTERN IRAN
MAP 2.8 2010/02/11 15:35:41 32.624 -115.593 15.8 BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
MAP 4.2 2010/02/11 15:29:03 60.236 -152.489 105.6 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 4.6 2010/02/11 12:30:12 13.840 120.296 10.0 MINDORO, PHILIPPINES
MAP 3.2 2010/02/11 12:12:46 57.275 -155.054 32.7 ALASKA PENINSULA
MAP 5.4 2010/02/11 11:51:55 -40.504 -16.797 10.0 SOUTHERN MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE
MAP 3.2 2010/02/11 10:22:00 17.972 -68.014 56.7 PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP 5.3 2010/02/11 09:18:22 -39.036 82.112 10.0 MID-INDIAN RIDGE
MAP 3.1 2010/02/11 09:15:36 32.052 -115.695 14.8 BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
MAP 3.4 2010/02/11 08:33:42 35.915 -120.466 7.2 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 4.9 2010/02/11 08:22:57 -37.337 -93.832 10.0 WEST CHILE RISE
MAP 4.8 2010/02/11 08:01:41 -8.993 108.495 35.0 JAVA, INDONESIA
MAP 4.9 2010/02/11 07:46:46 -6.705 147.713 39.9 EASTERN NEW GUINEA REG, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
MAP 2.5 2010/02/11 07:09:52 17.986 -66.339 10.8 PUERTO RICO
MAP 2.7 2010/02/11 06:29:48 63.429 -145.013 0.8 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 3.4 2010/02/11 05:32:35 54.671 -161.161 2.6 ALASKA PENINSULA
MAP 4.7 2010/02/11 05:28:08 -3.296 100.198 10.0 KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA
MAP 2.8 2010/02/11 04:42:31 63.156 -149.691 109.6 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 3.4 2010/02/11 03:50:44 19.085 -69.737 1.7 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
MAP 3.0 2010/02/11 02:39:07 19.308 -64.847 14.4 VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP 4.3 2010/02/11 02:25:52 42.239 19.401 10.0 ALBANIA
MAP 3.1 2010/02/11 01:28:23 18.675 -65.755 97.4 PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP 5.0 2010/02/11 01:18:52 -57.488 -25.689 66.4 SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION





VOLCANISM NEWS

Montserrat Volcano Shoots Ash 9 Miles Into Sky

New York Times - ‎3 minutes ago‎
Published: February 11, 2010

Filed at 6:02 p.m. ET

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- A volcano on Montserrat shot ash some nine miles (15 kilometers) into the sky Thursday, one of its most dramatic events since a devastating 1997 eruption that drove away half the Caribbean island's population.

The partial collapse of the dome in the volcano's crater also unleashed flows of hot gas and rocks, triggering sirens for the evacuation of about 20 people from a nearby village.

Paul Cole, director of the Montserrat Volcano Observatory, said it appeared to be the most material ejected by the volcano in about four years. He estimated 10 percent to 15 percent of the hardened lava dome had collapsed.

''When we're looking at the lava dome now, there's a large scoop out of it that's missing,'' Cole said.

The dome has crumbled several times since the volcano became active in 1995, and Cole said it is possible activity will settle down as the dome builds itself up again. He said there is no immediate cause for concern about more dangerous eruptions.

The 1997 eruption killed 19 people and buried much of the island, including its former capital, Plymouth, which is now abandoned. Half the British territory's 12,000 inhabitants left.


Partial dome collapse Montserrat Caribbean Hurricane Network


Yellowstone Volcano Observatory

Recent Yellowstone Earthquakes Website

Yellowstone Earthquake Swarm Summary as of 8 February 2010

As of February 8, 2010 9:00 AM MST there have been 1,771 earthquakes located. The swarm began January 17, 2010 around 1:00 PM MST about 10 miles (16 km) northwest of the Old Faithful area on the northwestern edge of the Yellowstone Caldera.

Volcanic Bomb

Volcanic bombs are blobs of lava that have been ejected from a volcano during eruption. Being somewhat gooey, airflow often molds them into aerodynamic shapes, producing teardrop or “flying saucer” shapes. Some bombs cool and harden before hitting the ground; however, this one was still viscous, and its sharp leading edge (left) was curled over on impact. The airflow lines and direction are clearly evident on the bomb’s surface, indicating that it was oriented and not tumbling through the air. Like most lava, this one contained dissolved gas which came out of solution and formed bubbles.

Bombs can be thrown many kilometers from a vent, but this one probably traveled only a few hundred meters, which perhaps explains why it did not have time to cool before landing. It was found on a cinder cone on the south flank of Mauna Kea, on the Big Island of Hawaii, where many other bombs could be seen.







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Today in History Thursday February 11, 2010

1752 - The Pennsylvania Hospital opened as the very first hospital in America.
1878 - The first U.S. bicycle club, Boston Bicycle Club, was formed.
1929 - The Lateran Treaty was signed. Italy now recognized the independence and sovereignty of Vatican City.
1936 - Pumping began the process to build San Francisco's Treasure Island.
1937 - General Motors agreed to recognize the United Automobile Workers Union, thereby ending the current sit-down strike against them.
1943 - General Dwight David Eisenhower was selected to command the allied armies in Europe.
1945 - During World War II, the Yalta Agreement was signed by U.S. President Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin.
1957 - The NHL Players Association was formed in New York City.
1958 - Ruth Carol Taylor was the first black woman to become a stewardess by making her initial flight.
1960 - Jack Paar walked off while live on the air on the "Tonight Show" with four minutes left. He did this in response to censors cutting out a joke from the show the night before.
1968 - The new 20,000 seat Madison Square Garden officially opened in New York. This was the fourth Garden.
1972 - McGraw-Hill Publishing Co. and Life magazine canceled plans to publish an autobiography of Howard Hughes. The work turned out to be fake.
1979 - Nine days after the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returned to Iran (after 15 years in exile) power was seized by his followers.
1984 - The tenth Space Shuttle mission returned to Earth safely.
1989 - Rev. Barbara C. Harris became the first woman to be consecrated as a bishop in the Episcopal Church.
1990 - Nelson Mandela was freed after 27 years in captivity.
1990 - In Tokyo, Japan, James "Buster" Douglas knocked out Mike Tyson in the tenth round to win the heavyweight championship.
1993 - Janet Reno was appointed to the position of attorney general by U.S. President Clinton. She was the first female to hold the position.
2000 - The space shuttle Endeavor took off. The mission was to gather information for the most detailed map of the earth ever made.
2000 - Great Britain suspended self-rule in Northern Ireland after the Irish Republican Army (IRA) failed to begin decommissioning (disarming) by a February deadline.
2002 - The six stars on NBC's "Friends" signed a deal for $24 million each for the ninth and final season of the series.



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