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

- John Adams - Second President (1797 - 1801)

Friday, February 12, 2010

Friday Morning - February 12, 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

Friday Morning - February 12, 2010




Sunspot 1046 produces M8.3 Flare - Out of nowhere Sunspot 1046 produced a strong M8.3 Solar flare Friday morning which is now the largest flare of Cycle 24. An R2 Radio Blackout did take place. The image is below. (http://solarcycle24.com/)

M8.3 Solar Flare (Friday)




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

- John Adams - Second President (1797 - 1801)

Snowfall of more than 11 inches has North Texas seeing white


Dallas Morning News - Michael Young, Avi Selk - ‎1 hour ago‎
The snow arrived early and fell unceasingly, in furious flurries and tiny pellets and big, fat flakes, inch upon inch until the Great Snowstorm of 2010 became the stuff of legend, one for the record books.
Record snow for DFW, thousands lose electricity Houston Chronicle
Record-Breaking Snowfall in North Texas MyFox Houston
Palm Beach Post - Killeen Daily Herald - Austin American-Statesman - Fort Worth Star Telegram


Judicial Watch Announces List of Washington's "Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians" for 2009
Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, today released its 2009 list of Washington's "Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians."

1. Senator Christopher Dodd (D-CT)
2. Senator John Ensign (R-NV)
3. Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA)
4. Secretary of Treasury Timothy Geithner
5. Attorney General Eric Holder
6. Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-IL)/ Senator Roland Burris (D-IL)
7. President Barack Obama
8. Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
9. Rep. John Murtha (D-PA)
10. Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY)





Bill Clinton Leaves Hospital

Wall Street Journal - John D. Mckinnon - ‎18 minutes ago‎
Former President Bill Clinton has left the hospital where he underwent a stent procedure in one of his coronary arteries after suffering chest discomfort.
Video: Pres. Clinton Hospitalized for Heart Procedure The Associated Press
Former US President Clinton Doing Well After Heart Procedure Voice of America
NECN - NPR - FOXNews - abc7.com

Joyce Riley's THE POWER HOUR NEWS | February 12, 2010


 Journalists Detained, Deported at Canadian Border -- Rochester Indymedia journalist, Dawn Zuppelli, was interrogated and detained for over an hour by the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) on her way to cover protests at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, BC.
700 Military Bases Spread Across Afghanistan -- Nearly a decade after the Bush administration launched its invasion of Afghanistan, TomDispatch offers the first actual count of American, NATO, and other coalition bases there, as well as facilities used by the Afghan security forces.
Claim: Blackwater Billed US for ‘Morale Welfare Recreation’ Provided by Prostitute -- Two former employees have accused Blackwater Worldwide of defrauding the government for years with phony billing, including charging for a prostitute, alcohol and spa trips.

TEXAS, NEW MEXICO -- How are you feeling? Any health symptoms since Feb. 10?
Feds Push for Tracking Cell Phones -- 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.

Police Chiefs Resigning -- WHY? Does anyone find this weird? This report was dated on Feb.7th, 2010.
Marvel Comics Depiction of Anti-Tax Protestors Inspires Anger, Apology -- Since 1941, Captain America has been one of the most popular comic book characters around. The fictional super-patriot fought Nazis during World War II, took on those who burned the American flag during the Vietnam era, and raked in hundreds of millions of dollars for Marvel Comics along the way. Now, the appearance that he is taking on the Tea Party Movement in a storyline about investigating white supremacists has forced Marvel to apologize for the comic hero.
Obama Open on Middle Class Tax Increases -- President Barack Obama said he is “agnostic” about raising taxes on households making less than $250,000 as part of a broad effort to rein in the budget deficit.
TARP Panel: Small Banks Are Facing Loan Woes -- Nearly 3,000 small U.S. banks could be forced to dramatically curtail their lending because of losses on commercial real-estate loans, a congressional inquiry concluded.
Fed in Talks With Money Market Funds to Help Drain $1 Trillion -- The Federal Reserve is in talks with money-market mutual funds on agreements to help drain as much as $1 trillion from the financial system as policy makers prepare for the first interest-rate increase since June 2006, according to a person familiar with the discussions.
Congressional Panel Deeply Concerned Over Commercial Real Estate -- Over the next few years, a wave of commercial real estate loan failures could threaten America‘s already-weakened financial system. The Congressional Oversight Panel is deeply concerned that commercial loan losses could jeopardize the stability of many banks, particularly the nation‘s mid-size and smaller banks, and that as the damage spreads beyond individual banks that it will contribute to prolonged weakness throughout the economy.
Joe Biden Rules Out Large Scale Terrorist Attack on US -- Vice President Joe Biden made his latest eyebrow-furrowing prediction Wednesday night, declaring confidently that another Sept. 11-size terror attack is “unlikely” in the U.S., despite signs that Al Qaeda and and other terrorist groups are actively planning more attacks.
Insiders, Neocons Plan Simulated Cyber Attack -- The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) plans to simulate a cyber attack on America’s infrastructure on February 16, 2010. Dubbed Cyber ShockWave, the simulation “will provide an unprecedented look at how the government would develop a real-time response to a large-scale cyber crisis affecting much of the nation,” according to a BPC press release issued today.
Sign along Kenya highway -- Welcome to Kenya - "Birthplace of Barack Obama"

Health-care plan redoubles 'marriage penalty' -- Congressional proposals could penalize couples $10,000 for saying 'I do'. Bills pending in Congress that would nationalize health care by setting up mandatory insurance purchases and fines for not complying could penalize married couples $10,000 annually and are a direct attack on marriage, families and the church because of their discriminatory provisions, according to a congressional candidate.
Shreveport Child Diagnosed with Rare Disease -- Hannah got an swine flu shot in early December. The Pham family is worried that's what caused the illness, but the CDC hasn't reported any cases of Tranverse Myelitis following swine flu shots.
Mumps Outbreak Spreads Among People Who Got Vaccinated against Mumps -- Reality tells a different story, however: It is the vaccinated people who are causing these outbreaks and spreading disease!
China Urges US to Cancel Obama-Dalai Lama Meeting -- The White House had said on Thursday that Obama would meet the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader on February 18, despite China's repeated warnings that such talks would hurt ties.
Why the EU Had to Bail Out Greece -- Are we witnessing the first, nervous steps by the euro currency countries to move to a European "economic government"?
Senators Unveil Long Awaited Jobs Bill -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid pared back a wide range of job-creating proposals to craft a relatively modest $15 billion measure focused on tax breaks and construction, with the aim of overcoming the partisan gridlock that has stalled many major initiatives in this session of Congress.
Wrong Kind of Buzz Over Google Buzz -- However, what tech pundits have mostly overlooked is a peculiar privacy choice made by Google's designers: unless you tinker with Buzz's settings, a partial list of your most-emailed Gmail contacts might be automatically made public (see this post over at Silicon Alley Insider; it appears that contacts are made public to those who already had a Google Profile account before Buzz; also see this excellent and very angry post at CNet for additional background).

Reid's Office Wins Best Lie of the Year -- Judy Wallman, a professional genealogy researcher in southern California, was doing some personal work on her own family tree. She discovered that Congressman Harry Reid's great-great uncle, Remus Reid, was hanged for horse stealing and train robbery in Montana in 1889. Both Judy and Harry Reid share this common ancestor.
NASA - Are TGF's Hazardous to Air Travel -- Instruments scanning outer space for cataclysmic explosions called gamma-ray bursts are detecting intense flashes of gamma-ray energy right here in the friendly skies of Earth. These terrestrial gamma-ray flashes, or TGFs, blast through thunderstorms close to the altitude where commercial airliners fly.
Climate-Change Debate Is Heating Up in Deep Freeze -- 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.
Paramilitary Thugs Steal Private Arms Collection -- Since it is unacceptable for people to believe that government agents will carry out paramilitary raids to confiscate firearms, a paramilitary force was sent to Girard’s home to confiscate his firearms.
De Facto Military Occupation of Pennsylvania -- WPXI in Pittsburgh reported on February 9 that the Army National Guard will remain in the city “indefinitely” in response to the weather. “The guardsmen are paired up with police and medics across town, turning dozens of humvees into welcome wagons,” the news channel reported.
Carbon Fast for Lent -- Tearfund, a UK-based religious organization working in 64 countries around the globe, is calling on its supporters (and all Christians) to do a Carbon Fast for Lent, the 40-day liturgical season of fasting and prayer prior to Easter. From February 25th to April 11th, the religious organization is encouraging its supporters to undertake a daily eco-action to reduce their carbon footprint.
Bill Nye the Science Guy: Climate Change Deniers are Unpatriotic -- Nye, however, jacked his assessment of meteorology into the realm of partisanship, scoffing on MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show on Wednesday night that climate change deniers are "unpatriotic" in parroting simple minded, anti-science propaganda.



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Friday, February 12, 2010

Why 'Conspiracy Theories' Are Ridiculed

To discredit criticism of the powerful.
Contra Fekete

Gary North on understanding money.
If at First You Don't Secede...

Americans have had it with the central state. Article by Pat Buchanan.
Are You Annoying People?

Joe Sobran on the antidote.
A Question for Glenn Beck

Michael Boldin on conspiracy.
Alan Greenspan, Party Boy

Look out below, says Fred Sheehan.
You Have 'No Reasonable Expectation of Privacy'

In the Police State of America.
Thanks for the Defense, DOD, CIA, NSA, FBI

Dramatic new photos of 9/11/01 the feds did not want to release.
A Whopping Healthcare Shortfall

Unionized CA government retirees will try to gouge it out of the tax slaves.
Claire Wolfe on the importance of labels, and of moving beyond them.
Slow Cow Instead of Red Bull

Can relaxation drinks help you unwind from the grind?



BREAKING HEADLINES

WTF: Police stage burglaries on homes

People whose properties are an easy target could be woken in the middle of the night by police who are promising to try windows and doors in a bid to cut break-ins. Code-named Operation Golden, householders in Cheshire who fall foul of their checks will be roused with a lecture from officers on what they could have lost.

Global Banking Tax on Transactions Draws Near

The Financial Times newspaper reported on Thursday that Brown believes opinion has shifted decisively in favour of a globally coordinated tax after U.S. President Barack Obama's move last month to raise $90 billion from a U.S. bank levy.

Black box groups join hedge fund standards scheme

Bluecrest and Winton, two of Europe's biggest hedge fund firms, have signed up to industry body the Hedge Fund Standards Board (HFSB), giving a boost to the sector's efforts to fend off tough regulation and meet investor demands.

Bombs In Breast Implants?

A British intelligence service said it's discovered that gel and saline implants may be used by al-Qaida to make bombs, Houston TV station KPRC reported.

Claim: Blackwater billed US for ‘Morale Welfare Recreation’ provided by prostitute

The world's oldest profession may have been subsidized by the US government during the war on terror.

Virginia delegates pass bill banning chip implants as ‘mark of the beast’

Concerns over privacy have aligned with apocalyptic Biblical prophecy in a proposed Virginia law that limits the use of microchip implants on humans because of a lawmaker's concern that the chips will prove to be the Antichrist's "mark of the beast."

How Goldman Sachs Helped Greece to Mask its True Debt

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 FBI knows where you have been and where you are going

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.

The Great Highway Robbery Continues: How The FDIC Is Legally Transferring Billions In Taxpayer Money To Hedge Funds

Henry Paulson: My close ties with Wall Street were ‘a huge help’

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.






Appearing on MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show on Wednesday night, Nye scoffed that climate change deniers are "unpatriotic" in parroting simple minded, anti-science propaganda.
[We] remind you that global warming was the first term for this phenomenon that we now call can climate change," he said. "So it‘s very reasonable that a snowstorm in Washington that‘s this severe is a result of climate change."
Webmaster's Commentary:
Apparently, Nye just hasn't gotten the memo about "Climategate".
What East Anglia University did was to manipulate their numbers to generate a pre-determined outcome supporting anthropocentric global warming.
The actual numbers told a very different story.
There is a vast difference between junk science (manipulating data to fit a theory) and real science; Nye should be intelligent enough to understand the difference.

Forecasting with a Grain of Salt
Bloomberg News is out with its latest monthly survey of economists' forecasts and, according to those polled, the U.S. economy "will grow 3 percent this year and next, more than anticipated a month ago."
Good news, right?
Well, maybe not. If you go back and look at how the experts have fared when forecasting the pace of growth for any given quarter, let alone for the year ahead, their tea leaf reading skills have left a lot to be desired.

President Obama's Pledge Never to Raise Taxes on Anyone Making Less Than $250,000 a Year


Webmaster's Commentary:
Obama's "Read my lips" moment!

Congressional Panel "Deeply Concerned" over Commercial Real Estate
I guess I didn't need the Congressional Oversight Panel for the TARP to tell me that commercial real estate was in trouble, but somehow it's a bit more poignant when they do.

Key 'climategate' scientist cleared of wrongdoing
Webmaster's Commentary:
... by the university that depends on him for continued climate research funding.

Mumps outbreak spreads among people who got vaccinated against mumps
To hear the vaccine pushers say it, all the recent outbreaks of mumps and measles are caused by too few people seeking out vaccinations. It's all those "non-vaccinated people" who are a danger to society, they say, because they can spread disease.

Reality tells a different story, however: It is the vaccinated people who are causing these outbreaks and spreading disease!

Just this week, an outbreak of mumps among more than 1,000 people in New Jersey and New York has raised alarm among infectious disease authorities.

The outbreak itself is not unusual, though. What's unusual is that the health authorities slipped up and admitted that most of the people infected with mumps had already been vaccinated against mumps.

FLASHBACK - Obama: No family making less than $250,000 will see "any form of tax increase."

FLASHBACK 2000 - Snowfalls are now just a thing of the past
Sledges, snowmen, snowballs and the excitement of waking to find that the stuff has settled outside are all a rapidly diminishing part of Britain's culture, as warmer winters - which scientists are attributing to global climate change - produce not only fewer white Christmases, but fewer white Januaries and Februaries.
Webmaster's Commentary:
Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuure.

FAA and NORAD Changed Records to Accord with Cheney Lies
The 9/11 Commission's Senior Counsel reveals that FAA and NORAD changed their records to accord with Dick Cheney's and Paul Wolfowitz's narrative of heroism and leadership on 9/11.

A Novel Idea. Register non-gun owners
Vermont State Rep. Fred Maslack has read the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, as well as Vermont 's own Constitution very carefully, and
his strict interpretation of these documents is popping some eyeballs in New England and elsewhere.
Maslack recently proposed a bill to register "non-gun-owners" and require them to pay a $500 fee to the state.
Thus Vermont would become the first state to require a permit for the luxury of going about unarmed and assess a fee of $500 for the privilege of not owning a gun.

TEXAN MEDINA QUESTIONS ANY US ROLE IN 9/11 ATTACKS
Medina, speaking on the Glenn Beck Show on Thursday, was asked if she believed the government was in any way involved with bringing down the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.

Medina also says she believes some very good questions have been raised. She says "there's some very good arguments and I think the American people have not seen all the evidence there."

Transcript: Cynthia McKinney's Speech In Germany - Needless to say, this speech wasn't carried by any US media
Needless to say, this speech wasn't carried by any US media. Had an ex-Congressperson given a spech in Germany, any ex-Congressperson, supporting the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and soon Iran, it would have been broadcast on every station and written about in every publication and on every mainstream web site on the internet.
It's appalling, horrendous and criminal, our support of war.

Global Financial Crisis is 'over' - Treasury boss Ken Henry
Webmaster's Commentary:
Imagine my relief.

There are No Conspiracies Because Daddy Will Always Protect Us
Indeed, long-term psychological studies show that approximately one-quarter of the American population has an "authoritarian personality", where they look for a "strong leader" to protect them (that's why even after his lies were exposed, Bush still stayed at approximately a 25% approval rating).
Authoritarians not only don't want to hear that the most powerful people might be acting against their interest, they will violently defend against any such information.
Webmaster's Commentary:
Soooo, people who are defending the official story are ... mentally ill? :)

Biden Predicts Large-Scale Terror Attack on U.S. 'Unlikely'
Webmaster's Commentary:
"We told them to hit Canada this time!"

Is the US a police state?
The US now has a list of Americans that the country can now murder abroad if they are fraternizing with terror groups. Paul Craig Roberts says that all of this points to a sign that the United States has become a police state.

Following Georgia, Virginia moves to ban chip implants
On Wednesday, Virginia's House of Delegates passed a bill that forbids companies from forcing their employees to be implanted with tracking devices, a move likely to be applauded by civil libertarians.

President Obama Calls for 'Restoring Balance to the Tax Code'
Webmaster's Commentary:
"We're going to tax everyone at the top rate from now on. That's fair!" -- Official White Horse Souse
This is just more election-year grandstanding. Obama will suggest a few cosmetic changes that might favor some of his major supporters and otherwise do nothing at all except to make it look like he is doing something.

The US economy could be transformed overnight with a 50% cut on all taxes across the board, and we could afford to do that if we as a nation would just quit our psychotic national need to murder brown people around the globe.

MINN. OFFICER ACCUSED OF ROBBING BANK ON HIS WAY TO WORK
The charges keep piling up for a former Minneapolis police officer accused of robbing a bank on his way to work.
Officers say Timothy Carson was headed to the police department to report for his shift when he stopped by a Wells Fargo bank to rob the place.

How the Federal Reserve Created the US RecessionThe Causes of Us Recession - Learn how the Federal Reserve, the central bank of the United States that is responsible for regulating the supply of money in the US economy, has created the recession the US economy is currently facing.

Guantanamo Detainee Deaths - Responding To The Defense Department's Whitewash
While confirming some of CP&R's criticisms, DOD also "contradict(ed) factual claims in its own investigation, raising new questions as to whether the DOD can be trusted to investigate its own conduct." The Center found:
-- DOD now says one detainee had a rag in his throat; the NCIS investigation showed all three had them;
-- DOD claims over 100 interviews were conducted during the first three days of investigation; in fact, 24 were conducted on June 10 and none the next three days; at most, investigators interviewed 45 individuals in total; in addition, NCIS investigators concluded that testimonies from all on-duty guards on the night of the incident were false, yet their statements are missing; further, most of them either refute or don't corroborate NCIS findings;

Kevin Trudeau held in criminal contempt, facing jail time
And U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman told him to expect to spend some time in custody in the future for urging his customers to flood the judge with emails. Trudeau appeared in court tanned and tieless.

'Inside the Climate Bunker': 'How global-warming deniers are running circles around the UN's top climate body'-- Pachauri facing 'ridicule at home and abroad'
'Politicians need catastrophes because they have no other way of creating authority for themselves'

U.S. Bond Auctions Are Starting to Fail
Both long and short U.S. bond auctions are starting to fail. See this, this, this and this.
Tyler Durden concludes:
China is finally coming through on its Bond boycott promises.

Totally Occupied: 700 Military Bases Spread Across Afghanistan
Nearly a decade after the Bush administration launched its invasion of Afghanistan, TomDispatch offers the first actual count of American, NATO, and other coalition bases there, as well as facilities used by the Afghan security forces. Such bases range from relatively small sites like Shinwar to mega-bases that resemble small American towns. Today, according to official sources, approximately 700 bases of every size dot the Afghan countryside, and more, like the one in Shinwar, are under construction or soon will be as part of a base-building boom that began last year.

Arizona quits Western climate endeavor
Arizona will no longer participate in a groundbreaking attempt to limit greenhouse-gas emissions across the West, a change in policy by Gov. Jan Brewer that will include a review of all the state's efforts to combat climate change.

The Great Highway Robbery Continues: How The FDIC Is Legally Transferring Billions In Taxpayer Money To Hedge Funds
It is not a secret to anyone who has been closely following the FDIC's quasi criminal bank takeover practices over the past year, that acquirors of failed banks end up receiving a massive and risk-free gift in the form of taxpayer benefits via the FDIC when it comes to funding losses on a given bank acquisition. Should there be a short sale resulting in a loss to the full principal (not the cost basis mind you)? Not to worry, Sheila Bair is there to hand out taxpayer money to the hedge funds/banks owning the newly transferred assets.

Internet Censorship Protest Shuts Down Australian Government Websites
In March 2009, the Wikileaks website published a leaked secret list of sites slated to be blocked by Australia’s state-sponsored parental filter.
The list revealed that blacklisted sites included “online poker sites, YouTube links, regular gay and straight porn sites, Wikipedia entries, euthanasia sites, websites of fringe religions such as satanic sites, fetish sites, Christian sites, the website of a tour operator and even a Queensland dentist.”

Ridicule of Conspiracy Theories Focuses On Diffusing Criticism of the Powerful
But - while people might admit that corporate executives and low-level government officials might have engaged in conspiracies - they may be strongly opposed to considering that the wealthiest or most powerful might possibly have done so.
Indeed, those who most loudly attempt to ridicule and discredit conspiracy theories tend to focus on defending against criticism involving the powerful.
This may be partly due to psychology: it is scary for people to admit that those who are supposed to be their "leaders" protecting them may in fact be human beings with complicated motives who may not always have their best interests in mind.

You’re an Anti-Semite If You’re Against War
One misses the days when those working for peace and standing up for war’s victims were merely pinko-commie queers. Now, they’re anti-Semites.
Webmaster's Commentary:
Hey, the USSR went out of business. 'pinko-commie queers' doesn't work any more!

Marc Faber: All governments will default on their debt including the US
Not only Greece , All Government will eventually Default on their debt including the US.
The Emerging Economies are today much sounder in terms of Debt to GDP ratio than the developed world says Marc Faber.
“We are in a correction phase and I expect this correction to go further” said Marc Faber

Jobless rate unchanged by billions in stimulus spending
A federal spending surge of more than $20 billion for roads and bridges in President Barack Obama's first stimulus has had no effect on local unemployment rates, raising questions about his argument for billions more to address an ''urgent need to accelerate job growth.''

Climategate may well prove to be the final fight in the war between those who would rule us with lies and those who wish to live with truth. Climategate makes it clear that yes, there really are massive conspiracies between government and the media to mislead the general public. You cannot pretend they don't exist; one is right there before you staked out naked on the ground, exposed for all to marvel at! I leave it as an exercise for the reader to decide how many other such deceptions form what we think we know of the world and of history.
Webmaster's Commentary:
I AM REPOSTING THIS BECAUSE WE ARE SEEING THE MEDIA TRY TO CRANK UP A HUGE LOAD OF BOVINE EXCREMENT SELLING THE IDEA THAT A WARMER CLIMATE IS WHY WE HAVE RECORD COLD.
Take a pan of water and heat it until ice forms, then get back to me.


U.S. MERCENARIES

Blackwater Mercenaries Rumored to Outnumber Local Police in Pakistani Capital AllGov




Blackwater accused over prostitute payments

guardian.co.uk, Thursday 11 February 2010 20.05 GMT

Private security firm accused of charging US government for payments to prostitut

The troubled American private ­security company Blackwater faced fresh ­controversy today when two former employees accused it of defrauding the US government for years, including ­billing for a Filipina prostitute on its payroll in Afghanistan.

According to Melan Davis, a former employee, Blackwater listed the woman for payment under the "morale welfare recreation" category.

The company, which allegedly employed her in Kabul, billed the ­government for her plane tickets and monthly salary, Davis said.

Blackwater, renamed Xe last year apparently because of the bad publicity attached to its original name, is among the biggest private security firms employed by the state department and Pentagon in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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RUSSIA


Russia’s carrier rocket launches US satellite

Published 12 February, 2010, 06:35

An American communications satellite has been launched into orbit by a Russian carrier rocket, the Proton-M. The rocket blasted off from Baikonur.

The three-tonne satellite is expected to reach orbit in approximately seven hours and is designed to remain in orbit for sixteen years.

The Proton carrier is Russia's premier heavy-lift launcher, with over 350 launches since its maiden flight in 1965.



People's Republic of China (PRC)

China Feared Big Conspiracy At Climate Talks


Chinese Foreign Ministry:

China firmly opposes the Dalai Lama visiting the United States and US leaders' contacting with him

China urge the US side to fully understand the high sensitivity of Tibet-related issues, honor its commitment to recognizing Tibet as part of China and opposing 'Tibet independence.'

Deplorable for Obama to meet Dalai Lama

It is pathetic to see that US President Barack Obama is likely to succumb to domestic politics and go ahead with a plan to meet the Dalai Lama.

The fact that the meeting is still being planned, as confirmed by White House spokesman Bill Burton on Tuesday, bodes ill for Sino-US relations, already battered by the latest announcement of a $6.4 billion arms sale package to Taiwan.


Better not to get married in 'Year of Tiger'



North Atlantic Treaty Organization
The Great Game: U.S., NATO War In Afghanistan
Fifty or more countries in a single war theater

Madeleine Albright: NATO, Russia must be partners

Interfax-Ukraine Moscow, February 11 (Interfax) - Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said six-party talks on the North Korean nuclear issue must resumed as soon as possible, urging Russia to take up the same position with the United States on Iran.

Speaking at the Moscow State Institute of Foreign Relations (MGIMO) on Feb. 11, Albright said Washington's plans to deploy missiles in Romania stems from its concerns about the situation in Iran and about what the country is doing in connection with its uranium enrichment program.

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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


Heal yourself in 15 days: Stop making disease by embracing the recipe for health (part eight)
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OUR PLANET'S PROTECTIVE MAGNETOSPHERE UPDATE
About Real-Time Magnetosphere Simulation
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FEBRUARY 12, 2010 at 7:18 AM CDT







MOON UPDATE
Current Moon Phase
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SUN UPDATE
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Classification of Solar Flares
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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 13:17:26 UTC 2010

MAGUTC DATE-TIME
y/m/d h:m:s		LAT
deg		LON
deg		DEPTH
km		 Region
MAP 5.4 2010/02/12 12:09:15 19.849 -74.376 10.0 CUBA REGION
MAP 5.8 2010/02/12 12:03:40 -33.492 -68.556 144.7 MENDOZA, ARGENTINA
MAP 2.9 2010/02/12 11:35:21 40.296 -111.355 5.5 UTAH
MAP 5.1 2010/02/12 11:20:40 29.734 -42.775 10.0 NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE
MAP 2.8 2010/02/12 09:30:23 18.884 -66.800 41.4 PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP 2.8 2010/02/12 08:52:31 18.904 -66.787 31.9 PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP 2.9 2010/02/12 07:40:34 59.824 -151.497 67.8 KENAI PENINSULA, ALASKA
MAP 4.4 2010/02/12 03:22:49 56.278 -151.908 15.0 KODIAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA
MAP 5.1 2010/02/12 02:42:39 23.837 121.193 21.0 TAIWAN
MAP 4.7 2010/02/12 02:26:33 8.558 -102.805 10.0 NORTHERN EAST PACIFIC RISE
MAP 4.6 2010/02/12 01:21:08 9.267 126.331 94.9 MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES
MAP 2.6 2010/02/12 00:21:52 18.613 -68.957 129.2 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC



VOLCANISM NEWS

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.

(AFP) – 8 hours ago

PARIS — Scientists Friday unveiled fresh evidence that gas drillers were to blame for unleashing a mud volcano in Indonesia's East Java that claimed 14 lives and displaced tens of thousands of people.

In a paper published by the journal Marine and Petroleum Geology, a group led by experts from Britain's Durham University said the new clues bolstered suspicions the catastrophe was caused by human error.

The company being fingered for the disaster, drilling firm Lapindo Brantas, replied in the same journal that the "Lusi" mud volcano was unleashed by an earthquake at Yogyakarta, 280 kilometres (174 miles) away.

Lusi's mud has been devouring land and homes in Sidoarjo district since May 2006, imperilling as many as 100,000 people through subsidence and inflicting damage at 4.9 billion dollars, according to an estimate by an Australian expert. READ MORE



The "mud volcano" and its surrounding area in Sidoarjo, East Java, in 2008

Montserrat Volcano ash

Caribbean Hurricane Network - ‎55 minutes ago‎
By "Wildingrenada (chris)" Yesterday afternoon the Volcano dome on Montserrat partially collapsed, causing Ash to billow up to about 50000 feet. ...
Montserrat volcano shoots ash 9 miles into sky Washington Post
Volcano erupts on Caribbean island The Press Association
Partial Dome Collapses In Montserrat Volcano CARIBWORLDNEWS.COM
Jamaica Observer - BVI News Online


Monster Rises From Japanese Seas

Photograph courtesy Japan Coast Guard




Erupting from an undersea volcano some 745 miles south of Tokyo, smoke and ash rise roughly 30 stories into the air in this image captured by a Japan Coast Guard helicopter on February 3, 2010.

The helicopter's mother ship, Yashima, was on a routine patrol when the Fukutoku-Okanoba volcano exploded. There had been no warning that an eruption was imminent, according to Keiji Doi, senior coordinator for seismic information at the Japan Meteorological Agency.

"Coast Guard vessels and aircraft are now collecting data in the area," Doi said, adding that other ships have been warned to keep their distance. "It is very dangerous to approach the area as it is impossible to predict further eruptions."

(Related: "Giant Undersea Volcano Found Off Iceland.")

—Julian Ryall in Tokyo




CHANGING WEATHER PATTERNS - NEWS
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Today in History Friday February 12, 2010

1541 - The city of Santiago, Chile was founded.
1554 - Lady Jane Grey was beheaded after being charged with treason. She had claimed the throne of England for only nine days.
1733 - Savannah, GA, was founded by English colonist James Oglethorpe.
1870 - In the Utah Territory, women gained the right to vote.
1878 - Frederick W. Thayer patented the baseball catcher’s mask.
1879 - The first artificial ice rink opened in North America. It was at Madison Square Garden in New York City, NY.
1880 - The National Croquet League was organized in Philadelphia, PA.
1892 - In the U.S., President Lincoln's birthday was declared to be a national holiday.
1909 - The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded.
1915 - The cornerstone of the Lincoln Memorial was laid in Washington, DC.
1918 - All theatres in New York City were shut down in an effort to conserve coal.
1924 - U.S. President Calvin Coolidge made the first presidential political speech on radio.
1924 - "The Eveready Hour" became radio’s first sponsored network program. The National Carbon Company was the first sponsor of a network show.
1940 - Mutual Radio presented the first broadcast of the radio play "The Adventures of Superman."
1973 - The State of Ohio went metric, becoming the first in the U.S. to post metric distance signs.
1973 - American prisoners of war were released for the first time during the Vietnam conflict.
1985 - Johnny Carson surprised his audience by shaving the beard he had been wearing on "The Tonight Show."
1998 - A U.S. federal judge declared that the presidential line-item veto was unconstitutional.
1999 - U.S. President Clinton was acquitted by the U.S. Senate on two impeachment articles. The charges were perjury and obstruction of justice.
2001 - The space probe NEAR landed on the asteroid Eros. It was the first time that any craft had landed on a small space rock.
2002 - Kenneth Lay, former Enron CEO, exercised his constitutional rights and refused to testify to the U.S. Congress about the collapse of Enron.
2002 - Pakistan charged three men in connection with the kidnapping of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in Karachi.
2003 - The U.N. nuclear agency declared North Korea in violation of international treaties. The complaint was sent to the Security Council.
2004 - Mattel announced that "Barbie" and "Ken" were breaking up. The dolls had met on the set of their first television commercial together in 1961.



Aalborg, Denmark



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A newborn giraffe tries to walk at a zoo in Aalborg, Denmark.






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