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

- John Adams - Second President (1797 - 1801)

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Tuesday Evening - February 16, 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



Tuesday Evening - February 16, 2010




Seems as if the PowersThatBe do not want us to view the full day of magnetosphere animation! There are approximately 12 hours deleted from view ... and the individual shots are also not on the website as they have been in the past. What in the heck are they hiding now??


DEFINITION: DEMOCRACY vs. REPUBLIC

1. A Democracy: Three wolves and a sheep voting on dinner.

2. A Republic: The flock gets to vote for which wolves vote on dinner.

3. A Constitutional Republic: Voting on dinner is expressly forbidden, and the sheep are armed.

4. Federal Government: The means by which the sheep will be fooled into voting for a Democracy.

5. Freedom: Two very hungry wolves looking for dinner and finding a very well-informed and well-armed sheep.


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

- John Adams - Second President (1797 - 1801)


FAT TUESDAY


Pete Fountain gives the thumbs-up as he prepares to lead his Half Fast Walking Club through the streets of New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010. This is the 50th year Fountain has led his group celebrating the all day street party know as Mardi Gras.
AP Photo/Bill Haber



SAUDI ARABIA IS A BUSY PLACE


Clinton, Grounded in Saudi Arabia, Hitches Ride With General Petraeus

FOXNews.com

Hillary Clinton's plane was grounded in Saudi Arabia Tuesday, forcing the secretary of state to hitch a flight on Gen. David Petraeus' ride, outranking him in the process.



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

February 16, 2010 at 5:57 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. Only C-Class flares have taken place. There will remain the chance for C-Class flares around Sunspot 1048,

Minor aurora conditions did take place on 6 Meters Monday evening when the effects of a south tilting Bz and small CME impact stirred up some geomagnetic activity. Things did return to normal very quickly.



NASA Images Earth-Sized Objects Inside Corona Of SUN



NASA Images Earth Sized Spherical Objects Inside Corona of SUN


EARTHQUAKE UPDATES

Earthquakes shake Ridgely, Tennessee today, February 16, 2010


MAG DATE LOCAL-TIME LAT LON DEPTH LOCATION
y/m/d h:m:s deg deg km
map 1.2 2010/02/16 06:22:20 36.245N 89.439W 6.7 5 km ( 3 mi) ESE of Ridgely, TN
map 1.3 2010/02/16 06:11:21 36.208N 89.461W 8.8 7 km ( 4 mi) SSE of Ridgely, TN



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 = Wed Feb 17 0:00:00 UTC 2010

MAG UTC DATE-TIME
y/m/d h:m:s
LAT
deg
LON
deg
DEPTH
km
Region
MAP 4.9 2010/02/16 22:43:59 54.057 169.583 1.1 KOMANDORSKIYE OSTROVA, RUSSIA REGION
MAP 2.7 2010/02/16 21:00:52 38.812 -122.781 2.2 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 5.0 2010/02/16 19:59:31 34.924 139.867 83.6 NEAR THE SOUTH COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 5.1 2010/02/16 19:08:19 4.613 93.077 1.6 OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA
MAP 2.6 2010/02/16 18:42:51 34.002 -117.197 5.5 GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA, CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.9 2010/02/16 18:41:17 34.009 -117.194 7.8 GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA, CALIFORNIA
MAP 3.1 2010/02/16 16:19:41 50.760 -174.143 10.0 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP 2.7 2010/02/16 14:49:12 33.514 -116.501 3.7 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.7 2010/02/16 10:06:36 61.481 -149.954 35.7 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 2.6 2010/02/16 09:21:28 34.013 -117.183 7.5 GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA, CALIFORNIA
MAP 5.1 2010/02/16 06:48:55 19.074 121.106 10.0 BABUYAN ISLANDS REGION, PHILIPPINES
MAP 2.9 2010/02/16 02:39:29 36.969 -121.458 4.0 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 5.3 2010/02/16 01:57:19 40.459 143.602 28.2 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 2.8 2010/02/16 00:35:07 19.317 -155.214 9.3 ISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAII


VOLCANISM NEWS

Yellowstone Earthquake Swarm Summary as of 11 February 2010

The rate of earthquake occurrence in the Madison Plateau area is now at background levels. As of February 11, 2010 4:00 PM MST there have been 1,805 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. Swarms have occurred in this area several times over the past 30 years. Visual observation of landforms and geothermal features by Yellowstone National Park personnel did not show any changes that could be attributed to the earthquakes.

This swarm is now the second largest recorded swarm at Yellowstone. It was longer (in time) and included more earthquakes than last year's swarm beneath Yellowstone Lake (December '08/January '09).


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52% say Obama doesn't deserve reelection





Lone voice warns of debt threat to Fed...







TOYOTA faces class-action problem; Claims could reach $3.6 billion...


Crisis-hit TOYOTA to idle two US factories...




China Has a Plan, America Doesn't


Spiegel Online
February 15, 2010

America has been squandering money it borrowed from the Chinese. Instead of criticizing China's monetary policy, US President Barack Obama should acknowledge the financial skill being displayed by the new world power and learn a few useful lessons.







Chinese VP calls for great efforts to expand maritime activities





Reset button in US-Russian relations doesn’t work – Russia’s NATO envoy




Senior DPRK (North Korean) official calls for end to hostility with U.S.




Iran says ready to swap uranium with U.S. - Ahmadinejad






Obama Is Being Blackmailed Into Attacking Iran






Obama faces humiliation after Senate exodus

President Barack Obama is facing humiliation in this year's mid-term elections after a wave of desertions by Democratic senators who have retreated from tough challenges for their seats from a resurgent Republican party.







First nuclear power plant in US for 30 years to be built

Barack Obama has announced $8 billion (£5.1bn) in loan guarantees to build the first new plant on US soil in nearly 30 years.


OBAMA GOES NUKE; WANTS TWO NEW PLANTS...





U.S. Economic Terrorism the New ‘Winning Trade

Bullion Bulls Canada
February 14, 2010

When Wall Street planned and executed the U.S. housing-bubble (and all its related scams), it destroyed the lives of tens of millions of Americans. Then, when it subsequently ‘crashed’ global markets, it inflicted hardship on most of the world. But the Oligarchs were just getting started.

As governments responded in a totally predictable manner, Wall Street began to collect on its interest-rate swap scam (see “WHO were the WINNERS in Interest Rate Swaps?”). With this scam the Oligarchs progressed from merely destroying companies and individuals to destroying schools, hospitals, towns and even states.

However, as we are now finding out, those were merely Wall Street’s “appetizers”. For their “main course”, the Oligarchs have moved up to destroying nations. Here, I must confess to once again underestimating the Oligarchs. I had thought that the latest propaganda campaign was merely a tactic to pull the worthless, U.S. dollar out of yet another nose-dive. How wrong I was!

Read entire article





China Loses Top Spot As Holder Of US Treasurys

Wall Street Journal - Jeff Bater, Darrell A. Hughes - ‎2 hours ago‎
WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--China slipped in December to the second-largest foreign holder of US Treasurys behind Japan after holding the top spot for 15 months, raising concerns of a more permanent shift out of the dollar.

Foreign demand for US Treasury securities falls by record amount as China reduces holdings


, On Tuesday February 16, 2010, 9:58 am

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government said Tuesday that foreign demand for U.S. Treasury securities fell by the largest amount on record in December with China reducing its holdings by $34.2 billion.

The reductions in holdings, if they continue, could force the government to make higher interest payments at a time that it is running record federal deficits.

The Treasury Department reported that foreign holdings of U.S. Treasury securities fell by $53 billion in December, surpassing the previous record of a $44.5 billion drop in April 2009.

The big drop in China's holdings meant that it lost the top spot in terms of foreign ownership of U.S. Treasuries, dropping to second place behind Japan.

Japan also reduced its holdings of U.S. Treasuries, cutting them by $11.5 billion to $768.8 billion in December, but that amount was still more than China's December total of $755.4 billion. READ MORE





Kiss That V-Shaped Recovery Good-Bye: The U.S. "Worse Than Greece," Says Economist

Posted Feb 15, 2010 08:30am EST





Bank of America's troubles won't be ended by SEC deal

Bank of America shareholders probably won't get rich off any settlement the bank makes with the Securities and Exchange Commission, but they might get some ammunition for future lawsuits.

New York judge Jed Rakoff is expected to rule this week on whether the Charlotte bank can settle with the SEC for $150 million or must go to trial. The bank and the agency have been arguing for months over whether Bank of America properly disclosed billions of dollars of bonuses rushed out to Merrill Lynch employees in late 2008.





Dumped! Brand names fight to stay in stores






US and Pakistan capture Taliban military commander

The West has claimed its biggest scalp in its battle with the Taliban with the capture of Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar.


Taliban denies top military commander captured


Geo TV - Geo World - ‎16 hours ago‎
Updated at: 1000 PST, Tuesday, February 16, 2010

KABUL: The Taliban denied on Tuesday a report its top military commander, Mullah Abdul Ghani, had been captured in Karachi, Pakistan, in a secret raid by Pakistani and U.S. intelligence forces.

A Taliban spokesman said Ghani, known to many Taliban as Mullah Baradar, was still in Afghanistan actively organizing the group's military and political activities.

"He has not been captured. They want to spread this rumour just to divert the attention of people from their defeats in Marjah and confuse the public," Zabihullah Mujahid said while talking to a UK-based news agency, referring to a U.S.-led NATO offensive in Afghanistan's Helmand Province.
...




SteveQuayle.com | Hot Headlines - February 16, 2010


Sheriff Runs Campaign on Upholding US Constitution: In Montana there is now an attempt to put legislation in front of the voters called the “Sheriff First Law”. This law will require any Federal Law Enforcement Agency to get the permission of the county sheriff first, before undertaking any action in a county (as it should be). The sheriff would then have the power to approve or veto that request! Imagine constitutionally aware sheriffs protecting their citizens from abuses that threaten them and having the authority to hold those agents accountable for their actions.

The Montana Firearms Freedom Act is serving as a model for other states. I have heard more than twenty states have now adopted similar legislation. These concepts could spread and have a huge affect for the cause of freedom… more


The Real Reason Eric Holder Is Friendly to Terrorists


MPAC Pursues Islamist Ideology – Staunchly Defending Terrorists and the ‘Charities’ That Fund Them (Part 3)

Global Warming in Last 15 Years Insignificant, U.K.'s Top Climate Scientist Admits

Jim Sinclair Interview – audio

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The Last Man Standing

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Keynesian Economics: A Halfwit’s Guide to Monetary Inflation

No Sharing Allowed (The Day The Dollar Died Series)

Kiss That V-Shaped Recovery Good-Bye: The U.S. "Worse Than Greece," Says Economist

What Evan Bayh's Retirement Really Says about Obama's Washington

Sheriff Runs Campaign on Upholding US Constitution

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Senate Jobs Bill Contains Patriot Act Extension

CQ Politics | The Senate may vote on a second temporary extension of several controversial counterterrorism authorities as part of the jobs bill unveiled Thursday.





A different look at Vancouver


(Getty Images photo by Mark Ralston / February 15, 2010)

First Nation aboriginal Rose Henry who claims to be homeless, protests outside the newly opened Olympic Tent Village which will house the homeless in donated tents as a protest against the Winter Olympics in the Eastside area of Vancouver.

Canada is spending over two billion dollars on the Winter Olympics but just steps away from the venue for the opening ceremony sits one of the country's most notorious slums where drug addiction and prostitution are rife. The scenes of homelessness and the squalor of Downtown Eastside are not the images Olympic organizers want visitors to leave with, but the neighborhood's close proximity to BC Place Stadium where the Olympic cauldron will be lit on Friday, will make it hard for visitors to miss.




Texas to challenge greenhouse gas rules...





Team Russia forced to eat at McDonalds ahead of hockey kick off

16 February, 2010 RussiaToday

Russia’s ice hockey captain Aleksey Morozov says the food at the Olympic village has been so bad he has been forced to eat at McDonalds.






UPDATE: Helicopter fails to reach climber who fell into volcano...




Slaying has truckers, cops, lawmakers talking road rage

Some say the highway has become a more volatile environment for those navigating major cities such as Chicago

Chicago Tribune
February 16, 2010

For about 11 miles, the two truckers dueled recklessly down the highway. Starting on the Kennedy Expressway heading out of Chicago and continuing onto the Edens Expressway, they swerved in front of each other and rode each other's bumpers. Finally, one of them barked into his CB: "Let's do it!" ....




HenryMakow.com | The Ficticious Legal Entity Called "a Person"




Audit finds US census preparations wasted millions


Census preparations wasted millions as temps collected checks for excessive travel, training
, Tuesday February 16, 2010, 9:17 am EST

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Census Bureau wasted millions of dollars in preparation for its 2010 population count, including thousands of temporary employees who picked up $300 checks without performing work and others who overbilled for travel costs.

Federal investigators caution the excessive charges could multiply once the $15 billion headcount begins in earnest next month unless the agency imposes tighter spending controls, according to excerpts of a forthcoming audit obtained by The Associated Press.

READ MORE




Excesses of the Kansas City School District - proposed answer — close half the district’s schools — unprecedented in scope, a national expert said

The Kansas City Star
February 16, 2010

From the day he arrived last summer, Superintendent John Covington spoke bluntly about the excesses of the Kansas City School District.

It had twice as many schools, he said, and twice as many employees as it needed for a district of 17,000 students. Too many vendors. Too big a payroll.

His proposed answer — close half the district’s schools — is unprecedented in scope, a national expert said.

And Covington has spared no areas from the potential cuts, including the school district’s African-centered education program.

“I don’t know of any major city that ever tried to cut upwards of half of its schools at one time,” said Michael Casserly, the executive director of the Council of the Great City Schools. “That’s a lot of schools.”

Detroit closed more than 70 two years ago, but the district had more than 200 schools. Washington, D.C., closed 23 in one shot in 2008 in a district with some 120 schools. Detroit showed the process can be a disaster, Casserly said, while Washington proved that a large-scale cut can work.

“The major difference is a clear and objective set of criteria and transparent community involvement,” he said.

Covington’s team goes to the community in a series of forums beginning tonight to see just how much of a cut the community — and ultimately the school board — can stand.

He has proposed closing 29 to 31 of the district’s 60 schools and its underused administration building as part of cutting more than 700 jobs. He wants to be able to make a final proposal to the board Feb. 24. READ MORE





Kraft Foods 4Q profit more than triples, sales up

February 16, 2010
ASSOCIATED PRESS

NORTHFIELD, Ill. -- Kraft Foods Inc. said Tuesday its fourth-quarter profit more than tripled on strength in developing markets and continued benefits from its restructuring plan to focus more on its money-making products.

The food maker, which is buying British candy maker Cadbury, said it expects long-term earnings growth at the high end of its previous guidance.

Kraft, whose brands include Maxwell House, Oreo cookies and its namesake cheese, said profit surged to $710 million, or 48 cents per share, for the period ended Dec. 31. That's up from $178 million, or 12 cents per share, a year ago ...




NaturalNews.com | Today's Featured Stories - February 16, 2010


Vitacost extends exclusive 10% discount to NaturalNews readers through Feb. 21
(NaturalNews) It's good news time once again for NaturalNews readers: Vitacost.com, which was recently voted the #1 online retailer of health products by NaturalNews readers, is offering 10% discount on all its NSI-branded products.

ADHD symptoms caused by lead exposure, new study claims
(NaturalNews) What causes the frequently diagnosed behavioral problem in children known as attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) that leads to countless youngsters being given side-effect laden stimulant drugs? Research has focused on genes...

Nurture Assists Low Income Families with $1000 Grant from Consumer Wellness Center
(NaturalNews) Nurture, a non-profit organization based in the Chicago area, has been selected as one of this year's Consumer Wellness Center (CWC) Nutritional Grant Program recipients. Operated entirely by volunteers, Nurture provides cooking...

Help Now and Say No to Genetically Modified Alfalfa
In 2006, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) approved Monsanto's genetically modified (GM), "Roundup Ready" alfalfa without conducting a proper Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The Center for Food Safety (CFS) and The...

BPA Plastic Chemical Linked to Aggression, Hyperactivity in Toddlers
(NaturalNews) Prenatal exposure to the endocrine-disrupting chemical bisphenol A (BPA) may increase aggressive behavior in toddler girls, according to a study conducted by researchers from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and published in...

Increase Magnesium Levels for Optimum Brain Functioning
Magnesium is a vital mineral for our overall health, and now a Chinese study has discovered that higher magnesium levels dramatically improve brain health. Guosong Liu, Director of the Center for Learning and Memory at Tsinghua University...

Use Nature and Colloidal Silver to Knock Out the Common Cold
Mainstream medicine tells us that there is little we can do for the common cold other than treat the symptoms and let the cold run its course. To some extent, a cold does have to run its course, but what many do not know is that nature offers...

Anti-Aging Pill: Super Gene Discovery Leads to Fruitless Attempts to Mimic Nature
Scientists continued their obsession with pill-based cures today as they announced a breakthrough in their ambitions to 'revolutionise.' They discovered three so-called `super-genes` that are linked to increased longevity and reduced risk...

Corruption of physicians by Big Pharma now "limited" to $500 an hour
(NaturalNews) Congressional investigation over the unethical relationships between doctors and drug companies has led to a change in policy at Partners HealthCare, a Boston based hospital system affiliated with Harvard Medical School, that prohibits its...

Thirty-six predictions for the world: 2010 - 2012
(NaturalNews) Ask around and you'll hear this over and over again: People are concerned about what might be coming. They're concerned about a global financial collapse, an ecological crisis and potential disruptions in the food supply. The radical weather...

Today's health headlines from across the 'net

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Iowa Poll: Iowans give thumbs up to medicinal marijuana

The Register's Iowa Poll: 64% favor pot for sick people; only 28% back broader legality. | Complete Iowa Poll coverage | More





Organic Compounds in the Murchison Meteorite

February 16, 2010 | Discovery News

A meteorite that fell in 1969 near the town of Murchison, Australia is still being analyzed because it contains abundant organic compounds – that probably were formed before Earth.





Keith Olbermann blames Bush, Cheney for 9/11 attacks

Raw Story | The attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 changed American politics forever. But in spite of the warning signs raised by the U.S. intelligence community, the Bush administration seemed preoccupied with other issues, aloof to the alleged threat until the day both towers fell.





French media exposes secret report on French nuclear tests on humans

RIA Novosti
16/02/2010

France carried out nuclear tests on its servicemen in the 1960s to study the effect of radiation on humans, according to a secret report uncovered by French media.

The 260-page document, reported by Le Parisien newspaper on Monday, said the experiments were carried out on French soldiers in Algeria's Sahara Desert in 1960-1966. The unattributed report was apparently written by one or several military officers in 1998, after nuclear tests were officially prohibited by then-French President Jacques Chirac.

According to the report, the experiments, intended to study the possibility of carrying out offensive and defensive operations in a contaminated area, involved some 300 infantrymen and tank crews, the paper said.

The French military authorities reportedly intended to "study the physical and psychological effect of nuclear weapons on humans."

The report said that on April 25, 1961, the soldiers were ordered to go on foot toward the site of a nuclear explosion 20 minutes after detonation. They covered 2 kilometers (1.24 miles), observed the destruction caused by the explosion from a distance of 1.1 kilometers (0.7 miles) and stopped some 0.7 kilometers (0.43 miles) away from the explosion's epicenter.

An hour after the blast, a vehicle patrol was ordered to carry out a raid to "point zero." They stopped just 275 meters (900 feet) away from the epicenter.

The experiments showed the soldiers were "able to continue fighting as they did not suffer serious moral harm," the report said. The conclusion was that in case of war, a direct nuclear strike would be needed to disable the enemy.

French Defense Minister Herve Morin did not comment on the report, saying he was unaware of it. He also pointed to a French law which stipulates compensation for victims of nuclear tests.

In March 2009, Morin said his ministry would spend some 10 million euros ($13.6 million) annually on compensation for victims of nuclear experiments, which were carried out in 1960-1966 in Algeria's Sahara Desert and in Polynesian islands and involved some 150 French servicemen.

According to media reports, the tests affected some 2,000 Polynesian residents, including 600 children under the age of 15.

PARIS, February 16 (RIA Novosti)



POLICE STATE

‘Covert’ surveillance cameras coming to Chicago


Blue-light surveillance cameras such as these one day will be replaced by units so small they would be able to fit inside a match box.
(Brian Jackson/Sun-Times)

Blue-light surveillance cameras in Chicago's high-crime neighborhoods will someday be augmented by "covert" cameras that "fit inside of a match box" and keep the bad guys guessing, Police Supt. Jody Weis said. Now that crime-ravaged communities have been saturated with hundreds of blue-light cameras, Weis says it's time to take Big Brother technology to "the next level." That means surveillance cameras similar to the hidden cameras used to snare corrupt politicians.


Are Sobriety Checkpoints Police Profit Centers?

An investigation by the Investigative Reporting Program at UC Berkeley with California Watch has found that impounds at checkpoints in 2009 generated an estimated $40 million in towing fees and police fines—revenue that cities divide with towing firms. In addition, police officers received about $30 million in overtime pay for the DUI crackdowns, funded by the California Office of Traffic Safety.

Police Brutality: Cops Plant Drugs On Suspect & Lets Dog Attack

Federal Jack | A lawsuit has emerged after police stopped a man and allegedly allowed a dog to bit him and planted drugs on him. The incident was caught on video.


Cop turns off camera before beating up female

YouTube | A woman brought in on suspected DUI is cuffed then beaten. A camera is on during the beginning of the incident, but then turned off. When it is turned back on, the woman is lying on the floor in a pool of blood.


Airport body scanners ‘may be unlawful’

London Telegraph | The use of body scanners at UK airports may be unlawful, the Equality and Human Rights Commission has warned, on grounds of both privacy and non-discrimination.



CYBERSPACE
Akamai Real-Time Web Monitor
Obama Surrendering Internet to Foreign Powers


Why Google Has Become Microsoft’s Evil Twin

PC World | “In my profession — where anonymous sourcing is a crucial tool — the implications of this flaw are terrifying. But it’s bad for others too.


Controlling the Ability of People and Organizations to Access the Internet

Bob Chapman | Under the guise of “protecting Americans” and choosing itself in so-called “national security,” the current Obama administration wants to be able to control the ability of people and organizations to access the Internet.



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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



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George Ure's UrbanSurvival.com this Tuesday morning:


Web Bot Run

We continue picking up snips and bits of data now that Cliff's web bot spiders are running data which will result in a new forecast out of the 'rickety time machine' somewhere around March 21 (plus or minus a few days).

There's an interesting snip or two already - about how a new book due for release shortly will reveal that about 20% of the earth's land is owned by something like 26 people. That -<--- right there - is what happens when globalists get more money than sense, but who ever said humanity had to be connected with wealth OR claims of dominance over indigenous people?

But back to point: We've been watching for 'swine flu' jitter to pop out temporally along around Winter Olympics time and look here: "Swine Flu outbreak Threatens at World Cup" says a NT Times report.

Coupled with the PIIGS (Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece, and Spain) of Eurozone financial concerns and I'm beginning to wonder "Were the linguistics right and our interpretation of the data - wrong???" More insights come March. Although economic calamity is due long before then, which is why I'll probably enter short positions this week, depending on how the rally goes.



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Photo of possible UFO abducting wildlife in Ukraine surfaces


Allnewsweb.com - ‎1 hour ago‎

UFOs are being blamed for the mysterious disappearance of animals from a Russian wildlife sanctuary.

The Aksania-Nova wildlife reserve in Southern Ukraine is famous for the large number of animal species, mostly non-native, that live within its boundaries.

Lately, however, employees have noticed that a number of animals have vanished from the reserve without a trace.

Every year thousands of tourists visit the sanctuary and enjoy the unspoilt scenery and chance to observe bison, zebra, ostrich and other inhabitants at close range. Recently one such tourist took a photo of a herd of wild Przewalski horses. On developing the picture he noticed an odd object or UFO hovering just above the horses.

The photographer handed the picture over to the park management who contacted Ukrainian ufologist Vladimir Kanuka. Mr Kanuka declared that the photo(above) does indeed show an alien or extraterrestrial craft. Mr Kanuka also suspects that this UFO might be connected with the animal disappearances. Others are not convinced. Alexander Mezinova, the park's head zoologist doubts UFOs are the problem and places the blame for the disappearances on poachers.

Source: Pravda Ukraine



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