First There Was The Dead Microbiologist List
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Friday, November 20, 2009
We're The Cops And We're Here To Serve And Protect
Cops Beat Portland Man To An "Excited Delirium" Death
"Three officers arrested Chasse, 42, on Sept. 17, 2006, after one of the officers said Chasse appeared to be urinating in the street. There was no evidence that he had urinated in the street. Police said he ran when they approached. They chased him, knocked him to the ground and struggled to handcuff him.
Medics called to the scene did not take him to a hospital, saying Chasse's vital signs were normal. But jail staff refused to book him because of his physical condition. Chasse, who suffered from schizophrenia, died while being taken to the hospital in a police car. The medical examiner said he died of broad-based blunt-force trauma to the chest.
Had Chasse received proper medical attention, he probably would have lived, according to Dr. Karen Gunson, the state medical examiner, answering questions in a deposition.
The autopsy found Chasse suffered 26 breaks to 16 ribs, some of which punctured his left lung, and 46 separate abrasions or contusions. In the autopsy report, Gunson made no mention of "excited delirium" as she has in other Oregon cases."
Couple Arrested for Refusing to Pay Tip
"If you’re frustrated by poor service at a restaurant, think twice before you decide to not tip. You may be in for a bit more than just a dirty look from the waiter.
"Nobody, nobody wants to be forced to pay a tip or be arrested for terrible service," Leslie Pope said when her happy hour ended in handcuffs.
Pope and John Wagner were hauled away by police and charged with theft for not paying the mandatory 18 percent gratuity totaling $16 after eating at the Lehigh Pub in Bethlehem, Pa. with six friends.
Pope claimed that they had to wait nearly an hour for their order and that she had to get napkins and silverware for the table herself.
“At this point I became very annoyed because I had already gone up to the bar myself to have my soda refilled because the waitress never came back,” Pope said.
After the $73 bill came, the group paid for food, drinks, and tax but refused to pay the tip. After explaining the bad service to the bartender in charge, Pope claimed he took their money and called police. The couple was handcuffed and placed in the back of a police car."
"Three officers arrested Chasse, 42, on Sept. 17, 2006, after one of the officers said Chasse appeared to be urinating in the street. There was no evidence that he had urinated in the street. Police said he ran when they approached. They chased him, knocked him to the ground and struggled to handcuff him.
Medics called to the scene did not take him to a hospital, saying Chasse's vital signs were normal. But jail staff refused to book him because of his physical condition. Chasse, who suffered from schizophrenia, died while being taken to the hospital in a police car. The medical examiner said he died of broad-based blunt-force trauma to the chest.
Had Chasse received proper medical attention, he probably would have lived, according to Dr. Karen Gunson, the state medical examiner, answering questions in a deposition.
The autopsy found Chasse suffered 26 breaks to 16 ribs, some of which punctured his left lung, and 46 separate abrasions or contusions. In the autopsy report, Gunson made no mention of "excited delirium" as she has in other Oregon cases."
Couple Arrested for Refusing to Pay Tip
"If you’re frustrated by poor service at a restaurant, think twice before you decide to not tip. You may be in for a bit more than just a dirty look from the waiter.
"Nobody, nobody wants to be forced to pay a tip or be arrested for terrible service," Leslie Pope said when her happy hour ended in handcuffs.
Pope and John Wagner were hauled away by police and charged with theft for not paying the mandatory 18 percent gratuity totaling $16 after eating at the Lehigh Pub in Bethlehem, Pa. with six friends.
Pope claimed that they had to wait nearly an hour for their order and that she had to get napkins and silverware for the table herself.
“At this point I became very annoyed because I had already gone up to the bar myself to have my soda refilled because the waitress never came back,” Pope said.
After the $73 bill came, the group paid for food, drinks, and tax but refused to pay the tip. After explaining the bad service to the bartender in charge, Pope claimed he took their money and called police. The couple was handcuffed and placed in the back of a police car."
posted by nolocontendere at 6:07 AM
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The Power Of Garlic
Moldovan Soldiers Given Onions To Fight Swine Flu
Swine flu causes surge of garlic sales in Serbia
Russian garlic consumption up
The late mythologist Joseph Campbell and others stressed the Power of Myth. He maintained that rather than just fanciful fairy tales, mythology held valuable information that "could serve in the role of a personal mentor, in that its stories provide a psychological road map for the finding of oneself in the labyrinth of the complex modern world."
Myth and folklore also hold physical clues. Ancients were kind enough to imbed deep understanding of the physical world into symbology and metaphor as a way to communicate with generations far in the future, because they knew languages will eventually be lost but imagery and metaphor transcend language. Tales will always be told around a campfire; kids will always grow up teaching their kids the stories they learned as little ones. A wolf is a wolf to everybody.
And that's the way it is with garlic. It's always been considered a superfood by enlightened cultures and it's benefit to health was enshrined in superstition to ward off all sorts of unpleasantries like vampires so it's beneficial qualities could help people all the way through their stupid periods. As in the dark ages, or modern day western culture. It's undeniably extremely healthy:
"Beyond superstition, modern research has confirmed what our ancestors believed about the health benefits of garlic. In 1858, Louis Pasteur documented that garlic kills bacteria, with one millimeter or raw garlic juice proving as effective as 60 milligrams of penicillin. During World War II, when penicillin and sulfa drugs were scarce, the British and Russian armies used diluted garlic solutions as an antiseptic to disinfect open wounds and prevent gangrene. Though not completely understood at the time, today’s research has confirmed that garlic’s healing powers stem from hundreds of volatile sulfur compounds found in the vegetable, including allicin, (which gives garlic its offensive odor), alliin, cycroalliin, and diallyldisulphide.
The allicin in raw, crushed garlic has been shown to kill 23 types of bacteria, including salmonella and staphylococcus. Heated garlic gives off another compound, diallyldisulphide-oxide, which has been shown to lower serum cholesterol by preventing clotting in the arteries.
Vitamins in garlic, such as A, B, and C, stimulate the body to fight carcinogens and get rid of toxins, and may even aid in preventing certain types of cancer, such as stomach cancer. Garlic's sulfur compounds can regulate blood sugar metabolism, stimulate and detoxify the liver, and stimulate the blood circulation and the nervous system."
I'll testify to the magic root. I've eaten several cloves of raw garlic virtually every day with a meal for the past fifteen years or so and I'm not lying when I say I haven't had a cold or flu in a decade. Vampires seem scarce although Foxified zombies are everywhere.
Swine flu causes surge of garlic sales in Serbia
Russian garlic consumption up
The late mythologist Joseph Campbell and others stressed the Power of Myth. He maintained that rather than just fanciful fairy tales, mythology held valuable information that "could serve in the role of a personal mentor, in that its stories provide a psychological road map for the finding of oneself in the labyrinth of the complex modern world."
Myth and folklore also hold physical clues. Ancients were kind enough to imbed deep understanding of the physical world into symbology and metaphor as a way to communicate with generations far in the future, because they knew languages will eventually be lost but imagery and metaphor transcend language. Tales will always be told around a campfire; kids will always grow up teaching their kids the stories they learned as little ones. A wolf is a wolf to everybody.
And that's the way it is with garlic. It's always been considered a superfood by enlightened cultures and it's benefit to health was enshrined in superstition to ward off all sorts of unpleasantries like vampires so it's beneficial qualities could help people all the way through their stupid periods. As in the dark ages, or modern day western culture. It's undeniably extremely healthy:
"Beyond superstition, modern research has confirmed what our ancestors believed about the health benefits of garlic. In 1858, Louis Pasteur documented that garlic kills bacteria, with one millimeter or raw garlic juice proving as effective as 60 milligrams of penicillin. During World War II, when penicillin and sulfa drugs were scarce, the British and Russian armies used diluted garlic solutions as an antiseptic to disinfect open wounds and prevent gangrene. Though not completely understood at the time, today’s research has confirmed that garlic’s healing powers stem from hundreds of volatile sulfur compounds found in the vegetable, including allicin, (which gives garlic its offensive odor), alliin, cycroalliin, and diallyldisulphide.
The allicin in raw, crushed garlic has been shown to kill 23 types of bacteria, including salmonella and staphylococcus. Heated garlic gives off another compound, diallyldisulphide-oxide, which has been shown to lower serum cholesterol by preventing clotting in the arteries.
Vitamins in garlic, such as A, B, and C, stimulate the body to fight carcinogens and get rid of toxins, and may even aid in preventing certain types of cancer, such as stomach cancer. Garlic's sulfur compounds can regulate blood sugar metabolism, stimulate and detoxify the liver, and stimulate the blood circulation and the nervous system."
I'll testify to the magic root. I've eaten several cloves of raw garlic virtually every day with a meal for the past fifteen years or so and I'm not lying when I say I haven't had a cold or flu in a decade. Vampires seem scarce although Foxified zombies are everywhere.
posted by nolocontendere at 4:53 AM
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Thursday, November 19, 2009
Uncle Scam Wants You
Why War Is Inevitable
"It always struck me as odd that just before all wars start, the people who have been asked to wage these wars say they don’t want to fight, and insist they want peace. And as a result, all the politicians say they’re for peace, and would never get us into war, especially one in which we had no obvious stake. Then the wars start.
Just before World War I, Woodrow Wilson was the peace candidate, but later lit the fuse that killed 25 million people. Franklin Roosevelt said he’d keep us out of war just before he was elected to a third term, and history has long ago revealed how he engineered Pearl Harbor to get us into WW II, which killed 57 million.
Just before World War I, the sentiment in America was decidedly pro-German, and more the half of all the immigrants coming to this developing land WERE German. Nobody wanted to get involved in a European war. But the media, owned by the same people who were making the weapons, convinced us, apparently, by suddenly and savagely telling hair-raising false stories about the Germans.
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This is the great fact Americans continue to ignore. Instead of understanding that bankers create the wars, we prefer to believe the prejudicial hate speak that emanates from American media that our enemies are “krauts,” “gooks,” and “ragheads,” without remembering, as the great suppressed writers have told us, that the folks who control the money also control everything else.
Slowly, we are learning that our real enemies are really the misanthropes making those statements, the bigwigs who control the flow of real wealth with imaginary rules that are nothing but blatant crime schemes. We are learning that these anti-human billionaires — whose income is derived entirely from legalized crime — are the true enemies of all civilized people."
"It always struck me as odd that just before all wars start, the people who have been asked to wage these wars say they don’t want to fight, and insist they want peace. And as a result, all the politicians say they’re for peace, and would never get us into war, especially one in which we had no obvious stake. Then the wars start.
Just before World War I, Woodrow Wilson was the peace candidate, but later lit the fuse that killed 25 million people. Franklin Roosevelt said he’d keep us out of war just before he was elected to a third term, and history has long ago revealed how he engineered Pearl Harbor to get us into WW II, which killed 57 million.
Just before World War I, the sentiment in America was decidedly pro-German, and more the half of all the immigrants coming to this developing land WERE German. Nobody wanted to get involved in a European war. But the media, owned by the same people who were making the weapons, convinced us, apparently, by suddenly and savagely telling hair-raising false stories about the Germans.
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This is the great fact Americans continue to ignore. Instead of understanding that bankers create the wars, we prefer to believe the prejudicial hate speak that emanates from American media that our enemies are “krauts,” “gooks,” and “ragheads,” without remembering, as the great suppressed writers have told us, that the folks who control the money also control everything else.
Slowly, we are learning that our real enemies are really the misanthropes making those statements, the bigwigs who control the flow of real wealth with imaginary rules that are nothing but blatant crime schemes. We are learning that these anti-human billionaires — whose income is derived entirely from legalized crime — are the true enemies of all civilized people."
posted by nolocontendere at 4:30 PM
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More "Production Errors"
"For the second time in just over a week, Fox News is coming under fire for misusing old news footage. The latest flap is leading some people to charge that the cable news network is intentionally misleading its audience, while Fox claims a "production error."
Wednesday's incident occurred when Fox News host Gregg Jarrett mentioned that a Sarah Palin appearance and book signing in Grand Rapids, Michigan had a massive turnout. As footage rolled of a smiling and waving Palin amidst a throng of fans, Jarrett noted that the former Republican vice-presidential candidate is "continuing to draw huge crowds while she's promoting her brand-new book,'' adding that the images being shown were "some of the pictures just coming in to us.... The lines earlier had formed this morning."
However, the video used in the segment was from a 2008 McCain/Palin campaign rally. In response to the minor uproar that arose after clips of Jarrett's report hit the Internet, Fox senior vice-president of news Michael Clemente issued an initial statement saying, "This was a production error in which the copy editor changed a script and didn't alert the control room to update the video."
Wednesday's incident occurred when Fox News host Gregg Jarrett mentioned that a Sarah Palin appearance and book signing in Grand Rapids, Michigan had a massive turnout. As footage rolled of a smiling and waving Palin amidst a throng of fans, Jarrett noted that the former Republican vice-presidential candidate is "continuing to draw huge crowds while she's promoting her brand-new book,'' adding that the images being shown were "some of the pictures just coming in to us.... The lines earlier had formed this morning."
However, the video used in the segment was from a 2008 McCain/Palin campaign rally. In response to the minor uproar that arose after clips of Jarrett's report hit the Internet, Fox senior vice-president of news Michael Clemente issued an initial statement saying, "This was a production error in which the copy editor changed a script and didn't alert the control room to update the video."
Oh you motherfucking bullshit artists, caught yet again with your lying shenanigans and all you can do is default to your stupid prevarications.
You know something, fools, as a propaganda operation you're a sick joke. What you're doing was established by filthy predecessors back in the 80s, during the Reagan mob years. It's nothing new; it's tired and old and doesn't work anything near as well as you think it does.
What all the lying vermin in your political operation do is just make shit up as they go along for political expediency, knowing that the only thing the mouthbreathers pay attention to are the headlines and not the retractions on page 27. Your loudmouth whoring shitbags spout any crap that they think might get them a bigger payday or more likely, your presstitutes broadcast what they're told to spew.
Faux wants us to think only dems are cocksuckers
You idiots think this scam still works, that making shit up will fool enough people to justify continuing this stupid crap. But hey dirtbags, guess what? This is the computer age, and it stopped working long enough ago so that you're a running joke .
Keep it up. Apparently you don't even know how asinine your filthy message seems. And that's fine because we can use a chuckle now and then.
Iran, Iraq, all the sand niggers are the same.
Case in point, right here. This preening poser was brought on Hannity's cartoon production soley to flap her lips and pretend that her word soup actually means something. She sits there and like, totally forgets the talking points she was coached about, saying Iraq instead of Iran.
It was more important to let her flap than to even gently correct her. Because you scumbags know that a sizable majority of your inbred, drooling audience doesn't know the difference and couldn't give a fuck anyway. So it's far more important to let her drone on with idiocy than to correct her in front of them.
By the way, this is how douchebags move books, a whopping 2 days after publication date:
added - It actually might be possible people at Faux are into sabotage.
Fox Shows Cover Of Palin Takedown Book Instead Of Going Rogue
"Fox News just apologized for showing the wrong book cover during a segment about Sarah Palin's new memoir, Going Rogue.
Instead, they twice showed the cover of Going Rouge, a collection of essays mocking the former governor that came out the same day as Palin's memoir."
posted by nolocontendere at 3:21 PM
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Probably Our Stupidest Fight
Stupid in the sense that opponents of drying your laundry on lines outside are true idiots. Stupid in the way anti breastfeeders are.
What it boils down to, of course, is money. Opponents are afraid of loss of property value and hide behind "asthetics". I for one like seeing clothes on lines because I've done it all my life and I know the pleasures and utility of doing it.
Piss on them. Laundry isn't the only thing we can hang.
U.S. residents fight for the right to hang laundry
"PERKASIE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) – Carin Froehlich pegs her laundry to three clotheslines strung between trees outside her 18th-century farmhouse, knowing that her actions annoy local officials who have asked her to stop.
Froehlich is among the growing number of people across America fighting for the right to dry their laundry outside against a rising tide of housing associations who oppose the practice despite its energy-saving green appeal.
Although there are no formal laws in this southeast Pennsylvania town against drying laundry outside, a town official called Froehlich to ask her to stop drying clothes in the sun. And she received two anonymous notes from neighbors saying they did not want to see her underwear flapping about.
"They said it made the place look like trailer trash," she said, in her yard across the street from a row of neat, suburban houses. "They said they didn't want to look at my 'unmentionables.'"
Froehlich says she hangs her underwear inside. The effervescent 54-year-old is one of a growing number of Americans demanding the right to dry laundry on clotheslines despite local rules and a culture that frowns on it.
Their interests are represented by Project Laundry List, a group that argues people can save money and reduce carbon emissions by not using their electric or gas dryers, according to the group's executive director, Alexander Lee.
Widespread adoption of clotheslines could significantly reduce U.S. energy consumption, argued Lee, who said dryer use accounts for about 6 percent of U.S. residential electricity use.
Florida, Utah, Maine, Vermont, Colorado, and Hawaii have passed laws restricting the rights of local authorities to stop residents using clotheslines. Another five states are considering similar measures, said Lee, 35, a former lawyer who quit to run the non-profit group.
His principal opponents are the housing associations such as condominiums and townhouse communities that are home to an estimated 60 million Americans, or about 20 percent of the population. About half of those organizations have 'no hanging' rules, Lee said, and enforce them with fines."
What it boils down to, of course, is money. Opponents are afraid of loss of property value and hide behind "asthetics". I for one like seeing clothes on lines because I've done it all my life and I know the pleasures and utility of doing it.
Piss on them. Laundry isn't the only thing we can hang.
U.S. residents fight for the right to hang laundry
"PERKASIE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) – Carin Froehlich pegs her laundry to three clotheslines strung between trees outside her 18th-century farmhouse, knowing that her actions annoy local officials who have asked her to stop.
Froehlich is among the growing number of people across America fighting for the right to dry their laundry outside against a rising tide of housing associations who oppose the practice despite its energy-saving green appeal.
Although there are no formal laws in this southeast Pennsylvania town against drying laundry outside, a town official called Froehlich to ask her to stop drying clothes in the sun. And she received two anonymous notes from neighbors saying they did not want to see her underwear flapping about.
"They said it made the place look like trailer trash," she said, in her yard across the street from a row of neat, suburban houses. "They said they didn't want to look at my 'unmentionables.'"
Froehlich says she hangs her underwear inside. The effervescent 54-year-old is one of a growing number of Americans demanding the right to dry laundry on clotheslines despite local rules and a culture that frowns on it.
Their interests are represented by Project Laundry List, a group that argues people can save money and reduce carbon emissions by not using their electric or gas dryers, according to the group's executive director, Alexander Lee.
Widespread adoption of clotheslines could significantly reduce U.S. energy consumption, argued Lee, who said dryer use accounts for about 6 percent of U.S. residential electricity use.
Florida, Utah, Maine, Vermont, Colorado, and Hawaii have passed laws restricting the rights of local authorities to stop residents using clotheslines. Another five states are considering similar measures, said Lee, 35, a former lawyer who quit to run the non-profit group.
His principal opponents are the housing associations such as condominiums and townhouse communities that are home to an estimated 60 million Americans, or about 20 percent of the population. About half of those organizations have 'no hanging' rules, Lee said, and enforce them with fines."
posted by nolocontendere at 5:09 AM
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Propaganda Fail
CNN Poll: Majority of adult Americans don't want H1N1 flu shot
"According to the poll, 55 percent of adults don't want to get the swine flu vaccine, and don't plan to get a shot. Another one in five say they want to get inoculated but haven't taken any steps to do so, 14 percent want a shot and have tried to get it but have been unsuccessful. Just 7 percent have been inoculated for H1N1."
Doctors say most Britons reject swine flu vaccine
"LONDON (Reuters) - More than half of Britons being offered vaccination against pandemic H1N1 flu are turning it down because they fear side-effects or think the virus is too mild to bother, a survey of doctors showed on Wednesday.
Many of the 107 family doctors polled by Britain's Pulse magazine said there was widespread resistance from patients and on average only 46 percent of those offered the vaccination agree to have it.
Doctors reported particular difficulties in persuading pregnant women to be vaccinated against the virus, according to Pulse, a trade newspaper for doctors."
"Just get your damn vaccine"
posted by nolocontendere at 6:20 PM
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How Bad Is It?
Detroit's Silverdome gets sold.
"Pontiac -- Nearly 35 years after taxpayers spent $55.7 million building the Pontiac Silverdome and a year after a $20 million sale fell through, city officials have sold the arena once called the most desirable property in Oakland County.
The price: $583,000."
The Great Unraveling
10 states face imminent bankruptcy
California, Arizona, Rhode Island, Michigan, Oregon, Nevada, Florida, New Jersey, Illinois and Wisconsin.
65,000 apply for 2,000 jobs in Chattanooga
"Pontiac -- Nearly 35 years after taxpayers spent $55.7 million building the Pontiac Silverdome and a year after a $20 million sale fell through, city officials have sold the arena once called the most desirable property in Oakland County.
The price: $583,000."
The Great Unraveling
10 states face imminent bankruptcy
California, Arizona, Rhode Island, Michigan, Oregon, Nevada, Florida, New Jersey, Illinois and Wisconsin.
65,000 apply for 2,000 jobs in Chattanooga
posted by nolocontendere at 5:38 PM
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It Can't Be Much More Obvious Now
The jig is up. Cat's out of the bag. Pretty fucking obvious if you ask me.Fascist manipulators have hoodwinked the country into endless war when they themselves finance and supply our supposed enemies. Really, how much more evidence do you need? There won't be any whistleblowers. Whistleblowers have short life spans. But there's so much in the public domain now that it's irrefutable.
And of course, it makes sense if the bottom line trumps everything else including morals, humanity and so called patriotism. War is business and business is very, very good.
Just make up enemies. Dumbed down americans will believe anything and love a good scare. Hell, they'll even send their kids to get their limbs blown off for absolutely nothing, too bad more and more of the kids realize they've been bullshitted only when it's too late.
It didn't start with 9/11 but that's when they went pedal to the metal. Too many of us were just too fucking stupid and let them get away with it. Now the fascists are addicted.
Funny, though, as the scam goes on the fascists get clumsier. Maybe they think we're really so stupid they don't even need to put much effort into the lies. Maybe they know their end game is here so who gives a shit?
In any event it's in our face now and can't be denied.
Perpetual war is a filthy lie.
Militants' possession of Israeli arms raises questions
"ISLAMABAD – Use of Israeli-made light arms by militants against security forces in Waziristan has raised several questions amongst many recently.TheNation has learnt on good authority that militants are using Israeli-made light arms including “Uzi gun” and “Rapid-fire pistol” against security forces in North Waziristan as the operation Rah-I-Rast reached its final stage.In addition to Israel-made sophisticated arms, militants are making use of the latest version of US-made M-16 carbine with laser designator and binoculars, Bulgarian and Czechoslovakia made Kalakov and M-4 carbine with a grenade launcher and laser designator, which is a unique weapon with the US marines."
Who Is Arming the Mexican Drug Cartels?
The US government.
Check bounced, fella.
posted by nolocontendere at 2:51 PM
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Big Apple Gets Royale With Cheese
Upscale McDonald's Brings European Style to NYC
"A McDonald's in midtown Manhattan became the first in the U.S. this fall to undergo a sleek, European-style makeover similar to what McDonald's has done at thousands of outlets around in France and the United Kingdom.
The eatery is outfitted with outlets for plugging in laptops, upholstered vinyl chairs instead of Fiberglas seats bolted to the floor, subdued lighting and employees whose all-black uniforms suggest a hip boutique.
"It's like a lounge," said Kimberly Burgess, one of many patrons who did a double take after entering the newly renovated restaurant in Manhattan's Chelsea section. "It's so different from all the other McDonald's. It's beautiful."
Franchise owner Paul Hendel said customers have settled down in a restaurant not known for patrons lingering over lunch.
"We're becoming a more relevant type of restaurant for the younger crowd," he said. "They don't feel rushed. They're reading the newspaper, relaxed."
McDonald's Corp. spokeswoman Danya Proud said that while thousands of the chain's 14,000 restaurants have been updated over the last few years, the Chelsea location is the first "urban redesign" in the U.S. She said "we'll continue to evaluate" whether more might follow.
Proud said the redesign was intended "to give our customers more of a reason to make McDonald's a destination."
"A McDonald's in midtown Manhattan became the first in the U.S. this fall to undergo a sleek, European-style makeover similar to what McDonald's has done at thousands of outlets around in France and the United Kingdom.
The eatery is outfitted with outlets for plugging in laptops, upholstered vinyl chairs instead of Fiberglas seats bolted to the floor, subdued lighting and employees whose all-black uniforms suggest a hip boutique.
"It's like a lounge," said Kimberly Burgess, one of many patrons who did a double take after entering the newly renovated restaurant in Manhattan's Chelsea section. "It's so different from all the other McDonald's. It's beautiful."
Franchise owner Paul Hendel said customers have settled down in a restaurant not known for patrons lingering over lunch.
"We're becoming a more relevant type of restaurant for the younger crowd," he said. "They don't feel rushed. They're reading the newspaper, relaxed."
McDonald's Corp. spokeswoman Danya Proud said that while thousands of the chain's 14,000 restaurants have been updated over the last few years, the Chelsea location is the first "urban redesign" in the U.S. She said "we'll continue to evaluate" whether more might follow.
Proud said the redesign was intended "to give our customers more of a reason to make McDonald's a destination."
posted by patootie at 2:39 PM
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With A Wink And A Nod, Empire Endorses It's Puppet
Clinton arrives in Kabul for Karzai inauguration
"KABUL (AP) — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has arrived in Afghanistan to attend Thursday's inauguration of President Hamid Karzai and meet with top U.S. commander Gen. Stanley McChystal.
Karzai is under stiff pressure from the U.S. and other nations to fight pervasive corruption in his government."
While in it's other restive colony, intrigue among the peasants delays the pretense of legitimate government.
Iraq Reportedly Halts Preparations for January Vote
"Iraq's election commission has halted preparations for a January vote after the country's Sunni Arab vice president vetoed part of an election law that paved the way for the poll, an electoral official told Reuters Wednesday."
"KABUL (AP) — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has arrived in Afghanistan to attend Thursday's inauguration of President Hamid Karzai and meet with top U.S. commander Gen. Stanley McChystal.
Karzai is under stiff pressure from the U.S. and other nations to fight pervasive corruption in his government."
While in it's other restive colony, intrigue among the peasants delays the pretense of legitimate government.
Iraq Reportedly Halts Preparations for January Vote
"Iraq's election commission has halted preparations for a January vote after the country's Sunni Arab vice president vetoed part of an election law that paved the way for the poll, an electoral official told Reuters Wednesday."
posted by nolocontendere at 5:56 AM
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Cattle Prod News
What's next, crying babies, unruly fetuses?
Police Officer Uses Taser On 10-Year-Old Girl
"OZARK, Ark. -- Ozark police said they were called to a home where a mother asked for help with her unruly child, but the 10-year-old's father said he's outraged at the force police used against his daughter.
"I would like to say Ozark police Tased this little girl right here. Ten years old and [they] shot electricity through her body, and I want to know how the heck in God's green earth can they get away with this," said the girl's father, Anthony Medlock.
Medlock said his daughter was at her mother's house when Ozark police Officer Dustin Bradshaw shocked her in the back with a Taser and arrested her.
"If you can't pick the kid up and take her to your car, handcuff her, then I don't think you need to be an officer," Medlock said.
Medlock said his daughter does show signs of having emotional issues, but she "doesn't deserve to be treated like a dog. She's not a tiger."
added - Calm down while we taze you again, handcuffed man
Police Officer Uses Taser On 10-Year-Old Girl
"OZARK, Ark. -- Ozark police said they were called to a home where a mother asked for help with her unruly child, but the 10-year-old's father said he's outraged at the force police used against his daughter.
"I would like to say Ozark police Tased this little girl right here. Ten years old and [they] shot electricity through her body, and I want to know how the heck in God's green earth can they get away with this," said the girl's father, Anthony Medlock.
Medlock said his daughter was at her mother's house when Ozark police Officer Dustin Bradshaw shocked her in the back with a Taser and arrested her.
"If you can't pick the kid up and take her to your car, handcuff her, then I don't think you need to be an officer," Medlock said.
Medlock said his daughter does show signs of having emotional issues, but she "doesn't deserve to be treated like a dog. She's not a tiger."
added - Calm down while we taze you again, handcuffed man
posted by nolocontendere at 5:40 AM
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009
11/17/1968 - The Heidi Game
I watched this unfold. It was fugly. These days it's hard to imagine the uproar this mistake caused. But back then the only electronic entertainment was the TV, there were only a couple of channels, the upstart Jets were having a great season and millions of people had tuned into the big game. Fans screamed for blood.
The Jets with Joe Namath went on to win the championship that season, possibly the greatest upset in football history and the first take-it-all game to be called a Super Bowl.
"The year was 1968. A minute and five seconds remained in the fourth quarter between the New York Jets and Oakland Raiders. It was close throughout, and Jim Turner had just kicked a 26-yard field goal to give the Jets a 32-29 lead. As millions of viewers anxiously anticipated the conclusion of the two heated rivals, something unimaginable happened.
In the middle of what was Oakland's go-ahead drive, NBC suddenly switched to the television adaptation of Heidi -- the story of a young, orphaned Swiss girl. It had just turned 7 o'clock and NBC had prior arrangements to air the movie regardless of the score. Several NBC execs attempted to tell the switchboard manager to delay the start of Heidi, but the vast number of phone calls demanding that the game go on or requesting Heidi to air instead prevented them from getting through."
"The switchboard just blew up, so no one could call in to me, and I couldn't call out to anyone."
The Jets with Joe Namath went on to win the championship that season, possibly the greatest upset in football history and the first take-it-all game to be called a Super Bowl.
"The year was 1968. A minute and five seconds remained in the fourth quarter between the New York Jets and Oakland Raiders. It was close throughout, and Jim Turner had just kicked a 26-yard field goal to give the Jets a 32-29 lead. As millions of viewers anxiously anticipated the conclusion of the two heated rivals, something unimaginable happened.
In the middle of what was Oakland's go-ahead drive, NBC suddenly switched to the television adaptation of Heidi -- the story of a young, orphaned Swiss girl. It had just turned 7 o'clock and NBC had prior arrangements to air the movie regardless of the score. Several NBC execs attempted to tell the switchboard manager to delay the start of Heidi, but the vast number of phone calls demanding that the game go on or requesting Heidi to air instead prevented them from getting through."
"The switchboard just blew up, so no one could call in to me, and I couldn't call out to anyone."
"And so it was with 65 seconds remaining that millions of viewers were suddenly thrust into the European Alps, where Heidi was scaling the mountainside with her grandfather. The child-friendly film was not an appropriate substitute to the beer-guzzling tailgaters now cursing at their television sets.
Meanwhile, the Raiders were busy making NBC's decision look even worse. Raiders quarterback Daryle Lamonica threw a 43-yard touchdown to Charlie Smith, giving Oakland the lead with still 42 seconds on the clock. The Jets fumbled the following kickoff and it was recovered by Preston Ridlehuber for the TD. The Raiders had scored two touchdowns in a quaint nine seconds to win the game 43-32, though the outcome was still unknown to the majority of the public."
"The next day the New York Daily News covered it with the headline, "Jets 32, Raiders 29, Heidi 14."
posted by nolocontendere at 10:14 PM
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All Things Palinesque
Fifteen minutes of fame poster child Palin wants everything her way.
She was willingly photographed posing cheesecake style for another magazine and Newsweek used it for it's cover. Probably the only reasons she's whining, and praise Jeebus but can this woman whine, is because the accompanying cover blurb didn't fawn all over her preening self. Plus nothing like a little contrived controversy to sell a few more books.
Palin angered by 'sexist' Newsweek cover
It's only sexist when Governor Gidget says it's sexist.
She was willingly photographed posing cheesecake style for another magazine and Newsweek used it for it's cover. Probably the only reasons she's whining, and praise Jeebus but can this woman whine, is because the accompanying cover blurb didn't fawn all over her preening self. Plus nothing like a little contrived controversy to sell a few more books.
Palin angered by 'sexist' Newsweek cover
It's only sexist when Governor Gidget says it's sexist.
posted by nolocontendere at 5:27 PM
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Apparently They Prefer Death To Dishonor
US Army Suicides Continue at Record Pace
"The U.S. Army reported Tuesday that the number of suicides among soldiers this year has already equaled the number for all of last year, and so will rise for the fifth consecutive year, in spite of a major effort to combat the trend. The Army's number two officer says he is significantly short of the type of professionals who could help reverse the trend.
The vice chief of the Army, General Peter Chiarelli was frank about the latest statistics.
"This is horrible, and I do not want to downplay the significance of these numbers in any way," he said.
The general reported there have been 140 suicides among active duty soldiers this year, and another 71 among reservists and members of the National Guard, some of whom had been deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan."
Army Underreporting Suicides, Says GI Advocacy Group
"According to a soldiers’ advocacy group at Fort Hood, the U.S. base where an army psychiatrist has been charged with killing 13 people and wounding 30 in a Nov. 5 rampage, the official suicide figures provided by the Army are “definitely” too low."
"The U.S. Army reported Tuesday that the number of suicides among soldiers this year has already equaled the number for all of last year, and so will rise for the fifth consecutive year, in spite of a major effort to combat the trend. The Army's number two officer says he is significantly short of the type of professionals who could help reverse the trend.
The vice chief of the Army, General Peter Chiarelli was frank about the latest statistics.
"This is horrible, and I do not want to downplay the significance of these numbers in any way," he said.
The general reported there have been 140 suicides among active duty soldiers this year, and another 71 among reservists and members of the National Guard, some of whom had been deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan."
Army Underreporting Suicides, Says GI Advocacy Group
"According to a soldiers’ advocacy group at Fort Hood, the U.S. base where an army psychiatrist has been charged with killing 13 people and wounding 30 in a Nov. 5 rampage, the official suicide figures provided by the Army are “definitely” too low."
posted by nolocontendere at 5:01 PM
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Keep It In A Jar
Eight in 10 savings accounts LOSE cash: Inflation goes up - but banks still pay interest rates just above zero
"More than eight in ten savings accounts are paying such a paltry interest rate that customers are effectively losing money, research revealed yesterday.
Financial experts said savers have become the 'sacrificial lambs' of the Bank of England's desperate attempts to rescue the economy.
Because the Bank has held down interest rates, the value of their savings is not keeping pace with inflation, so savers are losing money in real terms.
The situation is worst for higher rate taxpayers for whom more than 90 per cent of deposit accounts give a negative return.
Banks which are part-owned by taxpayers, such as Halifax and Lloyds, are among the worst of the 'savings sinners', paying rates as low as 0.05 per cent.
For a basic rate taxpayer with a £10,000 nest egg, this is worth £4 a year after tax - or £3 for a higher rate taxpayer."
"More than eight in ten savings accounts are paying such a paltry interest rate that customers are effectively losing money, research revealed yesterday.
Financial experts said savers have become the 'sacrificial lambs' of the Bank of England's desperate attempts to rescue the economy.
Because the Bank has held down interest rates, the value of their savings is not keeping pace with inflation, so savers are losing money in real terms.
The situation is worst for higher rate taxpayers for whom more than 90 per cent of deposit accounts give a negative return.
Banks which are part-owned by taxpayers, such as Halifax and Lloyds, are among the worst of the 'savings sinners', paying rates as low as 0.05 per cent.
For a basic rate taxpayer with a £10,000 nest egg, this is worth £4 a year after tax - or £3 for a higher rate taxpayer."
posted by nolocontendere at 3:10 PM
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All Government Can Do Now Is Penalize The Most Vulnerable
Your poor, your tired, your huddled masses longing to be free.
Get ready to be abused again.
Colorado governor: Let's tax medical marijuana
"DENVER - Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter plans to direct medical marijuana dispensaries to start paying sales tax.
Ritter's move comes after Colorado Attorney General John Suthers concluded in an opinion issued Monday that medical marijuana is considered personal property that can be taxed and shouldn't be treated like prescription drugs, which are tax exempt.
Ritter spokesman Evan Dreyer says the administration will immediately tell dispensaries to get retail licenses and start paying sales tax."
Sick, dying need sensible marijuana law
Get ready to be abused again.
Colorado governor: Let's tax medical marijuana
"DENVER - Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter plans to direct medical marijuana dispensaries to start paying sales tax.
Ritter's move comes after Colorado Attorney General John Suthers concluded in an opinion issued Monday that medical marijuana is considered personal property that can be taxed and shouldn't be treated like prescription drugs, which are tax exempt.
Ritter spokesman Evan Dreyer says the administration will immediately tell dispensaries to get retail licenses and start paying sales tax."
Sick, dying need sensible marijuana law
posted by nolocontendere at 8:52 AM
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Goldstone Who?
Victimhood, 24/7, and twice as much if victimhood is challenged.
90-Year-Old Charged in Germany for Nazi-Era Crimes
"BERLIN (AP) -- A 90-year-old former member of the Nazi's SS has been charged with 58 counts of murder for the 1945 killings of Jewish forced laborers in Austria, authorities said Tuesday.
The man is suspected of killing the Jews near the Austrian village of Deutsch Schuetzen, a German state court said in a statement.
"On March 29, 1945, the accused and his accomplices brought at least 57 Jewish forced laborers in several groups to a nearby forest area, where they had to give up their valuables and kneel by a grave," the court said. "The accused and other SS members then cruelly shot the Jewish forced-laborers from behind."
Though the court described the suspect simply as a "retiree from Duisburg," media reports have identified him as Adolf Storms, a former member of the 5th SS Panzer Division "Wiking."
90-Year-Old Charged in Germany for Nazi-Era Crimes
"BERLIN (AP) -- A 90-year-old former member of the Nazi's SS has been charged with 58 counts of murder for the 1945 killings of Jewish forced laborers in Austria, authorities said Tuesday.
The man is suspected of killing the Jews near the Austrian village of Deutsch Schuetzen, a German state court said in a statement.
"On March 29, 1945, the accused and his accomplices brought at least 57 Jewish forced laborers in several groups to a nearby forest area, where they had to give up their valuables and kneel by a grave," the court said. "The accused and other SS members then cruelly shot the Jewish forced-laborers from behind."
Though the court described the suspect simply as a "retiree from Duisburg," media reports have identified him as Adolf Storms, a former member of the 5th SS Panzer Division "Wiking."
posted by nolocontendere at 8:20 AM
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At Least One Zoo Makes A Recovery From Invasion
Baghdad’s once ravaged zoo comes back to life
"BAGHDAD - More than six years after the U.S. invasion left Iraq's main zoo a wasteland of starving animals and deserted cages, the park in central Baghdad is enjoying a vigorous revival and needs to grow.
Few Iraqis ventured into Baghdad Zoo during the violence that surged after the 2003 invasion. But as the bombings and shootings receded, families started to return in droves -- so many, in fact, that officials are now desperate to expand the park which is home for the zoo to make space for them all.
The zoo has replaced the hundreds of animals that escaped, were stolen, died of thirst or hunger or were shot by U.S. troops and now has 1,070 animals, said the director general of parks and gardens, Salah Abu al-Lail."
The Baghdad Zoo was the biggest and best in the middle east. Saddam had a fifty million dollar restoration project underway in the spring of 2003. It was destroyed when the US invaded and has been slowly rebuilding.
The Gaza Strip zoo should be so lucky. It's targeted for destruction every time the Israelis feel the need to wave their dicks around.
2004 - The Day the Tanks Arrived at Rafah Zoo
"Ask to be directed to the latest wave of Israeli destruction in Rafah's al-Brazil neighborhood and many fingers point towards the zoo.
Amid the rubble of dozens of homes that the Israeli army continued yesterday to deny demolishing, the wrecking of the tiny, but only, zoo in the Gaza Strip took on potent symbolism for many of the newly homeless.
The butchered ostrich, the petrified kangaroo cowering in a basement corner, the tortoises crushed under the tank treads - all were held up as evidence of the pitiless nature of the Israeli occupation.
"People are more important than animals," said the zoo's co-owner Mohammed Ahmed Juma, whose house was also demolished. "But the zoo is the only place in Rafah that children could escape the tense atmosphere. There were slides and games for children. We had a small swimming pool. I know it's hard to believe, looking at it now, but it was beautiful. Why would they destroy that? Because they want to destroy everything about us."
And again, January 25, 2009 - Israeli troops shot and killed zoo animals
"The Gaza Zoo reeks of death. But zookeeper Emad Jameel Qasim doesn't appear to react to the stench as he walks around the animals' enclosures.
Watch video of Gaza zoo carnage
A month ago, it was attracting families - he says the zoo drew up to 1,000 visitors each day. He points at the foot-long hole in the camel in one of the enclosures.
"This camel was pregnant, a missile went into her back," he tells us. "Look, look at her face. She was in pain when she died."
Around every corner, inside almost every cage are dead animals, who have been lying in their cages since the Israeli incursion.
Qasim doesn't understand why they chose to destroy his zoo. And it's difficult to disagree with him. Most of them have been shot at point blank range.
"The first thing the Israelis did was shoot at the lions - the animals ran out of their cage and into the office building. Actually they hid there."
The two lions are back in their enclosure. The female is pregnant, and lies heavily on the ground, occasionally swishing her tail. Qasim stands unusually close to them, but they don't seem bothered by his presence.
As he takes us around, he is obviously appalled at the state of the animals. The few animals that have survived appear weak and disturbed.
"The foxes ate each other because we couldn't get to them in time. We had many here." There are carcasses everywhere and the last surviving fox is quivering in the corner. The zoo opened in late 2005, with money from local and international NGOs. There were 40 types of animals, a children's library, a playground and cultural centre housed at the facility. Inside the main building, soldiers defaced the walls, ripped out one of the toilets and removed all of the hard drives from the office computers. We asked him why they targeted the zoo. He laughs. "I don't know. You have to go and ask the Israelis. This is a place where people come to relax and enjoy themselves. It's not a place of politics."
"BAGHDAD - More than six years after the U.S. invasion left Iraq's main zoo a wasteland of starving animals and deserted cages, the park in central Baghdad is enjoying a vigorous revival and needs to grow.
Few Iraqis ventured into Baghdad Zoo during the violence that surged after the 2003 invasion. But as the bombings and shootings receded, families started to return in droves -- so many, in fact, that officials are now desperate to expand the park which is home for the zoo to make space for them all.
The zoo has replaced the hundreds of animals that escaped, were stolen, died of thirst or hunger or were shot by U.S. troops and now has 1,070 animals, said the director general of parks and gardens, Salah Abu al-Lail."
The Baghdad Zoo was the biggest and best in the middle east. Saddam had a fifty million dollar restoration project underway in the spring of 2003. It was destroyed when the US invaded and has been slowly rebuilding.
The Gaza Strip zoo should be so lucky. It's targeted for destruction every time the Israelis feel the need to wave their dicks around.
2004 - The Day the Tanks Arrived at Rafah Zoo
"Ask to be directed to the latest wave of Israeli destruction in Rafah's al-Brazil neighborhood and many fingers point towards the zoo.
Amid the rubble of dozens of homes that the Israeli army continued yesterday to deny demolishing, the wrecking of the tiny, but only, zoo in the Gaza Strip took on potent symbolism for many of the newly homeless.
The butchered ostrich, the petrified kangaroo cowering in a basement corner, the tortoises crushed under the tank treads - all were held up as evidence of the pitiless nature of the Israeli occupation.
"People are more important than animals," said the zoo's co-owner Mohammed Ahmed Juma, whose house was also demolished. "But the zoo is the only place in Rafah that children could escape the tense atmosphere. There were slides and games for children. We had a small swimming pool. I know it's hard to believe, looking at it now, but it was beautiful. Why would they destroy that? Because they want to destroy everything about us."
And again, January 25, 2009 - Israeli troops shot and killed zoo animals
"The Gaza Zoo reeks of death. But zookeeper Emad Jameel Qasim doesn't appear to react to the stench as he walks around the animals' enclosures.
Watch video of Gaza zoo carnage
A month ago, it was attracting families - he says the zoo drew up to 1,000 visitors each day. He points at the foot-long hole in the camel in one of the enclosures.
"This camel was pregnant, a missile went into her back," he tells us. "Look, look at her face. She was in pain when she died."
Around every corner, inside almost every cage are dead animals, who have been lying in their cages since the Israeli incursion.
Qasim doesn't understand why they chose to destroy his zoo. And it's difficult to disagree with him. Most of them have been shot at point blank range.
"The first thing the Israelis did was shoot at the lions - the animals ran out of their cage and into the office building. Actually they hid there."
The two lions are back in their enclosure. The female is pregnant, and lies heavily on the ground, occasionally swishing her tail. Qasim stands unusually close to them, but they don't seem bothered by his presence.
As he takes us around, he is obviously appalled at the state of the animals. The few animals that have survived appear weak and disturbed.
"The foxes ate each other because we couldn't get to them in time. We had many here." There are carcasses everywhere and the last surviving fox is quivering in the corner. The zoo opened in late 2005, with money from local and international NGOs. There were 40 types of animals, a children's library, a playground and cultural centre housed at the facility. Inside the main building, soldiers defaced the walls, ripped out one of the toilets and removed all of the hard drives from the office computers. We asked him why they targeted the zoo. He laughs. "I don't know. You have to go and ask the Israelis. This is a place where people come to relax and enjoy themselves. It's not a place of politics."
posted by nolocontendere at 4:53 AM
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Monday, November 16, 2009
A Tale Of Two Stories
The European BioWar outbreak and the censoring of it by the mainstream news media
"The biggest story on the Planet today is the outbreak of a very serious Advanced Biological War virus in Europe. The second biggest story on the Planet is the suppression of this story for almost two weeks by the corporate owned mainstream news media.
There is a lot we know and a lot that we can only speculate on about what is unfolding in Central Europe. We know that in mid-October, less than a month ago, there was a growing number of cases of what many thought was Swine Flu (A/H1N1) in the western part of the Ukraine. We know that many hundreds if not thousands of people in western Ukraine witnessed low flying light airplanes aerosol spraying something over Ukrainian cities during the days of October 29, 2009 and October 31, 2009. We know that beginning the night of October 29th, massive numbers of people begin to get very sick. We know that the Ukraine government issued a statement denying that it was doing any aerial spraying to combat the growing disease or authorizing any spraying over Ukrainian cities. We know that by October 30th, the Ukrainian authorities closed all schools for three weeks and banded public gatherings.
We do NOT know what disease the people were/are coming down with. We do know that doctors are describing the disease as Pneumonic Plague, or as some type of hemorrhagic fever, or as hemorrhagic influenza, or as hemorrhagic pneumonia. We know that the illness, whatever it is, does not appear to be A/H1N1. We do not know if the disease is a recombination of A/H1N1 with other viruses or some totally different virus or if it is in fact a virus. We know that the World Health Organization (WHO) has had several days to sequence the genes of the disease but has failed to release this data.
We know that WHO has NOT called for the quarantining of the Ukraine or the shutdown of all global travel to/from the area of infection and that this is the same thing that they did when Mexican Swine Flu (A/H1N1) first broke out and that the failure to contain that virus early on ensured its spread throughout the world.
We know that the internal temperature of the lungs of those with a terminal case of what many are calling ‘Ukrainian Plague’ is often from 130F to 135F. We do know that autopsies show that the lungs are filled with blood, and are black in color, and that the lung tissue has turned to mush. We know that patients who first show any signs of illness usually crash in less than 48 hours, sometimes the same day.
We know that the disease was spreading by about 200,000 per day but that this has slowed to about 100,000 day now, in the Ukraine, as people take extraordinary steps to contain the spread of the disease. We know that well over one and a third million people in the Ukraine are very ill with the disease (according to published official sources) and that over 60,000 are hospitalized in serious to critical condition. We know that the disease has a very high transmission rate with a likely low amount of viral (if it is in fact a virus) material needed to cause an infection. We know that the official reports of deaths are under 300 in the Ukraine. We also know that it is normal for hospital admissions of people with ARI (acute respiratory infection) to have a fatality rate of from 5% to 10%. We know that non-official sources were reporting over 3,000 deaths several days ago and that this number is more in tune with the 5-10% fatality rate than the official figures.
We do not know what effective treatments are for this illness. We do know that young adults seem to be more in danger of this illness. We suspect that ‘cytokine storming’ similar to that in the 1918 Spanish Flu, that killed approximately 50 million people, is taking place.
We know from official Ukrainian Health Ministry reports that the illness does not test out as Mexican Swine Flu (A/H1N1). We do not know if the existing Swine Flu vaccine has any effect, but based on the non-positive response to Swine Flu in testing, we suspect that the vaccine is ineffective as the viral protean shell is different than A/H1N1 (if in fact it is a virus that causes the illness).
We know that the illness has spread to Poland, where over one quarter of a million people are now very ill. We know that it has spread to Belarus and to Hungary and elsewhere in central Europe. We know that 900,000 people are said to have Swine Flu in Norway but we do not know if this is related to Ukraine Plague in any way."
"The biggest story on the Planet today is the outbreak of a very serious Advanced Biological War virus in Europe. The second biggest story on the Planet is the suppression of this story for almost two weeks by the corporate owned mainstream news media.
There is a lot we know and a lot that we can only speculate on about what is unfolding in Central Europe. We know that in mid-October, less than a month ago, there was a growing number of cases of what many thought was Swine Flu (A/H1N1) in the western part of the Ukraine. We know that many hundreds if not thousands of people in western Ukraine witnessed low flying light airplanes aerosol spraying something over Ukrainian cities during the days of October 29, 2009 and October 31, 2009. We know that beginning the night of October 29th, massive numbers of people begin to get very sick. We know that the Ukraine government issued a statement denying that it was doing any aerial spraying to combat the growing disease or authorizing any spraying over Ukrainian cities. We know that by October 30th, the Ukrainian authorities closed all schools for three weeks and banded public gatherings.
We do NOT know what disease the people were/are coming down with. We do know that doctors are describing the disease as Pneumonic Plague, or as some type of hemorrhagic fever, or as hemorrhagic influenza, or as hemorrhagic pneumonia. We know that the illness, whatever it is, does not appear to be A/H1N1. We do not know if the disease is a recombination of A/H1N1 with other viruses or some totally different virus or if it is in fact a virus. We know that the World Health Organization (WHO) has had several days to sequence the genes of the disease but has failed to release this data.
We know that WHO has NOT called for the quarantining of the Ukraine or the shutdown of all global travel to/from the area of infection and that this is the same thing that they did when Mexican Swine Flu (A/H1N1) first broke out and that the failure to contain that virus early on ensured its spread throughout the world.
We know that the internal temperature of the lungs of those with a terminal case of what many are calling ‘Ukrainian Plague’ is often from 130F to 135F. We do know that autopsies show that the lungs are filled with blood, and are black in color, and that the lung tissue has turned to mush. We know that patients who first show any signs of illness usually crash in less than 48 hours, sometimes the same day.
We know that the disease was spreading by about 200,000 per day but that this has slowed to about 100,000 day now, in the Ukraine, as people take extraordinary steps to contain the spread of the disease. We know that well over one and a third million people in the Ukraine are very ill with the disease (according to published official sources) and that over 60,000 are hospitalized in serious to critical condition. We know that the disease has a very high transmission rate with a likely low amount of viral (if it is in fact a virus) material needed to cause an infection. We know that the official reports of deaths are under 300 in the Ukraine. We also know that it is normal for hospital admissions of people with ARI (acute respiratory infection) to have a fatality rate of from 5% to 10%. We know that non-official sources were reporting over 3,000 deaths several days ago and that this number is more in tune with the 5-10% fatality rate than the official figures.
We do not know what effective treatments are for this illness. We do know that young adults seem to be more in danger of this illness. We suspect that ‘cytokine storming’ similar to that in the 1918 Spanish Flu, that killed approximately 50 million people, is taking place.
We know from official Ukrainian Health Ministry reports that the illness does not test out as Mexican Swine Flu (A/H1N1). We do not know if the existing Swine Flu vaccine has any effect, but based on the non-positive response to Swine Flu in testing, we suspect that the vaccine is ineffective as the viral protean shell is different than A/H1N1 (if in fact it is a virus that causes the illness).
We know that the illness has spread to Poland, where over one quarter of a million people are now very ill. We know that it has spread to Belarus and to Hungary and elsewhere in central Europe. We know that 900,000 people are said to have Swine Flu in Norway but we do not know if this is related to Ukraine Plague in any way."
posted by nolocontendere at 7:29 PM
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Propagandists Are As Stupid As They Hope We Are
Most war propaganda in the world is aimed straight at american mouthbreathers because our complacency and tax money keeps the empire humming. It's easy enough to fool Foxified dullards. Just make sure it's very simple and in english.
It really does get ridiculous after a while.
Israel gaffe reveals 'Iran ship photos' were forged
Remember about three years ago when the Bush mob kept insisting they had absolute proof that Iranian weapons were killing american soldiers in Iraq, then held a press conference showing them off?
Farsi must be falling out of favor
How about signs at those manufactured protests during the Iranian election? Do demonstrators in the US carry signs in Cantonese?
hey احمق thumpers bible آمریکایی!
It really does get ridiculous after a while.
Israel gaffe reveals 'Iran ship photos' were forged
nonexistent ministry, in english
"After Israel released photos it said proved that a huge shipment of weapons for Hezbollah came from Tehran, Iranian news agencies publish evidence showing that the photos are forged.
Israeli naval sources recently claimed that they found a large cache of Iranian-made arms when they stormed a vessel near Cyprus in the Mediterranean Sea.
They claimed that the ship was heading for the Hezbollah resistance movement, either in Lebanon or Syria.
Iran instantly dismissed the claims, issuing a statement with which it condemned Israel's many acts of piracy in international waters.
But the Israeli government persisted in its accusations, releasing what it claimed to be photos and documents in an effort to implicate the Iranian government in the matter.
The photos and documents were carried by a number of leading newspapers in the West, including The Los Angeles Times.
"The Israeli regime has made a fool of itself with regards to what it claims to be evidence that Iran was sending weapons to Hezbollah," IRNA news agency said on Monday.
"Take a close look at the photos, one of which merely shows a couple of boxes labeled 'Ministry of Sepah' without providing corroborative evidence that they came from Iran, and you will see the huge gaffe committed by Israel," it added.
The article explained that Iran's Ministry of Sepah gave its place to the Defense Ministry more than twenty years ago. "So this begs the question of what the emblem of a nonexistent body was doing on the cargo?"
Remember about three years ago when the Bush mob kept insisting they had absolute proof that Iranian weapons were killing american soldiers in Iraq, then held a press conference showing them off?
Farsi must be falling out of favor
How about signs at those manufactured protests during the Iranian election? Do demonstrators in the US carry signs in Cantonese?
hey احمق thumpers bible آمریکایی!
posted by nolocontendere at 6:14 PM
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Loving Compassion Of Our Bestest Little Buddy
IDF used .22-caliber ammo at West Bank fence demonstration
"Protesters say the Israel Defense Forces used live ammunition from Ruger rifles last Friday to disperse a demonstration near the separation fence at the West Bank town of Na'alin. In 2001, the military advocate general ordered a halt to the use of such rifles for crowd control.
Two injured protesters told other demonstrators that a soldier had fired at them from about 40 meters away while they were throwing stones at a jeep parked at an IDF outpost.
In June a 35-year-old Na'alin resident, Aqel Srur, was killed when a member of the Border Police fired a .22-caliber bullet at him. On Saturday near the separation fence, a 10-year-old boy said soldiers had severely beaten him. In addition, 18 protesters near the village of Dir al-Rusun were reportedly arrested.
The IDF Spokesman's Office denied that the boy was harmed; it said he was arrested among others and later returned to his home because of his age. The spokesman's office said that .22-caliber bullets were used "in accordance with strict rules of engagement regarding protesters who intend to harm the security forces and vandalize the separation fence."
For years the IDF has tinkered with .22 rounds. Here's how you can fool the public with propaganda. When most people think of that caliber a little squirrel gun comes to mind, something that shoots a .22 long rifle cartridge.
But military issued M16s shoot .22 caliber bullets, seated in much larger cases. And the IDF has extensively used .50 BMG rifles fed with .22 projectiles enclosed in sabots, or sleeves, that fall away after firing, getting ultra high velocities for long distance sniper fire. Perfect for target practice on Palestinian childrens' heads.
IDF Chief Rabbi: Troops who show mercy to enemy will be 'damned'
"Protesters say the Israel Defense Forces used live ammunition from Ruger rifles last Friday to disperse a demonstration near the separation fence at the West Bank town of Na'alin. In 2001, the military advocate general ordered a halt to the use of such rifles for crowd control.
Two injured protesters told other demonstrators that a soldier had fired at them from about 40 meters away while they were throwing stones at a jeep parked at an IDF outpost.
In June a 35-year-old Na'alin resident, Aqel Srur, was killed when a member of the Border Police fired a .22-caliber bullet at him. On Saturday near the separation fence, a 10-year-old boy said soldiers had severely beaten him. In addition, 18 protesters near the village of Dir al-Rusun were reportedly arrested.
The IDF Spokesman's Office denied that the boy was harmed; it said he was arrested among others and later returned to his home because of his age. The spokesman's office said that .22-caliber bullets were used "in accordance with strict rules of engagement regarding protesters who intend to harm the security forces and vandalize the separation fence."
For years the IDF has tinkered with .22 rounds. Here's how you can fool the public with propaganda. When most people think of that caliber a little squirrel gun comes to mind, something that shoots a .22 long rifle cartridge.
But military issued M16s shoot .22 caliber bullets, seated in much larger cases. And the IDF has extensively used .50 BMG rifles fed with .22 projectiles enclosed in sabots, or sleeves, that fall away after firing, getting ultra high velocities for long distance sniper fire. Perfect for target practice on Palestinian childrens' heads.
IDF Chief Rabbi: Troops who show mercy to enemy will be 'damned'
posted by nolocontendere at 5:07 PM
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Worms In Space
NASA continues with high school science experiments to fool the dullards into thinking they're seeing the real space program in action.
US shuttle takes worms into space
"The US space shuttle Atlantis has blasted off to the International Space Station to deliver spare parts - and up to a million microscopic worms.
The mission is set to include three spacewalks to store hardware on the outside of the orbiting outpost.
The worms are for experiments that aim to help scientists understand why human muscles waste away in zero gravity.
The species Caenorhabditis elegans, can sometimes be found in rubbish tips, where they feed on bacteria."
US shuttle takes worms into space
"The US space shuttle Atlantis has blasted off to the International Space Station to deliver spare parts - and up to a million microscopic worms.
The mission is set to include three spacewalks to store hardware on the outside of the orbiting outpost.
The worms are for experiments that aim to help scientists understand why human muscles waste away in zero gravity.
The species Caenorhabditis elegans, can sometimes be found in rubbish tips, where they feed on bacteria."
posted by patootie at 4:46 PM
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Gateway To Hell Debuts
America’s First Cannabis Cafe Open
"At precisely 4:20 p.m. last Friday afternoon, the Cannabis Café, the first coffee house in the United States catering to licensed users of medical marijuana, opened for business in Portland, Ore.
The new cafe went into operation just weeks after the Justice Department announced that people who use marijuana for medical purposes and those who distribute it to them will not face federal prosecution, provided they act according to state law. The time of day for the opening was a pot-smokers’ in-joke: “420″ has been used as code for the drug or its use since the early 1970s.
This video report from The Oregonian’s Web site shows patrons excitedly filing into the northeast Portland cafe, which is run by the Oregon branch of The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, or NORML. video
As Anne Saker of The Oregonian explained:
Dan Cook of Reuters, who also attended the opening, reported that Eric Solomon, the owner of the cafe, “is looking forward to holding marijuana-themed weddings, film festivals and dances in the second-floor ballroom.” Mr. Cook added:
Watching the reports on the cafe that aired on local television — posted on Oregon NORML’s blog — it seems that reporters in Portland had a hard time finding residents who were really opposed to the new club.
"At precisely 4:20 p.m. last Friday afternoon, the Cannabis Café, the first coffee house in the United States catering to licensed users of medical marijuana, opened for business in Portland, Ore.
The new cafe went into operation just weeks after the Justice Department announced that people who use marijuana for medical purposes and those who distribute it to them will not face federal prosecution, provided they act according to state law. The time of day for the opening was a pot-smokers’ in-joke: “420″ has been used as code for the drug or its use since the early 1970s.
This video report from The Oregonian’s Web site shows patrons excitedly filing into the northeast Portland cafe, which is run by the Oregon branch of The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, or NORML. video
As Anne Saker of The Oregonian explained:
'The café, in the space that once featured Rumpspankers restaurant, looks like nearly every other coffeehouse in town, except that shiny silver Volcano vaporizers are plugged into outlets lining the tiled bar. Wi-Fi is available. Coffee, soft drinks, trays of Marsee Bakery pastries and sandwiches are also offered as ammunition against the inevitable attack of the munchies.
The only people permitted in the Cannabis Café are those licensed to smoke who also hold membership in the lobbying group Oregon NORML. Patrons will be charged $5 a day. They can bring their own or smoke donated marijuana. Oregon law says medical marijuana may not be sold.'
The only people permitted in the Cannabis Café are those licensed to smoke who also hold membership in the lobbying group Oregon NORML. Patrons will be charged $5 a day. They can bring their own or smoke donated marijuana. Oregon law says medical marijuana may not be sold.'
Dan Cook of Reuters, who also attended the opening, reported that Eric Solomon, the owner of the cafe, “is looking forward to holding marijuana-themed weddings, film festivals and dances in the second-floor ballroom.” Mr. Cook added:
'There are about 21,000 patients registered to use marijuana for medical purposes in Oregon. Doctors have prescribed marijuana for a host of illnesses, including Alzheimer’s, diabetes, multiple sclerosis and Tourette’s syndrome.'
Watching the reports on the cafe that aired on local television — posted on Oregon NORML’s blog — it seems that reporters in Portland had a hard time finding residents who were really opposed to the new club.
posted by patootie at 4:12 PM
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Sunday, November 15, 2009
Kicked Out Of Guinea, CIA Smuggles Through It's Neighbors
They haven't yet gotten around to getting rid of Guinea's new government, much less amenable than the last bunch of thugs to allow the spooks to smuggle cocaine through to Europe. So the CIA and it's proxies are using Sierra Leone to the south and especially Guinea-Bissau to the north.
Because now that the dollar is sinking like a brick they don't want to lose their pipeline to the ever more valuable euro.
Guinea-Bissau: Cocaine traffic hub
"West Africa is among the world's poorest, least developed and most politically unstable regions. This patchwork of coastal nation-states has long been exploited by international profiteers, from the slave traders who fed off it for centuries to the European colonizers who later tried to sculpt tropical replicas of France, England and Portugal.
Today it is buffeted by another outside force: the $70-billion global cocaine market. As much as a third of the cocaine that moves from South America to Europe every year goes through West Africa. Since 2005, cocaine with a wholesale value of more than $7 billion has passed through this region, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.
This new route reflects a shift in consumption. Cocaine exports to the United States have declined, but they have doubled and tripled to European countries, where the strength of the euro against the dollar has brought more revenue for traffickers.
Law enforcement efforts have made the direct route from South America to Europe riskier for traffickers, causing them to detour through this part of the world. Cocaine arrives here in large shipments, sometimes by air but more often by sea. It is broken into smaller parcels that come ashore -- where officials are paid off in cash or in kind -- or continue north by boat, truck or plane toward Europe.
"West Africa has everything criminals need: resources, a strategic location, weak governance, and an endless source of foot soldiers who see few viable alternatives to a life of crime," a recent U.N. report concluded."
In short, perfect for exploitation like Columbia and Afghanistan.
posted by nolocontendere at 8:10 PM
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Major Hasan Of Fort Hood - A Patsy In A Drill Gone Live?
via Rense
"In the wake of the massacre at Fort Hood Texas , two principal theories have emerged to explain the conduct of the accused shooter, identified by the U.S. Army as Major Nidal Malik Hasan, an Army psychiatrist of Jordanian-Palestinian ancestry. One of these theories is embraced by left liberals and other supporters and acolytes of the Obama regime, and argues that Major Hasan is a sincere and devout Muslim who was the victim of a tragic contradiction between his religious faith and the logic of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, both the heritage of the odious Bush-Cheney regime. According to this version, Hasan must be viewed as a troubled and tormented individual who "snapped," breaking down psychologically under the stress of his awful predicament. Here is how Obama summed up this approach: "Even within the extraordinary military that we have -- and I think everybody understands how outstanding the young men and women in uniform are under the most severe stress -- there are going to be instances in which an individual cracks." (New York Times, 10 Nov and ember 2009) Calling Major Hasan a terrorist amounts, in this view, to racism and vindictive prejudice.
The other theory is the one advocated by assorted neocons, reactionaries, Islamophobes and others generally hostile to Obama. This account maintains that Major Hasan was a homegrown, self-starting Islamic terrorist, trumpeting his devotion to jihad and suicide bombing, seeking to make contact with "Al Qaeda," and generally filled with hate for America , for freedom, and for his fellow soldiers. In this view, it is only the pervasive political correctness and multicultural obsession of the subversive-riddled and soft on terrorism Obama regime that prevented Major Hasan from being neutralized before he could act, and which prevents Obama and his Democratic allies from telling the truth after the fact.
These views are both superficial, naïve, and inadequate.[1] They amount to two prongs of an articulated campaign of media hysteria and mass manipulation designed on the one hand to prod the dithering Wall Street puppet Obama who is having second thoughts about his own political survival -- into an early decision in favor of massive escalation of the war in Afghanistan for the purpose of hastening the breakup of Pakistan, and thus threatening China. On the other hand, the delirium of Islamophobic hatred being ginned up against Major Hasan by the usual cast of reactionary radio ogres (Limbaugh, Beck, Hannity, Levin) seeks to accentuate and strengthen the racist and xenophobic elements in the militant anti-Obama opposition, in particular among the Tea Party movement. The decision to put the infamous Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his confreres on trail in New York City, plus the recent government seizure of numerous US mosques and other buildings on the grounds that they are Iranian assets, also contribute to a growing mood of anti-Moslem hysteria. This atmosphere is accentuated by the reckless and irresponsible actions of some Moslem groups which happen to be foundation-funded, and must thus be considered as part of the apparatus of US domestic social control.
The media narrative which is now being consolidated a week after the shootings is full of contradictions, embarrassed silences, and absurdities. A third and distinct approach to this case is therefore required, one which regards Major Hasan as a manipulated patsy in the context of a relatively sophisticated operation mounted by forces within the US intelligence community, using methods and assets which by now ought to have become familiar."
"In the wake of the massacre at Fort Hood Texas , two principal theories have emerged to explain the conduct of the accused shooter, identified by the U.S. Army as Major Nidal Malik Hasan, an Army psychiatrist of Jordanian-Palestinian ancestry. One of these theories is embraced by left liberals and other supporters and acolytes of the Obama regime, and argues that Major Hasan is a sincere and devout Muslim who was the victim of a tragic contradiction between his religious faith and the logic of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, both the heritage of the odious Bush-Cheney regime. According to this version, Hasan must be viewed as a troubled and tormented individual who "snapped," breaking down psychologically under the stress of his awful predicament. Here is how Obama summed up this approach: "Even within the extraordinary military that we have -- and I think everybody understands how outstanding the young men and women in uniform are under the most severe stress -- there are going to be instances in which an individual cracks." (New York Times, 10 Nov and ember 2009) Calling Major Hasan a terrorist amounts, in this view, to racism and vindictive prejudice.
The other theory is the one advocated by assorted neocons, reactionaries, Islamophobes and others generally hostile to Obama. This account maintains that Major Hasan was a homegrown, self-starting Islamic terrorist, trumpeting his devotion to jihad and suicide bombing, seeking to make contact with "Al Qaeda," and generally filled with hate for America , for freedom, and for his fellow soldiers. In this view, it is only the pervasive political correctness and multicultural obsession of the subversive-riddled and soft on terrorism Obama regime that prevented Major Hasan from being neutralized before he could act, and which prevents Obama and his Democratic allies from telling the truth after the fact.
These views are both superficial, naïve, and inadequate.[1] They amount to two prongs of an articulated campaign of media hysteria and mass manipulation designed on the one hand to prod the dithering Wall Street puppet Obama who is having second thoughts about his own political survival -- into an early decision in favor of massive escalation of the war in Afghanistan for the purpose of hastening the breakup of Pakistan, and thus threatening China. On the other hand, the delirium of Islamophobic hatred being ginned up against Major Hasan by the usual cast of reactionary radio ogres (Limbaugh, Beck, Hannity, Levin) seeks to accentuate and strengthen the racist and xenophobic elements in the militant anti-Obama opposition, in particular among the Tea Party movement. The decision to put the infamous Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his confreres on trail in New York City, plus the recent government seizure of numerous US mosques and other buildings on the grounds that they are Iranian assets, also contribute to a growing mood of anti-Moslem hysteria. This atmosphere is accentuated by the reckless and irresponsible actions of some Moslem groups which happen to be foundation-funded, and must thus be considered as part of the apparatus of US domestic social control.
The media narrative which is now being consolidated a week after the shootings is full of contradictions, embarrassed silences, and absurdities. A third and distinct approach to this case is therefore required, one which regards Major Hasan as a manipulated patsy in the context of a relatively sophisticated operation mounted by forces within the US intelligence community, using methods and assets which by now ought to have become familiar."
posted by nolocontendere at 6:43 PM
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Microbiologists Are Investigating Mysterious Ukranian Plague
They better watch their backs, especially if Baxter's involved. It's a hazardous profession.
British scientists testing Ukrainian 'super flu' that has killed 189 people
"British scientists are examining the strain of swine flu behind a deadly Ukrainian outbreak to see if the virus has mutated.
A total of 189 people have died and more than one million have been infected in the country.
Some doctors have likened the symptoms to those seen in many of the victims of the Spanish flu which caused millions of deaths world-wide after the World War One.
An unnamed doctor in western Ukraine told of the alarming effects of the virus.
He said: 'We have carried out post mortems on two victims and found their lungs are as black as charcoal."
British scientists testing Ukrainian 'super flu' that has killed 189 people
"British scientists are examining the strain of swine flu behind a deadly Ukrainian outbreak to see if the virus has mutated.
A total of 189 people have died and more than one million have been infected in the country.
Some doctors have likened the symptoms to those seen in many of the victims of the Spanish flu which caused millions of deaths world-wide after the World War One.
An unnamed doctor in western Ukraine told of the alarming effects of the virus.
He said: 'We have carried out post mortems on two victims and found their lungs are as black as charcoal."
I find it more than interesting that 1. execrable MSM reports describes any and all diseases and outbreaks and especially this mysterious pathogen in Ukraine as "swine flu" when it's clearly not and 2. that the administration has declared a national emergency because of "swine flu" when basically it went absolutely nowhere during the southern hemisphere's winter.
added - Ukraine Dead Increase to 299 - Still No Sequences
"The initial WHO report indicated the time between disease onset and hospitalization was 5-7 days, but the more recent report from Ukraine cited a 3-7 day lag, which again suggested that many die in spite of awareness, modest time differentials between symptoms and hospitalization, and appropriate treatment.
Moreover, 90 of the initial cases were describe as having a hemorrhagic component, which again raises concerns about small genetic changes, especially in the receptor binding domain. Answers to questions about such changes have been evasive, and the sequences have not been released by Mill Hill.
The sequence silence remains deafening, and erodes public confidence in agencies controlling these samples and sequences."
posted by nolocontendere at 4:14 PM
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Looking Down On Skyscrapers
View from a swaying 2,684 feet.
posted by patootie at 4:35 AM
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Saturday, November 14, 2009
Afghan Resistance Statement
Because we need to hear from the people we're killing.
The Aims of Mujahideen
"As an Islamic liberation force, the Mujahideen of the Islamic Emirate represent aspirations of the Afghan masses who want to free themselves from the claws of colonialism. This is the only force, the people look to for realization of their noble aims.
Therefore, to live up to the expectation of the people, the Mujahideen’s objectives are clear. They want to establish an Islamic system based on justice and equality and gain independence of the country where the Afghans will be owners of their own country and fate. Education, spiritual and material uplift and reconstructions are other aims of the Islamic Emirate. It has declared time and again that it will implement these goals upon gaining independence. However, the intelligence agencies of the invading countries and the biased media are trying to mar the good name of Mujahideen. Under the notorious name of terrorism, they want to create hatred among the people against the true sons of this land (Afghanistan). Even some time, these agencies resort to perpetrating gruesome crimes like explosions in congested places where hundreds of innocent people lose their lives. Some time, they flare up sectarian violence as per the old divide and rule formula of colonialism. Then, they accuse Mujahideen of being involved these crimes. The Mujahideen are free from all such charges. No Mujahid will ever want to kill an innocent Muslim or Muslima.
But the biased media constantly publish the official story and the people under the influence of the partial reports are confused and some time, misjudge the events because they do not know to tell facts from lies. On the other hand, the mainstream media do not publish the stand of Mujahideen regarding every event, fearing the invading Americans will accuse them of helping the so-called terrorists. In fact, the world has now been taken hostage by the media suffocation unleashed by the colonialism.
Pentagon has a psychological war department. This department is charged with spreading lies against Mujahideen. They spend millions of dollars to make it possible that the lies fabricated in Pentagon reach every ear in the world. They pay high sum of money to journalists who is ready to publish maligning stories against Mujahideen. According to a media report, a CIA cell in one of the neighboring countries of Afghanistan pay a journalist $1000 for a story against Mujahideen. They put on air dramas aimed at marring the image of Mujahideen. Ironically, the colonialists have taken this war from the battle fields to the fields of media, labor unions, business circles and scholar forums. So they should be confronted in all these fields.
Those journalists who are committed to human dignity, liberation, and justice should form Mujahideen Support Groups and wage an unwavering and constant campaign against the black propaganda launched by the colonialists because in the final analysis, this is not the war of Taliban. This is the war of all freedom-loving and justice-loving people all over the world who want to live as free people without the sword of colonialism hanging over their heads in this 21st century."
The Aims of Mujahideen
"As an Islamic liberation force, the Mujahideen of the Islamic Emirate represent aspirations of the Afghan masses who want to free themselves from the claws of colonialism. This is the only force, the people look to for realization of their noble aims.
Therefore, to live up to the expectation of the people, the Mujahideen’s objectives are clear. They want to establish an Islamic system based on justice and equality and gain independence of the country where the Afghans will be owners of their own country and fate. Education, spiritual and material uplift and reconstructions are other aims of the Islamic Emirate. It has declared time and again that it will implement these goals upon gaining independence. However, the intelligence agencies of the invading countries and the biased media are trying to mar the good name of Mujahideen. Under the notorious name of terrorism, they want to create hatred among the people against the true sons of this land (Afghanistan). Even some time, these agencies resort to perpetrating gruesome crimes like explosions in congested places where hundreds of innocent people lose their lives. Some time, they flare up sectarian violence as per the old divide and rule formula of colonialism. Then, they accuse Mujahideen of being involved these crimes. The Mujahideen are free from all such charges. No Mujahid will ever want to kill an innocent Muslim or Muslima.
But the biased media constantly publish the official story and the people under the influence of the partial reports are confused and some time, misjudge the events because they do not know to tell facts from lies. On the other hand, the mainstream media do not publish the stand of Mujahideen regarding every event, fearing the invading Americans will accuse them of helping the so-called terrorists. In fact, the world has now been taken hostage by the media suffocation unleashed by the colonialism.
Pentagon has a psychological war department. This department is charged with spreading lies against Mujahideen. They spend millions of dollars to make it possible that the lies fabricated in Pentagon reach every ear in the world. They pay high sum of money to journalists who is ready to publish maligning stories against Mujahideen. According to a media report, a CIA cell in one of the neighboring countries of Afghanistan pay a journalist $1000 for a story against Mujahideen. They put on air dramas aimed at marring the image of Mujahideen. Ironically, the colonialists have taken this war from the battle fields to the fields of media, labor unions, business circles and scholar forums. So they should be confronted in all these fields.
Those journalists who are committed to human dignity, liberation, and justice should form Mujahideen Support Groups and wage an unwavering and constant campaign against the black propaganda launched by the colonialists because in the final analysis, this is not the war of Taliban. This is the war of all freedom-loving and justice-loving people all over the world who want to live as free people without the sword of colonialism hanging over their heads in this 21st century."
posted by nolocontendere at 10:04 PM
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Warning Us What They Plan To Do?
It's been said that the death cult has to announce their intentions before they undertake projects in their agenda, otherwise their impact and chances for success are lessened.
Billboard outside Jacksonville, NC. Dead bird, evacuation route and a biohazard sign on what looks like the sun. video
The CIA’s Swine Flu & Your Plastic FEMA Coffin
Billboard outside Jacksonville, NC. Dead bird, evacuation route and a biohazard sign on what looks like the sun. video
The CIA’s Swine Flu & Your Plastic FEMA Coffin
posted by nolocontendere at 6:46 PM
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Slowly Starving Out The Unchosen
Settlers cut olive trees south of Nablus
"A group of 25 settlers from Yitzhar settlement, south of Nablus, cut down 97 olive trees in the village of Burin this morning. The attack comes on the heels of a similar attack made 5 weeks ago, and a continued campaign of intimidation and harrassment of Burin’s residents from nearby settlements Yitzhar and Bracha.
Approximately 25 settlers began hacking the trees to pieces at 3am this morning. Although cutting manually, the noise awoke a Palestinian resident, whose house is located close to the scene on the Yitzhar ’side’ of Burin. After alerting the village, the Palestinians arrived in the olive grove as it became light to survey the damage, amongst them the owner of the land, Burin farmer Akram Brahim Embran. They counted 97 trees destroyed.
It is not the first time this year that Burin’s olive trees have been caught in the middle of territorial violence, for which Yitzhar settlers are notorious. On 4 October, a neighbouring grove was wiped out when 25 settlers took to the trees with axes in the early hours of the morning, just one day before the village’s olive harvest was due to commence. Previous years have seen fields burnt and crops stolen, in addition to continual settler harrassment and intimidation. The havoc it wreaks on Burin’s economy is obvious, agriculture its main source of income – and identity."
"A group of 25 settlers from Yitzhar settlement, south of Nablus, cut down 97 olive trees in the village of Burin this morning. The attack comes on the heels of a similar attack made 5 weeks ago, and a continued campaign of intimidation and harrassment of Burin’s residents from nearby settlements Yitzhar and Bracha.
Approximately 25 settlers began hacking the trees to pieces at 3am this morning. Although cutting manually, the noise awoke a Palestinian resident, whose house is located close to the scene on the Yitzhar ’side’ of Burin. After alerting the village, the Palestinians arrived in the olive grove as it became light to survey the damage, amongst them the owner of the land, Burin farmer Akram Brahim Embran. They counted 97 trees destroyed.
It is not the first time this year that Burin’s olive trees have been caught in the middle of territorial violence, for which Yitzhar settlers are notorious. On 4 October, a neighbouring grove was wiped out when 25 settlers took to the trees with axes in the early hours of the morning, just one day before the village’s olive harvest was due to commence. Previous years have seen fields burnt and crops stolen, in addition to continual settler harrassment and intimidation. The havoc it wreaks on Burin’s economy is obvious, agriculture its main source of income – and identity."
posted by nolocontendere at 4:07 PM
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Palinesque Cheesecake
"Sadly, this says as much or more about Newsweek and the news shmooze business as it does about Palin, the rag delegating itself as official push-back committee as SP's book tour kicks off another media wave of feigned concern and otherwise cheese ball Palinmania.
She might be bad for the GOP, but she's certainly not hurting the news business any.
Recyling an original photo from the August Runners World interview and slideshow, Newsweek issues Palin a slap -- pretending it's our mother talking -- while simultaneously taking it to the bank. (Like that Newsweek banner doesn't kick up the red any, does it?) And, along the way, we get an ever cheaper take on the underlying Palin themes (pictures allowing statements the media couldn't bluntly say otherwise), including:
1. Ooh la la. (Those legs aren't in Runners World anymore!)
2. US Oh! Of course, sex and patriotism sells a lot better than sex alone. (Read: Army banner on window + pin-up girl pose + the mile of Old Glory).
3. Health and nature sells. Again, you've got that trademark secessionist, call-of-the-wild, Palin-branded "mountains in my back yard" and mukluks thing going on.
4. Technology and "Super Mom" sells -- because she really does run around with multiple cell phones/PDA's."
She might be bad for the GOP, but she's certainly not hurting the news business any.
Recyling an original photo from the August Runners World interview and slideshow, Newsweek issues Palin a slap -- pretending it's our mother talking -- while simultaneously taking it to the bank. (Like that Newsweek banner doesn't kick up the red any, does it?) And, along the way, we get an ever cheaper take on the underlying Palin themes (pictures allowing statements the media couldn't bluntly say otherwise), including:
1. Ooh la la. (Those legs aren't in Runners World anymore!)
2. US Oh! Of course, sex and patriotism sells a lot better than sex alone. (Read: Army banner on window + pin-up girl pose + the mile of Old Glory).
3. Health and nature sells. Again, you've got that trademark secessionist, call-of-the-wild, Palin-branded "mountains in my back yard" and mukluks thing going on.
4. Technology and "Super Mom" sells -- because she really does run around with multiple cell phones/PDA's."
posted by nolocontendere at 3:44 PM
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AWOL Bomb Sniffing Dog Captured After 14 Months On The Run
Sniffer dog that went missing in action after Afghan battle is discovered safe and sound after 14 MONTHS lost in the desert
back in custody
"Last week - 14 months after she disappeared - a U.S. serviceman spotted a dog with an Afghan man at an isolated patrol base in another part of Uruzgan.
The Afghan handed Sabi over and the American quickly realised she must be a military-trained animal.
Within days, the Labrador was returned to her unit - no worse for wear."
posted by patootie at 6:24 AM
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Selective Stupak
"Last week, 176 House Republicans joined with 64 Democrats in voting for the so-called Stupak amendment, which could “could effectively stop many employer-provided health insurance plans from covering abortions for tens of millions of Americans” and restrict any private plan in the insurance exchange from offering abortion coverage."
It Reads: "In General – No Funds authorized under this Act (or an amendment made by this Act) may be used to pay for any abortion or to cover any part of the costs of any health plan that includes coverage of abortion, except in the case…[of a risk of death of the mother, rape, or incest]."
However...
RNC employee health insurance plan covers abortion.
"Federal Election Commission Records show the RNC purchases its insurance from Cigna. Two sales agents for the company said that the RNC’s policy covers elective abortion.
Informed of the coverage, RNC spokeswoman Gail Gitcho told POLITICO that the policy pre-dates the tenure of current RNC Chairman Michael Steele.
“The current policy has been in effect since 1991, and we are taking steps to address the issue,” Gitcho said. [...]
According to several Cigna employees, the insurer offers its customers the opportunity to opt out of abortion coverage — and the RNC did not choose to opt out."
It Reads: "In General – No Funds authorized under this Act (or an amendment made by this Act) may be used to pay for any abortion or to cover any part of the costs of any health plan that includes coverage of abortion, except in the case…[of a risk of death of the mother, rape, or incest]."
However...
RNC employee health insurance plan covers abortion.
"Federal Election Commission Records show the RNC purchases its insurance from Cigna. Two sales agents for the company said that the RNC’s policy covers elective abortion.
Informed of the coverage, RNC spokeswoman Gail Gitcho told POLITICO that the policy pre-dates the tenure of current RNC Chairman Michael Steele.
“The current policy has been in effect since 1991, and we are taking steps to address the issue,” Gitcho said. [...]
According to several Cigna employees, the insurer offers its customers the opportunity to opt out of abortion coverage — and the RNC did not choose to opt out."
posted by nolocontendere at 5:45 AM
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