Afghanistan a Success – Time to Come Home!
• Karen Kwiatkowski for LewRockwell.comAfghans were infuriated, not just at this past summer’s flawed and corrupted election, but also at the previous elections that confirmed US satrap Hamid Karzai
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5 taken into custody in Fort Huachuca protest; Both sides are smaller in this year's confrontati
• The Sierra Vista HeraldFORT HUACHUCA — With five individuals taken into custody Sunday by fort law enforcement officers, the sixth annual protest against the post ended. For the Rev. Jerome Alexander Zawada, a Franciscan Roman Catholic priest from Tucson, Sunday was at le
Kilometer tax avoiders face jail, fines
• Dutch News.nlPeople without a working kilometer tax meter in their cars once the system is introduced in 2012 face six months in jail or a fine of up to €18,500, the Telegraaf reports on Tuesday. People caught fiddling the meter can be jailed for up to four years
Dobbs and Palin for President 2012: last gasps of obsolete GOP (Speculation)
• blog.pdamerica.orgBut I digress. This is about Dobbs and Palin for 2012! Lou Dobbs just quit CNN, and Palin’s about to embark upon her “Going Rogue” book tour. Several outlets have reported Dobbs considering a Presidential bid, possibly as an independent, certainly hi
On the Edge (Max Keiser with Ellen Brown, "Web of Debt")
• http://maxkeiser.comNovember 6th, 2009 by stacyherbert / Stacy Summary: First half got bumped by Obama press conference. Here is second half interview with Ellen Brown.
FRONTLINE - The Warning!
• PBS FrontlineLong before the economic meltdown, one woman tried to warn about the threat to the financial system... (Greenspan was too "libertarian" ???!)
Aerosol Spraying, Weaponized Viruses, and Baxter
• Farm WarsThis would explain why BO declared a “National Emergency” here in the states Oct 29 – likely the very day or day before the low-flying planes aerosol-sprayed the viral plague into the mountains around Kiev.
More Than 14,700 Americans Disclose Secret Accounts (Update2)
• Bloomberg.com“We were flooded with people coming in during the final days of the program,” Shulman told reporters on a conference call in Washington today as the U.S. and Swiss governments released a list of criteria used by Switzerland to screen American clients
Henry Markram builds a brain in a supercomputer
• TED TalksThe mysteries of the mind can be solved. Mental illness, memory, perception: they're made of neurons and electric signals, and he plans to find them with a supercomputer that models all the brain's 100,000,000,000,000 synapses.
A 25-Year Battery
• Technology ReviewBatteries that harvest energy from the nuclear decay of isotopes can produce very low levels of current and last for decades without needing to be replaced. A new version of the batteries, called betavoltaics, is being developed by an Ithaca, NY-base
Lou Dobbs Suggests Senate Run "On My Mind"
• cbsnews.comLou Dobbs, who recently resigned from hosting a nightly show on CNN, said in his first interview since his resignation that he is "going to remain in the public arena."
November 16, 2009: Law & Order: KSM (The Daily Show) 9/11 Terrorist on Trail
• The Daily ShowLaw & Order: KSM Samantha Bee fears the media won't be able to handle Khalid Shaikh Mohammed's trial if it's held in New York City.
Do Speedy Math in Your Head
• WiredArthur Benjamin is a wizard at math. He wows the crowd by multiplying big numbers — quick, what's 57,682 squared? — faster than you can use a calculator. Here he shares three cool tricks. (The answer, by the way: 3,327,213,124. See how easy it is?)
Google Submits Second Proposal for Library of the Future
• WiredGoogle and a coalition of authors and publishers are hoping a second draft of a legal settlement will clear the way through a thicket of copyright laws to let Google to build the library of the future.
Himalayan Glaciers Not Melting
• Doug L. Hoffman for LewRockwell.comThe first is the 30-kilometer-long Gangotri glacier, source of the Ganges River. Between 1934 and 2003, the glacier retreated an average of 70 feet (22 meters) a year and shed a total of 5% of its length. But in 2004 and 2005, the retreat slowed to a
Buy Gold, Not Miners: Jim Rogers
• Jim Rogers for LewRockwell.com"Yes, I should be selling at the top, but I don't think this is the top. Gold, adjust it for inflation back in 1980, gold should be over $2k an oz. right now. In my view, in this bull market in commodities gold will make all new highs adjust for infl
Major Garrett Among White House Correspondents to Interview Pres. Obama Today
• via DRUDGE (of course :)It's official. Fox News' Major Garrett will interview Pres. Obama at 9:20pmET tonight. He tweets: I will interview POTUS on camera Wed am here in Beijing. 4 other networks will too. 10 mins per. Many had asked. Can say now. Follow @MajoratW
Mortgage delinquencies hit another record in 3Q
• APThe pace at which people fell behind on their mortgages slowed during the summer for the third consecutive quarter, but the overall delinquency rate hit another record. For the 3 months ended Sept. 30, 6.25% of U.S. mortgage loans were 60 or more d
Modified Algae Produce Clean, Easy Hydrogen
• PopSiCreating Hydrogen From Algae By isolating the photosynthesizing parts of a certain thermophilic blue-green algae and catalyzing it with light and platinum, researchers have produced clean, sustainable quantities of hydrogen that could one day power o
Bubbling, Boiling Sun Photographed in Detail
• Space.comThe bubbling, roiling surface of the sun has been imaged in unprecedented detail, shedding light on the processes at work on the solar surface.
Health and safety snoops to enter family homes
• London TimesHealth and safety inspectors are to be given unprecedented access to family homes to ensure parents are protecting their children from household accidents. Councils to "collect data" on properties where children are thought to be at "greatest risk
Ten-year-old refuses to recite pledge until gays allowed to marry
• Rawstory"I eventually, very solemnly -- with a little bit of malice in my voice -- said, 'Mam, with all due respect, you can go jump off a bridge," Will explained. Seated next to the boy, his father covered his face, smiling.
Abortion clause raises problems for Obama
• Financial TimesThe House of Representatives this month passed a healthcare reform bill that would sharply curtail access to abortion. Several Democrats in the Senate have said they want similar restrictions in their own bill. Harry Reid, the Democratic leader in
Nouriel Roubini: The worst is yet to come---Unemployed Americans should hunker down
• NY Daily NewsWe can expect that job losses will continue until the end of 2010 at the earliest. If you are unemployed and looking for work you had better hunker down. All the economic numbers suggest this will take a while. Jobs are not coming back.
China questions costs of U.S. healthcare reform
• ReutersThe Chinese are curious about how President Obama's healthcare reform plans would impact America’s huge fiscal deficit. Government officials are using his Asian trip as an opportunity to ask the White House questions. Detailed questions.
Gun sales shoot up amid America’s fear of rising crime and terrorism
• London TimesAll over America demand for firearms and ammunition is rising amid concerns that rising unemployment, which passed 10 per cent this month, will lead inexorably to higher rates of crime. Fears of terrorism have also helped to lift demand, as have conc
Army tells its soldiers to 'bribe' the Taleban
• London TimesBritish forces should buy off potential Taleban recruits with “bags of gold”, according to a new army field manual published yesterday. Army commanders should also talk to insurgent leaders with “blood on their hands” in order to hasten the end of
Hoffman 'unconcedes' in N.Y.-23 House race
• The HillConservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman has "unconceded" in New York's special House election after reports that the vote margin narrowed between him and Rep. Bill Owens (D). Hoffman conceded the race on Election Night after learning he trailed
Bailout transparency
• www.thememoryhole.orgOpenTheGovernment.org has a fantastic section tracking what we know and don’t know about the financial bailout. You’ll find news, documents, links to sites, and more. The Treasury Dept & Federal Reserve are currently fighting court battles in order t
Sweep away the traitors in 2010
• www.teabombs.comMost of you who contributed to the Ron Paul campaign have received the emails yesterday, concerning the new launch of a website called moneybomb.com that would pool our money and target traitorous incumbents such as Sen. Boxer of California, Sen. Sch
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