The Seventh Fire News June, July, August 2009

Conyers Sees No Point in Members Reading 1,000-Page Health Care Bill--Unless They Have 2 Lawyers to Interpret It for Them During his speech at a National Press Club luncheon, House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers (D-Mich.), questioned the point of lawmakers reading the health care bill.“I love these members, they get up and say, ‘Read the bill,’” said Conyers.“What good is reading the bill if it’s a thousand pages and you don’t have two days and two lawyers to find out what it means after you read the bill

97 illegal immigrants found in chilled trailer An Arizona officer who stopped a refrigerated trailer found nearly 100 undocumented immigrants crammed inside in near-freezing temperatures.A tip from federal agents led the Department of Public Safety officer to make the stop to check for faulty equipment Wednesday night on Interstate 19 north of Nogales near the Mexico border.The officer discovered 97 people, including children as young as 9. The trailer was also carrying fruit and chilled to 34 degrees (1.1 Celsius). Temperatures outside were in the mid 80's.

Los Angeles boy's beating death came after two exams, records show Months before the body of a beaten 6-year-old boy was found on the floor of his home last week, strong evidence existed to suggest that he was the victim of sustained abuse at the hands of the man now accused of killing him, according to documents obtained by The Times. Authorities on Wednesday issued a murder warrant for Marcas Fisher, who police believe beat his ex-girlfriend's son, Dae'von Bailey, to death a week ago. Police cordoned off a South Los Angeles neighborhood Wednesday morning in what ended up being a fruitless search for Fisher. Detectives believe he is in hiding with aid from friends or family.

Iraq in throes of environmental catastrophe, experts say Reporting from Baghdad -- You wake up in the morning to find your nostrils clogged. Houses and trees have vanished beneath a choking brown smog. A hot wind blasts fine particles through doors and windows, coating everything in sight and imparting an eerie orange glow. Dust storms are a routine experience in Iraq, but lately they've become a whole lot more common.

Wash Post: U.S. Judge Blasts D.C.'s Handling of Protest Cases A federal judge chastised D.C. government lawyers Wednesday for how they have defended lawsuits brought by nearly 400 people arrested during a 2002 protest in downtown Washington. U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan said at a hearing that he was so shocked by the government's handling of evidence in the cases that he was tempted to launch an independent investigation of the D.C. attorney general's office. “There has been a deliberate pattern of obstruction, including a breathtaking destruction of evidence, by the D.C. government in an effort to cover up this crime against those who engaged in, or came near, protected free speech activity in the Nation’s Capital,” said Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, co-founder with Carl Messineo of the PCJF. Both attorneys are co-lead counsel on the class action case. Attorney Jonathan Turley and counsel from Bryan Cave are counsel on a related legal action stemming from the same arrests. Both sets of attorneys joined in filing for sanctions against D.C.

GMO Scandal: The Long Term Effects of Genetically Modified Food on HumansScientific Tests Must Be Approved by Industry First.One of the great mysteries surrounding the spread of GMO plants around the world since the first commercial crops were released in the early 1990’s in the USA and Argentina has been the absence of independent scientific studies of possible long-term effects of a diet of GMO plants on humans or even rats. Now it has come to light the real reason. The GMO agribusiness companies like Monsanto, BASF, Pioneer, Syngenta and others prohibit independent research.

ELIMINATE THE FED THROUGH TRANSPARENCY AND OVERSIGHT Like a rabid spider the Federal Reserve has trapped the economy is its secretive web of deceit and manipulation. The only way to eliminate the Fed, or what Eliot Spitzer calls 'America's biggest Ponzi scheme', is through transparency and Congressional oversight : Allen L Roland

Pro-lifers preparing for fight on healthcare reform. Obama not ready to take on abortion issue. Wal-Mart is making unions mad… again. But this time it is for joining forces with one as opposed to merely opposing them. Wal-Mart has recently joined forces with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) to help them push through the disastrous Obamacare policies that the SEIU is championing.

BLACK AMERICA DEVASTATED BY MASS IMMIGRATION Each week, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, majority leaders of the U.S. House and Senate of the United States—shout grandiose proclamations about their efforts to make woork, housing and education better for all Americans.Unfortunately, for the past 20 years, both individuals failed Black America. Reid and Pelosi encouraged, without batting an eye, the slave labor invasion from Mexico. Both voted for insourcing, outsourcing and offshoring of jobs that displaced and undermined millions of Black Americans. Both watched Chinese manufacturing usurp American jobs in steel, auto and, welding and ancillary jobs attached to Detroit, former “Automobile Capitol of the World.”

Is America on the Verge of a Geriatric Crime Wave? Crime is generally a young person’s game, but that hasn’t stopped an ever-growing number of older Americans from breaking the law. Following a decline through most of the ’90s, over the past 10 years arrest rates for those over 50 have shot up 85 percent, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics.

Federal Judge Slams U.S. Govt for Ongoing Detention of Alleged Child Soldier at Gitmo A federal judge last week excoriated U.S. government lawyers for advocating the continued detention of a detainee at Guantanamo Bay after his "confession" was ruled inadmissible because it was extracted through torture.Calling the case "an outrage", U.S. District Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle urged the lawyers to "let him out. Send him back to Afghanistan."Among her comments: "Seven years and this case is riddled with holes...This guy has been there seven years, seven years. He might have been taken there at the age of maybe 12, 13, 14, 15 years old. I don't know what he is doing there."

Malalai Joya: The woman who will not be silenced Enraged by Taliban oppression Malalai Joya became a women’s rights activist, and after the US-led invasion, took on the new regime as an MP. But speaking out has come at a cost. She tells Johann Hari why death threats won’t stop her exposing ugly truths about Afghanistan.I am not sure how many more days I will be alive," Malalai Joya says quietly. But she says: "Dust has been thrown into the eyes of the world by your governments. You have not been told the truth. The situation now is as catastrophic as it was under the Taliban for women. Your governments have replaced the fundamentalist rule of the Taliban with another fundamentalist regime of warlords. [That is] what your soldiers are dying for." Instead of being liberated, she is on the brink of being killed.

Ten Things You're Not Supposed to Know about the Swine Flu Vaccine Let's not beat around the bush on this issue: The swine flu vaccines now being prepared for mass injection into infants, children, teens and adults have never been tested and won't be tested before the injections begin.

Obama Administration Booed at Health Care Town Hall in Reserve, La. That was the overall tone for the entire townhall. Booing. Protesting. General hostility towards the Cabinet. All of these were further powerful after Secretary Sebelius admitted that the federal employees’ benefits would remain the same, even after a public option was added, with screaming and booing even louder from the crowd. The hour and a half-long meeting closed with dozens of people still in line to ask questions.VID

Settler rally: Obama racist; his regime will fall. 1,000 rightists protesting demand to halt settlement construction march towards US Consulate, call for Special Mideast envoy Mitchell to 'go home'; yeshiva head: Era when Jews were banned from living in different places has ended.(It will be interesting to see how this plays out.....???)

AP IMPACT: Dodd, Conrad told deals were sweetened Despite their denials, influential Democratic Sens. Kent Conrad and Chris Dodd were told from the start they were getting VIP mortgage discounts from one of the nation's largest lenders, the official who handled their loans has told Congress in secret testimony.

Canadian Doctor: H1N1 Vaccination a Eugenics Weapon for Mass Extermination Canadian doctor Ghislaine Lanctôt, author of the Medical Mafia, has underscored the lawsuit recently filed by Austrian journalist Jane Bürgermeister against the WHO, the UN, and several high ranking government and corporate officials. Bürgermeister has documented how an international corporate criminal syndicate plans to unleash a deadly flu virus and institute a forced vaccination program.

Shocking B.C. weather has just begun,Wild lightning storms to give way to record high temperatures this week Weekend storms and scorching temperatures sent two adults to hospital due to a lightning strike, washed out concerts and sporting events and started 100 forest fires across B.C. The storms and heat are a result of a twist in weather patterns, said meteorologist Mark Madryga, with strong systems pushing heat and storms in from the eastern interior instead of more moderate weather coming in from the west.

Fishing boat finds oldest underwater human bone A fishing boat trawling for mussels off the Dutch coast has instead landed a 40,000 year-old human bone, German scientists said on Sunday after examining the find.

Anthropologists from the University of Leipzig in eastern Germany confirmed that the forehead bone was "at least 40,000 years old and therefore the oldest ever found underwater," according to August's edition of GEO magazine. When he lived, the Netherlands and Britain were one land mass.

****Fed Planning 15-Fold Increase In US Monetary Base***** The fed is planning moves that would more than double its balance-sheet assets by September to $4.5 trillion from $1.9 trillion. Whether expressing approval or concern over the fed’s intentions, most commentators fail to understand the real magnitude of the projected expansion of the US monetary base because they don’t take into account the amount of dollars circulating abroad.

He Promised Change, but Is This Too Much, Too Soon? Among the biggest decisions President Obama faced in the weeks before his inauguration were how to assess the scope of the mandate he had received from the voters and how to act on it.

Aging Shanghai Seeks More Children Family planning officials in Shanghai are making home visits and slipping leaflets under doorways to encourage certain residents to have a second child in a bid to lessen the burden of the city's growing senior population.

The Death Penalty for a Hate-Crime? The Matthew Shepard Act, as part of the 2010 Department of Defense Authorization Bill that it is attached to, has now officially cleared the Senate and is making its way toward President Obama's desk but first must make a stop at a conference committee to reconcile the differences between the House and Senate versions of the legislation before final votes in September, but it does so after having had four amendments made to it, one of which adds a death penalty provision.

Lost Letter Reunites Lovers Two former lovers reunited in a passionate airport scene straight out of a movie or storybook -- thanks to the discovery of a letter that had been lost for a decade.Steve Smith, of Devon in southwest England, and Spaniard Carmen Ruiz-Perez, both 42, were married on July 17, the BBC reported Monday.

Ball lightning hits 100 homesDutch News: At least 100 homes in one district of the town of Soesterberg were hit by ball lightning on Sunday morning, the AD reports. The lightning, a rare atmospheric phenomenon, wrecked hundreds of televisions, computers, telephones and central heating systems, the paper says. In some households, flames came out of electronic equipment. In others, electric sockets sprang off the wall.

HELL ON EARTH IS GAZA Hell on Earth is Israeli occupied Gaza's 1.5 million tormented refugees seeking aid and recognition from a World who turns its collective head while the fires, neglect and human suffering continue unabated : Allen L Roland

The big New Jersey bust- What they're not saying. Dealing in stolen human organs. vid The FBI was told SEVEN YEARS AGO this was going on by Nancy Scheper-Hughes, an anthropologist from the University of California, Berkeley.

The horror of the Rwandan genocide The Guardian's Chris McGreal, who reported on the 1994 conflict in Rwanda, remembers the genocide and the international community's ineffectual response. WARNING: Contains disturbing images

UN tribunal jails Rwanda genocide mastermind for life An international court has sentenced the mastermind of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, Theoneste Bagosora, to life imprisonment in what prosecutors hailed as the most significant verdict of its kind since Nuremberg.(but that will not bring back nor really pay for the loss of all those lives!)

The longest solar eclipse of the century July 22, 2009 Earlier today, the moon passed directly in front of the sun, causing a total solar eclipse that crossed nearly half the Earth - through India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar and China. Today's was the longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century, lasting as much as 6 minutes and 39 seconds in a few areas. Despite cloudy skies in many of the populated areas in the path, millions of people gathered outside to gaze up and view this rare event. (33 photos total)

U.S. to transfer $200 million to Palestinians The United States plans to transfer $200 million to the struggling Palestinian Authority to help cover its budget shortfall, an Obama administration official said on Friday. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is expected to announce the transfer of funds on Friday as part of U.S. efforts to improve conditions on the ground that will bolster attempts to revive stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.(Is this a good thing?..yes, but probably it would be better if we would stop funding arms to Isarael and aid to them that has done this dastardly deed in the first place....Your opinion??)

Agent Orange linked to heart disease, Parkinson's Medical researchers say there may be a link between exposure to the defoliant Agent Orange and other herbicides used during the Vietnam War and an increased chance of developing serious heart problems and Parkinson's disease. A study from the Institute of Medicine released Friday contains several caveats, but suggests there is a stronger connection than previously thought about the health risks to Vietnam veterans. The research was sponsored by the Veterans Affairs Department, which will decide what to do with the findings. American forces sprayed millions of gallons of Agent Orange and other defoliants over parts of Vietnam from 1962 to 1970. Military authorities used the defoliants in an attempt to massively prune away the dense jungle cover used by North Vietnamese forces to hide. (un ....yeah....now that most of our guys and gals from that era are dead/disabled, etc.....a little late don't cha think?....and how about the Vietmanese people?....reperations for anyone?!!!)

The New Mr. America: Bankrupt, Diseased and Running Out of Options (NaturalNews) With a military rifle in one hand and a bottle of prescription medications in the other, the new "Mr. America" is over-fed, under-nourished, over-medicated, over-spent and "over there" (waging war in the Middle East). And soon, with Obama's new disease care reform proposals, America will find itself destitute and diseased, unable to climb out of the medication dependence pit it has dug for itself.

Gov't considers 7 states for mercury site The federal government is trying to find a location to store the nation's excess mercury deposits, with seven states being considered. But the government is quickly finding out that very few people want the stuff. A Colorado woman who showed up at a public forum on the issue last week had this to say about the plan: "No, no, no, no, no. No mercury." The Idaho governor was equally emphatic in his opposition, saying "not gonna happen." The Kansas City Council already passed a resolution against the plan.

Protest launched over US state department nominee An advocacy group on Wednesday launched a campaign to derail the nomination of a Goldman Sachs executive to a high position in the US state department because of his past role in raising public funds for a Chinese company linked to Sudan. Public Accountability Initiative, a not-for-profit organisation, said Robert Hormats, whom Barack Obama nominated this week as undersecretary of state for economic affairs, had made misleading comments about the 2000 listing for PetroChina, the Chinese energy group whose parent, CNPC, has been present in Sudan since 1996.

Anchor Babies - Born In The USA The Abuse Of The 14th Amendment - Part 1. (note from a forum....Section 1 of the 14th Amendment is obsolete. It has outlived its original intent to recognize the civil rights of former slaves. Those former slaves are dead, and Amendment 13 prohibits reinstitution of slavery. Additionally, blacks who owned slaves were citizens of their respective states before passage of the 14th Amendment. Citizenship should be a state affair with respect to the Full Faith and Credit Clause. )

Public skeptical Calif. woman killed, raped 8-year-old girlCallers have inundated the phone lines of Tracy police, saying it can't be. Veteran homicide and sex-crime researchers say they cannot recall a case quite like it. Even the investigators themselves looked at the evidence and initially said "no way."A woman was accused not only of killing someone else's child, but of raping her.Law enforcement officials and other experts say the allegations against Melissa Huckaby in the slaying of 8-year-old Sandra Cantu are remarkably rare over decades of U.S. police work.

Jaynee Germond for US Congress Oregon District 4,Yesterday's Mini-Bomb. I don’t want to vote for some rich politician who has never had to work for a living. I want someone who knows what it is like out there trying to make ends meet, buying groceries and gas, paying the utilities and making the mortgage payment. I want someone like me!I am sick of other people making decisions about my life. The title for those people over there in DC is “representative”. Do they represent you? They don’t me! I’m tired of these ‘hired hands’ not following their job description. I’m fed up with them saying one thing to one group of voters and something else to another group. I am angry that they are spending more of my money than I am!

4 Ariz. boys accused of raping 8-year-old girl Officers responding to a report of hysterical screams found an 8-year-old girl partially clothed and four boys, barely in their teens, running from an empty shed. The boys, ages 9 to 14, face charges ranging from sexual assault to kidnapping, police said Thursday. Authorities in Phoenix say it's one of the most horrific cases they've ever seen.All five children are refugees from the West African nation of Liberia.(and to make the matters worse, the parents are from a culture that blames the girl and has rejected her now, so she can't go home..these people need a big lesson in compassion and to examine their culture belief systems)

North Korea hurls insults at Clinton North Korea has rejected US suggestions that a wide-ranging package of incentives could entice it to dismantle its nuclear arms, with officials launching an extraordinary verbal attack on Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, calling her “stupid” and “a funny lady”.

Unarmed man in speedos shot dead by police An unarmed man wearing only swimming trunks was shot dead by a plainclothes police officer who had confronted him for driving erratically. Tyler Heilman, 24, had just arrived home in Kasota, Minnesota, after a day's swimming with friends when he was accosted by Todd Waldron, a sheriff's deputy, who had been following him in an unmarked car.

COULD YOU SURVIVE WITHOUT MONEY? MEET THE GUY WHO DOES DANIEL SUELO LIVES IN A CAVE. UNLIKE THE average American—wallowing in credit-card debt, clinging to a mortgage, terrified of the next downsizing at the office—he isn't worried about the economic crisis. That's because he figured out that the best way to stay solvent is to never be solvent in the first place.

NJ mayors, lawmakers arrested in corruption case An investigation into the sale of black-market kidneys and fake Gucci handbags evolved into a sweeping probe of political corruption in New Jersey, ensnaring more than 40 people Thursday, including three mayors, two state lawmakers and several rabbis. Even for a state with a rich history of graft, the scale of wrongdoing alleged was breathtaking. An FBI official called corruption "a cancer that is destroying the core values of this state."

re. faith-healing pair acquitted of manslaughter An Oregon couple who relied on prayer instead of medical care were acquitted of manslaughter Thursday in the death of their 15-month-old daughter. The jury convicted the father, Carl Brent Worthington, of criminal mistreatment, a misdemeanor carrying a maximum sentence of a year in jail. The mother, Raylene Worthington, was acquitted in the 2008 death of their daughter Ava. Both had faced manslaughter charges, which could have carried a sentence of up to six years in prison. The mother also was acquitted of criminal mistreatment.

Missing Texas Soldier Found and Arrested After Possible Kidnap Ruse There is no sign that a missing Texas soldier now in police custody was ever kidnapped for ransom as his family claimed, the Army said Thursday. Pfc. James Gonzalez, 24, was arrested Wednesday night after being found unharmed, said U.S. Army Criminal Investigations Command spokesman Christopher Grey.

The National Debt Road Trip A great visual video to show how much we are in debt and how we have been getting there up till now, and how fast we are going and in what direction......real fast!

Mysterious Tremors Detected Along San Andreas Fault LOS ANGELES — Scientists have detected a spike in underground rumblings on a section of California's San Andreas Fault that produced a magnitude-7.8 earthquake in 1857.What these mysterious vibrations say about future earthquakes is far from certain. But some think the deep tremors suggest underground stress may be building up faster than expected and may indicate an increased risk of a major temblor

HOW CALIFORNIA COULD TURN ITS IOU’S INTO DOLLARS California has over $17 billion on deposit in banks that have refused to honor its IOUs, forcing legislators to accept crippling budget cuts. These austerity measures are unnecessary. If the state were to deposit its money in its own state-owned bank, it could have enough credit to solve its budget crisis with funds to spare.

Virginia Tech Shooter's Psych Doctor Hid Mental Health Records for Seung-Hui Cho (NaturalNews) New revelations about the mental "treatment" of Virginia Tech shooter Seung-Hui Cho are surfacing today after the surprise discovery of his mental health records in the home of the former university psych doctor who treated him.

Doctors Warn Avoid Genetically Modified Food The American Academy of Environmental Medicine states,"Genetically Modified foods have not been properly tested and pose a serious health risk. There is more than a casual association between GM foods and adverse health effects. There is causation."AAEM's position paper stated, "Several animal studies indicate serious health risks associated with GM food," including infertility, immune problems, accelerated aging, insulin regulation, and changes in major organs and the gastrointestinal system. They conclude, "There is more than a casual association between GM foods and adverse health effects. There is causation," as defined by recognized scientific criteria. "The strength of association and consistency between GM foods and disease is confirmed in several animal studies."

Baghdad bombs kill 16, vehicle ban in Anbar region Bombs exploded across Baghdad on Tuesday, killing 16 people and wounding dozens, two of the blasts striking the crowded Shi'ite slum of Sadr City, security officials said.In Iraq's usually quiet Anbar province, the country's largest, a rare two-day vehicle ban was imposed across the vast desert region after bombings in the provincial capital Ramadi.The first Sadr City bomb, apparently targeting day laborers, killed four people and left 39 wounded, said Baghdad security spokesman Qassim al-Moussawi.

Imminent Erosion of USDollar Seawall The globe is losing patience with leadership and management of the USGovt ship at sea. They simple refuse to offer a credible solution to the primary keynote crack in the hull, falling housing prices and cratered mortgages, each of which work their destructive magic to wreck the banks. The home loan modifications are a farce, a travesty not designed to modify but rather to frame a series of loan forbearances.(the rest at the link)

Otto Heino dies at 94; master potter created 'hearty and gutsy' pieces Otto Heino, the Ojai-based master potter, educator and symbol of the midcentury California studio crafts movement who along with his late wife, Vivika, reformulated a lost-to-the-ages Chinese glaze that made him a multimillionaire, has died. He was 94. Heino died Thursday of acute renal failure at Community Memorial Hospital in Ventura, said George Gemmingen, a friend.

Twitterers Paid To Spread Israeli Propaganda By Jonathan Cook The passionate support for Israel expressed on talkback sections of websites, internet chat forums, blogs, Twitters and Facebook may not be all that it seems. Israel's foreign ministry is reported to be establishing a special undercover team of paid workers whose job it will be to surf the internet 24 hours a day spreading positive news about Israel

Killing “Everything That Moves”By Uri Avnery Like the ghost of Hamlet’s father, the evil spirit of the Gaza War refuses to leave us in peace. This week it came back to disturb the tranquility of the chiefs of the state and the army.“Breaking the Silence”, a group of courageous former combat soldiers, published a report comprising the testimonies of 30 Gaza War fighters. A hard-hitting report about actions that may be considered war crimes.

Voices That Cannot Be Silenced Here's part of a plea that came from a torture victim, a nun who was tortured in Guatemala; but her words reveal far more about the real reasons behind why so many have chosen 'not-to-know' than many of us ever expected that we would ever see. Here's an excerpt.

Quake, tsunami potential high on U.S. west coast Scientists have underestimated the potential for a giant quake and tsunami that could swamp much the U.S. northwest and Canadian west coasts, British and U.S. researchers said on Monday.Geological evidence suggests there have been earthquakes in the past that were even stronger than a magnitude 9.2 quake -- the second-biggest ever recorded -- which caused a 42-foot-high (12-meter-high) tsunami in the Gulf of Alaska in 1964, they said.

United Breaks Guitars Full Story: http://www.davecarrollmusic.com/story... - In the spring of 2008, Sons of Maxwell were traveling to Nebraska for a one-week tour and my Taylor guitar was witnessed being thrown by United Airlines baggage handlers in Chicago. I discovered later that the $3500 guitar was severely damaged. They didnt deny the experience occurred but for nine months the various people I communicated with put the responsibility for dealing with the damage on everyone other than themselves and finally said they would do nothing to compensate me for my loss. So I promised the last person to finally say no to compensation (Ms. Irlweg) that I would write and produce three songs about my experience with United Airlines and make videos for each to be viewed online by anyone in the world.

(SAY WHAT?) Islamic Supremacist Group Holds First U.S. Conference A group committed to establishing an international Islamic empire and reportedly linked to Al Qaeda is stepping up its Western recruitment efforts by holding its first official conference in the U.S.Now, it is coming out of the shadows and openly hosting a July 19 conference entitled, "The Fall of Capitalism and the Rise of Islam," at a posh Hilton hotel in a suburb of Chicago. (and this is being allowed?????)

Oh, but be sure and not put any stickers on your car....you will be arrested for a 'hate' crime!

6 slain in Tenn., Ala.; suspect in custody Five people were found slain in two homes in southern Tennessee Saturday, some of whom were related, and a sixth person at a Huntsville, Ala., business, said authorities who have a suspect in custody. Tennessee Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Kristin Helm said in an e-mail that 30-year-old Jacob Shaffer, of Huntsville, was being questioned but no charges have been filed. She said he was sitting on the front porch of one of the homes in Lincoln County when deputies arrived and that he was being held by local authoritie

The Witch Hunt on Alternative Medicine The media feed us constantly with threats of a World War III, but they don't tell us that WW III is a "Silent War"[1], and it has already started. People in general are afraid and worried about the ultimate war - where nuclear weapons will wipe out the major part of the world population, and although such a war is planned, World War III is already happening. The Third World War is foremost a quiet war with no classic weapons, but it is nevertheless almost as devastating.

Regulators shut banks in Calif., Ga. and SD Regulators on Friday shut two banks in California and two smaller banks in Georgia and South Dakota, boosting to 57 the number of federally insured banks to fail this year.The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. was appointed receiver of the four banks. The two biggest were Temecula Valley Bank, in Temecula, Calif., with $1.5 billion in assets and deposits of about $1.3 billion as of May 31 and Vineyard Bank, National Association, of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. It had assets of $1.9 billion and $1.6 billion in deposits as of March 31.

U.S. Mint gold, silver coin sales 'temporarily suspended' - again Unprecedented demand, a shortage of blanks, and restrictive policies and regulations continue to exacerbate what is almost becoming a chronic shortage of gold and silver coins authorized by the U.S. Mint. The U.S. Mint has again "temporarily" suspended sales of almost all of its gold uncirculated and proof coins, along with nearly all of silver uncirculated coins because of the limited availability of blanks.

Bombs explode at 2 hotels in Indonesian capital Bombs have exploded at the Ritz-Carlton and Marriott hotels in the Indonesian capital on Friday, ripping the facade off the Ritz. Police say at least four people are injured.
Debris and shattered glass littered the street outside the neighboring hotels in an upscale Jakarta neighborhood. Ambulances were being shuttled into the area.

Firefighter says Sotomayor's ruling divides people Frank Ricci, the white firefighter who recently won his reverse discrimination case at the Supreme Court, said Thursday that an unfavorable ruling by Sonia Sotomayor and other judges "divides people who don't wish to be divided along racial lines."

FDA probes heart problems with asthma drug Xolair Federal health regulators said Thursday they are reviewing data that suggest the asthma medication Xolair can cause heart attacks, strokes and other potentially deadly problems.

2010 on The Obama Watch, by Peter Ferrara Next year's elections are going to produce a political earthquake. That is because we currently suffer the most left-wing government in our nation's history.

TOLL ROADS COMING TO AMERICA? NAFTA AT WORK! Trans-Texas Corridor on NBC Nightly News 06192007 Wake up America, more American land, jobs, work going to foreign powers! No more 'free-ways'.....toll roads that use up good growing land, taking jobs away from americans, and owned by Mexico, and for what ???????? Are you going to let this happen??? "Who" is pulling the strings behind Govenor Rick Perry?

Effect of nutrition on brain function, Avoiding toxic dangers to the brain VIDEO Retired neurosurgeon, researcher and educator Russell Blaylock MD explains in detail how poor nutrition and neurotoxins present in common foods injure the brain and are often the root cause of criminal behavior and violence and mental illnesses like depression and schizophrenia. Blaylock is the author of numerous books including "Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills.

Feds suspend Alaska's in-home care programs State programs intended to help disabled and elderly Alaskans with daily life — taking a bath, eating dinner, getting to the bathroom — are so poorly managed, the state cannot assure the health and well-being of the people they are supposed to serve, a new federal review found. The situation is so bad the federal government has forbidden the state to sign up new people until the state makes necessary improvements.No other state in the nation is under such a moratorium, according to a spokeswoman for the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service

Big blobs of mystery goo floating off Alaska coast Something big and strange is floating through the Chukchi Sea between Wainwright and Barrow. Hunters from Wainwright first started noticing the stuff sometime probably early last week. It's thick and dark and "gooey" and is drifting for miles in the cold Arctic waters, according to Gordon Brower with the North Slope Borough's Planning and Community Services Department.

US commander in Afghanistan was 'embarrassed' by firing The former commander of US forces in Afghanistan said on Wednesday he was "dismayed" and "more than a little embarrassed" when he was sacked from his job last month.General David McKiernan, who was fired just short of a year after taking over the command of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan in 2008, reflected on his firing at a ceremony marking his retirement

Police shoot and kill armed man near US Capitol A chaotic scene unfolded near the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday after police shot and killed an armed man in what authorities described as a routine rush hour traffic stop that turned deadly. U.S. Capitol Police spokeswoman Sgt. Kim Schneider said the unidentified 35-year-old man refused to stop at the checkpoint about two blocks north of the Capitol complex. The man drove the wrong way down a street and struck two officers with his car — one on foot and the other on a motorcycle, Schneider said. The two officers received minor injuries.

Tenet canceled secret CIA hit teams As CIA director in 2004, George Tenet terminated a secret program to develop hit teams to kill al-Qaida leaders, but his successors resurrected the plan, according to former intelligence officials.Tenet ended the program because the agency could not work out its practical details, the officials told The Associated Press. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the classified program.Porter Goss, who replaced Tenet in 2005, restarted the program, the former officials said. By the time Michael Hayden succeeded Goss as CIA chief in 2006 the effort was again flagging because of practical challenges.

experts: Cyberstrikes originated from Britain, not North Korea A recent wave of cyber attacks that crippled thousands of computers and websites in the United States and South Korea could have originated from inside Britain, experts have warned. According to security researchers in Vietnam, the source of last week's string of attacks by the Mydoom virus - which overwhelmed systems belonging to the US Treasury and the office of the South Korean president Lee Myung-Bak - can be traced to the UK.

Upcoming Military Robot Could Feed on Dead Bodies A Maryland company under contract to the Pentagon is working on a steam-powered robot that would fuel itself by gobbling up whatever organic material it can find — grass, wood, old furniture, even dead bodies. Robotic Technology Inc.'s Energetically Autonomous Tactical Robot — that's right, "EATR" — "can find, ingest, and extract energy from biomass in the environment (and other organically-based energy sources), as well as use conventional and alternative fuels (such as gasoline, heavy fuel, kerosene, diesel, propane, coal, cooking oil, and solar) when suitable," reads the company's Web site. (ew!!! shades of 'The Matrix')

Bombshell: Orders revoked for soldier challenging prez Major victory for Army warrior questioning Obama's birthplace. A U.S. Army Reserve major from Florida scheduled to report for deployment to Afghanistan within days has had his military orders revoked after arguing he should not be required to serve under a president who has not proven his eligibility for office. His attorney, Orly Taitz, confirmed to WND the military has rescinded his impending deployment orders. "We won! We won before we even arrived," she said with excitement. "It means that the military has nothing to show for Obama. It means that the military has directly responded by saying Obama is illegitimate – and they cannot fight it. Therefore, they are revoking the order!"

25,000 Starving Kids Can’t Be Wrong Today, 25,000 children will die of hunger or poverty-related illnesses on this benighted planet. 25,000 starving kids can’t be wrong. You and I can be wrong, but 25,000 starving kids can’t be wrong. In a statement issued just before the opening of the G8 summit, which was held in L’Aquila, Italy from July 8 to 10, the London-based charity organization Save the Children said that over 75,000 children would die unnecessarily during the three-day meeting of eight major industrialized countries.

Will Dems allow Goldman to manipulate a cap-and-trade market? Goldman Sachs, the Wall Street leviathan that is heavily invested in the cap-and-trade carbon market scam, has admitted it has developed and used software that can manipulate such financial markets. The revelation came during proceedings in a legal case with enough plot twists to make even John Grisham proud; it was made, not by Goldman, but by an assistant U.S. Attorney.

Who are Goldman Sachs? For those of us who are asking.....who in the 'HE double toothpick" are these guys?

ALL T HE LIES LEAD TO CHENEY / LET'S PROSECUTE Absolute power absolutely corrupts and the Libby conviction in 2007 was the very tip of an Iceberg of deceit, deception, hubris and abuse of power by the Cheney/Bush administration ~ which began with the 9/11 coverup, extended to the illegal War, occupation and economic rape of Iraq and is fully visible in the tragedy of New Orleans . Karl Rove's resignation left only the dark master himself ~ for all the lies eventually lead to Dick Cheney: Allen L Roland

Taking back America By Jerry Mazza. After eight years of Bush, his deficits, 9/11, two wars, a several trillion dollar price-tag, his USAPATRIOT Act, suspension of habeas corpus, plus trillions in tax cuts for the rich, NSA spying, CIA torture, Justice Department manipulation to legalize the latter, Supreme Court interference in the first election; after all that, Katrina, the Department of Homeland Insecurity, and even more than I can bore you to tears with, we have Obama and Change -- except there’s no change but the faces.

A secret shame: Inside the latest scandal to rock the Catholic church When Todd Carpunky was 16, he joined the Legion of Christ. I his six years with the Catholic order, he bore witness to a culture of sexual abuse that rocked the Church. Here, he talks candidly to Peter Stanford about the secretive world created by the order's founder while the papal authorities looked the other way. Parents of youngsters recruited as Legionaries described it as a cult that targeted the young and naive in particular, some of them just 13, and then 'brainwashed' them. But it is Maciel himself who has proved most controversial. Nuestro Padre was, according to one biographer, 'a narcissistic sociopath' with a taste for flights on Concorde and five star hotels. He is acknowledged by the Legion to have fathered at least one child – a 23-year-old daughter said to be called Norma Hilda and now living in Madrid. It has also been alleged that he was a paedophile. The first accusation came in 1976 from the former head of the Legion in the US. By 1998, the Vatican had received sworn statements from eight men, all detailing how Maciel had abused

Problem nurses stay on the job as patients suffer Nurse Owen Jay Murphy Jr. twisted the jaw of one patient until he screamed.
He picked up another one -- an elderly, frail man -- by the shoulders, slammed him against a mattress and barked, "I said, 'Stay in bed.' "* The board took more than three years, on average, to investigate and discipline errant nurses, according to its own statistics. In at least six other large states, the process typically takes a year or less.This report, one in a series of occasional articles about oversight of nurses, was prepared in collaboration with ProPublica, an independent investigative newsroom in New York.....read the whole terrifying story!

Britain roiled by troop deaths in Afghanistan London -- The deaths of eight British soldiers in Afghanistan within 24 hours triggered a debate Saturday that could undercut support in Britain for the war.
Images of hearses and anguished relatives that appeared in news reports put the government under pressure to explain Britain's involvement in the war and to defend the quality of its support for combat troops.The deaths Thursday and Friday pushed Britain's toll in Afghanistan to 184 -- five more than British deaths in Iraq.

ATTENTION: Blitz of “Cyber Attacks” as Rockefeller Bill Approaches (Rockefellers are at it again! "Internet should never have existed" Jay Rockefeller )A determined propaganda blitz is well underway as the government sets the stage for the passage of Cybersecurity Act of 2009, introduced in the Senate earlier this year. If passed, it will allow Obama to shut down the internet and private networks. The legislation also calls for the government to have the authority to demand security data from private networks without regard to any provision of law, regulation, rule or policy restricting such access. In other words, the bill allows the government to impose authoritarian control over electronic communications.

Snipes Not Guilty of Fraud & Conspiracy Charges; Guilty of 3 Misdemeanors The press (here, here, here, and here) is reporting that Wesley Snipes has been found guilty of three misdemeanors and not guilty of the charges that carried more severe penalties. Unlike his co-defendants, Snipes was acquitted of the conspiracy charge that he faced. The numerous acquittals in the Snipes case should be making the government wonder whether it was worth the time, cost, and effort to proceed criminally against him, and whether civil penalties may have been more appropriate.

Graham predicts Sotomayor OK 'barring meltdown' Senate Democrats praised Sonia Sotomayor as a Hispanic pioneer well qualified for the Supreme Court on Monday, but Republicans questioned her impartiality and President Barack Obama's views as well at the start of confirmation hearings.

The real killer. The numbers don't lie But you can always ignore them. That's the corporate-government-media's approach. The biggest single threat the the health and wealth of Americans is the garbage that corporate America peddles as food using the media, the schools and even the medical profession as cover.

outh hit hard by lack of jobs, school grants Young people like Atkinson are among the hardest hit by the state's soaring unemployment rate. More than 18 percent of workers 16 to 24 are unemployed, a 70 percent jump from a year ago and the highest of any other group, according to the state employment office

China Earthquake Displaces 250,000 People GUANTUNXIANG, China — Thousands camped in tents in southwestern China on Saturday after a magnitude-6.0 earthquake destroyed thousands of homes, killed one person and injured 320, state media reported. At the epicenter of Thursday's quake in Yao'an county, nearly 22,000 people took shelter in some 3,000 tents, and emergency crews rushed in quilts, rice, cooking oil and other supplies, the official Xinhua News Agency said. The quake displaced some 250,000 people

Cheney Role in CIA Secrecy Questioned A member of the House Intelligence Committee told ABC News Congress was "systematically misled" about secret counterterrorism programs under the Bush administration, amid reports that Vice President Dick Cheney ordered the CIA to withhold information from Congress.

The end of Obamania On his overseas trip, the president was met with a lot less cheering and a lot more tough talk.

Fast-growing kelp invades San Francisco Bay A fast-growing kelp from the Far East has spread along the California coast from Los Angeles to San Francisco Bay, worrying marine scientists and outpacing eradication efforts.In May, scientists for the first time found the invasive seaweed called Undaria pinnatifida clinging to docks at a yacht harbor in San Francisco Bay, fouling boat hulls and pier pilings.

In Ghana, Obama Outlines His Africa Policy -- Proud Ghanaians fanned out in this capital city in t-shirts, stocking caps and dresses printed with images of President Obama, who is making rounds Saturday on his first presidential visit to sub-Saharan Africa. Amid the excitement of the U.S. president's visit, some Ghanaians expressed regret that there would be no public address by the man they had been eagerly awaiting for two months.In Ghana, like many African countries, life is largely lived in public. But Obama outlined his Africa policy in a conference center, not in the oceanfront Independence Square named for Ghana's distinction as the first African country to shed colonialism in 1957.

Lawmaker says CIA director ended secret program CIA Director Leon Panetta has terminated a "very serious" covert program the spy agency kept secret from Congress for eight years, Rep. Jan Schakowsky, a House Intelligence subcommittee chairwoman, said Friday.

ALASKA: 'Uplift' baffles scientists, transforms area beach Like a giant fist punching through the earth, a 1,000-foot long section of the beach below Bluff Point rose up 20 feet from the tidelands sometime last Friday or late Thursday, pushing boulders up from the ocean bottom, cracking sandstone slabs and toppling rocks upside down.

Health care overhaul bill suffers another setback The drive to remake the nation's health care system suffered yet another setback in Congress on Thursday when a pivotal group of House Democrats rebelled against leadership-backed legislation taking shape and sought additional time to make changes."We need to slow down and do it right," Rep. Mike Ross, D-Ark., said outside a meeting of the Blue Dog Coalition, a group of 52 moderate to conservative Democrats. "It needs to do a much better job of cost containment" within the health care system, he added.

Hundreds protest in Iran, defying crackdown vow Thousands of protesters streamed down avenues of the capital Thursday, chanting "death to the dictator" and defying security forces who fired tear gas and charged with batons, witnesses said.Turning garbage bins into burning barricades and darting through choking clouds of tear gas, the opposition made its first foray into the streets in nearly two weeks in an attempt to revive mass demonstrations that were crushed in Iran's postelection turmoil.

More than 300 injured by strong quake in China A moderate earthquake rocked southwest China Thursday evening, injuring at least 336 people and collapsing 10,000 homes, state media said. The magnitude-6.0 temblor, centered in Yunnan province's Yao'an county, damaged another 30,000 homes, the Xinhua News Agency said.

ACTION NEEDED: Bill To Restrict Amunition Moves Ahead! Call the Sentate appropriations committe TODAY to urge them to oppose AB962 . The comtact information can be found on the page at the link! This bill restricts personal ownership to only 50 rounds of amunition per month, even between family and friends, unless you are registered as a "handgun amunition vendor", and much more, read the whole contents.

Getty Center, college evacuates due to LA fire The world-famous Getty Center art complex and nearby Mount St. Mary's College were evacuated Wednesday as a fire burned in thick brush on the steep slopes of the Santa Monica Mountains.

The Crop Circle major phenomena continues unabated...new one:South Field, Nr Alton Priors, Wiltshire. Reported 27th June

Sun's surface flares up (is NASA telling the truth?) IT is 100 times the size of Earth.For the first time in two years the surface of the sun has become active, culminating in a mass of huge solar flares on Sunday.“These flares are so bright they could cause serious damage if viewed through the wrong equipment,” Owen Bennedict, the owner of Wappa Falls Observatory near Yandina said.“They should last for about a month and there will be major effects on Earth. Two years ago, after the last major explosion, electrical and radio equipment was playing up all over the world.”

Mass. sues feds over definition of marriage Massachusetts, the first state to legalize gay marriage, sued the U.S. government Wednesday over a federal law that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman.The federal Defense of Marriage Act interferes with the right of Massachusetts to define and regulate marriage as it sees fit, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley said. The 1996 law denies federal recognition of gay marriage and gives states the right to refuse to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states.

The Fate of Representative John Carter’s Proposed Amendments to Cap and Trade Texas U. S. Representative John Carter has galloped in to rescue us from the Cap & Tax bill, HR 2454, by proposing limitations on price increases that would repeal the bill automatically if the program raised diesel or gas prices by more than ten cents a gallon or our home electricity bills went up more than twenty dollars a month. He might just as well have proposed that we turn the whole pack of Democrats out of Congress and the White House for all the good his effort to restrict the tax will be.

Federal Web sites knocked out by cyber attack A widespread and unusually resilient computer attack that began July 4 knocked out the Web sites of several government agencies, including some that are responsible for fighting cyber crime, The Associated Press has learned.The Treasury Department, Secret Service, Federal Trade Commission and Transportation Department Web sites were all down at varying points over the holiday weekend and into this week, according to officials inside and outside the government. Some of the sites were still experiencing problems Tuesday evening. Cyber attacks on South Korea government and private sites also may be linked, officials there said.

Official: LA detective from King trial kills self A veteran Los Angeles police detective who testified at the Rodney King trial killed herself after walking into the lobby of a suburban sheriff's station, authorities said Tuesday.

Sun's storms set to intensify ASTRONOMERS are claiming that Earth is witnessing the biggest and most powerful Sunspot ever seen and the sunspot is yet to peak in intensity

Military guinea pigs vid Military personnel have been on the receiving end of experimental vaccinations and drugs for decades. When these experiments go wrong, the troops are on their own. Thousands of our 'own' are diabled, hurt and dead from these secret vaccinations.

Alcee Hastings Paves the Way for Concentration Camps Nancy Pelosi was unable to install disgraced former judge Alcee Hastings — who was impeached for bribery and perjury, and then hit a further low by cochairing Shrillary's presidential campaign — as Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. But that doesn't mean this felonious Congresscritter (D-FL) hasn't been busily participating in the destruction of our country.An amendment to a bill swiftly moving through the US Congress will allow the Obama Administration's Attorney General to classify Americans as domestic terrorists if they are pro-life, pro-gun and anti-big government.

Impeached Florida judge — now a Democrat Party member of the House of Representatives — Rep. Alcee Hastings introduced what some claim is a disturbing piece of legislation. Hasting's amendment calls for the Attorney General to have discretion over who is called a terrorist and what groups will be treated as terrorist groups.

Cops check serial killer link to slain N.C. man A man matching the description of a suspected serial killer was shot to death by North Carolina police early Monday, witnesses said, and South Carolina authorities were on the scene investigating.Authorities didn't immediately say if the man killed was linked to five deaths in South Carolina last week, but a sport-utility vehicle similar to the one police think the serial killer may have been driving was at the scene of the North Carolina shooting.

General of all American Intelligence: 911 was a fraud! vid Major General Albert "Bert" N. Stubblebine III, head of all intelligence says: Pentagon NOT hit by a plane -WTC 7 brought down by explosives- Media in America is controlled

Chinese floods kill 15, displace 550,000 Flooding and heavy rain in southern China have forced 550,000 people to evacuate their homes and killed at least 15, Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday.The heavy rains that have raged for four days across southern provinces have destroyed houses, flooded crops, cut power, damaged roads and caused rivers to overflow.Worst hit was Guangxi, where 285,800 people were moved out of their homes. Parts of the region were experiencing the worst flooding since 1996.

States put Feds on Notice The Tenth Amendment to the US Constitution isn’t a daily news header, but it should be. More than 35 states have passed, or are considering, a resolution to remind the federal government there is a limit to central government power. That limit was set forth in the 10th amendment, part of the Bill of Rights Patrick Henry and others wanted added to the US Constitution.

Riots erupt in China's far west Nearly 1,000 protesters from a Muslim ethnic group rioted in China's far west, overturning barricades, attacking bystanders and clashing with police in violence that killed an unknown number of people, including a policeman, state media and witnesses said.State media initially said at least three ethnic Han Chinese were killed in the violence Sunday, though later reported that an unknown number died, among them an armed policeman. An activist group said one demonstrator may have died.

Strange Martial Law via Food Control: HR 2749 HR 2749 is a strange bill in many ways. While the other “food safety” bills have been around since winter, allowing for much public discussion on the internet, HR 2749 has only suddenly appeared. It is a mutant conglomeration of the worst of the other bills, with the addition of one very original part – martial law

No Decline in Belief That Obama is a Muslim More than two months into Barack Obama's presidency, as many people incorrectly identify him as a Muslim as did so during the 2008 campaign. When asked about Obama's religious beliefs, 11% say he is a Muslim. In October, 12% said Obama is a Muslim, which was unchanged from earlier in the campaign.In the current survey, 35% say they do not know Obama's religion, either because they do not know enough about him (22%), or because they have heard different things about his religion (13%); another 6% refused to answer.

Banksters Love Cap-and-Trade The sweeping new bill which just passed the House last Friday, the Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, is ostensibly about climate change, but it is in fact a bill of staggering economic ramifications that is going to accelerate the takeover of the economy by the well-placed financiers who have already plundered the Treasury and the Fed of $12+ trillion and counting. It was rushed through the House in the tradition of such nightmarish legislation as the Patriot Act and the banker bailout of last October: hundreds of pages were added to it at the last minute and it was humanly impossible for anyone to have read it before they voted on it. This, of course, is exactly what Obama promised his administration would never allow to happen, and for good reason; bills passed in this manner are always the result of fear and panic and inevitably results in legislation that would never be passed upon sober second thought.

The Coming Economic Apocalypse Astonishing to me is the fact that no one seems to understand the ultimate result of the current policies and practices of Washington D.C. and the Federal Reserve Bank, the Fed. I have studied our economic situation for about 3 hours per day for the last 8 months and conclude we are bankrupt. Think about the facts.Certainly most of the automobile industry, the airlines, 37 out of 50 states, are bankrupt. The lending industry, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac are bankrupt. Insurance giant AIG, bankrupt. The Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation, or PBGC, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or FDIC, Social Security including Medicare and Medicaid are rapidly approaching insolvency.

Biden: "We Misread How Bad The Economy Was" The Obama administration "misread" the depth of the economic troubles it inherited and still expects more new jobs in the long term as the spending pace from the $787 billion stimulus plan quickens, Vice President Joe Biden said.(Runner ups for the 'Darwin' Awards)........HELLOOOOO????? !!!!

Why I Was Arrested in Coal River, West Virginia Mountain Top Removal is a devastatingly destructive form of mining and has already destroyed 2,000,000 acres in the Appalachian Mountains.Coal companies have literally blown up over 500 mountain tops to access the coal seams and then dumped the refuse into the valleys below, killing over 3000 miles of headwater streams. The EPA just gave the go ahead for an additional 42 mountaintops to be blown off with another 6 permits pending.

Cynthia McKinney, 14 Activists Still In Israel Jail Five Bahraini activists was deported on Friday but 14 international activists are still under Israeli jail, including Noble laureate Mairead Maguire and former U.S. Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney.

Army Spc. Eduardo S. Silva, 25, Greenfield; found dead in his bed in Afghanistan Army Spc. Eduardo S. Silva, 25, loved making his family and friends laugh.That he would die mysteriously in Afghanistan was unimaginable to his family in the Monterey County community of Greenfield. Because he was an Army cook, his family believed he would be safe. The Army said Silva died of noncombat-related injuries June 9 in Bagram, Afghanistan, north of Kabul, where he was on his third tour of duty.

Former Marine Claims Illness From Mystery Vaccine Target 5 has discovered that an alarming number of U.S. troops are having severe reactions to some of the vaccines they receive in preparation for going overseas. "This is the worst cover-up in the history of the military," said an unidentified military health officer who fears for his job. A shot from a syringe is leaving some U.S. servicemen and women on the brink of death.Lance Corporal David Fey, 20, has dialysis three days a week. His kidneys are failing, his military career is over, and he feels like his country abandoned him.

Indian Weapons In Swat & FATA The Pakistani military through its own channels has shared evidence with the U.S. military about Indian support for terrorism in Pakistan’s tribal belt and Swat. The evidence was embarrassing for the Americans because they have been defending Indian presence in Afghanistan and have also been defending the opening up of Indian consulates in areas close to the Pakistani border. More embarrassing for the Americans is that besides some Indian weapons and the proof on the presence of Indian-origin special forces personnel and assets, a large amount of standard issue U.S. military weapons have been confiscated by the Pakistanis from dead terrorists. Washington is explaining this by saying these weapons were sold on the black market by the U.S.-trained new Afghan army. But the quality of the weapons – including anti-aircraft guns and launchers – and their quantity eliminates the possibility that smuggling is the only explanation

Air France plane was intact when it hit the ocean The Air France plane that vanished in the middle of the Atlantic with 228 people on board did not disintegrate in mid-air but plunged into the water intact and belly first, investigators said today. Alain Bouillard, leading the preliminary inquiry on behalf of France's BEA accident agency, said examination of wreckage indicated the A330 Airbus was still in one piece when it crashed, at high speed, into the ocean.

The Great American Bubble Machine Matt Taibbi on how Goldman Sachs has engineered every major market manipulation since the Great Depression / vid

REPEAT: Senate bill fines people refusing health coverage Americans who refuse to buy affordable medical coverage could be hit with fines of more than $1,000 under a health care overhaul bill unveiled Thursday by key Senate Democrats looking to fulfill President Barack Obama's top domestic priority.(ARE WE GOING TO LET THEM DO THAT?)

Swine flu reaches into the lungs and gut The swine flu virus can reach deep into the respiratory system and even as far as the intestines — findings which could explain why the disease's symptoms are different from those of seasonal flu.

Sotomayor had ties to extreme group The top Republican on the Senate committee that will consider Sonia Sotomayor's Supreme Court nomination says a Puerto Rican civil rights group's papers could shed light on her judicial approach, particularly her view of racial preferences in hiring.

North Korea fires missiles in 4th of July salvo North Korea launched seven ballistic missiles Saturday into waters off its east coast in a show of military firepower that defied U.N. resolutions and drew global expressions of condemnation and concern.

Former NFL quarterback McNair killed in Tennessee Former NFL quarterback Steve McNair and a woman were found shot to death Saturday inside a residence in Nashville, police said.Nashville police spokesman Don Aaron confirmed that authorities were called to a condominium and found McNair and a woman shot to death inside. Aaron said police don’t yet know the circumstances of the shooting.

Palin to resign as Alaska's governor In a surprise move, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin seen as a potential 2012 Republican presidential candidate declares that she will step down as the head of state.

School tells girl to remove cross despite allowing Sikh bangles Lauren Grimshaw-Brown was told to take off a necklace with a cross on it due to health and safety reasons.But the eight-year-old's mother Laina has accused the school of double standards because they allow children following other faiths to wear jewellery on religious grounds.

Senior British commander killed in Afghanistan A roadside bomb killing one of the most senior British army officers in Afghanistan has dealt a huge personal blow to the forces stationed in the troubled country. The British Ministry of Defense announced that lethal incident happened when the bomb struck the commander's Viking armored tracked vehicle in Helmand province.

Senate bill fines people refusing health coverage Americans who refuse to buy affordable medical coverage could be hit with fines of more than $1,000 under a health care overhaul bill unveiled Thursday by key Senate Democrats looking to fulfill President Barack Obama's top domestic priority.(UMMMMM...EH...THIS IS FREE NATIONAL HEALTH COVERAGE?.....)

Anything Into Oil In an industrial park in Philadelphia sits a new machine that can change almost anything into oil. Really.

"This is a solution to three of the biggest problems facing mankind," says Brian Appel, chairman and CEO of Changing World Technologies, the company that built this pilot plant and has just completed its first industrial-size installation in Missouri. "This process can deal with the world's waste. It can supplement our dwindling supplies of oil. And it can slow down global warming."

Miners in Afghanistan The photographer seems to want to concentrate on the fact that the miners have a dirty job. That is true. It's also a dangerous job. Afghanistan is one of the poorest nations in the world. Yet the mountains blanketing this central Asian nation hide one of the world's biggest treasure chests. There are gemstones, precious metals, coal and oil. To date, 95 percent of his country's natural wealth remains untapped.

DEATH BY AMUSEMENT
Amusement---not to think or meditate on. Death---the total and permanent cessation of all the vital functions of an organism.Americans are brain dead. It is the only thing that explains the events of the past week. We are laughing ourselves to death. We have become so enamored with being entertained that we have lost the ability to think.

Analysis: Why do politicians cheat? WASHINGTON – What is it with philandering politicians? Why do men in power — the ones on pedestals — think they are above us and can get away with cheating on their spouses, particularly when media scrutiny is so intense and peccadilloes are arguably more politically damaging than in the past?

Ancient Find Proves Christ's Words? Archaeologists have unearthed in Jordan what they believe to be the first Christian church in the world. Dating back almost 2,000 years to sometime between 33 AD to 70 AD, the church, which is actually a cave, was found underneath Saint Georgeous Church, which itself dates back to 230 AD, in Rihab in northern Jordan near the Syrian border.

Cap-and-Trade Means Regulate and Subsidize Last week, prior to voting for the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, House Republican Leader John Boehner spent the better part of an hour reading from the 1201-page bill and the associated 300-page addendum, which had been dumped on Congress' door at 3:09AM. He did so, he told The Hill, because he believed "people need to know what's in this pile of s-it."

Israel's Act Of Piracy On June 30, the government of Israel committed an act of piracy when the Israeli Navy in international waters illegally boarded the "Spirit of Humanity," kidnapped its 21-person crew from 11 countries, including former US Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney and Nobel Laureate Mairead MaGuire, and confiscated the cargo of medical supplies, olive trees, reconstruction materials, and children’s toys that were on the way to the Mediterranean coast of Gaza. The "Spirit of Humanity," along with the kidnapped 21 persons is being towed to Israel as I write.

Obama's biggest character flaw The President of these United States recently expressed his love for "the Urdu poets," a piece of inspired BS that nobody in their right minds believed for a second. But then the P was narrowcasting to Pakistan, he thought, and Americans weren't supposed to be listening

Ron Paul's 'Audit the Fed' bill 'gaining steam' The Federal Reserve, the counterfeiters who inflate our money supply and whose easy-money policies have given us over 80 years of depressions, bubbles, and booms, is starting to sweat. Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX)’s “Audit the Fed” bill, HR 1207, is gathering steam, as CQ Politics notes:Both liberal Democrats and conservative Republicans have signed on to Paul’s bill, which would force the Federal Reserve to show exactly where every penny it printed up was spent. As you can expect, the head of this criminal institution Ben Bernanke has said that this bill would mean a “takeover” by Congress and “threaten the financial system, dollar, an economy.” Let me get this straight. The Fed prints up trillions of dollars out of thin air, artificially lowers interest rates to increase poor and malinvestment of capital, and gives Americans the rope of cheap credit to hang themselves with.

U.S. military: American soldier captured in Afghanistan Insurgents ('their favorite word") have captured an American soldier in eastern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said Thursday.Spokeswoman Capt. Elizabeth Mathias said the soldier went missing Tuesday."We are using all of our resources to find him and provide for his safe return," Mathias said.

And YOU are paying for it, which means you share the guilt. YOU are paying for the weapons used to kill the modern day family of Jesus. The moment you sign that 1040 form, you sign a confession, admitting before all the world that you are an accessory in the murder.

(7th FIRE EDITORS NOTE: Violence is never the answer or solution to any problem, question or frustration. This type of 'shooting is becoming all to common, all over America and the world, in homes, in schools, as well as other places, and by all kinds of people. Violence only begets more violence when understanding, love and compassion is so badly needed in the world today.)

WHY ARE WE BANKRUPT?

The Costs of Illegal Immigration total is a whopping $ 338.3 BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR AND IF YOU'RE LIKE ME HAVING TROUBLE UNDERSTANDING THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY; IT IS $338,300,000,000.00 WHICH WOULD BE ENOUGH TO STIMULATE THE ECONOMY FOR THE CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTRY.

The Mystery of the Forgotten U.S. Flag Revealed.

July 2009 Headlines

General of all American Intelligence: 911 was a fraud! vid Major General Albert "Bert" N. Stubblebine III, head of all intelligence says: Pentagon NOT hit by a plane -WTC 7 brought down by explosives- Media in America is controlled

Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war.

~Albert Einstein