Torrential rain in Niigata and Fukushima prefectures in northern Japan has caused rivers to overflow, raising the danger of landslides.



Six people are missing in the region. One man in Fukushima was caught in a mudslide as he was constructing a sandbag barrier to hold off the floods.



Since Wednesday, rainfall in Fukushima has exceeded 600 millimeters, while Niigata has gotten more than 450 millimeters.



Authorities have issued an evacuation advisory to 193,000…

House panel approves broadened ISP snooping bill

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GREETINGS ONE AND ALL!  I had to fade out for a while in order to get better settled into safer digs in western NC.  While doing that, I've been watching the mindless theatrics of political drones and I gotta tell you this - GET READY 'cause what's coming aint gonna be pretty by a damn sight.

Missed ya'll.......................

Kurt Nimmo

Infowars.com

July 28, 2011

Less than a week after the bombing and shooting in Norway, the corporate media is reporting that a Muslim possessing weapons and explosives was apprehended near Fort Hood, Texas, the site of a deadly shooting attributed to Major Nidal Hasan in 2009.

Jason Abdo Nassar, an AWOL soldier from Fort Campbell, Kentucky, was arrested on Wednesday in the city of Killeen, Texas, according to the…

Federal agency attempts to make firearms retailers spy on their customers under new illegal directive

Paul Joseph Watson & Aaron Dykes

Infowars.com

Friday, July 29, 2011

Even as it finds itself embroiled in a scandal that saw weapons being deliberately sent to criminal gangs in Mexico, the ATF has issued a letter ordering firearms dealers in border states to report sales of two or more semi-automatic…

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/07/28/house-panel-approves-bill-forcing-isps-to-log-users-web-history/

Alarm at rise in babies born addicted to prescription painkillers taken by their mothers during pregnancy

By Daily Mail Reporter

Last updated at 7:52 AM on 29th July 2011

Health officials are becoming increasingly alarmed at the rise in the number of babies born hooked on pills that their mothers took while…

URGENT: Congress Pushing Broad New Internet Snooping Bill

"A direct assault on Internet users" is what the ACLU is calling it.  Yesterday a U.S. House committee approved HR 1981, a broad new Internet snooping bill.  They want to force Internet service providers to keep track…

Updated: Friday, 29 Jul 2011, 11:07 AM EDT

Published : Friday, 29 Jul 2011, 11:07 AM EDT

BELVIDERE, N.J. - A northern New Jersey school district has adopted a voluntary random drug testing program for middle school students.

Parental consent is required for sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students in the Belvidere school district. Parents must also pay for the cost of the treatment program.

Those who test positive will be required to attend an early…

A Lansing medical marijuana dispensary is offering medical marijuana patients a choice of a half a gram of medical pot or a marijuana-laced baked good called a “medible” in exchange for registering to vote.…

By WILLIAM YARDLEY

Published: July 29, 2011

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK, Wash. — Beginning late this summer, one of the most promising and pure acts of environmental restoration the region and the nation have ever seen will get under way here, experts say, in the…

Charles Monnett, whose 2006 report that polar bears had drowned in the Arctic helped boost the global warming movement, has been put on administrative leave by his federal agency.

By BENEDICT CAREY

The New York Times

The mental-health fallout from the Sept. 11 attacks has taught psychologists far more about their field's limits than about their potential to shape and predict behavior, according to a new review.

The review, a collection of articles due to be published next month in…

British lawmakers said on Friday it was likely News Corp's James Murdoch would be recalled to clarify details about evidence on phone hacking he gave to a parliamentary committee, following claims his testimony was "mistaken."

(Reuters) - British lawmakers said on Friday it was likely News Corp's James Murdoch would be recalled to clarify details about evidence on phone hacking he gave to a parliamentary committee, following claims his testimony was…