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Keeping slim is good for the planet, say scientists

Maintaining a healthy body weight is good news for the environment, according to a study which appears today in the International Journal of Epidemiology.

Because food production is a major contributor to global warming, a lean population, such as that seen in… Continue

Added by C on April 21, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Honda unveils helmet that lets wearer control a robot by thought alone

Ian Sample

Washington Post

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:54 UTC…

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Added by truth on April 20, 2009 at 10:42pm — No Comments

Bombshell: Rep. Jane Harman Caught on Tape Agreeing to Lobby for Alleged AIPAC/Israel Spies?

Alternet

Posted by Jeremy Scahill, Rebel Reports at 8:50 AM on April 20, 2009.

Harman was allegedly heard saying she'd 'waddle into' the AIPAC case in return for support for her bid to become chair of the Intelligence Committee.

This is a huge story:… Continue

Added by Marklar on April 20, 2009 at 10:12pm — 2 Comments

Want an AR-15? Found complete Lowers for $240, check it out.

http://essentialarms.com/LOWERSANDPARTS.HTML

Great deal I don't know how many are in stock.

Added by TheLasersShadow on April 20, 2009 at 8:30pm — 2 Comments

I despise the federal government.

What happened to the people's voice? How many people out there still care about the future of this country?
What happened to the original 13th amendment that states: Attorneys cannot hold a position in the federal government?
Our us constitition has been taken away from us. If you believe we have rights or freedom in this country, educate yourself!

Added by Kevin on April 20, 2009 at 5:08pm — No Comments

Tonight on The Awakening John Ziegler and Gary Kreep

Tonight on The Awakening John Ziegler and Gary Kreep Click Here To Listen

Call in and let us know whats on your mind (646)… Continue

Added by Hanen on April 20, 2009 at 2:07pm — No Comments

HR 1207 Now in Committee! TIME TO ACT ! Rep. Ron Paul's Call to Audit the Federal Reserve

Subject: HR 1207 Now in Committee!

A message to all members .

In a major breakthrough for our movement, Ron Paul's bill to Audit the Fed has been referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.. That's a HUGE step forward.

NOW is the time to bring all of our efforts to bear on the situation. If we can get the bill out of Committee it will go to the House floor for a vote!

Let's step up our efforts to collect petition signatures to support HR… Continue

Added by truth on April 20, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

A man operating a state police photo radar unit was shot to death while parked in his vehicle along a stretch of a north Phoenix freeway

Photo-Radar Van Driver

Shot to Death

PHOENIX - A man operating a state police photo radar unit was shot to death while parked in his vehicle along a stretch of a north Phoenix freeway.

The shooting occurred just before 9 p.m. Sunday on the Loop 101 and 7th Avenue.

The victim, 51-year-old Doug Georgianni, had worked for three months for RedFlex Traffic Systems Inc. The company has a contract with the Arizona Department of Public… Continue

Added by truth on April 20, 2009 at 9:58am — No Comments

A Carbon Cap-N-Trade Alternative?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20090419/sc_mcclatchy/3213792

Lawmakers forge alternative to cap-and-trade proposal

By Les Blumenthal, McClatchy Newspapers Les Blumenthal, Mcclatchy Newspapers – Sun Apr 19, 6:00 am ET

WASHINGTON — A growing number of lawmakers who are deeply involved in the effort to reduce greenhouse gases and global warming are beginning to question "cap-and-trade," the current hot-button solution to the problem.

The chair of the… Continue

Added by bob on April 20, 2009 at 12:44am — No Comments

Torture Has Lasting Effects, Who Would Have Thought?

http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-na-psychology20-2009apr20,0,139316.story

Mental damage from CIA tactics is disputed

Justice memos say no permanent harm was inflicted from interrogation techniques, but some doctors and psychologists disagree.

By Sarah Gantz and Ben Meyerson

April 20, 2009

Reporting from Washington -- The conclusion in recently released Justice Department memos that CIA interrogation techniques would not cause prolonged… Continue

Added by bob on April 20, 2009 at 12:32am — No Comments

Who is the Optimum Population Trust?

http://www.optimumpopulation.org/opt.projection.html

Added by bob on April 20, 2009 at 12:24am — No Comments

"The Big Money"

Another song by Rush.

Big money

goes around the world

Big money underground

Big money got a mighty voice

Big money make no sound

Big money pull a million strings

Big money hold the prize

Big money weave a mighty web

Big money draw the flies

Sometimes pushing people around

Sometimes pulling out the rug

Sometimes pushing all the buttons

Sometimes pulling out the plug

Its the power and the glory

Its a war in… Continue

Added by fireguy on April 19, 2009 at 10:28pm — No Comments

"NEW WORLD MAN" Rush 1983

This is a prophetic song: They are all "fools enough to loose it". Lets help them.

New World Man lyrics

He's a rebel and a runner

He's a signal turning green

He's a restless young romantic

Wants to run the big machine

He's got a problem with his poisons

But you know he'll find a cure

He's cleaning up his systems

To keep his nature pure

Learning to match the beat of the Old World Man

Learning to catch the heat of the… Continue

Added by fireguy on April 19, 2009 at 10:07pm — No Comments

Standing up to Starbucks

Dissident Voice

by Adam Turl / April 18th, 2009

When Bank of America hosted a conference call to discuss how to defeat the Employee Free Choice Act, one executive used a new formulation: “the Starbucks problem.”

His worry: workers might follow the example of Starbucks baristas and form their own unions without waiting for bigger “traditional” unions to organize them.

In the past five… Continue

Added by Marklar on April 19, 2009 at 7:30pm — 1 Comment

WTRH-AM Radio News Blog - April 19, 2009 - GCC Radio

Killing prompts increased security at Va. Beach shopping center

VIRGINIA BEACH – A Virginia Beach shopping center is increasing security following a deadly shooting.

Isiah Jones, 18, was shot in the parking lot of Lynnhaven Crossing Shopping Center a week ago. security and police since the shooting and Virginia Beach police confirm the increase.

This means that there is going to be a Police State there, meaning random check points,

arrests, and even… Continue

Added by WTRH-AM-AE on April 19, 2009 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Monday On The Awakening - John Ziegler and Gary Kreep

Click Here To Listen

Added by Hanen on April 19, 2009 at 4:08am — No Comments

Key witness in passport fraud case fatally shot - Better read this before it gets scrubbed

A key witness in a federal probe into passport information stolen from the State Department was fatally shot in front of a District church, the Metropolitan Police Department said yesterday.

Lt. Quarles Harris Jr., 24, who had been cooperating with a federal investigators, was found late Thursday night slumped dead inside a car, in front of the Judah House Praise Baptist Church in Northeast, said Cmdr. Michael Anzallo, head of the department’s Criminal Investigations… Continue

Added by Hanen on April 18, 2009 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Obtained: Federal Agency’s Memo Warning Of “Left Wing Extremists”

Hmm. Obama’s Department of Homeland Security is keeping an eye on the threat from “left wing extremists,” in addition to “right wing” ones, according to an internal DHS threat assessment I’ve just obtained.

In other words, the entire civil population are targets for "evaluation" by the borg.

More here: DHS memo warns of "left wing extremists"

Direct… Continue

Added by Jamie on April 18, 2009 at 11:04pm — 1 Comment

Gates Foundation Director Rajiv Shah: Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics in the Department of Agriculture

President Barack Obama has named Rajiv J Shah, an Indian American scientist managing a programme at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to help the world's poor lead healthy and productive lives, to a key post.

Obama intends to nominate Shah as under secretary for research, education and economics in the Department of Agriculture, the White House announced on… Continue

Added by C on April 18, 2009 at 10:30pm — No Comments

Israel stands ready to bomb Iran's nuclear sites

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6115903.ece

Sheera Frenkel in Jerusalem

The Israeli military is preparing itself to launch a massive aerial assault on Iran's nuclear facilities within days of being given the go-ahead by its new government.

Among the steps taken to ready Israeli forces for what would be a risky raid requiring pinpoint aerial… Continue

Added by TheLasersShadow on April 18, 2009 at 7:12pm — 2 Comments