Barack Obama, the US president, is attempting to seal an Arab-Israeli peace deal that has eluded the region for more than six decades.
Ahead of an initiative expected to be announced in September, Al Jazeera is examining the prospects for peace in a week-long series from Israel, the West Bank, Gaza and Jordan.
In the first of the series, Al Jazeera's Nisreen El-Shamayleh speaks to Palestinian refugees about an Israeli plan that Jordan become their… Continue
Added by Tara on August 24, 2009 at 12:10pm —
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Next step in H1N1 scare: Microchip implants
Company developing under-the-skin devices to detect 'bio-threats'
A Florida-based company that boasts selling the world's first and only federally approved radio microchip for implanting in humans is now turning its development branch toward "emergency preparedness," hoping to produce an implant that can automatically detect in its host's bloodstream the presence of swine flu or other viruses deemed a "bio-threat."
It appears that most liberal opponents of the wars in the Middle East/ Central Asia have ceased their opposition with the Obama presidency. The liberal Democrats who abhorred Bush’s war policy (and most grass roots liberal Democrats did vehemently oppose the Bush war policy although this was not always the case with liberal politicians and media figures) apparently were simply opposed to wars led by Republicans. As Byron York, a… Continue
Chilean health officials have confirmed that a flu outbreak detected on two turkey farms is identical to the pandemic influenza A(H1N1) virus and was transmitted by humans.
The outbreak was initially reported late on Thursday in two farms in the Valparaiso region, 160km west of the capital of Santiago, by the Chilean Agricultural and Livestock Service.
"Preliminary results from the analysis showed that the virus (found in the turkeys) is the same as that in Chile" during… Continue
As part of an expanding programme of battlefield automation, the American Air Force has said it is now training more drone operators than fighter and bomber pilots.
In a controversial shift in military thinking - one encouraged by the death of Pakistani Taleban leader Baitullah Mehsud in a drone strike on August 5 - the Air Force is looking to hugely expand its fleet of unmanned aircraft by 2047.
The American government -- which we once called our government -- has been taken over by Wall Street, the mega-corporations and the super-rich. They are the ones who decide our fate. It is this group of powerful elites, the people President Franklin D. Roosevelt called "economic royalists," who choose our… Continue
Dramatic increase in negative equity confirms need for foreclosure reform
Columbus, OH - August 20, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Data released today by the Mortgage Bankers Association coupled with analysis of a report released last week by First American CoreLogic spell more trouble ahead for Ohio’s housing crisis, and offer fresh evidence for the need for statewide foreclosure reform.
MBA numbers show delinquency rates (those who are late, but not yet in foreclosure) for… Continue
We can expect riots in bank foyers and ultimately martial law to be imposed.
An article I read and thought I pass it on
Bob Chapman’s influential International Forecaster is reporting on the possibility of a so-called “bank holiday” planned for late August or early September. According to Chapman’s sources, U.S. embassies around the world are selling dollars and stockpiling money from respective countries where… Continue
"Normal" sunspots are about the size of the moon. Large sunspots may be as large as 65 times the size of our planet. This one is about 80 times bigger than Earth.
July 8, 2009
ASTRONOMERS the Earth is witnessing the biggest and most powerful Sunspot ever seen and the sunspot is yet to peak in intensity.
A sunspot is a magnetic storm on the surface of the sun and the area of the spot is colder than the normal… Continue
Added by DallasBC on August 23, 2009 at 12:52pm —
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Please do not turn on A/C as soon as you enter the car. Open the windows after you enter your car and turn ON the air-conditioning after a couple of minutes.
Here's why: According to a research, the car dashboard, sofa, air freshener emit Benzene, a Cancer causing toxin (carcinogen - take time to observe the smell of heated plastic in your car).
In addition to causing cancer, Benzene poisons your bones, causes anemia and… Continue
Added by DallasBC on August 23, 2009 at 12:12pm —
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As you must be aware, Bill C-6, the "Canada Consumer Product Safety Act", is causing a great deal of concern amongst those Canadians who treasure their access to natural health options. While no-one would argue that consumers do not deserve safe products, it is counter-productive in the extreme to remove freedom and due process for this form of "security". I am sure you are familiar with the oft-repeated phrase: "Those who would sacrifice liberty for security… Continue
Added by DallasBC on August 23, 2009 at 11:51am —
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The year is 1823. Nathaniel Burrell, sheep farmer, has stumbled upon a method for duplicating sheep. To cut a long story short, after years of essentially random cross-breeding he now can produce new sheep on demand at no cost. A quick twist of the tail of one of his miraculous cross-bred sheep and you’ve got a brand new one, just the like the old… Continue
Just count me as 'boots on the ground'; to reach, teach and energize people in my voting district and neighborhood. As I worked with like-minded organizations, I scaled back my grand ambitions to film the award-winning documentary and focused on my immediate surroundings.
Not to say ambitions aren't good. Far from it. However, I needed to see the trees before I filmed the forest.
I've always been a grunt. That is an infantryman. A rifle-totin' mud Marine. I had no… Continue
Added by Mike Florey on August 23, 2009 at 8:00am —
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This was forward to me in email , had to throw it up
Obama continues to defend the expansion of U.S. military operations in Latin America, but against what threat?
Imagine that you live in a nice house in a tense neighborhood. Your neighbors haven't been too pleased with you lately, and you have a terrible roach infestation running havoc in your house. But perhaps there's hope.
A big, strong guy lives down the street, and is offering to help out. He has big guns… Continue
August 2009 : ALERT: Internet Censorship Has Been Discovered From A General Forum
When I was typing about the paperless billing, I used the word "cockroach" we know what that is, they think I was using the other word. HOW FCC IS THAT??
August 28, 2009 : ALERT - Yahoo!s Excuse For Blocking Out Yahoo! Groups
Sorry, Unable to process request at this time -- error 999.
Yahoo!
Radio Shack Is Very Expensive - Here's why, they had a sale on batteries a 40 pack of AA's for $10.99 now they are up to $10 more with makes it $20.99. Which is not a very good purchase price. The truth is that these batteries do not last that much. Here is the link AA Batteries At Shopping Mall Prices Along…Continue
Added by WTRH-AM-AE on August 22, 2009 at 6:30pm —
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Here are my findings from the Android App, these might be bogus reports most people who have not have woken up think they are realistic. These reports came from my HTC G1 from T mobile from a special app from the Android Market. The locations are for Virginia and North Carolina.
May 2009 Reports
United States, Norfolk, VA
2009-05-03: The acting director of the Norfolk Department of Public Health,… Continue
Added by WTRH-AM-AE on August 22, 2009 at 5:00pm —
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KENNEDY TRIES TO CHANGE LAW (AGAIN) SO WIFE CAN SUCCEED HIM
by: Jon Ryter
In 2004 when Sen. John Kerry was running for President, the legislators in that State realized that if he prevailed in the general election, under State law at the time, moderate Republican governor Mitt Romney would be allowed to appoint Kerry's replacement for the remaining four years of Kerry's 4th term as a US Senator.
FATAL CONTACT: BIRD FLU IN AMERICA is NOW PLAYING and can be found to Rent or Buy here: http://bit.ly/3QWT06bAn outbreak of avian flu mutates into a virus th...
Scientists have come up with a unique strategy for protecting corals in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. @nikolajcw meets an oceanographer to see how man-made...