Face of Defense: Enlisted Marine Returns as Officer
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62705
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C., Feb. 4, 2011 – Marine Corps Capt. Joshua H. Weiland grew up in a typical American family in Park Falls, Wis. Not much more than a couple of intersections in the middle of a national forest, the town gave Weiland an environment that fit his personality.
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WikiLeaks: US Agreed to Reveal UK’s Nuclear Secrets to Russia
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/wikileaks-us-agreed-to-reveal-uks-nuclear-secrets-to-russia/
In yet another bombshell disclosure this week, the online site WikiLeaks is shedding disturbing new light on the “special relationship” that once bound the United States and Great Britain.
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Hackers Penetrate Nasdaq Computers
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704709304576124502351634690.html?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTWhatsNewsCollection
Hackers have repeatedly penetrated the computer network of the company that runs the Nasdaq Stock Market during the past year, and federal investigators are trying to identify the perpetrators and their purpose, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Labor Force Participation Plunges To Fresh 26 Year Low
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/labor-force-participations-plunges-fresh-26-year-low
At 64.2%, the labor force participation rate (as a percentage of the total civilian noninstitutional population) is now at a fresh 26 year low, the lowest since March 1984, and is the only reason why the unemployment rate dropped to 9% (labor force declined from 153,690 to 153,186).
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Unions Can Bargain on Behalf of Airport Security
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/05/us/05unionize.html?_r=2&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1296925237-zf5HpGBLhoVaeBTi2X0w5Q
WASHINGTON — Seeking to end a debate that has brewed for nearly a decade, the director of the Transportation Security Administration announced on Friday that a union would be allowed to bargain over working conditions on behalf of the nation’s 45,000 airport security officers, although certain issues like pay will not be subject to negotiation.
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Convicted: Woman ‘disobeyed’ illegal order
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=259457
An appeal is challenging a Christian activist’s conviction for failing to obey a police officer’s order to shut down her camera while she was filming fellow Christian missionaries at last year’s Dearborn Arab Festival because the command apparently wasn’t legal.
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Big Obama donor quits envoy job amid criticism
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5icvkPhBDrb3c8ySkXkQURKNJ9sSw?docId=306882dbed82458e8897d5afef59d730
WASHINGTON (AP) — As a supporter of presidential candidate Barack Obama, Cynthia Stroum was a superstar whose financial backing of the campaign landed her a plum diplomatic posting in Europe.
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U.S. Ambassador Cynthia Stroum Called “Bullying, Hostile” in State Department Investigation
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20030683-503544.html
One way that presidents reward their biggest donors is by offering them plum ambassadorships. Which is why it wasn’t surprising when the Obama administration tapped Cynthia Stroum to be U.S. ambassador to Luxembourg.
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US warns about night driving in major Mexican city
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110205/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_drug_war_mexico
MEXICO CITY – Officials are warning U.S. citizens not to drive at night in parts of the western Mexican city of Guadalajara after suspected drug-gang members burned vehicles and blocked streets. A separate U.S. alert Friday said the northern city of Monterrey has seen a significant increase in armed robberies at restaurants and convenience stores.
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Beck & Rosenberg Explain the ‘New Caliphate’
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/beck-rosenberg-explain-the-new-caliphate/
NOTE: This is a 4:52 long video from Glenn Beck’s 2/4 Fox News TV show.
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Blast rocks gas terminal in Egypt’s Sinai
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110205/ap_on_bi_ge/ml_egypt_pipeline_explosion
EL-ARISH, Egypt – An explosion rocked a gas terminal in Egypt’s northern Sinai Peninsula on Saturday, setting off a massive fire that was contained by shutting off the flow of gas to neighboring Jordan and Israel, officials and witnesses said.
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Is this the end? Mubarak quits as party leader after 12 days of bloodshed and riots in Egypt
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1353951/Egypt-protests-Hosni-Mubarak-quits-party-leader-12-days-riots.html
President Hosni Mubarak has resigned as the head of Egypt ruling party, according to State television. It comes as the country was on the verge of descending into chaos as newly appointed vice president Omar Suleiman reportedly survived an assassination attempt and saboteurs allegedly attacked an oil pipeline.
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Egypt Officials Seek to Ease Mubarak Out
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/06/world/middleeast/06egypt.html?hp
CAIRO — President Hosni Mubarak appeared increasingly isolated on Saturday, with protests entering their 12th day and the Obama administration and some members of the Egyptian military and civilian elite pursuing plans to nudge him from power.
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State multiculturalism has failed, says David Cameron
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12371994
David Cameron has criticised “state multiculturalism” in his first speech as prime minister on radicalisation and the causes of terrorism. At a security conference in Munich, he argued the UK needed a stronger national identity to prevent people turning to all kinds of extremism.
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Sudan’s Bashir vows freedoms and open government
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110205/wl_nm/us_sudan_bashir
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan’s president promised a future of freedom and open government on Saturday in a strikingly conciliatory speech following a week of small protests in Sudan and an uprising in neighboring Egypt.
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PIMCO says Europe should relieve Greece of debt
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/05/us-fund-greek-idUSTRE7141MC20110205
(Reuters) – Europe should relieve Greece of some of its debt burden as its savings program would only stifle economic growth, the head of the world’s biggest bond fund was quoted as saying in a German magazine on Saturday.
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Russian FM opposes further sanctioning Iran
http://www.jpost.com/IranianThreat/News/Article.aspx?ID=206916&R=R1
MUNICH — Russia’s foreign minister on Saturday indicated that he opposes slapping more international sanctions on Iran in the standoff over its nuclear program.
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Hate of U.S. keeps weapons trade thriving
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=259313
Intelligence analysts say the three-way relationship, especially involving weapons trade, between Russia, China and Iran is complex, but it’s held together by a common enemy: The United States.
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Off-Duty Cop Credits Divine Intervention in Rescuing Kidnapped Woman
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/off-duty-cop-credits-divine-intervention-in-rescuing-kidnapped-woman/
Do you believe in God? Lt. Tommy Butler does and the Scotland County, N.C., deputy sheriff believes it was His divine intervention that helped him rescue a kidnapped woman trapped inside her abductors’ car trunk.
News Articles For 10/27
October 27, 2010 — Operation RoosterGhazni PRT pays visit to Afghan girls school
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/3527-ghazni-prt-pays-visit-to-afghan-girls-school.html
GHAZNI PROVINCE, Afghanistan – The Ghazni Provincial Reconstruction Team paid a visit Oct. 26 to Jahan Maleka, a girls school with 3,000 students in Ghazni City here.
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Program Aims to Support Single Guard, Reserve Troops
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=61404
HOUSTON, Oct. 25, 2010 – Army Sgt. 1st Class Karen Perry was thrilled to return to Texas to reunite with her boyfriend after she served a yearlong deployment in Iraq.
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First female selected as Best Warrior’s Soldier of Year
http://www.army.mil/-news/2010/10/25/47144-first-female-selected-as-best-warriors-soldier-of-year/index.html?ref=home-headline-title1
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Oct. 25, 2010) — For the first time since its inception nine years ago, a female Soldier has claimed the title of Soldier of the Year for 2010′s Best Warrior Competition.
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Face of Defense: Airman Conquers Sahara Race
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=61436
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., Oct. 27, 2010 – A 533rd Training Squadron instructor here completed the 2010 Sahara Race in Egypt this month.
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Fed Gears Up for Stimulus
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303891804575576533845166848.html?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTTopStories
The Federal Reserve is close to embarking on another round of monetary stimulus next week, against the backdrop of a weak economy and low inflation—and despite doubts about the wisdom and efficacy of the policy among economists and some of the Fed’s own decision makers.
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Dollar printing feeding China inflation: minister
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.18a92e9878f71f90e7b491d0afd4b1a3.501&show_article=1
Rampant issuance of dollars by the United States is saddling China with “imported inflation”, Chinese commerce minister Chen Deming was quoted as saying by state media on Wednesday.
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Communication With 50 Nuke Missiles Dropped in ICBM Snafu
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/2010/10/26/communication-with-50-nuke-missiles-dropped-in-icbm-snafu/
From Wired’s Danger Room – The Air Force swears there was no panic. But for three-quarters of an hour Saturday morning, launch control officers at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming couldn’t reliably communicate or monitor the status of 50 Minuteman III nuclear missiles. Gulp.
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Why Are You Spending Millions to Send Gov’t Employees to Harvard?
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/training-why-are-you-spending-millions-to-send-govt-employees-to-harvard/
WASHINGTON (AP) — Every year, the U.S. spends millions of dollars to send government workers to Harvard for a month, an expensive training arrangement that some in Congress are questioning.
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FBI Investigates: Who is Targeting U.S. Military Installations in N. Virginia?
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/fbi-investigates-who-is-targeting-u-s-military-installations-in-n-virginia/
WASHINGTON (AP) — The same gun was used to shoot at the Pentagon and the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Northern Virginia earlier this month, the FBI said Tuesday.
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Nevada voting machines automatically checking Harry Reid’s name; voting machine technicians are SEIU members
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Voting-machines-in-Clark-County-Nevada-automatically-checking-Harry-Reids-name-Voting-machine-technicians-are-members-of-SEIU-105815608.html
Clark County is where three quarters of Nevada’s residents and live and where Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s son Rory is a county commissioner. Rory is also a Democratic candidate for governor.
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Residents cry foul over ballots
http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/news_details/article/28/2010/october/27/residents-cry-foul-over-ballots.html
A trio of Bucks County residents backed by the county Republican committee say they have evidence linking Democratic Congressman Patrick Murphy’s campaign to a scheme to flood the county voter registration office with fraudulent applications for absentee ballots.
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Glitch in Illinois’ new vote-by-mail system
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/iteam&id=7747590
October 26, 2010 (CHICAGO) (WLS) — This year marks the first Illinois election that any registered voter can cast their ballot by mail, no excuses necessary. Even as the deadline for postmarking those ballots nears, problems are brewing.
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Baltimore Hands Out First Trans Fat Citation
http://www.wbaltv.com/r/25508790/detail.html
BALTIMORE — The Baltimore City Health Department issued its first environmental citation for repeat violations of the city’s trans fat ban. The Health Department issued Healthy Choice, a food facility in the 400 block of Lexington Street, a $100 fine on Thursday.
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The ACLU Is Wrong: Net Neutrality Is About Government Control of Internet Content
http://biggovernment.com/smotley/2010/10/27/the-aclu-is-wrong-net-neutrality-is-about-government-control-of-internet-content/
I sincerely hope followers of the Network Neutrality (NN) debate were wearing their seatbelts last week. The pro-NN Media Marxists’ rapid lurch in position on the issue would otherwise have ensured full chiropractor employment for a pronounced period of time.
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Entire police force in Los Ramones, Mexico quits after gunmen attack headquarters
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2010/10/27/2010-10-27_entire_police_force_in_los_ramones_mexico_quits_after_gunmen_attack_headquarters.html
The entire police force in a small Mexican town abruptly resigned Tuesday after its new headquarters was viciously attacked by suspected drug cartel gunmen.
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Afghanistan: Russia steps in to help Nato
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/exclusive-afghanistan-russia-steps-in-to-help-nato-2117468.html
Russia has agreed to return to the war in Afghanistan at the request of the Western states which helped the mujahedin to drive its forces out of the country 21 years ago.
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Family Builds Haitian Orphanage to Fulfill Daughter’s Last Wish
http://www.gnn.com/article/family-builds-haitian-orphanage-to/1352217
(Oct. 25) — They love us so much and everyone is so happy. They love what they have and they work so hard to get nowhere, yet they are all so appreciative. I want to move here and start an orphanage myself.
News Articles For 10/25
October 25, 2010 — Operation RoosterIraqi Children’s Hospital opens doors
http://www.usf-iraq.com/news/headlines/basrah-childrens-hospital-opens-doors
BASRAH – After six years and $166 million, the proposal that stemmed from former First Lady Laura Bush’s desire to provide health care for the children of Iraq has finally become a reality.
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FOB YahYa Khel Soldiers receive surprise steak, ice cream lunch
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/3522-fob-yahya-khel-soldiers-receive-surprise-steak-ice-cream-lunch.html
PAKTIKA PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Soldiers deployed to Forward Operating Base YahYa Khel here received a surprise steak and ice cream lunch Oct. 20 delivered by U.S. Army Lt. Col. David Preston, commander of the 801st Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division.
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Program Fills Gap for Returning Guard, Reserve
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=61396
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25, 2010 – Though the Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program has eased the post-deployment process for thousands of Guard and Reserve members and their families over the past two years, officials are hoping thousands more take advantage of the Defense Department program in the coming months, the program’s executive director said.
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Face of Defense: Disc Jockey Keeps on Rockin’
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=61397
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan, Oct. 25, 2010 – Walking into the American Forces Network studio here, I half-expected to meet an old disc jockey trapped in his former glory days, looking like a 1970s-era car salesman decked out in a leisure suit and gold chains.
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60 Minutes Shock Report: National Unemployed and Underemployed 17.5%; California 22%
http://biggovernment.com/sright/2010/10/24/60-minutes-shock-report-national-unemployed-and-underemployed-17-5-california-22/
In a report sure to cause consternation at the White House and in the offices of the Democratic Leadership in Congress, “60 Minutes” provided an in-depth report on the realities of the unemployment situation in America today.
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Debt Has Increased $5 Trillion Since Speaker Pelosi Vowed, ‘No New Deficit Spending’
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/debt-has-increased-5-trillion-speaker-pe
(CNSNews.com) – When Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) gave her inaugural address as speaker of the House in 2007, she vowed there would be “no new deficit spending.” Since that day, the national debt has increased by $5 trillion, according to the U.S. Treasury Department.
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Treasury Shields Citigroup as Deletions Undercut Disclosure
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-25/u-s-treasury-shielding-of-citigroup-with-deletions-make-foia-meaningless.html
The late Bloomberg News reporter Mark Pittman asked the U.S. Treasury in January 2009 to identify $301 billion of securities owned by Citigroup Inc. that the government had agreed to guarantee. He made the request on the grounds that taxpayers ought to know how their money was being used.
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Inside the Shadowy World of Online War
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/10/25/air-force-cyberwarfare-manual-describes-shadowy-world/
DENVER – A new U.S. Air Force manual for cyberwarfare describes a shadowy, fast-changing world where anonymous enemies can carry out devastating attacks in seconds and where conventional ideas about time and space don’t apply.
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Analysis: IMF power shift opens way for more breakthroughs
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE69N1WR20101024
(Reuters) – A G20 agreement to give emerging market countries more power in the International Monetary Fund opens the door for breakthroughs on easing global tensions over trade imbalances.
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China’s Weapons of War
http://bigpeace.com/mmandaville/2010/10/25/chinas-weapons-of-war/
China is asserting itself on the world stage but with a 21st Century strategy. Striving to resurrect its former glory as a power after a century of foreign domination, World War and Mao’s murderous Cultural Revolution, China’s socialist dictators realize that their Socialist Dictatorship must be protected to insure its capitalist survival.
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Hawkish Israeli minister drafts nuclear Iran plan
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LDE69O03C.htm
JERUSALEM, Oct 25 (Reuters) – Hardline Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has commissioned a report on how to prepare for a nuclear-armed Iran as doubt mounts about the efficacy of preventive action, an Israeli source said on Monday.
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Numbers waiting months for cancer tests have doubled since NHS targets scrapped
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8082923/Numbers-waiting-months-for-cancer-tests-have-doubled-since-NHS-targets-scrapped.html
The number of patients waiting months for tests to detect cancer and other killer diseases has almost doubled since NHS waiting targets were scrapped, according to the Government’s own figures.
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Patients’ anger after they are unable to opt out of swine flu vaccine despite fears of side effects
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1323208/Patient-anger-swine-flu-jab-stealth.html
Patients’ groups have expressed anger over this year’s seasonal flu jab programme because people are unable to opt out of having the swine flu vaccine. The H1N1 vaccine will be the dominant of three flu strains included in the shot, meaning millions of elderly and vulnerable patients will get it automatically.
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Rare anti-Putin rally held in Moscow
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/8083894/Rare-anti-Putin-rally-held-in-Moscow.html
A rare anti-Vladimir Putin rally has been held in central Moscow, demanding the Russian prime minister’s resignation amid signs he is planning to take back his old job as president.
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Cop foils salon heist
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/cop_foils_salon_heist_bPqEd3kqqqwHqpDK2rHwzJ
It was shear guts. A tough-as-nails off-duty NYPD cop yesterday foiled an armed heist while she was getting her hair done at a Brooklyn salon — trading bullets with a wildly firing thug in a spectacular shootout, sources said.
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Kid gets lifetime Nintendo pass from mum after using DS to save family
http://www.news.com.au/technology/kid-gets-lifetime-nintendo-pass-from-mum-after-using-ds-to-save-family/story-e6frfro0-1225943270732
CHRISTOPHER Miszkowiec’s mother used to nag her son to stop playing his Nintendo DS, but she would never dream of taking it away from him now.
News Articles For 10/9
October 9, 2010 — Operation RoosterArmy creates new scenario-based suicide-prevention video
http://www.army.mil/-news/2010/10/05/46170-army-creates-new-scenario-based-suicide-prevention-video/index.html?ref=home-headline-title5
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Oct. 5, 2010) — In an effort to re-vamp the Army’s suicide-prevention program, a new scenario-based video has been created to supplement the growing arsenal of training aides which promote life preservation.
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St. Ignatius group will aid local families of soldiers
http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/10/st_ignatius_group_will_aid_loc.html
CLEVELAND, Ohio — About two dozen St. Ignatius High School students are putting some muscle into efforts to support local families of U.S. troops.
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USO Gala Honors Military Members, Families
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=61208
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8, 2010 – Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was among the military, government and community leaders and celebrities who gathered to salute servicemembers and their families at the annual USO Gala here last night.
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Muslim Student Discovers FBI Tracking Device on His Car
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/muslim-student-discovers-fbi-tracking-device-on-his-car/
A California college student got an interesting surprise when he recently took his car into the shop for repairs: mounted to his car’s undercarriage was an FBI tracking device, monitoring his every move.
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Bank of America stops US foreclosures for review
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Bank-of-America-stops-US-apf-977158216.html?x=0
WASHINGTON (AP) — Bank of America on Friday halted foreclosures on homes across the country so it could review paperwork in tens of thousands of cases for flaws, expanding a crisis at a perilous time for the housing market.
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State snatches baby when dad accused of being ‘Oath Keeper’
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=213149
A 16-hour-old newborn was snatched from her parents by authorities in Concord, N.H., after social services workers alleged the father is a member of Oath Keepers.
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Gunmen Torch 29 More NATO Oil Tankers in Pakistan
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/gunmen-torch-29-more-nato-oil-tankers-in-pakistan/
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Police say at least 10 gunmen have torched 29 NATO oil tankers in southwest Pakistan. The attack early Saturday is one of several to hit the supply line for U.S. and NATO forces in neighboring Afghanistan since Pakistan closed a key border crossing on September 30. On Wednesday, militants torched 70 fuel tankers and killed a driver.
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Pakistan to reopen border crossing that NATO uses
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101009/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan will reopen a key border crossing used to transport supplies to NATO troops in Afghanistan, authorities said Saturday — the 10th day of a blockade that has raised tensions with Washington and left stranded trucks vulnerable to attacks.
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Pakistan accuses the White House of exaggerating Al Qaeda terror threat
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1318784/Pakistan-accuses-White-House-exaggerating-Al-Qaeda-terror-threat.html
The U.S. has been accused by a top Pakistani diplomat of exaggerating the terror threat from Al Qaeda for political ends. Intelligence officials also suggested the White House has tried to ‘stitch together’ rumours of attacks to ramp up security fears.
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Satellite images reveal: Hezbollah training in Syria missile base
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/satellite-images-reveal-hezbollah-training-in-syria-missile-base-1.317784
The Syrian army has a Scud missile base near Damascus, according to recent satellite photos. The photos also suggest that Hezbollah activists are being trained in the Scuds’ use at the base.
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Iran acknowledges espionage at nuclear facilities
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101009/ap_on_re_us/iran_nuclear
TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s nuclear chief says personnel at the country’s nuclear facilities were lured by promises of better pay to pass secrets to the West, but that increased security and worker privileges has put a stop to the spying.
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Dutch deliver banned nuclear equipment to Iranian group
http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=190646
BERLIN – Authorities in the Netherlands improperly supplied nuclear equipment to the sanctioned Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), the Dutch Economic Affairs Ministry wrote in an October 4 letter obtained by The Jerusalem Post.
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Aviation deal clears way for emissions scheme: EU
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6981CU20101009
(Reuters) – A global deal on emissions curbs by airlines struck late on Friday will allow the European Union to press ahead with plans to charge airlines for emissions permits from 2012, the European Commission said on Saturday.
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Che Guevara; Guerrilla Doofus and Murdering Coward
http://bigpeace.com/hfontova/2010/10/09/che-guevara-guerrilla-doofus-and-murdering-coward/
Forty three years ago this week, Ernesto “Che” Guevara got a major dose of his own medicine. Without trial he was declared a murderer, stood against a wall and shot. Historically speaking, justice has rarely been better served. If the saying “What goes around comes around” ever fit, it’s here.
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Homeowner finds cat alive days after house fire
http://www.kdvr.com/news/kdvr-cat-golden-fire-txt,0,1295852.story
GOLDEN, Colo. – A homeowner in Golden got a pleasant surprise, after suffering through a week of heartache. Her old cat survived a destructive house fire, and the woman found the feline days after the fire was extinguished.
News Articles For 9/18
September 18, 2010 — Operation RoosterIntelligence, Tips Drive Operations in Afghanistan
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=60903
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17, 2010 – Intelligence information and tips from local Afghans have driven several recent operations in Afghanistan, military officials reported.
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Base hosts POW/MIA recognition breakfast
http://www.marines.mil/unit/mclbalbany/Pages/BasehostsPOWMIArecognitionbreakfast.aspx
MARINE CORPS LOGISTICS BASE ALBANY, Ga. — Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany honored former prisoners of war and those still missing in action during a recognition breakfast held at the Base Conference Center, Friday.
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Navy to Observe 2010 National POW/MIA Recognition Day
http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=56023
MILLINGTON, Tenn. (NNS) — The Navy will observe 2010 National Prisoner of War (POW)/Missing in Action (MIA) Recognition Day Sept. 17 around the fleet.
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Leaders say happy birthday, Air Force
http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123222496
9/17/2010 – SAN ANTONIO (AFNS) — The Air Force’s top leaders send a message to the total force to celebrate the Air Force’s 63rd birthday and to remind them to remember the commitment and sacrifice of all the Airmen deployed around the globe.
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Couple Accused of Sharing Nuclear Secrets With Venezuela
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/couple-accused-of-sharing-nuclear-secrets-with-venezuela/
A scientist and his wife who both once worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory were arrested Friday after an FBI sting operation and charged with conspiring to help develop a nuclear weapon for Venezuela.
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Bill calls for two weeks of federal furlough
http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?nid=35&sid=2055749
Rep. Mike Coffman (R-CO) introduced a bill this week that would require two weeks of furlough in 2011 for federal civilian employees. The furloughs would save taxpayers $5.5 billion, according to a release about the bill.
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OneUnited Bank received special treatment beyond what was disclosed
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/16/AR2010091606819_pf.html
From the moment Boston-based OneUnited Bank began seeking a federal bailout in the summer of 2008, it received special treatment that went beyond what the Treasury Department or the bank and its political supporters have previously disclosed.
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Texas Sues to Block Bizarre “Global Warming” EPA Rules
http://radio.woai.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=119078&article=7606198
The state of Texas today sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in a federal appeals court in Washington DC, claiming four new regulations imposed by the EPA are based on the ‘thoroughly discredited’ findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and are ‘factually flawed,’ 1200 WOAI news reports.
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States working harder to collect online sales taxes
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39159604/ns/business-personal_finance/
It’s too early to know exactly how much the Nebraska chapter of the March of Dimes raised this week at its annual Signature Chefs Auction in Omaha, but odds are that more than 10 percent of the charity’s proceeds are going straight to the tax man.
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WJLA-TV fires veteran anchor Doug McKelway, cites insubordination, misconduct
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/16/AR2010091606645.html
WJLA-TV has fired veteran anchorman Doug McKelway for a verbal confrontation this summer with the station’s news director that came after McKelway broadcast a sharply worded live report about congressional Democrats and President Obama.
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Russian Naval Aircraft Buzz US Warship In Berents Sea
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2010/09/17/russian-naval-aircraft-buzz-us-warship-in-berents-sea/
The Pentagon on Friday said Russian naval aircraft buzzed close to a US warship in the Berents Sea last week, just days before Moscow’s defense minister paid a high-profile visit to Washington.
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Mauritania says 12 Qaeda members killed in clash
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE68H0V820100918?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=22&sp=true
(Reuters) – Mauritanian military forces killed 12 members of al Qaeda’s North African wing and suffered two fatalities in fighting in the desert along the border with Mali, a Mauritanian security source said on Saturday.
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Iran invites Turkey into space program: report
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE68H11520100918?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=22&sp=true
(Reuters) – Iran has invited Turkey to cooperate in work on the Islamic Republic’s space program, which aims to put a man in space by 2017, the Turkish newspaper Haberturk said on Saturday.
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Police question six street cleaners held over plot to attack the Pope
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1312918/POPES-UK-VISIT-Six-men-arrested-plot-harm-Benedict-XVI.html
Six street cleaners remain in police custody today after they were arrested over an alleged plot to attack the Pope. Armed officers detained the men, all believed to be Muslims of North African origin, as they prepared to go on shift at a cleaning depot in Central London.
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Al Qaeda Seeks an Exchange of Hostages
http://bigpeace.com/nmay/2010/09/18/al-qaeda-seeks-an-exchange-of-hostages/
The name Mohammed Bouyeri is not familiar to most Americans, but is well-known in the Netherlands. Mr. Bouyeri is the Islamic terrorist who ritually slaughtered Theo van Gogh on the streets of Amsterdam back in 2004, and is now serving a life sentence for the crime.
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Jack Tripper the Amazing Eyeless Kitty
http://lovemeow.com/2010/09/jack-tripper-the-amazing-eyeless-kitty/
My mom and I were actually looking to adopt a new cat when we got Jack. I have a friend who boards her horse at a local riding stable and one of the barn cats gave birth to a kitten. It seemed that spaying didn’t work on the cat, so she gave birth to a single, deformed kitten and was not able to produce milk. Luckily the owners recently had her fixed, so I’m hoping this doesn’t happen again.
News Articles For 9/16
September 16, 2010 — Operation RoosterAfghan, Coalition Forces Pursue Enemy Fighters, Leaders
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=60872
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15, 2010 – Afghan and coalition forces continued their pursuit of enemy fighters, leaders and facilitators in several recent operations, military officials reported.
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Officials Unveil Pentagon POW/MIA Exhibit
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=60875
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15, 2010 – Defense Department officials today dedicated a portion of the Pentagon to military prisoners of war and troops missing in action, honoring one of the military’s guiding principles: Never leave a comrade behind.
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Team Kunar pulls together to save Soldier’s life
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/3306-team-kunar-pulls-together-to-save-soldiers-life.html
KUNAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Members of three units stationed at Forward Operating Base Wright here came together Sept. 15 to donate 13 units of a specific blood type necessary to save a badly wounded Soldier’s life.
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Military Working to Stop Suicides, Mullens Say
http://afps.dodlive.mil/2010/09/15/military-working-to-stop-suicides-mullens-say/
Nearly a decade of war is taking its toll on our military families. Military suicides have more than doubled in the Army, and exceeded the national average over the past five years.
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Face of Defense: Soldier Trades Desk for Machine Gun
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=60878
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16, 2010 – His position was under heavy enemy fire when a round hit Army Pfc. Jonathan B. Burson in the chest. “It was almost surreal,” the 28-year-old gunner said. “I could feel the fragments of the bullet hit my face.”
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Beck & D‘Souza Explain ’The Roots of Obama‘s Rage’
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/beck-dsouza-explain-the-roots-of-obamas-rage/
When I first posted about Dinesh D‘Souza’s article in Forbes, “How Obama Thinks,“ I noted his observation that ”there has been virtually no reporting“ about ”an important article” written by President Obama’s father.
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Obama Keeps Promise: USDA Gives $630 Million to Farmers
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/usda-distributes-election-year-farm-aid/
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is making good on an election-year promise to Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln to give millions of dollars in aid to farmers who lost crops due to weather.
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Obama goes on incredible $192 million splurge-fest
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=203989
House Republicans are collecting photos from citizens showing how the Obama administration is using nearly $200 million in taxpayer money to plaster every possible highway with signs touting how stimulus cash is “Putting America to Work” with infrastructure projects.
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Gold hits record high near $1,278
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100916/bs_afp/commoditiesgoldmetalsprice_20100916115505
LONDON (AFP) – The price of gold struck an all-time high close to 1,278 dollars an ounce in trading here on Thursday. Gold hit a record 1,277.90 dollars an ounce at 12:30 pm (1130 GMT) on the London Bullion Market..
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Elmo, Internet Czar & FCC Work to Redistribute Wealth With Free Broadband
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/elmo-internet-czar-fcc-work-to-redistribute-wealth-with-free-broadband/
“Elmo is tired of buffering.”
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Senate could pass small-business bill Thursday
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100916/bs_nm/us_usa_economy_congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Senate on Thursday could pass a long-stalled measure that would boost lending to small businesses, giving President Barack Obama’s Democrats one of their last chances to show voters they are working to revive the sluggish economy.
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Shock Audio: Facing ‘Obligations’ From Leadership, Democrat Congresswoman Leaves Voicemail for Lobbyist Cash
http://biggovernment.com/capitolconfidential/2010/09/15/shock-audio-facing-obligations-from-leadership-democrat-house-member-puts-the-squeeze-on-lobbyist/
A couple weeks ago, House Member Eleanor Holmes Norton made a fundraising call to a lobbyist. The lobbyist wasn’t available, so Holmes Norton left a voicemail. We have been given a copy of that message. The audio is below.
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State tracked, reported on constitutionally protected protests
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=203953
The state of Pennsylvania has been paying a private contractor to spy on non-threatening protesters exercising their First Amendment rights, and then report on them to officials and corporate executives, and Gov. Ed Rendell says he’s embarrassed by the situation.
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Health Insurers Seeking Rate Hikes Of More Than 20 Percent In Connecticut
http://www.ctnow.com/health/hc-health-insurance-rate-hike-0914-20100914,0,5611833.story
Health insurers are asking for immediate rate hikes of more than 20 percent in Connecticut for some plans, citing rising medical costs and federal health reform laws as reasons.
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Ohio Town Won’t Allow Tea Party to Celebrate U.S. Constitution in Town Square
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/75299
(CNSNews.com) – Local officials in Ohio’s Andover Township have denied the use of their public square for a celebration of Constitution Day because of the “political affiliation” of its organizers.
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US: Time may come for special nuke probe of Syria
http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?ID=188313&R=R1
At IAEA meeting, Iranian official says reported Israeli strike on Syrian nuclear facility 3 years ago is the “real issue,” claims Damascus has fallen victim to a “vicious circle of endless questions and allegations.”
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Turkey seeks closer trade ties with Iran
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gmOq70-2puCR_WSqvn3FTDh9UL7wD9I92CL00
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s prime minister on Thursday said his country was seeking closer commercial ties with Iran and aims to triple trade volumes in the next five years while still respecting the limits set by UN sanctions.
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Nurse Revives High School Football Player After Heart Stops
http://www.gnn.com/article/nurse-lisa-lyver-revives-high-school/1271718
(Sept. 14) — Moments after scoring the winning touchdown for Oregon’s Central Catholic at Friday night’s game, young No. 21 Hayward Demison collapsed on the sidelines, the victim of an undiagnosed heart condition.
News Articles For 9/13
September 13, 2010 — Operation RoosterUnit remembers two of their own who died in 9/11 attacks
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/3289-unit-remembers-two-of-their-own-who-died-in-911-attacks.html
KHOWST PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Of the many ceremonies and remembrances commemorating the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, one struck a personal note for a group of Soldiers at Forward Operating Base Salerno Sept. 1.
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FOB Gardez remembers why we are here
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/3288-fob-gardez-remembers-why-we-are-here.html
PAKTYA PROVINCE, Afghanistan – A remembrance ceremony for the 9/11 attacks was held at noon Sept. 11 on Forward Operating Base Gardez for about 25 Soldiers.
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U.S. soldiers to be subjected to ‘mind control’
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=201929
The U.S. military long has been able to launch a missile, explode a bridge or fire a weapon with the push of a button. Under testing now is a system intended to control a soldier’s psychiatric status, make him alert, reduce his stress and intervene when he suffers pain, among other applications, with the press of a button.
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Piven: Violence Is Okay if ‘It’s a Big Part of Your Strategy’
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/piven-violence-is-okay-if-its-a-big-party-of-your-strategy/
In a way the least interesting part of this clip may be the part in the headline. Frances Fox Piven, of Cloward-Piven infamy (see James Simpson’s analysis here), is talking about the Deacons of Defense and their role in the Civil Rights movement. She seems to be saying that the group was a proponent of violence rather than active defenders.
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County Sues Farmer, Cites Too Many Crops
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/24979774/detail.html
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — DeKalb County is suing a local farmer for growing too many vegetables, but he said he will fight the charges in the ongoing battle neighbors call “Cabbagegate.”
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Big party week for the Obamas
http://thehill.com/capital-living/in-the-know/118269-big-party-week-for-the-obamas
President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama have a packed social schedule this week, with two major galas and a reception for college athletes. On Monday evening, the president will welcome collegiate star athletes to the White House for a reception at 5:45 p.m.
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Adults shrug at Obama pep talk
http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/09/11/674894/adults-shrug-at-obama-pep-talk.html
Amid less controversy than last year, Triangle students will hear a back-to-school message Tuesday from President Barack Obama. The lead-up to last year’s speech by Obama drew calls from some Republicans that schools not air what they argued would be a political talk by the Democratic president. But after last year’s speech turned out to be a pep talk about staying in school, calls for schools to forgo showing this year’s speech have subsided.
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Regulators Back New Bank Rules to Avert Crises
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/13/business/global/13bank.html
BASEL, Switzerland — The world’s top bank regulators agreed Sunday on far-reaching new rules intended to make the global banking industry safer and protect international economies from future financial disasters.
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Mexican marines arrest presumed cartel operator
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100912/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_drug_war_mexico
MEXICO CITY – Mexican marines have arrested Sergio Villarreal Barragan, a presumed leader of the Beltran Leyva cartel who appears on the country’s list of most-wanted drug traffickers.
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Amano chides Iran for not cooperating with inspectors
http://www.jpost.com/IranianThreat/News/Article.aspx?ID=187926&R=R1
VIENNA— International Atomic Energy Agency chief Yukiya Amano on Monday warned that he cannot confirm that all of Iran’s nuclear activities are peaceful because Teheran is not fully cooperating with his inspectors.
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Congress to be told of 60-billion US-Saudi arms deal
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100913/wl_mideast_afp/ussaudiweaponstrade_20100913060123
WASHINGTON (AFP) – In the largest US arms deal ever, the administration of US President Barack Obama is ready to notify Congress of plans to offer advanced aircraft to Saudi Arabia worth up to 60 billion dollars, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
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Food Prices Soar Around the World, Creating Instability
http://bigpeace.com/jxenakis/2010/09/13/food-prices-soar-around-the-world-creating-instability/
On Tuesday, Mozambique’s government announced that it will begin to subsidize bread prices, after bread prices had risen 22% in the previous month. The move was forced by massive food riots and looting that occurred in the last few days, killing 13, according to Independent Online (S. Africa).
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Man saves women who drove into his pool
http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/man-saves-women-who-drove-into-his-pool/story-e6frfku0-1225920534721
THE quick actions of a Nerang man saved the lives of two young women who were trapped in their sinking car after it ploughed into his swimming pool.
News Articles For 9/9
September 9, 2010 — Operation RoosterOperations Target Insurgents in Afghanistan
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=60773
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9, 2010 – Partnered Afghan and coalition forces continued to target insurgents throughout Afghanistan in recent operations, military officials reported.
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Forces in Afghanistan Detain Suspected Insurgents
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=60760
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8, 2010 – Partnered Afghan and coalition security forces detained numerous suspected insurgents in recent operations, military officials reported.
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BBQ for Our Troops on the menu across Ohio
http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/09/bbq_for_our_troops_on_the_menu.html
When it comes to supporting our troops, nothing beats a big ol’ slab of smoked beef brisket. Or pulled pork. With a side of “dirty rice,” or perhaps some special-recipe beans (the secret ingredient is peach pie filling).
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Face of Defense: Ammo Tech Earns Inaugural Award
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=60771
CAMP SCHWAB, Japan, Sept. 9, 2010 – An ammunition technician with Ammunition Company, 3rd Supply Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 35, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force, is the first Marine selected to receive the Marine Corps Ammunition Technician of the Year Award.
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Stars headline telethon to raise millions for cancer research
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynewspoint/ynewspoint_ts3578
Cancer is an equal opportunity disease. Every race, color, gender and age is susceptible to the more than 100 different types of cancer that have been identified. Cancer doesn’t care if you’re rich and famous or poor and unknown. It can strike at any time.
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New Cartel Threat: The U.S. Energy Supply
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2010/09/09/new-cartel-threat-u-s-energy-supply/
For those who think that simply legalizing drugs will put the cartels out of business, consider this… The Los Angeles Times this week reported that the violent “Los Zetas” cartel has “crippled” production in the Burgos basin in Tamaulipas state, home of Mexico’s biggest natural gas fields.
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Obama Added More to National Debt in First 19 Months Than All Presidents from Washington Through Reagan Combined, Says Gov’t Data
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/72404
(CNSNews.com) – In the first 19 months of the Obama administration, the federal debt held by the public increased by $2.5260 trillion, which is more than the cumulative total of the national debt held by the public that was amassed by all U.S. presidents from George Washington through Ronald Reagan.
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Cabinet member hits alarm over Obama’s colossal debt
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=200849
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the U.S. military joint command are now both on record that rising levels of U.S. national debt pose a national security threat.
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Nine States Did Not File Initial Claims Data Due To Labor Day, Hundreds Of Thousands Of Estimates In Data “Beat”
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/nine-states-did-not-file-initial-claims-data-due-labor-day-hundreds-thousands-estimates-data
The BLS has announced that as a result of the Labor Day weekend, 9 states (among which the biggest one California) did not report initial claims data to the bean counters, so instead the government had to “estimate” what the data would have been: yep, estimate, what the data was in these nine states.
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No Compromise: Obama Will Not Extend Tax Cuts for Wealthiest Americans
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/no-compromise-obama-will-not-extend-tax-cuts-for-wealthiest-americans/
CLEVELAND (AP) – President Barack Obama strongly defended his opposition to extending Bush-era tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans on Wednesday and delivered a searing attack on Republicans and their House leader for advocating “the same philosophy that led to this mess in the first place.”
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Tri-C students recruited to fill the seats for Obama’s appearance
http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2010/09/tri-c_students_recruited_to_fi.html
PARMA, Ohio – With less than an hour before President Obama’s scheduled speech, 75 seats remained empty in the recreation center at Cuyahoga Community College’s Western Campus. So organizers went around campus and recruited more students to fill the seats.
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AFL-CIO Boss on Obamacare: ‘We…Drove it Down the Republicans’ Throat’
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/afl-cio-boss-on-obamacare-we-drove-it-down-the-republicans-throat/
Richard Trumka decides to gloat a bit during the meeting of the Labor Caucus at the California Democratic Convention last April.
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Debt, financial crisis hurt U.S. competitiveness
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/08/AR2010090807266_pf.html
Large deficits and a weakened financial system have made the United States less competitive in the global economy, the World Economic Forum said in its annual review of the competitiveness of countries.
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Va. appeals court upholds tracking suspects with GPS
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/local/crime/Va-appeals-court-upholds-tracking-suspects-with-GPS-102431294.html
Police can use a GPS device to track the movements of a suspect’s vehicle without first obtaining a warrant, the Virginia Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday.
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Sheriffs want lists of patients using painkillers
http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/09/08/669723/lists-of-pain-pillpatients-sought.html
Sheriffs in North Carolina want access to state computer records identifying anyone with prescriptions for powerful painkillers and other controlled substances.
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Gov’t: Spending to Rise Under Obama’s Health Care Overhaul
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/09/09/spending-rise-obamas-health-overhaul/
WASHINGTON — The nation’s health care tab will go up — not down — as a result of President Barack Obama’s sweeping overhaul. That’s the conclusion of a government forecast released Thursday, which also finds the increase will be modest.
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Koran Burner: Creepier Than You Think
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/bizarre/koran-burner-creepier-you-think
SEPTEMBER 8–The Florida pastor who is planning to burn a pile of Korans this weekend runs a church that has established a variety of cult-like rules for individuals studying to become ministers, according to the group’s “rulebook.”
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Four Qaeda prisoners escape from Iraq prison
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.3e7faa8b96577f7cdc18ae77a111d3d0.251&show_article=1
Four senior Al-Qaeda detainees escaped from a US-controlled section of a tightly-guarded Iraqi prison overnight, Baghdad’s security spokesman said on Thursday.
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China’s UN diplomat in drunken rant against Americans
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/7991414/Chinas-UN-diplomat-in-drunken-rant-against-Americans.html
China’s top-ranking UN diplomat embarked on a drunken rant against the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, telling his boss he’d “never liked” him, and adding for good measure that he didn’t like Americans either.
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Report: Castro says Cuban model doesn’t work
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100908/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_cuba_fidel_castro_5
HAVANA – Fidel Castro told a visiting American journalist that Cuba’s communist economic model doesn’t work, a rare comment on domestic affairs from a man who has conspicuously steered clear of local issues since stepping down four years ago.
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Opposition Group Claims Iran Secretly Developing ‘Major’ Nuclear Enrichment Site
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/09/09/iran-watchdog-group-announce-findings-alleged-nuclear-site/
An Iranian resistance group claimed Thursday that it has compiled evidence showing Iran has been secretly developing a nuclear enrichment site for years outside Tehran, a development one official said proves Iran has a “hidden, secret nuclear weapons program.”
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Immediate Cause of Polish Government Plane Crash Revealed (Part 1)
http://bigpeace.com/stzu/2010/09/09/immediate-cause-of-polish-government-plane-crash-revealed-part-1/
Crash of government’s plane (Polish president does not have one and it is very important for defining who takes responsibility for a preparation of the president’s flight) with president and his delegation on the board on the way to Katyn on April 10th caught everybody by surprise.
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Beachgoer Returns Bracelet Decades After It Was Lost
http://www.gnn.com/article/beachgoer-suzan-abruzzi-returns-bracelet/1255525
(Sept. 6) — When she was a Long Island teenager, Suzan Abruzzi, 56, worked at Friendly’s in Huntington, N.Y. Dan Konz, now 70, was one of her bosses.
