News Articles For 2/8

February 8, 2011 — Operation Rooster

Today’s Founding Father quote of the day from www. foundingfatherquotes.com is:
“Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.” George Washington: The Rules of Civility, Circa 1748

Face of Defense: Band NCO Gets Grammy Nomination
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62730
WEST POINT, N.Y., Feb. 8, 2011 – The West Point Band’s newest audio engineer, Army Staff Sgt. Brandie Lane, was nominated for a Grammy in the category that will recognize last year’s best-engineered classical music album.
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Republicans ask court to toss climate case
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0211/49030.html
Two top House Republicans and the Senate’s leading global warming skeptic asked the Supreme Court Monday to throw out a lawsuit seeking to force electric utilities to slash greenhouse gas emissions.
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Unions Head for Showdown With Senate Over TSA Representation
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/02/05/unions-head-showdown-senate-tsa-representation/
Unions that want to represent thousands of airport screeners are heading for a showdown with the Senate as early as Monday, with some lawmakers looking to revoke the collective-bargaining rights the Transportation Security Administration just granted them.
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TX School District Plans to Force Some Students to Take Arabic Language, Culture Classes
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/tx-school-district-plans-to-force-some-students-to-take-arabic-language-culture-classes/
Some middle school students’ parents were shocked this week when they found out that two schools in their Mansfield, TX school district will soon be requiring Arabic language and culture courses. It’s a decision those parents say was sprung on them.
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3 teens killed in Mexico, 2 of them US citizens
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/lt_drug_war_mexico
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico – Three teenage boys were shot to death in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez, at least two of them U.S. citizens and high school students in Texas, authorities said Monday.
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US Union Boss Trumka Influencing Egyptian Revolution With International Labor Org That Calls for Redistribution of Wealth, ‘Social Justice’ and ‘New World Order’
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/us-union-boss-trumka-influencing-egyptian-revolution-with-international-labor-org-that-call-for-redistribution-of-wealth-social-justice-and-new-world-order/
To complete the Trumka trifecta here is a older Blaze video showing Trumka working with European socialists and a Blaze video of Trumka admitting his main goal is using his union to advance his political vision.
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Egypt proclaims power transfer plan, protesters wary
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_egypt
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt has a plan and timetable for the peaceful transfer of power, the vice president said on Tuesday, as protesters called more demonstrations to show their campaign to oust President Hosni Mubarak remains potent.
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ElBaradei: Israel Has Peace Agreement With Mubarak, Not Egypt
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/elbaradei-israel-has-peace-agreement-with-mubarak-not-egypt/
One of the key leaders in Egypt’s anti-government movement is continuing to make waves, suggesting that he could soon go from being an “agent of change” to the country’s next president. But what does that mean for Egypt and her allies?
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Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood: In Their Own Words
http://bigpeace.com/jdhalevi/2011/02/08/egypts-muslim-brotherhood-in-their-own-words/
The Muslim Brotherhood has taken a greater role in organizing the protest against the Egyptian regime as it unfolds its independent political agenda. Rashad al-Bayumi, the Brotherhood’s second-in-command, announced in an interview with Japanese TV that the group would join a transitional government in order to cancel the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel, as it “offends the Arabs’ dignity and destroys the interests of Egypt and other Arab states.” He further stressed that Egypt does not need American aid.
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Muslim Brotherhood awakens terrorist wing
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=261069
JERUSALEM – An Egyptian Islamist terrorist organization founded by the Muslim Brotherhood is re-establishing itself amid the political upheaval in Cairo, WND has learned.
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Capitalism is Dead Says Former Brazilian President
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/capitalism-is-dead-says-former-brazilian-president/
Former left-wing Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said today at an anti-capitalist gathering that he believes the global financial crisis proves capitalism is broken.
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Four Reasons Why Big Government Is Bad Government
http://biggovernment.com/dmitchell/2011/02/07/four-reasons-why-big-government-is-bad-government/
A new video from the Center for Freedom and Prosperity gives four reasons why big government is bad fiscal policy. I particularly like the explanation of how government spending undermines growth by diverting labor and capital from the productive sector of the economy.
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Sacrifice play: Wake Forest coach gives his player a kidney
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/02/08/2044926/sacrifice-play-coach-gives-his.html
When a coach says he would do anything for his players, it sounds like a cliche. Then there is Wake Forest baseball coach Tom Walter. Monday, Walter donated one of his healthy kidneys to Kevin Jordan, a Wake Forest freshman outfielder talented enough to be drafted in the 19th round by the New York Yankees last year but sick enough to wonder if he’d ever play again.

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News Articles For 1/18

January 18, 2011 — Operation Rooster

TF Patriot bids farewell to fallen hero
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/4013-tf-patriot-bids-farewell-to-fallen-hero.html
LOGAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Members of Task Force Patriot, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division based at Fort Polk, La., gathered to honor a fallen comrade Jan. 17.
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TF Patriot leaders, comrades honor fallen Soldier
http://www.cjtf101.com/en/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/4012-tf-patriot-leaders-comrades-honor-fallen-soldier.html
LOGAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – A Task Force Patriot Soldier from 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division based at Fort Polk, La. died as the result of an enemy attack in Logar Province Jan. 7.
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Face of Defense: Married Supply Sergeants Deploy Together
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62475
BAGHDAD, Jan. 18, 2011 – A married couple with the 1st Infantry Division’s 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, is deployed here together, serving with U.S. Division Center.
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Frances Fox Piven: Calls for violence
http://www.glennbeck.com/2011/01/16/francs-fox-piven-calls-for-violence/
On Friday, Glenn made a promise to his listeners to start showing the people who are calling for violence and chaos. In response to the tragedy in Arizona, Glenn wrote a pledge of nonviolence in which he called for people to stand against violence from all sides and directions.
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Supreme Court Will Hear Case of Man Arrested for Traveling With ‘Legal’ Gun
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/supreme-court-will-hear-case-of-man-arrested-for-traveling-with-legal-gun/
WASHINGTON (AP) — Missed flights only inconvenience most people. A late flight landed Utah gun owner Greg Revell in jail for 10 days after he got stranded in New Jersey with an unloaded firearm he had legally checked with his luggage in Salt Lake City.
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States Warned of $2 Trillion Pensions Shortfall
http://www.cnbc.com/id/41129099
US public pensions face a shortfall of $2,500 billion that will force state and local governments to sell assets and make deep cuts to services, according to the former chairman of New Jersey’s pension fund.
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The Coming Municipal Bond Meltdown
http://biggovernment.com/publius/2011/01/17/the-coming-municipal-bond-meltdown/
The municipal-bond market is in crisis, with prices fall ing and investors running for cover — and for good reason. Munis — bonds sold by states, cities, counties and other localities to finance government operations — are in trouble because the Ponzi scheme of Big Government is coming unglued. The markets are merely reflecting this reality, as they always do.
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Two charged over iPad hacking on AT&T network
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE70H3BH20110118?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews
(Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors filed criminal charges against two people accused of stealing the email addresses and other personal data of about 120,000 users of Apple Inc’s iPad tablet computer.
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NSA breaks ground on Utah ‘spy center’ data center
http://www.nationalterroralert.com/2011/01/17/nsa-breaks-ground-on-utah-spy-center-data-center/
The National Security Agency is building one of the largest and most expensive data centers as a place to gather and analyze intelligence data. At $1.2 billion, this is the largest Department of Defense construction project underway. Officals broke ground at the site 25 miles south of Salt Lake City Thursday, and it will give NSA diversity with a separate data center beyond the one it has in Ft. Meade, Md., says NSA Deputy Director J. Chris Inglis.
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Obamacare challenge moves into 4th Circuit
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=252449
Liberty Counsel today told judges on the bench of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that the Obamacare law signed by Barack Obama last year simply exceeds the authority the Constitution grants to Congress and the president and it must be overturned.
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Record Food Prices Causing Africa Riots Stoke U.S. Farm Economy
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-18/record-food-prices-causing-africa-riots-stoke-u-s-farmers-export-gains.html
The same record food prices causing riots in Algeria and export bans in India are allowing President Barack Obama to combine the biggest-ever U.S. farm exports with the tamest inflation since the 1960s.
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Mexico police: founding member of Zetas captured
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110118/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_drug_war_mexico
MEXICO CITY – Mexico’s federal police have arrested a founding member of the brutal Zetas drug cartel, a man who controlled drug smuggling routes and the kidnapping of Central American migrants in southern Mexico, officials said Tuesday.
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China’s lending hits new heights
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/488c60f4-2281-11e0-b6a2-00144feab49a.html#axzz1BOwjSXoN
China has lent more money to other developing countries over the past two years than the World Bank, a stark indication of the scale of Beijing’s economic reach and its drive to secure natural resources.
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Iran bans production of Valentine’s Day gifts
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110118/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_iran_ban_valentines
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran has banned the production of Valentine’s Day gifts and any promotion of the day celebrating romantic love to combat what it sees as a spread of Western culture, Iranian media reported.
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Ahmadinejad, Medvedev agree to boost ties: report
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.9085d46ff045cb783c6f6c8d90769bf0.631&show_article=1
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev agreed to boost ties between their countries, in a a telephone conversation, state media reported on Monday.
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Moscow reaffirms Soviet recognition of Palestine
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110118/wl_nm/us_palestinians_russia_medvedev
JERICHO, West Bank (Reuters) – Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday Moscow had recognized an independent Palestinian state in 1988 and was not changing that position adopted by the former Soviet Union.
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Report: EU School Calendars Scrub Christian Holidays, Keep Muslim Ones
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/report-eu-school-calendars-scrub-christian-holidays-keep-muslim-ones/
A new 2011-2012 school calendar for children published by a branch of the European Union has omitted references to Christian holidays but has kept its references to prominent Jewish, Hindu, and even Muslims holidays, according to a Catholic news outlet.
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Sal the Cat summoned for jury service… and court rules he ‘must attend’
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1347894/Jury-duty-cat-Sal-Cat-summoned-service-US-court-rules-attend.html
A pet cat has been summoned for jury duty – and has been told by courts he ‘must attend’. Despite owner Anna Esposito’s protestations that a mistake has been made, a jury commissioner has ruled that Sal must attend the court.

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News Articles For 1/13

January 13, 2011 — Operation Rooster

Afghan family treated for burns by Bagram medics
http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123237768
1/11/2011 – BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (AFNS) — Air Force health professionals train continuously, from medical school to retirement, to provide life-saving treatments to patients. In most cases, they count on providing those treatments to service members, but Airmen assigned to the Craig Joint Theater Hospital here are finding themselves working to save an Afghan family.
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Retired Guard Member Helps Subdue Arizona Gunman
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62420
RAPID CITY, S.D., Jan. 12, 2011 – A retired South Dakota National Guard officer was one of the bystanders who subdued the gunman who allegedly killed six people and shot U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson, Ariz., Jan. 8.
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Face of Defense: Soldier Wears Two Hats
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62430
LAGHMAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan, Jan. 13, 2011 – Army Sgt. Toby Hall, a team leader with Company A, 413th Civil Affairs Battalion, didn’t join the Army because he was used to the rough-and-tumble life of a rodeo cowboy.
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Major Agencies Concerned About U.S. Credit Rating
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/major-agencies-concerned-about-u-s-credit-rating/
Two major credit rating agencies are concerned over the United States’ credit rating, saying the U.S. must do something about its fiscal situation or face the fallout.
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USDA Calls for Strict New Guidelines for School Lunches
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/new-guidelines-would-make-school-lunches-healthier/
WASHINGTON (AP/The Blaze) — School children would have to hold the fries — and pick up more whole grains, fruits and vegetables — on the lunch line under proposed new federal standards for school lunches.
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Lawmaker’s new proposal would hit feds with charges
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=250317
The state of Montana, which came up with the idea that the guns made, sold and kept inside its borders simply are exempt from federal regulations and made that its law, now is considering a new weapon that could be used to cancel much of the authority of federal agents over its residents.
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World moves closer to food price shock
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a2aa510a-1e89-11e0-87d2-00144feab49a.html#axzz1AvlJkOw2
The world has moved a step closer to a food price shock after the US government surprised traders by cutting stock forecasts for key crops, sending corn and soyabean prices to their highest level in 30 months.
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List of US concerns with China grows
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2e915fce-1e53-11e0-bab6-00144feab49a.html#axzz1AvlJkOw2
China must reduce unfair subsidies, stop the theft of intellectual property and let its currency appreciate, Tim Geithner has said. The US Treasury secretary, in a speech on Wednesday ahead of next week’s visit by Hu Jintao, Chinese president, widened US concerns about Chinese economic policy well beyond currency, which has been a focus of Capitol Hill’s anger.
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Taiwan showdown
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jan/12/inside-the-ring-648659289/print/
A new showdown is looming between China and the United States over arms sales to Taiwan. The Obama administration privately has decided to sell a new arms package to the island but is keeping details secret until after next week’s visit by Chinese President Hu Jintao.
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Iran’s nuclear sites tour proposal flounders
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE70C3OP20110113?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=22&sp=true
(Reuters) – Iran’s proposal for a tour of its nuclear sites floundered on Thursday after China effectively rejected the invitation and Russia cautioned such a trip could never replace U.N. inspections or talks between Tehran and world powers.
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Government fall plunges Lebanon into uncertainty
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20110113/D9KNEDMO0.html
BEIRUT (AP) – The collapse of Lebanon’s government plunged the country into deep political uncertainty Thursday after a year of relative stability, as the president began the process of putting a new administration together.
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Israel troops on alert after Lebanon govt falls
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20110113/D9KNBHRO0.html
JERUSALEM (AP) – Israeli troops in the north were on alert Thursday over worries that the political turmoil in Lebanon might spill over into renewed violence on their shared border, following the collapse of the Lebanese government.
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Egypt to Hamas: Stop Gaza rockets or face new Israel war
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/egypt-to-hamas-stop-gaza-rockets-or-face-new-israel-war-1.336633
Egypt has told Hamas that Israel might launch a Gaza war to curb rocket attacks, a warning that led the group to urge other militant factions to cease fire, sources familiar with Egypt-Hamas contacts said on Wednesday.
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Steel Drum Band Gives Homeless Students a Musical Outlet
http://www.aolnews.com/2011/01/12/teens-at-homeless-high-school-form-steel-drum-band/
Ted Williams became a voice for homeless adults after he was discovered in early January, but a group of current and former homeless teens in San Diego is giving them a beat — in the form of a steel drum band called the Steel Monarchs.

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News Articles For 1/11

January 11, 2011 — Operation Rooster

Afghan, Coalition Forces Kill, Detain Insurgents
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62394
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10, 2011 – Afghan and coalition killed at least 15 insurgents and detained numerous others today in operations throughout southern and eastern Afghanistan, military officials reported.
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Embattled U.S. Special Inspector General For Afghanistan Resigns As Calls For Oversight Grow
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/10/afghanistan-special-inspector-general-resigns-oversight_n_805761.html
WASHINGTON — Arnold Fields, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, stepped down Monday amid widespread congressional dissatisfaction with his office’s oversight of U.S. operational spending.
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The Fed’s QE2 Traders, Buying Bonds by the Billions
http://www.cnbc.com/id/41019109
Deep inside the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the $600 billion man is fast at work. In a spare, government-issue office in Lower Manhattan, behind a bank of cubicles and a scruffy copy machine, Josh Frost and a band of market specialists are making the Fed’s ultimate Wall Street trade.
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Shocking! 80 million swamp Medicare by 2030
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=249305
The largest number of seniors ever to retire in America begins retiring this year, leaving little doubt that Medicare will be able to continue operating unless government-paid health-care services are rationed, Jerome Corsi’s Red Alert reports.
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Citizen Soros: Suppressing Conservative Ideas (Part 2 in a Series)
http://biggovernment.com/mvadum/2011/01/11/citizen-soros-suppressing-conservative-ideas-part-2-in-a-series/
The left has been hyperventilating about Beck ever since he moved from CNN to Fox News in early 2009 and quickly became the Obama administration’s most vociferous high-profile critic. In particular, liberals could not abide Beck righteously fulminating against the shadowy Tides Foundation, a pass-through entity that allows wealthy individuals to give to radical causes anonymously.
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‘Can We Get Someone To Shoot Sarah Palin?’: Twitter Users Call for Palin’s Death
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/can-we-get-someone-to-shoot-sarah-palin-twitter-users-call-for-palins-death/
The tweets are stunning, disturbing, and downright shocking. After the left shamelessly began its campaign to connect Saturday’s shooting to Sara Palin, Twitter users quickly picked up on the sentiment and responded with violent, hateful speech.
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Arizona Aftermath: Beck Issues Challenge to American People, Politicians and Media
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/arizona-aftermath-beck-issues-challenge-to-american-people-politicians-and-media/
While Americans are grappling to understand the Arizona tragedy, the absolute vacuum of leadership on both sides is staggering. We live in a country that has been struck by John Hinckley Jr. and Sirhan Sirhan, Lee Harvey Oswald and Mark David Chapman.
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N.J. Town To Vote On Middle School Drug Tests
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/01/10/new-jersey-town-to-vote-on-middle-school-drug-tests/
BELVIDERE, N.J. (CBS 2) – A proposal to conduct random drug tests of young students in one New Jersey town is raising some eyebrows. Students at Belvidere Elementary School could be adding drug testing to their list of lessons when they move into middle school.
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China denies armed soldiers crossed into India
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110111/ap_on_re_as/as_china_india
BEIJING – China on Tuesday denied a media report that its soldiers intruded into Indian territory in the Kashmir region last fall and threatened Indian construction workers.
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Iran bans “tight jeans,” tattoos at some universities
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE7094G320110110?feedType=RSS&feedName=lifestyleMolt&rpc=22&sp=true
(Reuters) – Iran has enforced a stricter Islamic dress code at a number of universities including a ban on female students wearing long nails, bright clothes and tattoos, a local news agency reported on Monday.
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New baby survived twister, crashing cow
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/01/10/New-baby-survived-twister-crashing-cow/UPI-43991294685567/
WADENA, Minn., Jan. 10 (UPI) — A Minnesota woman says her new baby was named Skylar to note the time last summer when she and her unborn daughter were hit by a flying cow during a tornado.
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Time-Worn Tabby: At 39, Is Lucy the Oldest Cat in the World?
http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/01/09/time-worn-tabby-at-39-is-lucy-the-oldest-cat-in-the-world/
What’s her secret? It must be something in the Fancy Feast. Lucy, from Llanelli, South Wales, is a proud Gen X’er – in her time, she’s lived through eight prime ministers, a handful of wars, and the rise of the technological generation.

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News Articles For 9/15

September 15, 2010 — Operation Rooster

U.S., Iraqi forces bring free medical services to Karmah
http://www.army.mil/-news/2010/09/13/45117-us-iraqi-forces-bring-free-medical-services-to-karmah/?ref=news-home-title4
ARMAH, Iraq (Army News Service, Sept. 13, 2010) — Hundreds of Karmah, Iraq, residents received free medical care Sept. 7, during a combined medical engagement between Iraqi and U.S. forces.
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Afghan, Coalition Forces Kill 23 in Helmand Engagements
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=60846
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14, 2010 – Twenty-three enemy fighters are dead after insurgents attacked Afghan and coalition forces conducting a combined dismounted patrol on three separate occasions in the Sangin district of Afghanistan’s Helmand province yesterday, military officials reported.
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COMMENTARY: A Chaplain’s View
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=60848
DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del., Sept. 14, 2010 – A day off is a cherished and holy time when you are deployed to the Air Force Mortuary Operations Center here.
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Face of Defense: Airman’s Hobby Boosts Performance
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=60817
KUNSAN AIR BASE, South Korea, Sept. 13, 2010 – An 8th Security Forces Squadron airman here has found an off-duty activity that helps him develop his leadership skills while achieving an ultimate personal goal.
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US drone attacks bombard Haqqani network in Pakistan
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/terrorism-security/2010/0915/US-drone-attacks-bombard-Haqqani-network-in-Pakistan
The latest US drone attack killed 14 suspected militants in Pakistan, bringing the number of people killed by drones in September alone to 75 as the US targets the Haqqani network.
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Reid Attaches Controversial Immigration Measure to Defense Bill
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/reid-attaches-controversial-immigration-measure-to-defense-bill/
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday that he will add the DREAM Act, a controversial and divisive immigration measure, onto a defense policy bill the Senate plans to consider next week.
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Harry Reid arrives at clean energy summit. . . in a fleet of giant SUVs
http://apps.detnews.com/apps/blogs/watercooler/index.php?blogid=667
Clean, Green Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid rolled up to the Clean Energy Summit in Las Vegas, Nevada last week. . . in a fleet of giant SUVs. The Heartland Institute reports that while the Senate Majority Hypocrite “and other high-profile environmental activists blasted carbon-based fuels at the Reid-sponsored summit, Reid and other bigwigs were caught on film driving to and from the summit in several SUVs.”
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Retirement on Hold: American Workers $6 Trillion Short
http://www.cnbc.com/id/39177278
A new study obtained by CNBC says Americans are $6.6 trillion short of what they need to retire. The study, conducted by Boston College’s Center for Retirement Research, says savings have been squeezed by declines in stock and housing values.
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States cutting benefits for public-sector retirees
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gvkRQqiPV1eRXDaSrTWohTaZY3igD9I87UJO0
TRENTON, N.J. — The security guards at the headquarters of New Jersey’s pension fund have never seen anything like it before: lines of public employees extending out the door and into the street.
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Police continue to harass citizens who record them
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/police-continue-to-harass-citizens-who-record-them-102826639.html
A number of cases show how police continue to misunderstand citizens’ rights to record their behavior, and they’re now neatly compiled into a video from the Cato Institute.
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Schools tag kids with RFID chips
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=203529
A California school district is using some $115,000 of federal stimulus money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to have kids wear vests with RFID chips embedded so their every move inside the school complex can be monitored.
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Chinese think tank warns US it will emerge as loser in trade war
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/currency/8002719/Chinese-think-tank-warns-US-it-will-emerge-as-loser-in-trade-war.html
A State Council think-tank in China has warned Washington that the US will come off worst in a trade war if it imposes sanctions against Beijing over the two nations’ currency spat.
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U.S. Embassy Warning: ‘Imminent Threat’ in Gulf of Aqaba Region
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/u-s-embassy-warning-imminent-threat-in-gulf-of-aqaba-region/
AMMAN (Reuters) – The U.S. embassy in Jordan warned its citizens on Wednesday against traveling to the port city of Aqaba, citing an “imminent” threat.
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Tensions rise as French pension reform vote nears
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100915/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_europe_austerity
PARIS – An overnight parliament session turned into a shouting match as France’s lower house neared a vote Wednesday on a bill to raise the retirement age to 62 — a pillar of conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy’s reform agenda and a prime target of France’s powerful unions.
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Report: Iran to give Erdogan $25m. for re-election bid
http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=188159&R=R3
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has completed a deal with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan by which Iran will transfer $25 million to Turkey’s ruling AKP party, The Daily Telegraph reported on Tuesday evening. According to the report, the money is meant to go towards Erdogan’s bid to be re-elected to a third term in next year’s general election.
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Break-in of B-N home fails … and what a break
http://www.pantagraph.com/app/blogs/main/?p=5426
It was the kind of call police can dread most. A male subject, described as “suspicious” and “wearing a camouflage outfit,” was trying to break into an east-side home. He had looked into a window, but seen that it was locked.
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All right me old cocker sparrow
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3135393/Cocker-spaniel-Flint-befriends-cheeky-little-chick.html
COCKER spaniel Flint could easily have had this cheeky little chick for dinner – but decided to BEFRIEND him instead. The orphaned baby sparrow looked in big trouble after he tumbled from his nest into Greg Larcombe’s back garden.

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