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13 - 2005 XXXXXXX
NB:
COMPILERS PERSONAL COMMENTS IN UPPER
CASE
“NOTABLES”
Iran-Contra gangsters resurface in Bush
administration
Liars, Damn Liars and the Bush Administration
Permanent Patriot Act
Proposed
Roots of the Pro-Israel Harassment Campaign at
Columbia University
Quieter than bombs, Iraq's foul water also kills
BBC edits out the word terrorist
Russia Signs $300M Deal to Supply Engines for
China’s New Combat Jet
China: Why Revalue when you can go on a Shopping
Spree Instead?
Clarke presses for EU fingerprint plan
Warning
On 'Human-Brained' Monkeys
Henry Lamb- Documents how your Dietary
Supplements are Under Attack
Scientists studying hillside hot spot
Two contrasting satellite images
of Portugal.
“HUMOR
/ ODDITIES”
Mysterious Red Light Glows In Sky
What Remote Viewers See in
the Future
What
do the Tibetan monks see happening in the future?
-
major world powers are in the course of self-destruction, but the
world will NOT be destroyed.
-
Between now and 2012, superpowers will engage in regional and
religious wars.
-
In 2012, the world will begin moving towards nuclear war
-
note that UFO sightings have taken place in countries that have
nuclear weapons.
-
in 2012, ETs will intervene and stop the destruction, since
it’s not yet our destiny for the world to end.
-
while we can alter our future to some extent, changing the
destiny of the world is not possible.
-
after 2012, we will realize that the final frontier of science is
the same as spirituality.
-
After 2012, out technology will take a different turn.
Bush Nomination Talks
President Bush talked with leading Senators
yesterday about the process for replacing Supreme Court Justice
Sandra Day O'Connor, but he didn't give them any names… Karl
Rove is the only one at the White House who gives out names.
Top 5 Things Overheard During President Bush's Meeting
with U.S. Senators on the Supreme Court Nomination Process
5) "Can we get a hotter chick this time?"
4) "Look, I need to make a decision soon so the Swift Boat
guys can start producing a slimy commercial"
3) "Let's get that 'Survivor' producer to turn this whole
process into a reality show!"
2) "Senator Schumer... let me introduce you to my little
friend!"
1) "Let's at least agree to drag this out as long as we can
so no one notices what a
crappy job we're doing running the country!"
“UNITED
STATES”
Bush renews linking Iraq war to 9/11
Iran-Contra gangsters resurface in Bush
administration
The
Bush administration appealed to move ahead with the confirmation
of two top-level diplomatic nominees whose appointments have been
delayed because of their role in defending right-wing
dictatorships and death squads in
Pentagon confirms Iran-Contra figure in senior job
Robert
Earl, who destroyed national security documents during the 1980s
Iran-Contra scandal, is working as chief of staff to acting
Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon
DRUG POSSESSION IS A CRIME - TERRORISM
IS JUST BUSINESS
FLASHBACK:
Kelly's last cry for help: I'm haunted by 'many dark actors
playing games'
THOSE WHO WOULD DESTROY NATIONS
ARE NOT INITIMDATED BY THE KILLING
OF ONE INDIVIDUAL
Liars, Damn Liars and the Bush Administration
Chief
Presidential spokesliar Scott McClelland got caught in the lie
Monday when an properly angry White House press corps wanted to
know why he lied to them for the past months and weeks.
Q:
Scott, can I ask you this: Did Karl Rove commit a crime?
MCCLELLAN:
Again, David, this is a question relating to a ongoing
investigation,
Q:
Scott, this is ridiculous. Do you stand by your
remarks from that podium or not?
MCCLELLAN:
And I will be glad to talk about it at the appropriate time.
Q:
(inaudible) when it's appropriate and when it's inappropriate?
MCCLELLAN:
If you'll let me finish.
Q:
No, you're not saying anything. Because contrary to what you told
the American people, he did indeed talk about his wife, didn't
he?
MCCLELLAN:
There will be a time to talk about this, but now is not the time
to talk about it.
Q:
Do you think people will accept that, what you're saying today?
MCCLELLAN:
Again, I've responded to the question.
ARTICLE INCLUDES FULL TRANSCRIPT
- THIS EXCERPT IS SHORT & HIGHLY
ABBREVIATED…
WHITE
HOUSE CULTURE -<friend>
In
e-mails to family, an summer intern at the White House writes
about White House culture as:
“It is scary… I must pretend to be a
member a Fanatical Christian Right denomination here to
be able to function in the White House. The talk of Jesus,
is as if he lives next door (he may be renting if you want).
I will be glad to see the end of this internship.”
Permanent Patriot Act Proposed
The
Republican chairman of the House Judiciary Committee introduced a
bill yesterday that would make the controversial
House, Senate Chiefs Spar on Patriot Act
The House chairman, Rep. James Sensenbrenner
of
AlQaida nukes already in the U.S.
In
addition to detonating its own nuclear weapons already planted in
the U.S., military sources also say there is evidence to suggest
al-Qaida is paying former Russian special forces Spetznaz to
assist the terrorist group in locating nuclear weapons formerly
concealed inside the U.S. by the Soviet Union during the Cold
War.
WRH COMMENTS: OKay, this story
is total BS, and given that the sory is coming from the same
sources that insisted Saddam had 'nookular' weapons, the
burden of proof is on their side. However, let me just point out
a couple facts. 1.While
the Uranium and Plutonium used in warheads have long half-lives,
the explosives used to start the process do not. After 20 years,
a nuclear warhead must be rebuilt and the explosives replaced. In
the case of the Plutonium implosion device, is just one
detonator fails to ignite exactly in synch with all the others,
the uniform compression needed for efficient detonation will not
occur. 2.
For boosted multi-stage weapons, the real problem is Tritium,
which has a half life of just 12 years, and worse, decays into
Helium 3, which actually inhibits nuclear fission by absorbing
neutrons.
Any bombs hidden inside the
WRH DOES NOT DISCUSS THE
USE OF POWDERED RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
"75 Years of
IRS Criminal Investigation History"
“
Netanya Bombing Kills 3 Israelis - Harms Palestinians
, Jihad Dissociates from it
The
Israeli cabinet had announced before the suicide bombing, that
Israeli occupation forces would keep their grip on the northern
West Bank after they evacuate four isolated illegal Israeli
settlements. Al-Khatib noted that the alleged suicide
bomber came (according to Israelis) from a village under the
control of Israeli occupation forces.
Suicide
Bomber Came From a Village Under Israeli Security Control
Forecast in Israel: Raining Rockets
Hamas announces a new strategy to destroy
CUI BONO ?
Shomron Attack May Have Been a Diversion
The
Palestinian driver triggered a truck explosion outside Israeli
Shavei Shomron northwest of
LIKE THE SUICIDE BOMBERS OF
- JUST COINCIDENCE - NOW, MOVE ALONG
- NOTHING TO SEE HERE…
Fatah leader 'categorically confirms' Arafat was
poisoned by Israel
Arafat's
personal physician for more than 20 years "attests that Abu
Ammar presented the symptoms of poisoning," Arafat's
health suddenly plunged in late October 2004.
"The president was exposed to something [on September 25,
2003], and I'm inclined to believe it was maybe gas or something
else," Arafat's former Cabinet secretary, Ahmad Abdel-Rahman
said.
RECALL: 'I know when Yasser Arafat was poisoned'
No ties between London attacks, Mike's Place bombing
in TA
Israel
Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lieutenant said there are no
connections between the terror attacks last week in London and
the April 2003 bombing of the Mike's Place bar in Tel Aviv.
Earlier reports focused on Muslim religious figure Omar Bakri
Mohammed whose two students, Asif Hanif and Omar Sharif, carried
out the terror bombing of Mike's Place on the Tel Aviv.
Roots of the Pro-Israel Harassment Campaign at
Columbia University
The
attack on professors who criticise
RECALL: Giving Chutzpah New Meaning Dershowitz tries to suppress Norman Finkelstein's
book - Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of
Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History
“MIDDLE
EAST”
108,000 Iraqis Killed in 2003 Alone, 39,000 Killed in Fighting, New Swiss Study Finds
Iraqi rebels set main oil refinery on fire
Iraq
rebels fired mortars at Baghdad's main oil refinery in a renewed
assault on key infrastructure as Egyptian diplomats prepared to
leave the city following the murder of Cairo's kidnapped top
envoy.
Quieter than bombs, Iraq's foul water also kills
Fresh water and raw sewage mix underground. Babies fed with milk made by mixing powder with putrid water suffer from dehydration, diarrhoea and vomiting. Records are not kept of how many children are dying. There are twice as many patients with hepatitis A and typhoid in six months than in all of 2004.
Maj Gen Webster, said "Now they are attacking infrastructure." Over the past 18 months, locals say the situation has gotten little better, or worse.
RECALL: Water Plant Fire Deepens Misery in Baghdad JULY 1/05
U.S. military said the fire was triggered by a defective
transformer. Later it said that ‘unexploded
ordnance’ was found in the area but "we're still not
sure". Iraqi officials said at least two mortar rounds
struck the power station.
Allied Air War Struck Broadly in Iraq - Washington Post JUNE/91
Col. John Warden III: "you have imposed a long-term problem …It gives us long-term leverage."
Bombing Dual-Use Targets: Legal, Ethical, and
Doctrinal Perspectives MAY/01
"A key example of such dual-use targeting was the destruction of Iraqi electrical power … shut down water purification and sewage treatment plants. As a result, epidemics of gastroenteritis, cholera, and typhoid broke out, leading to perhaps as many as 100,000 civilian deaths and a doubling of the infant mortality rate.”
A Conversation with Professor Thomas Nagy JUNE/03
Strategic Attack Air Force Doctrine Document
2–1.2, bombing
civilians infrastructure is the doctrine of the US Air Force and
has been for decades. SOURCE
THIS IS EVIL
“FOREIGN
AFFAIRS”
ERRATUM: THAT THERE WERE DRILLS
GOING ON DURING LONDON-BOMB…
Xymphora: Power's “London Terror
Drill”
There
is some good background at WagNews which you might want to call debunking,
of the rather prominent story concerning
a man named Peter Power. He saw a good way to hype his
management consultant company based on all the publicity over the
SORRY …
ERRATUM: INCORRECT TRANSLATION OF THE
KORAN EXCERPT…
The "Koran Quotation Error" From
The Wilderness
The passage in question is from the Koran:
This is the (commonly used) scholarly translation by M.H. Shakir:
Muhammad [47.7] O you who believe! if you help (the
cause of) Allah, He will help you and make firm your feet.
And
this is yesterday's rendering from the Arabic, by
God, may He be exalted, said, "If you
aid God, God will aid you, and will plant your feet firmly."
SORRY …
Voice of the White House July 10, 2005
TBR News
The
“terrorist” attacks in
*
There was NO CHATTER detected by MI5 or MI6 preceding the blasts.
*
High explosive is extraordinarily difficult to obtain in the
*
Concealment and import of the explosive: bomb-sniffing dogs in
all airports and the Chunnel trains.
*
THE SMALL SIZE of the bombs - diplomatic courier cannot carry
large weights chained to his wrist.
*
Newspapers warn of threat to
America from 'Londonistan'
Voice of the White House July 10, 2005 TBR
NEWS
The
people of
BBC edits out the word terrorist
The
BBC has re-edited some of its coverage of the London Underground
and bus bombings to avoid labelling the perpetrators as
"terrorists", it was disclosed yesterday.
U.K. Police Identify 4 Bomb Suspects; at Least 1 May
Be Dead
Four
suspects were identified from closed-circuit television by police
investigating last week's
Police make arrests in London
bomb attack -Sky
Police
made a number of arrests in the northern city of
Al-Qaeda cleric exposed as an MI5 double agent March
25/04
ONE
of al-Qaeda’s most dangerous figures has been revealed as a
double agent working for MI5. His continued liberty
for years after international demands for his arrest was an
embarrassment for
Almost
a year later Abu Qatada was found hiding in a flat not far from
Scotland Yard.
SEEMS LIKE MANY “AL-QAEDA” HAVE
“PRIVILEDGED RELATIONSHIPS”
Setback to US's Indonesian ties
A recent appeals court decision in
THE
Hagel: South American unrest poses threat to U.S.
Venezuelan
President Hugo Chavez is a problem,
The SUMATE summary
The trial of Sumate has started.It is important to
summarize why this trial is a travesty of justice, a political
vendetta under any angle that one might look at it. And, even if
Sumate had committed an electoral crime, that supposed crime
would pale in comparison to all the electoral crimes committed by
the Chavez administration since the year 2000 -Daniel
Duquenal/Venezuela News And Views VE
Chávez is responsible for the killing and plundering
in Venezuela
Good Things Happening in Venezuela
Far
from ruining the country, here are some of the good things Chavez
has accomplished:
·
A land reform program assists small farmers and
the landless poor
·
Education is now free (right through to university
level
·
The government has set up a marine conservation
program and protecting indigenous peoples
·
Special banks now assist small enterprises, worker
cooperatives, and farmers
·
Stopped privatizing the state-run oil industry and
limited foreign capital penetration
·
Expelled
·
community level groups assist in literacy,
education, vaccination campaigns,
·
hires unemployed to repair streets, drainage and
water systems in poor neighborhoods
Chavez’s
opponents, who staged an illegal and unconstitutional coup in
April 2002 against the democratically elected government, are
depicted in the
GOD DAMNED COMMIES
EXCELLENT
ARTICLE…
Foul play in the Great Game
Asia Times
The summit meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation
Organization (SCO) held in Astana on July 5-6 draws attention to
the rivalries in Central Asia (CA).
The SCO's called on the
The
"dialogue" between
How
could
The
ideal (of resolving conflicts within and between the peoples in
the region) took a back seat in the Bush’s global
aspirations – and so failed to address the pressing demands
of these transitional economies.
It
was with the "Rose" revolution in
“MILITARY
/ INTELLIGENCE / SECURITY”
Russia Signs $300M Deal to Supply Engines for
China’s New Combat Jet
Russia’s main arms exporter has signed a
$300 million deal to sell jet fighter engines to China, the
Associated Press news agency reported on Monday, quoting
Russia’s Vedomosti daily.-MosNews
IS THIS ‘DEEP INTEGRATION’ ?
French Nuclear Forces 2005
Though
“ECONOMICS”
Long Flight
American Airlines will soon begin regular service
on its longest nonstop flight from Chicago to Delhi, India.
American says the 14 ˝ hour flights are critical to its
financial survival, because after all the passengers fall asleep,
the flight attendants will steal everyone’s wallets.
China, Nigeria Sign Oil Supply Pact
PetroChina International and the Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) here on Friday signed an oil supply
pact, with the latter selling 30,000 barrels of crude a day to
the former.-China View
Exxon Mobil posts 44% jump in first-quarter profit
CORPORATE
EXCELLENT
ARTICLE…
China: Why Revalue when you can go on a Shopping Spree Instead?
CNOOC is ostensibly an entity independent from the government, but its attempted $20bn takeover of Unocal is largely being funded from government loans.
Last
year Sinopec was eyeing a major investment in
Neither
The
CNOOC-Unocal deal is fraught with trouble, approval by congress
and the timeframes involved both favour the Chevron bid, although
the higher CNOOC price is attractive. But,
ExxonMobil's CEO noted if Congress should kill the CNOOC bid, it
would be a precedent to prevent US companies from buying assets
in a foreign country. "In general, owning
foreign oil reserves does not increase energy security - CNOOC
could not insist on shipping Unocal's
As long as Western based firms are willing to accept US dollars, the shift in Chinese portfolio preferences from dollars to assets, would not collapse the US dollar. Spending its substantial dollar foreign exchange holdings on natural resource companies is a very wise strategy. However high the prices paid for some of these assets, as a strategy it certainly appears to make more sense than recycling money back into US treasuries, where the risk of capital loss mounts every day.
SENSIBLE:
EXCHANGING
“DEMOCRACY
/ FREEDOM”
UK favours tough measures
after London bombs-poll
An
overwhelming majority of Britons would support tough new measures
to reduce the threat of attacks after last week's deadly
U.S.
hoping London blasts will unite West
Clarke presses for EU fingerprint plan UK
The
home secretary, Charles Clarke, is to press today's emergency
European counter-terrorism summit to adopt a plan to compulsorily
fingerprint all EU citizens who already carry identity cards.
“SOCIETY”
Albert Installed
Monaco's Prince Albert was formally installed as
the ruler of Monaco yesterday. During a solemn Catholic mass
marking the event, the Archbishop asked God to protect Albert
from sickness, death, and any more paternity suits.
CBS News to Expand Web News Component
“HEALTH
/ SCIENCE / TECH”
Shuttle Launch
Today's launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery is
expected to cost billions of dollars
...
and that's just for the gas.
Scientists discover secret of
staphylococcus infection
The
scientists found that pathogenic Staph took advantage of the
antioxidant effects of its carotenoid pigment to extend its own
life, by inactivating chemicals deployed by neutrophils that are
lethal to most bacteria.
Warning
On 'Human-Brained' Monkeys
In
cutting-edge experiments, scientists have injected human brain
cells into monkey fetuses to study the effects. Critics
argue that if these fetuses are allowed to develop into
self-aware subjects, science will be thrown into an ethical
nightmare.
THE
CODEX ALIMENTARUS TURNS VITAMINS AND
MINERALS
INTO
PHARMACEUTICALS AVAILABLE AS PRESCRIPTION-ONLY
Henry Lamb- A Great Freedom Fighter Documents how
your Dietary Supplements are Under Attack
Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to read
"Your dietary supplements: Under attack again" by Henry
Lamb, which I am inserting into the record. Mr. Lamb explains the
threat to American consumers of dietary supplements and American
sovereignty by the Codex Alimentarius commission, commonly
referred to simply as Codex. Members of the American bureaucracy
may be hope to achieve via international fiat what they cannot
achieve through the domestic law-making process--the power to
restrict consumers' access to dietary supplements -HON.
RON PAUL OF TEXAS BEFORE THE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
VITAMINS BAN ON HORIZON - CALL CONGRESS NOW!
What this means, in the United States, is that as
soon as CAFTA (Central American Free Trade Agreement) passes the
House of Representatives (it has already passed the Senate), the
US government will be forced, by the terms of that CAFTA
agreement, to restrict vitamin and supplement sales in accordance
with the "German Model" of health care -Devvy
Kidd/NewsWithViews
Controversial EU vitamins ban to go ahead
FROM THE CANADIAN ACTION PARTY (PAUL
HELLYER)
Cell
Phones Quadruple Car Crash Danger
This
was irrespective of whether the driver was using a hand-held or
hands-free phone.
Scientists 'prove' time
travel
THE
conundrum posed by Einstein's Theory of Relativity that allows
space-time to loop back on itself, theoretically allowing
time-travel to the past, has been resolved. "If
you go back quantum mechanically, you would only see alternatives
consistent with the world you left behind," Greenberger
said.
New device creates electricity and treats wastewater
'The
upflow microbial fuel cell is a promising wastewater treatment
process and has, as a lab-scale unit, generated electricity and
purified artificial wastewater simultaneously for more than five
months.'
WRH UPDATE: This link goes directly to an
executable file to be downloaded (windows only), so your browser
may giove you a security warning. Running this program does NOT
install anything, it's the actual tool itself.
Long time readers will recall that the issue of CD-R
longevity thrust itself upon me a while back when archives of my
wife's music from 5 years ago turned out to have erased
themselves.
To recap, there are three dyes used in CD-Rs. Cyanine,
Azo, and Phthalocyanine. Phthalocyanine.is the longest lasting,
Cyanine is the least. CD-Rs made with Cyanine can lose the data
saved on them in just 2 years.
Finding out which dye is used on any given brand of CD-R
can be tricky. I purchased some Maxell CD-Rpro, which on the
label and on Maxell's website promise a 100 year lifespan. But,
on opening the package, the disks look like they are Cyanine.
Granted, color cannot always tell you what the disk is made with,
since manufacturers often add their own coloration, but still, I
was suspicious.
So, I discovered the tool at the end of this link. It
reads the ATIP track pre-written onto blank CD-Rs that holds
information the burner needs to work with a given disk and
decodes it to tell you where the disk is from, who really made
it, and most important, what dye is used on it. No surprise, the
supposed 100 year Maxells are made with Cyanine dye. BIG
surprise, the el cheapo COMP USA disks turned out to be using
Phthalocyanine dye, the most stable and long lasting, as are the
Philips I got at 50 disks for just $15 at Office Depot.
So, if you are concerned about longevity in CD-Rs, you
just might want to grab this little tool.
“ENVIRONMENT
/ EARTH”
Alert upgrade for Indonesian volcano
Indonesian
scientists have upgraded an alert status for
Scientists studying hillside hot spot
According
to geologists, a landslide last summer in the
THE GROUND AROUND
RECALL ALL THE NEW VOLCANISMS GOING
ON AROUND THE WORLD
Native tales hint at past US West Coast tsunami
“WEATHER”
Emily prompts storm alerts in east Caribbean
Emily,
the fifth tropical storm or hurricane of the busy Atlantic season,
formed late on Monday. Sustained winds had grown to
50 mph (80 kph) and the storm was moving to the west at about 20
mph (32 kph). Forecasters said
Emily could reach hurricane strength, with 74 mph (119 kph)
winds, by the time it reaches the
Two contrasting satellite images of
Portugal.
The
right-hand one was taken in February 2004 and looks pretty
normal. The one on the left was taken in February this year.
Virtually all the fields are gone and the topsoil has crumbled
away to dust. Since this second picture was taken no rain has
fallen at all. Over much of
SEE ATTACHMENT
THESE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN WAY BACK
IN FEBRUARY
THERE HAS BEEN NO RAIN SINCE -
WITH 40c TEMPERATURES SINCE
THE SITUATION IS FAR WORSE THAN
THESE PHOTOS SHOW
You
see things and say ‘why’?
But
I dream of things that never were and I say: ‘why not’?
George Bernard Shaw, Back to Methuselah, Part 1, Act 1
Part of the Ministry of Doug Bracewell