Wednesday, 29 December 2010 07:29
'Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has dared the United States to cut off diplomatic ties over his opposition to Washington's choice of ambassador.
In a national television broadcast on Tuesday, Chavez said he has no problem with the US wanting to cut off diplomatic relations and expelling Caracas' ambassador to Washington. Tensions have flared up between the United States and Venezuela since August after US President Barack Obama nominated Larry Palmer as the US new ambassador to Caracas.
But Chavez has insisted that Palmer is not welcome after the diplomat leveled harsh criticism against Venezuela during his US Senate confirmation hearings months ago.'
Wednesday, 29 December 2010 06:38
'A Labour lawmaker says that plans to authorize people to choose which laws are to be debated in Parliament would be a power monopolized by “the obsessed and the fanatical.”
The British government is trying to allow petitions to attract voters to debate in Parliament, according to the gazettelive.
Details of the plan are to be arranged with Commons business chiefs including Speaker John Bercow. The plan was among the set of promises inked in the coalition agreement between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats in May. '
Banks Attempt to Suppress Maths Student's Exposé of Chip and Pin
Tuesday, 28 December 2010 12:10
'Cambridge computer scientists have become embroiled in angry exchanges with Britain's banks and credit card lenders, accusing them of bullying and trying to "censor" a PhD student who was exposing flaws in chip-and-pin machines.
A leading Cambridge academic has now written to bankers' representatives demanding that they stop pressing for the removal of a student's doctorate work from the web.
Professor Ross Anderson, from Cambridge University's Computer Laboratory, has previously researched glitches in chip-and-pin banking that allow withdrawals to be made from accounts without needing to know the holder's PIN. As part of his thesis work, one of his students, Omar Choudary, exposed how easy it was to make such a withdrawal. Then the UK Cards Association, a trade body representing leading banking organisations, approached the university asking it to remove the thesis from his website, which is accessible through a university site.'
Read more: Banks Attempt to Suppress Maths Student's Exposé of Chip and Pin
Tuesday, 28 December 2010 11:57
'Doctors believe that infection levels are likely to rise dramatically over the next few weeks. Andrew Lansley, the Health Secretary, was yesterday accused of “serious misjudgment” for cancelling the under-fives programme. Labour said Mr Lansley probably went against medical guidance in stopping the free flu jab.
The Department for Health confirmed that officials had considered again offering the vaccine to the pre-schoolers. Instead, they reviewed the effectiveness of the jab on sickness rates among young children. Flu rates already are approaching epidemic status with 18 adults and nine children known to have died. One in 10 of the 460 patients with flu being treated in intensive care is under the age of 15, including 26 under-fives.
Levels have been rising at a faster rate than before the last flu epidemic in 1999, tripling in the space of the week. Experts fear the peak of the infection is some way off.'
Tuesday, 28 December 2010 10:12
Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself. Being true to anyone else or anything else is not only impossible, but the mark of a fake messiah.
- Richard Bach
Tuesday, 28 December 2010 10:09
'There will be no economic recovery for the masses of people in the United States. A real recovery, with decent jobs at decent wages under secure terms of employment, is now impossible absent a social upheaval such as the United States has never experienced. The reason is structural, and in some ways, simple. Wall Street has effectively captured the apparatus of government, and is methodically stripping the country of both its assets and the nation’s ability to pull out of the death spiral.'
The UK Inflation Genie is Out of the Bottle
Tuesday, 28 December 2010 09:28
'I'm a natural optimist and don't wish to upset anyone's Boxing Day celebrations. Any commentator worth their salt, though, at times like this, should ignore such sensitivities. It would be wrong – reckless, in fact, given the slew of recent bad data – to fail to point to the worrying mix of economic issues the UK now faces.
During 2011, the British economy will suffer from rising inflation and sluggish (in some quarters, possibly negative) growth. This grim combination will be set against a budgetary situation that can only be described as ghastly.
George Osborne was recently in New York, soaking up plaudits for boldly leading Britain into fiscal austerity at a time when, apparently in contrast, America's feckless political elite has allowed the national debt to balloon. The problem is that UK austerity, so far at least, is a myth.'
Wednesday, 29 December 2010 07:29
'Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has dared the United States to cut off diplomatic ties over his opposition to Washington's choice of ambassador.
In a national television broadcast on Tuesday, Chavez said he has no problem with the US wanting to cut off diplomatic relations and expelling Caracas' ambassador to Washington. Tensions have flared up between the United States and Venezuela since August after US President Barack Obama nominated Larry Palmer as the US new ambassador to Caracas.
But Chavez has insisted that Palmer is not welcome after the diplomat leveled harsh criticism against Venezuela during his US Senate confirmation hearings months ago.'
Wednesday, 29 December 2010 06:38
'A Labour lawmaker says that plans to authorize people to choose which laws are to be debated in Parliament would be a power monopolized by “the obsessed and the fanatical.”
The British government is trying to allow petitions to attract voters to debate in Parliament, according to the gazettelive.
Details of the plan are to be arranged with Commons business chiefs including Speaker John Bercow. The plan was among the set of promises inked in the coalition agreement between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats in May. '
Banks Attempt to Suppress Maths Student's Exposé of Chip and Pin
Tuesday, 28 December 2010 12:10
'Cambridge computer scientists have become embroiled in angry exchanges with Britain's banks and credit card lenders, accusing them of bullying and trying to "censor" a PhD student who was exposing flaws in chip-and-pin machines.
A leading Cambridge academic has now written to bankers' representatives demanding that they stop pressing for the removal of a student's doctorate work from the web.
Professor Ross Anderson, from Cambridge University's Computer Laboratory, has previously researched glitches in chip-and-pin banking that allow withdrawals to be made from accounts without needing to know the holder's PIN. As part of his thesis work, one of his students, Omar Choudary, exposed how easy it was to make such a withdrawal. Then the UK Cards Association, a trade body representing leading banking organisations, approached the university asking it to remove the thesis from his website, which is accessible through a university site.'
Read more: Banks Attempt to Suppress Maths Student's Exposé of Chip and Pin
Tuesday, 28 December 2010 11:57
'Doctors believe that infection levels are likely to rise dramatically over the next few weeks. Andrew Lansley, the Health Secretary, was yesterday accused of “serious misjudgment” for cancelling the under-fives programme. Labour said Mr Lansley probably went against medical guidance in stopping the free flu jab.
The Department for Health confirmed that officials had considered again offering the vaccine to the pre-schoolers. Instead, they reviewed the effectiveness of the jab on sickness rates among young children. Flu rates already are approaching epidemic status with 18 adults and nine children known to have died. One in 10 of the 460 patients with flu being treated in intensive care is under the age of 15, including 26 under-fives.
Levels have been rising at a faster rate than before the last flu epidemic in 1999, tripling in the space of the week. Experts fear the peak of the infection is some way off.'
Wednesday, 29 December 2010 07:29
'Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has dared the United States to cut off diplomatic ties over his opposition to Washington's choice of ambassador.
In a national television broadcast on Tuesday, Chavez said he has no problem with the US wanting to cut off diplomatic relations and expelling Caracas' ambassador to Washington. Tensions have flared up between the United States and Venezuela since August after US President Barack Obama nominated Larry Palmer as the US new ambassador to Caracas.
But Chavez has insisted that Palmer is not welcome after the diplomat leveled harsh criticism against Venezuela during his US Senate confirmation hearings months ago.'
Wednesday, 29 December 2010 06:38
'A Labour lawmaker says that plans to authorize people to choose which laws are to be debated in Parliament would be a power monopolized by “the obsessed and the fanatical.”
The British government is trying to allow petitions to attract voters to debate in Parliament, according to the gazettelive.
Details of the plan are to be arranged with Commons business chiefs including Speaker John Bercow. The plan was among the set of promises inked in the coalition agreement between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats in May. '
Wednesday, 29 December 2010 07:29
'Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has dared the United States to cut off diplomatic ties over his opposition to Washington's choice of ambassador.
In a national television broadcast on Tuesday, Chavez said he has no problem with the US wanting to cut off diplomatic relations and expelling Caracas' ambassador to Washington. Tensions have flared up between the United States and Venezuela since August after US President Barack Obama nominated Larry Palmer as the US new ambassador to Caracas.
But Chavez has insisted that Palmer is not welcome after the diplomat leveled harsh criticism against Venezuela during his US Senate confirmation hearings months ago.'
Wednesday, 29 December 2010 06:38
'A Labour lawmaker says that plans to authorize people to choose which laws are to be debated in Parliament would be a power monopolized by “the obsessed and the fanatical.”
Banks Attempt to Suppress Maths Student's Exposé of Chip and Pin
Tuesday, 28 December 2010 12:10
'Cambridge computer scientists have become embroiled in angry exchanges with Britain's banks and credit card lenders, accusing them of bullying and trying to "censor" a PhD student who was exposing flaws in chip-and-pin machines.
A leading Cambridge academic has now written to bankers' representatives demanding that they stop pressing for the removal of a student's doctorate work from the web.
Professor Ross Anderson, from Cambridge University's Computer Laboratory, has previously researched glitches in chip-and-pin banking that allow withdrawals to be made from accounts without needing to know the holder's PIN. As part of his thesis work, one of his students, Omar Choudary, exposed how easy it was to make such a withdrawal. Then the UK Cards Association, a trade body representing leading banking organisations, approached the university asking it to remove the thesis from his website, which is accessible through a university site.'
Read more: Banks Attempt to Suppress Maths Student's Exposé of Chip and Pin
Tuesday, 28 December 2010 11:57
'Doctors believe that infection levels are likely to rise dramatically over the next few weeks. Andrew Lansley, the Health Secretary, was yesterday accused of “serious misjudgment” for cancelling the under-fives programme. Labour said Mr Lansley probably went against medical guidance in stopping the free flu jab.
The Department for Health confirmed that officials had considered again offering the vaccine to the pre-schoolers. Instead, they reviewed the effectiveness of the jab on sickness rates among young children. Flu rates already are approaching epidemic status with 18 adults and nine children known to have died. One in 10 of the 460 patients with flu being treated in intensive care is under the age of 15, including 26 under-fives.
Levels have been rising at a faster rate than before the last flu epidemic in 1999, tripling in the space of the week. Experts fear the peak of the infection is some way off.'
Tuesday, 28 December 2010 10:12
Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself. Being true to anyone else or anything else is not only impossible, but the mark of a fake messiah.
- Richard Bach
Tuesday, 28 December 2010 10:09
'There will be no economic recovery for the masses of people in the United States. A real recovery, with decent jobs at decent wages under secure terms of employment, is now impossible absent a social upheaval such as the United States has never experienced. The reason is structural, and in some ways, simple. Wall Street has effectively captured the apparatus of government, and is methodically stripping the country of both its assets and the nation’s ability to pull out of the death spiral.'
The UK Inflation Genie is Out of the Bottle
Tuesday, 28 December 2010 09:28
Did You Know?
Tuesday, 28 December 2010 08:46
'The term “influenza” is from the Italian word meaning “influence” and was coined in 1357. It refers to the cause of the disease; initially, this ascribed illness to unfavorable astrological influences. Changes in medical thought led to its modification to influenza del freddo, meaning “influence of the cold.”'
Source: The Shen Clinic - http://www.theshenclinic.com/
In other words ... lack of sunlight or vitamin D3 - see the David Icke Newsletter,The Killing Machine ... Called 'Modern Medicine'.
Tuesday, 28 December 2010 08:40
'The recently-passed Food Safety Modernization Act, which was passed in order to prevent food-borne illness deaths in the USA, will cost $1.4 billion over the first five years. But nobody thinks about the economics of the issue. How many people are we going to save by spending this $1.4 billion, even assuming it works?
To answer that question, let's look at the food illness fatality figures offered by the CDC.'
Tuesday, 28 December 2010 08:34
'Australian organic farmer Steve Marsh recently had his organic certification status pulled by the National Association for Sustainable Agriculture, Australia (NASAA) because his organic wheat field was contaminated by a nearby genetically-modified (GM) canola field. And after Marsh threatened to sue the GM farmer for the incident -- which has cost Marsh his entire business, by the way -- Monsanto, the owner of the GM canola, came out and said it would legally back the GM farmer "in any way [it] could."
A previous NaturalNews report on the issue explains that GM canola materials blew from a nearby GM field about a mile away and contaminated over 540 acres of Marsh's organic wheat fields.'
Read more: Monsanto to Fight Potential Lawsuit by Organic Farmer Whose Land Ruined by GMOs
Tuesday, 28 December 2010 08:28
'The year 2011 will bring Americans a larger and more intrusive police state, more unemployment and home foreclosures, no economic recovery, more disregard by the US government of US law, international law, the Constitution, and truth, more suspicion and distrust from allies, more hostility from the rest of the world, and new heights of media sycophancy.
2011 is shaping up as the terminal year for American democracy. The Republican Party has degenerated into a party of Brownshirts, and voter frustrations with the worsening economic crisis and military occupations gone awry are likely to bring Republicans to power in 2012. With them would come their doctrines of executive primacy over Congress, the judiciary, law, and the Constitution and America’s rightful hegemony over the world.
If not already obvious, 2010 has made clear that the US government does not care a whit for the opinions of citizens. The TSA is unequivocal that it will reach no accommodation with Americans other than the violations of their persons that it imposes by its unaccountable power. As for public opposition to war, the Associated Press reported on December 16 that “Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the U.S. can’t let public opinion sway its commitment to Afghanistan.” Gates stated bluntly what has been known for some time: the idea is passe that government in a democracy serves the will of the people. If this quaint notion is still found in civics books, it will soon be edited out.'
Tuesday, 28 December 2010 08:22
'However, neither a shutdown of the conveyor belt or a Northward-shifting jet stream would explain the extremely cold being experienced right now in the U.S. East Coast, Southern California, Australia and many other southerly locations. Specifically, if either condition was occurring, England and other parts of Europe would indeed be getting hit with blizzards, but Southerly locations shouldn't also be getting walloped. In other words, neither theory can explain what we are currently seeing.
Indeed, the Met - England's official climate agency - says that the problem isn't that the jet stream has shifted North, but that it has temporarily shifted South.'
Read more: Why Is It So Cold? Should the Big Freeze Alter Our Approach to Climate Change?
Tuesday, 28 December 2010 07:51
'The Obama administration is set to implement a new policy that will give doctors the permission to end patients' lives with their consent.
The new policy -- outlined in a Medicare regulation -- will be executed from January 1. Under the program, the US administration will pay doctors who are willing to discuss the option of end-of-life plans with patients that are approaching death. Seniors are believed to be a major target for precious resources under the Obama administration's healthcare plan.'
Tuesday, 28 December 2010 07:46
'A new poll has suggested that support for Britain's Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government has dropped sharply since it took the helm in May. According to the survey carried out for the Guardian newspaper, as many as 47 percent of the British now disapprove of the job the coalition is doing, while only 43 percent say they were right to form a government.
A similar poll conducted by the same paper in May suggested that 59 percent of the British backed the two rival parties to form a government after the general elections.'
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