Copenhagen climate summit in disarray
Developing countries react furiously to leaked draft
agreement that would hand more power to rich nations, sideline
the UN's negotiating role and abandon the Kyoto protocol
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Australia's Parliament defeats global
warming bill
SYDNEY –
Australia's plans for an emissions trading system to
combat
global warming were scuttled Wednesday in
Parliament,
handing a defeat to a government that had hoped to set an
example at
international climate change talks next week.
The Senate,
where
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's government does not hold a
majority, rejected his administration's proposal for Australia
to become one of the first countries to install a so-called
cap-and-trade system to slash the amount of heat-trapping
pollution that industries pump into the air.
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My daughter took her youngest son Chris to the pediatrican
for a 1 yr check. Chris is a special needs child.At 6 months he
was given vaccines and within 24 hours began having serious
seizures.
Friday, he came in with a fever, coughing and runny nose. The
nurse by the peds orders came in without asking, without
signatures, and gave him a flu shot, adding 5 other shots with
it.
My daughter was so angry -- she asked why she did this, when she
told them he was already sick and the serious reactions from his
past vaccinations. She said" it was no big deal, its not going
to hurt him."
NO SIGNATURE, NO DISCLAIMER. NO PERMISSION FOR AN ACTION TO
WHICH THE PARENTS HAD ALREADY SAID NO. As of this morning, Chris
was dead.
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When it comes to greenhouse-gas emissions, Energy Secretary
Steven Chu sees Americans as unruly teenagers and the
Administration as the parent that will have to teach them a few
lessons.
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FEMA Martial Law "Rehearsal" Exercise is now
underway, scheduled for 27 - 31 July 2009:
National Level Exercise 2009 (NLE 09)National Level Exercise 2009 (NLE 09) is scheduled
for July 27 through July 31, 2009. NLE 09 will be the
first major exercise conducted by the United States
government that will focus exclusively on terrorism
prevention and protection, as opposed to incident
response and recovery. NLE 09 is designated as a Tier I National Level Exercise.
Tier I exercises (formerly known as the Top Officials exercise
series or TOPOFF) are conducted annually in accordance with the
National Exercise Program (NEP), which serves as the nation's
overarching exercise program for planning, organizing,
conducting and evaluating national level exercises. The NEP was
established to provide the U.S. government, at all levels,
exercise opportunities to prepare for catastrophic crises
ranging from terrorism to natural disasters.NLE 09 is a White House directed, Congressionally- mandated
exercise that includes the participation of all appropriate
federal department and agency senior officials, their deputies,
staff and key operational elements. In addition, broad regional
participation of state, tribal, local, and private sector is
anticipated. This year the United States welcomes the
participation of Australia, Canada, Mexico and the United
Kingdom in NLE 09. Article
GM to
Import Cars Made In China
DETROIT (AP) -
As thousands of General Motors workers await word on more U.S.
plant closures, reports that the company plans to import
Chinese-made vehicles to the U.S. have created a political
problem for the automaker and the White House. The
reports, which GM will neither confirm nor deny, could mean
trouble because GM is supported by $15.4 billion in U.S.
government loans, largely due to the Obama administration's
desire to preserve the company's 90,000 U.S. jobs. The United
Auto Workers charged last week that the Detroit automaker
intends to almost double over the next five years the number of
vehicles it imports to the U.S. from Mexico, South Korea, China
and Japan. "GM should not be taking taxpayers' money simply to
finance the outsourcing of jobs to other countries," Alan
Reuther, the union's Washington lobbyist, wrote in a letter to
U.S. lawmakers.
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WHAT Science
changes its mind again NO ASTEROID?
The theory goes that
dinosaurs were wiped out after an asteroid smashed into the
Earth 65million years ago. But now it has been suggested they
were sent into eternity by an equally catastrophic but somewhat
smaller threat - biting insects. Disease spread by mosquitoes,
mites and ticks was probably the major factor that finished off
the reptiles, say scientists. The insects could have also made
it harder for dinosaurs to survive by changing the nature of
plant life."
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China's yuan 'set to usurp US
dollar' as world's reserve currency
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Feb. 3 (Bloomberg Multimedia) -- The
U.S. may lose 824,000 jobs when the government releases its annual
revision to employment data on Feb. 5, showing the labor market was in
worse shape during the recession than known at the time.
Click
here for a
Bloomberg Multimedia interactive visual analysis of the economy’s job
losses.
FCC looks at ways
to assert authority over Web access
The Federal Communications Commission is considering aggressive moves
to stake out its authority to oversee consumer access to the Internet,
as a recent court hearing and industry opposition have cast doubt on its
power over Web service providers.
The FCC, which regulates public access to telephone and television
services, has been working to claim the same role for the Internet. The
stakes are high, as the Obama administration pushes an agenda of open
broadband access for all and big corporations work to protect their
enormous investments in a new and powerful medium.
"This is a pivotal moment," said Ben Scott, director of policy at the
public interest group Free Press. The government wants to treat
broadband Internet as a national infrastructure, he said, like phone
lines or the broadcast spectrum. But federal regulators are grappling
with older policies that do not clearly protect consumers' access to the
Web, their privacy or prices of service.
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India will not sign binding emission cuts-minister
NEW DELHI, Dec 3 (Reuters) - India will not accept a
legally binding emission cut nor a peak year of carbon emissions at the
global climate talks in Copenhagen, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh
said on Thursday.
"There is no question of India accepting a legally
binding emission reduction cut," he told parliament, laying out India's
negotiating position ahead of the December talks.
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Justice Dept.
Asked For News Site's Visitor Lists
In a case that raises questions
about online journalism and privacy rights, the U.S. Department of
Justice sent a formal request to an independent news site ordering it to
provide details of all reader visits on a certain day.
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So-Called 'Death
Panel' Measure Survives in House Health Bill
The provision allows Medicare to
pay for voluntary counseling to help beneficiaries deal with the complex
and painful decisions families face when a loved one is approaching
death
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Blackburn: Net neutrality
is "fairness doctrine for the Internet"
Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) spoke against net neutrality
regulations today at an event put on by the Safe Internet Alliance.
Representing the songwriters, singers, actors, producers and other
entertainers in Memphis and Nashville, she said the creative community
does not want the federal government to interfere with how they are able
to get content to consumers via the Internet.
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Bullet makers can't keep up with demand
NEW ORLEANS — Bullet-makers are working around the
clock, seven days a week, and still can’t keep up with the nation’s
demand for ammunition.
Shooting ranges, gun dealers and bullet manufacturers
say they have never seen such shortages. Bullets, especially for
handguns, have been scarce for months because gun enthusiasts are
stocking up on ammo, in part because they fear President Barack Obama
and the Democratic-controlled Congress will pass antigun legislation —
even though nothing specific has been proposed and the president last
month signed a law allowing people to carry loaded guns in national
parks.
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Obama The Dictator Wants your
Internet And Computer
Bill
would give president emergency control of Internet
Internet companies and civil liberties groups were
alarmed
this spring when a U.S. Senate bill
proposed
handing the White House the power to disconnect private-sector computers
from the Internet.
They're not much happier about a revised version that
aides to Sen. Jay Rockefeller, a West Virginia Democrat, have spent
months drafting behind closed doors. CNET News has obtained a copy of
the 55-page draft of S.773 (excerpt),
which still appears to permit the president to seize temporary control
of private-sector networks during a so-called cybersecurity emergency.
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Palin says health care plan is 'evil
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin
called President Barack Obama's health plan "downright evil" Friday in
her first online comments since leaving office, saying in a Facebook
posting that he would create a "death panel" that would deny care to the
neediest Americans.
"The America I know and love is not one in which my
parents or my baby with Down Syndrome will have to stand in front of
Obama's 'death panel' so his bureaucrats can decide, based on a
subjective judgment of their 'level of productivity in society,' whether
they are worthy of health care," the former Republican vice presidential
candidate wrote.
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Back off and let those men who
want to marry men, marry men.
Allow those women who want to marry
women, marry women.
Allow those folks who want to abort their
babies, abort their babies.
In three generations, there will be no
Democrats.
Obama Ruling Like A Tyrant
Obama Wants to Control the Banks
I must be naive. I really thought the administration would welcome the
return of bank bailout money. Some $340 million in TARP cash flowed back
this week from four small banks in Louisiana, New York, Indiana and
California. This isn't much when we routinely talk in trillions, but
clearly that money has not been wasted or otherwise sunk down Wall
Street's black hole. So why no cheering as the cash comes back?
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Missouri retracts report linking militias, 3rd party candidates
The
Missouri Highway Patrol this week retracted a controversial report on
militia activity and will change how such reports are reviewed before
being distributed to law enforcement agencies.
Article
MORE PROOF LIBERALS ARE LIARS "THE END JUSTIFIES THE
MEANS" Attorney General Holder's Statement On The Stevens Case
In connection with the
post-trial l litigation in United States vs. Theodore F. Stevens,
the Department of Justice has conducted a review of the case,
including an examination of the extent of the disclosures provided
to the defendant. After careful review, I have concluded that
certain information should have been provided to the defense for use
at trial. In light of this conclusion, and in consideration of the
totality of the circumstances of this particular case, I have
determined that it is in the interest of justice to dismiss the
indictment and not proceed with a new trial. "The Department's
Office of Professional Responsibility will conduct a thorough review
of the prosecution of this matter. This does not mean or imply that
any determination has been made about the conduct of those attorneys
who handled the investigation and trial of this case. "The
Department of Justice must always ensure that any case in which it
is involved is handled fairly and consistent with its commitment to
justice. Under oftentimes trying conditions, the attorneys who
serve in this Department live up to those principles on a daily
basis. I am proud of them and of the work they do for the American
people."
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Researcher: NASA hiding climate data
By
Stephen Dinan
The fight over global warming science is about to cross the
Atlantic with a U.S. researcher poised to sue NASA, demanding
release of the same kind of climate data that has landed a leading
British center in hot water over charges it skewed its data. Chris
Horner, a senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute,
said NASA has refused for two years to provide information under the
Freedom of Information Act that would show how the agency has shaped
its climate data and would explain why the agency has repeatedly had
to correct its data going as far back as the 1930s.
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Yesterday 30 people had been reporting to the authorities in
Sweden that they experienced such severe side effects that they felt
the need to contact a hospital. Today the number is 140. The swedish
newspaper Expressen is the only one in Sweden reporting on these
cases and as usual this is most likely only the tip of a rather
large iceberg. UPDATE: According to Dagens Nyheter, the number of
reported side effects are now a few hours later 190. 1 person dies
after the injection but “no direct relation with the injection has
been established”. The biggest medical scandal in the history of
Sweden has just started.
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AIDS Vaccine Is of Modest Help, Fuller Research
Says
NEW YORK – A deeper analysis of the results of an HIV vaccine
tested in Thailand suggests that the vaccine may not have been as
effective as originally indicated.
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When first publicly disclosing the outcome of the Thai trial in
September, researchers said the vaccine had lowered the risk of
infection by about 31%. That result was modest but statistically
significant, meaning it wasn't the result of a fluke. That
announcement, coming after two decades of failed HIV vaccine trials,
garnered headlines around the world.
Conservatives Now Outnumber Liberals in All 50
States, Says Gallup Poll
(CNSNews.com) - Self-identified conservatives outnumber
self-identified liberals in all 50 states of the union, according to
the Gallup Poll.
At the same time, more Americans nationwide are saying this year
that they are conservative than have made that claim in any of the
last four years.
In 2009, 40% percent of respondents in Gallup surveys that have
interviewed more than 160,000 Americans have said that they are
either “conservative” (31%) or “very conservative” (9%). That is the
highest percentage in any year since 2004.
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Opposition Emerges to House's Jet Spree
WASHINGTON -- Bipartisan opposition is emerging in the Senate to
a plan by House lawmakers to spend $550 million for additional
passenger jets for senior government officials.The resistance to buying eight Gulfstream and Boeing planes comes
as members of both chambers of Congress embark on the busiest month
of the year for official overseas travel. The plan to upgrade the
fleet of government jets, which was included in a broader
defense-funding bill, has also sparked criticism from the Pentagon,
which has said it doesn't need half of the new jets.
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Chicago Gangsters Running White House
WASHINGTON. D.C.
– Following reports that White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel has
been orchestrating an effort to intimidate members of Congress and
Governors who raise legitimate concerns regarding the effectiveness
of the stimulus, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) sent a letter to Emanuel saying
“While this type of scare tactic may work In Chicago, it will not
work to intimidate me or other Members of the United States
Congress.”
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Day of reckoning looms for the U.S. dollar
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Great Minds
Think A Like
For along time I have been having an uneasy
feeling about the future of this country. With all the evil that is
going on how long would a Loving God tolerate the murder and perversions
that are being committed. Apparently I am not alone. Article
Marriage American Style "You run
to the alter with stars in your eyes and the violins playing. You think
the music will last forever. When it ends you turn on each other. God
do you turn on each other." (unknown)
Obama
Democrats Accent Bullying Over Governing:
Commentary by Amity
Shlaes May 5 (Bloomberg)
So Michele Bachmann’s version of history is
“from another planet.” Bobby Jindal, the Republican governor of
Louisiana, is “chronically stupid.” And Eric Cantor of Virginia, the
second-ranking Republican in the House, is “busy lying constantly.”
That at least is according
to posts on three left-leaning blogs. Writers who are not pro-Barack
Obama are suffering character assassination as well. George Will of the
Washington Post, the nation’s senior conservative columnist, has been so
assaulted by bloggers that his editor, Fred Hiatt, recently wrote, “I
would think folks would be eager to engage in the debate, given how sure
they are of their case, rather than trying to shut him down.”
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