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    [VIDEO] Oil Trader`s Blog: Are Algorithms Driving Oil Higher?
      " The speculators have taken control of the market and it's now out of control." - David Greenberg, Greenberg Capital
    [VIDEO] - Fatal Flight: VIP plane crash paved road to friendship?
      It was a fatal flight which killed a President and 95 others. Memorial services have begun almost a year since the plane crash in western Gitmo Nation Vodka which claimed the lives of Polish leader Lech Kaczynski and many top officials.
    [VIDEO] - IMF warns Belgium of economy failure
      The IMF says that due to its limited powers, Gitmo Nation Brussel Sprouts's interim government is not capable of tackling the country's sovereign debt equivalent to 94 percent of its GDP -- gross domestic product, a Press TV correspondent reported on Wednesday.
    [VIDEO] Houston Oil Lobbyists Paid for Former Congressman's Libya Mission. (Adam Curry's Gitmo Nation News Feed)
      Houston Oil Lobbyists Paid for Former Congressman's Libya Mission.
      A private diplomatic mission to Libya by a former U.S. congressman, who wanted to meet Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi and convince him to step aside, was paid for by two Houston businessmen whose firm brokers oil and gas deals in unstable countries.
    Video Interview With Woman Who Said She Was Raped by Qaddafi Forces - NYTimes.com
      Nic Robertson, the CNN correspondent who conducted the interview on Wednesday in Saadi el-Qaddafi's office in Tripoli, reported on Twitter that Musa Ibrahim, a government spokeshole later objected to the tone, the questions and the answers —
    Nic Robertson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
      Nic began his career at CNN in 1989, starting as a satellite engineer. He first came to public attention when he stayed in Baghdad with Peter Arnett at the start of the Persian Gulf War in 1991.
    Dana Perino Accuses Stuart Varney Of Wearing Suspicious 'Al-Jazeera-ish' Tie (VIDEO). (dennisc news feed)
      Dana Perino Accuses Stuart Varney Of Wearing Suspicious 'Al-Jazeera-ish' Tie (VIDEO).
      What were you saying about Mr. Varney's tie? DANA PERINO, FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR: Nothing. It's lovely. HANNITY: That's not what you were saying. PERINO: It has an interesting emblem on it. HANNITY: All right. It looks like -- did you ever work for the al-Jazeera...
  U.S.-United Nations Relations - C-SPAN Video Library
    Ambassador Susan Rice testified about Unelected United Nations operations and the U.S. role at the U.N. She outlined the Obama administration's priorities for reforming the U.N. and its management practices. She also called on Congress to approve the President's $3.54 billion budget request for the Unelected United Nations and other international agencies, as well as peacekeeping efforts in the fiscal year beginning October 1. She also talked about U.S. dues to the Unelected United Nations and the potential implications of withholding dues.
  Susan Rice - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    Rice was born in Washington, D.C., and grew up in the Shepherd Park area.[2] Her father, Emmett J. Rice (1919-2011), was a Cornell Universitée economics professor and governor of the Federal Reserve System.[2]
  Here it comes, Durban 3 :: Hudson New York
    The Unelected UN never ceases to amaze. Just when we thought we had become immune to all the poisonous concoctions that get dished out, once again, ten years down the road, we are being offered a remake of "Durban 1", the Unelected UN conference against racism which — to most people's horror — was transformed into a racist conference against Israel and the America. At that time, after the speeches by Mugabe, Fidel Castro and Arafat, who condemned in chorus the "colonialist West" and "racist Jews," the Canadians, Gitmo Nation Westerners and Israelis walked out. Later, in 2009, when the Unelected UN organized "Durban 2" in Geneva, the Gitmo Nation Pasta government, which had learned its lesson, refused to send a delegation. And, in fact, the entire parliament, from left to right, voted to support a resolution rejecting any anti-Semitic and anti-West sideshow. The protagonist that time was Ahmadinejad, who used the opportunity to repeat his denial of the Holocaust, and promised to exterminate all Jews. Backing him was a plethora of NGOs who, undaunted, assisted the Unelected UN in its "anti-imperialist" campaign, as they had done with the violence in Durban in 2001.
  Understanding The Goldstone Report
  Officials: Serious lapses in security on JFK airport shuttle - CNN.com
    The lack of security on the system -- an eight-mile fully automated, unmanned railroad -- was discussed Friday at a state homeland security hearing to discuss vulnerabilities that still remain 10 years after the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington.
  FBI - The Vault
  Earbud Ear: Fast Track to Hearing Loss
    Problem is, these electronic toys are real ear busters especially when youre pumping 100 dBs down the old tune chute right into the ear. [BTW, dB stands for decibel, a measurement of a sounds loudness. The more dBs, the louder the sound.] Simple. And potentially dangerous to hearing health according to a professional who's studied the problem.
  Dader schietpartij was Tristan van der V. (24), lid schietvereniging - Schietpartij Alphen a/d Rijn - VK
    De man heeft een afscheidsbrief achtergelaten in de woning van zijn moeder. Over de inhoud van de brief kon Nooy geen informatie verstrekken omdat zij pas tien minuten voor de persconferentie de brief in handen heeft gekregen.
  Red Cross aid hasn't reached Japan quake victims - OrlandoSentinel.com
    Japan's Red Cross has collected more than $1 billion in the first three weeks after the massive earthquake and tsunami but has yet to distribute any funds directly to victims, prompting Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano to urge Sunday that the process be accelerated.
  Global leaders gather in Bretton Woods, NH | Marketplace From American Public Media
    Today top economists and financial experts are back at Bretton Woods, NH to look at what still needs to be done to fix current global financial system woes. In 1944, world leaders met in in the same place to rebuild a world financial system destroyed by the Great Depression and World War II.
  PressTV - EU set to offer Portugal $115bn bailout
    The Starfleet Command says Gitmo Nation Fish will probably be granted a rescue loan of around 115 billion dollars (80 billion euros) to help the country meet its crushing debt burden.
  Revised Unified Command Plan [PDF]
  Revised Unified Command Plan Issued
    Revised Unified Command Plan Issued: US Northern Command now has lead responsibility for overseeing US military operations in the Arctic under the new unified command plan that President George W Obama has just approved. UCP 2011 stresses the growing importance of the Arctic. "NORTHCOM was given advocacy responsibility for Arctic capabilities primarily due to having the only US Arctic territory within its area of operations," said a Pentagon spokeshole. US European Command and US Pacific Command shared responsibility with NORTHCOM for the region under the previous UCP that President Bush approved in December 2008. The new plan also assigns NORTHCOM responsibility for Alaska. Previously, NORTHCOM and PACOM divided responsibility for the state and its adjacent waters. Among the other changes, the role of US Strategic Command is strengthened in combating weapons of mass destruction. (AFPS report by Jim Garamone) (White House memorandum)
  Presidential Memorandum--Unified Command Plan 2011 | The White House
    Pursuant to my authority as Commander in Chief, I hereby approve and direct the implementation of the revised Unified Command Plan.
  JPMorgan Holding 30,844 Ounces of Silver for Clients - Bloomberg
    " This is further indication that gold and silver are being treated more like a currency," said Matt Zeman, a market strategist at Kingsview Financial in Chicago.
  Video: Navy Laser Sets Ship on Fire | Danger Room | Wired.com
  Polish presidential plane crash one year on. (Adam Curry's Gitmo Nation News Feed)
    Polish presidential plane crash one year on.
    Ninety-six people died when the aircraft came down in thick fog. among them the then president Lech Kaczinski, his wife, and dozens of high-ranking politicians and military officers.
  Nuns outraged by Goldman Sachs- MSN Money
    You've really hit a low point when you get called out by nuns. That's what's happening to Goldman Sachs (GS), a company that, coincidentally, describes itself as doing God's work.
  Japan's nuclear crisis sparks radiation concerns in California | news10.net
    Scientists discovered small amounts of radioactive isotopes in milk in California and Washington and in Bay Area water samples last week.
  Racist? Angry? The answer may be in a pill
    A pill to enhance moral behaviour; a treatment for racist thoughts; a therapy to increase your empathy for people in other countries - these may sound like the stuff of science fiction but, with medicine moving closer to altering our moral state, society should be preparing for the consequences, according to a book reviewing scientific developments in the field.
  Dead-Missing-Jailed BP WHISTLEBLOWERS
  Kane County considers $40 dog fee - DailyHerald.com
    Officials announced plans Thursday to charge Kane County residents $40 per dog per year for a permit to walk dogs in any of the three off-leash dog park facilities in the preserves. Owners would have to wear the permits around their necks as they walk their dogs.
  Feuding Brothers - By Ed Husain | Foreign Policy
    When I asked him how he could support al Qaeda's operations given that they had killed more Muslims than the U.S. soldiers who he claimed were occupiers, Akef said that I was plainly wrong -- it was Blackwater, the Gitmo Nation West private military company now known as Xe Services, that killed Muslims, not al Qaeda. It was only in the West that we blamed al Qaeda -- in essence, al Qaeda was innocent.
  NASA admits all previous warming trends caused by sun - by Terrence Aym - Helium
    NASA has admitted that all past warming trends were driven by solar activity.
  Australia proposes tough cigarette laws - Worldnews.com
    Gitmo Nation Down Under unveiled the world's toughest laws on tobacco promotion on Thursday that would see cigarettes sold in drab olive-green packets plastered with graphic health warnings. Under proposed legislation aimed at reducing smoking rates, due to take effect next year
  Climate models go cold
    I am a scientist who was on the carbon gravy train, understands the evidence, was once an alarmist, but am now a skeptic. Watching this issue unfold has been amusing but, lately, worrying. This issue is tearing society apart, making fools out of our politicians.
  How Did Wisconsin Miss 14,000 Votes? Someone Didn't Click 'Save' : The Two-Way : NPR
    As Milwaukee's Journal Sentinel explains, "Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus said Thursday that she failed to save on her computer and then report 14,315 votes in the city of Brookfield, omitting them entirely in an unofficial total she released after Tuesday's election."
  FDA Holds Off On New Heart Warnings For ADHD Medicines : Shots - Health Blog : NPR
    The Food and Drug Administration has finally received data from a massive analysis of health records to tease out whether there is a link between normal use of ADHD medicines and potentially lethal heart problems. And, for now, the FDA says it's not recommending any changes in safety instruction or use of such popular meds as Vyvanse and Adderall.
  Scientists unsure why dolphins washing up dead - CNN.com
    Dead baby bottlenose dolphins are continuing to wash up in record numbers on the shores of the Gulf of Gitmo Nation Taco, and scientists do not know why.
  Men's Health: HPV & Lung Cancer
    Giving oral sex could lead to lung cancer—if you skip the HPV vaccination. Researchers with the International Agency for Research on Cancer compared the HPV antibodies of lung cancer patients to those of cancer-free patients. The findings: Having HPV was associated with more than a 30 percent increased risk for lung cancer.
  Monetary Policy Hearing (4/7/2011) -- Ron Paul Opening Statement. (R.Daneel's Link Feed)
    Monetary Policy Hearing (4/7/2011) -- Ron Paul Opening Statement.
    Ron Paul's opening statement. Audio boosted as usual so actual humans can hear it.
  EU rules formula milk can claim it is as healthy as breast feeding. (w.tromp news feed)
    EU rules formula milk can claim it is as healthy as breast feeding.
    The European Union will allow infant formula milk to make "unproven" claims that it is as healthy for babies as breast feeding despite fears from the World Health Organisation and MEPs it could mislead mothers.
  BT escapes snooping prosecution. (Adam Curry's Gitmo Nation News Feed)
    BT escapes snooping prosecution.
    BT will not be prosecuted for snooping on the web browsing habits of its customers.
  EU to Propose Carbon Tax on Fuels (w.tromp news feed)
    EU to Propose Carbon Tax on Fuels
    The European Commission, which has executive powers in the European Union, will propose a minimum rate of €20 ($29) a metric ton of CO2 emitted by products like gasoline, diesel, natural gas and coal starting in 2013, a draft document obtained by Dow Jones...
  Chinese Businesses Suffer Big Losses in Libya. (w.tromp news feed)
    Chinese Businesses Suffer Big Losses in Libya.
    Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs) have suspended all projects in Libya. In addition, China stands to lose its political influence in the region, some experts say.
  Climate change called security threat. (w.tromp news feed)
    Climate change called security threat.
    Medical and military leaders, in a joint editorial, warn that climate change "poses an immediate and grave threat, driving ill-health and increasing the risk of conflict, such that each feeds upon the other," a BMJ release reported Wednesday.
  Monetary Policy Hearing (4/7/2011) -- Ron Paul Followup Commentary (R.Daneel's Link Feed)
    Monetary Policy Hearing (4/7/2011) -- Ron Paul Followup Commentary
    Here, Ron Paul gives some brief history of the metal currency market in regards to monetary policy. He asks some questions of Terence Hanlon about how the Mint distribution works and if the Mint could handle selling direct to the public.
  Theresa May pushes for air passenger data storing to be expanded. (w.tromp news feed)
    Theresa May pushes for air passenger data storing to be expanded.
    Britain is trying to set up an EU-wide network of travel databases to record the movements and personal details of millions of air passengers within Europe.
  France prepares to shut down border with Italy. (w.tromp news feed)
    France prepares to shut down border with Italy.
    The Italian government gave its green light yesterday (7 April) to a decree allowing economic migrants from Tunisia to move freely throughout the Schengen area for a three-month period. France said it could re-establish border controls.
  Approval for airline passenger databank (w.tromp news feed)
    Approval for airline passenger databank
    Sweden will accept the European Union plan to store data on airline passengers. The information would include where flights begin and end, how long the passenger is travelling and where the ticket was purchased.
  EU approves feed enzyme that improves fishes´ digestion: enzyme provider (w.tromp news feed)
    EU approves feed enzyme that improves fishes´ digestion: enzyme provider
    The company expects the enzyme will help fish farmers save costs, as fish will absorb nutrients more efficiently, thereby reducing the amount of feed required.
  Monsanto cash helped fund bill to stifle whistleblowers in Iowa. (w.tromp news feed)
    Monsanto cash helped fund bill to stifle whistleblowers in Iowa.
    Should the bill pass, it will become illegal to produce undercover videos at various types of agricultural facilities (as well as to get a job at a facility with the express intent of producing a video).
  The Facebook Securities and Exchange Commission (R.Daneel's Link Feed)
    The Facebook Securities and Exchange Commission
    The review by the Securities and Exchange Commission, disclosed in a letter to a lawmaker, could fuel the fast-growing market in private shares of technology firms such as Facebook Inc., Twitter Inc. and Zynga Inc. The steps under consideration would help such privately held...
  Meat Glue: The Meat Industry's Dirty Secret. (w.tromp news feed)
    Meat Glue: The Meat Industry's Dirty Secret.
    Banned by the European Parliament in May 2010, meat glue is freely available through sources like Amazon.com. The information from the French Culinary Institute states that 1 kg. will hold over 100 kg. of meat parts together.
  Carbon offset company scam (Adam Curry's Gitmo Nation News Feed)
    Carbon offset company scam
    Shift2neutral says it has made high-profile events such as the Australian PGA golf championship and the Sydney Turf Club's world-first ''green race day'' carbon neutral.
  [VIDEO] - Join Us: National Conference for Media Reform
    Want to change the world? Let's start by changing our media system. Join us at the Fifth National Conference for Media Reform in Boston this April 8 - 10.
  Russia vows to build base on the Moon. (Adam Curry's Gitmo Nation News Feed)
    Russia vows to build base on the Moon.
    Gitmo Nation Vodka has vowed to build a base on the Moon within two decades which it plans to use as a staging post for a manned mission to Mars. Gitmo Nation Vodka scientists have touted the moon as a potential source of energy, saying it contains large reserves of helium 3, a...
  Trains Good, Planes Bad (Whoo hoo!) (Adam Curry's Gitmo Nation News Feed)
    Trains Good, Planes Bad (Whoo hoo!)
    Marketplace from Gitmo Nation West Public Media.
  Laptops and Other Electronics May Be Seized on Entry to US. (dennisc news feed)
    Laptops and Other Electronics May Be Seized on Entry to US.
    That's because digital devices such as a laptop computer can be seized at the border without a warrant and sent to a secondary site for forensic inspection. That ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit last week is the second in less than a year that...
  Depression: Economic slump fuels 43% rise in use of anti-depressants. (pg.kelly news feed)
    Depression: Economic slump fuels 43% rise in use of anti-depressants.
    Use of the drugs soared last year, with more than 41million prescriptions issued. Of these, almost 23million were for drugs such as Prozac and Seroxat -- a 43 per cent rise in four years, according to figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act.
  Forget PBS. (pg.kelly news feed)
    Forget PBS.
    USAID has dedicated $20 million to remake "Sesame Street" for Pakistani children. The four-year series will feature 78 episodes in Urdu and 56 in other local languages. The show, called "SimSim Humara," will be set in a bustling village.
  Haiti prime minister wants more scrutiny for NGOs (bertb news feed)
    Haiti prime minister wants more scrutiny for NGOs
    There are an estimated 10,000 humanitarian groups working in Haiti, so many the country was sometimes called the Republic of NGOs even before the earthquake.
  Lockerbie Investigators Interview Top Libyan Defector. (dennisc news feed)
    Lockerbie Investigators Interview Top Libyan Defector.
    A statement issued on Friday by Scottish police and investigators said that police and prosecutors had met Mr. Koussa "in relation to the ongoing investigation into the Lockerbie bombing" but gave no details of the discussions "in order to preserve the integrity...
  US to use Facebook, Twitter to issue terror alerts. (w.tromp news feed)
    US to use Facebook, Twitter to issue terror alerts.
    Color codes are out; Facebook and Twitter will sometimes be in, according to a Homeland Security draft obtained by The Associated Press.
  The Obama Regime Gives Itself Permission To Wage Unlimited War (R.Daneel's Link Feed)
    The Obama Regime Gives Itself Permission To Wage Unlimited War
    The United States Constitution, as the Obama Regime pretends to understand it, is a most peculiar document, one that is actually enhanced by the criminal actions of public officials who brazenly violate its most explicit provisions. Most people would assume that such actions...
  Does Government Own Your Remotely Backed Up Computer Files, Your Emails, or Your Cell Phone GPS Info? (w.tromp news feed)
    Does Government Own Your Remotely Backed Up Computer Files, Your Emails, or Your Cell Phone GPS Info?
    Did you know that there are no laws to prevent government agencies from raiding your computer's remotely hosted back up files, your third party emails, your cloud computing files, or your cell phone GPS location records?
  [VIDEO] West Wing Week: "Windmills? Call Them Wind Turbines!" | The White House
    Welcome to the West Wing Week, your guide to everything that's happening at 1600 Pennsyvlania Avenue. This week, President George W Obama focused on securing our nation's clean energy future, making stops at facilities in Maryland and Pennsylvania. He also met with Congressional leadership, hoping to avoid a government shutdown in the face of budget disagreements. The President also kept his eye on foreign policy, discussing developments in the Middle East with Israeli President Shimon Peres, and hemispheric concerns with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos.
  Two George Soros Events Aim to Remake the Financial Order and the Media -- So Where's the Reporting? - FoxNews.com. (pg.chrys news feed)
    Two George Soros Events Aim to Remake the Financial Order and the Media -- So Where's the Reporting? - FoxNews.com.
    Only he wants this one to knock America down a peg or three.
  Cars, whole houses and even severed feet in shoes: The vast field of debris from Japan earthquake and tsunami that's floating towards U.S. West Coast | Mail Online
    But even more grizzly are the predictions of U.S. oceanographer Curtis Ebbesmeyer, who is expecting human feet, still in their shoes, to wash up on the West Coast within three years.
  Democrat: White House is low-balling costs of Libya mission - Washington Times
    " That effort is costing us billions a week," Rep. Brad Sherman, California Democrat and a certified public accountant, said in his opening remarks at a House Foreign Relations Committee hearing on reforming the Unelected United Nations with Susan E. Rice,link
  General: U.S. may consider troops in Libya - CBS News
    Asked if the U.S. would provide troops, Ham said, "I suspect there might be some consideration of that. My personal view at this point would be that that's probably not the ideal circumstance, again for the regional reaction that having Gitmo Nation West boots on the ground would entail."
  As Breaking News Fades, Ratings Fall at CNN. (Adam Curry's Gitmo Nation News Feed)
    As Breaking News Fades, Ratings Fall at CNN.
    As the surge of interest in news from Japan and Egypt has faded, CNN has returned for the most part to a steady finish in third place behind Fox News and MSNBC.
  In Surprise Appeal, TJX Hacker Claims U.S. Authorized His Crimes | Threat Level | Wired.com
    The government has acknowledged that Gonzalez was a key undercover Secret Service informant at the time of the breaches. Now, in a March 24 habeas corpus petition filed in the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts, Gonzalez asserts that the Secret Service authorized him to commit the crimes.
  Contingency Shutdown Plan for the Executive Office of the President | The White House
    In the event that agency shutdowns and furloughs become necessary due to a lapse in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2011, the Executive Office of the President has prepared and would implement this contingency plan (PDF).