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  [VIDEO] - Mississippi Flooding New Madrid Fault
    Brian Williams predicts the big story of the week
  UK: Photographers protest against ban from public spaces (w.tromp news feed)
    UK: Photographers protest against ban from public spaces
    Photographers in London descended on City Hall to campaign against "creeping restrictions of press freedom in the capital" that sees them banned from public spaces including Canary Wharf and Tower Bridge.
  Sikorsky, US Army claim whisper-flapcopter test success (robertleather news feed)
    Sikorsky, US Army claim whisper-flapcopter test success
    Darpa funded Hi-tech helicopter rotor blades fitted with trailing-edge flaps like those seen on aeroplane wings offer "whisper mode" for covert (or domestic) urban operations may be on the horizon.
  Pfizer admits vaccine link to Bleeding Calf issue (robertleather news feed)
    Pfizer admits vaccine link to Bleeding Calf issue
    Pfizer Animal Health has acknowledged a link between its Pregsure BVD vaccine and Bovine Neonatal Pancytopaenia (BNP), commonly known as Bleeding Calf Syndrome.
  World powers agree to fund Libyan opposition. (w.tromp news feed)
    World powers agree to fund Libyan opposition.
    Representatives from 22 countries and six international organizations meeting in Rome have agreed to set up a special fund to help finance Libyan rebels. The cash-strapped rebels had requested financial support.
  Prince Charles tells America to cut down on steaks ... for the sake of the world. (w.tromp news feed)
    Prince Charles tells America to cut down on steaks ... for the sake of the world.
    America's appetite for beef is jeopardising the world's water supply, the Prince of Wales said during a visit to the US.
  Unregulated Glencore's rise is Wall Street's top nightmare. (w.tromp news feed)
    Unregulated Glencore's rise is Wall Street's top nightmare.
    For Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley, two of Wall Street's biggest commodities-trading firms, the year's largest initial public offering represents a nightmare come true: the rise of unregulated rivals.
  Perth Fluoride fight erupts (bertb news feed)
    Perth Fluoride fight erupts
    The Perth Towns' of Yanchep and Two Rock met last night in united opposition to fluoridation of their drinking water. This surreptitious plan is due to commence when the town's water supply is merged with the City's main supply.
  Google to map new Republic of South Sudan. (w.tromp news feed)
    Google to map new Republic of South Sudan.
    Google is teaming with the World Bank, Sudan Institute, Voices for Sudan, The Enough Project and other organizations as well as 70 members of the Sudanese Diaspora to map South Sudan.
  [VIDEO] Van Rompuy: Europeans too depressed to be innovative. (w.tromp news feed)
    Van Rompuy: Europeans too depressed to be innovative.
    If Europe is to remain relevant as an innovative economy, people need to be more positive and entrepreneurial and not let themselves be depressed by the economic crisis and subsequent austerity measures, EU council chairman Herman Van Rompuy has said.
  Catholic bishop who brokered sex abuse settlement is found GUILTY of importing child porn. (Southern Bread News Feed)
    Catholic bishop who brokered sex abuse settlement is found GUILTY of importing child porn.
    Bishop Raymond Lahey was stopped at Ottawa Airport after border guards found 588 images and dozens of videos of naked boys as young as eight on his computer and phone.
  Former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton 'Very Seriously Considering' 2012 Run. (Southern Bread News Feed)
    Former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton 'Very Seriously Considering' 2012 Run.
    Former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton has given several interviews over the past year where he has casually discussed the possibility of running for President in 2012.
  Mississippi floods force evacuations near Memphis. (Southern Bread News Feed)
    Mississippi floods force evacuations near Memphis.
    The levee system in Mississippi is holding for now but it has never been tested like this before, officials said.
  Obama finds a way to Fund his Libyan War without Congressional Approval (Mel Cooley's news feed)
    Obama finds a way to Fund his Libyan War without Congressional Approval
    What the hell. If we can declare war unconstitutionally, we may as well be able to fund it the same way. The United States announced on Thursday that it would try to release some of more than $30 billion in assets seized from Libya's leader, Col. Muammar...
  Highly contagious mystery virus with AIDS-like symptoms quickly spreading throughout China. (rdwrer news feed)
  Levee explosion may cost farmers in southeast Missouri $300 million. (Southern Bread News Feed)
    Levee explosion may cost farmers in southeast Missouri $300 million.
    "I've got 8,000 acres underwater. I've got a winter wheat crop underwater. I've got corn that's 4 inches high underwater," said Ed C. Marshall, who farms wheat, corn, soybeans and grain sorghum in the area. "I was six weeks away from harvesting...
  Clinton seeks to use Gaddafi's seized funds to aid Libyan people. (Southern Bread News Feed)
    Clinton seeks to use Gaddafi's seized funds to aid Libyan people.
    The Obama administration intends to use some of the billions of dollars in frozen assets belonging to Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi and his government to provide humanitarian and other assistance to Libyans affected by the ongoing civil war, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham...
  33 pct staff 'answer business calls in toilet'. (robertleather news feed)
    33 pct staff 'answer business calls in toilet'.
    A new poll has revealed that 33% of employees have taken a business call while they sat on the toilet at home. Where do you think I'm typing this from?
  Fifa alarmed by global match-fixing threat. (w.tromp news feed)
    Fifa alarmed by global match-fixing threat.
    A convicted match-fixer who operated from a UK base yards from Wembley Stadium is at the centre of a major inquiry into a global corruption network that threatens the integrity of international football, an investigation by The Daily Telegraph has found.
  Brain fat study may trace Alzheimer's (w.tromp news feed)
    Brain fat study may trace Alzheimer's
    Tracing the distribution of fat in the brain will help the study of Alzheimer's and other neurological diseases, researchers in Spain say.
  Blood test may diagnose Alzheimer's earlier (w.tromp news feed)
    Blood test may diagnose Alzheimer's earlier
    Canadian researchers have developed a blood test that one day may help diagnose Alzheimer's, even in its early stages, potentially providing a longer window of opportunity for drug therapy aimed at halting progression of the disease.
  Antioxidant Effects Of Caffeine In Coffee May Protect Against Alzheimer's And Heart Disease. (w.tromp news feed)
    Antioxidant Effects Of Caffeine In Coffee May Protect Against Alzheimer's And Heart Disease.
    Scientists are reporting an in-depth analysis of how the caffeine in coffee, tea, and other foods seems to protect against conditions such as Alzheimer's disease and heart disease on the most fundamental levels.
  Report: Nearly Half Of Detroiters Can't Read (w.tromp news feed)
    Report: Nearly Half Of Detroiters Can't Read
    According to a new report, 47 percent of Detroiters are "functionally illiterate." The alarming new statistics were released by the Detroit Regional Workforce Fund on Wednesday.
  CME Group - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. (w.tromp news feed)
  High-speed traders help stability - CME executive (w.tromp news feed)
    High-speed traders help stability - CME executive
    A senior executive of CME Group Inc. on Thursday cautioned regulators against constricting the business of high-frequency trading firms, warning that their absence could make financial markets less stable.
  Sex, coffee and blowing your nose may 'trigger stroke' (robertleather news feed)
    Sex, coffee and blowing your nose may 'trigger stroke'
    Coffee, sex and blowing your nose could increase the risk of a type of stroke, say researchers in the Netherlands. Are you kidding me!? That's my three favorite things!
  Nice timing - 7/7 inquests: Coroner rules victims unlawfully killed. (robertleather news feed)
    Nice timing - 7/7 inquests: Coroner rules victims unlawfully killed.
    The coroner at the 7/7 London bombings inquests has formally ruled that the 52 people who died in the suicide attacks were unlawfully killed.You think? Nice timing incidentally, after a day of "they are going to take revenge" news
  Desperate Housewife Says She 'Brainstormed' With Obama. (video) (w.tromp news feed)
    Desperate Housewife Says She 'Brainstormed' With Obama. (video)
    "Desperate Housewives" star Eva Longoria said today that she was "brainstorming" with President Barack Obama at the White House last week to "reframe the immigration argument."
  Pakistan Wants to Reduce American Troops to 'Minimum Essential' (w.tromp news feed)
    Pakistan Wants to Reduce American Troops to 'Minimum Essential'
    With US-Pakistan tensions continuing to rise in the wake of the Sunday raid which killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, the Pakistani military has ordered the Obama Administration to slash the number of troops inside Pakistan.
  Slimme camera's zoeken dronken bestuurders (w.tromp news feed)
    Slimme camera's zoeken dronken bestuurders
    De camera's registreren en herkennen nummerplaten en wanneer blijkt dat de bestuurder van een auto al eens betrapt werd op rijden onder invloed, dan is de kans groot dat hij opnieuw moet stoppen om te blazen.
  South Africa: Minister's Wife Guilty of Drug Trafficking. (Adam Curry's Gitmo Nation News Feed)
    South Africa: Minister's Wife Guilty of Drug Trafficking.
    Sheryl Cwele, the wife of State Security Minister Siyabonga Cwele, was convicted Thursday on drug trafficking charges, the South African Press Association reported.
  King of Belgium 'refused to call elections over republican fears'. (w.tromp news feed)
    King of Belgium 'refused to call elections over republican fears'.
    Belgium's King Albert II refused to call elections last year because he feared the rise of Flemish republicans and separatists if Belgians were allowed to vote again following deadlock over political reform.
  United Nations Webcast - Susan Rice (USA) on Syria - Security Council Media Stakeout
    Informal comments to the media by H.E. Mrs. Susan Rice, Permanent Representative of United States to the United Nations, on the situation in the Syrian Arab Republic and the Republic Islamic of Iran.
  [VIDEO] Lawrence O'Donnell and Condi Rice at loggerheads in testy interview (MSNBC Video) (w.tromp news feed)
    Lawrence O'Donnell and Condi Rice at loggerheads in testy interview (MSNBC Video)
    On last night's âLast Word with Lawrence O'Donnell, Condoleezza Rice stood firm on the Bush administration's actions in Iraq. The discussion got quite heated at points with Rice repeatedly...
  Sodium won't kill you? Scientists shake up what we know about salt (w.tromp news feed)
    Sodium won't kill you? Scientists shake up what we know about salt
    Scientists who studied several thousand subjects for eight years found that not only was low sodium intake not associated with improved health, the group that appeared to consume the least sodium had a 56 percent greater chance of death from heart attack or stroke than the group...
  A Good Memory is a Mental Illness? What is next, a vaccine to prevent memories? (Mel Cooley's news feed)
    A Good Memory is a Mental Illness? What is next, a vaccine to prevent memories?
    No surprise, is it? Since George Santayana's famous quote ... Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it ... is no longer fashionable, we should not be shocked that research is showing that only Mentally Ill people remember things well. What is next, a...
  Second Worst Ever Initial Jobless Claims Miss To Expectations. (Southern Bread News Feed)
    Second Worst Ever Initial Jobless Claims Miss To Expectations.
    Today's horrendous Initial Claims number was so bad that not even CNBC tried to spin it. In fact, as John Lohman points out, it was the second biggest miss to consensus in history! Of course, seeing how this is consensus and the BLS does not reveal any unknown information,...
  Texas to make TSA pat-downs felony crimes. (Southern Bread News Feed)
    Texas to make TSA pat-downs felony crimes.
    Rep. David Simpson, R-Austin, said the measure - HB 1937 - aims to restore some dignity to the act of traveling. A second proposal, HB 1938, seeks to prohibit the use of full-body scanners in Texas airports. A vast majority of Texas state lawmakers support the legislation.
  Obama administration floats draft plan to tax cars by the mile - The Hill's Floor Action. (DaDenMan news feed)
    Obama administration floats draft plan to tax cars by the mile - The Hill's Floor Action.
    Among other things, CBO suggested that a vehicle miles traveled (VMT) tax could be tracked by installing electronic equipment on each car to determine how many miles were driven; payment could take place electronically at filling stations. The CBO report was requested by Senate...
  Feds Demand Firefox Remove Add-On That Redirects Seized Domains. (DaDenMan news feed)
    Feds Demand Firefox Remove Add-On That Redirects Seized Domains.
    The Department of Homeland Security has requested that Mozilla, the maker of the Firefox browser, remove an add-on that allows web surfers to access websites whose domain names were seized by the government for copyright infringement, Mozilla's lawyer said Thursday
  The Middle Seat: Looking to Speed Security for Frequent Fliers (w.tromp news feed)
    The Middle Seat: Looking to Speed Security for Frequent Fliers
    There would, as with any program, be some exceptions. For example, expedited screening might not be offered to passengers on a flight that has bookings for people on the government's "watch list" of those believed to be associated with terrorism. Also, the program...
  What's Up With Obama's Cynical Approach to Medical Marijuana? (DaDenMan news feed)
    What's Up With Obama's Cynical Approach to Medical Marijuana?
    Since January 2010, it has staged more than 90 raids on dispensaries and growers, according to figures collected by the patient-advocacy group Americans for Safe Access. That represents a pace double the Bush administration's, says ASA spokesperson Kris Hermes. The...
  Congo risks Ivorian-style poll violence: report. (w.tromp news feed)
    Congo risks Ivorian-style poll violence: report.
    Congo's election could plunge the country into open conflict similar to that in Ivory Coast unless authorities shore up their preparations, the International Crisis Group said on Thursday.
  [VIDEO] Ex-Powell chief of staff says Rumsfeld delusional and deceptive" on torture (MSNBC Video) (w.tromp news feed)
    Ex-Powell chief of staff says Rumsfeld 'delusional and deceptive' on torture (MSNBC Video)
    Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, retired chief of staff to former Secretary of State Colin Powell has some choice words for former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld in this clip from " The Ed Show". Wilkerson calls Rumsfeld"s stance...
  [VIDEO] Rice biotch on Syria
    Remarks on the situation in Syria by UN Ambassador Susan Rice following a Security Council stakeou
  [VIDEO] - Clinton Talks Libya, Bin Laden, Famous Photo
    While in Italy, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton talked about the Libyan opposition, the future of the U.S. Relationship with Pakistan, and the now-famous photo of the White House Situation Room during the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound. (May 5)
  Oil Futures: Biggest Weekly Dollar Loss Since Oil Began Trading On The Nymex In 1983. (Southern Bread News Feed)
    Oil Futures: Biggest Weekly Dollar Loss Since Oil Began Trading On The Nymex In 1983.
    "Oil prices plunged, finishing the week at $97.18 per barrel, down $16.76, in the biggest weekly dollar loss since oil began trading on the Nymex in 1983." - in CNBC
  Matthews Hits Hillary For Denying Photo Showed Her Having Emotional Reaction To Osama Attack. (MSNBC Video) (w.tromp news feed)
    Matthews Hits Hillary For Denying Photo Showed Her Having Emotional Reaction To Osama Attack. (MSNBC Video)
    Matthews played video of Hillary suggesting that rather than reacting in horror, she was merely stifling a cough.
  New study: Nations requiring the most vaccines tend to have the worst infant mortality rates. (Southern Bread News Feed)
    New study: Nations requiring the most vaccines tend to have the worst infant mortality rates.
    ...a peer-reviewed journal indexed by the National Library of Medicine, found that nations with higher (worse) infant mortality rates tend to give their infants more vaccine doses. For example, the United States requires infants to receive 26 vaccines -- the most in the world --...
  Conservative Bias: Bush Officials Outnumber Obama 6 to 1 On Sunday Shows. (DaDenMan news feed)
    Conservative Bias: Bush Officials Outnumber Obama 6 to 1 On Sunday Shows.
    The Sunday morning talk shows are going to feature, Bush's former, Sec. of Homeland Security (Chertoff), Bush's former CIA director (Hayden), Bush's former vice president (Cheney), Sec. of Defense (Rumsfeld), Bush's former Sec of State (Rice), and former...
  Lost But Not Found: $2.3 Trillion Still Missing At Pentagon (Southern Bread News Feed)
    Lost But Not Found: $2.3 Trillion Still Missing At Pentagon
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  Nullification showdown: Colorado Medical Marijuana Bill Draws Threats From The U.S. Attorney General. (Southern Bread News Feed)
    Nullification showdown: Colorado Medical Marijuana Bill Draws Threats From The U.S. Attorney General.
    "The Department of Justice remains firmly committed to enforcing the federal law and the Controlled Substances Act in all states," Walsh wrote. "Thus, if the provisions of H.B. 1043 are enacted and become law, the Department will continue to carefully consider all...
  Top 50 highest-paid CEOs in 2010 (bertb news feed)
    Top 50 highest-paid CEOs in 2010
    And a lot of them can be found in the media sector.
  Mysterious contamination brought Israel's air traffic to a grinding halt on Thursday (Grebulon reports from gitmonation falafel)
    Mysterious contamination brought Israel's air traffic to a grinding halt on Thursday
    Despite fuel crisis, Israel has enough supplies to renew all flights Head of Ben-Gurion International Airport says all grounded flights are set to take off using fuel from Israel's emergency supplies, following a mysterious contamination that brought Israel's air...
  Stop Brussels elite from ransacking our country (bertb news feed)
    Stop Brussels elite from ransacking our country
    Ireland is no longer a sovereign state but an impoverished suburb of Brussels. Four million people are mired deep in a collective debt that is not of their own making, while persons unknown decide just how much more we "owe"
  The story UK media is ignoring: Scottish secession a very real possibility. (Southern Bread News Feed)
    The story UK media is ignoring: Scottish secession a very real possibility.
    It is a sign of the arrogance of the English media that the Scottish elections have been so greatly ignored up until now, because their impact will be strongly felt. The SNP have promised to hold a referendum on independence, and have summarily won in a landslide. So, where...
  Unemployment climbs back up to 9%. (Southern Bread News Feed)
    Unemployment climbs back up to 9%.
    The jobless rate climbed to 9 percent, the first increase since November, a separate survey of households showed.
  Al-Qaida statement should kill off Bin Laden conspiracy theories - Sure it does (robertleather news feed)
    Al-Qaida statement should kill off Bin Laden conspiracy theories - Sure it does
    The most obvious effect of this statement from al-Qaida is to kill off some, if not all, of the rapidly multiplying conspiracy theories claiming Bin Laden is not dead. A poll published in Pakistan shows that 66% of people believe the man killed was not Osama bin Laden. Now, the...
  Marc Grossman, Munter meet Zardari. Discuss "Pak-US-Afghanistan tripartite talks." (Southern Bread News Feed)
    Marc Grossman, Munter meet Zardari. Discuss "Pak-US-Afghanistan tripartite talks."
    Later, commenting on the meeting, spokesperson to the President, Farhatullah Babar said that matters regarding fight against militancy and the recent development besides Pak-US bilateral relations, strategic dialogues, today's round of Pak-US-Afghanistan tripartite talks...
  [VIDEO] Al Qaeda, in Web message, confirms bin Laden's death. (w.tromp news feed)
    Al Qaeda, in Web message, confirms bin Laden's death.
    Al Qaeda released a statement on jihadist forums Friday confirming the death of its leader, Osama bin Laden, according to SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors Islamist websites....The statement, translated by SITE, lauded the late militant, threatened to take action against...
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  SITE Institute - SourceWatch. (w.tromp news feed)
  SITE Institute - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. (w.tromp news feed)
  Now the military is getting into the social network persona management game. (Southern Bread News Feed)
    Now the military is getting into the social network persona management game.
    Said to be part of the Operation Earnest Voice (OEV) program, a psychological warfare weapon first used in Iraq to counter al-Qaida's online followers, the goal of this latest project is twofold: To argue against extremist propaganda and to make sure"the world...
  JP Morgan Reports Perfect Trading Quarter, Makes $112 Million a day trading. (Southern Bread News Feed)
    JP Morgan Reports Perfect Trading Quarter, Makes $112 Million a day trading.
    JP Morgan, which just reported that it lost money on exactly zero days in Q1, averaged $112 million in daily trading revenue and had 7 days in which the firm had trading profits of "more" than $160 million, including 2 days unbounded by an upper limit range. Next, we...
  They Want to Ban Our Times Square Billboard Message About The Dangers of Vaccines. (Southern Bread News Feed)
    They Want to Ban Our Times Square Billboard Message About The Dangers of Vaccines.
    [VIDEO] On April 13, the President of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) sent a letter to CBS containing misinformation about NVIC in an attempt to strong arm the network into taking the vaccine education message down before it was scheduled to end on April 28. The AAP...
  Newsvine - US welcomes EU decision on Syria sanctions. (DaDenMan news feed)
    Newsvine - US welcomes EU decision on Syria sanctions.
    An EU official said the organization next week will freeze the assets of 13 Syrian government officials and ban them from traveling anywhere in the European Union. Syrian President Bashar Assad will not be affected. Last week, President Barack Obama imposed financial penalties...
  Feds may kill medical marijuana (poll). (DaDenMan news feed)
    Feds may kill medical marijuana (poll).
    A pending federal crackdown on Colorado's medical marijuana patients and wellness providers will destroy livelihoods, hurt the economy and cost Colorado Springs and El Paso County precious new tax revenues. The Obama administration is backing off its principled state's...
  Bin Laden Is Dead, But Will The Patriot Act Live On? (DaDenMan news feed)
    Bin Laden Is Dead, But Will The Patriot Act Live On?
    The Patriot Act is up for renewal this month. This legislation was initially enacted as a supposedly temporary measure in the wake of 9-11, but portions of it have been made permanent, and the remaining provisions have been extended four times and are set to sunset on May 27th....
  VMware Reports Q1 2011 Earnings: Revenue Up 33% To $844 Million YoY -- Virtualization.com. (DaDenMan news feed)
    VMware Reports Q1 2011 Earnings: Revenue Up 33% To $844 Million YoY -- Virtualization.com.
    Revenues for Q1 2011 were $844 million, an increase of 33% from the first quarter of 2010. Operating income for the first quarter was $154 million, an increase of 50% from the first quarter of 2010.
  O.C. homebuying runs 33% below average. (DaDenMan news feed)
    O.C. homebuying runs 33% below average.
    If homebuying trends hold as measured by DataQuick's Orange County homebuying report, 2011 will have started with sales running 33% below a 23-year average - and the third slowest sales pace in a year's first four months since 1988.
  Spate of attacks kill 33 Iraqis despite security alert - People's Daily Online. (DaDenMan news feed)
    Spate of attacks kill 33 Iraqis despite security alert - People's Daily Online.
    A series of gunfire and bomb attacks, including a suicide car bombing, killed up to 33 people and wounded some 87 others in Iraq on Thursday, despite tight security measures for fear of revenge attacks after the killing of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.
  OWN CEO Christina Norman Fired - Entertainment - Black Voices Conversations
    In the wake of initial disappointing ratings for OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network, its head, Christina Norman, has abruptly left the 4-month-old channel, reports the AP.
  Peer-to-peer currency takes banks out of the picture (w.tromp news feed)
    Peer-to-peer currency takes banks out of the picture
    A few months ago we looked at Irish CurrencyFair, a peer-to-peer site that effectively removes banks and other middlemen from currency exchange. Pushing the peer-to-peer concept even further into the world of finance, Bitcoin is a collectively managed and open-source digital...
  [VIDEO] Guest blog: CNN promotes Sanjay Gupta as "certified medical examiner" in bin Laden story (Southern Bread News Feed)
    Guest blog: CNN promotes Sanjay Gupta as "certified medical examiner" in bin Laden story
    CNN's doc, Sanjay Gupta is looking into the mirror again and he likes what he sees. Osama bin Laden is dead and Dr. Gupta could not wait to vicariously examine the body.
  [VIDEO] States Making It a Crime to Investigate Agribusiness Abuses. (Southern Bread News Feed)
    States Making It a Crime to Investigate Agribusiness Abuses.
    Several states, including Minnesota, Iowa and Florida, are considering legislation that would make it a felony for activists and journalists to carry out undercover investigations of agribusiness operations, punishable by up to 30 years in prison. Kansas and Montana already have...
  [VIDEO]Athens Mulls Plans for New Currency: Greece Considers Exit from Euro Zone (w.tromp news feed)
    Athens Mulls Plans for New Currency: Greece Considers Exit from Euro Zone
    The debt crisis in Greece has taken on a dramatic new twist. Sources with information about the government's actions have informed SPIEGEL ONLINE that Athens is considering withdrawing from the euro zone.
  Vietnam reports 12th swine flu fatality (IsNoGood)
    Vietnam reports 12th swine flu fatality
    A 55-year-old man in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang has become the 12th patient in Vietnam to die from the H1N1 influenza virus, also known as swine flu, so far this year. The man, whose name was not revealed, died on Thursday after one week of treatment.
  Defending the paedophiles (IsNoGood)
    Defending the paedophiles
    As a lawyer who specialises in paedophile cases, Dun Vibol defends some of the most controversial criminals in Cambodia. From his modest office at an independent law firm next to Phnom Penh Municipal Court, the 33-year-old has acted for more than 35 foreigners in sex and drug...
  Border embarrasses ASEAN (IsNoGood)
    Border embarrasses ASEAN
    The Secretary General of the Association of South East Asian Nations admitted its failure to resolve Cambodia and Thailand's border dispute had become embarrassing yesterday, as delegates at a Phnom Penh conference of the...
  Man will claim temporary insanity in murder case based on lack of salt in diet (robertleather news feed)
    Man will claim temporary insanity in murder case based on lack of salt in diet
    A Roseville man's attorney has announced that his client's principal defense will be temporary insanity caused by low sodium in his bloodstream, aggravated by a trumatic head injury he suffered at age 12 in an auto accident that killed his father
  Ouattara sworn in as Ivory Coast president - The fix is in (robertleather news feed)
    Ouattara sworn in as Ivory Coast president - The fix is in
    Alassane Ouattara, friend of the IMF and UN was sworn in Friday as president of Ivory Coast, ending a months-long political standoff. France supported Ouattara on his rise to power with both weapons, training and boots on the ground.
  Gardasil Warnings. (Southern Bread News Feed)
    Gardasil Warnings.
    One major aspect of the Gardasil I neglected to mention, the vaccine also causes sterility in young women - based on Dr. Leonard Horowitz's findings.
  Pentagon Dinner Guest al-Awlaki Slated to Replace Osama as the new bogeyman. (Southern Bread News Feed)
    Pentagon Dinner Guest al-Awlaki Slated to Replace Osama as the new bogeyman.
    [VIDEO] Yemen-based Anwar al-Awlaki is scheduled to replace the late Osama bin Laden, according to news reports.
  [VIDEO]: Julia Roberts and Hillary Clinton Talk Hair - OWN TV
    Hillary Clinton tells Julia Roberts her thoughts on hair styles.
  [VIDEO] Sniffle: Erin Burnett Says Good-Bye To CNBC (CNBC Video) (w.tromp news feed)
    Sniffle: Erin Burnett Says Good-Bye To CNBC (CNBC Video)
    This morning, Squawk on the Street"s Erin Burnett bid adieu to her CNBC viewers and there was likely not a dry eye in the studio as the business news vet was given a heartfelt send-off by her longtime co-host, Mark Haines.
  SSSS Read The Bill: H.R. 495 - GovTrack.us. (pg.chrys news feed)
    Read The Bill: H.R. 495 - GovTrack.us.
    This Act may be cited as the 'See Something, Say Something Act of 2011'.
  Republican leaders blast disclosure order as 'blatant' assault on free speech (w.tromp news feed)
    Republican leaders blast disclosure order as 'blatant' assault on free speech
    If implemented, the executive order would require companies bidding for federal contracts to disclose their contributions to parties and candidates, as well as donations to third-party entities that spend funds on "independent expenditures and electioneering...
  Mass., US transit officials step up scrutiny (My New Feed)
    Mass., US transit officials step up scrutiny
    The discovery of materials at Osama bin Laden's compound that included notes proposing a bridge attack to derail a passenger train prompted Massachusetts and national transportation agencies yesterday to continue their enhanced scrutiny, with more visible...
  Uganda oil journey starts: Cashing in on petrol dollars (w.tromp news feed)
    Uganda oil journey starts: Cashing in on petrol dollars
    Uganda has already started cashing in on petrol dollars even when it has not yet started its commercial oil production...In March, British oil company Tullow sold one third of its interest to China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) and the other third to France 's...
  [VIDEO] Cost of War: French bombs blow budget back home. (RT Video) (w.tromp news feed)
    Cost of War: French bombs blow budget back home. (RT Video)
    The billions spent on France's military forays abroad have already accounted for the year's entire defence budget. And with Paris only increasing its foreign adventures, the political price could also be costly for the French President.
  Geithner Killed Plan for Irish to Haircut Their Debt. (Southern Bread News Feed)
    Geithner Killed Plan for Irish to Haircut Their Debt.
    The deal was torpedoed from an unexpected direction. At a conference call with the G7 finance ministers, the haircut was vetoed by US treasury secretary Timothy Geithner who, as his payment of $13 billion from government-owned AIG to Goldman Sachs showed, believes that bankers...
  Unruly Passenger 'WMD' Talk Causes BART Delays (w.tromp news feed)
    Unruly Passenger 'WMD' Talk Causes BART Delays
    Minor delays on BART trains in Oakland Friday morning were apparently caused by an unruly passenger talking loudly about weapons of mass destruction, a passenger said on the microblogging website Twitter. The police activity started at about 9:15 a.m. and was causing delays of...
  German MP says Portugal should sell its gold to save itself (w.tromp news feed)
    German MP says Portugal should sell its gold to save itself
    "Before risking other people's money Portugal should first sell its family jewels, especially its gold reserves," Frank Schaffler, a member of the pro-business FDP liberal party, told Bild newspaper. SchÃ¤ffler last year made himself hugely unpopular...
  REFRESHER: Here's Who Gets Slammed If Greece Restructures. (w.tromp news feed)
  Libya rebels want Kadhafi 'propaganda' TV silenced (w.tromp news feed)
    Libya rebels want Kadhafi 'propaganda' TV silenced
    While Libyan rebels struggle to push the front line west, lawyers in the east are attacking satellite networks that air Moamer Kadhafi's TV channels because they incite "hate and violence."
  No shortage of funds to aid Libya, says Qatar prime minister (w.tromp news feed)
    No shortage of funds to aid Libya, says Qatar prime minister
    The Qatari prime minister said that Kuwait had already contributed $180m and Qatar between $400m to $500m to the Temporary Funding Mechanism.
  Bardem wants action from officials over Congo minerals. (w.tromp news feed)
    Bardem wants action from officials over Congo minerals.
    The Vicky Cristina Barcelona star is backing the Raise Hope for the Congo organization's campaign The Enough Project, which highlights how sex attacks on women are common during an ongoing turf war to control the area's minerals.
  Muslim group: two imams pulled from plane bound for North Carolina (My New Feed)
    Muslim group: two imams pulled from plane bound for North Carolina
    An airline is investigating the removal of two imams from a flight headed to North Carolina, ostensibly because passengers felt uncomfortable with their presence of the pair -- both clad in Islamic attire. The incident occurred Friday on an Atlantic Southeast Airlines flight...
  [VIDEO] (The Whitewash of history begins) -- HBO Unveils Financial Crisis Film. (DaDenMan news feed)
    (The Whitewash of history begins) -- HBO Unveils Financial Crisis Film.
    HBO has debuted the trailer for its upcoming film, "Too Big To Fail," a star-studded adaptation of New York Times reporter Andrew Sorkin's inside look at the financial crisis and the government's mammoth fiscal response.
  The US pushes Pakistani intelligence to the wall (bertb news feed)
    The US pushes Pakistani intelligence to the wall
    Sources warn that the rising acrimony between Washington and Islamabad may well deter Pakistani intelligence from fingering more wanted al Qaeda figures and their hideouts - or even encourage the ISI to stand aside when Taliban goes for American targets in revenge for bin...
  Homes for hundreds going up outside Haiti capital (bertb news feed)
    Homes for hundreds going up outside Haiti capital
    The project comes amid frustration over the slow pace of reconstruction from an earthquake that the Haitian government said killed more than 300,000 people and displaced about 2 million.
  Reporter shot dead in Algerian militant stronghold. (Southern Bread News Feed)
    Reporter shot dead in Algerian militant stronghold.
    A journalist was shot dead on Friday in an area of Algeria where insurgents linked to al Qaeda are active, a security official said.
  Fannie Mae seeks $8.5 billion more in federal aid (bertb news feed)
    Fannie Mae seeks $8.5 billion more in federal aid
    The company said it lost $8.7 billion in the first three months of the year. Those losses led Fannie to request more than three times the federal aid it sought in the previous quarter.
  [VIDEO] Gaddafi gold-for-oil, dollar-doom plans behind Libya 'mission'? (bertb news feed)
    Gaddafi gold-for-oil, dollar-doom plans behind Libya 'mission'?
    RT is increasingly backing up this (real) reason for the Lybian invasion. That in itself is suspicious enough, RT would never stick with a story that doesn't please the Kremlin.
  33 Humboldt County schools rank among top 40 percent of schools in the state; Education Department releases Academic Performance Index ranks - Times-Standard Online. (robertleather news feed)
    33 Humboldt County schools rank among top 40 percent of schools in the state; Education Department releases Academic Performance Index ranks - Times-Standard Online.
    Or, more than 1/2 of Humboldt County's schools are just above average in California. Doesn't sound that good really.
  Gold sales see 33% rise on Akshay Tritiya (robertleather news feed)
    Gold sales see 33% rise on Akshay Tritiya
    Considered it as an auspicious day, people prefer to buy gold on Akshay Tritiya. They feel it is the best thing to invest in and at the right time. But this year gold sales are 33% up, perhaps a sign of the times with uncertainty in the currency market.
  Kiev's Topless Protestors: 'The Entire Ukraine Is a Brothel' (w.tromp news feed)
    Kiev's Topless Protestors: 'The Entire Ukraine Is a Brothel'
    Facebook used to block their pages and Ukraine's secret service has threatened them with violence: With a mix of political protest and eye-catching eroticism, the women's rights group Femen has inspired fear in Ukrainian authorities with its fight against prostitution...
  Ayiti Kale Je - Haiti Grassroots Watch
New Federal Crackdown Confounds States That Allow Medical Marijuana. (Adam Curry's Gitmo Nation News Feed)
  New Federal Crackdown Confounds States That Allow Medical Marijuana.
  As some states seek to institutionalize medical marijuana, federal prosecutors are suddenly asserting themselves, casting new uncertainty on an issue.
The Police, Education and Children's Minister Lin Thorp polled 33% of primary vote in Tasmania (robertleather news feed)
  The Police, Education and Children's Minister Lin Thorp polled 33% of primary vote in Tasmania
  Counting is continuing today to decide three seats up for grabs in Tasmania's Legislative Council Elections. The Police, Education and Children's Minister Lin Thorp is ahead on primary votes at 33%. Interesting job combination that.
U.S. Military Launches New Missile Warning Satellite Into Space. (robertleather news feed)
  U.S. Military Launches New Missile Warning Satellite Into Space.
  A new U.S. military satellite launched into orbit Saturday (May 7) on a mission to enhance the country's missile defense and detection capabilities. The satellite blasted off atop an unmanned Atlas 5 rocket from a seaside pad here at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at...
Is The End Nigh? We'll Know Soon Enough (My New Feed)
  Is The End Nigh? We'll Know Soon Enough
  Brian Haubert grabs some pamphlets and marches toward the flea market in Palmyra, N.J. Armed with a poster that trumpets Judgment Day on May 21, 2011, he braces for rejection. Announcing God's wrath is not always a popular message. "I've been called a...
Obama's promised trip to Pakistan now uncertain. (Southern Bread News Feed)
  Obama's promised trip to Pakistan now uncertain.
  President Barack Obama's promised trip to Pakistan this year, once seen as a reward for a key ally in the fight against terrorism, is now a looming headache for the White House as it tries to determine whether the government in Islamabad was complicit in allowing Osama bin...
Syria fights back against Clintons tech experts with Fake certificate attack that targets Facebook users (robertleather news feed)
  Syria fights back against Clintons tech experts with Fake certificate attack that targets Facebook users
  A man-in-the-middle attack is being run against users of the secure version of Facebook in Syria, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) warns. The HTTPS version of the Facebook site relies on a digital certificate unsigned by any Certificate Authority and probable re-routing...
James Middleton 'pretends to be lawyer' to censor saucy pictures of himself. (robertleather news feed)
  James Middleton 'pretends to be lawyer' to censor saucy pictures of himself.
  Prince William's brother-in-law James Middleton allegedly pretended to be a lawyer trying to be get at least two websites to take down old photographs of him naked and participating in a mock gay sex act. What a douchebag!
[VIDEO] American woman wakes from surgery with "British" accent - Has Oregon ever heard a British accent!? (robertleather news feed)
  (Video) American woman wakes from surgery with "British" accent - Has Oregon ever heard a British accent!?
  Oregon resident Karen Butler had a minor mouth surgery and woke with a strange new accent an odd mixture of Irish, Scottish and northern "British". To my ears, none of the above. It's more South Africa come Swedish. And where IS northern "British"?
marc grossman (Adam Curry's Gitmo Nation News Feed)
  marc grossman
  Special envoy to afghanistan and pakistan
Popular alzheimer's drug proves ineffective (Adam Curry's Gitmo Nation News Feed)
  Popular alzheimer's drug proves ineffective
  Latest news from the vaccine inoculation front
State confirms first human plague case. (pg.chrys news feed)
  State confirms first human plague case.
  SANTA FE (KRQE) - New Mexico and the country's first human plague case of 2011 has been confirmed in a Santa Fe County man, the state Department of Health reported Friday.
[VIDEO] gas price hypocrisy (Adam Curry's Gitmo Nation News Feed)
  gas price hypocrisy
  High gas prices under obama good, high gas prices under bush bad.
[VIDEO] Herman Cain, the Federal Reserve shill, page 1
  So many people fell in love with Herman Cain after the debates on Thursday night and it absolutely puzzled me that so few people actually took the time to research this man rather than listen to the slick talk of a former head of a Federal Reserve Bank.
8:08PM: Glencore and oil (Adam Curry's Gitmo Nation News Feed)
  Glencore and oil
  Glencore goes public, the next day oil prices dropped, coincidence? I think not!
[VIDEO] - "I Know Why Cheney Went Into Iraq!" Colonel Wilkerson
  May 06, 2011 MSNBC
Bill Gertz on bin Laden Videos Release - C-SPAN Video Library
  Bill Gertz reported by telephone on the videotapes of Osama bin Laden released that day by the Department of Defense and the briefing on the tapes that he attended. Portions of the tapes were shown in the background.
Torture Memo Author John Yoo: Killing Osama Bin Laden Was A Mistake (CNN Video) (w.tromp news feed)
  'Torture Memo' Author John Yoo: Killing Osama Bin Laden Was A Mistake (CNN Video)
  In a fiery interview on CNN's In the Arena, John Yoo, the Bush Administration deputy assistant attorney general who wrote the torture memos on enhanced interrogation, talked to Eliot Spitzer about his belief that Osama bin...
[VIDEO] Torture Whistleblower CUT OFF Midsentence! (bertb news feed)
  Torture Whistleblower CUT OFF Midsentence!
  Of course it really could be technical difficulties. ;)
Weekly Address: Clean Energy to Out-Innovate the Rest of the World | The White House
Ahmadinejad allies charged with sorcery - Sounds like an black propaganda (robertleather news feed)
  Ahmadinejad allies charged with sorcery - Sounds like an black propaganda
  Allies of Iran's president Ahmadinejad have been accused of using supernatural powers to further his policies amid a bitter power struggle between him and the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Sounds like CIA black propaganda to me.
Osama bin Laden's wife may be extradited to US custody for questioning (robertleather news feed)
  Osama bin Laden's wife may be extradited to US custody for questioning
  Bin Laden's wife of 10 years, Amal Ahmed Abdulfattah, 29, may be extradited from Pakistan to US custody for questioning. Here's an idea... why didn't you just question HIM.
Eurozone faces up to boomerang Greek debt chaos - Death to the Euro doubtful (robertleather news feed)
  Eurozone faces up to boomerang Greek debt chaos - Death to the Euro doubtful
  The Euro train plods on towards the chasm with now end in sight. Stressed eurozone states from Portugal to Finland faced up Saturday to the need to renegotiate Greece's bailout repayments as "catastrophic" Athens finances returned to haunt the EU.
Assad to escape EU sanctions. (w.tromp news feed)
  Assad to escape EU sanctions.
  European Union diplomats agreed to impose sanctions on 13 top Syrian officials, but not on President Bashar al-Assad, even as thousands defied a formidable miliary presence to protest against the regime.
Chimpanzees' 66 gestures revealed - Study just in time for new "Apes" movie (robertleather news feed)
  Chimpanzees' 66 gestures revealed - Study just in time for new "Apes" movie
  Wild chimpanzees use at least 66 distinct gestures to communicate with each other, according to scientists. Study results are nicely timed for the release of the new "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" movie.
Wall Street Journal launches insecure Wikileaks clone, promises to sell you out. (DaDenMan news feed)
  Wall Street Journal launches insecure Wikileaks clone, promises to sell you out.
  "We reserve the right to disclose any information about you to law enforcement authorities or to a requesting third party, without notice, in order to comply with any applicable laws and/or requests under legal process, to operate our systems properly, to protect the...
Blackwater's heirs: more military contractor makeovers (rdwrer news feed)
  Blackwater's heirs: more military contractor makeovers
  "We offer CEOs of Fortune 500 companies advice from the battlefield to the boardroom to make sense of the chaos in places like the Middle East."
China, Central Asian countries hold anti-terror drill. (w.tromp news feed)
  China, Central Asian countries hold anti-terror drill.
  China, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan conducted a joint anti-terror drill in the restive western region Xinjiang, where anger against Beijing has led to attacks on police, state media reported Saturday.
When will we get our most wanted? (rdwrer news feed)
  When will we get our most wanted?
  Dawood Ibrahim seems to be untouchable and may be working with the CIA, Mossad, ISI and other security services.
Political author sees television show dropped after Nicolas Sarkozy book. (w.tromp news feed)
  Political author sees television show dropped after Nicolas Sarkozy book.
  A political author whose face Nicolas Sarkozy threatened to "smash in" over claims Carla Bruni-Sarkozy was a "maneater" has seen his state television show shelved, sparking claims that the French president was involved in the move.
EU Carbon Emissions Permits Plan May 'Kill Off' Polish Companies. (w.tromp news feed)
  EU Carbon Emissions Permits Plan May 'Kill Off' Polish Companies.
  The methodology chosen by the European Commission, the EU's regulatory arm, is illegal and discriminates against coal-based energy production, said Zbigniew Kamienski, deputy director at the economic development department of Poland's Economy Ministry. Poland may sue...
Audrey Tomason -- the woman who kept al-Masri locked up? UPDATED
  A "mystery woman" appears in the published photos of Obama's entourage in the White House situation room during the Obama raid: one Audrey Tomason, "director for counterterrorism,"
Amtrak conducts safety drill in Wash. (DaDenMan news feed)
  Amtrak conducts safety drill in Wash.
  "The best thing we need to do as a country is to go to countries that have dealt with terrorism for a long time," Perlstein added. Trains have been hit by terrorists all over the world, from London to Tokyo.
Train derailment blamed on overheated wheel bearing. (Trains Good?) (DaDenMan news feed)
  Train derailment blamed on overheated wheel bearing. (Trains Good?)
  A total of six cars derailed before striking a group of 20 stationary tanker cars on a side track, including 13 ethanol tanker cars. Williams told KGW the conductor and engineer aboard seemed to have taken every possible emergency action at the time of the derailment. He...
Polio virus missing after S.Africa carjacking
  A shipment of potentially infectious polio virus destined for a South African research centre is missing after the vehicle carrying it was hijacked in Johannesburg, officials said Wednesday.
  The potentially deadly virus is considered a biohazard, said South Africa's National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), though the government research centre's deputy director downplayed the threat of a polio outbreak.
Palm Beach County and Broward County utilities lose 33 million gallons of water a day (My New Feed)
  Palm Beach County and Broward County utilities lose 33 million gallons of water a day
  The utilities that supply water to South Florida residents can't account for more than 33 million gallons of water lost in delivery every day â€” all while users are being asked to cut back lawn watering in the name of conservation. Leaking pipes, faulty...
Osama Bin Laden Evidence: Al Qaeda Considered 9/11 Anniversary Attack [vid] (My New Feed)
  Osama Bin Laden Evidence: Al Qaeda Considered 9/11 Anniversary Attack [vid]
  [VIDEO] An early read of the materials seized from Osama bin Laden's compound has not yet produced evidence of a specific, imminent terror plot against the U.S., but does show the group continues to have murderous aspirations, according to...
US drone attack 'kills eight' in Pakistan (My New Feed)
  US drone attack 'kills eight' in Pakistan
  MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (AFP) -- US drones fired a salvo of missiles into a compound in Pakistan's tribal district of North Waziristan on Friday, killing eight suspected militants including Al-Qaeda members, officials said. The attack came just four days after...
Audrey Tomason - some more info (Mel Cooley's news feed)
  Audrey Tomason - some more info
  Could she be the woman who headed the Al-Qaeda Unit and kept that German citizen Khalid al-Masri locked up for weeks because she had "a gut feeling he was bad"? Who was reported this year as someone who "regularly briefs Panetta"?
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to resign - Arab TV (My New Feed)
  Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to resign - Arab TV
  Arab TV is reporting that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been asked to resign by the supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei. This is breaking news so we will provide updates as and when we receive them. Update PBS' Muhammad Sahimi has recently posted this insightful...
60-day jail sentence for man who grew marijuana to help cancer-stricken wife (My New Feed)
  60-day jail sentence for man who grew marijuana to help cancer-stricken wife
  The 69-year-old who grew marijuana to help his cancer-stricken wife was sentenced to jail on Friday morning Gary Burton must serve 60-days behind bars for growing two pot plants in Chippewa Lake. He will also serve 30 days house arrest and will undergo drug testing for two...
Drone Targets Yemeni Cleric (My New Feed)
  Drone Targets Yemeni Cleric
  The U.S. launched a drone strike in Yemen on Thursday aimed at killing Anwar al-Awlaki, the American-born radical cleric suspected of orchestrating terrorist attacks in the U.S, but he evaded the missile, Yemeni and U.S. officials said.
[VIDEO] Here's the UFO vid, not sure if real (My New Feed)
"Measles in the wild" meme: N.J. Health Department Recommends Residents Get Checked After Scare. (Southern Bread News Feed)
  "Measles in the wild" meme: N.J. Health Department Recommends Residents Get Checked After Scare.
  According to state health officials in New Jersey, an unidentified Camden County man with probable measles may have exposed an unknown number of people at public locations in South Jersey between April 21 and 24.
"Measles in the wild" meme: "Imported" measles poses threat to U.S. kids. (Southern Bread News Feed)
  "Measles in the wild" meme: "Imported" measles poses threat to U.S. kids.
  A growing number of U.S. kids traveling abroad were infected with measles, indicating that "imported" measles put U.S. kids at risk, health officials said on Thursday.
"Measles in the wild" meme: WHO Urges Travelers to the Americas to Get Vaccinated against Measles and Rubella. (Southern Bread News Feed)
  "Measles in the wild" meme: WHO Urges Travelers to the Americas to Get Vaccinated against Measles and Rubella.
  The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) is urging international travelers to get vaccinated against measles and rubella before visiting the Western Hemisphere, to reduce the risk of reintroducing these two diseases, which have been eliminated...
"Measles in the wild" meme: US on track for most measles cases in a decade. (Southern Bread News Feed)
  "Measles in the wild" meme: US on track for most measles cases in a decade.
  Already there have been 89 cases reported so far. The U.S. normally sees only about 50 cases of measles in a year thanks to vaccinations.
Disclosure Has Begun - UFOs In South America [vid] (My New Feed)
  Disclosure Has Begun - UFOs In South America [vid]
  Scientists, researchers, military personnel and astronauts have been talking about UFOs for years. Recently some major governments like UK, Russia, Denmark, Sweden, Uruguay, Chile, Brazil, New Zealand have begun to make their files on UFOs public. Even Chile government reopened...
School Allowed To Punish Student For Calling Officials 'Douchebags' On Her Blog | Techdirt
  The law here is very much in flux, and the different rulings often depend very much on the specific details of the acts in question. In this latest case, a student who was running for Senior Class Secretary was officially barred from running, from speaking at an assembly for the candidates, and then from accepting the position after she was elected anyway... because she had complained publicly about what happened with a "battle-of-the-bands" event called Jamfest. The details on what happened with Jamfest are a bit disputed, but either way, the student, Avery Doninger, wrote up a blog post that referred to school officials as "douchebags," concerning their actions related to Jamfest, which resulted in the school's actions over the student council election.
Hasidic Paper Removes Hillary Clinton From Osama Picture (Grebulon reports from gitmonation falafel)
  Crazy Jews: Hasidic Paper Removes Hillary Clinton From Osama Picture
  Hasidic Paper Removes Hillary Clinton From Osama Picture Situation Room Osama Bin Laden Hit Hillary Clinton in picture 5-5-11 Der Tzitung cuts Hillary Clinton out of the iconic picture of government leaders watching the Bin Laden hit [photos following - see the link]
Ahmadinjead allies arrested on suspicion of sorcery. (Grebulon reports from gitmonation falafel)
  Ahmadinjead allies arrested on suspicion of sorcery.
  Ahmadinjead allies arrested on suspicion of sorcery By JPOST.COM STAFF AND REUTERS 05/06/2011 12:35 Arrests come after Iranian president's strained relationship with Ayatollah leads him to boycott cabinet meeting. Allies of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad were...
Cashing in 2: US hopes to unfreeze 'substantial sum' for Libya. (Grebulon reports from gitmonation falafel)
  Cashing in 2: US hopes to unfreeze 'substantial sum' for Libya.
  US hopes to unfreeze 'substantial sum' for Libya Clinton says she'll petition Congress to make portion of frozen Libyan assets available to meet humanitarian needs, won't name exact amount.
Top US Government Insider: Bin Laden Died In 2001, 9/11 A False Flag :
  Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State under three different administrations Steve R. Pieczenik says he is prepared to tell a federal grand jury the name of a top general who told him directly 9/11 was a false flag attack
Man To Claim Insanity Due To Low Sodium
  Years ago, a defense attorney had claimed his client had committed a murder because of the effect of eating too many Twinkies.Â WWJ's Rob Sanford says now, a Roseville man is claiming he became violent because of low sodium.
[VIDEO] - Taitz Thrown Off MSNBC For Bringing Up Obama's Social Security Number
  Attorney Orly Taitz Thrown Off MSNBC For Bringing Up Obama's Social Security Number Reserved For Connecticut Applicants...The Segment Aired 4/27/2011 -
[VIDEO] - Oral Arguments: Keyes vs. Obama; 9th Circuit Court of Appeals - 5/2/11
  Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Pasadena, California; Oral Arguments; Keyes-Barnett-Drake et. al., v. Obama Keyes/Drake et. al., vs. Obama. Plaintiffs include 10 state representatives and 30 members of the U.S. military. - 5/2/2011 - http://obamareleaseyourrecords.blogspot.com/2011/05/oral-arguments-for-keyes-... -
George Clooney's girlfriend Elisabetta Canalis strips naked for new PETA campaign | Mail Online
  George Clooney's girlfriend Elizabetta Canalis is obviously more confident in her body than most - allowing unaltered pictures to be released form her new campaign for animal charity PETA.
  The 32-year-old model and TV host stripped off for the charity's latest anti-fur adverts in which she posed completely naked in front of a simple blue background.
[VIDEO] - I am Pharmacist
  A young girl's true calling keeps calling and calling.
PG&E Replacing 1,600 Smart Meters with a Rare Defect Affecting Customers' Billing : TreeHugger
  Pacific Gas & Electric, a California-based utility, has been plagued with issues during their major push to get smart meters installed in every household in their area, from complaints about possible health issues to human roadblocks keeping workers from getting to homes for installations. But one complaint about faulty pricing actually has a little bearing. The utility just announced the need to replace 1,600 meters after a "rare" defect that impacted the bills of the customers was discovered.
BREAKING: American Express no longer processing purchases from medical marijuana dispensaries
  Please be advised that American Express will no longer allow transactions to be processed at Medical Marijuana dispensaries.
Amtrak celebrating 40th anniversary: Gladys Knight takes the stage at Union Station | TBD.com
  Amtrak is calling Saturday "National Train Day," and the rail carrier is holding other events in cities nationwide, including Chicago, Los Angeles and Philadelphia.
U.S. House votes to speed drilling off Va.'s coast | Richmond Times-Dispatch
  It passed on a 266-149 vote, with 33 Democrats in the majority. Lease sales are the first step in a multiyear process that can culminate in drilling.
Video: Cops smash window of men who won't comply at sobriety checkpoint
  Police in Escondido, California smashed the window of a car during a sobriety checkpoint in which the drivers refused to hand over identification or roll down their vehicle's window.
Activist Post: Bad News from NASA: Proof That Comet Elenin Is Affecting Earth
  David Morrison, Astrobiology Senior Scientist at NASA, in an official communication on March 1st acknowledged no threat from Elenin. Ten days later Elenin came into alignment with the earth and the sun . . . and Japan was almost destroyed.
The American Conservative -- Who's Afraid of Sibel Edmonds?
  Let's start with the first government official you identified, Marc Grossman, then the third highest-ranking official at the State Department.
BBC News - Sex and coffee 'trigger stroke'
  They all increase blood pressure which could result in blood vessels bursting, according to research published in the journal Stroke.
  The Stroke Association said more research was needed to see if the triggers caused the rupture.
DHS: Statement from Press Secretary Matt Chandler
  "DHS issued an intelligence message May 5 to its federal, state, local and tribal partners about potential Al-Qa'ida contemplation in February 2010 of plots against the U.S. rail sector. For the same reason, the Transportation Security Administration will issue a bulletin to rail sector stakeholders. We have no information of any imminent terrorist threat to the U.S. rail sector, but wanted to make our partners aware of the alleged plotting; it is unclear if any further planning has been conducted since February of last year.
Obama administration floats draft plan to tax cars by the mile - The Hill's Floor Action
  The plan is a part of the administration's Transportation Opportunities Act, an undated draft of which was obtained this week by Transportation Weekly.
H.R. 359: To reduce Federal spending and the deficit by terminating taxpayer financing of presidential... (GovTrack.us)
  To reduce Federal spending and the deficit by terminating taxpayer financing of presidential election campaigns and party conventions.
The Employment Situation in April | The White House
  Today's employment report shows that private sector payrolls increased by 268,000 in April, the strongest monthly growth in five years. The economy has added 2.1 million private sector jobs over 14 consecutive months, including more than 800,000 jobs since the beginning of the year. The unemployment rate rose to 9.0 percent, but remains 0.8 percentage point below its November level.
[VIDEO] - Reich Connects the Economic Dots.mov
  Robert Reich, former Sect'y of Labor, connects the economic dots from attacks on public employees and unions to growing concentration of wealth in America.