Archive for July, 2009
Cliff Stearns vs. Henry Paulson
July 20th, 2009In a sane world, Paulson would be sitting in a cage and wearing an orange jumpsuit and handcuffs as he gave this testimony before congress.
School Kids May Have to Get up to 4 Flu Shots in the Fall
July 20th, 2009Via: Palm Beach Post: School children who have never had a flu shot may need to get vaccinated four times in the fall – twice for seasonal flu, twice for pandemic swine flu – officials at the CDC told health professionals on Wednesday. Most everyone else should expect three shots. Five manufacturers are now making […]
U.N. Will Not to Name Culprits in Bhutto Assassination
July 20th, 2009Via: Reuters: The U.N. team conducting an inquiry into the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto will not seek to name culprits, the commission’s head said Friday, lowering expectations from the outset. The three-member team arrived in Pakistan Thursday for its first visit as part of a probe into the circumstances surrounding the […]
Kiwi Rapper Gets it Right: NZTrillion, Say No to the Vaccine
July 20th, 2009Nice one. Youtube: youtube.com/user/NZtrillion Home: trillion.co.nz
BA and Virgin to Stop Suspected Swine Flu Victims from Flying
July 19th, 2009Via: Guardian: Passengers with swine flu will be stopped from boarding flights, two major airlines confirmed today, as the Department of Health warned tourists who contract the illness abroad not to travel home until their symptoms have gone. Both British Airways and Virgin Atlantic said they had provided check-in staff and cabin crew with guidance […]
Billboards Tell America to Cheer Up
July 19th, 2009Via: New Zealand Herald / AP: Some Americans put out of work by the latest recession are driving past billboards with messages like: “Interesting fact about recessions … they end.” Another reads: “Self worth is greater than net worth.” A third says: “This will end long before those who caused it are paroled.” Drivers across […]
Specialized Interrogation Unit: Now With More Change We Can Believe In
July 19th, 2009Via: Wall Street Journal: The Obama administration is considering overhauling the way terror suspects are interrogated by creating a small team of professionals drawn from across the government, according to people familiar with a proposal that will be submitted to the White House. The new unit, comprising members of spy services and law-enforcement agencies, would […]
Britain: Children Traumatized by ‘War of Worlds’ Abduction of Teacher
July 19th, 2009Via: Telegraph: Pupils as young as seven were left traumatised after a school staged a ‘War of the Worlds’ style production during which a teacher was abducted by aliens. The 370 children at Southway Junior School, in Burgess Hill, west Sussex, saw a ‘spaceship’ crash near their school and then aliens grabbed a member of […]
Hillary Clinton to Council on Foreign Relations: “It’s good to have an outpost of the Council right here down the street from the State Department… I won’t have as far to go to be told what we should be doing”
July 19th, 2009Via: U.S. State Department: Thank you very much, Richard, and I am delighted to be here in these new headquarters. I have been often to, I guess, the mother ship in New York City, but it’s good to have an outpost of the Council right here down the street from the State Department. We get […]
The NSA Wiretapping Story Nobody Wanted
July 18th, 2009Full text backup below. Via: ComputerWorld: The NSA Wiretapping Story Nobody Wanted Whistleblower Mark Klein tells in his new book of how he was ignored. He spoke with IDG News. By Robert McMillan July 17, 2009 07:35 PM ET They sometimes call national security the third rail of politics. Touch it and, politically, you’re dead. […]
