Archive for March, 2011
Private Contractor Detains Drivers on Florida Turnpike if They Pay a Toll with a $50 or $100 Bill
March 7th, 2011I wonder if anyone has ever called the police, using a mobile phone, after being illegally detained as described below? Even by Florida standards, this is a keeper. Via: Courthouse News Service: A federal class action claims Florida and a private contractor detain drivers on the Florida Turnpike if they pay a toll with a […]
U.S. Air Force Launches Second X-37B Autonomous Spacecraft
March 7th, 2011Via: Cnet: A second mysterious, robotic space plane was launched into orbit by the U.S. Air Force today, after the first craft safely returned to Earth late last year following a secretive months-long mission and speculation about its potential military or intelligence uses. The second Boeing-built X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle, or OTV, left Cape Canaveral, […]
Japan Halts Pfizer, Sanofi Vaccines After Four Infants Die
March 7th, 2011Via: Reuters: Japan’s health ministry has halted the use of vaccines made by Pfizer Inc and Sanofi-Aventis SA to prevent meningitis and pneumonia following the deaths of four children. The infants died shortly after receiving the vaccines and while it was unclear if there was link between the deaths and vaccines, use of Pfizer’s Prevenar […]
How Do You Want to See Brief News Alerts?
March 7th, 2011Quite often, I come across news that’s breaking and hasn’t fully developed into much of a formal story:
Silver Through $36
March 7th, 2011WARNING: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. $36.17
U.S. Looking at Tapping Strategic Oil Reserve
March 6th, 2011Oh sure. Via: Reuters: White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley said on Sunday the Obama administration is considering tapping into the U.S. strategic oil reserve as one way to help ease soaring oil prices.
Jeffrey Epstein: Billionaire Pedophile Kept Secret Journal Which Listed Under-Aged Victims, Celebrity Guests He ‘Entertained’
March 6th, 2011Context: isgp.eu Mirror Update: FBI to Reopen Case It was a honeypot. Via: Daily Mail: The FBI is to reopen its investigation into disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein following Mail on Sunday revelations about his sexual exploitation of teenage girls and his links with high-profile individuals, including Prince Andrew. The Bureau wants to interview Esptein’s former […]
SAUDIS MOBILIZE THOUSANDS OF TROOPS TO QUELL GROWING REVOLT
March 6th, 2011It’s going to be an interesting Monday in the energy markets. Via: Independent: Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil producer and the regional domino whose fall the West fears most, yesterday announced that it would ban all protests and marches. The move – the stick to match the carrot of benefits worth $37bn (£23bn) recently […]
ATF Memo On Operation That Allowed Weapons Shipments To Mexican Drug Cartels: Fortunately, Coverage By Mainstream Media, “Seems To Have Fizzled”
March 6th, 2011Via: CBS News: As CBS News investigates “gun walking” allegations — that ATF let thousands assault rifles and other weapons get into the hands of criminal suspects — ATF bosses have remained largely silent. We’ve had ongoing requests for information and on camera interviews with both ATF and the Department of Justice since prior to […]
NASA SCIENTIST CLAIMS TO HAVE FOUND FOSSILIZED REMAINS OF EXTRATERRESTRIAL BACTERIA IN FRESHLY FRACTURED METEORITES
March 5th, 2011Via: Journal of Cosmology: Journal of Cosmology, 2011, Vol 13, JournalofCosmology.com March, 2011 Fossils of Cyanobacteria in CI1 Carbonaceous Meteorites Richard B. Hoover, Ph.D. NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center Synopsis Dr. Hoover has discovered evidence of microfossils similar to Cyanobacteria, in freshly fractured slices of the interior surfaces of the Alais, Ivuna, and Orgueil CI1 carbonaceous […]
