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This regulator would have one mandate — which is safety and the technical integrity of these facilities.

 

This regulator would have one mandate — which is safety and the technical integrity of these facilities. Shirley Neff, senior analyst with the spill commission, on proposed new safety agency ...

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Gulf of Mexico oil spill: Disaster only half as bad as US government believes, claims BP

 

Gulf of Mexico oil spill: Disaster only half as bad as US government believes, claims BP By Rowena Mason Telegraph Original Article BP believes its Gulf of Mexico oil spill was onl...

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It’s The Bankers or Us – An Update to the Crash JPMorgan BUY SILVER Report

By Avalon TheIntelHub An UPDATE to CRASH JPMORGAN BUY SILVER Report You can access Avalon’s Blog Here This article will be updated as time permits. The financial movement termed CRASH JPMORGAN BUY SILVER is well underway and represents a GLOBAL REVOLUTION to take back the True Financial Wealth that millions have worked for and are [...]

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It’s The Bankers or Us – An Update to the Crash JPMorgan BUY SILVER Report

By Avalon TheIntelHub An UPDATE to CRASH JPMORGAN BUY SILVER Report You can access Avalon’s Blog Here This article will be updated as time permits. The financial movement termed CRASH JPMORGAN BUY SILVER is well underway and represents a GLOBAL REVOLUTION to take back the True Financial Wealth that millions have worked for and are [...]

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Oil spill response remains a daily affair on islands

 

Oil spill response remains a daily affair on islands By Harlan Kirgan Mississippi Press Original Article Weather permitting, cleanup crews continue to make daily trips to Mississip...

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NEW FEATURED VIDEO: Independent Scientist Criticizes BP and Unified Command for Impeding Research Where and When It’s Needed Most

 

NEW FEATURED VIDEO: Independent Scientist Criticizes BP and Unified Command for Impeding Research Where and When It’s Needed Most According to civil engineer Marco Kaltofen, limited access and inefficient bureaucrati...

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I Keep Telling You It’s Getting Colder!

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IMVA Dr. Mark Sircus It’s not supposed to be so cold and snowy so early in the winter when the world is thought to be warming. Eminent scientists are not supposed to turn their backs on the lying press and government to tell us it’s getting colder, not warmer. The entire discussion has us in [...]

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Explosive Gulf Oil Special Report: Crime, PSYOP, Global Impact

Deborah Dupré Human Rights Examiner Photos newly released prove that the BP-Government-Media has presented and is presenting to the public, against its best interest, a sophisticated Gulf of Mexico ‘Oil Spill’ illusion. New pictorial evidence tells the real story, truth about a crime against humanity and planet committed, aided by a Psychological Operation with a [...]

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Scientific Access in the Gulf-BP / Government Stands In The Way Of Discovery

 

Scientific Access in the Gulf-BP / Government Stands In The Way Of Discovery You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video

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Political Action Committee (PAC) Name Generator

 

Good afternoon Washington's Blog,I thought you folks would be interested in this funny little widget the Sunlight Foundation launched that generates PAC names. Some possibilities seem very realistic 'Americans for America PAC'...or a tad on the ridi...

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Double Dip In Housing Largely Caused By Failure to Prosecute Mortgage Fraud

 

There's a double-dip in housing prices.As CNN reports: U.S. home prices fell 2% in the third quarter after having gained steadily since early 2009.The S&P Case-Shiller Home Price Index has recorded gains in four of the previous five quarters, i...

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Forget "Keynesians" Versus "Deficit Hawks" … The Real Fight is Between Economic Policy Which WORKS and Policy Which DOESN’T WORK

Unemployment is rising again.This updated chart from Calculated Risk tells the story:Mish provides the following summary of the new job numbers:Check out these Grim Job Details courtesy of Bloomberg.Payrolls increased 39,000, less than the most pessim...

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Gulf oil spill could usher in new safety agency

 

Gulf oil spill could usher in new safety agency By Dina Cappiello Associated Press Original Article WASHINGTON – The presidential panel investigating the massive Gulf oil spill w...

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Oil spill commission examines future of Arctic drilling

 

Oil spill commission examines future of Arctic drilling By Erika Bolstad Anchorage Daily News Original Article WASHINGTON – The presidential commission that’s looking at th...

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BP oil disaster was avoidable, commission staff says

 

BP oil disaster was avoidable, commission staff says By Bruce Alpert Times-Picayune Original Article WASHINGTON – Staffers for the National Oil Spill Commission said today that t...

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Feinberg Returns with Task Force (VIDEO)

 

Feinberg Returns with Task Force (VIDEO) By Debbie Williams WKRG Original Article After a three hour one-on-one meeting with representatives from a cross section of coastal busines...

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A Seven-Year Ban on Drilling: Is Obama Taking a Stand Against Big Oil?

 

A Seven-Year Ban on Drilling: Is Obama Taking a Stand Against Big Oil? Look, nobody should think that the much-noted Obama Administration ban on drilling in the eastern Gulf is really going to stick for a full seven years. ...

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Arrest Warrant for "Sex Crimes" Against Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange Is Only for "Sex Without a Condom"

 

Interpol has issued an arrest warrant for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange for "sex crimes".Everyone assumed it was for rape.But it turns out it was for violating an obscure Swedish law against having sex without a condom.As Newsweek wrote in August:A ...

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The Fed "Used The Vagueness In The Wording Of The Law To Weasel Out Of Fulfilling Their Duty To The American People"

 

The Fed released a lot of data yesterday.But as Bloomberg points out, the Fed still held back a lot of information:The Federal Reserve withheld details on individual securities pledged as collateral by recipients of $885 billion in central bank loans, ...

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From the "Wealth of Nations" to the "Debt of Nations"

 

As everyone from Paul Krugman to Simon Johnson has noted, the banks are so big and politically powerful that they have bought the politicians and captured the regulators (and see this)But it's not just a question of regulatory capture and corruption. ...

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NASA Discovery Redefines Life As We Know It

So It Begins! Sen. Charles Schumer Proposes Increased Security And No Fly List For Amtrak Trains

The Intel Hub On Thursday December 2nd, NASA held a press conference regarding breakthroughs in the field of astrobiology. The findings were startling to say the least. Felisa Wolf-Simon is a NASA astrobiology research fellow for the US Geological Survey in Menlo Park, California. Felisa Is part of a research team whose recent discoveries regarding [...]

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Fed Trying to Make It Harder for Homeowners to Fight Mortgage Fraud by Gutting Truth In Lending Laws

 

As reported by the Washington Post, the Fed turned a blind eye for years and allowed massive fraud in the mortgage market.After Alan Greenspan changed his mind and admitted that financial players commit fraud unless laws are enforced (see this and thi...

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Administration reverses offshore drilling policy in eastern gulf, Atlantic

 

Administration reverses offshore drilling policy in eastern gulf, Atlantic By Juliet Eilperin & Steven Mufson Washington Post Original Article The Obama administration announced We...

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Feinberg to meet with claims task force (VIDEO)

 

Feinberg to meet with claims task force (VIDEO) By Matt Barrentine WALA-TV Original Article BALDWIN COUNTY, Alabama (WALA) – IS THE TASK FORCE COMING? – On November 18, after r...

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Gulf seafood to star at White House holiday parties

 

Gulf seafood to star at White House holiday parties By Bruce Alpert Times-Picayune Original Article From the White House to the Capitol on Wednesday, Washington’s political c...

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World Aids Day Flashback: Orphanage Used As Big Pharma Testing Ground For HIV Aids Medicine

The Intel Hub Alex Thomas Yesterday we did an HIV-AIDS special for World Aids Day. Our special guests included Joan Shenton, Robert Scott Bell, Jan Irvin, Terry Michael, and Liam Scheff. You can listen to the full show here. When i heard Liam tell this horrifying story it really hit me to the point where [...]

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No Drilling Off Florida Coast For 7 Years

 

No Drilling Off Florida Coast For 7 Years Associated Press Original Article The Obama administration won’t allow any new oil drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico for at least ...

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Wikileaks Leaks Toxic Acid in Every Direction, Except to Israel

By Dr. Tariq Shadid Palestine Think Tank Let us ponder for a second about the meaning of ‘leaking’. When something is leaking, it is usually understood that some fluid substance that is supposed to be flowing in a certain direction, is escaping from its designed route because of a defect in the structure that was [...]

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Why the Tester Amendment Does NOT Help Small Food Producers Under S.510

Rumsfeld, White House, Senate Intelligence Chair and Senator Graham Confirm Waterboarding NOT Responsible for Getting Bin Laden

The Tester “Small Farm” Exemption  to S.510 Exposed as a Scam: Part 1 Eric Blair Activist Post Some of our readers and others have requested that we reference specific sections of the Tester Amendment to food safety bill S. 510 to outline why this does not help or exempt small food producers. The amendment has [...]

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Fed Data Shows B of A and Wells Fargo Biggest Borrowers Under Fed’s Emergency Lending Program, Foreign Banks also Borrowed Huge Amounts

Under court order stemming from a lawsuit by Bloomberg, the Fed has finally released details of its emergency lending starting in 2007.As Bloomberg notes:Bank of America Corp. and Wells Fargo & Co. were among the top borrowers from the Term Auction...

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The Gulf Coast is Littered with Broken Lives, Dashed Dreams and Depression; BP Must Make Victims Whole – Financially, Mentally and Physically

 

The Gulf Coast is Littered with Broken Lives, Dashed Dreams and Depression; BP Must Make Victims Whole – Financially, Mentally and Physically Ever wonder how former BP CEO Tony Hayward is doing now that he got his life ba...

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My Turn: President’s Oil Spill Commission prepares for final report

 

My Turn: President’s Oil Spill Commission prepares for final report By Fran Ulmer Juneau Empire Original Article In May, President Barack Obama established the BP Deepwater H...

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My Turn: President’s Oil Spill Commission prepares for final report

 

My Turn: President’s Oil Spill Commission prepares for final report By Fran Ulmer Juneau Empire Original Article In May, President Barack Obama established the BP Deepwater H...

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Offshore drilling regulation overhaul appears out of reach

 

Offshore drilling regulation overhaul appears out of reach By Bruce Alpert Times-Picayune Original Article Efforts to negotiate a comprehensive overhaul of federal offshore drillin...

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Offshore drilling regulation overhaul appears out of reach

 

Offshore drilling regulation overhaul appears out of reach By Bruce Alpert Times-Picayune Original Article Efforts to negotiate a comprehensive overhaul of federal offshore drillin...

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BP Spin Cycle

 

BP Spin Cycle By J.D. Crowe Press-Register Original Article The BP/Ken Feinberg spin machine keeps churning. Backed by recent editorials in the Washington Post and the New York Tim...

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BP Spin Cycle

 

BP Spin Cycle By J.D. Crowe Press-Register Original Article The BP/Ken Feinberg spin machine keeps churning. Backed by recent editorials in the Washington Post and the New York Tim...

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BP to pay Phoenix condo developers $37.2 million

 

BP to pay Phoenix condo developers $37.2 million By Kathy Jumper Press-Register Original Article BP PLC agreed today to pay $37.2 million to Brett Robinson, developers of Phoenix W...

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BP to pay Phoenix condo developers $37.2 million

 

BP to pay Phoenix condo developers $37.2 million By Kathy Jumper Press-Register Original Article BP PLC agreed today to pay $37.2 million to Brett Robinson, developers of Phoenix W...

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Oil spill, World Cup among Yahoo’s most searched terms

 

Oil spill, World Cup among Yahoo’s most searched terms CNN Wire Staff CNN Original Article (CNN) – The oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico was the most searched term on Yaho...

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Top Ten Lies About Senate Bill 510

Natural News By Mike Adams The Food Safety Modernization Act looks like it’s headed to become law. It’s being hailed as a “breakthrough” achievement in food safety, and it would hand vast new powers and funding to the FDA so that it can clean up the food supply and protect all Americans from food-borne pathogens. [...]

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World Aids Fraud Special Broadcast Wednesday 7pm EST

The Intel Hub News Network Join The Intel Hub News Network for a World Aids Day Special Broadcast. We have some exciting guests lined up including Robert Scott Bell, Terry Michael, Joan Shenton, Liam Scheff, and more to be announced. With your hosts Bob Tuskin, Shepard Ambellas and more! Listen Here Force others to cover [...]

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