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Feds Sting Amish Farmer Selling Raw Milk

 

(WashTimes) – A yearlong sting operation, including aliases, a 5 a.m. surprise inspection and surreptitious purchases from an Amish farm in Pennsylvania, culminated in the federal government announcing this week that it has gone to court to sto...

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Pork that ‘glows,’ beans with cancer chems among China’s latest poison foods

 

(AFP) – A wave of tainted-food scares has renewed fears in China over continued product-safety problems despite a government promise to clean up the food industry following a deadly 2008 milk scandal. Tainted pork, toxic milk, dyed buns and ot...

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Julian Assange to RT: Worst WikiLeaks cables yet to come

 

(RussiaToday) – The man behind WikiLeaks says his website’s revelations are just the tip of the iceberg. In an exclusive interview with RT, Julian Assange said it is only a matter of time before more damaging information becomes known. The publi...

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Eyewitness: Few dozen tanks fire shells in Daraa, Syria

 

A few dozen tanks fired shells on Saturday in the restive Syrian city of Daraa, the site of clashes between security forces and protesters, an eyewitness there told CNN.

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Eyewitness: Few dozen tanks fire shells in Daraa, Syria

 

A few dozen tanks fired shells on Saturday in the restive Syrian city of Daraa, the site of clashes between security forces and protesters, an eyewitness there told CNN.

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Balloons vs. Buffoon: Aerial Propaganda Hits Kim Jong Il

 

The United States may be hooked on “internet freedom” as its method of choice for undermining dictatorships. But activists in South Korea are using a hybrid of old-school and new technologies to get the word out in North Korea ag...

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Army Wants Its Computers Acting Like Human Brains

 

The brain is our body’s natural multi-system parallel processing organ. Its job, on a continuous basis, is to compute a huge onslaught of incoming data and spit out energy-intensive outputs— keen color vision, a range of auditory...

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Most Dangerous Week Ever

 

Lesson of the week: Trust no one. Not the general-turned-king-of-spies; not the robotic crop duster spraying you with trackable goo; and definitely not the bikini-clad lady on Twiiter who claims she’s CIA. Don’t let your guard ...

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UK Activist Nabbed for ‘Thinking to Protest’

 

'British police have arrested activist Charlie Veitch from his home in Cambridge on suspicion of 'conspiracy to cause a public nuisance' at the royal wedding. The activist was arrested Thursday in a pre-wedding raid, despite the fact th...

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US And EU Nations In Secret Talks To Implement ‘Great Firewall Of Europe’ To Censor Internet Just Like China

 

'Member nations of the European Union are in secret talks, which include the United States, to implement a “Great Firewall Of Europe” which will block and censor online content to all nations in Europe. The proposal is very similar to...

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Coca-Cola Rejects Growing Calls for Bisphenol A Disclosure

 

'Coca-Cola is facing mounting pressure on bisphenol A (BPA) after 26 per cent of its shareholders called on the company to reveal its plans over the continued use of the chemical in its packaging. But the beverage giant’s chief reject...

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Syria: Intervention Inevitable

 

Tony Cartalucci | This is not an isolated, regional conflict, this is the first step toward greater world war. ... Read More »

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Financial Scam: Hanky-Panky at the Fed

 

'It's the biggest flim-flam in the nation's history. But, thanks to the Congressional Research Service, the scam has been exposed and the public can now get a good look at the type of swindle that passes as monetary policy. Here's the s...

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Alabama Tornadoes Spur Nuclear Emergency

 

Alabama Tornadoes Spur Nuclear Emergency   The Brownsf...

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Nuclear apologists play shoot the messenger – Dr Helen Caldicott

 

  Nuclear Apologi$ts Shooting the Messenger A Multimedia Enhanced Article Originally Written by Helen Caldicott, MD ...

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Strong earthquake jolts Panama

 

[Updated at 6:27 a.m.] Vanessa del Leon, who works at a hotel in David, said she felt the quake, whose epicenter was 110 miles south of the city. "Everyone started screaming. We heard a lot of things breaking and computer keyboards smashing on the floor," she said. "This hotel has eight floors and it swayed [...]

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The BP Spill in the Gulf: One Year Later

 

NaturalNews.com J. D. Heyes April 29th, 2011 It’s been called the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history, and rightfully so, if for no other reason than because, one year later, the BP oil spill in the Gul...

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Washington State: Second Dead Gray Whale To Wash Ashore In A Week

 

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World Collapse Explained in 3 Minutes

 

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Independent Radiation Monitoring In Fukushima City Shows Extremely High Levels Of Radiation

 

The Intel Hub April 30th, 2011 An independent journalist has detected high levels of radiation 63km from the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant. This comes as the top nuclear adviser to the Japanese government has resigned over ...

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Top Nuclear Official Resigns Over Japan’s Decision To Disobey Law And Subject Children To High Radiation

 

A top nuclear adviser resigns over Japan's failure to follow the law and instead allow children to be subjected to inhumanely high levels of radiation. The official accuses Japan of taking ad-hoc measures not in accordance to the law and resigned ...

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Obama, Congress renew push for austerity measures

 

The Obama administration and leading Democrats and Republicans in the US Congress are preparing the next round of austerity measures directed at slashing public services, jobs and incomes for working people, to pay for the deepening crisis of Americ...

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Felony stupid

 

This is a follow up on Examiner article, “Deadly Incompetence” about ATF “Project Gunrunner” that resulted in the deaths of US Border Agents, including Brian Terry, from Tucson. Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) facilitated many sales of we...

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The Federal Government Sold AK-47s To Mexican Gang

 


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Bernanke: “Housing totally safe. Forever..” – How The Government Created The Housing Bubble – John Stossel

 


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The Bob Tuskin Show – Friday, April, 29, 2011

 

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Wrongly Jailed Security Whistleblower Caught Up in PlayStation Hacker Hunt

 

Armchair cybersleuths on the trail of the PlayStation Network hackers have been focusing attention on a chat log that shows several technically sophisticated PlayStation tinkerers discussing Sony’s security vulnerabilities in knowing de...

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Top Nuclear Official Resigns Over Japan’s Decision To Disobey Law And Subject Children To High Radiation

 

The Intel Hub By Alexander Higgins – Contributing Writer April 30th, 2011 A top nuclear adviser has resigned over Japan’s failure to follow the law and instead allow children to be subjected to inhumanely high levels of radiation. The official, who has accused Japan of taking ad-hoc measures not in accordance to the law, resigned [...]

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Scenes from a tornado disaster zone: ‘It just gets worse and worse’

 

As a photographer capturing disaster scenes, CNN's Aaron Brodie says he looks for evidence of what used to exist among the devastated landscape. He struggled to find those details as he toured the mangled ruins of Alberta, Alabama, with CNN's Wayne Drash after a tornado tore through the Tuscaloosa neighborhood Wednesday. Here's his description of [...]

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Libya: War for . . . What?

 

The Intel Hub By Servando Gonzalez – Contributing Writer April 29th, 2011 If one is to believe dumb Democrats, the recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have been about war-for-oil and capitalist greed. According to stupid Republicans, however, they have been war-for-national-security. (Actually, they have been war-for-no-oil and monopolist evil, and wars for-national-insecurity, but this [...]

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Appeals court ruling restores NFL lockout

 

National Football League players have again been locked out of training facilities, because of an appeals court ruling. Meanwhile, negotiations continue over a new collective bargaining agreement between league owners and the NFL Player's Association. A temporary stay has been granted of a lower court order that had ruled NFL owners could not lock out [...]

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Top Nuclear Official Resigns Over Japan’s Decision To Disobey Law And Subject Children To High Radiation

Japan Nuclear Official Resigns Over Decision To Disobey Law And Subject Children To High Radiation

A top nuclear adviser resigns over Japan's failure to follow the law and instead allow children to be subjected to inhumanely high levels of radiation.

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Overheard on CNN.com: Wedding bells and death knells

 

Exchange of the Day: "The only normal looking person in this whole drama is the bride; the rest of them look like Martians or characters from a science fiction movie."–poulose "You have to think of it like 'Star Wars' without the light sabers."–politauk William and Catherine marry in royal wedding at Westminster Abbey Two events [...]

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Was Korean Airlines Flight 85 a Simulated Hijack in a 9/11 Training Exercise?

Shoestring 9/11 April 29th, 2011 – Originally published April 18th Several hours after the 9/11 attacks in New York and Washington occurred, a passenger aircraft heading to the U.S. from Seoul, South Korea, was mistakenly considered hijacked. In a little-reported series of events, the pilots of Korean Airlines Flight 85 gave numerous indications that their [...]

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Brandon Turbeville: Commoner Kate and Prince William Are Cousins!

Brandon Turbeville Activist Post April 29th, 2011 Everyone loves a good love story and Americans are no exception. Perhaps that is one of the reasons why so many Americans are now fawning over the marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton. With many planning to stay awake late into the night to watch the marriage [...]

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How to Help Protect Yourself From Low-Level Radiation

 

As everyone knows, exposure to high levels of radiation can quickly sicken or kill us. Here's an illustration from Columbia University:But as I've previously noted, even low level radiation can cause big problems. Columbia provides an illustration:L...

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U.N. to feed North Koreans after tough winter

 

The United Nations World Food Program and UNICEF announced Friday plans to launch emergency operations in North Korea to feed an estimated 3.5 million people in desperate need after crop losses and a harsh winter. Women and children will be the focus of the one-year WFP operation, which is expected to cost just over $200 [...]

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Japanese Government Will Censor Fukushima “Illegal Information …

 

dgilzz writes "The Japanese government says that the damage caused by earthquakes and by the nuclear accident are being magnified by irresponsible rumors, ...yro.slashdot.org/.../Japanese-Government-Will-Censor-Fukush... ... Read More »

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25 governors hit Kan’s handling

 

The Fukushima governor did not take part in the poll, saying he had to concentrate on the response to the natural calamities and the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant. The largest percentage of governors did not approve of the prime ...See al...

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Fukushima farm animals left to die ! PLEASE TAKE ACTION …

 

Animals Asia is supporting local rescue groups in their appeal to the Japanese authorities to allow willing volunteers into the area to carry out rescue and removal of these animals. Some 30000 pigs, 630000 chickens, 2500 beef cattle, ...Care2 News Net...

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Japanese drop their traditional politeness over nuclear crisis …

 

Protesters in the Japanese capital hold an anti-nuclear rally in front of the headquarters of Tokyo Electric Power Co., the operator of the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Fishermen, students, workers and small-town ...Signs of the Ti...

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Recipe for a disaster: How this week’s tornadoes formed

 

A wave of storms swept through the South this week, laden with tornadoes that killed at least 300 people and left a multistate trail of destruction. As authorities continue to assess the damage, recover bodies and restore power to thousands of homes and businesses in the storm zone, weather experts have many questions about the [...]

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Japan Plunges into Recession

 

by admin on April 29, 2011 By Emma Rowley In its first forecasts since the crisis, the Bank of Japan judged that gross domestic product (GDP) grew 2.8pc in the year to March, down from a 3.3pc prediction in January. That implied two quarters of falling...

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Japan prime minister’s nuclear adviser resigns

 

TOKYO — A senior nuclear adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan submitted his resignation on Friday, saying the government had ignored his advice and failed to follow the law. Toshiso Kosako, a Tokyo University professor who was named last mont...

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Nuclear regulators found safety violations in Beaver

 

By Jeremy Boren The two nuclear reactors in Beaver Valley Power Station operated safely last year, but regulators said on Thursday they found four low-level safety violations that utility FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co. has remedied. ...See all stori...

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AP Exclusive: Syria’s referral to UN likely

 

Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Yukiya Amano, left, Secretary General of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Angel Gurria, center, and Director General OECED Nuclear Energy...

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Radiation Update- April 2011

 

CURRENT RADIATION FALLOUT SITUATION IN NORTH AMERICA .... The non-profit Low- Level Radiation Campaign website has a wealth of helpful information, ...www.vesica.org/main/.../1162-radiation-update-april-2011 ... Read More »

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Radiation Adviser To Kan To Quit

 

TOKYO (Kyodo)--An adviser to Prime Minister Naoto Kan on the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant told the prime minister's office Friday he will resign in protest over what he called the government's impromptu handling of the crisis. .....

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Petition to deman Japan withdraw decision to force 20mSv radiation …

 

We urgently demand the withdrawal of the Japanese Government's inhumane decision to force 20mSv per year radiation exposure onto children. Please sign the petition.Alexander Higgins Blog - http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com/ ... Read More »

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Government Adviser Quits Post to Protest Japan’s Policy on Radiation Exposure …

 

by Dennis Normile on 29 April 2011, 1:35 PM | Permanent Link | 0 Comments TOKYO—A prominent Japanese radiation safety specialist has resigned his governmental advisory post in protest over what he calls "inexcusable" standards for school children in ...

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