Storms Knock Out 3 Nuclear Reactors in Alabama … No Leak, But a Reminder of Nuclear Vulnerability
Reuters reports:Severe storms and tornadoes moving through the U.S. Southeast dealt a severe blow to the Tennessee Valley Authority on Wednesday, causing three nuclear reactors in Alabama to shut and knocking out 11 high-voltage power lines, the utilit...
Live blog: 42 killed in Southern storms; heavy damage in Tuscaloosa
[Updated at 11:41 p.m. ET] Three deaths have been confirmed in Ringgold, Georgia, after severe storms moved through late Wednesday, bringing the five-state death toll from Tuesday night's and Wednesday's storms in the South to 42, according to authorities. In Ringgold, eight people were taken to a hospital, according to Gary Sisk with the Catoosa [...]
Has the Fed Decided to Fight Inflation Instead of Unemployment?
William Alden writes in a Huffington Post liveblog entitled "Inflation Vs. Jobs":Bernanke's argument about inflation isn't consistent, economist Paul Krugman says.The Fed's asset-purchase strategy is partially intended to promote maximum unemployment...
Widow ‘overwhelmed’ by news that husband delivered baby Obama
The widow of the doctor whose signature is on President Obama's birth certificate was honored to learn of her husband's role in bringing the future president into the world and hoped the document would end debate over his citizenship. "It is a great thrill and a great honor and I had no idea," Ivalee Sinclair, [...]
High Levels Of Radiation Reported At Perry Nuclear Power Plant In Ohio
The Intel Hub By Alex Thomas April 27th, 2011 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission, a supposed government oversight agency that is actually funded by the nuclear industry itself, has started a special investigation into high levels of radiation reported at the Perry Nuclear Power Plant in Ohio. The workers immediately evacuated on April 22nd after radiation [...]
Armed Agents Invade Maxam Nutraceutics and Steal Natural Health Products In Shocking FDA Raid
Natural News Ethan A. Huff April 27th, 2011 Amidst all the destructive activities taking place in our world today that deserve attention, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has decided instead to make it a personal mission to destroy the businesses and livelihoods of those trying to help people through natural medicine. On Thursday, [...]
Senators Franken and Blumenthal and Representative Johnson Announce Legislation Giving Consumers More Power In Courts vs. Corporations
Congressman Johnson's office sent me the following announcement in response to the Supreme Court's ruling that limits the ability of consumers to bring class action suits in many situations, where consumer service contracts provide binding arbitration ...
North American Perimeter Security and the Militarization of the Northern Border
The Intel Hub By Dana Gabriel – Contributing Writer April 27th, 2011 With the release of a U.S. Congressional report that found only a small fraction of the border with Canada was being adequately monitored, there is now more focus being placed on the northern border. As a result of increased scrutiny, there are efforts [...]
Wednesday’s intriguing people
Leon Panetta The CIA director will be President Barack Obama's nominee to succeed Robert Gates as defense secretary, a senior defense official and another U.S. official said Wednesday. Panetta will be named as a nominee for U.S. defense secretary, CNN has confirmed. Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, will be tapped as Panetta's replacement at the CIA, a [...]
‘World’s largest tailgate party’ expected at Endeavour’s final launch
There could be as many as 700,000 people gathered to witness space shuttle Endeavour's final mission in Central Florida on Friday afternoon. "I'm thinking this is like the world's largest tailgate party," said Rob Varley, the executive director of the Space Coast Office of Tourism. The launch will come at 3:47 p.m. ET. Crowds are [...]
1,900 Year Old Wisdom: "An Imbalance Between Rich and Poor Is the Oldest and Most Fatal Ailment of all Republics"
I noted in February that John Kenneth Galbraith and Marriner Eccles explained 50 years ago that inequality causes crashes, and that many modern economists agree.I just found a slighter older statement saying the same thing.Specifically, the well-known...
Overheard on CNN.com: Readers respond to birth certificate
Comment of the morning: "(President Barack) Obama just pulled out his Trump card." – Cavemullah Obama releases original long-form birth certificate Doubters that President Barack Obama was born in the United States, led recently by possible Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, got their answer Wednesday when the White House released Obama's original birth certificate. "Birthers" have insisted that [...]
Open-Sourced Blueprints for Civilization
Using wikis and digital fabrication tools, TED Fellow Marcin Jakubowski is open-sourcing the blueprints for 50 farm machines, allowing anyone to build their own tractor or harvester from scratch. And that's only the first step in a project to write an instruction set for an entire self-sustaining village (starting cost: $10,000).
Obama Forced To Release ‘Alleged’ Birth Certificate
The Intel Hub Shepard Ambellas April 27, 2011 Note: All indications point to this being a major set up and possibly fake. The ISSUE IS OBAMA’S CIA CONNECTIONS. This is a classic psi op. The corporate media as well as Obama supporters will now claim that so called birthers are making up new theories about [...]
Gotta Watch: Born in the USA
After years of speculation and several major media outlets debunking claims, President Obama moved to put rumors about his birth certificate to bed by releasing the long-form document. While this may quiet some of the noise from some so-called "birther" conspiracy theorists, it may not be enough for others. In today's gotta watch we take [...]
Giffords boards flight ahead of husband’s space shuttle launch
A plane believed to be carrying U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords departed Houston on Wednesday morning. Giffords is scheduled to attend the Friday launch of the space shuttle Endeavour, commanded by her husband, Mark Kelly, from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Her staffers put a picture taken from the plane on Twitter, saying she "is looking [...]
Obama releases original long-form birth certificate
The White House released copies of President Barack Obama's original long-form birth certificate Wednesday, seeking to put an end to persistent rumors that he was not born in the United States. The certificate states, as Obama's advisers have repeatedly said, that the president was born at Honolulu's Kapiolani Hospital on August 4, 1961. Doubters insist [...]
On the Radar: ‘Amazingly explosive’ storms, more divorces, Syria, volcano
Storms slam South – Another round of severe weather is expected to slam the eastern third of the country Wednesday, hours after a series of tornadoes, baseball-size hail and flooding left a trail of destruction. People were reported trapped in homes in Marshall County, Alabama, after a possible twister struck there Wednesday morning, said Lee [...]
On the Radar: ‘Amazingly explosive’ storms, more divorces, Syria, volcano
Storms slam South – Another round of severe weather is expected to slam the eastern third of the country Wednesday, hours after a series of tornadoes, baseball-size hail and flooding left a trail of destruction. People were reported trapped in homes in Marshall County, Alabama, after a possible twister struck there Wednesday morning, said Lee [...]
Shake-up in Obama’s national security team
President Barack Obama plans to announce Thursday he is nominating CIA Director Leon Panetta as defense secretary, Gen. David Petraeus to head the CIA and Ryan Crocker as the new U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan in what will be the most extensive reshapi...
Wednesday’s live events
Donald Trump holds a news briefing today. Will he discuss a possible run for the presidency? Will he address his "birther" claim that President Obama may not have been born in the United States? Watch CNN.com Live for coverage. 9 am ET - Aviation Summit – The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and National Chamber Foundation host today's forum where [...]
California Plutonium 43 Times, Hawaii 11 Times Highest Levels In 20 Years In Wake Of Fukushima Nuclear Disaster
A blog post out Japan says EPA data has been found showing Plutonium levels in California are 43 times an in Hawaii are 11 times higher than the maximum levels detected over the last 20 Years. Plutonium and Uranium has also been detected in Guam and Japan although the Japanese Government is denying it to protect TEPCO.
Bald eagle with Web following struck, killed by plane
Biologists believe a bald eagle that was a star of a popular Virginia eagle-watching webcam was killed Tuesday morning, struck by an airplane that was landing at Norfolk International Airport. A U.S. Airways jet’s landing gear struck and killed a bald eagle as the plane was trying to land, airport official Robert Bowen said. One [...]
Pregnant Teacher Harassed By TSA On Easter Sunday Tells Her Story
The Intel Hub April 26th, 2011 The Transportation Security Agency has a long history of harassing innocent, peaceful Americas. From 6 year girls to the elderly, the TSA, an agency that has never arrested a terrorist, has taken the American police state to a whole new level. When i received an email from Becky, a [...]
Residents evacuated near Ecuador’s Tungurahua Volcano
Authorities in Ecuador closed schools and evacuated residents in areas near the Tungurahua Volcano on Tuesday after the volcano spewed ashes that fell on homes and farms, state media reported. Ashes from Tungurahua rose more than 7 kilometers (4 miles) into the air Tuesday, the government news agency said. The glacier-capped, 16,478-foot (5,023-meter) volcano has [...]
Tornado warning issued for Memphis, Tennessee
The National Weather Service has issued a tornado warning for Memphis, Tennessee, until 7:15 pm CDT. Forecasters were tracking a very large rain-wrapped tornado near West Memphis, or near Marion, Tennessee, moving east at 20 mph.
Endeavour commander: Giffords ‘more than medically ready’ to see launch
U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has worked hard in her rehabilitation to ensure she could see her husband command the final launch of space shuttle Endeavour, he said at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday. Astronaut Mark Kelly and Endeavour’s five other crew members arrived at the center’s shuttle landing facility on Wednesday afternoon in T-38 [...]
Four Stories This Week Prove that the War On Terror Is a Bust
Four stories from the last week confirm what many have been saying for years: the war on terror is a bust.Military Brass Say Imperial Wars of Aggression are Hurting AmericaI've said for years that the war on terror is weakening America.I've pointed out...
Overheard on CNN.com: Prop 8, Gitmo docs and America’s decline
Comment of the day: "At the end of the day this should show us what those who oppose gay marriage really are concerned about: writing discrimination into the law. They are not concerned about marriage at all. They are simply trying to write laws that allow them to discriminate against a specific segment of society. [...]
Is a Rogue Computer Virus Shutting Down Nuclear Plants Worldwide?
The Stuxnet computer virus used to attack Iranian Nuclear Power Plants may have gone rogue and could be shutting down nuclear power plants around the world.
Mexican Drug Cartels Place Roadside Bomb in Brownsville, Texas
By Mario Andrade DeadlineLive.info April 26, 2011 Last Sunday night, authorities in Brownsville, Texas, discovered an explosive device on Highway 77, just minutes from the Mexican border. The Brownsville Bomb Squad was dispatched to neutralize the explosive device. The local authorities and the media are dismissing the event, calling the device ‘poorly made.’ Apparently, it [...]
Last typewriters for sale? Not so fast, U.S. firm says
The Internet was humming Tuesday with a report that the world’s last typewriter manufacturer is closing shop and has 500 machines left, according to the Business Standard of India. “We stopped production in 2009 and were the last company in the world to manufacture office typewriters,” said Milind Dukle, general manager-operations of Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Co., [...]
"Why Did the Fed Bail Out the Bank of Libya?" and Other Questions for Mr. Bernanke
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke will give his first in a series of regular press conferences tomorrow. Journalists will be allowed to ask questions.As Robert D. Auerbach - an economist with the U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Committee fo...
Gotta Watch: Kitschy royal wedding
The upcoming nuptials of Will and Kate have created a frenzy for kitschy wedding memorabilia. From a Lego replica of the wedding to the quickest way to bust the bank on mementos, you've gotta watch all the hoopla surrounding royal wedding keepsakes. Inside the royal wedding – It may be your best chance to get [...]
Citizens Demand Explanations For Mysterious Deaths Of 45 Japan Fukushima Evacuees
Japanese citizens are demanding explanations for 45 mysterious deaths of hospital workers and patients over the last month who were evacuated after the Fukushima #3 nuclear reactor exploded.
Study: Bacteria thrive in 400,000 times Earth’s gravity
Microbial life can grow in gravity more than 400,000 times that of Earth, according to a new study detailed in National Geographic. Biologist Shigeru Deguchi led a team that tested five species of bacteria by subjecting them to intense gravity conditions, called "hypergravity." The species continued to multiply despite being spun in a machine that replicated pressure 400,000 times [...]
Tuesday’s Most Intriguing – Football player, a lawyer and a Japanese figure skater
PAUL CLEMENT The former U.S. Solicitor General during the George W. Bush administration has resigned from his post at the Atlanta-based law firm of King and Spalding. According to NPR, Clement resigned as a partner at the firm after King and Spalding decided not to represent the House Republicans in their legal effort to support [...]
Chernoby: An Accident With Catastrophic Consequences
On April 26th, 1986, 26 Years ago to the day the Chernobyl nuclear meltdown occurred marking today as the anniversary of worst nuclear accident on earth before Fukushima. Here is an interactive infographic, complete with a 3D simulation, to walk you through the events of that fateful spring morning that occurred during the Chernobyl meltdown.
On the Radar: Syria, Missouri flood threat, ‘birther’ probe, Arkansas storms
U.N. panel may look into Syria allegations – The U.N. Security Council could take up the issue of alleged human rights abuses in Syria on Tuesday, a day after witnesses said thousands of troops invaded the heart of the country's recent protests and carried out a bloody crackdown. A U.N. diplomat said a draft Security Council statement [...]
NASA Warns Super Solar Storms Forecasted For 2012 Could Kill 1 Billion
NASA is forecasting a super solar storm to erupt in 2012 and is warning if proper preparations aren't taken now over 1 billion people could die.
Latest Fukushima Nuclear Radiation Forecasts Show Radioactive Iodine And Cesium Over Majority Of US
The latest Norwegian Institute for Air Research Fukushima nuclear radiation forecasts show radioactive Iodine And Cesium over the Majority of the United States.
Tuesday’s live events
Donald Trump may be getting the lion's share of attention over speculation he may run for president, but today, Texas Rep. Ron Paul gets the spotlight. Watch CNN.com Live for coverage of Paul's announcement of a presidential exploratory committee. 12:30 pm ET - White House briefing - The situations in Libya and Syria will likely top [...]
SPECIAL EVENT 10PM EST Tonight – AAP Radio Show Kicks Off To Raise Nuclear Radiation Truth Awareness
Several top alternative news heavyweights unite to raise awareness of the true magnitude of the Fukushima radiation disaster in the kick off of the Associated Alternative Press Radio Show.
Netflix now America’s biggest video service provider
Some highlights from the day's business news: 7% of Americans subscribe to Netflix Netflix knocked over a new milestone Monday: It now has more subscribers than the largest cable TV operator in the U.S. Netflix's global subscriber base grew almost 70% over the past year, to 23.6 million users. With that audience, it dethroned Comcast [...]
Tornado approaching Arkansas town, weather service says
A confirmed tornado is approaching the town of Romance, Arkansas, the National Weather Service said. The weather service urged residents of Romance to take cover immediately.
Professor Christopher Busby: Hydrogen Explosion Was Actually Nuclear Reaction, “People Who Ignore History Are Doomed To Repeat It”
The Intel Hub By Alex Thomas April 25th, 2011 Professor Christoper Busby, a leading critic of the Fukushima nuclear cover up, recently appeared on Russia Today with some startling information. Many witnessed the supposed hydrogen explosion in disbelief, wondering if they had just witnessed a small scale nuclear explosion. Now it seems at least one [...]
Overheard on CNN.com: This is your braaaaaaiiiins on zombies
If and when a zombie apocalypse ever does come to pass, rest assured: Tons and tons of your fellow living humans already have a plan in mind. Today's comment of the day comes from Stejo, who addressed the political implications of the zombie brain: "For those of you thinking you'll browse the comments, I'll save [...]
Explosions At Fukushima Were Nuclear Atomic Explosions Not Hydrogen Says Russia Today and Japanese Congressman
Recently a translated post from a Japanese congressman reported that Fukushima reactor explosions where not hydrogen but something more serious, implying the explosions were nuclear explosions. Today Russia Today is reporting they have received reports that the explosions were nuclear explosions at the nuclear power power plant and not hydrogen explosions.
Judge orders NFL owners to lift lockout
A federal judge ruled in favor of NFL players on Monday, issuing an injunction that ordered the league's owners to lift their lockout. The league will ask Nelson to stay the ruling, pending the league's appeal to the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals, NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said. "We believe that federal law bars injunctions [...]
Fukushima Nuclear Disaster: Beyond That Door
The Intel Hub By Dr. Mark Sircus - Contributing Writer April 25th, 2011 Beyond that door is death. It’s death’s door and it has brought us a new hell on earth. What’s behind this door and several others like it is so hot, in terms of death, that its effects can be seen 10,000 miles [...]
