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What happened to the ways of Zarathustra?
A philosophy from a times past where life was to be as simple as right,wrong, good and evil. Where truth and good was to be sought out and life was to follow accordingly.
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Days Gone By: Remembering the Past and Banking Coin in the Home Office
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Blizzard Nemo Makes the History Books, 650k Without Power
So far Nemo has pounded the east coast and he ain’t done yet. CT seems to be the hardest hit so far. According to reports we have over 650k people without power.
Get ready for storm Orca….
Comments »Documentary: The Truth Exposed – Muammar Gaddafi
“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.” – Aldous Huxley
Conspiracy theories are always relegated to tin foil hat wearing folks who are kicked to the curb for stretching.
While i will agree there are many theories that classify as a stretch, the interesting thing about studying these claims is that you can begin to connect dots.
Patterns emerge, old tactics pop up, and claims from victims become eerily similar. While they do not provide conclusive proof, you begin to be able to read between the lines clearly, as to the real story behind the words.
Many theories have no real proof….until whistle blowers speak out, information gets leaked, and or through the FOIA Act we get the real story.
The sad part is, in many cases this info comes too little too late to do anything or for people to care.
I mean do you care that your Government has been found guilty in the wrongful death of MLK?
A new low for me as i did not know of this trial despite having my head buried in the news world.
At any rate, last week we learned how 50 years of foreign policy produced some of our root causes regarding immigration problems.
As a stand alone piece of work there will be those who deny, try to subterfuge, confuse, and discredit the work.
Not sure why…perhaps these people are to proud and or weak to admit to the truth. Especially, when you have corroborating evidence like Confessions of an Economic Hit Man and The Shock Doctrine.
This weeks documentary, makes a particular claim that may be hard to believe. It is not important. What is important is being able to connect dots. To see how our old habits of foreign policy rise again. To understand that despite our ‘interests in a region” we should probably just butt out and stop creating enemies.
Lastly, some of us may be able to say we did not vote for this joker or the last joker, but none of us can say our taxes do not support ill behavior.
I leave you with a clip from Ron Paul and General Wesley Clark b4 you get to the documentary:
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Court Documents Reveal There May Be a Second Shooter in Sandy Hook Tragedy
“Connecticut State’s Attorney Stephen Sedensky has argued that unsealing warrants in the Sandy Hook case might “seriously jeopardize” the investigation by disclosing information known only to other “potential suspects.”
Sedensky said that unsealing the warrants would also:
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“identify persons cooperating with the investigation, thus possibly jeopardizing their personal safety and well-being.”
The statement by the CT prosecutor’s office is the first indication from state authorities that Adam Lanza may have not acted alone. The statement was made in support of a motion to continue the seal on the results of five search warrants for 90 more days.
CT State Police Public Affairs Officer Lt. Paul Vance said in an official press release on December 16th that:
The male subject identified as the shooter at Sandy Hook Elementary School has been identified as ADAM LANZA DOB: 04/22/92; he resided at 36 Yogananda Street. His cause of death was gunshot wound and his death is ruled a suicide.
However, neither Vance nor the CT Attorney General’s office have ever ruled out the possible presence of other suspects. The New Haven Register reports Vance as having said: “Whenever you conduct an investigation you don’t speculate as to where it’s going to take you, as I said, we’re going to look at every single thing, every piece of material and we’ll take it from there.”
The CT State Attorney General’s Office is handling the investigation of the mass shooting, in which 20 children and 8 adults died last December 14th.
The motion to extend the seal on the records for 90 days was granted by Superior Court Judge John Blawie, who wrote in his decision that:
“The court finds that due to the nature and circumstances of this case and the ongoing investigation, the state’s interest in continuing nondisclosure substantially outweighs any right to public disclosure at this time,”
The warrants were for searches, on different dates, of the Lanza home, and of Adam Lanza’s mother’s two cars. One of the cars, a 2010 black Honda Civic, was the vehicle which Lanza allegedly drove to the crime scene. The other, a 2009 silver BMW, was parked in the garage attached to the Lanza home. The court motion seals the affidavits stating what was found upon execution of the warrants for another 90 days, until late March.
Little else is known about what the authorities may be referring to in support of the motion to seal the affidavits for another 90 days beyond the normal statutory allowance of 14 days. Lt. Vance did say in a press conference on December 15, 2012, somewhat apologetically for not being able to answer all of the reporters’ questions, that there were “some cards that we’re holding close to our vest.”
Cristo Redentor
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Zombie Files: Mysterious Disease in Philadelphia Leaves Young Women in Catatonic Condition
” PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – It’s a mysterious, newly discovered disease that strikes mainly young women, and it’s often misdiagnosed. Doctors who discovered it, here in Philadelphia, say it’s like your brain is on fire. 3 On Your Side Health Reporter Stephanie Stahl says it starts with personality changes.
Young women dazed, restrained in hospital beds, acting possessed and then becoming catatonic. They’d been so normal, when suddenly their lives went haywire.
“One minute I’d be sobbing, crying hysterically, and the next minute I’d be laughing, said Susannah Cahalan, of New Jersey.
“I was very paranoid and manic. There was something wrong. I thought trucks were following me,” said Emily Gavigan, of Pennsylvania.
And it got worse for Emily Gavigan, who was a sophomore at the University of Scranton. Hospitalized, and out of it, she couldn’t control her arm movements. Then there were seizures, and she needed a ventilator. Her parents were watching their only child slip away.
“It was life and death for weeks,” said Grace Gavigan, Emily’s mom.
“We were losing her. This is something that I couldn’t control,” said Bill Gavigan, Emily’s dad.
Doctors also couldn’t figure out what was wrong with Susannah….”
Comments »Crazy Taste: Dining on 99% Horse Meat
“DOWNING Street today said that they cannot rule out that horse meat has been served to millions of school pupils and hospital patients.
It emerged last night that beef lasagne meals sold by fast food giants Findus were up to 99 per cent horse.
Chain … Findus’s beef lasagne was bought from
the same French meat supplier which provided
Tesco’s withdrawn Value Spaghetti Bolognese.
Aldi has also pulled products from Comigel,
based in Metz, north east France
the same French meat supplier which provided
Tesco’s withdrawn Value Spaghetti Bolognese.
Aldi has also pulled products from Comigel,
based in Metz, north east France
The food giant has now been ordered to test the dishes for a cancer-causing painkiller used by vets.
Today a spokesman for Findus said they received notification on SATURDAY that their products may contain horsemeat.
The company issued a full product recall on Monday before DNA testing on Wednesday confirmed horsemeat was in their products.
Findus today reiterated its apology over some of its beef lasagne products containing horse meat.
The company said it was “sorry that we have let people down”.
Ministers were rapped over the scandal and customers warned to take meals back to shops.
Downing Street described the latest incident as “distasteful” but stressed there was no evidence of a health risk and urged consumers to follow the FSA advice.
A Number 10 spokeswoman said the matter appeared to involve “acts of criminality” which were being investigated by the police, including officers from the UK.
She could not say, however, whether any tests had been done on school dinners, hospital and prison meals or other state-provided food.
Pressed repeatedly on the issue at a daily briefing for Westminster journalists, she said: “We have a regulatory regime in place and we have bodies that are there to enforce them and there is clearly a responsibility on retailers as well.
Comments »Old Man Buffet’s Favorite Indicator Points to Growth Again
“The beginning of the year is notoriously volatile in rail data, but a trend is developing and it’s a positive one. This week’s rail data points to another solid week of data with 7.2% gains in year over year intermodal traffic. This brings the 3 month moving average to 4.12%.
AAR has more details…”
Comments »December Wholesale Trade: Prior 0.6%, Market Expects0.3%, Actual Shrink 0.1%
Rap News: The Great Gun Debate
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Comments »REALLY? Fox News Credibility at Record Low
“No longer ‘fair and balanced’? Americans have been losing faith in Fox News as the networks’ credibility has been steadily dwindling, falling by 9 percent in three years.
Fox News’ credibility rating has hit a four-year record-low, with the majority of Americans distrusting the conservative-leaning channel. New Public Policy Polling (PPP) results show that 46 percent of voters distrust the network, while only 41 percent of voters perceive its information as reliable.
Other networks included in the poll are MSNBC, CNN, PBS, Comedy Central, ABC News, CBS News, and NBC News. Polling data indicates that Democrats overwhelmingly trust every station except Fox News, while the majority of Republicans trust no other network except for Fox – thereby also causing the network to be highly “trusted”.
But even though Fox remains one of the GOP’s primary sources of news, its credibility has drastically declined. Even the network’s monthly cable news ratings have been going south. Fox News in January suffered its worst prime time rating in the 25-54 year demographic since 2001 and its lowest total day ratings since 2008.
Some believe the network’s decline in credibility can partially be attributed to its coverage of the 2012 presidential election. Fox’s coverage largely predicted a landslide victory for Republican nominee Mitt Romney, who didn’t even come close to winning the election. After the election, many of the network’s viewers felt deceived by the coverage.
Additionally, Fox News featured Dick Morris, a former pollster and advisor to Bill Clinton who redefined himself as a Republican analyst and operator. Using his fame and publicity, he solicited money for his super PAC and may have contributed to the channel’s credibility loss.
“In the end, it became too obvious that Dick Morris wasn’t working for the betterment of the conservative movement, or the Republican Party, or Fox News,” wrote The American Prospect’s Paul Waldman. “He was working for the betterment of Dick Morris.”
Fox fired Morris this week, right as the poll results about the channel’s credibility were released….”
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Remembering Rosa Parks On Her 100th Birthday
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News is only news when it is distributed….(click here)
Comments »FRANCE’S REVENGE: ‘BEEF’ Lasagna Sold in the UK Was 100% HORSEMEAT
Findus has tonight admitted that it has been selling packs of its popular frozen lasagne that were 100 per cent horsemeat.
The news is the first time that it has been confirmed that horsemeat contamination of products sold in the UK has spread beyond beef burgers.
There are concerns that the horse meat used in the lasagne contained the drug bute, which is a known human health risk.
Findus was today unable to say how long horsemeat has been used in its products.
The lasagne packs were manufactured by French company, Comigel, at a plant in Metz, which produces food for supermarkets in Britain and Europe.
Comigel makes a range of beef products for Tesco and Aldi, which have both removed them from shelves as a precautionary measure.
Tesco removed its packs of frozen Everyday Value Spaghetti Bolognese, whiles Aldi has withdrawn its Today’s Special Frozen Beef Lasagne and Today’s Special Frozen Spaghetti Bolognese.
Tests are being carried out on these products, however there is no evidence – to date – that they contain horse meat.
Findus asked supermarkets and corner shops to remove three sizes of beef lasagne – 320g, 360g and 500g – from shelves on Monday.
At the time, it said this was because of what it called a ‘labelling issue’ in what appears to have been a crude attempt to pull the wool over customers’ eyes.
In fact, it has now emerged that these products contained horse meat, which constitutes a crime under labelling laws and will alarm the public.
The revelation raises further questions about whether major food brands have any good idea about what is being put into their products.
Findus said: ‘At Findus UK we are committed to our customers and the quality of our products.
‘Following a thorough investigation, Findus UK can confirm that testing of its beef lasagne, produced by a third party supplier and not by Findus, has revealed some product containing horse meat.
‘As a precautionary measure, on Monday we coordinated a full withdrawal of our affected beef lasagne.
‘We understand this it is a very sensitive subject for consumers and we would like to reassure you we have reacted immediately. We do not believe this to be a food safety issue.’
Labour’s Shadow Food and Farming Secretary, Mary Creagh, described the handling of the scandal by the Government as ‘appalling’.
She said the horse meat found in the Findus products has not been tested for the presence of the drug bute, which is a known human health risk.
‘This drug is banned from the human food chain because it can cause aplastic anaemia, which is a type of leukaemia,’ she said.
‘Ministers have been hiding under their desks, rather than getting to grips with this.
‘We have a real crisis of confidence in the meat industry, people do not feel they can trust what it says on the label. This is potentially a disaster for UK supermarkets, manufacturers and farmers.
‘The government’s handling of this has been appalling. Unless they come out on the front foot and show leadership, we won’t have a meat processing industry left.’
The Food Standards Agency(FSA) said the level of horsemeat found in the Findus products ranged from 60 to 100 per cent. It said tests will be carried out for the presence of bute.
A spokesman said: ‘We have no evidence to suggest that this is a food safety risk. However, the FSA has ordered Findus to test the lasagne for the veterinary drug phenylbutazone, or ‘bute’. Animals treated with phenylbutazone are not allowed to enter the food chain as it may pose a risk to human health.
‘The Findus beef lasagne was distributed to the main UK supermarkets and smaller convenience stores. Findus has already begun a full recall of these products.
‘People who have bought any Findus beef lasagne products are advised not to eat them and return them to the shop they bought them from.’
Last night the Food Standards Agency is now demanding a massive sweep of all beef products for the presence of horse meat.
Chief executive, Catherine Brown, said: ‘Following our investigations into Findus products, the FSA is now requiring a more robust response from the food industry in order to demonstrate that the food it sells and serves is what it says it is on the label.
‘We are demanding that food businesses conduct authenticity tests on all beef products, such as beef burgers, meatballs and lasagne, and provide the results to the FSA. The tests will be for the presence of significant levels of horse meat.’
Bute was banned from use in humans after it was found that about one person in 30,000 recipients suffered a serious side effect. But in levels reported in previous FSA testing of contaminated meat, the maximum level found would have to be multiplied a thousand-fold to be at the same level as that which used to be given to humans.
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East Coast May Be in for a Monster Snow Storm
Perhaps 14 inches is not a monster, but certainly compared to anything had over the past two years….
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