Re: Re: Senate OKs disease research biolab money in Homeland Security bill 21 Oct 2009

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From: healinghope <mfrreman@...>Subject: [ ] Re: Senate OKs disease research biolab money in Homeland Security bill 21 Oct 2009 Date: Wednesday, October 21, 2009, 6:54 AM

Just infuriates me to think my own government contributed to my illness and suffering, what are they thinking???? ???>> > > > > > > > >  > read first link,where bioterrorists created Lyme disease !!!> roger> > > > > > > > Breaking News and Commentary from Citizens For Legitimate Government> 21 Oct 2009> http://www.legitgov .org> All links are here:> http://www.legitgov .org/#breaking_ news> > Senate OKs disease research biolab money in Homeland Security bill --Research will be done on deadly diseases at National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility 20 Oct 2009 The Senate approved $32 million Tuesday for a planned foot-and-mouth disease research lab in Kansas, while ordering more study on the lab's safety. The money and required safety studies are part the $44.1 billion Homeland Security spending bill the Senate passed on a 79-19 vote. The Homeland Security Department has been eager to move forward with its plans for the 520,000-square- foot lab to replace the aging lab on Plum Island, N.Y. [where bioterrorists created Lyme disease. Odd, there's no money for single-payer healthcare --but there's millions to spend trying to get a(nother) pandemic started so pharmaterrorists can be paid to make vaccines to use against the outbreaks that they create. Sound familiar?

--LRP] > Plum Island Animal Disease Center 20 Oct 2009 The Plum Island Animal Disease Center (PIADC) is a United States federal research facility dedicated to the study of animal diseases. It is part of the DHS Directorate for Science and Technology. Plum Island's freezers also contain samples of polio and diseases that can be transferred from animals to humans. In 1991, the center's freezers were threatened following a power outage caused by a hurricane... As a diagnostic facility, PIADC scientists study more than 40 foreign animal diseases and several domestic diseases, including hog cholera and African swine fever. Lab 257, a book by C. Carroll, Ph.D., has alleged a connection between Plum Island Animal Disease Center the outbreaks of three infectious diseases: West Nile virus in 1999, Lyme disease in 1975, and Dutch duck plague in 1967. > Pentagon gives 3,500 Iowa troops orders to Afghanistan --Mobilization for fall of 2010 is

projected to be largest single call-up of an Iowa National Guard unit since World War II 20 Oct 2009 About 3,500 Iowa National Guard soldiers from 31 communities are scheduled to be sent to Afghanistan later next year for a deployment that will touch families, employers and many other people statewide, military officials said today. The entire 2nd Brigade of the 34th Infantry Division has been alerted for a mobilization in the fall of 2010 in what is projected to be the largest single call-up of an Iowa National Guard unit since World War II, said Brig. Gen. Tim Orr, the Iowa National Guard’s adjutant general. > Fort soldier dies in Afghanistan By Hal Bernton 20 Oct 2009 Fighting in the Arghandab Valley of southern Afghanistan has claimed the life of another Fort soldier, Spc. Dahl, 23, from Moreno, California. Dahl's vehicle was struck by a bomb. He died on Oct. 17 from wounds suffered in the attack. > Hamid

Karzai agrees to take part in Afghan presidential run-off 20 Oct 2009 President Karzai today bowed to international pressure and agreed to take part in a run-off vote in the Afghan presidential 'election.' Mr Karzai accepted the findings of the country's electoral authorities that widespread fraud had invalidated the results of the first round of voting that awarded him an outright victory with 55 per cent of the vote. Instead the Afghan President will go head-to-head with his main challenger, Dr Abdullah Abdullah, the former Foreign Minister, in a second round of 'voting,' which the electoral authorities said would take place on November 7. > U.S. decision can't wait for Afghan legitimacy: Gates 20 Oct 2009 The United States cannot wait for problems surrounding the legitimacy of the Afghan government to be resolved before making a decision on troops, U.S. Secretary of Defense Gates said. Gates, speaking to reporters on board a plane

traveling to Tokyo, described the situation in Afghanistan as an evolutionary process that would not improve dramatically overnight, regardless of what course is taken following the country's flawed August 'election.' [is the Pentagon pushing for a coup d'etat in the US?] > Former Bush-era State Dept. program manager charged 21 Oct 2009 A former State Department program manager in Iraq has been charged with accepting tens of thousands of dollars in kickbacks in exchange for steering contracts to Iraqi construction firms, according to court documents. It appeared to be the first time a State Department employee had been charged in federal court in connection with fraud in the multibillion- dollar U.S. reconstruction 'effort' in Iraq, according to officials familiar with that work. The criminal complaint, unsealed Monday in U.S. District Court in western Texas, charged Razo with illegal receipt of kickbacks and bribes and with wire

fraud. He was arrested Friday in Sterling and later released on his own recognizance, court documents said. From 2005 to July 2008, Razo worked in Iraq as a logistics specialist for three U.S. companies, according to the complaint. > Iraq lawmakers warn next govt may alter oil deals 19 Oct 2009 International oil companies signing deals with Iraq are taking a big risk as the next government, to be elected in January, may revise or cancel those contracts, senior lawmakers said on Monday. The warnings from lawmakers and uncertainty about who will win the Jan. 16 election mean that firms striking a spree of deals, which could rock the balance of power among oil states, are unlikely to invest heavily before the vote, analysts said. [Maybe the (real) insurgents will deep-six any oil rigs in Iraq, and US corporaterrorists will be forced to crawl back under the rocks from whence they came.] > Five killed in Iraq violence 20 Oct 2009 Two bombings

in Iraq on Tuesday killed five people, including four policemen, and wounded 16 others, police said. In the worst attack, four people, including three policemen, were killed and 12 injured by a car bomb near the former insurgent stronghold of Fallujah, just west of Baghdad. Two policemen were among the wounded. > US Republicans side with Halliburton/ KBR against gang-raped woman --American woman gang-raped by fellow US contactors in Iraq wins rights despite Republican opposition. 20 Oct 2009 A federal appeals court has ruled a woman who says she was gang-raped by co-workers of the war contractor KBR can pursue her case in open court. The three-judge panel rejected KBR’s attempt to have the case handled in private arbitration instead of a courtroom... This year, Sen. Al en (D-MN) proposed an amendment that would deny defense contracts to companies that ask employees to sign away the right to sue. It passed, but the amendment received

30 nay votes, all from Republicans. > Israel backs 'carte blanche' to kill 20 Oct 2009 The Israeli war minister advocates operational latitude for its army amid mounting condemnation of the Zionist regime's massacre of the Palestinians. "We must give the IDF (Israeli army) the full backing to have the freedom of action," Ehud Barak said on Tuesday, AFP reports. > Congress Approves Trying Guantanamo Terror Suspects in U.S. 20 Oct 2009 Congress approved holding trials in the U.S. for terrorist suspects held at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba as part of a homeland-security measure. The Senate backed the $42.8 billion legislation funding the Department of Homeland Security in fiscal 2010 by a vote of 79- 19. The House approved the bill on Oct. 15. > Obama praises Joint Terrorism Task Force during trip to New York City 20 Oct 2009 A somber President Obama came to New York Tuesday to hail the Joint Terrorism Task Force as a model of cooperation

and to tell it's courageous agents: I got your back. "You're showing us what focused and integrated counter-terrorism work really looks like," Obama told task force members, which includes the FBI, the NYPD and some 44 other public 'safety' agencies. > U.S. Spies Buy Stake in Firm That Monitors Blogs, Tweets By Noah Shachtman 20 Oct 2009 America’s spy agencies want to read your blog posts, keep track of your Twitter updates -- even check out your book reviews on Amazon. In-Q-Tel, the investment arm of the CIA and the wider intelligence community, is putting cash into Visible Technologies, a software firm that specializes in monitoring social media. It’s part of a larger movement within the spy services to get better at using "open source intelligence" -- information that’s publicly available, but often hidden in the flood. > County Boards of Health Have Powers to Institute Quarantines --The board can "summon

sufficient guard for the enforcement of their orders in the premises." 20 Oct 2009 County boards of health have the power to implement a quarantine. The Wheeling-Ohio County Board of Health recently was reminded of its quarantine powers, now that the swine, or H1N1, flu is here. According to West Virginia Code 16-3-2, refusing to obey a quarantine order can result in a misdemeanor charge and fines of up to $200. A quarantine can be implemented to prevent the introduction of a disease into a community or prevent the spread of a disease. The board can confine an infected person or person liable to spread infection to their residence. If they do not have a home in the county, a place will be provided for them. If necessary, the board can "summon sufficient guard for the enforcement of their orders in the premises." [um, I think we'll *pass* on the 'places' (aka KBR camps)> FEMA wants to 'provide' for us. See: KBR awarded Homeland Security contract

worth up to $385M 24 Jan 2006 KBR, the engineering and construction subsidiary of Halliburton Co. , said Tuesday it has been awarded a contingency contract from the Department of Homeland Security to supports its Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities in the event of an emergency. The maximum total value of the contract is $385 million and consists of a 1-year base period with four 1-year options... The contract provides for establishing temporary detention and processing capabilities to expand existing ICE Detention and Removal Operations Program facilities.. . or to support the rapid development of new programs, KBR said. The contract may also provide migrant detention support to other government organizations in the event of an immigration emergency, as well as the development of a plan to react to a national emergency, such as a natural disaster, the company said.] > 'The state declared an emergency in order to get this drug through.'

Legal Challenge to H1N1 Vaccine Expands 17 Oct 2009 A group that's challenging a state requirement that all health care workers in New York get vaccinated for swine flu said Thursday that it's seeking a federal injunction to halt nationwide distribution of the vaccine. "We are arguing this is a new drug and it must go through the proper testing for safety and efficacy,'' said attorney Jim , who wants to stop other states from following New York's lead in mandating vaccinations. > Poll: 7 of 10 MI voters don't plan swine flu shot 19 Oct 2009 About two-thirds of Michigan voters aren't planning to get the swine flu vaccine or are unsure, and a majority of parents gave the same responses about vaccinating their children, according to a poll released Monday. The results from the survey by Lansing-based EPIC-MRA concern state health officials as they work to spread the word propaganda about risks and dispel myths about the 2009 H1N1 flu. >

Glaxo seasonal flu vaccine approved for children 19 Oct 2009 GlaxoKline PLC said Monday the Food and Drug Administration approved the seasonal flu vaccine Fluarix for children. The drug had already been approved for adults. It is now also approved for children between the ages of 3 years and 17 years old. > School to Shut Down After Major Flu Outbreak --900 Students At St. East Call In Sick 20 Oct 2009 (IL) A suburban high school is shutting down after more than 900 students were out sick with flu-like symptoms on Tuesday, school officials said.St. East High School will be closed, starting Wednesday and won't re-open until Monday at the earliest. More than 700 students called in sick on Monday. The school enrolls about 2,100 kids, meaning about 40 percent of the student body stayed home from class today. > July 4 swine flu outbreak shows pattern of virus --Tamiflu did not help any of the previously healthy young people

get better any quicker. 20 Oct 2009 More than 100 new cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy got infected with swine flu at a July 4 barbecue and fireworks display but quick isolation measures got it under control within two weeks, researchers reported on Tuesday. The outbreak provided a unique opportunity to study the virus closely and Dr. Takacs Witkop and colleagues say they discovered some surprising things. > H1N1 flu strain found in Canadian turkey flock 20 Oct 2009 Turkeys in the Canadian province of Ontario have become infected with the H1N1 flu virus, but no birds or eggs from the farm entered the food supply, provincial government officials said on Tuesday. The infection poses minimal risk to human health, Dr. Arlene King, Ontario's chief medical officer of health, said in a news conference in Toronto. > Harper: I "hunt" Democrats By Glenn Thrush 20 Oct 2009 Another dopey gun reference from a Republican using shooting

Democrats as a metaphor, courtesy POLITICO's Anne Shroeder Mullins, who sat down with Republican Mississippi Rep. Gregg Harper. Anne: What in the world does the Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus do? Harper: We hunt liberal, tree-hugging Democrats, although it does seem like a waste of good ammunition. Hilarious. Especially in a state with a long, ugly history of political assassinations -- Medgar Evers, Chaney, Schwerner and Goodman. > House moves closer to healthcare public option 20 Oct 2009 Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives moved closer on Tuesday to agreeing on a broad healthcare reform plan that would include the most liberal version of a government-run public insurance option. House members leaving an evening meeting with House Speaker Pelosi said a "robust" public option was gaining support, buoyed by preliminary estimates from budget analysts putting the cost of a bill with the option at less than President Barack

Obama's $900 billion target. > Bankers set to pocket £6bn as bonuses soar by 50% 21 Oct 2009 City financiers will together pocket New Year bonuses of more than £6 billion - 50 per cent more than a year ago - as the rest of the country faces growing unemployment and public-service cutbacks, according to research published today. Seven-figure pay-outs will be among the bonuses awarded to many of the top financiers of the major banks and financial institutions this Christmas, following months of bumper profits. > Watchdog: Bailout Has Helped Wall St., But Infuriated Main St. --TARP Has Not Stopped Rising Unemployment and Home Foreclosures 21 Oct 2009 More than a year after its implementation, the $700 billion bailout program has proven to be a mixed bag of successes and failures, helping Wall Street but infuriating Main Street, a government watchdog says in a new report. In his new quarterly report to Congress released today, watchdog

Neil Barofsky says the controversial bailout has helped lead to "significant signs of improvement in the stability of the financial system," but it has not yet stopped rising unemployment and home foreclosures. [We're not infuriated enough, though. That's the problem.] > As unemployment and poverty rise: Obama turns to the financial elite for campaign cash By Bill Van Auken 21 Oct 2009 Under conditions of growing unemployment and deepening social misery for working people throughout the US, President Barack Obama flew into New York City Tuesday to raise millions of dollars in campaign donations from America’s financial elite. He was expected to clear at least $3 million, largely from a Manhattan bash with an entry fee of $30,400 per couple--the maximum contribution allowed by law. According to the Los Angeles Times, four of the seven co-chairs of the event and about a third of the guests come from the big banks and Wall Street. >

Latest bank fee is for paying off credit card on time every month 20 Oct 2009 Starting next year, Bank of America will charge a small number of customers an annual fee, ranging from $29 to $99. The bank has characterized the fee as experimental. But card holders who have never carried a balance or paid late fees could be among those affected. Citigroup, meanwhile, has started charging annual fees to card holders who don't put more than a specific amount on their cards, typically $2,400 a year. > Obama's EPA cracks down, orders more tests for BP refinery --In last months of Bush's regime, agency approved project to upgrade and expand northwest Indiana BP site, one of the largest polluters in the Chicago area 20 Oct 2009 The Obama administration is cracking down on BP as the oil company overhauls its massive refinery in northwest Indiana, one of the largest sources of air pollution in the Chicago area. In response to a petition from environmental

groups, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday ordered Indiana regulators to revamp a new operating permit for the Midwest's biggest refinery. The groups, along with elected officials in Illinois, contend Indiana had allowed the oil giant to avoid stringent requirements under the federal Clean Air Act. > FAA investigating 'balloon boy' incident 20 Oct 2009 The Federal Aviation Administration has opened an investigation into last week's "balloon boy" incident to determine if the experimental balloon's launch violated agency regulations. and Mayumi Heene of Fort , Colo., already face the possibility of criminal charges for the release of an experimental balloon from their backyard... The FAA will investigate how it was informed of the balloon launch, how it responded to the incident and whether the launch violated FAA regulations that prohibit the release of large unmanned balloons that could interfere with other aircraft

near airports, spokeswoman Brown said. > CLG needs your support. > http://www.legitgov .org/donate. html> Or, please mail a check or money order to CLG: > Citizens for Legitimate Government (CLG) > P.O. Box 1142 > Bristol, CT 06011-1142 > Contributions to CLG are not tax deductible> Previous lead stories: US, UK behind attack on Guards, claims Iran 19 Oct 2009 Iran's armed forces yesterday accused the United States and Britain of involvement in a suicide attack which killed five elite Revolutionary Guard leaders, the semi-official Iranian Fars News Agency reported. The military headquarters blamed the bombing on "terrorists" backed by "the Great Satan America and its ally Britain". A statement added: "Not in the distant future we [iran] will take revenge," Fars said. > > Military Seeks $1.3

Billion For Construction Projects in Afghanistan 18 Oct 2009 While the Obama administration weighs whether to send additional troops to Afghanistan, the U.S. military is spending billions of dollars on construction projects to ensure the country's infrastructure can support American and coalition personnel in 2010 and years beyond. The military has already spent roughly $2.7 billion on construction over the past three fiscal years. Now, if its request is approved as part of the fiscal 2010 defense appropriations bill, it would spend another $1.3 billion on more than 100 projects at 40 sites across the country, according to a Senate report on the legislation. > 'The plan calls for different rules for some populations. ' Florida hospitals to implement 'death panels' in pandemic --The state has not yet publicized the guidelines or solicited input from the general public. 18 Oct 2009 Florida health officials are drawing up guidelines that recommend

barring patients with incurable cancer, end-stage multiple sclerosis and other conditions from being admitted to hospitals if the state is overwhelmed by flu cases. The plan, which would guide Florida hospitals on how to ration scarce medical care during a severe flu outbreak, also calls for doctors to remove patients with poor prognoses from ventilators to treat those who have better chances of surviving. That decision would be made by the hospital... While it says those decisions are not to be made based on patients' perceived social worth or role, the plan calls for different rules for some populations. > Those who wish to be added to the list can go here: http://www.legitgov .org/#subscribe_ clg . If your email provider has marked this newsletter as spam, please mark it as 'not spam' and do not delete from a spam or 'junk' folder, as such actions trigger

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> Subject: [ ] Re: Senate OKs disease

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> > Breaking News and Commentary from Citizens For Legitimate Government

> > 21 Oct 2009

> > http://www.legitgov .org <http://www.legitgov.org/>

> > All links are here:

> > http://www.legitgov .org/#breaking_ news

> <http://www.legitgov.org/#breaking_news>

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> > Senate OKs disease research biolab money in Homeland Security

> bill --Research will be done on deadly diseases at National Bio

> and Agro-Defense Facility 20 Oct 2009 The Senate approved $32

> million Tuesday for a planned foot-and-mouth disease research lab

> in Kansas, while ordering more study on the lab's safety. The

> money and required safety studies are part the $44.1 billion

> Homeland Security spending bill the Senate passed on a 79-19 vote.

> The Homeland Security Department has been eager to move forward

> with its plans for the 520,000-square- foot lab to replace the

> aging lab on Plum Island, N.Y. [where bioterrorists created Lyme

> disease. Odd, there's no money for single-payer healthcare --but

> there's millions to spend trying to get a(nother) pandemic

> started so pharmaterrorists can be paid to make vaccines to use

> against the outbreaks that they create. Sound familiar? --LRP]

> > Plum Island Animal Disease Center 20 Oct 2009 The Plum Island

> Animal Disease Center (PIADC) is a United States federal research

> facility dedicated to the study of animal diseases. It is part of

> the DHS Directorate for Science and Technology. Plum Island's

> freezers also contain samples of polio and diseases that can be

> transferred from animals to humans. In 1991, the center's freezers

> were threatened following a power outage caused by a hurricane...

> As a diagnostic facility, PIADC scientists study more than 40

> foreign animal diseases and several domestic diseases, including

> hog cholera and African swine fever. Lab 257, a book by C.

> Carroll, Ph.D., has alleged a connection between Plum Island

> Animal Disease Center the outbreaks of three infectious diseases:

> West Nile virus in 1999, Lyme disease in 1975, and Dutch duck

> plague in 1967.

> > Pentagon gives 3,500 Iowa troops orders to Afghanistan

> --Mobilization for fall of 2010 is projected to be largest single

> call-up of an Iowa National Guard unit since World War II 20 Oct

> 2009 About 3,500 Iowa National Guard soldiers from 31 communities

> are scheduled to be sent to Afghanistan later next year for a

> deployment that will touch families, employers and many other

> people statewide, military officials said today. The entire 2nd

> Brigade of the 34th Infantry Division has been alerted for a

> mobilization in the fall of 2010 in what is projected to be the

> largest single call-up of an Iowa National Guard unit since World

> War II, said Brig. Gen. Tim Orr, the Iowa National Guard’s

> adjutant general.

> > Fort soldier dies in Afghanistan By Hal Bernton 20 Oct

> 2009 Fighting in the Arghandab Valley of southern Afghanistan has

> claimed the life of another Fort soldier, Spc. Dahl,

> 23, from Moreno, California. Dahl's vehicle was struck by a bomb.

> He died on Oct. 17 from wounds suffered in the attack.

> > Hamid Karzai agrees to take part in Afghan presidential run-off

> 20 Oct 2009 President Karzai today bowed to international pressure

> and agreed to take part in a run-off vote in the Afghan

> presidential 'election.' Mr Karzai accepted the findings of the

> country's electoral authorities that widespread fraud had

> invalidated the results of the first round of voting that awarded

> him an outright victory with 55 per cent of the vote. Instead the

> Afghan President will go head-to-head with his main challenger, Dr

> Abdullah Abdullah, the former Foreign Minister, in a second round

> of 'voting,' which the electoral authorities said would take place

> on November 7.

> > U.S. decision can't wait for Afghan legitimacy: Gates 20 Oct

> 2009 The United States cannot wait for problems surrounding the

> legitimacy of the Afghan government to be resolved before making a

> decision on troops, U.S. Secretary of Defense Gates said.

> Gates, speaking to reporters on board a plane traveling to Tokyo,

> described the situation in Afghanistan as an evolutionary process

> that would not improve dramatically overnight, regardless of what

> course is taken following the country's flawed August 'election.'

> [is the Pentagon pushing for a coup d'etat in the US?]

> > Former Bush-era State Dept. program manager charged 21 Oct 2009

> A former State Department program manager in Iraq has been charged

> with accepting tens of thousands of dollars in kickbacks in

> exchange for steering contracts to Iraqi construction firms,

> according to court documents. It appeared to be the first time a

> State Department employee had been charged in federal court in

> connection with fraud in the multibillion- dollar U.S.

> reconstruction 'effort' in Iraq, according to officials familiar

> with that work. The criminal complaint, unsealed Monday in U.S.

> District Court in western Texas, charged Razo with

> illegal receipt of kickbacks and bribes and with wire fraud. He

> was arrested Friday in Sterling and later released on his own

> recognizance, court documents said. From 2005 to July 2008, Razo

> worked in Iraq as a logistics specialist for three U.S. companies,

> according to the complaint.

> > Iraq lawmakers warn next govt may alter oil deals 19 Oct 2009

> International oil companies signing deals with Iraq are taking a

> big risk as the next government, to be elected in January, may

> revise or cancel those contracts, senior lawmakers said on Monday.

> The warnings from lawmakers and uncertainty about who will win the

> Jan. 16 election mean that firms striking a spree of deals, which

> could rock the balance of power among oil states, are unlikely to

> invest heavily before the vote, analysts said. [Maybe the (real)

> insurgents will deep-six any oil rigs in Iraq, and US

> corporaterrorists will be forced to crawl back under the rocks

> from whence they came.]

> > Five killed in Iraq violence 20 Oct 2009 Two bombings in Iraq on

> Tuesday killed five people, including four policemen, and wounded

> 16 others, police said. In the worst attack, four people,

> including three policemen, were killed and 12 injured by a car

> bomb near the former insurgent stronghold of Fallujah, just west

> of Baghdad. Two policemen were among the wounded.

> > US Republicans side with Halliburton/ KBR against gang-raped

> woman --American woman gang-raped by fellow US contactors in Iraq

> wins rights despite Republican opposition. 20 Oct 2009 A federal

> appeals court has ruled a woman who says she was gang-raped by

> co-workers of the war contractor KBR can pursue her case in open

> court. The three-judge panel rejected KBR’s attempt to have the

> case handled in private arbitration instead of a courtroom... This

> year, Sen. Al en (D-MN) proposed an amendment that would deny

> defense contracts to companies that ask employees to sign away the

> right to sue. It passed, but the amendment received 30 nay votes,

> all from Republicans.

> > Israel backs 'carte blanche' to kill 20 Oct 2009 The Israeli war

> minister advocates operational latitude for its army amid mounting

> condemnation of the Zionist regime's massacre of the Palestinians.

> " We must give the IDF (Israeli army) the full backing to have the

> freedom of action, " Ehud Barak said on Tuesday, AFP reports.

> > Congress Approves Trying Guantanamo Terror Suspects in U.S. 20

> Oct 2009 Congress approved holding trials in the U.S. for

> terrorist suspects held at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba as part of a

> homeland-security measure. The Senate backed the $42.8 billion

> legislation funding the Department of Homeland Security in fiscal

> 2010 by a vote of 79- 19. The House approved the bill on Oct. 15.

> > Obama praises Joint Terrorism Task Force during trip to New York

> City 20 Oct 2009 A somber President Obama came to New York Tuesday

> to hail the Joint Terrorism Task Force as a model of cooperation

> and to tell it's courageous agents: I got your back. " You're

> showing us what focused and integrated counter-terrorism work

> really looks like, " Obama told task force members, which includes

> the FBI, the NYPD and some 44 other public 'safety' agencies.

> > U.S. Spies Buy Stake in Firm That Monitors Blogs, Tweets By Noah

> Shachtman 20 Oct 2009 America’s spy agencies want to read your

> blog posts, keep track of your Twitter updates -- even check out

> your book reviews on Amazon. In-Q-Tel, the investment arm of the

> CIA and the wider intelligence community, is putting cash into

> Visible Technologies, a software firm that specializes in

> monitoring social media. It’s part of a larger movement within

> the spy services to get better at using " open source intelligence "

> -- information that’s publicly available, but often hidden in

> the flood.

> > County Boards of Health Have Powers to Institute Quarantines

> --The board can " summon sufficient guard for the enforcement of

> their orders in the premises. " 20 Oct 2009 County boards of health

> have the power to implement a quarantine. The Wheeling-Ohio County

> Board of Health recently was reminded of its quarantine powers,

> now that the swine, or H1N1, flu is here. According to West

> Virginia Code 16-3-2, refusing to obey a quarantine order can

> result in a misdemeanor charge and fines of up to $200. A

> quarantine can be implemented to prevent the introduction of a

> disease into a community or prevent the spread of a disease. The

> board can confine an infected person or person liable to spread

> infection to their residence. If they do not have a home in the

> county, a place will be provided for them. If necessary, the board

> can " summon sufficient guard for the enforcement of their orders

> in the premises. " [um, I think we'll *pass* on the 'places' (aka

> KBR camps)

> > FEMA wants to 'provide' for us. See: KBR awarded Homeland

> Security contract worth up to $385M 24 Jan 2006 KBR, the

> engineering and construction subsidiary of Halliburton Co. , said

> Tuesday it has been awarded a contingency contract from the

> Department of Homeland Security to supports its Immigration and

> Customs Enforcement facilities in the event of an emergency. The

> maximum total value of the contract is $385 million and consists

> of a 1-year base period with four 1-year options... The contract

> provides for establishing temporary detention and processing

> capabilities to expand existing ICE Detention and Removal

> Operations Program facilities.. . or to support the rapid

> development of new programs, KBR said. The contract may also

> provide migrant detention support to other government

> organizations in the event of an immigration emergency, as well as

> the development of a plan to react to a national emergency, such

> as a natural disaster, the company said.]

> > 'The state declared an emergency in order to get this drug

> through.' Legal Challenge to H1N1 Vaccine Expands 17 Oct 2009 A

> group that's challenging a state requirement that all health care

> workers in New York get vaccinated for swine flu said Thursday

> that it's seeking a federal injunction to halt nationwide

> distribution of the vaccine. " We are arguing this is a new drug

> and it must go through the proper testing for safety and

> efficacy,'' said attorney Jim , who wants to stop other

> states from following New York's lead in mandating vaccinations.

> > Poll: 7 of 10 MI voters don't plan swine flu shot 19 Oct 2009

> About two-thirds of Michigan voters aren't planning to get the

> swine flu vaccine or are unsure, and a majority of parents gave

> the same responses about vaccinating their children, according to

> a poll released Monday. The results from the survey by

> Lansing-based EPIC-MRA concern state health officials as they work

> to spread the word propaganda about risks and dispel myths about

> the 2009 H1N1 flu.

> > Glaxo seasonal flu vaccine approved for children 19 Oct 2009

> GlaxoKline PLC said Monday the Food and Drug Administration

> approved the seasonal flu vaccine Fluarix for children. The drug

> had already been approved for adults. It is now also approved for

> children between the ages of 3 years and 17 years old.

> > School to Shut Down After Major Flu Outbreak --900 Students At

> St. East Call In Sick 20 Oct 2009 (IL) A suburban high

> school is shutting down after more than 900 students were out sick

> with flu-like symptoms on Tuesday, school officials said.St.

> East High School will be closed, starting Wednesday and

> won't re-open until Monday at the earliest. More than 700 students

> called in sick on Monday. The school enrolls about 2,100 kids,

> meaning about 40 percent of the student body stayed home from

> class today.

> > July 4 swine flu outbreak shows pattern of virus --Tamiflu did

> not help any of the previously healthy young people get better any

> quicker. 20 Oct 2009 More than 100 new cadets at the U.S. Air

> Force Academy got infected with swine flu at a July 4 barbecue and

> fireworks display but quick isolation measures got it under

> control within two weeks, researchers reported on Tuesday. The

> outbreak provided a unique opportunity to study the virus closely

> and Dr. Takacs Witkop and colleagues say they discovered

> some surprising things.

> > H1N1 flu strain found in Canadian turkey flock 20 Oct 2009

> Turkeys in the Canadian province of Ontario have become infected

> with the H1N1 flu virus, but no birds or eggs from the farm

> entered the food supply, provincial government officials said on

> Tuesday. The infection poses minimal risk to human health, Dr.

> Arlene King, Ontario's chief medical officer of health, said in a

> news conference in Toronto.

> > Harper: I " hunt " Democrats By Glenn Thrush 20 Oct 2009 Another

> dopey gun reference from a Republican using shooting Democrats as

> a metaphor, courtesy POLITICO's Anne Shroeder Mullins, who sat

> down with Republican Mississippi Rep. Gregg Harper. Anne: What in

> the world does the Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus do? Harper:

> We hunt liberal, tree-hugging Democrats, although it does seem

> like a waste of good ammunition. Hilarious. Especially in a state

> with a long, ugly history of political assassinations -- Medgar

> Evers, Chaney, Schwerner and Goodman.

> > House moves closer to healthcare public option 20 Oct 2009

> Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives moved closer on

> Tuesday to agreeing on a broad healthcare reform plan that would

> include the most liberal version of a government-run public

> insurance option. House members leaving an evening meeting with

> House Speaker Pelosi said a " robust " public option was

> gaining support, buoyed by preliminary estimates from budget

> analysts putting the cost of a bill with the option at less than

> President Barack Obama's $900 billion target.

> > Bankers set to pocket £6bn as bonuses soar by 50% 21 Oct 2009

> City financiers will together pocket New Year bonuses of more than

> £6 billion - 50 per cent more than a year ago - as the rest of

> the country faces growing unemployment and public-service

> cutbacks, according to research published today. Seven-figure

> pay-outs will be among the bonuses awarded to many of the top

> financiers of the major banks and financial institutions this

> Christmas, following months of bumper profits.

> > Watchdog: Bailout Has Helped Wall St., But Infuriated Main St.

> --TARP Has Not Stopped Rising Unemployment and Home Foreclosures

> 21 Oct 2009 More than a year after its implementation, the $700

> billion bailout program has proven to be a mixed bag of successes

> and failures, helping Wall Street but infuriating Main Street, a

> government watchdog says in a new report. In his new quarterly

> report to Congress released today, watchdog Neil Barofsky says the

> controversial bailout has helped lead to " significant signs of

> improvement in the stability of the financial system, " but it has

> not yet stopped rising unemployment and home foreclosures. [We're

> not infuriated enough, though. That's the problem.]

> > As unemployment and poverty rise: Obama turns to the financial

> elite for campaign cash By Bill Van Auken 21 Oct 2009 Under

> conditions of growing unemployment and deepening social misery for

> working people throughout the US, President Barack Obama flew into

> New York City Tuesday to raise millions of dollars in campaign

> donations from America’s financial elite. He was expected to

> clear at least $3 million, largely from a Manhattan bash with an

> entry fee of $30,400 per couple--the maximum contribution allowed

> by law. According to the Los Angeles Times, four of the seven

> co-chairs of the event and about a third of the guests come from

> the big banks and Wall Street.

> > Latest bank fee is for paying off credit card on time every

> month 20 Oct 2009 Starting next year, Bank of America will charge

> a small number of customers an annual fee, ranging from $29 to

> $99. The bank has characterized the fee as experimental. But card

> holders who have never carried a balance or paid late fees could

> be among those affected. Citigroup, meanwhile, has started

> charging annual fees to card holders who don't put more than a

> specific amount on their cards, typically $2,400 a year.

> > Obama's EPA cracks down, orders more tests for BP refinery --In

> last months of Bush's regime, agency approved project to upgrade

> and expand northwest Indiana BP site, one of the largest polluters

> in the Chicago area 20 Oct 2009 The Obama administration is

> cracking down on BP as the oil company overhauls its massive

> refinery in northwest Indiana, one of the largest sources of air

> pollution in the Chicago area. In response to a petition from

> environmental groups, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on

> Monday ordered Indiana regulators to revamp a new operating permit

> for the Midwest's biggest refinery. The groups, along with elected

> officials in Illinois, contend Indiana had allowed the oil giant

> to avoid stringent requirements under the federal Clean Air Act.

> > FAA investigating 'balloon boy' incident 20 Oct 2009 The Federal

> Aviation Administration has opened an investigation into last

> week's " balloon boy " incident to determine if the experimental

> balloon's launch violated agency regulations. and Mayumi

> Heene of Fort , Colo., already face the possibility of

> criminal charges for the release of an experimental balloon from

> their backyard... The FAA will investigate how it was informed of

> the balloon launch, how it responded to the incident and whether

> the launch violated FAA regulations that prohibit the release of

> large unmanned balloons that could interfere with other aircraft

> near airports, spokeswoman Brown said.

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> > Previous lead stories: US, UK behind attack on Guards, claims

> Iran 19 Oct 2009 Iran's armed forces yesterday accused the United

> States and Britain of involvement in a suicide attack which killed

> five elite Revolutionary Guard leaders, the semi-official Iranian

> Fars News Agency reported. The military headquarters blamed the

> bombing on " terrorists " backed by " the Great Satan America and its

> ally Britain " . A statement added: " Not in the distant future we

> [iran] will take revenge, " Fars said.

> >

> > Military Seeks $1.3 Billion For Construction Projects in

> Afghanistan 18 Oct 2009 While the Obama administration weighs

> whether to send additional troops to Afghanistan, the U.S.

> military is spending billions of dollars on construction projects

> to ensure the country's infrastructure can support American and

> coalition personnel in 2010 and years beyond. The military has

> already spent roughly $2.7 billion on construction over the past

> three fiscal years. Now, if its request is approved as part of the

> fiscal 2010 defense appropriations bill, it would spend another

> $1.3 billion on more than 100 projects at 40 sites across the

> country, according to a Senate report on the legislation.

> > 'The plan calls for different rules for some populations. '

> Florida hospitals to implement 'death panels' in pandemic --The

> state has not yet publicized the guidelines or solicited input

> from the general public. 18 Oct 2009 Florida health officials are

> drawing up guidelines that recommend barring patients with

> incurable cancer, end-stage multiple sclerosis and other

> conditions from being admitted to hospitals if the state is

> overwhelmed by flu cases. The plan, which would guide Florida

> hospitals on how to ration scarce medical care during a severe flu

> outbreak, also calls for doctors to remove patients with poor

> prognoses from ventilators to treat those who have better chances

> of surviving. That decision would be made by the hospital... While

> it says those decisions are not to be made based on patients'

> perceived social worth or role, the plan calls for different rules

> for some populations.

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has protocols to help with Gulf War syndrone. Her site is also very informative on vaccines.

From: g_mrrsn <g_mrrsn@...> Sent: Thu, October 22, 2009 2:57:13 AMSubject: [ ] Re: Senate OKs disease research biolab money in Homeland Security bill 21 Oct 2009

Yeah! .I read on the net(I don't remember where) that the US is responsible for taking AIDS to Africa telling them it was a vaccine to help them and then blaming it on a monkey virus.Mosquitos were impregnated with Lymes and taken to Punta Florida and let out to see how fast people would get Chronic Fatigue,(Lymes) I think and Nicholson found mycoplasms in the white blood cells of his daughter when she return from service and was very sick.It's strange that Nicholson testified before the armed services committee and now is moving from place to place studying weight loss. HUH??? Many of Viet Nam and Gulf War Vets said to have Gulf War Syndrome may indeed have mycoplasms from shots and or vaccine they received in the armed services. I wish I could remember where all of this is documented. but it is on the net somewhere. My friend who has been very ill since returning from the Gulf War has been and remains very ill. Neither

the VA or medical doctors have been able to help him, yet the VA will NOT give him 100% disability.What in the world is going on and why?g_mrrsn Our country is moving toward facism so fast, it makes me wonder why we are fighting in other countries to protect the people from their governments and give them freedom and a democracy. HUH???>> > > > > > > > > Â > read first link,where bioterrorists created Lyme disease !!!> roger> > > > > > > > Breaking News and Commentary from Citizens For Legitimate Government>

21 Oct 2009> http://www.legitgov .org> All links are here:> http://www.legitgov .org/#breaking_ news> > Senate OKs disease research biolab money in Homeland Security bill --Research will be done on deadly diseases at National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility 20 Oct 2009 The Senate approved $32 million Tuesday for a planned foot-and-mouth disease research lab in Kansas, while ordering more study on the lab's safety. The money and required safety studies are part the $44.1 billion Homeland Security spending bill the Senate passed on a 79-19 vote. The Homeland Security Department has been eager to move forward with its plans for the 520,000-square- foot lab to replace the aging lab on Plum Island, N.Y. [where bioterrorists created Lyme disease. Odd, there's no money

for single-payer healthcare --but there's millions to spend trying to get a(nother) pandemic started so pharmaterrorists can be paid to make vaccines to use against the outbreaks that they create. Sound familiar? --LRP] > Plum Island Animal Disease Center 20 Oct 2009 The Plum Island Animal Disease Center (PIADC) is a United States federal research facility dedicated to the study of animal diseases. It is part of the DHS Directorate for Science and Technology. Plum Island's freezers also contain samples of polio and diseases that can be transferred from animals to humans. In 1991, the center's freezers were threatened following a power outage caused by a hurricane... As a diagnostic facility, PIADC scientists study more than 40 foreign animal diseases and several domestic diseases, including hog cholera and African swine fever. Lab 257, a book by C. Carroll, Ph.D., has alleged a connection between Plum Island Animal Disease Center

the outbreaks of three infectious diseases: West Nile virus in 1999, Lyme disease in 1975, and Dutch duck plague in 1967. > Pentagon gives 3,500 Iowa troops orders to Afghanistan --Mobilization for fall of 2010 is projected to be largest single call-up of an Iowa National Guard unit since World War II 20 Oct 2009 About 3,500 Iowa National Guard soldiers from 31 communities are scheduled to be sent to Afghanistan later next year for a deployment that will touch families, employers and many other people statewide, military officials said today. The entire 2nd Brigade of the 34th Infantry Division has been alerted for a mobilization in the fall of 2010 in what is projected to be the largest single call-up of an Iowa National Guard unit since World War II, said Brig. Gen. Tim Orr, the Iowa National Guard’s adjutant general. > Fort soldier dies in Afghanistan By Hal Bernton 20 Oct 2009 Fighting in the Arghandab Valley of southern

Afghanistan has claimed the life of another Fort soldier, Spc. Dahl, 23, from Moreno, California. Dahl's vehicle was struck by a bomb. He died on Oct. 17 from wounds suffered in the attack. > Hamid Karzai agrees to take part in Afghan presidential run-off 20 Oct 2009 President Karzai today bowed to international pressure and agreed to take part in a run-off vote in the Afghan presidential 'election.' Mr Karzai accepted the findings of the country's electoral authorities that widespread fraud had invalidated the results of the first round of voting that awarded him an outright victory with 55 per cent of the vote. Instead the Afghan President will go head-to-head with his main challenger, Dr Abdullah Abdullah, the former Foreign Minister, in a second round of 'voting,' which the electoral authorities said would take place on November 7. > U.S. decision can't wait for Afghan legitimacy: Gates 20 Oct 2009 The United States

cannot wait for problems surrounding the legitimacy of the Afghan government to be resolved before making a decision on troops, U.S. Secretary of Defense Gates said. Gates, speaking to reporters on board a plane traveling to Tokyo, described the situation in Afghanistan as an evolutionary process that would not improve dramatically overnight, regardless of what course is taken following the country's flawed August 'election.' [is the Pentagon pushing for a coup d'etat in the US?] > Former Bush-era State Dept. program manager charged 21 Oct 2009 A former State Department program manager in Iraq has been charged with accepting tens of thousands of dollars in kickbacks in exchange for steering contracts to Iraqi construction firms, according to court documents. It appeared to be the first time a State Department employee had been charged in federal court in connection with fraud in the multibillion- dollar U.S. reconstruction 'effort' in

Iraq, according to officials familiar with that work. The criminal complaint, unsealed Monday in U.S. District Court in western Texas, charged Razo with illegal receipt of kickbacks and bribes and with wire fraud. He was arrested Friday in Sterling and later released on his own recognizance, court documents said. From 2005 to July 2008, Razo worked in Iraq as a logistics specialist for three U.S. companies, according to the complaint. > Iraq lawmakers warn next govt may alter oil deals 19 Oct 2009 International oil companies signing deals with Iraq are taking a big risk as the next government, to be elected in January, may revise or cancel those contracts, senior lawmakers said on Monday. The warnings from lawmakers and uncertainty about who will win the Jan. 16 election mean that firms striking a spree of deals, which could rock the balance of power among oil states, are unlikely to invest heavily before the vote, analysts said.

[Maybe the (real) insurgents will deep-six any oil rigs in Iraq, and US corporaterrorists will be forced to crawl back under the rocks from whence they came.] > Five killed in Iraq violence 20 Oct 2009 Two bombings in Iraq on Tuesday killed five people, including four policemen, and wounded 16 others, police said. In the worst attack, four people, including three policemen, were killed and 12 injured by a car bomb near the former insurgent stronghold of Fallujah, just west of Baghdad. Two policemen were among the wounded. > US Republicans side with Halliburton/ KBR against gang-raped woman --American woman gang-raped by fellow US contactors in Iraq wins rights despite Republican opposition. 20 Oct 2009 A federal appeals court has ruled a woman who says she was gang-raped by co-workers of the war contractor KBR can pursue her case in open court. The three-judge panel rejected KBR’s attempt to have the case handled in private

arbitration instead of a courtroom... This year, Sen. Al en (D-MN) proposed an amendment that would deny defense contracts to companies that ask employees to sign away the right to sue. It passed, but the amendment received 30 nay votes, all from Republicans. > Israel backs 'carte blanche' to kill 20 Oct 2009 The Israeli war minister advocates operational latitude for its army amid mounting condemnation of the Zionist regime's massacre of the Palestinians. "We must give the IDF (Israeli army) the full backing to have the freedom of action," Ehud Barak said on Tuesday, AFP reports. > Congress Approves Trying Guantanamo Terror Suspects in U.S. 20 Oct 2009 Congress approved holding trials in the U.S. for terrorist suspects held at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba as part of a homeland-security measure. The Senate backed the $42.8 billion legislation funding the Department of Homeland Security in fiscal 2010 by a vote of 79- 19. The House approved

the bill on Oct. 15. > Obama praises Joint Terrorism Task Force during trip to New York City 20 Oct 2009 A somber President Obama came to New York Tuesday to hail the Joint Terrorism Task Force as a model of cooperation and to tell it's courageous agents: I got your back. "You're showing us what focused and integrated counter-terrorism work really looks like," Obama told task force members, which includes the FBI, the NYPD and some 44 other public 'safety' agencies. > U.S. Spies Buy Stake in Firm That Monitors Blogs, Tweets By Noah Shachtman 20 Oct 2009 America’s spy agencies want to read your blog posts, keep track of your Twitter updates -- even check out your book reviews on Amazon. In-Q-Tel, the investment arm of the CIA and the wider intelligence community, is putting cash into Visible Technologies, a software firm that specializes in monitoring social media. It’s part of a larger movement within the spy services to get

better at using "open source intelligence" -- information that’s publicly available, but often hidden in the flood. > County Boards of Health Have Powers to Institute Quarantines --The board can "summon sufficient guard for the enforcement of their orders in the premises." 20 Oct 2009 County boards of health have the power to implement a quarantine. The Wheeling-Ohio County Board of Health recently was reminded of its quarantine powers, now that the swine, or H1N1, flu is here. According to West Virginia Code 16-3-2, refusing to obey a quarantine order can result in a misdemeanor charge and fines of up to $200. A quarantine can be implemented to prevent the introduction of a disease into a community or prevent the spread of a disease. The board can confine an infected person or person liable to spread infection to their residence. If they do not have a home in the county, a place will be provided for them. If necessary, the board

can "summon sufficient guard for the enforcement of their orders in the premises." [um, I think we'll *pass* on the 'places' (aka KBR camps)> FEMA wants to 'provide' for us. See: KBR awarded Homeland Security contract worth up to $385M 24 Jan 2006 KBR, the engineering and construction subsidiary of Halliburton Co. , said Tuesday it has been awarded a contingency contract from the Department of Homeland Security to supports its Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities in the event of an emergency. The maximum total value of the contract is $385 million and consists of a 1-year base period with four 1-year options... The contract provides for establishing temporary detention and processing capabilities to expand existing ICE Detention and Removal Operations Program facilities.. . or to support the rapid development of new programs, KBR said. The contract may also provide migrant detention support to other government organizations in the event

of an immigration emergency, as well as the development of a plan to react to a national emergency, such as a natural disaster, the company said.] > 'The state declared an emergency in order to get this drug through.' Legal Challenge to H1N1 Vaccine Expands 17 Oct 2009 A group that's challenging a state requirement that all health care workers in New York get vaccinated for swine flu said Thursday that it's seeking a federal injunction to halt nationwide distribution of the vaccine. "We are arguing this is a new drug and it must go through the proper testing for safety and efficacy,'' said attorney Jim , who wants to stop other states from following New York's lead in mandating vaccinations. > Poll: 7 of 10 MI voters don't plan swine flu shot 19 Oct 2009 About two-thirds of Michigan voters aren't planning to get the swine flu vaccine or are unsure, and a majority of parents gave the same responses about vaccinating their children,

according to a poll released Monday. The results from the survey by Lansing-based EPIC-MRA concern state health officials as they work to spread the word propaganda about risks and dispel myths about the 2009 H1N1 flu. > Glaxo seasonal flu vaccine approved for children 19 Oct 2009 GlaxoKline PLC said Monday the Food and Drug Administration approved the seasonal flu vaccine Fluarix for children. The drug had already been approved for adults. It is now also approved for children between the ages of 3 years and 17 years old. > School to Shut Down After Major Flu Outbreak --900 Students At St. East Call In Sick 20 Oct 2009 (IL) A suburban high school is shutting down after more than 900 students were out sick with flu-like symptoms on Tuesday, school officials said.St. East High School will be closed, starting Wednesday and won't re-open until Monday at the earliest. More than 700 students called in sick on Monday. The

school enrolls about 2,100 kids, meaning about 40 percent of the student body stayed home from class today. > July 4 swine flu outbreak shows pattern of virus --Tamiflu did not help any of the previously healthy young people get better any quicker. 20 Oct 2009 More than 100 new cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy got infected with swine flu at a July 4 barbecue and fireworks display but quick isolation measures got it under control within two weeks, researchers reported on Tuesday. The outbreak provided a unique opportunity to study the virus closely and Dr. Takacs Witkop and colleagues say they discovered some surprising things. > H1N1 flu strain found in Canadian turkey flock 20 Oct 2009 Turkeys in the Canadian province of Ontario have become infected with the H1N1 flu virus, but no birds or eggs from the farm entered the food supply, provincial government officials said on Tuesday. The infection poses minimal risk to human

health, Dr. Arlene King, Ontario's chief medical officer of health, said in a news conference in Toronto. > Harper: I "hunt" Democrats By Glenn Thrush 20 Oct 2009 Another dopey gun reference from a Republican using shooting Democrats as a metaphor, courtesy POLITICO's Anne Shroeder Mullins, who sat down with Republican Mississippi Rep. Gregg Harper. Anne: What in the world does the Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus do? Harper: We hunt liberal, tree-hugging Democrats, although it does seem like a waste of good ammunition. Hilarious. Especially in a state with a long, ugly history of political assassinations -- Medgar Evers, Chaney, Schwerner and Goodman. > House moves closer to healthcare public option 20 Oct 2009 Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives moved closer on Tuesday to agreeing on a broad healthcare reform plan that would include the most liberal version of a government-run public insurance option. House members

leaving an evening meeting with House Speaker Pelosi said a "robust" public option was gaining support, buoyed by preliminary estimates from budget analysts putting the cost of a bill with the option at less than President Barack Obama's $900 billion target. > Bankers set to pocket £6bn as bonuses soar by 50% 21 Oct 2009 City financiers will together pocket New Year bonuses of more than £6 billion - 50 per cent more than a year ago - as the rest of the country faces growing unemployment and public-service cutbacks, according to research published today. Seven-figure pay-outs will be among the bonuses awarded to many of the top financiers of the major banks and financial institutions this Christmas, following months of bumper profits. > Watchdog: Bailout Has Helped Wall St., But Infuriated Main St. --TARP Has Not Stopped Rising Unemployment and Home Foreclosures 21 Oct 2009 More than a year after its implementation, the $700

billion bailout program has proven to be a mixed bag of successes and failures, helping Wall Street but infuriating Main Street, a government watchdog says in a new report. In his new quarterly report to Congress released today, watchdog Neil Barofsky says the controversial bailout has helped lead to "significant signs of improvement in the stability of the financial system," but it has not yet stopped rising unemployment and home foreclosures. [We're not infuriated enough, though. That's the problem.] > As unemployment and poverty rise: Obama turns to the financial elite for campaign cash By Bill Van Auken 21 Oct 2009 Under conditions of growing unemployment and deepening social misery for working people throughout the US, President Barack Obama flew into New York City Tuesday to raise millions of dollars in campaign donations from America’s financial elite. He was expected to clear at least $3 million, largely from a Manhattan bash with

an entry fee of $30,400 per couple--the maximum contribution allowed by law. According to the Los Angeles Times, four of the seven co-chairs of the event and about a third of the guests come from the big banks and Wall Street. > Latest bank fee is for paying off credit card on time every month 20 Oct 2009 Starting next year, Bank of America will charge a small number of customers an annual fee, ranging from $29 to $99. The bank has characterized the fee as experimental. But card holders who have never carried a balance or paid late fees could be among those affected. Citigroup, meanwhile, has started charging annual fees to card holders who don't put more than a specific amount on their cards, typically $2,400 a year. > Obama's EPA cracks down, orders more tests for BP refinery --In last months of Bush's regime, agency approved project to upgrade and expand northwest Indiana BP site, one of the largest polluters in the Chicago area 20 Oct

2009 The Obama administration is cracking down on BP as the oil company overhauls its massive refinery in northwest Indiana, one of the largest sources of air pollution in the Chicago area. In response to a petition from environmental groups, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday ordered Indiana regulators to revamp a new operating permit for the Midwest's biggest refinery. The groups, along with elected officials in Illinois, contend Indiana had allowed the oil giant to avoid stringent requirements under the federal Clean Air Act. > FAA investigating 'balloon boy' incident 20 Oct 2009 The Federal Aviation Administration has opened an investigation into last week's "balloon boy" incident to determine if the experimental balloon's launch violated agency regulations. and Mayumi Heene of Fort , Colo., already face the possibility of criminal charges for the release of an experimental balloon from their backyard... The FAA

will investigate how it was informed of the balloon launch, how it responded to the incident and whether the launch violated FAA regulations that prohibit the release of large unmanned balloons that could interfere with other aircraft near airports, spokeswoman Brown said. > CLG needs your support. > http://www.legitgov .org/donate. html> Or, please mail a check or money order to CLG: > Citizens for Legitimate Government (CLG) > P.O. Box 1142 > Bristol, CT 06011-1142 > Contributions to CLG are not tax deductible> Previous lead stories: US, UK behind attack on Guards, claims Iran 19 Oct 2009 Iran's armed forces yesterday accused the United States and Britain of involvement in a suicide attack which killed five elite Revolutionary Guard leaders, the semi-official Iranian Fars News Agency reported. The military

headquarters blamed the bombing on "terrorists" backed by "the Great Satan America and its ally Britain". A statement added: "Not in the distant future we [iran] will take revenge," Fars said. > > Military Seeks $1.3 Billion For Construction Projects in Afghanistan 18 Oct 2009 While the Obama administration weighs whether to send additional troops to Afghanistan, the U.S. military is spending billions of dollars on construction projects to ensure the country's infrastructure can support American and coalition personnel in 2010 and years beyond. The military has already spent roughly $2.7 billion on construction over the past three fiscal years. Now, if its request is approved as part of the fiscal 2010 defense appropriations bill, it would spend another $1.3 billion on more than 100 projects at 40 sites across the country, according to a Senate report on the legislation. > 'The plan calls for different rules for some populations. '

Florida hospitals to implement 'death panels' in pandemic --The state has not yet publicized the guidelines or solicited input from the general public. 18 Oct 2009 Florida health officials are drawing up guidelines that recommend barring patients with incurable cancer, end-stage multiple sclerosis and other conditions from being admitted to hospitals if the state is overwhelmed by flu cases. The plan, which would guide Florida hospitals on how to ration scarce medical care during a severe flu outbreak, also calls for doctors to remove patients with poor prognoses from ventilators to treat those who have better chances of surviving. That decision would be made by the hospital... While it says those decisions are not to be made based on patients' perceived social worth or role, the plan calls for different rules for some populations. > Those who wish to be added to the list can go here: http://www.legitgov .org/#subscribe_ clg . If your email provider has marked this newsletter as spam, please mark it as 'not spam' and do not delete from a spam or 'junk' folder, as such actions trigger false spam complaints against the CLG. If you have any inquiries/issues with your subscription, please write: signup at legitgov dot org. > > > CLG Managing Editor: Lori Price. Copyright © 2009, Citizens For Legitimate Government ® All rights reserved.>

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