http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110111/ap_on_hi_te/af_tunisia_riots_4
And why did it start?
Over lack of a permit to sell fruits and vegetables to earn some money to take care of his own kids.
Micro management over how you can earn some money doesn't go over to well in times of a depression.
In the cruise ship brochures, Tunisia is a land of endless sandy beaches, warm Mediterranean waters, ancient ruins and welcoming bazaars.
But behind the postcard-perfect facade, legions of jobless youths who see no future are seething under the iron-fisted leadership of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, and worried fathers wonder how they will feed their families. Their despair over Tunisia's soaring unemployment and rising food prices has fueled more than three weeks of deadly riots, posing the most significant challenge yet to the 74-year-old leader who grabbed power 23 years ago in a bloodless coup.
The unrest began after Mohamed Bouazizi, a 26-year-old with a university degree, set himself on fire when police in the central town of Sidi Bouzid confiscated the fruits and vegetables he was selling without a permit. He later died in a hospital near Tunis, and his desperate act touched a nerve with educated, unemployed youths nationwide.
Unemployment in Tunisia is officially around 14 percent but is much higher in rural areas and among youths.
The death even sparked several copycat suicides — in the latest, an unemployed 23-year-old climbed an electric pylon Tuesday near Bouazizi's hometown and electrocuted himself, union official Mohamed Fadhel told the AP.
The unrest has hopscotched to towns around the country, concentrated in, but not limited to, regions less visible to the waves of European tourists who flock to Tunisia's beaches. Public buildings, schools, cars and even police stations have been attacked.
Ben Ali, whose portrait hangs in public offices across the country, has labeled the rioting "terrorist acts" controlled from abroad. On Monday, he ordered all high schools and universities, seen as hotbeds of activism, to shut down indefinitely.
Friday, January 14, 2011
Couple must have proper permit to continue feeding dozens each day
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7381016.html
Now you need a permit to do the right thing.
If I were homeless I'd take my chances on the state of the kitchen that was donating my meal.
Somethings are just wrong, and this ruling is one of them.
Some how I doubt the same rules applied in the last great depression.
Bobby and Amanda Herring spent more than a year providing food to homeless people in downtown Houston every day. They fed them, left behind no trash and doled out warm meals peacefully without a single crime being committed, Bobby Herring said.
That ended two weeks ago when the city shut down their "Feed a Friend" effort for lack of a permit. And city officials say the couple most likely will not be able to obtain one.
"We don't really know what they want, we just think that they don't want us down there feeding people," said Bobby Herring, a Christian rapper who goes by the stage name Tre9.
Anyone serving food for public consumption, whether for the homeless or for sale, must have a permit, said Kathy Barton, a spokeswoman for the Health and Human Services Department. To get that permit, the food must be prepared in a certified kitchen with a certified food manager.
The regulations are all the more essential in the case of the homeless, Barton said, because "poor people are the most vulnerable to foodborne illness and also are the least likely to have access to health care."
Now you need a permit to do the right thing.
If I were homeless I'd take my chances on the state of the kitchen that was donating my meal.
Somethings are just wrong, and this ruling is one of them.
Some how I doubt the same rules applied in the last great depression.
Bobby and Amanda Herring spent more than a year providing food to homeless people in downtown Houston every day. They fed them, left behind no trash and doled out warm meals peacefully without a single crime being committed, Bobby Herring said.
That ended two weeks ago when the city shut down their "Feed a Friend" effort for lack of a permit. And city officials say the couple most likely will not be able to obtain one.
"We don't really know what they want, we just think that they don't want us down there feeding people," said Bobby Herring, a Christian rapper who goes by the stage name Tre9.
Anyone serving food for public consumption, whether for the homeless or for sale, must have a permit, said Kathy Barton, a spokeswoman for the Health and Human Services Department. To get that permit, the food must be prepared in a certified kitchen with a certified food manager.
The regulations are all the more essential in the case of the homeless, Barton said, because "poor people are the most vulnerable to foodborne illness and also are the least likely to have access to health care."
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Deptartment of Homeland Security advises members of Congress on dealing with an "active shooter"
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/nov05election/detail?entry_id=80687#ixzz1AzA6Ql4k
Does anybody else have a problem with this advice?
Jump up and down and draw attention to yourself to make sure you get shot.
Yeah that makes alot of sense to me.
And how much do we alot these icons of inscrutability within the federal budget?
What ever it is, it's to much that's for damned sure.
Active shooter situations develop so quickly without warning and commonly last less than 15 minutes so individuals "must be prepared both mentally and physically to deal with an active shooter situation" before law enforcement arrives, DHS says.
To take action against a shooter as a last resort and "only when your life is in imminent danger," DHS advises members of Congress and congressional staff to "attempt to disrupt and/or incapacitate the active shooter by acting as aggressively as possible, throwing items and improvising weapons, yelling and "committing to your actions."
Does anybody else have a problem with this advice?
Jump up and down and draw attention to yourself to make sure you get shot.
Yeah that makes alot of sense to me.
And how much do we alot these icons of inscrutability within the federal budget?
What ever it is, it's to much that's for damned sure.
Active shooter situations develop so quickly without warning and commonly last less than 15 minutes so individuals "must be prepared both mentally and physically to deal with an active shooter situation" before law enforcement arrives, DHS says.
To take action against a shooter as a last resort and "only when your life is in imminent danger," DHS advises members of Congress and congressional staff to "attempt to disrupt and/or incapacitate the active shooter by acting as aggressively as possible, throwing items and improvising weapons, yelling and "committing to your actions."
Police turn to drones for domestic surveillance
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/surveillance/2011-01-13-drones_N.htm
Lol the Vets are pushing for the use of drones by the police departments.
And the DoJ is trying to speed up the process to make it happen.
Lol the Vets are pushing for the use of drones by the police departments.
And the DoJ is trying to speed up the process to make it happen.
Police agencies around the USA soon could have a new tool in their crime-fighting arsenal: unmanned aerial vehicles inspired by the success of such drones on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan.One of the chief obstacles to widespread use of UAVs is their inability to "see and avoid" other aircraft as required by federal regulations, a key to flight safety. Davis says he believes operators on the ground can comply with federal rules if they can see the aircraft and the surrounding environment. Wesley Randall, principal investigator on an FAA grant awarded last year to researchers at Auburn University to study the risks associated with unmanned aircraft, predicts drones will be used by police departments in five to 10 years. Randall predicts that much larger unmanned aircraft will be used to transport cargo within 15-20 years.
Local governments have been pressing the Federal Aviation Administration for wider use of unmanned aircraft — a demand driven largely by returning veterans who observed the crafts' effectiveness in war, according to experts at New Mexico State University and Auburn University.Police could use the smaller planes to find lost children, hunt illegal marijuana crops and ease traffic jams in evacuations of cities before hurricanes or other natural disasters.
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Florida’s Killer Presentation on Foreclosure Fraud
http://news.firedoglake.com/2011/01/06/floridas-killer-presentation-on-foreclosure-fraud/
If you do nothing else today find the time to flip through the Florida AG's slide presentation and see for yourself why the foreclosure fraud is being made such a big deal of.
Foreclosure is running unchecked, across this country and all the banks used the same system, which is the one the Florida AG has outlined here for you.
I seriously doubt that another foreclosure can legally take place anywhere in this country unless the note was procured after "the light of reason" showed just how illegal the banking foreclosure procedures where.
Ladies and gentleman , this country has been systematically raped and robbed by it's own investment banking elite, who not only knew better, but they personally designed the system in which to do it in.
It's time that their wings were clipped and cuffed, and that they be instituationalized like the jail birds they should be.
There is no more turning a blind eye to the elite, it's now time to place them under the heat of the magnifiying glass under the full glare of the sun.
I’ve mentioned this report from the Florida Attorney General’s office twice now, but I thought I’d highlight it again, because it makes the issues in foreclosure fraud so completely clear. The report consists of 98 slides, laying out the specific activities of mortgage servicers, foreclosure mills and the parent company banks to swindle homeowners and pursue illegal foreclosures with fraudulent documents. It’s a full pictorial history of the past decade in the mortgage industry, complete with actual shots of improper mortgage assignments. They show the same name of a bank officer being written four different ways, clearly forged. They show stamps from notarizations that expired after before they were used to certify foreclosure documents.
I don’t have a copy of the script that goes along with this presentation, but the slides make it very clear. In slide 7, you see the text “The History of Mortgages in America: Banks used to take the original note and mortgage and secure it in a vault.” That simple line shows how radical a change we’ve seen in the past decade, where notes are traded like bubble-gum cards, routinely lost or not conveyed properly at all, and then mocked up and forged after the fact. Slide 14: “Keep in mind these are some of the largest banks in the country… losing ownership paperwork!”
Starting with Slide 15, the presentation explains why the assignments of mortgages used in foreclosure cases are completely invalid, leading to an ineligibility to foreclose, and total chaos
If you do nothing else today find the time to flip through the Florida AG's slide presentation and see for yourself why the foreclosure fraud is being made such a big deal of.
Foreclosure is running unchecked, across this country and all the banks used the same system, which is the one the Florida AG has outlined here for you.
I seriously doubt that another foreclosure can legally take place anywhere in this country unless the note was procured after "the light of reason" showed just how illegal the banking foreclosure procedures where.
Ladies and gentleman , this country has been systematically raped and robbed by it's own investment banking elite, who not only knew better, but they personally designed the system in which to do it in.
It's time that their wings were clipped and cuffed, and that they be instituationalized like the jail birds they should be.
There is no more turning a blind eye to the elite, it's now time to place them under the heat of the magnifiying glass under the full glare of the sun.
I’ve mentioned this report from the Florida Attorney General’s office twice now, but I thought I’d highlight it again, because it makes the issues in foreclosure fraud so completely clear. The report consists of 98 slides, laying out the specific activities of mortgage servicers, foreclosure mills and the parent company banks to swindle homeowners and pursue illegal foreclosures with fraudulent documents. It’s a full pictorial history of the past decade in the mortgage industry, complete with actual shots of improper mortgage assignments. They show the same name of a bank officer being written four different ways, clearly forged. They show stamps from notarizations that expired after before they were used to certify foreclosure documents.
I don’t have a copy of the script that goes along with this presentation, but the slides make it very clear. In slide 7, you see the text “The History of Mortgages in America: Banks used to take the original note and mortgage and secure it in a vault.” That simple line shows how radical a change we’ve seen in the past decade, where notes are traded like bubble-gum cards, routinely lost or not conveyed properly at all, and then mocked up and forged after the fact. Slide 14: “Keep in mind these are some of the largest banks in the country… losing ownership paperwork!”
Starting with Slide 15, the presentation explains why the assignments of mortgages used in foreclosure cases are completely invalid, leading to an ineligibility to foreclose, and total chaos
Friday, January 7, 2011
HOMELAND SECURITY HASN'T MADE US SAFER
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/01/02/unconventional_wisdom?page=0%2C2
Is Homeland Security just like the Federal Reserve?
A private money making independant, whose position has some serious conflicts of interest going on as to what's best for this country.
Chertoff and the naked body scanners makes for an undeniable fact.
He was the head of DHS before Janet and he pitched the point of the scanners and was rewarded handsomely through the benifits of stock ownership in two of the companies that were awarded the contracts.
Who is giving the states the required money that they receive every year to spend on Homeland Security?
Something stinks
Is DHS A Private, Offshore Corporation Also?
http://www.rense.com/general92/dhsprv.htm
But what about the Department of Homeland Security is it too a rogue agency in our midst and out of our control?
There are over 70 DHS Fusion Centers in the U.S. that the spokesman in the Denver center says "are all managed separately."
Additionally, there a at least that many identifiable Private Military Companies (PMCs) operating in the U.S.
If the Fusion Centers are all managed separately, and the Federal Government is not managing or overseeing these operations, then who is?
And who is managing and overseeing the private military companies? And who is funding them? And to what end?
Can we look at the Fusion Centers that are militarizing law enforcement in the U.S., and the PMCs that are recruiting, training and weaponizing mercenaries, as part of an offshore private corporation similar to the Federal Reserve as another Trojan horse in our midst?
The fact that Private Military Companies are under the protection of the Dept. of Homeland Security was made clear in the situation that took place in Sept, 2009 in Hardin, Montana that only received public attention through the efforts of the truth movement
Is Homeland Security just like the Federal Reserve?
A private money making independant, whose position has some serious conflicts of interest going on as to what's best for this country.
Chertoff and the naked body scanners makes for an undeniable fact.
He was the head of DHS before Janet and he pitched the point of the scanners and was rewarded handsomely through the benifits of stock ownership in two of the companies that were awarded the contracts.
Who is giving the states the required money that they receive every year to spend on Homeland Security?
Something stinks
Hardly anyone has seriously scrutinized either the priorities or the spending patterns of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its junior partner, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), since their hurried creation in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. Sure, they get criticized plenty. But year in, year out, they continue to grow faster and cost more -- presumably because Americans think they are being protected from terrorism by all that spending. Yet there is no evidence whatsoever that the agencies are making Americans any safer.
DHS serves only one clear purpose: to provide unimaginable bonanzas for favored congressional districts around the United States, most of which face no statistically significant security threat at all. One thinks of the $436,504 that the Blackfeet Nation of Montana received in fiscal 2010 "to help strengthen the nation against risks associated with potential terrorist attacks"; the $1,000,000 that the village of Poynette, Wisconsin (pop. 2,266) received in fiscal 2009 for an "emergency operations center"; or the $67,000 worth of surveillance equipment purchased by Marin County, California, and discovered, still in its original packaging, four years later. And indeed, every U.S. state, no matter how landlocked or underpopulated, receives, by law, a fixed percentage of homeland security spending every year.
Is DHS A Private, Offshore Corporation Also?
http://www.rense.com/general92/dhsprv.htm
But what about the Department of Homeland Security is it too a rogue agency in our midst and out of our control?
There are over 70 DHS Fusion Centers in the U.S. that the spokesman in the Denver center says "are all managed separately."
Additionally, there a at least that many identifiable Private Military Companies (PMCs) operating in the U.S.
If the Fusion Centers are all managed separately, and the Federal Government is not managing or overseeing these operations, then who is?
And who is managing and overseeing the private military companies? And who is funding them? And to what end?
Can we look at the Fusion Centers that are militarizing law enforcement in the U.S., and the PMCs that are recruiting, training and weaponizing mercenaries, as part of an offshore private corporation similar to the Federal Reserve as another Trojan horse in our midst?
The fact that Private Military Companies are under the protection of the Dept. of Homeland Security was made clear in the situation that took place in Sept, 2009 in Hardin, Montana that only received public attention through the efforts of the truth movement
US Says Too Much Fluoride Causing Splotchy Teeth
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory?id=12562835
Fluoride causes brittle bones after years of intake and there is actually going to be a debate over whether it should be taken out of the drinking water?
Dentists don't want it in there and no it's not because they'd like more business from the cavity count.
Fluoride is pitting and staining your child's teeth.
My child's teeth look like that. The worse part is I helped them become that way. I'd fuss and make her brush them again because of the brown staining. I though she was just being lazy about cleaning them.
Fail! As she would say.
The epidemic of brittle bone disease now makes a tad more sense doesn't it.
I don't remember back in my grandparents day so many hips being broken,people where definitely much more hardy, and know I understand why.
They weren't taking in fluoride.
In a remarkable turnabout, federal health officials say many Americans are now getting too much fluoride because of its presence not just in drinking water but in toothpaste, mouthwash and other products, and it's causing splotches on children's teeth and perhaps more serious problems.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced plans Friday to lower the recommended level of fluoride in drinking water for the first time in nearly 50 years, based on a fresh review of the science.
Fluoride causes brittle bones after years of intake and there is actually going to be a debate over whether it should be taken out of the drinking water?
Dentists don't want it in there and no it's not because they'd like more business from the cavity count.
Fluoride is pitting and staining your child's teeth.
My child's teeth look like that. The worse part is I helped them become that way. I'd fuss and make her brush them again because of the brown staining. I though she was just being lazy about cleaning them.
Fail! As she would say.
The epidemic of brittle bone disease now makes a tad more sense doesn't it.
I don't remember back in my grandparents day so many hips being broken,people where definitely much more hardy, and know I understand why.
They weren't taking in fluoride.
In a remarkable turnabout, federal health officials say many Americans are now getting too much fluoride because of its presence not just in drinking water but in toothpaste, mouthwash and other products, and it's causing splotches on children's teeth and perhaps more serious problems.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced plans Friday to lower the recommended level of fluoride in drinking water for the first time in nearly 50 years, based on a fresh review of the science.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Drone may be coming to Miami-Dade
http://www.wsvn.com/news/articles/local/21003198189967/
Oh the sickness of it all and how easily it seems to spread.
The toys of war shall now be sanctioned for use on it's own citizens, brought to you as well as bought by you, and paid for by yet another grant from the United States, who is so god damned broke that little Timmy had to ask for another higher credit limit again today.
Hey lets ask Pakistan or Afghanistan or Iraq how great it is to have drones flying over your head. They not only take picture they kill people to. They can tell us all first hand the mistake ratio, I hear it pretty high.
A new piece of technology may soon be coming to South Florida, but is already raising concerns from residents.
The Miami-Dade Police Department recently finalized a deal to buy a drone, which is an unmanned plane equipped with cameras. Drones have been used for years in Iraq and Afghanistan in the war against terror.
Many residents are concerned that the new technology will violate their privacy.
Oh the sickness of it all and how easily it seems to spread.
The toys of war shall now be sanctioned for use on it's own citizens, brought to you as well as bought by you, and paid for by yet another grant from the United States, who is so god damned broke that little Timmy had to ask for another higher credit limit again today.
Hey lets ask Pakistan or Afghanistan or Iraq how great it is to have drones flying over your head. They not only take picture they kill people to. They can tell us all first hand the mistake ratio, I hear it pretty high.
A new piece of technology may soon be coming to South Florida, but is already raising concerns from residents.
The Miami-Dade Police Department recently finalized a deal to buy a drone, which is an unmanned plane equipped with cameras. Drones have been used for years in Iraq and Afghanistan in the war against terror.
Many residents are concerned that the new technology will violate their privacy.
Monday, January 3, 2011
Dodd Gets a Pass from Senate Ethics Committee on Corrupt Real Estate Deal
http://biggovernment.com/tfitton/2011/01/03/dodd-gets-a-pass-from-senate-ethics-committee-on-corrupt-real-estate-deal/
Yes this is the same Chris Dodd that was responsible for heading up Banking financial reform and we all know whose favor that got worked out for now don't we.
Most Americans, I’m certain, would say it is highly unethical (and potentially criminal) for a U.S. Senator to cut a deal to help out a convict in exchange for cash and favors, and then lie on official financial disclosure forms to cover up the scandal. But not according to the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics (or the Senate Ethics Committee, as it is commonly known).
Yes this is the same Chris Dodd that was responsible for heading up Banking financial reform and we all know whose favor that got worked out for now don't we.
Most Americans, I’m certain, would say it is highly unethical (and potentially criminal) for a U.S. Senator to cut a deal to help out a convict in exchange for cash and favors, and then lie on official financial disclosure forms to cover up the scandal. But not according to the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics (or the Senate Ethics Committee, as it is commonly known).
Nearly 3,000 Dead Birds Fall From Arkansas Sky
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/01/02/dead-birds-fall-ark-sky/?intcmp=prn_baynote-js_More_Than_1000_Dead_Birds_Fall_From_Arkansas_Sky
Blood clots?
Are we looking at a case of government testing here?
H.A.A.R.P perhaps
Electromagnetic scalar weapons that can artificially manipulate the environment? The birds that were seen while still alive, after the incident, were walking around in circles.
Wildlife experts are trying to solve an apocalyptic-type mystery: Why did nearly 3,000 red-winged blackbirds tumble from the Arkansas sky on New Year's Eve?
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission spokesman Keith Stephens says the birds fell in an area about a mile long and a half-mile wide (1 1/2 kilometers long and 800 meters wide). The Commission said Saturday that it began receiving reports about the dead birds about 11:30 p.m. the previous night.
The birds fell over a 1-mile (2-kilometer) area, and an aerial survey indicated that no other dead birds were found outside of that area
Falling birds likely died from massive trauma
http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/01/03/arkansas.falling.birds/index.html?hpt=T2
Keith Stephens, a spokesman for the commission, said the birds showed evidence of trauma in the breast tissue, with blood clots in the body cavity and a lot of internal bleeding. All major organs were normal.
He cited a preliminary report conducted by the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission.
"Further tests will be done to rule out other causes, but the birds suffered from acute physical trauma leading to internal hemorrhage and death. There was no sign of any chronic or infectious disease," the report said, according to the game and fish commission.
As of Saturday, between 4,000 and 5,000 birds had been found dead, said Stephens.
Blood clots?
Are we looking at a case of government testing here?
H.A.A.R.P perhaps
Electromagnetic scalar weapons that can artificially manipulate the environment? The birds that were seen while still alive, after the incident, were walking around in circles.
Wildlife experts are trying to solve an apocalyptic-type mystery: Why did nearly 3,000 red-winged blackbirds tumble from the Arkansas sky on New Year's Eve?
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission spokesman Keith Stephens says the birds fell in an area about a mile long and a half-mile wide (1 1/2 kilometers long and 800 meters wide). The Commission said Saturday that it began receiving reports about the dead birds about 11:30 p.m. the previous night.
The birds fell over a 1-mile (2-kilometer) area, and an aerial survey indicated that no other dead birds were found outside of that area
Falling birds likely died from massive trauma
http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/01/03/arkansas.falling.birds/index.html?hpt=T2
Keith Stephens, a spokesman for the commission, said the birds showed evidence of trauma in the breast tissue, with blood clots in the body cavity and a lot of internal bleeding. All major organs were normal.
He cited a preliminary report conducted by the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission.
"Further tests will be done to rule out other causes, but the birds suffered from acute physical trauma leading to internal hemorrhage and death. There was no sign of any chronic or infectious disease," the report said, according to the game and fish commission.
As of Saturday, between 4,000 and 5,000 birds had been found dead, said Stephens.
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