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Andrew Breitbart's Coroner Poisoned To Death?

http://www.latimes.com/videogallery/696 ... sa-reports" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Medical examiners in Los Angeles are investigating the possible poisoning death of one of their own officials who may have worked on the case of Andrew Breitbart, the conservative firebrand who died March 1, the same day Sheriff Joe Arpaio announced probable cause for forgery in President Obama’s birth certificate.

Michael Cormier, a respected forensic technician for the Los Angeles County Coroner died under suspicious circumstances at his North Hollywood home April 20, the same day Breitbart’s cause of death was finally made public.

“There are mysterious circumstances surrounding his death,” said Elizabeth Espinosa, a news reporter for KTLA-TV. “We’re told detectives are looking into the possibility that he was poisoned by arsenic.”

Help Sheriff Joe blow the lid off Obama’s fraud. Join the Cold Case Posse right now!

Cormier, 61, had been rushed to Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank after complaining of pain and vomiting.

“He was transported there early in the morning, and passed away late at night,” Ed Winter, assistant chief of operations and Cormier’s colleague at the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner, told KTLA. “It affects everybody when you lose a co-worker, but we’ll proceed and do our job and try to figure out why Michael died.”

The hospital then notified Los Angeles Police about Cormier’s death.

“At this point we haven’t ruled out foul play,” police Lt. Alan Hamilton told the Los Angeles Times. “It is one of the things being considered. We are waiting for the coroner’s results.”

Toxicology results are not expected for five to six weeks.

Sources told the Times several hazardous materials experts and officers searched Cormier’s home in search of what may have caused his sudden demise.

http://beforeitsnews.com/story/2076/798 ... Death.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[John Michael Kane]

Moscow swelters in record heat
http://phys.org/news/2012-04-moscow-swelters.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Bobby Lee Swagger]

A rare EF-1 tornado with 73 - 112 mph winds (117 - 180 kph) hit Toulouse, France on Sunday, causing minor damage that included collapsed walls, uprooted trees, and cars moved out of place.

A European heat wave of unparalleled intensity for so early in the year smashed all-time April heat records over much of Central and Eastern Europe on Saturday and Sunday. According to wunderground's weather historian Christopher C. Burt, and weather records researcher Maximiliano Herrera, new national April heat records were set in Belarus, Germany, Austria, and Poland, and hundreds of stations in Germany, Austria, France, Italy, Hungary, Moldova, Romania, Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Russia recorded their hottest April temperatures on record. Moscow hit 28.6°C (84°F) on Sunday, the hottest April reading in the city since record keeping began 130 years ago. The culprit for the heat wave and French tornado is a large low pressure system off the coast of France whose counter-clockwise flow has been pumping hot air from the Sahara Desert northwards into Europe. The low is expected to continue to bring unusually hot weather to most of Central and Eastern Europe for the remainder of the week.

http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMa ... rynum=2084" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Mt Lokon erupts again
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012 ... again.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Colombia’s Nevado del Ruiz emits 2000 meter high steam cloud
http://www.rcnradio.com/noticias/editor ... -en-151954" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Local charity provides clean water in flood-ravaged Peru
http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/char ... id=4065764" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Heavy Rains Flood Peru and Colombia
http://english.ntdtv.com/ntdtv_en/news_ ... ombia.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Infection claims lives in record Peru flood
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/ar ... d=10802071" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Amazon River Level in Iquitos
http://www.dhn.mil.pe/app/menu/servicio ... /index.asp" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The biggest full moon of the year is due to arrive this weekend.
http://www.space.com/15474-supermoon-fu ... -2012.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Sun may soon have four poles, say researchers
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_new ... 1204200075" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Monkeys Get Autism-like Reactions to MMR & Other Vaccines In University of Pittsburgh Vaccine Study
http://vactruth.com/2012/04/29/monkeys-get-autism/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Fukushima on Steroids
http://blog.imva.info/world-affairs/fukushima-steroids" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

What Is Money, How Is It Created, And What Are The Consequences?
http://www.disinfo.com/2012/05/what-is- ... rmation%29" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

There seems to be a divergent amount of information flowing out of the California economy. The headlines seem to indicate stabilization for the economy yet tax receipts are well below estimates and the unemployment rate is back to 11 percent. Over 38,000+ properties have a notice of default filed, are scheduled for auction, or are bank owned in LA County. Since people seem to think that these are only broken down fixer uppers with small mortgages, I decided to run a query on those 38,000 homes. How many have loan balances above $400,000? Try 16,000+. How many have loan balances above $500,000? Try 9,000+.

http://www.doctorhousingbubble.com/cali ... e+SoCal%29" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Illinois Borrowing Costs Rise by 22.5%, Expect Conditions to Worsen; Sideline Cash Nonsense From Nuveen

Pray tell where is that cash that Spaulding speaks of? Certainly corporations like Apple have a lot of it, but most of that alleged "cash" is nothing but debt on the balance sheets of corporations. Sorry Tom, but counting cash that is spoken for is simply wrong.

There is also $1.5 trillion of excess reserves at the Fed. However, those reserves, have an associated liability as well. Even if that was not the case there would be a problem of duration match. Do investors want to load up on Illinois debt at 1.85% for 10 years.

http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot. ... nalysis%29" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Credit card lending and home equity lines of credit cut by big banks in the first quarter
http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2012/05/ ... ?iid=HP_LN" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Deflation.

The cascading waves of debt implosion – 5 charts looking at debt leverage, velocity of money, and contagion impacts from the European crisis
http://www.mybudget360.com/cascading-wa ... -reserves/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

If you have the bad luck to find yourself taking a trip to a hospital in Minnesota, Michigan or Utah in the near future, be on the lookout for debt collectors from Accretive Health posing as hospital employees, accessing your private medical records and trying to get at your wallet while simulatenously discouraging you from taking on any additional medical treatment, regardless of whether you may actually need it to oh, say, save your life. Private collection companies like Accretive and their practices represent the quintessence of debts, legitimate or otherwise, endangering one's physical health.
http://theautomaticearth.org/Finance/da ... ctors.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Citibank, Discover Bank and The Student Loan Corporation are tricking former students into believing that their monthly payments have been cut when in fact only the payment toward principal has been lowered, generating greater interest income for the banks over the longer life of the loan, according to a federal class action.
http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/04/30/46070.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Japan's nominal GDP contracted 8 percent in the four years to the third quarter of 2011, and six percentage points of that was due to deflation. Without increased government expenditure, the contraction will be one percentage point more. Japan has not seen this kind of sustained deflation since the 1930s.

Japan is on an unsustainable path of a strong yen and deflation. The unprofitability of Japan's major exporters and emerging trade deficits suggest that the end of this path is in sight. The transition from a strong to weak yen will likely be abrupt, involving a sudden and big devaluation of 30 to 40 percent. It will be a big shock to Japan's neighbors and its distant competitors like Germany. The yen's devaluation in 1996 was a main factor in triggering the Asian Financial Crisis. Japan's neighbors must have a strong banking system to withstand a bigger devaluation of the yen.

http://www.worldpolicy.org/blog/2012/04 ... -reckoning" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Japanese ghost ship shows up off Canadian coast
http://fukushimaupdate.com/japanese-gho ... ian-coast/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

A weapons expert who worked with Dr David Kelly at the Government’s secret chemical warfare laboratory has been found dead in an apparent suicide.

In circumstances strongly reminiscent of Dr Kelly’s own mysterious death nine years ago, the body of Dr Richard Holmes was discovered in a field four miles from the Porton Down defence establishment in Wiltshire. It is not yet known how he died.

Mr Holmes, 48, had gone missing two days earlier after telling his wife he was going out for a walk – just as Dr Kelly did before he was found dead at an Oxfordshire beauty spot in July 2003.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... Kelly.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Iran Nuclear Power Plant Works at Near Full Capacity, IRNA Says
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-3 ... -says.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The United States has deployed sophisticated F-22 fighter jets to the United Arab Emirates amid deepening tensions between Iran and its pro-US neighbors, officials said Monday.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/us-deploys-f-2 ... 54971.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

David Cenciotti tapped the aircraft spotter universe and realized that the F-22s that are in the Middle East are, based on their tail numbers Block 30 F-22s; meaning the birds aren’t equipped with the gear to perform air to ground attacks. If true, it punches a hole in the theory that the planes would be used to help kick in Iran’s front door.
http://defensetech.org/2012/04/30/f-22s ... se-really/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Beijing is pinning hopes on finalizing a trillion-dollar natural gas deal with Russia in the near future.
http://indrus.in/articles/2012/04/27/ch ... 15624.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[John Michael Kane]

Aspartame Approval History
http://www.janethull.com/newsletter/041 ... tory_1.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Jason]

Episode 218: The Power of Worms
http://www.growingagreenerworld.com/episode218/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Bobby Lee Swagger]

As the US beefs up its military presence in the Persian Gulf region, Pentagon strategists estimate that they would need less than a month to defeat Iranian forces should a military conflict take place. US Central Command (CENTCOM) believes it can destroy or significantly degrade Iran's conventional armed forces in about three weeks using air and sea strikes, a defense source told The Washington Post.
http://rt.com/news/us-military-presence-iran-419/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

(Reuters) - Saudi Arabia repeated on Wednesday that it would not tolerate threats to the Gulf Arab states' sovereignty, the latest warning to Iran after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit to an island claimed by both Tehran and the United Arab Emirates
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/ ... AF20120502" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Wells Fargo’s Market Share of U.S. Mortgages Tops 33%
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-0 ... s-33-.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The purchaser of Wachovia which was laundering several hundred billion of Mexican drug cartel money....whistleblower fired....moved under Wells Fargo banner.

Factory Orders Post Biggest Decline in Three Years
http://www.cnbc.com/id/47262178" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Fidelity Loses Nearly Half A Billion On Green Mountain Implosion
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/fidelity- ... -implosion" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[BroJones]

Two L.A. doctors among 108 arrested in Medicare fraud crackdown
May 2, 2012 | 1:19 pm


Eight individuals in Los Angeles, including two doctors, were among scores of healthcare providers charged Wednesday as part of a national crackdown on Medicare fraud.

The sweep of arrests in seven major cities, where some $455 million was alleged to have been fraudulently billed to Medicare, marked the highest amount of false claims pursued in a single raid in the history of a federal strike force convened to combat rising fraud in the medical industry.

All told, 108 doctors, nurses and other healthcare providers from around the nation were charged. In Los Angeles, authorities said defendants had filed $20 million in false claims.

Bolademi Adetola, owner of the Latay Medical Services company in Gardena, was charged with billing Medicare for power wheelchairs that never were purchased. The Greatcare Home Health group allegedly paid “kickbacks” to recruiters to find “patients” who were in good health, and then arranged to have doctors knowingly write phony prescriptions for them.

In addition, Dr. Augustus Ohemeng and Dr. George Tarryk were among four individuals connected with a Southern California medical care group that authorities say billed Medicare for feeding tubes for patients who did not need them.

Of the 108 charged, 87 were arrested Wednesday. Federal agents were either still looking for the other 21 or were expecting them to voluntarily surrender.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2 ... fraud.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Bobby Lee Swagger]

What does the weather mean for Russian agriculture? The result is disappointing for agriculture: grain output has been falling 25-30 percent a year against a backdrop of rising production costs.
http://indrus.in/articles/2012/03/29/wh ... 15200.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The 86 million invisible unemployed
http://money.cnn.com/2012/05/03/news/ec ... ?iid=HP_LN" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Unmasked: Meet The FBI's Bridge Bomb Plot Snitch
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/ ... zir-756123" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Guantánamo Bay contractor on shortlist to run UK police services - US firm KBR, which helped build detention camp, among consortiums bidding to run police services in West Midlands and Surrey
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/may/0 ... sfeed=true" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

In a shocking development in the Operation Fast and Furious investigation, documents show Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents allowed grenade parts to walk in addition to guns.
http://dailycaller.com/2012/04/26/obama ... ents-show/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


Flashback:

[Zkulptor]

A rare EF-1 tornado with 73 - 112 mph winds (117 - 180 kph) hit Toulouse, France on Sunday, causing minor damage that included collapsed walls, uprooted trees, and cars moved out of place.

A European heat wave of unparalleled intensity for so early in the year smashed all-time April heat records over much of Central and Eastern Europe on Saturday and Sunday. According to wunderground's weather historian Christopher C. Burt, and weather records researcher Maximiliano Herrera, new national April heat records were set in Belarus, Germany, Austria, and Poland, and hundreds of stations in Germany, Austria, France, Italy, Hungary, Moldova, Romania, Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Russia recorded their hottest April temperatures on record. Moscow hit 28.6°C (84°F) on Sunday, the hottest April reading in the city since record keeping began 130 years ago. The culprit for the heat wave and French tornado is a large low pressure system off the coast of France whose counter-clockwise flow has been pumping hot air from the Sahara Desert northwards into Europe. The low is expected to continue to bring unusually hot weather to most of Central and Eastern Europe for the remainder of the week.

http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMa ... rynum=2084" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Mt Lokon erupts again
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012 ... again.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Colombia’s Nevado del Ruiz emits 2000 meter high steam cloud
http://www.rcnradio.com/noticias/editor ... -en-151954" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Local charity provides clean water in flood-ravaged Peru
http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/char ... id=4065764" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Heavy Rains Flood Peru and Colombia
http://english.ntdtv.com/ntdtv_en/news_ ... ombia.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Infection claims lives in record Peru flood
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/ar ... d=10802071" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Amazon River Level in Iquitos
http://www.dhn.mil.pe/app/menu/servicio ... /index.asp" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The biggest full moon of the year is due to arrive this weekend.
http://www.space.com/15474-supermoon-fu ... -2012.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Sun may soon have four poles, say researchers
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_new ... 1204200075" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Monkeys Get Autism-like Reactions to MMR & Other Vaccines In University of Pittsburgh Vaccine Study
http://vactruth.com/2012/04/29/monkeys-get-autism/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Fukushima on Steroids
http://blog.imva.info/world-affairs/fukushima-steroids" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

What Is Money, How Is It Created, And What Are The Consequences?
http://www.disinfo.com/2012/05/what-is- ... rmation%29" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

There seems to be a divergent amount of information flowing out of the California economy. The headlines seem to indicate stabilization for the economy yet tax receipts are well below estimates and the unemployment rate is back to 11 percent. Over 38,000+ properties have a notice of default filed, are scheduled for auction, or are bank owned in LA County. Since people seem to think that these are only broken down fixer uppers with small mortgages, I decided to run a query on those 38,000 homes. How many have loan balances above $400,000? Try 16,000+. How many have loan balances above $500,000? Try 9,000+.

http://www.doctorhousingbubble.com/cali ... e+SoCal%29" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Illinois Borrowing Costs Rise by 22.5%, Expect Conditions to Worsen; Sideline Cash Nonsense From Nuveen

Pray tell where is that cash that Spaulding speaks of? Certainly corporations like Apple have a lot of it, but most of that alleged "cash" is nothing but debt on the balance sheets of corporations. Sorry Tom, but counting cash that is spoken for is simply wrong.

There is also $1.5 trillion of excess reserves at the Fed. However, those reserves, have an associated liability as well. Even if that was not the case there would be a problem of duration match. Do investors want to load up on Illinois debt at 1.85% for 10 years.

http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot. ... nalysis%29" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Credit card lending and home equity lines of credit cut by big banks in the first quarter
http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2012/05/ ... ?iid=HP_LN" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Deflation.

The cascading waves of debt implosion – 5 charts looking at debt leverage, velocity of money, and contagion impacts from the European crisis
http://www.mybudget360.com/cascading-wa ... -reserves/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

If you have the bad luck to find yourself taking a trip to a hospital in Minnesota, Michigan or Utah in the near future, be on the lookout for debt collectors from Accretive Health posing as hospital employees, accessing your private medical records and trying to get at your wallet while simulatenously discouraging you from taking on any additional medical treatment, regardless of whether you may actually need it to oh, say, save your life. Private collection companies like Accretive and their practices represent the quintessence of debts, legitimate or otherwise, endangering one's physical health.
http://theautomaticearth.org/Finance/da ... ctors.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Citibank, Discover Bank and The Student Loan Corporation are tricking former students into believing that their monthly payments have been cut when in fact only the payment toward principal has been lowered, generating greater interest income for the banks over the longer life of the loan, according to a federal class action.
http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/04/30/46070.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Japan's nominal GDP contracted 8 percent in the four years to the third quarter of 2011, and six percentage points of that was due to deflation. Without increased government expenditure, the contraction will be one percentage point more. Japan has not seen this kind of sustained deflation since the 1930s.

Japan is on an unsustainable path of a strong yen and deflation. The unprofitability of Japan's major exporters and emerging trade deficits suggest that the end of this path is in sight. The transition from a strong to weak yen will likely be abrupt, involving a sudden and big devaluation of 30 to 40 percent. It will be a big shock to Japan's neighbors and its distant competitors like Germany. The yen's devaluation in 1996 was a main factor in triggering the Asian Financial Crisis. Japan's neighbors must have a strong banking system to withstand a bigger devaluation of the yen.

http://www.worldpolicy.org/blog/2012/04 ... -reckoning" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Japanese ghost ship shows up off Canadian coast
http://fukushimaupdate.com/japanese-gho ... ian-coast/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

A weapons expert who worked with Dr David Kelly at the Government’s secret chemical warfare laboratory has been found dead in an apparent suicide.

In circumstances strongly reminiscent of Dr Kelly’s own mysterious death nine years ago, the body of Dr Richard Holmes was discovered in a field four miles from the Porton Down defence establishment in Wiltshire. It is not yet known how he died.

Mr Holmes, 48, had gone missing two days earlier after telling his wife he was going out for a walk – just as Dr Kelly did before he was found dead at an Oxfordshire beauty spot in July 2003.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... Kelly.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Iran Nuclear Power Plant Works at Near Full Capacity, IRNA Says
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-3 ... -says.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The United States has deployed sophisticated F-22 fighter jets to the United Arab Emirates amid deepening tensions between Iran and its pro-US neighbors, officials said Monday.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/us-deploys-f-2 ... 54971.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

David Cenciotti tapped the aircraft spotter universe and realized that the F-22s that are in the Middle East are, based on their tail numbers Block 30 F-22s; meaning the birds aren’t equipped with the gear to perform air to ground attacks. If true, it punches a hole in the theory that the planes would be used to help kick in Iran’s front door.
http://defensetech.org/2012/04/30/f-22s ... se-really/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Beijing is pinning hopes on finalizing a trillion-dollar natural gas deal with Russia in the near future.
http://indrus.in/articles/2012/04/27/ch ... 15624.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Thanks Jason! and welcome back

[Bobby Lee Swagger]

St. Louis Fed's "Not In Labor Force" Data Is Now Officially Off The Chart
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/its-offic ... ally-chart" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Payroll Disaster: Nonfarm Payroll +115,000 Establishment Survey But -169,000 Household Survey, Labor Force Drops by 342,000
http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot. ... nalysis%29" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Real U-3 Unemployment Rate: 11.6%
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/real-u-3- ... t-rate-116" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The Gift That Keeps On Taking: Bank Of America Facing $6.2 Billion Collateral Call
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/gift-keep ... teral-call" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Guest Post: Debt Serfdom In One Chart
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/guest-pos ... -one-chart" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Contagion and the viral spreading of debt based systems – CEO pay at regional banks surge on average to $10.5 million thanks to bailouts while austerity is forced onto the middle class
http://www.mybudget360.com/contagion-vi ... obal-debt/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Employers stretch their workers to the limit
http://economywatch.msnbc.msn.com/_news ... limit?lite" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Overdraft fees hit unsuspecting consumers
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505144_162- ... consumers/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Debt, debt, and more debt. Saturated in debt. Declining money/debt production. Falling demand. Falling wages & job losses. Further decline in new money/debt. Falling wages & job losses. Down the spiral we go - Deflation.

More Americans Stashing Cash in Home Safes
http://www.smartmoney.com/plan/banking/ ... 333683624/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. As a result of the war, corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands, and the Republic is destroyed.‎

http://books.google.com/books/about/Whe ... 38BK-Ur-kC" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Lockheed to head up Pentagon's Cyber Crime Center
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-574277 ... ime-center" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

US military-industrial giant KBR in bidding to privatize British police forces
http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/18067143/ ... ice-forces" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The new developing world of privatization!!!

France faces 40pc house price slump
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/econ ... slump.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

World Bank Overseeing Global Land Grab
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=107540" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

A new and possibly mid to large sized Sunspot is now rotating into view off the northeast limb. This dual image by STEREO Behind and SDO show the region that is about to come into direct Earth view. The Solar X-Rays indicate low level C-Class activity already being detected. Stay Tuned.
http://www.solarham.com/index.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Infectious disease researcher, 25, dies from rare bacteria in San Francisco
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504763_162- ... francisco/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Researcher dead after handling a rare strain of meningitis bacteria at San Francisco Veterans Affairs medical center
http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/h ... -1.1072587" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[John Michael Kane]

Attacks Your Liver Like Alcohol - Is This What's Making You Flabby and Sick?
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/artic ... _DNL_art_1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Slideshow: The Truth About Sugar Addiction
http://www.webmd.com/diet/ss/slideshow- ... hrt_042412" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Following an internal meeting between the FDA's Office of Surveillance and Epidemiology and Office of New Drugs, the Agency announced it would be requiring additional warning labels for statin drugs. Among them are warnings that statins may increase the risk of:

Liver damage
Memory loss and confusion
Type 2 diabetes
Muscle weakness (for certain statins)

According to Dr. Amy Egan, the FDA's deputy director of safety in the division of metabolism drug products, the new warnings, particularly the one for memory loss, came as the result of anecdotal reports compiled over the past year. In short, with well over 30 million Americans now taking statin drugs, we're witnessing a massive ongoing 'live' experiment, and many are putting their health on the line for drugs that offer little in the way of heart protection. In fact, they may actually make your heart health worse.

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/artic ... _SNL_Art_1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[jonesde]

Attacks Your Liver Like Alcohol - Is This What's Making You Flabby and Sick?
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/artic ... _DNL_art_1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Slideshow: The Truth About Sugar Addiction
http://www.webmd.com/diet/ss/slideshow- ... hrt_042412" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Given how many people are being killed by sugar, are laws against it the solution, just like with other harmful substances like marijuana and cocaine?

Surely we can solve this problem with force. That has worked so well for other substances with potential for recreational misuse.

[Fairminded]

Attacks Your Liver Like Alcohol - Is This What's Making You Flabby and Sick?
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/artic ... _DNL_art_1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Slideshow: The Truth About Sugar Addiction
http://www.webmd.com/diet/ss/slideshow- ... hrt_042412" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Given how many people are being killed by sugar, are laws against it the solution, just like with other harmful substances like marijuana and cocaine?

Surely we can solve this problem with force. That has worked so well for other substances with potential for recreational misuse.

Don't be silly. Sugar is legal, just like prescription pharmaceuticals. Therefore it must be good.

[Jason]

Attacks Your Liver Like Alcohol - Is This What's Making You Flabby and Sick?
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/artic ... _DNL_art_1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Slideshow: The Truth About Sugar Addiction
http://www.webmd.com/diet/ss/slideshow- ... hrt_042412" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Given how many people are being killed by sugar, are laws against it the solution, just like with other harmful substances like marijuana and cocaine?

Surely we can solve this problem with force. That has worked so well for other substances with potential for recreational misuse.

The laws are only as good as the people....

No law will work when the people become a law unto themselves! And yes then more government is needed and force becomes a prerequisite. If it proceeds to the point that the people have completely lost their agency and have become slaves to the devil....then they will need to be exterminated.

[jonesde]

Attacks Your Liver Like Alcohol - Is This What's Making You Flabby and Sick?
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/artic ... _DNL_art_1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Slideshow: The Truth About Sugar Addiction
http://www.webmd.com/diet/ss/slideshow- ... hrt_042412" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Given how many people are being killed by sugar, are laws against it the solution, just like with other harmful substances like marijuana and cocaine?

Surely we can solve this problem with force. That has worked so well for other substances with potential for recreational misuse.

The laws are only as good as the people....

No law will work when the people become a law unto themselves! And yes then more government is needed and force becomes a prerequisite. If it proceeds to the point that the people have completely lost their agency and have become slaves to the devil....then they will need to be exterminated.

Yes, and as taught in D&C134 any law that goes outside of the protection of rights is something that those involved will be personally judged for. In other words, unjustified and unrighteous laws add to the wickedness of a society and hasten its destruction.

[Jason]

Given how many people are being killed by sugar, are laws against it the solution, just like with other harmful substances like marijuana and cocaine?

Surely we can solve this problem with force. That has worked so well for other substances with potential for recreational misuse.

The laws are only as good as the people....

No law will work when the people become a law unto themselves! And yes then more government is needed and force becomes a prerequisite. If it proceeds to the point that the people have completely lost their agency and have become slaves to the devil....then they will need to be exterminated.

Yes, and as taught in D&C134 any law that goes outside of the protection of rights is something that those involved will be personally judged for. In other words, unjustified and unrighteous laws add to the wickedness of a society and hasten its destruction.

Amen!

[Bobby Lee Swagger]

Robert Shiller of the famed Case-Shiller Index came out only a few days ago stating that housing may not recover for over a decade. As dire as this may sound, we have a similar example to look at in Japan. It wasn’t like he stated this just to cause a stir but talked about compressed household wages, record low mortgage rates, and a large pipeline of distressed inventory. Even though real estate values are now down 35 percent from their peak taking values back to 2002 (a lost decade) we would need to increase housing values nationwide by 50+ percent to get back to the peak. This is what he was discussing about home values not recovering to that price point. Japan has had well over two decades of a depressed real estate market and values today still do not approach the peak values reached in the early 1990s in spite of their central bank pushing rates even lower than the Federal Reserve. In fact, prices are holding closer to the trough. Examining the data we already find ourselves into one lost decade. Is another possible?

http://www.doctorhousingbubble.com/hous ... e+SoCal%29" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Industry: Mortgage modifications decline by 31%
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/indust ... atest_news" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Now it turns out some lenders haven’t merely been unhelpful; their actions have pushed some borrowers over the foreclosure cliff. Lenders have been imposing exorbitant insurance policies on homeowners whose regular coverage lapses or is deemed insufficient. The policies, standard homeowner’s insurance or extra coverage for wind damage, say, for Florida residents, typically cost five to 10 times what owners were previously paying, tipping many into foreclosure.

The situation has caught the attention of state regulators and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which is considering rules to help homeowners avoid unwarranted “force- placed insurance.”

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-0 ... cliff.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

For chronically unemployed, more bad news in Calif
http://news.yahoo.com/chronically-unemp ... 43791.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

2.2 Million Go On Disability Since Mid-2010; Fraud Explains Falling Unemployment Rate; Will Higher Disability Taxes Fix the Problem? Since mid-2010, precisely the time millions of US citizens used up all of their 99 week of unemployment insurance, disability claims have risen by 2.2 million. Those on disability are not counted in the workforce and are not considered unemployed.
http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot. ... nalysis%29" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

News last week out of California suggests trouble is brewing. The report worth noting comes from Standard & Poor’s, and was confirmed by Gov. Jerry Brown’s office in Sacramento. S&P warns that weaker-than-expected income-tax receipts in California in April have blown an extra $1 billion hole in that state’s budget shortfall, and the year is only one-third over. And while all the numbers aren’t in for last month (typically the biggest month for tax receipts), California is far from alone in reporting revenue shortfalls due to fewer people paying income taxes. Massachusetts and Connecticut have recently reported disappointing numbers as well.

Well, more than a half-million Americans disappeared from the labor force last month alone — that is, they stopped looking for work. When 552,000 people in one month decide they are not going to look for a job, that doesn’t bode well for the tax rolls going forward.

http://www.nypost.com/f/news/business/s ... eOvv4G888N" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Calif.'s 4th year of teacher layoffs spur concerns
http://www.the-signal.com/section/36/article/64967/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Americans: Too broke to go bankrupt
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/americans ... 00347.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;





Georgia opens first jail devoted to U.S. veterans - The problem of US military veterans falling into a life of crime after returning from Iraq and Afghanistan has reached such levels that a law enforcer in Georgia has opened what is believed to be America’s first county jail devoted to veteran inmates.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/05/06/g ... -veterans/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Mexico drug violence: 9 hanged, 14 decapitated in border city of Nuevo Laredo [Caution - graphic photos]
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/m ... -1.1072899" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

It's been a while since BHP Billiton warned that its steel sales to China were plateauing, and that may be a good starting point. All the talk about hard landing vs soft landing is funny at times, but not much more than that. The BHP report was at least real. Of course we also all know the reports on Chinese ghost cities, but they have probably seemed a little abstract until now.

I was also thinking about China with regards to for instance Peak Oil. Whereas it's very clear today that petrol and/or gasoline consumption in the US and Europe has dropped significantly, I see people claim all the time that demand in India and China rises so fast, there's still so little oil to spare that prices must of necessity rise on account of that. I think not. If the Chinese steel industry (a major part of both the economy and the boom in it) has stagnated, I simply don't see how oil usage could rise enormously.

If you ask me, there's a real chance that what is happening is that oil producers, because they sell less, are trying to push up prices just to make the same amount of money. That will work for a while, and then it won't. Which will be a grave danger to Saudi Arabia and all other oil states that need the revenues just to keep a restless young and unemployed generation satisfied enough not to start burning down the house.

Supply and demand will start to work again in the field, though, and at that point producing all you can, and more, will be the only way to keep those revenues from plunging. Could be interesting. Sure, China could fill some reserves. So could others. More tankers could be left floating fully loaded for weeks or months.

But the game is on, and China doesn't look capable of boosting its demand, and double digit GDP growth - any time soon, if ever. The Chinese government has issued a warning on growth numbers, and premier Wen Jiabao added a stern warning on the need for economic reforms.

http://theautomaticearth.org/Finance/ch ... times.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The economic slowdown in India is one of the world’s biggest economic stories, but it is commanding only a modicum of attention in the United States.

It may not even look like a slowdown because by developed standards, India’s growth — estimated by the International Monetary Fund at 6.9 percent for 2012 — is still strong. But a slowdown it is: the economy has decelerated from projected rates of more than 8 percent, and negative momentum may bring a further decline. The government reported year-over-year growth in the October-through-December quarter of only 6.1 percent.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/47317814" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Global Reality - Surplus Of Labor, Scarcity Of Paid Work

The global economy is facing a structural surplus of labor and a scarcity of paid work. Here is the critical backdrop for the global recession that is unfolding and the stated desire of central banks and states everywhere for "economic growth": most of the so-called "growth" since the 2008 global financial meltdown was funded by sovereign debt and "free money" spun by central banks, not organic growth based on rising earned incomes.

Take away the speculation dependent on "free money" and the global stimulus dependent on massive quantities of fresh debt, and how much "growth" would be left?

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/guest-pos ... -paid-work" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

In nuclear-free Japan, companies scramble to conserve energy
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disast ... 1205070065" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

"Hot Spots" in Koriyama City's Public Schools Revealed, as High as 20 Microsieverts/hr in the Side Drain in One School
http://ex-skf.blogspot.de/2012/05/hot-s ... ublic.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

A rare strong tornado ripped through Ibaraki Prefecture in eastern Japan 30 miles northeast of Tokyo on Sunday, killing a teenage boy, injuring 48 people, and damaging or destroying 890 buildings.
http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMa ... rynum=2088" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Deadly tornado strikes Japan
http://www.euronews.com/2012/05/06/dead ... kes-japan/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Nepal flash flood death toll may hit 60
http://www.smh.com.au/environment/weath ... 1y7an.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

At Least 26 Killed In Afghan Flash Flood
http://www.rferl.org/content/afghan_fla ... 73271.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

While many parts of Thailand suffer from heat and drought, authorities have launched rainmaking operations in the lower northern region to assist farmers.

Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra presided over a meeting yesterday on water policies to speedily distribute water and launch the rainmaking operations and declared the Mae Wong Dam in Nakhon Sawan was necessary.

Kitti Thupsri, technical specialist at the Phitsanulok rainmaking operation centre, said yesterday that since March the centre - covering seven lowernorthern provinces - had dispatched 137 rainmaking flights using 150 tonnes of chemicals which induced 32 days of rain and helped many farmers.

However, as the drought becomes more severe farmers - especially those growing rice, corn and sugarcane - are calling for more rainmaking operations. Kitti said the centre, that can send out two to three plane flights a day, yesterday dispatched aircraft to spray raininducing chemicals in Tak, Phitsanulok and Khamphaeng Phetch. He said if the drought remained severe, the rainmaking operations would need to continue until October.

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/nationa ... 81179.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

From flood to drought. Famine either way.

The Met office issued early weather warnings for next week with persistent heavy rain expected to spread across the country during Wednesday evening and the early hours of Thursday.

The lowest temperature recorded overnight on Friday was in south-west Scotland, where it plummeted to -6C (21.2F).

Yesterday, Scotland experienced snow, while the skies over southern England were grey with patchy rain. Further north, sunny intervals were interspersed with showers.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... l?ITO=1490" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

New EO to Eliminate GMO Trade Barriers
http://farmwars.info/?p=8345&utm_source ... rm+Wars%29" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Amish farm kids remarkably immune to allergies: study
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/amish-farm-kid ... 35366.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Sunspot combo 1470-1471 just produced a long duration M1.9 flare on Monday morning. This event peaked at 14:31 UTC and triggered a 10cm Radio Burst (TenFlare) lasting 12 minutes and measuring 240 sfu. Sometimes a long duration event (LDE) will produce a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME). Stay Tuned for more information.
http://www.solarham.com/index.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

MIT Professor Has Been Running LENR Device Outputting Excess Heat That’s 14X Input Power Since January
http://cryptogon.com/?p=28977" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[BroJones]

Thanks for the blipits, Legion! Clearly, a lot more un-employed than are told us by the media generally.

2.2 Million Go On Disability Since Mid-2010; Fraud Explains Falling Unemployment Rate; Will Higher Disability Taxes Fix the Problem? Since mid-2010, precisely the time millions of US citizens used up all of their 99 week of unemployment insurance, disability claims have risen by 2.2 million. Those on disability are not counted in the workforce and are not considered unemployed.
http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;. ... nalysis%29

The American dream is not working.
OR:

The American dream is: not working.

[Jason]

Thanks for the blipits, Legion! Clearly, a lot more un-employed than are told us by the media generally.

2.2 Million Go On Disability Since Mid-2010; Fraud Explains Falling Unemployment Rate; Will Higher Disability Taxes Fix the Problem? Since mid-2010, precisely the time millions of US citizens used up all of their 99 week of unemployment insurance, disability claims have risen by 2.2 million. Those on disability are not counted in the workforce and are not considered unemployed.
http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;. ... nalysis%29

The American dream is not working.
OR:

The American dream is: not working.

You are most welcome!

What did you think of the MIT work (last link)?

Bit more on employment....

Two Charts Exposing America's Record Shadow Welfare State
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/two-chart ... fare-state" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[BroJones]

I went to the link -- it was about Dr Hagelstein at MIT. I know the fellow and have talked with him.
The vids go back about THREE YEARS... and represent old claims of Pons-fleischmann type of excess heat etc. I do not see anything compelling in that particular approach, no compelling data to back up claims of d-d fusion withOUT neutron production!

Further, Rossi's claim to cold fusion in nickel has been recently discredited by statements by Rossi himself (as I've posted elsewhere).
There is chaff amongst the wheat of freedom-energy research! it takes careful scientific experiments to sort things out.

[Jason]

I went to the link -- it was about Dr Hagelstein at MIT. I know the fellow and have talked with him.
The vids go back about THREE YEARS... and represent old claims of Pons-fleischmann type of excess heat etc. I do not see anything compelling in that particular approach, no compelling data to back up claims of d-d fusion withOUT neutron production!

Further, Rossi's claim to cold fusion in nickel has been recently discredited by statements by Rossi himself (as I've posted elsewhere).
There is chaff amongst the wheat of freedom-energy research! it takes careful scientific experiments to sort things out.

Thank you for the clarification!!!

[Bobby Lee Swagger]

Large Sunspot 1476 awoke this morning and produced a moderate M4.7 Solar Flare at 12:32 UTC. Video and images are now listed below. There is now a growing threat for an X-Class event. Stay Tuned to SolarHam.com for the latest information.
http://www.solarham.com/index.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Another fact that may surprise you is that the vaccine itself is the source of newer cases of this disease. At the same time that world health officials are declaring a victory on polio in India, they are calling a global meeting in Switzerland on the problem of vaccine-caused polio.

The problem is that while the oral vaccine has reined in wild polio, the wild virus is being replaced by vaccine-derived polio virus (VDPV), which causes acute flaccid paralysis. (Health officials don't call it polio because it isn't "wild.") The international meeting, organized by the World Health Organization (WHO) in collaboration with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Japanese Ministry of Health, is scheduled for May 30-June 1, 2012, in Geneva, Switzerland. According to polioeradication.comii:

"The meeting will review the available scientific information on VDPVs; discuss the scientific, policy and programmatic implications of continued VDPV emergence and transmission; and, help inform the 'roadmap for VDPV elimination' for the post-oral polio vaccine (OPV) era."

Environmental surveillance for VDPV is now being conducted in a number of countries, including Australia, Egypt, Haiti, and Indonesia. In essence, this much-heralded vaccine strategy has replaced one infectious disease with another, more virulent strain... What kind of success is that, really?

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/artic ... _DNL_art_1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Bobby Lee Swagger]

A strong solar flare reaching M5.7 was detected around Sunspot 1476 and peaked at 04:18 UTC Thursday morning. This event also generated a 10cm Radio Burst (TenFlare). Most of the flare events thus far have not produced any large Coronal Mass Ejections. Sunspot 1476 continues to produce moderate solar flares including a short duration M5.7 event at 04:18 UTC Thursday morning. When watching the latest STEREO Ahead COR2 movie, it does not appear that a substantial CME was produced. Continue to monitor the Solar X-Ray Flux for further activity.
http://www.solarham.com/index.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

U.S. experiences warmest 12-month period on record
http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMa ... rynum=2089" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Debris from volcano closes Mexico airport
http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Debri ... t_999.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

About 49% of Americans say they aren't contributing to any retirement plan, according to a new survey conducted by LIMRA, a trade association for the financial services industry.

"The findings from this survey were disturbing, given that people will increasingly need to rely on their personal savings to make ends meet in retirement," said Matthew Drinkwater, associate managing director at LIMRA's retirement research division.

People ages 18 to 34 are the least likely to be saving, with 56% reporting that they are not currently contributing to a retirement plan like an IRA or a 401(k).

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/49-americ ... UM-;_ylv=3" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

...have debt to service....

How to bankrupt a generation of young Americans in four steps – young Americans living at home surges by 50 percent from 2005
http://www.mybudget360.com/bankrupt-a-g ... g-at-home/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Mortgage rates fall to new lows again
http://www.usatoday.com/money/story/201 ... 54872986/1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Will the FHA require a bailout? – 12,000,000 underwater mortgages 3,000,000 are FHA insured loans. 1 million underwater mortgages originated in last two years.
http://www.doctorhousingbubble.com/fha- ... e+SoCal%29" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

3-Month Gasoline and Petroleum Usage Still Declining
http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot. ... nalysis%29" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Postal Service quarterly loss widens to $3.2 billion
http://money.cnn.com/2012/05/10/news/ec ... ?iid=HP_LN" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Koch Brothers' Activism Protects Their 50-Year Stake in Canadian Heavy Oils
http://insideclimatenews.org/news/20120 ... rta-canada" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Super PACS: Follow the money - if you can
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/ ... K820120510" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Military training in the middle of Miami jolts residents out of bed
http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/08/2 ... iddle.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Same-Sex Marriages: Legal Issues
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL31994.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

FDA Seeks Prescription Drug Vending Machine
http://naturalsociety.com/fda-seeks-pre ... g-machine/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Immunization Graphs – The Real Story on Vaccine Effectiveness
http://farmwars.info/?p=8402&utm_source ... rm+Wars%29" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Spain nationalizes fourth-largest bank as crisis deepens
http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/s ... 54865632/1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Japan to Nationalize Fukushima Utility
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/10/busin ... .html?_r=2" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Japan Still Sleeps
http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-sk ... leeps-6903" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

China bangs the war drum over South China Sea
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-18016901" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

New breed of US warship to be deployed to S'pore
http://www.todayonline.com/World/EDC120 ... d-to-Spore" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Egypt-Israel Gas Issue Becoming Explosive
http://allafrica.com/stories/201205090477.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Arab newspapers interpret new Netanyahu-Mofaz alliance as preamble for war
http://www.ynetnews.com/Ext/Comp/Articl ... 12,00.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The United States on Wednesday opened its banking market to ICBC, China's biggest bank, for the first time clearing a takeover of a US bank by a Chinese state-controlled company.

Just days after high-level US-China economic talks in Beijing, the Federal Reserve approved an application from Industrial and Commercial Bank of China to buy a majority stake in the US subsidiary of Bank of East Asia.

The transaction will make ICBC the first Chinese state-controlled bank to acquire retail bank branches in the United States.

ICBC has been the most aggressive of China's "big four" banks in expanding overseas.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/3-big-chinese- ... 00086.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The Federal Reserve gave three state-owned Chinese banks its stamp of approval Thursday to expand their presence in the United States.
http://money.cnn.com/2012/05/09/markets ... ?iid=HP_LN" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

....what if they offered a competing currency? We could all shift to the yuan?

A Chinese Group Plans To Construct A 200 Acre "China City" In Michigan
http://endoftheamericandream.com/archiv ... n-michigan" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Hundreds of Arrests Set Grim Backdrop for Victory Day Celebrations
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/arti ... 58153.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Louisiana Fusion Center Slide Fire Fully Automatic AR-15 Converter Bulletin
http://info.publicintelligence.net/LA-SlideFire.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Bobby Lee Swagger]

Now one of the largest Sunspots in years, Region 1476 is currently in a great position for Earth directed Coronal Mass Ejections. The only problem has been producing a solar flare that would also in turn, generate a large plasma cloud. This could change in the days ahead. There will continue to be a chance for a major X-Class event.
http://www.solarham.com/index.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

2nd billion-dollar weather disaster of 2012: April 3 severe weather in Texas
http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMa ... rynum=2090" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Scientist catches rare twin waterspouts on camera
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47376606/ns ... picks=true" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Cash Cow Liquidity Comparison: Where's the Cash and Where's the Debt? A Look at the Top 50 Companies
http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot. ... nalysis%29" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

...fascinating chart there.

LPS Home Price Index (HPI) Shows National Home Prices Rose .2%, First Rise Since March 2010; Sales Volume 30% Lower Than Any Point Since 1998; Another Low-Volume Failure?
http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot. ... nalysis%29" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Bye bye unemployment benefits
http://money.cnn.com/2012/05/11/news/ec ... ?hpt=hp_t1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

China Industrial Output Growth Slows Sharply In April
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 ... lenews_wsj" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Indian industrial output shrinks unexpectedly
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/ar ... 822b7a.921" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Facebook Co-Founder Saverin Gives Up U.S. Citizenship Before IPO
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-1 ... e-ipo.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Tax-Arbitrage Of The Year - Facebook Founder Renounces US Citizenship
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/tax-arbit ... itizenship" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Drone strikes have turned the CIA into a war-fighter. The agency does not just provide intelligence, it decides when to pull the drone trigger.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0512/76169.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Washington Allocates a Billion US$ to Support Israel’s Active Rocket & Missile Defenses
http://defense-update.com/20120507_wash ... +Update%29" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

AR-15 rifles and parts out of stock - Expect this craziness until at least November. If the Obama wins, expect it to get worse.
http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2012 ... rm+Blog%29" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

....gun industry is making out like bandits right now...they'll probably be voting for him.

Since I'm on topic may as well mention this little piece -

ARES Defense are selling a new 2012 version of the ARES Shrike 5.56. The Shrike 5.56 is an AR-15 compatible upper receiver that can be magazine or belt fed.
http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2012 ... rm+Blog%29" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Bird Flu Strain Lab-Engineered!
http://vactruth.com/2012/05/11/bird-flu ... ngineered/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Zkulptor]

Now one of the largest Sunspots in years, Region 1476 is currently in a great position for Earth directed Coronal Mass Ejections. The only problem has been producing a solar flare that would also in turn, generate a large plasma cloud. This could change in the days ahead. There will continue to be a chance for a major X-Class event.
http://www.solarham.com/index.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

2nd billion-dollar weather disaster of 2012: April 3 severe weather in Texas
http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMa ... rynum=2090" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Scientist catches rare twin waterspouts on camera
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47376606/ns ... picks=true" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Cash Cow Liquidity Comparison: Where's the Cash and Where's the Debt? A Look at the Top 50 Companies
http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot. ... nalysis%29" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

...fascinating chart there.

LPS Home Price Index (HPI) Shows National Home Prices Rose .2%, First Rise Since March 2010; Sales Volume 30% Lower Than Any Point Since 1998; Another Low-Volume Failure?
http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot. ... nalysis%29" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Bye bye unemployment benefits
http://money.cnn.com/2012/05/11/news/ec ... ?hpt=hp_t1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

China Industrial Output Growth Slows Sharply In April
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 ... lenews_wsj" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Indian industrial output shrinks unexpectedly
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/ar ... 822b7a.921" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Facebook Co-Founder Saverin Gives Up U.S. Citizenship Before IPO
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-1 ... e-ipo.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Tax-Arbitrage Of The Year - Facebook Founder Renounces US Citizenship
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/tax-arbit ... itizenship" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Drone strikes have turned the CIA into a war-fighter. The agency does not just provide intelligence, it decides when to pull the drone trigger.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0512/76169.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Washington Allocates a Billion US$ to Support Israel’s Active Rocket & Missile Defenses
http://defense-update.com/20120507_wash ... +Update%29" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

AR-15 rifles and parts out of stock - Expect this craziness until at least November. If the Obama wins, expect it to get worse.
http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2012 ... rm+Blog%29" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

....gun industry is making out like bandits right now...they'll probably be voting for him.

Since I'm on topic may as well mention this little piece -

ARES Defense are selling a new 2012 version of the ARES Shrike 5.56. The Shrike 5.56 is an AR-15 compatible upper receiver that can be magazine or belt fed.
http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2012 ... rm+Blog%29" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Bird Flu Strain Lab-Engineered!
http://vactruth.com/2012/05/11/bird-flu ... ngineered/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Thanks Jason!