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With recent snow fall all over the world, which may be a bit unusual for autumn, I wonder how long will it take someone to put together a number of snow pictures and write something to akin of “Global waming? FAIL!”.

I guess everybody has heard by now that the American prezzdent, Obama has been chosen as the best candidate to be awarded the Nobel peace prize. While most of the world is raising eye brows and sayn’ “Say whaaaat?”, cheers and congratulations can not stop from the United States and… Israel. Fortunately, Fox “News” has compiled a list of reactions from major news papers throughout the world. I think the list could be better (one news paper in CHINA(?!) and nothing from Russia?) but here it is.

I think this just shows what many have been saying for years. The Nobel peace price is a bunch of baloney. I think people winning the prize in Chemistry (structure of the ribosome), Medicine (how chromosomes protect their ends) and Physics (optic fibers and digital imaging) are all well deserved. Also notice that the prizes for the latter three categories was awarded for achievements several decades old (which is the proper way of checking the “greatness” of it) while the peace prize was (and usually is) given for recent achievements (which is wrong). Obama was nominated just recently which is why many see it as an “investment for the future”, perhaps to help drive the big world government down our throats one last time.

Here is a link to a GREAT post about the state of world fisheries and the nonsense behind government subsidy revenues that are sustaining unreasonably high fleet numbers. For most readers, I highly recommend reading at least the first page, as it is informative enough, but I will encourage everyone to read the whole three page ordeal. Author of the post is Daniel Pauley, of whom a rather lengthy but interesting video can be seen in the “embedment” below. The subject is essentially the same. The best point he makes, in my opinion, is the vertical pressure that needs to be exerted upon government entities to achieve change (in sustainable fisheries), just like in smoking laws.

We might experience another spike in swine flu cases this fall, but the WHO predictions about the pandemic that will change our lives has less than came trough. By this time, according to WHO, we should all have at least curly tails, that is, if we failed to take their mediated swine flu vaccine, that has not been tested, and the vaccine makers have been made exempt from liability charges if something goes wrong. Luckily the medical profession has somewhat awaken, at least in the US. Health care workers are in first lines of receiving a mandatory jab of swine flu vaccine. When questioning nurses, one third would refuse a jab, and up to one half of doctors would follow suit. In my view, this is a good thing, since we don’t want the people managing our diseases (they generally don’t mange our health - how many times have you been at the doctors office for being healthy?) to fall prey to the Big Brother and Big Pharma scares and exaggerations.

Who is in charge, indeed? Two prime ministers and what seems to be an extreme case of convergent evolution.

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This is a part of comment published at EUobserver. A think tank based in Sweden is criticizing the way EU money is spent for propaganda, instead of informing people.

All this has nothing to do with “trying to reach out to citizens” and “inform them about EU policies” – which is what the EU claims its multi-million Communications Policy is about – and everything to do with trying to control its image and limit dissenting voices.

The EU has even talked about moving to control the EU’s image on the internet. Referring to the blogosphere, the commission has lamented the fact that: “Because of the many different sources of No campaigners on the internet, classic rebuttals are made impossible.”

The European Parliament’s Culture Committee subsequently voted for a report which proposed that the EU should regulate blogs – a proposal which was eventually watered down, but nonetheless indicates a very worrying trend.

All this is bad news for democracy. It is also an unacceptable use of public money – the use of taxpayer funds for government advertising is often strictly regulated at the national level, for instance in the UK, where “information” must be clearly distinguished from “advertising.”

Why does all of this matter? It is more relevant than ever as we move into the next campaign for the Irish referendum on the Lisbon treaty.

Much scorn is poured on those groups which privately fund themselves to fight against the enormous EU propaganda machine and try to offer alternatives to “ever closer union.” But rarely does anybody question the EU’s huge Yes budget, which provides a continuous feed into the population and the media, not only at times of a referendum, but constantly and permanently.

With so much public money at their disposal, the EU institutions are able to propel their own vision of the future of Europe, and also begin to create a monopoly over what should be regarded as the “facts.” The institutions claim to want a wider debate on Europe, but by trying to suppress those who do not support their vision, they are stifling debate.

Next time you see a poster or a website championing EU integration – the idea that more and more decisions should be made at the European level – ask yourself: should I really be paying for this?

Ever wondered what a GMO is? The acronym stands for genetically modified organisms. And this is the case of GM plants. One would think that with rampant spread of GMO seeds to grow for crops will yield a perfectly safe foods for animal consumption (that means animal and human). That may be the case, but things like that need scientific scrutiny. And when you give out End User License agreement that forbids exactly that, you may be labeled suspicious and trying to turn the tables in your advantage. WHY?

As a precondition to buy seeds, either to plant for crops or to use in research study, Monsanto and the gene giant companies must first sign an End User Agreement with the company. For the past decade, the period when the greatest proliferation of GMO seeds in agriculture has taken place, Monsanto, Pioneer (DuPont) and Syngenta require anyone buying their GMO seeds to sign an agreement that explicitly forbids that the seeds be used for any independent research. Scientists are prohibited from testing a seed to explore under what conditions it flourishes or even fails. They cannot compare any characteristics of the GMO seed with any other GMO or non-GMO seeds from another company. Most alarming, they are prohibited from examining whether the genetically modified crops lead to unintended side-effects either in the environment or in animals or humans.

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The Guardian writes:

The World Health Organisation has raised concerns about the fast-track production of the swine flu vaccine in Europe, where the treatment is due to be made available at least two months earlier than in the US. Britain is expected to be the first country in Europe to provide the vaccine, with the first of 132 million ordered doses due to be administered next month.

Some believe the vaccines will be safe once they rush through the procedures, but I wonder, will that be enough?

Professor Steve Field, chairman of the Royal College of GPs, added: “I’m sure the vaccine programme won’t be allowed to commence until adequate safety checks have been carried out.”

Some have expressed doubt, and rightfully so:

But some US officials believe the European approach is the best option. “The consequences of not having a vaccine if this virus gets worse are very high,” said Leonard Marcus, a public health expert at Harvard University. “If [regulatory authorities] took all the time that was necessary to make sure there are no side effects, ironically, in the effort to save a few lives, many lives could be lost.”

If the vaccines will be safe, why have the manufacturers sought legal immunity against any damages?

The US Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, has just signed a decree granting vaccine makers total legal immunity from any lawsuits that result from any new “Swine Flu” vaccine. Moreover, the $7 billion US Government fast-track program to rush vaccines onto the market in time for the Autumn flu season is being done without even normal safety testing. Is there another agenda at work in the official WHO hysteria campaign to declare so-called H1N1 virus—which has yet to be rigorously scientifically isolated, characterized and photographed with an electron microscope—the scientifically accepted procedure—a global “pandemic” threat?

Of course, this is assuming the swine flu is Cappo di banda of flus, but there is no convicing evidence so far, that that is the case. More people die of “regular” flu (various types of influenza) each year. It’s estimated that around 30.000 people in US alone and almost 500.000 people die because of influenza yearly. So far, the swine flu took a heavy toll on respiratory patients, people with compromised immune systems and obese people.

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The US Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, has just signed a decree granting vaccine makers total legal immunity from any lawsuits that result from any new “Swine Flu” vaccine. Moreover, the $7 billion US Government fast-track program to rush vaccines onto the market in time for the Autumn flu season is being done without even normal safety testing. Is there another agenda at work in the official WHO hysteria campaign to declare so-called H1N1 virus—which has yet to be rigorously scientifically isolated, characterized and photographed with an electron microscope—the scientifically accepted procedure—a global “pandemic” threat?

What this actually means in Queen’s Vulgar? Imagine a scenario, that “health officials” are recommending you to take a swine flu shot (or even force you to do it, or to your children). Then, because of the vaccine, you or your child develop some nasty symptoms. Think Chron’s disease or paralysis. You by some twist of faith and good luck manage to show that this was in fact done by the vaccine. You take your papers to court and they throw you out on the side walk, your non-insured teeth first, because the producers are legally immune to any lawsuits pertaining the vaccine and possible consequences. In the end, would you still take the shot or gave it to your offspring, even if you know there may be possible undesirable and/or fatal side effects and that was rushed through safety testing?

It happened before. Back in 1976, there was a Swine flu outbreak and a hefty sum of people got vaccinated.

The last time the US Government faced a new swine flu virus was in 1976. Thousands filed claims contending they suffered side effects from the shots. This time, the government has taken steps to prevent any possible legal remedy should thousands of US citizens suffer severe complications as a result of being given untested vaccines.

Doesn’t make you feel much batter knowing that some companies and politicians and other “officials” are working hard to satisfy your needs?

The US is preparing for a major readiness for a terrorist attack drill, which will encompass domestic and foreign law enforcement and intelligence agencies. Do you think the drill can go “live” and a real terrorist attack can happen? It has happened before. Remember the day when NORAD held hijacking exercise? It was September 11, 2001. Remember of the big anti-terrorist drill in London? It was July 7, 2005. These things are known to go live and I would not be surprised if something along the lines of 9/11 or 7/7 happened. Let’s wait and see.

Would you put your child into a trial run (to be “guinea pigs”) for a flu vaccination even though the flu is similar to the regular one (mortality wise)? How about if something goes wrong because of the vaccine and the producer would not be held liable for its product?

My crappy Uni doesn’t subscribe to journal Biological reviews. I’m looking for an article by MacNiel et al. (1997) titled:

THE TROPHIC ECOLOGY OF FRESHWATER GAMMARUS SPP. (CRUSTACEA:AMPHIPODA): PROBLEMS AND PERSPECTIVES CONCERNING THE FUNCTIONAL FEEDING GROUP CONCEPT

These are some of the most imaginative and funny protests signs I’ve ever seen. They were taken amid a protest against the bailout in downtown Chicago on July 9th 2009.

Does this sound familiar? Aired in March 2001.

Does anyone remember the Somali pirates from a few weeks ago? Doesn’t matter, here is a new set of pirates you won’t hear about at all. They’re not far from Somalia, but in the Mediterranean:

On June 30, the government of Israel committed an act of piracy when the Israeli Navy in international waters illegally boarded the “Spirit of Humanity,” kidnapped its 21-person crew from 11 countries, including former US Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney and Nobel Laureate Mairead MaGuire, and confiscated the cargo of medical supplies, olive trees, reconstruction materials, and children’s toys that were on the way to the Mediterranean coast of Gaza. The “Spirit of Humanity,” along with the kidnapped 21 persons is being towed to Israel as I write.

Read the rest of the article here.

From Prisonplanet.com:

Under Level 6 conditions, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HSS) is able to declare mandatory vaccination under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP). There is no criteria listed stating what constitutes a threat.

And you would imagine there’s a Catch 22. Yes, there is:

The HHS web site says the Secretary may “issue a declaration…that provides immunity from tort liability (except for willful misconduct) for claims of loss caused, arising out of, relating to, or resulting from administration or use of (vaccine or other pharmaceutical) countermeasures to diseases, threats and conditions determined by the Secretary to constitute a present, or credible risk of a future public health emergency…” This means that if you or your child is harmed by a vaccine during these conditions, there is nothing you can do about it.

The Big Daddy (the govt) puts corporate interests ahead of those of individuals and the population.

This means it is time to stop giving the government your blind faith. It is time to become educated about flu vaccines.

We need to enforce that the science behind the vaccines is solid, without strings attached. We should push for more safeguards, even though there is always a chance a person will have a (fatal) reaction to a vaccine.

Another way is giving nature its course. The remaining population will be immunized against a particular virus and all will be well. This is the way nature works, has worked and will continue to work even after we’ve gone down in toxic waste.

I remember reading previous reports about the swine flu virus being released from a laboratory. Here’s another article fromm The Independent, suggesting laboratory origins:

(1) “Careful study of the genetic origin of the [1977] virus showed that it was closely related to a 1950 strain, but dissimilar to influenza ‘A’ (H1N1) strains from both 1947 and 1957. This finding suggested that the 1977 outbreak strain had been preserved since 1950. The re-emergence was probably an accidental release from a laboratory source,” according to the study published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Continuing further down:

This outbreak affected 230 military personnel, killing one person, but it was successfully contained and was almost certainly caused by the direct transmission of swine flu from pigs. Nevertheless, the global anxiety caused by the Fort Dix outbreak led to a surge in research into H1N1 around the world, with experiments on frozen samples of the virus stored in labs since the 1950s, Dr Zimmer said.

“I would imagine that most labs researching into influenza would have had the 1950s strain. We cannot actually pinpoint which lab had it or accidentally released it, but the re-emergence of H1N1 in 1977 made it potentially a man-made pandemic,” she said.

I went to our biggest shopping center (in Slovenia) to restock our tiny fridge and have the ingredients ready for tomorrows dinner. After shuffling through a stand of vegetables, I couldn’t find a single carrot that has been produced in Slovenia. Major vegetable importers here are Italy and Spain. I find supporting our local growing very important but am too lazy or is too inconvenient to go to the bazaar and buy from a local farmer. I’m willing to pay extra to see home articles in my local market. I don’t think that’s too much to ask for.

There you have it, the House passed a bill on “clean energy”, regulating more or less every aspect of an average person’s life. Did representatives read it? Hardly, there was a copy at speaker’s desk or online (and they would have to leave to access it). Just a note to all the people who put all their money on the Democrats. They’re all the same. I recommend visiting the link and at least watching the 10 minutes long video by Boehner (R-Ohio).

And here it is, HR 2454, 1201 pages of unread material passed the House. Congratulations to all the involved and beneficiaries!

It has been close to nine years since the blunder in the States began. Perhaps not many people still remember the good old 2000 and the Florida hanging chad debacle with Bush and Gore. The media took a big bite and swallowed. Then there was Ohio 2004 and the recount mess, the media bit again, swallowing whole. Not only that, they asked for seconds. And so people of the World (and the States) still remain clueless about the events of 2000 and 2004. At least that would explain how they still remain silent when their president waves his finger at Iran for having a rigged elections. Oh, and forget the fact that 400 million US dollars was poured into Iran (vive la recession) by the CIA (just in time for elections), who is notorious for destabilizing regions, countries and continents. I wonder where the hypocrisy (I call it hypocrazy) ends.