Tag: california
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beef products inc. injects your meat with ammonia
safety of beef processing method is questionedfrom nytimes: Eight years ago, federal officials were struggling to remove potentially deadly E. coli from hamburgers when an entrepreneurial company from South Dakota came up with a novel idea: injecting beef with ammonia. The company, Beef Products Inc., had been looking to expand into the hamburger business with…
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bottled water sales leaking, but tap water increasingly unsafe
from allgov: Whether it’s because of the economy or pressure from environmentalists, bottled water sales are declining after years of growth. Sales dropped 3.2% in 2008 and are expected to fall another 2% this year. Industry leaders are insisting the decline is temporary, and that sales will rebound once consumers begin to enjoy better times.…
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econocrash updates: worst. decade. ever.
last decade was the worst ever in the stock marketfrom wsj: The US stock market is wrapping up what is likely to be its worst decade ever. In nearly 200 years of recorded stock-market history, no calendar decade has seen such a dismal performance as the 2000s. Investors would have been better off investing in…
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police state int’l: drills, desensitization & hoaxes
gun sales shoot up amid fear of rising crime & terrorism*illinois: the next gitmo?*schwarzenegger aims to transfer iraq military tactics to california*US military employs ‘counterinsurgency’ strategy in californian city*california teens help swat team practice*vigilant guard: national guard exercise begins in buffalo region*rhode island emergency workers train at mock terrorist strike*dna of uk protesters could be…
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first US marijuana cafe opens in portland, oregon
from reuters: The United States’ first marijuana cafe opened on Friday, posing an early test of the Obama administration’s move to relax policing of medical use of the drug. The Cannabis Cafe in Portland, Oregon, is the first to give certified medical marijuana users a place to get hold of the drug and smoke it…
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police state int’l: crowd control, drills & behavior detection
don’t be alarmed by black helicopters over san fernando valley* pneumonic plague drill held in illinois*sound weapons for vancouver police* china conducts nuclear emergency exercise*india holds maritime drill to prevent another 11/26* flashback: coordinated carnage in mumbai; 145 dead*indian mall owners told to beef security arrangements*uk to ‘spy’ on every phone call, email & web…
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biowars/swine flu: resistant strains or strained resistance
and the forced vaccinations have begun:cops hold down west virginia boy who fled the swine flu shot* teen diagnosed with guillain-barre syndrome after swine flu shot*mingo county, w virginia mother denied vax exemption for daughter* few blacks showing up for free vaccines in los angeles county*video: dozens of florida students given wrong flu shot* more…
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drugwar: hayfork harvest, oregon pot school & more
marijuana growers upend hard-luck hayfork, californiafrom latimes: This hardscrabble Northern California town has become a hotbed for medical marijuana farming… Some students talk openly of farming pot after graduation, about the only opportunity in this depressed timber town. “It’s not a subculture here,” said [Supt. Tom] Barnett, who heads the Mountain Valley Unified School District.…
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police state intl: political activism as ‘domestic extremism’
audio: uk police define political activism as ‘domestic extremism’*uk council bans parents from play areas*the raid that rocked the met: why gun & drugs op on 6,717 safety deposit boxes could cost uk taxpayers a fortune*2 men are charged by US with plotting terrorism attack*’pacific horizon’ war training on a california beach*nypd to shake up…
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obamessiah & the apostles of war: troops, tech, tv & more
obama approved 13k more troops to afghanistan*obama vows to allow open gays into military service*video: gay-rights marchers ‘divided on obama’*obama loosens missile technology controls to china*flashback: kenyan-born obama all set for US senate*gallup: obama poll numbers spike after nobel win*leaked network memo reveals: obama controls your television set*white house: fox news is ‘arm of the…
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econocrash: 10 looming bankruptcies + fdic & unemployment
10 big companies teetering towards bankruptcy from business insider: A new report by Audit Integrity identifies some high-profile names “that have the highest probability of declaring bankruptcy among publicly traded firms.” … 1. Hertz: When you have tons of debt financing your fleet of cars, falling rental demand really hurts. 2. Textron:What a tough time…
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Econocrash: Yes We Cannabis! + Blockbusted & Breadlines
Some people cancel holidays abroad, others stage yard sales or start shopping at low-cost supermarkets. To that list must now be added a new way to get through economic hard times: grow cannabis.
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2 Suspicious Deaths Surrounding Banksters, Blagojevich
Danny Pang, the founder of Private Equity Management Group Inc., who U.S. regulators claim bilked Taiwanese investors, died [sep11], a spokesman for the Pang family said. // Christopher Kelly, a key figure in the federal corruption probe into former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, is dead.
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econocrash: blood money, insider trading, banksters & biometrics
‘blood oath’ sealed stanford deal, court is told*kroll gave all-clear to stanford*borrowing to pay interest on borrowing is a ponzi scheme*insiders selling stocks at highest level since may ’08*sec investigating apple for insider trading*fed urges secrecy on bailed out banks*flashback video: kucinich says the fed is paying banks not to make loans*bloomberg wins its lawsuit…
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Murder/Mayhem: Mind Control, Sex Slaves & Wildfires
video: couple who kidnapped girl 18 years back deny all charges*sex kidnapper’s wife was victim too*jaycee lee dugard & phillip garrido’s daughters ‘like brainwashed zombies’*jaycee lee dugard & ‘sharon marshall’: a related case of kidnapping*uk police rescue sex slave children*police: 7 found slain in georgia home*aclu counsel & gay rights champion, larry frankel, found dead…