Tag: dna
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warwhores: spy surge, drones, dirigibles & future wars
what can americans do to oppose the warfare state?* military growing impatient with obama on afghanistan* cia launching spy ‘surge’ into afghanistan* mcchrystal troop boost comes friday 9/25* reading the mcchrystal report: interesting times* air force crashes out-of-control drone in afghanistan* inside bob gates’ overhaul of the pentagon* science behind US coercive interrogations missing in…
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fbi plans massive expansion of dna database
from nytimes: Law enforcement officials are vastly expanding their collection of DNA to include millions more people who have been arrested or detained but not yet convicted. The move, intended to help solve more crimes, is raising concerns about the privacy of petty offenders and people who are presumed innocent. Until now, the federal government…
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1,627th 9/11 victim identified after dna retesting
from ap: New York City has positively matched another Sept. 11 victim to long-held human remains after retesting DNA. The city medical examiner’s office says 54-year-old Manuel Emilio Mejia has been identified from remains found at the World Trade Center site in the months after the 2001 terrorist attack. Mejia was a kitchen worker at…
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police state int’l: cyberwars, databasing, gps & you
nsa aims to expand power & take over cybersecurity new zealand plugs into secret pentagon intranetfrom cryptogon: The U.S., Australia, Canada, Britain and New Zealand… Is it a coincidence that these also happen to be the ECHELON states? Via: Stuff: A leaked American study into military actions in Afghanistan [3.4mb PDF] reveals New Zealand is…
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envirohealth: ecoterror, eugenics, re-education & recalls
kentucky warns of salmonella risk in fema-provided mealsfrom mcclatchy: Kentucky Emergency Management officials are getting Kentuckians another source of prepared meals after the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced that some meal kits might contain contaminated peanut butter. The FEMA meal kits were distributed to storm victims in Kentucky during the past week. The kits might…
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9/11 updates: dna, documents, wtc7 & tv
govt claims it has dna of alleged 9/11 hijackersfrom kurt nimmo: “Forensic investigators have recovered the charred remains of most of the 9/11 hijackers — to honor a pledge that they would never be buried with the victims,” reports the Daily Express. “Flesh or bone from 13 of the 19 Al Qaeda terrorists who flew…
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envirohealth: deathmaps, databanks, transplants etc
US natural hazard death map is producedfrom upi: Scientists using nationwide data collected since 1970 have produced a map depicting natural hazard mortality across the United States. Susan Cutter and Kevin Borden from the University of South Carolina said their map presents a county-level representation of the likelihood of dying as the result of natural…
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fetuses, fema, pharma & freemasons
study says antidepressants ok for fetusesfrom wnbc: Expectant mothers can safely use prescribed antidepressants during their first trimester, according to a new study from the Université de Montréal and Ste. Justine Hospital. “This is the first study to investigate the impact of antidepressant use during the first trimester of pregnancy in mothers with psychiatric disorders,”…
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Critics Worry About Rise of ‘Designer Babies’
from kprc: News that scientists have for the first time genetically altered a human embryo is drawing fire from some watchdog groups that say it’s a step toward creating “designer babies.” … “None of us wants to make designer babies,” said Dr. Zev Rosenwaks, director of the Center for Reproductive Medicine and Infertility at New…
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Bush Signs Bill To Take All Newborns’ DNA
from steve watson: President Bush last week signed into law a bill which will see the federal government begin to screen the DNA of all newborn babies in the U.S. within six months, a move critics have described as the first step towards the establishment of a national DNA database. Described as a “national contingency…
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9/11: dna, warnings & the unravelling story
9/11 victims identified from new dna findsfrom guardian: A fresh effort to identify victims of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centre is under way in New York following the discovery of fragments of human remains in the area around Ground Zero… “We’ve made numerous links to previously identified victims,” said Adams. “We also…