Tag: emergency
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Change: Obama Extends Bush 9/11 National Emergency
Consistent with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 1622(d), I am continuing for 1 year the national emergency declared on September 14, 2001, in Proclamation 7463, with respect to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and the continuing and immediate threat of further attacks on the United States.
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media execs prep for ‘news emergency’
from politico: Media executives must have been paying attention last week when President Bush declared a state of emergency for Tuesday’s inaugural. CNN’s Washington bureau chief David Bohrman, for one, issued a “news emergency” of his own… “It’s the biggest event any of us have ever had to cover,” Bohrman said. While there have been…
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obamessiah: inaugural emergencies & the end of the beginning
‘state of emergency’ declared for inaugurationfrom nytimes: It is true, President Bush sounded alarms about Barack Obama during the campaign season. On Tuesday, Mr. Bush went one step further: He declared Mr. Obama’s inauguration an actual emergency. The declaration, though, was not a political statement about Republicans being run out of town. Rather, it was…
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obamessiah: tests, challenges, cfr cabinet, monsanto & more
dc’s metro system can’t handle incoming obamazoidsfrom washington post: Even if only half of the projected 2 million to 4 million people show up for next month’s presidential inauguration, the Washington region’s roadways and transit systems will be too pressed to handle the crush, planners say. Officials are working out details of their transportation plan…
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geopolitiks: georgia, israel, thailand, india, pakistan, mexico & more
darth cheney visits georgia in show of solidarityfrom guardian: The US vice-president arrived in Tbilisi today, in a show of political backing for the nation and its pro-Western Georgian president. Dick Cheney’s visit comes a day after the White House announced a $1bn (£500m) economic aid package for the country, which was ravaged by last…
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west virginia dirty bomb evacuation psyop drills
evacuation drill readies area for possible accidentfrom herald-dispatch: Emergency officials learned a few lessons and demonstrated an ability to organize and establish a mass evacuation comfort station on Tuesday at KineticPark… Tuesday’s scenario involved a dirty bomb exploding in Washington, D.C., forcing millions to evacuate. Emergency officials believe such an evacuation would overwhelm the state’s…
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Burma Death Toll Rises Above 34,000
from afp: The death toll from Myanmar’s devastating Cyclone Nargis has risen to 34,273, with 27,836 people missing, state radio said Tuesday. “According to to the latest information at 6pm today, 34,273 were killed, 1,403 were injured and 27,836 missing,” it said in a report… However, the UN has warned that the toll likely exceeds…
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pandemic response plan: let elderly, sick & poor die
from global research: The Bush-Cheney administration’s Department of Homeland Security, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have collectively set guidelines that recommend – in the event of a “pandemic” or mass crisis – that the elderly, the sick, the severely injured, and the poor…
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election?, stagflation, cs gas, thermobaric & bali bomb
the election that might not happenfrom common dreams: It’s springtime in American politics. It’s only early March, but there’s a giddy, hopeful feeling to this election season, a sense that new leadership is blossoming. We could have a Democrat in the White House next year. But winter isn’t over yet and we need to balance…
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hillary, hollowed-out book, nau, fraudsters & al-CIAda
dallas cop killed while escorting hillary from cbs2: A Dallas police motorcycle officer who crashed and died Friday while escorting Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton’s motorcade to a campaign rally has been identified, CBS station KTVT-TV, in Dallas reported. Senior Cpl. Victor Lozada, a 20-year veteran of the department, was killed in the accident.…
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radiation pills, blackwater ills, gold & a ‘gannon moment’
white house drops anti-radiation pill planfrom upi: The Bush administration has dropped a program to distribute anti-radiation pills to citizens who live near nuclear reactors, officials said. John Marburger, U.S. President George Bush’s top science adviser, said Monday the over-the-counter potassium iodide pills “offer negligible additional protection” against radiation exposure and there were more effective…
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oregon ham radio operators were emergency heroes
from katu: With communications down in much of the state smacked by the recent storm, state emergency officials are calling ham radio operators heroes. When even state police had difficulty reaching some of their own troops, ham radio worked, setting up networks so emergency officials could communicate and relaying lists of supplies needed in stricken…
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emergency alert system activated by ‘mistake’
from propaganda matrix/live leak: An emergency alert announced on TV and radio stations in Illinois this morning appears to be the result of a human error in Washington, D.C. “Apparently, there’s some kind of test being run that shouldn’t be going out,” Lawrence said. “(IEMA) is getting besieged with phone calls from all over… “All…