Tag: new york
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animal farms get bigger & bigger
from allgov: The last two decades witnessed the continued disappearance of small- and medium-sized farms, thanks to the ever-expanding presence of corporate-owned “factory” farms, according to Food and Water Watch. In a new report, the agricultural watchdog organization found the number of dairy cows on factory farms (those with more than 500 cows) nearly doubled,…
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Mystery Shiny Objects Floating Over Manhattan Spark UFO Frenzy
A mysterious shiny object floating high over Manhattan’s West Side set off a flurry of reports and wild speculation Wednesday that a UFO was flying over the city.
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obama defends right to build ground zero mosque
from bbc: US President Barack Obama has staunchly defended controversial plans to build a mosque near Ground Zero in New York. Opponents have protested against the construction of an Islamic cultural centre and mosque several hundred feet away from the site of the Twin Towers. Mr Obama acknowledged “sensitivities” surround the 9/11 site, but said…
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police state updates: threats & intercepts
video: dhs warns dc metro about threat (or: dhs threatens dc metro about warnings)* texas guard, czech army trains for disaster in ‘operation lonestar’* US-russian hijacking drill ends* 60k babies of noncitizens get US birthright* 49%: repeal birthright citizenship* gates foundation gave millions to la raza* coast guard copter intercepts unauthorized plane in dc* cia…
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Econocrash Updates: Competing Currencies & Scary Graphs
New types of money are popping up across Mid-Michigan and supporters say, it’s not counterfeit, but rather a competing currency.
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police state updates: seeing something & saying something
making a police state out of the empire state* nyc subway bomb plot linked to british al-qaeda cell, feds say* 3 al-qaeda suspects arrested in norway over links to ny/uk plots* g20 investigation goes high-tech; biometrics will find protesters* swipe, smile, blow: pennsylvania gets wine vending machines* video: military patrols beach in panama city* uk…
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7/8 newspurge: walk tall
drugwar: marijuana busts ‘where the money is’ for cops* pot vs alcohol: experts say booze is the bigger danger* national guard troops invading neighborhoods to ‘fight drugs’* video: ny natl guard using gamma ray scanning machines* geopolitiks: obama says israel has right to nuclear capability for ‘deterrence purposes’* saudi king says israel, iran don’t deserve…
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Biowars/Envirohealth: Spill, Cigs & Eugenics
As oil spews, BP chief at UK yacht race // CDC finds higher levels of cancer-causing chemicals from US brand cigarettes // Indian children blinded, crippled by fluoride in water
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All Public Safety & Police Radios Down In District of Criminals
D.C. Police sources tell FOX 5 that radio communications are down citywide in the District, and police officers on the street have no way to receive or respond to calls via radio.
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Lehman Collapse: What Did Geithner know & When Did He Know It?
Lehman Brothers managed to conceal from the outside world a multi-billion-dollar mess that was years in the making, according to an audit investigation released last week. But the size and scope of Lehman’s manipulative accounting has led some Wall Street critics to wonder what the New York branch of the Federal Reserve — led then…
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drugwar persists despite mixed messages & propaganda
despite obama promise, dea still raids medical pot growers from raw story: On Thursday, a Denver news station interviewed Chris Bartkowicz about his medical-marijuana operation in the basement of his home. Bartkowicz, confident of his compliance with state laws, boasted of its size and profitability. “I’m definitely living the dream now,” he told 9News. The…
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2/11 binge & purge: codex, cocktails & cola cancer
video: how organic is organic? codex alimentarius cohorts wage war against food* (more on codex alimentarius here & here) pharma says: stop selling unlicensed natural health remedies* food stamps at record 32.8m* china recalls 170 tons of melamine milk* flashback: another melamine-tainted milk scandal in china* nyc cracks down on eggs in cocktails* soft drinks…
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new york’s hungry kids: 1 in 5 rely on emergency food
from nbc new york: One in eight Americans needed emergency food help in 2009 – one of five children in New York City are relying on emergency food. These sad statistics come from Feeding America and the Food Bank for New York City. “Food insecure” is the bureaucratic term for hungry people – and New…
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US drops plan for 9/11 trials in nyc
from nytimes: The Obama administration on Friday gave up on its plan to try the Sept. 11 plotters in Lower Manhattan, bowing to almost unanimous pressure from New York officials and business leaders to move the terrorism trial elsewhere. “I think I can acknowledge the obvious,” an administration official said. “We’re considering other options.” The…
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murder/mayhem: the rage contagion continues
questions remain regarding ft hood massacre*pentagon to probe ‘internal weaknesses’ behind ft hood shooting*covering up cia mind control at ft hood? govt ‘investigates’ itself with ‘independent’ review by ‘ex-cia’ william webster*levin: ‘significant evidence’ ft hood shooting was ‘terrorism’*ft hood suspect hasan paralyzed*video: radical cleric didn’t advocate violence in emails to hasan*agencies reporting to white house…