Tag: west virginia
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envirohealth: euthanasia, e-cigarettes, agent orange, vax & anthrax
nasa climate chief controversial call for civil disobedience oregon bill talks of banning pit bulls & euthanizing themfrom katu: A new bill on pit bulls [940kb PDF] that hasn’t even hit the Senate floor yet is already getting a lot of heat from folks on both sides of the issue. chinese e-cigarettes gain ground amid…
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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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envirohealth: water, web, weather, west virginia & whales
cnbc host recommends statins be put in the water supplyfrom youtube: Makers of Crestor now claim that people with normal cholesterol are also at risk for heart attack. Their study shows that if this group has a high level of hsCRP they lower their risk for heart attacks and arterial disease. This even though hsCRP…
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obamessiah updates: status quo, crowds, questions & more
a million dupes could attend obama inaugurationfrom ap: President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration is expected to draw 1 million-plus to the capital, and already some lawmakers have stopped taking ticket requests and hotels have booked up. Some people are bartering on Craigslist for places to stay for the Jan. 20 ceremony when the Illinois senator takes…
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spies, lies & fbi, kbr, ss sex, spitzer, byrd, hatfill & more
the big apple’s eyeing youfrom nypost: They’re watching you. The NYPD’s plan to have 5,000 cameras trained on every sidewalk crack south of Canal Street has begun in a space-age hub that will be operating by the end of the month. The “Ring of Steel” command center – which will keep 24-hour watch on high-profile…
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selection ’08: victory, investigation, scare tactics & a 2nd coup
mccain guarantees victoryfrom politico: Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that he can “guarantee” a win on Nov. 4 in a squeaker victory that won’t be clear until late that night. McCain spoke amid signs of a tightening race, and reports of renewed determination among his staff, which is badly…
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9/11 first responders to visit west virginia school
from wvde: John Feal, founding president of the FealGood Foundation and a demolition expert who worked at Ground Zero following the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, will bring his message to Upshur County students and residents on Friday, Oct. 24. Feal and up to seven other first responders will meet with students at Buchannon Upshur…
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selection ’08: wv vote fraud, ballot debacle & resistance
official: machines not to blame for switched votes in wvfrom raw replay: CNN’s Brian Todd reported from West Virginia where several voters said that voting machines switched their votes to the other candidate. Calvin Thomas tried to vote for Barack Obama but the machine registered his vote for John McCain. “I pushed the Democrat ticket…
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selection 08: jesus endorses obama, or: coke vs pepsi, you decide!
it’s nauseating to watch everyone salivate over who’s endorsing the obamessiah, as if it’s some big bold & daring stance. oooh, way to pick 1 thing over the other in a field of 2! of course, there’s only 2 puppets in the phony left/right paradigm, but there were/are tons of other candidates. now if powell…
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wv: miners vs nra, dupont appeals, eminent domain & santa
miners union slams nra over film crewfrom examiner: The United Mine Workers of America is crying foul over what it says was an attempt to get miners to badmouth Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama for a camera crew. UMWA President Cecil Roberts plans to hold a news conference in Charleston at 12 p.m. Monday with…
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money$hit: bailouts, banksters, bread & circuses
bush does 9/11 replay in ask for unprecedented powers & budgetfrom the washington note: Just after the September 11th terrorist attacks occurred, George W. Bush went before the nation and made the case that he needed unprecedented authority – budgetary and military – to take on the threats poised at the well-being and safety of…
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gwot: wv natl guard, nuke discipline, provocation & suicide
west virginia national guard mobilizedfrom ap: An Army National Guard squadron based in West Virginia is being deployed. But Captain James Bowen says the specific destination for the 150th Armored Reconnaissance Squadron is yet to be determined. Some of the unit’s 570 soldiers are from Ohio. Bowen says around December 1st, the squadron based in…
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selection ’08: obama/biden herd the sheep
dems endorse ‘global war on terror’; obama ‘goes after’ osamafrom michel chossudovsky: Obama’s “American Promise” is War. Barack Obama has embraced the “Global War on Terrorism” (GWOT). The Obama-Biden campaign has endorsed the very foundations of the Bush administration’s foreign policy agenda: “Go after Osama bin Laden, take him out”. The rhetoric is softer but…
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bayer pesticide factory explosion in west virginia kills 1
from ap: Federal officials are investigating the cause of a plant explosion that rocked an area west of Charleston, hurling a fireball hundreds of feet into the air, killing one worker and injuring a second. Among many other chemicals, the Bayer CropScience plant produces methyl isocyanate, which killed at least 15,000 people in the infamous…
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west virginia offers licenses for those who fear ‘the beast’
from ap: West Virginia started… keeping driver’s license photos out of a computer database for members of a small religious group who believe digital storage is a “mark of the beast” that evokes biblical prophecy. State Division of Motor Vehicles Commissioner Joseph Cicchirillo said the group of about 50 or 60 Christians, who are not…