Re: Fake gold bars! What's next?
If I could get away with it, Id make me a few gold bars! ;o) On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 3:48 PM, Sumerian.. sumerian...@yahoo.com wrote: *Fake gold bars! What's next?* By Dan Eden exclusively for viewzone.com http://www.viewzone .com/fakegold. htmlhttp://www.viewzone.com/fakegold.html December 04, 2009 Excerpts: It's one thing to counterfeit a twenty or hundred dollar bill. The amount of financial damage is usually limited to a specific region and only affects dozens of people and thousands of dollars. Secret Service agents quickly notify the banks on how to recognize these phony bills and retail outlets usually have procedures in place (such as special pens to test the paper) to stop their proliferation. But what about gold? This is the most sacred of all commodities because it is thought to be the most trusted, reliable and valuable means of saving wealth. A recent discovery -- in October of 2009 -- has been suppressed by the main stream media but has been circulating among the big money brokers and financial kingpins and is just now being revealed to the public. It involves the gold in Fort Knox -- the US Treasury gold -- that is the equity of our national wealth. In short, millions (with an m) of gold bars are fake! In October of 2009 the Chinese received a shipment of gold bars. Gold is regularly exchanges between countries to pay debts and to settle the so-called balance of trade. Most gold is exchanged and stored in vaults under the supervision of a special organization based in London, the London Bullion Market Association (or LBMA). When the shipment was received, the Chinese government asked that special tests be performed to guarantee the purity and weight of the gold bars. In this test, four small holed are drilled into the gold bars and the metal is then analyzed. Officials were shocked to learn that the bars were fake. They contained cores of tungsten with only a outer coating of real gold. What's more, these gold bars, containing serial numbers for tracking, originated in the US and had been stored in Fort Knox for years. There were reportedly between 5,600 to 5,700 bars, weighing 400 oz. each, in the shipment! *What the Chinese uncovered:* Roughly 15 years ago -- during the Clinton Administration [think Robert Rubin, Sir Alan Greenspan and Lawrence Summers] -- between 1.3 and 1.5 million 400 oz tungsten blanks were allegedly manufactured by a very high-end, sophisticated refiner in the USA [more than 16 Thousand metric tonnes]. Subsequently, 640,000 of these tungsten blanks received their gold plating and WERE shipped to Ft. Knox and remain there to this day. === S1000+ === --- On *Fri, 1/15/10, Stan Norred windstal...@windstalker.com* wrote: -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups World-thread group. To post to this group, send email to world-thr...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to world-thread+unsubscr...@googlegroups.comworld-thread%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com . For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/world-thread?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World-thread" group. To post to this group, send email to world-thr...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to world-thread+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/world-thread?hl=en.
Re: Setting A Standard- Business and Celebrity US community
This is going to sound very harsh from me, and I do feel sorry for Casey and her friends(Total innocents born into SCUM) But I cant help but smile as I think of her Daddy and Mommy grieving, Karma is wonderful! On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 2:21 AM, Sumerian.. sumerian...@yahoo.com wrote: PS: Johnson and Johnson's, another product.S1000 Model lashes out at Tila Tequila calling her a sick, sick girl [image: Jasmine Lennard (Getty Images)] A friend of *Casey Johnson* has sharpened her claws and lashed out at the late Johnson Johnson heiress's fiancee *Tila Tequila* — calling her a sick, sick girl. British model *Jasmine Lennard* said she had tried desperately to save Casey, an openly lesbian socialite, from serious drug problems, but Tila got in the way, *Radar Online* reports. There was a car ready 24 hours a day to take her to the best rehab facility in the country. Jasmine, who said she was never romantically involved with Casey, told RadarOnline.com she tried to save the heiress with friendship. Casey was a fragile, beautiful, witty, wonderful girl who was desperately looking for love, she said. Jasmine's relationship with Casey went sour in December when she accused the heiress of stealing almost $30,000 in underwear and jewellery from her Hollywood home. Casey was arrested by police and charged with theft. Jasmine alleges it was after the arrest that reality TV star Tila Tequila latched onto Casey and exploited her vulnerability. Tila got a hold of her and said, 'hey, come out with me and we'll show them!' Jasmine said For her to die with this reputation, it's just not her ... Tila is a sick, sick girl. Less than a month later, Tila and Casey announced their engagement in a bizarre online video in which both appeared scantily clad. Tonight, my beautiful girlfriend has just asked me to marry her, and check out this rock, Tila said. Bam! That is a 17-carat diamond ring from my baby. It was Tila who broke the news of Casey's death via Twitter yesterday and then strangely retracted it by saying Casey was not dead but in a coma. Everyone please pray 4 my Wifey Casey Johnson, wrote Tila. She has passed away. Thank u for all ur love and support but I will be offline to be w/ family. Less than an hour later, Tila posted another tweet. I just got news that my fiance is not dead but currently in a coma!!! Omg please pray that she will make it! Hang in there my love please!!! she said. === S1000+ === -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups World-thread group. To post to this group, send email to world-thr...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to world-thread+unsubscr...@googlegroups.comworld-thread%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com . For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/world-thread?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World-thread" group. To post to this group, send email to world-thr...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to world-thread+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/world-thread?hl=en.
Re: Dubai Tower in 50 photos (officaly opened on 4th Jan 2010)
Incredible photos! You know where the money is 2010/1/5 Sumerian.. sumerian...@yahoo.com === S1000+ === --- On *Mon, 1/4/10, سحر الطبيعة gr...@waraqat.net* wrote: From: Subject: [waraqat] افتتاح برج دبي اليوم .. 50 صورة من أروع الصور الملتقطة للبرج الرائع Date: Monday, January 4, 2010, 3:26 PM http://www.waraqat.net/quran/ * افتتاح برج دبي اليوم .. 50 صورة من أروع الصور الملتقطة للبرج الرائع + تقرير عن البرج* http://www.waraqat.net/11506/ http://www.waraqat.net/11506/ افتتاح برج دبي اليوم .. 50 صورة من أروع الصور الملتقطة للبرج [image: برج دبي] http://www.waraqat.net/11506/ تم اليوم اليوم الاثنين 18 – 1 – 1431 الموافق 4 – 1 – 2010 افتتاح برج دبي المسمى ببرج خليفة .. أترككم مع تقرير عن البرج مع 50 صورة من أروع الصور الملتقطة للبرج .. *تقرير عن البرج:* دبي – ا ف ب – تفتتح دبي الاثنين البرج الذي يحمل اسم الإمارة ويرسم افقا جديدا للتصميم والبناء لكونه الاعلى في العالم، على امل طي صفحة موجعة من الانتكاسات التي هزت صورتها وبلغت ذروتها مع ازمة ديون مجموعة دبي العالمية. وشركة اعمار العقارية المملوكة جزئيا لحكومة الامارة والتي طورت برج دبي الذي ينتصب كمسلة ساطعة من الفولاذ والزجاج، لم تكشف قط عن الارتفاع الحقيقي للبرج وتكتفي بالقول انه يتجاوز عتبة الثمانمئة متر. ويتوقع ان يعلن الارتفاع النهائي في الافتتاح الرسمي مساء الاثنين خلال حفل ضخم سيقام بمناسبة الذكرى الرابعة لتولي الشيخ محمد بن راشد ال مكتوم مقاليد الحكم في دبي. والبرج الذي يرتفع لاكثر من 160 طابقا ويحتوي على 330 الف متر مكعب من الكونكريت و31400 طن متري من القضبان الفولاذية المستخدمة في هيكل البناء و57 مصعدا، تجعل منه هذه الارقام ايقونة عمرانية بكل معنى الكلمة. قدرت كلفة برج دبي الذي يمكن مشاهدته على بعد 95 كلم، عند بدء المشروع بمليار دولار لكن الكلفة الحقيقية تجاوزت هذا الرقم بحسب تقارير صحافية محلية. وقال بيل بيكر، شريك الاعمال الهيكلية والهندسة المدنية في شركة سكيدمور اوينغ اند ميريل (اس او ام) التي صممت البرج ومقرها شيكاغو لقد تعلمنا الكثير من برج دبي، ويمكنني القول انه بات بوسعنا ان نبني برجا بطول كيلومتر بسهولة. لقد حدد البرج مرجعية جديدة. واضاف لوكالة فرانس برس انه بعد فوز المكتب بمسابقة بناء البرج ظننا انه سيكون اعلى بقليل من اعلى برج في العالم (تايبيه 101 – 508 امتار)، الا ان العميل (شركة اعمار) ما انفك يطلب منا ان نزيد الارتفاع، ونحن قمنا بذلك مرات كثيرة. كنا نقوم بدوزنة التصميم وكانه آلة موسيقية. وتصميم البرج يتمحور حول بنية مثلثة الاضلاع يتوسطها هيكل ضخم من الاسمنت، ويضيق مدى البرج كلما ارتفع، وعلى مراحل متفاوتة بين الاضلاع الثلاثة، قبل ان يتحول في اعلاه الى هيكل معدني تعلوه مسلة ضخمة. والتصميم مستوحى ايضا من تويجة زهرة الصحراء التي تنمو في منطقة الخليج. ولعل ابرز تحديات البناء هو ضخ الخرسانة دون ان تتجمد على ارتفاع 605 امتار، وهو الارتفاع الذي يتحول بعده البرج الى هيكل معدني. من جهته، قال جورج افستاثيو الشريك المدير في اس او ام والمسؤول المباشر عن مشروع برج دبي ان البنية المثلثة الاضلاع، والمعروفة بواي شايب، تمنح اساسا متينا لبرج بهذا الارتفاع. واضاف لقد اعتمدنا هذا الشكل واستخدمنا عناصر من الهندسة الاسلامية والقناطر المستدقة، وكلما كنا نرتفع عاموديا، كنا نقلص الحجم للتخفيف من تاثير الرياح. وعن تاثير الرياح ومدى تذبذب اعلى المبنى، قال افستاثيو انه مبنى هادئ جدا، فبعض العواصف لن تشعر بها على الاطلاق، وقد تشعر بالعواصف الاقوى، الا البرج في العموم اهدأ من كل الابراج الشاهقة الاخرى في العالم بالرغم من كونها اقل ارتفاعا منه. ونفذ اعمال البناء التي بدأت في 2004 تحالف بين سامسونغ الكورية وبيسيكس البلجيكية وارابتيك الاماراتية. والبرج يضم اكثر من الف شقة و49 طابقا للمكاتب اضافة الى فندق في طوابقه السفلى يحمل توقيع المصمم الايطالي جورجيو ارماني، فيما ستكون الطوابق العليا بحسب بيكر مكاتب اشبه بان تكون مكاتب للمراسم، اي انها ستستقبل اجتماعات رسمية ولن تستخدم ليعمل فيها اشخاص بشكل دائم. وقبل ايام من الافتتاح، اكد عدد من الوسطاء العقاريين لوكالة فرانس برس ارتفاع الطلب بشكل ملحوظ على وحدات البرج التي بيعت جميعها قبل سنوات، وذلك في نهاية سنة قاسية على القطاع العقاري في دبي، حيث انخفضت الاسعار بنسبة 50% بعد سنوات من الارتفاع الحاد. الا ان انخفاض الاسعار في البرج كان بحسب هؤلاء اقل حدة. وقال رجل اعمال فلسطيني فضل عدم الكشف عن اسمه لوكالة فرانس برس لقد اشتريت عام 2008 شقة من غرفة نوم واحدة في الطابق الثمانين مقابل ثلاثة ملايين دولار، وبذلك تكون خسارتي نظريا كبيرة مع تدني الاسعار. الا انه قال ان امتلاك شقة في هذا المبنى يمنح شعورا من الرضا الذاتي. ووصل سعر المتر المربع ضمن المساحات التجارية في البرج في ذروة فورة الاسعار الى ما بين 4500 و5500 دولار. لكن مصاعب دبي المالية وتداعيات الازمة الاقتصادية على دبي ودول الخليج عموما، قد تخدم برج دبي بشكل غير مباشر اذ تؤجل طموحات اخرى لبناء ابراج تقفز فوق عتبة الف متر. ويعتقد البعض ان برج دبي سيكون آخر حبة في عنقود المشاريع العملاقة التي اشتهرت بها دبي، ومنها جزر النخيل الاصطناعية التي تطورها شركة نخيل المسؤولة جزئيا عن ازمة ديون مجوعة دبي العالمية التابعة لحكومة الامارة. وتقوم المجموعة حاليا بجهود لاعادة جدولة ديون بحوالى 22 مليار دولار بعد ان لامست التعثر الشهر الماضي وتجنبته بفضل تدخل امارة ابوظبي في آخر لحظة. ومن المشاريع التي اعلن عنها في منطقة الخليج ويبدو مستقبلها اكثر من غامض بعد الازمة، برج نخيل الذي قالت نخيل انه سيتجاوز
Re: Leaving the USA
Lots of baby boomers are (and have been) heading to South America for retirement, Panama, Brazil, Peru I could easily live in Brazil On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 5:54 PM, Sumerian.. sumerian...@yahoo.com wrote: For this case maybe yes.. But sometimes it is political or feeling unsecured. It is not easy anyhow. === S1000+ === --- On *Tue, 12/8/09, xi xieu.l...@gmail.com* wrote: From: xi xieu.l...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Leaving the USA To: World-thread world-thread@googlegroups.com Date: Tuesday, December 8, 2009, 8:56 AM I think migration relates to economy. So ... Peace and best wishes. Xi On 8 dic, 11:08, Sumerian.. sumerian...@yahoo.comhttp://mc/compose?to=sumerian...@yahoo.com wrote: Some more people have decided to leave USA. S1000+ Doctors have been leaving the USA for years. Many now work at Caribbean vacation spots where patients can RR while getting a face life. Some specialize in other treatments that are too expensive in the US without insurance. Rich Martin -- Forwarded message -- From: Westcott2006@ aol.com To: Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 11:57:19 EST Subject: Re: Leaving the USA, or staying and fighting the parasites Dear Bruce and Carl, Interesting discussion about whether to try and stay and fight within the USA, or to simply give it up as a lost cause, and try to build a new life elsewhere. For me, I was forced to leave, no choice, it was a few days a way from the goons grabbing to murder me in a US jail cell. Certainly life is much better here in Western Europe, than I ever knew it in the USA. - And I think Brazil will be one of the strongest countries in the near future. Now, I'm more than five years gone from the USA, so whatever potential is there for a true revolution in the US, needs to be judged by people like you there on the ground. No doubt the big crisis is coming ... Will it fall and crumble quickly like the old Soviet Union, will there be a great battle with lots of blood, or will the US simply sink into fascism without end? Interesting times indeed. Good luck to both of you, whatever you do and decide. Les -- Dr Les (Leslie) Sachs - Political refugee from US in Europe - Writer on US legal and media corruption - target of US threats of murder and smear campaigns - my journalism sites blocked by US orders against Google and internet search engines Author, 'Americans Murdering Their Judges', 'America's Corrupt Legal System', 'Foreign Companies Face US Court Corruption: Doing Business in the Big Bribery Nation', 'The CIA and Wikipedia', 'FAQ on US Judicial and Legal Corruption' Website about me by other European journalists, with links to the above articles:http://about-les-sachs. angelfire. com/ _ _ _ _ _ _ Dear Les and Carl: I'm staying. Don't yet know about you, Carl. Western Europe sounds good; Brazil has its share of disparity and a cesspool factor that seems more Babylonian, which you, Carl, seem to abhor, than here. Oh well, I've committed to, perhaps relegated to, tank duty. Bruce === S1000+ === --- On Mon, 12/7/09, slick_ez...@yahoogroups.comhttp://mc/compose?to=slick_ez...@yahoogroups.com richsra...@juno.com http://mc/compose?to=richsra...@juno.com wrote:- Ocultar texto de la cita - - Mostrar texto de la cita - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups World-thread group. To post to this group, send email to world-thread@googlegroups.comhttp://mc/compose?to=world-thr...@googlegroups.com . To unsubscribe from this group, send email to world-thread+ unsubscr...@googlegroups.comhttp://mc/compose?to=unsubscr...@googlegroups.com . For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/world-thread?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups World-thread group. To post to this group, send email to world-thr...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to world-thread+unsubscr...@googlegroups.comworld-thread%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com . For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/world-thread?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups World-thread group. To post to this group, send email to world-thr...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to world-thread+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/world-thread?hl=en.
Re: The Economy is so good and healthy . . .
So good to have you back again Mercury ! Great welcome ! :) Peace and best wishes. Xi Hi Xi! :o) How are you? Where are you? For some reason I get emails from your group, But I cant post directly to the group? Ive been busy shopping for Christmas, which I love to do. Painting the inside of my home, room by room. Thats always fun and looks great when I am done! ;o) Missed you On 30 nov, 21:43, Mercury kevys...@gmail.com wrote: *The economy is so bad - a truckload of Americans was caught sneaking into Mexico . * ** Funny! They are all great On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 3:37 PM, Sumerian.. sumerian...@yahoo.com wrote: Zee Source wrote : The economy is so bad - that Bush is now sending his kids to Pakistan for graduate school The economy is so bad - that Cheney's undisclosed location is being disclosed as foreclosed by Hamid Karzai The economy is so bad - that I got a pre-declined credit card in the mail. The economy is so bad - I ordered a burger at McDonalds and the kid behind the counter asked, Can you afford fries with that? The economy is so bad - that CEO's are now playing miniature golf. The economy is so bad - if the bank returns your check marked Insufficient Funds, you call them and ask if they meant you or them. The economy is so bad - Hot Wheels and Matchbox stocks are trading higher than GM. The economy is so bad - McDonalds is selling the 1/4 ouncer. The economy is so bad - parents in Beverly Hills fired their nannies and learned their children's names. The economy is so bad - a truckload of Americans was caught sneaking into Mexico . The economy is so bad - Dick Cheney took his stockbroker hunting. The economy is so bad - Motel Six won't leave the light on anymore. The economy is so bad - the Mafia is laying off judges. The economy is so bad - Exxon-Mobil laid off 25 Congressmen. . http://www.commondreams.org/ view/2009/ 11/30 http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/11/30And finally... Congress says they are looking into this Bernard Madoff scandal. Oh Great!! The guy who made $50 Billion disappear is being investigated by the people who made $50 Trillion disappear into their friends' pockets! === S1000+ === - Forwarded Message *From:* Zee Source cherokeescho...@comcast.net ***Sent:* Mon, November 30, 2009 9:57:13 AM *Subject:* . . . The Economy is so bad that . . . -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups World-thread group. To post to this group, send email to world-thr...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to world-thread+unsubscr...@googlegroups.comworld-thread%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com world-thread%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com . For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/world-thread?hl=en.- Ocultar texto de la cita - - Mostrar texto de la cita - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups World-thread group. To post to this group, send email to world-thr...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to world-thread+unsubscr...@googlegroups.comworld-thread%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com . For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/world-thread?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups World-thread group. To post to this group, send email to world-thr...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to world-thread+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/world-thread?hl=en.
Re: Vaccines as Biological Weapons? Live Avian Flu Virus Placed in Baxter Vaccine Materials Sent to 18 Countries
Possibility #2: A rogue employee (or an evil plot from the top management) is present at Baxter, whereby live avian flu viruses were intentionally placed into the vaccine materials in the hope that such materials might be injected into humans and set off a global bird flu pandemic. It just so happens that a global bird flu pandemic would sell a LOT of bird flu vaccines. Although some naive people have a hard time believing that corporations would endanger human beings to make money, this is precisely the way corporations now behave in America's ethically-challenge d free-market environment. (Remember Enron? Exxon? Merck? DuPont? Monsanto? Need I go on?) If I would have read this 10 years ago, I would think conspiracy nuts But, When you look at the history of pharmaceuticals companies,(The dark side) You will find the MOST unethical bunch of humans to walk on this earth. GREED rules our world. Sickness is a BUISNEES a Trillion dollar buisness. There is more money in sickness than all buisnesses combined. What do people fear the most? Death. How to make money from peoples fears, Create a panic, Sell drugs! The CDC has a chart on its web site that shows statistics on flu deaths. The media uses this 35 thousand deaths every year from the flu, IS BOGUS!!! Granted the elderly are at a higher risk for catching pneumonia from the flu, most likely from aspirating on thier own secretions or food or drink. Because the elderly person is on his death bed and had the flu at the time of death, THIS is what they use as the cause of death! Even if that elderly person is in the last stages of cancer, heart disease, whatever disease. This goes for the disabled population as well. Pneumonia is a dying persons friend! And that holds true, even for today. But, yet the CDC(In which they have a group of scientist, doctors sitting at the round table making decisions on what vaccine to SELL, Most also work for the industry, some like Dr Ofitt who has sat at the round table deciding what drugs to inject into a newborn infant OWNS a patent on vaccines) USES this number of deaths to scare the healthy population into BUYING a damn vaccine! This is like BUT much worse A car dealer telling you that you MUST drive thier car or you will die, and get the corrupt government to pass laws MANDATING that you drive that specific car! Even if you dont drive! On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 7:59 AM, Sumerian.. sumerian...@yahoo.com wrote: Could someone be trying to start more than one pandemic by releasing mixed viruses on us? After all, the Swine Flu virus was also mixed and the timing is VERY suspicious. Originally published March 3 2009 Vaccines as Biological Weapons? Live Avian Flu Virus Placed in Baxter Vaccine Materials Sent to 18 Countries by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor (NaturalNews) There's a popular medical thriller novel in which a global pandemic is intentionally set off by an evil plot designed to reduce the human population. In the book, a nefarious drug company inserts live avian flu viruses into vaccine materials that are distributed to countries around the world to be injected into patients as flu shots. Those patients then become carriers for these highly-virulent strains of avian flu which go on to infect the world population and cause widespread death. There's only one problem with this story: It's not fiction. Or, at least, the part about live avian flu viruses being inserted into vaccine materials isn't fiction. It's happening right now. Deerfield, Illinois-based pharmaceutical company Baxter International Inc. has just been caught shipping live avian flu viruses mixed with vaccine material to medical distributors in 18 countries. The mistake (if you can call it that, see below...) was discovered by the National Microbiology Laboratory in Canada. The World Health Organization was alerted and panic spread throughout the vaccine community as health experts asked the obvious question: How could this have happened? As published on LifeGen.de (http://www. lifegen.de/ newsip/showne. ..), serious questions like this are being raised: Baxter International Inc. in Austria 'unintentionally contaminated samples with the bird flu virus that were used in laboratories in 3 neighbouring countries, raising concern about the potential spread of the deadly disease'. Austria, Germany, Slowenia and the Czech Republic - these are the countries in which labs were hit with dangerous viruses. Not by bioterrorist commandos, but by Baxter. In other words: One of the major global pharmaceutical players seems to have lost control over a virus which is considered by many virologists to be one of the components leading some day to a new pandemic. Or, put another way, Baxter is acting a whole lot like a biological terrorism organization these days, sending deadly viral samples around the world. If you mail an envelope full of anthrax to your
Re: Why no one puts Rumsfeld in prison yet?
What is the latest NEWS in America A woman!! A woman that is being tarred and feathered for speaking her mind. A woman that has every right to her opinion and when she speaks from her heart (So, even if it wasnt from her heart and she was just trying to save face, with a few) Its still her right to feel the way she does. But, the point is, THIS is what makes news in America! While millions of children starve around the globe! Its disgusting. You are right, Sumerian, We do live in a very troubled world! On May 13, 9:58 am, Sumerian.. sumerian...@yahoo.com wrote: Mercury; I believe the world is more troubled than what we think. Two reasons: Non ethicals are running the economy/ banking / many churches and second they control the media to beautify their actions. Thank you for your interest and your appreciation. === S1000+ === --- On Tue, 5/12/09, Mercury kevys...@gmail.com wrote: From: Mercury kevys...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Why no one puts Rumsfeld in prison yet? To: World-thread world-thread@googlegroups.com Date: Tuesday, May 12, 2009, 5:34 PM Sumerian! This is an EXCELLENT article! Thanks for posting this. Unreported or Underreported Real Pandemics, Not Fake Ones Like Avian and Swine Flu This is what makes me sick and I refuse to watch MSM, They dont give a crap about what REALLY goes on in our world. The question is always why does MSM want to keep people in the dark. Other global pandemics include: 1.3 billion people live on less than $1 dollar a day, including over 500 million existing in absolute poverty according to the World Bank; another three billion survive on about $2 a day; poverty this extreme kills; starvation and famine kill about 15 million children annually; Thats hard to swallow. 15 MILLION children dying EVERY single year from starvation STILL and it continues. On May 12, 5:10 pm, Sumerian.. sumerian...@yahoo.com wrote: Unreported or Underreported Real Pandemics, Not Fake Ones Like Avian and Swine Flu by Stephen Lendman Monday, 4 May 2009 In his April 29 Global Research.ca article, F. William Engdahl discussed Flying Pigs, Tamiflu and Factory Farms and shed light on the current swine flu hysteria - hyped by the same folks who engineered the 2006 (H5N1) Avian Flu scare that had more bark than bite. But it proved hugely profitable for drug makers like Roche and Gilead Sciences, the company Donald Rumsfeld led as chairman from 1997 - 2001 and remains a major shareholder. Although he won't discuss his private finances, he's likely benefitting handsomely from the current panic. Earlier Avian Flu reports were like the following: numerous ones from public health journalists saying governments are thoroughly unprepared for a pandemic flu outbreak; as a result, it could lead to potential societal breakdown, chaos, and panic; Robert Madelin, the EU's health and consumer protection department director-general, cited scientists' predictions of a potential two - seven million death toll worldwide, then saying: It's when and not if; the World Bank estimating that an Avian Flu (H5N1) outbreak could kill up to 70 million worldwide and cause $2 trillion in economic losses; and a scary July 2006 consumeraffairs.com report citing information like the above and more, then concluding: There have so far been no known cases of H5N1 (Avian Flu) in the US.When all was said and done, the global tempest was no more than a teapot maximum few hundred deaths, but, according to Engdahl, a Pentagon-initiated biowarfare project threatens something far graver. In an August 2008 article titled The Pentagon's alarming project: Avian Flu Biowar Vaccine, he cited alarming evidence of a cooperative pharmaceutical industry-Pentagon effort to genetically weaponize the H5N1 virus, then unleash a selective pandemic through the process of mandatory vaccination(s) with an alleged vaccine offered as protection. If today's Swine Flu scare is for this purpose, indeed it is worrisome, but that remains to be seen. What's known is what Engdahl reported in his April 29 article: that In October 2005 the Pentagon ordered vaccination of all US military personnel worldwide against what it called Avian Flu, H5N1 (and) budgeted more than $1 billion to stockpile the drug Oseltamivir, sold under the name Tamiflu. (At the time, George Bush asked) Congress to appropriate another $2 billion for Tamiflu stocks. This drug is no mild candy to be taken lightly. It has heavy side effects that potentially can kill. Nonetheless, during the current panic, its sales have skyrocketed, and that alone worries some enough to wonder what's more dangerous - the flu or the combination of the FDA approving potentially deadly drugs like Tamiflu, the dominant media hyping a non-existant threat, public health organizations terrifying people with heightened alerts
Re: Why no one puts Rumsfeld in prison yet?
Sumerian! This is an EXCELLENT article! Thanks for posting this. Unreported or Underreported Real Pandemics, Not Fake Ones Like Avian and Swine Flu This is what makes me sick and I refuse to watch MSM, They dont give a crap about what REALLY goes on in our world. The question is always why does MSM want to keep people in the dark. Other global pandemics include: 1.3 billion people live on less than $1 dollar a day, including over 500 million existing in absolute poverty according to the World Bank; another three billion survive on about $2 a day; poverty this extreme kills; starvation and famine kill about 15 million children annually; Thats hard to swallow. 15 MILLION children dying EVERY single year from starvation STILL and it continues. On May 12, 5:10 pm, Sumerian.. sumerian...@yahoo.com wrote: Unreported or Underreported Real Pandemics, Not Fake Ones Like Avian and Swine Flu by Stephen Lendman Monday, 4 May 2009 In his April 29 Global Research.ca article, F. William Engdahl discussed Flying Pigs, Tamiflu and Factory Farms and shed light on the current swine flu hysteria - hyped by the same folks who engineered the 2006 (H5N1) Avian Flu scare that had more bark than bite. But it proved hugely profitable for drug makers like Roche and Gilead Sciences, the company Donald Rumsfeld led as chairman from 1997 - 2001 and remains a major shareholder. Although he won't discuss his private finances, he's likely benefitting handsomely from the current panic. Earlier Avian Flu reports were like the following: numerous ones from public health journalists saying governments are thoroughly unprepared for a pandemic flu outbreak; as a result, it could lead to potential societal breakdown, chaos, and panic; Robert Madelin, the EU's health and consumer protection department director-general, cited scientists' predictions of a potential two - seven million death toll worldwide, then saying: It's when and not if; the World Bank estimating that an Avian Flu (H5N1) outbreak could kill up to 70 million worldwide and cause $2 trillion in economic losses; and a scary July 2006 consumeraffairs.com report citing information like the above and more, then concluding: There have so far been no known cases of H5N1 (Avian Flu) in the US.When all was said and done, the global tempest was no more than a teapot maximum few hundred deaths, but, according to Engdahl, a Pentagon-initiated biowarfare project threatens something far graver. In an August 2008 article titled The Pentagon's alarming project: Avian Flu Biowar Vaccine, he cited alarming evidence of a cooperative pharmaceutical industry-Pentagon effort to genetically weaponize the H5N1 virus, then unleash a selective pandemic through the process of mandatory vaccination(s) with an alleged vaccine offered as protection. If today's Swine Flu scare is for this purpose, indeed it is worrisome, but that remains to be seen. What's known is what Engdahl reported in his April 29 article: that In October 2005 the Pentagon ordered vaccination of all US military personnel worldwide against what it called Avian Flu, H5N1 (and) budgeted more than $1 billion to stockpile the drug Oseltamivir, sold under the name Tamiflu. (At the time, George Bush asked) Congress to appropriate another $2 billion for Tamiflu stocks. This drug is no mild candy to be taken lightly. It has heavy side effects that potentially can kill. Nonetheless, during the current panic, its sales have skyrocketed, and that alone worries some enough to wonder what's more dangerous - the flu or the combination of the FDA approving potentially deadly drugs like Tamiflu, the dominant media hyping a non-existant threat, public health organizations terrifying people with heightened alerts, and government officials like Department of Homeland Security secretary Janet Napolitano saying: We are proceeding as if we are preparatory to a full pandemic even though: no evidence suggests one; flu epidemics are extremely rare, certainly global ones with the potential to kill millions; influenza (flu) is a common viral illness; it exists in numerous strains; most remain infectious for about a week and produce symptoms including fever, coughing, nausea and at times vomiting - annoying but rarely life-threatening; and simple good health practices are more effective than dangerous drugs, including frequent hand washing, use of disinfectants and detergents, and abstaining from high-risk foods like all GMO ones as well as beef, poultry, and pork - raised under unsanitary conditions on factory farms that are notorious breeding grounds for toxic pathogens.That said, major unreported or underreported pandemics abound, real ones. None, however, make headlines or arouse public or media concern. Below are some. Wars, Massacres, Genocide, and Violence Wars indeed are reported but not their toll, human or otherwise. In the past century
The swine flu hoax
I know some of of you are concerned, But lets take a look at this logically. The media is OWNED by Pharma, They receive MILLIONS just for advertising its products. The same people that sit on the board in our most TRUSTED main stream media ALSO sit on the boards of some of our BIGGEST Pharmaceutical companies. Of course when there is an opportunity to SCARE people (MILLIONS and MILLIONS of innocent people) They will USE this to SELL thier PRODUCT! Its the worst kind of Corporate Greed IMO! A few years ago SARS broke out in Toronto. It WAS world NEWS just like this new scare in Mexico. I was getting my sons medication from Sick Kids Hospital in Toronto at the time of the SARS scare. Remeber this is the LARGEST children's hospital in North America! When I called for a refill, I would chat with the Doctors assistant about EVERYTHING, she was a real GEM! I ask her about the SARS epidemic in Toronto where the hospital is, She told me that its just all media hype, She actually wanted to laugh but was too angry at what the media was doing to people. Whatever happened to the SARS epidemic in Toronto? The same thing that is going to happen with the swine epidemic! Its going to get buried after Pharma SELLS a few million dollars worth of drugs to a very scared world of innocent people. The population in Mexico is 109,955,400 out of that 1,000 people have the flu That would be 0.1 percent of the population in Mexico that has the flu And out of that, 20 deaths have been attributed to the flu confirmed as the swine flu What they also dont mention is, Did the patient die from an adverse reaction to some new medication the hospital treated them with? Was the patient already immune compromised? Perhaps ELDERLY or DISABLED? But remember this is an EPIDEMIC to scare the most innocent victims, Its GREED! The geographical spread of the outbreaks also concerned the WHO — while 13 of the 20 deaths were in Mexico City, the rest were spread across Mexico — four in central San Luis Potosi, two up near the U.S. border in Baja California, and one in southern Oaxaca state. The eight U.S. victims recovered from symptoms that were like those of the regular flu, mostly fever, cough and sore throat, though some also experienced vomiting and diarrhea. Most likely they survived because they werent given drugs that KILLED them! Adverse reactions JUST in the USA kill more than a 100,000 people EACH year! This number was taken from a study that was published in a Peer Review prestigious Medical Journal! Now what is a REAL epidemic? Air Pollution. Why doesnt the media report on air pollution, WHY? Who pollutes our air the most? Corporations! Number one killer IS Corporations that POLLUTE our air! Deaths from air pollution, including indoor and outdoor sources, have been ranked as one of the top 10 causes of disability by the World Health Organization (WHO) (5). In 1995, WHO (6) estimated that 460,000 avoidable deaths occur annually as a result of suspended particulate matter, largely from outdoor urban exposures. In 1997, WHO joined with the World Resources Institute (WRI) and others to estimate that, annually, nearly 700,000 deaths are related to air pollution and that about 8 million avoidable deaths will occur worldwide by 2020 (7). http://www.whensmokeranlikewater.com/publications/scientific/Science2.html What can you do to protect yourself, Dont pay attention to the media for one, and take care of yourselves, eat healthy, wash your hands, drink LOTS of water. It flushes TOXINS out of the body! --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups World-thread group. To post to this group, send email to world-thread@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to world-thread+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/world-thread?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Who are the true priates Somalians or Americans?
, hundreds of the dumped and leaking barrels washed up on shore. People began to suffer from radiation sickness, and more than 300 died. Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, the UN envoy to Somalia, tells me: Somebody is dumping nuclear material here. There is also lead, and heavy metals such as cadmium and mercury – you name it. Much of it can be traced back to European hospitals and factories, who seem to be passing it on to the Italian mafia to dispose of cheaply. When I asked Mr Ould-Abdallah what European governments were doing about it, he said with a sigh: Nothing. There has been no clean-up, no compensation, and no prevention. At the same time, other European ships have been looting Somalia's seas of their greatest resource: seafood. We have destroyed our own fish stocks by overexploitation – and now we have moved on to theirs. More than $300m-worth of tuna, shrimp, and lobster are being stolen every year by illegal trawlers. The local fishermen are now starving. Mohammed Hussein, a fisherman in the town of Marka 100km south of Mogadishu, told Reuters: If nothing is done, there soon won't be much fish left in our coastal waters. This is the context in which the pirates have emerged. Somalian fishermen took speedboats to try to dissuade the dumpers and trawlers, or at least levy a tax on them. They call themselves the Volunteer Coastguard of Somalia – and ordinary Somalis agree. The independent Somalian news site WardheerNews found 70 per cent strongly supported the piracy as a form of national defence. No, this doesn't make hostage-taking justifiable, and yes, some are clearly just gangsters – especially those who have held up World Food Programme supplies. But in a telephone interview, one of the pirate leaders, Sugule Ali: We don't consider ourselves sea bandits. We consider sea bandits [to be] those who illegally fish and dump in our seas. William Scott would understand. Did we expect starving Somalians to stand passively on their beaches, paddling in our toxic waste, and watch us snatch their fish to eat in restaurants in London and Paris and Rome? We won't act on those crimes – the only sane solution to this problem – but when some of the fishermen responded by disrupting the transit-corridor for 20 per cent of the world's oil supply, we swiftly send in the gunboats. The story of the 2009 war on piracy was best summarised by another pirate, who lived and died in the fourth century BC. He was captured and brought to Alexander the Great, who demanded to know what he meant by keeping possession of the sea. The pirate smiled, and responded: What you mean by seizing the whole earth; but because I do it with a petty ship, I am called a robber, while you, who do it with a great fleet, are called emperor. Once again, our great imperial fleets sail – but who is the robber? j.h...@independent. co.uk === UN envoy decries illegal fishing, waste dumping off Somalia http://afp.google. com/article/ ALeqM5gVV_ gQDsp1m8v7nPcumV c5McYV-Q UNITED NATIONS (AFP) — The UN special envoy for Somalia on Friday sounded the alarm about rampant illegal fishing and the dumping of toxic waste off the coast of the lawless African nation. Because there is no (effective) government, there is so much irregular fishing from European and Asian countries, Ahmedou Ould Abdallah told reporters. He said he had asked several international non-governmental organizations, including Global Witness, which works to break the links between natural resource exploitation, conflict, corruption, and human rights abuses worldwide, to trace this illegal fishing, illegal dumping of waste. It is a disaster off the Somali coast, a disaster (for) the Somali environment, the Somali population, he added. Ould Abdallah said the phenomenon helps fuel the endless civil war in Somalia as the illegal fishermen are paying corrupt Somali ministers or warlords for protection or to secure fake licenses. East African waters, particularly off Somalia, have huge numbers of commercial fish species, including the prized yellowfin tuna. Foreign trawlers reportedly use prohibited fishing equipment, including nets with very small mesh sizes and sophisticated underwater lighting systems, to lure fish to their traps. I am convinced there is dumping of solid waste, chemicals and probably nuclear (waste) There is no government (control) and there are few people with high moral ground, Ould Abdallah added. Allegations of waste dumping off Somalia by European companies have been heard for years, according to Somalia watchers. The problem was highlighted in the wake of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami when broken hazardous waste containers washed up on Somali shores. But world attention has recently focused on piracy off Somalia, which has taken epidemic proportions since the country sank into chaos after warlords ousted the late president Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991. Somalia's coastal waters
Re: Whales and Dolphins are not Sentient Creatures
Well I like to enjoy the little things, The things people take for granted in life. Take the Silvers in this world, Thay are always so negative! Instead of looking at how those dolphins protected humans from great white sharks, He is searching for a negative, and he will find one. I feel sorry for people like that. Silver CAN be sweet when he wants, But sometimes he is just annoying. Iron, Silver, kinda close? :o) I wonder why Silver uses the name Silver. Maybe hes an old man and has silver color hair? Maybe hes bald! :o) You are excited about the econonmy, UmWhy? Are you not concerned? On Mar 28, 7:59 am, xi xieu.l...@gmail.com wrote: Good morning !!! Of course, who would not enjoy that? Silver is a sweetheart, but he pretends to be an iron man. LOL Not sure when things will be much worse. Indicators are falling but its pace of fall does not change, yet there are some little signs of slowing down its pace of decline. In US economy we are in the recessionary crisis, maybe at the end of its first phase (part 1/4 of the letter U), maybe close to its bottom. Yet the hyperinflationary crisis is coming. Maybe this year or maybe in 2010 things will be much worse, that crisis will be much worse. It might be in 2009 if US economy reaches its bottom this year or maybe in 2010 if not. But probably there will be some months of relief that in some extend will give a chance for people to get ready for the hyperinflationary crisis. The good news is that the rest of the world is getting ready for that hyperinflationary crisis. Or better, it has prepared that crisis before this one started. Then, the rest of the world might help a lot to pull US out. Let us see what happens, it is exciting for me. :) Peace and best wishes. Xi On Mar 28, 12:29 pm, Mercury kevys...@gmail.com wrote: Good Morning Xi!! :o) Im glad you enjoyed it!! Hopefully it will soften Silvers heart! :o) How can anyone not love dolphins? Xi, Things are going to get much worse this year? Thank you for EVERYTHING you do! (((XI)) On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 6:14 AM, xi xieu.l...@gmail.com wrote: Great video, Merc. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. It is great to be alive to learn that. Thank you very much Mercury ! (Mercury) Peace and best wishes. Xi On Mar 28, 1:25 am, Mercury kevys...@gmail.com wrote: The BEST Video on Youtube! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bKwRW0l-Qkfeature=channel_page On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 8:23 PM, Mercury kevys...@gmail.com wrote: More!! Be sure to read the very last sentence! Dolphins prevent NZ shark attack A group of swimmers has told how a pod of dolphins protected them from a great white shark off New Zealand's coast. The lifeguards were training at a beach near Whangarei on the North Island when they were menaced by a 3-metre shark, before the dolphins raced in to help. The swimmers were surrounded by the dolphins for 40 minutes before they were able to make it safely back to the beach. Marine biologists say such altruistic behaviour is not uncommon in dolphins. Lifeguard Rob Howes was in the water with two colleagues and his teenage daughter. It was an uncomfortable experience, as they were circled by a great white shark, which came within a couple of metres. He said around half a dozen dolphins suddenly appeared and herded the swimmers together. The mammals swam in tight circles to create a defensive barrier as the great white lurked under the surface. The swimmers said the dolphins were extremely agitated and repeatedly slapped the water with their tails, presumably to try to deter the predator as it cruised nearby. The drama happened in New Zealand three weeks ago, but only now are the lifeguards telling their story. It is a day they will never forget, especially for one of the swimmers, who was on her first day as a volunteer. They have no doubt that the dolphins acted deliberately to protect them. Researchers have said they are not surprised. A marine biologist insisted that dolphins, which are considered to be one of the most intelligent mammals, like to help the helpless. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4034383.stm On Mar 27, 8:13 pm, Mercury kevys...@gmail.com wrote: Dolphins save surfer from becoming shark’s bait A pod of bottlenose dolphins helped protect the severely injured boarder Surfer Todd Endris needed a miracle. The shark — a monster great white that came out of nowhere — had hit him three times, peeling the skin off his back and mauling his right leg to the bone. That’s when a pod of bottlenose dolphins intervened, forming a protective ring around Endris, allowing him to get to shore, where quick first aid provided by a friend saved his life. “Truly
Re: Whales and Dolphins are not Sentient Creatures
More!! Be sure to read the very last sentence! Dolphins prevent NZ shark attack A group of swimmers has told how a pod of dolphins protected them from a great white shark off New Zealand's coast. The lifeguards were training at a beach near Whangarei on the North Island when they were menaced by a 3-metre shark, before the dolphins raced in to help. The swimmers were surrounded by the dolphins for 40 minutes before they were able to make it safely back to the beach. Marine biologists say such altruistic behaviour is not uncommon in dolphins. Lifeguard Rob Howes was in the water with two colleagues and his teenage daughter. It was an uncomfortable experience, as they were circled by a great white shark, which came within a couple of metres. He said around half a dozen dolphins suddenly appeared and herded the swimmers together. The mammals swam in tight circles to create a defensive barrier as the great white lurked under the surface. The swimmers said the dolphins were extremely agitated and repeatedly slapped the water with their tails, presumably to try to deter the predator as it cruised nearby. The drama happened in New Zealand three weeks ago, but only now are the lifeguards telling their story. It is a day they will never forget, especially for one of the swimmers, who was on her first day as a volunteer. They have no doubt that the dolphins acted deliberately to protect them. Researchers have said they are not surprised. A marine biologist insisted that dolphins, which are considered to be one of the most intelligent mammals, like to help the helpless. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4034383.stm On Mar 27, 8:13 pm, Mercury kevys...@gmail.com wrote: Dolphins save surfer from becoming shark’s bait A pod of bottlenose dolphins helped protect the severely injured boarder Surfer Todd Endris needed a miracle. The shark — a monster great white that came out of nowhere — had hit him three times, peeling the skin off his back and mauling his right leg to the bone. That’s when a pod of bottlenose dolphins intervened, forming a protective ring around Endris, allowing him to get to shore, where quick first aid provided by a friend saved his life. “Truly a miracle,” Endris told TODAY’s Natalie Morales on Thursday. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21689083/ Think again! On Mar 26, 7:50 pm, silver fourthofjuly2...@yahoo.com wrote: At least that is what I think.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups World-thread group. To post to this group, send email to world-thread@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to world-thread+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/world-thread?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Whales and Dolphins are not Sentient Creatures
The BEST Video on Youtube! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bKwRW0l-Qkfeature=channel_page On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 8:23 PM, Mercury kevys...@gmail.com wrote: More!! Be sure to read the very last sentence! Dolphins prevent NZ shark attack A group of swimmers has told how a pod of dolphins protected them from a great white shark off New Zealand's coast. The lifeguards were training at a beach near Whangarei on the North Island when they were menaced by a 3-metre shark, before the dolphins raced in to help. The swimmers were surrounded by the dolphins for 40 minutes before they were able to make it safely back to the beach. Marine biologists say such altruistic behaviour is not uncommon in dolphins. Lifeguard Rob Howes was in the water with two colleagues and his teenage daughter. It was an uncomfortable experience, as they were circled by a great white shark, which came within a couple of metres. He said around half a dozen dolphins suddenly appeared and herded the swimmers together. The mammals swam in tight circles to create a defensive barrier as the great white lurked under the surface. The swimmers said the dolphins were extremely agitated and repeatedly slapped the water with their tails, presumably to try to deter the predator as it cruised nearby. The drama happened in New Zealand three weeks ago, but only now are the lifeguards telling their story. It is a day they will never forget, especially for one of the swimmers, who was on her first day as a volunteer. They have no doubt that the dolphins acted deliberately to protect them. Researchers have said they are not surprised. A marine biologist insisted that dolphins, which are considered to be one of the most intelligent mammals, like to help the helpless. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4034383.stm On Mar 27, 8:13 pm, Mercury kevys...@gmail.com wrote: Dolphins save surfer from becoming shark’s bait A pod of bottlenose dolphins helped protect the severely injured boarder Surfer Todd Endris needed a miracle. The shark — a monster great white that came out of nowhere — had hit him three times, peeling the skin off his back and mauling his right leg to the bone. That’s when a pod of bottlenose dolphins intervened, forming a protective ring around Endris, allowing him to get to shore, where quick first aid provided by a friend saved his life. “Truly a miracle,” Endris told TODAY’s Natalie Morales on Thursday. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21689083/ Think again! On Mar 26, 7:50 pm, silver fourthofjuly2...@yahoo.com wrote: At least that is what I think.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups World-thread group. To post to this group, send email to world-thread@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to world-thread+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/world-thread?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~--- inline: HFA98ICAZFCWRICADBDUHZCA25EV5GCAU07IX3CAHRM633CA9H2YLSCAPY8R8KCA8GCO5SCALP4IW1CA3L09O9CAYLMNWJCAAGQ6ERCADKMTM7CAA8807DCAVM3EXPCA8GHKTYCAL2YUA9CAV9FY8R.jpg
Beyond Borders
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Re: FBI: There are 1 million terrorists!!!
FBI: There are 1 million terrorists!!! I didnt realize there were so many CIA and FBI agents! I shouldnt say that, I do know a CIA agent and hes cool. On Mar 11, 5:05 pm, Sumerian.. sumerian...@yahoo.com wrote: Ludicrous Terrorist Watch List Now Contains Over 1 Million Names Children, airline pilots and respected professional deemed terrorist threats Steve Watson Infowars.net Wednesday, March 11, 2009 Newly released figures show that one million names now make up the government’s terrorist watch list, a dramatic rise of around 32% in the last two years. Federal data show the rise comes despite the removal of 33,000 entries last year by the FBI’s Terrorist Screening Center in an effort to purge the list of outdated information and remove people cleared in investigations, reports USA Today. The statistics were provided by the screening center and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. In May 2005, less than four years ago, the number of names on the list was 288,000. Since that time it has almost quadrupled, hitting 755,000 in May 2007 and 1 million as of March 2009. Those flagged on the watch list, established pursuant to the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission, can be blocked from flying, stopped at borders or subjected to other scrutiny. Civil liberties advocates and critics have charged that the list is far too expansive to be in any way effective. Reports have confirmed that the watch list contains the names of thousands of innocent Americans, including children, lawyers and even a retired Air National Guard brigadier, now a commercial pilot for a major airline. We have previously highlighted the fact that a miniscule amount, less than 0.01% of Homeland Security cases are terrorism related. Other government watch lists, such as the so called “No Fly List” and the CAPPS II system, used by airlines and derived from the master terror list, have also come under heavy criticism for subverting the First and Fourth Amendments. In some cases credit reports have been used in calculating the risk score, while the list has also been used to target political activists opposing the death penalty and the Iraq war. Once again we are reminded that the terrorist threat to America is vastly over hyped and is being used by a criminally controlled government as an excuse to police the world and foment a domestic police state to crush any dissent amongst the American people. Last year the chairman of a House technology oversight subcommittee warned that the database used to produce the government’s terror watch lists is “crippled by technical flaws,” and the system designed to replace it may be even worse. In a letter to the inspector general at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Rep. Brad Miller (D-NC) warned that the upgrade “if actually deployed will leave our country more vulnerable than the existing yet flawed system in operation today.” THINGS TO REMEMBER WHILE READING NEWS STORIES... Sequence of events leading to the appearance of Antichrist. Daniel 7:7-8: 1) The hundreds of nations throughout the world are reorganized into 10 supernations (Verse 7); 2) Antichrist arises (Verse 8a); 3) Three of the original 10 supernations is totally plucked up and destroyed (Verse 8b) The following feared and/or expected events will not occur until all 10 supernations are finally and completely established. 1) The economy will not collapse until all 10 of these supernations are formed. This is not to say that the economy will be spared pain and agony as our leaders take us through the transition to a Fascist Economy, but a complete collapse will not occur until the final supernation is completed. 2) World War III will not break out until all 10 of these supernations are formed; 3) The dissolution of the American government, the suspension of all our guaraneteed liberties and the beginning of prison for dissidents and/or Patriots will not begin until after World War III begins; 4) Guns will not be confiscated until after World War III begins; 5) Forced vaccinations which will reduce our population dramatically will not begin until after World War III begins; 6) Appearance of Antichrist and his False Prophet will not occur until after World War III ends. Consistent with the prophecies of Matthew 24, this coming global war will produce the Masonic Christ (Antichrist) . etc... JOIN! SOLDIERS4JESUStalk DISCUSSION GROUP SOLDIERS4JESUStalk- subscribe@ yahoogroups. com If you haven't yet checked us out, you could be missing some good info JOIN! SOLDIERS4JESUS2 News Updates SOLDIERS4JESUS2- subscribe@ yahoogroups. com Antichrist will soon be making an appearance. Keep up with the most recent updates that are leading to his arrival on the scene. Posted Mon, Tues, Thur, Fri's === S1000+ === --- On Wed, 3/11/09, GeorgiaAnn nyk...@roadrunner.com wrote:
Re: For Mercury, and all: Hamburg Said to Be Obama’s Pick for FDA Commissioner
I know more about the FDA than anyone on these boards, WHY? Because. a good friend on mine was a investigator for the FDA for many years before becoming a whistle blower. I met him many years ago at a vaccine conference. We exchanged many hours of phone conversations and emails, I told him everything I knew about certain things that I had investigated, He offered me a job with his company as a medical researcher. I turned him down as I felt my passion was strictly devoted to my sons cause. He taught me the ins and outs of the FDA. This was the worst choice Obama has made. On Mar 11, 7:02 pm, xi xieu.l...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087sid=a9JzAjf56lxMrefe... March 11 (Bloomberg) -- Margaret A. Hamburg, a former New York City health commissioner, is President Barack Obama’s pick to run the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, a person familiar with the decision said. Joshua Sharfstein, commissioner of the Baltimore city health department since 2005, is expected to be named as deputy FDA commissioner, another person said. If confirmed, Hamburg, a physician and bioterrorism expert, would take the helm after a salmonella outbreak traced to peanut products led to nine deaths and sickened more than 660 people, and a year after recalls of a blood thinner with a sometimes deadly ingredient traced to China. Obama last month promised a full review of the agency, which regulates products that account for $1 trillion in consumer spending and range from lipstick to heart stents. “The FDA, as the nation’s largest regulatory agency, is on the hot seat to better protect Americans from a wide range of health risks,” said Shelley Hearne, managing director of the Pew Health Human Services Policy Program, in Washington, in an e- mail before today. “Americans will be able to better trust the safety of their foods and pharmaceuticals knowing that what they eat and what they’re prescribed should be safer under Peggy Hamburg’s watch.” Public Health, Neuroscience Hamburg, 53, would go to the FDA with a background in neuroscience, drug research and public health. As New York City’s health commissioner from 1991 to 1997, she gained experience running a large bureaucracy. Hamburg also has worked within the federal health bureaucracy, researching AIDS at the National Institutes of Health and later as an assistant secretary at the Health and Human Services Department, where her responsibilities included strategic planning and the development and review of regulations. The choices were reported earlier by the New York Times. Hamburg sits on the board of Henry Schein Inc., a Melville, New York, distributor of medical products and services, including software. Sharfstein, 39, has served as commissioner of the Baltimore city health department since 2005, managing a $150 million budget and about 800 employees. He made national headlines in March 2007 by petitioning the FDA to ban the marketing of over-the-counter cough and cold drugs to children younger than 6 because of the risk of side effects and lack of proven benefits. His year-and-a- half fight prompted companies to warn against use by infants and toddlers last October. Critic of Gifts Sharfstein has also criticized drugmakers over distributing gifts to doctors. In his first year at Harvard Medical School in 1992, he organized a drive for his fellow students to return textbooks paid for by Novartis AG’s generic-drug unit Sandoz. He also wrote a letter to the editor of the New England Journal of Medicine in 1997 complaining about Pfizer Inc. sponsoring a beer and billiards night for doctors in Boston. Hamburg comes from a family steeped in medicine and research. Her mother, Beatrix, was the first black woman to attend Vassar College and the first to earn a medical degree at Yale University, according to the National Library of Medicine. Her father, David, also a physician, headed the Institute of Medicine, an arm of the non-profit National Academies of Science that offers science-based advice on health issues, from 1975 to 1980. Agency Budget, Failures Hamburg would take over an agency with an annual budget of almost $2 billion. Many lawmakers, including Rep. Rosa DeLauro, a Connecticut Democrat who chairs an FDA appropriations subcommittee, say the agency badly needs more funding. On Feb. 26, Obama proposed increasing the FDA budget for food safety to $1 billion, from $662 million in George W. Bush’s request for 2009. In recent years, the FDA failed to catch Chinese contamination of the blood thinner heparin, endured controversy over a politically driven delay in approving the over-the-counter contraceptive Plan B, and withdrew the painkiller Vioxx in 2004 after it was linked to heart attacks. The agency’s food safety-net has also been unable to stop or swiftly track food-poisoning outbreaks involving tainted spinach, jalapeno peppers and
Re: Being silly
Bezrio wants to save the PoochPerpingPrincess from Himself, The Lord tranny! Talk about one big dysfunctional family! God, the things I have learned on the internet! Yuck! On Jan 14, 9:12 am, xieu.l...@gmail.com xieu.l...@gmail.com wrote: Super Mario :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZpD0btOZx8 Nintendo Choir (very funny) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMnRaV8UmCY Enjoy. Peace and best wishes. Xi On Dec 8 2008, 10:30 pm, xieu.l...@gmail.com xieu.l...@gmail.com wrote: Hey Mariohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzujIsQCwGk But in the next life, Mario rescued the Princesshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGE34VAqYTk Many years later ... Mario and the Princess moved to Brooklyn to start a new life. English version :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpBGRA6HHtY Spanish version:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DaWJLr1mNM I hope you liked them :) Peace and best wishes. Xi On Dec 2, 4:34 pm, xieu.l...@gmail.com xieu.l...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEwN_ZAo4TY A love song for Mario Kart Wii http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDBpQVhCMb8 Lyrics (from its source): V1: You be my princess I'll be your toad I'll follow behind you on rainbow road Protect you from red shells wherever we go I promise. V2: Noone will touch us if we pick up a star If you spin out you can ride in my car When we slide together we generate sparks in our wheels and our hearts Chorus: The finish line is just around the bend I'll pause this game so our love will never end Let's go again V3: The blue shell is coming so I'll go ahead If you hang behind it'll hit me instead but never look back cause I'm down but not dead I'll catch up to you Bridge: Don't worry about Bowser or DK Eat this glowing mushroom and they'll all fade away Chorusx2 to the mushroom cup and the flower cup and the star cup and the reverse cup walalalalala walalalalalawa luigii If you are not familiar with Mario Kart and Wii, this might help: some history: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EECf1clO7ys http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0LfLk9lLEg And finally Mario Kart :) Moo mooing:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uZr3JWYdy8 Moo mooing:and now unnderstand that love song :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F3X9kOXfXw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kR6TuItuarY a race:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgWLQKeZjgA and now understand that love song :) More pets :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CEl2X7OecM I hope you liked it, or at least, I hope you do not think I am too silly:) Thanks for reading this message. Peace and best wishes. Xi- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups World-thread group. To post to this group, send email to world-thread@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to world-thread+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/world-thread?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Where is CINCY???
Go READ a book! On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Kamakazee mscotts...@gmail.com wrote: SAVE YOUR SEEDS, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD MAN, HORDE YOUR SEEDS OBAMA WILL BAN SEEDS ALTOGETHER IN THE NEXT 60 DAYS! PS. SEED THE WORLD On Mar 2, 2:06 pm, Justice justicewithh...@gmail.com wrote: It means that farmers cannot use the seeds to propagate new plants. Even home farmers will not be able to use seeds to replant from the previous year if their crops are seed=free, but its worse for commercial farmers in low income areas. So seeds will have to be purchased, and they can be genetically engineered for the GOOD of us all. The best thing to do to combat this and other unscrupulous practices is to 1) grow your own start small so you will be successful. 2) go to a nursery and get expert advice ==Mercury, on another thread you talked about having critters. I am changing my advice to you on this thread. Go to a local nursery and get all of your supplies and your plants from them this first time. It will cost you a little extra money, but if you go around 10:00 or 11:00 in the morning, they will have time to talk you through the process and help you with all of your questions. Be sure they are amenable to organic stuff, ask them if they hierloom plants. If not start out with the regular plants this time. Later when you are better at it, you can go on line to hierloom seed companies and begin to grow the kinds of fruits and vegetables you'll never see at the market. They will taste good, be better for you, and make great gifts for your family at Christmas when you decide to make jams and preserves. 3) SAVE YOUR SEEDS. Get small plastic containers or bags. Remove the seed from the fruit, clean it well, dry it, and bag it for the following year. You can do that with organic fruits you buy at the supermarket or save your seeds when you order then from the seed catalogue. 4) you can also start a compost heap in the corner of your yard. You can buy one, or just start one using leaves and dried grass clippings. with some bloodmeal and stirring it around once a week, by the end of a season you will have plenty of good stuff to add to your dirt to feed your plants. You can get really good at this Merc. Maybe even start selling your best plants to good restaurants in your area. It can be a form of egg money for you, or you can just share the bounty with the nice people around you. On Feb 22, 8:58 pm, Mercury kevys...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you, I am gald to know she and her family are fine!!! If you are reading this Cincy, I miss you and hope you come back soon! Sometimes I take little breaksfrom certain groups/people. What happens if we leave all fruits and veggies seedless. I really dont like this thought. On Feb 22, 9:46 am, xi xieu.l...@gmail.com wrote: She took vacation from groups, that is what she told. And, yes, I miss her too. But she told me that she and her family are fine. For me, seeds is not an inconvenience at all. It is part of the nature cycle, right? :) Peace and best wishes. Xi On Feb 22, 3:06 pm, Mercury kevys...@gmail.com wrote: Is Cincy on vacation? I miss her. What is the purpose of having seedless fruit and vegetables? Is it too much of an inconvenience for people to have seeds in thier fruit? This worries me more then the current economy worries me.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups World-thread group. To post to this group, send email to world-thread@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to world-thread+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/world-thread?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: FDA bans natural sweetners to keep Rumsfeld's sales up.
Buy a tomato plant -- preferably cherry tomatoes since they are the easiest to grow. Buy a tomato cage. Just one tomato plant? I love cherry tomatoes, who would have guessed they are the easiest to grow! Cool! (If you have critters that come around at night you will need to protect your plant from them.) Yes, we do have critters, so how do you protect your plants from them? I am going to do this and I will send pictures as they grow! if they grow! lol Make sure the plant is getting lots of sun -- at least 6 hours in a day -- don't plant it until after your last freeze (you can google it for your area). I have a place on my patio that gets full sun. Thank You Justice. Very nice of you to explain all of this farming stuff to me!! And the planter, is my kind of gardening, it sounds like!! :o) On Feb 28, 9:09 am, Justice justicewithh...@gmail.com wrote: No it's not -- go to Home Depot. Find a large planter (very large -- it should stand 2 feet high. Buy some dirt (they have potting soil and organic soil -- buy the organic soil). Buy a tomato plant -- preferably cherry tomatoes since they are the easiest to grow. Buy a tomato cage. Take it all home. Put some rocks in the bottom of the planter (and remove the planter bottom that catches water. Then fill it with dirt and plant your tomato plant (sink at least half of the plant into the dirt -- I know that looks counterproductive but it isn't). Put the pot in a place where you don't mind if water leaks out. (If you have critters that come around at night you will need to protect your plant from them.) Now push the dirt down to remove any excess air. Then water it until all the dirt is soaked. And water it every day or whatever it takes to keep the ground damp by not soaking. As it starts to grow, attach the cage or secure it around the pot and start training the tomato plant to grow around the cage. Use the wire you get on a loaf of bread to secure the plant to the cage and make your connections lose. Make sure the plant is getting lots of sun -- at least 6 hours in a day -- don't plant it until after your last freeze (you can google it for your area). You will have cherry tomatoes that taste like candy. And once you succeed at that, you'll find you can succeed at gardening. On Feb 25, 11:02 pm, Mercury kevys...@gmail.com wrote: Im lazy? :o) Its HARD work to grow tomatos! lol On Feb 25, 11:43 am, xi xieu.l...@gmail.com wrote: Cannot you? Why? :) Peace and best wishes. Xi On Feb 25, 2:10 am, Mercury kevys...@gmail.com wrote: I wish I could grow a tomato! :o) On Feb 24, 10:36 am, xi xieu.l...@gmail.com wrote: Yes. I wish we could be smart enough to pick the best of all times. I miss veggies and fruit from land. :) Peace and best wishes. Xi On Feb 24, 12:31 am, Mercury kevys...@gmail.com wrote: I wish I would have been born in the 1700's! Everything would be natural! On Feb 23, 5:07 pm, Sumerian.. sumerian...@yahoo.com wrote: FDA bans natural sweetner just to convince Rumsfeld who is getting a commision from sales of Asparatum. Stevia is natural and Japan in addition to 10 more countries consumes it even with Coca Cola. so what is special about USA? S1000+ =http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevia JAPAN: In the early 1970s, Japan began cultivating stevia as an alternative to artificial sweeteners such as cyclamate and saccharin, which are suspected carcinogens. SE ASIA: Today, stevia is cultivated and used in food elsewhere in east Asia, including in ChinaKorea, Taiwan, Thailand, and Malaysia. It can also be found in Saint Kitts and Nevis, in parts of South America (Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Paraguay, and Uruguay) (since 1984), USA: In 1991, at the request of an anonymous complaint, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) labeled stevia as an unsafe food additive and restricted its import. The FDA's stated reason was toxicological information on stevia is inadequate to demonstrate its safety.[50] This ruling was controversial, as stevia proponents pointed out that this designation violated the FDA's own guidelines under which any natural substance used prior to 1958 with no reported adverse effects should be generally recognized as safe (GRAS). Stevia occurs naturally, requiring no patent to produce it. As a consequence, since the import ban in 1991, marketers and consumers of stevia have shared a belief that the FDA acted in response to industry pressure. ( 1991: Bush in power) === S1000+ ===- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text
Re: For the record, I care very little about what the majority thinks..
Where did you get this? On Feb 28, 1:10 pm, Sumerian.. sumerian...@yahoo.com wrote: Sat, 2/28/09, Anomalous Biff anomalousb...@yahoo.com wrote: The majority voted for George Bush..twice. . The majority turned off their brains to support/worship Obama. The majority did nothing while a democratic congress went along with ruining the country all so they could ensure themselves victory in a presidential election. The majority are not involved. The majority are nothing more than pawns to be manipulated by those who are ambitious. The majority seem pretty much like they are nothing more than the mindless drones of the Borg. I will not be assimilated. Good Luck To Us All!. === S1000+ === --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups World-thread group. To post to this group, send email to world-thread@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to world-thread+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/world-thread?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: FDA bans natural sweetners to keep Rumsfeld's sales up.
Im lazy? :o) Its HARD work to grow tomatos! lol On Feb 25, 11:43 am, xi xieu.l...@gmail.com wrote: Cannot you? Why? :) Peace and best wishes. Xi On Feb 25, 2:10 am, Mercury kevys...@gmail.com wrote: I wish I could grow a tomato! :o) On Feb 24, 10:36 am, xi xieu.l...@gmail.com wrote: Yes. I wish we could be smart enough to pick the best of all times. I miss veggies and fruit from land. :) Peace and best wishes. Xi On Feb 24, 12:31 am, Mercury kevys...@gmail.com wrote: I wish I would have been born in the 1700's! Everything would be natural! On Feb 23, 5:07 pm, Sumerian.. sumerian...@yahoo.com wrote: FDA bans natural sweetner just to convince Rumsfeld who is getting a commision from sales of Asparatum. Stevia is natural and Japan in addition to 10 more countries consumes it even with Coca Cola. so what is special about USA? S1000+ =http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevia JAPAN: In the early 1970s, Japan began cultivating stevia as an alternative to artificial sweeteners such as cyclamate and saccharin, which are suspected carcinogens. SE ASIA: Today, stevia is cultivated and used in food elsewhere in east Asia, including in ChinaKorea, Taiwan, Thailand, and Malaysia. It can also be found in Saint Kitts and Nevis, in parts of South America (Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Paraguay, and Uruguay) (since 1984), USA: In 1991, at the request of an anonymous complaint, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) labeled stevia as an unsafe food additive and restricted its import. The FDA's stated reason was toxicological information on stevia is inadequate to demonstrate its safety.[50] This ruling was controversial, as stevia proponents pointed out that this designation violated the FDA's own guidelines under which any natural substance used prior to 1958 with no reported adverse effects should be generally recognized as safe (GRAS). Stevia occurs naturally, requiring no patent to produce it. As a consequence, since the import ban in 1991, marketers and consumers of stevia have shared a belief that the FDA acted in response to industry pressure. ( 1991: Bush in power) === S1000+ ===- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups World-thread group. To post to this group, send email to world-thread@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to world-thread+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/world-thread?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Miller Says 401(k) Plans Are High-Stakes ‘Crap Shoot’
It may take more than the worst bear market in 77 years to rattle U.S. retirement-plan investors. Right before the baby boomers retire, how convenient! I feel REALLY sad for the baby boomers! On Feb 24, 12:10 pm, xi xieu.l...@gmail.com wrote: My comment: For US friends. Arable land with good water supply. Commodities. Grow food at home. That will not turn rich to anyone probably, but it can give a better life without dramatic troubles Peace and best wishes. Xi Investors Sit Tight as Flaws in 401(k) Plans Exposed http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087sid=aKLKGUoUrjLgrefe... It may take more than the worst bear market in 77 years to rattle U.S. retirement-plan investors. ... On Feb 24, 5:29 pm, xi xieu.l...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087sid=aw1LU5_qRb.Irefe... Feb. 24 (Bloomberg) -- House Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller said 401(k) retirement plans do not provide sufficient retirement security for many Americans and must be revamped. Miller, a California Democrat, recommended better disclosure of 401(k) fees and more objective marketing of retirement products to investors at a Washington hearing today on the effectiveness of existing retirement savings plans. Investors had $2.7 trillion in 401(k) accounts as of Sept. 30, according to the Washington-based Investment Company Institute, which represents mutual funds. The Congressional Budget Office estimated that workers lost $2 trillion over a span of 15 months from declining stock markets at an October hearing of the House Education and Labor Committee. “For too many Americans, 401(k) plans have become little more than a high-stakes crap shoot,” said Miller. “We are realizing that Wall Street’s guarantees of predictable benefits and peace of mind throughout retirement was nothing more than a hallow promise.” Miller questioned at the October hearing whether the U.S. had gotten its money’s worth from the estimated $80 billion in tax subsidies the retirement accounts receive each year. At the hearing, Teresa Ghilarducci, a professor at the New School for Social Research in New York, proposed replacing 401(k) plans with government-run retirement savings accounts. ‘Preserve and Strengthen’ Today, Miller said “we must preserve and strengthen 401(k)s.” About 55 million private-sector employees have defined-contribution retirement plans, in which workers are responsible for managing their own funds, according to the Center for Retirement Research in Boston. The 401(k) plans, which generally are tax-deferred savings accounts, are one of the most common retirement plans. John Bogle, founder of fund manager Vanguard Group, echoed Miller, saying, “the 401(k) plan is an idea whose time is come” yet “our existing defined contribution system is failing investors” because of high fees, low levels of saving, excess flexibility that permits cashing out and too much borrowing and inappropriate asset allocation. Bogle recommended a single defined contribution structure using low- cost annuities, among other options. Retirement savings are too exposed to market risk, according to Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington and another witness at today’s hearing. Baker proposed a government-run pension system providing a modest guaranteed rate of return, according to a statement released last night. Employees must work longer to extend retirement savings and social security could be stabilized and supplemented by target- date funds, said Alicia Munell, director of the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, in prepared remarks. Target-date funds shift money into more conservative investments as an investor approaches retirement.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups World-thread group. To post to this group, send email to world-thread@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to world-thread+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/world-thread?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Obama Beats Down Another Big Bush Lie
LOL! I cant get this right for the life of me! Now why is my name nunya buisness, When I post from mercury.sai...@yahoo? On Feb 22, 8:55 am, Nunya Buisness mercury.sai...@yahoo.com wrote: Just testing.. --- On Sat, 2/21/09, Justice justicewithh...@gmail.com wrote: From: Justice justicewithh...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Obama Beats Down Another Big Bush Lie To: World-thread world-thread@googlegroups.com Date: Saturday, February 21, 2009, 10:48 AM You used to post here as mercury.sai...@yahoo.com corporate_flag.jpg 25KViewDownload --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups World-thread group. To post to this group, send email to world-thread@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to world-thread+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/world-thread?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Where is CINCY???
Is Cincy on vacation? I miss her. What is the purpose of having seedless fruit and vegetables? Is it too much of an inconvenience for people to have seeds in thier fruit? This worries me more then the current economy worries me. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups World-thread group. To post to this group, send email to world-thread@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to world-thread+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/world-thread?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Volcker Says U.S. Economy May Suffer for ‘Long Time’
I think what went up is the cost of insurance, medications(My sons medication increased $300 dollars in the past six months for a three month supply) I haven't seen an increase in food, just the opposite really...I like good bargains but I keep thinking prices will go down more and moreand they are. Well with the great sales, they are! On Feb 20, 6:21 pm, Sumerian.. sumerian...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi; very interesting comment and article. i am very astonished about this being reported: The cost of living in the U.S. rose last month for the first time in six months as the consumer price index rose 0.3 percent, the Labor Department said today in Washington. Astonished because, every constituent element of the cost of living went down like oil prices, raw materials, food etc --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups World-thread group. To post to this group, send email to world-thread@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to world-thread+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/world-thread?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Aspartame, Brain Cancer the FDA Approval Process
The approval of Aspartame should never have been allowed. The only reason it was approved was because of corruption, and is now causing brain cancer in our citizens, I don't even want to think what it does to a fetus! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn5slnNB8h0 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups World-thread group. To post to this group, send email to world-thread@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to world-thread+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/world-thread?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Volcker Says U.S. Economy May Suffer for ‘Long Time’
The last thing I would expect to see, is the price climb for a new vehicle! I have noticed clothes, shoes and purses haven't come down in price, This is true!! And of course medical care. Too bad medicine never goes on sale! lol My sil lost her job on Tuesday. The good news, They were prepared and do have a huge savings to back them up, They also offered my sil a severance package until June. http://uk.reuters.com/article/marketsNewsUS/idUKLH5898520090217 On Feb 21, 6:16 am, xi xieu.l...@gmail.com wrote: Welcome back (Mercury). This might explain this rise. New vehicle prices climbed 0.3 percent, the most in three years, and clothing costs also rose 0.3 percent. The cost of medical care increased 0.4 percent. (regarding car industry) Rents, which make up almost 40 percent of the core CPI, also accelerated. A category designed to track rental prices climbed 0.3 percent. Quoted from the article: U.S. Economy: Consumer Prices Rise for First Time in Six Monthshttp://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchivesid=adoLkivuqUs8 Also this quote : Economists caution that disinflation could lead to outright deflation, which erodes profits and makes debts harder to repay. Still, others worry that in the longer term, the unprecedented fiscal stimulus and the Fed’s policy of buying more assets and pumping money into the financial system will reignite inflation. (My comment: This is the hyperinflationary crisis that awaits). Peace and best wishes. Xi On Feb 21, 2:01 am, Mercury kevys...@gmail.com wrote: I think what went up is the cost of insurance, medications(My sons medication increased $300 dollars in the past six months for a three month supply) I haven't seen an increase in food, just the opposite really...I like good bargains but I keep thinking prices will go down more and moreand they are. Well with the great sales, they are! On Feb 20, 6:21 pm, Sumerian.. sumerian...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi; very interesting comment and article. i am very astonished about this being reported: The cost of living in the U.S. rose last month for the first time in six months as the consumer price index rose 0.3 percent, the Labor Department said today in Washington. Astonished because, every constituent element of the cost of living went down like oil prices, raw materials, food etc- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups World-thread group. To post to this group, send email to world-thread@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to world-thread+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/world-thread?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
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- From: Perplexed92 - To: Sailor.Girrl - 32 of 59 - Dec-6 Nah, my brother wasn't like your dad. And I don't have perpes whatever that is, nor do I have those nasty crusty sores from h er pes that you apparently got from your dad. Again, why didn't you just have an abortion or shoot him rather than take out your mental illness on strangers your entire life? - From: Perplexed92 - To: Sailor.Girrl - 27 of 59 - Dec-6 Must really blow to be you, mercury. What a sad, pathetic person you are. You really should talk to someone about that guilt for causing your son's mental re ta rdation instead of taking it out on strangers. Seriously. - From: Perplexed92 - To: Sailor.Girrl - 29 of 59 - Dec-6 Thanks for that; I just posted it on the other board so everyone can see after your posts are wiped clean from this one. I guess it makes sense to you to make up lies about others so you don't simply drown in your guilt about your son, huh? - From: Perplexed92 - To: Sailor.Girrl - 30 of 59 - Dec-6 The other person thats been on my leg all night comes from a crazy family as well ,her father raped her and she needed an abortion, --- Is THAT why your son is re ta rded? Your dad raped you? Here I thought it was because you had him vaccinated. Why didn't you have an abortion instead of spending 30 years blaming others for your guilt? - From: Perplexed92 - To: Sailor.Girrl - 32 of 59 - Dec-6 Nah, my brother wasn't like your dad. And I don't have perpes whatever that is, nor do I have those nasty crusty sores from h er pes that you apparently got from your dad. Again, why didn't you just have an abortion or shoot him rather than take out your mental illness on strangers your entire life? - From: Perplexed92 - To: Sailor.Girrl - 32 of 59 - Dec-6 Nah, my brother wasn't like your dad. And I don't have perpes whatever that is, nor do I have those nasty crusty sores from h er pes that you apparently got from your dad. - From: Perplexed92 - To: Sailor.Girrl - 34 of 59 - Dec-6 Did your bucked teeth come from your dad making you blow him while your teeth were still developing? I'd have shot him in his sleep if I were you. No child should have to live with that kind of abuse. My God...look what it's done to you. Again, why didn't you just have an abortion or shoot him rather than take out your mental illness on strangers your entire life? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups World-thread group. To post to this group, send email to world-thread@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/world-thread?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Time of my Life-
Time of my Life-David Cook (Beijing Olympics) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QX-x6gAz6I4 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups World-thread group. To post to this group, send email to world-thread@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/world-thread?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
