Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul is condemning the Obama administration for killing an American born al-Qaida operative without a trial.
Paul, a Texas congressman known for libertarian views, says the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki on Yemeni soil amounts to an "assassination." Paul warned the American people not to casually accept such violence against U.S. citizens, even those with strong ties to terrorism.
Anwar al-Awlaki was considered one of the most influential al-Qaida operatives wanted by the United States. U.S. and Yemen officials say he was killed in a U.S. air strike targeting his convoy Friday morning.
Paul made the comments to reporters after a campaign stop Friday at Saint Anselm College in New Hampshire. He said America's leaders must think hard about "assassinating American citizens without charges."
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Judge willam adams beats daughter
this is sad. way to go mom and dad.
also could lead to new ways of reporting abuse.
Saturday, October 29, 2011
To Hot To Bail
Woman charged with assault with vehicle
Pedicab and passengers hit with ice cream, rammed
Updated: Tuesday, 25 Oct 2011, 6:41 PM CDT
Published : Tuesday, 25 Oct 2011, 3:23 PM CDT
AUSTIN (KXAN) - Austin police have charged a 19-year-old woman with aggravated assault with a motor vehicle, a second-degree felony, after she allegedly rear-ended a pedicab with her SUV. Arrested and charged was Elle Oberling Obrien.Published : Tuesday, 25 Oct 2011, 3:23 PM CDT
Two passengers were in the pedicab and one of them, a woman, was injured when she tried to get out of the pedicab as it was being rammed. The SUV allegedly hit one of her legs and ran over her foot. She was later treated at University Medical Center Brackenridge.
The incident happened just before 2 a.m. on Sunday in the 300 block of East Fourth Street. The pedicab driver told police he was driving westbound when someone threw what he thought was a bowl of ice cream at him and his occupants. He said a black SUV gave a "love tap" nudge to the rear of his pedicab. He said the SUV struck the pedicab a second time, harder than the first, and that his female passenger tried to get out of his pedicab when the SUV struck a third time and the passenger was hit. The SUV came at the pedicab a fourth time with a revved engine and drove straight at him, he told police, and he jumped out of the way so he wasn't hit.
The pedicab driver noted the license plate number of the SUV and gave it to police.
At about the same time, police were called to P.Terry's restaurant at 404 S. Lamar Blvd. on report of a possible driving-while-intoxicated situation. Employees told them a female had pulled into the drive-up window in an SUV, asked them for help and to call 9-1-1. She had a female passenger with her who was crying and could not breathe, according to the driver, who was later identified as Obrien. She asked the employee for water. The driver parked the SUV and the two women went into the restaurant's bathroom with one of the employees, who helped the passenger wash her face.
When police arrived, Obrien told them that she and her friend had been in an argument with another woman in a bar, and that they thought the friend had been sprayed in the face with Mace, according to the arrest affidavit.
Obrien allegedly gave the officer conflicting information about where her vehicle was parked and attempted to leave before the officer finished his questioning. The officer got a call from police dispatch about the pedicab collision and matched the license plate number from that incident to the SUV that Obrien had parked in the P.Terry's lot.
During the interview of Obrien, the officer said she was screaming and he could smell alcohol on her breath, according to the police report. She told him she had consumed several medications and also drank shots of whiskey. He conducted a field sobriety test, which Obrien allegedly failed.
Bond was set at $20,000 and Obrien was ordered to have no contact with the alleged victim who was hurt in the ramming of the pedicab.
There was no information in the police report about the male passenger who was also an occupant of the pedicab.
Lord of the flies: Fights erupt among Occupy Wall Street protesters
lord of the flies:
Report: Fights erupt among Occupy Wall Street protesters
By Melanie Eversley, USA TODAY
Updated 14h 11m ago
Police officers also have been warned of "dangerous instruments" being concealed in cardboard tubing, the News says it has been told by unidentified police sources.MORE: Full coverage
"There is a lot of infighting in the park," a police source told the news organization. "There is one part of the park where they won't even go at night."
Meantime, Ed Mullins, president of the Sergeants Benevolent Association, is warning protesters at Zuccotti Park in Manhattan that he will pursue civil suits against anyone who assaults a union member.
"New York's police officers are working around the clock as the already overburdened economy in New York is being drained by 'occupiers' who intentionally and maliciously instigate needless and violent confrontations with the police," the News reports Mullins said in a statement.But protesters tell the News they have been the victims of police brutality, not the other way around.
"We have been brutalized and mass-arrested by the NYPD," said protester Jen Waller, 24, of Brooklyn. "They can threaten us all they want. We've got lawyers, too."
Monday, October 24, 2011
Gadhafi Surrender
Did NATO violate the white flag of surrender?
There may be a lot of questions left unanswered as the global play field changes hands.
With more information the message gets mangled.
There may be a lot of questions left unanswered as the global play field changes hands.
With more information the message gets mangled.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Austin Police ID woman found on South Congress
please call if you have any information
Austin Police ID woman found on South Congress
Rosemary Lorraine Borges, 65
During a press conference Tuesday, a representative with APD said Borges was a “low-risk victim,” meaning she did not engage in any dangerous activity. Borges was legally blind and carried a walking stick.
Borges’ residence is located about one mile away from where she was found, at 1718 Woodward Street, but it is unclear how she ended up on South Congress location. Neighbors in the area say they saw Borges alive Saturday, one day before she was found dead.
Officers say there were obvious signs of trauma to Borges’ body.
Anyone with information about this case is asked to call the Austin Police Department’s Homicide Unit at (512) 477-3588 or Crime Stoppers at (512) 472-TIPS.
teacher stabbed in neck williamson county
student stabs teacher in the neck. Williamson county is reporting.
10/18/11
10/18/11
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Friday, October 7, 2011
air force maneuvers over austin texas
reports of air force maneuvers over austin today, october 7, 2011.
i will try to get photos. not much info release on the maneuvers other then it will be around noon.
i will try to get photos. not much info release on the maneuvers other then it will be around noon.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Americans on Kill List, Secret List
According to Rueters. Secret Panel Can Put Americans On Kill List.
this is an interesting read. I am not sure what we have become. What happen to a fair trail before we pull the trigger. or push the button. is it just easier to launch a drone. probably.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/05/us-cia-killlist-idUSTRE79475C20111005
There is no public record of the operations or decisions of the panel, which is a subset of the White House's National Security Council, several current and former officials said. Neither is there any law establishing its existence or setting out the rules by which it is supposed to operate.
The panel was behind the decision to add Awlaki, a U.S.-born militant preacher with alleged al Qaeda connections, to the target list. He was killed by a CIA drone strike in Yemen late last month.
The role of the president in ordering or ratifying a decision to target a citizen is fuzzy. White House spokesman Tommy Vietor declined to discuss anything about the process.
Current and former officials said that to the best of their knowledge, Awlaki, who the White House said was a key figure in al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, al Qaeda's Yemen-based affiliate, had been the only American put on a government list targeting people for capture or death due to their alleged involvement with militants.
The White House is portraying the killing of Awlaki as a demonstration of President Barack Obama's toughness toward militants who threaten the United States. But the process that led to Awlaki's killing has drawn fierce criticism from both the political left and right.
In an ironic turn, Obama, who ran for president denouncing predecessor George W. Bush's expansive use of executive power in his "war on terrorism," is being attacked in some quarters for using similar tactics. They include secret legal justifications and undisclosed intelligence assessments.
Liberals criticized the drone attack on an American citizen as extra-judicial murder.
Conservatives criticized Obama for refusing to release a Justice Department legal opinion that reportedly justified killing Awlaki. They accuse Obama of hypocrisy, noting his administration insisted on publishing Bush-era administration legal memos justifying the use of interrogation techniques many equate with torture, but refused to make public its rationale for killing a citizen without due process.
Some details about how the administration went about targeting Awlaki emerged on Tuesday when the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, Representative Dutch Ruppersberger, was asked by reporters about the killing.
The process involves "going through the National Security Council, then it eventually goes to the president, but the National Security Council does the investigation, they have lawyers, they review, they look at the situation, you have input from the military, and also, we make sure that we follow international law," Ruppersberger said.
LAWYERS CONSULTED
Other officials said the role of the president in the process was murkier than what Ruppersberger described.
They said targeting recommendations are drawn up by a committee of mid-level National Security Council and agency officials. Their recommendations are then sent to the panel of NSC "principals," meaning Cabinet secretaries and intelligence unit chiefs, for approval. The panel of principals could have different memberships when considering different operational issues, they said.
The officials insisted on anonymity to discuss sensitive information.
They confirmed that lawyers, including those in the Justice Department, were consulted before Awlaki's name was added to the target list.
Two principal legal theories were advanced, an official said: first, that the actions were permitted by Congress when it authorized the use of military forces against militants in the wake of the attacks of September 11, 2001; and they are permitted under international law if a country is defending itself.
Several officials said that when Awlaki became the first American put on the target list, Obama was not required personally to approve the targeting of a person. But one official said Obama would be notified of the principals' decision. If he objected, the decision would be nullified, the official said.
A former official said one of the reasons for making senior officials principally responsible for nominating Americans for the target list was to "protect" the president.
Officials confirmed that a second American, Samir Khan, was killed in the drone attack that killed Awlaki. Khan had served as editor of Inspire, a glossy English-language magazine used by AQAP as a propaganda and recruitment vehicle.
But rather than being specifically targeted by drone operators, Khan was in the wrong place at the wrong time, officials said. Ruppersberger appeared to confirm that, saying Khan's death was "collateral," meaning he was not an intentional target of the drone strike.
When the name of a foreign, rather than American, militant is added to targeting lists, the decision is made within the intelligence community and normally does not require approval by high-level NSC officials.
'FROM INSPIRATIONAL TO OPERATIONAL'
Officials said Awlaki, whose fierce sermons were widely circulated on English-language militant websites, was targeted because Washington accumulated information his role in AQAP had gone "from inspirational to operational." That meant that instead of just propagandizing in favor of al Qaeda objectives, Awlaki allegedly began to participate directly in plots against American targets.
"Let me underscore, Awlaki is no mere messenger but someone integrally involved in lethal terrorist activities," Daniel Benjamin, top counterterrorism official at the State Department, warned last spring.
The Obama administration has not made public an accounting of the classified evidence that Awlaki was operationally involved in planning terrorist attacks.
But officials acknowledged that some of the intelligence purporting to show Awlaki's hands-on role in plotting attacks was patchy.
For instance, one plot in which authorities have said Awlaki was involved Nigerian-born Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, accused of trying to blow up a Detroit-bound U.S. airliner on Christmas Day 2009 with a bomb hidden in his underpants.
There is no doubt Abdulmutallab was an admirer or follower of Awlaki, since he admitted that to U.S. investigators. When he appeared in a Detroit courtroom earlier this week for the start of his trial on bomb-plot charges, he proclaimed, "Anwar is alive."
But at the time the White House was considering putting Awlaki on the U.S. target list, intelligence connecting Awlaki specifically to Abdulmutallab and his alleged bomb plot was partial. Officials said at the time the United States had voice intercepts involving a phone known to have been used by Awlaki and someone who they believed, but were not positive, was Abdulmutallab.
Awlaki was also implicated in a case in which a British Airways employee was imprisoned for plotting to blow up a U.S.-bound plane. E-mails retrieved by authorities from the employee's computer showed what an investigator described as " operational contact" between Britain and Yemen.
Authorities believe the contacts were mainly between the U.K.-based suspect and his brother. But there was a strong suspicion Awlaki was at the brother's side when the messages were dispatched. British media reported that in one message, the person on the Yemeni end supposedly said, "Our highest priority is the US ... With the people you have, is it possible to get a package or a person with a package on board a flight heading to the US?"
U.S. officials contrast intelligence suggesting Awlaki's involvement in specific plots with the activities of Adam Gadahn, an American citizen who became a principal English-language propagandist for the core al Qaeda network formerly led by Osama bin Laden.
While Gadahn appeared in angry videos calling for attacks on the United States, officials said he had not been specifically targeted for capture or killing by U.S. forces because he was regarded as a loudmouth not directly involved in plotting attacks.
this is an interesting read. I am not sure what we have become. What happen to a fair trail before we pull the trigger. or push the button. is it just easier to launch a drone. probably.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/05/us-cia-killlist-idUSTRE79475C20111005
Secret panel can put Americans on "kill list'
WASHINGTON |
(Reuters) - American militants like Anwar al-Awlaki are placed on a kill or capture list by a secretive panel of senior government officials, which then informs the president of its decisions, according to officials.There is no public record of the operations or decisions of the panel, which is a subset of the White House's National Security Council, several current and former officials said. Neither is there any law establishing its existence or setting out the rules by which it is supposed to operate.
The panel was behind the decision to add Awlaki, a U.S.-born militant preacher with alleged al Qaeda connections, to the target list. He was killed by a CIA drone strike in Yemen late last month.
The role of the president in ordering or ratifying a decision to target a citizen is fuzzy. White House spokesman Tommy Vietor declined to discuss anything about the process.
Current and former officials said that to the best of their knowledge, Awlaki, who the White House said was a key figure in al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, al Qaeda's Yemen-based affiliate, had been the only American put on a government list targeting people for capture or death due to their alleged involvement with militants.
The White House is portraying the killing of Awlaki as a demonstration of President Barack Obama's toughness toward militants who threaten the United States. But the process that led to Awlaki's killing has drawn fierce criticism from both the political left and right.
In an ironic turn, Obama, who ran for president denouncing predecessor George W. Bush's expansive use of executive power in his "war on terrorism," is being attacked in some quarters for using similar tactics. They include secret legal justifications and undisclosed intelligence assessments.
Liberals criticized the drone attack on an American citizen as extra-judicial murder.
Conservatives criticized Obama for refusing to release a Justice Department legal opinion that reportedly justified killing Awlaki. They accuse Obama of hypocrisy, noting his administration insisted on publishing Bush-era administration legal memos justifying the use of interrogation techniques many equate with torture, but refused to make public its rationale for killing a citizen without due process.
Some details about how the administration went about targeting Awlaki emerged on Tuesday when the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, Representative Dutch Ruppersberger, was asked by reporters about the killing.
The process involves "going through the National Security Council, then it eventually goes to the president, but the National Security Council does the investigation, they have lawyers, they review, they look at the situation, you have input from the military, and also, we make sure that we follow international law," Ruppersberger said.
LAWYERS CONSULTED
Other officials said the role of the president in the process was murkier than what Ruppersberger described.
They said targeting recommendations are drawn up by a committee of mid-level National Security Council and agency officials. Their recommendations are then sent to the panel of NSC "principals," meaning Cabinet secretaries and intelligence unit chiefs, for approval. The panel of principals could have different memberships when considering different operational issues, they said.
The officials insisted on anonymity to discuss sensitive information.
They confirmed that lawyers, including those in the Justice Department, were consulted before Awlaki's name was added to the target list.
Two principal legal theories were advanced, an official said: first, that the actions were permitted by Congress when it authorized the use of military forces against militants in the wake of the attacks of September 11, 2001; and they are permitted under international law if a country is defending itself.
Several officials said that when Awlaki became the first American put on the target list, Obama was not required personally to approve the targeting of a person. But one official said Obama would be notified of the principals' decision. If he objected, the decision would be nullified, the official said.
A former official said one of the reasons for making senior officials principally responsible for nominating Americans for the target list was to "protect" the president.
Officials confirmed that a second American, Samir Khan, was killed in the drone attack that killed Awlaki. Khan had served as editor of Inspire, a glossy English-language magazine used by AQAP as a propaganda and recruitment vehicle.
But rather than being specifically targeted by drone operators, Khan was in the wrong place at the wrong time, officials said. Ruppersberger appeared to confirm that, saying Khan's death was "collateral," meaning he was not an intentional target of the drone strike.
When the name of a foreign, rather than American, militant is added to targeting lists, the decision is made within the intelligence community and normally does not require approval by high-level NSC officials.
'FROM INSPIRATIONAL TO OPERATIONAL'
Officials said Awlaki, whose fierce sermons were widely circulated on English-language militant websites, was targeted because Washington accumulated information his role in AQAP had gone "from inspirational to operational." That meant that instead of just propagandizing in favor of al Qaeda objectives, Awlaki allegedly began to participate directly in plots against American targets.
"Let me underscore, Awlaki is no mere messenger but someone integrally involved in lethal terrorist activities," Daniel Benjamin, top counterterrorism official at the State Department, warned last spring.
The Obama administration has not made public an accounting of the classified evidence that Awlaki was operationally involved in planning terrorist attacks.
But officials acknowledged that some of the intelligence purporting to show Awlaki's hands-on role in plotting attacks was patchy.
For instance, one plot in which authorities have said Awlaki was involved Nigerian-born Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, accused of trying to blow up a Detroit-bound U.S. airliner on Christmas Day 2009 with a bomb hidden in his underpants.
There is no doubt Abdulmutallab was an admirer or follower of Awlaki, since he admitted that to U.S. investigators. When he appeared in a Detroit courtroom earlier this week for the start of his trial on bomb-plot charges, he proclaimed, "Anwar is alive."
But at the time the White House was considering putting Awlaki on the U.S. target list, intelligence connecting Awlaki specifically to Abdulmutallab and his alleged bomb plot was partial. Officials said at the time the United States had voice intercepts involving a phone known to have been used by Awlaki and someone who they believed, but were not positive, was Abdulmutallab.
Awlaki was also implicated in a case in which a British Airways employee was imprisoned for plotting to blow up a U.S.-bound plane. E-mails retrieved by authorities from the employee's computer showed what an investigator described as " operational contact" between Britain and Yemen.
Authorities believe the contacts were mainly between the U.K.-based suspect and his brother. But there was a strong suspicion Awlaki was at the brother's side when the messages were dispatched. British media reported that in one message, the person on the Yemeni end supposedly said, "Our highest priority is the US ... With the people you have, is it possible to get a package or a person with a package on board a flight heading to the US?"
U.S. officials contrast intelligence suggesting Awlaki's involvement in specific plots with the activities of Adam Gadahn, an American citizen who became a principal English-language propagandist for the core al Qaeda network formerly led by Osama bin Laden.
While Gadahn appeared in angry videos calling for attacks on the United States, officials said he had not been specifically targeted for capture or killing by U.S. forces because he was regarded as a loudmouth not directly involved in plotting attacks.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
arrested Texas Student asleep in furry bear costme
Police in Austin say they found a drunken University of Texas student asleep in a furry bear costume on campus Saturday night.
He was found in some tall grass besides a building at 2501 San Jacinto Blvd, on the northern part of the campus.
In the officers report on the UT police website Campus Watch, they said they could smell a very strong odor of alcohol on the student's breath and described the student's speech as "more of a slurred incoherent growl."
He was not aware of where he was or how he got there, and didn't realize he was "outside of Jellystone Park," according to the police report.
The student was taken into custody for public intoxication and transported, not to a local zoo, but to central booking.
“A healthy eye with full visual capacities is of no use in a dead body,” he said.
“A healthy eye with full visual capacities is of no use in a dead body,” he said.
i know what he means.
from the The Telegragh:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/8804075/Regular-aspirin-users-at-higher-risk-of-sight-problems-research-suggests.html
97 Comments
i know what he means.
from the The Telegragh:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/8804075/Regular-aspirin-users-at-higher-risk-of-sight-problems-research-suggests.html
Regular aspirin users at higher risk of sight problems, research suggests
People who take a daily dose of aspirin are twice as likely to suffer blindness in later life, a study suggests.
Research suggests link between asprin and macular degeneration Photo: ALAMY
2:36PM BST 03 Oct 2011
97 Comments Researchers who tested more than 4,000 elderly people across Europe found that those who took the drug every day were twice as likely to be diagnosed with late stage age related macular degeneration as those who did not.
While the study provided no evidence of a causal link between aspirin and the condition, experts are now examining whether a regular dose somehow exacerbates the disease.
Millions of Britons are thought to take a daily dose of aspirin in order to lower the risk of suffering heart disease and strokes.
Studies have also suggested that regular small doses can help cut the risk of suffering from certain types of cancer.
But this latest study will increase concern among those who claim the drug can also have a number of damaging side effects.
AMD affects thousands of people each year causing problems with central vision.
While not painful, the sufferer can find it hard to focus directly on an object, making it hard to read, drive or watch television.
There are two types of the condition – wet and dry – and while the exact cause of the disease are not fully understood, lifestyle including diet and whether the individual smokes, are thought to be a contributing factors.
During a recent major study, researchers based in Holland found that of 839 people who took aspirin each day around 4 per cent had an advanced form of the disease called wet macular degeneration, which leads to the most profound blindess.
In comparison, just two per cent who took aspirin less frequently had the same type of macular degeneration.
The researchers found no link between aspirin use and the dry form of the disease of the early stages of the condition.
One theory that has been put forward is that AMD could be linked to heart disease and so is therefore found in aspirin users who are trying to combat their coronary condition.
But lead researcher, Paulus de Jong from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience and Academic Medical Centre said his team had analysed as “meticulously as possible” whether cardiovascular disease might have influenced the results.
He said the results still suggested aspirin users – regardless of their heart health – are at a greater risk of the of suffering late stage AMD.
However he added that for those who were suffering from heart disease, the benefits of taking aspirin outweighed the risks posed to their vision.
“A healthy eye with full visual capacities is of no use in a dead body,” he said.
While not painful, the sufferer can find it hard to focus directly on an object, making it hard to read, drive or watch television.
There are two types of the condition – wet and dry – and while the exact cause of the disease are not fully understood, lifestyle including diet and whether the individual smokes, are thought to be a contributing factors.
During a recent major study, researchers based in Holland found that of 839 people who took aspirin each day around 4 per cent had an advanced form of the disease called wet macular degeneration, which leads to the most profound blindess.
In comparison, just two per cent who took aspirin less frequently had the same type of macular degeneration.
The researchers found no link between aspirin use and the dry form of the disease of the early stages of the condition.
One theory that has been put forward is that AMD could be linked to heart disease and so is therefore found in aspirin users who are trying to combat their coronary condition.
But lead researcher, Paulus de Jong from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience and Academic Medical Centre said his team had analysed as “meticulously as possible” whether cardiovascular disease might have influenced the results.
He said the results still suggested aspirin users – regardless of their heart health – are at a greater risk of the of suffering late stage AMD.
However he added that for those who were suffering from heart disease, the benefits of taking aspirin outweighed the risks posed to their vision.
“A healthy eye with full visual capacities is of no use in a dead body,” he said.
Saturday, October 1, 2011
arrest confirmed at Brooklyn bridge
arrest confirmed at Brooklyn bridge
450 people are trapped on bridge, 75 arrested, city sending buses
http://www.livestream.com/globalrevolution
from the daiLY NEWS
Thousands of Occupy Wall Street protesters swarmed the Brooklyn Bridge Saturday, shutting down car lanes and setting up yet another showdown with the NYPD.
Dozens of people were arrested after standing in the roadway, blocking the Brooklyn-bound lanes. Traffic in the opposite direction was slowed -- but still running after the 4 p.m. standoff.
Police called in city buses to haul away some of the handcuffed demonstrators.
"People were trying to climb off [the roadway to the pedestrian] walkway, but they were freaking out," Mariana Flor, 23, said of the police.Flor said cops warned protesters that if they didn't move, they'd be arrested.
Some of the demonstrators estimated more than 100 people were arrested. The NYPD couldn't immediately confirm the number of people in custody.
A sea of cops set up orange nets penning in the protesters, prompting some to chant, "Shame! Shame!"
(Anjali Mullany/News)
Before cops arrived, hundreds of protestors took to the bridge on the pedestrian walkway and the roadway chanting, "Take the bridge!" witnesses said.
By 5 p.m., protesters, who marched to the bridge from Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan, clogged both the walkway and Brooklyn-bound car lanes. Just after 6 p.m., some of the protesters moved to the Manhattan Bridge.
The arrests marked the second Saturday in a row protesters landed in cuffs.
(Police prepare to arrest protesters/Mario Tama/Getty)
Last week, cops arrested more than 80 people near Union Square. During that roundup, Deputy Inspector Anthony Bologna doused a handful of women with pepper spray - spawning a video clip that helped embolden the movement.
NYPD Internal Affairs and the Civilian Complaint Review Board are probing the pepper-spray incident, which gave the protests - now more than two weeks old - added verve.
450 people are trapped on bridge, 75 arrested, city sending buses
http://www.livestream.com/globalrevolution
from the daiLY NEWS
Dozens arrested at Occupy Wall Street protest; Brooklyn Bridge shut down
Originally Published:Saturday, October 1st 2011, 5:26 PM
Updated: Saturday, October 1st 2011, 6:15 PM
Updated: Saturday, October 1st 2011, 6:15 PM
Mario Tama/Getty
Police arrest demonstrators affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement after they attempted to cross the Brooklyn Bridge. Dozens of people were arrested after standing in the roadway, blocking the Brooklyn-bound lanes. Traffic in the opposite direction was slowed -- but still running after the 4 p.m. standoff.
Police called in city buses to haul away some of the handcuffed demonstrators.
"People were trying to climb off [the roadway to the pedestrian] walkway, but they were freaking out," Mariana Flor, 23, said of the police.Flor said cops warned protesters that if they didn't move, they'd be arrested.
Some of the demonstrators estimated more than 100 people were arrested. The NYPD couldn't immediately confirm the number of people in custody.
A sea of cops set up orange nets penning in the protesters, prompting some to chant, "Shame! Shame!"
(Anjali Mullany/News)
Before cops arrived, hundreds of protestors took to the bridge on the pedestrian walkway and the roadway chanting, "Take the bridge!" witnesses said.
By 5 p.m., protesters, who marched to the bridge from Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan, clogged both the walkway and Brooklyn-bound car lanes. Just after 6 p.m., some of the protesters moved to the Manhattan Bridge.
The arrests marked the second Saturday in a row protesters landed in cuffs.
(Police prepare to arrest protesters/Mario Tama/Getty)
Last week, cops arrested more than 80 people near Union Square. During that roundup, Deputy Inspector Anthony Bologna doused a handful of women with pepper spray - spawning a video clip that helped embolden the movement.
NYPD Internal Affairs and the Civilian Complaint Review Board are probing the pepper-spray incident, which gave the protests - now more than two weeks old - added verve.
michael jackson the sad good bye
The seven-man, five-woman panel instead heard testimony about efforts to revive Jackson, who the paramedics and emergency room doctor thought was dead at his rented mansion. Still, the singer was transported to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center because Murray wanted life-saving efforts to continue. AP http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MICHAEL_JACKSON_DOCTOR?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-09-30-19-41-05
it is sad.
it is sad.
Friday, September 30, 2011
mama's boy gone mad
it's being reported that the son, 50 years old ran over mother who was strapped to an ambulance stretcher.
the 68 year old mother who was being treated injuries allegedly caused by the son over money.
the boy/man is now in jail and no one to pay bail. allegedly
here the blurb in the Statesman:
By Isadora Vail
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Published: 10:33 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011
A 68-year-old woman died Thursday night when she was intentionally hit by a car driven by her son as she was being loaded into an ambulance, police said.
Police and Emergency Medical Services responded to a domestic disturbance call near the Lamar Plaza Shopping Center in South Austin about 7 p.m. and found a woman with minor injuries, said Cpl. Wuthipong "Tank" Tantaksinanukij.
As paramedics were loading the woman, who was on a stretcher, into the ambulance, they heard a car accelerate toward them, Tantaksinanukij said.
"They tried to get her out of the way, but the vehicle hit her and she died around 7:45 p.m.," he said. No one else was injured.
He said as the man, who is 50, attempted to drive away, he hit a marked police cruiser. He was arrested nearby.
It was not clear who injured the woman, police said. The man remained in police custody Thursday night but had not been charged. Police did not release their identities.
the 68 year old mother who was being treated injuries allegedly caused by the son over money.
the boy/man is now in jail and no one to pay bail. allegedly
here the blurb in the Statesman:
By Isadora Vail
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Published: 10:33 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011
Police and Emergency Medical Services responded to a domestic disturbance call near the Lamar Plaza Shopping Center in South Austin about 7 p.m. and found a woman with minor injuries, said Cpl. Wuthipong "Tank" Tantaksinanukij.
As paramedics were loading the woman, who was on a stretcher, into the ambulance, they heard a car accelerate toward them, Tantaksinanukij said.
"They tried to get her out of the way, but the vehicle hit her and she died around 7:45 p.m.," he said. No one else was injured.
He said as the man, who is 50, attempted to drive away, he hit a marked police cruiser. He was arrested nearby.
It was not clear who injured the woman, police said. The man remained in police custody Thursday night but had not been charged. Police did not release their identities.
ron paul calling al-qaida cleric assassinated
Ron Paul is being reported saying: Anwar al-Awlaki on Yemeni soil amounts to an "assassination." "assassinating American citizens without charges."
here's what the AP is saying:
Ron Paul: US-born al-Qaida cleric 'assassinated'
Obama American Softy
hi america
you don't lost your competitive edge. your soft.
no. we lost our jobs. they moved over sea. we not soft. we are liquid. we go where the money flows.
interview by daniel halper
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/obama-americas-gone-soft_594623.html
In an interview this evening with a local NBC affiliate in Orlando, President Obama claimed that America has "gotten a little soft."
"I mean, there are a lot of things we can do," Obama said. "The way I think about it is, you know, this is a great, great country that had gotten a little soft and, you know, we didn't have that same competitive edge that we needed over the last couple of decades. We need to get back on track."
you don't lost your competitive edge. your soft.
no. we lost our jobs. they moved over sea. we not soft. we are liquid. we go where the money flows.
interview by daniel halper
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/obama-americas-gone-soft_594623.html
In an interview this evening with a local NBC affiliate in Orlando, President Obama claimed that America has "gotten a little soft."
"I mean, there are a lot of things we can do," Obama said. "The way I think about it is, you know, this is a great, great country that had gotten a little soft and, you know, we didn't have that same competitive edge that we needed over the last couple of decades. We need to get back on track."
Thursday, September 29, 2011
listeria Cantaloupes from Jensen Farms, Colorado
http://www.cdc.gov/listeria/index.html
from Center for Disease Control and Prevention
from Center for Disease Control and Prevention
- As of 11am EDT on September 26, 2011, a total of 72 persons infected with the four outbreak-associated strains of Listeria monocytogenes have been reported to CDC from 18 states. All illnesses started on or after July 31, 2011. The number of infected persons identified in each state is as follows: California (1), Colorado (15), Florida (1), Illinois (1), Indiana (2), Kansas (5), Maryland (1), Missouri (1), Montana (1), Nebraska (6), New Mexico (10), North Dakota (1), Oklahoma (8), Texas (14), Virginia (1), West Virginia (1), Wisconsin (2), and Wyoming (1).
- Thirteen deaths have been reported: 2 in Colorado, 1 in Kansas, 1 in Maryland, 1 in Missouri, 1 in Nebraska, 4 in New Mexico, 1 in Oklahoma, and 2 in Texas.
- Collaborative investigations by local, state, and federal public health and regulatory agencies indicate the source of the outbreak is whole cantaloupe grown at Jensen Farms’ production fields in Granada, Colorado.
- On September 14, 2011, FDA issued a press release
to announce that Jensen Farms issued a voluntary recall of its Rocky Ford-brand cantaloupes after being linked to a multistate outbreak of listeriosis.
- CDC recommends that persons at high risk for listeriosis, including older adults, persons with weakened immune systems, and pregnant women, do not eat Rocky Ford cantaloupes from Jensen Farms.
- Other consumers who want to reduce their risk of Listeria infection should not eat Rocky Ford cantaloupes from Jensen Farms.
- Even if some of the cantaloupe has been eaten without becoming ill, dispose of the rest of the cantaloupe immediately. Listeria bacteria can grow in the cantaloupe at room and refrigerator temperatures.
- Cantaloupes that are known to NOT have come from Jensen Farms are safe to eat. If consumers are uncertain about the source of a cantaloupe for purchase, they should ask the grocery store. A cantaloupe purchased from an unknown source should be discarded: "when in doubt, throw it out."
Definition & Symptoms
What is Listeriosis?
Listeriosis, a serious infection usually caused by eating food contaminated with the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes, is an important public health problem in the United States. The disease primarily affects older adults, pregnant women, newborns, and adults with weakened immune systems. However, rarely, persons without these risk factors can also be affected. The risk may be reduced by following a few simple recommendations.What are the Symptoms of Listeriosis?
A person with listeriosis usually has fever and muscle aches, sometimes preceded by diarrhea or other gastrointestinal symptoms. Almost everyone who is diagnosed with listeriosis has "invasive" infection, in which the bacteria spread beyond the gastrointestinal tract. The symptoms vary with the infected person:- Pregnant women: Pregnant women typically experience only a mild, flu-like illness. However, infections during pregnancy can lead to miscarriage, stillbirth, premature delivery, or life-threatening infection of the newborn.
- Persons other than pregnant women: Symptoms, in addition to fever and muscle aches, can include headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance, and convulsions.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
facebook is tracking you even when log out
the daily mail reports Facebook is tracking you even when you log out.
Last updated at 4:35 PM on 28th September 2011
Facebook has admitted that it has been watching the web pages its members visit – even when they have logged out.
In its latest privacy blunder, the social networking site was forced to confirm that it has been constantly tracking its 750million users, even when they are using other sites.
The social networking giant says the huge privacy breach was simply a mistake - that software automatically downloaded to users' computers when they logged in to Facebook 'inadvertently' sent information to the company, whether or not they were logged in at the time.
Most would assume that Facebook stops monitoring them after they leave its site, but technology bloggers discovered this was not the case.
In fact, data has been regularly sent back to the social network’s servers – data that could be worth billions when creating 'targeted' advertising based on the sites users visit.
The website’s practices were exposed by Australian technology blogger Nik Cubrilovic and have provoked a furious response across the internet.
Facebook claims to have 'fixed' the issue - and 'thanked' Mr Cubrilovic for pointing it out - while simultaneously claiming that it wasn't really an issue in the first place.
Mr Cubrilovic found that when you sign up to Facebook it automatically puts files known as ‘cookies’ on your computer which monitor your browsing history.
This is still the case. But Facebook claims the cookies no longer send information while you are logged out of its site. If you are logged in to Facebook, the cookies will still send the information, and they remain on your computer unless you manually delete them.
'We didn't mean to track you' says Facebook as social network giant admits to 'bugs' in new privacy row
By Daniel BatesLast updated at 4:35 PM on 28th September 2011
Exposed: Australian technology blogger Nik Cubrilovic has uncovered Facebook's practices of tracking users when they are offline
In its latest privacy blunder, the social networking site was forced to confirm that it has been constantly tracking its 750million users, even when they are using other sites.
The social networking giant says the huge privacy breach was simply a mistake - that software automatically downloaded to users' computers when they logged in to Facebook 'inadvertently' sent information to the company, whether or not they were logged in at the time.
Most would assume that Facebook stops monitoring them after they leave its site, but technology bloggers discovered this was not the case.
In fact, data has been regularly sent back to the social network’s servers – data that could be worth billions when creating 'targeted' advertising based on the sites users visit.
The website’s practices were exposed by Australian technology blogger Nik Cubrilovic and have provoked a furious response across the internet.
Facebook claims to have 'fixed' the issue - and 'thanked' Mr Cubrilovic for pointing it out - while simultaneously claiming that it wasn't really an issue in the first place.
Mr Cubrilovic found that when you sign up to Facebook it automatically puts files known as ‘cookies’ on your computer which monitor your browsing history.
This is still the case. But Facebook claims the cookies no longer send information while you are logged out of its site. If you are logged in to Facebook, the cookies will still send the information, and they remain on your computer unless you manually delete them.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
susan sarandon at occupy wall st
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| susan sarandon hypnotizes audience |
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| guy with hat stares at tree |
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| now he stares at susan sarandon |
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| guy with hat confused |
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Wall St. Protest continue, arrest have been made
here is a live link. peaceful protest continue. 93 to 97 arrest have been made. mainly for crossing barriers.
http://www.livestream.com/globalrevolution
arrest video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYaA-34c-vI&
http://www.livestream.com/globalrevolution
arrest video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYaA-34c-vI&
Friday, September 23, 2011
UARS udated friday 9/23/11
NASA UARS Satellite Tracker: Where is Satellite Right Now?
from:http://manila-paper.net/nasa-uars-satellite-tracker-where-is-satellite-right-now-fall-to-earth/12448
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Exclusive premiere: The Calm Blue Sea “Literal” Director Paul Beck
Exclusive premiere The Calm Blue Sea Literal
Exclusive premiere: The Calm Blue Sea “Literal”
The Calm Blue Sea, “Literal,” Modern Outsider Records“As I was making the video, listening to the music, I wanted images in the video to challenge the viewer by asking, ‘Are we living the good life?’” Beck asks. “‘Are we living the nightmare?’ ‘What character are we?’ ‘What tabloid-media-mash up comforts us through the long night?’”
Now that we’ve had time to digest the anniversary of 9/11, it seems an appropriate time to consider some of the questions which Beck poses. “I wanted the viewer feeling familiar with the images yet distant,” he says. “Under the guise of the non-blinking eye we go about our lives in our comfortable fog of reality. The video is meant to leave the viewer with the feeling of a visual wave washing the soul, then the emptiness that follows a parade.” What is a parade, or an anniversary, but a moment of distraction that leaves you just where you were before, unless you use it as an opportunity to reflect? “Rock and roll,” Beck concludes, which is good enough for me.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
texas fires
Emergency Links:
Texas Forest Service http://txforestservice.tamu.edu/main/default.aspx
Bastrop County http://www.co.bastrop.tx.us/site/content/emoverviewMandatory
Travis County http://www.co.travis.tx.us/emergency_services/emergency_management.asp
Hays County http://www.co.hays.tx.us/index.php/government/emergency-management/
Evacuations; Update on Bastrop, Steiner Ranch, Spicewood and Leander Fires; General Information Bastrop - Mandatory Evacuations
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
ATF Chief Steps Down
this is big. from politico
ATF Chief to step down
The man who led the controversial Fast and Furious anti-gun-trafficking operation will step down as the interim head of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Justice Department announced Tuesday as it named a new acting director for the agency.
Kenneth Melson, the bureau’s acting director, on Wednesday will move to the Office of Legal Policy, where he will be a senior adviser on forensic science, the department said without making reference to the failed gun-tracking operation that is alleged to have ultimately put guns into the hands of criminals. Dennis Burke, the U.S. Attorney in Arizona who oversaw prosecutions in that state related to the Fast and Furious operation, is also stepping down, the department said.
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ATF Chief to step down
The man who led the controversial Fast and Furious anti-gun-trafficking operation will step down as the interim head of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Justice Department announced Tuesday as it named a new acting director for the agency.
Kenneth Melson, the bureau’s acting director, on Wednesday will move to the Office of Legal Policy, where he will be a senior adviser on forensic science, the department said without making reference to the failed gun-tracking operation that is alleged to have ultimately put guns into the hands of criminals. Dennis Burke, the U.S. Attorney in Arizona who oversaw prosecutions in that state related to the Fast and Furious operation, is also stepping down, the department said.
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“Ken brings decades of experience at the department and extensive knowledge in forensic science to his new role, and I know he will be a valuable contributor on these issues,” Attorney General Eric Holder said of Melson in a statement. “As he moves into this new role, I want to thank Ken for his dedication to the department over the last three decades.”
Melson’s replacement is B. Todd Jones, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota. Jones “is a demonstrated leader who brings a wealth of experience to this position,” Holder said. “I have great confidence that he will be a strong and steady influence guiding ATF in fulfilling its mission of combating violent crime by enforcing federal criminal laws and regulations in the firearms and explosives industries.”Friday, August 19, 2011
perry fairy? numerous affairs?
what is going on now?
Perry
Robert Morrow is seeking any "stripper ... escort ... or 'young hottie'" who has slept with Rick Perry.
crazy.
perry 2012
interviewed on the Alex Jones show, Robert Morrow alleges Rick Perry has had numerous gay and straight affairs. Alex Jones warns Robert Morrow he is treading on dangerous turf.
Morrow claims Rick Perry has been living a bisexual double life.
the women are not revealing their identities. oh yeah, and great land deals in texas. and oh yeah what is La-Te-Da-Drag-Queen-Show-in-Florida-in-2009
http://www.scribd.com/doc/62541872/Rick-Perry-Spent-78-at-La-Te-Da-Drag-Queen-Show-in-Florida-in-2009
we will see as this story unfolds.
Perry
Robert Morrow is seeking any "stripper ... escort ... or 'young hottie'" who has slept with Rick Perry.
crazy.
interviewed on the Alex Jones show, Robert Morrow alleges Rick Perry has had numerous gay and straight affairs. Alex Jones warns Robert Morrow he is treading on dangerous turf.
Morrow claims Rick Perry has been living a bisexual double life.
the women are not revealing their identities. oh yeah, and great land deals in texas. and oh yeah what is La-Te-Da-Drag-Queen-Show-in-Florida-in-2009
http://www.scribd.com/doc/62541872/Rick-Perry-Spent-78-at-La-Te-Da-Drag-Queen-Show-in-Florida-in-2009
we will see as this story unfolds.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Ron Paul Exploding
here it is.
http://www.infowars.com/ron-paul-exploding/
TheAlexJonesChannel
August 16, 2011
The establishment media’s attempt to ignore Ron Paul’s 2012 campaign for president has become so blatant following his close-second finish in the Iowa straw poll, that even mainstream reporters cannot ignore the biased attempt to drown out his message. Despite their best efforts, Ron Paul continues to explode in popularity, surfacing repeatedly at the top of major polls as his message transcends the political gatekeepers.
Dr. Paul is reaching a tipping point which no one can ignore– emerging as the frontrunner in the GOP 2012 primary, despite attempts to feed the populace more empty suit, pro-war, big government candidates.
http://www.infowars.com/ron-paul-exploding/
Ron Paul Exploding
August 16, 2011
The establishment media’s attempt to ignore Ron Paul’s 2012 campaign for president has become so blatant following his close-second finish in the Iowa straw poll, that even mainstream reporters cannot ignore the biased attempt to drown out his message. Despite their best efforts, Ron Paul continues to explode in popularity, surfacing repeatedly at the top of major polls as his message transcends the political gatekeepers.
Dr. Paul is reaching a tipping point which no one can ignore– emerging as the frontrunner in the GOP 2012 primary, despite attempts to feed the populace more empty suit, pro-war, big government candidates.
Monday, August 15, 2011
Officer involved shooting on South Congress
Officer involved shooting after robbery on South Congress. SOCO is going LOCO
SOCO LOCOS
woodward and south congress. near the bel-air
i'll have more soon
UPDATE:
some dude robbed a gas station then fled on foot. he fled right into a cop car. cop shot at the homer but missed. the robber hightailed it into some woods near woodward. cops found and then taised the lump. end of story.
SOCO LOCOSwoodward and south congress. near the bel-air
i'll have more soon
UPDATE:
some dude robbed a gas station then fled on foot. he fled right into a cop car. cop shot at the homer but missed. the robber hightailed it into some woods near woodward. cops found and then taised the lump. end of story.
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