Inside Human Trafficking in Mexico
September 2, 2010 by red
Filed under Featured Stories, Human Trafficking
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As Usual, MSM Gushingly ‘Predicts’ Our Fascist Future
September 2, 2010 by red
Filed under Featured Stories, Human rights
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POLICE STATE 2010: DHS Patrolling U.S., Mexico Border With Drones
September 2, 2010 by POPEYE
Filed under Establishing The Police State, Featured Stories
Scientist Report 22 Mile Long Undersea Gulf Oil Plume
September 1, 2010 by POPEYE
Filed under Featured Stories, US News
12 U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan in 2 days
September 1, 2010 by POPEYE
Filed under Afghanistan, Featured Stories
The fatalities Monday and Tuesday bring the total since Saturday to 19. An Estonian soldier and three Afghan Supreme Court clerks are also killed.
Spy Satellites Used to Control American Citizens
September 1, 2010 by red
Filed under Featured Stories, Mind Control
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FEMA: US evacuations may be required for Earl
August 31, 2010 by POPEYE
Filed under Featured Stories, US News
(RAW STORY) FEMA says US evacuations may be required if Category 4 Hurricane Earl tracks toward coast
Federal officials urged U.S. residents to prepare for possible evacuations and islanders in the Turks and Caicos braced for high winds Tuesday as powerful Hurricane Earl howled over open seas toward the East Coast of the U.S.
The Category 4 hurricane, with winds of 135 mph (215 kilometers), was expected to remain over the open ocean before turning north and running parallel to the U.S. coast, potentially reaching the North Carolina coastal region by late Thursday or early Friday. It was projected then to curve back out to sea, perhaps swiping New England or far-eastern Canada.
“We can’t totally rule out a very close approach to either of the Cape Hatteras areas or Cape Cod and southern New England as the storm progresses further,” said Bill Read, director of the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami.
Earl delivered a glancing blow to several small Caribbean islands on Monday, tearing roofs off of homes and cutting electricity to people in Anguilla, Antigua, and St. Maarten. Cruise ships were diverted and flights canceled across the region. But there were no reports of death or injury.
In Providenciales in the Turks and Caicos, a British territory, Benson Capron was among several fishermen tying their boats to trees lining a beach.
“I hear it is going to pass, but I will not take any chances,” Capron said. “Today I will not go out to fish.”
Forecasters said it was too early to say what effect Earl would have in the U.S., but warned it could at least kick up dangerous rip currents. A surfer died in Florida and a Maryland swimmer had been missing since Saturday in waves spawned by former Hurricane Danielle, which weakened to a tropical storm Monday far out in the north Atlantic.
Craig Fugate, administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, said evacuations may be necessary along the eastern seaboard later this week if the storm does not veer away from the coast as expected.
“Today is the day to make sure you have your plan completed and your supplies in place,” Fugate said.
The storm’s center passed just north of the British Virgin Islands on Monday afternoon. Despite a few lost fishing boats and several uprooted trees in Tortola and Anegada, there were no reports of major damage or injuries, said Sharleen DaBreo, disaster management agency director.
By midday Tuesday, Earl’s center was about 205 miles (335 kilometers) east of Grand Turk island as it headed west-northwest at 14 mph (22 kph), according to the hurricane center. Hurricane strength winds extended up to 70 miles (110 kilometers) from the center, it said.
Tropical storm conditions were expected to spread into the Turks and Caicos by Tuesday afternoon.
Close on Earl’s heels, Tropical Storm Fiona formed Monday afternoon in the open Atlantic. The storm, with maximum winds of 40 mph (65 kph), was projected to pass just north of the Leeward Islands by Wednesday and stay farther out in the Atlantic than Earl’s northward path. Fiona was not expected to reach hurricane strength over the next several days.
Residents were cleaning up debris and assessing damage Tuesday on islands across the northeastern Caribbean.
In Puerto Rico, nearly 187,000 people were without power and another 60,000 without water, Gov. Luis Fortuno said. More than a dozen roads along the north coast remained closed as crews removed trees and downed power lines.
In St. Maarten, sand and debris littered the streets, and winds knocked down trees and electricity poles and damaged roofs. But police spokesman Ricardo Henson said there was no extensive damage to property.
In Antigua, at least one home was destroyed but there were no reports of serious injuries. Governor General Dame Louise Agnetha Lake-Tack declared Monday a public holiday to keep islanders off the road and give them a chance to clean up.
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Associated Press Writers Vivian Tyson in Providenciales, Turks and Caicos; Ben Fox in Fajardo, Puerto Rico; Anika Kentish in St. John’s, Antigua; Judy Fitzpatrick in Philipsburg, St. Maarten; and David McFadden, Mike Melia and Danica Coto in San Juan and contributed to this report.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/0831/fema-evacuations-required-earl/
AP source: Unlikely 2 men were plotting terror
August 31, 2010 by POPEYE
Filed under Featured Stories, World
(AP)
AP Source: FBI investigates 2 men arrested in Amsterdam but does not suspect terror activity
EILEEN SULLIVAN
AP News
Aug 31, 2010 10:31 EDT
A U.S. government official says the FBI’s investigation of two men detained in Amsterdam is finding that it’s unlikely they were on a test run for a future terror attack, even as Dutch authorities continued to hold the pair on suspicion of conspiring to commit a terrorist act.
The U.S. official says the two men arrested in Amsterdam did not know each other and were not traveling together.
The official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the ongoing investigation, says both men missed flights to Dulles International Airport from Chicago, and United Airlines then booked them on the same flight to Amsterdam. The men were sitting near each other on the flight.
Another U.S. official, who also spoke on condition of anonymity, says that when Customs officials discovered one passenger was not on the flight from Dulles to Dubai, they called the plane back to the gate and removed his luggage. It was then they discovered suspicious items in his bag.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP’s earlier story is below.
AMSTERDAM (AP) — Dutch prosecutors say two Yemeni citizens who arrived in Amsterdam on a flight from the United States are suspects in a conspiracy to commit a terrorist act.
Prosecutors said the two men flew in from Chicago on Monday and were bound for Sana’a, the Yemeni capital. They were detained due to information provided by U.S. authorities.
Their luggage was sent on an internal flight to Washington, where U.S. authorities found suspicious items. But Dutch authorities said nothing suspicious was in the luggage that arrived in Amsterdam.
Prosecutors said Tuesday the men were being held “on suspicion of a conspiracy to a terrorist criminal act.” It will be announced in a few days if they will be charged.
Source: AP News
Burning Man fans say cops too heavy-handed
August 31, 2010 by POPEYE
Filed under Featured Stories, Police Brutality & Abuse Of Power
Burned at Burning Man? Revelers say heavy hand of law a downer at Nevada desert festival
Gates Foundation ties with Monsanto under fire from activists
August 30, 2010 by red
Filed under Featured Stories, US News
(SeattleTimes) For two years, local activists on a shoestring budget have been trying to document connections between the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Monsanto, the company vilified by some for its heavy involvement in genetic engineering of crops.
Try as they might, their work got little attention. Read more
