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Friday January 30th, 2009
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Palestinian Children Return to School to Find Classmates Dead
posted 01/30/2009, 8:38 PM (YNet News)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
 Three seats remain empty in Jabaliya's Ibn Rushd eighth grade classroom as students return to school Saturday to find classmates were killed in Israeli raid. Muhammad, who lost his best friend, says, 'I don't know how we're going to learn, I hope God punishes those who killed them'
Hundreds of thousands of Gazan students went back to school on Saturday, many of them to discover that their friends have been killed.
Three chairs were left empty in the Jabaliya UNRWA school's eighth grade classroom. Issam, Ahed and Bashar were killed during Operation Cast Lead.
Muhammad Kutkut, 14, told Ynet what it was like going back to school after the three-week offensive, "I saw the chair behind me that Bashar used to sit on was empty. I was very sad and I cried."
Muhammad described the difficult sight at the entrance to the Ibn Rush school, saying the walls were damaged from the bombings, parts of the building had collapsed, and broken glass was everywhere. "But we can learn, the broken pieces and the shrapnel won't interrupt the classes."
The teachers dedicated the first school day to consoling the students and cheering them up them, but Muhammad found little comfort. He and Bashar had been best friends for the past three years.
"I also hurt over Issam and Ahed, but Bashar and I were the closest friends. We studied together, played together at recess, and went to each other's houses after school, even though we didn't live very close to each other.
"We were friends. We did everything together. Everything that pupils and best friends do together in class, and outside it. Today I felt alone, sad, I cried a lot."
Hearing that so many children were killed in the war, Kutkut worried for his friends, but he never imagined he would lose three classmates, including his best friend.
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Israeli troops killed Gaza children carrying white flag, witnesses say
posted 01/30/2009, 8:21 PM (McClatchy Newspapers)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
EZBT ABED RABBO, Gaza Strip — Nasser Abu Freeh was one of the first to see the Israeli soldiers as they entered this pastoral Gaza neighborhood overlooking the Israeli border on Jan. 3, hours after the Israeli government ordered the first ground forces into Gaza.
Abu Freeh's two-story hilltop home is a favorite spot for Israeli soldiers, who used it as a command post during three previous attempts to deter Gaza militants from firing crude rockets into Israel from the surrounding ... (more) |
Why Does the World Feel Wrong?
posted 01/30/2009, 8:20 PM (Strike The Root)
[Category: Commentary]
Overt criminality by leaders and passive, unclear thinking by the proles have become the norm. The two go together, creating a symbiotic ecosystem of tyranny. Fraud, theft, and murder have become widespread, just as the scale of lies told and believed have reached new heights. Irresponsibility has become socialized while people in the honest pursuit of good get thwarted. |
Defense Department Announces Civilian Expeditionary Workforce
posted 01/30/2009, 8:19 PM (Infowars)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
 The Defense Department has established a "civilian expeditionary workforce" that will see American civilians trained and equipped to deploy overseas in support of worldwide military missions.
The move is seen by some as an initial step towards fulfilling president Obama’s promise to form a civilian national security force as powerful as the U.S. military.
The intent of the program "is to maximize the use of the civilian workforc... (more) |
Common Chemicals Linked to Infertility
posted 01/30/2009, 8:18 PM (ABC News)
[Category: Brave New World]
Jan. 29, 2009 (ABC News) - Could your cookware and cleaning supplies make it harder for you to have a baby?
In the current issue of Human Reproduction, researchers suggest that chemicals called perfluorinated compounds, or PFCs for short, might be linked to delays in getting pregnant. But study authors and experts in the field caution that the findings are preliminary and mainly highlight an area that needs more research.
"The finding is interesting," says one of th... (more) |
Common Chemicals May Delay Pregnancy
posted 01/30/2009, 8:18 PM (HealthDay News)
[Category: Brave New World]
THURSDAY, Jan. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Chemicals known as perfluorinated chemicals, which are pervasive in food packaging, pesticides, clothing, upholstery, carpets and personal care products, may delay pregnancy, a new study suggests.
These chemicals are being phased out in the United States because of their toxic effects, and are expected to be completely gone by 2010. However, they remain in the environment and in the body for decades, and have been linked to developmental probl... (more) |
Japanese boys bring WWII bomb to school
posted 01/30/2009, 8:18 PM (AFP)
[Category: History]
Two Japanese boys have brought a World War II bomb to class, flustering teachers on the island of Okinawa, which was the scene of the Pacific conflict's bloodiest battle.
The two 12-year-old boys said they found the bomb last week in a yard near the school in Okinawa, where residents still unearth hundreds of dud explosives six decades after the war.
"We immediately realised the blasting fuse had come off the bombshell," said Yoshiyasu Henzan, vice principal of Shon... (more) |
Taser jolt wasn't DJ's first shock by Minneapolis cops
posted 01/30/2009, 8:18 PM (Star Tribune)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
Ex-radio DJ Quincy De'Shawn Smith survived an encounter with a police Taser in 2005, and in late November had learned that his suit alleging police brutality could go to trial.
On Dec. 9, however, Smith, 24, died after a second confrontation, this time with officers who had been called to the 1000 block of Knox Avenue N. on a report of a domestic assault involving a man with a gun. Smith struggled with officers as they tried to arrest him and once again was hit with an electric ch... (more) |
Q4 GDP down 3.8 percent, biggest drop since 1982
posted 01/30/2009, 8:18 PM (Reuters)
[Category: Economy]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The economy shrank at its fastest pace in nearly 27 years in the fourth quarter, government data showed, sinking deeper into recession as consumers and business cut spending.
The Commerce Department on Friday said gross domestic product, which measures total goods and services output within U.S. borders, plummeted at a 3.8 percent annual rate, the lowest pace since the first quarter of 1982, when output contracted 6.4 percent. GDP fell 0.5 percent in the thi... (more) |
Messy? I'm an artist!
posted 01/30/2009, 8:17 PM (The Times)
[Category: Commentary]
 The Newcastle United footballer Shola Ameobi opened his front door on returning home recently and immediately phoned the police. His house had been ransacked, he was sure - belongings were strewn all over the place. The thieves had apparently taken several items, including his chequebook. Later, he called to apologise. He hadn't been burgled at all, he explained. The house was just very untidy.
There was a story a few years ago about some men who broke into a house, demanding the ... (more) |
Exxon Mobil sets record with $45.2 billion profit
posted 01/30/2009, 8:17 PM (Associated Press)
[Category: Economy]
HOUSTON – Exxon Mobil Corp. on Friday reported a profit of $45.2 billion for 2008, breaking its own record for a U.S. company, even as its fourth-quarter earnings fell 33 percent from a year ago.
The previous record for annual profit was $40.6 billion, which the world's largest publicly traded oil company set in 2007.
The extraordinary full-year profit wasn't a surprise given crude's triple-digit price for much of 2008, peaking near an unheard of $150 a barrel in Ju... (more) |
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