New Century Gets Default Claims, Says It Lacks CashMarch 12 (Bloomberg) -- New Century Financial Corp., the nation's second-biggest subprime mortgage lender, said it doesn't have the cash to pay creditors who are demanding their money, increasing speculation that the company will go bankrupt.
The New York Stock Exchange, citing the credit crisis, halted trading of New Century this morning until it decides whether to keep listing the company's securities. Shares of the Irvine, California-based company, already down 90 percent i... (more)
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Chemicals May Play Role in Rise in ObesityToo many calories and too little exercise are undeniably the major factors contributing to the obesity epidemic, but several recent animal studies suggest that environmental exposure to widely used chemicals may also help make people fat.
The evidence is preliminary, but a number of researchers are pursuing indications that the chemicals, which have been shown to cause abnormal changes in animals' sexual development, can also trigger fat-cell activity -- a process scientists call ... (more)
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Who Controls the Food Controls the People "It is in the biological sciences that the most exciting possibilities suggest themselves... I will only speculate on a few among these possibilities which might have great effects on human life.
"I have already referred to the possibility of quite new sources of food and I need not enlarge on that further.
". . . hormones, those internal chemical secretions which so largely regulate the operations of the human body. The artificial use of hormones has al... (more)
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Police Use Taser Gun On Woman Having Diabetic SeizureA local family is questioning why a woman having a diabetic seizure would have to be tackled and shocked by police.
Authorities said officers went to the home on Northeast 76th Avenue to assist paramedics in dealing with a violent person suffering from some type of diabetic episode.
Brandi Hess and her family said she’s been what’s called a very brittle diabetic nearly her entire life.
Even with food and insulin, Hess’ family... (more)
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Smokers told to stop smoking at homeSYDNEY, March 11 (UPI) -- An Australian court said a Sydney couple should stop smoking in their apartment if the smell upsets the neighbors.
The Sunday Telegraph reported that Chris May and Linda Crossan decided to move instead of abide by the city court's order.
Neighbors had complained that smoke seeped through the walls and under doors from the couple's apartment. They were ordered to refrain from allowing smoke to enter other apartments, even if it meant not sm... (more)
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Episode at Guantanamo Leaves Family at a Loss MEDINA, Saudi Arabia -- Mishal al-Harbi's brain was deprived of oxygen for several minutes on the evening of Jan. 16, 2003, while he was in U.S. detention at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. As a result, he cannot stand, his speech is slurred, and he has a twitch that periodically causes his head to shake and his legs to jerk.
U.S. authorities say Mishal's brain was damaged when he tried to hang himself at Guantanamo. But his brother Fahd says a beating by prison ... (more)
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Iran and the Congo's Vanishing Uranium BarsA mysterious Congo vanishing uranium bars incident has emerged, coinciding with a decisive International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of governors meeting in Vienna on March 5-8, regarding Iran's nuclear program.
According to Kinshasa's Le Phare newspaper (March 7), "more than 100 bars of uranium as well as an unknown quantity of uranium contained in helmet-shaped cases, had disappeared from the nuclear centre in Kinshasa as part of a vast trafficking [operation]" (Le Phare,... (more)
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Be More Than You Can BeThe lab is climate-controlled to 104 degrees Fahrenheit and 66 percent humidity. Sitting inside the cramped room, even for a few minutes, is an unpleasantly moist experience. I’ve spent the last 40 minutes on a treadmill angled at a 9 percent grade. My face is chili-red, my shirt soaked with sweat. My breath is coming in short, unsatisfactory gasps. The sushi and sake I had last night are in full revolt. The tiny speakers on the shelf blasting “Living on a Prayer” are definitel... (more)
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Newly Unearthed Footage Exposes 9/11 Media ScriptingYet more archive news footage unearthed from broadcasts on 9/11 offers further evidence that the media were being fed a script in which a cover story was quickly groomed to offset questions about the highly suspicious collapse of the twin towers.
Two weeks ago we highlighted BBC World footage from September 11 in which a correspondent reports t... (more)
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The rich get filthier and the poor get poorerIt’s hard to imagine, even as a life-long New Yorker, the far past obscene delights described in the Washington Post article For London’s New Super-Rich, No Whim Need Go Unfulfilled.
London’s nouveau money monarchy call themselves “the haves and the have yachts,” sailing past Bush’s contributors “the haves and have mores.&r... (more)
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Taxing Us for BreathingLast week, the New York Times published an extraordinary editorial complaining that "Right now, everyone is using the atmosphere like a municipal dump, depositing carbon dioxide free." The Times editors suggested that the government "start charging for the privilege" by imposing a "carbon tax."
We all knew it would eventually come to this: the New York Times... (more)
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Scientists threatened for 'climate denial' Scientists who questioned mankind's impact on climate change have received death threats and claim to have been shunned by the scientific community.
They say the debate on global warming has been "hijacked" by a powerful alliance of politicians, scientists and environmentalists who have stifled all questioning about the true environmental impact of carbon dioxide emissions.
Timothy Ball, a former climatology professor at the University of Wi... (more)
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Firefighters Urge "Peeling Of Guilliani's 9/11 Onion"The press secretary of the biggest firefighters' union, the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF) has today shed more light on the furor surrounding last week's press coverage of Giuliani's snubbing of the firefighters invitation to an upcoming presidential candidate forum.
Alex Jones was joined on air today by IAFF's Jeff Zack, who revealed in no uncertain terms that the image of Giuliani as some sort of a 9/11 hero could not be fur... (more)
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America And Britain Asked Poland To Host Secret CIA Gulag Britain's collusion with the CIA rendition and black sites program has been well documented. However, what seems to be emerging now is not so much a story of collusion but full involvement.
The CIA operated an interrogation and short-term detention facility for suspected terrorists within a Polish intelligence training school with ... (more)
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Blair 'exercised spin' to justify Iraq war, says chief weapons inspector Former United Nations chief weapons inspector Hans Blix accused Tony Blair today of "exercising spin" in the run-up to the 2003 Iraq war.
Mr Blix told Sky News that the Prime Minister and those involved in compiling the Government's dossier on Iraq which was used to justify the war had "exercised spin", replacing question marks with exclamation marks.
Asked if Mr Blair had acted in bad faith, he said: "I do think they exercised spin. The... (more)
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Legal expert: President Bush may have ordered torture of terror suspects The US government began hearings on Friday to determine if 14 accused terrorists currently being held at Guantanamo Bay can be deemed enemy combatants. The hearings, which have been closed to independent observers, are receiving heavy criticism for their secretive nature and what some are calling pre-determined outcomes.
"The administration has been almost pathological in trying to find ways to keep these people from ever seeing a real judge or a real l... (more)
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The Future Has Caught Up With Us John Derbyshire is the sole remaining adult writing for National Review. In a recent issue he noted that Aldous Huxley’s novel, Brave New World, first published in 1932, now reads like contemporary news. Huxley’s fearsome predictions of a 26th century world have all come true six centuries early – in vitro fertilization, genetically... (more)
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When the FBI says 'trust us' One reason the Bush administration has fared so poorly over the past several years is its obsessive fear of public accountability, separation of powers and checks and balances. From its secret prisons to its classified torture memos, from its clandestine authorization of NSA spying to its efforts to deny the detainees at Guantanamo Bay any access to the writ of habeas corpus, the Bush administration has entered one long plea of "trust us". President Bush is, after all,... (more)
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Children tricked into giving fingerprints... by headmasterA primary school headmaster has outraged parents after he tricked his pupils into recording their fingerprints by telling them they were playing spies.
Children were persuaded to give their prints after being told by Mark Woodburn that it was 'just a game...so there's no need to tell your parents'.
Privacy campaigners said the case, involving children as young as three, highlights the extent to which Britain is becoming a surveillance society... (more)
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Don't like ID cards? Hand over your passport Anybody who objects to their personal details going on the new "Big Brother" ID cards database will be banned from having a passport.
James Hall, the official in charge of the supposedly-voluntary scheme, said the Government would allow people to opt out - but in return they must "forgo the ability" to have a travel document.
With one in every eight people saying they will refuse to sign-up, up to five million adults could effectively be refused ... (more)
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Your ID card details will be sold to banks Banks and other businesses are to be sold access to personal information stored on the Government's ID cards database.
Ministers want to raise hundreds of millions towards the £540million a year cost of running the controversial scheme.
The Government is already facing a backlash over charging people £93 each for an ID card - which will contain 49 different pieces of personal data.
Now ministers are planning to charge... (more)
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Cheney says U.S. 'unflinching' on IsraelWASHINGTON, March 12 (UPI) -- The U.S. vice president said support for Israel is "unflinching and steadfast" in a speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy Conference.
Dick Cheney told an audience of more than 6,000 gathered for breakfast in Washington Monday the Bush administration "remains committed" to Israel and Palestine as two democratic states side-by-side.
Cheney called the war on terror a "battlefield of ideas" and said the United States... (more)
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Iranian defector may hold catalyst for war An Iranian defense official who reportedly defected to the West last week may be in possession of evidence that could be used justify military action against Iran. Former Iranian deputy defense minister Ali Rez Asgari was secreted away from Turkey to an undisclosed location in Europe by Western officials.
This after he informed American officials several weeks earlier that he wished to defect and provide assistance in bringing down those running his coun... (more)
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Dr David Kelly's unnatural death: Murder of the Law MURDER OF THE LAW
A commentary on BBC 2 'ConspiracyFiles' – Dr David Kelly's unnatural death of the 17th of July 2003 broadcast on the 25th of February 2007
A sleek black limousine slid onto the screen a week ago. The many devices of slick Beeb film making were to be seen; a raven doubled as mascot on the bonnet. Presumably Mr Blair had others in reserve at the Tower. The vehicle was steered soberly along the highw... (more)
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