Monday 12 July 2010

BRITISH PETROLEUM GULF ENGINEERED DISASTER

 
Rarely Seen Pictures Of The Devastating Consequences Of The BP Disaster

Posted July 12, 2010

 

A pod of Bottlenose dolphins swim under the oily water Chandeleur Sound, Louisiana, Thursday, May 6, 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) #
This is a photo of a dolphin pulled from the gulf.  All oceanic lifeforms will die in the region.  The oil is a toxic mix that suffocates the life in the water.  The gulf is one of the world's 4 oxcygen creation zones and has some of the largest coral reefs.  The most beautiful waters in the world in the Bahamas and Florida coast will soon be gone forever.  This is a terrible tragedy and global ecosystem killer.  The planet's ecotsystem will be directly affected by this disaster, all lifeforms and weather patterns will be adjusted.

 

NASA Photograph of the OIL SPILL, taken 3 weeks after it began.  Click on the photo to see it in its original format and size 


 



A detailed computer modeling study released today indicates that oil from the massive spill in the Gulf of Mexico might soon extend along thousands of miles of the Atlantic coast and open ocean as early as this summer. The modeling results are captured in a series of dramatic animations produced by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and collaborators. The full article can be read at http://www2.ucar.edu/news/ocean-currents-likely-to-carry-oil-spill-along-atlantic-coast
Energy Boom
CBS has footage of their reporters being turned away from a public beach in Louisiana where they were filming oil washing up on shore.
"This is BP's rules, it's not ours," someone aboard the boat said. Coast Guard officials told CBS that they're looking into it.
According to Mother Nature Network's Karl Burkhart, his contacts in Louisiana have given him unconfirmed reports of equipment being turned away or confiscated.
Watch it:

Below you will find a picture of millions of dead fish.  These are small fish, possible baby fish.  They are slowly washing ashore and towards the ports.  Over 9,000 species of animals will be under threat of extinction in this region, we might not ever see again on the planet.  Click the image to enlarge it.

 

A Greenpeace activist steps through oil on a beach along the Gulf of Mexico on May 20, 2010 near Venice, Louisiana. (John Moore/Getty Images)
A Brown Pelican sits in heavy oil on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast Thursday, June 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
A pair of Brown Pelicans, covered in oil, sit on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast, Thursday, June 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
A dead turtle floats on a pool of oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill in Barataria Bay off the coast of Louisiana Monday, June, 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
A sea bird soaked in oil sits in the surf at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast Thursday, June 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
A Brown Pelican is seen on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast on Thursday, June 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
A bird covered in oil flails in the surf at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast Thursday, June 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
A Brown Pelican is mired in heavy oil on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast on Thursday, June 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
A Brown Pelican covered in oil sits on the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast on Thursday, June 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
A ship's wake cuts through a pattern of oil near the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico Monday, May 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)


Oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill pools against the Louisiana coast along Barataria Bay Tuesday, June 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) #


APTN photographer Rich Matthews dives into the water to take a closer look at oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill on June 7, 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico south of Venice, Louisiana. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
A dead Northern Gannet covered in oil lies along Grand Isle Beach in Grand Isle, Louisiana May 21, 2010. A member of Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research tagged the spot of the location of the incident. (REUTERS/Sean Gardner)
Collected oil burns on the water in this aerial view seven miles northeast of the Deepwater Horizon site over the Gulf of Mexico, May 18, 2010. (REUTERS/Daniel Beltra/Greenpeace)
Oil is seen on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico about six miles southeast of Grand Isle, Louisiana May 21, 2010. (REUTERS/Sean Gardner)


A sea turtle is mired in oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on Grand Terre Island, Louisiana June 8, 2010. (REUTERS/Lee Celano)
Oil floats around booms and through marshlands of the Mississippi Delta on May 23, 2010. (REUTERS/Daniel Beltra/Greenpeace)
Maura Wood, Senior Program Manager of Coastal Louisiana Restoration for the National Wildlife Federation takes a sample of water in a heavily oiled marsh near Pass a Loutre, Louisiana on May 20, 2010. (REUTERS/Lee Celano)
A suction hose is used to remove oil washed ashore from the Deepwater Horizon spill, Wednesday, June 9, 2010, in Belle Terre, Louisiana. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) #
An oil-soaked pelican takes flight after Louisiana Fish and Wildlife employees tried to corral him on an island in Barataria Bay on Sunday, May 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Oil is scooped out of a marsh impacted by the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in Redfish Bay along the coast of Louisiana, Saturday, May 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
A sheen of oil sits on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico close to the site of the BP oil spill as a boat uses a containment boom to gather the oil to be burned off approximately 42 miles off the coast of Louisiana May 18, 2010 (REUTERS/Hans Deryk)
Crews try to clean an island covered in oil on the south part of East Bay May 23, 2010. (REUTERS/Daniel Beltra/Greenpeace)
A ship maneuvers and sprays water near a rig in heavy surface oil in this aerial view over the Gulf of Mexico May 18, 2010, as oil continues to leak from the Deepwater Horizon wellhead. (REUTERS/Daniel Beltra/Greenpeace)
An outboard boat motor breaks up a thick layer of oil as Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal and Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser toured the oil-impacted marsh of Pass a Loutre on Wednesday, May 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)


Oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill coats marsh grass at the Louisiana coast along Barataria Bay Tuesday, June 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)


A brown pelican coated in heavy oil wallows in the surf June 4, 2010 on East Grand Terre Island, Louisiana. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
A shrimp boat is used to collect oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico in the waters of Chandeleur Sound, Louisiana on May 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
A helicopter flies over surface oil in this aerial view over the Gulf of Mexico, May 18, 2010. (REUTERS/Daniel Beltra/Greenpeace)
A young heron sits dying amidst oil splattering underneath mangrove on an island impacted by oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in Barataria Bay, along the the coast of Louisiana on Sunday, May 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

 

Seawater covered with thick black oil splashes up in brown-stained whitecaps off the side of the supply vessel Joe Griffin at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill containment efforts in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana Sunday, May 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)


 

A tugboat moves through the oil slick on May 6, 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico. (Michael B. Watkins/U.S. Navy via Getty Images)
Oil burns during a controlled fire May 6, 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico. The U.S. Coast Guard is overseeing oil burns after the sinking, and subsequent massive oil leak, from the sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil platform off the coast of Louisiana. (Justin E. Stumberg/U.S. Navy via Getty Images)
Dark clouds of smoke and fire emerge as oil burns during a controlled fire in the Gulf of Mexico, May 6, 2010. The U.S. Coast Guard working in partnership with BP PLC, local residents, and other federal agencies conducted the "in situ burn" to aid in preventing the spread of oil. (REUTERS/Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Justin Stumberg-US Navy)
The crew of a Basler BT-67 fixed wing aircraft releases oil dispersant over parts of the oil spill off the shore of Louisiana in this May 5, 2010 photograph. (REUTERS/Stephen Lehmann/U.S. Coast Guard)
A man holds a plastic bag with seawater and oil from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill south of Freemason Island, Louisiana May 7, 2010. (REUTERS/Carlos Barria)
Oily water is seen off the side of the Joe Griffin supply vessel at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill containment efforts in the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday, May 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
One of the New harbor Islands is protected by two oil booms against the oil slick that has passed inside of the protective barrier formed by the Chandeleur Islands, as cleanup operations continue for the BP Deepwater Horizon platform disaster off Louisiana, on May 10, 2010. (MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images)
Blobs of oil from the massive spill float on the surface of the water on May 5, 2010 in Breton and Chandeleur sounds off the coast of Louisiana. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Mississippi River water (left) meets sea water and an oil slick that has passed inside of the protective barrier formed by the Chandeleur Islands, off the coast of Louisiana, on May 7, 2010. (MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images)
Oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill makes its way to shore on Chandeleur Islands in Louisiana on May 7, 2010. (AP Photo/The Dallas Morning News, Vernon Bryant)
This image provided by NASA shows the Mississippi Delta (top right) and the growing oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico on May 5, 2010. Photo was taken by International Space Station Expedition 23 flight engineer Soichi Noguchi. (AP Photo/NASA - Soichi Noguchi)
Oil and oil sheen are seen moving past an oil rig, top right, in the waters of Chandeleur Sound, Louisiana, Wednesday, May 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
An oil soaked bird struggles against the oil slicked side of the HOS Iron Horse supply vessel at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana Sunday, May 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
An aerial view of the oil leaked from the Deepwater Horizon wellhead, May 6, 2010. (REUTERS/Daniel Beltra)
Dark clouds of smoke and fire emerge as oil burns during a controlled fire in the Gulf of Mexico May 7, 2010. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Justin Stumberg/Released)
Bruce Padilla, left, and Adam Shaw, Louisiana oilfield divers, return through blackened seawater from watching a controlled oil burn in the Gulf of Mexico May 7, 2010. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Justin Stumberg/Released)
Oil, scooped up with a bucket from the Gulf of Mexico off the side of the supply vessel Joe Griffin, coats the hands of an AP reporter at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, May 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Shrimp boats are used to collect oil with booms in the waters of Chandeleur Sound, Louisiana, Wednesday, May 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Jonathan Elinoff rounded up rarely-seen videos and pictures of the gulf oil spill:
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Information Clearing House Newsletter
News You Won't Find On CNN
July 12, 2010
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Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America's War On Iraq:  4,729icasualties.org/oif/
 
Number Of  International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan : 1,921
 
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Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan $1,016,145,342,231http://www.costofwar.com/
 
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US And Britain 'Did Not Believe Iraq's Weapons Programme Was A Real Threat'
 
By The Telegraph
 
Former UK diplomat Carne Ross claimed that the Government ''intentionally and substantially'' exaggerated its assessment of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in public documents. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25920.htm
 
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On Being Led By the Nose The Unchallenged Power of the Israel Lobby
 
By James Abourezk
 
The idea that George W. Bush's neocon advisers--Perle included--convinced him that the U.S. should invade Iraq received some attention after the Iraqi war started.  But to my knowledge, no one, either in politics or the media, pressed the case too hard, lest they discover that those who wanted to invade Iraq had, not America's interest, but Israel's interest in mind. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25925.htm
 
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An Unholy Alliance, of Strange Characters.
 
Scott Horton Interviews Lawrence Wilkerson
 
"I think there's a very clear-cut case that Wurmser was not only working for Rumsfeld and Feith and the Pentagon, but he was also working for Israel. I think Feith was working for Israel too." Lawrence Wilkerson http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25923.htm
 
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Afghanistan is a Catastrophe
 
By Simon Jenkins
 
Our leaders would rather avoid embarrassment than be honest about the horrific futility of the wars we are fighting. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25919.htm
 
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In an Afghan Hole? Dig Deeper
 
By Joel Bleifuss
 
Americans deserve to know how fighting a futile war makes their country safer. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25922.htm
 
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The Failure of the American Jewish Establishment
 
By Peter Beinart
 
Among American Jews today, there are a great many Zionists, especially in the Orthodox world, people deeply devoted to the State of Israel. And there are a great many liberals, especially in the secular Jewish world, people deeply devoted to human rights for all people, Palestinians included. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25921.htm
 
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Rarely Seen Pictures Of The Devastating Consequences Of The BP Disaster
 
Pictures and Video
 
 
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More Poverty By Any Measure
 
By Christine Vestal
 
More than 15 million Americans are unemployed, homelessness has increased by 50 percent in some cities, and 38 million people are receiving food stamps, more than at any time in the program's almost 50-year history. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25924.htm
 
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Fix the Economy?
 
By Mike Whitney
 
Fearmongering about the deficits is a political calculation to win elections and strangle popular social programs. It has no economic value. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25927.htm
 
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At least 70 killed in Uganda bomb blasts:
 
On Friday, al-Shabab commander, Sheik Muktar Robow, called for fighters to attack sites in Uganda and Burundi - two nations that contribute troops to the 6,000-strong African Union (AU) peacekeeping force in Mogadishu. http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2010/07/2010711212520826984.html
 
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Somalia's al Shabaab behind Uganda attacks: TV:
 
Somali Islamist militants al Shabaab have claimed they were behind the two bomb attacks in the Ugandan capital Kampala that killed 74 people, Al Jazeera television said on Monday. http://bit.ly/994hxy
 
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Darfur violence claims 221 in June: Peacekeepers:
 
A total of 221 people died in tribal fighting and other violence in Sudan's Darfur in June, peacekeepers said yesterdayay, as the region's two main rebels groups continued to shun peace talks. http://bit.ly/aOO3yF
 
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Nato soldier, 16 cops killed in Afghan attacks:
 
A Nato soldier and 11 Afghan policemen were killed in weekend Taliban attacks across the country while five police died when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in Kishim district, authorities said on Sunday. http://thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=250253
 
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13 Taliban militants killed in S. Afghanistan:
 
Afghan and NATO-led troops eliminated 13 Taliban fighters including their commander Mullah Shahabudin in southern Zabul province, spokesman for provincial administration Mohammad Jan Rasouli said Sunday. http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90851/7061802.html
 
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Blast kills 3 Afghans as civilian casualties soaring in Afghanistan:
 
Three civilians were killed and another sustained injuries as their car ran over a mine in Sapera district of Afghanistan's eastern Khost province on Monday while on the same day an Afghan human right group condemned soaring civilian casualties in the war-torn country. http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90851/7062812.html
 
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2010 deadliest year in Afghanistan:
 
ARM's mid-year report "Civilian Casualties of Conflict" said Obama's policy of intensifying operations against the Taliban has not disrupted, dismantled or defeated the insurgents. On the contrary, it says, "the insurgency has become more resilient, multi-structured and deadly". http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=134425&sectionid=351020403
 
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'Stressed troops' burning out in Afghanistan:
 
The Australia Defence Association says the Federal Government may have to consider sending more soldiers to Afghanistan to relieve the stress on those serving there now. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/12/2950566.htm?section=justin
 
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Karzai to push for removing up to 50 ex-Taliban officials from U.N. blacklist:
 
Afghan President Hamid Karzai plans to seek the removal of up to 50 former Taliban officials from a U.N. terrorism blacklist -- more than a quarter of those on the list -- in a gesture intended to advance political reconciliation talks with insurgents, according to a senior Afghan official. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/11/AR2010071103505_pf.html
 
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Top anti-war Democrat: Afghanistan war could 'destroy' Obama's presidency:
 
"I think that this war, if it goes on and if it escalates, has the potential to destroy this presidency and to destroy the Democratic majorities in Congress," Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) told Raw Story in an interview. http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0712/nadler-afghan-war-destroy-obama-presidency-democratic-congress/
 
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15 militants killed in NW Pakistan:
 
At least 15 militants were killed and five others injured in a fresh strike launched on Sunday by the Pakistani army in various areas of Upper Orakzai Agency in the country's northwest tribal area, reported local media Geo News. http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90851/7061453.html
 
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Gunmen kill 2 Pakistani politicians:
 
Unknown gunmen have killed two political leaders in different parts of Pakistan as the country's security forces arrest 20 suspected militants in the eastern Punjab Province. http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=134393&sectionid=351020401
 
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Four killed in Iraq violence:
 
Gunmen shot dead two policemen in the main northern city of Mosul on Sunday while a soldier and a pro-government militiaman were killed in separate attacks, security sources said. http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=40002
 
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Iraq postpones second session of new parliament:
 
Iraq's new parliament has postponed its second session amid a failure by lawmakers to agree on forming a new government following the March election in which no one party won a majority http://bit.ly/9p9EIa
 
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20 kilos of 20 pct enriched uranium ready: Iran:
 
On Sunday, Salehi reiterated his previous claim that by September next year Iran will on its own "deliver the fuel for the Tehran research reactor." http://bit.ly/cojqV5
 
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Iran: Fuel rods ready in August 2010:
 
Iran will complete the production of fuel rods for the Tehran Research Reactor by August next year, says the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), Press TV reported. http://en.trend.az/regions/iran/1718925.html
 
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Russia warns Iran near nuclear weapons potential:
 
"Iran is nearing the possession of the potential which in principle could be used for the creation of a nuclear weapon," Medvedev said at a meeting with Russian diplomats quoted by Russian news agencies. http://bit.ly/cNN8mT
 
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Strong Russian remarks on Iran please Washington:
 
"GOOD SIGN", SAYS U.S. "This is about as blunt as Medvedev has ever been about Iran's nuclear programme and should be taken as a good sign of increased international unity on Iran's nuclear programme," an Obama administration official said in Washington. http://bit.ly/9f0xQR
 
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Iran Official Lambasts West's Double-Standard Policy On N. Program:
 
Despite the rules enshrined in the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) entitling every member state, including Iran, to the right of uranium enrichment, Tehran is now under four rounds of UN Security Council sanctions for turning down West's illegitimate calls to give up its right of uranium enrichment. http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8904210835
 
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World powers mull Brazil, Turkey's presence in Iran talks:
 
World powers have not formally agreed that Brazil and Turkey can sit in on talks over a nuclear fuel supply deal with Iran, but neither have they explicitly ruled out such an arrangement, diplomats said Monday. http://bit.ly/c6ZVDE
 
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'US attack on Iran a matter of time':
 
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad says the US compelled the UN Security Council to impose sanctions against Iran in order to weaken the country and lay the ground for a military attack. http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=134296&sectionid=351020104
 
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Whitewash report: Israeli Military Finds Flotilla Killings Justified:
 
An Israeli military investigation into its naval takeover of a Gaza-bound flotilla six weeks ago found that it was plagued by errors of planning, intelligence and coordination but the killings of nine Turks on board were justified, according to an official summary of the findings released Monday. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/13/world/middleeast/13flotilla.html
 
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Libya aid boat aims to reach Gaza on Wednesday:
 
A Libyan aid ship headed for Gaza in defiance of an Israeli blockade aims to reach the Palestinian territory on Wednesday, the Kadhafi Foundation organising the mission said on Monday. http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20100712/twl-libya-aid-boat-aims-to-reach-gaza-on-3cd7efd.html
 
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MK Ben-Ari: Sink Libyan Ship:
 
MK Michael Ben-Ari (National Union) said Sunday that the best way to handle the Libyan ship on its way to Gaza with "humanitarian" supplies was to sink it. The ship, he said, was "a threat to Israel's independence. In order to prevent a flood of hundreds of ships and thousands of refugees gathering on our borders, the ship must be sunk. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/189850
 
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The Failure of the American Jewish Establishment:
 
In 2003, several prominent Jewish philanthropists hired Republican pollster Frank Luntz to explain why American Jewish college students were not more vigorously rebutting campus criticism of Israel. In response, he unwittingly produced the most damning indictment of the organized American Jewish community that I have ever seen. http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2010/jun/10/failure-american-jewish-establishment/
 
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Four bust in 'dirty bomb' sale sting:
 
An international police sting at a Pretoria petrol station has netted four men involved in the sale of a highly radioactive metal suspected to be destined for use in a dirty bomb. http://bit.ly/cnji72
 
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Three Sentenced to Life in Prison on Liquid-Bomb Terrorism Plot:
 
Three British men convicted of plotting to become suicide bombers were sentenced to life in prison, London police said in an e-mailed statement. http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-07-12/three-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-on-liquid-bomb-terrorism-plot.html
 
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2 Chicago-area men get prison for roles in Toledo-based terrorism plot:
 
During appearances Monday in U.S. District Court in Toledo, Zubair Ahmed was sentenced to 10 years in a federal institution while his younger cousin, Khaleel Ahmed, was sentenced to eight years and four months in prison. http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100712/NEWS02/100719925
 
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Arizona warned of 2nd lawsuit:
 
The Obama administration could file yet another lawsuit against Arizona if it decides racial profiling is taking place under that state's new immigration law, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jul/11/arizona-warned-of-2nd-lawsuit/
 
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BP to cut payments on 40,000 claims of individuals affected by oil spill, cites paperwork problems:
 
That "will be devastating to individuals surviving financially month-to-month," she said. "This action is irresponsible and in complete contrast to BP's repeated promise that they will 'make things right.'" http://bit.ly/dmETGD
 
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Manufacturing Consent For Attack On Social Programs: Will we lose mortgage deductions, Medicare?:
 
The chairmen of President Obama's national debt commission painted a gloomy picture Sunday as the United States struggles to control its spending. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2012335016_debt12.html
 
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Manufacturing Consent For Attack On Social Programs: Obama's debt commission warns of fiscal 'cancer':
 
 The co-chairmen of President Obama's debt and deficit commission offered an ominous assessment of the nation's fiscal future here Sunday, calling current budgetary trends a cancer "that will destroy the country from within" unless checked by tough action in Washington. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/11/AR2010071101956_pf.html
 
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American Credit Scores Crash To New Lows:
 
25.5 percent of consumers - nearly 43.4 million people - now have a credit score of 599 or below, marking them as poor risks for lenders. It's unlikely they will be able to get credit cards, auto loans or mortgages under the tighter lending standards banks now use," according to the AP. http://247wallst.com/2010/07/12/american-credit-scores-crash-to-new-lows/
 
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Critics say loan modification law isn't working:
 
Homeowners and their advocates argue that although lenders' representatives are taking part in meetings, they aren't negotiating. They charge that many lenders would rather throw homeowners out than consider loan modifications. http://www.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/201007100600/NEWS/7110351
 
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Let Us Work Towards Peace And Joy
 
Tom Feeley

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