Sweden could be facing a repeat of last winter's deep freeze, with lots of snow covering the ground for months.
"It looks exactly like last winter now" says weather forecaster Per Kållberg to the Sydsvenskan newspaper. Kållberg works at the Swedish meteorological office, SMHI. The reason, say scientists, is that cold air is still being brought in from the arctic by the so-called North Atlantic Oscillation. This weather phenomenon is in a 'negative' phase, just like it has been since December 2009. Before that Sweden had 40 years of relatively mild winter, due to the oscillation being in a 'positive' phase. Per Kållberg at SMHI says that this phenomenon has been known about for a long time, but scientists have no reason why it exists.
Electricity prices are rising sharply, due to a combination of the cold weather and low water levels in hydropower dams. Both Norway and Sweden are affected, reports news agency TT. On the Norwegian electricity trading exchange Nordpol prices are already up by 40 per cent since last Friday. Prices on this exchange directly effect the bills for customers who have a floating-price deal with a power company. When asked whether we are headed towards last winter's situation - with extremely high electricity prices - Sigge Eriksson at power company Vattenfall says "I don't really know what to think. I'm a little scared myself." he adds that it is hard to tell right now whether this is just an overreaction by the market.
According to tweeting travelers, many backscatter and millimeter-wave AIT scanning machines at airports are not in use at all, making opting out impossible.
Yeah, there are no problems today because backscatter machines are TURNED OFF at many airports and they are doing normal security procedures. Interesting that they'd rather risk people's safety than endure a PR disaster. By not giving people the chance to opt-out, they effectively take control of the story. Webmaster's Commentary:
Israeli policemen severely battered a Jerusalemite child in Silwan, occupied Jerusalem, on Wednesday night breaking both his arm and leg, his father said. Mansour Al-Resheq told the Quds media center in the Shaari Tzedek hospital that policemen chased his 7-year-old child Adam and savagely beat him then dragged him on the ground before leaving him in the street bleeding. Webmaster's Commentary:
A Maryland woman says she caught two male Transportation Security Administration workers eyeing her breasts before they pulled her aside for a pat-down at the Orlando International Airport. "It was pretty obvious. One of the guys that was staring me up and down was the one who pulled me over," Eliana Sutherland told Florida television station Click Orlando. "Not a comfortable feeling."
One of the most incredible statements uttered by Franco Frattini was that “the Israeli government wanted peace”. Is the man blind? Does he read the newspapers? Wasn’t he briefed by his diplomats before the visit? If he was, and was in possession of the facts of the situation, his statement would be even more scandalous than those made by someone steeped in ignorance.
Listen to this guy describe nearly word for word what would eventually become the official story of how the World Trade Center collapsed. This interview occured roughly around 11:55 the morning of 9/11, only an hour and a half after both towers had collapsed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07hJhmiWZSY
Jim Black, a BP incident commander for the company’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill response team, died in a small plane crash near Destin, Fla., on Tuesday night, the company confirmed. - A former Texas solicitor general has been identified as one of three victims who died when their small plane crashed off the Florida Panhandle. Officials said Wednesday that former Solicitor General Gregory Scott Coleman, 47, of Cedar Park, Texas, was the pilot of the small Piper Malibu. He and two others were killed when his plane went down in Choctawhatchee Bay on Tuesday night while trying to land at the Destin
airport.
Since the system was created by the Dept. of Homeland Security in 2002, the color-coded terror alert scale has been more confusing than effective.
How can DHS even begin to say they know how much danger people are in at all times? The very concept of the system is flawed. In fact it looks as if the scale was created to intimidate and terrorize American citizens in order to keep them living in a constant state of fear. First one must ask; how would DHS even know if a terror attack may or may not be carried out at any given time? The enemy (if real) surely would not tell us when they plan to strike.
A self-described "rule follower" went through an airport pornoscanner wearing a panty-liner (she was menstruating). Because the hygienic item obscured the screener's view of her vagina vulva, she was made to endure a humiliating fondling, "so invasive that I was left crying and dealing with memories that I thought had been dealt with years ago of prior sexual assaults."
“We’re more concerned about the dispersant and the dispersant mixed with oil–the dispersed oil, if you will–than we are about the crude oil itself.” Tests conducted in recent months by[University of Southern Maine Center for Toxicology and Environmental Health director John] Wise’s lab, using human cell lines, show that dispersants cause cell death and DNA damage, which has been linked to cancer and reproductive problems.
With top U.S. officials continuing to declare that help from China will be key in calming tensions between North and South Korea, President Obama is planning to call Chinese President Hu Jintao in the next few days to discuss the critical situation, according to senior administration officials. The phone call will come just days after Obama held a bilateral meeting with Hu on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Seoul, South Korea, where administration officials were quick to tout the fact that it was the seventh face-to-face meeting the two leaders have had since Obama took office. Webmaster's Commentary: IF this is true ( in light of the fact that South Korean military personnel, with American "advisors" in attendance, started this whole situation), it is a positive sign.
Six young Russians became so angry about police brutality in their area that they took up arms to fight back. Lucy Ash asks what motivated the group and why so many ordinary Russians supported their extreme actions.
"Tell the EU and IMF to Shove It!"
Since September 11, 2001, the US government has been operating with a demand for the understanding of the people. We, as part of this demand, are to allow certain limitations on our liberty in order to gain a certain level of security. But, given the questionable nature of what are likely exaggerated threats, coupled with Congressional enrichment from these expensive security technologies, the U.S. public is losing both liberty and security, as well as money.
Even if the Obama administration wanted to try low-level detainees in U.S. courts, it faces so much opposition from Congress it would be hard to do. And now, with the new Republican majority in the House, what was once very hard could become impossible.
Another option is to imprison terrorism suspects without ever going to trial — to just hold them.
And that's what lawmakers are looking at now. In August, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina quietly introduced a bill that would codify indefinite detention. He wanted to answer questions such as what kind of enemy combatant could be locked up without trial? How much evidence would government need to do that? Webmaster's Commentary: Should Lindsey Graham's legislation on this pass, it will signal the end of this republic. Once in place, this legislation will not only be used against alleged "bad guys": it will also be used against any individual who has a logical, reasoned objection to any foreign or domestic Federal governmental policy!
Multimillion dollar government contracts don't just happen. Ask the companies with the big government contracts to supply Body-scanning machines to U.S. airports how much more they had to spend on lobbying on the Hill. Not only have they increased their lobbying efforts over the last 5 years, they're doing it with some very familiar names.
As you Americans sit down with your family on this Thanksgiving Day, think of the Gazans that have nothing to thank you for. Think of the over 1500 citizens of Gaza that were murdered with weapons made in your country. Think of the additional 3 BILLION dollars that will be spent on warplanes bound to Israel soon to continue the process of genocide.
So, I ask, where do all of the above ramblings and reflections leave us today? I can only surmise that America is in reality a false nation with false prophets…. am I wrong?
ordanian Foreign Ministry summoned here Wednesday the Israeli ambassador to Amman to express the government strong rejection and condemnation of an attack on two Jordanian personnel at the Jordanian embassy in Tel Aviv.
Who was behind the production of fake intelligence? Gareth Porter's suggests that Israel's Mossad has been a source of fake intelligence regarding Iran's alleged nuclear weapons program:
It’s the time of The Apocalypse. I know I say this a lot but it is the most impressive feature of the times in which we live. Here’s an example of what I’m talking about and this is but a portion of the things that are about to be revealed and which are meant to serve as roadmarks and impetus for the awakening of humanity. This is the reason that certain powerful temporal entities are seeking to gain control of the past in order to continue the myth of their assumed status in the present based on a fabricated and fictitious past. At the moment, corrupt politicians are seeking to make it a crime in Canada to even criticize Israel.
On Tuesday 23 November 2010 the South Korean military launched an artillery barrage that saw its shells fall into disputed waters close to North Korea. South Korea does not deny it fired first by firing shells into the disputed waters but says the shelling was ‘away from the north’. The North Koreans had already warned the South Koreans that they would consider such an act as a direct provocation and respond accordingly.
The recent ten-day trip to India, Indonesia, South Korea and Japan - with 48 hours of flight time logged - would have cost $8.7million for Air Force One alone.
History is never simple. The standard history of Thanksgiving tells us that the "Pilgrims and Indians" feasted for three days, right? Most Americans believe that there was some magnificent bountiful harvest. In the Thanksgiving story, are the "Indians" even acknowledged by a tribe? No, because everyone assumes "Indians" are the same. So, who were these Indians in 1621?
The Zionist State, after all, had sent commandos in boats to Beirut back in April 1973—headed by Ehud Barak disguised as a brunette woman—to murder three top Palestinian officials in cold blood. A state that is capable of doing that—among other things—is capable of doing everything and certainly capable of orchestrating the Valentine’s Day massacre of February 2005.
Britain awoke to the most widespread November snowfall seen for 17 years this morning. Parts of Scotland, the north of England and areas down the east coast were worst hit, with up to four inches of snow falling. Major roads ground to a halt as motorists struggled with the icy conditions. By 9am the AA had received 3,000 calls from stranded drivers. Forecasters say today's snow is the tip of the iceberg and have warned that a 10-day freeze is on the way.
Video of Chris Hedges Speech: America - The Silence of a Nation. He exposes Israel's blatant crimes against humanity in the Gaza strip. Using indisputable language and images, this is a MUST SEE!
Some protesters showed up, including one man seen walking around the Salt Lake City airport in a skimpy, Speedo-style bathing suit. At other airports, they carried signs denouncing the Transportation Security Administration's screening methods as unnecessarily intrusive and embarrassing. By most accounts, though, the lines moved smoothly, and there was no more or less congestion at major U.S. airports than in previous years on the day before Thanksgiving.
"I would go so far as to say that National Opt-Out Day was a big bust," said Genevieve Shaw Brown, a spokeswoman for the travel company Travelocity, which had staff at 12 of the nation's largest airports watching for problems. Webmaster's Commentary:
Tensions are high on the Korean Peninsula after the North and South exchanged artillery barrages killing two people. Meanwhile, a possible war in the region drove up the value of the US dollar. RT's Contributor Wayne Madsen says that panicking markets are investing in the dollar due to the United State's strong military. And we may find more information about who's really interested in the recent tensions in Korea. Show
'Guess what, Ireland. Brian Lenihan and Brian Cowen just sold you down the IMF river. Why? To bail out bank bondholders and giant European banks. Of course! That's what governments are for these days, apparently. And they'll tell you that the bailout policy is all for you own good. And for little old ladies and pensioners and orphans. Just don't tell that to the cancer patients. Yep, another nation made IMF debt slaves on behalf of the international banking cartels. And Goldman Sachs and Rothschild & Compagnie are on the list.'
French Catholic church Maison D'Abraham in east Jerusalem is accusing the Israel Police of failing to investigate robbery and harassment complaints filed by the church recently. . 'I expected more from the only state claiming to be a democracy in the Middle East'.
“I love Thanksgiving turkey. It’s the only time in Los Angeles that you see natural breasts.” - Arnold Schwarzenegger, the former actor and Governor of California. “Thanksgiving, man. Not a good day to be my pants.” - Kevin James, the actor. “There is no sincerer love than the love of food.” - George Bernard Shaw, the Irish playwright
“I celebrated Thanksgiving in an old-fashioned way. I invited everyone in my neighbourhood to my house, we had an enormous feast, and then I killed them and took their land.” – Jon Stewart, the television host and comedian
Def: cretin - a person afflicted with cretinism.
Def: cretinism - a chronic disease, due to the absense or deficiency of the normal thyroid secretion, characterized by physical deformity, dwarfism, and idiocy.
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UN Cancun Climate Convention Nov. 29 - by-passing U.S. Congress w/ draft treaty ...
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Now, go back and read the posted article: "Why You should REJECT "Routine" NON-Diagnostic X-ray"
Sarah Palin is “a menace to this country… a toxic mix of ignorance, charisma, anger and millions and millions of dollars in funding from the Murdoch empire and from a big chunk of the Christian right.” Andrew Sullivan
William Maclean Reuters Assuming Stuxnet is aimed at Iran's nuclear program, could a similar cyber bug be used to wreck a uranium enrichment plant unveiled by ally North Korea?
John Blake CNN When the president decided to send more troops to a distant country during an unpopular war, one powerful senator had enough. He warned that the U.S. military could not create stability in a country "where there is chaos ... democracy where there is no tradition of it, and honest government where corruption is almost a way of life."
Cabinet secretaries, congressional leaders and a group of senior U.S. officials are exempt from toughened new airport screening procedures when they fly commercially
Policies that allow the traveling population to be subject to greater exposure of ionizing, non-diagnostic x-ray WILL lead to greater incidence of thyroid disease, and greater burden on the health care system of this country. Ultimately it also means more money out of YOUR hands, and into the hands of the pharmaceutical giants, the insurance companies who will raise their rates again with the excuse of greater disease rates, and the manufacturers of these airport x-ray scanners. None of these entities care that YOUR long-term health is at risk, proportionately with greater x-ray exposure.
MEXICO CITY — Mexico's violent northeastern corner near the U.S. border will get a boost in troops and federal police as the government tries to wrest back control of an area that has become a battleground for two rival drug cartels.
that is 100% enforceable. We were warned, but are we prepared? I fear not for a sellout of this magnitude. Go ahead and ban me if you choose, but we are up sh*ts creek with no paddle. God help us now. Get ready to burn cow manure patties after they dry out while being used for insulation on your huts. Don't think it can happen? That's what they use on their "huts" outside of the Jain Temple in Calcutta. For those who thought crap n tax (cap & trade) was dead. Wrong again Alex!!! They aren't even regulating it. They are ceding US sovereignty to the UN and the world.
Local sources reported that the demolitions took place in Beir Abu Ammar town, adding that the Israeli troops physically assaulted the Palestinian farmers and detained head of the municipal council Abdulkareem Rayyan. They also said that dozens of Palestinians flocked into the town in order to stop the demolitions and clashed with the troops. The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) had warned months ago the Palestinian owners of the lands in this town not come to their lands at the pretext they are state property and located within the area classified by Israel as C.
Citizens from the area said these demolitions were carried out in an attempt to control water resources in the area, where the settlers want to take over water wells and deprive the Palestinian villages from them.
What is the first step out of this current state of affairs, in which the constitution appears to have been superseded by a higher, if less legitimate authority? I submit that it is to get Congress to do what the law requires, and determine whether our present proclamation of emergency “shall be terminated” (50 U.S.C. 1622, 2002).
As part of this procedure, Congress should find whether secret COG powers, never submitted to Congress or seen by it, are among “the powers and authorities” which Bush in 2007 included in his prolongation of the 2001 emergency.
HAS AIPAC MADE THE FBI THE “FBE,” FEDERAL BUREAU OF ESPIONAGE?
AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee), is a sham. The group has, over the years, destroyed anyone who has tried to have it named what it really is, a dangerous foreign lobby and nest of spies. AIPAC is the most feared organization in Washington and most powerful, above any law. A former employee of AIPAC, Steve Rosen, who AIPAC claims was a spy, more appropriately a “caught” spy, now claims his former employer does nothing but spy.
See up in Oregon the Gun laws are not as strict, All you have to do is pay a fee, take a course, and you can carry a concealed handgun. Looks like the robber got the bad side of the deal and paid with his life. Good.
Killing 'Really Addictive:' Veteran's Essay Leads to Ban From Campus
College Bars Iraq Veteran Pending Psychological Evaluation
By KIM CAROLLO, ABC News Medical Unit
Nov. 24, 2010
In an essay for a college English class, Charles Whittington Jr. opened up about his feelings about his time in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan.
"Killing becomes a drug, and it is really addictive. I had a really hard time with this problem when I returned to the United States, because turning this addiction off was impossible," Whittington wrote in the essay for his class at the Community College of Baltimore County in Catonsville, Md.
Tensions continue to rise in Korea days after a North Korean attack that killed 2 civilians and 2 South Korean soldiers. The South has bolstered security near their western islands as well as sharply increased their military arsenal. They have also ordered the islands near the border of the North be evacuated. Both sides are bracing for some sort of provocation which could literally start a full fledged war. Surprising, The United States has just sent an aircraft carrier to take part in a war games exercise in the Korean Peninsula. After speaking with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, President Obama dispatched the USS George Washington from Japan to take part in the 4 day drill.
Fox Business host Andrew Napolitano revealed on Tuesday that he does not believe the government's account of the 9/11 attacks. Napolitano, who hosts "Freedom Watch" on Fox Business and is frequently seen on Fox News as a legal analyst, told radio host Alex Jones — who is a prominent 9/11 conspiracy theorist —that the attacks "couldn't possibly have been done the way the government told us."
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Eight years after former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay helped engineer a Republican takeover of the Texas House and state congressional delegation, a Travis County jury Wednesday convicted him of felony money laundering in the 2002 elections. DeLay, of Sugar Land, was convicted in a scheme to funnel corporate donations to seven Texas House candidates through a money swap with the Republican National Committee. Corporate money cannot legally be donated to candidates in Texas. He faces two to 20 years in prison on a conspiracy charge and five to 99 years or life on a money laundering charge. He is free on bail, with sentencing tentatively set for Dec.
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