WRH News stories for Wednesday, January 19, 2011 Part 2

Reviving the taste of an Iron Age beer

Barley grains offer savory insights into ancient Celtic malt beverage.
Early Celtic rulers of a community in what’s now southwestern Germany liked to party, staging elaborate feasts in a ceremonial center. The business side of their revelries was located in a nearby brewery capable of turning out large quantities of a beer with a dark, smoky, slightly sour taste, new evidence suggests.

Report Reveals Undisclosed F-35 Problems

The F-35 Lightning II strike fighter has previously undisclosed problems with its handling, avionics, afterburner and helmet-mounted display, according to a report by the Pentagon's Director of Operational Test and Evaluation.

China Restores Soviet Aircraft Carrier: Expert

BEIJING - China has nearly finished restoring an old Soviet aircraft carrier bought in 1998, which will be used for training and as a model for a future indigenously built ship, an expert said Jan. 19. The Varyag, a Kuznetsov-class carrier, was originally built for the Soviet navy, but construction was interrupted by the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.

China made trains may run on UK rail in 2012

China CNR Corp and CSR Corp, the nation's two largest trainmakers, surged by the daily limit in Shanghai trading after the South China Morning Post said that the companies were close to winning their first UK orders.

One week after Rio storms, death toll hits 742

A week after storms devastated part of Rio de Janeiro state, southeastern Brazil, the death count reached 742, local authorities said Wednesday. According to the authorities, there are at least 200 people missing. At least 15 neighborhoods remain unreachable except by helicopters.

A total of 21,500 people had to leave their homes because of the floods and the risk of new mudslides. Thousands of families had nowhere to go and are currently living in shelters set up in schools and clubs. Local governments are evacuating residents from risk areas. It rained heavily in the damaged region on Tuesday, flooding several neighborhoods and making it difficult for rescue teams to work. The rain is expected to continue in the next days.

Hu, Obama set new tone for relations

Presidents of China and the U.S. pledged to increase cooperation between the world's two major powers, as they both believe the countries have enormous stake in each other's success. Although differences remain between Washington and Beijing, President Hu Jintao and President Barack Obama said that they ought to nurture better relations, for the benefit of a stable and secure world. Speaking at a welcome ceremony at the White House Wednesday, President Hu said it is China's hope to usher for a new chapter "in cooperation as partners" with the United States, as the two countries "share broad common interests and important common responsibilities."

Heavy snow wrecks havoc in SW China

U.S. Dollar Falls To Eight Week Low Versus Euro

NEW YORK (Marketwatch) — The U.S. dollar lost ground Wednesday, helping the euro touch its highest level in two months, as investors became more comfortable with Europe’s debt situation and looked forward to economic data from China.

“All concerns regarding EMU [Europe’s Economic and Monetary Union], inflation in emerging markets and particularly China are forgotten,” while the heightened sentiment toward risk threatens to overwhelm the bullish trading seen recently in the dollar.

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House Repeals Healthcare Law, Won't Pass Senate

The House voted on Wednesday to repeal the sweeping healthcare law enacted last year, as Republicans made good on a central campaign pledge and laid down the first major policy marker of their new majority. The party-line vote was 245-189, as three Democrats joined all 242 Republicans in supporting repeal. Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said the healthcare law on the books would increase spending, raise taxes and eliminate jobs.

Chinese Leader Disingenuous About Tibetan Issues, Improving Human Rights

OKLAHOMA CITY – As President Obama grovels before Chinese President Hu Jintao this week during the (to quote Sen. Harry Reid) dictator’s U.S. visit, the Communist Chinese government continues to crackdown on dissidents, Tibetan activists and anyone who gets in the way of Chinese dominance in the world. We here in the U.S., those who care about a free Tibet and human rights for all are saddened by Obama’s weak stances in the face of tyrants like China’s Hu. Just look at all the Chinese flags in Washington and in New York’s Times Square. It’s as if we’re celebrating the fact that China has America in an ever-tightening economic vise.

Suspicious Package Found AT NYC Israeli Bank – All Clear

NYC Police have responded to a report of a suspicious package as of 9:55 AM EST in mid-town Manhattan. Bomb sniffing dogs were at the scene early Wednesday.

The reported package appears to be on the 11th floor. Several floors were evacuated. An Israeli bank is in the same building. Is this going to be blamed on domestic terrorists targeting Israeli banks and companies?

China’s President Meets Obama In DC

China’s president Hu Jintao was in Washington, DC Wednesday to meet with U.S. president Barack Obama at the White House for a joint news conference. As of now, China has lent the U.S. over 900 billion dollars. China believes the U.S. is a nation in decline and wants some assurance from Obama. At the meeting human rights issues were even addressed by both parties and a new dialog has been opened up with China on that front

House repeals healthcare law

The House voted on Wednesday to repeal the sweeping healthcare law enacted last year, as Republicans made good on a central campaign pledge and laid down the first major policy marker of their new majority. The party-line vote was 245-189, as three Democrats joined all 242 Republicans in supporting repeal.

Blair's letters to Bush about invasion of Iraq 'were removed from official records for being sensitive', Iraq inquiry hears

Tony Blair's private letters to George Bush on Iraq were considered so sensitive they were expunged from the official Whitehall record, it was disclosed today. Evidence released by the Iraq Inquiry shows that No 10 officials drew up two accounts of the then prime minister's dealings with the US President - with all references to their correspondence being removed from the version for general circulation.

Charities pay price of greed at Goldman Sachs: Bank gives staff £9.6bn... but slashes donations to good causes by third

TOP 25 OF 2011 PROJECT CENSORED

25. Prisoners Still Brutalized at Gitmo

24. War Crimes of General Stanley McChrystal

23. Afghan War: Largest Military Coalition in History

22. 1.2 Billion People in India to be Given Biometric ID Cards

21. Western Lifestyle Continues Environmental Footprint

20. Obama’s Charter School Policies Spread Segregation and Undermine Unions

19. Obama Administration Assures World Bank and International Monetary Fund a Free Reign of Abuse

18. The True Cost of Chevron

17. Nanotech Particles Pose Serious DNA Risks to Humans and the Environment

16. US Presidents Charged with Crimes Against Humanity as Universal Jurisdiction Dies in Spain

15. Bhopal Water Still Toxic Twenty-five Years After Deadly Gas Leak

14. Increased Tensions with Unresolved 9/11 Issues

13. Obama Cuts Domestic Spending and Increases Military Corporate Welfare

12. Cuba Provided the Greatest Medical Aid to Haiti after the Earthquake

11. The H1N1 Swine Flu Pandemic: Manipulating Data to Enrich Drug Companies

10. US Funds and Supports the Taliban

9. Human Rights Abuses Continue in Palestine

8. Massacre in Peruvian Amazon over US Free Trade Agreement

7. External Capitalist Forces Wreak Havoc in Africa

6. Health Care Restrictions Cost Thousands of Lives in US

5. Blackwater (Xe): The Secret US War in Pakistan

4. ICE Operates Secret Detention and Courts

3. Internet Privacy and Personal Access at Risk

2. US Department of Defense is the Worst Polluter on the Planet

1. Global Plans to Replace the Dollar

U.S. food companies caught faking blueberries with artificial colors and liquid sugars

A Food Investigations mini-documentary released today exposes the "blueberry deception" in name-brand cereals, bagels, breads and bars. As revealed in the investigative video (www.FoodInvestigations.com), big-name food companies that offer blueberry cereals, muffins, pastries and bars have been caught "faking" the blueberries by creating them out of artificial colors, partially-hydrogenated oils and high fructose corn syrup (HFCS).

US Agencies Still Fiddling Temperature Record, Reports SPPI

NASA and NOAA, which each receive close to half a billion dollars a year in taxpayer funding, have been systematically fiddling the worldwide temperature record for years, making “global warming” look worse than it is, according to a new paper by the Science and Public Policy Institute. The findings are reported by Joe D’Aleo, a leading meteorologist.

Robert Ferguson, President of SPPI, said: “Despite billions spent on official claims about the supposed threat of catastrophic man-made ‘global warming’, opinion polls show the public are no longer fooled. A main reason why the voters buy don’t climate alarmism any more is that the tiny but well-connected, lavishly-funded Climategate clique keeps on being caught out bending the scientific evidence.

Unemployment grows with one fifth of youngsters out of work

The jobless total rose by 49,000 in the three months to November as redundancies increased and the number of people classed as ‘economically inactive’ reached 9.3million. One in five 16 to 24-year-olds is jobless after an increase of 32,000 to 951,000, according to Office for National Statistics data. It is the highest figure since records began in 1992.

Blair falsely blamed Chirac over Iraq: aide

Tony Blair played the "anti-French card" by falsely blaming then-president Jacques Chirac for the collapse of talks at the United Nations on the 2003 invasion of Iraq, an aide told Britain's war inquiry Wednesday. Stephen Wall, Blair's former EU adviser, said the ex-prime minister ordered his media chief Alastair Campbell to tell journalists that Chirac had threatened to veto any Security Council resolution -- even though they knew Chirac had not.

The public should get to see Tony Blair's Iraq papers

We deserve to get the fullest possible account of why this country went to war on the basis of what turned out to be misleading intelligence.

BREAKING: House Votes To Repeal Obamacare

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Fulfilling a campaign pledge, House GOP members passed a bill Wednesday that would repeal President Barack Obama’s landmark health-care law, and sent the measure to an almost-certain death in the Democratic-controlled Senate.

The vote was 245-189 and came just two weeks after Republicans re-took control of the House following the midterm elections.

“We will continue this fight until Obamacare is no longer the law of the land,” said Rep. Michele Bachmann, a Minnesota Republican who is a favorite of the fiscally conservative tea-party movement.

Mine fields circle Jesus' traditional baptism site

Just months before the official opening of one of Christianity's holiest sites to visitors, the area where John the Baptist is said to have baptized Jesus remains surrounded by thousands of land mines.

Ron Paul: We Can't Blame China for Our Mistakes

MUST SEE VIDEO - Al Gore Looking Like A Possessed Weasel Digesting Bad Seeds - Global Warming Poetry From Mr. Awesome

Climate Change Poetry from Mr. Awesome.

This is a new low even for Al Gore as he reads a personal global warming poem to a CNN reporter.

The problem for Gore is that his home is a carbon-sucking machine; he traveled on more than 200 private jet flights last year (return & departure); his voice and inflection are impossible to bear, and he's the most smug, bastard ex-politician I've ever come across.

Other than that, he just sucks as a poet...

Don't skip this one...not for the love of Karma...

Does Joe Lieberman's Resignation Signal Imminent Collapse?

Eric Blair Activist Post

Joe Lieberman is announcing his retirement today which would seem like a victory for the liberty movement. Throughout his career the Senator from Connecticut has been the consummate insider. From conceding victory before Gore did in the 2000 recount, to his full conversion to NeoCon status after 9/11, to introducing a barrage on freedom-smashing legislation; he seems to be the spearhead for ushering in the control grid over the opposition to tyranny...

Lloyd Blankfein Took Home $425 Million In Goldman Stock & Cash Bonuses Over The Last 10 Years, While Shareholders Made Less Than 3% Per Year

Lloyd got lucky. He stole from shareholders and got away with it. Includes a classic clip from Michael Moore and Dylan Ratigan on Wall Street bonuses.

Look at the bottom right corner of the screenshot image above.

Total Return During Tenure.....-6%

The Bloomberg headline of $125 million just counts cash bonuses. Including stock bonuses given to Blankfein, the true number is $425 million. Dylan Ratigan: Blankfein Stole More Than $400 Million (must read op-ed)

The Met Office fries while the rest of the world freezes

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/christopherbooker/824814...

As the Met Office desperately tries to salvage its reputation, another of this 'warm' winter's ice disasters is unfolding in the Sea of Okhotsk, writes Christopher Booker.
First it was a national joke. Then its professional failings became a national disaster. Now, the dishonesty of its attempts to fight off a barrage of criticism has become a real national scandal. I am talking yet again of that sad organisation the UK Met Office, as it now defends its bizarre record with claims as embarrassingly absurd as any which can ever have been made by highly-paid government officials.

U.S. China Currency Rap Battle - Chimerican Gangstas

Short clip - Entertaining - From the outstanding Taiwanese animators...

Time Magazine and Global Warming

Nigel Rios writes in with a great compendium of Time Magazine covers that illustrate the history of that magazine’s global warming coverage from the 1970?s to the present. It’s worth the click.

"God Bless America" OK Full Auto Gun Show

Webmaster's Commentary: Liked her, hated what they did to the car!

Dr. Bernanke Gets A Phone Call From China...

Funny stuff in honor of Hu's visit to Washington this week...

I won't spoil the surprise...

‘Fear and Love Make Gold Strong’

BIG GOLD: Gold was up 30% in 2010; to what do you attribute its rise?
Frank Holmes: Investors have to look at gold demand as both the fear trade and the love trade. What most media focus on is the negativity of government policies to drive gold prices. I characterize this as the fear trade — deficit spending and negative real interest rates for the G7 countries.
More significant is the love trade – where more than 60% of the world’s population is in emerging countries averaging over 6% GPD growth and 8% rising personal income, and they believe in giving gold as a gift for birthdays, weddings, religious holidays, etc. This love trade is entrenched, and it is not going away.

ARE WE SAFER? Are You Kidding? The post-9/11 Terrorism-Industrial Complex

Again, not bad for corporate media.

Frontline | PBS
Washington Post's Dana Priest reports on the sprawling post-9/11 terrorism-industrial complex — and its growing reach into the lives of ordinary Americans.

Scumbag Cops Get Off Police Brutality Charges AGAIN! (It's On Video! COME ON!)

"Canadian Soldiers Being Encouraged To Commit War Crimes By Chain Of Command"

Warmists: 'We can't win the game, so let's change the rules'

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jamesdelingpole/100072360/warmists-w...

What Eschenbach says is so pure and simple and obvious you’d need to be as dumb as Chris Huhne not to get it:

The theory linking man-made CO2 with dangerous global warming is dead. It has been falsified. It has run smack bang into a “null hypothesis.” It has met its Waterloo. It has bought the farm. It has gone for a Burton. It has cashed in its chips, fallen off its perch, gone south, gone west, shuffled off this mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the Choir Invisible. Man-made Global Warming has ceased to exist.

London to Edinburgh by electric car: it was quicker by stagecoach

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/christopherbooker/826209...

The BBC's stunt of taking an electric Mini to Edinburgh reveals just how impractical rechargeable cars are, writes Christopher Booker
In its obsessive desire to promote the virtues of electric cars, the BBC proudly showed us last week how its reporter Brian Milligan was able to drive an electric Mini from London to Edinburgh in a mere four days – with nine stops of up to 10 hours to recharge the batteries (with electricity from fossil fuels).

Exam board accused of 'brainwashing' pupils with inaccurate climate graph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/climatechange/8210501/Exa...

Britain’s largest exam board has been accused of “brainwashing” pupils by forcing them to use an inaccurate temperature graph that exaggerates the scale of global warming.

Climate experts have accused AQA of “scientific illiteracy” and “propaganda” after a graph in its most recent Geography GCSE exam paper contained a series of inaccuracies which magnified the rise in global temperatures.

The graph wrongly presented the current warm period as the hottest on record and pinpointed the world’s current average temperature at 59.5 degrees Fahrenheit (15.3C), when it has in fact never risen above 58.1F (14.52C).

What was the role of warmists in the Queensland flood disaster?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/christopherbooker/826206...

Australia was told to prepare for droughts as a result of climate change, and let down its guard against flooding, writes Christopher Booker

JIDF and the Megaphonies Take Down Reddit Page Pointing Out Their Existence

Mazel Tov! The Megaphonies are out in force today. JIDF, claiming they have no conspiratorial power in shutting down internet posts, in-turn fueling conspiracy theories by doing so, apparently do have said great power, as the post below pointing out their existence, mysteriously disappeared from the front page of the politics subreddit, after garnering 5,000 upvotes. JIDF has a page urging their supporters to downvote everything anti-Israel on Reddit as seen below...

All news and commentary taken from, Mike Rivero's whatreallyhappened.com.