Jan 27
YouTube Added: 24.01.2012
Tags: Body Scanners, Global News, Government, Politics, Rand Paul, Society, TSA, U.S.
Jan 27
- HB1634 (2012) (New Hampshire Liberty Alliance):
HB1634 (2012)
Prohibiting the state, counties, towns, and cities from implementing programs of, expending money for, receiving funding from, or contracting with the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives.
Status: HOUSE: IN COMMITTEE (Details)
Length: 258 words.Revisions of this bill in our system:
House Senate Public hearing: 2012-01-24 14:00:00 LOB 306 (unscheduled) Executive session: 2012-01-31 14:30:00 (unscheduled) Floor vote: (unscheduled) (unscheduled) HB 1634 – AS INTRODUCED
2012 SESSION
10/03
HOUSE BILL 1634
AN ACT prohibiting the state, counties, towns, and cities from implementing programs of, expending money for, receiving funding from, or contracting with the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives.
SPONSORS: Rep. Cartwright, Ches 2; Rep. Pettengill, Carr 1; Rep. L. Vita, Straf 3; Rep. S. Tremblay, Rock 3
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
This bill prohibits the state and political subdivisions from implementing programs of, funding, receiving funding from, or contracting with, the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI).
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Tags: Agenda 21, Environment, Global News, Good News, Government, Law, New Hampshire, Politics, Society, U.S.
Jan 27
- Virginia House Bill 1160: Nullify the NDAA (Tenth Amendment Center, Jan. 25, 2012):
Introduced in the Virginia House of Delegates is House Bill 1160 (HB1160) which “Prevents any agency, political subdivision, employee, or member of the military of Virginia from assisting an agency or the armed forces of the United States in the investigation, prosecution, or detainment of a United States citizen in violation of the Constitution of Virginia.”
The bill is sponsored by Delegate Bob Marshall and was introduced on 01-16-12. It has been assigned to the House Courts of Justice Sub-Committee: #2 Civil. Visit this link for information on this Subcommittee.
The bill reads as follows:
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. § 1. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, no agency of the Commonwealth as defined in § 8.01-385 of the Code of Virginia, political subdivision of the Commonwealth as defined in § 8.01-385 of the Code of Virginia, employee of either acting in his official capacity, or any member of the Virginia National Guard or Virginia Defense Force, when such a member is serving in the Virginia National Guard or the Virginia Defense Force on official state duty, may engage in any activity that aids an agency of or the armed forces of the United States in the execution of 50 U.S.C. 1541 as provided by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (P.L. 112-18, § 1021) in the investigation, prosecution, or detainment of any citizen of the United States in violation of Article I, Section 8 or 11 of the Constitution of Virginia.
Virginia is now the first state in the nation to introduce and consider a version of the Liberty Preservation Act (click here for model legislation for your state) in response to unconstitutional kidnapping provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2012. Sources close the to the Tenth Amendment Center tell us to expect up to ten states considering various laws or resolutions in response to the NDAA in the 2012 state legislative session. Continue reading »
Tags: Constitution, Global News, Good News, Government, Indefinite Detention, Law, NDAA, Politics, U.S., Virginia
Jan 27
- Stephen Roach Explains How The Fed Is Pulling The Wool Over Our Eyes (ZeroHedge, Jan. 27, 2012):
“Bernanke is betting the ranch on open-ended QE and zero interest rates and it worries me” is how Stephen Roach of Morgan Stanley starts this must-see reality-check interview with Bloomberg TV’s Tom Keene. The reason for his concern is simple, the current Fed modus operandi is a framework for rescuing economies in crisis but does little to sustain economic recovery. Roach agrees with Cal’s Eichengreen that the European and US central banks are indeed in a policy trap, committed to a path of action that has to be perpetually ante’d up to maintain the dream. With Europe in recession already in his view, Roach does not expect the tough structural action until we see greater social unrest or overwhelming unemployment and reminds us of how close we got when Greece threatened the referendum in the late summer. He goes on to discuss China (positive on their efforts and ‘solid strategy’) and it’s relative success as a regime which he contrasts with our “central bankers who pull the wool over our eyes with ZIRP and magical QE”. Taking on the mistakes of Greenspan, letting capitalism go unchecked, and his incredulity at the ‘glide-path’ charts we were treated to yesterday by the Fed’s bankers (‘accountability‘), Roach sees the painful process of deleveraging from excess debt, insufficient savings, and over-consumption as likely to take a long time as we should not assume investment will be the driver as Obama goes ‘protectionist’ (in the SOTU) on our 3rd largest export partner – yes, China.
Tags: Banking, Economy, Fed, Federal Reserve, Global News, Government, Morgan Stanley, Politics, Quantitative Easing, Stephen Roach, U.S.
Jan 27
- “Decontamination” Defined by Ministry of the Environment Is Nothing But a General, Thorough Cleaning by Hand (EX-SKF, Jan. 26, 2012):
according to Sankei Shinbun, who has been unabashedly pro-nuclear energy and in favor of dispersing radioactive materials throughout Japan via the disaster debris to share in the “pain”.
The paper has an article about the meeting between the Ministry of the Education officials and the heads of the municipalities within the 20-kilometer radius “no entry zone” where the heads of the municipalities received the information from the Ministry about their lot – whether they can return after the decontamination work by the national government or not.
But that isn’t the interesting part of the article.
At the end of the article, there is a separate section that the newspaper writes about what “decontamination” is, according to the Ministry of the Education:
除染 「がんこな汚れを落とす掃除のようなもの」（環境省幹部）で、基本は人手に頼ってスコップやタワシなどで行わ れる。環境省が昨年末に公表したガイドラインによると、落ち葉など容易に除去できるものは手作業で取り除く。屋根であれば高圧洗浄機で洗い流し、玄関など コンクリート部分であればタワシやブラシでこする。放射性物質が染み込んだ草地や土壌は、スコップやショベルカーなどで表面をはぎ取る。放射能を浴びない ように防護服を着るなど作業時の服装に注意しなければならない。
Decontamination: “It is like a cleaning job of stubborn dirt or stains” (Ministry of the Environment senior officials). Basically, it relies on manpower, using hand tools like shovels and scrubbing-brushes. According to the guideline published at the end of last year by the Ministry of the Environment, what can be easily removed, such as dead leaves, is to be removed by hand. The roofs are to be washed down by high-pressure washers, and the concrete surface such as the entrance of a house is to be scrubbed by scrubbing-brushes and deck brushes. As for the grassland and the soil where radioactive materials have penetrated, the surface is to be removed using shovels or diggers. Workers must pay attention not to get exposed to radioactivity by wearing the protective gear.
It looks as long as you follow these procedures the Ministry will call it “decontamination” and the job is done by the book. The subcontractors get paid by the general contractors, who get paid by the Ministry.
If you believed what Goshi Hosono, Minister of the Environment, said about decontaminating Fukushima – “Japan is not the Soviet Union, we have advanced technology to deal with radiation contamination, and we can do what others may have failed”, sorry. There is nothing high-tech about any of these methods, and they don’t even work.
Tags: Contamination, Decontamination, Environment, Fukushima, Global News, Government, Health, Japan, Nuclear, Nuclear reactors, Politics, Radiation, Society
Jan 27
- Bill Status of HB1294 (Illinois General Assembly):
Short Description: CRIM CD-ASSAULT WEAPON-PROHIB
Last Action
Date Chamber Action 1/25/2012 House Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading – Standard Debate Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that 90 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act, it is unlawful for any person within this State to knowingly manufacture, deliver, sell, purchase, or possess or cause to be manufactured, delivered, sold, purchased, or possessed a semi-automatic assault weapon, an assault weapon attachment, any .50 caliber rifle, or .50 caliber cartridge. Provides that beginning 90 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act, it is unlawful for any person within this State to knowingly manufacture, deliver, sell, purchase, or possess or cause to be manufactured, delivered, sold, purchased, or possessed a large capacity ammunition feeding device. Provides that these provisions do not apply to a person who possessed a prohibited weapon, device, or attachment before the effective date of this amendatory Act if the person has provided proof of ownership to the Department of State Police within 90 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act. Provides that on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act, such person may transfer such device only to an heir, an individual residing in another state maintaining that device in another state, or a dealer licensed as a federal firearms dealer. Specifies penalties for violations. Provides exemptions. Provides that the provisions of the Act are severable. Effective immediately.
Tags: Constitution, Dictatorship, Fascism, Global News, Government, Guns, Illinois, Law, New World Order, Police State, Politics, Second Amendment, Society, U.S., Weapons
Jan 27
- Romania uses army to save snow-trapped travellers (Reuters, Jan. 26, 2012):
* Temperatures expected to fall to -20C on Friday* PM says priority is to rescue stranded car travellers
* Blizzards also shut towns and port in Bulgaria (Updates rescue numbers, adds protests)
BUCHAREST — Romania has drafted in the army to rescue hundreds of travellers stranded by blizzards that dumped metres of snow on the ground on Thursday, derailing a train and forcing authorities to shut down motorways and ports and cancel flights.
Hundreds of schools were shut and by 2000 GMT dozens of towns and villages were still without electricity, as felled trees and strong winds brought down power lines.
Police and ambulance crews had rescued more than 1,600 people by Thursday evening but more than 1,000 cars were still snowed in on roads, Prime Minister Emil Boc said, and road authority officials were distributing tea and blankets.
Authorities have banned traffic on Romania’s only two motorways and several national roads until weather improved.
“I am asking you to not rest easy until you have made sure people’s lives are not in danger,” Prime Minister Boc told an emergency response meeting late on Thursday before heading out to capital Bucharest’s ringroad to inspect progress.
Tags: Blizzards, Climate Change, electricity, Environment, Global Cooling, Global News, Government, Politics, Romania, Snow, Winter
Jan 27
- Code Red declared in Bulgaria under Road Traffic Act: minister (Focus News, Jan 26, 2012):
Sofia. “I declare Code Red for the entire country under the Road Traffic Act,” Bulgarian Minister of Regional Development and Public Works Lilyana Pavlova announced at a press conference, FOCUS News Agency reporter informs.
The traffic of freight vehicles of more than 10 tons is suspended throughout the entire country. No heavy-freight vehicles will be allowed to cross the Bulgarian border.
The ban is valid only for heavy-freight vehicles of more than 10 tons and not for buses and cars.
“In some places the snow-cover reaches 2 meters,” the minister remarked.
- Road closures, power cuts as Bulgaria buckles under weight of snow (Sofia Echo, Jan. 27 2012):
Weighed down by heavy snow, Bulgaria woke up on January 27 2012 to closed roads, snow drifts of up to two metres and 121 villages without electricity.
The situation in Rousse remained severe, Bulgarian National Television said.
Efforts were being made to restore traffic access for lorries bound for Romania while at border crossings with Greece and Turkey, lorries were being held at parking bays.
States of emergency had been declared on January 26 in Svoge, Lovech, Ivanovo, Lisichevo, Batak, Velingrad and Popovo.
Tags: Bulgaria, Climate Change, electricity, Environment, Global Cooling, Global News, Government, Politics, Snow, Winter
Jan 27
- Romanian-Bulgarian border closed due to heavy snow (Romania Business Insider, Jan. 26, 2012):
The border between Romania and Bulgaria was closed due to the bad weather conditions, according to the Bulgarian Regional Development Minister Lilyana Pavlova, quoted by Novinite.com.
The Giugiu-Bucharest border crossing is closed for all vehicles due to the heavy snow. All transit traffic from Greece and Turkey via Bulgaria to Romania has also been stopped, Lilyana Pavlova added.
Tags: Bulgaria, Climate Change, Environment, Global Cooling, Global News, Government, Politics, Romania, Snow, Winter
Jan 27
- Tokyo University Seismologists: 70% Chance Within 4 Years That M7 Earthquake Hits Tokyo Region (EX-SKF, Jan.26, 2012):
70% chance within 4 years, 98% within 30 years. It’s all about statistics.
The Insurance Journal carried an AP story about the study done by the researchers at Tokyo University on a potential M7 earthquake in Kanto region within 4 years.
After forking out the record payout after the March 11, 2011 earthquake/tsunami, the insurance industry worldwide may be very interested in knowing more about such a study coming from a premier university well-aligned with the national government in Japan.
People in the Tokyo region (metropolitan areas and Kanto) don’t seem to care. It’s like “What’s new?”
From The Insurance Journal citing AP (1/25/2012):
Tags: Earthquake, Environment, Global News, Japan, Science, TOKYO
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