WHO Loses H1N1 Count & More for Friday, July 17, 2009

Wow! We did not really think that those in the Bush administration would have really planned a covert operation to eliminate members of Al Qaeda. Had they succeeded, would they really have used 'right wing death squads' (similar to those in South America some years ago...and/or was it Central America?) to liquidate the likes of Osama? The use of the 'death squad' term would seem accurate, as any such liquidations would have been - by definition - extrajudicial. Would they have used snipers/sharpshooters to take out individual members and other terrorists? And when exactly did this plan (plot?) start to hatch? What if they had succeeded? Would a full-out jihad be in full-swing against the US at this time? Apart from the 'what if' speculations, we find this case to be intriguing. One more thing (or two), is 'the operation' truly deactivated (as says Mr. Panetta), or do we have the possibility of some rogue active elements still 'out there' pursuing Mr. bin Laden and his compatriates? And, were Chinese nationals really given access to interrogate Gitmo detainees?

WHO to stop counting swine flu cases

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/17/who-swine-flu-counting.html

Swine flu so widespread, WHO stops counting

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31962005/ns/health-swine_flu/

Fight for swine flu vaccine could get ugly

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31944668/ns/health-swine_flu/

H1N1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H1N1


Mathematical Model Shows Why Defeating Insurgent Groups Like Taliban Is So Difficult

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090716123316.htm

Taliban

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban

Police tear-gas Iran protesters during prayer

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31960928/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/

Iranians Stage Largest Protest in Weeks

http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=8109898&page=1

Iran’s Rafsanjani Calls for Protestors’s Release

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8155795.stm

Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafsanjani

Iran appoints MIT grad as nuclear chief

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31959578/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/

Ali Akbar Salehi

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Akbar_Salehi

Did Advisor Put Bush Above the Law? (MSNBC – Countdown)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/#31952656

Brassassin

http://antizendictionary.blogspot.com/2009/07/brassassin.html

Michigan unemployment tops 15%

http://money.cnn.com/2009/07/17/news/economy/state_unemployment_report/index.htm?cnn=yes

Unemployment Tops 10% in 15 States, D.C.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/07/17/national/main5168409.shtml

Mexico beefs up 'drug war' forces

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8155402.stm

Did U.S. allow Chinese agents at Gitmo?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31962209/ns/politics-cq_politics/

Rio Tinto 'concerned' about staff

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8155147.stm

Recession's grip eases in 23 cities

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31910726/ns/us_news-the_elkhart_project/

HIV travel ban may be lifted

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31910664/ns/health-aids/

Shuttle foam sparks new NASA worries

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31941668/ns/technology_and_science-space/

Space Shuttle Endeavor

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Endeavor

Apple blocks rival smart phones

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8155795.stm

Wikipedia painting row escalates


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8156268.stm

Solar Power: New SunCatcher Power System Ready For Commercial Production In 2010

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090709205950.htm


How do you build a wind farm out at sea?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8151222.stm

Low carbon way 'to reshape lives'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8150919.stm

Retailers miss plastic bag target

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8155057.stm

Coroner: Jackson autopsy results in two weeks

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31952585/ns/entertainment-music/

Death Sentence for Pregnant Woman and More for Monday, May 4, 2009

"Job Losses in Recent Recessions" image licensed under Creative Commons by jeffmcneill

Well, its amazing, we think. Our senior editor seems to be recovering and is almost normal. Except for a couple of abcesses in his feet. We hope he gets those treated before septicemia or gangrene sets in... We keep telling him to get medical treatment, but he has been too ill to apply for Medicaid. He says he'll just keep putting bacitracin on it...he's incredibly stubborn that way. Well, the swelling has gone down...in his right foot... He limped to our terminal today...

Of course, he has run out of food stamps again...and still cannot find suitable nor gainful employment. But, he says, look at the European Recession. Oh yeah, and the WHO has/is raising their Pandemic Alert Level to a "6". And, lets not forget about this ...

Pregnant woman faces death by firing squad


http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/04/laos.british.woman.drugs.trial/index.html


Reprieve



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reprieve_(organisation)


EU: Europe Recession "Deep And Widespread"


http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/05/04/business/main4989352.shtml


Cinco de Mayo

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinco_de_Mayo

More than 1,000 swine flu cases worldwide: WHO


http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/05/04/swine-flu-world-health119.html


WHO head indicates full flu pandemic to be declared


http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5431di-us-flu-who-pandemic/


Swine Flu Update: At Least 18 Countries Affected; Human-to-Pig Infection Reported In Canada


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090503190223.htm


One-note cities prove recession-resistant


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30216797/


Buffett: Most banks aren't too big to fail

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30547579/


Agency denies internet spy plans


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8032367.stm

Government Communications Headquarters

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_Communications_Headquarters

EU calls on US to give up internet oversight

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/04/internet-control.html

Mexico to review flu restrictions

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8032582.stm

How Mexico's health system works

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/05/04/f-health-mexico-health-system.html

China denies flu discrimination

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8032157.stm

Chinese officials place Canadian university students in quarantine

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/05/04/swine-flu-cdn-student-quarantine.html

China bans Alberta pork after virus infects pig herd: media report

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/05/03/china-haltspork.html

Mexicans defy swine flu advice

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8032248.stm

Swine flu: mapping the outbreak

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8021547.stm

Can masks help stop flu spread?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8024605.stm



U.S. asks Germany to take Guantanamo inmates: German government

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5422ik-us-guantanamo-germany/

Fiat Looks To Buy Up GM's Euro Operations

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/05/04/business/main4988363.shtml

Wolves come off endangered species list in northern Rockies

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1066925

Canis lupus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canis_lupus

Toxic mercury levels in seal meat linked to melting Arctic ice

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/04/tech-090504-seal-meat-mercury.html

How Mercury Emissions Reach Tuna And Other Seafood, And Why Mercury Contamination Is Likely To Worsen

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090501195628.htm

Thunnus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunnus

Mercury

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_(element)


Ducklings tour White House

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2009/05/03/vonat.white.house.ducklings.cnn

EU Urges Calm, Mexico Shuts Down and More for Thursday, April 30, 2009

Please Note: We are taking the advice of Dr. Chan of the WHO under advisement. But we are also taking the advice of the EU not to panic. (Does anybody listen to Joe Biden anyway? Gee whiz...)

And Chrysler announces bankruptcy. We have been observing that train wreck for almost 30 years! It has been a strange and terrible spectacle (to quote the late Hunter S. Thompson...) watching them roll and tumble - for decades. Most train wrecks and car wrecks grind to a halt in a relatively short time. But management and labor have done quite a job in keeping it going. But, in our humble opinion, Mitsubishi (of course, the Wikipedia reports there was some controversy over possible slave labor, gee whiz...) should have taken them over, not Fiat.

Mexico shuts down economy as flu pandemic imminent

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre53n228-us-flu/

EU warns against swine flu panic

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8027043.stm

Mapping the outbreak

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8021547.stm

Avian Flu Research Sheds Light On Swine Flu

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090429132238.htm

Swine flu source spawns wild theories

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre53t3zk-us-flu-theories/

From Swine Flu To Dengue Fever: Infectious Disease Risks On The Rise

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090429162152.htm

Chrysler to file for bankruptcy

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre53s8f6-us-autos/

Chrysler to proceed with bankruptcy: administration official

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre53t3zl-us-chrylser-bankruptcy/

New Pill To Treat Multiple Sclerosis

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090429205613.htm

Multiple Sclerosis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_Sclerosis

Native Americans Descended From Single Group

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090428223836.htm

Native American

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_American


U.S. Shorts Critical Farm Animal Research, Scientists Say

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090423142450.htm

XBox Forensics

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090430101445.htm

XBox

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XBox

Computer Hackers R.I.P.: Making Quantum Cryptography Practical

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090430065454.htm

Quantum Cryptography

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_cryptography

Wolfram Alpha 'as important as Google', researchers say

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8026331.stm

Wolfram Alpha

http://www.wolframalpha.com/

Wolfram Alpha (Wiki)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfram_Alpha

Invisibility cloak edges closer

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8025886.stm

Invisibility Cloak (Wiki)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invisibility_cloak#Cloaks_of_invisibility_in_science

Evolution In A Test Tube: Scientists Make Molecules That Evolve And Compete, Mimicking Behavior Of Darwin's Finches

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090429140849.htm

New Pill To Treat Multiple Sclerosis

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090429205613.htm

Multiple Sclerosis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_Sclerosis

U.S. Shorts Critical Farm Animal Research, Scientists Say

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090423142450.htm

Tiny Differences In Our Genes Help Shed Light On The Big Picture Of Human History

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090429162244.htm

Human Genome

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Genome

Native Americans Descended From Single Group

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090428223836.htm

Native American

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_American