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/

Twake or Twaking

Twake: Fake + twitter = twake. Literally, to fake somebody else’s Twitter account (usually by an impostor using somebody else’s name, like a celebrity or some other notable). Example: As Keith Olbermann of MSNBC’s Countdown famously exposed last night (Friday, 3/20/2009) that he does NOT have a Twitter account, even though he has a following of some 13,000+ people (on Twitter). As Keith exposed, that is not an account set up by him, so you’re never really sure when somebody is “twaking” a twitter account.

The Latest Zogby Poll, 52% Favor Invasion of Iran and the Projected Cost with Interest to You

The Latest Zogby Poll, 52% Favor Invasion of Iran and the Projected Cost with Compounded Interest to You...

Dear Reader,

We don't mean to alarm you, but the Iran Invasion seems almost imminent. And, 52% of Americans favor the Invasion. See the Zogby Poll Results; Zogby Poll: 52% Support U.S. Military Strike Against Iran.

Further, the other night, on Countdown with Keith Olbermann on MSNBC reported that the Iraq war is costing each individual in the USA approximately $ 20,000 plus interest.

OK. Let's project on that, let's assume that you will also be paying a further $ 20,000 (plus compound interest) for the Iran invasion. Using the interest calculator, that comes to about $ 500,000 over the next 5 years at 30% interest coming out of your pocket. That's for you, alone. For the estimated population of the current USA (about 300 million) that comes to $ 150 Trillion. That's roughly 13 times our Gross National Product (give or take).

But, that's just an estimate.