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Is Avian Flu another Pentagon Hoax?

Global Research

by F. William Engdahl

October 30, 2005

No sooner are indictments being handed down to Scooter Libby, for lies and coverup of information, but a new scandal is surfacing every bit as outrageous and ultimately, likely also criminal.

Against all scientific prudence and normal public health procedure, the world population is being whipped up into a fear frenzy by irresponsible public health officials from the US Administration to WHO to the United States Centers for Disease Control. They all warn about the imminent danger that a malicious viral strain might spread from infected birds, primarily in Vietnam and other Asian centers, to contaminate the entire human species in pandemic proportions. Often the flu pandemic of 1918 which is said to have killed 18 million worldwide, is cited as an example of what "might" lie in store for us.

Drug Policy Alliance: Action Alert: Tell Congress to Stop War on Hurricane Victims

Drug Policy Alliance (DC)

October 27, 2005

Nearly three million people have been displaced from their homes because of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Many have lost everything.

Yet federal laws prohibit these victims from receiving welfare, food stamps, public housing, student loans and other benefits if they have a drug law conviction. People who have lost everything should not be denied public assistance just because they were convicted of a drug offense sometime in their past.

Roche makes a killing

The Observer (UK)

by Nick Mathiason

October 25, 2005

As panic spreads over avian flu, the Swiss pharmaceutical giant is accused of putting profits before people.

For the obsessively guarded, conservatively dressed and unflamboyant Oeri, Hoffman and Sacher families, avian flu could be good news. Over the next two years, the heirs of Fritz Hoffman, founders of Roche, one of the world's most powerful pharmaceutical companies, and who already rank as among the world's richest families, could see their combined £10 billion fortune reach giddy heights.

A Bait-and-Switch Charity

Counter Punch

by Joe Allen

October 20, 2005

The Scandalous History of the Red Cross

In recent years, the image of the Red Cross has been tarnished. The worst scandal came after the September 11 attacks, when it was revealed that a large portion of the hundreds of millions of dollars donated to the organization went not to survivors or family members of those killed, but to other Red Cross operations, in what was described by chapters across the country as a "bait-and-switch" operation.

U.S. prison population soars in 2003, '04

USA Today

October 3, 2005

While the U.S. crime rate has fallen over the past decade, the number of people in prison and jail is outpacing the number of inmates released, the government reports.

The population of the nation's prisons and jails has grown by about 900 inmates each week between mid-2003 and mid-2004, according to figures released Sunday by the Bureau of Justice Statistics. By last June 30 the system held 2.1 million people, or one in every 138 U.S. residents.

Mountain lion monitored with new state guidelines

The Arizona Republic

by Kate Nolan

September 5, 2005

A mountain lion prowling the Scottsdale's Stonegate community for the past two months tests new protocols set by Arizona Game & Fish. The cat has not yet posed a public safety hazard, but has been sighted in the area 15 times.

Fifteen sightings of the cat, usually spotted in one of the upscale community's nine washes, have been reported to the Arizona Game and Fish Department since June 23. Response from residents varies from "the lion adds a special interest" to serious concern for public safety, said Larry Paprocki, director of the Stonegate Community Association.

Local male mountain lion kills female mate

The Malibu Times

by Lori Allen

August 31, 2005

The two lions have been tracked by Park Service researchers since 2003. The two had four yearling offspring, which researchers say are doing well.

Malibu's mountain lions are downsizing in the Santa Monica Mountains. The National Park Service reported that a local male mountain lion, called P1 by rangers, fatally wounded his female mountain lion partner, P2, on Aug. 12.

Mountain lion season gets final OK

The Black Hills Pioneer (SD)

by Joe Kafka

August 29, 2005

State lawmakers have signed off on the first-ever mountain lion season in South Dakota, allowing the predators to be killed with rifles, pistols, shotguns that fire slugs, and bows and arrows.

Lawmakers who serve on the Legislature's Rules Review Committee endorsed a set of standards 4-2 on Monday that establish the season. Hunters can begin stalking the big cats on Oct. 1 in the Black Hills. A 25-lion quota has been set, but the season will end on Dec. 15 or whenever five breeding-age females have been killed.

Mountain lion, cub spotted near Auburn home

Auburn Journal (CA)

by Michelle Miller

August 28, 2005

Michelle and Wes Burris' Thursday morning routine included the usual cup of coffee and the not-so-usual mountain lion sighting. The couple spotted a lion behind their Silver Bend Drive home at around 6:30 a.m.

"The dog was barking and barking and I thought he saw a deer, but usually if it's a deer, she'll try to chase it," said Michelle Burris. They looked out the window to see an adult lion lying down in the tall weeds 20 feet in front of them.

Drier Laundry Through Chemistry

Wired

by Daithi O hAnluain

August 23, 2005

A "chemical wringer" developed by researchers in Florida leaves clothes 20 percent drier than a normal wash, and could save consumers millions in electricity bills.

A novel mix of common detergent ingredients that lowers the surface tension in liquids could force extra water from clothes during the final spin cycle, the researchers found.

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