It’s GENERAL ELECTRIC who built the reactors that are melting down and will KILL ALL LIFE on the fact of this planet, and their current CEO, Jeffery Immelt, was ‘appointed’ Czar of POTUS’s Economic Counsel!  Continue reading “NO, it’s not the Japanese or the Russians that are responsible for Fukushima”

Ebola Gate – by Tim Tucker

Townsend Letter of this month describes a critical shortage of IV bags. “One of the great ironies is that while health authorities have called for curtailment of manufacturing by the compounding pharmacies, pharmaceutical companies have not been able to meet the drug and medical supply requirements of hospitals and clinics.
http://www.townsendletter.com/June2014/ltrpub0614.html

What the letter does not mention is that this situation may have begun to occur after the FDA’s banning the mass production of IV vitamin C (the pre-prepared bags)   Continue reading “How the FDA Has Quietly Removed Access to a Life or Death Piece of Medical Equipment”

Computer World – by Patrick Thibodeau

IT workers are challenging the replacement of U.S. employees with foreign visa holders. Lawsuits are on the rise and workers are contacting lawmakers. Disney workers who lost their jobs on Jan. 30, 2015, are especially aggressive.

There’s a reason for this.

The Disney severance package offered to them did not include a non-disparagement clause, making it easier for laid-off workers to speak out. This is in contrast to the severance offered to Northeast Utility workers.   Continue reading “Laid-off IT workers muzzled as H-1B debate heats up”

Curry Pilot – by Jane Stebbins

The Brookings City Council granted Rio Tinto Borax a 12-year extension on its master plan for the Lone Ranch development north of town, which has been more than a decade in the making — and whose momentum collapsed in the Great Recession.

The city planning commission approved the extension at its last meeting, agreeing with the developer that the Great Recession of 2008, the lack of local economic growth in the recovery since, and Brookings’ slow growth rate combine to make a poor time to break ground on project as large as Lone Ranch.   Continue reading “Brookings council OKs Lone Ranch extension”

Curry Pilot – by Jane Stebbins

Patients being assessed for their mental health can be held up to five days — not 30 — in Curry General Hospital’s “hold room,” but must be transported somewhere else when that time is up.

The consensus isn’t the greatest, but it’s a start, agreed law enforcement, hospital officials, mental health and addiction advocates at a meeting last week in Gold Beach.   Continue reading “Officials agree on psychiatric hold policy”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

There had been an eerie silence at the Comex in recent weeks, where after registered gold tumbled to a record 120K ounces in early December nothing much had changed, an in fact the total amount of physical deliverable aka “registered” gold, had stayed practically unchanged at 275K ounces all throughout January.

Until today, when in the latest update from the Comex vault, we learn that a whopping 201,345 ounces of Registered gold had been de-warranted at the owner’s request, and shifted into the Eligible category, reducing the total mount of Comex Registered gold by 73%, from 275K to just 74K overnight.   Continue reading “Comex Snaps: Gold Dilution Hits Record 542 Oz For Every Ounce Of Physical”

Modern Farmer – by Dan Nosowitz

We’ve been hearing for decades about the complex intelligence of plants; last year’s excellent New Yorker piece is a good place to start, if you want to learn more about the subject. But a new study, conducted by researchers at the University of Missouri, managed to figure out one new important element: plants can tell when they’re being eaten, and they don’t like it.   Continue reading “Plants Can Tell When They’re Being Eaten”

Science Mag – by Eric Hand

The solar system appears to have a new ninth planet. Today, two scientists announced evidence that a body nearly the size of Neptune—but as yet unseen—orbits the sun every 15,000 years. During the solar system’s infancy 4.5 billion years ago, they say, the giant planet was knocked out of the planet-forming region near the sun. Slowed down by gas, the planet settled into a distant elliptical orbit, where it still lurks today.    Continue reading “Astronomers say a Neptune-sized planet lurks beyond Pluto”

American Tax Reform – by Alexander Hendrie

The IRS erased a hard drive belonging to a former top employee involved in the agency’s controversial, taxpayer-funded hiring of elite trial law firm Quinn Emanuel.

Although there was a court preservation order on all documents related to the IRS hiring of the outside firm, the hard drive was erased anyway. The order was borne of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request submitted by Microsoft.   Continue reading “IRS Erases Hard Drive Despite Court Order”

Register Guard – by Jack Moran

A federal jury on Thursday ruled that Oregon State Police Capt. Rob Edwards violated a Eugene man’s civil rights by kicking him in the upper chest after chasing down his speeding motor­cycle on Crow Road.

The eight-member jury heard evidence in a trial in U.S. District Court in Eugene earlier this week, and spent about four hours Thursday deliberating before returning a verdict that supports Justin Wilkens’ excessive-force claim in regard to the kick.   Continue reading “Federal jury rules in favor of speeding motorcyclist, against Oregon State Police trooper”