You have Freep mail.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1870918/posts
VisionTV to strike standards task force [Twice gave air time to Jihadist fanatic]
National Post ^ | 2007-07-24 | Stewart Bell
Posted on 07/24/2007 12:36:15 PM PDT by Clive
VisionTV to strike standards task force
Will Also Air Apology; CEO Expresses Regrets In Wake Of Jihadist’s Broadcast
TORONTO - VisionTV said yesterday a producer would apologize on the air “at the earliest opportunity” for broadcasting lectures by a Pakistani fundamentalist who preaches global jihad and the “extermination” of Jews.
continued....
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1870946/posts
TSA: Terrorists May Be Conducting Preattack Security Probes
WNBC ^
Posted on 07/24/2007 1:51:40 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
TSA: Terrorists May Be Conducting Preattack Security Probes
POSTED: 4:23 pm EDT July 24, 2007 UPDATED: 4:36 pm EDT July 24, 2007 In a new intelligence bulletin obtained by NBC News, the Transportation Security Administration is warning law-enforcement and airport officials that terrorists “may be” conducting “preattack security probes” at U.S. airports.
The unclassified bulletin, dated July 20 and marked “For Official Use Only,” is titled “Incidents at U.S. Airports May Suggest Possible Pre-Attack Probing.”
“A surge in recent suspicious incidents at U.S. airports may indicate terrorists are conducting pre-attack security probes and ‘dry runs’ similar to dress rehearsals,” the intelligence bulletin states. “Past terrorist attacks and plots show that such testing generally indicates attacks will soon follow, according to a joint FBI and Homeland Security assessment.”
The report says that TSA personnel have intercepted items at U.S. airports “resembling improvised explosive device (IED) components,” including wires, switches, pipes and “dense clay-like substances” from September 2006 to date.
The items were confiscated at airports in San Diego, Milwaukee, Houston and Baltimore. In two of the four incidents, blocks of processed cheese were connected to wires and an electrical switch, or the cheese was taped to a bag holding a cell-phone charger.
A U.S. law enforcement official cautions NBC News that the new bulletin is an analysis of possible suspicious behavior at U.S. airports and not at all a sure sign of terrorists at work. The bulletin is just one of a stream of intelligence reports constantly churned out by TSA, the Department of Homeland Security, the FBI and other U.S. agencies.
(Excerpt) Read more at nbc10.com ...
Time for this to be run again:
http://www.uhuh.com/nwo/communism/comgoals.htm
Congressional Record—Appendix, pp. A34-A35
January 10, 1963
Current Communist Goals
EXTENSION OF REMARKS OF HON. A. S. HERLONG, JR. OF FLORIDA
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Thursday, January 10, 1963
Mr. HERLONG. Mr. Speaker, Mrs. Patricia Nordman of De Land, Fla., is an ardent and articulate opponent of communism, and until recently published the De Land Courier, which she dedicated to the purpose of alerting the public to the dangers of communism in America.
At Mrs. Nordman’s request, I include in the RECORD, under unanimous consent, the following “Current Communist Goals,” which she identifies as an excerpt from “The Naked Communist,” by Cleon Skousen:
[From “The Naked Communist,” by Cleon Skousen]
CURRENT COMMUNIST GOALS
1. U.S. acceptance of coexistence as the only alternative to atomic war.
2. U.S. willingness to capitulate in preference to engaging in atomic war.
3. Develop the illusion that total disarmament [by] the United States would be a demonstration of moral strength.
4. Permit free trade between all nations regardless of Communist affiliation and regardless of whether or not items could be used for war.
5. Extension of long-term loans to Russia and Soviet satellites.
6. Provide American aid to all nations regardless of Communist domination.
7. Grant recognition of Red China. Admission of Red China to the U.N.
8. Set up East and West Germany as separate states in spite of Khrushchev’s promise in 1955 to settle the German question by free elections under supervision of the U.N.
9. Prolong the conferences to ban atomic tests because the United States has agreed to suspend tests as long as negotiations are in progress.
10. Allow all Soviet satellites individual representation in the U.N.
11. Promote the U.N. as the only hope for mankind. If its charter is rewritten, demand that it be set up as a one-world government with its own independent armed forces. (Some Communist leaders believe the world can be taken over as easily by the U.N. as by Moscow. Sometimes these two centers compete with each other as they are now doing in the Congo.)
12. Resist any attempt to outlaw the Communist Party.
13. Do away with all loyalty oaths.
14. Continue giving Russia access to the U.S. Patent Office.
15. Capture one or both of the political parties in the United States.
16. Use technical decisions of the courts to weaken basic American institutions by claiming their activities violate civil rights.
17. Get control of the schools. Use them as transmission belts for socialism and current Communist propaganda. Soften the curriculum. Get control of teachers’ associations. Put the party line in textbooks.
18. Gain control of all student newspapers.
19. Use student riots to foment public protests against programs or organizations which are under Communist attack.
20. Infiltrate the press. Get control of book-review assignments, editorial writing, policymaking positions.
21. Gain control of key positions in radio, TV, and motion pictures.
22. Continue discrediting American culture by degrading all forms of artistic expression. An American Communist cell was told to “eliminate all good sculpture from parks and buildings, substitute shapeless, awkward and meaningless forms.”
23. Control art critics and directors of art museums. “Our plan is to promote ugliness, repulsive, meaningless art.”
24. Eliminate all laws governing obscenity by calling them “censorship” and a violation of free speech and free press.
25. Break down cultural standards of morality by promoting pornography and obscenity in books, magazines, motion pictures, radio, and TV.
26. Present homosexuality, degeneracy and promiscuity as “normal, natural, healthy.”
27. Infiltrate the churches and replace revealed religion with “social” religion. Discredit the Bible and emphasize the need for intellectual maturity which does not need a “religious crutch.”
28. Eliminate prayer or any phase of religious expression in the schools on the ground that it violates the principle of “separation of church and state.”
29. Discredit the American Constitution by calling it inadequate, old-fashioned, out of step with modern needs, a hindrance to cooperation between nations on a worldwide basis.
30. Discredit the American Founding Fathers. Present them as selfish aristocrats who had no concern for the “common man.”
31. Belittle all forms of American culture and discourage the teaching of American history on the ground that it was only a minor part of the “big picture.” Give more emphasis to Russian history since the Communists took over.
32. Support any socialist movement to give centralized control over any part of the culture—education, social agencies, welfare programs, mental health clinics, etc.
33. Eliminate all laws or procedures which interfere with the operation of the Communist apparatus.
34. Eliminate the House Committee on Un-American Activities.
35. Discredit and eventually dismantle the FBI.
36. Infiltrate and gain control of more unions.
37. Infiltrate and gain control of big business.
38. Transfer some of the powers of arrest from the police to social agencies. Treat all behavioral problems as psychiatric disorders which no one but psychiatrists can understand [or treat].
39. Dominate the psychiatric profession and use mental health laws as a means of gaining coercive control over those who oppose Communist goals.
40. Discredit the family as an institution. Encourage promiscuity and easy divorce.
41. Emphasize the need to raise children away from the negative influence of parents. Attribute prejudices, mental blocks and retarding of children to suppressive influence of parents.
42. Create the impression that violence and insurrection are legitimate aspects of the American tradition; that students and special-interest groups should rise up and use [”]united force[”] to solve economic, political or social problems.
43. Overthrow all colonial governments before native populations are ready for self-government.
44. Internationalize the Panama Canal.
45. Repeal the Connally reservation so the United States cannot prevent the World Court from seizing jurisdiction [over domestic problems. Give the World Court jurisdiction] over nations and individuals alike.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/07/20070717-3.html
Executive Order: Blocking Property of Certain Persons Who Threaten Stabilization Efforts in Iraq
RSS Feed White House News
Fact sheet Message to the Congress of the United States Regarding International Emergency Economic Powers Act
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, as amended (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)(IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.)(NEA), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code,
I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, find that, due to the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States posed by acts of violence threatening the peace and stability of Iraq and undermining efforts to promote economic reconstruction and political reform in Iraq and to provide humanitarian assistance to the Iraqi people, it is in the interests of the United States to take additional steps with respect to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13303 of May 22, 2003, and expanded in Executive Order 13315 of August 28, 2003, and relied upon for additional steps taken in Executive Order 13350 of July 29, 2004, and Executive Order 13364 of November 29, 2004. I hereby order:
Section 1. (a) Except to the extent provided in section 203(b)(1), (3), and (4) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(1), (3), and (4)), or in regulations, orders, directives, or licenses that may be issued pursuant to this order, and notwithstanding any contract entered into or any license or permit granted prior to the date of this order, all property and interests in property of the following persons, that are in the United States, that hereafter come within the United States, or that are or hereafter come within the possession or control of United States persons, are blocked and may not be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in: any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense,
(i) to have committed, or to pose a significant risk of committing, an act or acts of violence that have the purpose or effect of:
(A) threatening the peace or stability of Iraq or the Government of Iraq; or
(B) undermining efforts to promote economic reconstruction and political reform in Iraq or to provide humanitarian assistance to the Iraqi people;
(ii) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, logistical, or technical support for, or goods or services in support of, such an act or acts of violence or any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order; or
(iii) to be owned or controlled by, or to have acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order.
(b) The prohibitions in subsection (a) of this section include, but are not limited to, (i) the making of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services by, to, or for the benefit of any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order, and (ii) the receipt of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services from any such person.
Sec. 2. (a) Any transaction by a United States person or within the United States that evades or avoids, has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate any of the prohibitions set forth in this order is prohibited.
(b) Any conspiracy formed to violate any of the prohibitions set forth in this order is prohibited.
Sec. 3. For purposes of this order:
(a) the term “person” means an individual or entity;
(b) the term “entity” means a partnership, association, trust, joint venture, corporation, group, subgroup, or other organization; and
(c) the term “United States person” means any United States citizen, permanent resident alien, entity organized under the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction within the United States (including foreign branches), or any person in the United States.
Sec. 4. I hereby determine that the making of donations of the type specified in section 203(b)(2) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(2)) by, to, or for the benefit of, any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order would seriously impair my ability to deal with the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13303 and expanded in Executive Order 13315, and I hereby prohibit such donations as provided by section 1 of this order.
Sec. 5. For those persons whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order who might have a constitutional presence in the United States, I find that, because of the ability to transfer funds or other assets instantaneously, prior notice to such persons of measures to be taken pursuant to this order would render these measures ineffectual. I therefore determine that for these measures to be effective in addressing the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13303 and expanded in Executive Order 13315, there need be no prior notice of a listing or determination made pursuant to section 1(a) of this order.
Sec. 6. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense, is hereby authorized to take such actions, including the promulgation of rules and regulations, and to employ all powers granted to the President by IEEPA as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this order. The Secretary of the Treasury may redelegate any of these functions to other officers and agencies of the United States Government, consistent with applicable law. All agencies of the United States Government are hereby directed to take all appropriate measures within their authority to carry out the provisions of this order and, where appropriate, to advise the Secretary of the Treasury in a timely manner of the measures taken.
Sec. 7. Nothing in this order is intended to affect the continued effectiveness of any rules, regulations, orders, licenses, or other forms of administrative action issued, taken, or continued in effect heretofore or hereafter under 31 C.F.R. chapter V, except as expressly terminated, modified, or suspended by or pursuant to this order.
Sec. 8. This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right, benefit, or privilege, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, instrumentalities, or entities, its officers or employees, or any other person.
GEORGE W. BUSH
THE WHITE HOUSE,
July 17, 2007.
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Return to this article at:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/07/20070717-3.html
Thanks to Milford421, who is right, there is a lot happening:
Md. warns of missing gauge containing radioactive material
http://wjz.com/marylandwire/MD—StolenGauge/resources_news_html
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
WALDORF, Md. (AP) A piece of equipment containing nuclear material
has been stolen from a Charles County construction site, the state
reported Tuesday.
The Department of the Environment warned the public that a moisture
density gauge containing nuclear material has gone missing from a
contractor’s worksite.
The gauge, about 3 feet tall in a locked yellow case, likely poses
no danger to the public.
Ray Manley, chief of radioactive material licensing compliance
division for the department, said that as long as the gauge isn’t
opened, ``it’s absolutely not going to harm anybody.’’ He said the
Cesium-137 inside would pose a risk only to someone handling it for
extended periods.
Moisture density gauges are used by builders to measure the
compactness of the soil before building. The one that went missing
Monday is a Troxler Model 3430, serial number 22355.
Thanks to Milford421, about 3 years ago, there were reports of wires hanging into the river, from a bridge, but I do not recall a box being involved....granny
Box detonated contained depth measurement device -OH
http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070724/NEWS03/707240411/-1/NEWS
Box detonated contained depth measurement device
BLADE STAFF
The box that caused stoppage of trains, boats, and street traffic
and evacuation of homes in the area of Norfolk Southern railroad
bridge over the Maumee River near downtown Toledo last night
contained a depth measurement device, police said.
Authorities yesterday blew up a box found on a Norfolk Southern
railroad bridge over the Maumee River near downtown Toledo. The box
has to do with the dredging of the Maumee River near the downtown,
Sgt. Charles Nearhood, of the Toledo police bomb squad, said.
The box, about 2 feet by 1 foot, was chained to a bridge pier and
had wires that dropped about 20 feet into the water, Toledo Police
Lt. George Kral said.
After detonating the device and determining it to be harmless,
authorities surmised it was a research tool to measure the
temperature and depth of the Maumee River. But they didn’t know to
whom it belonged.
“A blue box chained to a railroad bridge in the middle of the water
just didn’t look like it was supposed to be there,” Lieutenant Kral
said.
Before anyone else places any other devices near a railroad
bridge, “it would probably be a wise idea to notify the railroad,”
agreed Scott Wilson, an FBI spokesman.
About 10 people were evacuated from the Starboard Side condominiums
for about an hour. The railroad was closed for nearly four hours,
delaying at least three trains, while the river was closed to boats
for about three hours. Miami Street was closed for about 30 minutes.
Along with Toledo police and the FBI, the Northwest Ohio Bomb Squad
and the U.S. Coast Guard went to the scene.
NEWS from CPSC
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Office of Information and Public Affairs
Washington, DC 20207
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 24, 2007
Release #07-243
Firm’s Recall Hotline: (800) 350-8739
CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908
Additional Incidents Prompt Log Splitter Recall Expansion by Brave
Products; Could Pose Serious Injury Risk
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in
cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall
of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled
products immediately unless otherwise instructed.
Name of Product: Log Splitters
Units: About 8,000 (4,000 additional units were recalled in February
2005)
Manufacturer: Brave Products Inc., of Streator, Ill.
Hazard: The log splitter’s hydraulic cylinders can have defective rod
retention, causing the seals to leak and the rods to detach. This can
result in serious injury to the operator, as the rod can rapidly and
unexpectedly extend the splitting wedge.
Incidents/Injuries: Brave Products has received 59 additional reports
of leaking cylinders and/or rod retention failure. One consumer reported
a hand amputation that could have been caused by this cylinder defect.
Description: The log splitters are made of steel and painted orange and
black, or blue and black. They have trailer hitches and rubber tires.
Each log splitter has a decal on the side that reads “Brave Products,
Inc.” or “Iron & Oak” and “__ ton” (either 15, 22, 26, or 34). The
following Brave Products or Iron & Oak models are included in the recall:
LOG SPLITTER MODEL: SERIAL NUMBER
Brave VH0234 (34 ton): Serial #S008277 through S016976
Brave VH0634 (34 ton): Serial #S026956 through S030562
Brave VH9926 (26 ton): Serial #S006836 through S017534
Brave VH0626 (26 ton): Serial #S026965 through S030558
Brave VH9922 (22 ton): Serial #S006691 through S016862
Brave VH0622 (22 ton): Serial #S026426 through S030701
Brave SR0622 (22 ton): Serial #S020721 through S029688
Brave HB0115 (15 ton): Serial #S013853 through S017534
The following Iron & Oak models are being recalled:
LOG SPLITTER MODEL SERIAL NUMBER
Model BHVH3402 (34 ton): S008724 through S017729
Model BHVH3405 (34 ton): S027103 through S030442
Model BHVH2699 (26 ton): S006847 through S017720
Model BHVH2699 (26 ton): S026447 through S030538
Model BHVH2299 (22 ton): S006735 through S017714
Model BHVH2202 (22 ton): S026418 through S030547 & DG (Duro-Glide)
Model BHVH2299FC (22 ton): S013853 through S017534 & DG (Duro-Glide)
Model BHVH2202FC (22 ton): S026999 through S030537 & DG (Duro-Glide)
Model BHH3003 (30 ton horizontal): S008457 through S017743
S026993 through S030439
Model BHH2003 (20 ton horizontal): S006746 through S017742
S026560 through S030491
Model BHHB0115 (15 ton horizontal): S013853 through S017534
Model TMVH95/HYD, TMVH02/PTO, TMVH03/HYD: S006645 to S017885
S026736 through S029584
The serial number is located on the hydraulic tank.
Sold at: Ace, True Value, and Do It Best Hardware stores and
independent power equipment dealers nationwide from January 2002 through October
2004, and from May 2006 through April 2007, for between $900 and
$2,000.
Manufactured in: United States
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled log
splitters and contact Brave Products Inc. to receive a free replacement
cylinder.
Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Brave Products at
(800) 350-8739 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. CT Monday through Friday, or
write to: Brave Products Inc., P.O. Box 577, Streator, Ill. 61364-0577.
Consumers also can visit the company’s Web sites at
www.logsplitters-ironoak.com, or www.braveproducts.com
To see this recall on CPSC’s web site, including pictures of the
recalled products, please go to:
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07243.html
********************************************************
NEWS from CPSC
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Office of Information and Public Affairs
Washington, DC 20207
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 24, 2007
Release #07-250
Firm’s Recall Hotline: (800) 576-5811
CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908
Risk of Explosion and Hearing Damage Prompts Recall of Remote Control
Airplanes
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in
cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall
of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled
products immediately unless otherwise instructed.
Name of Product: Sky Rangers Park Flyer Radio Control Airplanes
Units: About 21,000
Distributor: Estes-Cox Corp., of Penrose, Colo.
Hazard: The airplanes are launched by hand and can explode near the
consumer’s head, posing a risk of temporary hearing loss and injuries to
eyes, face and hands.
Incidents/Injuries: Estes-Cox has received 45 reports of airplanes
exploding, including 22 reports of consumers experiencing temporary ear
pain or hearing being affected; five reports of minor burns to hands,
faces or eyes; two reports of chest impact from debris; two reports of eye
injuries; and one report of a cut hand. One consumer sought medical
attention for burning eyes.
Description: This recall involves Model 4116 Sky Rangers Park Flyer
radio control airplanes, which come with a black battery charger. The
airplanes have a wingspan of about 14 inches, a light blue, white and
orange polystyrene foam fuselage, and a copper coil on the rudder. Airplanes
with a warning sticker on the fuselage near the on/off switch are not
included in the recall.
Sold at: Hobby stores and other retailers nationwide from September
2005 through December 2006 for between $20 and $40.
Manufactured in: China
Remedy: Consumers should stop using the recalled airplanes immediately
and contact Estes-Cox to verify that their plane is being recalled and
for instructions on returning the airplane for a replacement product.
Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Estes-Cox at
(800) 576-5811 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. MT Monday through Thursday, or
visit the firm’s Web site at www.estesrockets.com
To see this recall on CPSC’s web site, including pictures of the
recalled products, please go to:
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07250.html
********************************************************
NEWS from CPSC
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Office of Information and Public Affairs
Washington, DC 20207
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 24, 2007
Release #07-252
Firm’s Recall Hotline: (877) 800-9720
CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908
Firm’s Media Contact: Katie Molinari, (415) 438-8101 or Leigh Oshirak,
(415) 438-8106
Pottery Barn Kids Recalls Crib Bumpers Due to Entanglement Hazard
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in
cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall
of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled
products immediately unless otherwise instructed.
Name of Product: Matelassé Crib Bumpers
Units: About 31,000
Manufacturer: Pottery Barn Kids, of San Francisco, Calif.
Hazard: The decorative stitching on the bumper’s edge can come loose,
posing an entanglement hazard to young children.
Incidents/Injuries: Pottery Barn Kids has received two reports of
incidents involving the decorative stitching coming loose. No injuries have
been reported.
Description: This recall involves the Diamond Matelassé, Floral
Matelassé and Polka Dot Matelassé crib bumpers made of 100% cotton. The
Diamond Matelassé bumpers are white and have decorative thread in pink, blue,
green, yellow or chocolate stitched along the scalloped edge. The
Polka Dot and Floral bumpers come in assorted colors with matching
decorative stitching. A label on the bumper reads “pottery barn kids”.
Sold at: Pottery Barn Kids stores nationwide, its catalog, and online
stores from February 2003 through June 2007 for about $90.
Manufactured in: Portugal
Remedy: Consumers should stop using the bumpers immediately and remove
any exposed stitching, or contact Pottery Barn Kids for a refund.
Consumer Contact: For additional information, call Pottery Barn Kids
toll-free at (877) 800-9720 between 7 a.m. and 12 a.m. ET daily or visit
the company’s website at www.potterybarnkids.com
To see this recall on CPSC’s web site, including pictures of the
recalled products, please go to:
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07252.html
Thanks to Milford421:
Huge Fire Sends Oil Into Spokane River
By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS
Associated Press Writer
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July 24, 2007, 6:32 PM EDT
SPOKANE, Wash. — An enormous fire destroyed buildings at a fuel
distribution center, sending thousands of gallons of gasoline,
diesel fuel and other petroleum products into storm sewers and the
Spokane River, officials said Tuesday.
A day after the blaze rocked Whitley Fuel LLC with several
explosions, damaging surrounding businesses and vehicles with its
flames, the state Department of Ecology tried to assess the
contamination Tuesday.
“We have no idea how much oil escaped,” said Jani Gilbert, an
Ecology spokeswoman. Crews were using a vacuum truck to suck oil out
of sewers, she said.
A helicopter was hired to fly along the Spokane River on Tuesday,
looking for pooled pockets of oil, Gilbert said. Crews were also
walking along the river looking for oil.
The fire, which investigators called suspicious, continued to burn
Tuesday morning, although it was no longer in danger of spreading,
fire officials said.
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The cause of the fire, which did at least $10 million in damage,
remains under investigation, the Spokane Fire Department said.
Federal arson investigators and Spokane police said they were
treating the area as a crime scene.
Thanks to Milford421 for this report, no url with it:
07/23/07
Fire Investigators Look into Suspicious Car Fire
“As the guard got closer, he noticed the fire was coming from a
towel that had been stuffed in the gas tank.” Just doesn’t get any
more suspicious than this...
An incident early Monday morning could have been a lot worse without
the quick thinking of a Savannah apartment complex security guard.
About 2:30am, the guard at Montgomery Landings Apartments in the 700
block of West 57th Street spotted flames coming from the back of a
Buick parked in the lot.
As the guard got closer, he noticed the fire was coming from a towel
that had been stuffed in the gas tank. He feared the car might blow
up and set off the fire alarm for the nearby buildings to get
residents out to safety.
When Savannah firefighters arrived, the fire had burned itself out.
They examined the evidence and called for an investigator.
No one was injured.
Reported By: Steven Shoob, sshoob@wtoc.com
Milford421 ‘s group on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/under-investigation/
Thanks to Milford421 for this report, more than likely it is the same report that I heard on the radio, 50,000 without electric, in downtown San Francisco, unknown cause of outage.........granny
Power Outages In San Francisco Bring Down Major Websites
Power Outages In San Francisco Bring Down Major Websites
laughingsquid.com ^ | July 24, 2007
6 back to back outages.
Thanks to HAL9000
6 back-to-back power outages hit the SOMA neighborhood of San
Francisco Tuesday afternoon causing major havoc with popular web
services. 365 Main is down, along with craigslist, Netflix,
Technorati, Yelp, AdBrite and SixApart.
Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) is currently working on the issue.
It is now estimated that over PG&E 51,000 customers are with out
power.
So the big question, where is the backup power at the data centers
used by these services?
UPDATE 1: Digg is still up
UPDATE 2: Some services, like Technorati are starting to come back
online.
Thanks to Milford421:
Series of electrical fires knock out power in NJ
http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/atlantic/story/7492481p-7388175c.html
Electrical fires knock out power temporarily in Northfield
By ELAINE ROSE Staff Writer, (609) 272-7215
Published: Tuesday, July 24, 2007
NORTHFIELD — One county building was evacuated and several traffic
lights went out of service Monday afternoon as a series of small
electrical fires affected power lines, police said.
A fire in the kitchen building of the county complex on Shore Road
was reported at about 2:26 p.m., police said. The origin was in a
generator in the mechanical room, and damage was minor.
But about 50 people were evacuated from that building and a portion
of another structure, police Lt. Arthur Fadden said.
Meanwhile, a county employee reported a second fire on the third
floor of another building in the complex, also in a generator,
police said. An employee put that fire out with a fire extinguisher.
At the same time, traffic lights were reported out on New Road at
the intersections of Jackson Avenue and Cedarbridge Road, and
officers were called out to direct traffic, police said. Additional
power outages caused traffic lights on Tilton Road, at the
intersections of New Road and Zion Road, to fail. More officers were
called to staff those areas.
A third fire was then reported on the 1700 block of Zion Road,
again electrical in nature, police said.
In all cases, power was restored within an hour, police said.
Atlantic City Electric is investigating the cause of the fires.
Tower fire knocks out several stations in one market
You guessed it...they carry conservative talk shows such as Michael
Savage....
Tower fire knocks out several stations in one market.
http://www.insideradio.com/pdheadlines.asp?phid=507945&PT=Today%27s+Top+Stories
Engineers have been working overtime to get three radio and two TV
stations back on the air since Sunday’s electrical fire that caused
$500,000 in damages to a Winnipeg tower facility. CKMM programmer Ace
Burpee tells the Winnipeg Sun their engineers are doing some “full-on
MacGyver work” to get temporary towers working.
Suspicious container may have been bomb - NH
http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070724/REPOSITORY/707240322/1043/NEWS01
Suspicious container may have been bomb
By ANNMARIE TIMMINS
Monitor staff
July 24. 2007 1:35AM
T
he police are investigating what appears to have been a homemade
explosive found on Penacook Street on Sunday morning. The explosive
was neutralized and no one was hurt.
The police were called to the area of 45 Penacook St. at 9:40 a.m.
for a report of a suspicious-looking item. There, the officers found
a plastic soda bottle containing materials that looked like an
attempt at a homemade bomb, the police said.
The state police explosives team responded.
Anyone with information can call the Concord police at 225-8600 or
contact the Concord Regional Crimeline at 226-3100 or
concordregionalcrimeline.com.
ANNMARIE TIMMINS
Oil Pipeline Ruptures - Port of Vancouver - Canada
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N24247412.htm
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 24 (Reuters) - A pipeline used to
unload ships at the port of Vancouver ruptured on Tuesday, a geyser
oil shooting 40 feet (12 metres) in the air before it was plugged,
witnesses and local media reported.
The accident along the Burrard Inlet in Burnaby, British Columbia,
near Vancouver was apparently caused by construction equipment, and
forced officials to evacuate a number of nearby houses.
continued...........
Thanks to Milford421 for this and the other reports that I did not credit to him:
Gas Line Rupture Forces Evacuations - OH
http://www.whiotv.com/news/13742509/detail.html?rss=day&psp=news
Gas Line Rupture Forces Evacuations In Gettysburg
POSTED: 8:20 am EDT July 24, 2007
UPDATED: 3:08 pm EDT July 24, 2007
GETTYSBURG, Ohio — Authorities in Darke County evacuated about a
four-block area of homes Tuesday morning after a natural gas leak
was reported.
The incident happened near the intersection of George and Factory
streets in the village of Gettysburg.
Investigators said the leak was caused after a vehicle hit a gas
meter and then fled the scene.
Deputies and firefighters were flooded with calls about a gas leak
and an explosion.
Deputies and firefighters arrived at the scene and discovered that
what people thought was an explosion was the combination of the
car’s impact and the initial rush of leaking natural gas.
Firefighters called in Vectren crews to shut off the gas line to
avoid a real explosion. They decided to evacuate a four-block area
around the gas leak.
Vectren crews arrived and isolated the gas leak and shut it off.
Once the gas line was shut off, residents were allowed to return to
their homes.
At this time, deputies are looking for a small gray car, possibly a
Mazada with temporary tags. If the driver is found, that person
could be charged with leaving the scene of an accident and maybe
inducing panic.
Copyright 2007 by WHIOTV.com.
Thanks to Milford421:
TSA: Terrorists May Be Conducting Preattack Security Probes
Sorry about the double post...important info that I don’t want you
all to miss if you don’t check out the site.
http://www.nbc10.com/news/13746985/detail.html?rss=phi&psp=news
POSTED: 4:23 pm EDT July 24, 2007
UPDATED: 5:38 pm EDT July 24, 2007
In a new intelligence bulletin obtained by NBC News, the
Transportation Security Administration is warning law-enforcement
and airport officials that terrorists “may be” conducting “preattack
security probes” at U.S. airports.
continued.........
Thanks to Milford421:
Firefighters extinguish truck fire
Article Last Updated: 07/16/2007 06:10:55 PM EDT
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A U-Haul truck rented out of Bridgeport became heavily involved in
flames at 1 p.m. on Interstate...«1»A U-Haul truck rented out of
Bridgeport became heavily involved in flames at 1 p.m. on Interstate
95 southbound at exit 18 in Fairfield Monday.
State Police closed the lanes 20 minutes for safety due to the smoke
from the 12:26 p.m. incident.
The driver, who was not injured, said the vehicle lost power and
began emitting fumes from the engine, where a fire erupted under the
front passenger side.
The cause of the fire was undetermined and is under investigation.
http://www.connpost.com/ci_6388753?source=rss
Thanks to Milford421:
6 Guilty in N.Y. Military Weapons Case
By LARRY NEUMEISTER
Associated Press Writer
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July 24, 2007, 4:14 PM EDT
NEW YORK — An Armenian immigrant accused of plotting to sell anti-
aircraft missiles and other military weapons from the former Soviet
Union to an FBI informant was convicted Tuesday along with five co-
defendants.
Artur Solomonyan could face up to life in prison on charges
including arms trafficking conspiracy, firearms trafficking
conspiracy, interstate firearms trafficking and illegal transfer and
possession of a machine gun.
The charges accused the men of conspiring from December 2003 to
March 2005 to import shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles, rocket-
propelled grenade launchers, anti-tank guided missiles and machine
guns without a license.
The weapons were “all designed to shoot down airplanes in the sky,
all designed to pierce through armored tanks,” Assistant U.S.
Attorney Marc P. Berger said his closing argument.
Berger said the motivation was greed.
“They were opportunists. They were money makers,” he told jurors.
Solomonyan’s lawyer, Louis V. Fasulo, told the jurors the case was
set up to entrap his client, who was merely leading on a government
informant who had promised to get him a green card.
“It is patently unfair for the government to entrap an individual in
a desperate situation,” he said.
The only weapons actually delivered in the case were a dozen
firearms, including a machine gun.
Sentencing for all six men was set for Dec. 14.
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-weapons-smuggling,0,1525174.story?coll=sns-ap-nation-headlines
Thanks to Milford421:
Island fire and explosion under investigation - Mississippi
Island fire under investigation
A fire on an island in the Mississippi River about three miles south
of Prescott is being investigated by the Pierce County Sheriff’s
Department.
At around 8:20 p.m. Pierce County authorities were notified of a
fire and explosion on the island.
Water patrols from both Pierce and Dakota (Minn.) counties responded
to the scene and found a small wooden shack was burning.
Deputy Brad Verges, recreation safety officer for the Pierce County
Sheriff’s Department, says they are still investigating what caused
the fire.
There were no reports of any injuries or if the cabin was occupied
at the time of the fire.
The Red Wing (Minn.) Fire Department along with police, fire and
emergency medical units from Prescott responded to the fire.
Published 07:50 Jul-24-07 | TOP |
http://www.rivertowns.net/daily/pch/c070724/#s070724a
Milford421 ‘s group on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/under-investigation/
Thanks to Milford421 for this report, keep in mind that she lives there and has been ‘keeping up the fight’ for years.
There are death threats against her.
granny........
BREAKING: FBI Raids Dearbornistan Hezbollah Charity, But Lets Many Others Remain
UPDATE: Finally, FBI Raids Al-Mabarat Hezbollah Charity in
Dearbornistan; But FBI Holds Apology-Fest w/ Muslims
By Debbie Schlussel
www.debbieschlussel.com
“For over a year, I’ve been asking why the FBI hasn’t raided Al-
Mabarat Charitable Organization-USA, Inc., the Dearbornistan charity
that is openly raising money for Hezbollah and which is headed by
Hezbollah Spiritual Leader Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah.
But, today, just as I was asking that once again, the FBI was
actually raiding Al-Mabarat, while it was also raiding Goodwill
Charitable Organization and the Martyrs Foundation. Well, it’s about
time.
YEAH. AND FINALLY. Too bad they didn’t lift a finger when these
charities were all funding Hezbollah’s war on Israel, last year,
murdering countless Israeli soldiers and civilians. Al-Mabarat
raised about $1 million in revenue in 2004, its last year of tax
filing, all of which was sent to Hezbollah. And FYI, its
Dearbornistan-based officers are Fouad T. Beydoun, Ahmad J. Bazzi,
and Nazem Baydoun, of the Hezbollah operative Beydoun/Baydoun and
Bazzi/Bazzy families from South Lebanon.
Al Mabarrat’s Lebanese Website Features Its Leader, Hezbollah
Spiritual Leader Fadlallah
BUT . . . unfortunately, the FBI is holding an apology-fest with
extremist Muslim leaders. Can you imagine J. Edgar Hoover holding a
an apology session with Al Capone’s fellow mob family members? And
unfortunately, the FBI tipped off Islamic Terrorist Imad Hamad,
making him their community point man (that means that charity
members were tipped off ahead of time, too; bet on it):
A search warrant was executed at the Goodwill office, according to
Imad Hamad, regional director of the American-Arab Anti-
Discrimination Committee. . . .
Also, the FBI is holding a meeting this afternoon with Muslim
leaders at the Islamic House of Wisdom in Dearborn Heights to
discuss the raids, according to Dawud Walid, head of the Michigan
branch of the Council on American Islamic Relations.
The meeting will include Imam Mohammed Elahi [an agent of Iran and
Hezbollah], who heads the mosque, and Walid.
If I were in the Iranian government or Hezbollah, I’d be LMAO
(laughing my ass off) at the stupid Federal Bureau of Infidels, my
dhimmis.
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BREAKING: FBI Raids Dearbornistan Hezbollah Charity, But Lets Many
Others Remain Open for Biz
By Debbie Schlussel
**** UPDATE: Making my point even more, I looked up GCO’s tax
returns. On its latest return, 2005, the charity reported (assuming
they didn’t lie and that’s a big assumption) only $176,693 in funds
distributed, compared with millions sent to terrorists by the
charities I list below—LRD and Al-Mabarat—which the FBI allows to
remain in business. FYI, GCO’s officers are Mike Safiedine (of the
gas-station owning Safeidine family), Hussein Hammoud (of the famous
Hammoud Hezbollah supporting, cigarette-smuggler clan), and Ahmad
Jaawar. When will the FBI arrest them and freeze their assets?
Hazimi Accounting Service, Inc. was the charity’s “accountant,” FYI.
****
Show Raid:
FBI Raids Piddling Hezbo/HAMAS Charity, But Keeps Others Open for Biz
The FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit want your kudos
for raiding the Dearbornistan-based Goodwill Charitable Organization
(GCO) on Warren Avenue, this morning. It is an arm of the Martyrs
Foundation, funding Hezbollah, HAMAS, and Islamic Jihad, and helped
fund Hezbollah in last year’s Hezbollah-Israel war. It is tied to Al-
Qard Al-Hassan, a terrorist-financing organization.
But while the charity is now designated as a Specially Designated
Global Terrorist Entity by the Department of Treasury, the FBI in
Michigan continues to allow LIFE For Relief and Development (LRD)
and Al-Mabarat Charitable Organization to remain open for business
in Metro Detroit, as I’ve repeatedly noted on this site. LRD openly
funded HAMAS to the tune of millions and is believed to be funding
Al-Qaeda terrorists in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and elsewhere.
Al-Mabarat is headed by Hezbollah spiritual leader Sheikh Mohammed
Hussein Fadlallah and sends millions back to Hezbollah in South
Lebanon.
Why won’t the FBI touch these? While the agency raided LRD almost a
year ago, they haven’t done a thing to LRD and U.S. Attorney Stephen
Murphy III a/k/a “Abu Porno” continues to hang out with LRD officers
and officials. He’s refused to shut them down, while they continue
to apparently fund those who blow up our soldiers.
So, while the FBI tipped off its favorite ass-kissers in the press
at the Detroit Newsistan and resident Islamist Niraj Warikoo at the
Detroit Free Press, and while it makes headlines, the agency is
doing NOTHING when it comes to larger charities sending millions to
Islamic terrorists from their Metro Detroit bases.
No kudos from me for the FBI raiding small potatoes for headlines,
but turning a blind eye to major players dealing gazillions to
Islamic mass-murderers of our troops and others.
While the government has frozen Goodwill Charitable Organization’s
assets, it refuses to do so for LRD and Al-Mabarat—like fighting
one tumor only and allowing the rest of the cancer to metastasize.
FBI Special Agent Mark Green—one of the agents who works the
Hezbollah beat in Michigan—I know you’re reading. So why won’t you
raid Al-Mabarat and freeze its assets? Is this part of a deal with
Sheikh Fadlallah not to make waves?”