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Posted on 03/02/2010 12:37:53 AM PST by MestaMachine
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Bureau of Labor Statistics - Federal Government
Snip: Federal employees receive both vacation and sick leave. They earn 13 days of vacation leave a year for the first 3 years of service, 20 days a year for the next 12 years, and 26 days a year after their 15th year of service. Workers also receive 13 days of sick leave a year.
Police arrest San Luis Obispo boys accused of making chemical bombs
Police say that chemical bombs such as those found with the boys are made from easy-to-buy volatile household chemicals. When some ingredients are combined, the internal gas pressure generated from the chemical reaction causes the container to expand and then explode.
Increase in Haitians arrested at border
The northern border of Vermont has become a magnet for Haitians in recent months. The January 12 earthquake in Haiti killed upwards of 200 thousand people and displaced millions. Now the U.S. Border Patrol says that since January, they've caught 114 Haitians for allegedly entering Vermont illegally from Canada. .....
Dumping doses - surplus swine flu vaccine to be destroyed, resurgence of disease possible
Only 90 million of the 162 million vaccine doses produced were administered and much of the unused vaccine has expired or soon will.
Maine Officials see increase in Lyme disease cases
Dr. Dora Anne Mills of the Maine Center of Disease Control says 50 cases were reported in the state in January and February. That's up from a five-year average of 15 for those two months.
Brand new bombings in Russia.
Monday 05 April 2010
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/7555312/Suicide-bombs-hit-Russian-province-of-Ingushetia.html
Suicide bombs hit Russian province of Ingushetia
A suicide bomber has blown himself up close to a police station in Russia’s troubled North Caucasus region, killing two policemen and wounding two more.
By Andrew Osborn in Moscow
Published: 7:06AM BST 05 Apr 2010
The terrorists, Islamist radicals seeking to establish an Islamist caliphate in southern Russia, detonated a second bomb at the same location forty minutes later. Nobody appears to have been killed or wounded in the second blast.
The attacks come as the Islamists boast they have launched a fresh terror campaign after two suicide attacks last week left more than fifty Russians dead in the most serious escalation in an undeclared guerrilla war since 2004.
*sigh* They never include recipes...
....made from easy-to-buy volatile household chemicals.
Paying jobs for teenagers have gone to illegal aliens. It's not like the old days jobwise for teens either, a topic no one seems to be discussing. Once they open the nation's doors with amnesty (which by hook & crook be assured they will do - just like healthcare), it's going to get much much worse. Not only will there by unemployed American teens, but those who come from corrupt nations where beheadings and cartel violence is commonplace.
Yep. A ready supply of cheap foreign workers freezes Americans out of entry level positions.
Teens, women and minorities hit hardest...
Excellent piece, MD!!
Bomb threat closes Kansas City federal courthouse
AP
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Officials say the Kansas City federal courthouse has been evacuated after a suspicious package was found with a note warning of explosives inside.
No one cares but you and I!
AP Video: A U.S. consulate in NW Pakistan was attacked by militants; one explosion was caught on video:
(also report on Mexico)
Ain’t working for the government great!
Be Ever Vigilant!
Toronto Muslim: ‘We need another Holocaust’ (video)
http://xrl.in/4zhd
Palestinian Prime Minister Says Jerusalem will be Palestinian Capital Next Year
Paul Williams, PhD
http://xrl.in/4zhe
NSA Wiretaps Illegal, Rules Federal Judge
Jim Kouri, CPP
http://xrl.in/4zhf
Bowing to Tehran
By Ben Stein
http://xrl.in/4zhg
Western Women Jihadists
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=36329
World pressure makes Iran more determined: Ahmadinejad
http://xrl.in/4zhi
Jihad Jane’s Alleged Accomplice Indicted in Philadelphia
Monday, April 05
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/63716
Al-Qaeda urges UK jihadists to build missiles and attack passenger jets
http://xrl.in/4zhk
Immigration effort lacks 2nd backer from GOP
National consensus ‘doesn’t exist anymore’
http://xrl.in/4zhl
Janet Napolitano’s Latest Move to Weaken Aviation Security
http://xrl.in/4zhn
http://xrl.in/4zj9
U.S.-backed Afghan President Karzai threatens to join Taliban
Now wait a minute: isn’t Karzai a modern moderate Muslim who abhors the Taliban’s extremism and twisting and hijacking of the peaceful religion of Islam?
“Lawmakers: Afghan leader threatens to join Taliban,” by Amir Shah and Christopher Bodeen for AP
Columbus air test finds Tularemia causing bacteria
Website above noting article may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Snips: Q. What is tularemia?
A. Tularemia, also known as “rabbit fever,” is a disease caused by the bacterium Francisella tularensis. Tularemia is typically found in animals, especially rodents, rabbits, and hares. Tularemia is usually a rural disease and has been reported in all U.S. states except Hawaii.
Q. How do people become infected with tularemia?
A. Typically, people become infected through the bite of infected insects (most commonly, ticks and deerflies), by handling infected sick or dead animals, by eating or drinking contaminated food or water, or by inhaling airborne bacteria.
Snip: The Tribune said the 12 contested documents also contain information about foreign nationals whose names came up in the case.
Researchers Trace Data Theft to China
TORONTO — Turning the tables on a China-based computer espionage gang, Canadian and United States computer security researchers have monitored a spying operation for the past eight months, observing while the intruders pilfered classified and restricted documents from the highest levels of the Indian Defense Ministry.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/06/science/06cyber.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
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