Monthly Archives: August 2013

Bitcoin Foundation On Capitol Hill, Day Two: Legislators

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“After meeting with nearly a dozen federal agencies on Monday, yesterday served as an opportunity to interface with legislators. The team met with congressional staff from the offices of five legislators across both the Senate and House of Representatives. With Congress currently in recess, the Foundation capitalized on a rare opportunity to speak at length with government officials, whose schedules are often lighter between sessions. The US remains an important locale to address regulatory issues, but bitcoin remains a global phenomenon.”

http://thegenesisblock.com/bitcoin-foundation-on-capitol-hill-day-two-legislators/

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102-year-old woman parachutes from Idaho bridge

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“Dorothy Custer celebrated turning 102 on Sunday by parachuting from a bridge in Idaho. For her 101st birthday last year, Custer zip-lined over the Snake River Canyon. This year, however, she told KMTV that she had planned to have a ‘very calm birthday.’  But those plans changed when her family gave her a tandem jump with professional BASE jumper, Sean Chuman, for her birthday. In BASE jumping — which stands for Buildings, Antennas, Spans, and Earth — participants jump off of platforms and then parachute to the ground.  ‘That was a thrill,’ Custer says just after landing. ‘But it was so quick! It was over with before I knew it.’ ‘There’s nothing much left to do but just live now,’ she explains.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/06/03/102-year-old-woman-parachutes-from-idaho-bridge/

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The search for the world’s biggest BASE jump!

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The search for the world’s biggest BASE jump!

“Patrick Kerber opened a new exit point, by wingsuit BASE jumping off the Wengen-Jungfrau peak in Switzerland.  Exit Point: Wengen-Jungfrau Peak, 4060m; Rockdrop: 138m; Landing: Lauterbrunnen; Flyable Altitude: 3240m; Time in Freefall: 2min 03s”

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Official wants E-cigarettes covered in school rules

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“The Citrus County School District wants to crack down on anything that even looks like cigarette smoking. According to the Citrus County Chronicle, Planning and Growth Management Director Chuck Dixon has proposed adding language that would include electronic cigarettes to the school’s no smoking policy. Dixon said the Florida Department of Health recommended language for e-cigarettes be inserted into the district’s policy. Since the Food and Drug Administration doesn’t have a minimum age for who can purchase E-cigarettes, the district wants to make sure the students don’t have them.”

http://www.baynews9.com/content/news/baynews9/news/article.html/content/news/articles/bn9/2013/8/28/official_wants_e_cig.html

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France announces e-cigarette ban, then French study finds e-cigarettes harmful

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“French Health Minister Marisol Touraine announced in May that the ban on smoking in public places would be extended to cover electronic cigarettes, and that they would be subject to the same controls as tobacco.  The move has sparked outrage among sellers and users of the battery-powered devices which contain liquid nicotine that is turned into a vapor when inhaled. Ms Touraine said: ‘The e-cigarette is not an ordinary product. We need to apply the same measures as there are for tobacco. That means making sure it cannot be smoked in public places, that its sale is restricted to over 18s and that firms are not allowed to advertise the products.'”

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2402108/E-cigarettes-harmful-cigarettes-cause-cancer-claims-study.html

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All-seeing eyes focus on the sea

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“The center, operated by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, can track as many as 50,000 aircraft at any moment.  Officials say the center has reduced illegal cross-border flights from thousands per year in the mid-1980s to a handful. Initially, the focus was on drug trafficking, but has expanded over the years to include human trafficking, the smuggling of counterfeit products, and terrorist activities.  The center now is testing software that will allow similar scrutiny of maritime traffic. The system would  provide a comprehensive view of marine vessels within 100 miles of the U.S. coastlines. The omniscient view allows for greater coordination of agencies that might respond to a potential emergency.”

http://www.pe.com/local-news/riverside-county/riverside/riverside-headlines-index/20130823-border-patrol-all-seeing-eyes-focus-on-the-sea.ece

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22 Reasons Why Starting World War 3 In The Middle East Is A Really Bad Idea

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“Russia and China are sternly warning the U.S. government not to get involved in Syria, and by starting a war with Syria we will do an extraordinary amount of damage to our relationships with those two global superpowers.  Could this be the beginning of a chain of events that could eventually lead to a massive global conflict with Russia and China on one side and the United States on the other?  Of course it will not happen immediately, but I fear that what is happening now is setting the stage for some really bad things.  The following are 22 reasons why starting World War 3 in the Middle East is a really bad idea.”

http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/22-reasons-why-starting-world-war-3-in-the-middle-east-is-a-really-bad-idea

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Michael Scheuer: Use the Constitution to prevent war with Syria

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“Amidst the developing momentum for the U.S. to enter another war that will strengthen al-Qaeda and its allies — like the one Obama fought in Libya and the anti-democratic one in Egypt he authorized this month — perhaps it is worth reviewing three salient and crystal clear facts.  –1st : The United States has no genuine national-security interests in Syria. –2nd: Unless America is attacked first, no U.S. president has the constitutional authority to take America to war without a formal declaration of war by Congress. –3rd : Today’s status quo in Syria benefits U.S. national-security interests without Washington having to take any action at all.”

http://non-intervention.com/1130/use-the-constitution-to-prevent-war-with-syria/

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I was a liberal mole at Fox News

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“Each show had one person — be they anchor or producer or whoever — who was directly accountable to the Second Floor. That was the brilliance of the company’s power structure. One misconception that outsiders always had about the channel is that we’d sit around all morning planning how to distort the news that day. But there was never any centralized control like that. No ‘marching orders,’ as it were. Instead, it was more a decentralized, entrepreneurial approach. Each show was an autonomous unit. Each showrunner — who had not risen to their position by being stupid — knew exactly what was expected of them, knew what topics and guests would be acceptable.”

http://www.salon.com/2013/05/29/i_was_a_liberal_mole_at_fox_news_from_bill_oreilly_to_roger_ailes_heres_all_the_inside_dope/

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Bill Kristol’s Empire of Death

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“What do Bill Kristol’s enterprises all have in common?  They traffic in murder and mayhem worldwide.  They provide well-paid sinecures to ‘intellectuals’ to argue the case for a permanent revolution to be fought by the US to the benefit of the military industrial complex. They are heavily subsidized by the mega-wealthy who have an international agenda that does not necessarily reflect US interests.  They are oblivious to public opinion in the US and are impervious to market forces. Though purporting to advocate the spread of democracy worldwide, they are disdainful of majority opinion in the US, preferring to adhere to the Straussian view that the non-elites must be lied to continuously.”

http://ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/neocon-watch/2013/may/17/bill-kristols-empire-of-death.aspx

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