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Newslog

9 - 15 November 2008

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Commentary: A quiet post-election week - The two main themes in the news this week are the continuing economic death-spiral and the selection of the Obama cabinet. In an interesting confluence of events, Obama resigned his Senate seat rather than engage in that venue to force action on the economy. He could have participated in the lame-duck session, and any special sessions called before his inauguration. My guess is that he doesn't want to be seen voting for any bail-out for the auto companies and their unions, which were instrumental in his successful campaign, or to be part of a failed effort on the economy - since all efforts are doomed to fail. Gravity must be served, the fall must be complete. Most economic bubbles have fallen about 90% before recovering - going all the way back to Tulipomania in the mid-1500's... We're at most, halfway there. Then after the collapse will come the slow recovery.

Obama continues to be very circumspect regarding his involvements. In much the same way that he distanced himself from questionable folk well in advance of his official campaign; but in a very real way, he's been on-track for a leadership position for a number of years. My guess is that after all of the embarrassing baggage Bill Clinton dragged the Party through, they were very careful this time around. The other surprising thing is that despite previous indications both from the Obama camp and from President Bush - Obama didn't attend the G-20 meeting. Also interesting, is that the meeting produced no immediate plan to deal with the crisis. Without the incoming President in attendance, there could be no real progress. All of those delegations came all of that way, just to be stiffed by the star. He's not going to get any of this on his clean, white shirt before he takes the helm. I think it would have been a good thing if he could have figured out a way to have worked with the outgoing administration. These developments echo concerns I had about his personality-type from the beginning. Not that John McCain would have been a better choice - we were caught between the devil and the deep blue sea.

There's a lot of talk on the internet about some "test" of the new administration shortly after they take office... Joe Biden referred to it at some length, as did Colin Powell and others... Check it out... It's an interesting idea, that these guys are purportedly hinting at something, in much the same way that some public statements seemed prescient in retrospect, after 9-11. Who knows, but it will be a knuckle-biting time when he takes the oath. So many things can go wrong. He has gotten all of the global players hungry for a change in the algebra between us and them. Because the theme of the campaign was overturning the foreign policy order, everyone will be maneuvering to improve their position. That will make for a dangerous time, and as many have noted, the last two administrations suffered a large-scale terrorist attack on the US in their first year in office. It looks like we should be ready...

Paranormal Topic of the Week

I'm just back from a trip to Point Pleasant, West Virginia... where I commemorated the 42^nd anniversary of the first sightings of the Mothman in the TNT area. The North Power Plant, where Linda Scarberry first saw those hypnotic red eyes, has been gone for years, and the place where it stood is now just inside the locked gates of the Mason County Fairgrounds. Certainly not an impenetrable barrier, but one observed on most nights as convention by this explorer...

The first time I held this vigil, 2 years ago, I sat alone in my darkened car in the miserable, cold rain. The others who had intended to meet for the occasion had cancelled, and I was the lone witness for the 40^th anniversary. Surely, something would present itself on this occasion... But no, the unbroken rain continued, making the event seem more disconnected and insular than I had anticipated. I ran video, and snapped pictures, but nothing of interest was recorded. I was left with the clarity that only realizing we are not in charge can give. The phenomenon goes where it will, it shows up on its own schedule, appears to whom it will. For its own purpose.

This time, in an odd echo, it was again raining - but not so intensely, or continually. We stood on the road outside the gate as the wind whipped our ponchos around us - not as cold as last time, but a little more welcoming. There were four of us this time, and we hopefully scanned the darkness in between questions for the Frick's box - which is similar to a "Franks's Box" but, made instead by my friends, the Fricks. John will listen to the tapes and see if anything of interest turned up.

My impression is that any communication from the superspectrum over these new-fangled devices will prove to be just like the rest of the phenomenon's interaction with us... It will be manipulative and unreliable. The one thing that those devices do bring to the table is that no particular talent or skill is required. Anyone can find the plans online, and with a few dollars they can purchase the recommended radio and do the minimal alteration necessary to make one - and viola! State-of-the-art communication with the dead/undead/alien/ultraterrestrial/demonic.

So, what we'll have is more and more people opening themselves up to the mischief of the ultraterrestrials. As a result, the number of demonized-self-afflicted persons available to do the bidding of those who may well be the enemies of the human race, rather than it's benevolent saviours - will increase. More voices shouting into the blogosphere, obscuring the sparse truth that persists in that rocky ground.

As always, it was fun to partake of an adventure in Point Pleasant, looking for the Mothman and other entities - climbing hills at night, in the freezing rain, by flashlight - is a nice counterpoint to the humdrum work-a-day world of our usual lives.

Courage,

MCB

News

Sunday – 9 November 2008

Chicago, Illinois – Nation of Islam leader, Louis Farrakhan broke his silence on Barack Obama Sunday, saying that he saw a oneness of spirit among the multitudes who rallied to celebrate the victory, which Farrakhan believes was directed by God.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/1270217,CST-NWS-farr10.article

Sea of Japan – A Russian nuclear-powered submarine suffers a mishap – 20 aboard die, another 21 are injured. The accident has been attributed to the unsanctioned activation of a fire-suppression system, which robbed the air of oxygen. There were 208 people aboard the Nerpa / Akula-class attack submarine when the accident occurred. Normally this vessel carries 73, but additional personnel and civilians were aboard for sea-trials. The vessel will be leased to India, once ready for service.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7719441.stm

Tenggulun, Indonesia – 3 Islamic terrorists (48, 47, 38) were executed by firing squad today for the 12 October 2002 Bali bombings, which killed 202 people. Security remains tight after the executions. Many extremists are calling for revenge for the executions as emotional supporters carried their caskets through the streets. Delays in the execution allowed the militants to rally supporters among the populace.

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ap/20081110/tap-as-indonesia-bali-bombers-5th-ld-wri-64ed358_1.html

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jarSVzHp6A3bt3xlvhsZ0Bmv8EIwD94C2T1G2

Monday – 10 November 2008

Washington, DC – More than a million people could attend Obama’s inauguration on 20 January. The current record attendance is the 1.2 million who attended LBJ’s inaugural in 1965.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/10/MND914137N.DTL

Washington, DC / Presidential Transition – Obama transition team co-chair, John Podesta, said that once sworn in, Obama will rescind a wide variety of presidential directives and orders, to reverse policy stands of the previous administration – such as the ban of research on embryonic stem cell research, and abortion limitations. According to Podesta, “Mr. Obama is a transformational figure.” Obama’s new Chief of Staff, Emanuel, said that the promised tax increase for those families making more than $250,000 will take place. In an apparent discontinuity with his stated goal to limit the access of “big-money,” 6 of the 15 persons named to the transition team were top fundraisers. President Bush will host the new 1^st family at the White House today. House speaker Pelosi and Senate majority leader Reid are lobbying for a bailout of failing auto industry giants GM, Chrysler, and Ford with a new “stimulus package.”

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/politics/bulletin/bulletin_081110.htm

US / Economy – US markets – Circuit City, the #2 US electronics retailer has filed for bankruptcy protection. China has announced a $586 billion stimulus package – mainly for internal employment programs. Stock markets soared in response to the plan. The Markets: The DJIA closed at 8870.54, down 73.27 points (-0.82%).

The NASDAQ closed at 1616.74, down 30.66 (-1.86%), and the S&P500 closed at 919.21, down 11.78 (-1.27%).

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081110/ap_on_re_as/as_china_stimulus_package_21

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081110/bs_nm/us_circuitcity_9

Tuesday – 11 November 2008

Memorial Day / Armistice Day / Remembrance Day – Federal Holiday - A resonant 11:11 event. The signing of the Armistice "on the 11th hour of the 11th day" of November 1918 originally marked the end of the First World War. After World War II it became Memorial Day - to honor all of the war dead.

US / Economy – US markets – The Markets: The DJIA closed at 8593.92, down 276.62 points (-3.12%). The NASDAQ closed at 1566.89, down 49.85 (-3.09%), and the S&P500 closed at 887.87, down 31.34 (-3.41%)

Wednesday – 12 November 2008

Minnesota / Senate Election – Irregularities in the run-up to the recount favor trailing Democratic Party candidate Al Franken. On election night Norm Coleman led by 725 votes. As of yesterday his lead had shrunk to 206 – based on odd errors, all of which were under Democratic Party jurisdiction and which factored in Franken’s favor – including 32 absentee ballots “forgotten” in an election official’s car.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122644940271419147.html?mod=special_page_campaign2008_mostpop

Sun, Louisiana – Eight people (6 men, 2 women) were arrested Tuesday at a remote campground in connection with a killing during a KKK initiation. An unidentified Oklahoma woman, who tried to leave during the campout was shot Sunday. The group leader, Chuck Foster (44) has been charged with 2^nd degree murder.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/11/11/klan.slaying/

Pleasant Grove City, Utah – A religious group is asking the US Supreme Court to intervene to force Salt Lake City’s Pioneer Park to allow them to erect a monument to the “Seven Aphorisms of Summum” because they have allowed a monument to the 10 Commandments in that same park. The group says that the 7 Aphorisms were given to Moses on Mount Sinai at the same time as the 10 Commandments, but that Moses broke the tablet because he felt that the people weren’t ready. Summum is a religious group founded in 1975 by Claude “Corky” Rex Nowell AKA Summum Bonum Amon Ra – who died last January (63). He is currently undergoing a 6-month embalming process in the group’s Salt Lake City Pyramid.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h3XjRUYcKy1ccSacyBD2GJLVV3qwD94D96IO0

http://www.sltrib.com/outdoors/ci_8811552

Baltimore, Maryland – Roman Catholic Bishops have decided to confront President-elect Obama and liberal pro-abortion Democrats on abortion, in what is sure to be a contentious issue during this administration.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/religion/chi-081111bishops,0,615284.story

US / Economy – US markets – The Markets: The DJIA closed at 8282.66, down 411.30 points (-4.73%). The NASDAQ closed at 1499.21, down 81.69 (-5.17%), and the S&P500 closed at 852.30, down 46.65 (-5.19%).

Thursday – 13 November 2008

Sun, Louisiana – Police have released the name of the woman killed during the KKK initiation gone awry over last weekend as Cynthia Lynch (43) – she had been recruited over the internet and traveled from Oklahoma. The leader, Chuck Foster (44), was arrested and documents detailing the group’s activities have been recovered by police.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/11/12/klan.slaying/

Richmond, British Columbia, Canada – A 6^th severed human foot has been found along the bank of the Fraser River [@1130 local time , Tuesday]. The feet, all in running shoes began washing up in August 2007. In addition a hoaxed foot found in June turned out to be an animal paw. The latest find is clad in a left New Balance running shoe. A woman’s foot in a right New Balance shoe was found in May.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/11/12/canada.feet.mystery/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7726165.stm

Port-Au-Prince, Haiti – A second Haitian school collapsed Wednesday, injuring 9 people. Grace Divine School collapsed less than a week after a school collapse claimed 89 lives.

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/11/12/Second_Haitian_school_collapses/UPI-94761226551318/

East Lansing, Michigan – A Michigan State University researcher is studying whether the popular statin cholesterol-lowering drugs can cause atrophy of skeletal muscle tissue, fatigue and weakness. About 50% of all Americans over the age of 50 are prescribed a statin medication [Lipitor, Crestor, Torvast, etc.] The use has tripled in the past 7 years. 7% of users have reported muscle problems.

http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2008/11/12/Statins_studied_for_muscle_problems/UPI-32921226545492/#comments

Portland, Oregon – Mitch Mitchell (61), the last surviving member of Jimi Hendrix’s band was found dead in his room at the Benson Hotel early Wednesday. He was said to have died of “natural causes.” He had just completed a nostalgia tour with the “Experience Hendrix Tour.”

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081112/ap_en_ot/obit_mitch_mitchell#full

New York City, New York – Thousands of pro-homosexual rights marchers march on the Mormon temple to protest the church’s support of California’s Proposition 8, which amended the California constitution to ban homosexual marriages. Californian voters, while voting to elect Democrat candidates broke with those candidates to approve the measure. Most Republican candidates in California also opposed the amendment. Pro-homosexual organizers have undertaken a huge program of protests and boycotts nationwide to try to coerce what they could not achieve through the election.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hZmLBrL36NObNyMR0ghXN7vB5hYwD94E08S80

Westwood, Los Angeles, California – The Mormon temple was closed after an envelope was received in the mail. The LAPD Hazmat team was dispatched to the scene at @1530, local time. The FBI is investigating, and has released no information on possible suspects. A similar envelope was received at the church’s headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-mormon14-2008nov14,0,7206616.story

US / Economy – US markets – Unemployment numbers (jobless claims) hit their highest since just after 11 September 2001 [516,000], as the trade deficit shrank more than expected as demand for imports shrank [$56.5 billion for September (-4.4%)] mainly accounted for in the drop in oil prices. The home foreclosure rate is up 25% over this time last year. The Markets: After being down all morning, a noontime rally raised all 3 indices remarkably. The DJIA closed at 8835.25, up 552.59 points (+6.67%). The NASDAQ closed at 1596.70, up 97.49 (+6.50%), and the S&P500 closed at 911.29, up 58.99 (+6.92%).

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081113/ap_on_bi_go_ec_fi/financial_meltdown

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081113/ap_on_bi_ge/foreclosure_rates_3

Friday – 14 November 2008

Salt Lake City, Utah – The Mormon Church blames pro-homosexual opponents with mailing the white powder-laden envelopes to its Utah headquarters and to its Los Angeles temple. Both packages tested non-toxic, according to the FBI. Those locations were the scene of recent protests by groups angry about the passage of California’s Proposition 8, which banned homosexual marriage.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6600ap_ut_temple_square_powder.html

Chicago, Illinois – William Ayers, who denied any close association with Barack Obama during the Campaign has reissued a book he published in 2001, “Fugitive Days.” In a new Afterword he characterizes himself as a “family friend” and someone who knew Obama “like thousands of others in Chicago.” In an interestingly-worded press statement the Obama campaign last month said that “Ayers and Obama hadn’t spoken by phone or exchanged email messages” since Obama’s election to the Senate in January 2005. Ayers also said that contrary to his press portrayal he “never said {he} ‘set bombs’.”

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-ayers14-2008nov14,0,5518973.story

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/nation/6113110.html

US / Obama Administration – A 63-question form to be filled out by prospective applicants for jobs within the administration included questions about whether the respondent or anyone in their family has ever owned a gun.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,452524,00.html

Santa Barbara, California – A wildfire continues to burn, destroying more than 150 homes in the wealthy community of Montecito. Oprah owns a 42-acre estate there. The fire started at @1800 local time Thursday.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,451885,00.html

US / Economy – US markets – The G-20 meeting begins in Washington, DC. Global stocks and the oil price fall. The Markets: The DJIA closed at 8497.31, down 337.94 points (-3.82 %). The NASDAQ closed at 1516.85, down 79.85 (-5.00%), and the S&P500 closed at 873.29, down 38.00 (-4.17%).

Saturday – 15 November 2008

Santa Clara, California – Three persons were shot and killed in a workplace just before @1600 local time Friday afternoon. Jing Hua Wu (47), a recently laid off worker killed the CEO and vice president for operations and another employee of the semiconductor company SiPort. Wu remains at large.

http://www.mercurynews.com/crime/ci_10990376?nclick_check=1

Enugu, Nigeria – Police have freed 20 teenage girls from a “baby-mill” related to human trafficking. The girls would be enticed with offers of free abortions, and were held captive until they gave birth. They would be paid a token sum @$170, and then the babies were sold for between $2500and $3800 each. The arrest of a woman smuggling a day-old infant led to the discovery of the enterprise. Statistics are difficult to come by, but such operations are thought to be widespread and run by criminal syndicates.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,452613,00.html

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