Doctors Concerned FluMist Vaccine Could Spread Live H1N1 Virus

Doctors Concerned FluMist Vaccine Could Spread Live H1N1 Virus

With 60 per cent of the U.S. population at risk, is swine flu nasal spray a pandemic waiting to happen?

Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet.com
Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Doctors and hospitals are expressing concern that the FluMist vaccine could endanger people because it contains live H1N1 virus, unlike the injectable shot that contains antibodies. With no less than 60 per cent of the U.S. population immunodeficient in one way or another, could FluMist be a pandemic waiting to happen?

Hospitals in Colorado and elsewhere are shunning the FluMist H1N1 vaccine, a nasal spray that contains live swine flu virus, because of fears it could infect people with weakened immune systems and underlying health conditions.

“Several metro area hospitals said they won’t be taking the FluMist because they don’t want to endanger patients,” reports TheDenverChannel.com.

Lois VanFleet, infection prevention specialist at Exempla Good Samaritan Medical Center in Lafayette, expressed concern that doctors and nurses who inhaled the live virus could infect patients whose immune systems are compromised.

However, H1N1 FluMist is being rolled out nationwide from this week, including at “drive-through clinics” across the country where the nasal spray is administered while people sit in their cars with their window wide open (see top picture).

The live virus contained in the nasal spray is weakened but it can be transmitted from person to person for up to three weeks.

According to studies, “the odds of transmitting the virus after receiving the nasal spray are about 2.5 percent,” with children the most susceptible.

The nasal spray is being rolled out on a mass scale before the widespread introduction of the injectable vaccine. Some fear that the nasal spray will contribute to a wider pandemic, which will then provide governments with the crisis they need to make the injectable vaccine mandatory.

“This would accelerate the move to a state of emergency, cripple the US health care system, and would result in the “need” to have military, eventually UN troops, take control,” notes TheFluCase.com.

“Also, all public assemblies, including courts, would be prohibited, thereby satisfying a condition for the imposition of martial law, mass quarantines, and forced vaccinations for the rest of us.”

According to the Mayo Clinic, the swine flu scandal of 1976, when more people died from the vaccine than the actual virus,  was what caused the live virus to be removed from future vaccines. However, it is admitted that FluMist contains the live virus.

“It has been documented that the live viruses from the vaccine can be shed (and potentially spread into the community) from recipient children for up to 21 days, and even longer from adults. Viral shedding also puts breastfeeding infants at risk if the mother has been given FluMist,” writes Dr. Sherri Tenpenny, one of the most outspoken physicians in the country on the hazards of vaccines and vaccination.

FluMist’s own package insert reads as follows, “FluMist® recipients should avoid close contact with immunocompromised individuals for at least 21 days.”

“The warning is specifically directed toward those living in the same household with an immunocompromised person, but the on-going release of live viruses throughout the community may be a significant risk to everyone who has a weak, or weakened, immune system,” writes Tenpenny, pointing out that if one takes into account a plethora of health conditions that could be classified as contributing to immunodeficiency, as much as 60% of the entire population could be considered to be “chemically immunosuppressed.”

“An ever greater concern about FluMist is the contents within the vaccine. Each 0.5ml of the formula contains 10 6.5-7.5 particles of live, attenuated influenza virus. That means that between 10 million and 100 million viral particles will be forcefully injected into the nostrils when administered. The viral strain was developed by serial passage through “specific pathogen-free primary chick kidney cells” and then grown in “specific pathogen-free eggs.” That means that the culture media was free of pathogens that were specifically tested for, but not a culture that was necessarily “pathogen-free.” The risk that the vaccine may contain contaminant avian retroviruses still remains,” warns Tenpenny.

One of the pharmaceutical companies developing nasal spray vaccines is Baxter International, who were caught earlier this year releasing batches of vaccines from a lab in Austria that were contaminated live bird flu virus, otherwise known as H5N1.

The video below outlines further concerns regarding FluMist and the nasal spray vaccine in general.

Hvorfor jeg ikke er en sosialist

I gårsdagens innlegg om Dag Solstads Aril Asnes, 1970 så vi litt på denne hovedpersonens (og Dag Solstads?) argumentering for kommunismens fortreffelighet. Jeg nøyde meg med å referere til bokens innhold og skrev ikke så mye om mitt eget syn på saken. Det skal jeg gjøre desto mer av her. Jeg kan vel like greit slippe katta ut av sekken med det samme og erklære at jeg ikke er en tilhenger av kommunismen, eller noen annen form for sosialisme for den saks skyld. Her er de viktigste grunnene til at jeg ikke er en sosialist:

Profitt er ikke undertrykkende for arbeidere. Et samfunn som gir frihet til å starte og ta profitt av en næringsvirksomhet med ansatte, er ikke nødvendigvis undertrykkende og nedverdigende for arbeiderne. Hvis alle arbeidgivere hadde behandlet arbeiderne med respekt, rettferdighet og omsorg, hadde sannsynligvis aldri sosialismen oppstått. Etikk i næringslivet er en nødvendig del av et godt samfunn. Arbeidsgiverne må selv ta ansvar for å behandle arbeiderne bra, og de har sin del av skylden hvis arbeiderne går til revolusjon for å oppnå rettferdighet. Men selv om de ikke gjør det, finnes det andre metoder for å oppnå gode og rettferdige forhold for arbeiderne, uten å gå til avskaffelse av kapitalistenes eierskap til produksjonsmidlene og frihet til økonomisk initiativ. Det ser vi gode eksempler på i etterkrigstidens Vest-Europa, hvis velferdsstater har gitt gode kår for arbeiderne, slik som tariffavtaler og trygdeordninger, uten å avskaffe kapitalismen og arbeidsgiveres mulighet for profitt. Dette har vært en generelt politikk i de fleste land i Vest-Europa, enten den har blitt utformet i sosialdemokratisk, kristendemokratisk eller konservativ tapning.

Et samfunn uten mulighet for økonomisk initiativ er et ufritt samfunn. Hvis vi hadde avskaffet borgernes frihet til å starte en bedrift og profitere på de ansattes arbeid, hadde vi samtidig laget et ufritt samfunn, et samfunn så grått, kjedelig og ufritt at det hadde ikke vært mennesker verdig. Mennesket er født med visse umistelige rettigheter, som retten til “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” som det står i den amerikanske grunnloven. Til “the pursuit of happiness” må vi utvilsomt regne det å starte en bedrift med arbeidstakere, og profitere på disses arbeid. Hvis jeg starter en bedrift, og tilbyr arbeid til arbeidstakere, så må jeg kunne stå fritt til å tjene på arbeidstakernes arbeid, så lenge de har friheten til å takke nei til arbeidet. Jeg tilbyr arbeidsplassen, da må også jeg kunne sette vilkårene for arbeidsforholdet. Og hvis det skulle vise seg at en slik liveral politikk fører til uverdige kår for arbeidere, så kan man lage arbeidsmiljølover og tariffavtaler, hvor arbeidernes rettmessige krav kan lovfestes og fremforhandes, uten at vi trenger å avskaffe eiendomsretten og retten til økonomisk initiativ.

Det er en grunn til at amerikanerne under den kalde krigen tok en ekstra shoppingtur til kjøpesenteret, som en politisk handling. Sivile friheter som ytringsfrihet og stemmerett har en nær sammenheng med friheten til å opptre som en økonomisk aktør og starte forretningsvirksomhet. Det handler om det frie, myndige menneske. Det handler om vi skal leve i et fritt samfunn som respekterer enkeltindividet, eller om vi skal leve i et ufritt slaveri som prioriterer utopiske drømmer om kollektivet foran individenes konkrete friheter og rettigheter.

US Government Terrorists Still In Power . Iran -Contra to 911

“There exists a shadowy Government with its own Air Force, its own Navy, its own fundraising mechanism, nd the ability to pursue its own ideas of national interest, free from all checks and balances, and freefrom the law itself.”– Senator Daniel K. Inouye – Iran Contra Hearings

Coverup: Behind the Iran Contra Affair (1988)
Coverup exposes a tale of politics, drugs, hostages, weapons, assassinations, covert operations and the ultimate plan to suspend the US Constitution.

Accusations are levied that a “shadow government” regularly carries out covert activities at home and abroad, and the CIA is implicated in dealing in huge shipments of cocaine and with the profits supplying weapons to the right-wing activities of the Nicaraguan Contras. Also examined are the actions of Oliver North, who willfully ignored the Constitution in masterminding covert weapons deals with Middle-Eastern governments to additionally fund the Nicaraguan Contras. This documentary raised more questions than answers in a post-Watergate political climate where the public had become desensitized to scandal.

Illuminated are the delays by the Reagan-Bush ticket in releasing the American hostages until after the election — after outgoing President Jimmy Carter worked tirelessly to free them.

This is the only film which presents a comprehensive overview of the most important stories suppressed during the Iran Contra hearings.

 http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23621.htm

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3383380805257581215#

PROOF OF FOREKNOWLEDGE AND AIDING AND ABETTING TERRORISM

A September 21 story by the Israeli Herzliyya International Policy Institute for Counter terrorism, entitled “Black Tuesday: The World’s Largest Insider Trading Scam?” documented the following trades connected to the September 11 attacks:

- Between September 6 and 7, the Chicago Board Options Exchange saw purchases of 4,744 put options on United Airlines, but only 396 call options. Assuming that 4,000 of the options were bought by people with advance knowledge of the imminent attacks, these “insiders” would have profited by almost $5 million.

- On September 10, 4,516 put options on American Airlines were bought on the Chicago exchange, compared to only 748 calls. Again, there was no news at that point to justify this imbalance; Again, assuming that 4,000 of these options trades represent “insiders”, they would represent a gain of about $4 million.

- [The levels of put options purchased above were more than six times higher than normal.]

- No similar trading in other airlines occurred on the Chicago exchange in the days immediately preceding Black Tuesday.

- Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co., which occupied 22 floors of the World Trade Center, saw 2,157 of its October $45 put options bought in the three trading days before Black Tuesday; this compares to an average of 27 contracts per day before September 6. Morgan Stanley’s share price fell from $48.90 to $42.50 in the aftermath of the attacks. Assuming that 2,000 of these options contracts were bought based upon knowledge of the approaching attacks, their purchasers could have profited by at least $1.2 million.

- Merrill Lynch & Co., which occupied 22 floors of the World Trade Center, saw 12,215 October $45 put options bought in the four trading days before the attacks; the previous average volume in those shares had been 252 contracts per day [a 1200% increase!]. When trading resumed, Merrill’s shares fell from $46.88 to $41.50; assuming that 11,000 option contracts were bought by “insiders”, their profit would have been about $5.5 million.

- European regulators are examining trades in Germany’s Munich Re, Switzerland’s Swiss Re, and AXA of France, all major reinsurers with exposure to the Black Tuesday disaster. [FTW Note: AXA also owns more than 25% of American Airlines stock making the attacks a "double whammy" for them.]

On September 29, 2001 – in a vital story that has gone unnoticed by the major media – the San Francisco Chronicle reported, “Investors have yet to collect more than $2.5 million in profits they made trading options in the stock of United Airlines before the Sept. 11, terrorist attacks, according to a source familiar with the trades and market data”.

“The uncollected money raises suspicions that the investors – whose identities and nationalities have not been made public – had advance knowledge of the strikes”. They don’t dare show up now. The suspension of trading for four days after the attacks made it impossible to cash-out quickly and claim the prize before investigators started looking.

“October series options for UAL Corp. were purchased in highly unusual volumes three trading days before the terrorist attacks for a total outlay of $2,070; investors bought the option contracts, each representing 100 shares, for 90 cents each. [This represents 230,000 shares]. Those options are now selling at more than $12 each. There are still 2,313 so-called “put” options outstanding [valued at $2.77 million and representing 231,300 shares] according to the Options Clearinghouse Corp”.

“The source familiar with the United trades identified Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown, the American investment banking arm of German giant Deutsche Bank, as the investment bank used to purchase at least some of these options” This was the operation managed by Krongard until as recently as 1998.

As reported in other news stories, Deutsche Bank was also the hub of insider trading activity connected to Munich Re. just before the attacks.

CIA, THE BANKS THE POLITIONS AND THE BROKERS

Understanding the interrelationships between CIA and the banking and brokerage world is critical to grasping the already frightening implications of the above revelations. Let’s look at the history of CIA, Wall Street and the big banks by looking at some of the key players in CIA’s history.

Clark Clifford – The National Security Act of 1947 was written by Clark Clifford, a Democratic Party powerhouse, former Secretary of Defense, and one-time advisor to President Harry Truman. In the 1980s, as Chairman of First American Bancshares, Clifford was instrumental in getting the corrupt CIA drug bank BCCI a license to operate on American shores. His profession: Wall Street lawyer and banker.

John Foster and Allen Dulles – These two brothers “designed” the CIA for Clifford. Both were active in intelligence operations during WW II. Allen Dulles was the U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland where he met frequently with Nazi leaders and looked after U.S. investments in Germany. John Foster went on to become Secretary of State under Dwight Eisenhower and Allen went on to serve as CIA Director under Eisenhower and was later fired by JFK. Their professions: partners in the most powerful – to this day – Wall Street law firm of Sullivan, Cromwell.

Bill Casey – Ronald Reagan’s CIA Director and OSS veteran who served as chief wrangler during the Iran-Contra years was, under President Richard Nixon, Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. His profession: Wall Street lawyer and stockbroker.

David Doherty – The current Vice President of the New York Stock Exchange for enforcement is the retired General Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency.

George Herbert Walker Bush – President from 1989 to January 1993, also served as CIA Director for 13 months from 1976-7. He is now a paid consultant to the Carlyle Group, the 11th largest defense contractor in the nation, which also shares joint investments with the bin Laden family.

A.B. “Buzzy” Krongard – The current Executive Director of the Central Intelligence Agency is the former Chairman of the investment bank A.B. Brown and former Vice Chairman of Banker’s Trust.

John Deutch – This retired CIA Director from the Clinton Administration currently sits on the board at Citigroup, the nation’s second largest bank, which has been repeatedly and overtly involved in the documented laundering of drug money. This includes Citigroup’s 2001 purchase of a Mexican bank known to launder drug money, Banamex.

Nora Slatkin – This retired CIA Executive Director also sits on Citibank’s board.

Maurice “Hank” Greenburg – The CEO of AIG insurance, manager of the third largest capital investment pool in the world, was floated as a possible CIA Director in 1995. FTW exposed Greenberg’s and AIG’s long connection to CIA drug trafficking and covert operations in a two-part series that was interrupted just prior to the attacks of September 11. AIG’s stock has bounced back remarkably well since the attacks. To read that story, please go to http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ciadrugs/part_2.html.

One wonders how much damning evidence is necessary to respond to what is now irrefutable proof that CIA knew about the attacks and did not stop them. Whatever our government is doing, whatever the CIA is doing, it is clearly NOT in the interests of the American people, especially those who died on September 11.

DOV ZAKHEIM ,DONALD RUMSFELD AND JOHN NEGROPONTE THIEVES  ,TRAITORS AND MASS MURDERERS

the Pentagon had
recently been reinforced. Why was the plane aimed at the reinforced section, which still had
few occupants due to the recent renovation? Why did it not hit the relatively weak roof? Would
al Qaeda have wanted to minimize casualties? There were auditors in the damaged section who
were investigating the loss of trillions of military dollars. Most of the auditors were killed,
which has led to considerable speculation regarding motive. Who would wish to kill auditors?15
An office of the Army that had just re-occupied the Pentagon’s recently renovated Wedge One, named Resource Services Washington, lost 34 of its 45 employees. Most were civilian accountants, bookkeepers and budget analysts. 3   Defense Secretary Rumsfeld had announced on the eve of the attack that more than $2 trillion was missing from the Pentagon
http://911research.wtc7.net/sept11/victims/pentagonkilled.html
Missing Trillions
Rumsfeld Buries Admission of Missing 2+ Trillion Dollars in 9/10/01 Press Conference
On September 10, 2001, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld held a press conference to disclose that over $2,000,000,000,000 in Pentagon funds could not be accounted for. Rumsfeld stated: “According to some estimates we cannot track $2.3 trillion in transactions.” According to a report by the Inspector General, the Pentagon cannot account for 25 percent of what it spends.

The Comptroller of the Pentagon at the time of the attack was Dov Zakheim, who was appointed in May of 2001. Before becoming the Pentagon’s money-manager, he was an executive at System Planning Corporation, a defense contractor specializing in electronic warfare technologies including remote-controlled aircraft systems. 3   4   Zakheim is a member of the Project for a New American Century and participated in the creation of its 2000 position paper Rebuilding America’s Defenses which called for “a New Pearl Harbor.”

THE HONDURAS CONNECTION

John “Death Squads” Negroponte who never did a minute of time for his involvement in Iran Contra money laundering, drug running and war crimes:

From 1981 to 1985, Negroponte was the U.S. ambassador to Honduras. During this time, military aid to Honduras grew from $4 million to $77.4 million a year, and the US began to maintain a significant military presence there, with the goal of providing a bulwark against the revolutionary Sandinista government of Nicaragua, a Leftist party which had driven out the Somoza dictatorship but subsequently maintained a pluralist society and won overwhelming majorities in free and fair elections by international observers.

The previous U.S. ambassador to Honduras, Jack Binns (who was appointed by President Jimmy Carter) made numerous complaints about human rights abuses by the Honduran military under the government of Policarpo Paz García. Following the inauguration of Ronald Reagan, Binns was replaced by Negroponte, who has denied having knowledge of any wrongdoing by Honduran military forces.

In 1995, The Baltimore Sun published an extensive investigation of U.S. activities in Honduras. Speaking of Negroponte and other senior U.S. officials, an ex-Honduran congressman, Efraín Díaz, was quoted as saying:

Their attitude was one of tolerance and silence. They needed Honduras to loan its territory more than they were concerned about innocent people being killed.

Substantial evidence subsequently emerged to support the contention that Negroponte was aware that serious violations of human rights were carried out by the Honduran government, but despite this did not recommend ending U.S. military aid to the country. Senator Christopher Dodd of Connecticut, on September 14, 2001, as reported in the Congressional Record, aired his suspicions on the occasion of Negroponte’s nomination to the position of UN ambassador:

Based upon the Committee’s review of State Department and CIA documents, it would seem that Ambassador Negroponte knew far more about government perpetrated human rights abuses than he chose to share with the committee in 1989 or in Embassy contributions at the time to annual State Department Human Rights reports.<4>

Among other evidence, Dodd cited a cable sent by Negroponte, in 1985, that made it clear that Negroponte was aware of the threat of “future human rights abuses” by “secret operating cells” left over by General Gustavo Álvarez Martinez, the chief of the Honduran armed forces, after he was forcibly removed from his post by fellow military commanders in 1984.

 A TRUE AMERICAN PATRIOT GENERAL SMEDLEY BUTLER AND AMERICAN TRAITOR H.W.BUSH

Marine Corps Commandant Smedley Butler

I spent 33 years (in the Marines)…most of my time being a high-class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street and the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism…

I helped purify Nicaragua for the international banking house of Brown Brothers in 1909-1912. I helped make Mexico and especially Tampico safe for American oil interests in 1914. I brought light to the Dominican Republic for the American sugar interests in 1916. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City (Bank) boys to collect revenues in. I helped in the rape of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefit of Wall Street…

In China in 1927 I helped see to it that Standard Oil went on its way unmolested. I had a swell racket. I was rewarded with honors, medals, promotions. I might have given Al Capone a few hints. The best he could do was operate in three city districts. The Marines operated on three continents

THIS WAS THE MAN THAT FOILED AN ATTEMPTED NAZI FASCIST COUP IN AMERICA 1933

The same Bush family that was involved with the attempted Facsist take over of America in 1933. Coincidently at the same time as the 1933 take over of Germany ,the burning of the Reichstag and the following Enabling Act (the German 911 and Patriot Act).
The Reichstag fire was an arson attack on the Reichstag building in Berlin on 27 February 1933. The event is seen as pivotal in the establishment of Nazi Germany.
“As the evidence piled up, there was little doubt that the Nazis themselves had set the fire…
The burning of the Reichstag six days before the election, depicted by the Nazis as the beginning of a communist revolution, resulted in the Reichstag Fire Decree, which (among other things) suspended civil liberties and habeas corpus rights.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enabling_Act_of_1933
Any of this sound familiar?
IF THE BUSH’s ARE NOT NAZI’s OR FASCIST’s EXPLAIN THIS…….FASCIST COUP OF AMERICA ALSO 1933?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Reserve_Act_of_1913
20 years of unregulated Fractional Reserve banking practices ,.. basically creating money out of thin air by creating debt, which they call money, and charging for services and interest. Artificially raising prices as more people can bid for the items.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractional_Reserve_Banking
Basically deregulating the financial services which led too`the Federal Reserve System’s expansionary monetary policy in the 1920s, arguing that the policy allowed misallocations of capital resources and supported a massive stock price bubble`
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Reserve_System#Criticisms
20 years later in 1933 the stock market had crashed ,the Great Depression was in full swing and America was BANKRUPT!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
The Business Plot (also the Plot Against FDR and the White House Putsch) was an alleged political conspiracy in 1933 wherein wealthy businessmen and corporations plotted a coup d’état to overthrow United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Backed by Wall Street financiers including J.P. Morgan & Co., the Du Pont interests, Remington Arms ,”A BBC documentary claims Prescott Bush, father and grandfather to the 41st and 43rd US Presidents respectively, was also connected.”
The Congressional committee report confirmed Butler’s testimony (emphasis added):
In the last few weeks of the committee’s official life it received evidence showing that certain persons had made an attempt to establish a fascist government in this country…There is no question that these attempts were discussed, were planned, and might have been placed in execution when and if the financial backers deemed it expedient.
Why do we know SO LITTLE about this???
In 1934, newspapers were controlled by an élite — according to then-Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes, 82 per cent of daily newspapers monopolised their communities; the media down-played Gen. Butler’s testimony to protect the interests of advertisers and their owners.
MEDIA CONTROL TODAY is even WORSE
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_Plot
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/document/document·shtml
When you consider Prescott Bush
In 1924, Bush became vice-president of A. Harriman & Co. His father-in-law, George Herbert Walker also worked with the company, as did E. Roland Harriman and Knight Woolley, Bush’s Yale classmates and fellow Bonesmen
IN 1940’s
Bush,as well as Harriman, was a member of the Board of Directors of Union Banking Corp, whose assets were seized under the Trading with the Enemy Act due to ownership by “enemy nationals”.i.e. NAZI’s
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prescott_Bush#Business_career

More on the Fascist Coup attempt in the US 

http://cuthulan.wordpress.com/2009/09/22/the-fedbank-bailouts-and-fascist-coups-the-great-depressionnaziscommies-and-the-bush-family/

For more on Government terrorists and terrorism

http://cuthulan.wordpress.com/2009/09/02/governments-traitors-terrorists-and-drug-dealers/

http://cuthulan.wordpress.com/2009/09/04/governement-terrorism/

For more on the War on Terror 

http://cuthulan.wordpress.com/2009/09/10/are-us-wars-in-iraq-and-afghanistan-well-intended-mistakes-what-we-now-know-from-the-evidence/

For more on the REAL REASONS for War with Iran

http://cuthulan.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/iranian-oil-bourse-the-real-reason-for-war-with-iran/

For more on Government Media control

http://cuthulan.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/orwell-rolls-in-his-grave/

A short history of Global Domination and the New World Order

http://cuthulan.wordpress.com/2009/09/02/a-short-history-of-global-domination-or-rockefella-rothschild-and-the-capitalist-communist-nwo-con/

TIME TO WAKE UP SHEEPLE

Governments by thier very nature are against freedom and liberty and security!

WHY? SIMPLE

A population that is free and secure does not need a government! and Freedom takes guts and being able to face the REAL dangers that roam this world both foriegn AND DOMESTIC. Governement endlessly scare us with paper tigers and imaginery hobgoblins. The real tigers and hobgoblins stealing your children and wealth ARE THE GOVERNMENT!!!

Menschen des Alltags

Es gibt oft nichts Interessanteres als Menschen zu sehen, die alltäglichen Beschäftigungen nachgehen. Einkaufen ist eine solche Beschäftigung.

Das Vorurteil der dicken und total individuellen (euphemistisch für durchgeknallt) Amerikaner gibt genug Grund zu glauben, dass es in den USA noch interessanter sein kann.

Deshalb gibt es auch peopleofwalmart.com

Eine Seite der Skurilitäten und teilweise Abscheulichkeiten des Alltags.

Dollar Gains On Euro As All Eyes Turn To Jobs Report

The dollar strengthened versus the euro on Thursday as traders sifted through a pile of mixed economic data while awaiting tomorrow’s pivotal monthly jobs report.

Optimism about a robust economic recovery generated in the wake of encouraging news on the housing and banking sectors could wane quickly without evidence that the employment situation is getting better.

The dollar extended this week’s gains against the euro Thursday, rising to a 2-week high of 1.4517 before leveling off.

With the advance, the dollar moved further from a yearly low of 1.4843 set earlier this month.

 

Mots clés Technorati : American Economy,Currencies,USD,fvtaiwan

Come trovare il cellulare perso!

Ci sono applicazioni web che al primo impatto possono sembrare inutili, ma che invece potrebbero servire nel momento giusto. Immaginate, per esempio, di dimenticare dove avete lasciato il vostro cellulare.

Se avete un secondo cellulare, o un telefono casalingo, la prima cosa che potreste fare è provare a chiamarvi per sentire la suoneria. Ma cosa succede se invece non avete altri telefoni nelle vostre vicinanze? Potreste collegarvi, per esempio, al sitowheresmycellphone.com.

Il sito offre un servizio davvero interessante: digitando il vostro numero telefonico potete chiedere di ricevere uno squillo. Non dimenticate di digitale anche il codice area relativo al vostro paese (che nel caso dell’Italia è 039), e aspettare qualche secondo, dopodichè il telefono dovrebbe iniziare a squillare. Ricordate inoltre che, per effettuare un secondo squillo, dovete aspettare 30 secondi.

EDIT: peccato che il servizio sia disponibile solo per USA e Canada. Grazie alla segnalazioni dei lettori.

So Many Houstons in the World

When people find out I work for a travel company, they sometimes start the “where do you want to go next” conversation. My stock reply is that there’s nowhere on earth that I don’t want to go (although obviously there are some places I’d prefer to avoid so long as they’re dangerous or what have you), and for the most part that’s true. But yes, there are places I’d like to go more than others. There are places I could probably go without seeing my whole life. And there are still more I’ll miss out on seeing just because there’s never enough time.

In all honesty, although Houston doesn’t fall into the first of those categories, I’m not sure whether it ought to go into the 2nd or the 3rd one.

As far as Texas goes, the only city I’ve ever been interested in visiting is Austin, with its pro-weirdness agenda and emphasis on local music. A friend of mine recently moved to Dallas, so I’ve started thinking about paying her a visit. But Houston? It’s never occurred to me as a vacation spot.

To be fair to Houston, I really don’t know much about it – and there are plenty of places around the world about which I know very little and which I’m sure I’d end up loving if I visited. So Houston could be one of those places. But I’m not terribly motivated to go looking for cheap flights to Houston without some kind of “reason” to go in the first place. As yet, the existence of discount air tickets isn’t reason enough to plan a trip, it seems.

With a big international airport right in Houston, it’s definitely a city that’s easy to get to. With the number of big companies that are located in the area, it’s also a city with lots of choice in the accommodation and dining departments. But again, so far I’m still at a point in my life when I need a reason to do things like start browsing through hotels in Houston, rather than just planning a trip to a city because I haven’t been there before and seeing what I can find when I get there.

And it’s not just Houston that I could say these things about, either. There are lots of Houstons in the world – and many of them I’ll probably never see or even hear of. Since that kind of list, a list of the places I’ll never see, could be depressing, I think I’ll try to focus instead on the places I will see.

And hey, if you’ve got a reason I should look into a trip to Houston, I’m all ears.