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dixiegrrrrl's JournalFDA now says trans fats are unhealthy!
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday took a first step toward potentially eliminating most trans fat from the food supply, saying it has made a preliminary determination that a major source of trans fats -- partially hydrogenated oils -- is no longer "generally recognized as safe."
If the preliminary determination is finalized, according to the FDA, then partially hydrogenated oils will become food additives that could not be used in food without approval. Foods with unapproved additives cannot legally be sold.
Trans fat can be found in processed foods including desserts, microwave popcorn products, frozen pizza, margarine and coffee creamer, and has been linked to an increased risk of heart disease.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/07/health/fda-trans-fats/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
damn well about time............
2nd NM man reports forced anal exams by local police
Yesteday a DU post about a man subjected to horrendous forced and illegal medical treatment because local cops insisted he had drugs in his anus.
http://upload.democraticunderground.com/10023981384
The same local news station that reported theyhave now heard from a 2nd male victim:
Police reports state deputies stopped Timothy Young because he turned without putting his blinker on.
Again, Leo the K-9 alerts on Young's seat.
Young is taken to the Gila Regional Medical Center in Silver City, and just like Eckert, he's subjected to medical procedures including x-rays of his stomach and an anal exam.
Again, police found nothing, and again the procedures were done without consent, and in a county not covered by the search warrant.
We've learned more about that drug dog, Leo, that seems to get it wrong pretty often.
He might be getting it wrong because he's not even certified in New Mexico.
http://www.kob.com/article/stories/S3210356.shtml#.UnpoOVO33rN
You want chills down your spine?
the good kind, I mean....I was just blown away by this: The girl is just 9!
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Edward Snowden to start work at Russian website
Former NSA contractor who was granted temporary asylum in June finds job providing support for unnamed site
Edward starts work in November," lawyer Anatoly Kucherena said on Thursday, according to state-run news agency RIA. "He will provide support for a large Russian site," he said, adding that he would not name the site "for security reasons".
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/31/edward-snowden-work-russian-website-nsa-contractor
Bet Putin is enjoying this....
Time to picket those racist stores.
Rob Brown, star of ‘Treme,’ says he was arrested at Macy’s after buying mom watchThe actor has filed a lawsuit against the retailer, alleging he was ‘paraded’ through the Herald Square location in handcuffs and placed in a holding cell after making a purchase — for no reason other than an employee there was skeptical his credit card was really his. Brown has starred in blockbusters like 'Finding Forrester,' 'Coach Carter,' and had a role in 'The Dark Knight Rises'.
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/black-man-sues-macy-cuffed-making-legit-purchase-article-1.1496735
( Mr. Brown is not exactly the "star" of Treme. but does have a continuing role)
Another black Barneys shopper accused of credit card fraud after buying $2,500 purse:
Kayla Phillips, 21, says she was swarmed by four plainclothes cops after using her debit card to buy a $2,500 orange suede Céline bag. Her experience is eerily similar to that of Trayon Christian, 19, who filed a discrimination suit this week accusing Barneys and the NYPD of racial profiling.
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/black-barneys-shopper-accused-buying-2g-purse-article-1.1494855
19-year-old Trayon Christian, filed a discrimination suit this week accusing Barneys and the NYPD of racially profiling him. Christian, who is black, alleged he was followed into the street by undercover cops and accused of fraud after he used his debit card to buy a $349 Ferragamo belt at Barneys on April 29.
(mentioned in same link as above)
This is jaw dropping: ...US Army investing in smarter ‘spy rocks’
The goal of the defense contractor’s much lauded “field and forget” technology is to offer vast coverage at little operation cost, as well as the ability for units to remain in sleep mode and without maintenance for years on end. It relies on the sun for power, Wired reported from the meeting.
The official name given to the technology is SPAN – or Self-Powered Ad-hoc Network – a “covert, perpetually self-powered wireless sensor network” that offers its users “unobtrusive, continuous surveillance” at sizes so small it could fit into a rock.
When remotely triggered, the self-organizing sensors can do anything from starting up a camera to ordering a computer to alert human personnel when a civil structure is in danger or simply disrepair.
check out this bit:
While troops were patrolling the classified site’s perimeter, they found a monitoring device in a rock.
When they had approached it, the device exploded; it was presumably rigged to self-destruct on approach.
Pics and more at link...very interesting reading.
http://rt.com/usa/spy-rocks-lockheed-usa-771/
"I think the best way to look at it is as a pre-crime assessment every time you fly,”
Identity Project consultant Edward Hasbrouck told the Times. “The default will be the highest, most intrusive level of search, and anything less will be conditioned on providing some additional information in some fashion.”
story:
TSA accessing government and private databases to pre-screen everyone
It shouldn’t come as a surprise to many, but Times reporter Susan Stellin revealed this week that the TSA has access to a trove of huge databases — both federally and privately run — which it uses to keep track of information about almost anyone traveling through American airspace.
http://rt.com/usa/tsa-databases-passenger-info-555/
New York Times version:
Security Check Now Starts Long Before You Fly
The Transportation Security Administration is expanding its screening of passengers before they arrive at the airport by searching a wide array of government and private databases that can include records like car registrations and employment information.
While the agency says that the goal is to streamline the security procedures for millions of passengers who pose no risk, the new measures give the government greater authority to use travelers’ data for domestic airport screenings. Previously that level of scrutiny applied only to individuals entering the United States.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/22/business/security-check-now-starts-long-before-you-fly.html?_r=0
Experian Sold Consumer Data to ID Theft Service
http://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/10/experian-sold-consumer-data-to-id-theft-service/
The link provides information of a series of shell companies which sold the information,
and one of those companies was later BOUGHT by Experian.
Wonder if the same is going on with the other 2 credit reporting agencies????
Global protests today against global fracking.
It ain't just US that is fracking.
Protests ongoing over the world.
Latest updates can be found here:
http://rt.com/news/global-fracking-protest-updates-405/
and on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/search?q=%23globalfrackdown&src=hash
"The Americans used knives to dig the bullets out of the bodies"
I am watching Jeremny Schahill's Dirty Wars,
as he interviews Afghans.
Our military is doing the same thing there as they did in Iraq, and in Vietnam...killing civilians.
He is documenting it.
Dirty Wars is now on DVD.
Highly recommended, but a tough watch.
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