With all the frightening news over bee losses throughout the world, it appears that one tiny minor piece of information was overlooked: the losses are occurring in colonies besieged with chemicals and artificial additives. Organic bees are fairing quite nicely, thank you. From the article,

"'I'm on an organic beekeeping list of about 1,000 people, mostly Americans, and no one in the organic beekeeping world, including commercial beekeepers, is reporting colony collapse on this list,' said Sharon Labchuck. 'The problem with the big commercial guys is that they put pesticides in their hives to fumigate for varroa mites, and they feed antibiotics to the bees. They also haul the hives by truck all over the place to make more money with pollination services, which stresses the colonies.'"

In our efforts to make larger bees that are resistant to more predators or diseases — have we crossed the line in how far we could go? As the article states, "Who should be surprised that the major media reports forget to tell us that the dying bees are actually hyper-bred varieties that we coax into a larger than normal body size? It sounds just like the beef industry. And, have we here a solution to the vanishing bee problem? Is it one that the CCD Working Group, or indeed, the scientific world at large, will support? Will media coverage affect government action in dealing with this issue?"

More at http://www.groovygreen.com/groove/?p=1388

GONE MISSING: $250 BILLION in Venezuelan gold -- The_Vet (), 01:15:54 11/16/08 Sun
However they seem to have confused grams and kilos, and "millions" seems to get reported as "billions" in Venezuela so just what's really missing is anyone's guess

2008-11-16 05:52:40 - Venezuelan CICPC police detectives investigating the theft of gold from the former Crystallex-owned Revemin facility in El Callao have modified an earlier CICPC statement claiming 4,000 kilos stolen to 4,000 grams (128.6 troy ounces) valued at some US$96,361 on world markets.


VHeadline Venezuela News reports:

The theft was discovered last Sunday, according to authorities who say they believe the robbery of gold from Revemin has been going on for years and could run to losses to the Venezuelan patrimony of between $100 and $250 billion all told.

Basic Industries & Mining (Mibam) inspectors have visited the plant -- which was recently returned to State ownership under a deal with the Venezuelan Guayana Corporation (CVG) gold mining subsidiary CVG-Minerven.

Police sources say even more gold can have been smuggled out of Revemin mixed in 20 kilo bags of cement to avoid detection.

Details are only now being made known because Mibam Minister Rodolfo Sanz has imposed a blanket ban on all statements to the media, other than those he makes himself, but it is understood that the "smuggling operation" is nothing new and had taken place at Revemin also behind the backs of Crystallex management.

Estimates of the total value of gold lost to Venezuelan patrimony at Revemin are imprecise but, over the last few years, could run to between $100 billion and $250 billion, possibly more.

Local media sources say that the smugglers operated under the cover of labor union problems at the facility and that organized crime 'mafias' were also involved in sabotage operations against Crystallex and other mining companies in the south of Bolivar State in a crudely run protection racket.

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November 14, 2008...1:48 pm
Video: 911 RIPPLE EFFECT
Lies, Propaganda and A Call For Justice - An absolute must see!- Alex James

Examine the evidence with us & Written by William Lewis & Dave vonKleist
Co-Produced & Hosted by Dave vonKleist
Produced, Directed & Edited by William Lewis



What were you told happened on 9/11?
Do you remember what you saw on September 11, 2001? Are you sure? We may know some of the stories, but what did we REALLY see? Examine video footage and photographs that people around the world are beginning to call the smoking gun that cracks 9/11 wide open.
Censorship or Cover-Up?
William Rodriguez, World Trade Center survivor and eyewitness, attempted to perform his civic duty by contacting the FBI with what he witnessed on September 11. He tells of a massive explosion in the sub-basement that threw him and his fleeing companions upwards! Rodriguez and 13 other eyewitnesses assert that the explosion took place before Flight 11 struck the upper floors. The failure of the 9/11 Commission
Why was William Rodriguez s eyewitness testimony stricken from the official 9/11 Commission Report? Why was it so important to censor this groundbreaking and easily confirmable information?


Flight Data Recorder Disputes Official Flight Path of Flight #77 If we examine the direction that Flight 77 took on its approach to the Pentagon, it immediately becomes clear that the flight path is slightly different from that of the official report. This may seem insignificant at first, but how do we account for light poles that were knocked down even though they were not directly in the path of Flight 77?

On further examination of the altitude data, it quickly becomes evident that at the moment of impact with the first four downed light poles, Flight 77 s altitude was too high - over 230 ft. If the plane in question did not hit these light poles, what actually brought them down?


Pentagon official account called into .......


http://pakalert.wordpress.com/2008/11/14/911-ripple-effect/

Saudi Arabia buys $3.5bn of gold in two weeks
Filed under: Gold & Silver — peterjcooper @ 8:55 am

welcome21There has been an unprecedented surge in Saudi gold purchases
in the past two weeks with over $3.5 billion being spent on the yellow
metal, reported Gulf News citing local industry sources.

Gold market expert Sami Al Mohna told the leading regional newspaper
that this buying had substantially increased the gold reserves of the
country: 'Many Saudi investors see this as the right time for making
investments in gold as the price is the most reasonable one at
present'.


More:
http://arabianmoney.net/2008/11/13/saudi-arabia-buys-35bn-of-gold-in-two-weeks/

By Abed Shana

GAZA (Reuters) - Hamas Islamists fired long-range rockets at a
southern Israel city on Friday after an Israeli air strike on their
Gaza stronghold in the 11th day of skirmishes that threaten a
five-month-old truce.

The armed wing of the Islamist group said it fired five Grad rockets,
the longest-range weapon it has used against the Jewish state. Israel
said they hit Ashkelon, north of Gaza on the Mediterranean coast, with
no casualties.

Israel and Hamas blamed each other for the flare-up since November 4,
in which 12 Hamas militants have been killed by Israeli forces and
scores of rockets fired into Israel. But both shied away from
declaring an end to the Egyptian-brokered truce.

"We will continue to forcefully defend Israeli soldiers and citizens,
to thwart attempts to stage attacks when we discover them," Israeli
Defence Minister Ehud Barak said. "At the same time, if the other side
wants to continue the calm we will definitely give it positive
consideration."

Hamas took a similar stand.

"Up to this moment we are committed to the ceasefire," said Mahmoud
al-Zahar, a Hamas leader. "Self-defense and resistance" would
continue. "We are waiting for the Israelis. If they are really
committed (to a truce) we have to address that frankly."

The 1960s-era Soviet-made Grad rocket has a range of 25 km (15 miles).
Two of them struck Ashkelon.

Earlier, Palestinian medics said two Hamas fighters were wounded in an
Israeli air strike, which a military spokesman said was in response to
an earlier rocket attack.

After the air strike, Hamas said it fired eight shorter-range Qassam
rockets aimed at the city of Sderot.

Two Qassams hit, causing damage to buildings, an Israeli police
spokesman said. One Israeli was treated for shrapnel wounds and a
number of people suffered shock.

NEXT MOVE

Israel's caretaker prime minister, Ehud Olmert, said in a statement
after consultations with defense chiefs that Israel would not tolerate
the rocket fire. It would continue to apply economic pressure on Hamas
through border crossings.

Israel has not allowed humanitarian supplies into the Gaza Strip since
November 4, when its troops raided the territory to destroy what the
army described as a tunnel built by militants to kidnap Israeli
soldiers.

Six Hamas gunmen were killed in the raid. Militants responded to the
incursion with rocket salvoes.

Israel said the crossings would remain shut for now.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on Israel to allow
urgently fuel and humanitarian aid into Gaza, where 750,000
Palestinians are in need of food.

Short of fuel, Gaza shut down its sole power plant, and rationed
electricity it gets from Israel and Egypt. Some Gaza bakeries posted
notices on Friday limiting the purchase of bread, although no major
shortages were reported.

The EU also urged Israel to let aid supplies through.

"I am profoundly concerned about the consequences for the Gazan
population of the complete closure of all Gaza crossings for
deliveries of fuel and basic humanitarian assistance," External
Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner said.

Israeli troops also killed four gunmen in a raid on Wednesday,
prompting more rocket and mortar attacks from Gaza.

Hamas is in conflict with the Fatah faction of Palestinian President
Mahmoud Abbas which holds sway in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and
is negotiating with Israel on peace terms.

The rift between them widened in 2007 as Hamas took control of Gaza.
Egypt brokered the Israel-Hamas truce, but Palestinian unity talks it
is mediating faltered earlier this month.

(Reporting by Nidal al-Mughrabi and Allyn Fisher-Ilan; additional
reporting by Patrick Worsnip at the United Nations and Mark John in
Brussels; Writing by Douglas Hamilton; Editing by Angus MacSwan)

http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE4AD1CB20081114?sp=true

A long-term feeding study commissioned by the Austrian Agency for
Health and Food Safety, managed by the Austrian Federal Ministry of
Health, Family and Youth, and carried out by Veterinary University
Vienna, confirms genetically modified (GM) corn seriously affects
reproductive health in mice. Non-GMO advocates, who have warned about
this infertility link along with other health risks, now seek an
immediate ban of all GM foods and GM crops to protect the health of
humankind and the fertility of women around the world.

http://www.responsibletechnology.org/GMFree/MediaCenter/ReleaseAustrianGovernmentStudy/index.cfm

WHAT REALLY HAPPENEDToday at 5:43

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PCHR
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
LTD (non-profit)
http://www.pchrgaza.org
_________________________________
Weekly Report
On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
IOF storm the campus of Palestine Technical College and arrest a
number of students
30 October- 05 November 2008

www.pchrgaza.org
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Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Continue Systematic Attacks against
Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
(OPT)
•
IOF killed 7 members of the Palestinian resistance in the Gaza Strip.
•
21 Palestinians, including a woman, and an international human rights
defender were wounded by the IOF gunfire in the West Bank and the Gaza
Strip.
•
IOF conducted 33 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank,
and two others into the Gaza Strip.
•
IOF arrested 21 Palestinian civilians, including 2 children, in the
West Bank and 4
women in the Gaza Strip.
•
IOF have continued to impose a total siege on the OPT and have isolated the
Gaza Strip from the outside world.
•
IOF arrested 2 Palestinian civilians at al-Karama International
Crossing Point on
the Jordanian border.
•
IOF closed all commercial crossings and Erez crossing in the Gaza Strip.
•
IOF have continued settlement activities in the West Bank and Israeli settlers
have continued to attack Palestinian civilians and property.
•
IOF demolished 3 houses and a wedding hall in East Jerusalem.
•
3 Palestinian journalists were injured in Hebron

www.pchrgaza.org


Israeli violations of international law and humanitarian law escalated
in the OPT during the reporting period (30 October – 5 November 2008):
Shooting: During the reporting period, IOF killed 7 Palestinians and
wounded 8 others in the Gaza Strip. They also wounded 13 Palestinian
civilians and an international human rights defender in the West Bank.

On Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning, 4 and 5 November 2008, IOF
killed 6 members of the 'Izziddin al-Qassam Brigades (the armed wing
of Hamas), and wounded 5 others in the southern and central Gaza
Strip. All victims were hit by missiles fired by IOF aircrafts during
Israeli incursions into some areas in the Gaza Strip. IOF also
arrested a wounded woman. On Wednesday evening, IOF killed using
missiles a member of al-Quds Brigades (the armed wing of Islamic
Jihad) and wounded 2 civilian bystanders.

In the West Bank, 13 Palestinian civilians and an international human
rights defender were wounded by the IOF gunfire.

On 31 October 2008, 3 Palestinian civilians were wounded when IOF
moved into Dura village,
southwest of Hebron, and fired at civilians who threw stones at
military vehicles.

On 3 November 2008, 6 Palestinian civilians, including 2 children,
when IOF moved into al-Far'a refugee camp, south of Tubas, and fired
at civilians who threw stones at military vehicles.

During the reporting period, 4 Palestinian civilians, including a
child, and an international human rights defender were wounded when
IOF used force against peaceful demonstrations organized in protest to
the construction of the Annexation Wall west of Ramallah.

Incursions: During the reporting period, IOF conducted at least 33
military incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank.
During these incursions, IOF arrested 21 Palestinian civilians,
including 2 children. Thus, the number of Palestinian civilians
arrested by IOF in the West Bank since the beginning of 2008 has
mounted to 2,111.

In the Gaza Strip, IOF conducted 2 incursions into Palestinian
communities on 4 November 2008. In the morning, IOF moved into
al-Hamra area in Beit Hanoun town in the northern Gaza Stri, and
leveled areas of land they had already razed. In the evening, IOF
moved into the east of Deir al-Balah town in the central Gaza Strip.
They killed a member of the Palestinian resistance and wounded 3
others and a woman. They also destroyed a house, razed areas of
agricultural land and arrested 4 women, including one who was wounded.

Restrictions on Movement: IOF have continued to impose a tightened
siege on the OPT and imposed severe restrictions on the movement of
Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including
occupied East Jerusalem. During the reporting period, IOF imposed a
comprehensive closure on the OPT for the the Jewish Sukkot

http://209.85.135.104/search?q=cache:9oy6ZZMoL5gJ:www.pchrgaza.org/files/W_report/English/2008/pdf/weekly%2520report%252044.pdf+gaza+press+office+telephone+OR+tel+OR+00972&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=28&client=firefox

Ken Clarke warns Britain is on the brink of 'meltdown'
Kenneth Clarke, the former Conservative Chancellor, has warned the
economy is on the brink of "meltdown" and unemployment could reach
three million.


By Rupert Neate and Robert Miller
Last Updated: 6:35PM GMT 12 Nov 2008

Mr Clarke, 68, said the British economy is headed for a "catastrophic
crisis" that will be "far worse than anything that has occurred in my
lifetime".

"There will be a very serious recession next year," he said in an
interview with Telegraph TV. "I think the big problem in 2009 will be
the catastrophic fall in consumer spending demand, spending in shops
will get worse."

Mr Clarke, who as Chancellor of the Exchequer between 1993 and 1997
led Britain's recovery from Black Wednesday, called for a temporary
cut in VAT to boost spending.

Speaking as the Office of National Statistics revealed unemployment
has reached an 11-year high of 1.82m, Mr Clarke said the number of
jobless could soon reach three million.

"It is going to go up a long way... whether we will get back to three
million again is one of those slightly morbid questions I really don't
know the answer to. But it could get pretty big," he said. Rising
unemployment will have a "devastating effect" on families and lead to
more people being unable to pay their mortgages, he said.

The former Chancellor said Gordon Brown has received undue credit for
his role in attempting to shore up the global economy. "The idea that
Gordon has saved the world is not true," he said. "We still have a
major, major crisis in this country and... public finances are in a
terrible mess".

Mr Clarke said the larger than expected 1.5 percentage point cut in
the base rate was a good move, but cautioned that it would not end the
crisis. "We had a big cut in interest rates, about which there was a
wholly exaggerated expectation, in the short term it will have modest
effects, if any. Long-term it will begin to have effects.

"We are not yet in a state where we can be absolutely certain we are
not going to have something close to meltdown next year", he said.
"You do have to see what can be done with taxes."

He cautioned that Britain has "mounting debt, which is unsustainable"
but said policymakers should bear in mind the effect a "full-blown
depression will have on public finances". Looking forward to the
Pre-Budget Report he said any fiscal stimulus package would have to
work in both the national interest and contribute to worldwide efforts
to stabilise the global economy.

Mr Clarke said the public can see the Prime Minister has got more
"confident" in his economic judgement, but said he imagines the
Treasury is being "driven crazy by the wild way" in which he and his
advisers spark speculation about the way the Government intends to
combat the financial crisis.

According to Mr Clarke, public respect for banks, which are "hated
institutions" at the best of times, has collapsed. He was also "very
concerned" that the Government could make the crisis worse by forcing
banks into "lending that they cannot afford".

"When I hear these stories of the Chancellor being presumably ordered
by the Prime Minister to get the banks in and waving newspaper
headlines at them I think that is no way of making policy," he said.



http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/recession/3446686/Ken-Clarke-warns-Britain-is-on-the-brink-of-meltdown.html

See Video Here:
http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1529573275/bctid1915453605
http://www.brightcove.com/channel.jsp?channel=1139053637

Admiral Mullen told the Israelis we need to coordinate closely, so we
don't have another mistake as happened with the USS Liberty.

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:54:10 +0100

You know, Admiral Mullen told the Israelis, in apparent connection
with their plans to bomb Iran, plans which the US military deeply
opposes if only for military reasons [It's not a recognizable military
strategy to occupy with all your land forces two large Muslim
countries with insurgencies running and then bomb the heck out of a
much larger third country that lies between them in order to see what
will happen], he told the Israelis we need to coordinate closely, so
we don't have another mistake as happened with the USS Liberty.

Now there is a masterful comment of caution. He doesn't say what the
mistake was. He knows the Israelis aren't going to ask him to
elaborate on that reference. He is however the Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff, immediate past CNO, and he obviously remembers the
USS Liberty! How many ways can the "mistake" reference be interpreted?
If Israelis decide to fly without US approval, might they be shot down
because this time it's the Americans who might mistakenly think it
must be the Egyptians? Or was it a mistake to let the Israelis get
away with their treachery forty years ago, not to be repeated again,
not on my watch? Or was it the Israeli's self-described propensity to
accidentally shoot up the wrong place that is the mistake to be
avoided? Yeah, that must be it. Masterful!

Posted by: Doppler | November 07, 2008 at 07:13 PM

http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2008/11/lets-dont-be-naive-about-obama-and-the-jewish-establishment.html#comment-138181346