Raiders of the Lost Cattleprod

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Magnitude 5.0 - EASTER ISLAND REGION

Magnitude 5.0 - SOUTH OF THE FIJI ISLANDS

Magnitude 4.6 - NORTHERN PERU

Magnitude 4.8 - ECUADOR

Magnitude 5.1 - NEAR THE COAST OF NORTHERN PERU

3.8 Earthquake Shakes Bulgaria’s Gabrovo

CA: Two more minor earthquakes hit this morning

Magnitude 5.2 - MARIANA ISLANDS REGION

Magnitude 5.2 - HALMAHERA, INDONESIA

Magnitude 6.0 - NEAR THE COAST OF NORTHERN PERU
Earthquake rocks Peru

Magnitude 2.0 - ARKANSAS

Magnitude 5.0 - SOLOMON ISLANDS

Magnitude 5.0 - NEAR THE NORTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA

That's three days worth, and it's not much at all.

Obama's NSC Will Get New Power
President Obama plans to order a sweeping overhaul of the National Security Council, expanding its membership and increasing its authority to set strategy across a wide spectrum of international and domestic issues.

Sebelius Leading Contender for HHS

65,000 Gallons of Oil Sludge Spills in Chicago Suburb

More Mudslides, Floods Predicted in Wildfire-Ravaged Southern California

US using British atomic weapons factory for its nuclear programme

Nuke Labs to Move to the Pentagon?
Bomb Plants Could Shift to Control of Pentagon
!!!

Roubini Sees U.S. Playing a Greater Role in Banking

U.S. Taxpayers Risk $9.7 Trillion on Bailout Programs
Trillion, with a "t".

GM cuts 10,000 salaried jobs, trims employees' pay

Officials Vow to Appeal After Judges Rule to Free Up to 57,000 Felons in California

US Stocks Tumble In Biggest Drop Since Dec After Bank Plan
Despite all the spin, any idiot saw this coming; it happened last fall. Stocks crash after a massive bailout.

First Case of Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever in the US Confirmed
It's in the Ebola family.

Mexican drug violence spills over into the US

Date Set For Obama's First Address To Congress

Thank Florida Gov. Charlie Crist for State Farm's departure

Recall adds to peanut stockpile

Disband rights commission, Steyn tells MPPs

6 Homes Destroyed In Edmond As Twister Ravages Oak Tree

Obama team reaches out in first foreign outing

Munich Security Conference: Searching for a New World Order
45th Munich Security Conference
Analysis: Biden promises foreign policy shifts

First Uranium Says Price of the Fuel to Stay ‘Under Pressure’

Roubini: Anglo-Saxon model has failed
‘Self-regulation meant no regulation’

CNBC's Bear Trap : CJR
--the video: YouTube - Roubini and Taleb discuss the crisis

"Supersizing" the IMF
Is the International Monetary Fund (IMF) headed toward becoming the Federal Reserve of the world?

Wanted - a world central bank

Global Television for Our Future Global Leader

Western companies seen eyeing Islamic bonds

IMF Chief Says Nations in 'Depression'

Top nations ‘water down’ IMF warnings

UN's Ban hopes Obama to star at climate summit

Brazil river plane crash kills 24

Drug gangs winning the war for Mexico

Jews in S. America Increasingly Uneasy Government and Media Seen Fostering Anti-Semitism in Venezuela, Elsewhere

US diplomat expelled from Ecuador

Global recession leads to drop in Panama Canal tonnage

GDF Suez to inaugurate hydroelectric power plant in Brazil

Israel's El Al to begin flights to Brazil in May

Nine missing after floods in Argentina

Russian gas giant Gazprom plans British electricity sales

NATO urges Russia to abandon 19th century mindset

Sarkozy says mutual trust urgently needed between Russia, EU

Swiss vote to extend labor ties with EU

Spain PM says will not cut worker rights in crisis

Rise in antisemitic attacks 'the worst recorded in Britain in decades'

Dutch Anti-Semitic Protestors Sentenced as Tensions Rise

French DM rules out more troops for Afghanistan

Biden proposes to ‘press reset button’ with Moscow
Obama with the 'pause' button, biden with the 'reset' button... the administration seems to want Staples's "Easy Button".

Britain braced for another freezing week as temperatures drop to minus 14C
Homes flooded and roads submerged in Britain's latest weather hazard
Then came the floods: As the snow melts, a month's rain in a day brings blackout chaos

As economy sinks, bartering returns in Russia

France aims to take its full place in NATO

Syria, France keen to promote economic, industrial cooperation

Gazprom’s subsidiary company demands the Narva dam to be given at their disposal

Gazprom estimates South Stream could cost EUR25 billion

Russia to buy back jets Algeria rejected

Russia filling the power vacuum created by Obama

Russia asks Ukraine gas transit monitors to work through March

France to take decision soon on Areva investment

Iceland's Vikings face a long winter

Britain's Islamic finance sector bigger than Pakistan's, report claims

Russian prosecutors allowed to carry foreign guns

EU plans Feb summit amid concern over protectionism

British diplomat arrested for anti-Semitic remarks

Russia to spend $350 mln on cars for state offices

Georgia separatists warn may block UN monitors

1/3 of Europeans: Jews caused meltdown

High winds hit north-west France

India's Congress wants Pakistan declared terror state
me too.

Pakistan must honour commitments: India

Rats run riot at New Delhi Railway Station

Sri Lanka military: 15,000 civilians flee war zone
Over 8000 escapees from LTTE suffering from diseases

Kazakhstan helps out US on Afghanistan
U.S. Military Supplies Allowed Through Russia

Pakistan Vows to Monitor Scientist

Video of Beheading of Pole Held by Taliban Is Real, Official Says

India to ink uranium contract with Russian firm

India to continue with defense modernization program

Boeing Expects India To Buy $31 Billion Military Products In 10 Yrs

India to Sell 460 Billion Rupees of Debt by March 20

Ex-CIA official to chair Afghanistan-Pakistan review

Hailstorms May Hit India’s Wheat-Growing Areas, Damaging Crops

Victoria Bushfires | Victoria Bushfires | The Australian

Fire starters will face murder charges

Rescuers brace for more bushfire horror

Marysville wiped from the map as inferno shows no mercy

Forest jihad: How Australian wildfires 'could fuel Al Qaeda armies of one'

Gazprom vows stable LNG supply for Japan

Russia releases Japanese fishing boat crew

Human Rights, the U.N. and China

Solomons declares floods disaster

China wants bigger role in world economy

Over 200 hogs die of cholera outbreak in S Philippines

Gazprom to form joint venture in Vietnam

China starts construction of world’s longest natural gas pipeline

Madagascar police shoot protesters in capital

Somali pirates release Chinese boat: foreign ministry

Zimbabwe cholera epidemic 'will hit 100,000'
More than 69,000 cholera cases in Zimbabwe
Where clean water is a pipedream

Snow kills six Moroccan children

Nigeria baby poison deaths rise

Nigerian Union to Strike Over Attacks, Abductions in Oil Region

Donors press Congo over $9bn China deal

Gambian opposition leader tasks Kadhafi on conflicts in Africa

Ukrainian ship freed by pirates due in Kenyan port Wednesday

Sudan wants Darfur peace despite possible warrant

Saturday, February 07, 2009

Medical license stripped from Florida abortionist whose clinic killed born-alive infant

Miami, Feb 7, 2009 / 07:19 am (CNA).- The Florida Board of Medicine on Friday revoked the medical license of an abortionist who headed a clinic where a staffer allegedly placed a live baby girl in the trash after an abortion failed to kill her.

The board found Dr. Pierre Jean-Jacque Renelique guilty of medical malpractice and delegating responsibility to unlicensed personnel, the Associated Press reports.

This move follows the Jan. 27 filing of a suit on behalf of Shanice Denise Osbourne, the infant girl who was killed in July, 2006. The suit alleges that Shanice was born alive and then murdered by the defendant, abortion clinic owner Belkis Gonzalez, the Chicago-based Thomas More Society reports.

Shanice’s mother Sycloria Williams had decided to abort her pregnancy after learning she was pregnant in July 2006. The Miramar Woman Center in Miramar, Florida referred her to abortionist Dr. Pierre Jean-Jacque Renelique, who works at a Hialeah abortion clinic.

He inserted laminaria sticks to dilate Williams’ cervix and prescribed additional medication to be taken that night to prepare for the procedure the next morning at the Hialeah abortion clinic.

On the morning of July 20, 2006 Williams arrived at the clinic feeling ill and in severe pain from the medication the night before. Dr. Renelique was not present at the clinic, where no one else had any kind of medical license.

The clinic’s receptionist gave Williams the drug Cytotec, which induces labor and dilates the cervix.

Williams began to suffer worse nausea and cramping and the staff gave her a gown and placed her in the clinic’s recovery room area.

“There she waited for hours in severe and increasing abdominal pain without medical staff available,” a statement from the Thomas More Society claims.

While Williams began to position herself for birth as the chemically-induced labor progressed, the staff instructed her to “keep your legs together and sit down.”

Williams, bracing herself with the arms of the recliner chair she was sitting on, lifted herself and her water broke.

She delivered a live baby girl onto the seat of the recliner.

“The baby writhed and gasped for air, still connected to Williams by the umbilical cord. Immobilized by shock, Williams watched clinic owner Gonzalez run into the room, cut the umbilical cord with a pair of orange-handled shears, stuff the baby and afterbirth into a red biohazard bag and throw the bag into a garbage can,” the Thomas More Society alleges.

Around 3:00 p.m. or an hour later, the abortion doctor arrived at the clinic and sedated Williams. The doctor’s medical records did not indicate that Williams had delivered a live baby who was killed at the clinic.

Anonymous callers notified police at least three times about the live birth and murder. A search warrant executed by police on July 22, 2006 found medical records but could not find the baby’s remains.

Another anonymous caller six days later told police that the baby’s body had been hidden on the roof, though responding police did not find the baby’s body there.

Still another anonymous tip led police to acquire a search warrant and find the decomposing body of the baby in a cardboard box in a closet at the clinic. DNA confirmed the baby was Williams’.

A Miami-Dade County medical examiner performed an autopsy which reportedly showed that the baby’s lungs had been filled with air before she was killed, proving she was born alive.

The examiner blamed the death on “extreme prematurity,” which the Thomas More Society claimed ignored eyewitness testimony reporting that the baby was killed.

The Thomas More Society says it took interest in the case when the Miami Herald quoted a law professor who argued that if the baby wasn’t “viable” the case could not be considered homicide.”

Tom Brejcha, president and chief counsel of the Thomas More Society, called that view “dead wrong.”

“A disabled or dying patient may not be 'viable' in the sense of being able to live very long or without help, but if you kill them, it's murder. This was a case of infanticide, and we're not going to let it go ignored or unpunished.”

The Thomas More Society says it tried to secure a second autopsy but prosecutors would not release the baby’s body or take action to begin criminal proceedings.

An investigator and expert pathologist were retained by the Society. The expert examined the autopsy slides and other facts of the case, concluding that the acts and omissions of the abortionist and the clinic staff were causative factors in Shanice’s death.

"This case will trumpet to the world that abortion clinics are places of barbarism where mothers as well as their babies are at serious risk," Brejcha said. "Moreover, this case should put some sharp teeth into the Born Alive Infant Protection Act. As we struggle to end the scourge of legal abortion in this country, we must hold the line against infanticide!"

The lawsuit also targets thirteen defendants including Gonzalez, abortionist Dr. Renelique and their conglomerate of four South Florida abortion clinics. They are being sued for unlicensed and unauthorized medical practice, botched abortions, evasive tactics, falsifying medical records and the killing, hiding and disposing of the baby.

You'll note the MFer who did this has not been charged with murder and that when it has been reported in the MSM they call it a "live birth abortion".

The judgments of the Lord are true and just.

"Vengeance is mine, " says the LORD. "I will repay."

Psalm 94

1 O LORD, the God who avenges,
O God who avenges, shine forth.
2 Rise up, O Judge of the earth;
pay back to the proud what they deserve.
3 How long will the wicked, O LORD,
how long will the wicked be jubilant?
4 They pour out arrogant words;
all the evildoers are full of boasting.
5 They crush your people, O LORD;
they oppress your inheritance.
6 They slay the widow and the alien;
they murder the fatherless.
7 They say, "The LORD does not see;
the God of Jacob pays no heed."
8 Take heed, you senseless ones among the people;
you fools, when will you become wise?
9 Does he who implanted the ear not hear?
Does he who formed the eye not see?
10 Does he who disciplines nations not punish?
Does he who teaches man lack knowledge?
11 The LORD knows the thoughts of man;
he knows that they are futile.
12 Blessed is the man you discipline, O LORD,
the man you teach from your law;
13 you grant him relief from days of trouble,
till a pit is dug for the wicked.
14 For the LORD will not reject his people;
he will never forsake his inheritance.
15 Judgment will again be founded on righteousness,
and all the upright in heart will follow it.
16 Who will rise up for me against the wicked?
Who will take a stand for me against evildoers?
17 Unless the LORD had given me help,
I would soon have dwelt in the silence of death.
18 When I said, "My foot is slipping,"
your love, O LORD, supported me.
19 When anxiety was great within me,
your consolation brought joy to my soul.
20 Can a corrupt throne be allied with you—
one that brings on misery by its decrees?
21 They band together against the righteous
and condemn the innocent to death.
22 But the LORD has become my fortress,
and my God the rock in whom I take refuge.
23 He will repay them for their sins
and destroy them for their wickedness;
the LORD our God will destroy them.

Obama's energy secretary outlines dire climate change scenario
Unmerciful disaster follows fast and follows faster... to the Obamanationals. Meanwhile, the nation freezes down to Palm Beach.

Obama's 'Extreme Team' On Energy

US energy secy says not focused on OPEC decisions

Panel to Advise Obama on Economy

Get Ready For the U.S. Census Fight, Chicago-style

Joe Biden tells Munich confernece: 'US will talk to Iran and ally with Russia against terror'

Peter Schiff Stimulus Bill Will Lead to "Unmitigated Disaster"

Refinery workers to get pay boost in new contract

2 Mice Carrying Plague Disappear From New Jersey Lab

Palm Beach County growers report lots of ice, little damage in cold snap

Two Kentucky Teens Rescued After Car Slides into Icy Creek

Rescue under way for scores stuck on ice floe

5 police, 3 others killed in Mexico

Economy Fuels Brazil's Ambitions Beyond South America
While Brazil's commodity-rich economy will be hit by the downturn, some forecast it will fare better than most, and even grow slightly.

Norwegian military experts to Congo

Congo carnage as US-backed raid backfires

Rwanda Agrees to Hand Over Congo Rebel Leader Nkunda

Republic of Congo, China inaugurate radio-television building

Moto Says Congo’s Largest Gold Mine to Start in 2012

Nigeria: Painkiller Leaves 84 Children Dead

Turkish govt moves to deploy navy off Somalia

Somali pirates agree to free Egyptian ship

Judge ends Zimbabwean opposition treason case

Zimbabwe Detains Local Employee of U.S. Embassy

U.N. begins Zimbabwean cholera mission

Zimbabwe faces 55,000 more cholera cases as disease moves from town to countryside

Cholera claims 52 in Malawi

Cholera tightens grip on SA

UN think-tank reports benefits of single currency for Africa

Vidu quits Rompetrol over Black Sea gas scandal

Gazprom goes for the Russian-made

Sweden Goes Nuclear, Aims to Build New Reactors

Putin denies mystery ABBA concert
hahahahahahahahahahaha......

U.N. seeks facelift for ageing offices in Geneva

Travel chaos after a year's snow in two hours--UK

Storm Moving on Spain’s Windmills to Slam Power Price

Gazprom announces major gas price cuts

Gazprom says Ukraine pays Jan gas bill in full

Gazprom Delays Gas Pipeline to Europe on Investment Decline (south stream)
BUT...
Gazprom aims to invest $2.5 bln in Nigeria gas

NATO, Russia argue over troop plans for Georgia regions

Germany-Russia nuclear pact ruffles French feathers

Report: Iran to challenge Israeli blockade

Two rockets strike South; none hurt

Deal for Gilad Shalit, Gaza truce takes form

U.N. halts Gaza imports in dispute with Hamas

U.N. Increasingly Critical of Hamas, Softening on Israel
Looking to make a deal?

Iraq Vote: Al-Maliki Wins Big, But Secularists Encouraged

Iraq minister resigns over lack of aid for women

Egyptian toddler hospitalized with H5N1(bird flu) infection

In teeming camp, fears over Palestinian divisions

How Europe's Companies Are Feeding Iran's Bomb

Iran's New Satellites: The Pasdaran in Space

Khatami victory could block efforts to stop nuclear program
But the Israeli official warned that if Khatami won, he would likely succeed in reducing the level of international pressure on Iran to stop its enrichment of uranium and pursuit of nuclear capability.

"People tend to forget that Khatami as president also promoted the nuclear program," the official said. "If he wins, he would succeed in laundering the program in the eyes of the international community. In comparison to Ahmadinejad, he appears more moderate."

APPEARS being the operative word there.

Tehran says US must accept nuclear programme
The player in charge is the one who makes demands. You'll notice it's not the US here.

Ayatolla: New Iran has altered world political equations

Iran-bound cargo seized in Greece, official says

Cyprus: Ship won't be returned to Iran

Turkey says no link between Nabucco and EU talks

Turkey bombs Kurdish rebels in Iraq

Turkey probes Israel on alleged war crimes

MEMRI: An Escalating Regional Cold War – Part I: The 2009 Gaza War

Arab League chief starts regional tour

Pakistan: Taliban torches 10 trucks on Afghan supply route

24 killed in suicide attack in Pakistan

U.N. Bhutto inquiry to have limited mandate
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A U.N. inquiry into the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto will last just six months and will not launch criminal proceedings, according to details released on Thursday.

That will make it much less far-reaching than an existing probe by the world body of the killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri, which is expected to lead to a U.N.-organized trial in The Hague.

Disgraced Pakistan nuke scientist freed by court

Pakistan players thrown out of India's IPL
They can't even get along on the field.

Riots, protests condemn Pakistan Shiite mosque blast

Seven police killed in Pakistan

What kind of ally is Pakistan?

Orissa Gov't to Boot Christians from Refugee Camps
After more than six months, the security situation remains perilous for Christians living in Orissa, India. But the lives of these persecuted Christians may soon be even worse now that the Orissa government is evicting them from refugee camps where thereafter they will be again vulnerable to attacks from Hindu extremists.

India says ban on Chinese toys for public safety

NATO chief: more European troops in Afghanistan

Tajikistan ready to help US with Afghanistan supplies

Kyrgyzstan: Piecing Together the Manas Saga

Trans-Asian Railway project finally set to take off

The CSTO: Missions, Capabilities, Political Ambitions

A decision on Belarusians fighting in other CSTO countries taken in Moscow

Police block events ahead of Tiananmen anniversary

Riot Erupts In Tussle Over Malaysian State
Nine held for allegedly rioting with dangerous weapons

Sharia Inspired Laws Spreading across Indonesia

Aussie heatwave has one last hurrah
35 dead, fears toll could top 40, as bushfires rage through Victoria
Toll to hit 40 as police search cars

IMF Says Advanced Economies Already in Depression

IMF May Be Out Of Resources In 6-8 Months
Therefore, IMF is already looking into ways to increase its resources.

Japan has already offered to add US$100 billion to the resources of the fund.

"We need other countries to follow this generous example and provide funds with the means to address the challenges arising from this global crisis."

Hello, global tax! What's another $900 billion on top of $700(Oct. 3) and $800(now)?

Facebook offers up users as marketing tool
Be aware, if you've an account there.

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Magnitude 4.8 - RED SEA

Magnitude 5.0 - KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION

Magnitude 5.5 - ATACAMA, CHILE

Magnitude 4.5 - RED SEA

Magnitude 5.1 - BANDA SEA

Magnitude 4.5 - HINDU KUSH REGION, AFGHANISTAN

Magnitude 5.1 - SOUTH OF THE FIJI ISLANDS

Magnitude 2.3 - NEW YORK

Magnitude 5.2 - FIJI REGION

Magnitude 4.9 - EASTERN SICHUAN, CHINA

Magnitude 4.6 - OFF THE COAST OF EL SALVADOR

Redoubt shakes again but doesn't erupt

Still waaaayyy too quiet. Something's gonna give, and it'll be painful.

Thursday, February 05, 2009

Netanyahu: My gov't will keep J'lem united

National Union candidate: Kahane was right

Israel warns Lebanon over Hezbollah man's memorial

Aid ship sails from N Lebanon to Gaza

Official: Aliya from Turkey to double

Syria open to new talks with Israel after election

Blair: Two-State Solution Will Pave Way for Lebanon-Israel Talks

'Lieberman agreed to cede territory'
It's gonna happen. Question is when--and who's the one who signs the treaty?

Five Katyusha rockets found on border between Israel, Lebanon

UN: Hamas stole from Gaza warehouse

Amos Gilad: We're on collision course with Syria

Time running out to attack Iran

Egypt: Hamas tried to smuggle millions into Gaza

Soldiers shoot Palestinian with grenade

Arab nations appeal to United Nations to stop Israeli 'piracy'

Clinton lauds 'courageous' Olmert approval of NIS 175m transfer to Gaza
'Courageous' my arse.

Man in India plane hijack scare charged

India to Cut Coffee Output Target as Rains Hurt Crop

India's fraud-hit Satyam wins new clients: company

Rajasthan OKs Cairn India Crude Pipeline

Turkmenistan looks to boost gas capability

Pakistan's Army Claims 35 Militants Killed, Operation In Insurgent Controlled Swat Valley Included Gunships And Artillery

Central Asian Gas Not a Panacea for Europe
Neither is relying on Russia.

Pakistan Christians Protest Police Torture And Sexual Abuse

Suicide bomber disguised as police officer kills 21 in Afghanistan

Kyrgyzstan to close U.S. base used to supply Afghanistan
Why?
Russia influences Kyrgyzstan to close key U.S. airbase
Duh.

Kazakhstan devalues currency amid bank crisis, falling oil prices

Pentagon study: US should pare Afghanistan goals
Give up! Give up now!

Taliban Destroys a Key Bridge in Pakistan

Pakistan Approves Plan to Buy 200,000 Tons of Sugar
Odd.

India warns Obama on intervening in Kashmir

Taliban release 30 hostages after forcing them to quit their jobs

Indian sub stalked China warships?

70 Taliban militants killed in renewed operations in Swat

Mumbai trains disrupted, commuters block tracks

Another Attack Near the Khyber Pass

Indian money managers warm up to Islamic finance

Russia: Press Conference following CSTO and EurAsEC Summits

Pakistan must cooperate with India on Mumbai -U.N.

Militants blow up gas pipeline in Quetta

Bangladesh Militants Involved in Mumbai Attacks, Dawn Reports
They're not trying very hard to come up with plausible alternatives, are they?

Survivors relive ordeal of being set adrift by military

Hong Kong expert warns of "terrible" bird-flu outbreak in China

China reiterates sovereignty over islands in South China Sea

Sharia economy `a hope' amid crisis, BI governor says

Seoul says North's missile test to violate UN resolutions

Davos Recap: With castigation stage over, collaboration begins

Global partnership - Singapore, Qatar and Switzerland

Liberals Propose Fast-Tracking Treaties

Votes that could change the world

World's top financial businesses seek help to free up lending in emerging markets

World Bank calls for new infrastructure investment fund - KHL Group

Germany's Merkel wants int'l bodies at G20

Oil and Gas Pipeline Watch

Big Brother is watching! And people like it that way!

Panasonic facing $4.2 billion loss, pledges cuts

Oil falls as U.S. inventories hit 18-month high

Areva wins EDF uranium deal, to sign India contract

PARIS, Feb 3 (Reuters) - France's Areva (CEPFi.PA) said it won a deal worth more than 5 billion euros ($6.43 billion) from French power giant EDF (EDF.PA) to enrich uranium and was set to sign an agreement to build two nuclear reactors in India.

State-controlled Areva did not give details of how much nuclear fuel it would supply for EDF or when it was due to supply it.

State controlled, yes, but...

Its main shareholder is the French owned company CEA, but the German company Siemens also retains 34% of the shares of AREVA's subsidiary, AREVA NP, in charge of building the European Pressurized Reactor ^[1].

Siemens?

Siemens Chief Signs Deals, Will Meet With Putin
German engineering conglomerate Siemens will build a transformer factory in the Voronezh region, chief executive Peter Löscher said at a news conference Tuesday, and the company will also step up cooperation with Gazprom on liquefied natural gas.

Siemens Forms Nuclear Partnership
Siemens and Rosatom will work together to strengthen their positions on the nuclear market, the companies said Tuesday, fueling speculation that Europe's largest engineering company could create a joint venture with Atomenergoprom, an affiliate of Russia's state nuclear corporation.

Siemens is involved in a little bit of everything.

Back to AREVA:

Anne Lauvergeon is the Chairman of the Executive Board (equivalent to President and CEO). AREVA official Ralf Güldner is the vice-chairman of the World Nuclear Association.

About the World Nuclear Association:

WNA Members appoint the Director General and elect a Board of Management. The World Nuclear Association's DG is John Ritch. The Chairman of the Board is Andy White and the Vice Chairman is Ralf Güldner.
The WNA's Board of Management fulfils all statutory duties pertaining to the organisation's governance and sets WNA policies and strategic objectives, subject to approval by the full membership.
The WNA's Council of Advisers serves as a means of fostering interchange among some of the world's top nuclear industry leaders and eliciting their advice and support in the conduct of WNA strategy.

The Co-Chairmen of the Council are Hans Blix, Director General-Emeritus of the IAEA, and Zack T. Pate, Chairman-Emeritus of WANO. The Council membership includes industry leaders representing a wide diversity of countries and companies involved in the nuclear fuel cycle.

Aack!

Check out their meetings.

I swear, if I hadn't started looking this stuff up for myself, I wouldn't believe it.

Let's end on an up note, shall we? Chocolate!

Signs of chocolate found in Southwest much earlier
Cacao, the staple of Valentine's Day chocolates and hot drinks by a cozy winter fire, made it to the American Southwest by AD 1000, centuries earlier than researchers had believed.

Stimulus Bill's Price Tag Approaches $900B as Obama Stands by Feb. 16 Deadline
$900,000,000,000.00

Cops look to identify people following riot

Army Brigades Train for Homeland Security Mission

Obama administration keeps Bush official involved with Iran sanctions

Eni Makes New Hydrocarbon Discovery In Gulf Of Mexico

Mariner Energy Announces Three Discoveries in the Gulf of Mexico

Obama: 'I screwed up' on Daschle appointment

Protests Stop New York Mayor Bloomberg's Speech

14 cited for trespassing during coal mine protest

Kentucky Governor Raises Storm Death Toll To 55

Ice Storm Leaves Over Quarter Million Without Power in Kentucky

Bitter cold settles over southeast U.S.

Obama Declares Major Disaster in Kentucky Over Ice Storm
Only after a week and a half and more than 50 dead.

Fire burns through roof of iconic Chicago church

Riot heavily damages West Texas prison

Car Explosion Wounds Arkansas Medical Official

Border-Fence Project Hits a Snag

FBI says New Mexico man sent hoax powder mail after collapse of Washington Mutual

American Thinker: Obama may become a disaster
May become? Already is.

US Treasury in plans for record debt sale
As if foreign powers didn't own enough of our debt.

Obama seeking deep nuke cuts with Russia
U.S. President Barack Obama is seeking to slash the nuclear stockpiles of the United States and Russia by as much as 80 percent, sources say.

Gross Says U.S. Must Spend to Avoid Mini Depression
Yeah, 'cause it worked do well last time.

Political Punch: Today's Qs for O's WH -- 2/5/09
ROTFL! In fact, watch it on YouTube.

Fannie Mae to Loosen Rules for Home-Loan Refinancing

Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Fannie Mae, the mortgage-finance company under U.S. government control, will loosen rules for homeowners seeking to lower their loan payments by refinancing.

Fannie Mae will drop some credit-score requirements, reduce income-documentation standards and waive the need for appraisals in some cases, according to a notice yesterday to lenders posted on the Washington-based company’s Web site. The changes apply to loans that the company owns or guarantees.

So, basically, they're going to do the same thing that got us in this mess in the first place--lending money to people without making sure they can pay it back.

This is way beyond mere incompetence.

"You never want a serious crisis to go to waste."--Rahm Emmanuel, Obama's chief of staff
Cloward-Piven Strategy
Rules for Radicals
Communist Goals

None of which is surprising if you've read the Book-- it's all written there.

The best way to beat out the world is to stay in the Word.

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Brazil c.bank says dollar auction call was test

Cuban president very satisfied with Moscow's $354 mln

Mexico launches effort to teach its students English

Ecuadoran man with $2M detained in Mexico

36 people die in Mexico due to cold weather

Brazil’s Industrial Output Plunges Most in 17 Years

Colombia’s FARC Frees Jara Held Almost Eight Years

Former general becomes casualty in Mexico drug war

Bolivia leader to visit Russia, sign Gazprom deal

Brazil ups infrastructure spending by 142 bln reais

Zimbabwean currency reduced by trillion to one

Somali pirates seeking 6 million dollars for German ship

Money feud leaves two Somali pirates dead

Madagascan armed forces say 76 killed, 86 injured in riot

Zimbabwe cholera cases up to almost 65,000: WHO

New Somali leader feted in capital of former enemy

Ethiopia’s Meles Warns Crisis May Cause African States to Fail

High returns expected from Africa’s lowest point

Somali pirates free another Turkish cargo ship, crew safe

Belgium, DR Congo agree to reopen consulates

WHO: Ebola virus outbreak in Congo stabilized

Fear grows in Congo: There will be blood

Uganda Army Rescues 119 Civilians Abducted by LRA

Piracy, high charges force shippers out of Suez route

Mwana Africa May Return to Profit on New Zimbabwe Bullion Rules

Missing UAE ship feared seized by pirates off Somalia

Aid group slams UN after Ugandan rebels kill 900

Gunmen abduct wife of former OPEC President, Daukoru

Somali pirates 'free arms ship'

Zimbabwe Judge Refuses To Consider Bail Request For Rights Activist Mukoko

Zimbabwe's False Hope

Greek Farmers Clash With Riot Police

Governments growing nervous at increased social tensions

Germany Pushes for Gas Pipeline with Russia

Gazprom Neft wins FAS fine appeal

Can Europe Be Taken Hostage by Russia’s Natural Gas Supply?
YES.

Russia denies Ukraine gas system move

China condemns 'despicable' British shoe protest

Waitrose's delivery company goes Islamic
What could be more middle England than Waitrose? So it was intriguing to learn that the delivery company most closely associated with it - Ocado - has accepted a 10 million investment from the Bank of London and the Middle East BLME, which advertises itself as shariaa compliant.

Russia, Belarus vow to step up economic integration efforts

Ukraine and Romania to get ruling on oil-rich waters

Petrom: We are going after a big fish in Black Sea exploration with Exxon

Bulgaria wants guarantees in new Russia gas deal

RTS: Gazprom and Slovenia might discuss South Stream this month

Police Clash With Greek Farmers for Second Day

Helicopter crash kills three in Russia

Arms control to start U.S.-Russia thaw
Goes back to the Obama 80% reduction talk.

Snow continuing to close schools

Calls for Pope to Resign, Accused of Allowing Holocaust Denial
Benny got some 'splainin' to do.

Jewish Center in Amsterdam Attacked, No Injuries

The Purposed Turkmenistan-Russia Planned Gas Pipeline Will Be a Direct Competition to the Nabucco Pipeline Project
Duh.

Poland to end 3 military missions to save money

Russia ponders $33 bln help for banks - paper

Russia says it wants to help US in Afghanistan
'Help'. Ha ha.

Pan-European Oil Pipeline in doubt -Croatia's Janaf

Gazprom sees haste on Nord Stream

Crisis Proves Convenient As Russia Seeks To Restore Control Over Industry
It's 'convenient' here, too.

CSTO: joining forces in a crisis

MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti military commentator Ilya Kramnik) - The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) is gradually transforming itself into a full-blooded military set-up.
A key factor here has been the decision taken just now at the organization's Moscow summit to set up a collective rapid-response force to help bloc members to repulse aggression or in an emergency.