Friday, October 10, 2014

CLG: Harvard students: America is a bigger threat to world peace than ISIS





News Updates from CLG
10 October 2014



Previous edition: 'Connecticut health department gets power to quarantine possible Ebola victims,' which Google relegated to the sp*m bin. See: Google Filter Instructions for CLG Newsletter.


One Month of Censorship: Google Has Relegated Every CLG Newsletter to the Spam Bin Since 8 Sept 2014 By Lori Price, www.legitgov.org 8 Oct 2014 NSAssociate Google has relegated every CLG Newsletter to the spam bin since 8 September - for one full month. Apparently, Google does not like CLG's coverage of ISIS aka I-CIA-SIS, Guantanamo Bay, Russia, Ukraine, Ebola, quarantines, and, of course, Google's boss -- the NSA.


Lawmakers Approve $700 Million in Military Funding to 'Fight Ebola' 9 Oct 2014 House Republicans signed off Thursday on an additional $700 million to pay for the military mission to help 'fight' Africa's deadly Ebola outbreak. The move by Armed Services Committee Chairman Howard "Buck" McKeon and Appropriations Chairman Harold Rogers comes on top of the $50 million released last month. The funding would "reprogram" money stamped for fighting in Afghanistan and will be used to provide logistical help for health care workers in West Africa. President Obama originally requested $1 billion to send up to 4,000 troops to Africa.


100-strong army of British military medics will set up Ebola hospital in Sierra Leone to treat doctors and health workers struck by the deadly virus --In drill, military medics will treat simulated casualties in make-up 7 Oct 2014 More than 100 British Army medics will be sent fight Ebola in Sierra Leone, it has been announced. Personnel from the 22 Field Hospital have been undergoing an extensive training exercise in preparation for their deployment to West Africa. As part of the training they have been wearing full protective suits, treating simulated casualties in make-up. The medics will staff a field hospital established specifically to treat other doctors, nurses and health workers who have caught the disease.


'FEMA coffins' story pans out: CDC: Dead Ebola victims should be buried in 'hermetically sealed' caskets 8 Oct 2014 ..."The CDC has developed detailed instructions for handling a body infected with Ebola," the health department said in a written statement. The CDC [8 Oct 2014] published a document titled "Guidance for Safe Handling of Human Remains of Ebola Patients in U.S. Hospitals and Mortuaries," which states that the "handling of human remains should be kept to a minimum." ...The CDC says, the "remains should be cremated or buried promptly in a hermetically sealed casket." The casket must secure "against the escape of microorganisms" and have valid documentation for being airtight.


LaGuardia workers on strike due to Ebola concerns --Workers, who are seeking to unionize, say they're exposed to bodily fluids, chemicals while on job--but not equipped with appropriate protective gear 9 Oct 2014 (NY) Airplane cabin cleaners have set up pickets outside a LaGuardia Airport terminal over health and safety issues. About 200 Air Serv workers who support domestic flights at Terminal D began a 24-hour strike on Wednesday night. They say their concerns include possible exposure to Ebola.


Amid Concern About Virus in U.S., New York Hospital Says It's Ready for the Worst 8 Oct 2014 (Manhattan) On Wednesday, amid concern about the possibility of Ebola's spread in the United States and particularly within hospitals, Bellevue Hospital Center officials showed off their isolation rooms and their leave-no-skin-cell-uncovered precautions in an attempt to reassure New Yorkers that should the virus arrive here, the city's premier public hospital could handle it. Dr. Ross Wilson, the chief medical officer for the Health and Hospitals Corporation, which oversees the city's public health facilities, said Bellevue could treat up to four patients with confirmed cases of Ebola in isolation units.


Ebola: Passengers entering the UK to be screened for deadly virus 9 Oct 2014 Enhanced screening for Ebola will be introduced at Heathrow and Gatwick airports and Eurostar terminals following advice from the Chief Medical Officer, Downing Street has said. The screening will be introduced for passengers travelling from the affected regions...to give the UK an additional level of protection from the deadly virus. "Contingency planning is also under way including a national exercise and wider resilience training to ensure the UK is fully prepared," she said. Chief Medical Officer, Professor Dame Sally Davies, said it was right to consider further measures to make sure potential cases of the virus are identified as quickly as possible in the UK.


Canada to step up screening for Ebola 8 Oct 2014 Canada will step up border screening to try to prevent an Ebola importation to this country, federal Health Minister Rona Ambrose said Wednesday. "Our government will be taking the additional step of taking targeted temperature screens," she told the House of Commons, though she offered no detail about what that would mean or whether it would be only at airports or all border crossings. The Canadian Press requested an interview with an official of the Public Health Agency of Canada to get clarification on Canada's plans, but one was not granted.


Briton dies of suspected Ebola in Macedonia - despite NOT having been to Africa: Armed guards outside hotel after virus 'claims first British victim' --This raises the terrifying prospect that they contracted it in the UK --Paramedics and staff at Skopje hotel where men stayed also in quarantine 9 Oct 2014 A British man has died of suspected Ebola in the Macedonian capital of Skopje...A second man, a friend of the deceased, has also shown symptoms of the disease...The Macedonian Foreign Ministry spokesman said the friend told the authorities there they had travelled to Skopje directly from Britain and had not been in any country known to have Ebola outbreaks - raising the terrifying possibility that he contracted the disease in the UK or Macedonia.


Dallas deputy tests negative for Ebola 9 Oct 2014 The deputy being tested for Ebola in Dallas has tested negative, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services. Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital said Thursday the deputy was in good condition. Sgt. Michael Monnig was taken from a Frisco CareNow clinic to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Wednesday amid fears he had the Ebola virus.


US Ebola Patient's Death Was Reported Sunday by Israeli Media By Lori Price, www.legitgov.org 8 Oct 2014 Israel National News reported the death of the first US Ebola patient, Thomas Eric Duncan, on Sunday. The News reported on 5 October, in part: Thomas A. [sic - E.] Duncan, who became ill with Ebola after arriving from West Africa in Dallas two weeks ago, succumbed to the virus today (Sunday), reports Reuters. Duncan was fighting for his life at a Dallas hospital on today after his condition worsened to critical, according to the director of the US Centers for Disease Control. Later, after the report gained traction in social media, Israel National News changed its headline to: 'First US Ebola Patient Fighting for His Life,' with a report supporting the new, revised title. A screen-shot of the News's first report, however -- 'First US Ebola Patient Dies' -- is posted here. (CLG reported same, based on that report.) Apparently, the US wanted to keep Duncan's death a secret for three days, to allow the panic-mongering to switch from Ebola to ISIS [I-CIA-SIS].


Thomas Duncan probably died due to high Ebola virus exposure: Doctor 8 Oct 2014 Thomas Eric Duncan died of Ebola on Wednesday [Sunday?], a week after the virus was detected in his body. But what caused Duncan, a 42-year-old Liberian national, to succumb to the deadly virus when others in America have survived it? It's likely because Duncan, as a civilian and not a health care worker, was highly exposed to the virus in his home country, according to Dr. Bruce Polsky, an infectious disease specialist at Mt. Sinai Hospital...Aid workers Dr. Kent Brantly, Nancy Writebol and Dr. Rick Sacra all were discharged from hospitals after scary bouts with the disease, which has killed approximately 3,500 people across West Africa.


Spanish Ebola nurse's dog Excalibur is PUT DOWN over fears it could transmit the disease, as angry crowd of animal lovers chants 'murderers' outside her home --Unsuccessful petition to save her dog attracted 300,000 signatures 8 Oct 2014 The pet dog of a Spanish Ebola victim was put down today over fears it could transmit the disease, prompting a wave of outrage from animal lovers who chanted 'murderers' outside her home. Madrid regional government health spokesman Javier Rodriguez confirmed tonight that Teresa Romero Ramos's dog Excalibur had been put down. The animal was sacrificed inside Mrs Romero Ramos's home and its body driven out of the house in a white van just before 6.30pm local time to a nearby incinerator.


University urging students, staff to avoid traveling to Ebola-stricken region 9 Oct 2014 As the Ebola virus spreads in West Africa, officials at Southern University New Orleans are urging students and staff to avoid the region until the outbreak is under control. Josephine Okoronkwo, Director of student services at SUNO, sent out a bulletin this week warning people of the risk, and urging them to take the necessary precautions. "The message here, is that SUNO encourages travel around the world, but because of Ebola, SUNO does not encourage travel in West Africa, at the moment," Okoronkwo said.


'I Have Ebola': Passenger Causes Scare on Flight That Departed From Philly 9 Oct 2014 A man on a flight that left Philadelphia for an island paradise triggered a caught-on-camera Ebola scare on his plane when he reportedly said "I have Ebola." US Airways Flight 845 departed from Philadelphia to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, just after 10 a.m. Wednesday. When it arrived in Punta Cana shortly after 1 p.m. local time, passengers were told to stay on the plane as crews in hazmat suits came onto the aircraft...US Air said the flight was checked, and vacationers were allowed to go on their way.


Anti-terrorism bill: police to get power to secretly search suspect's house --AFP to be allowed to enter through neighbour's property --Suspects do not have to be told for six months --Media companies protest prison term for reporting on searches 8 Oct 2014 (AU) Federal police will gain the power to secretly search a terrorism suspect's home, enter through an innocent neighbour's property and impersonate people, without having to notify the subjects of the warrant for six months or more...The delayed notification search warrant provisions are part of the Abbott government's second national security bill, which aims to make it easier to detain and prosecute terrorism suspects and investigate such offences...The counter-terrorism bill's explanatory notes said the changes would allow the Australian Federal Police (AFP) "to conduct searches of a warrant premises without the occupier's knowledge and without notifying the occupier of the premises at the time the warrant is executed".


Australia's terrorism laws 'could criminalise preaching from Qur'an' --National imams council tells parliamentary committee that Muslim preachers on social justice could face charges 8 Oct 2014 Preaching from parts of the Qur'an calling on Muslims to defend their land could fall foul of Australia's new [fascist] counter-terrorism laws, senior Islamic clerics fear. The Australian National Imams Council said the proposed broadening of the offence of advocating terrorism to include those who "promote" and" encourage" violence would have "serious implications on free speech and will have a chilling effect on legitimate religious and political debate". In a submission to the parliamentary joint committee on intelligence and security on Wednesday, the organisation, which represents 250 imams around Australia, said a member could find himself charged with advocating terrorism "if he for example advocated the duty of a Muslim to defend his land".


Harvard students: America is a bigger threat to world peace than ISIS [Ain't it the truth!] 9 Oct 2014 Harvard students believe that American is a bigger threat to world peace than ISIS [I-CIA-SIS], according to a recent survey of attendees at the prestigious Cambridge university. Campus Reform, a self-styled 'campus watchdog' for conservative students, carried out the interviews in the quad at the Ivy League school on Saturday and asked: 'Who is the bigger threat to world peace, ISIS or the U.S.?' 'American imperialism and our protection of oil interests in the Middle East are destabilizing the region and allowing groups like ISIS to gain power,' said one student... 'We are, at some level, the cause of it,' said another student.


U.S. military: Airstrikes against ISIS won't save key city of Kobani --ISIS claims to down an Iraqi military helicopter 8 Oct 2014 U.S. airstrikes "are not going to save" the key Syrian city of Kobani from being overtaken by ISIS, said Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm. John Kirby. "I think we all should be steeling ourselves for that eventuality," he told reporters in a daily briefing Wednesday...Several senior U.S. administration officials said Kobani will soon fall to ISIS, which calls itself the Islamic State. They downplayed the importance of it, saying the city is not a major U.S. concern.


Israeli settlers destroy Palestinian olive farms in Nablus 7 Oct 2014 Israeli settlers have once again attacked Palestinian properties in the occupied West Bank, destroying olive farms near the city of Nablus. According to local sources, the settlers on Monday cut the branches of nearly 100 olive trees in the village of Bani Yasouf. Twenty other trees were similarly damaged on a separate farm in the village of Awarta.


Prosecutors: MH17 passenger had oxygen mask on 10 Oct 2014 The body of one passenger on Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was found wearing an oxygen mask, Dutch prosecutors said, raising questions about how much those on board knew about their fate as their plane went down above eastern Ukraine in July. The passenger, an Australian, did not have the mask on his face but its elastic strap was around his neck, said Wim de Bruin, a spokesman for the Dutch National Prosecutor's Office, which is carrying out a criminal investigation into the disaster. De Bruin said no other bodies from the wreckage were found wearing masks.


Julian Assange Has Been Detained Without Charge for 1400 Days 9 Oct 2014 Key news items for 9 October 2014, according to 'This Day in WikiLeaks:' Julian Assange has been detained without charge for 1400 days - 840 days inside the Ecuadorian Embassy. Chelsea Manning has been in prison for 1594 days. Jeremy Hammond has been in prison for 946 days. A secret Grand Jury on WikiLeaks has been active for 1692 days.


'Go-ahead' for nuclear power plant 8 Oct 2014 The final go-ahead has been given by the European Commission for a new £16 billion nuclear power station in the UK, according to Greenpeace. Commissioners are meeting today to consider giving final approval for the plant to be built by EDF Energy at Hinkley Point in Somerset. The commission has been examining funding for the power station under state aid rules since December.


Documents Reveal Billions of Gallons of Oil Industry Wastewater Illegally Injected Into Central California Aquifers 06 Oct 2014 Almost 3 billion gallons of oil industry wastewater have been illegally dumped into central California aquifers that supply drinking water and farming irrigation, according to state documents obtained by the Center for Biological Diversity. The wastewater entered the aquifers through at least nine injection disposal wells used by the oil industry to dispose of waste contaminated with fracking fluids and other pollutants. The documents also reveal that Central Valley Water Board testing found high levels of arsenic, thallium and nitrates -- contaminants sometimes found in oil industry wastewater -- in water-supply wells near these waste-disposal operations. [If I-CIA-SIS or al-CIAduh did it, Obama and the Republicans in Congress would take action. But since it's their overlords -- US corpora-terrorists -- who committed the crimes against humanity, Obama and the GOP are *silent.*]


Lego ends Shell partnership following Greenpeace campaign 9 Oct 2014 Lego will not renew its marketing contract with Shell after coming under sustained pressure from Greenpeace to end a partnership that dates to the 1960s. The environmental campaign group, protesting about the oil giant's plans to drill in the Arctic, had targeted the world’s biggest toy maker with a YouTube video that attracted nearly 6m views for its depiction of a pristine Arctic, built from 120kg of Lego, being covered in oil. Initially Lego had resisted Greenpeace, arguing that it ought to deal directly with Shell, but on Thursday it will relent.

Supreme Court Blocks Wisconsin Voter ID Law 9 Oct 2014 The Supreme Court on Thursday stopped officials in Wisconsin from requiring voters there to provide photo identification before casting their ballots in the coming election. Three of the court's more conservative members dissented. The requirement, one of the strictest in the nation, is part of a state law enacted in 2011 but mostly blocked by various courts in the interim. A federal trial judge had blocked it, saying it would "deter or prevent a substantial number of the 300,000-plus registered voters who lack ID from voting," disproportionately affecting black and Hispanic voters.

Texas voter ID law blocked by federal judge 9 Oct 2014 A federal judge on Thursday blocked Texas from enforcing voter ID requirements just weeks ahead of the November elections, knocking down a law that the U.S. Justice Department condemned in court as the state's latest means of suppressing minority turnout. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos of Corpus Christi is a defeat for Republican-backed photo ID measures that have swept across the U.S. in recent years and mostly been upheld in court. However, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday night blocked Wisconsin from implementing a law requiring voters to present photo IDs.

Tougher voter ID laws reduce turnout by black and young voters, study says --A government report finds turnout decreases in Kansas and Tennessee in the 2012 elections compared with four states which didn't tighten ID requirements 9 Oct 2014 States that toughened their voter identification laws saw steeper drops in election turnout than those that did not, with disproportionate falloffs among black and younger voters, a nonpartisan congressional study released Wednesday concluded. As of June, 33 states have enacted laws obligating voters to show a photo ID at the polls, the study said. The report by the Government Accountability Office, Congress's investigative agency, was released less than a month from elections that will determine which party controls Congress.

St Louis police officer kills 18-year-old, reviving Ferguson tensions --Police department says suspect opened fire after being ordered to stop but other accounts say he only had a sandwich 9 Oct 2014 A St Louis city police officer shot and killed a young male suspect on Wednesday, authorities said, bringing new tension as protests continue over the fatal police shooting of an unarmed black teenager in August. The officer had attempted to stop the fleeing suspect, the St Louis Metropolitan Police Department said on Twitter.

Police Officer Fatally Shoots Teenager, Sparking Protests in St. Louis 9 Oct 2014 Angry and hurt protesters took to the streets in St. Louis on Wednesday night after a police officer shot and killed an 18-year-old in the Shaw neighborhood, near where 18-year-old Michael Brown was fatally shot in August. According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, police and protesters have wildly different versions of how the shooting occurred...Several witnesses say Vonderrick Myers Jr. was unarmed. "He had a sandwich in his hand, and they thought it was a gun," said Teyonna Myers, the victim's cousin. "It's like Michael Brown all over again."

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