News Updates from CLG
31 January 2016
31 January 2016
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Genetically modified mosquitoes could be cause of Zika outbreak, critics say | 30 Jan 2016 | The latest contagious virus freaking out the globe, particularly women worried about birth defects, may have been caused by the presence of genetically modified mosquitoes (GMMs) in Brazil. With international health experts convening in Geneva to discuss the outbreak of and possible cures for the Zika virus, questions are being raised as to whether the GMMs are to blame. In mid-2012, British biotech company Oxitec released the super bugs with the aim of reducing the overall mosquito population that spreads dengue fever, the Zika virus, and chikungunya in northeast Brazil.
Zika Outbreak Epicenter in Same Area Where GM Mosquitoes Were Released in 2015 | 28 Jan 2016 | The World Health Organization announced it will convene an Emergency Committee under International Health Regulations on Monday, February 1, concerning the Zika virus's 'explosive' spread throughout the Americas...Brazil is now considered the epicenter of the Zika outbreak, which coincides with at least 4,000 reports of babies born with microcephaly just since October. Oxitec first unveiled its large-scale, genetically-modified mosquito farm in Brazil in July 2012, with the goal of reducing "the incidence of dengue fever," as The Disease Daily reported. Dengue fever is spread by the same Aedes mosquitoes which spread the Zika virus -- and though they "cannot fly more than 400 meters," WHO stated, "it may inadvertently be transported by humans from one place to another."
Spread of Zika virus 'explosive', 4 million cases possible: WHO | 28 Jan 2016 | The [Tdap vaccine-induced?] Zika virus - linked to severe birth defects in thousands of babies in Brazil - is spreading "explosively" and could affect as many as four million people in the Americas, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday. Director-General Margaret Chan told members of WHO's executive board that the spread of the mosquito-borne disease had gone from a mild threat to one of alarming proportions and that she was convening experts to assess it. "Last year, the virus was detected in the Americas, where it is now spreading explosively. As of today, cases have been reported in 23 countries and territories in the region," Chan said, promising that the WHO would act fast.
Third Zika case confirmed in Illinois: health officials | 29 Jan 2016 | An Illinois male resident who traveled to Colombia is the U.S. state's third case of the mosquito-transmitted Zika virus, health officials said on Friday. The Illinois Department of Public Health officials said the case was confirmed on Thursday but declined to provide further details.
A pregnant woman is among three people in New York City infected with the Zika virus --31 cases have been confirmed in 11 US states and Washington DC | 28 Jan 2016 | A pregnant woman is one of three people in New York City who are infected with the Zika virus, it was revealed Thursday. There are 31 confirmed diagnoses of the mosquito-borne illness, believed to cause birth defects, in the United States. All of them are believed to have caught the infection, which is transferred by the Aedes mosquito, while traveling in the Caribbean or Latin America where there are outbreaks of the tropical illness.
U.S. warship sails near island claimed by China in South China Sea | 30 Jan 2016 | A U.S. Navy destroyer sailed within 12 nautical miles of an island claimed by China and two other states in the South China Sea on Saturday to counter efforts to limit freedom of navigation, the Pentagon said. China claims most of the South China Sea, through which more than 5 trillion of world trade is shipped every year. Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, the Philippines and Taiwan have rival claims. Pentagon spokesman Captain Jeff Davis said no ships from China's military were in the vicinity of the guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur when it passed near Triton Island in the Paracel Islands.
New docs confirm CIA had rendition flight lurking in Europe to catch Snowden | 28 Jan 2016 | A Danish news website has published documents backing up the allegations that in June 2013 a US plane with a connection to CIA black site programs was on call in Copenhagen ready to snatch NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden as he was stranded in Moscow. The story of the private aircraft, a Gulfstream V with registration number N977GA, was first reported by The Register in June 2014. The plane - previously used by the American intelligence to secretly transport terror subjects to clandestine detention facilities in Europe - flew from Washington, DC, over Scotland to Copenhagen, the report said.
Canada halts intelligence sharing with Five Eyes after 'accidentally' sending over Canadians' data | 29 Jan 2016 | Canada has put a hold on sharing top secret spy data with the Five Eyes countries, including the US, after it was discovered that its NSA counterpart had shared info containing the personal details of Canadians, senior government officials said Thursday. Authorities say they made the decision after learning that the Communications Security Establishment (CSE) agency had not properly hidden the metadata of Canadian citizens before sharing it with its international allies. Metadata includes the numbers and time stamps of phone calls, but excludes content.
Man carrying two guns and a copy of the Koran hidden in a bag is arrested at Euro Disney in Paris as police hunt woman accomplice | 28 Jan 2016 | A man has been arrested at Disneyland Paris carrying two handguns, ammunition, and a copy of the Koran, but police are hunting female companion. Bomb disposal experts surrounded a car after the weapons were detected by a metal detector machine at the entrance to a hotel at the amusement park, 20 miles east of the French capital. The 28-year-old man, who was not known to security services, was stopped by Disney staff who found the weapons, which included an automatic handgun, hidden in his suitcase at about noon.
Australian counter-terrorism police raid Melbourne properties | 28 Jan 2016 | Australian counter-terrorism police on Friday morning said they had raided multiple properties in Melbourne amid heightened fears of attacks by home-grown militants inspired by Islamic State. "The Victorian Joint Counter Terrorism Team can confirm it has conducted operational activity in Craigieburn and Meadow Heights, Victoria," the Australian Federal Police said in a press release.
Heathrow official boards aborted transatlantic flight to test air after eight people fall ill; airline confiscates all luggage for unexplained 'checks' --Mystery surrounds why passengers' luggage was confiscated for 'checks' | 27 Jan 2016 | Mystery still surrounds why a flight attendant collapsed and seven other people were taken ill during a mid-air drama above the Atlantic. Panicked passengers told of the scary moment a plea went out for any doctors onboard before the captain of the American Airlines flight declared a 'medical emergency' and returned to London. Emergency vehicles were scrambled and, once on the ground, the aborted Los Angeles-bound flight was escorted to the terminal before passengers were told to remain in their seats. It has since emerged that those onboard were not allowed to disembark until tests had been carried out for any 'elevated levels of substances' in the cabin air - analysis that yielded no answers. All luggage was then confiscated for 'checks' by American Airlines and Heathrow authorities, but passengers were kept in the dark as to the motive for doing so.
Sweden may expel up to 80,000 of last year's asylum seekers: report | 28 Jan 2016 | Sweden is preparing to deport up to 80,000 of last year's record number of asylum seekers, Interior Minister Anders Ygeman said in an interview with business daily Dagens Industri on Thursday. Ygeman said he estimated about 60,000 to 80,000 of the 163,000 people who sought asylum last year would be expelled and either leave voluntarily or be forcibly deported. The government fears many of those will go into hiding, Dagens Industri reported, and police are increasing their work to find and expel those.
Japan's lead negotiator for the TPP quits over bribery charges --Resignation 'may also raise further opposition within Japan to the TPP' | 28 Jan 2016 | Japan's Economy Minister Akira Amari has said he is resigning amid corruption allegations. Mr Amari unexpectedly made the announcement at a press conference in Tokyo on Thursday. But he again denied personally receiving bribes from a construction company, as had been alleged by a Japanese magazine...As Japan's lead negotiator for the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) [corporate takeover] agreement, Mr Amari was expected to travel to New Zealand next week to sign the agreement.
At least 1 killed in tunnel collapse at France's planned nuclear waste storage site | 26 Jan 2016 | A tunnel at a French nuclear waste storage facility under construction has collapsed, killing at least one person and injuring another, French media reported, citing rescue teams. The incident happened on Tuesday afternoon in Bure, northeastern France, at an underground laboratory of the National Agency for Radioactive Waste Management (Andra)...The two victims, including a seriously injured person, are still trapped 500 meters below the ground, with emergency services trying to reach them, Reuters reported, citing local fire service.
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder Has No Plan to Remove Poison Pipes in Flint A day after NBC Newsreported that none of the corroded lead pipes at the core of the Flint water crisis have been removed, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R-Terrorist) admitted he has no immediate plans to replace them. NBC News repeatedly pressed the embattled governor Wednesday on how he expects to win the trust of Flint's residents while the pipes that poisoned the water supply are still being used...There are up to 25,000 service lines containing lead that run between water mains and homes in Flint.
Oregon militia standoff takes a deadly turn | 27 Jan 2016 | Federal and state officials were restricting access on Wednesday to the Oregon refuge being occupied by an armed group after one of the occupiers died in a shootout during a traffic stop and eight more, including the group's leader Ammon Bundy, were arrested. The group, which has included people from as far away as Arizona and Michigan, seized the headquarters of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge on Jan. 2...Arizona rancher Robert "LaVoy" Finicum, a spokesman for the protesters, died in the shootout, according to the Bundys' father, Cliven Bundy, who spoke with CBS Portland affiliate KOIN-TV. "Ryan Bundy had been shot in the arm. LaVoy Finicum had been murdered, cold bloodedly murdered," Cliven Bundy told KOIN-TV.
One dead as FBI arrests Oregon occupation leader and others | 27 Jan 2016 | The leader of an armed occupation at a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon and others were arrested on Tuesday after shots were fired during a traffic stop, leaving one person dead and another wounded, the FBI said. Protesters were still occupying the remote Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in eastern Oregon after leader Ammon Bundy's arrest and the Federal Bureau of Investigation was setting up a perimeter with the hopes of a peaceful resolution, a law enforcement official told Reuters. A total of eight people were arrested in two states.
Shots fired in arrests in Oregon standoff | 26 Jan 2016 | (Burns, OR) The latest on an armed group that took over buildings at a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon (all times local): 6:55 p.m. Authorities say shots were fired during the arrest of members of an armed group that has occupied a national wildlife refuge in Oregon for more than three weeks. In a statement Tuesday, the FBI said one individual "who was a subject of a federal probable cause arrest is deceased."
Obama Moves to Expand Rules Aimed at Closing Gender Pay Gap [while corporatist fraud Obama pushes his corporate takeover aka TPP, which will drive down the wages for men *and* women, across the board] | 29 Jan 2016 | President Obama on Friday moved to require companies to report to the federal government what they pay employees by race, gender and ethnicity, part of his push to crack down on firms that pay women less for doing the same work as men. "Women are not getting the fair shot that we believe every single American deserves," Mr. Obama said in announcing the proposal, timed to coincide with the seventh anniversary of his signing of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which makes it easier for people to challenge discriminatory pay. The new rules, Mr. Obama's latest bid to use his executive power to address a priority of his that Congress has resisted acting on, would mandate that companies with 100 employees or more include salary information on a form they already submit annually that reports employees' sex, age and job groups.
Sanders to receive Secret Service protection | 30 Jan 2016 | Sanders joins Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton and Republican candidates Donald Trump and Ben Carson as the only White House contenders with details from the agency. It is not clear what prompted the move or what Sanders's code name will be...Trump's code name is "mogul," a nod to his status as a billionaire businessman.
U.S. to withhold some Clinton emails with top secret information | 29 Jan 2016 | Seven of former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's private email chains will be withheld from public release because they have been found to contain top secret information, the U.S. State Department said on Friday. "The State Department will be denying in full seven email chains, found in 22 documents representing 37 pages," said State Department spokesman John Kirby. "The documents are being upgraded at the request of the Intelligence Community because they contain a category of Top Secret information...These documents were not marked classified at the time they were sent."
Clinton keeps slim edge over Sanders in latest Iowa Poll | 30 Jan 2016 | Hillary Clinton has kept a tight grip on her slim lead over Bernie Sanders in the waning hours leading into the Iowa caucuses, a new Iowa Poll shows. Clinton is the top pick for 45 percent of likely Democratic caucus-goers, with Sanders at 42 percent, The Des Moines Register/Bloomberg Politics poll shows. Clinton's support is up 3 percentage points from earlier this month, and Sanders's is 2 percentage points higher.
Ted Cruz Campaign Sends Personal 'Shaming Letters' to Iowa Voters | 30 Jan 2016 | It has been confirmed – The photograph of Ted Cruz campaign shaming letters is legitimate. The letters are officially from the Ted Cruz campaign. Cruz spokesman Rick Tyler confirmed to IJ Review that the mailer was theirs in a phone call Friday evening, saying that the targeting had been "very narrow, but the caucuses are important and we want people who haven't voted before to vote."
Giving up already? Jeb Bush has thrown in the towel in Iowa and will leave the state BEFORE Monday night's caucuses get underway | 29 Jan 2016 | Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush is planning to ditch the frozen cornfields of Iowa for - hopefully - sunnier skies in New Hampshire even before Iowans caucus next Monday. The former Florida governor has decided his chances of winning the Iowa caucuses on Monday are minimal, and that his presence in New Hampshire is more necessary for his flagging campaign, according to a new report in Politico. Bush's campaign released a schedule on Thursday that showed he will be spending Monday night at a town hall event - in Manchester, N.H.
Donald Trump reclaims lead in latest Iowa Poll | 30 Jan 2016 | Donald Trump has muscled ahead in Iowa, regaining his lead on the brink of the first votes being cast in the 2016 presidential race. Trump stands at 28 percent, while rival Ted Cruz has slid to 23 percent..."Donald Trump could win Iowa," said Stuart Stevens, a Maryland-based GOP strategist who has worked on five presidential campaigns but is neutral this election cycle. "But he has little room for error. He is almost no one's second choice."
Trump stages dramatic flyby in massive private jet and offers children the chance to run through the plane as hundreds hear their hero in the freezing wind --Trump's iconic Boeing 757 flew past an open airport hangar where 1,000 fans gathered, as the theme music from 'Air Force One' played loudly --Said a threatened blizzard could depress turnout on Monday and cost him a victory, but 'You're from Iowa! Are you afraid of snow?' Speaking on the frosted tundra of the Dubuque, Iowa regional airport, Donald Trump returned to Iowa to a hero's welcome as his hulking Boeing 757 staged a dramatic flyby before landing on a tiny airstrip. Then he offered children the chance to run through the airplane...Then he said he had 'a little bit of an idea,' asking if there were kids under age 10 present. 'Without their parents,' Trump insisted, 'we'll let them run through the plane!' The gathered Trumpeters could also hear radio chatter from air traffic controllers as they relayed landing instructions to John Dunkin, the Republican front-runner's longtime pilot.
Trump gives $100K to group that trains dogs to help veterans | 30 Jan 2016 | Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Saturday presented a check for 100,000 to an organization that trains dogs for veterans with PTSD and mobility issues. Trump gave the check to the Puppy Jake Foundation during a campaign rally in Davenport, Iowa, with Liberty University President Jerry Falwell, Jr. Three dogs and Puppy Jake representatives came onstage to receive the donation.
Donald Trump says he raised nearly $6 million for veterans with debate boycott | 28 Jan 2016 | If Donald Trump had any second thoughts about skipping the GOP debate, he certainly didn't show it as he took the stage before a raucous crowd at Drake University on Thursday night to say that he had raised nearly 6 million for veterans in one day. "When you're treated badly you have to stick up for your rights," Trump said, alluding to his relationship with Fox..."We have to stick up for our country when we're being mistreated."
Donald Trump to skip GOP debate, hold fundraiser for wounded troops instead | 26 Jan 2016 | Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Tuesday he will boycott his party's next nationally televised debate and instead hold an event to benefit wounded troops. In comments to journalists before an Iowa rally, first reported by Politico and the Washington Post [and CLG], the business mogul and GOP front-runner accused Fox News of picking a "biased" moderator - network personality Megyn Kelly - to drive up ratings and hurt his campaign...Trump asked reporters, "Why should the networks continue getting rich on the debates?"
South Carolina's lieutenant governor endorses Trump | 27 Jan 2016 | South Carolina's lieutenant governor endorsed Donald Trump during the GOP front-runner's rally here Wednesday night. Lt. Gov. Henry McMaster, who was elected in November 2014, previously served as the state's attorney general and chairman of the South Carolina GOP. He is the highest-ranking South Carolina official to endorse Trump. McMaster introduced Trump at his rally, calling him a "man of accomplishment."
New Yorker builds igloo in Brooklyn and lists it on Airbnb for $200 --The joke listing has since been taken down by the rental sharing website | 25 Jan 2016 | The blizzard has hit New York's tourism industry hard but in certain areas of the city, enterprising locals have been using the snowstorm to set up their own businesses. One Brooklyn citizen used the vast quantities of powder in his back garden to build an igloo...and then advertised it on Airbnb. The 'Boutique winter igloo' listing offers studio living for up to two people at 200 (pounds 140) a night.
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