China Unveils It's Newest Mobile ICBM

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxYDRHNqcdeyxGElIRSBHVL3Iba7pgHlq7JTMh88ZCXi6Hjuhzqnnm4k0b806efBNzxD4j2FA6Cq5VE1z99gJpSuNqS_ydLylPWizbsb6_VnPsJU5jOXr9ICnikoJRrgDhwRg__iDKB1Ep/s1600/200px-US-DefenseIntelligenceAgency-Seal.svg.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="139" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxYDRHNqcdeyxGElIRSBHVL3Iba7pgHlq7JTMh88ZCXi6Hjuhzqnnm4k0b806efBNzxD4j2FA6Cq5VE1z99gJpSuNqS_ydLylPWizbsb6_VnPsJU5jOXr9ICnikoJRrgDhwRg__iDKB1Ep/s1600/200px-US-DefenseIntelligenceAgency-Seal.svg.png" width="200" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Photo:</b> China's DF-41 missile</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">China Shows New Mobile ICBM On Internet -- Washington Free Beacon</span></b></div><br /><i>Photo reportedly shows missile leaving manufacturing plant</i><br /><br />China’s military recently disclosed a new photo of its longest-range mobile intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), a key element of Beijing’s large-scale strategic nuclear buildup.<br /><br />The photograph of the missile reportedly leaving a manufacturing plant in China was posted online Jan. 31 in what a military enthusiast website stated was the transfer of the missile from a factory to a military unit.<br /><br />The photograph shows the mobile missile covered in blue tarp and escorted by security police from the factory.<br /><br />The Chinese military frequently discloses such images online as part of efforts to highlight its nuclear forces, among the most secret elements of Beijing’s military forces.<br /><br />According to the online posting by a user identified only as “witten,” the missile was described as the Second Artillery Corps’ Dong Feng-41 (DF-41) ICBM.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://freebeacon.com/china-shows-new-mobile-icbm-on-internet/">Read more</a></b> ....<br /><br /><b>My Comment:</b> The Chinese are no longer even hiding their nuclear weapons program .... they want everyone to know that they are now undergoing a large-scale strategic nuclear buildup.

China Unveils It's Newest Mobile ICBM

Photo: China's DF-41 missile China Shows New Mobile ICBM On Internet -- Washington Free Beacon Photo reportedly shows missile leaving m...

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U.S. Report: China Will Use EMP Weapons Against The US

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWCWsChzfK7pUoql3c7PSWagseae9fNTIkADYjm8o41uwzGK1eg0Fg8Zv2hN1L3n_NU5Rbu6NKaU6Lw4uD0QOyIEUDSnR8k-z9NT8OJD-qc5pa5E2Ra0ItPiJlF2g9FYh9H7C10Vd_yEja/s1600/us_postal_service_logo-325.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWCWsChzfK7pUoql3c7PSWagseae9fNTIkADYjm8o41uwzGK1eg0Fg8Zv2hN1L3n_NU5Rbu6NKaU6Lw4uD0QOyIEUDSnR8k-z9NT8OJD-qc5pa5E2Ra0ItPiJlF2g9FYh9H7C10Vd_yEja/s1600/us_postal_service_logo-325.gif" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>In Any Cross-Strait War China Will Use EMP Weapons Against US: Report -- Want China Times</b></span></div><br />China is likely to mobilize electromagnetic pulse weapons against the United States in any potential war over the Taiwan strait, according to a report prepared by F. Michael Maloof, a retired US defense department official for the WorldNetDaily, a conservative news website based in Washington.<br /><br />Given the possibility that the United States Navy will deploy its aircraft carrier to the Western Pacific in the event of China entering into a territorial conflict with Japan, Vietnam and the Philippines over the East and South China Sea or launching any potential military action against Taiwan, Maloof indicated that the People's Liberation Army is looking to use the electromagnetic pulse weapons as part of a "one-two punch" to knock out the defensive electronics aboard the US vessels. <br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20140209000048&cid=1101">Read more</a></b> ....<br /><br /><b>My Comment:</b> If China explodes a nuclear device to generate an EMP pulse .... the assumption in Asia/U.S./and else where is that China is about to use the rest of it's nuclear arsenal. In such a scenario .... U.S. nuclear command will be only one step from launching it's own retaliatory strike against the Chinese mainland.

U.S. Report: China Will Use EMP Weapons Against The US

In Any Cross-Strait War China Will Use EMP Weapons Against US: Report -- Want China Times China is likely to mobilize electromagnetic pulse ...

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Iran Is Escalating It's Military Threats Against The U.S. (Updated)

<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/0Csxf8fyZjQ" width="560"></iframe><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Iran Escalates Military Threats Against United States -- Times of Israel</b></span></div><br />IRGC navy commander warns that country can sink US aircraft carriers, while defense minister promises response to military attack<br /><br />Despite the signing of a landmark nuclear deal in November with the P5+1 world powers, and a moderate tone coming from President Hassan Rouhani and Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif, Iranian defense officials escalated sharply their rhetoric against the United States over the weekend.<br /><br />On Sunday, Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps Navy Commander Ali Fadavi said that the US knows that its aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf would be sunk if it launched a military strike on Iran.<br /><br />“The Americans can sense by all means how their warships will be sunk with 5,000 crews and forces in combat against Iran and how they should find its hulk in the depths of the sea,” said Fadavi, according to Fars news agency.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-escalates-threats-against-united-states/">Read more</a></b> ....<br /><br /><b>Previous Post</b>: <a href="http://warnewsupdates.blogspot.ca/2014/02/iran-announces-that-it-is-sending-its.html">Iran Announces That It Is Sending It's Naval Fleet To The U.S. Coast</a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>More News On Iran Escalating Their War Rhetoric Against The U.S.</b></span></div><br /><a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/feb/10/iran-ratchets-threats-us-can-sense-how-their-warsh/">Iran Ratchets Threats: ‘U.S. ‘Can Sense … How Their Warships Will Be Sunk’</a> -- Washington Times<br /><a href="http://www.jpost.com/Iranian-Threat/News/Iranian-admiral-The-US-can-expect-heavy-losses-at-sea-should-it-attack-Iran-340940">Iranian admiral: The US can expect heavy losses at sea should it attack Iran </a>-- Jerusalem Post<br /><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2554900/Iranian-warships-sailing-US-borders-time-send-message.html?ico=ushome^headlines">Iranian warships will sail to U.S. maritime borders for first time to send 'a message' to the White House</a> -- Daily Mail<br /><a href="http://freebeacon.com/iranian-navy-commander-vows-to-sink-u-s-warships/">Iranian Navy Commander Vows to Sink U.S. Warships </a>-- Washington Free Beacon<br /><a href="http://www.voanews.com/content/iran-warships-to-approach-us-maritime-borders/1847472.html">Iran: Warships to Approach US Maritime Borders</a> -- Voice of America<br /><a href="http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2014/02/09/Iran-says-its-sending-warships-to-US-maritime-borders/UPI-70041391953078/">Iran says it's sending warships to U.S. maritime borders </a>-- UPI<br /><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/09/world/meast/iran-navy/">Report: Iran sending warships toward U.S. maritime borders</a> -- CNN<br /><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/08/us-iran-usa-navy-idUSBREA170VA20140208">Iran says warships sailing towards U.S.: agency </a>-- Reuters<br /><a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/report-iran-sends-warships-u-s-maritime-borders-n25721">Report: Iran Sends Warships To U.S. Maritime Borders </a>-- NBC

Iran Is Escalating It's Military Threats Against The U.S. (Updated)

Iran Escalates Military Threats Against United States -- Times of Israel IRGC navy commander warns that country can sink US aircraft carrier...

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Why The U.S. Navy Is Not Worried About Iranian Warships Off The Coast Of The U.S.

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjipx0TqS0uEn9SChIQrRPPb1feUREIi90JOXabeFKdFVwphw1ltTX_iYFid3V3Ek97ypJ5w9u0NdUCX8HatN-5OcMtSZwzbLYGlZu_zEycburri-0fbUUenKFcbKa4_tW8CW9xuHtM77qA/s1600/2013-09-12-BZSSR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjipx0TqS0uEn9SChIQrRPPb1feUREIi90JOXabeFKdFVwphw1ltTX_iYFid3V3Ek97ypJ5w9u0NdUCX8HatN-5OcMtSZwzbLYGlZu_zEycburri-0fbUUenKFcbKa4_tW8CW9xuHtM77qA/s1600/2013-09-12-BZSSR.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">A starboard quarter view of the Iranian destroyer escort ITS ROSTAM (DE-73), now redesignated the frigate IS SABALAN (F-73). NOTE: This vessel was heavily damaged on 19 April 1988 by air attack of units of CVW-11 from the USS ENTERPRISE (CVN-65) in retaliation for the mining of the USS SAMUEL B. ROBERTS (FFG-58) in the Persian Gulf. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_frigate_Sabalan">Wikipedia</a></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>These Are the Entirely Crappy Warships Iran Says It’s Sending to the U.S. Coast -- David Axe, War Is Boring</b></span></div><br /><i>A 45-year-old destroyer and Iran’s only big tanker ship</i><br /><br />A senior admiral of the Iranian navy said on Feb. 8 that Tehran is sending two warships near American waters in retaliation for U.S. naval deployments around Iran.<br /><br />“Iran’s military fleet is approaching the United States’ maritime borders, and this move has a message,” Adm. Afshin Rezayee Haddad told Iranian state media, according to U.S. news reports.<br /><br />Haddad called the deployment “Iran’s response to Washington’s beefed up naval presence in the Persian Gulf.”<br /><br />Never mind that the U.S. Navy has actually reduced its forces in the Persian Gulf. Today the Navy has just one nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the USS Harry S. Truman, in the Gulf along with the amphibious assault ship Boxer. Two years ago the Americans had two carriers near Iran, but budget cuts ended that that practice.<br /><br /><b><a href="https://medium.com/war-is-boring/628995a1bb95">Read more</a></b> ....<br /><br /><b>Update #1:</b> <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/02/10/iran-warships-threat-to-usa-coast/5365335/">Iranian warships pose little threat to U.S. homeland</a> -- USA Today<br /><b>Update #2</b>: <a href="http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/177238#.UvkcfYW0ykM">Washington Plays Down Iranian Navy's Threats </a>-- Arutz Sheva<br /><br /><b>My Comment:</b> A 45 year old destroyer and a supply ship .... not much of a threat there. My prediction .... expect this Iranian "fleet" to be "watched and hounded" when they are a few hundred miles from the U.S. coast .... if they can get there.

Why The U.S. Navy Is Not Worried About Iranian Warships Off The Coast Of The U.S.

A starboard quarter view of the Iranian destroyer escort ITS ROSTAM (DE-73), now redesignated the frigate IS SABALAN (F-73). NOTE: This vess...

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Did Iranian Special Forces Breech A U.S. Aircraft Carrier's Perimeter Defenses Last Year?

<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/TS-MHvDylUo" width="420"></iframe><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Iranian Navy Secretly Filmed A US Air Craft Carrier At Less Than 500 Meters -- Ground Report</b></span></div><br />Last year we reported on a matter where the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) naval forces secretly recorded an almost one-hour-long video of a US aircraft carrier operating in the Persian Gulf from a very close distance. This was confirmed by a senior IRGC commander at the time.<br /><br />The footage was recorded at less than a distance of 500 meters which is close enough to launch an surprise attack!<br /><br />This is the first time that Iranian forces have tracked, photographed and recorded video of a US aircraft carrier this closely.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://groundreport.com/iranian-navy-secretly-filmed-a-us-air-craft-carrier-at-less-than-500-meters/">Read more</a></b> ....<br /><br /><b>My Comment: </b>This is the first time that I am reading this report .... and I have found no video evidence of such an operation. Is this Iranian government propaganda? I can only hope so.<br /><br />On a side note .... the above video is from an Iranian source that claims that one of their drones was able to monitor the USS Ronald Reagan in the Persian Gulf in 2006.

Did Iranian Special Forces Breech A U.S. Aircraft Carrier's Perimeter Defenses Last Year?

Iranian Navy Secretly Filmed A US Air Craft Carrier At Less Than 500 Meters -- Ground Report Last year we reported on a matter where the Isl...

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Iran Claims To Have Developed A New Generation Of Centrifuges To Enrich Uranium

<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Rb8TeAMS2p8" width="560"></iframe><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Iran Claims New Generation Of 15-Times-Faster Centrifuges -- Times of Israel</b></span></div><br />Tehran nuclear chief reserves right to resume enrichment to 60% if needed; Israeli team to meet US negotiators ahead of next week’s nuclear talks<br /><br />Iran’s nuclear chief declared that his country has developed a new generation of centrifuges 15 times more powerful than those currently being used to enrich uranium, and said it might resume enrichment to 60% if necessary.<br /><br />We unveiled a new generation of centrifuges that surprised the Westerners,” said Ali Akbar Salehi on Monday. “This new machine is 15 times more powerful than the previous generation,” he claimed, according to Iran’s state broadcaster IRIB.<br /><br />Salehi added that the development did not violate the November 24 Geneva interim agreement between Iran and six world powers that has imposed curbs on Tehran’s nuclear drive. “We successfully argued that this was allowed within the research and development article in the agreement,” Salehi said.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-claims-new-generation-of-15-times-faster-centrifuges/">Read more</a></b> ....<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>More News On Iran's Nuclear Program</b></span></div><br /><a href="http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/iran-says-new-centrifuges/991378.html">Iran says new centrifuges developed to enrich uranium</a> -- Channel News Asia<br /><a href="http://www.jns.org/news-briefs/2014/2/10/iran-unveils-new-generation-of-nuclear-centrifuges#.UvlKoYW0ykM">New generation of Iran nuclear centrifuges unveiled</a> -- JNS<br /><a href="http://phys.org/news/2014-02-iran-centrifuge-enrich-uranium.html">Iran says new centrifuge developed to enrich uranium</a> -- Phys.org<br /><a href="http://www.jpost.com/Iranian-Threat/News/Rouhani-says-Irans-doors-open-to-UN-nuclear-watchdog-as-Tehran-unveils-centrifuges-missiles-340981">Rouhani says Iran's doors open to UN nuclear watchdog as Tehran unveils centrifuges, missiles</a> -- Jerusalem Post<br /><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/02/10/un-atomic-agency-says-progress-made-in-iran-nuke-probe-but-still-long-way-to-go/">UN atomic agency says progress made in Iran nuke probe but still a long way to go </a>-- FOX News/AP<br /><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/iaea-says-iran-cooperating-with-probe-into-alleged-nuclear-weapons-but-outstanding-issues/">IAEA inspector says Iran cooperating with probe into alleged nuclear weapons work, but "lot of outstanding issues" </a>-- CBS News/Reuters<br /><a href="http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/140210/iran-sets-red-lines-ahead-fresh-nuclear-talks">Iran sets 'red lines' ahead of fresh nuclear talks</a> -- Global Post/AFP<br /><a href="http://www.tasnimnews.com/English/Home/Single/279188">Salehi: Iran Not to Lose Anything in N. Technology</a> -- Tasnim News Agency

Iran Claims To Have Developed A New Generation Of Centrifuges To Enrich Uranium

Iran Claims New Generation Of 15-Times-Faster Centrifuges -- Times of Israel Tehran nuclear chief reserves right to resume enrichment to 60%...

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Iran Claims To Have Successfully Test Fired Two Long-Range Missiles

<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/p2orUEsqXM8" width="420"></iframe><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Iran Test-Fires Long-Range Missile: Minister -- Reuters</b></span></div><br />ANKARA (Reuters) - Iran's military has successfully test-fired two new domestically made missiles, the defense minister said on Monday according to state television, ahead of talks with world powers to try to reach an agreement on curbing Tehran's nuclear program.<br /><br />Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan said one of them was a long-range ballistic missile with radar-evading capabilities.<br /><br />"The new generation of long-range ground-to-ground ballistic missile with a fragmentation warhead and the laser-guided air-to-surface and surface-to-surface missile dubbed Bina (Insightful) have been successfully test-fired," state television quoted him as saying.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/iran-successfully-test-fires-long-range-missile-irna-192932288.html;_ylt=AwrBEiEWKflSCSUASVTQtDMD">Read more</a></b> ....<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>More News On Reports That Iran Successfully Have Test Fired Two Long Range Missiles</b></span></div><br /><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/report-iran-successfully-test-fires-2-missiles/">Report: Iran successfully test-fires 2 missiles</a> -- CBS/AP<br /><a href="http://tribune.com.pk/story/669998/iran-claims-to-have-tested-two-new-missiles/">Iran claims to have tested two new missiles </a>-- Express Tribune<br /><a href="http://freebeacon.com/white-house-draws-red-line-on-iranian-ballistic-missile-program/">White House Draws Red Line on Iranian Ballistic Missile Program </a>-- Washington Free Beacon<br /><a href="http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/02/10/iran-our-ballistic-missile-program-is-off-limits-during-nuclear-talks/">Iran: Our ballistic missile program is off limits during nuclear talks </a>-- RAW Story/AFP

Iran Claims To Have Successfully Test Fired Two Long-Range Missiles

Iran Test-Fires Long-Range Missile: Minister -- Reuters ANKARA (Reuters) - Iran's military has successfully test-fired two new domestica...

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Is Russia Withholding Information On Olympic Threats?

<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/ko58hGlgP6s" width="560"></iframe><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Russia Withholds Information On Olympic Threats, US Lawmakers Say -- McClatchy News</b></span></div><br />WASHINGTON - U.S. intelligence officials are frustrated that the Russian government is withholding information about threats to Olympic venues coming from inside Russia, several lawmakers said on talk shows Sunday.<br /><br />"We aren't getting the kind of cooperation that we'd like from the Russians in terms of their internal threats," Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., a member of the House Intelligence Committee, said on "Fox News Sunday."<br /><br />"It means that we're less effective in protecting our people, and that's a frustration," Schiff said.<br /><br />More than 70,000 Russian security officers have been deployed to protect the Olympic venues in Sochi. Russian President Vladimir Putin describes the layers of security around Sochi as the "ring of steel."<br /><br />The United States has set up a command center in Sochi with about 150 security personnel from the FBI, the State Department and the Department of Homeland Security.<br /><br />The American ambassador to Russia, Michael McFaul, said the U.S. is "quite satisfied" with the cooperation coming from Russian security officials.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2014/02/09/217529/russia-withholds-information-on.html">Read more</a></b> ....<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/B172zhEgGBY" width="560"></iframe><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>More News On Olympic Security And Terror Threats</b></span></div><br /><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/09/us-olympics-usa-security-idUSBREA180QK20140209">U.S. lawmakers see serious threat of attacks in Russia during Olympics</a> -- Reuters<br /><a href="http://swampland.time.com/2014/02/09/sochi-security-congressmen/">Lawmakers Warn Of Terror Threat At Sochi</a> -- Time<br /><a href="http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-02-09/sochi-olympics-security-appropriate-u-dot-s-dot-delegation-head-says">Sochi Security Risks Far From Over, U.S. Delegation Says</a> -- Bloomberg Businessweek<br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/02/09/mccaul-high-degree-of-probability-something-will-detonate-near-olympics/">McCaul: ‘High degree of probability’ something will ‘detonate’ near Olympics</a> -- Washington Post<br /><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/rep-michael-mccaul-high-probability-of-terror-attack-at-sochi-olympics/">Rep. Michael McCaul: High probability of terror attack at Sochi Olympics</a> -- CBS<br /><a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2014/02/09/attack-outside-sochi-olympics-is-biggest-security-concern/">Attack Outside Sochi Is Security Concern </a>-- Wall Street Journal<br /><a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/feb/9/intelligence-chair-guards-gates-and-guns-mitigate-/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS">Intelligence chair: ‘Guards, gates and guns’ mitigate Olympics threats</a> -- Washington Times

Is Russia Withholding Information On Olympic Threats?

Russia Withholds Information On Olympic Threats, US Lawmakers Say -- McClatchy News WASHINGTON - U.S. intelligence officials are frustrated ...

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Spain Issues Arrest Warrants For Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin And Former Premier Li Peng

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQlylw0GNeiUjGUIkQbWs_i8awmoVQmN32Ap2AlfCm3DYC6EAIF4vcNSGDiPjDQl-zESF7qs4nWruhyphenhyphen_XE4grEoypswV_rOyFFagkfzw-_EEs0jXsfMzgu9sNEvzjJZn74OjHKxmr_K5Jc/s1600/2013-09-12-BZSSR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQlylw0GNeiUjGUIkQbWs_i8awmoVQmN32Ap2AlfCm3DYC6EAIF4vcNSGDiPjDQl-zESF7qs4nWruhyphenhyphen_XE4grEoypswV_rOyFFagkfzw-_EEs0jXsfMzgu9sNEvzjJZn74OjHKxmr_K5Jc/s1600/2013-09-12-BZSSR.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Former Chinese president Jiang Zemin, left, and ex-prime minister Li Peng have been accused of crimes against humanity in Tibet.<b> </b>(Andrew Wong/Reuters)</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Spanish Judge Issues Arrest Warrants For China's Former President, Prime Minister -- CNN</b></span></div><br />Madrid (CNN) -- A Spanish judge issued international arrest warrants Monday for China's former President Jiang Zemin and former Prime Minister Li Peng for alleged genocide against the people of Tibet, Spain's National Court in Madrid said.<br /><br />The warrants against them and three other senior Chinese officials are the latest chapter in a long-running lawsuit by pro-Tibetan groups and a dual Tibetan-Spanish citizen who seek international legal action against some Chinese officials.<br /><br />Judge Ismael Moreno issued the arrest warrants for alleged "genocide, torture and crimes against humanity," and ordered them to be sent to Interpol, the international police agency, according to a copy of the order viewed by CNN.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/10/world/europe/spain-chinese-officials-arrest-warrants/">Read more</a></b> ....<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>More News On Spain Issuing Arrest Warrants For Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin And Former Premier Li Peng</b></span></div><br /><br /><a href="http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/agencia-efe/140210/spanish-judge-orders-former-chinese-presidents-arrest-over-tibet-ki">Spanish judge orders former Chinese president's arrest over Tibet killings</a> -- Global Post/EFE<br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/spain-court-signs-chinese-leaders-arrest-warrants/2014/02/10/abf84e96-926d-11e3-b3f7-f5107432ca45_story.html">Spain court signs Chinese leaders’ arrest warrants </a>-- Washington Post/AP<br /><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/10/us-china-spain-idUSBREA191J520140210">Spain seeks arrest of former Chinese president over Tibet</a> -- Reuters<br /><a href="http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/140210/spain-judge-orders-arrest-former-china-president-jiang-zemin">Spain judge orders arrest of former China president Jiang Zemin</a> -- Global Post/AFP<br /><a href="http://thediplomat.com/2014/02/spain-issues-arrest-order-for-jiang-zemin-li-peng/">Spain Issues Arrest Order For Jiang Zemin, Li Peng</a> -- The Diplomat

Spain Issues Arrest Warrants For Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin And Former Premier Li Peng

Former Chinese president Jiang Zemin, left, and ex-prime minister Li Peng have been accused of crimes against humanity in Tibet. (Andrew Wo...

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Syria Needs George Clooney

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdN2LK8w6M9TWX_C_xjfBb127hDXmgt3aYII5nDUlZyFP2NerIWvroaiwTwsAqNzU3Hh1Qb70foUuEWb-wBrhPzOmBkMccTOzxEVkhyphenhypheni8pbrNwbvSEy6DJeROkF_WYAhOCM2uby6aihLha/s1600/2013-09-12-BZSSR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdN2LK8w6M9TWX_C_xjfBb127hDXmgt3aYII5nDUlZyFP2NerIWvroaiwTwsAqNzU3Hh1Qb70foUuEWb-wBrhPzOmBkMccTOzxEVkhyphenhypheni8pbrNwbvSEy6DJeROkF_WYAhOCM2uby6aihLha/s1600/2013-09-12-BZSSR.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">George Clooney, co-founder of ''Not On Our Watch,'' listens to opening remarks before speaking on a recent trip to Sudan and on the in-country situation at an event held by the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) in Washington October 12, 2010. Credit: Reuters/Molly Riley</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Why Syria Needs George Clooney -- Jeremy Barnicle, Special to CNN</b></span></div><br />Beirut, Lebanon (CNN) -- Syria needs lots of things right now. One of them is George Clooney.<br /><br />Let me explain. As the Geneva II talks this week made clear, there is no end in sight for the bloody three-year war in Syria. In the meantime, more than 100,000 people have been killed, the country is destroyed, and millions of Syrians have fled their homes, half of them children.<br /><br />This is the defining war and humanitarian crisis of this decade, which was underscored by my visit to Syrian refugees here this week.<br /><br />And yet there is no outcry from the broader rich-country public to end the suffering there.<br /><br />To the extent that the media cover Syria, it is a diplomatic and political story. My media contacts say they need a "fresh angle" on the humanitarian aspect of Syria in order to get it covered.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/30/opinion/syria-george-clooney-jeremy-barnicle/index.html?hpt=op_bn4">Read more</a></b> ....<br /><br /><b>My Comment:</b> Syria needs a hundred George Clooneys

Syria Needs George Clooney

George Clooney, co-founder of ''Not On Our Watch,'' listens to opening remarks before speaking on a recent trip to Sudan and...

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Mother Nature and Old Man Winter Can Kiss My Clean Shaven Head

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGkIch1t-QiCiWRcjlWBJJdtt1m64pFQrH6axyVxhlCPm4FEYfEPX3bZOfKtq4HaAtA1FpBgLKVuDDPTrYNQYAkFluipP22l4DUBIPUIkvOBNA8UBo4O_Ui3WvvMRqBCT7h78LVrMjRASm/s1600/mother+nature+old+man+winter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGkIch1t-QiCiWRcjlWBJJdtt1m64pFQrH6axyVxhlCPm4FEYfEPX3bZOfKtq4HaAtA1FpBgLKVuDDPTrYNQYAkFluipP22l4DUBIPUIkvOBNA8UBo4O_Ui3WvvMRqBCT7h78LVrMjRASm/s1600/mother+nature+old+man+winter.jpg" width="225" /></a>Cheeeeeers Bitches!!<br /><br />Y’know?  I can’t speak for everyone…<br /><br />But Old Man Winter and Mother Nature have been having a sub-zero FuckFest this winter at our expense.<br /><br />These past three and half months here in Ohio, have been nothing but an endless stream of bullshit…And I’m talking cold, snowy, booger freezing bullshit.<br /><br />It has snowed nearly every damn day, and the cold air clings to us like a Danish tiger clinging to a lifeless, yet delicious giraffe.<br /><br />For weeks, I have told myself that weather patterns will change and we’ll at least hit our averages of mid-30’s during the day, but…no such luck.  We have been mired in the teens during the days, and in the single to below zero digits during the nights.<br /><br />So?<br /><br />I am taking extreme measures, and willing the temps to moderate using extreme measures of Karma.<br /><br />After weeks of growing a beard and a sparsely populated head of hair in order to combat the polar vortices that have smothered our area this winter season, I have cleaned myself up, and shaved both face and head.<br /><br />Here was my rugged winter chin at approximately 8:30 PM last night…<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgME0zsjIsu_cNsL0A2mP90xeYSVgvnIWRJl3AzKVNzeG82MvK6jvKpJb7YDxIzr_d84WB5EEk-_pVab9qBu9Jbv-tR0ktmV2D6liSYkpwUJaik9RXxPPWjLZ6OKg-OdcqjJiBoG0z2t7zt/s1600/Bad+Beard.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="351" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgME0zsjIsu_cNsL0A2mP90xeYSVgvnIWRJl3AzKVNzeG82MvK6jvKpJb7YDxIzr_d84WB5EEk-_pVab9qBu9Jbv-tR0ktmV2D6liSYkpwUJaik9RXxPPWjLZ6OKg-OdcqjJiBoG0z2t7zt/s1600/Bad+Beard.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />And here is my smooth, luxurious chin and face now…<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-1AZfULV5X-6fbuo59mVhCBt8k0oGnYS4JoreVMIdjRekfgCA_87P_0vdo7GiGwuAczOBwNO46FtD6TR5EQp1mPxl2VUECZbseTivEEm2-gUSseSK4uyOEDdycolRUcs0xDNvoGs0vMPK/s1600/Sexy+Goatee.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-1AZfULV5X-6fbuo59mVhCBt8k0oGnYS4JoreVMIdjRekfgCA_87P_0vdo7GiGwuAczOBwNO46FtD6TR5EQp1mPxl2VUECZbseTivEEm2-gUSseSK4uyOEDdycolRUcs0xDNvoGs0vMPK/s1600/Sexy+Goatee.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br />Here was my fucked up looking think melon last night at the same time…<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzMacgmnTsloiUSz02MHK186CVrk0oOmh2lEbPmvIy4U83rrnAx36YHDncb_7eoL3buLvw4tq_048Em4wob70B4L1k1BKD4ku1QHdaJKX5wN1eZV5wp9-UwhtfAzqtKdlBX9ukkDr3i2Qq/s1600/Stupid+Bald+Guy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzMacgmnTsloiUSz02MHK186CVrk0oOmh2lEbPmvIy4U83rrnAx36YHDncb_7eoL3buLvw4tq_048Em4wob70B4L1k1BKD4ku1QHdaJKX5wN1eZV5wp9-UwhtfAzqtKdlBX9ukkDr3i2Qq/s1600/Stupid+Bald+Guy.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />And here is my sexy, smooth container of a genius IQ now…<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmIbRz1D-omvN_ZqJPDzAWHm7RSbB-jml0kZHFyM2pX-TbHQ5yuDtQOHd971dEpxuNKfObMEuzKbsr6YWPjSm9Vl9qRyxJ9zCYKuBSuxwSkDKb4_imarxo2zV38WSYsNTr82cqerwSKbDV/s1600/Hot+Bald+Guy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmIbRz1D-omvN_ZqJPDzAWHm7RSbB-jml0kZHFyM2pX-TbHQ5yuDtQOHd971dEpxuNKfObMEuzKbsr6YWPjSm9Vl9qRyxJ9zCYKuBSuxwSkDKb4_imarxo2zV38WSYsNTr82cqerwSKbDV/s1600/Hot+Bald+Guy.JPG" width="303" /></a></div><br />Pretty sexy, no?<br /><br />Damn right, and let me tell you…<br /><br />I know it’s going to continue to be cold for the foreseeable future, but mark my words, my courage in doing the follicle cleansing is going to make the Gods and Goddesses of Warmth shine upon me, and Old Man Winter and Mother Nature will be kissing my ass.<br /><br />And they should…mainly because I am now bald, clean shaven, and most of all…I'm beautiful.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_arYTZwc0npHxOj9YBCA7spLQNBQPs2Zm_9Kx5wAd6sjyWnbNGxWjDxPHRa_90juLHTDjSW7GWLlf8ERQimW4oGKMBRUlcxhDlUXtFE0CrhH4Ota9bXX2Yyb1u5D8pcWi0WkSsWAMaFjK/s1600/Sexy+Bald+Guy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_arYTZwc0npHxOj9YBCA7spLQNBQPs2Zm_9Kx5wAd6sjyWnbNGxWjDxPHRa_90juLHTDjSW7GWLlf8ERQimW4oGKMBRUlcxhDlUXtFE0CrhH4Ota9bXX2Yyb1u5D8pcWi0WkSsWAMaFjK/s1600/Sexy+Bald+Guy.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />Or Something.<br /><br /><i>Cheers!!</i><br /><br />Matt-Man<br /><br /><i><a href="mailto:mattmaniws@ymail.com">mattmaniws@ymail.com</a></i><br /><i><a href="https://twitter.com/MattMan_IWS" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">@mattman_iwsradio</span></a></i><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/mattmaniws" target="_blank"><i><span style="color: blue;">My Facebook Page</span></i></a></div>

Mother Nature and Old Man Winter Can Kiss My Clean Shaven Head

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The Sarcasm Report v.185

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMIRcxdHNjcgqKYTCIsOKx3CkzvbZ13d_CMGO_kD_mEP8HkRLWMMWGu1nEP5cn9XRFxV3w9EXX1Weo4c1ZwFmQjokJdiKfGFUjukOH_rvSb4DqrkX3nX30vJoU903P482ZHP5dcMT-HRU/s1600/Financial+Stress+vs.+SP500.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMIRcxdHNjcgqKYTCIsOKx3CkzvbZ13d_CMGO_kD_mEP8HkRLWMMWGu1nEP5cn9XRFxV3w9EXX1Weo4c1ZwFmQjokJdiKfGFUjukOH_rvSb4DqrkX3nX30vJoU903P482ZHP5dcMT-HRU/s320/Financial+Stress+vs.+SP500.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click to enlarge.</span><br /><br />The blue line shows the annual average of the St. Louis Fed Financial Stress Index and the Kansas City Financial Stress Index.<br /><br />The red line shows the negative of the annual average of the real S&P 500 Index (December 2013 dollars).<br /><br />1. The key to maintaining the stock market's currently lofty level is to keep the financial stress at a near record low. That's right. Keep it there permanently. Just say no to stress.<br /><br />2. The key to maintaining the financial stress at a near record low is to keep the stock market at its currently lofty level. That's right. Keep it there permanently. Just say no to stress.<br /><br />What could possibly go wrong with this <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circular_reasoning">circular reasoning</a> strategy? As seen in the chart, <b>there hasn't been this little financial stress in the system since the top of the housing bubble</b> in the mid 2000s! Oh, what a carefree time that was!<br /><br />I am very optimistic about our long-term future!! ZIRP! Employment growth! Real GDP growth! Real median household income growth! Uncharted territory growth! You name it! It's going to be an adventure.<br /><br /><b>February 11, 2014</b><br /><a href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/markets/asx-bets-on-derivatives-clearing/story-e6frg916-1226823009473#">ASX bets on derivatives clearing</a><br /><div style="color: #666666;"><br /></div><div style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="color: red;">"We don't even celebrate trillions any more,"</span> the Englishman recently elevated to the top job of global clearing house LCH Clearnet, told The Australian on a recent visit to Sydney.<br /><br />It's not quite so flippant a comment as it might seem. The arcane world of over-the-counter derivatives such as interest rate swaps that Davie inhabits turns over $600 trillion of notional value a year, so <span style="color: red;">a trillion is not far off being a rounding error</span>.</i></div><br />This concludes the sarcasm report.<br /><br /><b>Source Data:</b><br /><a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=rYc">St. Louis Fed: Custom Chart</a>

The Sarcasm Report v.185

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Bruce Jenner changing over to Bridget

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Bruce Jenner changing over to Bridget

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31.7 mn Americans tuned in for Olympics opening ceremony (BLOG)

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5BI2McqoX0rV2BuCag4E9x95a9eyZTttKHP7QXCgEcSQ0bk64dxtX624U__nEQH1sNY_VcJT98Xb0z7IUvnTovjXsRP5ycLwz85OE57fz6UMrcAkB8NFi8xtQniASIEkdJor5ia8EUdU/s1600/ol.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5BI2McqoX0rV2BuCag4E9x95a9eyZTttKHP7QXCgEcSQ0bk64dxtX624U__nEQH1sNY_VcJT98Xb0z7IUvnTovjXsRP5ycLwz85OE57fz6UMrcAkB8NFi8xtQniASIEkdJor5ia8EUdU/s1600/ol.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1392088116438_3505" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Washington (AFP) - The 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics opening ceremony was watched by an impressive 31.7 million viewers in the United States, despite the fact that it aired hours after the fact, NBC said Saturday.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1392088116438_3519" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The figure puts the Sochi event "as the most-watched Opening Ceremony for a non-live Winter Games since the 1994 Lillehammer Games," the statement from the network that airs the games on US television said, citing figures from the Nielson Company.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1392088116438_3529" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The viewership was just slightly below the 32.7 million Americans who watched the live telecast of the Vancouver Games opening ceremony in 2010.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1392088116438_3539" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The strong ratings are "an early sign that our strategy of emphasizing primetime viewing is working," said NBC Sports Group chairman Mark Lazarus, justifying the delay in broadcasting the show.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1392088116438_3549" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The world press hailed the Sochi opening ceremony as a triumph and show of power for Russian President Vladimir Putin seeking to showcase the post-Soviet revival of the former superpower.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Despite an embarrassing technical glitch at the start -- when one of five illuminated snowflakes which were supposed to morph into the Olympic rings failed to appear -- there was general praise for the spectacle in the Black Sea resort.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">That included cheers from Russians, who gushed at the "fairy tale" spectacle, saying it restored pride missing for too long in the former superpower.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">After a build-up dogged by controversies on issues ranging from Russia's gay rights record to security, the successful ceremony took some pressure off the organizers, who have been under unprecedented scrutiny.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1392088116438_3572" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">There was, however, some criticism of the staggering $50 billion price tag for the games, amid cries that corruption has seen much of the money siphoned off and that concerns about the environment had been disregarded.</div>

31.7 mn Americans tuned in for Olympics opening ceremony (BLOG)

Washington (AFP) - The 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics opening ceremony was watched by an impressive 31.7 million viewers in the United States, d...

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‘Saturday Night Live’ Star Chris Kattan Arrested for Alleged DUI (BLOG)

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha3NEaxPCmfVNPWZ5a9jYluZi4znSpdTFE3Q-CvfuAD8-yNzuFAs0ZbdbBe3f6xShR85pboBn_80fhivHYJSNwIq7G8I48E2CNr1zKx9eYe_nXchxnNLp4uOgg5gqdeFsaCpDJLtpzx0c/s1600/la.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha3NEaxPCmfVNPWZ5a9jYluZi4znSpdTFE3Q-CvfuAD8-yNzuFAs0ZbdbBe3f6xShR85pboBn_80fhivHYJSNwIq7G8I48E2CNr1zKx9eYe_nXchxnNLp4uOgg5gqdeFsaCpDJLtpzx0c/s1600/la.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, Georgia; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; padding: 15px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Former “Saturday Night Live” star Chris Kattan was arrested for alleged DUI early this morning, according to police.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, Georgia; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; padding: 15px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">At 1:53 a.m., Kattan, 43, was driving a 2011 Mercedes Benz westbound on the 101 Freeway near Los Angeles when he crashed into the back of a Department of Transportation vehicle, according to California Highway Patrol.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, Georgia; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; padding: 15px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">No one was injured in the accident and DOT workers were doing maintenance on the freeway at the time.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, Georgia; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; padding: 15px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Police report that prior to Kattan’s accident, they received 911 calls reporting a Mercedes weaving all over the roadway at slow speeds.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, Georgia; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; padding: 15px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The comedian was arrested for DUI and booked at Van Nuys jail.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, Georgia; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; padding: 15px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Kattan rose to fame on “SNL,” including his iconic skits with Will Ferrell, which eventually became a movie “A Night at the Roxbury,” about two brothers head-bobbing at clubs, looking to pick up girls.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, Georgia; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; padding: 15px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">More recently, Kattan has had guest spots on “The Middle” and was in post production for a movie “Walk of Fame” opposite Scott Eastwood.</div><div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, Georgia; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="GTY chris kattan jtm 140210 16x9 608 Saturday Night Live Star Chris Kattan Arrested for Alleged DUI" height="342" src="http://a.abcnews.com/images/Entertainment/GTY_chris_kattan_jtm_140210_16x9_608.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" title="Kattan" width="608" /><div class="wp-caption-text" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border-bottom-color: rgb(229, 229, 229); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; font-family: proxima-nova, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 10px 5px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 468px;">(Photo Credit: Michael Schwartz/Getty Images)</div></div>

‘Saturday Night Live’ Star Chris Kattan Arrested for Alleged DUI (BLOG)

Former “Saturday Night Live” star Chris Kattan was arrested for alleged DUI early this morning, according to police. At 1:53 a.m., Kattan, 4...

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Timing error gives, then takes away gold from Dutch skater (BLOG)

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibZqwhiHicVgYa4_4B3BCaOwVZ2MiwmosbRbmTsDLAIQ8_KHq3VXhCFJdoMkzchLp1XP1QNKRJEGrC1qXJw9FmoSNTAj7HnQyeT-ghiBwaskt3xlgaq4J525MIT866RWMIUrW-JHEJlQ8/s1600/c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibZqwhiHicVgYa4_4B3BCaOwVZ2MiwmosbRbmTsDLAIQ8_KHq3VXhCFJdoMkzchLp1XP1QNKRJEGrC1qXJw9FmoSNTAj7HnQyeT-ghiBwaskt3xlgaq4J525MIT866RWMIUrW-JHEJlQ8/s1600/c.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1392075848512_3512" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">SOCHI, Russia – For about five seconds on Monday, Jan Smeekens was Olympic champion, hero to a nation, and all that goes with it. Until, gut-wrenchingly, he wasn't.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1392075848512_3522" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">As Smeekens crossed the line at Adler Arena in the men's 500-meter long-track speedskating and glanced up at the clock, it was the fulfillment of all his dreams.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1392075848512_3532" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The scoreboard carried a "1" next to his name, and that was enough for Smeekens, a 26-year-old from the Netherlands, to throw his arms in the air and bellow out a scream of pure delight.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1392075848512_3542" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">And then it all changed.</div><div class="yom-figure yom-fig-right" style="background-color: white; clear: right; float: right; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin: 0px 0px 20px 20px; max-width: 100%; overflow: hidden; width: 310px;"><a data-rapid_p="10" href="http://sports.yahoo.com/photos/controversy-at-men-s-500m-short-track-speedskating-event-served-fresh-by-subway-1392057527-slideshow/" style="color: #324fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" class="editorial" src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/uh_wG9jsCHJURybTPvM0Rw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NTt3PTMxMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/Sports/ap/201402101029377798045" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; display: inline; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1 !important; transition: opacity 0.3333s ease 0ms; vertical-align: bottom; visibility: visible !important;" title="To see more photos, click above." width="310" /></a><div class="legend" style="background-image: none; color: grey; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; max-width: 100%; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px;">To see more photos, click above.</div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;"></div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1392075848512_3552" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">In the moment it took for Smeekens to enter the back straight and embrace his coach, the scoreboard shifted, announcing his Dutch teammate Michel Mulder as the Olympic champion instead.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1392075848512_3562" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">A timing error had occurred and almost immediately was corrected. The issue: the scoreboard shows only two decimal points, so when Smeekens crossed the line his combined time read 69.31, same as Mulder's. However, the actual scoring is based on thousandths of a second. Mulder's times (34.634 and 34.678) totaled 69.312 to Smeekens' (34.599 and 34.725) 69.324.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">In this sport where thousandths of a second can mean the difference between glory and disaster – Mulder's combined time was 1/100 faster than Smeekens – it was enough to alter the outcome and leave Smeekens crushed.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"It is a kick in the gut," Smeekens said, his voice cracking. "I was so ecstatic to have the feeling that you won – and then you don't. It is overwhelming. I can't describe it."</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Victory by miniscule distances is nothing new in the Olympics, either in summer or winter. But we have rarely seen something quite like the emotional wrench that befell Smeekens, a serious character compared to his two colleagues on the podium – Mulder's brother Ronald completed the clean sweep with a bronze.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The 500m event involves two races separated by about an hour and combines each skater's times from both races. The lowest aggregate time wins. With the counting going down first to hundredths of a second and then thousandths in the case of a tie, it is complicated and, apparently, mistakes can happen.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Except that they shouldn't and usually don't.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">This is the Olympics where the local security surveillance system can check out anyone's text messages and online chats, so coming up with a computer that can add to three decimal points shouldn't be asking too much.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Smeekens appealed the decision but was rebuffed within two minutes by American referee Daniel Immerfall, who told the Dutch skater that he had actually lost by 0.12 of a second over the two races combined, or about three inches.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The brief window of time when Smeekens thought he was the victor will surely torture him forever. He was aghast when the realization hit home, unable to believe the cruelty of the situation.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">From carrying a beaming smile one moment, his head buried in his hands the next. To Smeekens' great credit he went immediately to the Mulder brothers to celebrate with them. They shared a hug and were applauded together by the large and noisy contingent of Dutch fans. But before long Smeekens was inconsolable again, shaking his head and cursing his luck.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"When he crossed the line I thought we were equal on time and then I saw a "1" next to his name," Michel Mulder said. "This kind of closeness is what makes the sport exciting, but it is tough on him."</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The Netherlands is apparently a country full of long limbed giants blessed with impossible speed on a pair of skates. This 1-2-3 finish followed another in the men's 10,000 on Saturday, meaning that in those two events alone the Dutch had outstripped the United States' entire haul for the Games in all sports as of Monday night.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">For the U.S., Shani Davis came in 24th in a distance unsuited to him, with Tucker Fredericks in 26th and Mitchell Whitmore 27th.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">But this was one those nights that rightly or wrongly, will be remembered for the guy who didn't win as much as the one that did.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1392075848512_3707" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">"I have never seen something like this in my entire career and I don't think we will ever see it again," Smeekens said.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1392075848512_3697" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Let us hope not.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1392075848512_3697" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;"><br /></div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1392075848512_3697" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">ABCNews</div>

Timing error gives, then takes away gold from Dutch skater (BLOG)

SOCHI, Russia – For about five seconds on Monday, Jan Smeekens was Olympic champion, hero to a nation, and all that goes with it. Until, gut...

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Judge OKs evidence from accused Colorado gunman's computers, phones (BLOG)

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF0uYp0Oy_CbWx3_QqsCCS-C9zlkIuppwYRuDQY_IGgivWOxLwO75h4509QBHtat_1dRaFJncY6hxnhLSwJdl5vLa2r9l9XjELRA2_JhZUXLg8IzhlZN74SjKcfMFpv0ZnZPpPxqaVgqY/s1600/k.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF0uYp0Oy_CbWx3_QqsCCS-C9zlkIuppwYRuDQY_IGgivWOxLwO75h4509QBHtat_1dRaFJncY6hxnhLSwJdl5vLa2r9l9XjELRA2_JhZUXLg8IzhlZN74SjKcfMFpv0ZnZPpPxqaVgqY/s1600/k.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1392063571193_15543" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">By Keith Coffman</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1392063571193_16066" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Arapahoe County District Court Judge Carlos Samour denied eight defense motions that sought to suppress the data.DENVER (Reuters) - The judge in the Colorado theater massacre case has ruled that evidence seized from accused gunman James Holmes' computers, cell phone and bank accounts is admissible at trial, court documents made public on Monday show.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1392063571193_16103" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Public defenders had argued that police lacked sufficient probable cause when they sought search warrants for Holmes' iPad and iPhone, email accounts and banking records, or were "overbroad" in their requests.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1392063571193_16113" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Holmes, 26, is charged with multiple counts of first-degree murder and attempted murder for opening fire inside an Aurora, Colorado, cinema during a viewing of the Batman film "The Dark Knight Rises" in July 2012.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The shooting spree killed 12 movie goers and wounded 70 others.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">The one-time neuroscience graduate student has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, and prosecutors said they will seek the death penalty for Holmes if he is convicted.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Public defenders have challenged nearly every piece of evidence amassed against their client and have lost most of those legal battles. They concede Holmes was the lone gunman but have said he was in the midst of a psychotic episode when he went on the rampage.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Among the evidence that the judge ruled jurors will be allowed to see are photographs lifted from Holmes' iPhone that showed him posing with his weapons hours before he launched the attack.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Officers who responded to the crime scene observed Holmes on his phone and therefore "had probable cause to believe that the defendant's iPhone qualified as an instrumentality of those crimes - because it had been used inside the theater during the shooting - and contained evidence related to those crimes," Samour wrote.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Holmes underwent a court-ordered sanity examination last summer after he invoked the insanity defense, but his evaluators' findings have not been made public.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Holmes' trial has been postponed indefinitely while the judge decides whether to grant prosecutors' motion to have the California native undergo a second sanity examination by their experts. At a hearing last month, Samour said he would rule on the prosecution request in coming weeks.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1392063571193_16215" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">Defense lawyers also said in court filings that Holmes should not be executed if he is convicted of murder because he suffers from a chronic mental illness.</div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1392063571193_16225" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;">(Editing by Barbara Goldberg and Cynthia Osterman)</div>

Judge OKs evidence from accused Colorado gunman's computers, phones (BLOG)

By Keith Coffman Arapahoe County District Court Judge Carlos Samour denied eight defense motions that sought to suppress the data.DENVER (Re...

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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>SILVER and GOLD making headlines </b></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>INTERNATIONAL BUYING: </b><br /><b><a href="http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article44366.html" style="color: red;">http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article44366.html</a></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>China demand: </b><br /><b><a href="http://www.btimes.com.my/Current_News/BTIMES/articles/20140211002532/Article/" style="color: red;">http://www.btimes.com.my/Current_News/BTIMES/articles/20140211002532/Article/</a></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>CHARTS are forming a base: </b><br /><b><a href="http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-02-08/citi-gold-putting-base?" style="color: red;">http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-02-08/citi-gold-putting-base?</a></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>$1,400 GOLD and $26 SILVER soon arriving: </b><br /><b><a href="http://seekingalpha.com/article/2006051-are-1400-gold-and-26-silver-about-to-be-seen" style="color: red;">http://seekingalpha.com/article/2006051-are-1400-gold-and-26-silver-about-to-be-seen</a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgatGYnTEj_V4ONq9kaedmNHWuddK_sgKLtJ8rBdQfnkR_AoaAIo24Jv6mhLmd0W9_wbn1ziJfr-ImzeNsNEjU7dCqZVFzJDQMiR1u7M9yfDOR4MCULI-iySFtVFnqkEQCd4j61JIEzQIA/s1600/silver-coins.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="132" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgatGYnTEj_V4ONq9kaedmNHWuddK_sgKLtJ8rBdQfnkR_AoaAIo24Jv6mhLmd0W9_wbn1ziJfr-ImzeNsNEjU7dCqZVFzJDQMiR1u7M9yfDOR4MCULI-iySFtVFnqkEQCd4j61JIEzQIA/s1600/silver-coins.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAOu1ueg1EATf6vel63r5DyCSE2rGQPBz8M-emx9OhovLwbGXD3PBXn3AKUuXFTp4hezSey7oGZiSMuOtVzkDFaKP3dHNhN5Bnzcxw2FdgXh_rS49L9POzuMSNOAL1YZ6YgsI1oI-L9nM/s1600/SILVERcoins.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="132" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAOu1ueg1EATf6vel63r5DyCSE2rGQPBz8M-emx9OhovLwbGXD3PBXn3AKUuXFTp4hezSey7oGZiSMuOtVzkDFaKP3dHNhN5Bnzcxw2FdgXh_rS49L9POzuMSNOAL1YZ6YgsI1oI-L9nM/s1600/SILVERcoins.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>The U.S. MINT continues to break all time sales records as their published statistics show plainly with their sales of American Silver Eagles.  Other mints both government and private are reporting increased sales and concerns with keeping up with sales demands are rising.  So are the prices rising rapidly as a growing amount of collectible numismatics that have limited mintage often double in value.</b><br /><br /><b>Analysts who specialize in GOLD and SILVER such as the well known and recognized Sprott Asset Management are covering these developments closely and their funds the PHYS, PSLV, and SPPP are starting to show signs of increased investor interest. </b><br /><br /><b>John Embry has calculated that $100 silver is not far away: </b><br /><br /><b><a href="http://sprottglobal.com/thoughts/articles/silver-to-100-dollars-within-reasonable-timeframe-john-embry/" style="color: red;">http://sprottglobal.com/thoughts/articles/silver-to-100-dollars-within-reasonable-timeframe-john-embry/</a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>WATCH THE CHARTS</b></span></div><br /><b>There's all manner of evidence that something is stirring in the GOLD and SILVER commodities and a sector shift with MINING STOCKS will be noted at any moment.  Already it's been apparent that various funds and stocks are rising such as:  GLD, SLV, IAU, GDX, PHYS, PSLV, NUGT, UGLD, USLV, AUY, NEM, SLW, SWC, and various other mining stocks and related gold and silver funds and futures contracts.  </b><br /><br /><b>NOTICE THE ROUND OUT FORMATION ON THE CHARTS BELOW.  Chart analysts are already showing this as a sign of the bottom in prices:</b><br /><b><a href="http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-02-08/citi-gold-putting-base?" style="color: red;">http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-02-08/citi-gold-putting-base?</a> </b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><img height="199" src="http://www.finviz.com/fut_chart.ashx?t=GC&cot=088691&p=h1" width="400" /><br /> </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><img height="199" src="http://www.finviz.com/fut_chart.ashx?t=SI&cot=084691&p=h1" width="400" /><br /> </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">What's really going on with GOLD and SILVER?</span></b></div><br /><b>That's hard to tell for those of us not on the inside as our elected representatives in Congress are, but The News UNIT is monitoring the situation very closely and will be posting time sensitive information critical to investors, traders, and even stackers. </b><br /><br /><b>Some say a MAJOR SHORT SQUEEZE is about to occur in the GOLD and SILVER markets.  There are also reports that large amounts of hoarding metals is occurring in Dubai, various Arab nations, Asia, and the far East.  We are also starting to hear the war drums beating between the U.S.A. and Iran and who knows who else will be included in the coming global conflict.  </b><br /><br /><b>Nevertheless, financial survival will be a very growing concern, especially here in America as our debt ridden nation coupled with the criminal administration, lawless lawmakers, and all manner of oath of office violators wreaks havoc on we the people.  </b><br /><br /><b>It's financial survival time; and probably worse.  Stay informed! </b><br /><br /><b>...developing...</b></div>

SILVER price set to rise toward $100

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Missing Ohio College Student Froze to Death (BLOG)

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF71JYOFIjKNQev822p3cXZiHXTQUgckaUAOjdwhiH0nt48IFeuZMCVGq8fvBYUEtcd4n9kskiFheu6biFfVxHBkEKQc1b6ous-vhxn8Y6M2x4LJJL_Xm56D46JEJGIJaffBgjE_11GY0/s1600/download+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF71JYOFIjKNQev822p3cXZiHXTQUgckaUAOjdwhiH0nt48IFeuZMCVGq8fvBYUEtcd4n9kskiFheu6biFfVxHBkEKQc1b6ous-vhxn8Y6M2x4LJJL_Xm56D46JEJGIJaffBgjE_11GY0/s1600/download+(1).jpg" /></a></div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">An official at a central Ohio college says a student who was the subject of intensive search over the weekend apparently died of hypothermia after falling asleep outside.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">Denison University student David Hallman III was last seen leaving a downtown Granville restaurant early Saturday. The 21-year-old Erie, Pa., native was found Saturday night outside a garage in a condo complex about a half mile away.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">The Columbus Dispatch ( <a href="http://bit.ly/M4Q3ib" style="color: #2e538f; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">http://bit.ly/M4Q3ib</a> ) reports that Laurel Kennedy, vice president for student development, wrote in a memo to the university community that "it appears he had fallen asleep and then succumbed to hypothermia." Police said alcohol may be a factor.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">Hallman was a history major who was well-known on the campus of about 2,100 students. He was a former member of the swimming team.</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">———</div><div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: proxima-nova, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 22px; padding: 0px;">Information from: The Columbus Dispatch, <a href="http://www.dispatch.com/" style="color: #2e538f; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">http://www.dispatch.com</a></div>

Missing Ohio College Student Froze to Death (BLOG)

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U.S.A. and IRAN and rumors of WAR

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U.S.A. and IRAN and rumors of WAR

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