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- 177 Occupy Wall Street Protesters Arrested
- Rand Paul: Automatic cuts may be the only way
- Follow Your Heart: Darpa’s Quest to Find You by Your Heartbeat
- TSA Claims X-ray Scanners are Safe as Europe Bans Scanners for ‘Health, Safety’
- Ron Paul urges GOP not to ‘capitulate’ on pledge not to raise taxes as he refuses to rule out running as independent
- Ron Paul’s strength in Iowa shows it’s too soon to write him off
- Gingrich, Romney Tied; Former Speaker Cites Tea-Party Appeal
| 177 Occupy Wall Street Protesters Arrested Posted: 21 Nov 2011 04:19 PM PST By RICHARD ESPOSITO, ALAN FARNHAM and SUSANNA KIM, ABCNews.com New York City activists, angry at having been evicted from their encampment, began a “Day of Action” Thursday in an attempt to disrupt the New York Stock Exchange and transit in the city. Police arrested about 177 Occupy Wall Street protesters by the end of the day for actions like obstructing traffic and resisting arrests, officials say. One protester who was arrested threw a liquid that stung, possibly vinegar, in the faces of officers, said police. Protest organizers claim today’s events, falling on the two-month anniversary of the Occupy movement, will be their biggest yet. A New York City deputy mayor said yesterday that officials are bracing for the possibility that thousands may try to clog subways and bridges. Occupy protesters in other US cities are also planning disruptions. “Otherwise it was orderly, with employees and residents using IDs to enter Wall St in vicinity of the exchange,” said one senior New York City official, after the NYSE opened without incident. At nearby Zuccotti Park, police in riot gear held back a crowd of several hundred protesters. Christopher Guerra, who formerly worked at the “information desk” at Zuccotti Park before protesters were evicted, gathered with others near the stock exchange. “I say we shut the whole country down,” Guerra said. The group in a news release announced it would rally near the New York Stock Exchange, then head to subways and march over the Brooklyn Bridge. “Resist austerity. Rebuild the economy. Reclaim our democracy,” the group wrote. To read more, visit: http://abcnews.go.com/Business/occupy-wall-street-plans-largest-protest-movement/story?id=14963565#.TsrliD0k6so |
| Rand Paul: Automatic cuts may be the only way Posted: 21 Nov 2011 04:18 PM PST By: Kevin Liptak, CNNPolitics.com (CNN) – Rand Paul, the Kentucky senator who was elected with strong support from the tea party, said Sunday the automatic cuts that would follow a super committee failure may be the only way for Congress to reach a debt-cutting deal. "Automatic cuts (sequestration) are sort of like telling your children that, you know, if you don’t clean up your mess, or else," Paul said on CNN's "State of the Union." "Maybe we need the 'or else' because Congress isn’t behaving the way they should be behaving. Maybe sequestration is our only way we will get any kind of cuts," Paul said. Paul said the major cuts to budget of the Department of Defense wouldn't actually amount to spending cuts, only cuts in proposed expenditures. "I think we need to be honest about it," Paul said. "The interesting thing is there will be no cuts in military spending. This may surprise some people, but there will be no cuts in military spending because we’re only cutting proposed increases. If we do nothing, military spending goes up 23% over 10 years. If we sequester the money, it will still go up 16%. So spending is still rising under any of these plans. In fact, if you look at both alternatives, spending is still going up. We’re only cutting proposed increases in spending." Last week, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta sent a letter to lawmakers describing the potential cuts as "devastating," saying the impact would be substantial upon the armed services. To read more, visit: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/11/20/rand-paul-automatic-cuts-may-be-the-only-way/ |
| Follow Your Heart: Darpa’s Quest to Find You by Your Heartbeat Posted: 21 Nov 2011 03:57 PM PST By Adam Rawnsley, Wired .com The U.S. military can see you breathing on the other side of that wall. It can even see your heartbeat racing while you crouch behind the door. But if you think running farther away or hiding in a crowd will make you invisible to the Defense Department's sensors, you might be in for a surprise. The Pentagon's geeks are looking to tweak their life-form finder so they can spot your tell-tale heart no matter what you do. Darpa, the Pentagon's mad-science shop, announced last week that it's looking to improve on technologies that sniff out biometric signatures like heartbeats from behind walls. Dubbed "Biometrics-at-a-distance," the program seeks to build sensors that can remotely identify humans from farther away and tell them apart in a crowd. Seeing or "sensing" human life through walls can be a pretty helpful trick. For troops that have to clear houses in search of terrorists or insurgents, it's always nice to know what's on the other side of that door. Picking up "life-form readings" may sound like science fiction straight out of Star Trek, but the Defense Department has been able to do it for years now. In 2006, Darpa developed Radar Scope,which used radar waves to sense through walls and detect the movements associated with respiration. A year later, the Army invested in LifeReader, a system using Doppler radar to find heartbeats. More recently, the military's been using devices like the AN/PPS-26 STTW ("Sense Through the Wall") and TiaLinx's Eagle scanner, which can sense the presence of humans and animals through walls. Handy though these gadgets may be, Darpa wants to one-up them with some new and better capabilities. First off, Darpa wants its biometric device to be able to work from farther away. Right now, it says the accuracy of most systems taps out at around eight meters. And while some see-through devices can see through up to eight inches of concrete, they don't do as well in locations with more or thicker walls. So Darpa's looking for the next system to push that range past 10 meters, particularly in cluttered urban areas. To read more, visit: http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/11/follow-your-heart-darpas-quest-to-find-you-by-your-heartbeat/ |
| TSA Claims X-ray Scanners are Safe as Europe Bans Scanners for ‘Health, Safety’ Posted: 21 Nov 2011 03:41 PM PST
The European Union has decided to ban all X-ray scanners from EU airports in order to protect the health and safety of EU citizens, yet the TSA still claims that the scanners are completely safe. The ban comes after the recent media outburst regarding the 1998 report that linked the X-ray scanners to cancer. The report found that the machines could be causing 100 cases of cancer per year conservatively. It is quite clear that the TSA is clinging on to the X-ray scanners for dear life, while the EU is taking the appropriate steps in protecting the health of travelers. This is evidenced by how differently the two governing bodies responding to the X-ray scanner cancer issue. The European Union, following the news that the scanners are causing a threat to public health, decided to address the threat by removing the scanners. The European Commission issued a press release on November 14th calling for members of the European Union to remove X-ray scanners from its airports to avoid risking "citizens' health and safety." The United States on the other hand, went back on a promise to launch an independent safety into the machines. Instead of commissioning the independent review, TSA administrator John Pistole has declared a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) 'draft' that focuses primarily on the upkeep and maintenance of the machines to be sufficient evidence that the machines are safe. The draft has not yet been released, though Pistole assures the American people that it is very conclusive and reassuring. In fact, Pistole actually states that it is his 'belief' that the scanners are safe during a Senate hearing that was to be centered around hard evidence regading X-ray scanner safety. 'My strong belief is those types of machines are still completely safe,' Pistole said. 'If the determination is that this IG study is not sufficient, then I will look at still yet another additional study.' Of course there is hard evidence that the machines are posing a risk to the health of citizens, just as the European Union has stated. To read more, visit: http://www.infowars.com/tsa-claims-x-ray-scanners-are-safe-as-europe-bans-scanners-for-%E2%80%98health-safety%E2%80%99/ |
| Posted: 21 Nov 2011 01:40 PM PST By DAILY MAIL Ron Paul has warned his Republican colleagues in the Congress that they better keep their pledge to not raise taxes. He says if they do ‘capitulate’ on taxes then people will make them pay. ‘If we fall back on these promises after having done so well and getting control of House again, if we capitulate, they will punish the Republican party. ‘They better not do it, or they won’t be very happy with themselves.’ he told Fox News host Sean Hannity during his radio show. Of a third-party run if he does not get the Republican nomination, Paul said: ‘I have no intention of doing that,’ However, when asked several times by Hannity to rule out an independent bid, he would not. Paul says he and his staff were ‘annoyed’ by the fact that he only received 89 seconds to speak at the last 90 minute Republican debate. To read more, visit: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2063821/Ron-Paul-urges-GOP-capitulate-pledge-raise-taxes-refuses-rule-running-independent.html?ito=feeds-newsxml |
| Ron Paul’s strength in Iowa shows it’s too soon to write him off Posted: 21 Nov 2011 01:38 PM PST By Brad Knickerbocker | MinnPost.com To most pollsters and pundits, any mention of Ron Paul typically comes with an implied asterisk. Whether they say it outright or not, they don't think the Texas congressman has a chance of being the GOP presidential nominee. Too far outside mainstream, tea party, or born-again socially conservative Republicanism, they say. And yet Rep. Paul soldiers on, and you know what? As other candidates – Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry, Herman Cain – dash forward hare-like only to stumble or be run over by the next new thing, Paul is the perpetual tortoise in the race, mild-mannered, confident and unwavering in his positions (no flip-flopper he), advancing steadily toward the first real test in the Iowa caucuses six weeks from now. Consider these recent headlines: "Ron Paul is for real in Iowa. Seriously." (Washington Post) "Niche Voters Giving Paul Momentum in Iowa Polls" (New York Times) "Ron Paul's 19 percent in Iowa may indicate a path to the nomination" (Daily Caller) "GOP outsider Ron Paul gaining traction in Iowa" (Associated Press) "Ron Paul And Libertarians Can’t Be Discounted" (Forbes) To read more, visit: http://www.minnpost.com/worldcsm/2011/11/21/33287/ron_pauls_strength_in_iowa_shows_its_too_soon_to_write_him_off |
| Gingrich, Romney Tied; Former Speaker Cites Tea-Party Appeal Posted: 21 Nov 2011 01:35 PM PST By FRANK JAMES, NPR Newt Gingrich’s moment in the sun in the 2012 race for the Republican presidential nomination stretched into the Thanksgiving holiday week with a new USA Today-Gallup poll placing him and Mitt Romney in a statistical tie at 22 percent and 21 percent of support, respectively. The poll of GOP and Republican-leaning registered voters was the latest of several national and state polls showing an unmistakable Gingrich surge. Given the rise and fall of support for Rep. Michele Bachmann, Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Herman Cain as a large number of Republicans continue to show their unhappiness with their choices, particularly the man thought to be the likeliest nominee, Romney, it would be an understatement to say that significant skepticism exists about Gingrich actually becoming the nominee. Those doubts have only been enlarged by recent reports that the former House speaker’s companies have made millions of dollars through Gingrich’s “strategic advice” to a number of companies, including Freddie Mac, the mortgage giant. Freddie Mac, like Fannie Mae, is despised by many conservatives who blame the government-sponsored entities for causing the housing meltdown. So Gingrich’s association with one of the GSEs isn’t helpful in his bid for the nomination, to say the least. To read more, visit: http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2011/11/21/142589404/poll-gingrich-romney-tied-former-speaker-says-he-has-tea-party-appeal |
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