Avian Flu Talk http://www.avianflutalk.com/ This is an XML content feed of; Avian Flu Talk : Last 10 Posts Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:02:16 +0000 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:57:34 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 9.08 30 www.avianflutalk.com/RSS_topic_feed.asp Avian Flu Talk http://www.avianflutalk.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums_black.png http://www.avianflutalk.com/ General Discussion : News and Items of Interest... http://www.avianflutalk.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=21709&PID=206353#206353 Author: Mary008
Subject: News and Items of Interest...
Posted: March 09 2010 at 4:57pm

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NPR

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States Square Off Against Amazon Over Sales Tax

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by Martin Kaste

Listen to the story

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124503020

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Mary008

]]> Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:57:34 +0000 http://www.avianflutalk.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=21709&PID=206353#206353 General Discussion : News From The Middle East... http://www.avianflutalk.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=26361&PID=206352#206352 Author: Mary008
Subject: News From The Middle East...
Posted: March 09 2010 at 4:53pm

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Iraqi PM Maliki sweeps polls, defeats pro-Iranian bloc 

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DEBKAfile Exclusive Analysis March 9, 2010, 2:11 PM (GMT+02:00)

Article here-

http://www.debka.com/article/8637/

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Mary008

]]> Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:53:37 +0000 http://www.avianflutalk.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=26361&PID=206352#206352 General Discussion : United States News etc.... http://www.avianflutalk.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=21338&PID=206351#206351 Author: Mary008
Subject: United States News etc....
Posted: March 09 2010 at 4:47pm

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PBS

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Bill Moyers

VIDEO on Health Care

http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/index-flash.html

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Mary008

]]> Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:47:11 +0000 http://www.avianflutalk.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=21338&PID=206351#206351 General Discussion : To Your Good Health : Health News http://www.avianflutalk.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=26422&PID=206350#206350 Author: Mary008
Subject: To Your Good Health : Health News
Posted: March 09 2010 at 4:43pm

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March 7, 2010

More Thoughts On the Health Care Bill-

"Let's focus on the substance [of the bill]. If you think it will be better for the American

people, vote for it. If you think it will be harmful, don't vote for it. For me it was a close call

in my mind. This is not the way I would have written it. For me it came down to, we need

to try something. It may not be perfect. If it doesn't work exactly the way we hope let's

correct it. To just sit here year after year letting things fester, that's not the right way to

go."

Article here (please scroll down )

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/03/07/ftn/main6275271.shtml?tag=dis

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Mary008

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]]> Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:43:14 +0000 http://www.avianflutalk.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=26422&PID=206350#206350 Latest News : CONGRESS Sneaking in "SORTA Health Care" Bill? http://www.avianflutalk.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=26276&PID=206349#206349 Author: Mary008
Subject: CONGRESS Sneaking in "SORTA Health Care" Bill?
Posted: March 09 2010 at 4:35pm

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HEALTH CARE

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So... WHAT are they Talking About Now?

From Associated Press (AP)

...Democratic leaders are looking at a two-step approach to pass President Barack Obama's

sweeping health care overhaul in the next several weeks. The House would approve the

Senate-passed health bill from last year, despite House Democrats' opposition to several

of its provisions. Both houses then would follow by approving a companion measure to

make changes to the Senate bill. The companion measure could pass under rules allowing

for a simple majority vote in the Senate, thereby skirting Republican opposition – the

process called "reconciliation."

Article here-

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/09/blanche-lincoln-health-ca_n_491568.html

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Mary008

]]> Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:35:33 +0000 http://www.avianflutalk.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=26276&PID=206349#206349 General Discussion : EYE on Congress : So What's Up ? http://www.avianflutalk.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=26486&PID=206348#206348 Author: Mary008
Subject: EYE on Congress : So What's Up ?
Posted: March 09 2010 at 4:25pm

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From Fox News -

In the very body sworn to protect and defend the Constitution, an e-mail is circulating warning U.S. Senate staffers not to view one of the most popular news sites on the Web, claiming it could spread computer viruses.

The Senate Sergeant-at-Arms, the chamber's official gatekeeper, said the Drudge Report, a news aggregator, and whitepages.com, a telephone directory site, "are responsible for the many viruses popping up throughout the Senate," according to an e-mail from the Environment and Public Works Committee obtained by FoxNews.com.

Article here-

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/03/09/senate-warns-staffers-stay-clear-drudge-report/

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Subject: EYE on Congress : So What's Up ?
Posted: March 09 2010 at 4:18pm

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hi all... does anyone understand this?  Why would they target Drudge Report?  Is it being Hacked into?

 I just saw this on google.com-

SENATE WARNS EMPLOYEES TO AVOID THE DRUDGE REPORT
Mar 9, 2010 ... Just as the healthcare drama in the capitol reaches a grand finale, congressional officials are warning employees to avoid the DRUDGE REPORT ...
www.drudgereport.com/flashsd.htm - 9 hours ago

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Subject: Is Depression and Revolution Coming to America?
Posted: March 09 2010 at 2:46pm

I have not read the posts on this thread yet, will later. I just wanted to answer the question. the answer is YES to both. Time is up. Maybe I will have more time later to ******.]]> Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:46:19 +0000 http://www.avianflutalk.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=26506&PID=206346#206346 General Discussion : What will happen first/next? http://www.avianflutalk.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=26509&PID=206345#206345 Author: roni3470
Subject: What will happen first/next?
Posted: March 09 2010 at 11:43am

so its a toss up huh?  haha!  I hope you get your bones back together soon!  what happened?
 
I know scientists say the earthquakes all happening right now are just coincidence but it makes you wonder!
 
I still think the dollar is in great trouble although the perception (and perception is reality) is that we are recovering just fine!
 
I do not think Obama could get popularity behind him even by going to war.  A terror attack on US soil would probably help him but hopefully that will not happen.
 
I agree its a toss up!
 
Nothing much seems to be happening right now so hopefully it will stay that way and never climax!
]]> Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:43:43 +0000 http://www.avianflutalk.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=26509&PID=206345#206345 General Discussion : What will happen first/next? http://www.avianflutalk.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=26509&PID=206344#206344 Author: Turboguy
Subject: What will happen first/next?
Posted: March 09 2010 at 10:17am

It really depends Roni.

The Chinese keep screaming that they're going to sell off their U.S. bonds to crash our dollar, but they'd suffer just as much if not more than we would were they to do that. Also it might make us just tell them that all the bonds they hold are worthless. (Read: Kiss Our Collective Arse)

War with Iran wouldn't surprise me at all to tell the honest to God. Our President needs to get some popularity behind him and nothing makes popularity quite like kicking off a war. Realistically a war with Iran would be like the first gulf war where we would spend three days pounding them into the stone age. The alternative where Iran gets ahold of a Nuclear weapon would be considerably worse. Just because many of the countries over there share the same religion does not make them allies. f Iran gets the bomb, every other country there will fear, and rightly so, that Iran will use it to bully everyone else there, thus an arms race is born. A Middle Eastern arms race would be disasterously bad for all involved and in particularly, the United States. I personally think this is exactly why the Russians are giving the Iranians the goods. If the Middle East is too busy fighting each other, or better yet actually starts slinging Nuclear weapons around, Russia is the country with the oil, thus the ones holding all the cards.

The worst environmental disaster that could reasonably befall us would be the New Madrid fault line going off like it did back in the early 1800's. If that happened, there would be a loss of life the likes of which would be unimaginable. St Louis, Nashville, Memphis, Louisville, etc would be hit with a 7 to 7.5 on the Richter scale Earthquake. (Read near totally destroyed) Chicago, Little Rock and Birmingham would be hit by a 5 to 6. (Read major damage) To Californians, a 5 to 7 earthquake is bad, but wouldn't be a major deal. Here in the Midwest a 6th magnitude quake would obliterate just about every building in the area. They are mostly brick and masonry and not made to survive even tiny Earthquakes.

Because the New Madrid is an intercontenental fault, aftershocks wouldn't be measured in days or weeks, they'd be measured in months to years. My Great grandfather (Eight greats I think) had a house in the area. He left to get gunpowder or somesuch thirty miles away. When he got back his house and farm was under a lake, and a big one, where it remains to this day.

I suppose we could get hit by a CME, but we're not at a solar cycle where it is more likely, like we will be near 2012. That's where the Sun's 11 year cycle will be very interesting. Last time we were at a Solar Maximum there was a sunspot so large that you could see it traverse the sun without magnification. For most people it only made cell service kinda crappy. For me, who does a lot of electronics work on radar and radios it made my military employment a nightmare. People were saying that aircraft systems were broken when they were not!

Normally with an HF radio I can call the Philippines and have a conversation with people there. When the huge sunspot was up there it not only cut that range by a third, it affected everything! Aircraft ILS systems didn't have the range they had before and weren't quite as precise. Granted they were all within tolerances (The ILS problems) but it was noticeable. If we had a CME hit us, it would pretty much shut everything down... either permanantly or for years until we can get everything repaired.

You're bored at work, I'm bored at home. I broke my Tibia and Fibula so got nothing better to do right now, lol.
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