Egyptian Police Attack Nonviolent Gaza Freedom Marchers

I had the great honor of being a part of the Gaza Freedom March; over 1,200 men and women from at least 42 varied nations around the world standing together against Israeli apartheid. Our mission was to stand by our Palestinian brethren in solidarity on the one year anniversary of Operation Cast Lead,which claimed 1,400 innocent lives in Gaza.

Though we were barred from entering Gaza by the complicit Egyptian government this did not stop us from holding our own solidarity march on the streets of Cairo in front of the Museum.

I marched alongside hundreds upon hundreds of men and women and faced abuse by Egyptian riot police while showing not a single iota of violence towards the officials. We were all there to be nonviolent and even as we faced bruising blows to our faces,arms,backs etc we did not falter and remained nonviolent.

I was personally slapped across the face and shoved onto my back then dragged by my hair across the street – I did nothing to deserve the abuse but would face this event again with a smile on my face simply because of the cause I had marched for: Palestine.

The following is exclusive footage taken while at the march – more will follow as time permits. If you wish to repost any video I have uploaded I would appreciate a formal request which would include the site it will be posted on and credit back to PoliticalTheatrics.

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Why is WBZ Covering Up Critical 9-11 Evidence?

Why is WBZ covering up critical 9-11 evidence?

Updated 8/29/09

PTech investigation proves too hot to handle, for some at WBZ

Former I-Team reporter Joe Bergantino was set in 2002 to expose a major 9-11 bomb shell, until WBZ management got a call from the government
August 23, 2009

by Rich Aucoin

In early 2002, Manhattan risk architect Indira Singh was innocently helping JP Morgan Chase find a reputable software company that could help them update their security needs for a post-911 world, when she accidentally discovered that an alleged Saudi terrorist named Yassin Al-Kadi was running a tiny software company out of Quincy, MA, called PTech.

The most shocking part of Singh's discovery was PTech's unbelievable client roster, which included:
The FAA, the USAF, the CIA, FBI, DoJ, Dept of Energy, Customs, Enron, NATO, the Secret Service, and even the White House.

Singh immediately phoned the Boston office of the FBI to notify them that an accused terrorist had gained backdoor access to the highest levels of the U.S. government, but month after month passed by with no apparent action being taken against PTech, until Singh was finally forced to question whether PTech was being protected.

Growing increasingly nervous, Singh began notifying every local, state and federal authority she could think of. But not only did her screaming from the rooftops accomplish almost nothing, she even lost her job at JP Morgan after her bosses there (who evidently enjoyed a considerable Saudi client base) told her to drop the issue, or else.

It quickly became apparent to Singh that she'd stumbled upon a key element of the 9-11 story that was aggressively being covered up by the government, for if the story of PTech's software were to get out, then many, many dots would start being connected regarding how 19 cave dwellers armed only with box cutters had somehow outfoxed the most sophisticated and impenetrable defense systems in the world.

Feeling abandoned and terrified, Singh went to legendary WBZ I-Team reporter Joe Bergantino in May of '02, primarily to ensure that her story would at least be made public, in case something happened to her. Bergantino took her allegations seriously and commissioned a four-month investigation in Washington, DC to verify her story. Not only did Bergantino's team verify Singh's story, they told her afterward that PTech's terrorism connections ran far deeper than even she knew.

Bergantino planned to run his bombshell story on 9/11/02, but the station reportedly was "asked" by "authorities" to hold off, for "national security reasons." (Singh claims to possess proof that WBZ was ordered by the Bush/Cheney White House to drop the investigation).

On December 6th, 2002, PTech's Quincy office was finally raided by the FBI -- but only after the company had had months of warnings that a raid might be coming -- and the White House immediately issued a statement saying the FBI had goofed, that Al Qadi was a swell guy.

Fast forward six years to 2008: Bergantino leaves WBZ while still waiting for FBI's final conclusions about PTech

Bergantino left WBZ in 2008 to take a job at Boston University, where he continued to sit on his PTech evidence, pending the outcome of the FBI's own investigation. His long wait finally ended in July, 2009, when the PTech indictments finally came down.

After all its years of investigating, the FBI had managed to charge PTech's terror suspect merely with loan fraud. That's it! Loan fraud!!! Not a word about how a tiny software startup somehow amassed such incredibly intimate, under-the-hood access to our national security systems! Not a single question about whether Ptech's magical software had played a role in the unprecedented and inexplicable failures of 9-11. Poor Joe Bergantino; after waiting nearly seven years to see the fruits of the FBI's investigation -- which had been the government's justification for "asking" him to sit on his own evidence -- and all he gets is loan fraud??!!!

It appears that Joe Bergantino has been robbed of a once-in-a-lifetime bombshell Exclusive that could have been his Pentagon-Papers career moment. He could have been THE guy to blow the lid off the 9-11 coverup, and early on, too, before its foul-tasting "Patriot" Act could be jammed down our throats and before the Bush cabal could sell its bogus Iraq war in 2003. Bergantino's story could have ended the Afghanistan war before it killed large numbers of US soldiers needlessly. But it wasn't to be. The government's sheer determination to protect PTech, as confirmed now by these sham indictments, stole it all away from Bergantino -- and us.

Indira's Burden

Indira Singh was lucky, in retrospect. She'd had the luxury of unloading her terrible Ptech burden on Joe Bergantino back in 2002. His courage and willingness to investigate her explosive claims may well have saved her life, as he managed at least to expose the Ptech controversy.

But now that her burden has been transferred to Bergantino's shoulders, where can he turn? Who will take his story seriously? Who will stand by him?

Evidently not his former bosses at WBZ

All the available evidence shows that WBZ knows at least as much about PTech as Bergantino knows. So it is now their turn to step up to the plate for Bergantino, the way he did for Indira Singh in her hour of need. But, so far, WBZ is staying eerily silent about PTech, leaving poor Joe hanging out to dry.

Write or call WBZ and ask them to release ALL the details of their I-Team investigation from June to September of 2002. Ask them to stand behind the best investigative reporter in WBZ's history. Call channel 5 and channel 7. Tell them that their CBS rival is covering up a major element of 9-11. Give them the PTech scoop.

Indira Singh's PTech discovery has been dubbed: "the one golden thread you pull on and the whole 9-11 story unravels." That is precisely why Bergantino's old-school journalism had to be muzzled by his corporate bosses at WBZ.

WBZ management must do the right thing by Joe Bergantino, and by America.. They must tell ALL they know about PTech. Now.

Watch Indira Singh's PTech testimony at 2004's 9/11 Citizens' Commission here.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4861158466699324733&hl=en#

For a more in-depth look at Singh's amazing story, download the MP3 audio interview here.
http://corbettreport.com/index.php?i=Documentation&ii=88

Employment Drops by 85,000

Many were expecting December to show a mild payroll decrease, or perhaps an increase in jobs. Not so.

Nonfarm payroll employment fell by 85,000 in December, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 10.0 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment fell in construction, manufacturing, and wholesale trade, while temporary help services and health care added jobs.

Unemployment rates for the major worker groups--adult men (10.2 percent),adult women (8.2 percent), teenagers (27.1 percent), whites (9.0 percent), blacks (16.2 percent), and Hispanics (12.9 percent)--showed little change inDecember. The unemployment rate for Asians was 8.4 percent, not seasonally
adjusted.

Among the unemployed, the number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks and over) continued to trend up, reaching 6.1 million. In December, 4 in 10 unemployed workers were jobless for 27 weeks or longer.

The civilian labor force participation rate fell to 64.6 percent in December. The employment-population ratio declined to 58.2 percent.

Vancouver confronts homeless problem in run-up to Winter Games

VANCOUVER, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- Vancouver stepped up its efforts to confront its homeless problem on Tuesday when it opened the second of four temporary shelters scheduled to be operational before the city hosts the Winter Olympics next month.

With the re-opening of a 40-bed shelter under a downtown bridge in downtown Vancouver, a site closed last summer after complaints of drug abuse, fighting and noise, the West Coast city is planning to add an additional 160 beds in all.

The move is part of Vancouver's "Winter Response Plan" that will see the four "Homeless Emergency Action Team" shelters, supplementing three existing HEAT shelters that have been open since December 2008.

The additional beds, which will raise the total number available to 1,250 when all seven shelters are operational, will be opened through a 500,000 Canadian dollar contribution from the city and 1.2 million dollars from the province of British Columbia.

While the shelters will only remain open through April, Mayor Gregor Robertson told the media that "we have a national homeless crisis."

With Vancouver's reasonably temperate winter climate compared to other parts of Canada, Robertson said the city suffered "from a steady flow of people from colder climates."

Even with the addition, the number was still short of the beds required. According to the city, in the last official count taken in March 2008, at least 1,600 people slept outside or stayed in shelters on any given night.

The real number of homeless, however, was likely higher according to different groups. At an extreme high, an October 2007report released by health professors at three Canadian universities estimated there could be more than 15,000 homeless adults in British Columbia suffering from either severe addictions or mental illness.

In Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, the poorest area in Canada, a conservative estimate would be between 3,000 and 4,000 homeless. Other areas of the city, such as Mount Pleasant and the Downtown Peninsula, West End, were also popular haunts of the homeless.

To its credit, the city has set a goal of eradicating homelessness by 2015. With the province as its partner, Vancouver has identified 14 sites within the city to create permanent housing for the homeless. Under the plan the city would provide the land, while the province would provide capital and operating funds. A non-profit service provider would operate the housing.

Currently, 600 units are under construction at six sites, while800 units at eight other sites were waiting for funding. Last year,480 units at permanent housing projects were opened in the city.

Robertson said the city would not seek to extend the life of the "emergency" shelters, adding that "our focus beyond April will be on creating interim housing."

美國‧1000萬年內發生‧“超新星”大爆炸世界末日

（美國‧華盛頓）末日主義者與2012年地球毀滅論者，注意了！

天文學家在本週美國天文學協會的會議上宣佈，發現一個距離太陽系相當近的巨大白矮星，如果這顆白矮星最後“大爆炸”，在熱核爆炸中散發的能量，將足以摧毀地球上的生命，這可不是開玩笑的。

這個“末日劇本”是由美國費城維拉諾瓦大學的天文學家提出的。

最新一次爆炸未發生

他們說，這項致命威脅來自“羅盤座T新星”（TPyxidis），它跟地球的距離並非原所計算的6000光年，而是3260光年，以宇宙的觀點來看，這個距離其實是很短的。

天文學家說，“羅盤座T新星”屬於“復發性新星”，大約每隔20年就有一次小爆炸，直到最後“大爆炸”時變成“超新星”。

之前紀錄的“小爆發”，時間分別是1890、1902、1920與1944年，但之後的最新一次迄今卻遲遲未發生。

英國“大眾天文學會”副主席史卡傑說：“羅盤座T新星絕對可能會變成超新星，但時間還需要很久，所以大家不必擔心到晚上睡不著。”

據瞭解，這顆“超新星”會在1000萬年內爆炸。

美國‧北極鋒橫掃美中部‧氣溫降至零下45度

（美國‧芝加哥）冷冽的北極鋒週四（1月7日）橫掃美國中部，使氣溫低至攝氏零下45.5度，包括向來溫暖舒服的佛羅里達州，當局也發出嚴寒天氣警告。

國家氣象廳表示，從南方的得克薩斯州及路易斯安那州，到美國北方邊境，都會因為這波冬季寒流下雪或下冰雹。

在北達科他州，由於強風料將使氣溫低至零下45.5度，當局已經發出安全警告。

得州州長佩里調度州內資源，包括指示軍人協助人民度過這波冷鋒。

佛州氣溫創新低

佛羅里達州的氣溫也創新低，居民與遊客紛紛換下沙灘裝，穿上外套及戴上帽子禦寒；農民也忙著拯救一些熱帶農作物。

種植柑橘的農民擔心，年收93億美元的柑橘業將會遭到重創。

佛州另一個收入來源，旅遊業也蒙受打擊。向來擠滿遊客的邁阿密海灘週四冷冷清清。

與此同時，民航官員披露，芝加哥的機場取消了逾500趟航班。

美國‧虎女郎爆料‧渥斯雙性戀

（美國‧華盛頓）打高爾夫球時，老虎渥斯用的是右手，但性愛方面，根據至少一名自稱渥斯情婦者表示，伍茲可是左右開弓，男女通吃。

著名網站“雷達線上”（RadarOnline.com）報導，意大利模特兒費瑞歐羅宣稱，她曾目睹渥斯涉身多次男男性愛。費瑞歐羅自稱與渥斯幽會多次，目前打算出書，把箇中內容和盤托出。

費瑞歐羅表示，渥斯“性愛胃口極佳”，召妓、三人行、鄰家女孩、女女性愛，他都“性致”勃勃；凡此種種，她打算在新書中細細描述，同時回答有關渥斯性趣的一應傳言。

費瑞歐羅的經紀人證實，她正與好幾家出版公司洽淡合約，把她所知道的渥斯色情內容完全披露。

上一次費瑞歐羅把版權叫價100萬美元（約馬幣338萬令吉），結果無人問津，據說她希望這次標售結局能有所改善。