Eclectic News Brief

enb52 Madge & Ali w/ the news especial

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:49:26 -0700

ENB #50 No Election Regulation in 2008, US Rations Wheat, Flour and Rice, Tons of Milliatary Suicides, Merck Voixx Negligence, More

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:57:52 -0700

Eclectic News Brief 49 - Depression Update, New Zealand is Stupid, Bush Worst Ever, Duh.

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:14:06 -0700

Eclectic News Brief #48 Senile Turd McCain, Google Sucking, Passport Privacy, Fat Senile New Yorkers, More

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:21:42 -0700

Insane Films: Eclectic News Brief #47- The Spitzer/Fed Bailout Connection, Senile Candidates, and More

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:01:38 -0700

ENB #46 Iraq War Special

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 01:09:22 -0700

ENB #45 Tibet/China/Olypmics, Deflated U.S. Hubris, FCC Censorship

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:10:50 -0700

ENB #44 Youtube/Google Censorship, Tasering at the Best Buy, US Expands Blackwater Contract, Americans Want Mind Control, Bush Vetos the Environment... Again

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:18:45 -0800

Insane Films: Bill Moyers' The Secret Government Part 1 of 2

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:52:45 -0800

enb 43 Eggs, Privacy, British Governement Officially as Dumb as the American One, Redaction Irony for De Palma

Sun, 02 Dec 2007 23:14:24 -0800

HELLO I'M RICHARD BLUESTEIN AND THIS IS THE ECLECTIC NEWS BRIEF FOR THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2007. THIS PODCAST IS SPONSORED GODADDY.COM. USE THE DISCOUNT CODES INSANE1, INSANE2, OR INSANE3 WHEN YOU CHECK OUT OF GODADDY.COM TO SAVE LOTS OF MONEY. AND NOW A FEW WORDS FROM ANOTHER SPONSOR!
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IN THE ROLE OF MISS EDIE, EDITH MASSEY FAMOUSLY ASKED THE QUESTION, 'HOW CAN A PERSON BE AN EGG, COTTON?' IN JOHN WATERS CAMP CLASSIC, PINK FLAMINGOS. WELL, IN YET A NEW, PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT IMPOSSIBLE HEIGHT OF ABSURDITY FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA'S COLLECTIVE *UN*CONSCIOUSNESS, THIS BIZARRE LSD-LIKE PHILOSOPHY HAS BECOME THE SUBJECT OF AMERICA'S COURT SYSTEM. WENDY NORRIS WRITES IN THE REALITY CHECK REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH BLOG QUOTE IN A TERSE SEVEN TO ZERO DECISION TODAY, THE COLORADO SUPREME COURT AFFIRMED THE DECISION OF THE STATE TITLE BOARD'S APPROVAL OF A 2008 PROPOSED BALLOT MEASURE TO BESTOW CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS ON FERTILIZED HUMAN EGGS. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS' HEADLINE READ SIMPLY COURT CLEARS WAY FOR EGG RIGHTS SHOWDOWN. AS A RESULT OF THIS OBSCENE COURT DECISION, THERE WILL BE A REFERENDUM ON THE COLORADO BALLOT WHICH WILL READ AS FOLLOWS:
SHALL THERE BE AN AMENDMENT TO THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION DEFINING THE TERM *PERSON* TO INCLUDE ANY HUMAN BEING FROM THE MOMENT OF FERTILIZATION AS A *PERSON* IS USED IN THOSE PROVISIONS OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION RELATING TO INALIENABLE RIGHTS, EQUALITY OF JUSTICE AND DUE PROCESS OF LAW? THERE'S NOTHING MORE I CAN SAY ABOUT THIS OBSCENE DIVERSION FROM THE REAL PROBLEMS OF OUR COUNTRY. THANKS TO ANDYMATIC.COM FOR THE HAT TIP. WHATEVER THAT MEANS.
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ACCORDING TO REUTERS, BRIAN DE PALMA'S FILM, 'REDACTED', HAS BEEN REDACTED. 'REDACTED' IS BASED ON THE TRUE STORY OF A GROUP OF US SOLDIERS WHO RAPED AND MURDERED A 14 YEAR OLD IRAQI GIRL AND THEN KILLED PART OF HER FAMILY. ACCORDING TO REUTERS, MAGNOLIA PICTURES, THE DISTRIBUTER OF 'REDACTED' ORDERD THE FACES OF DEAD IRAQIS SHOWN AT THE END OF THE FILM TO BE *BLACKED OUT*. DE PALMA REACTED BY SAYING QUOTE I FIND IT REMARKABLE. 'REDACTED' GOT REDACTED. I MEAN , HOW IRONIC. I FOUGHT EVERY WAY I COULD IN ORDER TO STOP THOSE PHOTOGRAPHS FROM BEING REDACTED AND I STILL LOST UNQUOTE. DEPALMA BLAMES AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANIES FOR HAVING TO MUCH CONTROL OVER FILM DISTRIBUTION IN GENERAL. MAGNOLIA PICTURES SPOKESMAN SAID THAT MAGNOLIA WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO INSURE THE FILM IF IT RAN THE UNEDITED PHOTOS. WHO KNEW THAT MOVIES NEED TO BE INURED? WHAT FOR? DE PALMA SAID THAT HIS FILM SHOWS HOW THE PRESENTATION OF OUR TROOPS HAS BEEN WHITEWASHED BY MAINSTREAM MEDIA.
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IN CASE YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE TOO MANY RIGHTS TO PRIVACY IN AMERICA, GOOGLE IS NOW ALLOWING YOU TO GIVE AWAY YOUR ENTIRE GENETIC BLUEPRINT AND YOU ONLY HAVE TO PAY $999 FOR THE PRIVILEGE. GOOGLE HAS FINANCIALLY BACKED A GENETICS WEB STIE WHICH ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO SEND IN SWABS OF THEIR SALIVA FOR GENETIC TESTING FOR $999. HOW STUPID CAN YOU BE? IN THIS DAY AND AGE OF THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EXTORTING DATA FROM COMPANIES LIKE AT&T, YAHOO, AND MSN, PEOPLE WILL ACTUALLY GIVE THEIR ENTIRE GENETIC BLUEPRINT AWAY TO SOME NO NAME INTERNET BASED COMPANY? *AND PAY A THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR IT*.
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SPEAKING OF THE FAR SIDE OF IDIOCY, IN ENGLAND LAST WEEK, THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT LOST THE ENTIRE COUNTRY OF BRITTIAN'S DATA BASE OF CHILD BENEFIT CLAIMANTS! EVERY SINGLE ONE! THE LOST DATA ALSO INCLUDED THE BANK DETAILS OF 7.25 MILLION FAMILIES, ACCORDING TO THE GUARDIAN. THE DATA WAS MINIMALLY SECURED BY PASSWORD PROTECTION AND WAS NOT ENCRYPTED SO ANY 8 YEAR OLD WITH HALF A BRAIN COULD READ THE DATABASE. ISN'T IT NICE TO KNOW THAT AMERICA IS NOT THE ONLY COUNTRY RUN BY MORONS?
THANK YOU.
I'M RICHARD BLUESTEIN AND DID WAS HET NIEWS.

ENB 42

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 20:55:55 -0800

ENB41 IMPORTANT PLEASE WATCH THIS ONE

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 20:09:21 -0800

ENB #40 Lead Laden Lip Sticks, The Good News about the iPhone, Bush’s Drug Scam, and Widening Weath Gap

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 19:28:52 -0700

ENB #39 Bono Censored, A Plea to Disobay, and Incect Spies

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 08:16:52 -0700

HELLO I'M RICHARD BLUESTEIN AND THIS IS THE ECLECTIC NEWS BRIEF FOR FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2007. TODAY I'M IN AMSTERDAM AT THE HOME OF BICYCLEMARK OF CITIZEN REPORTER DOT ORG. PLEASE VISIT CITIZEN REPORTER DOT ORG WHERE YOU CAN LEARN ABOUT THINGS THAT AREN'T BEING COVERED BY MAIN STREAM MEDIA.
THIS PODCAST IS SPONSORED BY PODSHOW AND GODADDY. CHOOSE GODADDY TO RELIABLY HOST ALL OF YOUR DOMAN NAMES. ENTER CODES INSANE1, INSANE2, OR INSANE 3 WHEN YOU CHECK OUT AT GODADDY.COM. PODSHOW.COM IS THE THE BEST WAY TO HOST YOUR AUDIO AND VIDEO PODCASTS. UNLIKE YOUTUBE, PODSHOW ALLOWS FOR LONG-FORM CONTENT AT VERY HIGH QUALITY.
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IRISH POP SINGER BONO HAS BEEN CENSORED BY THE SAME ORGANIZATION THAT HONORED HIM WITH AN AWARD FOR HIS WORK AGAINST AIDS IN AFRICA. ON SEPTEMBER 27, THE LIBERTY MEDAL WAS AWARDED TO BONO AND HIS ORGANIZATION DEBT AIDS TRADE AFRICA FOR THEIR WORK IN FIGHTING AIDS AND POVERTY IN AFRICA. THE NATIONAL *CONSTITUTION* CENTER ANNUALLY AWARDS THE LIBERTY MEDAL TO THOSE WHO HAVE DONE OUTSTANDING WORK TO ADVANCE LIBERTY IN THE WORLD. HOWEVER, ON THE AWARDING ORGANIZATION'S *OWN WEB SITE*, LIBERTYMEDAL.ORG, BONO'S SPEECH WAS CENSORED. THE LAST TWO SENTENCES OF THE FOLLOWING ACCEPTANCE SPEECH WERE REMOVED FROM THE VIDEO ON THE LIBERTY MEDAL'S WEB SITE. BONO SAID QUOTE TODAY I READ IN THE ECONOMIST AN ARTICLE REPORTING THAT OVER THRITY-EIGHT PERCENT OF AMERICANS SUPPORT SOME TYPE OF TORTURE IN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES. MY COUNTRY? NO. YOUR COUNTRY. TELL ME NO. TODAY, WHEN I RECEIVE THIS GREAT HONOR, I ASK YOU, I IMPLORE YOU AS AN IRISHMAN WHO HAS SEEN SOME OF THESE THINGS CLOSE UP, I ASK YOU TO REMEMBER THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BECOME A MONSTER TO DEFEAT A MONSTER. YOUR AMERICA'S BETTER THAN THAT. UNQUOTE. SO AN ORGANIZATION THAT SUPPOSEDLY AWARDS PEOPLE FOR THE PURSUIT OF LIBERTY CENSORS THE DEFENSE OF LIBERTY AT THE SAME TIME, THUS RENDERING THE LIBERTY MEDAL, AND THE NATIONAL *CONSTITUTION* CENTER, POIGNANTLY POINTLESS.
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AND MYSELF, I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW ANYONE CAN SAY TORTURE IS OK. DIDN'T WE AGREE A LONG TIME AGO THAT TORTURE IS NOT AN ACCEPTABLE ACT FOR A HUMAN BEING UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE?THE MOST HIDEOUS OF VIOLENT ACTS, SUCH AS TORTURE, MURDER, AND OTHER MONSTROSITIES ARE ARE WHAT SEPARATES HUMAN BEINGS FROM THE REST OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM: THE ABILITY TO KNOW RIGHT FROM WRONG. WHAT IF CANNIBALISM WERE A WAY TO PREVENT TERRORISM? WOULD THAT BE OK? MY QUESTION TO YOU THE AUDIENCE IS "WHY?" WHEN YOU ARE PROTECTING FREEDOM BY THE VIOLENT REMOVAL OF THE SAME FREEDOM, PERHAPS IT IS TIME TO REEXAMINE OUR DEFINITION OF THE WORD FREEDOM.
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ANNE COULTER IS EXTREMELY UGLY.
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TINY ROBOTIC LOOKING BUGS HAVE BEEN SPOTTED RECENTLY AT VARIOUS POLITICAL RALLIES AND PROTESTS RECENTLY. THE WASHINGTON POST REPORTS THAT SEVERAL PEOPLE, UNKNOWN TO EACH OTHER, HAVE REPORTED STRANGE TINY FLYING OBJECTS AT THAT LOOK LIKE MINIATURE ROBOTICIZED BUGS. NO GOVERNMENT AGENCY ADMITS TO HAVING CREATED THE BUGS OR ROBOTS IN QUESTION BUT ACCORDING TO THE WASHINGTON POST, VARIOUS GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE BEEN WORKING ON SUCH PROJECTS FOR DECADES. COLLEGE SENIOR VANESSA ALARCON SAW THE THINGS WHILE WORKING AT AN ANTIWAR RALLY IN LAFAYETTE SQUARE JUST LAST MONTH. ALARCON SAID QUOTE I HEARD SOMEONE SAY 'OH MY GOD, LOOK AT THOSE," I LOOK UP AND I'M LIKE 'WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?' THEY LOOKED KIND OF LIKE DRAGONFLIES OR LITTLE HELICOPTERS. BUT I MEAN THOSE ARE *NOT* INSECTS. IN THE CROWD AT THE SAME ANTIWAR RALLEY, WASHINGTON LAWYER BERNARD CRANE SAW THE SAME CREATURE/ROBOTS/WHATEVER YOU CALL THEM. CRANE SAID QUOTE I'D NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT IN MY LIFE. THEY WERE LARGE FOR DRAGONFLIES. I THOUGHT "IS THAT MECHANICAL OR IS THAT ALIVE?' ENTOMOLOGIST JERRY LOUTON OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY SAID THAT WHILE THE OBJECTS IN QUESTION PROBABLY *WERE* DRAGONFLIES, SOME DETAILS DO NOT MAKE SENSE. THREE PEOPLE AT THE DC RALLY INDEPENDENTLY DESCRIBED THE OBJECTS AS A ROW OF SPHERES THE SISE OF SMALL BERRIES ATTACHED TO THE TAILS OF THE BIG DRAGONFLIES. BUG EXPERT LOUTON KNOWS OF NO INSECTS WITH SUCH AN APPEARANCE. ALL THREE WITNESSES ALSO REPORTED SEEING AT LEAST THREE OF THE OBJECTS MANEUVERING IN UNISON. BUT JERRY LOUTON SAID QUOTE DRAGONFLIES *NEVER* FLY IN A PACK. ALOOF AND NOTORIOUSLY APOLITICAL TECH GEEKS CAN'T BE BOTHERED BY THIS HOWEVER. ROBOTICIST AT UC BERKELEY RONALD FEARING SAID QUOTE I DONT' WANT PEOPLE TO GET PARANOID BUT WHAT CAN I SAY? CELL PHONE CAMERAS ARE ALREADY EVERYWHERE. IT'S NOT THAT MUCH DIFFERENT. UNQUOTE. FEARING THEN PROBABLY ASSUMED HIS PLACE IN LINE WAITING FOR THE DOOM3 SOFTWARE RELEASE OR SOMETHING. GREAT.
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AN OPEN LETTER WAS SENT TO THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF AND ALL US MILITARY PERSONNEL AND APPEARS ON THE WEB SITE DON'T ATTACK IRAN DOT ORG. THE LETTER ASKS ALL US MILITARY TO REFUSE ORDERS TO LAUNCH AN AGGRESSIVE WAR ONIRAN. AMONG OTHERS, THE LETTER WAS SIGNED BY GORE VIDAL, CINDY SHEEHAN, DANIEL ELLSBERG, ANN WRIGHT, CYNTHIA MCKINNEY, RABBI MICHAEL LERNER, AND RABBI STEVEN JACOBS. THE LETTER BEGINS AS FOLLOWS:
ATTENTION: JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF AND ALL US MILLITARY PERSONNEL. DO NOT ATTACK IRAN. ANY PREEMPTIVE US ATTACK ON IRAN WOULD BE ILLEGAL. ANY PREEMPTIVE US ATTACK ON IRAN WOULD BE CRIMINAL. WE THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES, RESPECTFULLY URGE YOU, COURAGEOUS MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR MILITARY TO REFUSE ANY ORDER TO PREEMPTIVELY ATTACK IRAN, A NATION THAT REPRESENTS NO SERIOUS OR IMMEDIATE THREAT TO THE UNITED STATES. TO ATTACK IRAN, A SOVEREIGN NATION OF 70-MILLION PEOPLE WOULD BE A CRIME OF THE HIGHEST MAGNITUDE. I'M NOT GOING TO READ THE ENTIRE LETTER WHICH APPEARS AT DON'T ATTACK IRAN DOT ORG BUT HERE IS HOW THE LETTER ENDS: OUR LEADERS OFTEN SAY THAT MILITARY FORCE SHOULD BE A LAST RESORT. WE BEG YOU TO MAKE THAT POLICY A REALITY AND REFUSE ILLEGAL ORDERS TO ATTACK IRAN. WE PROMISE TO SUPPORT YOU FOR PROTECTING THE AMERICAN PUBLIC AND INNOCENT CIVILIAN ABROAD. OUR FUTURE, THE FUTURE OF OUR CHILDREN AND THEIR CHILDREN, RESTS IN YOUR HANDS. YOU KNOW THE HORRORS OF WAR. YOU CAN STOP THE NEXT ONE.
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PLEASE SEND COMMENTS, NEWS ITEMS, AND QUESTIONS TO RICHARD@BLUESTEIN.COM. I'M RICHARD BLUESTEIN AND DIT WAS HET NIEWS.
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ENB #38 We're Stuck with Blackwater & Bush Blames Democrats for His S-Chip Veto

Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:59:33 -0700

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HELLO I'M RICHARD BLUESTEIN AND THIS IS THE ECLECTIC NEWS BRIEF FOR TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2007. TODAY I'M IN AMSTERDAM AT THE HOME OF MICHAEL SCHAAP OF UNITED VLOGGERS DOT COM. PLEASE VISIT UNITED VLOGGERS DOT COM WHERE YOU CAN SEE HAND PICKED VIDEOS WHICH ARE THE BEST OF WEB FOR *THINKING* PEOPLE. IN OTHER WORDS, NOT IDIOTS WITH BAD HIGHLIGHTS CRYING ABOUT LOSER CELEBRITIES WHO COULDN'T SING IN THE FIRST PLACE. THIS PODCAST IS SPONSORED BY PODSHOW AND GODADDY. CHOOSE GODADDY TO RELIABLY HOST ALL OF YOUR DOMAN NAMES. ENTER CODES INSANE1, INSANE2, OR INSANE 3 WHEN YOU CHECK OUT AT GODADDY.COM. PODSHOW.COM IS THE THE BEST WAY TO HOST YOUR AUDIO AND VIDEO PODCASTS. UNLIKE YOUTUBE, PODSHOW ALLOWS FOR LONG-FORM CONTENT AT VERY HIGH QUALITY.
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SOULLESS AND LITERAL SON OF A BITCH PRESIDENT, GEORGE W. BUSH HAS VETOED THE S-CHIP BILL WHICH WOULD HAVE PROVIDED HEALTHCARE TO MILLIONS OF CHILDREN. PRESIDENT BUSH IS CLEARLY AGAINST HEALTHCARE FOR CHILDREN, POSSIBLY BECAUSE THAT WOULD MEAN THEY WOULDN'T BE DESPERATE ENOGH TO JOIN THE MILITARY IN AN ILLEGAL WAR IN ORDER TO GET HEALTH INSURANCE SO THEY CAN GET BOTOX WHEN THEY TURN 30. ANYWAY, ACCORDING THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE, HOUSE REPUBLICANS ARE HOPING TO TURN THE ISSUE AROUND IN A TYPICAL ORWELL-IAN RETARD-FRIENDLY MANOR. REPRESENTATIVE ADAM POOT-NAM OF FLORIDA IS THE CHAIR OF THE HOUSE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE. POOT-NAM (OR IS IT POET-NAM?) AND OTHER REPUBLICANS SAY THAT THEY CAN EVENTUALLY TURN THE ISSUE TO THEIR *ADVANTAGE* BY MAKING THE CASE THAT DEMOCRATS ARE SPENDING TOO MUCH. SPENDING TOO MUCH WHILE TAKING A FIRST STEP TOWARD NATIONAL HEALTH CARE AND DEVOTING TAX MONEY TO COVER SOME FAMILIES WHO COULD AFFORD HEALTH INSURANCE (GRANTED BY GIVING UP FOOD AND HAVING TO WORK SELLING CARDBOARD POT PIES FOR WAL-MART IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WHILE BEING LOCKED IN A SAMS CLUB WAREHOUSE.) SO EVEN THOUGH THE MONEY *WASTED* SO FAR ON THE *ILLEGAL* WAR IN IRAQ WHICH WAS PERPETRATED BY A REPUBLICAN COULD HAVE PAID FOR AT LEAST ONE YEAR OF HEALTH CARE FOR EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN, THE REPUBLICANS ARE PLANNING TO ACCUSE THE DEMOCRATS OF SPENDING TOO MUCH MONEY ON HEALTHCARE FOR CHILDREN. IT BECOMES NECESSARY AT THIS POINT FOR OUR SOCIETY AT LARGE TO HAVE A SERIOUS DIALOGUE ABOUT THE INVERTED MORALITY OF AMERICANS . THIS IS HOWEVER A DISCUSSION WHICH CANNOT REALLY HAPPEN WHEN THE COUNTRY IS BUSY DISCUSSING WEATHER OR NOT THE HOST OF SOME BORING-ASS MENOPAUSAL TALK SHOW IS A DYKE.
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REPORTER RJ HILLHOUSE HAS OBTAINED A STATE DEPARTMENT DOCUMENT ENTITLED "DIPLOMATIC SECURITY - THE USE OF CONTRACTORS FOR PROTECTIVE SECURITY." THIS US GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT SHOWS THE ANNUAL COSTS FOR ALL OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT'S OUTSOURCED SECURITY, ALL OVER THE WORLD. THE DOCUMENT SHOWS THAT WHILE THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT SECURITY COMPANIES USED BY THE US GOVERNMENT TO PROTECT ITS UNDIPLOMATIC DIPLOMATS, BLACKWATER USA, PROVIDES MOST OF THIS SECURITY. THE STATE DEPARTMENT PROVIDES SECURITY TO DIPLOMATS UNDER THE WORLDWIDE PERSONAL PROTECTIVE SERVICES TWO CONTRACT. THE CONTRACT PROVIDES QUOTE SECURITY IN THE FOLLOWING PLACES: JERUSALEM, KABUL, BOSNIA, BAGHDAD, AND THE REGIONAL EMBASSY OFFICES (OR REO'S FOR SHORT) IN BASRAH, ALL HILLAH, AND KIRKUK. THE AMOUNT OF MONEY SPENT FOR THESE SERVICES COST JUST OVER FOUR HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS AND BLACKWATER USA RECEIVES THREE HUNDRED THIRTY NINE MILLION OF THOSE FOUR HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS. ONGELOVELIJK! NOW OF COURSE WE HAVE A SMALL PROBLEM HERE BECAUSE BLACKWATER USA NOT ONLY PROTECTS THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR ENDANGERED SO-CALLED DIPLOMATS, BLACKWATER ALSO HAS A TENDECY TO MURDER INNOCENT CIVILIANS FOR FUN WHEN THEY ARE BORED. SO YOU SEE THEY ARE MURDERING INNOCENT IRAQIS YET THE US GOVERNMENT IS SO DEPENDENT ON BLACKWATER THAT FIRING THE COMPANY WOULD ENDANGER MOST OF THE US DIPLOMATIC STAFF. RJ HILHOUSE CONCLUDES THAT IT IS UNLIKELY THE STATE DEPARTMENT AND CI COULD FUNCTION AT ALL IN BAGHDAD WITHOUT BLACKWATER. HILLHOUSE, AUTHOR OF THE BOOK, AND BLOG CALLED 'THE SPY WHO BILLED ME'., SUGGESTS THAT ONE SOLUTION MAY BE TO BREAK OFF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH IRAQ AND HAND U.S. AFFAIRS OVER TO THE SWISS BECAUSE THE SWISS GUARD UNIFORMS ARE WAY COOLER THAN ROYAL ROBBINS 5.11s . BY THE WAY I HAVE READ HILLHOUSE'S BOOK, THE SPY WHO BILLED ME, AND I RECOMMEND IT HIGHLY.
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PLEASE SEND COMMENTS, NEWS ITEMS, AND QUESTIONS TO RICHARD@BLUESTEIN.COM. I'M ALSO LOOKING FOR ITNERESTING AND PROVOCATIVE BACKGROUND FOOTAGE FOR THIS SHOW. IF YOU HAVE ORIGINAL CONTENT THAT FITS THE FORMAT OF THIS SHOW, I WILL GLADLY INCLUDE A PROMOTION FOR YOUR BLOG, VLOG, PODCAST OR WHATEVER. I'M RICHARD BLUESTEIN AND DIT WAS HET NIEWS.
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ENB #37 Another Neocon War, China Abducting Parents Leaving Infants Behind, Democrats Censuring Themselves

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 01:08:16 -0700

ENB #36 Popcorn Lung, Bush’s Latest Moronic Press Conference, Passive Aggressive Tazing, Bush’s New Math, Dan Rather

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 08:24:47 -0700

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HELLO I’M RICHARD BLUESTEIN AND THIS IS THE ECLECTIC NEWS BRIEF FOR FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2007. THIS PODCAST IS SPONSORED BY PODSHOW AND GODADDY. CHOOSE GODADDY TO RELIABLY HOST ALL OF YOUR DOMAN NAMES. ENTER CODES INSANE1, INSANE2, OR INSANE 3 WHEN YOU CHECK OUT AT GODADDY.COM. PODSHOW.COM IS THE THE BEST WAY TO HOST YOUR AUDIO AND VIDEO PODCASTS. UNLIKE YOUTUBE, PODSHOW ALLOWS FOR LONG-FORM CONTENT AT VERY HIGH QUALITY. THIS PODCAST FOR EXAMPLE, IS OFFERED IN A 720P HD FORMAT IF YOU GO TO INSANEFILMS720.PODSHOW.COM.
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THERE IS A NEW DISORDER EMERGING FROM THE MURKY DEPTHS OF CORPORATE GREED. IT’S CALLED POPCORN LUNG. ACCORDING TO THE SOCIETY OF ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISM, THE EPA, LAST YEAR, *BURIED* A REPORT ON THE HEALTH RISKS FROM THE BUTTERY FLAVORING CALLED DIACETYL. THE MICROWAVE POPCORN FLAVORING PRODUCES AN INCURABLE AND ULTIMATELY FATAL LUNG DISEASE IN WORKERS EXPOSED TO IT OCCUPATIONALLY. WORSE YET, A DOCTOR CAME FORTH WITH THE CASE OF A CONSUMER OF MICROWAVE POPCORN WHO CONTRACTED THE DISEASE. THE EPA TO THIS DAY HAS *NOT RELEASED* THE REPORT TO THE PUBLIC. THE EPA HAS, HOWEVER, GIVEN THE REPORT TO THE POPCORN INDUSTRY. THIS FROM THE SAME EPA WHICH CAUSED THOUSANDS TO GET LUNG DISEASES BY NOT WARNING THEM OF THE DANGERS OF WORKING AT GROUND ZERO.
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DURING HIS PRESS CONFERENCE, THE IDIOT AND CHEAT WAS ASKED IF THERE IS A RISK OF RECESSION. YOU WOULD THINK THAT HE *MIGHT* TAKE THIS QUESTION SERIOUSLY SINCE ONE MILLION AMERICANS LOST THEIR HOMES DUE TO FORECLOSURE IN THE PAST YEAR. INSTEAD THE MORON ANSWERED AS FOLLOWS: QUOTE. YOU KNOW YOU NEED TO TALK TO ECONOMISTS. I THINK I GOT A B IN ECON 101. I GOT AN A, HOWEVER, IN KEEPING TAXES LOW (THE KISS ASS PRESS CORE LAUGHS HERE) AND BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE WITH THE PEOPLE’S MONEY. WE’VE SUBMITTED A PLAN THAT WILL ENABLE THIS BUDGET TO BECOME BALANCED (NOTE THE USE OF PASSIVE VOICE HERE) BY 2012. - JUST IN TIME FOR ANOTHER CORPORATE STOOGE TO BE FORCED INTO THE WHITE HOUSE LIKE THE FECES OF AN ELEPHANT BEING PLUNGED INTO A FRENCH TOILET. BUSH ALSO SAID QUOTE AND WE CAN BALANCE THE BUDGET WITHOUT RAISING TAXES. UNQUOTE. I BELIVE WHAT HE MEANT TO SAY WAS THAT *SOMEONE ELSE* CAN CLEAN UP MY MESS BECAUSE I AM AN SPOILED BRAT WHO NEVER LEARNED TO CLEAN UP HIS ROOM.
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THE PRESIDENT HAS PROMISED TO VETO A BILL WHICH WOULD GUARANTEE HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR ALL CHILDREN WHOSE PARENTS MAKE LESS THAN EIGHTY-THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER YEAR. HIS ARGUMENT IS THAT KEEPING CHILDREN FROM DYING OF CURABLE DISEASES WOULD RESULT IN MORE OF, *THAT GREAT EVIL*, GOVERNMENT-RUN HEALTHCARE. PUSSY REPORTERS FAILED TO POINT OUT TO BUSH THAT GOVERNMENT RUN HEALTHCARE FOR CHILDREN IS BETTER THAN NO HEALTHCARE AT ALL. MICHAEL MOORE HAS CLEARLY DEMONSTRATED THAT IN OTHER COUNTRIES, GOVERNMENTS DO A FAR BETTER AND MORE EFFICIENT JOB AT RUNINNG HEALTHCARE THAN CORPORATIONS WHOSE PRIME MOTIVE IS MAKING MONEY AND HIPOCRITICAL TV COMMERCIALS.
MEANWHILE SADISTIC MORON BUSH IS ONCE AGAIN BLACKMAILING CONGRESS. BUSH PUTS CONGRESS AT FAULT FOR PUTTING FORTH A PLAN WHICH THEY KNOW BUSH WILL VETO. ACCORDING TO BUSH, BY ATTEMPTING TO PUSH THROUGH A COMPREHENSIVE BILL INSTEAD OF A BILL WHICH PROTECTS INSURANCE COMPANIES AND *NOT* CHILDREN, CONGRESS IS ACTUALLY FORCING ALL S-CHIP COVERAGE TO LAPSE. THAT’S HARD TO FOLLOW. I KNOW. TO PUT IT MORE CLEARLY, THE S-CHIP PROGRAM IS ALREADY IN PLACE BUT CONGRESS WANTS TO DRASTICALLY IMPROVE IT. BUSH WANTS ONLY TO GIVE IT 5% MORE FUNDING SO THAT HE CAN AFFORD TO HAVE HIS POKER BUDDIES FROM BLACKWATER MELT TINY INFANTS TO THEIR MOTHERS WHILE STOPPING AT BAGHDAD STOPLIGHTS. BUT SEE THE S-CHIP PROGRAM RUNS OUT VERY SOON IF IT IS NOT RENEWED. SO BUSH IS SAYING THAT ALL S-CHIP CARE WILL END BECAUSE HE, BUSH, WILL NOT SIGN THE BILL WHICH THE LEGISLATVIE BRANCH OF *OUR* GOVERNEMNT AGREED UPON.
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WHEN ASKED BY THE *PRESS* ABOUT ALAN GREENSPAN’S SCATHING CRITIQUE OF THE PRESIDENT, BUSH SLYLESSLY CHANGED THE SUBJECT TO SOMETHING HE AND GREENSPAN BOTH AGREE ON: GETTING RID OF SOCIAL SECURITY. THE PRESIDENT SAID QUOTE: GREENSPAN AND I SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT THE UNFUNDED LIABILITIES INHERENT IN SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE. AND HE’S CONCERNED ABOUT THOSE UNFUNDED LIABILITIES AS AM I. AND THAT’S WHY I WENT IN FRONT OF CONGRESS, TALKING ABOUT HOW TO REFORM SOCIAL SECURITY SO THAT YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING AREN’T PAING PAYROLL TAXES INTO A SYSTEM THAT’S GOING BROKE. UNQUOTE. THIS WAS ANOTHER CIRCULAR STATEMENT FROM OUR C MINUS PRESIDENT. SOCIAL SECURITY IS NOT IN DANGER. IF THESE SO CALLED LIABILITIES CONTINUE TO BE FUNDED, THEN THEY ARE BY DEFINITION NOT UNFUNDED. ARE AMERICANS REALLY STUPID ENOUGH TO BELIEVE THIS DRECK? IF SO GET ME ON A BIG JET AIRPLANE. COME ON COME ON. GET GOING. BIG WHEEL KEEP ON TURNING PROUD MARY. COME MOON. BUSH AND THE OTHER ‘YOU *CAN* TAKE IT WITH YOU’ REPUBLICANS WOULD RATHER SOCIAL SECURITY TAXES BE DIVERTED INTO RECKLESSLY MANAGED WALL STREET FUNDS.
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EDITOR AND PUBLISHER- A BLOG I FREQUENTLY QUOTE, POSTED A BIO OF THE MAN WHO GOT TAZERED AT THE JOHN KERRY SPEECH IN FLORIDA. THE BIO REAKED OF THINLY VIELED JEALOUSY. AFTER ALL, ANDREW MEYER RECEIVED AT LEAST HALF A MILLION DOWNLOADS OF HIS VIDEO. THE EDITOR AND PUBLISHER HEADLINE READ QUOTE STUDENT TASERED WHILE QUESTIONING KERRY WAS, OF COURSE, A QUASI-JOURNALIST. UNQUOTE. CAN YOU IMAGINE A MORE PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE AND INSULTING HEADLINE WHICH NEGATES THE IMPORTANCE OF THE HEROIC ACT UNDERTAKEN BY MR MEYER. THE E&P ARTICLE WENT ON TO DISCREDIT ANDREW MEYER BY MENTIONING VARIOUS INTERNET PRANKS WHICH WERE COMPLETELY HARMLESS AND HAD NOTHING WHATSOEVER TO DO WITH HIS JOURNALISTIC ACTIVITIES. ANDREW MEYER ASKED QUESTIONS THAT NEEDED TO BE ASKED, AND WOULD NOT ACCEPT NO ANSWER AS AN ANSWER. ANDREW MEYER DID WHAT THE SO CALLED REAL JOURNALISTS SHOULD BE DOING, BUT ARE AFRAID TO DO. SO INSTEAD THEY REACT BY PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE JEALOUSY BASED CHARACTER ASSASINATION. WELL, ECLECTIC NEWS BRIEF APPLAUDS ANDREW MEYER FOR TAKING A STAND, AND IF HE IS A QUASI JOURNALIST, WELL I’LL TAKE QUASI-JOURNALISM OVER ‘REAL’ JOURNALISM- KATIE KOURIC AND ALL- ANY DAY OF THE WEEKS.
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OH AND SPEAKING OF JOURNALISM,DAN RATHER, THE VETRAN JOURNALIST WHO WAS REPLACED BY KATIE KOURIC IS SUING CBS FOR MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. DAN RATHER CLAIMS HE WAS FIRED BY CBS IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE WHITE HOUSE. IF TRUE, THIS IS A CLEAR VIOLATION OF THE LAW WHICH FORBIDS PROPAGANDIZING WITHIN THE UNITED STATES. NOT THAT IT ISN’T BEING VIOLATED EVERYWHERE ANYWAY. TIME TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX.
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PLEASE SEND COMMENTS, NEWS ITEMS, AND QUESTIONS TO RICHARD@BLUESTEIN.COM. I’M ALSO LOOKING FOR ITNERESTING AND PROVOCATIVE BACKGROUND FOOTAGE FOR THIS SHOW. IF YOU HAVE ORIGINAL CONTENT THAT FITS THE FORMAT OF THIS SHOW, I WILL GLADLY INCLUDE A PROMOTION FOR YOUR BLOG, VLOG, PODCAST OR WHATEVER. I’M RICHARD BLUESTEIN AND DIT WAS HET NIEWS.
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ENB #35 Climate Change for Profit, Greenspan awakens from Ayn Rand slumber party, RFID's Cause Cancer, Madonna is a Moron

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:21:11 -0700

HELLO I'M RICHARD BLUESTEIN AND THIS IS THE ECLECTIC NEWS BRIEF FOR MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2007. THIS PODCAST IS SPONSORED BY PODSHOW AND GODADDY. CHOOSE GODADDY TO RELIABLY HOST ALL OF YOUR DOMAN NAMES. ENTER CODES INSANE1, INSANE2, OR INSANE 3 WHEN YOU CHECK OUT AT GODADDY.COM. PODSHOW.COM IS THE THE BEST WAY TO HOST YOUR AUDIO AND VIDEO PODCASTS. UNLIKE YOUTUBE, PODSHOW ALLOWS FOR LONG-FORM CONTENT AT VERY HIGH QUALITY. THIS PODCAST FOR EXAMPLE, IS OFFERED IN A 720P HD FORMAT IF YOU GO TO INSANEFILMS720.PODSHOW.COM.
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THE EUROOPEAN SPACE AGENCY REPORTED THAT THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE IS OPENED. AS RECENTLY AS LAST WEEK, SOME POLITICIANS WERE SPECULATING AS TO WEATHER OR NOT THE SO-CALLED NORTHWEST PASSAGE WOULD SOME DAY OPEN UP DUE TO MELTING ICE IN THE ARCTIC. THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE IS THE SHORTEST SHIPPING ROUTE LINKING EUROPE AND ASIA. SO IT WOULD APPEAR THAT THE COMPANIES RESPONSIBLE FOR CAUSING THE CLIMATE CHANGE WHICH MELTED THE ICE, WILL PROFIT FROM THE DISASTER EVEN MORE. THE QUESTION IN MY MIND IS: 'WILL THIS SHORT-TERM PROFIT MAKING FROM CLIMATE CHANGE MAKE FIXING OUR PLANET MORE DIFFICULT THAN IT ALREADY IS? OF COURSE THERE ARE OTHER PROFITABLE ASPECTS TO GLOBAL WARMING. IN PARTICULAR THE ARCTIC CIRCLE IS RICH IN OIL RESERVES, WHICH UNTIL NOW WERE TOO DIFFICULT TO REACH. SO THAT'S NICE.
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STAUNCH AYN RAND REPUBLICAN FINANCE ORACLE ALAN GREENSPAN HAS FINALLY STATED THE OBVIOUS. GREENSPAN ADMITTED THAT THE IRAQ WAR IS QUOTE *LARGELY ABOUT OIL* UNQUOTE. GREENSPAN MADE THE REMARKS IN HIS MEMOIRS WHICH ARE TO BE PUBLISHED ON SEPTEMBER 17, 2007. GREENSPAN HARSHLY CRITICIZES GEORGE W BUSH FOR QUOTE ABANDONING FISCAL CONSTRAINT. HE ALSO PRAISED BILL CLINTON FOR BALANCING THE BUDGET. GREENSPAN CALLED CLINTON'S FISCAL CONSTRAINT AN ACT OF GREAT COURAGE.
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RFID CHIPS, WHEN IMPLANTED IN HUMANS, MAY CAUSE CANCER. THIS SHOULD CAUSE ALARM TO RED-BULLED OUT COMPUTER GEEKS WHO RACED TO IMPLANT THEMSELVES WITH THE CHIPS BEFORE THEIR MYSPACE FRIENDS DID IT. VERICHIP'S RFID PRODUCTS, SPECIFICALLY, HAVE BEEN PROVEN TO CAUSE MALIGNANT TUMORS IN ANIMALS. WORSE YET IS THAT VERICHIP HAS NOT LET THE PUBLIC KNOW OF THE CANCER RISK WHEN IT MARKETS THE CHIPS FOR HUMAN IMPLANTATION. SURPRISINGLY, THE FDA APPROVED THE RFID CHIPS AS MEDICAL DEVICES. LESS SURPRISING IS THAT FORMER FDA HEAD, TOMMY THOMPSON IS NOW A BOARD MEMBER OF VERICHIP. YES, YET ANOTHER CONFLICT OF INTERESTS BY GREEDY POLITICIANS WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY COST INNOCENT HUMAN LIVES. OH WELL, MYSPACE IS TOO CROWDED ANYWAY.
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SHALLOW POP STAR MADONNA HAS APPARENTLY GONE FROM ANTI-SEMITE TO AN AMBASSADOR OF JUDAISM IN LESS THAN TWENTY YEARS. SOMEHOW ALL OF THE LOBOTOMIZED CELEBRITY MEDIA HAVE FORGOTTEN ABOUT THE ANTI-SEMETIC LYRICS OF AN EARLY 1990'S REMIX OF HER STUPID HIT SINGLE 'JUSTIFY MY LOVE'. IN THE REMIX, MADONNA REFERRED TO THE JEWS AS A QUOTE SYNAGOGUE OF SATAN. YET JUST LAST WEEK THE LOOSE-LYPPED FAUX-BRITISH GAPPED TOOTH DISASTER TOASTED THE JEWISH NEW YEAR WITH ISRAELI PRESIDENT SHIMON PERES AND DECLARED HERSELF A QUOTE AMBASSADOR FOR JUDAISM, EVEN THOUGH SHE IS NOT JEWISH. THE LYRICS TO MADONNA'S OWN REMIX OF JUSTIFY MY LOVE INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING ANTI-SEMETIC PASSAGE: QUOTE I KNOW YOUR TRIBULATION AND YOUR POVERTY. AND THE SLANDER OF THOSE WHO SAY THAT THEY ARE JEWS, BUT THEY ARE NOT. THEY ARE A SYNAGOGUE OF SATAN. DO NOT FEAR WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO SUFFER. BEHOLD THE DEVIL IS ABOUT TO THROW YOU IN PRISON. WANTING, NEEDING, WAITING FOR YOU TO JUSTIFY MY LOVE. HOPING, PRAYING FOR YOU TO JUSTIFY MY LOVE. THERE IS ONE POSITIVE THING RISING OUT OF MADONNA'S HYPOCRITICAL SPIRITUAL MATERIALISM: MADONNA IS REFERRING TO HER SELF AS 'ESTHER' INSTEAD OF 'MADGE', A NICKNAME SHE STOLE FROM INTERNET CELEBRITY, MADGE WEINSTEIN.
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OK, WELL THAT'S ALL FOR TODAY. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, PLEASE SEND THEM TO RICHARD@BLUESTEIN.COM. I'M ALSO LOOKING FOR ITNERESTING AND PROVOCATIVE BACKGROUND FOOTAGE FOR THIS SHOW. IF YOU HAVE ORIGINAL CONTENT THAT FITS THE FORMAT OF THIS SHOW, I WILL GLADLY INCLUDE A PROMOTION FOR YOUR BLOG, VLOG, PODCAST OR WHATEVER. I'M RICHARD BLUESTEIN AND DIT WAS HET NIEWS.
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ENB #34 DOJ on Net Neutrality, The Surge Protector, YouTube vs. Gays, Economy Sucks, RIAA Losing

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 17:40:53 -0700

HELLO I'M RICHARD BLUESTEIN AND THIS IS THE ECLECTIC NEWS BRIEF FOR TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2007. THIS PODCAST IS SPONSORED BY PODSHOW AND GODADDY. CHOOSE GODADDY TO RELIABLY HOST ALL OF YOUR DOMAN NAMES. ENTER CODES INSANE1, INSANE2, OR INSANE 3 WHEN YOU CHECK OUT AT GODADDY.COM. PODSHOW.COM IS THE THE BEST WAY TO HOST YOUR AUDIO AND VIDEO PODCASTS. UNLIKE YOUTUBE, PODSHOW ALLOWS FOR LONG-FORM CONTENT AT VERY HIGH QUALITY. THIS PODCAST FOR EXAMPLE, IS OFFERED IN A 720P HD FORMAT IF YOU GO TO INSANEFILMS720.PODSHOW.COM.
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IN A REMARKABLE ACT OF CHUTZPAH, THE US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ARROGANTLY SHRUGGED OFF THE NEED FOR INTERNET NEUTRALITY LAWS. THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IS CONCERNED THAT THESE MEGA-HUGE CORPORATIONS WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO *GOUGE* HIGH ENOUGH PRICING LEVELS. THE DOJ SAID THAT NET NEUTRALITY COULD MAKE CARRIERS UNABLE TO AFFORD TO KEEP UP THEIR INFRASTRUCTURES. THIS ACCORDING TO A SEPTEMBER 7 EWEEK ARTICLE. THE DOJ SAID QUOTE ANY REGULATION THAT PROHIBITS THIS TYPE OF PRICING MAY LEAVE BROADBAND PROVIDERS UNABLE TO RAISE THE CAPITAL NECESSARY TO FUND THESE INVESTMENTS. UNQUOTE. RIGHT. POOR AT&T AND COMCAST MAY GO BROKE IF THEY CAN'T DOUBLE DIP BY CHARGING BOTH CONTENT PROVIDERS AND CUSTOMERS FOR THE SAME DATA. HMMM. THAT'S INTERESTING WHEN YOU CONSIDER THAT THE CEO OF AT&T MAKIES 19 MILLION FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR. BELL SOUTH'S CEO, ALMOST 14 MILLION A YEAR, SPRINT-NEXTEL'S CEO 19.5 MILLION PER YEAR. HOW EVER WILL THESE POVERTY-STRICKEN CORPORATIONS BE ABLE TO PAY FOR THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE, PROBABLY BY INCREASING HEALTHCARE COSTS FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES AND DECREASING BENEFITS. OH, BY THE WAY, DID I MENTION THAT AT&T'S CEO GET'S AN *ANNUAL* PENSION OF ALMOST 5.5 MILLION DOLLARS? I TOOK A HUGE DUMP TODAY.
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DESPITE THE SUCESS CLAIMED BY THE SURGE PROTECTOR, GENERAL PETREUS, IRAQ'S CITIZEN'S SEE THINGS QUITE DIFFERENTLY. A COMPREHENSIVE POLL OF THE IRAQI PEOPLE WAS COMMISSIONED JOINTLY BY THE BBC, ABC, AND JAPAN'S NHK. THE POLL STATES THAT ABOUT 70% OF IRAQIS BELIVE SECURITY HAS DETERIORATED IN THE AREA COVERED BY THE US MILITARY SO CALLED SURGE OF THE PAST SIX MONTHS. A POLL OF IRAQIS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY SUGGEST THAT NEARLY 60% SEE ATTACKS ON US FORCES AS *JUSTIFIED*. BREAKING THAT DOWN TO SUNNI'S AND SHIA, 93% OF SUNNIS AND 50% OF SHIA FIND ANTI-AMERICAN VIOLENCE LEGITIMATE. THE POLL SHOWS THAT THE OVERALL MOOD IN IRAQ IS AT AN ALL TIME LOW SINCE THE US INVASION IN 2003. THE MARGIN OF ERROR FOR THE POLL IS PLUS OR MINUS 2.5 PERCENT. IN OTHER WORDS, THE SURGE HASN'T JUST MAQDE THINGS WORSE IN IRAQ, IT HAS MADE THEM *MUCH* WORSE. BING LADIN COULDN'T HAVE DONE A BETTER JOB OF MAKING NEARLY AS MANY PEOPLE LEARN HATE AMERICANS SO QUICKLY.
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THE GAY NEWS BLOG REPORTS THAT ZEITGEIST VIDEBLOGGING SERVICE FOR THE ORIGINALITY CHALLENGED, YOUTUBE, DISCRIMINATES AGAINST GAYS. YOUTUBE MANAGERS REMOVED A VIDEO OF TWO TEENAGERS KISSING FOR FIVE SECONDS. YOUTUBE HAS NOT CENSORED, HOWEVER, MULITUDES OF HATEFUL FUTURE REPUBLICANS CALLING GAY PEOPLE "FAGGOT", "COCKSUCKER" AND OTHER HORRIBLE THINGS. I CAN ATTEST TO THIS PERSONALLY. MY OWN CLIP OF WANDA WISDOM PRETENDING TO USE A FURBY AS A VIBRATOR WHILE FULLY CLOTHED WAS REMOVED FROM YOUTUBE STRAIGHT AWAY. AT THE SAME TIME, VIEWERS NOTED THAT MUCH MORE EXPLICIT VIDEOS OF STRAIGH WOMEN USING *REAL* VIBRATORS WERE NOT BANNED. OH, DID I MENTION THAT THIS PODCAST IS SPONSORED IN PART BY PODSHOW.COM WHERE NOBODY CENSORS MY OFT-TIMES *UNSETTLING* CONTENT?
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ECONOMIC FORECASTERS SAY THAT ECONOMIC GROWTH IN THE US IS AT IT'S LOWEST IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS. THE ECONOMY IS EXPECTED TO BE SLUGGISH, AT BEST, NEXT YEAR AS WELL. THIS ACCORDING TO A FORCEAST RELEASED MONDAY BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR BUSIENSS ECONOMICS. THE NUMBER ONE RISK, ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, IS THAT THE CONOMY WILL LOSE ITS FOOTING ALTOGETHER AND FALL INTO A RECESSION. YOU MAY RECALL I REPORTED THAT ANOTHER ECONOMIC ORGANIZATION FORECASTED A RECESSION DUE TO THE SUB-PRIME MORTAGE CRISIS LAST MONTH.
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IT LOOKS LIKE SOON, WE MAY ALL BE ABLE TO START PAYING FOR OUR MUSIC AGAIN ! THE RIAA HAS BEEN FAILING TO WIN ITS LAWSUITS AGAINST GRANDMOTHERS AND CHILDREN FOR QUOTE STEALING MUSIC. TECHDIRT REPORTS QUOTE RECENTLY, WE'VE SEEN THE COURTS GETTING LESS AND LESS WILLING TO ACCEPT THE RIAA'S FLIMSY EVIDENCE AS BEING ENOUGH TO CONVICT SOMEONE OF BREAKING THE LAW WITH FILE SHARING APPLICATIONS. IN A RECENT CASE, THE RIAA SIMPLY PRESENTED A BOILERPLATE COMPLAINT AGAINST A PLAINTIF, NOT EVEN BOTHERING TO CUSTOMIZE THE ELEMENTS OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGMENT TO THE PARTICULAR CASE BEING ARGUED AT THE TIME. IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE THE COURTS ARE FINALLY BEGINNING TO UNDERSTAND THE INTERNETS. PERHAPS THIS MEANS THAT DISASTEROUS LEGISLATION SUCH AS THE 1990'S DCMAA WILL NOT GET THROUGH AS EASILY NEXT TIME. RIGHT.
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OK, WELL THAT'S ALL FOR TODAY. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, PLEASE SEND THEM TO RICHARD@BLUESTEIN.COM. I'M ALSO LOOKING FOR ITNERESTING AND PROVOCATIVE BACKGROUND FOOTAGE FOR THIS SHOW. IF YOU HAVE ORIGINAL CONTENT THAT FITS THE FORMAT OF THIS SHOW, I WILL GLADLY INCLUDE A PROMOTION FOR YOUR BLOG, VLOG, PODCAST OR WHATEVER. I'M RICHARD BLUESTEIN AND DIT WAS HET NIEWS.
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ENB #33 Heroin, Bush’s Blackmail, Blackwater Jets, and the Psychology of Terror

Wed, 05 Sep 2007 09:30:55 -0700

THE DAILY MAIL REPORTED THAT HERION PRODUCTION IN AFGHANISTAN HAS REACHED AN ALL TIME HIGH. THIS DESPITE 5000 BRITISH TROOPS IN THE HELMAND PROVINCE, WHERE UK SOLDIERS ARE SUPPOSEDLY BATTLING THE TALIBAN. HELMAND PROVINCE IS THE BIGGEST SINGLE HERION CROP-PRODUCING AREA IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD. MANY EXPERTS HAVE SPECULATED THAT HERION PRODUCTION IS THE TALIBAN'S MAJOR SOURCE OF FUNDING, AND IT'S *A LOT* OF FUNDING. IT SEEMS OBVIOUS THAT THE WAY TO DISEMPOWERTHE TALIBAN WOULD BE TO ELIMINATE OPIUM PRODUCTION. RIGHT? I SUSPECT THE BRITISH SOLDIERS IN HELMAND PROVINCE ARE WAY CHILLED OUT, DADDY-O! THAT WAS STUPID. SORRY. ###
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GLEN SMITH WROTE A VERY INTERESTING ESSAY LAST WEEK ON HUFFINGTON POST.COM. SMITH HAS A PLAUSABLE EXPLANATION FOR THE DEMOCRAT'S, AND SANE REPUBLICANS FOR THAT MATTER, FAILURE TO END THE WAR IN IRAQ. SMITH ARGUES THAT PRESIDENT BUSH IS EFFECTIVLY HOOLDING AMERICAN TROOPS HOSTAGE AND THREATENING THEM WITH DEATH. IN OTHER WORDS, BUSH'S ACTIONS COULD BE TRANSLATED AS "ORDER ME OUT OF IRAQ, AND I WILL ABANDON TH TROOPS IN THE FIELD. THE BLOOD OF YOUR CHILDREN WILL BE ON YOUR HANDS, NOT MINE. SO WHAT'S THE SOLUTION? WHAT MAKES THIS SITUATION ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT IS THAT EVERYONE ON CAPITAL HILL KNOWS ABOUT THIS TRUTH BUT NOBODY WILL TALK ABOUT I. SMITH SUGGESTS THAT AS A FIRST STEP CONGRESS MUST QUOTE REASSERT ITS CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY AND RESTORE THE BALANCEOF POWER WITH A WHITE HOUSE SO DRUNK ON POWER THAT IS HAS BROUGHT OUR VERY DEMOCRACY TO THE BRINK. UNQUOTE. THE WAY TO ASSERT THIS POWER WOULD BE FOR CONGRESS TO PASS A RESOLUTION RIGHT AWAY WHICH WOULD FORBID MILLITARY ENGAGEMENT WITH *IRAN* WITHOUT PRIOR APPROVAL FROM CONGRESS. PUBLICLY, CONGRESS MUST SPEAK OUT ABOUT THIS SCARY TRUTH OF BUSH'S BLOODY BLACKMAIL. AMERICA NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND THAT PRESIDENT BUSH WOULD SACRAFICE THE LIVES OF EVEN MORE OF HIS OWN TROOPS TO SATISFY IS ADDICTION TO POWER THAT HE CAN'T TAKE WITH HIM. AS MICHAEL HARVEY ONCE ASKED ME, "HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A UHAUL HITCHED TO THE BACK OF A HEARSE?"
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THERE IS A RELATIVELY NEW BRANCH OF PSYCHOLOGY CALLED POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY. THE NEW REPUBLIC PUBLISHED A VERY INTERESTING ARTICLE ON THE SUBJECT CALLED DEATH GRIP LAST MONTH. THE ARTICLE BRINGS UP A FASCINATING HYPOTHESIS THAT WAS FIRST STUDIED IN THE 1980'S. THE HYPOTHESIS IS ESSENTIALLY, THAT RECOGNITION OF ONES OWN MORTALITY EVOKES WHAT SCIENTISTS CALLED A *WORLD-VIEW DEFENSE*. A WORLD-VIEW DEFENSE IS A RANGE OF NEGATIVE EMOTIONS COMBINED WITH A PREFERENCE FOR LAW AND ORDER. THE WORLD-VIEW DEFENSE IS TRIGGERED, ACCORDING TO THE HYPOTHESIS, BY THOUGHTS OF DEATH.

MORE SPECIFICALLY, THE WORLD-VIEW DEFENSE MEANS THAT *THE MERE THOUGHT* OF ONES OWN MORTALITY CAN TRIGGER; A DISDAIN FOR OTHER RACES, RELIGIONS, AND NATIONS. THESE THOUGHTS OF DEATH ALSO COULD TRIGGER THE PREFERENCE FOR CHARISMATIC LEADERS OVER PRAGMATIC ONES.

THIS MAY SOUND FAR FETCHED, BUT THERE IS MUCH RESEARCH TO BACK IT UP. PSYCHOLOGISTS SHELDON SOLOMON,, JEFF GREENBERG, AND TOM PYSZCYNSKI PERFORMED EXPERIMENTS IN 1989. ONE EXPEREMENT INVOLVED 22 TUSCON MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGES. THE JUDGES WERE TOLD THAT THE RESEARCH WAS TO TEST THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN BAIL DECISIONS AND PERSONALITY TRAITS. IN REALITY, HOWEVER, THIS WAS NOT THE POINT OF THE STUDY. ALL JUDGES WERE GIVEN A PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE BUT HALF OF THE JUDGES WERE ASKED A FEW EXTRA QUESTIONS RELATED TO DEATH. THE POINT WAS TO TRIGGER AN EXISTENTIAL FEAR IN THE MIND OF THESE JUDGES IN ORDER TO SEE IF THEY WOULD ISSUE HARSHER JUDGMENTS THAN THE OTHER GROUP.

FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS ASKED: *BRIEFLY DESCRIBE THE EMOTIONS THAT THE THOUGHT OF YOUR OWN DEATH AROUSES IN YOU*. ANOTHER QUESTIONS ASKED THE JUDGES TO DESCRIBE WHAT THEY THING WILL HAPPEN WHEN THEY DIE. ALL JUDGES WERE ASKED TO SET BAIL IN A HYPOTHETICAL CASE OF A PROSTITUTE WHOM THE PROSECUTOR CLAIMED WAS A FLIGHT RISK. THE DEATH-MINDED JUDGES SET AN AVERAGE BAIL OF $455 WHITLE THE GROUP THAT DID NOT ANSWER THE DEATH QUESTIONS SET BAIL AT AN AVERAGE OF ONLY $50. SO, THERE WAS QUITE A DIFFERENCE.

THE EXPERIMENTS CONITUNED AND OTHER PSYCHOLOGISTS HAVE BULIT ON THESE EXPERMENTS WITH SIMILAR RESULTS EVER SINCE. I AM NOT GOING TO GO INTO DETAIL NOW, AS THIS SHOW IS SUPPOSED TO BE BRIEF. I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO READ THE WHOLE ARTICLE IN THE NEW REPUBLIC AT TNR.COM.

THE RESEARCH PRESENTED IN THE ARTICLE SEEMS ANSWER ONE OF THE BIG QUESTIIONS OF LAST CENTURY: WHY DID THE HOLOCAUST HAPPEN? THE WORLD-VIEW DEFENSE COULD ANSWER THIS QUESTION AND ALSO EXPLAIN WHY A NATION OF ALMOST 300 MILLION PEOPLE COULD ELECT A COMPLETE MORON AND MISERABLE FAILURE TO RUN THE COUNTRY.

LASTLY, IT IS WORTH MENTIONING THAT THE JOHN JUDIS CONCLUDES IN HIS ARTCLE THAT UNLESS THERE IS ANOTHER ASSAULT ON AMERICAN SOIL BEFORE THE 2008 ELECTION, THE WORLD-VIEW DEFENCE MAY NO LONGER BE CLOUDING AMERICANS' JUDGMENT. THIS WOULD BE BAD NEWS, ACCORDING TO JUDIS, FOR POLITICTIONS WHO CONTINUE TO EXPLOIT 9/11 AND THE FEAR OF DEATH THAT LIES WITHIN US ALL.

ENB #32 Healthcare Consumer Info Special

Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:47:32 -0700

HELLO. I'M RICHARD BLUESTEIN AND THIS IS THE ECLECTIC NEWS BRIEF FOR FRIDAY, AUGUST 31 2007. THIS PODCAST IS SPONSORED BY PODSHOW AND GODADDY. USE GODADDY.COM TO BUY ALL OF YOUR DOMAIN NAMES AND SAVE LOTS OF MONEY. JUST CHECK OUT WITH CODES INSANE1, INSANE2, OR INSANE3 AT GODADDY.COM. FOR FREE HIGH QUALITY PODCAST HOSTING GO TO PODSHOW.COM. AT PODSHOW, YOU CAN HOST YOUR 720P HD VIDEOS SO PEOPLE CAN SEE YOUR WORK AT FULL QUALITY INSTEAD OF CRUDDY PIXELATED YOUTUBE BLECHINESS.
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TODAY'S EPISODE IS A BIT DIFFERENT. INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON CURRENT NEWS ITEMS, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU SOME HELPFUL TIPS RELATED TO HEALTHCARE. MORE AND MORE, AS HEALTHECARE BECOMES MORE PROFIT ORIENTED AND LESS PATIENT PLEASING, PATIENT ARE FORCED TO SUPERVISE HIS OR HER OWN CARE IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT LIFE THREATENING MISTAKES ARE NOT BEING MADE. IDEALLY WHEN VISITING A HOSPITAL, A PATIENT WILL BRING ALONG A WELL-INFORMED FRIEND OR FAMILY MEMBER WHO CAN ACT AS HIS OR HER *ADVOCATE*. SOMETIMES, HOWEVER, AN ADVOCATE IS NOT AROUND AND THE PATIENT MUST WATCH OUT FOR HIMSELF. SO HERE ARE FIFTEEN STEOP THAT YOU CAN TAKE IN ORDER TO REDUCE YOUR RISK OF A HOSPITAL INFECTION. THE INFORMATION COMES FROM THE WEB SITE HOSPITALINFECTION.ORG AND NEITHER I NOR THIS PROGRAM'S PRODUCERS TAKE ANY RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR CORRECTESS. GIRDLE. I FOUND A LINK TO THIS INFORMATION ON CONSUMERIST.COM WHICH IS A FANTASCTIC CONSUMER ADVOCY WEB SITE.
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TIP NUMBER ONE: ASK HOSPITAL STAFF AND VISITORS TO CLEAN THEIR HANDS THOROUGHLY BEFORE TREATING OR TOUCHING YOU. ALCHOL BASED HAND CLEANERS ARE HIGHLY EFFECTIVE AT THIS AS WELL.
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TWO. ASK THE DOCTOR OR NURSE TO WIPE HIS/HER STETHESCOPE WITH ALCOHOL. STETHESCOPES ARE OFTEN CONTAMINATED WITH DANGEROUS BACTERIA.
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THREE. IF YOU NEED A CENTRAL LINE IMPLANT FOR RECEIVING IV FLUIDS, ASK YOUR DOCOTR ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF ONE THAT IS ANTIBOTIC IMPREGNATED OR SILVER-CHLORHEXIDINE COATED IN ORDER TO REDDUCE INFECTIONS
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FOUR. ASK YOUR SURGEON WHAT HIS INFECTION RATE IS. SURGEONS SHOULD KNOW THEIR RATES OF INFECTION FOR VARIOUS PROCEDURES. COMPARE THESE RATES TO OTHER SURGEONS IN ORDER TO FIND ONE WITH A LOW INFECTION RATE FOR THE PROCEDURE YOU ARE HAVING.
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FIVE. STARTING THREE TO FIVE DAYS BEFORE SURGERY, SHOWER OR BATHE DAILY WITH CHLORHEXIDINE SOAP. THIS WILL HELP REMOVE DANGEROUS BACTERIA ON YOUR SKIN.
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SIX AS YOUR SURGEON TO HAVE YOU TESTED FOR MRSA AT LEAST ONE WEEK BEFORE YOU COME INTO THE HOSPITAL.
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SEVEN. STOP SMOKING WELL IN ADVANCE OF YOUR SURGERY. SMOKERS ARE THREE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO DEVELOP SURGICAL SITE INFECTIONS.
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EIGHT. ON THE DAY OF YOUR SURGERY, REMIND YOUR DOCTOR THAT YOU MAY NEED AN ANTIBIOTIC ONE HOUR BEFORE THE FIRST INCISION. THIS PRECAUTION IS OFTEN OVERLOOKED BY HOSPITAL STAFF.
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NINE. ASK YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT KEEPING YOU WARM DURING SURGER. OPERATING ROOMS ARE OFTEN KEPT COLD BUT FOR MANY TYPES OF SURGERY, WARM PATIENTS RESIST INFECTIONS BETTER.
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TEN. DO NOT SHAVE THE SURGICAL SITE. IF HAIR MUST BE REMOVED BEFORE SURGERY, ASK THAT CLIPPERS BE USED IN ORDER TO PREVENT SMALL NICKS IN THE SKIN.
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ELEVEN. AVOID TOUCHING YOUR HANDS TO YOUR MOUTH. DO NOT SET FOOD OR UTENSILS ON FURNITURE OR BED SHEETS.
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TWELVE. ASK YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT MONITORING YOUR GLUCOSE LEVELS CONTINUOUSLY DURING AND AFTER SURGERY, *ESPECIALLY* IF YOU ARE HAVING CARDIAC SURGERY. CONTINUE THIS MONITORING EVEN AFTER DISCHARGE UNTIL YOU ARE FULLY HEALED.
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THIRTEEN. AVOID A URINARY TRACT CATHATER IF POSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST HAVE A CATHATER, ASK YOUR CAREGIVER TO REMOVE IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
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FOURTEEN. IF YOU MUST HAVE AN IV, MAKE SURE THAT IT IS INSERTED AND REMOVED UNDER CLEAN CONDITIONS. BE SURE THE IV NEDLE IS CHANGED EVERY THREE TO FOUR DAYS. YOUR SKIN SHOULD BE CLEANED AT THE INSERTION SITE AND THE CAREGIVER SHOULD BE WEARING CLEAN GLOVES. ALERT HOSPITAL STAFF IMMEDIATLY IF ANY REDNESS APPEARS.
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FIFTEEN. IF YOU ARE PREGNANT AND HAVING A C-SECTION *ALL* OF THE ABOVE STEPS APPLY. TREAT IT AS YOU WOULD ANY OTHER TYPE OF SURGERY.
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ONE FOOTNOTE. HOSPITAL REPORT CARDS ARE ONLY RECENTLY BECOMING AVAILABLE AS PUBLIC RECORD AND ONLY FOR SPECIFIC PROCEDURES. THE AVAILABLITY OF SUCH INFORMATION VARIES FROM STATE TO STATE SO YOU'LL HAVE TO DO YOUR OWN CHECKING TO FIND OUT.
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THAT'S ALL FOR THIS SPECIAL EDITION OF ECLECTED NEWS BRIEF. IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS, PLEASE VISIT ECLECTIC NEWS BRIEF OR EMAIL ME AT RICHARD@BLUESTEIN.COM
I'M RICHARD BLUESTEIN AND DIT WAS HET NIEWS. KLOOTZAAK.

ENB31 Whistleblowers Tortured, Nuclear Terrorism No Big Deal, The Next Atty General

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:01:10 -0700

HELLO. I'M RICHARD BLUESTEIN AND THIS IS THE ECLECTIC NEWS BRIEF FOR WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29 2007. THIS PODCAST IS SPONSORED BY PODSHOW AND GODADDY. USE GODADDY.COM TO BUY ALL OF YOUR DOMAIN NAMES AND SAVE LOTS OF MONEY. JUST CHECK OUT WITH CODES INSANE1, INSANE2, OR INSANE3 AT GODADDY.COM. FOR FREE HIGH QUALITY PODCAST HOSTING GO TO PODSHOW.COM. AT PODSHOW, YOU CAN HOST YOUR 720P HD VIDEOS SO PEOPLE CAN SEE YOUR WORK AT FULL QUALITY INSTEAD OF CRUDDY PIXELATED YOUTUBE BLECHINESS.
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TODAY IS THE LAST DASY YOU CAN HELP TO SAVE KENNETH FOSTER'S LIFE. FOSTER IS SCHEDULED TO BE MURDERED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS FOR THE CRIME OF DRIVING A CAR. IF FOSTER DIES TOMORROW, A PART OF AMERICA'S COLLECTIVE HUMANITY WILL DIE WITH HIM. PLEASE VISIT FREEKENNETH.COM TODAY TO FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN TAKE ACTION ON THIS LAST DAY TO SAVE KENNETH'S LIFE.
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THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS REPORTED THAT MILITARY CONTRACTORS IN IRAQ CLAIM THEY HAVE BEEN JAILED AND TORTURED FOR REPORTING FRAUD. TWINKIE-FATTENED AMERICANS SHOULD BE *BORED* TO KNOW THAT THEIR HARD EARNED TAX DOLLARS ARE BEING USED TO TORTURE WHISTLE-BLOWERS INSTEAD OF TO PAY FOR HEALTHCARE FOR THEIR FELLOW CITIZENS. DONALD VANCE, A US NAVY VETRAN, SAYS HE WAS IMPRISONED BY THE US MILITARY AND SUBJECTED TO HARSH INTERROGATION METHODS. VANCE'S COLLEAGUE NATHAN ERTEL ALSO ALLEGES HE WAS SIMILARLY TREATED. ERTEL SAYS THAT HE AND VANCE WERE SUBJECTED TO PHYSICAL LAND MENTAL INTERROGATION TACTICS QUOTE RESERVED FOR TERRORISTS AND SO-CALLED ENEMY COMBATANTS. UNQUOTE. NAVY CAPTAIN JOHN FLEMING CONFIRMED THE DETENTIONS. FLEMING IS A SPOKESMAN FOR US DETENTION OPERATIONS IN IRAQ. MR VANCE SAID HE THOUGHT HE WAS DOING A NOBLE THING WHEN HE TOLD THE FBI ABOUT US MILITARY ARMS BEING SOLD FOR CASH. VANCE WAS PUT INTO SOLITARY CONFINEMENT WITH HEAD-BANGING MUSIC BLARING DOWN ALL DOAY LONG WHILE INTERROGATORS SCREAMED THE SAME QUESTIONS AT HIM. MR. VANCE CLAIMS THE WEAPONS WERE SOLD TO IRAQI INSURGENTS, AMERICAN SOLDIERS, STATE DEPARTMENT WORKERS, AND EMBASSY EMPLOYEES. THE SELLER OF THE WEAPONS, ACCORDING TO VANCE, WAS THE IRAQI-OWNED COMPANY HE WORKED FOR, SHEILD GROUP SECURITY. VANCE SAID THAT SHEILD GROUP SECURITY WAS A QUOTE WAL-MART FOR GUNS . IT WAS ALL ILLEGAL, AND EVERYONE KNEW IT. UNQUOTE. VANCE WAS IN IMPRISONED FOR 97 DAYS IN TOTAL. THERE ARE MANY OTHER EXAMPLES OF SUCH PUNISHMENT FOR WHISLEBLOWERS. JULIE MCBRIDE WORKED FOR HALLIBURTON SUBSIDIARY KBR AT CAMP FALLUJA. MCBRIDE CLAIMED THAT KBR EXAGGERATES COSTS BY DOUBLE AND TRIPLE COUNTING THE NUMBER OF SOLDIERS WHO USED RECREATIONAL FACILITIES. AFTER MCBRIDE REPORTED THIS ALLEGED ACCOUNTING FRAUD, HALLIBURTON KEPT HER IN SECLUSION UNTIL SHE LEFT IRAQ. HALLIBURTON SEARCHED HER PROPERTY AS WELL AND WAS ORDERED NOT TO SPEAK TO THE US MILITARY. WHO WHO WHO THESE TAX DOLLARS *BELONG TO*?
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THE US FEDERAL GOVERNEMENT IS APPARTENTLY UNCONCERNED ABOUT TERRORSTS BLOWING UP THIS COUNTRY BY RIGGING US NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS. ACCORDING TO AP VIA HUFFINGTON POST, A FEDERAL INSPECTOR FOUND AN ARMED SECURITY GUARD ASLEEP ON THE JOB AT A *GATE* INSIDE THE INDIAN POINT NUCLEAR POWER PLANT. THE INSPECTOR SPENT TWO MINUTES TRYING TO WAKE UP THE GUARD BEFORE HE FINALLY STOOD UP AND OPENED HIS EYES. THIS ACCORDING TO NEIL SHEEHAN SPOKESMAN OF THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISION. OH WELL. I GUESS IT'S OK TO ALLOW TERRORSTS INVADE YOUR NUCLEAR PLANTS AND BLOW THEM UP JUST SO LONG AS THEY DON'T CARRY MORE T HAN THREE OUNCES OF SHAMPOO ON THEIR FLIGHT OVER TO COMMIT SAID TERRORIST ACT. D'OH!
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IT IS WIDELY SPECULATED THAT HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY MICHAEL CHERTOFF WILL REPLACE ALBERTO GONZALES AS US ATTORNEY GENERAL. GONZALES RESIGNED RECENTLY IN ORDER TO SPEND MORE TIME TORTURING HIS FAMILY. THIS DESPITE THE HORRIBLE JOB CHERTOF DID BOTH PREVENTING AND CLEANING UP AFTER THE KATRINA DISASTER. FEMA DIRECTOR MICHAEL 'BROWNIE' BROWN TESTIFIED THAT CHERTOFF IGNORED PLANNING FOR NATURAL DISASTER BECAUSE HE WAS ONLY CONCERNED ABOUT TERRORISM. YET, IN TYPICAL BUSHIAN TRADITION, CHERTOFF'S INEPTITUDE MAY BE REWARDED WITH THE DISTINCTION OF BEING NAMED THE NATION'S HIGHEST RANKING COP.
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ENB #30 Americans are in the Dark

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 15:38:37 -0700

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A RECENT HARRIS POLL SAYS THAT TWO THIRDS OF AMERICAN ADULTS ADMIT TO BEING IN THE DARK ABOUT POLITICS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES. ONLY THREE PERCENT OF WOMEN AND FOURTEEN PERCENT OF MEN SAID THEY ARE EXTREMELY KNOWLEDGEABLE ON WORLD POLITICS. LACK OF INTEREST IS A MAJOR REASON FOR THE PROBLEM. OVER HALF OF THE PEOPLE POLLED SAID THEY THEY DO NOT LIKE LEARNING ABOUT POLITICAL ISSUES IN OTHER COUNTRIES. I GUESS CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE DEATH AND MUTILATION OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE, INCLUDING *THE CHILDREN* ARE *POLITICAL ISSUES*. THE HARRIS POLL DID NOT ASK THE SAME GROUP ABOUT THEIR KNOWLEDGE Of HOLLYWOOD SCANKS' DRUG HABITS.
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THE AVERAGE AMERICAN'S LIFE EXPECTANCY HAS BEEN DECLINING IN RELATION TO OTHER COUNTRIES. CURRENTLY, AMERICA IS RANKED FORTY-SECOND IN LIFE EXPECTANCY. AP REPORTS THAT THE US HAS BEEN SLIPPING IN THE RANKS FOR DECADES AS OTHER COUNTRIES ARE IMPROVING HEALTH CARE NUTRITION AND LIFESTYLES. THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON'S DR. CHRISTOPHER MURRAY SAID QUOTE SOMETHING'S WRONG HERE WHEN ONE OF THE RICHEST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD, THE ONE THAT SPENDS THE MOST ON HEALTH CARE, IS NOT ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH OTHER COUNTRIES. UNQUOTE. TOO BAD AMERICANS ARE TOO BORED BY THE SUBJECT TO CONSIDER THAT MUCH OF THE MONEY AMERICA SPENDS ON HEALTHCARE GOES TO PAY THE SALARIES OF FOR PROFIT INSURANCE COMPANY CEO'S. *YUCK*
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THE SADISTIC YET MORONIC STATE OF TEXAS HAS *PROUDLY* MURDERRED ITS FOUR HUNDREDTH PRISONER SINCE THE DEATH PENALTY WAS REINSTATED BY THE SUPREME COURT IN 1976. THE EUROPEAN UNION FORMALLY EXPRESSED GREAT REGRET AT THE EXECUTION. THE EU STATED QUOTE THERE IS NO EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST THAT THE USE OF THE DEATH PENALTY SERVES AS A DETERRENT AGAINST VIOLENT CRIME. UNQUOTE. TEX-ASS GOVERNER RICK PERRY REPLIED QUOTE WHILE WE RESPECT OUR FRIENDS IN EUROPE, TEXANS ARE DOING JUST FINE GOVERNING TEX-ASS. NOTE GOVERNER PERRY DID *NOT* MENTION THE LOUSY JOB TEXANS ARE DOING OF GOVERNING THE COUNTRY AS A WHOLE. TEX-ASS HAS KILLED MORE THAN ONE THIRD OF ALL PRISONERS EXECUTED IN THE US SINCE 1976. NON- MURDERER KENNETH FOSTER IS DUE TO BE MURDERED BY THE STATE OF TEX-ASS ON AUGUST 30. PLEASE GO TO FREEKENNETH.COM TO FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN TAKE ACTION TO SAVE HIM. FOSTER WAS CONVICTED OF BEING A PARTY TO THE CRIME OF MURDER BUT HE DID NOT MURDER ANYONE HIMSELF. FOSTER HAS BEEN A PEACEFUL ACTIVIST AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY WHICH MAKES ME WONDER IF THIS EXECUTION IS NOT A POLITICAL ONE.
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AP REPORTS (VIA ANDYMATIC'S BLOG) THAT THERE WAS A LEAK OF HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUM AT A NUCLEAR FUEL PROCESSING PLANT NEAR KNOXVILL, TENNESEE. BUT GUESS WHAT? THE LEAK TOOK PLACE IN 2004 YET THE GOVERNEMENT KEPT IT SECRED FOR THREE YEARS IN ORDER TO PROTECT "NATIONAL SECURITY. NINE GALLONS OF HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUM SOLUTION SPILLED ONTO THE FLOOR AND RAN INTO THE HALLWAY OF A -YOU GUESSED IT- PRIVATIZED NUCLEAR FUEL PROCESSING PLANT. THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY AGENCY WROTE QUOTE IT IS LIKELY THAT AT LEAST ONE WORKER WOULD HAVE RECEIVED AN EXPOSURE HIGH ENOUGH TO CAUSE ACUTE HEALTH EFFECTS OR DEATH. UNQUOTE. AGENCY COMMISIONER EDWARD MCGAFFIAN JR. SAID QUOTE WE DON'T WANT ANY SECURITY INFORMATION OUT THERE THAT'S GOING TO HELP A TERRORIST,' WHEN ASKED WHY THE INFORMATION HAD TO BE KEPT FROM THE PUBLIC. SO I GUESS IT'S OK TO COMMIT A TERRORIST ACT BY LEAKING NUCLEAR FUEL AND NOT WARNING THE PUBLIC ABOUT IT, BUT IT'S NOT OK TO WARN PEOPLE IF YOU ARE NUKING THEM. CONFUSED? YOU'LL STILL BE AFTER THE NEXT EPISODE OF THE ECLECTIC NEWS BRIEF.
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ENB #29 Climate Change,DiCaprio,Drugs,Turd Burgler, Ovarian Cancer Ribbons, Competition for CNN and BBC finally

Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:05:41 -0700

HELLO. I'M RICHARD BLUESTEIN AND THIS IS THE ELECTIC NEWS BRIEF FOR TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2007.
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CLIMATE-CHANGE INDUCED WEATHER ANOMALIES CONTINUE TO SPAN THE GLOBE. TWENTY PEOPLE DIED OVER THE WEEKEND IN FLOODING IN MINNESOTA, WISCONSIN, OKLAHOMA, AND TEXAS. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HAD TO BE EVACUATED FROM THEIR HOMES AS WELL. HURRICANE DEAN KILLED TEN PEOPLE IN THE CARIBBEAN AND HAS FORCED MEXCO TO ABANDON IT'S OFF SHORE OIL RIGS. HEAT WAVES HAVE KILLED AT LEAST 49 PEOPLE IN THE SOUTHEASTERN AND MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES. TEMPERATURES HAVE FREQUENTLY BEEN REACHING INTO THE TRIPLE DIGITS.
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LEONARDO DICAPRIO'S THE 11TH HOUR HAS OPENED IN THEATERS. THE 11TH HOUR IS A FILM ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE BUT IT IS *NOT* AN EXERCISE IN "PREACHING TO THE CHOIR". THE FILM, INSTEAD, AIMS TO INSPIRE HUMANS TO ACT WITH RESTORATIVE ACTION THROUGH THE RESHAPING OF HUMAN ACTIVITY. PLEASE GO TO 11THOURACTION.COM FOR DETAILS.
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YOU MAY RECALL THE OTHER DAY I MENTIONED A RECENT HARRIS POLL WHICH FOUND THAT 95% OF AMERICANS CONSIDER THEMSELVES TO BE HAPPY. WELL THE REASON FOR THIS HAPPINESS MAY HAVE COME OUT OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. AP REPORTS THAT THE AMOUNT OF FIVE MAJOR PAINKILLERS SOLD AT RETAIL ROSE *NINETY PERCENT* FROM 1997 TO 2005. IN 2005, THAT AMOUNTED TO AN AVERAGE OF 300 MILLIGRAMS OF PAINKILLERS TO EVERY PERSON IN AMERICA. DRUG MARKETING HAS ALSO GONE UP DRAMATICALLY DURING THE SAME PERIOD OF TIME. TOTAL SPENDING WENT FROM 11 BILLION DOLLARS IN 1997 TO 30 BILLION DOLLARS IN 2005. PROFIT MARGINS IN THE LEADING DRUG COMPANIES ARE 4-5 TIMES HIGHER THAN OTHER FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES.
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TIME MAGAZINE'S MATT COOPER SAID ON MEET THE PRESS YESTERDAY THAT IT WAS KARL 'TURD BURGLER' ROVE WHO LEAKED VALERIE PLAME'S IDENTITY TO HIM. MATT COOPER SAID QUOTE "Karl Rove told me about Valerie Plame’s identity on July 11th, 2003. I called him because Ambassador Wilson was in the news that week. I didn’t know Ambassador Wilson even had a wife until I talked to Karl Rove and he said that she worked at the agency and she worked on WMD."WELL, I GUESS THAT'S OVER. IT'S A GOOD THING THAT LEAKING THE IDENTITY OF A CIA OPERATIVE TRYING TO PREVENT TERRORIST ATTACKS ISN'T TREASON, OR KARL ROVE WOULD BE IN JAIL LOSING WEIGHT RIGHT ABOUT NOW.
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CAESARIAN PREDIENT GEORGE W. BUSH DECLARED SEPTEMBER NATIONAL OVARIAN CANCER AWARENESS MONTH. A WHITE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE DECLARED, "During National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, Americans remember those who have lost their lives to ovarian cancer, and we honor the courage and strength of those who continue to fight this disease. We also recognize the dedicated medical professionals and researchers whose tireless efforts help provide a brighter, healthier future for women.' THE PRESS RELEASE, HOWEVER, MADE NO PROVISION OR EVEN MENTION OF HOW THESE CANCER TREATMENTS AND SCREENINGS ARE TO BE PAID FOR. WELL, AT LEAST WE'LL BE ABLE TO WEAR PRETTY RIBBONS NEXT MONTH. I WONDER WHAT COLOR THEY'LL BE? I'M VOTING FOR EGG SHELL.
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MOST NON-DELUSIONAL AMERICANS HAVE NOTICED AMERICA'S DECLINE IN REPUTATION OF LATE.. THE SECULAR NATION OF TURKEY, FOR EXAMPLE, HAD A 52% FAVORABLE VIEW OF THE U.S. ONLY FIVE YEARS AGO. TODAY ONLY *NINE PERCENT* OF TURKS HAVE A FAVORABLE VIEW OF THE US. THIS ACCORDING TO MOTHER JONES MAGAZINE. AT THE SAME TIME, RUSSIA AND CHINA ARE GROWING STRONGER. VENEZUELA AND IRAN ARE EMERGING AS POWERFUL REGIONAL PLAY-AS. AMERICA'S MORAL DECLINE IS LIKELY THE BIGGEST REASON FOR THE DECLINE, WHAT WITH TORTURE AND STUPIDITY BEING THE MOST FREQUENTLY USED WEAPONS IN THE SO CALLED WAR ON TERROR. MOTHER JONES SITES THE FOLLOWING *OTHER* REASONS FOR AMERICA'S DECLINE:
1) THE TIGHTENING OIL AND NATURAL GAS MARKETS HAVE MADE HYDROCARBON-RICH NATIONS MORE POWERFUL THAN EVER BEFORE.
2) THE RAPID ECONOMIC EXPANSION OF CHINA AND INDIA, AND
3) (THE REASON YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT) THE END OF THE ANGLO-AMERICAN DUOPOLY IN INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION NEWS.
THESE NEW INTERNATIONAL NEWS POWERS INCLUDE QATAR'S AL JAZEERA ENGLISH AND FRANCE 24, IRAN'S PRESS-TV,RUSSIA'S 24 TV NEWS CHANNEL, AND VENESUALA'S TELESUR CHANNEL. ALL OF THESE NEW INTERNATIONAL NEWS CHANNELS BROADCAST PROGRAMMING IN ENGLISH. ADDITIONALLY, OTHER THAN FRANCE 24 ALL OF THESE STATIONS ARE FUNDED BY ENORMOUS HYDROCARBON INCOMES. ALL OF THESE STATIONS HAVE GONE LIVE WITH ENGLISH PROGRAMMING WITHIN THE LAST YEAR. IT WOULD APPEAR THAT THE AMERICAN PROPAGANDA MACHINE, WHICH MOST AMERICAN'S ARE TOO OBLIVIOUS TO SEE, IS ON IT'S WAY DOWN, AT LEAST ON A GLOBAL LEVEL. SO THE BIG QUESTIONS IS 'CAN AMERICA PRACTICE HUMILITY IN ORDER TO BECOME A COOPERATIVE WORLD POWER? I HAVE NO IDEA.

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ENB #28 Ohio Election Scam, Big Nellie Brother Chertoff, Fat Americans Starving, and Gonzalez Licensed to kill

Thu, 16 Aug 2007 14:03:08 -0700

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THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER BROKE THE TOTAL MAINSTREAM MEDIA BLACKOUT OF THE 2004 ELECTION MISCOUNT CONTROVERSY. ON AUGUST 11, THE ENQUIRER REPORTED THAT NO LESS THAN 1.6 *MILLION* BALLOTS AND ELECTION RECORDS. VARIOUS BOARDS OF ELECTIONS "LOST" THESE RECORDS DESPITE A JUDGE'S RULING THAT ALL BALLOTS FROM THE 2004 ELECTION IN OHIO MUST BE PRESERVED. THE NEW SECRETARY OF STATE FOR OHIO, JENNIFER BRUNNER, RECEIVED A WHOPPING 39 LETTERS OF EXPLANATION FOR THE "LOST" BALLOTS. A LITANY OF EXCUSES WAS PROVIDED TO SECRETARY BRUNNER. THESE INCLUDED, SPILLED COFFEE, A FLOODED STORAGE AREA, AND MISCOMMUNICATION WITH A COUNTY 'GREEN TEAM' ASSIGNED TO PICK UP ALL RECYCLABLES. SEVEN OHIO COUNTIES TOLD BRUNNER THAT THEY ARE MISSING ALLL OF THEIR 2004 BALLOTS. THESE COUNTIES WERE ASHTABULA, MARION, MEDINA, MONTGOMERY, PREBLE, SANDUSKY, AND SENECA COUNTIES. OTHER COUNTIES LOST OR DISCARDED SOME OR MOST OF THEIR 2006 BALLOTS. AT LEAST 36 COUNTIES DESTROYED OR LOST NEARLY 800,000 BLANK UNUSED BALLOTS. WITHOUT THESE UNUSED BALLOTS IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THEY WERE USED TO CAST FRAUDULENT VOTES. STRANGEST OF ALL, PERHAPS, IS THAT SO FAR THERE HAS BEEN NO EVIDENCE OF FOUL PLAY TO EXPLAIN WHAT COULD OTHERWISE BE DESCRIBED AS AN EXTREMELY BIZARRE COINCIDENCE. WELL PERHAPS THIS IS NOT SO STRANGE, AFTER ALL, SINCE THERE HAS BEEN NO INVESTIGATION INTO THIS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT MEDIA BLACKED-OUT ISSUE. PROLAPSE.
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GAY LOOKING AND ACTING HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY MICHAELL CHERTOFF AUTHORIZED THE USE OF SPY SATELLITES TO SPY ON AMERICANS. THE SATELLITES HAVE NEVER BEFORE BEEN USED TO SPY AMERICAN CITIZENS. THEY WERE INTENDED TO SPY ON RUSSIANS AND OTHER EXAGGERATED ENEMIES. BUT NOW THAT THERE ARE NO MORE GOOD FAKE ENEMIES, THE US GOVERNMENT HAS TURNED ITS PANOPTICON INWARD. INWARD TOWARDS ITS BRAIN DEAD CITIZENS 95 PERCENT OF WHOM, ACCORDING TO A RECENT HARRIS POLL, DESCRIBED THEMSELVES AS 'HAPPY'. HAPPY DESPITE BEING LIED TO SPIED UPON, TAXED TO PAY FOR MURDER, AND BEING BROKE WITH THEIR HOUSES BEING FORECLOSED UPON. PERHAPS THE HARRIS POLLSTERS WERE BUSY LOOKING AT THAT YOUTUBE THING OR SOMETHING. ANYWAY. ACCORDING TO RUPERT MURDOCH'S WALL STREET JOURNAL, OFFICIALS WILL SOON EXAMINE HOW THE SPY SATELLITES CAN BE USED TO AID FEDERAL AND *LOCAL* LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, COVERING BOTH CRIMINAL *AND CIVIL* LAW. PAY ATTENTION- THE SATELLITES MAY BE USED FOR CIVIL CASES! IF YOU ARE VERY STUPID, YOU MAY NOT KNOW THAT A CIVIL CASE COULD BE A DIVORCE PROCEEDING OR PERHAPS THE RIAA SUING YOUR GRANDMA, OR SOME OTHER BULLSHIT.
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WHILE THE LIKES OF HALIBURTON AND EXXON-MOBILE GET RICH FROM YOUR TAX DOLLARS AND LIVES, AMERICANS ARE STARTING TO RUN OUT OF LUNCH MONEY. WAL-MART'S PROFITS ARE APPARENTLY A BETTER INDICATOR OF AMERICA'S FINANCIAL HEALTH THAN THE GOVERNMENT'S FRAUD-ADJUSTED INFLATION AND EMPLOYMENT INDICES. WAL-MART CEO LEE SCOTT TOLD THE NEW YORK TIMES RECENTLY "MANY CUSTOMERS ARE RUNNING OUT OF MONEY AT THE END OF THE MONTH" DAMIEN REECE OF THE TELEGRAPH UK WRITES, " THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS ARE LOSING THEIR HOMES BECAUSE THEY CAN'T PAY THEIR MORTGAGES- LOANS THAT IN REALITY NEVER STOOD A CHANCE OF BEING REPAID. BUT IF YOU ARE ONE OF THOSE MANY AMERICANS WHO CAN'T AFFORD A ROOF, THEN LIFE'S OTHER LITTLE NECESSITIES ARE GOING TO BE BEYOND YOUR REACH AS WELL". REECE CONTINUES "ECONOMIC BAROMETERS DON'T COME MUCH BLUNTER OR MORE GRIM THAN THE CORRELATION BETWEEN ECONOMIC HARDSHIP AND THEFT.
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HUMAN-CAUSED CLIMATE CHANGE CONTINUES TO RAVAGE THE PLANET AS UP TO 300,000 MAY GO HOMELESS IN NORTH KOREA DUE TO FLOODING. FORTUNATELY AMERICA DOESN'T CARE ABOUT HAPPENS TO NORTH KOREANS BECAUSE NORTH KOREANS TYPICALLY DON'T COME OUT OF AMERICAN VAGINAS. AS THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT CENSORS SCIENTISTS WHO DISCUSS CLIMATE CHANGE, THE US IS SENDING A HUGE BOAT TO MARK TERRITORY IN THE ARCTIC. SO, THERE ISN'T ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO PROVE CLIMATE CHANGE IS REAL, BUT WE CAN STILL FIGHT OVER WHO GETS THE OIL UNDERNEATH THE RAPIDLY MELTING ICE CAPS. IS THAT WHAT YOU CALL THEM? ICE CAPS? LYPS?
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BLOOD THIRSTY ATTORNEY GENERAL GONZALES WILL SOON BE THE FIRST HISPANIC GOD. FOR SOME REASON GONZALES WAS ELEVATED TO DIETY STATUS IN THE 2006 PATRIOT ACT WHICH MANY SO CALLED PROGRESSIVES VOTED FOR. WHY DOES THE PATRIOT ACT INCLUDE PROCEDURES FOR EXECUTING U.S. NON-MILLITARY PRISONERS? *BECAUSE NOBODY READ THE 2006 PATRIOT ACT BEFORE SIGNING IT" UNDER THE NEW RULES, GONZALES WILL BE ABLE TO DECIDE STATE REQUESTS IN ORDER TO SPEED THE APPEALS PROCESS. ELISABETH SEMEL, DIRECTOR OF THE DEATH PENALTY CLINIC AT U.C. BERKLEY TOLD THE BBC "IT'S LIKE GIVING CONTROL OF THE HEN HOUSE TO THE FOX, BECAUSE IT'S THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IN THE STATE GOING TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE US AND GETTING PERMISSION TO DO SOMETHING THAT KILLS THE CHICKEN"
BUT, 95 PERCENT OF AMERICANS ARE HAPPY, AND I ASSUME, NOT ON DEATH ROW. OH WELL! TEE DOUBLE HEE!
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Eclectic News Brief #27; BINGO! The next big thing!

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 14:43:45 -0700

Eclectic News Brief #26: China's Growing Millitary, Gay Violence in Russia, Hillary's Creepy Friend, America's Deflating Salary, Organ Donation Reality TV

Fri, 01 Jun 2007 14:45:23 -0700

ENB #25 ZeFrank Style Experiment

Fri, 18 May 2007 15:21:51 -0700

ENB #24 China Poison, Water Theft, and um... I forgot

Fri, 04 May 2007 02:30:01 -0700

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

ENB #23 Global Warming, Minority Broadband, Polish Morality, Something Else

Thu, 19 Apr 2007 09:44:25 -0700

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

ENB #22:Open congress,Millitary Censorship, Taxes in China, WHole Foods, BP Oil Spill

Wed, 14 Mar 2007 22:59:42 -0700

ENB #21 Condi's NeoNeocon, Private Prisons, HIV Among Blacks Increasing, Sexual Cleansing in Iraq

Sat, 10 Mar 2007 01:42:37 -0800

ENB #20 China Torturing Internet Users, Illiteracy, Second LIfe Fascism, Inhuman Interests

Mon, 05 Mar 2007 17:43:27 -0800

ENB #20 China Torturing Internet Users, Illiteracy, Second LIfe Fascism, Inhuman Interests/n/n/n

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Eclectic News Brief #19 Doctors, Big Brother, the KKK, Highways and Camel Toe

Mon, 26 Feb 2007 16:23:49 -0800

Transcript:
Hello I/'m RICHARD BLUESTEIN and This is the Eclectic News Brief for MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2007. This podcast is sponsored by godaddy.com. You can save 10% or more on domain names using the discount codes insane1, insane2, or insane3 when you check out at godaddy.com.
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MANY AMERICAN DOCTORS ARE NOT TELLING PATIENTS THEIR MEDICAL OPTIONS BECAUSE OF THEIR OWN MORAL OR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS.

THIS FINDING COMES FROM A RECENT SURVEY OF OVER 1,000 DOCTORS BY THE UNIVERSITY CHICAGO.

THE STUDY FOUND THAT ONLY 86% OF THE DOCTORS SURVEYED DO NOT GIVE THEIR PATIENTS ALL OPTION.

A SMALLER PERCENTAGE OF DOCTORS INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD REFER PATIENTS TO OTHER DOCTORS WHO WOULD BE WILLING TO DISCUSS THE OTHER OPTIONS.

THE REMAINING GROUP SAID THEY WOULD NEITHER INFORM THE PATIENT NOR REFER THEM TO SOMEONE ELSE.

THE SURVEY ALSO SHOWS THAT 52% OF DOCTORS SAY THEY OPPOSE ABOTION. 42% OPPOSE PRESCRIBING BIRTH CONTROL WITHOUT PARENTAL CONSENT FOR THOSE UNDER 16. AND 17% OBJECT TO SEDATING PATIENTS WHO ARE NEAR DEATH.
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EUROPEAN UNION MEMBER STATES ARE DRAFTING LAWS THAT WOULD DRAMATICALLY DEGRADE PRIVACY RIGHTS FOR INTERNET USERS.

NATIONS SUCH AS GERMANY AND THE NETHERLANDS HAVE DRAFT LAWS THAT WOULD MAKE IT ILLEGAL TO CREATE AN EMAIL ACCOUNT WITHOUT USING YOUR REAL INFORMATION. IT WOULD ALSO CONTINUE TO OBLIGATE ISP/'S TO HAND OVER COSTUMER DATA FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATIONS.

VARIATIONS OF THESE DRAFT LAWS WILL APPEAR IN EVERY MEMBER STATE IN ORDER TO MEET THE EUROPEAN UNION DATA RETENTION REQUIREMENTS BY 2009.

THE DUTCH DATA PROTECTION AGENCY HAS CONCLUDED THAT SUCH LAWS VIOLATE THE EU CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS. WHILE CRITICS IN GERMANY HAVE POINTED OUT THAT THEY WOULD VIOLATE THE GERMAN CONSITUTION. CRITICS ALSO CALLED THE LAWS UNENFORCEABLE.

IT IS NOT YET CLEAR HOW THE EU LAWS WOULD HANDLE EMAIL ACCOUNTS BASED IN THE UNITED STATES. LEGALLY SPEAKING SUCH LAWS WOULD NOT BE APPLICABLE TO PROVIDERS SUCH AS GOOGLE AND YAHOO.

WELL, I GUESS IT/'S OFFICIAL, THEN, EUROPE SUCKS TOO NOW.
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AFTER YEARS OF DECLINE, THE KLU KLUX KLAN IS NOW EXPERIENCING A MEMBERSHIP INCREASE.

ACCORDING TO A RECENT ARTICLE IN THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, THE KLAN NOW HAS 5,000 TO 8,000 MEMBERS AND 179 GROUPS NATIONWIDE. THIS A VAST INCREASE FROM THE LESS THEN 2,000 MEMBERS THEY HAD IN THE 1970/'S.

THIS INCREASE IN KLAN MEMBERSHIP IS THE RESULT OF USING ISSUES SUCH AS ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION AND GAY MARRIAGE TO APPEAL TO TODAYS BIGOTS . THE GROUP HAS ALSO INCREASED THE NUMBER OF RALLIES, MEMBERSHIP DRIVES, AND PROPOGANDA PUBLICATIONS. THE CLAN HAS ALSO INCREASTED COOPERATION WITH OTHER HATE GROUPS.

WHILE THE KLAN IS OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE SOUTH, THE INCREASE IN MEMBERSHIP IS ACTUALLY HIGHEST IN STATES LIKE INDIANA, MICHIGAN, NEW JERSEY, AND PENNSYLVANIA.
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A HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SUBCOMMITTEE HAS OPENED A HEARING TO DEBATE THE PRIVATIZATION OF HIGHWAYS IN THE UNITED STATES.
THIS COMES AS BUSH ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS ARE PURSUING INCREASING THE LEASING OF US HIGHWAYS TO PRIVATE COMPANIES.

CHAIRED BY OREGON DEMOCRAT PETER DEFAZIO, THE COMMITTEE IS HEARING TESTIMONY ABOUT OTHER PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS IN THE PAST.

ROADS SUCH AS THE CHICAGO SKYWAY AND THE INDIANA TOLL ROAD ARE BEING LOOKED AT AS EXAMPLES OF SUCH PRIVATIZATION. CRITICS HAVE REFERRED TO THE INDIANA AND CHICAGO HIGHWAY PRIVATIZATION AS A /"SCAM/" WHICH GENERATED HUGE INCOME FOR THE CORPORATION, WITH LITTLE BENEFIT FOR THE STATE.
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LASTLY, HERE IS AN INHUMAN INTEREST STORY:
High Pants wearer, Steve Jobs is for the second time appealing the court ruling that said he may not destroy the historic Jackling House, where he currently lives.
89 year old Gladys Woodham of a local preservation society said QUOTE-The problem with Silicon Valley is that people have too much money and too little respect for the past.-ENDQUOTE-

I Perhaps he should at least petition to change the name to Jackoff House.
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ENB 18: VOIP Wiretapping, 1.2 mil. Prisoners, FEMA Toxins, Boiled Offspring,

Mon, 19 Feb 2007 09:59:34 -0800

ENB17 v2- lowrez

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 16:12:25 -0800

ENB #17 Gay Murders in Iraq, US Defecit, Stem Cells, D..C. Corruption

Fri, 09 Feb 2007 15:54:48 -0800

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ENB #17 Gay Murders in Iraq, US Defecit, Stem Cells, D..C. Corruption

Fri, 09 Feb 2007 14:07:35 -0800

Hello I/'m Richard Bluestein and This is the Eclectic News Brief for Friday February 9, 2007, This podcast is sponsored by podshow.com and godaddy.com. You can save 10% or more on domain names using the discount codes insane1, insane2, or insane3 when you check out at godaddy.com.

THERE HAS BEEN A SHARP INCREASE IN PERSECUTION AND VIOLENCE AGAINST HOMOSEXUALS IN IRAQ OVER THE PAST YEAR.
THIS IS ACCORDING TO LAST MONTH/'S UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT. THE UN REPORT POINTS TO NUMEROUS ASSASINATIONS OF GAYS. THE REPORT GOES ON TO SAY THAT , RELIGIOUS COURTS ARE ACTUALLY SEEKING TO EXTERMINATE THE GAY COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.

ATTACKS AND INTOLERENCE AGAINST HOMOSEXUALS HAVE EXISTED IN IRAQ IN THE PAST. HOWEVER, THERE HAS BEEN A DRAMTIC INCREASE IN KIDNAPPINGS AND MURDERS OF GAYS IN RECENT YEARS.

ISN/'T BUSH GREAT? I GUESS THIS IS THE FREEDOM THAT THE U.S. BROUGHT TO IRAQ... THE FREEDOM TO KILL GAYS.

IN MARCH OF 2006 THE GAY CITY NEWS BROKE THE STORY OF AN EXTREMIST SHIITE MILITIA WHICH HAS BEENCREATING DEATH SQUADS. THESE ANTI-GAY DEATH SQUADS HUNT DOWN GAY IRAQIS AND KILL THEM. UNBELIEVABLY, THE ANTI-GAY DEATH SQUADS ARE NOW PART OF THE IRAQI POLICE FORCE.

THE U.N. REPORT S THAT THE ENVIRONMENT OF LAWLESSNESS AND CORRUPTION IN IRAQ IS THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE INCREASE IN ANTI-GAY HATE CRIMES.

IDIOT GEORGE BUSH/'S PROPOSED 2008 BUDGET INCLUDES 401 BILLION DOLLARS FOR MILITARY SPENDING. THE BUDGET ALSO CUTS 78 BILLION DOLLARS FROM MEDICARE AND MEDICAID, WHILE INCREASING THE PRICE OF PREMIUMS.

WHEN MORON BUSH PRESENTED HIS BUDGET, HE SPOKE OF THE NEED TO GET HEALTH CARE SPENDING UNDER CONTROL. YET WHEN COMBINING ALL DEFENCE AND WAR COSTS HE IS ASKING FOR A RECORD 625 BILLION DOLLARS IN MILITARY SPENDING.

THE PROPOSED BUDGET WOULD ALSO DO LITTLE TO REDUCE THE 248 BILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT, HOWEVER BUSH PREDICTS A SURPLUS IN 2012... 3 YEARS AFTER HE HAS LEFT OFFICE, HOPEFULLY NOT TO AN EVEN BIGGER IDIOT.

DOCTORS IN SPAIN HAVE SUCCESSFULLY USED STEMCELLS FROM FAT TISSUE TO TREAT A HEART PATIENT.

SURGEONS AT A MADRID HOSPITAL EXCTRACTED THE FAT THROUGH LIPSUCTION.
THEY THEN USED STEM CELLS FROM THE FAT TO REPAIR THE HEART OF A 67 YEAR OLD MAN.
THE MAN WAS SUFFERING FROM ANGINA AND DAMAGED CORONARY ARTERIES.

ACCORDING TO DOCTORS, FAT CELLS WERE CHOSEN BECAUSE THEY DO NOT HAVE TO BE CULTIVATED FOR AS LONG AS OTHER STEM CELLS.

WELL, PERHAPS THERE IS HOPE FOR AMERICA AFTER ALL. WE CAN SELL OUR FAT TO THE SPANIARDS AND USE THE MONEY TO PAY FOR OUR HEATHCARE.

THE USE OF PRIVATE CONTRACTORS TO CARRY OUT GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS HAS LED TO OVERSPENDING AND POOR PERFORMANCE.
THIS IS ACCORDING TO AN INDEPENDENT STUDY COMMISSIONED BY THE US CONGRESS. THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION/'S RECORD 400 BILLION DOLLARS IN PRIVATE CONTRACTS LAST YEAR HAS PROVEN TO BE A DANGER TO THE COUNTRY, ACCORDING TO THE STUDY.

THE NEW CHAIRMAN OF THE OVERSIGHT COMMITEE, DEMOCRAT HENRY WAXMAN, HAS OPENLY CRITICIZED THE GOVERNMENT FOR WASTING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. HIS COMMITTEE BEGAN A SERIES OF INVESTIGATIVE HEARINGS THIS WEEK FOCUSING ON CONTRACTS IN IRAQ AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY.

THE HEARINGS HAVE ALREADY LED TO THE REVELATION THAT MORE THAN 8 BILLION DOLLARS IN CASH WERE SENT TO IRAQ, SUPPOSEDLY FOR THE REBUILDING EFFORT. THE MONEY WAS THEN MYSTERIOUSLY LOST. DURING THE HEARINGS WAXMAN ASKED FORMER MEMBERS OF THE CPA, QUOTE: /"WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND SENDS 363 TONS OF CASH INTO A WAR ZONE?/"

OH WELL, AT LEAST EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT WHICH MOVIES ARE UP FOR ACADEMY AWARDS.

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ENB #16: Most Corrupt Nations, Star Wars in Czech, Unproductive Americans, and Two Faced China

Mon, 29 Jan 2007 05:59:19 -0800

ENB #16: Most Corrupt Nations, Star Wars in Czech, Unproductive Americans, and Two Faced China/n/n/n

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ENB 15- Dutch Torture, Disputed FL Election, Iraq Refugees,

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 22:42:31 -0800

ENB 15- Dutch Torture, Disputed FL Election, Iraq Refugees, and Hong Kong Trading/n/n/n

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ENB #14 Somalia, Exxon, The FCC, and Extraordinary Rendition

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 01:06:21 -0800

ENB #13 Cloned Beef, Teen Pregnancy, and Rwandan WiFi

Tue, 02 Jan 2007 18:28:07 -0800

ENB #12: Toxic iSights, Cancer Pans, and Iran's Election

Mon, 18 Dec 2006 00:40:16 -0800

ENB #11 Boiled House Pets, Govt. Propaganda on CNN,NBC,etc,

Fri, 01 Dec 2006 17:41:05 -0800

ENB #10, Democrats, Terrorists, and Dictator Schools

Wed, 22 Nov 2006 07:39:43 -0800

ENB #9 Fat Brits, WIPO, German Exodus

Tue, 14 Nov 2006 15:15:21 -0800

ENB #8 HIV Hope, Housing Bubbles, the VA

Thu, 09 Nov 2006 06:13:39 -0800

ENB #7; Israel's Weapons, Freedom of Protest, Starbucks

Wed, 01 Nov 2006 01:43:37 -0800

ENB #6: Diebold, Iraqi Oil Money, Wal-Mart

Wed, 25 Oct 2006 01:55:15 -0700

ENB #5: More on China's Barbaric Crimes Against Humanity

Mon, 16 Oct 2006 13:18:23 -0700

ENB #4: Bush Licensed to Kill, Condee's Stairmaster, and Neo

Tue, 03 Oct 2006 04:55:29 -0700

ENB #3 (verson 2) War, Photographer, and Neocons Explained

Fri, 22 Sep 2006 10:36:34 -0700

ENB #3 War, Photographer, and Neocons Explained

Wed, 20 Sep 2006 02:45:24 -0700

ENB #2: Lebanon, U.S. Bankruptcy, Stem Cells, and the far si

Sun, 16 Jul 2006 13:27:26 -0700

ENB #1: China Harvesting Organs from Live Prisoners

Fri, 28 Apr 2006 23:23:23 -0700

CHINA IS TAKING ORGANS FROM FALUN GONG MEMBERS http://www.cwfa.org/articles/10537/CWA/life/index.htmUN IS LOOKIng at ithttp://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L30516921.htmper Weng Wenlthousands of thseThis is an intervview the protestor who got arrested (Weng Wenl)http://www.podcast.net/show/66105Thanks to Erik from Sherpa Business Systems for the linkCheck out China’s Govenrment Web site where they allegedly sell the organs to anyone in the world.http://en.zoukiishoku.com/oops the web site is gone. funnyBUT- It’s still in google’s cache!and browse the removed site at the wayback machine!Jesus! The Selection of Volunteers If you send your personal data to this center by e-mail or fax and accept the necessary body examination in Shenyang , China in order to assure a suitable donor, it may take only one month to receive a liver transplantation , the maximum waiting time being two months. As for the kidney transplantation , it may take one week to find a suitable donor,the maximum time being one month. Although the procedure to select a donor is very strict,, the transplant operation will be terminated if the doctor discovers that there is something wrong with the donor’s organ . If this happens, the patient will have the option to be offered another organ donor and have the operation again in one week.As most doctors in Japan are highly trusted by their patients, if a doctor acquires high level of accomplishment in transplantation operations, we will invite him to come to our center to do the operation for you.http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/6-4-26/40842.html