Australian Bottled Water Companies Win Legal Battle to Add Poisonous Fluoride to Water!

Australians will soon get a new ingredient in their bottled water -- fluoride. The article does not state what type of fluoride will be inserted into the water, but if it is sodium fluoride, then any bottled water containing it should be considered a toxic poison.

Despite the claims of fluoride being beneficial, how does ingesting fluoride do anything for someone's dental health?

Bottled water containing fluoride is expected to hit shelves within six months in a move that has irked anti-fluoride crusaders.

Australia's food safety authority decided to allow the voluntary addition of fluoride into packaged water today after lengthy appeals by the Australasian Bottled Water Institute.

If you need additional information about fluoride, you can read about the history of fluoride here.

Source: The Bellingen Shire Courier-Sun

Military Rulers Arrest 12 Fiji Methodist Church Members For Organizing Religious Conference During Martial Law?!

I guess martial law is trendy and fashionable now. I did not realize that Fiji has been in a state of martial law since 2006. Hopefully, we do not see martial law being declared in other countries, because apparently you cannot be Methodist politician in Fiji without getting arrested.

At least 12 leaders of the Fiji Methodist Church and a paramount chief have been seized in the last couple of days, after trying to get around martial law by organising an annual church conference.

Dictator Voreqe Bainimarama, who overthrew democracy in a 2006 coup, this morning told Indian Auckland Radio Tarana that his regime would not tolerate any challenge from Methodist politicians.

Source: Stuff New Zealand

FLASHBACK: Bird Flu Virus Reportedly Transported by Department of Homeland Security (From the Power Hour)

When this phone call recording from the Power Hour first came out back on March 30, 2009, I posted it to my blog -- unfortunately, I accidentally posted it to one of my other blogs and not this one. I deleted it from there, but wanted to include it on here for reference. The call has not been verified, but it could still reflect potential future events.

Considering that the first H1N1 "swine" flu outbreak occurred in late April, 2009 and now millions are set to receive H1N1 vaccines before the end of the year. On top of the recent US666 and EU666 vaccine biodefense stockpile designations, WHO's declaration of global pandemic phase 6 and Baxter sending live bird flu viruses in vaccines, could the information presented by the caller be connected to this whole H1N1/H5N1 pandemic issue?

Source: The Power Hour

U.S. Drone Wars 2009: Lethal Predator-Attacks Kill 365 (As of July 18)

No one ever believes me when I tell them that our military technology approaches or exceeds the technology exhibited in many of the best science fiction movies. One example is "The Terminator" movie from 1984 where the automated robot drones policed the destroyed cities to enslave the population. When you tell someone that our military has this type of automated technology today, these people suddenly act as if they are living in 1959 where you could only see a robot on a drive-in screen.

However, if you live in Pakistan, then you know that the future is here as it relates to our military's automated technology as discussed in a recent detailed observation of U.S. Predator strikes in Pakistan by The Long War Journal, including the fact that 365 people have been killed so far this year.

The dramatically increased use of covert US air power to target al Qaeda and Taliban assets in Pakistan's lawless tribal zones has sparked a controversy in the US and abroad. Critics of the airstrikes, which are carried out by unmanned Predator attack aircraft, contend that the actions violate Pakistan's sovereignty, kill innocent civilians, and make enemies of Pakistani tribesmen. Proponents of the airstrikes say that they are necessary to prevent the next major attack against the West and to disrupt al Qaeda and the Taliban's operations directed against Coalition forces in Afghanistan.

Whatever the case may be, the directive to ramp up the air campaign against al Qaeda and the Taliban in Pakistan's tribal areas has been issued, first by President George Bush in the summer of 2008, and continued by President Barack Obama only days after his inauguration...

...The lethality of Predator strikes inside the tribal agencies has also increased during 2009. Using low-end estimates of casualties (including Taliban, al Qaeda, and civilian) from US strikes inside Pakistan, we have determined that airstrikes resulted in 317 deaths during 2008. Already, the airstrikes in 2009 have surpassed that total, with 365 killed in 2009 as of July 18.

Although the drones have brought the military many international successes and intelligence in its pursuits of Taliban and Al-Qaeda members, how long will it be before we see these Predator drones operating within the borders of the United States?

Source: The Long War Journal

List of US666 & EU666 Vaccine Biodefense Stockpile Products in US & Europe (Including Prepandrix)!

This is another one of those stories that is starting to take a life of its own on the Internet. I first heard about this story today on Joyce Riley's "The Power Hour" and followed the information to the original link at Cryptogon.com, which has a fairly good analysis of this matter (see some of the quotes below).

The Cryptogon story relates to a datasheet for GlaxoSmithKline's Prepandrix H5N1 bird flu vaccine that references various '666 designations. You can view the Prepandrix datasheet, as extracted from Biopharmaceutical Products in the U.S. and European Markets, a biopharmaceuticals reference database/book (if that link becomes unavailable, click here). If these number designations are a coincidence, then the numbers should be re-classified. If the number designations are not a coincidence, then is this someone's idea of a sick joke or something even more sinister?

Out of curiosity, I tried to determine what EU666 and US666 mean beyond the phrase “Biodefense stockpile” that appears next to the entries...

There’s no reference for 666 listed. I don’t know why the 666 code isn’t listed here, but when you click on any of those codes above and then look down, though the text, it says US666 Biodefense stockpile, or EU666 Biodefense stockpile or both on all of those.

There is indeed no reference for this '666 class. However, there are references to other class designators, so it is strange that Biopharma.com did not include a reference to this specific code. You can check out the various references to the Regulatory/Status index codes by clicking this sentence.

Further, you can get a list of all the U.S. and European products with the US666 or EU666 designation. Go to the Biopharma.com Product Database and do a search. Under the Approval Status, for US, select "biodefense stockpile" from the drop down menu. Under Product Class, select "vaccines" from the dropdown menu. Click "Execute SEARCH."

The following list will come up:

Now go back to the original screen, and clear the US field under the Approval Status while selecting "Biodefense stockpile" for EU. If you do this search correctly, you get the following list:

To summarize everything that the blog title promised, here is the cumulative US666 and EU666 list of products that I pulled off of the Biopharma.com page.

US666 List of Biodefense Stockpile Products

1. Anthrax Vaccine, rDNA [rPA; Bacillus anthracis protective antigen vaccine, recombinant]
2. Anthrax Vaccine, rDNA/Emergent [Bacillus anthracis protective antigen, recombinant]
3. Botulinum Toxoids [Pentavalent Botulinum Toxoids - Botulinum Toxoids ABCDE]
4. Influenza H5N1 Vaccine Products [Pandemic Influenza vaccine, surface antigen, inactivated; influenza virus H5N1, inactivated, vaccine; bird flu vaccine; avian influenza vaccine; pandemic influenza vaccine; ]
5. Influenza Vaccine, H5N1/GSK [Prepandrix; Pandemrix - influenza virus H5N1, inactivated, vaccine, with AS03 adjuvant; bird flu vaccine; avian influenza vaccine; pandemic influenza vaccine]
6. Influenza Vaccine, H5N1/MedImmune [influenza virus H5N1, inactivated, intranasal, recombinant, cell cultured vaccine; CAIV-T (H5N1); FluMist (H5N1); bird flu vaccine; avian influenza vaccine; pandemic influenza vaccine]
7. Influenza Vaccine, H5N1/Novartis [Pandemic Influenza vaccine, surface antigen, inactivated - Focetria; influenza virus H5N1 vaccine, inactivated; Pandemic Influenza vaccine, surface antigen, inactivated; H5N1 MPH]
8. Influenza Vaccine, H5N1/Sanofi [influenza virus H5N1, inactivated, vaccine; bird flu vaccine; avian influenza vaccine; pandemic influenza vaccine; influenza virus A/Indonesia (H5N1, clade 2) vaccine]
9. Smallpox Vaccine Products [Vaccinia virus, live [vaccine against variola virus]]
10. Smallpox Vaccine/Wyeth [Smallpox Vaccine - Dryvax; vaccinia virus live vaccine [vaccine against variola virus]]
11. Smallpox vaccine/Aventis [Smallpox Vaccine, Dried, Calf Lymph Type - Wetvax; live vaccinia virus vaccine against variola virus]
12. Smallpox vaccine/MRC-5 [Vaccinia virus, live, MRC-5; ACAM1000; CCSV - smallpox vaccine]
13. Smallpox vaccine/Vero [Vaccinia virus, live, Vero cell cultured; ACAM2000 - smallpox vaccine]
14. Smallpox Vaccine/MVA [Vaccinia virus, live, Modified Vaccinia Ankara strain; Imvamune; MVA smallpox vaccine - MVA-BN; MVA3000]

EU666 List of Biodefense Stockpile Products

1. Anthrax Vaccine [Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed - BioThrax; AVA; Bacillus anthracis vaccine]
2. Influenza H5N1 Vaccine Products [Pandemic Influenza vaccine, surface antigen, inactivated; influenza virus H5N1, inactivated, vaccine; bird flu vaccine; avian influenza vaccine; pandemic influenza vaccine; ]
3. Influenza Vaccine, H5N1/GSK [Prepandrix; Pandemrix - influenza virus H5N1, inactivated, vaccine, with AS03 adjuvant; bird flu vaccine; avian influenza vaccine; pandemic influenza vaccine]
4. Smallpox Vaccine/Elstree [Elstree-BN; live vaccinia virus vaccine against variola virus]
5. Smallpox Vaccine/MVA [Vaccinia virus, live, Modified Vaccinia Ankara strain; Imvamune; MVA smallpox vaccine - MVA-BN; MVA3000]

If you are unsure why there is such a big deal about the '666 designations, the number 666 is the number of the antichrist in Christianity and is cited in Revelations 13:18.

This calls for wisdom. If anyone has insight, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is man's number. His number is 666.

Source: Biopharmaceutical Products in the U.S. and European Markets; Cryptogon;

240 H1N1 "Swine" Flu Vaccine Human Guinea Pigs in Australia! (Starting This Wednesday)

Australia will be the first place to get the H1N1 "swine" flu vaccine as 240 volunteers (ages 18-64) begin a trial inoculation run on Wednesday, July 22, 2009. All of this hype for a flu that has killed only around 700 people worldwide. I would not trust this experimental vaccine!

Homeless people died in Europe after receiving flu vaccines and recently, a vaccine maker shipped live bird flu virus in a flu vaccine that was luckily caught by the subcontracting vaccine distributor before it could be used. Do you want to take the risk that there may be live bird flu in your vaccine?

Let's check to see if there are increased numbers of the H1N1 flu after these vaccinations.

The first human trials of a swine flu vaccine are expected to start in Australia Wednesday, as the World Health Organization confirmed that more than 700 people had died from the virus worldwide.

Melbourne-based company CSL Ltd. plans to test a vaccine for the H1N1 virus, also known as swine flu, on 240 volunteers, a company representative said.

Source: CNN

Viral Meat Spray: Six Viruses On Your Plate For Dinner!

Did you know that your meats may be sprayed with a cocktail of six (6) viruses? I certainly did not know this information. Definitely remember this article the next time you sit down to eat a cold-cut sandwich.

In August [2006], the FDA approved the spraying of some foods with viruses in an effort to stop certain bacteria.

The spray isn't intended to battle E.coli but to destroy the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes.

Listeria is a reasonably nasty bacteria found in soil, water and the intestines of food-producing animals. Animals who carry listeria can spread it to meat, dairy products or to other products that roll around a processing plant en route to your plate...

The FDA has now approved a virus-cocktail spray that might prevent listeriosis. The spray, called LMP 102, is a mixture of six different special viruses called bacteriophages -- viruses that infect only bacteria, not people, animals or plants.

Source: ABC News

United States Banker Bailouts Could Cost $23 Trillion ($23,000,000,000,000)!

This bailout business is becoming really ridiculous and sick, because we are going to be stuck with the final bill. $23,000,000,000,000 is nearly double the country's GDP. How are the Feds proposing these monies be repaid? I have been asking that question for years and still cannot get an answer. Therefore, I guess we can't pay this money and we're in bondage to the international bankers forever.

A series of bailouts, bank rescues and other economic lifelines could end up costing the federal government as much as $23 trillion, the U.S. government’s watchdog over the effort says – a staggering amount that is nearly double the nation’s entire economic output for a year.

Source: Politico

1.5 Million (1,500,000) People to Exhaust Unemployment Benefits by the End of 2009!

This is a pretty scary article. What will 1.5 million people do when they are unable to receive any unemployment benefits? How will they eat? How will they pay their rents/mortgages? If people cannot eat, then they will have to live on the streets and turn to any means necessary in order to survive. This will mean to increased crime and violence, which will lead to an increase in the police state and eventually to martial law.

"It is clear we are coming up on a tidal wave of need for more extensions and help from the federal government," said Andrew Stettner, NELP deputy director, in a statement.

David Smith, spokesman for the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry, told the Huffington Post that up to 25,000 people will exhaust their unemployment benefits this weekend alone...

In California, 177,759 will lose their benefits come January; in New York, the total is 131,893. More than 72,000 people in Michigan, where the unemployment rate hit 15.2 percent in June, will stop getting checks at the beginning of the year.

If you read further down in the Huff Post article, you will see that the Federal Reserve does not expect an economic recovery for 5-6 years. That isn't until the years 2014-2015. Wow, that is a long time away and a lot of people could potentially starve during that period. What are people supposed to do until then?

Source: The Huffington Post

Obama Picks Goldman Sachs Vice Chairman Robert Hormats to State Department Post!

Here is some more change that you can believe in for the future. President Obama has tapped Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. Vice Chairman Robert Hormats to be the the State Department's undersecretary for economic, energy and agricultural affairs. Another banker appointed to a high level position. It appears that it will be business as usual for the bankers.

Considering that former Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson was the former head of Goldman Sachs along with Goldman Sach's role in the bailout and our current economic situation, why is any Goldman Sachs member being promoted to positions within the government?

Mr. Hormats, if confirmed by the Senate, will buttress Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's campaign to use economic, trade and environmental issues to redefine Washington's relationship with nations such as China, India and Russia, said administration officials.

Mr. Hormats also will play a central role in managing Washington's "strategic and economic dialogue" with Beijing, a diplomatic exchange overseen by Mrs. Clinton and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner...

He [Hormats] served during the 1970s as an economic adviser in the White House to former national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski. Mr. Hormats helped to manage the Nixon administration's opening of diplomatic relations with China's communist government.

There's that Brzezinski name again! I swear that this Brzezinski is Emperor Palpatine or an even more evil doppelganger.

Source: Wall Street Journal

NASA's 40th Anniversary Moon Landing (Was It Really A Hoax?)

Happy 40th Anniversary Alleged Moon Landing! My grandfather used to always laugh at me when I came home from the government schools talking about the Moon landing. He never ever believed that man went to the Moon. I thought the old former sharecropper was crazy, but it turns that ol' "Sonboy" might have known what he was talking about when he used to say that. In light of the alleged 40th anniversary of us going there, I now have serious doubts about whether man has ever been to the Moon.

Here are some questions that I will be investigating over the next few weeks and months.

1. What about the Van Allen radiation belt? Was it possible for 1969 technology to protect the astronauts from the deadly cosmic radiation of the Van Allen Belt? We certainly didn't have the technology in 1961 when Reed Richards took his friends on that ill-fated fantastic journey.

2. How could a 1969 spacesuit protect an astronaut from the extreme temperature shifts (sometimes hundreds of degrees) between sun and darkness on the Moon's surface?

3. Why haven't we been back to the Moon since 1972? Shouldn't there be hotels, restaurants and tourism built up there by now? Is there something out there we shouldn't be seeing? We should be putting the first hotels on Mars by now. I fully expected to be visiting a galactic bar by now.

4. How in the world could the government lose all the photographs and videos from the alleged Moon landing?

5. In this video below, why doesn't this dune buggy that is allegedly on the Moon seem to be affected by the Moon's weaker gravity? It looks as if it is being governed by the Earth's gravity instead of the Moon's -- namely driving through the Mojave Desert or something.

Moon Hoax: Was it Only a Paper Moon?

Source: Moonmovie.com

Large Razor Beaked Flying Squids Attack Scuba Divers in San Diego!

Did I forget to mention that these squids also have toothed tentacles? First, it was a gooey blob in Alaska, now it is attack squids with razor-sharp beaks in Southern California.

The aggressive 5ft-long sea creatures, which can weigh more than seven stone (45 kilograms), arrived off the city's shores last week.

Divers have reported being attacked by the Humboldt squid, with tentacles enveloping their masks and pulling at their cameras and gear.

Source: The London Telegraph

Presidential Executive Order 13489 -- Forbids the Release of President Obama's Long-Form Birth Certificate.

I previously blogged about President Obama's long-form birth certificate, or the lack thereof. Whether there is anything suspect about the birth certificate or not, the fact that Obama will not release the document leads me to believe that he is trying to hide something in the document.

CNN host Lou Dobbs even discussed the Obama citizenship issue on his radio show.

Whether we want to see it or not may be irrelevant at this point, because of Executive Order 13489. I do not know how many people may have noticed, but one of Obama's first acts as President was to sign Executive Order 13489 on January 21, 2009. Executive Order 13489 can be viewed by clicking this sentence.

Analysis of Executive Order 13489:

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Notice Of Intent To Disclose Presidential Records

When the Archivist provides notice to the incumbent and former Presidents of his intent to disclose Presidential records pursuant to section 1270.46 of the NARA regulations, the Archivist, using any guidelines provided by the incumbent and former Presidents, shall identify any specific materials, the disclosure of which he believes may raise a substantial question of executive privilege. However, nothing in this order is intended to affect the right of the incumbent or former Presidents to invoke executive privilege with respect to materials not identified by the Archivist.”

Basically, the President has to right to object to any disclosure of his records under the guise of "executive privilege." We all remember how that particular doctrine turned out under George W. Bush. Therefore, I do not expect to see President Barack H. Obama's long-form birth certificate any time soon. Nevertheless, there needs to be transparency in the government.

Source: The Freedom Medium

U.S. Government Gives Colorado Millions of Dollars for H1N1 "Swine" Flu Vaccination Program.

I don't live in Colorado, so perhaps the people there want to get vaccinated. Nevertheless, no matter your position on vaccines, let's hope and pray that the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment does not get its vaccines from Baxter International.

State public health officials said Thursday that swine flu vaccine is expected be available this fall for a large portion of Colorado’s population, due in part to $5 million in new federal funding.

We're trillions of dollars in debt as a country, but there are millions to toss around for an experimental vaccination program.

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment officials said that while categories of those to be targeted with vaccinations still are being considered, priority groups would likely include school-age children, children attending preschool or child-care facilities, adults younger than 65 with chronic medical conditions, pregnant women and health-care workers.

If you believe in eugenics like President Obama's science czar John Holdren did once upon a time, then these are the people who will be first targeted by eugenicists for removal.

1. School-age children;
2. Pre-school children (including any other children attending child-care facilities);
3. Adults younger than 65 with chronic medical conditions. What is meant by "chronic health conditions?" Has this term been defined? Otherwise, it could be vague and quite over-inclusive if read liberally;
4. Pregnant women;
5. Health care workers.

Source: The Longmont Times-Call

Image Source: Dees Illustration

"Crossing The Rubicon" by Michael Ruppert (FULL BOOK)

Great reading from 2004. While I do not agree with Ruppert's view on "peak oil," I do find his research on PROMIS and PTech very interesting and informative.

Michael Ruppert - Crossing the Rubicon - Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil

PTech: Officer of False Flag Corporation Instrumental in 9/11 Attacks Arrested at JFK Airport by U.S. Federal Authorities!

I cannot take credit for the above headline. That credit goes to Sane at Prison Planet. Nevertheless, this is a story that needs to get some mainstream coverage along with Indira Singh's information. PTech was instrumental in the 9/11 attacks as I am just learning. Basically, PTech created software programs for government agencies, including the FAA. These programs contained backdoor programs that would allow someone to override and control the government computers from remote locations without detection.

On 9/11/2001, PTech, Inc. was running all the military wargames being conducted that day and PTech would have had the ability to override any U.S. air defense computer system in operation, including air civilian defense protocols.

I remember reading significant information about PTech, Inc. in Mike Ruppert's "Crossing the Rubicon," but it has only been with the help of the Prison Planet forum members that I am truly understanding PTech's overall role. It is also alleged that PTech had Al-Qaeda and C.I.A. connections as evidenced by it being raided after 9/11. Now two (2) of its key officers have been arrested by the Federal Authorities! Is this the beginning of PTech being exposed for all to see?

Federal authorities have accused two former executives of a Massachusetts software company of concealing financial ties to a man on the government’s terrorism list.

The Quincy [Massachusetts] office of PTech, Inc., was raided by federal agents in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.

Indictments were unsealed Wednesday against PTech’s former chief executive, Oussama Ziade, and former chief financial officer Buford George Peterson. They are accused of trying to conceal in a loan application an approximately $10 million financial interest in the company held by Yassin Kadi (KAH’-dee). Kadi is a Saudi Arabian on the Treasury Department’s list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists.

Source: Boston Herald

Baxter International and H1N1 "Swine" Flu Vaccine Makers Given Legal Immunity By U.S. Government and Secretary Sebelius

Even though Baxter International has sent out contaminated vaccines in the past (such as the live bird flu viruses that were sent in the flu shots earlier this year in the Czech Republic), the U.S. is allowing Baxter to not only produce the H1N1 vaccine, but now the Government wants to ensure these vaccine manufacturers' safety from lawsuits should these vaccines cause you medical harm. You will have to bring your claims for payout from a government fund that likely will cap your maximum recovery, no matter your injury.

Vaccine makers and federal officials will be immune from lawsuits that result from any new swine flu vaccine, under a document signed by Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, government health officials said Friday.

Since the 1980s, the government has protected vaccine makers against lawsuits over the use of childhood vaccines. Instead, a federal court handles claims and decides who will be paid from a special fund.

Please remember this fact when you are getting your mandatory experimental inoculation this Fall.

Source: ABC News

Rep. Brad Sherman Was Not Lying. Sec. Henry Paulson Threatened Martial Law to Congress (As Seen in "The Obama Deception")

Below is a memorable clip that was shown in Alex Jones' "The Obama Deception," so you may recognize it from there. The reason why this clip is memorable is it shined the light on the Treasury Secretary's strong-armed tactics in getting the Troubled Asset Relief Program ("TARP") passed back in 2008. Paulson basically threatened martial law and a return to the Great Depression. Recently, former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson admitted this fact to a House Oversight Committee.

Paul Kanjorski, a Pennsylvania Democrat, asked Mr Paulson to reveal details of officials' concerns, which were relayed to Congress in hasty conference calls last year. The calls included discussion of law and order and whether it would be possible to feed the American people, and for how long, according to Mr Kanjorski.

"In a world where information can flow, money can move with the speed of light electronically, I looked at the ripple effect, and looked at when a financial system fails, a whole country's economic system can fail," Mr Paulson said. "I believe we could have gone back to the sorts of situations we saw in the Depression.

Source: The Independent

FDIC: Complete Failed Bank List!

Four (4) more banks failed today, including two (2) in California! Check out the FDIC list of failed banks. Why is this information not on the news? The latest failed bank list is below.

Bank Name City State CERT # Closing Date Updated Date Temecula Valley Bank Temecula CA 34341 July 17, 2009 July 17, 2009 Vineyard Bank Rancho Cucamonga CA 23556 July 17, 2009 July 17, 2009 BankFirst Sioux Falls SD 34103 July 17, 2009 July 17, 2009 First Piedmont Bank Winder GA 34594 July 17, 2009 July 17, 2009 Bank of Wyoming Thermopolis WY 22754 July 10, 2009 July 15, 2009 Founders Bank Worth IL 18390 July 2, 2009 July 7, 2009 Millennium State Bank of Texas Dallas TX 57667 July 2, 2009 July 7, 2009 First National Bank of Danville Danville IL 3644 July 2, 2009 July 7, 2009 Elizabeth State Bank Elizabeth IL 9262 July 2, 2009 July 7, 2009 Rock River Bank Oregon IL 15302 July 2, 2009 July 7, 2009 First State Bank of Winchester Winchester IL 11710 July 2, 2009 July 7, 2009 John Warner Bank Clinton IL 12093 July 2, 2009 July 8, 2009 Mirae Bank Los Angeles CA 57332 June 26, 2009 July 2, 2009 MetroPacific Bank Irvine CA 57893 June 26, 2009 July 2, 2009 Horizon Bank Pine City MN 9744 June 26, 2009 July 2, 2009 Neighborhood Community Bank Newnan GA 35285 June 26, 2009 July 2, 2009 Community Bank of West Georgia Villa Rica GA 57436 June 26, 2009 June 30, 2009 First National Bank of Anthony Anthony KS 4614 June 19, 2009 June 23, 2009 Cooperative Bank Wilmington NC 27837 June 19, 2009 June 23, 2009 Southern Community Bank Fayetteville GA 35251 June 19, 2009 June 23, 2009

Source: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Colorado Organic Farmers Organize Protest Hearings Against Monsanto Products & GMO Use in Boulder!

***UPDATE (August 26, 2009). A decision on GMO use in Boulder has been delayed indefinitely pending further research.

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I hope the Boulder, Colorado organic farmers win this battle against the local usage of GMO sugar beets. Six farmers who lease local land want to plant Roundup Ready sugar beets, a type of genetically modified beet that is resistant to glyphosate, the active chemical in Roundup. Boulder is known for natural foods, so people are protesting.

A public hearing on the matter is set for next week (July 23, 2009 at 7:10 pm) and I imagine it will be heated. Will this hearing be taped? Please put it up on YouTube.

Genetically modified crops could contaminate their conventional counterparts, critics say. Their effects on humans haven’t been adequately studied, and their cultivation could lead to herbicide-resistant “super weeds,” among other concerns...

And allowing Roundup Ready sugar beets — which are genetically tinkered with to create a resistance to the active chemical in Roundup herbicide — to be grown on open space land, as is now being proposed, besmirches Boulder’s good, organic name, he said. In the land of organic products, in fact, Boulder is something of its own brand; one that’s become associated with natural foods.

In case, you are unsure of what "GMO" means, it is a genetically modified organism and its effects are heavily debated, but I tend to believe GMOs have a negative effect. Why do we need to use GMO seeds to grow our food when regular seeds have provided for us for thousands of years? If I have a choice, I choose not to use GMO foods in my diet, and if I had a garden, I would not use GMO seeds.

Source: Daily Camera; Boulder County, Colorado