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Vol. 14 No. 19…Dedicated to the Dialogue on
Race…May 9, 2011
Intuit's Vibe
Mercy, Mercy Me
Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr.
(1939 -1984)
Oh, mercy, mercy me
Oh, things ain't what they used to be
No, no
Where did all the blue sky go?
Poison is the wind that blows
From the north, east,
south, and sea
Oh, mercy, mercy me
Oh, things ain't what they used to be
No, no
Oil wasted on the oceans and upon our seas
Fish full of mercury
Oh, mercy, mercy me
Oh, things ain't what they used to be
No, no
Radiation in the ground and in the sky
Animals and birds who
live nearby are dying
Oh, mercy, mercy me
Oh, things ain't what
they used to be
What about this overcrowded land?
How much more abuse
from man can you stand?
My sweet Lord
My sweet Lord
My sweet Lord
Note: If you have not
heard this song, log on to www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WxgeYXCjM8&feature=player_embedded.
On Taking Krishnamurti's Advice!
By Dot
"In oneself lies the whole world and if
you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand.
Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open except
yourself. You must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of
it. That is why you must read, that is why you must look at the skies, that is
why you must sing and dance, and write poems and suffer and understand, for all
that is life." - Juddi Krishnamurti
This week
Personally, the celebrations at
the announcement of a death seemed odd for people who profess to believe in
Jesus Christ. Even more to the point, we have never been less safe, and the
enemy we should fear is not al Qaida.
We live on a planet - an ecosystem - that is dynamic, rich in natural resources
and, at one time, was ideally suited for supporting humans, plants and the
other animals that inhabit it. However, humans, from the everyday
garden-variety litterbug to businessmen bent on earning an exorbitant profit
and governments that facilitate their greedy endeavors, are changing our
planet, making it a less than ideal habitat. In fact, it could well be rendered
the graveyard of humans.
There is so much we do not know
about global climate change, the impact of human pollution, the consequences of
the use of nuclear energy, including the release of radiation, earth excavation
efforts to tap reservoirs of gas, coal and oil, etc., and the garbage these
efforts leave behind, such as the slow genocide for Native people living on
land polluted by uranium mining. And, then there are the military weapons
programs, weather modification and HAARP (the High Frequency Active Auroral
Research Program) about which we are basically ignorant.
Individual members of The DISH
staff have been looking at chem-trails for more than two years; we have yet to
figure out why planes are spraying chemicals in the sky. Oftentimes, on
weekends when the sky is crystal clear, planes appear and crisscross the
heavens with what appears as white smoke. Soon, the sky is filled with fake
cloud formations.
Some conspiracy theorists have
suggested the chem-trails are part of HAARP; others believe it is part of a
depopulation agenda in which our government and the people that run it are
basically killing us. We simply do not know!
As philosophical and spiritual writer and speaker Juddi Krishnamurti advises,
we continue to look for answers and encourage everyone to read and learn more
about what is happening to us and our environment. Last week's issue of The
DISH offered several articles on climate change and nuclear energy. This week,
we provide an overview of HAARP, a recent study on the increase of mercury in
fish and other wildlife and its likely causes, flooding in the
H.A.A.R.P.
While the High Frequency Active
Auroral Research Program (HAARP) is a modern research program, it is based on
the efforts of scientists that date back to the 1800s. Early scientists include
a Scottish mathematician named James Clerk Maxwell, whose 1864 theory of
electromagnetic radiation was eventually 
proven
correct by the German physicist, Heinrich Hertz in the late 1880's. Maxwell
published a paper describing the means by which a wave consisting of electric
and magnetic fields could travel from one place to another.
Oliver Heaviside and Arthur Kennelly (1902) independently proposed that a
conducting layer existed in the upper atmosphere that would allow a transmitted
electromagnetic (EM) signal to be reflected back toward the Earth. Most notably
Italian scientist Guglielmo Marconi, who received a Nobel Prize for Physics in
1909, converted these theories and laboratory experiments into the first
practical wireless telegraph system.
HAARP officially began in 1990
and operates a major ionospheric research facility at
HAARP, according to its
HAARP is funded by the Office of
Naval Research (ONR) and is jointly managed by the ONR and Air Force Research
Laboratory, with the principal involvement of the
The HAARP program is committed to
developing a world class ionospheric research facility to improve scientists'
understanding of plasma, the most common form of matter in the universe, often
called the fourth state of matter. Because the ionosphere is plasma, which does
not exist naturally on the Earth's surface, many current active ionospheric
research programs are efforts to study the ionosphere, Earth's closest
naturally occurring plasma.
The HAARP facility consists of: (1) an Ionospheric Research Instrument (IRI), a
high power transmitter facility operating in the High Frequency (HF) range. The
IRI is used to excite a limited area of the ionosphere, and (2) a sophisticated
suite of scientific instruments to observe the physical processes that occur in
the excited region.
In addition, the scientific instruments installed at the HAARP Observatory will
be used for a variety of ongoing research that does not involve the use of the
IRI. These studies include ionospheric characterization using satellite
beacons, telescopic observation of the fine structure in the aurora, and
documentation of long-term variations in the ozone layer.
HAARP is the subject of numerous
conspiracy theories, which cast doubt on the potential benefits the program may
provide to the scientific community. The alleged dangers posed by HAARP's
ionospheric tampering include the possibility of triggering "a cascade of
electrons that could flip Earth's magnetic poles." "Author of the
self-published Angels Don't Play This HAARP, Nick Begich has told lecture
audiences that HAARP could trigger earthquakes and turn the upper atmosphere
into a giant lens so that "the sky would literally appear to burn."
Other conspiracy theorists blame HAARP for triggering floods, droughts,
hurricanes, thunderstorms, and devastating earthquakes in
By Peter Behr
Senior Republicans on the House
Energy and Commerce Committee accused Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman
Gregory Jaczko of politicizing NRC policy on the sidelined 
a
GOP investigation of the long-running controversy.
The contentious hearing, led by Environment and the Economy Subcommittee
Chairman John Shimkus (R-Ill.), continued the GOP attack on the Obama administration's
decision to terminate the $12 billion
None of the four commissioners
would disclose the outcome of the commission's closed-door vote last August in
reviewing the decision by the NRC Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB). But
their responses led congressmen to conclude that the commission had divided
2-2, with Commissioner George Apostolakis abstaining because of his previous
work on the issue.
The split vote left the issue unresolved. Had Jaczko accepted that outcome and
announced the vote, the commission's deadlock would have left the ASLB's
decision as the final word, according to commissioners.
Instead, no outcome was announced
and the commission continues to seek a majority vote for language that
officially represents its positions, Jaczko said, and without such a majority,
there is no final decision. The committee Republicans also pressed Jaczko on
his decision last year to shut down NRC's review of DOE's
Rep. Joe Barton (R-Tex.)
suggested that Jaczko was playing "some kind of a foot-dragging
game." Barton called Jaczko "an honorable, decent man," but
contended the chairman was waiting until June 30 for a new vacancy to occur on
the commission "because he thinks on June the 30th he's going to
apparently get a new commissioner that agrees with his position and can then issue
this order."
That was a reference to William Ostendorff, who was appointed as a Republican
member of the commission on April 1, 2010, to fill out a prior commissioner's
term, and will serve through June 30. President Obama has nominated Ostendorff
to a full term, but the nomination is still pending in the Senate Environment
and Public Works Committee. Ostendorff, a former Navy captain and submariner,
said he would "do everything I can to stick to my principles." If
that resulted in his not being reconfirmed, "so be it."
When Ostendorff, Apostolakis and William Magwood IV came before the Senate
Environment Committee for confirmation last year, all three were asked whether
they would second-guess the Obama administration's decision to cut off funding
for the
Jaczko, a physicist, served on Reid's staff and faces GOP suspicions that
loyalty to Reid is guiding his decisions on the repository.
The hearing opened a door into the traditionally shielded relationship between
the chairman and the four other presidentially appointed commissioners, after
Republicans on the committee questioned whether Jaczko had overstepped his
authority at the expense of his commission colleagues.
Jaczko and the commissioners took turns explaining their differences on the
ASLB review and the chairman's decision to halt the NRC review of the
The commissioners also said Jaczko had not consulted with them before advising
the U.S. Embassy in
The commissioners have supported Jaczko's emphasis on ensuring the safety of
current
Historic Multi-State
Flooding in US
On last week, portions of the 
water
escape their banks.
In
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National Guardsmen in
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On Friday, the US Coast Guard shut down the Mississippi River to commercial
traffic along a five-mile stretch of the river at
On Thursday, Gov. Peter Shumlin declared a state of emergency in
The historic flooding is expected
to continue for several more weeks. In the meantime, those forced to evacuate
their homes and incurred damage struggle to make ends meet. Unfortunately, many
of these families do not have flood insurance and will have a difficult time
getting back on their feet after the waters recede.
Mercury and Melting Glaciers
The Arctic Monitoring and
Assessment Program (AMAP), a scientific body set up by the Arctic Council,
which is composed of the eight Arctic rim countries - the US, Russia, Canada,
Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Iceland - issued its report, "Arctic
Pollution 2011," at a conference this week in Copenhagen, Denmark. The
report suggests that global mercury emissions could increase 25 percent by 2020
compared to 2005 levels.
Mercury
is a toxin that occurs in nature. It is released into the air by human
activities such as coal burning, smelting, mining and waste incineration. The
AMAP report warns that climate change may worsen mercury pollution by releasing
mercury stored for thousands of years in permafrost or by promoting chemical
processes that transform the substance into a more toxic form.
Mercury can cause developmental
problems in children and nerve and brain symptoms ranging from tremors to
memory loss in adults. Of particular concern is the elevated level of mercury
found in some Arctic species, including polar bears, beluga whales and seals,
which form the traditional diet of Inuit communities in the
In addition to warning of an
increase in mercury levels, AMAP researchers forecast the ice of Greenland and
the rest of the
The warning of substantially
higher seas and increased mercury comes as the world's nations remain bogged
down in their two-decade-long debate over efforts to reduce carbon dioxide and
other greenhouse gas emissions blamed for global warming.
Rising sea levels are expected to
inundate small islands, could possibly flood
To read the entire report and
learn more about the implications of increased levels of mercury and melting
glaciers on the environment and human health, visit http://www.amap.no/.
Disgruntled wants to know: It
never ceases to amaze me how un-Christ-like members of this Christian Nation
can sometimes behave. Invariably, they celebrate death, as in capital
punishment, which Christ, who was crucified by the state, would have surely
opposed. They heartily embrace warfare and celebrate solders and the military,
which in another era would have been seen as messengers of death and
destruction. And, far to many seem to hate the poor, including those disabled,
elderly and young. The recent death (again since he was rumored to have
perished years ago) of Osama bin Laden is a case it point. Good Christians
actually cheered! In none of my religious teachings do I remember Christ
actually responding in a similar manner. He would have long since forgiven bin
Laden. However, this Christian nation, according to an article by Justin
Elliot, spent $1.3 trillion to bring bin Laden to "justice," a euphemism
for killing him. The questions that come to mind are, was it worth it; does his
demise provide closure and do you feel safer?
Disgruntled
says: There is a body of research that suggests that many of the
diseases that impair or kill us are part of what Sam Milham, MD, an
epidemiologist who has investigated hundreds of environmental and occupational
illnesses and published dozens of peer-reviewed papers on his findings, calls
"electrosmog. Dr. Milham's 30-year focus on the potential hazards of
electromagnetic fields (EMFs), the radiation that surrounds all electrical
appliances and devices, power lines, and home wiring and is emitted by
communications devices, including cell phones and radio, TV, and WiFi
transmitters makes up this "electrosmog." It first began developing
with the rollout of the electrical grid a century ago and now envelops every
inhabitant of Earth. Dr. Milham's work is another thing to consider as we read
and learn more about what might be killing us and the planet.
Disgruntled
feels: Undetected! It is difficult to imagine that Apple iPhone users
believed the company's statement denying that it tracks users or maintains logs
on their locations. I believe all companies, including the government, track
individuals that use certain products all the time, and then write off the
expense of doing so as part of the normal cost of doing business. In the good
old
Mailbox: E-Mails, Faxes and
Telephone Calls
Email www.setyoufreenews.com...Radiation
leaks from fuel rods suspected at Tsuruga plant...Leaks of radioactive
substances from fuel rods are suspected to have occurred at a nuclear power
plant in Tsuruga, the
Email http://seattletimes.nwsource.com...Radioactive
cars from Japan arrive in Chilean port...Customs agents in Chile have detected
low levels of radioactivity in cars shipped from the Japanese port of
Yokohama...Chile says the radioactivity was found in 21 of nearly 2,500 cars
that arrived in Iquique aboard the Hyundai 106 cargo ship. About a hundred port
workers have protested, saying their health was at risk. But Chilean deputy
treasury secretary Miguel Angel Quesada said Monday that the Chilean nuclear
commission has confirmed that the radioactivity is too low to cause damage to
humans. He says the cars will be hosed down on board and any radioactivity will
be contained inside the ship. This is the first Japanese shipment to
Email www.nytimes.com...Unsafe at Any Dose...By
Helen Caldicott...Six weeks ago, when I first heard about the reactor damage at
the Fukushima Daiichi plant in 
Hemisphere.
Many advocates of nuclear power would deny this. During the 25th anniversary
last week of the
Email comosnot@gmail.com...HAARP is weather
modification weapon of mass destruction. Some reputable folks have tied it to
the devastation in