viernes, 30 de septiembre de 2011
jueves, 29 de septiembre de 2011
Al-CIAeda warns Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to stop denying 9/11 - Telegraph
Al-Qaeda warns Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to stop denying 9/11 - Telegraph: In a curious case of enemies uniting against a common foe, the Yemen-based compiler of the terrorist organisation's Inspire magazine wrote that President Ahmadinejad had appeared "ridiculous" when he questioned the origins of the attack that killed almost 3,000 people.
"The Iranian government has professed on the tongue of its president Ahmadinejad that it does not believe that al Qaeda was behind 9/11 but rather, the US government," it said. "So we may ask the question: why would Iran ascribe to such a ridiculous belief that stands in the face of all logic and evidence?"
US diplomats led a Western walkout at the UN General Assembly meeting last week during President Ahmadinejad's speech when he suggested the Osama bin Laden was killed to cover up the events of September 11.
"Would it not have been reasonable to bring to justice and openly bring to trial the main perpetrator of the incident in order to identify the elements behind the safe space provided for the invading aircraft to attack the twin World Trade Centre towers?" he said.
He had previously jointed other "doubters" on the fringes of the political spectrum in claiming the attacks were a "big fabrication".
"The Iranian government has professed on the tongue of its president Ahmadinejad that it does not believe that al Qaeda was behind 9/11 but rather, the US government," it said. "So we may ask the question: why would Iran ascribe to such a ridiculous belief that stands in the face of all logic and evidence?"
US diplomats led a Western walkout at the UN General Assembly meeting last week during President Ahmadinejad's speech when he suggested the Osama bin Laden was killed to cover up the events of September 11.
"Would it not have been reasonable to bring to justice and openly bring to trial the main perpetrator of the incident in order to identify the elements behind the safe space provided for the invading aircraft to attack the twin World Trade Centre towers?" he said.
He had previously jointed other "doubters" on the fringes of the political spectrum in claiming the attacks were a "big fabrication".
@ActualidadRT, 29/09/11 13:56
 RT en Español (@ActualidadRT)29/09/11 13:56 #Rusia lanzó en #Baikonur un cohete portador Ptoton-M con un satélite mexicano #México #noticias |
@fruvkitty, 29/09/11 13:27
 ♥ Hija de Gaia ♥ (@fruvkitty)29/09/11 13:27 Ariane space lanzará el satélite Mexicano Mexsat 3 a finales de 2012 http://t.co/ViUhRJPk via @SinEmbargoMX ☛ mira @CoUdErMaNn |
John Travolta otro inmortal descubierto
 ML (@monled)29/09/11 11:36 Oh, no! John Travolta también es un vampiro milenario o le vendió su alma a Mefistófeleeeees http://t.co/0wOVX5L7 |
miércoles, 28 de septiembre de 2011
Mayan film documentary claims proof of aliens - Yahoo! News
Mayan film documentary claims proof of aliens - Yahoo! News: LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) -A new documentary about Mayan civilization will provide evidence of extraterrestrial contact with the ancient culture, according to a Mexican government official and the film's producer.
"Revelations of the Mayans 2012 and Beyond," currently in production, will claim the Mayans had contact with extraterrestrials, producer Raul Julia-Levy revealed to TheWrap.
"Mexico will release codices, artifacts and significant documents with evidence of Mayan and extraterrestrial contact, and all of their information will be corroborated by archaeologists," said Julia-Levy, son of actor Raul Julia.
In a release to TheWrap, Luis Augusto Garcia Rosado, the minister of tourism for the Mexican state of Campeche, said new evidence has emerged "of contact between the Mayans and extraterrestrials, supported by translations of certain codices, which the government has kept secure in underground vaults for some time."
He also spoke, in a phone conversation, of "landing pads in the jungle that are 3,000 years old."
Raul-Julia claims there is proof that the Mayans had intended to lead the planet for thousands of years, but were forced to escape after an invasion by "men of dark intentions," leaving behind evidence of an advanced race.
"The Mexican government is not making this statement on their own -- everything we say, we're going to back it up," he said.
The film will be directed by Juan Carlos Rulfo, who won the Humanitas Prize for "Those Who Remain" in 2009 and the Sundance Grand Jury Prize for International Documentary for "In the Pit" in 2006. Juan Diego Rodriguez Gonzalez will serve as the Guatemalan executive producer, and Eduardo Vertiz as the Mexican executive producer.
And yes, they expect people to take this seriously, because the messages he plans to impart are crucial to human survival, Julia-Levy insisted.
When Julia-Levy, producer Ed Elbert and co-producer Sheila McCarthy announced the Mexican cooperation with their documentary to TheWrap in August, they were circumspect about claims of alien contact, with Julia-Levy admitting he'd been ordered not to say anything about it.
Also for that article, Rosado brushed off a question about alien contact and said his country was simply offering the filmmakers' access to previously unexplored sections of a Mayan site at Calakmul.
Now, not only has Rosado changed his tune, but the Guatemalan government has joined the project, as well, giving access to artifacts and newly discovered prophecies
While the Guatemalan government is not offering information about aliens, it has joined Mexico in supporting the project. "Guatemala, like Mexico, home to the ancient yet advanced Mayan civilization ... has also kept certain provocative archeological discoveries classified, and now believes that it is time to bring forth this information in the new documentary," Guatemala's minister of tourism, Guillermo Novielli Quezada, said in a statement.
He said the country was working with filmmakers "for the good of mankind."
Raul-Julia claims that the order to cooperate came directly from the country's president, Alvaro Colom Caballero.
Guatemala is the site of a large number of pre-Columbian Mayan settlements in the Mirador Basin, including the extensive and highly organized city of El Mirador
In a curious aspect of the new announcement: Guatemalan minister Quezada is quoted as referring to "'Mirador,' the largest pyramid in the world."
But Mirador is not the name of a pyramid. It's the name of the entire settlement, which includes several pyramids, the largest of which is La Danta -- a fact one would expect the Guatemalan minister to know.
"Revelations of the Mayans 2012 and Beyond" begins shooting on November 15 and is due for a theatrical release in late 2012, before the end of the Mayan calendar.
While doomsday scenarios focus on the calendar ending on December 21, 2012, many scholars point out that it simply resets for another 5,126-year cycle on that date.
"Revelations of the Mayans 2012 and Beyond," currently in production, will claim the Mayans had contact with extraterrestrials, producer Raul Julia-Levy revealed to TheWrap.
"Mexico will release codices, artifacts and significant documents with evidence of Mayan and extraterrestrial contact, and all of their information will be corroborated by archaeologists," said Julia-Levy, son of actor Raul Julia.
In a release to TheWrap, Luis Augusto Garcia Rosado, the minister of tourism for the Mexican state of Campeche, said new evidence has emerged "of contact between the Mayans and extraterrestrials, supported by translations of certain codices, which the government has kept secure in underground vaults for some time."
He also spoke, in a phone conversation, of "landing pads in the jungle that are 3,000 years old."
Raul-Julia claims there is proof that the Mayans had intended to lead the planet for thousands of years, but were forced to escape after an invasion by "men of dark intentions," leaving behind evidence of an advanced race.
"The Mexican government is not making this statement on their own -- everything we say, we're going to back it up," he said.
The film will be directed by Juan Carlos Rulfo, who won the Humanitas Prize for "Those Who Remain" in 2009 and the Sundance Grand Jury Prize for International Documentary for "In the Pit" in 2006. Juan Diego Rodriguez Gonzalez will serve as the Guatemalan executive producer, and Eduardo Vertiz as the Mexican executive producer.
And yes, they expect people to take this seriously, because the messages he plans to impart are crucial to human survival, Julia-Levy insisted.
When Julia-Levy, producer Ed Elbert and co-producer Sheila McCarthy announced the Mexican cooperation with their documentary to TheWrap in August, they were circumspect about claims of alien contact, with Julia-Levy admitting he'd been ordered not to say anything about it.
Also for that article, Rosado brushed off a question about alien contact and said his country was simply offering the filmmakers' access to previously unexplored sections of a Mayan site at Calakmul.
Now, not only has Rosado changed his tune, but the Guatemalan government has joined the project, as well, giving access to artifacts and newly discovered prophecies
While the Guatemalan government is not offering information about aliens, it has joined Mexico in supporting the project. "Guatemala, like Mexico, home to the ancient yet advanced Mayan civilization ... has also kept certain provocative archeological discoveries classified, and now believes that it is time to bring forth this information in the new documentary," Guatemala's minister of tourism, Guillermo Novielli Quezada, said in a statement.
He said the country was working with filmmakers "for the good of mankind."
Raul-Julia claims that the order to cooperate came directly from the country's president, Alvaro Colom Caballero.
Guatemala is the site of a large number of pre-Columbian Mayan settlements in the Mirador Basin, including the extensive and highly organized city of El Mirador
In a curious aspect of the new announcement: Guatemalan minister Quezada is quoted as referring to "'Mirador,' the largest pyramid in the world."
But Mirador is not the name of a pyramid. It's the name of the entire settlement, which includes several pyramids, the largest of which is La Danta -- a fact one would expect the Guatemalan minister to know.
"Revelations of the Mayans 2012 and Beyond" begins shooting on November 15 and is due for a theatrical release in late 2012, before the end of the Mayan calendar.
While doomsday scenarios focus on the calendar ending on December 21, 2012, many scholars point out that it simply resets for another 5,126-year cycle on that date.
@Simple2GO, 28/09/11 13:59
 Simple2GO!! Mall (@Simple2GO)28/09/11 13:59 #Digg: Amazon unveils $200 Kindle Fire tablet; $99 Kindle touch eReader, $79 Kindle: During a press event in New... http://t.co/md3UhaBX |
martes, 27 de septiembre de 2011
@elarsenalnet, 27/09/11 09:59 Gas Natural? Meteorito?
 Francisco Garfias (@elarsenalnet)27/09/11 09:59 Video del día: Cae bola de fuego en Argentina http://t.co/b08cWf3N |
@JamesDelingpole, 27/09/11 03:16
 James Delingpole (@JamesDelingpole)27/09/11 03:16 Delingpole vs ManBearPig @reason http://t.co/sx3f7M3c |
lunes, 26 de septiembre de 2011
@molotovmx, 26/09/11 18:39
 molotovmx (@molotovmx)26/09/11 18:39 Hallan en Chihuahua cinco pisadas humanas de hasta 25 mil años de antigüedad: "Cuatro pisadas corresponden... http://t.co/Rv8DsLOv |
@Astro_Jose, 26/09/11 14:06
 Jose Hernandez (@Astro_Jose)26/09/11 14:06 La radiación de las erupciones solares estarán en su máximo ciclo de 11 años en 2013. Las partículas cargadas vien http://t.co/uST6XRSA |
@SpaceflightNow, 26/09/11 11:41
 Spaceflight Now (@SpaceflightNow)26/09/11 11:41 China's space station moves closer to reality later this week with launch of orbital docking module. http://t.co/cG8bDJEO |
@Urimchile, 26/09/11 10:18
 Noticia del minuto.. (@Urimchile)26/09/11 10:18 NTN24: Un muerto y nueve heridos por "bola de fuego" que cayó del cielo en Argentina [Fotos] http://t.co/pkM2rHVy http://t.co/0ZeBB9Vf |
@Urimchile, 26/09/11 09:56
| Noticia del minuto.. (@Urimchile) 26/09/11 09:56 DiarioLaHora: VIDEO: Presunta caída de meteorito deja un muerto en Argentina http://t.co/XUMxJS4l http://t.co/bgemp7MV http://t.co/tlEmQc0L |
domingo, 25 de septiembre de 2011
sábado, 24 de septiembre de 2011
@AstronomyView, 24/09/11 10:00
 Astronomy View (@AstronomyView)24/09/11 10:00 To go where no telescope has gone before - Sydney Morning Herald http://t.co/pjU18n7C |
viernes, 23 de septiembre de 2011
BBC News - 'First Irish case' of death by spontaneous combustion
BBC News - 'First Irish case' of death by spontaneous combustion: A man who burned to death in his home died as a result of spontaneous combustion, an Irish coroner has ruled.
West Galway coroner Dr Ciaran McLoughlin said it was the first time in 25 years of investigating deaths that he had recorded such a verdict.
Michael Faherty, 76, died at his home in Galway on 22 December 2010.
Deaths attributed by some to "spontaneous combustion" occur when a living human body is burned without an apparent external source of ignition.
Typically police or fire investigators find burned corpses but no burned furniture.
An inquest in Galway on Thursday heard how investigators had been baffled as to the cause of Mr Faherty's death at his home at Clareview Park, Ballybane.
Forensic experts found that a fire in the fireplace of the sitting room where the badly burnt body was found, had not been the cause of the blaze that killed Mr Faherty.
The court was told that no trace of an accelerant had been found and there had been nothing to suggest foul play.
The court heard Mr Faherty had been found lying on his back with his head closest to an open fireplace.
The fire had been confined to the sitting room. The only damage was to the body, which was totally burnt, the ceiling above him and the floor underneath him.
Dr McLoughlin said he had consulted medical textbooks and carried out other research in an attempt to find an explanation.
He said Professor Bernard Knight, in his book on forensic pathology, had written about spontaneous combustion and noted that such reported cases were almost always near an open fireplace or chimney.
"This fire was thoroughly investigated and I'm left with the conclusion that this fits into the category of spontaneous human combustion, for which there is no adequate explanation," he said.
'Sharp intake of breath'
Retired professor of pathology Mike Green said he had examined one suspected case in his career.
He said he would not use the term spontaneous combustion, as there had to be some source of ignition, possibly a lit match or cigarette.
"There is a source of ignition somewhere, but because the body is so badly destroyed the source can't be found," he said.
He said the circumstances in the Galway case were very similar to other possible cases.
"This is the picture which is described time and time again," he said.
"Even the most experienced rescue worker or forensic scientist takes a sharp intake of breath (when they come across the scene)."
Mr Green said he doubted explanations centred on divine intervention.
"I think if the heavens were striking in cases of spontaneous combustion then there would be a lot more cases. I go for the practical, the mundane explanation," he said.
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West Galway coroner Dr Ciaran McLoughlin said it was the first time in 25 years of investigating deaths that he had recorded such a verdict.
Michael Faherty, 76, died at his home in Galway on 22 December 2010.
Deaths attributed by some to "spontaneous combustion" occur when a living human body is burned without an apparent external source of ignition.
Typically police or fire investigators find burned corpses but no burned furniture.
An inquest in Galway on Thursday heard how investigators had been baffled as to the cause of Mr Faherty's death at his home at Clareview Park, Ballybane.
Forensic experts found that a fire in the fireplace of the sitting room where the badly burnt body was found, had not been the cause of the blaze that killed Mr Faherty.
The court was told that no trace of an accelerant had been found and there had been nothing to suggest foul play.
The court heard Mr Faherty had been found lying on his back with his head closest to an open fireplace.
The fire had been confined to the sitting room. The only damage was to the body, which was totally burnt, the ceiling above him and the floor underneath him.
Dr McLoughlin said he had consulted medical textbooks and carried out other research in an attempt to find an explanation.
He said Professor Bernard Knight, in his book on forensic pathology, had written about spontaneous combustion and noted that such reported cases were almost always near an open fireplace or chimney.
"This fire was thoroughly investigated and I'm left with the conclusion that this fits into the category of spontaneous human combustion, for which there is no adequate explanation," he said.
'Sharp intake of breath'
Retired professor of pathology Mike Green said he had examined one suspected case in his career.
He said he would not use the term spontaneous combustion, as there had to be some source of ignition, possibly a lit match or cigarette.
"There is a source of ignition somewhere, but because the body is so badly destroyed the source can't be found," he said.
He said the circumstances in the Galway case were very similar to other possible cases.
"This is the picture which is described time and time again," he said.
"Even the most experienced rescue worker or forensic scientist takes a sharp intake of breath (when they come across the scene)."
Mr Green said he doubted explanations centred on divine intervention.
"I think if the heavens were striking in cases of spontaneous combustion then there would be a lot more cases. I go for the practical, the mundane explanation," he said.
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jueves, 22 de septiembre de 2011
BBC News - Speed-of-light experiments give baffling result at Cern
BBC News - Speed-of-light experiments give baffling result at Cern: Speed-of-light experiments give baffling result at Cern
By Jason Palmer Science and technology reporter, BBC News
Puzzling results from Cern, home of the LHC, have confounded physicists - because it appears subatomic particles have exceeded the speed of light.
Neutrinos sent through the ground from Cern toward the Gran Sasso laboratory 732km away seemed to show up a tiny fraction of a second early.
The result - which threatens to upend a century of physics - will be put online for scrutiny by other scientists.
In the meantime, the group says it is being very cautious about its claims.
"We tried to find all possible explanations for this," said report author Antonio Ereditato of the Opera collaboration.
"We wanted to find a mistake - trivial mistakes, more complicated mistakes, or nasty effects - and we didn't," he told BBC News.
"When you don't find anything, then you say 'Well, now I'm forced to go out and ask the community to scrutinise this.'"
Caught speeding?
The speed of light is the Universe's ultimate speed limit, and much of modern physics - as laid out in part by Albert Einstein in his special theory of relativity - depends on the idea that nothing can exceed it.
Albert Einstein in Pittsburgh on 28 December 1934 Much of modern physics depends on the idea that nothing can exceed the speed of light
Thousands of experiments have been undertaken to measure it ever more precisely, and no result has ever spotted a particle breaking the limit.
But Dr Ereditato and his colleagues have been carrying out an experiment for the last three years that seems to suggest neutrinos have done just that.
Neutrinos come in a number of types, and have recently been seen to switch spontaneously from one type to another.
The team prepares a beam of just one type, muon neutrinos, sending them from Cern to an underground laboratory at Gran Sasso in Italy to see how many show up as a different type, tau neutrinos.
In the course of doing the experiments, the researchers noticed that the particles showed up a few billionths of a second sooner than light would over the same distance.
The team measured the travel times of neutrino bunches some 15,000 times, and have reached a level of statistical significance that in scientific circles would count as a formal discovery.
But the group understands that what are known as "systematic errors" could easily make an erroneous result look like a breaking of the ultimate speed limit, and that has motivated them to publish their measurements.
"My dream would be that another, independent experiment finds the same thing - then I would be relieved," Dr Ereditato said.
But for now, he explained, "we are not claiming things, we want just to be helped by the community in understanding our crazy result - because it is crazy".
"And of course the consequences can be very serious."
By Jason Palmer Science and technology reporter, BBC News
Puzzling results from Cern, home of the LHC, have confounded physicists - because it appears subatomic particles have exceeded the speed of light.
Neutrinos sent through the ground from Cern toward the Gran Sasso laboratory 732km away seemed to show up a tiny fraction of a second early.
The result - which threatens to upend a century of physics - will be put online for scrutiny by other scientists.
In the meantime, the group says it is being very cautious about its claims.
"We tried to find all possible explanations for this," said report author Antonio Ereditato of the Opera collaboration.
"We wanted to find a mistake - trivial mistakes, more complicated mistakes, or nasty effects - and we didn't," he told BBC News.
"When you don't find anything, then you say 'Well, now I'm forced to go out and ask the community to scrutinise this.'"
Caught speeding?
The speed of light is the Universe's ultimate speed limit, and much of modern physics - as laid out in part by Albert Einstein in his special theory of relativity - depends on the idea that nothing can exceed it.
Albert Einstein in Pittsburgh on 28 December 1934 Much of modern physics depends on the idea that nothing can exceed the speed of light
Thousands of experiments have been undertaken to measure it ever more precisely, and no result has ever spotted a particle breaking the limit.
But Dr Ereditato and his colleagues have been carrying out an experiment for the last three years that seems to suggest neutrinos have done just that.
Neutrinos come in a number of types, and have recently been seen to switch spontaneously from one type to another.
The team prepares a beam of just one type, muon neutrinos, sending them from Cern to an underground laboratory at Gran Sasso in Italy to see how many show up as a different type, tau neutrinos.
In the course of doing the experiments, the researchers noticed that the particles showed up a few billionths of a second sooner than light would over the same distance.
The team measured the travel times of neutrino bunches some 15,000 times, and have reached a level of statistical significance that in scientific circles would count as a formal discovery.
But the group understands that what are known as "systematic errors" could easily make an erroneous result look like a breaking of the ultimate speed limit, and that has motivated them to publish their measurements.
"My dream would be that another, independent experiment finds the same thing - then I would be relieved," Dr Ereditato said.
But for now, he explained, "we are not claiming things, we want just to be helped by the community in understanding our crazy result - because it is crazy".
"And of course the consequences can be very serious."
BSG at United Nations p3
Vaccines, population control, dismantling the economies of the First World nations (climate change fearmongering), authorizing wars for natural resources ("kinetic action on Lybia") it seems the UN are the Cylons.
@ActualidadRT, 22/09/11 09:53
 RT en Español (@ActualidadRT)22/09/11 09:53 Niños luchan sin reglas para diversión de los mayores #noticias #niños #ArtesMarciales http://t.co/gjNu0YuO |
miércoles, 21 de septiembre de 2011
CDC - Reports of Health Concerns Following HPV Vaccination - Vaccine Safety
CDC - Reports of Health Concerns Following HPV Vaccination - Vaccine Safety: Reports of Health Concerns Following HPV Vaccination
On this Page
* VAERS Limitations
* HPV Vaccine Safety
* VAERS Reports Following Gardasil®
* VAERS Reports Following Cervarix®
* Summary
VAERS Limitations
VAERS data cannot be used to prove a causal association between the vaccine and the adverse event. The only association between the adverse event and vaccination is temporal, meaning that the adverse event occurred sometime after vaccination. Therefore, the adverse event may be coincidental or it may have been caused by vaccination, however we cannot make any conclusions that the events reported to VAERS were caused by the vaccine.
HPV Vaccine Safety
There are two licensed HPV vaccines, Gardasil® and Cervarix®, available to protect against the types of HPV infection that cause most cervical cancers. Gardasil® was licensed for use in females, age 9-26 years in June 2006 and for males age 9-26 years in Oct 2009. Cervarix® was licensed for use in females age 10-25 in October 2009.
The safety of HPV vaccines was studied in clinical trials worldwide before licensure. For Gardasil® , over 29,000 males and females participated in these trials. For Cervarix®, over 30,000 females participated in several clinical trials.
Since licensure, CDC and FDA have been closely monitoring the safety of HPV vaccines. There are 3 systems used to monitor the safety of vaccines after they are licensed and used in the U.S. These systems can monitor adverse events already known to be caused by vaccines, as well as detect rare adverse events that were not identified during pre-licensure clinical trials. The 3 systems are:
* The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)–a useful early warning public health system that helps CDC and FDA detect possible side effects or adverse events following vaccination.
* The Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD) Project–a collaboration between CDC and 10 health care organizations which monitors and evaluates adverse events following vaccination.
* The Clinical Immunization Safety Assessment (CISA) Network– a collaboration between6 academic centers in the U.S. which conduct research on adverse events that might be caused by vaccines.
Reports to VAERS Following Gardasil®
As of June 22, 2011, approximately 35 million doses of Gardasil® were distributed in the U.S. and VAERS received a total of 18,727 reports of adverse events following Gardasil® vaccination: 17,958 reports among females and 346 reports for males, of which 285 reports were received after the vaccine was licensed for males in October 2009. VAERS received 423 reports of unknown gender. Of the total number of VAERS reports following Gardasil®, 92% were considered to be non-serious, and 8% were considered serious.
Non-serious adverse event reports
VAERS defines non-serious adverse events as those other than hospitalization, death, permanent disability, or life-threatening illness.
The vast majority (92%) of the adverse events reports following Gardasil® vaccination have included fainting, pain, and swelling at the injection site (the arm), headache, nausea, and fever. Syncope (fainting) is common after injections and vaccinations, especially in adolescents. Falls after fainting may sometimes cause serious injuries, such as head injuries, which can be prevented by closely observing the person for 15 minutes after vaccination.
Serious adverse event reports
Any VAERS report that indicated hospitalization, permanent disability, life-threatening illness, congenital anomaly or death is classified as serious. As with all VAERS reports, serious events may or may not have been caused by the vaccine.
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) has been reported after vaccination with Gardasil® . GBS is a rare neurologic disorder that causes muscle weakness. It occurs in 1-2 out of every 100,000 people in their teens. A number of infections have been associated with GBS. There has been no indication that Gardasil® increases the rate of GBS above the rate expected in the general population, whether or not they were vaccinated.
Blood Clots
There have been some reports of blood clots in females after receiving Gardasil®. These clots have occurred in the heart, lungs, and legs. Most of these people had a risk of getting blood clots, such as taking oral contraceptives (the birth control pill), smoking, obesity, and other risk factors.
Deaths
As of June 22, 2011 there have been a total 68 VAERS reports of death among those who have received Gardasil® . There were 54 reports among females, 3 were among males, and 11 were reports of unknown gender. Thirty two of the total death reports have been confirmed and 36 remain unconfirmed due to no identifiable patient information in the report such as a name and contact information to confirm the report. A death report is confirmed (verified) after a medical doctor reviews the report and any associated records. In the 32 reports confirmed, there was no unusual pattern or clustering to the deaths that would suggest that they were caused by the vaccine and some reports indicated a cause of death unrelated to vaccination.
VAERS Reports Following Cervarix®
Since licensed in October 2009, uptake of Cervarix® vaccination in the U.S. has been low. As of June 2011, there have been 39 VAERS reports of adverse events following Cervarix® vaccination in the U.S. The majority of these reports (97%) were considered to be non-serious.
Cervarix® has also been in use in other countries such as England and Europe prior to licensing from the FDA.
Summary
Based on all of the information we have today, CDC recommends HPV vaccination for the prevention of most types of cervical cancer. As with all approved vaccines, CDC and FDA will continue to closely monitor the safety of HPV vaccines. Any problems detected with these vaccines will be reported to health officials, healthcare providers, and the public and needed action will be taken to ensure the public's health and safety.
On this Page
* VAERS Limitations
* HPV Vaccine Safety
* VAERS Reports Following Gardasil®
* VAERS Reports Following Cervarix®
* Summary
VAERS Limitations
VAERS data cannot be used to prove a causal association between the vaccine and the adverse event. The only association between the adverse event and vaccination is temporal, meaning that the adverse event occurred sometime after vaccination. Therefore, the adverse event may be coincidental or it may have been caused by vaccination, however we cannot make any conclusions that the events reported to VAERS were caused by the vaccine.
HPV Vaccine Safety
There are two licensed HPV vaccines, Gardasil® and Cervarix®, available to protect against the types of HPV infection that cause most cervical cancers. Gardasil® was licensed for use in females, age 9-26 years in June 2006 and for males age 9-26 years in Oct 2009. Cervarix® was licensed for use in females age 10-25 in October 2009.
The safety of HPV vaccines was studied in clinical trials worldwide before licensure. For Gardasil® , over 29,000 males and females participated in these trials. For Cervarix®, over 30,000 females participated in several clinical trials.
Since licensure, CDC and FDA have been closely monitoring the safety of HPV vaccines. There are 3 systems used to monitor the safety of vaccines after they are licensed and used in the U.S. These systems can monitor adverse events already known to be caused by vaccines, as well as detect rare adverse events that were not identified during pre-licensure clinical trials. The 3 systems are:
* The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)–a useful early warning public health system that helps CDC and FDA detect possible side effects or adverse events following vaccination.
* The Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD) Project–a collaboration between CDC and 10 health care organizations which monitors and evaluates adverse events following vaccination.
* The Clinical Immunization Safety Assessment (CISA) Network– a collaboration between6 academic centers in the U.S. which conduct research on adverse events that might be caused by vaccines.
Reports to VAERS Following Gardasil®
As of June 22, 2011, approximately 35 million doses of Gardasil® were distributed in the U.S. and VAERS received a total of 18,727 reports of adverse events following Gardasil® vaccination: 17,958 reports among females and 346 reports for males, of which 285 reports were received after the vaccine was licensed for males in October 2009. VAERS received 423 reports of unknown gender. Of the total number of VAERS reports following Gardasil®, 92% were considered to be non-serious, and 8% were considered serious.
Non-serious adverse event reports
VAERS defines non-serious adverse events as those other than hospitalization, death, permanent disability, or life-threatening illness.
The vast majority (92%) of the adverse events reports following Gardasil® vaccination have included fainting, pain, and swelling at the injection site (the arm), headache, nausea, and fever. Syncope (fainting) is common after injections and vaccinations, especially in adolescents. Falls after fainting may sometimes cause serious injuries, such as head injuries, which can be prevented by closely observing the person for 15 minutes after vaccination.
Serious adverse event reports
Any VAERS report that indicated hospitalization, permanent disability, life-threatening illness, congenital anomaly or death is classified as serious. As with all VAERS reports, serious events may or may not have been caused by the vaccine.
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) has been reported after vaccination with Gardasil® . GBS is a rare neurologic disorder that causes muscle weakness. It occurs in 1-2 out of every 100,000 people in their teens. A number of infections have been associated with GBS. There has been no indication that Gardasil® increases the rate of GBS above the rate expected in the general population, whether or not they were vaccinated.
Blood Clots
There have been some reports of blood clots in females after receiving Gardasil®. These clots have occurred in the heart, lungs, and legs. Most of these people had a risk of getting blood clots, such as taking oral contraceptives (the birth control pill), smoking, obesity, and other risk factors.
Deaths
As of June 22, 2011 there have been a total 68 VAERS reports of death among those who have received Gardasil® . There were 54 reports among females, 3 were among males, and 11 were reports of unknown gender. Thirty two of the total death reports have been confirmed and 36 remain unconfirmed due to no identifiable patient information in the report such as a name and contact information to confirm the report. A death report is confirmed (verified) after a medical doctor reviews the report and any associated records. In the 32 reports confirmed, there was no unusual pattern or clustering to the deaths that would suggest that they were caused by the vaccine and some reports indicated a cause of death unrelated to vaccination.
VAERS Reports Following Cervarix®
Since licensed in October 2009, uptake of Cervarix® vaccination in the U.S. has been low. As of June 2011, there have been 39 VAERS reports of adverse events following Cervarix® vaccination in the U.S. The majority of these reports (97%) were considered to be non-serious.
Cervarix® has also been in use in other countries such as England and Europe prior to licensing from the FDA.
Summary
Based on all of the information we have today, CDC recommends HPV vaccination for the prevention of most types of cervical cancer. As with all approved vaccines, CDC and FDA will continue to closely monitor the safety of HPV vaccines. Any problems detected with these vaccines will be reported to health officials, healthcare providers, and the public and needed action will be taken to ensure the public's health and safety.
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Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune... but did our solar system once have a fifth gas planet? | Mail Online: Scientists believe our solar system may have once had a fifth gas planet that was ejected from the solar system and 'orphaned'.
A new study by David Nesvorny, from the Southwest Research Institute in Colorado, U.S., used different computer simulations to explore what the solar system looked like four billion years ago.
He discovered that back then planets had not yet settled into their existing orbits as they migrated and moved around.
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GARDASIL: GOVERNMENT MANDATED POISON
On this edition of the Infowars Nightly News, Alex Jones covers more on the Gardasil Vaccine controversy, an issue that has inflamed Big Pharma-friendly doctors since Congresswoman Michele Bachmann and Congressman Ron Paul have brought up Gov. Rick Perry's close ties with Merck during GOP debates.
Alex also speaks with eyewitness Kurt Haskell with the latest on the Underwear bomber trial, which is slated to begin jury selection after Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was ruled competent to stand trial. Haskell famously witnessed a 'sharp-dressed man' helping Abdulmutallab get on-board the plane, and despite being attacked by authorities, was later vindicated as correct.
Alex then speaks with economic expert Peter Schiff on QE3 and his recent testimony before Congress warning about the economy and the government's inept attempt to create jobs through a stimulus. Instead, it is irresponsible monetary and fiscal policy that is undermining employment in America, according to Schiff.
During the news blitz, Alex covers Big Sis' launch of coffee cups tagged with a Big Brother eye and an appeal to report suspicious behavior on behalf of the Department of Homeland Security. He also covers the Homeland Security and FBI raid on IHOPs in Ohio and Indiana over allegations of money laundering and undocumented workers. Alex then discusses more on vaccines, including the ties to media mogul Rupert Murdoch.
Clips from Ed Asner's appearance today on the Alex Jones Show will also be featured, including his involvement in the powerful new documentary 9/11 Explosive Evidence: Experts Speak Out on WTC Building 7 and other aspects of 9/11.
Infowars Nightly News streams live every week day at 7 PM CST and is available for Prison Planet.tv subscribers.
Watch this episode for free here and share it with your friends.
Gardasil: Cancer Bioweapon Under Scrutiny
By Kurt Nimmo
In response to Rep. Michele Bachmann's documented claim that Gardasil is dangerous, the establishment media has launched into overdrive in a frantic effort to discredit her and hide the truth from the American people.
Bachmann's comments have provided Big Pharma with an excuse to launch another of its profitable propaganda campaigns.
"In the aftermath of Rep. Michele Bachmann's comments about the Gardasil shot causing mental retardation, vaccine lobbyists and the pharmaceutical-friendly establishment media have launched a new hoax claiming the vaccine is completely safe, despite the CDC's own figures confirming over 18,000 cases of adverse reactions," writes Paul Joseph Watson.
Outrageous claims of the vaccine's safety are dispelled by a number of experts and even the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, as Watson notes, but this has not given pause to cheerleaders in the establishment media as they push this eugenics bioweapon on a largely unsuspecting public.
"The FDA adverse event reports on the HPV vaccine read like a catalog of horrors," Judicial Watch quoted Tom Fitton as saying in 2007 following the FDA's approval of Gardasil. "Any state or local government now beset by Merck's lobbying campaigns to mandate this HPV vaccine for young girls ought to take a look at these adverse health reports."
In addition to autism, the vaccine causes a number of side effects the media sidesteps. "Side effects published by Merck & Co. warn the public about potential pain, fever, nausea, dizziness and itching after receiving the vaccine. Indeed, 77% of the adverse reactions reported are typical side effects to vaccinations. But other more serious side effects reported include paralysis, Bells Palsy, Guillain-Barre Syndrome, and seizures," reports LifeSiteNews.
LifeSiteNews and Merck have neglected to mention the most serious "side effect" associated with the Gardasil vaccination - death.
SANE Vax, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing information on the dangers of vaccinations, discovered that Gardasil samples were contaminated with rDNA of the Human Papillomavirus and the HPV was "firmly attached to the aluminum adjuvant" in the vaccine, according to Dr. Sin Hang Lee.
"With the added discovery that the aluminum adjuvant also carries rDNA fragments of two different strains of Human Papillomavirus, this now reaches the level of a dangerous biohazard -- something more like a biological weapon rather than anything resembling medicine," writes Mike Adams for Natural News.
In short, this supposed vaccine is more dangerous than the disease it claims to address. It resembles a bioweapon more than a preventive vaccine.
None of these concerns are addressed by the establishment media as it continues its dishonest and one-sided campaign to discredit critics of vaccines and also exploit the controversy to criticize Rep. Michele Bachmann and lampoon her as a loon.
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Alex Jones' Nightly News: The Infowar Taken to the Next Level
A Chronicle of Dirty Tricks Against Ron Paul
The establishment is terrified that the liberty-driven Congressman has entered the 'top tier'
By Paul Joseph Watson
Now that the establishment media has been forced to concede that Ron Paul is a top tier candidate for the Republican nomination, having initially tried to ignore his campaign altogether, expect the smears, dirty tricks and hit pieces against the Texan Congressman to intensify.
In this article, we're going to take a brief look at some of the attacks on Ron Paul that we have documented over the last several years.
* The most recent example occurred earlier this week. The corporate press attempted to portray Ron Paul as anti-American simply for pointing out the fact that having military bases and occupying armies in foreign countries increases the risk of terrorist attacks. Despite the smear, reality shows that Ron Paul has received more money in donations from active duty military personnel than all of the other Republican candidates combined and more than Barack Obama himself, and his views on foreign occupations are supported by the very U.S. troops that neo-cons constantly invoke to support maintaining such foreign occupations.
* Even as Ron Paul won every debate poll and performed well in national polls, the mainstream media admitted that there was a deliberate talking point to exclude his campaign from discussion. After pointing out that Ron Paul only lost to Michele Bachmann by a tiny percentage (and that after accusations that Bachmann's campaign attempted to rig the result by buying 4,000 votes), and that the Ames result was virtually a "tie for first," Politico's Roger Simon said the reason for him being ignored was that "the media doesn't believe he has a hoot in hells chance of winning the Iowa caucuses, the Republican nomination or winning the presidency, so we're gonna ignore him." CNN host Howard Kurtz even admitted that, "We are in the business of kicking candidates out of the race".
* In February, Fox News claimed that a technical error was responsible for them playing old footage which contained audio of booing as Ron Paul was announced as the winner of the 2011 CPAC poll. In a shocking act of mass public deception, Fox News attempted to skew Ron Paul's 2011 CPAC straw poll win by representing it with footage from the previous year's CPAC event, at which Mitt Romney supporters had loudly booed the result and Paul supporters had been absent due to a Campaign for Liberty meeting running late
Indeed, Fox News has a history of smearing and sidelining Ron Paul, but this editorial policy is routinely passed off as a "mistake" of one kind or another.
Was it another "mistake" to omit Paul's name entirely from a Fox News survey that asked who would make the best president? Was it a "mistake" that relative nobodies like John Thune and Jon Huntsman were included in the Fox poll and yet Paul was blacklisted entirely despite his CPAC success two years running?
Was it another "mistake" on behalf of Fox News to exclude Paul from a January 6 2008 presidential forum event because they saw the prospect of anti-war opinions being voiced by the most conservative member of the House as a "threat"?
Was it a "mistake" for Fox News to claim that their own May 2007 presidential poll, which Ron Paul won, was unreliable, because online Paul supporters had skewed the result, despite the fact that the survey was conducted via cell phone text messaging and no online votes were taken?
Was it a mere "mistake" for Fox News host Sean Hannity to deride the Texas Congressman's runaway success in the text messaging poll as nothing more than "Paulites" flood voting, when in reality only one vote per cell phone number was allowed? Hannity's contention that Ron Paul supporters were simply dialing in over and over again was nothing more than a brazen lie intended to dismiss the Congressman's widespread popularity. No one at Fox News bothered to correct Hannity and no retraction was issued.
Was it another "mistake" when Fox News started editing Ron Paul's name out of Associated Press stories they syndicated before the 2008 presidential campaign?
Was it a "mistake" for Fox News to denigrate the fact that Ron Paul received the most campaign donations from members of the U.S. military by attributing it to "libertarian mailing lists"?
Was it a "mistake" when Fox News attempted to smear Ron Paul for having the audacity to appear on the Alex Jones Show and the nerve to merely converse with people who commit the thought crime of not completely trusting the official government version of 9/11?
Was it a "mistake" when Fox News rigged the structure of their entire May 2007 presidential debate and used it as a vehicle for all the other candidates to viciously attack Ron Paul, while Fox's pre-screened audience rapaciously applauded calls for torture and warmongering?
Was it a "mistake" when Fox News directors conspired to censor Ron Paul supporters from appearing in camera shots during the Mackinac Republican Conference on September 22, 2007, when they were caught on film stating, "I don't want these Ron Paul people, but I need shots of audience"?
Was it a "mistake" for Fox News to ignore a story every other news outlet was obliged to report, the record-breaking $4.2 million in campaign donations that Ron Paul achieved in a single day, while instead choosing to obsess about a man in Texas who sat in a bath tub full of snakes?
However, smear attacks against Ron Paul have come from both the phony right and the phony left.
* In 2007, neo-con blowhard Glenn Beck, then a host with CNN, smeared Ron Paul supporters as terrorists, calling them a "physical threat" who should be dealt with by the U.S. military because they are causing Americans to be disenfranchised with the government.
* MSNBC has also routinely attacked Ron Paul as well as his son, Senator Rand Paul. The network consistently shunned the Congressman during the 2008 debates, giving him less than half the time received by the other candidates. MSNBC also ignored Ron Paul's debate victory last week in its own poll, while inaccurately depicting the margin of his victory over the other candidates.
This list of smear attacks is likely to grow much larger the nearer we get to the Republican nomination in 2012. However, now that the establishment is so discredited, their dirty tricks against Paul are having less and less impact, while the Congressman's national polling figures continue to improve week by week.
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Alex rolls out his Infowars Nightly News this evening. The 30 minute television show will be packed with the sort of cutting edge and high caliber information, guests, and ground-breaking interviews Alex's audience has come to expect. The new show, scheduled to air every week night at 7 PM CST, will be available only to Prison Planet.tv subscribers, who will be able to access a full on-demand archive of the show.
Alex takes his operation to the next level with high quality production values and a wide array of new guests and hosts. No other alternative media news operation currently offers a nightly news show with this range of guests and news features.
The corporate media may produce televised shows that are more slick with their million-plus dollar budgets and large staffs, but none offer the sort of important and often breaking news Alex Jones will offer every weekday evening.
It is important that all serious supporters of alternative media back this effort and subscribe to Prison Planet.tv, a venue also offering hundreds of hours of archived video, documentaries, and radio show audio files.
In addition to the new nightly show, Alex has revamped the Prison Planet.tv website and has added new content sections, including Special Reports featuring reports focusing on breaking news stories and an Alex Rants section of impromptu videos of Alex covering a wide variety of issues as an addendum to his regular show.
We could not do any of this without you. Infowars is not a sprawling transnational entertainment corporation with a fantastic budget. It is a modest effort comparatively speaking, although the content is unrivaled and cannot be found anywhere else. No coiffured teleprompter readers will recite scripts from the Pentagon and Wall Street on Alex Jones' Nightly News.
Alex Jones takes the delivery of alternative news to the next level. Be part of the revolution and support the next phase in truth news. Subscribe to Prison Planet.tv today.
Critically Wounded Establishment Defends 9/11 Lie
by Kurt Nimmo
The Daily Mail in the UK has pointed to a BBC program on 9/11 conspiracy theories and Alex Jones in an article that cites a survey claiming that one in seven Americans believe the government had something to do with the attacks.
The poll was carried out as part of a BBC series The Conspiracy Files - Ten Years On. The survey asked the following question: "It is generally accepted that these attacks were carried out by Al Qaeda. However some people have suggested there was a wider conspiracy that included the American government. Do you, yourself, believe that there was a wider conspiracy, or not?"
The sixteen percent who said the government was involved in the attack is small enough for the corporate media and the government to write them off as conspiracy nuts.
The Daily Mail and the BBC did not cite previous polls that produced different results. A Zogby poll conducted in 2004 in New York revealed that 49 percent of New York City residents and 41 percent of New York state residents believe individuals within government "knew in advance that attacks were planned on or around September 11, 2001, and that they consciously failed to act."
Two years later, in May of 2006, Zogby conducted another survey on 9/11. It revealed that 42% of Americans believe the government engaged in a cover-up of what really happened on September 11, 2001.
The following year another Zogby poll showed that 51% of Americans wanted Congress to investigate Bush and Cheney regarding the 9/11 attacks and over 30% called for immediate impeachment.
Other corporate polls reveal similar results with between 22 and 15 percent believing the government had advance knowledge of the attacks. Polls conducted in Asia and the Middle East show an even higher precentage of people who believe the government had something to do with the attacks.
The BBC program attributes leadership of the 9/11 truth movement to Alex Jones. "Private, corporate, world networks working in US, British, Israeli intelligence - all three groups - have been found to have fingerprints but the main driver was rogue networks at the top of the US Government," they quote him as stating, thus framing Jones within the "conspiracy theory" minority established by the BBC poll. "The Government admits they've staged events before. The official story doesn't add up."
The Daily Mail dismisses Jones by saying the "view is taken despite a series of official inquiries which have found no evidence to support the claims." In short, according to the Daily Mail and the BBC, the government is the final arbiter, not a preponderance of evidence to the contrary.
The Daily Mail and the BBC then pose and answer a number of questions – many easily refuted – that claim to debunk the "conspiracy theories."
For instance, the BBC insists on clinging to the widely discredited theory that Building 7 collapsed due to fire, making it the first skyscraper in modern times to collapse primarily as a result of a fire. NIST (The National Institute of Standards and Technology) issued a report claiming WTC 7 collapsed after seven hours of fire, although larger fires (for instance, the 1991 One Meridian Plaza fire in Philadelphia, which raged for 18 hours and gutted 8 floors) have not brought down steel frame skyscrapers.
The establishment is desperate to minimize the 9/11 truth movement and portray it as a small number of lunatics as the tenth anniversary rolls around.
In the days ahead, the corporate media will use the anniversary to disseminate war on terror propaganda. 9/11 truth stands in the way of that effort and that is why the BBC and the corporate media are releasing stories and television programs designed to pigeonhole and marginalize the truth movement.
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Flash Mobs and the Ruling Elite Plan to Control the Internet
by Kurt Nimmo
In 2007, the British Ministry of Defense envisioned a distant dystopian future when "growing pervasiveness of information communications technology will enable states, terrorists or criminals, to mobilize 'flashmobs', challenging security forces to match this potential agility coupled with an ability to concentrate forces quickly in a small area," according to the Guardian.
The MoD's Development, Concepts & Doctrine Center speculated that 30 years in the future the "middle classes could become a revolutionary class, taking the role envisaged for the proletariat by Marx" in response to economic catastrophe and use flashmob techniques to challenge the police and military.
The British Ministry of Defense didn't have to wait 30 years for "flashmobs" to challenge so-called security services. The paralyzing riots now striking London and beyond are in large part organized via BlackBerry and its message network, BBM. Unlike Twitter and Facebook, the BBM network is anonymous and cannot be traced by the police.
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"Rather than shouting through a megaphone — as in the infamous 1985 riots on the Broadwater Estate in Tottenham — today's rabble rousers are more likely to organize online and with the aid of their iPhones and BlackBerrys," Time notes.
On August 9, David Lammy, the U.K.'s intellectual property minister, called for a temporary end to BlackBerry services to stop rioters from using BBM to organize and stage events, according to Bloomberg.
The flash mob phenomenon is cited as a contributing factor in a curfew imposed on young people in Philadelphia, violence during a 4th of July event in the Cleveland suburb of Shaker Heights, and fights at a fair in Milwaukee.
Not mentioned in all this sensationalistic coverage of violent teens and racial incidents is the fact that Facebook, Twitter, and instant messaging are routinely used by non-violent political activists. Despite the overt character of mindless terror and senseless property damage during the London riots, many of the messages appearing on Twitter and Facebook voice opposition to the police, a fact downplayed by the corporate media.
The initial catalyst for the violence now wracking London and environs was the shooting of a black man, Mark Duggan. The authorities claimed Duggan died in an "exchange of fire" with police, but that account now appears to be a fabrication by the police. The mindless violence, vandalism, and thievery has as its genesis an opposition to heavy-handed police behavior.
Once again, the internet and new technologies are being demonized by the state and its corporate media. It is part of an ongoing and persistent coordinated effort to impose restrictions on new media, not because they facilitate violence but because the political opposition to the establishment is effectively using the medium to organize resistance and counter propaganda disseminated by the elite.
The British Ministry of Defense prognostication that communications technology would pose a threat to the military and the state was off by almost two and a half decades. The middle class will not likely convert to Marxism, but it will increasingly use new technology to circumvent the corporate media megaphone that grows weaker by the day.
Short of shutting down the internet or neutering it with burdensome regulations, the medium will become the Achilles' heel of the ruling elite. Lurid stories of rampaging kids with BlackBerrys in hand will not change the reality of the situation or blunt the determination of those of us sincerely interested in change.
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GARDASIL: GOVERNMENT MANDATED POISON
On this edition of the Infowars Nightly News, Alex Jones covers more on the Gardasil Vaccine controversy, an issue that has inflamed Big Pharma-friendly doctors since Congresswoman Michele Bachmann and Congressman Ron Paul have brought up Gov. Rick Perry's close ties with Merck during GOP debates.
Alex also speaks with eyewitness Kurt Haskell with the latest on the Underwear bomber trial, which is slated to begin jury selection after Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was ruled competent to stand trial. Haskell famously witnessed a 'sharp-dressed man' helping Abdulmutallab get on-board the plane, and despite being attacked by authorities, was later vindicated as correct.
Alex then speaks with economic expert Peter Schiff on QE3 and his recent testimony before Congress warning about the economy and the government's inept attempt to create jobs through a stimulus. Instead, it is irresponsible monetary and fiscal policy that is undermining employment in America, according to Schiff.
During the news blitz, Alex covers Big Sis' launch of coffee cups tagged with a Big Brother eye and an appeal to report suspicious behavior on behalf of the Department of Homeland Security. He also covers the Homeland Security and FBI raid on IHOPs in Ohio and Indiana over allegations of money laundering and undocumented workers. Alex then discusses more on vaccines, including the ties to media mogul Rupert Murdoch.
Clips from Ed Asner's appearance today on the Alex Jones Show will also be featured, including his involvement in the powerful new documentary 9/11 Explosive Evidence: Experts Speak Out on WTC Building 7 and other aspects of 9/11.
Infowars Nightly News streams live every week day at 7 PM CST and is available for Prison Planet.tv subscribers.
Watch this episode for free here and share it with your friends.
Gardasil: Cancer Bioweapon Under Scrutiny
By Kurt Nimmo
In response to Rep. Michele Bachmann's documented claim that Gardasil is dangerous, the establishment media has launched into overdrive in a frantic effort to discredit her and hide the truth from the American people.
Bachmann's comments have provided Big Pharma with an excuse to launch another of its profitable propaganda campaigns.
"In the aftermath of Rep. Michele Bachmann's comments about the Gardasil shot causing mental retardation, vaccine lobbyists and the pharmaceutical-friendly establishment media have launched a new hoax claiming the vaccine is completely safe, despite the CDC's own figures confirming over 18,000 cases of adverse reactions," writes Paul Joseph Watson.
Outrageous claims of the vaccine's safety are dispelled by a number of experts and even the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, as Watson notes, but this has not given pause to cheerleaders in the establishment media as they push this eugenics bioweapon on a largely unsuspecting public.
"The FDA adverse event reports on the HPV vaccine read like a catalog of horrors," Judicial Watch quoted Tom Fitton as saying in 2007 following the FDA's approval of Gardasil. "Any state or local government now beset by Merck's lobbying campaigns to mandate this HPV vaccine for young girls ought to take a look at these adverse health reports."
In addition to autism, the vaccine causes a number of side effects the media sidesteps. "Side effects published by Merck & Co. warn the public about potential pain, fever, nausea, dizziness and itching after receiving the vaccine. Indeed, 77% of the adverse reactions reported are typical side effects to vaccinations. But other more serious side effects reported include paralysis, Bells Palsy, Guillain-Barre Syndrome, and seizures," reports LifeSiteNews.
LifeSiteNews and Merck have neglected to mention the most serious "side effect" associated with the Gardasil vaccination - death.
SANE Vax, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing information on the dangers of vaccinations, discovered that Gardasil samples were contaminated with rDNA of the Human Papillomavirus and the HPV was "firmly attached to the aluminum adjuvant" in the vaccine, according to Dr. Sin Hang Lee.
"With the added discovery that the aluminum adjuvant also carries rDNA fragments of two different strains of Human Papillomavirus, this now reaches the level of a dangerous biohazard -- something more like a biological weapon rather than anything resembling medicine," writes Mike Adams for Natural News.
In short, this supposed vaccine is more dangerous than the disease it claims to address. It resembles a bioweapon more than a preventive vaccine.
None of these concerns are addressed by the establishment media as it continues its dishonest and one-sided campaign to discredit critics of vaccines and also exploit the controversy to criticize Rep. Michele Bachmann and lampoon her as a loon.
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Alex Jones' Nightly News: The Infowar Taken to the Next Level
A Chronicle of Dirty Tricks Against Ron Paul
The establishment is terrified that the liberty-driven Congressman has entered the 'top tier'
By Paul Joseph Watson
Now that the establishment media has been forced to concede that Ron Paul is a top tier candidate for the Republican nomination, having initially tried to ignore his campaign altogether, expect the smears, dirty tricks and hit pieces against the Texan Congressman to intensify.
In this article, we're going to take a brief look at some of the attacks on Ron Paul that we have documented over the last several years.
* The most recent example occurred earlier this week. The corporate press attempted to portray Ron Paul as anti-American simply for pointing out the fact that having military bases and occupying armies in foreign countries increases the risk of terrorist attacks. Despite the smear, reality shows that Ron Paul has received more money in donations from active duty military personnel than all of the other Republican candidates combined and more than Barack Obama himself, and his views on foreign occupations are supported by the very U.S. troops that neo-cons constantly invoke to support maintaining such foreign occupations.
* Even as Ron Paul won every debate poll and performed well in national polls, the mainstream media admitted that there was a deliberate talking point to exclude his campaign from discussion. After pointing out that Ron Paul only lost to Michele Bachmann by a tiny percentage (and that after accusations that Bachmann's campaign attempted to rig the result by buying 4,000 votes), and that the Ames result was virtually a "tie for first," Politico's Roger Simon said the reason for him being ignored was that "the media doesn't believe he has a hoot in hells chance of winning the Iowa caucuses, the Republican nomination or winning the presidency, so we're gonna ignore him." CNN host Howard Kurtz even admitted that, "We are in the business of kicking candidates out of the race".
* In February, Fox News claimed that a technical error was responsible for them playing old footage which contained audio of booing as Ron Paul was announced as the winner of the 2011 CPAC poll. In a shocking act of mass public deception, Fox News attempted to skew Ron Paul's 2011 CPAC straw poll win by representing it with footage from the previous year's CPAC event, at which Mitt Romney supporters had loudly booed the result and Paul supporters had been absent due to a Campaign for Liberty meeting running late
Indeed, Fox News has a history of smearing and sidelining Ron Paul, but this editorial policy is routinely passed off as a "mistake" of one kind or another.
Was it another "mistake" to omit Paul's name entirely from a Fox News survey that asked who would make the best president? Was it a "mistake" that relative nobodies like John Thune and Jon Huntsman were included in the Fox poll and yet Paul was blacklisted entirely despite his CPAC success two years running?
Was it another "mistake" on behalf of Fox News to exclude Paul from a January 6 2008 presidential forum event because they saw the prospect of anti-war opinions being voiced by the most conservative member of the House as a "threat"?
Was it a "mistake" for Fox News to claim that their own May 2007 presidential poll, which Ron Paul won, was unreliable, because online Paul supporters had skewed the result, despite the fact that the survey was conducted via cell phone text messaging and no online votes were taken?
Was it a mere "mistake" for Fox News host Sean Hannity to deride the Texas Congressman's runaway success in the text messaging poll as nothing more than "Paulites" flood voting, when in reality only one vote per cell phone number was allowed? Hannity's contention that Ron Paul supporters were simply dialing in over and over again was nothing more than a brazen lie intended to dismiss the Congressman's widespread popularity. No one at Fox News bothered to correct Hannity and no retraction was issued.
Was it another "mistake" when Fox News started editing Ron Paul's name out of Associated Press stories they syndicated before the 2008 presidential campaign?
Was it a "mistake" for Fox News to denigrate the fact that Ron Paul received the most campaign donations from members of the U.S. military by attributing it to "libertarian mailing lists"?
Was it a "mistake" when Fox News attempted to smear Ron Paul for having the audacity to appear on the Alex Jones Show and the nerve to merely converse with people who commit the thought crime of not completely trusting the official government version of 9/11?
Was it a "mistake" when Fox News rigged the structure of their entire May 2007 presidential debate and used it as a vehicle for all the other candidates to viciously attack Ron Paul, while Fox's pre-screened audience rapaciously applauded calls for torture and warmongering?
Was it a "mistake" when Fox News directors conspired to censor Ron Paul supporters from appearing in camera shots during the Mackinac Republican Conference on September 22, 2007, when they were caught on film stating, "I don't want these Ron Paul people, but I need shots of audience"?
Was it a "mistake" for Fox News to ignore a story every other news outlet was obliged to report, the record-breaking $4.2 million in campaign donations that Ron Paul achieved in a single day, while instead choosing to obsess about a man in Texas who sat in a bath tub full of snakes?
However, smear attacks against Ron Paul have come from both the phony right and the phony left.
* In 2007, neo-con blowhard Glenn Beck, then a host with CNN, smeared Ron Paul supporters as terrorists, calling them a "physical threat" who should be dealt with by the U.S. military because they are causing Americans to be disenfranchised with the government.
* MSNBC has also routinely attacked Ron Paul as well as his son, Senator Rand Paul. The network consistently shunned the Congressman during the 2008 debates, giving him less than half the time received by the other candidates. MSNBC also ignored Ron Paul's debate victory last week in its own poll, while inaccurately depicting the margin of his victory over the other candidates.
This list of smear attacks is likely to grow much larger the nearer we get to the Republican nomination in 2012. However, now that the establishment is so discredited, their dirty tricks against Paul are having less and less impact, while the Congressman's national polling figures continue to improve week by week.
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Alex rolls out his Infowars Nightly News this evening. The 30 minute television show will be packed with the sort of cutting edge and high caliber information, guests, and ground-breaking interviews Alex's audience has come to expect. The new show, scheduled to air every week night at 7 PM CST, will be available only to Prison Planet.tv subscribers, who will be able to access a full on-demand archive of the show.
Alex takes his operation to the next level with high quality production values and a wide array of new guests and hosts. No other alternative media news operation currently offers a nightly news show with this range of guests and news features.
The corporate media may produce televised shows that are more slick with their million-plus dollar budgets and large staffs, but none offer the sort of important and often breaking news Alex Jones will offer every weekday evening.
It is important that all serious supporters of alternative media back this effort and subscribe to Prison Planet.tv, a venue also offering hundreds of hours of archived video, documentaries, and radio show audio files.
In addition to the new nightly show, Alex has revamped the Prison Planet.tv website and has added new content sections, including Special Reports featuring reports focusing on breaking news stories and an Alex Rants section of impromptu videos of Alex covering a wide variety of issues as an addendum to his regular show.
We could not do any of this without you. Infowars is not a sprawling transnational entertainment corporation with a fantastic budget. It is a modest effort comparatively speaking, although the content is unrivaled and cannot be found anywhere else. No coiffured teleprompter readers will recite scripts from the Pentagon and Wall Street on Alex Jones' Nightly News.
Alex Jones takes the delivery of alternative news to the next level. Be part of the revolution and support the next phase in truth news. Subscribe to Prison Planet.tv today.
Critically Wounded Establishment Defends 9/11 Lie
by Kurt Nimmo
The Daily Mail in the UK has pointed to a BBC program on 9/11 conspiracy theories and Alex Jones in an article that cites a survey claiming that one in seven Americans believe the government had something to do with the attacks.
The poll was carried out as part of a BBC series The Conspiracy Files - Ten Years On. The survey asked the following question: "It is generally accepted that these attacks were carried out by Al Qaeda. However some people have suggested there was a wider conspiracy that included the American government. Do you, yourself, believe that there was a wider conspiracy, or not?"
The sixteen percent who said the government was involved in the attack is small enough for the corporate media and the government to write them off as conspiracy nuts.
The Daily Mail and the BBC did not cite previous polls that produced different results. A Zogby poll conducted in 2004 in New York revealed that 49 percent of New York City residents and 41 percent of New York state residents believe individuals within government "knew in advance that attacks were planned on or around September 11, 2001, and that they consciously failed to act."
Two years later, in May of 2006, Zogby conducted another survey on 9/11. It revealed that 42% of Americans believe the government engaged in a cover-up of what really happened on September 11, 2001.
The following year another Zogby poll showed that 51% of Americans wanted Congress to investigate Bush and Cheney regarding the 9/11 attacks and over 30% called for immediate impeachment.
Other corporate polls reveal similar results with between 22 and 15 percent believing the government had advance knowledge of the attacks. Polls conducted in Asia and the Middle East show an even higher precentage of people who believe the government had something to do with the attacks.
The BBC program attributes leadership of the 9/11 truth movement to Alex Jones. "Private, corporate, world networks working in US, British, Israeli intelligence - all three groups - have been found to have fingerprints but the main driver was rogue networks at the top of the US Government," they quote him as stating, thus framing Jones within the "conspiracy theory" minority established by the BBC poll. "The Government admits they've staged events before. The official story doesn't add up."
The Daily Mail dismisses Jones by saying the "view is taken despite a series of official inquiries which have found no evidence to support the claims." In short, according to the Daily Mail and the BBC, the government is the final arbiter, not a preponderance of evidence to the contrary.
The Daily Mail and the BBC then pose and answer a number of questions – many easily refuted – that claim to debunk the "conspiracy theories."
For instance, the BBC insists on clinging to the widely discredited theory that Building 7 collapsed due to fire, making it the first skyscraper in modern times to collapse primarily as a result of a fire. NIST (The National Institute of Standards and Technology) issued a report claiming WTC 7 collapsed after seven hours of fire, although larger fires (for instance, the 1991 One Meridian Plaza fire in Philadelphia, which raged for 18 hours and gutted 8 floors) have not brought down steel frame skyscrapers.
The establishment is desperate to minimize the 9/11 truth movement and portray it as a small number of lunatics as the tenth anniversary rolls around.
In the days ahead, the corporate media will use the anniversary to disseminate war on terror propaganda. 9/11 truth stands in the way of that effort and that is why the BBC and the corporate media are releasing stories and television programs designed to pigeonhole and marginalize the truth movement.
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Flash Mobs and the Ruling Elite Plan to Control the Internet
by Kurt Nimmo
In 2007, the British Ministry of Defense envisioned a distant dystopian future when "growing pervasiveness of information communications technology will enable states, terrorists or criminals, to mobilize 'flashmobs', challenging security forces to match this potential agility coupled with an ability to concentrate forces quickly in a small area," according to the Guardian.
The MoD's Development, Concepts & Doctrine Center speculated that 30 years in the future the "middle classes could become a revolutionary class, taking the role envisaged for the proletariat by Marx" in response to economic catastrophe and use flashmob techniques to challenge the police and military.
The British Ministry of Defense didn't have to wait 30 years for "flashmobs" to challenge so-called security services. The paralyzing riots now striking London and beyond are in large part organized via BlackBerry and its message network, BBM. Unlike Twitter and Facebook, the BBM network is anonymous and cannot be traced by the police.
Infowars.com
"Rather than shouting through a megaphone — as in the infamous 1985 riots on the Broadwater Estate in Tottenham — today's rabble rousers are more likely to organize online and with the aid of their iPhones and BlackBerrys," Time notes.
On August 9, David Lammy, the U.K.'s intellectual property minister, called for a temporary end to BlackBerry services to stop rioters from using BBM to organize and stage events, according to Bloomberg.
The flash mob phenomenon is cited as a contributing factor in a curfew imposed on young people in Philadelphia, violence during a 4th of July event in the Cleveland suburb of Shaker Heights, and fights at a fair in Milwaukee.
Not mentioned in all this sensationalistic coverage of violent teens and racial incidents is the fact that Facebook, Twitter, and instant messaging are routinely used by non-violent political activists. Despite the overt character of mindless terror and senseless property damage during the London riots, many of the messages appearing on Twitter and Facebook voice opposition to the police, a fact downplayed by the corporate media.
The initial catalyst for the violence now wracking London and environs was the shooting of a black man, Mark Duggan. The authorities claimed Duggan died in an "exchange of fire" with police, but that account now appears to be a fabrication by the police. The mindless violence, vandalism, and thievery has as its genesis an opposition to heavy-handed police behavior.
Once again, the internet and new technologies are being demonized by the state and its corporate media. It is part of an ongoing and persistent coordinated effort to impose restrictions on new media, not because they facilitate violence but because the political opposition to the establishment is effectively using the medium to organize resistance and counter propaganda disseminated by the elite.
The British Ministry of Defense prognostication that communications technology would pose a threat to the military and the state was off by almost two and a half decades. The middle class will not likely convert to Marxism, but it will increasingly use new technology to circumvent the corporate media megaphone that grows weaker by the day.
Short of shutting down the internet or neutering it with burdensome regulations, the medium will become the Achilles' heel of the ruling elite. Lurid stories of rampaging kids with BlackBerrys in hand will not change the reality of the situation or blunt the determination of those of us sincerely interested in change.
martes, 20 de septiembre de 2011
@CSINFO_LIVE, 20/09/11 23:29
 Alternative news (@CSINFO_LIVE)20/09/11 23:29 RT "@Carlos_S01: #Mexico could impose biometric identifications to allow access to pro soccer stadiums http://t.co/ru8bDu4p " |
sábado, 17 de septiembre de 2011
miércoles, 14 de septiembre de 2011
Chiapas y la ONU combaten juntos la pobreza: Helen Clark
¿Qué pensarían Benito Juárez, Emiliano Zapata, Pancho Villa de ver que se iza y se rinden honores a una bandera extraña en suelo nacional? El Gobierno de México obedece a esta entidad supranacional; gobierno corporativo mundial, que impone las políticas neoliberales tan nocivas por décadas para nosotros, sus políticas de control de población (eugenesia, vacunas, reducción de población), control de la población bajo falsas emergencias como la "pandemia" de AH1N1 o el llamado "Cambio Climático" (clima siempre cambia, por eso eras de la Tierra: Azoico, Mesozoico, Cenozoico, Paleozoico, edades glaciales, etc) con tal de imponer impuestos que financían entidades privadas como Hara de Al Gore y Maurice Strong y sus bolsas de valores de bonos de carbono. Esta entidad supranacional es nociva, con una mano en la cintura aprueban robar a un país como Libia de sus reservas de oro y sus yacimientos petroleros, y a México lo infiltraron con sus egresados de Harvard, Princeton, Yale y sus genocidas políticas neoliberales.
Este es un extraño enemigo que profana con su planta nuestro suelo; y en Septiembre patrio... resiste, entérate e informa.
Este es un extraño enemigo que profana con su planta nuestro suelo; y en Septiembre patrio... resiste, entérate e informa.
lunes, 12 de septiembre de 2011
@AfroditaOpina, 12/09/11 11:38
 ✔Patita ♫ Maktub (@AfroditaOpina)12/09/11 11:38 Esta fue la lista de #Transgénicos que encontré, pueden leer completa la información en http://t.co/PnEbzsM #PorSuAtencionGracias |
sábado, 10 de septiembre de 2011
viernes, 9 de septiembre de 2011
jueves, 8 de septiembre de 2011
@ActitudFEM, 08/09/11 13:22
 ActitudFEM (@ActitudFEM)08/09/11 13:22 Marty McFly regresa con sus sneakers futuristas Back to the Future http://t.co/wlLFpkK |
@maguimaya, 08/09/11 11:17
 Sand (@maguimaya)08/09/11 11:17 @Carlos_S01 @Rosadelalma @felipecalderon ¿Nadie ha pensado en campañas verdes? carteles+cartas+volantes+banderines=basura/ coladeras tapadas |
miércoles, 7 de septiembre de 2011
martes, 6 de septiembre de 2011
@BreakingScience, 06/09/11 13:29
 Science News (@BreakingScience)06/09/11 13:29 Our galaxy might hold thousands of ticking 'time bombs' http://t.co/yTTgwuk via http://t.co/BJ7xwo9 |
lunes, 5 de septiembre de 2011
BBC NEWS | Americas | US military pondered love not war
BBC NEWS | Americas | US military pondered love not war: US military pondered love not war
US Air Force B-52 bomber
The unconventional proposals were made by the US Air Force
The US military investigated building a "gay bomb", which would make enemy soldiers "sexually irresistible" to each other, government papers say.
Other weapons that never saw the light of day include one to make soldiers obvious by their bad breath.
The US defence department considered various non-lethal chemicals meant to disrupt enemy discipline and morale.
The 1994 plans were for a six-year project costing $7.5m, but they were never pursued.
The US Air Force Wright Laboratory in Dayton, Ohio, sought Pentagon funding for research into what it called "harassing, annoying and 'bad guy'-identifying chemicals".
The plans were obtained under the US Freedom of Information by the Sunshine Project, a group which monitors research into chemical and biological weapons.
'Who? Me?'
The plan for a so-called "love bomb" envisaged an aphrodisiac chemical that would provoke widespread homosexual behaviour among troops, causing what the military called a "distasteful but completely non-lethal" blow to morale.
Scientists also reportedly considered a "sting me/attack me" chemical weapon to attract swarms of enraged wasps or angry rats towards enemy troops.
A substance to make the skin unbearably sensitive to sunlight was also pondered.
Another idea was to develop a chemical causing "severe and lasting halitosis", so that enemy forces would be obvious even when they tried to blend in with civilians.
In a variation on that idea, researchers pondered a "Who? Me?" bomb, which would simulate flatulence in enemy ranks.
Indeed, a "Who? Me?" device had been under consideration since 1945, the government papers say.
However, researchers concluded that the premise for such a device was fatally flawed because "people in many areas of the world do not find faecal odour offensive, since they smell it on a regular basis".
Captain Dan McSweeney of the Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate at the Pentagon said the defence department receives "literally hundreds" of project ideas, but that "none of the systems described in that [1994] proposal have been developed".
He told the BBC: "It's important to point out that only those proposals which are deemed appropriate, based on stringent human effects, legal, and international treaty reviews are considered for development or acquisition."
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US Air Force B-52 bomber
The unconventional proposals were made by the US Air Force
The US military investigated building a "gay bomb", which would make enemy soldiers "sexually irresistible" to each other, government papers say.
Other weapons that never saw the light of day include one to make soldiers obvious by their bad breath.
The US defence department considered various non-lethal chemicals meant to disrupt enemy discipline and morale.
The 1994 plans were for a six-year project costing $7.5m, but they were never pursued.
The US Air Force Wright Laboratory in Dayton, Ohio, sought Pentagon funding for research into what it called "harassing, annoying and 'bad guy'-identifying chemicals".
The plans were obtained under the US Freedom of Information by the Sunshine Project, a group which monitors research into chemical and biological weapons.
'Who? Me?'
The plan for a so-called "love bomb" envisaged an aphrodisiac chemical that would provoke widespread homosexual behaviour among troops, causing what the military called a "distasteful but completely non-lethal" blow to morale.
Scientists also reportedly considered a "sting me/attack me" chemical weapon to attract swarms of enraged wasps or angry rats towards enemy troops.
A substance to make the skin unbearably sensitive to sunlight was also pondered.
Another idea was to develop a chemical causing "severe and lasting halitosis", so that enemy forces would be obvious even when they tried to blend in with civilians.
In a variation on that idea, researchers pondered a "Who? Me?" bomb, which would simulate flatulence in enemy ranks.
Indeed, a "Who? Me?" device had been under consideration since 1945, the government papers say.
However, researchers concluded that the premise for such a device was fatally flawed because "people in many areas of the world do not find faecal odour offensive, since they smell it on a regular basis".
Captain Dan McSweeney of the Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate at the Pentagon said the defence department receives "literally hundreds" of project ideas, but that "none of the systems described in that [1994] proposal have been developed".
He told the BBC: "It's important to point out that only those proposals which are deemed appropriate, based on stringent human effects, legal, and international treaty reviews are considered for development or acquisition."
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@toliro, 05/09/11 09:56
 Victor Hernandez (@toliro)05/09/11 09:56 Este es el email del diputado priista que presentó la iniciativa para dar cárcel a quien insulte a partidos arturo.zamora@congreso.gob.mx |
domingo, 4 de septiembre de 2011
viernes, 2 de septiembre de 2011
@Carlos_S01, 03/08/11 01:58
 Carlos M. Santillán (@Carlos_S01)03/08/11 01:58 @CoUdErMaNn de nada / UNICEF Nigerian PolioVaccine Contaminated w/Sterilizing Agents Scientist Finds | http://t.co/TV9er1W @jacvillalobos |
@doctora, 02/09/11 10:52
 doctora (@doctora)02/09/11 10:52 @alquicarlos @SaludMaterna @chibiyu @Carlos_S01 Link a artículo d ScienceNews en The Lancet 400 abortos/1mill vacunadas http://t.co/OznCcBT |
jueves, 1 de septiembre de 2011
The Return of Cosmos - News from Sky & Telescope - SkyandTelescope.com
The Return of <i>Cosmos</i> - News from Sky & Telescope - SkyandTelescope.com: Way back in 1980, Cornell astronomer Carl Sagan and public television's KCET in Los Angeles teamed up to produce 13 hours of prime-time programming about astronomy. They called the series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage, though it's known universally as simply Cosmos.
Carl Sagan
Astronomer Carl Sagan, as seen in a publicity photograph for the Cosmos series.
WCET
It was an audacious undertaking at a time when American audiences were still getting used to cable television and seeing Nova each week. Sagan had been disappointed with news coverage of the historic Viking landings on Mars in 1976, and he finally found backing for doing things his way. The tightly-scripted production, still viewable on Hulu and YouTube, strove (in Sagan's words) to be "engrossing and captivating to a broad, general audience, while simultaneously portraying science accurately and even conveying something of what makes it tick."
With an $6 million budget for filming on 100 locations around the world and an arsenal of state-of-the-art special effects, he largely succeeded. Cosmos was a huge hit: it's been seen by an estimated 700 million viewers worldwide, making it the Public Broadcast System's most successful show of all time.
By then Sagan had become an icon, more celebrity than scientist in the minds of many. But he had a captivating style that helped him propel astronomy to new levels of "cool." He later married Ann Druyan, the show's co-writer, and together they collaborated on other books and the movie adaptation of Contact. Sagan died in 1996, just 62, after a difficult years-long fight with myelodysplasia.
Late last week, word came that a new version of Cosmos is in the works. This time it's the vision of Druyan and her Cosmos Studios, and she'll again be aided by astronomer Steven Soter, a key collaborator for the original show.
But what's really raised eyebrows is the choice of Seth MacFarlane as the new series' director. Best known as the creator of the animated sitcoms like Family Guy, MacFarlane doesn't exactly ooze science cred. But he met Druyan a while back, and they appeared together last year on Real Time With Bill Maher. MacFarlane liked Druyan's concept for an updated version, and he helped her sell the concept to executives at Fox. The 13 episodes of Cosmos: A Space-Time Odyssey will debut in 2013.
This new journey across space and time will be hosted by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. He's the obvious choice, at least for American audiences. Tyson is an increasingly well-known popularizer of all things astronomical. He directs the Hayden Planetarium in New York City, hosts the PBS series Nova Science Now, and even has a weekly radio show about space called "Star Talk."
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Astrophysicist and science-popularizer Neil deGrasse Tyson has been tapped to host the new Cosmos series.
Tyson first met Sagan while considering whether to go to Cornell as an undergraduate. Surprisingly, Sagan gave the wide-eyed teenager a personal tour of his lab. It didn't work — Tyson went to Harvard — but to this day he feels an obligation to carry on Sagan's legacy of educating the public about astronomy.
All that said, the television landscape is light-years from where it was 30 years ago. Series like the History Channel's The Universe, now in its fifth season, and BBC's Wonders of the Universe (starring upstart British particle physicist Brian Cox) will give the retooled Cosmos plenty of competition.
Druyan and MacFarlane promise to "take viewers to other worlds and travel across the universe for a vision of the cosmos on the grandest scale," presenting scientific concepts with "stunning clarity, uniting skepticism and wonder, and weaving rigorous science with the emotional and spiritual into a transcendent experience."
That's a tall order in this whiz-bang age of seconds-long sound bites and fleeting attention spans. Let's hope they succeed!
Posted by Kelly Beatty, August 9, 2011
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Carl Sagan
Astronomer Carl Sagan, as seen in a publicity photograph for the Cosmos series.
WCET
It was an audacious undertaking at a time when American audiences were still getting used to cable television and seeing Nova each week. Sagan had been disappointed with news coverage of the historic Viking landings on Mars in 1976, and he finally found backing for doing things his way. The tightly-scripted production, still viewable on Hulu and YouTube, strove (in Sagan's words) to be "engrossing and captivating to a broad, general audience, while simultaneously portraying science accurately and even conveying something of what makes it tick."
With an $6 million budget for filming on 100 locations around the world and an arsenal of state-of-the-art special effects, he largely succeeded. Cosmos was a huge hit: it's been seen by an estimated 700 million viewers worldwide, making it the Public Broadcast System's most successful show of all time.
By then Sagan had become an icon, more celebrity than scientist in the minds of many. But he had a captivating style that helped him propel astronomy to new levels of "cool." He later married Ann Druyan, the show's co-writer, and together they collaborated on other books and the movie adaptation of Contact. Sagan died in 1996, just 62, after a difficult years-long fight with myelodysplasia.
Late last week, word came that a new version of Cosmos is in the works. This time it's the vision of Druyan and her Cosmos Studios, and she'll again be aided by astronomer Steven Soter, a key collaborator for the original show.
But what's really raised eyebrows is the choice of Seth MacFarlane as the new series' director. Best known as the creator of the animated sitcoms like Family Guy, MacFarlane doesn't exactly ooze science cred. But he met Druyan a while back, and they appeared together last year on Real Time With Bill Maher. MacFarlane liked Druyan's concept for an updated version, and he helped her sell the concept to executives at Fox. The 13 episodes of Cosmos: A Space-Time Odyssey will debut in 2013.
This new journey across space and time will be hosted by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. He's the obvious choice, at least for American audiences. Tyson is an increasingly well-known popularizer of all things astronomical. He directs the Hayden Planetarium in New York City, hosts the PBS series Nova Science Now, and even has a weekly radio show about space called "Star Talk."
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Astrophysicist and science-popularizer Neil deGrasse Tyson has been tapped to host the new Cosmos series.
Tyson first met Sagan while considering whether to go to Cornell as an undergraduate. Surprisingly, Sagan gave the wide-eyed teenager a personal tour of his lab. It didn't work — Tyson went to Harvard — but to this day he feels an obligation to carry on Sagan's legacy of educating the public about astronomy.
All that said, the television landscape is light-years from where it was 30 years ago. Series like the History Channel's The Universe, now in its fifth season, and BBC's Wonders of the Universe (starring upstart British particle physicist Brian Cox) will give the retooled Cosmos plenty of competition.
Druyan and MacFarlane promise to "take viewers to other worlds and travel across the universe for a vision of the cosmos on the grandest scale," presenting scientific concepts with "stunning clarity, uniting skepticism and wonder, and weaving rigorous science with the emotional and spiritual into a transcendent experience."
That's a tall order in this whiz-bang age of seconds-long sound bites and fleeting attention spans. Let's hope they succeed!
Posted by Kelly Beatty, August 9, 2011
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