Another story states that the Air Force and DARPA are developing a super blimp that remain aloft for a year virtually undetected. If deployed against our enemies then this would be a worthwhile tool. If this is intended as surveillance on American citizens then this is not good at all.
Universal health care could be a good thing but for the elderly they are not eligible for all the benefits of such care.
A massive oil deposit has been found in the northern part of the U.S., over the Dakotas and Montana but there may no impetus to exploit it which would keep Americans more dependent on imported foreign oil.
Here is a really odd story. The text to the Comprehensive Health Reform Act of 2009 is not available on either Govtrack.com or thomas.loc.gov, although both sites feature the entire bills so citizens can actually read the proposed bills. The public is not able to view the bill.
The first encounter with the swine flu appears to be a dry run. The next round of (H1N1)(+) - Avian Bird Flu, might well be more deadly than Swine Flu.
A story circulating on the Internet is sourced by the FSB, the former KGB. According to this Russian source, Justice Souter was forced to resign over his refusing an order from Chief Justice John Roberts to support the implementation of Martial Law within the US planned for this coming fall.
And of course not after the bail out of GM, in a move to fire the CEO, it looks like the Government Motors will start selling Chinese vehicles in the U.S.
Americans are really going to have to stay vigilant and not get fatigued since the assaults on their sensibilities seem designed to wear them down.
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