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Monday, April 29, 2013

Report: The CIA Has Paid Tens Of Millions Of Dollars To The Afghan President's Office Over The Last Decade

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Report: The CIA Has Paid Tens Of Millions Of Dollars To The Afghan President's Office Over The Last Decade
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-cia-pays-afghan-president-hamid-karzai-2013-4?utm_source=feedly




American Kids Are Wearing Bulletproof Backpacks Now


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American Kids Are Wearing Bulletproof Backpacks Now
http://www.businessinsider.com/bulletproof-uniforms-for-children-2013-4

The pink bulletproof rucksack that 5-year-old Jaliyah wears to school every day reaches almost down to her knees and weighs 3lbs even when empty, but for her Colorado father, the size and solidity are part of the attraction.

"If you put it on her back, it almost covers her whole body," explains Demitric Boykin. "It was a very hard conversation to have but she knows that it's something that will keep her safe."

Lined with ballistic material that can stop a 9mm bullet travelling at 400 metres per second, the backpack is only one of a clutch of new products making their way into US schools in the wake of Newtown school massacre. As gun control legislation grinds to halt in Washington, a growing number of parents and teachers are taking matters into their own hands.

The Denver company that supplied Jaliyah's rucksack, Elite Sterling Security, has sold over 300 in the last two months and received inquiries from some 2,000 families across the US. It is also in discussion with more than a dozen schools in Colorado about equipping them with ballistic safety vests, a scaled-down version of military uniforms designed to hang in classroom cupboards for children to wear in an emergency.

Tensions are understandably high in this part of America. "I live in Aurora and the shooting here really hit home; it was a huge thing," says Boykin. The new mood, however, can be felt far from the scenes of recent gun violence.

Barry Tull, headteacher of Worcester Preparatory School in rural Maryland, has 80 ballistic shields deployed in his classrooms disguised as whiteboards and clipboards. Some teachers use them to assign homework, others lean them up against the wall, but most of Worcester's middle and high-school children know what they are for.

"Our teachers were concerned to begin with about whether they were expected to be first responders, but at least they feel they have something now as opposed to cowering in the corner with their kids," says Tull. "The former secret service trainers we had in showed us how they can deploy them; how to hold them in front of their body defensively or use them offensively where the teacher charges at someone with the shield as cover."

A spring-loaded bolt was used to show school employees what it would feel like to block a bullet with one of the shields.

The US manufacturer that supplied this equipment, Hardwire, has sold similar white boards to schools in North Dakota, Pennsylvania and California. Elite Sterling Security also sells sheets disguised as rainbow-covered posters to hang on the back of classroom doors to prevent someone trying to shoot their way in.

Scott Staska, superintendent of schools in Rocori, Minnesota, scene of another shooting in 2003, says Hardwire's ballistic shields are just one part of the precautions his schools are now taking: "We have door locks, safety cameras, and emergency procedures all designed to assist with an emergency situation and we see the marker boards as one additional tool to help in the process."

The National Rifle Association, a powerful lobby group that persuaded Congress to block gun legislation, has argued that schools should be provided with armed guards, but even those who are not going this far are hiring consultants to brush up their emergency procedures.

Abilia Security & Investigations works with schools in the Colorado Springs area to run training courses, practicing 7-10 minute drills and preparing multiple escape routes.

"The American people have traditionally viewed the classroom as a revered sanctuary that should not be sullied by any form of negative influences either of an external or internal nature," it says. "Regrettably the safeguards which were initially put into place to protect the sanctity of the classroom didn't evolve with our dramatically changing society."

Those behind this boom in school security are adamant they are not exploiting the fear, merely filling a growing need for safety.

AJ Zabadne, president of Elite Sterling Security, says his products should be seen as a routine precaution rather than something that would alarm children.

"It's like you find life jackets on ships or planes in case they go down," he says. "It's no different to having a seatbelt in a car."

Elite is the North American distributor for Michael Caballero, a Bogota-based manufacturer, who made his name (and fortune) selling bulletproof fashion jackets to customers from gun-ravaged Colombia to up-market department stories such as Harrods.

Zabadne says he is in negotiation with his Colombian supplier to bring down the cost of the child-size ballistic vests which, at $375-400 each, have so far proved too expensive for public schools looking to buy them for all pupils.

Yet surprisingly few of those buying or selling the defensive equipment will venture an opinion on other ways of curbing fatal shootings in schools.

"I don't have an opinion on gun control," says Maryland headteacher Tull. Aurora parent Boykin, who has also bought a Caballero rucksack for his three-year-old son, says he is "indifferent" on the issue.

"I can understand both sides," he explains. "People kill people and I don't believe guns are as big an issue as some are making it."

Boykin says he has a simpler motive. "My main impulse is to protect my family. As you see these children being brought into the world your natural reaction is to try to protect them. By the time the police arrive on the scene, the shooting has often finished. I want to try to protect them when I am not around."

This article originally appeared on guardian.co.uk

SEE ALSO: UK Man Admits To Threatening On Facebook To Kill 200 US Schoolchildren

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Friday, April 26, 2013

No Agenda Show for Thursday April 25th 2013 Airplane Apocalypse

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Thursday, April 25, 2013

No Agenda Newsletter

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We are coming off a fairly bad week where support for the show was down and would like to remind you to make sure to subscribe and continue to support the show on a weekly basis in any way you can. You should look at the new offers and changes on the listener support page by clicking here. We need your help. Please directly support the show as best as you can.

As you know, Adam and John do not rehearse the show and develop material independently. Much of it turns out to be complementary. This gives the show unusual life since it is not a canned or prepared presentation which always become lifeless and most often loses impact. It is impactful presentations and discussions that allowyou, the listener-producer, to become part of the conversation. In fact, it is a learning aid. So what is discussed can actually be recalled and used by you in everyday conversation. This is one of the great benefits of the No Agenda Show: an actual transfer of real information and a presentation process that makes you a more thoughtful and interesting person. This is what the show strives to do as corny as it sounds.

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This week we would like to introduce some interesting reading material that will be a prelude to the Thursday show and will provide good background material for general conversations. If you like this feature in the newsletter let us know in your donation notes.

Bird Flu is a topic of discussion (again). Here is a good piece entitled Bird Flu, What We Know and Don’t Know.


In a Guardian Article, there is some revelation regarding the weird blogging going on at Forbes where each blogger is paid based on page views and advertisers on those pages.  The result? Big money for the guy who writes about soccer. While Forbes looks as if it is pioneering here, it’s actually being done all over the place with mixed success. A trend to watch.


And finally, here is favored douchebag Andy Carven apologizing for everyone in an article entitled Can Social Media Help Us Create A More Informed Public?  It’s always good to see what he’s up to since he seems to be a conduit for various “official messages.” You haven’t heard much from Andy lately, but that may change.

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Wednesday, April 24, 2013

MOTHER OF BOMBING SUSPECTS: My Sons Would Never Do This And My Older Son Is Still Alive


Ahhh yes, more conspiracy that should be interesting to hear on the next http://noagendashow.com

MOTHER OF BOMBING SUSPECTS: My Sons Would Never Do This And My Older Son Is Still Alive
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The mother of the suspected Boston bombers has given an exclusive interview to Channel 4 in which she reiterates assertions that her sons were set up, and also makes the claim that her oldest son Tamerlan is still alive!

"What happened was a terrible thing. But I know that my kids have nothing to do with this. I know it. I am mother. I know my kids," Zubeidat Tsarnaeva told Channel 4 News in Makhachkala, Dagestan.

She said that Tamerlan, who apparently died in a gunfight with police on Thursday night, was being watched by the FBI before the attacks.

"They were monitoring him and I know that because I used to talk to them," she said. "They used to come to our house, like two three times. And then my son Tamerlan used to tell me that he used to talk to them too, because they called me once and they wanted his number and then at such moments."

Despite the photos that place her other son, Dzhokhar, at the scene of the second bombing, Zubeidat Tsarnaeva still believes that someone else set up the bobming of the Boston Marathon and that her son Tamerlan is not actually dead.

"It's just somebody did this, somebody set this up, not my kids," She said. "Whoever is dead over there it's not my son. The body is half of the body of my son, you know what I mean? So this is not my son."

There have been two points of speculation when it comes to the death of 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaeva, who was pronounced dead at 1:35 a.m. after suffering gunshot and shrapnel wounds as well as burn wounds.

First, a man who looks remarkably like Tamerlan was stripped naked and detained Thursday night very close to where the fatal firefight with police took place in Watertown, Mass.

Second, his body does not appear to have any wounds or burns in the picture that purportedly showed Tamerlan lying dead in the street.

 Check out the interview below:

SEE ALSO: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Allegedly Told Police He And His Brother Acted Alone With Religious Motivation

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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Google gets serious about toolbar scams with new ad policy, forcing AVG to retreat [feedly]

One of the biggest problems I have always had to deal with when clients install their own software is the resulting toolbars that end up also getting installed. This is one more reason why choosing 'custom/advanced' install is so important. Having the web content provider tool, the browser, in this case Chrome, deal with just how these software companies get their product installed is only going to help, unlike IE which over the years has welcomed them with open arms!

Google gets serious about toolbar scams with new ad policy, forcing AVG to retreat
http://paidcontent.org/2013/04/23/google-gets-serious-about-toolbar-scams-with-new-ad-policy-forcing-avg-to-retreat/?utm_source=feedly


Monday, April 22, 2013

Send Your Bread Through This Tunnel Of Toast In the Morning


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Send Your Bread Through This Tunnel Of Toast In the Morning
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Minimizing the risk of burning your fingers on piping hot toast, Arzum's new Firrin features a slide-out tray instead of the more traditional pop-up design used on most toasters. The tray allows you to stop the toasting process almost instantly when it's completely removed, and it looks a lot more efficient at collecting bread crumbs for easy disposal. More »

    

Sunday, April 21, 2013

No Agenda Show for Sunday April 21st 2013 Happy Earth Gay

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Saturday, April 20, 2013

Texas fertilizer company didn't heed disclosure rules before blast [feedly]

What is the purpose of homeland security if they are not doing routine inspection on places like this?  When fertilizer is one of the major components of dynamite....




Texas fertilizer company didn't heed disclosure rules before blast
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/20/us-usa-explosion-regulation-idUSBRE93J09N20130420?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=feedly


What Marijuana Does To Your Brain And Body

Happy 420 everybody!  It appears to me, from the following report, that this person has never used Marijuana in their life.. the fact that they say there becomes a dependency (to Marijuana) is just not true. And what about the healing benefits?  The fact that it has been proven in the medical community, to help Cancer, Alzheimers and Parkinsons patients...



What Marijuana Does To Your Brain And Body
http://www.businessinsider.com/physical-and-mental-effects-of-marijuana-2013-4?utm_source=feedly


FBI checked out Boston Marathon bomb suspect in 2011 - Fox News

This is the sort of thing that should now be checked out.. the fact that the FBI knew about this person many years ago.. similarly to every other bomber that has attempted to do damage to the USA (underwear bomber who boarded the plane without a passport for example).. it is truly amazing how easy the general public are at being persuaded to believe what they are being shown through media.

FBI checked out Boston Marathon bomb suspect in 2011 - Fox News
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/04/19/fbi-checked-out-boston-marathon-bomb-suspect-in-2011/&utm_source=feedly


Friday, April 19, 2013

No Agenda Show for Thursday April 18th 2013 Speculation Analysis

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Wednesday, April 17, 2013

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Wow, what a week. You can expect an exciting Thursday No Agenda Show as we have already found interesting discrepancies regarding the Marathon Bombings including some new and interesting memes.


It was just two weeks ago during show 500 that you heard the prediction that an event would take place in two weeks. Again, using established patterns, we hit it within one day. We’d both like to thank you for all the mentions of this by the Twitter-using producers.There is no reason for you to expect this pattern to end anytime soon. This and other issues that are now flying under the radar now need discussion. As usual the news media will concentrate on the Boston event while ignoring everything else.


We encourage you to listen live or download the No Agenda Show 505 and re-listen to 500 if you get a chance. In the meantime, please continue to help the show with your support on a weekly basis. We cannot thank you enough. Contribute what you can and as often as you can by clicking here or by going to the listener support page here. And remember to subscribe too.

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PS. Did you hear about the other bombing? You will on No Agenda.
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Monday, April 15, 2013

No Agenda Show for Sunday April 14th 2013 Twelve Fourteen

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Friday, April 12, 2013

No Agenda Show for Thursday April 11th 2013 Ninjas in Mongolia

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Thursday, April 11, 2013

Conventional TV losing appeal for Canadians - Vancouver Sun

With high speed downloads making it possible to download a 60 minute tv show, which is only 40 minutes due to the fact there are no commercials,in 5 minutes or less, it means you can quite easily download your entire days TV viewing choices in less then an hour and now have the ability to pause/rewind whenever you want. Did I mention no commercials!




TORONTO — The number of "tuned out" Canadians, those who don't subscribe to conventional TV, has doubled in recent years and now represents eight per cent of the population, suggests a new report.

http://www.vancouversun.com/Conventional+losing+appeal+Canadians/8189213/story.html


Wednesday, April 10, 2013

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You are reminded that the No Agenda Show is supported by you. Please help reverse a recent trend of waning support by contributing todaySubscribe or donateBecome an Executive Producer now!

On this week’s show, John will discuss some of the details of his visit to the National Association of Broadcasters show, specifically the failure of the F.C.C. to appear at the event “because of the sequester.” The F.C.C. failed to appear because of the grief they are getting over the virtual elimination of low-powered TV by selling the whole system to the cable and phone companies. The F.C.C. failed to appear so they will not have to answer questions about new a dubious limitation imposed on the mainstream broadcasters.

The curious thing is that the F.C.C. should not be affected one iota by the sequester since it is operated as a fee-based entity with its entire budget derived from every sort of fee. So how does this have anything to do with sequester? We will discuss this on the Thursday and Sunday shows. Please tune in live or download these episodes when you can.

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Vaccine Confusion Blocks New York Girl From School

Bring on the home schooling as more  people are going to be blocked by the crazy notion that all vaccines are good (and safe) for you.  This has been a very hot topic on http://noagendashow.com and will continue to be with new reports like this!
 

Monday, April 8, 2013

No Agenda Show for Sunday April 7th 2013 Nuevo Orden Mundial

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Sunday, April 7, 2013

Conspiracy-Theorist Christmas Comes Early as Biden Uses Term "New World Order" [feedly]

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That faint rumble you heard on Friday afternoon was the sound of a thousand gleeful conspiracy-theorists firing up their webcams (and bobbing excitedly in their desk chairs like a kid at a toy store) as Vice President Joe Biden used the term "New World Order" when describing trade laws at the Export-Import Bank Conference in Washington. More »



Friday, April 5, 2013

No Agenda Show for Thursday April 4th 2013 Resume Normal Activity!


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