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The owner of an antique shop said he had never met or done business with Michael Yancey before Yancey began selling him expensive silver cutlery three months ago.

Still, he knew something wasn't quite sterling about this silver.

Yancey, a chef at the governor's residence in Harrisburg, was arrested by state police this week after Terry Breidenstine, owner of All County Jewelry, Coins and Antiques became suspicious of the items the 28-year-old was selling and notified police.
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To see what the shop owner got for "doing the right thing" ...

http://www.ldnews.com/ci_17282833

The Egyptian gov't didn't take a vital lesson from their eastern ally; first you disable your soon-to-be victims' means of communication and video recording ... then you are free to CAST all the LEAD you want to and no one can credibly dispute your version of events.

The thugs-with-badges never learn when to quit, though.

http://nationaljournal.com/timeline-revolt-in-the-middle-east-and-north-africa-20110128

Can you imagine if something like this had come out the summer of 2001?

Might make a young, brave, idealistic fellow (and probably some lacking one or more of those qualities) want to run down and sign up.... to make the alleged "Evildoers" .

Honey has become a staple in the North American diet. Those that do not consume it straight from bear-shaped squeeze bottles eat it regularly whether they know it or not – honey is baked into everything from breakfast cereals to cookies and mixed into sauces and cough drops.
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Most honey comes from China, where beekeepers are notorious for keeping their bees healthy with antibiotics banned in North America because they seep into honey and contaminate it; packers there learn to mask the acrid notes of poor quality product by mixing in sugar or corn-based syrups to fake good taste.

None of this is on the label. Rarely will a jar of honey say “Made in China.” Instead, Chinese honey sold in North America is more likely to be stamped as Indonesian, Malaysian or Taiwanese, due to a growing multimillion dollar laundering system designed to keep the endless supply of cheap and often contaminated Chinese honey moving into the U.S., where tariffs have been implemented to staunch the flow and protect its own struggling industry.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/honey-laundering-the-sour-side-of-natures-golden-sweetener/article1859410/singlepage/&/&/#035;035;articlecontent

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=92662

Given the date of this story, one wonders...

...if it served as a reminder to dust off some old plans forgotten on the shelf.

http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/news/20010430/northwoods.pdf

'Long as whatever has gotten loose doesn't eat through the fence.

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=14154471

DUGWAY -- The U.S. Army's Dugway Proving Ground was on lockdown Wednesday evening as part of "an ongoing security operation," according to spokeswoman Paula Thomas.

Reports of nearly 1,000 employees stranded at the base, some in their cars, went unconfirmed but Dugway Proving Ground Commander Col. William E. King, IV, said food and beverages were being brought in.

"As you know measures like these (lockdown of our gates) are not taken lightly," he said. "No one is in immediate danger but these steps are required." King said he would open the gates "as soon as I can."

The gates to the facility were closed prior to the 5:30 p.m. shift ending. Workers normally scheduled to go home were not allowed to leave, while those coming into the area were also not let in.

Dugway encompasses more than 800,000 acres of Utah's west desert, where more than 2,000 people call home. It is a government-owned facility used by the U.S. Army Reserves and the U.S. National Guard for maneuver training. It is also a U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command center where tests are occasionally run on defenses against biological and chemical weaponry.

Vladimir Bukovsky on the E.U.

http://dailybail.com/slideshows/7-huge-holes/2777370

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre70b11s-us-usa-china-yuan/

The people who were demanding China let its currency rise will soon enough be complaining about getting what they asked for. No, wait, they'll be out of office and some new group of putzes will be saying "No one could have predicted it ..."

-- another perspective --

http://www.kitco.com/ind/AuthenticMoney/jan142011.html
[E]ach seven Yuan purchased will replace one U.S. dollar on the international foreign exchange. Each contract priced in Yuan will replace the previous use of the U.S. dollar in those transactions.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_162-20027837-501465.html

Is this source "mainstream" enough for ya?

Most entertaining explanation of central gank .. er .. banking I've seen, yet.

I want my dog back. too.