Who, Who did it? The Peterson owl theory makes a comeback

Source: WRAL
A single microscopic feather listed in an SBI crime lab report could be the key to proving that Mike Peterson was not responsible for the staircase death of his wife nearly seven years ago, an attorney and former neighbor of the Durham novelist says.
Larry Pollard says he believes an owl, possibly mistaking Kathleen Peterson [...]

Obama in, my pick, McCain supports a Military draft

I attended last night’s Obama Town Hall in Raleigh and I have to say while I do not feel it was one of his strongest speeches, seeing the man in person is something I hope everyone gets a chance to experience. The energy in the crowd was one of excitement and desire, a desire for change and [...]

McCain’s Mansions

 
McCain vs McCain

Athens NBAF meeting, some oppose others argue need

Source: Ken Foskett - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

A polite crowd of about 200 people filled a University of Georgia auditorium Thursday to register support and opposition to a proposed animal research facility under consideration at UGA and sites in five other states.
The Department of Homeland Security will select the site of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility later [...]

Conn. Attorney General vows to fight NBAF on Plum Island

Correction: Oops my bad, Blumenthal is Connecticut’s AG not NY.
Source: StamfordPlus.com
Attorney General fights proposed Plum Island lab that would study deadliest animal and human diseases
By Attorney General’s office
Aug 14, 2008
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today announced that his office is preparing formal comments to fight a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposal to develop a Level 4 [...]

Terror suspect list included Plum Island,Biological and Chemical Weapons

The NBAF won’t be a terrorist target? Not according to this article.
Watch the female Bin Laden
Terror suspect had New York target list
Source: ABC News - By RICHARD ESPOSITO and BRIAN ROSS
When she was arrested in Afghanistan last month, Aafia Siddique allegedly had in her possession maps of New York, a list of potential targets that [...]

NBAF in NC $226,289,729 short

Homeland Security has released more documents relating to the NBAF. These documents are redacted and most meaningful content has been removed, ie. cost and any transparency. However, the total cost of the North Carolina location is said to be $677,289,729 (see page 51 of the NBAF Site Cost Analysis). If DHS expects to spend $451 million, then somebody needs [...]

Durham 4-1 says No to NBAF,will ask Consortium to withdraw NC

Durham Commissioners nix NBAF
Source: Lisa Sorg - Independent Weekly
The next coffin nail was hammered into the proposed National Bio and Agro Defense Facility Monday night when Durham County Commissioners voted 4-1 to oppose the federal disease lab that could be sited in Butner.
The commission also took a stronger step of passing a resolution to draft [...]

NBAF Insanity: Was Site selection ever about Safety?

On August 11th, the AP released a story that vindicates a lot of people who oppose the NBAF and the entire methodology used to justify it’s placement on the US mainland. For everyone else you should be very concerned. The DHS Undersecretary Jay Cohen  (a political appointee by George Bush nominated in June 2006), is disregarding his own government experts and [...]

Corruption at DHS Led to poor site for $451 mil lab,AP reports

Source: AP/ Huffington Post
By Larry Margasak - Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The Homeland Security Department swept aside evaluations of government experts and named Mississippi _ home to powerful U.S. lawmakers with sway over the agency _ as a top location for a new $451 million, national laboratory to study some of the world’s most virulent biological threats, [...]