Castro Believes Bin Laden is U.S. Spy

Fidel Castro claims Osama bin Laden is a US spy

Former Cuban president says the 9/11 mastermind is in the pay of the CIA and cites WikiLeaks as his source

Russians Continue Cold War Activity

Russian submarines are hunting down British Vanguard boats in a return to Cold War tactics not seen for 25 years, Navy chiefs have warned.

British Vanguard Submarine

A specially upgraded Russian Akula class submarine has been caught trying to record the acoustic signature made by the Vanguard submarines that carry Trident nuclear missiles, according to senior Navy officers.

Pre-Schoolers Tracked Inside School

RICHMOND, Calif.—California officials are outfitting preschoolers in Contra Costa County with tracking devices they say will save staff time and money.

The system was introduced Tuesday. When at the school, students will wear a jersey that has a small radio frequency tag. The tag will send signals to sensors that help track children’s whereabouts, attendance and even whether they’ve eaten or not.

School officials say it will free up teachers and administrators who previously had to note on paper files when a child was absent or had eaten.

Sung Kim of the county’s employment and human services department said the system could save thousands of hours of staff time and pay for itself within a year.

It cost $50,000 and was paid by a federal grant.

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Information from: KTVU-TV

Source: MercuryNews

Statin Medication Served with Fast Food?

A new study out of Imperial College London suggests that fast food chains start giving out free statin drugs to customers in order to help balance out the negative effects of the junk food on their bodies. The scientists who worked on the study actually say that taking a statin drug with a fast food meal undoes most of the damage otherwise caused by eating it.

“Statins don’t cut out all of the unhealthy effects of burgers and fries. It’s better to avoid fatty food altogether. But we’ve worked out that in terms of your likelihood of having a heart attack, taking a statin can reduce your risk to more or less the same degree as a fast food meal increases it,” explained Dr. Darrel Francis from the National Heart and Lung Institute at the college, author of the study.

The team is suggesting that statin drugs be handed out for free — without a prescription — to fast food customers with their meals. Dr. Francis even referred to statins in an interview as “supplements” rather than drugs, comparing them to the condiments one would put on a burger and fries.

But the belief that statin drugs are no different than food or supplements and are safe to hand out to people like candy is preposterous. Not only do statin drugs deplete the body of necessary enzymes like coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) and prevent the body from producing it, but they damage cells and muscle tissue in the body.

“We know that statins cause muscle damage, but even in people without any symptoms or abnormal blood tests, muscle biopsy shows cell injury,” explains Mark Hyman, MD, in his book The UltraMind Solution: Fix Your Broken Brain by Healing Your Body First.

Source: Natural News

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Former Student Sentenced to Join Military

A judge sentenced a former Faulkner University student to join the military and perform community service for a post he made on Facebook that led to a campus lockdown.

Zachary Lambert, 23, agreed to plead guilty to the misdemeanor charge of harassing communications for a message that made reference to a deadly campus attack at Virginia Tech in 2007.

Lambert originally was charged with making a terrorist threat, a felony, and placed in jail on $500,000 bond.

Montgomery County Circuit Judge Tracy McCooey handed down a suspended three-month sentence and two years of probation.

McCooey told Lambert that he must join the military as a condition of his probation.

“You are going into the military. That is not a choice,” she said.

Lambert also must perform 50 hours of community service, talking to schoolchildren about the consequences of what they say online. McCooey said she would accompany him for the appearances.

Faulkner was locked down for about 45 minutes in December after someone alerted officials to the post, in which Lambert seemed to be promising to break “Cho’s record.” Seung-Hui Cho killed 32 people and injured 25 others in the campus shooting.

Both sides said they were pleased with the resolution of the case.

“I’d say it’s an appropriate outcome,” said Lambert’s attorney, Bill Blanchard.

Deputy District Attorney Scott Green said McCooey’s terms were appropriately strict. “This is a serious set of events, and it needs to be taken seriously,” Green said.

Lambert said he had talked to an Army recruiter who seemed to think he had a good chance of being able to enlist.

Army recruiter Sgt. Michael Johnson, an Army recruiter in Montgomery, said Lambert can’t join the military while he’s on probation. Johnson said that in order to join the military, Lambert would have to come off probation and meet all other requirements for enlisting. Having a misdemeanor on his record would not necessarily disqualify him, Johnson said.

McCooey said that if Lambert’s probation is an obstacle to joining the military, it could be adjusted, as long as Lambert shows a “good faith effort” that he is trying to join.

McCooey also talked about her own life growing up as “a military brat” and how important military service was to her father.

“Military is a good, good thing for you,” she told Lambert.

Lambert also will have to provide a written apology to Faulkner and the community as a whole.
[via:military.com]