Alex Jones Drinks the Saudi Arabia Kool Aid
April 18, 2013
Michael Rivero is the webmaster of http://whatreallyhappened.com/ and host of the What Really Happened radio shows on the Republic Broadcasting Network. Formerly with NASA, Michael transitioned his image processing skills (along with a brief stint as an actor) into the then-new motion picture computer animation field and has worked on films such as "Star Trek", "The Day After Tomorrow", and has supervised visual effects on "Brainscan," "LOST", and "Hawaii Five-0." Michael has taken a sabbatical from film work to focus all his efforts on peace activism. Michaels foray into blogging began before the word was even invented, and happened almost by accident when he spotted a suspicious photograph being broadcast on ABC news in 1994 related to the death of White House deputy Council Vincent Foster. Since that sudden beginning, Michaels website has expanded to cover diverse topics including the JFK assassination, the accidental shoot-down of TWA 800, election fraud, health issues, Saddams non-existent nuclear weapons, 9-11, the economy, and of course, the lies used to trick the United States into wars of conquest on Afghanistan, Iraq, and now Iran. Michael resides in Hawaii with his wife Claire, who is a composer and creates much of theme music used on the What Really Happened radio show.
Thursday, April 18, 2013
False Flag Attacks in Boston and in Texas ? ~ Alex Jones
Series of suspicious incidents raises doubt over Boston bombings A double explosion in Boston; A suspicious letter sent to a US Senator, followed by another suspicious letter to the White House. A man stopped and questioned by Capitol Hill police over his backpack. This series of suspicious events took place within 48 hours, and the US is only halfway through the week. Authorities are not officially linking the events together, but they are trying to determine the significance of their timing. Meanwhile, observers following these developments have already started to question if the incidents were staged. Alex Jones, a widely known conspiracy theorist who broadcasts mostly on the internet and radio, suggested that the Boston bombings were a false flag--in other words, a secretive operation carried out by the government to make it seem like it was committed by another agency. Colin Campbell, Press TV, Washington
Breaking News! Bitcoins for Booze - Digital Coins Is Becoming Legal Currency Again!!!
Breaking News! Pay Your Tab With Bitcoins - Digital Coins Is Becoming Legal Currency Again!!!
Bitcoin is attracting the attention as a wildly-volatile, all-digital currency. How does it work? How are criminals taking advantage of it? How risky an investment is it?
BITCOIN The Digital CURRENCY: What is It ? Can This Be The New GOLD Standard
It's even gotten the attention of economic heavyweight Paul Krugman, who has said it's like a reimplementation of the gold standard.
Bitcoin (sign: BTC) is a decentralized digital currency[9][10] based on an open-source,[11] peer-to-peer internet protocol. It was introduced by a pseudonymous developer named Satoshi Nakamoto in 2009.[12]
Bitcoins can be exchanged through a computer or smartphone locally or internationally without an intermediate financial institution.[13] In trade, one bitcoin is subdivided into 100 million smaller units called satoshis, defined by eight decimal points.[4]
Bitcoin is not managed like typical currencies: it has no central bank or central organization. Instead, it relies on an internet-based peer-to-peer network. The money supply is automated and given to servers or "bitcoin miners" that confirm bitcoin transactions as they add them to a decentralized and archived transaction log approximately every 10 minutes.
The log is authenticated by end-users through hashed ECDSA digital signatures (similar to a username and password) and confirmed by intense calculations of varying difficulty, performed by dedicated servers called bitcoin miners. Each 10-minute portion or "block" of the transaction log has an assigned money supply that is awarded to the miners once a "block" is confirmed. The amount per block depends on how long the network has been running and how much in transaction fees has been paid. Currently, 25 new bitcoins are generated with every 10-minute block. This will be halved to 12.5 BTC during the year 2017 and halved continuously every 4 years after until a hard limit of 21 million bitcoins is reached during the year 2140.[1][12]
Bitcoin is the most widely used alternative currency[3][14] and accepted by various merchants and services internationally. As of March 2013, the monetary base of bitcoin is valued at over $1 billion USD.[15][16][17] The large fluctuation in the dollar value of a bitcoin has evoked criticism of bitcoin's economic suitability as a currency.[18]
Bitcoins can be sent and received through various websites and apps. They interface with bitcoins stored locally or with a service. They use a system of ECDSA digital signatures to make and verify transactions.
List of bitcoin wallets
Armory http://bitcoinarmory.com Bitcoin-Qt Coinbase Electrum Flexcoin Multibit
My Wallet https://blockchain.info/wallet Proprietary Web application w/ encrypted hosting
Users obtain new bitcoin addresses as necessary; these are stored in a wallet file with links to cryptographic passwords or "private keys" that enable access to and transfer of bitcoins. A file or "wallet" containing bitcoin addresses is usually encrypted with an additional password.
The network's software confirms transactions when it records them in the transaction log or "blockchain" stored across the peer-to-peer network every 10-minutes. Confirmation of future transaction records makes the ones before it increasingly permanent. After six confirmed records or "blocks" (usually one hour), a transaction is usually considered confirmed beyond reasonable doubt.
Initiators of a bitcoin transaction may voluntarily pay a transaction fee for the confirmation of these records. Any fees are collected by the operators of bitcoin servers -- often called nodes or "bitcoin miners". However, transaction fees may not cover the cost of electrical power required to operate a bitcoin miner. As a result the network server operators often rely on "mined" bitcoins as their only significant revenue.[19
Various vendors offer banknotes and coins denominated in bitcoins; a bitcoin private key is sold as part of a coin or banknote. Usually, a seal has to be broken to access the key, while the receiving address remains visible on the outside so that the balance can be verified.
Bitcoin is attracting the attention as a wildly-volatile, all-digital currency. How does it work? How are criminals taking advantage of it? How risky an investment is it?
BITCOIN The Digital CURRENCY: What is It ? Can This Be The New GOLD Standard
It's even gotten the attention of economic heavyweight Paul Krugman, who has said it's like a reimplementation of the gold standard.
Bitcoin (sign: BTC) is a decentralized digital currency[9][10] based on an open-source,[11] peer-to-peer internet protocol. It was introduced by a pseudonymous developer named Satoshi Nakamoto in 2009.[12]
Bitcoins can be exchanged through a computer or smartphone locally or internationally without an intermediate financial institution.[13] In trade, one bitcoin is subdivided into 100 million smaller units called satoshis, defined by eight decimal points.[4]
Bitcoin is not managed like typical currencies: it has no central bank or central organization. Instead, it relies on an internet-based peer-to-peer network. The money supply is automated and given to servers or "bitcoin miners" that confirm bitcoin transactions as they add them to a decentralized and archived transaction log approximately every 10 minutes.
The log is authenticated by end-users through hashed ECDSA digital signatures (similar to a username and password) and confirmed by intense calculations of varying difficulty, performed by dedicated servers called bitcoin miners. Each 10-minute portion or "block" of the transaction log has an assigned money supply that is awarded to the miners once a "block" is confirmed. The amount per block depends on how long the network has been running and how much in transaction fees has been paid. Currently, 25 new bitcoins are generated with every 10-minute block. This will be halved to 12.5 BTC during the year 2017 and halved continuously every 4 years after until a hard limit of 21 million bitcoins is reached during the year 2140.[1][12]
Bitcoin is the most widely used alternative currency[3][14] and accepted by various merchants and services internationally. As of March 2013, the monetary base of bitcoin is valued at over $1 billion USD.[15][16][17] The large fluctuation in the dollar value of a bitcoin has evoked criticism of bitcoin's economic suitability as a currency.[18]
Bitcoins can be sent and received through various websites and apps. They interface with bitcoins stored locally or with a service. They use a system of ECDSA digital signatures to make and verify transactions.
List of bitcoin wallets
Armory http://bitcoinarmory.com Bitcoin-Qt Coinbase Electrum Flexcoin Multibit
My Wallet https://blockchain.info/wallet Proprietary Web application w/ encrypted hosting
Users obtain new bitcoin addresses as necessary; these are stored in a wallet file with links to cryptographic passwords or "private keys" that enable access to and transfer of bitcoins. A file or "wallet" containing bitcoin addresses is usually encrypted with an additional password.
The network's software confirms transactions when it records them in the transaction log or "blockchain" stored across the peer-to-peer network every 10-minutes. Confirmation of future transaction records makes the ones before it increasingly permanent. After six confirmed records or "blocks" (usually one hour), a transaction is usually considered confirmed beyond reasonable doubt.
Initiators of a bitcoin transaction may voluntarily pay a transaction fee for the confirmation of these records. Any fees are collected by the operators of bitcoin servers -- often called nodes or "bitcoin miners". However, transaction fees may not cover the cost of electrical power required to operate a bitcoin miner. As a result the network server operators often rely on "mined" bitcoins as their only significant revenue.[19
Various vendors offer banknotes and coins denominated in bitcoins; a bitcoin private key is sold as part of a coin or banknote. Usually, a seal has to be broken to access the key, while the receiving address remains visible on the outside so that the balance can be verified.
The Alex Jones Show - Thursday, April 18, 2013 (Full Show)
On the Thursday, April 18 edition of the Alex Jones Show, Alex lays out the huge victory Infowars had yesterday in identifying several members of the Boston Marathon crowd that looked highly suspicious, even though a supposed arrest had already been made. Quite possibly, Infowars, with help from crowd sourced sites and a treasure trove of independent photos, may have held a huge part in destroying the official narrative the government intended to run with. We'll also examine the explosion at a West Texas fertilizer plant that killed as many as 15 people and injured more than 160. On today's show, Alex welcomes American broadcaster, filmmaker and financial analyst Max Keiser to discuss the drastic fall of gold and silver prices and what that means for the dollar and world economies in the long run.
Man Arrested In Connection With Poison Ricin Letters Was Hired By Sen Wicker As Elvis Impersonator
A U.S. official has confirmed an arrest in the investigation of recent mailings of suspicious letters to President Obama and a senatorIn a statement, the Department of Justice announced the arrest of Paul Kevin Curtis, "the individual believed to be responsible for the mailings of the three letters sent through the U.S. Postal Service which contained a granular substance that preliminarily tested positive for ricin. The letters were addressed to a U.S. Senator, the White House and a Mississippi justice official." It added that Curtis was arrested at his home in Corinth, Miss.
BREAKING NEWS! Texas fertilizer plant EXPLOSION: Dozens believed KILLED, hundreds INJURED
BREAKING NEWS! Texas fertilizer plant EXPLOSION: Dozens believed KILLED, hundreds INJURED
A fiery explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant in a small town north of Waco injured nearly 200 people, destroyed dozens of homes and businesses and prompted widespread evacuations.
Area hospitals reported treating slightly more than 170 people injured by the blast at the plant in West, Texas, and said more patients were on the way.
The blast also has caused fatalities, said State Trooper D.L. Wilson of the Texas Department of Public Safety, though as of 1 a.m. ET he did not immediately know how many.
"We have tremendous amount of injuries, probably over 100 injuries at this time," Wilson said. "At this time, we do have confirmed fatalities."
Besides the injuries, officials said homes in a radius of about five blocks around the plant were heavily damaged -- perhaps 75 homes or more.
Witnesses reported heavy fire or concussive damage to a nursing home, where more than 130 residents were evacuated, and also to a middle school and an apartment complex in the area.
"It's total chaos," West City Councilwoman Cheryl Marak said, according to ABC News Radio. "There's ambulances and fire trucks and police cars from everywhere."
Just after 2 a.m. ET, hospitals near the blast site reported 172 people being treated, with 23 more en route and expected to be admitted. At least 24 patients at the hospitals were in critical condition and 38 in serious condition.
Baptist Hillcrest Medical Center in Waco, Texas, had more than 100 of the patients and was expecting more, according to David Argueta, vice president of operations.
"They are coming in ambulances cars, vans, pretty much anything," the center's CEO, Brett Esrock, said earlier.
Patients from the blast also were confirmed at Providence Healthcare Network in Waco, Parkland Hospital in Dallas, and Scott and White Memorial in Temple, Texas.
Witnesses to the explosion described a massive force that burned buildings, knocked down people, blew out windows and left an apartment complex as "just a skeleton standing up."
The blast even registered as a 2.1 magnitude earthquake, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Marak told ABC News that the explosion was so massive it killed her pet dog and destroyed her house approximately 2 1/2 blocks from the plant, as well as houses around it.
"With the explosions, the whole street lifted up," she told ABC News. "It was like a massive bomb went off. It demolished both my houses -- my mother's and mine."
"I think everything around us is pretty much just gone," she added, according to ABC News Radio.
Keith Williams, a local resident, said his house also was completely destroyed, according to ABC News Radio.
"All the ceilings are out," Williams said. "The windows are out. The brick's knocked off the house. My big garage out back is half blowed in."
He also saw "people with all their houses tore up across the street from me, on each side of me."
The West Fertilizer Plant exploded around 8 p.m. local time, and there were subsequent explosions around 10 p.m., ABC News affiliate WFAA reported. The cause of the explosions was unconfirmed, but a dispatcher was heard warning crews to move away from chemicals in unexploded tanks.
West Mayor Mayor Tommy Muska put the blast timeline earlier, telling WFAA that even beforehand, firefighters were responding to a fire at the plant at approximately 6:30 p.m. The AP reported several of those firefighters remained missing.
BREAKING ~ FBI releases images of Boston Bombing suspects
US investigators have appealed to the American public to help identify two suspects in the deadly attack on the Boston marathon. They released video and still pictures of the men taken near the scene of Monday's twin bombing. Three people were killed and about 170 others hurt in the attack. Al Jazeera's Cath Turner reports from Boston.
After Boston False Flag Here Comes Martial Law
Obama Martial Law Agenda Is Being Leaked to Civilians by Enlisted Military Members
The control of "selected information" being leaked out to the public through mainstream media, press conferences and other designated outlets has ensured that the targeted audience will support the governmental campaign out of ignorance. Of late, reports and rumors about foreign troops in America working with our armed forces have been surfacing. And in response, the US government has (at first) dismissed the claims. Now, official reports are confirming what eye witnesses have been seeing.
The question is: why are foreign troops training with US military forces for urban warfare, civil unrest and disturbance?The supposition is that a massive revolt could break out as global civilian revolution is believed to be imminent.
Foreign troops have been working with US Armed Forces and law enforcement for years in preparation for civil unrest in America. Back in 2010 in Chicago, under Operation Vigilant Guard (OVG), where Polish Armed Forces not only "observed" urban warfare drills, but also participated in exercises specializing in detaining Americans during counter-terror drills. According to one Polish major, the exercises were "the next step" in combining both the Illinois National Guard and Polish military personnel in a psy-op campaign to acclimate Americans to seeing foreign troops in the domestic US and gain acceptance for these soldiers assisting local law enforcement in everyday duties.
In Colorado, rumors of Russian troops practicing to deal with terrorist raids and martial law scenarios have been proven correct by our US Armed Forces.
Back in April, Commander Wendy L. Snyder, U.S. Defense Press Officer, stated that "The Russian soldiers are here as invited guests of the U.S. government; this is part of a formal bilateral exchange program between the U.S. and Russia that seeks to develop transparency and promote defense reform."
In Oregon, under OVG, NORTHCOM and NORAD joined with the Oregon National Guard and the Portland Police Bureau to train to disarm Americans. This drill included armed soldiers from Bangladesh in connection with the National Guard Bureau's State Partnership Program which forages partnerships with American and foreign troops.Lt. Col. Steven Osterholzer confirmed that Russian and American soldiers were conducting anti-terrorism exercises, including firing weapons and practicing parachute drops.
The Air Force Reserve Command has requested that Congress authorize US armed forces to be used against Americans as a newly formed response team for domestic disturbances.
The Obama administration, during high-level talks with US Marine Corp officials, ordered war games exercises to train US troops in tactical operations for the known purpose of continuity of government and territorial sovereignty. The location of the exercises "is irrelevant", according to Ensign Bryan Mitchell, spokesman for the U.S. Marines Corp.
The Alex Jones Show: Boston Marathon Bombing False Flag Thursday, April 18 2013
The Alex Jones Show:(Commercial Free Audio) Thursday, April 18 2013: Boston Marathon
Today Date: 04/18/2013
On the Thursday, April 18 edition of the Alex Jones Show, Alex lays out the huge victory Infowars had yesterday in identifying several members of the Boston Marathon crowd that looked highly suspicious, even though a supposed arrest had already been made. Quite possibly, Infowars, with help from crowd sourced sites and a treasure trove of independent photos, may have held a huge part in destroying the official narrative the government intended to run with. We'll also examine the explosion at a West Texas fertilizer plant that killed as many as 15 people and injured more than 160. On today's show, Alex welcomes American broadcaster, filmmaker and financial analyst Max Keiser to discuss the drastic fall of gold and silver prices and what that means for the dollar and world economies in the long run.
Today Date: 04/18/2013
On the Thursday, April 18 edition of the Alex Jones Show, Alex lays out the huge victory Infowars had yesterday in identifying several members of the Boston Marathon crowd that looked highly suspicious, even though a supposed arrest had already been made. Quite possibly, Infowars, with help from crowd sourced sites and a treasure trove of independent photos, may have held a huge part in destroying the official narrative the government intended to run with. We'll also examine the explosion at a West Texas fertilizer plant that killed as many as 15 people and injured more than 160. On today's show, Alex welcomes American broadcaster, filmmaker and financial analyst Max Keiser to discuss the drastic fall of gold and silver prices and what that means for the dollar and world economies in the long run.
The Government is the Main Suspect in Boston Marathon Bombing
Funny how once the story started falling apart there was a massive accidental explosion in Texas. Perhaps they had that one planned (since it’s near Waco) to coincide with a “Right Wing” attack but after the story started going to hell they just figured they turn it into an accidental disaster and shift attention off of the mess they created in Boston. I’m amazed how little reporting is going on with Boston now. As far as I’m concerned it should still be the main story by a long shot! Now it’s all the explosion in Texas.
Boston Marathon Bombing Staged Terror Attack??? - End times news update 18 April 2013
12 April 2013 Boston Marathon Bombing Staged Terror Attack??? - End times news update 4-18-13 THE BIG QUESTION IS WHY WAS A BOMB SQUAD RUNNING A CONTROLLED EXPLOSION ON THE SAME DAY AS THE BOSTON MARATHON IN THE SAME AREA - JUST DOESN'T SOUND RIGHTThe name "false flag" acceptable in certain circumstances in land warfare, to deceive enemies in similar ways providing that the deception is not perfidious and all such deceptions are discarded before opening fire upon the enemy.
Pope Francis Jorge Mario Bergoglio - St Malachy Prophecy of the Popes
Saint Malachy - The Prophecy of the Popes. Herein I present a few intriguing connections to link the newly elected Pope Francis I or Jorge Mario Bergoglio to the 112th Prophecy of Malachy who describes him as Peter the Roman. The New Pope was in fact born in the Argentinian city of Buenos Aires, which was founded by Pedro de Mendoza. Pedro = Peter. And whereas Peter is "The Rock" of the Catholic Church. Mendoza translates as "Cold Mountain". Thus we have 1) Peter the Rock & 2) Peter the "cold mountain". Also, there is a 400 year difference between the birth of the New Pope and the establishment of Buenos Aires. A most Harmonious value to be sure.
BOSTON BOMBING - False Flag Attack To Cover Obama War Crimes ~ Dr. Steve Pieczenik
[The Unintended Consequences of the Boston Massacre]
THE SPECIFIC INDICTMENT of Bush Jr/Obama/CIA/US Military "Torture of 9/11 Prisoners" at GITMO—FINALLY CONFIRMED as a "WAR CRIME"-- Equivalent to Prosecuted Nazi War Crimes and the Torture/ Internship Of Japanese Americans During WWII.
Nothing beats a sensational front page news story like a Boston Marathon Massacre! Most readers would miss the incidental but far more serious implication for the moral compass of America than the NY Times story by Scott Shane, entitled, "U.S. Practiced Torture After 9/11, Non Partisan Review Concludes". (posted earlier)
In this article, both Asa Hutchinson [Republican/Bush Jr Administration] and James R. Jones [Democrat, Congress] indict the interrogation and tortures committed by Presidents Clinton [Rendition], Bush Jr [full menu of tortures], Obama [Bush Jr in Black Face].
In essence, this bipartisan report, along with 6,000 pages of still classified docs IMPLICATES THREE ADMINISTRATIONS of INTERNATIONAL WAR CRIMES—RENDITION, TORTURE, ENHANCED INTERROGATION.
What does this mean in the midst of our frenzy to find 'supposed terrorists' of the Boston Marathon Massacre?
It means that, as I have previously repeated time and time again, we have had and still have Presidents who have willingly committed acts of International War Crimes Punishable by Death and / or Life Imprisonment.
Furthermore, to make matters even worse, the extensive investigations showed that the abominable, criminal activities of interrogation, torture, water boarding committed by the CIA, US military, US mercenaries and sanctioned by three presidents were like the wars themselves- totally useless.
In short, the USA is GUILTY of COMMITTING USELESS WAR CRIMES!!!
Have I, an experienced counter --terrorist expert with thirty years experience who had never had to touch even one detainee, let alone torture or 'interrogate' anyone, suddenly had a fit of righteous indignation or just decided to vent his RELENTLESS FURY for UNREPENTANT SINS of our THREE PRESIDENTS and their MINIONS?
The answer lies not in the headlines nor in the hysterical media distractions of a tragic occurrence which I might have been able to predict (I think Patriarch did predict this), had I known beforehand that this report would come out on the same day as the BOSTON MARATHON.
That's right! You've got it! Once again, Obama in concert with FEMA, CIA, FBI, and other National Security minions—the usual 'choir boy suspects'—decided to OFFER A DISTRACTION. https://stevepieczenik.com/
Joel Skousen : Boston Bombing was A False Flag Attack
Dr Deagle Show 2013/04/16 - Joel Skousen - Boston Bombing Drill / North Korea
April 15th is tax day across the nation, and Tax Protest Day sponsored annually by Tea Party organizations across the country also just happened to fall on the 15th this year. On top of this, in Massachusetts, Patriots Day (a civic holiday celebrating the battles of Lexington and Concord) is held on the third Monday of April every year, which just happened to be the 15th this year. Oath Keepers, a constitutional organization often wrongly attacked as a "domestic extremist group" by the DHS and SPLC, just happened to have a large pro-freedom rally scheduled for the 19th of April at Lexington Green in Massachusetts. Are we starting to get the picture here? With the Senate in the midst of the most blatant attack on our 2nd Amendment rights in history following the passage of the absurdly fascist NDAA and the White House's unwillingness to remove American citizens as potential targets for executive ordered assassination, and with multiple states now implementing draconian gun restrictions and even confiscations, public opinion is clearly turning against the Federal Government. Wouldn't it be beneficial for their agenda if it turned out that the Boston Marathon Bombing was executed by a group of "pro-gun anti-income tax anti-government domestic terrorists", or maybe just Constitutionalists and Liberty Movement activists that are labeled as such? http://www.joelskousen.com/
April 15th is tax day across the nation, and Tax Protest Day sponsored annually by Tea Party organizations across the country also just happened to fall on the 15th this year. On top of this, in Massachusetts, Patriots Day (a civic holiday celebrating the battles of Lexington and Concord) is held on the third Monday of April every year, which just happened to be the 15th this year. Oath Keepers, a constitutional organization often wrongly attacked as a "domestic extremist group" by the DHS and SPLC, just happened to have a large pro-freedom rally scheduled for the 19th of April at Lexington Green in Massachusetts. Are we starting to get the picture here? With the Senate in the midst of the most blatant attack on our 2nd Amendment rights in history following the passage of the absurdly fascist NDAA and the White House's unwillingness to remove American citizens as potential targets for executive ordered assassination, and with multiple states now implementing draconian gun restrictions and even confiscations, public opinion is clearly turning against the Federal Government. Wouldn't it be beneficial for their agenda if it turned out that the Boston Marathon Bombing was executed by a group of "pro-gun anti-income tax anti-government domestic terrorists", or maybe just Constitutionalists and Liberty Movement activists that are labeled as such? http://www.joelskousen.com/
PHOTO : Ricin Suspect (and Elvis Impersonator) Paul Kevin Curtis is a... Democrat Activist
Elvis impersonator who 'sent deadly ricin letter to Obama and GOP senator' charged with threatening the president and faces other federal charges
Paul Kevin Curtis, 45, arrested on Wednesday evening at his apartment in Corinth, Mississippi
Charged Thursday with threatening the president and will appear in federal court Thursday
FBI believe he is responsible for mailing three letters laced with ricin to the President, Senator Roger Wicker from Mississippi and a Mississippi judge
He is professional celebrity impersonator who performs under the stage name of KC
Curtis said to be behind online rants about a body parts conspiracy - a Facebook page says 'I'm on the hidden front lines of a secret war'
Envelopes to Obama and Wicker both signed 'I am KC and I approve this message' were intercepted at Maryland post office on Tuesday
Charges have not yet been filed, pending final tests on the substance found on the letters
Texas Explosion 'Was Like A Nuclear Bomb'
Texas Explosion 'Was Like A Nuclear Bomb'A number of people have been killed and hundreds injured after an explosion at a fertiliser plant in Texas. The blast happened in West, near Waco. More than half of the town has been evacuated.
A large fertilizer plant explosion rocked a small Texas town Wednesday night, injuring "hundreds" of people and leaving dozens of homes destroyed.
It is the "most devastating thing that's happened to this community," West Mayor Tommy Muska said at an news conference, late Wednesday.
"We need your prayers," Muska said. "There's a lot of people that are hurt. And there's a lot of people that I'm sure are not going to be here tomorrow."
Multiple officials confirmed that there were fatalities in the explosion but wouldn't give any early numbers.
Muska said the fertilizer plant was already fully engulfed in flames between 6:30 and 7 p.m. local time (7:30 - 8 p.m. Eastern), when the explosion occured.
An explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas Wednesday night leaves hundreds injured as emergency officials respond to the situation.
Muska, who is also a firefighter, was on his way toward the inferno at the time of the blast but was still a few blocks away.
"It blew my hat off, and then I heard it. I felt it before I heard it," Muska said. "It was a very powerful explosion."
He said the blast destroyed houses in a five- to six-block radius in the town 20 miles north of Waco.
"I went by my house and it's pretty much a mess," said Muska, adding that the door and windows had been blown out.
Muska didn't give any exact numbers on how many people might have been killed, but noted, "there's a lot of people that I'm sure are not going to be here tomorrow ... it is a cut across our hearts."
The Waco Department of Public Safety told NBC 5 of Dallas that many of the injuries were severe in the blast.
NBC 5 reported that some 200 people were injured in the explosion, with 40 of those in critical condition at various hospitals.
Sgt. W. Patrick Swanton, of the Waco Police Department, told NBC News early Thursday that "at this point we do not have confirmed numbers. I can tell you there are hundreds of of individuals that have been injured." He said approximately 50-75 homes in the area have been damaged.
Officials said they would be doing house by house searches all night for further victims.
There are only about 2,700 residents in West.
"It's a lot of devastation. I've never seen anything like this," McLennan County Sheriff Parnell McNamara told Reuters. "It looks like a war zone with all the debris."
Hazmat teams were on the scene as traces of anhydrous ammonia were still present in the air, Muska said, adding that search-and-rescue teams were going door to door looking for survivors.
"We're going to make sure everyone's accounted for," Muska said.
Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center in Waco told NBC News that 66 patients have been treated at their trauma center. Those with lesser injuries had been discharged, while others had gone into surgery. The hospital said 38 patients are considered "seriously injured."
A spokesman for the Texas Department of Public Safety, D.L. Wilson, also said the blast had probably caused "hundreds of casualties" and damaged many homes.
He added that a nearby nursing home collapsed from the explosion and that people were believed trapped inside. Wilson said 133 people were inside the nursing home. He said the building had been evacuated but was unclear how many residents sustained injuries.
NBC 5 quoted witnesses as saying a nearby funeral home and an apartment complex also sustained serious damage. Interstate 35 was closed in McLennan County.
Michael Savage : The Two Boston Bombing Suspects are Navy Seals
Michael Savage Digs Deep into Mystery of Boston Bombing, Gun Control, Immigration - 4/17/13
Anyone notice they are all wearing the same boots which are agency issued and same pants military or cop style and same black jackets with same white square patches .
The two military looking guys, are most likely US Military. The one is wearing a Craft International hat. This is the company founded by Seal Team 3 member Chris Kyle (RIP).
The back of the hat (shown in the photographs above) says ” Violence does solve problems”.
These guys are just looking out.
Astrology Forecast for April 17, 2013
Though some may call me crazy,
Spaced out, dumb, or lazy,
It's now time for me to own
Even if I stand alone,
That I am truly amazing!
Whew! We're almost outa' the fire and comin' home to Earth! The Sun (and Mars) move into Taurus this weekend signaling a time to slow down, cool your jets, and regroup. This is a good week to be happy with what you've got (especially yourself), build yourself up (including your bank account) and Break Free! To signup for the Break Free Webinar Series (also free!) go to http://www.bethmartens.com/sign-up-fo... InJoy..
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