turn to cannibalism – Polar Bears are not doing well, despite assertions by one vice-presidential candidate that they’re just fine. In fact, there are an increasing number of reports of starving polar bears killing and eating each other.

The US Department of Interior has put them on their Endangered Species List. In CNN.com, Marsha Walton quotes Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne as saying, “Loss of sea ice threatens and will likely continue to threaten polar bear habitat. This loss of habitat puts polar bears at risk of becoming endangered in the foreseeable future, the standard established by the ESA for designating a threatened species.”
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The 3rd Infantry Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team will be deployed to the US mainland beginning on October 1 for 12 months. The brigade has spent 35 of the last 60 months in Iraq helping restore essential services and keeping order. Are they nervous that we may riot over the current financial crisis? The $700 billion bailout, spread out over 200 million voters, comes to $3.5 million per person. Or maybe it’s the fact that the current war in Iraq reminds a lot of people of the futility of the Vietnam war (which was vigorously protested). A current film called “The Battle in Seattle” may revive memories of that time among frightened citizens.
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Is the current economic collapse actually a terrorist attack? Whitley Strieber saw it coming but now he thinks it has to do with MORE than just finances. In his latest Journal, he writes: “There are rumors floating around the beltway that the credit crisis was intentionally triggered by gigantic short sales that were orchestrated in London and Dubai, and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared “that ‘the American empire’ is nearing collapse and should end its military involvement in other countries.”

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Whitley Strieber will be making his last speaking appearance of 2008 September 26-28 at the Bay Area UFO Conference. He will not appear again until the Dreamland Festival next year, so this is a golden opportunity to listen to one of the most stirring and powerful speakers you will ever hear. He and Anne will also present a special talk about the many letters they have received from experiencers like YOU (and they don’t always agree on how to interpret them!) For more information, click here.

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