Saturday, April 25, 2009
Mexican government decrees special powers in flu crisis
Reuters | Calderon issued an emergency decree on Saturday giving the government special powers to run tests on sick people and order them isolated to fight the deadly flu crisis.
Swine Flu Is Deadly Mix Of Never-Before-Seen Viruses
Paul Joseph Watson | Alarm spreads as human to human infection confirmed, bug is an intercontinental mix of never-before-seen human, avian and pig viruses, top globalists stand to benefit from Tamiflu stockpiling.
Mexican Doctor: Real Figure Is 200 Dead, Situation Out Of Control
I work as a resident doctor in one of the biggest hospitals in Mexico City and sadly, the situation is far from “under control”. The official number of deaths is 20, nevertheless, the true number of victims are more than 200.
Swine Flu Is Deadly Mix Of Never-Before-Seen Viruses
Swine flu panic is spreading in Mexico and soldiers are patrolling the streets after it was confirmed that human to human transmission is occurring and that the virus is a brand new strain which is seemingly affecting young, healthy people the worst, and that the bug is a never-before-seen intercontinental mixture of human, avian and pig viruses from America, Europe and Asia.
U.S. swine flu same strain as Mexican virus
Mexican and U.S. health officials searched on Saturday for signs an outbreak of a new flu strain is spreading further, after it killed up to 68 people in Mexico and infected eight in the United States.
Swine Flu Fears at a Private School in Queens
The New York City health department dispatched a team of investigators to a private school in Queens on Friday after dozens of students complained of symptoms that officials believed were consistent with a strain of swine flu that has swept Mexico City.
CDC says too late to contain U.S. flu outbreak
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday it was too late to contain the swine flu outbreak in the United States.
Texas family quarantined after son contracts swine flu
As Hayden Henshaw was being rushed to the doctor’s office after becoming ill, his father heard that his son’s classmates had been struck with the deadly swine flu virus like the one sweeping through Mexico.
Swine flu outbreak in Mexico has 'pandemic potential'
Swine flu could become pandemic, health officials say
WHO to say swine flu outbreak a concern-official
New possible case of swine flu identified in Texas
Mexican virus could throw wrench into North America's pandemic ...
CBC.ca - 4 hours ago
World health officials worry the swine flu outbreak in Mexico could unleash a global flu epidemic. (Guillermo Gutierrez/Associated Press)The World HealthSwine flu could become pandemic, health officials say
WHO to say swine flu outbreak a concern-official
New possible case of swine flu identified in Texas
Mexican virus could throw wrench into North America's pandemic ...
The Gazette (Montreal) - 6 hours ago
By Ian MacLeod, The Ottawa CitizenApril 25, 2009 A woman and a child don masks as they walk outside the general hospital in Mexico City, Aprill 24, 2009. ..
Friday, April 24, 2009
CDC says 'worried' about swine flu outbreak
CHICAGO, April 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday it was worried about a swine flu outbreak that has killed as many as 60 people in Mexico, sickened 1,000 and made eight Americans ill.
The CDC said people in the United States appear to have the same strain of swine flu, but it is not clear why the U.S. cases have been less severe than those in Mexico.
Here are some comments by CDC acting director Dr. Richard Besser from a telephone briefing with reporters :
* "So far there has not been any change in the pandemic threat level. The World Health Organization will be looking at the situation that is occurring in Mexico and will most likely be convening their panel of experts to address that situation."
* Besser said they will ask: "Is the virus new? Does it cause severe disease? Is it easily transmissible? ... Those are the three factors the WHO will be considering."
* Besser said the CDC has not yet sent staffers to Mexico. "We are offering support to the Mexican government in terms of epidemiologists and laboratory scientists to help with their investigation."
* "Understanding who is getting sick in Mexico is critically important," he said, adding that younger patients getting sick is characteristic of a pandemic.
* He said 7 of 14 Mexican samples had tested positive for the new and unusual strain of H1N1 swine flu.
* Besser said the CDC is working closely with the World Health Organization. "WHO is not at the point of declaring a pandemic. We are trying to learn more about this virus and transmission and how to control it."
* Besser said the CDC is being "very aggressive" said it was time for people in the United States to think about what to do if this does turn out to be a pandemic.
* "What we expect to be seeing is that people start thinking about their own preparedness. It's a time where there is a teachable moment and people can take action about preparedness."
* The United States federal government has a flu plan at www.pandemicflu.gov/ and so does WHO at www.who.int. (Editing by Todd Eastham)
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Comment by Guy Razer Guys..dont forget this report from 12Apr....It fits....
Mexican Swine Flu Pandemic Risk
When does an epidemic become a pandemic ? -> 68 died and more than 1000 flu- like symptoms in the Mexico, outbreak also hitting USA, and Canada
H1N1 Swine Flu - Google Maps
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WHO ready with antivirals to combat swine flu
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday that it was prepared with rapid containment measures including antivirals if needed to combat the swine flu outbreaks in Mexico and the United States.
The Geneva-based agency has been stockpiling doses of Roche AG's Tamiflu, known generically as oseltamivir, a pill that can both treat flu and prevent infection.
CDC says too late to contain U.S. flu outbreak
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday it was too late to contain the swine flu outbreak in the United States.
Swine Flu, Mexico Lung Illness Heighten Pandemic Risk (Update2)
April 24 (Bloomberg) -- Disease trackers are asking U.S. hospitals to help follow a new strain of swine flu and are trying to determine whether it’s related to hundreds of illnesses and 57 deaths in Mexico.
A previously unseen variant of H1N1 swine influenza has sickened at least seven people in California and Texas, the Atlanta-based U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said yesterday. The World Health Organization said 57 people died among more than 800 in the Mexico City region who developed flu-like symptoms in the past month.
60 Mexico flu deaths raise global epidemic fears
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexican authorities said 60 people may have died from a swine flu virus in Mexico, and world health officials worry it could unleash a global flu epidemic. Mexico City closed schools across the metropolis Friday in hopes of containing the outbreak that has sickened more than 900.
U.S. swine flu linked to Mexico outbreak
Source of unique virus a mystery; CDC announces additional case in Calif.
Puzzling cases
The Texas cases are especially puzzling. One of the California cases — the 10-year-old boy — traveled to Texas early this month, but that was to Dallas, about 270 miles northeast of San Antonio. He did not travel to the San Antonio area, Schuchat said.
Swine Flu Promps Mexico City to Launches Huge Vaccination Campaign
MEXICO CITY (Xinhua) -- The government of Mexico City is launching a massive vaccination campaign throughout the city against swine flu, which has possibly killed 45 people and infected 943 nationwide.
The Mexican government confirmed on Friday the outbreak of the swine flu, and warned people to avoid crowds.
"It's a virus which mutated from pigs and transmitted to some human," Health Minister Jose Angel Cordova told Televisa television.
(Reuters) - Mexico has reported a third possible outbreak of swine flu in Mexicali, near the U.S. border, with four suspect cases and no deaths to date, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday.
The WHO also said that the viruses in the outbreaks in Mexico and the United States had not been detected in pigs or humans before but were proving sensitive to Tamiflu. Known generically as oseltamivir, the pill by Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding (ROG.VX) can both treat flu and prevent infection.
"Because there are human cases associated with an animal influenza virus, and because of the geographical spread of multiple community outbreaks, plus the somewhat unusual age groups affected, these events are of high concern," the Geneva-based agency said in a statement. (For the WHO statement go to: here ) (Reporting by Stephanie Nebehay; Editing by Jonathan Lynn)
Comments by artcarran
WebMD dances around this sticky issue:
"The new swine flu virus infecting humans is very unusual. It's somehow acquired genes from swine, bird, and human flu bugs. And it's also got genes from Eurasian swine flu viruses that aren't supposed to be in North America."
http://www.webmd.com
Flu Oddities from Citizens for Legitimate Government:
http://www.legitgov.org/flu_oddities.html
US Mexico Border Infection Project:
02-0047.pdf
Dead Scientists Society:
http://www.stevequayle.com
http://www.stevequayle.com
"DynPort Vaccine Company LLC, a CSC company, manages product development programs for U.S. Government agencies, and provides consulting services to biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies."
(and their President is named "Dr. House")
http://www.csc.com/dvc
Here's a site from our loving government. They would never do anything wrong:
http://www.pandemicflu.gov/
WHO calls emergency meeting on swine flu
Mexico City Starts Massive Vaccinations! CDC Remains Calm!
Breaking: Possible Swine Flu Outbreak At NYC Prep School - > 75 students have fallen ill with flu-like symptoms
Canada was on the alert after the Americans notified the WHO of the swine flu infections on -->> April 17<<
Comment by Guy Razer Guys..dont forget this report from 12Apr....It fits....
Mexican Swine Flu Pandemic Risk
When does an epidemic become a pandemic ? -> 68 died and more than 1000 flu- like symptoms in the Mexico, outbreak also hitting USA, and Canada
H1N1 Swine Flu - Google Maps
Eight swine flu cases identified in U.S.
Most Mexico fatal flu victims aged between 25-45
Egypt reports 24th bird flu death
New flu strain is a genetic mix
World Health Organization Confirms Swine Flu Outbreak in U.S.
Mexico City suspends school over flu epidemic
Previous Swine Flu Outbreak Originated At Fort Dix
WHO: Swine Flu Could Trigger Global Pandemic
OH Utility Co. Purchases Bird Flu Vaccines, FEMA Plans Drill For End of April
FLASHBACK - Donald Rumsfeld makes $5m killing on bird flu drug
WHO ready with antivirals to combat swine flu
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday that it was prepared with rapid containment measures including antivirals if needed to combat the swine flu outbreaks in Mexico and the United States.
The Geneva-based agency has been stockpiling doses of Roche AG's Tamiflu, known generically as oseltamivir, a pill that can both treat flu and prevent infection.
CDC says too late to contain U.S. flu outbreak
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday it was too late to contain the swine flu outbreak in the United States.
Swine Flu, Mexico Lung Illness Heighten Pandemic Risk (Update2)
April 24 (Bloomberg) -- Disease trackers are asking U.S. hospitals to help follow a new strain of swine flu and are trying to determine whether it’s related to hundreds of illnesses and 57 deaths in Mexico.
A previously unseen variant of H1N1 swine influenza has sickened at least seven people in California and Texas, the Atlanta-based U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said yesterday. The World Health Organization said 57 people died among more than 800 in the Mexico City region who developed flu-like symptoms in the past month.
60 Mexico flu deaths raise global epidemic fears
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexican authorities said 60 people may have died from a swine flu virus in Mexico, and world health officials worry it could unleash a global flu epidemic. Mexico City closed schools across the metropolis Friday in hopes of containing the outbreak that has sickened more than 900.
U.S. swine flu linked to Mexico outbreak
Source of unique virus a mystery; CDC announces additional case in Calif.
Puzzling cases
The Texas cases are especially puzzling. One of the California cases — the 10-year-old boy — traveled to Texas early this month, but that was to Dallas, about 270 miles northeast of San Antonio. He did not travel to the San Antonio area, Schuchat said.
Swine Flu Promps Mexico City to Launches Huge Vaccination Campaign
MEXICO CITY (Xinhua) -- The government of Mexico City is launching a massive vaccination campaign throughout the city against swine flu, which has possibly killed 45 people and infected 943 nationwide.
The Mexican government confirmed on Friday the outbreak of the swine flu, and warned people to avoid crowds.
"It's a virus which mutated from pigs and transmitted to some human," Health Minister Jose Angel Cordova told Televisa television.
(Reuters) - Mexico has reported a third possible outbreak of swine flu in Mexicali, near the U.S. border, with four suspect cases and no deaths to date, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday.
The WHO also said that the viruses in the outbreaks in Mexico and the United States had not been detected in pigs or humans before but were proving sensitive to Tamiflu. Known generically as oseltamivir, the pill by Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding (ROG.VX) can both treat flu and prevent infection.
"Because there are human cases associated with an animal influenza virus, and because of the geographical spread of multiple community outbreaks, plus the somewhat unusual age groups affected, these events are of high concern," the Geneva-based agency said in a statement. (For the WHO statement go to: here ) (Reporting by Stephanie Nebehay; Editing by Jonathan Lynn)
Comments by artcarran
WebMD dances around this sticky issue:
"The new swine flu virus infecting humans is very unusual. It's somehow acquired genes from swine, bird, and human flu bugs. And it's also got genes from Eurasian swine flu viruses that aren't supposed to be in North America."
http://www.webmd.com
Flu Oddities from Citizens for Legitimate Government:
http://www.legitgov.org/flu_oddities.html
US Mexico Border Infection Project:
02-0047.pdf
Dead Scientists Society:
http://www.stevequayle.com
http://www.stevequayle.com
"DynPort Vaccine Company LLC, a CSC company, manages product development programs for U.S. Government agencies, and provides consulting services to biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies."
(and their President is named "Dr. House")
http://www.csc.com/dvc
Here's a site from our loving government. They would never do anything wrong:
http://www.pandemicflu.gov/
April 28 National Day of Action for HR1207
3:30pm at Pat Tiberi's Office, 3000 Corporate Exchange Dr.Suite 310, Ohio 43231
This is a nationwide day of action being organized by the Campaign for Liberty. We just got word of this so need to act fast, but it is urgent because things are moving much faster than anyone anticipated with HR1207.
We will be organizing in every district in Ohio a time on April 28 where we will go down to our local Congressman's office, deliver petitions we have signed for HR1209, and show our support for an Audit of the Federal Reserve. More details coming soon about the specific locations, times, and organizers for each district.
Plan to post the details for every district meeting on the OFA forum and on the Campaign for Liberty site.
For now please collect as many petition signatures as possible! This is the petition you should be using.
http://www.ohiofreedom.com/files/Auditfedpetition.doc
Joe Rogan Opie, Anthony psychedelic trips he takes is his warm salt water flotation tank
Comedian and Human Freakshow Joe Rogan talks with Opie, Anthony & Jimmy Norton about the psychedelic trips he takes is his warm salt water flotation tank.
HAPPY EARTH DAY :)
(Please enjoy responsibly)
Love,
TheRoganStash
WHO calls emergency meeting on swine flu
Mexican Swine Flu Pandemic Risk
WHO ready with antivirals to combat swine flu
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday that it was prepared with rapid containment measures including antivirals if needed to combat the swine flu outbreaks in Mexico and the United States.
The Geneva-based agency has been stockpiling doses of Roche AG's Tamiflu, known generically as oseltamivir, a pill that can both treat flu and prevent infection.
CDC says too late to contain U.S. flu outbreak
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday it was too late to contain the swine flu outbreak in the United States.
Swine Flu, Mexico Lung Illness Heighten Pandemic Risk (Update2)
April 24 (Bloomberg) -- Disease trackers are asking U.S. hospitals to help follow a new strain of swine flu and are trying to determine whether it’s related to hundreds of illnesses and 57 deaths in Mexico.
A previously unseen variant of H1N1 swine influenza has sickened at least seven people in California and Texas, the Atlanta-based U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said yesterday. The World Health Organization said 57 people died among more than 800 in the Mexico City region who developed flu-like symptoms in the past month.
60 Mexico flu deaths raise global epidemic fears
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexican authorities said 60 people may have died from a swine flu virus in Mexico, and world health officials worry it could unleash a global flu epidemic. Mexico City closed schools across the metropolis Friday in hopes of containing the outbreak that has sickened more than 900.
U.S. swine flu linked to Mexico outbreak
Source of unique virus a mystery; CDC announces additional case in Calif.
Puzzling cases
The Texas cases are especially puzzling. One of the California cases — the 10-year-old boy — traveled to Texas early this month, but that was to Dallas, about 270 miles northeast of San Antonio. He did not travel to the San Antonio area, Schuchat said.
Swine Flu Promps Mexico City to Launches Huge Vaccination Campaign
MEXICO CITY (Xinhua) -- The government of Mexico City is launching a massive vaccination campaign throughout the city against swine flu, which has possibly killed 45 people and infected 943 nationwide.
The Mexican government confirmed on Friday the outbreak of the swine flu, and warned people to avoid crowds.
"It's a virus which mutated from pigs and transmitted to some human," Health Minister Jose Angel Cordova told Televisa television.
(Reuters) - Mexico has reported a third possible outbreak of swine flu in Mexicali, near the U.S. border, with four suspect cases and no deaths to date, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday.
The WHO also said that the viruses in the outbreaks in Mexico and the United States had not been detected in pigs or humans before but were proving sensitive to Tamiflu. Known generically as oseltamivir, the pill by Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding (ROG.VX) can both treat flu and prevent infection.
"Because there are human cases associated with an animal influenza virus, and because of the geographical spread of multiple community outbreaks, plus the somewhat unusual age groups affected, these events are of high concern," the Geneva-based agency said in a statement. (For the WHO statement go to: here ) (Reporting by Stephanie Nebehay; Editing by Jonathan Lynn)
New flu strain is a genetic mix
World Health Organization Confirms Swine Flu Outbreak in U.S.
Mexico City suspends school over flu epidemic
Previous Swine Flu Outbreak Originated At Fort Dix
WHO: Swine Flu Could Trigger Global Pandemic
OH Utility Co. Purchases Bird Flu Vaccines, FEMA Plans Drill For End of April
FLASHBACK - Donald Rumsfeld makes $5m killing on bird flu drug
Information on upcoming End the Fed Rallies.
Mexican Swine Flu Pandemic Risk
WHO ready with antivirals to combat swine flu
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday that it was prepared with rapid containment measures including antivirals if needed to combat the swine flu outbreaks in Mexico and the United States.
The Geneva-based agency has been stockpiling doses of Roche AG's Tamiflu, known generically as oseltamivir, a pill that can both treat flu and prevent infection.
CDC says too late to contain U.S. flu outbreak
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday it was too late to contain the swine flu outbreak in the United States.
Swine Flu, Mexico Lung Illness Heighten Pandemic Risk (Update2)
April 24 (Bloomberg) -- Disease trackers are asking U.S. hospitals to help follow a new strain of swine flu and are trying to determine whether it’s related to hundreds of illnesses and 57 deaths in Mexico.
A previously unseen variant of H1N1 swine influenza has sickened at least seven people in California and Texas, the Atlanta-based U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said yesterday. The World Health Organization said 57 people died among more than 800 in the Mexico City region who developed flu-like symptoms in the past month.
60 Mexico flu deaths raise global epidemic fears
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexican authorities said 60 people may have died from a swine flu virus in Mexico, and world health officials worry it could unleash a global flu epidemic. Mexico City closed schools across the metropolis Friday in hopes of containing the outbreak that has sickened more than 900.
U.S. swine flu linked to Mexico outbreak
Source of unique virus a mystery; CDC announces additional case in Calif.
Puzzling cases
The Texas cases are especially puzzling. One of the California cases — the 10-year-old boy — traveled to Texas early this month, but that was to Dallas, about 270 miles northeast of San Antonio. He did not travel to the San Antonio area, Schuchat said.
Swine Flu Promps Mexico City to Launches Huge Vaccination Campaign
MEXICO CITY (Xinhua) -- The government of Mexico City is launching a massive vaccination campaign throughout the city against swine flu, which has possibly killed 45 people and infected 943 nationwide.
The Mexican government confirmed on Friday the outbreak of the swine flu, and warned people to avoid crowds.
"It's a virus which mutated from pigs and transmitted to some human," Health Minister Jose Angel Cordova told Televisa television.
(Reuters) - Mexico has reported a third possible outbreak of swine flu in Mexicali, near the U.S. border, with four suspect cases and no deaths to date, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday.
The WHO also said that the viruses in the outbreaks in Mexico and the United States had not been detected in pigs or humans before but were proving sensitive to Tamiflu. Known generically as oseltamivir, the pill by Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding (ROG.VX) can both treat flu and prevent infection.
"Because there are human cases associated with an animal influenza virus, and because of the geographical spread of multiple community outbreaks, plus the somewhat unusual age groups affected, these events are of high concern," the Geneva-based agency said in a statement. (For the WHO statement go to: here ) (Reporting by Stephanie Nebehay; Editing by Jonathan Lynn)
New flu strain is a genetic mix
World Health Organization Confirms Swine Flu Outbreak in U.S.
Mexico City suspends school over flu epidemic
Previous Swine Flu Outbreak Originated At Fort Dix
WHO: Swine Flu Could Trigger Global Pandemic
OH Utility Co. Purchases Bird Flu Vaccines, FEMA Plans Drill For End of April
FLASHBACK - Donald Rumsfeld makes $5m killing on bird flu drug
Information on upcoming End the Fed Rallies.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Hazardous waste left by Ohio Earth Day event
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- A weekend Earth Day event at an Ohio park left behind scores of paint cans, jars of cleaning solvents and other containers of household hazardous waste.
Promoters of Sunday's festival in Columbus had invited residents to clean out their basements and bring items for recycling and disposal. The organizers took care of hauling away old computers, furniture and other junk and thought the Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio had agreed to come pick up the liquids and other hazardous materials.
But the trash agency says it was never contacted.
Its waste drop-off center is usually open only on Wednesdays and Thursdays, but it opened Monday under a special arrangement with the festival organizers, so they could bring the paints and other stuff.
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Information from: The Columbus Dispatch, http://www.dispatch.com
Promoters of Sunday's festival in Columbus had invited residents to clean out their basements and bring items for recycling and disposal. The organizers took care of hauling away old computers, furniture and other junk and thought the Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio had agreed to come pick up the liquids and other hazardous materials.
But the trash agency says it was never contacted.
Its waste drop-off center is usually open only on Wednesdays and Thursdays, but it opened Monday under a special arrangement with the festival organizers, so they could bring the paints and other stuff.
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Information from: The Columbus Dispatch, http://www.dispatch.com
new collections court
SARASOTA, Fla. -- Sarasota County is joining an aggressive statewide push for the courts to collect money from residents who owe fines and fees to the court system for crimes and civil infractions.
Starting Thursday, the new collections court gives a judge the power to order debtors arrested if they miss a month on their payment plan, and then do not show up in court to explain why.
The judge can also ask what the debtor spends money on - cable TV or cigarettes, for example - and require them to end frivolous spending until the court fees and fines are paid. heraldtribune.com
Selected findings from forthcoming Brennan Center report on court fees in Florida
The operation of Collections Courts is a clear example of Florida’s counterproductive court debt scheme in practice. These courts are set up largely to deal with the inevitable downstream consequences of a system in which financial obligations are imposed at sentencing regardless of a defendant’s ability to pay.
Ostensibly, Collections Court gives the defendant an opportunity to explain why he or she is unable to pay and gives judges the discretion to work out a reasonable payment schedule. However, judges are not permitted to waive any fines or fees, even when it is clear that an individual is indigent. While state law does permit judges to convert financial obligations into community service for those unable to pay, it appears that defendants are not generally offered this option in Leon County. Even more troubling, numerous persons who have completed their underlying sentences end up arrested and processed through the criminal justice system again, not for any violation related to their underlying crime, but rather solely because they have failed to appear in Collections Court and to explain why they are late on a payment. These findings analyze Collections Court-related arrests in Leon County over a one-year period.
Click here to download PDF of selected findings, footnotes included.
Kellermann asked for time-off Tuesday night; "suicide" on Wednesday
Freddie Mac Executive Had Taken Week Off to Deal With Stress
Firm's Finance Chief Dead in Apparent Suicide
By Zachary A. Goldfarb and Jonathan Mummolo
Washington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, April 23, 2009 12:33 PM
David B. Kellermann, the Freddie Mac executive who was found dead yesterday in an apparent suicide, discussed taking time off with the company's human relations department on Tuesday, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Kellermann, a longtime employee of the troubled mortgage giant who had been acting chief financial officer since a government takeover in September, told officials he was feeling stressed, working long hours, and he needed to take a break, the person said.
Freddie Mac assured Kellermann he could take a week off, effective immediately, and his subordinates could run the finance operation without interruption. On Tuesday night, Kellermann apparently decided to take the vacation and delegated responsibilities to two senior members of his staff, the person said.
Found by his wife Donna before dawn yesterday in the basement of his Fairfax County home, Kellermann, 41, left no note, law enforcement sources said.
He had hanged himself on a piece of exercise equipment, the sources said. There were no signs of foul play. His body was taken to the office of the medical examiner, who will rule on the cause of death. His motivations are not known.
But even if his final act was unrelated to work, Kellermann's last months were consumed by the mounting stresses at the center of the financial crisis. People who knew him said he was deeply committed to Freddie Mac, just about the only place he'd worked professionally, and its struggles had taken an increasingly visible toll.
"David was engaged in all parts of the company," said Moffett, who tapped Kellermann as his chief financial officer before resigning the top post last month. "The CFO of any company in today's environment is a very stressful job . . . particularly when you're in a company that's undergoing a tremendous amount of change and uncertainty."
Kellermann had worked his way up at Freddie Mac from a young financial analyst to one of the mortgage giant's main points of contact with its government overseers. Recently, he'd faced intense pressures dealing with the company's billions of dollars in losses and myriad other accounting and legal issues, refusing to take time off, his colleagues said.
"He endured a tremendous amount of stress over the years . . . It's been a difficult environment," said Peter Federico, Freddie Mac's treasurer and a close friend. The news of Kellermann's death yesterday stunned his colleagues. "It's one of the things that puts everything in perspective. It's difficult for everybody to deal with it," Federico said.
In the months before he died, Kellermann would trek most evenings to Freddie Mac's executive suite to see his boss. Long after other employees had headed home from the McLean campus, Kellermann would remain cloistered with chief executive David Moffett, wrestling for hours with the difficulties of a company that had been near collapse.
Kellermann usually brought a three-page list of to-do items. Moffett was new to the company, appointed by the government after it seized Freddie Mac in September, and he recalled leaning heavily on Kellermann's 16 years of experience at the firm for guidance.
Freddie Mac was seized in September after the Treasury Department and Federal Housing Finance Agency determined that mounting losses at the firm and its sister, Fannie Mae, posed a risk to the entire financial system. Losses at Freddie Mac have been particularly steep, and together the two companies have received nearly $60 billion from the government to shore up their financial health.
Once a high-flying finance company, Freddie Mac has been transformed into a quasi-government agency, carrying out big parts of the Obama administration's housing recovery plan. Employees at Freddie Mac lost much of their wealth with the collapse of the company's stock and face uncertain job prospects long term.
Kellermann was responsible for the company's financial controls, financial reporting, taxes, capital oversight and compliance with federal requirements. He was previously senior vice president, corporate controller and principal accounting officer after starting at the company as an analyst.
Even with all the financial losses at Freddie Mac, Kellermann continued to find lighter moments. In the weeks after the company was seized by the government, his grim presentations at Tuesday morning meetings of senior executives would often end with him cracking jokes, colleagues said.
"He will be most remembered for his affability, his personal warmth, his sense of humor and his quick wit," said John A. Koskinen, the company's chief executive.
Yet Kellermann has also figured in recent controversies at Freddie Mac. He and a group of company attorneys tussled with its regulator in early March as the firm prepared to file its quarterly earnings report with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The group insisted that Freddie Mac inform shareholders of the cost to the company of helping carry out the Obama administration's housing recovery plan. The regulator urged the company not to do so, according to several sources familiar with the matter. An FHFA official contested that account, saying the regulator did not oppose disclosure but how the information was portrayed in the filing.
Freddie Mac ultimately disclosed the material.
Separately, the SEC and Justice Department have been investigating Freddie Mac over questions of accounting, disclosure and corporate governance, the company said in a recent SEC filing. Sources said Kellermann was not a target of the probe by the U.S. Attorney's office in Alexandria but was someone investigators wanted to question. "He obviously knew about things that we would want to know about,'' said one law enforcement source, who was not authorized to comment and spoke on condition of anonymity.
David R. Palombi, a company spokesman, said that Freddie Mac "knows of no connection between this terrible personal tragedy and the ongoing inquiries that are discussed in our recent SEC filings."
Earlier this month, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae were criticized on Capitol Hill after outlining plans to pay $210 million in retention bonuses to 7,600 employees over 18 months. Those payments included an $850,000 bonus for Kellermann disbursed over a year and a half. He had already received $170,000. Top lawmakers have demanded that employees pay back money they've received and that the companies suspend all bonuses.
During the uproar over bonuses, Kellermann's wife sent an e-mail to neighbors letting them know that a security detail was guarding the house, one recalled. Another neighbor said the Kellermanns hadn't wanted the protection -- they were reluctant to see Freddie's troubles intrude so publicly on their private lives.
Soon after Kellermann's death was reported yesterday, television trucks pulled up outside his stately brick home and its manicured lawn, beaming the image around the world. Many neighbors were taken aback by the attention given to the apparent suicide.
Susan Unger, a neighbor, said she last saw him a few weeks ago working in his yard. She woke up early yesterday morning to the sound of rescue crews arriving. "They took the stretcher in and brought it out empty, so I thought everything was okay," Unger said. "It's just so sad. . . . I'm just in total shock."
The neighbors knew Kellermann mostly as a doting father of a young daughter and meticulous gardener. He decorated his home lavishly for Christmas and threw great parties for Halloween and University of Michigan football games. He'd attended Michigan before receiving a graduate degree from George Washington University.
But Sergio Moreno, who lives up the street, said he had recently noticed some changes. Kellermann was busier than ever and more stressed. A large man, Kellermann had lost a lot of weight.
Firm's Finance Chief Dead in Apparent Suicide
By Zachary A. Goldfarb and Jonathan Mummolo
Washington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, April 23, 2009 12:33 PM
David B. Kellermann, the Freddie Mac executive who was found dead yesterday in an apparent suicide, discussed taking time off with the company's human relations department on Tuesday, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Kellermann, a longtime employee of the troubled mortgage giant who had been acting chief financial officer since a government takeover in September, told officials he was feeling stressed, working long hours, and he needed to take a break, the person said.
Freddie Mac assured Kellermann he could take a week off, effective immediately, and his subordinates could run the finance operation without interruption. On Tuesday night, Kellermann apparently decided to take the vacation and delegated responsibilities to two senior members of his staff, the person said.
Found by his wife Donna before dawn yesterday in the basement of his Fairfax County home, Kellermann, 41, left no note, law enforcement sources said.
He had hanged himself on a piece of exercise equipment, the sources said. There were no signs of foul play. His body was taken to the office of the medical examiner, who will rule on the cause of death. His motivations are not known.
But even if his final act was unrelated to work, Kellermann's last months were consumed by the mounting stresses at the center of the financial crisis. People who knew him said he was deeply committed to Freddie Mac, just about the only place he'd worked professionally, and its struggles had taken an increasingly visible toll.
"David was engaged in all parts of the company," said Moffett, who tapped Kellermann as his chief financial officer before resigning the top post last month. "The CFO of any company in today's environment is a very stressful job . . . particularly when you're in a company that's undergoing a tremendous amount of change and uncertainty."
Kellermann had worked his way up at Freddie Mac from a young financial analyst to one of the mortgage giant's main points of contact with its government overseers. Recently, he'd faced intense pressures dealing with the company's billions of dollars in losses and myriad other accounting and legal issues, refusing to take time off, his colleagues said.
"He endured a tremendous amount of stress over the years . . . It's been a difficult environment," said Peter Federico, Freddie Mac's treasurer and a close friend. The news of Kellermann's death yesterday stunned his colleagues. "It's one of the things that puts everything in perspective. It's difficult for everybody to deal with it," Federico said.
In the months before he died, Kellermann would trek most evenings to Freddie Mac's executive suite to see his boss. Long after other employees had headed home from the McLean campus, Kellermann would remain cloistered with chief executive David Moffett, wrestling for hours with the difficulties of a company that had been near collapse.
Kellermann usually brought a three-page list of to-do items. Moffett was new to the company, appointed by the government after it seized Freddie Mac in September, and he recalled leaning heavily on Kellermann's 16 years of experience at the firm for guidance.
Freddie Mac was seized in September after the Treasury Department and Federal Housing Finance Agency determined that mounting losses at the firm and its sister, Fannie Mae, posed a risk to the entire financial system. Losses at Freddie Mac have been particularly steep, and together the two companies have received nearly $60 billion from the government to shore up their financial health.
Once a high-flying finance company, Freddie Mac has been transformed into a quasi-government agency, carrying out big parts of the Obama administration's housing recovery plan. Employees at Freddie Mac lost much of their wealth with the collapse of the company's stock and face uncertain job prospects long term.
Kellermann was responsible for the company's financial controls, financial reporting, taxes, capital oversight and compliance with federal requirements. He was previously senior vice president, corporate controller and principal accounting officer after starting at the company as an analyst.
Even with all the financial losses at Freddie Mac, Kellermann continued to find lighter moments. In the weeks after the company was seized by the government, his grim presentations at Tuesday morning meetings of senior executives would often end with him cracking jokes, colleagues said.
"He will be most remembered for his affability, his personal warmth, his sense of humor and his quick wit," said John A. Koskinen, the company's chief executive.
Yet Kellermann has also figured in recent controversies at Freddie Mac. He and a group of company attorneys tussled with its regulator in early March as the firm prepared to file its quarterly earnings report with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The group insisted that Freddie Mac inform shareholders of the cost to the company of helping carry out the Obama administration's housing recovery plan. The regulator urged the company not to do so, according to several sources familiar with the matter. An FHFA official contested that account, saying the regulator did not oppose disclosure but how the information was portrayed in the filing.
Freddie Mac ultimately disclosed the material.
Separately, the SEC and Justice Department have been investigating Freddie Mac over questions of accounting, disclosure and corporate governance, the company said in a recent SEC filing. Sources said Kellermann was not a target of the probe by the U.S. Attorney's office in Alexandria but was someone investigators wanted to question. "He obviously knew about things that we would want to know about,'' said one law enforcement source, who was not authorized to comment and spoke on condition of anonymity.
David R. Palombi, a company spokesman, said that Freddie Mac "knows of no connection between this terrible personal tragedy and the ongoing inquiries that are discussed in our recent SEC filings."
Earlier this month, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae were criticized on Capitol Hill after outlining plans to pay $210 million in retention bonuses to 7,600 employees over 18 months. Those payments included an $850,000 bonus for Kellermann disbursed over a year and a half. He had already received $170,000. Top lawmakers have demanded that employees pay back money they've received and that the companies suspend all bonuses.
During the uproar over bonuses, Kellermann's wife sent an e-mail to neighbors letting them know that a security detail was guarding the house, one recalled. Another neighbor said the Kellermanns hadn't wanted the protection -- they were reluctant to see Freddie's troubles intrude so publicly on their private lives.
Soon after Kellermann's death was reported yesterday, television trucks pulled up outside his stately brick home and its manicured lawn, beaming the image around the world. Many neighbors were taken aback by the attention given to the apparent suicide.
Susan Unger, a neighbor, said she last saw him a few weeks ago working in his yard. She woke up early yesterday morning to the sound of rescue crews arriving. "They took the stretcher in and brought it out empty, so I thought everything was okay," Unger said. "It's just so sad. . . . I'm just in total shock."
The neighbors knew Kellermann mostly as a doting father of a young daughter and meticulous gardener. He decorated his home lavishly for Christmas and threw great parties for Halloween and University of Michigan football games. He'd attended Michigan before receiving a graduate degree from George Washington University.
But Sergio Moreno, who lives up the street, said he had recently noticed some changes. Kellermann was busier than ever and more stressed. A large man, Kellermann had lost a lot of weight.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Jewish Correspondent Andrea Mitchell, wife of Jewish former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan, interviews Jewish Rep. Harman on her involvement with the Jewish lobby, and an alleged Jewish spy.
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COSPONSORS(71), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]: (Sort: by date)
Rep Abercrombie, Neil [HI-1] - 2/26/2009
Rep Akin, W. Todd [MO-2] - 3/19/2009
Rep Alexander, Rodney [LA-5] - 3/10/2009
Rep Bachmann, Michele [MN-6] - 2/26/2009
Rep Baldwin, Tammy [WI-2] - 4/21/2009
Rep Bartlett, Roscoe G. [MD-6] - 2/26/2009
Rep Bilbray, Brian P. [CA-50] - 4/21/2009
Rep Bishop, Rob [UT-1] - 4/21/2009
Rep Blackburn, Marsha [TN-7] - 3/16/2009
Rep Blunt, Roy [MO-7] - 3/24/2009
Rep Broun, Paul C. [GA-10] - 2/26/2009
Rep Buchanan, Vern [FL-13] - 3/17/2009
Rep Burgess, Michael C. [TX-26] - 3/19/2009
Rep Burton, Dan [IN-5] - 2/26/2009
Rep Capito, Shelley Moore [WV-2] - 4/1/2009
Rep Carter, John R. [TX-31] - 3/31/2009
Rep Castle, Michael N. [DE] - 3/17/2009
Rep Chaffetz, Jason [UT-3] - 3/6/2009
Rep Cole, Tom [OK-4] - 4/21/2009
Rep Culberson, John Abney [TX-7] - 3/26/2009
Rep Deal, Nathan [GA-9] - 3/23/2009
Rep DeFazio, Peter A. [OR-4] - 3/9/2009
Rep Doggett, Lloyd [TX-25] - 4/21/2009
Rep Duncan, John J., Jr. [TN-2] - 3/6/2009
Rep Ehlers, Vernon J. [MI-3] - 4/21/2009
Rep Fallin, Mary [OK-5] - 4/2/2009
Rep Fleming, John [LA-4] - 3/18/2009
Rep Foxx, Virginia [NC-5] - 3/10/2009
Rep Franks, Trent [AZ-2] - 3/23/2009
Rep Garrett, Scott [NJ-5] - 3/5/2009
Rep Gingrey, Phil [GA-11] - 3/30/2009
Rep Grayson, Alan [FL-8] - 3/11/2009
Rep Heller, Dean [NV-2] - 3/6/2009
Rep Herger, Wally [CA-2] - 4/21/2009
Rep Jones, Walter B., Jr. [NC-3] - 2/26/2009
Rep Kagen, Steve [WI-8] - 2/26/2009
Rep Kingston, Jack [GA-1] - 3/6/2009
Rep Lamborn, Doug [CO-5] - 4/21/2009
Rep Latham, Tom [IA-4] - 4/21/2009
Rep Lucas, Frank D. [OK-3] - 4/21/2009
Rep Luetkemeyer, Blaine [MO-9] - 4/21/2009
Rep Lummis, Cynthia M. [WY] - 3/19/2009
Rep Manzullo, Donald A. [IL-16] - 4/21/2009
Rep Marchant, Kenny [TX-24] - 3/11/2009
Rep McCaul, Michael T. [TX-10] - 4/21/2009
Rep McClintock, Tom [CA-4] - 3/6/2009
Rep McCotter, Thaddeus G. [MI-11] - 3/19/2009
Rep Miller, Jeff [FL-1] - 3/24/2009
Rep Olson, Pete [TX-22] - 4/21/2009
Rep Paulsen, Erik [MN-3] - 3/30/2009
Rep Pence, Mike [IN-6] - 4/21/2009
Rep Peterson, Collin C. [MN-7] - 3/19/2009
Rep Petri, Thomas E. [WI-6] - 3/10/2009
Rep Platts, Todd Russell [PA-19] - 3/19/2009
Rep Poe, Ted [TX-2] - 2/26/2009
Rep Posey, Bill [FL-15] - 2/26/2009
Rep Price, Tom [GA-6] - 3/10/2009
Rep Rehberg, Denny [MT] - 2/26/2009
Rep Roe, David P. [TN-1] - 4/21/2009
Rep Rohrabacher, Dana [CA-46] - 3/6/2009
Rep Sessions, Pete [TX-32] - 3/23/2009
Rep Smith, Lamar [TX-21] - 4/2/2009
Rep Stark, Fortney Pete [CA-13] - 3/26/2009
Rep Stearns, Cliff [FL-6] - 3/6/2009
Rep Taylor, Gene [MS-4] - 3/6/2009
Rep Terry, Lee [NE-2] - 3/30/2009
Rep Wamp, Zach [TN-3] - 3/16/2009
Rep Westmoreland, Lynn A. [GA-3] - 4/2/2009
Rep Wittman, Robert J. [VA-1] - 4/1/2009
Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. [CA-6] - 2/26/2009
Rep Young, Don [AK] - 3/6/2009
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NU's Katz reminds Emanuel he's Jewish
Rahm; You are Jewish. You owe Jews the benefit of your office. And You owe Israel the benefit of your office. Are We Clear, Rahm?
National Union chairman Ya'acov "Ketzele" Katz sent a letter to White House chief-of-staff Rahm Emanuel last week admonishing him not to forget his Jewish and Israeli origins
National Union chairman Ya'acov "Ketzele" Katz sent a letter to White House chief-of-staff Rahm Emanuel last week admonishing him not to forget his Jewish and Israeli origins
Katz's missive came in response to a reported verbal exchange between Emanuel and an unidentified American Jewish leader.
Katz claims that in a private meeting with the unnamed leader, Emanuel said, "In the next four years, there will be a peace agreement with the Palestinians on the basis of two states for two peoples, and it does not matter to us who is the prime minister."
In the letter, a Hebrew version of which was provided to The Jerusalem Post by Katz's parliamentary aide, Katz wrote: "For many Israelis, this report is a cause for worry because it reveals a condescending attitude toward our prime minister and Israeli public opinion. This is an attitude that Israel does not expect from a real friend such as the US, and all the more so from an Israeli Jew who has succeeded in being appointed White House chief-of-staff."
Katz went on to compare Emanuel to the biblical Esther, who ended up at using her influence with Persian King Ahashverosh to intervene on behalf of the Jews of the Persian Empire.
"For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father's family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to royal position for such a time as this?" Katz wrote, quoting from the Book of Esther (4:14).
Katz was hinting that Emanuel should use his influence to protect Israeli interests, which, he believes, are best served by preventing the creation of a Palestinian state in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
Emanuel was born in Chicago in 1959. His father, Benjamin M. Emanuel, a Jerusalem-born pediatrician, was a member of the IZL (Irgun).
Rahm Emanuel and his brothers attended summer camp in Israel. Emanuel and his wife, Amy Rule, are members of Anshe Sholom B'nai Israel, a modern Orthodox congregation in Chicago. They have a son and two daughters; the older two attend the same Conservative day school Emanuel himself attended as a child.
During the Clinton administration he directed the details of the 1993 Rose Garden signing ceremony for the Oslo Accords, down to the choreography of the handshake between prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO leader Yasser Arafat.
In November, Emanuel said US President Barack Obama did not need his influence to "orientate his policy toward Israel."
Meanwhile, the National Union said it was never officially notified by the Likud that it would not be entering the new government coalition.
"Basically, we are still waiting for a telephone call," Harel Cohen, secretary of the NU's rabbinic council, said on Sunday.
"Up until the swearing in of the new government, we were still receiving signals from the Likud that we were wanted in the coalition," Cohen said.
He also said that in principle, there was nothing in the Netanyahu government's platform that would prevent the NU from joining the coalition.
"Obviously, if the present government adopts a 'two-states for two peoples' solution, that would be problematic. But so far that has not happened."
The NU's rabbinic council, which gives final approval for all of the party's political decisions, released a letter of support for Katz.
The council, whose members include Hebron-Kiryat Arba Rabbi Dov Lior, Beit El Rabbi Zalman Melamed and Rabbi Ya'acov Yosef, son of Shas spiritual mentor Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, responded to claims that Katz had made "outrageous demands" that kept the NU out of the coalition.
Rather, according to the rabbis, it was a sudden, inexplicable change of mood in the Likud.
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