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Beam Weapons Almost Ready for Battle |
There is a new breed of weaponry fast approaching and at the speed of light, no less. Directed-energy weapons take the form of lasers, high-powered microwaves and particle beams. Their adoption for ground, air, sea, and space warfare depends not only on using the electromagnetic spectrum, but also upon favorable political and budgetary wavelengths too. full story |
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Koalas Under Threat from Climate Change |
New research shows increased temperatures and carbon dioxide levels are a threat to the Australian national icon, the koala. Professor Ian Hume, Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, and his students from the University of Sydney have been researching the effects of CO2 increases and temperature rises on eucalypts. full story |
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Report Pushes Passage of Thought Crimes Bill |
The Internet is now becoming a new front in the phony terror war. Legislation like the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 which seek to give the govt powers to define thoughts and belief systems as homegrown terrorism, is on the brink of being pushed down our throats. The U.S. Senate homeland security committee lead by war mongering fascist Joesph Lieberman, investigated the so called growing threat of terrorists using the Internet for recruiting and training purposes. full story |
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Raw Sewage Pouring into Rivers, Streams across US |
America's aging sewer systems continue to dump human waste into rivers and streams, despite years of fines and penalties targeting publicly owned agencies responsible for sewage overflows. The analysis of EPA data found that since 2003, hundreds of municipal sewer authorities have been fined for violations, including spills that make people sick, threaten local drinking water and kill aquatic animals and plants. full story |
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Continuity of Government Drill: Largest Post 9/11 |
Thousands of key federal employees are being whisked from the Washington area by helicopter and car for a 3-day test of their ability to run the government from remote locations during a disaster. The exodus, which began yesterday and will continue today, involves the White House and other parts of the executive branch. Congress and the judiciary are not part of the exercise, which is being overseen by the Dept of Homeland Security. full story |
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Gorbachev Laments New World Order Behind Schedule |
Delivering one of his most scathing attacks on the US, Mr Gorbachev told The Daily Telegraph that a US military build-up was under way to contain a resurgent Russia. From Nato's expansion plans in the former Soviet Union to Washington's proposals for a bigger defence budget and a missile shield in central Europe, the US was deliberately quashing hopes for permanent peace with Russia, Mr Gorbachev said. "We had 10 years after the Cold War to build a new world order and yet we squandered them." full story |
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Secretive FEMA Camp Drill Running in Iowa |
The secrecy around this drill and the lack of any formal press release or announcement by the federal government on what is happening is incredibly disturbing. In fact, an ICE spokesman declined to comment on the drill and a news blackout has been imposed at the National Cattle Congress fairgrounds where all of this activity is taking place. full story |
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The Crucifixion of Jeremiah Wright |
Now that we have 24 hour cable news, and now that talk radio has become BIG MEDIA (it used to be honest when there was no money in it) the intellectual level of political and social criticism in this republic aspires to Olympian heights of fatuity. Nothing is allowed in political discourse except the bromidic, the stupid, the superficial. Any attempt at truth or honesty is attacked as extreme, even insane. full story |
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Philly Cops Caught Beating Motorists on Video |
Yet another instance of cops acting like predatory pack animals. It should be obvious by now the police are out of control, a parasitical force unleashed on society at large. Cops no longer help granny across the street or respond to burglary. Cops are like the Crips, Bloods, or Mara Salvatrucha, another violent street gang, but one armed and supported by the state. full story |
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US Plan to Protect Right Whale
from Shipping Blocked by Cheney |
Efforts to protect the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale from being killed by ships are being blocked by Cheney according to leaked documents. A behind the scenes struggle is raging between the White House and US govt. scientists who want to force ships to slow down near the calving grounds of the almost extinct right whale. The controversy is the latest example of the Bush Admin. sidestepping the advice of its own scientists. full story |
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