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Immigration Raids Catch Citizens And Legal Residents |
Two U.S. citizens and one legal permanent resident were among those arrested last month in Mount Pleasant, Texas, during a federal immigration crackdown targeting identity fraud at poultry giant Pilgrim's Pride. One 19-year-old citizen was taken from her home while still in her pajamas, and an 18-year-old citizen was shackled at his ankles, handcuffed at his wrists and tied at his waist, said the arrested workers and a relative. full story |
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Canada's Bill C-51 May Outlaw
Natural Health Food Products |
A newly proposed law in Canada, Bill C-51, just may outlaw up to 60 percent of natural health products currently sold in Canada and criminalize people who use them. Bill C-51 which makes significant changes to Canada's Food and Drugs Act, was introduced into the House of Commons by the Canadian Minister of Health. It will be the government's delegates who will decide on the regulation, licensing, marketing, inspecting, and enforcing of all changes listed in the new bill. full story |
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Bloomberg's End-run Around the Second Amendment |
In other words, New York is a Constitution free zone. But then so is much of the rest of the country, thanks to Bush, who considers the Constitution "just a goddamned piece of paper." Bush and his coterie of Straussian neocons need to get rid of the Second Amendment in particular because militarized police states don't go far if people have guns. Come marital law, Bush and crew may want to begin with NYC, Chicago, and D.C., where restrictive gun laws rule. full story |
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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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Man Arrested for Turning without Signaling |
Mark Robinson was driving through downtown Melissa last week when he was pulled over for failing the use his turn signal. But instead of getting a ticket, the officer took the 24-year-old to jail. He was booked, strip searched, and sat for 3 hours with criminals. “People talking about using drugs and shooting heroine. They asked me what I was in there for and I said a turn signal violation,” said Robinson. full story |
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Military And Homeland Security Dictate
Who Lives And Who Dies in a Pandemic |
A new report compiled by a medical "task force" comprising physicians from prestigious universities, medical groups, the military and govt agencies has outlined that specific groups of people should not be treated and be left to die should a deadly disease disaster infect millions throughout the US. Doctors in the pay of federal govt agencies including the Dept of Homeland Security, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Dept of Health and Human Services have concluded that the already ill, the weak, the severely injured and the elderly will have to "forgo" life. full story |
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Soldier Suicides May Top War Tolls |
Suicides and "psychological mortality" among US soldiers who served in Iraq and Afghanistan could exceed battlefield deaths if their mental scars are left untreated, the head of the US Institute of Mental Health warned Monday. Of the 1.6 million US soldiers who have been deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan, 18-20 %, or around 300,000, show symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, depression or both. full story |
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Global Elite Gather in D.C |
While they are confident they can deal with any “potential president,” the Trilateralists paid huge tribute to Ron Paul in an equally large twist of irony, by expressing alarm that he is causing “significant future damage.” They expressed concern that Paul’s rallies have attracted multitudes of young people who are getting “their political education.” They want Republicans to pressure Paul to drop out now and stop his education rallies. full story |
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Missouri GOP Targeting 300 Pro-Ron Paul
at Monday 'Credentials Meeting' |
According to an email from some Missouri supporters of Ron Paul the state Republican Party has scheduled a special 'credentials meeting' for 10 a.m. Monday in Jefferson City. "The state Central Committee spent approx. $1,000 on certified mailings that do not even state the allegations," said the email sent from one challenged delegate. "A small group of insiders in the Mo Republican Party are attempting to prevent delegates, properly elected at their county caucuses, from attending the state Convention." full story |
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Congress to Transform America to Socialism? |
The classic definition of socialism is: govt control of the sources of production. A bill now before Congress, H.R. 2421, will give the federal govt absolute control over all sources of production. This bill, if enacted, will instantly convert the US into a socialist nation. Water is essential in the production of virtually everything. If the govt controls water, and all "activities affecting these waters," then the govt controls the sources of production. full story |
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Multinationals Make Billions in Profit
out of Growing Global Food Crisis |
Giant agribusinesses are enjoying soaring earnings and profits out of the world food crisis which is driving millions of people towards starvation. And speculation is helping to drive the prices of basic foodstuffs out of the reach of the hungry. The prices of wheat, corn and rice have soared over the past year driving the world's poor, who already spend about 80% of their income on food, into hunger and destitution. full story |
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Sheriff Candidate Says Campaign Signs
Being Defaced, Stolen |
A campaign slogan may have sparked a string of vandalism aimed at a candidate for Orange County sheriff. The vandalism was first spotted on sheriff candidate Malone Stewart's campaign sign in Winter Park. Someone had circled the slogan "crime is terrorism." Later, the sign was stolen. Stewart's campaign manager said the trouble started when a website posted a commentary bashing the "crime is terrorism" slogan. full story |
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Slavery and Involuntary Servitude |
A US prison population of over 2 million, mostly Black and Hispanic, are working for various industries for a pittance. For the tycoons who have invested in the prison industry, it has been like finding a pot of gold. They don’t have to worry about strikes or paying unemployment insurance, vacations or comp time. All of their workers are full-time, and never arrive late or are absent because of family problems; moreover, if they don’t like the pay of 25 cents an hour and refuse to work, they are locked up in isolation cells. full story |
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National Propaganda Radio (NPR) |
Apparently when one becomes recognized as a "constitutional expert," all rules are off. This was demonstrated on Nov. 5, '07 when Professor Daniel A. Farber was given an opportunity to comment on Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf’s justification of the imposition of emergency powers in his country. Musharraf had referred to Lincoln’s similar actions during our War between the States and Farber was commenting on NPR's All Things Considered. full story |
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Arrest Bush |
"Why are we talking about this in the White House?" John Ashcroft nervously asked his fellow members of the National Security Council's Principals Committee. (The Principals were Vice President Dick Cheney, National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Secretary of State Colin Powell, CIA Director George Tenet and Attorney General Ashcroft.) "History will not judge this kindly," Ashcroft predicted. full story |
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The New Bandit in Town -- Gas Thieves |
Dave Glavis of Cherry Hill, New Jersey parks his 1996 Ford F-150 right in front of his home. Monday night he spent 94 dollars to fill his tank so he could be ready to head off to work as a rental property manager. But overnight someone had siphoned the gas out of his truck. "What it turned out being, someone had stolen the gas from my entire front tank," said Glavis. full story |
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Did the US Supreme Court Just Elect John McCain? |
The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU's School of Law in its “Friend of the Court” brief noted that between 10% and 13% of eligible voters lack the id now required in Indiana. People without an official photo ID tend to be disproportionately minorities and poor, ushering a new Jim Crow era based on race and class apartheid. One study found that 13.3% of registered Indiana voters lacked the now-required ID, but the numbers were significantly higher for black voters at 18% and young voters age 18-34 at more than 20%. full story |
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