Last
Updated:
Sunday, August 23, 2009 12:41
GMT Extraordinary
rendition for … white-collar criminals? Opponents of the practice of extraordinary rendition are growing
increasingly vocal about the case of Raymond Azar, a Lebanese construction
contractor who was picked up by the FBI on allegations of bribery, shackled,
blindfolded and flown to the United States for trial.
Government
Plans Vast Swine Flu Vaccine Effort
Government health officials are mobilizing to launch a massive swine
flu vaccination campaign this fall that is unprecedented in its scope
— and in the potential for complications.
Common
Sense 2009
The American government — which we once called our government
— has been taken over by Wall Street, the mega-corporations and
the super-rich.
Gaddafi
hugs Lockerbie bomber; Britain denies deal
Britain dismissed suggestions of a link between the Lockerbie bomber’s
release and energy deals with Libya on Saturday, and the head of the
U.S. FBI said the move gave comfort to terrorists.
Fibre
optics to detect sound of terror
Scientists have perfected a new technology that can transform a fibre
optic cable into a highly sensitive microphone capable of detecting
a single footstep from up to 40km away.
‘Af-Pak’
mission allows Blackwater to kill more
The Obama administration has retained services of the notorious Blackwater
guards to carry out drone attacks in Afghanistan, a new report reveals.
Obama
to raise 10-year deficit to $9 trillion
The Obama administration will raise its 10-year budget deficit projection
to approximately $9 trillion from $7.108 trillion in a report next week,
a senior administration official told Reuters on Friday.
World
Bankers Suggest Rebound May Be Under Way
Central bankers from around the world expressed growing confidence on
Friday that the worst of the financial crisis was over and that a global
economic recovery was beginning to take shape.
Could
a Third-Party Candidate Actually Win in 2012?
Famed trend forecaster Gerald Calente is predicting that a third party
candidate will be elected President in 2012. (If you don’t know
who Calente is, read the postscript below.)
Unemployment
Edges Up to Great Depression Level
Here is a chart released by the government that claims to show the
percentage of unemployed people in the United States as of July,
2009. It is a fictional snapshot of the actual number of unemployed
and under-employed people.
U.S.
Helps Spanish Company to Buy Texas Bank
Guaranty Bank, a deeply troubled Texas lender, was sold on Friday
to Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria of Spain in one of the largest
government-assisted deals offered to a foreign firm.
Obama
as Joker parody sparks censorship storm A Chicago student is at the centre of a censorship storm
after a now famous image he created of US President Barack Obama
as the Joker from The Dark Knight was removed from Flickr.
Unwritten
CIA Death Contract Awarded to Blackwater
Hats off to Mark Mazzetti of the New York Times for ferreting out
what it was that sent CIA Director Leon Panetta scurrying over to
Congress in late June.
Survival
of the Unfittest Renowned investor and economist Peter Schiff, the president
of investment firm Euro Pacific Capital and author of Bull Moves
in Bear Markets said government stimulus is the problem, not the
solution.
Holdren's Eugenicist Nightmare
CIA Involvement In Iran
Nazi Roots Of The European Union
North Korea Nuclear Circus
Police State UK
Neo-Con Attack On Jesse Ventura
9/11 Truth Hit Piece Propaganda
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