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Information Czar Calls For Banning Free Speech The controversy surrounding White House information czar and
Harvard Professor Cass Sunstein’s blueprint for the government
to infiltrate political activist groups has deepened, with the revelation
that in the same 2008 dossier he also called for the government to tax
or even ban outright political opinions of which it disapproved.
America’s
quest for ‘Buck Rogers Death Ray’ continues
As the US military becomes more confident in the effectiveness of its
military gadgets, opening future wars may become more tempting with
devastating long-term consequences.
Report:
Turkey warns Lebanon that Israel may be planning attack
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan this week warned Lebanese
leaders that Israel may be planning an attack on its northern neighbor,
Lebanese sources told the London-based Arabic language daily A-Sharq
al-Awsat on Thursday.
Swine flu taskforce’s links to vaccine giant: More than half the
experts fighting the ‘pandemic’ have ties to drug firms
More than half the scientists on the swine flu taskforce advising the
Government have ties to drug companies.
Image of the beast
Up until now, the United States has been able to exert control over
most of the earth just by controlling the narrative that reflects popular
opinion about the war on terror. Whatever government spokesmen or reporters
have said happened on a particular day, was what really happened; it
was validated by popular consent.
How
nation’s true jobless rate is closer to 22%
Back in November 2003 an economist named Austan Goolsbee from the University
of Chicago wrote an op-ed piece for The New York Times criticizing a
Labor Department announcement about job growth the month before. The
Drug War vs. the Bill of Rights
This is from Ludwig von Mises’s economic masterpiece, Human Action,
written sixty years ago in 1949.
Google
row: China warns internet companies to help ‘guide’ opinion Internet companies in China must co-operate with the government
in “guiding” opinion on the internet, a senior Chinese government
spokesman has warned, as the US internet giant Google remained in negotiations
over its threat to pull out of the world’s biggest internet market.
“Peace”
Prize Winner Obama Demands Record War Chest Nobel Peace Prize winner Barack Obama is to request a record
defense budget for 2011 in order to expand the war in Afghanistan and
continue the conflict in Iraq, according to military officials.
Meet
Mikey, 8: U.S. Has Him on Watch List
“Up your arms, down your arms, up your crotch — someone
is patting your 8-year-old down like he’s a criminal,”
Mrs. Hicks recounted. “A terrorist can blow his underwear
up and they don’t catch him. But my 8-year-old can’t
walk through security without being frisked.”
Majority
Would Vote Against Obama
A year into his tenure, a majority of Americans would already vote
against Pres. Obama if the ‘12 elections were held today,
according to a new survey.
Poll:
Most Americans would trim liberties to be safer After a recent attempted terrorist attack
set off a debate about full-body X-rays at airports, a new McClatchy-Ipsos
poll finds that Americans lean more toward giving up some of their
liberty in exchange for more safety.
Yahoo
Said to Be Target of Hacker Attacks From China
Yahoo! Inc., owner of the No. 2 search engine in the U.S., was targeted
by a Chinese attack similar to the one that affected Google Inc.,
according to a person familiar with the matter.
SEC
Engages in Conspiracy with AIG to Hide Bailout Evidence
Earlier today House representative Edolphus Towns subpoenaed documents
related to the so-called “backdoor bailout” of AIG,
including documents from Timothy Geithner, the former New York Fed
chief and current Treasury secretary.
