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Updated:
Saturday, July 25, 2009 12:11
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pressed Bush to test Constitutional limits by using military force on
US soil
According to a story in Friday’s New York Times, Vice-President
Cheney advocated in 2002 for the Bush administration to send military
troops to Buffalo to arrest the so-called Lackawanna Six as enemy combatants.
Wonkette
Lib Defames Patriot as “Insane and Violent”
Jim Newell, who is associated with the “political satire”
and gossip blog Wonkette, had an article posted on the NBC website last
week slamming Catherine Crabill, a realtor and home-school mother who
is challenging Virginia state Del. Albert Pollard.
US
stops giving militant death tolls in Afghanistan
The US military in Afghanistan has stopped releasing figures showing
how many militants have been killed in fighting with US-led forces,
officials said Friday.
After
the Shooting, Another Showdown When insurgents attacked an American convoy with AK-47 rounds
and a couple of grenades on a dusty highway in a Baghdad suburb this
week, U.S. soldiers returned fire, chased the suspects through narrow
alleyways and raided houses.
Electropulse
weapon fear spreads to UK politicos
A campaign by US right wingers, designed to raise fears of an electromagnetic
pulse (EMP) attack they allege could cripple Western nations and lead
to chaos, is targeting British politicians, with some success.
12,000
U.S. Children To Be Swine Flu Vaccine Guinea Pigs
Around 12,000 U.S. children will be used as guinea pigs for an experimental
swine flu vaccine known to contain the dangerous ingredient squalene,
which has been directly linked with cases of Gulf War Syndrome and a
host of other debilitating diseases.
Microwave
weapon will rain pain from the sky
THE Pentagon’s enthusiasm for non-lethal crowd-control weapons
appears to have stepped up a gear with its decision to develop a microwave
pain-infliction system that can be fired from an aircraft.
Cable
Network Denies Spy Reports
I wanted to see how widespread this was, so I called the Bakersfield,
CA office and spoke with a supervisor.
Obama’s
drug czar: Marijuana ‘has no medical benefit’
When President Barack Obama appointed former Seattle, Washington police
chief Gil Kerlikowske to lead the Office of National Drug Control Policy,
activists supporting marijuana policy reform were cheered by the news,
however briefly.
Geithner urges end to ‘dumb regulation’
Divisions between the administration of Barack Obama, the Federal
Reserve and key regulators came to a head on Friday as officials
debated plans to overhaul the US regulatory system.
No
Exit for Ben
In a Wall Street Journal op-ed on Monday, and in congressional testimony
later in the week, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke reassured all that
thanks to his accurate foresight and deft use of the Fed’s
policy toolkit, he could maintain near zero percent interest rates
for an extended period without creating inflation.
Iran
vows to hit Israel’s atomic sites if attacked
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said today that it would strike
Israel’s nuclear facilities if Tel Aviv attacked the Islamic
state, state television reported.
US
Senate votes to interfere in Iran affairs
In another sign of interference in the internal affairs of Iran,
the US Senate has ratified a plan to curb what it calls “censorship”
in the Islamic Republic.
Cop
Who Choked EMT On Way To Hospital Suspended For Just Five Days An Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper who pulled over and choked
a paramedic on his way to delivering a patient to hospital has suspended
for just five days and ordered to attend an “anger assessment.”
Obama
Puts Monsanto Lobbyist In Charge Of Food Safety
The Obama Administration is putting two notorious biotech bullies
in charge of food safety! Former Monsanto lobbyist Michael Taylor
has been appointed as a senior adviser to the Food and Drug Administration
Commissioner on food safety.
Canadian
judge calls for tight Taser controls
A Canadian judge has recommended tight controls on the use of Taser
stun guns as part of an inquiry into the death of a Polish passenger
at Vancouver airport two years ago.
July
13 - Gregory Seabrooke - $100
June 24 - David Kwon - $50
June 11 - Peter Keeley - $10
June 11 - James Gathings - $10
May 25 - Stefan Lisander - $200
May 15 - Barry John Bennett - $15
