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Set to Revive Military Commissions
The Obama administration is preparing to revive the system of military
commissions established at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, under new rules that
would offer terrorism suspects greater legal protections, government
officials said.
Obama
aide responsible for NYC flyover gets the boot Louis Caldera, Director of the White House Military office,
has stepped down from his job following outrage over the more-or-less
unannounced flyover of Ground Zero in late April.
Police
may use water cannon to control violent demonstrations
Scotland Yard is to review its policing of violent demonstrations after
the G20 protests to see if London needs harsher, European-style methods
that could include the use of water cannon.
US
states mulling Google book-scan pact
A group of US state attorneys general recently held a conference call
to discuss Google’s $125m digital book settlement with the US
Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers.
Leaked
1955 Bilderberg Docs Outline Plan For Single European Currency
Leaked documents from the 1955 Bilderberg Group conference held in Germany
discuss the agenda to create a European Union and a single EU currency,
decades before they were introduced, disproving once again debunkers
who claim that Bilderberg has no influence over world events.
Back
to the Bush Era? Obama’s New Gitmo Policy
Two distressing pieces of news emerged last week regarding the Obama
administration’s plans to close Guantánamo, and both were
delivered by Defense Secretary Robert Gates in testimony to the Senate
Appropriations Committee.
US
unemployment hits 25-year high
A US government report says the US economy lost 539,000 jobs in April,
catapulting the unemployment rate to 8.9 percent — its highest
point in a generation.
Hong
Kong ‘flu’ hotel guests free
Nearly 300 guests and staff at a hotel in Hong Kong have been released
after being held in quarantine for a week due to a feared outbreak of
swine flu.
Media
Censoring Lethal Side Effects Of Flu Remedies
Donald Rumsfeld’s Tamiflu pushers (just as they were in 2006)
are set to be the big winners in the GSFS (great swine flu scare of
2009) lottery. Shares of Swiss drug-maker Roche Holding had fallen sharply
after their latest cancer drug failure—but the GSFS came just
in time to give their falling stocks a boost—just as the great
bird flu scare of 2006 did.
Mystery
group in the driving seat
If the Finance Minister really wants to know the depth of this “global
economic firestorm”, all he has to do is to ask the people
who created it. Nine
Killed In Drone Attack On Militants
Nine people - five of them militants - have reportedly been killed
in a suspected US missile attack in northwestern Pakistan.
Half
a million flee Swat valley as Pakistan faces months of fighting
Up to 500,000 terrified residents of Pakistan’s Swat valley
have fled or else are desperately trying to leave as the military
steps up an operation using fighter jets and helicopter gunships
to “eliminate” Taliban fighters.
EU
Calls for “Internet G12? for Global Internet Governance
As the EU Observer reports, Information Society Commissioner Viviane
Reding has called on President Obama to fully privatize the California
based Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN),
which manages the web address system for the internet, and build
a “multilateral forum for governments to discuss general internet
governance policy and security issues.” The international
group would in turn “make recommendations” with regards
to global internet governance.
Senate
Will Move on Hate Crimes Bill; Critics Claim Bill Simply Unnecessary
Critics of the measure contend that, if the bill becomes law, it
will force local and state law enforcement to prosecute and sentence
individuals not only for the crimes they commit, but also for their
beliefs—a slippery slope which will take the country down
the road toward eventually criminalizing the thoughts of the American
people.
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