Ever-Present
Surveillance Rankles the British Public
It has become commonplace to call Britain a “surveillance society,”
a place where security cameras lurk at every corner, giant databases
keep track of intimate personal details and the government has extraordinary
powers to intrude into citizens’ lives.
Foreign
Cops Take Part in “Domestic Terrorism” Drill in California
Earlier in the week, Chris Matthews attempted to portray Stewart Rhodes
of the Oath Keepers as a paranoid conspiracy nut for suggesting the
presence of foreign troops in the United States. Further
deaths linked to swine flu vaccine
Health investigators are under more pressure as two elderly women are
reported to have died, days after receiving the swine flu vaccine. It
brings the total number of deaths linked to the vaccine in Sweden to
four.
Ex-CIA
agent confirms US ties with Jundullah
A former Central Intelligence Agency officer has confirmed US’
relations with the terrorist group Jundullah, despite the CIA knowing
that the group has close links with the al-Qaeda.
UK
expert involved in Iran talks dies mysteriously
Austrian police have begun investigating the circumstances surrounding
the death of a British nuclear expert involved in Iranian talks at a
UN building in Vienna.
TARP
Inspector General Says Banking System Now Possibly Worse
CNN’s Lauren Kornreich reports today that Neil Barofsky, the special
inspector general for TARP, is saying that the federal government’s
actions may have put the country in more danger.
Obama
2011 Coup Game Lists Malkin, Beck, Limbaugh as Patriots
“A new online computer game attempts to capitalize on the current
strain of right-wing paranoia and activism, embodied by Glenn Beck’s
televised blustering and the Tea Party protests, by allowing players
to inhabit a world of the near-future that represents a conservative
nightmare,” writes Eric Sorensen for The Huffington Post.
DNA
Profiling: You May Be Next
Since its discovery a quarter century ago, the DNA fingerprint has been
hailed as a pivotal tool in solving crimes and exonerating those wrongly
convicted.
Iraq
Ministries Targeted in Car Bombings; Over 130 Dead
A pair of suicide car bombs exploded almost simultaneously in downtown
Baghdad on Sunday, targeting two government buildings and killing
at least 132 people and wounding 520, according to the Ministry
of the Interior. The official said the toll may rise even more.
Obama
Every Bit as Bad as Bush/Cheney on Patriot Act
While battling the FBI’s expanded surveillance guidelines,
Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., also revealed (Daily Kos, Oct. 8) that
in the Senate Judiciary Committee review of the Patriot Act (also
Oct. 8), Republicans protecting the Act were joined, in a closed-door
classified session, by Obama officials with amendments further preserving
it.
Russia
to sell 20-50 T gold in 2009 – source
Russia plans to sell as much as 50 tonnes of gold this year to help
plug a budget deficit in the first major bullion sale by its precious
metals repository since the fall of the Soviet Union, a high level
source told Reuters.
Senate’s
climate bill a bit more ambitious
Climate legislation took a small step forward late Friday night
as Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Barbara
Boxer (D-Calif.) issued a version that includes big benefits for
farmers, provisions for deficit reduction and a ceiling on carbon
prices.
Review:
“Fall of the Republic,” an Alex Jones’ political
& economic documentary
As we quickly approach the first anniversary of Mr. Obama’s
election with no hope and no change, Alex Jones brings to Americans
and the world his documentary, “Fall of the Republic”
as a comprehensive hypothesis for expanding war and economic destruction.
Republicans’
approval ratings worst in 25 years
They got rid of scandal-tainted Majority Leader Tom DeLay, airport
shoe-tapper Larry Craig and prurient instant message typer Mark
Foley, but they just can’t seem to shake the gloom.
Suspected
US airstrike kills 14 in Pakistan
A suspected US missile strike killed at least 14 people in Pakistan’s
troubled north-western region bordering Afghanistan on Saturday,
media reports said.
What
Really Prompted Iran to Build the Qom Enrichment Facility?
The Obama administration claims that construction of a second Iranian
uranium enrichment facility at Qom began before Tehran’s decision
to withdraw from a previous agreement to inform the International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in advance of such construction.
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
