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Pushes For Renewal Of Warrantless Spying On Americans President Barack Obama has once again betrayed his promise to
restore liberties eviscerated by the Bush regime by pushing Congress
to renew Patriot Act provisions that allow for warrantless spying on
American citizens, even in cases where there is no link to terrorism
whatsoever.
US
troops kill Fallujah ’shoe-thrower’
An Iraqi man who witnesses said shouted abuse before throwing a shoe
at a US army vehicle was shot dead on Wednesday in what the American
military said was a suspected grenade attack.
Swayze
Put His Faith In Conventional Cancer Treatments
Beloved actor Patrick Swayze died yesterday evening after a 20-month
battle with pancreatic cancer. Having put his faith in conventional
chemotherapy, he largely dismissed ideas that nutrition, superfoods
or “alternative medicine” might save him.
EU
observers say 1.5m Afghan votes ’suspicious’
EU election observers said on Wednesday that around 1.5 million votes
cast in Afghanistan’s troubled elections last month could be fraudulent.
Gold
Rises to 18-Month High on Inflation Concern, Weaker Dollar
Gold climbed to an 18-month high in London on concern that a global
economic recovery may stoke inflation and on a drop by the dollar that
boosted demand for the metal as an alternative investment.
Open
Letter To Glenn Beck By Alex Jones
Alex Jones has addressed Glenn Beck in the form of an open letter, appealing
to him to "be on the right side of history" by using his growing
public platform to tell the truth rather than exploiting it to deceive
grass-roots conservatives and libertarians into following a re-birth
of the neo-con agenda that Beck has embraced all along.
White
House Mapping Internet Users’ Data For Mass Archives
If you’re a user of twitter, facebook, myspace, youtube or
flickr, and you visit the White House page at any of the sites,
you are at risk of having your personal data archived without your
consent or knowledge.
Police
to get access to classified military intelligence
In a move raising eyebrows among civil liberties advocates, the
Department of Homeland Security announced Monday that it would give
so-called local and state “fusion centers” access to
classified military intelligence in Pentagon databases.
Charlie
Sheen Versus the Cult of Cowardice
Transfixed as they are on complying with the instructions dripping
down from headquarters, the talking heads yapping away on the TV
screen resort to increasingly nonsensical statements.
Greenspan
Sees Threat U.S. Congress Will Hamper Fed
Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said he’s worried
that lawmakers will hamper U.S. central bank efforts to rein in
its monetary stimulus, and that inflation might “swamp”
the bond market.
Rockefeller
& Co CEO dies in apparent suicide
James McDonald, a prominent adviser to wealthy families as chief
executive of investment management group Rockefeller & Co, died
in an apparent suicide, on Sunday, local authorities said on Tuesday.
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
