America's Four Middle Classes
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- former US Marine, retired police; in other words, professional babysitter. "Ah's jes' th' ign'nt sonuva po' ol' shahcroppah, yas ah is. . ."
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20080730
Bizarre Legal Theory Formulated By White Supremacists Takes Root In Baltimore Ghettos
How black Baltimore drug dealers are
using white supremacist legal
theories to confound the Feds.
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using white supremacist legal
theories to confound the Feds.
http://ping.fm/cdqL6
20080729
Why Dog Condoms™?
Even PETA will tell you plainly that mutilating your pet is wrong. Whether it’s cropping the ears, clipping the tail, or declawing your ferocious feline; putting your prized pet under the knife to suit your humanly purposes is austerely inhumane. So with that obvious knowledge in your quiver, why would you even dream of getting your dog spayed or neutered?
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20080726
20080723
Are 400,000 Terrorists, 44 Terrorist Groups, and Five State Sponsors of Terror Trying to Attack the United States?
After having begun a series of investigative stories criticizing the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in May 2008, CNN reporter Drew Griffin reports being placed with more than a million other names on TSA’s swollen terrorism watch list.
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20080721
20080720
Ruling Gives South Dakota Doctors a Script to Read
CHICAGO -- In a victory for antiabortion forces, doctors in South Dakota are now required to tell a woman seeking an abortion that the procedure "will terminate the life of a whole, separate, unique living human being."http://ping.fm/rnUik
Library confrontation points up privacy dilemma
RANDOLPH, Vt. - Children's librarian Judith Flint was getting ready for the monthly book discussion group for 8- and 9-year-olds on "Love That Dog" when police showed up. http://ping.fm/G3J6k
Covert ops in Iran
Contrary to claims of taking a more diplomatic approach with Iran, the Bush administration has significantly expanded US covert operations against the Islamic republic courtesy of a $400 million budget approved by Congress last year, thus foreshadowing preparations for war.http://ping.fm/cxuPD
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20080715
Prosecutor flagged by US terror watch list
The Justice Department's former top criminal prosecutor says the government's terror watch list likely has caused thousands of innocent Americans to be questioned, searched or otherwise hassled. Former Assistant Attorney General Jim Robinson would know: he's one of them.http://ping.fm/quXMA
U.S. terrorism watch list tops 1 million
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. watch list of terrorism suspects has passed 1 million records, corresponding to about 400,000 people, and a leading civil rights group said on Monday the number was far too high to be effective.http://ping.fm/Jrh0T
20080714
How Terrorism Paranoia Killed 1,600 Americans in 2002
In the aftermath of 9/11, many Americans were so afraid of flying that they chose to drive instead.http://ping.fm/uqzpe
20080713
British soldiers accused of sickening sex assault on Iraqi boy, 14
Just days after the MoD has to pay out millions to the father of a man UK soldiers beat to death, fresh claims of abuse emergehttp://ping.fm/22AiU
Yoo Won’t Answer Whether President Can Bury Detainees Alive»
(video)The authors of the Bush administration’s torture policies, David Addington and John Yoo, are testifying before the House Judiciary Committee. . .http://ping.fm/kqSK6
FBI Investigating Dead Fowl in Front of U.S. Capitol
The FBI is investigating what may have caused a dozen ducks to die in a large reflecting pool in front of the U.S. Capitol.http://ping.fm/rWDqT
20080712
Pull Up A Chair, Mr. Rove
Karl Rove had never been so agreeable. The former chief strategist to President Bush was the only witness listed on the agenda for yesterday's meeting of the House Judiciary Committee, and he proved to be uncharacteristically contained.http://ping.fm/b3RgI
20080710
News agency says missile-test photo digitally changed
An editor who transmitted an apparently doctored photo of an Iranian missile test published around the world said Thursday the gaffe shows that news organizations must be careful about using government handouts. http://ping.fm/NPRcT
20080709
Saying Good-Bye: Pet Funerals for Cats
"You have countless happy memories. You have photos, toys, beds, bowls, and collars. Most importantly, you have a special place in your heart which will always belong to that unforgettable cat. . ."http://ping.fm/yB0kg
Iraq: When resettlement stats show betrayal
Commentary by Erlend Paasche for the ISN Security Watch (08/07/2008) http://ping.fm/5sZR7
20080708
The Superstitious Right Fights Good Science on Global Warming
"We live in the most astonishing of times, politically speaking. And I don't mean that as a compliment."http://ping.fm/i2pNM
Prototype Remote-Activated Wrist Stun-Device Shocks You For Aeroplane Security
This is what our Department of homeland Security wants. . .bad enough airplanes are basically cattle cares nowadays.Now they'll be able to 'prod' anyone into line.http://ping.fm/kuGT8
20080706
Cause for Alarm
"The symbols of patriotism - bumper stickers and those flags the size of baseball fields - have taken the place of the hard work and sacrifice required to keep a great nation great. You know that matters have gotten out of hand when, as we learned this week, American instructors at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, gave classes on torture techniques used by the Communists to extract false testimony from American prisoners during the Korean War."http://ping.fm/XIn1A
Ransom claim in Ingrid Betancourt release
Ingrid Betancourt arrived in France today after being held captive for six years in the Colombian jungle, amid claims that a ransom was paid to free her.The Colombian government said that she was freed in an audacious operation after the military tricked Farc into handing the French-Colombian politician over without a shot being fired.http://ping.fm/5LDAIIf Betancourt's assertions are true, then the United States is once again responsible (at least in part) for the setting up of false 'heroic rescues' and similar phenomena. We should not forget that intitial reports from Iraq claimed that Kurdish forces captured Saddam Hussein, who then turned him over to Coalition forces. Neither should we forget the Pat Tillman and Jessica Lynch affairs.
20080705
Want some torture with your peanuts?
http://ping.fm/V8PtKA senior government official with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has expressed great interest in a so-called safety bracelet that would serve as a stun device, similar to that of a police Taser®. According to this promotional video found at the Lamperd Less Lethal website, the bracelet would be worn by all airline passengers.
Afghan children 'forgotten victims' of war: UN
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) says children in Afghanistan suffer more than in any other country in the world from violence, war and poverty.http://ping.fm/ZMGso
Celebrity Passport Records Popular
Government workers repeatedly snooped without authorization inside the electronic passport records of entertainers, athletes and other high-profile Americans, a State Department audit has found. One celebrity's records were breached 356 times by more than six dozen people. http://ping.fm/R9fuc
"A Decent Respect to the Opinions of Mankind ..."
Irony abounds in President George W. Bush's decision to speak at Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson, on the last July 4th that he will occupy the Oval Office.http://ping.fm/RrQDK
Judge Rejects Bush’s View on Wiretaps
A federal judge in California said Wednesday that the wiretapping law established by Congress was the “exclusive” means for the president to eavesdrop on Americans, and he rejected the government’s claim that the president’s constitutional authority as commander in chief trumped that law. http://ping.fm/vZqhy
Judge Orders Google to Turn Over YouTube Records
San Francisco - A federal judge in New York has ordered Google to turn over to Viacom a database linking users of YouTube, the Web's largest video site by far, with every clip they have watched there.http://ping.fm/97NNq
20080703
Bush's Accountability Moment?
Will the 2008 election be President Bush's long-awaited accountability moment?http://ping.fm/f4h8E
20080702
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