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Saturday February 21st, 2009
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Woman robs restaurant while tearfully apologizing
posted 02/21/2009, 11:28 AM (Associated Press)
[Category: Economy]
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Police have arrested a woman they say robbed a South Bend restaurant while tearfully apologizing to the cashier. The woman, whose identity wasn't released, was taken to the St. Joseph County Jail on a charge of theft Tuesday night.
According to a police report, the woman told the cashier at the Long John Silver's restaurant she had a gun and needed money, then began crying and said, "If I wasn't down and out, I wouldn't be doing this."
As the woman waited at the counter, a customer in the drive-through line called police. The woman was running across a nearby parking lot as police arrived and arrested her. Police said no weapon was found. |
The Deep Politics of Hollywood
posted 02/21/2009, 11:28 AM (Information Clearinghouse)
[Category: Commentary]
Tom Cruise – “the world’s most powerful celebrity” according to Forbes Magazine – was unceremoniously sacked in 2006. His dismissal was particularly shocking for the fact that it was carried out not by his immediate employer, Paramount Studios, but rather by Paramount’s parent company, Viacom. Viacom’s notoriously irascible CEO Sumner Redstone – who owns a long list of media companies including CBS, Nickelodeon, MTV, and VH1 – said that Cruise had committed “creative suicide” following a ... (more) |
Bill proposes ISPs, Wi-Fi keep logs for police
posted 02/21/2009, 11:26 AM (CNET News)
[Category: Big Brother/Orwellian]
Republican politicians on Thursday called for a sweeping new federal law that would require all Internet providers and operators of millions of Wi-Fi access points, even hotels, local coffee shops, and home users, to keep records about users for two years to aid police investigations.
The legislation, which echoes a measure proposed by one of their Democratic colleag... (more) |
Cops Open Fire On Unarmed Couple
posted 02/21/2009, 11:26 AM (The Salinas Californian)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
Police opened fire on an unarmed couple during a routine traffic stop late Tuesday night because one officer "thought he was shot," a high-ranking Salinas Police Department official said Thursday.
"He saw what he perceived as a threat and thought he was shot, and based on that both officers discharged their firearms," said Dino Bardoni, commander of investigations.
No one was hurt in the 11:24 p.m. incident at North Sanborn Road and Freedom Parkway, but the couple's... (more) |
Government Wants School Children To "Think Like 7/7 Terrorists"
posted 02/21/2009, 11:23 AM (Infowars)
[Category: Big Brother/Orwellian]
A government teaching pack, provided to secondary schools throughout the UK, has been strongly criticized for asking children as young as ten years old to imagine themselves as suicide bombers.
The teaching pack contains an exercise in which children are required to "prepare a brief presentation on the 7/7 bombings from the perspective of the bombers".
Pupils are asked to put themselves in the shoes of terrorists and provide possible justifications for carryin... (more) |
Man sought by UK authorities over alleged sending of DVD
posted 02/21/2009, 11:23 AM (The Irish Times)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
A MAN sought by the UK authorities for allegedly attempting to pervert the course of justice by sending a controversial DVD to a judge and jury foreman during a trial relating to bomb attacks in London in July 2005 has appeared before the High Court after being arrested in Co Meath.
Sheffield-born Anthony John Hill (60) was arrested by gardaí at his home in Carrick Street, Kells, early yesterday morning on foot of a European Arrest Warrant, Mr Justice John MacMenamin was told.... (more) |
Former Gitmo Guard Tells All
posted 02/21/2009, 11:23 AM (Harpers Magazine)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
Army Private Brandon Neely served as a prison guard at Guantanamo in the first years the facility was in operation. With the Bush Administration, and thus the threat of retaliation against him, now gone, Neely decided to step forward and tell his story. "The stuff I did and the stuff I saw was just wrong," he told the Associated Press. Neely describes the arrival of detainees in full sensory-deprivation garb, he details their sexual abuse by medical personnel, torture by other medical personnel,... (more) |
Secret police unit set up to spy on British 'domestic extremists'
posted 02/21/2009, 11:22 AM (The Daily Mail)
[Category: Big Brother/Orwellian]
A secret police intelligence unit has been set up to spy on Left-wing and Right-wing political groups.
The Confidential Intelligence Unit (CIU) has the power to operate across the UK and will mount surveillance and run informers on ‘domestic extremists’.
Its job is to build up a detailed picture of radical campaigners.
Targets will include environmental groups involved in direct action such as Plane Stupid, whose supporters invaded the runway at Stans... (more) |
Lab tests verify white phosphorus in Gaza soil
posted 02/21/2009, 11:21 AM (Press TV)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
Laboratory tests conducted by a Turkish university on Gaza soil have confirmed the use of phosphorus bombs by Israel in the coastal sliver.
Istanbul's Yildiz Technical University conducted the tests on soil transferred by the Association of Human Rights and Solidarity for Oppressed Peoples (MAZLUM-DER).
The tests yielded results confirming the existence of white phosphorus particles in the samples, the daily Vakit reports.
White phosphorus, classified... (more) |
High School Dropout turns Drone Pilot, thanks to Computer Games
posted 02/21/2009, 11:21 AM (GameGuru.in)
[Category: Big Brother/Orwellian]
 An eighteen-year-old soldier stationed in Iraq was able to attain the post of drone pilot instructor, in part due to skills he learnt while playing video games. Democracy Now! conducted an interview with P.W. Singer; author of Wired For War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century and formerly advisor to the Obama campaign.
Singer explained that the soldier was a high school dropout who had joined the army to do his father proud. He had planned on becoming a helic... (more) |
Rise of the machines, end of the humans?
posted 02/21/2009, 11:21 AM (The Independent)
[Category: Science/Technology]
So, there are these two scientists researching artificial intelligence. One is Satinder S Baveja, director of the University of Michigan's AI laboratory; the other is Miles Bennett Dyson, director of research at Cyberdyne Systems of California. Both men are asked to reflect on what the ultimate outcome of their work on AI will look like. Might it, for example, get a little bit dystopian out there?
This is how each responds. One says: "Our noses are too firmly pressed into our work... (more) |
Shoe thrower says he intended to restore Iraq's pride
posted 02/21/2009, 11:20 AM (USA Today)
[Category: Resistance]
The Iraqi journalist who tossed his shoes at President Bush testified Thursday that he was trying to restore his country's pride and did not intend to harm the American president, the Associated Press reports.
It was Muntadhar al-Zeidi's first public appearance since the Dec. 14 incident, which turned him into something of a cult hero in Iraq and parts of the Arab world.
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Iran And The West: A History Of Violence
posted 02/21/2009, 11:20 AM (Eric Margolis)
[Category: Commentary]
Iran is celebrating the 30th anniversary of its historic Islamic revolution after three decades of siege warfare by the western powers. To understand why relations between Tehran and the West are so bitter, we must understand their historical context.
Iran’s jagged relations with the West began during World War II. In 1941, the British Empire and Soviet Union jointly invaded and occupied the independent kingdom of Persia, as it was then known. This oil-motivated aggression was eve... (more) |
Israel takes control of more West Bank land
posted 02/21/2009, 11:20 AM (Associated Press)
[Category: Geopolitics]
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has taken control of a large chunk of land near a prominent West Bank settlement, paving the way for the possible construction of 2,500 settlement homes, officials said Monday, in a new challenge to Mideast peacemaking.
Successive Israeli governments have broken promises to the United States to halt settlement expansion, defined by Washington as an obstacle to peace. Ongoing expansion is likely to create friction not only with the Palestinians, but with Pre... (more) |
Deputies Plan To Draw Blood At DUI Checkpoints
posted 02/21/2009, 11:20 AM (West Palm Beach News)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
PBSO Plans To Draw Blood At DUI CheckpointsSome Drivers Feel Blood Tests 'Invasive'POSTED: 10:29 am EST February 20, 2009
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Drunken drivers beware: If you drink and drive, especially during the last weekend of February, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office and other area law enforcement will be out for blood.
PBSO deputies plan to set up driving under the influence checkpoints. If they suspect a driver is under the influence, they... (more) |
Infertility is linked to chemicals found in cookware, clothing
posted 02/21/2009, 11:20 AM (Los Angeles Times)
[Category: Brave New World]
Pregnant women in the U.S. are at greater risk than previously thought for infertility and reproductive problems from exposure to chemicals found in many consumer products including food wrappers, cookware and clothing.
According to scientists at the UCLA School of Public Health, women with high levels of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) in their blood had a harder time conceiving and were twice as likely to be diagnosed with infertility as women ... (more) |
Oklahoma City police officer pulls man over for anti-Obama sign on vehicle
posted 02/21/2009, 11:19 AM (NewsOK)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
The police officers who stopped Oklahoma City motorist Chip Harrison and confiscated a sign from his car told him he has a right to his beliefs, but the Secret Service "could construe this as a threat against President Obama," according to the incident report released this morning.
The sign, which read "Abort Obama Not the Unborn," was returned to Harrison later that day, the report said.
Police spokesman Steve McCool said this morning that the sign was taken in er... (more) |
Humans 'will be implanted with microchips'
posted 02/21/2009, 11:19 AM (MSN 9 News)
[Category: Big Brother/Orwellian]
All Australians could be implanted with microchips for tracking and identification within the next two or three generations, a prominent academic says.
Michael G Michael from the University of Wollongong's School of Information Systems and Technology, has coined the term "uberveillance" to describe the emerging trend of all-encompassing surveillance.
"Uberveillance is not on the outside looking down, but on the inside looking out through a microchip that is embedded... (more) |
Emerging global elite to use new global media to educate 'global citizens'
posted 02/21/2009, 11:19 AM (World Tribune)
[Category: Geopolitics]
Elite members of the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, recently considered a proposal for a new global television network to usher in a state of “global governance.” The concept strikes some as authoritarian, even totalitarian. But the parent company of Fox News was one of the sponsors of this year's gathering. ShareThis
The media proposal, which was included in “The Global Agenda 2009” report, is to create “a new global network” with “the capacity to con... (more) |
Is it a crime to take pictures?
posted 02/21/2009, 11:19 AM (BBC News)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
 Photographers staged a mass photo call in protest at the law
From today, anyone taking a photograph of a police officer could be deemed to have committed a criminal offence.
That is because of a new law - Section 76 of the Counter Terrorism Act - which has come into force.
It permits the arrest of anyone found "eliciting, publishing or communicating information" relating to members of the armed forces, intelligence services and police officers,... (more) |
Why can't we take pictures of policemen?
posted 02/21/2009, 11:19 AM (The Telegraph)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
In that brief time not long after he became Prime Minister, when Gordon Brown was regarded as a serious political figure and one refreshingly less artful than his predecessor, he delivered a speech at the University of Westminster on liberty. It was an erudite and thoughtful exposition of this country's difficult, and sometimes bloody, attempts to come to terms with the countervailing demands of individual liberty and state power.
I recall being impressed that a prime minister was... (more) |
CCTV cameras 'listen for trouble'
posted 02/21/2009, 11:19 AM (BBC News)
[Category: Big Brother/Orwellian]
Security cameras have long been a fact of Scottish life, viewed with relief by many communities and with suspicion by civil libertarians.
But what if they were listening to you as well? It has already happened in Glasgow.
A Dutch company called Sound Intelligence carried out a two week long trial in a busy city centre street.
They stress that their system, called Sigard, does not record conversations. It listens not to what is being said but how it i... (more)[IL note- Who views cameras with relief? Even the most brainwashed people hate speed cameras etc. this is just a LIE to make the majority of people feel as though they're in the minority with "civil libertarians." This tactic is used constantly by so-called "news" organizations to marginalize entire populations.] |
Newspaper share value fell $64B in '08
posted 02/21/2009, 10:19 AM (Newsosaur)
[Category: Economy]
In the worst year in history for publishers, newspaper shares dropped an average of 83.3% in 2008, wiping out $64.5 billion in market value in just 12 months.
Although things were tough for all sorts of businesses in the face of the worst economic slump since the 1930s, the decline among the newspaper shares last year was more than twice as deep as the 38.5% drop suffered by the Standard and Poor's average of 500 stocks.
The debacle was widespread and thoroughgoing,... (more) |
Householders to be charged for each flush of toilet
posted 02/21/2009, 10:18 AM (The Sunday Telegraph)
[Category: Politics/Corruption]
HOUSEHOLDERS would be charged for each flush under a radical new toilet tax designed to help beat the drought.
The scheme would replace the current system, which sees sewage charges based on a home's value - not its waste water output.
CSIRO Policy and Economic Research Unit member Jim McColl and Adelaide University Water Management Professor Mike Young plan to promote the move to state and federal politicians and experts across the country.
"It would... (more) |
U.S. housing starts drop to lowest ever
posted 02/21/2009, 10:16 AM (International Herald Tribune)
[Category: Economy]
New-home construction fell to its lowest level on record in January as builders virtually closed up shop amid falling demand, tightened credit markets and a flood of foreclosure properties.
The Commerce Department reported on Wednesday that privately owned housing starts in January fell 16.8 percent from December, to an annual rate of 466,000. That was the slowest pace since at least 1959.
The numbers show a housing market that is still declining after more than two... (more) |
Stock Decline Hits Depression Levels
posted 02/21/2009, 10:16 AM (Business Week)
[Category: Economy]
During the darkest 10 years of the Great Depression, from September 1929 to September 1939, the stock market dropped roughly 50%, adjusted for inflation. With today's drop in the stock market, the U.S. has now matched that unfortunate milestone. The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index, adjusted for inflation, is now down about 50% over the past 10 years from Feb. 17, 1999 to Feb. 17, 2009.
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Gold Tops $1,000, Highest Since March, as Global Equities Slide
posted 02/21/2009, 10:16 AM (Bloomberg)
[Category: Economy]
Feb. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Gold surpassed $1,000 an ounce in New York for the first time in almost a year as investors, hurt by plunging stocks and a deepening recession, sought to protect their wealth.
Gold futures for April delivery rose $25.70, or 2.6 percent, to $1,002.20 an ounce on the New York Mercantile Exchange’s Comex division. Earlier the price touched $1,007.70, the highest since March 18. Gold, the only metal to advance in 2008, has rallied annually since 2000 and is up ... (more) |
Obama beats out Jesus as America's hero
posted 02/21/2009, 10:16 AM (Sun Times)
[Category: General]
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Americans named President Obama as their No. 1 hero, followed by Jesus Christ and Martin Luther King, in a new Harris poll.
Others in the top 10, in descending order, were Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, Abraham Lincoln, John McCain, John F. Kennedy, Chesley Sullenberger and Mother Teresa.
People were asked whom they admired enough to call their heroes. Those surveyed were not shown a list of people to choose from. The Harris Poll was conducted onli... (more) |
Geronimo's descendants demand return of 'stolen' remains
posted 02/21/2009, 10:16 AM (The Telegraph)
[Category: Occult]
 Geronimo died of pneumonia in 1909 as a prisoner of war at Fort Sill after decades spent fighting against US and Mexican expansion into Apache lands Photo: AFP/GETTY
They claim his body was taken by members of Skull and Bones, a secret student society, and are hidden at Yale University.
George W Bush's grandfather and two other members of the group are said to have taken the remains of the Apache warrior Geronimo during the First World War.
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California DMV considering facial recognition
posted 02/21/2009, 10:16 AM (San Jose Mercury News)
[Category: Big Brother/Orwellian]
Feb. 4--SACRAMENTO -- Even as cost-conscious Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger looks to trim state spending every way he can, officials at the Department of Motor Vehicles are planning to spend tens of millions of dollars on new driver's license technology.
And privacy advocates say finances are the least of the plan's problems.
The proposed $63 million contract includes facial recognition software that would allow the DMV to quickly compare an applicant's new photo agains... (more) |
14-year-old Wisconsin student arrested for texting in class
posted 02/21/2009, 10:16 AM (Raw Story)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
A 14-year-old high-school student has the dubious distinction of being perhaps the first American ever arrested for texting in class.
The Wisconsin girl was charged with disorderly conduct last week after refusing to stop texting during her math class and then denying she had a phone, according to a police report.
"The School Resource officer at Wauwatosa East High School was asked to go to room 242 and remove a student who refuses to stop texting on her phone duri... (more) |
Blackwater to change name to 'Xe'
posted 02/21/2009, 10:16 AM (Raw Story)
[Category: General]
Blackwater Worldwide is abandoning its tarnished brand name as it tries to shake a reputation battered by oft-criticized work in Iraq, renaming its family of two dozen businesses under the name Xe.
The parent company's new name is pronounced like the letter "z." Blackwater Lodge & Training Center — the subsidiary that conducts much of the company's overseas operations and domestic training — has been renamed U.S. Training Center Inc., the company said Friday.
The de... (more) |
Report: Fetal stem cells trigger tumors in ill boy
posted 02/21/2009, 10:15 AM (Associated Press)
[Category: Health]
WASHINGTON – A family desperate to save a child from a lethal brain disease sought highly experimental injections of fetal stem cells — injections that triggered tumors in the boy's brain and spinal cord, Israeli scientists reported Tuesday.
Scientists are furiously trying to harness different types of stem cells — the building blocks for other cells in the body — to regrow damaged tissues and thus treat devastating diseases. But for all the promise, researchers have long warned t... (more) |
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