Hours before State of Union, Bush approval drops to low of 28 percent On the day of his State of the Union speech, President Bush's approval rating has dropped to a new low of twenty-eight percent, and sixty-four percent "disapprove of the way he's handling his job," according to CBS News.
"Two-thirds of Americans remain opposed to the president's plan for sending more than 20,000 additional U.S. troops to Iraq — roughly the same number as after Mr. Bush announced the plan," CBS News reports. "And 72 percent believe he ... (more)
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Right on Time: Al-Qaeda deputy 'mocks Bush plan'Al-Qaeda's deputy leader has mocked US President George W Bush's plan to increase Iraq troop numbers in a video message, according to a US website.
In the tape, apparently intercepted by US-based terrorism think tank Site, Ayman al-Zawahiri challenged Mr Bush to send "the entire army" to Iraq.
The Iraqi insurgents would "bury 10 armies like yours", he said.
Earlier this month, Mr Bush announced the deployment of over 20,000 more troops in a bid to end... (more)
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UK Spying On Muslims Who Visit MeccaTHE intelligence agencies are monitoring every Muslim who travels from Britain to Mecca on pilgrimage in a wider effort to piece together intelligence on suspected Al-Qaeda terrorist activity.
A senior Whitehall official has disclosed that the operation targeting trips to the holy city in Saudi Arabia by more than 100,000 British Muslims is part of a trawl by MI5 and MI6 for information about movements of suspected terrorists. It follows evidence that British Islamic terrorists ha... (more)
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US productivity growth lowest for a decadeThe US economy last year recorded its lowest rate of labour productivity growth in more than a decade, with growth in output per hour worked falling behind the EU and Japan. The fall casts further doubt on the ability of the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates as the US economy slows.
Research to be published on Tuesday by the Conference Board, the international business organisation, shows that US labour productivity in the whole economy grew by 1.4 pe... (more)
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Wired to report US unwittingly evolved superpathogen in Iraqi combat hospitals A drug-resistant bacteria that is infecting wounded US soldiers in Iraq -- and has spread to civilian hospitals in parts of Europe -- accidentally evolved in US military hospitals in Iraq, Wired Magazine will report in a massive expose on Monday, RAW STORY has learned.
The full story is now available here.
The several thousand word expose is set to bring uncomfortable new light to the bact... (more)
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We're Takin' It To the Street January 27!What madness has gripped America?
In November the nation clearly voted, by a margin of some seven million votes, for an end to the interminable war in Iraq and a return to sanity in Washington.
Today, less than three months later, with a new Democratic majority in both houses of Congress, we have the president not pulling troops out, but sending more troops to Iraq, where the death toll is mounting faster than ever (25 U.S. troops killed in one day last weekend a... (more)
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Report: Gunmen In U.S. Uniforms Killed GIsA brazen attack on U.S. troops in southwest Iraq which left five soldiers dead was carried out by insurgents cleverly disguised to look like American officials in armored sports utility vehicles, according to a report Monday in the Washington Post.
The Post quotes the provincial governor as saying Iraqi guards at the Provincial Joint Coordination Center in Karbala, 60 miles southwest of Baghdad, quickly waved through the vehicles as they approached at high speed, seeing inside peo... (more)
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Israeli billionaire Saban biggest donor to US politiciansCommunications tycoon has donated at least USD 13 million to American politicians. As a close friend of the Clintons he contributed to the Democrats, but President Bush has not been deprived either.
Israeli billionaire and media mogul Haim Saban is at the top of the list of donors to political campaigns in the US.
Fox Network revealed over the weekend that Saban has donated approximately USD 13 million to various candidates.
According to the report,... (more)
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'Fiscally conservative' Democratic faction refuses call to end war; Plans legislation focusing on accountability for funds Bush wants to spend on Iraq A group of forty-four "fiscally conservative" Democrats will not call for an end to America's military involvement in Iraq, RAW STORY has learned. Instead, the Blue Dog Coalition of House Democrats will introduce legislation this week focusing on accountability for money the White House wants to spend on the nearly four year long Iraq War.
In a press conference last Friday, Rep. Jane Harman, the California Democrat who was formerly the ranking minority member of the House Intelli... (more)
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Chinese Regime Admits To Organ Harvesting From PrisonersCHINA—In the middle of January, 2007, the BBC Chinese website published an interview regarding organ harvesting in China. For the first time, China's Ministry of Health spokesman Mao Qunan admitted to the practice of organ harvesting from executed prisoners in China, which he had publicly denied before. However, Mao evaded key evidences of organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners and denied that accusation.
This interview was conducted by BBC se... (more)
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Cell phones as harmful as cigarettes?MOBILE phones could turn out to be as damaging to health as cigarettes, a world expert says.
British expert Professor Lawrie Challis made the observation as he prepares to undertake a mass study of long-term phone users amid fears they are at greater risk of brain cancer. Prof Challis will monitor more than 200,000 volunteers for at least five years to check for signs of an increase in diseases such as cancer, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. The chairman of Britain's government-funde... (more)
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Defense official says Pentagon hid unspent funds in accountsWASHINGTON — The Pentagon has hidden at least $1.4 billion in other agencies' accounts instead of returning unspent money to the U.S. Treasury, the Defense Department's internal watchdog told Congress Wednesday.
Thomas Gimble, the Pentagon's acting inspector general, said Pentagon offices between 2002 and 2005 used the General Services Administration (GSA) and the Interior Department "to 'park' or 'bank' funds that were expiring."
GSA and Interior then spen... (more)
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Hillary Heralds 30 Year Plus Control Of America By Interlocking Crime Family Another Clinton in office would mean America being under the thiefdom of either a Bush or a Clinton for a total of at least 32 years, 36 if Hillary is re-elected (many now acknowledge that H.W. Bush pulled the strings as VP during the Reagan era), and they still say anyone can become President! What a pathetic joke!
Hillary Clinton surprised few when she announced her intention to run for the 2008 presidency in New York on Sunday.
Forecasters ... (more)
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"Progressives" Whine About Hillary Bashing The announcement that Hillary Clinton is to run for President has rightfully worried many into debating the problems of political dynasties in America. Commentators have pointed out that should Hillary be elected it would mean America being under the control of either a Bush or a Clinton for a total of at least 32 years.
Some "progressives" out there, however, seem to believe that such a move would be...well, progressive.
In response to an ... (more)
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9/11 ballot question won't have congressional helpVermont's two U.S. senators and one congressman are not interested in urging a new investigation into the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
A Burlington group working through the fall and early winter gathered more than 1,350 signatures -- 5 percent of the city's registered voters -- to put an advisory question about 9/11 on the city's Town Meeting Day ballot.
The question asks whether Vermont's congressional delegation should be "advised to demand a new, thoroug... (more)
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Israelis prepare public for conflict with 'genocidal' Iranian regimeSenior Israeli politicians and analysts appear to be preparing the public for military conflict with Iran as the Iranian President again refused to bow to international demands to curb its nuclear ambitions, and Tehran announced fresh military manoeuvres.
Israeli opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu told a security forum in Herzliya yesterday that individual states and companies should go beyond the UN economic sanctions. He argued that the first step should be to invoke financial... (more)
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Gunmen storm empty Gaza beach siteA group of masked gunmen claiming to be members of al-Qaida on Tuesday attacked an empty seaside tourist resort in Gaza City with explosive devices and automatic weapons, saying they wanted to send a warning to Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and Fatah legislator Muhammad Dahlan.
According to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the Oasis Resort is owned by Dahlan, although its registered owner is listed as Yussef Barakeh, a resident of Bani Suheila near Khan Yunis.
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Anti-tax advocates out in forceDavid Baker has read the entire internal revenue code. Twice. The Auburn, Mass., man, who drove to Concord several times to attend Ed and Elaine Brown's tax evasion trial, said that he's spent more than 1,000 hours poring over title 26 of the federal code, searching for the provision that requires him to pay taxes.
"You will not see a law making anyone liable for these taxes," he said last week in the federal courthouse.
Baker was just one of a rotating cast of sup... (more)
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1994 Interview with Ed Brown: Defense Militia Builds NH Base PLAINFIELD - Edward L. Brown, 52, is a consultant in the extermination business by trade. But the menace he is trying to warn people about these days is of the human variety.
Brown is the spokesman for the Constitution Defense Militia, one of numerous ''unorganized'' citizen militia groups forming around the country in response to what they say is a well-orchestrated and far-reaching conspiracy to deprive Americans of their liberty and even lives.
The New Hampshire... (more)
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Groups seek records on warrantless mail surveillance that Bush authorized through 'signing statment' On Monday, two groups filed Freedom of Information Act requests seeking information regarding warrantless mail surveillance, which was authorized by President Bush through a "signing statement" that went largely unnoticed in December.
The American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for National Security Studies noted in a press release that the statement was "attached to a statute that expressly prohibits opening First Class mail without a warrant," and said that the president w... (more)
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UN to lay down international standards for poppadum manufacturingFor lovers of Indian food, variety and spice are essential components of a perfect meal. But it appears that the poppadum, a staple accompaniment, can be subject to too much variety — in shape, size, flavour and consistency. It may be crispy, circular and spicy or chewy, plain and square.
So now the United Nations food and health agencies are to lay down international standards for how the poppadum can be manufactured.
It will join Cheddar cheese and dried sha... (more)
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US farming watchdog accuses Wal-Mart of mis-sellingWal-Mart, the controversial retailing giant, is under investigation in the US over allegations it is trying to pass off non-organic foods as organic.
It has been accused of using misleading labelling that is "tantamount to consumer fraud" by an organic farming watchdog, the Cornucopia Institute. The body has handed its complaints to the US Department of Agriculture (Usda).
The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection is also conducting an ... (more)
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Colbert exposes NFL Katrina psy-op Crime reporter Dan Moldea exposed years ago how NFL games can be and are routinely fixed for various reasons. Football has long served as a taxpayer-funded "bread-and-circuses" distraction for the American people; turning their attention away from the high crimes of the state. but in recent years, the NFL has been used as a tool of even more sophisticated psychologicla operaitons on the American people. This was reflective... (more)
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Should HPV Vaccine Be Mandatory?(CBS) It may seem premature for Kelley Ellsworth to even think about anything that has to do with sex, when it comes to her kids. Her daughter Kira is only in fifth grade.
But she and her friends may be among the first students required by law to get vaccinated for a sexually transmitted disease, one that can cause cervical cancer. CBS News correspondent Sharyl Atkisson reports.
“It makes sense to get this done. I guess it’s only a question of what th... (more) Whenever a government tells you to inject something into the body of your child "for their protection", chances are it's not for your own good.
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