House Resolution 33: Recognizing and Honoring Freemasons110th CONGRESS, 1st Session
H. RES. 33
Recognizing the thousands of Freemasons in every State in the Nation and honoring them for their many contributions to the Nation throughout its history.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 5, 2007
Mr. GILLMOR submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
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RESOLUTION
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U.S. Smart Bombs Pave Way For Somali DictatorshipInternational gangsters, tinpot dictators and genocidal megalomaniacs worldwide should take note - if you want to topple a democratically elected government and subjugate, indenture and abuse a population, just give the White House a call. For the right price, they'll be happy to lend a hand and a few smart bombs. Just make the check out in the name of "The War On Terror."
That's right - the "global struggle against the enemies of freedom" has claimed anot... (more)
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Death Watch in the Persian Gulf and WashingtonWatching the slow-motion march to war against Iran is a bit like watching a terminal cancer patient in a hospice. We know how it's going to end. We know it's going to be tragic and ugly. But we are powerless to stop it.
There is a difference of course.
For the cancer patient, there really is no alternative.
For us, there is an alternative to the catastrophe which President Bush and his regent, Dick Cheney, are preparing for us all.
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New Law Could Subject Civilians to Military TrialPrivate contractors and other civilians serving with U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan could be subject for the first time to military courts-martial under a new federal provision that legal scholars say is almost certain to spark constitutional challenges.
The provision, which was slipped into a spending bill at the end of the last Congress, is intended to close a long-standing loophole that critics say puts contractors in war zones above the law.
But the provisi... (more)
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Cheney and the Dead Body of OsamaAre you tired of Dick Cheney yet? He says the same thing over and over and the corporate media sucks it up through a straw. He drags out Osama bin Dead some six years now and Yahoo throws it up on the web.
“US Vice-President Dick Cheney accused critics of the administration’s new strategy in Iraq of playing into the hands of Osama bin Laden and global terrorism,” Yahoo News reports. It’s a fitting name for this sort of stuff, Yahoo News. News for the ... (more)
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Some at Guantanamo Mark 5 Years in LimboShackled at the wrists and blinded by special goggles, the first captives from the U.S. war in Afghanistan were ushered to makeshift prison cells thousands of miles from the battle, at the U.S. naval station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, five years ago last week.
Gholam Ruhani was among them, the prison's third official inmate, flown in by cargo plane with the first group of 20 men. The 23-year-old Afghan shopkeeper, who spoke a little English, was seized near his hometown of Ghazni wh... (more) Related: The children of Guantanamo Bay: The 'IoS' reveals today that more than 60 of the detainees of the US camp were under 18 at the time of their capture, some as young as 14 |
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Australia: Anti-Terror Program Used to Issue Parking TicketsA new federal anti-terror police force in Australia is citing "terrorism" as the reason for issuing parking and speeding tickets at airports. The Airport Uniform Police (AUP), formed last year as part of the Australian Federal Police (AFP), are currently deployed to improve security at eleven airports.
"That's why we're here -- to provide that high visibility presence, to reassure the traveling public, and to deter and prevent criminal and terrorist-related activity," Superintend... (more)
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Anti-war campaigner comes to TateBrian Haw, who has held an anti-war vigil outside the Houses of Parliament for six years, has been immortalised in art in London's Tate Britain gallery.
Police seized Mr Haw's placards last year, saying he was in breach of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act.
Now former Turner Prize nominee Mark Wallinger has recreated the protestor's camp, and his banners, in the Tate.
The gallery falls within a 1km zone around Parliament in which unauthorised... (more)
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Blair rebuts 'Big Brother' claims Tony Blair today rejected claims that the government wanted to create a Big Brother-style "super-database", following criticism from civil liberties groups.
The prime minister insisted government plans to allow Whitehall departments to share information on individuals were "perfectly sensible" but had been the victim of misrepresentation.
Mr Blair spoke out after opposition parties and civil liberties campaigners united to call it a move ... (more)
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Big Brother's new toy: Another bloated gas bag watching you from the skyLast week, a fire ignited at the Akron Airdock that once housed a fleet of Goodyear blimps. Firemen rushed to the 211-foot-tall structure and quickly doused the flames. Reporters and photographers descended on the landmark. Many were surprised to learn the blimps were no longer being stored there.
Turns out Lockheed Martin -- the company that gave us the Trident intercontinental ballistic missile -- was renovating the site for an upcoming project when the fire started. It's being ... (more)
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Iraqis will never accept this sellout to the oil corporationsToday Iraq remains under occupation, and the gulf between those who profess to rule and those who are ruled is filled with blood. The government is beholden to the occupation forces that are responsible for a humanitarian catastrophe and a political impasse. While defenceless citizens are killed at will, the government carries on with its business of protecting itself, collecting oil revenues, dispensing favours, justifying the occupation, and presiding over collapsing security, economic wellbei... (more)
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Major investment bank issues warning on strike against IranWarning that investors might be "in for a shock," a major investment bank has told the financial community that a preemptive strike by Israel with American backing could hit Iran's nuclear program, RAW STORY has learned.
The banking division of ING Group released a memo on Jan. 9 entitled "Attacking Iran: The market impact of a surprise Israeli strike on its nuclear facilities."
ING is a global financial services company of Dutch origin that includes banking, ins... (more)
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A crowded wombA twin leans over and kisses the cheek of her sister in a heart-warming picture that would not be out of place in any family home.
Yet these siblings are a not even born and the astonishing images have been captured on a new 'four-dimensional' ultrasound scan of the womb.
The scans are a highly developed form of traditional ultrasound where very high frequency sound waves are used to produce images of what is inside the body.
As with older forms of u... (more)
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Brown Answers Bilderberg Question Last week we reported how British MP, Norman Baker, who had previously asked Prime Minister Tony Blair to reveal details of any Bilderberg meetings he has attended, has also now officially asked the current Chancellor of the Exchequer, and most likely next Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, to reveal details of his own attendances at Bilderberg.
Baker's question has now been "a... (more)
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Al Fayed brands Diana decision 'shocking but predictable' Mohamed al Fayed tonight branded the decision not to appoint a jury for the Diana, Princess of Wales inquest "shocking but predictable". Britain's top female judge Baroness Butler-Sloss is to sit alone on the high profile case.
Lawyers for Harrods boss Mr al Fayed, whose son Dodi was killed in the 1997 Paris car crash, argued in favour of a jury of ordinary men and women during legal discussions at the High Court last week.
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BBC accused of covering up De Menezes shooting The BBC has been accused of covering up the truth after it dropped plans to film a politically sensitive drama about Jean Charles de Menezes who was gunned down by police marksmen at Stockwell Tube station.
The cousin of the 27-year-old Brazilian electrician said the broadcaster wanted people to "forget" the killing.
Jean Charles de Menezes was shot more multiple times on a Victoria Line tube in the wake of the July London bombings two years ago ... (more)
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Did The Government Force BBC To Drop Menezes, 7/7 Dramas? The family of Jean Charles de Menezes, the innocent man who was gunned down by British police in the wake of the London bombings, has today accused the BBC of aiding a cover up after plans to film a politically sensitive docu-drama about his murder were unceremoniously dropped. The filiming of a docu-drama about the 7/7 London bombers has also been suddenly abandoned.
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Enjoying Technology's Conveniences But Not Escaping Its Watchful EyesThe tracking of Kitty Bernard begins shortly after she wakes up. All through the 56-year-old real estate agent's day, from walking in her building's lobby to e-mailing friends and shopping and working, the watchful eye of technology records her movements and preferences.
Welcome to the 21st century.
Like many Americans, Bernard uses modern gadgets to make life easier, and along the way creates a data trail that others can access and preserve, sometimes permanently. ... (more)
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FOX Affiliate Shows Video Of Obama Rally During Sex-Offender StoryA news segment broadcast by Minneapolis-St. Paul's KMSP-TV, also known as "FOX9," shows footage of people marching with signs and placards supporting Barack Obama while the anchor reports a story about the sentencing of a sex offender. The station is owned and operated by Fox Televisions Stations Group.
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MSNBC: Saudi Arabia mulls sending troops to Iraq 'to protect their interests' there NBC News' Andrea Mitchell reported on MSNBC that Saudi Arabia is mulling whether or not to send troops to Iraq, to "protect their interests" there.
According to Mitchell, Saudi Arabia is "deeply skeptical" that Iraq's government will be able to quell the unrest. Over a hundred Iraqi civilians died today, including at least 15 from a bombing at Baghdad University.
But a leading Saudi Arabia official warns that Saudi Arabia can not be expecte... (more)
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Murtha proposes bill to choke funding for surge Rep. John P. Murtha, Pennsylvania Democrat, yesterday announced plans to introduce legislation that would cut off funding for President Bush's proposed surge of American troops into Baghdad.
"I think our hearings will show that even Republicans will vote with us when the bill finally comes up," Mr. Murtha, chairman of the Appropriations defense subcommittee, said during an appearance on ABC's "This Week."
Mr. Murtha said that he doesn't think Democrats can stop Mr. ... (more)
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Why the US Is Not Leaving Iraq: The Booming Business of War Profiteers The military-industrial-complex [would] cause military spending to be driven not by national security needs but by a network of weapons makers, lobbyists and elected officials. — Dwight D. Eisenhower
There are only two things we should fight for. One is the defense of our homes and the other is the Bill of Rights. War for any other reason is simply a racket. — General Smedley D. Butler Neither the Iraq Study Group nor other establishment critic... (more)
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When will this Nightmare End?Former Carter national security advisor, Zbigniew Brzezinski, summarized Bush’s plans for a “surge” of troops in Iraq saying:
“The commitment of 21,500 more troops is a POLITICAL GIMMICK of limited tactical significance and of no strategic benefit. It is insufficient to win the war militarily. It will engage US forces in bloody street fighting that will not resolve with finality the ongoing turmoil and the sectarian and ethnic strife, not to menti ... (more)
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US military strike on Iran seen by April '07KUWAIT CITY: Washington will launch a military strike on Iran before April 2007, say sources. The attack will be launched from the sea and Patriot missiles will guard all oil-producing countries in the region, they add. Recent statements emanating from the United States indicate the Bush administration’s new strategy for Iraq doesn’t include any proposal to make a compromise or negotiate with Syria or Iran. A reliable source said President Bush recently held a meeting with Vice Presi... (more)
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Russian Admiral Says U.S. Navy Prepares Missile Strike on Iran U.S. Navy nuclear submarines maintaining vigil off the coast of Iran indicate that the Pentagon’s military plans include not only control over navigation in the Persian Gulf but also strikes against Iranian targets, a former commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, Admiral Eduard Baltin has told the Interfax news agency.
“The presence of U.S. nuclear submarines in the Persian Gulf region means that the Pentagon has not abandoned plans for surprise strikes against nuc... (more)
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Bush administration provokes open war on IranAs reported by the January 12 New York Times, Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice admitted that George W. Bush authorized the raid of the Iranian liaison office in Irbil, Iraq, and that the raid was part of a broad military offensive against Iran ordered by Bush several months ago.
The Iranian gov... (more)
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