Two kicked out of Bush event win court orderTwo people ejected from a speech by President Bush in Denver in 2005, allegedly because of an anti-war bumper sticker on a car they drove to the event, won a court order Monday they hope will uncover who gave the order to kick them out.
Leslie Weise and Alex Young, two of the three people removed from the taxpayer-funded event, are suing two Denver men for actually ousting them. But they believe a White House official gave the order.
Weise and Young say they did not... (more)
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Virginia GOP Senator George Allen staffers tackle/assault man asking Allen question at event And there's video. You really need to watch this video. The reporter says the man was simply asking questions that the Allen staff thought were rude. So they tackled the guy and threw him against a window. George Allen's sticker is clearly visible on the guy who grabbed the questioner in a headlock. According to NBC, when Allen was asked later about the assault he replied that stuff like this happens.
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Letter from Mike StarkThe following is a letter to NBC29 from Mike Stark, the man who was tackled for a comment he made at Senator Allen's campaign stop in Charlottesville on Tuesday.
My name is Mike Stark. I am a law student at the University of Virginia, a marine, and a citizen journalist. Earlier today at a public event, I was attempting to ask Senator Allen a question about his sealed divorce record and his arrest in the 1970s, both of which are in the public domain. His people assaulted me,... (more)
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Stuck in IraqJohn “Skull and Bones” Kerry, who would have sent an additional 40,000 soldiers into the Iraqi meat grinder, that is if the Diebold voting machines had flipped in his favor back in 2004, “told some California students to do well in school lest they ‘get stuck in Iraq.’” Neocon Republicans, of course, immediately went ballistic, demand... (more)
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Voting: What is it Good for? Absolutely NothingDavid Swanson provides us with a glimpse of the stolen election, a mere eight days away. Zooming in on an NPR transcript of a conversation between NPR’s Robert Siegel and a boorish Karl Rove, we learn from the interview that Republicans use a “different math” to count polls, as they use “different math” to count election results at odds with exit polls. In other words, Rove was indicating, once ag... (more)
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Birth control pill linked to breast cancer riskYoung women who take oral contraceptive pills before they become pregnant with their first child run a significantly higher risk of developing pre-menopausal breast cancer, according to new international research.
Researchers from Altoona Hospital in Pennsylvania examined the results of 34 studies from around the world of young women who took oral contraceptives prior to becoming pregnant with their first child.
The researchers, led by Dr. Chris Kahlenborn, found th... (more)
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U.S. war games target Iran A B-2A Spirit thunders down the aging airstrip of Whiteman Air Force Base and takes off, curving east over Missouri.
More than 19 hours later, the bomber slices above central Iran and releases a 4,500-pound "bunker buster" over a complex of buildings guarded by aging missiles and obsolete guns. That, according to many experts, would be the opening gambit in a war against Iran -- should the United States decide to undertake that risky option.
"Iran has be... (more)
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Planes known to carry CIA terror suspects landed in Tel Aviv The Israel Airports Authority has confirmed that planes known to have been used by the CIA to transport suspects to detention and interrogation facilities stopped at Ben-Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv.
According to the British civil liberties organization Statewatch, at least four flights through Tel Aviv occurred between 2003 and 2004.
The data compiled by the organization draws on, among other sources, information from a European parliament comm... (more)
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Anti-war protesters mass to send message to Commons A vocal crowd brought an anti-war message yet again to Westminster last night as MPs debated inside, and they took heart that the need for an inquiry into the Iraq war was at last being discussed in Parliament.
"Two million marched in protest against the war. It is important they know we have not gone away, we have not forgotten," said Alan Chick, 57, a computer programmer, whose wife Diane, a nurse, stood near by, wrapped in a peace flag.
Clutching a b... (more)
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Future Tax ShockOne of President Bush’s be-very-afraid lines this campaign season is that Democrats, if elected, will raise taxes. What he doesn’t say is that if you are one of tens of millions of Americans who make between $75,000 and $500,000 a year, your taxes are already scheduled to rise starting next year — because of laws that Mr. Bush championed and other actions he failed to take.
The higher taxes stem from the alternative minimum tax, a levy that is supposed to snare m... (more)
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MPs demand more speed cameras More speed cameras should be installed on Britain’s roads, an all party group of MPs have said.
At the same time the Transport Select Committee called for an increase in the number of police patrols as part of a strategy to improve safety, reversing a trend which critics say has seen their numbers dwindle.
In their latest report, the MPs backed the increased use of technology and called on the Government to change the guidelines which stipulate th... (more)
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Anti-terrorist technology scans faces on crowded train platform Hamburg - Railway authorities in Germany are conducting tests of revolutionary biometric facial recognition software that enables computers to pick out the faces of suspected terrorists in a crowd.
The new software, being tested by Deutsche Bahn AG, will make it easier to distinguish terrorists from commuters, it is hoped.
'We're a couple of weeks into a pilot project that is testing technology designed to automatically detect terrorists or other ... (more)
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Sweatshops, made in the good, old U.S. A.If you're one of those independent-minded voters who drifted in recent years to the Republican camp and may be thinking twice about that allegiance come November, there is one more reason to do so: Allen Stayman.
You've probably never heard of Stayman, but indicted former lobbyist and Republican insider Jack Abramoff knew him well. Abramoff and his lobbying team went to great lengths to oust Stayman from his State Department post, even dubbing the expulsion the "Stayman Project." ... (more)
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Bush the Cheerleader When President George W. Bush was asked at his news conference last Wednesday whether we are winning in Iraq, he answered, "Absolutely; we're winning." The disingenuousness was almost enough to provoke sympathy for the beleaguered president as he lived through another bad week with further diminished credibility.
A letter winner in cheerleading at Andover and Yale, the president knows how tough it is to keep spirits up when it becomes clear that his team is not winning, but the be... (more)
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Bush’s election-eve America 2006: Disenfranchised, false-flagged and still stupidOn November 7, 2006, American citizens will be engaged in an exhausting host of insane behaviors known as voting, despite the fact that the corporations and criminal operatives that have pre-scripted and stolen every election since 2000 for the George W. Bush machine remain untouched. Welcome back to hell, again.
The march of Bush’s machines
The American vote count is controlled by four har... (more)
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The Growing National ID TrapTechnology can be a wonderful thing. From our garage door opening automatically on a rainy day to being able to find a lost pet, to quickly paying for an item by slapping a card over a “Pay Pass” reader, technology can make our lives better, more organized and safer.
There is no question that is would be a marvelous use of technology to be able to carry a copy of all your medical records, in case you fall ill or get hurt. Then the hospital will know all about your heal... (more)
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U.S. Passport RFID Already HackedWell that didn't take long. It's been roughly a whole month since the U.S. has been issuing passports with RFID chips in them, and already they've been hacked. In theory, at least.
The hack was released late last week and is now making the rounds. For a first stab at a hack, it is still on the limited side and is nothing to panic too heavily over. T... (more)
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The NAFTA Superhighway By now many Texans have heard about the proposed “NAFTA Superhighway,” which is also referred to as the trans-Texas corridor. What you may not know is the extent to which plans for such a superhighway are moving forward without congressional oversight or media attention.
This superhighway would connect Mexico, the United States, and Canada, cutting a wide swath through the middle of Texas and up through Kansas... (more)
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The "War for Oil" Comes HomeU.S. Drops Bid Over Royalties From Chevron
The "War for Oil" is not just being fought in Iraq, you know. For as the Warmonger-in-Chief never tires of telling us, the "Homeland" itself is a major front in his never-ending war on – not terror, because his policies are fomenting and exacerbating terrorism aroun... (more)
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Many Americans Not 'Absolutely Certain' Of GodAmericans are often thought of as people who believe in God.
But results of a new Harris Poll show that may be changing.
The poll found that 42 percent of all U.S. adults said they are not "absolutely certain" there is a God, including 15 percent who are "somewhat certain," 11 percent who think there is probably no God and 16 percent who are not sure.
Not everyone who described themselves as Christian or Jewish said that they believed in God. ... (more)
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Israel launches major Gaza raidIn one of Israel's biggest raids into Gaza in recent months, troops carried out three air strikes and moved to encircle the town of Beit Hanoun.
Some 60 people were wounded as troops, backed by tanks and helicopter gunships, carried out the raid.
An Israeli military spokesman said the operation was aimed at stopping rocket fire into Israel.
Palestinian leaders have strongly condemned it.
Both the Palestinian Authority President Mahmo... (more)
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New male contraceptive Pill with no side effectsMen could soon be able to use a 'male Pill' that has no side effects, scientists have revealed.
The chemical implant acts as a contraceptive but does not change the balance of a man's sex hormones.
Scientists have discovered a substance that can temporarily block the development of sperm without altering testosterone levels and without causing unwanted side effects.
They hope human trials of a new contraceptive for men based on their discovery could b... (more)
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Rights group says gov't protecting death squad members BAGHDAD, 29 October (IRIN) - The Iraqi government must move quickly to prosecute all Ministry of Interior personnel responsible for "death squad" killings in Baghdad and elsewhere, the New-York based NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Saturday.
"Evidence suggests that Iraqi security forces are involved in these horrific crimes, and thus far the government has not held them accountable," said Sarah Leah Whitson, director of HRW's Middle East division. "The Iraqi government must s... (more)
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Britons 'could be microchipped like dogs in a decade'Human beings may be forced to be 'microchipped' like pet dogs, a shocking official report into the rise of the Big Brother state has warned.
The microchips - which are implanted under the skin - allow the wearer's movements to be tracked and store personal information about them.
They could be used by companies who want to keep tabs on an employee's movements or by Governments who want a foolproof way of identifying their citizens - and storing information about the... (more)
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Hospital admits to burning aborted babies in waste incineratorOne of the country's leading hospitals is throwing aborted babies into the same incinerator used for rubbish to save only £18.50 each time, it has emerged.
Addenbrooke's Hospital, in Cambridge, said it was no longer able to afford the dignified disposal at a local crematorium of foetuses from unwanted pregnancies.
Instead, they are being burnt in the hospital's main incinerator - which is normally used for rubbish and clinical waste.
The revelat... (more)
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