Man Kills Another in Dispute Over War -- Press Calls It a FirstIt was bound to happen sooner or later, and in what newspapers in Kentucky are calling a first, one American has killed another in a dispute over the Iraq war.
It happened at Floyd County flea market on Thursday, when two friends, who were firearms vendors there, drew guns after quarreling about the war. Douglas Moore, 65, of Martin, who backs the war, shot and killed Harold Wayne Smith, 56, of Manchester, who opposed it, according to investigators.
Moore was releas... (more)
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Are Half of All Americans Mentally Ill?A new study by Harvard University and the National Institute of Mental Health claims that 46 percent of all Americans will, at some point in their lives, develop a mental disorder.
But this new statistic has experts arguing over exactly what constitutes a true mental illness.
According to experts, severe mental illnesses like schizophrenia, dementia and manic depression are relatively uncommon. But the updated Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, o... (more)
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Mexico funds staging areas for illegalsThe Mexican staging area for illegal aliens that New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson demanded this week be bulldozed is among hundreds of similar sites along the border sponsored and maintained by the Mexican government.
Many of the sites are marked with blue flags and pennants to signal that water is available. Others, such as the Las Chepas site that Mr. Richardson denounced, are a collection of old, mostly abandoned buildings or ranch houses where illegals gather for water and othe... (more)
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Secrets of the morgue - Baghdad's body countThe Baghdad morgue is a fearful place of heat and stench and mourning, the cries of relatives echoing down the narrow, foetid laneway behind the pale-yellow brick medical centre where the authorities keep their computerised records. So many corpses are being brought to the mortuary that human remains are stacked on top of each other. Unidentified bodies must be buried within days for lack of space - but the municipality is so overwhelmed by the number of killings that it can no longer provide th... (more)
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Hiroshima: The Falsehood FalloutWhen George W. Bush declared war on Iraq to destroy Saddam’s nonexistent weapons of mass destruction, he was following the great American tradition of the Big Lie. Sixty years ago, when President Harry Truman announced to the American public that the first atomic bomb had been dropped on Hiroshima, he told a whopper, describing the city as “a military base” targeted “because we wished… to avoid…the killing of civilians.” Yet Hiroshima was not a militar... (more)
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Making "PATRIOT" PermanentRenewal of the so-called PATRIOT Act for 10 years effectively means that U.S. citizens will "have their constitutional rights put on hold for a decade," wrote Representative Ron Paul (R-Texas).
“If the PATRIOT Act is constitutional and badly needed, why were sunset provisions included at all? If it’s unconstitutional and pernicious, why not abolish it immediately? All of this nonsense about sunsets and reauthorizations merely distracts us from the real issue, which is ... (more)
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It's Not the End Of the Oil AgeWe're not running out of oil. Not yet.
"Shortage" is certainly in the air -- and in the price. Right now the oil market is tight, even tighter than it was on the eve of the 1973 oil crisis. In this high-risk market, "surprises" ranging from political instability to hurricanes could send oil prices spiking higher. Moreover, the specter of an energy shortage is not limited to oil. Natural gas supplies are not keeping pace with growing demand. Even supplies of coal, which generates a... (more)
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Out-and-out terrorism on the border near LaredoTony Garza, the U.S. ambassador to Mexico, recently described a brutal gun battle that took place on July 28 in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, between "armed criminal groups," as having "included unusually advanced weapons." This since the combatants used an arsenal that combined automatic weapons, bazookas and hand grenades, in the attack on an apparent safe house of one drug cartel by those of another.
Actually, hundreds of different caliber shells were subsequently found at the war ... (more)
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Secret Mysteries of America's BeginningsHave you ever wondered why President Bush ordered American forces to invade Iraq and Afghanistan? In his Second Inaugural Address on January 20, 2005, President Bush said that he invaded these two countries because he was attempting to complete an Ancient Plan based on an "Ancient Hope", a Plan called the "New Order of the Ages". How old is this Plan? How far back in history does this Plan go? You will be shocked to discover the answer.
Secret Mysteries of America's Beginnings unf... (more)
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Bombs explode across BangladeshAt least two people have been killed and 50 others injured in a series of small bomb blasts across Bangladesh.
Officials say more than 300 explosions took place simultaneously in 50 cities and towns across the country including the capital Dhaka.
An outlawed Islamic group, Jamatul Mujahideen Bangladesh, says it carried out the attacks.
Police say that more than 50 people have been arrested in connection with the blasts.
Prime Minister K... (more)
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Taxpayers pay for beer, ride home at public agency's partyhe beer was provided at taxpayer expense.
So was the ride home.
The executive director of the Justice-Willow Springs Water Commission -- a public agency that oversees water service in part of the southwest suburbs -- got so drunk during a recent work party, he couldn't drive home, officials said Tuesday.
So Peter Newman, who makes $60,000 a year, was driven home by a co-worker in an agency vehicle.
Newman was suspended for four days aft... (more)
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Survey: Half of Mexicans want to come to USAA survey reported Tuesday that nearly half of all Mexicans would like to live in the United States and that the sentiment seemed as strong among Mexico's college-educated middle class as the poor.
Some analysts said the results reflect the failure of the Mexican economy to provide good jobs and satisfactory wages, despite a decade of the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Mexican government officials, however, attacked the report's conclusion as misleading and unr... (more)
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Man refused to keep yard tidy enough for town officials, sent to psychiatric hospitalA 56-year-old homeowner who has been fined and jailed in recent months for failing to keep his property tidy is now in a state psychiatric hospital after he allegedly sent a threatening letter to a township official.
James Dvoretsky, who lives with his dog and five cats at 50 Perry St., was arrested about 8 p.m. last Wednesday in the Morris County Mall parking lot by Hanover police on charges of harassment, obstruction and terroristic threats. Police had issued a warrant for his a... (more)
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The Web: Home-sales rules changingIs it going to be harder in the future for you to buy, or sell, residential real estate over the Internet? Some experts think so. In interviews with UPI's The Web column, real-estate agents and lawyers say new regulations are emerging, primarily at the state level, that are preventing online discount real-estate firms from selling properties with fees priced below the industry standard of 5 percent to 6 percent. What's more, cutting-edge online sellers may be restricted from offering rebates or ... (more)
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Muslims warn Blair of 'mark of dictatorship'Muslim groups yesterday denounced Government plans to deport fundamentalist clerics and ban extreme Islamist organisations as the "mark of dictatorships".
As they issued their comments, the Crown Prosecution Service confirmed that it had dropped charges against an imam who had been accused of calling for the slaughter of British servicemen and the murder of homosexuals.
Abdul Muhid, 22, was charged with racial hatred and a public order offence, which he denied. The... (more)
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Anti-terror laws are tyrannical: FraserFormer Liberal prime minister Malcolm Fraser has slammed Australia's anti-terrorism laws, saying they are laws associated with tyrannies.
In a speech to the Jewish Board of Deputies in Sydney, Mr Fraser said Australia was the only democratic nation with this kind of law.
The legislation, passed in 2002, gives the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation the power to detain suspects.
Mr Fraser said that gave ASIO the power to make people disappear... (more)
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Blagojevich To Bush: Release Reserve OilGovernor Rod Blagojevich issued a presidential challenge Wednesday asking to release oil from the strategic petroleum reserve to offer everyone relief from expensive gasoline.
“It’s out of control, and we can’t just sit back and not try to do something to help the working people of Illinois,” Blagojevich said.
The Illinois governor is putting pressure on Washington in a letter to the White House, saying an increase in supply would reduce the ... (more)
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Tort Trials Fall by Nearly 80 PercentThe number of tort trials in federal courts has fallen by nearly 80 percent in less than two decades, a government study found Wednesday, a trend the Bush administration would like to see duplicated at the state and local levels.
Legal experts attribute the drop to Supreme Court rulings in the 1990s that made it much more difficult for people bringing lawsuits in federal courts to prevail.
"Plaintiffs have been avoiding federal courts," said Aaron Twerski, ... (more)
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Toronto Mayor: No reason to have a firearm at homeGun owners in Toronto may soon be prohibited from keeping their firearms at home even if they are properly licensed and registered, Mayor David Miller said yesterday.
"There's no reason to own a gun in Toronto -- collector or not. If you are a collector and you have a permit, the guns need to be stored in a way that they can't be stolen. And perhaps a centralized facility of some kind could accomplish that goal," Mr. Miller told the National Post. "The law requires gun owners to h... (more)
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Officer Says Military Blocked Sharing of Files on TerroristsA military intelligence team repeatedly contacted the F.B.I. in 2000 to warn about the existence of an American-based terrorist cell that included the ringleader of the Sept. 11 attacks, according to a veteran Army intelligence officer who said he had now decided to risk his career by discussing the information publicly.
The officer, Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer, said military lawyers later blocked the team from sharing any of its information with the bureau.
Colonel Sh... (more)
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