Truth's Blog Posts Tagged 'A' (22)

"The Trials of Henry Kissinger" A Documentary (The film focuses on Christopher Hitchens' charges against Kissinger as a war criminal )

Always has his eyes on the…

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Added by truth on January 30, 2015 at 11:30am — 10 Comments

Canadian Gov't Responds To Spying Revelations By Saying It's All A Lie And Calling Glenn Greenwald A 'Porn Spy'

from the wtf? dept

We've seen various government officials act in all sorts of bizarre ways after revelations of illegal spying on their own people (and foreigners), but none may be quite as bizarre as the response from the Canadian government, following the release late last night from the CBC (with help from Glenn Greenwald) that they're…

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Added by truth on February 1, 2014 at 5:00pm — 3 Comments

Colorado ”bomb threat” : law enforcement stop and manually search 96 bus passengers

Two buses, with 96 passengers on board, were stopped this morning after officials received a bomb threat.

The two Trailway buses were heading to Denver from Salt Lake City when the Larimer County Sheriff's Office was notified about 5:15 a.m. of a bomb threat, according to the sheriff's office.

The buses, which had a scheduled stop in…

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Added by truth on August 8, 2012 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Mexican Spring? A student-led movement is achieving the impossible.

An exciting student-led movement for real democracy has emerged in Mexico.…

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Added by truth on June 18, 2012 at 11:00am — No Comments

A Slick Trick on the NDAA and Indefinite Detention; Don't Be Fooled!

It looks like there is slick little trick brewing in Congress. Supporters of locking people up without charge or trial are getting ready to play yet another trick on the American people.

Late yesterday,…

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Added by truth on April 22, 2012 at 3:20pm — 1 Comment

“China Will Not Hesitate To Protect Iran With A Third World War”

UPDATE: December 1, 2011; 10:00AM

Amid the tensions in Iran and the destruction of a second nuclear facility (which is detailed in the original story below), we find it necessary to present our readers with an update made available via The Daily Crux and Zero Hedge, in which Major General Zhang…

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Added by truth on December 20, 2011 at 12:52pm — No Comments

A Gloomy Message From Portugal’s Banks

Commentary

By David Roman

Portugal’s banks didn’t lend blindly into a massive property bubble and didn’t get caught in subprime shenanigans. Yet they’re still in big trouble–that’s not a happy message for other European lenders.

Earlier Friday, Moody’s lowered its standalone ratings for six Portuguese banks, including two-notches downgrades for the traditional top…

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Added by truth on October 7, 2011 at 3:07pm — No Comments

WATCH -> WikiRebels A new documentary of WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange (one day only viewing)Sweden’s public service television, SVT

SVT's version is reportedly available online free until Dec. 13. The broadcaster may take down the documentary after that date. WikiRebels tracks the early years of Julian Assange, describing his hacking days and trouble with the law. The documentary, which followed WikiLeaks personnel for six months, also includes footage from rarely-seen presentations by Assange and fellow WikiLeaks members at various tech and journalism conferences. Viewers are treated to a…

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Added by truth on December 13, 2010 at 1:57am — 6 Comments

Pennsylvania anti-terrorism bulletins ZIP/archive - The Institute of Terrorism Research and Response

The anti-terrorism bulletin, which was recently leaked by a whistleblower in the state’s Homeland Security Office, listed municipal zoning hearings on natural gas drilling and a screening of the documentary “Gasland” as places of interest, where anti-drilling activists would attend.

Also, an anti-BP candlelight vigil, a gay and lesbian festival and other peaceful gatherings were listed as potential action events, according to the Associated Press.

"People were targeted… Continue

Added by truth on September 24, 2010 at 7:00pm — No Comments

Karzai 'stripped of outright win' - A panel probing fraud claims in the Afghan election has found Hamid Karzai did not gain enough valid votes

BBC NEWS

Karzai 'stripped of outright win'

A panel probing fraud claims in the Afghan election has found Hamid Karzai did not gain enough valid votes for an outright win, the BBC understands.

Preliminary results from August's first round had placed Mr Karzai comfortably over the 50% plus one vote threshold needed to avoid a runoff.

But one poll monitoring group estimates that almost one million of Mr Karzai's votes have now been deemed… Continue

Added by truth on October 19, 2009 at 4:30pm — No Comments

A huge cloud of red dust has been choking Australia's biggest city, Sydney.

A huge cloud of red dust driven by gale force winds has been choking Australia's biggest city,…

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Added by truth on September 22, 2009 at 11:22pm — 2 Comments

Held In A Psychiatric Ward & Called “Delusional” For Saying 9/11 Was An Inside Job

Held In A Psychiatric Ward & Called “Delusional” For Saying 9/11 Was An Inside Job

Added by truth on September 12, 2009 at 11:22am — 1 Comment

A former Guantánamo guard who had flown to the UK to address a support group for inmates of the camp is to be deported back to the US this morning after being denied entry on arrival at Heathrow

Guantánamo guard held at Heathrow

Outspoken critic of US policy was due to address prisoner support group

Ben Quinn

The Observer, Sunday 30 August 2009

A former Guantánamo guard who had flown to the UK to address a support group for inmates of the camp is to be deported back to the US this morning after being denied entry on arrival at Heathrow airport yesterday.

Terry Holdbrooks, who has been an outspoken critic of the US government over the… Continue

Added by truth on August 30, 2009 at 4:44pm — No Comments

A case brought by election integrity advocates in Georgia claiming that unverifiable electronic voting, or E-voting, is unconstitutional could spell trouble for the controversial practice

ATLANTA, Georgia, Aug 25 (IPS) -

A case brought by election integrity advocates in Georgia claiming that unverifiable electronic voting, or E-voting, is unconstitutional could spell trouble for the controversial practice, as it heads to the Georgia Supreme Court for a ruling.

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Added by truth on August 27, 2009 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Lol : A message from former member Sandra Petty (merginglight@yahoo.com)

A message from former member Sandra Petty (merginglight@yahoo.com)

About a response concerning the comment you left for me a month ago, so you reminded me. It's taken me so long to answer back because I rarely come to this blog site. Coming here to read comments left by frustrated people stopped serving me within a week, and I spoke my mind about that as best I could. I don't believe in a lot of talk about how pissed I am and I don't find comfort in reading about how pissed… Continue

Added by truth on August 20, 2009 at 1:41am — 4 Comments

Flying rabbis fight swine flu -A planeload of Israeli rabbis and Jewish mystics held an airborne prayer meeting in the belief that it could help check the spread of swine flu in Israel

JERUSALEM -- A planeload of Israeli rabbis and Jewish mystics held an airborne prayer meeting in the belief that it could help check the spread of swine flu in Israel, an Israeli newspaper reported Tuesday.

The Yediot Ahronot daily said a plane with 50 people on board circled over Israel on Monday, with the passengers chanting prayers and sounding the ritual ram's horn.

The newspaper report carried a photo showing… Continue

Added by truth on August 12, 2009 at 10:36am — 1 Comment

Governors oppose DoD emergency powers . A bipartisan pair of governors is opposing a new Defense Department proposal to handle natural and terrorism-related disasters,

The Hill

A bipartisan pair of governors is opposing a new Defense Department proposal to handle natural and terrorism-related disasters, contending that a murky chain of command could lead to more problems than solutions.

Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas (R), chairman of the National Governors Association, and Vice Chairman Gov. Joe Manchin (D) of West Virginia penned a letter opposing the Pentagon proposal, which they said would hinder a state’s effort to respond to a… Continue

Added by truth on August 10, 2009 at 6:12pm — No Comments

If Neda Was a Palestinian, Nobody Would Give A Damn

By M.J. Rosenberg - June 30, 2009, 10:23AM

Max Blumenthal writes that it is wonderful that we all empathize with Iranians killed or wounded in the struggle for freedom but points out America's utter indifference to identical tragedies in the West Bank and Gaza.

Of course, as Max explains, it is hard for Americans to become outraged by events they rarely see. The American media decided long ago that reporting honestly on the occupation was dangerous. Advertisers and… Continue

Added by truth on June 30, 2009 at 11:30am — 1 Comment

A federal investigation into human experiments on veterans has revealed numerous violations

IG: Tests violated

veterans' rights

Numerous violations cited in human

experiments

Updated: Friday, 15 May 2009, 10:56 PM EDT

Published : Friday, 15 May 2009, 10:19 PM EDT

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - A federal investigation into human experiments on veterans has revealed numerous violations.

The inspector general for veterans…

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Added by truth on May 16, 2009 at 12:47pm — No Comments

A man operating a state police photo radar unit was shot to death while parked in his vehicle along a stretch of a north Phoenix freeway

Photo-Radar Van Driver

Shot to Death

PHOENIX - A man operating a state police photo radar unit was shot to death while parked in his vehicle along a stretch of a north Phoenix freeway.

The shooting occurred just before 9 p.m. Sunday on the Loop 101 and 7th Avenue.

The victim, 51-year-old Doug Georgianni, had worked for three months for RedFlex Traffic Systems Inc. The company has a contract with the Arizona Department of Public… Continue

Added by truth on April 20, 2009 at 9:58am — No Comments