Cape Town — Levels of political violence in South Africa are lower than might be expected but there have been instances of intolerance across the country, and party activists have threatened voters with loss of food and jobs if they vote for the opposition, reports the Election Monitoring Network, a group of civil society organisations which has deployed 500 monitors nationwide to watch for election-related abuse or… Continue
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Maintaining a healthy body weight is good news for the environment, according to a study which appears today in the International Journal of Epidemiology.
Because food production is a major contributor to global warming, a lean population, such as that seen in… Continue
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What happened to the people's voice? How many people out there still care about the future of this country?
What happened to the original 13th amendment that states: Attorneys cannot hold a position in the federal government?
Our us constitition has been taken away from us. If you believe we have rights or freedom in this country, educate yourself!
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In a major breakthrough for our movement, Ron Paul's bill to Audit the Fed has been referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.. That's a HUGE step forward.
NOW is the time to bring all of our efforts to bear on the situation. If we can get the bill out of Committee it will go to the House floor for a vote!
Let's step up our efforts to collect petition signatures to support HR… Continue
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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
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Lawmakers forge alternative to cap-and-trade proposal
By Les Blumenthal, McClatchy Newspapers Les Blumenthal, Mcclatchy Newspapers – Sun Apr 19, 6:00 am ET
WASHINGTON — A growing number of lawmakers who are deeply involved in the effort to reduce greenhouse gases and global warming are beginning to question "cap-and-trade," the current hot-button solution to the problem.
Justice memos say no permanent harm was inflicted from interrogation techniques, but some doctors and psychologists disagree.
By Sarah Gantz and Ben Meyerson
April 20, 2009
Reporting from Washington -- The conclusion in recently released Justice Department memos that CIA interrogation techniques would not cause prolonged… Continue
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Big money
goes around the world
Big money underground
Big money got a mighty voice
Big money make no sound
Big money pull a million strings
Big money hold the prize
Big money weave a mighty web
Big money draw the flies
Sometimes pushing people around
Sometimes pulling out the rug
Sometimes pushing all the buttons
Sometimes pulling out the plug
Its the power and the glory
Its a war in… Continue
Added by fireguy on April 19, 2009 at 10:28pm —
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When Bank of America hosted a conference call to discuss how to defeat the Employee Free Choice Act, one executive used a new formulation: “the Starbucks problem.”
His worry: workers might follow the example of Starbucks baristas and form their own unions without waiting for bigger “traditional” unions to organize them.
Killing prompts increased security at Va. Beach shopping center
VIRGINIA BEACH – A Virginia Beach shopping center is increasing security following a deadly shooting.
Isiah Jones, 18, was shot in the parking lot of Lynnhaven Crossing Shopping Center a week ago. security and police since the shooting and Virginia Beach police confirm the increase.
This means that there is going to be a Police State there, meaning random check points,
arrests, and even… Continue
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A key witness in a federal probe into passport information stolen from the State Department was fatally shot in front of a District church, the Metropolitan Police Department said yesterday.
Lt. Quarles Harris Jr., 24, who had been cooperating with a federal investigators, was found late Thursday night slumped dead inside a car, in front of the Judah House Praise Baptist Church in Northeast, said Cmdr. Michael Anzallo, head of the department’s Criminal Investigations… Continue
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Hmm. Obama’s Department of Homeland Security is keeping an eye on the threat from “left wing extremists,” in addition to “right wing” ones, according to an internal DHS threat assessment I’ve just obtained.
In other words, the entire civil population are targets for "evaluation" by the borg.
President Barack Obama has named Rajiv J Shah, an Indian American scientist managing a programme at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to help the world's poor lead healthy and productive lives, to a key post.
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