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AP source: Fort Hood shooting suspect Army major an Army mental health professional.

AP source: Fort Hood shooting suspect Army major

By DEVLIN BARRETT and LARA JAKES (AP) – 25 minutes ago

WASHINGTON — Officials say a shooting suspect at Fort Hood has been identified as Maj. Malik Nadal Hasan, who they say was an Army mental health professional.

A law enforcement official said Hasan, believed to be in his late 30s, was killed after opening fire at the base. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the case… Continue

Added by fireguy on November 5, 2009 at 6:32pm — 1 Comment

MY OATH KEEPER LETTER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT (feel free to use yourself)

Sheriff insert name

Insert address

Dear Sheriff __________:

First, I would like to commend you for your service to our community, state and nation, thank you.

My name is NAME and I live in CITY. I see our county’s Sheriff’s deputies patrolling in CITY/COUNTY quite often and I am thankful for their presence in our area.

I am writing you to let you know of an organization of military, police, firefighters and others who have sworn an oath to uphold… Continue

Added by fireguy on November 5, 2009 at 4:21pm — No Comments

Climate Bill Clears Senate Committee 11-1

WASHINGTON -- A Senate committee cleared its version of a climate and energy bill, despite a Republican boycott of the vote and a "no" from powerful Montana Democrat Max Baucus.

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee's 11-1 vote to approve the climate proposal may have little long term significance in shaping the final bill. Negotiations to shape a Senate climate bill have already… Continue

Added by Swtnlovabl on November 5, 2009 at 4:06pm — No Comments

BREAKING NEWS Seven people were killed when a gunman opened fire at the Fort Hood Army post in Texas

At least seven people are dead and 12 wounded in a shooting at Fort Hood in Texas, the base's public affairs office told NBC News on Thursday.

The official would not give his name nor additional details. It was unknown whether victims are soldiers or civilians. One gunman was reportedly in custody and another was on the loose, NBC News said. A third shooter… Continue

Added by Swtnlovabl on November 5, 2009 at 3:53pm — 12 Comments

Opium, Rape and the American Way

By Chris Hedges

The warlords we champion in Afghanistan are as venal, as opposed to the rights of women and basic democratic freedoms, and as heavily involved in opium trafficking as the Taliban. The moral lines we draw between us and our adversaries are fictional. The uplifting narratives used to justify the war in Afghanistan are pathetic attempts to redeem acts of senseless brutality. War cannot be waged to instill any virtue, including democracy or the liberation of women. War… Continue

Added by Tara on November 5, 2009 at 3:39pm — 1 Comment

There is Something Seriously Wrong with This Picture

By Vermont Trotter

I’ve been watching this “pandemic” story develop ever since I started in this chair back in April of this year. I had just finished my first week in the saddle and was casting about for a story, something which I could do some in depth study upon, perhaps write about, but no matter what, share what I had discovered… Continue

Added by Swtnlovabl on November 5, 2009 at 2:54pm — 3 Comments

America's New Crusader Castles

Across the Middle East, the US is building heavily fortified embassies which cut off diplomats and create hostilities

By Simon Tisdall

November 05, 2009 "The Guardian" -- After the US Congress agreed a $7.5bn aid package for Pakistan this autumn, the Obama administration was taken aback by… Continue

Added by Marklar on November 5, 2009 at 2:28pm — No Comments

Former UK Ambassador: CIA Sent People to be ‘Raped with Broken Bottles’

By Daniel Tencer

November 05, 2009 "Raw Story" -- November 04, 2009 --- The CIA relied on intelligence based on torture in prisons in Uzbekistan, a place where widespread torture practices include raping suspects with broken bottles and boiling them alive, says a former British ambassador to the central Asian country.

Craig… Continue

Added by Marklar on November 5, 2009 at 1:59pm — 1 Comment

100 years of Big Content fearing technology—in its own words

Arts Technica

By Nate Anderson

Oct 11, 2009

For the last hundred years, rightsholders have fretted about everything from the player piano to the VCR to digital TV to Napster. Here are those objections, in Big Content's own words.

It's almost a truism in… Continue

Added by Marklar on November 5, 2009 at 1:38pm — No Comments

URGENTURGENTURGENTLast chance for Canadian's...Say no to Tyranny Say No to BILL C-6

*URGENT*Petition against BILL C-6 *URGENT*

*URGENT*Fax the Government KILL BILL C-6 *URGENT*

Canadian Coalition For… Continue

Added by ZoSo on November 5, 2009 at 1:20pm — No Comments

H1N1-H5N1 Flu Outbreak Implicates Anglo-American “Vaccine Pipeline” Says Expert Dr. Leonard Horowitz

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NEWS RELEASE

Release: No. H1N1-15=6

Date Mailed: April 25, 2009

For Immediate Release

H1N1-H5N1 Flu Outbreak Implicates Anglo-American

“Vaccine Pipeline” Says Expert Dr. Leonard Horowitz

Los Angeles, CA— Skyrocketing stock values of Novavax, Inc.,1 precipitated by dozens of flu… Continue

Added by Kay on November 5, 2009 at 1:01am — 1 Comment

EXCLUSIVE: Convicted CIA Spy Says "We Broke the Law"

One of the 23 Americans convicted today by an Italian court says the United States "broke the law" in the CIA kidnapping of a Muslim cleric Abu Omar in Milan in 2003.

"And we are paying for the mistakes right now, whoever authorized and approved this," said former CIA officer Sabrina deSousa in an interview to be broadcast tonight on ABC's World News with Charles Gibson.

DeSousa says the U.S. "abandoned and betrayed" her and the others who were put on trial for the… Continue

Added by Tara on November 5, 2009 at 12:40am — 1 Comment

A Court Decision that Reflects What Type of Country the U.S. is

Even when government officials purposely subject an innocent person to brutal torture, they enjoy full immunity.

By Glenn Greenwald

November 04, 2009 "Salon" -- It's not often that an appellate court decision reflects so vividly what a country has become, but such is the case with… Continue

Added by Marklar on November 4, 2009 at 8:54pm — No Comments

'V' aims at Obamamania

By Glenn Garvin McClatchy/Tribune News

November 3rd, 2009

Imagine this. At a time of political turmoil, a charismatic, telegenic new leader arrives virtually out of nowhere. He offers a message of hope and reconciliation based on compromise and promises to marshal technology for a better future that will… Continue

Added by Marklar on November 4, 2009 at 7:41pm — 2 Comments

Obama Gov Agrees That There is no Constitutional Right Not to be Framed.

My God!! Our government is on the side of prosecutors who frame innocent people. So they are all for screwing the innocent and not prosecuting the prosecutors who knowingly use false or fabricated evidence. We need to pass a law on this fast. So we have absolutely no protection or recourse if wrongfully accused.We rightly should have the right to sue and bring to court those who are ruining our lives. Nobel Peace Prize huh...…

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Added by bob on November 4, 2009 at 6:51pm — 3 Comments

23 CIA Agents Convicted in Italy for Kidnapping Egyptian Cleric

Alternet

By Gina Doggett, Agence France Presse.

November 4, 2009.

The CIA's Milan station chief at the time, Robert Seldon Lady, was sentenced to eight years in prison and othersto five years, all in their absence in the landmark trial.

MILAN — An Italian judge Wednesday… Continue

Added by Marklar on November 4, 2009 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Let's see what you think....

Posted to talktomeg.com (running for CA govenor in 2010):

Dear Meg,

Let's set aside the issues for a moment. For over two decades I've seen 'em come and seen 'em go....not *one* has ever started to sing the same tune after a few months. Now you're an idealist-- a reformer. How do you propose to (personally) "insulate" yourself from the company you will be keeping while you are in office so that you don't become "just another one of them"? In other words: "How… Continue

Added by youhavetoforgiveme on November 4, 2009 at 5:46pm — 1 Comment

Pneunomic Plague and Aerosol Delivery

Pneumonic plague is one of three main forms of plague, all of which are caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. It is more virulent and rarer than bubonic plague. The difference between the versions of plague is simply the location of the infection. Pneumonic plague is an infection in the lung(s), bubonic plague is an infection of the buboes or lymph nodes, while septicemic plague is an… Continue

Added by Swtnlovabl on November 4, 2009 at 5:04pm — No Comments

E-mail from Eyewitness in Romania Concerning Pneumonic Plague

November 4, 2009

It is quite possible that what they are really dealing with is the Pnumonic Plague or black death. There are outbreaks all over Romania now, however they will not give any details on the infection and are still insisting that it is all swine flu. My bravo sierra detector is going off big time. What I am seeing here in Romania and getting reports of in… Continue

Added by Swtnlovabl on November 4, 2009 at 4:55pm — No Comments

California to withhold 10% more from all paychecks

Reporting from Los Angeles and Sacramento - Starting Sunday, cash-strapped California will dig deeper into the pocketbooks of wage earners -- holding back 10% more than it already does in state income taxes just as the biggest shopping season of the year kicks into gear.

Technically, it's not a tax increase, even though it may feel like one when your next paycheck… Continue

Added by Swtnlovabl on November 4, 2009 at 4:34pm — 3 Comments