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URGENT - VOTING IN EU PARLIAMENT 5th of MAY 2009
Don't let the EU parliament lock up the Internet! There will be no way back!
Act now!
Internet access is not conditional
Everyone who owns a website has an interest in defending the free use of Internet... so has everyone who uses Google or Skype... everyone who expresses their opinions freely, does research… Continue
Published on Wednesday, April 22, 2009 by Salon.com
by Glenn Greenwald
Blue Dog Rep. Jane Harman -- once the most vigorous Democratic cheerleader of Bush's NSA warrantless eavesdropping program -- is rip-roarin' angry today. Apparently, her private conversations were eavesdropped on by the U.S. Government! This is a grave outrage that, as she told Andrea Mitchell just moments ago, demands a… Continue
If there was any question about how the Obama administration would get behind agricultural biotechnology, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is removing any doubt. In fact, he says he’s going to do a better job than the Bush administration.
Just back from the G8 summit in Italy, Vilsack pledged today to bring a “more… Continue
Added by C on April 22, 2009 at 12:25pm —
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced a three-phase plan to expedite development of key standards for a Smart Grid, a nationwide network that uses information technology to deliver electricity efficiently, reliably and securely.
Smart Grid is a key component of the Obama Administration’s commitment to moving the nation toward energy independence, and funding to spur the development process was included in the recently passed American Recovery and… Continue
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U.S. Director of National Intelligence Dennis C. Blair, U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D- Md.), House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) and Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Md.) will be among the senior officials dedicating the new U.S. Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity’s (IARPA) building on Monday, April 27, at the University of Maryland’s M-Square – the state’s largest research park. http://www.iarpa.gov/index.html
Why did the European Nations walk out? Why did the Jewish State, as well as Israel, boycott the conference?
Can it be that Neo Cons and liberals can't face an inconvenient truth? i.e. that Israel was founded on lies, terrorism, murder, ethnic cleansing and has existed in like manner ever since!
Are we to believe that the only people who can never, ever be accused of racism - despite the Talmud and the facts we see in reports from Palestine - are the Jews? Just as the only… Continue
The Most Liberal Court in the land finally says something that makes sense (Sorta)
Excerpts of the 9th Circuit ruling follow:
To summarize, our task is to determine whether the right to keep and bear arms ranks as fundamental, meaning "necessary to an Anglo-American regime of ordered liberty." Duncan, 391 U.S. at 149 n.14 (emphasis added). If it does, then the Fourteenth Amendment incorporates it. This… Continue
Unresolved debate in DOJ memos: Does torture work?
By MATT APUZZO, Associated Press Writer Matt Apuzzo, Associated Press Writer – Tue Apr 21, 5:50 pm ET
WASHINGTON – Interrogators have centuries of experience extracting information from the unwilling. Medieval inquisitors hanged heretics from ceilings. Salem magistrates used fire to elicit witchcraft confessions. And CIA officers… Continue
Added by bob on April 21, 2009 at 11:45pm —
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The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) encourages all organic farmers in the state to participate in the first wide-scale survey of organic producers and producers transitioning from traditional to organic production methods.
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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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
Added by bob on April 20, 2009 at 12:32am —
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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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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
Added by WTRH-AM-AE on April 19, 2009 at 12:00pm —
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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
Added by Hanen on April 18, 2009 at 11:30pm —
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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.