By THE AS SOCIATED P RESS
LIMA, Peru (AP) — A gang in the remote Peruvian jungle has been killing people for their fat, the police said Thursday, accusing the gang’s members of draining fat from bodies and selling it on the black market for use in cosmetics.
Medical experts expressed skepticism, however, that a major market for fat might exist.
Three suspects have confessed to killing five people for their fat, said Col. Jorge Mejía, chief of Peru’s…
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November 19, 2009
Dear Friend of Liberty,
Thanks to your quick action in contacting Congress,
the House Financial Services Committee earlier today rejected Representative Mel Watt's attempt to hijack Audit the Fed by voting 43-26 to pass Ron Paul's amendment to the… Continue
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Thursday, November 19, 2009 9:28 PM
PHOENIX – A week after abruptly quitting his longtime job as a CNN television news host and commentator, Lou Dobbs said on Thursday he is considering career options including possible runs for the White House or U.S. Senate.
"Right now I feel exhilaration at the wide range of choices before me as to what I do…
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JOSEPH HOLANDES UBALDE, GMANews.TV
11/19/2009 | 01:19 PM
Effects of climate change have driven women in communities in coastal areas in poor countries like the Philippines to risk dangerous jobs, and sometimes even into the flesh trade.
Suneeta Mukherjee, country representative of the United Nations Food Population Fund (UNFPA), said…
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November 19, 2009
A key House panel approved the Paul-Grayson Amendment by an overwhelming 43-26 Thursday afternoon, which will give watchdogs new authority to audit the Federal Reserve.
Here is a summary of the Paul-Grayson Amendment:
Dear Financial Services Committee Colleague:…
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These are the war crimes no one addresses.
These are the war crimes that are certain.
These are the war crimes that are hidden.
These are the war crimes against humanity.
These are the war crimes against YOU and ME.
These are the war crimes that Bush, Cheney, Rice and ALL of the political appointees of the Bush administration are really responsible for.
These are war crimes. The Bush Regime IS RESPONSIBLE.
H.E. Dr. Ali Abdussalam…
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DUBAI - The Taliban has warned the United States of more attacks like the Fort Hood shooting rampage unless Washington ends it policies in Afghanistan and Iraq, the SITE Intelligence Group said Tuesday.
The Afghan militants also described the American army psychiatrist suspected of carrying out the shooting in Texas as a "hero," the monitoring group…
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Gold Market Breakdown
Decarbonnel highlights a gold market breakdown at the metals exchanges. His work is comprehensive, and serves as an excellent summary update on the current situation.
STEVE Q. NOTE: It is my recommendation that you subscribe to this publication immediately at…
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By Ted Rall
November 19, 2009 -- NEW YORK--American lives are worth a lot. So when Americans get killed, it's a big story. There are lots of editorials. Congressmen call for investigations. We want to find out what happened, why it happened, and how to make sure it never happens again.
The lives of foreigners, on the other hand, are pretty much worthless. Even when they die because Americans killed them, news accounts…
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Disinfo.com
Posted by majestic on November 19, 2009
Matthew Cole and Brian Ross break an exclusive story for ABC News:
The CIA built one of its secret European prisons inside an exclusive riding academy outside Vilnius, Lithuania, a current Lithuanian government official and a former U.S. intelligence official told ABC News this week.
Where affluent…
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Added by Jeff on November 19, 2009 at 7:56pm —
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Sad to think someone would have to go to jail for not tipping because of bad service. They paid for the food. Theft, WTF. I can kind of understand if they just got up and left without paying, but after crappy service they still paid. I'm glad the ticket will not hold up in court. It really doesn't matter for the couple who has been humiliated. The bartender didn't even work it out, he is an ass. Don't go to restaurants that make the gratuity mandatory. I will not tip if the service is…
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An open letter to Barack Obama
Haidar Eid, a professor of English, political commentator and resident of Gaza City, asks whether the president of the United States remembers anything from his long-ago meeting with the late Palestinian intellectual Edward Said.
Dear Mr. President:
You will probably not read this letter due to your busy schedule and the huge number of messages you receive from presidents, kings, princes, sheiks and prime ministers. Who is a…
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Ethics of Liberty Audiobook Podcast
January 12, 2007 10:36 AM by B.K. Marcus (Archive)
Murray Rothbard's greatest contribution to the politics of freedom is now available as an audiobook podcast.
Hans Hoppe's introduction to The Ethics of Liberty, as well as Part I of the book, an introduction to the Natural Law tradition, are now available for download.
Point your podcatcher to this URL:…
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by Jonathan Cook
Right-wing groups in Israel want to create a climate of fear among left-wing scholars at Israeli universities by emulating the "witch-hunt" tactics of the U.S. academic monitoring group Campus Watch, Israeli professors warn.
The watchdog groups IsraCampus and Israel Academia Monitor are believed to be stepping up their campaigns after the recent publication in a U.S. newspaper of an Israeli professor’s call to boycott Israel.
Both groups have…
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Pastor Mannin Talks About Glenn Beck !!!
http://atlah.org/atlahworldwide/?p=1250
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The government Web site charged with reporting waste, fraud and abuse is its very own worst offender. I know we have been asking this administration to show us the jobs, but this isn't what we had in mind. —Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina
November 18, 2009
By Larry Bivins
Gannett Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON — The federal Web site that tracks spending from the…
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Antiqcool : Girl in a Room — Wistful, sad and beautifully spare track with acoustic guitar, vocals and synth.
Free Music Monday
Added by Pete Smith on November 18, 2009 at 7:59pm —
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In a perfect world we would give all our music away for free and survive on touring revenue, merchandising and licensing income. Alas this is not always possible. In order to eat we have to sell a few CD’s. The good news is that much of our catalog has been released under this creative commons license
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0 We have made many Antiqcool songs free to download for a reason, we want you to…
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Added by Pete Smith on November 18, 2009 at 7:58pm —
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Google’s YouTube is making another pitch to media organizations, this time with a tool that makes it easy for news sites to solicit videos from their visitors.
YouTube Direct lets visitors to a news site upload YouTube videos right from that site; news orgs can then vet the clips, which appear both on their site and on YouTube. So far, Google says ABC News, the
Huff Post, NPR, Politico,…
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