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A year on, Reuters cameraman still held by US army

By Michael Christie

BAGHDAD, Sept 2 (Reuters) - On Sept. 2, 2008, U.S. and Iraqi troops smashed in the doors of Iraqi journalist Ibrahim Jassam's home, shouting "freeze" and holding back snarling dogs before they hauled him off into the night in his underwear.

A year later, neither Jassam and his family nor global news agency Reuters, which employed him as a freelance TV cameraman and photographer, have been told exactly why he has been detained for all this time by U.S.… Continue

Added by truth on September 3, 2009 at 1:56pm — No Comments

Police use Taser on 76-year-old in a dispute during parade

Police use Taser on 76-year-old in a dispute about where to end procession

GLENROCK, Wyo. - Bud Grose seemed like the last person who should attract the attention of police when the 76-year-old retiree hopped on his antique tractor and rumbled through the annual parade in this small Wyoming town.

But what was supposed to be a day of fun at an end-of-summer festival ended abruptly when police shot Grose with a Taser in a dispute about where to end the parade… Continue

Added by truth on September 3, 2009 at 10:22am — 2 Comments

Man Bites Finger Off Health Reform Protester

The Thousand Oaks Police Department is looking for a man who bit a finger off the left hand of a counter protester at a rally over health insurance reform Wednesday night. It happened around 7:30 PM at a pro health insurance reform rally at Hillcrest Drive and Lynn Road that was sponsored by Move On Dot Org. Deputies say that during the rally a group of counter protesters showed up across the street. At one point there was a disturbance and it was during that disturbance… Continue

Added by truth on September 3, 2009 at 9:55am — 3 Comments

CIA doctors face human experimentation claims, Medical ethics group says physicians monitored 'enhanced interrogation techniques' and studied their effectiveness

Doctors and psychologists the CIA employed to monitor its "enhanced interrogation" of terror suspects came close to, and may even have committed, unlawful human experimentation, a medical ethics watchdog has alleged.

Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), a not-for-profit group that has investigated the role of medical personnel in alleged incidents of torture at Guantánamo, Abu Ghraib, Bagram and other US detention sites, accuses doctors of being far more involved than hitherto… Continue

Added by Tara on September 3, 2009 at 9:10am — No Comments

Tim Hawkins - The Government Can

>>>>> MARKLAR: Holy crap, now THAT's funny.This should be posted six times on every web site. Radio telescopes should be beaming this into space to make first contact. Satellites should be beaming it directly into the brains of government mind control subjects. New cities and a new religion should be built around it. Also, best dance moves…

Added by Marklar on September 3, 2009 at 4:00am — 4 Comments

Watchdog Wins Battle With Treasury Department

The treasury seems nervous about what the watchdog organization will find. They don't want the people to know where all the money went.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125193355469281319.html

Treasury Retreats From Standoff With TARP Watchdog

By EVAN PEREZ and DEBORAH SOLOMON

WASHINGTON -- The Treasury Department backed away from a standoff over the independence of the special government watchdog appointed to scrutinize how last year's $700 billion… Continue

Added by bob on September 2, 2009 at 8:55pm — No Comments

Obama's Second Attempt to Control the Internet.

They keep on trying.

http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/09/cybersecurity-act-returns-with-a-fresh-coat-of-paint

Cybersecurity Act Returns With a Fresh Coat of Paint

Commentary by Richard Esguerra

In April, we voiced serious concerns about the Cybersecurity Act of 2009, a bill by Senators Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) and Olympia Snowe (R-ME), that sought to give the federal government unprecedented power over the Internet. For months, the bill has been… Continue

Added by bob on September 2, 2009 at 7:34pm — No Comments

Holy Smokes

This is a hell of a lot of journalistic....Stuff...I opened it up and went, Whoa...somebodies been workin'

http://www.globalresearch.ca/rss.php

Added by Doug Wilson on September 2, 2009 at 7:30pm — 1 Comment

The Brute Factory

By John S. Hatch

September 01, 2009 "Information Clearing House" -- Henry Kissinger once referred to military service people as ‘dumb, stupid animals to be used’ as tools of foreign policy. One wonders if this man of no regrets nevertheless wishes he had not vocalized what in fact has been the position of successive US governments including the present one?… Continue

Added by Marklar on September 2, 2009 at 2:08pm — 1 Comment

Poll: US Opposition to Afghan War Continues to Rise, 57 Percent Now Oppose War's Continuation

by Jason Ditz, September 01, 2009

Another poll released today by CNN and Opinion Research Corporation (PDF) showed opposition to the war in Afghanistan continues to rise among Americans. Last month’s release of the same poll pointed to 54% of Americans against the war, and the number has now risen to 57%.

In spite of the opposition to the war, a majority of Americans (59%) believe that the war is still winnable, though apparently many feel the cost of the hypothetical… Continue

Added by Tara on September 2, 2009 at 12:46pm — No Comments

Elderly Couple Forced Into State Custody

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Added by Marklar on September 2, 2009 at 11:00am — 3 Comments

Defeat The Debt Pledge

So sad, so true...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRY5waZ4IbE&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fdefeatthedebt%2Ecom%2F&feature=player_embedded

Added by fireguy on September 2, 2009 at 10:30am — 2 Comments

British Columbians the critical battle now raging over our rivers and historic public power system.

Save Our Rivers Society is pleased to present a new three-minute video by filmmaker Damien Gillis,which summarizes for all British Columbians the critical battle now raging over our rivers and historic public power system.

The video, entitled "BC's Watershed Election," is designed to introduce to a broader audience, across BC's multi-cultural communities, the until-recently secretive push to hand over BC's most valuable assets - our rivers and energy security - to some of the… Continue

Added by DallasBC on September 2, 2009 at 5:06am — No Comments

Wake up there is no democracy in this current system.

Gordon Campbell (Liberals, NDP, and the so many other parties have never tried to abolish NAFTA, they have helped Elite corporations continue with agreements such as TILMA, SPP, that take control of our resources and leave us high and dry.

Sold us on on our BC Ferries, our Railways, and the list goes on.

Gordon Campbell wants to privatize our rivers enabling the sale of our water and power resources to the Elite Corporations that continue to dictate their best interest.… Continue

Added by DallasBC on September 2, 2009 at 4:57am — No Comments

AV Times Dallas Hills responds to Minimum wage

AV Times‏

Increasing minimum wage still does not benefit workers, if he/she still working part time.

Another is that we will re-enegotiate with the feds the payroll tax known as employment or unemployment insurance so that business and labour are not burdened with the excessive insurance [ taxation].

Last time I checked there was $45billion in the fund.....mostly paper numbers as the government squanders our insurance on the many boondoggles we see over… Continue

Added by DallasBC on September 2, 2009 at 4:30am — No Comments

B.C. Refed candidate Dallas Hills answers our questions

B.C. Refed candidate Dallas Hills answers our questions

Alberni Valley Times

Weighing in on the issues

1. How would you propose that the unfair balance of the responsibilities that municipalities have between infrastructure they maintain and the portion of taxes they receive be addressed? Would you support more of the gas tax going to cities and towns?

Our party represents one major concern. We need to take back our federal income tax money, that's… Continue

Added by DallasBC on September 2, 2009 at 4:00am — No Comments

Who sunk the Titanic

What sunk the Titanic?

I will show Who and why

The information below I sent out on mass emails and now many have researched this, I do not take all the credit, but just educating one person has led this person to do there own research and find the truth.

I read an article on a web site that a man named Doug Yurchey said this appeared inside his Outlook Express e-mailbox and much of what he wrote was my email that I mass emailed. Figure that.

Then Doug… Continue

Added by DallasBC on September 2, 2009 at 2:30am — No Comments