The jailers of the 19th century — even in the pre-Civil War South — largely abandoned the practice of imprisoning people for falling into debt as counterproductive and ultimately barbaric. In the 1970s and ’80s, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed that incarcerating people who can’t pay fines because of poverty violates the U.S. Constitution.
Apparently, though, some states and county jails never… Continue
Judge can ask what the debtor spends money on — such as cable TV or cigarettes — and require him (or her) to end frivolous spending until the court fees and fines are paid, 12th Circuit Chief Judge Lee Haworth told HeraldTribune.
WXMM is going to loose a lot of listeners I mean real good listeners who get up in the morning and listen to classic and current rock music, while the other station that is FM 99 WNOR that does a comedy bit show and right now WXMM has been given to the chinese. Please understand that there will be about less listeners now and its another station that causes intermod in my area since I am almost close to the transmitter. If you are in the Hampton Roads area please get with Max Media and pull… Continue
Canadians who have recently returned from Mexico should be on alert for flu-like symptoms that could be connected to a severe respiratory illness, according to an advisory sent to health services across Canada.
The Public Health Agency of Canada contacted health and quarantine services on April 17 to inform them that Mexican health authorities had advised Canada to be on alert for… Continue
Dr. Katherine Albrecht to Head US Media Relations for Ixquick.com
Noted privacy expert will help raise awareness for privacy-friendly search engine.
The world's most privacy-friendly search engine, Ixquick.com, announced today that Dr. Katherine Albrecht will head up the company's US media relations and marketing outreach efforts.
Dr. Albrecht is a respected expert in the privacy arena, with a decade of experience as a privacy researcher, activist, and frequent… Continue
Two characteristics seem to be emerging from the Obama Administration's agriculture policy -- a global outlook and confidence in technology solutions.
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack lately has been talking about the link between food security and global stability, warning that unless countries take immediate steps to sharply boost agricultural productivity and reduce hunger, the world risks fresh social instability.
HSPI Commentary 02
April 22, 2009
Sharon Cardash, Frank Cilluffo, and James Jay Carafano
Currently Canada and the United States share information and intelligence; cooperate extensively on law enforcement issues—particularly border-related crime and terrorist travel; and work together to thwart potential air and sea threats. Both countries routinely, and respectively, produce national intelligence assessments that are frequently published in unclassified form so that… Continue
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http://blackouteurope.eu/
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
Steve Quayle Issues Serious ORANGE ALERT!
Submitted by SadInAmerica on Mon, 04/20/2009 - 3:06pm.
To all those who have taken an oath to defend the U.S. against all enemies foreign and domestic - BE ADVISED of the following... ~ AUDIO
Over the next 6 months, law enforcement and the military will be given unlawful and illegal orders to round up and purge all dissidents against the New World Order crowd. The purge is the systematic liquidation of all those identified…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
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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
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This is part one of three of a documentary covering George H.W. Bush's early career and entry into the CIA. Today the focus is mostly on Bush's father, Senat...
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