By CHRISTY HOPPE / The Dallas Morning News
choppe@dallasnews.com
AUSTIN – The federal government may soon send unmanned aircraft to scour West Texas and the state's coastal waters in an effort to boost border security, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said in a letter to the governor sent Friday.
Perry had formally requested the assistance a week ago. The need also was underscored in a phone call that Democratic nominee Bill White had with Napolitano…
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Added by Anti Oligarch on March 20, 2010 at 11:00pm —
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Apparently, photography is a crime in New Orleans!
Suit claims police harass journalists and bystanders
Associated Press Reporting
New Orleans police officers…
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Added by Nikki on March 21, 2010 at 6:14pm —
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Since Gaza is a completely closed society ruled by an occupying army few of us, perhaps none of us really understand what daily life is actually like there. It's difficult to place ourselves in the shoes of Gaza's Palestinian population because almost all of the news from that part of the world is censored by the Israeli's. It's almost impossible to get in to Gaza and once in it's virtually impossible to get out. Here are some pictures, taken by the Israeli Police, that depict what daily life…
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Added by Jeff on March 20, 2010 at 6:09am —
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Hundreds of powerful US “bunker-buster” bombs are being shipped from California to the British island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean in preparation for a possible attack on Iran.…
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Added by Jeff on March 18, 2010 at 8:51am —
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Links fixed :)
Update on Chat rooms:
In addition to the member chat room, many of you may not be aware of our public and member chatango chat rooms.…
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Added by truth on March 19, 2010 at 8:00pm —
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North Korean finance chief executed for botched currency reform
Pak Nam-gi killed by firing squad after currency reform worsened markets, but many see him as a scapegoat
North Korea has executed a senior official blamed for currency reforms that damaged the already ailing economy and potentially affected the succession, a news agency in South Korea reported today.
Pak Nam-gi…
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Added by 5Fires on March 18, 2010 at 10:37am —
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One in Three Killed by U.S. Drone Strikes is a Civilian
Via: Raw Story:
The US military has used drones to attack suspected terrorists in Pakistan since at least 2004. Proponents of the small, unmanned planes say they are capable of “surgical strikes” that reduce civilian
casualties and effectively combat terrorism.
Is that true? Well, not really, according to a new report…
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Added by Sweettina2 on March 10, 2010 at 12:59am —
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By Paula Hancocks, CNN
23 Year old ISM activist Rachel Corrie
Jerusalem (CNN) -- A 23-year-old American activist stands in front of an Israeli bulldozer in Gaza. The bulldozer drives over her, crushing her to death. These are the facts.
Rachel Corrie, along with…
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Added by Tara on March 10, 2010 at 11:00am —
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WASHINGTON (AP) — It starts with a tip, a scrap of intelligence, a fingerprint lifted from a suspected terrorist's home.
It ends when a person is forbidden to board an airplane — a decision that's in…
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Added by Swtnlovabl on March 10, 2010 at 11:26am —
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Building A Future Without The New World Order
By Giordano Bruno
Neithercorp Press - 3/6/2010
I have heard it said in the past that attempting to articulate the concept of freedom for a man who was born a slave is much the same as attempting to explain the concept of language to a man who was born deaf. Without a psychological point of reference, the task is arduous, or nearly impossible. And yet, it happens all the time. Some people are born deaf and…
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Added by fireguy on March 10, 2010 at 4:07pm —
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If you want to be in charge of a country (especially for very long), you have to stare at a map of the known world and ask yourself: "How many men? How much in materials? What would it take to destabilize
that regime right
there??? You do this even if you don't want to because if you don't, other countries are playing the same game with your country on a map on their wall. When it comes to ruling a nation, playing this game "comes with the job".
Mexico (if not China and…
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Added by youhavetoforgiveme on March 10, 2010 at 9:17pm —
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I was born February 21st, 1984 in Paw Paw, Michigan. I grew up outside of a little town named Decatur in South West Michigan. My dad was an electrical engineer. He was one of General Electric's finest, frequently flying overseas to work. My mom was a homemaker. I had three siblings; One younger sister, one older sister, and my brother the oldest.
My childhood was, well, not normal, but pretty much stable and normal to me. Things were pretty good until my parents got divorced when I was 13.…
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Added by Gilgamesh on March 11, 2010 at 2:30am —
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Added by Jeff on March 11, 2010 at 2:55pm —
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The only way to peace is through the people.
Camp OUT NOW is the boldest and bravest action ever envisioned by and for peace.
Camp OUT NOW's stated objective is to: "Clog Washington, DC every week day through diffuse Civil Resistance (CR) actions to have the effect of tampering with 'business as usual' in the Capital of the
United States of…
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Added by Anti Oligarch on March 11, 2010 at 5:47pm —
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Cancel your credit card before you die..........
Now some people are really challenged!!!!
Be sure and cancel your credit cards before you die.
This is so priceless, and so, so easy to see happening, customer service being what it is today.
A lady died this…
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Added by DallasBC on March 12, 2010 at 12:21am —
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Added by Swtnlovabl on March 12, 2010 at 1:11pm —
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Scam of the Century - the Canadian National "Debt"
I know the economics of a national government, and the national debt, seem like vastly complicated things that probably only trained economists and people like that really understand. And that is pretty much what The Trolls want you to believe.…
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Added by DallasBC on March 12, 2010 at 11:47am —
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New Hampshire, Hawaii, and Vermont embrace decriminalization of marijuana
WASHINGTON, DC — With numerous states facing significant budget shortages, legislators and voters across the country this month have
been giving overwhelming support to measures that would reduce the
penalty for possession of small amounts of marijuana to a civil fine.
Yesterday in New Hampshire, the state House voted 214-137 to pass H.B.
1653, a bill that…
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Added by Nikki on March 12, 2010 at 3:06pm —
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This is about Opium and 9/11. Give the retired General some slack. His English isn't perfect but his sense of reality is right on and he's not afraid to speak out. Many of you know my position since I've stated it clearly here many times. His position and my own are identical and as I read across the internet and interact with people as well I realize most of us, 1000s of us, maybe millions of us have the same perceptions based on the overwhelming evidence.
Here's what the General has…
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Added by Jeff on March 13, 2010 at 6:14am —
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