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Obama lifts Bush's veil of secrecy - Washington Times 1-21-09

Repeals act to extend presidential records shield

Source: http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/22/obama-lifts-bushs-veil-of-secrecy/

Moving quickly to undo the Bush administration's regime of secrecy, President Obama on Wednesday repealed a 2001 executive order granting former presidents, and even vice presidents, the ability to keep documents secret long past the 12… Continue

Added by 7R33SandR0P3S on January 21, 2009 at 11:28pm — 3 Comments

Iceland's government is on the point of collapse as angry protesters stake out the parliament in Reykjavik

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jan/21/iceland-globalrecession

Added by TheLasersShadow on January 22, 2009 at 10:01am — 2 Comments

Unconscious Exposure to Advertisements

Madison Avenue Magic: Study Reveals Positive Effects of Unconscious Exposure to Advertisements

Findings could help marketers optimize advertising for the human mind

Fads have been a staple of American pop culture for decades, from spandex in the 1980s to skinny jeans today. But while going from fad to flop may seem like the result of fickle consumers, a new study suggests that this is exactly what should be expected for a… Continue

Added by C on January 21, 2009 at 2:30pm — 1 Comment

the dixie chicks didn't sing.

They weren't even there. The Dixie chicks, that is.

The Dixie chicks did not sing at obabma's thing, he did promise a visit to weasel in waiting... (harper, Canada PM. the ONLY country in the world to support the invasion of Palestine)

heard of the infamous 20-22 debacle hinted on the nets? my guess? Mexico is going gangland, California is about to crash and burn. Agent provocateurs abound. (check their boots, eh?)

Kissinger is STILL whining about a world… Continue

Added by pat donovan on January 21, 2009 at 8:39am — 1 Comment

Ron Paul on The Alex Jones 1 20 08

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Added by truth on January 20, 2009 at 10:00pm — No Comments

"Freedom is our strength, government is our weakness" - Dr. Ron Paul January 19, 2009

Big government has been tried and has failed miserably. What we need now is small government, and freedom. We need the freedom to pull ourselves up by our own bootstraps again, as we traditionally do in this country. But try to start a business or charity today, and you will understand how little economic freedom we really have left. Freedom, not government, made this the land of opportunity. Freedom laid the foundation that… Continue

Added by 7R33SandR0P3S on January 20, 2009 at 7:58am — No Comments

Would you like to see the security in Washington D.C. LIVE?? Click Here <<<<

http://www.trafficland.com/city/WAS/index.html?campid=0&ssns=14&

You can see the road blocks and the cops in every cam view its nuts! >>> the inauguration will see a security crackdown of nearly unprecedented proportions. More than 40,000 police, military, Secret Service, FBI and National Guard personnel will be on duty on the day, while the Secret Service intends to screen every… Continue

Added by TheLasersShadow on January 19, 2009 at 9:57pm — 34 Comments

Mr."O"~Eligibility battle rages on 3 fronts

Mr."O"~Eligibility battle rages on 3 fronts

As recieved:::<>

Well, here are the arguments about Obama's eligibility. You decide whether they have merit or not. As for me, I think that the failure of Obama to respond -- even to actively prevent discovery -- evidences culpability. If BO has nothing to hide then why is he so evasive? Why aren't these records publicly available? Something ain't right here.

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"Obama has refused to submit certified copies of… Continue

Added by Ya'aKov on January 18, 2009 at 2:19pm — 4 Comments

Breaking Good News - Bush Pardons US border agents Ramos and Compean

Bush commutes sentences of former US border agents

WASHINGTON (AP) — In his final acts of clemency, President George W. Bush on Monday commuted the prison sentences of two former U.S. Border Patrol agents whose convictions for shooting a Mexican drug dealer ignited fierce debate about illegal immigration.

Bush's decision to commute the sentences of Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, who tried to cover up the shooting, was welcomed by both Republican and… Continue

Added by 7R33SandR0P3S on January 19, 2009 at 2:00pm — 1 Comment

Olmert’s Boast of ‘Shaming’ Rice Provokes Diplomatic Furor - ‘The Mistake Was To Talk About It In Public,’ One Critic Says

January 16, 2009

Olmert’s Boast of ‘Shaming’ Rice Provokes Diplomatic Furor

‘The Mistake Was To Talk About It In Public,’ One Critic Says

By Nathan Guttman

Thu. Jan 15, 2009

Washington — Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert didn’t do anything wrong — but he should have kept his mouth shut.

That was the reaction of several Jewish leaders to Olmert’s public boast January 11. He said he left Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice… Continue

Added by truth on January 17, 2009 at 5:00pm — 1 Comment

The National Children’s Study

January 13, 2009

National Children’s Study Begins Recruiting Volunteers

The National Institutes of Health announced today that the National Children’s Study will begin recruiting volunteers to take part in its comprehensive study of how genes and the environment interact to affect children’s health. At a briefing, NIH officials announced that the first phase of recruitment for the study will begin in Duplin County, North Carolina, and Queens, New York.

The study… Continue

Added by C on January 17, 2009 at 1:01pm — No Comments

High-Tech Solutions Ease Inaugural Challenges

The Regional Integrated Transportation Information System (RITIS) is currently operational in the Washington D.C. area.

Real-time Transportation System Visualization

I spoke with Mr. Lee Tune about future infrastructure and applications.

He told me the software and how it was designed is compatible with the red light and crime camera systems now in most major… Continue

Added by C on January 16, 2009 at 6:00pm — No Comments

War and Natural Gas: The Israeli Invasion and Gaza's Offshore Gas Fields

by Michel Chossudovsky

Global Research, January 8, 2009

The military invasion of the Gaza Strip by Israeli Forces bears a direct relation to the control and ownership of strategic offshore gas reserves.

This is a war of conquest. Discovered in 2000, there are extensive gas reserves off the Gaza coastline.

British Gas (BG Group) and its partner, the Athens based Consolidated Contractors International… Continue

Added by Marklar on January 16, 2009 at 2:10am — 1 Comment

Today's Tally in the Looting of America - Senate 1-15-09

The resolution to block the next portioned $350B giveaway bankster takeover bill was lost to the 52 nays.

Source:… Continue

Added by 7R33SandR0P3S on January 15, 2009 at 9:00pm — 1 Comment

700 Israelis Arrested For Protesting Against War

http://www.middle-east-online.com

PACIFICA – About 700 Israelis have been arrested for protesting against the war on Gaza since the beginning of the deadly offensive, said Neve Gordon, chair of the Department of Politics and Government at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel on Monday.

"700 Israelis have been arrested since this war began, because they protested this… Continue

Added by Marklar on January 14, 2009 at 6:13pm — 1 Comment

Wash Your Hands for a Healthy State: Hygiene Propaganda in the Soviet Union

The Body Soviet: Propaganda,

Hygiene and the Revolutionary State

by Tricia Starks

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – By making the personal political, hygienists in the early days of the Soviet Union attempted to improve public health dramatically and played a key role in the establishment of the Soviet state. In The Body Soviet: Propaganda, Hygiene and the Revolutionary State, historian Tricia Starks examines the extensive collections… Continue

Added by C on January 14, 2009 at 9:56pm — No Comments

Israel attacks UN aid compound with White Phosphorous Shells

UNRWA spokesman Johan Eriksson told the British Broadcasting Corp. via phone from Jerusalem that he had just spoken to the agencys boss in Gaza City, who confirmed to him that at least three shells containing white phosphorus hit their sprawling compound.

Fire is raging inside our compound. It is inside a mechanical workshop, Eriksson told the BBC, adding that shipping pallets loaded with humanitarian aid were also on fire inside the compound.

Firefighters cannot do anything.… Continue

Added by truth on January 15, 2009 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Zimbabwe's central bank will introduce a $50 billion note -- enough to buy just two loaves of bread.

HARARE, Zimbabwe (CNN -- As a way of fighting cash shortages amid spiraling inflation.

Zimbabwe's dollar is virtually worthless, with foreign currency now being used to purchase basic items.

The country's acting finance minister, Patrick Chinamasa, made the announcement in a government gazette released Saturday.

Although Chinamasa did not give the date on which the $50 billion and new $20 billion notes would come into… Continue

Added by Marklar on January 14, 2009 at 10:00am — 1 Comment

Brain May Be Wired for Social Conformity

Study says 'error-monitoring' signals keep us from being too different from others

Your brain may be wired to go along with popular opinion in social situations, a new study suggests.

Scans done with functional magnetic resonance imaging showed that people whose opinion differed with that of a group of people experienced a neuronal response in the brain's rostral cingulate zone (RCZ) and nucleus accumbens (NAc) -- areas that seem… Continue

Added by C on January 14, 2009 at 2:41pm — 1 Comment

New York Times - ‘Emergency’ Declared for Inauguration

By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG

Published: January 13, 2009

WASHINGTON — It is true, President Bush sounded alarms about Barack Obama during the campaign season. On Tuesday, Mr. Bush went one step further: He declared Mr. Obama’s inauguration an actual emergency.

The declaration, though, was not a political statement about Republicans being run out of town. Rather, it was a bureaucratic move intended to provide additional federal money to help Washington cope with the huge… Continue

Added by 7R33SandR0P3S on January 14, 2009 at 3:15pm — 1 Comment