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Afghanistan
Pentagon considers Afghanistan spy ring claim The US Defence
Department says it may look into an official who allegedly ran a
secret spy ring in Afghanistan and Pakistan using its funds.
Defense official says Afghan program was authorized (Michael Furlong
) Michael D. Furlong, the senior Defense Department employee
under investigation for allegedly running an unauthorized
intelligence-gathering operation in
Afghanistan, says his now-suspended program was fully authorized
by top U.S. military commanders.
Iran-Contra operative linked to questionable spy program A
former CIA operative who was involved in the Iran-Contra scandal has
worked on an alleged ad hoc spy program which the Pentagon is
investigating, CNN has learned.
LEAKED CIA DOCUMENT REVEALS PLANS TO MANIPULATE EUROPEAN PUBLIC
OPINION ON AFGHANISTAN read document
here Public Apathy Enables Leaders To Ignore Voters.The
Afghanistan mission’s low public salience has allowed French and
German leaders to
disregard popular opposition and steadily increase their troop
contributions to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).
Berlin and Paris currently maintain the third and fourth highest
ISAF troop levels, despite the opposition of 80 percent of German
and French respondents to increased ISAF deployments, according to
INR polling in fall 2009.
UN report criticises covert troops who committed Afghan killings
DynCorp Wins Contract Dispute Over Afghan Police Training
NATO covering up, lying about
civilian killings
US
Raid Kills Two Pregnant Women and Teenage Girl in Afghanistan
Afghanistan confirms blanket pardon for war crimes Afghanistan
confirmed for the first time publicly on Tuesday that it had enacted
into law a blanket pardon for war crimes and human rights abuse
carried out before 2001. Human rights groups have expressed dismay
Karzai Meets With Afghan Insurgent Group Afghan President Hamid
Karzai met Monday with a senior delegation representing the
country's second-largest insurgent group, the Hezb-i-Islami militia,
spurring expectations of a possible reconciliation.
Iraq
Secular Challenger BEATS Iraqi Prime Minister In Parliamentary
Elections
Challenger
Overtakes Iraq PM in Overall Vote Count Allawi "is the person
through whom the controversial claim was channelled that Iraqi
weapons of mass destruction could be operational in 45 minutes."
[18] "The second part of the memo, which is headed 'Niger
Shipment', contains a report about an unspecified shipment --
believed to be uranium -- that it says has been transported to Iraq
via
Libya and
Syria."
[17]
"Saddam had ordered Atta training," according to Allawi,
identified as "a member of Iraq's seven-man presidential committee"
in the December 15, 2003, The Indian Express. "'The problem
with this, say U.S. law enforcement officials, is that the
FBI has compiled a highly detailed time line for Atta's
movements throughout the spring and summer of 2001 based on a
mountain of documentary evidence, including airline records, ATM
withdrawals and hotel receipts. Those records show Atta
crisscrossing the United States during this period -- making only
one overseas trip, an 11-day visit to Spain that didn't begin until
six days after the date of the Iraqi memo.'"
Iraq -
MIR: Iraq - Elections But No Stability. Very good
piece on the fact Iran backs Maliki, while Saudi Arabia backs
Allwai. Allawi was one of the liars that got the US into the war.
Iraqi Prime Minister Does Not Accept Results
Sadr Surges in Iraq Vote Anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr
appears to have upended the traditional hierarchy of Shiite politics
in Iraq with a stronger-than-expected showing in last Sunday's
parliamentary
Pakistan
Predator Drone Strikes: Secret Rules, Hidden Costs Since 2009,
as many as 666 terrorism suspects, including at least 20 senior
figures, have been killed by missiles fired from unmanned aircraft
flying over Pakistan, according to figures compiled by the New
America Foundation as of mid-March. From 2004 to 2008, the number
was 230. According to the foundation, 177 civilians may also have
been killed in the airstrikes since 2009. Intelligence officials say
their count of noncombatants killed is much lower and noted that on
Aug. 5 only Mehsud and his wife were killed, despite reports that
other family members and bodyguards died in the attack.
Drone raids 'could land CIA
officers in court'
US justifies Predator drone program
as 'self defense'
US missile strike kills 4 in
Pakistan
Drone
attacks target Taliban and Al-Qaeda-linked commanders.
Pakistan accused of disrupting Taliban talks Pakistan
deliberately interrupted talks between the Taliban and the United
Nations by arresting senior members of the Afghan Taliban, the UN’s
former top official in Kabul has said
Pakistan militants attack U.S. Christian aid group, killing six..Christian
In Pakistan Burned Alive, Wife Raped By Police,...
Pakistan bombs 'Taliban positions'
Court to rule on missing Pakistanis Government accused of being
complicit in "disappearances" of thousands of citizens.
Africa
Private guards kill Somali pirate for first time
International Uproar over Uganda Anti-Gay Bill, Study Finds American
Evangelicals Encouraging Homophobia
Somali pirates widening attack area: US admiral |
Middle East
Secret Israeli report: U.S. cozying up to Palestinians The U.S.
administration will not put a lot of effort into the upcoming
indirect negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, opting
instead to focus on the November Congressional elections, according
to an internal Foreign Ministry report that was distributed to
Israeli diplomatic missions abroad
Zionist Organization of America: Obama's Israel stance 'an insult'
to all Jews
U.S. general: Israel-Palestinian conflict foments anti-U.S.
sentiment U.S. General David Petraeus said on Wednesday that the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict was fomenting anti-American sentiment
due to the perception of U.S. favoritism towards Israel.
Jerusalem OKs new housing for Jews in Arab section of city
'No concession' on Jewish homes Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu
rules out any concession on building in East Jerusalem, hours before
he leaves for Washington.
Two IDF soldiers killed in Gaza border clashes Two Israel
Defense Forces soldiers were killed Friday in clashes with
Palestinian militants near the Kissufim crossing on the Gaza border,
the IDF spokesperson confirmed. One of the soldiers killed was the
regiment's deputy commander
Gaza rocket kills Thai worker in southern Israel
UN
Munitions Team Finds 84 Unexploded White Phosphorus Shells in Gaza
Banned ... by Google In Turkey, it's a crime to
defame the country's founder, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk or to ridicule
"Turkishness." So Google restricts access to videos that the
government of Turkey deems illegal on google.com.tr.
More Than 100 Al Qaeda Suspects Arrested In Saudi Arabia
US, Russia Clash Over Startup Of Iran Nuke Plant U.S. Secretary
of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and her Russian counterpart clashed
openly Thursday over the planned launch this summer of Iran's first,
Russian-built nuclear power plant, highlighting a split in views
over how to steer Iran away from nuclear weapons.
Europe
'U.K.
Court Allows Extradition of Lawyer in KBR Bribery Case Jeffrey
Tesler, a British lawyer wanted by Houston prosecutors over
allegations he helped bribe Nigerian officials to win contracts in a
$6 billion natural gas project
Police find Israel forged documents used by Dubai hit squad in
killing of Hamas leader
DAY OF WRATH: Thousands Of Russian Protesters Demand Putin's
Resignation
Asia
Indonesia's Islands Being STOLEN By Black Marketeers
South Korean Navy Ship SINKS Near North Korea After Explosion
Chinese premier slams U.S. 'protectionism,' says yuan is not too low
Journalist Allan Nairn Facing Possible Arrest in Indonesia for
Exposing US-Backed Forces Assassinated Civilians In Indonesia,
investigative journalist Allan Nairn is facing possible arrest for
exposing that US-backed Indonesian armed forces assassinated a
series of civilian activists last year. Since Allan Nairn broke the
news of the assassination program on Democracy Now! on
Friday, the Indonesian press has been buzzing with the allegations.
A military spokesman told the Jakarta Globe that the military
is considering legal action against Nairn. Earlier today, Nairn
issued a public challenge to the Indonesian military to arrest him
so that he could face off with the military in open court. [includes
rush transcript]
US 'dropped plague bomb' in N Korea It is a crime the US has
always denied - dropping germ bombs on North Korea. But in 1952 the
bubonic plague, never known before in North Korea, broke out across
the country
The Americas
Bolivian general who captured Che Guevara investigated over plot
against Evo Morales The retired general who captured legendary
revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara was summoned on Friday by
Bolivian authorities investigating an alleged plot against President
Evo Morales.
George Bush Wipes Hand On Bill Clinton's Shirt After Shaking Hands
With Haitians
TV Chief Critical of Chavez Is Arrested Intelligence agents
arrested the president of Venezuela's only remaining independent
television station on Thursday, leading to concerns that freedom
of speech is ending in this oil-rich nation.
Venezuela's Chavez 'held secret talks with Farc rebel'
Brazil to Break Patents on U.S. Films, Books, Drugs Brazil will
seek to break intellectual property rights on U.S.-made prescription
drugs, music, books, software and movies in a bid to force the U.S.
government to end cotton subsidies that violate global trade rules.
25 killed in Mexico drug violence Drug-related violence left 25
people dead Saturday in Mexico's southern Guerrero state, including
four people who were decapitated, authorities said
Car bomb in Colombia kills five, leaves 18 injured A car bomb
exploded near the mayor's office in the Colombian port city of
Buenaventura on Wednesday, killing five people and injuring 18
others, local authorities said.
Mexican police chief decapitated
Top cop in N. Mexico town
had head sitting in lap, brother dead nearby.
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More Than 70% Of Iraq And Afghanistan Veterans Comfortable Serving
Alongside Openly Gay Troops
POPE IMPLICATED IN
COVER-UP OF WISCONSIN SEX ABUSE CASE
Warned About Abuse, Vatican Failed to Defrock Priest (who molested
as many as 200 deaf boys)
Cancer Patient Fired for Medical Marijuana
The Pentagon's Stringers: Inside Ex-CNN Exec's Reporting/Intel
Hybrid The company is not your average defense contractor
staffed by ex-spooks and former military brass. It’s the brainchild
of
Eason Jordan,
the award-winning former head of CNN's news operation, and
Robert Young
Pelton, an author and self-described adventurer who prides
himself on "getting to the heart of the story" in the world's most
dangerous locales. But a recent blast of publicity tying them to a
rogue military operation in Afghanistan and Pakistan could change
the business prospects of their unusual amalgamation of war-zone
reporting, private intelligence-gathering, and deal-brokering.
Pentagon spooks heavy Aussie battler for revealing secrets on
WikiLeaks THE man behind financially challenged whistleblower
website WikiLeaks is reportedly subject to an "aggressive
surveillance operation" for exposing US military secrets.
Indiana Threatened By Giant Poop Bubbles, Good news for people
who like news about grotesque agricultural
calamities-waiting-to-happen! Lauren Etter of the Wall Street
Journal has a groundbreaking story of how the state of Indiana
is
threatened by giant bubbles of livestock feces. Will someone
think of the children, many of whom dream of seeing a
floating balloon, made solely of poop?
UN: Polluted water killing, sickening millions every year, killing
more people than war
Court lifts ban on media ownership restrictions
Court Hears Case Of Lesbian Teen Banned From Bringing Girlfriend To
High School Prom...Judge
rules against lesbian teen in prom flap...Judge
won't force Miss. district to hold prom
Divided court rules Pledge of Allegiance is constitutional A
divided federal appeals court Thursday reversed itself, ruling that
the Pledge of Allegiance doesn't violate the constitutional
prohibition against state-mandated religious exercise even though it
contains the phrase "one nation under God."
Attacks by 'Lone Wolves' Surge in U.S. Growing anger at the
government fuels a pattern of anti-U.S. extremists.
Newly Released FBI Documents Support Explosive Claims by Former FBI
Translator Sibel Edmonds Famed whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg
once said that “Sibel says that
suitcases of cash have been delivered to the Speaker of the House,
Dennis Hastert, at his home, near Chicago, from Turkish sources,
knowing that a lot of that is drug money.”
Economy
Letter: Lehman Accounting Tricks Possibly Illegal In letter,
fired Lehman whistleblower calls bank's accounting tricks possibly
'unlawful
Climbing The Economic Ladder Is Harder In The U.S. Than In Most
European Countries
Number Of Unemployed Seeking Work Could Hit 26 Million
US Set To Make $8 Billion Profit From Citigroup Bailout
China Uses Trade Rules to Its Advantage Evidence is mounting
that Beijing uses inconsistencies in international trade rules to
spur its own economy at the expense of others.
Science
NASA Spots Creepy Crawly Creature Scientists find a shrimplike
creature living far below an Antarctica ice sheet.
DNA identifies new ancient human dubbed 'X-woman' Scientists
have identified a previously unknown type of ancient human through
analysis of DNA from a finger bone unearthed in a Siberian cave. The
extinct "hominin" (human like creature) lived in Central Asia
between 48,000 and 30,000 years ago.
ABC News Exclusive: Study Shows Money Flooding into Campaigns for
State Judgeships
Social Security to Start Cashing Uncle Sam's IOUs Short on cash,
Social Security to start calling in Uncle Sam's big IOUs, adding to
deficit
Families Sue Over So-Called Guantanamo 'Suicides' The families
are asking a federal court to hold the U.S. government accountable
for their sons' torture, arbitrary detention, and ultimate deaths.
Judge Orders Release of Guantanamo Detainee
A judge has ordered the release of a
Guantanamo Bay detainee described in the 9/11 commission report as a
significant al-Qaida operative who provided advice to three of the
Sept. 11 hijackers.
Families Sue Over So-Called Guantanamo 'Suicides' The families
are asking a federal court to hold the U.S. government accountable
for their sons' torture, arbitrary detention, and ultimate deaths.
Judge Orders Release of Guantanamo Detainee
A judge has ordered the release of a
Guantanamo Bay detainee described in the 9/11 commission report as a
significant al-Qaida operative who provided advice to three of the
Sept. 11 hijackers. |
Politics
Brother Of
Congressman Has Home Vandalized After Tea Partier Posts Address
Online, FBI Investigating...
Palin Posts
'Hit List' Of Democrats With Gun Sights Over Districts
Vandals hit at least five Dem offices nationwide, threaten to
‘assassinate’ children of pro-reform lawmakers.
FBI Investigating Cut Gas Line At Home Of Dem Rep's Brother
"White Powder" Package Sent to Congressman Anthony Weiner's Office
The Extreme, Violent Rhetoric Of GOP Lawmakers I’m
a proud right-wing terrorist. …
OBAMA
REJECTS INTEL OVERSIGHT
Veto
threat issued over second anthrax probe, GAO powers
T he White House is threatening to veto a key intelligence
funding bill over what it considers to be a dangerous amount of
oversight on covert agencies, according to published reports. The
2010 Intelligence Budget has gone through a number of key changes
over the past few months, with House Democrats and the Obama
administration butting heads over a number of provisions. Key among
them for the latest White House veto threat is a provision that
would allow the Government Accountability Office to investigate
intelligence agencies.
Worse Than Bush: Obama's Problematic Record On Open Government The
AP's review of annual Freedom of Information Act reports filed by 17
major agencies found that the administration's use of nearly every
one of the law's nine exemptions to withhold information from the
public increased during fiscal year 2009, which ended last October.
Lawmakers Spending Taxpayer Dollars On Expensive Cars
Senate passes Kerry provision to help crack down on offshore tax
havens
GOP Senators Refusing To Work Past 2PM, Invoking Obscure Rule
Republicans Block Senate Committee Hearings, Including On National
Security Matters, For Second Day In A Row
GOP BLOCKS
JOBLESS BENEFITS WHILE DEMS ARE OUT OF THE ROOM
Sen Bernie Sanders: That Is Immoral! That Is Wrong! ..he covers Wall
St,The Fed and corruption.
KBR mechanics worked as little as
43 minutes a month
Celebrities -- and Pentagon -- Call for Consumer Protection Agency President
Obama. Will Ferrell. Sen. Chris Dodd. Heidi Montag. Now you can add
the Pentagon to a growing list of advocates for an independent
consumer protection agency.
Former Bank Chief Charged With STEALING Bailout Funds
AIG Draws Another $2.2 Billion from Treasury
Number of Special Interests Vying to Influence Health Reform
Legislation Swelled As Debate Dragged On
Boehner Claims Student Loan Reform Will ‘Eliminate
Every Bank In The Country’ This weekend,
Democrats
plan to vote on their health care reform reconciliation package,
which
also includes student loan reform. The Student Aid and Fiscal
Responsibility Act (SAFRA), which would cut billions of dollars in
senseless subsidies to private student lenders, passed the House
last year. As of yesterday, it has a
corresponding senate counterpart, which will be included in the
reconciliation bill.
Rep. Lynch (D-MA): "This is a very good bill for insurance companies
and pharmaceutical companies"
Tea Party protest: House Dems spat
on, called 'ni**er,' 'faggot'
Michael Moore: Healthcare Bill “A Victory for Capitalism”
NYT: How the health care overhaul could affect you
Near universal coverage? That depends
The Craziest Amendments To The Health Care Bill
56-43: Senate passes reconciliation
health bill
Health-Care Overhaul |
Text of Bill
A False Promise of Healthcare Reform: Press Release of Physicians
for a National Health Program
Phony products impress federal energy program Fifteen phony
products - including a gasoline-powered alarm clock - won a label
from the government certifying them as energy efficient in a test of
the federal "Energy Star" program....
Dolly Parton takes on Repub. senator over refusal to regulate payday
loan industry Dolly took Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) to task
over his refusal to regulate the nation's payday loan industry,
which charges a whopping 400 percent interest rate to military
families and unemployed workers for short-term loans when they're
short of cash.
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KARMA: Woman Makes Large Donation To Haiti, Wins Lottery Days Later
ACORN Announces Intentions to 'Bring Operations to a Close'....ACORN
'not dead yet,' leader asserts
Haitians in U.S. Slow to Seek Protected Status Only 15 percent
of the estimated 200,000 Haitians living in the U.S. illegally have
taken advantage of a controversial Obama administration initiative
that would allow them to live and work freely here until conditions
in Haiti improve. The number has surprised advocates on both sides
of the immigration debate.
‘Jail’ for Brooklyn Children Stirs a Ruckus A pretend jail at a
housing-project playground stood for six years without attracting
much attention, until a Web post stirred a furor. Now it’s gone.
Security Issues
TSA nominee wants Israeli-style airport screening President
Obama's nominee to head the Transportation Security Administration
told Congress on Tuesday he wants U.S. airport security to more
closely resemble security at Israeli airports, where officers engage
travelers in conversations and questions to determine whether they
are a threat to aircraft.
US citizen David Headley admits role in Mumbai attacks
New Study Estimates Mass Deportation Of Undocumented Immigrants
Would Cost $285 Billion
Courts
Games consoles at centre of US terror case Businessman accused
of selling Playstations to a shopping centre in Paraguay that US
authorities say is a fundraising front for Hizbollah
Private school students' gay-bashing not free speech, court rules
Halliburton, KBR drop court appeal in rape case
Charges eyed for Blackwater's ex-president, others in NC gun case
Federal prosecutors are considering filing weapons charges against
former top officials of the Blackwater Worldwide private security
company over allegations they illegally stockpiled automatic rifles
at the company's North Carolina headquarters, The Associated Press
has learned.
Federal Appeals Court: Seattle Police OK To Taser Pregnant Woman
Education
Federal Panel Finds NY Dept. of Education Discriminated Against
Arabic School Principal The federal Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission has ruled the New York City Department of Education
discriminated against the founding principal of an Arabic-language
school in Brooklyn by forcing her to resign in 2007.
Parents Upset Over Publicized 'F' List School principal says
posting the list was a way to motivate students.
ABSTINENCE education funds restored.
Environment
Report: Mercury pollution from many power plants rose
VIPs lobbied to enter elite schools When U.S. Education
Secretary Arne Duncan was Chicago Public Schools chief, his office
kept a list of politicians and others seeking help for applicants to
selective schools.
Nation's Biggest Private Water Utility Joins Cities' Suit Against
Herbicide Maker
US bans Mexico shrimp on sea turtle concerns
Drug War
Mexican drug gangs increasingly
target US public land
Not far from Yosemite's waterfalls and in the middle of
California's redwood forests, Mexican drug gangs are quietly
commandeering U.S. public land to grow millions of marijuana plants
and using smuggled immigrants to cultivate them.
Wachovia pays $160 million to stop
drugs probe
Wachovia has agreed to pay US prosecutors 160 million
dollars for its failure to stop drug money being laundered to
Mexican affiliates, the DEA said Wednesday.
Deadly Traps Target Police Officers In Calif. City
'Pill Mills': Feds Raid 3 Florida Pain Clinics Federal
authorities raided three pain clinics in South Florida last week,
alleging that they were distributing large quantities of
prescription medications to their patients.
Obama Adds 54 Alleged Traffickers to Kingpin List
Noam Chomsky On Pot |
Greed
Medicare System Makes Life Easy for Criminals A four month
"Nightline" investigation into Medicare fraud makes one thing
perfectly clear: this is a crime that pays and pays and pays. The
federal government admits that a staggering $60 billion dollars is
stolen from tax payers through Medicare scams every year. Some
experts believe the number is more than twice that
Should CEO of Boys & Girls' Club Make $1M? The Boys & Girls Club
of America, a nationwide charity that receives millions of dollars
in taxpayer aid, is under fire for paying out high salaries to
executives such as CEO Roxanne Spillett at a time when the
organization is closing clubs around the country
Former DHS Chief Joins Defense Contractor After Bribery Scandal
Media
Discovery
Picks Up Show With Anti-Nature Sarah Palin... Comes Two Weeks After
Discovery Moves Planet Green Away From Eco-Friendly Roots...
Discovery #2
Former FOX Exec!...
Palin's Most
Egregious Anti-Nature Stances
Coulter: I’m victim
of ‘hate crimes against conservatives’....Update:
Coulter tells young Muslim student to 'take a camel'
Oprah settles suit with ex-boss of South African girls school
Oprah Winfrey has settled a defamation lawsuit filed by a
headmistress she had accused of performing poorly at her South
African girls school, where some students claimed they were abused,
lawyers said Tuesday.
Staffers: Glenn
Beck rehearses crying jags
1967 Flashback: ‘Gov. Romney Would Quit Church For
Social Justice’ Fox News hate-talk
show host and practicing Mormon Glenn Beck told his listeners to “run
as fast as you can” if they find
their church preaching “social justice,” claiming it is a “perversion
of the Gospel.” In 1967, Michigan
Gov. George Romney — father of Mitt — was the most prominent Mormon
politician in the land, seeking the Republican nomination for
president. Unlike Beck, Romney considered social justice a core
tenet of his faith. In 1967, Jet reported that Romney was
willing to
choose social justice
over the Church of Latter-Day Saints, which then barred blacks from
becoming priests:
Ellen Gives $30,000 To Constance McMillen, Mississippi Lesbian, Over
Prom Legal Flap DeGeneres says she
admires McMillen for challenging Itawamba County School District
rules that would prevent her from escorting her girlfriend to the
prom. The school district canceled the April 2 prom after McMillen's
request.
YouTube ‘knew of copyright violations’ one of itsfounders
‘blatantly stealing’ videos from other sources, according to
internal evidence unsealed by a US court
Bing blocks online sex searches in Middle East: study The Open
Net Initiative (ONI) on Friday said Microsoft's search engine Bing
is more prudish than government censors when it comes to sex-related
online queries.
Police/Prison
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Fruit juice now a cancer threat?
Researchers
claim 'many' popular fruit juice brands contain antimony.
Electric Eyeglasses to Aid the Blind A special pair of glasses
turn images into electric impulses felt on the tongue.
PHOTO: 3D View Of Space Will Take Your Breath Away
Stem cell windpipe op 'success' A 10-year-old British boy has
become the first child to undergo a windpipe transplant with an
organ crafted from his own stem cells.
Do You Only Live Once? Science Suggests Life Is Not A One-Time Deal
Device to convert seawater offers hope to parched lands
Scientists said on Sunday they had made a nanotech device to strip
salt from seawater, paving the way to small-scale or even
battery-powered desalination for drought-hit regions and disaster
zones.
Hand germs could join fingerprints, DNA in forensics labs
Teens glued to TV, games screens less close to family: study The
more time teens spend watching television or playing on a computer
or games console, the less likely they are to be close to their
family and friends, a study published Monday shows. |
Ashcroft, Rumsfeld warned 9/11
Commission about 'line' it 'should not cross'
Top secret interviews with WW2 Japanese navy brass to be published
(no torture either) The file, consisting of some 4,000 pages in 44
volumes, was compiled by the Suiko-kai, an association of retired
Japanese naval officials, based on interviews conducted by Vice
Admiral Tomiji Koyanagi (1893-1978) with a total of 47 former navy
ministers, admirals and other top officials of the Imperial Japanese
Navy between 1956 and 1961.
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Democratic Party Launching $20 Million Redistricting Effort
Virginia warns wife of Justice Clarence Thomas her group is
violating law Virginia warns wife of Justice Clarence Thomas her
group is violating law State officials tell Virginia Thomas that her
conservative advocacy group, Liberty Central Inc., must comply with
a law that requires registration before seeking donations
First
Corporate-Funded Campaign Ad Appears After Supreme Court Decision
Treasury/Federal
Reserve/Bailouts/SEC/IRS
Homeowner Booted From Mortgage Program For Paying Bills EARLY
Merrill Lynch Warned Regulators About Lehman
As Banks Boomed, Watchdogs Got Big Bonuses
Seven More Banks SHUT DOWN In Five States
Suing the SEC for lack of regulation The SEC did nothing to stop
Lehman Bros. from using questionable accounting tactics. Should they
be held responsible?
Defense Spending
Top military brass to hear review of 'mentors' program (ret.
military officer as paid consultants)
House
House bill limits school use of restraints Physically
restraining unruly schoolchildren or locking them in isolated spaces
would be subject to federal restrictions under legislation passed by
the House Wednesday. Lawmakers were responding to reports that
abuses of restraint and seclusion methods have resulted in children
being injured and even killed
Congress to vote on healthcare cash for 9/11 rescuers A US
Congressional committee will vote later on a bill providing
long-term healthcare for emergency workers who fell ill after
working at Ground Zero.
GITMO/Bahgram/CIA-Blacksites
Ashcroft Can Be Held Accountable for Post-9/11 Wrongful Detention
U.S. to buy Illinois prison even if it won't hold terror suspects,
official says
Obama
Worse Than Bush: Obama's Problematic Record On Open Government The
AP's review of annual Freedom of Information Act reports filed by 17
major agencies found that the administration's use of nearly every
one of the law's nine exemptions to withhold information from the
public increased during fiscal year 2009, which ended last October.
10 Things Obama Won't Tell Us (Happy Sunshine Week!)
Anti-war protesters rally near White House; 5 arrested
Thousands rally on anniversary of invasion of Iraq (carried signs
that read "Indict Bush Now")
Obama To Order Lenders To Cut Mortgage Payments For Unemployed
Obama, Medvedev Sign Off On 'Landmark' Arms Accord
Obama makes 15 recess appointments, scolds GOP
Baraknaphobia
Road rage, accident centers on Obama bumper sticker
Virginia AG
strategizes birther legal challenge
Political observers are wondering whether Virginia
Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli is a "birther" following the release
of an audio tape in which Cuccinelli says that the claims that
President Barack Obama was born outside the US are "within the realm
of possibility."
GOP Rep. Nunes Excuses Racist, Homophobic Tea Partier Slurs As A
Response To ‘Totalitarian Tactics’ |
Health Insurance
Texas newborn denied health insurance over pre-existing condition
IRS Commissioner Debunks GOP Fear-Mongering: We Won’t Audit People
To Check Health Insurance Status »
Hatch: I Supported The Unconstitutional Individual Mandate In 1993
To Derail HillaryCare In 1993, Hatch, along with 20 other GOP
senators — including Grassley, Bennett, and Bond — introduced a
health care plan that would have
required everyone to buy coverage, capped awards for medical
malpractice lawsuits, established minimum benefit packages and
invested in comparative effectiveness research. It was, in other
words, a plan to “erode liberty.”
Earn $200K? How Do You Feel About Health Care Tax? Do you earn
an income of $200,000 or do you and your spouse, together, earn at
least $250,000? If so, you would be hit with a new 3.8 percent tax
on interest and investment income under the new health reform plan
as well as a 0.9 percent Medicare payroll tax increase. Tell us how
you feel about paying more in tax to support health care reform.
Would you save a 5 year old's life, or would you rather a CEO buy
another Lamborghini?
Tea Party sign threatens gun violence if health care passes.
Lawmaker Won’t Press Charges in Spitting Incident
A congressman who was spat on by a
protestor on Capitol Hill is declining to press charges.
Sen. Gregg Touts The CBO On Fox News, But Then Bashes
It On CNN For example, last night on Fox,
Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH) said Obama is “just plain wrong” in saying
that Medicare recipients won’t have their benefits cut. As evidence,
Gregg cited the Congressional Budget Office, which he called “the
independent score keeper“: Yet on the same day, when CNN host
Campbell Brown pointed out the CBO’s projection that the bill will
reduce the deficit, Gregg
changed his tune:
Bishops Dismiss Other Catholic Groups: We’re The Only Ones Able To
Understand Health Care Policy The
pro-life movement certainly isn’t united on the side of these three
organizations though. If anything, it’s
united on the side of passing health care reform. In the past
couple weeks, the Catholic Health Association, prominent Catholic
theologians, and “60 leaders of religious orders representing 59,000
Catholic nuns” broke with the bishops and called for the passage of
the Senate legislation,
decrying the “false” information on the abortion provisions
being spread by health care opponents.
Anthem Blue Cross should reimburse California man for transplant,
jury says The insurer had refused to cover the liver surgery
after Ephram Nehme decided to go out of state to face a shorter
waiting list. Panelists in L.A. also say Blue Cross should pay
Nehme's legal fees.
Dem Source: CBO Says Health Bill Cuts Deficit (by $130
Billion),Costs $940 Billion
Obama: Premiums Will Decrease 3000% So You Should Get A Raise When
H'care Is Passed
Rep. Alan Grayson: We Have 74 Cosponsors For The "Medicare You Can
Buy Into" Act
Rep. Paul Broun: The ramifications of health reform
will be like ‘the Great War of Yankee Aggression.’
Insurer went on campaign to drop
HIV-positive clients
Man who threw money at Parkinson’s patient calls behavior ‘shameful’
The man protesting federal health-care legislation who berated and
tossed dollar bills at a supporter with Parkinson's disease last
week says he is remorseful - and scared. "I snapped, I absolutely
snapped, and I can't explain it any other way
Health bill
protesters jeer at man with Parkinson’s disease |
