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June 30, 2008 | Posted in FREE SPEECH | Read More »
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Puppetgov: Scum Dung War Pigs.Â
By Pat Shannan~American Free Press
A new study by a nonpartisan research group shows that lawmakers’ stock holdings in various companies doing business [...]
By DAVID GAMBACORTA~U.S. News & World Report
The comments made in the You Tube video are very similar to the death threats made by Michael Reagan to Mark [...]
By Allan Dowd~Reuters
Civic leader Scott Nelson says he is as worried as anyone about global warming, but that does not make him happy to be one of the first North Americans to pay a carbon tax [...]
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By Imogen Foulkes~BBC News
The Aids epidemic in some countries is so severe that it should be classified as a disaster, the Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) has warned.
The crisis fits the UN definition of a disaster as an event beyond the scope of any single society to cope with, says the IFRC.
The IFRC’s annual [...]
By Del Kusilek~Albert Lea Tribune
There may still be those who have never heard of the “Ron Paul Revolution.†And if the Republican Party has its way, they never will. As two of Goodhue County’s elected representatives (one delegate and on seated alternate) to the Republican State Convention in Rochester May 30 and 31, we [...]
By Maura Reynolds ~L.A. Times
Three out of four Americans, including large numbers of Republicans, blame President Bush’s economic policies for making the country worse off during the last eight years, according to a Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll released Wednesday, reflecting a sharp increase in public pessimism during the last year.
Nine percent of respondents [...]
By Francesco Guerrera, Michael Mackenzie, Nicole Bullock and Javier Blas in London~Financial Times
Investors’ fears of prolonged financial turmoil deepened on Thursday as blue-chip downgrades sent European and US shares into a tailspin and oil prices jumped above $140 a barrel for the first time.
The sell-off underlined the markets’ gloomy view of the financial sector [...]
Would another major terrorist attack on US soil significantly boost the Republican party? I’m not so sure
By Michael Tomasky~London Guardian
Everyone seems to agree that Charlie Black, the McCain campaign advisor who told Fortune magazine that a terrorist attack between now and election day would help his candidate, spoke the truth. An impolitic and impolite [...]
~CNN
Global warming could destabilize “struggling and poor†countries around the world, prompting mass migrations and creating breeding grounds for terrorists, the chairman of the National Intelligence Council told Congress on Wednesday.
Climate change “will aggravate existing problems such as poverty, social tensions, environmental degradation, ineffectual leadership and weak political institutions,†Thomas Fingar said. “All of [...]
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Puppetgov: Axis of Evil what?Â
BY DEB RIECHMANN~AP News
President Bush said Thursday he will lift key trade sanctions against North Korea and remove it from the U.S. terrorism blacklist, a remarkable turnaround in policy toward the communist regime he once branded as part of an “axis of evil.”
The announcement came after North Korea handed over [...]
~AFP
The US Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a compromise bill to free up 162 billion dollars for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the final congressional step before the bill goes to President George W. Bush for his approval.
The legislation passed 92 votes to six in the Senate after its approval by the House [...]
Puppetgov: If you have ever heard her reports, the answer is “Yes!”
~Philly.com
Lara Logan used to cover Baghdad for CBS News at the peak of the fighting in Iraq, then became the network’s chief foreign correspondent, and just a few days ago it was announced that she’ll be coming to Washington with a new title as [...]
~Reuters
Crude oil prices could rise to as high as $170 per barrel in the coming months but are unlikely to hit $200 and should ease towards the end of the year, OPEC President Chakib Khelil said [...]
By Nick Juliano~Raw Story
Rep. Dennis Kucinich, who has introduced measures to impeach George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, said Thursday that oil executives who secretly met with [...]
By Dan Glaister~London Guardian
Homeless people living in cars and motorhomes across the US are being joined by a new breed: the middle class.
As mortgage foreclosures continue to rise, growing numbers of middle-class [...]
By Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball~Newsweek
A Bush administration program to expand domestic use of Pentagon spy satellites has aroused new concerns in Congress about possible civil-liberties abuses.
On Tuesday, the House Appropriations Committee approved [...]
By Lee Rogers~Rogue Government
The technological enslavement grid is getting increasingly more insane and most people don’t even care. Apparently most people and Americans especially like being slaves just as long as they are told that they are free. First off, we have Mothers Against Drunk Driving an organization with a long track record [...]
By Ian Lyall ~UK Daily Mail
Shares plunged on both sides of the Atlantic yesterday because of fears over oil, inflation and the global economy.
In London the FTSE 100 slumped 2.6 per cent, or 147.9 points to [...]
