By John W. Whitehead~Huffington Post “Congress shall make no law…abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.â€â€“First Amendment, U.S. Constitution If there’s one thing the United States stands for, it’s unfettered free speech. It is [...]
July 22, 2008 | Posted in
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~UK Mail The full extent of the Big Brother state’s ‘powers of entry’ is revealed in a file of documents newly posted on a Home Office website – locked to prevent copying or printing without a secret password. However, Mail on Sunday computer experts have unlocked the Home Office file. More… Now there are [...]
Iris-scan systems to secure Arab states’ borders ~World Tribune Arab League states have agreed to introduce a biometric system to protect their borders and also speed security procedures. Arab border security chiefs have endorsed the procurement and installation of biometric systems at airports and sea ports. The chiefs convened in an Arab League session in [...]
By Doug Bandow~The National Interest The Bush administration threatens war with Iran as if the decision is the president’s to make. The president believes himself to be constrained by neither the Constitution nor the 1973 War Powers Resolution. Former Secretaries of State James A. Baker and Warren Christopher recently warned: “The rule of law is [...]
By Ina Paiva Cordle ~Miami Herald Travelers, be aware: Your full-blown image — private parts and all — could soon be visible to a security officer, on-screen, at an airport near you. Miami International Airport is one of a dozen airports nationwide that have begun pilot-testing whole-body imaging machines, which reveal weapons and explosives concealed [...]
By Hugh Son~Bloomberg Financial American Express Co., the biggest U.S. credit-card company by purchases, withdrew its 2008 earnings forecast after second-quarter profit fell 37 percent on worse-than-expected consumer defaults. The shares slumped 11 percent in extended trading. Profit from continuing operations declined to $655 million, or 56 cents a share, from $1.04 billion, or 86 [...]
July 22, 2008 | Posted in
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~George Washington’s Blog Last week, for the first time, the average American woke up to the fact that our economy is in trouble. Despite Bernanke and Paulson’s pep talks, despite the happy talk by the talking heads, despite the cooked earnings reports desperately being put out by the banks and others, last week people still [...]
By Stephen C. Webster~Raw Story Attorney General Michael Mukasey prompted Congress Monday morning, during a speech to the conservative American Enterprise Institute, to create new rules governing the rights of detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The American Civil Liberties Union immediately responded to Mukasey’s request, calling his proposals nothing short of asking Congress to [...]
By Kevin Parkinson~Reality Check In the last 15 years or so, as a society we have had access to more information than ever before in modern history because of the Internet. There are approximately 1 billion Internet users in the world and any one of these users can theoretically communicate in real time with any [...]
By Lewis Page~UK Register DARPA, the Pentagon boffinry outfit which bestrides the tech world like some mighty, erratic robot colossus with a frikkin laser beam on its head, has made a new move. The plan is to electronically tag US combat soldiers in a similar fashion to criminals under judicial restraint, the idea being that [...]
By Saskia Scholtes~Finacial Times U.S.regional banks will draw scrutiny during earnings season this week amid fears that losses on home equity and residential construction loans may force some to raise fresh capital or put themselves up for sale in turbulent markets. Shares of regional lenders have come under heavy pressure on fears about the ability [...]
July 22, 2008 | Posted in
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Puppetgov: Wonder why they suddenly need this. For the record, we at Puppetgov are NOT Al-Qaeda. We love curry. ~Reuters Congress should explicitly declare a state of armed conflict with al Qaeda to make clear the United States can detain suspected members as long as the war on terrorism lasts, U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey [...]
By Michael Hoffman ~Airforce Times Blackwater Worldwide is building up its own Air Force. Airmen might soon find Blackwater blimps patrolling Iraq and Afghanistan skies in addition to its helicopter and light transport aircraft already flying thousands of missions in theater. According to Blackwater Worldwide CEO Erik Prince, eight Blackwater CASA 212 light transport aircraft [...]
By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu~Israel National News First it was Citibank. Now it’s Barclay’s and New York City’s Chrysler Building skyscraper. Muslim Arabs are buying out collapsing Western banks and businesses and gaining growing international power, but some Arab investors are worried their investments may go down the drain with the American economy. The current financial [...]
July 22, 2008 | Posted in
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By Suzy Jagger~Times Online Henry Paulson, the US Treasury Secretary, sought to reassure Americans yesterday that the banking system was “safe and soundâ€, but he said that the crisis facing lenders would take months to fix. Mr Paulson said in a television interview: “I think it’s going to be months that we’re working our way [...]
~Cryptogon/Daily Kos How bad is this going to get? Bear Stearns got bailed out ‘cause they were highly visible (read: failure would have exposed aforementioned funny money to the average Joe), Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae are Government Sponsored Entities who now have their sickly balance sheets backstopped by the U.S. Treasury (read you & [...]
By Lee Rogers~Rogue Government Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has recently proposed turning Chicago into a militarized police zone to fight gun crime and save children. Blagojevich has stated that he wants to bring in the National Guard and use military helicopters for the purposes of domestic law enforcement in the city. This is part and [...]
By Robin Paxton~Reuters Russia’s steel elite, with cash to burn from record profits, has accumulated almost 10 percent of U.S. steelmaking capacity as it bets big that demand in the world’s largest economy will ride out a global credit crunch. Billionaires who built their fortune on Soviet-era steel giants have spent nearly $9 billion in [...]
July 22, 2008 | Posted in
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Protesters added to database of terrorist suspects. Puppetgov: Free Speechless. Government fear mongering at its finest. Of course we feel the same way at times reporting all of this crap. By Shaun Waterman~UPI Undercover Maryland state troopers infiltrated three groups advocating peace and protesting the death penalty — attending meetings and sending reports on their [...]
