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June 26, 2007
US House Republicans reject immigration bill
An influential group of Republicans in the US House of Representatives on Tuesday rejected President George W. Bush's sweeping immigration reform bill before even seeing the final product.
The House Republican conference voted by 114 votes to 23 in favor of a resolution expressing opposition to an immigration reform bill which is struggling to pass in the Senate, before being sent to the House.
Former official gets 10 months in Abramoff case
A high-ranking Bush administration official was sentenced to 10 months in prison on Tuesday for lying to Congress as it investigated a bribery scandal centered on lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
Airport fingerprint program expanding
A program being launched at 10 U.S. airports this year will expand existing identification checks for visitors, including requiring 10 digital fingerprints, but still operate under strict privacy rules, a senior U.S. official said Monday.
The Mystery of the 'Nazi Holy Grail'
A mysterious golden pot discovered in a Bavarian lake in 2001 has been the focus of interest for archaeologists, art dealers and now the German and Swiss police. Its convoluted history involves Nazi cults, treasure hunters and modern-day profiteers.
Iran: The Next War?
A Confederation of War-Seeking Factions
By Glenn Greenwald
German Pastor Sentenced to a Year in Jail for Comparing Abortion to the Nazi Holocaust
A city court in Erlangen, Bavaria, gave Lutheran Pastor Johannes Lerle a one year jail sentence for the “crime” of comparing abortion to the Nazi holocaust.
Trying to Kill Fidel Castro
It was certainly a marriage of convenience. After Fidel Castro led a revolution that toppled a friendly government in 1959, the CIA was desperate to eliminate him. So the agency sought out a partner equally worried about Castro the Mafia, which had lucrative investments in Cuban casinos.
New gun control: Shut down shops
Store says feds confiscating licenses for inadvertent trivia
News Corp., Dow Jones Talks Move Forward
People involved in the talks cautioned that the two sides had yet to resolve some "open issues." But they have reached a preliminary agreement on the outlines of a board to oversee issues of editorial independence.
US prison population jumps by largest margin since 2000
The number of people jailed in the United States rose 2.8 per cent to more than 2.2 million in 2006, the largest climb in six years, the US Justice Department said Tuesday. The heavy increases in prison populations since 2000, especially at state and federal levels, means many prisons are operating far over capacity, according to the department's annual report.
War on Drugs - The Prison Industrial Complex (Video)
The war on drugs has been going on for more than three decades. Today, nearly 500,000 Americans are imprisoned on drug charges. In 1980 the number was 50,000. Last year $40 billion in taxpayer dollars were spent in fighting the war on drugs. As a result of the incarceration obsession, the United States operates the largest prison system on the planet, and the U.S. nonviolent prisoner population is larger than the combined populations of Wyoming and Alaska.
9/11 and the British Broadcasting Conspiracy
New documentary by Adrian Connock and David Shayler about the BBC's selective and distorted 911 coverage. With particular reference to the Conspiracy Files programme aired on BBC Two on February 18th 2007.
Immigration Reform Clears Major Hurdle
The controversial Senate comprehensive immigration reform bill on Tuesday cleared a major legislative hurdle when Democrats collected enough votes to invoke cloture on the measure, a move that reopens debate on the bill's amendments and ensures it will see a vote in coming days.
ACLU: U.S. holds 19,000 terror suspects
The United States currently is holding about 19,000 terror suspects, a human rights group said Monday.
"It is estimated that there are currently about 18,000 detainees held in Iraq, over 660 in Afghanistan, and about 375 at the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay," the American Civil Liberties Union said in a statement.
Poland sees expansion in Russian spying network
Antoni Macierewicz said Poland has not seen as many Russian spies since the Cold War era.
CNN blows it. Truth told about Gaza.
We created a civil war. This is actually outrageous. Outgoing U.N. envoy to the Middle East peace process, Alvaro De Soto, himself accused the U.S. of fomenting a civil war by training, funding and arming Fatah thugs and inserting them into Gaza to destabilize the Hamas government. We never gave them a chance. They were democratically elected in an election that was widely recognized as free and fair, even by former President Jimmy Carter. And then the U.S., along with Israel, Jordan and Egypt trained these gangs and actually put them in Gaza to overthrow the Hamas government. And, of course, it's actually backfired and Fatah was overthrown. But all you're going to do is isolate and further radicalize Hamas. And so when you say that the U.S. is seeking to ease tensions in the Middle East, I disagree with you. These are tensions that the U.S. actually created in the Middle East.
Africa united in rejecting US request for military HQ
Official admits 'a big image problem down there'
NBC Exec: Think Of The Poor Corn Farmers Hurt By Movie Piracy
From the wait,-are-these-guys-serious? dept
US armed forces used torture 'systematically'
The US armed forces have been using torture indiscriminately, a human rights group charged Monday.
"Moreover, more than 100,000 pages of government documents released in response to [an] American Civil Liberties Union [ACLU] Freedom of Information Act request reveal that a pervasive and systemic pattern of harsh interrogation techniques have been used by military personnel indiscriminately in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay," the ACLU said in a statement Monday.
Generals campaign against war
'It's time for us to get the hell out of there'
Two retired Army generals toured New Hampshire last week, hoping to pressure New Hampshire's congressional delegation to stand up to President Bush and put an end to the war in Iraq.
The Bases Are Loaded
Will the U.S. ever leave Iraq? Official policy promises an eventual departure, while warning of the dire consequences of a "premature" withdrawal. But while Washington equivocates, facts on the ground tell another story. Independent journalist Dahr Jamail, and author Chalmers Johnson, are discovering that military bases in Iraq are being consolidated from over a hundred to a handful of "megabases" with lavish amenities. Much of what is taking place is obscured by denials and quibbles over the definition of "permanent." The Bases Are Loaded covers a wide range of topics. Gary Hart, James Goldsborough, Nadia Keilani, Raed Jarrar, Bruce Finley Kam Zarrabi and Mark Rudd all add their observations about the extent and purpose of the bases in Iraq.
Doctors back plan to store medical info under your skin
Doctors could soon be storing essential medical information under the skin of their patients, the American Medical Association says.
Devices the size of a grain of rice that are implanted with a needle could give emergency room doctors quick access to the records of chronically ill patients, the nation's largest doctors group said in a report.
A miniature storage device under your skin that they can retrieve information from, in the form of a microchip. Of course the new and improved model will have the duel purpose of also not only being able to store and transmit your medical records but will also have the capability to pick up the electrical signals coming off your brain as you think, relay that information to the proper authorities, for they can monitor your mental health and make sure your thoughts conform to government approved standards, and make sure your not a tax cheat, criminal or terrorist. Sounds a lot like a nano computer of sorts. Of course once this technology is accepted and/or forced on the public, openly or through stealth, you will have to trust that they won't override the electrical energy that your brain (computer) operates by, or introduce a virus into it, in order for them to capture and turn the population into virtual human slaves.
Flashback - Apparatus and method for remotely monitoring and altering brain waves: Patent Number 3951134
Flashback - Clinton, Bush Connection To Warrantless Wiretapping And The CIA Exposed
Blair will be a 'Disaster for Palestinians'
It is unlikely that Tony Blair will get a warm welcome in Gaza City or anywhere in the Palestinian territories if he is confirmed as the Quartet's new Middle East peace envoy.
In recent years, Mr Blair and by association Britain have become perceived as supporters of the US and Israel and antagonists of Arab and Palestinian interests.
Putin's war whoop: The impending clash with Russia
By Mike Whitney
Teen Presidential Scholars Confront President Bush on the Question of Torture
Yesterday, President George Bush thought he was going to a typical White House East Room photo op with this year's Presidential Scholars after which he planned to give a rah-rah speech in favor of the renewal of No Child Left Behind. Little did he know that the Scholars had a little surprise prepared for him. Prior to entering the room, they handed him a letter signed by 50 of their number asking that he treat the detainees in Guantanamo Bay humanely.
Putin Touts WTO, Currency Alternatives
Russian leader says global trade group looks ''archaic, undemocratic and awkward''
BAE Systems rocked by US anti-corruption probe
The US Department of Justice has launched an inquiry into British arms manufacturer BAE Systems' compliance with anti-corruption laws, including those regarding lucrative Saudi contracts, BAE revealed on Tuesday.
The rewards of selling out your nation
We are now at a 'wait and see' period in regards to the new 'government' established by the O B A (Olmert, Bush and Abbas). Yesterday it received it's official sanction and recognition at a lavishly organised 'conference' on the Egyptian side of the Israeli border.
Now the questions are.... What's next?
Turkey bombards Kurdish border villages
The shelling is part of an effort by Turkey to create a de facto 10-mile buffer zone inside Iraq and stop terrorists of the Kurdish independence movement, PKK, infiltrating its borders from their mountain training camps.
Japan to keep position on sex slaves despite US move
Japan said Tuesday it would stick to its position over former "comfort women" even if a US Congressional panel backs a bill demanding a fresh, unambiguous apology over wartime sexual slavery.
NATO probes Afghan detainee 'abuse'
The NATO-led force in Afghanistan on Monday said it was investigating a report that US and Afghan soldiers tied a detainee to a military vehicle and threatened to drag him across a road.
Basra problems bode ill for U.S. Iraq strategy - report
Violence and infighting among Shi'ites in Basra are a warning that a last ditch U.S. plan to improve security in Iraq is badly flawed, a think-tank said in a report.
"Far from being a model to replicate, Basra is an example of what to avoid. With renewed violence and instability, Basra illustrates the pitfalls of a transitional process that has led to the collapse of the state apparatus," the ICG report said
World Public Favors Globalization and Trade but Wants to Protect Environment and Jobs
Torture Man: "Rumsfeld Made Clear...That The Vice President Had The Lead On This Issue"
Rumsfeld, Cheney's longtime friend and mentor, gathered his senior subordinates at the Pentagon in the summer of 2005. Rumsfeld warned them to steer clear of Senate Republicans John McCain, John W. Warner and Lindsay O. Graham, who were drafting a bill to govern the handling of terrorism suspects.
"Rumsfeld made clear, emphatically, that the vice president had the lead on this issue," said a former Pentagon official with direct knowledge.
Former Soviet Dissident Warns For EU Dictatorship
Vladimir Bukovksy, the 63-year old former Soviet dissident, fears that the European Union is on its way to becoming another Soviet Union. In a speech he delivered in Brussels last week Mr Bukovsky called the EU a “monster” that must be destroyed, the sooner the better, before it develops into a fullfledged totalitarian state.
Cheney's moves on secrecy stir storm over office's dual role
Is Vice President Dick Cheney's office an executive branch agency? Or is it a Washington hybrid that works for both the executive and legislative branches of the US government? That's the underlying issue in a new controversy over Mr. Cheney's lack of cooperation with a government office charged with safeguarding national security information.
The whole matter sounds arcane, and in many ways it is. After all, it involves paperwork, classified information, and the filing of reports. But Democratic lawmakers say it is a serious matter that reflects on the vice president's penchant for secrecy and that they might even hold up the funding for his office as a result.
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