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August 1, 2007
U.S. automakers market share lowest ever
The Detroit automakers' share of the U.S. market dropped below 50 percent in July for the first time in history, according to two analysts who track industry numbers.
Families File for 9/11 Ceremony Permit
Families of Sept. 11 attack victims, angered by city plans to move an annual commemoration ceremony away from ground zero, filed a permit request Wednesday asking to hold the event at the World Trade Center site.
Burning Man Says Yes To TruthBurn
TruthBurn Given Final Approval For Burning Man 2007
TruthBurn is happening at Burning Man! DaveX, the head of fire safety passed the final plan for the art project. A North SF Bay metal fabricator will be constructing the piece that has been designed by John Parulis, rendered into prints by Scott Page and engineered by Charles Pegelow, all members of ae911truth.org. The sculpture will be destroyed by about 40 lbs of remotely ignited thermite towards the end of the festival. With help from Ken Jenkins, audio and video from the 911 truth movement will be shown in the evenings on a screen suspended from the sculpture. Architect Richard Gage, AIA, is slated to give a talk during the demolition phase of this art project.
Pledge for America
While politicians such as Cheney might be involved in ordering a false flag, it is folks in the military and police that will either carry it out or, if it is private contractors as opposed to active-duty military/law enforcement who would be tasked to carry it out in the best position to stop it.
Crime Without Consequence - Drug Runners Unprosecuted
If you're caught with as little as two pounds of marijuana, you're going to jail for up to seven years. But the rules don't apply if you're part of a drug cartel, muling in hundreds of pounds from Mexico.
Possible Attack on the U.S. Within Ninety Days
Veteran Israeli Intelligence expert, Juval Aviv, said in recent media interviews that his sources on terror plots directed at the United States indicate that multiple attacks on our homeland are in the final stages of preparation.
Flashback - Another 911 - Another Israeli Spy Ring
New U.S. bill may grant Israelis exemption from tourist visas
Israel is on the list of nations whose citizens may be able to visit the United States for up to 90 days without obtaining a visa in advance.
While reviewing legislative border security measures last week, Congress approved a bill that actually lowers the bar in the U.S. Visa Waiver program
Our Un-American Government
By Joanne Mariner
State: Fla. voting machines can be hacked
Reversing an unofficial policy of denial, the Florida Secretary of State's office has conducted an elections study that confirmed Tuesday what a maverick voting chief discovered nearly two years ago: Insider computer hackers can change votes without a trace on Diebold optical-scan machines.
The study by Florida State University found that, despite recent software fixes, an ''adversary'' could use a pre-programmed computer card to swap one candidate's votes for another or create a ''ballot-stuffing attack'' that multiplies votes for a candidate or issue.
The New Face Of Identity Protection: You
Taking a radically new approach, UH Eckhard Pfeiffer Professor Ioannis Kakadiaris and his Computational Biomedicine Lab (CBL) developed the URxD face recognition software that uses a three-dimensional snapshot of a person’s face to create a unique identifier, a biometric. Shown in government testing to be tops in its field, URxD can be used for everything from gaining access to secure facilities to authorizing credit card purchases. The identification procedure is as effortless as taking a photograph.
Cynthia McKinney Sues Atlanta Journal-Constitution for Libel
No Money in Peace
By Charley Reese
Mob wars hit new heights in Israel
Rival underworld gangs are waging bloody battles for control of gambling and protection rackets, targeting each other with bullets, bombs and anti-tank missiles.
Organized crime, long overshadowed by the Arab-Israeli conflict, has become such a part of everyday life that Israel has its own "Sopranos"-style TV series, "The Arbitrator," in which even synagogues are no refuge from hit men.
'To Punish and Enslave'
By William Norman Grigg
Colo. lawyer on terror list wins $106,500
An activist attorney from Colorado received $106,500 to settle two federal lawsuits that claimed he was illegally detained at traffic stops in New Mexico, Colorado and Illinois because his name appeared on an FBI terrorist-watch list.
World stocks in meltdown over US economy fears
European and Asian stock markets sank on Wednesday, mirroring losses the previous day in New York, on mounting fears that weakness in the US housing sector could infect the world economy.
Democrats Scrambling to Expand Eavesdropping
Some civil liberties groups oppose the proposed changes, expressing concern that there might be far-reaching consequences.
The heart of the warrantless surveillance was domestic data, not voice
A 2004 dispute over the National Security Agency’s secret surveillance program that led top Justice Department officials to threaten resignation involved computer searches through massive electronic databases, according to current and former officials briefed on the program.
It is not known precisely why searching the databases, or data mining, raised such a furious legal debate. But such databases contain records of the phone calls and e-mail messages of millions of Americans, and their examination by the government would raise privacy issues.
Democrats Signal Deal on Terrorism Law
Democratic congressional leaders said Wednesday they want to expand the government's surveillance authority over suspected terrorists and get it done before going on recess at week's end. But they remain in a stalemate with President Bush over spending, with no signs of progress.
Michael Moore: Mr. Giuliani, Could You Please Help Our 9/11 Heroes
Iraq: Army chief resigns, report
The Iraqi army chief of staff, Babaker Zebari, has tendered his resignation to the prime minister Nouri al-Maliki, according to a report on Kurdish news portal Bayamunir. Zebari reportedly told the site that he had taken the decision "as a sign of protest at the attitude of the prime minister and his continuing meddling in the work of the head of the armed forces."
Murdoch's News Corp. wins control of Dow Jones
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. has won control of Dow Jones & Co. and The Wall Street Journal, America's top business newspaper, in a five billion dollar takeover which will dramatically shake up the US media landscape, the Journal reported late Tuesday.
Bush to Prevent Aides' Testimony
President Bush is expected to claim executive privilege to prevent two more White House aides from testifying before Congress about the firings of federal prosecutors.
Thursday is the deadline for Karl Rove, Bush's top political adviser, to provide testimony and documents related to the firings, under a subpoena from the Senate Judiciary Committee. Also subpoenaed was White House political aide J. Scott Jennings. The Justice Department included both men on e-mails about the firings and the administration's response to the congressional investigation.
Beslan Mothers Say New Video Refutes Official Version
Relatives of the more than 330 victims of the Beslan school siege have released a video that they say proves Russian security forces caused the massacre by firing grenades on the besieged building.
Many of the relatives of those killed at the bloody school siege in September, 2004, have never believed the official version of events.
Bear Hedge Funds File for Bankruptcy
Two Bear Stearns Cos. hedge funds heavily exposed to the flagging mortgage industry filed for bankruptcy protection late Tuesday, two weeks after the company told investors one was essentially worthless and the other had lost more than 90 percent of its value.
Spy chief: Anti-terrorist programs more extensive than acknowledged
The Bush administration's anti-terrorist surveillance efforts are more extensive than top officials have acknowledged, going beyond the controversial no-warrant eavesdropping program, the U.S. intelligence chief said Tuesday.
Monitoring People's Thoughts Through Warrantless Searches
A Push to Rewrite Wiretap Law
The Bush administration is pressing Congress this week for the authority to intercept, without a court order, any international phone call or e-mail between a surveillance target outside the United States and any person in the United States.
Video reopens debate over Beslan attack
A video that remained secret for nearly three years after the horrific Beslan hostage crisis has cast new doubt on official conclusions about what led to the deaths of 334 people, more than half of them children, during one of Russia's worst terrorist attacks.
Analysis says war could cost $1 trillion
Budget office sees effect on taxpayers for decade
Half of Iraq 'in absolute poverty'
Up to eight million Iraqis require immediate emergency aid, with nearly half of the population living in "absolute poverty", according to a report by Oxfam and a coalition of Iraqi groups.
Under siege: drug shortage 'is killing patients in Gaza'
Shifa hospital, the biggest in the Gaza Strip, is running out of drugs. It is performing emergency operations only. The CAT scanner is out of service for want of spare parts. The orthopaedic department no longer has plaster of Paris. Hospital managers appealed yesterday to the international community to lift the siege on Gaza, which imposed after Hamas seized control in June.
The Ron Paul Saga-The Best is Yet to Come
Candidates urged to sign anti-torture pledge
A coalition of civil rights groups launched a campaign on Tuesday urging presidential candidates to sign an "American Freedom Pledge" rejecting torture, detention without trial and warrantless wire-tapping.
Sunni bloc quits as 73 killed in bombings
The main Sunni Arab political bloc quit the Iraqi government on Wednesday in a blow to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's shaky coalition as suicide bombers killed more than 70 people in three attacks across Baghdad.
Bomb kills three U.S. soldiers in Baghdad
Three U.S. soldiers were killed and six wounded on Tuesday when a roadside bomb detonated near their patrol in Baghdad, the U.S. military said on Wednesday.
ACLU Warns Congress Against Rushing Spy Law Changes
The American Civil Liberties Union today warned Congress to resist the Bush administration’s attempts to rush problematic spying changes through the House and Senate before the congressional recess begins next week.
Police want mobile jail cells to deal with protesters
The police are pressing to be allowed to use mobile holding cells to deal with major protests at defence bases and to set up short-term jails to deal with football hooligans at sports grounds.
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