Daily Archives: August 29, 2007 »
Teenager arrested, jailed for refusing TB treatment at hospital
By Mike Adams Health officials in Lawrenceville, Georgia have arrested and jailed Francisco Santos, a teenager who tried to walk out of a hospital and go home after being diagnosed with TB (tuberculosis). Instead
Read More »Prison officers defy court order
Thousands of prison officers are defying a High Court injunction and refusing to end their national strike over a pay dispute. The surprise walkout by members of the Prison Officers’ Association (POA) in England
Read More »A Legacy of Legitimizing Torture
By Robert Scheer The resignation of the torturer in chief was noted by his patron, the president, as an unfortunate day for American democracy. “It’s sad that we live in a time when a
Read More »Pot Growers Are New Target in “War on Terror”
Under Bush, terror has become a justification for any and every abuse of power. By Scott Thill Last time we checked in on the bizarro nexus between cannabis and terrorism, it was none other
Read More »NASA: Astronauts sober for space
By Seth Borenstein There is no evidence astronauts were drunk or had been drinking heavily before launching into space, an internal NASA investigation found Wednesday. An independent astronaut health panel’s report of two unsubstantiated
Read More »Documents Shed Light on FBI Electronic Surveillance Technology
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has obtained documents through the Freedom of Information Act that reveal the inner workings of the FBI’s Digital Collection System Network (DCSNet), a software suite that allows the Bureau
Read More ȣ5.2 billion extra to be put into police state
QAS Public spending on identity management (IdM) is set to grow by around £5.2 billion over the next four years as government departments look to improve their data authentication systems, a recent report has
Read More »Bush’s brand-new poodle
By Pepe Escobar He was impregnably armored by his good intentions and his ignorance. – Graham Greene, The Quiet American PARIS – With former British prime minister Tony Blair out of the picture, there’s
Read More »Announcement Of War Crimes Tribunal
International Lawyer Alfred Lambremont Webre, JD, MEd, who is a Judge on the Kuala Lumpur International War Crimes Tribunal, will make a public call for an International Citizen’s 9/11 War Crimes Tribunal. He will
Read More »Film Screening: 9/11 Ripple Effect – Morecambe
Following the recent 6th anniversary of 911, and in commemoration of all the victims of this tragedy, the ‘Red Pill’ group are hosting a free film showing of “911 Ripple Effect”, in the Rainbow
Read More »Webster Tarpley – Lancaster
Webster Tarpley 9 November 7:00pm Hugh Pollard Lecture Theatre, St Martin’ s College, Lancaster Free Admission
Read More »US will never let ‘friendly-fire’ witnesses go to a British court
By Frances Gibb The families of soldiers killed by American “friendly fire” will never get to see those who may have been responsible for the deaths questioned at inquests, The Times has learnt. In
Read More »Miliband: We will decide when UK troops leave Iraq
By Andrew Grice The Bush administration will not have a veto over the Government’s plans to pull Britain’s troops out of Iraq, ministers have made clear. David Miliband, the Foreign Secretary, said decisions about
Read More »US intensifies war of words with Iran
· US president accuses Tehran of arming militants · Speech aimed at shoring up support for ‘surge’ Ed Pilkington in New York Wednesday August 29, 2007 The Guardian George Bush speaks at the 89th
Read More »Israel Assassinates 11 Yr Old Sitting In A Fig Tree
By Mahmoud Al Qarnawi The Israeli occupying forces shot intensively at a child on Friday, while he was sitting in a fig tree in Seida village, near the northern West Bank town of Tulkarem.
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