Daily Archives: March 20, 2008 »
How to Improve the Economy – Legalise Cannabis
As I am wont to babel about the economy: here it goes again. President’s Bush’s economic stimulus package, which pledges to give the average tax payer a $600 rebate check sometime later this year,
Read More »How Corporations Took Over The Supreme Court
The headquarters of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, located across from Lafayette Park in Washington, is a limestone structure that looks almost as majestic as the Supreme Court. The similarity is no coincidence: both
Read More »Minister jeered by teachers over tests & class sizes
The Schools minister, Jim Knight, was given a public dressing down by teachers yesterday as he sought to defend large class sizes and the Government’s testing regime. He was jeered by delegates at the
Read More »VOTING COMPANY BULLIES ELECTION OFFICIALS
Failed machines same as those to be used in Pennslvania tally BRAD BLOG Sequoia Voting Systems’ legal threats against Princeton computer science professors and New Jersey election officials have apparently had their intended effect.
Read More »Cheney again links Iraq invasion to 9/11 attacks
Vice President Dick Cheney told soldiers in Iraq that the 9/11 attacks spurred the decision to invade Iraq. BAGHDAD — Amid tears and wails, mourners in the southern city of Najaf on Tuesday began
Read More »Majority of Americans view Iraq war as failure
Americans offered a much more negative view of the Iraq war than President George Bush’s verdict on its fifth anniversary today. Mr Bush said removing Saddam Hussein from power was the right decision, the
Read More »Clinton missed key policy decisions
On the day that dozens of US cruise missiles rained down on Serbia in an attempt to punish Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic for the country’s onslaught against ethnic Albanian separatists in Kosovo, first lady
Read More »An apple a day keeps the McDoctor away
Shake-up of hospitals will open door to McDonald’s sponsorship. Firms such as McDonald’s and Virgin could be allowed to sponsor NHS hospital wards under radical plans announced by the Government to allow sponsorship of
Read More »High-tech interrogations may promote abuse
Among certain circles, including the American Psychological Association, we need more research on effective interrogation strategies. Many of us have been suspicious that these calls may cover the design of technologies that will create
Read More »Italian Judge Orders CIA trial To Proceed
An Italian court ruled the trial of 26 U.S. intelligence agents involved in the rendition of suspected terrorist sympathizer Abu Omar would resume in July. The CIA agents are being tried in abstentia for
Read More »Brown wants to send civilian force to war zones
A force of 1,000 civilians including police, members of the emergency services and judges, ready to be deployed to conflict zones around the world, was among a range of proposals in a long-awaited “national
Read More »One out of ten trust government data security
It’s probably no surprise, but the government’s horrendous record with data security has destroyed the public’s trust. Only one of every ten people trust the government to handle their personal data, according to new
Read More »Firms’ biometrics records ‘can be hacked’
The growing use of biometrics to identify individuals is “insecure and in need of immediate attention,” according to an IT systems company. Fujitsu Siemens said biometrics is increasingly being used in the business world
Read More »Media should press candidates on open government
WASHINGTON — At a time of continued government secrecy, the news media should press the presidential candidates on whether their administration would enforce “the spirit as well as the letter of the law” protecting
Read More »Police Censorship of Smash Edo film
Police have intervened across the country to censor ‘On the Verge’ an independent documentary about a campaign to shut down a Brighton weapons manufacturer. So far establishments in Southampton, Chichester and Bath and Oxford
Read More »Tabloid Fabricated Heathrow Plot
Evening Standard condemned by press watchdog for coverage of the Camp for Climate Action’s Heathrow protest. Claim of fabrication upheld. In a much awaited ruling the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) issued a stinging rebuke
Read More »Panel approves DNA bill testing for convicts
COLUMBIA – South Carolina would make DNA testing available for prisoners who claim they’re innocent under a bill heading to the Senate Judiciary Committee. The co-founder of the Innocence Project told senators today that
Read More »Former UN chief links democracy, human rights
UN chief Boutros Boutros Ghali stressed here Wednesday the significance of the close relationship between democracy and defence of human rights. Ghali was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the 4th Seminar of
Read More »Israel’s airport security questioned
JERUSALEM – A civil rights group is challenging Israeli airport security practices. The group says Israel singles out Arabs for closer inspection, and that’s racisim. But experts say the practice, which is known as
Read More »Mugabe Government Dismisses Rights Report
Zimbabwe’s government has described as rubbish accusations that general elections scheduled for March 29 would not be free and fair. This follows a report by US-based Human Rights Watch, which suggests that supporters of
Read More »Bin Laden in new video attack on EU
Al Qaida leader Osama bin Laden addressed the “wise men” of the European Union in a new audio message slamming the publication of drawings insulting to the Prophet Mohammed and vowed a strong reaction.
Read More »Ex-chief weapons inspector slams Iraq war
LONDON (AFP) – Hans Blix, the former chief UN weapons inspector, slammed the Iraq war as a “tragedy” and blamed it on leaders ignoring the facts, in a comment piece published Thursday.Writing in The
Read More »Ron Paul on the Anniversary of the War on Iraq
“The occupation of Iraq began five years ago today, but few realize that the march to war began ten years ago under Bill Clinton, when regime change became official U.S. policy. In 1998, I
Read More »National Guard has played major role in war in Iraq
SPRINGFIELD — On the five-year anniversary of Operation Iraqi Freedom, more than 9,000 Illinois Army National Guard soldiers and 3,700 Illinois Air National Guard personnel have served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Soon, more than
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