Daily Archives: June 3, 2008 »
Site Broken? Hacked? Abducted?
You may have noticed there’s many errors on the site at the moment, including a broken forum. We do not have an explanation just yet. After speaking with our ISP they are currently unable to determine
Read More »Spying Telecoms Receive Billions in Government Contracts
By Kurt Opsahl | The telecoms who are being sued for their cooperation in the government’s illegal warrantless surveillance program have received billions in government contracts. According to Washington Technology magazine, Verizon received $1.3 billion, Sprint
Read More »Significance of DNA ‘matches’ in cases not always definitive
By Jason Felch and Maura Dolan | The 22-year-old San Francisco nurse had been sexually assaulted and stabbed in the heart. She lay on her back, her neck laced with scratches and her mouth
Read More »U.S. defends removal of Guantanamo judge
By Michelle Shephard | The military judge in charge of the U.S. war crimes trials at Guantanamo Bay is defending the removal of the army colonel who presided over Omar Khadr’s case as critics
Read More »EU-wide ID card scheme could use mobile phones
Computerworld UK | The European Commission is testing cross-border electronic identity systems in an effort to create pan-European recognition of the 30 million national ID cards currently used in 13 member states. The European
Read More »Indicators Point to a Softening of America’s Marijuana Laws
By Alexander Zaitchik | With key medical marijuana ballot initiatives likely to pass, and a more pot-friendly majority in Congress, there is room for optimism. You have to hand it to the Republican National
Read More »“Enough Is Enough, It’s Time to Get Out”
Dozens of veterans from the U.S. occupation of Iraq converged in this west coast city over the weekend to share stories of atrocities being committed daily in Iraq, in a continuation of the “Winter
Read More »The desperation of Hillary Clinton’s campaign
By Clarence Lusane | Sen. Hillary Clinton has disgracefully pursued a disturbing strategy of racial opportunism. Since early March, when Sen. Barack Obama racked up victory after victory in states that were, in some
Read More »Islamic extremists to be given counselling
Islamic extremists could escape prosecution and instead receive therapy and counselling under new Government plans to “deradicalise” religious fanatics. By James Kirkup | The Home Office is to announce an extra £12.5 million to
Read More »Blair/Brown ‘pretend society’ exposed
Via UK Watch | It all seems rather silly now, but it was not so long ago that many on the liberal left fully expected the Gordon Brown coronation to deliver a significant change
Read More »Urgent Appeal from Iraqi Oil Workers
From US Labor Against the War | We have just received an urgent message from Hassan Juma’a Awad, President of the Iraq Federation of Oil Unions. A translation follows below. The action he reports
Read More »‘Iraq Troop Pullout Would Harm Israel’
US presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain on Monday criticized Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama’s calls for withdrawing US troops from Iraq, saying that such a pullout would harm Israel’s security. Speaking to the
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