Daily Archives: August 21, 2008 »
L.A. City Council Decides to Outlaw New Fast Food Restaurants
By Joanne Waldron | The City Council of Los Angeles, in an effort to combat the problem of the rapidly increasing number of obese citizens, has voted to put a moratorium on building new
Read More »US oil pipeline politics and the Russia-Georgia conflict
By Alex Lantier | US media claims about Georgian democracy notwithstanding, a key factor in US backing for Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili in his conflict with Russia has been the emergence of Georgia as
Read More »Pentagon can’t find $2.3 trillion, wasting trillions on ‘national defense’
Yes, America’s economy is a war economy. Not a “manufacturing” economy. Not an “agricultural” economy. Nor a “service” economy. Not even a “consumer” economy. By Paul B. Farrell | Seriously, I looked into your eyes,
Read More »New Guidelines Would Give F.B.I. Broader Powers
By ERIC LICHTBLAU | A Justice Department plan would loosen restrictions on the Federal Bureau of Investigation to allow agents to open a national security or criminal investigation against someone without any clear basis for
Read More »Scientists to study synthetic telepathy
UCi | A team of UC Irvine scientists has been awarded a $4 million grant from the U.S. Army Research Office to study the neuroscientific and signal-processing foundations of synthetic telepathy. The research could
Read More »London tube workers hit back at profiteers
Socialist Worker | The threat to strike by 1,000 workers at the Tube Lines consortium on the London Underground over pay and conditions this week has won a new offer from bosses as Socialist
Read More »Britain’s terror laws have left me and my family shattered
Stop the War Coalition | The UN’s committee on human rights has just published a report criticising Britain’s anti-terror laws and the resulting curbs on civil liberties. For many commentators the issues raised are mostly
Read More »Police to get £40m mobile fingerprinting kit
By Mike Simons | The Home Office is preparing to spend up to £40m on the roll out of a mobile biometric identification service. The police are seeking the ability to provide real or near-real
Read More »Libby questioned on forged letter linking Saddam to 9/11
House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) issued letters of inquiry Wednesday to Vice President Cheney’s former chief of staff, I. Lewis Libby, regarding a forged letter linking Saddam Hussein to the 9/11 attacks. The
Read More »Antiwar Activists Win $2 Million Settlement From New York City
A group of 52 local activists today announced a $2 million settlement in their lawsuit against the City of New York. The activists were illegally arrested on April 7, 2003 while protesting against the
Read More »Elderly women sent to labour camp over homes protest
Two elderly Chinese women who applied during the Olympic Games to protest over the loss of their homes have been ordered to spend a year in a labour camp, a relative said, while police
Read More »US Colony Iraq Subsidizes Military-Industrial Fraud
Corporate-government fraud has gotten a major boost ever since Iraq became the latest colony of the failing American Empire. “Iraq is fast becoming one of the United States’ top customers for military sales,” reports
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