Daily Archives: November 24, 2008 »
Greenpeace activists scale Bank of England
By Hannah Wooderson | Activists from environmental group Greenpeace scaled the Bank of England building in the City of London today, calling on the Government to invest in “green” industries as part of the
Read More »Block Bush’s Pardons
The Nation — Our friends at Democrats.com have launched a campaign in support of Rep. Jerry Nadler’s H.Res. 1531. The New York City Congressman and Chair of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil
Read More »Stealing ID more profitable than selling drugs: Privacy commissioner
By Gillian Shaw | VANCOUVER – The international drug trade is now less lucrative than identify theft, yet cybercrime is much lower on the law-enforcement agenda and Canada lags well behind in dealing with
Read More »Social services ‘set up CCTV camera in couple’s bedroom’
Social workers set up a CCTV camera in the bedroom of a couple with learning difficulties in order to monitor their behaviour, a new report claims. By Martin Beckford | Council staff are said
Read More »NO2ID: ID cards will lead to us all being fingerprinted
PEOPLE may be aware that from this month the Government begins issuing what it calls with an obvious nasty spin “ID cards for foreigners.” They may not be aware what this means in practice.
Read More »Obama Preserves Our Way of Life
By Mickey Z | Awakened by the muffled, distant howls of slaughtered Indians, Uncle Sam rises from his bed and hits the light switch…blissfully, purposefully unaware of how valley fills enable him to gain
Read More »Bush pleased with Iraq war outcome
US President George W Bush believes the Iraq war has been successful and is “very pleased” with what is happening there, he said in a pre-recorded interview broadcast on a Japanese television network on
Read More »Police to get 10,000 Taser guns
By David Leppard | Jacqui Smith, the home secretary, is to arm police with 10,000 Taser stun guns in an escalation of the government’s fight against violent crime. Smith will unveil plans tomorrow that
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