Secret UN Arms Trade Treaty To Be Unveiled This Week
• http://govtslaves.info, John LottSometime later this week, the UN will finally unveil its Arms Trade Treaty.
Current News Headlines
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GOP makes room for Rep. Ron Paul at Tampa convention
• http://www.usatoday.com, By Jackie KucinichRon Paul supporters have feuded with state Republican parties across the country, battling for delegate seats at the national convention, but the national party is welcoming Paul and his supporters to the event with open arms, even helping the Texas
Marine Corps creates law enforcement battalions
• APThe Marine Corps has created its first law enforcement battalions - a lean, specialized force of military police officers to quickly deploy worldwide to help investigate crimes from terrorism to drug trafficking and train security forces in allied na
Ex-federal official calls U.S. classification system ‘dysfunctional’
• Washington PostWhen the government’s espionage case against former National Security Agency official Thomas A. Drake collapsed last year, it meant that a key defense witness didn’t get to take the stand. The witness, J. William Leonard, the government’s former c
Supreme Court is asked to find that insanity defense is a constitutional right
• Washington PostThere’s no doubt John Joseph Delling knew what he was doing. His carefully planned 2007 crime spree lasted weeks, covered 6,500 miles and culminated in two people dead and one seriously wounded. He had his reasons, too. Delling, then 21, had becom
Monsanto Dramatically Increasing Pressure on Mexico – Wins Permits to Plant GMO Corn
• http://chrisinmaryville.net/Strong pressure has been and continues to be applied to the Mexican Federal Government to approve the use of Genetically Engineered Organism´s or GMO´s. Monsanto is the largest GMO corporation leading and placing pressure on the Government. Mex
US poverty on track to reach 46-year high; suburbs, underemployed workers, children hit hard
• Washington PostThe ranks of America’s poor are on track to climb to levels unseen in nearly half a century, erasing gains from the war on poverty in the 1960s amid a weak economy and fraying government safety net. Census figures for 2011 will be released this fa
Ron Paul Rips Romney and Obama For Debating Petty Issues
• http://chrisinmaryville.net/Texas Congressman Ron Paul is urging GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney to release more of his tax returns, claiming it is what the American people want. Paul told Politico in a candid interview that he isn’t sure why Romney hasn’t released hi
NOAA Scientist Joins Alarmist Climate Change Movement
• http://chrisinmaryville.net/Jane Lubchenco from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) says that: “Many people around the world are beginning to appreciate that climate change is under way, that it’s having consequences that are playing out in real time and,
It's legal: cops seize cell phone, impersonate owner
• ARS TechnicaIn November 2009, police officers in the state of Washington seized an iPhone belonging to suspected drug dealer Daniel Lee. While the phone was in police custody, a man named Shawn Hinton sent a text message to the device
Famed Cuban Dissident Oswaldo Paya Dead in Car Crash
• ReutersOne of Cuba's best-known dissidents, Oswaldo Paya, leader of the Christian Democratic Movement, died on Sunday in a car crash, religious and dissident sources said. Paya, 60, was travelling in eastern Granma province at the time of the accident, t
Fred Willard—Political Prisoner
• Lew Rockwell blogIf you haven't heard by now, actor Fred Willard was arrested for allegedly "pleasuring" himself in a porno theater. (I guess Fred doesn't have Internet access.) I'm not sure what his crime was—because Fred was on PRIVATE property.
Two Things You Don't Know About Syria (If You Only Read The Mainstream Press)
• ReutersThe current events are not some new phenomenon, are not directly tied to the phony "Arab Spring" democratization movement (Saudi Arabia promoting democracy? Are you joking?). In fact this is a flare up of longstanding attempts to overthrow the Syrian
Florida man killed in police mix-up
• ReutersThe death of a man shot inside his home, by a sheriff's deputy who went to the wrong apartment looking for a criminal suspect, has sparked protests this week over police procedures in the central Florida city of Leesburg.
Former GOP candidate ‘would rather die’ than endorse Obama or Romney
• The HillGary Johnson, formerly a GOP presidential candidate and now the Libertarian Party nominee, said he “would rather die” than endorse either President Obama or Mitt Romney for president. "Take this to the bank," Johnson said,
Two Aurora Shootings: One Widely Known; the Other Ignored
• New AmericanOn April 22 of this year a convicted felon, just out of jail, went to an Aurora, Colorado, church and shot and killed a member of the congregation before being killed himself by a congregant carrying a gun.
Nazi Gestapo Checkpoints Spread Across America
• Adam Strange - Before It's NewsComparing the Department of Homeland Security to the loathed Nazi security police is not too much of a stretch.
The DHS is preparing to implement plans to track all American citizens. Homeland Security is gearing up to install manned security c
Anaheim Cops Fire Rubber Bullets and Sic Dog into Crowd, then Attempt to Buy Witness' Videos
• Photography Is Not a CrimeAnaheim police fired multiple rounds of rubber bullets into a crowd of citizens, then sicked a dog on a mother and her child before attempting to collect the video evidence shot by bystanders.
Super rich hold $32 trillion in offshore havens
• Reuters- Rich individuals and their families have as much as $32 trillion of hidden financial assets in offshore tax havens, representing up to $280 billion in lost income tax revenues, according to research published on Sunday.
New lab working on security shoe sole to ID people
• APEach person has unique feet, and ways of walking. Sensors in the bio-soles check the pressure of feet, monitor gait, and use a microcomputer to compare the patterns to a master file for that person. If the patterns match the bio-soles
Sex-crime victim could be jailed for tweeting her attackers' names
• New York PostA girl who was sexually assaulted now faces jail time for talking about it publicly. Savannah Dietrich, 17, could be locked up on contempt-of-court charges for tweeting the names of her attackers after they got a sweetheart plea bargain
Banks are claiming “They don’t own foreclosed property due to the up keep cost.”
• http://chrisinmaryville.net/This is so classic. Banks foreclosed on people and judges of course allowed it through the fraud. Banks have to claim “ownership” and rights to foreclose due to ownership. Once they foreclose they kick the people out through FRAUD of the foreclos
Police officer killed victim of break-in
• .Columbus police confirmed yesterday that it was one of their own officers who shot and killed Thomas while responding to a 911 call he had made on Tuesday morning.
FAA Has Authorized 106 Government ‘Entities’ so far to Fly Domestic Drones
• CNS NewsSince Jan. 1 of this year the Federal Aviation Administration has authorized 106 federal, state and local government “entities” to fly “unmanned aircraft systems,” also known as drones, within U.S. airspace.
The Post-Aurora ‘Rampage’ Few Have Heard About
• http://chrisinmaryville.net/One day after a lethal shooting rampage in Aurora, Colorado left twelve people dead and scores injured, another eruption of criminal violence left one dead and several others injured in Anaheim, California. The perpetrators of the second assault were
James Holmes Batman shooting to justify UN small arms treaty gun grab?
• http://chrisinmaryville.net/An exploration of the huge questions behind the James Holmes Batman movie theater massacre. Questions include: * Where did James get his bomb-making training? * How did James acquire his military-style weapons and gear? * Why were his actions su
Massive Underground Water Supply Found In Desert African Country
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Michael KelleyA newly discovered water source could supply half of Africa's driest sub-Saharan country with 400 years of water, reports Matt McGrath of BBC.
Artificial jellyfish swims in a heartbeat
• Michael Patrick Rutter...a team of researchers at Harvard University and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have turned inanimate silicone and living cardiac muscle cells into a freely swimming "jellyfish."
New method for associating genetic variation with crop traits
• http://www.bio-medicine.org, Andrew ChappleA new technique will allow plant breeders to introduce valuable crop traits even without access to the full genome sequence of that crop.
For gay couples, condom decision-making and condom use varies by race
• http://www.bio-medicine.org, Elaine BibleBlack gay couples tend to practice safe sex but don't talk about it, while white gay couples discuss safety but are less likely to use condoms, according to new findings presented at the 19th International AIDS Conference.
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