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APF Spokeswoman Breaks Down During Press Conference
• PrisonPlanet.comA sobbing spokeswoman for the secretive company occupying the Hardin jail welcomed an investigation by Montana’s attorney general Friday and expressed concerns for her own safety amid rumors about her company.
Fall of the Republic (pre-Order DVDs)
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PHOTOS - China's 60 Years of Communism military parade
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Ex-Darpa Chief Joins D.C. Lobbying Firm
• WiredFormer Darpa director Tony Tether is joining a Washington-area lobbying firm best known for its influence on Capitol Hill. But Tether — who served for more than seven years as the head of the Pentagon’s premiere research arm — says he won’t be doing
Greenspan: No Second Stimulus, We're "Getting Close" To End Of Job Losses (VIDEO)
• Huffington PostFormer Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan said on Sunday that the U.S. economy was "getting close" to the point where it would stop losing jobs. But during his appearance on ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos, Greenspan also predicted that the level
Greenspan: No Second Stimulus, We're "Getting Close" To End Of Job Losses (VIDEO)
• Huffington PostFormer Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan said on Sunday that the U.S. economy was "getting close" to the point where it would stop losing jobs. But during his appearance on ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos, Greenspan also predicted that the level
IAEA sets Iran inspection date
• News LinkInspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will examine Iran's newly disclosed uranium enrichment plant on October 25, the chief of the UN nuclear watchdog has said.
Economic Recovery – A Cruel Deception
• PakAlert PressThe usurper in the White House has pushed through the same flavor programs as FDR with the blessing of the crooks in Congress. One of the most unconstitutional New Deal swindles was the National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA). This Act was passed in
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Water on the Moon: Hydrogen, Oxygen and Energy (VIDEO)
• News LinkThe surprising discovery of Hydrogen at the Moon's South Pole is a tantalizing hint that there may be ice in the deep shadowed craters. Humanity may be granted an unexpected giant step to the stars. But we must have the guts to actually take it. C
Unhygienic German men voted the worst in bed and Spanish men voted best
• News LinkFirst the good news. English men make better lovers than the Germans. Now the bad news. We are trailing behind the rest of the world when it comes to the language of love. What was it that led 15,000 well-travelled women to come to such an igno
5 Years After SpaceShipOne: Commercial Spaceflight Ready for 'Go'
• Space.comMojave Air and Space Port all appears in readiness for the combined test flights of WhiteKnightTwo and the sleek two-pilot, six-person SpaceShipTwo - the world's first passenger-carrying suborbital spaceliner. "SpaceShipOne, Government Zero."
Is US strategy in Afghanistan working?
• Christian Science MonitorAlmost eight years into the war, Afghanistan, and to a lesser extent Iraq, now offer the purest test yet of a fighting doctrine that is rapidly sweeping the US military. While counter-insurgency methods were used by the US Army at various times throu
Wingnuts Unite: Ron Paul Joins Michelle Bachmann in Weirdest Town Hall Ever
• News LinkBush-era Republicans are trying to reposition themselves. As recently as last year's GOP presidential primary, Paul was ridiculed by the GOP mainstream for his opposition to America's costly military adventures abroad; the leading conservative websit
Obama to tackle military gay ban at 'right time'
• APPresident Barack Obama will focus "at the right time" on how to overturn the "don't ask, don't tell" ban on gays serving openly in the military, his national security adviser said. "I don't think it's going to be — it's not years, but I think it will
Ex-Ala. Judge Accused of Trading Sex for Leniency
• APThen his career collapsed under allegations he brought inmates to his office and spanked them with a paddle. Later accused of sexually abusing male inmates in exchange for leniency. The trial on charges of sodomy, kidnapping, sex abuse, extortion, as
Detainees Face Severe Conditions if Moved to U.S.
• Washington PostFor up to four hours a day, Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, can sit outside in the Caribbean sun and chat through a chain-link fence with the detainee in the neighboring exercise yard at Guantanamo Bay,
Police Chiefs Endorse Anti-Terror Community Watch
• APPolice chiefs meeting in Denver adopted a model for a nationwide community watch program that teaches people what behavior is truly suspicious and encourages them to report it to police.
Kidnapped infant kidnapped again . . . by the state
• APA newborn boy abducted by a woman posing as an immigration agent was again taken from his mother after a brief reunion, this time by state officials who said the baby and his three siblings would be safest with foster parents.
Eight U.S. Troops Die in Attack on Afghan Outpost
• Washington PostFiring rockets and rifles, Taliban militiamen attacked American and Afghan military outposts in a daylong siege on Saturday that killed 8 U.S. soldiers and two Afghan security forces in one of the deadliest battles in months, according to U.S. and Af
Billions in US aid never reached Pakistan army
• APThe United States has long suspected that much of the billions of [taypayer] dollars it has sent Pakistan to battle militants has been diverted to the domestic economy and other causes, such as fighting India.
Afghan soldier shoots dead two American troops
• ReutersAn Afghan soldier on guard at a joint base with U.S. troops shot dead two American servicemen and wounded two others as they slept. The shooting took place after a combined team of Afghan and U.S. forces had returned from a joint operation late on Fr
Who’s Afraid of Sibel Edmonds? (Publisher recommended,... HIGHLY)
• The American ConservativeSibel Edmonds has a story to tell. She went to work as a Turkish and Farsi translator for the FBI five days after 9/11. Part of her job was to translate and transcribe recordings of conversations between suspected Turkish intelligence agents and thei
What You Don't Know About RFID Can ASTOUND you!
• michaeljournal.org via print-humanbeingsfirst.blogDid you know there was an RFID ink? How about RFID powder? How many people in America are already chipped?
Boosting a Brain Wave Makes People Go Slo-Mo
• Popular ScienceResearchers manipulate a certain brain wave to slow down voluntary movement in humans
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad revealed to have Jewish past
• TelegraphMahmoud Ahmadinejad's vitriolic attacks on the Jewish world hide an astonishing secret, evidence uncovered by The Daily Telegraph shows.
If The Russians Did This To Us, We'd Kill 'Em
• The Smirking Chimp (HT Liberty Pulse)What if they ruined our military by sending it off on big-money colonial expeditions? What if they cut the legs out from under the middle class? What if the Russians invaded and turned us against each other, tricking this tribe of Americans into
Dr. Mandy Krauthamer Conducts ER Surgery on Her Initial Claim of Distortion
• Economic Policy JournalBelow, I posted on the fact that the Executive Director of the Doctors for America admitted in a blog post that she distorted the truth. Since then she has changed her story and her blog. Now, she is distorting her original claim of distortion
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