German Pirate Party to rock Merkel’s boat?
• http://rt.comGermany’s infamous Pirate Party took 8 per cent of the vote in the country’s biggest state, making it the fourth region where they have parliamentary seats.
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We expect western assistance and support in future - Karzai
• http://rt.comWestern neglect of Afghanistan after the Soviet withdrawal brought about a growth of terror in the country
US military officers taught to target civilians and wage ‘total war’ on Islam
• .Over the past decade, fringe ideas about Muslims and Islam have seeped into law enforcement agencies across the country. Now we know the details about what some members of the US military have been learning about Muslims. It’s not pretty. Wired’s
4-Year-Old’s Overdue Library Books Returned After Police Sent To Family’s House
• CBS News (video)Four-year-old Katelyn Jageman’s books were due back to the Freeport Area Library on Oct. 19, 2011. Until Thursday, they were still in her possession. Library officials turned over to police, who made a courtesy call to the child’s home.
Metra Unveils Commuter Rail Security Restrictions For NATO
• CBS NewsAll Metra passengers–not just those on the Electric Line–will also face carry-on restrictions and security screenings from May 19-21. Riders will be allowed one briefcase-sized bag up to 15 by 15 inches and four inches deep. Riders will not be allowe
Former Obama Speechwriter to Pen White House Sitcom
• TimeHow closely will art imitate life? NBC says it’s rolling out a new sitcom next season about life in the White House, written by former Obama speechwriter Jon Lovett, the BBC reports.
US spy agency can keep mum on Google ties: court
• AFPThe top-secret US National Security Agency is not required to reveal any deal it may have with Google to help protect against cyber attacks, an appeals court ruled. The US Court of Appeals in Washington upheld a lower court decision that said the NSA
New York police tout improving crime numbers to defend frisking policy
• CNN.comThe right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated...or something like that...
Oklahoma GOP Convention Update
• Lew Rockwell blogChaos at the convention, police called to assist; After complaints about "illegal" activity, Ron Paul faction takes GOP convention to parking lot; GOP Establishment makes a mockery of the democratic process in Oklahoma
London 2012 Is Psychological Warfare
• youtube (h/t Lew Rockwell blog)The London 2012 Olympics have barely anything to do with sport. Not only is Britain continuing pagan/Nazi traditions and symbolism, the event is also a police state showcase and a psychological warfare attack on the people.
To Hell With Public Schools - by L. Neil Smith
• L. Neil Smith's The Libertarian EnterpriseIt is time to end the public schools. I just heard about a little boy—a six-year-old in First Grade—who is being treated like a sex criminal by the drooling half-wits who run the Aurora (Colorado) school system because he quoted an
Watch Them Explode
• The AgitatorSuddenly, flashing lights bathe the front lawn in red and blue. More than a dozen cops in light-gray polos, dark-gray cargo pants, and black vests flood out of the Chrysler and other unmarked cars, storming through the front gate
Arizona prisoners rarely granted clemency
• Arizona RepublicBy his 14th birthday, Tommy Londo was addicted to crack cocaine. With both parents in prison, he grew up on the streets of Phoenix, homeless and uneducated. He spent his teens in and out of mental hospitals and shelters.
Disposable People
• The AgitatorHad she been facing the death penalty, she would have had the right to introduce mitigating evidence, but no such right extended to defendants facing mandatory life sentences.
Karen Kwiatkowski for Congress
• http://karenkforcongress.com/Karen's speech in Harford, Maryland Campaign for Liberty on April 24th - Virginia’s 6th Congressional District
Brown pushes tax hike as California's money woes deepen
• ReutersCalifornia Governor Brown was elected in 2010 on a promise to fix the state's chronic fiscal crisis. His announcement of a much bigger-than-expected shortfall in the state budget signals how far he still has to go.
Ed's-Eye View of Yesterday in Phoenix
• Me via Daily PaulIt might have been bright and sunny outside, but inside, storm clouds were a-brewin'...
Moth - man Near Huntington?
• arclein. Even though it was dark the light from the side of the house illuminated it enough that I could make out a shape. I sped up to avoid coming in contact with this thing but as I did it circled around and flew just ahead of us on our right side. The w
Suicide Euphoria
• arcleinOne of the most common items heard from sports newscasters and sports talk radio personalities when talking about the topic of Junior Seau's suicidality has been this kind of comment, "All those who knew him said he has been so cheerful in recent w
Unemployment numbers Scam
• arcleinSince 2010, and directly coinciding with the time millions of Americans used up their 99 weeks of unemployment insurance, disability claims have risen by 2.2 million. And precisely like Americans who have given up looking for work, those receiving di
Giant Warrior Strain Continues
• arcleinboth names are also used to mean "Giant Warriors" and are translatable to the Scandinavian term "Iotun" (Giant) as direct replacements of one another: simlarly the Siberian Snowmen are commonly known by the term "Tungus" ordinarily assumed to
Obama, Romney and Marriage
• Free Patriot PressPresident Obama and presumed GOP Presidential nominee Mitt Romney have both made public statements about marriage recently. Obama claims that his views have evolved over the years. Romney's position may be consistent, however it is not historically
AZ GOP state convention was a total disgrace
• Madeline HaselhoffChairman Morrissey was pathetic. That he allowed the American Indian speaker and Josh Romney to promote the Romney slate and do nothing about it; that he allowed ballots with asterisks to push forward a delegate “supposedly” endorsed by Romney which
Do You "Possess" What You View Online?
• www.popsci.comThe New York Court of Appeals just ruled that "viewing" child porn online is not the same as "possessing" it. But is the idea of "possessing" a digital file outdated?
New iPad App 123D Catch Turns Pictures Into Printable 3-D Renders
• www.popsci.comJust snap a bunch of pictures of the object you want to reproduce from different angles, and the app, cleverly named 123D Catch, creates a 3-D rendering automatically.
Chinese Physicists Teleport Photons Over 100 Kilometers
• www.popsci.comPhysicists, working from the University of Science and Technology of China in Shanghai, have again taken advantage of quantum entanglement moving an object from one place to another without ever moving in the space between.
Even the Maya Didn't Think the World Would End in 2012
• www.popsci.comNational Geographic in the midst of an unexplored Mayan megacity--a cave with very particular glyphs on the walls. Those writings include a cyclical Mayan calendar that counts many thousands of years in the future.
This Weekend on LewRockwell.com - Sunday May 13th 2012
• LewRockwell.comBe of Good Cheer: the Keynesian Welfare State Is Doomed - More College, More Debt, More Unemployment - It's Just as Critical as Your Bug-Out Bag - 2 Reliable, Time-Tested Rifles, Arm yourself for the Zombie Apocalypse
Sources Inside Bilderberg Spill Cabal’s Secret Plans
• www.infowars.comJones said he was “contacted by somebody inside Bilderberg” two years ago and that he also developed another source intimately connected to the organization within the last week.
Air Force Document: Drones Can Be Used To Spy On Americans
• www.infowars.comA newly discovered Air Force intelligence brief states that should fleets of unmanned drones accidentally capture surveillance footage of Americans, the data can be stored and analyzed by the Pentagon for up to 90 days.
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