Peace groups rally after 3,000th soldier killed
• Reuters"We must bear witness to this tragic milestone, even though many people are already beginning their celebrations of the new year," the group United for Peace and Justice said on its Web site.
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New Year brings 3,000th U.S. death in Iraq
• ReutersU.S. troops began the year with news their 3,000th comrade had died since the 2003 invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein but led to a war that has split Iraq and raised alarm at home.
U.S. Toll in Iraq Lower Than Past Wars
• AP[Undoubtedly scripted by your government.] A four-figure number hovers 50 feet over a busy Philadelphia street, visible in an office window. It changes maybe once or twice a day like the cost of something. [for a lie]
Nuckin' FUTS! - 2006 Year in Review
• JibJabJibJab 2006 Year in Review
Reflexiones Libertarias
HOMBRES Y LEGADOS
Ricardo ValenzuelaEl año 2006 se despide llevando en su galopante partida, a tres hombres públicos que nos dejan muy diferentes y contrastantes legados. Este 26 de Diciembre fallece en los EU el ex presidente Gerald Ford.
2006 – FreedomsPhoenix – 2007 - by Ernest Hancock
Ernest HancockFor weeks I have been digging for a growing splinter in my mind. Just a couple of days ago I plucked the splinter by reasoning out what is behind many developments behind the news. A pattern was right in front of me that I could recognize.
What Does 2000 (or 3000) look Like
Dave GallagherVIDEO
Former Longtime Confidant Accuses Ariel Sharon of Assassinating Yasser Arafat
Stephen LendmanAriel Sharon's role in the death of Yasser Arafat
Suspicionless roadblocks as revenue sources
• thenewspaper.comA roadblock in Tracy, California stopped 350 drivers -- none suspected of any wrong-doing -- for questioning. Police caught no drunk drivers but did snare fifteen motorists for driving without their papers in order. Altogether the roadblock generated
California: Evidence Planting Part of Official Police Training
• thenewspaper.comHuntington Beach, California police are officially trained to plant false evidence during traffic stops. The "evidence" includes guns, drugs and drug paraphernalia. Las Vegas, Nevada police used similar training methods that left a man fals
Border Insanity: motorists being fined for entering the US with a sandwich
• thenewspaper.comMotorists and truck drivers entering the US from Canada are being hit with $300 fines and having their lunches seized because they attempted to bring a slice of bologna across the border. Beginning March 1, 2007. the US Department of Agriculture will
Nevada Supreme Court: No Traffic Stops for Slow Drivers
• thenewspaper.comSlow driving is not sufficient justification for stopping a motorist according to a Nevada Supreme Court ruling issued earlier this month. "The fact that a motorist is driving slowly does not, by itself, create a reasonable suspicion justifying
Missouri: Police Roadblock Harassment Caught on Tape
• thenewspaper.comA teenager harassed by police in St. Louis, Missouri caught the incident on tape. Brett Darrow, 19, had his video camera rolling last month as he approached a drunk driving roadblock where he was stopped, detained and threatened with arrest after dec
Ignoring the Will of the People: Profound Ignorance (Part 2)
Dave HodgesNearly every morning I sit in amazement as I read in the local newspaper about the latest assault upon the middle class of this nation.
What living in Iraq is really like: 2006
• Riverbend (Bahgdad Burning)A day in the life of the average Iraqi has been reduced to identifying corpses, avoiding car bombs and attempting to keep track of which family members have been detained, which ones have been exiled and which ones have been abducted.
Saddam daughter asking body be buried in Yemen
• ReutersHis daughter Raghd, who is exiled in Jordan, "is asking that his body be buried in Yemen temporarily until Iraq is liberated and it can be reburied in Iraq," a source close to the family said by telephone.
Iraq Expels 2 Iranians Detained by U.S.
• Washington Post2 senior Iranian operatives who were detained by US forces in Iraq and were strongly suspected of planning attacks against American military forces and Iraqi targets were expelled to Iran. This has angered US military officials who say the operative
More troops unhappy with Bush’s course in Iraq
• Air Force TimesFor the first time, more troops disapprove of the president’s handling of the war than approve of it. Barely one-third of service members approve of the way the president is handling the war. [Get ready for another tour.]
Flying like a bird at 5,000ft, the winged wonder
• ReutersMan has dreamt of flight ever since our ancestors first saw birds soaring into the sky. And even after the dream was realised, first with hot-air balloons and later with heavier-than-air aeroplanes, the dream remained unfulfilled.
Florida Republican Faces House Challenge Next Week
• CQ Politics.comRep. Rush D. Holt, D-N.J., said he will raise a parliamentary inquiry next week concerning voting irregularities in Florida’s 13th District before Buchanan is sworn into office Jan. 4, but the Republican is expected to be seated at least conditionall
Saddam Hussein well hung
• ReutersSaddam Hussein, the shotgun-waving dictator who ruled Iraq with a remorseless brutality for a quarter-century and was driven from power by a U.S.-led war that left his country in shambles, was taken to the gallows clutching a Quran and hanged Saturd
Dec. the deadliest month for U.S. troops
• AP[Dec. isn't over yet.] 3 more Marines and a soldier were killed in battle in Iraq, the military said, making December the year's deadliest month for U.S. troops with the toll reaching 108. At least 2,997 members of the U.S. military have been
Virginia judge T.S. Ellis rubber stamps 4th amendment violations against Manassas Park business own
• theagitator.comBut what I find striking is just how dismissive this judge is of the fact that Manassas Park police conducted what was clearly a search for criminal misconduct under the auspices of an administrative inspection.
IDP identifies more illegalities in the “Automated Targeting System”
• papersplease.orgToday the Identity Project filed supplemental comments with the DHS, pointing out additional legal problems — including criminal violations of the Privacy Act by DHS officials — revealed by DHS statements since initial comments on the ATS scheme were
US military on high alert in Iraq as Saddam execution imminent
• APUS forces in Iraq are braced for any violence that may follow the execution of Saddam Hussein. "They'll obviously take into account social dimensions that could potentially led to an increase in violence which certainly would include carryin
China Colonizing Africa?
• Washington PostIs China becoming Africa's new colonizer? In what is reminiscent of a new scramble for Africa, China has rushed to plant its flag on the continent, offering soft credit, bricks and mortar investment and promising non-interference in local politic
CIA Still Censoring NY Times?
• Why are we back? blogPerhaps The NY Times entered into some sort of secret agreement with the Bush Administration that it hasn't disclosed when it published the redacted Op-Ed written by Flynt Leverett on a news dump Friday just before Christmas when most people woul
Consumer debt worse than WWII
• The AgonistThe consumer debt issue is still alive and well. In fact, it’s reaching historic levels – as in levels not seen since WWII levels. Some digging into the most recent Federal Reserve’s Flow of Funds report and found some pretty scary developments.
JUDGE DENIES REVIEW PAPERLESS VOTING MACHINE SOURCE CODE IN 18,000 MISSING VOTE U.S. HOUSE ELECTION
• Brad blogFiled suit to allow them to review the software used on the voting machines made by ES&S after 18,000 votes disappeared in the race to fill the U.S. House seat. Judge denied saying the company's "right" to keep their "trade secrets
Teen expelled for rap lyrics reaches $60,000 settlement
• Pittsburg Post-GazetteThe Beaver County teen rapper who was expelled from school because of lyrics he posted online has reached a settlement. Anthony, who was led out of his middle school in handcuffs in April 2005, spent time locked up in a juvenile facility when he was
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