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by Walter BurienGovernment's "Annual Financial Report" The showing of the GROSS INCOME and STANDING WEALTH - National CAFR Download Directory for each state.
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Czechs give go-ahead for US 'son of stars wars' base
• The GuardianThe Czech government has announced that it wants to host a large US military site for the Pentagon's much-criticised missile shield system, confirming for the first time that Washington had asked Prague for permission to build a radar site for th
Burma 'orders Christians to be wiped out'
• Daily TelegraphThe military regime in Burma is intent on wiping out Christianity in the country, according to claims in a secret document believed to have been leaked from a government ministry. Entitled "Programme to destroy the Christian religion in Burma**
Opium war revealed: Major new offensive in Afghanistan
• The IndependentThe Kabul government is planning to take the war to its illegal drugs trade. And once again, it will put Britain's exhausted troops back into the firing line.
The True Purpose of DUI Roadblocks
• DUI BlogAs I've commented repeatedly in the past, roadblocks ("sobriety checkpoints") are (1) unconstitutional, (2) ineffective at catching drunk drivers, and (3) used primarily to raise revenue for local municipalities...
Even libraries in America are under siege by the infamous Patriot Act
• The International NewsIn the post-9/11 era, even libraries in America are under siege. Under the provisions of the draconian Patriot Act, which was enacted by the US Congress in October 2001 with hardly any debate, the FBI has the right to obtain a court order to access a
FBI details threat from gangs in military
• Chicago Sun-TimesMembers of the Hells Angels, including an Army lieutenant colonel from Illinois, have served the U.S. military in Iraq. Another Iraq war veteran, a Marine who belongs to the Maniac Latin Disciples street gang, is charged with shooting three teens in
Israel's Olmert facing resignation calls
• APPolice are investigating him for corruption. His military chief has resigned. His office manager is under house arrest, and an inquiry commission is looking into his alleged mishandling of last summer's Lebanon war. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert*
FBI might have violated First Amendment in efforts to take down conspiracy film
• APAn effort by the FBI and federal prosecutors to remove a short fictional film about a military takeover of New York City from the Internet may have violated the First Amendment, a federal appeals court said.
China tries to reassure the world on space missile 'aimed at peace'
• London TimesChina signalled yesterday that its first missile strike against an orbiting satellite was intended to force the US into talks aimed at abolishing weapons in space. As it faced an international chorus of protest against its test — the first such la
CIA, FBI, Aussie agents operating in south
• AFPSeveral American and Australian intelligence agents are in Mindanao to monitor terrorist activities, military sources here claimed yesterday. "Mindanao is crawling with CIA (Central Intelligence Agency), FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation)
Bush Approval rating at new low
• CBS(I bet you're surprised) President Bush will deliver his State of the Union address Tuesday night to a nation that's strongly opposed to his plan for increasing troops in Iraq and deeply unhappy with his performance as president, according t
AZ Legislator's bill to shut down volunteer border patrols
Ernest HancockAN INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS COMMITS DOMESTIC TERRORISM IF... NOT AFFILIATED WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ASSOCIATE FOR THE PURPOSE OF PATROLLING OR IS ARMED.
Entrust Extended Validation SSL Certificates Offer Online Protection
• eWeekEntrust, a provider of secure sockets layer certificates, is offering extended validation SSL certificates that are detectable by Windows XP to help Internet users battle phishing attacks. When consumers use an EV SSL-aware browser, valid sites will
Sperm secrets of male seahorses uncovered
• ReutersScientists have uncovered for the first time secrets about how male seahorses produce their young that could prove valuable in conservation efforts to save the vulnerable species. Unlike other animals and humans in which the female becomes pregna
Are you a giver? Brain scan finds the truth
• ReutersAltruism, one of the most difficult human behaviors to define, can be detected in brain scans, U.S. researchers reported. Activity in a specific area of the brain could predict altruistic behavior -- and people's own reports of how selfish or giv
N.O. seeks to clear housing projects
• APThe city's public housing agency plans to ask a judge to bar anyone from entering projects without permission and will file claims against some who are trying to avert the buildings' demolition.
Pressure mounts for action on immigration laws
• ReutersAn unlikely mix of Hispanics, farmers and high-tech businesses has stepped up pressure on Congress to overhaul U.S. immigration laws, boosting prospects for a bill that would allow more foreign workers into the country.
25 US troops killed in a single day in Iraq
• AFPAt least 25 US troops were killed across Iraq in one of the deadliest days for the American forces since the invasion began, as the military said 3,200 new troops had arrived to quell Baghdad violence.
"Ghosts" a haunting wartime documentary
• ReutersThe film thoroughly and skillfully explain the context in which something as heinous as Abu Ghraib could happen, it attempts to understand the psychology of those involved. Interviews with members of military intelligence, military police, inmates fr
A Grim Milestone: 500 Amputees
• Time magazineAnother grim milestone: the arrival of the 500th amputee. Army officials said the victim, a 24-year-old corporal, lost both legs in a roadside bomb explosion on January 12. He was treated at the military hospital in Landstuhl, Germany, before landing
Iraq security contractor countersues
• APPrivate security contractor Blackwater USA is seeking $10 million from the attorney representing the estates of four employees killed and mutilated in Iraq, arguing their families breached the security guards' contracts by suing the company for w
Colombia's "para-political" scandal widens
• ReutersMore than 12 Colombian politicians agreed in 2001 to cooperate with right-wing paramilitary criminals, says a document, fueling the country's worst political scandal in years. 3 members President Uribe's coalition sent to prison for links wi
Carbs may explain ethnic variations in cholesterol
• ReutersEthnic differences in levels of HDL, the "good" cholesterol, may be due, at least in part, to diet, a new study from Canada suggests. South Asians ate the most carbohydrate and had the lowest HDL cholesterol levels, while Chinese individ
Mexico hands alleged drug boss to U.S.
• APOsiel Cardenas, the alleged Gulf cartel leader who was believed to still be running his gang from jail in Mexico, was sent north Friday along with 13 others wanted by U.S. authorities after their appeals against extradition ran out, the office of Mex
The Federal War on Gold
• Lewrockwell.comGiven the rising price of gold and the fact that federal spending is totally out of control, the prospect of gold confiscation and criminalizing the private ownership of gold by federal authorities inevitably rears its ugly head. There are few things
SAF files motion to hold Nagin, Riley in contempt
• Second Amendment FoundationFrustrated by repeated failures to meet court-appointed deadlines, and a pattern of disregard by the City of New Orleans, the Second Amendment Foundation has filed a motion to hold Mayor Ray Nagin and Police Superintendent Warren Riley in contempt of
UK Speed Camera Destroyed for Sixth Time
• thenewspaper.comA speed camera in North Somerset, UK has become England's most frequently destroyed ticketing machine last week. Located in the village of Flax Bourton near Bristol, the device has been burned, knocked over and rammed a total of six times in thre
Reflexiones Libertarias
¿AZTECAS VS GRIEGOS?
Ricardo ValenzuelaEn esta era de un progresismo desbocado personificado en figuras como Hugo Chávez, Evo Morales y el resto del zoológico, el historiador, Charles Murray, quien escandalizara al mundo con la publicación de su libro, The Bell Curve,
Putting the Brakes on Light Speed
• Washington PostScientists said that they had achieved a long-sought goal of slowing waves of light to a relatively leisurely pace and using those harnessed pulses to store an image.
