From embedded microchips to RFID tracking, the cashless society roll out is going on in full force. With children thumbscanning to get their lunches and amusement park goers biometrically scanning for entry, we are being trained to use our biometric
What drives much of congressional support for Israel is fear – fear that the pro-Israel lobby will either withhold campaign contributions or give money to one's opponent. As a US senator in the 70s, I saw the lobby humiliate or embarrass members
For decades, the Jewish community just barely tolerated a small, fiercely anti-Zionist sect as its members traveled the world, denouncing Israel's existence and embracing its enemies.
But when a delegation from Neturei Karta hugged Iranian Pre
The Internet is set to revolutionize television within five years, due to an explosion of online video content and the merging of PCs and TV sets, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates said on Saturday.
"In terms of paying users revenue against the content that they are uploading, we definitely are going to be moving in that direction," Hurley said in video recorded in Davos, by a YouTube user and posted on the site.
Head of the Swedish Space Corp. said that the Swedish government also will take charge of the technology-export approvals needed to export SpaceshipTwo and related hardware to Sweden during flight campaigns. (US Gov. Permit??!!!)
The Bush administration will notify Congress on Monday that Israel may have violated agreements with Washington when it fired U.S.-supplied cluster munitions into Lebanon in its war with Hezbollah last summer. [we rearmed them]
Assad Abu Gilel, the governor of Najaf province, said US and Iraqi troops fought a day-long battle with up to 1000 fighters, including foreign fighters, holed up in orchards on the northern outskirts of the city.
From high-dollar fraud to conspiracy to bribery and bid rigging, Army investigators have opened up to 50 criminal probes involving battlefield contractors in the war in Iraq and the U.S. fight against terrorism, the Associated Press has learned.
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Convinced this is their moment, tens of thousands marched Saturday in an anti-war demonstration linking military families, ordinary people and an icon of the Vietnam protest movement in a spirited call to get out of Iraq.
A senior Chinese military officer predicts that weapons will be deployed in outer space despite the government's long-standing desire to prevent an arms race in space.
Guard dogs protecting a fruit orchard in Malaysia have met their match -- a 23-ft-long python that swallowed at least 11 hounds before it was finally discovered by villagers. "I was shocked to see such a huge python," said orchard-keeper
Known only as "Zak" to the detention staff and "Zaki" to detainees, he is Guantanamo Bay's Muslim cultural adviser, a civilian employee who meets with them and helps their American captors understand their ways.
In an action branded a backdoor draft by some critics, the military over the past several years has held tens of thousand of soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines on the job and in war zones beyond their retirement dates or enlistment length.
The nation's chief telecommunications regulator stands accused of misrepresenting the facts while pushing through rules that will make it easier for big phone companies to get into cable television.
The policy change won approval by the Federa
A smörgåsbords of Washington insider details has emerged during the perjury trial of the vice president's former chief of staff. She testifies about the administration's manipulation of the media.
You'd think a guy who helped bring down a corrupt congressman would get the thanks of a grateful government. But you, of course, would be wrong. Like so many other disillusioined ex-CIA, FBI and other erstwhile spooks, Haig Melkessetian's c
Turkey warned Saturday against integrating the multiethnic city of Kirkuk, norther Iraq, into an autonomous Kurdish region. "I fear that it could come to a very big civil war," said Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Ergodan in a TV inter
Yesterday, the Arizona Libertarian Party almost drank hemlock in the form of a platform addition advocating the righteousness of limited taxation. Fortunately the vote was delayed.
"Many of the small papers purchased, most have a circulation of 5000 or less, have been critical of the Trans-Texas Corridor. An article in the Bonham Journal for example, states, "The toll roads will be under control of foreign investors,
Nearly identical bills were presented to the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday that would reject the federal Real ID Act of 2005. Both said the act was an attempt by the federal government to usurp power from individual state governments and threat
"The man came out three times and was like, 'Why are you not moving out of my yard,'" a resident told Channel 4's Jennifer Bauer. "So after the third time that dude came out of the house, he came with a .357 and started sho
A teenager who sued the city after claiming Officer Shawn Patrick Shields forced her to do jumping jacks while topless has reached a $35,000 settlement, officials said. The girl told investigators the cop told her to perform five topless jumping jack
Winning the hearts and minds of Iraqi's, American soldiers look on and cheer as Iraqi Shia soldiers arbitrarily grab Sunni Iraqi's and beat them senseless. The day after posting the link, YouTube censored the video by removing it.
Will the critical mass of those on the left be willing to compromise their Anti-War positions for the sake of the “greater good”, that is their other agenda items?
CBS's Senior Foreign Correspondent in Baghdad, Lara Logan pleaded for them to air this video report from Iraq, but they were only willing to place it online at the CBS website. When you watch it you will see why. It doesn't fit the Bush/Che
Business lobbyists believe lawmakers will ultimately strip from Senate minimum wage legislation any sanctions against companies caught hiring illegal immigrants. Whether they can keep it out of immigration law is another matter.
How about a Buzz Donut or a Buzzed Bagel? Doctor Robert Bohannon says he's developed a way to add caffeine to baked goods, without the bitter taste of caffeine. Each piece of pastry is the equivalent of about two cups of coffee.
President Bush, on a collision course with Congress over Iraq, said "I'm the decision-maker" about sending more troops to the war. He challenged skeptical lawmakers not to prematurely condemn his buildup.