Scientists build nanomachine envisioned 150 yrs ago
• ReutersThe new motor mechanism will enable scientists to do things that are much closer to what biological machines do.
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Californian to be the first in the US to ban the common light bulb.
• www.irishexaminer.comRepublican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who is known for pushing laws that favour the environment, has not yet taken a position on the Bill.
Israel's Kafkaesque "Matrix of Control"
Stephen LendmanAn account of Israeli repression against the Palestinians
New York teen sues record industry
• By Nick Farrell: www.theinquirer.netA New York teen, dubbed a pirate by the Record Industry, is counter suing them for defamation, violating anti-trust laws, conspiring to defraud the courts and making extortionate threats.
Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (North American Union)
Ernest HancockThe issues and objectives of the SPP trilateral task force are sweeping. A sampling of the subjects include: food safety; nutrition; drugs; biologics; medical devices; compliance enforcement; combating health fraud; veterinary products; pesticide u
RLC Texas want's "YOU" to Fix Time Magazine's Ron Paul Mistake - NOW
• Rescue-us.org, RLC Texas, Capitol AnnexTime Magazine says "YOU" control the Information Age ... time to see if they are right! RLC Texas wants YOU to correct their Ron Paul omission
The Power of Choice - Milton Friedman (Video 6:29)
• YouTubeAn excerpt from the biography of Nobel Prize winner Milton Friedman.
Milton Friedman Day - by John Stossel
• John Stossel for TownHall.comFriedman taught millions worldwide about the virtues of the free market and individual liberty. When communism fell in the Soviet bloc, a new generation of Friedman inspired activists and intellectuals were ready to implement his message of less gove
MILTON FRIEDMAN: On Freedom and Free Markets
Ernest Hancock"The question is, how can you have cooperation without coercion? The only way that has ever been discovered to have a lot of people cooperate together voluntarily is through the free market. And that's why it's so essential to preserving
Army drops 2 charges against war-resisting officer
• By The Associated PressThe government has agreed to drop two allegations of conduct unbecoming an officer from its case against an Army lieutenant who called the Iraq war illegal and refused to deploy but still faces a maximum of four years' imprisonment.
'Wooden version' of Stonehenge discovered
• By John Noble Wilford - International Herald TribNew excavations near Stonehenge have uncovered hearths, timbers and other remains of what archaeologists say was probably the village of workers who erected the brooding monoliths on Salisbury Plain in England.
Whose Side Is Bush On?
Chuck BaldwinThere was someone in the gallery during President George W. Bush's State of the Union speech that he would not dare publicly recognize.
Reporter Judith Miller Disputes Libby in Leak Case
• NY TimesA former New York Times reporter testified today that I. Lewis Libby Jr. disclosed the identity of a C.I.A. agent to her more than two weeks before Mr. Libby has said he learned of the agent’s identity.
Nine arrested in anti-war protests in congressional office buildings
• APNine anti-war protesters were arrested when they gathered in a House of Representatives office building to read off the names of American and Iraqi war dead. Were charged with unlawful assembly, congregated throwing yellow roses onto the ice as they
Tuesday: 128 Iraqis, 2 GIs Killed; 270 Iraqis Wounded
• AntiWar.comDuring the final day of the holy festival of Ashura, 128 Iraqis were killed or found dead and 270 wounded in violent attacks, many directed at pilgrims. Also, two American service members were reported killed in separate incidents.
Missteps by Iraqi Forces in Battle Raise Questions
• NY TimesIraqi forces were surprised and nearly overwhelmed by the ferocity of an obscure renegade militia in a weekend battle near the holy city of Najaf and needed far more help from American forces than previously disclosed, American and Iraqi officials sa
Insurgency May Be Back on Its Heels, but It's No Setback
• by William S. Lind (AntiWar)The Mahdi Army and other Shi'ite groupings makes sense to avoid a confrontation with the U.S. military if they can. From the Shi'ite perspective, American forces are in Iraq to fight the Sunnis for them. Our troops are unpaid Hessians.
Virtual Gold Could Draw Real Taxes
• PC WorldImagine getting a tax form and a warning to report taxable income from the IRS every time you collected rent on your hotel-stuffed Boardwalk and Park Place. Only in a bad dream, you might think; but don't underestimate the U.S. tax code's pot
Sweden to open first virtual embassy in Second Life
• ReutersSweden plans to be the first country to open an embassy in popular virtual world Second Life. "It will have answers to questions on all aspects of Sweden," Olle Wastberg, general director of the Swedish Institute, an organization which p
Chavez poses threat to democracy: Negroponte
• ReutersVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez poses a threat to democracy in Latin America through his populist influence in countries such as Bolivia, U.S. intelligence chief John Negroponte said.
High school to expand alcohol testing
• APSome teenagers who drink over the weekend could be in big trouble come Monday morning: A New Jersey school district plans to institute random urine tests capable of detecting whether alcohol was consumed up to 80 hours earlier.
Jury: WTO protesters' rights violated
• APA federal jury found the city of Seattle violated the constitutional rights of 200 protesters who were arrested during a demonstration during the World Trade Organization meeting in 1999. The jury found the city liable for violating the protesters
Neolithic site found near England's Stonehenge
• ReutersEvidence of a large settlement full of houses dating back to 2,600 BC has been discovered near the ancient stone monument of Stonehenge. Scientists suspect inhabitants built the stone circle at Stonehenge -- generally thought to have been a temple, b
Lawmakers take aim at sex offenders on Internet
• ReutersU.S. lawmakers proposed requiring sex offenders to register their e-mail and instant messaging addresses with law enforcement authorities in a bid to protect children using popular social Internet sites like MySpace.
James Bovard's Antiwar rally pictures
• AntiWar blogOnly 14 images ... but there are some classics here.
Missouri: 18 Months in Jail for Red Light Camera Bribe
• thenewspaper.comA federal judge on Monday sentenced the former mayor of St. Peters, Missouri to 18 months in jail for soliciting a bribe from Australian red light camera vendor Redflex.
Anti-war protesters spray paint Capitol building
• The HillApproximately 300 protesters were allowed to take the steps and began to spray paint "anarchist symbols" and phrase such as "Our capitol building" and "you can’t stop us" around the area, the source said.
Africa's new colonialists?
• DPAWhen China signed trade deals worth $1.9bn with African countries last November, without any conditions on reforms and human rights, a German development official warned Africans they risked becoming Chinese subjects.
Chavez to enjoy special powers in relation to oil
• DPA (Raw Story)The formal approval of special powers - set to allow Chavez to rule by decree in a number of areas - the structure of state organs, the election of officials at the local level, finance and taxes, banking, and safety and national defense. Sanction la
Bolton: 'US has no strategic interest in united Iraq'
• APFormer US envoy to the UN John Bolton said in an interview published in France that the US has "no strategic interest" in a united Iraq. "We did a disservice to Iraqis by depriving them of political leaders," Bolton said.
