LA Times sold for $8.2 Billiion
• ReutersThe estimated $8.2 billion bid includes a $350 million investment by Zell, with the remainder essentially being financed by money the Tribune would otherwise have contributed to employees' retirement plans.
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Barry Hess - ASU Documentary for 2006 Libertarian Race for Governor
Ernest HancockLibertarian candidate for Arizona Governor was followed for months by ASU film students. The completed film is a very accruate view of a libertarian campaign (some Arizona politicians won't like it at all)
Defying Congress, FDA plans to close Labs
• Pro LibertyShrugging off congressional objections, the US FDA will immediately move to close more than half of its laboratories across the country, according to documents released today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility(PEER).
Police log confirms FBI role in arrests
• Washington PostA secret FBI intelligence unit helped detain a group of war protestors in a downtown Washington parking garage in April 2002 and interrogated some of them on videotape about their political and religious beliefs, newly uncovered documents
Slavery now includes Everyone
Howard BlitzOver the millennia, slavery included individuals based on ethnicity and religious belief. Now, however, slavery includes individuals from all walks of life. Taxation takes almost half of one’s productive capacity. Individuals must get permission f
The Secret War against Iran
• ABC NewsA Pakistani tribal militant group responsible for a series of deadly guerrilla raids inside Iran has been secretly encouraged and advised by American officials since 2005, US and Pakistani intelligence sources tell ABC News. The group, called Jundul
US interrogating at Africa's secret prisons
• APCIA and FBI agents hunting for al-Qaida militants in the Horn of Africa have been interrogating terrorism suspects from 19 countries held at secret prisons in Ethoipia, which is notorious for torture and abuse, according to an investigation by the AP
Bush approves US Army for Africa
• All AfricaUS President George Bush has approved the formation of a US army to permanently operate in Africa, a move viewed by many as part of a wide plan to increase American hegemony on Africa. The army called the US African Command,
Did the Red Sea Part? No Evidence, Archaeologists Say
• NY TimesThat prompted a reporter to ask about the Exodus, and if the new evidence was linked in any way to the story of Passover. “Really, it’s a myth,” Dr. Hawass said of the story of the Exodus, as he stood at the foot of a wall built during what is called
67,204-page code confounds taxpayers, yet Congress sits by
• USA TodayThe 4 experts chosen to analyze the Baileys' fairly typical circumstances are very real. The fact that they couldn't agree is testament to how impossibly complex the tax code has become. It also illustrates the utter contempt Congress has for
U.S. Agents Visit Ethiopian Secret Jails
• APCIA and FBI agents hunting for al-Qaida militants in the Horn of Africa have been interrogating terrorism suspects from 19 countries held at secret prisons in Ethiopia, which is notorious for torture and abuse, according to an investigation by The As
The once and future republic of Vermont
• Washington PostThe winds of secession are blowing in the Green Mountain State. Vermont was once an independent republic, and it can be once again. We think the time to make that happen is now. Over the past 50 years, the US government has grown to big,
Blackwater security buying 852 acres east of San Diego
• RawStory.comBlackwater, a multi-million dollar mercenary company owned exclusively by a right-wing Christian billionaire, is trying to develop an 824-acre military training facility in the rural community of Potrero in southeast San Diego.
My problem with HSPD-12
• WunderlandI recently learned about Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 (HSPD-12), and Goddard Space Flight Center's planned implementation of this Directive. All employees (contractors as well as civil servants) will be required to submit to an ex
Protesting Priests Escape Jail Before Torture Trail
• Trevor OsgoodThe priests were arrested on November 19, 2006 at Ft. Huachuca, in Sierra Vista Arizona after they knelt to pray on the road approaching the gate to the fort. The DOD described the protest as a “credible threat” to national security. Counter-proteste
James Dobson Just Doesn't Get It
Chuck BaldwinThat said, it is my studied opinion that many, if not most, of our national conservative Christian leaders have lost touch with the reality of our nation's ills and how to cure them.
Fury at RAF Kamikaze plan
• The SunRAF Top Guns were stunned last night after being asked to think of being Kamikaze pilots in the war on terror. Elite fliers were shocked into silence when a senior RAF chief said they should consider suicide missions as a last resort against terro
U.S. strategy on Iran may have backfired
• LA TimesIt seemed like a good idea at the time: Increase the military, diplomatic and economic pressure on Iran to get the country to bow to the international community on its nuclear enrichment program and curtail its alleged troublemaking in Iraq.
Ancient human unearthed in China
• BBC NewsThe remains of one of the earliest modern humans to inhabit eastern Asia have been unearthed in a cave in China. The find could shed light on how our ancestors colonized the East, a movement that is only poorly understood by anthropologists.
Watch what a journalist spent 226 days in prison for
• video linkDuring the course of this saga I have repeatedly offered to allow a judge to be the arbiter over whether or not my video material has any evidentiary value. Today, you the public have the opportunity to be the judge and I am confident you will see, a
Journalist Imprisoned Longer Than Any Other In U.S. History Released
• ABC NewsA Bay Area freelance journalist is finally free after serving 226 days in prison for civil contempt -- longer than any journalist in U.S. history. Josh Wolf walked free after releasing a controversial videotape prosecutors wanted to see. It's
Guantanamo detainee Hicks feared US interrogators would shoot him
• AFPAustralian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks feared he would be shot unless he cooperated with US interrogators in Afghanistan. Hicks said he was slapped, kicked, punched and spat on after being arrested by coalition forces in the Central Asian cou
3 Republican Legislators visit Syria to discuss ties
• APThe U.S. House members, who included Virginia Republican Frank Wolf, Pennsylvania Republican Joe Pitts and Alabama Republican Robert Aderholt, also said they had raised with Syrian officials the issue of stopping the alleged flow of foreign fighters
The Pentagon’s Crooked “Judicial” Process
• by Jacob G. Hornberger (FFF)Unbeknownst to the judge, the terrorist's defense team had secretly gone over his head and over the heads of the prosecutors and had already cut a sweetheart deal with the Pentagon’s top military-commission official.
Earth's Extremes Could Hold Clues to Mars Life
• Space.comResults from a recent study of the microbes in China’s remote deserts could help astrobiologists refine their maps for uncovering Martian life. Ongoing studies of Mars analogs on Earth have combed the iciest regions and the driest areas. But the n
Antarctic fossil prompts rethink about amphibian history
• AFPThe fossilised remains of an amphibian which lived more than 245 million years ago have been found in Antarctica, suggesting that the climate during much of the Triassic era was remarkably balmy.
US House speaker starts Syria visit amid White House criticism
• AFPHouse speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Syria for a controversial 2-day visit amid protests from the White House that she is undermining US policy. Pelosi, an ardent opponent of President Bush, smiled and shook hands with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid
Abducted Iran diplomat freed in Iraq
• AFPA top Iranian diplomat seized at gunpoint in Baghdad two months ago has been released, as Iraq confirmed it was still working to secure the release of five other Iranians held by US troops.
Bush conjures up tortured defense of executive privilege
• by DeWayne Wickham (USA Today)All right, so forget about having a transcript of what Rove and Miers say when questioned by senators. Let's not have a drawn-out fight over executive privilege. Just strap them to a water board and let the questioning begin.
ICANN may be looking for immunity from U.S. law
• Declan McCullaghA few years ago the question was whether the United Nations would take over ICANN. Today, though, it looks more like ICANN will try to mimic the United Nations.
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