Video Demo of Microsoft's "Surface" Computer
• PopSci.comI didn't think much about the announcement, but I was quite impressed after I saw the demo. WOW!!! - The Future is slapping us in the face
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US agencies disobey 6 laws that president challenged
• Boston GlobeFederal officials have disobeyed at least six new laws that President Bush challenged in his signing statement, a government study disclosed yesterday. The report provides the first evidence that the government may have acted on claims by Bush that
Endgame
• PBS(Video)On Dec 19,2006, President Bush said for the first time that the US is not winning the war in Iraq. Here's a Frontline program, that is the fifth in a series covering the war.
Depleted Uranium Explosive Tests Near Tracy, CA
• News LinkProposed explosives tests upwind from Tracy [California] will release as much as 450 pounds of radioactive depleted uranium dust into the air every year, according to an air pollution permit application filed Friday by Lawrence Livermore National Lab
Rudy's campaign chair suspended in wake of cocaine charges
• The State (SC)State Treasurer (and Rudy Giuliani's SC campaign chair) Thomas Ravenel was indicted on federal drug charges and was suspended from office by Gov. Sanford. Ravenel, is charged with one count each of conspiracy to posses and intent
Petition to invite Ron Paul to Iowa debate
• Free Market NewsHere's a petition that's available online regarding the Iowa Forum that is withholding a GOP invitation from presidential candidate and congressman Ron Paul(R-TX).
Excluding Ron Paul
• by Thomas Woods (LewRockwell.com)The Iowa Christian Alliance and Iowans for Tax Relief are co-sponsoring a Republican candidates’ forum featuring Mitt Romney, Tommy Thompson, Sam Brownback, Jim Gilmore, Mike Huckabee, and Tom Tancredo. Ron Paul, however, is to be excluded.
Paul Potts SINGS!!!! [as featured on Goyette]
• YoutubePaul Potts has won the final of this competition. The prize is £100,000 and the chance to perform at the Royal Variety Performance in December.
Reviewing Michel Chossudovsky's America's War on Terrorism
Stephen LendmanExposing the Bush administration's phony war on terrorism
The Record of the Newspaper of Record
Stephen LendmanThe tainted record of the New York Times on its Venezuela coverage
Iowans for Tax Relief But Not Ron Paul
• Free Liberalitr@taxrelief.org 877-913-3600 The Ron Paul campaign just sent out an e-mail saying that the Iowans for Tax Relief will not allow Dr. Paul to participate in a debate they are co-organizing with the Iowa Christian Alliance. This seems strange, given
Minnesota Supreme Court Strikes Down Red Light Cameras
• News LinkThe Minnesota Supreme Court delivers a unanimous decision striking down the legality of red light cameras. Minnesota Supreme Court. The Minnesota Supreme Court delivered the highest-level court rebuke to photo enforcement to date with a unanimous
Police make 'house calls' to those voicing opposition to gun control legislation
• Illinois State Rifle AssociationThe ISRA is expressing great concern over reports that Illinois State Police detectives have been visiting the homes of people who phoned/faxed Sen. Dan Kotowski to express opposition to gun control legislation sponsored by the senator.
Ex-Cop Sells Pot Tips on DVD
• AP"I'm not helping them to break the law. It's clear the law is already being broken," said Cooper, 38, who left law enforcement a decade ago. "I will do anything legal to frustrate law enforcement's efforts to place American
Olbermann: 'Infinity minus 140,216 improper emails'
• Raw Story (video)Olbermann went on to describe the "jaw-dropping scandal" uncovered by Congressional investigators, where, in the most serious breach of the Presidential Records Act since its enactment, hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of emails impr
Jon Stewart explains US Middle East Policy
• Raw StoryOn Monday's Daily Show, Jon Stewart played a year-old clip of Condi Rice saying, "What we're seeing here ... is the birth pangs of a new Middle East," before declaring, "Where is this [f@*king] baby already?"
US government snooping on French Blackberrys
• APTop French government officials are ignoring warnings to ditch their cherished BlackBerrys -- smartphones with e-mail capacity -- despite warnings their messages may be intercepted by US spy agencies, a report said. "They tried to offer us so
Dems wary of Bush CIA counsel choice
• APThe CIA's top lawyer said he did not object to a 2002 memo authorizing interrogation techniques that stop just short of causing a sensation of impending organ failure or even death. Yet John Rizzo, who is serving as the agency's temporary
Democratic candidates squabble over Iraq war
• ReutersThe Democratic presidential contenders squabbled over Iraq on Tuesday, with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton a target of criticism for her 2002 vote to authorize the war and her suggestion some U.S. troops may be there for years. The leading Democrats
NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg leaves GOP
• APNew York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Tuesday switched his party status from Republican to unaffiliated, a stunning move certain to be seen as a prelude to an independent presidential bid that would upend the 2008 race. The billionaire former CEO, w
Army again considers longer combat tours
• APThe Army is considering whether it will have to extend the combat tours of troops in Iraq if President Bush opts to maintain the recent buildup of forces through spring 2008. Acting Army Secretary Pete Geren testified the service is reviewing othe
Mitt Romney on Abortion
• YoutubeThe abortion question keeps coming up. I have a couple of questions that I haven't heard asked yet and I think Mitt needs to clarify a few things. Watch his lips for yourself
Will China Dump U.S. Treasuries?<br>by Mish Shedlock
• Whiskey & GunpowderOne of the big questions now being debated is, "What would happen if China were to dump its entire Treasury portfolio in one fell swoop?" Caroline Baum addressed that question in “China Doesn't Steer the U.S. Interest-Rate Ship”:
Democratic Candidates Move Left to Appease Base
• ABC NewsAs the Democratic presidential candidates gather in Washington to make their pitch to party activists this week, "liberal" is suddenly no longer a dirty word. In recent months, virtually the entire Democratic field has tacked left -- not
Republican candidates begin snubbing Bush
• PoliticoA president with dismal approval ratings and a bitter intraparty rupture over immigration are obvious problems for Republican politicians. The combination is emerging as something less obvious: an opportunity.
Iraq becomes the prime training ground for export of Jihadists
• AFPIraq has overtaken Afghanistan as an ideal training ground for Jihadists to export their battle across and beyond the Middle East, experts say.
Man calls for EMS, gets police Tasers
• waxahachiedailylight.comResident Allen Nelms says a call to 911 to get medical attention for his diabetic seizure got him Tasered by police instead. He said he still has no answer as to why police broke down his door with their guns drawn before shooting him multiple times
Even broken clocks are right twice a day
Terry BressiWhile many of my articles highlight police tactics that are inefficient at their stated purpose and violate individual rights, every once in a while they do seem to get it right...
Greenpeace thinks mp3 players bad for environment
• Washington PostThe control freaks at Greenpeace hated CDs, and hate mp3 players even more.
Ron Paul Revolution Halftime Report
• by James Ostrowski (LewRockwell.com)In terms of his pursuit of the Republican nomination, it’s already halftime for the Ron Paul Revolution. He announced his campaign in January and by February the nomination will likely be decided. It’s true that most of the country is not paying any
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