In a closely divided 4-3 opinion, the California Supreme Court has ruled that local governments cannot seize the vehicles of people arrested on suspicion of buying drugs or using prostitutes, the two most common offenses targeted by local crime-fight
"I think silver will head beyond $8000 an oz. in less than 15 years!" LAST YEAR I INTERVIEWED JAMES TURK who talked about $8,000 gold. Now, I present you with a bizarre forecast of $8,000 silver. What's going on here? We'll have to
The fate of a Bush-backed national identification card is up in the air after the US senate rejected providing US$300 million in funding for the plan. By a 50-44 vote mostly along party lines, the chamber set aside a Republican-backed amendment to a
The Pentagon's 2008 spending blueprint seeks $31.9 billion for classified programs, substantially higher than the $19.1 billion the US military was devoting to "black" initiatives in 2001, according to a new analysis. That's 18 per
When the US sells state-of-the-art weapons systems to Arab nations, it invariably provides even more lethal and sophisticated arms to its invariably ally, Israel, in order to help counter the firepower of its neighbors. (This is crazy)
The sign taped to the men's latrine is just five lines. "US MILITARY CONTRACTORS CIVILIANS ONLY!!!!" It needed only one: "NO IRAQIS." Here at this searing, dusty US military base about four miles west of Baqouba, Iraqis
Inside a brightly lit room, the walls adorned with memorials to 23 dead American soldiers, Lt. Col. Robert Balcavage stared at the three Sunni tribal leaders he wanted to recruit. Their fighters had battled US troops. Balcavage suspected they might
It's become a standard component of all discussion surrounding Ron Paul's presidential candidacy: "..but he won't win the nomination." Stop saying it, because it's not true. I'll tell you why, without even mentioning his
The White House formally declined Rep. Peter DeFazio's request to view the classified portion of a plan to operate the government after a catastrophe.
Last month the White House had said it would not provide the information to DeFazio, a senio
A district court ruled that the Federal Bureau of Investigation's 2006 raid of the Congressional office of embattled Louisiana Democratic Representative William Jefferson was unconstitutional. The court will also require the FBI to return all pri
On Thursday's Daily Show, Jon Stewart suggested that Barack Obama's recent tough statement on taking direct action in Pakistan "was perhaps meant to counter a remark Obama made concerning talks that he would have with hostile foreign lea
MSNBC's Hardball reported Wednesday that Defense Secretary Robert Gates was recently "in Kuwait, scoping out what will at some point be a critical staging ground for a US exit plan from Iraq."
For a comedy bit, Leno aired humorous questions before Cheney's responses to CNN host Larry King. The Tonight Show gag produced some exchanges that some of Cheney's fiercest critics would perhaps not find all that unbelievable.
When three soldiers were abducted in Iraq in mid-May, U.S. government lawyers began drafting emergency warrants to try to monitor communications that could lead to the suspected captors.
The Bush administration and its allies
The State Department has had enough! They see the recent sparring over the issue of whether to nuke or invade Pakistan, or to nuke Saudi Arabia, as irresponsible. (I guess making irresponsible comments on foreign policy is the private domain of the W
In a high-stakes showdown over national security, the Senate voted late Friday to give President Bush temporary authority to eavesdrop on foreign terrorists without court warrants
The House, meanwhile, rejected a Democratic version of the bill, le
Robots have been roaming the streets of Iraq, since shortly after the war began. Now, for the first time -- the first time in any warzone -- the machines are carrying guns.
After years of development, three "special weapons observation rem
A Dallas police officer who was featured on Dallas SWAT was fired Tuesday after internal investigators concluded he had sex in a Garland motel room with a prostitute while working an off-duty job in February.
What they seized was a working replica of a revolutionary war era Turtle submarine. Its creator, Duke Riley, painstakingly recreated it at the Red Hook Woodworks Studio. Friends say when he started on this passion project they were skeptical.
Last year, 4.6 million consumer complaints were filed. Now, amid a spate of product recalls, Chinese find the climate more conducive to challenging state bodies.
A teenager was imprisoned in Atlanta, Georgia after being wrongfully accused of not paying a minor traffic ticket. U.S. Customs agents apprehended Stephen Kelsey, 17, at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport after the youth returned from a
Just a day after approving a medal claiming former NFL player Pat Tillman had been cut down by "devastating enemy fire" in Afghanistan, a high-ranking general tried to warn President Bush that the story might not be true.
RonPaulRevolutionaries in Sturgis, South Dakota have their hometown swell from 5000 to over 800,000 in some years and the bikers are arriving several days early and they need help. The Revolution is sending material but if you are going to the party
Pakistan on Thursday night warned that the groundbreaking civil nuclear co-operation agreement between the US and India risked triggering an arms race in south Asia, in a statement likely to inflame already tense relatioins with Washington.
An upcoming documentary entitled The 9/11 Conspiracies, to be aired on the History Channel, may represent the biggest hit piece to date on the 9/11 truth movement and is rife was bias, cronyism and conflicts of interest. The program also features
An Iraq war veteran who grew up in the US says the country he fought for now wants to send him back to Mexico. He went to war a soldier but somehow returned as an illegal immigrant. But the soldier says he is not going down without a fight.