Why Are Christians So Gullible?
Chuck BaldwinThat today's Christians appear to be among the most gullible people on the planet seems to be a gigantic understatement.
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The Job of the Public Official
Howard BlitzThis year citizens of Yuma have the opportunity to select individuals to represent them at the local level. Next year they have the opportunity to select government officials to represent them at the state and national levels as well. Before citize
NATURE DOWN FOR THE COUNT: PART 2--GLOBAL DASHBOARD GLOWING RED
Frosty WooldridgeHow many warnings to we need before we pay attention to what's happening to our planet? How far would you drive your car with the oil light glowing red? This book shows you dangers awaiting humanity.
Judge orders release of documents
• New York TimesA federal judge yesterday rejected New York City's effort to prevent the release of nearly 2,000 pages of raw intelligence reports and other documents detailing the Police Dept's covert surveillance of protest groups and individual activists
Powerful Demo agrees to block intelligence budget
• RawstoryChairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense John Murtha(D-PA) has moved to block a provision President Bush signed into law making the national intelligence budget public. "One day after President Bush signed into law
Church asked to preach 'tax evasion is a sin'
• Christian TodayThou shalt not steal... from the state. That's the message Italy's prime minister wants Catholic priests to preach from their pulpits to help him stamp out rampant tax evasion robbing the state of sorely needed cash. "A third of Italia
This day in history - The Whiskey Rebellion
• LewRockwell(Murray Rothbard)In recent years, Americans have been subjected to a concerted assault upon their national symbols, holidays, and anniversaries. Washington's Birthday has been forgotten, and Christopher Columbus has been denigrated as an evil
What is owned when digital media is bought?
• Slashdot"Invoking the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998, Federal Custom's Agents have raided over 30 homes and businesses looking to confiscate so-called 'mod chips', or other devices that allow the playback of pirated video games.
Scan this passport, and watch system crash!
• WiredA German security researcher who demonstrated last year that he could clone the computer chip in an electronic passport has revealed additional vulnerabilities in the design of the new documents and the inspection systems used to read them.
'Surveillance society' warning on data sharing
• Financial TimesConfidential personal data - gleaned from sources as diverse as driving licences, medical records and store loyalty cards - is now often shared without people's knowledge, the information commission will warn on Tuesday, in its latest salvo
Trinidad orders extradition of terror suspects to US
• VOA NewsA judge in Trinidad Monday ordered the extradition of three men wanted in the US on charges of plotting to blow up fuel pipelines supplying a New York airport. In Miami, VOA's Brian Wagner reports US officials say the three were part of an Islam
48 hour warning
• CNNNew legislation will require visitors to the US to register their travel plans 48 hours before departing for the US. The agreement -- signed by the US and the European Union -- will allow the US Dept of Homeland Security(DHS) to continue using
Russian jets bomb Georgia
• ReutersGeorgia said jets flown from Russia fired a missile on its territory, narrowly missing hitting a village, but Russia's military denied any involvement. The missile landed without exploding in a vegetable field near Tsitelubani, west of the capita
Eavesdropping Reforms Empower Spy Chief
• APFor the first time in nearly four decades, a senior intelligence official — not a secretive federal court — will have a decisive voice in whether Americans' communications can be monitored when they talk to foreigners overseas.
An Anti-War Senator
• AntiWar blog"We begin now to find the misfortune of entering into war without a declaration of war—without a declaration setting forth to the people the causes of the war, and one upon which they may hold the Government responsible."
We are in Iraq to stay
• Checkpoint BahgdadVisiting a U.S. military base in Iraq can feel a little like a trip down Alice’s Wonderland rabbit hole. Inside the barbed-wire fences and flood lights, and just past the tanks and attack helicopters, is a slice of Americana. In between their dangero
The $63 billion sham
• Boston GlobeSECRETARY OF STATE Condoleezza Rice said the US wants to send $63 billion in weapons to the Middle East to "bolster forces of moderation and support a broader strategy to counter the negative influences of Al Qaeda, Hezbollah, Syria, and Iran.*
Afghan President says bin Laden who
• AP"We are not closer, we are not further away from it," Karzai said ahead of his two-day summit with President Bush at Camp David, Md. "We are where we were a few years ago."
British strike causes Basra blaze
• AFPBritish artillery fire on Saturday slammed into a disused oil facility in Iraq's southern city of Basra, causing an extensive blaze and sending thick black smoke into the air, the military said.
British jet bombs oil facility in Southern Iraq
• videoEye witness account differs from official account.
Remembering Hiroshima
• AntiwarSometimes, something happens that is so awful that we find ourselves rationalizing it, talking as if it had to happen, to make ourselves feel better about the horrible event. For many people, I believe, President Truman's dropping the atomic bomb
Bill Kristol and the Stink of Fear
• by Justin Raimondo (AntiWar)In the Bizarro World of the neoconservatives, none of this matters: indeed, it merely spurs them on. Since the pursuit of American national interests is entirely unrelated to their foreign policy agenda, the horrific damage to this country and its re
Scientists reveal secret of levitation
• AFPPhysicists can create "incredible levitation effects" by manipulating so-called Casimir force, which normally causes objects to stick together by quantum force. The phenomenon could be used to improve the performances of everyday devices ra
Frankfurt Trust Halts Redemptions at Fund Amid Subprime Concern
• BloombergFrankfurt Trust, the mutual fund manager of Germany's BHF-Bank, stopped withdrawals from a fund after clients removed 20 percent of their money since the end of July amid concern about the U.S. subprime loan debacle.
Market meltdown
• CNBC/ YoutubeWow, this guy (CNBC's Jim Cramer - a bit madder than usual) really self destructs with the truth about what has happened and where our economy is going. And the news isn't good.
U.S. border cop charged with murdering migrant
• ReutersAn Arizona judge ruled on Monday that a U.S. Border Patrol agent must stand trial for murder for shooting dead a Mexican immigrant in a case that prompted condemnation and increased tensions with Mexico.
Senate Asks Federal Trade Commission FTC to Oversee Internet Safety
• PC MagazineCalls on the FTC to oversee a government-directed public awareness campaign, an online safety and technology working group, requires schools to include tutorials on the detriments of "cyberbullying" and strengthens child pornography enforce
Bear Stearns Co-President, Co-COO Quits
• Huffington PostBear Stearns Cos. said co-President and co-Chief Operating Officer resigned 2 weeks after the company told investors that one with assets of about $638 million was essentially worthless, and another worth about $925 million had lost more than 90% of
NBC Dateline reporter forced to flee DEFCON
• Youtube videoDEFCON 15 in Las Vegas, the "largest underground hacking convention," was itself being "surreptitiously" monitored, by a member of the media. "Defcon founder Jeff Moss told the crowd that there was a real, covert reporter in
Lessons not learned
• by Sen. Russ Feingold (Huffington Post)Six years ago, in the aftermath of 9/11, Congress rammed through the USA PATRIOT Act with little consideration of what that bill actually contained. Five years ago, Congress authorized a reckless and ill-advised war in Iraq. One year ago, Congress pa
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