Over 500,000 spying requests were made in the UK last year from authorities such as the Police force to local councils representing a substantial jump from the 350,000 requests in 2006 and is starting to worry some of the civil liberty groups in the
"This lawless behavior is unacceptable and we will not tolerate it," said the Forest Service director of law enforcement. "The safety of our employees, public and Rainbow participants is our number one priority, and we will continue to
Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr praised Al Gore, who challenged the United States to run on 100 percent zero-carbon electricity within 10 years. According to Barr, the Goracle's apocalyptic hysteria "makes sense." How our na
A relatively new group, Service Nation, is planning to kick off a campaign with a Summit for "National Service" on September 11. Time Magazine has signed on to promote the effort. Its training "Change Agents" in cooperation with *
{read-it gets worse] Gregory Brower, the Arizona U.S. Attorney, said there is no federal law against polygamy, but the federal government has a number of traditional resources at its disposal to investigate polygamists, including FBI, BATF, IRS, and
The dollar would collapse, along with our economy, and stock, bond and derivative markets would be devastated. The public would be left holding the bag, as happened in the days leading up to the Stock Market Crash of 1929 and the ensuing Great Depre
A police officer shocked a handcuffed "Scooter" Pikes 9 times with a Taser after arresting him on a cocaine charge. The coroner said the 21-year-old was jolted so many times by the Taser that he might have been dead before the last 2 shocks
• by Bill Dupray in: Barack Obama, Liberals, Patriot
Barack Obama recently finished a $500,000 total overhaul of his 757. And as part of the new design, he decided to remove the American flag from the tail. What American running for President of the United States would remove the symbol of his country?
"At least they're aware that we've entered the early innings of what could easily become a very disruptive period of our history," the Clusterfuck Nation columnist explains. "Most of them are responding constructively rather th
Like the telescreens in George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four that citizens could turn down but not off, the giant screens planned for 60 towns and cities will make watching television compulsory.
Doctors believe 16-year-old Mace Hutchinson broke his back and heel after falling, as his injuries are consistent with such a fall. The boy's family does not understand why police would have tasered the the teen 19 times after he was so seriously
It would be appalling if it happened once. It happened hundreds of thousands of times in Alabama alone. The author of a compelling new book, Slavery By Another Name introduces you to a chapter of black history you may not know.
[So they use your money to cover their losses on their money they risked. Suckers!!!!] Homeowners who cannot afford their monthly payments can refinance into taxpayer-backed loans. The bill also offers your money to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
"The blogs were a bit out of control," said the chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. "We're going to continue to stay on top of it. The misinformation that came out over the weekend fed a lot of depositors' fears.
A menacing voodoo doll with an official's face attached and pins stuck in its body has prompted extra sheriff's protection for city commissioners. Denizac's face was taped to the doll's head and several pins were stuck in its body.
28 branches of 1st National Bank of Nevada and First Heritage Bank, operating in Nevada, Arizona and California, were closed Friday by federal regulators. The banks, owned by Scottsdale-based First National Bank Holding Co., were scheduled to reopen
U.S. regulators took over two banks on Friday and sold them to Mutual of Omaha Bank, the sixth and seventh bank failures this year as financial institutions struggle with a housing bust and credit crunch.
In October 2003, Treasury Secretary John Snow told Congress "we need to be on guard'' against the "perception'' the government stood behind the stocks and bonds of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. His successor, Henry Paulson, ha
Four peace activists were arrested on Friday as they attempted to make a "citizens arrest" of Karl Rove, who was one of President George W. Bush's top aides before leaving the administration last year.
The ultimate cost is anybody’s guess. I believe that the price tag will be higher than just about anyone imagines. Paulson’s Bazooka will be locked and loaded with enough fire power to blow what’s left of our economy into the dustbin of history.
A quadriplegic man claimed 7 Chicago police officers dragged him from a car and beat him unconscious when he was too slow to obey their order to get out of the vehicle. He was convicted of battery and resisting arrest
A man who is alleged to have been part of a special CIA assassination team known as Operation 40, knows something about ethics, does he? (Graduates of which would show up in some of the worst US scandals, including the Watergate crimes and Iran Contr
By the way, I am not just talking about WaMu here. Any bank whose share price is in the single digits is at extreme risk. Any bank whose share price is under $5 is at risk of imploding overnight.
This is an unprecedented event and means that the cost of bailing out the US financial system is now far beyond the highest estimates. A US recession is now locked in, but more alarmingly, 55 per cent loan losses point to the possibility of a depress
At a ceremony in Beijing to unveil the squad of 639 athletes, basketball star Yao, reigning 110m Olympic champion Liu Xiang and dozens of others vowed in unison to do the nation of 1.3 billion people proud.