Officer who body-slammed cyclist indicted
• APThe New York City police officer who was seen on YouTube last summer tackling a bicyclist in what appeared to be an unprovoked attack, has been indicted. [I see a small fine in his future.]
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Taking a swipe at Bush: Zaidi-inspired shoe game on Internet
• AFP[that didn't take long] Following in the footsteps of the Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at President Bush, anyone can take a virtual swipe at the US leader on the Internet thanks to a new game. "Sock and Awe" (www.sockandawe.com
Protestors arrested at county meeting – again
• East Valley Tribune4 protestors were arrested at the Maricopa County Board of Supervisor’s meeting and escorted out of the auditorium by Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office deputies after they stood and applauded in support of 1 of their members who spoke during the publi
Congress wants to reinflate the collapsing housing bubble
• Mortgageimplode.comThis means that the buyer does not make a true downpayment born of personal sacrifice, undermining its purpose. In the end, this is the same sort of "100% financed" lending that was a major contributor to the collapse.
Jonathan Turley: Cheney confessed to a war crime
• Rawstory.comTurley at first replied wryly, "It's an interesting question, isn't it? ... If someone commits a crime and everyone's around to see it and does nothing, is it still a crime?"
Georgia judge jails Muslim woman over head scarf
• APA Muslim woman who was jailed for contempt of court after refusing to take off her head scarf at a security checkpoint has been freed after one day.
The Idiocy of Bernanke's Bubbles and CNBS
• market-ticker.denninger.netHe can't force people to keep their money in an "investment" that has a negative return! And yet that is precisely what Bernanke did today - he guaranteed that virtually every single money market account across America will be decimate
Dana Perino: We’re not occupiers in Iraq; we’re guests
• PrisonPlanet.comWhen reporter Helen Thomas pointed out that U.S. forces are actually “occupiers,” Perino bristled: PERINO: No, we’re not. We are absolutely a guest.
DataQuick: Socal 55% of Home Sales are previous Foreclosures
• CalculatedRisk.blogspot.comThe abundance of discounted foreclosures helped push the median sale price down a record 35 percent from a year ago, a real estate information service reported.
Iraq to Bush: “This is the farewell kiss, you dog”
• TruthDig.comThese foreign adventures always start out so wonderfully: We will be greeted as liberators, democracy will flourish, the West will be safer, and instead we end up ever more scorned.
One Man in a Billion
• Mary SparrowdancerThis was no ordinary protest. Bravery and keen insight made him a legend while demonstrating the severe flaws of his deadly enemy.
NY governor proposes 88 new fees and taxes to fix massive state deficit
• bizjournals.com/Gov. David Paterson has proposed a so-called 'iPod tax' on downloaded music and entertainment services to help his state close a $15.4 billion budget deficit.
Looking for Adventure and High Pay?
• Office: Multi-National Forces Iraq, Joint ContractLooking for Employment? How about Excitement? Then you need to apply for Explosive Ordinance Disposal Training! And begin a new and exciting career in teaching others how to dispose of those nasty IED's and other fun things...
"I've abandoned free-market principles to save the free-market system"
• Reason / Matt WelchBack when the subject was still the War on Islamo-jerkoffs, I called this phenomenon "Women's Shoe Libertarianism"–fun to wear on a sunny day, but useless in a storm. Same goes for the Women's Shoe Capitalism of George W. Bush.
CONNECTING THE DOTS
WHERE HAS INTEGRITY VANISHED IN AMERICA?
Frosty WooldridgeHow many crooks, liars and cheats can we maintain in Congress? U.S. Senator Stevens guilty! What about Governor Rod Blogevjich? Senator Teddy Kennedy no better than O.J. Simpson. Personal integrity--what happened?
India Wacks Pirates Again
• NEW DELHI, India (CNN)The Indian navy captured 23 piracy suspects who tried to take over a merchant vessel in the Gulf of Aden, between the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, Indian officials said.
Washington DC Council Enacts Tough Gun-Control Measure
• NY TimesNearly six months after the Supreme Court put an end to the District of Columbia’s decades-old ban on handgun possession, the City Council here passed a sweeping new ordinance on Tuesday to regulate gun ownership.
Katrina was a warm up for what's next... Are You Prepared?
• By David Bedein, Middle East CorrespondentThe report by the U.S. Army War College’s Strategic Institute cited the prospect of the collapse of a nuclear state to massive civil unrest in the United States. “Widespread civil violence inside the United States would force the d
Who Do You Trust: Inflation, Money Supply, GDP, Unemployment & Dollar
• shadowstats.com/These charts will give you an idea of what is really going on in the U.S. economy.
California: Calpers To Report Losses of 103% on its Residential Investments
• Michael Shedlock / MishCalpers in recent weeks said it expects to report paper losses of 103% on its residential investments in the fiscal year ended June 30. That's because Calpers invested not only its own money, but billions of dollars of borrowed money that must be
Columbine: Court Rules Depositions to Remain Sealed
• Trench ReynoldsThe past stayed locked away: The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a decision that depositions given by the parents of the Columbine shooters remain sealed in the National Archives for 20 years.
Will Hillary Follow Through On Campaign Pledge To Ban 'Private Mercenaries'?
• By Justin Elliott, TPM Muckracker"From this war's very beginning, this administration has permitted thousands of heavily-armed military contractors to march through Iraq without any law or court to rein them in or hold them accountable. These private security contractors ha
Video: Mad 15-Ton FrontLoader Driving Skills
• patThe best exhibition of 15-ton frontloader driving skills you'll see all day.
Air Force Falls Short in Third Nuke Test
• By Noah ShachtmanNow, it's confirmed. The Air Force has indeed blown a third test of its nuclear handling capabilities, as Danger Room first reported over the weekend. In a memo, the Air Force confirmed that the 90th Missile Wing at F.E. Warren Air Force Base
JASON Study Debunks Gravitational Wave Weapon... Huh?
• Federation of American ScientistsIn a study prepared for the US Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the JASON team concluded that “No foreign threat in HFGW is credible, including: communication by means of HFGW; object detection or imaging (by HFGW radar or tomography)
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Lithuania, F*ck Yeah! Too Cool To Ignore
• Michael Yon reports from Afghanistan.U.S. soldiers in Zabul Province give high marks to the Lithuanian Special Forces, who like to ride these captured Taliban motorbikes to sneak up on, and chase Taliban fighters. The “LithSof” are on their way to becoming living legends:
Dollar falls as Fed slashes rates
• BBCThe dollar has fallen sharply against other currencies after the US Federal Reserve slashed its key interest rate to an all-time low.
Why We Must Prosecute Bush And His Administration For War Crimes
• Information ClearinghouseDuring the rush to get the Nuremberg Tribunals underway, the Soviet delegation wanted the tribunal’s historic decisions to have legitimacy only for the Nazis. U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Robert Jackson, serving as the chief prosecutor
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