Rarely do I perform and not recieve at least one death threat. In fact, I look forward to the hate mail because it is usually so unimaginative and predictable that it makes me feel good about myself for not being like these people. Here's the latest, this time from myspace.com/blondie428:



And here is my rebuttal. Notice she changed her photo to a "scary face" after reading this. LOL! :)



And finally, on her Myspace page this hypocrite describes herself as a Christian! Death threats are soooo compassionate aren't they? Read her blog about how she oh-so tastefully intends to tattoo "God is Love" on her tits or something. Classy girl!

Nobody told me that Snocap was going to slap users with an outrageous annual $30 fee when I signed up for it. For crying out loud, I probably only make $30 annually off downloads anyway!

Terminating my account with Snocap was a real pain in the ass! Their so-called 'customer service department' is not a joke so much as it's an insult. It doesn't even have a telephone number. The only way I got termination results was a telephone call to the 'finance and accounts' manager everyday for two weeks. The finance rep is a guy named Richard whose extension is 234. I got this extension number by trial-and-error as the phone system at Snocap only gives you the option to either input the extension of someone you already know or hang up. I believe this is by design.

The only communication I received from Snocap after weeks of daily emails and phone calls was they tried to pull some last-ditch bullshit and say that they could not verify that I even had an account. So I sent them a carbon copy of the original email CD Baby gave me with my Snocap set-up instructions and log-in information, followed by several more days of more emails and more phone calls from me requesting immediate termination.

Snocap wants to charge you for something you're probably already paying for somewhere else. ITunes and Sony do for me what Snocap does and they don't charge an annual fee.

So here's how you get rid of them:

1. Email them daily at support@snocap.com with the following information:
   
   
   
   1. Your name
      
   2. Your email address that you use to log-in with
      
   3. Your band name
      
   4. Put 'Snocap account cancellation request' in the subject and body of your email
   
   
2. Call them every single day at (415) 216-2200, EXT 234. This seems to get results. Leave a message requesting account termination and be sure to give them your name, band name and log-in email address as well in the voice message.

SNOCAP, Inc.
201 Third Street
2^nd floor
San Francisco, California 94103

(415) 216-2200

http://snocap.com

email: support@snocap.com

'Aaron' is a customer service rep who will probably tell you he 'can't verify your info' and you will probably have to carbon copy your original Snocap log-in instructions from CD Baby (or wherever you got them from) to him.

'Richard Duma' is with the alleged 'accounts and finance' department at EXT 234. He and Aaron may very well be the only two employees for all I know.

I am off for almost the next 10 days embarking on a UK tour with my other band, Pen15.




We're calling this the 'Coalition of the Swilling' tour. Get it? No? Ok then , let me explain real quick; the band is half-English and half-American, so we're naming it after the Bush/Blair terrorist, colonial action that tv zombies think is a war ... if they even think about anything at all. Now do you get it? Real funny, I know. Haha. Making a funny name for a rock tour based on other people's suffering. Deduct 25 political activist points from me for that. I will not pass go or collect $200 either. :)

Here's a photo of us taken from our last tour, way back in 1997. This one was at CBGBs.



Not the greatest photo, but who gives a shit.

Go to MySpace.com/Pen15Official and check Pen15 out.

While in England, we're gonna open for the legendary UK Subs! I can barely contain my excitement!

For those of you that don't know about the UK Subs, check out these links and videos and you'll see why this is such a big deal for us!

Visit www.UKSubs.co.uk

UK Subs on MySpace



Read about UK Subs on wikipedia

UK Subs - Stranglehold

UK Subs - Emotional Blackmail

Download some posters from our 'Coalition of the Swilling' tour! More dates to be added!

Study: 5,000 child sex slaves in UK

There are 5,000 child prostitutes in the UK, according to a report.

Congress won't let police examine pedophile's files

Florida's top police agency said Wednesday its investigation into former U.S. Rep. Mark Foley's lurid Internet communications with teenage boys has been hindered because neither Foley nor the House will let investigators examine his congressional computers.

Ringling elephant case heads for trial

After seven years of legal wrangling, a federal judge rejected efforts Thursday by America's foremost circus, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, to derail a lawsuit alleging cruel treatment of its elephants.

Official Air Force document outlines military assistance to insurgencies

The Air Force is ready to aid insurgencies. According to a lengthy new Air Force document, which outlines US strategies for "Irregular Warfare," military resources will sometimes be needed to help insurgencies in foreign countries.

U.S. OK'd troop terror hunts in Pakistan

Newly uncovered "rules of engagement" show the U.S. military gave elite units broad authority more than three years ago to pursue suspected terrorists into Pakistan, with no mention of telling the Pakistanis in advance.

US Army School Instructors Jailed for Involvement in Colombian Drug Cartel

Over HALF of the thirteen military officials implicated in the drug cartel protection ring attended the U.S. Army School of the Americas and/or its successor institute, the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation.

White House office that handles freedom of information requests is free no longer

The Bush administration argued in court papers this week that the White House Office of Administration is not subject to the Freedom of Information Act as part of its effort to fend off a civil lawsuit seeking the release of internal documents about a large number of e-mails missing from White House servers.

British Army deploys new weapon based on mass-killing technology

A new 'super-weapon' being supplied to British soldiers in Afghanistan employs technology based on the "thermobaric" principle which uses heat and pressure to kill people targeted across a wide air by sucking the air out of lungs and rupturing internal organs.

Ron Paul Wins Washington Straw Poll

Representative Ron Paul won the South Sound Ronald Reagan Republican Club's straw poll last night in Snohomish County, Washington. Dr. Paul received 30 percent of the vote, beating out Fred Thompson who garnered 27 percent.

Victory number 5 for Paul, yet ABCCNNNBCCBS remain silent

Army captain accused of taking bribe

An Army officer has been charged with bribery after he allegedly promised to help a company secure military contracts in Iraq in return for $50,000.

Republican senator calls for limited Iraq troop drawdown by Christmas

US Senator John Warner, an influential Republican on military affairs, urged President George W. Bush on Thursday to start a limited withdrawal of US troops from Iraq by Christmas.

Noise of modern life blamed for thousands of heart deaths

Thousands of people in Britain and around the world are dying prematurely from heart disease triggered by long-term exposure to excessive noise, according to research by the World Health Organisation.

DNI McConnell: 'Americans Are Going To Die' If We Keep Talking About Wiretapping

In an extensive interview with the El Paso Times, National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell decried continued public discussion of the wiretapping program, claiming Americans, particularly in Iraq, would "die" because of the debate.

US Army ordering robot spy blimp

The US Army seems to be moving to acquire a robotic spy blimp, able to float high in the sky for lengthy periods and monitor activities on the ground below.

U.S. missile shield is provocation: Austrian minister

Austrian Defence Minister Norbert Darabos has called U.S. plans for a missile defence shield in eastern Europe a "provocation" reviving Cold War debates.

An inside look at Dimona

Haaretz: Mattel toys in Israel have no lead paint

Relinked for those who need to hear this story from a 'real' news source.

Dancing Israelis on 9-11: "Our purpose was to document the event"

History Channel "Expert" Spins Conspiracy Yarn

One of the experts the History Channel cited to debunk claims that the collapse of WTC 7 was a controlled demolition during its 9/11 Conspiracies: Fact or Fiction special Sunday night, spun a wild conspiracy yarn of his own, claiming that Building 7 burned for eight hours having caught fire before either of the twin towers collapsed.

Pilots, other 9-11 experts pissed-off at History Channel for excluding them

It is no surprise that the only "experts" they interviewed were titled as such when in support (read: making excuses) for the government story. The experts who question the government story were instead referred to as "Conspiracy Theorists" and were either given very little airtime to present their research/concerns, had details edited out, or were omitted from the program altogether. Pilots For 9/11 Truth, Veterans For 9/11 Truth and Architects and Engineers For 9/11 Truth, nor eyewitness experts from the Citizen Investigation Team, were never contacted to present information for this program. Was it because the producers of this hit piece were unaware such organizations filled with Experts existed?

Pro-war group launches $15 million ad blitz

A new group, Freedom's Watch, is launching Wednesday with a $15 million, five-week campaign of TV, radio and Web ads featuring military veterans that is aimed at retaining support in Congress for President Bush's "surge" policy on Iraq.

Two Years After Katrina, Billions in Relief Funds Are Missing

When pressed on the slow pace of recovery in the Gulf Coast, President Bush insists the federal government has fulfilled its promise to rebuild the region. The proof, he says, is in the big check the federal government signed to underwrite the recovery -- allegedly more than $116 billion. But residents of the still-devastated Gulf Coast are left wondering whether the check bounced.

Pentagon cuts armored vehicles due in Iraq in 2007

U.S. troops in Iraq will receive at least 1,000 fewer special armored vehicles than expected this year due to the amount of time needed for shipment, the Pentagon said on Wednesday.

Federal Reserve bails outs Bank of America, Citigroup, JP Morgan Chase, and Wachovia with $500,000,000 each

On Friday, the Fed took the dramatic step of cutting its discount rate on loans to banks, to 5.75 percent from 6.25 percent, in an attempt to alleviate Wall Street's credit squeeze. It also made technical changes to make it easier for banks to get discount loans, including extending the credit period to up to 30 days. Tapping the discount window had previously been seen as a last resort for banks in trouble, a perception the Fed sought to eliminate.

Cheney Is Betting On Economic Collapse

Wouldn't you like to know where Dick Cheney puts his money? Then you'd know whether his "deficits don't matter" claim is just baloney or not. Well, as it turns out, Kiplinger Magazine ran an article based on Cheney's financial disclosure statement and, sure enough, found out that the VP is lying to the American people for the umpteenth time.
Deficits do matter and Cheney has invested his money accordingly.

Hawaii's Citizenry Outraged Over Depleted Uranium Poisoning

Some researchers say that DU, which has been listed by the U.N. as a weapon of indiscriminate destruction and banned by the Geneva Convention and several international treaties has been used by the U.S. military in the both Gulf Wars. Many claim it is a cause of Gulf War Syndrome and the reason why cancers, leukemia and birth defects have skyrocketed in Iraq since 1991.There is suspicion that DU might have been used or is currently being used here on Hawai`i Island, at the Pohakuloa Training Base, and that has many residents alarmed, especially in light of the recent discovery of DU spotting rounds and tail assemblies at Schofield Barracks on O`ahu.

Officer indicted in girlfriend death

The state will seek to execute a police officer in the death of his pregnant girlfriend, and prosecutors want statements made by the couple's 2-year-old son to be used against him at trial.

Rudy Giuliani Tops Wikipedia Self-Serving Edits

Computers at the campaign headquarters of Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani were used to make fifteen changes to Mr. Giuliani's Wikipedia page last week, earning America's Mayor the Virgil Griffith award for the period ending August 18. This soon-to-be-notorious award is named after Virgil Griffith, the CalTech graduate student who created Wikiscanner, a program that tracks the sources of edits made to Wikipedia pages.

Celestial add-on points Google Earth at the stars

At the press of a button, a user sees their perspective shift upwards, revealing the correct constellation of stars for their selected position on Earth. They can then pick out particular stars or planets manually, or using the search field, and zoom upwards to see more detailed images and additional information. Some 20,000 celestial objects can be searched for by name using the Sky feature.

Gas Station Owners Allege Price Fixing

Nearly two dozen gas station owners in California sued Shell Oil Co., Chevron Corp. and Saudi Refining Inc., on Tuesday, claiming the companies conspired to fix prices for 23,000 franchise owners nationwide.

Third man indicted in S.C. treasurer cocaine conspiracy

A third man has been indicted in a cocaine conspiracy case that includes the state's former treasurer, the U.S. attorney's office said Wednesday.

Tillman's wife: Real leaders needed

The country needs "authentic leadership," the wife of NFL athlete-turned-Army Ranger Pat Tillman said Wednesday in her first public comments since her husband was cut down by friendly fire.

Cop pleads not guilty to rape

A police officer pleaded not guilty Wednesday to raping a 19-year-old woman at a deserted police substation, then showing up to take a report after the woman called 911.

Officer charged for kicking teen on tape

A police department video shows Officer Adam Chappell kicking a 17-year-old boy while other officers held him down in a downtown parking lot on July 21, authorities said.

SPP Agent Provocateur Cops Caught Red Handed Attempting To Incite Violence

Peaceful protestors at the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) summit in Montebello have captured sensational video of hired agent provocateurs attempting to incite rioting and turn the protest violent, only to encounter brave resistance from real protest leaders.

Genoa police 'admit fabrication'

Italian media have been publishing transcripts of an inquiry into the policing of the 2001 Genoa G8 summit in which officers admit fabricating evidence against protesters.

Naked Security Officer Shouting 'al-Qaeda' Shoots at Coworkers

Police say they found a vial of PCP in the suspect's pocket.

Businessman pleads guilty to child porn

A member of a prominent Philadelphia business family pleaded guilty Wednesday to a federal child pornography charge. Steven L. Strawbridge Sr., 63, entered his plea as his wife and two adult children watched in a courtroom just blocks from the family's flagship Strawbridge & Clothier department store.

Liberals read more than conservatives

Liberals read more books than conservatives. The head of the book publishing industry's trade group says she knows why - and there's little flattering about conservative readers in her explanation.

Study: T-Rex could run faster than David Beckham

Duh.

Anti-terrorism database at Pentagon to be closed

The Pentagon said Tuesday that it will shut down an anti-terror database that has been criticized for improperly storing information on peace activists and others whose actions posed no threat.

Scientists Drug-Test Whole Cities

Oregon State University scientists tested 10 unnamed American cities for remnants of drugs, both legal and illegal, from wastewater streams. They were able to show that they could get a good snapshot of what people are taking. "It's a community urinalysis," said Caleb Banta-Green, a University of Washington drug abuse researcher who was part of the Oregon State team. The scientists presented their results Tuesday at a meeting of the American Chemical Society in Boston.

The History Channel Is In Bed With The Bush White House

Mrs. Laura Bush presents a plaque to Abbe Raven, center, president and CEO of A&E Television Networks, and Nancy Dubuc, president of The History Channel, honoring them with a 2007 Preserve America Presidential Award in the Rose Garden at the White House Wednesday, May 9, 2007, honored for the establishment of the Save Our History grant program for historic preservation, and promotion of the historic hertiage of America.

Intrepid Museum, History Channel Support Troops With DoD Help

Just a reminder that the History Channel has a very cozy relationship with the Department of Defense.

Debunkers got nearly double time during 9/11 hit piece show

Truthers, roughly 15:17 (fifteen minutes seventeen seconds), "Experts" roughly 26:51 (twenty-six minutes fifty-one seconds). Fair and balanced? You decide.

History Channel Fraudsters Pass Off Joke Website as Representative Of 9/11 Truth

As part of a catalogue of dirty tricks employed to smear the truth movement in its 9/11 Conspiracies: Fact or Fiction special, The History Channel used screenshots of an inane parody website and passed it off as representative of people asking questions about the official story.

YouTube Videos to Have 'Overlay' Ads

Video advertising is coming to YouTube, but it won't be the type common at sites elsewhere. Starting Wednesday, the popular video-sharing site plans to feature semitransparent "overlay" ads at the bottom of selected video clips.

Scientists ask: Where have all the dolphins gone?

Sightings by marine scientists of dolphins in the north Atlantic's Bay of Biscay have dropped off by 80 percent compared to the same period in 2006, a wildlife conservation group said Wednesday.

Bush doesn't deny plans for N. American Union

President Bush today sidestepped a direct question about whether he'd be willing to categorically deny there is a plan to create the North American Union. Instead, he ridiculed those who believe that is taking place as conspiracy theorists.

Israel Bans School Supplies to Gaza

The Israeli government forbade the entrance of paper for making text books to children from Gaza Strip, denounced Palestinian-Israeli Information-Investigation Center.

CIA missed chances to tackle al-Qaida

The CIA's top leaders failed to use their available powers, never developed a comprehensive plan to stop al-Qaida and missed crucial opportunities to thwart two hijackers in the run-up to Sept. 11, the agency's own watchdog concluded in a bruising report released Tuesday.

Minn. law sheds light on drug companies

A groundbreaking Minnesota law is shining a rare light into the big money that drug companies spend on members of state advisory panels who help select which drugs are used in Medicaid programs for the poor and disabled.

Pentagon's New Drug Weapons

While the CIA and military drug experiments of the 50s and 60s might be written off as just a phase they were going through, a new report from the Bradford Nonlethal Weapons Research Project shows that the interest in psychoactive substances has continued right up until the present day. It's called 'Off the Rocker' and 'On the Floor': The Continued Development of Biochemical Incapacitating Weapons.

Ex-S.C. treasurer's drug trial postponed

Ravenel, 45, resigned last month, moments after attending a routine hearing in Columbia. It was the multimillionaire developer's first public appearance since his June 19 indictment on one federal count of possession with intent to distribute less than 500 grams of cocaine.

Russian officer accused of drug sales

Authorities have detained a high-level narcotics officer they say was behind large-scale drug sales over the Internet, Russian news agencies reported Tuesday.

NYC prosecutors probe WTC fire

Prosecutors opened a criminal investigation Tuesday into the blaze that killed two firefighters at a ground zero skyscraper that had a broken water supply system as it was being dismantled. The defunct standpipe pumped thousands of gallons into the basement, leaving firefighters without enough water to fight the fire that started Saturday on the 17th floor.

Thats funny. WTC 7 was a 47 story steel building with fires on just a handful of floors, and this was a 41 story steel building that was even structurally weakened, with fires on just a few floors, but unlike WTC 7 this building did not collapse. Amazing!

History Channel 9-11 Hit Piece: Dirty Tricks, Malicious Lies & Journalistic Fraud

The History Channel 9/11 special that aired last night was by far the worst hit piece we have ever witnessed, a completely savage, dishonest and deceptive abomination, replete with dirty tricks, malicious lies and a level of journalistic fraud that goes way beyond simple bias.

Hillary on Surge? 'It's Working'...

New military tactics in Iraq are working but the best way to honor U.S. soldiers is "by beginning to bring them home," Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton told war veterans Monday.

Shriners parade in uptown Charlotte Wednesday

The parade steps off at 6:30 p.m. on Tryon Street at 9th Street and travels down Tryon to 3rd Street, where it turns and heads for Marshall Park. More than 6,000 Shriners will march in, ride or drive 350 cars, 40 horses, 20 floats and 10 bands.

Pastor Supports Huckabee for President, Asks Followers to Pray for Death of Critics Who Filed Complaint with IRS Over His Political Activities

American United for Separation of Church and State has filed a complaint with the IRS requesting an investigation of First Southern Baptist Church of Buena Park, CA for issuing an August 11 press release in which the pastor, Dr. Wiley S. Drake, endorsed Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee and urged the congregation to do so as well

Thou shalt not kill?

Footage of 'Brave' Israeli Soldiers Beating Palestinian Children

Army lab documents found in trash bin

Boxes of documents containing personal information from the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research were supposed to be shredded but instead turned up last week in a trash bin, police said.

"Whats the big deal? We're just treating the records like we treat the soldiers!" - Anonymous Pentagon brASS

Wal-Mart quietly pulled dog treats

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. quietly stopped selling two brands of dog treats in July, after customers voiced concerns that the Chinese products may have caused their pets to fall ill, but no recall has been announced, a company spokeswoman confirmed.

One in four read no books last year

The survey reveals a nation whose book readers, on the whole, can hardly be called ravenous. The typical person claimed to have read four books in the last year - half read more and half read fewer. Excluding those who hadn't read any, the usual number read was seven.

Abu Ghraib officer's leadership at issue

The former commander of seven disgraced military police soldiers at Abu Ghraib says the only officer charged in the prisoner-abuse scandal was well aware of shocking conditions inside the prison in Iraq.

NASA looks ahead to more risky launches

Even as the wounded space shuttle Endeavour brought its seven astronauts safely home Tuesday, NASA is looking ahead to three more launches at risk for the same kind of damage.

China cracking down on AIDS groups

Chinese authorities have cracked down on groups fighting HIV and AIDS, threatening activists, closing their offices and ordering that a conference be canceled, a human rights organization and activists said Tuesday.

China tries to silence angry families

Officials increased the pressure on the distraught families of 181 trapped miners Tuesday, deploying riot police, threats and money to silence their angry demands for answers to what caused the disaster.

"Note to self ... These ching-chong-china-men sure do know how to put the clampdown on dissent! I gotta write me some Executive Orders like this shit!" - King George

Police Use Pepper Spray, Tear Gas, Rubber Bullets on NAFTA Protesters

The cops would neeeever provoke the protesters!

Mysterious mob eclipses Cosa Nostra

A decade ago, while the Sicilian Mafia was imploding under a ruthless crackdown, another crime syndicate rooted in the rugged mountains at the tip of Italy's boot was quietly eclipsing Cosa Nostra in power and reach. The bullet-riddled bodies of six young Italians who had just dined at a pizzeria in Germany's industrial heartland told the world last week what Italian authorities already knew: The clannish 'ndrangheta crime syndicate had come of age as an international force.

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Upcoming Political Activist Events in Charlotte

Wed., Aug. 22 CODEPINK Weekly Peace Vigils
5:30pm now at two locations
East Blvd & Scott Ave
and simultaneously at 7th St & Hawthorne Ln
Charlotte, NC
More info at www.myspace.com/codepinkcharlotte

Aug. 23 Kill 'Em All film screening
7:30pm

Charlotte Energy Solutions
337 Bladwin Ave
Charlotte, NC 28204

Kill 'em All': The American Military in Korea
By Jeremy Williams

In September 1999 an investigative team from the Associated Press broke a story that shocked America. Fifty years before, they claimed, refugees caught up in the Korean War were shot and strafed by US forces. Jeremy Williams explores the repercussions of a brutal episode in Cold War history.

Sat., Aug. 25 Salute to Dr King - Unity Walk in Charlotte
Gather at 10:30 am (walk starts at 11am)
S. McDowell & DR MLK Blvd
Charlotte, NC 28202

Sept 29 March on the White House

Sept 22-29 Encampment in Front of Congress
www.TroopsOutNow.org

Matt Cooper Says Rove DID Leak Valerie Plame's Identity To Him

Cooper: Yeah, I, I think he was dissembling, to put it charitably. Look, Karl Rove told me about Valerie Plame's identity on July 11th, 2003. I called him because Ambassador Wilson was in the news that week. I didn't know Ambassador Wilson even had a wife until I talked to Karl Rove and he said that she worked at the agency and she worked on WMD. I mean, to imply that he didn't know about it or that this was all the leak…

9/11 Truth Grips Michael Moore

Documentarian Michael Moore implies that 9/11 might have been an inside job, and that the World Trade Center might have been brought down by a controlled demolition.

Mine collapse not triggered by earthquake

As officials conceded Sunday that six miners trapped underground by a mine cave-in could be permanently lost inside the still-shifting mountain, U seismologists continue to insist that an earthquake did not trigger the collapse.

ABC: Kucinich wins Dem debate

Kucinich is ahead of the warhawks!

Ron Paul wins the Alabama Straw Poll

Of the 266 votes casts during the poll, Paul claimed 216, landing him an easy victory. Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney came in at a distant second with 14 votes.

Secret White House Manual: How to Stop Anti-Bush T-Shirts

Inside the event space, the manual advises, White House advance personnel should preposition "rally squads" that can swarm any protesters at the event and "use their signs and banners as shields between the demonstrators and the main press platform."

Seven-year-old Muslim boy stopped in US three times on suspicion of being a terrorist

For seven-year-old Javaid Iqbal, the holiday to Florida was a dream trip to reward him for doing well at school. But he was left in tears after he was stopped repeatedly at airports on suspicion of being a terrorist.

Bush official faces contempt

A federal judge in Montana has ordered the Bush administration's top forestry official to explain why he should not be held in contempt of court for the U.S. Forest Service's failure to analyze the environmental impact of dropping fish-killing fire retardant on wildfires. If found in contempt, Agriculture Undersecretary Mark Rey, who oversees the U.S. Forest Service, could go to jail until the Forest Service complies with the court order to do the environmental review.

Number of SC church accusers nears 80

Nearly 80 people are now eligible to join a class-action sex abuse settlement with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston, an attorney for victims said Monday.

Tenn. nuclear fuel problems kept secret

A three-year veil of secrecy in the name of national security was used to keep the public in the dark about the handling of highly enriched uranium at a nuclear fuel processing plant - including a leak that could have caused a deadly, uncontrolled nuclear reaction.

Navy pulls YouTube video from carrier

The Navy has removed a video from YouTube shot aboard the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan because it shows sailors using safety equipment inappropriately, a Navy spokesman said.

Pakistan frees al-Qaida computer expert

A Pakistani accused of using his computer skills to help al-Qaida has been released after three years in custody, a government official and the man's lawyer said Monday. Pakistani officials have said that information from Mohammed Naeem Noor Khan quickly led them to a Tanzanian wanted for his alleged role in the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in East Africa, which killed more than 200 people.

Bush seeks to boost Canada, Mexico ties

Bush's two-day summit with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Mexican President Felipe Calderon is the third of its kind during his presidency. Each one has been meant to bolster an evolving compact - dubbed the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America - that serves as a way for the nations to team up on health, security and commerce.

Congress tells Bush: Back off SPP agenda

Twenty-two members of the U.S. House of Representatives – 21 Republicans and a Democrat – are urging President Bush to back off his North American integration efforts when he attends the third summit meeting on the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America next week in Montebello, Quebec.

Only 'virtual protests' allowed at North American summit

Protesters will be "seen and heard" when North American leaders meet next week in Montebello, near Ottawa, but only virtually -- via an audio-video feed set up by organizers. And the heads of the United States, Canada and Mexico may opt to change the channel.

Israel to turn away Darfur refugees

Israel said Sunday it will no longer allow refugees from Darfur to stay after they sneak across the border from Egypt, drawing criticism from those who say the Jewish state is morally obliged to offer sanctuary to people fleeing mass murder.

EU cuts funding to Gaza plant

The European Union cut off vital funding to a Gaza power plant on Sunday, forcing it to shut down the last of its generators and darken tens of thousands of Palestinian homes.

Holocaust story inspires doubt

66 years later there are conflicting accounts of what happened in Ispas during that terrible summer of 1941, when the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union triggered an outbreak of anti-Semitic violence.Residents and one survivor say the 2,000 villagers risked their lives for the sake of about 100 Jews, an account supported by some leaders of Ukraine's Jewish community and the scholar who uncovered the tale.But another survivor says there were no heroes in Ispas. And a leading Holocaust expert says that most of the Jews of Ispas were killed by fellow villagers.

Iran's Happy Jewish Population A Big Problem For Israel

If Ahmadinejad really is Hitler, why are some 25,000 Jews living peacefully in Iran?

Interpol chief in Israel suspected of fraud

Police investigating whether local Interpol head helped criminals get US visas, received valuable relics as perks

Holocaust victims living in poverty

The Israeli government has been criticised for "severe shortcomings" in its treatment of elderly holocaust survivors.

NZ investigates China clothes imports

New Zealand's government is investigating clothing imports from China after some were found to contain dangerously high levels of the chemical formaldehyde, officials said Monday.

U.S. media curtail Iraq war coverage: study

U.S. media reporting of the war in Iraq fell sharply in the second quarter of 2007, largely due to a drop in coverage of the Washington-based policy debate, a study released Monday said.

McCain: 'I Was The Greatest Critic' Of The Iraq War Over The Last Four Years

"I'm confident we're on the right course." - John McCain [ABC News, 3/7/04]

Vladimir Putin rewrites Russia's history books to promote patriotism

Critics are accusing President Vladimir Putin's government of a Soviet-style rewriting of Russian history with a series of new "patriotic" textbooks to be unveiled in the new school year.

America's Army To Launch New Game

America's Army will declare war on the fictional country of Ganzia Sept. 27 when it launches "True Soldiers" for X-Box 360, the latest evolution of the popular Army-sponsored computer game.

Medicare Won't Pay for Hospital Mistakes

Medicare will stop paying the costs of treating infections, falls, objects left in surgical patients and other things that happen in hospitals that could have been prevented.

Diplomat retires amid furore over racist remarks

A US diplomat has retired from the government amid accusations he said "the only good Arab is a dead Arab" in a voice and electronic mail left with an Arab-American group, the State Department has said.

YouTube censors Cheney '94 clip

This video was removed from the "Most Viewed" and "Most Discussed" lists, even though the videos NOW on those lists have fewer hits and fewer messages. Meanwhile, YouTube has decided you will be directed towards male-female mixed wrestling, a UFO in Haiti, and something called "Shit Pickle" on its "Favorites" list.

Olbermann: If Only Tricky Dicky Had Met Wiki

'Daily Show' to air reports from Iraq

"The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," whose phony news coverage has long included phony "remotes" from war-torn Iraq, will be reporting from Iraq for real next week.

New Bush prosecutorial theory in Padilla allows preventive detention on vague evidence

The strongest piece of evidence in Mr. Padilla's case was what prosecutors said was an application form Mr. Padilla filled out to attend a training camp run by Al Qaeda in Afghanistan in 2000.

An 'application form'? You can't be fucking serious.

Even if Padilla really was what the government says he was, there was still no reason to torture him. Furthermore, after a few years of torture, signing an 'application' to a terrorist camp could be easily coerced. Notice they never convicted him on that whole 'dirty bomb' thing either.

A rush to pull out cash

Anxious customers jammed the phone lines and website of Countrywide Bank and crowded its branch offices to pull out their savings because of concerns about the financial problems of the mortgage lender that owns the bank.

Sentinel files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

Sentinel Management Group Inc., a U.S. futures commission merchant whose decision to freeze client accounts on Tuesday helped roil global financial markets, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection late on Friday.

Giuliani Only At Ground Zero For 29 Hours

A complete record of Mr. Giuliani's exposure to the site is not available for the chaotic six days after the attack, when he was a frequent visitor. But an exhaustively detailed account from his mayoral archive, revised after the events to account for last-minute changes on scheduled stops, does exist for the period of Sept. 17 to Dec. 16, 2001. It shows he was there for a total of 29 hours in those three months, often for short periods or to visit locations adjacent to the rubble. In that same period, many rescue and recovery workers put in daily 12-hour shifts.

Desperate Wikipedia Whitewash On Fox

CIA, FBI Edited Wikipedia Entries On Iraq, Guantanamo

The changes may violate Wikipedia's conflict-of-interest guidelines, a spokeswoman for the site said on Thursday.

Tony Snow to be next rat to leave Bush's sinking ship

SNOW - "No, I'm not going to be…I've already made it clear I'm not going to be able to go the distance, but that's primarily for financial reasons. I've told people when my money runs out, then I've got to go."

Bush, Harper, Calderon to attend NAU summit

In a few days, on August 20-21, President Bush, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Mexican President Felipe Calderon meet in Montebello, Quebec, to hold a "North American Leaders' Summit".

Translation: We are merging the security forces of three nations into one.

Perry's push for super highway raises conspiracy buzz

Perry's push for the Trans-Texas Corridor super highway is part of a secret plan, the conspiracy theorists say, to create the North American Union — a single nation consisting of Canada, Mexico and the United States with a currency called the Amero.

Plan to Allow Some Mexican Trucks Full U.S. Highway Access Nears Approval

Some Mexican trucks will be allowed to carry cargo anywhere in the United States as soon as a federal inspector general certifies safety and inspection plans, the Bush administration announced Friday.

All news must be good news, says Chinese government

China has ordered its media to report only positive news and has imprisoned a pro-democracy dissident amid a clampdown on dissent ahead of the most important meeting of the communist party in five years.

Discovery Of Ancient Underground Chinese City

After 16 years' hard work, Xiao Jing Jin Xi Yong, from Korea, has tracked down a large underground kingdom, located below the Chinese Inner Mongolian prairie. The origins of this most ancient Chinese civilization are unknown.

Court orders Bush compliance

In an unprecedented order, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court ordered the Bush Administration to respond to a request it received last week by the American Civil Liberties Union for orders and legal papers discussing the scope of the government's authority to engage in the secret wiretapping of Americans, according to an ACLU press release late Friday.

Russia says Iran poses no threat to anyone

Russia sees no threat emanating from Iran, the "rogue state" the United States is building its missile shield in Europe against, the Russian foreign minister said Thursday.

Russia sends long bombers back on patrol

President Vladimir Putin placed strategic bombers back on long-range patrol for the first time since the Soviet breakup, sending a tough message to the United States on Friday hours after a major Russian military exercise with China.

Halliburton Charged with Selling Nuclear Technologies to Iran

According to journalist Jason Leopold, sources at former Cheney company Halliburton allege that, as recently as January of 2005, Halliburton sold key components for a nuclear reactor to an Iranian oil development company. Leopold says his Halliburton sources have intimate knowledge of the business dealings of both Halliburton and Oriental Oil Kish, one of Iran's largest private oil companies.

German jewish couple fakes anti semitic harrassment

Many if the most of the so-called anti-Semitic 'hate crimes' being reported around the world turn out to be just like this one - fake.

Mattel toys in Israel have no lead paint

Is that by coincidence or by design?

West Bank poverty spawns child beggars

For 15-year-old Issa, days of summer start when the sun rises over a northern Israeli hill, shining on a garbage dump, a thorny field and then the dirty mattress that is his bed. Issa is among hundreds of Palestinian child laborers who sneak into Israel from the West Bank, hawking or begging at traffic junctions.

Sex for survival

When Rana Jalil, 38, lost her husband in an explosion in Baghdad last year, she could never have imagined becoming a prostitute in order to feed her children.

Short of Purple Hearts, Navy tells vet to buy own

The form letter from the Navy Personnel Command told Reed he could wait 90 days and resubmit an application, or buy his own medal.

Billions In U.S. Aid Wasted In Afghanistan

Rotting bio-waste is dumped in the hospital's backyard because as Warner and the hospital director showed us next — the new waste incinerator donated by the U.S. government is completely useless. Even if the hospital knew how to run it, they can't afford the fuel.

Pope Benedict to Condemn Tax Evasion

The Bible devotes some 500 verses on prayer, less than 500 verses on faith, but over 2000 verses on money and possessions.

Principal pleads guilty to drug charges

A former middle school principal accused of selling crystal methamphetamine from his office and home pleaded guilty to drug charges on Friday.

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CNN: Americans May Need Passport To Have Picnic in a Park

Americans may need passports to board domestic flights or to picnic in a national park next year if they live in one of the states defying the federal Real ID Act.

Feds Train Clergy To "Quell Dissent" During Martial Law

Pentagon Paid $1 Million to Ship Two 19 Cent Washers

A small South Carolina parts supplier collected about $20.5 million over six years from the Pentagon for fraudulent shipping costs, including $998,798 for sending two 19-cent washers to a Texas base, U.S. officials said.

German Physicists Break Speed Of Light

A pair of German physicists claim to have broken the speed of light - an achievement that would undermine our entire understanding of space and time.

Mattel's real toy story: slave labour in sweatshops

This week Mattel recalled nearly two million Chinese-made toys over concerns they contain excessive levels of lead paint and loose parts. Dirt-cheap labour and a massive expansion in capacity means China makes more than three-quarters of the world's toys, with an export value in excess of £7 billion. But increasingly, there is evidence of inadequate safety standards, poor quality control and slave labour.

Ford Recalling Millions Of Vehicles

Two years after his wife of 34 years died in a fire, an Iowa man continues to maintain the blaze was started by a faulty cruise control switch under the hood of her 1996 Ford F-150 pickup -- while it was parked in the garage attached to his home. Although Ford has denied -- and continues to deny -- the switch started the fire that killed 74-year-old Dolly Mohlis in 2005, the company recently settled a lawsuit brought against it by Earl Mohlis. And last week, it issued a recall of an estimated 3.6 million vehicles -- bringing the total recalled over the past decade to more than 10 million -- every single car and truck built with a similar cruise control switch.

Heavy losses sweep world markets

The world's markets were subject to another day of chaos on Thursday, with London's main FTSE 100 index seeing its sharpest fall in four-and-a-half years.

Olbermann: Today's worst person in the world ... John Gibson

Army Suicides Highest in 26 Years

Army soldiers committed suicide last year at the highest rate in 26 years, and more than a quarter did so while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a new military report.

Giuliani Prepared to Strike Iran

Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani said he opposes creation of a Palestinian state at this time and would take a tough stand with Iran, including destroying its nuclear infrastructure "should all else fail."

All the reason you need to home-school ...

A bulletproof backpack is being sold to parents in the US to protect their children against another Columbine-type attack.

Republican Think Tank Calls For Bush to Be Dictator For Life

The article written by Philip Atkinson states that Bush would fail his country by becoming an ex-President or can achieve greatness by becoming President-for-Life Bush in order to bring sense to Congress and sanity to the Supreme Court.

Clergyman to Stand Trial for "Dirty War" Crimes in Argentina

Former Chaplin Christian Von Wernich wore a priest's collar and bulletproof vest as he sat behind reinforced glass in a federal court. The court clerk read charges accusing him of collaborating with state security agents and covering up crimes in seven deaths, 31 cases of torture, and 42 cases of illegal imprisonment.

Watertown severs ADL ties

In an 8-0 vote, the Watertown Town Council moved Tuesday to rescind its participation in the No Place for Hate program, the Boston Globe reported. The move came under immense pressure from the town's large Armenian community, which is angry over the ADL's unwillingness to acknowledge the killings of Armenians during World War I as genocide. The ADL says it does not deny the genocide, it just isn't willing to affirm it.

The ADL would have you believe that the Jewish holocaust was the only holocaust.

Disgraced Israeli president gets fat stipend

Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav, who left office in disgrace after admitting to sexual misconduct charges, was granted $250,000 a year for bodyguards and other security measures, a parliament spokesman said Thursday.

Evangelical pastor told to leave Israel

Interior Ministry officials said the decision was made following suspicions that Cantrell was involved in missionary work. The pastor categorically denied the allegations as baseless.

US Army has imprisoned 750 Iraqi children

Military officials said that the American occupation army arrested 750 children, aged between 11 to 17 years in its prisons in Iraq.

Feds pay $80,000 over anti-Bush T-shirts

A couple arrested at a rally after refusing to cover T-shirts that bore anti-President Bush slogans settled their lawsuit against the federal government for $80,000, the American Civil Liberties Union announced Thursday.

Guardsman pleads guilty in smuggling

One of three National Guardsman accused of helping transport illegal immigrants pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal felony conspiracy charge.

Wives struggled after Feds framed spouses

For three decades, Marie Salvati and Olympia Limone essentially lived as widows, struggling to make ends meet as they raised four children on their own. Their husbands grew old behind bars after being convicted of a murder the FBI knew they did not commit.

Ind. tax protester adds his 2 cents

A landlord said he wanted people to see the pain of his property tax bill when he hauled $12,656.07 in coins and $1 bills to the county treasurer's office.

China's Tallest Building Catches Fire, Does Not Collapse

Shanghai's World Financial Center, the tallest building in China upon completion, defied all known physics yesterday afternoon when it caught fire but did not collapse, a modern day miracle in light of the commonly accepted premise that since 9/11, all steel buildings that suffer limited fire damage implode within two hours.

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Hollywood tears up script to make anti-war films while conflicts rage

In the past, many war movies were sanitised because they relied on the Pentagon to provide equipment and extras and the Pentagon in return often asked for a degree of control over scripts.

Baby Bibs made in China poisoned with lead

Some vinyl baby bibs made in China and sold at Toys "R" Us stores contain lead levels well above federal safety limits for lead in paint, a California environmental group said Wednesday.

Internet is "the new Afghanistan": NY police commissioner

The Internet is the new battleground against Islamist extremism because it provides ideology that could radicalize Westerners who might then initiate home-grown attacks, New York police commissioner Raymond Kelly said on Wednesday.

ACLU: Patriot Act threatens free speech too

Congress does not have the power to demand silence from people forced to turn over electronic communications such as Internet records used to investigate terrorism, an American Civil Liberties Union lawyer argued Wednesday.

Tommy Thompson's Brother Endorses Ron Paul

Tommy Thompson - former governor of Wisconsin - just dropped out of the GOP presidential campaign, and now his big brother Ed Thompson is said to have endorsed GOP candidate Ron Paul (R-Tex).

U.S. to Expand Domestic Use Of Spy Satellites

In recent years, some military experts have questioned whether domestic use of such satellites would violate the Posse Comitatus Act. The act bars the military from engaging in law-enforcement activity inside the U.S., and the satellites were predominantly built for and owned by the Defense Department.

CIA, Vatican and DNC caught tampering with Wikipedia

An online tool that claims to reveal the identity of organisations that edit Wikipedia pages has revealed that the CIA was involved in editing entries.

Facebook is CIA

Facebook has 20 million users worldwide, is worth billions of dollars and, if internet sources are to be believed, was started by the CIA.

Fox's Right-Wing Alternative To Daily Show Fails

In January, Fox announced that it would begin airing the "Half Hour News Hour" on Sunday nights, the so-called "right-wing answer to 'The Daily Show With Jon Stewart.'" "You can turn on any show and see Bush being bashed," said creator Joel Surnow, producer of Fox's 24. "There really is nothing out there for those who want satire that tilts right." As Fox has learned, that's because no one wants to watch that kind of satire. TVNewser reports today that the HHNH has been canceled ... What the right-wing failed to grasp is Jon Stewart is funny not because he spins falsehoods but because he tells the truth.

US to hike aid to Israel by $600 million per year

With current US defense aid to Israel standing at 2.4 billion dollars a year, the new package will hike the value of assistance to the Jewish state by 600 million dollars a year on average, officials said.

"Evidence linking these Israelis to 9/11 is classified. I cannot tell you about evidence that has been gathered. It's classified information." - anonymous US govt official to Fox News' Carl Cameron

Bubble gum with Nazi sticker sold in Israel

Roll Bubble Gum's surprise sticker turns out to be of swastika wearing Nazi officer. Gum pack apparently made in china, carries Arabic-English label

Giuliani says he opposes creation of a Palestinian state at this time

Vote Jew-liani and keep the goyem in their place!

Prices for key foods are rising sharply

The Labor Department's most recent inflation data showed that U.S. food prices rose by 4.2 percent for the 12 months ending in July, but a deeper look at the numbers reveals that the price of milk, eggs and other essentials in the American diet are actually rising by double digits.

Is the "Amero" already here?

"The Hal Turner Show" has received images of the new unit of currency they are planning. It is called "the Amero" which will replace the "Dollar" and the "peso" in all three countries once they are merged out of existence.

U.S. to 'help' Mexico upgrade mail service

'Help' or merge?

Do You Really Want To Live Under Religious Fundamentalist Control?

I'm not so sure I'd enjoy being ruled by the fundamentalist Christians I know. They just know that they, the true true saints, will rule the world under Jesus Christ. This makes me nervous and I'm not so sure it will be source of my never ending joy realized when Jesus returns to rule us all with a "rod of iron."

Catholic bishop suggests calling God Allah

You can call the invisible cloud-man 'Rick James' if you want. It's still not gonna make me a believer.

ABC News: Al Qaeda Videos May Be Doctored

But the US government would neeeeever take advantage of this technology!

Clinton's First Lady Records Locked Up

How convenient!

U.S. to Designate Iran's Revolutionary Guard as Terrorists

The United States has decided to designate Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, the country's 125,000-strong elite military branch, as a "specially designated global terrorist," according to U.S. officials, a move that allows Washington to target the group's business operations and finances.

Credibility Of Wikipedia Takes a Dive After Wired Exposé

The credibility of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia has taken another dive after a newly developed software program exposed how the CIA, corporations like Diebold and others routinely edit entries to bury criticism and manipulate the truth.

Related: Vote On the Most Shameful Wikipedia Spin Jobs

Kucinich: Democratic leadership 'indistinguishable' from Neoconservatives

"You have to keep in mind that the center has shifted in our politics," Kucinich responded, smiling. "I'm really at the center, and all the other candidates are to the right of me. And they're to the right of the American people."

Newsweek Editor Slams Magazine's Own Global Warming Coverage As "Fundamentally Misleading"

If you missed NEWSWEEK's story, here's the gist. A "well-coordinated, well-funded campaign by contrarian scientists, free-market think tanks and industry has created a paralyzing fog of doubt around climate change." This "denial machine" has obstructed action against global warming and is still "running at full throttle." The story's thrust: discredit the "denial machine," and the country can start the serious business of fighting global warming. The story was a wonderful read, marred only by its being fundamentally misleading.

AT&T's Secret NSA Room

What's happening in Room 641A of 611 Folsom Street in San Francisco remains one of the most closely-held secrets in the U.S. government. According to a former AT&T employee who assisted two technicians cleared to work in the telecommunications complex on Folsom Street, 641A served as a vacuum cleaner for phone calls and e-mails of terrorism suspects, routing them to the National Security Agency.

1922 Washington Post article: Arctic Ocean Getting Warm; Seals Vanish and Icebergs Melt

D.C. resident John Lockwood was conducting research at the Library of Congress and came across an intriguing Page 2 headline in the Nov. 2, 1922 edition of The Washington Post: "Arctic Ocean Getting Warm; Seals Vanish and Icebergs Melt." The 1922 article, obtained by Inside the Beltway, goes on to mention "great masses of ice have now been replaced by moraines of earth and stones," and "at many points well-known glaciers have entirely disappeared."

Iran's President 'Doubts' Arming Taliban

Iran's president said Tuesday he has "serious doubts" that his country is supplying weapons to Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan, rebutting allegations by some Western officials that Iran is arming the militants.

Karl Rove and Plato

Karl Rove spins the media one last time

On the day it was revealed that the man credited with putting President Bush in the White House was quitting, there were no banner headlines in the country's major newspapers. There was no mention of it on the front page of The Washington Post, The New York Times or USA Today.

University Grad Student Exposed To Anthrax In Lab

A graduate student at Jackson's University Medical Center had to be treated for anthrax exposure over the weekend.

The World's First Bionic Burger

Ever want to see whats inside some of those black SUVs the government uses?

I guarantee at least one or two of these is in every Presidential motorcade and VIP caravan.

NYPD Officers To Be Given Extra Money For Being More "Aggressive"

The NYPD's new patrol chief has ordered that special overtime money earmarked for cops in violence-prone precincts be given to "aggressive" officers rather than "do-nothings".

LOL! Don't Vote for Ron Paul

Hurricane Katrina aid goes toward luxury condominiums

With large swaths of the Gulf Coast region of the US still in ruins from Hurricane Katrina, rich federal tax breaks designed to spur rebuilding are flowing hundreds of kilometres inland to investors who are buying up luxury condominiums.

Guard uses Taser on man holding newborn

In a confrontation captured on videotape, a hospital security guard fired a stun gun to stop a defiant father from taking home his newborn, sending both man and child crashing to the floor. Now William Lewis says his baby girl suffers from head trauma because she was dropped.

Banned BBC Documentary - How Bush Stole the 2004 Election

Karl Rove skips town

Karl Rove, the architect of so much that has gone so wrong with the Bush administration, announced yesterday that he is leaving the White House to spend more time with his family. What he didn't say is that by getting out of town he is also hoping to avoid spending any time at all with Congressional investigators.

12000 missing votes in Iowa Straw Poll

26,000 total Tickets sold - 14,302 votes tabulated. Now think about that for a minute. 26,000 people purchase tickets to go to a Straw Poll event, and yet we are to believe that 12,000 of those people couldn't even care less about the voting part? Just what were they there for?

Iran: US supports terrorists in Iraq

Iranian Defense Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar has accused the United States of covertly supporting terrorist cells in Iraq.

Flashback: MSNBC - Bin Laden tied to CIA

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Flashback: How the USA trained al-Qaeda

Many writers and reporters have traced al-Qa'eda and other terror groups' origins back to the Afghan war of 1979–1992, that last gasp of the Cold War when US-backed mujahedin forces fought against the invading Soviet army. It is well documented that America played a major role in creating and sustaining the mujahedin, which included Osama bin Laden's Office of Services set up to recruit volunteers from overseas. Between 1985 and 1992, US officials estimate that 12,500 foreign fighters were trained in bomb-making, sabotage and guerrilla warfare tactics in Afghan camps that the CIA helped to set up.

Slaves found in Chinese brick factories

China is still freeing people - including children - forced to work as slaves in illegal brick factories, two months after the scandal involving the brick yards was exposed, officials said Monday. The scandal erupted in early June after Chinese media reported that children as young as 8 were abducted or recruited from bus and train stations with false promises of well-paying jobs and sold to kilns for about $65.

Italy halts Iraqi arms deal

Why these officials resorted to "black" channels and where the weapons were headed is unclear ... Iraqi middlemen in the Italian deal, in intercepted e-mails, claimed the arrangement had official American approval.

US Soldiers beat detainee with baseball bat

A soldier testified Monday that he saw a sergeant beat an Iraqi detainee with a baseball bat, then himself assaulted another detainee when goaded by the sergeant.

8 injured at Shriner's parade

A mini-car and a dune buggy collided during a Shriner's parade, sending one of the vehicles into the crowd and injuring eight people, police said Monday.

Crazy

Woman calls police about 'fake' cocaine

A woman was arrested after she called police to help "get her money back" after she was unhappy with the crack cocaine she purchased.

Cheney's neighbors topple his effigy during protest

Hundreds of anti-war activists gathered near Dick Cheney's home at an exclusive Wyoming country club to protest the vice president's role in leading the US into Iraq.


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Anyone feel a draft?

Global warming? Look at the numbers

Last week, NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies -- whose temperature records are a key component of the global-warming claim (and whose director, James Hansen, is a sort of godfather of global-warming alarmism) -- quietly corrected an error in its data set that had made recent temperatures seem warmer than they really were.

14 Signs of Fascism

America falls neatly into all 14 categories

Radioactivity Detected at New Jersey Accident Site

Confirmed: Space Shuttle's thermal shield breached

NEW images of the US space shuttle Endeavour last night confirmed the craft's protective thermal shield has been breached, prompting a flurry of tests to establish if it could be at risk during its return to Earth.

Diebold Optical-Scan System Fails in Iowa GOP Straw Poll

Anybody that believes Romney won in Iowa 'fair-and-square' never read this.

Romney Jokes About Cheating in Poll

We're not laughing Mitt.

Ron Paul Signs Removed by Police at the Ames Straw Poll

Yard signs, mostly for Paul, lined the highway interchange on Interstate Highway 35 at Ames, but a law enforcement officer in a squad car was yanking out the signs just before 9 a.m.

Tommy Thompson drops presidential bid

Former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson said Sunday he is dropping out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination after finishing sixth in an Iowa straw poll.

Israel buries atomic waste in West Bank

The Zionist regime buries its atomic wastes in the West Bank, the UAE daily Al-Bayan revealed in its website on Friday.

Hebrew charter school draws critics

A school opening this month is named for a Jewish high priest, is directed by a rabbi, will have kosher food and will teach Hebrew. It's also a public school, funded by public tax dollars and following state curriculum guidelines.

Arafat's doctor: 'Yasser was poisoned'

Late Palestinian Authority chairman Yasser Arafat's blood contained the deadly HIV virus, Arafat's personal physician told Jordanian media over the weekend. Dr. Ashraf al-Kurdi stressed, however, that Arafat did not die of AIDS - which is caused by the virus. Jordanian news site Amman quoted al-Kurdi - a former Jordanian health ministry official - as saying that the virus had been injected into Arafat's bloodstream close to his death, and that the real cause of the chairman's death was poison.

IDF 'humiliates' peace activists

Peace activists claim soldiers behaved 'shamefully' during security check of clothing donations for Palestinian children. 'The soldiers made us empty bags of clothing on the ground,' activist says

Insurance Companies Question 9/11

It is interesting to note that a shareholder in Allianz Group proposed denying payment due to evidence of insurance fraud. Allianz Group carried a significant portion of the insurance policy on the World Trade Center.

Suspicious man seen days before college shootings

Two days before the Virginia Tech massacre, witnesses saw a suspicious man in a hooded sweat shirt and found at least one exit door chained shut in the building where Seung Hui Cho killed 30 people were chained shut, police said Friday.

Interesting. Perhaps Cho really was a mind-controlled assassin, activated to get the gun-control debate hot again, with this 'suspicious man' as part of the possible conspiracy?

Job seekers must obtain Homeland Security approval

US citizens and other residents will require prior approval from Department of Homeland Security to get a job, under new immigration guidelines introduced by the Cabinet and sanctioned by President George W. Bush today.

Space hotel to open in 2012

"Galactic Suite", the first hotel planned in space, expects to open for business in 2012 and would allow guests to travel around the world in 80 minutes.

Comedian Lee Camp on Fox News

Americans rank 42nd in life expectancy

Americans are living longer than ever, but not as long as people in 41 other countries.

Why the Government Tests Few Chinese Imports

Simple: The Chinese have us by our budget-deficit balls. Our government depends on China for loaning us money and for not dumping the vast hoard of over one trillion dollars it has accumulated by financing our huge deficits and selling us virtually everything. Dumping dollars is called the Chinese economic nuclear option. They can wreck the American economy any time they want. America is being held hostage because of our government's disastrous fiscal and trade policies. And, yes, all this middle-class-killing free trade globalization favors corporate interests.

Study: Smokers who quit spontaneously more successful

Smoking is a very lucrative way for 'them' to kill you off and control your behavior in the mean time, isn't it?

Church cancels memorial for gay Navy vet

A megachurch canceled a memorial service for a Navy veteran 24 hours before it was to start because the deceased was gay.

Two deputies accused of drive-by shooting and their sheriff with lying to protect them

Some residents of this mountain community are wondering whether their small town has lost its innocence - two deputies were accused of a drive-by shooting and their sheriff with lying to protect them.