U.S. Detained and Deported Irish and British Citizens Over Idiotic Twitter Messages January 31st, 2012 Via: The Sun: TWO pals were barred from entering the US after innocent tweets joking about “destroying America” were picked up by the country’s anti-terror cops. US special agents monitoring Twitter spotted Leigh Van Bryan’s messages weeks before he [...]
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U.S. Intelligence Agencies Pushing Iran’s U.S. Terrorist Attack Plot Propaganda, Again. January 31, 2012 Print Version Source: Washington Post U.S. intelligence agencies believe that Iran is prepared to launch terrorist attacks inside the United States in response to perceived threats from America and its allies, the U.S. spy chief said Tuesday. Director of National Intelligence [...]
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Third Aircraft Carrier Group Coming To Iran January 30, 2012 Print Version Source: Zero Hedge For months now we have been following US naval developments and deployments in the Arabian Sea, which serve one purpose and one purpose only – to demonstrate US military strength in the Straits of Hormuz region and to keep [...]
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S ource: NYT Last October, in Foshan, China, a 2-year-old girl was run over by a van. The driver did not stop. Over the next seven minutes, more than a dozen people walked or bicycled past the injured child. A second truck ran over her. Eventually, a woman pulled her to the side, and her [...]
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India and China says it won’t cut back on Iran oil imports January 30, 2012 Print Version Source: Washington post India has joined China in saying it will not cut back on oil imports from Iran, despite stiff new U.S. and European sanctions designed to pressure Tehran over its nuclear program. “It is not [...]
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2 Houston-area pilots in limbo amid rumors of DEA plot January 30, 2012 Print Version Source: Houston Chronicle A ranking California congressman contends two Houston-area pilots arrested in Panama were unknowingly snared in a botched money-laundering operation by the Drug Enforcement Administration, which did nothing to stop the innocent Americans from going to prison. But sources [...]
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Audit: U.S. Defense Department can’t account for billions for Iraq January 30, 2012 Print Version Source: CNN The U.S. Defense Department cannot account for about $2 billion it was given to cover Iraq-related expenses and is not providing Iraq with a complete list of U.S.-funded reconstruction projects, according to two new government audits. The [...]
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FL Police roll out video surveillance truck called ‘The Peacemaker’… January 30, 2012 Print Version Source: Sun Sentinel Tania Ouaknine is convinced the police are watching her. She’s not paranoid — it says as much on the red sign painted along the side on the hulking armored truck that’s been parked in front of her [...]
2 Houston-area pilots in limbo amid rumors of DEA plot January 30, 2012 Print Version Source: Houston Chronicle A ranking California congressman contends two Houston-area pilots arrested in Panama were unknowingly snared in a botched money-laundering operation by the Drug Enforcement Administration, which did nothing to stop the innocent Americans from going to prison. But sources [...]
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SF 6-year-old charged with sexual assault for playing tag January 30, 2012 Print Version Source: CBS SF Local An East Bay dad claims a game of tag on the playground resulted in his 6-year-old son being accused of sexual assault – a decision he said was an overreaction by school officials. The parent, who [...]
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Illinois Semi Automatic Firearm Owners: Be Aware of HB1294 January 27th, 2012 If you bother to read the full text of the legislation, you’ll find that the definition of “assault weapons” is very broad and covers a lot of rifles, handguns and shotguns. Via: Illinois General Assembly: Synopsis As Introduced Amends the Criminal Code [...]
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Morgellons Disease: CDC Says Weird Skin Disease is Probably Mental Delusion January 26, 2012 Print Version Source: Lansing Injury Board Morgellons disease is a very strange condition characterized by brightly colored “fibers” that seem to appear out of nowhere underneath affected individuals’ skin, as well as pain and lesions. Morgellons patients typically become very [...]
The Green Police Want Drones For Environmental Violations January 26, 2012 Print Version Source: Atlantic Wire Earlier this week, a story circulated about a drone hobbyist whose photos of a Dallas-area meat-packing plant dumping blood into a river got the feds to investigate the plant. Environmentalism seems to be a perfect use for the new [...]
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WTF!: Oklahoma lawmaker wants to ban fetuses in food January 26, 2012 Print Version Source: LA Times Based on something he read online, an Oklahoma state senator has introduced a bill that would ban the use of aborted human fetuses in food. Yes, you read that correctly. No, he’s never heard of any instances of [...]
Six Million People Are Under Correctional Supervision in the U.S.—More Than Were in Stalin’s Gulags January 26, 2012 Print Version Source: NEW YORKER For a great many poor people in America, particularly poor black men, prison is a destination that braids through an ordinary life, much as high school and college do for rich white [...]
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