Police have been told they cannot object to a planned gipsy camp in a picturesque village - because to do so would be 'racist'.
Council chiefs have ruled that the local force's professional opinion 'breaches the Race Relations Act'.
The decision meant that councillors considering the planning application were not told how officers had been called to another local camp 109 times in just two years.
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Saturday, January 10, 2009
Obama's Energy Czar: Socialist Agent For World Government
Barack Obama’s “climate czar” Carol Browner has been exposed as being a member of Socialist International, a highly influential group headed by a Bilderberg Group luminary that calls for the implementation of global government, despite Socialist International’s attempts to seemingly “memory-hole” information about Browner on their website.
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Difficulty Of Being An Informed American
The American print and TV media have never been very good. These days they are horrible. If people intend to be informed, they must turn to foreign news broadcasts, to Internet sites, to foreign newspapers available on the Internet, or to alternative newspapers that are springing up in various cities. A person who sits in front of Murdoch's Fox "News" or CNN or who reads the New York Times is simply being brainwashed with propaganda.Before conservatives nod their heads in agreement, I'm not referring to "the liberal media." I mean the propaganda that issues from the US government and the Israel Lobby.
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Is Feb 10th Financial Doomsday For Thousands?
A new government regulation scheduled to take effect next month has thousands of retailers, thrift stores and small businesses worried they will be forced to permanently close their doors – and destroy their merchandise.
The law is expected to have such a devastating impact that Feb. 10 is now unofficially known as "National Bankruptcy Day."
Congress passed the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008, or HR 4040, a retroactive rule mandating that all items sold for use by children under 12 must be tested by an independent party for lead and phthalates, which are chemicals used to make plastics more pliable.
All untested items, regardless of lead content, are to be declared "banned hazardous products.'' The CPSC has already determined the law applies to every children's item on shelves, not just to items made beginning Feb. 10.
The regulations could force thousands of businesses – especially smaller ones that cannot afford the cost of lead testing – to throw away truckloads of children's clothing, books, toys, furniture and other children's items and even force them to close their doors.
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The law is expected to have such a devastating impact that Feb. 10 is now unofficially known as "National Bankruptcy Day."
Congress passed the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008, or HR 4040, a retroactive rule mandating that all items sold for use by children under 12 must be tested by an independent party for lead and phthalates, which are chemicals used to make plastics more pliable.
All untested items, regardless of lead content, are to be declared "banned hazardous products.'' The CPSC has already determined the law applies to every children's item on shelves, not just to items made beginning Feb. 10.
The regulations could force thousands of businesses – especially smaller ones that cannot afford the cost of lead testing – to throw away truckloads of children's clothing, books, toys, furniture and other children's items and even force them to close their doors.
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Israel Shelling Hospitals and Ambulances
The World Health Organization stated that 21 medical personnel were killed in the Gaza Strip and that thirty other were wounded as the army did not only shell ambulances but also shelled hospitals in medical centers. The army also shelled at least eleven ambulances.
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Obama-Bush Teams To Stage 'Disaster' Exercise
The outgoing White House administration will next week hold a joint "disaster scenario" exercise with top members of the incoming team of president-elect Barack Obama, US officials said Friday.
"I'm not going to go into the details of it, but it is a disaster scenario where the government would be very much tested," White House spokesman Scott Stanzel said.
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And we all know what tends to happen when governments carry out 'Exercises ' , Don't we ?
9/11, 7/7 et al
"I'm not going to go into the details of it, but it is a disaster scenario where the government would be very much tested," White House spokesman Scott Stanzel said.
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And we all know what tends to happen when governments carry out 'Exercises ' , Don't we ?
9/11, 7/7 et al
AIPAC's Bribery Of Senators Exposed
Make no mistake about it: the present system of lobbying on the national and state level constitutes nothing short of public bribery of elected officials. When a powerful lobby can promise a candidate huge sums of money and perhaps even a windfall job for the lobby after he leaves office – if only he votes their way – it is bribery, pure and simple. Yet, this bribery permeates America’s political system.
AIPAC, a lobby that in effect represents the interests of a foreign government (Israel), is so powerful that hardly a single senator or congressman can afford not to prostrate himself before this altar of Jewish extremism. If an elected official doesn’t go along with AIPAC, not only will he face loss of campaign money he needs, his opponents will be lavished with cash. AIPAC also has contacts with thousands of rich Zionists who can also contribute for or against any candidate deemed important to the Jewish lobby.
A recent article in the YNews revealed that the top three campaign contributors in the United States are Jewish extremists, and the biggest is an “Israeli citizen” who controls a media empire in the United States. In addition to their campaign finance clout, an incredible level of Jewish domination exists in the media, and once they deem someone an enemy of the Israeli agenda, they unleash yellow journalism against him with unholy force.
The offending politician is lucky if all the media do is ask him if he has stopped beating his wife.
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What makes this even more amazing is the money they are using to bribe the senate and congress is your tax payer dollars given to Israel in AID, $100 million of which comes back to AIPAC to bribe your elected officials!
You are So dumb!
AIPAC, a lobby that in effect represents the interests of a foreign government (Israel), is so powerful that hardly a single senator or congressman can afford not to prostrate himself before this altar of Jewish extremism. If an elected official doesn’t go along with AIPAC, not only will he face loss of campaign money he needs, his opponents will be lavished with cash. AIPAC also has contacts with thousands of rich Zionists who can also contribute for or against any candidate deemed important to the Jewish lobby.
A recent article in the YNews revealed that the top three campaign contributors in the United States are Jewish extremists, and the biggest is an “Israeli citizen” who controls a media empire in the United States. In addition to their campaign finance clout, an incredible level of Jewish domination exists in the media, and once they deem someone an enemy of the Israeli agenda, they unleash yellow journalism against him with unholy force.
The offending politician is lucky if all the media do is ask him if he has stopped beating his wife.
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What makes this even more amazing is the money they are using to bribe the senate and congress is your tax payer dollars given to Israel in AID, $100 million of which comes back to AIPAC to bribe your elected officials!
You are So dumb!
Arms Exports to Israel From EU Worth €200m
European Union member states authorised the export of €200 million in arms exports to Israel in 2007, the latest figures from Brussels disclose, with France far and away the Jewish state's biggest European weapons supplier. According to the EU's 2008 report on arms export licences, published in December for the 2007 calendar year and consolidating the accounts that member states must annually submit, 18 member states authorised a total of 1,018 such licences to Israel worth €199,409,348.France, Germany and Romania were the top three exporters. France issued export licences worth €126 million, Germany authorised €28 million and Romania €17 million, the EUobserver can reveal.
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So while Sarkozy is touting himself as the Saviour of The Middle East his country is shipping massive amounts of arms to the Israeli Butchers to carry on their genocide. Well what can you expect from a CIA stooge!
Blue Star Rampage: Israel's Dress Rehearsal For Lebanon
The reason the rationale for invading Gaza keeps changing, (from rocket-fire to Hamas infrastructure to strengthening deterrents to weapons smuggling to ceasefire violations etc) is because the Israeli leadership wants to conceal the true objective. The purpose of "Operation Cast Lead" is to conduct a dress rehearsal for another invasion of Lebanon.
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Rice Justifies Israeli Killing of Civilians
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says it is "hard" for Israeli troops to spare civilian lives in the densely-populated Gaza Strip."It is very difficult in circumstances like Gaza, which is a very densely populated area," Rice told reporters on Friday when asked if Israel is living up to its humanitarian obligations during its massive military offensive in the beleaguered sliver.Read more...
Friday, January 09, 2009
Yes, It Really Is Against US Law To Boycott Israel
The Bureau is charged with administering and enforcing the Antiboycott Laws under the Export Administration Act. Those laws discourage, and in some circumstances, prohibit U.S. companies from furthering or supporting the boycott of Israel sponsored by the Arab League, and certain Moslem countries, including complying with certain requests for information designed to verify compliance with the boycott. Compliance with such requests may be prohibited by the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and may be reportable to the Bureau.Read more...
CFR Paul Kennedy: New World Order Will Emerge in 2009
Every so often in the history of international affairs, a great transnational turbulence shakes the foundations of the world and brings many of its older structures tumbling to the ground, as we witnessed in 1919, 1945 and 1989. In the confusion and babble that follow, it’s difficult to see through the dust and recognize the shape of the altered strategic landscape.
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AIPAC Praises Senate Support of Israel
AIPAC on Thursday praised a bipartisan US Senate resolution which expressed support for Israel in its fight against terrorism.
The resolution, which was sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, "conveys America's unequivocal and steadfast support for Israel's right to self-defense," according to a statement from the pro-Israel lobby group.
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The resolution, which was sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, "conveys America's unequivocal and steadfast support for Israel's right to self-defense," according to a statement from the pro-Israel lobby group.
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Government To The People: Drop Dead!
He had two jobs and had turned his life around. He also had many friends.
For any crime of this nature, committed by a civilian, a "police report" would be mandatory within hours of the event; especially when there were three videos of what happened. The officer's gun is in police custody, the officer is a FEDERAL police officer, as BART is a federal agency: So procedures should have been clearly followed immediately. Yet, it is now a week later and the officer has still not even been interviewed, according to the 'chief' of BART police. Yesterday he quit the force, so that he would not have to give his version of events: and this sparked the riots!
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For any crime of this nature, committed by a civilian, a "police report" would be mandatory within hours of the event; especially when there were three videos of what happened. The officer's gun is in police custody, the officer is a FEDERAL police officer, as BART is a federal agency: So procedures should have been clearly followed immediately. Yet, it is now a week later and the officer has still not even been interviewed, according to the 'chief' of BART police. Yesterday he quit the force, so that he would not have to give his version of events: and this sparked the riots!
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Egypt Seals Gaza Border and Blocks Aid
Egyptian authorities have almost fully sealed the border with Gaza, preventing delivery of desperately needed humanitarian aid.
"The government has expressly forbidden the entry of aid convoys laden with food into the Gaza Strip," Emmad al-Din Moustafa, member of the Popular Committee for Aiding Gaza told IPS. "The continued border closure -- like the Israeli assault itself -- constitutes a crime against humanity."
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"The government has expressly forbidden the entry of aid convoys laden with food into the Gaza Strip," Emmad al-Din Moustafa, member of the Popular Committee for Aiding Gaza told IPS. "The continued border closure -- like the Israeli assault itself -- constitutes a crime against humanity."
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Israeli Butchers Order 100 Family Members Into House - Then Shells It Killing 70
For those who still believe the Israeli lie that they are not targeting civilians, and that if they do target civilians, then those civilians (including infants) must be "terrorists," this is a recount of the butchery displayed by the US-funded Israeli military earlier this week.
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US Porn Industry Seeks Multi-billion Dollar Bail Out
The Hustler magazine founder has teamed up with fellow adult entertainment mogul Joe Francis, creator of the Girls Gone Wild video series, to approach Congress for the same kind of financial assistance recently approved for car manufacturers.
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In Wake Of False Flag Mumbai Incident, US Tries To Sell India Nuclear Missile Shield
The US is in preliminary talks with India over the sale of missile shield systems to help New Delhi guard against nuclear threats.
India’s need for greater protection against threats emanating from Pakistan and other volatile countries in the region was highlighted by an escalation in tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbours following the Mumbai terror attacks in November last year. India and Pakistan have fought three wars over the last 61 years.
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The US Military Industrial Complex at it once again Problem - Reaction - Solution
India’s need for greater protection against threats emanating from Pakistan and other volatile countries in the region was highlighted by an escalation in tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbours following the Mumbai terror attacks in November last year. India and Pakistan have fought three wars over the last 61 years.
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The US Military Industrial Complex at it once again Problem - Reaction - Solution
Gaza Victims' Burns Increase Concern Over Phosphorus
Photographic evidence has emerged that proves that Israel has been using controversial white phosphorus shells during its offensive in Gaza, despite official denials by the Israel Defence Forces.There is also evidence that the rounds have injured Palestinian civilians, causing severe burns. The use of white phosphorus against civilians is prohibited under international law.
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Martial Law, the Financial Bailout, and War
It is becoming clear that the bailout measures of late 2008 may have consequences at least as grave for an open society as the response to 9/11 in 2001. Many members of Congress felt coerced into voting against their inclinations, and the normal procedures for orderly consideration of a bill were dispensed with.
The excuse for bypassing normal legislative procedures was the existence of an emergency. But one of the most reprehensible features of the legislation, that it allowed Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson to permit bailed-out institutions to use public money for exorbitant salaries and bonuses, was inserted by Paulson after the immediate crisis had passed.
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The excuse for bypassing normal legislative procedures was the existence of an emergency. But one of the most reprehensible features of the legislation, that it allowed Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson to permit bailed-out institutions to use public money for exorbitant salaries and bonuses, was inserted by Paulson after the immediate crisis had passed.
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UN Security Council Votes For Ceasefire In Gaza
The UN Security Council has voted to call for an immediate, durable ceasefire in the Gaza Strip leading to the full withdrawal of Israeli forces.
However, the United States abstained from voting on the ceasefire resolution while all other fourteen members voted in favor of Resolution 1860.
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Just shows what a useless organisation the UN really is when it takes them this long to come up with a ceasefire resolution which will be just as ineffective as the countless UN resolutions passed against Israel in the last 30 years, every one of which Israel has totally ignored.
However, the United States abstained from voting on the ceasefire resolution while all other fourteen members voted in favor of Resolution 1860.
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Just shows what a useless organisation the UN really is when it takes them this long to come up with a ceasefire resolution which will be just as ineffective as the countless UN resolutions passed against Israel in the last 30 years, every one of which Israel has totally ignored.
Thursday, January 08, 2009
Taxpayers Foot £132 Million Bill For Civil Servants With No Job To Do
The figures have emerged at the start of a year in which economists suggest one million private sector jobs could be lost.
Using a series of Parliamentary Questions, the Conservatives uncovered what they say is an "invisible army of Whitehall civil servants".
In total, 15 departments said they employed 4,634 staff - one in 100 of all civil servants - without an official job.
Calculated on the average staff cost of a civil servant, the staff would cost £132million to employ.
More than half of the staff were at HM Revenue & Customs which is employing 2,874 "pre-surplus staff". This is defined as staff "whose post or work is no longer being carried out".
The answers from other departments show that staff with nothing to do are described as members of "People Action Teams", "Redeployment Pool", "Priority Movers", "Corporate Pool" or "Career Transition Centre"
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Using a series of Parliamentary Questions, the Conservatives uncovered what they say is an "invisible army of Whitehall civil servants".
In total, 15 departments said they employed 4,634 staff - one in 100 of all civil servants - without an official job.
Calculated on the average staff cost of a civil servant, the staff would cost £132million to employ.
More than half of the staff were at HM Revenue & Customs which is employing 2,874 "pre-surplus staff". This is defined as staff "whose post or work is no longer being carried out".
The answers from other departments show that staff with nothing to do are described as members of "People Action Teams", "Redeployment Pool", "Priority Movers", "Corporate Pool" or "Career Transition Centre"
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Public Money Used to Stop Public Having a Greater Say in Policing
The Association of Police Authorities (APA) hired a private lobbying firm in its battle against Home Office plans to dramatically reform the make up of its members.
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith had proposed allowing the public to directly elect members to police authorities, but dropped the plans last month in an eleventh hour climbdown.
It has now emerged the APA used taxpayers' money to fund the services of Connect Public Affairs to offer advice and help oppose the proposals.
Tory MP Douglas Carswell, who discovered the spending, said: "It is shocking that quangos are using our money to pay lobbyists to defend and protect their own.
"They are using our money to stop us having a say in how our local communities are policed."
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Home Secretary Jacqui Smith had proposed allowing the public to directly elect members to police authorities, but dropped the plans last month in an eleventh hour climbdown.
It has now emerged the APA used taxpayers' money to fund the services of Connect Public Affairs to offer advice and help oppose the proposals.
Tory MP Douglas Carswell, who discovered the spending, said: "It is shocking that quangos are using our money to pay lobbyists to defend and protect their own.
"They are using our money to stop us having a say in how our local communities are policed."
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The Ghost Bus
Every Tuesday, at 9.45am precisely, a 50-seat executive coach draws up at a bus stop outside Ealing Broadway station in West London. No one ever gets on and, a moment later, it departs - empty - on a 70-minute trip to Wandsworth Road in South London.
Once there, it waits for two hours and 15 minutes before returning, again carrying no passengers. Welcome to Britain's most luxurious bus service, paid for by the taxpayer, immaculately clean, punctual to the second and which the Government is trying desperately to keep secret.
This service, funded by the Department for Transport, is not advertised on any timetables or departures screens, and staff at the stations it serves are not even aware it exists.
The “ghost bus” runs simply to allow the Government to escape the embarrassment of admitting that it has closed several sections of railway in West London to passenger trains.
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Once there, it waits for two hours and 15 minutes before returning, again carrying no passengers. Welcome to Britain's most luxurious bus service, paid for by the taxpayer, immaculately clean, punctual to the second and which the Government is trying desperately to keep secret.
This service, funded by the Department for Transport, is not advertised on any timetables or departures screens, and staff at the stations it serves are not even aware it exists.
The “ghost bus” runs simply to allow the Government to escape the embarrassment of admitting that it has closed several sections of railway in West London to passenger trains.
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The Gaza Slaughter Is Premeditated Genocide
It is time to call a spade a spade. Israel is a nation of terrorists. The US has become a nation of terrorists.
For those readers who do not know what 'anti-Semitism' looks and smells like, they should pay close attention to the Israeli butchery in Gaza.
Since 9-11, and even before then through the auspices of US, UK, NATO sponsored terrorism in Operation Gladio, the US, UK and Israel have proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that the world's preeminent terrorists are those three nations.
I see the constant brainwashing mantra of "terror" spewing out of the criminals in DC and from the MSM, knowing full well that my nation is, directly or indirectly, now the leading cause and support mechanism of global terrorism.
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For those readers who do not know what 'anti-Semitism' looks and smells like, they should pay close attention to the Israeli butchery in Gaza.
Since 9-11, and even before then through the auspices of US, UK, NATO sponsored terrorism in Operation Gladio, the US, UK and Israel have proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that the world's preeminent terrorists are those three nations.
I see the constant brainwashing mantra of "terror" spewing out of the criminals in DC and from the MSM, knowing full well that my nation is, directly or indirectly, now the leading cause and support mechanism of global terrorism.
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False Flag Alert: Rockets Fired From Lebanon Hit Israel
THE Israeli army has fired into northern Lebanon after rockets were fired at the Jewish state."We carried out direct fire at the source of the rocket fire from Lebanon," an Israeli army spokeswoman said.The army fired five shells, a military source said without clarifying the type of ordnance used.Two people were slightly wounded, he said, adding that police sappers and bomb disposal units were working on the scene.The rockets fell around the area of the northern town of Nahariya, where residents were called to stay inside their homes, Israeli media reported.
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Remember the first day of the bombing campaign in Gaza where the Lebanese border patrol found a bunch of rockets set up and ready to fire into Israel? They destroyed them and Israel started flying warplanes over Lebanon trying to provoke a confrontation?
Well, looks like "someone" smuggled some more rockets over the border and now Israel has their excuse to expand this war into the wider regional conflict they plan to stick Barack Obama with.
"By way of deception, thou shalt do war!" -- Motto of the Mossad
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Remember the first day of the bombing campaign in Gaza where the Lebanese border patrol found a bunch of rockets set up and ready to fire into Israel? They destroyed them and Israel started flying warplanes over Lebanon trying to provoke a confrontation?
Well, looks like "someone" smuggled some more rockets over the border and now Israel has their excuse to expand this war into the wider regional conflict they plan to stick Barack Obama with.
"By way of deception, thou shalt do war!" -- Motto of the Mossad
JFK and Obama--Profiles in Courage and Cowardice
We grow old waiting for good government. If madness is doing the same thing over and over again, hoping for a different result, then the definition of voting is doing the same thing over and over again hoping for better leaders. Hoping for change, we see our hopes dashed and our champions either betray us or assassinated. Those leaders who dare express a genuine determination to change the corrupt system once in office are probably warned by handlers, perhaps warned several times, that any idealistic breach, any ethical intention to overturn the entrenched money power system is a death sentence.
Obama knew beforehand. How could he not?
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Obama knew beforehand. How could he not?
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Mystery Roar from Faraway Space Detected
Space is typically thought of as a very quiet place. But one team of astronomers has found a strange cosmic noise that booms six times louder than expected.
The roar is from the distant cosmos. Nobody knows what causes it.
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The roar is from the distant cosmos. Nobody knows what causes it.
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Obama's Black Widow
Barack Obama will be in charge of the biggest domestic and international spying operation in history. Its prime engine is the National Security Agency (NSA)—located and guarded at Fort Meade, Maryland, about 10 miles northeast of Washington, D.C. A brief glimpse of its ever-expanding capacity was provided on October 26 by The Baltimore Sun's national security correspondent, David Wood:
"The NSA's colossal Cray supercomputer, code-named the 'Black Widow,' scans millions of domestic and international phone calls and e-mails every hour. . . . The Black Widow, performing hundreds of trillions of calculations per second, searches through and reassembles key words and patterns, across many languages."
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"The NSA's colossal Cray supercomputer, code-named the 'Black Widow,' scans millions of domestic and international phone calls and e-mails every hour. . . . The Black Widow, performing hundreds of trillions of calculations per second, searches through and reassembles key words and patterns, across many languages."
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BBC Blackout on Gaza Outrage
According to sources, radio station phone in's have been screening out any callers wanting to talk about the Israeli air strikes and ground offensives in the Middle East.
The BBC's Have Your Say comment sites are being heavily moderated - its main board 'How can a truce be achieved in Gaza?' has had half of its 4,500 comments rejected on the basis of defamation, incitement to crime and hate, harassment, abuse, threats, harmful, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, homophobic or racially offensive language.
On the board 'Are the Israeli strikes on Gaza justified?' Half of the 5,000 comments have also been removed for breaking the House Rules stated above.
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The BBC's Have Your Say comment sites are being heavily moderated - its main board 'How can a truce be achieved in Gaza?' has had half of its 4,500 comments rejected on the basis of defamation, incitement to crime and hate, harassment, abuse, threats, harmful, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, homophobic or racially offensive language.
On the board 'Are the Israeli strikes on Gaza justified?' Half of the 5,000 comments have also been removed for breaking the House Rules stated above.
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War and Natural Gas: The Israeli Invasion and Gaza's Offshore Gas Fields
The military invasion of the Gaza Strip by Israeli Forces bears a direct relation to the control and ownership of strategic offshore gas reserves.This is a war of conquest. Discovered in 2000, there are extensive gas reserves off the Gaza coastline.
British Gas (BG Group) and its partner, the Athens based Consolidated Contractors International Company (CCC) owned by Lebanon's Sabbagh and Koury families, were granted oil and gas exploration rights in a 25 year agreement signed in November 1999 with the Palestinian Authority.
The rights to the offshore gas field are respectively British Gas (60 percent); Consolidated Contractors (CCC) (30 percent); and the Investment Fund of the Palestinian Authority (10 percent). (Haaretz, October 21, 2007). The PA-BG-CCC agreement includes field development and the construction of a gas pipeline.(Middle East Economic Digest, Jan 5, 2001).
The BG licence covers the entire Gazan offshore marine area, which is contiguous to several Israeli offshore gas facilities. (See Map below). It should be noted that 60 percent of the gas reserves along the Gaza-Israel coastline belong to Palestine.
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Obama Fiddles While Gaza Burns
Barack Obama has remained silent about the war Israel launched in Gaza, which has killed 540 in 10 days. Instead he's letting spokeswoman Brooke Anderson issue statements that do not call for peace: "President-elect Obama is closely monitoring global events, including the situation in Gaza, but there is one president at a time."
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Wednesday, January 07, 2009
Thousands Bankrupted Over Unpaid Council Tax
Thousands of vulnerable people are being forced into bankruptcy as town halls use increasingly aggressive tactics to chase council tax arrears.
Some households owing hundreds of pounds are saddled with debts in five figures as a result of such action, The Times has learnt.
Pensioners and poor families have even had to sell their homes to meet huge legal costs arising from bank-rupcy orders that dwarf the original debt, according to Citizens Advice.
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Some households owing hundreds of pounds are saddled with debts in five figures as a result of such action, The Times has learnt.
Pensioners and poor families have even had to sell their homes to meet huge legal costs arising from bank-rupcy orders that dwarf the original debt, according to Citizens Advice.
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Bayer Knowingly Sold HIV-Contaminated Vaccines, Say Internal Documents
Here's a little-known truth about Bayer that needs to be revisited.
In 2006, it was discovered that Bayer found out a vaccine it was selling in the United States was accidentally contaminated with HIV.
In order to cover its tracks, say the journalists in this video (below), Bayer pulled the vaccines off the market and sold them to consumers in Japan, France, Spain and other countries, where hemophiliacs were then contaminated with HIV due to the vaccine.
And yet, despite these apparent crimes, no Bayer executives ever faced arrest or prosecution in the United States.
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In 2006, it was discovered that Bayer found out a vaccine it was selling in the United States was accidentally contaminated with HIV.
In order to cover its tracks, say the journalists in this video (below), Bayer pulled the vaccines off the market and sold them to consumers in Japan, France, Spain and other countries, where hemophiliacs were then contaminated with HIV due to the vaccine.
And yet, despite these apparent crimes, no Bayer executives ever faced arrest or prosecution in the United States.
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CIA Preparing To Install Military Government In Greece?
The increasingly violent riots in Greece could be the curtain raiser for a military coup d’etat and the installation of a new government more friendly to U.S. hegemony as a countermeasure to increasing Russian influence over the Balkan state.
It wouldn’t be the first time the CIA has assisted in such a venture - they aided the 1967 installation of a U.S. friendly military junta known as the Regime of the Colonels ostensibly to prevent Greece from falling under Soviet control, a fascist cabal which was later overthrown in 1973.
The coup was achieved with the active support of such groups as the LOK Special Forces, which was part of Operation Gladio, NATO-controlled black-ops forces that carried out false flag attacks across Europe to eliminate left-wing political organizations.
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It wouldn’t be the first time the CIA has assisted in such a venture - they aided the 1967 installation of a U.S. friendly military junta known as the Regime of the Colonels ostensibly to prevent Greece from falling under Soviet control, a fascist cabal which was later overthrown in 1973.
The coup was achieved with the active support of such groups as the LOK Special Forces, which was part of Operation Gladio, NATO-controlled black-ops forces that carried out false flag attacks across Europe to eliminate left-wing political organizations.
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Photographers Criminalised As Police 'Abuse' Anti-Terror Laws
Reuben Powell is an unlikely terrorist. A white, middle-aged, middle-class artist, he has been photographing and drawing life around the capital's Elephant & Castle for 25 years.
But to the police officers who arrested him last week his photographing of the old HMSO print works close to the local police station posed an unacceptable security risk.
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But to the police officers who arrested him last week his photographing of the old HMSO print works close to the local police station posed an unacceptable security risk.
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The Politics Of An Israeli Extermination Campaign - Backers, Apologists and Arms Suppliers
Because of the unconditional support of the entire political class in the US, from the White House to Congress, including both Parties, incoming and outgoing elected officials and all the principle print and electronic mass media, the Israeli Government feels no compunction in publicly proclaiming a detailed and graphic account of its policy of mass extermination of the population of Gaza.
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Egypt Bars Doctors From Entering Gaza Strip
Frustration is mounting at Egypt's border with the Gaza Strip, where many local and foreign doctors are stuck after Egyptian authorities denied them entry into the coastal area now under an Israeli ground invasion.
"That in 2009 they have people in need of help from a doctor and we can go to help and they won't let us; this is crazy," he added.
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"That in 2009 they have people in need of help from a doctor and we can go to help and they won't let us; this is crazy," he added.
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Israel Slaughters 40 At UN School In Gaza
Dozens of civilians killed in Gaza: Palestinians reported Tuesday that dozens of people have been killed since the afternoon hours in three separate Israel Defense Force strikes on civilian targets.
Sources in the Strip reported that at least 40 civilians were killed in an attack near a United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNWRA) school in northern Gaza. A UN spokesman said 30 Palestinians were killed in the strike.
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Sources in the Strip reported that at least 40 civilians were killed in an attack near a United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNWRA) school in northern Gaza. A UN spokesman said 30 Palestinians were killed in the strike.
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Playground Bones Force Canada to Face Genocide Of Indian Children
IN OVERGROWN deserted school playgrounds across Canada lie the bones of thousands of native Indian children who were stolen from their families.Historian John Milloy is helping to uncover their stories in official research on burial sites. "We know that children were buried in unmarked graves, children who disappeared and were never heard from again," he said. The research is part of Canada's attempts to face up to a disturbing legacy of its residential school system, an attempt to "assimilate" native children that resulted in thousands of deaths and ruined lives.
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Home-Schooling Growing in Popularity
The number of U.S. children being home-schooled has steadily increased during recent years and shows no sign of declining, a statistician says.
There was a 74 percent increase in the number of home-school children between 1999 and 2007.
Gail Mulligan of the Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics said a variety of reasons led to 1.5 million children being primarily educated in U.S. homes in 2007, USA Today said Monday.
Among the home-schooling reasons given by parents in a 2007 survey were moral and religious factors, along with concerns about family time and finances.
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Until they make it Illegal as i believe they are already trying to do in a couple of states in the US
There was a 74 percent increase in the number of home-school children between 1999 and 2007.
Gail Mulligan of the Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics said a variety of reasons led to 1.5 million children being primarily educated in U.S. homes in 2007, USA Today said Monday.
Among the home-schooling reasons given by parents in a 2007 survey were moral and religious factors, along with concerns about family time and finances.
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Until they make it Illegal as i believe they are already trying to do in a couple of states in the US
World Outrage As 700,000 Demonstrate Against Israel In Turkey
Anti-Israel protests draw masses across world: Hundreds of thousands rally in Turkey against Israel's actions in Gaza. Demonstrations also in Canada, Australia and US.
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Unconventional Weapons Against The People Of Gaza
This report confirms that these attacks are quite deliberately directed against civilians, using new unconventional weapons.
This is a carefully planned humanitarian catastrophe. How can anybody in their right mind support the actions of the Israeli government.
Read this interview with a distinguished and courageous Norwegian doctor.
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This is a carefully planned humanitarian catastrophe. How can anybody in their right mind support the actions of the Israeli government.
Read this interview with a distinguished and courageous Norwegian doctor.
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Bliar To Accept Top US Medal From Bush
Tony Blair is to receive the United States's highest civilian award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, from his friend George Bush next Tuesday, at a White House ceremony during the latter's last week in office.The medal, a five-pointed white star, was first introduced by President Harry Truman just after the second world war and later revived to reward eminent citizens for distinguished service in peacetime by president John F Kennedy.
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Comment By mOz:
Ok, when i first came across this i thought:
"What the f**k" and "Cheeky, hard faced f**king bastard" etc.
Then, i had a rare moment of clarity.
It's just ritualistic bullshit to piss US off!
It's a medal for f*cks sake.
A MEDAL!!!!
I got one once for not placing in a cross country run i didn't want to do.
I threw it in a grid.
Dick Dastardly's pooch Muttley got one everyweek!
A pointy star made of some cheap copper or summat, and a little ribbon stuck to it!
It doesn't mean shite!
Just another stupid useless sodding ceremony for the greatest teachers of "how not to be" we'll ever get.
What'd'ya think?
Tuesday, January 06, 2009
Obama's Victory
A victory for the hysterical Oprah Winfrey, the mad racist preacher Jeremiah Wright, the mainstream media who abandoned any sense of objectivity long ago, Europeans who despise America largely because they depend on her, comics who claim to be dangerous and fearless but would not dare attack genuinely powerful special interest groups.
A victory for Obama-worshippers everywhere. A victory for the cult of the cult. A man who has done ! little with his life but has written about his achievements as if he had found the cure for cancer in between winning a marathon and building a nuclear reactor with his teeth.
Victory for style over substance, hyperbole over history, rabble-raising over reality.
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A victory for Obama-worshippers everywhere. A victory for the cult of the cult. A man who has done ! little with his life but has written about his achievements as if he had found the cure for cancer in between winning a marathon and building a nuclear reactor with his teeth.
Victory for style over substance, hyperbole over history, rabble-raising over reality.
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Beware The Liberal Fascists - The Leaders Who Aim to 'Save' Us By Controlling Everything We Do
His controversial book Liberal Fascism has already divided his own country. Now, as American political columnist JONAH GOLDBERG's bestseller is published in Britain, he explains why he believes that - contrary to conventional wisdom - fascism and left-wing philosophy are inextricably linked ...Read more...
Vaccinating Older People Against Pneumonia is a 'Waste of Time'
Giving jabs to older people against an infection which causes pneumonia is a waste of time, say researchers.
Millions of pensioners have been vaccinated with a one-off jab as part of a Government campaign launched five years ago.
But it does not cut the risk of pneumonia in people aged 65 and over, according to researchers carrying out possibly the largest review into efficacy of the vaccine.
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That wasn't why they introduced the vaccine, to Save Lives!!
Millions of pensioners have been vaccinated with a one-off jab as part of a Government campaign launched five years ago.
But it does not cut the risk of pneumonia in people aged 65 and over, according to researchers carrying out possibly the largest review into efficacy of the vaccine.
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That wasn't why they introduced the vaccine, to Save Lives!!
Ofcom Chairman Joining Board of Royal Mail is 'Beyond Belief'
Critics said the appointment, which was approved by Business Secretary Lord Mandelson, looked like "jobs for the boys" and raised questions over Ofcom's ability to regulate the company effectively for taxpayers.
Part of Ofcom's role will be to agree with Royal Mail the price of stamps. They are due to increase by 3p or double the rate of inflation this year.
Lord Currie, Ofcom's chairman, has joined the board of the postal organisation on a salary of £30,000 a year.
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More snouts at the trough! And of course mandelson is involved yet again!
Part of Ofcom's role will be to agree with Royal Mail the price of stamps. They are due to increase by 3p or double the rate of inflation this year.
Lord Currie, Ofcom's chairman, has joined the board of the postal organisation on a salary of £30,000 a year.
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More snouts at the trough! And of course mandelson is involved yet again!
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Where’s Osama?
How likely is it that Osama bin Laden, the defender of the oppressed Moslems, “the perpetrator of 9/11” as they tell us, would remain silent in the face of the Israeli massacre of the helpless Palestinians in Gaza?
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Greek Policeman Gunned Down By AK-47 Toting Protestors?
A policeman was shot and seriously injured in Athens early today as protesters sprayed automatic fire at officers guarding the Culture Ministry, prompting fears of renewed anarchist violence.
Diamantis Matzounis, the 21-year-old policeman, was reported to be in a critical but stable condition, with bullet wounds over his whole body from chest to legs. He had been one of three members of a ministry police guard fired on by two attackers using AK-47 assault rifles and at least one 9mm pistol.
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This sounds very fishy indeed. They haven't arrested anyone so how do they know they were protesters? The mainstream media disinfo as usual
Could very well be agent provocateurs , they were active in the protests before xmas.
Diamantis Matzounis, the 21-year-old policeman, was reported to be in a critical but stable condition, with bullet wounds over his whole body from chest to legs. He had been one of three members of a ministry police guard fired on by two attackers using AK-47 assault rifles and at least one 9mm pistol.
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This sounds very fishy indeed. They haven't arrested anyone so how do they know they were protesters? The mainstream media disinfo as usual
Could very well be agent provocateurs , they were active in the protests before xmas.
Madoff Breaks Bail By Mailing $1Million In Jewellery
The threat to the survival of the SEC came as it emerged that Bernard Madoff has violated the terms of his bail conditions by posting jewellery worth $1 million (£680,000) to family members and friends while under 24-hour house arrest. The measure constitutes a breach because it is perceived as a possible attempt to hide his remaining assets from liquidators.
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As well as the billions here shunted off to Israel eh?
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As well as the billions here shunted off to Israel eh?
No Humanitarian Crisis In Gaza
Twenty hours later, the wounded were still bleeding in a shed in the courtyard of the house. There was no electricity, no heat, no water. Their relatives were with them, but every time they tried to leave the courtyard to fetch water, the army shot at them.
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Arab Collaborators Of Israel
One is often baffled by the ironies of international relations and the alliances they foster. Take for example the Israeli colonial settlement that had declared war on the Palestinian people and several Arab countries since its inception while at the same time it built alliances with many Arab regimes and with Palestinian leaders.
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Chemtrail Fallout In Northern California Newspaper Ad
Full-page advertisement placed in a Redding, California paper recently by a group of concerned citizensClick on picture to enlarge
'Peace Envoy' Blair On Holiday - Gaza Being Destroyed
For the last nine days, the eyes of the world have been on war-torn Gaza as it descended into all-out conflict and hundreds lost their lives.
Yet Middle East peace envoy Tony Blair was far from the action - spending Christmas and New Year with his family.
For at least part of the time he was in London, where he was spotted at a special private opening of the Armani store in Knightsbridge.
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Yet Middle East peace envoy Tony Blair was far from the action - spending Christmas and New Year with his family.
For at least part of the time he was in London, where he was spotted at a special private opening of the Armani store in Knightsbridge.
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Coca Cola's Fanta Contains Massive Levels Of Pesticides
Fizzy drinks sold by Coca-Cola in Britain have been found to contain pesticides at up to 300 times the level allowed in tap or bottled water.A worldwide study found pesticide levels in orange and lemon drinks sold under the Fanta brand, which is popular with children, were at their highest in the UK.
The research team called on the Government, the industry and the company to act to remove the chemicals and called for new safety standards to regulate the soft drinks market.
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Obama's Statement on the Crisis in Palestine
It's no small wonder that President Elect Barack Obama is keeping silent on the current round of wanton slaughter and destruction in Palestine. After all He had already made his position crystal clear when he addressed the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, otherwise known as "The Israeli Lobby", on June 4th of last year. There had been doubts amongst a portion of Jewish voters as to his fealty to Israel but in his opening statement he put those fears to rest."I want you to know that today I'll be speaking from my heart, and as a true friend of Israel. And I know that when I visit with AIPAC, I am among friends. Good friends. Friends who share my strong commitment to make sure that the bond between the United States and Israel is unbreakable today, tomorrow and forever."
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Gaza Hospitals Under Fire
Israeli forces fired in the immediate vicinity of three hospitals in the Gaza Strip on Monday, witnesses and medical personnel told Ma'an. The Al-Wafa Hospital eastern Gaza Strip received warning that they would be shelled, but the hospital administration and staff refused to evacuate on account of the number of injured people being treated there. Some of the wounded have been injured so severely that they cannot be safely transferred.
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Obama's Perilous Compromise with Wall Street Looters
President Obama has made an enormous mistake. Instead of cracking down on serial looters and complicit regulators, he wants to guarantee the financial sector's obligations, which are several times larger than America's economy.
This is a Ponzi scheme far beyond Bernie Madoff's imagination. Simply put: The government is breaking the rules of capitalism to reward the most reckless capitalists.
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This is a Ponzi scheme far beyond Bernie Madoff's imagination. Simply put: The government is breaking the rules of capitalism to reward the most reckless capitalists.
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Unplugging the New World Order
If there were a webcam in the Monkey House at the local zoo, would you watch it?Then, why watch TV or go to the movies? Why cruise the Internet or listen to most music? It's the same thing: the chest pounding, screeching, defecating and copulating of monkeys. Of course humans outdo monkeys with mindless killing and mayhem.
If not a Monkey House, then the world increasingly resembles a hive which, thanks to the mass media, vibrates at the same frequency.
For example, when the stock market is plummeting, everyone is panicking. (When Money is God, an economic downturn becomes a spiritual crisis.) But there are other causes for the gloom: the spreading knowledge that our institutions (government, media, education, religion etc.) have been subverted and society now has no way of self-correcting. The world feels like a roller coaster and we are holding on for dear life.
Perhaps we need to let go. Perhaps we need to vibrate at our own unique frequency.
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Monday, January 05, 2009
More Aboriginal Children Put Into Care Now Than During 'Stolen Generations'
There are now more than 4,500 Aboriginal children in state care in New South Wales (NSW), compared to 1,000 in foster homes, institutions and church-run missions in the state when the forced removals policy ended in 1969.
The statistics have angered indigenous groups, who believe the government should allocate more resources to ensuring children can remain with their parents, especially when the reason for their removal is neglect, not abuse.
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The statistics have angered indigenous groups, who believe the government should allocate more resources to ensuring children can remain with their parents, especially when the reason for their removal is neglect, not abuse.
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Trainspotters Being Stopped Under Anti-terror Powers
Trainspotters are being stopped by police using draconian anti-terrorism powers, it has emerged.
The Prevention of Terrorism Act 2000 has been used to stop 62,584 people at railway stations and another 87,000 were questioned under "stop and search" and "stop and account" legislation.
Liberal Democrat transport spokesman Norman Baker, who uncovered the figures, warned that Britain was heading towards a "police state".
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The Prevention of Terrorism Act 2000 has been used to stop 62,584 people at railway stations and another 87,000 were questioned under "stop and search" and "stop and account" legislation.
Liberal Democrat transport spokesman Norman Baker, who uncovered the figures, warned that Britain was heading towards a "police state".
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Terrorists Could Use 'Insect-based' Biological Weapon
Jeffrey Lockwood, professor of entomology at Wyoming University and author of Six-legged Soldiers: Using Insects as Weapons of War, said such Rift Valley Fever or other diseases could be transported into a country by a terrorist with a suitcase.
He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "I think a small terrorist cell could very easily develop an insect-based weapon."
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He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "I think a small terrorist cell could very easily develop an insect-based weapon."
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Israel Refuses To Let The Red Cross Enter Gaza
"The ICRC had notified the authorities of the team's arrival in advance, but they have been awaiting authorization to enter the (Gaza) Strip since Friday morning," the International Committee of the Red Cross said in a statement on Saturday. The same border crossing has been opened for other aid workers and foreigners seeking to leave Gaza, the Red Cross said, even as its own members -- including a surgeon tasked to help with complex operations at Gaza's Shifa Hospital -- were denied access.
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Crop Circles and Government with Colin Andrews
2008 was the year that the British Government released what they 'claim' to be all their secret UFO documents, including one referring to me. Some of the released documents relate to a period in the 1980s when I was putting pressure for government openness about the crop circles and the UFO during a lot of International television and radio interviews.
I asked what the governments involvement was and if they were actively involved in investigations? I stated that their aircraft had been seen over the circles. I released video of British Ministry of Defence Helicopters hovering over a strange 'org' near a large crop circle.
After the Government publicly denied any interest or involvement, I showed some of the media the police and Ministry of Defence's own photographs which I had in his possession, but not all of my documented evidence - which you will see here for the first time.
More Corruption Surrounds Obama
Bill Richardson has withdrawn his nomination to be commerce secretary.
Richardson, who will remain governor of New Mexico, is facing a federal grand jury investigation into whether he exchanged government contracts for contributions to three Richardson political committees.
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You are the company you keep!
Richardson, who will remain governor of New Mexico, is facing a federal grand jury investigation into whether he exchanged government contracts for contributions to three Richardson political committees.
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You are the company you keep!
Zionist Israel Is Run By Terrorists
"What happpened to putting people on trial?" That was when there were real judges and an actual Department of Justice that wasn't in the pockets of those that have committed these war-crimes and crimes against humanity.
Since Bush refused to allow the USA to be a signatory to the International court (to protect himself and his flunkies) from criminal prosecution - there is no impartial court of law that will hear this case. And when there is no law then there is still vigilante justice. It's called 'consequences' for what they have been responsible for.
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Since Bush refused to allow the USA to be a signatory to the International court (to protect himself and his flunkies) from criminal prosecution - there is no impartial court of law that will hear this case. And when there is no law then there is still vigilante justice. It's called 'consequences' for what they have been responsible for.
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'Global Warming As We Know It Does Not Exist', Says Climate Expert
Global Warming, as we think we know it, doesn't exist. And I am not the only one trying to make people open up their eyes and see the truth. But few listen, despite the fact that I was one of the first Canadian Ph.Ds. in Climatology and I have an extensive background in climatology, especially the reconstruction of past climates and the impact of climate change on human history and the human condition. Few listen, even though I have a Ph.D, (Doctor of Science) from the University of London, England and was a climatology professor at the University of Winnipeg. For some reason (actually for many), the World is not listening.
Here is why.
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Here is why.
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The Iraq War Is Now Illegal
The Bush administration's infatuation with presidential power has finally pushed the country over a constitutional precipice. As of New Year's Day, ongoing combat in Iraq is illegal under US law.In authorizing an invasion in 2002, Congress did not give President Bush a blank check. It explicitly limited the use of force to two purposes: to “defend the national security of the US from the threat posed by Iraq” and “enforce all relevant UN Security Council resolutions.”
Five years after the fall of Saddam Hussein, the government of Iraq no longer poses a threat. Our continuing intervention has been based on the second clause of Congress' grant of war-making power. Coalition troops have been acting under a series of Security Council resolutions authorizing the continuing occupation of Iraq. But this year, Bush allowed the UN mandate to expire on December 31 without requesting a renewal. At precisely one second after midnight, Congress' authorization of the war expired along with this mandate.
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Zimbabwe: Now Mugabe Imprisons 2 Year Olds - Toddler Beaten In Prison
Horror stories are emerging from Chikurubi Maximum Security prison in Zimbabwe where at least 16 human rights activists are being held.In a shocking revelation, activists report the youngest prisoner, Nigel Mupfuranhehwe, a two-year-old - who was abducted with his parents Violet Mupfuranhehwe and Collen Mutamagau - was beaten by security agents and needed medical attention.
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The US Army Document That Proves the US is the World's Number One Sponsor of World Terrorism
In a 'manual' which is officially to be released only to 'students from foreign countries on a case-by-case basis only', the US Army outlines a program of what it now calls 'irregular warfare', in fact US state sponsored terrorism, insurgency, and PSYOPS.
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Israel Using Depleted Uranium In Gaza
Norwegian medics told Press TV correspondent Akram al-Sattari that some of the victims who have been wounded since Israel began its attacks on the Gaza Strip on December 27 have traces of depleted uranium in their bodies.
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Former UK Ambassador Uses Undiplomatic Language Over Brown And Israel (He's right, though)
Brown is appeasing domestic horror at the Israeli massacre in Gaza by calling for a ceasefire. Meanwhile British diplomats on the United Nations Security Council are under direct instructions to offer "tacit support" to United States' efforts to block a ceasefire.
I have been told this directly by a former colleague in the UK Mission to the United Nations.
Craig Murray
I have been told this directly by a former colleague in the UK Mission to the United Nations.
Craig Murray
Sunday, January 04, 2009
c0mpsych: About Managing Life
Where does all this come from? These Ideas of treachery and machinations of conspiracies. Ever since I was young I felt that I was missing something. That there was something more I should know but, did not. That lack of knowledge left a great void in my life and opened the way along many paths. I look back and find those paths were very difficult indeed. Ahead I see much of the same but in a different light. These paths have led me to two basic tasks in life; Managing everyday life and trying to learn exactly what it is that I have been missing, or have not known, or was not told, or was not taught.
As a child I was aware of the feeling that who I was - what I was - how I thought, was far different then how I perceived others around me thought about those same feelings. I felt somewhat detached, left out. I always wondered what it was that caused these feelings that told me the world was a very mysterious place indeed. I am now learning the cause of many of those feelings which have been with me for as long as I can remember having the thought/feeling, I am me - I am here.
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As a child I was aware of the feeling that who I was - what I was - how I thought, was far different then how I perceived others around me thought about those same feelings. I felt somewhat detached, left out. I always wondered what it was that caused these feelings that told me the world was a very mysterious place indeed. I am now learning the cause of many of those feelings which have been with me for as long as I can remember having the thought/feeling, I am me - I am here.
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Demonstrators Hurl Shoes at Downing Street
Demonstrators demanding an end to Israeli airstrikes on Gaza hurled their shoes at the gates of Downing Street yesterday during a wave of global protests.
Riot police were also pelted with missiles and fireworks as about 5,000 pro-Palestinians descended on the Israeli Embassy in London in the evening.
Officials Plotted Sellafield Cover-up
Top civil servants and nuclear administrators colluded to prevent MPs from challenging a massive sweetener to a private business taking over the running of Sellafield, internal documents in the hands of The Independent on Sunday reveal.
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The British Government is rotten to the core!
They should be prosecuted for conspiracy to defraud the British Tax payer
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The British Government is rotten to the core!
They should be prosecuted for conspiracy to defraud the British Tax payer
Waste Watch
A council spent £25,500 on lunches for just 85 staff members taking part in a course on leadership skills.
Croydon Council paid a total of £306,000 for the workers to take part in the nine-day in-house training scheme. Of that sum, the budget for staff lunches was £300 a head – equivalent to £33.33 for each of the nine lunches. By comparison, a three-course fixed-price lunch at The Grill restaurant at London's Dorchester hotel costs £27.50.
The council would not say what food and drink was served, but Pam Parkes, divisional director of human resources, said: "I don't think it is expensive. Most people expect when they go on a course to have a tea or coffee. Tea is not cheap, we do not grow tea, we have to buy it. It does cost someone to make the lunches."
She added: "We strongly believe this is a cost-effective investment that will pay off in terms of expertise and savings in the medium to long term."
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Common Purpose course?
Croydon Council paid a total of £306,000 for the workers to take part in the nine-day in-house training scheme. Of that sum, the budget for staff lunches was £300 a head – equivalent to £33.33 for each of the nine lunches. By comparison, a three-course fixed-price lunch at The Grill restaurant at London's Dorchester hotel costs £27.50.
The council would not say what food and drink was served, but Pam Parkes, divisional director of human resources, said: "I don't think it is expensive. Most people expect when they go on a course to have a tea or coffee. Tea is not cheap, we do not grow tea, we have to buy it. It does cost someone to make the lunches."
She added: "We strongly believe this is a cost-effective investment that will pay off in terms of expertise and savings in the medium to long term."
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Common Purpose course?
Hamas Rocket Causes Devastation in Israel
An Israeli soldier stands guard over the remains of a Hamas RocketIsraelis Firing White Phosphorus Shells Into Gaza
The AP photo above shows what appears to be a white phosphorus shell fired into Gaza, as was used by Israel in Lebanon.White phosphorus is an indiscriminate killer that ignites once it is exposed to oxygen, producing such heat that it bursts into a yellow flame and produces a dense white smoke. It causes painful burn injuries to exposed human flesh, as discovered by Lebanon's Children at the hands of Israeli Phosphorus Bombs in 2006.
White Phosphorus is considered a chemical weapon by most governments around the world. Its use in civilian areas is banned by the Geneva Treaty of 1980. The United Nations considers such weapons illegal.
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'Super-Councils' Given Power to Impose Road Taxes
Congestion charges and workplace parking fees could be imposed by unelected quangos under proposed laws.
The small print of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill, which is currently going through Parliament, gives sweeping power to new organisations to control transport policy, including the power to levy taxes, the Conservatives said last night.
They have accused the Government of trying to impose road pricing "via the back door".
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The Government will stop at nothing to get your money and impose the surveillance state it so desperately wants.
The small print of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill, which is currently going through Parliament, gives sweeping power to new organisations to control transport policy, including the power to levy taxes, the Conservatives said last night.
They have accused the Government of trying to impose road pricing "via the back door".
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The Government will stop at nothing to get your money and impose the surveillance state it so desperately wants.
Sarkozy: A Legend in His Own Mindtime
It was no surprise to learn that Sarko plans to continue as de facto leader of Europe although at midnight France ended its six-month turn in the Union's rotating presidency and handed over to the Czech Republic. He announced that his latest mission is to bring peace to the Middle East. He is off to trouble-shoot in Jerusalem and the West Bank on Monday, with no mandate beyond his enthusiasm for crisis management and France's historic weight in the Arab world.
Sarkozy's intervention over the Gaza strip confirms that he has no intention of taking a back seat after what he sees as the most dynamic turn by any leader in the Union's rotating chair. With his usual chutzpah -- and contorted syntax -- he boasted that he has shaped not just France but the whole world since he has been "President of Europe".
"The initiatives which I have undertaken in the name of the French Presidency of the Union -- coordinating the action of all the Europeans and bringing the heads of state of the 20 biggest world powers to Washington -- have enabled the world to avoid sliding down the slope of 'everyone for themselves', which would have been fatal." That's quite a claim.
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What a tosser!
Anyone else would have been sectioned under the mental health act for such claims.
Sarkozy's intervention over the Gaza strip confirms that he has no intention of taking a back seat after what he sees as the most dynamic turn by any leader in the Union's rotating chair. With his usual chutzpah -- and contorted syntax -- he boasted that he has shaped not just France but the whole world since he has been "President of Europe".
"The initiatives which I have undertaken in the name of the French Presidency of the Union -- coordinating the action of all the Europeans and bringing the heads of state of the 20 biggest world powers to Washington -- have enabled the world to avoid sliding down the slope of 'everyone for themselves', which would have been fatal." That's quite a claim.
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What a tosser!
Anyone else would have been sectioned under the mental health act for such claims.
Police Set to Step Up Hacking of Home PCs
THE Home Office has quietly adopted a new plan to allow police across Britain routinely to hack into people’s personal computers without a warrant.
The move, which follows a decision by the European Union’s council of ministers in Brussels, has angered civil liberties groups and opposition MPs. They described it as a sinister extension of the surveillance state which drives “a coach and horses” through privacy laws.
The hacking is known as “remote searching”. It allows police or MI5 officers who may be hundreds of miles away to examine covertly the hard drive of someone’s PC at his home, office or hotel room.
Material gathered in this way includes the content of all e-mails, web-browsing habits and instant messaging.
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The move, which follows a decision by the European Union’s council of ministers in Brussels, has angered civil liberties groups and opposition MPs. They described it as a sinister extension of the surveillance state which drives “a coach and horses” through privacy laws.
The hacking is known as “remote searching”. It allows police or MI5 officers who may be hundreds of miles away to examine covertly the hard drive of someone’s PC at his home, office or hotel room.
Material gathered in this way includes the content of all e-mails, web-browsing habits and instant messaging.
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Councils Splurge £1m on Junkets
THE resort is best known for hosting Hollywood stars, but last March the high rollers in Cannes were of an altogether different ilk.
Among the luxury yachts in the harbour was Powder-monkey, a 100ft vessel with five en-suite cabins used by council officials from Nottingham attending Mipim, one of the world’s biggest property conventions. The 10-man delegation, led by Michael Frater, chief executive of Nottingham city council, had splashed out £20,000 of public money in order to entertain potential investors.
Moored nearby was Sunliner X, an even bigger yacht boasting four state rooms, which had been rented by delegates from Liverpool. The city council and local quangos had spent almost £150,000 on sending staff to the French Riviera, ostensibly to drum up trade over three days
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The trips are among a long list of overseas junkets uncovered by The Sunday Times on which councils have lavished more than £1m of taxpayers’ money over the past two years.
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Among the luxury yachts in the harbour was Powder-monkey, a 100ft vessel with five en-suite cabins used by council officials from Nottingham attending Mipim, one of the world’s biggest property conventions. The 10-man delegation, led by Michael Frater, chief executive of Nottingham city council, had splashed out £20,000 of public money in order to entertain potential investors.
Moored nearby was Sunliner X, an even bigger yacht boasting four state rooms, which had been rented by delegates from Liverpool. The city council and local quangos had spent almost £150,000 on sending staff to the French Riviera, ostensibly to drum up trade over three days
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The trips are among a long list of overseas junkets uncovered by The Sunday Times on which councils have lavished more than £1m of taxpayers’ money over the past two years.
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Town Hall Bosses Advise on Pay Rises For . . . Town Hall Bosses
TOWN HALL bosses are operating a private consultancy that has helped to increase their pay by more than 30% in four years.
Solace Enterprises, a recruitment company, is paid fees of about £20,000 by local councils to headhunt chief executives and recommend salary levels.
Its advice has contributed to burgeoning pay packets for chief executives, many of whom are now paid more than £150,000 a year. The company is wholly owned by the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives and Senior Managers (Solace), which represents town hall bosses. The company’s directors include a number of serving chief executives.
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Solace Enterprises, a recruitment company, is paid fees of about £20,000 by local councils to headhunt chief executives and recommend salary levels.
Its advice has contributed to burgeoning pay packets for chief executives, many of whom are now paid more than £150,000 a year. The company is wholly owned by the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives and Senior Managers (Solace), which represents town hall bosses. The company’s directors include a number of serving chief executives.
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Israel Massacre in Gaza Civilian Market
This video clip was taken with a mobile camera immediately after a terrorist Israeli air strike hit a busy market where kids with their mothers and fathers were searching for food to eat from one of the local markets early on Saturday 03, Jan 2009, Gaza.
As you will see, there are no words to describe the terror of the Jewish state of Israhell. This is why Israel is continuously refusing to allow foreign correspondence and reporters from entering Gaza.
If you are of a squeamish disposition do not watch this video as it contains scenes of graphic nature and is not suitable for children
With many thanks to Kawther Salem for this video as it was removed from you tube by the Israeli Propoganda and defense organisation THE ADL!
See her blog here
As you will see, there are no words to describe the terror of the Jewish state of Israhell. This is why Israel is continuously refusing to allow foreign correspondence and reporters from entering Gaza.
If you are of a squeamish disposition do not watch this video as it contains scenes of graphic nature and is not suitable for children
With many thanks to Kawther Salem for this video as it was removed from you tube by the Israeli Propoganda and defense organisation THE ADL!
See her blog here
The Invasion of Gaza: "Operation Cast Lead", Part of a Broader Israeli Military-Intelligence Agenda
The aerial bombings and the ongoing invasion of Gaza by Israeli ground forces must be analysed in a historical context. Operation "Cast Lead" is a carefully planned undertaking, which is part of a broader military-intelligence agenda first formulated in 2001:
"Sources in the defense establishment said Defense Minister Ehud Barak instructed the Israel Defense Forces to prepare for the operation over six months ago, even as Israel was beginning to negotiate a ceasefire agreement with Hamas."(Barak Ravid, Operation "Cast Lead": Israeli Air Force strike followed months of planning, Haaretz, December 27, 2008)
It was Israel which broke the truce on the day of the US presidential elections, November 4:
"Israel used this distraction to break the ceasefire between itself and Hamas by bombing the Gaza strip. Israel claimed this violation of the ceasefire was to prevent Hamas from digging tunnels into Israeli territory.
The very next day, Israel launched a terrorizing siege of Gaza, cutting off food, fuel, medical supplies and other necessities in an attempt to “subdue” the Palestinians while at the same time engaging in armed incursions.
In response, Hamas and others in Gaza again resorted to firing crude, homemade, and mainly inaccurate rockets into Israel. During the past seven years, these rockets have been responsible for the deaths of 17 Israelis.
Over the same time span, Israeli Blitzkrieg assaults have killed thousands of Palestinians, drawing worldwide protest but falling on deaf ears at the UN." (Shamus Cooke, The Massacre in Palestine and the Threat of a Wider War, Global Research, December 2008)
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"Sources in the defense establishment said Defense Minister Ehud Barak instructed the Israel Defense Forces to prepare for the operation over six months ago, even as Israel was beginning to negotiate a ceasefire agreement with Hamas."(Barak Ravid, Operation "Cast Lead": Israeli Air Force strike followed months of planning, Haaretz, December 27, 2008)
It was Israel which broke the truce on the day of the US presidential elections, November 4:
"Israel used this distraction to break the ceasefire between itself and Hamas by bombing the Gaza strip. Israel claimed this violation of the ceasefire was to prevent Hamas from digging tunnels into Israeli territory.
The very next day, Israel launched a terrorizing siege of Gaza, cutting off food, fuel, medical supplies and other necessities in an attempt to “subdue” the Palestinians while at the same time engaging in armed incursions.
In response, Hamas and others in Gaza again resorted to firing crude, homemade, and mainly inaccurate rockets into Israel. During the past seven years, these rockets have been responsible for the deaths of 17 Israelis.
Over the same time span, Israeli Blitzkrieg assaults have killed thousands of Palestinians, drawing worldwide protest but falling on deaf ears at the UN." (Shamus Cooke, The Massacre in Palestine and the Threat of a Wider War, Global Research, December 2008)
Read more...
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