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WikiLeaks Reveals Diplomatic Cables on Aafia Siddiqui
Post Date: 2010-12-03 08:37:31 by Stephen Lendman
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WikiLeaks Reveals Diplomatic Cables on Aafia Siddiqui - by Stephen Lendman Earlier articles about her can be accessed through the following links: http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/2008/12/abduction-secret-detention-torture-and.html http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/2010/09/aafia-siddiqui-sentenced-grievous.html http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/2010/09/reaction-to-aafia-siddiquis-sentencing.html On September 23 in federal court, she was sentenced to 86 years in prison, though committed no crime. It's a gross miscarriage of justice, compounding what's she's already endured, following her March 30, 2003 abduction, imprisonment, torture, prosecution, and conviction on spurious charges. ...
Amazon Bows To US Censorship Pressure: Refuses To Host Wikileaks
Post Date: 2010-12-02 14:03:38 by freepatriot32
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from the ah,-whatever-happened-to-that-first-amendment dept While the Feds are still trying to figure out if they can take legal action against Wikileaks and Julian Assange, in the short term it appears that the government is resorting to more traditional censorship methods: pressuring companies to silence Wikileaks. Wikileaks had just started using Amazon's S3 storage, after trying to deal with a constant denial of service attack that started this past weekend, but Amazon has now apparently dumped Wikileaks after getting pressure from Senator Joe Lieberman, who flat out called for censoring Wikileaks and then applauded Amazon for following through: "(Amazon's) decision to ...
'We hate obese passengers and people with personal hygiene issues:' Now 'abused' TSA staff vent their anger at patdown searches My Title: [Pigs being pigs: Pigs too Stupid for their Own Good]
Post Date: 2010-12-01 11:37:23 by Eric Stratton
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'We Hate Obese Passengers and People with Personal Hygiene Issues:' Now 'abused' TSA Staff Vent Their Anger at Patdown Searches By Daily Mail Reporter Furious security staff today hit back at pat down searches in airports across America, claiming that they hated dealing with obese travellers and those with personal hygiene problems. As millions of people prepared to travel for Thanksgiving, passenger backlash was growing against the measures introduced by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). But after being contacted by a travel blog, 17 security staff came forward to express their disgust at the policy put in place last month. They said that they hated ...
House May Block Food Safety Bill Over Senate Error
Post Date: 2010-12-01 11:06:21 by Phant2000
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A food safety bill that has burned up precious days of the Senate’s lame-duck session appears headed back to the chamber because Democrats violated a constitutional provision requiring that tax provisions originate in the House. By pre-empting the House’s tax-writing authority, Senate Democrats appear to have touched off a power struggle with members of their own party in the House. The Senate passed the bill Tuesday, sending it to the House, but House Democrats are expected to use a procedure known as “blue slipping” to block the bill, according to House and Senate GOP aides. The debacle could prove to be a major embarrassment for Senate Democrats, who sought Tuesday ...
The New York Times Endorses Haiti's Coup d'Etat "Elections"
Post Date: 2010-12-01 08:49:56 by Stephen Lendman
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The New York Times Endorses Haiti's Coup d' Etat "Elections" - by Stephen Lendman Two previous articles explained the sham, outrageous enough to make a despot blush, accessed through the following links: http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/2010/11/haitis-sham-elections-solidifying.html http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/2010/11/massive-fraud-in-haitis-sham-elections_30.html No matter for The New York Times, a notorious voice for wealth and power. On November 30, its editorial titled "Haiti After the Vote" endorsed the sham, saying: Despite elections "sullied by low turnout, polling-place confusion and accusations of voter intimidation, ballot stuffing and other ...
Incarceration's Effect on Economic Mobility
Post Date: 2010-12-01 05:31:23 by Stephen Lendman
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Incarceration's Effect on Economic Mobility - by Stephen Lendman The Pew Charitable Trusts "uses public opinion polling and other research tools to produce reports that track important issues and trends." Its new report is titled, "Collateral Costs: Incarceration's Effect on Economic Mobility," focusing on America's burgeoning prison population and enormous cost. Now over $50 billion annually, it "consum(es) 1 in every 15 general fund dollars." The nation spends recklessly on harshness, leaving little little left for society's needs. No wonder Pew found that people today are worse off than their parents at the same age, and "42 percent of ...
Indiana Appeals Court OKs police use of warrant with wrong address
Post Date: 2010-11-30 13:14:39 by freepatriot32
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Court of Appeals has denied a defendant's motion to suppress evidence police seized under a search warrant that contained the wrong address because the officer who served it went to the right location anyway. The judges reasoned in a ruling Monday that there was no chance of the warrant being served at the wrong address because Knox City Police Officer Chad Keen knew where he was supposed to go. The ruling says that had Officer Keen not been the executing officer, the court may have reached a different result. Donnie Salyer filed the appeal after a Starke circuit judge denied his motion to suppress evidence at a court hearing in 2009. The ruling ...
Massive Fraud in Haiti's Sham Elections
Post Date: 2010-11-30 07:41:07 by Stephen Lendman
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Massive Fraud in Haiti's Sham Elections - by Stephen Lendman On November 28, Haiti held first round legislative and presidential elections, a previous article explaining that democracy was off the ballot, accessed through the following link: http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/2010/11/haitis-sham-elections-solidifying.html The entire process was rigged, 15 parties excluded, including by far the most popular, Aristide's Fanmi Lavalas. Under the most dire conditions, it was a cruel joke, not even equivalent to what Edward Herman called "demonstration elections" in his 1980 book by that title, sham ones assuring installation of US- friendly candidates, elections in name only. ...
Napolitano Halts Shipment of Packages from Japan as Prelude to Civilian 'Shipper' ID Lockdown
Post Date: 2010-11-29 07:13:30 by Kamala
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Napolitano Halts Shipment of Packages from Japan as Prelude to Civilian 'Shipper' ID Lockdown By Ken Adachi, Editor educate-yourself.org/cn/n...raightjacket27nov10.shtml November 27, 2010 Napolitano Halts Shipment of Packages from Japan as Prelude to Civilian 'Shipper' ID Lockdown (Nov. 27, 2010) For TV entertainment, we normally watch video tapes of Japanese TV sent to us by my wife's relatives living in Japan. We were just notified today from the relative in Japan who sends the box with the tapes that he couldn't send the box to the USA, but the Japanese postal clerk didn't know why when asked for the reason. We then took a look at Japanese postal web sites ...
Mohamed Osman Mohamud: Terrorist or Victim?
Post Date: 2010-11-29 05:24:09 by Stephen Lendman
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Mohamed Osman Mohamud: Terrorist or Victim? - by Stephen Lendman November 27 major media headlines accused him, including New York Times writers Colin Miner, Liz Robbins and Erik Eckholm triple-teaming him in their article titled, "FBI Says Oregon Suspect Planned 'Grand' Attack." Their saying so becomes accepted fact, according to corporate media reports - guilty by accusation. It happens repeatedly. It's usually strategically timed, in this case to defuse anger over enhanced airport screening. It's also nearly always against Muslims, America's target of choice - of course, to justify imperial wars against Muslim nations. The topic was addressed often in ...
TSA Administrative Directive: Opt-Outters To Be Considered “Domestic Extremists” [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2010-11-28 01:33:37 by Original_Intent
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If the information recently acquired by Doug Hagmann of Northeast Intelligence Network is accurate, then something really big is happening in America right now - and it’s most certainly not a step towards individual liberty. According to Mr. Hagmann, he was contacted by a source within the DHS who provided an alarming memo detailing a new administrative directive agreed upon by DHS chief Janet Napolitano and the head of TSA John Pistole. The memo, according to Doug Hagmann, “officially addresses those who are opposed to, or engaged in the disruption of the implementation of the enhanced airport screening procedures as ‘domestic extremists’.” The memo leaves no ...
Homeland Security seizes domain names
Post Date: 2010-11-28 00:16:18 by TommyTheMadArtist
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The investigative arm of the Homeland Security Department appears to be shutting down websites that facilitate copyright infringement. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has seized dozens of domain names over the past few days, according to TorrentFreak. ICE appears to be targeting sites that help Internet users download copyrighted music, as well as sites that sell bootleg goods, such as fake designer handbags. The sites are replaced with a note from the government: "This domain named has been seized by ICE, Homeland Security Investigations." For instance, borntrade.com, 51607.com, and amoyhy.com have each been seized. One of the site owners told TorrentFreak that his ...
Oscar Lopez Rivera: Imprisoned for Supporting Puerto Rican Independence
Post Date: 2010-11-27 05:32:12 by Stephen Lendman
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Oscar Lopez Rivera: Imprisoned for Supporting Puerto Rican Independence - by Stephen Lendman After the 1898 Spanish-American War, the US took over the Philippines, Guam, Samoa, Hawaii, Cuba, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Canal Zone, assorted other territories, and Puerto Rico. On September 29, its Governor-General, Manuel Macias y Casado (a Spanish general), ceded control to Washington, its current status today as a colony. In 1966, then University of Puerto Rico economics associate, Dr. Antonio J. Gonzales said: "The Puerto Rican Independence Party bases its struggle in favor of the independence of Puerto Rico on the conviction that we continue to be a (US) colony, thus being ...
Enhanced Airport Screening Controversy
Post Date: 2010-11-26 07:25:08 by Stephen Lendman
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Enhanced Airport Screening Controvery - by Stephen Lendman On November 23, Washington Post writers Jon Cohen and Ashley Halsey III headlined, "Poll: Nearly two- thirds of Americans support full-body scanners," according to a Washington Post/ABC News poll, even though "half of those polled say enhanced pat-down searches go too far." A new Zogby (11/19 - 22) poll disagreed, saying: At 61% opposed, "(i)t's clear (most) Americans are not happy with TSA and their enhanced security measures recently enacted. The airlines should not be happy with 48% of their frequent fliers seeking a different mode of transportation due to these enhancements." Neither should ...
Libertarians Against the Regime
Post Date: 2010-11-26 06:19:41 by Ada
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Screw you, Mark Ames! (Oh, and happy Thanksgiving!) We should all give thanks, this Thanksgiving holiday, for the fact that we are not – yet – living under a dictatorship. Although if you’re going through an airport on your way to celebrate the season, you are indeed living in a dictatorship, subject to search and the seizure of your personal effects, as well as being "porno-scanned" and felt up by some TSA Epsilon-Minus Semi-Moron. No, we aren’t yet living under a dictatorship, but I can’t say I’m all that optimistic that we won’t be come next Thanksgiving. The odds of another terrorist attack are quite good, and our ineffective means of ...
Obama Administration Weighs Indefinite Detention
Post Date: 2010-11-25 14:08:48 by Red Jones
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Obama Administration Weighs Indefinite Detention by Dina Temple-Raston November 24, 2010 A courtroom drawing depicts Tanzanian Ahmed Ghailani (center) with his defense attorneys in a New York court, Nov. 17. Ghailani was charged with more than 280 counts of murder and conspiracy for his role in the 1998 embassy bombings in Africa but was convicted of only a single charge. His case has highlighted the Obama administration's problematic stance on indefinite detention of terrorism suspects. Shirley Shepard /AFP/Getty Images A courtroom drawing depicts Tanzanian Ahmed Ghailani (center) with his defense attorneys in a New York court, Nov. 17. Ghailani was charged with more than 280 ...
Rob Natelson: A Lesson on the General Welfare Clause
Post Date: 2010-11-25 13:16:28 by GreyLmist
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Click for Podcast: http://www.tenthamendmentcenter.com/wp-content/uploads/audio/podcasts/rob-natelson-111809.mp3 Duration: 59:41 Rob Natelson, recognized national expert on the framing and adoption of the United States Constitution, offers a lesson on the general Welfare clause of the United States Constitution. He discusses the original meaning of the words themselves, the meaning of general welfare in the preamble, the original meaning and understanding of the clause, the taxing clause, the Hamiltonian vs the Madisonian view, anti-federalist concerns, modern interpretations, court cases which have turned its meaning upside down, practical reasons for a limiting view of the clause and the ...
The Wizard of Oz - We can't say they didn't tell us
Post Date: 2010-11-24 23:09:50 by angK
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THE WIZARD OF OZ If you read this carefully you'll NEVER EVER watch this movie again without seeing and hearing the true message coming through - imagine writing this movie way back in the 1930s KNOWING what you were writing about and KNOWING the American people had NO idea the message you were portraying and would probably remain ignorant until it was completely carried out - some will still never "get it." THE WIZARD OF OZ (oz - the appreviation for ounze) A TRIP BETWEEN THE CODED LINES Motion Picture. 1939. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Book by L. Frank Baum; Adaptation by Noel Langley; Screenplay by Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson, and Edgar Allan Woolf; Lyrics by E. Y. Harburg; ...
What does the TSA have to do with Roe v. Wade? A backscattering of USSC Privacy rulings for review.
Post Date: 2010-11-24 20:53:22 by GreyLmist
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1965: Griswold v. Connecticut - right to marital privacy for contraception. 1972: Eisenstadt v. Baird - right to privacy extended to single persons for contraception. 1973: Roe v. Wade - reproductive right to privacy, due process 1973: Doe v. Bolton - abortion restrictions infinged on privacy, personal liberty 1976: Planned Parenthood of Central Missouri v. Danforth - reproductive right to privacy for minors without parental consent
Poster Comment:The last three cases cited above are heinous examples of USSC privacy decisions on issues related to sexuality and reproduction. Now comes the TSA and mobile imaging vehicles onto the scene, basically declaring that we have no uninfringed ...
Police State USA: TSA Gestapo Empire
Post Date: 2010-11-24 12:45:10 by Original_Intent
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It doesn’t take a bureaucrat long to create an empire. John Pistole, the FBI agent who took over the Transportation Security Administration on July 1 told USA Today 16 days later that protecting trains and subways from terrorist attacks will be as high a priority for him as air travel. It is difficult to imagine New Yorkers being porno-screened and sexually groped on crowed subway platforms or showing up an hour or two in advance for clearance for a 15 minute subway ride, but once bureaucrats get the bit in their teeth they take absurdity to its logical conclusion. Buses will be next, although it is even more difficult to imagine open air bus stops turned into security zones with ...
U.S. Supreme Court confers on Obama eligibility
Post Date: 2010-11-24 00:38:01 by farmfriend
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U.S. Supreme Court confers on Obama eligibility Is president a 'natural-born citizen' as Constitution requires? By Brian Fitzpatrick © 2010 WorldNetDaily WASHINGTON – Is this the case that will break the presidential eligibility question wide open? The Supreme Court conferred today on whether arguments should be heard on the merits of Kerchner v. Obama, a case challenging whether President Barack Obama is qualified to serve as president because he may not be a "natural-born citizen" as required by Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 of the U.S. Constitution. Unlike other eligibility cases that have reached the Supreme Court, Kerchner vs. Obama focuses on the ...
People Who Resist Authority, Stand Up for Privacy, Could Be Classified As Mentally Ill
Post Date: 2010-11-24 00:25:01 by Flintlock
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People Who Resist Authority, Stand Up for Privacy, Could Be Classified As Mentally Ill If you resist authority or are a nonconformist who speaks up in defense of freedom and privacy, then some psychiatrists might recommend that you should be "cured" or locked away in a mental institution. If you are a nonconformist who speaks up in defense of freedom and privacy, then you might be interested to know that some psychiatrists might recommend that you should be "cured" or locked away in a mental institution. Does it really annoy you when governments spy on citizens, such as the Fed's proposed plan to place government-mandated back doors in encryption software and all ...
Anyone else read about the guy who refused the scanner AND the patdowns?
Post Date: 2010-11-23 13:24:40 by James Deffenbach
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I read an article, which I should have bookmarked, about a businessman returning to the US from Paris (iirc) and who refused any scan or patdown. And he had some time to kill but after about 2 and a half hours they turned him loose, no fines or anything. Anyone else read it?
Haiti's Sham Elections: Solidifying Imperial Control
Post Date: 2010-11-23 08:14:13 by Stephen Lendman
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Haiti's Sham Elections: Solidifying Imperial Control - by Stephen Lendman On November 28, first round legislative and presidential elections will be held. As a previous article explained, democracy will be absent because the nation's most popular party, Aristide's Fanmi Lavalas, and 14 others are excluded, the system rigged to install Washington's favorites. In a September 8, Miami Herald op-ed, Ira Kurzban, an immigration and employment law expert as well as Aristide's former legal counsel headlined, "Unfair and undemocratic," saying: "Imagine if (America's) Federal Election Commission disqualified the Democratic and Republican parties from the 20 ...
TSA chief warns against boycott of airport scans
Post Date: 2010-11-22 20:21:38 by bush_is_a_moonie
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ATLANTA — The nation's airport security chief urged travelers not to boycott full-body scans on Wednesday — one of the busiest flying days of the year — as the Thanksgiving holiday approaches with some Americans in a foul and rebellious mood. Transportation Security Administration chief John Pistole said Monday that such delaying actions would only "tie up people who want to go home and see their loved ones." "We all wish we lived in a world where security procedures at airports weren't necessary," he said, "but that just isn't the case." He noted the alleged attempt by a Nigerian with explosives in his underwear to bring down a ...
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