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Who Is The Real Rex Freeman? An Ex-Pat Warriors’ Search for Freedom & Truth
Post Date: 2007-11-04 09:34:42 by christine
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What motivates a person to expatriate and leave his home country? Economics? Climate? Persecution? Opportunity? Lifestyle? Politics? Maybe a combination of all of the above? The following is an historical account of how this path evolved for one such individual who is known as Rex Freeman and how he turned several significant obstacles into the launching pads to his dreams. We offer this as a story of inspiration and hope! In the early 90’s I was in the insurance business and did well with it. One year I earned a very nice bonus from the company I produced for and the IRS decided that they deserved to get the bonus more than I did. I disagreed. I did the work ! I was determined to ...
Can Medical Marijuana Cost You Your Kid? In California, It Can
Post Date: 2007-11-04 09:02:36 by Zipporah
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Ronnie Naulls never saw it coming. The church-going businessman, husband, and father of three young girls knew he was taking a risk when he opened a medical marijuana dispensary in Corona, a suburban community in the high desert of Riverside County east of Los Angeles. Although he had played by the rules, obeyed all state laws, and successfully battled the city in court to stay open, Naulls knew there was a chance of trouble with law enforcement. He knew there was a chance of the federal DEA coming down on him, as it has done with at least 40 other dispensaries this year alone. Naulls family (courtesy green-aid.com) But when they did come down on him, it was far worse than he ever ...
Ann Coulter: On the Gay Circuit in West Hollywood
Post Date: 2007-11-04 08:21:29 by Zipporah
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We had dinner last night at Murano, a new West Hollywood restaurant, owned by gay circuit party promoter Jeffrey Sanker, and lesbian night club owners Robin Gans and Sandy Sachs. It's a visually stunning space, straight lines, whites and reds accented by brilliant Murano glass chandeliers (hence the name of the restaurant). It's right at home within eyeshot of West Hollywood's Pacific Design Center, clearly appealing in a neighborhood of gay clubs, bars and restaurants. Toward the end of dinner, one of my companions insisted that the painfully thin, emotive, long blond haired thing in a small black dress with nearly exposed bosoms was none other than Ann Coulter. I ...
New Detainee Rights Weighed in Plans to Close Guantánamo
Post Date: 2007-11-04 08:09:11 by Zipporah
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New Detainee Rights Weighed in Plans to Close Guantánamo By WILLIAM GLABERSON WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 — Administration officials are considering granting Guantánamo detainees substantially greater rights as part of an effort to close the detention center and possibly move much of its population to the United States, according to officials involved in the discussions. One proposal that is being widely discussed in the administration would overhaul the procedure for determining whether detainees are properly held by granting them legal representation at detention hearings and by giving federal judges, not military officers, the power to decide whether suspects should ...
Suit: Man Loses Penis After Cancer Went Untreated
Post Date: 2007-11-03 21:20:55 by Zipporah
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Man Says Disease Is Now Terminal SAN DIEGO -- A Salvadoran man with terminal cancer is suing the government, claiming he was denied proper medical treatment when he was detained at an immigration facility. Francisco Castaneda, who is facing deportation, filed suit in federal court Wednesday, accusing federal and state agencies of providing negligent medical care. Castaneda, 35, claims the cancer wouldn't have reached the terminal stage if he'd received proper treatment. His penis was amputated after he was freed from federal custody in February and he's undergoing chemotherapy. According to his lawsuit, a doctor first noticed a growth on his penis in December 2005 while ...
Rendition Trailer (2007 Movie)
Post Date: 2007-11-03 17:37:27 by FormerLurker
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I came across this little gem while browsing the web. Has anyone seen this recently released movie yet?
Miami Police Mace Students
Post Date: 2007-11-03 16:29:42 by Zipporah
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Miami Police Mace Students - Watch more free videos In this clip you see the dude simply holding a video camera get maced and then you hear the other cop hit him in the leg. I guess its against the law in Miami to use a video camera outside now.
FBI Hoped to Follow Falafel Trail to Iranian Terrorists Here
Post Date: 2007-11-03 15:15:59 by robin
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CQ HOMELAND SECURITY – SPYTALK Nov. 2, 2007 – 8:27 p.m. FBI Hoped to Follow Falafel Trail to Iranian Terrorists HereBy Jeff Stein, CQ National Security Editor Like Hansel and Gretel hoping to follow their bread crumbs out of the forest, the FBI sifted through customer data collected by San Francisco-area grocery stores in 2005 and 2006, hoping that sales records of Middle Eastern food would lead to Iranian terrorists. The idea was that a spike in, say, falafel sales, combined with other data, would lead to Iranian secret agents. A similar project was aimed at Sunni Arabs in the Washington, D.C., area. The brainchild of top FBI counterterrorism officials Phil Mudd and Willie T. ...
Orders from the top Dunlavey: Guantanamo mission came straight from Bush, Rumsfeld
Post Date: 2007-11-03 14:35:54 by Zipporah
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When military investigators questioned Erie County Judge Michael E. Dunlavey about reported prisoner abuse during his tenure at the Guantanamo Bay camp for suspected terrorists, Dunlavey told them he got his "marching orders" from President Bush, according to a new book about U.S. policies regarding torture.The book, "Administration of Torture: A Documentary Record from Washington to Abu Ghraib and Beyond," relies on government documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act to trace the development of what the authors claim was prisoner abuse and torture that emerged in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.The book uses Dunlavey's words to ...
Blackwater's Owner Has Spies for Hire
Post Date: 2007-11-03 10:56:13 by Zipporah
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Blackwater's Owner Has Spies for HireEx-U.S. Operatives Dot Firm's RosterBy Dana HedgpethWashington Post Staff WriterSaturday, November 3, 2007; A01 Two analysts, whose names Total Intelligence Solutions would not release for security reasons, work at company headquarters in Ballston. A critic says the firm employs "rent-a-spies," while its chairman says, "We break no laws."Photo Credit: Photos By Kevin Clark -- The Washington Post First it became a brand name in security for its work in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now it's taking on intelligence.The Prince Group, the holding company that owns Blackwater Worldwide, has been building an operation that will ...
The Torture Litmus Test
Post Date: 2007-11-02 20:01:20 by Peetie Wheatstraw
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Several days before his first meeting with the Senate Judiciary Committee, Michael Mukasey’s Justice Department handlers arranged a private meeting for him with a number of “movement conservatives.” Two different administration sources have described the meeting to me. During the meeting, Mukasey’s counterparts, largely figures associated with the Federalist Society, pushed him on two points in particular. First, they wanted him to undertake that he would not appoint a special prosecutor to look into the U.S. attorneys scandal and related charges concerning political prosecutions. At this point it is clear that if an independent investigation were to be launched, it ...
An Invitation to Be Put on a Watch List
Post Date: 2007-11-02 14:15:52 by ghostdogtxn
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When Judges Attack
Post Date: 2007-11-02 05:59:05 by Ada
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The war president is finding a less pliant judiciary Since 9/11, the president and his advisers have aggressively capitalized on Americans' fear of additional terrorist attacks by insisting that our safety can only be secured if the executive branch is allowed to override Congress and the courts when necessary. For example, George W. Bush has attached "signing statements" to many of the bills he has signed into law, stipulating that he can ignore those laws if he decides they endanger national security. Both Congress and the federal judiciary have largely deferred to such an unprecedented expansion of presidential power, but there's a growing rebellion among certain ...
Vice President’s Remarks to the American Legion Nov. 1, 2007 (MORE LIES FROM DARTH)
Post Date: 2007-11-01 15:58:57 by aristeides
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Vice President’s Remarks to the American Legion Indiana War Memorial Indianapolis, Indiana 11:17 A.M. EDT THE VICE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much, Marty. And let me thank all of you for that warm welcome. It's almost enough to make me want to run for office again. (Laughter.) Almost, almost. But I'm delighted to be here today. I want to thank Brigadier General Stewart Goodwin, the director of the Indiana War Memorials Commission, for hosting us today in this tremendous facility. I recognize my friend and former colleague, Congressman Mike Sodrel. And I've had the chance to speak, of course, to the American Legion gathering over the years, and it's always been a ...
Since 9/11, the TSA has collected tons of items at airport security checkpoints. What happens to all that stuff? Here's how to buy TSA contraband. (EBAY)
Post Date: 2007-11-01 12:59:25 by Horse
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Since 9/11, the Transportation Security Administration has collected tons of items at security checkpoints; in 2006 alone, screeners took in more than 13 million items. What happens to all that stuff? The TSA turns it over to state surplus property agencies, which tend to sell it online or at retail stores. (Sometimes the contraband is sold in bulk.) The agencies say they'll reunite you with your prized pocketknife, if they can locate it. But they would much prefer that travelers figure out the rules and abide by them. "Our goal is for passengers not to bring this stuff on anymore, so we won't have to deal with it," says Steve Ekin, Georgia's surplus property division ...
Ending Torture And Putting Mukasey Out Of His Misery
Post Date: 2007-10-31 23:37:55 by kiki
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It's one thing to vote against a torture enabler only to see that torture enabler confirmed anyway, but it's another thing to actually kill the nomination. Who among the Senate Democrats is willing to end Michael Mukasey's nomination and confirmation process right here and now? Outright block it -- filibuster it -- stop it in committee or on the floor when (and if) it comes up for a full senate vote. Some of the Democrats, including most recently Senator Clinton, have declared their intention to vote against Mukasey for attorney general. That's awesome, but so what. Many of the very same Democrats we're hearing from this week also voted against Alberto Gonzales. But ...
A Lesson For Mukasey: Why I Had Myself Water-Boarded
Post Date: 2007-10-31 21:07:07 by Zipporah
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As a journalist for Current TV, a former military officer, and a student of public policy I have been involved in the debate about the War on Terror from the frontlines in Afghanistan to the policy discussions of academia. In the spring of 2006 a battle was brewing between the Bush Administration and some influential members of Congress over the use coercive interrogation techniques. The conflict over what techniques were legally and morally permissible had been a subtext of the War on Terror for years, but for the most part the debate was occurring inside of the intelligence community, the human rights community, and in small legal circles. It was outside the purview of the American ...
White House says Bush plans administrative orders to govern, avoiding Congress
Post Date: 2007-10-31 20:10:50 by robin
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It's not quite signing statements, where President George W. Bush used legal means to "interpret" laws, allowing him to avoid Congressional directives, but the White House is now planning to implement as much new policy "as it can" by administrative order "after concluding that President Bush cannot do much business with the Democratic leadership." According to officials who spoke to the Washington Post, Bush blames Democrats for the holdup of Judge Michael Muskasey's nomination as attorney general, the failure to pass budget bills and an inability to reach compromise on child healthcare. Bush vetoed the State Children's Health Insurance Program, ...
Travelers Beware: Homeland Security is Googling You
Post Date: 2007-10-31 12:54:10 by Alan Chapman
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We've all undoubtedly heard the warnings about being careful about the information we put online, as well as the stories of potential employers and college admissions and coaches checking up on people online through Google and social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook. But here's a new one for you: the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is also using this information to check up on individuals entering the country. "They" are watching you, and "they" know what you've been up to. Andrew Feldman, a Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor who's currently a psychotherapist in Vancouver, was recently detained for four hours, fingerprinted, and then barred ...
Small Boats Seen As A Terror Threat; facing increased scrutiny from the Homeland Security Department
Post Date: 2007-10-31 11:12:52 by Brian S
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WASHINGTON — The nation's 17 million small boats are facing increased scrutiny from the Homeland Security Department, which fears they could be used in a nuclear attack or a lethal explosion at a U.S. port. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said this month that he had ordered agency leaders to "raise the protection level with respect to small boats." Attacks this decade by terrorists ramming bomb-filled speedboats into a U.S. battleship and a French tanker are worrisome, Chertoff said. The Coast Guard is seeking a new federal requirement that all boat operators carry identification wherever they are on the water so it can build a database of boaters found in ...
To Implement Policy, Bush to Turn to Administrative Orders
Post Date: 2007-10-31 08:50:34 by kiki
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The White House plans to try implementing as much new policy as it can by administrative order while stepping up its confrontational rhetoric with Congress after concluding that President Bush cannot do much business with the Democratic leadership, administration officials said. According to those officials, Bush and his advisers blame Democrats for the holdup of Judge Michael B. Mukasey's nomination to be attorney general, the failure to pass any of the 12 annual spending bills, and what they see as their refusal to involve the White House in any meaningful negotiations over the stalemated children's health-care legislation. White House aides say the only way Bush seems to be ...
University of Delaware Requires Students to Undergo Ideological Reeducation
Post Date: 2007-10-31 05:56:53 by freepatriot32
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FIRE Press Release NEWARK, Del., October 30, 2007—The University of Delaware subjects students in its residence halls to a shocking program of ideological reeducation that is referred to in the university’s own materials as a “treatment” for students’ incorrect attitudes and beliefs. The Orwellian program requires the approximately 7,000 students in Delaware’s residence halls to adopt highly specific university-approved views on issues ranging from politics to race, sexuality, sociology, moral philosophy, and environmentalism. The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) is calling for the total dismantling of the program, which is a flagrant ...
The Silencing of Carol Lam: Was Carol Lam Targeting The White House Prior To Her Firing?
Post Date: 2007-10-30 21:54:22 by Zipporah
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The Silencing of Carol Lam Was Carol Lam Targeting The White House Prior To Her Firing? Referring to the Bush administration’s purge of former San Diego-based U.S. attorney Carol Lam, Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) questioned recently on the Senate floor whether she was let go because she was “about to investigate other people who were politically powerful.” The media reports this morning that among Lam’s politically powerful targets were former CIA official Kyle “Dusty” Foggo and then-House Appropriations Committee Chairman Jerry Lewis (R-CA). But there is evidence to believe that the White House may also have been on Lam’s target list. Here are the ...
Sherry Peel Jackson Guilty!
Post Date: 2007-10-30 18:41:44 by christine
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Unfortunately, the Jury at 5:07 PM Eastern Time on October 30, found Sherry Peel Jackson guilty on four counts of misdemeanors, failure to file tax return charges. This does not take away the earlier verdicts of Vernie Kuglin, Joe Banister, Robert Lawrence, and Tommy Cryer, who have all successfully beat the IRS and their charges. Find out more details on what have happened and how we can learn from her experience on Freedom Law School's conference call *TONIGHT*. Our conference call number is (605) 475-8590, room number 5907671. We'll begin at *9 PM Eastern Time (6 PM Pacific Time).* Thank you. Yours in freedom and justice, Peymon Mottahedeh, President Freedom Law School
Michael Mukasey Nomination Bogging Down on Waterboarding Issue (MAY NOT MAKE IT OUT OF COMMITTEE)
Post Date: 2007-10-30 17:15:44 by aristeides
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Michael Mukasey Nomination Bogging Down on Waterboarding Issue Tuesday, October 30, 2007 AP Attorney general nominee Michael Mukasey WASHINGTON — Attorney general nominee Michael Mukasey's evasive answers two weeks ago to Senate Judiciary Committee members about one controversial form of interrogation have so eroded support for his nomination that one committee member said Mukasey would fail a key vote unless he provided a better answer. "If the vote were held today, he (Mukasey) wouldn't get through the committee," one senior Judiciary Committee member said Tuesday, speaking of the committee's pending recommendation vote on Mukasey. The senator asked not ...
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