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Sen. Clinton slams GOP immigration bill
Post Date: 2006-03-09 07:39:58 by A K A Stone
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WASHINGTON --Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, a potential White House candidate in 2008, said Wednesday some Republicans are trying to create a "police state" to round up illegal immigrants. Article Tools * PRINTER FRIENDLYPrinter friendly * E-MAILE-mail to a friend * RSS FEEDSNation RSS feed * RSS FEEDSAvailable RSS feeds * MOST E-MAILEDMost e-mailed More: * Globe Nation stories | * Latest national news | * Globe front page | * Boston.com * Sign up for: Globe Headlines e-mail | * Breaking News Alerts Clinton, D-N.Y., spoke out on the U.S. immigration policy after largely staying away from an issue that has roiled Congress in recent months and spurred a number of conflicting ...
Journalists To Be Jailed For Speaking Out Against 'Little Hitler Bush' Slats Grobnik Gets National Security Letter, Too!
Post Date: 2006-03-08 21:10:44 by Coral Snake
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Journalists To Be Jailed For Speaking Out Against 'Little Hitler Bush' Slats Grobnik Gets National Security Letter, Too! By Greg Szymanski Arctic Beacon Columnist 3-8-6 Slats Grobnik looked at the newspaper, threw it into the dog pile and said: "Screw every last one of the them. Not a damn bit a truth to any of it." Slats, an old time Chi-Town reader new to cyberspace, then turned to his PC. "Some real news now." Within a matter of minutes, he threw his size13 hard-soled shoe through the monitor screen, breaking it into a million pieces. Slat's grand father, Otto, used to be a shoemaker before the chain stores took over so the heel was solid as a rock and stuck in ...
Bush's Other Numbers...
Post Date: 2006-03-08 20:26:41 by Coral Snake
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Bush's Other Numbers... By Wayne Madsen 3-8-6 As George Bush's poll numbers plummet to depths not seen in presidential polling since Watergate, it is noteworthy to point out Bush's other "numbers:" Number of U.S. military combat, combat-related deaths in Iraq: 2300. Number of U.S. military desertions since Iraq War: at least 8,000 (Army: 4387 ; Navy: 3454; Marine Corps: 1455 ; Air Force: 82 ). Number of internees held in Iraq without trial: 14,000. Number of prisoners held at Guantanamo: 490. Number of Guantanamo prisoners charged with a crime: 10. Katrina deaths: 1100 and increasing in Louisiana, more than 200 in Mississippi and Alabama, 1900 unaccounted for in Louisiana. ...
Lawsuits in eminent domain fight over suburban golf club
Post Date: 2006-03-08 07:42:33 by A K A Stone
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NEW YORK -- Lawsuits were filed Tuesday aimed at stopping an affluent suburban village from using the legal concept of eminent domain to take over a privately owned golf course. "This proposed condemnation may be the most extreme abuse of eminent domain in the country," said John Wilson, a Deepdale Golf Club member named as a plaintiff. The village's mayor said the federal and state lawsuit were a "pre-emptive strike" and no decision has been made on whether to proceed with a takeover of Deepdale, considered one of the finest golf courses in the country. The club has long attracted the monied and, sometimes, the famous. "Today" show host Matt Lauer is listed as ...
Beating of Homeless Man Caught on Tape
Post Date: 2006-03-08 07:38:21 by A K A Stone
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Police were trying Tuesday to identify three people caught on surveillance video kicking a 55-year-old homeless man who was sleeping in the doorway of a flower shop. Grainy footage provided by Canton Flower Shop in Chinatown showed the three taunting and kicking the victim in the head about 4 a.m. Sunday. Owner Ed Jew decided to check the footage that morning after noticing that the homeless man he had allowed to sleep in the doorway for six months had left his belongings behind. "It was a senseless crime," he said. "It was disgusting." Jew, who serves on a city committee on homelessness, said the man had refused offers to recommend him to shelters. "We're treating ...
Elite Troops Get Expanded Role on Intelligence
Post Date: 2006-03-08 07:36:55 by A K A Stone
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WASHINGTON, March 7 — The military is placing small teams of Special Operations troops in a growing number of American embassies to gather intelligence on terrorists in unstable parts of the world and to prepare for potential missions to disrupt, capture or kill them. Senior Pentagon officials and military officers say the effort is part of Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's two-year drive to give the military a more active intelligence role in the campaign against terrorism. But it has drawn opposition from traditional intelligence agencies like the C.I.A., where some officials have viewed it as a provocative expansion into what has been their turf. Officials said small groups of ...
DeLay Wins Texas Republican Primary
Post Date: 2006-03-08 07:34:35 by A K A Stone
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HOUSTON (AP) -- In his first election since he was indicted and forced to step aside as majority leader, Rep. Tom DeLay held off three challengers to keep the Republican nomination to the U.S. House. Now he faces what many consider the real contest - a general election fight against an organized, well-funded Democrat with a score to settle. Nick Lampson, who was unopposed in Tuesday's primary, represented a district adjacent to DeLay's for four terms until it was redrawn in a redistricting plan engineered by DeLay. Lampson lost in 2004 to Republican Ted Poe. DeLay, 58, held on to his ballot position by avoiding public discussions of his considerable political problems - a felony ...
VIDEO: Olbermann on O'Reilly's "Fox security" threat: "Bill thinks he has his own police"
Post Date: 2006-03-06 21:11:38 by Coral Snake
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VIDEO: Olbermann on O'Reilly's "Fox security" threat: "Bill thinks he has his own police" Media Matters | March 7 2006 Summary: On MSNBC's Countdown, host Keith Olbermann devoted an entire segment to responding to Bill O'Reilly's threat to turn over to "Fox security" the personal information of a caller to O'Reilly's radio show because the caller mentioned Olbermann's name. Olbermann commented: "Bill thinks he has his own police." On the February 24 edition of MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann, host Keith Olbermann devoted an entire segment to responding to Fox News host Bill O'Reilly's March 2 threat to turn over to "Fox security" ...
Troops To Bush - Get Us Out Of Here!
Post Date: 2006-03-06 20:44:39 by Coral Snake
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Troops To Bush - Get Us Out Of Here! By Dave Lindorff 3-6-6 Well, now we have it. If you're one of those people with a yellow "Support the Troops" magnet on your car, you might consider doing what 72 percent of those troops in Iraq want, which is to go home. You might not know it if you get your news from TV or your local paper--or even if you read the New York Times but skip the opinion page--but Zogby International, a leading polling organization, just did a major poll of 944 American soldiers and marines in Iraq and found that nearly three quarters of them thought the US should exit Iraq within a year. More than half thought the US should leave within six months, and 29 ...
Can The 2006 Elections Slow Bush/Cheney?
Post Date: 2006-03-06 20:36:46 by Coral Snake
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Can The 2006 Elections Slow Bush/Cheney? Bush Can Be Stopped By Gerald Rellick 3-6-6 The word incompetence has been used to describe George Bush so often that it's beginning to have an anesthetic effect. People are being numbed by the frequency of its use and brush it off as "Bush-bashing," which it turns out is a convenient and clever expression coined by Bush supporters that allows them to dispense with all criticism of Bush and his policies. I've used the word incompetence in my own writings, titling one piece, "The Price of Incompetence." But there is something unsatisfying about the word. It doesn't really cut to the heart of who and what George Bush is about. ...
South Dakota governor signs key anti-abortion law
Post Date: 2006-03-06 19:27:54 by A K A Stone
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - The governor of South Dakota on Monday signed into law severe restrictions on abortion, in a direct challenge to the U.S. Supreme Court's legalization of the practice 33 years ago. Abortion foes have said they hope to use the South Dakota law to eventually bring the issue back before the high court, where they believe conservatives added to the bench by President George W. Bush in the last year could weaken or dismantle the court's landmark Roe vs Wade decision of 1973. Supporters of Roe v. Wade have promised a legal challenge to the new South Dakota law. Republican Gov. Mike Rounds inked the measure, which had been passed by the state legislature on February 24, after a ...
Pay too much and you could raise the alarm
Post Date: 2006-03-06 16:56:05 by A K A Stone
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Walter Soehnge is a retired Texas schoolteacher who traveled north with his wife, Deana, saw summer change to fall in Rhode Island and decided this was a place to stay for a while. So the Soehnges live in Scituate now and Walter sometimes has breakfast at the Gentleman Farmer in Scituate Village, where he has passed the test and become a regular despite an accent that is definitely not local. And it was there, at his usual table last week, that he told me that he was "madder than a panther with kerosene on his tail." He says things like that. Texas does leave its mark on a man. What got him so upset might seem trivial to some people who have learned to accept ...
Watchdog: What Ever Happened to the Civil Liberties Board?
Post Date: 2006-03-06 16:54:37 by A K A Stone
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Newsweek March 13, 2006 issue - For more than a year, the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board has been the most invisible office in the White House. Created by Congress in December 2004 as a result of the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission, the board has never hired a staff or even held a meeting. Next week, NEWSWEEK has learned, that is due to finally change when the board's five members are slated to be sworn in at the White House and convene their first session. Board members tell NEWSWEEK the panel intends to immediately tackle contentious issues like the president's domestic wiretapping program, the Patriot Act and Pentagon data mining. But critics are furious the process ...
Did Pentagon create orbital space plane? Magazine reports evidence for classified project, sparking some skepticism
Post Date: 2006-03-06 16:49:12 by A K A Stone
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A prestigious aerospace magazine on Sunday laid out what it called "considerable evidence" that the U.S. military funded the development and testing of a small orbital space plane in the 1990s. In an article posted to its Web site, Aviation Week & Space Technology reported that the two-person "Blackstar" space vehicle may have made more than one orbital mission. But it said the project may have since been "quietly mothballed," possibly for budgetary or operational reasons. The report was met with skepticism from other aerospace industry observers, and even Aviation Week conceded that the evidence was inconclusive. In the report, senior editor William B. ...
How about a criminal Investigation into the exploitation of Tillman's death?
Post Date: 2006-03-06 15:21:35 by A K A Stone
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The Army said Saturday that it would launch a criminal probe into the death of Pat Tillman, the onetime National Football League star who was killed by gunfire from fellow soldiers in the mountains of Afghanistan in April 2004. The decision has been reached further to a review of the case by the Pentagon's inspector general,Gen. Gary M. Jones, recommended further investigation into whether soldiers in Tillman's unit should be charged with negligent homicide. Tillman's family has been critical of Jones' review, alleging a high-level coverup, and Tillman's father successfully lobbied the Pentagon to renew its investigation of the case. The truth is that a real criminal investigation will ...
Treasury Dept. Moves to Avoid Debt Limit [including tapping certain government retirement funds]
Post Date: 2006-03-06 11:42:42 by Brian S
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(03-06) 08:29 PST WASHINGTON, (AP) -- Treasury Secretary John Snow notified Congress on Monday that the administration has now taken "all prudent and legal actions," including tapping certain government retirement funds, to keep from hitting the $8.2 trillion national debt limit. In a letter to Congress, Snow urged lawmakers to pass a new debt ceiling immediately to avoid the nation's first-ever default on its obligations. "I know that you share the president's and my commitment to maintaining the full faith and credit of the U.S. government," Snow said in his letter to leaders in the House and Senate. Treasury officials, briefing congressional aides last week, ...
Justices Uphold Campus Military Recruiting
Post Date: 2006-03-06 10:40:01 by Brian S
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(03-06) 07:16 PST WASHINGTON, (AP) -- The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that colleges that accept federal money must allow military recruiters on campus, despite university objections to the Pentagon's "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays. Justices rejected a free-speech challenge from law school professors who claimed they should not be forced to associate with military recruiters or promote their campus appearances. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the decision, which was unanimous. Law schools had become the latest battleground over the "don't ask, don't tell" policy allowing gay men and women to serve in the military only if they keep their sexual ...
FOREIGN COMPANY RUNS INDIANAPOLIS AIRPORT; RESPONSIBLE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT
Post Date: 2006-03-06 08:49:11 by A K A Stone
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Move over PortGate... Indianapolis International Airport, a facility that serves more than 8 million passengers every year, is operated by a foreign-owned company. And the company has stated contractual obligations at the airport -- which include law enforcement! BAA Indianapolis LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of BAA plc, a private company which owns and operates seven airports in the United Kingdom including Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted airports serving London. Indianapolis International is now the largest privately managed airport in the United States. Developing...
GOP growing increasingly angry, frightened by Bush's missteps
Post Date: 2006-03-06 01:23:59 by Coral Snake
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GOP growing increasingly angry, frightened by Bush's missteps By Steven Thomma and James Kuhnhenn Knight Ridder Newspapers WASHINGTON - President Bush, once the seemingly invincible vanguard of a new Republican majority, could be endangering his party's hold on power as the GOP heads into this year's midterm congressional elections. A series of political missteps has raised questions about the Bush administration's candor, competence and credibility and left the White House off-balance, off-message and unable to command either the nation's policy agenda or its politics the way the president did during his first term. This week, newly released video of Bush listening passively to ...
His brother admits Jacko's 'thing for young children'
Post Date: 2006-03-05 20:24:55 by A K A Stone
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LOS ANGELES - Jermaine Jackson feared his kid brother Michael might be guilty of child molestation, but backed him at trial because he thought the pop star would commit suicide in prison, according to a bombshell book proposal obtained by the Daily News. In a tell-all outline shopped to publishers just weeks after Michael's arrest in November 2003, Jermaine described the Pop King as a sometimes out-of-control drug and booze abuser with a calculating mean streak and "a thing for young children." The eight-page proposal for "Legacy: Surviving the Best and the Worst," lists Michael Jackson's preferred substances as Vicodin, Demerol, codeine, Percocet, cocaine, Jack Daniels ...
Washington, DC Is Beyond Corrupt
Post Date: 2006-03-04 22:39:04 by Coral Snake
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Washington, DC Is Beyond Corrupt From Karl W B Schwarz kwbschwarz2@snet.net 3-3-6 Maybe this will rustle some of the Christians and Dominionist** out of their bubble: NEWS TO USE The US has issued a travel advisory warning citizens traveling to Israel that it is a dangerous criminal state and you should avoid visiting there. Read the full warning here http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/tw/tw_922.html I can just see the paint peeling in Tel Aviv to have anything so truthful printed or posted. How "hate crime" of the US State Department. On the other hand, maybe they do not want Christian Americans going over there and finding out how much they have been lied to. That is ...
'Trial' of Bush prompts meeting Parsippany school officials to discuss classroom project
Post Date: 2006-03-04 20:46:03 by A K A Stone
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PARSIPPANY -- Top school officials will huddle privately this morning to discuss a classroom war crimes "trial"of President Bush at Parsippany High School that suddenly is drawing national attention. The school board's president, Robert Perlett, said the 8:30 a.m. meeting was called by mutual agreement on Thursday as the uproar surrounding the mock tribunal escalated on the Internet and talk radio. Perlett said no decision had been made to halt the trial, which is to enter a fourth day today after classes were canceled Thursday due to the snowstorm. "There is no curtailment of what is going on at the school, at present,"Perlett said. Perlett said that the high school's ...
Army to Launch Probe Into Tillman Death
Post Date: 2006-03-04 20:41:38 by A K A Stone
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WASHINGTON The Army said Saturday it will launch a criminal investigation into the April 2004 death of Pat Tillman, the former professional football player who was shot to death by fellow soldiers in what previous Army reviews had concluded was an accidental shooting by members of his own unit. Col. Joseph Curtin, an Army spokesman, said the Defense Department office of inspector general had reviewed the matter at the Army's request and concluded that a criminal probe was warranted. Members of the Tillman family were notified on Friday, Curtin said. Curtin said the scope of the new investigation by the Army Criminal Investigation Command, had not yet been determined in detail. A Pentagon ...
O'Reilly threatened radio show caller with "a little visit" from "Fox security" for mentioning Olbermann's name on the air
Post Date: 2006-03-04 00:36:36 by Coral Snake
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O'Reilly threatened radio show caller with "a little visit" from "Fox security" for mentioning Olbermann's name on the air Media Matters | March 4 2006 Summary: On his nationally syndicated radio show, Bill O'Reilly threatened to turn over the personal information of a caller to "Fox security" because the caller mentioned MSNBC's Keith Olbermann. As Media Matters has noted, in recent weeks, Olbermann has repeatedly awarded O'Reilly the "Worst Person in the World" designation during his show, MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann. On the March 2 broadcast of Westwood One's The Radio Factor, host Bill O'Reilly threatened to turn over the personal ...
Feds may soon check all workers' IDs
Post Date: 2006-03-03 19:13:24 by A K A Stone
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Congress is headed toward approving a plan that would require employers to check every worker's Social Security number or immigration work permit against a new federal computer database. ADVERTISEMENT Critics see the move - aimed at stemming illegal immigration - as the beginning of a government information stockpile that could be used to track U.S. residents. "We're getting closer and closer to a national ID card," says Tim Sparapani, legislative counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union. Lawmakers such as conservative House Judiciary Chairman F. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., and liberal Sen. Edward Kennedy (news, bio, voting record), D-Mass., have signed on to the ...
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