Tag: anniversary
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9/11 Anniversary Updates: Past, Present & Future
Five minutes before the Pentagon was hit on September 11, 2001, a training exercise being run by a US intelligence agency just over 20 miles from the Pentagon was set to include the scenario of a small private jet plane crashing into a building.
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trade center wreckage finds new purpose in memorials
from upi: Steel debris from the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack on New York’s World Trade Center is being offered to towns and cities for memorials, officials said. Nearly 2,000 pieces of steel, large and small, are being stored by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which has filled about 25 requests…
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sisters of beverly eckert, 9/11 activist widow, walk similar path
from ap: None of the Eckert sisters ever envisioned walking the halls of Congress, advocating to right wrongs to protect the country from tragedy. Not Beverly Eckert, a Stamford, Conn., insurance executive before she lost her husband of 21 years on Sept. 11, 2001. Not Karen Eckert or Susan Bourque, her sisters back home in…
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corbett report: episode097 – 9/11/09 & the bigger bigger picture
from corbett report: With the eighth anniversary of 9/11 fast approaching, The Corbett Report steps back to take stock of what has been learned from the 9/11 Truth movement and where things might go from here. We have already taken a look at the software, the drills, the intelligence connections and the stifled investigations that…
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doctor admits euthanizing patients during katrina
from raw story: A doctor who was working the rounds at New Orleans’ Memorial Medical Center during Hurricane Katrina has admitted euthanizing patients during a crucial shortage of energy and supplies at the hospital. Despite the revelations, the state prosecution service in Louisiana says it will not re-open an investigation into the matter, the Associated…
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4 years after katrina, a mix of progress & inertia
from usatoday: Hurricane Katrina, which struck the Gulf Coast four years ago, was an eye-opener for all Americans. The inability of New Orleans to cope was shocking. The levees built to protect the city were failures. The follies of the Federal Emergency Management Agency were maddening. Surely a tragedy of this scale (more than 1,600…
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9/11 updates: anniversary ailments, plans & beams
media making plans for 9/11 anniversary – and beyond top 5 worst 9/11 memorialsfrom vigilant citizen: 9/11 has inspired a myriad of memorials who are scattered all across America. Some of them are of questionable taste, others contain strange occult symbolism while others simply piss people off. Here’s the five most offensive… #5 Boston Memorial,…
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woodstock gave peace a chance (now look at the change!)
from leonard pitts jr: On Saturday, it will be 40 years since 400,000 hippies descended on Max Yasgur’s dairy farm for a concert. Jimi Hendrix performed, as did Richie Havens, the Who, Janis Joplin, Joe Cocker, Joan Baez, Santana, and Sly and the Family Stone, among others. It was billed as three days of “peace…
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squeaky fromme, failed ford assassin, to be released from prison aug16
from ap: The Charles Manson follower convicted of attempting to assassinate President Gerald Ford is set to be released from a Texas federal prison later this month after serving more than 30 years behind bars. Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme was a 26-year-old disciple of the cult murderer Manson when she aimed a semiautomatic pistol at Ford…
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poll: use of atomic bombs in wwii was ok
from ap: A majority of Americans surveyed think dropping atomic bombs on Japan during World War II was the right thing to do, but support was weaker among Democrats, women, younger voters and minority voters, according to a Quinnipiac University poll. The poll, released Tuesday, found 61% of the more than 2,400 American voters questioned…
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spacewalk #2 unfolds on 40th moon anniversary
from ap: The astronauts aboard the shuttle-station complex are celebrating the 40th anniversary of man’s first moon landing with their own spacewalk. Late Monday morning, David Wolf and Thomas Marshburn ventured out to hook spare parts to the international space station. It is the second spacewalk in three days, and it’s taking place 40 years…
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cyber/spacewar: attacks & anniversaries
world wide wiretap: cyber attacks traced to the uk & USfrom threat level: International fingerpointing in the recent cyberattacks against U.S. and South Korean web sites has widened to include the UK and U.S., as researchers examining the attacks trace them to a server in the United Kingdom. But the UK company that owns the…
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cyber/spacewar: lost tapes, underground labs & more moon memes
nasa conveniently finds missing moon landing tapesa few weeks before anniversary! what are the odds?from express.co.uk: Ecstatic space officials at NASA could be about to unveil one of their most stunning discoveries for 40 years – new and amazingly clear footage of the first moon landing. The release of the new images next month could…
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june 8, 1967: uss liberty attacked by israel in intl waters
from press tv: A deadly Israeli attack on a US ship – an incident largely kept in the dark by Washington – receives new attention with survivors reliving the painful memory. USS Liberty survivors gathered in Washington on Monday to commemorate the 42nd anniversary of the incident and expound on how they were sprayed with…