Tag: drugwar
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wikileaks plugged, cia fronts, UN plunge & US runs drugs
wikileaks.org taken offline in USfrom bbc: A controversial website that allows whistle-blowers to anonymously post government and corporate documents has been taken offline in the US. Wikileaks.org, as it is known, was cut off from the internet following a California court ruling, the site says. The case was brought by a Swiss bank after “several…
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Shooter, Spy Sat Cover, DHS Death, Buffet, Blackwater, Beijing
shooter did time in mental health facilityfrom washington times: A former employee at a Chicago psychiatric treatment center said Kazmierczak had been placed there after high school by his parents. He used to cut himself and had resisted taking his medications, she said. Kazmierczak spent more than a year at the Thresholds-Mary Hill House in…
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medical marijuana machines start up in los angeles
from time: The city that popularized the fast food drive-thru has a new innovation: 24-hour medical marijuana vending machines. Patients suffering from chronic pain, loss of appetite and other ailments that marijuana is said to alleviate can get their pot with a dose of convenience at the Herbal Nutrition Center, where a large machine will…
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satellites, chavez, rfid & army ranger coke sting
broken US spy satellite could fall to earth from time: A large U.S. spy satellite has lost power and propulsion and could hit the Earth in late February or March, government officials said Saturday. The satellite, which can no longer be controlled, could contain hazardous materials, and it is unknown where on the planet it…
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hillary’s donors, diebold’s failures, cfr’s huckabee, obomba & his warmonger cabinet
hillary donor tied to mexican drug trade from judicial watch: An influential Democratic donor who has given Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign the federal limit and has been indicted for illegally practicing law, had his offices raided by authorities who say he launders money for Mexican drug cartels. Renowned in ritzy Corpus Christi circles, Mauricio Celis…
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snipes’ tax, keaton’s f*ck, ‘gangster’ libel & ap’s spears lust
lawyers face off at start of snipes tax fraud casefrom reuters: Defense attorneys clashed with the prosecution on Wednesday in Wesley Snipes’ tax fraud trial over whether the actor conspired with a longtime tax protester to defraud the government of millions of dollars. The star of the “Blade” movie series has been charged with six…
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hollywood to frame iran for lockerbie
from press tv: Hollywood and Israel join hands to blame Iran for masterminding the Lockerbie disaster in a new cinematic adaptation of the event. The film will be based on a book by Juval Aviv, the former Israeli secret agent and a top investigator for Pan American during the Lockerbie inquiry. According to the Scotland…
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aclu: gov’t forcibly gives deportees psychotropic drugs
from azcentral: The American Civil Liberties Union filed a motion to stop immigration authorities forcibly drugging deportees as they are put on commercial flights back to their home countries. The motion, filed Tuesday in federal court, comes after an immigration official testified in the Senate last month that 50 immigrants over a seven-month period were…
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US to launch $1bn ‘plan mexico’
from financial times: The US intends to supply Mexico with a $1bn aid package to help combat an increasingly costly and violent war against drugs, according to a top Mexican diplomat. The agreement, which some experts have dubbed ”Plan Mexico” after the controversial multi-billion-dollar anti-narcotics package the US established with Colombia in 2000, would be…
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september clearinghouse
ron paul – the internet sensation video: kevin barrett questions amy goodman on building 7 international narcotics agenda behind myanmar instability cheney to address top secret conservative policy group gun bill rewrites law to disarm more americans defense stocks hit new highs pentagon seeks $190bn war funds security company death squads timeline mukasey poised to…
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the drug nexus
how the ‘war on drugs’ brought communism to USfrom freedom in our time: Alan and Stephne Roos of Bothell, Washington are victims of Communism. The couple – a butcher and dental assistant, respectively – lost their automobiles to the officially sanctioned form of theft called ‘asset forfeiture’ because their 24-year-old son Thomas has used them…
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pentagon’s new drug weapons
from wired: They’ve got Skunk, they’ve got Special K, they’ve got Angel Dust, they’ve got Aceeeeed… and they’ve also got a whole pharmacy of extra special stuff that they’re not going to tell anyone about. They’re heavily armed, and the law can’t touch them. Because they’re the Pentagon’s own nonlethal chemical weapons developers. While the…
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afghan opium production ‘soars’
update: ‘on the map’ with avi lewis – war on drugs (june 21, 2007)Avi talks to Andre Hollis, a former deputy assistant secretary of defense for counternarcotics. He’s one of the author’s of America’s appoach in Colombia, and a player in the current plans for Afghanistan… from bbc: Opium production in Afghanistan is soaring out…
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cocaine & crack: the new epidemic
from schlessinger video: Cocaine is a highly addictive and widely abused stimulant. In ‘Cocaine & Crack’ (1991), students delve into the history of cocaine and examine this dangerous drug’s impact on the individual and society as a whole. With vivid animations and gritty interviews, students learn harsh facts about the effects of using both the…
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news on the march
pentagon funds gay bombs & armed sharksfrom abc: Creating armor that renders a soldier invisible. Stimulating the brain to suppress sleep for days. Arming sharks with chemical implants and cameras to work as spies. This year the Pentagon will spend $78 billion – about half of all government research and development dollars – on a…