Tag: Monarchives
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totalitarian olympic updates
white house press corps plane detained in chinafrom ap: A charter airplane carrying the White House press corps was detained for nearly three hours Friday at Beijing’s international airport not long after President Bush arrived to attend the Olympic Games. The flight crew of the Northwest Airlines 747 had been expecting to park at a…
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west virginia offers licenses for those who fear ‘the beast’
from ap: West Virginia started… keeping driver’s license photos out of a computer database for members of a small religious group who believe digital storage is a “mark of the beast” that evokes biblical prophecy. State Division of Motor Vehicles Commissioner Joseph Cicchirillo said the group of about 50 or 60 Christians, who are not…
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massive anthrax updates: the case is far from closed
hair samples in anthrax case don’t match*flashback: on 9/11 high govt official advises some reporters to take anthrax antibiotic cipro’*dr ivins, anthrax & why I don’t believe the fbi*project anthrax & the coverup: (part5): operation jefferson, roots of the plot, hauer, patrick, hatfill, ivins & human experimentation*anthrax follies & the bizarro effect*lawyers skeptical fbi could…
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bin laden driver seeks leniency from gitmo jury
from raw replay: Osama bin Laden’s former driver is expected to ask the Pentagon jury that convicted him of a war crime to spare him from life in prison on Thursday, his defense lawyers said. This video is from The Associated Press, broadcast August 7, 2008. related: bin laden driver knew 9/11 target: prosecutor &…
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the totalitarian olympics to begin in beijing
china grateful bush crime family is coming to olympicsfrom mcclatchy: When Chinese leaders gaze into stadium stands Friday and see President Bush and his extended family watching the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, they’ll feel strong gratitude for his presence. Gone will be any ill feeling about his lashing of China’s human rights record…
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judge says denver can restrict protests at convention
from reuters: Protesters at the Democratic National Convention in Denver can be restricted to fenced-in areas, federal judge ruled on Wednesday, saying that security needs outweighed curbs on their rights. A dozen groups who intend to protest at the August convention sued the U.S. Secret Service and the city of Denver over plans to confine…
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bush centralizes control of intelligence agencies as the police state agenda marches onward
from washington post: The Bush administration unveiled new operating guidelines for the nation’s intelligence community yesterday in a move that boosted the authority of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) while triggering protests from lawmakers who complained that they weren’t properly consulted. The changes affirmed the DNI’s role as head of the…
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philly social workers starve 14yr-old child to death
from philadelphia inquirer: Two Philadelphia social workers were among nine charged yesterday in the death of a Danieal Kelly, a 14-year-old girl who starved to death in 2006, her body eaten by bed sores to the bone. Unveiling a blistering grand jury report today (1.5mb PDF), District Attorney Lynne Abraham blasted the city’s Department of…
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outside the box #163 (w/ george green)
here is the latest episode of “outside the box,” hosted by alex ansary.it was originally broadcast by portland community media on july 31, 2008. from alex ansary: Alex covers the latest news with includes several reports of active volcanoes around the planet that are active near the ‘ring of fire.’ Later, he speaks with George…
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boulder/nist plutonium ‘mishap’ draws stern rebuke
from denver post: A project to enhance the United States’ ability to detect “dirty bombs” went awry at the Boulder campus of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, where dangerous plutonium sources were obtained without management approval and handled by inexperienced and untrained researchers, according to a scathing review released Wednesday. The result, said…
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ron paul followers pose danger for mccain in west
from ap: Dueling delegations pitting Ron Paul’s Nevada supporters against those of John McCain vow to take their fight to the Republican National Convention. That’s just one sign that the outsider, Internet-fueled movement led by the feisty Republican congressman from Texas remains afloat in the wake of McCain’s victory in the GOP primaries. In the…
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gm & ford ‘on the verge of bankruptcy’
from bloomberg: General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co., the two biggest U.S. automakers, have about a 46 percent chance of default within five years, according to Edward Altman, a finance professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business. “Both are in very serious shape and the markets reflect that,” Altman, the creator of…
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an ugly mess of news part1
9/11poll: what happened on 9/11?*anthrax scare sparked tough tactics*billboard displays burning wtc with slogan, ‘please don’t vote for a democrat’*billboard displaying burning twin towers reads ‘please don’t vote for a democrat’*‘9/11 could have been prevented if we’d had a republican president.’*bin laden driver wants ‘9/11 braintrust’ as witnesses*nyc 9/11 ballot initiative & bob mcilvaine interview…
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boho grove, mexi drugs, truckstop tasers & rp
vanity fair editor arrested at bohemian grovefrom oakland focus: Alex Shoumatoff, a contributing editor at Vanity Fair magazine, tried to sneak into the exclusive Bohemian Grove in Monte Rio, Calif., this week. He was hoping to get an inside look at the exclusive retreat of some of the world’s most prominent CEOs, business leaders and…