Tag: new york
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are fake brooklyn nazi’s really mossad provocateurs?
pipe-bomb ‘nazi’ charged in swastika spreefrom new york post: The Brooklyn ex-con arrested for stashing an arsenal of weapons in his posh apartment confessed to another crime yesterday – blanketing his neighborhood with swastikas last fall, police said. Ivaylo Ivanov, who is Jewish, according to his lawyer, was charged with aggravated harassment and criminal mischief…
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9/11 preview
from danger room: This is apparently how Pakistan International Airlines in 1979 promoted its service to New York City.
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biosensors, whistleblowers & plunge protection team
nyc wants more bioweapons sensorsfrom washinton post: City officials last month quietly activated some of the nation’s newest generation of early warning sensors to detect a biological attack, turning on a limited number of filing-cabinet-size air filters in sensitive, high-volume areas of Manhattan. But city officials say their effort to expand the program has run…
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‘new york defender’: wtc game still bothers some
from gothamist: For the past few years, the French game and humor site called Uzinagaz.com has been featuring an online video game which challenges players to prevent jetliners from flying into the Twin Towers. As the game progresses, the planes arrive with increasing frequency and eventually each tower collapses in a plume of digital dust.…
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december clearinghouse
top economist says america could plunge into recession * ohio guard call-up said to be largest since wwii * how to lose your job on your own time * mexico to microchip central american migrants * eli lilly knew prozac had 1200% higher suicide rate than other antidepressants * wtc7: a tale of three broadcasters…
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ny emergency radio network fails first major test
from the inquirer: A $2 billion installed radio network intended to connect emergency responders throughout the New York state failed its first major test. This all sounds a lot like 9/11’s radio fiasco shown in Robert Greenwald’s film about how poorly Motorola’s radios worked during the infamous Twin Towers disaster in New York City. Think…
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chemical explosion at fox news hq in manhattan
from gothamist: An explosion occurred at the Midtown building that houses News corporation businesses including Fox News and the NY Post. Fox 5 reports that a man was burned in the chemical explosion and 700 people have been evacuated. However, “the explosion has not interrupted the cable news channel’s broadcast.” 1211 Avenue of the Americas…
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nyc shuts 9/11 remains sifting facility
from ap: The city has closed a facility where debris was sifted for Sept. 11 victims’ remains, but the search won’t end until after the World Trade Center site is rebuilt, a city official said Tuesday. Ongoing construction around ground zero — including the dismantling of a toxic skyscraper that caught fire in August —…
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dhs strikes deal with new york on driver’s licenses
from newsday: The Bush administration and New York cut a deal Saturday to create a new generation of super-secure driver’s licenses for U.S. citizens, but also allow illegal immigrants to get a version. New York is the fourth state to reach such an agreement on federally approved secure licenses, after Arizona, Vermont and Washington. The…