Tag: Obama
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Obama Issues Executive Order Institutionalizing Indefinite Detention
President Obama today issued an executive order that permits ongoing indefinite detention of Guantánamo detainees while establishing a periodic administrative review process for them.
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3/3 Newspurge: March Forth to Nightmarika
9/11 updates: video: 1st responders weigh in on new 9/11 health act* meanwhile, 9/11 firefighter dies of cancer linked to toxic dust* tsa hit by new scandal as passenger boards plane with 3 boxcutters* fbi finds ‘no credible evidence’ of 9/11 cell call* background: how 9/11 was done* flashback: the 9/11 omission hearings from 9/9/04*…
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3/3 Defcon: Fascism, Fake Friends, FOIA
Obama joins critics of nonprofit group that oversees internet; Or, Obama & China agree: Fascist dictators should control the net
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Frank Buckles, Last Veteran of WWI, Dies in West Virginia at Age 110
Buckles enlisted in World War I at 16 after lying about his age. He died Sunday on his farm in Charles Town, nearly a month after his 110th birthday.
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Obama Declares National State of Emergency Over Libya
Is Obama about to order the military to invade Libya?
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Japan’s CIA, CIA in Pakistan, Mayor Emanuel
Story #1: Cablegate Shows Japan Set Up Secret Intel Unit to Spy on China // Story #2: US Admits American Arrested for Murder in Pakistan Worked for CIA // Story #3: Rahm Emanuel Elected Chicago’s First Jewish Mayor
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Rahm Emanuel Elected Chicago’s First Jewish Mayor
Former Obama White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel has been elected Chicago’s first Jewish mayor.
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gaddafi flees libya, gives 15-second ‘speech’ amid uprising
from raw replay: As his government increasingly fell out beneath him, 41-year Libyan dictator Muammar al-Gaddafi struggled to keep projecting an image of power. After a day of rumors about whether he was still in the country, he was said to be planning a major speech Monday, but then appeared on state television for approximately…
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2/17 defcon: cyber-coup, backdoor & track more
cyber-attack hits canadian government computers* report: egypt shut down net with big switch, not phone calls* voice of america uses social media to aid foreign dissent* surveillance footage & code clues indicate stuxnet hit iran* cia head panetta warns of possible cyber-pearl harbor* lynn urges partnership against cyber threat* dod talks up plans to deploy…
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2/17 newspurge: don’t be evil, just be corporate
9/11 updates: 9/11 memorial access will be limited* a response to bill moyers: journalist bashes 9/11 truth, yet still says that facts matter* biowars/envirohealth: US greenhouse gas emissions at lowest levels since 1995* studies link heavy rains, floods to global warming* chevron ordered to pay $9b for ecuador pollution* arkansas cities feel unexplained surge in…
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obamessiah releases $3.73t budget; phony partisan squabbling begins
as tax revenues drop, US borrows 40¢ of every dollar spent from voanews: One key reason that U.S. President Barack Obama, his Democratic Party allies in the Congress and rival Republicans are squabbling over the budget is that the budget deficit is expected to hit its highest level in decades. Newly published budget documents say…
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2/10 pop occulture: alleged armageddon, ambassadors, audio assault
psychology of armageddon: why do americans want jesus to come back & end it all?* speculation rages on: ufo battles, the elohim & jerusalem* newborn baby left at the dome of the rock reignites proclamations of signs & wonders at temple mount* obama names second round of faith-based advisers* obama reappoints suzan cook, prominent christian…
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‘Patriot Act’ Extensions Down, But Not Out
The good news is that for the first time in years an unconstitutional police state law is ‘shot down.’ At least for the time being.
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Bush Cancels Visit to Switzerland After Arrest Threat
ormer President George W. Bush has canceled a visit to Switzerland, where he was to address a Jewish charity gala, due to the risk of legal action against him for alleged torture, rights groups said on Saturday.
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phobos mystery
Why does Martian Moon Phobos generate intense interest? In 1959, Russian Samuilovich Shklovsky, an astronomer, suggested Phobos may be artificial, since he concluded the moon’s orbit was decaying and could only be due to a very low density, possibly, even hollow. Buzz Aldrin, former astronaut, touted Phobos to President Obama as key to permanent space…