Tag: police state
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selection ’08: mccain/palin, gustav & the rnc police state
national emergency environment sets the stage for the mccain/palin election campaignfrom michel chossudovsky: The opening of the RNC has been characterised by a mass protest movement directed against the Bush administration, the candicacy of John McCain and more generally the Republican party. The presence of thousands of demonstrators in St-Paul Minneapolis has been a major…
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selection ’08: obamessiah & the dnc charade/parade
satire: portrayal of obama as elitist hailed as step forward for african americans* not satire: barack obama not a US citizen*84k+ pack invesco to hear obama’s speech*obama’s speech by numbers*obama’s risky stadium gig*mccain ‘conservatives’ attempt to paint obama as marxist bombthrower*sleepwalker mccain: will lock up pot smokers but regularly uses powerful sleeping pills*in denver, police…
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police state usa: terror drills, curfews, gps & ip snooping
terror drill finds culprit with dirty bombfrom ny daily news: It was only a drill, but the scenario was still terrifying. A boat loaded with radioactive materials sailed through New York Harbor Friday. A multiagency task force – led by state-of-the-art NYPD boats – was assigned to stop the interloper. “We’re trying to further…protect the…
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elderly women sent to chinese re-education/labor camp
from time: Two Beijing women in their late 70s have been sentenced to a year of administrative detention after applying to protest in the Chinese capital’s Olympic protest zones. Wu Dianyuan, 79, and Wang Xiuying, 77, are former neighbors who are upset about being forcibly evicted from their homes in 2001. This month, they visited…
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citizens’ US border crossings tracked; data kept for 15yrs
from washington post: The federal government has been using its system of border checkpoints to greatly expand a database on travelers entering the country by collecting information on all U.S. citizens crossing by land, compiling data that will be stored for 15 years and may be used in criminal and intelligence investigations. Officials say the…
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olbermann: bush creating ‘embryonic police state’
from raw replay: The Justice Department wants to revise the federal government’s rules for intelligence-gathering by state and local police making it easier to share anything they find about U.S. citizens with the federal government and then letting them retain that information for a decade. This video is from MSNBC’s Countdown, broadcast August 18, 2008.…
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bullets, bombs, benazir, fbi spy, quarantines, drugs & hitler
bullet shortage affects policefrom ap: A nationwide spike in demand for small-arms ammunition and the skyrocketing cost of raw materials to make the bullets have forced some law enforcement agencies in Washington state to plan their orders further in advance. On average, the cost of ammunition has increased by 67 percent between 2004 and this…
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police preparing for anarchy at gop convention
from raw replay: WCCO-TV has obtained several internal police documents documenting the possible tactics of the radical groups that may try to disrupt the Republican National Convention in St. Paul. Some law enforcement groups are calling for more police. Frank Vascellaro reports. This video is from WCCO-TV Minneapolis, broadcast August 12, 2008.
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nypd’s ‘operation sentinel’ to track everything
from wcbs: The NYPD is working on a plan to track every single vehicle that enters Manhattan. The initiative, called “Operation Sentinel,” is aimed at preventing terror attacks. With the use of cameras and radiation sensors, police plan to track anything and everything that enters the Big Apple. The New York Police Department wants to…
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beijing olympics: weather mod, rfid & vulgar display of power
china’s rain stoppers face big testfrom financial times: Of all the Chinese officials working behind the scenes to produce a flawless Olympic opening ceremony on Friday evening, few face a task as daunting as those in charge of making sure it does not rain. Staff from China’s “weather modification” departments have deployed aircraft, artillery and…
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an ugly mess of news part2
9/11families of 9/11 victims urge reconsideration of settlement rejection*9/11 victim can’t speak at sentencing hearing*introducing the uss new york: made from steel from the two towers of 9/11*utah congressmen mailed ‘9/11 conspiracies’, hand them over to capitol police*man charged with placing 9/11 stickers on a plane*boston globe sends alex jones to the memory hole*arianna confirms…
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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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pennsylvania police investigating death of tased man
from raw replay: Allegheny County Police in Pennsylvania are investigating the death of man who was shocked with a taser. Police said that a taser was used after the man refused to follow orders and made “furtive movements towards others.” KDKA reported: “But witnesses we spoke with say what happens after he was tased was…
