Tag: texas
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police state intl: political activism as ‘domestic extremism’
audio: uk police define political activism as ‘domestic extremism’*uk council bans parents from play areas*the raid that rocked the met: why gun & drugs op on 6,717 safety deposit boxes could cost uk taxpayers a fortune*2 men are charged by US with plotting terrorism attack*’pacific horizon’ war training on a california beach*nypd to shake up…
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spy story: con man or super spook
what’s the difference, really? – but either way, roland carnaby wasn’t supposed to meet his death on a houston highway in a high-speed chase with the cops…from houston press: Roland Carnaby was on the run. Pulled over going 75 in a 60, he’d panicked and taken off from the traffic cop and now was racing…
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nle ’09: fema, foreign troops & private military contractors unite
massive preparation is well under way for national level exercise ’09: fema ‘terror prevention drills’ july 27-31… these drills, formerly known as topoff, are being brought to you in part by “Northrop Grumman and its teammates, which include ICF International, Fairfax, Va., Battelle, Columbus, Ohio, Alutiiq, Anchorage, Alaska, L-3 Communications/MPRI, Alexandria, Va., UNITECH, Centreville, Va.,…
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police state int’l: nanny state, lockdowns, drills & disinfo
dread zeppelin: the army’s new surveillance blimp*chp encourages residents to report out-of-state license plates*fema website shows martial law exercise, nle ’09, with foreign troops*atlanta airport tests security program*mueller defends use of informants against newburgh 4*gps shoes being developed for alzheimer’s patients*video: police lockdown ny school, search lockers & impound cars after student commits suicide*uptown explosion…
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chemo-cola & the pro-life gardasil greenwash military zombies
quackery of chemo: gunpoint medicine & daniel hauser* chemo case raises parental rights issue*US winter wheat forecast down about 20%*why isn’t there a gardasil for men?*drinking large amounts of cola can cause paralysis, doctors warn*sodas a tempting tax target*6 urban farms, from US coast to coast*’no child left inside’ would spend $500m to greenwash children*poll:…
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murder/mayhem: monuments, motives & military
wesleyan shooter’s notebook: ‘i think it okay to kill jews & go on killing spree at this school’ body found fits description of killer georgia professorfrom ap: A professor wanted for killing his wife and two other people at a community theater two weeks ago was found dead in the north Georgia woods Saturday, his…
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single bullet specter & the balance of pirate power
…an interesting note on this so-called super majority story is the term filibuster: it literally means ‘pirate’ long-serving republican senator turns democratfrom dpa: Senator Arlen Specter, who has served as a Republican in Congress for nearly 30 years, announced Tuesday that he has switched parties, inching the Democrats closer to a super majority in Congress’s…
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national level exercise ’09: fema terror prevention drills july27-31
flashback: northrop/fema to run ‘national level exercise’ in 2009 from kurt nimmo: FEMA is preparing to take its martial law exercises to the next level this July. According to a factsheet buried on the FEMA website, the agency will host National Level Exercise 2009 (NLE 09) on July 27 through July 31, 2009. “NLE 09…
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debris falling in texas could be from satellite collision
from ap: The Federal Aviation Administration has received numerous reports of falling debris across Texas, which could be related to a recent satellite collision. Some of the callers around midmorning Sunday reported what looked like a fireball in the sky. FAA spokesman Roland Herwig says officials suspect the debris could be related to the collision,…
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police state int’l: scanners, chips, checkpoints & promis
your isp is watching you google offers to track you by your cell phonefrom cbsnews: Google is releasing free software Wednesday that enables people to keep track of each other using their cell phones. CNET got a sneak peek at it, and CNET-TV Senior Editor and Early Show contributor Natali Del Conte explained how it…
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sign hacker broadcasts zombie warnings
from statesman: Someone reprogrammed two city construction road signs near the University of Texas early Monday morning in an attempt to warn Austin of an imminent zombie attack. Messages that typically alert Lamar Boulevard drivers to a detour for Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard splashed several warnings like “Caution! Zombies Ahead!” and “Nazi Zombies! Run!!!”……
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police state int’l: protests, paranoia & the persistence of resistence
video: police execute unarmed man in public; shot in backfrom mercury news: A BART police officer struggling to handcuff a 22-year-old man, stood up over the facedown Hayward resident and fired a single shot into his back while a handful of officers watched, a video taken by a train passenger apparently shows. The attorney for…
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nasa issues survivability report on columbia crash
from wikinews: NASA has issued a report on survivability during the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, entitled “Columbia Crew Survival Investigation Report” [16.3mb PDF]. Although the report finds the accident was impossible to survive, it still faulted a number of design issues with the astronauts’ equipment. The accident investigation report was released in 2003, the year…
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collateral news: dymond milburn
from collateral news: Three undercover police officers accosted a 12-year-old girl in front of her home in a case of mistaken identity. Three weeks later, she was arrested (!) for assaulting THEM. She’s scheduled to stand trial next month.
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new year’s clearinghouse
end of the year or end of the world (as we know it)?from global research: [A]n end-of-year essay of sorts is in order, especially so given the bumpy ride capitalism has bestowed on us this past twelve months. And the portents for 2009 look to be even worse as capitalism, desperate to shed over-valued assets,…