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Preliminary Congressional Investigation Finds Watch Lists Plagued with Systemic Flaws
(8/22/2008)
ACLU calls for lists to be scrapped and for DHS to approach airline security in reasonable and effective manor
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WASHINGTON, DC - In response to today’s Wall Street Journal article on the flaws found in the terrorist watch lists by ( Read more... ) -
'If it looks as though this poisoning of the Gazan people is deliberate, it's because it is'
Aug 22 10:46 Source of Gaza's contaminated water confirmed
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Alarmingly, unpublished studies conducted by Basem Shomar, from the Institute of Environmental Geochemistry in Heidelberg, ( Read more... ) -
Debunking NIST's Conclusions about WTC 7: Easy as Shooting Fish in a Barrel
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Thursday, August 21, 2008
Debunking NIST's conclusions about WTC 7 is as easy as shooting fish in a barrel.
Symmetrical Collapse
NIST lamely tried to explain the symmetrically collapse as follows:
WTC 7’s collapse, viewed from the exterior (most videos were taken from the north), ( Read more... ) -
House report: Bush signing statements often 'broad and unsubstantiated'
Aug 20
White House Signing Statements “Unsubstantiated,” Report Says
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The Bush Administration’s use of presidential signing statements to indicate disapproval of enacted legislation has generated confusion and has undermined congressional oversight of national defense policy, the ( Read more... ) -
EI study refutes CAMERA media bias accusation
Shervan Sardar, The Electronic Intifada, 18 August 2008
The Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA) is a media monitoring organization with a large database of supporters known for its staunch support for Israeli policies and its ability to influence media coverage. While CAMERA claims to be ( Read more... ) -
UN report says UK terror and libel laws are interfering with human rights
Labour warned over limits to free expression
* Duncan Campbell
* The Guardian,
* Friday August 15 2008
The government has been accused of creating laws that have a chilling effect on freedom of expression in the UK in a sharply critical report from the United Nations' committee on human rights. The report calls for the reform of Britain's ( Read more... ) -
All the experts admit that we should legalise drugs
Independent.co.uk
Julian Critchley
Thursday, 14 August 2008
Eight years ago, I left my civil service job as director of the UK Anti-Drug Co-Ordination Unit. I went partly because I was sick of having to implement policies that I knew, and my political masters knew, were unsupported by evidence. Yesterday, after a surreal flurry of media requests ( Read more... ) -
Most U.S. companies avoid paying federal income taxes
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By JENNIFER C. KERR, Associated Press WriterTue Aug 12, 6:31 AM ET
Two-thirds of U.S. corporations paid no federal income taxes between 1998 and 2005, according to a new report from Congress.
The study by the Government Accountability Office, expected to be released Tuesday, said about 68 percent of ( Read more... ) -
UN report: At 45%, Gaza unemployment is highest in the world
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Last update - 14:19 28/07/2008
By Haaretz Service
The unemployment rate in the Gaza Strip now stands at 45 percent, higher than anywhere else in the world, according to a report released recently by the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration.
Nearly 95 percent of all factories operating in Gaza have been ( Read more... )
