6500 illegal convictions against kids overturned
October 31, 2009
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Legal Implications Of Operation Cast Lead
October 31, 2009
On December 27, 2008, Israel launched a 22-day military offensive against Gaza called “Operation Cast Lead.” Israeli forces killed some 1,300 Palestinians, including 280 children,... Read more »
Menezes police officer gets top IPCC role
October 31, 2009
A top Scotland Yard officer who was personally criticised for failings in the Jean Charles de Menezes shooting has been appointed to the leadership of the Independent Police Complaints... Read more »
Junk food as ‘addictive as drugs’
October 31, 2009
Junk food is almost as addictive as heroin, scientists have found. WRH permalink Read More →
U.S. combat injuries rise sharply
October 31, 2009
More than 1,000 American troops have been wounded in battle over the past three months in Afghanistan, accounting for one-fourth of those injured in combat since the U.S.-led invasion... Read more »
Ahmadinejad:West Still Untrustworthy Over Iran Talks
October 31, 2009
Ahmadinejad also said Iran’s arch-foe Israel is unhappy with the ongoing talks with the world powers over the Islamic republic’s nuclear program. Iran and six world powers are separately... Read more »
WP: Democratic House To Pass Resolution Defending Israel’s Actions in Gaza War on Tuesday
October 31, 2009
The good news is that J Street is opposed to it. The bad news is that the 800 pound gorilla, AIPAC, and its satellite organizations are pushing it hard. The House resolution which will... Read more »
Pay problem parents not to breed – mayor
October 31, 2009
* Pay problem parents not to breed, mayor says. * Some people just shouldn’t have kids, he says * Man, 112, ‘realises dream’ to marry teen AN outspoken Kiwi politician... Read more »
UNDERSTANDING MONEY
October 31, 2009
Governments got into this mess by violating four common sense rules regarding their fiscal and monetary policies. These rules are: 1. No sovereign government should ever, under any... Read more »
Chemical alert as six passengers faint on transatlantic flight to Heathrow
October 31, 2009
Actually, I have witnessed this issue personally 5 or 6 times in long flights. I almost fainted several times (and I'm not a weakling sicko), and I decided to go do some research. ... Read more »
Nobel Peace Prize Winner Obama Signs Biggest Military Spending Bill Ever
October 31, 2009
In a ceremony Wednesday, US President Barack Obama signed legislation authorizing the largest ever military budget, a gargantuan $680 billion for the Pentagon, including $130 billion... Read more »
Hillary’s Blackwater Connection
October 31, 2009
A lot of negative things have been written in the blogosphere about pollster Mark Penn, Hillary Clinton’s increasingly-powerful advisor. Penn’s critics have focused on his... Read more »
Kucinich: Health reform legislation ‘a bailout for insurance companies’
October 31, 2009
According to Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), the Democrats’ health reform legislation is basically a sham. Appearing on MSNBC’s The Ed Show on Friday night, the House’s... Read more »
Obama looks to send fewer additional troops to Afghanistan
October 31, 2009
President Obama has asked the Pentagon’s top generals to provide him with more options for troop levels in Afghanistan, two U.S. officials said late Friday, with one adding that... Read more »
Moore on CNN: ‘No middle ground’ on Afghanistan; ‘We need to leave’
October 31, 2009
Filmmaker Michael Moore told CNN’s Larry King that it’s time for President Barack Obama to wind down the war in Afghanistan. "It’s unwinnable. It’s immoral.... Read more »
Jailhouse Interview: Madoff Rips SEC, Calls Shapiro a “Dear Friend”
October 31, 2009
Tonight the Inspector General of the Securities & Exchange Commission gives us Bernie Madoff in his own words — A jailhouse interview that Madoff granted to the SEC’s... Read more »
Massive Government Spending Boosts US Economy, But Few Signs Private Sector Can Sustain
October 31, 2009
Neil Irwin Washington Post October 31, 2009 A d v e r t i s e m e n tThe U.S. economy roared to life this summer, as an array of government actions led to the strongest quarter of growth... Read more »
New York ‘9/11 hero police chief’ jailed
October 31, 2009
9/11 Couldn't have been an inside because everyone at the top controlling the investigation is trustworthy, OHHH WAIT!!!!! A former New York police chief, Bernard Kerik who was hailed... Read more »
Roubini: Global Markets Could Soon Crash
October 31, 2009
Dan Weil Newsmax October 31, 2009 A d v e r t i s e m e n tThe global markets are at risk of crashing when the dollar rebounds, says economist Nouriel Roubini. Roubini, a professor... Read more »
Largest Banks Reported Funding Production Of Internationally Banned Weapons
October 31, 2009
Olesya Dmitracova Reuters October 31, 2009 A d v e r t i s e m e n tLeading banks have funded arms manufacturers, whose products include cluster bombs, to the tune of $5 billion in... Read more »
An idea I can get behind – regulate methane first
October 31, 2009
According to the 2007 IPCC AR4 Methane has a “global warming potential” of 25 times that of CO2 over 100 years. Here’s a CH4 budget pie chart. Note that there are... Read more »
Pentagon officials won’t confirm Bush propaganda program ended
October 31, 2009
Brad Jacobson The Raw Story October 31, 2009 A d v e r t i s e m e n tThe covert Bush administration program that used retired military analysts to generate favorable wartime news coverage... Read more »
U.S. Inflation to Appear Next in Food and Agriculture
October 31, 2009
PRNewswire October 31, 2009 The National Inflation Association today released the following statement: “While most mainstream economists such as Nouriel Roubini are warning... Read more »
Budding Canadian folk singer killed by coyotes
October 31, 2009
The Age October 31, 2009 A d v e r t i s e m e n tA PROMISING young Canadian singer and musician has died after two coyotes attacked her while she was hiking alone in a national park... Read more »
Israeli Arabs accuse Israel of ‘ethnic cleansing’ in Jerusalem
October 31, 2009
An umbrella organization for Israeli Arab groups accused Israel on Saturday of perpetrating "ethnic cleansing" in Jerusalem, in the wake of Israel's quelling of riots by Arab youths... Read more »