Saudi-backed Bahraini forces have attacked a number of schools across the Persian Gulf kingdom, abducting several students, witnesses say. Bahraini forces took away two students from a school in the capital Manama and eight others from a school in t... Read more »
Afghan Children Killed in US-led Strike
A US-led missile strike has killed at least three Afghan children and wounded several others in Afghanistan's troubled south. US-led forces have shelled civilian houses during a military operation in a district in Logar province, a Press TV correspo... Read more »
NATO Bomb Attack on Libya Kills Misrata ‘Rebel’ Fighters
A NATO airstrike reportedly killed 12 anti-Gaddafi fighters and badly injured three others in the contested port city of Misrata on Wednesday evening. The "friendly fire" incident—the second of its kind since the bombing campaign began on March 19—... Read more »
Dr. Nick Begich: Fukushima Fallout is Worse Than What The Media is Telling Us! 2/3
Dr. Nick Begich: Fukushima Fallout is Worse Than What The Media is Telling Us! 2/3 Alex welcomes back to the show Dr. Nick Begich, author of Angels Don't Play This HAARP: Advances in Tesla Technology. Begich has published articles on science, po... Read more »
Why We Need An Open Wireless Movement
If you sometimes find yourself needing an open wireless network in order to check your email from a car, a street corner, or a park, you may have noticed that they're getting harder to find. Stories like the one over the weekend about a bunch of police... Read more »
Spontaneous Order and Ron Paul’s Victory in 2012
In my opinion, Ron Paul won something momentous in 2008 - he changed the minds of hundreds of thousands if not millions of people. No, he did not win an election. Not even close - but it has never been about winning for Ron Paul. Winning in 2008 would ... Read more »
Susie Castillo Assaulted by TSA
Last week I had a degrading TSA "enhanced pat down" that drove me to tears so I thought I'd speak up and encourage others to do ... tags: 4th_amendment air_travel assault constitution Constitutional_rights DFW down Favorites of Trends Read more »
Nuke Protester Murdered in India as Police Open Fire on Peaceful Crowd
Authorities responded to peaceful protest of a proposed nuclear power plant site in India by shooting at the crowd, killing one and injuring eight. Over sixty others were arrested. Killed by police on Monday, the body of 30-year-old Tabrez Sayekar was... Read more »
9/11 First Responders To Be Screened By FBI Against Terrorist List
An Environmental Protection Agency employee checks one of the many air sampling locations set up around the site of the World Trade Center.
This is really just the cherry on top of the icing on the cake in terms of how ailing 9/11 heroes have been treated. From Huffington Post:
Read more »A provision in the new 9/11 health bill may be adding insult to injury for people who fell sick after their service in the aftermath of the 2001 Al Qaeda attacks, The Huffington Post has learned.
The tens of thousands of cops, firefighters, construction workers and others who survived the worst terrorist assault in U.S. history and risked their lives in its wake will soon be informed that their names must be run through the FBI’s terrorism watch list, according to a letter obtained by HuffPost.
Any of the responders who are not compared to the database of suspected terrorists would be barred from…
In Memoriam: Professor Keith Aoki
Like so many others, we were stunned to learn that law professor, cartoonist, copyfighter and digital rights stalwart Professor Keith Aoki passed away earlier this week. Keith, who started at the University of Oregon then moved to U.C. Davis, was a lon... Read more »
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