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Russia Gets Soviet-era ‘Thought Crime’ Law

admin — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 08:21:18 +0000

It sounds like something straight out of George Orwell’s nightmarish Nineteen Eighty-Four.

In a move that harks back to the dark days of the KGB, the Russian security service has been given new powers to crack down on so-called ‘thought crime’.

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July 26th, 2010

admin — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:10:03 +0000

FRENCH AID WORKER EXECUTED IN AFRICA

AFGHANISTAN ‘SHOCKED’ BY LEAKED U.S. DOCUMENTS

DRUG FIRM NOVARTIS FINED $295M FOR SEX DISCRIMINATION

White House Backed Release of Lockerbie Bomber

admin — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 22:26:59 +0000

The US government secretly advised Scottish ministers it would be “far preferable” to free the Lockerbie bomber than jail him in Libya.

Correspondence obtained by The Sunday Times reveals the Obama administration considered compassionate release more palatable than locking up Abdel Baset al-Megrahi in a Libyan prison.

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Bank Failures Total 102 For the Year

admin — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 23:27:15 +0000

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38387214

http://money.cnn.com/2010/07/23/news/economy/bank_failures/index.htm

Obama Bypasses Senate by Appointing Medicare Chief

admin — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 07:35:59 +0000

President Obama on Wednesday appointed health-care expert Donald M. Berwick to administer the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, bypassing the Senate confirmation process over strong objections…

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McDonald’s McNuggets Made With ‘Silly Putty’ Chemical

admin — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 07:14:38 +0000

What kid doesn’t love McDonald’s Chicken McNuggets? The white meat chunks are tasty and perfect for little mouths and hands. And while most parents are aware that McNuggets aren’t perfectly healthy, they probably don’t know exactly what goes into making them.

CNN has revealed that the fast-food chain makes this popular menu item with the chemical preservative tBHQ, tertiary butylhydroquinone, a petroleum-based product. Mcnuggets also contain dimethylpolysiloxane, “an anti-foaming agent” also used in Silly Putty.

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Choosing Healthy Foods Now Called a Mental Disorder

admin — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 01:55:39 +0000

In its never-ending attempt to fabricate “mental disorders” out of every human activity, the psychiatric industry is now pushing the most ridiculous disease they’ve invented yet: Healthy eating disorder.

This is no joke: If you focus on eating healthy foods, you’re “mentally diseased” and probably need some sort of chemical treatment involving powerful psychotropic drugs. The Guardian newspaper reports, “Fixation with healthy eating can be sign of serious psychological disorder” and goes on to claim this “disease” is called orthorexia nervosa — which is basically just Latin for “nervous about correct eating.”

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U.S. Missiles Kill 6 Suspected Militants in Pakistan

admin — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 07:56:21 +0000

Suspected U.S. missiles hit a house Tuesday in a Pakistani tribal region along the Afghan border where the army has been battling Taliban fighters, intelligence officials said. At least six suspected militants were killed, including a possible al-Qaida operative.

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Hugo Chavez Denounces Israel as a ‘Genocidal’ Government

admin — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:03:37 +0000

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez denounced Israel as a “genocidal” government yesterday as he hosted Syrian President Bashar Assad on his first visit to Latin America.

Chavez has drawn close to Syria and Iran, and cut ties with Israel last year to protest its military offensive in the Gaza Strip.

“We have common enemies,” Mr Chavez said, describing them as “the Yankee empire, the genocidal state of Israel.”

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CIA - No Intel on Bin Laden Since Early 2000’s

admin — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:00:08 +0000

The United States has not had good intelligence on the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden, the al-Qaeda leader, in years, Leon Panetta, the director of the CIA, admitted on Sunday.

He also gave a sobering account of the war in Afghanistan, saying the Taliban seemed to be strengthening with a stepped-up campaign of violence, even as US-led forces undermine the Islamist movement with attacks on its leadership.

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