The second Great Depression
By Mike Whitney
Online Journal Contributing Writer
Feb 22, 2007, 00:45
“The US economy is in danger of a recession that will prove unusually long and severe. By any measure it is in far worse shape than in 2001-02 and the unraveling of the housing bubble is clearly at hand. It seems that the continuous [...]
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The Register | February 27, 2007
Matthias Becker
Germany’s police and secret services are pushing for a legal basis for “online house searches” – carried out without the knowledge of suspects, using spyware similar to a Trojan.
The German public learned of the practice in November last year, when a magistrate of the Bundesgerichtshof (Federal High Court) ruled [...]
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LONDON — Authorities are considering taking an 8-year-old boy who weighs 218
pounds into protective custody unless his mother improves his diet, officials
said Monday. Social service officials will meet with family members Tuesday to
discuss the health of Connor McCreaddie, who weighs more than three times the
average for his age.
“The worst case would be Connor getting taken [...]
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WASHINGTON - House Democratic leaders offered a full-throated defense Tuesday night of their plans to link Iraq war spending with rigorous standards for resting, training and equipping combat troops, saying that they would hold President Bush accountable for failing to meet those readiness tests.
But after a fractious meeting of the House Democratic caucus, Speaker Nancy [...]
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TACOMA, Washington (AP) — A woman admitted Monday that she coached her two children to fake retardation starting when they were 4 and 8 years old so she could collect Social Security benefits on their behalf.
Rosie Costello, 46, admitted in U.S. District Court that she collected more than $280,000 in benefits, beginning in the mid-1980s. [...]
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Washington - Strained by the demands of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. military faces a significant risk that it won’t be able to quickly and fully respond to yet another crisis, according to a new report to Congress.
The assessment, done by the nation’s top military officer, Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint [...]
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BBC Reported Building 7 Had Collapsed 20 Minutes Before It Fell
Revealing, shocking video shows reporter talking about collapse with WTC 7 still standing in background, Google removes clip
Paul Joseph Watson & Alex Jones
An astounding video uncovered from the archives today shows the BBC reporting on the collapse of WTC Building 7 over [...]
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