Judging from the futures markets, shock at the gas pump is bound to get worse. Maybe much worse.
Since the beginning of the year, benchmark oil and gasoline futures on the New York Mercantile… Continue reading
May 23
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If $4 Gas Is Bad, Just Wait
In January, public officials and residents of Orange County, California, toasted the culmination of a water supply project more than a decade in the making. But at these festivities champagne took a backseat to the… Continue reading
Government authorities from Australia to the U.S. are hunting big game together. Their prey? Wealthy tax evaders—as well as the asset managers, banks, and accountants who help prosperous people conceal… Continue reading
It may be the mother of all doom and gloom gas price predictions: $12 for a gallon of gas is “inevitable.”
Robert Hirsch, Management Information Services Senior Energy Advisor, gave a… Continue reading
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A psychiatrist and university researcher says he’s analyzed the writings of two Colorado killers and believes it is possible to predict who could be a mass murderer in the future.
“This is groundbreaking research,”… Continue reading
The figure includes 8,500 under 18s who ended up in hospital because they were drunk, injured themselves through drink or developed a secondaryAlterNet
“Liberal Hollywood” is a favorite whipping-boy of right-wingers who suppose the town and its signature industry are ever-at-work undermining the U.S. military. In reality, the military has been deeply involved with the film
“Liberal Hollywood” is a favorite whipping-boy of right-wingers who suppose the town and its signature industry are ever-at-work undermining the U.S. military. In reality, the military has been deeply involved with the film
May 22
Teachers given right to screen pupils’ computers and mobile phones in crackdown on school gangs
Debunkers love to claim that the Bilderberg Group is a mere talking shop and has no influence over world events, but it appears as if the secretive organization had some… Continue reading
In an exchange sure to send ripples of anxiety through the all-volunteer military, the Senate’s senior defense spending member asked Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike… Continue reading
A West Virginia woman was being transferred to the Cleveland Clinic after walking the line between life and death.
Doctors are calling Val Thomas a medical miracle. They said they can’t explain how… Continue reading
Eleven elderly people accused of being witches have been burned to death by a mob in the west of… Continue reading
May 21
Paying for War at the Pump
AlterNetWhat’s it got to do with the price of gas? Would some reporter with access to the Republican presidential candidate please ask John McCain why he wants to continue President Bush’s Mideast policy
Tasers can cause fatal cardiac arrest and are even more dangerous if the subject is agitated, stressed and experiencing pain from the high-voltage device, two top Vancouver heart specialists said… Continue reading
A giant database of every phone call and email sent in Britain is being considered by the Government.
Internet service providers and telephone companies would be forced to
Naomi Klein Rolling Stone Article
Thirty years ago the new Chinese city of Shenzhen did not exist. Today, with the help of U.S. defense contractors, the booming city is a model for a high-tech police… Continue reading
BOLD UNDERLINED TYPE INDICATES CODY BASHAM’S QUOTES ON UBER.COM 23 year… Continue reading
CANTON For residents tired of that overgrown lot that resembles a minijungle next door, the city wants to help by trying to put high-grass violators behind bars.
City Council… Continue reading
A teenager is facing prosecution for using the word “cult” to describe the Church of Scientology.
The unnamed 15-year-old was served the
Climate change alarmists have never been apt to shy away from courting controversy with their dire forecasts of coming environmental apocalypse, but their latest "solution" takes… Continue reading
The Government wants to create the system to fight terrorism and crime. The police and security services believe it will make it easier to access important data as communications become more complex… Continue reading
Joe Lieberman, senator and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee chairman, wants to censor what you watch on Google and YouTube. Lieberman has sent a letter to Eric Schmidt, Google CEO, accusing the corporation… Continue reading
Are you one of those people who complains about every little thing that goes wrong on a cruise? Better be careful, or you just might find yourself banned from your favorite ships.
That’s the takeaway from… Continue reading
The new case has led the widow’s local MP Vincent
Cable, leader of the Liberal Democrats, to demand a change in the law
A widow is fighting for
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) plans to build three new internment camps on both coasts and on the Southwestern border, each of which will house up to 50 men and… Continue reading
May 19
The Texas Child Grab
The news was simply too good to hide under a bushel.
Arrow Child and Family Ministries, a foster care and adoption agency with headquarters near Houston, “found out today that they will be… Continue reading
May 19
Spy cameras sweep the city
EVERY car coming into Manchester is being snapped by a new network of police spy cameras.
Each day, 600,000 motorists’ journeys are being captured, and the data will be stored for five years.
The cameras have been… Continue reading
Editor’s Note: As the Israelis and U.S. declare they will assassinate the opposition, the “suicide” of Riad Hamad Esolh comes to mind.
Some readers will remember the 1969 film, “The Assassination Bureau”, a… Continue reading