Mexican Trucks Begin Crossing Border Saturday

The Teamsters Union said it has been told by officials in the Transportation Department’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration that the first Mexican trucks will be coming across the border on Saturday.
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The union said Wednesday it would ask a federal appeals courts to block the [...]

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Porter: Kill More Iraqis or Pay $9 per Gallon

Kurt Nimmo
No doubt, for a large number of Americans, it is a good enough excuse: “Gasoline prices could rise to about $9 per gallon if the United States withdraws troops from Iraq prematurely, Rep. Jon Porter said he was told on a trip to Iraq that ended this week,” the Las Vegas [...]

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Pot Growers Are New Target in “War on Terror”

Alternet
Last time we checked in on the bizarro nexus between cannabis and terrorism, it was none other than actor/director Tommy Chong who was feeling the Bush administration’s post-9/11 wrath. In fact, the stoner icon, whose fabled act was concurrently resuscitated for Fox’s drugged and confused comedy hit That 70s Show, was being slapped by John [...]

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Dirty Little Secret - Universal Healthcare? Social Security?

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Globalists To Formally Propose Merger Of U.S., Canada, Mexico

North American Union to be presented to Congress by powerful think tankGlobalist political heavyweights are preparing to formally propose to Congress the merger of the U.S., Canada and Mexico into a North American Union at the end of summer after they held secret meetings to devise a plan that will [...]

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Feds Gear Up For Summer Of All Fearmongering

“Spectacular” summer attacks expected as emergency alert drills invade TV, radio
On the back of a hysterical response to attempted car bombings in the UK last week, a leaked secret U.S. law enforcement report warns of “spectacular” summer attacks while emergency alert drills spill over onto live TV and radio, as traveling [...]

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City May Seek Permit and Insurance for Many Kinds of Public Photography

 New York Times
Some tourists, amateur photographers, even would-be filmmakers hoping to make it big on YouTube could soon be forced to obtain a city permit and $1 million in liability insurance before taking pictures or filming on city property, including sidewalks.
New rules being considered by the Mayor’s Office of Film, [...]

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Fairness Doctrine About As Fair as Patriot Act is Patriotic

Cheaters Don’t Like The Score, So They Try To Change The Rules
The Fairness Doctrine is about as fair as the Patriot Act is patriotic. Its supporters are fooled by this veneer of rosy lexicon while overlooking the basic fact that this is about government regulation and suffocation of independent media.
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Report: Pentagon Can’t Account For $19 Billion Spent On Iraqi Forces

The United States has invested $19 billion to train and equip nearly 350,000 Iraqi soldiers and police since toppling Saddam Hussein, but the ability of those forces to provide security remains in doubt, according to the findings of a bipartisan congressional investigation to be released today.
As a result, President Bush’s pledge to [...]

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Federal bill would rob poor, benefit corporations

Assume Congress was considering a “comprehensive” plan to reduce wages for the poor, increase crime in minority neighborhoods, further diminish already failing pubic schools, and seriously strain an overburdened health care system.
Surely such a proposal would be dismissed as “un-American.”
Yet this is exactly what the current amnesty/guest worker bill would accomplish.
While multinational [...]

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