Thursday, 23 October 2008

Last Updated: Thursday, October 23, 2008 12:21 GMT
Homeland Security Assuming Broad Powers, Turning Vast Swaths of U.S. into “Constitution-Free Zone”

You’re driving along a remote, dusty road, when suddenly you come upon a border patrol checkpoint. There, agents demand to see your identity papers, and search your car.

• Olbermann: Bush ‘lied’ about intending to close Gitmo
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• Town becomes first to scrap speed cameras
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Warren Buffett, Government Propagandist
I’ll tell you what the real purpose is behind Warren Buffet’s recent column in the New York Times.

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• CNBC Host: Financial Distress Caused by Government, Not Markets
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• Stocks Plunge On Recession Fears

Spain’s ex-prime minister blasts ‘new religion’ of climate change
Former Spanish prime minister Jose Maria Aznar Wednesday dismissed climate change as a “new religion” that is drawing hundreds of billions of euros at a time of economic crisis.