The Great Airport Scanner Scam 'Scan, baby, scan. That’s the mantra among politicians at all levels in the wake of the thwarted terrorist attack aboard a Detroit-bound passenger jet. According to conventional wisdom, the would-be “underwear bomber” could have been stopped by airport security if he’d been put through a full-body scanner, which would have revealed the cache of explosives attached to Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab’s groin.' Homeschoolers Arrested in New York: Slavery Returns to Amerika ' “Richard Cressy, 47, and Margie Cressy, 41, both of the town of Glen, never registered their four children or their home-schooling curriculum with the local school district, said the Sheriff’s Office,” reports WRGB, a CBS affiliate in Albany, New York. “The Superintendent of the Fonda-Fultonville Central School District confirmed the four children, ranging in age from 8 to 14, had not been registered with the school district for the last seven years.” The couple may lose custody of their children. The case has been turned over to the Montgomery County District Attorney and the Child Protective Unit.' Care Homes Forcing Elderly to Have Feeding Tubes Fitted 'Thousands of elderly people are being forced to have tubes fitted so they can be artificially fed if they want to be admitted to a care home, a major report warns today. There is no evidence that tube feeding prolongs life, and it deprives patients of the pleasure and social contact involved in normal eating and drinking, says a Royal College of Physicians working group which recommends that artificial nutrition should only be used as a last resort. The report found that many care homes across the country are making it a condition of residence that people, often in the advanced stages of dementia, have a tube fitted into their abdomen.' Call To The People Of The World To Support Iceland Against The Financial Blackmail Of The British And Dutch Governments And The IMF 'Let's also put this debt into perspective: 320.000 people live in Iceland, each and every person on the island, including children and the elderly, the disabled and the poor, would have to pay around $30,000 under the bill. The danger if Icelanders will accept this enormous burden is that the entire welfare system would simply collapse with no money to run it. On January 5th the Icelandic president had the courage, backed up by his nation, to place the interest of the people before that of the banks.' Does the Fed Want to Crash the Housing Market a Second Time? 'There is a curious rule change that was made at government controlled Fannie Mae. And it was announced on one of the top news dump days of the year, December 24, Christmas eve, when you were away visiting relatives. If you have to release news and you don't want anyone to see it, December 24 is one of the days you dump news. That alone should cause you to look twice at the news. And in this case, you should look real close. I think it signals that the government may be preparing to take the housing market down one more time.' Obama’s White House Press Corps Warned About Asking Certain Questions 'WMR has learned from a veteran member of the White House Press Corps that the Obama administration has made it known through White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs and other White House Communications officials that certain questions posed by the reporters who cover the White House are definitely off-limits. On the banned list are any questions about Obama’s post-Columbia University employment with Business International Corporation (BIC), a global financial and political information company that WMR previously reported was a front for the CIA. White House Press Corps members have been quietly told that any questions related to BIC, Obama’s withheld records while he was a student at Occidental College in Los Angeles from 1979 to 1981, or his records at Columbia, are forbidden. At the same time he was attending Occidental, Obama, using the name Barry Soetoro and an Indonesian passport issued under the same name, traveled to Pakistan during the U.S. buildup to assist the Afghan mujaheddin.' Germany to Sell Israel Another Nuclear Submarine 'Germany starts talks with Israel over the sale of a new submarine, capable of firing nuclear missiles, despite having received no payment for previous deliveries.' Former EU Justice Commissioner: We need to Scan Inside Travelers’ Bodies For Bombs 'The rampant delirium over the proposed implementation of full-body security scanners in airports reached new heights today as a former EU minister suggested that all passengers need to have their insides scanned to make sure they are not concealing bombs. The former European Commissioner for Justice, Freedom & Security, Franco Frattini, made the comments in an interview with European radio station Radio 24' Snow Chaos and They Still Claim It's Global Warming 'As one of the worst winters in 100 years grips the country, climate experts are still trying to claim the world is growing warmer. With millions of Britons battling through snow and ice to get to work today, scientists claim that the cold conditions should not be used as evidence against man-made climate change.' The Chilcot Inquiry: Britain’s 9/11 Commission 'All too often, official inquiries are conducted by the very people who should themselves be under investigation. In this respect, Britain’s Chilcot Inquiry on the Iraq war bears a distressing similarity to the 9/11 Commission.
Thursday, 7 January 2010
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