Tuesday, 17 August 2010 09:30 'Egyptian security forces seized a ship loaded with explosives coming from Israel and arrested its owner in Port Said, Egypt's independent Al-Shorouk daily reported on Monday. The explosives were loaded inside containers on board of the ship, the newspaper reported without providing further details about the ship and explosives.' Read more: Egypt Seizes Explosives on Ship Coming From Israel Tuesday, 17 August 2010 09:13 'Too few in Washington have been digging into the scandals behind the collapse of the “government-sponsored entities” (GSE's) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and their role in helping trigger the global financial crisis. Their collapse has cost taxpayers $146 billion thus far. Freddie Mac sought an additional $1.8 billion in taxpayer support just last week. There is no end in sight, as the Obama administration, through executive fiat, has placed no upper limit on the taxpayer liability for these two monstrosities.' Read more: Why is Washington Ignoring its Biggest Corruption Scandal? Tuesday, 17 August 2010 09:10 'Democrats who reluctantly slashed a food stamp program to fund a state aid bill may have to do so again to pay for a top priority of first lady Michelle Obama. The House will soon consider an $8 billion child nutrition bill that’s at the center of the first lady’s “Let’s Move” initiative. Before leaving for the summer recess, the Senate passed a smaller version of the legislation that is paid for by trimming the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly known as food stamps.' Read more: Dems May Use Food Stamp Money to Pay for Michelle Obama's Nutrition Initiative Tuesday, 17 August 2010 09:02 'Aerial imaging technology is being used by the government to spy on Americans in an effort to collect revenue and enforce ordinances on swimming pools without safety certificates, junk cars being stored without permission, unlicensed porches, and a myriad of other petty transgressions that the state is feeding off in complete violation of the Fourth Amendment to suck citizens dry of whatever income they have left after being looted of trillions of dollars in wealth that the state has transferred to foreign banks. The fact that technology such as Google Earth and Google Street View, which provides clear and often intrusive images of private property, is being used by authorities to spy on Americans without warrants is an obvious violation of the Fourth Amendment, which protects against unreasonable searches and seizures.' Read more: Government Using Google Earth To Loot Destitute Americans Tuesday, 17 August 2010 08:54 'Afghanistan's president is setting a four-month deadline for private security companies to cease operations in the country, a spokesman said Monday. A presidential decree expected to be issued later Monday will detail the process through which the companies should cease operations, spokesman Waheed Omar told reporters in Kabul. President Hamid Karzai has said repeatedly in recent months that these companies undermine government security forces, creating a parallel security structure. Contractors perform duties ranging from guarding supply convoys to personal security details for diplomats and businessmen.' Read more: Afghan Government Gives Private Security Firms Four Months to Disband Tuesday, 17 August 2010 08:44 Tuesday, 17 August 2010 08:32 'An elderly widow has been threatened with a £2,500 fine by council officials – for dropping cigarette ash on the pavement. Sheila Martin, 70, was smoking at a bus stop when a warden pounced and handed her the £75 fixed penalty for littering. The cash-strapped grandmother refused to pay and has now been warned it could rise to £2,500. Read more: Smoker Faces £2,500 Fine... For Dropping Cigarette Ash on Pavement
Tuesday, 17 August 2010 07:21
'The rampant use of toxic dispersants, out-of-state private contractors being brought in to spray them and US Coast Guard complicity are common stories now in the four states most affected by BP's Gulf of Mexico oil disaster.
Commercial and charter fishermen, residents and members of BP's Vessels Of Opportunity (VOO) program in Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana have spoken with Truthout about their witnessing all of these incidents.'
Read more: Unfolding BP Catastrophe: Uncovering the Lies That Are Sinking the Oil
Tuesday, 17 August 2010 07:17
'Early Sunday morning, French police stood help less as sixty people, locked inside an open-air field of genetically modified grapevines, uprooted all the plants. In Spain last month, dozens of people destroyed two GMO fields. On the millennial cusp, Indian farmers burned Bt cotton in their Cremate Monsanto campaign. Ignored by multinational corporations and corrupt public policy makers, citizens act to protect the food supply and the planet.'
Tuesday, 17 August 2010 07:09
'The Venezuelan ambassador to Tehran says his country is ready to sell gasoline to Iran despite US and EU unilateral sanctions against the Islamic Republic. "Every time Tehran announces its demand, we will provide it with gasoline," David Velasquez Caraballo told Fars news agency on Monday.'
Read more: Venezuela Ready to Sell Petrol to Iran
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