Friday, 31 December 2010 11:16
An Absolutely Must-Watch
(It is nothing to do with 'cooling the planet' and everything to do with destroying human health - plus much else.)
Friday, 31 December 2010 10:59
'In a shocking, but not unprecedented, turn of events drivers in Florida will be mandated to allow police to jab a needle in their arm and extract blood at DUI checkpoints should they refuse to submit to breath tests.
At what have been described as “no refusal” checkpoints, judges will be on hand to issue a warrant allowing police to demand blood. DUI defense attorney Kevin Hayslett told 10 News WTSP that the mandatory blood tests are a clear violation of constitutional rights:
“It’s a slippery slope and it’s got to stop somewhere,” Hayslett explained, “what other misdemeanor offense do we have in the United States where the government can forcefully put a needle into your arm?”'
Read more: Feds, Police Enforce Mandatory Blood Tests At Florida Checkpoints
Friday, 31 December 2010 09:28
'A standout North Carolina high school student has been suspended for the remainder of her senior year and charged with a misdemeanor for having a small paring knife in her lunchbox.
Ashley Smithwick, 17, of Sanford told WRAL she accidentally took her father's lunchbox to Southern Lee High School in October instead of her own when school officials searched the lunchbox, along with several other students' possessions, possibly looking for drugs. Ashley's father, Joe Smithwick told the station the lunchbox had a paring knife inside so that he could slice up an apple that accompanied it.
"It's just an honest mistake. That was supposed to be my lunch because it was a whole apple," he said. But school officials didn't see it that way.'
Read more: Small Knife in Lunchbox Gets N.C. Student Suspended, Charged With Weapon Possession
Friday, 31 December 2010 09:24
Friday, 31 December 2010 09:19
"Belgium no longer works. It is a nation that has failed." This loud statement recently came from Bart De Wever, a candidate for Prime Minister of this country and leader of the Nationalist Party The New Flemish Alliance. Thus, one of the leading politicians of Belgium acknowledged that the country that hosts the headquarters of the EU and NATO is on the verge of a collapse.'
Friday, 31 December 2010 09:03
Friday, 31 December 2010 08:37
'Three children clamber over an icy landscape and gaze in awe at the desolate wasteland. As they look out to sea, ice floes the size of cars drift to shore - a sight more likely in Polar regions than the English seaside. But this is Cumbria, where sub-zero temperatures have frozen the surface of inshore waters.'
Friday, 31 December 2010 07:56
'Greek police say a powerful blast outside a closed nightclub in Athens is the second attack in the past two days linked to criminal extortion groups.
The blast, which caused no injuries, occurred before 4 a.m. Friday near Athens City Center. The explosion was so huge that it was heard across southern Athens and severely damaged the club's frontage, AP reported.'
Friday, 31 December 2010 07:38
'Iran's Intelligence Minister Heidar Moslehi has accused the British Intelligence service of collaborating with the opposition in the country's post-election unrest last year.
"One of the intelligence services that sought to overthrow the Islamic Republic since the advent of the [Islamic] Revolution, was British,” he said during a speech in City of Ray in southern Tehran on Thursday.
British intelligence, he added, “acted quite diligently with precise knowledge of our culture to influence individuals, and they learned that one of ways to harm (manipulate) people was through their relatives".'
Thursday, 30 December 2010 12:01
Thursday, 30 December 2010 11:55
'Police are hoping to win government backing for a new counter-terrorism power to stop and search people without the suspicion of criminal activity.
Officers say the powers are needed to better protect the public from attacks against large groups of people. Previously, section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 allowed counter-terrorism stops without suspicion, but this was scrapped by Home Secretary Theresa May after Strasbourg judges said it was illegal.
Fearing their counter-terrorism powers are now weak, police have asked for a law which would be restricted to a specific period of time and to a limited geographic area, place or event, The Guardian reported. The new powers would need primary legislation to become law and could be introduced within months.'
Read more: Police Demand New Stop and Search Powers After Human Rights Ruling Scraps Previous Law
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