Entries for December 2008

By Kurt Nimo | Infowars.com | Dec. 31, 2008
Later this evening as the newfangled Times Square Ball descends in Manhattan, you may see New York National Guard soldiers patrolling with the NYPD as you watch on television. “Under orders from New York Governor David Paterson, members of the New York Army and Air National Guard will conduct additional security missions and stand ready to respond to city authorities if a man-made or natural emergency occurs,” reports Jim Kouri, who is currently fifth vice-president of the National Association of Chiefs of Police.

AP | Dec. 31, 2008
An 85-year-old former Army mechanical engineer pleaded guilty to conspiracy Tuesday and admitted he passed classified documents to the Israelis in the 1970s and '80s.

By Kevin Dowling | The Guardian | Dec. 29, 2008
People who carry knives will face tougher sentences of at least 18 hours of community work a week and curfews under new legislation to be unveiled by the government today.

By Andy Birkey | MinnesotaIndependent.com | Dec. 30, 2008
Call it a Christmas present for gay and lesbian couples. President Bush signed the Worker, Retiree and Employer Recovery Act of 2008 (WRERA) two days before Christmas. The new law makes it mandatory for businesses to roll over retirement benefits to a same-sex partner in the event of the employee’s death.

By Frosty Wooldridge | NewsWithViews.com | Dec. 29, 2008
While the immigration debate rages across the planet, most authorities, leaders and the media tremble at the mention of hyper-immigration growth, “…widely recognized as a major component of the social, economic and environmental problems facing mankind.”

Press TV | Dec. 30, 2008
An increased economic crisis in the US may lead to civil unrest and the need to call on the army to intervene, a US Army War College warns. "Widespread civil violence inside the United States would force the defense establishment to reorient priorities in extremis to defend basic domestic order and human security," writes retired Army Lt. Col. Nathan Freir, a 20-year Army veteran and visiting professor at the US Army War College.

By Joseph Farah | Worldnetdaily.com | Dec. 29, 2008
I'll bet that's a headline you've never seen before. You will probably never see it, again. But it's the truth. With a new Congress and a new president taking office next month, you are bound to hear more calls for closing the so-called "gun-show loophole," that permits American citizens in many states to buy guns without ridiculous and counterproductive waiting periods.

By Bob McCarty | NowPublic.com | Dec. 27, 2008
Serving as the headline of  a news release issued today, the four words above indicate Dr. Brigitte Boisselier and her colleagues at Clonaid are making a trip back to the publicity well after a long hiatus.  Their goal:  To legitimize the company’s cloning claims amidst much skepticism.

By Peter S. Goodman | New York Times | Dec. 27, 2008
Borrowing and spending beyond ordinary limits largely explains how Americans got into such economic trouble. For decades, businesses and consumers feasted relentlessly, as if gravity, arithmetic and the tyranny of debt had been defanged by financial engineering.

By Stephen Foley | The Independent | Dec. 27, 2008
Retailers opened their doors earlier than usual across the US yesterday, struggling to salvage what they could from the weakest holiday shopping season in four decades.

By Margaret Griffis | AntiWar.com | Dec. 27, 2008
Baghdad suffered a significant attack in the Shi'ite enclave of Khadamiya, but there were also notable attacks elsewhere. At least 31 Iraqis were killed and 76 more were wounded across the country. No Coalition deaths were reported.

By Martiga Lohn | The Associated Press | Dec. 28, 2008
Minnesota is deep in the hole financially, but the state still owns a premier golf resort, a sprawling amateur sports complex, a big airport, a major zoo and land holdings the size of the Central American country of Belize.

By Jonathan Tepperman | Newsweek | Dec. 19, 2008
The United States, like many countries, has a bad habit of committing wartime excesses and an even worse record of accounting for them afterward. But a remarkable string of recent events suggests that may finally be changing—and that top Bush administration officials could soon face legal jeopardy for prisoner abuse committed under their watch in the war on terror.

By Adel Zaanoun | AFP | Dec. 28, 2008
Israeli warplanes pounded Gaza for a third day on Monday as tanks stood by to join Israel's "all-out" war on Hamas that has killed at least 345 people and prompted deadly rocket fire from the Palestinian enclave.

By Kurt Nimo | Infowars.com | Dec. 28, 2008
A Greek television show has revealed how Greek police posed as anarchists and destroyed property. Inciting violence and blaming it on legitimate activists is a favorite tactic of the state in order to crack down on protest and dismiss genuine grievances.