#WikiLeaks to release over 1 Million new secret documents that would affect “every country in the world”
December 21, 2012 No Comment
WikiLeaks planned to release over one million new secret documents that would affect “every country in the world’’, its founder Julian Assange announced in a defiant speech from the balcony of Ecuadorian embassy here as his supporters shouted, “We love you Julian’’ and sang Christmas carols. It was his second “balcony’’ address since he sought [...]
Today, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, an ardent gun control advocate, moved to politicize the monstrous school shooting in Connecticut, issuing the following statement: With all the carnage from gun violence in our country, it’s still almost impossible to believe that a mass shooting in a kindergarten class could happen. It has come to [...]
The NYU Student Tweeting Every Reported US Drone Strike Has Revealed A Disturbing Trend
December 14, 2012 No Comment
NYU student Josh Begley is tweeting every reported U.S. drone strike since 2002, and the feed highlights a disturbing tactic employed by the U.S. that is widely considered a war crime. Known as the “double tap,” the tactic involves bombing a target multiple times in relatively quick succession, meaning that the second strike often hits [...]
Sandy Aid Package Includes Millions for Smithsonian, Space Center, Forests?…
December 14, 2012 No Comment
The Obama administration’s $60-billion emergency aid package for victims of superstorm Sandy is now caught in the crossfire over the “fiscal cliff,” with some critics questioning why millions of dollars are directed to areas far from the epicenter of the storm. The request, which still needs the approval of Congress, includes billions in urgently needed [...]
Talk to someone who has never dealt with the cops about police behaving badly, and he or she will inevitably say, “But they can’t do that! Can they?” The question of what the cops can or can’t do is natural enough for someone who never deals with cops, especially if their inexperience is due to class and/or race [...]
AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Sprint, and other wireless providers would be required to record and store information about Americans’ private text messages for at least two years, according to a proposal that police have submitted to the U.S. Congress. CNET has learned a constellation of law enforcement groups has asked the U.S. Senate to require that [...]
We have learned today that the Vatican has decided to use an ID card that has a micro-chip device embedded inside the card that is capable of being used as a tracking device. This card will be given to clergy and employees. A source inside the Vatican acknowledged that they have been thinking about this [...]
Israeli soldiers kill 1 Palestinian, injure several 2 days after ceasefire
November 23, 2012 No Comment
One adult has been killed and at least 10 teenagers injured after Israeli soldiers opened fire at the Gaza-Israel border, Gaza medical authorities claimed. The incident happened east of the city of Khan Yunis in southern Gaza. READ MORE: http://on.rt.com/77srpi
Iceland puts politician on trial for failing to prevent economic collapse
November 17, 2012 No Comment
On Friday, Greece announced that private investors had agreed to write off more than half of their loans to the country, thereby staving off, for now, a messy default. Iceland, another economy devastated by the financial crisis, has taken a more cathartic step towards settling accounts. On Monday it became the first country to put [...]
Six years after the White House first started running amok on the computer networks of its adversaries, US President Barack Obama has signed off on a top-secret order that finally offers blueprints for the Pentagon’s cyberwars. Pres. Obama has autographed an executive order outlining protocol and procedures for the US military to take in the [...]
The United States has voiced support for Israel’s violation of human rights after being reelected to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for another three-year term. US Ambassador to UN Susan Rice made the remarks during a press conference in New York on Monday, vowing to correct the “flaws” in the 47-nation body. “The [...]
So much for serving the homeless. The Bloomberg administration is now taking the term “food police” to new depths, blocking food donations to all government-run facilities that serve the city’s homeless. In conjunction with a mayoral task force and the Health Department, the Department of Homeless Services recently started enforcing new nutritional rules for food [...]
Weed Legalization Could Set Off A Radical Chain Of Events In Latin America
November 9, 2012 No Comment
The top advisor to incoming Mexican president Peña Nieto said the world’s first full legalization of marijuana in Colorado and Washington “changes the rules of the game” in the war on drugs, The Washington Post reports. Mexican officials have called for a review of joint U.S.-Mexico drug policies because, as Mexican Congressman Manlio Fabio Beltrones pointed [...]
A living hell in NYCHA houses: Agency ignores blackout victims trapped since Hurricane Sandy
November 9, 2012 No Comment
For more than a week, hundreds of public housing tenants — mostly ailing or elderly — have been trapped inside their upper-floor apartments, waiting in vain for the return of elevators, lights, heat and water. They say they’ve yet to get help from NYCHA and, instead, are relying on a steady stream of volunteers for [...]
