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Media Hacks Won’t Stop “Hurting America” By Politicizing Tragedies
on 05/03/2010 (6 days ago) by NW0.eu in Media and Publishing, Comments (0)
Even five years after Jon Stewart famously told CNN’s dueling Crossfire hosts to ’stop, stop, stop, stop hurting America,’ some folks can’t stop politicizing tragic events and claiming them for or against their respective sides.”
Germany unveils next generation ‘personal security card’
on 03/03/2010 (2 weeks ago) by NW0.eu in World News, Comments (0)
The new identity card isn’t just to verify who a person is. It’s now a matter of personal security, according to German officials who showed off the country’s newest ID technology at this year’s CeBIT conference.
Glenn Beck barks like a mad dog to protest Obama stimulus
on 19/02/2010 (3 weeks ago) by NW0.eu in Media and Publishing, Comments Off
Fox News’ Glenn Beck became a rabid critic of President Barack Obama Wednesday after the president said that there had been relatively little stimulus money wasted.
Utah Eyes Slashing Senior Year Of High School To Save Money
on 16/02/2010 (4 weeks ago) by NW0.eu in World News, Comments Off
By Sahil Kapur for Raw Story:
Imagine being forced to skip your senior year of high school. Or having the option.
If you live in Utah, that could become a reality. In an effort to bridge a $700 million budget shortfall, Republican state Sen. Chris Buttars has put forth a plan to eliminate 12th grade in high school, the Los Angeles Times reports.
Facing a wealth of criticism from parents, teachers and students alike, Buttars defended a scaled down version of the idea wherein students simply had the option to exit before their final year, claiming the proposal could save the state about $60 million…
[continues at Raw Story]
Taliban deny US report chief captured in Pakistan
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An Afghan Taliban spokesman has denied a U.S. report that its military commander was arrested by U.S. and Pakistani forces in a secret operation.
Despite Obama Admin’s Promise, DEA Continues Raids On Medical Marijuana Growers
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From Raw Story: On Thursday, a Denver news station interviewed Chris Bartkowicz about his medical-marijuana operation in the basement of his home. Bartkowicz, confident of his compliance with state laws, […]
Detroit Schools Offer Class in How to Work at Wal-Mart
on 13/02/2010 (4 weeks ago) by NW0.eu in World News, Comments Off
Muriel Kane writes on RAW Story:
Wal-Mart has been widely condemned for offering its employees only low-paying, dead end jobs. Even President Obama criticized Hillary Clinton during the 2008 presidential campaign for having served on Wal-Mart’s board and stated that the firm ought to pay “a living wage.”
In inner-city Detroit, however, where the unemployment rate is estimated at an astonishing 50%, the prospect of a Wal-Mart job may appear far more attractive.
Four inner-city Detroit high schools have decided that employment with Wal-Mart is an opportunity worth training their students to pursue. The schools have teamed up with the giant merchandiser to offer a for-credit class in job-readiness training that also includes entry-level after-school jobs.
Read More: RAW Story
With Glenn Beck leading the charge, mainstream media swarms on TX Gov. candidate Medina for not disavowing 9/11 Truthers
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Today, in a move that illustrates exactly why Glenn Beck has painstakingly tried to portray himself over the past year as some kind of man of the people while hosting a show on the infamous Fox News Channel that cheered the War in Iraq, he turned an interview with Debra Medina, a candidate for the TX Governer seat, into a PR ambush on her and the 9/11 Truth movement.
TSA Detains Student for Arabic Study Cards; Asked By Agent ‘Do You Know Who Did 9/11?’
on 11/02/2010 (4 weeks ago) by NW0.eu in Police State, Comments Off
RAW Story is reporting today the ACLU is filing a lawsuit on behalf of the student. Here’s the original report from Dave Davies in the Philadelphia Daily News:
EIGHT YEARS after 9/11, we’re used to changes in our routines. We show ID to get into office buildings, and take off our shoes at airports. But should a college student flying back to school be handcuffed and held for five hours because he has Arabic flash cards in his backpack?
That’s the way Nick George, a senior at Pomona College, in California, sees what happened to him at the Philadelphia airport two Saturdays ago. George, of Wyncote, Montgomery County, was about to catch a Southwest flight back to school when stereo speakers in his backpack caught the eye of screeners at the metal detector.
No joke: South Carolina now requires ’subversives’ to register
on 08/02/2010 by NW0.eu in Police State, Comments Off
Terrorists who want to overthrow the United States government must now register with South Carolina’s Secretary of State and declare their intentions — or face a $25,000 fine and up to 10 years in prison.
Judge seals video in racially-charged Taser ‘homicide’
on 05/02/2010 by NW0.eu in Police State, Comments Off
A potentially explosive video showing the death of a Louisiana man after being Tasered nine times in 14 minutes will be kept from the public for at least another five months, after a judge ordered the tape sealed.
Lawsuit: Deputies threatened husband as sheriff fondled wife
on 04/02/2010 by NW0.eu in World News, Comments Off
A sheriff in rural Tennessee has been accused of threatening a husband and wife by “blowing their f—ing heads off” and “inappropriately” touching the wife during an unwarranted traffic stop.
Study: Hunger in America jumps ‘unprecedented’ 46 percent
on 03/02/2010 by NW0.eu in World News, Comments Off
If there is any indicator of the toll that the Great Recession has taken on the public, it would be the statistics beginning to emerge about hunger in the US.
Police beat 18-year-old violinist over Mt. Dew bottle
on 28/01/2010 by NW0.eu in Police State, Comments Off
David Edwards and Gavin Dahl Raw Story Monday, January 25th, 2010 Pittsburgh police have reassigned three plainclothes officers to uniformed duty pending an investigation into the beating of an 18-year-old […]
Obama Received $20 Million From Healthcare Industry in 2008 Campaign
on 13/01/2010 by NW0.eu in Finance and Corruption, Comments Off
While some sunlight has been shed on the hefty sums shoveled into congressional campaign coffers in an effort to influence the Democrats’ massive healthcare bill, little attention has been focused […]
