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Former Manchester United Footballer Ignites Banking Protest
Eric Cantona – MPC/Rex features image Thousands of French protesters have taken up the former Man United footballer’s call for a mass cash withdrawal Kim…
TSA At The ‘Tipping Point’: Passenger Anger At Airport Pat-Downs Threatens To Boil Over
Adam Geller Associated Press How did an agency created to protect the public become the target of so much public scorn? After nine years of…
Goldman In Insider Trading Probe?
Matt Taibbi Rolling Stone News leaked out today that the feds will soon be herding a whole pen full of Wall Street firms into court…
Prof. Michael Shermer Slammed About His 9/11 Denialism
Gates warns of fallout if Russia arms treaty fails
Anne Gearan Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile — U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Saturday that Russian cooperation on U.S. priorities from the Afghan war to…
Supreme Court Will Soon Issue a Landmark Decision on the Validity of the Constitution
PRNewswire The United States Supreme Court will soon issue a landmark decision on the validity of the Constitution. The Supreme Court will consider three petitions…
Secretary of Transportation LaHood: We’re looking into technology to disable cell phones in vehicles
The Daily Caller Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said using a cell phone while driving is so dangerous that devices may soon be installed in cars…
COICA Blacklisted by Senator Wyden
Chris Pratt COTO Report First the scary part. Leahy’s Law, called Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeit Act (COICA), was introduced as a bill by Vermont…
Profit Ties between Phony Terror Alerts, Airport Security and L-3 Communications
Steve Scheetz COTO Report Since September 11, 2001, our government has been operating with a demand for the understanding of the people. We, as part…
Pot growers portrayed as terror threat
Jeff Stein Washington Post What were they smoking? Federal, state and local officials carrying out a counter-terrorism drill in Northern California Wednesday played out a…
America In Decline: A Society In Denial
Mark Weber IHR During the 1950s and 1960s, the United States was the richest and most envied country in the world. It was also unrivaled…
Action needed to avoid food crisis
Oman Observer WASHINGTON — Soaring global food prices are a wake-up call to action to avoid a new food crisis that would pitch millions more…
IMF’s Dominique Strauss-Kahn wants fiscal and reform powers given to Europe
A federal Europe, with more sovereign power ceded to the centre, is the best defence against any future crisis, the head of the International Monetary…