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NY lawmaker wants state to ‘presume’ it may harvest organs

NY lawmaker wants state to ‘presume’ it may harvest organs

By The Associated Press
Tuesday, April 27th, 2010 — 8:30 pm
A New York assemblyman whose daughter is alive because of two kidney transplants wants his state to become the first in the nation to pass laws that would presume people want to donate their organs unless they specifically say otherwise.
Assemblyman Richard Brodsky believes the “presumed consent” [...]

Homeland Security Embarks on Big Brother Programs to Read Our Minds and Emotions

Homeland Security Embarks on Big Brother Programs to Read Our Minds and Emotions

Source: Alternet – Liliana Segura
In the sci-fi thriller Minority Report, Tom Cruise plays a D.C. police detective, circa 2054, in the department of “pre-crime,” an experimental law enforcement unit whose mission — to hunt down criminals before they strike — relies on the psychic visions of mutant “pre-cogs” (short for precognition) who can see the [...]

Homeland Security to study dispersion of biological weapons in Boston subway

Homeland Security to study dispersion of biological weapons in Boston subway

Source: Bio Prep Watch
The U.S. Homeland Security Department has announced that it will release harmless gases and dye tracers into Boston’s subway system next week to study the circulation of airborne contaminants through public transit networks in the event of a biological or chemical attack.
The planned study, which will examine how both smoke and airborne [...]

Clinton “No exit strategy” for Afghanistan

Clinton “No exit strategy” for Afghanistan

A contradiction in stated Afghanistan War goals has emerged at the highest levels of American government.
While President Barack Obama has indicated he would like US troops to begin leaving Afghanistan in 2011, Secretary of Defense Bob Gates and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton point out there is no deadline or exit strategy.
“We’re not talking about [...]

OBAMA PLANE PHOTO OP STARTLES NEW YORKERS

OBAMA PLANE PHOTO OP STARTLES NEW YORKERS

By DAVID SEIFMAN, MURRAY WEISS and JEREMY OLSHAN

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Air Force One photographed over Staten Island.

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Last updated: 10:45 pm
April 27, 2009
Posted: 3:33 pm
April 27, 2009
A jumbo jet being chased by a F-16 fighter jets buzzed Lower Manhattan this morning, panicking [...]

Emanuel Was Director Of Freddie Mac During Scandal

Emanuel Was Director Of Freddie Mac During Scandal

New Obama Chief of Staff, Others on Board, Missed “Red Flags” of Alleged Fraud Scheme
By BRIAN ROSS and RHONDA SCHWARTZ
November 7, 2008—
 
President-elect Barack Obama’s newly appointed chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, served on the board of directors of the federal mortgage firm Freddie Mac at a time when scandal was brewing at the troubled agency [...]

AIPAC, NSA Spying and the Corruption of Congress

AIPAC, NSA Spying and the Corruption of Congress

By Tom Burghardt
A major scandal involving a top Democrat, the Israeli lobby-shop AIPAC and charges that former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales sought congressional help to suppress media reports of systematic, illegal warrantless surveillance of Americans by the National Security Agency (NSA) broke on Sunday.
Congressional Quarterly revealed that Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA) “was overheard on [...]

FDA to allow ‘morning-after’ pill for 17-year-olds

FDA to allow ‘morning-after’ pill for 17-year-olds

April 22nd, 2009 in Medicine & Health / Medications
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FILE — This undated image provided by Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc. Aug. 22, 2007 shows the packaging for the “Plan B” pill. The Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday it would accept, not appeal, a federal judge’s order that lifts Bush administration restrictions limiting over-the-counter sales of “Plan [...]

Actor Jim Carrey: The Judgment on Vaccines Is In?

Actor Jim Carrey: The Judgment on Vaccines Is In?

Recently, I was amazed to hear a commentary by CNN’s Campbell Brown on the controversial vaccine issue. After a ruling by the ’special vaccine court’ saying the Measles, Mumps, Rubella shot wasn’t found to be responsible for the plaintiffs’ autism, she and others in the media began making assertions that the judgment was in, and [...]

Tom Braden dies at 92; former CIA operative became columnist and talk show co-host

Tom Braden dies at 92; former CIA operative became columnist and talk show co-host
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