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Why Is the Conservative Brain More Fearful? The Alternate Reality Right-Wingers Inhabit Is Terrifying

Walk a mile in your ideological counterparts' shoes...if you dare. Consider... more

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The Antiwar Comic: The Whores of Terror

The MEK is not a group you should support.

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The Government Releases some of bin Laden’s Correspondence

This gives some insight into what the man was actually thinking

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‘Chilling New Face of Police’ for London Olympics

Recent press in the UK about the upcoming summer Olympics in London make clear that it... more

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Jamming the NSA

I’m sure I’m not the first to suggest this, but what if all those opposed... more

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Man Whose WMD Lies Led To 100,000 Deaths Confesses All

A man whose lies helped to make the case for invading Iraq – starting a... more

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Ironies in American justice and political cheerleading

(1) A reader reminded me of this yesterday and it’s really quite something: in... more

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Tired?

Have you had enough of this terrible world?

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Former US Officials Accused of Lobbying for Iranian Marxist Terrorist Group

This story came out a year ago from Mark Dankoff and Mark Glenn on The Ugly Truth... more

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The Horrifying Reality Of How Our Country Functions

March 12, 2012 Russia Today News Courtesy of MOXNews... more

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PORTAL DO TERROR: A VOLTA DOS MORTOS VIVOS - NECROPÓLIS

Julian, Zeke e sua turma são alunos típicos do último ano do... more

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The Fictional Basis of the War on Terror

Dr. Graeme MacQueen discusses the 9-11 attacks and anthrax mailings in his... more

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Drones Move Closer to Flying in Civilian Airspace

Drone aircraft moved closer to taking flight in U.S. civilian airspace as regulators issued a call for advice on establishing test sites.

The Federal Aviation Administration said today it wants drone makers and the public to comment on where to locate proving grounds and their management, according to a filing in the U.S. Federal Register’s Public Inspection Desk.

“Unmanned aircraft can help us meet a number of challenges, from spotting wildfires to assessing natural disasters,” Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said in a statement. “These test sites will help us ensure that our high safety standards are maintained as the use of these aircraft becomes more widespread.”

Drones have been used to kill terrorists and assist U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, and manufacturers have pushed the government to allow greater domestic use for law enforcement and businesses. The unmanned aircraft, as large as a commercial jet or as small as a hummingbird, are made by companies including Boeing Co. (BA) subsidiary Insitu and AeroVironment Inc. (AVAV) of Monrovia, California.

The FAA must establish test sites where drones can fly among manned aircraft by the end of June, under a provision of a defense bill signed into law Dec. 31.
FAA Spending

Similar language was contained in a law passed last month authorizing spending at the FAA. The measure ordered the agency to complete a “comprehensive plan” on how to integrate unmanned flights into the aviation system by Sept. 30, 2015.

To fly throughout the skies, drones must be capable of sensing when they get too close to other aircraft and avoid collisions -- just as pilots are required to do. While firms develop needed technology, the FAA has yet to set criteria for its operation.

The FAA later this year is scheduled to release its first set of rules allowing commercial operators to fly small drones without having to obtain special permits, according to the agency’s statement.

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'Hate to say I told you so' is not only a great Hives song, but it's how I feel when I think back about 2 years ago on those Current trolls who cracked jokes and poked fun at my assertion that drones will soon be patrolling America. I know who you are; you're pathetic hypocrites, who are afraid to show your face.Drone aircraft moved closer to taking flight in U.S. civilian airspace as regulators... more

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NSA whistle-blower: Obama “worse than Bush”

Thomas Drake, the whistle-blower whom the Obama administration tried and failed to... more

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Syrian Girl - Why Al Qaeda is Al-CIA-da

In Syria, they know the score. In America, they are largely clueless. ... Learn... more

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Syrian activists: 200 dead in government assault in Homs

BEIRUT—Syrian forces unleashed a barrage of mortars and artillery on the... more

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Kidnapping of U.S. tourists is latest blow for Egypt

The abduction of two American women and their Egyptian guide at gunpoint along a major highway in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula Friday is the latest blow to the country’s crucial tourism industry, already in tatters as violence escalates a year after the revolution that ousted strongman Hosni Mubarak.

The two tourists, who were reportedly released into army custody hours after their capture, were among a group of five people traveling from Saint Catherine’s monastery in central Sinai to the popular resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh when a vehicle carrying men with machine guns stopped their small bus, the Christian Science Monitor reports.

Local officials told the Associated Press the attackers were Bedouin tribesmen who resist government control and have been blamed for several attacks in recent months as tensions intensify between them and authorities they accuse of discrimination and of ignoring their plight.

In late January, a French tourist was killed and two others injured after a group of masked gunmen robbed a currency exchange shop and exchanged fire with security forces in Sharm El-Sheikh.

Also last month, Bedouin seized 50 German and British tourists whose bus accidentally crossed a roadblock they had set up as a protest against the governor of South Sinai. Those tourists, who were also on a trip to the monastery, were released a few hours later. And four armed men also attacked a hotel in an Egyptian Red Sea resort popular with Israeli tourists before fleeing when police returned fire.

“The Bedouin are among the many marginalised groups in Egypt pressing for their rights since the revolution began last year,” Elijah Zarwan, a Cairo-based political analyst, told London’s Guardian.

“There’s long been a security vacuum in the Sinai and now on top of that you have a more generalised security vacuum throughout Egypt. It’s no wonder that the Bedouins, who are often well-armed, feel emboldened to press for their rights more forcefully.”

Egypt has faced a surge in crime since the uprising, which uprooted a police state that kept tight control over the population of 85 million. Protesters accuse the police and the military council that has assumed power of negligence.

On Friday, a demonstrator and an army officer were reported dead in Cairo as rock-throwing protesters fought riot police through clouds of teargas near Egypt’s Interior Ministry. It was the second day of clashes triggered by the deaths Wednesday of 74 people at a soccer match in the Mediterranean city of Port Said, in the country’s deadliest incident since the revolution.

Tourism Minister Mounir Abdel-Nour said last month that the number of tourists who came to Egypt in 2011 dropped to 9.8 million from 14.7 million the previous year. Revenues for the year clocked in at $8.8 billion compared to $12.5 billion in 2010.

http://www.theinset.com/2012/02/kidnapping-tourists-latest-blow/The abduction of two American women and their Egyptian guide at gunpoint along a major... more

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10 reasons the U.S. is no longer the land of the free

Immunity from judicial review Like the Bush administration, the Obama... more

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Cheney calls for air strike on Iran over captured drone

By David Edwards Tuesday, December 13, 2011 Former Vice President Dick Cheney said... more

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Airforce Dumped Ashes of Troops Remains in Landfill

The Air Force dumped the incinerated partial remains of at least 274 American troops... more

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