Man arrested for taking picture of cop in his own home
Raw Story A Texas man has sued his local police department, saying he was arrested for taking a picture of a police officer when the…
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New York City’s Finest Beat on a War Veteran
Another police brutality video that shows the utter shamelessness of those who collect our tax dollars. In this case, they excessively beat on a man…
CDC: “Every Place Can Be Ground Zero” For Gulf Oil Toxins
Health Risks from Oil Spill: “Some of the Most Toxic Chemicals that We Know” , “Every Place Can be Ground Zero”, CDC Advises “Everyone” to…
Coast Guard Reports 2 DEATHS in Oil Spill Cleanup Effort
Two people involved in the Gulf oil spill cleanup effort have died, the U.S. Coast Guard reported. Fox News Meantime, tens of thousands of gallons…
Another Setback in the Gulf, Oil Spewing from Uncapped Well
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Engineers had to completely uncap the broken oil well spewing into the Gulf of Mexico…
Absence of sunspots ‘calm before a storm of energy’
Stuart Clark New Scientist – Washington Post Tuesday, June 22, 2010 Sunspots come and go, but recently they have mostly gone. For centuries, astronomers have…
La. Police Doing BP’s Dirty Work [Video]
Activist Drew Wheelan harassed, detained and interrogated by BP thugs. Mother Jones By Mac McClelland Everyone knows by now that BP is still blocking press…
Joe Lieberman: From American Idol Finalist to TYRANNYsaurus Rex
Eric Blair Activist Post To borrow a phrase often used in Joe Lieberman’s failed presidential primary bid in 2004, America’s tyrannical campaign “is picking up…
ACTIVIST POST INTERVIEW: Getting Dirty in Louisiana with Gulf Activists — Dirty Cajuns
We conducted an e-mail interview on June 22 with Mike Baldwin who details the latest from his area of the Gulf. For more information about…
CIA Coup in Iran Sanctioned by BP
Iran, BP, and the CIA LAWRENCE S. WITTNER – Counterpunch June 23, 2010 The offshore oil drilling catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico brought to us…
Mind Reading Technology Surpasses Humans
Now scientists read your mind better than you can By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor WASHINGTON, June 22 (Reuters) – Brain scans may be…
Brzezinski Speaks on the Return of Totalitarianism
Charlie Jane Anders — io9 Totalitarianism towered over the 20th century — a leader-focused, oppressive form of rule in which the individual was crushed. Now…
UK Gov’t ‘state-sanctioned kidnap’ for adoption money
Big money to be made in the adoption trade Christopher Booker – Telegraph If ever there was a scandal which called for the full glare…
Judge Overturns Drilling Ban To Line His Pockets
Kate Sheppard – Mother Jones A federal judge in New Orleans on Tuesday sided with the oil industry, striking down the temporary moratorium on new…