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New Burien Council majority signals change in annexation, Lake Burien policies
By Eric Mathison
Elections do make a difference.
With four new lawmakers, Burien City Council members took April 7 a significant step toward eliminating any renewed attempt by Burien to annex White Center and North Highline.
The previous council majority had beaten back attempts to withdraw Burien's Potential Annexation Area (PAA) designation for the unincorporated area even after North Highline voters soundly rejected annexation.
Also lawmakers voted to consider pleas from Lake Burien residents to designate their neighborhood as low density residential. Previous council majorities had rejected repeated requests.
Neither policy reversal is a done deal. Council members only voted to place the items on this year's Comprehensive Plan Amendments docket.
The items will be studied by city staff, debated by the citizens' advisory Planning Commission as well as lawmakers and commented on by the public at council meetings and hearings.
A final decision is not expected until December.
Council members also appointed four new planning commissioners, who will serve four-year terms. They are Curtis Olsen, Amy Rosenfield, Douglas T. Weber and Butch Henderson.
The move against another annexation attempt came when council members voted to consider removing references to White Center and North Highline as a Potential Annexation Area.
Newly elected Councilmember Debi Wagner said her opposition to annexation was a major issue in her election race. While campaigning, Wagner said she found the majority of Burien and White Center residents did not want annexation.
Wagner said Burien staff did a poor job of analyzing the issue before it was placed on the ballot.
Wagner said King County has ignored maintenance of White Center's infrastructure, making the taking over of the unincorporated area "completely unaffordable."
Burien has issues of its own," Wagner added.
Councilmember Lauren Berkowitz, who was also newly elected in November, countered that voter turnout for the annexation election was low with only one demographic group participating.
Berkowitz said the annexation opponents used "misinformation, which is the same as lies."
Councilmember Gerald Robison said if Burien withdraws the annexation references in its comp. plan it would not have a voice in the future direction of neighboring North Highline.
"We are not debating annexation," Robison declared. "It's really about keeping our options open, keeping our hand in the discussion and having a seat at the table."
Robison said the city of Seattle could annex White Center through an interlocal agreement without a vote by North Highline residents.
On the other controversial issue, several residents requested changing the comprehensive plan map to designate the Lake Burien neighborhood as low density residential instead of medium density. They said that would bring the comp. plan map in compliance with the land use map that lists Lake Burien as a critical area.
The downzone would change the minimum lot size requirement from 7,200 square feet to 12,000 square feet.
The residents complained of storm water drainage issues that cause flooding during heavy rain periods and pollution from clogged storm water outfalls. For 10 months in 2010-2011, the lake contained a toxic algae bloom, according to the residents.
Deputy Mayor Bob Edgar said the issue is not about dividing up lots. He said it is about protecting designated critical areas such as Lake Burien. Under the state Growth Management Act, the comp. plan map must match with the land use map, Edgar argued.
Berkowitz said there are less restrictive ways to deal with the environmental issues such as regulating fertilizer use. She said current residents are contributing to the pollution.
Councilmember Steve Armstrong replied that pollution is also running into the lake from areas outside the neighborhood.
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- Summary: Choose to be a commander and you will play an in-depth RTS managing the stronghold, or choose to be a warrior and you will play an intense game of first person combat. With the creation of a new game play genre, RTSS (Real Time Strategy Shooter), Savage expertly redefines the first-person shooter and real-time strategy genres by combining elements of both into one cohesive experience. As the commander in RTS mode, you will tackle resource management, develop a robust tech tree, plan your assault and lead real human players into battle. As a warrior in action mode, you will master many unique weapons, powerful units, and siege vehicles to fight a fast paced battle. Set in a unique fantasy world eons from now where Humans and Beasts battle violently for their very existence. Savage transports PC gamers to the next level in multi-player gaming. Choose to fight on the side of HUMANITY, armed with science and technology, or take the side of the BEAST HORDE, masters of nature and magic. Each race has its own style of battle, its own leader, and its own way to victory. Which side are you on? [S2 Games]… Expand
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Make any night magical with our Flashing LED Wizard Hat! This light up flashing wizard hat is the perfect complement to Halloween costumes, looks great at gaming conventions, and is guaranteed to be a hit at Harry Potter themed birthday parties! With high intensity red LEDs embedded within the blue and white hat, you can transform any outfit into something mesmerizing and magical with our light up flashing wizard hat! Each Flashing LED Wizard Hat comes with AG13 batteries included and installed. Our Flashing LED Wizard Hat is sold by the piece.
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This was the birthday boy's wizard hat for his wizard birthday party. It was very cute! The bottom red balls around the brim of the hat came off by the end of the day but it still looked adorable without them on.
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At least you are honest!! *c* And dimple kissing would be much more acceptable I think! Cheek squishing hurts! T3T
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Fact 1: Reading can make you a better conversationalist.
Fact 2: Neighbours will never complain that your book is too loud.
Fact 3: Knowledge by osmosis has not yet been perfected. You'd better read.
Fact 4: Books have stopped bullets - reading might save your life.
Fact 5: Dinosaurs didn't read. Look what happened to them.
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Alright, i'm gonna sit down and basically explain the situation in this ask so everyone of my followers knows why i'm so pissed.
Michael Brown, a 17 - 18 year old african american boy was unlawfully shot (8-10 times supposedly) by police in St Louis, Missouri on saturday, august 9th, 2014. He was unarmed, and had done nothing to attract suspicion other than the fact that he was black. His body was left in the street for 4 hours. (beware: somewhat graphic image linked)
There are several claims from witnesses (see: Dorian Johnson's account and video [HIGHLY RECOMMEND READING UP ON HIS ACCOUNT, ITS VERY SPECIFIC] — Brown's friend who experienced the situation first hand, La'Toya Cash and Phillip Walker— Ferguson residents nearby the incident), that fall together in generally close claims. However, the only one who's claim seems out of place is the police officer's who shot Brown. Who, by the way, is put off on paid administrative leave AND who's name remained under anonymity for his safety (However, attorney Benjamin Crump is looking for a way to force release his name). He claims that Brown began to wrestle the officer for his gun and tried attacking him after he told Brown and his friend Dorian Johnson (22) to "get the f*ck on the sidewalk".
According to Johnson, after a minor confrontation on the officer's part where he grabbed Brown by the neck and then by the shirt, the officer pulled his gun on Brown and shot him at point blank range on the right side of his body. Brown and Johnson were able to get away briefly and started running. However, Brown was shot in the back, supposedly disabling him from getting very far. He turned around with his arms in the air and said "I don't have a gun, stop shooting!" By this point, Brown and the officer were face to face as the cop shot him several times in the face and chest until he was finally dead. Johnson ran to his apartment and by the sound of his account, seemingly had some sort of panic attack. Later he emerged from his home to see Brown still laying in the streets. People were gathered with their cellphones, screaming at the police.
According to msnbc, the police refuse to interview Johnson at all, despite his amazing courage to come forward. They didn't wanna hear it. They only listened to the cop's account of it all and were vague with the media on what they thought happened. They've also refused to commit to a timeline in releasing autopsy results and other investigation information.
Numerous rumors are sweeping around such as Brown stealing candy from a QuickTrip, the store he emerged from calling the cops on him, Brown reaching for a gun, Brown attacking the cop first, ect. But these have all been debunked. (I know a lot of these have been debunked, but im having a hard time finding sources. if anyone could help out and link some legit ones id be SO grateful)
The event in and of itself was terrible, but now it has escalated beyond belief. Around 100 or more people, mostly black, went to the police station to protest peacefully. Things quickly turned bad as martial law got involved and authorities were bringing in K9s, tanks, heavy artillery, ect. The heavy police presence only made things worse as riots began to break out and looting and vandalism started. [ x ] [ x ] [ x ]
Now, as of very recently, the media has been banned from Ferguson. There is also a No-Fly zone above Ferguson for the reason of " TO PROVIDE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES " as said on the Federal Aviation Commission's website. Cop cars are lined up on the borders to prevent people from entering/leaving. Media outlets are being threatened with arrest. It completely violates our amendments and everything.
It's becoming increasingly scary and difficult to find out whats going on over there. I'm afraid this is all the information I have, though. If anybody else knows anything about the situation, please feel free to add on or correct any mistakes i've made as i'm no expert on writing these things.
And as a personal favor, i'd really appreciate anyone to give this a reblog in order to spread the word. I think it's a shame that this is going on in our own country yet so few people know about it. Help me make this topic huge and get this as much attention as possible.


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Britney Spears' Dad Bought Ex-Boyfriend's Cheating Video to Protect Her
Don't mess with Papa Spears.
Britney Spears has been a provocative dance-pop phenomenon and tabloid-headline mainstay since she burst onto the scene in the late '90s. Born in Mississippi in 1981, Britney first tasted fame as a member of the Mickey Mouse Club, featuring fellow superstars-in-training Justin Timberlake and Christina Aguilera. The iconic music video for her supremely catchy debut single, '…Baby One More Time,' features the teen singer dressed as a Catholic schoolgirl as she performs in a school's halls. Her sophomore release, 'Oops! …I Did It Again,' continued her chart supremacy and cemented her place as pop's reigning princess. Plagued by emotional upheaval in her personal life, including public breakdowns and custody battles over her children (as well as conservatorship of the singer herself), the ever-resilient Britney continued her career resurgence in 2013 with a best-selling Las Vegas residency.
Don't mess with Papa Spears.
Britney Spears is back on the market
The 32-year-old pop star surprised her fans on Thursday, Aug. 28, when she tweeted this short statement without context: "Ahhhh the single life!"
Hardcore Britney Spears fan David LeCours recently got the surprise of his life when his idol penned him a heartfelt letter in response to a moving letter that he gave her.
At the 2014 MTV VMAs last night (Aug. 24), Katy Perry brought some major nostalgia with her red carpet dress! The singer and her date Riff Raff channeled Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake's iconic all-denim outfits from the 2001 American Music Awards.
Is Britney Spears an awesome mom or what?
The 32-year-old 'Perfume' singer and mother of two took to her Instagram account on Friday, Aug. 22, to exercise her funny bone.
Things got a little bit awkward during Britney Spears' Las Vegas residency when she appeared to be lip synching to Sia during a recent performance.
Cher Lloyd and Britney Spears both rocked sparkly pants and crop tops to the Teen Choice Awards -- 15 years apart. Who wears it best?
Britney Spears proves once again why she's the queen.
The 32-year-old pop star posted a new shot on Twitter of her wearing a sexy pink bra and underwear from her new lingerie line, Intimate Britney Spears.
Before she was a Marvel superhero ('Guardians of the Galaxy') and before she was an alien on the planet Pandora ('Avatar'), Zoe Saldana co-starred in the 2002 critically-panned film, 'Crossroads,' which starred Britney Spears at the height of her music career.
Despite the critical backlash from the movie, however, Saldana has nothing but good things to say about Spears, and even defended the pop star after a raw version of 'Alien' without auto-tune was leaked on the Internet last month
Britney Spears is adding another fragrance to her perfume repertoire, a repackaging of her 2005 scent Fantasy.


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Guidelines Released Amid Protest from Congress, Privacy Groups and American Public
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Washington, DC — New FBI guidelines governing investigations were released today after being signed by Attorney General Michael Mukasey. The American Civil Liberties Union quickly blasted the Department of Justice and FBI for ignoring calls for more stringent protections of Americans' rights. The guidelines replace existing bureau guidelines for five types of investigations: general criminal, national security, foreign intelligence, civil disorders and demonstrations. The ACLU has been vocal in its disapproval of the overly broad guidelines, citing both the FBI's and DOJ's documented records of internal abuse.
The new guidelines reduce standards for beginning "assessments" (precursors to investigations), conducting surveillance and gathering evidence, meaning the threshold to beginning investigations across the board will be lowered. More troubling still, the guidelines allow a person's race or ethnic background to be used as a factor in opening an investigation, a move the ACLU believes may institute racial profiling as a matter of policy.
"The attorney general today gave the FBI a blank check to open investigations of innocent Americans based on no meaningful suspicion of wrongdoing," said Anthony D. Romero, Executive Director of the ACLU. "The new guidelines provide no safeguards against the FBI's improperly using race and religion as grounds for suspicion. They also fail to sufficiently prevent the government from infiltrating groups whose viewpoints it doesn't like. The FBI has shown time and… Continue reading
NOTE: Naomi refers here to Rep. Brad Sherman's comments on the floor last week: You can watch that here. She also refers listeners to EndofAmericaMovie.com
Interview with Naomi Wolf author of "Give Me Liberty: A Handbook for American Revolutionaries" given October 4, 2008 on Mind Over Matters, KEXP 90.3 FM Seattle.
10/5/08: CNN reports on the October 1st assignment of active duty army within US. Note this sentence: "The U.S. military 'is not a Swiss Army knife,' ready to fight the Taliban one week, respond to a hurricane the next and put down a major political protest the third week…" (emphasis added).
Excuse me? 'Putting down' political protest is now what our Army has been assigned to do? But, wait — I thought this was America… ?
Thursday, 27 May 2004 Column: Catherine Austin Fitts
America's Black Budget & the Manipulation of Mortgage & Financial Markets
Investors benefit from understanding the federal budget, credit policies and covert intervention that drive markets — often overriding fundamental economics. How has the US governmental apparatus become so powerful in the marketplace and what does it mean to the health of our economy? How unstable is the mortgage bubble and where are the opportunities for investors if the bubble bursts?
For providing us with a transcript of the show, special thanks to one of Jim Puplava's Financial Sense NewsHour listener, Glenn Assheton-Smith, and his fellow investors at the http://www.siliconinvestor.com forums:
Epic American Credit and Bond Bubble Laboratory Forum http://www.siliconinvestor.com/stocktalk/subject.gsp?subjectid=54034
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Catherine, we've seen a lot of information and a lot of concern on Wall St. about the Mortgage markets. We've seen consumers take on more debt when it comes to taking on bigger mortgages, refinance. But this story gets much bigger than just the credit itself.
CA: Sure. Where would you like to start?
JP: (Laughter) Well, let's talk about black budgets and how the manipulation takes place in the mortgage and financial markets.
CA: OK. Let me start off with a story. When I became Assistant… Continue reading
Of course, this is that same Posse Comitatus Act that the Department of
Father Homeland Security now calls a "myth." In an October 2000 article, "The Myth of Posse Comitatus," Major Craig T. Trebilcock, U.S. Army Reserve, states:
"Through a gradual erosion of the act's prohibitions over the past 20 years, posse comitatus today is more of a procedural formality than an actual impediment to the use of U.S. military forces in homeland defense."
I say my country "was" dedicated … we were dedicated to prohibiting military occupation within America until 2006, when the John Warner Defense Authorization Act ( HR5122 ) was signed into law (specifically, see Section 1076, titled "Use of the Armed Forces in major public emergencies" pretty much threw out the Posse Comitatus Act altogether.
But in January 2008, it appears posse comitatus was somewhat restored through an amendment to H.R. 4986 : National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008:
Section 1068 – Revises federal provisions concerning the use of the Armed Forces in major public emergencies to discontinue the executive authority to deploy active and reserve personnel during domestic response incidents. Repeals the authority of the President to direct the Secretary to provide supplies, services, and equipment to persons affected by major public emergencies.
Naturally, the President issued a signing statement when he signed the bill, indicating he will "construe such provisions in a manner consistent with the constitutional authority of the President." Of course, this means he'll interpret and carry out this Act… Continue reading
by John Byrne
September 23, 2008
It certainly pays to be Treasury Secretary if your former firm is a brokerage
house, a new study says.
Goldman Sachs Group — formerly run by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, and
Morgan Stanley, stand to be among the biggest beneficiaries of a $700 billion
US bailout.
"Its benefits, in its current form, will be largely limited to investment
banks and other banks that have aggressively written down the value of their
holdings and have already recognized the attendant capital impairment,"
Jeffrey Rosenberg, Bank of America's head of credit strategy research, wrote
in a report obtained by Bloomberg News yesterday.
Paulson was the head of Goldman Sach's investment banking division from 1990
to 1994. He later became chairman and chief executive officer of Goldman, and
left his post to join the Bush Administration.
According to the study, the bailout benefits Paulson's former firm more because
banks haven't had to write down as many troubled mortage assets under accounting
rules. This means that participating in the program would cause them to actually
lose capital, as opposed to investment banks, which stand to gain.
Paulson $700 billion program is designed to remove "bad assets" from
the US financial markets to prevent credit for businesses from drying up, which
would send the economy into a further tailspin. Many businesses rely on credit
to fund their daily operations.
Lawmakers are debating the plan today.
"While Goldman and Morgan Stanley, both based in New York, were yesterday
granted permission… Continue reading
New rules for national security investigations will help protect Americans
from terror attacks, FBI Director Robert Mueller told lawmakers Tuesday, even
if they single out people from the Middle East.
By LARA JAKES JORDAN
Associated Press Writer
New rules for national security investigations will help protect Americans
from terror attacks, FBI Director Robert Mueller told lawmakers Tuesday, even
if they single out people from the Middle East.
Skeptical Democrats clashed with Mueller, who told the House Judiciary Committee
that FBI agents would no longer need solid evidence or allegations of wrongdoing
to spy on Americans even before opening investigations. Democrats also expressed
doubts that the Justice Department and FBI would protect civil liberties and
privacy rights after years of previous abuses and stymied congressional oversight.
During nearly two hours of testimony, Mueller described the tentative rules
– known as the attorney general's guidelines – as a proactive way to prevent
another 9/11.
The new rules would ensure that suspicious behavior is investigated, Mueller
said, citing a July 2001 memo from an FBI agent in Phoenix who noted a rising
trend of Middle Eastern men taking flight lessons. The agent's warning was ignored,
and the 9/11 Commission later said it could have served as a clue to al-Qaida's
"It is that kind of threat and identification of a very suspicious circumstance
that would warrant further investigation," Mueller said. Additionally,
he said current guidelines make it "very difficult" for agents to
look into people believed to be traveling to terror hotspots, such as training
camps in Pakistan.…
by Peter Dale Scott
September 5, 2008
Though few Americans realize it, Cheney and Rumsfeld worked through the 1980s and 1990s on emergency nuclear-response plans which allegedly suspended the American Constitution and also Congress.1 (Through these decades Rumsfeld was CEO of a major pharmaceutical firm, and in the later 1990s Cheney was CEO of Halliburton; but their private status did not deter them from continuing to exercise a supra-constitutional planning power conferred on them by Ronald Reagan.)
Even fewer Americans know that these rules, originally dealing with a nuclear attack on America, were extended by Reagan Executive Order 12656 to cover "any occurrence, including natural disaster, military attack, technological emergency, or other emergency, that seriously degrades or seriously threatens the national security of the United States."2 And few Americans realize that at least some of these rules, known technically as Continuity of Government (COG) rules, were invoked before 10:00 AM on September 11, 2001.3
As he did in 2007, President Bush has again, on August 28, 2008, continued for another year the national emergency first officially proclaimed on September 14, 2001, along with "the powers and authorities adopted to deal with that emergency":
Notice: Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to Certain Terrorist Attacks
Consistent with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing for 1 year the national emergency I declared on September 14, 2001, in Proclamation 7463, with respect to the terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center, New… Continue reading
By Liliana Segura
September 2, 2008
After five years in legal limbo, the Palestinian university professor falsely
accused of terrorism is free, but faces contempt charges.
Breaking, from ABC News.
Former professor Sami Al-Arian, who was once charged by the U.S. government
with being a top Palestinian terrorist, has been released from custody for the
first time in more than five years.
Immigration authorities released Al-Arian to the custody of his daughter,
just hours before a federal judge had ordered the agency to explain Al-Arian's
continued detention.
Al-Arian, who once taught computer science at the University of South Florida,
has been in the custody of either federal marshals or immigration authorities
since February 2003, when federal prosecutors charged him with being a leader
of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
His trial on those charges resulted in an acquittal on some counts and a hung
jury on others. He eventually struck a plea bargain admitting to lesser charges.
He currently faces contempt of court charges in federal court in Virginia
for failing to testify to a grand jury. Prosecutors strongly opposed his release
while he awaits trial.
Read more about the government's persecution against Al-Arian here.
Liliana Segura is a staff writer and editor of AlterNet's Rights and Liberties
and War on Iraq Special Coverage.
Source URL: http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/97319/political_prisoner_sami_al-arian_released_/
Here are a few snippets from Greenwald's post. Please go to his blog to read the entire thing, with excellent links and videos.
Protesters here in Minneapolis have been targeted by a series of highly intimidating, sweeping police raids across the city, involving teams of 25-30 officers in riot gear, with semi-automatic weapons drawn, entering homes of those suspected of planning protests, handcuffing and forcing them to lay on the floor, while law enforcement officers searched the homes, seizing computers, journals, and political pamphlets. Last night, members of the St. Paul police department and the Ramsey County sheriff's department handcuffed, photographed and detained dozens of people meeting at a public venue to plan a demonstration, charging them with no crime other than "fire code violations," and early this morning, the Sheriff's department sent teams of officers into at least four Minneapolis area homes where suspected protesters were staying.
There is clearly an intent on the part of law enforcement authorities here to engage in extreme and highly intimidating raids against those who are planning to protest the Convention. The DNC in Denver was the site of several quite ugly incidents where law enforcement acted on behalf of Democratic Party officials and the corporate elite that funded the Convention to keep the media and protesters from doing anything remotely off-script. But the massive and plainly excessive preemptive police raids in Minnesota are of a different order altogether. Targeting people with automatic-weapons-carrying SWAT teams and mass raids in their homes, who are suspected of nothing more than planning dissident political protests at a political convention and who have engaged in no illegal activity whatsoever, is about as redolent of the worst tactics of a police state as can be imagined.…Continue reading
From Jon Gold and the History Commons project:
I was inspired to make this today after reading this report from Glenn Greenwald about events in Minneapolis.
August 30, 2008
by John Byrne
As the nation focuses on Sen. John McCain's choice of running mate, President
Bush has quietly moved to expand the reach of presidential power by ensuring
that America remains in a state of permanent war.
Buried in a recent proposal by the Administration is a sentence that has received
scant attention — and was buried itself in the very newspaper that exposed
it Saturday. It is an affirmation that the United States remains at war with
al Qaeda, the Taliban and "associated organizations."
Part of a proposal for Guantánamo Bay legal detainees, the provision before
Congress seeks to "acknowledge again and explicitly that this nation remains
engaged in an armed conflict with Al Qaeda, the Taliban, and associated organizations,
who have already proclaimed themselves at war with us and who are dedicated
to the slaughter of Americans."
The New York Times' page 8 placement of the article in its Saturday
edition seems to downplay its importance. Such a re-affirmation of war carries
broad legal implications that could imperil Americans' civil liberties and the
rights of foreign nationals for decades to come.
It was under the guise of war that President Bush claimed a legal mandate for
his warrantless wiretapping program, giving the National Security Agency power
to intercept calls Americans made abroad. More of this program has emerged in
recent years, and it includes the surveillance of Americans' information and
exchanges online.
"War powers" have also given President Bush cover to hold… Continue reading
August 8, 2008
Ivan Eland
Independent Institute
Assuming the federal government has, after almost seven years, finally identified
the perpetrator of the anthrax attacks in 2001–admittedly a generous assumption
given that for most of those years, it pursued, hounded, embarrassed, and ruined
the career of the wrong man–larger dangers remain. As is normally the
case with issues surrounding terrorism, the average citizen will probably be
shocked to learn that their government is often a bigger threat than the terrorists.
Remember the CIA's creation of the 9/11 threat by supporting the most
radical Islamist groups fighting the Soviets in Afghanistan during the 1980s
and then the U.S. government's provocation of terrorist attacks from those
same militants by its non-Islamic military presence in Islamic Persian Gulf
countries in the 1990s, which had continued unnecessarily subsequent to the
first Gulf War.
Similarly, in the case of bioterrorism, the threat from the government is greater
than from foreign groups such as al Qaeda. Although U.S. intelligence has created
fear among the U.S. public by saying that al Qaeda has made efforts to obtain
biological weapons, the capabilities of small terrorist groups to make, handle,
weaponize, and disperse biological agents is very limited. Even Aum Shinrikyo,
a well-funded Japanese terrorist group that hired Ph.D. scientists, could not
successfully carry out a biological weapons attack. (Even their chemical attacks,
which are technologically easier to accomplish, were ham-handed and did not
result in mass deaths.) The sophisticated weaponization and dispersion of biological
agents are difficult for technologically… Continue reading
by Robert Parry
August 7, 2008
Consortium News
The U.S. military commission's split guilty verdict on Ahmed Hamdan,
a former driver for Osama bin Laden, has drawn praise from the Bush administration
and criticism from civil rights groups, but what has been overlooked is the
chilling message that "the Hamdan principle" sends about future
prosecutions in the "war on terror."
This new principle holds that anyone — regardless of how tangential a
connection to actual acts of terrorism — can be prosecuted through the
kangaroo court of the military commissions and be sentenced to a long prison
term (or even death). Though Hamdan is a Yemeni, the principle would seem to
apply to U.S citizens, too.
In effect, a parallel legal system has been created outside the U.S. Constitution
in which the President can order someone locked up indefinitely simply by calling
the person an "enemy combatant" and then subjecting the person to
what amounts to a "star chamber" proceeding that permits use of
secret evidence and coerced testimony.
Though some legal experts insist these special courts don't apply to
U.S. citizens, the language of the Military Commissions Act of 2006 and a recent
federal court ruling make clear that President George W. Bush's asserted
wartime power to order indefinite detentions covers citizens and non-citizens.
In July, the conservative-dominated U.S. Appeals Court in Richmond, Virginia,
opened the door for Bush or a successor to throw American citizens as well as
non-citizens into a legal black hole by designating them "enemy… Continue reading
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
In a dramatic confluence of events today, two kangaroo courts announced their
pre-determined guilty verdicts.
In the first, 6 "military jurors" hand-picked by the Pentagon for
their loyalty to the U.S. government and its views, convicted Bin Laden's alleged
driver, Salim Hamdan, even though the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that it was unconstitutional
to try Gitmo detainees before a military tribunal, the former chief Gitmo prosecutor
said the trials were unfair and rigged, and even though Hamdan was unlawfully
The entire case for the "war on terror" has fallen apart, with a
advisor to the U.S. military confirming that the war on terror is a hoax because
there is no battlefield solution to terrorism" and the case for the
Iraq war being laid bare as a forgery
and a sham
(and the government's whitewash of 9/11 being understood by many Americans).
The government needed a conviction against someone in Arab clothing
so that it could pretend that the multi-trillion dollar, economy-busting, war
crime-based war in the Middle East was justified.
In the second, Dr. Bruce Ivins has been convicted
by the FBI as being the anthrax killer without
any persuasive evidence. After falsely
accusing 2 other scientists as being the anthrax killer, and only weeks
after being forced to pay $6 million dollars to one of the scientists for such
false accusations, the FBI decided that it had to pin it on somebody.
So they launched a campaign… Continue reading
By Paul Craig Roberts
August 5, 2008
In last weekend's edition of CounterPunch,
Alexander Cockburn updates the ongoing persecution of Sami Al-Arian by federal
prosecutors. Al-Arian was a Florida university professor of computer science
who was ensnared by the Bush Regime's need to produce "terrorists"
in order to keep Americans fearful and, thereby, amenable to the Bush Regime's
assault on US civil liberties.
The charges against Al-Arian were rejected by a jury, but the Bush Regime could
not accept the obvious defeat. If Al-Arian was not a terrorist, then other of
the Bush Regime's fabricated cases might fall apart, too.
In open view, the US Department of Justice (sic) proceeded to trash every known
ethical rule of prosecution. I don't need to repeat the facts, as they
are covered by Cockburn's articles and in The Tyranny of Good Intentions.
Instead, I want to point out another meaning of the Al-Arian case. The Justice
(sic) Department itself knows that it is persecuting a totally innocent person
for reasons of a political agenda–the need to convince gullible Americans of
an ongoing terrorist threat. The existence of this threat is used to justify
the Bush Regime's adoption of police state measures, such as spying on
Americans without warrants, arresting them without charges, and refusing to
let go of them when they are cleared by juries.
Sami Al-Arian is a fabricated terrorist created by federal prosecutors and
judges in behalf of an undeclared agenda. The Al-Arian case proves that terrorists
are in short… Continue reading
By Naomi Wolf
August 1, 2008
Is it possible to fall out of love with your own country? For two years, I,
like many Americans, have been focused intently on documenting, exposing, and
alerting the nation to the Bush administration's criminality and its assault
on the Constitution and the rule of law — a story often marginalized at
home. I was certain that when Americans knew what was being done in their name,
they would react with horror and outrage.
Three months ago, the Bush administration still clung to its devil's
sound bite, "We don't torture." Now, Doctors Without Borders
has issued its report documenting American-held detainees' traumas, and
even lie detector tests confirm they have been tortured. The Red Cross report
has leaked: torture and war crimes. Jane Mayer's impeccably researched
exposé "The Dark Side" just hit the stores: torture, crafted
and directed from the top.
The Washington Post gave readers actual video footage of the abusive interrogation
of a Canadian minor, Omar Khadr, who was seen showing his still-bleeding abdominal
wounds, weeping and pleading with his captors.
So the truth is out and freely available. And America is still napping, worrying
about its weight, and hanging out at the mall.
I had thought that after so much exposure, thousands of Americans would be
holding vigils on Capitol Hill, that religious leaders would be asking God's
forgiveness, and that a popular groundswell of revulsion, similar to the nineteenth-century
anti-slavery movement, would emerge. To paraphrase Abraham Lincoln, if torture
is… Continue reading
Associated Press
Tuesday July 22, 2008
Guantánamo BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba – The judge in the first American war crimes
trial since World War II barred evidence on Monday that interrogators obtained
from Osama bin Laden's driver following his capture in Afghanistan.
Prosecutors are considering whether to appeal the judge's ruling — a
development that could halt the trial of Salim Hamdan that began earlier Monday
after years of delays and legal setbacks.
"We need to evaluate … to what extent it has an impact on our ability
to fully portray his criminality in this case, but also what it might set out
for future cases," said Army Col. Lawrence Morris, the tribunals' chief
Hamdan, who was captured at a roadblock in Afghanistan in November 2001, pleaded
not guilty at the start of a trial that will be closely watched as the first
full test of the Pentagon's system for prosecuting alleged terrorists. He faces
a maximum life sentence if convicted of conspiracy and aiding terrorism.
The judge, Navy Capt. Keith Allred, said the prosecution cannot use a series
of interrogations at the Bagram air base and Panshir, Afghanistan, because of
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By Ray McGovern
International Clearing House — You say you expected more rhetoric than reality from Senators Obama and McCain yesterday in their speeches on Iraq and Afghanistan? Well, that's certainly what you got.
What I find nonetheless amazing is how they, and the pundits, have taken such little notice of the dramatic change in the political landscape occasioned by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's bombshell on July 7 — his insistence on a "timetable" for withdrawal of US troops before any accord is reached on their staying past the turn of the year.
Responding to a question at his press conference yesterday, President George W. Bush showed that he was vaguely aware that the timetable is, as Robert Dreyfuss says (in Truthout, July 7), a "big deal." Bush even alluded haltingly to the possibility of extending the UN mandate still further.
But it is far from clear that Maliki, who is under great domestic pressure, would be able to sell that to the various factions upon which he depends for support, much less to those which he must keep at bay. As Dreyfuss points out, Maliki and his Shiite allies are also under considerable pressure from Iran, which remains the chief ally of the ruling alliance of Shiites. Most important, Maliki is by no means in control of what happens next.
Here's where it gets sticky. No one who knows about third rails in US politics would expect the candidates or the fawning corporate media (FCM) to address how those now running Israel are likely to be looking at the implications of a large US troop withdrawal from Iraq next year.…Continue reading


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Dallas girls All-Americans keep team in gameTravis L. Brown
The girls McDonald's All-American game was won by an East team free throw, 79-78, with 0.3 seconds remaining in the game, a disappointing finish for the three Dallas-area players on the West squad. However, the West wouldn't have had a chance at t...Blog | March 28, 2012
Duncanville claims seventh state title in routTravis L. Brown
AUSTIN, Texas -- The Duncanville girls basketball team lived up to its coach's expectations Saturday in the 5A state championship. Duncanville jumped to a huge lead early and routed Spring Dekaney 69-31 for its seventh state title. "This team d...Blog | March 04, 2012
Mansfield Summit tops Rockwall to win 4A titleTravis L. Brown
AUSTIN, Texas -- The remainder of Mansfield Summit guard Maya Hawkins' season was in jeopardy after she sustained a severe ankle sprain in January. Hawkins missed three playoff games, but as Summit team continued to win she knew there was no way s...Blog | March 03, 2012
A&M signee downs Celina in 3A state finalTravis L. Brown
AUSTIN, Texas -- A hot shooting touch for Celina in the first half of Saturday's 3A girls state final couldn't overcome a second-half push by Peyton Little and Abilene Wylie. Wylie (36-5) took its second straight state championship with a 59-45 wi...Blog | March 03, 2012
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Check in throughout the day for updates on this year's state championship games from the Erwin Center in Austin. For in-game updates follow me on Twitter: @espn_tlbrown. Class 1A Division I Sudan 70, Martin's Mill 40 Sudan wins its second s...Blog | March 03, 2012
Celina faces inspired Abilene Wylie in 3A finalTravis L. Brown
AUSTIN, Texas -- Celina survived the long road to reach the 3A girls state championship game, but the toughest test still lies ahead. Celina will face defending state champion Abilene Wylie and the pride of their program, Peyton Little, on Saturda...Blog | March 02, 2012
Duncanville uses stifling defense to reach finalTravis L. Brown
AUSTIN, Texas -- Duncanville punched its ticket to the 5A state final thanks to stifling defense. The individual scoring stats meant little compared to the 23 turnovers the Duncanville girls' defense forced against Houston Cypress Falls in a 64-40...Blog | March 02, 2012
Live blog: Friday's girls state semifinalsTravis L. Brown
Check in throughout the day for updates on Friday's girls state semifinal action: Class 2A Brock 41, Tuscola Jim Ned 37 With a 34-5 record, Brock advances to the state final for the fourth straight year and is vying for a four-peat. Brock...Blog | March 02, 2012
Duncanville puts in prep work for state tourneyTravis L. Brown
AUSTIN, Texas -- What's the key to Duncanville's success this year? Chicken wings. And that's exactly what the Duncanville girls basketball team will be eating for lunch Friday before its 3:30 p.m. 5A state semifinal game. "Believe it or not...Blog | March 02, 2012
Rockwall rallies around senior to reach 4A finalTravis L. Brown
AUSTIN, Texas -- With about 45 seconds left in Rockwall's 4A state semifinal game, senior center Alyssa Lang sat on the bench with tears rolling down her face. Lang exited with over four minutes left in the game after picking up her fifth foul, ha...Blog | March 01, 2012
Summit girls hold on to advance to state finalTravis L. Brown
AUSTIN, Texas -- When it came down to it, Mansfield Summit had the upper hand by simply possessing the ball. Summit ran off almost a minute of the clock at the end of Thursday's 4A girls state semifinal to secure a 40-37 win over Mont Belvieu Barb...Blog | March 01, 2012
Celina defense propels girls into 3A state finalTravis L. Brown
AUSTIN, Texas -- Celina's press was the crown jewel that could be worth its weight in gold. Celina's diamond-and-one full court and half court defense slowed Lorena enough to allow the Lady Cats to move past Lorena (29-9), 45-32, and into the 3A s...Blog | March 01, 2012
Live blog: Girls state tournament semifinalsTravis L. Brown
Check in throughout Thursday and Friday for updates on all of the girls state tournament action: CLASS 1A DIVISION I Sudan 64, Snook 42 Sudan advances to the state final with a 33-3 record. Guard Jasmine Weaver and forward Bailee Black we...Blog | March 01, 2012
Girls state tourney preview: DFW's final fourTravis L. Brown
Four area girls basketball teams will be making the trip to Austin this weekend in hopes of bringing a gold medal back to the Metroplex. Here is a look at the semifinal matchups for those teams at the Frank Erwin Center on the campus of the Univer...Blog | March 01, 2012
MacArthur, Duncanville aiming for Reg. 1 titleTravis L. Brown
CLASS 5A REGION 1 GIRLS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT PREVIEW (At Fort Worth's Wilkerson-Grines Activity Center) FRIDAY'S SEMIFINALS 6 p.m.: Irving MacArthur vs. Lubbock Coronado 8 p.m.: Duncanville vs. Amarillo SATURDAY'S CHAMPIONSHIP 1 p....Blog | February 23, 2012
SL Carroll rallies past Timberview in overtimeTravis L. Brown
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The 2014-15 NFL regular season schedule will be released tonight, but leaks are starting to surface on social media. The first team to have a portion of their schedule allegedly leak is the New York Giants, who will have five games on national television this year.
Here are the leaked games, via Paul Schwartz of the New York Post:
- Sept. 8 at Detroit
- Sept 25 at Washington
- Oct. 12 vs. Philadelphia
- Nov. 3 vs. Colts
- Nov. 23 vs Cowboys
If accurate, the New York Giants at Detroit Lions would be the first Monday Night Football game of the year.
It is also reported that the Giants will have their bye week in Week 8 of the regular season.
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The post, on the Public Editor's Journal, addressed the debate generated by reporter John Broder's negative review, which Tesla CEO Elon Musk described as "fake."
Sullivan criticized Broder for "taking what seem to be casual and imprecise notes along the journey," leaving him "open to valid criticism."
She had harsh words for Musk as well, arguing that he used the digitally recorded driving logs "in the most damaging (and sometimes quite misleading) ways possible."
In a February 13 blog post, Musk provided data from those logs, which he used to claim that the review "[did] not factually represent Tesla technology." In other words, he felt Broder rigged the drive to make the Model S run out of power on the road.
In the Atlantic Wire, Rebecca Greenfield wrote that Musk's arguments don't really hold up. Sullivan said she believes Broder undertook the test drive "in good faith, and told the story as he experienced it."
Sullivan also noted there are few clear conclusions to be drawn from her analysis of the review and its aftermath.
But the conversation sparked by the review and Musk's response quickly moved beyond the details of the driving logs and journalistic practice. Instead, it shifted to the remarkable achievement the Model S represents, on one hand, and the significant obstacles facing electric vehicles on the other.
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TRAVERSE CITY—A Van Buren County teenager has provided a big helping hand to a local Guinness World Record attempt.
On Saturday, 14-year-old Daniel Baljeu of Gobles received a special medal for riding the Howlin' Wolf water slide at the Great Wolf Lodge in Traverse City as part of the Guinness World Record attempt during the World's Largest Slide-A-Thon. Baljeu rode down the slide 173 times beginning at 6 p.m. Friday for a total of 9.83 miles.
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Candles on Bay Street: A Novel
Doubleday, 1999 - Fiction - 230 pages
The author of Dancing at the Harvest Moon returns to her roots in Maine with this atmospheric, heart-wrenching story of love and loss.
In Candles on Bay Street, K. C. McKinnon immerses readers in the rhythms of small-town life in Fort Kent, Maine, a close-knit community that finds many of its most cherished beliefs thrown into question when a hometown girl returns after a long absence. The narrator is Sam Thibodeau, the town veterinarian, whose world is turned upside down when his childhood friend and lifelong crush, Dee Dee Michaud, comes back to town. Dee Dee was always the town flirt, a beautiful, boisterous girl whose spirit couldn't be contained by such a small community. After high school she'd roared off in a sleek Corvette "the color of the sun" at the side of Bobby Langford, the kind of guy who looked great behind the wheel of a flashy car.
Resettling in Fort Kent years later with her son Trooper--the mysterious Bobby having disappeared long ago--Dee Dee starts a candle-making business and soon acquires an avid local following. But why, in the midst of reunions with old friends and a successful business start-up, does she seem so distant? What secret is she keeping from everyone who holds her dear?
In this exquisitely crafted, ultimately uplifting novel, K. C. McKinnon beautifully captures the poignance of growing older, the comforting joys of friendship, and the glories of love in its many guises.
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Wes Brown believes Connor Wickham is finally realising his potential in his third season on Wearside.
In-form Wickham has scored three goals in Sunderland's last two games against top quality opposition – two in last week's draw at Manchester City and one in the win at Chelsea on Saturday – to breathe new life into the Black Cats' survival hopes.
Wickham was only 17 when Sunderland splashed out £8m to sign him from Ipswich Town in 2011, while the experienced Brown arriving from Manchester United the same summer.
Wickham has taken time to establish himself but, after being sent out on loan to Championship sides Sheffield Wednesday and Leeds United earlier this season, boss Gus Poyet has rewarded him with a run in the first team – and the 20-year-old has seized his chance.
And Brown says the England Under-21 striker will continue to improve as he gains more Premier League experience.
"He's been brilliant," said Brown.
"I think the two goals at Manchester City has obviously helped him and he went to Chelsea very confident.
"He's only a young lad, but he's a big, strong lad.
"Sometimes young players just need a bit of guidance and time.
"If he gets the best out of his ability, he's going to be some player.
"The gaffer has decided to put him in and he has repaid him.
"He's on a high at the moment and hopefully we can keep providing him with the goals."
Saturday's win at Chelsea has given Sunderland renewed hope of beating the drop, as they are now just three points from safety with a game in hand of their rivals – and with three of their remaining four games at home.
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Hebei Iron & Steel Group, China's biggest steelmaker, is aiming to return to profit in 2015 as it seeks to control costs and eradicate wasteful usage of the company's resources, according to its new chairman.
"Some subsidiaries are already having difficulties in surviving, even having to completely rely on loans," according to a Dec. 9 posting on the company's website, which cited Chairman Yu Yong. "Some have become a gold diggers' paradise, with large amounts of cash, resources, and profit eaten away."
Yu was appointed chairman of the state-run company by the Hebei provincial government, replacing Wang Yifang, according to a statement on the group's website, citing a Dec. 9 meeting with Deputy Governor Zhang Jiehui. Hebei Iron tumbled to a loss of 1.2 billion yuan ($198 million) in 2012 from a profit of 1.3 billion in 2011, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
The company's problems have existed for a long time and the resulting losses are "shocking and very terrifying," Yu said. China's political leadership has pledged to eradicate graft and boost the role of markets, even as it endorsed state dominance of the economy. It has also vowed to cut excess capacity in basic industries including steelmaking.
Wang resigned because of "work changes," according to a statement by the company's listed unit to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.
Departments must focus on cutting labor costs, Yu said, and the company can bring down production costs by at least 20 percent if it controls unnecessary spending.
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The Hunger: Season 2, Episode 11
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A man is convinced that his girlfriend is a succubus that killed his father. He invokes a spell to get rid of her before learning the unfortunate truth.
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Legislation that would toughen penalties for those who deliberately harm or kill a K-9 officer in the line of duty is headed to the Pennsylvania Senate.
Senate Bill 1261 was approved Monday by the Senate Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee.
The measure would amend Pennsylvania's Dog Law to increase penalties for the torture or killing of a police animal from a third to a second degree felony.
The second degree felony comes with a fine of $25,000 and up to 10 years in prison.
A companion bill, House Bill 2026, has unanimously passed the state House of Representatives.


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