WASHINGTON – Despite President Barack Obama’s vow to open government more than ever, the Justice Department is defending Bush administration decisions to keep secret many documents about domestic wiretapping, data collection on travelers and U.S. citizens, and interrogation of suspected terrorists. In half a dozen lawsuits, Justice lawyers have opposed formal motions or spurned out-of-court [...]
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Justice Department Defends Bush Secrets
Posted: 16th February 2009 by Simo Häyhä in RandomnessTags: administration, Bush, department, FOIA, government, justice, Obama, public, secret
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Obama Hijacks the Census
Posted: 10th February 2009 by Veritas in RandomnessTags: census, government, Obama
In short, the Obama administration plans to violate the Constitution and the law. According to Article I, Section 2 the Constitution: “The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall [...]
Obama Defends 838 Billion Dollar Stimulus Package – the Largest Spending Bill Ever
Posted: 10th February 2009 by Sus Scrofa in Economy | FinanceTags: bill, debt, democrat, government, largest, Obama, republican, stimulus
Sounds Good Mr. President – But Where Exactly Is The Money Going? And..Where Exactly is the Money Coming From? I think you were a little vague on these 2 parts. See the 2nd half of this video here
Afghanistan Will be a Much Tougher Mission
than Iraq
Posted: 8th February 2009 by Simo Häyhä in PoliticsTags: afghanistan, army, government, Iraq, terrorism, tough, U.S., war
US President Barack Obama’s envoy to Afghanistan has said that winning the conflict there will be “much tougher” than in Iraq. Richard Holbrooke told a conference in Munich: “I have never seen anything like the mess we have inherited.” He warned Afghanistan was likely to get harder before things improved and called for a future [...]
Peter Schiff Gets on it Again on CNN
Posted: 2nd February 2009 by Simo Häyhä in Economy | FinanceTags: government, money, Obama, Peter, Schiff, spending, stimulus
Fed Lends ($2,000,000,000,000) of Taxpayer Dollars without Any Oversight
Posted: 2nd February 2009 by Sus Scrofa in Economy | FinanceTags: federal reserve, government, money, spending, tax, tax-payers
The Federal Reserve has lent out about $2 trillion since September, dwarfing he Treasury’s $700 billion bailout plan. Few know about this, but Congressman Alan Grayson wants some transparency. Will he be able to shed a light on the Fed’s secret spending? Continue Here
You Are Being Watched
Posted: 24th January 2009 by Veritas in Science | TechnologyTags: chip, government, tracking
By invitation, I recently visited a remote facility in northern Virginia to see a demonstration of NOX – a new Intelligent Perimeter Defense system deployed by the FBI that uses covert Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) technology to track people and assets without their knowledge. That’s right, using RFID to track people without their knowledge. This system [...]
Democrats Apparently Have Magic Money Tree
Posted: 24th January 2009 by Veritas in Economy | FinanceTags: democrats, government, Obama, spending, tax cuts
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Democrats on Friday unveiled their version of a massive economic stimulus proposal that, like its counterpart in the House of Representatives, would provide new emergency spending and tax cuts totaling $825 billion. The Senate Appropriations Committee outlined $365 billion in spending under its jurisdiction to try to pull the U.S. economy [...]
Zimbabwe unveils 100 trillion dollar note
Posted: 20th January 2009 by The Dude in Economy | Finance, PoliticsTags: Economy | Finance, government, inflation, zimbabwe
Zimbabwe will introduce a 100 trillion dollar note, in its latest attempt to keep pace with hyperinflation that has left its once-vibrant economy in tatters, state media said Friday. The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe is introducing three other notes in trillion-dollar denominations of 10, 20 and 50, the government mouthpiece Herald newspaper said. Continue here