Salt Lake Tribune - Affidavit: McVeigh had high-level help: "... a high-ranking FBI official 'apparently' was directing Timothy McVeigh in the plot to blow up a government building..."

Too bad the documents supporting this assertion have now been "sealed to protect information in them." The elected and appointed officials have no comment. Should our public servants be required to make a comment on these things? THESE are the questions we want answers to.

Salt Lake Tribune - Defense agency kills Divine Strake test explosion
"...entailed detonating 700 tons of ammonium nitrate and fuel oil - the same mixture used to blow up the Oklahoma City federal building."

Just thought the coincidence was to much to ignore. (see next blog post)

Bill Gates keeps close eye on kids' computer time - Yahoo! News
Go figure.

BREITBART.COM - Blair pleads the case for biometric ID cards
"Having one will be compulsory but citizens will not be required to carry them at all times. Such a scheme has not existed in Britain since World War II.

They are also concerned at certain ethnic minority groups being unfairly targeted and the potential for it to be a "ready-made police-state tool" for any unscrupulous future government.

The main opposition Conservative Party and smaller Liberal Democrats are both opposed to the scheme."

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Conservative and Liberals in Britain both oppose this. So, why is Tony Blair so adamant about it? Check ... http://www.savethemales.ca/000768.html

ABC News: Quantum Leap: Computer to 'Make Computer History': "Quantum computers could also have major uses in the security world. Since 9/11, governments and companies have gotten heavily into biometrics, building massive databases of pictures, fingerprints, and other complex measures of people they want to track."

You've got to love the phrase "... heavily into biometrics, building massive databases...". Makes you feel all warm and fuzzy eh?

UK Indymedia - Beating the Drums of War: Army & Marines authorize "Involuntary Conscription"
The U.S. media doesn't report this. You should know about it.

My Way News - Engineer: GPS Shoes Make People Findable
Uh, yeah. Wonderful. Maybe they can just embed it in my skin? I like how they get YOU to pay for it. That's classic.

BREITBART.COM - 'Doomsday vault' to resist global warming effects
Now THESE guy know what's up. They're building a "Noah's Ark" of food."

The brain scan that can read people's intentions | The Guardian | Guardian Unlimited:
Sure, but scientists used to think the world was flat too. Are we going to start imprisoning people because of the color of pixels we see on a screen?

Pastor kills woman and fetus - gets death penalty.
This is twisted on so many levels. Oh, the irony.

How the US sent $12bn in cash to Iraq. And watched it vanish | Iraq | Guardian Unlimited
This is sick. How many schools, hospitals or libraries could this have built? And is there where all those bank/ATM fees go? Is this REALLY what they do with the money?

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"The Federal Reserve Banks are nominally 'owned' by private 'member banks' (in that each member bank owns nonnegotiable shares of stock in its regional Federal Reserve Bank; see below).

In Lewis v. United States,[2], the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit stated that 'the Reserve Banks are not federal instrumentalities for purposes of the FTCA [the Federal Tort Claims Act], but are independent, privately owned and locally controlled corporations.' ...

... The member banks are generally privately owned corporations. The stocks of many of the member banks are publicly traded.
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wcbstv.com - Bill Banning iPods In Crosswalks Slated For Albany
One day, EVERYthing will be against one law or another.

Who Watches The Watchers In Surveillance Society? - Yahoo! News
"Intelligent video?"

Yeah, right.

It's impossible for a camera to prevent crime or anything else. All cameras do is capture potential criminal activity. But, even with cameras, how many videotaped crimes STILL go unsolved? The potential for abuse is clearly higher than the risk of having no cameras at all. The video images shown on TV just create an environment of fear, which perpetuates the desire for more cameras by people who lack critical thinking skills.

Eventually we'll have so many cameras, your every move willbe caught on tape. Worse yet, there will be a law against everything. So, theoretically, everyone will be a documented criminal. Step out of line once, say the wrong thing to the wrong person and BAM! All that videotape of you breaking laws comes out, and you get locked up.

An End to Green Romanticism: Environmental Guru Lovelock Urges Expansion of Nuclear Energy - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News
Since it's inception, nuclear energy has always been one of the cleanest, safest sources of energy. Seems as though all the "environmentalists" from the 70's that fought so hard to prevent new nuclear plants and shut existing plants may have been doing more hard than good. Time will tell, but this is an eye-opening article and worth reading.

U.S. Set to Begin a Vast Expansion of DNA Sampling - New York Times
Another misguided powergrab by the federal government. Having someone's DNA will not prevent crime. Videocameras have never stopped crime either. All of this focus is on catching people AFTER crimes have already ruined lives. How about spending some money on crime PREVENTION?

Swiss may expand assisted suicide law - Yahoo! News
How can someone give consent when they aren't in their right mind? What's next, allowing kids to petition for assisted suicide? Certainly, if a crazy person can give consent, a ten year-old with full mental capacity should be able to give consent. This doesn't make any sense, and it's outside the DRUMS of WAR's philosophy of supporting life.