Last
Updated:
Monday, February 9, 2009 18:39
GMT Fire
Consumes WTC 7-Size Skyscraper, Building Does Not Collapse
A fierce fire consumed all 44 floors of a skyscraper in Beijing today,
shooting 30 foot flames into the air, but unlike the similarly-sized
47-story WTC 7, which suffered limited fires across just eight floors,
the building in China did not collapse.
Ron
Paul Slams “Born-again Budget Conservatives”
Texas Congressman and member of the House Financial Services Committee,
Ron Paul, has slammed Republican opposition to the latest proposed stimulus
bill, saying it cannot make up for the last eight years of unfettered
spending.
Gitmo:
Conditions worsening since election
The Obama Administration has made the closing of the Guantanamo Bay
prison facility a high priority. One of Obama's first executive orders,
two days after inauguration, was that Guantanamo be closed within the
year.
Faith-Based
and Unconstitutional
On February 6, the blog section of the White House website announced
a recent executive order signed by Obama establishing the new White
House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships.
Obama
and the Empire
I've said all along that whatever good changes might occur in regard
to non-foreign policy issues, such as what's already taken place concerning
the environment and abortion, the Obama administration will not produce
any significantly worthwhile change in US foreign policy
South
Ossetia says Georgian shells hit capital
The breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia alleged on Monday that
two unexploded Georgian shells landed in its capital Tskhinvali, but
Tbilisi dismissed the claim as nonsense.
Suspected
ETA bomb explodes in Madrid
A car bomb exploded near a building occupied by a major Spanish company
in Madrid on Monday following a telephone warning claiming to be from
Basque rebels ETA and no one was hurt, police and emergency services
said.
U.S.
Taxpayers Risk $9.7 Trillion on Bailouts as Senate Votes The stimulus package the U.S.
Congress is completing would raise the government’s commitment
to solving the financial crisis to $9.7 trillion, enough to pay
off more than 90 percent of the nation’s home mortgages.
Netanyahu
Warns Obama on Talks as He Challenges Livni
Even before Benjamin Netanyahu finds out whether he will be Israel’s
next prime minister, he is sending a message to President Barack
Obama that he won’t be pushed around.
Google
is watching ‘THERE was of course no way of knowing whether you
were being watched at any given moment . . . It was even conceivable
that they watched everybody all the time.”
Dead
teenager ‘chose road over Taser’
A 16-year-old boy who was killed by a car while under arrest for
aggressive behaviour lay down on the road after being threatened
with a Taser, police have said.
Pro-Global
Warming Study Receives Worldwide Headlines; Discovery of Error in
Study Garners Op-Ed in One Paper
When University of Washington Professor Eric Steig announced in
a news conference and paper published in the January 22 edition
of the journal Nature that he and several colleagues removed one
of many thorns in the sides of climate alarmists — in this
case, evidence that Antarctica is cooling — he received extensive
worldwide attention in the mainstream press.
Egypt
hinders investigations into Gaza war
Egypt has refused entry into the Gaza Strip to members of an international
committee in charge of investigating Israeli war crimes.
Gene
code mapping ‘for all babies within 10 years’
Every baby could have its genetic code mapped out at birth within
10 years, a process which will predict conditions such as diabetes
and heart disease and help prevent them.
The
Politics Of Bollocks
Growing up in an Antipodean society proud of its rich variety of
expletives, I never heard the word bollocks. It was only on arrival
in England that I understood its majesterial power. All classes
used it.
The Great Global Warming Hoax
RAND Wants WWIII to Save US Economy
Paul Watson & Alex Jones - Mumbai Terror Attacks
Paul Joseph Watson: Internet Censorship a Growing Cancer
