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Heralds "A New Age Of Rebellion"
2009 heralds the start of a "new age of rebellion" according
to an editorial in the highly influential London Times newspaper, and
the year in which masses of people will take to the streets to riot
in response to drastically falling standards of living.
Geithner
Says Obama Economic Plan Will Come in Next Few Weeks
U.S. Treasury Secretary-nominee Timothy Geithner told Congress President
Barack Obama plans within the next few weeks to propose a “comprehensive
plan” for responding to the economic and financial crises.
Chinese
censors snipped ‘communism’ from Obama address
Across China, people excited to see the historic inauguration of an
African-American as US President stayed up into the early hours to watch
the news. But many were disappointed, if not downright annoyed, when
censors snipped at Barack Obama’s inaugural address.
Obama's
First Act: Taxpayer Money To Fund Abortions Of Black Babies
The sickest irony amidst the euphoria of the inauguration of America's
first black President is that one of Obama's very first actions in office
will be to ensure that millions more black babies are aborted in third
world countries, with American taxpayers picking up the tab.
The
Obama Stimulus Plan Won’t Work President Barack Obama and his economic
team will soon attempt to convince Congress that spending upwards of
$1 trillion tax dollars (more or less) will shorten the recession.
Severed
heads in cooler found outside Mexican town hall Three severed heads were found Tuesday stuffed inside a cooler
outside the Guadalupe town hall and 10 more people were killed elsewhere
in Mexico's Chihuahua state that sees most of the country's brutal drug
violence, police said.
Israel
Completes Gaza Withdrawal Israeli troops have withdrawn from the Gaza Strip after a 22-day
offensive against the Islamist Hamas movement, an army spokesman has
said.
Celebrities,
Onlookers Compare Obama To Biblical Figures In a frightening confirmation of the new
president’s dangerously inflated “messianic” status,
inaugural attendees yesterday described Obama as having changed
their lives, comparing him to Biblical apostles.
Israel
‘admits’ using white phosphorus munitions The Israeli military came close to acknowledging
for the first time yesterday its use of white phosphorus munitions
during the war in Gaza, but continued to insist that it did not
breach international law.
Bankers
accused in crisis could face trials in US
Sanctions against bankers deemed responsible for the financial crisis
could include more legal action abroad, as the UK authorities struggle
to bring prosecutions, lawyers say.
Big
brother filter plan insults parents
Underlying the Rudd Government’s plan to screen the internet
is an offensive message: that parents cannot be trusted to mind
their children online.
Turley:
Most people abroad will view Bush as a war criminal Barack Obama has now been inaugurated as
president, and the fear expressed by MSNBC's Rachel Maddow on Monday
night that George Bush might issue last-minute pardons of administration
officials involved in torture, possibly including himself, has not
come to pass.
Obamanomics
Will Fail the American People Obamanomics, the economic program of the
Obama administration, will fail to help the U.S. economy. Instead
it will undermine the economy. It will fail to help the American
people as a whole, although it will benefit some. It will succeed
in augmenting the government.
Obama:
Suspend Guantanamo Trials
Barack Obama has ordered prosecutors to seek a suspension of military
trials at the controversial Guantanamo Bay.
Americans
Drug Their Children with 300 Percent More Psychotropic Meds Psychotropic drugs are prescribed to children
in the United States at three times the rate of children in Europe,
according to one of the first studies to rigorously compare such
prescription patterns between different countries.
