License plate readers: A useful tool for police comes with privacy concerns
By News on the Net Wednesday, November 23, 2011
By Allison Klein and Josh White, Washington Post
An armed robber burst into a Northeast Washington market, scuffled with the cashier, and then shot him and the clerk’s father, who also owned the store. The killer sped off in a silver Pontiac, but a witness was able to write down the license plate number.
EPA regulations threaten family farmsBy News on the Net Wednesday, November 23, 2011
From the American Farm Bureau Federation
In just the last three years, the Environmental Protection Agency has set in motion a significant number of new regulations that will significantly change the face of agriculture.
Nancy Pelosi Pushing Government to Institute Hitler YouthBy News on the Net Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Source: Godfather Politics
In 1920, Adolf Hitler formed the Youth League of the National Socialist Workers’ Party. In 1922, a new youth organization emerged that eventually became known as Hitler Youth. It targeted boys ages 14-18. Eventually a second group was formed for boys ages 10-14 and a girls’ organization that covered ages 10-18. The goal of the Youth organizations was to indoctrinate the next generation of leaders to help insure the success for the Nazi Party.
China pre-empts Durban conference with boasts on green progressBy News on the Net Tuesday, November 22, 2011
By Jonathan Watts, UK Guardian
China’s climate negotiators fired off a pre-emptive volley on Wednesday, with the most detailed report to date on the progress the country has made to ease greenhouse gases, and the strategy it will adopt at next week’s climate talks in Durban.
How much time will Tony Rezko serve?
By News on the Net Tuesday, November 22, 2011
By Natasha Korecki, Federal Courts Reporter
Long known as the “political fixer,” who was friends with a politically young Barack Obama, Tony Rezko once grabbed headlines in a presidential campaign. At the same time in Illinois, Rezko’s name was synonymous with a federal investigation into former Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
Obama pardons 5, commutes 1 sentence for convictions including selling drugs, gamblingBy News on the Net Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Monday pardoned five people convicted of charges ranging from intent to distribute marijuana to running an illegal gambling business.
‘Black Tuesday’ loomsBy News on the Net Tuesday, November 22, 2011
By Gaye Davis and Murray Williams, IOL News
Pickets, protests and a show of force by the country’s print and broadcast media are on the cards on Tuesday when the bitterly contested Protection of State Information Bill comes before the National Assembly for a vote.
Mandela-generation activist embroiled in kickbacks rowBy News on the Net Tuesday, November 22, 2011
By Aislinn Laing, Johannesburg, UK Telegraph
The wife of Mac Maharaj, 76, who now acts as spokesman to President Jacob Zuma, is reported to have received payments totalling 2.3m rand (£178,000) which were channelled by Thales through a consultant between 1996 and 1997.
Spain rejects socialism – only three per cent of EU citizens now have Left-wing governments
By News on the Net Tuesday, November 22, 2011
By Daniel Hannan, UK Telegraph
Congratulations to Mariano Rajoy, whose Partido Popular has won a thumping victory in Spain: nearly eleven million votes to the Socialists’ seven million, 186 seats to their 110. It’s not often that you get the same headline in ABC and El País , but a result on such a scale allowed no room for interpretation: the two old rivals agreed that Spain had entrusted her future wholly to the conservatives.
United Nations bodies may face UK contribution cutBy News on the Net Monday, November 21, 2011
BBC News
Britain is threatening to cut contributions to several UN bodies which it believes are inefficient.
Do we need a Canadian CIA?By News on the Net Monday, November 21, 2011
By J. Michael Cole, Montreal Gazette
At a time when Ottawa is instructing federal agencies to trim their budgets, the Conservative government is reportedly contemplating expanding the Canadian Security Intelligence Service’s mandate to allow it to engage in intelligence collection abroad, a measure that would signify additional costs and whose returns are by no means certain.
Justice Breyer warns of Orwellian governmentBy News on the Net Monday, November 21, 2011
By Sarah Peters, The Hill
A Supreme Court justice on Tuesday expressed major concerns that the government would engage in round-the-clock surveillance reminiscent of the totalitarian world of the George Orwell novel 1984 if the court ruled in the government’s favor.
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