Washington’s Blog October 31, 2011 Interesting historical footage: Print this page. Comment Rules 4 Responses to “Riots During the Great Depression” What a trip ! They were rough back then ! …..especially for 3.50 a week ?! I’m wondering why the agenda for forcing corporations off-shore ? One can only guess, that you can’t have […]
Archive for October, 2011
Who’s listening to your calls? Met police track thousands of mobiles using covert surveillance system
UK Daily Mail October 31, 2011 Law-abiding citizens could be under surveillance via their mobile phones as Met police introduce a new phone-tracking technology, it was revealed today. Police can now shut off phones remotely, listen in on conversations and gather data about users in a targeted area – even innocent members of the public. […]
Don’t count on us to help you out of your single-currency hole, China tells Europe
HUGO DUNCAN UK Daily Mail October 31, 2011 Hopes that China will ride to the rescue of the single currency were dealt a blow last night after Beijing warned that it will not be Europe’s ‘saviour’. State-run news agency Xinhua said the country cannot ‘provide a cure for the European malaise’. It came after European […]
Prince Charles Offered Secret Power to Veto Legislation
Robert Booth London Guardian October 31, 2011 Ministers have been forced to seek permission from Prince Charles to pass at least a dozen government bills, according to a Guardian investigation into a secretive constitutional loophole that gives him the right to veto legislation that might impact his private interests. Since 2005, ministers from six departments have […]
Fukushima nuclear plant could take 30 years to clean up
Justin McCurry London Guardian October 31, 2011 Experts in Japan have warned it could take more than 30 years to clean up the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. A panel set up by the country’s nuclear energy commission said the severity of the accident meant it would take decades to remove melted fuel rods and decommission […]
Concerns Are Raised About Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes
ANDREW POLLACK NY Times October 31, 2011 These mosquitoes are genetically engineered to kill — their own children. Researchers on Sunday reported initial signs of success from the first release into the environment of mosquitoes engineered to pass a lethal gene to their offspring, killing them before they reach adulthood. The results, and other work […]
“A Journey Into Slavery” – Alex Jones Sunday Edition
The Alex Jones Channel October 31, 2011 On the Sunday edition of the Alex Jones Show, Alex takes a look at the past week and the one ahead. He covers the latest news stories on the economy and political developments around the world and takes listener calls. Print this page. Comment Rules 5 Responses to […]
Japan intervenes to weaken yen
CNN October 31, 2011 The Japanese government stepped in Monday to weaken the yen, after it climbed to a post-World War II high against the dollar. Finance Minister Jun Assume said Japan intervened unilaterally at 10:25 a.m. It was the third intervention this year. “Foreign exchange rates should reflect the real economy and fluctuate within […]
Libyan interim leader’s remark favoring polygamy stirs anger
New York Times October 31, 2011 It was just a passing reference to marriage in a leader’s soberly delivered speech, but all week it has unsettled women in Libya as well as allies abroad. In announcing the success of the Libyan revolution and calling for a new, more pious nation, the head of the interim […]
DHS-Funded Taser Drone Launched in Texas
UAV used against insurgents in Afghanistan can incapacitate suspects from above Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com Monday, October 31, 2011 A Department of Homeland Security-funded surveillance drone deployed against insurgents in Afghanistan that can also be used to tase suspects from above has been unveiled by the Montgomery County Sheriff’s office and will be operational […]
Brutal attack on elderly man by youths
Updated October 31, 2011 13:10:31 Photo: Police were called to the house in Camillo after the attack on the elderly man. Police in Perth are searching for a group of people they believe took part in an attack on a 73 year-old man. The man was outside his home in Camillo, near Armadale, looking for […]
Mansell to remain silent in murder trial
Updated October 31, 2011 14:57:31 Photo: Cameron Mansell (with jacket over head) is going to rely on his right to remain silent and will not testify at his trial. (7pm TV News WA) The man accused of murdering missing Perth millionaire Craig Puddy has elected not to give evidence at his Supreme Court trial. Cameron […]
Burnt body find triggers police hunt
Homicide squad detectives are searching for a 43-year-old man from Melbourne’s western suburbs following the discovery of a severely burnt body last night in Brooklyn. Police are also seeking a red ute last seen in the early hours of this morning when police terminated a pursuit. The man, Mark Budimir, is believed to have information […]
Man charged over fatal dog attack
AAP A 57-year-old man has been charged following a dog attack that killed a four-year-old girl in Melbourne in August. Ayen Chol was mauled to death, allegedly by a neighbour’s pit bull mastiff dog in her St Albans home on August 17. Ayen’s cousin Angelina Mayout, 31, was outside when a dog attacked her and […]
Man put ‘kidnapped’ woman in grave: court
AAP A Melbourne man who allegedly kidnapped a woman he met online and tried to extort money from her family told police his victim was a willing participant in the plot, a court has been told. Darren Wayne Saltmarsh, 35, said he would torture the Nepalese student before killing her, if her overseas family did […]
Slain soldier was ‘exceptional and dedicated’
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Inquest told of Qld flood body recovery
AAP A coronial inquest has heard how the bodies of Queensland flood victims were found, some more than 100 kilometres from where they went missing. Queensland Coroner Michael Barnes is examining the flood-related deaths of 25 people in Toowoomba, the Lockyer Valley and Ipswich between January 10 and 17. The inquest heard on Monday that […]
Family wiped out in horror smash
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Smash and grab thief jailed for stealing $1 million ring
Hardy Brothers on Collins St pictured after the robbery in March last year. Picture: Joe Sabljak Source: Herald Sun Detectives at the scene of the Hardy Brothers jewel theft, after a $1m ring was taken in a smash-and-grab raid. Picture: Joe Sabljak Source: Herald Sun A police officer holds the mini sledge hammer used in […]
Rolling coverage: Industrial action terminated with Qantas back in the skies
Qantas is expected to fly from 2pm today after Fair Work Australia ordered strike action be terminated. Picture: Cameron Richardson Source: The Courier-Mail QANTAS is officially back in the air, after Fair Work Australia ended the unprecedented two-day grounding of its aircraft sparked by a divisive industrial dispute. REFRESH FOR LATEST UPDATES | ALL TIMES AEDT […]
NFL Ignores Coming North American Union, Fumbles Growth Ball
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell Going Global in the Wrong Direction Huge 21st Century Growth Opportunity Bypassed NFL Ignores 130 Million People Market as Latin America Sets Up For A Dynamic 21st Century by Johnny Punish Today, the NFL hosted a regular season game in Toronto Canada when the Buffalo Bills played the Washington Redskins. Being […]
John Le Carré and 9/11 Truth: Skewering the Criminal State
“The reaction to 9/11 is beyond anything Osama bin Laden could have hoped for in his nastiest dreams. As in McCarthy times, the freedoms that have made America the envy of the world are being systematically eroded.” John le Carré, “The United States of America Has Gone Mad” 1/15/2003 Has spy novelist John le Carré, […]
Fukushima Sabotage – Japanese Journalist Accuses Israel
In retaliation for Japan’s support of an independent Palestinian state Source: American Free Press … by Richard Walker October 24, 2011 edited by Jim W. Dean A Natural or Man Made Disaster ? A leading Japanese journalist recently made two incredible claims about the Fukushima power plant that suffered a nuclear meltdown in March […]
WHO IS KEEPING TRACK OF THE TRILLIONS?
The views expressed herein are the views of the author exclusively and not necessarily the views of VT or any other VT authors, affiliates, advertisers, sponsors or partners. Notices Posted by Veterans Today on Oct 30 2011, With 0 Reads, Filed under Causes, Civil Liberties and Freedom, Corruption, Economy, Editors Picks, Education, Government, Living, Politics. […]
What Did Christ Teach About Lineage And Race?
by Tom Valentine Since we are all creatures of ‘belief.’ The foundations of belief are vital for understanding. I have been ‘spammed’ by e-mail’s linking me to a fascinating but ‘scary’ website, and I now reprint from that site, but not without important preface. Previous columns—one “Divide and conquer with belief; and another two-parter (Challenges […]
Armed Citizen Militia Shows Up At Occupy Phoenix
Robert Lane Aiassa Reply:October 30th, 2011 at 8:26 am What about Janet Napalitano, Agenda ?? Joe Biden?? They claim to be representing the people, Americans, Of The United States, but are they really ? THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION- and The States, Article 8, Sect.1 , 10., preventing gross abuse of power, and the rights of […]
Foreign policy a critical test as Gillard’s stocks start to rise
New chapter: The PM’s new media adviser once worked for British PM Tony Blair. Source: HWT Image Library JULIA Gillard is rising just a little in the polls, and trying to rise even more above the mud she’s stuck in. The Prime Minister, who last October said she didn’t “have a passion for foreign affairs”, […]
Four from one family killed in Vic crash
AAP Four people – believed to be the same family – have been killed in a head-on collision northeast of Melbourne. A man, woman and two children are believed to have died instantly when their sedan collided with a four-wheel drive on the Melba Highway near Dixons Creek just before 9pm (AEDT) on Sunday. Police […]
Shootings linked to turf war between rival gangs of thugs
Police are investigating two shooting incidents in Granville. Picture: Damian Baker Source: The Daily Telegraph Police are investigating two shooting incidents in Granville. Picture: Damian Baker Source: The Daily Telegraph Police are investigating two shooting incidents in Granville. Picture: Damian Baker Source: The Daily Telegraph Prev of 3 Next SCAREMONGERING between rival bikie gangs is thought […]
Giant Aussie barbecue farewells the Queen
AAP Australia threw a giant barbecue in perfect weather to farewell the Queen after an 11-day visit in which she opened Perth’s CHOGM and bolstered the stock of the monarchy in the face of Australia’s apparent indifference to becoming a republic. The Queen and Prince Philip left Australia on Saturday for the 16th, and possibly […]