Posts Tagged ‘keep’

The Company That We Keep ?

by Paul V. Sheridan   On January 9, 1945 my grandparents received a letter from President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The letter enclosed a Purple Heart (please see bottommost). My mother lost her older brother James to the Battle of the Bulge; Uncle Jim never made it home from World War II. Very shortly thereafter her […]

Bus drivers want to keep the NYPD off their vehicles

Bus drivers in New York City have been telling the NYPD that they don’t have to give free rides to jail for Occupy Wall Street demonstrators, despite what the Police Department seems to think. Now they are taking the issue to court. Transport Workers Union Local 100 brought the matter to the New York State […]

Assassinations of Al Qaeda Leaders Designed To Keep Americans In Dark

by Sherwood Ross   It is hardly surprising that President Obama ordered the assassinations of Osama bin Laden and Anwar al-Awlaki since the last thing he wants is to bring any leader of al-Qaeda to trial. If the U.S. wanted bin Laden to have his day in court it might have had the Navy Seals […]

Assassinations of al Qaeda Leaders Designed To Keep Americans In The Dark

  Sherwood Ross Infowars.com October 2, 2011 It is hardly surprising that President Obama ordered the assassinations of Osama bin Laden and Anwar al-Awlaki since the last thing he wants is to bring any leader of al-Qaeda to trial. If the U.S. wanted bin Laden to have his day in court it might have had […]

CIA, Pentagon fight to keep Osama bin Laden death photos secret

  Josh GersteinPolitico September 27, 2011 Photos and videos of Al Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden after he was killed in May in a U.S. military/Central Intelligence Agency raid in Pakistan should not be released publicly because they would reveal military and intelligence secrets and could lead to violence against U.S. personnel, the Obama administration […]

AFL clubs fight to keep pokies

FOOTY clubs will tell the AFL today they stand to lose tens of millions of dollars if the Gillard Government’s poker machine reforms are introduced. AFL presidents have data showing that if gamblers had to set limits on pokie losses, league-affiliated clubs and pubs could lose $54 million. The Federal Government has promised independent MP […]

Robert Fisk: Dreams of a ‘helpful’ America keep Palestinians hoping

  Robert FiskThe Independent September 22, 2011 “We will be a democracy among the guns,” he told me once. And yes, he said then, he loved the United Nations. In Ramallah yesterday, they didn’t love the UN but they understood its uses. Quite a few shopkeepers, all men of course, even suggested that they wanted […]

How Much Do You Think I Deserve To Keep?

  Bob Livingston Personal Liberty Digest September 19, 2011 One of the best questions ever asked in a political debate was posed by a young man at last week’s GOP debate in Tampa, Fla. He asked, “Out of every dollar that I earn, how much of that do you think I deserve to keep?” Moderator […]

Advice on Debt? Europe tells U.S. to keep it

  Stephen Castle and Louise StoryNew York TimesSeptember 17, 2011 WROCLAW, Poland — The United States has long been considered a financial adviser to the rest of the world. But these days, American officials come carrying baggage. Financial officials from the United States, once called “the committee to save the world” after the Asian crisis […]

‘Safety rules’ are being used to keep students from getting hands-on science

  Richard GarnerThe Independent September 14, 2011 A report by the Commons Select Committee on Science and Technology claims health and safety “may be used as a convenient excuse for avoiding practicals and work outside the classroom”. However, a lack of curriculum time and poor science facilities were also listed as major reasons why science […]

Congress tries to keep frankenfish out of stores

The Food and Drug Administration is looking towards approving a genetically engineered salmon for consumption in the States, but lawmakers in Congress are saying something seems fishy with the supposedly-safe test-tube trout. AquaBounty Technologies of Boston, Massachusetts have spent over 15 years and $50 million at perfecting the AquAdvantage salmon, a “frankenfish” created through the […]

U.S. ECONOMY: Justifications for Cutting Defense Spending Keep Adding Up

by Robert L. Hanafin   This story from AP Reporter Richard Lardner is a follow-up to two earlier stories I posted dealing with the need for cuts to the Defense Budget. Defense Spending Will and Should be Cut but How Much? Doomsday Defense Budget? As with every effort to cut defense spending since the invasions […]

Prime Minister Julia Gillard fights to keep her grip on the rudder

Video Image There are reports some senior Labor MPs are allegedly urging Julia Gillard to stand down as Prime Minister. Tick, tick, tick … Prime Minister Julia Gillard, with Immigration minister Chris Bowen / Pic: Lyndon Mechielsen Source: The Daily Telegraph More popular than Gillard … former PM Kevin Rudd. Picture: The Daily Telegraph Source: […]

Council binmen given iPads to keep track of non-recyclers

London Telegraph Monday, August 29, 2011 A council has bought iPads for its binmen so they can record householders who do not recycle waste. The tablet computers will be mounted on dashboards and used to guide binwagon drivers around new routes. The devices will also be used to compile a list of which residents don’t […]

Libya: Keep the Freedom Flame Alive

by Stephen Lendman   Trapped for days in Tripoli’s Rixos Hotel, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) arranged for the release of over 30 foreign journalists yesterday. They’re now at the Corinthia Hotel, awaiting a boat for transport to Malta, then home via Europe that can’t arrive until fighting subsides. Given the chaos […]

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