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Former Enron executives Kenneth L. Lay and Jeffrey K. Skilling were found guilty today on most counts in their landmark conspiracy and fraud case. Each count carries a sentence of five to ten years in prison. Harsh? Think of the thousands who lost their pensions because these greedy pigs tried to steal more millions. For [...] FireDogLake crossposts from David Neiwart of Orcinus who documents in great detail the links between the Minutemen and the white supremacist and neo-Nazi groups. Neither is it a big surprise that the leading anti-immigrant enterprise, the Minutemen, is constantly being infiltrated by neo-Nazis, or that so many of their spinoff groups are riddled throughout with [...] Via BlairWatch quoting a dead-on flame of Bono and his ever more corporate ‘charities’ from The Sharpener, whose servers are currently melting down under the load. Veteran satirist Tom Lehrer said that the world of comedy changed in 1973 when the greatest living war criminal, Henry Kissinger, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. ‘At that [...] Greens stir state and federal elections debate in a sea of red and blue Pasadena, CA For perhaps the first time in local political history, a third party with candidates in races for Congress and the state Assembly appears to be setting the political debate, which this campaign season has taken on a decidedly anti-war [...] Speaker Hastert Federal officials say the Congressional bribery investigation now includes Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, based on information from convicted lobbyists who are now cooperating with the government. Congressman Jefferson “I have been racking my brain all day and calling people, wanting to know what could be the other side of the story [...] Climate scientists identified a likely new victim of global warming on Wednesday: the vast looping system of air currents that fuels Pacific trade winds and climate from South America to Indonesia. More Al Gore’s new movie on global warming is welcome, even if he does have a long and tired history of coming on strong [...] On May 10, Russian President Vladimir Putin ignited a firestorm that is bound to sweep across the global economy. In his State of the Nation speech to parliament,, he announced that Russia was planning to make the ruble “internationally convertible†so that it could be used in oil and natural gas transactions. Presently, oil is [...] Hastert tells President Bush FBI raid was unconstitutional House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) told President Bush yesterday that he is concerned the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) raid on Rep. William Jefferson’s (D-La.) congressional office over the weekend was a direct violation of the Constitution. Lordy, when even the loony Right thinks Dubya is [...] Six weeks after Craig Murray started his job as British ambassador to Uzbekistan in 2002, a packet of photos landed on his desk. Inside were pictures a mother had taken of her son’s mutilated corpse. The young man, a political prisoner accused of having ties to radical Islam, had been tortured, beaten and immersed in [...] Social Security numbers of 26 million-plus veterans stolen One of my clients is a collection agency. The owner once told me the Social Security number is the magic key. Once you get that, all sorts of data doors open up and you can find information much easier. So, this is a serious theft indeed. [...] |  | ||||
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