corruption terror
September 8, 2008

News from the YIKES department: Drug Plane Used for Rendition Flights

This story came across my radar while I was reading What Really Happened . Quote: the European Parliament was investigating the private Grumman Gulfstream II, registered by the European Organization for the Safety of Air Navigation, for suspected use in CIA "rendition" flights in which prisoners are covertly transferred to a third country or US-run detention centers. It also said the US Federal Aviation Administration’s […]

Canada police shock taser death taser stories
September 4, 2008

ex-RCMP Boss: End Taser Use

Original Story Here . Giuliano Zaccardelli says that Canada should end its controversial use stun guns. Zaccardelli said he supported the use of stun guns, commonly known as Tasers, during his seven-year reign as commissioner because they were simply another tool for policing. But given the recent controversy surrounding police force’s use of Tasers in Canada, the former commissioner has reconsidered his position, he said. […]

Politics
September 3, 2008

Sarah Palin & Amniocentesis

This link offers some interesting comments about Sarah Palin and her views on choice: http://michaeldorf.org/2008/09/sarah-palin-and-abortion.html Some quotes from the article: if Sarah Palin knew at four months that her baby would have Down Syndrome, then she must have had an amniocentesis, a procedure by which a doctor withdraws fluid from the mother’s amniotic sac and then tests the chromosomes in that fluid for the presence […]