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Mexico’s
Undeclared War on America
Mexico, in collusion with the Bush administration,
is maneuvering to suck Social Security funds across
the border for millions of their citizens who are currently
here illegally.
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Disgracing
Our Nation
Have you ever been disgraced at a party by a loudmouth?
Ever had someone lie to you? Cheat you? Anyone steal your
job? Have you had your business broken into? Have you
had someone sell your kids drugs and addict them? Have
you had your car stolen? Have you ever had someone barge
into your house without your permission and demand you
speak their language so they could use your kitchen, bathroom
and TV? ...Frosty Wooldridge
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NC
DMV memo OKs licenses for illegals
North Carolina examiners should not aggressively investigate
illegal immigrants who might be seeking fraudulent driver's
licenses, a top state executive suggested in a memo nearly
two years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
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Chirac
proposes international tax to fight AIDS
French President Jacques Chirac called for an "experimental"
international tax to help fund the war against AIDS, suggesting
it could be raised via a levy on airline tickets, some
fuels or financial transactions. - AFP
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Blair:
U.S. Needs to Integrate With World
DAVOS, Switzerland -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair
called on the United States Wednesday to take the world's
needs into account when it seeks global support for its
actions, and cited climate change as an issue all nations
must address together.
"If America wants the rest of the world to be
part of the agenda it has set, it must be part of their
agenda, too," Blair told the World Economic Forum
meeting in Davos. - Associated Press
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74
suspected illegals at drop house - 3rd time this month
federal agents have shut down locations in county
U.S. Border Patrol agents on Monday morning arrested 74
suspected illegal immigrants, all Mexican citizens, at
a drop house near 1st Street and Avenue C just outside
Yuma city limits. - YumaSun.com
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Technology
Could Speed Border Crossings
NOGALES, Ariz. (AP) - U.S. officials want to see if the
same technology that speeds cars through highway tolls
and identifies lost pets can unclog border crossings without
compromising security.
Homeland Security Undersecretary Asa Hutchinson announced
Tuesday that the government will begin testing radio
frequency identification technology at this crossing
and four others by midsummer.
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Education
secretary blasts PBS for cartoon with gay characters
WASHINGTON -- The nation's new education secretary denounced
PBS yesterday for spending public money on a cartoon with
lesbian characters, saying many parents would not want
their children exposed to such lifestyles. - Associated
Press
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Bill
cracks down on firms hiring illegals - Oklahoma state
senator hopes to protect American workers
Democrat state Sen. Tom Adelson introduced S.B. 510, the
Oklahoma Fair Employment Act, which would allow citizens
and legal U.S. residents to take action against law-breaking
employers. - WorldNetDaily
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Controversy
not about 'gay' SpongeBob - Group says media obfuscating
story on tolerance video
The mainstream media is twisting the truth about the controversy
over a tolerance video to be distributed to elementary
school children that features a who's who of cartoon characters,
including SpongeBob and Barney the dinosaur, claims a
pro-family advocacy group.
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Annan
questioned by UN investigators
The UN secretary general, Kofi Annan, was questioned yesterday
and twice last year about his involvement in the UN oil-for-food
programme by investigators examining allegations of impropriety.
- Guardian - UK
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Group
presses Carter on oil-for-food scam - Wants ex-president
linked to key figure to release list of financial contributors
The group that first revealed links between former President
Jimmy Carter and Samir Vincent, a key figure in the U.N.'s
oil-for-food scandal, is calling on two Carter organizations
to release to the public a list of all financial contributors
from 1999 to 2003.
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ACLU
behind Illinois' forced hiring of 'gays' - Annual report
of state chapter shows it was top legislative priority
for 2005
A controversial amendment to the Illinois Human Rights
Act, extending anti-discrimination protection on the basis
of sexual orientation, was pushed vigorously in the legislature
by the state chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union.
- WorldNetDaily.com
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Global
Water Lords
How transnational water corporations are commodifying
the earth’s water for profit
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Drilling
Plan OKd for Rare Desert Land
Overriding objections by New Mexico's
governor, the Interior Department announced a final
plan Monday for expanding oil and gas drilling on Otero
Mesa, a rare desert grassland and one of a handful of
places in the western U.S. where opposition to drilling
had united ranchers, property rights advocates, hunters
and conservationists -LA Times
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Vote
or no vote, we will kill you
The election result is a foregone conclusion:
a parliament dominated by Shi'ites, with a few Kurds
and no Sunni Arabs."If you vote we will kill you," says
the Sunni resistance to the Iraqi population. "If you
don't vote, we will kill you later," says the Pentagon
to the Sunni resistance.Only one thing is certain: the
guerrilla war afterward will be even bloodier - with
ominous civil-war overtones -Pepe Escobar/Asia Times
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Closing
the Neocon Circle
George W. Bush has unveiled a new vision
for U.S. foreign policy. His inspiration: Israel’s Natan
Sharansky.
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Putin
Tries to Soothe an Irate Military
Apparently concerned by growing discontent
in the military over his social reforms, President Vladimir
Putin ordered the Cabinet on Monday to quickly raise
military wages. The number of servicemen satisfied with
their well-being has plummeted from an already low 20
percent in 2003 to just 5 percent this month, according
to a survey conducted by the Defense Ministry.
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Wake
Up! Bush Is Serious
People with power in their hands who
are detached from reality are the most dangerous people
of all. The delusional quality of their rantings disarms
people from taking them seriously: "Oh, they couldn't
mean that." But they do, warns Paul Craig Roberts.
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Long-range
Bombers for Beijing
Russia is now offering China one of
its most advanced long-range bombers in service – the
famed TU-22 "Backfire," says Charles Smith. As predicted
by this reporter, Russia will use newly announced joint
military exercises with China to showcase new weapons
for sale, including the supersonic Backfire bomber.
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Chavez
Shutting Out U.S. Oil Co.’s
Venezuela's left-wing government says
it is negotiating new energy contracts with Iran, Russia
and China to expand its oil export market. But some
U.S. analysts say it could be a measure to squeeze U.S.
energy companies.
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U.S.
Ranchers say no to restarting cattle trade with Canada
The new secretary of agriculture's
first press conference Monday was dominated by BSE questions
with few firm answers. No wonder this disease makes
cows "mad." It makes cattle producers mad as well. USDA
has sent another study group north, where the National
Cattlemen's Beef Association task force is already studying
the situation in Canada -AgWeb
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Official:
Detained smugglers say Chinese terror threat a hoax
A suspected Mexican human smuggler
who was detained and then released said he was responsible
for reporting a fake terror threat against Boston, federal
officials said Tuesday.The officials said he made the
call either as a joke, or as an act of revenge
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Kurds
saddled with Saddam's men
Ask any Kurds in northern Iraq whom
they plan to vote for and they will give you the same
answer as peshmerga (Kurdish paramilitary) Ali Karem
Mohammed, who lives in a refugee shantytown on the edge
of Kirkuk in the Kurdish north of Iraq.the Kurds. "I
am Kurdish," he told Inter Press Service, as he cocked
the pistol in his left hand. "Till I die I'm Kurdish
and I vote for Kurds." -Aaron Glantz/Asia Times
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Asia
wary of new Bush doctrine
During her confirmation hearings the
week before, Condoleezza Rice prefaced some of Bush's
themes, having called for the need to use "American
diplomacy to help create a balance of power in the world
that favors freedom".Bush's and Rice's remarks were
met by an international audience wary of US intentions
and skeptical of administration assurances -Bruce Klingner/Asia
Times
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America’s
Socialized Health Care
Health-care systems in most developed
nations are in financial trouble. Health benefits are
being cut back because of exploding costs.Degenerative
illnesses such as diabetes and cancer are at epidemic
levels in spite of new drugs and treatments.While doctors,
politicians, and insurers blame each other, they rarely
mention the real problem -Lawrence Wilson M.D./LewRockwell.com
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Shifting
roles of US spies and special forces
Pentagon officials announced Monday
that the department is now using its own intelligence
support group to work directly with US special forces
troops overseas.In the report, the Post also points
to a recent Pentagon memo stating that"recruited agents
may include 'notorious figures' whose links to the US
government would be embarrassing if disclosed." -Christian
Science Monitor
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Army
Closed Many Abuse Cases Early
Army personnel have admitted to beating
or threatening to kill Iraqi detainees and stealing
money from Iraqi civilians but have not been charged
with criminal conduct, according to newly released Army
documents -Washington Post
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'Confessions
of an Economic Hit Man'
If you happened to glance at the NYTimes
Book Review today, you might have noticed a book on
the best-seller list for the first time, in ninth place.
The blurb tells us:“Confessions of an Economic Hit Man,
by John Perkins.A former employee of an international
consulting firm denounces the American global empire
and its ‘corporatocracy.’” What’s this all about? -Jude
Wanniski/LewRockwell.com
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Guard
Would Give Bonuses to Bolster Ranks
Looking for new ways to bolster its
thinning ranks, the Army National Guard is seeking legal
authority to offer $15,000 bonuses to active-duty soldiers
willing to join the Guard - up from $50 now.
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