Texas lawmakers have proposed a bill that bans TSA officers from intentionally touching travelers’ genital regions. A similar bill previously failed to pass after feds threatened to shut down the state’s airports if TSA would face such restrictions. Rep. David Simpson of Longview, Tx., introduced the measure to the House State Affairs Committee while testifying about a problem that air passengers have long complained about: invasive pat-downs by Transportation Security Administration officers.
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By Bruce Cumings The media claim that North Korea is trying to obtain and use weapons of mass destruction. Yet the United States, which opposes this strategy, has used or threatened to use such weapons in northeast Asia since the 1940s, when it did drop atomic bombs on Japan. THE forgotten war — the Korean war of 1950-53 — might better be called the unknown war. What was indelible about it was the extraordinary destructiveness of the United States’
The US Supreme Court is about to hear arguments in a case challenging patents on breast and ovarian cancer genes. If the court upholds the company’s right to patent human genes, the course of US medical research could forever be altered. The case involves the Utah biotech firm Myriad Genetics, which for years has been facing a lawsuit for placing patents on human genes and restricting cancer patients’ treatment options.
Kurt Nimmo Infowars.com Training course portrays devout Christians as a potential threat. Illustration: Norman Rockwell. Bob Livingston of Personal Liberty Digest has posted an email written by Colorado Undersheriff Ron Trowbridge. In the email sent to a blogger
Madison Ruppert Activist Post According to documents recently obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) believes they have the authority to read the private e-mail messages, Facebook chats and other online communications of Americans without obtaining a warrant. This probably isn’t surprising given the blatant nature of the government’s illegal spying
Michael Snyder Activist Post The big banks are breathlessly proclaiming that now is the time to sell your gold. They are warning that we have now entered a “bear market” for gold and that the price of gold will continue to decline for the rest of the year. So should we believe them? Well, their warnings might be more credible if the central banks of the world were not hoarding gold like crazy. During 2012, central bank gold buying was at the highest level that we have seen in almost 50 years.
ForbiddenKnowledgeTV Alexandra Bruce The word “chemtrails” was not invented by a conspiracy theorist, it was invented by the US Air Force. A microfiche has been found in the Oklahoma Library system of an Air Force manual dating back to 1990, which uses the word “Chemtrails” in its title and describes the various experiments pilots will be conducting with the aerosol release of various noxious substances, some relating to cloud-seeding and weather modification such as silver iodide and others, in conjuction with the HAARP project, such as barium-fluoride.
A privacy watchdog group is suing the FBI over the agency’s failure to fulfill Freedom of Information Act requests for documents involving a secretive and expansive database that could be used to track down anyone, anywhere and at any time. The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) filed the complaint [PDF] in United States District Court for the District of Columbia on Monday, suing the Federal Bureau of Investigation for failing to comply with a pair of FOIA request placed more than six months ago.
The CIA Factbook is a searchable database that provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world countries and nations. Wouldn’t be really cool if the CIA had something like this except it was database for Individuals instead of the countries?
By Louis C. Hochman NJ.com Rep. Leonard Lance wants answers as to why the Department of Homeland Security is reportedly planning to purchase 1.6 billion rounds of ammunition over the next few years — a plan that has fueled conspiracy theories and prompted calls for transparency from several legislators. And soon, the New Jersey Republican just might get some of those answers.
Just a few hours ago Bitcoin was soaring to new all-time highs at $265, a double since Monday. In the last 2 hours however, the virtual currency has collapsed over 25%, and just broke below $200. *Update 2: Bitcoin has crashed over 60% plunging to $105, rebound bounce takes Bitcoin back to $200 25% intra-day volatility is one good way to ensure no new businesses begin accepting the virtual currency as an alternative to US dollars.
Just one wasp hovering around is enough to make people go crazy with fear, so i can’t imagine what the people of San Sebastián de La Gomera, in the Canary islands, must have felt like when they discovered a 21-foot wasp nest housing millions of stingers, right next to their homes.
By Dennis Hamwel An honest old lady found $100,000 and turned it in. Now Kathleen Ricigliano, 81, would like her bank, where she’s had an account for 40 years, to be just as honest with her. “In the second week of February, I went to Sovereign Bank at 4823 13th Ave. here in Borough Park with my boyfriend, Joe Valinoti,” says Ricigliano. “I’ve lived in the same house in Borough Park since I’m 13, and I’ve been banking at this location for 40 years.
Donna Anderson Infowars.com President Barack Obama claims his proposed 94-cent-a-pack cigarette tax will significantly reduce consumption, just like it did when he passed his 62-cent-a-pack tax in 2009. But that “significant reduction” is all smoke and mirrors, being used to distract you from the real reasons for this new tax increase: It gives Congress approximately $78 billion worth of breathing room in their budget and further enslaves middle- and low-income Americans who are already suffering under the weight of the new higher payroll taxes.
Daisy Luther Activist Post As a parent, sometimes I’ve asked my kids to do things they don’t want to do. (Haven’t we all?) The biggest key to their success in the endeavor is their attitude. Scenario #1: Me: Kiddo, it’s time to swap your winter clothes for your spring clothes. Please go through your closet, sort through your winter clothes and get rid of the stuff that’s too small or that you don’t want anymore.
A North Korean missile launcher has moved into the firing position with rockets facing skyward, Kyodo reports, citing a Japan defense official. The Japanese government is on high alert, citing indications that Pyongyang might soon launch ballistic missiles at its island neighbor.
Russian space enthusiasts poring through photos from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have spotted what looks like the remains of the Soviet Mars 3 lander that arrived at the Red Planet in 1971. The Soviet Union lander was the first spacecraft to survive a Mars landing long enough to transmit data back to Earth. However, after transmitting for just 14.5 seconds after landing on Dec. 2, 1971
Scientists from Kazakhstan believe that human DNA was encoded with an extraterrestrial signal by an ancient alien civilisation, Discovery.com reports.