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Drive to repeal Michigan emergency manager law extends its own deadline | Detroit Free Press | freep.com

LANSING – A group collecting signatures in an attempt to repeal Michigan’s toughened emergency manager law has pushed back its target date for submitting its petition to the Secretary of State. Organizers said earlier they would submit the signatures on Wednesday,  …

False Flag - How Israeli Mossad Agents Posed as American Spies to Recruit Members of a Terrorist Organization

Buried deep in the archives of America's intelligence services are a series of memos, written during the last years of President George W.

How Facebook might hurt your credit score

Aside from data that could be used to discriminate, mining social data could mean that hyperbolic tweet about being broke from a few years back could come back to haunt you when you go to apply for a loan. This isn't just a distant dream for banks; it's already beginning on a sm …

Obama Signs Defense Bill Despite 'Serious Reservations'

WASHINGTON -- Indefinite military detention of Americans became the law of the land Saturday, as President Barack Obama signed a defense bill that codified that authority, even as he said he would not use it.

Recall Every Congressman Who Voted for the NDAA and Unlimited Detention of US Citizens

The "U.S. is a Battlefield" bill that gives the military the right to go to the houses of U.S.

What Libyan Rebels Could Teach Obama About the Rule of Law

Libya's rebels have often fallen short of their commitments to human rights, and are far from establishing a proper detention system.

MF Global Told CME It Used Customer Funds: Timeline - Bloomberg

MF Global Holdings Ltd. used about$700 million of customer funds to “meet liquidity issues” in the days prior to its bankruptcy, according to CME Group Inc.

Condoning Torture: Republican Party is a Gestapo Party | Global Research TV

There is a bill in the Senate that is attempting to keep torture alive as an interrogation technique. The National Defense Authorization Act is being debated in Congress and if passed, American citizens could be detained without a court hearing anywhere in the world.  

War Crimes Tribunal: The Bush Administration Was an Ongoing Criminal Conspiracy Under International Law and U.S. Domestic Law

Mr. President, Distinguished Judges, may it please the Tribunal. Since the impeachable installation of George W. Bush as President in January of 2001 by the U.S.

Mitt Romney: 'I'm Not Looking To Put Money In People's Pockets'

If you're looking for some extra spending money, don't ask Mitt Romney. The GOP candidate-- who once had a hard timefinding a bill in his wallet that wasn't a $100-- told an audience that "I'm not looking to put money in people's pockets."  

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