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Dubai bids to control military plants
Dubai, which agreed this month to sell its interest in U.S. ports, said its $1.2 billion takeover of a U.K. company with U.S. plants that make military equipment is delayed while the authorities investigate security concerns.
Dubai bids $1.2 billion to control weapons manufacturing plants in the UK. Does that raise eyebrows for anyone?
Fly without your ID
Let’s make it an UNEASY mission to test the following:
The one ray of light from the court was its confirmation that the secret law “requires that airline passengers either present identification or be subjected to a more extensive search”. This would be a surprise to anyone who reads a TSA checkpoint sign or TSA’s own website, all of which claim that ID is “required”. It is now clear that air passengers are NOT required to present identification; instead, they can opt to be searched, as a “selectee”. – Gilmore vs. Gonzales
Be a Freedom Flier and report your own experiences.
Cheney hunting accident gets better
Apparently getting a handful of bird pellets in your face, arms, and chest isn’t enough:
The 78-year-old lawyer who was shot by Vice President Dick Cheney in a hunting accident has some birdshot lodged in his heart and he had a “minor heart attack,” [...]
And in other news, 10 Ways Dick Cheney Can Kill You.
Cheney shoots hunting partner
Stupid, yet for some reason, funny at the same time.
Never sneak up behind Dick Cheney when he has a gun in his hand. That is the painful lesson learned by Texas lawyer Harry Whittington, 78, in a hunting accident at the weekend. [...] Mr Whittington, the United States vice-president, and a third person went quail shooting on Saturday at one of the grandest ranches in Texas.
As you can already imagine based off the title, Cheney neglected to check his line of fire before unloading some buck shot into feeling quail. It just so happened his hunting partner was the only thing to get hit.
Use your Arabic…
I wonder what genius in the military advertising came up with this banner ad? “Use Your Arabic to Help Build Your Future.” What do you really think the underlying message was? [via Adrants]
The military will charge you for boxers as well
I understand that the following incident was avoidable with the proper paperwork. Nonetheless, the military demanded payment forcing the wounded soldier to scrape together cash from relatives and friends.
But last week, Rebrook was forced to pay $700 for that body armor, blown up by a roadside bomb more than a year ago. [...] He was told to pay nearly $700 or face not being discharged for weeks, perhaps months. [...] But no one documented that he lost his Kevlar body armor during battle, he said. No one wrote down that armor had apparently been incinerated as a biohazard.
It’s because when you’re fighting in a war zone, you get hot. Those damn kevlar vests are like down jackets in the middle of summer. The army must have assumed Lt. Rebrook had simply forgotten to pick up his vest while he stopped for water. Wth!
Secret Service sent to punish 7th grader
Careful now, the Secret Service may very well receive orders to interrogate this little 7th grader overseas.
A seventh-grader who wrote an essay saying his perfect day would involve doing violence to President George W. Bush is being investigated by the Secret Service.
The unidentified boy from West Warwick turned in the essay on Tuesday, and his teacher alerted school officials. The assignment was to write about what he would do on a perfect day.
Thomas M. Powers, Secret Service resident agent in charge in Providence, said the investigation is ongoing but the essay may have been a “cry for help.” Threatening the president is a felony, he said.
As deranged as the little boy may be – also threatening to kill Oprah – shouldn’t a more appropriate punishment include suspension and / or psychological treatment?
North Korean long range missile found in Alaska
How does a “test” missile manage to cross such long distances without being detected by any military satellites?
The warhead of a long-range missile test-fired by North Korea was found in the U.S. state of Alaska [...] “According to a U.S. document, the last piece of a missile warhead fired by North Korea was found in Alaska,’’
Is anyone else concerned after reading that a foreign country is using your backyard as testing grounds? Actually, I take that back, Bush et al do the same thing. No one follows any damn rules these days!
US Gov demands Google search records
The US Department of Justice has taken Google to court, demanding it hand over all searches made in a one week period. It’s a fishing expedition, unconnected with any ongoing criminal prosecution. The DOJ wants the information to back up its attempt to revive an anti-pornography law derailed by the Supreme Court two years ago.
Please make note of the following:
It’s a fishing expedition, unconnected with any ongoing criminal prosecution.
This raises some excellent questions about our government. The government is essentially forcing a company to hand over its records with no cause of action. Thankfully Google declined this subpoena. Which is shocking considering their LAX privacy practices. Also makes one wonder how many companies did NOT decline.
And this is all for the purpose of defeating porn?!
Saddest line: If, as looks likely, the DoJ succeeds, then surfers worldwide will have a US Attorney General who knows a lot more about you, too.
The DOJ has great chances of a win.
America: Land of the spys, home of the brave.
