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http://www.infowars.com/u-s-court-rules-that-government-can-secretly-track-you-with-gps-privacy-is-for-rich-people-only/

U.S. Court Rules That Government Can Secretly Track You With GPS, Privacy is For Rich People Only

details how it is now perfectly legal in nine states for the government to attach secret satellite tracking devices to your car and monitor you wherever you go, without a search warrant.

The law, which now applies in California and eight other Western states, stems from a case beginning in 2007 when federal agents of the DEA covertly attached a GPS tracking device to the vehicle of an Oregon man they suspected of growing marijuana.

One Ninth Circuit judge has spoken out against the ruling however, noting that it essentially suggests that privacy is limited to those who can afford to completely close off their property with hi-tech security features such as electric gates, fences and security booths to stop anyone, including the government, sneaking

doesn’t exist,” he wrote. “No truly poor people are appointed as federal judges, or as state judges for that matter.”

they want, without having to go to a court for a warrant, we are one step closer to a classic police state – with technology taking on the role of the KGB or the East German Stasi.” the TIME

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http://blog.mpp.org/prohibition/netherlands-to-close-prisons-not-enough-criminals/05262009/

The Dutch government is getting ready to close eight prisons because they don’t have enough criminals to fill them. Officials attribute the shortage of prisoners to a declining crime rate.

Just for fun, let’s compare the Netherlands to California. With a population of 16.6 million, the Dutch prison population is about 12,000. With its population of 36.7 million, California should have a bit more than double the Dutch prison population. California’s actual prison population is 171,000.

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http://www.digitalmeetingcenter.com/ron-pauls-shocking-message-to-the-tea-party/851883/

fact, Ron Paul believes, if you’re looking for real freedom, you should really go back to the core of the constitution and the bill of rights, which Beck and Palin do not fully endorse when you really look at their beliefs. Whether it be Palin’s support for starting more wars or Beck’s beliefs on paying the private Federal Reserve MORE interest on our money by means of a VAT tax.

Ron Paul believes the Tea Party is not about “left” or “right” like a lot of political pundits make it out to be. It’s about the constitution, and limited government.

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Show 10aug10

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-10900235

Huge ice sheet breaks from Greenland glacier

A giant sheet of ice measuring 260 sq km (100 sq miles) has broken off a glacier in Greenland, according to researchers at a

The glacier is 1,000 km (620 miles) south of the North Pole.

There was enough fresh water locked up in the ice island to "keep all US public tap water flowing for 120 days," said Prof Muenchow.

The first six months of 2010 have been the hottest on record globally,

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http://www.democracynow.org/2010/8/9/headlines#12

Ex-US Cabinet Official Detained at Israeli Airport

A former cabinet official in the Clinton administration has revealed she was detained and interrogated for almost three hours at an Israeli airport last month. Donna Shalala served as Health and Human Services Secretary under President Clinton and is currently the president of the University of Miami. Shalala was apparently detained because she is of Lebanese descent. She was in Israel as part of a delegation of US university presidents organized by the American Jewish Congress.

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show 3aug10

http://www.tampabay.com/news/localgovernment/as-baywalk-sits-empty-major-tenant-muvico-blasts-complexs-neglect/1112014

ST. PETERSBURG — For months, the operators of BayWalk have weathered criticism about why they aren't filling up downtown's desolate retail complex with the tenants it needs to survive.

Now they are getting blasted by the last remaining anchor tenant, Muvico Theaters, for not maintaining the complex well enough to encourage new tenants or entice customers to

From 2004 to 2009, Muvico's attendance at BayWalk has dropped by more than 50 percent. By comparison, attendance is down by an average of 2 percent at the chain's other eight theaters.

The company that operates BayWalk for owner CW Capital says it plans on spending $1.5 million to renovate the common areas of the complex and $4.5 million on repairs for tenant space. When the City Council approved ceding a public sidewalk to BayWalk in October, the renovations were promised to follow.

But with the one-year anniversary of that controversial vote three months away, the fixes haven't been made. And they won't be done until tenants are signed, said Thomas McGeachy, the managing principal of Cimenelli Real Estate Services of Florida.

Now about 80 percent empty, the complex has drawn so much concern that McGeachy and the owner's leasing agent, Curtis Rorebeck, had to assure council members in April that the project was close to signing major tenants.

But three months later, no new announcements have been made.

Muvico and the other tenants aren't the only ones awaiting BayWalk repairs. In the past year, the city has spent almost $300,000 to improve security and lighting at the promenade leading to BayWalk and the Mid Core garage at First Avenue N that's used by complex patrons.

The city is collecting less money in the Mid Core garage because of BayWalk's drop in attendance. According to the city's audit, there were 500,000 daily users of the garage in 2006. Last year, the number of users dropped by more than half, to 245,000.

According to the International Council of Shopping Centers, downtown St. Petersburg last year offered some of the lowest rental rates in Tampa Bay, a sure sign of low demand.http://www.AmericanWisdom.org