Friday 30th May 2008: -

• Corr brother says 9/11 'an inside job' - CORRS guitarist Jim Corr has claimed that there was overwhelming evidence that the 9/11 attacks in America were carried out by "rogue elements" of US President George Bush's "neo-con administration". In a rare intervention into the political arena, the male singer with The Corrs band came out against the Lisbon Treaty claiming that it is "tip-toe totalitarianism in the West". In an interview with Matt Cooper on Today FM's 'Last Word', Corr made the case for voting 'No' to Lisbon, claiming it could introduce the death penalty to Ireland and contribute to a "new world order".  Corr's opposition is based on his three years "studying the New World Order which the European Union is a part of".   (RELATED: See our 9/11 archive and our affiliated site 911truthskipton.com)

• Sept 11 prosecutors expect criticism over evidence - U.S. prosecutors preparing to try accused September 11 plotters expect criticism if they seek to use defendants' statements as evidence, because of the abuse of suspects during interrogation. But they say it will not deter them. A team of federal prosecutors working under military leadership is helping to prepare cases against "high-value" terrorism suspects including five facing charges of participating in the September 11, 2001, attacks. The cases begin next week with the arraignment of the five at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

• Bin snoops are a recycling hit: Snooping on residents' rubbish is drastically increasing recycling, it has been claimed - Gosport Borough Council officers have been out checking residents' recycling bins to make sure they contain the right waste. In the latest operation, council officers checked 679 bins in the Normandy Gardens area of Gosport.

• Bin men asked to spy on Muslim residents - Bin men have been asked to rummage through the rubbish of Muslim residents at the behest of anti-terror police according to an instruction issued at a secret summit last year hosted by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG). Town halls responsible for areas with large Muslim populations were summoned to London last year to get their contracted refuse collectors to search bins for incriminating extremist documents.

• Council 'spying' probed - A watchdog is investigating a council for spying on people including a family suspected of living in the wrong school catchment area, fishermen and vandals. The Information Commissioner's Office has expressed "concerns" over the council's use of covert surveillance. It comes after a couple were snooped on after the Borough of Poole wrongly suspected they lied about living in a catchment area for a primary school.

• Middle classes losing faith in 'rude' police who go for soft targets instead of the real criminals - The middle classes have lost confidence in the police, a stark report has warned. They fear they have been alienated by a service which routinely targets ordinary people rather than serious criminals, simply to fill Government crime quotas. The attitude of some officers has also led to spiralling complaints about neglect of duty and rudeness. The report from the Civitas think-tank says incidents which would once have been ignored are now treated as crimes - including a case of children chalking a pavement.

• Australian NSW Police use mobile fingerprinting by 2009: Sleek PDA replace bulky units - A fleet of portable fingerprint scanners to be deployed to NSW police officers will make it near impossible for shoplifters, petty thieves and protesters to weasel out of fines and court appearances. Some 500 devices will be in operation by January next year, under a $6.1 million Field Identification Project, first revealed by Computerworld, to keep police out of the office and on the streets. The units, roughly the size of a portable home phone, are strapped onto officers arms or used on a hand-held mounted bracket to maintain safe distance between police and suspects.

• Three Popular Sweeteners May Do More Harm Than Good, Says Drug Chemist - Shane "The Peoples Chemist" Ellison is offering a "Take Action Report" entitled Great Sex Starts in the Kitchen. It offers simple tips for avoiding sweet sabotage while teaching simple and tasty recipes courtesy of Wellness Bakeries. He insists that the general public must be more aware of the risks associated with commonly used sweeteners. Here is some information from the "Take Action Report" on these common sweeteners.

Wednesday 28th May 2008: -

• UK: Young mother forced to pay £300 fine for prematurely curbing garbage bin - A young, British mother is being forced to pay $524 because she impatiently placed her trash can at the curb a day early. Zoe Watmough, 22, was hauled before judges and ordered to pay a hefty fine, reports the UK's Daily Mail. "I am flabbergasted," Watmough said. "There are people committing all sorts of crimes and getting away with it. Yet I have left my bin out and have been fined the best part of £300." Officials from the Bolton Council in Greater Manchester detected her green recycling bin and gray garbage can on Wednesday – a full 24 hours before collection – but the council firmly dictates trash must not be taken out until after 7.30 a.m. on garbage day.   (COMMENTARY: See how we are being coldly and calculatedly exposed to the theme of being told what to do and how to live right down to the mundane issues such as how and when to put your bin out.  This may seem like a petty issue taken out of hand by a few councils around the UK... but it CERTAINLY is not.  There is a much more dangerous and exacting agenda behind this... Fascism, plain and simple.  They hope to get away with such humiliation of their subjects (i.e. us) by coming down on us over mundane issues, so that it sets a precedent of their absolute control and our passive submission into tyranny).

...ANOTHER CASE IN POINT: -

• BIN MADNESS AS UK COUNCIL TO QUIZ FAMILIES ABOUT HEALTH RECORDS - FAMILIES who fall foul of refuse collection laws face having to reveal medical conditions to the council. Householders can be fined for flouting controversial wheelie bin rules, but proving who is responsible for “illegal” rubbish has turned out to be a legal minefield. And those breaking refuse collection regulations in Plymouth are likely to be told they must nominate a “bin manager” to monitor their rubbish. The city council is considering also issuing those homeowners with a questionnaire on their families and habits. It would ask for the number of adults and children in the property, details of medical conditions and whether they use disposable nappies. The “zero tolerance” move comes as councils try to make it easier to prosecute people who flout the regulations. Crimes include leaving wheelie bins on the pavement, putting the wrong items in a recycling container, and over-filling the bin.

• Cash penalties for blue-bin offenders - FOURTEEN fixed penalty notices have been issued by Scarborough Council officials since the alternate weekly collection arrangements began last October. And recycling support officers have made more than 5,800 visits to households to discuss problems with the recycling scheme. A report by Andy Skelton, the council's head of environmental health services, says that since January the support officers began targeted enforcement work aimed at addressing problems such as bins and bags put out on the wrong day, being left out long after collection and deliberate contamination of recycling bins.

• Leaders are eroding the principles of human rights - If ever there was a time for world leaders to make a fresh commitment to human rights it’s this year - 60 years ago world leaders signed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). They signed this important declaration against a backdrop of turbulence and tyranny: In 1948 the world was still reeling from the effects of the Second World War and the Holocaust, the Cold War was beginning to take shape and apartheid laws in South Africa had just been set up. Yet despite that, the leaders of 1948 had enough courage and strength of character to hope for a better world for all human beings – irrespective of creed colour or beliefs. Fast-forward 60 years and where do human rights fall on the world’s agenda? Sadly, they’re hardly at the top for most countries, and in fact some of today’s leaders are finding excuses to erode or remove these principles.

• Video games stimulate 'conqueror' feelings in men: Boffins monitor brain reward centres during game play - Scientists have discovered that the part of the brain that generates rewarding feelings is more activated in men than women during video-game play. The idea may explain why men tend to like video games more than their female counterparts. Allan Reiss MD and his colleagues at Stanford University studied a group of 11 young men and 11 young women playing numerous 24-second intervals of a specially designed game.

• Wii And Arcade Game ‘Target: Terror’ Is A Response To 9/11, Sequel Coming - It’s a bit ironic I’m spending time writing about my love for “Target: Terror,” a game with a Metacritic score of just 34, during a week where Stephen Totilo is examining reviews. I tracked down Eugene Jarvis, the head of Raw Thrills, who created the arcade version of “Target: Terror.” This is the man responsible for “Defender” and “Robotron” — true classics! I had no idea our interview would end up evoking 9/11. “Target: Terror,” released last month for the Wii, is awesome — just not in the way you’d think. It’s not a very good game in the traditional sense, but it’s full of hysterical b-movie charm (think “Evil Dead”). It’s a different kind of good.

• Torture policies undermine 9/11 case - The Pentagon’s decision to drop war-crimes charges against Mohammed al-Qahtani, the alleged “20th hijacker” in the 9/11 attacks, again underscores the consequences of the Bush administration’s descent into torture and other abusive treatment of “war on terror” detainees. If al-Qahtani’s case had gone forward, the U.S. government would have been forced to reveal its own violations of the Geneva Convention, anti-torture statutes and the laws of war, according to lawyers representing al-Qahtani. “All of the [incriminating] statements Mohammad al-Qahtani made or is alleged to have made were the result of torture or made under the threat of torture and that is in my view why the government decided to dismiss his case at this point,” said Vince Warren, executive director of the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) in New York.

• Prominent Structural Engineers Say Official Version of 9/11 "Impossible" "Defies Common Logic" "Violates the Law of Physics" - Numerous structural engineers now publicly challenge the government's account of the destruction of the Trade Centers on 9/11, including: A prominent engineer with 55 years experience, in charge of the design of hundreds of major building projects including high rise offices, former member of the California Seismic Safety Commission and former member of the National Institute of Sciences Building Safety Council (Marx Ayres) believes that the World Trade Centers were brought down by controlled demolition.

• 9/11 Security Courtesy of Marvin P. Bush - Marvin P. Bush, the president’s younger brother, was a principal in a company called Securacom that provided security for the World Trade Center, United Airlines, and Dulles International Airport. The company, Burns noted, was backed by KuwAm, a Kuwaiti-American investment firm on whose board Marvin Burns also served. [Utne] According to its present CEO, Barry McDaniel, the company had an ongoing contract to handle security at the World Trade Center "up to the day the buildings fell down."

• SOMETHING ANECDOTAL THAT YOU MAY NOT HAVE SEEN!:  Here we have a shot from a 1997 episode of the (utterly corrupt) Fox Corporations 'The Simpsons' TV series... Probably a coincidence, but worth noting!

(FINAL COMMENTARY: This is highly likely an unfortunate coincidence, although with that in mind we do know that the New World Order crowd (Illuminati... call them what you like) has an obsession with ritual 'in your face' symbolism due to the unhinged nature of their mindset... so don't rule anything out! - Remember the Pilot episode of the Lone Gunmen TV series which was also put out by Fox, which aired six months prior to 9/11 and centered around a plotline in which criminal elements of the US government attempt to fly a plane into the WTC in order to start a war on terror - BIZARRE but true).

Monday 26th May 2008: -

• Anti-piracy strategy will help government to spy, critic says: Fears raised changes could lead to policing of legal activities like buying DVDs online - The way Canadians use the Internet and technology - from downloading music to buying new cellphones - could face unprecedented restrictions under new federal policies that critics say are being decided behind closed doors. The Conservative government has been involved in international talks in recent months to develop an international anti-counterfeiting strategy to reduce Internet piracy and the flow of counterfeit goods. But critics say that instead of cracking down on rogue Internet users heavily involved in illegal file sharing, the agreement seems poised to dramatically increase the government's ability to police the activities of Canadians, even when they legally purchase music files, DVDs and electronic equipment such as cellphones and personal video recorders.

• German phone company rocked by spying scandal - Former telecoms monopoly Deutsche Telekom over the weekend became the latest German firm to be rocked by revelations of spying on its employees. Deutsche Telekom, Europe's biggest phone company, confirmed on Saturday allegations in Spiegel magazine that it hired an outside firm to track hundreds of thousands of phone calls by senior executives and journalists in 2005-6. It denied that the Berlin consultancy firm listened to the conversations, instead merely logging details on who phoned whom as well as the time and duration of the calls. Spiegel said that "Operation Clipper" and "Operation Rheingold" were set up in order to identify the source of leaks of sensitive financial information to financial journalists.

• Campaigners taste victory in ‘backdoor ID cards’ battle: Holyrood pledges to review entitlement cards and safeguard privacy - CIVIL LIBERTIES campaigners have won a review of Scotland's controversial microchipped entitlement card scheme. Ministers are to scrutinise the project amid fears that it is a "back door" to compulsory ID cards. Around one-third of Scots now have the plastic swipe cards, which are backed by a database and far-reaching legislation.

• Ministers fear Irish may reject Lisbon treaty - An opinion poll has shown that the outcome of Ireland's forthcoming referendum on the EU's Lisbon treaty is in doubt, with no confidence in official circles that a yes vote will be delivered. After a sluggish start to the campaign, those in favour of the treaty have increased their support. But so too have those who oppose it, so that the result of the poll on 12 June is uncertain.

• Dutch voters set to deliver death blow to EU treaty - EUROPE'S leaders are bracing themselves for a fresh blow to their hopes of securing a new EU constitution as Holland prepares for its referendum tomorrow. Opinion polls suggest that the Dutch will follow the example of the French and vote against the constitutional treaty. A second "no" vote could effectively kill off the constitution which must by ratified by all 25 member states if it is to be imADVERTISEMENTplemented. Tony Blair yesterday refused to say whether he would now abandon his plans for a referendum in Britain.

• Taser studies flawed, epidemiologist says: Most tests don't duplicate real conditions, he tells provincial inquiry - The studies that have been done to determine the risks of the Taser stun gun are flawed, a Vancouver epidemiologist told a provincial Taser inquiry Friday. "I don't think you can extrapolate the results to the real world," said Dr. Keith Chambers. He recommended that until more research is done to resolve the many unanswered questions about the risks and benefits of the weapon, limits on its use, with standardized guidelines, should be put in place.

• Coca-Cola to phase out use of controversial additive after DNA damage claim: Soft-drink giant to do away with sodium benzoate 'where technically possible', in the wake of IoS story that highlighted the potential dangers - Coca-Cola, the world's biggest soft drinks company, is phasing out a controversial additive that may cause hyperactivity and DNA damage. By August, no cans of Diet Coke should contain the preservative sodium benzoate. Coca-Cola wants to remove E211 (sodium benzoate) from other products where possible. But the company said there were no satisfactory alternatives yet for its high-acid drinks Fanta and Dr Pepper. The substance also remains in rival drinks such as Irn-Bru, Pepsi Max and Lucozade.

• HSBC faces rebellion over £120m executive bonus plan - HSBC is set to be the next big British company to feel the wrath of its shareholders over directors' pay, when plans to make as much as £120m in bonuses available to its executive team will be presented at the bank's annual general meeting on Friday. The payments, available over the next three years in cash and shares, would be linked to performance but a number of investors are already raising the stakes of the meeting by criticising the move in advance.

• MPs back Terry Wogan's anger at Eurovision Song Contest: Music moguls back Terry's anger at contest MP calls for BBC to pull out cash backing Yet 9.3million still tune in to watch farce - Pop music heavies last night piled in behind Sir Terry Wogan's "boom banga-blast" at Eurovision song contest polling. Terry, 69, admitted the competition had become a politically-motivated farce after former eastern bloc votes came together again at the weekend - this year handing the title to Russia. It meant an eastern European country won for the EIGHTH year in a row.   (COMMENTARY: Eurovision? Political? You're kidding!)

• Desperation trying to help a mentally ill loved one - THE first inkling I had that my brother was in the clutches of a mental illness was when he showed up at my office unannounced cradling the hard drive of his home computer. Wild-eyed, he begged me to take it off him and keep it in a safe place, because there were people following him who were hell-bent on getting their hands on it. Who would want the PC of a fairly typical Aussie bloke, a carpenter by trade, father of three, drives a ute and loves his dog? "It's the Illuminati. And the Masons. They've developed mind control," he said. Nothing anyone said could convince him that he wasn't under surveillance, his phones weren't bugged and he wasn't being followed. Then he started harming himself. He was convinced he was being eaten alive by worms and bugs attacking his body from the inside.

Friday 23rd May 2008: -

• Rice defends post 9/11 interrogation techniques - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Thursday defended tough interrogation techniques for terrorism suspects approved by the Bush administration in the wake of 9/11, saying they were necessary to protect America from new attacks. In her most extensive public comments about how the administration dealt with detainee interrogations in the aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001, and the anthrax attacks that followed, Rice insisted the methods of questioning complied with both U.S. law and treaty obligations. But she acknowledged that those rules had since changed and that the United States was a "different place" then, adding that the administration's top priority at the time had been preventing new attacks and not necessarily observing fine legal points. "The fact is that after Sept. 11, whatever was legal in the face of not just the attacks of Sept. 11, but the anthrax attacks that happened, we were in an environment in which saving America from the next attack was paramount," Rice said.

• 9/11 hero's parents, fiancee fight over pension - Until they sat down together yesterday in a Brooklyn courtroom, Doreen Noone said she had not spoken to the parents of her dead firefighter fiance, Kevin Prior, since 2004. In that time, Noone, 36, a remedial reading teacher from Lindenhurst, and Gerard and Marian Prior of Bellmore, have been ensnared in a bitter legal fight over who has the rights to Kevin's pension following his death on Sept. 11.

• 9/11 Workers Face Chronic Mental Impairment: Stress levels comparable to those seen in returning Afghanistan war veterans, study says - Workers and volunteers involved in recovery efforts at the World Trade Center following the 9/11 terrorist attacks have much higher levels of psychological distress than the general population, new research shows. The study analyzed mental health questionnaires completed by more than 10,000 World Trade Center recovery workers between 10 months and 61 months after Sept. 11, 2001. It found that 11.1 percent of the workers met criteria for probable post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), 8.8 percent had probable depression, 5 percent had probable panic disorder, and 62 percent had substantial stress reaction.

• BILDERBERG RUSE EXPOSED - BILDERBERG’S ATTEMPT TO FOOL the public into believing it had already met in Greece has been exposed. We now believe Bilderberg will meet from Thursday, June 5 to Sunday, June 8 in Chantilly, Va., near Washington’s Dulles International Airport. The precise scene of the crime is the Westfields Marriott, 14750 Conference Center Drive, Chantilly, Va. 20151. 703-818-0300.

• Retailers fingerprint plans prompt privacy concerns: Budgens and Costcutter have introduced the system to monitor staff working hours - Budgens has introduced the new technology in a number of storesThe use of fingerprint recognition technology to monitor retail staff working hours has serious privacy implications, say experts. A small group of Budgens and Costcutter shops have introduced the system to monitor the hours worked by staff and to prevent staff clocking each other in. The systems do not store the print itself, but log a number which can then be matched against the number generated next time that person clocks in. But there are serious legal data protection implications, according to Gus Hosein, a digital privacy expert at the London School of Economics (LSE).

• Government to reveal shortlist of ID card providers - The Government will shortlist several leading technology companies today to supply the controversial £2 billion biometric identity card scheme despite concerns that the project would not go ahead under a Conservative administration. The framework deals, which will be signed next week, will qualify the companies to bid on lucrative contracts expected to be offered this year. After a troubled procurement process, only five companies – IBM, Fujitsu, Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), Thales and EDS – remain in the frame. Accenture, BAE Systems and Steria dropped out of the reckoning.

Monday 19th May 2008: -

• Pharmaceutical chief walks out on drug trial interview - The chief executive of a pharmaceutical giant refused to continue a radio interview yesterday after he was repeatedly pressed on publishing data from drug trials. Dr Jean-Pierre Garnier, the chief executive of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), defended the transparency of the company when he was probed about the release of information on the antidepressant Seroxat by presenter James Naughtie on BBC Radio Four's Today programme. However, as Mr Naughtie tried to seek further answers Dr Garnier terminated the discussion. Seroxat is the most frequently prescribed antidepressant in the UK, but there have been complaints that it triggers suicidal feelings in some patients.

• ID cards for Norfolk young drinkers - Drinkers under the age of 25 are to be asked to carry ID cards in Thetford as part of a bid to stamp out rowdy behaviour in pubs. It will see 18 to 24-year-olds issued with a card guaranteeing their good behaviour - and if they are unable to produce it they could be turned away by bar staff. The radical idea is to be tested in Thetford but if successful could be expanded to other market towns with cards being issued on a county-wide basis. It may later be extended to include off-licences. Supt Jim Smerdon from Norfolk police is working with the town's Pubwatch scheme. He said: “We will work with young people in the run up to their eighteenth birthday to make sure they know what is expected of them when they are out drinking in the town.

• WeAreChange Assaulted by Police in Louisville: Oliver North Confronted; Video Footage Confiscated - Members of WeAreChange were physically removed from Louisville Exposition Center on Sunday after confronting Iran Contra figure Oliver North. Members questioned North on his involvement with Continuity of Government, the new 9/11 investigation and concentration camps in America.

• Case of Kiwi Guinea-Pig Girl 'Poisoned' by Sugar-Free Gum Adds Weight to Zsweet(R) Alternative - A young lady from New Zealand who discovered that chewing sugar-free gum made her seriously ill has bravely agreed to act as a guinea-pig in an experiment in California. Abby Cormack, 26, hopes that the potentially dangerous tests, to take place next month, will show that the ingestion of aspartame causes an aberration of blood capillary and neuron function.

• DNA damage 'caused by pesticides' - New research in India suggests exposure to pesticides could have damaged the DNA of people in farming communities, leading to higher rates of cancer. Scientists at Patiala University, Punjab state, did the study, tracking a group of farmers for several months. But a spokesman for the crop industry trade association said a causal link between pesticide use and cancer could not be established. There have been concerns about potential links for several years.

• Dutch Newspaper: Bilderberg To Meet In Washington June 5-8: Apparent meeting in Athens last weekend was a ruse as suspected - A Dutch newspaper is reporting that Holland's Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende (pictured) and Minister of Foreign Affairs Maxime Verhagen are set to attend the annual Bilderberg conference in Washington DC from June 5-8, apparently confirming that a recent alleged Bilderberg meeting in Athens Greece was merely a ruse.

• EU criticised for DNA database plan - The European Union has rushed through rules giving police access to DNA databases across the bloc without regard for proper safeguards, a data protection watchdog said today (Thursday). Tourists could find themselves suspects in a cross-border criminal investigation merely for having had a drink at a motorway service station, European Data Protection Supervisor Peter Hustinx said. 'In some cases it will be a nightmare not only for citizens but also law enforcement authorities... What might have been done responsibly has not been done well,' Mr Hustinx told a news conference presenting his annual report.

Saturday 17th May 2008: -

• 'A bad ID-ea' - A HIGH-PROFILE politician made the journey from Westminster to York to launch a national student campaign against identity cards. Lynne Featherstone, the Liberal Democrat shadow minister for youth and equality, paid her whirlwind visit to the University of York yesterday. She was joined by City of York councillors for the official launch of the party's youth and student campaign against identity (ID) cards. Students across the country are being encouraged to sign a petition against the Government scheme after a document was leaked suggesting young people would not be able to register for a student loan without an ID card. Mrs Featherstone said: "This is a shameful way for the Government to treat students. "They are effectively tying their arms behind their back and forcing them to have an ID card. It is blackmail."

• Council's bin bag fine threat to UK families - FAMILIES could be prosecuted if they leave out more than two bin bags a week. Residents in parts of Sefton will be given a limited number of colour-coded plastic sacks two or three times a year restricting how much household rubbish they throw away. They would then be expected to recycle as much rubbish as possible. If they put out more than two bags a week for the bin men, the extra waste will be treated as fly-tipping and homeowners could be punished. If approved by councillors the plan will affect 12,000 households in Bootle, Netherton, Litherland, Seaforth and Waterloo.

• Plastic bag policy 'a diversion' - Plans to ban or charge for single-use plastic bags are a diversion from the real environmental issues, one of the government's own advisers has said. Waste and recycling expert Professor Chris Coggins said such a government policy allowed the supermarkets to pass on responsibility to customers. He said supermarkets could be helping to influence packaging rather than shifting the problem on to consumers.

• Irish poll says public divided, confused by June 12 referendum on EU treaty - Irish voters remain deeply divided and confused over whether to support the European Union's latest treaty in a June 12 referendum, according to an opinion poll published Saturday. The poll, published in the Irish Times newspaper, found that 35 percent intend to vote "Yes," up 9 points since the previous poll on the treaty's Irish prospects in January, while 18 percent would vote "No," up 8 points. Prime Minister Brian Cowen's government began campaigning this week for the treaty's approval. Those who said they have not made up their minds or do not plan to vote has fallen to 47 percent, down 17 points — but voter incomprehension over what the treaty actually means for Ireland remains much higher. The survey of 1,000 people earlier this week had an error margin of 3 percentage points.

• Moore on new 9/11 Film: "The crimes that these people have committed go far beyond ..." - With his follow-up to "Fahrenheit 9/11," Michael Moore wants to examine America as an empire, study its standing since the Sept. 11 attacks and present revelations to surprise audiences as much as the first film did. But he doesn't want to make a sequel. "To just say it's a sequel is so wrong," Moore told The Associated Press on Friday at the Cannes Film Festival, where he met with potential international distributors for the film, due out in 2009.

Monday 12th May 2008: -

• Wannabe "Virus" Prince Philip Attacks Big Families: Nazi collaborator and racist advocate of mass genocide argues for global Chinese-style one child policy - Nazi collaborator and racist advocate of mass genocide Prince Philip, a man who has often expressed his desire to return to the earth as a "deadly virus" to thin the human population, says that there are too many people in the world as he attacked large families in a television interview set to air this week. "The duke hints that curbing family sizes may be the best means of keeping the soaring cost of staple food products, such as bread and rice, in check," reports the London Times. “Food prices are going up,” he tells his interviewer, Sir Trevor McDonald. “Everyone thinks it’s to do with not enough food, but it’s really that demand is too great – too many people. Basically, it’s a little embarrassing for everybody. No one quite knows how to handle it. Nobody wants their family life to be interfered with by the government.” Overlooking the fact that Prince Philip himself has four children and eight grandchildren, the article couches his comments in the fallacy that HRH is an "eco-warrior" and completely fails to point out that the Duke of Edinburgh's enthusiasm for culling the human herd actually stems from his warped advocacy of eugenics.

• Taser stun guns for every UK police officer - Tasers could be issued to all police officers after a trial found that they deterred violent criminals, it was disclosed today. The 50,000-volt stun guns, introduced to Britain in 2003, are mainly used by firearms officers at present. But a 12-month experiment by ten English and Welsh forces has found that they can help defuse stand-offs even without being fired. During the ongoing trial, which began last September, their deployment soared 15 times, while firing of the devices tripled.

• UK: Police report rise in Taser use - The number of incidents in which police used Tasers has increased as more officers get the authority to use them, the Home Office says. The stun weapons were used by officers in England and Wales 252 times between September 2007 and February 2008 - 236 in the last three of those months. Of these, the 50,000-volt weapons were discharged by officers 31 times. In other cases drawing or aiming the Taser had a deterrent effect, says the government.

• Bullies hit us with a jab - I know a mother who refuses to let her four children have the MMR jab. She is an intelligent woman. Her choice not to let her two sons and two daughters get vaccinated against measles, mumps and rubella is one that she has reached as a caring, rational parent who believes she is acting in the best interests of her children. She fears that the MMR jab could damage the health of her children, and that this possibility, no matter how remote, outweighs the risks of catching measles, mumps or rubella. This country is full of parents like her. But now under controversial plans being suggested by Labour MP Mary Creagh, children will be banned from starting school if they have not had the jab. The license to meddle is backed by Labour pressure groups and some medical professionals. Are these people completely insane?

• MPs to present condemning report on Sats - The Commons select committee is set to present a report calling for an end to tests for 11-year-old pupils, it has emerged. Urgent reform of Sats testing and assessment is to be recommended tomorrow (May 13th), according to the Guardian. In addition, Barry Sheerman, committee chair, is to condemn the whole 'testing regime' in the BBC's Panorama programme tonight. He will criticise the amount of testing children receive, as well as its quality and comment on the detrimental effect that it is having on the whole school culture, the Guardian reports.

• The Red Pill Released Today For Free - Today is the release date for the short documentary film "The Red Pill." The film, less than 20 minutes in length, is not meant for "the choir" and is instead meant as an introduction to the world of the shadow government, 9/11 truth and the importance of a new 9/11 investigation. The film can be viewed and downloaded for free at Google Video.   (OFFICIAL WEBSITE: redpillmovie.com)

• Tommy Chong on 9/11 Truth - Asked about his opinion of the events of September 11, 2001, by Alex Jones Show guest host Jason Bermas, Canadian-American comedian, actor and musician Tommy Chong responded by mentioning the fact that the bin Laden family were granted extraordinary White House privileges to fly out of U.S. airspace following the attacks, at a time when access to the United States was restricted and required special government approval. According to Richard Clarke, the Bush administration decided to allow a group of Saudis to fly out of U.S. airspace just after Sept. 11. At least four flights with about 140 Saudis, including approximately two-dozen members of the bin Laden family, flew to Saudi Arabia on the week of September 11, thus avoiding being interviewed or interrogated by the FBI.

Friday 09th May 2008: -

• BBC banked £106,000 of Children in Need phone-in cash - The BBC was today forced to admit to another phone-in scandal in which £106,000 that should have gone to charity was in fact banked by the corporation. Viewers who called to take part in fundraising phone-ins but whose calls were made just after the lines had closed, were still charged for the call but a BBC subsidiary hung onto the money. Sir Michael Lyons, the chairman of the BBC trust, which uncovered the practise, said that this was "a serious failure". He added: "This did not help the BBC or the people we serve." Sir Michael ordered the corporation to hand over the cash due to the charities with interest resulting in a payment of £123,000, and said that disciplinary action could follow.

• ITV fined record £5.7m for phone line cons - ITV has been fined a record £5.675million for a string of premium rate phone-in scams that conned viewers out of £7.8million. In a stinging rebuke, watchdog Ofcom said the station had a "total disregard" for the rules after charging viewers to enter competitions they could not win. The report said bosses breached regulations up to 85 times. There was more embarrassment when ITV stars Ant and Dec pledged to return their 2005 British Comedy Award because the vote was rigged for them to triumph - so Robbie Williams could present it.

• More ID card cost increases - The six-monthly Dobson report, the Home Office's rolling 10-year estimate of the costs of the ID scheme, has just been published. Yet again, it is late. Yet again, it reveals delays and cost increases for plans to issue ID cards - Most of the cost increases are hidden from the reported headline figures by the simple expedient of delaying them so that they avoid the 10-year period that the report considers. The ID scheme will incur substantial costs to the exchequer long after the current government has gone. The Home Office has also buried substantial costs by transferring the burden directly to taxpayers. Citizens will have to pay for their own biometric enrolment through the private sector.

Thursday 08th May 2008: -

• Parents’ shock as school takes thumb scans - A system which scans children's thumbprints to allow them to take out and return library books is at the centre of a row between parents and a school. Mums and dads of children - aged between five and ten - at Long Lee Primary School claim they never gave their consent to their children's left thumbs being scanned. They have demanded any data obtained in this way is removed from the school's computer. But head teacher Louise Smith has rejected arguments that the school has acted improperly.

• 8 officers who died of post-9/11 illness on NYPD memorial - More than two years after he took his last breath, a detective who developed lung disease after toiling in the World Trade Center's ruins has been added to the New York Police Department's wall of heroes. James Zadroga was one of eight officers who died of post-Sept. 11 illness added to the NYPD's memorial wall, their names engraved onto bronze plaques in the lobby of police headquarters. They became the first NYPD members to be memorialized for dying of illnesses they blame on the dust they breathed at ground zero. "It gives a just honor to Jimmy and to the other officers who worked that day and the days that followed," said Joseph Zadroga, James Zadroga's father, at Wednesday's ceremony. Zadroga, 34, worked hundreds of hours at ground zero beginning Sept. 11, 2001. He soon developed respiratory ailments and died in January 2006 of lung disease.

• IRELAND: Why we must say No to Lisbon Treaty - The Lisbon Treaty is a defining moment in the history of our country. This is a test for the Irish people. The question is whether we trade the Irish constitution -- Bunreacht na hEireann -- for the EU constitution (Lisbon). The Lisbon Treaty comprises more than 90pc of the substance of the EU constitutional treaty rejected overwhelmingly by the people of The Netherlands and France in 2005. The yes campaign strategy seems to discuss the benefits the EU has brought to Ireland and to insult the no campaigners. It is not acceptable in our democracy that the people of Ireland should be driven into supporting a treaty that will bring unforeseen penalties upon them in the future.

• German foreign minister favours EU army - Germany's foreign minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, has indicated he would like to see a European army established. Speaking at a Social Democrat security policy conference in Berlin on Monday (5 May), Mr Steinmeier said he favoured the setting up of a "European armed force" and that he would like to see moves in this direction speeded up. German daily Tagespiegel reported Mr Steinmeier as referring to the fact that the EU's new treaty, currently undergoing ratification across the European Union, allows for the possibility of a group of member states to "move ahead" in defence policy.

• Latvia, Lithuania ratify EU treaty - The parliaments of the Baltic states of Latvia and Lithuania approved the European Union's new reform treaty. The treaty, which must win approval by all 27 EU countries to take effect, will give the bloc a long-term president, a more powerful foreign policy chief, more democratic decision-making and more say for European and national parliaments. Latvia's parliament approved the treaty in a second and final reading by 70 votes in favour, three against and one abstention in the 100-seat house.

Monday 05th May 2008: -

• Calif. DNA Lab Expansion Sparks Privacy Concerns - A California plan that has expanded funding for and the size of the DNA testing lab in Richmond has received harsh criticism Monday from critics who said it violates people's privacy. California Attorney General Jerry Brown is scheduled to attend a ceremony at the lab to mark the completion of the $10 million expansion of the facility.

• Report: Robobugs Could Be Next Tool for War Time Soldiers - It looks like something out of the latest science-fiction movie, but it could be the next line of defense for U.S. soldiers fighting on the front lines. The British defense and aerospace company BAE Systems is creating small electronic insects, spiders and snakes that have the ability to enter places before combat soldiers and electronically report back what's inside, the U.K.'s Daily Mail newspaper reported. BAE just signed a multi-million dollar contract to develop the robots for the U.S. Army, the newspaper reported.

• Tougher security checks to enter US as laptops and mobile phones searched - Tourists visiting the US face even tougher security checks now airport officials can search through mobile phones and laptops. Guards can download any details contained in the items and keep them indefinitely, following a new court ruling. The latest legislation could mean lengthier queues as security copy photos, emails and phone records. Visitors already face hour-long waits while armed officers take fingerprints and photos.

• Geraldo Calls for Florida Gov to Investigate Palfrey “Suicide” - Near the end of Alex Jones’ appearance on Fox News’ Geraldo at Large, host Gerald Rivera calls for Florida governor Charlie Crist and his attorney general Bill McCollum to “investigate the apparent suicide of Debra Jeane Palfrey because if these three people (Alex Jones, former judge Jeanine Pirro, and former prosecutor Kimberly Guilfoyle) are all agreed — and I tend to agree with them — this is too stinky to pass the stink test.”  Indeed, the Debra Jeane Palfrey case stinks — and certainly reeks enough to merit an investigation.

• Lib Dem winner faces postal votes probe - A councillor who romped to victory last week is at the centre of an illegal votes scandal. Lib Dem Ayoub Khan boasted of his "clean and ethical" campaign in Aston, Birmingham. But some postal votes broke electoral law and Electoral Commission rules designed to stop ballot rigging.

• Nine Inch Nails offer free album - US rock band the Nine Inch Nails are giving away a second new album online, just two months after the first. The 10-track record, called The Slip, is available for free from the band's website "as a thank you to our fans for your continued support", they said. In March, the group released nine songs from their instrumental album Ghosts I-IV for free on the site, with the full 36 tracks costing $5 (£2.55). The group sold more than 10 million albums in the US between 1992 and 2007. But they have been outspoken critics of the music industry and the price of CDs. Singer and songwriter Trent Reznor has attacked his former record label Universal for "ripping off" fans, and once told a crowd to "steal, steal and steal some more".   (OFFICIAL WEBSITE: www.nin.com)

Sunday 04th May 2008: -

• British Government refuses to help 'torture flight' victim - The Government is refusing to help a man prove he was taken to Morocco aboard a CIA torture flight and brutally interrogated. Britain says it will not help Binyam Mohammed - who is facing trial by US authorities - because it has "no obligation under international law" to provide information that might prevent someone being convicted outside the UK on evidence obtained through torture. Lawyers acting for Mohammed, an Ethiopian refugee who lived in London for seven years, will this week file an unprecedented High Court lawsuit saying Britain's denial of assistance breaches the UN Convention Against Torture and UK law.

• DC Madam Palfrey's Murder: Alex Jones on Geraldo - Fox News' Geraldo has Alex Jones on to examine the evidence that shows that DC Madam Deborah Jean Palfrey was murdered-- despite the official claim that she committed suicide. Jones points out the numerous statements Palfrey made in refutation of suicide, as well as the criminology that women rarely hang themselves, generally preferring pills.

• Overwhelming Evidence Points To Murder Of DC Madam: "She insinuated that there is a contract out for her and I fully believe they succeeded," says Condo manager - Evidence is stacking up to suggest that the alleged "suicide" of DC Madam Deborah Jeane Palfrey was in fact a calculated murder, as the manager of Palfrey's Florida Condo reveals that Palfrey was not suicidal when he spoke to her Monday and told him of her fears about a contract being out on her life. The new testimony is backed up by at least four other recorded public statements on behalf of Palfrey attesting to the fact that she would never commit suicide and if she was found dead to immediately suspect murder.

• Victory in first round of campaign to force EU treaty referendum - Stuart Wheeler, one of Britain’s richest men, has won the first round of his battle to force Gordon Brown to hold a referendum on the EU Reform Treaty. He went to the High Court in London last month to seek a judicial review of the Government’s decision not to hold a referendum on the treaty. Today judges ruled that the challenge can go ahead. The likely two-day court hearing could prove to be very embarrassing for ministers if internal Government memos and emails are revealed. The legal challenge could also delay the ratification of the controversial treaty by months if court time is not granted shortly. Peers in the House of Lords are due to vote on the legislation later this month.

• Lord Levy: Terrible news of weapons expert's death left Blair crying 'When will this end?' - During the spring of 2004, Tony seemed to be gradually worn down by the twin weight of Iraq and by Gordon Brown's pressure for an announcement that he, not Tony, would lead a third-term Labour Government. Blair's problems had been building for some time but even I had been shocked by the tone of depression and despondency in his voice when he phoned from the Far East the previous summer. The call itself was not a surprise: the news had already broken that MoD weapons expert David Kelly had been found dead.

• Government Itself Won't Swear To Official Theory of 9/11 - While many people question the government's conclusions about 9/11, rest assured that the government agencies tasked with investigating 9/11 are confident that the government's answer to the following questions is correct: (1) How could a rag-tag bunch of hijackers penetrate the strongest military in history and disable normal defensive procedures? (2) How could 3 super-strong, over-engineered buildings become the first modern steel-frame high-rises in history to collapse due to fire, falling at virtually free-fall speed, and exhibiting many indications normally associated with controlled demolition? At least the government itself is confident about the answers to these questions, right? Well, actually...

• ITALY: Tax exposé brings Big Brother to the internet - For a few short hours last week, Italians got the chance to be each other's Big Brother: the government allowed internet viewing of absolutely everyone's tax returns, including those of politicians, soccer players and TV personalities. But the experiment provoked a storm of protests over privacy rights. Frenzied clicking by thousands of Italians clogged the tax agency's website as they checked out the pockets of their favourite star, as well as neighbours, friends and bosses.

• Police locked up wrong man for four days because of name confusion - AN INNOCENT man spent four days in custody in a case of mistaken identity. Mohammed Aslam was moved hundreds of miles to Dundee after being arrested in Leeds on Monday. West Yorkshire cops picked him up on a warrant for another man with the same name and date of birth. It had been issued in Dundee after the other Mohammed Aslam failed to turn up for a preliminary hearing last year. Mohammed was held in Perth Prison until he appeared in Dundee Sheriff Court on Thursday. But he walked free after prosecutors realised they had the wrong man when Tayside Police checked their photo of the accused.

• We're living in a land of ghettos 'bedevilled' by political correctness, warns PD James - Britons are living in segregated ghettos in a culture bedevilled by political correctness, novelist PD James warned yesterday. The celebrated crime author and peer described the country as a fractured society where communities were living in isolation. In a speech on policing in the 21st century, Baroness James, who is a former senior civil servant in the criminal policy department of the Home Office, said, "Our society is now more fractured than I in my long life than I have ever known it.

• Asda gears up for additives battle - Supermarket giant Asda's announcement that it would cut out the 'nasties' from its food promised relief for consumers trying to dodge saturated fats, E-numbers and excess calories. But the decision by the retailer has sparked an ugly legal battle with one of the world's biggest additive manufacturers. Ajinomoto, the largest food producer in Japan, has filed documents with the High Court in London accusing Asda of spreading 'malicious falsehood' over its description of its aspartame sweetener. The claim, which could run into millions of pounds in costs and damages, relates to Asda's 'Good For You' range, which Asda boasts has 'no hidden nasties'. The campaign saw the blacklisted products printed on the packaging: artificial colours, flavours, hydrogenated fat - and aspartame.

• Thousands of elderly abused in care homes - Tens of thousands of vulnerable old people are suffering appalling abuse in homes for the elderly, experts are warning. The first ever audit of calls to England's social care watchdog shows that more than 1,000 were made in just six months by people who suspected their relations or friends were being abused by care workers. Social services chiefs estimate that a further 60,000 "alert calls" are made directly to local councils every year. The Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) has uncovered homes where residents were routinely tied to their beds and chairs, locked up or dragged around by their hair. Some were refused food to punish "bad behaviour", denied trips to the lavatory or stolen from by staff.

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