http://www.congresscheck.com What are your government officials doing? Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:09:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Steve Watson / Infowars.net | July 4, 2008 Congressman Ron Paul quoted French poet Victor Hugo in describing his new campaign for liberty stressing that “armies cannot stop an idea whose time has come.” The 2008 presidential candidate spoke exclusively to the Alex Jones show yesterday and described in detail how he ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/04/ron-paul-armies-cannot-stop-an-idea-whose-time-has-come/ Think Progress | July 4, 2008 In April, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) waived at least 30 key environmental laws and regulations it claimed were impeding the completion of 670 miles of border fence. Environmental groups subsequently protested the decision. Border residents have sued DHS for “hoodwink[ing] landowners into waiving their ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/04/chertoff-ignored-epa%e2%80%99s-warnings-in-order-to-build-bush%e2%80%99s-border-fence/ AP | July 4, 2008 The Pentagon has extended the tour of 2,200 Marines in Afghanistan, after insisting for months the unit would come home on time. The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, which is doing combat operations in the volatile south, will stay an extra 30 days and come home in early ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/04/pentagon-extends-tour-of-marines-in-afghanistan/ You Tube | July 4, 2008 1776… A declaration of Independence against the British power. 1976… A toast to the Queen, a parasitic leader who thinks she owns the world Another testament to how far we’ve gone from liberty and how deeply we’ve descended into tyranny. Some 32 years ago, Queen Elizabeth II made ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/04/1776-1976-queen-elizabeth-toasted-on-july-4th-bicentennial/ Bill Van Auken / WSWS.org | July 4, 2008 The embrace of key elements of the Republican agenda and jettisoning of positions that he advanced during his “Change you can believe in” primary campaign have become a daily routine, as the Democratic Party’s presumptive presidential candidate Barack Obama carries out a ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/04/obama-on-iraq-no-to-change/ Glenn Kessler / Washington Post | July 4, 2008 Government workers repeatedly snooped without authorization inside the electronic passport records of entertainers, athletes and other high-profile Americans, a State Department audit has found. One celebrity’s records were breached 356 times by more than six dozen people. The audit, by State’s inspector general, ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/04/state-dept-audit-finds-passport-snooping-was-frequent/ Muriel Kane / Raw Story | July 4, 2008 Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) has been at the forefront of the attempt to push for the impeachment of President George W. Bush and last month presented 35 articles of impeachment to Congress. Now Kucinich has released an Independence Day message which invokes the ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/04/kucinich%e2%80%99s-july-4th-message-help-me-restore-%e2%80%98rule-of-law-in-america%e2%80%99/ Kurt Nimmo Infowars July 4, 2008 According to the Chicago Sun-Times, the FBI will dispatch “hundreds” of agents during the DNC “to gather intelligence on possible terrorist activity.” It apparently does not matter there is “no word on any terrorist threats to the convention, but the FBI is taking no chances.” The FBI ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/04/fbi-agents-to-converge-on-dnc/ Raw Story | July 4, 2008 President Bush delivered a July 4th address before a naturalization ceremony for new citizens at Thomas Jefferson’s home of Monticello that was repeatedly interrupted by protesters who called out “war criminal” and “impeach Bush.” According to news accounts, “shouts from protesters were heard during Bush’s remarks,” ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/04/protesters-disrupt-bush%e2%80%99s-july-4th-address-at-monticello/ Stephen C. Webster / Raw Story | July 4, 2008 The United States Government’s Agriculture department recently claimed that the production of biofuels, or plant-based gas for use in combustion engines, has contributed a mere 3 percent to the growing cost of food worldwide. However, a leaked report from the World ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/04/biofuels-the-source-of-world-food-crisis-leaked-report/ George Washington’s Blog | July 4, 2008 You may have heard that the Energy Task Force chaired by Dick Cheney prior to 9/11 collected maps of Iraqi oil, Saudi and United Arab Emerates fields and potential suitors for that oil. And you might have heard that the oil bigs attended the ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/04/cheney-and-the-oil-bigs-planned-us-war-policy-before-911/ Nick Juliano / Raw Story | July 4, 2008 After more than a week of growing criticism of his support for a flawed surveillance bill, Barack Obama quietly responded late Thursday evening. He’s not likely to quell his growing cadre of critics. In a blog response posted just before 5 p.m. headed ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/04/activist-obama-defense-of-fisa-support-a-%e2%80%99stiff-arm%e2%80%99-to-constitution/ Chua Baizhen / Reuters | July 4, 2008 Oil took a breather above $145 a barrel on Friday a day after tensions between Iran and Israel prompted traders to stock up on oil ahead of the Independence Day long weekend, sending futures to an all-time peak. U.S. crude oil inched down 6 ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/04/oil-pauses-near-record-over-145-us-holiday-ahead/ Heather Langan / Bloomberg | July 4, 2008 Iran will view an attack on its nuclear facilities as an act of war and will respond, the head of the country’s Revolutionary Guard Corps said. “Any act on Iran will be considered the start of war,” General Mohammad Ali Jaafari told reporters yesterday ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/04/iran-says-attack-on-atomic-sites-to-be-start-of-war%e2%80%99/ Paul Joseph Watson / Prison Planet | July 4, 2008 The prospect of cops forcibly jabbing a needle into your arm and taking a blood sample on the side of a highway in suspected DWI cases is perhaps the most egregious portend of police state America in history, but one Texas ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/04/texas-lawyer-takes-on-bloodthirsty-cops/ CBC News | July 3, 2008 A drug commonly used to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity (ADHD) disorder in children, teens and adults has been linked to numerous adverse reactions, including suicide attempts, Health Canada has warned. In its adverse reactions newsletter from July 2008, the health agency warns that Atomoxetine (Strattera), a selective ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/04/adhd-drug-linked-to-suicide-attempts-health-canada/ Janine Zacharia / Bloomberg | July 4, 2008 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said she’s “proud” of the U.S. decision to wage the Iraq war and insisted that the world is not more dangerous than it was when George W. Bush took office. “We’re now beginning to see that perhaps it’s not ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/04/condoleezza-rice-says-she%e2%80%99s-proud%e2%80%99-of-decision-to-invade-iraq/ Richard Gould / Hickory Record | July 4, 2008 HICKORY — On this Fourth of July holiday, the Highway Patrol will be out in force to keep North Carolina’s roads safe. Sgt. B.K. Sharpe, of the Catawba district, confirmed the Highway Patrol will be running saturation patrols, checking stations and using light ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/04/highway-patrol-steps-up-surveillance/ Press TV | June 3, 2008 In an interview with the Saudi Arabian newspaper Okaz, Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu stressed the right of every Islamic country to use nuclear technology for peaceful purposes and said the OIC’s stance toward Iran’s nuclear program is clear. He also criticized the double standards employed by the world’s ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/04/oic-warns-against-attack-on-iran/ Youtube | July 4, 2008 Alex is joined by Texas Congressman Ron Paul to talk about what his plans are following a presidential candidacy that launched a phenomenal nationwide grass roots movement. WATCH ALEX JONES’ ENDGAME ONLINE NOW in its entirety. View more High quality trailers at www.endgamethemovie.com http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/04/ron-paul-on-the-alex-jones-show%e2%80%9dwe-must-press-on%e2%80%9d/ Aamer Madhani / Chicago Tribune | July 4, 2008 The words Wednesday from Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, were notable for their blunt pragmatism: An Israeli airstrike on Iran would be high-risk and could further destabilize the region, leading to political and economic chaos. On Iran’s western ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/04/military-chief-warns-against-striking-iran/ Jason Leopold The Public Record July 04, 2008 Two years before the invasion of Iraq, oil executives and foreign policy advisers told the Bush administration that the United States would remain “a prisoner of its energy dilemma” as long as Saddam Hussein was in power. That April 2001 report, “Strategic Policy Challenges for the ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/04/eager-to-tap-iraq%e2%80%99s-oil-industry-execs-suggested-military-intervention/ Amir Oren Haaretz July 4, 2008 Iran is likely to launch ballistic missiles against Israel and the United States and the NATO alliance should prepare for it, was the warning issued earlier this week by Admiral James Winnefeld, commander of the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean. In recent years, the missile boats of ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/04/us-admiral-iran-strike-on-israel-%e2%80%98likely%e2%80%99/ 911 Blogger | July 3, 2008 The Corbett Report has just released a two-part documentary as a rebuttal to Chomsky’s infamous 9/11 comments. These videos seek to expose the nonsensical and contradictory arguments Chomsky makes in trying to discredit 9/11 Truth. The documentary is intended to be an activist tool for ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/03/rebuttal-of-noam-chomsky%e2%80%99s-911-comments/ YouTube July 3, 2008       Part 1     Part 2     Part 3   WATCH ALEX JONES’ ENDGAME ONLINE NOW in its entirety. View more High quality trailers at www.endgamethemovie.com http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/03/ron-paul-on-the-alex-jones-show-july-3-2008/ PrisonPlanet.tv | July 3, 2008 3:30 PM CST Yes, ladies and gentlemen, in sneak attack fashion, we’ve launched Alex Jones’ latest film ‘The 9/11 Chronicles Part One: Truth Rising‘ early to strike a blow to the New World Order in time for the July 4th anniversary. Just as America’s founding fathers did, ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/03/infoweapons-away-truth-rising-is-live/ Truth Wire | June 3, 2008 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 7/3/2008 TruthWire The Nation’s Deathbed - A new Canadian Independent Documentary Film about the Security and Prosperity Agreement. This Nation’s Deathbed exposes the SPP Summit and the protests of Montebello Quebec held in summer of 2007. The film offers the best ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/03/the-nation%e2%80%99s-deathbed-a-new-canadian-independent-documentary-film-about-the-security-and-prosperity-agreement/ Your New Reality | June 3, 2008 Watch this video (again) the next time you think you might actually be getting stupider. Le Lune! Le Lune! Christ, how did this guy manage to climb onto the stool? How does the host manage to hold himself back from shouting obscenities? The audience were no ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/03/yes-the-world-is-getting-dumber/ Kris Alingod / All Headline News | July 3, 2008 Washington, D.C. (AHN) - President George Bush said on Wednesday that he is planning to fly more troops to Afghanistan in spite of the increasing violence in the Islamic nation. “It has been a tough month in Afghanistan, but it’s also been ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/03/us-to-increase-troops-in-afghanistan/ Aamer Madhani / Herald Sun | July 4, 2008 AMERICA’S top military officer has issued a blunt warning against attacking Iran’s nuclear facilities. He also said he was increasingly concerned about the rising violence in Afghanistan. Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said any air strike on Iran would ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/03/mullen-strike-by-united-states-on-iran-risks-mayhem/ After Dawn | July 3, 2008 A US District Court Judge Louis L. Stanton has ruled that Google must turn over to Viacom logs showing what videos have been watched on YouTube and when. The information will include login names and IP addresses for the viewers. Viacom is suing the search ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/03/judge-tells-youtube-to-turn-over-viewing-logs-to-viacom/ AFP | July 3, 2008 The United States on Thursday formally submitted a sanctions resolution in the UN Security Council that would target Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and 11 of his aides. US Ambassador to the UN Zalmay Khalilzad told reporters here that he hoped that the text, which would also impose ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/03/us-submits-zimbabwe-sanctions-resolution-at-un/ Ron Paul Ron Paul’s Campaign for Liberty June 3, 2008 The following statement is written by Congressman Paul about the pending financial disaster. He will introduce this statement as a special order and insert it into the Congressional Record next week. Fortunately, we have the opportunity to debut it first on the Campaign ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/03/something-big-is-going-on/ Youtube | July 3, 2008 Prior to 9/11, the poppy production levels in Afghanistan were at a low and many of the Taliban were against heroin and the opium poppies. However, since U.S. forces entered after 9/11, the poppy crop has skyrocketed. The UN has reported that the six-year boom has lead ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/03/the-post-911-afghan-heroin-explosion/ Mike Finch / American Free Press | July 3, 2008 A British defense think tank predicts possible “key risks and shocks” for the future in a recently released report. The report predicts microchip brain implants, flash-bombs, Marxist middle-class revolutionaries, extreme globalization and more, all likely within 30 years. The “source document for ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/03/uk-report-predicts-brain-implants-revolution/ Jeff Poor / Business & Media Institute | July 3, 2008 The consequences of a military attack on Iran to thwart its nuclear intentions could have a devastating economic impact. NBC News chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel warned on the July 1 “NBC Nightly News” an attack by Israel could send oil ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/03/nbc-news-oil-to-300-400-a-barrel-if-iran-attacked/ P.O.T.U.S | July 3, 2008 It’s time to get mad and put the Austin Police Department in their place. They are now planning to pull you over, and if they suspect you’ve been drinking, the police will stick a needle in your arm, and take your blood without a warrant. You cannot ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/03/opinion-austin-it%e2%80%99s-time-to-rise-up/ Mail Online June 3, 2004 Editor’s note: More propaganda, dressed up as a boondoggle, to get you to believe there will be “climate change” refugees.   The Lilypad has been designed by award-winning Belgian architect Vincent Callebaut who says the ‘ecopolis’ offers a long term solution to the looming problem of ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/03/the-floating-cities-that-could-one-day-house-climate-change-refugees/ Paul Joseph Watson / Prison Planet | July 3, 2008 The U.S. government continually claims that it does not torture people, yet it admits to using “waterboarding” as a method of interrogation. If there was ever a debate about whether or not waterboarding was a form of torture then it has ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/03/the-debate-is-over-waterboarding-is-torture/ David Edwards and Muriel Kane / Raw Story | July 3, 2008 Texas law enforcement officials have the right to take blood samples from suspected drunk drivers, even against their will. However, one Dallas-area lawyer argues that the procedure is illegal when the blood is drawn by police officers instead of ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/03/texas-lawyer-police-taking-blood-for-dwi-cases-is-illegal/ Jason Leopold / Online Journal | July 3, 2008 Two years before the invasion of Iraq, oil executives and foreign policy advisers told the Bush administration that the United States would remain “a prisoner of its energy dilemma” as long as Saddam Hussein was in power. That April 2001 report, “Strategic Policy ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/03/iraq-oil-deals-fulfill-cheney%e2%80%99s-goals/ Jan Crawford Greenburg ABC News June 3, 2008 President Bush will soon decide whether to close Guantanamo Bay as a prison for al-Qaeda suspects, sources tell ABC News. High-level discussions among top advisers have escalated in the past week, with the most senior administration officials in continuous talks about the future of the ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/03/bush-to-close-guantanamo/ Sharon L. Lynch Bloombereg June 3, 2008 New foreclosures almost quadrupled in Los Angeles and doubled in Miami in the second quarter, with as much as $5 billion worth of loans going bad in L.A. alone, the online real estate data company PropertyShark.com reported. The number of homes scheduled for auction in Los Angeles ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/03/la-miami-home-foreclosure-rates-more-than-double/ AFP June 3, 2008 US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said here on Thursday that the US economy would most likely be stronger at the end of 2008, even as oil prices surged to new records above 146 dollars. “I think there is a very strong possibility that we will be growing at the ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/03/paulson-says-us-economy-set-to-strengthen/ Pablo Gorondi Associated Press June 3, 2008 Oil prices briefly soared to a record near $146 a barrel Thursday, then eased when the European Central Bank did not signal more rate hikes and a report showed unemployment in the United States has continued to climb. Earlier in the session, prices were lifted to new ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/03/oil-hits-new-record-above-145/ Steven Higgs / Counterpunch | July 1, 2008 The day after John McCain flew to Canada to glorify the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), 73-year-old Rosie Edwards repeatedly laughed about her flood-ravaged home in Martinsville, Ind. “I’ve cried all I can cry,” the grandmother of 55 grand and great-grandchildren said on ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/02/fighting-the-nafta-super-highway/ John Mooney / NJ Star-Ledger | July 02, 2008 As chairman of the national 9/11 commission, former Gov. Thomas Kean has gone before the president, Congress and other powerful dignitaries with lessons of Sept. 11. Yesterday, Kean spoke to an ar guably more-influential audience when he shared many of those same lessons ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/02/teachers-get-guidance-on-how-to-relay-the-lessons-of-sept-11/ Scott Shane / IHT | July 2, 2008 WASHINGTON: The military trainers who came to Guantánamo Bay in December 2002 based an entire interrogation class on a chart showing the effects of “coercive management techniques” for possible use on prisoners, including “sleep deprivation,” “prolonged constraint,” and “exposure.” What the trainers did not ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/02/china-inspired-interrogations-at-guantanamo/ MASSIMO CALABRESI / TIME | July 1, 2008 Which is closer to dying: Osama bin Laden or the CIA’s effort to catch him? Nothing has characterized the fruitlessness of the hunt for the al-Qaeda leader so much as the recurrent — and mostly inaccurate — reports that he is seriously ailing, ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/02/is-osama-bin-laden-dying-%e2%80%a6-again/ NY Times | July 1, 2008 Did Bear Stearns melt down — or was it murdered? That is one of the big questions that Bryan Burrough, who co-wrote the best-selling 1990 book “Barbarians at the Gate,” tries to answer in a lengthy article in the August Vanity Fair magazine. Mr. Burrough spoke with ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/02/what-really-killed-bear-stearns/ Daniel Taylor / Old-Thinker News | July 1, 2008 In 1954 the Reece Committee, chaired by Carroll B. Reece, produced its findings regarding the influence of tax-exempt foundations in the field of education.* The report also briefly mentions their influence in politics, propaganda, social sciences and international affairs. The Rockefeller Foundation, ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/02/the-reece-committee-social-science-as-a-tool-for-control/ Brian Heater / Extreme Tech | July 1, 2008 From its Texas Rangers to its enthusiastic take on the death penalty, the Lone Star State has long been known for its aggressive stance on law enforcement. Thanks to a strange new law, it’s a sting that may soon be felt by ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/02/texas-pc-repair-now-requires-pi-license/ ABC Australia | July 2, 2008 Five years after the US-led coalition stormed into Iraq there is set to be another western invasion. This time it is the world’s biggest oil companies leading the charge, 36 years after Saddam Hussein kicked them out. The oil giants are seeking access to Iraq’s rich crude ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/02/oil-majors-to-lead-another-iraq-invasion/ Think Progress | July 2, 2008 Earlier this week, in an article called “Preparing the Battlefield,” the New Yorker’s Seymour Hersh reported that late last year, “Congress agreed to a request from President Bush to fund a major escalation of covert operations against Iran.” On MSNBC today, Andrea Mitchell asked Hersh ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/02/hersh-cheney-%e2%80%98privately%e2%80%99-says-he-prefers-us-%e2%80%94-not-israel-%e2%80%94-strike-iran-because-%e2%80%98we%e2%80%99ll-get-blamed-anyway%e2%80%99/ AFP | July 2, 2008 Any military attack on Iran would have a “catastrophic” effect on the Middle East, a Russian foreign ministry official said Wednesday after reports that Israel might launch such an attack. “All this is very dangerous. If force is used it will be catastrophic for the whole Middle ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/02/military-strike-on-iran-would-be-%e2%80%98catastrophic%e2%80%99-russian-ministry/ Paul Joseph Watson / Prison Planet | July 2, 2008 Hundreds of police, firefighters, paramedics and utility workers have been trained and recently dispatched as “Terrorism Liaison Officers” in Colorado, Arizona and California to watch for “suspicious activity” which is later fed into a secret government database. According to a Denver Post ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/02/utility-workers-hired-as-stasi-informants-in-colorado-california-arizona/ TruthAlliance.net | July 2, 2008 We Are Change Colorado has now become aware that another group, Unconventional Action, is planning on being violent at the DNC protests. Violence is a broad term. Some argue that property damage is violent, others might tell you it sends a message. To ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/02/provocateurs-planning-violence-at-dnc/ Paul Craig Roberts / Lew Rockwell.com | July 2, 2008 Which country is the rogue nation? Iraq? Iran? Or the United States? Syndicated columnist Charley Reese asks this question in a recently published article. Reese notes that it is the US that routinely commits “acts of aggression around the globe.” The US ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/02/we-the-salt-of-the-earth-take-precedence/ The Spoof | July 1, 2008 WASHINGTON D.C.- On the heels of it’s recent decision in favor of an individual’s right to keep and bear arms, the United States Supreme Court handed down yet another landmark ruling today in the case of Alex Jones Vs. The City of Austin. In a 5-3 ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/01/alex-jones-triumphs-as-supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-first-amendment/ Former US national security adviser Anthony Lake is one of many high powered advisers on Obama’s ‘Senior Working Group on National Security‘ which he officially rolled out June 18. READ MORE: Obama’s National Security Group Teaming With Globalists Daniel Dombey and Edward Luce / FT.com | July 1, 2008 The prospect of a ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/01/obama-camp-signals-robust-approach-on-iran/ AFP | July 1, 2008 An appeals court Tuesday gave former New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) chief Richard Grasso a total victory Tuesday, dismissing all claims seeking reimbursement of a contested 100-million-dollar severance payout. A mid-level appeals court in Albany, New York, said the state attorney general’s authority ended when the NYSE ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/01/ex-nyse-chief-can-keep-100-million-dollar-payout-court/ Nick Langewis / Raw Story | July 1, 2008 The infamous “free speech zone,” set to make a comeback at Denver’s upcoming Democratic National Convention, needs to be within earshot of delegates, a coalition of civil liberties advocates backed by the ACLU said Monday. Chain link fencing or chicken wire at the ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/01/aclu-prepares-lawsuit-against-denver-dnc-plans-for-%e2%80%98free-speech-zone%e2%80%99/ FT.com | July 1, 2008 Disunity and recrimination marked the start of France’s European Union presidency on Tuesday as Nicolas Sarkozy exchanged accusations with the European Commission over world trade talks. The French president denounced Peter Mandelson, EU trade commissioner, in a television interview on Monday evening for allegedly selling out EU ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/01/discord-marks-eu-power-handover/ Andrew Jack / FT.com | July 1, 2008 GlaxoSmithKline, the UK-based pharmaceutical company, is unlikely to receive US approval for its key cervical cancer vaccine until 2010 at the earliest, under a new timetable it released yesterday. After requests for fresh information on Cervarix from the Food & Drug Administration in December, ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/01/us-delay-on-gsk-cancer-vaccine/ Maggie Fox / Reuters | July 1, 2008 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The “spiritual” effects of psilocybin from so-called sacred mushrooms last for more than a year and may offer a way to help patients with fatal diseases or addictions, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday. The researchers also said their findings show there ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/01/study-shows-%e2%80%9cspiritual%e2%80%9d-effects-of-mushrooms-last-a-year/ Infowars.com | July 1, 2008 ON THE GROUND in New York City, millions of people walking around in the post-9/11 world can never forget what happened in their city. Looking into lower Manhattan from the Brooklyn bridge, the skyline is tangibly void– still quite empty from the towers that once dominated ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/01/a-closer-look-at-truth-rising-scenes-from-a-peaceful-revolution/ Local 6 | July 1, 2008 SANFORD, Fla. — Families in a crime-ridden Central Florida neighborhood are arming themselves with shotguns and talking about adding electric barbed wire to stop thieves targeting their homes. “Somebody is going to end up getting hurt,” resident Andrea Fine said. “The homeowners are tense. We are ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/01/fed-up-families-turn-to-barbed-wire-shotguns-to-police-neighborhood/ Press TV | June 30, 2008 Iran has announced it will begin to allow foreign firms to purchase Iranian state-run companies, with the possibility of obtaining full ownership. Iran will allow foreign companies and nationals to purchase unlimited shares of state-run enterprises which are in the process of being sold off, ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/01/iran-to-allow-100-foreign-ownership-2/ Press TV | June 30, 2008 Iran has announced it will begin to allow foreign firms to purchase Iranian state-run companies, with the possibility of obtaining full ownership. Iran will allow foreign companies and nationals to purchase unlimited shares of state-run enterprises which are in the process of being sold off, ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/01/iran-to-allow-100-foreign-ownership/ Steve Watson & Paul Watson / Infowars.net | July 1, 2008 Award-winning journalist Seymour Hersh has detailed a move ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/01/reporter-details-congressionally-approved-covert-funding-of-terrorists-in-iran-2/ Steve Watson & Paul Watson / Infowars.net | July 1, 2008 Award-winning journalist Seymour Hersh has detailed a move ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/01/reporter-details-congressionally-approved-covert-funding-of-terrorists-in-iran/ AFP | July 1, 2008 Mongolian President Nambariin Enkhbayar late Tuesday declared a four-day state of emergency amid violent protests in the capital over alleged rigged elections, according to national television. The decision was announced at 11:30 pm (1530 GMT) on national television. “From 11:30 pm on Tuesday there will be a four-day ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/01/mongolian-president-declares-state-of-emergency/ Later today, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) will embark on a trip to South America, where he will stop in Cartagena, Colombia to meet with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe. But as he prepares to leave, focus is shifting to the long standing business and political ties between the country and McCain’s ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/01/mccain-heads-to-colombia-where-his-top-strategist-has-lobbying-ties/ Think Progress | July 1, 2008 On his “Hannity’s America” show on Sunday, Fox News host Sean Hannity brought on former Judge Advocate General (JAG) Kyndra Miller Rotunda, who has publicly blasted the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on Guantanamo as one that “puts soldiers at great risk.” Rotunda and Hannity attempted ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/01/fox-news-guest-gitmo-%e2%80%98more-like-a-boy-scout-camp-than-a-prison-camp%e2%80%99/ Robert Parry / Consortium News | June 30, 2008 As historians ponder George W. Bush’s disastrous presidency, they may wonder how Republicans perfected a propaganda system that could fool tens of millions of Americans, intimidate Democrats, and transform the vaunted Washington press corps from watchdogs to lapdogs. To understand this extraordinary development, ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/01/iran-contra%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98lost-chapter%e2%80%99/ Michael Kamber/ IHT | July 1, 2008 Baghdad - Dawoud Ameen, a former Iraqi soldier, lay in bed, his shattered legs splayed before him, worrying about the rent for his family of five. Ameen’s legs were shredded by shrapnel from a roadside bomb in September 2006 and now, like many wounded members ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/01/wounded-iraqi-forces-say-they%e2%80%99ve-been-abandoned/ Nicole C. Wong / Boston Globe | July 1, 2008 The Transportation Security Administration said yesterday it will beef up screening at Boston’s Logan International Airport with better X-ray machines to check carry-on bags and full-body scanners that can see through clothing to detect whether travelers are concealing objects. The TSA plans ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/01/logan-will-install-body-scanners/ AFP | July 1, 2008 Americans are the world’s top consumers of cannabis and cocaine despite punitive US drug laws, according to an international study published in the online scientific magazine PLoS Medicine. The study, released Monday, revealed that 16.2 percent of Americans had tried cocaine at least once, and 42.4 percent ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/01/americans-are-world%e2%80%99s-top-drug-users-study/ AFP | June 30, 2008 The White House declined to comment Monday on a news report that US lawmakers last year approved 400 million dollars to ramp up covert operations in Iran to undermine Tehran’s leadership. “I couldn’t comment either way,” spokeswoman Dana Perino said after The New Yorker magazine reported tat ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/01/white-house-mum-on-alleged-coverts-ops-in-iran/ Stephen C. Webster / Raw Story | June 30, 2008 According to a new report by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, presumptive GOP presidential nominee John McCain considered taking a one-term pledge at the outset of his campaign. In January, during a Q&A held in a small New Hampshire town, a woman asked John ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/01/report-mccain-considering-one-term-pledge/ David Edwards / Raw Story | July 1, 2008 John McCain has claimed that the 2008 election “is about trust and trusting people’s word … Senator Obama’s word cannot be trusted.” Keith Olbermann asks if the American people trust someone who has flip flopped on so many issues. He then goes ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/01/olbermann-airs-extensive-list-of-mccain-flip-flops/ Paul Joseph Watson / Prison Planet.com | July 1, 2008 Alex Jones’ 9/11 Chronicles Part One: Truth Rising is more than a rollercoaster adventure through the various expressions of the 9/11 truth movement, it pays homage to a form of direct activism that has corrupt politicians scuttling for cover across the ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/01/truth-rising-the-blueprint-for-change/ Joby Warrick / Washington Post | July 1, 2008 A former CIA operative who says he tried to warn the agency about faulty intelligence on Iraqi weapons programs now contends that CIA officials also ignored evidence that Iran had suspended work on a nuclear bomb. The onetime undercover agent, who has been ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/07/01/ex-agent-says-cia-ignored-iran-facts/ Black Voices | June 30, 2008 In a 2006 cover story, Time magazine asked that question. For most Americans, the answer is straightforward: We decide who gets to stay. But millions of illegal immigrants think they have a “human right” to sneak across the border or overstay their visa. In separate appearances ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/06/30/both-candidates-telling-immigrants-mi-casa-su-casa/ PRNewswire | June 30, 2008 WASHINGTON - PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX - Following the debate on immigration reform that John McCain had with himself at today’s meeting of the National Association of Latino Elected Officials, the Democratic National Committee released a new web video called “McCain vs. McCain: Immigration Reform.” During this ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/06/30/mccain-vs-mccain-immigration-reform/ AFP | June 30, 2008 A Saudi national suspected of leading Al-Qaeda in the Gulf was Monday charged by the Pentagon with organizing some 40 attacks including the October 2000 attack on the US navy destroyer USS Cole. Abdel Rahim al-Nashiri, currently a prisoner at the US detention center at Guantanamo Bay, ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/06/30/us-charges-suspected-uss-cole-attacker/ AMY WESTFELDT / Associated Press | June 30, 2008 NEW YORK - The World Trade Center’s owner on Monday proposed scrapping the schedule and budget for the prolonged rebuilding of the site of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, saying nearly every project is delayed and over budget and that previous estimates ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/06/30/agency-wants-to-throw-out-wtc-rebuilding-schedule/ Khody Akhavi / Asia Times | June 30, 2008 WASHINGTON - For China these days it seems that nothing - not rising energy prices; not sanctions aimed at its more unsavory business partners, Myanmar and Sudan; not even the prospect of a nuclear Iran - can curb its thirst for oil. ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/06/30/us-and-china-go-bump-in-the-middle-east/ William J Astore / Asia Times | June 30, 2008 Recently, while I was on a visit to Salon.com, my computer screen momentarily went black. A glitch? A power surge? No, it was a pop-up ad for the US Air Force, warning me that an enemy cyber attack could come at ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/06/30/uncle-sam%e2%80%99s-cyber-force-wants-you/ David Hirst / The Age | June 30, 2008 IMAGINE the Reserve Bank of Australia, concerned that its friends in the city of Sydney (but perhaps Melbourne) who, having wallowed in wealth all their adult lives, were no longer gainfully employable and their wildly extravagant lifestyles were in danger, and, having ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/06/30/imf-finally-knocks-on-uncle-sam%e2%80%99s-door/ LabourParty.org | June 30, 2008 I am very pleased to be able to offer news of a Labour MP telling the truth for a change. The member for Leyton and Wanstead in London’s East End sets out the following: - How unpopular the British presence in Basra is - More Government lies - US attempts ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/06/30/labour-mp-admits-usuk-stealing-the-oil-and-fomenting-civil-war-in-iraq/ AFP | June 30, 2008 Iraq said on Monday it has failed to sign technical support agreements with global oil majors which were aimed at helping boost the war-torn country’s oil production. Iraq is negotiating with Shell, BP, ExxonMobil, Chevron and Total, and a consortium of other smaller oil companies, Oil Minister ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/06/30/iraq-fails-to-sign-contracts-with-global-oil-majors/ Existentialist Cowboy | June 30, 2008 Calling a Republican a liar is redundant. It’s known by definition. As Will Rogers said of a New Deal plan to ‘teach hogs birth control’, it’s become a habit with them. McCain’s pathology is different. He’s thin-skinned, hot-tempered and out of control. McCain cannot be ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/06/30/john-mccain-is-an-unstable-hot-headed-liar-unfit-to-be-president/ Kurt Nimmo Infowars June 30, 2008 In post-9/11 America, the exercise of free speech is relegated to government mandated "free speech zones" and to insist the whole of the country is a free speech zone casts one in dark suspicion along with the likes Osama and the manufactured enemies ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/06/30/truth-rising-an-answer-to-the-lies-of-the-global-elite/ Martha Raddatz / ABC News | June 30, 2008 The Pentagon has drafted a secret plan that would send U.S. special forces into the wild tribal regions of Pakistan to capture or kill Osama bin Laden and his top lieutenants, but the White House has balked at giving the mission a ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/06/30/is-white-house-blocking-search-for-bin-laden/ Dan Goodin / The Register | June 4, 2008 Sweden is on the verge of passing a far-reaching wiretapping program that would greatly expand the government’s spying capabilities by permitting it to monitor all email and telephone traffic coming in and out of the country. So far, hacks from the mainstream Swedish ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/06/30/worlddog-ignores-sweden%e2%80%99s-draconian-wiretap-bill/ Spengler / Asia Times | July 1, 2008 The oil price has doubled in the past year because the US Federal Reserve panicked over risks to the over-leveraged financial system and flooded markets with excess liquidity. The world is willing to pay arbitrarily high prices to hedge against inflation, but the ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/06/30/how-to-stop-the-great-crash-of-%e2%80%9808/ AP | June 30, 2008 The most powerful atom-smasher ever built could make some bizarre discoveries after it is switched on in August. But some critics fear the Large Hadron Collider could exceed physicists’ wildest conjectures. WATCH ALEX JONES’ ENDGAME ONLINE NOW in its entirety. View more High quality trailers at www.endgamethemovie.com ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/06/30/scientists-atom-smasher-won%e2%80%99t-bring-armageddon/ Sam Greenhill / UK Daily Mail | June 30, 2008 Mercury fillings given to millions of Britons every year can be dangerous, the world’s biggest health regulator has warned. Simply chewing could release harmful mercury vapour from the fillings which could be breathed into the lungs, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/06/30/mercury-fillings-are-dangerous-say-regulators-but-british-health-bosses-still-refuse-to-take-action/ Cory Doctorow / Boing Boing | June 30, 2008 Reid sez, “I, unfortunately, have an AT&T cell phone. I check my bill every few weeks. Today, I went to log in, and was greeted by a terrific new advertisement for their online billing system. It’s as if their marketing department thinks ... http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/06/30/att-billing-site-makes-jokes-about-company%e2%80%99s-participation-in-warrantless-wiretapping/