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Entries from June 2008

George Carlin: Comedian George Carlin Dead

June 22nd, 2008 · No Comments · Post to NewsCloud »

Stand-up comedian George Carlin, whose routine about forbidden words on the airwaves led to a key Supreme Court decision on government broadcast oversight, died of heart failure near Los Angeles. He was 71.
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Tags: usa · society · comedy · obituary · comedian · america · culture · u.s.+news · politics · government · entertainment · death

t r u t h o u t | US General Accuses Bush Administration of War Crimes

June 21st, 2008 · No Comments · Post to NewsCloud »

Maj. Gen. Antonio Taguba (now retired) served as the deputy commanding general for support for the Third Army for ten months in Kuwait during the early days of the Iraq occupation. In a statement released today, he bluntly accuses the Bush administration of war crimes and lays down a challenge for prosecution.
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Tags: bush+administration · culture · constitution · mideast · terrorists · troops · government · supreme+court · open+society · military · two+americas · congress · politics · terrorism · iraq

Mr. Bush v. the Bill of Rights - Editorial - NYTimes.com

June 21st, 2008 · No Comments · Post to NewsCloud »

In the waning months of his tenure, President Bush and his allies are once again trying to scare Congress into expanding the president’s powers to spy on Americans without a court order.
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Tags: bush+administration · fisa · society · constitution · analysis · mideast · spying · america · politics · congress · opinion · supreme+court · culture · government · military

Right Web | Pentagon Reined in Cheney’s Plans for Iran Strikes

June 10th, 2008 · No Comments · Post to NewsCloud »

Pentagon officials firmly opposed a proposal by Vice President Dick Cheney last summer for airstrikes against Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) bases by insisting that the administration would have to make clear decisions about how far the United States would go in escalating the conflict with Iran, according to a former George W. Bush administration […]

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Tags: constitution · bush+administration · pentagon · mideast · analysis · troops · america · government · military · bush · cheney · congress · supreme+court · politics · iraq

Mich. ruling allows K-9 units to sniff without warrant

June 3rd, 2008 · No Comments · Post to NewsCloud »

GENESEE COUNTY, Mich. - Police - or at least K-9 units - now can go sniffing around outside your house even without a warrant.
A recent court ruling said police don’t need a search warrant to take drug-sniffing dogs to the front door of homes, as long as they have a tip there are illegal drugs […]

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Tags: rights · constitution · dog · law+enforcement · rightds · k+9 · society · police · politics · congress · search · supreme+court · culture · government · Uncategorized

Mich. ruling allows K-9 units to sniff without warrant

June 3rd, 2008 · No Comments · Post to NewsCloud »

GENESEE COUNTY, Mich. - Police - or at least K-9 units - now can go sniffing around outside your house even without a warrant.
A recent court ruling said police don’t need a search warrant to take drug-sniffing dogs to the front door of homes, as long as they have a tip there are illegal drugs […]

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Tags: rights · constitution · dog · law+enforcement · rightds · k+9 · society · police · politics · congress · search · supreme+court · culture · government · Uncategorized