Goldstone co-author: The court of world opinion is determined to see the report prevail

Goldstone co-author: The court of world opinion is determined to see the report prevail
by Philip Weiss

Hanan Chehata of Middle East Monitor goes to Dublin to interview Desmond Travers, the retired Irish colonel who was one of the authors of the Goldstone Report. The money:
The best statement I can make about that is the one that Richard Goldstone made when an American spokesperson for the State Department said it was a very biased, flawed report and he said to them by way of response, “Show us where the bias is and where the flaw is and we’ll do our best to correct it.” That invitation stands. I have subsequently issued the same invitation in a Dutch newspaper and elsewhere; so far, no substantive critique of the report has been received.

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Taxi drivers ordered to remove the Cross of St George from their cabs

Taxi drivers ordered to remove the Cross of St George from their cabs

Over at the Express, a really quite disgraceful story. Apparently, taxi passengers in Southampton had complained foreign drivers could not understand English. So a group of drivers put St George’s Cross stickers in their cars, bearing the slogan “English Speaking Driver”.
Southampton Council has called them racists, and said that they will remove their licences.

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We Don’t Need A State

We Don’t Need A State

Many people ask, “But how in the world could a laissez-faire society deal with aggression by foreign nations, since it would have no government to protect it?” Behind this question are two unrealized assumptions: first, that government is some sort of extra-societal entity with resources of its own – resources which can only be tapped for defense by the action of government – and, second, that government does, in fact, defend its citizens.

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Members of Congress Seeking To Gut The First Amendment

Members of Congress Seeking To Gut The First Amendment

In response to the Supreme Court’s ruling in Citizens United, several Democrats on Capitol Hill are advocating a Constitutional Amendment: Democrats in Congress want to amend the U.S. Constitution to say free speech does not extend to corporations in response to the Supreme Court’s decision allowing freer corporate spending in political campaigns.

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EU blasts Sweden over failure to store data on people’s phone calls, email…

EU blasts Sweden over failure to store data on people’s phone calls, email…

by Peter Vinthagen Simpson The European Court of Justice has told Sweden that it must implement a 2006 measure requiring telecom operators to store information about their customers’ phone calls and emails.The European Union directive, known as the Data Retention Directive, was approved by Brussels in March 2006, but Sweden has yet to implement the measure.

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GA Senate Passes Bill Opposing Involuntary Microchips

1984, Big Brother, Georgia State Senate, Microchips, RFID, Surveillance, Victory Against Big Brother

A bill that prohibits microchips from being involuntarily implanted in humans overwhelmingly passed the State Senate today.The Senate bill that passed today would outlaw placing microchips under a persons skin without their consent. (photo fromhttp://www.smartplanet.com)The bill would outlaw placing sensors, transmitters or other micro devices under a persons skin without their consent.

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