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• Homeless Man Choked to Death by Store Manager for Stealing Toothpaste

  By The Red Phoenix on January 18, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  CVS – the once thought of drug and convenience store will now be known as the store that defends its manager’s rights to kill shoplifters…even those that are caught taking a single tube of toothpaste. Death for toothpaste. Would anyone ever exchange… Read More ›

• Al Qaeda’s enemy in Mali, friend in Syria, and air force in Libya

  By The Red Phoenix on January 18, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  By Stephen Gowans New York Times reporters Mark Mazzetti and Eric Schmitt, writing on January 16 about the “hazy threat from Mali militants,” note that, “The group most worrisome to American officials is Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, which… Read More ›

• Video: Saudi-Backed Terrorists in Syria Declare War on NATO-Backed Terrorists in Syria

  By The Red Phoenix on January 17, 2013 • ( 0 )

• King: I Have a Dream. Obama: I Have a Drone.

  By The Red Phoenix on January 17, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  by Norman Solomon A simple twist of fate has set President Obama’s second Inaugural Address for January 21, the same day as the Martin Luther King Jr. national holiday. Obama made no mention of King during the Inauguration four years ago… Read More ›

• After 19 years behind bars, man sues Chicago police for framing him

  By The Red Phoenix on January 16, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  After nearly two decades of imprisonment for a murder he didn’t commit, a Chicago man says he was framed by a group of policemen who bribed court witnesses to go along with their story and has filed a lawsuit against… Read More ›

• Laws urged to curb snooping by drones

  By The Red Phoenix on January 16, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Privacy safeguards not keeping up with eye-in-sky technology, critics say Big Brother and Big Business may soon be able to easily spy on American citizens using surveillance drones, security and civil liberties specialists warned Tuesday. As technology inches closer to… Read More ›

• Israel investing capital in disputed West Bank sites

  By The Red Phoenix on January 15, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel is advancing a plan to invest in places it considers part of its national heritage, including nine West Bank sites, the government said Monday in an announcement that could appeal to hard-line voters a week ahead of elections. It… Read More ›

• Florida sheriff wants drones to monitor civilians

  By The Red Phoenix on January 14, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Drones have already been deployed across several US states, but thousands of UAVs could soon be flying all across the country for surveillance purposes that some privacy advocates consider unconstitutional. The Federal Aviation Administration has received at least 60 applications… Read More ›

• Drones over New York? NYPD chief admits he’s interested in an UAV

  By The Red Phoenix on January 14, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  The head of the New York City Police Department announced this week that the largest local law enforcement agency in the United States might soon rely on spy drones for conducting surveillance. During an open conversation held Thursday between Reuters… Read More ›

• Orbán Friend Says Roma ‘Shouldn’t Be Allowed to Exist’

  By The Red Phoenix on January 13, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Zsolt Bayer, a prominent conservative commentator, has sparked outrage in Hungary and abroad for comparing Roma to animals and saying they “shouldn’t be allowed to exist.” Criticism of the remarks is growing, but Prime Minister Orbán will likely keep silent…. Read More ›

• CIA drones have already killed at least 40 since the start of the year

  By The Red Phoenix on January 13, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  The CIA has escalated its use of drones in Pakistan, launching seven deadly strikes during the first 10 days of 2013 and killing at least 40 people, 11 of which may have been civilians. The flurry of strikes has raised… Read More ›

• The Right-to-Exploit

  By Editor-in-Chief on January 12, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  by ROBERT HANHAM Right-to-Work Laws as Weapons of Class War No sooner had Michigan’s ‘right-to-work’ (RTW) law passed, than supporters were out in force crowing about their success and the prospect of other states falling victim. Non-RTW states Alaska, Illinois,… Read More ›

• Video: ‘France fighting Mali Islamists while supporting extremists in Syria’

  By The Red Phoenix on January 12, 2013 • ( 0 )

• France begins Mali intervention against rebel forces

  By The Red Phoenix on January 11, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  France has begun an operation to push back rebel forces in Mali. A state of emergency has been declared throughout the country. “French forces brought their support this afternoon to Malian army units to fight against terrorist elements,” French President Francois… Read More ›

• Gitmo-go-round: No solution in sight on 11th Guantanamo anniversary

  By The Red Phoenix on January 11, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  January 11 marks the 11th anniversary since the first inmates were airlifted into the US detention facility in Guantanamo Bay. With an almost blanket ban on transferring prisoners out of Camp Delta in operation, it is unlikely to be the… Read More ›

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