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DREAM Act students vow revolution after act fails in the Senate

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“This is war!” claims Phoenix student Aldemar Cruz. “Republicans may have stopped the DREAM Act, but they won’t prevent La Reconquista from happening. “White people, watch out!” Olivia Perez, an undocumented student who claims she was forced to fill out false paperwork in order to stay in the United States, says, “Latinos need to fight back. We need to march. We need to scream. If necessary,... 

Immigration in Canada: A smaller welcome mat

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Canada, traditionally known for its liberal immigration policy and openness to immigrants, is witnessing a shift in public opinion and government policies. Under the Conservative government led by Stephen Harper since 2006, there has been a tightening of immigration rules, including tougher citizenship tests, increased investment requirements for quick access, and a focus on skilled immigrants over... 

IPhone and Android Apps Are Watching You

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A WSJ Investigation finds that iPhone and Android apps are breaching the privacy of smartphone users. Check this list of iPhone and Android apps which are watching you. Few devices know more personal details about people than the smartphones in their pockets: phone numbers, current location, often the owner’s real name—even a unique ID number that can never be changed or turned off. These... 

Nuclear Attack 'More Survivable Than Most People Think' Say Government Officials

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The bomb shelters of generations past? Maybe not so silly when it comes to surviving a nuclear attack, according to government officials who issued a study on emergency procedure following such an event. Their advice? Don’t flee; just get indoors. The New York Times says the Obama Administration is on a mission to make sure citizens are prepared if such an attack were to occur. This includes... 

Washington subway police to begin random bag checks

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Officers will start random bag inspections on the sprawling Washington subway system, the Washington Metro Transit Police said on Thursday, a week after a man was arrested for making bomb threats to the rail system. Metrorail police officers plan to randomly select bags before passengers enter subway stations and they will swab them or have an explosives-sniffing dog check the bags, according to the... 

'Birther' Dismissed from Army for Refusing Deployment, Sentenced to Six Months in Prison

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Army Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin of Greeley, Colo., left, leaves a military court after being found guilty of missing a flight for deployment Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010 at Fort Meade, Md. Lakin refused to deploy to Afghanistan because he does not believe that President Barack Obama was born in the United States and therefore questions his eligibility to be commander in chief. An Army doctor who disobeyed... 

Thor movie to be Boycotted by Council of Conservative Citizens

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Idris Elba (RocknRolla, “The Wire”) plays a Norse god by the name of Heimdall in Marvel’s “Thor” film. Heimdall is sometimes referred to as “The White God,” which is why the Council of Conservative Citizens (CofCC) is planning to boycott the movie when it hits theaters on May 6th 2011. The group wrote: “Norse mythology gets multi-cultural remake in upcoming... 

America Warned is just Months Away from Financial Armageddon

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The plan of the American Progressives, led by President Obama, to plunge the United States into economic chaos in order for their being able to ‘rebuild’ it from ‘the bottom up’ appears to be nearing success as new warnings have been issued stating that they are just months away from financial Armageddon. American Progressives advocate changes to society through more governmental action and... 

Democrats' budget bill: $1.1 trillion; 1,900 pages

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The bill includes about $5.4 billion for new labor, education and health spending. Defying the political odds, Senate Democrats rolled out a year-end, governmentwide spending bill Tuesday that cuts more than $26 billion from President Barack Obama’s 2011 requests even as it holds firm to thousands of the appropriations earmarks so adamantly opposed by critics of Congress. Filling more than 1,900... 

US test of long-range missile defense test fails

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An interceptor missile was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, on Wednesday. The test failed. A test of the United States’ only long-range missile defense system failed Wednesday – the second failure this year in two tries. The Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency said both the intermediate-range ballistic missile target and the long-range interceptor missile launched... 

Remote ‘kill switch’ added to Intel Sandy Bridge

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We are giving up control of our computers and putting that control in another’s hands. Lauded as a security feature, Intel’s new Sandy Bridge processor can be remotely disabled by a hardware/software combination known at Anti-Theft 3.0. Systems can be disabled over 3G networks, even while the OS is not running. Even when the hard drive is replaced, the critical systems will still be terminated.... 

Obama dealt huge blow after US Federal Judge rules new health care law unconstitutional

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A federal judge ruled that a central plank of the health law-the requirement that most Americans carry insurance-violates the Constitution, dealing the biggest setback yet to the Obama administration's signature legislative accomplishment. A federal court ruled Monday that a key part of the health-care overhaul violates the Constitution, dealing the first legal setback to the Obama administration’s... 

US company Promises Underwear to Block TSA from Seeing your "private zone"

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There’s been no shortage of outrage over the TSA’s “naked” body scanners, which have been compared to virtual strip searches. For those of you who want to protect your private parts from being ogled by TSA employees, crowdsourced online retail site Betabrand is now offering a scanner-proof undergarment, aptly called “Privates”. The brainchild of Stephen Russell, the founder and chairman... 

US Congress Approves Over $3.2 Billion in Aid to Israel

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The House of Representatives earlier this week approved a significant increase in the level of military aid to Israel, pushing the level to $3 billion in flat military aid, with an additional $205 million set aside for a short range rocket system. Both of the increases were already planned as part of a memorandum of understanding between the United States and Israel, but were formally approved as... 

WikiLeaks Set To Reveal US-UFO War In Southern Ocean

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Update January 12, 2011: First WikiLeaks’ Cable Mentioning UFOs Released A new report circulating in the Kremlin today prepared for President Medvedev by Russian Space Forces (VKS) 45th Division of Space Control says that an upcoming WikiLeaks release of secret US cables details that the Americans have been “engaged” since 2004 in a “war” against UFO’s based on or near the Continent... 
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