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Indefinite detention and torture: US already enforcing NDAANot even a month after President Barack Obama signed his name to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, the US government is already using the legislation to justify its ongoing detainment of a prisoner at Guantanamo Bay. 1 Megaupload is illegal, but buying drugs and guns online is okay?Senator Chuck Schumer called it “a certifiable one-stop shop for illegal drugs that represents the most brazen attempt to peddle drugs online that we have ever seen.” 2 Iraqis terrified of US dronesAmerica’s War in Iraq has finally ended, but the same can’t be said about the United States’ presence overseas. Iraqis are now outraged that the US is operating a fleet of surveillance drone aircraft planes over the country. 3 New Mexico driver arrested and forgotten in jail for two yearsA 58-year-old New Mexico man has been awarded $22 million in one of the largest ever federal civil rights settlements of its kind. For 22 months, Stephen Slevin was held in solitary confinement and never brought to trial. 4 Condom police could make economy limpPeople around the world enjoy watching adult films and most porn movies are filmed in the Los Angeles area. But now the government there is cracking down on the pornography industry and how the performers have sex. 5

February 2012

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Today: 02:59 11 comments TSA agents sleep at work and steal from luggage When TSA agents at Newark Airport’s Terminal B aren’t wrist-deep in invasive screenings, apparently they take to napping on the job.		Today: 01:54 9 comments Anti-HIV pill to cause AIDS epidemic? It has been proven to drastically decrease the chances of contracting HIV before one is even exposed to the virus: Truvada is considered a medical breakthrough by some, yet others fear the once-a-day prevention pill could spur a deadly AIDS epidemic.
Today: 00:04 Twitter subpoenaed over OWS A new subpoena issued in the State of New York reaffirms that 140 characters is enough to land you in court.		31.01, 22:38 26 comments British tourists imprisoned and deported from US… for Twitter jokes If the decomposed corpse of Marilyn Monroe is robbed from the grave, the terrorists have won.
31.01, 22:08 8 comments Hundreds of slaughtered civilians isn't a 'huge number' for Obama On Monday afternoon, Barack Obama became the first president to host a virtual town hall live on the Internet.		31.01, 05:13 19 comments Mayor Jean Quan wants OWS to disown Occupy Oakland In Oakland, California where the Occupy Wall Street movement has spawned a series of intense demonstrations, Mayor Jean Quan has run out of ways to try and put out the flames of the fiery protests. Occupy Wall Street
31.01, 02:32 3 comments Pentagon lost $100 million in Saddam's palace But did they check under the cushions of the palatial sofa?		31.01, 01:55 28 comments US vs Iran, coming this May! Depending on how soon military contractors can get to work on a massive US Navy “mother ship,” a colossal sea vessel could be stationed outside of Iran as early as this May. Israel vs Iran
31.01, 00:33 2 comments Biden opposed Osama bin Laden raid When President Obama gave the okay for the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, it wasn’t a unanimous decision for the administration. Osama Bin Laden killed		28.01, 03:47 20 comments Hungry and poor in the Big Apple One-in-five children in the US are currently living in poverty. RT’s Anastasia Churkina takes a look at a harsh reality of America’s recession that many wish to avoid.

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